Middle English Dictionary Entry
ewāǧe adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | ewāǧe adj. |
| Etymology | OF ewage, from L aquātic-us. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Sea-colored; as noun: ?a sea-colored variety of sapphire, ?beryl.
Associated quotations
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)2.14 : Double manere safferes, Orientales and ewages, enuenymes to destroye.
- (a1430) Invent.Randolf in Archaeol.61170 : j safre ewage [F saphir ewage] closed in gold.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.Ballade ROL (Sln 1212)92 : Semely safyr, dep lowp, and blew ewage, Stable as the lowpe, ay ewage to pite.