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† ˈGenoway, n. and a. Obs.
Forms: α. 6–7 genowaie, -way(e, (6 genoae, 7 genowae, -wey, -wyaie, 6 geneway). β. 5 jan(e-, jenewey, 5–6 januay, -ey.
[Originally n. pl. Janeweys, a. OF. Genoueis, ad. It. Genovese: see prec. Afterwards the sing. form was produced by omission of the s, and the word used attrib. as adj.]
A. n. A native of Genoa.
c1400Mandeville (1839) iv. 23 The Ile of Crete, that the Emperour ȝaf somtyme to Janeweys. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxlix. (1482) 319 A grete batail on the see bitwene the Jeneweys and the kyng of Aragon. 1529Rastell Pastyme, Hist. Brit. (1811) 219 A Januay that had the kepynge of y⊇ Castell of Caleys. 1593Munday Def. Contraries 37, I shall see no more the prating Florentine..the vsuring Geneway. 1596Edward III, iii. iv. 3 The garrison of Genoaes, my Lorde, That cam from Paris. 1600Surflet Countrie Farme iii. xxvii. 483 The Genowaes doe plant branches [of the fig tree] all the moneth of August. 1642Howell For. Trav. (Arb.) 41 When a Jew..meeteth with a Genoway..he puts his fingers in his eyes fearing to be overreached by him.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Genoa.
1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1638) 296 Vsing..the Genoway marchants ships. Ibid. 344 Three tall Genoway ships..came with a faire winde for Constantinople. |