fawn.

Brit.

/fɔː/, U.S.

/fɔ/,

/fɑ/

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 y^e 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.

ΚΠ

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.

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).

单词	faw
释义	fawn. Brit. /fɔː/, U.S. /fɔ/, /fɑ/ 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. ΘΚΠ 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 y^e 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 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