'A Piece of Cloth is said to be—shewent—when it is evenly wove and not Rowey—it is also applied in other cases to denote a thing Level and even.'—Cunnington MS.
*(2) Demure (C.).—N.W., obsolete.
'To Look Shewent, is to Look demure.'—Cunnington MS.
*Shab off. To go off (S.).—S.W.
Shackle. (1) A hurdle wreath or tie (S.): a twisted band of straw, hay, &c.—N. & S.W. (2) 'All in a shackle,' loose, disjointed (S.).—N. & S.W. (Devizes, Huish, Salisbury, Clyffe Pypard, &c.)
Shaft-tide, or Shrift. Shrovetide.—S.W.
Shaggle. Of a bough, &c., to shake.—S.W.
Shakers. Briza media, L., Quaking-grass.—N. & S.W.
*Shally-gallee. Poor, flimsy (Great Estate, ch. iv). Compare Spurgally, wretched, poor, Dors.; and Shally-wally, a term of contempt in N. of England.—N.W.