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▪ I. † ˈshalder, n.1 ? Obs. rare—1.
[related to shalder v.]
? A flake, split-off piece of stone.
1577Harrison England iii. xv. [ix.] 114 b, Y⊇ flint and chalke, the shalder and the peble.
▪ II. shalder, n.2|ˈʃɔːldə(r)|
Also 9 chalder, shelder, schalder, shaalder.
[Of obscure origin. Cf. scolder2, scaledrake, shelden, sheldrake.]
The oyster-catcher, Hæmatopus ostralegus.
1828Fleming Brit. Anim. 115 Hæmotopus Ostralegus. Common Oyster-catcher... N., Chalder, Skeldrake. 1866T. Edmonston Shetl. & Orkney Gloss., Schalder. S. 1877G. Stewart Shetl. Fireside T. ix. 68 The scream of the frighted shelder.
▪ III. shalder, n.3 dial.|ˈʃɔːldə(r)|
Also shelder.
[Of unknown origin.]
A rush or sedge growing in ditches, esp. the yellow iris, Iris Pseudacorus.
1825Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 66 Shalder, a kind of broad flat rush, growing in ditches. 1873W. P. Williams & W. A. Jones Somerset. Gloss. 32 Shalder.
▪ IV. † ˈshalder, v. Obs. rare.
Also 8 shelder.
[? Cogn. w. shale n. Cf. shalder n.1, shadder v.]
intr. To crumble.
1577Harrison England ii. iii. [i. xv.] 69 b, Till such time as two hils betwixt which it ran, did shalder & so choke vp his [the river's] course. 1707Mortimer Husb. (1721) I. 75 Rising in gross Clods at the first breaking up of the Plough, and sheldring with the Frost. Ibid. II. 200 If you dig them often, the Sun, Rain, and Frosts will mellow them, so as to cause them to shelder into Dust. |