An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 742

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SHANK _of a hill_, the projecting point of a hill, S.

SHANK _of a coal mine_, the pit sunk for reaching the coals, S.

A. S. _senc-an_, to sink.

SHANKS, _s. pl._

V. ~Schank~.

~Shank.u.m~, _s._ A man or beast that has long small legs, Orkn.

SHANNACH, _s._ A bonfire lighted on Hallow-eve, Perths.; also _s.h.i.+nicle_.

Gael. _samhnag_, _samh'-in_, the great festival observed by the Celts at the beginning of winter.

_To_ SHAPE _away_, _v. a._ To drive away.

_G.o.dly Sangs._

Germ. _schieb-en_, _schupf-en_, to drive.

SHARGAR, SHARGER, _s._

1. A lean person, a scrag.

Belg. _scraghe_, id.

_Ross._

2. A weakly child, S.; also _shargan_.

_Ross._

Gael. _seirgne_, sickly; _seirg_, a consumption.

SHARN, SHEARN, _s._ The dung of oxen or cows, S.

_R. Galloway._

A. S. _scearn_, Fris. _scharn_, dung.

~Sharny~, _adj._ Bedaubed with cows' dung, S.

_Ramsay._

~Sharny-peat~, _s._ A cake of cows' dung mixed with coal-dross. S.

SHARRACHIE, _adj._ Cold, chill, Ang.

SHATHMONT, _s._ A measure of six inches.

V. ~Schaftmon~.

_Ritson._

SHAVE, SHEEVE, _s._ A slice, S.

Belg. _schyf_, a round slice.

_Ramsay._

_To_ SHAVE, _v. a._ To sow, Aberd.; _shaw_, Buchan.

SHAVER, _s._ A wag, S.

_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._

SHAULING, _s._ The act of killing salmon by means of a leister, S. A.

from E. _shallow_.

_Stat. Acc._

SHAUP, _s._

1. The husk, S.

2. An empty person.

_Ramsay._

Teut. _schelp_, putamen, Isl. _skalp_, v.a.g.i.n.a.

SHAWS, _pl._ The foliage of esculent roots, S.

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