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

SHAMLOCK, s. A cow that has not calved for two years, W. Loth.

Gael. simlach, id.

SHAMS, s. pl. Legs.

Fr. jambes, id.

SHAN, adj. Silly, paltry, Loth.
Ramsay.

A. S. scande, Teut. schande, dedecus.

SHANGAN, s. A stick cleft at one end, for putting the tail of a dog in, S.
V. [Shangie].
Burns.

To Shangie, v. a. To inclose in a cleft piece of wood, S. A.
J. Nicol.

SHANGIE, s. A shackle that runs on the stake to which a cow is bound in the byre.

SHANGIE, adj. Thin, meagre, S.