† 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.
| c 1400 Mandeville (1839) iv. 23 The Ile of Crete, that the Emperour ȝaf somtyme to Janeweys. 1480 Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxlix. (1482) 319 A grete batail on the see bitwene the Jeneweys and the kyng of Aragon. 1529 Rastell Pastyme, Hist. Brit. (1811) 219 A Januay that had the kepynge of y⊇ Castell of Caleys. 1593 Munday Def. Contraries 37, I shall see no more the prating Florentine..the vsuring Geneway. 1596 Edward III, iii. iv. 3 The garrison of Genoaes, my Lorde, That cam from Paris. 1600 Surflet Countrie Farme iii. xxvii. 483 The Genowaes doe plant branches [of the fig tree] all the moneth of August. 1642 Howell 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.
| 1603 Knolles Hist. Turks (1638) 296 Vsing..the Genoway marchants ships. Ibid. 344 Three tall Genoway ships..came with a faire winde for Constantinople. |