An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 745 : s.h.i.+LMONTS, SHELMENTS, _s. pl._ 1. The frame or rail laid on a common cart, for car

s.h.i.+LMONTS, SHELMENTS, _s. pl._

1. The frame or rail laid on a common cart, for carrying a load of hay, S.

2. The longitudinal bars of the sides of a muck-bodied or close cart, Loth.

s.h.i.+LPIE, s.h.i.+LPIT, _adj._

1. Insipid, applied to fermented liquors, S.

_Waverly._

Su. G. _skaell_, insipidus, aquosus.

2. Of a sickly colour, often _s.h.i.+lpit-like_, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

3. Applied to ears of corn not well filled, S. B.

Teut. _schelp_, putamen.

s.h.i.+LVINS, _s. pl._ Rails that fixed the _rungs_ which formed the body of a cart, Ang.

Su. G. _skelwing_, paries intergerinus.

_To_ s.h.i.+MMER, _v. n._ To s.h.i.+ne.

V. ~Skimmerin~.

_Ritson._

s.h.i.+NICLE, _s._

V. ~Shannach~.

s.h.i.+NTY, _s._

1. An inferior species of _golf_, S.

_Stat. Acc._

2. The club or stick used in playing, S.

Ir. _shon_, a club.

s.h.i.+PPER, _s._ A s.h.i.+pmaster.

_Pitscottie._

s.h.i.+RLES, _s. pl._ Turfs for fuel, Aberd.

V. ~Scherald~.

s.h.i.+RROT, _s._ A turf or _divot_, Banffs.

V. ~Scherald~.

s.h.i.+RT, _s._ Wild mustard.

_Gl. Sibb._

s.h.i.+RRAGLIE, _s._ A broil, Loth.

Su. G. _skurigla_, increpare.

s.h.i.+T, _s._ A contemptuous designation for a child, S.

_Polwart._

E. _chit_; Ital. _cito_, puer, puella.

SHOCHLING, _part. pr._ Used metaph., apparently in the sense of mean, paltry.

V. ~Shachle~.

_Ramsay._

SHODE-SHOOL, _s._ A wooden shovel, shod with iron, S. B.

_Watson._

SHOES, _s. pl._ The rind of flax, S., same with _shaws_.

_To_ SHOOT, _v. n._ To push off from the sh.o.r.e in a boat, or to continue the course in casting a net, S. B.