DEFINITIONS CONTINUED NOUNS 2. a term of contempt or reproach applied to a person; a contemptible fellow; a mean wretch or villain (obsolete) 3. the bolt of the cap square over the trunnion of a gun 4. a clamp for supporting something (e.g. part of a building), or fastening or holding it in place also DOGGEBOLDE CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY origin uncertain; possibly sense 1 is the original, but sense 2 is known 130 years earlier (E-NED) From E-NAR: EXAMPLE From: The Second Part of the History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha Written in Spanish by Michael Cervantes And now Translated into English, 1620 Chapter III. The ridiculous discourse that passed Betwixt Don Quixote, Sancho, and the Bachelour Samson Carrasco. P. 20
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