Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SHICAVY, n. Also sjukavi (Jak.). A tumult, turmoil, lit. of a stormy sea, fig. of a to-do, hullabaloo, a violent quarrel or fight (Sh. 1970). [ʃə′kɑvi]Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
Dey were in a sjukavi.Sh. 1956 U. Venables Life in Shet. 136:
I crawled over to the kolley lamp and I gripped the lighted wick in my fist. What a shicavy! See the long scar there on my hand to this very day.
