_Kelly._

SHACKLE-BANE, _s._

1. The wrist, S.

_Ramsay._

Q. the bone on which shackles are fixed.

SHAFT, _s._ A handle, S.

Su. G. _skaft_.

SHAFTS, _s._ A kind of woollen-cloth, Aberd.

_Stat. Acc._

s.h.a.g, _s._ The refuse of barley, S.

Su. G. _shaegg_, hair.

_To_ SHAK _one"s c.r.a.p_, to give vent to one"s ill humour, S. B.

_Shirrefs._

_To_ SHAK _a fa"_, to wrestle, S.

_Ross._

SHAKE-DOWN, _s._ A temporary bed made on the floor, S.

_Pop. Ball._

SHALE, _s._ Alum ore, S.

SHALLOCH, _adj._ Plentiful, Mearns.

Isl. _skiol-a_, operire, tegere.

_To_ SHAM, _v. a._ To strike, Loth.

_To_ SHAMBLE, _v. n._

1. To rack the limbs by striding, Ang.

2. To make a wry mouth, S.

_Shamble chafts_, wry mouth, S. B.

_Forb._

SHAMLOCK, _s._ A cow that has not calved for two years, W. Loth.

Gael. _simlach_, id.

SHAMS, _s. pl._ Legs.

Fr. _jambes_, id.

SHAN, _adj._ Silly, paltry, Loth.

_Ramsay._

A. S. _scande_, Teut. _schande_, dedecus.

SHANGAN, _s._ A stick cleft at one end, for putting the tail of a dog in, S.

V. ~Shangie~.

_Burns._

_To_ ~Shangie~, _v. a._ To inclose in a cleft piece of wood, S. A.

_J. Nicol._

SHANGIE, _s._ A shackle that runs on the stake to which a cow is bound in the _byre_.

SHANGIE, _adj._ Thin, meagre, S.

Gael. _seang_, small, slender.

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