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90 ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSABT. Shiredy adj thin : applied to a part of any knitted article which is thinner than the rest owing to loose knitting. Shirey, adj, thin : applied to the thin part of a crop or of a gannent, or of woven materials. Shoddy, sb, pi. the smaller stones at a quarry. Shoddy men, sb, pi, the men who shape paving sets, &c., at a quarry. Sheds, sb. pi, the iron heel-tips on men's boots. Shoe mouth, sb, the open of a shoe. * I was over the shoe mouth in glar.* Shog, sb, a jolt or shake. Shoo, V, to sew. Shoot, V, to set a long line or net : a fisherman's tenn. Shore, sb, a sewer. Shot, sb, a half-grown pig. Shotten herring, sb, a spent herring ; one that has spawned. Showl, adj. shallow, as * showl water.* Shows, Shoughs, Shives, sb, pi. flax refuse. It is the hard part of the stem in small fragments. Shuggy-shu, sb, (1) a beam of wood balanced so that persons sitting on the opposite ends go up and down alternately ; (2) a swing. Shuler, sb. a vagrant Shunners, sb. pi, cinders. Shut, sb, a shutter. Si, sb, a dressmaker^s term for the part of a dress between the arm- pit and chest. Sib^ ad^], related by blood. Sic, such. Sicoan, such. ^ Siecan a heap g' coos.' Sicker, adj. sure ; precise in mode of speaking. Sight, sb. a quantity. * There was a quare sight of people there.' 8illy-go-saftly, Silly-go-sefly, sb. a foolish, useless creature. Simper, v, to simmer. Sinnerry, Sinthery, adv, asunder. Sirraft Chooseday, sb. Shrove Tuesday. 'Sit down off your feet,' sit dovm. Sit fast, sb. a ranunculus, R, repens.