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SHEEP - SHIVERY
SHEEP - adjectives
• BROKEN-MOUTHED of old sheep: having lost some teeth ...1913 Amer. dial.
• DAGGY of sheep: having dags of wool soiled with excrement ...1895 Aust. sl.
• DAG-TAILED having the wool about the tail clotted with dirt ...1597-8
• GOOD-WOOLLED of a sheep: having a good fleece ...1869 Eng. dial.
• RAPT of a sheep: ragged ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCONKY very slender and bare, esp. about the head and neck; generally applied to short-woolled sheep ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• YEANLING young, or new-born, esp. of a lamb ...1658 arch.
SHEEP - nouns
• AALIE-LAMB a motherless lamb; a pet lamb ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ANYESDER a sheep in its second year ...Bk1898 Sc.
• APRON the neck fold of a merino ram ...20C Aust. sheepfarmers' usage
• AUNTIE a disoriented unlambed ewe that thinks she has lambed and steals the lamb of another ewe ...1999 NZ sl.
• BAA-BAA a sheep ...1924 Amer. dial.
• BAA CHEAT a sheep ...E18 sl.
• BAALING a little lamb ...1854
• BAGGIT † a feeble, sickly sheep ...1879 Sc.
• BALLARD a castrated ram ...1796 Eng. dial.
• BALLE † a sheep ...c1440
• BAND a flock of about two thousand sheep ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BARE-BACKS sheep after being shorn ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARTH † a warm sheltered place or shelter for cattle and sheep ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BIDDY an old ewe ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BILLY-LAMB a lamb reared by hand ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLAA the bleat of a sheep ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BLAT the cry of a sheep ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BLATE the cry of a sheep ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BORREGO a male sheep ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BORRERA a sheep ...1968 Amer. West. usage
• BUCK a male sheep ...1812 Amer. dial.
• BUM a motherless lamb that is raised by hand ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BUMMER a motherless lamb that is raised by hand ...1940 Amer. dial.
• CADDIE an orphan lamb ...1886 Sc.
• CADE a pet lamb ...c1450
• CADE-LAMB a pet lamb; one weaned and brought up in the house
• CAG any old wrinkled female, as an old woman, cow, ewe, etc. ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMPEINIE a lamb ...1906 Sc.
• CLEANSKIN orig. an unbranded sheep ...1943 Aust. sl.
• CLIPPIE † a shorn sheep ...19C Sc.
• CRACKER a worn-out horse, sheep, bullock ...M20 Aust. sl.
• DAG a matted lock of wool and excrement on a sheep's behind ...1891 Aust. & Eng. dial.
• DAGGLE-LOCKS clots of matted wool round a sheep's hind quarters ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGLINGS sheep's droppings ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAG-LOCKS locks of wool clotted with dirt about the hinder parts of a sheep ...1623
• DANS yearling lambs ...1819 Eng. dial.
• DINGBAT the small lumps of excrement clinging to wool on the hindquarters of sheep ...1895 Amer. dial.
• EANLING † a young lamb ...1596
• FANK a sheep-cot or pen ...1812 Sc.
• GIBBY a child's name for a sheep; a pet lamb ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HASLIG the wool on the neck of a sheep ...1900 Sc.
• HASSLOCK the wool on the neck of a sheep ...1725
• HAWSLOCK the wool on the neck of a sheep ...1725
• IVVY a sheep's heart ...1882 Eng. dial.
• JACKET the natural (usually hairy) covering or 'coat' of various animals; the fleece of a sheep ...1613
• JAMES a sheep's head ...1827 sl.
• JEMMY 1. a sheep's head ...1823 sl.
2. a sheep's head as a dish ...1836
• JIMBUGG a sheep ...1854 Aust. squatters' sl.
• JUMBUCK a sheep ...1824 Aust. sl., orig. Aust. pidgin
• KADES sheep dung ....Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KAIBREL † a thin, ill-thriving sheep, frequently killed to prevents its complete loss by death ...1838 Sc.
• KEB 1. a ewe that has lost her lamb, or whose lamb is still-born ...1470-73 Eng. dial.
2. an old, worn-out sheep ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KEBBED EWE a ewe whose lamb is stillborn ...1860 Sc.
• KEBBER † an old or diseased sheep which is removed from the flock ...1538
• KEEPING †* a flock of sheep ...1641
• KELT a sheep's fleece ...1722 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LAMB FRIES lamb's testicles eaten as food ...20C US sl.
• LAMB-GIMMER a young sheep or ewe lamb of a year old ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAMB-HOG a young sheep before it is shorn ...1796 Eng. dial.
• LAMBKIN a little lamb; a young lamb ...1579 (Spenser)
• LAMBLING * a young or little lamb ...1591
• LAMB-STONES the testicles of a lamb ...a1613
• LAMMERMOOR LION a sheep ...1721 Sc.
• LENTRINWARE † skins of lambs that have died soon after being dropped ...1435 Sc.
• LEPPIE an orphan calf, lamb, or foal ...1924 Amer. dial.
• LEPPY an orphan calf, lamb, or foal ...1924 Amer. dial.
• MAE a child's name for a sheep; a sheep's call ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAILLIE a ewe, or a pet name for a cow or ewe ...1814 Sc. & Ireland
• MANE the wool on a ewe's neck ...1900 Sc.
• MAPSIE a pet sheep; a young hare ...1824 Sc.
• MEG a pet lamb ...1869 Eng. dial.
• MONKEY a sheep ...c1880 Aust. sl.
• MOUNTAIN-PECKER a sheep's head ...M19 sl.
• NANNIE a sheep, esp. a female ...1896 Amer. dial.
• NANNY a sheep, esp. a female ...1896 Amer. dial.
• NANNY PLUM sheep manure; a pellet of sheep dung ...1833 Amer. dial.
• NAPSIE a small fat animal, esp. a sheep ...1824 Sc.
• OLD CRONE a sheep that has lost its teeth ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• OVIARY †* a flock of sheep ...1623
• PALLET a skin, esp. an undressed sheep-skin; a 'pelt' ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PLACER a sheep which remains in one place ...1921 Aust. & NZ sl.
• QUAIL-MUTTON the flesh of a sheep that has died from natural causes, drowning, etc. ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUAKING CHEAT a sheep ...M16 sl.
• QUINTER a ewe in her third year ...1779 Sc.
• RAMKIN †* a young ram ...1638
• RAMMING-TIME † the copulation of sheep ...1590
• RAM-SHEEP † the common sheep ...1797
• RANNACKS half-wild, rompish sheep ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANNY a sheep that is kept as a pet ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ROGER the nickname for a bull; occasionally, a ram ...18C colloq.
• SANGUINARY JAMES an uncooked sheep's head ...M29 sl.
• SCART a hermaphrodite; esp. a female hermaphrodite sheep ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOVIN the neck and breast of a lamb, the brisket ...1873 Eng. dial.
• SHEEP BUCK a ram ...1949 Amer. dial.
• SHEEP-DUMPLING a pellet of sheep dung ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SHEEP MARBLES sheep manure ...1983 Amer. dial.
• SHIPPY a lamb ...1908 Amer. dial.
• SHIRLING a sheep newly shorn; the fleece of a lamb ...B1900 Scot & Eng. dial.
• SKINNY an old ewe ...1952 Amer. dial.
• SNOB the last, most recalcitrant sheep to be sheared ...20C Aust. & NZ. sl.
• TAG-LOCKS the coarse wool of sheep about the hinder parts, matted together by wet and dirt ...1796 Eng. dial.
• TAILAG the poorest or weakest of a brood, litter, flock, etc., esp. of sheep or pigs ...1972 Sc.
• TAILS inferior sheep drafted from a flock ...1844 Sc.
• TAT a year-old sheep ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTY-JACK a sheep with a ragged and tattered fleece ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEAP a ram or tup ...1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEG a yearling sheep before it has been shorn ...1784 Eng. dial.
• THAVE a young ewe sheep that has not yet borne a lamb ...1796 Eng. dial.
• THEAVE a young ewe sheep that has not yet borne a lamb ...1796 Eng. dial.
• THINGS cattle, sheep, livestock ...1899 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• THINTER a sheep of three years or winters ...1890 Eng. dial.
• THRINTER a sheep of three years or winters ...1890 Eng. dial.
• THRUNTER a sheep of three years or winters ...1890 Sc.
• TIG a yearling sheep before it has been shorn ...1784 Eng. dial.
• TRINTER a sheep of three years or winters ...1890 Eng. dial.
• TROTTLE † a small round pellet of sheep's or goat's dung; generally used in the plural ...1547 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WALT-SHEEP a fallen sheep ...1812 Sc.
• WOOL-BIRD a sheep, a lamb ...1825 sl.
• WOOLLY a sheep ...1852 Amer. dial.
• YARM the bleat of a sheep ...1899 Sc.
• YEAN † a young lamb ...1408
• YEANLING a young lamb or kid ...1637 arch.
SHEEP - nouns, person (also see SHEARER and SHEPHERD)
• CAMP JACK in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep ...1940 Amer. West usage
• CAMP JERKER same as CAMP JACK ...1931 Amer. West usage
• CAMP MOVER same as CAMP JACK ...1931 Amer. West usage
• CAMP RUSTLER same as CAMP JACK ...1913 Amer. West usage
• CAMP TENDER same as CAMP JACK ...1913 Amer. West usage
• LAMB LICKER (derogatory) a sheep-herder ...1936 Amer. dial.
• LEATHER-NECK an unskilled farm-labourer, esp. on a sheep station ...1898 Aust. sl.
• MONKEY-DODGER a sheep-station hand ...20C Aust. sl.
• MUTTON-MONGER † a sheep-stealer ...a1700 sl.
• NAP † a sheep-stealer ...a1700 sl.
• NAPPER OF NAPS a sheep stealer ...c1712 sl.
• PASTOR a sheep-herder ...1849 Amer. dial.
• SHEEP PUNCHER a cowboy's name for a sheepherder ...1936 Amer. dial.
• SUCKLER one who rears young calves or lambs ...1750
• TEG-MAN a shepherd ...1892 Eng. dial.
SHEEP - verbs
• BELSH to clean the tails of sheep by cutting away dirty or matted wool ...1825 Eng. dial.
• BLARE of cows, and sometimes sheep: to low or bleat ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BLAT to bleat like a sheep ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BLATE to make the cry of a sheep ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BUM A LAMB to take it away from its mother and raise it by hand ...1938 Amer. dial.
• DAG to cut off the clots of wool, dirt, etc., from the hinds part of sheep ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGGLE to cut off matted clots of wool from the hinder parts of a sheep ...1897 Eng. dial.
• DUFF to steal cattle, sheep, etc., often altering their brands ...1859 Aust. sl.
• EAN † of ewes: to bring forth lambs ...a1000
• FANK to put sheep in a 'fank' or pen ...a1600 Sc.
• KEB of ewes: to bring forth a still-born lamb ...1816 Sc.
• MAE of a lamb: to utter its peculiar cry ...1728 Eng. dial.
• MEWTLE of cows and ewes: to make a low, crooning sound over their new-dropped young ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAM †* to leap the ewe ...1688
• REFUGE to separate the worthless or inferior portion of anything from the rest; esp. to draft out the inferior sheep from a flock ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAIL to follow, drive or tend sheep or cattle ...1844 Aust.
• YARM of a sheep: to bleat ...a1838 Sc.
• YEAN of a ewe: to bring forth a lamb; also said of goats and occasionally other beasts ...1387 arch. & Eng. dial.
SHEEP - interjections
• CADE! a call to sheep ...1949 Amer. dial.
• DEKI! a call to sheep; come! ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GOOBIE-SHEEPIE! come!; a call used to sheep ...1972 Amer. dial.
• NAN! a call to sheep ...1896 Amer. dial.
• NANNIE! a call to sheep ...1896 Amer. dial.
• NANNY! a call to sheep ...1896 Amer. dial.
• SHEEPIE! a call to sheep ...1948 Amer. dial.
• SHEEPY! a call to sheep ...1948 Amer. dial.
• TIB! a call made to ewes ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YEP a cry used in driving sheep ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YOA a call used in driving sheep ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SHEEPISH - adjectives
• BAUCH abashed, timid, sheepish ...1871 Sc.
• BLAIT shy, sheepish; modest, retiring ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLATE shy, sheepish, bashful, timid ...Bk1911 Sc.
• QUIET sheepish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SHEEPISH - nouns, person
• BLAITIE-BUM a lazy fellow; a simpleton; a sheepish fellow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HAMMIE a sheepish, cowardly person ...1870 Eng. dial.
• HAMMY a sheepish, cowardly person ...1870 Eng. dial.
• SAFT DUD an inept, slow-witted, sheepish sort of person ...1894 Sc.
SHEET - nouns
• LILY WHITES bed sheets ...1946 US sl.
SHELF - adjectives
• SKELVY full of shelves or ledges ...1787 Sc.
SHELF - nouns
• BANK †* a shelf ...1577
• BINK a shelf; a frame of wooden shelves for holding earthenware in a kitchen; a plate-rack ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OMNIUM a piece of furniture with open shelves for receiving ornamental articles, etc. ...19C
• SKELF a shelf ...1396-7 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WALL-PLAT a shelf fixed in the wall ...1841 Eng. dial.
SHELL - nouns
• AIKIE GUINEAS † the name given by children to small flat shells, bleached by the sea ...1825 Sc.
• SKELL * a shell ...c1330 N. Eng. dial.
SHELLFISH - nouns
• EBB-FISH edible shellfish ...1929 Sc.
• EBB-MEAT edible shellfish ...c1893 Sc.
• SHELLMEAT † edible shellfish; food covered with a shell, as eggs, nuts, etc. ...1642
SHELTER - adjectives
• BEELDY giving shelter ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIELDY furnishing shelter; snug ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIELY furnishing shelter; snug ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HARBOROUS † affording harbour or shelter; given to hospitality ...1526
SHELTER - adverbs
• ABIEL in shelter ...1820 Sc.
SHELTER - nouns
• BARTH † a warm sheltered place or shelter for cattle and sheep ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BEEL a shelter ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BERGH † protection, shelter ...c1250
• BEILD a shelter ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIEL a shelter, refuge; a home, house; anything that shelters or shades ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIELD shelter, refuge; also, a house, any object with shelters ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIELDING shelter, protection ...1724 Sc.
• BILBIE shelter, residence ...1891 Sc.
• BIVVY a small tent or any temporary shelter for troops ...1916 sl.
• BIVY a small tent or any temporary shelter for troops ...1916 sl.
• BOIST a rough shelter ...1939 Amer. dial.
• CAVE an underground shelter ...1965 Amer. dial.
• COLD HARBOUR a place of shelter from the weather for wayfarers, constructed by the wayside ...Bk1901
• DARKING-HOLE a hiding-place; a place of shelter ...1859 Eng. dial.
• HALE † a place roofed over, but usually open at the sides; a pavilion; a tent; a booth, hut, or other temporary structure for shelter ...c1330
• HARBERY † 1. shelter, lodging ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
† 2. a place of shelter; a lodging-place ...c1325 Sc. & N. Eng.
• HARBOUR 1. shelter, lodging, entertainment; sojourn, abode ...c1150
† 2. a place of shelter or sojourn; lodgings, quarters, resting-place; a place of entertainment, an inn; a place of refuge, asylum ...c1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HARBOURAGE 1. shelter, lodging ...1570
2. a place of shelter; a lodging ...1651
• HARBOURY † 1. shelter, lodging ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
† 2. a place of shelter; a lodging-place ...c1325 Sc. & N. Eng.
• HARBRY 1. shelter, lodging ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. obs.
† 2. a place of shelter; a lodging-place ...c1325 Sc. & N. Eng.
