▪ I. shanny, n.
(ˈʃænɪ)
Also (in Dicts.) shaning.
[Related to the synonymous shan.]
The smooth blenny, Blennius pholis. Also applied to several fishes of the genus Chasmodes of Eastern North America.
| 1836 Yarrell Brit. Fishes I. 230 The Shanny or Smooth Shan. 1873 T. Gill Catal. Fishes East N. Amer. 20 Chasmodes Boscianus... Bosc's shanny. Chasmodes quadrifasciatus... Four-banded shanny. Chasmodes novemlineatus... Nine-lined shanny. 1878 T. Cornish in Zoologist Ser. iii. II. 423 Smooth Shanny. |
▪ II. shanny, a. dial.
(ˈʃænɪ)
Bashful, shy.
| 1821 Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 32 Downcast eye, and blush of shanny lass. 1890 Cassell's Fam. Mag. Dec. 23 All sweethearts are shanny. |
▪ III. shanny
variant of shandy a. dial.