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shire
1[ shahyuhr ]
noun
- one of the counties of Great Britain.
- the Shires, the counties in the Midlands in which hunting is especially popular.
Shire
2[ shahyuhr ]
noun
- one of an English breed of large, strong draft horses having a usually brown or bay coat with white markings.
Shiré
3[ shee-rey ]
noun
- a river in SE Africa, flowing S from Lake Malawi to the Zambezi River. 370 miles (596 km) long.
Shire
1/ ˈʃɪəreɪ /
noun
- a river in E central Africa, flowing from Lake Malawi through Malawi and Mozambique to the Zambezi. Length: 596 km (370 miles)
shire
2/ ʃaɪə /
noun
- one of the British counties
- ( in combination )
Yorkshire
- (in Australia) a rural district having its own local council
- See shire horse
- the Midland counties of England, esp Northamptonshire and Leicestershire, famous for hunting, etc
shire
3/ ʃaɪə /
verb
- dialect.tr to refresh or rest
let me get my head shired
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Other Words From
- subshire noun
- under·shire noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shire1
before 900; Middle English; Old English scīr office of administration, jurisdiction of such an office, county
Origin of shire2
1875–80; apparently so called because it was bred in the shires, i.e., those counties of west and central England whose names end in -shire
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shire1
Old English scīr office; related to Old High German scīra business
Origin of shire2
from Old English scīr clear
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Example Sentences
Tanganyika would thus go to Nyassa—down the Shiré into the Zambesi and the sea, if a passage existed even below ground.
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The rapids of Lake Nyassa where the Shiré issues from it, are more than fifteen hundred feet higher than the ocean.
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We landed to wood at Shamoara, just below the confluence of the Shiré.
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In the first ascent of the Shiré our attention was chiefly directed to the river itself.
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We could not learn from any record that the Shiré had ever been ascended by Europeans.
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