Shail. To walk crookedly or awkwardly, to shamble along.—N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.)
*Shame-faced Maiden. Add:—*(2) Ornithogalum umbellatum, L., Spiked Star of Bethlehem.—S.W. (Little Langford.)
Shankers. See Sankers.
Shatter. To scatter, to sprinkle. 'Shatter th' pepper well auver'n, do 'ee!'—N.W.
Shattering. A sprinkling. 'Put just a shatterin' on't.'—N.W.
*Shirpings. The rough grass and weeds by the river banks, which cannot be mown with the scythe, and have to be cut afterwards with a sickle.—S.W. (Salisbury.)
Short. Tender. Roast mutton ought to 'eat short.'—N.W.
*Shreeving. Picking up windfalls, &c., in an orchard.—S.W.
Shrimpy. Shrivelled, poor.—N. & S.W.