An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 745

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 745

SHILMONTS, SHELMENTS, _s. pl._


1. The frame or rail laid on a common cart, for carrying a load of hay, S.


2. The longitudinal bars of the sides of a muck-bodied or close cart, Loth.


SHILPIE, SHILPIT, _adj._


1. Insipid, applied to fermented liquors, S.


_Waverly._


Su. G. _skaell_, insipidus, aquosus.


2. Of a sickly colour, often _shilpit-like_, S.


_Gl. Sibb._


3. Applied to ears of corn not well filled, S. B.


Teut. _schelp_, putamen.


SHILVINS, _s. pl._ Rails that fixed the _rungs_ which formed the body of a cart, Ang.


Su. G. _skelwing_, paries intergerinus.


_To_ SHIMMER, _v. n._ To shine.


V. ~Skimmerin~.


_Ritson._


SHINICLE, _s._


V. ~Shannach~.


SHINTY, _s._


1. An inferior species of _golf_, S.


_Stat. Acc._


2. The club or stick used in playing, S.


Ir. _shon_, a club.


SHIPPER, _s._ A shipmaster.


_Pitscottie._


SHIRLES, _s. pl._ Turfs for fuel, Aberd.


V. ~Scherald~.


SHIRROT, _s._ A turf or _divot_, Banffs.


V. ~Scherald~.


SHIRT, _s._ Wild mustard.


_Gl. Sibb._


SHIRRAGLIE, _s._ A broil, Loth.


Su. G. _skurigla_, increpare.


s.h.i.t, _s._ A contemptuous designation for a child, S.


_Polwart._


E. _chit_; Ital. _cito_, puer, puella.


SHOCHLING, _part. pr._ Used metaph., apparently in the sense of mean, paltry.


V. ~Shachle~.


_Ramsay._


SHODE-SHOOL, _s._ A wooden shovel, shod with iron, S. B.


_Watson._


SHOES, _s. pl._ The rind of flax, S., same with _shaws_.


_To_ SHOOT, _v. n._ To push off from the sh.o.r.e in a boat, or to continue the course in casting a net, S. B.