shass

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English

Pronunciation

Noun

shass

  1. (Ireland, possibly obsolete) A heap of sheaves (straw).
    • 1875, Patrick Kennedy, The Banks of the Boro: A Chronicle of the County of Wexford:
      If there were any sheaves left, they composed a compact shass in the end, and the long ladder, strewn with straw, and resting on stones, or other supports, lay [...] opposite the shass.
    • 1913, James Murphy, Convict No. 25; Or, the Clearances of Westmeath: A Story of the Whitefeet
      She was speaking at the time lower than a whisper, so that I had to kneel beside her on the ground—she was lying on a shass ov straw—an' bend my face down to her's to hear her.

Manx

Verb

shass (verbal noun shassoo)

  1. to stand
  2. ~ noi to object, resist, withstand

Mutation

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