Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1862, 1927
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SHINE, v.2 To throw with force or violence, to pitch, fling (s.Sc. 1869 Athenaeum (13 March) 382: Dmf. 1899 Country Schoolmaster (Wallace) 325; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.; s.Sc. 1970); to slam (a door) (Watson). [′ʃɛin]Rxb. 1862 Trans. Hawick Archaeol. Soc. (1868) 41:
There was nochts for't but the plates, an' aw shined them and a bowl or twa doon and made a fit-ba' o' the fragments.Rxb. 1927 E. C. Smith Braid Haaick 19:
A'll shein the door in eer face.
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