Middle English Dictionary Entry
shāving(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | shāving(e ger. Also chaving, chaveinge & (error in cpd.) sching-. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Scraping, abrading; rasping, filing; also, smoothing, polishing; knif ~, scraping with a knife; (b) the action of cutting off; (c) something scraped off, a scraping, shaving, filing; ?also, small branches, trimmings [quot.: 1440, 2nd]; ~ of lin-cloth (linen cloth), lint; (d) ~ of guttes (entrailles), intestinal tissue discharged with the stool; also, the abrading or irritation of the intestines; (e) ~ knif (iren), a sharp tool for cutting or scraping.
Associated quotations
a
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5222/30 : Pro hedynge iiij doliorum pro floure imponendo, et pro hopes et schauyng dictorum doliorum, viij s. iiij d.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)309a/b : Þough a man fonde to schaue or to waisshe it oute of parchemyne, vnneþe schal he schaue..so faste but som what þerof abyde after al his schauyng.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)86/6 : Þouȝ þat þou clense þe rotid boon wiþ schauynge or wiþ filynge [L raspando vel radendo]..kynde wole afterward don awey a schelle of þilke same boon.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)84/35 : Þe schauyng of þe bone profited noþing.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)238/2 : Þai semen..to procede indifferently in alle þe brekynges of the hede, in vncouerynge, rypplinge, and in schauynge and in drawynge out the bones with instrumentes of iren.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)444 : Schavynge, or scrapynge: Abrasio.
- (a1450) Mem.Bk.York in Sur.Soc.12065 : Item, for a dossan wesshyn leddyr, shaffyng and drissyng in oyle, wasshyng and colouryng, ij d. ob.
- ?a1450 Add.Mir.Virg.(Add 39996)359/15 : Þai wolde wesshe hit [an image] away tite, But þere was no licoure..Knyf schauynge ne oþer þinge Þat myght hit a waye bringe.
- (1454-5) Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15159 : For polusshyng & shauyng of the cros staf, j d.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)107b/a : If þou clense þe boon with schauynge or raspynge, neþeles kynde wole aftirward remeuen aweye a newe schelle.
b
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)163 : The marchaunt shulde have power to kitte his fleshe fro the boons, but..yf he shede ony bloode with his shavinge of the fleshe, for soþe then shalle the kynge have goode lawe vpon him.
c
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.1239 : Shauyng [vrr. Schafyng, Chaueynge] of siluer, siluer is, pardee!
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)217a/a : Þe schauynge of box, for it is colde and druye, stauncheþ þe flux.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)135/17 : I leie on þe schauynge or ellis þe rasure of lynnen clooþ.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)173a/b : Recipe of shauyng of lincloþ wele clensed.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)50/12 : Þan I made putte aboue þat place chauyng of lard.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)306 : Lynt, schauynge of lynen clothe: Carpea.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)444 : Schavyngys, of boordys or treys: Rasure, ramentum.
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2)1823 : Ȝef hyt falle on sum oþer what..Lyk hyt vp clene þat ys sched, And schaf hyt after, þat ys be-bled, And do þe schauynge for to brenne.
- a1450 Diseases Women(2) (Sln 2463)94 : Take two galons and half of good mete oyle that is riȝt swete, and put þerto a li..of woderove..and shavyng of cipresse.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)109/322 : Sum men makeþ oile..of drie schauynges of aschentre.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)200 : Tak þe schauyng of hertes hornes & boile hyt in vynegre, [etc.].
- a1500(?a1400) MS Sln.282 in Alphita (Sln 282)p.88fn. : Kateriacum, rasura cornu cervini, shauyng of an hertes horne.
- a1500 in Singer Cat.Alchem.2.617 : For to make rosyn for writers and luminoures, take..schafyng of brasile.
d
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)216b/b : It is contrary to þe blody flux wiþ schauynge of guttes.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)395/28 : If schavynge of þe guttes [*Ch.(1): shauyng of þe entralez; L intestinorum rasura] schulde come þerof, hele it wiþ nedeful clistories.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)126/336 : Dissincla is the iiij maner of flix, and that is when þer comyth blode and the shavynge of guttis þerwith togedir.
e
- (1341) Court R.Colchester 1183 : [John le Cobeler raised hue justly on Barth. Gerard, at New Heath, who wounded him with a] shavyngknyf.
