shauchly, a. Sc.
(ˈʃɑxlɪ)
Also -ley.
[f. shauchle v. + -y.]
Infirm, rickety, shaky. Of a person: Unsteady in gait. (Cf. shackly a.)
| 1830 J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1856 III. 70, I think I see him..wi' that wee shauchly body the Marquis o' Winchester, and that great big muckle John Bull, Sir William Curtis. 1896 D. S. Meldrum Grey Mantle 272 Hey! for another ride in a shauchly gig, down the pitch-black roads! |
Hence ˈshauchliness, unsteadiness.
| 1887 Willock Rosetty Ends xxi. 162 They had a limp shauchleyness aboot their legs that suggestit [etc.]. |