SHOT, each man's share or just proportion of the score or reckoning at a public-house. Sax. scot, tributum exactio. Swed. skötta, to join, to join together; past participle, skött. But see Tooke, Vol. II., p. 130. SHOUTHER, the shoulder. Dut. schouder.-SHOUTHER-FELLOW, a partner or marrow in any work that requires the joint exertions of more than one man. SHREW, a field mouse. A vulgar superstition once prevailed that this poor creature was of so baneful and venomous a nature that whenever it crept over a horse, cow, or sheep, the animal so touched became afflicted with cruel anguish, and threatened with the loss of the use of its limbs. To repel this imaginary evil, it was customary to close up the shrew alive in a hole bored in an ash, elm, or willow-tree; and afterwards to whip the cattle, thus tormented, with one of the boughs, which was considered an efficacious cure. An intelligent friend has reminded me of an old notion, that the supposed malignity of this mouse is the origin of shrew, a vixen; in regard to which much difference of opinion exists among etymologists. But Tooke (Vol. II., p. 207,) seems to decide it to come from Sax. syrwan, to vex, to molest, to cause mischief to. See also Todd's Johnson. The matter, however, is daily becoming less important; as, to the honour of the females of the present age, we seldom encounter a peevish, malignant, clamorous, spiteful, vexatious, turbulent woman," the dictionary characteristics of a shrew. SHUFFLE-AND-CUT, a superior step in vulgar dancing. SHUGGY-SHEW, a swing-a long rope fastened at each end, and thrown over a beam; on which young persons seat themselves, and are swung backwards and forwards in the manner of a pendulum. See Bewick's Esop, p. 4, where his Satanic Majesty is amusing himself in this manner. The origin is probably Germ. schaukel, a swing-rope, and scheu, starting. SHULL, or SHUIL, a spade or shovel. Dut. school. Sc. shool, or shule. V. Moor's Suffolk Words, showl. SHULL-BANE, the shoulder bone. Germ. schulterbein. Wiclif, swilke. SICK, SIK, SIKE, such. Spenser uses sike. SICK-LIKE, SIK-like, Sike-like, such like. Goth swaleik. Sax. swilc. SIDE, to decide, to settle; as well as to coincide, to agree. In Lancashire, to set things aside, or out of the way. SIDE, a. long, wide, large; particularly as applied to articles of dress. The word occurs both in the Saxon and Danish lanShakspeare aud Ben Jonson use side sleeves, for long guages. loose hanging sleeves. SIDE-UP, to put things in order; as to side up the house. SIDLE, to saunter, to take an oblique direction. To side long.: SIGH, to become larger. "The shoon are ower little, but they'll sigh out. SIKE, SYKE, v. to ooze or run slowly; as water in a ditch-or through a dam. SIKE, SYKE, s. a streamlet of water, the smallest kind of natural runner. Sax. sic, sich, lacuna. Isl. sijke. In title deeds relating to property in the North, the word often occurs, in the dog-latin of our old records—so archæologically musical to an antiquary. It is used especially as descriptive of a boundary on something less than a beck or stream. SILE, v. to percolate, to flow.-North. When he read the three first lines, He then began to smile; And when he read the three next lines, The tears began to sile." Lord Derwentwater's Goodnight. SILE, v. to strain, to purify milk through a straining dish. Got. sila, colare.-SILE, s. a fine sieve or milk strainer. SILL, Stratum of minerals. Sax. sylla, the sell or seat. SILLER, for silver. Su. Su. Still current in our Northern dialect. V. Wachter, silber. SILLS, the shafts of a waggon.. A corruption of thills. SIND, to wash out, to rinse-also to dilute; to sind it down, being to take a drink after meat. Sc. synde. SINE, to percolate.-Dur. Fr. saigner, to bleed, to drain or let out water. SINE, afterwards. "As tite sune as sine." V. Jam. syne. SINGIN-HINNIE, or SINGING-HINNY, a rich kneaded cake; indispensable in a pitman's family. So called from the singing noise emitted while baking it on the girdle. SINGLIN, a handful of gleaned corn-a single gleaning. This word is doubtless the same as the Cheshire songow, songal, so ably illustrated by Mr. Wilbraham in his Glossary. In a MS. addition to a copy of that interesting and privately printed work, presented to me by the author, reference is made to Hyde, de Religione Persarum, for the ancient use of songall. SINK, a frequent asseveration among the pitmen. See SMASH. SINNON, for sinew. Sc. senon. Dr. Jamieson, among other etymons, refers to Old Fris. sijnnen. SIPE, to leak, to ooze or drain out slowly through a small cre vice. Sax. sipan, macerare. Teut. sijpen, stillare, fluere.