An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 741
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 741
_Kelly._
SHACKLE-BANE, _s._
1. The wrist, S.
_Ramsay._
Q. the bone on which shackles are fixed.
SHAFT, _s._ A handle, S.
Su. G. _skaft_.
SHAFTS, _s._ A kind of woollen-cloth, Aberd.
_Stat. Acc._
s.h.a.g, _s._ The refuse of barley, S.
Su. G. _shaegg_, hair.
_To_ SHAK _ones c.r.a.p_, to give vent to ones ill humour, S. B.
_Shirrefs._
_To_ SHAK _a fa_, to wrestle, S.
_Ross._
SHAKE-DOWN, _s._ A temporary bed made on the floor, S.
_Pop. Ball._
SHALE, _s._ Alum ore, S.
SHALLOCH, _adj._ Plentiful, Mearns.
Isl. _skiol-a_, operire, tegere.
_To_ SHAM, _v. a._ To strike, Loth.
_To_ SHAMBLE, _v. n._
1. To rack the limbs by striding, Ang.
2. To make a wry mouth, S.
_Shamble chafts_, wry mouth, S. B.
_Forb._
SHAMLOCK, _s._ A cow that has not calved for two years, W. Loth.
Gael. _simlach_, id.
SHAMS, _s. pl._ Legs.
Fr. _jambes_, id.
SHAN, _adj._ Silly, paltry, Loth.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _scande_, Teut. _schande_, dedecus.
SHANGAN, _s._ A stick cleft at one end, for putting the tail of a dog in, S.
V. ~Shangie~.
_Burns._
_To_ ~Shangie~, _v. a._ To inclose in a cleft piece of wood, S. A.
_J. Nicol._
SHANGIE, _s._ A shackle that runs on the stake to which a cow is bound in the _byre_.
SHANGIE, _adj._ Thin, meagre, S.
Gael. _seang_, small, slender.