shuev.
Scottish.
intransitive. To swing, play at see-saw.
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1808 in J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang.
1890 , etc. (see Eng. Dial. Dict.).
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shue n. a swing, see-saw. Cf. shuggie-shue n.
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- beat the lights out of a person
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- beat the living shit, hell, etc, out of a thing
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