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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1590
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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
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"Schaky adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/schaky>
