shail

English

Noun

1. Warrior, leader, Brilliant, Radiant

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for shail in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Verb

shail (third-person singular simple present shails, present participle shailing, simple past and past participle shailed)

(intransitive, obsolete) To walk sideways.
- 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “[The Fables of Anianus, &c.] Fab[le] CCXXI. An Old Crab and a Young.”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], OCLC 228727523, page 193:
  Child, (ſays the Mother) You muſt Uſe your ſelf to Walk Streight, without Skewing, and Shailing ſo Every Step you ſet: Pray Mother (ſays the Young Crab) do but ſet the Example your ſelf, and I'll follow ye.

Anagrams

Hails, Lashi, Sahli, alish, hails, hilsa

Irish

Noun

shail

1. Celtic

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