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

Perh. corr. from Shetland, Dan. Hialtland.

SHEPHROA, s. A piece of female dress.
Watson.

SHEUCH, s. A furrow, S.
V. [Seuch].

To Sheuch, Shugh, v. a. To lay plants in the earth, before they are planted out, S.

To SHEVEL, v. a. To distort, S.
Shevelling-gabbit, q. having a distorted mouth.
V. [Showl].
Ramsay.

To Shevel, v. n. To walk in an unsteady and oblique sort of way, S.

SHIACKS, s. pl. Light black oats, variegated with grey stripes, having beards like barley, S. B.
Stat. Acc.

Su. G. skaeck, variegated.

SHILFA, SHILFAW, s. The chaffinch, S.
Mary Stewart.

SHILFCORN, S.; SELKHORN, s. A thing which breeds in the skin, resembling a small maggot. S.
Colvil.