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shailed

shailed is the simple past and past participle of shail.

Meaning of shail

Verb

shail (third-person singular simple present shails, present participle shailing, simple past and past participle shailed)

  1. (dialectal, intransitive) To walk or move unsteadily or haphazardly; stumbling or shuffling.
    • The mysterious woman meandered up the street, shailing and leaning precariously at times.

Questions about shailed

What is shailed the simple past and past participle of?
Shailed is the simple past and past participle of shail.

Words near shailed in the dictionary

  1. shaiks
  2. shail
  3. shaila
  4. Shailaja
  5. Shailaputri
  6. shailed
  7. shailing
  8. Shailputri
  9. shails
  10. Shain
  11. Shains

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