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SHUTTLING LY, ado. With an irregular gait.—I may 
go shufflingly , for I was never before walked in trammels; 
yet I shall drudge and moil at constancy, till I have worn off 
the hitching in my pace. Dryden. 
SHUG, in Agriculture, a term used to imply the shaking 
of any thing, as hay, &c. 
SHUGGINS, a word signifying that which is shed or scat¬ 
tered, as grain at harvest, &c. 
SHUJAWULPORE, a considerable town of Hindostan, 
province of Mulwah, belonging to the Mahrattas. It con¬ 
sists of a fortified town or citadel, and extensive suburbs, in 
which are some good houses. It carries on very consider¬ 
able trade; and a quantity of opium is grown in the neigh¬ 
bourhood. It is pleasantly situated on the banks of the 
Jummary river. Lat. 23. 43. N. long. 76. 45. E. 
SHUJUHABAD, a town of Hindostan, province of 
Moultan, situated 18 miles from the city of Moultan. 
SHUK, in Agriculture, a term sometimes provincially ap¬ 
plied to a husk or shell. 
SHUKASKU, a large village of Irak Arabi, on the west¬ 
ern bank of the Euphrates, in the territory of the powerful 
tribe of Montefidge. It is a flourishing place, and carries 
on a great traffic with Bassora, the Euphrates being naviga¬ 
ble up to this place for large boats. The surrounding pas¬ 
tures are very rich, and numerous horses are reared, for 
which Shukasku is a great mart. A little below this place, 
the Euphrates unites its waters with those of the Tigris, form¬ 
ing the Shat ul Arab. 
SHUME, or Asshume, a violent hot wind of Africa, or 
as they are called, Oncas, which in the intermediate journies 
between several parts of the Desart or Sahara, occasions great 
inconvenience and distress to travellers. It sometimes wholly 
exhales the water carried in skins by the camels for the use 
of the passengers and drivers: on which occasions the Arabs 
and people of Soudon affirm, that 500 dollars have been 
given for a draught of water, and that 10 or 20 are com¬ 
monly giycn, when a partial exhalation has occurred. 
SHUMLA. See Schumla. 
SHUMSABAD, a town of Hindostan, province of La¬ 
hore, belonging to the Seiks. It is situated on the east side 
of the river Jhylum. Lat. 32. 16. N. long. 72. 15. E. 
SHUMSHAIRABAD, a town of Hindostan, province of 
Agra, and district of Furruckabad. It was formerly chiefly 
inhabited by Afghans of the tribe of Bungush, most of whom 
have emigrated since it came under the British controul. It 
is situated 5 miles south-east of Mow. 
SHUMUM, a village of Lower Egypt, on the Nile; 13 
miles north-west of Cairo. 
To SHUN, v. a. [jcunian, Saxon.] To avoid; to de¬ 
cline ; to endeavour to escape; to eschew. 
Buds and beasts can fly their foe: 
So chanticleer, who never saw a fox. 
Yet shun'd him as a sailor shuns the rocks. Dryden. 
To SHUN, v. n. To decline; to avoid to do a thing. 
The lark still shuns on lofty boughs to build, 
Her humble nest lies silent in the field. Waller. 
SHUNA, a small island near the west coast of Scotland. 
Lat. 56. 13. N. long. 5. 33. W. 
SHUNAITE EZZAILE, a village of Upper Egypt; 30 
miles south-west of Girge. 
SHUNDRABANDY, a town of the south of India, pro¬ 
vince of the Carnatic, district of Tinnevelly. Lat. 9. 35. N. 
long. 77. 45. E. 
SHU'NLESS, adj. Inevitable; unavoidable. 
Alone he enter’d 
The mortal gate of the city, which he painted. 
With shunless destiny. Shakspeare. 
SHUNNOR FELL, a mountain of England, in York¬ 
shire, 2329 feet above the level of the sea. 
SHURBA, a village of Anatolia, in Asiatic Turkey; 30 
miles east-south-east ofBoli. 
