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单词 faw
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fawn.

Brit. /fɔː/, U.S. //, //
Forms: 1700s– faw, 1800s faa, 1800s fae, 1800s fau, 1800s feaw. Also with capital initial.
Origin: Apparently from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Faw.
Etymology: Apparently < the surname Faw (also Fa, Faa); further origin uncertain: perhaps showing an Older Scots variant of the surname Fall.The surname is very common in the early records mentioning Romani people in Britain (mid 16th cent.), and is first attested with reference to a Romani person in 1537 (Paul Fa).
English regional (northern). Now historical and rare.
A Gypsy, Traveller, or other person with an itinerant way of life.
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the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [noun] > Gipsies or Romanies > person
gyptian1533
Egyptian1538
Bohemian1574
Gypsy1574
tinker1575
Zingani1581
Zingaro1600
moonman1608
faw1756
vagabond1756
Zingara1756
gitano1761
gitanac1770
nomade1798
Roman1800
Romani1800
Tzigane1802
Zigeuner1802
Sinti1827
piker1838
pikey1838
Rom1841
Zincalo1841
Romanichal1843
nomadian1847
Romany chai1851
didicoi1853
Bedouin1863
gyppo1868
gyp1886
1756 Jarrow Par. Reg. Francis Heron, king of ye Faws, bur. 13 Jan.
1827 E. Mackenzie Descr. & Hist. Acct. Newcastle II. 767 (note) Tinkers, cloggers..egglers, and others of that worthy race called Faws.
1898 Newcastle Daily Jrnl. 11 July 8/3 This man belonged to a family, which was the worst of a bad gang of faws.
1962 A. Seton Devil Water 80 The Faws, he thought... They all had pipers or fiddlers. He and James had encountered several bands of these wandering tinkers in the last weeks of travel.

Compounds

Faw gang n. chiefly depreciative a group of Gypsies, Travellers, or other people with an itinerant way of life; esp. such a group characterized as beggars or criminals.
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1777 Laws respecting Women 106 It is possible, that from this kind of strolling people might receive the denomination which they still retain of Faw-gang.
1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Faw-gang..a gang of rogues and beggars.
2004 M. Anderson Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in & around Newcastle (e-book ed.) iv The prisoners were both members of a Faw gang (wandering groups that roamed the country begging and stealing).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

fawadj.

Forms: Old English faaȝ, fáȝ, Middle English foaȝ, fogh, Middle English fah, foh, southern vaȝ, Middle English fowe, Middle English– faw.
Etymology: Old English fág, fáh = Old High German fêh, Gothic faihs < Old Germanic *faiho-z < pre-Germanic *poiko-s, cognate with Greek ποικίλος particoloured. (The modern English form would normally be *fow or *fough; faw is from northern dialects.)
Obsolete.
1.
a. Coloured, stained, streaked; particoloured, variegated. Also in combinations as gold-faw.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective]
fawa700
medleyc1350
freckledc1380
motleyc1380
pied1382
specked1382
vary1382
partyc1385
parted1393
peckleda1400
polymitec1425
sere-colouredc1425
vairc1425
discoloured?1440
motleyed1447
varying1488
sheld1507
fleckered1508
piet1508
mellay1515
particoloured1530
pickled1552
varied1578
mingled1580
partly coloured1582
chequered1592
medley-coloured1593
mingle-coloured1593
piebald1594
feathered1610
changeable1612
particolour1612
enamelled1613
variousa1618
pie-coloured1619
jaspered1620
gangean1623
versicolour1628
patchwork1634
damasked1648
variously-coloureda1660
variegateda1661
agated1665
varicoloured1665
damaska1674
various-coloureda1711
pieted1721
versicoloured1721
diversicoloured1756
mosaic1776
harlequin1779
spanged1788
calico1807
piety1811
varied-coloured1811
discolorate1826
heterochromous1842
jaspé1851
discolor1859
discolorous1860
jasperoid1876
damascened1879
heterochromatic1895
variotinted1903
batik1914
varihued1921
rumbled1930
damasky1931
pepper-and-salt1940
partihued1959
a700 Epinal Gloss. 61 Arrius [varius]: faag.
OE Beowulf 1631 Lagu drusade, wæter under wolcnum, wældreore fag.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 124 Ram geallan þone fagan cnua on niwe ealo.
c1150 Semi-Sax. Voc. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. 542 Fuluus, uel flauus..fouh.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 53 Þas faȝe neddre bitacneð þis faȝe folc þe wuneð in þisse weorlde..Witeð eow þet ȝe ne beo noht þe foaȝe neddre.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15466 Gold-uaȝe sceldes scanden bilifes.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12303 Sum hafde gode grene æc. and alches cunnes fah clað.
c1440 Gaw. & Galaron ii. 13 in Pinkerton Scot. Poems (1792) III. 218 Ferly fayr wes the feild, flekerit and faw, With gold and goulis in greyne.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) viii. x. 16 The god of bestis and of feildis faw.
b. In the plant-name fawthistle n. literal coloured thistle the card thistle or teasel. Obsolete.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Dipsacaceae (teasel and allies) > [noun]
teasela1300
wokethistlea1400
fuller's teasel?c1425
fawthistle1483
Venus's basin1551
card thistle1578
Venus's bath1578
fuller's weed1587
fuller's herb1593
fuller's thistle1601
fuller's thorn1601
Venus' laver1601
shepherd's rod1633
shepherd's staff1760
manweed1829
Venus's cup1855
1483 Cath. Angl. 124/1 Fawthistelle, labrum veneris.
c. Of objects that reflect light: Bright, glancing, gleaming, twinkling.
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the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective]
faw?a1400
relusantc1400
relucentc1487
splendent1578
sparkling1590
reflecting1591
speculable1592
reflectent1644
reflective1658
reflexious1659
reflexivea1660
specular1661
reflectant1669
reverberant1733
catoptrica1774
reverberatory1790
c1000 Ags. Ps. lxxxviii[i]. 36 Fultum þu him afyrdest fagan sweordes.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 747 The pryce schippez..fondez wyth fulle saile ower the fawe ythez.
2. quasi-n. The adjective used absol. coupled with gray. A species of fur, e.g. ermine (see quot. a1200). Cf. Old French vair et gris.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > other pelts or furs
fawa1200
ruskin1278
grisa1300
grover1310
letticea1399
cristy gray1404
pured?1435
watermail1489
cesil1492
callyvanc1524
wolverine1596
moleskin1652
flix1667
skunk1791
lion-skin1805
nutria1811
chinchilla1824
Alaska sable1869
fisher1879
monkeyc1896
marmot1911
tarbagan1928
a1200 Moral Ode 361 Ne scal þer beo fou ne grei ne cunig ne ermine.
c1275 Doomsday 28 in Old Eng. Misc. 164 Moni of thisse riche that wereden foh and grei.
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 4174 Gij him schred in fou & gray.
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1220 Þai raft me fowe and griis, And þus wounded þai me.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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