shirk

[ Eng.shirk; y.] Disposed to shirk; characterized by shirking. shirl, a. [SHRILL.] shirl, s. [SHORL.] shirr, s. [Etym. doubtful.] Fabric : An elastic cord inserted in cloth or be tween two pieces. shirred, a. [Eng.shirr; -ed.] 1. Fabric : Applied to goods with elastic cords inter-woven, as suspenders, garters, . 2. Cuisine : Applied to eggs that have been broken in an earthen dish, and roasted or baked with butter and cream. shirt, *shert, *sherte, *shirte, *shurte, *schirte, s . [Icel. skyrta =a skirt; Sw. skjorta ; Dan. skiorte ; Ger. schurz, schurze =an apron. So called from its being originally a short garment, from Icel. skort a =to come off short, to lack; skortr shortne . Shirt and skirt are doublets.] [SHORT.] 1. Ord . Lang .: A loose garment of linen, cotton, or other material, worn by males under the outer clothes. "I hold him riche, al had he not a sherte ." Chaucer: C. T. , 6,768. 2. Botany ( pl .): The seeds of Sinapis arvensis. ( Scotch .) shirt-buttons, s. pl . Bot .: Stellar i a holostea . (Britten & Holland .) shirt-front, subst . The dre ed part of a shirt, which covers the breast; also an article of dre made in imitation of this part; a dickey. shirt, v . t . (SHIRT, 8.] To cover or clothe with, or as with, a shirt; to put a shirt on. "Ah! for so many souls, as but this morn Were cloath'd with flesh, and warm'd with vital blood. But naked now, or shirted but with air." 230 Dryden: King Arthur , ii.