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shies

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shies 1  (shz)
v.
Third person singular present tense of shy1.
n.
Plural of shy1.
shies 2  (shz)
v.
Third person singular present tense of shy2.
n.
Plural of shy2.
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I must have shied at it as a horse shies at an object it fears.
Before Adam by London, Jack View in context
But surely it is the soul which has never faced death which shies strongly from it at the end.
The Poison Belt by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
When a man rides an amiable hobby that shies at nothing and kicks nobody, it is only agreeable to find him riding it with a humorous sense of the droll side of the creature.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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