3 88 PROVINCIALISMS. 



SHELLED. Pied; party-coloured. 



SHIFTS. Parts of a farm allotted for the reception of 



flock or crops. See vol. i. p. 131. 

 SHOTS. Young ttore-fvvine, 

 SKUD. Shed. 



To SHUG. To (hake ; as hny, &c. 

 SHUGGINGS. That which is (bed or fcattered, as corn 



at harveft. 

 SHY. Harebrained; high-mettled; hsad-ftrong ; as wild 



colts, &c. 

 SINGULAR. Lone or fmgle ; as a finguhr hcufe, or 



farm. 



SK.EP. A coarfe round farm-bafkct ; alfo a bee-hive. 

 SLADE. Sledge. 

 To SLADE DOWN. To draw back part of the 



mould into the interfurrow, with the plow dragging, 



or Jl acting upon its fide. 



SLAKE. Leifure : " to be at flake," to be at leifure. 

 SLOBBERERS. Slovenly farmers. 

 SLOB-FURROWING. A particular method of 



plowing. See vol. i. p. 142. 

 SLUSS. Mud; mire. 

 SMARTWEED. Polygon-am tydropiper ct Pcnnfyha- 



nicum; biting and pale-flowered perficarias j aifmart. 

 SNAIL-HORNED. Having ihort down-hanging 



horns, with blunt point?, and fomewhat bent, in the 



ufual form of the fnail ; fpokcn of cattle. 

 To SOL. To pull by the ear, r.s a dog pulls a fow. 

 SPARKLING. Claying between the fpars to cover 



the thatch of cottages (fpar-claying). 



SPIRKET, 



