shay

[shey]

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noun Chiefly Dialect.

a chaise.

RELATED WORDS

wagon, cart, vehicle, caboose, pram

Origin of shay

1710–20; respelling and back formation from chaise (taken as plural)

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Examples from the Web for shay

That tweet came from Shay Horse, whose bio lists him as an independent photojournalist with ties to Occupy Wall Street.
The Monsters Who Screamed for Dead Cops|Jacob Siegel|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Current Education Minister Shay Piron (Yesh Atid) says students should not be "required" to visit certain sites.
Israel Attorney General To Chief Rabbi Hopeful: Explain Your Racism|Orly Halpern|July 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The cover of Seventeen features a Filipino-Spanish-Irish actress named Shay Mitchell.
The War on ‘Teen Vogue’: Young Readers Escalate Campaign for More ‘Real Girls’|Abigail Pesta|July 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The explosion of traffic on his Shay story suggested that the incident had galvanized opinion left and right.
Introducing Beast Books|Tina Brown|January 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Shay had her defenders preaching party unity on Twitter as well, sending a message to her opponents: You LOST!!
Inside the Young GOP's Civil War|John Avlon|July 15, 2009|DAILY BEAST
If you shay it different, I'll chew your head like an apple caught in the crack of a door.
The Little Clay Cart|(Attributed To) King Shudraka
An officer got in to-night, with orders for us, carrying sail as hard as his shay would bear.
The Two Admirals|J. Fenimore Cooper
Footnote: The occasion and effect of this insurrection, commonly called Shay's Rebellion, are thus described by a recent writer.
Life And Times Of Washington, Volume 2|John Frederick Schroeder
The Sheriff motioned the guard to move on, and Shay walked firmly between the two officers.
The Preacher of Cedar Mountain|Ernest Thompson Seton
The trial over, the verdict of guilty rendered, Shay was asked if he could offer any reason why he should not be condemned.
The Preacher of Cedar Mountain|Ernest Thompson Seton

British Dictionary definitions for shay

shay

noun

a dialect word for chaise

Word Origin for shay

C18: back formation from chaise, mistakenly thought to be plural

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Word Origin and History for shay

1717, back-formation from chaise (q.v.), wrangled into English and mistaken for a plural.