There I 'll shug in and get a noble countenance.
Ford.
Shu"mac (?), n. (Bot.) Sumac.
Shun (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shunned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shunning.]
[OE. shunien, schunien, schonien, AS. scunian, sceonian; cf. D.
schuinen to slepe, schuin oblique, sloping, Icel. skunda, skynda, to
hasten. Cf. Schooner, Scoundrel, Shunt.] To avoid; to keep clear of; to
get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks,
shoals, vice.
I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to
declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Acts xx. 26,27.
Scarcity and want shall shun you.
Shak.
Syn. -- See Avoid.
Shun"less, a. Not to be shunned; inevitable; unavoidable. [R.]
"Shunless destiny." Shak.
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Shunt (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Shunting.]
[Prov. E., to move from, to put off, fr. OE. shunten, schunten,
schounten; cf. D. schuinte a slant, slope, Icel. skunda to hasten. Cf.
Shun.] 1. To shun; to move from. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ash.
3. To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a
car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift.
For shunting your late partner on to me.
T. Hughes.