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dornick - n., a stone small enough to throw.
Specifically, small enough to throw out of a field being cleared. In this sense, from Irish Gaelic dornóg, a small round stone (literally, fistful) -- which in English is an Americanism from Scots-Irish who settled in Pennsylvania during the Famine and spread westward. There's a second sense, a stout linen cloth (esp. a coarse damask), from the Belgian city of Doornik (b.k.a. in French Tournai) where it was once made, but I'm ignoring that as less interesting.
---L.
Specifically, small enough to throw out of a field being cleared. In this sense, from Irish Gaelic dornóg, a small round stone (literally, fistful) -- which in English is an Americanism from Scots-Irish who settled in Pennsylvania during the Famine and spread westward. There's a second sense, a stout linen cloth (esp. a coarse damask), from the Belgian city of Doornik (b.k.a. in French Tournai) where it was once made, but I'm ignoring that as less interesting.
---L.
