ewage

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French ewage, from Latin aquāticus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛu̯adʒ(ə)/

Noun

ewage

  1. A precious stone the colour of seawater.
    • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II:
      And diamantz of derrest pris · and double manere safferes / Orientales and ewages · enuenymes to destroye.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Adjective

ewage

  1. The colour of seawater; sea blue.

References

See also
Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
     whit      grey, hor      blak
             red; cremesyn, gernet              citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne              yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
             grasgrene              grene             
             plunket; ewage              asure, livid              blewe, blo, pers
             violet; inde              rose, murrey; purpel, purpur              claret

Old French

Etymology

From Latin aquāticus; equivalent to ewe +‎ -age.

Noun

ewage oblique singular, m (oblique plural ewages, nominative singular ewages, nominative plural ewage)

  1. waterway; channel
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.