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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

SHIEL, v.2 Reduced form of Eng. shield (ne.Sc. 1970). See D, letter, 2.Rnf. a.1810 R. Tannahill Poems (1900) 176:
I'll tak thee to my shelt'ring bower, An shiel thee frae the beating shower.Kcb. 1814 W. Nicholson Tales 22:
The hawthorn yet stood on the brae That shielt them mony a simmer day.Ayr. 1847 Ballads (Paterson) II. 61:
His parent-tree wi' shielin-bough.

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