1812. Vaux, Flash Dict., s.v.
1823. Moncrieff, Tom and Jerry, ii., 6. If any body offers you less
nor a mag, or a duce, vy, you may say with the poet, Who vou’d his
farthings bear? ven he himself might his quivetus make vith a bare
bodkin.
Duck, subs. (common).—1. Scraps of meat; otherwise block-ornaments,
stickings, faggots, manablins, or chuck (q.v.).
2. (Winchester College).—The face. To make a duck = to make a grimace.
For synonyms, see Dial.