shederow

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Yola[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English schiterow, from schite (diarrhoea) or schiten (to defecate) and an unknown second element (possibly Old English *hrāga, a dissimilatory form of hrāgra (heron)).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

shederow

  1. A heron.
  2. A thin, weak person.

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 67