shilletn.

Forms: Also shillot, shillat, shillett, shellet, shellat, shilt.

Etymology: Perhaps < sheel v.; the word may go back to an Old English *scielet.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshillet.

south-western dialect.

= shale n.² Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > shale

metal1672

shale1747

shillet1777

plate1794

skerry1844

plate-shale1881

plate rock1893

1777 in Eng. Dial. Dict. Shellet.

1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon i. 11 Here the soil is of a good depth upon the shillot.

1841 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 4 359/2 The earthy slates..were interspersed with blue shillat slates.

1859 R. I. Murchison Siluria (new ed.) xiii. 344 Schistose grauwacke, like the shillat of Cornwall, and probably of Devonian age, is observable.

1875 G. J. Whyte-Melville Katerfelto xxiii Shilt and shingle glitter on the bare tops above.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Shillet,..the disintegrated top layer of the Devonian clay slate so common in West Somerset and North Devon.

1892 H. G. Hutchinson Fairway Island 20 He..gathered from the road a handful of loose shillett.

Derivatives

ˈshillety adj. (also shillotty, shellety, etc.) consisting of shillet.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [adjective] > shale

shaly1681

skerrya1800

shillety1808

1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon i. 24 A tender loam of a dark grey cast on a shillotty understratum.

1830 J. Savage Hist. Carhampton 209 The soil is..a white rag, or as it is here called, a shellety soil.

1887 J. W. Fortescue Rec. Stag-hunting Exmoor 181 Our hind has taken advantage of the shillety ground to double about a good deal.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	shillet
释义	shilletn. Forms: Also shillot, shillat, shillett, shellet, shellat, shilt. Etymology: Perhaps < sheel v.; the word may go back to an Old English scielet.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshillet. south-western* dialect. = shale n.² Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > shale metal1672 shale1747 shillet1777 plate1794 skerry1844 plate-shale1881 plate rock1893 1777 in Eng. Dial. Dict. Shellet. 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon i. 11 Here the soil is of a good depth upon the shillot. 1841 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 4 359/2 The earthy slates..were interspersed with blue shillat slates. 1859 R. I. Murchison Siluria (new ed.) xiii. 344 Schistose grauwacke, like the shillat of Cornwall, and probably of Devonian age, is observable. 1875 G. J. Whyte-Melville Katerfelto xxiii Shilt and shingle glitter on the bare tops above. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Shillet,..the disintegrated top layer of the Devonian clay slate so common in West Somerset and North Devon. 1892 H. G. Hutchinson Fairway Island 20 He..gathered from the road a handful of loose shillett. Derivatives ˈshillety adj. (also shillotty, shellety, etc.) consisting of shillet. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [adjective] > shale shaly1681 skerrya1800 shillety1808 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon i. 24 A tender loam of a dark grey cast on a shillotty understratum. 1830 J. Savage Hist. Carhampton 209 The soil is..a white rag, or as it is here called, a shellety soil. 1887 J. W. Fortescue Rec. Stag-hunting Exmoor 181 Our hind has taken advantage of the shillety ground to double about a good deal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1777
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