Shake
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The shaken grain which remains on the fields after harvesting; refuse corn; acorns or mast on the ground; fallen fir ‘needles’; the act of shaking loose the grain in the ear. Cf. shag, v.3 3. Edb. A green shear is an ill shake, Har'st Rig (1794) 6, ed.
w.Yks.1, Lei.1, Nhp.1 Nhp.2, War.3 Bdf. The dry needles or foliage which falls from the trees in a fir plantation. This the peasants gather and use for fuel (J.W.B.). e.An.1, Suf.1 Ess. Trans. Arch. Soc. (1863) II. 187. [Amer. The woods... were frequented by vast numbers of wild hogs, which obtained a bountiful subsistence, and grew fat upon the shack which every where abounded, Morgan Norman Occupation (1858) 57.]
A custom or right of turning pigs or poultry into the stubble after harvest; the land or stubble into which they are thus turned. Yks. N. & Q. (1877) 5th S. viii. 413. w.Yks. There is a piece of common: each inhabitant of the district claims a portion or use of it. This is denominated the right of shack, Hamilton Nugae Lit. (1841) 342. Lin. N. & Q. (1878) 5th S. x. 275. Nhp.1 To send pigs or poultry to shack, is to turn them into the stubble-fields to eat up the loose or shaken corn. Nrf. The liberty formerly exercised by the Lord, of turning his sheep on his tenants' land, during the six winter months, Holloway. Suf. A farmer says that ‘his litter of pigs 'll come nicely for shack,’ meaning that they will be big enough to run about and get their own living in the fields after harvest (C.T.); Suf.1 Pigs, &c. are turned into such fields ‘to shack.’ Wil., Dor. Each holder of a ‘living’ had the right to let his cattle and pigs run ‘at shack’ over the whole of the tenantry fields after harvest, N. & Q. (1867) 3rd S. xi. 126. Hence Shack-time, sb. the time when pigs are at ‘shack.’ w.Yks.1, e.An.1 22. An idle, disreputable fellow; a tramp; a loose woman. Cf. shag, v.3 4. Stf.1 Der. N. & Q. (1882) 6th S. vi. 543; Der.2, nw.Der.1 Not. He's a regular shack, I'm afraid (L.C.M.); Not.2 Not.3, Lin.1, n.Lin.1 sw.Lin.1 The father's a drunken idle shack. Rut.1 He went Ookem with some o' them shacks, an' they drew all the money out of his pocket, I sopoase. Lei. (G.H.), Lei.1 Nhp.1 A worthless shack. War.3, Brks. (W.H.E.), e.An.1 Cmb.1 And he's now, they say, one of the greatest shacks in New York. Suf. Grose (1790) (s.v. Shag). Ess. (W.W.S.) Hmp. To a pig ─ ‘Poor old shack’ (W.H.E.). Wil. (W.H.E.) [Amer. That ole shack! Who in creation could he git to take him? Westcott David Harum (1900) xxiv.]
Le grain secoué qui reste dans les champs après la récolte ; les grains refusés ; les glands ou les faînes sur le sol ; les aiguilles de sapin tombées ; l'action de secouer le grain dans l'épi. Une coutume ou un droit de faire paître des porcs ou des volailles dans le chaume après la récolte ; le terrain ou le chaume dans lequel ils sont ainsi laissés en liberté.
