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word: Sepulture
definition:
Sepulture

Sep"ul*ture
(?)
n.
[F. sépulture, L. sepultura, fr. sepelire, sepultum, to bury.]
1.
The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave; burial; interment.

Where we may royal sepulture prepare.
Dryden.

2.
A sepulcher; a grave; a place of burial.

Drunkeness that is the horrible sepulture of man's reason.
Chaucer.


word: Sequacious
definition:
Sequacious

Se*qua"cious
(?)
a.
[L. sequax, -acis, fr. suquit to follow. See Sue to follow. ]
1.
Inclined to follow a leader; following; attendant.

Trees uprooted left their place,
Sequacious of the lyre.
Dryden.

2.
Hence, ductile; malleable; pliant; manageable.

In the greater bodies the forge was easy, the matter being ductile and sequacious.
Ray.

3.
Having or observing logical sequence; logically consistent and rigorous; consecutive in development or transition of thought.

The scheme of pantheistic omniscience so prevalent among the sequacious thinkers of the day.
Sir W. Hamilton.

Milton was not an extensive or discursive thinker, as Shakespeare was; for the motions of his mind were slow, solemn, and sequacious, like those of the planets.
De Quincey.


word: Sequacity
definition:
Sequacity

Se*quac"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. sequacitas.]
Quality or state of being sequacious; sequaciousness.
Bacon.


word: Sequel
definition:
Sequel

Se"quel
(sē"kwĕl)
n.
[L. sequela, fr. sequit to follow: cf. F. séquelle a following. See Sue to follow.]
1.
That which follows; a succeeding part; continuation; as, the sequel of a man's advantures or history.

O, let me say no more!
Gather the sequel by that went before.
Shak.

2.
Consequence; event; effect; result; as, let the sun cease, fail, or swerve, and the sequel would be ruin.

3.
Conclusion; inference.
[R.]
Whitgift.


word: Sequela
definition:
Sequela

Se*que"la
(?)
n.
pl. Sequelae (#).
[L., a follower, a result, from sequit to follow.]
One who, or that which, follows.
(a)
An adherent, or a band or sect of adherents.
sequela
G. P. Marsh.
(b)
That which follows as the logical result of reasoning; inference; conclusion; suggestion.

Sequelae, or thoughts suggested by the preceding aphorisms.
Coleridge.


word: Sequence
definition:
Sequence

Se"quence
(sē"kwens)
n.
[F. séquence, L.  sequentia, fr.  sequens. See Sequent.]
1.
The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.

How art thou a king
But by fair sequence and succession?
Shak.

Sequence and series of the seasons of the year.
Bacon.

2.
That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result.

The inevitable sequences of sin and punishment.
Bp. Hall.

3.
(Philos.)
Simple succession, or the coming after in time, without asserting or implying causative energy; as, the reactions of chemical agents may be conceived as merely invariable sequences.

4.
(Mus.)
(a)
Any succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps.
(b)
A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia.

5.
(R.C.Ch.)
A hymn introduced in the Mass on certain festival days, and recited or sung immediately before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name.
Bp. Fitzpatrick.

Originally the sequence was called a Prose, because its early form was rhythmical prose.
Shipley.

6.
(Card Playing)
(a)
(Whist)
Three or more cards of the same suit in immediately consecutive order of value; as, ace, king, and queen; or knave, ten, nine, and eight.
(b)
(Poker)
All five cards, of a hand, in consecutive order as to value, but not necessarily of the same suit; when of one suit, it is called a sequence flush.

7.
the specific order of any linear arrangement of items; as, the sequence of amino acid residues in a protein; the sequence of instructions in a computer program; the sequence of acts in a variety show.


word: Sequence₂
definition:
Sequence

Se"quence
(?)
v. t.
(Biochem.)
to determine the sequence of; as, to sequence a protein or a DNA fragment.


word: Sequent
definition:
Sequent

Se"quent
(?)
a.
[L. sequens, -entis, p. pr. of sequi to follow. See Sue to follow.]
1.
Following; succeeding; in continuance.

What to this was sequent
Thou knowest already.
Shak.

2.
Following as an effect; consequent.


word: Sequester
definition:
Sequester

Se*ques"ter
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sequestered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sequestering.]
[F. séquestrer, L. sequestrare to give up for safe keeping, from sequester a depositary or trustee in whose hands the thing contested was placed until the dispute was settled.  Cf. Sequestrate.]
1.
(Law)
To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate.

Formerly the goods of a defendant in chancery were, in the last resort, sequestered and detained to enforce the decrees of the court. And now the profits of a benefice are sequestered to pay the debts of ecclesiastics.
Blackstone.

2.
To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.

It was his tailor and his cook, his fine fashions and his French ragouts, which sequestered him.
South.

3.
To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.

I had wholly sequestered my civil affairss.
Bacon.

4.
To cause to retire or withdraw into obscurity; to seclude; to withdraw; -- often used reflexively.

When men most sequester themselves from action.
Hooker.

A love and desire to sequester a man's self for a higher conversation.
Bacon.


word: Sequester₂
definition:
Sequester

Se*ques"ter
v. i.
1.
To withdraw; to retire.
[Obs.]

To sequester out of the world into Atlantic and Utopian politics.
Milton.

2.
(Law)
To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.


word: Sequester₃
definition:
Sequester

Se*ques"ter
n.
1.
Sequestration; separation.
[R.]

2.
(Law)
A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a mediator; an umpire or referee.
Bouvier.

3.
(Med.)
Same as Sequestrum.


word: Sequestered
definition:
Sequestered

Se*ques"tered
(?)
a.
Retired; secluded.
Sequestered
Cowper.

Along the cool, sequestered vale of life.
Gray.


word: Sequestrable
definition:
Sequestrable

Se*ques"tra*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being sequestered; subject or liable to sequestration.


word: Sequestrate
definition:
Sequestrate

Se*ques"trate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sequestrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sequestrating.]
To sequester.


word: Sequestration
definition:
Sequestration

Seq`ues*tra"tion
(?)
n.
[L. sequestratio: cf. F. séquestration.]
1.
(a)
(Civil & Com. Law)
The act of separating, or setting aside, a thing in controversy from the possession of both the parties that contend for it, to be delivered to the one adjudged entitled to it. It may be voluntary or involuntary.
(b)
(Chancery)
A prerogative process empowering certain commissioners to take and hold a defendant's property and receive the rents and profits thereof, until he clears himself of a contempt or performs a decree of the court.
(c)
(Eccl. Law)
A kind of execution for a rent, as in the case of a beneficed clerk, of the profits of a benefice, till he shall have satisfied some debt established by decree; the gathering up of the fruits of a benefice during a vacancy, for the use of the next incumbent; the disposing of the goods, by the ordinary, of one who is dead, whose estate no man will meddle with.
Craig.
Tomlins.
Wharton.
(d)
(Internat. Law)
The seizure of the property of an individual for the use of the state; particularly applied to the seizure, by a belligerent power, of debts due from its subjects to the enemy.
Burrill.

2.
The state of being separated or set aside; separation; retirement; seclusion from society.

Since Henry Monmouth first began to reign, . . . 
This loathsome sequestration have I had.
Shak.

3.
Disunion; disjunction.
[Obs.]
Boyle.


word: Sequestrator
definition:
Sequestrator

Seq"ues*tra`tor
(?)
n.
[L., one that hinders or impedes.]
(Law)
(a)
One who sequesters property, or takes the possession of it for a time, to satisfy a demand out of its rents or profits.
(b)
One to whom the keeping of sequestered property is committed.


word: Sequestrum
definition:
Sequestrum

Se*ques"trum
(?)
n.
pl. Sequestra (#).
[NL. See Sequester.]
(Med.)
A portion of dead bone which becomes separated from the sound portion, as in necrosis.


word: Sequin
definition:
Sequin

Se"quin
(?)
n.
[F. sequin, It. zecchino, from zecca the mint, fr. Ar. sekkah, sikkah, a die, a stamp.  Cf. Zechin.]
An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck at Venice about the end of the 13th century, and afterward in the other Italian cities, and by the Levant trade was introduced into Turkey. It is worth about 9s. 3d. sterling, or about $2.25. The different kinds vary somewhat in value.
[Written also chequin, and zequin.]


word: Sequoia
definition:
Sequoia

Se*quoi"a
(?)
n.
[NL. So called by Dr. Endlicher in honor of Sequoyah, who invented the Cherokee alphabet.]
(Bot.)
A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. Sequoia gigantea, the “big tree” of California, and Sequoia sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height.


word: Sequoiene
definition:
Sequoiene

Se*quoi"ene
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A hydrocarbon (C13H10) obtained in white fluorescent crystals, in the distillation products of the needles of the California “big tree” (Sequoia gigantea).


word: Serac
definition:
Serac

Sé`rac"
(?)
n.
[F. (in the Alps), orig., a kind of solid cheese.]
A pinnacle of ice among the crevasses of a glacier; also, one of the blocks into which a glacier breaks on a steep grade.


word: Seraglio
definition:
Seraglio

Se*ragl"io
(?)
n.
[It. serraglio, originally, an inclosure of palisades, afterwards also, a palace, seraglio (by confusion with Per. serāïa a palace, an entirely different word), fr. serrare to shut, fr. LL. serra a bar for fastening doors, L. sera. See Serry, Series.]
1.
An inclosure; a place of separation.
[Obs.]

I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell as in a suburb, by themselves. I passed by the piazza Judea, where their seraglio begins.
Evelyn.

2.
The palace of the Grand Seignior, or Turkish sultan, at Constantinople, inhabited by the sultan himself, and all the officers and dependents of his court. In it are also kept the females of the harem.

3.
A harem; a place for keeping wives or concubines; sometimes, loosely, a place of licentious pleasure; a house of debauchery.


word: Serai
definition:
Serai

Se*ra"i
(?)
n.
[Per. serāï, or sarāï, a palace, a king's court, a seraglio, an inn.  Cf. Caravansary.]
A palace; a seraglio; also, in the East, a place for the accommodation of travelers; a caravansary, or rest house.


word: Serape
definition:
Serape

Se*ra"pe
(?)
n.
[Sp. Amer. sarape.]
A blanket or shawl worn as an outer garment by the Spanish Americans, as in Mexico.


word: Seraph
definition:
Seraph

Ser"aph
(?)
n.
pl. E. Seraphs (#), Heb. Seraphim (#).
[Heb. serāphim, pl.]
One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is represented as one of a class of angels.
Isa. vi. 2.

As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns,
As the rapt seraph that adores and burns.
Pope.

Seraph moth (Zool.), any one of numerous species of geometrid moths of the genus Lobophora, having the hind wings deeply bilobed, so that they seem to have six wings.


word: Seraphical
definition:
Seraphical

Seraphic

{ Se*raph"ic (?), Se*raph"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. séraphique.]
Of or pertaining to a seraph; becoming, or suitable to, a seraph; angelic; sublime; pure; refined.
Seraphic
Milton.
Seraphical
Jer. Taylor.
Se*raph"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Se*raph"ic*al*ness, n.


word: Seraphicism
definition:
Seraphicism

Se*raph"i*cism
(?)
n.
The character, quality, or state of a seraph; seraphicalness.
[R.]
Cudworth.


word: Seraphim
definition:
Seraphim

Ser"a*phim
(?)
n.
The Hebrew plural of Seraph.  Cf. Cherubim.

&hand_; The double plural form seraphims is sometimes used, as in the King James version of the Bible, Isa. vi. 2 and 6.


word: Seraphine
definition:
Seraphine

Ser"a*phine
(?)
n.
[From Seraph.]
(Mus.)
A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument.


word: Serapis
definition:
Serapis

Se*ra"pis
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;_;_;, _;_;_;.]
(Myth.)
An Egyptian deity, at first a symbol of the Nile, and so of fertility; later, one of the divinities of the lower world. His worship was introduced into Greece and Rome.


word: Seraskier
definition:
Seraskier

Se*ras"kier
(?)
n.
[Turk., fr. Per. ser head, chief + Ar. 'asker an army.]
A general or commander of land forces in the Turkish empire; especially, the commander-in-chief of minister of war.


word: Serbonian
definition:
Serbonian

Ser*bo"ni*an
(?)
a.
Relating to the lake of Serbonis in Egypt, which by reason of the sand blowing into it had a deceptive appearance of being solid land, but was a bog.

A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog . . . 
Where armies whole have sunk.
Milton.


word: Sere₂
definition:
Sere

Sere
(?)
a.
Dry; withered. Same as Sear.

But with its sound it shook the sails
That were so thin and sere.
Coleridge.


word: Serein
definition:
Serein

Se*rein"
(?)
n.
[F.  Cf. Serenade, n.]
(Meteorol.)
A mist, or very fine rain, which sometimes falls from a clear sky a few moments after sunset.
Tyndall.


word: Serenade
definition:
Serenade

Ser`e*nade"
(?)
n.
[F. sérénade, It. serenata, probably fr. L. serenus serene (cf. Serene), misunderstood as a derivative fr. L. serus late.  Cf. Soirée.]
(Mus.)
(a)
Music sung or performed in the open air at nights; -- usually applied to musical entertainments given in the open air at night, especially by gentlemen, in a spirit of gallantry, under the windows of ladies.
(b)
A piece of music suitable to be performed at such times.


word: Serenade₂
definition:
Serenade

Ser`e*nade"
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Serenaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Serenading.]
To entertain with a serenade.


word: Serenate
definition:
Serenate

Serenata

{ Ser`e*na"ta (?), Ser"e*nate (?), }
n.
[It. serenata. See Serenade.]
(Mus.)
A piece of vocal music, especially one on an amoreus subject; a serenade.

Or serenate, which the starved lover sings
To his pround fair.
Milton.

&hand_; The name serenata was given by Italian composers in the time of Handel, and by Handel himself, to a cantata of a pastoreal of dramatic character, to a secular ode, etc.; also by Mozart and others to an orchectral composition, in several movements, midway between the suite of an earlier period and the modern symphony.
Grove.


word: Serene
definition:
Serene

Se*rene"
(?)
a.
[L. serenus to grow dry, Gr. _;_;_; hot, scorching.]
1.
Bright; clear; unabscured; as, a serene sky.

The moon serene in glory mounts the sky.
Pope.

Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear.
Gray.

2.
Calm; placid; undisturbed; unruffled; as, a serene aspect; a serene soul.
Milton.

&hand_; In several countries of Europe, Serene is given as a tittle to princes and the members of their families; as, His Serene Highness.

Drop serene. (Med.) See Amaurosis. Milton.


word: Serene₂
definition:
Serene

Se*rene"
n.
1.
Serenity; clearness; calmness.
[Poetic.]
serene
Southey.

To their master is denied
To share their sweet serene.
Young.

2.
[F. serein evening dew or damp. See Serein.]
Evening air; night chill.
[Obs.]
serene
B. Jonson.


word: Serene₃
definition:
Serene

Se*rene"
v. t.
[L. serenare.]
To make serene.

Heaven and earth, as if contending, vie
To raise his being, and serene his soul.
Thomson.


word: Serenely
definition:
Serenely

Se*rene"ly
adv.
1.
In a serene manner; clearly.

Now setting Phœbus shone serenely bright.
Pope.

2.
With unruffled temper; coolly; calmly.
Prior.


word: Serenity
definition:
Serenity

Se*ren"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. serenuas: cf. F. sérénité.]
1.
The quality or state of being serene; clearness and calmness; quietness; stillness; peace.

A general peace and serenity newly succeeded a general trouble.
Sir W. Temple.

2.
Calmness of mind; eveness of temper; undisturbed state; coolness; composure.

I can not see how any men should ever transgress those moral rules with confidence and serenity.
Locke.

&hand_; Serenity is given as a title to the members of certain princely families in Europe; as, Your Serenity.


word: Serf
definition:
Serf

Serf
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. serus servant, slave; akin to servare to protect, preserve, observe, and perhaps originally, a client, a man under one's protection.  Cf. Serve, v. t.]
A servant or slave employed in husbandry, and in some countries attached to the soil and transferred with it, as formerly in Russia.

In England, at least from the reign of Henry II, one only, and that the inferior species [of villeins], existed . . . But by the customs of France and Germany, persons in this abject state seem to have been called serfs, and distinguished from villeins, who were only bound to fixed payments and duties in respect of their lord, though, as it seems, without any legal redress if injured by him.
Hallam.


word: Serge
definition:
Serge

Serge
(?)
n.
[F. serge, sarge, originally, a silken stuff, fr. L. serica, f. or neut. pl. of sericus silken. See Sericeous, Silk.]
A woolen twilled stuff, much used as material for clothing for both sexes.

Silk serge, a twilled silk fabric used mostly by tailors for lining parts of gentlemen's coats.


word: Sergeancy
definition:
Sergeancy

Ser"gean*cy
(?)
n.
pl. Sergeancies (#).
[Cf. Sergeanty.]
The office of a sergeant; sergeantship.
[Written also serjeancy.]


word: Sergeant
definition:
Sergeant

Ser"geant
(?)
n.
[F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. of servire to serve. See Serve, and cf. Servant.]
[Written also serjeant. Both spellings are authorized. In England serjeant is usually preferred, except for military officers. In the United States sergeant is common for civil officers also.]
1.
Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.

The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought.
Chaucer.

The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those men go.
Acts xvi. 35.

This fell sergeant, Death,
Is strict in his arrest.
Shak.

2.
(Mil.)
In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc.

&hand_; In the United States service, besides the sergeants belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment, a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned officer, and has important duties as the assistant to the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants have charge of the ammunition at military posts.

3.
(Law)
A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the doctor of the civil law; -- called also serjeant at law.
[Eng.]
Blackstone.

4.
A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign; as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant, surgeon.
[Eng.]

5.
(Zool.)
The cobia.

Drill sergeant. (Mil.) See under Drill. -- Sergeant-at-arms, an officer of a legislative body, or of a deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands in preserving order and arresting offenders. See Sergeant, 1. -- Sergeant major. (a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above. (b) (Zool.) The cow pilot.


word: Sergeantry
definition:
Sergeantry

Ser"geant*ry
(?)
n.
[CF. OF. sergenteric.]
See Sergeanty.
[R.]
[Written also serjeantry.]


word: Sergeanty
definition:
Sergeanty

Ser"geant*y
(?)
n.
[Cf. OF. sergentie, LL. sergentia. See Sergeant.]
(Eng. Law)
Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, but to the king only.
[Written also serjeanty.]

Grand sergeanty, a particular kind of tenure by which the tenant was bound to do some special honorary service to the king in person, as to carry his banner, his sword, or the like. Tomlins. Cowell. Blackstone. -- Petit sergeanty. See under Petit.


word: Serial
definition:
Serial

Se"ri*al
(?)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication.
serial
H. Spencer.

2.
(Bot.)
Of or pertaining to rows.
Gray.

Serial homology. (Biol.) See under Homology. -- Serial symmetry. (Biol.) See under Symmetry.


word: Serial₂
definition:
Serial

Se"ri*al
n.
A publication appearing in a series or succession of part; a tale, or other writing, published in successive numbers of a periodical.


word: Seriality
definition:
Seriality

Se`ri*al"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality or state of succession in a series; sequence.
H. Spenser.


word: Serially
definition:
Serially

Se"ri*al*ly
adv.
In a series, or regular order; in a serial manner; as, arranged serially; published serially.


word: Seriate
definition:
Seriate

Se"ri*ate
(?)
a.
Arranged in a series or succession; pertaining to a series.
Se"ri*ate*ly, adv.


word: Sericeous
definition:
Sericeous

Se*ri"ceous
(?)
a.
[L. sericus silken, sericum Seric stuff, silk, fr. Sericus belonging to the Seres, Gr. _;_;_;, a people of Eastern Asia, the modern Chinese, celebrated for their silken fabrics.  Cf. Silk, Serge a woolen stuff.]
1.
Of or pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky.

2.
(Bot.)
Covered with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; as, a sericeous leaf.

3.
(Zool.)
Having a silklike luster, usually due to fine, close hairs.


word: Sericin
definition:
Sericin

Ser"i*cin
(?)
n.
[L. sericus silken.]
(Chem.)
A gelatinous nitrogenous material extracted from crude silk and other similar fiber by boiling water; -- called also silk gelatin.


word: Sericite
definition:
Sericite

Ser"i*cite
(?)
n.
[L. sericus silken.]
(Min.)
A kind of muscovite occuring in silky scales having a fibrous structure. It is characteristic of sericite schist.


word: Seriema
definition:
Seriema

Ser`i*e"ma
(?)
n.
[Native name.]
(Zool.)
either of two large South American birds related to the cranes, the cariama of Southern Brazil (Cariama cristata, formerly Dicholophus cristata) or the Chunga burmeisteri of Argentina. They have an erectile crest and a short, broad bill.  They are often domesticated.


word: Series
definition:
Series

Se"ries
(?)
n.
[L. series, fr. serere, sertum, to join or bind together; cf. Gr. _;_;_; to fasten, Skr. sarit thread.  Cf. Assert, Desert a solitude, Exert, Insert, Seraglio.]
1.
A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as, a continuous series of calamitous events.

During some years his life a series of triumphs.
Macaulay.

2.
(Biol.)
Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups.

&hand_; Sometimes a series includes several classes; sometimes only orders or families; in other cases only species.

3.
(Bot.)
In Engler's system of plant classification, a group of families showing certain structural or morphological relationships. It corresponds to the cohort of some writers, and to the order of many modern systematists.

4.
(Math.)
An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series.

5.
(Elec.)
A mode of arranging the separate parts of a circuit by connecting them successively end to end to form a single path for the current; -- opposed to parallel. The parts so arranged are said to be in series.

6.
(Com.)
A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.


word: Series dynamo
definition:
Series dynamo

Series dynamo
(Elec.)
(a)
A series-wound dynamo.
(b)
A dynamo running in series with another or others.


word: Series motor
definition:
Series motor

Series motor
(Elec.)
(a)
A series-wound motor.
(b)
A motor capable of being used in a series circuit.


word: Series winding
definition:
Series winding

Series winding
(Elec.)
A winding in which the armature coil and the field-magnet coil are in series with the external circuits; -- opposed to shunt winding.
Se"ries-wound`, a.


word: Serigraph
definition:
Serigraph

Ser`i*graph
(?)
n.
[L. sericum silk + E. -graph.]
An autographic device to test the strength of raw silk.


word: Serin
definition:
Serin

Ser"in
(?)
n.
[F. serin.]
(Zool.)
A European finch (Serinus hortulanus) closely related to the canary.


word: Serine
definition:
Serine

Ser"ine
(sĕr"ēn; sĕr"ĭn; also, less correctly, sēr"ēn)
n.
[L. sericus silken.]
(Chem.)
one of the natural L-amino acids, obtainable as a white crystalline nitrogenous substance by the action of dilute sulphuric acid on silk gelatin.  It is found in many proteins, and, having a free primary hydroxyl group on the side chain, is involved in the catalytic action at the active site of some enzymes, such as proteases.  The IUPAC abbreviation for serine in protein sequences is Ser.  Chemically it is 2-amino-3-hydroxy-propanoic acid (C3H7NO3), HO.CH2.CH(NH2).COOH.


word: Serio-comical
definition:
Serio-comical

Serio-comic

{ Se`ri*o-com"ic (?), Se`ri*o-com"ic*al (?), }
a.
Having a mixture of seriousness and sport; serious and comical.


word: Serious
definition:
Serious

Se"ri*ous
(?)
a.
[L. serius: cf. F. sérieux, LL. seriosus.]
1.
Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.

He is always serious, yet there is about his manner a graceful ease.
Macaulay.

2.
Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving.
Beaconsfield.

3.
Important; weighty; not trifling; grave.

The holy Scriptures bring to our ears the most serious things in the world.
Young.

4.
Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury.


word: Serjeantcy
definition:
Serjeantcy

Serjeant

{ Ser"jeant (?), Ser"jeant*cy, etc. }
See Sergeant, Sergeantcy, etc.

Serjeant-at-arms. See Sergeant-at-arms, under Sergeant.


word: Sermocination
definition:
Sermocination

Ser*moc`i*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. sermocinatio. See Sermon.]
The making of speeches or sermons; sermonizing.
[Obs.]
Peacham.


word: Sermon
definition:
Sermon

Ser"mon
(?)
n.
[OE. sermoun, sermun, F. sermon, fr. L. sermo, -onis, a speaking, discourse, probably fr. serer, sertum, to join, connect; hence, a connected speech. See Series.]
1.
A discourse or address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermons of Chaucer.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
Specifically, a discourse delivered in public, usually by a clergyman, for the purpose of religious instruction and grounded on some text or passage of Scripture.

This our life exempt from public haunts
Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones and good in everything.
Shak.

His preaching much, but more his practice, wrought,
A living sermon of the truths he taught.
Dryden.

3.
Hence, a serious address; a lecture on one's conduct or duty; an exhortation or reproof; a homily; -- often in a depreciatory sense.


word: Sermon₂
definition:
Sermon

Ser"mon
v. i.
[Cf. OF. sermoner, F. sermonner to lecture one.]
To speak; to discourse; to compose or deliver a sermon.
[Obs.]
Holinshed.

What needeth it to sermon of it more?
Chaucer.


word: Sermon₃
definition:
Sermon

Ser"mon
v. t.
1.
To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

2.
To tutor; to lecture.
[Poetic]
Shak.


word: Sermonical
definition:
Sermonical

Sermonic

{ Ser*mon"ic (?), Ser*mon"ic*al (?), }
a.
Like, or appropriate to, a sermon; grave and didactic.
[R.]
sermonic
Prof. Wilson.
Sermonical
V. Knox.


word: Sermoning
definition:
Sermoning

Ser"mon*ing
(?)
n.
The act of discoursing; discourse; instruction; preaching.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Sermonize
definition:
Sermonize

Ser"mon*ize
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Sermonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sermonizing (?).]
1.
To compose or write a sermon or sermons; to preach.

