Middle English Dictionary Entry
shāve n.
Entry Info
| Forms | shāve n. Also shaf(e, shawe & (error in cpd.) shass-. |
| Etymology | OE sceafa, scafa. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Any of several sharp instruments used for cutting or scraping; a smoothing tool used by plumbers; a tool used to clean ships; a kitchen knife used for grating; a surgical knife; ~ hok, some kind of tool used for scraping or cleaning; boue ~, a tool for shaping bows.
Associated quotations
- (1338) *Acc.Exch.(PRO) 24/27 [OD col.] : Instrument' voc' shaues pro navi inundando [read: mundando].
- (1346) *Acc.Exch.K.R.470/17.m.1 [OD col.] : ij schafhokes ferri pro plumbo purgando; j schinghirn' pro plumbaria.
- (1352) *Acc.Exch.Q.R.Bundle 20 No.27 [OD col.] : Pro vi instrumentis vocatis Shaues pro nave praedicta mundanda.
- (1353) *Pipe Roll (PRO) 32 Edw.III m.36 [OD col.] : In..xxv paruis hachettis et viij shafhokes emptis.
- (1353) *Pipe Roll (PRO) 32 Edw.III m.36/1 dorso [OD col.] : vij shasshokes [read: shaffhokes] factis de ferro..iij seyssyns, j strikrofe, iij cordis pro stey, [etc.].
- (1356) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.283 : [8 pairs of] kemstercombes [and one] boweshawe.
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5220/27 : Super officio scutellarie, per manus Thome Fosdyke pro j hausak, et j schaue..ij s. viij d.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)127/10 : Whanne þou desirist way of trepaninge, sufficiþ to þee in þe rimelis of þe brayn panne..whanne þou hast remeued of þe boon..euene þe brynkis with schauynge..þis schaue [vr. schafe] schal kutte on þe side þat foldiþ ynward.
- (1404) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100397 : Item, in custodia Plumbarii..2 schaves cum maliotis, rakis, [etc.].
- (1432) Invent.Selborne in Mun.Magd.Oxf.11 : Instrumenta pro soudyng..j ledknyff..j shaffhoke..j securim..ij scabell' de ferro pro cancello..j plane.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)444 : Schave [Win: Schawe], or schavynge knyfe: Scalpellum.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)609/44 : Scalprum: a grate or a shaue.
- (1460) *Will Oldhall Kt.(Somerset Ho.) [OD col.] : Mes devise, viz. a Bowshawe alius dicta Rate.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)112a : A Schave or plane: scalprum.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. shave.