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shinty|ˈʃɪntɪ|
Also shintie.
[Formation obscure; ? for shin t'ye, cf. shin ye (see shinny).]
1. = shinny.
1771Pennant Tour Scot. 167 The shinty, or the striking a ball of wood or of hair. 1793Statist. Acc. Scot. V. 72 On holidays, all the males of a district..met to play at football, but oftener at shinty. 1808Jamieson, Shinty, the club used in playing [shinty]. 1876J. Grant Burgh Sch. Scot. ii. v. 180 The rough but manly old game of ‘shinty’ has not yet quite fallen into desuetude. 1882Jamieson's Sc. Dict., Shinty, the ball or knot of wood is called Shintie.
attrib.1863N. Macleod Remin. Highl. Par. iii, Few games..demand more physical exertion than a good shinty match. 1865Morning Star 1 Feb., Past your ear whizzes a shinty ball.
2. = shindy 3.
1848Thackeray Van. Fair liv, There's a regular shinty in the house; and everything at sixes and sevens. The landlord's come in and took possession. |