2.
To inculcate rigid rules.
[R.]
Chesterfield.


word: Sermonize₂
definition:
Sermonize

Ser"mon*ize
v. t.
To preach or discourse to; to affect or influence by means of a sermon or of sermons.
[R.]

Which of us shall sing or sermonize the other fast asleep?
Landor.


word: Serolin
definition:
Serolin

Ser"o*lin
(?)
n.
[Serum + L. oleum oil.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
(a)
A peculiar fatty substance found in the blood, probably a mixture of fats, cholesterin, etc.
(b)
A body found in fecal matter and thought to be formed in the intestines from the cholesterin of the bile; -- called also stercorin, and stercolin.


word: Seroon
definition:
Seroon

Seron

{ Se*ron" (?), Se*roon" (?), }
n.
[Sp. seron a kind of hamper or pannier, aug. of sera a large pannier or basket.]
Same as Ceroon.

&hand_; This word as expressing a quantity or weight has no definite signification.
McElrath.


word: Serosity
definition:
Serosity

Se*ros"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F.  serosité. See Serous.]
1.
The quality or state of being serous.

2.
(Physiol.)
A thin watery animal fluid, as synovial fluid and pericardial fluid.


word: Serotine
definition:
Serotine

Ser"o*tine
(?)
n.
[F. sérotine, fr. L. serotinus that comes or happens late.]
(Zool.)
The European long-eared bat (Vesperugo serotinus).


word: Serotinous
definition:
Serotinous

Se*rot"i*nous
(?)
a.
[L. serotinus, fr. serus late.]
(Biol.)
Appearing or blossoming later in the season than is customary with allied species.


word: Serous
definition:
Serous

Se"rous
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. séreux. See Serum.]
(Physiol.)
(a)
Thin; watery; like serum; as, the serous fluids.
(b)
Of or pertaining to serum; as, the serous glands, membranes, layers. See Serum.

Serous membrane. (Anat.) See under Membrane.


word: Serpens
definition:
Serpens

Ser"pens
(?)
n.
[L. See Serpent.]
(Astron.)
A constellation represented as a serpent held by Serpentarius.


word: Serpent
definition:
Serpent

Ser"pent
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia), fr. serpens, p. pr. of serpere to creep; akin to Gr. _;_;_;, Skr. sarp, and perhaps to L. repere, E. reptile.  Cf. Herpes.]
1.
(Zool.)
Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under Ophidia.

&hand_; The serpents are mostly long and slender, and move partly by bending the body into undulations or folds and pressing them against objects, and partly by using the free edges of their ventral scales to cling to rough surfaces. Many species glide swiftly over the ground, some burrow in the earth, others live in trees. A few are entirely aquatic, and swim rapidly. See Ophidia, and Fang.

2.
Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.

3.
A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground.

4.
(Astron.)
The constellation Serpens.

5.
(Mus.)
A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form.

Pharaoh's serpent (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a combustible white substance which in burning gives off a poisonous vapor and leaves a peculiar brown voluminous residue which is expelled in a serpentine from. It is employed as a scientific toy. -- Serpent cucumber (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant Trichosanthes colubrina; also, the plant itself. -- Serpent eage (Zool.), any one of several species of raptorial birds of the genera Circaetus and Spilornis, which prey on serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern Europe, and India.  The European serpent eagle is Circaetus Gallicus. -- Serpent eater. (Zool.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) An Asiatic antelope; the markhoor. -- Serpent fish (Zool.), a fish (Cepola rubescens) with a long, thin, compressed body, and a band of red running lengthwise. -- Serpent star (Zool.), an ophiuran; a brittle star. -- Serpent's tongue (Paleon.), the fossil tooth of a shark; -- so called from its resemblance to a tongue with its root. -- Serpent withe (Bot.), a West Indian climbing plant (Aristolochia odoratissima). -- Tree serpent (Zool.), any species of African serpents belonging to the family Dendrophidae.


word: Serpent₂
definition:
Serpent

Ser"pent
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Serpented; p. pr. & vb. n. Serpenting.]
To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander.
[R.]
serpenting
Evelyn.


word: Serpentaria
definition:
Serpentaria

Ser`pen*ta"ri*a
(?)
a.
[L. (sc. herba), fr. serpens serpent.]
(Med.)
The fibrous aromatic root of the Virginia snakeroot (Aristolochia Serpentaria).


word: Serpentarius
definition:
Serpentarius

Ser`pen*ta"ri*us
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. serpens serpent.]
(Astron.)
A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also Ophiuchus.


word: Serpentigenous
definition:
Serpentigenous

Ser`pen*tig"e*nous
(?)
a.
[L. serpens, -entis, a serpent + -genous: cf. L. serpentigena.]
Bred of a serpent.


word: Serpentine
definition:
Serpentine

Ser"pen*tine
(?)
a.
[L. serpentinus: cf. F. serpentin.]
Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as, serpentine braid.

Thy shape
Like his, and color serpentine.
Milton.


word: Serpentine₂
definition:
Serpentine

Ser"pen*tine
n.
[Cf. (for sense 1) F. serpentine, (for sense 2) serpentin.]
1.
(Min.)
A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green color, often with a spotted or mottled appearance resembling a serpent's skin. Precious, or noble, serpentine is translucent and of a rich oil-green color.

&hand_; Serpentine has been largely produced by the alteration of other minerals, especially of chrysolite.

2.
(Ordnance)
A kind of ancient cannon.


word: Serpentinize
definition:
Serpentinize

Ser"pen*tin*ize
(?)
v. t.
(Min.)
To convert (a magnesian silicate) into serpentine.
Ser`pen*tin`i*za"tion (#), n.


word: Serpentinous
definition:
Serpentinous

Ser"pen*ti`nous
(?)
a.
Relating to, or like, serpentine; as, a rock serpentinous in character.


word: Serpentize
definition:
Serpentize

Ser"pent*ize
(?)
v. i.
To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander; to wind; to serpentine.
[R.]

The river runs before the door, and serpentizes more than you can conceive.
Walpole.


word: Serpentry
definition:
Serpentry

Ser"pent*ry
(?)
n.
1.
A winding like a serpent's.

2.
A place inhabited or infested by serpents.


word: Serpiginous
definition:
Serpiginous

Ser*pig"i*nous
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. serpigineux.]
(Med.)
Creeping; -- said of lesions which heal over one portion while continuing to advance at another.


word: Serpigo
definition:
Serpigo

Ser*pi"go
(?)
n.
[LL., fr. L. serpere to creep.]
(Med.)
A dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm.


word: Serpula
definition:
Serpula

Ser"pu*la
(?)
n.
pl. Serpulae (#), E. Serpulas (#).
[L., a little snake. See Serpent.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts.


word: Serranoid
definition:
Serranoid

Ser*ra"noid
(?)
n.
[NL. Serranus, a typical genus (fr. L. serra a saw) + -oid.]
(Zool.)
Any fish of the family Serranidae, which includes the striped bass, the black sea bass, and many other food fishes.
a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Serranidae.


word: Serrated
definition:
Serrated

Serrate

{ Ser"rate (?), Ser"ra*ted (?), }
a.
[L. serratus, fr. serra a saw; perhaps akin to secare to cut, E. saw a cutting instrument.  Cf. Sierra.]
1.
Notched on the edge, like a saw.

2.
(Bot.)
Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves.

Doubly serrate, having small serratures upon the large ones, as the leaves of the elm. -- Serrate-ciliate, having fine hairs, like the eyelashes, on the serratures; -- said of a leaf. -- Serrate-dentate, having the serratures toothed.


word: Serration
definition:
Serration

Ser*ra"tion
(?)
n.
1.
Condition of being serrate; formation in the shape of a saw.

2.
One of the teeth in a serrate or serrulate margin.


word: Serratirostral
definition:
Serratirostral

Ser*ra`ti*ros"tral
(?)
a.
[Serrate + rostral.]
(Zool.)
Having a toothed bill, like that of a toucan.


word: Serrature
definition:
Serrature

Ser"ra*ture
(?)
n.
[L. serratura a sawing, fr. serrare to saw.]
1.
A notching, like that between the teeth of a saw, in the edge of anything.
Martyn.

2.
One of the teeth in a serrated edge; a serration.


word: Serricorn₂
definition:
Serricorn

Ser"ri*corn
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of a numerous tribe of beetles (Serricornia). The joints of the antennae are prominent, thus producing a serrate appearance. See Illust. under Antenna.


word: Serried
definition:
Serried

Ser"ried
(?)
a.
[See Serry.]
Crowded; compact; dense; pressed together.

Nor seemed it to relax their serried files.
Milton.


word: Serrifera
definition:
Serrifera

Ser*rif"e*ra
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. serra saw + ferre to bear.]
(Zool.)
A division of Hymenoptera comprising the sawflies.


word: Serrirostres
definition:
Serrirostres

Ser`ri*ros"tres
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. fr. L. serra saw + rostrum beak.]
(Zool.)
Same as Lamellirostres.


word: Serrulated
definition:
Serrulated

Serrulate

{ Ser"rulate (?), Ser"ru*la`ted (?), }
a.
[L. serrula a little saw, dim. of serra a saw.]
Finely serrate; having very minute teeth.


word: Serrulation
definition:
Serrulation

Ser`ru*la"tion
(?)
n.
1.
The state of being notched minutely, like a fine saw.
Wright.

2.
One of the teeth in a serrulate margin.


word: Serry
definition:
Serry

Ser"ry
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Serried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Serrying.]
[F. serrer, LL. serrare, serare, from L. sera a bar, bolt; akin to serere to join or bind together. See Serries.]
To crowd; to press together.
[Now perhaps only in the form serried, p. p. or a.]


word: Sertularia
definition:
Sertularia

Ser`tu*la"ri*a
(?)
n.
[NL., dim. fr. L. serta a garland.]
(Zool.)
A genus of delicate branching hydroids having small sessile hydrothecae along the sides of the branches.


word: Sertularian
definition:
Sertularian

Ser`tu*la"ri*an
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any species of Sertularia, or of Sertularidae, a family of hydroids having branched chitinous stems and simple sessile hydrothecae. Also used adjectively.


word: Serum
definition:
Serum

Se"rum
(sē"rŭm)
n.
[L., akin to Gr. _;_;_;, Skr. sāra curd.]
(Physiol.)
(a)
The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc.
(b)
A thin watery fluid, containing more or less albumin, secreted by the serous membranes of the body, such as the pericardium and peritoneum.

Blood serum, the pale yellowish fluid which exudes from the clot formed in the coagulation of the blood; the liquid portion of the blood, after removal of the blood corpuscles and the fibrin. -- Muscle serum, the thin watery fluid which separates from the muscles after coagulation of the muscle plasma; the watery portion of the plasma. See Muscle plasma, under Plasma. -- Serum albumin (Physiol. Chem.), an albuminous body, closely related to egg albumin, present in nearly all serous fluids; esp., the albumin of blood serum. -- Serum globulin (Physiol. Chem.), paraglobulin. -- Serum of milk (Physiol. Chem.), the whey, or fluid portion of milk, remaining after removal of the casein and fat.


word: Serum-therapy
definition:
Serum-therapy

Se"rum-ther`a*py
(?)
n.
(Med.)
The treatment of disease by the injection of blood serum from immune animals.


word: Servable
definition:
Servable

Serv"a*ble
(?)
a.
[See Serve.]
1.
Capable of being served.

2.
[L. servabilis.]
Capable of being preserved.
[R.]


word: Serval
definition:
Serval

Ser"val
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. serval.]
(Zool.)
An African wild cat (Felis serval) of moderate size; -- called also serval cat. It has rather long legs and a tail of moderate length. Its color is tawny, with black spots on the body and rings of black on the tail.


word: Servant
definition:
Servant

Serv"ant
(?)
n.
[OE. servant, servaunt, F. servant, a & p. pr. of servir to serve, L. servire. See Serve, and cf. Sergeant.]
1.
One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate helper.
servant
Lev. xxv. 53.

Men in office have begun to think themselves mere agents and servants of the appointing power, and not agents of the government or the country.
D. Webster.

&hand_; In a legal sense, stewards, factors, bailiffs, and other agents, are servants for the time they are employed in such character, as they act in subordination to others. So any person may be legally the servant of another, in whose business, and under whose order, direction, and control, he is acting for the time being.
Chitty.

2.
One in a state of subjection or bondage.

Thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt.
Deut. v. 15.

3.
A professed lover or suitor; a gallant.
[Obs.]

In my time a servant was I one.
Chaucer.

Servant of servants, one debased to the lowest condition of servitude. -- Your humble servant, or Your obedient servant, phrases of civility formerly often used in closing a letter, now archaic; -- at one time such phrases were exaggerated to include Your most humble, most obedient servant.

Our betters tell us they are our humble servants, but understand us to be their slaves.
Swift.


word: Serve
definition:
Serve

Serve
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Served (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Serving.]
[OE. serven, servien, OF. & F. servir, fr. L. servire; akin to servus a servant or slave, servare to protect, preserve, observe; cf. Zend har to protect, haurva protecting.  Cf. Conserve, Desert merit, Dessert, Observe, Serf, Sergeant.]
1.
To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, as an inferior, domestic, serf, slave, hired assistant, official helper, etc.; specifically, in a religious sense, to obey and worship.

God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit.
Rom. i. 9.

Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
Gen. xxix. 18.

No man can serve two masters.
Matt. vi. 24.

Had I but served my God with half the zeal
I served my king, he would not in mine age
Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Shak.

2.
To be subordinate to; to act a secondary part under; to appear as the inferior of; to minister to.

Bodies bright and greater should not serve
The less not bright.
Milton.

3.
To be suitor to; to profess love to.
[Obs.]

To serve a lady in his beste wise.
Chaucer.

4.
To wait upon; to supply the wants of; to attend; specifically, to wait upon at table; to attend at meals; to supply with food; as, to serve customers in a shop.

Others, pampered in their shameless pride,
Are served in plate and in their chariots ride.
Dryden.

5.
Hence, to bring forward, arrange, deal, or distribute, as a portion of anything, especially of food prepared for eating; -- often with up; formerly with in.

Bid them cover the table, serve in the meat, and we will come in to dinner.
Shak.

Some part he roasts, then serves it up so dressed.
Dryde.

6.
To perform the duties belonging to, or required in or for; hence, to be of use to; as, a curate may serve two churches; to serve one's country.

7.
To contribute or conduce to; to promote; to be sufficient for; to satisfy; as, to serve one's turn.

Turn it into some advantage, by observing where it can serve another end.
Jer. Taylor.

8.
To answer or be (in the place of something) to; as, a sofa serves one for a seat and a couch.

9.
To treat; to behave one's self to; to requite; to act toward; as, he served me very ill.

10.
To work; to operate; as, to serve the guns.

11.
(Law)
(a)
To bring to notice, deliver, or execute, either actually or constructively, in such manner as the law requires; as, to serve a summons.
(b)
To make legal service opon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.); as, to serve a witness with a subpœna.

12.
To pass or spend, as time, esp. time of punishment; as, to serve a term in prison.

13.
To copulate with; to cover; as, a horse serves a mare; -- said of the male.

14.
(Tennis)
To lead off in delivering (the ball).

15.
(Naut.)
To wind spun yarn, or the like, tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather. See under Serving.

To serve an attachment or To serve a writ of attachment (Law), to levy it on the person or goods by seizure, or to seize. -- To serve an execution (Law), to levy it on a lands, goods, or person, by seizure or taking possession. -- To serve an office, to discharge a public duty. -- To serve a process (Law), in general, to read it, so as to give due notice to the party concerned, or to leave an attested copy with him or his attorney, or his usual place of abode. -- To serve a warrant, to read it, and seize the person against whom it is issued. -- To serve a writ (Law), to read it to the defendant, or to leave an attested copy at his usual place of abode. -- To serve one out, to retaliate upon; to requite. “I'll serve you out for this.” C. Kingsley. -- To serve one right, to treat, or cause to befall one, according to his deserts; -- used commonly of ill deserts; as, it serves the scoundrel right. -- To serve one's self of, to avail one's self of; to make use of. [A Gallicism]
[1913 Webster]
I will serve myself of this concession. Chillingworth.
[1913 Webster]
 -- To serve out, to distribute; as, to serve out rations. -- To serve the time or To serve the hour, to regulate one's actions by the requirements of the time instead of by one's duty; to be a timeserver. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
They think herein we serve the time, because thereby we either hold or seek preferment. Hooker.


word: Serve₂
definition:
Serve

Serve
(?)
v. i.
1.
To be a servant or a slave; to be employed in labor or other business for another; to be in subjection or bondage; to render menial service.

The Lord shall give thee rest . . . from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve.
Isa. xiv. 3.

2.
To perform domestic offices; to be occupied with household affairs; to prepare and dish up food, etc.

But Martha . . . said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone?
Luke x. 40.

3.
To be in service; to do duty; to discharge the requirements of an office or employment. Specifically, to act in the public service, as a soldier, seaman. etc.

Many . . . who had before been great commanders, but now served as private gentlemen without pay.
Knolles.

4.
To be of use; to answer a purpose; to suffice; to suit; to be convenient or favorable.

This little brand will serve to light your fire.
Dryden.

As occasion serves, this noble queen
And prince shall follow with a fresh supply.
Shak.

5.
(Tennis)
To lead off in delivering the ball.


word: Servian
definition:
Servian

Ser"vi*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Servia, a kingdom of Southern Europe.
n. A native or inhabitant of Servia.


word: Service
definition:
Service

Service

{ Serv"ice (?), n., or Serv"ice (?) }
[Properly, the tree which bears serve, OE. serves, pl., service berries, AS. syrfe service tree; akin to L. sorbus.]
(Bot.)
A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and Pyrus torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries.

Service berry (Bot.), the fruit of any kind of service tree. In British America the name is especially applied to that of the several species or varieties of the shad bush (Amelanchier.)


word: Service₂
definition:
Service

Serv"ice
n.
[OE. servise, OF. servise, service, F. service, from L. servitium. See Serve.]
1.
The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love.
service
Bk. of Com. Prayer.

Madam, I entreat true peace of you,
 Which I will purchase with my duteous service.
Shak.

God requires no man's service upon hard and unreasonable terms.
Tillotson.

2.
The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office.

I have served him from the hour of my nativity, . . . and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows.
Shak.

This poem was the last piece of service I did for my master, King Charles.
Dryden.

To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who will understake it if it be not also a service of honor?
Macaulay.

3.
Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service.

The outward service of ancient religion, the rites, ceremonies, and ceremonial vestments of the old law.
Coleridge.

4.
Hence, a musical composition for use in churches.

5.
Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier.

When he cometh to experience of service abroad . . . ne maketh a worthy soldier.
Spenser.

6.
Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail.

The stork's plea, when taken in a net, was the service she did in picking up venomous creatures.
L'Estrange.

7.
Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
service
Shak.

8.
The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass.

There was no extraordinary service seen on the board.
Hakewill.

9.
(Law)
The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subpœna or an attachment.

10.
(Naut.)
The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc.

11.
(Tennis)
The act of serving the ball.

12.
Act of serving or covering. See Serve, v. t., 13.

Service book, a prayer book or missal. -- Service line (Tennis), a line parallel to the net, and at a distance of 21 feet from it. -- Service of a writ, process, etc. (Law), personal delivery or communication of the writ or process, etc., to the party to be affected by it, so as to subject him to its operation; the reading of it to the person to whom notice is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual place of abode. -- Service of an attachment (Law), the seizing of the person or goods according to the direction. -- Service of an execution (Law), the levying of it upon the goods, estate, or person of the defendant. -- Service pipe, a pipe connecting mains with a dwelling, as in gas pipes, and the like. Tomlinson. -- To accept service. (Law) See under Accept. -- To see service (Mil.), to do duty in the presence of the enemy, or in actual war.


word: Serviceable
definition:
Serviceable

Serv"ice*a*ble
(?)
a.
1.
Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous.
Serviceable
Atterbury.
Serviceable
Macaulay.

I know thee well, a serviceable villain.
Shak.

2.
Prepared for rendering service; capable of, or fit for, the performance of duty; hence, active; diligent.

Courteous he was, lowly, and servysable.
Chaucer.

Bright-hearnessed angels sit in order serviceable.
Milton.

Seeing her so sweet and serviceable.
Tennnyson.


word: Service hat
definition:
Service hat

Service cap

{ Serv"ice cap or Serv"ice hat }
(Mil.)
A cap or hat worn by officers or enlisted men when full-dress uniform, or dress uniform, is not worn.
In the United States army the service cap is round, about 31/2 inches high, flat-topped, with  a visor. The service hat is of soft felt of khaki color, with  broad brim and high crown, creased down the middle.


word: Service elevator
definition:
Service elevator

Serv"ice elevator
an elevator for carrying large or havy items, or for the use of service people.


word: Service entrance
definition:
Service entrance

Serv"ice entrance
an entrance for use of servants and those providing services, such as deliveries or repair work.


word: Service station
definition:
Service station

Serv"ice station
a business where automobiles may be serviced and repaired, usually also having a gasoline vending apparatus, in which case it is also called a gas station or gasoline station.  Facilities for repair of automobiles but without a gasoline dispensing function are commonly called repair shops.


word: Service uniform
definition:
Service uniform

Service uniform
(Mil. & Nav.)
The uniform prescribed in regulations for active or routine service, in distinction from dress, full dress, etc. In the United States army it is of olive-drab woolen or khaki-colored cotton, with all metal attachments of dull-finish bronze, with the exceptional of insignia of rank, which are of gold or silver finish.


word: Servient
definition:
Servient

Serv"i*ent
(?)
a.
[L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. See Serve.]
Subordinate.
[Obs. except in law.]
Dyer.

Servient tenement or Servient estate (Law), that on which the burden of a servitude or an easement is imposed.  Cf. Dominant estate, under Dominant. Gale & Whately.


word: Servile
definition:
Servile

Serv"ile
(?)
a.
[L. servile, fr. servus a servant or slave: cf. F. servile. See Serve.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning; as, servile flattery; servile fear; servile obedience.

She must bend the servile knee.
Thomson.

Fearing dying pays death servile breath.
Shak.

2.
Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved.

Even fortune rules no more, O servile land!
Pope.

3.
(Gram.)
(a)
Not belonging to the original root; as, a servile letter.
(b)
Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune.


word: Servile₂
definition:
Servile

Serv"ile
n.
(Gram.)
An element which forms no part of the original root; -- opposed to radical.


word: Servility
definition:
Servility

Ser*vil"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. servilité.]
The quality or state of being servile; servileness.

To be a queen in bondage is more vile
Than is a slave in base servility.
Shak.


word: Serving
definition:
Serving

Serv"ing
a. & n. from Serve.

Serving board (Naut.), a flat piece of wood used in serving ropes. -- Serving maid, a female servant; a maidservant. -- Serving mallet (Naut.), a wooden instrument shaped like a mallet, used in serving ropes. -- Serving man, a male servant, or attendant; a manservant. -- Serving stuff (Naut.), small lines for serving ropes.


word: Servite
definition:
Servite

Serv"ite
(?)
n.
[It. servita.]
(R.C.Ch.)
One of the order of the Religious Servants of the Holy Virgin, founded in Florence in 1223.


word: Servitor
definition:
Servitor

Serv"i*tor
(?)
n.
[L., fr. servire to serve: cf. F. serviteur.]
1.
One who serves; a servant; an attendant; one who acts under another; a follower or adherent.

Your trusty and most valiant servitor.
Shak.

2.
(Univ. of Oxford, Eng.)
An undergraduate, partly supported by the college funds, whose duty it formerly was to wait at table. A servitor corresponded to a sizar in Cambridge and Dublin universities.


word: Servitude
definition:
Servitude

Serv"i*tude
(?)
n.
[L. servitudo: cf. F. servitude.]
1.
The state of voluntary or compulsory subjection to a master; the condition of being bound to service; the condition of a slave; slavery; bondage; hence, a state of slavish dependence.

You would have sold your king to slaughter,
His princes and his peers to servitude.
Shak.

A splendid servitude; . . . for he that rises up early, and goes to bed late, only to receive addresses, is really as much abridged in his freedom as he that waits to present one.
South.

2.
Servants, collectively.
[Obs.]

After him a cumbrous train
Of herds and flocks, and numerous servitude.
Milton.

3.
(Law)
A right whereby one thing is subject to another thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to the common right.

&hand_; The object of a servitude is either to suffer something to be done by another, or to omit to do something, with respect to a thing. The easements of the English correspond in some respects with the servitudes of the Roman law. Both terms are used by common law writers, and often indiscriminately. The former, however, rather indicates the right enjoyed, and the latter the burden imposed.
Ayliffe. Erskine. E. Washburn.

Penal servitude. See under Penal. -- Personal servitude (Law), that which arises when the use of a thing is granted as a real right to a particular individual other than the proprietor. -- Predial servitude (Law), that which one estate owes to another estate. When it related to lands, vineyards, gardens, or the like, it is called rural; when it related to houses and buildings, it is called urban.


word: Servomechanism
definition:
Servomechanism

Ser`vo*mech"an*ism
(?)
n.
an electronically controlled mechanical or hydraulic device permitting a large action or strong forces to be controlled by a small electrical signal.


word: Servo-motor
definition:
Servo-motor

Ser`vo-mo"tor
(sẽr`vo̝*m&omacr"tẽr)
n.
[Sometimes erroneously spelt serro-motor.]
[F. servo-moteur. See Serf; Motor.]
1.
(Mach.)
A relay apparatus;
specif.:
(a)
An auxiliary motor, regulated by a hand lever, for quickly and easily moving the reversing gear of a large marine engine into any desired position indicated by that of the hand lever, which controls the valve of the motor.
(b)
In a Whitehead torpedo, a compressed-air motor, for moving the rudders so as to correct deviations from the course.