• HEAL a hidden spot; an unseen place; shelter ...1691 Eng. dial.
• LEW shelter ...1825 Eng. dial.
• NEST a lodging, shelter, home, bed, etc., esp. of a secluded or comfortable nature; a snug retreat ...a1000
• OMBRIFUGE * a refuge or shelter against rain ...1868
• SCALAN a rude hut or shelter ...1770 Sc.
• SCALE a temporary hut or shelter; a wooden shed ...1787 Eng. dial.
• SCOG shelter; a sheltered place ...1823 Sc.
• SCONCE † protection, shelter ...1871 Sc.
• SCOUK shade, shadow; shelter, protection, surveillance ...1866 Sc.
• SHAKE AND BAKE a portable fire shelter used by workers fighting forest fires ...1991 US sl.
• SHEBANG a hut, a shanty, a rude shelter; a disreputable tavern or other place of resort; broadly, any building or establishment ...1862 Amer. dial.
• SIWASH CAMP an improvised overnight shelter ...1924 Amer. dial.
• SKOOK shade, shadow; shelter, protection, surveillance ...1866 Sc.
• STRAWYARD a shelter, asylum or refuge for the destitute ...1851-61 tramps' sl.
• SUCCOUR † shelter, protection; a place of shelter; a sheltered place; a refuge ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THACK-AND-RAPE cover, shelter; good order; control ...1786 Sc.
• TO-FALL a shelter ...1871 Sc.
• TO-FLIGHT †* a shelter, a refuge ...a1300
• UMBRAGE † shelter, protection, screen ...1607
• WARD † defense, protection, shelter ...1582
• WAREHOUSE a large and impersonal institution offering shelter to the mentally ill, the old, or the poor ...1960s sl.
• WICKEYUP any meagre shelter or dwelling ...1876 Amer. dial.
• WICKIE-UP any meagre shelter or dwelling ...1876 Amer. dial.
• WICKIUP any meagre shelter or dwelling ...1876 Amer. dial.
• WICKY-UP any meagre shelter or dwelling ...1876 Amer. dial.
SHELTER - nouns, person
• HARBOURER one who shelters or entertains; an entertainer, a host ...1548
SHELTER - verbs
• BEELD to shelter ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BERGH † to give shelter; to protect, to preserve; to deliver, to save ...a1000
• BIEL to shelter, to protect; to take shelter ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIELD to shelter, to protect; also, to take shelter ...1865 Eng. dial.
• DARK to hide, to take shelter ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAP to shelter, to shield, to protect ...1773 Sc.
• HARBOUR † to provide a lodging or lodging-place for; to shelter from the weather or the night; to lodge, entertain ...c1150
• HARBRY to shelter, to lodge ...1375 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAVEN † to put into or shelter in a haven or port ...c1375
• HERBERY to shelter, to lodge ...1375 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LEW † to shelter ...1664 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PALLIATE † to cover with or as with a cloak; to cloak, to clothe, to shelter ...a1548
• SANCTUARY †* to place in safety as in a sanctuary; of place: to afford protection or shelter from ...1615
• SCOG to shelter; to take shelter; to secrete, to hide ...1822 Sc.
• SCOG THE BLAST to shelter from the wind ...1813 Sc.
• SCONCE † to shelter, to protect, to screen ...1724 Sc.
• SCOOSH to rush for shelter; to plunge ...1890 Sc.
• SCOUK to skulk, to move in a stealthy, secretive way; to dodge or sneak about, to lurk; to conceal oneself, to hide; to seek shelter in hiding ...1782 Sc.
• SKONCE † to shelter, to protect, to screen ...1724 Sc.
• SUBUMBER †* to shelter ...c1470
• SUCCOUR † to shelter, to protect ...1398 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UNHIVE to deprive of shelter ...1832 Sc.
SHELTERED - adjectives
• BIELD sheltered ...1801 Sc.
• BIELDY snug, sheltered; affording shelter or warmth ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BOXED sheltered, walled in ...Bk1911 Sc.
• LEE † sheltered from the wind ...c1400
• LEW † sheltered from the wind ...1674 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUIET †* sheltered from the wind ...1596
SHELTERED - nouns
• HELING a hiding-place, cover, a sheltered spot ...1894 Eng. dial.
• LEE † a sheltered position or condition; hence, calmness, peace, tranquillity ...a1300
• SCOG shelter; a sheltered place ...1823 Sc.
SHEPHERD - nouns
• KEBBIE a hook-ended walking-stick; a shepherd's crook ...1816 Sc.
• KEBBY-STICK a hook-ended walking-stick; a shepherd's crook ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SHEPHERD - nouns, person
• PAGE a boy who helps the shepherd with the sheep ...1819 Eng. dial.
• TEG-MAN a shepherd ...1892 Eng. dial.
SHEPHERD - interjections
• YAUD a call made by a shepherd to his dog when he is to drive away sheep at a distance ...1808 Sc.
SHERIFF - nouns
• COOKIE-CUTTER a sheriff's star-shaped badge ...1926 Amer. carnival usage
SHERIFF - nouns, person (also see POLICE)
• BADGE-TOTER a sheriff ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BEAGLE one who makes it his business to scent out or hunt down; a spy, an informer; a constable, a sheriff's officer, a bailiff, a beadle ...1559
• BIG HAT a law enforcement officer; a policeman; a sheriff ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BIG STAR a law enforcement officer, a sheriff ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUCKEYE a sheriff ...1889 Amer. dial.
• CATCHPOLE a petty officer of justice; a sheriff's officer or sergeant; esp. a warrant officer who arrests for debt, a bum-bailiff ...1377
• CATCHPOLL a petty officer of justice; a sheriff's officer or sergeant; esp. a warrant officer who arrests for debt, a bum-bailiff ...1377
• FEE GRABBER a policeman; a deputy sheriff; a constable ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HAWK a sheriff ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JOHNNY TINPLATE a rural sheriff ...1910s US sl.
• MESSENGER in law: a sheriff's officer ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MESSENGER-AT-ARMS in law: a sheriff's officer ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MESSENGER-OF-ARMS in law: a sheriff's officer ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAB a sheriff's officer; a constable ...L16 sl.
• SHURF a sheriff ...1899 Amer. dial.
SHERRY - nouns
• BRISTOL-MILK sherry ...17C jocular
• O.B.'S sherry ...1970s S. Afr. campus sl.
• OBIES sherry ...1970s S. Afr. campus sl.
• WOOLWICH FERRY sherry ...Brit. rhyming sl.
SHIELD - nouns
• AEGIS a shield, or defensive armour ...1704
SHIELD - verbs
• HAIN to protect or preserve from harm; to shield; to exculpate ...1798 Sc.
• HAP to shelter, to shield, to protect ...1773 Sc.
• SHUN to protect; to shield ...1936 Amer. dial.
SHIFT - verbs
• HAFT † to use subtlety or deceit; to use shifts or dodges; to haggle, to cavil; to avoid coming to the point, to hold off, to hang back, to hesitate ...1519
• SKIFT † to shift, change, or move something ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VIDGE to move, to shift something, to alter its position ...1929 Sc.
SHIFTILY - adverbs
• PALTERLY †* shiftily, trickily ...1598
SHIFTINESS - nouns
• BACKING AND FILLING shiftiness; irresolution ...E18 colloq.
SHIFTLESS - adjectives
• AVENLESS awkward; shiftless, without any faculty for contriving ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HAIVELESS shiftless, incapable, careless, extravagant, slovenly in habit, ill-mannered; unrefined ...1866 Sc.
• HAVELESS without resources, shiftless, helpless; careless, slovenly ...1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IDLESOME lazy, shiftless ...1953 Amer. dial.
• MATTERLESS incapable; incompetent; helpless; shiftless ...1794 Eng. dial.
• MESS-AHEAD shiftless ...1936 Amer. dial.
• NEEDLESS shiftless, helpless; unruly, heedless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NO-COUNT worthless, lazy, shiftless; useless, good-for-nothing; insignificant, trivial ...1853 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLING shiftless, lazy; going from one job to another ...1894 Amer. dial.
• SLACK-TWISTED of a loose, unsatisfactory character; lazy, inactive; lethargic, wanting in energy; mentally weak, shiftless ...1802
• TRIFLING lazy, shiftless, inefficient, worthless, good-for-nothing ...1832 Amer. dial.
SHIFTLESS - nouns, person
• BEAT a shiftless, unreliable person; one who regularly fails to pay his debts ...1865 Amer. dial.
• BUM a lazy shiftless person; a habitual loafer ...1864 sl.
• MOOCH a beggar or shiftless character; hence, a term of disparagement ...1914 Amer. sl.
• OLD TOOT a shiftless, lazy person ...1888 Amer. dial.
• POOR SHOTE a shiftless or worthless person ...1899 Amer. dial.
• SHACK a tramp; a bum; a vagabond; a good-for-nothing; a shiftless fellow ...1828 Amer. dial.
• TICK a many too lazy to work, and too shiftless to move ...1958 Amer. sl.
• TOOT a shiftless, lazy person ...1888 Amer. dial.
SHIFTY - adjectives
• BACKING AND FILLING irresolute; dilatory; hesitant; shifty ...c1840 Eng. colloq.
• GLIBBERY † shifty, untrustworthy ...1602
• LUBRIC † slippery, shifty, deceitful; wavering, unsteady, uncertain; prone to danger or error ...1631
• MAKESHIFT † of persons: shifty, roguish ...1592
• MAKE-SHIFTY shifty, roguish ...1858
• SLIDDERY † sly, deceitful, shifty, evasive; not trustworthy ...a1225 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAFROUS † sly, cunning, crafty, shifty ...a1548
SHIFTY - nouns, person
• DODGER a shifty, dishonest person
• JIGGER a shifty fellow; a trickster ...1675 sl.
• MAKESHIFT † one who is given to making shifts; a shifty person, a rogue ...1565
• WHIFFMAGIG a shifty or evasive person; a base person ...1871
SHIFTY - verbs
• WRIGGLE LIKE A CUT SNAKE to be evasive or shifty; to toady ...1940s Aust. sl
SHILLING - adjectives
• HALF-A-QUID worth 10 shillings or 50p ...E19 sl.
SHILLING - nouns
• ABRAHAM'S WILLING 1 shilling and 1 1/2 pence ... M19 rhyming sl.
• BARNEY DILLON a shilling ...1930s Irish & Sc. rhyming sl.
• BENDER a shilling ...M19 sl.
• BLOW 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• BOB a shilling; latterly used in non-specific references to amounts of money ...1789 Brit. sl.
• BOBSTICK 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• BORDE 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• BREAKY LEG a shilling ...1839 sl.
• BULL a five shilling piece ...Bk1891 sl.
• BULL'S-EYE a five shilling piece ...Bk1891 sl.
• BUTTON 1. a counterfeit shilling ...1785 criminals’ sl.
2. 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• CAROON 5 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• CART-WHEEL 5 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• CASE a five shilling piece ...Bk1891 sl.
• CASER a five shilling piece ...Bk1891 sl.
• CHARRSHOM a crown, a 5-shilling coin ...18C tinkers' usage
• CHERSHOM a crown, a 5-shilling coin ...18C tinkers' usage
• COACH-WHEEL 1. 2 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
2. a crown piece; a five shilling piece .,..c1855 sl.
• DEANER a shilling ...1839 chiefly Aust. & NZ usage
• DECUS a crown-piece, five shillings ...1688 sl.
• DEENER a shilling ...1839 chiefly Aust. & NZ usage
• DENA a shilling (5p) ...M19 sl.
• DENAR a shilling (5p) ...M19 sl.
• DENER a shilling ...1839 chiefly Aust. & NZ usage
• DIENER a shilling ...1839 chiefly Aust. & NZ usage
• DOLLAR orig. Brit., applied to five shillings, mainly in the phrase, 'half a dollar' - two shillings and sixpence ...1848 Brit. sl.
• DOORKNOB a shilling (5p) ...L19 rhyming slang for 'bob'
• EARTH GENS 3 shillings ...M19 back-slang
• ERTH GENS 3 shillings ...M19 back-slang
• EVLENET GENS 12 shillings ...M19 back-slang
• EWIF GENS 5 shillings, a crown ...M19 sl.
• FIVE-POT PIECE 2 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• FLATCH 2 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• FORE-COACH-WHEEL 2 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• GEN 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• GENERALISE 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• GEORGE 1. 2 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
2. 6 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• GOBLIN † a sovereign, twenty shillings ...L19 sl. obs. exc. hist.
• GRUNTER a shilling (5p) ...L18 sl.
• HALF the sum of ten shillings (50p) ...1931 Brit. sl.
• HALF A BAR ten shillings; later fifty pence ...1911 UK sl.
• HALF-A-BULL half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence ...L18 sl.
• HALF-A-CASE a counterfeit half-crown ...M19 sl.
• HALF-A-CASER half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence ...L19 Aust. sl.
• HALF A CRACK a half-crown coin; two shillings and sixpence ...1933 UK sl.
• HALF A DOLLAR a half-crown coin; two shillings and sixpence ...1916 UK sl.
• HALF A NICKER ten shillings; later fifty pence ...1895 UK sl.
• HALF-A-NOTE a 10-shilling note, 10 shillings ...L19 Aust. & Irish sl.
• HALF-AN-OUNCE half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence ...E18 sl.
• HALF-A-QUID 10 shillings; later, 50p ...E19 sl.
• HALF-A-TOSHEROON half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence ...M19 sl.
• HALF-A-TUSHEROON half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence ...M19 sl.
• HALF-BAR a half-sovereign (10 shillings) ...20C sl.
• HALF-BEAN a half-sovereign ...L18 sl.
• HALF-BULL half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence ...L18 sl.
• HALF-BULL WHITE half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence ...L18 sl.
• HALF-CASE 2 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• HALF-CASER half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence ...L19 Aust. sl.
• HALF-COUTER 10 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• HALF-DOLLAR 1. 2 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
2. 2 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• HALF-HOG sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• HALF-JACK 10 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• HALF-JAMES 10 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• HALF-JANE 10 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• HALF-NED 10 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• HALF-NEDDY 10 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• HALF-NOTE a 10-shilling note, 10 shillings ...L19 Aust. & Irish sl.
• HALF-OXFORD 2 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• HALF-QUID 10 shillings; later, 50p ...E19 sl.
• HALF-YENORK 2 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• HANGMAN'S WAGES 1 shilling and 1 1/2 penny ... Bk1903 sl.
• HEARTS-EASE a twenty-shilling piece ...a1700 sl.
• HIND CART WHEEL 5 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• HIND COACH WHEEL 5 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• HOG 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• HOG AND A KYE 1 shilling and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• HOLE a shilling ...1935 Brit. sl.
• JAMES a sovereign or 20 shillings ...1858 thieves' sl.
• JOGUE 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• KIBOSH a shilling and 6 pence ...M19 sl.
• KYBOSH a shilling and 6 pence ...M19 sl.
• KYE a shilling and 6 pence ...M19 sl.
• LEVY 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• LILYWHITE-GROAT 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• LOONSLATE 1 shilling and 1 1/2 penny ... Bk1903 sl.
• LOONSLATT 1 shilling and 1 1/2 penny ... Bk1903 sl.
• MAC a shilling ...L19 W. Indies sl.
• MAC-AND-FLIP 1 shilling and 3 pence ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• MACARONI a shilling ...E19 W. Indies sl.
• MACCARONY a shilling ...E19 W. Indies sl.
• MADZA CAROON half a crown, 2s 6d ...M19 sl.
• MANCHESTER SOVEREIGN 1 shilling ... M19 sl.
• MEJOGE 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• MINT HOG an Irish shilling ...E19 sl.
