I am very shy of using corrosive liquors in the preparation of
medicines.
Boyle.
Princes are, by wisdom of state, somewhat shy of thier successors.
Sir H. Wotton.
To fight shy. See under Fight, v. i.
Shy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shying.] [From Shy,
a.] To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said
especially of horses.
Shy, v. t. To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone;
to shy a slipper. T. Hughes.
Shy, n. 1. A sudden start aside, as by a horse.