Page:Glossary of words in use in Cornwall.djvu/610

 HAMPSHIBE GLOSS ART. 81 I Sliook-shower [shok-shouT], ab, a slight shower in harvest ; one which just wets the Shocks, or sheayes of com. — W. Shoes and Stockings [shooz iind stok'ingz], sb. pL Lotus comieulatua, — HoUoway's Dictionary. — J. B. Shog oiF [shog auf], v. the same as Bhirk off. *Ak. Perhaps it has less of the idea of sneaking away. C£ ' Let us shog off J Henry Y. ii 3. IShog and shirk are not allied.— W. W. 8.] Shoot [shoot], sb, a deep road downhill. — J. Shoot-off [shaot-auf, sometimes pronounced shut], v. to unyoke; used sometimes without the suffix. Ex. * Tye just shot the mare/ 1. e, taken her out of harness, and put her in the stable. — N. H. Shooting-off-time [shuo'tin-auf-teim], sb. the hour at which farm- horses leave off work. — N. H. Showl [shoul], sb. a shoveL *Ak. See Shanl. Shrammed [shram 'dl, pp. chilled ♦Ak. Very cold. — N. H. Con- veys the notion of oeing shrunk up with cold. Ex. *rm shrammd wi^ cold.*— W. Shrape [shraip], v. to scold. — Cooper. Shrew-ash [shreu-ash], sb. a 'medicated' ash-tree. * A shreuHzsh was made thus : — Into the body of a tree a deep hole was bored with an auger, and a poor devoted shreW'-mouse was thrust in aliye, and plugged in.' White's Nat. Hist, of SelbornSy Letter xxviii BhrieTj [shree'vi], adj. having threads withdrawn. — Cooper. Bhroving [shroa'ving], sb. * Boys and girls " go shroving " on Ash- Wedn^ay ( P Shrove Tuesday) ; that is, begging for meat and drink at the farmhouse, singing this rude snatch : — << I come a shroving, a shroving, a shroving, For a piece of pancake ; Eor a piece of truffle-bheeso Of your own making * ' ; when, if nothing is given, they throw stones and shards at the door.* — Vfiae, New Forest, p. 178. Shnck [shuk], sb. a husk, or shell, as a 'bean^A ucA:.' — Cooper. Used only after the seed has been remoyed. — ^W. H. 0. Shnck [shuk], v. to shake. — Cooper. Bhnckish [shukish], adj. unpleasant, unsettled, showery; as a lent to shaky. Shnfflin^ [shuf ling], pres. part. * To go shuffling ' is to walk with- out raising the feet much from the ground, thereby making a shuffling noise.— E. M. See Scuffle. Shnn [shun], v, to push. — Cooper. Shnt. See Shoot
 * shuckish journey,' * shuMsh weather,' Ac. — Cooper. It seems equiva-