shouther

And sic part of the kye or stock as I judge it fit to keep, may be driven thither without incommodity — say about Wooler, or that gate, keeping aye a shouther to the hills, — and the rest may be sauld to gude profit and advantage, if we had grace weel to use and guide these gifts of the warld.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

O, its a lachin teeklesome sicht for sure -- an 'then hee'l thud, thud, thud his wee bit neive' ith shouther 'oth collie, an' steek his toes in his side, just for a 'the world like a Newmarket jockey, an' then hee'l turn him roon behint-afore an 'play treeks, till collie gerns at him; an' then beway

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 536, March 3, 1832 Various

Show 'em the cauld shouther -- appear cold and reserved.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827 Various

"Tak 'your certie o' that my braw callant," said I, "ne'er sail it be tauld o 'Jamie Mc-Dougall, that he steeked his door again the puir and hauseless, an the bluidy sleuth hounds be on ye they'se find it ill aneugh I trow to get an inkling o' ye frae me, I'se sune shaw 'em the cauld shouther."

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827 Various

‘Aweel, ’ he said, ‘this suld be nae sic dooms-desperate business surely—the lad’s doing well again that was hurt, and what signifies twa or three lead draps in his shouther? if ye had putten out his ee, it would hae been another case.

Chapter XLV 1917

Hog-shouther, a kind of horse-play by jostling with the shoulder; to jostle.

Glossary 1909

Miss Daisy sees, there's a kind o 'shouther there.

Melbourne House 1907

Wi 'stocks out-owre their shouther; [over, shoulder]

Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907

He by his shouther gae a keek, [shoulder gave, peep]

Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907

An awfu 'scythe, out-owre ae shouther, [across one shoulder]

Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907