An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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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.
s.h.i.+ACKS, _s. pl._ Light black oats, variegated with grey stripes, having beards like barley, S. B.
_Stat. Acc._
Su. G. _skaeck_, variegated.
s.h.i.+LFA, s.h.i.+LFAW, _s._ The chaffinch, S.
_Mary Stewart._
s.h.i.+LFCORN, S.; SELKHORN, _s._ A thing which breeds in the skin, resembling a small maggot. S.
_Colvil._
s.h.i.+LLING, SCHILLING, s.h.i.+LLEN, _s._ Grain that has been freed from the husk, S.
_Dunbar._
~s.h.i.+llin Seeds~, the outermost husk of corn that is ground, after being separated from the grain, S.
