Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
shaftmond .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Scot. A shaftment.
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Examples
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` ` Not a step, not a pace, not an inch, not a shathmont, as I may say, --- the meaning of which word has puzzled many that think themselves antiquaries.
The Antiquary 1845
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GLOSS: shathmont] measure from the point of the extended thumb to the extremity of the palm, six inches.
The Wee Wee Man 1910
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"Not a step, not a pace, not an inch, not a shathmont, as I may say, -- the meaning of which word has puzzled many that think themselves antiquaries.
The Antiquary — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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"Not a step, not a pace, not an inch, not a shathmont, as I may say, -- the meaning of which word has puzzled many that think themselves antiquaries.
The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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“Not a step, not a pace, not an inch, not a shathmont, as I may say, — the meaning of which word has puzzled many that think themselves antiquaries.
The Antiquary 1584
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