| shagreen | n. | untanned leather with rough pebbled surface; sharkskin used as an abrasive | ||
| shail | v. | to shuffle, to walk in an irregular stumbling manner; to drag the feet while walking | ||
| shallop | n. | two-masted boat suited for coastal waters | ||
| shallot | n. | onion-like bulb used in food often in a similar manner | ||
| shambles | n. | slaughterhouse; scene of carnage | ||
| shambolic | adj. | messy, very disorganized | ||
| shandrydan | n. | hooded chaise; old ramshackle two-wheeled horse carriage or cart | ||
| shandy | n. | drink made up of beer and lemonade | ||
| shanks’ mare | n. | one’s own legs used in walking in contradistinction from other modes of transport | idiom | |
| shantung | n. | thin plain woven silk fabric | ||
| shatter | v. | to break into pieces; [drug slang] cannabis extract similar to wax with translucent amber to yellow appearance and tendency to break, with affects (allegedly) similar to hash oil | ||
| shatter-brained | adj. | thoughtless, addlepated, giddy | ||
| shawm | n. | medieval double-reed woodwind with a conical shape | ||
| shebeen | n. | unlicensed place where alcoholic drinks are served | ||
| shellback | n. | experienced sailor | ||
| shelve | v. | to slope gradually | ||
| shemozzle | n. | muddle, chaotic state; quarrel, row | ||
| shend | v. | to revile, to scold | ||
| shenship | n. | disgrace, ruin | ||
| shieling | n. | pasture; herder’s rude hut | Scots | |
| shikaree | n. | hired big game hunter (also shikari) | ||
| shindy | n. | ruckus, commotion | ||
| shirr | v. | to poach or bake (eggs); to gather into parallel threads | ||
| shirtwaist | n. | tailored blouse for women | ||
| shirty | adj. | ill-tempered | ||
| shoat | n. | young weaned pig | ||
| shock | n. | group of grain sheaves placed upright in support of each other so as to allow drying and maturing | ||
| shog | v. | to shake or roll from side to side; to walk or move in jerks | ||
| short arms and deep pockets | adj. | miserly | idiom | |
| shout the odds | v. | to talk loudly and boastfully, often in a belligerent manner | British | |
| shrike | n. | any of several species of songbird with strongly hooked and toothed bill, used by some species to impale or rend their prey | ||
| shrive | v. | to impose penance upon; to hear confession of; to make confession | ||
| shufty | n. | a peep, a look (also shufti) | ||
| shuttlewitted | adj. | scatterbrained, flighty | ||
| shy | v. | to throw with sudden or jerky movement | ||
| sickerly | adv. | surely, certainly; assuredly | ||
| side | n. | supercilious attitude | slang | |
| sightholder | n. | bulk purchaser of rough diamonds authorized by De Beers | ||
| silage | n. | ensilage, preservation of undried green fodder in a silo or pit | ||
| silentiary | n. | one who remains silent, esp. as a religious compulsion; historical official of courts who stayed silent | ||
| simon-pure | adj. | entirely pure, authentic, clean | ||
| sine die | adv. | indefinitely, without fixing a date for resumption | Latin | |
| single-tree | n. | crossbar connecting traces to wagon or plow | ||
| singlet | n. | close-fitting woolen undershirt or jersey, usu. sleeveless | ||
| sinicize | v. | to make Chinese in style or form | ||
| sinter | v. | to form or shape metal by heating without liquefaction | ||
| sistrum | n. | ancient Egyptian percussion instrument consisting of metal frame with transverse rods which rattled when shaken by the attached handle | ||
| sit-upon | n. | the buttocks | informal | |
| sizar | n. | undergraduate at Cambridge or Trinity College who received an allowance to help fund his education, and who performed certain menial tasks for the other students | ||
| skainsmate | n. | messmate; fellow, companion | obsolete |
