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Schaft. Var. of Chaft n.¹ (jaw). To semble with (one's) schaft, to make faces. Also attrib. in schaft bleid, jaw-bone. — 1513 Doug. viii Prol. 60.
Sum ledys langis on the land, for love or for lak, To sembyll with thar schaftis and set apon sys Ib. ix vii 113.
In the harn pan the schaft he hes affixt, Quhil blude and brane al togidder mixt 1608 Glasgow B. Rec. I 291.
And he cum neir me I sall lay on his schaftis 1637 Elgin Rec. I 256.
Dinging of hir … and gewing of hir sindrie cuiffis in the schaftis 1638 Dickson in Sel. Biog. II 25.
Neuer man shall get the doore dung in his schafts that would be in —attrib. c1600 Montg. Suppl. xv 24.
As his schaft-bleid can witnes beir