Vocabulary : Shifty to Shilling

Shifty : Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance.
Shiite : Alt. of Shiah
Shikaree : Alt. of Shikari
Shikari : A sportsman; esp., a native hunter.
Shilf : Straw.

Shilfa : The chaffinch; -- so named from its call note.
Shill : To shell. ;; To put under cover; to sheal.
Shillalah : Alt. of Shillelah
Shillelah : An oaken sapling or cudgel; any cudgel; -- so called from Shillelagh, a place in Ireland of that name famous for its oaks.
Shilling : A silver coin, and money of account, of Great Britain and its dependencies, equal to twelve pence, or the twentieth part of a pound, equivalent to about twenty-four cents of the United States currency. ;; In the United States, a denomination of money, differing in value in different States. It is not now legally recognized. ;; The Spanish real, of the value of one eight of a dollar, or 12/ cets; -- formerly so called in New York and some other States. See Note under 2.

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