A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Hamshekell, v. [Cf. Hap-schakell v. to hobble and the mod. dial. hamshackle, -shachle id.: in this instance there is confusion with e.m.E. hamstring v. (1641).] tr. To hamstring. —1679 J. Somerville Mem. II. 273.
By a back blow with his broad sword he thought to have hamshekelled him in one if not both of his legges
