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▪ I. ˈshevel, a. Sc.
In 6 schewill.
[Related to shevel v.]
Distorted, twisted. Also Comb. shevel-gabbit, shevel-mouthed adjs., having a wry mouth.
1508Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen 106 He schowis on me his schewill mouth, and schedis my lippis. c1785J. Thompson's Man 14 Chandler-chafted, sheavel-gabbed, left-handed. 1866W. Gregor Banffsh. Gloss., Shaivlemoot, having the mouth distorted.
▪ II. shevel, v. Sc. and north.|ˈʃɛv(ə)l|
Also 8 sheavle, 9 shavel, shaivle, sheevil, sheule. (See Eng. Dial. Dict.)
[App. cogn. w. shail v.; a variant common in Sc. dialects is showl, shool.]
trans. and intr. To distort, or become distorted. Hence sheveling-gabbit adj. = shevel-gabbit (see prec.); sheveling-heeled adj., (of a shoe) having a twisted or downtrodden heel.
1725Ramsay Gentle Sheph. iv. i, Ye shevelling-gabbit brock! a1779D. Graham Jockey & Maggy's Courtship vi. Writ. 1883 II. 43 An' how think ye the like o' me can wak straight wi' sic auld shevelin heel'd shune as mine. a1779― John Cheap i. Ibid. II. 92 The deil's on the tap o' the mou', sheavling his mouth at me. 1808Jamieson, To Shevel, to distort... To shevel, to walk in an unsteady and oblique way. 1823Galt Gilhaize iii, That auld shavling-gabbit hielander. 1869J. P. Morris Furness Gloss., Sheule, to walk with a shuffling gait. |