Hogg, Brownie of Bodsbeck, II

226. (Jamie son.) shurki, v. i. An obsolete spelling of shirk . shurl, v . t . See shirl2. shut1 (shut), v.; pret.and pp. shut , ppr. shutting . [Also dial. shet ; ten , shitten , schitten (pret. shutte , shette, shitte, pp. shut , shet , etc.), scyttan , shut, bar (= D. schutten, shut in, lock up, = MLG. schutten = MHG. schutzen , G. schützen , shut in (water), dam, protect, guard); a secondary form, lit. 'cause (sc. a bar or bolt) to shoot' (push a bar or bolt into its staple), of sceótan (pret. scoten ), shoot; or perhaps lit. 'bar, 'bolt,' from a noun, AS. as if * scut , a bar, bolt (cf. * scytels , scyttels , a bar, bolt of a door: see shuttle1 ), = MD. schut , an arrow, dart, = OHG. scuz , a quick move- ment, = Dan. skud , a bar, bolt of a door (the D. schut , a fence, partition, screen, = MHG. schuz, a dam, guard, protection, G. schutz , a dam, dike, mole, fence, sluice, protection, de- fense, is rather from the verb); lit. 'a thing that shoots or moves quickly, sceótan (pp. scoten ), etc., shoot: see shoot.] I. trans. 1. To shoot, as the bar or bolt or other fasten- ing of a door or gate, or of a chest, etc.; push to; adjust in position so as to serve as a fas- tening. This angels two drogen loth [Lot] in, And shetten to the dure-pin.