different between shab vs shay

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English shabbe, schabbe, from Old English s?eabb, from Proto-West Germanic *skabb, from Proto-Germanic *skabbaz. See scab.

Noun

shab (countable and uncountable, plural shabs)

1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) Scabies.
2. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A scab.

Verb

shab (third-person singular simple present shabs, present participle shabbing, simple past and past participle shabbed)

1. (obsolete) To scratch; to rub.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Farquhar to this entry?)

Etymology 2

See scab.

Verb

shab (third-person singular simple present shabs, present participle shabbing, simple past and past participle shabbed)

1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) To play mean tricks; to act shabbily.

Anagrams

• AHBs, Bahs, Bash, HABs, HBAs, Habs, bahs, bash, habs

English

Etymology

Corruption of chaise, originally from French.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?e?/
• Homophone: chez

Noun

shay (plural shays)

1. A chaise.
   • 1766, George Colman & David Garrick, The Clandestine Marriage, Act iv, Scene 1.

     The po?t-?hay ?hall be at the door by ?ix o'clock in the morning; and if Mi?s Fanny does not get into it, why I will, and ?o there's an end of the matter.

Translations

Anagrams

• Hays, SYHA, ashy, hays, yahs

Zaghawa

Noun

shay

1. tea