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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Schaky,) Shaiky, adj. [18th c. Eng. shaky (1703); S(c)hake v.] Of a person's limbs: Trembling with infirmity, etc.; unsteady, shaky. —c1590 Fowler I 291/22.
Regard my sheavering shaiky limbs and my poore grunded bones
