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Verb
shail (third-person singular simple present shails, present participle shailing, simple past and past participle shailed)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To walk sideways.
1692, Roger L’Estrange, “[The Fables of Anianus, &c.] Fab[le] CCXXI. An Old Crab and a Young.”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: , London: R Sare, , →OCLC, page 193:Child, (ſays the Mother) You muſt Uſe your ſelf to Walk Streight, without Skewing, and Shailing ſo Every Step you ſet: Pray Mother (ſays the Young Crab) do but ſet the Example your ſelf, and I'll follow ye.
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Irish
Noun
shail
- Celtic