• NET-GEN 10 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• NEVELE GEN eleven shillings ...Bk1902 back-slang
• NEVIS-GEN seven shillings ...Bk1902 back-slang
• NORTH-EASTER 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• OG(G) a shilling ...1937 Aust. & NZ sl.
• O'GOBLIN † a sovereign, twenty shillings ...L19 sl. obs. exc. hist.
• ONE OF THEM a shilling ...L19 sl.
• ONER 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• OXFORD five shillings ...1870s UK rhyming sl. for 'dollar' (five shillings) (Oxford Scholar)
• OXFORD SCHOLAR five shillings ...1870s UK rhyming sl. for 'dollar' (five shillings)
• PEG a shilling ...1839 sl., orig. Sc.
• PODDY CALF half-a-crown, 2s 6d ...20C Aust. sl.
• QUARTER five shillings, five dollars ...M18 sl.
• QUEEN'S GOLD MEDAL a shilling (5p) ...L19 sl.
• RAT-AND-FOWL an Australian shilling ...1910s Aust. sl.
• RIVERINA a shilling; hence 5p ...1943 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'deaner'
• ROAF four shillings or four pounds ...1851 back-slang
• ROAF-GEN four shillings ...Bk1903 back-slang
• ROFE four shillings or four pounds ...1851 back-slang
• ROGUE AND VILLAIN a shilling ...1859 Brit. rhyming sl.
• ROOF four shillings or four pounds ...1851 back-slang
• ROUF four shillings or four pounds ...1851 back-slang
• ROUF GENS 4 shillings ...M19 back-slang
• SAME O.B. a shilling (5p), esp. in the context of the charge for most contemporary places of entertainment (Same Old Bob) ...L19 sl.
• SANE a 10-shilling note ...1930s Aust. sl.
• SAXON SHILLING a shilling of English money ...1814 Sc.
• SCHOLAR five shillings ...1870s UK rhyming sl. for 'dollar' (five shillings) (Oxford Scholar)
• SEIN a 10-shilling note ...1930s Aust. sl.
• SHIRT AND COLLAR 5 shillings (25p) ...1930s rhyming sl. for 'dollar'
• SHIRT COLLAR 5 shillings (25p) ...1930s rhyming sl. for 'dollar'
• SHOWER BATH ten shillings ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for ‘half a pound’
• SHOWERS ten shillings ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for ‘half a pound’ (Shower Bath)
• SLAT 2 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• SMELT 10 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• SPANGLE 7 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• SPLIT a 10-shilling note ...1920s sl.
• SWEY a two-shilling piece ...1941 Aust. sl.
• SWI a two-shilling piece ...1941 Aust. sl.
• SWY a two-shilling piece ...1941 Aust. sl.
• TATER-PILLIN' a shilling ...20C rhyming sl.
• TEVISS 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• THICK ONE a gold sovereign; also, a crown or five-shilling piece ...1848 Brit. sl.
• THICK 'UN a gold sovereign, a pound; also, a crown or five-shilling piece ...1848 Brit. sl.
• THIRTEENER 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• TOSH a half-crown or florin ...1912 Brit. sl.
• TOSHEROON n. a half-crown ...1859 Brit. sl.
• TOUCH-ME 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• TUSH a half-crown or florin ...1912 Brit. sl.
• TUSHEROON a half-crown ...1859 Brit. sl.
• TWELVER 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• WHEEL a five shilling piece ...Bk1891 sl.
• WHORE'S CURSE 5 shillings and threepence ... Bk1903 sl.
• YOUNG ILLEGITIMATE 10 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• ZWEI a two-shilling piece ...1941 Aust. sl.
SHIMMER - verbs
• SKIMMER to shimmer, to glitter, to gleam ...c1440
SHIMMERING - nouns
• RACE the shimmering appearance of rising air on a hot day, esp. over the brow of a slope ...1929 Sc.
SHINE - adjectives
• EMICATIOUS that shines or glitters ...1819 nonce word
SHINE - verbs
• BLENK to shine; to glimmer; to wink ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLICK † to shine ...19C
• BLICKEN to shine ...19C Eng. dial.
• BLIKE † to shine, to glisten, to glitter ...a1000
• BLINK to shine, to gleam; to twinkle, to glimmer, to flicker ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLINTER to shine feebly or with an unsteady flame; to flicker ...1888 Sc.
• EBLAZE †* to shine forth in bright colours ...1610
• EBLAZON †* to shine forth in bright colours ...1610
• EFFULGE to shine forth brilliantly ...1735 poetic
• ELAMP †* to shine forth ...1610
• GLIFF † to flash, to gleam; to shine suddenly ...a1400-50 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• ILLUME to light up; to make shining or bright, to brighten ...1602
• ILLUMINE to light up; to shed light upon; to shine upon; to light up n token of rejoicing or honour ...1375
• LAMP to shine, to gleam, to glitter, as the stars on a frosty night, to twinkle ...1609
• LEAM † to shine, to gleam; to light up ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• ONLIGHT † to cause to shine ...a1300
• RUTILATE †* to shine, to glitter; to emit rays of light; to appear bright ...1623
• SCANCE to glitter, to shine; to make a great show ...1773 Sc.
• SCANNACH † to gleam, to shine ...1814 Sc.
• SCANSE to glitter, to shine; to make a great show ...1773 Sc.
• SHINE LIKE A BABY'S ASS to shine brilliantly ...1964 Amer. sl.
• UMBESHINE † to shine about ...a1300
• UMSHINE † to shine about ...a1400
SHINGLES - nouns
• BARNEY-GUN an eruption on the skin; also, shingles ...1746 Eng. dial.
• BARN-GUN an eruption on the skin; also, shingles ...1746 Eng. dial.
• RING-AROUND ringworm; shingles ...1909 Amer. dial.
SHINING - adjectives
• BEAMISH shining brightly, radiant ...1530 arch.
• EFFULGENT shining forth brilliantly; resplendent, radiant ...1738
• GLIMMEROUS * shining unsteadily ...1792
• ILLUSTRATIVE †* shining, illuminative ...1686
• ILLUSTRIOUS † lighted up, having lustre or brilliancy; luminous, shining, bright, lustrous ...c1605
• LEAMING † gleaming, flashing, shining ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LUCULENT * full of light, bright, clear, shining ...c1420
• NITENT †* shining, lustrous ...1616
• OMNILUCENT shining upon all or everywhere ...1651
• SHEER † bright; shining
• SIDEREAN * sidereal, starry; like stars, shining, bright ...1656
SHINING - nouns
• LAMBENCY the state of shining with a clear soft light like a flame ...1817
• LEAMING † shining, gleaming, flashing of light ...1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SUNNING †* shining like the sun; radiance ...c1586
SHINY - adjectives
• GLIDDERY shiny, as if enamelled ...B1900 Eng. dial.
SHIP - adjectives
• CHEWING HER OAKUM of a wooden ship: beginning to leak, the caulking being bad ...M19 nautical sl.
• DEAD-EYES UNDER. of a ship: listing heavily ...M19 nautical sl.
• LABOURSOME of a ship: subject to pitch and roll violently in a heavy sea ...1691
• LOGGED of a ship: on her beam-ends ...L19 Brit. nautical sl.
• NAVAL †* of the nature of a ship ...1646
• NAVIGAL †* navigable; affording passage for ships or boats ...c1470
• NAVIGEROUS †* that will bear a vessel or ship ...1656
• RACE †* of ships: lying lie in the water ...1622
• SICK of a ship: in quarantine on suspicion of infectious disease ...20C nautical colloq.
• WALT † of a ship: unsteady, crank ...1539
SHIP - adverbs
• BY NAVY † by ship ...c1400
SHIP - nouns
• ABORDAGE † an attack upon a ship by boarding it ...c1550
• ANDREW MILLER a warship ...1849 US Navy sl., now hist
• ARSE OF THE SHIP, THE the stern ...M19 Royal Navy usage
• BASTIMENT † a ship, a vessel ...1740
• BEAM † a ship, a bark; perhaps, orig. one made from a hollowed trunk ...c1000 poetic
• BLACK GANG all the members of a ship's engineering department ...US Civil War usage
• BLACK SHEEP an unseaworthy ship ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BODOM a ship ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOILING WATER a boat's wake ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BONE IN ITS TEETH the white water that splashes up around the bow of a fast-moving ship ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BONE IN THE MOUTH the white water that splashes up around the bow of a fast-moving ship ...1945 Amer. dial. nautical usage
• BONE IN THE TEETH the white water that splashes up around the bow of a fast-moving ship ...1919 Amer. dial.
• BOX a ship, esp. if unseaworthy ...1851 Amer. nautical sl.
• BOYS' TOWN the junior officers' quarters on shipboard ...1979-88 Amer. sl.
• CABBOUZE a cook's galley on a vessel ...1747 Amer. dial.
• CABOOSE a cook's galley on a vessel ...1848 Amer. dial.
• CABOUSE a cook's galley on a vessel ...1766 Amer. dial.
• CALLABOOS a cook's galley on a vessel ...1805 Amer. dial.
• CAMBOOSE a cook's galley on a vessel ...1848 Amer. dial.
• CANOE a ship; used derisively ...1859 US nautical sl.
• CARINE † the keel or bottom of a ship ...1656
• CARPOUSE a cook's galley on a vessel ...1747 Amer. dial.
• CAST-IRON BATHTUB a battleship ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CASTLE a large ship, esp. a ship of war ...1642
• CATASTRUM † the deck of a ship ...1623
• CATTLE BOAT a troop transport ship ...1944 US military sl.
• COD-HAULER a ship, or a man, from Newfoundland ...M19 nautical sl.
• COFFIN an unseaworthy ship ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COFFIN BRIG an unseaworthy ship ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DADDY 'a lovely ship' ...20C trawlermen's usage
• DAGO (derogatory) a South American or Spanish ship ...1900s sl.
• DIVING BELL a ship which soaks easily and plunges badly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRY DOCK a ship's hospital or jail ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FAIRLOCK a ship ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAN a ship's propeller ...c1918 Royal Navy usage
• FANAL † a ship's lantern ...1632 obs. exc. arch.
• FLASH VESSEL a gaudy looking but undisciplined ship ...Bk1893 sl.
• FLOATING COFFIN an unsafe ship ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FLOATING PALACE a large and comfortable ship ...World War II Amer. sl.
• GEDUNK ice-cream, sweets, potato crisps and other junk food; the ship store where junk food can be bought ...1927 US Navy sl.
• GUTBUCKET an old or unseaworthy vessel ...1989 US Navy sl.
• GYP JOINT a ship's store ...1942 Amer. navy sl.
• HABILIMENTS † fittings, apparatus, furniture, gear, outfit, rigging, as of a ship ...1483
• HACK an old, slow, or dilapidated motor vehicle, aircraft, or boat or ship ...1916 Amer. sl.
• HEAD the toilet on a ship ...19C colloq.
• HEAD-PIECE the figurehead of a ship ...1807-8
• HELL BOX a galley stove ...1929 Amer. nautical sl.
• HOOKER a sailing vessel; a ship ...1821 sl.
• IRON MIKE the automatic steering device of a ship ...1926 sl.
• KEEL a ship, a vessel ...a1547 poetic
• KERF †* the furrow made by a ship's keel ...c1422
• LAME DUCK a severely damaged or defenseless ship or aircraft ...1876 US
• LASTAGE † the ballast of a ship ...c1440
• LEVIATHAN a ship of huge size ...a1801
• MACHINE † a ship or other vessel ...1637
• MADHOUSE a poorly run ship on which sailors are overworked or harshly disciplined ...1905 Amer. nautical sl.
• MAGAZINE † a ship laden with stores, a victualling ship ...1624
• MAMMY CHAIR a slinglike device for raising or lowering passengers to and from ships anchored away from the shore in a heavy swell ...1900 nautical sl.
• MASK the mast of a ship ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MONKEY ISLAND the uppermost tier of a big ship's bridge ...L19 nautical sl.
• MONKEY-POOP the half deck of a flush decked ship ...L19 nautical coll.
• NAUSCOPY * the art of discovering the approach of ships or the neighbourhood of land at a considerable distance ...1797
• NAVEY † ships, shipping ...c1350
• NAVIN † shipping, fleet, navy ...1375 Sc.
• NAVIRE †* ship; shipping ...1442
• NAVY † 1. ships or shipping ...c1330
†* 2. a single ship ...a1400-50
• OCEAN GREYHOUND a swift ocean steamer ...1891
• OCEAN-PALACE a sumptuously fitted and furnished ocean passenger-steamer ...1900
• OIL-BURNER any old or dilapidated vehicle, esp. a car or ship ...20C sl.
• OLD LADY a ship; used affectionately ...1841 US nautical sl.
• OLD WAGON an old ship ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONERARY * a ship of burden, transport ...1728
• PARISH RIG a badly-rigged ship; hence, an ill-dressed man ...L19 sl., orig. nautical
• PIE WAGON a ship's prison ... Amer. World War I sl.
• RACK †* a wrecked ship ...a1658
• RAG-WAGON a sailing ship, steam or turbine ...c1910 sl.
• SACK SHIP a big ship used to carry supplies from Europe to the East Coast fisheries ...1965 Can.
• SALLEE-MAN † a Moorish pirate ship ...1637
• SALLEE ROVER † a Moorish pirate ship ...1686
• SARDINE-TIN a clumsy steamer ...L19 nautical sl.
• TAIL † the stern of a ship or boat ...1553
• TAIL-CASTLE † the poop of a ship ...1585
• TIMBER a ship ...20C
• TIMON †* the rudder of a ship ...1506
• TRICK a turn at the helm of a ship; a spell; a watch ...US Civil War usage
• WAFTAGE conveyance across water by ship or boat ...1590
• WAGON a ship ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
• WAR-MAN † a man-of-war, a warship ...1546 Sc.
• WINGED WAIN † a ship ...1598
• WORKHOUSE a hard, ill-found ship ...20C nautical usage
SHIP - nouns, person
• AFTERBIRD a ship's officer ..1884 US nautical sl.
• ASHCAT a member of a steamship's engine room gang; a stoker ...1899 US nautical sl.
• BARRATOR a ship's master who commits 'barratry' ...1847
• BLOKE, THE the captain of a ship ...1914 Brit. naval sl.
• CANARY a bosun's mate ...1821 nautical sl.
• CANTEEN MERCHANT one who serves in the ship's canteen ...20C sl.
• CHIEF the chief engineer, or lieutenant-commander in a ship ...1895 sl.
• CHIPS a ship's carpenter; usually used as a nickname ...1805 nautical sl.
• DAVY-MAN the member of a crew of a ship captured by a privateer who was left on board in order to swear an 'affidavit' as to her nationality ...19C naval colloq.
• DOCTOR a ship's cook; a cook in a camp ...1821 sl.
• DRIVER a captain notorious for crowding-on all possible sail ...M19 nautical
• DUCK-FUCKER the man in charge of poultry aboard ship ...L18 Brit. nautical sl.
• JACK DUSTY a ship's steward's assistant ...M19 nautical sl.
• JACK IN THE DUST a ship's steward's assistant ...M19 nautical sl.
• JEMMY DUCKS the ship's poulterer ...1880 nautical sl.
• LIVE LUMBER soldiers or passengers on board ship ...c1780 Brit. nautical sl.
• LONGSHORE OWNER a ship-owner that sent ill-found ships to sea ...c1850 Brit. nautical sl.
• MAN-EATER a particularly tough officer ...L19 Brit. sailing ships' usage
• MARSHAL † an official on board ship who superintends the carrying out of punishments ...1627 nautical usage
• MASTER KNOB, THE the ship's captain ...19C Brit. sl.