- (1346) *Acc.Exch.K.R.470/17.m.1 [OD col.] : ij schafhokes ferri pro plumbo purgando; j schinghirn' [read: schavinghirn] pro plumbaria.
- (c1360) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100564 : In uno cultello et 2 shavyngirnes empt. pro officio plumbarii, 9 d.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)58a/b : Scalprum: a pen knyfe or a chisel or a shavynge knyfe.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)489/30 : Of filþe..of the tieth..rowme it wiþ a schauynge knyf [*Ch.(1): shauour; L scalpro].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)444 : Schave, or schavynge knyfe: Scalpellum.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)564/18 : Ansorium: a shavyngknyf, or a trenket.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)112a : A Schavyngeknyfe..scalprum.
2.
(a) The act of shaving the face or head, shaving; also, a shave; also, the shaving of the crown of the head, tonsure; ~ awei; -- used fig.; berd(es ~; (b) in cpds.: ~ bacin; ~ cloth, towel; ~ knif (iren), razor; ~ hous, shaving room, barbershop.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.89 : Titus Quincius..ladde home þe Romayns þat Hanibal hadde..i-solde in Grecia, and leet schave here hedes yn tokene of schavynge away of þe bondage.
- (1395) Wycl.37 Concl.(Tit D.1)149 : The shauinge of the heed is the puttinge awei of alle temporaltees.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)117/10 : It nediþ not but schauynge [vr. schaffynge] of þe heed [L capillorum abrasione] & anoyntynge with hote oilis.
- (1439) LRed Bk.Bristol2.153 : It was ordyned..that no Craftesman of the same Craft..do not ocupye his seid Crafte in schavyng nor polling.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)444 : Schavynge, of a barbowre: Rasura.
- (1443) Will York in Sur.Soc.30133 : I bequethe..also a holow basen of silver for shavyng.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)306/12 : I..can not safe a peny, þuf all I take a shelyng for a shavyng.
- ?c1450 in Aungier Syon Mon.254 : Yf any whan the comen schauyng is had is not schauen, or els not in dewe tyme taketh his clothes to waschyng, [etc.].
- (1463-4) Acc.Howard in RC 57244 : For shavynge off my mastyr, ij d.
- c1425 Wycl.Antichr.(2) (Dub 245)p.cxlvii : Antecrist makiþ hise knowen by crowne & berdes schauynge.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)112a : A Schavynge: Barbitondium, rasura, tonsura.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)3488 : His barbour confesset eke al-so that him was heght a grete wynning..to kutte his throte in berd shauyng.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.PP (GoughETop 4)125/27 : Þis man made leef his schavyng..and soo abode half schauen.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)121/37 : Of schauynge of heeres to speke, knowe þat berdes commeþ of superfluite of humours.
b
- (1401) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100300 : Sol. pro vitriacione cujusdam fenestre in le Shavynghous, 12 d.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)424 : Rastyr howse, or schavyng howse: Barbitondium.
- (1446) Invent.Lytham in Chet.n.s.6082 : Also j shavyngbassyn.
- c1450(c1353) Winner & W.(Add 31042)185 : The lethire..Schynethe alle for scharpynynge of the schauynge iren.
- (1451) Will York in Sur.Soc.45118 : De vij shavyng-clothes.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)112a : A Schavyngehowse: barbitondium, tonsorium.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)112a : A Schavyngeknyfe: Rasorium.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)333 : A Schavynge chathe [read: clathe]: ralla.
3.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)322b/b : Þe schelle þanne haþ [read: hardeþ; L induratur] suche a bagge, and þat is nedeful for schauynge [vr. sauynge; L conseruationem] of þe neisshe matiere and moiste þat is þer wiþ Inne.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.(d)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. shaving of (the) guts.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 1.(e) & 2.(b)), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. shaving knife.