Glossary list
Glossaries
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| Scott¹ | Sir Walter Scott, (1771–1832) Scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet and historian.
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| Scrip¹ | A provisional document entitling the holder to a share or number of shares in a joint-stock undertaking, and exchangeable for a more formal certificate when the necessary payments have been completed. (Stock Exchange Usage): [OED]
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| sculler¹ | Sculler-man : One who plies a sculling boat for hire. [OED]
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| Seawkin pig |
sucking pig, piglet (N.W.England)
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| sedan | A closed vehicle to seat one person, borne on two poles by two bearers, one in front and one behind. In fashionable use during the 17th, 18th, and early 19th cent [OED]
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| Serpentine(1) | A lake in Hyde Park, London
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| service¹ | Work as a domestic servant.
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| shade(1) | Shade - A minutely-differentiated degree [OED]. To the greatest possible precision.
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| shammock(1) | foot [A Glossary of Lancashire Dialect http://www.dunkerley-tuson.co.uk/Pages/LancashireDialectGlossary.aspx]
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| Shanghai coat | More research needed.
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| shebeen | Shebeen: Chiefly in Ireland and Scotland: a shop or house where excisable liquors are sold without a licence; any low wayside public-house [OED]
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| shied(1) | Frightened
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| Shields(1) | North Shields; A town at the mouth of the Tyne on the north bank.
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| shift(1) | To make efforts, bestir oneself, try all means. [OED]
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| shift² |
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| Shillelah¹ | A cudgel of blackthorn or oak
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| shilling¹ | 1 shilling = 12 old pence; a coin of that denomination or cash to that value. Called a 'bob' in the vernacular - derivation uncertain. There were 20 shillings to the Pound Sterling.
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| Shoes(1) | a component of railway track
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| shoon¹ | Shoes
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| shoothers(1) | Shoulders [A Glossary of Lancashire Dialect http://www.dunkerley-tuson.co.uk/Pages/LancashireDialectGlossary.aspx]
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