SHU 
SHURDINGTON, a hamlet of England, in Gloucester¬ 
shire ; 3£ miles south-west of Cheltenham. 
SHURIRY, Loch, a small lake of Scotland, in the 
county of Caithness, which gives rise to the river Forse. 
SHURLOCH, a hamlet of England, in Cheshire; 1| 
mile east-south-east of Norwich. 
SHUS, a large mass of ruins iD the province of Khusistan, 
in Persia, extending for the space of about 12 miles from the 
Kerah to the Alzal. They occupy an immense extent of 
ground; and, like the ruins of Ctesephon, Babylon and 
Cufa, consist of hillocks of earth and rubbish, covered with 
broken pieces of brick and coloured tile. The two largest 
and most remarkable of these mounds stand at the distance 
of about two miles from the Kerah. The first, at the low¬ 
est computation, is a mile in circumference, and nearly a 
hundred feet high; and the other, though not quite so high, 
has double the circumference. These mounds bear some re¬ 
semblance to the pyramids of Babylon, with this difference, 
that instead of being entirely formed of brick, they consist 
of clay and pieces of tile, with irregular layers of brick and 
mortar, five or six feet thick, intended, it should seem, as a 
kind of prop to the mass. The Arabs, in digging for hid¬ 
den treasure, often discover here large blocks of marble, 
covered with hieroglyphics. The reasonings of Major Ren- 
nell, joined to the observations of Mr. Kinneir, seem to fix 
this site as that of the ancient capital of Susa, instead of 
Shuster, according to the common opinion. 
SHUSTER, the principal district of the province of Khu¬ 
sistan, in Persia, and composing a government by itself. It 
forms the fairest portion of the ancient Susiana, being wa¬ 
tered by four noble rivers, and a number of smaller streams, 
which traverse the plain in every direction. The oppression 
of the governor, however, joined to the depredations of the 
wandering tribes who occupy the fortresses of the neigh¬ 
bouring mountains, have reduced this fine territory almost 
to a desert. Even in the few districts which enjoy any de¬ 
gree of fertility, the corn is chiefly raised by the officers of 
government, and the richer citizens. 
SHUSTER, a city of Persia, capital of the province of 
Khusistan, at the foot of a range of mountains, and on an 
eminence overlooking the rapid course of the Karoon. It 
is defended on the western side by the river, and on the 
other sides by the old stone wall, now fallen into decay. 
The houses are good, being principally built of stone, but 
the streets are narrow and dirty. The population exceeds 
15,000, Persians and Arabs; and there is a considerable 
manufactory of woollen stuffs, which are exported to Bas¬ 
sora, in return for the Indian commodities brought from 
thence. This city has been generally believed to be the an¬ 
cient Susa; but there seems ground for placing this rather 
on the site ofShus. Shuster, however, contains ruins which 
testify it to have been a place of vast extent, and consider¬ 
able magnificence. The most remarkable are the castle, 
built on a small hill at the eastern extremity of the town; 
the dyke erected by Sapor, across the Karoon, with the 
view of directing the waters into a channel more advanta¬ 
geous to agriculture; and the bridge, built of hewn stone, 
and consisting of thirty-two arches, twenty-eight of which 
are still entire. Lat. 32. N. long. 48. 59. E. 
SHUSTOCK, a hamlet of England, in Warwickshire; 
3| miles east-north-east of Coleshill. 
To SHUT, v. a. preterite, I shut; part. pass. shut. 
[pciccan, Saxon; schutten, Dutch.] To close so as to pro¬ 
hibit ingress or regress; to make not open.—We see more 
exquisitely with one eye shut than with both open; for that 
the spirits visual unite more, and become stronger. Bacon. 
—To inclose; to confine.—Before faith came, we were kept 
under the law, shut up unto the faith, which should after¬ 
wards be revealed. Gal. —They went in male and female of 
all flesh; and the Lord shut him in. Gen. —To prohibit; 
to bar. 
Shall that be shut to man, which to the beast 
Is open ? - 
Milton. 
To 
