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shinty
shinty a game originating in 17th cent. Scotland, in which opposing teams of 12 players each attempt to knock a small ball through their opponent's goal, or hail, using sticks similar to though smaller than those used in field hockey. The game is played outdoors on a field that is 140 to 200 yd (128-183 m) long and 70 to 100 yd (64-91 m) wide. A match is divided into two 45-min halves. It is also called shinny. |
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"shinty." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "shinty." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-shinty.html "shinty." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-shinty.html |
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shindy
shindy shinty; spree; commotion. XIX. unexpl. alt. of shinty (i) game resembling hockey (XVIII), (ii) row, commotion (XIX), later var. of shinny (XVII), an earlier name of the game. Shinny and shinty appear to be derived from cries used in the game, shin ye, shin you, and shin tpye; of unkn. orig.
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T. F. HOAD. "shindy." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "shindy." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-shindy.html T. F. HOAD. "shindy." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-shindy.html |
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Shindy
Shindya row; a commotion; a spree, 1821. |
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"Shindy." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Shindy." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301380.html "Shindy." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301380.html |
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shinty
shinty see SHINDY.
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T. F. HOAD. "shinty." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "shinty." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-shinty.html T. F. HOAD. "shinty." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-shinty.html |
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shinty
•banditti, bitty, chitty, city, committee, ditty, gritty, intercity, kitty, nitty-gritty, Pitti, pity, pretty, shitty, slitty, smriti, spitty, titty, vittae, witty
•fifty, fifty-fifty, nifty, shifty, swiftie, thrifty
•guilty, kiltie, silty
•flinty, linty, minty, shinty
•ballistae, Christie, Corpus Christi, misty, twisty, wristy
•sixty
•deity, gaiety (US gayety), laity, simultaneity, spontaneity
•contemporaneity, corporeity, femineity, heterogeneity, homogeneity
•anxiety, contrariety, dubiety, impiety, impropriety, inebriety, notoriety, piety, satiety, sobriety, ubiety, variety
•moiety
•acuity, ambiguity, annuity, assiduity, congruity, contiguity, continuity, exiguity, fatuity, fortuity, gratuity, ingenuity, perpetuity, perspicuity, promiscuity, suety, superfluity, tenuity, vacuity
•rabbity
•improbity, probity
•acerbity • witchetty • crotchety
•heredity
•acidity, acridity, aridity, avidity, cupidity, flaccidity, fluidity, frigidity, humidity, hybridity, insipidity, intrepidity, limpidity, liquidity, lividity, lucidity, morbidity, placidity, putridity, quiddity, rabidity, rancidity, rapidity, rigidity, solidity, stolidity, stupidity, tepidity, timidity, torpidity, torridity, turgidity, validity, vapidity
•commodity, oddity
•immodesty, modesty
•crudity, nudity
•fecundity, jocundity, moribundity, profundity, rotundity, rubicundity
•absurdity • difficulty • gadgety
•majesty • fidgety • rackety
•pernickety, rickety
•biscuity
•banality, duality, fatality, finality, ideality, legality, locality, modality, morality, natality, orality, reality, regality, rurality, tonality, totality, venality, vitality, vocality
•fidelity
•ability, agility, civility, debility, docility, edibility, facility, fertility, flexility, fragility, futility, gentility, hostility, humility, imbecility, infantility, juvenility, liability, mobility, nihility, nobility, nubility, puerility, senility, servility, stability, sterility, tactility, tranquillity (US tranquility), usability, utility, versatility, viability, virility, volatility
•ringlety
•equality, frivolity, jollity, polity, quality
•credulity, garrulity, sedulity
•nullity
•amity, calamity
•extremity • enmity
•anonymity, dimity, equanimity, magnanimity, proximity, pseudonymity, pusillanimity, unanimity
•comity
•conformity, deformity, enormity, multiformity, uniformity
•subcommittee • pepperminty
•infirmity
•Christianity, humanity, inanity, profanity, sanity, urbanity, vanity
•amnesty
•lenity, obscenity, serenity
•indemnity, solemnity
•mundanity • amenity
•affinity, asininity, clandestinity, divinity, femininity, infinity, masculinity, salinity, trinity, vicinity, virginity
•benignity, dignity, malignity
•honesty
•community, immunity, importunity, impunity, opportunity, unity
•confraternity, eternity, fraternity, maternity, modernity, paternity, taciturnity
•serendipity, snippety
•uppity
•angularity, barbarity, bipolarity, charity, circularity, clarity, complementarity, familiarity, granularity, hilarity, insularity, irregularity, jocularity, linearity, parity, particularity, peculiarity, polarity, popularity, regularity, secularity, similarity, singularity, solidarity, subsidiarity, unitarity, vernacularity, vulgarity
•alacrity • sacristy
•ambidexterity, asperity, austerity, celerity, dexterity, ferrety, posterity, prosperity, severity, sincerity, temerity, verity
•celebrity • integrity • rarity
•authority, inferiority, juniority, majority, minority, priority, seniority, sonority, sorority, superiority
•mediocrity • sovereignty • salubrity
•entirety
•futurity, immaturity, impurity, maturity, obscurity, purity, security, surety
•touristy
•audacity, capacity, fugacity, loquacity, mendacity, opacity, perspicacity, pertinacity, pugnacity, rapacity, sagacity, sequacity, tenacity, veracity, vivacity, voracity
•laxity
•sparsity, varsity
•necessity
•complexity, perplexity
•density, immensity, propensity, tensity
•scarcity • obesity
•felicity, toxicity
•fixity, prolixity
•benedicite, nicety
•anfractuosity, animosity, atrocity, bellicosity, curiosity, fabulosity, ferocity, generosity, grandiosity, impecuniosity, impetuosity, jocosity, luminosity, monstrosity, nebulosity, pomposity, ponderosity, porosity, preciosity, precocity, reciprocity, religiosity, scrupulosity, sinuosity, sumptuosity, velocity, verbosity, virtuosity, viscosity
•paucity • falsity • caducity • russety
•adversity, biodiversity, diversity, perversity, university
•sacrosanctity, sanctity
•chastity
•entity, identity
•quantity • certainty
•cavity, concavity, depravity, gravity
•travesty • suavity
•brevity, levity, longevity
•velvety • naivety
•activity, nativity
•equity
•antiquity, iniquity, obliquity, ubiquity
•propinquity
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"shinty." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "shinty." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-shinty.html "shinty." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-shinty.html |
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