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Shill [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

SHILL , to shell , not in use.

Shill [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To put under cover; to sheal. [ Not in use or local .]

Shill [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To shell.

2. To put under cover; to sheal.

Shill-i-shall-i [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Shilly-shally

Shillalah [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Shillelah

Shillelah [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An oaken sapling or cudgel; any cudgel; -- so called from Shillelagh, a place in Ireland of that name famous for its oaks.

Shilling [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. An English silver coin equal to twelve pence, or the twentieth part of a pound. The English shilling or shilling sterling, is equivilent to nearly 22 cents, 22 hundredths, money of the United States. Our ancestors introduced the name with the coin into this country, but by depreciation the value of the shilling shrunk in New England and Virginia one fourth, or to a fraction less than 17 cents, in New York to 12 1/2 cents, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland to about 11 cents.

2. This denomination of money still subsists in the United States, although there is no coin of that value current, except the Spanish coin of 12 1/2/ cents, which is a shilling in the money in the state of New York. Since the adoption of the present coins of the United States, eagles, dollars, cents, etc. the use of the shilling is continued only by habit.

Shilling [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A silver coin, and money of account, of Great Britain and its dependencies, equal to twelve pence, or the twentieth part of a pound, equivalent to about twenty-four cents of the United States currency.

2. In the United States, a denomination of money, differing in value in different States. It is not now legally recognized.

3. The Spanish real, of the value of one eight of a dollar, or 12/ cets; -- formerly so called in New York and some other States. See Note under 2.

Shilly-shally [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Foolish trifling; irresolution. [ Vulgar .] [This word has probably been written shill-I shall-I , from an ignorance of its origin.]

Shilly-shally [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner.

Shilly-shally [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Irresolution; hesitation; also, occupation with trifles.

Shilly-shally [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy one's self with trifles.