Shagreen, s. The skin of a kind of fish, or skin made rough in imitation of it.
Shambling, a. Moving awkwardly and irregularly.
Shank, s. The middle joint of the leg, that part which reaches from the ankle to the knee; the bone of the leg; the long part of any instrument; long part of a fishhook.
Sheep, s. The animal that bears wool.
Sheep, s. The animal that bears wool.
To break a Sheep-biting Dog.—Take some wool off a sheep’s rump, steep it in train oil, put it in the dog’s jaws, and sew up his mouth. For killing poultry, boil a chicken in its feathers, take it hot from the boiler, squeeze the water from it and put it into his jaws, and tie them together.
“I have a fine pointer,” said a gentleman to his friend, “staunch as can be at birds, but I cannot break him from sheep.” His reply was, that the best way would be to couple him to the horns of an old ram, and leave him in a stable all night, and the discipline he would receive would prevent his loving field-mutton again. The same person meeting the owner of the dog some time afterwards, accosted him thus: “Well, sir, your pointer is now the best in England, no doubt, from my prescription.” “Much the same, sir, for he killed my ram, and ate a shoulder!”—Sporting Anecdotes.
Sheldrake, or Burrough Duck, (Anas Tudorna, Linn.; La Tudorne, Buff.) s.