2.
a motor which forms part of a servomechanism.


word: Sesame
definition:
Sesame

Ses"a*me
(?)
n.
[L. sesamum, sesama, Gr. _;_;_;_;, _;_;_;: cf. F. sésame.]
(Bot.)
Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum (Sesamum Indicum, and Sesamum orientale), from the seeds of which an oil is expressed; also, the small obovate, flattish seeds of these plants, sometimes used as food. See Benne.

Open Sesame, the magical command which opened the door of the robber's den in the Arabian Nights' tale of “The Forty Thieves;” hence, a magical password. -- Sesame grass. (Bot.) Same as Gama grass.


word: Sesamoid
definition:
Sesamoid

Ses"a*moid
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;_;_;_; like sesame; _;_;_;_;_; sesame + e'i^dos form: cf. F. sésamoïde.]
1.
Resembling in shape the seeds of sesame.

2.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the sesamoid bones or cartilages; sesamoidal.

Sesamoid bones, Sesamoid cartilages (Anat.), small bones or cartilages formed in tendons, like the patella and pisiform in man.


word: Sesban
definition:
Sesban

Ses"ban
(?)
n.
[F., fr. Ar. saisabān, seisebān, a kind of tree, fr. Per. sīsabān seed of cinquefoil.]
(Bot.)
A leguminous shrub (Sesbania aculeata) which furnishes a fiber used for making ropes.

&hand_; The name is applied also to the similar plant, Sesbania Aegyptiaca, and other species of the same genus.


word: Sesqui-
definition:
Sesqui-

Ses`qui-
(?)
[L., one half more, one and a half.]
(Chem.)
A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting that three atoms or equivalents of the substance to the name of which it is prefixed are combined with two of some other element or radical; as, sesquibromide, sesquicarbonate, sesquichloride, sesquioxide.

&hand_; Sesquidupli- is sometimes, but rarely, used in the same manner to denote the proportions of two and a half to one, or rather of five to two.


word: Sesquialtera
definition:
Sesquialtera

Sesquialter

{ Ses`qui*al"ter (?), Ses`qui*al"ter*a (?), }
n.
[NL. sesquialtera.]
(Mus.)
A stop on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which reenforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound more brilliant.


word: Sesquialterate
definition:
Sesquialterate

Sesquialteral

{ Ses`qui*al"ter*al (?), Ses`qui*al"ter*ate (?), }
a.
[L. sesquialter once and a half; sesqui- + alter other: cf. F. sesquialtére.]
Once and a half times as great as another; having the ratio of one and a half to one.

Sesquialteral ratio (Math.), the ratio of one and a half to one; thus, 9 and 6 are in a sesquialteral ratio.


word: Sesquibasic
definition:
Sesquibasic

Ses`qui*ba"sic
(?)
a.
[Sesqui- +  basic.]
(Chem.)
Containing, or acting as, a base in the proportions of a sesqui compound.


word: Sesquiduplicate
definition:
Sesquiduplicate

Ses`qui*du"pli*cate
(?)
a.
[Sesqui- + duplicate.]
Twice and a half as great (as another thing); having the ratio of two and a half to one.

Sesquiduplicate ratio (Math.), the ratio of two and a half to one, or one in which the greater term contains the lesser twice and a half, as that of 50 to 20.


word: Sesquioxide
definition:
Sesquioxide

Ses`qui*ox"ide
(?)
n.
[Sesqui- + oxide.]
(Chem.)
An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen with two atoms (or radicals) of some other substance; thus, alumina, Al2O3 is a sesquioxide.


word: Sesquipedalian
definition:
Sesquipedalian

Sesquipedal

{ Ses*quip"e*dal (?), Ses`qui*pe*da"li*an (?), }
a.
[Sesqui- + pedal: cf. F. sesquipédal, L. sesquipedalis.]
Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words.


word: Sesquipedalism
definition:
Sesquipedalism

Sesquipedalianism

{ Ses`qui*pe*da"li*an*ism (?), Ses*quip"e*dal*ism (?), }
n.
Sesquipedality.


word: Sesquipedality
definition:
Sesquipedality

Ses`qui*pe*dal"i*ty
(?)
n.
1.
The quality or condition of being sesquipedal.
Sterne.

2.
The use of sesquipedalian words; style characterized by the use of long words; sesquipedalism.


word: Sesquiplicate
definition:
Sesquiplicate

Ses*quip"li*cate
(?)
a.
[Sesqui- + plicate.]
(Math.)
Subduplicate of the triplicate; -- a term applied to ratios; thus, a and a′ are in the sesquiplicate ratio of b and b′, when a is to a′ as the square root of the cube of b is to the square root of the cube of b′, or a:a′::√b3:√b′3.

The periodic times of the planets are in the sesquiplicate ratio of their mean distances.
Sir I. Newton.


word: Sesquisalt
definition:
Sesquisalt

Ses"qui*salt
(?)
n.
[Sesqui- + salt.]
(Chem.)
A salt derived from a sesquioxide base, or made up on the proportions of a sesqui compound.


word: Sesquisulphide
definition:
Sesquisulphide

Ses`qui*sul"phide
(?)
n.
[Sesqui- + sulphide.]
(Chem.)
A sulphide, analogous to a sesquioxide, containing three atoms of sulphur to two of the other ingredient; -- formerly called also sesquisulphuret; as, orpiment, As2S3 is arsenic sesquisulphide.


word: Sesquitertianal
definition:
Sesquitertianal

Sesquitertian

{ Ses`qui*ter"tian (?), Ses`qui*ter"tian*al (?), }
a.
[Sesqui- + L. tertianus belonging to the third.  Cf. Tertian.]
(Math.)
Having the ratio of one and one third to one (as 4 : 3).


word: Sesquitone
definition:
Sesquitone

Ses"qui*tone
(?)
n.
[Sesqui- +  tone.]
(Mus.)
A minor third, or interval of three semitones.


word: Sess
definition:
Sess

Sess
(?)
v. t.
[Aphetic form of assess. See Assess, Cess.]
To lay a tax upon; to assess.
[Obs.]


word: Sessile
definition:
Sessile

Ses"sile
(?)
a.
[L. sessilis low, dwarf, from sedere, sessum, to sit: cf. F. sessile.]
1.
Attached without any sensible projecting support.

2.
(Bot.)
Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom.

3.
(Zool.)
Permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached.


word: Sessile-eyed
definition:
Sessile-eyed

Ses"sile-eyed`
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk; -- opposed to stalk-eyed.

Sessile-eyed Crustacea, the Arthrostraca.


word: Session
definition:
Session

Ses"sion
(?)
n.
[L. sessio, fr.  sedere, sessum, to sit: cf. F. session. See Sit.]
1.
The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.
[Archaic]

So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import.
Hooker.

But Viven, gathering somewhat of his mood, . . . 
Leaped from her session on his lap, and stood.
Tennyson.

2.
The actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business.

It's fit this royal session do proceed.
Shak.

3.
Hence, also, the time, period, or term during which a court, council, legislature, etc., meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of Parliaments is opened with a speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. The session of a judicial court is called a term.

It was resolved that the convocation should meet at the beginning of the next session of Parliament.
Macaulay.

&hand_; Sessions, in some of the States, is particularly used as a title for a court of justices, held for granting licenses to innkeepers, etc., and for laying out highways, and the like; it is also the title of several courts of criminal jurisdiction in England and the United States.

Church session, the lowest court in the Presbyterian Church, composed of the pastor and a body of elders elected by the members of a particular church, and having the care of matters pertaining to the religious interests of that church, as the admission and dismission of members, discipline, etc. -- Court of Session, the supreme civil court of Scotland. -- Quarter sessions. (Eng.Law) See under Quarter. -- Sessions of the peace, sittings held by justices of the peace. [Eng.]


word: Sesspool
definition:
Sesspool

Sess"pool`
(?)
n.
[Prov. E. suss hogwash, soss a dirty mess, a puddle + E. pool a puddle; cf. Gael. ses a coarse mess.]
Same as Cesspool.


word: Sesterce
definition:
Sesterce

Ses"terce
(?)
n.
[L. sestertius (sc. nummus), fr. sestertius two and a half; semis half + tertius third: cf. F. sesterce.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
A Roman coin or denomination of money, in value the fourth part of a denarius, and originally containing two asses and a half, afterward four asses, -- equal to about two pence sterling, or four cents.

&hand_; The sestertium was equivalent to one thousand sesterces, equal to £8 17s 1d. sterling, or about $43 (in 1900), before the reign of Augustus.  After his reign its value was about £7 16s. 3d. sterling.  The sesterce was originally coined only in silver, but later both in silver and brass.


word: Sestet
definition:
Sestet

Ses*tet"
(?)
n.
[It. sestetto, fr. sesto sixth, L. sextus, fr. sex six.]
1.
(Mus.)
A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor.
[Written also sestett, sestette.]

2.
(Poet.)
The last six lines of a sonnet.


word: Set
definition:
Set

Set
(sĕt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Set; p. pr. & vb. n. Setting.]
[OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. sätta, Dan. s_;tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root of E. sit. √154. See Sit, and cf. Seize.]
1.
To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end.

I do set my bow in the cloud.
Gen. ix. 13.

2.
Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

Set your affection on things above.
Col. iii. 2.

The Lord set a mark upon Cain.
Gen. iv. 15.

3.
To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be.

The Lord thy God will set thee on high.
Deut. xxviii. 1.

I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother.
Matt. x. 35.

Every incident sets him thinking.
Coleridge.

4.
To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to.
Specifically:

They show how hard they are set in this particular.
Addison.

His eyes were set by reason of his age.
1 Kings xiv. 4.

On these three objects his heart was set.
Macaulay.

Make my heart as a millstone, set my face as a flint.
Tennyson.

And him too rich a jewel to be set
In vulgar metal for a vulgar use.
Dryden.

5.
To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt.

Tables for to sette, and beddes make.
Chaucer.

6.
To stake at play; to wager; to risk.

I have set my life upon a cast,
And I will stand the hazard of the die.
Shak.

7.
To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing.

Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.
Dryden.

8.
To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.

9.
To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.

High on their heads, with jewels richly set,
Each lady wore a radiant coronet.
Dryden.

Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.
Wordsworth.

10.
To value; to rate; -- with at.

Be you contented, wearing now the garland,
To have a son set your decrees at naught.
Shak.

I do not set my life at a pin's fee.
Shak.

11.
To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs.

12.
To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.

13.
To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill.
[Scot.]

14.
(Print.)
To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.

To set abroach. See Abroach. [Obs.] Shak. -- To set against, to oppose; to set in comparison with, or to oppose to, as an equivalent in exchange; as, to set one thing against another. -- To set agoing, to cause to move. -- To set apart, to separate to a particular use; to separate from the rest; to reserve. -- To set a saw, to bend each tooth a little, every alternate one being bent to one side, and the intermediate ones to the other side, so that the opening made by the saw may be a little wider than the thickness of the back, to prevent the saw from sticking. -- To set aside. (a) To leave out of account; to pass by; to omit; to neglect; to reject; to annul.
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Setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that. Tillotson.
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(b) To set apart; to reserve; as, to set aside part of one's income. (c) (Law) See under Aside. -- To set at defiance, to defy. -- To set at ease, to quiet; to tranquilize; as, to set the heart at ease. -- To set at naught, to undervalue; to contemn; to despise. “Ye have set at naught all my counsel.” Prov. i. 25. -- To set a trap To set a snare, or To set a gin, to put it in a proper condition or position to catch prey; hence, to lay a plan to deceive and draw another into one's power. -- To set at work, or To set to work. (a) To cause to enter on work or action, or to direct how tu enter on work. (b) To apply one's self; -- used reflexively. -- To set before. (a) To bring out to view before; to exhibit. (b) To propose for choice to; to offer to. -- To set by. (a) To set apart or on one side; to reject. (b) To attach the value of (anything) to. “I set not a straw by thy dreamings.” Chaucer. -- To set by the compass, to observe and note the bearing or situation of by the compass. -- To set case, to suppose; to assume.  Cf. Put case, under Put, v. t. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- To set down. (a) To enter in writing; to register.
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Some rules were to be set down for the government of the army. Clarendon.
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(b) To fix; to establish; to ordain.
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This law we may name eternal, being that order which God . . . hath set down with himself, for himself to do all things by. Hooker.
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(c) To humiliate. -- To set eyes on, to see; to behold; to fasten the eyes on. -- To set fire to, or To set on fire, to communicate fire to; fig., to inflame; to enkindle the passions of; to irritate. -- To set flying (Naut.), to hook to halyards, sheets, etc., instead of extending with rings or the like on a stay; -- said of a sail. -- To set forth.  (a) To manifest; to offer or present to view; to exhibt; to display. (b) To publish; to promulgate; to make appear. Waller. (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.]
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The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty galleys, set forth by the Venetians. Knolles.
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-- To set forward. (a) To cause to advance. (b) To promote. -- To set free, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or bondage; to liberate; to emancipate. -- To set in, to put in the way; to begin; to give a start to. [Obs.]
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If you please to assist and set me in, I will recollect myself. Collier.
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-- To set in order, to adjust or arrange; to reduce to method. “The rest will I set in order when I come.” 1 Cor. xi. 34. -- To set milk. (a) To expose it in open dishes in order that the cream may rise to the surface. (b) To cause it to become curdled as by the action of rennet.  See 4 (e). -- To set much by or To set little by, to care much, or little, for. -- To set of, to value; to set by. [Obs.] “I set not an haw of his proverbs.” Chaucer. -- To set off. (a) To separate from a whole; to assign to a particular purpose; to portion off; as, to set off a portion of an estate. (b) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish.
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They . . . set off the worst faces with the best airs. Addison.
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(c) To give a flattering description of. -- To set off against, to place against as an equivalent; as, to set off one man's services against another's. -- To set on or To set upon. (a) To incite; to instigate. “Thou, traitor, hast set on thy wife to this.” Shak. (b) To employ, as in a task. “ Set on thy wife to observe.” Shak. (c) To fix upon; to attach strongly to; as, to set one's heart or affections on some object. See definition 2, above. -- To set one's cap for. See under Cap, n. -- To set one's self against, to place one's self in a state of enmity or opposition to. -- To set one's teeth, to press them together tightly. -- To set on foot, to set going; to put in motion; to start. -- To set out. (a) To assign; to allot; to mark off; to limit; as, to set out the share of each proprietor or heir of an estate; to set out the widow's thirds. (b) To publish, as a proclamation. [Obs.] (c) To adorn; to embellish.
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An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with jewels, nothing can become. Dryden.
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(d) To raise, equip, and send forth; to furnish. [R.]
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The Venetians pretend they could set out, in case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war. Addison.
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(e) To show; to display; to recommend; to set off.
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I could set out that best side of Luther. Atterbury.
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(f) To show; to prove. [R.] “Those very reasons set out how heinous his sin was.” Atterbury. (g) (Law) To recite; to state at large. -- To set over. (a) To appoint or constitute as supervisor, inspector, ruler, or commander. (b) To assign; to transfer; to convey. -- To set right, to correct; to put in order. -- To set sail. (Naut.) See under Sail, n. -- To set store by, to consider valuable. -- To set the fashion, to determine what shall be the fashion; to establish the mode. -- To set the teeth on edge, to affect the teeth with a disagreeable sensation, as when acids are brought in contact with them. -- To set the watch (Naut.), to place the starboard or port watch on duty. -- To set to, to attach to; to affix to. “He . . . hath set to his seal that God is true.” John iii. 33. -- To set up. (a) To erect; to raise; to elevate; as, to set up a building, or a machine; to set up a post, a wall, a pillar. (b) Hence, to exalt; to put in power. “I will . . . set up the throne of David over Israel.” 2 Sam. iii. 10. (c) To begin, as a new institution; to institute; to establish; to found; as, to set up a manufactory; to set up a school. (d) To enable to commence a new business; as, to set up a son in trade. (e) To place in view; as, to set up a mark. (f) To raise; to utter loudly; as, to set up the voice.
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I'll set up such a note as she shall hear. Dryden.
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(g) To advance; to propose as truth or for reception; as, to set up a new opinion or doctrine. T. Burnet. (h) To raise from depression, or to a sufficient fortune; as, this good fortune quite set him up. (i) To intoxicate. [Slang] (j) (Print.) To put in type; as, to set up copy; to arrange in words, lines, etc., ready for printing; as, to set up type. -- To set up the rigging (Naut.), to make it taut by means of tackles. R. H. Dana, Jr.


word: Set₂
definition:
Set

Set
(sĕt)
v. i.
1.
To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.

Ere the weary sun set in the west.
Shak.

Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the next is likely to arise with more mourning.
Fuller.

2.
To fit music to words.
[Obs.]
Shak.

3.
To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
set
Old Proverb.

4.
To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).

5.
To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.

A gathering and serring of the spirits together to resist, maketh the teeth to set hard one against another.
Bacon.

6.
To congeal; to concrete; to solidify; -- of cements, glues, gels, concrete, substances polymerizing into plastics, etc.

That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set.
Boyle.

7.
To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.

8.
To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out.

The king is set from London.
Shak.

9.
To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter.

10.
To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out.

If he sets industriously and sincerely to perform the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of doubting but it shall prove successful to him.
Hammond.

11.
To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.
[Colloquially used, but improperly, for sit.]

&hand_; The use of the verb set for sit in such expressions as, the hen is setting on thirteen eggs; a setting hen, etc., although colloquially common, and sometimes tolerated in serious writing, is not to be approved.

To set about, to commence; to begin. -- To set forward, to move or march; to begin to march; to advance. -- To set forth, to begin a journey. -- To set in. (a) To begin; to enter upon a particular state; as, winter set in early. (b) To settle one's self; to become established. “When the weather was set in to be very bad.” Addison. (c) To flow toward the shore; -- said of the tide. -- To set off.  (a) To enter upon a journey; to start. (b) (Typog.) To deface or soil the next sheet; -- said of the ink on a freshly printed sheet, when another sheet comes in contact with it before it has had time to dry. -- To set on or To set upon. (a) To begin, as a journey or enterprise; to set about.
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He that would seriously set upon the search of truth. Locke.
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(b) To assault; to make an attack. Bacon.
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Cassio hath here been set on in the dark. Shak.
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-- To set out, to begin a journey or course; as, to set out for London, or from London; to set out in business;to set out in life or the world. -- To set to, to apply one's self to. -- To set up. (a) To begin business or a scheme of life; as, to set up in trade; to set up for one's self. (b) To profess openly; to make pretensions.
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Those men who set up for mortality without regard to religion, are generally but virtuous in part. Swift.


word: Set₃
definition:
Set

Set
(sĕt)
a.
1.
Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.

2.
Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.

3.
Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle.
set
Shak.

4.
Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.

5.
Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted.

Set hammer. (a) A hammer the head of which is not tightly fastened upon the handle, but may be reversed. Knight. (b) A hammer with a concave face which forms a die for shaping anything, as the end of a bolt, rivet, etc. -- Set line, a line to which a number of baited hooks are attached, and which, supported by floats and properly secured, may be left unguarded during the absence of the fisherman. -- Set nut, a jam nut or lock nut. See under Nut. -- Set screw (Mach.), a screw, sometimes cupped or printed at one end, and screwed through one part, as of a machine, tightly upon another part, to prevent the one from slipping upon the other. -- Set speech, a speech carefully prepared before it is delivered in public; a formal or methodical speech.


word: Set₄
definition:
Set

Set
n.
1.
The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination.
set
Tennyson.

The weary sun hath made a golden set.
Shak.

2.
That which is set, placed, or fixed.
(a)
A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn.
(b)
That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture.
[Obs. or R.]

We will in France, by God's grace, play a set
Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard.
Shak.

That was but civil war, an equal set.
Dryden.

3.
[Perhaps due to confusion with sect, sept.]
A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc.
[In this sense, sometimes incorrectly written sett.]

4.
A number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a clique.
set
Tennyson.

This falls into different divisions, or sets, of nations connected under particular religions.
R. P. Ward.

5.
Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.

6.
In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements executed.

7.
The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade.

8.
(a)
A young oyster when first attached.
(b)
Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.

9.
(Tennis)
A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce.

10.
(Type Founding)
That dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width.

11.
(Textiles)
Any of various standards of measurement of the fineness of cloth; specif., the number of reeds in one inch and the number of threads in each reed.  The exact meaning varies according to the location where it is used.  Sometimes written sett.

12.
A stone, commonly of granite, shaped like a short brick and usually somewhat larger than one, used for street paving. Commonly written sett.

13.
Camber of a curved roofing tile.

14.
The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit; as, the set of a coat.
[Colloq.]

15.
Any collection or group of objects considered together.

Dead set. (a) The act of a setter dog when it discovers the game, and remains intently fixed in pointing it out. (b) A fixed or stationary condition arising from obstacle or hindrance; a deadlock; as, to be at a dead set. (c) A concerted scheme to defraud by gaming; a determined onset. -- To make a dead set, to make a determined onset, literally or figuratively.


word: Set₅
definition:
Set

Set
(?)
prop. n.
(Egyptian Mythology)
An evil beast-headed god with high square ears and a long snout; his was the brother and murderer of Osiris.  Called also Seth


word: Seta
definition:
Seta

Se"ta
(sē"tȧ)
n.
pl. Setae (sē"tē).
[L. seta, saeta, a bristle.]
1.
(Biol.)
Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, the hairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on the leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss.

2.
(Zool.)
(a)
One of the movable chitinous spines or hooks of an annelid.  They usually arise in clusters from muscular capsules, and are used in locomotion and for defense.  They are very diverse in form.
(b)
One of the spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds.


word: Setaceous
definition:
Setaceous

Se*ta"ceous
(se̝*tā"shŭs)
a.
[L. seta a bristle: cf. F. sétacé.]
1.
Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail.

2.
Bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf.


word: Setback
definition:
Setback

Set"back`
(sĕt"băk`)
n.
1.
(Arch.)
Offset, n., 4.

2.
A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.
[U. S.]

3.
A reversal of progress in an endeavor; a reverse; a backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse.
[Colloq. U.S.]


word: Setbolt
definition:
Setbolt

Set"bolt`
(?)
n.
(Shipbuilding)
1.
An iron pin, or bolt, for fitting planks closely together.
Craig.

2.
A bolt used for forcing another bolt out of its hole.


word: Set chisel
definition:
Set chisel

Set chisel
(Mech.)
A kind of chisel or punch, variously shaped, with a broad flat end, used for stripping off rivet heads, etc.


word: Setdown
definition:
Setdown

Set"down`
(sĕt"doun`)
n.
The humbling of a person by act or words, especially by a disparaging remark, a retort or a reproof; the retort or the reproof which has such effect.  Also called put-down.


word: Seth
definition:
Seth

Seth
(?)
prop. n.
(Egyptian Mythology)
An evil beast-headed god with high square ears and a long snout; his was the brother and murderer of Osiris.  Called also Set


word: Setiferous
definition:
Setiferous

Se*tif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. seta a bristle + -ferous.]
Producing, or having one or more, bristles.


word: Setiform
definition:
Setiform

Se"ti*form
(?)
a.
[Seta + -form: cf. F. sétiforme.]
Having the form or structure of setae.


word: Setigerous
definition:
Setigerous

Se*tig"er*ous
(?)
a.
[Seta + -gerous.]
Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setae; setiferous; as, setigerous glands; a setigerous segment of an annelid; specifically (Bot.), tipped with a bristle.


word: set-in sleeve
definition:
set-in sleeve

set"-in sleeve`
(sĕt"ĭn slēv`)
n.
A sleeve joined to the body of a garment by a seam starting at the edge of the shoulder and continuing around the armhole.  Contrasted to a raglan sleeve.


word: Setiparous
definition:
Setiparous

Se*tip"a*rous
(?)
a.
[Seta + L. papere to produce.]
(Zool.)
Producing setae; -- said of the organs from which the setae of annelids arise.


word: Setireme
definition:
Setireme

Se"ti*reme
(?)
n.
[Seta + L. remus an oar.]
(Zool.)
A swimming leg (of an insect) having a fringe of hairs on the margin.


word: Setness
definition:
Setness

Set"ness
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.
setness
R. Masters.


word: Set-off
definition:
Set-off

Set"-off`
(?)
n.
[Set + off.]
1.
That which is set off against another thing; an offset.

I do not contemplate such a heroine as a set-off to the many sins imputed to me as committed against woman.
D. Jerrold.

2.
That which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament.

3.
(Law)
A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.

&hand_; Set-off differs from recoupment, as the latter generally grows out of the same matter or contract with the plaintiff's claim, while the former grows out of distinct matter, and does not of itself deny the justice of the plaintiff's demand. Offset is sometimes improperly used for the legal term set-off. See Recoupment.

4.
(Arch.)
Same as Offset, n., 4.

5.
(Print.)
See Offset, 7.


word: Seton
definition:
Seton

Se"ton
(?)
n.
[F. séton (cf. It. setone), from L. seta a thick, stiff hair, a bristle.]
(Med. & Far.)
A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen or the like, introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to form an issue; also, the issue so formed.


word: Setous
definition:
Setous

Setose

{ Se*tose" (?), Se"tous (?), }
a.
[L. setosus, saetosus, from seta, saeta, bristle: cf. F. séteux.]
Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.


word: Setout
definition:
Setout

Set"out`
(?)
n.
A display, as of plate, equipage, etc.; that which is displayed.
[Coloq.]
Dickens.


word: Settee
definition:
Settee

Set*tee"
(?)
n.
[From Set; cf. Settle a seat.]
A long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.


word: Settee₂
definition:
Settee

Set*tee"
n.
[F. scétie, scitie.]
(Naut.)
A vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used in the Mediterranean.
[Written also setee.]


word: Setter
definition:
Setter

Set"ter
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, sets; -- used mostly in composition with a noun, as typesetter; or in combination with an adverb, as a setter on (or inciter), a setter up, a setter forth.

