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

SHILLING, SCHILLING, SHILLEN, s. Grain that has been freed from the husk, S.
Dunbar.

Shillin Seeds, the outermost husk of corn that is ground, after being separated from the grain, S.

SHILMONTS, SHELMENTS, s. pl.
1. The frame or rail laid on a common cart, for carrying a load of hay, S.
2. The longitudinal bars of the sides of a muck-bodied or close cart, Loth.

SHILPIE, SHILPIT, adj.
1. Insipid, applied to fermented liquors, S.
Waverly.

Su. G. skaell, insipidus, aquosus.

2. Of a sickly colour, often shilpit-like, S.
Gl. Sibb.
3. Applied to ears of corn not well filled, S. B.

Teut. schelp, putamen.

SHILVINS, s. pl. Rails that fixed the rungs which formed the body of a cart, Ang.

Su. G. skelwing, paries intergerinus.

To SHIMMER, v. n. To shine.
V. [Skimmerin].
Ritson.