shealing
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Scale, possibly connected with shealing, is a Scandinavian word used in the north for a shepherd's hut, hence the surname Scales.
From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest
"I rarely attempt anything beyond a peasant hut or a shealing."
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
If you want to hear mine about the matter, you must visit me at my retreat—the low shealing at the west of Hungry Mountain.
From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James
He replied that it was, and he instantly brought her into the shealing.
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. by Thomson, Mrs.
Through the heather he brushed eagerly now, his eyes intent upon the dim summits of the brae from which again he should see the light of the shealing if it was there.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil
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