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shay
[ shey ]
/ ʃeɪ /
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noun Chiefly Dialect.
a chaise.
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Origin of shay
1710–20; respelling and back formation from chaise (taken as plural)
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Word Origin for shay
C18: back formation from chaise, mistakenly thought to be plural
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