— SIPINGS, the oozings or drainings of a vessel after any fluid has been poured out of it. SIRPLE, to sip often; nearly allied to tippling. Swed. sårpla, to drink by little at a time. A horse is said to sirple, when he drinks fastidiously and sparingly. Site, or Sight, vulgarly pronounced sáet, a great number. SKARE, or SKAIRE, wild, timid, shy. Grose. V. Jam. Supp. skar. SKEEL, a cylindrical wooden vessel for carrying milk or water, with an upright handle made of one of the staves in place of a bow. Isl. skiola, a milk-pail. Sw. skål, a bowl. SKEELY, SKILLY, knowing, intelligent, skilful. Often used to denote real or supposed skill in the cure of diseases. The doctress of a country village is skeely. SKELLY, v. to squint. Isl. skaela. Germ. schielen.-SKELLY, s. a squinting look. Sax. sceoleage. SKELP, v. to slap or strike with the open hand; particularly on the breech or the cheek. Isl. skelfa, to strike.—SKELP, also means to move rapidly-the effect for the cause. SKELP, SKELPER, s. a smart blow, or stroke.-SKELPING, a hearty beating, a sound drubbing. SKELPER, a vulgar term for any thing very large. SKEP, a basket made of rushes, or straw. It is an ancient name, not yet obsolete, for a measure of uncertain quantity. Sax. scep. A bee-hive of straw is called a bee-skep. Gael. sgeip. SKER, to slide swiftly, to skate. Su.-Got. skiuta, trudere, impellere. Swed. skåra, to cut. SKEW, to go aside, to walk obliquely. Germ. scheuen, to go aside, to avoid, to shun. SKEW, to look obliquely, to squint. Used in Cheshire. V. SKEW, to throw violently-properly in an oblique direction. SKEY, to start, to fly off; as a horse that takes fright—to shy. SKILL, to know, to understand. Isl. skilia, intelligere. Sc. skeel; which is also the vulgar pronunciation in North. The word is not obsolete as stated by Dr. Johnson. SKIME, to look asquint.—SKEN has the same meaning in the Westmorland and Craven Dialects. See SKELLY. SKIMMER, to glitter, to gleam. Sax. sciman, scimian, splendere, fulgere. Germ. schimmern, to shine. SKIP-JACK, the merry-thought bone of a goose. See Moor's Suff. Words. See, also, Jam. Supp. jumpin-jock. SKIP-JACK," an upstart." Todd's Johnson. In the North it means an antic fellow. SKIPPER, the captain of a keel, or coal barge. Sax. sciper, nauta. Dut. schipper, a shipmaster. Old Swed. skipare. SKIRL, v. to cry excessively, to pierce the air with a shrill voice, SKIRL, s. a loud and incessant scream or shriek-a continuation of childish rage and grief. Dan. skraal, an outcry. Swed. skråll, sound, noise. Isl. skrall. SKIT, to throw reflections on. Sax. scitan, to cast forth. SKITTER, liquidum excrementum jaculare. Hence this vulgar name for a diarrhoea. It is a hard pronunciation of Sax. scitan, to cast forth; for which we have another word used with the soft pronunciation. Isl. skvetta, and Swed. skijta, exonerare ventrem, are cognate. SKOGGER, the leg of an old stocking; used by countrymen to keep the snow out of their shoes. See HOGGERS. SKREENGE, or SKRINGE, to squeeze violently. The etymology is probably to be found in Gr. copy, a syringe. Fr. seringue. SKRIKE, to shriek. Dan. skrige. Su.-Got. skrika, vociferari. SKRIVE, to mark or scratch wood or metal. Sw. skrifva, to write. SKUG, v. to hide, to screen. Su.-Got. skygga, obumbrare.SKUG, s. a sheltered place. Isl. skuggi, umbra. Sw. skugga. SKURRY, haste, impetuosity. "What a hurry-skurry." Fr. SLAB-DASH, OF SLAP-DASH, a cheap mode of colouring rooms, by dashing them with a brush in imitation of paper. SLABBY, dirty and damp-sloppy. Teut. slabberen, to slabber. Hence, SLAB-BASIN, for slop-basin. SLACK, an opening between two hills, a valley or small shallow dell. Su.-Got. slak. Isl. slakur. SLACK, a long pool in a streamy river. Germ. schlicht, smooth. SLADE, a breadth of green sward in ploughed land, or in plantations. SLADDERY, wet and dirty. "Sladdery walking." Isl. sladda, squalide grassari. See SLATTER. SLAG, refuse of metals. We, probably, adopted the term from Sax. slagan, percutere, as what was struck off from the metal. Ihre derives Su.-Got. slagg, scoria, from slå, the chips of iron |