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A DICTIONARY OF 
Sheregrass, or Shergres. See Grass, Shear. 
Shield Fern. A book name for the genus Asjpidium, Sw. — Prior, 
p. 78. 
Shilling Grass. Hydrocohjle vulgaris, L. — Ayrsli. 
Shillings, Lunaria hiennis, L. — Warw. ‘ At Coventry I enquired 
the name of the dissepiments of this plant, and was told they were 
known as shillings^ Eev. H. Friend. 
Shinlock. ‘The herb rocket.’ Hal. We do not know what is meant. 
Shir. (1) Pyrus torminalis, Sm. Burr. E. D. S. Gloss. C. 3. 
(2) ‘ The cherry-tree. North.’ Hal. Primus Avium, L. 
Shirt, m' Shirts. Seeds of Sinapis arveiisis, L. — E. Bord. Bot. E. 
Bord. ; Bcotl. Jamieson. 
Shirt-buttons. Stellaria Holostea, L. — Camh. ; Ess.; W. Kent, 
Monthly Packet, N. S. xxx. 409 ; Norf. 
Shivering Grass (Warw.), o?’ Shivering Jimmy (Suss.). Briza 
media, L. 
Shoeless Horse. BotrycMum Lunaria, L. — W. Cuinh. E. D. S. 
Gloss. C. 8. See Unshoe-the-Horse. 
Shoemakers’ Heels. Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus, L. — Sal. 
Shoes and Stockings. (1) Lotus corniculatus, L. — Bucks. ; Dev. ; 
Hants. Holl. ; South, Wr. ; Suss. Parish; also called Lady’s Shoes 
and Stockings {S. Bucks. ; Kent). 
(2) Lathy rus Nissolia, L. — Suss. 
(3) ‘ The variety of primrose and polyanthus which has one flower 
sheathed within another.’ E. Anglia, Eorby; Norf. Holl. Wr. 
(4) Cardamine jpratensis, L. — ‘ Bucks. (Great Marlow, Wycombe) : 
I took special pains to verify this.’ Eev. H. Friend. 
Shore-grass, oi' Shore-weed. Book-names for Littorella lacustris, 
L. — Prior, p. 213. 
Shoter. ‘The yew-tree. (A. S.).’ Hal. Taxus haccata, L. 
Shot Star. See Starshot. 
Show Peas. Lathyrus odoratus, L. — Norf. 
Shunas. See Siunas. 
Sickle-wort. Prunella vulgaris, L. — Ger. Prior, p. 213. 
(2) Ajuga reptans, L. — Ger. 
Sidfast. See Sit fast. 
Sids. See Seeds. 
Siethes. Chives, Allium Schoenoprasum, L. — Mentioned by Tusser 
amongst herbs for the kitchen. Hal. gives Sieves, from Hollyband’s 
Hictionarie (1593). Pulman has Sithes. Prior, p. 213. 
Signs. Psamma arenaria, P. & S. — Line. 
