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heronshew

heronshew is the alternative form of heronsew.

Meaning of heronsew

Noun

heronsew (plural heronsews)

  1. (dialectal) A heron (originally specifically when small or young).
    • As when a cast of Faulcons make their flight / At an Herneshaw, that lyes aloft on wing […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of heronshew

pluralheronshews

Questions about heronshew

What is heronshew the alternative form of?
Heronshew is the alternative form of heronsew.

Words near heronshew in the dictionary

  1. heronsbills
  2. heronsew
  3. heronsews
  4. heronshaw
  5. heronshaws
  6. heronshew
  7. heronshews
  8. heroogony
  9. heroon
  10. heroons
  11. heropanti

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