jane
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
From Old French Jannes (“Genoway”).
[edit] Noun
jane (plural janes)
- (obsolete) A silver Genovese coin, first used in England in the 14th century.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.vii:
- Certes was but a common Courtisane, / Yet flat refusd to haue a do with mee, / Because I could not giue her many a Iane.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.vii:
[edit] Etymology 2
Alternative forms.
[edit] Noun
jane (plural janes)
- alternative capitalization of Jane, "woman".
- Alternative spelling of jean.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. VII, Over-Production
- Ye miscellaneous, ignoble manufacturing individuals, ye have produced too much! We accuse you of making above two-hundred thousand shirts for the bare backs of mankind. Your trousers too, which you have made, of fustian, of cassimere, of Scotch-plaid, of jane, nankeen and woollen broadcloth, are they not manifold?
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. VII, Over-Production
