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Sheltie, Shelty Sc.|ˈʃɛltɪ|
Also 7 pl. shalties, 8 pl. schelties, sheltys, 9 Sc. dial. shaltie, -y, shawltie.
[Prob. repr. the Orkney or Caithness pronunciation of ON. Hjalti Shetlander.]
1. A Shetland pony; now, any small pony. (In early quots. more fully † Shelty horse.)
1650in J. C. Lees Hist. Inverness vi. (1897) 73 Montrose sat upon a little shelty horse without a saddle. 1654Blaeu Atlas v. (Scotia) 144/1 Sunt & eis Equulei (Shalties vulgo vocant) specie quidem contemptibiles, sed ad omnes usus, supra quam credi potest, strenui. a1688J. Wallace Descr. Orkney (1693) 13 Their Horses are but little, Yet strong.., most of which they get from Zetland, and are called Shelties. c1730Burt Lett. N. Scot. (1754) II. xvii. 52 Those Sheltys, being never shod. 1742De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. (ed. 3) IV. 294 [In Shetland] They have Plenty of little Horses, which they call Schelties. 1793Syme in Burns' Wks. (1800) I. 206, I got Burns a grey Highland shelty to ride on. 1828Scott in Lockhart (1839) IX. 273 My smart hack has dwindled into a Zetland shelty. 1895Crockett Men of Moss Hags xxvi, My Galloway sheltie..took me bravely over the moss-hags.
2. A Shetlander. rare.
1888Edmondston & Saxby Home of Naturalist 180, I make the acquaintance of other Shelties in the same way. 1967H. W. Sutherland Magnie vii. 94 They were queer, the Shelties, came from nothing... England was heaven to them.
3. = Shetland sheep-dog s.v. Shetland 1 d. Also attrib.
1911Our Dogs 27 Oct. 984/3 (Advt.), Two promising Sheltie pups for sale. 1916B. Thynne Shetl. Sheep-Dog 5 The origin of the Sheltie is ‘wrapt in mystery’. 1950A. C. Smith Dogs since 1900 xii. 248 After the interruption caused by the first war, the Shelties began to assert their charms. 1972Times 19 Sept. 24/6 (Advt.), King Charles and Sheltie Collie, both 2 years old..free to loving family. 1980‘T. Hinde’ Daymare iv. 26 He had been council dust-cart driver till he ran down one Sheltie too many. |