tuch
See also: Tuch
English
Etymology
See touchstone.
Noun
tuch
- (obsolete) A dark-coloured kind of marble; touchstone.
- 1591, John Harington, Orlando Furioso:
- The Porch was all of Porpherie and Tuch.
References
- “tuch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Middle Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxon *tiuh, from Proto-Germanic *teugą. Compare Middle High German ziuc.
Descendants
Further reading
- "tǖch" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)
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