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

Gael. seang, small, slender.

SHANK of a hill, the projecting point of a hill, S.

SHANK of a coal mine, the pit sunk for reaching the coals, S.

A. S. senc-an, to sink.

SHANKS, s. pl.
V. [Schank].

Shankum, s. A man or beast that has long small legs, Orkn.

SHANNACH, s. A bonfire lighted on Hallow-eve, Perths.; also shinicle.

Gael. samhnag, samh'-in, the great festival observed by the Celts at the beginning of winter.

To SHAPE away, v. a. To drive away.
Godly Sangs.

Germ. schieb-en, schupf-en, to drive.