2.
(Zool.)
A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching.

&hand_; There are several distinct varieties of setters; as, the Irish, or red, setter; the Gordon setter, which is usually red or tan varied with black; and the English setter, which is variously colored, but usually white and tawny red, with or without black.

3.
One who hunts victims for sharpers.
Shak.

4.
One who adapts words to music in composition.

5.
An adornment; a decoration; -- with off.
[Obs.]

They come as . . . setters off of thy graces.
Whitlock.

6.
(Pottery)
A shallow seggar for porcelain.
Ure.


word: Setter₂
definition:
Setter

Set"ter
v. t.
To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Setterwort
definition:
Setterwort

Set"ter*wort`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
The bear's-foot (Helleborus fœtidus); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots.
Dr. Prior.


word: Setting
definition:
Setting

Set"ting
(?)
n.
1.
The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current.

2.
The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter.
Boyle.

3.
Something set in, or inserted.

Thou shalt set in it settings of stones.
Ex. xxviii. 17.

4.
That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.

5.
the time, place, and circumstances in which an event (real or fictional) occurs; as, the setting of a novel.

Setting coat (Arch.), the finishing or last coat of plastering on walls or ceilings. -- Setting dog, a setter. See Setter, n., 2. -- Setting pole, a pole, often iron-pointed, used for pushing boats along in shallow water. -- Setting rule. (Print.) A composing rule.


word: Setting-up exercise
definition:
Setting-up exercise

Set`ting-up" ex"er*cise
Any one of a series of gymnastic exercises used, as in drilling recruits, for the purpose of giving an erect carriage, supple muscles, and an easy control of the limbs.


word: Settle
definition:
Settle

Set"tle
(?)
n.
[OE. setel, setil, a seat, AS. setl: akin to OHG. sezzal, G. sessel, Goth. sitls, and E. sit. √154. See Sit.]
1.
A seat of any kind.
[Obs.]
settle
Hampole.

2.
A bench; especially, a bench with a high back.

3.
A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.

And from the bottom upon the ground, even to the lower settle, shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit.
Ezek. xliii. 14.

Settle bed, a bed convertible into a seat. [Eng.]


word: Settle₂
definition:
Settle

Set"tle
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Settled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Settling (?).]
[OE. setlen, AS. setlan. √154. See Settle, n. In senses 7, 8, and 9 perhaps confused with OE. sahtlen to reconcile, AS. sahtlian, fr. saht reconciliation, sacon to contend, dispute.  Cf. Sake.]
1.
To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; esp., to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the like.

And he settled his countenance steadfastly upon him, until he was ashamed.
2 Kings viii. 11. (Rev. Ver.) 

The father thought the time drew on
Of setting in the world his only son.
Dryden.

2.
To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister.
[U. S.]

3.
To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.

God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake.
Chapman.

Hoping that sleep might settle his brains.
Bunyan.

4.
To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee.

5.
To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads.

6.
To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it.

7.
To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; to make sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to settle an allowance.

It will settle the wavering, and confirm the doubtful.
Swift.

8.
To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.

9.
To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.

10.
Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill.
[Colloq.]
Abbott.

11.
To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.

To settle on or To settle upon, (a) to confer upon by permanent grant; to assure to. “I . . . have settled upon him a good annuity.” Addison. (b) to choose; to decide on; -- sometimes with the implication that the choice is not ideal, but the best available. -- To settle the land (Naut.), to cause it to sink, or appear lower, by receding from it.


word: Settle₃
definition:
Settle

Set"tle
v. i.
1.
To become fixed or permanent; to become stationary; to establish one's self or itself; to assume a lasting form, condition, direction, or the like, in place of a temporary or changing state.

The wind came about and settled in the west.
Bacon.

Chyle . . . runs through all the intermediate colors until it settles in an intense red.
Arbuthnot.

2.
To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain.

3.
To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder.

As people marry now and settle.
Prior.

4.
To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law.

5.
To become firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared; as, the roads settled late in the spring.

6.
To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing.

A government, on such occasions, is always thick before it settles.
Addison.

7.
To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir.

8.
To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc.

9.
To become calm; to cease from agitation.

Till the fury of his highness settle,
Come not before him.
Shak.

10.
To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors.

11.
To make a jointure for a wife.

He sighs with most success that settles well.
Garth.


word: Settledness
definition:
Settledness

Set"tled*ness
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being settled; confirmed state.
[R.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Settlement
definition:
Settlement

Set"tle*ment
(?)
n.
1.
The act of setting, or the state of being settled.

Every man living has a design in his head upon wealth power, or settlement in the world.
L'Estrange.

My flocks, my fields, my woods, my pastures take,
With settlement as good as law can make.
Dryden.

2.
That which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed.

Fuller's earth left a thick settlement.
Mortimer.

3.
(Arch.)
(a)
The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material.
(b)
pl.
Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.

4.
(Law)
A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support.
Blackstone. Bouvier.

Act of settlement (Eng. Hist.), the statute of 12 and 13 William III, by which the crown was limited to the present reigning house (the house of Hanover). Blackstone.


word: Settler
definition:
Settler

Set"tler
(?)
n.
1.
One who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc.

2.
Especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of New England.

3.
That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest.
[Colloq.]

4.
A vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.


word: Settling
definition:
Settling

Set"tling
(?)
n.
1.
The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.

2.
pl.
That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.
Milton.

Settling day, a day for settling accounts, as in the stock market.


word: Setula
definition:
Setula

Set"u*la
(?)
n.
pl. Setulae (#).
[L. setula, saetula, dim. of seta, saeta, bristle.]
A small, short hair or bristle; a small seta.


word: Setwall
definition:
Setwall

Set"wall`
(?)
n.
[CF. Cetewale.]
(Bot.)
A plant formerly valued for its restorative qualities (Valeriana officinalis, or Valeriana Pyrenaica).
[Obs.]
[Written also setwal.]
Chaucer.


word: Seven
definition:
Seven

Sev"en
(?)
a.
[OE. seven, seoven, seofen, AS. seofon, seofan, seofen; akin to D. zeven, OS., Goth., & OHG. sibun, G. sieben, Icel. sjau, sjö, Sw. sju, Dan. syv, Lith. septyni, Russ. seme, W. saith, Gael. seachd, Ir. seacht, L. septem, Gr. _;_;_;, Skr. saptan. √305.  Cf. Hebdomad, Heptagon, September.]
One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week.

Seven sciences. See the Note under Science, n., 4. -- Seven stars (Astron.), the Pleiades. -- Seven wonders of the world. See under Wonders. -- Seven-year apple (Bot.), a rubiaceous shrub (Genipa clusiifolia) growing in the West Indies; also, its edible fruit. -- Seven-year vine (Bot.), a tropical climbing plant (Ipomœa tuberosa) related to the morning-glory.


word: Seven₂
definition:
Seven

Sev"en
n.
1.
The number greater by one than six; seven units or objects.

Of every beast, and bird, and insect small,
Game sevens and pairs.
Milton.

2.
A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.


word: Sevenfold
definition:
Sevenfold

Sev"en*fold`
(?)
a.
Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or amount.
Sevenfold
Milton.


word: Sevenfold₂
definition:
Sevenfold

Sev"en*fold`
adv.
Seven times as much or as often.

Whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.
Gen. iv. 15.


word: Sevennight
definition:
Sevennight

Seven"night
(?)
n.
A week; any period of seven consecutive days and nights. See Sennight.


word: Sevenscore
definition:
Sevenscore

Sev"en*score`
(?)
n. & a.
Seven times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty.

The old Countess of Desmond . . . lived sevenscore years.
Bacon.


word: Seven-shooter
definition:
Seven-shooter

Sev"en-shoot`er
(?)
n.
A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading.
[Colloq.]


word: Seventeen
definition:
Seventeen

Sev"en*teen`
(?)
a.
[OE. seventene, AS.  seofont&ymacr_;ne, i. e., seven-ten.  Cf. Seventy.]
One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years.


word: Seventeen₂
definition:
Seventeen

Sev"en*teen`
n.
1.
The number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and seven; seventeen units or objects.

2.
A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii.


word: Seventeenth
definition:
Seventeenth

Sev"en*teenth`
(?)
a.
[From Seventeen: cf. AS. seofonteóða, seofonteogeða.]
1.
Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others.

In . . . the seventeenth day of the month . . . were all the fountains of the great deep broken up.
Gen. vii. 11.

2.
Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided.


word: Seventeenth₂
definition:
Seventeenth

Sev"en*teenth`
(?)
n.
1.
The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others.

2.
The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole.

3.
(Mus.)
An interval of two octaves and a third.


word: Seventh
definition:
Seventh

Sev"enth
(?)
a.
[From Seven: cf. AS. seofoða.]
1.
Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.

On the seventh day, God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Gen. ii. 2.

2.
Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the seventh part.

Seventh day, the seventh day of the week; Saturday. -- Seventh-day Baptists. See under Baptist.


word: Seventh₂
definition:
Seventh

Sev"enth
n.
1.
One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six others.

2.
The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided.

3.
(Mus.)
(a)
An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale.
(b)
A chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished.


word: Seven-thirties
definition:
Seven-thirties

Sev`en-thir"ties
(?)
n. pl.
A name given to three several issues of United States Treasury notes, made during the Civil War, in denominations of $50 and over, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent annually. Within a few years they were all redeemed or funded.


word: Seventieth
definition:
Seventieth

Sev"en*ti*eth
(?)
a.
[AS. hund-seofontigoða.]
1.
Next in order after the sixty-ninth; as, a man in the seventieth year of his age.

2.
Constituting or being one of seventy equal parts.


word: Seventieth₂
definition:
Seventieth

Sev"en*ti*eth
n.
1.
One next in order after the sixty-ninth.

2.
The quotient of a unit divided by seventy; one of seventy equal parts or fractions.


word: Seventy
definition:
Seventy

Sev"en*ty
(?)
a.
[AS. hund-seofontig. See Seven, and Ten, and cf. Seventeen, Sixty.]
Seven times ten; one more than sixty-nine.


word: Seventy₂
definition:
Seventy

Sev"en*ty
n.
pl. Seventies (_;).
1.
The sum of seven times ten; seventy units or objects.

2.
A symbol representing seventy units, as 70, or lxx.

The Seventy, the translators of the Greek version of the Old Testament called the Septuagint. See Septuagint.


word: Sever
definition:
Sever

Sev"er
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Severed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Severing.]
[OF. sevrer, severer, to separate, F. sevrer to wean, fr. L. separare. See Separate, and cf. Several.]
1.
To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as, to sever the head from the body.

The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.
Matt. xiii. 49.

2.
To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.

Our state can not be severed; we are one.
Milton.

3.
To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.

I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there.
Ex. viii. 22.

4.
(Law)
To disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.
Blackstone.


word: Sever₂
definition:
Sever

Sev"er
v. i.
1.
To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.
Shak.

2.
To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.

The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt.
Ex. ix. 4.

They claimed the right of severing in their challenge.
Macaulay.


word: Several
definition:
Several

Sev"er*al
(?)
a.
[OF., fr. LL. separalis, fr. L. separ separate, different. See Sever, Separate.]
1.
Separate; distinct; particular; single.

Each several ship a victory did gain.
Dryden.

Each might his several province well command,
Would all but stoop to what they understand.
Pope.

2.
Diverse; different; various.
Spenser.

Habits and faculties, several, and to be distinguished.
Bacon.

Four several armies to the field are led.
Dryden.

3.
Consisting of a number more than two, but not very many; divers; sundry; as, several persons were present when the event took place.


word: Several₂
definition:
Several

Sev"er*al
adv.
By itself; severally.
[Obs.]

Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns or storehoudses.
Robynson (More's Utopia).


word: Several₃
definition:
Several

Sev"er*al
n.
1.
Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual.
[Obs.]

There was not time enough to hear . . . 
The severals.
Shak.

2.
Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many.

Several of them neither rose from any conspicuous family, nor left any behind them.
Addison.

3.
An inclosed or separate place; inclosure.
[Obs.]

They had their several for heathen nations, their several for the people of their own nation.
Hooker.

In several, in a state of separation. [R.] “Where pastures in several be.”  Tusser.


word: Severality
definition:
Severality

Sev`er*al"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Severalities (_;).
Each particular taken singly; distinction.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.


word: Severally
definition:
Severally

Sev"er*al*ly
adv.
Separately; distinctly; apart from others; individually.

There must be an auditor to check and revise each severally by itself.
De Quincey.


word: Severalty
definition:
Severalty

Sev"er*al*ty
(?)
n.
A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right.

Forests which had never been owned in severalty.
Bancroft.

Estate in severalty (Law), an estate which the tenant holds in his own right, without being joined in interest with any other person; -- distinguished from joint tenancy, coparcenary, and common. Blackstone.


word: Severance
definition:
Severance

Sev"er*ance
(?)
n.
1.
The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation.
Milman.

2.
(Law)
The act of dividing; the singling or severing of two or more that join, or are joined, in one writ; the putting in several or separate pleas or answers by two or more disjointly; the destruction of the unity of interest in a joint estate.
Bouvier.


word: Severe
definition:
Severe

Se*vere"
(?)
a.
[Compar. Severer (?); superl. Severest.]
[L. severus; perhaps akin to Gr. _;_;_; awe, _;_;_; revered, holy, solemn, Goth. swikns innocent, chaste: cf. F. sévère.  Cf. Asseverate, Persevere.]
1.
Serious in feeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.

Your looks alter, as your subject does,
From kind to fierce, from wanton to severe.
Waller.

2.
Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment.
severe
Milton.

Come! you are too severe a moraler.
Shak.

Let your zeal, if it must be expressed in anger, be always more severe against thyself than against others.
Jer. Taylor.

3.
Rigidly methodical, or adherent to rule or principle; exactly conformed to a standard; not allowing or employing unneccessary ornament, amplification, etc.; strict; -- said of style, argument, etc.
severe
Jer. Taylor.

The Latin, a most severe and compendious language.
Dryden.

4.
Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold.

5.
Difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a severe test.


word: Severity
definition:
Severity

Se*ver"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Severities (#).
[L. severitas: cf. F. sévérité.]
The quality or state of being severe.

Confining myself to the severity of truth.
Dryden.


word: Severy
definition:
Severy

Sev"er*y
(?)
n.
[Prob. corrupted fr. ciborium. Oxf. Gloss.]
(Arch.)
A bay or compartment of a vaulted ceiling.
[Written also civery.]


word: Sevres ware
definition:
Sevres ware

Sè"vres ware`
(?)
Porcelain manufactured at Sèvres, France, ecpecially in the national factory situated there.


word: Sew
definition:
Sew

Sew
(?)
n.
[OE. See Sewer household officer.]
Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.
[Obs.]
Gower.

I will not tell of their strange sewes.
Chaucer.


word: Sew₃
definition:
Sew

Sew
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Sewed (?); p. p. Sewed, rarely Sewn (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Sewing.]
[OE. sewen, sowen, AS. siówian, sīwian; akin to OHG. siuwan, Icel. s_;ja, Sw. sy, Dan. sye, Goth. siujan, Lith. siuti, Russ, shite, L.  ssuere, Gr. _;_;_;_;, Skr. siv. √156.  Cf. Seam a suture, Suture.]
1.
To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.

No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment.
Mark ii. 21.

2.
To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip.

3.
To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.


word: Sew₅
definition:
Sew

Sew
(?)
v. t.
[√151 b. See Sewer a drain.]
To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.
[Obs.]
Tusser.


word: Sewage
definition:
Sewage

Sew"age
(?)
n.
1.
The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers

2.
Sewerage, 2.


word: Sewel
definition:
Sewel

Sew"el
(?)
n.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place.
Halliwell.


word: Sewellel
definition:
Sewellel

Se*wel"lel
(?)
n.
[Of American Indian origin.]
(Zool.)
A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent (Haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It somewhat resembles a muskrat or marmot, but has only a rudimentary tail. Its head is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is brownish above, gray beneath. It constitutes the family Haplodontidae.  Called also boomer, showt'l, and mountain beaver.


word: Sewen
definition:
Sewen

Sew"en
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A British trout usually regarded as a variety (var. Cambricus) of the salmon trout.


word: Sewer
definition:
Sewer

Sew"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who sews, or stitches.

2.
(Zool.)
A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana)


word: Sewer₂
definition:
Sewer

Sew"er
(?)
n.
[OF. sewiere, seuwiere, ultimately fr. L. ex out + a derivative of aqua water; cf. OF. essevour a drain, essever, esseuwer, essiaver, to cause to flow, to drain, to flow, LL. exaquatorium a channel through which water runs off.  Cf. Ewer, Aquarium.]
A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities.


word: Sewer₃
definition:
Sewer

Sew"er
n.
[Cf. OE. assewer, and asseour, OF. asseour, F. asseoir to seat, to set, L. assidere to sit by; ad + sedere to sit (cf. Sit); or cf. OE. sew pottage, sauce, boiled meat, AS. seáw juice, Skr. su to press out.]
Formerly, an upper servant, or household officer, who set on and removed the dishes at a feast, and who also brought water for the hands of the guests.

Then the sewer
Poured water from a great and golden ewer,
That from their hands to a silver caldron ran.
Chapman.


word: Sewerage
definition:
Sewerage

Sew"er*age
(?)
n.
1.
The construction of a sewer or sewers.

2.
The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers.

3.
The material collected in, and discharged by, sewers.
[In this sense sewage is preferable and common.]


word: Sewing
definition:
Sewing

Sew"ing
(?)
n.
1.
The act or occupation of one who sews.

2.
That which is sewed with the needle.

Sewing horse (Harness making), a clamp, operated by the foot, for holding pieces of leather while being sewed. -- Sewing machine, a machine for sewing or stitching. -- Sewing press, or Sewing table (Bookbinding), a fixture or table having a frame in which are held the cords to which the back edges of folded sheets are sewed to form a book.


word: Sex
definition:
Sex

Sex
n.
[L. sexus: cf. F. sexe.]
1.
The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of properties or qualities by which male is distinguished from female.

2.
One of the two divisions of organic beings formed on the distinction of male and female.

3.
(Bot.)
(a)
The capability in plants of fertilizing or of being fertilized; as, staminate and pistillate flowers are of opposite sexes.
(b)
One of the groups founded on this distinction.

The sex, the female sex; women, in general.


word: Sexagenary
definition:
Sexagenary

Sex*ag"e*na*ry
(?)
a.
[L. sexagenarius, fr. sexageni sixty each, akin to sexaginta sixty, sex six: cf. sexagénaire. See Six.]
Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old.

Sexagenary arithmetic. See under Sexagesimal. -- Sexagenary scale, or Sexagesimal scale (Math.), a scale of numbers in which the modulus is sixty.  It is used in treating the divisions of the circle.


word: Sexagenary₂
definition:
Sexagenary

Sex*ag"e*na*ry
n.
1.
Something composed of sixty parts or divisions.

2.
A sexagenarian.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Sexagesima
definition:
Sexagesima

Sex`a*ges"i*ma
(?)
n.
[L., fem. of sexagesimus sixtieth, fr. sexaginta sixty.]
(Eccl.)
The second Sunday before Lent; -- so called as being about the sixtieth day before Easter.


word: Sexagesimal
definition:
Sexagesimal

Sex`a*ges"i*mal
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. sexagésimal.]
Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty.

Sexagesimal fractions or Sexagesimal numbers (Arith. & Alg.), those fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty; as, 1/60, 1/3600, 1/216000; -- called also astronomical fractions, because formerly there were no others used in astronomical calculations. -- Sexagesimal arithmetic, or Sexagenary arithmetic, the method of computing by the sexagenary scale, or by sixties. -- Sexagesimal scale (Math.), the sexagenary scale.


word: Sexangle
definition:
Sexangle

Sex"an`gle
(?)
n.
[L. sexangulus sexangular; sex six + angulus angle: cf. F. sexangle.  Cf. Hexangular.]
(Geom.)
A hexagon.
[R.]
Hutton.


word: Sexangular
definition:
Sexangular

Sexangled

{ Sex"an`gled (?), Sex*an"gu*lar (?) }
a.
[Cf. F. sexangulaire.]
Having six angles; hexagonal.
[R.]
Dryden.


word: Sexdigitism
definition:
Sexdigitism

Sex*dig"it*ism
(?)
n.
[Sex- + digit.]
The state of having six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot.


word: Sexed
definition:
Sexed

Sexed
(?)
a.
Belonging to sex; having sex; distinctively male of female; as, the sexed condition.


word: Sexenary
definition:
Sexenary

Sex"e*na*ry
(?)
a.
Proceeding by sixes; sextuple; -- applied especially to a system of arithmetical computation in which the base is six.


word: Sexennial
definition:
Sexennial

Sex*en"ni*al
(?)
a.
[L. sexennium a period of six years, sexennis of six years; sex six + annus a year. See Six, and Annual.]
Lasting six years, or happening once in six years.
n. A sexennial event.


word: Sexifid
definition:
Sexifid

Sexfid

{ Sex"fid (?), Sex"i*fid (?), }
a.
[Sex- + root of L. findere to split: cf. F. sexfide.]
(Bot.)
Six-cleft; as, a sexfid calyx or nectary.


word: Sexlocular
definition:
Sexlocular

Sex`loc"u*lar
(?)
a.
[Sex- + locular: cf. F. sexloculaire.]
(Bot.)
Having six cells for seeds; six-celled; as, a sexlocular pericarp.


word: Sexly
definition:
Sexly

Sex"ly
(?)
a.
Pertaining to sex.
[R.]

Should I ascribe any of these things unto myself or my sexly weakness, I were not worthy to live.
Queen Elizabeth.


word: Sexradiate
definition:
Sexradiate

Sex*ra"di*ate
(?)
a.
[Sex- + radiate.]
(Zool.)
Having six rays; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. of Spicule.


word: Sext
definition:
Sext

Sext
(?)
n.
[L. sexta, fem. of sextus sixtt, fr. sex six: cf. F. sexte.]
(R.C.Ch.)
(a)
The office for the sixth canonical hour, being a part of the Breviary.
(b)
The sixth book of the decretals, added by Pope Boniface VIII.


word: Sextain
definition:
Sextain

Sex"tain
n.
[L. sextus sixth, fr. sex six: cf. It. sestina.]
(Pros.)
A stanza of six lines; a sestine.


word: Sextans
definition:
Sextans

Sex"tans
(?)
n.
[L. See Sextant.]
1.
(Rom. Antiq.)
A Roman coin, the sixth part of an as.

2.
(Astron.)
A constellation on the equator south of Leo; the Sextant.


word: Sextant
definition:
Sextant

Sex"tant
(?)
n.
[L. sextans, -antis, the sixth part of an as, fr. sextus sixth, sex six. See Six.]
1.
(Math.)
The sixth part of a circle.

2.
An instrument for measuring angular distances between objects, -- used esp. at sea, for ascertaining the latitude and longitude. It is constructed on the same optical principle as Hadley's quadrant, but usually of metal, with a nicer graduation, telescopic sight, and its arc the sixth, and sometimes the third, part of a circle. See Quadrant.

3.
(Astron.)
The constellation Sextans.

Box sextant, a small sextant inclosed in a cylindrical case to make it more portable.


word: Sextary
definition:
Sextary

Sex"ta*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Sextaries (#).
[L. sextarius the sixth part of a measure, weight, etc., fr. sextus sixth, sex six.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
An ancient Roman liquid and dry measure, about equal to an English pint.


word: Sextic
definition:
Sextic

Sex"tic
(?)
a.
[L. sextus sixth.]
(Math.)
Of the sixth degree or order.
n. (Alg.) A quantic of the sixth degree.


word: Sextile
definition:
Sextile

Sex"tile
(?)
a.
[F. sextil, fr. L. sextus the sixth, from sex six. See Six.]
(Astrol.)
Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees.
Glanvill.


word: Sextile₂
definition:
Sextile

Sex"tile
n.
[Cf. F. aspect sextil.]
(Astrol.)
The aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two signs. This position is marked thus: &sext.
Hutton.


word: Sextillion
definition:
Sextillion

Sex*til"lion
(?)
n.
[Formed (in imitation of million) fr. L. sextus sixth, sex six: cf. F. sextilion.]
According to the method of numeration (which is followed also in the United States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-one ciphers annexed. According to the English method, a million raised to the sixth power, or the number expressed by a unit with thirty-six ciphers annexed. See Numeration.


word: Sexto
definition:
Sexto

Sex"to
(?)
n.
pl. Sextos (#).
[L. sextus sixth.]
A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into six leaves.


word: Sextodecimo
definition:
Sextodecimo

Sex`to*dec"i*mo
(?)
a.
[L. sextus-decimus the sixteenth; sextus the sixth (fr. sex six) + decimus the tenth, from decem ten. See -mo.]
Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; of, or equal to, the size of one fold of a sheet of printing paper when folded so as to make sixteen leaves, or thirty-two pages; as, a sextodecimo volume.


word: Sextodecimo₂
definition:
Sextodecimo

Sex`to*dec"imo
n.
pl. Sextodecimos (_;).
A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; -- usually written 16mo, or 16°.


word: Sextolet
definition:
Sextolet

Sex"to*let
(?)
n.
(Mus.)
A double triplet; a group of six equal notes played in the time of four.


word: Sexton
definition:
Sexton

Sex"ton
(?)
n.
[OE. sextein, contr. fr. sacristan.]
An under officer of a church, whose business is to take care of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc.

Sexton beetle (Zool.), a burying beetle.


word: Sextuple
definition:
Sextuple

Sex"tu*ple
(?)
a.
[Formed (in imitation of quadruple) fr. L. sextus sixth: cf. F. sextuple.]
1.
Six times as much; sixfold.

