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doily

English

Alternative forms

doyley

Etymology

From Doiley, the name of a 17th-century London draper. The surname is Anglo-Norman, from d' Ouilly, name of several places in Calvados, from Old French oeil (“eye”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?d??li/

Noun

doily (plural doilies)

A small ornamental piece of lace or linen or paper used to protect a surface from scratches by hard objects such as vases or bowls; or to decorate a plate of food.
(obsolete) An old kind of woollen material.

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soily

English

Etymology

From soil +? -y.

Adjective

soily (comparative soilier, superlative soiliest)

Covered in soil; earthy.
- 1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, Vintage 2015, p. 9:
  A woman with a well-to-do south voice told me to wash my soily hands before touching her messages.
Resembling or characteristic of soil.
Dirty; soiled.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 333:
  Methinks, miss, said Sally, you are a little soily, to what we have seen you.
(obsolete) Apt to stain.

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