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 80 HAMPSHIBE GLOSSABT. Sharp [shaap], v. a. to sharoen. Ex. ' I maun sharp the saw, afori I does moie wi* her.' — ^N. M. Shaul [shaul], eb, a shovel to winnow with. — Cooper. From Bay, who writes $hawle. It is literally shovel, the v being pronounced as u; as in the nursery rhyme — With my Httle shoud.'—'W. H. 0. Shaw [shau], sb. a small wood. — K H. Shealioff [shee'lin], sb, a lean-to; a smaller building constructed ac^oimng to, and against another. — ^N. EL Sheening [sheening], sb. for machining; working by taskwork at a machine. N, and Q, Ist Ser. z. 400. Sheep-slate [sheep-slait], sb. a sheep-walk ; sheep-lease. — ^liale. Sheer [sheer], adj, shining, glassy ; used especially of any inflamma- tion which looks angry. — W. Sheers [sheerz], sb, pi. for shires ; the midland counties. Ex. ' He comes out of the sheers somewheres.* — N. H. Sheets-axe [sheets-aks], sb, pi. oak-galls. — J. B. * On the 29th of May chiliuen carry oak-apples about, and call out eheets^axe in dension to those who are not provided with them.' — ^Wise, New Forest, p. 183. Shelf, sb. (1) A bank of sand or pebbles. 2) A shallow in a river. (8) A ford. See shelves in Milton, Comus, 117 ; and shelvy in Sh. Merry WiveSf HL v. 15. — Wise, New Forest. Shim [shim], sb. a smock. — J. This word appears to be an abbrevi- ation of the French cAemwe.— W. H. 0» Shim, adj. lean, thin, slim. Ex. ^He's a shim fellow,' i.e. thin.— • Wise, New Forest. Shire-way [sheir-wai], sb. a bridle-way. — Cooper. Shirk off [shurk auf], v. to decamp, to retreat in a cowardly way, to slink away from. *Ak. See Shog oft Shirky [shurk-i], adj. deceitful — Cooper. Shirt-oraw« See Craw. Shiver-grass [shivur-graas], sb. a species of grass which continually seems agitated, or quivers. — F. M. Also called didder-grass, viz. in Camba— W. W. S. [-Bma.] Shock, Shoak, Shuck [shok, shoak, shuk], v. to break off short Gravel is said to shod off at any particular stratum. — ^Wise, New Forest. Shock [shok], sb. a heap, applied not merely to com, but to anything else. < A shock of sand,' t. e; a line or band of sand. — ^Wise, New Forest.
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