SHANK _of a hill_, the projecting point of a hill, S.
SHANK _of a coal mine_, the pit sunk for reaching the coals, S.
A. S. _senc-an_, to sink.
SHANKS, _s. pl._
V. ~Schank~.
~Shankum~, _s._ A man or beast that has long small legs, Orkn.
SHANNACH, _s._ A bonfire lighted on Hallow-eve, Perths.; also _shinicle_.
Gael. _samhnag_, _samh'-in_, the great festival observed by the Celts at the beginning of winter.
_To_ SHAPE _away_, _v. a._ To drive away.
_Godly Sangs._
Germ. _schieb-en_, _schupf-en_, to drive.
SHARGAR, SHARGER, _s._
1. A lean person, a scrag.
Belg. _scraghe_, id.
_Ross._
2. A weakly child, S.; also _shargan_.
_Ross._
Gael. _seirgne_, sickly; _seirg_, a consumption.
SHARN, SHEARN, _s._ The dung of oxen or cows, S.
_R. Galloway._
A. S. _scearn_, Fris. _scharn_, dung.
~Sharny~, _adj._ Bedaubed with cows' dung, S.
_Ramsay._
~Sharny-peat~, _s._ A cake of cows' dung mixed with coal-dross. S.
SHARRACHIE, _adj._ Cold, chill, Ang.
SHATHMONT, _s._ A measure of six inches.
V. ~Schaftmon~.
_Ritson._
SHAVE, SHEEVE, _s._ A slice, S.
Belg. _schyf_, a round slice.
_Ramsay._
_To_ SHAVE, _v. a._ To sow, Aberd.; _shaw_, Buchan.
SHAVER, _s._ A wag, S.
_Gl. Shirr._
SHAULING, _s._ The act of killing salmon by means of a leister, S. A.
from E. _shallow_.
_Stat. Acc._
SHAUP, _s._
1. The husk, S.
2. An empty person.
_Ramsay._
Teut. _schelp_, putamen, Isl. _skalp_, vagina.
SHAWS, _pl._ The foliage of esculent roots, S.