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单词 shilly
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shillyn.

/ˈʃɪli/
Forms: Also shillow, shilla, shelly, shulla, etc.
Etymology: ? Connected with shillet n.Manx has shillee ‘a mass or assemblage of thin slate, or bits of thin stone’ (Cregean), ‘a gravelly beach’ (Kelly); but the word may be an importation from dialectal English.
northern.
Gravel, shingle; (with plural) a pebble, small stone.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > pebble
chesila700
pebbleOE
pebble stoneOE
gravel-stonec1450
calionc1459
pimble stone1577
rockstone1625
shilly1675
dornick1840
klip1852
jackstone1885
yonnie1941
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [noun] > gravel or shingle
chesila700
shilly1675
1675 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 307 Every shipp which shall discharge any shilly or stone ballast southwards of the shilly path in this river shall forfeit ten shillings.
1837 W. Thornber Hist. Blackpool 246 A beach of ‘shingle or shulla’, the principal portion of which falls from the cliffs.
1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Shilla, the loose stones on the sea-beach, the stony sea-beach.
1873 T. E. Brown Betsy Lee 24 A stream ran..down the glen, And soaked through the shilly, and out to the bay.
1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Shillies, Shilla, Shellies, shore-gravel.
1901 T. W. Wilson T'Bacca Queen xxviii. 261 She turned from the lamp-lighted road on to the wide strand of shillow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

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ˈshilly
ˈshilly adv.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adverb]
brightOE
shilla1250
shillya1400
sonorously1595
resoundingly1611
canorously1680
resonantly1685
sonoriferously1693
soundingly1697
twangingly1825
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adverb]
shilla1250
keenlyc1275
shirla1300
bremelya1375
sharp1377
shillya1400
shirlly1470
shrilly1582
whit1833
squeal1849
reedily1910
bleatingly1934
a1400–50 Wars Alex. 929 Þen schrikis schilli [Dublin shilly] all þe schalkis.
extracted from shilladj.adv.
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n.1675
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