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2461 Etymology dictionary, p. hat (n.).3
… the ring was originally (1847) to take up a challenge in prize-fighting. To eat one's hat (1770), expressing what one will do if something he considers a sure thing …
2462 Etymology dictionary, p. hoop (n.).2
… , flattened ring," probably from an unrecorded Old English *hop, from Proto-Germanic *hōp (source also of Old Frisian hop "a hoop, band," Middle Dutch and Dutch hoep …
2463 Etymology dictionary, p. infibulate (v.).2
… buckle, ring, clasp, or the like," especially of the sexual organs, to prevent copulation, 1620s, from Latin infibulatus, past participle of infibulare "to close …
2464 Etymology dictionary, p. jirgah (n.).2
also jirga, Afghan council of elders, 1815, from Persian jarga "ring of men."
2465 Etymology dictionary, p. key (n.1).6
Key ring, a ring for holding several keys, is by 1685 (where it is given as a translation for Latin annulus clavicularius. )
2466 Etymology dictionary, p. kettle (n.).3
… " [Don Ringe, "From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic," Oxford 2006]. Perhaps the Latin word was confused with a native Germanic one.
2467 Etymology dictionary, p. keychain (n.).2
also key-chain, 1849, from key (n.1) + chain (n.). Earlier in the same sense was key-ring (1889), key-band (mid-15c.).
2468 Etymology dictionary, p. killdeer (n.).2
also killdee, species of large North American ring-plover, 1731, American English. The name is imitative of its shrill, two-syllable cry.
2469 Etymology dictionary, p. link (n.).2
… of rings or loops which form a chain; section of a cord," probably from Old Norse *hlenkr or a similar Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse hlekkr "link," in plural …
2470 Etymology dictionary, p. loop (v.).2
… a ring)," from loop (n.). Sense of "form into a loop or loops" (transitive) is from 1832; transitive meaning "form (something) into loops" is from 1856. Related: Looped (1934 …
2471 Etymology dictionary, p. mail (n.2).2
"metal ring armor," c. 1300, from Old French maille "link of mail, mesh of net," from Latin macula "mesh in a net," originally "spot, blemish," on notion that the gaps in a net …
2472 Etymology dictionary, p. manilla (2).2
… copper) ring or arm-bracelet sold or bartered by European traders among African peoples," 1550s, from Spanish manilla, from Latin monilia, plural of monile …
2473 Etymology dictionary, p. mantle (n.).3
… the ring) was a symbolic act done before a bishop by a widow, indicating a vow of chastity (c. 1400) .
2474 Etymology dictionary, p. megalithic (adj.).2
… , dolmens, rings, etc., especially in Western Europe but also in North Africa and India.
2475 Etymology dictionary, p. mithril (n.).2
… the Ring;" it was not in the original "The Hobbit" (1937), but was added in the revisions in the third edition (1966).
2476 Etymology dictionary, p. napkin (n.).2
… ." Napkin-ring is from 1680s.
2477 Etymology dictionary, p. neutral (adj.).3
… the ring not used between rounds by the fighters and their seconds.
2478 Etymology dictionary, p. Nibelungenlied (n.).2
… magic ring, literally "children of the mist," from Proto-Germanic *nibulunga-, a suffixed patronymic form from *nebla- (source of Old High German nebul "mist, fog …
2479 Etymology dictionary, p. nose-ring (n.).1
nose-ring (n.)
2480 Etymology dictionary, p. nose-ring (n.).2
"circular ornament worn in the septum of the nose," 1769 as something to ornament a person; 1778 as something to lead an animal by, from nose (n.) + ring (n.1).