• MR. CHIPS a ship's carpenter; usually used as a nickname ...1805 nautical sl.
• OLD MAN orig. a commanding officer or ship's captain; hence, one's employer or superior ...1830 sl.
• OWNER, THE the captain of a ship, and also of an aircraft ...1903 sl.
• PALINURE † a pilot (of a ship) ...1631
• PUG a ship's boy ...L16 colloq.
• PUTTY a ship's painter ...1946 naval sl.
• RAG-DRAGGER the captain of a sailing ship ...20C nautical sl.
• SIN BOSUN, THE the ship's chaplain ...c1925 Royal Navy usage
• TIMONEER * a helmsman, a steersman ...1762-9
SHIP - verbs
• CARRY A BONE IN THE TEETH to cut through the water making waves of foam about the bow ...World War II Amer. sl.
• HOLD A GOOD WIND of a ship: to have good weatherly qualities ...M19 nautical colloq.
• LOWER THE FLAG to relinquish command, esp. of a ship
• MANURE † to manoeuvre a ship ...1569
• SHANGHAI to force a person, esp. by underhand or unscrupulous means, to join a ship which is lacking a full crew ...1871 nautical sl., orig. US
• SIGN THE COAL WARRANTS to have a parting drink on board a ship ready to sail ...M19 nautical usage
• STRIKE THE FLAG to relinquish command, esp. of a ship
• WAG of a boat or ship: to rock ...1377
• WALK of a vehicle, a ship, a stream: to go very slowly ...1827
• WALTER † of a ship: to roll or be tossed on the waves ...a1300
SHIP - phrases
• BONE IN THE MOUTH, A water foaming before a ship's bows ...arch., nautical
• FEEDS LIKE A HOTEL said of a ship with a sumptuous bill of fare ...World War II Amer. sl.
SHIPBUILDING - adjectives
• NAUPEGICAL †* pert. to ship-building ...1678
SHIPBUILDING - nouns
• NAUPEGY †* ship-building ...1570
SHIPPING - nouns
• NAVEY † ships, shipping ...c1350
• NAVIGATION † shipping business; trade carried on by sea or water ...1617
• NAVIN † shipping, fleet, navy ...1375 Sc.
• NAVIRE †* ship; shipping ...1442
• NAVY † ships or shipping ...c1330
SHIPWRECK - adjectives
• NAUFRAGEOUS †* in danger of shipwreck ...1694
• NAUFRAGOUS †* causing shipwreck ...1615
SHIPWRECK - nouns
• MOONCUSSING taking goods from wrecked ships ...1937 Amer. dial.
• NAUFRAGE † shipwreck ...1480
• NAUFRAGIE †* shipwreck ...c1380
SHIPWRECK - nouns, person
• MOONCURSER one who causes ships to wreck in order to plunder them; one who plunders wrecked ships ...1812 Amer. dial.
SHIPWRECK - verbs
• PALTER to wreck or pilfer stranded vessels and ill-use shipwrecked sailors ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAULTER to wreck or pilfer stranded vessels and ill-use shipwrecked sailors ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SHIPWRECKED - adjectives
• NAUFRAGED †* shipwrecked ...1490
SHIPWRECKED - nouns, person
• NAUFRAGUE †* a shipwrecked person ...1681
SHIRK, SHIRKING - nouns
• GYPPO an avoidance or shirking of a duty; a shirker ...1978 S. Afr. sl.. orig. military
• MIKE a period of idleness or shirking ...1825 Brit. sl.
SHIRK, SHIRKER - nouns, person
• COFFEE BOILER a malingerer; a shirker ...US Civil War usage
• FART-OFF a person who shirks responsibilities; a loafer; one who always fools around ...1942 Amer. sl.
• FEATHER MERCHANT a shirker; a cheat; a lazy person; one who is given a position without having worked for it ...1784 Amer. dial.
• FUNKER one who is a coward, a weakling, or a shirker ...M19 sl.
• FUNKSTICK one who is a coward, a weakling, or a shirker ...1889 sl., orig. hunting usage
• GOLD BRICK a shirker; one who tries to avoid work or to get an easy job; a non-combatant ...Amer. World War I sl.
• GOLD-BRICKER a lazy person; a shirker ...1919 US sl.
• GYPPO an avoidance or shirking of a duty; a shirker ...1978 S. Afr. sl.. orig. military
• HEALTHY BEAT a man who would shirk and make something up ...1862 Amer. sl.
• LAYABOUT a lazy person; a shirker ...1932 sl.
• LAZY-BONES a lazy person; a shirker ...1592
• LEAD-SWINGER a malingerer or shirker ...1918 Brit. sl.
• LIE-ABOUT a lazy person; a shirker ...1937 sl.
• OFFICE WORKER a shirker ...20C rhyming sl.
• OLD SOLDIER a lazy person; a shirker ...1805 US military sl.
• PIKER a person who avoids doing his or her share of the work; a shirker; a lazy person ... 1889 sl., orig. US
• POLER a shirker ...1938 Aust. sl.
• SACK RAT a lazy person; a shirker ...1947 US sl.
• SCONCER one who pretends to be ill in order to escape work, a shirker ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
• SCRIMSHANK a malingerer or one who avoids duty ...1890 sl., orig. & chiefly services' usage
• SCRIMSHANKER a malingerer or one who avoids duty ...1890 sl., orig. & chiefly services' usage
• SKATE a mean, dishonest, or contemptible person ...L19 US sl.
• SKIVER a lazy person; a shirker ...1941 sl., orig. services' usage
• SKULK one who skulks or hides himself; a shirker ...1847
• SKYVER a lazy person; a shirker ...1941 sl., orig. services' usage
• SLACKER someone who avoids work or exertion; a lazy person ...1898 sl.
• SOONER an idler or shirker ...1892 Aust. sl.
• TIN-POTTER an idler, one who shirks their duties by claiming to be ill ...1867 nautical sl.
SHIRK - verbs
• BAG IT to feign illness in order to avoid one's responsibilities ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DINGO to shirk, to back out of ...M20 Aust. sl.
• DO A MIKE to pretend to be working; to hang about ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• DO A NEVER to shirk; to loaf ...1946 nautical sl.
• DODGE THE COLUMN to shirk one's duty or avoid work ...1919 sl., orig. services' usage
• DOG IT to act lazily or half-heartedly; to shirk or avoid responsibility, risk, etc. ...1905 sl., orig. US
• DUCK AND DIVE to avoid or evade, esp. with regard to legality or responsibility; to dodge work; to shirk; hence, to avoid regular employment but make living nevertheless ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'skive' (to avoid or evade)
• FAINAIGUE to fail of a promise, to play truant, to shirk work ...1854 Eng. dial.
• FALL DOWN ON THE JOB to fail at one's responsibilities; to shirk an obligation ...1898 Amer. sl.
• FART OFF to fool around; to shirk one's duties; to blunder through inattention; to procrastinate ...1968 Amer. sl.
• FENEAGUE to fail of a promise, to play truant, to shirk work ...1854 Eng. dial.
• FERNIG to fail of a promise, to play truant, to shirk work ...1854 Eng. dial.
• FIDDLE-FART to fool around, to waste time. to loaf, to dawdle, to shirk responsibility ...1975 Amer. dial.
• FIDDLE-FART AROUND to fool around, to waste time. to loaf, to dawdle, to shirk responsibility ...1972 Amer. sl.
• FIDDLEFUCK AROUND to fool around, to waste time. to loaf, to dawdle, to shirk responsibility ...1984 Amer. dial.
• FUNK to try to back out of anything; to fight shy of; to wish or try to shirk or evade an undertaking, duty, etc. ...E19 sl.
• GOLDBRICK to evade duty; to shirk ...Amer. World War I sl.
• GOOF to idle or waste time; to shirk one's duties ...1932 sl., chiefly US
• GOOF OFF to act lazily, to mess around instead of working; to idle or waste time; to shirk one's duties ...1932 sl., orig. military
• GYPPO to dodge an unpleasant responsibility; to shirk a duty; to avoid something ...1971 S. Afr. sl.. orig. military
• HACK OFF to ignore one's homework or other duties and do nothing ...1960s Amer. sl.
• JACK THE DOG to loaf, to shirk work ...1988 Amer. dial.
• JIB to shirk ...1811 colloq.
• KNOCK DOWN to act lazily; to shirk one's work ...1950s Can. sl.
• LAG to shirk one's duties ...1990s sl.
• LAG OFF. to shirk one's duties ...1990s sl.
• LIE DOWN ON THE JOB to do less than one could or should do; to shirk one's obligations ...colloq.
• MIKE to loiter, to hang around idly or shirk work ...1859 Brit. sl.
• RAT to idle about; to shirk work or school; to malinger ...1929 Amer. dial.
• RAT AROUND to idle about; to shirk work or school; to malinger; to lounge around doing nothing in particular ...1857 Amer. dial.
• SCAMP to do carelessly; to do work badly, inefficiently, or with bad materials; to shirk work ...1851 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCONCE to feign illness, so as to escape having to work, to shirk ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
• SCOW to loiter, to idle, to shirk work ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOW-BANK to loiter, to idle about; to shirk work ...1868 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMSHANK to malinger or shirk one's duty ...1890 sl., orig. & chiefly services' usage
• SHAG-BAG to loiter, to lounge about; to shirk work ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SKATE to avoid obligations; to shirk ...1945 US sl.
• SKIVE to shirk one's duty or avoid work ...1919 sl., orig. services' usage
• SKYVE to shirk one's duty or avoid work ...1919 sl., orig. services' usage
• SLACK to be lazy; to avoid work ...1904 sl.
• SOJER to loiter, to lounge, to shirk work, to waste time ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• SPRUCE to malinger or shirk one's duty ...1917 Brit. sl., orig. services' usage
• SWING THE LEAD to malinger or shirk one's duty ...1917 Brit. sl.
• TAIGLE THE CLEEK to hold things up, to hinder progress; to shirk one's work ...1951 Sc.
• TAISTER † to dodge work, to slack, to be lazy ...1893 Sc.
• THROW OFF to fail to exert oneself, to shirk ...1867 Amer. dial.
SHIRKING - adjectives
• FAINT † avoiding exertion, shirking, lazy, sluggish ...c1325
SHIRT - adjectives
• FRIED starched, as a shirt ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
SHIRT - nouns
• AUSTRALIAN FLAG, THE the bottom of a shirt ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• BALDFACED SHIRT a dress shirt with a starched front ...1889 US sl.
• BLAZE-FACED SHIRT * a starched white shirt ...1909 Amer. dial.
• BOILED COLLAR a white dress shirt ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BOILED SHIRT a man's starched dress shirt ...1853 Amer. dial.
• BOSOM the front of a shirt ...1872 US
• CALF-TRINNELS the ruffles on a shirt or the flounces on a gown ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALF-TRUNDLE the ruffle of a shirt, or the flounces of a gown ... Bk1888
• CAMESA a shirt ...M17 sl.
• CARRION-CASE a shirt or chemise ...M19 sl.
• DICKY DIRT a shirt ...1925 Brit. rhyming sl.
• FAG LOOP a loop on the back of a man's shirt ...2001 US sl.
• FANCY a man's dress shirt with a coloured pattern ...1986 US sl.
• FLAG OF DISTRESS a flying shirt-tail ...Bk1893 sl.
• FLANNIE a shirt made of flannel or flannelette ...Aust. sl.
• FLANNY a shirt made of flannel or flannelette ...Aust. sl.
• FRIED SHIRT a man's starched dress shirt ...1853 Amer. dial.
• HAND-WRIST †* a cuff, as on a shirt ...1707
• INTIMATE a shirt ...Bk1896 Amer. thieves' sl.
• JACK SHIRT a wool shirt ...1950 Amer. dial.
• JACK WHITE a shirt tail ...1909 Amer dial.
• JACOBITE a sham shirt; a dickey; a shirt collar ...1690 sl.
• KEMESA a shirt ...M17 sl.
• LABBIE the flap or skirt of a man's coat or shirt ...1808 Sc.
• LABEY the flap or skirt of a man's coat or shirt ...1808 Sc.
• LABIE the flap or skirt of a man's coat or shirt ...1808 Sc.
• LEBBIE the flap or skirt of a man's coat or shirt ...1808 Sc.
• MILLTAG a shirt ...E19 sl.
• MILLTOG a shirt ...E19 sl.
• MILLTUG a shirt ...E19 sl.
• MILLTUIG a shirt ...E19 sl.
• MILLY a shirt ...20C sl.
• MISH a shirt; a chemise ...c1670 Brit. sl.
• MOURNING SHIRT a flannel shirt ...M17 sl.
• NARP a shirt ...1857 Sc.
• RAMP a shirt ..1845 Sc.
• SARK a garment worn next to the skin; a shirt or chemise; occasionally used for a nightshirt ...a1100 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKIN in carnival and amusement park usage: a shirt ...1982 US sl.
• THOUSAND-MILER a dark shirt that does not show the dirt ...1929 nautical sl.
• UNCLE BERT a shirt ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
• VENT the wrist of a shirt; any opening in a garment ...1873 Eng. dial.
• VENT-HOLE a buttonhole in the wrist of a shirt ...1873 Eng. dial.
SHIRT - verbs
• FLASH THE DICKEY to show the shirt front ...Bk1893 sl.
• REEVE to draw into wrinkles; to pucker; to twist round; to shrivel up; to roll up the sleeves ...1821 Eng. dial.
• SARK to clothe in a sark ...1483 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
SHIRTLESS - adjectives
• SARKLESS without a sark ...a1774 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
SHIVER - nouns
• BEVER a shiver, a tremor; a state of trembling ...1854 Eng. dial.
• BIVVER a shiver, a tremor; a state of trembling ...1854 Eng. dial.
• QUAKER a shake; a shiver ...1861 Eng. dial.
• RIGOR a chill; a shiver, tremor, or shake; a shivering with cold ...1806 Amer. dial.
• RIGORS, THE a chill; a shiver, tremor, or shake; a shivering with cold ...1905 Amer. dial.
• THRIDDLE a shiver, a convulsive movement ...1889 Eng. dial.
• WACKER a shake; a shiver ...1861 Eng. dial.
• WHACKER a shake; a shiver ...1861 Eng. dial.
SHIVER - verbs
• DADDER † to quake, tremble, shiver, shake ...1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DATHER to shiver, to tremble, to shake either with cold or old age ...1684 Eng. dial.
• MEEN to shiver slightly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SHIVERING - adjectives
• DITHERY-DODDERY trembling, shivering, shaking ...1876 Eng. dial.
SHIVERING - adverbs
• AGRUE of a state in which one shivers with cold or shudders with fear or repulsion; a-shiver, shuddering ...1856 Sc.
SHIVERING, SHIVERS - nouns
• DANDER a fit of shivering ...1877 Eng. dial.
• DANDERS the shivers; a shivering fit ...1889 Eng. dial.
• RIGOR a chill; a shiver, tremor, or shake; a shivering with cold ...1806 Amer. dial.
• RIGORS, THE a chill; a shiver, tremor, or shake; a shivering with cold ...1905 Amer. dial.
SHIVERY - adjectives
• BEVERY shivery, tremulous ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BROKEN-MOUTHED of old sheep: having lost some teeth ...1913 Amer. dial.
• DAGGY of sheep: having dags of wool soiled with excrement ...1895 Aust. sl.
• DAG-TAILED having the wool about the tail clotted with dirt ...1597-8
• GOOD-WOOLLED of a sheep: having a good fleece ...1869 Eng. dial.
• RAPT of a sheep: ragged ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SCONKY very slender and bare, esp. about the head and neck; generally applied to short-woolled sheep ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• YEANLING young, or new-born, esp. of a lamb ...1658 arch.
