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† ˈboneshaw Obs.
Forms: 4 boon-, 4–5 bon-, 5 bane-, baynschawe, boneshawe, 7 boneshaw, 8 boneshave.
[f. bone n. 1; but the meaning of shaw does not appear: the Exmoor -shave appears to be due to popular etymology.]
1. Sciatica or hip-gout.
c1350J. Arderne Chirurg. in Promp. Parv. 44 note, Ad guttam in osse que dicitur bonschawe, multum valet oleum de vitellis ovorum, si inde ungatur. c1400Sloan MS. 100 f. 7 in Promp. Parv. 44 note, A good medicyn for boon⁓schawe. c1440Promp. Parv. 44 Bonschawe, sekenesse..tessedo, sciasis. 1483Cath. Angl. 20/1 Þe Bane schawe, ossedo. 1579Langham Gard. Health (1633) 93 For the boneshaw and gout, seethe the flowers with wine. a1600Montgomerie in Watson Coll. Sc. Poems III. 13 With Bockblood and Benshaw. a1778Chorus in Exmoor Scolding note, As the water runs by the stave Good for bone-shave.
2. = bone-spavin: see bone n. 17. (? An error.)
1790Grose Prov. E. Dict., Boneshave, a bony or horny excrescence or tumor growing out of horses heels. |