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SHANK _of a hill_, the projecting point of a hill, S.

SHANK _of a coal mine_, the pit sunk for reaching the coals, S.

A. S. _senc-an_, to sink.

SHANKS, _s. pl._

V. ~Schank~.

~Shank.u.m~, _s._ A man or beast that has long small legs, Orkn.

SHANNACH, _s._ A bonfire lighted on Hallow-eve, Perths.; also _s.h.i.+nicle_.

Gael. _samhnag_, _samh'-in_, the great festival observed by the Celts at the beginning of winter.

_To_ SHAPE _away_, _v. a._ To drive away.

_G.o.dly Sangs._

Germ. _schieb-en_, _schupf-en_, to drive.

SHARGAR, SHARGER, _s._

1. A lean person, a scrag.

Belg. _scraghe_, id.

_Ross._

2. A weakly child, S.; also _shargan_.

_Ross._

Gael. _seirgne_, sickly; _seirg_, a consumption.

SHARN, SHEARN, _s._ The dung of oxen or cows, S.

_R. Galloway._

A. S. _scearn_, Fris. _scharn_, dung.

~Sharny~, _adj._ Bedaubed with cows' dung, S.