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ashair, ashairance, ashaire, ashaired, ashairt, asheer, asheerance, asheered, asheert, asheur, ashire, ashuir, ashuirance, ashuired, ashuiredly, ashuirt, assair, asseer, asseerance, asser, assuire, asurance, asure, asured, asurt, ehshure, enshoor, enshuir, enshuirin, enshurin, essure, seer, seerly, sere, seur, shaer, shair, shaire, shairlie, shairly, share, sharely, sheer, sheerly, sheur, shoer, shooer, shoorlie, shör, shöre, shörly, shuilie, shuir, shuirlie, shuirly, shuirtie, shure, shurely, shurley, shurly, sirely, suirly, suirtie, surelie, surley,
shuir [S. NEC. SN. I. ʃøːr, ʃyr, C. ʃeːr, MN. ʃiːr, siːr]
adj. Sure.
adv. Sure.
 
shuirly
adv. Surely, really, indeed, for certain.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ashuir [əˈ-]: To assure. pt. pp. ashuirt, ashuired
ashuirance [-əns,]: Assurance.
ashuiredly: Assuredly.
enshuir: To ensure To assure, place confidence.
enshuirin: Ensuring.
shuirtie: leg. A bond or obligation entered into between parties that they will keep the peace. arch. Safety, security.
ootshot, owershot, owreshot, schuit, schuitit, sheet, sheetin, sheetit, sheut, shoat, shoot, shootin, shootit, shot, shöt, shote, shotten, shottit, shottit, shuit, shüit, shuitin, shuitit, shuitit, shut, shut, shüt, shute, shutin, shutit, shutit, shutten, shuttin,
shuit [ʃøt, ʃyt, C. U. ʃɪt, N. ʃit]
n. A push, shove.
pl. shuits
v. To shoot, Of plants: to sprout. Of a fish: to discharge its spawn. To cast nets or lines into the sea. To protrude or bulge and be in danger of bursting and falling. To reject after selection, to separate out the bad from the good. Of weather: to precipitate squally showers. To rain intermittently with gusts of wind.
pt. shuitit, shot [ʃɔt]
pp. shuitit shot, shotten [(ˈ)ʃɔt(ən)] adj. Collapsed or fallen.
 
See also shot.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
ootshot: Rejected or inferior animal skins, cullings, refuse. A projecting part of a wall or building. An extension or addition to the side of a building.
owershot: The surplus, remainder.
shot o: Rid of, free from.
shuitin: Shooting.
upshot: Consequence, result, outcome; conclusion.
shun [ʃʌn]
v. To step aside orstand back to let someone pass.
shon, shun, shün, sjon,
shun [NN.b. ˈʃɔn, I.Sh. ˈʃʌn]
n. A small lake or piece of water. A pool.
shurl,
shurl [ʃʌrl]
n. An amount of snow slipping off a roof.
Shoosan, Shoosie, Shoozie, Shousan, Shusan, Shusy, Shuzzan, Susy,
Shusan [ˈʃuːzən]
n. The personal name Susan.
dim. Shusie [ˈʃuːzi]
shet, shut, shut_it, shuts, shutten, shuttit,
shut [ʃʌt]
v. To shut.
pt. shut
pp. shut, shutten
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
shut it: Shut it ...
shuts: pl. Shutters.
shut tae: To close properly.
shittle, shittle-gabbit, shittler, shuttle, shuttle-gabbit, shuttler,
shuttle [ˈʃʌtl]
n. A shuttle.
v. To weave. To drive the shuttle in a loom. To move to and fro.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
shuttle-gabbit: Having a protruding jaw.
shuttler [ˈʃʌtlər]: A weaver. A boy who fills carriages and bobbins.
sheuve, sheuved, shew, shewd, shiv, shive, shivved, shivvin, shoagie-shoo, shoggie-shoo, shoggy-saw, shoggy-shoo, shoo, shoodee, shoody, shoogie-shue, shooin, shove, shu, shu$, shue, shued, shuedie, shuein, shuggie-shue, shuggy_sho, shuggy-shoo, shuive, shuived, shuivin, shuv, shuve, shuved, shuvein, shuvin, shuvvin, sju,
shuve [ʃøv, ʃɪv, ʃʌv]
n. A shove.
v. To shove.
pt. pp. shuved
 
contracted shue [ʃuː]
n. A rocking, to-and-fro motion. A swing or swinging rope. A see-saw. A push, shove. A pushing backwards and forwards.
v. To swing, rock or sway backwards and forwards. To row a boat backwards.
pt. shued
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
shoogie-shue: A see-saw.
shuedie: NN.a. A swing.
shuein: Rocing, swinging, etc.
shuvin: Shoving.
shey, shy, shyve,
shy [ʃae, MN. ʃaev]
v. To throw, especially a rope from boat to pier.

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