shiel
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noun
A shepherd's hut or shieling.
A cottage.
The craik amang the claver hay, The pairtrick whirrin o'er the ley, The swallow jinkin round my shiel, Amuse me at my spinnin wheel.
verb
To use a place as a shieling.
Patrick Robertson, who shieled on the Atholl side of Drumochter, confirmed this practice: his cattle 'continued there till about midsummer, when they were brought down to his farm, having continued there about three weeks, and were then sent back to the shealing.
name
A surname.
A short river in Highland council area, Scotland, which flows from Loch Shiel to Loch Moidart.
A river in Glen Shiel, further north in Highland council area.
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2The craik amang the claver hay, The pairtrick whirrin o'er the ley, The swallow jinkin round my shiel, Amuse me at my spinnin wheel.
WiktionaryPatrick Robertson, who shieled on the Atholl side of Drumochter, confirmed this practice: his cattle 'continued there till about midsummer, when they were brought down to his farm, having continued th
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