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Definition of Heronsew
1. n. A heronshaw.
Definition of Heronsew
1. Noun. (context: now dialectal) A heron (originally specifically when small or young). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heronsew
1. a young heron [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heronsew
Literary usage of Heronsew
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... the name heronsew for the heron is still common in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.
Mr. Peacock's Glossary of Manley and Corringham (Lincoln) words has: ..."
2. Early English Text Society by Early English Text Society (1868)
"heronsew. ... bone.5 To tyre or ellis to dismember an heronsew c : rere leggo
and whinge as ot a crane ..."
3. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1857)
"heronsew. The common heron (Ardea cinerea) the heron of the French, ... and heronsew
of the English. The apparent suffix of sew or shaw is only the last ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"The latter bird is now only a chance visitor, while the former is, or was till
lately, sometimes called the crane, its more common name being heronsew. ..."
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