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{{Shetland Dictionary Header}} *each = adze, carpenter's tool for tapering wood (Also known as a fit-each) *eart-fast = immoveable object (stone) *ebb sleeper = (n) dunlin (''Tringa alpina'') *ednin = (n) eagle (Low 1774) *eela = fishing with handlines from boat *ee = eye, one *eebreers/eebroos = eyebrows *eek = eke out, to add to what already exists *eek-name = nickname *een = eyes, one *eence = once *eeno = now *eer = a very loud high pitched continious scream, also a sound made by pigs *eerip = usually a person, but occasionally an object which the user finds contemptible *efter = after, later (''See dee efter'') *eight o clocks = (n) mid evening tea/coffee refreshment *eil-mark = (n) a sheep who refuses to stay behind the dike and cannot be kept out of the corn *eker = (n) tangled mess (''wir coarn is in eker eftir da gale dastreen'') *eksben = (n) part of the cow's flesh next to the thigh bone which the butcher gets as his pay, lit. shoulder bone *elbick = (n) elbow *elishon = awl, usually bent, for making holes in leather to be sewn *ell = (n) measure of cloth or wadmell *elt = to mess *eltit = dirty (''Da bairn wis eltit fae head tae fit'') *elwand = (n) measuring stick for an ell *engin = onion *ent = heed, pay attention, acknowledge *ere oy, oy, jeroy = (n) a great-grandchild *eredastreen = (n) the night before last, the day before yesterday *erne = (n) white-tailed eagle *errands = shopping, provisions *erse = rear, backside (''He kent no his erse fae his elbick'') *erselins = reversing *ert = the compass direction from which something is coming, where something is located, or a course to follow. *ess = ashes *essikert = refuse lorry *essybucket = ash/rubbish bin *etterscab = (n) trouble-maker, ill-natured person *eurnaskep = (n) a mark for distinguishing sheep *eye teeth = canine incisors {{Shetland Dictionary Footer}}

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