SHEEP - nouns
• AALIE-LAMB a motherless lamb; a pet lamb ...Bk1905 Sc.
• ANYESDER a sheep in its second year ...Bk1898 Sc.
• APRON the neck fold of a merino ram ...20C Aust. sheepfarmers' usage
• AUNTIE a disoriented unlambed ewe that thinks she has lambed and steals the lamb of another ewe ...1999 NZ sl.
• BAA-BAA a sheep ...1924 Amer. dial.
• BAA CHEAT a sheep ...E18 sl.
• BAALING a little lamb ...1854
• BAGGIT † a feeble, sickly sheep ...1879 Sc.
• BALLARD a castrated ram ...1796 Eng. dial.
• BALLE † a sheep ...c1440
• BAND a flock of about two thousand sheep ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BARE-BACKS sheep after being shorn ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BARTH † a warm sheltered place or shelter for cattle and sheep ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BIDDY an old ewe ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BILLY-LAMB a lamb reared by hand ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BLAA the bleat of a sheep ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BLAT the cry of a sheep ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BLATE the cry of a sheep ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BORREGO a male sheep ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BORRERA a sheep ...1968 Amer. West. usage
• BUCK a male sheep ...1812 Amer. dial.
• BUM a motherless lamb that is raised by hand ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BUMMER a motherless lamb that is raised by hand ...1940 Amer. dial.
• CADDIE an orphan lamb ...1886 Sc.
• CADE a pet lamb ...c1450
• CADE-LAMB a pet lamb; one weaned and brought up in the house
• CAG any old wrinkled female, as an old woman, cow, ewe, etc. ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CAMPEINIE a lamb ...1906 Sc.
• CLEANSKIN orig. an unbranded sheep ...1943 Aust. sl.
• CLIPPIE † a shorn sheep ...19C Sc.
• CRACKER a worn-out horse, sheep, bullock ...M20 Aust. sl.
• DAG a matted lock of wool and excrement on a sheep's behind ...1891 Aust. & Eng. dial.
• DAGGLE-LOCKS clots of matted wool round a sheep's hind quarters ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGLINGS sheep's droppings ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAG-LOCKS locks of wool clotted with dirt about the hinder parts of a sheep ...1623
• DANS yearling lambs ...1819 Eng. dial.
• DINGBAT the small lumps of excrement clinging to wool on the hindquarters of sheep ...1895 Amer. dial.
• EANLING † a young lamb ...1596
• FANK a sheep-cot or pen ...1812 Sc.
• GIBBY a child's name for a sheep; a pet lamb ...1790 Eng. dial.
• HASLIG the wool on the neck of a sheep ...1900 Sc.
• HASSLOCK the wool on the neck of a sheep ...1725
• HAWSLOCK the wool on the neck of a sheep ...1725
• IVVY a sheep's heart ...1882 Eng. dial.
• JACKET the natural (usually hairy) covering or 'coat' of various animals; the fleece of a sheep ...1613
• JAMES a sheep's head ...1827 sl.
• JEMMY 1. a sheep's head ...1823 sl.
2. a sheep's head as a dish ...1836
• JIMBUGG a sheep ...1854 Aust. squatters' sl.
• JUMBUCK a sheep ...1824 Aust. sl., orig. Aust. pidgin
• KADES sheep dung ....Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KAIBREL † a thin, ill-thriving sheep, frequently killed to prevents its complete loss by death ...1838 Sc.
• KEB 1. a ewe that has lost her lamb, or whose lamb is still-born ...1470-73 Eng. dial.
2. an old, worn-out sheep ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• KEBBED EWE a ewe whose lamb is stillborn ...1860 Sc.
• KEBBER † an old or diseased sheep which is removed from the flock ...1538
• KEEPING †* a flock of sheep ...1641
• KELT a sheep's fleece ...1722 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LAMB FRIES lamb's testicles eaten as food ...20C US sl.
• LAMB-GIMMER a young sheep or ewe lamb of a year old ...Bk1902 Sc.
• LAMB-HOG a young sheep before it is shorn ...1796 Eng. dial.
• LAMBKIN a little lamb; a young lamb ...1579 (Spenser)
• LAMBLING * a young or little lamb ...1591
• LAMB-STONES the testicles of a lamb ...a1613
• LAMMERMOOR LION a sheep ...1721 Sc.
• LENTRINWARE † skins of lambs that have died soon after being dropped ...1435 Sc.
• LEPPIE an orphan calf, lamb, or foal ...1924 Amer. dial.
• LEPPY an orphan calf, lamb, or foal ...1924 Amer. dial.
• MAE a child's name for a sheep; a sheep's call ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MAILLIE a ewe, or a pet name for a cow or ewe ...1814 Sc. & Ireland
• MANE the wool on a ewe's neck ...1900 Sc.
• MAPSIE a pet sheep; a young hare ...1824 Sc.
• MEG a pet lamb ...1869 Eng. dial.
• MONKEY a sheep ...c1880 Aust. sl.
• MOUNTAIN-PECKER a sheep's head ...M19 sl.
• NANNIE a sheep, esp. a female ...1896 Amer. dial.
• NANNY a sheep, esp. a female ...1896 Amer. dial.
• NANNY PLUM sheep manure; a pellet of sheep dung ...1833 Amer. dial.
• NAPSIE a small fat animal, esp. a sheep ...1824 Sc.
• OLD CRONE a sheep that has lost its teeth ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• OVIARY †* a flock of sheep ...1623
• PALLET a skin, esp. an undressed sheep-skin; a 'pelt' ...Bk1905 Sc.
• PLACER a sheep which remains in one place ...1921 Aust. & NZ sl.
• QUAIL-MUTTON the flesh of a sheep that has died from natural causes, drowning, etc. ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• QUAKING CHEAT a sheep ...M16 sl.
• QUINTER a ewe in her third year ...1779 Sc.
• RAMKIN †* a young ram ...1638
• RAMMING-TIME † the copulation of sheep ...1590
• RAM-SHEEP † the common sheep ...1797
• RANNACKS half-wild, rompish sheep ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RANNY a sheep that is kept as a pet ...1950 Amer. dial.
• ROGER the nickname for a bull; occasionally, a ram ...18C colloq.
• SANGUINARY JAMES an uncooked sheep's head ...M29 sl.
• SCART a hermaphrodite; esp. a female hermaphrodite sheep ...Bk1904 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCOVIN the neck and breast of a lamb, the brisket ...1873 Eng. dial.
• SHEEP BUCK a ram ...1949 Amer. dial.
• SHEEP-DUMPLING a pellet of sheep dung ...1953 Amer. dial.
• SHEEP MARBLES sheep manure ...1983 Amer. dial.
• SHIPPY a lamb ...1908 Amer. dial.
• SHIRLING a sheep newly shorn; the fleece of a lamb ...B1900 Scot & Eng. dial.
• SKINNY an old ewe ...1952 Amer. dial.
• SNOB the last, most recalcitrant sheep to be sheared ...20C Aust. & NZ. sl.
• TAG-LOCKS the coarse wool of sheep about the hinder parts, matted together by wet and dirt ...1796 Eng. dial.
• TAILAG the poorest or weakest of a brood, litter, flock, etc., esp. of sheep or pigs ...1972 Sc.
• TAILS inferior sheep drafted from a flock ...1844 Sc.
• TAT a year-old sheep ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TATTY-JACK a sheep with a ragged and tattered fleece ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TEAP a ram or tup ...1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TEG a yearling sheep before it has been shorn ...1784 Eng. dial.
• THAVE a young ewe sheep that has not yet borne a lamb ...1796 Eng. dial.
• THEAVE a young ewe sheep that has not yet borne a lamb ...1796 Eng. dial.
• THINGS cattle, sheep, livestock ...1899 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• THINTER a sheep of three years or winters ...1890 Eng. dial.
• THRINTER a sheep of three years or winters ...1890 Eng. dial.
• THRUNTER a sheep of three years or winters ...1890 Sc.
• TIG a yearling sheep before it has been shorn ...1784 Eng. dial.
• TRINTER a sheep of three years or winters ...1890 Eng. dial.
• TROTTLE † a small round pellet of sheep's or goat's dung; generally used in the plural ...1547 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• WALT-SHEEP a fallen sheep ...1812 Sc.
• WOOL-BIRD a sheep, a lamb ...1825 sl.
• WOOLLY a sheep ...1852 Amer. dial.
• YARM the bleat of a sheep ...1899 Sc.
• YEAN † a young lamb ...1408
• YEANLING a young lamb or kid ...1637 arch.
SHEEP - nouns, person (also see SHEARER and SHEPHERD)
• CAMP JACK in sheepherding: a man who looked after the gear and moved the sheep camp while the herder was with the sheep ...1940 Amer. West usage
• CAMP JERKER same as CAMP JACK ...1931 Amer. West usage
• CAMP MOVER same as CAMP JACK ...1931 Amer. West usage
• CAMP RUSTLER same as CAMP JACK ...1913 Amer. West usage
• CAMP TENDER same as CAMP JACK ...1913 Amer. West usage
• LAMB LICKER (derogatory) a sheep-herder ...1936 Amer. dial.
• LEATHER-NECK an unskilled farm-labourer, esp. on a sheep station ...1898 Aust. sl.
• MONKEY-DODGER a sheep-station hand ...20C Aust. sl.
• MUTTON-MONGER † a sheep-stealer ...a1700 sl.
• NAP † a sheep-stealer ...a1700 sl.
• NAPPER OF NAPS a sheep stealer ...c1712 sl.
• PASTOR a sheep-herder ...1849 Amer. dial.
• SHEEP PUNCHER a cowboy's name for a sheepherder ...1936 Amer. dial.
• SUCKLER one who rears young calves or lambs ...1750
• TEG-MAN a shepherd ...1892 Eng. dial.
SHEEP - verbs
• BELSH to clean the tails of sheep by cutting away dirty or matted wool ...1825 Eng. dial.
• BLARE of cows, and sometimes sheep: to low or bleat ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BLAT to bleat like a sheep ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BLATE to make the cry of a sheep ...1859 Amer. dial.
• BUM A LAMB to take it away from its mother and raise it by hand ...1938 Amer. dial.
• DAG to cut off the clots of wool, dirt, etc., from the hinds part of sheep ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• DAGGLE to cut off matted clots of wool from the hinder parts of a sheep ...1897 Eng. dial.
• DUFF to steal cattle, sheep, etc., often altering their brands ...1859 Aust. sl.
• EAN † of ewes: to bring forth lambs ...a1000
• FANK to put sheep in a 'fank' or pen ...a1600 Sc.
• KEB of ewes: to bring forth a still-born lamb ...1816 Sc.
• MAE of a lamb: to utter its peculiar cry ...1728 Eng. dial.
• MEWTLE of cows and ewes: to make a low, crooning sound over their new-dropped young ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAM †* to leap the ewe ...1688
• REFUGE to separate the worthless or inferior portion of anything from the rest; esp. to draft out the inferior sheep from a flock ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• TAIL to follow, drive or tend sheep or cattle ...1844 Aust.
• YARM of a sheep: to bleat ...a1838 Sc.
• YEAN of a ewe: to bring forth a lamb; also said of goats and occasionally other beasts ...1387 arch. & Eng. dial.
SHEEP - interjections
• CADE! a call to sheep ...1949 Amer. dial.
• DEKI! a call to sheep; come! ...1970 Amer. dial.
• GOOBIE-SHEEPIE! come!; a call used to sheep ...1972 Amer. dial.
• NAN! a call to sheep ...1896 Amer. dial.
• NANNIE! a call to sheep ...1896 Amer. dial.
• NANNY! a call to sheep ...1896 Amer. dial.
• SHEEPIE! a call to sheep ...1948 Amer. dial.
• SHEEPY! a call to sheep ...1948 Amer. dial.
• TIB! a call made to ewes ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YEP a cry used in driving sheep ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• YOA a call used in driving sheep ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SHEEPISH - adjectives
• BAUCH abashed, timid, sheepish ...1871 Sc.
• BLAIT shy, sheepish; modest, retiring ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLATE shy, sheepish, bashful, timid ...Bk1911 Sc.
• QUIET sheepish ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SHEEPISH - nouns, person
• BLAITIE-BUM a lazy fellow; a simpleton; a sheepish fellow ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HAMMIE a sheepish, cowardly person ...1870 Eng. dial.
• HAMMY a sheepish, cowardly person ...1870 Eng. dial.
• SAFT DUD an inept, slow-witted, sheepish sort of person ...1894 Sc.
SHEET - nouns
• LILY WHITES bed sheets ...1946 US sl.
SHELF - adjectives
• SKELVY full of shelves or ledges ...1787 Sc.
SHELF - nouns
• BANK †* a shelf ...1577
• BINK a shelf; a frame of wooden shelves for holding earthenware in a kitchen; a plate-rack ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• OMNIUM a piece of furniture with open shelves for receiving ornamental articles, etc. ...19C
• SKELF a shelf ...1396-7 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• WALL-PLAT a shelf fixed in the wall ...1841 Eng. dial.
SHELL - nouns
• AIKIE GUINEAS † the name given by children to small flat shells, bleached by the sea ...1825 Sc.
• SKELL * a shell ...c1330 N. Eng. dial.
SHELLFISH - nouns
• EBB-FISH edible shellfish ...1929 Sc.
• EBB-MEAT edible shellfish ...c1893 Sc.
• SHELLMEAT † edible shellfish; food covered with a shell, as eggs, nuts, etc. ...1642
SHELTER - adjectives
• BEELDY giving shelter ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIELDY furnishing shelter; snug ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIELY furnishing shelter; snug ...Bk1911 Sc.
• HARBOROUS † affording harbour or shelter; given to hospitality ...1526
SHELTER - adverbs
• ABIEL in shelter ...1820 Sc.
SHELTER - nouns
• BARTH † a warm sheltered place or shelter for cattle and sheep ...1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BEEL a shelter ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BERGH † protection, shelter ...c1250
• BEILD a shelter ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIEL a shelter, refuge; a home, house; anything that shelters or shades ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIELD shelter, refuge; also, a house, any object with shelters ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BIELDING shelter, protection ...1724 Sc.
• BILBIE shelter, residence ...1891 Sc.
• BIVVY a small tent or any temporary shelter for troops ...1916 sl.
• BIVY a small tent or any temporary shelter for troops ...1916 sl.
• BOIST a rough shelter ...1939 Amer. dial.
• CAVE an underground shelter ...1965 Amer. dial.
• COLD HARBOUR a place of shelter from the weather for wayfarers, constructed by the wayside ...Bk1901
• DARKING-HOLE a hiding-place; a place of shelter ...1859 Eng. dial.
• HALE † a place roofed over, but usually open at the sides; a pavilion; a tent; a booth, hut, or other temporary structure for shelter ...c1330
• HARBERY † 1. shelter, lodging ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
† 2. a place of shelter; a lodging-place ...c1325 Sc. & N. Eng.
• HARBOUR 1. shelter, lodging, entertainment; sojourn, abode ...c1150
† 2. a place of shelter or sojourn; lodgings, quarters, resting-place; a place of entertainment, an inn; a place of refuge, asylum ...c1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• HARBOURAGE 1. shelter, lodging ...1570
2. a place of shelter; a lodging ...1651
• HARBOURY † 1. shelter, lodging ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng.
† 2. a place of shelter; a lodging-place ...c1325 Sc. & N. Eng.
• HARBRY 1. shelter, lodging ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. obs.
† 2. a place of shelter; a lodging-place ...c1325 Sc. & N. Eng.
• HEAL a hidden spot; an unseen place; shelter ...1691 Eng. dial.
• LEW shelter ...1825 Eng. dial.
