Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word shafe.
Examples
-
There were plenty of "ffether boulsters," "shafe boulsters," "wool bolsters;" and John Walker had in 1659 a "Thurlinge Boulster," and each household had many pillows.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
-
"You called me a scoundrel, sirra, and you have called me a villain, sirra, now I tell you to your teeth, you're a liar -- I am neither villain nor scoundrel; but you're both; and if I hear another word of insolence out of your foul and lying mouth, I'll thrash you as I would a shafe of whate or oats."
The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831
-
He then went over to Bat, and got a large shafe of bank-notes from him, an 'motioned him to be off wid himself, an' that he'd see him to-morrow.
The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831
-
I never wear any thing that comes up high like these do because my ankles swell and my legs shafe from pressure of high boots normaly.
-
Haf to shafe teh furrz offa his headz… c if teh debbil’s mrk is tere.
dey iz nursing der own doom. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.