c. Phrases. †to make shy of: to be shy of, to be afraid of (doing). to fight shy: see to fight shy at fightv. 9.
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the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > be timorous [verb (transitive)] > be shy of or be afraid of (doing)
to make shy of1638
1638 D. FeatleyStricturæ in Lyndomastygemi. 152 in H. Lynde Case for Spectacles They made shie of reading Scripture, for feare of being made Heretiques thereby.