• NEST a lodging, shelter, home, bed, etc., esp. of a secluded or comfortable nature; a snug retreat ...a1000
• OMBRIFUGE * a refuge or shelter against rain ...1868
• SCALAN a rude hut or shelter ...1770 Sc.
• SCALE a temporary hut or shelter; a wooden shed ...1787 Eng. dial.
• SCOG shelter; a sheltered place ...1823 Sc.
• SCONCE † protection, shelter ...1871 Sc.
• SCOUK shade, shadow; shelter, protection, surveillance ...1866 Sc.
• SHAKE AND BAKE a portable fire shelter used by workers fighting forest fires ...1991 US sl.
• SHEBANG a hut, a shanty, a rude shelter; a disreputable tavern or other place of resort; broadly, any building or establishment ...1862 Amer. dial.
• SIWASH CAMP an improvised overnight shelter ...1924 Amer. dial.
• SKOOK shade, shadow; shelter, protection, surveillance ...1866 Sc.
• STRAWYARD a shelter, asylum or refuge for the destitute ...1851-61 tramps' sl.
• SUCCOUR † shelter, protection; a place of shelter; a sheltered place; a refuge ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• THACK-AND-RAPE cover, shelter; good order; control ...1786 Sc.
• TO-FALL a shelter ...1871 Sc.
• TO-FLIGHT †* a shelter, a refuge ...a1300
• UMBRAGE † shelter, protection, screen ...1607
• WARD † defense, protection, shelter ...1582
• WAREHOUSE a large and impersonal institution offering shelter to the mentally ill, the old, or the poor ...1960s sl.
• WICKEYUP any meagre shelter or dwelling ...1876 Amer. dial.
• WICKIE-UP any meagre shelter or dwelling ...1876 Amer. dial.
• WICKIUP any meagre shelter or dwelling ...1876 Amer. dial.
• WICKY-UP any meagre shelter or dwelling ...1876 Amer. dial.
SHELTER - nouns, person
• HARBOURER one who shelters or entertains; an entertainer, a host ...1548
SHELTER - verbs
• BEELD to shelter ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BERGH † to give shelter; to protect, to preserve; to deliver, to save ...a1000
• BIEL to shelter, to protect; to take shelter ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BIELD to shelter, to protect; also, to take shelter ...1865 Eng. dial.
• DARK to hide, to take shelter ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• HAP to shelter, to shield, to protect ...1773 Sc.
• HARBOUR † to provide a lodging or lodging-place for; to shelter from the weather or the night; to lodge, entertain ...c1150
• HARBRY to shelter, to lodge ...1375 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• HAVEN † to put into or shelter in a haven or port ...c1375
• HERBERY to shelter, to lodge ...1375 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• LEW † to shelter ...1664 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PALLIATE † to cover with or as with a cloak; to cloak, to clothe, to shelter ...a1548
• SANCTUARY †* to place in safety as in a sanctuary; of place: to afford protection or shelter from ...1615
• SCOG to shelter; to take shelter; to secrete, to hide ...1822 Sc.
• SCOG THE BLAST to shelter from the wind ...1813 Sc.
• SCONCE † to shelter, to protect, to screen ...1724 Sc.
• SCOOSH to rush for shelter; to plunge ...1890 Sc.
• SCOUK to skulk, to move in a stealthy, secretive way; to dodge or sneak about, to lurk; to conceal oneself, to hide; to seek shelter in hiding ...1782 Sc.
• SKONCE † to shelter, to protect, to screen ...1724 Sc.
• SUBUMBER †* to shelter ...c1470
• SUCCOUR † to shelter, to protect ...1398 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UNHIVE to deprive of shelter ...1832 Sc.
SHELTERED - adjectives
• BIELD sheltered ...1801 Sc.
• BIELDY snug, sheltered; affording shelter or warmth ...1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• BOXED sheltered, walled in ...Bk1911 Sc.
• LEE † sheltered from the wind ...c1400
• LEW † sheltered from the wind ...1674 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• QUIET †* sheltered from the wind ...1596
SHELTERED - nouns
• HELING a hiding-place, cover, a sheltered spot ...1894 Eng. dial.
• LEE † a sheltered position or condition; hence, calmness, peace, tranquillity ...a1300
• SCOG shelter; a sheltered place ...1823 Sc.
SHEPHERD - nouns
• KEBBIE a hook-ended walking-stick; a shepherd's crook ...1816 Sc.
• KEBBY-STICK a hook-ended walking-stick; a shepherd's crook ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
SHEPHERD - nouns, person
• PAGE a boy who helps the shepherd with the sheep ...1819 Eng. dial.
• TEG-MAN a shepherd ...1892 Eng. dial.
SHEPHERD - interjections
• YAUD a call made by a shepherd to his dog when he is to drive away sheep at a distance ...1808 Sc.
SHERIFF - nouns
• COOKIE-CUTTER a sheriff's star-shaped badge ...1926 Amer. carnival usage
SHERIFF - nouns, person (also see POLICE)
• BADGE-TOTER a sheriff ...1966 Amer. dial.
• BEAGLE one who makes it his business to scent out or hunt down; a spy, an informer; a constable, a sheriff's officer, a bailiff, a beadle ...1559
• BIG HAT a law enforcement officer; a policeman; a sheriff ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BIG STAR a law enforcement officer, a sheriff ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BUCKEYE a sheriff ...1889 Amer. dial.
• CATCHPOLE a petty officer of justice; a sheriff's officer or sergeant; esp. a warrant officer who arrests for debt, a bum-bailiff ...1377
• CATCHPOLL a petty officer of justice; a sheriff's officer or sergeant; esp. a warrant officer who arrests for debt, a bum-bailiff ...1377
• FEE GRABBER a policeman; a deputy sheriff; a constable ...1967 Amer. dial.
• HAWK a sheriff ...1968 Amer. dial.
• JOHNNY TINPLATE a rural sheriff ...1910s US sl.
• MESSENGER in law: a sheriff's officer ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MESSENGER-AT-ARMS in law: a sheriff's officer ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• MESSENGER-OF-ARMS in law: a sheriff's officer ...1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCAB a sheriff's officer; a constable ...L16 sl.
• SHURF a sheriff ...1899 Amer. dial.
SHERRY - nouns
• BRISTOL-MILK sherry ...17C jocular
• O.B.'S sherry ...1970s S. Afr. campus sl.
• OBIES sherry ...1970s S. Afr. campus sl.
• WOOLWICH FERRY sherry ...Brit. rhyming sl.
SHIELD - nouns
• AEGIS a shield, or defensive armour ...1704
SHIELD - verbs
• HAIN to protect or preserve from harm; to shield; to exculpate ...1798 Sc.
• HAP to shelter, to shield, to protect ...1773 Sc.
• SHUN to protect; to shield ...1936 Amer. dial.
SHIFT - verbs
• HAFT † to use subtlety or deceit; to use shifts or dodges; to haggle, to cavil; to avoid coming to the point, to hold off, to hang back, to hesitate ...1519
• SKIFT † to shift, change, or move something ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• VIDGE to move, to shift something, to alter its position ...1929 Sc.
SHIFTILY - adverbs
• PALTERLY †* shiftily, trickily ...1598
SHIFTINESS - nouns
• BACKING AND FILLING shiftiness; irresolution ...E18 colloq.
SHIFTLESS - adjectives
• AVENLESS awkward; shiftless, without any faculty for contriving ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• HAIVELESS shiftless, incapable, careless, extravagant, slovenly in habit, ill-mannered; unrefined ...1866 Sc.
• HAVELESS without resources, shiftless, helpless; careless, slovenly ...1868 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• IDLESOME lazy, shiftless ...1953 Amer. dial.
• MATTERLESS incapable; incompetent; helpless; shiftless ...1794 Eng. dial.
• MESS-AHEAD shiftless ...1936 Amer. dial.
• NEEDLESS shiftless, helpless; unruly, heedless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NO-COUNT worthless, lazy, shiftless; useless, good-for-nothing; insignificant, trivial ...1853 Amer. dial.
• SHACKLING shiftless, lazy; going from one job to another ...1894 Amer. dial.
• SLACK-TWISTED of a loose, unsatisfactory character; lazy, inactive; lethargic, wanting in energy; mentally weak, shiftless ...1802
• TRIFLING lazy, shiftless, inefficient, worthless, good-for-nothing ...1832 Amer. dial.
SHIFTLESS - nouns, person
• BEAT a shiftless, unreliable person; one who regularly fails to pay his debts ...1865 Amer. dial.
• BUM a lazy shiftless person; a habitual loafer ...1864 sl.
• MOOCH a beggar or shiftless character; hence, a term of disparagement ...1914 Amer. sl.
• OLD TOOT a shiftless, lazy person ...1888 Amer. dial.
• POOR SHOTE a shiftless or worthless person ...1899 Amer. dial.
• SHACK a tramp; a bum; a vagabond; a good-for-nothing; a shiftless fellow ...1828 Amer. dial.
• TICK a many too lazy to work, and too shiftless to move ...1958 Amer. sl.
• TOOT a shiftless, lazy person ...1888 Amer. dial.
SHIFTY - adjectives
• BACKING AND FILLING irresolute; dilatory; hesitant; shifty ...c1840 Eng. colloq.
• GLIBBERY † shifty, untrustworthy ...1602
• LUBRIC † slippery, shifty, deceitful; wavering, unsteady, uncertain; prone to danger or error ...1631
• MAKESHIFT † of persons: shifty, roguish ...1592
• MAKE-SHIFTY shifty, roguish ...1858
• SLIDDERY † sly, deceitful, shifty, evasive; not trustworthy ...a1225 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• VAFROUS † sly, cunning, crafty, shifty ...a1548
SHIFTY - nouns, person
• DODGER a shifty, dishonest person
• JIGGER a shifty fellow; a trickster ...1675 sl.
• MAKESHIFT † one who is given to making shifts; a shifty person, a rogue ...1565
• WHIFFMAGIG a shifty or evasive person; a base person ...1871
SHIFTY - verbs
• WRIGGLE LIKE A CUT SNAKE to be evasive or shifty; to toady ...1940s Aust. sl
SHILLING - adjectives
• HALF-A-QUID worth 10 shillings or 50p ...E19 sl.
SHILLING - nouns
• ABRAHAM'S WILLING 1 shilling and 1 1/2 pence ... M19 rhyming sl.
• BARNEY DILLON a shilling ...1930s Irish & Sc. rhyming sl.
• BENDER a shilling ...M19 sl.
• BLOW 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• BOB a shilling; latterly used in non-specific references to amounts of money ...1789 Brit. sl.
• BOBSTICK 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• BORDE 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• BREAKY LEG a shilling ...1839 sl.
• BULL a five shilling piece ...Bk1891 sl.
• BULL'S-EYE a five shilling piece ...Bk1891 sl.
• BUTTON 1. a counterfeit shilling ...1785 criminals’ sl.
2. 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• CAROON 5 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• CART-WHEEL 5 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• CASE a five shilling piece ...Bk1891 sl.
• CASER a five shilling piece ...Bk1891 sl.
• CHARRSHOM a crown, a 5-shilling coin ...18C tinkers' usage
• CHERSHOM a crown, a 5-shilling coin ...18C tinkers' usage
• COACH-WHEEL 1. 2 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
2. a crown piece; a five shilling piece .,..c1855 sl.
• DEANER a shilling ...1839 chiefly Aust. & NZ usage
• DECUS a crown-piece, five shillings ...1688 sl.
• DEENER a shilling ...1839 chiefly Aust. & NZ usage
• DENA a shilling (5p) ...M19 sl.
• DENAR a shilling (5p) ...M19 sl.
• DENER a shilling ...1839 chiefly Aust. & NZ usage
• DIENER a shilling ...1839 chiefly Aust. & NZ usage
• DOLLAR orig. Brit., applied to five shillings, mainly in the phrase, 'half a dollar' - two shillings and sixpence ...1848 Brit. sl.
• DOORKNOB a shilling (5p) ...L19 rhyming slang for 'bob'
• EARTH GENS 3 shillings ...M19 back-slang
• ERTH GENS 3 shillings ...M19 back-slang
• EVLENET GENS 12 shillings ...M19 back-slang
• EWIF GENS 5 shillings, a crown ...M19 sl.
• FIVE-POT PIECE 2 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• FLATCH 2 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• FORE-COACH-WHEEL 2 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• GEN 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• GENERALISE 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• GEORGE 1. 2 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
2. 6 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• GOBLIN † a sovereign, twenty shillings ...L19 sl. obs. exc. hist.
• GRUNTER a shilling (5p) ...L18 sl.
• HALF the sum of ten shillings (50p) ...1931 Brit. sl.
• HALF A BAR ten shillings; later fifty pence ...1911 UK sl.
• HALF-A-BULL half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence ...L18 sl.
• HALF-A-CASE a counterfeit half-crown ...M19 sl.
• HALF-A-CASER half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence ...L19 Aust. sl.
• HALF A CRACK a half-crown coin; two shillings and sixpence ...1933 UK sl.
• HALF A DOLLAR a half-crown coin; two shillings and sixpence ...1916 UK sl.
• HALF A NICKER ten shillings; later fifty pence ...1895 UK sl.
• HALF-A-NOTE a 10-shilling note, 10 shillings ...L19 Aust. & Irish sl.
• HALF-AN-OUNCE half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence ...E18 sl.
• HALF-A-QUID 10 shillings; later, 50p ...E19 sl.
• HALF-A-TOSHEROON half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence ...M19 sl.
• HALF-A-TUSHEROON half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence ...M19 sl.
• HALF-BAR a half-sovereign (10 shillings) ...20C sl.
• HALF-BEAN a half-sovereign ...L18 sl.
• HALF-BULL half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence ...L18 sl.
• HALF-BULL WHITE half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence ...L18 sl.
• HALF-CASE 2 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• HALF-CASER half-a-crown, two shillings and sixpence ...L19 Aust. sl.
• HALF-COUTER 10 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• HALF-DOLLAR 1. 2 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
2. 2 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• HALF-HOG sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• HALF-JACK 10 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• HALF-JAMES 10 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• HALF-JANE 10 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• HALF-NED 10 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• HALF-NEDDY 10 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• HALF-NOTE a 10-shilling note, 10 shillings ...L19 Aust. & Irish sl.
• HALF-OXFORD 2 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• HALF-QUID 10 shillings; later, 50p ...E19 sl.
• HALF-YENORK 2 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• HANGMAN'S WAGES 1 shilling and 1 1/2 penny ... Bk1903 sl.
• HEARTS-EASE a twenty-shilling piece ...a1700 sl.
• HIND CART WHEEL 5 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• HIND COACH WHEEL 5 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• HOG 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• HOG AND A KYE 1 shilling and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• HOLE a shilling ...1935 Brit. sl.
• JAMES a sovereign or 20 shillings ...1858 thieves' sl.
• JOGUE 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• KIBOSH a shilling and 6 pence ...M19 sl.
• KYBOSH a shilling and 6 pence ...M19 sl.
• KYE a shilling and 6 pence ...M19 sl.
• LEVY 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• LILYWHITE-GROAT 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• LOONSLATE 1 shilling and 1 1/2 penny ... Bk1903 sl.
• LOONSLATT 1 shilling and 1 1/2 penny ... Bk1903 sl.
• MAC a shilling ...L19 W. Indies sl.
• MAC-AND-FLIP 1 shilling and 3 pence ...1940s W. Indies sl.
• MACARONI a shilling ...E19 W. Indies sl.
• MACCARONY a shilling ...E19 W. Indies sl.
• MADZA CAROON half a crown, 2s 6d ...M19 sl.
• MANCHESTER SOVEREIGN 1 shilling ... M19 sl.
