hernshaw
[hurn-shaw]
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noun British Dialect.
a heron.
Origin of hernshaw
1555–65; variant of dial. heronsew, Middle English < Middle French heronceau, heroncel, diminutive of heron heron
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Historical Examples of hernshaw
Miss Hernshaw didn't seek to fathom the mystery of his closing words.
Questionable ShapesWilliam Dean Howells
Miss Hernshaw caught her breath, as if she were going to speak, but she did not say anything.
Questionable ShapesWilliam Dean Howells
Presently he got up a little brusquely, and said, "I'm going to Hernshaw."
But they have an uneasy feeling that he knows a hawk from a hernshaw when the wind is southerly.
The Cradle of MankindW.A. Wigram
The last word should be hernshaw, the old name for the heron.
The Ornithology of ShakespeareJames Edmund Harting