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chingle, chinglie, chingly, jingle, jinglie, jingly, shingle, shingler, shinglie, shingly,
shingle [ʃɪŋl, N. I tʃɪŋl, SW. I. dʒɪŋl]
n. Shingle, gravel. A stone rounded by water.
n. Shingle, gravel. A stone rounded by water.
shingly [ˈʃɪŋli, ˈtʃɪŋli, ˈdʒɪŋli]
adj. Shingly, gravelly.
adj. Shingly, gravelly.
Compounds and phrases etc.
shingler: NN.a. A lean cod Gadus morhua.
shimmie, shinnie, shinny, shinny, shintie, shinty,
shinty [ˈʃɪnti, ˈʃɪne]
n. A game like hockey.
n. A game like hockey.
schip, schippe, schippes, schips, shep, sheps, ship, shippie, ships, shup, shups,
ship [ʃɪp]
n. A ship.
pl. ships
dim. shippie A steam drifter.
n. A ship.
pl. ships
dim. shippie A steam drifter.
shir, shire, shyre,
shire [ˈʃəir]
n. A district or area of varying size, smaller than a county, which may have formerly been under separate baronial or ecclesiastical jurisdiction or enjoyed special privileges. A district in a general sense.
n. A district or area of varying size, smaller than a county, which may have formerly been under separate baronial or ecclesiastical jurisdiction or enjoyed special privileges. A district in a general sense.
the Shire: The county of Wigtown, the local name for Wigtownshire, the western part of the ancient province of Galloway.
shair, shairie, shar, share, sharie, sharie, sharr, sheer, sheerie, sheerins, sheir, sheirie, sher, sherie, shire, shire$t, shired, shirey, shirie, shirin, shirins, shiry, shyre, shyrie,
shire [ˈʃəi(ə)r, ʃeːr, ʃiːr]
adj. Of liquor: clear, pure, unclouded. Of soup etc.: thin, watery. Of measure: scrimp, bare, mere. To the stated amount and nothing more. Of cloth: thin in texture. Complete, absolute, sheer, utter.
v. To purify a liquid by allowing it to stand till the dregs subside, to pour off the lighter part of a liquid, to separate it from its sediment, to skim. To allow to become clear.
pt. pp. shire't, shired
adj. Of liquor: clear, pure, unclouded. Of soup etc.: thin, watery. Of measure: scrimp, bare, mere. To the stated amount and nothing more. Of cloth: thin in texture. Complete, absolute, sheer, utter.
v. To purify a liquid by allowing it to stand till the dregs subside, to pour off the lighter part of a liquid, to separate it from its sediment, to skim. To allow to become clear.
pt. pp. shire't, shired
shirie
adj. Thin, watery.
adj. Thin, watery.
Compounds and phrases etc.
shirins: The liquid poured off from steeped sowans.
sherra, shirra, shirrae, shirrif, shrive,
shirra [ˈʃɪrə]
n. A sheriff.
n. A sheriff.
Sherra-moor, sherramuir, Shirraemuir, shirramair, shirrameer, Shirramuir,
Shirramuir [ˈʃɪrəmøːr, C. -meːr, N. -miːr, -mjuːr]
pn. Sherrifmuir (Stirling).
n. A tumult, Sherrifmuir was the site of a battle.
pn. Sherrifmuir (Stirling).
n. A tumult, Sherrifmuir was the site of a battle.
sharrie, sharry, shirrarie, shirrary, shirrmineer,
shirrarie [ʃɪˈrare]
also sharrie [ˈʃare]
n. A squabble, row, fracas.
also sharrie [ˈʃare]
n. A squabble, row, fracas.
Compounds and phrases etc.
shirrmineer: A tumult, uproar.
shat, shate, sheyt, shite, shitten, shyte,
shite [ʃəit]
v. To defecate, excrement.
pt. shate [ʃet]
pp. shitten [ˈʃɪtə]
v. To defecate, excrement.
pt. shate [ʃet]
pp. shitten [ˈʃɪtə]
shoal [ʃoːl]
n. A large number or great multitude (of fish).
v. Congretating in large numbers.
n. A large number or great multitude (of fish).
v. Congretating in large numbers.