2.
(Mus.)
Divisible by six; having six beats; as, sixtuple measure.


word: Sexual
definition:
Sexual

Sex"u*al
(?)
a.
[L. sexualis, fr. sexus sex: cf. F. sexuel.]
Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive genital organs of the sexes; proceeding from, or based upon, sex; as, sexual characteristics; sexual intercourse, connection, or commerce; sexual desire; sexual diseases; sexual generation.

Sexual dimorphism (Biol.), the condition of having one of the sexes existing in two forms, or varieties, differing in color, size, etc., as in many species of butterflies which have two kinds of females. -- Sexual method (Bot.), a method of classification proposed by Linnaeus, founded mainly on difference in number and position of the stamens and pistils of plants. -- Sexual selection (Biol.), the selective preference of one sex for certain characteristics in the other, such as bright colors, musical notes, etc.; also, the selection which results from certain individuals of one sex having more opportunities of pairing with the other sex, on account of greater activity, strength, courage, etc.; applied likewise to that kind of evolution which results from such sexual preferences. Darwin.
[1913 Webster]
In these cases, therefore, natural selection seems to have acted independently of sexual selection. A. R. Wallace.


word: Sforzato
definition:
Sforzato

Sforzando

{ &VerbarSfor*zan"do (?), &VerbarSfor*za"to (?), }
a.
[It. sforzando, p. pr., and sforzato, p. p. of sforzare to force.]
(Mus.)
Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or _;.


word: Sfumato
definition:
Sfumato

Sfu*ma"to
(?)
a.
[It.]
(Paint.)
Having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance; -- said of a painting.


word: Sgraffito
definition:
Sgraffito

Sgraf*fi"to
(?)
a.
[It.]
(Paint.)
Scratched; -- said of decorative painting of a certain style, in which a white overland surface is cut or scratched through, so as to form the design from a dark ground underneath.


word: Shab
definition:
Shab

Shab
(?)
n.
[OE. shabbe, AS. sc_;b. See Scab.]
The itch in animals; also, a scab.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]


word: Shab₂
definition:
Shab

Shab
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shabbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shabbing.]
[See Scab, 3.]
To play mean tricks; to act shabbily.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]


word: Shabble
definition:
Shabble

Shabble

{ Shab"ble (?), Shab"ble  }
n.
[Cf. D. sabel, and G. säbel.]
A kind of crooked sword or hanger.
[Scot.]


word: Shabby
definition:
Shabby

Shab"by
(?)
a.
[Compar. Shabbier (?); superl. Shabbiest.]
[See Shab, n., Scabby, and Scab.]
1.
Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.

Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts.
Macaulay.

2.
Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.
shabby
Swift.

3.
Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment.
shabby
Clarendon.


word: Shabrack
definition:
Shabrack

Shab"rack
(?)
n.
[Turk. tshāprāk, whence F. chabraque, G. shabracke.]
(Mil.)
The saddlecloth or housing of a cavalry horse.


word: Shack
definition:
Shack

Shack
(?)
v. t.
[Prov. E., to shake, to shed. See Shake.]
1.
To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.
[Prov. Eng.]
Grose.

2.
To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn.
[Prov. Eng.]

3.
To wander as a vagabond or a tramp.
[Prev.Eng.]


word: Shack₂
definition:
Shack

Shack
n.
[Cf. Shack, v. i.]
a small simple dwelling, usually having only one room and of flimsy construction; a hut; a shanty; a cabin.
[Colloq.]


word: Shack₃
definition:
Shack

Shack
n.
[Cf. Scot. shag refuse of barley or oats.]
1.
The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground.
[Prov. Eng.]

2.
Liberty of winter pasturage.
[Prov. Eng.]

3.
A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
Forby.

All the poor old shacks about the town found a friend in Deacon Marble.
H. W. Beecher.

These miserable shacks are so low that their occupants cannot stand erect.
D. C. Worcester.

Common of shack (Eng.Law), the right of persons occupying lands lying together in the same common field to turn out their cattle to range in it after harvest. Cowell.


word: Shackle₂
definition:
Shackle

Shac"kle
n.
[Generally used in the plural.]
[OE. schakkyll, schakle, AS. scacul, sceacul, a shackle, fr. scacan to shake; cf. D. schakel a link of a chain, a mesh, Icel. skökull the pole of a cart. See Shake.]
1.
Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter.

His shackles empty left; himself escaped clean.
Spenser.

2.
Hence, that which checks or prevents free action.

His very will seems to be in bonds and shackles.
South.

3.
A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.

Most of the men and women . . . had all earrings made of gold, and gold shackles about their legs and arms.
Dampier.

4.
A link or loop, as in a chain, fitted with a movable bolt, so that the parts can be separated, or the loop removed; a clevis.

5.
A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also drawlink, draglink, etc.

6.
The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple.
Knight.

Shackle joint (Anat.), a joint formed by a bony ring passing through a hole in a bone, as at the bases of spines in some fishes.


word: Shackle₃
definition:
Shackle

Shac"kle
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shackled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shackling.]
1.
To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.

To lead him shackled, and exposed to scorn
Of gathering crowds, the Britons' boasted chief.
J. Philips.

2.
Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.

Shackled by her devotion to the king, she seldom could pursue that object.
Walpole.

3.
To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars.
[U. S.]

Shackle bar, the coupling between a locomotive and its tender. [U.S.] -- Shackle bolt, a shackle. Sir W. Scott.


word: Shack up
definition:
Shack up

Shack" up`
v. i.
1.
to live together in a sexual relationship, without being legally married.
[Slang, U. S.]

2.
to live in a cabin, shack, or other crude dwelling.
[Slang, U. S.]


word: Shad
definition:
Shad

Shad
(shăd)
n. sing. & pl.
[AS. sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a fish.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Alosa sapidissima formerly Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (Alosa alosa  formerly Clupea alosa), and the twaite shad (Alosa finta  formerly Clupea finta), are less important species.
[Written also chad.]

&hand_; The name is loosely applied, also, to several other fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under Gizzard), called also mud shad, white-eyed shad, and winter shad.

Hardboaded shad, or Yellow-tailed shad, the menhaden. -- Hickory shad, or Tailor shad, the mattowacca. -- Long-boned shad, one of several species of important food fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus Gerres. -- Shad bush (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs or small trees of the rosaceous genus Amelanchier (Amelanchier Canadensis, and Amelanchier alnifolia).  Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in June or July, whence they are called Juneberries.  The plant is also called service tree, and Juneberry. -- Shad frog, an American spotted frog (Rana halecina); -- so called because it usually appears at the time when the shad begin to run in the rivers. -- Trout shad, the squeteague. -- White shad, the common shad.


word: Shadbird
definition:
Shadbird

Shad"bird`
(shăd"bẽrd)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
The American, or Wilson's, snipe. See under Snipe. So called because it appears at the same time as the shad.
(b)
The common European sandpiper.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Shadd
definition:
Shadd

Shadd
(shăd)
n.
(Mining.)
Rounded stones containing tin ore, lying at the surface of the ground, and indicating a vein.
Raymond.


word: Shaddock
definition:
Shaddock

Shad"dock
(?)
n.
[Said to be so called from a Captain Shaddock, who first brought this fruit from the East Indies.]
(Bot.)
A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a large species of orange; -- called also forbidden fruit, and pompelmous.


word: Shade
definition:
Shade

Shade
(shād)
n.
[OE. shade, shadewe, schadewe, AS. sceadu, scead; akin to OS. skado, D. schaduw, OHG. scato, (gen. scatewes), G. schatten, Goth. skadus, Ir. & Gael. sgath, and probably to Gr. sko`tos darkness. √162.  Cf. Shadow, Shed a hat.]
1.
Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.

&hand_; Shade differs from shadow as it implies no particular form or definite limit; whereas a shadow represents in form the object which intercepts the light. When we speak of the shade of a tree, we have no reference to its form; but when we speak of measuring a pyramid or other object by its shadow, we have reference to its form and extent.

2.
Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural.

The shades of night were falling fast.
Longfellow.

3.
An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat.

Let us seek out some desolate shade, and there
Weep our sad bosoms empty.
Shak.

4.
That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade.

The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
Ps. cxxi. 5.

Sleep under a fresh tree's shade.
Shak.

Let the arched knife well sharpened now assail the spreading shades of vegetables.
J. Philips.

5.
Shadow.
[Poetic.]

Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue.
Pope.

6.
The soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes.

Swift as thought the flitting shade
Thro' air his momentary journey made.
Dryden.

7.
(Painting, Drawing, etc.)
The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above.

8.
Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink.

White, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees, or shades and mixtures, as green only in by the eyes.
Locke.

9.
A minute difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc.; also, the quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms.

New shades and combinations of thought.
De Quincey.

Every shade of religious and political opinion has its own headquarters.
Macaulay.

The Shades, the Nether World; the supposed abode of souls after leaving the body.


word: Shade₂
definition:
Shade

Shade
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Shading.]
1.
To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
Milton.

I went to crop the sylvan scenes,
And shade our altars with their leafy greens.
Dryden.

2.
To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes.

Ere in our own house I do shade my head.
Shak.

3.
To obscure; to dim the brightness of.

Thou shad'st
The full blaze of thy beams.
Milton.

4.
To pain in obscure colors; to darken.

5.
To mark with gradations of light or color.

6.
To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
[Obs.]

[The goddess] in her person cunningly did shade
That part of Justice which is Equity.
Spenser.


word: Shade₃
definition:
Shade

Shade
(shād)
v. i.
[See Shade, n.]
To undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation, as of color, meaning, expression, etc.; to pass by slight changes; -- used chiefly with a preposition, as into, away, off.
This small group will be most conveniently treated with the emotional division, into which it shades.
Edmund Gurney.


word: Shading
definition:
Shading

Shad"ing
n.
1.
Act or process of making a shade.

2.
That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in a picture or a drawing.


word: Shadoof
definition:
Shadoof

Sha*doof"
(shȧ*dōf")
n.
[Ar. shādūf.]
A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation.


word: Shadow
definition:
Shadow

Shad"ow
(shăd"o̝)
n.
[Originally the same word as shade. √162. See Shade.]
1.
Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1.

2.
Darkness; shade; obscurity.

Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise.
Denham.

3.
A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.

In secret shadow from the sunny ray,
On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid.
Spenser.

4.
A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
Shak.

5.
That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.

Sin and her shadow Death.
Milton.

6.
A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.
shadow
Shak.

7.
An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.

The law having a shadow of good things to come.
Heb. x. 1.

[Types] and shadows of that destined seed.
Milton.

8.
A small degree; a shade.
shadow
James i. 17.

9.
An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited.
[A Latinism]
Nares.

I must not have my board pastered with shadows
That under other men's protection break in
Without invitement.
Massinger.

Shadow of death, darkness or gloom like that caused by the presence or the impending of death. Ps. xxiii. 4.


word: Shadow₂
definition:
Shadow

Shad"ow
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shadowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shadowing.]
[OE. shadowen, AS. sceadwian. See adow, n.]
1.
To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.

The warlike elf much wondered at this tree,
So fair and great, that shadowed all the ground.
Spenser.

2.
To conceal; to hide; to screen.
[R.]

Let every soldier hew him down a bough.
And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow
The numbers of our host.
Shak.

3.
To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.

Shadowing their right under your wings of war.
Shak.

4.
To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.

5.
To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.

Augustus is shadowed in the person of Æneas.
Dryden.

6.
To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.

The shadowed livery of the burnished sun.
Shak.

Why sad?
I must not see the face O love thus shadowed.
Beau. & Fl.

7.
To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.


word: Shadowing
definition:
Shadowing

Shad"ow*ing
n.
1.
Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading.
Feltham.

2.
A faint representation; an adumbration.

There are . . . in savage theology shadowings, quaint or majestic, of the conception of a Supreme Deity.
Tylor.


word: Shadowy
definition:
Shadowy

Shad"ow*y
(?)
a.
1.
Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.
Shadowy
Fenton.

This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods.
Shak.

2.
Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim.
shadowy
Longfellow.

3.
Not brightly luminous; faintly light.

The moon . . . with more pleasing light,
Shadowy sets off the face things.
Milton.

4.
Faintly representative; hence, typical.

From shadowy types to truth, from flesh to spirit.
Milton.

5.
Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor.

Milton has brought into his poems two actors of a shadowy
and fictitious nature, in the persons of Sin and Death.
Addison.


word: Shadrach
definition:
Shadrach

Sha"drach
(?)
n.
(Metal.)
A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.)


word: Shady
definition:
Shady

Shad"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Shadier (?); superl. Shadiest.]
1.
Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade.

The shady trees cover him with their shadow.
Job. xl. 22.

And Amaryllis fills the shady groves.
Dryden.

2.
Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.

Cast it also that you may have rooms shady for summer and warm for winter.
Bacon.

3.
Of or pertaining to shade or darkness;
hence,
unfit to be seen or known; of questionable character; unsavory; equivocal; dubious, corrupt, or criminal; as, a shady character; -- of people or activities.
[Colloq.]
shady
London Sat. Rev.
Shady characters, disreputable, criminal.
London Spectator.

On the shady side of, on the thither side of; as, on the shady side of fifty; that is, more than fifty. [Colloq.] -- To keep shady, to stay in concealment; also, to be reticent. [Slang]


word: Shafiite
definition:
Shafiite

Sha"fi*ite
(?)
n.
A member of one of the four sects of the Sunnites, or Orthodox Mohammedans; -- so called from its founder, Mohammed al-Shafeï.


word: Shaft
definition:
Shaft

Shaft
(?)
n.
[OE. shaft, schaft, AS. sceaft; akin to D. schacht, OHG. scaft, G. schaft, Dan. & Sw. skaft handle, haft, Icel. skapt, and probably to L. scapus, Gr. _;_;_;_;, _;_;_;_;, a staff. Probably originally, a shaven or smoothed rod.  Cf. Scape, Scepter, Shave.]
1.
The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.

His sleep, his meat, his drink, is him bereft,
That lean he wax, and dry as is a shaft.
Chaucer.

A shaft hath three principal parts, the stele [stale], the feathers, and the head.
Ascham.

2.
The long handle of a spear or similar weapon; hence, the weapon itself; (Fig.) anything regarded as a shaft to be thrown or darted; as, shafts of light.

And the thunder,
Winged with red lightning and impetuous rage,
Perhaps hath spent his shafts.
Milton.

Some kinds of literary pursuits . . . have been attacked with all the shafts of ridicule.
V. Knox.

3.
That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical.
(Bot.)
The trunk, stem, or stalk of a plant.
(b)
(Zool.)
The stem or midrib of a feather.
Illust.
Feather
(c)
The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill.
(d)
The part of a candlestick which supports its branches.

Thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold . . . his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
Ex. xxv. 31.

Bid time and nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to thee.
Emerson.

4.
(Zool.)
A humming bird (Thaumastura cora) having two of the tail feathers next to the middle ones very long in the male; -- called also cora humming bird.

5.
[Cf. G. schacht.]
(Mining)
A well-like excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly so, made for reaching and raising ore, for raising water, etc.

6.
A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft.

7.
The chamber of a blast furnace.

Line shaft (Mach.), a main shaft of considerable length, in a shop or factory, usually bearing a number of pulleys by which machines are driven, commonly by means of countershafts; -- called also line, or main line. -- Shaft alley (Naut.), a passage extending from the engine room to the stern, and containing the propeller shaft. -- Shaft furnace (Metal.), a furnace, in the form of a chimney, which is charged at the top and tapped at the bottom.


word: Shafted
definition:
Shafted

Shaft"ed
a.
1.
Furnished with a shaft, or with shafts; as, a shafted arch.

2.
(Her.)
Having a shaft; -- applied to a spear when the head and the shaft are of different tinctures.


word: Shafting
definition:
Shafting

Shaft"ing
n.
(Mach.)
Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion.


word: Shaftment
definition:
Shaftment

Shaftman

{ Shaft"man (?), Shaft"ment (?), }
n.
[AS. sceaftmund.]
A measure of about six inches.
[Obs.]


word: Shag
definition:
Shag

Shag
(?)
n.
[AS. sceacga a bush of hair; akin to Icel. skegg the beard, Sw. skägg, Dan. skj_;g.  Cf. Schock of hair.]
1.
Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.

True Witney broadcloth, with its shag unshorn.
Gay.

2.
A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.

3.
(Com.)
A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.

4.
(Zool.)
Any species of cormorant.


word: Shag₃
definition:
Shag

Shag
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shagging.]
To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough.

Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies.
J. Barlow.


word: Shagbark
definition:
Shagbark

Shag"bark`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut.  Called also shellbark.  See Hickory.
(b)
The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous tree with a red coiled-up pod.


word: Shaggy
definition:
Shaggy

Shag"gy
(?)
a.
[Compar. Shaggier (?); superl. Shaggiest.]
[From Shag, n.]
Rough with long hair or wool.

About his shoulders hangs the shaggy skin.
Dryden.

2.
Rough; rugged; jaggy.
Milton.

[A rill] that winds unseen beneath the shaggy fell.
Keble.


word: Shag-rag
definition:
Shag-rag

Shag"-rag`
(?)
n.
The unkempt and ragged part of the community.
[Colloq. or Slang.]
R. Browning.


word: Shagreen₂
definition:
Shagreen

Sha*green"
n.
[F. chagrin, It. zigrino, fr. Turk. saghri the back of a horse or other beast of burden, shagreen.  Cf. Chagrin.]
1.
A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used for covering small cases and boxes.

2.
The skin of various small sharks and other fishes when having small, rough, bony scales. The dogfishes of the genus Scyllium furnish a large part of that used in the arts.


word: Shagreened
definition:
Shagreened

Shagreen

{ Sha*green" (?), Sha*greened" (?) }
a.
1.
Made or covered with the leather called shagreen.
shagreen
T. Hook.

2.
(Zool.)
Covered with rough scales or points like those on shagreen.


word: Shah
definition:
Shah

Shah
(shä)
n.
[Per. shāh a king, sovereign, prince.  Cf. Checkmate, Chess, Pasha.]
A former title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries, especially Persia and Iran.
[Written also schah.]

Shah Nameh. [Per., Book of Kings.] A celebrated historical poem written by Firdousi, being the most ancient in the modern Persian language. Brande & C.


word: Shahin
definition:
Shahin

Sha*hin"
(?)
n.
[Ar. shāhīn.]
(Zool.)
A large and swift Asiatic falcon (Falco pregrinator) highly valued in falconry.


word: Shail
definition:
Shail

Shail
(?)
v. i.
[Cf. AS. sceolh squinting, Icel. skjāgr wry, oblique, Dan. skele to squint.]
To walk sidewise.
[Obs.]
L'Estrange.


word: Sheitan
definition:
Sheitan

Shaitan

{ &VerbarShai"tan, &VerbarShei"tan }
(?)
n.
[Written also sheytan.]
[Hind. shaitān, fr. Ar. shai&tsdot_;ān.]
1.
Among Mohammedans
(a)
An evil spirit; the evil one; the devil.
(b)
One of bad disposition; a fiend.
[Colloq.]

2.
(Meteor.)
A dust storm.
[India]


word: Shake₂
definition:
Shake

Shake
v. t.
[imp. Shook (?); p. p. Shaken (?), (Shook, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Shaking.]
[OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. √161.  Cf. Shock, v.]
1.
To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate.

As a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Rev. vi. 13.

Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels
That shake heaven's basis.
Milton.

2.
Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.

When his doctrines grew too strong to be shook by his enemies, they persecuted his reputation.
Atterbury.

Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love
Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced.
Milton.

3.
(Mus.)
To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music.

4.
To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree.

Shake off the golden slumber of repose.
Shak.

'Tis our fast intent
To shake all cares and business from our age.
Shak.

I could scarcely shake him out of my company.
Bunyan.

To shake a cask (Naut.), to knock a cask to pieces and pack the staves. -- To shake hands, to perform the customary act of civility by clasping and moving hands, as an expression of greeting, farewell, good will, agreement, etc. -- To shake out a reef (Naut.), to untile the reef points and spread more canvas. -- To shake the bells. See under Bell. -- To shake the sails (Naut.), to luff up in the wind, causing the sails to shiver. Ham. Nav. Encyc.


word: Shake₃
definition:
Shake

Shake
v. i.
To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter.

Under his burning wheels
The steadfast empyrean shook throughout,
All but the throne itself of God.
Milton.

What danger? Who 's that that shakes behind there?
Beau. & Fl.

Shaking piece, a name given by butchers to the piece of beef cut from the under side of the neck. See Illust. of Beef.


word: Shake₄
definition:
Shake

Shake
(?)
n.
1.
The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation.

The great soldier's honor was composed
Of thicker stuff, which could endure a shake.
Herbert.

Our salutations were very hearty on both sides, consisting of many kind shakes of the hand.
Addison.

2.
A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly.
Gwilt.

3.
A fissure in rock or earth.

4.
(Mus.)
A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.

5.
(Naut.)
One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
Totten.

6.
A shook of staves and headings.
Knight.

7.
(Zool.)
The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
[Prov. Eng.]

No great shakes, of no great importance. [Slang] Byron. -- The shakes, the fever and ague. [Colloq. U.S.]


word: Shakedown
definition:
Shakedown

Shake"down`
(?)
n.
A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Shaken
definition:
Shaken

Shak"en
(?)
a.
1.
Caused to shake; agitated; as, a shaken bough.

2.
Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2.

Nor is the wood shaken or twisted.
Barroe.

3.
Impaired, as by a shock.


word: Shaker
definition:
Shaker

Shak"er
(?)
n.
1.
A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.

2.
One of a religious sect who do not marry, popularly so called from the movements of the members in dancing, which forms a part of their worship.

&hand_; The sect originated in England in 1747, and came to the United States in 1774, under the leadership of Mother Ann Lee. The Shakers are sometimes nicknamed Shaking Quakers, but they differ from the Quakers in doctrine and practice. They style themselves the “United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing.” The sect is now confined in the United States.

3.
(Zool.)
A variety of pigeon.
P. J. Selby.


word: Shakespearean
definition:
Shakespearean

Shake*spear"e*an
(?)
a.
Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his works.
[Written also Shakespearian, Shakspearean, Shakspearian, Shaksperean, Shaksperian.etc.]


word: Shakings
definition:
Shakings

Shak"ings
(?)
n. pl.
(Naut.)
Deck sweepings, refuse of cordage, canvas, etc.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.


word: Shakudo
definition:
Shakudo

Shak"u*do"
(shăk"ŏ*d&omacr")
n.
[Jap.]
An alloy of copper, invented by the Japanese, having a very dark blue color approaching black.


word: Shaky
definition:
Shaky

Shak"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Shakier (?); superl. Shakiest.]
1.
Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand.
Thackeray.

2.
Full of shakes or cracks; cracked; as, shaky timber.
Gwilt.

3.
Easily shaken; tottering; unsound; as, a shaky constitution; shaky business credit.
[Colloq.]


word: Shale
definition:
Shale

Shale
(?)
n.
[AS. scealy, scalu. See Scalme, and cf. Shell.]
1.
A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
shales
Chapman.

2.
[G. shale.]
(Geol.)
A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.

Bituminous shale. See under Bituminous.


word: Shale₂
definition:
Shale

Shale
v. t.
To take off the shell or coat of; to shell.

Life, in its upper grades, was bursting its shell, or was shaling off its husk.
I. Taylor.


word: Shall
definition:
Shall

Shall
(?)
v. i. & auxiliary.
[imp. Should (?).]
[OE. shal, schal, imp. sholde, scholde, AS. scal, sceal, I am obliged, imp. scolde, sceolde, inf. sculan; akin to OS. skulan, pres. skal, imp. skolda, D. zullen, pres. zal, imp. zoude, zou, OHG. solan, scolan, pres. scal, sol. imp. scolta, solta, G. sollen, pres. soll, imp. sollte, Icel. skulu, pres. skal, imp. skyldi, SW. skola, pres. skall, imp. skulle, Dan. skulle, pres. skal, imp. skulde, Goth. skulan, pres. skal, imp. skulda, and to AS. scyld guilt, G. schuld guilt, fault, debt, and perhaps to L. scelus crime.]
[Shall is defective, having no infinitive, imperative, or participle.]
1.
To owe; to be under obligation for.
[Obs.]
shall
Court of Love.

2.
To be obliged; must.
[Obs.]
shall
Chaucer.

3.
As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or promise your going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the auxillary be emphasized, the command is made more imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, “the day shall come when . . . , ” since a promise or threat and an authoritative prophecy nearly coincide in significance. In shall with the first person, the necessity of the action is sometimes implied as residing elsewhere than in the speaker; as, I shall suffer; we shall see; and there is always a less distinct and positive assertion of his volition than is indicated by will. “I shall go” implies nearly a simple futurity; more exactly, a foretelling or an expectation of my going, in which, naturally enough, a certain degree of plan or intention may be included; emphasize the shall, and the event is described as certain to occur, and the expression approximates in meaning to our emphatic “I will go.” In a question, the relation of speaker and source of obligation is of course transferred to the person addressed; as, “Shall you go?” (answer, “I shall go”); “Shall he go?” i. e., “Do you require or promise his going?” (answer, “He shall go”.) The same relation is transferred to either second or third person in such phrases as “You say, or think, you shall go;” “He says, or thinks, he shall go.”  After a conditional conjunction (as if, whether) shall is used in all persons to express futurity simply; as, if I, you, or he shall say they are right.  Should is everywhere used in the same connection and the same senses as shall, as its imperfect. It also expresses duty or moral obligation; as, he should do it whether he will or not. In the early English, and hence in our English Bible, shall is the auxiliary mainly used, in all the persons, to express simple futurity. (Cf. Will, v. t.) Shall may be used elliptically; thus, with an adverb or other word expressive of motion go may be omitted.
shall
Shak.

