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Webster 1913 Edition
Shinney
Shin′ney
,Noun.
[CF.
Shindy
.] The game of hockey; – so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin.
Halliwell.
Definition 2025
shinney
shinney
English
Noun
shinney (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The game of hockey.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
See also
Manx
Adjective
shinney
- comparative degree of shenn (“old”)
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| shinney | hinney after "yn", çhinney |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||