shay

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
8
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ʃeɪ/ (UK)

Definition of shay

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (archaic)A chaise.
    “The poſt-ſhay ſhall be at the door by ſix o'clock in the morning; and if Miſs Fanny does not get into it, vvhy I vvill, and ſo there's an end of the matter.”
    “Master sent me over with the shay-cart, to carry your luggage up to the house. He’d ha’ sent some saddle-horses, but he thought you’d rather walk, being a cold day.”
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noun

  1. (archaic)A chaise.
    “The poſt-ſhay ſhall be at the door by ſix o'clock in the morning; and if Miſs Fanny does not get into it, vvhy I vvill, and ſo there's an end of the matter.”
    “Master sent me over with the shay-cart, to carry your luggage up to the house. He’d ha’ sent some saddle-horses, but he thought you’d rather walk, being a cold day.”
  2. A geared steam locomotive, patented by Ephraim Shay.

name

  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A diminutive of the male given name Seamus.

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Etymology

A back-formation from chaise (originally from French), with the /z/ of that word taken as the plural ending -s.

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