&hand_; Shall and will are often confounded by inaccurate speakers and writers. Say: I shall be glad to see you. Shall I do this? Shall I help you? (not Will I do this?) See Will.


word: Shallon
definition:
Shallon

Shal"lon
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
An evergreen shrub (Gaultheria Shallon) of Northwest America; also, its fruit. See Salal-berry.


word: Shalloon
definition:
Shalloon

Shal*loon"
(?)
n.
[F. chalon, from Châlons, in France, where it was first made.]
A thin, loosely woven, twilled worsted stuff.

In blue shalloon shall Hannibal be clad.
Swift.


word: Shallop
definition:
Shallop

Shal"lop
(?)
n.
[F. chaloupe, probably from D. sloep.  Cf. Sloop.]
(Naut.)
A boat.

[She] thrust the shallop from the floating strand.
Spenser.

&hand_; The term shallop is applied to boats of all sizes, from a light canoe up to a large boat with masts and sails.


word: Shallot
definition:
Shallot

Shal*lot"
(?)
n.
[OF. eschalote (for escalone), F. échalote. See Scallion, and cf. Eschalot.]
(Bot.)
A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot.


word: Shallow
definition:
Shallow

Shal"low
(?)
a.
[Compar. Shallower (?); superl. Shallowest.]
[OE. schalowe, probably originally, sloping or shelving; cf. Icel. skjālgr wry, squinting, AS. sceolh, D. & G. scheel, OHG. schelah.  Cf. Shelve to slope, Shoal shallow.]
1.
Not deep; having little depth; shoal.
Shallow
Milton.

2.
Not deep in tone.
[R.]

The sound perfecter and not so shallow and jarring.
Bacon.

3.
Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning.

The king was neither so shallow, nor so ill advertised, as not to perceive the intention of the French king.
Bacon.

Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself.
Milton.


word: Shallow₂
definition:
Shallow

Shal"low
n.
1.
A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.

A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel.
Bacon.

Dashed on the shallows of the moving sand.
Dryden.

2.
(Zool.)
The rudd.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Shallow-bodied
definition:
Shallow-bodied

Shal"low-bod`ied
(?)
a.
(Naut.)
Having a moderate depth of hold; -- said of a vessel.


word: Shallow-waisted
definition:
Shallow-waisted

Shal"low-waist`ed
(?)
a.
(Naut.)
Having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depression amidships; -- said of a vessel.


word: Sham
definition:
Sham

Sham
(shăm)
n.
[Originally the same word as shame, hence, a disgrace, a trick. See Shame, n.]
1.
That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoints; a make-believe; delusion; imposture; humbug.
sham
Bp. Stillingfleet.

Believe who will the solemn sham, not I.
Addison.

2.
A false front, or removable ornamental covering.

Pillow sham, a covering to be laid on a pillow.


word: Sham₂
definition:
Sham

Sham
a.
False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.

They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians.
Jowett (Thucyd)


word: Sham₃
definition:
Sham

Sham
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shammed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shamming.]
1.
To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.

Fooled and shammed into a conviction.
L'Estrange.

2.
To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
[R.]

We must have a care that we do not . . . sham fallacies upon the world for current reason.
L'Estrange.

3.
To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.

To sham Abram or To sham Abraham, to feign sickness; to malinger. Hence a malingerer is called, in sailors' cant, Sham Abram, or Sham Abraham.


word: Sham₄
definition:
Sham

Sham
v. i.
To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.

Wondering . . . whether those who lectured him were such fools as they professed to be, or were only shamming.
Macaulay.


word: Shama
definition:
Shama

Sha"ma
(?)
n.
[Hind. shāmā.]
(Zool.)
A saxicoline singing bird (Kittacincla macroura) of India, noted for the sweetness and power of its song. In confinement it imitates the notes of other birds and various animals with accuracy. Its head, neck, back, breast, and tail are glossy black, the rump white, the under parts chestnut.


word: Shaman
definition:
Shaman

Sha"man
(?)
n.
[From the native name.]
A priest of Shamanism; a wizard among the Shamanists.


word: Shamanism
definition:
Shamanism

Sha"man*ism
(?)
n.
The type of religion which once prevalied among all the Ural-Altaic peoples (Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various parts of Northern Asia. The Shaman, or wizard priest, deals with good as well as with evil spirits, especially the good spirits of ancestors.
Encyc. Brit.


word: Shamble
definition:
Shamble

Sham"ble
(?)
n.
[OE. schamel a bench, stool, AS. scamel, sceamol, a bench, form, stool, fr. L. scamellum, dim. of scamnum a bench, stool.]
1.
(Mining)
One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.

2.
pl.
A place where butcher's meat is sold.

As summer flies are in the shambles.
Shak.

3.
pl.
A place for slaughtering animals for meat.

To make a shambles of the parliament house.
Shak.


word: Shamble₂
definition:
Shamble

Sham"ble
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Shambled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shambling (?).]
[Cf. OD. schampelen to slip, schampen to slip away, escape.  Cf. Scamble, Scamper.]
To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along.


word: Shambling
definition:
Shambling

Sham"bling
(?)
a.
Characterized by an awkward, irregular pace; as, a shambling trot; shambling legs.


word: Shame
definition:
Shame

Shame
(?)
n.
[OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to OS. & OHG. scama, G. scham, Icel. skömm, shkamm, Sw. & Dan. skam, D. & G. schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and akin to the root (kam) of G. hemd shirt, E. chemise.  Cf. Sham.]
1.
A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal.

HIde, for shame,
Romans, your grandsires' images,
That blush at their degenerate progeny.
Dryden.

Have you no modesty, no maiden shame?
Shak.

2.
Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.

Ye have borne the shame of the heathen.
Ezek. xxxvi. 6.

Honor and shame from no condition rise.
Pope.

And every woe a tear can claim
Except an erring sister's shame.
Byron.

3.
The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.

O C_;sar, what a wounding shame is this!
Shak.

Guides who are the shame of religion.
Shak.

4.
The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
Isa. xlvii. 3.

For shame! you should be ashamed; shame on you! -- To put to shame, to cause to feel shame; to humiliate; to disgrace. “Let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.”  Ps. xl. 14.


word: Shame₂
definition:
Shame

Shame
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shamed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shaming.]
1.
To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.

Were there but one righteous in the world, he would . . . shame the world, and not the world him.
South.

2.
To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.

And with foul cowardice his carcass shame.
Spenser.

3.
To mock at; to deride.
[Obs. or R.]

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor.
Ps. xiv. 6.


word: Shame₃
definition:
Shame

Shame
v. i.
[AS. scamian, sceamian. See Shame, n.]
To be ashamed; to feel shame.
[R.]

I do shame
To think of what a noble strain you are.
Shak.


word: Shamefaced
definition:
Shamefaced

Shame"faced`
(?)
a.
[For shamefast; AS. scamfaest. See Shame, n., and Fast firm.]
Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest.

Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise.
Dryden.

&hand_; Shamefaced was once shamefast, shamefacedness was shamefastness, like steadfast and steadfastness; but the ordinary manifestations of shame being by the face, have brought it to its present orthography.  Trench.


word: Shamefast
definition:
Shamefast

Shame"fast
(?)
a.
[AS. scamfæst.]
Modest; shamefaced.
Shame"fast*ly, adv. -- Shame"fast*ness, n. [Archaic] See Shamefaced.

Shamefast she was in maiden shamefastness.
Chaucer.

[Conscience] is a blushing shamefast spirit.
Shak.

Modest apparel with shamefastness.
1 Tim. ii. 9 (Rev. Ver.).


word: Shameful
definition:
Shameful

Shame"ful
(?)
a.
1.
Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful.

His naval preparations were not more surprising than his quick and shameful retreat.
Arbuthnot.

2.
Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a shameful sight.
Spenser.


word: Shameless
definition:
Shameless

Shame"less
a.
[AS. scamleás.]
1.
Destitute of shame; wanting modesty; brazen-faced; insensible to disgrace.
shameless
Pope.

Shame enough to shame thee, wert thou not shameless.
Shak.

2.
Indicating want of modesty, or sensibility to disgrace; indecent; as, a shameless picture or poem.


word: Shammy
definition:
Shammy

Sham"my
(?)
n.
[F. chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See Chamois.]
1.
(Zool.)
The chamois.

2.
A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See Shamoying.
[Written also chamois, shamoy, and shamois.]


word: Shamoying
definition:
Shamoying

Sha*moy"ing
(?)
n.
[See Shammy.]
A process used in preparing certain kinds of leather, which consists in frizzing the skin, and working oil into it to supply the place of the astringent (tannin, alum, or the like) ordinarily used in tanning.


word: Shampoo
definition:
Shampoo

Sham*poo"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shampooed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shampooing.]
[Hind. chāmpnā to press, to squeeze.]
[Writing also champoo.]
1.
To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath.

2.
To wash throughly and rub the head of (a person), with the fingers, using either soap, or a soapy preparation, for the more thorough cleansing.


word: Shamrock
definition:
Shamrock

Sham"rock
(?)
n.
[L. seamrog, seamar, trefoil, white clover, white honeysuckle; akin to Gael. seamrag.]
(Bot.)
A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.

&hand_; The original plant was probably a kind of wood sorrel (Oxalis Acetocella); but now the name is given to the white clover (Trifolium repens), and the black medic (Medicago lupulina).


word: Shanghai
definition:
Shanghai

Shang`hai"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shanghaied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shanghaiing.]
To intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition.
[Written also shanghae.]
[Slang, U.S.]


word: Shank₂
definition:
Shank

Shank
n.
[OE. shanke, schanke, schonke, AS. scanca, sceanca, sconca, sceonca; akin to D. schonk a bone, G. schenkel thigh, shank, schinken ham, OHG. scincha shank, Dan. & Sw. skank. √161.  Cf. Skink, v.]
1.
The part of the leg from the knee to the foot; the shin; the shin bone; also, the whole leg.

His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank.
Shak.

2.
Hence, that part of an instrument, tool, or other thing, which connects the acting part with a handle or other part, by which it is held or moved.
(a)
That part of a key which is between the bow and the part which enters the wards of the lock.
(b)
The middle part of an anchor, or that part which is between the ring and the arms.
Illustr.
Anchor
(c)
That part of a hoe, rake, knife, or the like, by which it is secured to a handle.
(d)
A loop forming an eye to a button.

3.
(Arch.)
The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
Gwilt.

4.
(Founding)
A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.

5.
(Print.)
The body of a type.

6.
(Shoemaking)
The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.

7.
(Zool.)
A wading bird with long legs; as, the green-legged shank, or knot; the yellow shank, or tattler; -- called also shanks.

8.
pl.
Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.

Shank painter (Naut.), a short rope or chain which holds the shank of an anchor against the side of a vessel when it is secured for a voyage. -- To ride shank's mare, to go on foot; to walk.


word: Shank₃
definition:
Shank

Shank
v. i.
To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; -- usually followed by off.
Darwin.


word: Shanny
definition:
Shanny

Shan"ny
(?)
n.
pl. Shannies (#).
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Zool.)
The European smooth blenny (Blennius pholis). It is olive-green with irregular black spots, and without appendages on the head.


word: Shanty₂
definition:
Shanty

Shan"ty
n.
pl. Shanties (#).
[Said to be fr. Ir. sean old + tig. a house.]
A small, mean dwelling; a rough, slight building for temporary use; a hut.


word: Shape
definition:
Shape

Shape
(shāp)
v. t.
[imp. Shaped (shāpt); p. p. Shaped or Shapen (shāp"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Shaping.]
[OE. shapen, schapen, AS. sceapian. The p. p. shapen is from the strong verb, AS. scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, p. p. sceapen. See Shape, n.]
1.
To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

I was shapen in iniquity.
Ps. li. 5.

Grace shaped her limbs, and beauty decked her face.
Prior.

2.
To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel.

To the stream, when neither friends, nor force,
Nor speed nor art avail, he shapes his course.
Denham.

Charmed by their eyes, their manners I acquire,
And shape my foolishness to their desire.
Prior.

3.
To imagine; to conceive; to call forth (ideas).
[archaic]

Oft my jealousy
Shapes faults that are not.
Shak.

4.
To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange.

When shapen was all this conspiracy,
From point to point.
Chaucer.

Shaping machine. (Mach.) Same as Shaper. -- To shape one's self, to prepare; to make ready. [Obs.]

I will early shape me therefor.
Chaucer.


word: Shape₃
definition:
Shape

Shape
n.
[OE. shap, schap, AS. sceap in gesceap creation, creature, fr. the root of scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, to shape, to do, to effect; akin to OS. giskeppian, OFries. skeppa, D. scheppen, G. schaffen, OHG. scaffan, scepfen, skeffen, Icer. skapa, skepja, Dan. skabe, skaffe, Sw. skapa, skaffa, Goth. gaskapjan, and perhaps to E. shave, v.  Cf. -ship.]
1.
Character or construction of a thing as determining its external appearance; outward aspect; make; figure; form; guise; as, the shape of a tree; the shape of the head; an elegant shape.

He beat me grievously, in the shape of a woman.
Shak.

2.
That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being.

Before the gates three sat,
On either side, a formidable shape.
Milton.

3.
A model; a pattern; a mold.

4.
Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality.
Milton.

5.
Dress for disguise; guise.
[Obs.]

Look better on this virgin, and consider
This Persian shape laid by, and she appearing
In a Greekish dress.
Messinger.

6.
(Iron Manuf.)
(a)
A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
(b)
A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.

To take shape, to assume a definite form.


word: Shapeless
definition:
Shapeless

Shape"less
a.
Destitute of shape or regular form; wanting symmetry of dimensions; misshapen; -- opposed to shapely.
Shape"less*ness, n.

The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice.
Pope.


word: Shapely
definition:
Shapely

Shape"ly
a.
[Compar. Shapelier (?); superl. Shapeliest.]
1.
Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical.
T. Warton.

Waste sandy valleys, once perplexed with thorn,
The spiry fir and shapely box adorn.
Pope.

Where the shapely column stood.
Couper.

2.
Fit; suitable.
[Obs.]

Shaply for to be an alderman.
Chaucer.


word: Shaper
definition:
Shaper

Shap"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes.

The secret of those old shapers died with them.
Lowell.

2.
That which shapes; a machine for giving a particular form or outline to an object.
(a)
(Metal Working)
A kind of planer in which the tool, instead of the work, receives a reciprocating motion, usually from a crank.
(b)
(Wood Working)
A machine with a vertically revolving cutter projecting above a flat table top, for cutting irregular outlines, moldings, etc.


word: Shaps
definition:
Shaps

Shaps
(shăps)
n. pl.
[Shortened fr. chaparajos. Cf. Chaps.]
Chaparajos.
[Western U. S.]
A pair of gorgeous buckskin shaps, embroidered up the sides and adorned with innumerable ermine skins.
The Century.


word: Shard₂
definition:
Shard

Shard
(shärd)
n.
[AS. sceard, properly a p. p. from the root of scearn to shear, to cut; akin to D. schaard a fragment, G. scharte a notch, Icel. skarð. See Shear, and cf. Sherd.]
[Written also sheard, and sherd.]
1.
A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.
Shak.

The precious dish
Broke into shards of beauty on the board.
E. Arnold.

2.
(Zool.)
The hard wing case of a beetle.

They are his shards, and he their beetle.
Shak.

3.
A gap in a fence.
[Obs.]
Stanyhurst.

4.
A boundary; a division.
[Obs. & R.]
Spenser.


word: Share
definition:
Share

Share
(?)
n.
[OE. schar, AS. scear; akin to OHG. scaro, G. schar, pflugshar, and E. shear, v. See Shear.]
1.
The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

2.
The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed.
Knight.


word: Share₂
definition:
Share

Share
n.
[OE. share, AS. scearu, scaru, fr. sceran to shear, cut. See Shear, v.]
1.
A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence.

2.
Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a number; a portion among others; an apportioned lot; an allotment; a dividend.
share
Dryden.

3.
Hence, one of a certain number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is divided; as, a ship owned in ten shares.

4.
The pubes; the sharebone.
[Obs.]
Holland.

To go shares, to partake; to be equally concerned. -- Share and share alike, in equal shares.


word: Share₃
definition:
Share

Share
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sharing.]
1.
To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.

Suppose I share my fortune equally between my children and a stranger.
Swift.

2.
To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess in common; as, to share a shelter with another.

While avarice and rapine share the land.
Milton.

3.
To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.
[Obs.]

The shared visage hangs on equal sides.
Dryden.


word: Share₄
definition:
Share

Share
(shâr)
v. i.
To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others.

A right of inheritance gave every one a title to share in the goods of his father.
Locke.


word: Sharebroker
definition:
Sharebroker

Share"bro`ker
(shâr"br&omacr`kẽr)
n.
A broker who deals in railway or other shares and securities.


word: Sharecropper
definition:
Sharecropper

Share"crop`per
(shâr"kr&obreve_;p`pẽr)
n.
A farmer who rents a parcel of land from its owner and pays a portion of the crop as the rent.


word: Shareholder
definition:
Shareholder

Share"hold`er
(shâr"h&omacrld`ẽr)
n.
One who holds or owns a share or shares in a joint fund or property.


word: Sharer
definition:
Sharer

Shar"er
(shâr"ẽr)
n.
One who shares; a participator; a partaker; also, a divider; a distributer.


word: Sharewort
definition:
Sharewort

Share"wort`
(shâr"wûrt`)
n.
(Bot.)
A composite plant (Aster Tripolium) growing along the seacoast of Europe.


word: Shark
definition:
Shark

Shark
(shärk)
n.
[Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr. carcharus a kind of dogfish, Gr. karchari`as, so called from its sharp teeth, fr. ka`rcharos having sharp or jagged teeth; or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf. Shark, v. t. & i.); cf. Corn. scarceas.]
1.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas.

&hand_; Some sharks, as the basking shark and the whale shark, grow to an enormous size, the former becoming forty feet or more, and the latter sixty feet or more, in length. Most of them are harmless to man, but some are exceedingly voracious.  The man-eating sharks mostly belong to the genera Carcharhinus, Carcharodon, and related genera. They have several rows of large sharp teeth with serrated edges, as the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias or Carcharodon Rondeleti) of tropical seas, and the great blue shark (Carcharhinus glaucus syn. Prionace glauca) of all tropical and temperate seas.  The former sometimes becomes thirty-six feet long, and is the most voracious and dangerous species known.  The rare man-eating shark of the United States coast (Carcharodon Atwoodi) is thought by some to be a variety, or the young, of Carcharodon carcharias.  The dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) is a common species on the coast of the United States of moderate size and not dangerous.  It feeds on shellfish and bottom fishes.

The original 1913 Webster also mentioned a “smaller blue shark (C. caudatus)”, but this species could not be found mentioned on the Web (August 2002).  The following is a list of Atlantic Ocean sharks:
  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * *
Common and Scientific Names of Atlantic Sharks
  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * *
from  “Our Living Oceans 1995” (published by the National Printing Office):
NMFS. 1999. Our Living Oceans. Report on the status of U.S. living marine resources, 1999. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/SPO-41, on-line version, http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/olo99.htm.

(the following list is found at at http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/app5.pdf)

(1) Pelagic Sharks

Thresher shark  (Alopias vulpinus)
Bigeye thresher  (Alopias superciliosus)
Oceanic whitetip shark  (Carcharhinus longimanus)
Sevengill shark  (Heptrachias perlo)
Sixgill shark  (Hexanchus griseus)
Bigeye sixgill shark  (Hexanchus vitulus)
Shortfin mako  (Isurus oxyrinchus)
Longfin mako  (Isurus paucus)
Porbeagle  (Lamna nasus)
Blue shark  (Prionace glauca)

(2)Large Coastal Sharks

Sandbar shark  (Carcharhinus plumbeus)
Reef shark  (Carcharhinus perezi)
Blacktip shark  (Carcharhinus limbatus)
Dusky shark  (Carcharhinus obscurus)
Spinner shark  (Carcharhinus brevipinna)
Silky shark  (Carcharhinus falciformis)
Bull shark  (Carcharhinus leucas)
Bignose shark  (Carcharhinus altimus)
Galapagos shark  (Carcharhinus galapagensis)
Night shark  (Carcharhinus signatus)
White shark  (Carcharodon carcharias)
Basking shark  (Cetorhinus maximus)
Tiger shark  (Galeocerdo cuvier)
Nurse shark  (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
Lemon shark  (Negaprion brevirostris)
Ragged-tooth shark  (Odontaspis ferox)
Whale shark  (Rhincodon typus)
Scalloped hammerhead  (Sphyrna lewini)
Great hammerhead  (Sphyrna mokarran)
Smooth hammerhead  (Sphyrna zygaena)

(3) Small Coastal Sharks

Finetooth shark  (Carcharhinus isodon)
Blacknose shark  (Carcharhinus acronotus)
Atlantic sharpnose shark  (Rhizoprionodon erraenovae)
Caribbean sharpnose shark  (Rhizoprionodon porosus)
Bonnethead  (Sphyrna tiburo)
Atlantic angel shark  (Squatina dumeril)


2.
A rapacious, artful person; a sharper.
[Colloq.]

3.
Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark.
[Obs.]
South.

Basking shark, Liver shark, Nurse shark, Oil shark, Sand shark, Tiger shark, etc. See under Basking, Liver, etc.  See also Dogfish, Houndfish, Notidanian, and Tope. -- Gray shark, the sand shark. -- Hammer-headed shark. See Hammerhead. -- Port Jackson shark.  See Cestraciont. -- Shark barrow, the eggcase of a shark; a sea purse. -- Shark ray. Same as Angel fish (a), under Angel. -- Thrasher shark or Thresher shark, a large, voracious shark. See Thrasher. -- Whale shark, a huge harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) of the Indian Ocean.  It becomes sixty feet or more in length, but has very small teeth.


word: Shark₂
definition:
Shark

Shark
v. t.
[Of uncertain origin; perhaps fr. shark, n., or perhaps related to E. shear (as hearken to hear), and originally meaning, to clip off.  Cf. Shirk.]
To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Shark₃
definition:
Shark

Shark
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Sharked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sharking.]
1.
To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.

Neither sharks for a cup or a reckoning.
Bp. Earle.

2.
To live by shifts and stratagems.
Beau. & Fl.


word: Sharking
definition:
Sharking

Shark"ing
n.
Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices.


word: Sharock
definition:
Sharock

Shar"ock
(?)
n.
An East Indian coin of the value of 121/2 pence sterling, or about 25 cents.


word: Sharp
definition:
Sharp

Sharp
(?)
a.
[Compar. Sharper (?); superl. Sharpest.]
[OE. sharp, scharp, scarp, AS. scearp; akin to OS. skarp, LG. scharp, D. scherp, G. scharf, Dan. & Sw. skarp, Icel. skarpr.  Cf. Escarp, Scrape, Scorpion.]
1.
Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.

He dies upon my scimeter's sharp point.
Shak.

2.
Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features.

3.
Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash.

4.
(Mus.)
(a)
High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone.
(b)
Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C&sharp), which is a half step, or semitone, higher than C.
(c)
So high as to be out of tune, or above true pitch; as, the tone is sharp; that instrument is sharp. Opposed in all these senses to flat.

5.
Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air.

Sharp misery had worn him to the bones.
Shak.

The morning sharp and clear.
Cowper.

In sharpest perils faithful proved.
Keble.

6.
Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke.
sharp
Tennyson.

To that place the sharp Athenian law
Can not pursue us.
Shak.

Be thy words severe,
Sharp as merits but the sword forbear.
Dryden.

7.
Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment.

Nothing makes men sharper . . . than want.
Addison.

Many other things belong to the material world, wherein the sharpest philosophers have never ye_; arrived at clear and distinct ideas.
L. Watts.

8.
Eager in pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite.

9.
Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
sharp
Milton.

A sharp assault already is begun.
Dryden.

10.
Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interest; close and exact in dealing; shrewd; as, a sharp dealer; a sharp customer.

The necessity of being so sharp and exacting.
Swift.

11.
Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand.
Moxon.

12.
Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve.

13.
(Phonetics)
Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such as p, k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated.

&hand_; Sharp is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sharp-cornered, sharp-edged, sharp-pointed, sharp-tasted, sharp-visaged, etc.

Sharp practice, the getting of an advantage, or the attempt to do so, by a tricky expedient. -- To brace sharp, or To sharp up (Naut.), to turn the yards to the most oblique position possible, that the ship may lie well up to the wind.


word: Sharp₂
definition:
Sharp

Sharp
(?)
adv.
1.
To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
M. Arnold.

The head [of a spear] full sharp yground.
Chaucer.

You bite so sharp at reasons.
Shak.

2.
Precisely; exactly; as, we shall start at ten o'clock sharp.
[Colloq.]

Look sharp, attend; be alert. [Colloq.]


word: Sharp₃
definition:
Sharp

Sharp
n.
1.
A sharp tool or weapon.
[Obs.]

If butchers had but the manners to go to sharps, gentlemen would be contented with a rubber at cuffs.
Collier.

2.
(Mus.)
(a)
The character [&sharp] used to indicate that the note before which it is placed is to be raised a half step, or semitone, in pitch.
(b)
A sharp tone or note.
Shak.

3.
A portion of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
[Prov. Eng.]
C. Kingsley.

4.
A sewing needle having a very slender point; a needle of the most pointed of the three grades, blunts, betweens, and sharps.

5.
pl.
Same as Middlings, 1.

6.
An expert.
[Slang]


word: Sharp₄
definition:
Sharp

Sharp
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sharped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sharping.]
1.
To sharpen.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

2.
(Mus.)
To raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a half step, or semitone, above the natural tone.


word: Sharp₅
definition:
Sharp

Sharp
v. i.
1.
To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
L'Estrange.

