hernshaw

[ hurn-shaw ]

noun

, British Dialect.

1. a heron.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hernshaw¹

1555–65; variant of dial. heronsew, Middle English < Middle French heronceau, heroncel, diminutive of heron heron

Example Sentences

Mr. Gaunt, you see, values Bolton and Hernshaw very highly; why, he is in despair at losing them.

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Only he attached one condition, that Bolton and Hernshaw should be settled on Kate for her separate use.

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Miss Hernshaw demanded, whirling her face round, and fixing him with eyes of beautiful fierceness.

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It seemed like breaking faith with Miss Hernshaw, too, though this impression would have been harder to reason than the other.

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Upon this surface the comment of the man on Miss Hernshaw's right wandered indefatigably.

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