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shauchle
shauchle, v. Sc. (ˈʃɑx(ə)l) Also 8 shochel, 9 shochle, shachle, (shackle), shaughle. See also shaffle v. [Of obscure origin: cf. shail v. The Eng. dial. words shuckle (Kent) to shuffle along, or slink along in walking, shockle to shuffle, to shake, joggle (see Eng. Dial. Dict.), and the G. schaukel ...
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shauchly
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 C...
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shauchling
shauchling, ppl. a. Sc. (ˈʃɑxlɪŋ) [f. shauchle v. + ing2.] Shuffling in gait; infirm, unsteady; fig. shuffling, prevaricating, unreliable.1755 Ramsay To Jas. Clerk 64 Debts I abhor, and plan to be Frae shochling trade and danger free. 1826 J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 186 Chiels that would..lo...
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shaffle
shaffle, v. dial. (ˈʃæf(ə)l) [In sense 1 (northern), app. a variant of shauchle v.; sense 2 may be developed from this, or belong to a distinct word, perh. of imitative or symbolic formation: cf. shiffle-shaffle, shiffle vbs. (E.D.D.) and shuffle v.] 1. intr. To shuffle in walking.[1552: implied in ...
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shackle
▪ I. shackle, n.1 (ˈʃæk(ə)l) Forms: α. 1 sceacul, scacul, 3 scheakel, 4 schackle, schakel, 4–5 schakle, 5 shakill, schakyl(l, -ylle, schakkyl, 5–6 shakyl, 5–7 shakel, 6 schakill, schaccle, shakyll, shackil, -yll, 6–7 shackel(l, 6–9 now dial. shakle, (7 schackell), 9 dial. sheakle, 6– shackle. β. nor...
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