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shirrae, shirrew, shirro, shirrow, shrew,
shrew [ʃr(j)u, ˈʃər(j)u, ˈʃɪru]
n. The shrew Sorex araneus. A peevish, weepy person.
shrank, shrink, shrunk, shrunken, strink, strink, strinkit,
shrink [ʃrɪŋk]
v. To shrink.
pt. shrank [ʃraŋk]
pp. shrunk [ʃrʌŋk], shrunken
 
strink [strɪŋk]
v. I.Sh. To be sparing with, to cut down on.
pt. pp. strinkit [ˈstrɪŋkɪt]
n. A sprained muscle.
adj. U. Shrunken.
shrood,
shrood [ʃrud]
n. A shroud.
v. To shroud.
shrug [ʃrʌɡ]
n. A shuddering movement
shrunkelt, shrunkled,
shrunkelt [ˈʃrʌŋkəlt]
adj. Shrunken, shrivelled.
shuet,
shuet [ˈʃuət]
n. Suet.
shiffle, shuffle, skøfel, skøfl, sköfsin, skuifl, skuifle,
shuffle [ˈʃʌfl, MN. ˈʃɪfl]
v. To shuffle. To treat a matter equivocally.
 
skuifle [I.Sh. ˈskøfl]
v. To shuffle. To walk clumsily.
shifty, shooftie, shouftie, shuftey, shufti, shuftie, shufty,
shufti [ʃuftɪ]
n. col. A quick look, a glance.
 
From Arabic šāfa.
shokk, shug, shuggie, shuggle, shuggy, sjogg, sjoggie, sjukk,
shug [I.Sh. ʃʌg]
n. Drizzle. Fine rain or mist.
 
shuggie
adj. Misty, drizzly, foggy.
shoog, shook, shookie, shouk, shug, shuggie, sjugg,
shug [NN.b. ʃuk, I. ʃʌg]
also shuggie
int. A call to a horse.

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