The field book : or, Sports and pastimes of the United kingdom ; compiled from the best authorities, ancient and modern (1833)
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792-1850 · London : E. Wilson · leaf 501
e spawn. Shovelboard, s. A long- board on which they play by sliding- metal pieces at a mark.Siiough, s. A kind of shaggy dog, a shock.Shoulder, s. The joint which connects the arm to the body ; the upper joint of the foreleg of a beast; the upper part of the back ; the shoulders are used as… … Slue Wing Shoveller, Kertlucock, orBroad Bill (Anas Clypeata, Linn. ; Le Souchet, Buff.)—The shoveller is less thanthe wild duck, commonly weighing ahouttwenty-two ounces, and measuring twenty-oneinches in length. The bill is black, threeinches long, very broad or spread out, androunded like a…
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