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▪ I. shanny, n.|ˈʃænɪ| Also (in Dicts.) shaning. [Related to the synonymous shan.] The smooth blenny, Blennius pholis. Also applied to several fishes of the genus Chasmodes of Eastern North America.
1836Yarrell Brit. Fishes I. 230 The Shanny or Smooth Shan. 1873T. Gill Catal. Fishes East N. Amer. 20 Chasmodes Boscianus... Bosc's shanny. Chasmodes quadrifasciatus... Four-banded shanny. Chasmodes novemlineatus... Nine-lined shanny. 1878T. Cornish in Zoologist Ser. iii. II. 423 Smooth Shanny. ▪ II. shanny, a. dial.|ˈʃænɪ| Bashful, shy.
1821Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 32 Downcast eye, and blush of shanny lass. 1890Cassell's Fam. Mag. Dec. 23 All sweethearts are shanny. ▪ III. shanny variant of shandy a. dial. |