An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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s.h.i.+LMONTS, 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.
s.h.i.+LPIE, s.h.i.+LPIT, _adj._
1. Insipid, applied to fermented liquors, S.
_Waverly._
Su. G. _skaell_, insipidus, aquosus.
2. Of a sickly colour, often _s.h.i.+lpit-like_, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
3. Applied to ears of corn not well filled, S. B.
Teut. _schelp_, putamen.
s.h.i.+LVINS, _s. pl._ Rails that fixed the _rungs_ which formed the body of a cart, Ang.
Su. G. _skelwing_, paries intergerinus.
_To_ s.h.i.+MMER, _v. n._ To s.h.i.+ne.
V. ~Skimmerin~.
_Ritson._
s.h.i.+NICLE, _s._
V. ~Shannach~.
s.h.i.+NTY, _s._
1. An inferior species of _golf_, S.
_Stat. Acc._
2. The club or stick used in playing, S.
Ir. _shon_, a club.
s.h.i.+PPER, _s._ A s.h.i.+pmaster.
_Pitscottie._
s.h.i.+RLES, _s. pl._ Turfs for fuel, Aberd.
V. ~Scherald~.
s.h.i.+RROT, _s._ A turf or _divot_, Banffs.
V. ~Scherald~.
s.h.i.+RT, _s._ Wild mustard.
_Gl. Sibb._
s.h.i.+RRAGLIE, _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.
