WordWeight : Weighing the Words

Pronunciation : Shor"ling
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The skin of a sheen after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep; also, a sheep of the first year's shearing. [Prov. Eng.]

2. A person who is shorn; a shaveling; hence, in contempt, a priest. [Obs.] Halliwell.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913