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ap; trivial evil caused by thoughtlessness, or in sport. Chaucer. Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs. Ps. lii. 2. The practice whereof shall, I hope, secure me from many mischiefs. Fuller.

One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrels or enmity.

The act or practice of making mischief, inciting quarrels, etc.

Mischievous. [R.] Lydgate.

Mischievous. [Obs.] Foote.

Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child. "Most mischievous foul sin." Shak. This false, wily, doubling disposition is intolerably mischievous to society. South.

A kerchief for the neck; -- called also neck handkerchief.

A kind of sausage, made in a bag of tripe, sliced and fried, famous among the Dutch of New Amsterdam and still known, esp. in New Jersey.

Chopped meat stuffed into small bags of tripe. They are cut in slices and fried. [Local, New York]

Holland gin made at Schiedam in the Netherlands.

A pirate. Drayton.

A bard among the Highlanders of Scotland, who preserved and repeated the traditions of the tribes; also, a genealogist. [Written also senachy.] [Scot.]

See Shy, to throw.

imp. & p. p. of Shy.

A sheeling. [Scot.] Burns.

ormerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler. Now put your shields before your hearts and fight, With hearts more proof than shields. Shak.

One who, or that which, carries a shield.

A sheldrake.

Destitute of a shield, or of protection. -- Shield"less*ly, adv. -- Shield"less*ness, n.

Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidæ, native of Ceylon and Southern Asia. They have a small mouth which can not be dilated.