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English
Pronunciation
Noun
shass
- (Ireland, possibly obsolete) A heap of sheaves (straw).
1875, Patrick Kennedy, The Banks of the Boro: A Chronicle of the County of Wexford:If there were any sheaves left, they composed a compact shass in the end, and the long ladder, strewn with straw, and resting on stones, or other supports, lay [...] opposite the shass.
1913, James Murphy, Convict No. 25; Or, the Clearances of Westmeath: A Story of the Whitefeet:She was speaking at the time lower than a whisper, so that I had to kneel beside her on the ground—she was lying on a shass ov straw—an' bend my face down to her's to hear her.
Manx
Etymology
Back-formation from the verbal noun shassoo.
Verb
shass (verbal noun shassoo)
- to stand
- ~ noi to object, resist, withstand
Mutation