ewage
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French ewage, from Latin aquāticus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛu̯adʒ(ə)/
Noun
ewage
- A precious stone the colour of seawater.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:
- And diamantz of derrest pris · and double manere safferes / Orientales and ewages · enuenymes to destroye.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:
Adjective
ewage
- The colour of seawater; sea blue.
References
- “ewāǧe, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
See also
| whit | grey, hor | blak |
| red; cremesyn, gernet | citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne | yelow, dorry; 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 m (oblique plural ewages, nominative singular ewages, nominative plural ewage)
- waterway; channel