An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Su. G. Dan. Belg. sabel, id.

2. An old rusty sword, S.
3. Any little person or thing, Strathm.

To SHACH, v. a. To distort; pret. shacht, S.

Isl. skag-a, deflectere, skack-ur, obliquus.

Shach-end of a web, the fag-end, S. B.

To Shachle, v. a. To distort from the proper shape or direction, S.
Burns.
Shachlin, unsteady, infirm, S.

Shachle, s. Any thing worn out, S. B.

To Shachle, Shochel, v. n. To shuffle in walking, S.
Kelly.

SHACKLE-BANE, s.
1. The wrist, S.
Ramsay.

Q. the bone on which shackles are fixed.