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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1961
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SHYVE, v. Also shive. Appar. an irreg. ne.Sc. variant of Eng. shy, to throw, fling (ne.Sc. 1970); specif. to throw a rope, e.g. from a boat to the pier (Id.). [ʃɑev]Bnff. 1961 Banffshire Jnl. (7 Feb.):
The door was flung open to show an assistant standing on a box, while willing hands passed basins full of oranges and apples up to him, which he flung here and there amongst the children. There was always a bunch of fishermen gathered round the 'lamp shed' (a little bit away) interested and nostalgic spectators of the 'Shyvin'.Abd. 1961 P. Buchan Mount Pleasant 36:
Loons were there fae far and near, Shyvin' oot their hame-made linies.
