Shekel. (1) The old reaping sickle, now quite superseded by the vagging-hook. The first e is long. An old labourer, on being asked how he used to sharpen his ancient reaping-sickle, said, 'I did allus use to car' a grab [crab-apple] wi' me, an' draa my shekel droo un,' the acid biting like aquafortis into the curiously serrated edge of the steel, and renewing it without injury. Farm-lads still sharpen their knives thus. See Great Estate, ch. v; also Summer in Somerset.—N.W., obsolete. (2) The fork in which 'elms' are carried up to the thatcher.—N.W.
Shepherds'-crowns. Fossil Echini.—N.W.
*Shepherds'-pedler. Capsella Bursa-pastoris, L., Shepherds' purse.
Shepherds'-Thyme. Polygala calcarea, Sch., Chalk Milkwort.—S.W. (Salisbury, Bishopstone, Little Langford, &c.).
Shepherds'-weatherglass. Anagallis arvensis, L., Scarlet Pimpernel.—N. & S.W.
Shewent. See Sewent.
Shick-shack. See Shitsack.
*Shim. It seems. 'He's a fine fellow, shim' (A.B.C.H.Wr.).—N.W.
'This word is rather of Glocestershire, but it is nevertheless in use on the North Border of Wilts.'—Cunnington MS.