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sheil, shiel, shiel$, shield,
shield [ʃil(d)]
n. A shield. The seat of a privy. A keyhole plate.
schäft, schift, sheuft, shift, shïft, shifter, shiftet, shiftit, shïftit, shuft,
shift [ʃɪft, ʃʌft]
n. A change of clothing. A move in the game of draughts. A change of situation, abode or employment.
v. To shift, change places, change clothes etc. Evade, dodge. Change the bobbins on a spinning-frame. To move quickly.
pt. pp. shiftit
Compounds and phrases etc.
shifter [ˈʃɪftər, ˈʃʌftər]: A person who changes the bobbins on a spinning-frame.
shiftless: Shiftless.
chilcorn, selkhorn, shilcoarn, shilcorn, shillcoarn, shillcorn,
shilcorn [ˈʃɪlkorn]
n. A pimple, a blackhead.
chaaie, chi, chye, chykie, cockchaai, cockchaaies, sheelie, shelfie, shelfy, shellie, shelly, shellyfaw, shelpie, shiely, shielyfaw, shilfa, shilfie, shilfy, shillie, shilly, shillyfaw, shulfie,
shilfie [S. C. SN. NN.b. ˈʃɪlfi]
also shillie [ ˈʃɪli, ˈʃili], MN. chye [tʃaɪ]
n. The chaffinch Fringilla coelebs.
shell, shill,
shill [ʃɪl]
adj. Shrill. Of sound: high-pitched.
schillin, schilling, schillings, schillins, shillan, shillans, shillin, shillins, shillun, shilluns, shullin, shullins, shulln, shullns,
shillin [ˈʃɪlɪn, ˈʃʌlən]
n. A shilling.
pl. shillins
pilchit, pilpert, shelpit, sherpet, shillpit, shilp, shilped, shilpet, shilpid, shilpie, shilpin, shilpit, shilpy, shirpet, shirpit, skilpit,
shilp [ʃɪlp]
n. A thin, pinched-looking person.
adj. Sour, acid in taste. Of speech: sharp, tart.
shilpie
n. Thin, puny.
shilpit [ˈʃɪlpɪt]
also shilpin [ˈʃɪlpən]
adj. Pale, sickly, weak, puny, shrunken.
Compounds and phrases etc.
pilpert: MN. A badly-fed, cold-looking child.
shim, shimm, shimmin,
shim [MN. ʃɪm]
n. A horse-hoe or scuffler. A kind of very shallow double-sided plough.
v. To use a horse-hoe, to weed etc.
shimee,
shimee [ˈʃimiː]
n. A straw rope. A rest for a creel on a fishwife's back.
See simmen also.
From Gaelic sìoman.
hem-shin$d, shin, shind, shun,
shin [ʃɪn]
n. The shin. A ridge or steep hill face, a projecting part of a piece of high ground.
Compounds and phrases etc.
haim-shin: A shin shaped like a haim.
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