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shetland
English
Alternative forms
- Shetland
Etymology
From Shetland sheep.
Noun
shetland (countable and uncountable, plural shetlands)
- Lightweight, loosely twisted wool fabric.
Anagrams
- handlest
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.tl??d/
Noun
shetland m (plural shetlands)
- Shetland, Shetland pony
Further reading
- “shetland” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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peerie
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -???i
Adjective
peerie (comparative peerier, superlative peeriest)
- (chiefly Shetland and Orkney) Small, tiny.
Noun
peerie (plural peeries)
- A Shetland sheepdog.
- Alternative form of peery (“spinning top”)
Scots
Etymology 1
Unknown.
Alternative forms
- peedie (Orkney, modern)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pi?ri/
Adjective
peerie (comparative peerier, superlative peeriest)
- (Orkney, Shetland) small, little, tiny
Derived terms
- Peerie Sea (a placename, literally “little sea”)
- peerie folk (fairies, literally “little folk”)
Usage notes
- In modern Orcadian Scots, peedie gradually replaces this term.
Etymology 2
From peer (“pear”) +? -ie, due to the resemblance of some spinning tops to pears.
Noun
peerie (plural peeries)
- A spinning top.
Descendants
- ? English: peery
References
- “peerie” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- Flaws, Margaret; Lamb, Gregor (1996) The Orkney Dictionary, Kirkwall, Orkney: Orkney Language and Culture Group, published 2001, ?ISBN
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