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shag, shagg, sheg, sheggin, shaggin,
shag [ʃag]
n. A shaking or tossing. The refuse of oats or barley.
n. A shaking or tossing. The refuse of oats or barley.
shaggin
v. Shaking or tossing.
v. Shaking or tossing.
See also shog.
shaggl, shaggl, shaggle, shuggle, sjaggel, sjaggel,
shaggle [I.Sh. ʃagl]
v. To cut raggedly, to chop up, to hack or dig clumsily. To gnaw or bite off in a rough uneven manner.
v. To cut raggedly, to chop up, to hack or dig clumsily. To gnaw or bite off in a rough uneven manner.
shaela, shaila, shaila, shailah, shaler, sheila, shilah, sjela,
shaila [I.Sh. ˈʃeːla]
n. Hoar-frost. A steely grey colour.
adj. Of a steely grey colour or bluish grey like frost on black soil.
n. Hoar-frost. A steely grey colour.
adj. Of a steely grey colour or bluish grey like frost on black soil.
shaer, shair, share,
shair [I.Ork. ʃeːr]
v. To grind or grate the teeth.
v. To grind or grate the teeth.
shaird, shairds, shard, shards, sherd, sherds,
shaird [ʃeːrd]
n. A shred, shard, splinter. A thin sheet of a substance.
pl. shairds
n. A shred, shard, splinter. A thin sheet of a substance.
pl. shairds
shairk, sherk, shirk, shurk,
shairk [ʃɛrk, ʃeːrk]
n. A shark.
n. A shark.
shairn, shairn-bree, shairney, shairnie, shairny, sharn, sharn-bree, sharnie, sharny, shern, shernie, sherny,
shairn [ʃeːrn, N. ʃarn]
n. Cattle dung.
v. To smear or soil with such.
n. Cattle dung.
v. To smear or soil with such.
shairnie [ʃeːrne, N. ʃarne]
adj. Smeared or soiled with cattle dung.
adj. Smeared or soiled with cattle dung.
Compounds and phrases etc.
shairn-bree: Liquid cattle dung.
scherp, shairp, shairpen, shairpen, shairpin-stane, shairpit, shairplie, shairply, shairpner, sharp, sharpeen, sharping-stane, sharpin-stane, sherp, sherpen, sherpin-stane, sherpit, sherplie, sherply,
shairp [ʃeːrp, ʃɛrp]
adj. Sharp, pointed. Of soil: composed of sand and grit, gravelly, open and loose. In measurements: neat, exact. Scrimp, just and nothing more. I.Sh. Sour as in milk.
v. To sharpen.
pt. pp. shairpit
adj. Sharp, pointed. Of soil: composed of sand and grit, gravelly, open and loose. In measurements: neat, exact. Scrimp, just and nothing more. I.Sh. Sour as in milk.
v. To sharpen.
pt. pp. shairpit
shairply [ˈʃeːrple, ˈʃɛrple]
adv. Sharply.
adv. Sharply.
Compounds and phrases etc.
shairpen: To sharpen.
shairpin-stane [ˈʃeːrpɪn-, ˈʃɛrpɪn-]: A whetstone.
shairpness: Sharpness.
shairpin-stane [ˈʃeːrpɪn-, ˈʃɛrpɪn-]: A whetstone.
shairpness: Sharpness.
chaak, ill-shakken, ill-shakken-up, ill-shooken, shaak, shaakin, shaakit, shack, shacker, shackers, shackin, shacky, shaeke, shak, shak-a-fa, shak-a-faw, shaken, shaker, shakin, shakit, shakk, shakkan, shakkeen, shakken, shakkent, shakker, shakkers, shakkie, shakkiedoon, shakkie-doun, shakkin, shakkin, shakkit, shakky, shakky-doon, shaks, shauk, shekyls, sheuk, sheuken, shooken, shuck, shuik, shuiken, shuikken, shuk, shuke, shukken,
shak [ʃak, ʃek]
n. A shake. A twist, throw or movement in wrestling, a wrestling bout.
dim. shakkie
v. To shake. To wrestle or grapple with an opponent.
pt. shakit, sheuk [ʃuk, ʃ(j)ʌk, I. ʃøk, ʃyk]
pp. shakit, shakken, sheuken adj. Shaken.
n. A shake. A twist, throw or movement in wrestling, a wrestling bout.
dim. shakkie
v. To shake. To wrestle or grapple with an opponent.
pt. shakit, sheuk [ʃuk, ʃ(j)ʌk, I. ʃøk, ʃyk]
pp. shakit, shakken, sheuken adj. Shaken.
shakkie
adj. Shaky.
adj. Shaky.
Compounds and phrases etc.
ill-shakken: Ungainly, with up of dress: disorderly, untidy.
shak-a-faw: A wrestling bout.
shakker [ˈʃakər, ˈʃekər]: A shaker. A riddle or sieve. Part of a threshing mill that shakes out the straw.
shakkers: S. SW, SEC. The quaking-grass Briza media.
shakkie-doun: A makeshift bed on the floor.
shakkin [ˈʃakɪn, ʃekɪn]: Shaking. The last remains of anything, the first small bundle of gathered hay, a small haycock.
siller shakkers: S. SW. SEC. The quaking-grass Briza media.
siller shakle: WC. NEC. The quaking-grass Briza media.
shak-a-faw: A wrestling bout.
shakker [ˈʃakər, ˈʃekər]: A shaker. A riddle or sieve. Part of a threshing mill that shakes out the straw.
shakkers: S. SW, SEC. The quaking-grass Briza media.
shakkie-doun: A makeshift bed on the floor.
shakkin [ˈʃakɪn, ʃekɪn]: Shaking. The last remains of anything, the first small bundle of gathered hay, a small haycock.
siller shakkers: S. SW. SEC. The quaking-grass Briza media.
siller shakle: WC. NEC. The quaking-grass Briza media.
shaldoo, shaldou, shaltoo, shultoo, soldu,
shaldou [WC. sɔlˈdu, NN.a.ˈʃaldu]
n. A young sprat Sprattus sprattus or herring Clupea harengus.
n. A young sprat Sprattus sprattus or herring Clupea harengus.
From Gaelic siol dubh.