2.
(Mus.)
To sing above the proper pitch.


word: Sharp-cut
definition:
Sharp-cut

Sharp-cut`
(?)
a.
Cut sharply or definitely, or so as to make a clear, well-defined impression, as the lines of an engraved plate, and the like; clear-cut; hence, having great distinctness; well-defined; clear.


word: Sharpen
definition:
Sharpen

Sharp"en
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sarpened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sharpening.]
[See Sharp, a.]
To make sharp.
(a)
To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw.
(b)
To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.

The air . . . sharpened his visual ray
To objects distant far.
Milton.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill.
Burke.

Epicurean cooks
Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite.
Shak.

Inclosures not only preserve sound, but increase and sharpen it.
Bacon.


word: Sharper
definition:
Sharper

Sharp"er
(?)
n.
A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester.

Sharpers, as pikes, prey upon their own kind.
L'Estrange.


word: Sharpie
definition:
Sharpie

Sharp"ie
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
A long, sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with one or two masts carrying a triangular sail. They are often called Fair Haven sharpies, after the place on the coast of Connecticut where they originated.
[Local, U.S.]


word: Sharply
definition:
Sharply

Sharp"ly
adv.
In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely.

They are more sharply to be chastised and reformed than the rude Irish.
Spenser.

The soldiers were sharply assailed with wants.
Hayward.

You contract your eye when you would see sharply.
Bacon.


word: Sharpness
definition:
Sharpness

Sharp"ness
n.
[AS. scearpness.]
The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.


word: Sharpsaw
definition:
Sharpsaw

Sharp"saw`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The great titmouse; -- so called from its harsh call notes.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Sharp-set
definition:
Sharp-set

Sharp"-set`
(?)
a.
Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set.

The town is sharp-set on new plays.
Pope.


word: Sharpshooter
definition:
Sharpshooter

Sharp"shoot`er
(?)
n.
One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman.


word: Sharpshooting
definition:
Sharpshooting

Sharp"shoot`ing
n.
A shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keen contest of wit or argument.


word: Sharp-sighted
definition:
Sharp-sighted

Sharp"-sight`ed
(?)
a.
Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively.
Sharp`-sight`ed*ness, n.


word: Sharptail
definition:
Sharptail

Sharp"tail`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
The pintail duck.
(b)
The pintail grouse, or prairie chicken.


word: Shasta Sam
definition:
Shasta Sam

Shasta Sam
(Card Playing)
A game like California Jack, except that the pack drawn from is turned face down.


word: Shastra
definition:
Shastra

Shaster

{ &VerbarShas"ter (?), &VerbarShas"tra (?), }
n.
[Skr. cāstra an order or command, a sacred book, fr. cās to order, instruct, govern.  Cf. Sastra.]
A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; a book of institutes; especially, a treatise explaining the Vedas.
[Written also sastra.]


word: Shatter
definition:
Shatter

Shat"ter
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shattered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shattering.]
[OE. schateren, scateren, to scatter, to dash, AS. scateran; cf. D. schateren to crack, to make a great noise, OD. schetteren to scatter, to burst, to crack.  Cf. Scatter.]
1.
To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning.

A monarchy was shattered to pieces, and divided amongst revolted subjects.
Locke.

2.
To disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered.

A man of a loose, volatile, and shattered humor.
Norris.

3.
To scatter about.
[Obs.]

Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.
Milton.


word: Shatter₂
definition:
Shatter

Shat"ter
v. i.
To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied.

Some fragile bodies break but where the force is; some shatter and fly in many places.
Bacon.


word: Shatter₃
definition:
Shatter

Shat"ter
n.
A fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters.
Swift.


word: Shatter-pated
definition:
Shatter-pated

Shatter-brained

{ Shat"ter-brained` (?), Shat"ter-pat`ed (?), }
a.
Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild; similar to scatter-brained.
J. Goodman.


word: Shattery
definition:
Shattery

Shat"ter*y
(?)
a.
Easily breaking into pieces; not compact; loose of texture; brittle; as, shattery spar.


word: Shave
definition:
Shave

Shave
(shāv)
obs. p. p. of Shave.
Chaucer.

His beard was shave as nigh as ever he can.
Chaucer.


word: Shave₂
definition:
Shave

Shave
v. t.
[imp. Shaved (shāvd);p. p. Shaved or Shaven (shāv"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Shaving.]
[OE. shaven, schaven, AS. scafan, sceafan; akin to D. schaven, G. schaben, Icel. skafa, Sw. skafva, Dan. skave, Goth. scaban, Russ. kopate to dig, Gr. ska`ptein, and probably to L. scabere to scratch, to scrape.  Cf. Scab, Shaft, Shape.]
1.
To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard.

2.
To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself.

I'll shave your crown for this.
Shak.

The laborer with the bending scythe is seen
Shaving the surface of the waving green.
Gay.

3.
To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices.

Plants bruised or shaven in leaf or root.
Bacon.

4.
To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.

Now shaves with level wing the deep.
Milton.

5.
To strip; to plunder; to fleece.
[Colloq.]

To shave a note, to buy it at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows. [Cant, U.S.]


word: Shave₃
definition:
Shave

Shave
(?)
v. i.
To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat.


word: Shave₄
definition:
Shave

Shave
(?)
n.
[AS. scafa, sceafa, a sort of knife. See Shave, v. t.]
1.
A thin slice; a shaving.
Wright.

2.
A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving.

3.
(a)
An exorbitant discount on a note.
[Cant, U.S.]
(b)
A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular.
[Cant, U.S.]
N. Biddle.

4.
A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave.

5.
The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave.
[Colloq.]

Shave grass (Bot.), the scouring rush. See the Note under Equisetum. -- Shave hook, a tool for scraping metals, consisting of a sharp-edged triangular steel plate attached to a shank and handle.


word: Shaveling
definition:
Shaveling

Shave"ling
(?)
n.
A man shaved; hence, a monk, or other religious; -- used in contempt.

I am no longer a shaveling than while my frock is on my back.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Shaver
definition:
Shaver

Shav"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave.

2.
One who is close in bargains; a sharper.
Swift.

3.
One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.

By these shavers the Turks were stripped.
Knolles.

4.
A boy; a lad; a little fellow.
[Colloq.]
shavers
Salmagundi.

As I have mentioned at the door to this young shaver, I am on a chase in the name of the king.
Dickens.

5.
(Mech.)
A tool or machine for shaving.

A note shaver, a person who buys notes at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest. [Cant, U.S.]


word: Shaving
definition:
Shaving

Shav"ing
n.
1.
The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor.

2.
That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument.
Shaving
Chaucer.

Shaving brush, a brush used in lathering the face preparatory to shaving it.


word: Shaw
definition:
Shaw

Shaw
(sh&asuml_;)
n.
[OE. schawe, scha&yogh_;e, thicket, grove, AS. scaga; akin to Dan. skov, Sw. skog, Icel. sk&omacrgr.]
1.
A thicket; a small wood or grove.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Burns.

Gaillard he was as goldfinch in the shaw.
Chaucer.

The green shaws, the merry green woods.
Howitt.

2.
pl.
The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc.
[Scot.]
Jamieson.


word: Shawfowl
definition:
Shawfowl

Shaw"fowl`
n.
[Scot. schaw, shaw, show + fowl.]
The representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at.
Johnson.


word: Shawl
definition:
Shawl

Shawl
(?)
n.
[Per. & Hind. shāl: cf. F. châle.]
A square or oblong cloth of wool, cotton, silk, or other textile or netted fabric, used, especially by women, as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders.

India shawl, a kind of rich shawl made in India from the wool of the Cashmere goat. It is woven in pieces, which are sewed together. -- Shawl goat (Zool.), the Cashmere goat.


word: Shawm
definition:
Shawm

Shawm
(?)
n.
[OE. shalmie, OF. chalemie; cf. F. chalumeau shawm, chaume haulm, stalk; all fr. L. calamus a reed, reed pipe. See Haulm, and cf. Calumet.]
(Mus.)
A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form.
[Written also shalm, shaum.]
Otway.

Even from the shrillest shaum unto the cornamute.
Drayton.


word: Shawnees
definition:
Shawnees

Shaw`nees"
(?)
n. pl.
sing. Shawnee (_;)
(Ethnol.)
A tribe of North American Indians who occupied Western New York and part of Ohio, but were driven away and widely dispersed by the Iroquois.


word: She
definition:
She

She
(?)
pron.
[sing. nom. She; poss. Her. (_;) or Hers (_;); obj. Her; pl. nom. They (?); poss. Their (?) or Theirs (_;); obj. Them (?).]
[OE. she, sche, scheo, scho, AS. seó, fem. of the definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS. siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, sī, si, Icel. sū, sjā, Goth. si she, s&omacr, fem. article, Russ. siia, fem., this, Gr. _;, fem. article, Skr. sā, syā. The possessive her or hers, and the objective her, are from a different root. See Her.]
1.
This or that female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of.

She loved her children best in every wise.
Chaucer.

Then Sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid.
Gen. xviii. 15.

2.
A woman; a female; -- used substantively.
[R.]

Lady, you are the cruelest she alive.
Shak.

&hand_; She is used in composition with nouns of common gender, for female, to denote an animal of the female sex; as, a she-bear; a she-cat.


word: Sheading
definition:
Sheading

Shead"ing
(?)
n.
[From AS. scādan, sceádan, to separate, divide. See Shed, v. t.]
A tithing, or division, in the Isle of Man, in which there is a coroner, or chief constable. The island is divided into six sheadings.


word: Sheaf₂
definition:
Sheaf

Sheaf
n.
pl. Sheaves (#).
[OE. sheef, shef, schef, AS. sceáf; akin to D. schoof, OHG. scoub, G. schaub, Icel. skauf a fox's brush, and E. shove. See Shove.]
1.
A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.

The reaper fills his greedy hands,
And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands.
Dryden.

2.
Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four.

The sheaf of arrows shook and rattled in the case.
Dryden.


word: Sheaf₄
definition:
Sheaf

Sheaf
(?)
v. i.
To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.

They that reap must sheaf and bind.
Shak.


word: Sheal₃
definition:
Sheal

Sheal
v. t.
[See Shell.]
To take the husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Jamieson.

That's a shealed peascod.
Shak.


word: Shealing
definition:
Shealing

Sheal"ing
n.
The outer husk, pod, or shell, as of oats, pease, etc.; sheal; shell.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]


word: Shear
definition:
Shear

Shear
(shēr)
v. t.
[imp. Sheared (?) or Shore (_;);p. p. Sheared or Shorn (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Shearing.]
[OE. sheren, scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran, scyran; akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski_;re, Gr. _;_;_;.  Cf. Jeer, Score, Shard, Share, Sheer to turn aside.]
1.
To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.

&hand_; It is especially applied to the cutting of wool from sheep or their skins, and the nap from cloth.

2.
To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to shear a fleece.

Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away.
Shak.

3.
To reap, as grain.
[Scot.]
Jamieson.

4.
Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.

5.
(Mech.)
To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4.


word: Shear₂
definition:
Shear

Shear
n.
[AS. sceara. See Shear, v. t.]
1.
A pair of shears; -- now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See Shears.

On his head came razor none, nor shear.
Chaucer.

Short of the wool, and naked from the shear.
Dryden.

2.
A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep.

After the second shearing, he is a two-shear ram; . . . at the expiration of another year, he is a three-shear ram; the name always taking its date from the time of shearing.
Youatt.

3.
(Engin.)
An action, resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact; -- also called shearing stress, and tangential stress.

4.
(Mech.)
A strain, or change of shape, of an elastic body, consisting of an extension in one direction, an equal compression in a perpendicular direction, with an unchanged magnitude in the third direction.

Shear blade, one of the blades of shears or a shearing machine. -- Shear hulk. See under Hulk. -- Shear steel, a steel suitable for shears, scythes, and other cutting instruments, prepared from fagots of blistered steel by repeated heating, rolling, and tilting, to increase its malleability and fineness of texture.


word: Shear₃
definition:
Shear

Shear
v. i.
1.
To deviate. See Sheer.

2.
(Engin.)
To become more or less completely divided, as a body under the action of forces, by the sliding of two contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact.


word: Shearer
definition:
Shearer

Shear"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who shears.

Like a lamb dumb before his shearer.
Acts viii. 32.

2.
A reaper.
[Scot.]
Jamieson.


word: Shearing
definition:
Shearing

Shear"ing
n.
1.
The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.

2.
The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth.

3.
Same as Shearling.
Youatt.

4.
The act or operation of reaping.
[Scot.]

5.
The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.

6.
The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.

7.
(Mining)
The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.

Shearing machine. (a) A machine with blades, or rotary disks, for dividing plates or bars of metal. (b) A machine for shearing cloth.


word: Shearn
definition:
Shearn

Shearn
(?)
n.
[AS. scearn.  Cf. Scarn.]
Dung; excrement.
[Obs.]
[Written also shern.]
Holland.


word: Shears
definition:
Shears

Shears
(?)
n. pl.
[Formerly used also in the singular. See Shear, n., 1.]
1.
A cutting instrument.
(a)
An instrument consisting of two blades, commonly with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and working on both sides of the material to be cut, -- used for cutting cloth and other substances.

Fate urged the shears, and cut the sylph in twain.
Pope.

2.
Anything in the form of shears.
(a)
A pair of wings.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
(b)
An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle.
[Written also sheers.]

3.
(Mach.)
The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured; as, the shears of a lathe or planer. See Illust. under Lathe.

Rotary shears. See under Rotary.


word: Sheartail
definition:
Sheartail

Shear"tail`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
The common tern.
(b)
Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Thaumastura having a long forked tail.


word: Shearwater
definition:
Shearwater

Shear"wa`ter
(?)
n.
[Shear + water; cf. G. wassersherer; -- so called from its running lightly along the surface of the water.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (Puffinus Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (Puffinus obscurus), and the greater shearwater (Puffinus major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon.


word: Sheatfish
definition:
Sheatfish

Sheat"fish`
(?)
n.
[Cf. dial. G. scheid, schaid, schaiden.]
(Zool.)
A European siluroid fish (Silurus glanis) allied to the cat-fishes. It is the largest fresh-water fish of Europe, sometimes becoming six feet or more in length. See Siluroid.


word: Sheath
definition:
Sheath

Sheath
(?)
n.
[OE. schethe, AS. sc&aemacr_;ð, sceáð, scēð; akin to OS. skēðia, D. scheede, G. scheide, OHG. sceida, Sw. skida, Dan. skede, Icel. skeiðir, pl., and to E. shed, v.t., originally meaning, to separate, to part. See Shed.]
1.
A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.

The dead knight's sword out of his sheath he drew.
Spenser.

2.
Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part.
(a)
(Bot.)
The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses.
(b)
(Zool.)
One of the elytra of an insect.

Medullary sheath. (Anat.) See under Medullary. -- Primitive sheath. (Anat.) See Neurilemma. -- Sheath knife, a knife with a fixed blade, carried in a sheath. -- Sheath of Schwann. (Anat.) See Schwann's sheath.


word: Sheathbill
definition:
Sheathbill

Sheath"bill`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionidae, native of the islands of the Antarctic seas.

&hand_; They are related to the gulls and the plovers, but more nearly to the latter. The base of the bill is covered with a saddle-shaped horny sheath, and the toes are only slightly webbed. The plumage of both species is white.


word: Sheathe
definition:
Sheathe

Sheathe
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sheathed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sheating.]
[Written also sheath.]
1.
To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case.

The leopard . . . keeps the claws of his fore feet turned up from the ground, and sheathed in the skin of his toes.
Grew.

'T is in my breast she sheathes her dagger now.
Dryden.

2.
To fit or furnish, as with a sheath.
Shak.

3.
To case or cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper.

4.
To obtund or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles.
[R.]
Arbuthnot.

To sheathe the sword, to make peace.


word: Sheathed
definition:
Sheathed

Sheathed
(?)
a.
1.
Povided with, or inclosed in, sheath.

2.
(Bot.)
Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate.


word: Sheathing
definition:
Sheathing

Sheath"ing
(?)
p. pr. & a.
from Sheathe.
Inclosing with a sheath; as, the sheathing leaves of grasses; the sheathing stipules of many polygonaceous plants.


word: Sheathing₂
definition:
Sheathing

Sheath"ing
n.
That which sheathes.
(a)
The casing or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; the materials for such covering; as, copper sheathing.
(b)
(Arch.)
The first covering of boards on the outside wall of a frame house or on a timber roof; also, the material used for covering; ceiling boards in general.


word: Shea tree
definition:
Shea tree

She"a tree`
(?)
(Bot.)
An African sapotaceous tree (Bassia Parkii syn. Butyrospermum Parkii), from the seeds of which a substance resembling butter is obtained; the African butter tree.


word: Sheave
definition:
Sheave

Sheave
(?)
n.
[Akin to OD. schijve orb, disk, wheel, D. schiff, G. scheibe, Icel. skīfa a shaving, slice; cf. Gr. _;_;_; a staff.  Cf. Shift, v., Shive.]
A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley.

Sheave hole, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other timber, in which to fix a sheave.


word: Sheave₂
definition:
Sheave

Sheave
v. t.
[See Sheaf of straw.]
To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect.
Ashmole.


word: Shebander
definition:
Shebander

Sheb"an*der
(?)
n.
[Per. shāhbandar.]
A harbor master, or ruler of a port, in the East Indies.
[Written also shebunder.]


word: Shebang
definition:
Shebang

She*bang"
(?)
n.
[Cf. Shebeen.]
1.
A jocosely depreciative name for a dwelling or shop; a primitive dwelling; a shanty.
[Slang, U.S.]

2.
The structure of an object, process, organization, or anything viewed as complicated; -- used primarily in the phrase the whole shebang; as, it comes with unnecessary frills, but you have to buy the whole shebang.
[informal]

3.
(computers)
[Possibly derived from shell bang; the character ! is referred to in some computer contexts as bang.]
The character sequence #!, which frequently begins shell scripts in  a Unix system.


word: Shebeen
definition:
Shebeen

She*been"
(?)
n.
[Of Irish origin; cf. Ir. seapa a shop.]
A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold.
[Ireland]


word: Shecklaton
definition:
Shecklaton

Sheck"la*ton
(?)
n.
[Cf. Ciclatoun.]
A kind of gilt leather. See Checklaton.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Shed
definition:
Shed

Shed
(shĕd)
n.
[The same word as shade. See Shade.]
1.
A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure often open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed.

The first Aletes born in lowly shed.
Fairfax.

Sheds of reeds which summer's heat repel.
Sandys.

2.
(Aeronautics)
A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar.


word: Shed₂
definition:
Shed

Shed
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shed; p. pr. & vb. n. Shedding.]
[OE. scheden, sch_;den, to pour, to part, AS. scādan, sceádan, to pert, to separate; akin to OS. sk_;_;an, OFries. sk_;tha, G. scheiden, OHG. sceidan, Goth. skaidan, and probably to Lith. skëdu I part, separate, L. scindere to cleave, to split, Gr. _;_;_;, Skr. chid, and perch. also to L. caedere to cut. √159.  Cf. Chisel, Concise, Schism, Sheading, Sheath, Shide.]
1.
To separate; to divide.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Robert of Brunne.

2.
To part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self; to emit; to diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed tears; the clouds shed rain.

Did Romeo's hand shed Tybalt's blood?
Shak.

Twice seven consenting years have shed
Their utmost bounty on thy head.
Wordsworth.

3.
To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves.

4.
To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.

5.
To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.
[R.]
shed
B. Jonson.

6.
(Weaving)
To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.


word: Shed₃
definition:
Shed

Shed
v. i.
1.
To fall in drops; to pour.
[Obs.]

Such a rain down from the welkin shadde.
Chaucer.

2.
To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope.

White oats are apt to shed most as they lie, and black as they stand.
Mortimer.


word: Shed₄
definition:
Shed

Shed
n.
1.
A parting; a separation; a division.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

They say also that the manner of making the shed of newwedded wives' hair with the iron head of a javelin came up then likewise.
Sir T. North.

2.
The act of shedding or spilling; -- used only in composition, as in bloodshed.

3.
That which parts, divides, or sheds; -- used in composition, as in watershed.

4.
(Weaving)
The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads.


word: Shedder
definition:
Shedder

Shed"der
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, sheds; as, a shedder of blood; a shedder of tears.

2.
(Zool.)
A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while still soft; -- applied especially to the edible crabs, which are most prized while in this state.


word: Shedding
definition:
Shedding

Shed"ding
(?)
n.
1.
The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood.

2.
That which is shed, or cast off.
[R.]
Wordsworth.


word: Shilfa
definition:
Shilfa

Sheelfa

{ Sheel"fa (?), Shil"fa (?), }
n.
(Zool.)
The chaffinch; -- so named from its call note.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Sheeling
definition:
Sheeling

Sheel"ing
(?)
n.
[Icel. skj&omacrl a shelter, a cover; akin to Dan. & Sw. skjul.]
A hut or small cottage in an exposed or a retired place (as on a mountain or at the seaside) such as is used by shepherds, fishermen, sportsmen, etc.; a summer cottage; also, a shed.
[Written also sheel, shealing, sheiling, etc.]
[Scot.]


word: Sheen
definition:
Sheen

Sheen
(?)
a.
[OE. sehene, AS. sciéne, sc_;ne, sc_;ne, splendid, beautiful; akin to OFries. sk_;ne, sk_;ne, OS. sc_;ni, D. schoon, G. schön, OHG. sc_;ni, Goth, skanus, and E. shew; the original meaning being probably, visible, worth seeing. It is not akin to E. shine. See Shew, v. t.]
Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny.
[R., except in poetry.]

This holy maiden, that is so bright and sheen.
Chaucer.

Up rose each warrier bold and brave,
Glistening in filed steel and armor sheen.
Fairfax.


word: Sheen₂
definition:
Sheen

Sheen
v. i.
To shine; to glisten.
[Poetic]

This town,
That, sheening far, celestial seems to be.
Byron.


word: Sheep
definition:
Sheep

Sheep
(?)
n. sing. & pl.
[OE. shep, scheep, AS. sc_;p, sceáp; akin to OFries. sk_;p, LG. & D. schaap, G. schaf, OHG. scāf, Skr. chāga. √295.  Cf. Sheepherd.]
1.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.

&hand_; The domestic sheep (Ovis aries) varies much in size, in the length and texture of its wool, the form and size of its horns, the length of its tail, etc. It was domesticated in prehistoric ages, and many distinct breeds have been produced; as the merinos, celebrated for their fine wool; the Cretan sheep, noted for their long horns; the fat-tailed, or Turkish, sheep, remarkable for the size and fatness of the tail, which often has to be supported on trucks; the Southdowns, in which the horns are lacking; and an Asiatic breed which always has four horns.

2.
A weak, bashful, silly fellow.
Ainsworth.

3.
pl.
Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd.

Rocky mountain sheep.(Zool.) See Bighorn. -- Maned sheep. (Zool.) See Aoudad. -- Sheep bot (Zool.), the larva of the sheep botfly. See Estrus. -- Sheep dog (Zool.), a shepherd dog, or collie. -- Sheep laurel (Bot.), a small North American shrub (Kalmia angustifolia) with deep rose-colored flowers in corymbs. -- Sheep pest (Bot.), an Australian plant (Acaena ovina) related to the burnet. The fruit is covered with barbed spines, by which it adheres to the wool of sheep. -- Sheep run, an extensive tract of country where sheep range and graze. -- Sheep's beard (Bot.), a cichoraceous herb (Urospermum Dalechampii) of Southern Europe; -- so called from the conspicuous pappus of the achenes. -- Sheep's bit (Bot.), a European herb (Jasione montana) having much the appearance of scabious. -- Sheep pox (Med.), a contagious disease of sheep, characterixed by the development of vesicles or pocks upon the skin. -- Sheep scabious. (Bot.) Same as Sheep's bit. -- Sheep shears, shears in which the blades form the two ends of a steel bow, by the elasticity of which they open as often as pressed together by the hand in cutting; -- so called because used to cut off the wool of sheep. -- Sheep sorrel. (Bot.), a prerennial herb (Rumex Acetosella) growing naturally on poor, dry, gravelly soil. Its leaves have a pleasant acid taste like sorrel. -- Sheep's-wool (Zool.), the highest grade of Florida commercial sponges (Spongia equina, variety gossypina). -- Sheep tick (Zool.), a wingless parasitic insect (Melophagus ovinus) belonging to the Diptera. It fixes its proboscis in the skin of the sheep and sucks the blood, leaving a swelling. Called also sheep pest, and sheep louse. -- Sheep walk, a pasture for sheep; a sheep run. -- Wild sheep. (Zool.) See Argali, Mouflon, and Oorial.


word: Sheepback
definition:
Sheepback

Sheep"back`
(?)
n.
(Geol.)
A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. -- produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonnée; -- usually in the plural.


word: Sheepberry
definition:
Sheepberry

Sheep"ber`ry
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
The edible fruit of a small North American tree of the genus Viburnum (Viburnum Lentago), having white flowers in flat cymes; also, the tree itself. Called also nannyberry.


word: Sheepbite
definition:
Sheepbite

Sheep"bite`
(?)
v. i.
To bite or nibble like a sheep; hence, to practice petty thefts.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Sheepbiter
definition:
Sheepbiter

Sheep"bit`er
(?)
n.
One who practices petty thefts.
[Obs.]
Shak.

