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shankie, shanky, shunkie, shunky,
shankie [ʃaŋki, ʃʌŋki]
n. A water-closet, from the name of a well-known manufacturer.
shantieglan, shantiglan, shantyglan,
shantieglan [ˈʃantɪglan]
n. An itinerant knife-grinder.
chop, choppie, chops, schap, schaps, shap, shapp, shappie, shappin, shapps, shaps, shoap, shoap, shoapie, shoapin, shoappie, shoappin, shop, shope, shopess, shoppie, shops,
shap [ʃap, ʃɔp, tʃɔp]
n. A shop.
pl. shaps
dim. shappie.
Compounds and phrases etc.
shappin: Shopping.
shaep, shaepit, shaeps, shap, shape, shape$t, shapeit, shapen, shapen, shapes, shapit, shaps, ship, ships, shoup, shoups, shup, shuppit, shups, wanshapen,
shape [ʃep]
n. A shape. A pattern for making clothes. An attitude, posture, conduct, manner.
pl. shapes
v. To shape. To attempt, to try, contrive. To turn out, show promise of being etc. To adapt oneself to. To direct one's course, make for or set out, set oneself.
pt. shapit, shape
pp. shapit, shapen adj. Shaped, created, contrived, prepared.
Compounds and phrases etc.
shapeless: Shapeless.
wanshapen: Deformed.
sharg, sjarg, snjarg,
sharg [I. ʃarg]
n. Nagging, grumbling, petulant. A persistent complaining or teasing. A nagger, grumbling, fractious person.
v. To argue fractiously, carp, cavil, speak on in a peevish grumbling way, to nag, grouse.
sharg, shargar, shargart, sharger, shargered, shargered, shargert, shargie, shargy,
sharg [ʃarg]
n. A small, stunted person.
adj. Tiny, mean, lean, withered.
shargy
adj. Thin, shrivelled.
Compounds and phrases etc.
sharger [ˈʃargər]: A small, stunted person.
shargert [ˈʃargərt], shargered [ˈʃargərd]: adj. Stunted.
sharrach, sharrachie, sharrae, sharro, sharrow, shellachie, shirragh, shirraghie, shirroch, shirrochy,
sharro [NN.b. I.Ork. ʃaro]
adj. Bitter to the taste, sour, tart, acid. Keen, sharp in business, exacting.
also sharrach(ie) Having a sour, haughty, or passionate look. Of the weather: chilly, piercingly cold.
chatter, chattered, chattert, shatter, shattered, shattert, shatturd,
shatter [ˈʃatər, N. ˈtʃatər]
v. To shatter.
pt. pp. shattert, shattered [ˈʃatərt,ˈtʃatərt, -d]
scauchil, schochle, schoochle, shaachle, shach, shachle, shachlin, shacle, shaggle, shauch, shauchle, shauchlin, shauchlin, shaucht, shaughle, sheuch, shoch, shochlan, shochle, shough,
shauch [ʃɑːx, ʃɔːx, N. ʃaːx]
adj. Awry, askew, twisted. To jilt or desert a woman.
v. To shape or form anything in an oblique way, to make awry, distort.
pt. pp. shaucht
shauchle [ʃɑːxl, ʃɔːxl, N. I. ʃaːxl]
n. A worn out shoe. A weakly, undergrown or deformed person or animal.
v. To shuffle, shamble, walk heavily or awkwardly.
Pt. pp. shauchelt adj. Worn out, out of shape.
shauchly
adj. Unsteady or weak on the feet.
Compounds and phrases etc.
misshauchelt: Deformed, misshapen.
shauchle aff: To shuffle or shake off, get rid, discard.
shauchlin: Shuffling, walking clumsily.
shagh, shauch, shaugh, shoch, shouch, shough,
shauch [U. ʃɑːx]
n. A draw at a pipe, a smoke.
v. To draw at a pipe, smoke.
From Irish seach.
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