shaird

[SHARD.) A shred, a shard. "An' when the auld moon's gaun to lea'e them The hindmost shaird, they'il fetch it wi' them." Burns: To William Simpson. (Post.) shake. *schak-en (pa. t. shook , schook , pa. par. shaken, schaken , * shook ), v . t . & i . [A. S. sceacan , scacan (pa. t. scoc , pa. par. scacen , sceacen); cogn. with Icel. skaka (pa. t. skók , pa. par.skukinn; Sw. skaka ; Dan. skage =to shift.] A. Transitive : 3648 1. To put into a vibrating motion; to cause to move with quick vibrations; to move rapidly hither and thither; to cause to tremble, quiver, or shiver; to agitate. "When the wind earth's foundation shakes." Shakesp.: Venus and Adonis, 1,047. 2. To move or remove by agitating; to rid one's self of; to throw off by a jolting, jerking, or vibra tory motion. (Generally followed by an adverb, as away, off , out .) "We shall shake off our slavish yoke." Shakesp.: Richard II., ii. 1. IMG:content-1299.png:[blocks in formation] " Shake the peace and safety of our throne." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt. I., iii. 2. 6. To cause to waver, hesitate, or doubt; to impair or weaken the resolution or courage of. 7. To rouse suddenly, and with some degree of violence; as, to shake one out of sleep. 8. To injure by a sudden shock; as, He was very much shaken by the fall. B. In trans.: To be agitated with a trembling or vibrating motion; to tremble, to totter, to shiver, to quake. 1. To shake a foot : To dance. ( Eng . Prov.) *2. To shake a loose leg: To lead a roving unsettled life. ( Slang .) 3. To shake hands: (1) To greet by grasping and shaking the hand. (2) To make an agreement or contract; to ratify, confirm, or settle a matter. *(3) To part; to take leave. 4. To shake down: To betake one's self to or to occupy a shake-down (q. v.). 5. To shake off the dust from one's feet: To disclaim or renounce solemnly all connection or intercourse with a person or persons. 6. To shake off : (1) To get rid of by shaking. (2) To rid one's self of; to get rid of. *(3) To abandon, to discard; to cast off. " Shaking off so good a wife." Shakesp.: All's Well that Ends Well , iv. 3. *(4) To deny, to refuse. "These offers he shakes off." Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra , iii. 7. *7. To shake one's elbow : To gamble at dice. 8. To shake the head : To expre disapprobation, reluctance, di atisfaction, negation, refusal, de disappointment, reproach, or the like. 9. To shake together : To be on good terms; to get along well or smoothly together; to accommodate one's self to the habits, ways, ., of another. 10. To shake up : (1) The same as To shake together (q. v.). *(2) To upbraid. Shakere No great shakes (lit., No great windfalls): Nothing extraordinary or out of the common; of no great account. "I had my hands full and my head too, just then [when he wrote Marino Faliero], so it can be no great shakes."-Byron: To Murray, Sept. 28, 1820. *shake-bag, s. A large garment.