shann.1
/ʃan/ The shanny n.
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the world > animals > fish > miscellaneous types > [noun] > shanny or genus Chasmodes
shan1713
shanny1873
the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Blennioidei > family Blenniidae > member of genus Blennius (blenny) > blennius pholis (smooth blenny)
stone-fish1668
mulgronnick1673
bulcard1674
sea-lark1694
shan1713
smooth shan1713
smooth blenny1769
shanny1836
1713 Jago in Ray Synopsis Pisc. 164 Cataphractus lævis, Cornubiensis. Smooth Shan.
1851 P. H. Gosse Nat. Hist.: Fishes 168 The most common of our Blennies is the Shanny (Blennius pholis, Linn.), sometimes called the Smooth Shan, an epithet probably alluding to the absence of those fringed appendages to the head with which all our other true Blennies are furnished.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
shann.2
slang. ? Obsolete.
Counterfeit or base coin. Also figurative.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > false coin > [noun]
scruff1559
countera1616
smash1795
shan1815
queer1819
sheen1839
bogus1842
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 187 I doubt Glossin will prove but shand after a'..; but this is a gude half-crown ony way. [Note] Cant expression for base coin.
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 205 Shan, counterfeit money in general.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
shann.3
/ʃan/ Nautical.
(See quot. 1867.)
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > defects
shan1867
check1877
honeycombing1906
collapse1948
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Shan, a defect in spars, most commonly from bad collared knots; an injurious compression of fibres in timber: the turning out of the cortical layers when the plank has been sawed obliquely to the central axis of the tree.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
Shann.4adj.2
/ʃɑːn/, U.S. /ʃæn/ A. n.4
1. A member of a group of peoples of the Tai family, inhabiting parts of Burma (Myanmar) and adjacent regions of China and Thailand.
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the world > people > ethnicities > Mongol peoples of South-East Asia > [noun]
Tai1693
Shan1800
Lao1882
power point1986
1800 M. Symes Acct. Embassy to Ava xi. 274 Shaan, or Shan, is a very comprehensive term given to different nations, some independent, others the subjects of the greater states.
1833 W. Tandy tr. V. Sangermano Descr. Burmese Empire ix. 57 The zaboà or petty princes of the Sciam, subject to the Burmese.
1898 A. R. Colquhoun China in Transformation i. 24 It is clear there are but three great non-Chinese races in Southern China—the Lolo, the Shan and the Miao-tzu.
1903 H. H. Risley & E. A. Gait Rep. Census India 1901 I. i. 109 The proportions for the principal indigenous races show an excess of females amongst the Burmans, Shans, Chins and Kachins.
1920 Blackwood's Mag. June 839/1 You sell liquor and opium to Burmans and Shans.
1951 R. Firth Elements Social Organization iv. 145 The Pai of the Chinese Shans; the anga of the Tikopia..are..examples of the allocation of large-scale resources in goods and labour with primary reference to status yields.
2. The language spoken by these peoples, belonging to the Tai group and the Tai-Kadai family.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [noun] > Daic
Shan1920
Tai1939
the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [noun] > Daic > specific Daic languages
Ahom1870
Shan1920
1920 Public Opinion 26 Nov. 521/2 Instruction in the following tongues: Shan, Swahili, Telugu.
1968 O. Wynd Sumatra Seven Zero ii. 25 Your companion knows Shan. She learned it to pass the time.
1977 Whitaker's Almanack 828 Burmese is the official language, but minority languages include Shan, Karen, Chin, and the various Kachin dialects.
B. adj.2
Of or relating to the Shan or their language.
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the world > people > ethnicities > Mongol peoples of South-East Asia > [adjective]
Shan1800
Tai1837
Lao1882
Mongolioid1883
the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [adjective] > Daic > of Daic languages
Shan1800
Thai1808
Ahom1834
Lao1882
1800 M. Symes Acct. Embassy to Ava xi. 274 An intelligent man..informed him, that..the first Shaan town was called Thangdat.
1903 H. H. Risley & E. A. Gait Rep. Census India 1901 I. ii. 1 Burma includes the Shan States, the Chin Hills and Karenni, enumerated for the first time in 1901.
1927 Blackwood's Mag. June 819/1 Men armed with..long Shan knives were patrolling the approaches.
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shanadj.1
Scottish and northern ? Obsolete.
Pitiful, silly; poor, mean, paltry, shabby.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adjective]
unledeeOE
sorryOE
evila1131
usellc1175
wanlichec1275
bad1276
sorry1372
meana1375
caitiff1393
loddera1400
woefula1400
foulc1400
wretched1450
meschant?1473
unselc1480
peevisha1522
miser1542
scurvy?1577
forlorn1582
villainous1582
measled1596
lamented1611
thrallfula1618
despicable1635
deplorable1642
so-and-so1656
poorish1657
squalida1660
lamentable1676
mesquina1706
shan1714
execrable1738
quisby1807
hole in the wall1822
measly1847
bum1878
shag-bag1888
snidey1890
pathetic1900
1714 A. Ramsay Elegy John Cowper xiii Of umquhile John to lie or bann, Shaws but ill will, and looks right shan.
1719 A. Ramsay 1st Answer to Hamilton vi Ye're never rugget, shan, nor kittle.
1776 D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (ed. 2) II. 264 Gloss.
1906 A. McCormick Tinkler-gypsies Galloway iii. 128 A flat~fitted or shan-winklered (bad-eyed) body.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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