1588. J. Hickock, Tr. C. Frederick's Voyage, fol. 13, r8. This King of Cochine . . . hath a great number of gentlemen which he calleth Amochy, and some are called Nayry; these two sorts of men esteeme not their lives any thing. They will thrust themselves forward in every danger, although they knowe they shall dye.
1613. Purchas, Pilgrimage [1626], ii. 557. There are also certaine people called Amorichi, otherwise Chiani, which perceiving the end of their life approach, lay hold on their weapons . . . and going forth kill every man they meet with, till somebody (by killing them) make an end of their killing.
1665. Head, English Rogue, Sig. Hhh, 2 v°. A great crew of Indians and Chineses . . . fell upon them, killing whom they could, not directing their revenge on any particular person, (which they call a muck).
1684. J. P., Tr. Tavernier's Travels, I. ii. iii. 202. Which the Java lords seeing . . . Cried a mocca on the English, killing a great number of them.
1687. Dryden, Hind and Pauth, iii. 1188. He scours the streets And runs an Indian muck at all he meets.
1754. Smollett, Ferd. Ct. Fathom, l. The Malays never run a muck, but in consequence of misery and despair.
1821. De Quincey, Confessions (1823), ii. 135. Brought other Malays with him . . . that ran amuck at me.
1866. Lowell, Biglow Papers, viii. The late muck which the country has been running.
To go a muck (or mucker), verb. phr. (common).—To go to smash. Also, to risk one's all; to put on one's shirt (q.v.).
1877. C. Kingsley, Life, 275. Only four more doing it and one receiving a mucker.
To muck about, verb. phr. (coster).—To fondle; to mess about (q.v.).
Muckcook, verb. (common).—To
laugh behind one's back.
Muckender (Muckinder, Muckinger,
or Mucketer), subs. (Old
Cant).—A handkerchief. [From
Sp. mocadero, (influenced by
muck) from muco = mucus].
For synonyms see Wipe.
1468. Cov. Mysteries, 'Christ in the Temple' p. 190. Goo hom lytyl babe, and sytte on the moderes lappe And put a mokador upon thi brest: And pray thi modyr to fede the with the pappe.
1598. Florio, Worlde of Wordes, s.v. Bavaro, a bib or muckender.
1600. Weakest goes to Wall, sign. I. 2 b. Onely upon his muckiter and band he had an F, By which I did suppose his name was Ferdinand.
1607. Marston, What You Will, ii. 1. Wipe your nose: fie on your sleeve! where's your muckender your grandmother gave you?
1608. Middleton, Trick to Catch the Old One, iv. 5. One must wipe his mouth for him with a muckinder.
1612. Chapman, Widow's Tears, iv. 1, p. 327 (Plays, 1874). To which all the Paphian widows shall after their husbands' funerals offer their wet muckinders, for monuments of the danger they have passed.
1633. Jonson, Tale of a Tub, iii. 1. Take my muckinder, And dry thine eyes.
1658. On Dr. Corbet's Marriage [Nares]. You knew her little, and when her Apron was but a muckender.
1668. Wilkins, Real Char. Alph. Dict. Mucketer, wiping thing.
1719. Durfey, Pills to Purge, v. 220. . . . And now and then with a greasy muckender wipe away the dripping that bastes their foreheads.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1830. C. Lamb, Pawnbroker's Daughter, i. 2. Scarce three clean muckingers a week Would dry the brine that dew'd my cheek.
1847. Halliwell, Arch. & Prov. Words, s.v. Muckinder . . . The term is still in use, but generally applied to a dirtied handkerchief.
