_Courant._

Teut. _schawe_, umbra.

SHEAL, SCHELE, SHEIL, SHIELD, SHIELLING, SHEELIN, _s._

1. A hut, or residence for those who have the care of sheep, S.

_Pennant._

2. A hut for fishermen, S.

_Law Case._

3. A shed for sheltering sheep during night, S.

4. A cottage for sportsmen, S.

_Statist. Acc._

5. _Wynter schelis_, winter quarters.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

6. A nest for a field mouse.

_Henrysone._

Isl. _sael_, domuncula aestiva in montanis; Su. G. _skale_, Isl.

_skali_, a cottage.

_To_ ~Sheal~, ~Shiel~, _v. a._ To put sheep under cover, S.

_Ross._

_To_ SHEAL, _v. a._ To take the husks off seeds, S.

_Statist. Acc._

Belg. _scheel-en_, A. S. _sceal-ian_, to sh.e.l.l.

_To_ SHEAR, SCHEIR, _v. a._

1. To cut down corn with the sickle, S.

2. To reap, in general, S.

_Lyndsay._

~Shearer~, _s._

1. One employed in cutting down corn, S.

_Hudson._

2. In a general sense, a reaper, S.

Su. G. _skaer-a_, metere, falce secare.

~Shearin~, _s._

1. The act of cutting down corn, S.

_A. Douglas._

2. Harvest in general, S.

SHEAR-KEAVIE, _s._ The cancer depurator. Loth.

SHEARN, _s._

V. ~Sharn~.

SHEAVE, _s._ A slice, S.

V. ~Shave~.

SHED, _s._ A portion of land, as distinguished from that which is adjacent, S.

A. S. _scead-an_, Teut. _scheyd-en_, separare.

SHED, _s._ The interstice between the different parts of the warp in a loom, S.

_Adam._

SHEDE, _s._ A slice, S. B.

_Sir Gawan._

_To_ ~Sheed~, _v. a._ To cut into slices, S. B.

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