shabble

But when the gigantic Highlander advanced upon the worthy magistrate of Glasgow, after trying in vain once or twice to draw his father's _shabble_, as he called it, from its sheath, -- a weapon which had last seen the light at Bothwell Bridge, -- the Bailie seized as a substitute the red-hot coulter of a plough, which had been sticking in the fire.

Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North Samuel Rutherford Crockett

If there were free lands which the peasant could cultivate if he pleased, would he pay £50 to some "shabble of a Duke" [2] for condescending to sell him a scrap?

The Conquest of Bread Peter Kropotkin

I think it suld hae set the shabble that my father the deacon

Rob Roy 1887

-- I am a peacefu 'man and a magistrate, but if ony ane had guided sae muckle as my servant quean, Mattie, as it's like they guided Rob's wife, I think it suld hae set the shabble* that my father the deacon had at Bothwell brig a-walking again.

Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801

As he saw the gigantic Highlander confront him with his weapon drawn, he tugged for a second or two at the hilt of his _shabble, _ as he called it; but finding it loth to quit the sheath, to which it had long been secured by rust and disuse, he seized, as a substitute, on the red-hot coulter of

Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801

As he saw the gigantic Highlander confront him with his weapon drawn, he tugged for a second or two at the hilt of his _shabble, _ as he called it; but finding it loth to quit the sheath, to which it had long been secured by rust and disuse, he seized, as a substitute, on the red-hot coulter of

Rob Roy — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801

-- I am a peacefu 'man and a magistrate, but if ony ane had guided sae muckle as my servant quean, Mattie, as it's like they guided Rob's wife, I think it suld hae set the shabble* that my father the deacon had at Bothwell brig a-walking again.

Rob Roy — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801

[208] Their sword or short shabble yet remains, and may now be seen in the hands of the publisher of this collection.

Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies John Howie 1764

As he saw the gigantic Highlander confront him with his weapon drawn, he tugged for a second or two at the hilt of his shabble, as he called it; but finding it loth to quit the sheath, to which it had long been secured by rust and disuse, he seized, as a substitute, on the red-hot coulter of a plough which had been employed in arranging the fire by way of a poker, and brandished it with such effect, that at the first pass he set the

Rob Roy 1887

Solomon’s wad have taught him that there was danger in edge-tools, and that he wad have bidden the smaik either sheath his shabble, or stand farther back.”

The Fortunes of Nigel 2004