• MEJOGE 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• MINT HOG an Irish shilling ...E19 sl.
• NET-GEN 10 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• NEVELE GEN eleven shillings ...Bk1902 back-slang
• NEVIS-GEN seven shillings ...Bk1902 back-slang
• NORTH-EASTER 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• OG(G) a shilling ...1937 Aust. & NZ sl.
• O'GOBLIN † a sovereign, twenty shillings ...L19 sl. obs. exc. hist.
• ONE OF THEM a shilling ...L19 sl.
• ONER 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• OXFORD five shillings ...1870s UK rhyming sl. for 'dollar' (five shillings) (Oxford Scholar)
• OXFORD SCHOLAR five shillings ...1870s UK rhyming sl. for 'dollar' (five shillings)
• PEG a shilling ...1839 sl., orig. Sc.
• PODDY CALF half-a-crown, 2s 6d ...20C Aust. sl.
• QUARTER five shillings, five dollars ...M18 sl.
• QUEEN'S GOLD MEDAL a shilling (5p) ...L19 sl.
• RAT-AND-FOWL an Australian shilling ...1910s Aust. sl.
• RIVERINA a shilling; hence 5p ...1943 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'deaner'
• ROAF four shillings or four pounds ...1851 back-slang
• ROAF-GEN four shillings ...Bk1903 back-slang
• ROFE four shillings or four pounds ...1851 back-slang
• ROGUE AND VILLAIN a shilling ...1859 Brit. rhyming sl.
• ROOF four shillings or four pounds ...1851 back-slang
• ROUF four shillings or four pounds ...1851 back-slang
• ROUF GENS 4 shillings ...M19 back-slang
• SAME O.B. a shilling (5p), esp. in the context of the charge for most contemporary places of entertainment (Same Old Bob) ...L19 sl.
• SANE a 10-shilling note ...1930s Aust. sl.
• SAXON SHILLING a shilling of English money ...1814 Sc.
• SCHOLAR five shillings ...1870s UK rhyming sl. for 'dollar' (five shillings) (Oxford Scholar)
• SEIN a 10-shilling note ...1930s Aust. sl.
• SHIRT AND COLLAR 5 shillings (25p) ...1930s rhyming sl. for 'dollar'
• SHIRT COLLAR 5 shillings (25p) ...1930s rhyming sl. for 'dollar'
• SHOWER BATH ten shillings ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for ‘half a pound’
• SHOWERS ten shillings ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for ‘half a pound’ (Shower Bath)
• SLAT 2 shillings and sixpence ... Bk1903 sl.
• SMELT 10 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• SPANGLE 7 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• SPLIT a 10-shilling note ...1920s sl.
• SWEY a two-shilling piece ...1941 Aust. sl.
• SWI a two-shilling piece ...1941 Aust. sl.
• SWY a two-shilling piece ...1941 Aust. sl.
• TATER-PILLIN' a shilling ...20C rhyming sl.
• TEVISS 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• THICK ONE a gold sovereign; also, a crown or five-shilling piece ...1848 Brit. sl.
• THICK 'UN a gold sovereign, a pound; also, a crown or five-shilling piece ...1848 Brit. sl.
• THIRTEENER 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• TOSH a half-crown or florin ...1912 Brit. sl.
• TOSHEROON n. a half-crown ...1859 Brit. sl.
• TOUCH-ME 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• TUSH a half-crown or florin ...1912 Brit. sl.
• TUSHEROON a half-crown ...1859 Brit. sl.
• TWELVER 1 shilling ... Bk1903 sl.
• WHEEL a five shilling piece ...Bk1891 sl.
• WHORE'S CURSE 5 shillings and threepence ... Bk1903 sl.
• YOUNG ILLEGITIMATE 10 shillings ... Bk1903 sl.
• ZWEI a two-shilling piece ...1941 Aust. sl.
SHIMMER - verbs
• SKIMMER to shimmer, to glitter, to gleam ...c1440
SHIMMERING - nouns
• RACE the shimmering appearance of rising air on a hot day, esp. over the brow of a slope ...1929 Sc.
SHINE - adjectives
• EMICATIOUS that shines or glitters ...1819 nonce word
SHINE - verbs
• BLENK to shine; to glimmer; to wink ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLICK † to shine ...19C
• BLICKEN to shine ...19C Eng. dial.
• BLIKE † to shine, to glisten, to glitter ...a1000
• BLINK to shine, to gleam; to twinkle, to glimmer, to flicker ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLINTER to shine feebly or with an unsteady flame; to flicker ...1888 Sc.
• EBLAZE †* to shine forth in bright colours ...1610
• EBLAZON †* to shine forth in bright colours ...1610
• EFFULGE to shine forth brilliantly ...1735 poetic
• ELAMP †* to shine forth ...1610
• GLIFF † to flash, to gleam; to shine suddenly ...a1400-50 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• ILLUME to light up; to make shining or bright, to brighten ...1602
• ILLUMINE to light up; to shed light upon; to shine upon; to light up n token of rejoicing or honour ...1375
• LAMP to shine, to gleam, to glitter, as the stars on a frosty night, to twinkle ...1609
• LEAM † to shine, to gleam; to light up ...a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• ONLIGHT † to cause to shine ...a1300
• RUTILATE †* to shine, to glitter; to emit rays of light; to appear bright ...1623
• SCANCE to glitter, to shine; to make a great show ...1773 Sc.
• SCANNACH † to gleam, to shine ...1814 Sc.
• SCANSE to glitter, to shine; to make a great show ...1773 Sc.
• SHINE LIKE A BABY'S ASS to shine brilliantly ...1964 Amer. sl.
• UMBESHINE † to shine about ...a1300
• UMSHINE † to shine about ...a1400
SHINGLES - nouns
• BARNEY-GUN an eruption on the skin; also, shingles ...1746 Eng. dial.
• BARN-GUN an eruption on the skin; also, shingles ...1746 Eng. dial.
• RING-AROUND ringworm; shingles ...1909 Amer. dial.
SHINING - adjectives
• BEAMISH shining brightly, radiant ...1530 arch.
• EFFULGENT shining forth brilliantly; resplendent, radiant ...1738
• GLIMMEROUS * shining unsteadily ...1792
• ILLUSTRATIVE †* shining, illuminative ...1686
• ILLUSTRIOUS † lighted up, having lustre or brilliancy; luminous, shining, bright, lustrous ...c1605
• LEAMING † gleaming, flashing, shining ...a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• LUCULENT * full of light, bright, clear, shining ...c1420
• NITENT †* shining, lustrous ...1616
• OMNILUCENT shining upon all or everywhere ...1651
• SHEER † bright; shining
• SIDEREAN * sidereal, starry; like stars, shining, bright ...1656
SHINING - nouns
• LAMBENCY the state of shining with a clear soft light like a flame ...1817
• LEAMING † shining, gleaming, flashing of light ...1387 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• SUNNING †* shining like the sun; radiance ...c1586
SHINY - adjectives
• GLIDDERY shiny, as if enamelled ...B1900 Eng. dial.
SHIP - adjectives
• CHEWING HER OAKUM of a wooden ship: beginning to leak, the caulking being bad ...M19 nautical sl.
• DEAD-EYES UNDER. of a ship: listing heavily ...M19 nautical sl.
• LABOURSOME of a ship: subject to pitch and roll violently in a heavy sea ...1691
• LOGGED of a ship: on her beam-ends ...L19 Brit. nautical sl.
• NAVAL †* of the nature of a ship ...1646
• NAVIGAL †* navigable; affording passage for ships or boats ...c1470
• NAVIGEROUS †* that will bear a vessel or ship ...1656
• RACE †* of ships: lying lie in the water ...1622
• SICK of a ship: in quarantine on suspicion of infectious disease ...20C nautical colloq.
• WALT † of a ship: unsteady, crank ...1539
SHIP - adverbs
• BY NAVY † by ship ...c1400
SHIP - nouns
• ABORDAGE † an attack upon a ship by boarding it ...c1550
• ANDREW MILLER a warship ...1849 US Navy sl., now hist
• ARSE OF THE SHIP, THE the stern ...M19 Royal Navy usage
• BASTIMENT † a ship, a vessel ...1740
• BEAM † a ship, a bark; perhaps, orig. one made from a hollowed trunk ...c1000 poetic
• BLACK GANG all the members of a ship's engineering department ...US Civil War usage
• BLACK SHEEP an unseaworthy ship ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• BODOM a ship ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOILING WATER a boat's wake ...1965 Amer. dial.
• BONE IN ITS TEETH the white water that splashes up around the bow of a fast-moving ship ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BONE IN THE MOUTH the white water that splashes up around the bow of a fast-moving ship ...1945 Amer. dial. nautical usage
• BONE IN THE TEETH the white water that splashes up around the bow of a fast-moving ship ...1919 Amer. dial.
• BOX a ship, esp. if unseaworthy ...1851 Amer. nautical sl.
• BOYS' TOWN the junior officers' quarters on shipboard ...1979-88 Amer. sl.
• CABBOUZE a cook's galley on a vessel ...1747 Amer. dial.
• CABOOSE a cook's galley on a vessel ...1848 Amer. dial.
• CABOUSE a cook's galley on a vessel ...1766 Amer. dial.
• CALLABOOS a cook's galley on a vessel ...1805 Amer. dial.
• CAMBOOSE a cook's galley on a vessel ...1848 Amer. dial.
• CANOE a ship; used derisively ...1859 US nautical sl.
• CARINE † the keel or bottom of a ship ...1656
• CARPOUSE a cook's galley on a vessel ...1747 Amer. dial.
• CAST-IRON BATHTUB a battleship ...World War II Amer. sl.
• CASTLE a large ship, esp. a ship of war ...1642
• CATASTRUM † the deck of a ship ...1623
• CATTLE BOAT a troop transport ship ...1944 US military sl.
• COD-HAULER a ship, or a man, from Newfoundland ...M19 nautical sl.
• COFFIN an unseaworthy ship ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• COFFIN BRIG an unseaworthy ship ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DADDY 'a lovely ship' ...20C trawlermen's usage
• DAGO (derogatory) a South American or Spanish ship ...1900s sl.
• DIVING BELL a ship which soaks easily and plunges badly ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• DRY DOCK a ship's hospital or jail ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FAIRLOCK a ship ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FAN a ship's propeller ...c1918 Royal Navy usage
• FANAL † a ship's lantern ...1632 obs. exc. arch.
• FLASH VESSEL a gaudy looking but undisciplined ship ...Bk1893 sl.
• FLOATING COFFIN an unsafe ship ...World War II Amer. sl.
• FLOATING PALACE a large and comfortable ship ...World War II Amer. sl.
• GEDUNK ice-cream, sweets, potato crisps and other junk food; the ship store where junk food can be bought ...1927 US Navy sl.
• GUTBUCKET an old or unseaworthy vessel ...1989 US Navy sl.
• GYP JOINT a ship's store ...1942 Amer. navy sl.
• HABILIMENTS † fittings, apparatus, furniture, gear, outfit, rigging, as of a ship ...1483
• HACK an old, slow, or dilapidated motor vehicle, aircraft, or boat or ship ...1916 Amer. sl.
• HEAD the toilet on a ship ...19C colloq.
• HEAD-PIECE the figurehead of a ship ...1807-8
• HELL BOX a galley stove ...1929 Amer. nautical sl.
• HOOKER a sailing vessel; a ship ...1821 sl.
• IRON MIKE the automatic steering device of a ship ...1926 sl.
• KEEL a ship, a vessel ...a1547 poetic
• KERF †* the furrow made by a ship's keel ...c1422
• LAME DUCK a severely damaged or defenseless ship or aircraft ...1876 US
• LASTAGE † the ballast of a ship ...c1440
• LEVIATHAN a ship of huge size ...a1801
• MACHINE † a ship or other vessel ...1637
• MADHOUSE a poorly run ship on which sailors are overworked or harshly disciplined ...1905 Amer. nautical sl.
• MAGAZINE † a ship laden with stores, a victualling ship ...1624
• MAMMY CHAIR a slinglike device for raising or lowering passengers to and from ships anchored away from the shore in a heavy swell ...1900 nautical sl.
• MASK the mast of a ship ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MONKEY ISLAND the uppermost tier of a big ship's bridge ...L19 nautical sl.
• MONKEY-POOP the half deck of a flush decked ship ...L19 nautical coll.
• NAUSCOPY * the art of discovering the approach of ships or the neighbourhood of land at a considerable distance ...1797
• NAVEY † ships, shipping ...c1350
• NAVIN † shipping, fleet, navy ...1375 Sc.
• NAVIRE †* ship; shipping ...1442
• NAVY † 1. ships or shipping ...c1330
†* 2. a single ship ...a1400-50
• OCEAN GREYHOUND a swift ocean steamer ...1891
• OCEAN-PALACE a sumptuously fitted and furnished ocean passenger-steamer ...1900
• OIL-BURNER any old or dilapidated vehicle, esp. a car or ship ...20C sl.
• OLD LADY a ship; used affectionately ...1841 US nautical sl.
• OLD WAGON an old ship ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
• ONERARY * a ship of burden, transport ...1728
• PARISH RIG a badly-rigged ship; hence, an ill-dressed man ...L19 sl., orig. nautical
• PIE WAGON a ship's prison ... Amer. World War I sl.
• RACK †* a wrecked ship ...a1658
• RAG-WAGON a sailing ship, steam or turbine ...c1910 sl.
• SACK SHIP a big ship used to carry supplies from Europe to the East Coast fisheries ...1965 Can.
• SALLEE-MAN † a Moorish pirate ship ...1637
• SALLEE ROVER † a Moorish pirate ship ...1686
• SARDINE-TIN a clumsy steamer ...L19 nautical sl.
• TAIL † the stern of a ship or boat ...1553
• TAIL-CASTLE † the poop of a ship ...1585
• TIMBER a ship ...20C
• TIMON †* the rudder of a ship ...1506
• TRICK a turn at the helm of a ship; a spell; a watch ...US Civil War usage
• WAFTAGE conveyance across water by ship or boat ...1590
• WAGON a ship ...Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.
• WAR-MAN † a man-of-war, a warship ...1546 Sc.
• WINGED WAIN † a ship ...1598
• WORKHOUSE a hard, ill-found ship ...20C nautical usage
SHIP - nouns, person
• AFTERBIRD a ship's officer ..1884 US nautical sl.
• ASHCAT a member of a steamship's engine room gang; a stoker ...1899 US nautical sl.
• BARRATOR a ship's master who commits 'barratry' ...1847
• BLOKE, THE the captain of a ship ...1914 Brit. naval sl.
• CANARY a bosun's mate ...1821 nautical sl.
• CANTEEN MERCHANT one who serves in the ship's canteen ...20C sl.
• CHIEF the chief engineer, or lieutenant-commander in a ship ...1895 sl.
• CHIPS a ship's carpenter; usually used as a nickname ...1805 nautical sl.
• DAVY-MAN the member of a crew of a ship captured by a privateer who was left on board in order to swear an 'affidavit' as to her nationality ...19C naval colloq.
• DOCTOR a ship's cook; a cook in a camp ...1821 sl.
• DRIVER a captain notorious for crowding-on all possible sail ...M19 nautical
• DUCK-FUCKER the man in charge of poultry aboard ship ...L18 Brit. nautical sl.
• JACK DUSTY a ship's steward's assistant ...M19 nautical sl.
• JACK IN THE DUST a ship's steward's assistant ...M19 nautical sl.
• JEMMY DUCKS the ship's poulterer ...1880 nautical sl.
• LIVE LUMBER soldiers or passengers on board ship ...c1780 Brit. nautical sl.
• LONGSHORE OWNER a ship-owner that sent ill-found ships to sea ...c1850 Brit. nautical sl.
