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shangie, shangy,
shangy [ˈʃaŋi]
adj. Thin, lean, scraggy, gaunt.
baneshanks, bane-shanks, lang-shankit, reidshank, scrae-shankit, shank, shanket, shankie, shankies, shankin, shankit, shankless, shanks, shanky, shunk, shunks, skrae-shankit,
shank [ʃaŋk]
n. The shin, leg. The stem or shaft of any instrument. The stem or stalk of a plant. A downward spur or projection of a hill, a descending ridge which joins a hill summit to the plain.
dim. shankie
pl. shanks, dim. shankies
v. To use the legs, to walk, go or cover on foot, march. To send someone off on foot, dispatch, dismiss, pack off. To knit.
pt. pp. shankit adj. Often in compounds meaning having legs of a certain sort specified.
Compounds and phrases etc.
baneshanks: The grim rreaperr.
lang-shankit: Having long legs, having a long handle.
Peter-lang-shanks: WC. A crane fly.
scrae-shankit: Having thin, spindly legs.
shankin: Proceeding with large strides.
shank redd o: To send off without ceremony.
reidshank: The redshank Tringa totanus. The common sorrel Rumex acetosa or broad-leaved dock Rumex obtusifolius. A nick-name for a highlander.
shankless: Having no legs.
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]
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