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shying

shying

English

Verb

shying

present participle of shy

Noun

shying ‎(plural shyings)

The act of one who shies or turns aside in fear.
- 1895, Popular Science (volume 47, number 24, July 1895, page 342)
  Not that there is anything really inexplicable in these odd directions of childish fear, any more than in the unpredictable shyings of the horse.