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• Thievish — Thiev ish, a. 1. Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie. [1913 Webster] 2. Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret. [1913 Webster] Time s thievish progress to eternity. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Partaking… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Daw — This interesting surname is of early medieval English, Welsh and Irish origin, and has three possible sources. Firstly, it is a pet form of the orginal hebrew David meaning the beloved one . Introduced into England and Wales by the 12th century… …   Surnames reference

• Dawe — This interesting surname is of early medieval English, Welsh and Irish origin, and has three possible sources. Firstly, it is a pet form of the orginal hebrew David meaning the beloved one . Introduced into England and Wales by the 12th century… …   Surnames reference

• Dawes — This interesting surname is of early medieval English, Welsh and Irish origin, and has three possible sources. Firstly, it is a pet form of the orginal hebrew David meaning the beloved one . Introduced into England and Wales by the 12th century… …   Surnames reference

• Daws — This interesting surname is of early medieval English, Welsh and Irish origin, and has three possible sources. Firstly, it is a pet form of David, a popular personal name in England and Wales, which is derived from the Hebrew male given name… …   Surnames reference

• Douse — This is an interesting and unusual name of medieval origin and is a dialectal variant of the name Daw, itself a name that can be either English or Welsh, with totally different origins. The Welsh form is from the pet name Daw for David, which is… …   Surnames reference

• Thievishly — Thievish Thiev ish, a. 1. Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie. [1913 Webster] 2. Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret. [1913 Webster] Time s thievish progress to eternity. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Thievishness — Thievish Thiev ish, a. 1. Given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie. [1913 Webster] 2. Like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret. [1913 Webster] Time s thievish progress to eternity. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• The Woman in the Moon — is an Elizabethan era stage play, a comedy written by John Lyly. Its unique status in that playwright s dramatic canon mdash; it is the only play Lyly wrote in blank verse rather than prose mdash; has presented scholars and critics with a range… …   Wikipedia

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• Jackdaw — This article is about the species Coloeus monedula, sometimes known as the Eurasian Jackdaw. For the species Coloeus dauuricus of eastern Asia, see Daurian Jackdaw. For other uses, see Jackdaw (disambiguation). Jackdaw …   Wikipedia