shocklen.
/ˈʃɒk(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈʃɑk(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈʃɔk(ə)l/ Scottish and northern. Now rare.
A lump of ice; an icicle.
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ickleeOE
icicleOE
cocklebella1500
pipe1556
shockle1596
tanglea1646
ice needle1831
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 46 First in thay ryde into this riuer..to thow the pypes and schokles of yce, frosin vpon thame.
1639 R. Gordon Geneal. Hist. Earldom Sutherland (1813) 208 The ground wes ful of ronns, or sheckles of yce.
a1859 Watt in D. H. Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets 2nd Ser. 54 The shochles, like crystal, hing clear frae the rocks.
1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms frae Hebrew lxxviii. 47 He dang doun their plane trees wi shoggles o' ice.
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