An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 744

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 744

SHEEN _of the ee_, the pupil of the eye, S. B.


SHEEVE, _s._ A slice.


V. ~Shave~.


SHEIMACH, _s._ A kind of ba.s.s made of straw or _sprot_-ropes plaited, on which panniers are hung, Mearns.


_Gl. Sibb._


Gael. _sumag_, a pack-saddle, A. S. _seam_, sarcina jumentaria.


SHEIMACH, _s._ A thing of no value, S. B.


SHEEP-ROT, _s._ b.u.t.terwort, an herb, S. B.


SHEEPS-SILLER, _s._ Common Mica, S.


Sh.e.l.l. _Scarcely out of the sh.e.l.l yet_; applied to young persons who affect something beyond their years, S.


Sh.e.l.lYCOAT, _s._


1. A spirit, supposed to reside in the waters, S.


_Minstr. Bord._


2. A b.u.m-bailiff, Loth.


_Ferguson._


SHELM, _s._ A rascal.


Fr. id.


_Melvil._


SHELTIE, _s._ A horse of the smallest size, S.


_Martin._


Perh. corr. from _Shetland_, Dan. _Hialtland_.


SHEPHROA, _s._ A piece of female dress.


_Watson._


SHEUCH, _s._ A furrow, S.


V. ~Seuch~.


_To_ ~Sheuch~, ~Shugh~, _v. a._ To lay plants in the earth, before they are planted out, S.


_To_ SHEVEL, _v. a._ To distort, S.


_Shevelling-gabbit_, q. having a distorted mouth.


V. ~Showl~.


_Ramsay._


_To_ ~Shevel~, _v. n._ To walk in an unsteady and oblique sort of way, S.


SHIACKS, _s. pl._ Light black oats, variegated with grey stripes, having beards like barley, S. B.


_Stat. Acc._


Su. G. _skaeck_, variegated.


SHILFA, SHILFAW, _s._ The chaffinch, S.


_Mary Stewart._


SHILFCORN, S.; SELKHORN, _s._ A thing which breeds in the skin, resembling a small maggot. S.


_Colvil._


SHILLING, SCHILLING, SHILLEN, _s._ Grain that has been freed from the husk, S.


_Dunbar._


~Shillin Seeds~, the outermost husk of corn that is ground, after being separated from the grain, S.