ALMONDBURT AND HUDDERSFIELD. 117 ShepBter, a starling. Shiften, i, e, shifted, past tense of to shift Shiftless, unable to do a thing in a satisfactory manner ; helpless. Shillins, t. e, shellings, oats with both coverings removed. Shippen, a cow-house. Ships, the name of a boy's game. It is thus played. (1) Of a single character. One boy bends down against a wall (sometimes another stands pillow for lus head), then an opponent jumps on his back, crying ships simply, or * Ships a sailing coming on.* If he slips off, he has to bend as the other ; but if not, he can remain as long as he pleases, provided he does not laugh or speak. If he for- gets to cry ships he has to bend down. (2) Sometimes sides are chosen ; then the whole side go down heads and tails, and all the boys on the other side have to jump on their backs. The game in each case is much the same. The mounting * nominy/ was formerly ' Ships and sailors coming on.' Shiye, pronounced shauve, A butter shauve is a piece of bread and butter ; a treacle shauve explains itself. Occurs in the Jolly Goshawk, ver. 32 :
- give me a shive o' your bread, love ;
O give me a cup o* your wine I Long have I fasted for your sake. And now I fain would dine.' SMys, or ShiYvins, small bits of wood in wool, or even bits o£F the yam. [A mere variation of shives, — ^W. W. S.] Shoddy, waste material thrown off by the engines in the process of making cloth : used for low-priced cloth, or for mixing with wool having a longer staple. Shoe, to fit, please, give satisfaction to, &c. * He's a bad 'un to shoe.* ShoUock, a slice of meat, &c. Shoo, she : common. It is sometimes spelt schoo (see Eist). Hoo, which forty years ago was very common, is now nearly out of use. [Shoo, A.S. sSo, fem. of «e, definite article, ffoo is the A.S. hio, the regular word for sJie. — ^W. W. S.] Shod, a shovel. Shod, to sponge, or to seek another's company for the purpose of sponging. Shooler, a shoveler ; one who has the faculty of making himself at home in others' houses, and getting what he can in the way of refreshments.