• MAN-EATER a particularly tough officer ...L19 Brit. sailing ships' usage
• MARSHAL † an official on board ship who superintends the carrying out of punishments ...1627 nautical usage
• MASTER KNOB, THE the ship's captain ...19C Brit. sl.
• MR. CHIPS a ship's carpenter; usually used as a nickname ...1805 nautical sl.
• OLD MAN orig. a commanding officer or ship's captain; hence, one's employer or superior ...1830 sl.
• OWNER, THE the captain of a ship, and also of an aircraft ...1903 sl.
• PALINURE † a pilot (of a ship) ...1631
• PUG a ship's boy ...L16 colloq.
• PUTTY a ship's painter ...1946 naval sl.
• RAG-DRAGGER the captain of a sailing ship ...20C nautical sl.
• SIN BOSUN, THE the ship's chaplain ...c1925 Royal Navy usage
• TIMONEER * a helmsman, a steersman ...1762-9
SHIP - verbs
• CARRY A BONE IN THE TEETH to cut through the water making waves of foam about the bow ...World War II Amer. sl.
• HOLD A GOOD WIND of a ship: to have good weatherly qualities ...M19 nautical colloq.
• LOWER THE FLAG to relinquish command, esp. of a ship
• MANURE † to manoeuvre a ship ...1569
• SHANGHAI to force a person, esp. by underhand or unscrupulous means, to join a ship which is lacking a full crew ...1871 nautical sl., orig. US
• SIGN THE COAL WARRANTS to have a parting drink on board a ship ready to sail ...M19 nautical usage
• STRIKE THE FLAG to relinquish command, esp. of a ship
• WAG of a boat or ship: to rock ...1377
• WALK of a vehicle, a ship, a stream: to go very slowly ...1827
• WALTER † of a ship: to roll or be tossed on the waves ...a1300
SHIP - phrases
• BONE IN THE MOUTH, A water foaming before a ship's bows ...arch., nautical
• FEEDS LIKE A HOTEL said of a ship with a sumptuous bill of fare ...World War II Amer. sl.
SHIPBUILDING - adjectives
• NAUPEGICAL †* pert. to ship-building ...1678
SHIPBUILDING - nouns
• NAUPEGY †* ship-building ...1570
SHIPPING - nouns
• NAVEY † ships, shipping ...c1350
• NAVIGATION † shipping business; trade carried on by sea or water ...1617
• NAVIN † shipping, fleet, navy ...1375 Sc.
• NAVIRE †* ship; shipping ...1442
• NAVY † ships or shipping ...c1330
SHIPWRECK - adjectives
• NAUFRAGEOUS †* in danger of shipwreck ...1694
• NAUFRAGOUS †* causing shipwreck ...1615
SHIPWRECK - nouns
• MOONCUSSING taking goods from wrecked ships ...1937 Amer. dial.
• NAUFRAGE † shipwreck ...1480
• NAUFRAGIE †* shipwreck ...c1380
SHIPWRECK - nouns, person
• MOONCURSER one who causes ships to wreck in order to plunder them; one who plunders wrecked ships ...1812 Amer. dial.
SHIPWRECK - verbs
• PALTER to wreck or pilfer stranded vessels and ill-use shipwrecked sailors ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAULTER to wreck or pilfer stranded vessels and ill-use shipwrecked sailors ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SHIPWRECKED - adjectives
• NAUFRAGED †* shipwrecked ...1490
SHIPWRECKED - nouns, person
• NAUFRAGUE †* a shipwrecked person ...1681
SHIRK, SHIRKING - nouns
• GYPPO an avoidance or shirking of a duty; a shirker ...1978 S. Afr. sl.. orig. military
• MIKE a period of idleness or shirking ...1825 Brit. sl.
SHIRK, SHIRKER - nouns, person
• COFFEE BOILER a malingerer; a shirker ...US Civil War usage
• FART-OFF a person who shirks responsibilities; a loafer; one who always fools around ...1942 Amer. sl.
• FEATHER MERCHANT a shirker; a cheat; a lazy person; one who is given a position without having worked for it ...1784 Amer. dial.
• FUNKER one who is a coward, a weakling, or a shirker ...M19 sl.
• FUNKSTICK one who is a coward, a weakling, or a shirker ...1889 sl., orig. hunting usage
• GOLD BRICK a shirker; one who tries to avoid work or to get an easy job; a non-combatant ...Amer. World War I sl.
• GOLD-BRICKER a lazy person; a shirker ...1919 US sl.
• GYPPO an avoidance or shirking of a duty; a shirker ...1978 S. Afr. sl.. orig. military
• HEALTHY BEAT a man who would shirk and make something up ...1862 Amer. sl.
• LAYABOUT a lazy person; a shirker ...1932 sl.
• LAZY-BONES a lazy person; a shirker ...1592
• LEAD-SWINGER a malingerer or shirker ...1918 Brit. sl.
• LIE-ABOUT a lazy person; a shirker ...1937 sl.
• OFFICE WORKER a shirker ...20C rhyming sl.
• OLD SOLDIER a lazy person; a shirker ...1805 US military sl.
• PIKER a person who avoids doing his or her share of the work; a shirker; a lazy person ... 1889 sl., orig. US
• POLER a shirker ...1938 Aust. sl.
• SACK RAT a lazy person; a shirker ...1947 US sl.
• SCONCER one who pretends to be ill in order to escape work, a shirker ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
• SCRIMSHANK a malingerer or one who avoids duty ...1890 sl., orig. & chiefly services' usage
• SCRIMSHANKER a malingerer or one who avoids duty ...1890 sl., orig. & chiefly services' usage
• SKATE a mean, dishonest, or contemptible person ...L19 US sl.
• SKIVER a lazy person; a shirker ...1941 sl., orig. services' usage
• SKULK one who skulks or hides himself; a shirker ...1847
• SKYVER a lazy person; a shirker ...1941 sl., orig. services' usage
• SLACKER someone who avoids work or exertion; a lazy person ...1898 sl.
• SOONER an idler or shirker ...1892 Aust. sl.
• TIN-POTTER an idler, one who shirks their duties by claiming to be ill ...1867 nautical sl.
SHIRK - verbs
• BAG IT to feign illness in order to avoid one's responsibilities ...1967 Amer. dial.
• DINGO to shirk, to back out of ...M20 Aust. sl.
• DO A MIKE to pretend to be working; to hang about ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• DO A NEVER to shirk; to loaf ...1946 nautical sl.
• DODGE THE COLUMN to shirk one's duty or avoid work ...1919 sl., orig. services' usage
• DOG IT to act lazily or half-heartedly; to shirk or avoid responsibility, risk, etc. ...1905 sl., orig. US
• DUCK AND DIVE to avoid or evade, esp. with regard to legality or responsibility; to dodge work; to shirk; hence, to avoid regular employment but make living nevertheless ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'skive' (to avoid or evade)
• FAINAIGUE to fail of a promise, to play truant, to shirk work ...1854 Eng. dial.
• FALL DOWN ON THE JOB to fail at one's responsibilities; to shirk an obligation ...1898 Amer. sl.
• FART OFF to fool around; to shirk one's duties; to blunder through inattention; to procrastinate ...1968 Amer. sl.
• FENEAGUE to fail of a promise, to play truant, to shirk work ...1854 Eng. dial.
• FERNIG to fail of a promise, to play truant, to shirk work ...1854 Eng. dial.
• FIDDLE-FART to fool around, to waste time. to loaf, to dawdle, to shirk responsibility ...1975 Amer. dial.
• FIDDLE-FART AROUND to fool around, to waste time. to loaf, to dawdle, to shirk responsibility ...1972 Amer. sl.
• FIDDLEFUCK AROUND to fool around, to waste time. to loaf, to dawdle, to shirk responsibility ...1984 Amer. dial.
• FUNK to try to back out of anything; to fight shy of; to wish or try to shirk or evade an undertaking, duty, etc. ...E19 sl.
• GOLDBRICK to evade duty; to shirk ...Amer. World War I sl.
• GOOF to idle or waste time; to shirk one's duties ...1932 sl., chiefly US
• GOOF OFF to act lazily, to mess around instead of working; to idle or waste time; to shirk one's duties ...1932 sl., orig. military
• GYPPO to dodge an unpleasant responsibility; to shirk a duty; to avoid something ...1971 S. Afr. sl.. orig. military
• HACK OFF to ignore one's homework or other duties and do nothing ...1960s Amer. sl.
• JACK THE DOG to loaf, to shirk work ...1988 Amer. dial.
• JIB to shirk ...1811 colloq.
• KNOCK DOWN to act lazily; to shirk one's work ...1950s Can. sl.
• LAG to shirk one's duties ...1990s sl.
• LAG OFF. to shirk one's duties ...1990s sl.
• LIE DOWN ON THE JOB to do less than one could or should do; to shirk one's obligations ...colloq.
• MIKE to loiter, to hang around idly or shirk work ...1859 Brit. sl.
• RAT to idle about; to shirk work or school; to malinger ...1929 Amer. dial.
• RAT AROUND to idle about; to shirk work or school; to malinger; to lounge around doing nothing in particular ...1857 Amer. dial.
• SCAMP to do carelessly; to do work badly, inefficiently, or with bad materials; to shirk work ...1851 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
• SCONCE to feign illness, so as to escape having to work, to shirk ...Bk1904 N. Ireland
• SCOW to loiter, to idle, to shirk work ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
• SCOW-BANK to loiter, to idle about; to shirk work ...1868 Eng. dial.
• SCRIMSHANK to malinger or shirk one's duty ...1890 sl., orig. & chiefly services' usage
• SHAG-BAG to loiter, to lounge about; to shirk work ...B1900 Eng. dial.
• SKATE to avoid obligations; to shirk ...1945 US sl.
• SKIVE to shirk one's duty or avoid work ...1919 sl., orig. services' usage
• SKYVE to shirk one's duty or avoid work ...1919 sl., orig. services' usage
• SLACK to be lazy; to avoid work ...1904 sl.
• SOJER to loiter, to lounge, to shirk work, to waste time ...Bk1896 Amer. dial.
• SPRUCE to malinger or shirk one's duty ...1917 Brit. sl., orig. services' usage
• SWING THE LEAD to malinger or shirk one's duty ...1917 Brit. sl.
• TAIGLE THE CLEEK to hold things up, to hinder progress; to shirk one's work ...1951 Sc.
• TAISTER † to dodge work, to slack, to be lazy ...1893 Sc.
• THROW OFF to fail to exert oneself, to shirk ...1867 Amer. dial.
SHIRKING - adjectives
• FAINT † avoiding exertion, shirking, lazy, sluggish ...c1325
SHIRT - adjectives
• FRIED starched, as a shirt ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
SHIRT - nouns
• AUSTRALIAN FLAG, THE the bottom of a shirt ...Bk1892 Aust. sl.
• BALDFACED SHIRT a dress shirt with a starched front ...1889 US sl.
• BLAZE-FACED SHIRT * a starched white shirt ...1909 Amer. dial.
• BOILED COLLAR a white dress shirt ...1969 Amer. dial.
• BOILED SHIRT a man's starched dress shirt ...1853 Amer. dial.
• BOSOM the front of a shirt ...1872 US
• CALF-TRINNELS the ruffles on a shirt or the flounces on a gown ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CALF-TRUNDLE the ruffle of a shirt, or the flounces of a gown ... Bk1888
• CAMESA a shirt ...M17 sl.
• CARRION-CASE a shirt or chemise ...M19 sl.
• DICKY DIRT a shirt ...1925 Brit. rhyming sl.
• FAG LOOP a loop on the back of a man's shirt ...2001 US sl.
• FANCY a man's dress shirt with a coloured pattern ...1986 US sl.
• FLAG OF DISTRESS a flying shirt-tail ...Bk1893 sl.
• FLANNIE a shirt made of flannel or flannelette ...Aust. sl.
• FLANNY a shirt made of flannel or flannelette ...Aust. sl.
• FRIED SHIRT a man's starched dress shirt ...1853 Amer. dial.
• HAND-WRIST †* a cuff, as on a shirt ...1707
• INTIMATE a shirt ...Bk1896 Amer. thieves' sl.
• JACK SHIRT a wool shirt ...1950 Amer. dial.
• JACK WHITE a shirt tail ...1909 Amer dial.
• JACOBITE a sham shirt; a dickey; a shirt collar ...1690 sl.
• KEMESA a shirt ...M17 sl.
• LABBIE the flap or skirt of a man's coat or shirt ...1808 Sc.
• LABEY the flap or skirt of a man's coat or shirt ...1808 Sc.
• LABIE the flap or skirt of a man's coat or shirt ...1808 Sc.
• LEBBIE the flap or skirt of a man's coat or shirt ...1808 Sc.
• MILLTAG a shirt ...E19 sl.
• MILLTOG a shirt ...E19 sl.
• MILLTUG a shirt ...E19 sl.
• MILLTUIG a shirt ...E19 sl.
• MILLY a shirt ...20C sl.
• MISH a shirt; a chemise ...c1670 Brit. sl.
• MOURNING SHIRT a flannel shirt ...M17 sl.
• NARP a shirt ...1857 Sc.
• RAMP a shirt ..1845 Sc.
• SARK a garment worn next to the skin; a shirt or chemise; occasionally used for a nightshirt ...a1100 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SKIN in carnival and amusement park usage: a shirt ...1982 US sl.
• THOUSAND-MILER a dark shirt that does not show the dirt ...1929 nautical sl.
• UNCLE BERT a shirt ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
• VENT the wrist of a shirt; any opening in a garment ...1873 Eng. dial.
• VENT-HOLE a buttonhole in the wrist of a shirt ...1873 Eng. dial.
SHIRT - verbs
• FLASH THE DICKEY to show the shirt front ...Bk1893 sl.
• REEVE to draw into wrinkles; to pucker; to twist round; to shrivel up; to roll up the sleeves ...1821 Eng. dial.
• SARK to clothe in a sark ...1483 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
SHIRTLESS - adjectives
• SARKLESS without a sark ...a1774 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
SHIVER - nouns
• BEVER a shiver, a tremor; a state of trembling ...1854 Eng. dial.
• BIVVER a shiver, a tremor; a state of trembling ...1854 Eng. dial.
• QUAKER a shake; a shiver ...1861 Eng. dial.
• RIGOR a chill; a shiver, tremor, or shake; a shivering with cold ...1806 Amer. dial.
• RIGORS, THE a chill; a shiver, tremor, or shake; a shivering with cold ...1905 Amer. dial.
• THRIDDLE a shiver, a convulsive movement ...1889 Eng. dial.
• WACKER a shake; a shiver ...1861 Eng. dial.
• WHACKER a shake; a shiver ...1861 Eng. dial.
SHIVER - verbs
• DADDER † to quake, tremble, shiver, shake ...1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DATHER to shiver, to tremble, to shake either with cold or old age ...1684 Eng. dial.
• MEEN to shiver slightly ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
SHIVERING - adjectives
• DITHERY-DODDERY trembling, shivering, shaking ...1876 Eng. dial.
SHIVERING - adverbs
• AGRUE of a state in which one shivers with cold or shudders with fear or repulsion; a-shiver, shuddering ...1856 Sc.
SHIVERING, SHIVERS - nouns
• DANDER a fit of shivering ...1877 Eng. dial.
• DANDERS the shivers; a shivering fit ...1889 Eng. dial.
• RIGOR a chill; a shiver, tremor, or shake; a shivering with cold ...1806 Amer. dial.
• RIGORS, THE a chill; a shiver, tremor, or shake; a shivering with cold ...1905 Amer. dial.
SHIVERY - adjectives
• BEVERY shivery, tremulous ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.