English Explanatory Dictionary

shewage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of scavage.

Word forms

shewage shewages

Etymology

From Middle English schewage, from Anglo-Norman escavage, escauwage, alteration of earlier escauvinghe (“scavage”), from Middle English shewing, schewing (“inspection, examination, show”), from Old English sċēawung (“a looking at, seeing, contemplation, consideration, respect, regard, reconnoitering, surveying, inspection, examination, scrutiny, a spectacle, show, appearance, pretence, a showing, exhibiting, manifestation, toll on exposure of goods”), equivalent to show + -ing. Doublet of scavage.

Synonyms

scavage
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