There are political sheepbiters as well as pastoral; betrayers of public trusts as well as of private.
L'Estrange.


word: Sheepcote
definition:
Sheepcote

Sheepcot

{ Sheep"cot` (?), Sheep"cote` (?), }
n.
A small inclosure for sheep; a pen; a fold.


word: Sheepfold
definition:
Sheepfold

Sheep"fold`
(?)
n.
A fold or pen for sheep; a place where sheep are collected or confined.


word: Sheephook
definition:
Sheephook

Sheep"hook`
(?)
n.
A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on the legs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd's crook.
Dryden.


word: Sheepish
definition:
Sheepish

Sheep"ish
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to sheep.
[Obs.]

2.
Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess.

Wanting change of company, he will, when he comes abroad, be a sheepish or conceited creature.
Locke.


word: Sheepmaster
definition:
Sheepmaster

Sheep"mas`ter
(?)
n.
A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep.
2 Kings iii. 4.


word: Sheep's-eye
definition:
Sheep's-eye

Sheep's"-eye`
(?)
n.
A modest, diffident look; a loving glance; -- commonly in the plural.

I saw her just now give him the languishing eye, as they call it; . . . of old called the sheep's-eye.
Wycherley.


word: Sheep's-foot
definition:
Sheep's-foot

Sheep's-foot`
(?)
n.
A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer.


word: Sheepshead
definition:
Sheepshead

Sheeps"head`
(_;)
n.
[So called because of the fancied resemblance of its head and front teeth to those of a sheep.]
(Zool.)
A large and valuable sparoid food fish (Archosargus probatocephalus syn. Diplodus probatocephalus) found on the Atlantic coast of the United States.  It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds.

&hand_; The name is also locally, in a loose way, applied to various other fishes, as the butterfish, the fresh-water drumfish, the parrot fish, the porgy, and the moonfish.


word: Sheep-shearing
definition:
Sheep-shearing

Sheep"-shear`ing
(?)
n.
1.
Act of shearing sheep.

2.
A feast at the time of sheep-shearing.
Shak.


word: Sheepskin
definition:
Sheepskin

Sheep"skin`
(?)
n.
1.
The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it.

2.
A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep.
[College Cant]


word: Sheepsplit
definition:
Sheepsplit

Sheep"split`
(?)
n.
A split of a sheepskin; one of the thin sections made by splitting a sheepskin with a cutting knife or machine.


word: Sheer
definition:
Sheer

Sheer
(?)
a.
[OE. shere, skere, pure, bright, Icel. sk_;rr; akin to skīrr, AS. scīr, OS. skīri, MHG. schīr, G. schier, Dan. sk_;r, Sw. skär, Goth. skeirs clear, and E. shine. √157. See Shine, v. i.]
1.
Bright; clear; pure; unmixed.
Sheer
Shak.

Thou sheer, immaculate, and silver fountain.
Shak.

2.
Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.

3.
Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense.
sheer
De Quincey.

It is not a sheer advantage to have several strings to one's bow.
M. Arnold.

4.
Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.

A sheer precipice of a thousand feet.
J. D. Hooker.

It was at least
Nine roods of sheer ascent.
Wordsworth.


word: Sheer₄
definition:
Sheer

Sheer
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Sheered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sheering.]
[D. sheren to shear, cut, withdraw, warp. See Shear.]
To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a horse sheers at a bicycle.

To sheer off, to turn or move aside to a distance; to move away. -- To sheer up, to approach obliquely.


word: Sheer₅
definition:
Sheer

Sheer
n.
1.
(Naut.)
(a)
The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.
(b)
The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.

2.
A turn or change in a course.

Give the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore.
Cooper.

3.
pl.
Shears See Shear.

Sheer batten (Shipbuilding), a long strip of wood to guide the carpenters in following the sheer plan. -- Sheer boom, a boom slanting across a stream to direct floating logs to one side. -- Sheer hulk. See Shear hulk, under Hulk. -- Sheer plan, or Sheer draught (Shipbuilding), a projection of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane passing through the middle line of the vessel. -- Sheer pole (Naut.), an iron rod lashed to the shrouds just above the dead-eyes and parallel to the ratlines. -- Sheer strake (Shipbuilding), the strake under the gunwale on the top side. Totten. -- To break sheer (Naut.), to deviate from sheer, and risk fouling the anchor.


word: Sheet
definition:
Sheet

Sheet
(?)
n.
[OE. shete, schete, AS. scēte, sc&ymacr_;te, fr. sceát a projecting corner, a fold in a garment (akin to D. schoot sheet, bosom, lap, G. schoss bosom, lap, flap of a coat, Icel. skaut, Goth. skauts the hem of a garment); originally, that which shoots out, from the root of AS. sceótan to shoot. √159.  See Shoot, v. t.]
In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.
(a)
A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used as an article of bedding next to the body.

He fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners.
Acts x. 10, 11.

If I do die before thee, prithee, shroud me
In one of those same sheets.
Shak.

To this the following sheets are intended for a full and distinct answer.
Waterland.

2.
[AS. sceáta. See the Etymology above.]
(Naut.)
(a)
A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom.
(b)
pl.
The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.

&hand_; Sheet is often used adjectively, or in combination, to denote that the substance to the name of which it is prefixed is in the form of sheets, or thin plates or leaves; as, sheet brass, or sheet-brass; sheet glass, or sheet-glass; sheet gold, or sheet-gold; sheet iron, or sheet-iron, etc.

A sheet in the wind, half drunk. [Sailors' Slang] -- Both sheets in the wind, very drunk. [Sailors' Slang] -- In sheets, lying flat or expanded; not folded, or folded but not bound; -- said especially of printed sheets. -- Sheet bend (Naut.), a bend or hitch used for temporarily fastening a rope to the bight of another rope or to an eye. -- Sheet lightning, Sheet piling, etc. See under Lightning, Piling, etc.


word: Sheet₂
definition:
Sheet

Sheet
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sheeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sheeting.]
1.
To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.
sheeted
sheets
Shak.

2.
To expand, as a sheet.

The star shot flew from the welkin blue,
As it fell from the sheeted sky.
J. R. Drake.

To sheet home (Naut.), to haul upon a sheet until the sail is as flat, and the clew as near the wind, as possible.


word: Sheet anchor
definition:
Sheet anchor

Sheet" an"chor
(?)
[OE. scheten to shoot, AS. sceótan; cf. OE. shoot anchor. See Shoot, v. t.]
1.
(Naut.)
A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor.

2.
Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge.


word: Sheetful
definition:
Sheetful

Sheet"ful
(?)
n.
pl. Sheetfuls (_;).
Enough to fill a sheet; as much as a sheet can hold.


word: Sheeting
definition:
Sheeting

Sheet"ing
n.
1.
Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is sometimes made of double width.

2.
(Hydraul. Engin.)
A lining of planks or boards (rarely of metal) for protecting an embankment.

3.
The act or process of forming into sheets, or flat pieces; also, material made into sheets.


word: Sheik
definition:
Sheik

Sheik
(?)
n.
[Ar. sheikh, shaykh, a venerable old man, a chief, fr. shākha to grow or be old.]
The head of an Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe; also, the chief magistrate of an Arab village. The name is also applied to Mohammedan ecclesiastics of a high grade.
[Written also scheik, shaik, sheikh.]


word: Shekel
definition:
Shekel

Shek"el
(?)
n.
[Heb. shegel, fr. shāgal to weigh.]
1.
An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.

&hand_; A common estimate makes the shekel equal in weight to about 130 grains for gold, 224 grains for silver, and 450 grains for copper, and the approximate values of the coins are (gold) $5.00, (silver) 60 cents, and (copper half shekel), one and one half cents.

2.
pl.
A jocose term for money.


word: Shekinah
definition:
Shekinah

She*ki"nah
(?)
n.
[Heb Talmud shekīnāh, fr. shākan to inhabit.]
The visible majesty of the Divine Presence, especially when resting or dwelling between the cherubim on the mercy seat, in the Tabernacle, or in the Temple of Solomon; -- a term used in the Targums and by the later Jews, and adopted by Christians.
[Written also Shechinah.]
Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.)


word: Sheld
definition:
Sheld

Sheld
(?)
a.
[OE., fr. sheld a shield, probably in allusion to the ornamentation of shields. See Shield.]
Variegated; spotted; speckled; piebald.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Sheldaple
definition:
Sheldaple

Sheldafle

{ Sheld"a*fle (?), Sheld"a*ple (?), }
n.
[Perhaps for sheld dapple.  Cf. Sheldrake.]
(Zool.)
A chaffinch.
[Written also sheldapple, and shellapple.]


word: Sheldrake
definition:
Sheldrake

Shel"drake`
(?)
n.
[Sheld + drake.]
1.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. (Tadorna cornuta syn. Tadorna tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows.

&hand_; It has the head and neck greenish black, the breast, sides, and forward part of the back brown, the shoulders and middle of belly black, the speculum green, and the bill and frontal bright red.  Called also shelduck, shellduck, sheldfowl, skeelduck, bergander, burrow duck, and links goose.

&hand_; The Australian sheldrake (Tadorna radja) has the head, neck, breast, flanks, and wing coverts white, the upper part of the back and a band on the breast deep chestnut, and the back and tail black. The chestnut sheldrake of Australia (Casarca tadornoides) is varied with black and chestnut, and has a dark green head and neck. The ruddy sheldrake, or Braminy duck (Casarca rutila), and the white-winged sheldrake (Casarca leucoptera), are related Asiatic species.

2.
Any one of the American mergansers.

&hand_; The name is also loosely applied to other ducks, as the canvasback, and the shoveler.


word: Shelduck
definition:
Shelduck

Shel"duck`
(?)
n.
[Sheld variegated + duck.]
(Zool.)
The sheldrake.
[Written also shellduck.]


word: Shelf
definition:
Shelf

Shelf
(?)
n.
pl. Shelves (#).
[OE. shelfe, schelfe, AS. scylfe; akin to G. schelfe, Icel. skjālf. In senses 2 & 3, perhaps a different word (cf. Shelve, v. i.).]
1.
(Arch.)
A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.

2.
A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships.

On the tawny sands and shelves.
Milton.

On the secret shelves with fury cast.
Dryden.

3.
(Mining)
A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock.

4.
(Naut.)
A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads.
D. Kemp.

To lay on the shelf, to lay aside as unnecessary or useless; to dismiss; to discard.


word: Shelfy
definition:
Shelfy

Shelf"y
(?)
a.
1.
Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows.
shelfy
Dryden.

2.
Full of strata of rock.
[Obs.]

The tillable fields are in some places . . . so shelfy that the corn hath much ado to fasten its root.
Carew.


word: Shell
definition:
Shell

Shell
(?)
n.
[OE. shelle, schelle, AS. scell, scyll; akin to D. shel, Icel. skel, Goth. skalja a tile, and E. skill.  Cf. Scale of fishes, Shale, Skill.]
1.
A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.
(a)
The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell.
(b)
A pod.
(c)
The hard covering of an egg.

Think him as a serpent's egg, . . .
And kill him in the shell.
Shak.

2.
(Mil.)
A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb.

3.
The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms.

4.
Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house.

5.
A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one.
Knight.

6.
An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell.

When Jubal struck the chorded shell.
Dryden.

7.
An engraved copper roller used in print works.

8.
pl.
The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc.

9.
(Naut.)
The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.

10.
A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell.

11.
Something similar in form or action to an ordnance shell;
specif.:
(a)
(Fireworks)
A case or cartridge containing a charge of explosive material, which bursts after having been thrown high into the air. It is often elevated through the agency of a larger firework in which it is contained.
(b)
(Oil Wells)
A torpedo.

12.
A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.

13.
A gouge bit or shell bit.

Message shell, a bombshell inside of which papers may be put, in order to convey messages. -- Shell bit, a tool shaped like a gouge, used with a brace in boring wood. See Bit, n., 3. -- Shell button. (a) A button made of shell. (b) A hollow button made of two pieces, as of metal, one for the front and the other for the back, -- often covered with cloth, silk, etc. -- Shell cameo, a cameo cut in shell instead of stone. -- Shell flower. (Bot.) Same as Turtlehead. -- Shell gland. (Zool.) (a) A glandular organ in which the rudimentary shell is formed in embryonic mollusks. (b) A glandular organ which secretes the eggshells of various worms, crustacea, mollusks, etc. -- Shell gun, a cannon suitable for throwing shells. -- Shell ibis (Zool.), the openbill of India. -- Shell jacket, an undress military jacket. -- Shell lime, lime made by burning the shells of shellfish. -- Shell marl (Min.), a kind of marl characterized by an abundance of shells, or fragments of shells. -- Shell meat, food consisting of shellfish, or testaceous mollusks. Fuller. -- Shell mound. See under Mound. -- Shell of a boiler, the exterior of a steam boiler, forming a case to contain the water and steam, often inclosing also flues and the furnace; the barrel of a cylindrical, or locomotive, boiler. -- Shell road, a road of which the surface or bed is made of shells, as oyster shells. -- Shell sand, minute fragments of shells constituting a considerable part of the seabeach in some places.


word: Shell₂
definition:
Shell

Shell
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shelling.]
1.
To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell oysters.

2.
To separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat, oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk.

3.
To throw shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to shell a town.

To shell out, to distribute freely; to bring out or pay, as money. [Colloq.]


word: Shell₃
definition:
Shell

Shell
v. i.
1.
To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.

2.
To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling.

3.
To be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping.


word: Shell-lac
definition:
Shell-lac

Shellac

{ Shel"lac`, Shell"-lac` }
(?)
n.
[Shell + lac a resinous substance; cf. D. shellak, G. schellack.]
1.
Lac which has been reduced to a thin crust.  See the Note under 2d Lac.

2.
A solution of shellac{1} in alcohol or other volatile solvent, used as a varnish.

3.
A phonograph record, made of a material containing shellac; -- no longer manufactured.
[Obsolescent]
RHUD


word: Shellbark
definition:
Shellbark

Shell"bark`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A species of hickory (Carya alba) whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut.


word: Shellfish
definition:
Shellfish

Shell"fish`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs.


word: Shelly
definition:
Shelly

Shell"y
(?)
a.
Abounding with shells; consisting of shells, or of a shell.
shelly
Prior.

Shrinks backward in his shelly cave.
Shak.


word: Shelter
definition:
Shelter

Shel"ter
(?)
n.
[Cf. OE. scheltrun, shiltroun, schelltrome, scheldtrome, a guard, squadron, AS. scildtruma a troop of men with shields; scild shield + truma a band of men. See Shield, n.]
1.
That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.

The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid,
From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade.
Pope.

2.
One who protects; a guardian; a defender.

Thou [God] hast been a shelter for me.
Ps. lxi. 3.  

3.
The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.

Who into shelter takes their tender bloom.
Young.

Shelter tent,a small tent made of pieces of cotton duck arranged to button together. In field service the soldiers carry the pieces.


word: Shelter₂
definition:
Shelter

Shel"ter
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sheltered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sheltering.]
1.
To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect.

Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head.
Dryden.

You have no convents . . . in which such persons may be received and sheltered.
Southey.

2.
To screen or cover from notice; to disguise.

In vain I strove to cheek my growing flame,
Or shelter passion under friendship's name.
Prior.

3.
To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively.

They sheltered themselves under a rock.
Abp. Abbot.


word: Shelter₃
definition:
Shelter

Shel"ter
v. i.
To take shelter.

There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat,
Shelters in cool.
Milton.


word: Shelterless
definition:
Shelterless

Shel"ter*less
a.
Destitute of shelter or protection.

Now sad and shelterless perhaps she lies.
Rowe.


word: Shelve
definition:
Shelve

Shelve
(?)
v. t.
1.
To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.

2.
To place on a shelf. Hence: To lay on the shelf; to put aside; to dismiss from service; to put off indefinitely; as, to shelve an officer; to shelve a claim.


word: Shelve₂
definition:
Shelve

Shelve
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Shelved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shelving.]
[Perhapss originally from the same source as shallow, but influenced by shelf a ledge, a platform.]
To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore.


word: Shelving₂
definition:
Shelving

Shelv"ing
n.
1.
The act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet.

2.
The act of laying on a shelf, or on the shelf; putting off or aside; as, the shelving of a claim.

3.
Material for shelves; shelves, collectively.


word: Shemitish
definition:
Shemitish

Shemitic

{ Shem*it"ic (?), Shem"i*tish (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to Shem, the son of Noah, or his descendants. See Semitic.


word: Shend
definition:
Shend

Shend
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shent (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shending.]
[AS. scendan to disgrace, bring to shame, from sceand, sceond, disgrace, dishonor, shame; akin to G. schande, Goth. skanda. See Shame, n.]
1.
To injure, mar, spoil, or harm.
[Obs.]
shendeth
Chaucer.

I fear my body will be shent.
Dryden.

2.
To blame, reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or put to shame.
[Archaic]
R. Browning.

The famous name of knighthood foully shend.
Spenser.

She passed the rest as Cynthia doth shend
The lesser stars.
Spenser.


word: Shendful
definition:
Shendful

Shend"ful
(?)
a.
Destructive; ruinous; disgraceful.
[Obs.]
Shend"ful*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Fabyan.


word: Sheol
definition:
Sheol

She"ol
(shē"&omacrl)
n.
[Heb. shĕ&omacrl.]
The place of departed spirits; Hades; also, the grave.

For thou wilt not leave my soul to sheol.
Ps. xvi. 10. (Rev. Ver.)


word: Shepen
definition:
Shepen

Shep"en
(?)
n.
A stable; a shippen.
[Obs.]

The shepne brenning with the blacke smoke.
Chaucer.


word: Shepherd
definition:
Shepherd

Shep"herd
(?)
n.
[OE. schepherde, schephirde, AS. sceáphyrde; sceáp sheep + hyrde, hirde, heorde, a herd, a guardian.  See Sheep, and Herd.]
1.
A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large.

2.
The pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others.

Shepherd bird (Zool.), the crested screamer. See Screamer. -- Shepherd dog (Zool.), a breed of dogs used largely for the herding and care of sheep. There are several kinds, as the collie, or Scotch shepherd dog, and the English shepherd dog. Called also shepherd's dog. -- Shepherd dog, a name of Pan. Keats. -- Shepherd kings, the chiefs of a nomadic people who invaded Egypt from the East in the traditional period, and conquered it, at least in part. They were expelled after about five hundred years, and attempts have been made to connect their expulsion with narrative in the book of Exodus. -- Shepherd's club (Bot.), the common mullein. See Mullein. -- Shepherd's crook, a long staff having the end curved so as to form a large hook, -- used by shepherds. -- Shepherd's needle (Bot.), the lady's comb. -- Shepherd's plaid, a kind of woolen cloth of a checkered black and white pattern. -- Shephered spider (Zool.), a daddy longlegs, or harvestman. -- Shepherd's pouch, or Shepherd's purse (Bot.), an annual cruciferous plant (Capsella Bursapastoris) bearing small white flowers and pouchlike pods. See Illust. of Silicle. -- Shepherd's rod, or Shepherd's staff (Bot.), the small teasel.


word: Shepherd₂
definition:
Shepherd

Shep"herd
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shepherded; p. pr. & vb. n. Shepherding.]
To tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd.
[Poetic]

White, fleecy clouds . . . 

Shepherded by the slow, unwilling wind.
Shelley.


word: Shepherdess
definition:
Shepherdess

Shep"herd*ess
n.
A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass.

She put herself into the garb of a shepherdess.
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Shepherdia
definition:
Shepherdia

Shep*her"di*a
(?)
n.
pl. Shepherdias (#).
[NL. So called from John Shepherd, an English botanist.]
(Bot.)
A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as Elaeagnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo.


word: Shepherdish
definition:
Shepherdish

Shep"herd*ish
(?)
n.
Resembling a shepherd; suiting a shepherd; pastoral.
Sir T. Sidney.


word: Shepherdly
definition:
Shepherdly

Shep"herd*ly
(?)
a.
Resembling, or becoming to, a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.
[R.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Sherardize
definition:
Sherardize

Sher"ard*ize
(?)
v. t.
[From Sherard Cowper-Coles, the inventor.]
(Metal.)
To subject to the process of vapor galvanizing (which see, below).


word: Sherbet
definition:
Sherbet

Sher"bet
(?)
n.
[Ar. sherbet, shorbet, sharbat, properly, one drink or sip, a draught, beverage, from shariba to drink.  Cf. Sorbet, Sirup, Shrub a drink.]
1.
A refreshing drink, common in the East, made of the juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways; as, orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry sherbet, etc.

2.
A flavored water ice.

3.
A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, sugar, etc., variously flavored, for making an effervescing drink; -- called also sherbet powder.


word: Sherd
definition:
Sherd

Sherd
(?)
n.
A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd. See Shard.

The thigh . . . which all in sherds it drove.
Chapman.


word: Sherif
definition:
Sherif

Shereef

{ &VerbarSher"eef (?), &VerbarSher"if (?), }
n.
[Ar. sherīf noble, holy, n., a prince.]
A member of an Arab princely family descended from Mohammed through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima. The Grand Shereef is the governor of Mecca.


word: Sheriff
definition:
Sheriff

Sher"iff
n.
[OE. shereve, AS. scīr-ger_;fa; scīr a shire + ger_;fa a reeve. See Shire, and Reeve, and cf. Shrievalty.]
The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace.

&hand_; In England, sheriffs are appointed by the king. In the United States, sheriffs are elected by the legislature or by the citizens, or appointed and commissioned by the executive of the State. The office of sheriff in England is judicial and ministerial. In the United States, it is mainly ministerial. The sheriff, by himself or his deputies, executes civil and criminal process throughout the county, has charge of the jail and prisoners, attends courts, and keeps the peace. His judicial authority is generally confined to ascertaining damages on writs of inquiry and the like. Sheriff, in Scotland, called sheriff depute, is properly a judge, having also certain ministerial powers. Sheriff clerk is the clerk of the Sheriff's Court in Scotland. Sheriff's Court in London is a tribunal having cognizance of certain personal actions in that city.
Wharton, Tomlins. Erskine.


word: Sheriffwick
definition:
Sheriffwick

Sheriffship

Sheriffry

Sheriffdom

Sheriffalty

{ Sher"iff*al*ty (?), Sher"iff*dom (?), Sher"iff*ry (?), Sher"iff*ship (?), Sher"iff*wick (?), n. }
The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See Shrievalty.


word: Sherry
definition:
Sherry

Sher"ry
(?)
n.
[So called from Xeres, a Spanish town near Cadiz, x in Spanish having been formerly pronounced like sh in English.]
A Spanish light-colored dry wine, made in Andalusia. As prepared for commerce it is colored a straw color or a deep amber by mixing with it cheap wine boiled down.

Sherry cobbler, a beverage prepared with sherry wine, water, lemon or orange, sugar, ice, etc., and usually imbided through a straw or a glass tube.


word: Sherryvallies
definition:
Sherryvallies

Sher"ry*val`lies
(?)
n. pl.
[Cf. Sp. zaraquelles wide breeches or overalls.]
Trousers or overalls of thick cloth or leather, buttoned on the outside of each leg, and generally worn to protect other trousers when riding on horseback.
[Local, U.S.]
Bartlett.


word: Shet
definition:
Shet

Shet
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. Shet. (Obs. Shette (_; or _;)); p. pr. Shet; p. pr. & vb. n. Shetting.]
To shut.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Chaucer.


word: Sheth
definition:
Sheth

Sheth
(?)
n.
The part of a plow which projects downward beneath the beam, for holding the share and other working parts; -- also called standard, or post.


word: Shetland pony
definition:
Shetland pony

Shet"land po"ny
(?)
One of a small, hardy breed of horses, with long mane and tail, which originated in the Shetland Islands; a sheltie.


word: Shiah
definition:
Shiah

Shi"ah
(?)
prop. n.
Same as Shiite; when used with a plural verb, the Shiites, collectively.


word: Shibboleth
definition:
Shibboleth

Shib"bo*leth
(?)
n.
[Heb. shibb&omacrleth an ear of corn, or a stream, a flood.]
1.
A word which was made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites from the Gileadites. The Ephraimites, not being able to pronounce sh, called the word sibboleth. See Judges xii.

Without reprieve, adjudged to death,
For want of well pronouncing shibboleth.
Milton.

The th, with its twofold value, is . . . the shibboleth of foreigners.
Earle.

2.
Hence, the criterion, test, or watchword of a party; a party cry or pet phrase.


word: Shicer
definition:
Shicer

Shi"cer
(shī"sẽr)
n.
[Prob. fr. G. scheisser one who defecates.]
(Mining)
An unproductive mine; a duffer.
[Australia]


word: Shide
definition:
Shide

Shide
(shīd)
n.
[OE. shide, schide, AS. scīde; akin to OHG. scīt, G. scheit, Icel. skīð, and E. shed, v.t.]
A thin board; a billet of wood; a splinter.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Shield
definition:
Shield

Shield
(?)
n.
[OE. sheld, scheld, AS. scield, scild, sceld, scyld; akin to OS. scild, OFries. skeld, D. & G. schild, OHG. scilt, Icel. skjöldr, Sw. sköld, Dan. skiold, Goth. skildus; of uncertain origin.  Cf. Sheldrake.]
1.
A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly 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.

2.
Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
shield
Shak.

3.
Figuratively, one who protects or defends.

Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
Gen. xv. 1.

4.
(Bot.)
In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.

5.
(Her.)
The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.  Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon.

6.
(Mining & Tunneling)
A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.

7.
A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield.
shields
Spenser.

8.
A coin, the old French crown, or écu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Shield fern (Bot.), any fern of the genus Aspidium, in which the fructifications are covered with shield-shaped indusia; -- called also wood fern. See Illust. of Indusium.


word: Shield₂
definition:
Shield

Shield
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shielded; p. pr. & vb. n. Shielding.]
[AS. scidan, scyldan. See Shield, n.]
1.
To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury.

Shouts of applause ran ringing through the field,
To see the son the vanquished father shield.
Dryden.

A woman's shape doth shield thee.
Shak.

2.
To ward off; to keep off or out.

They brought with them their usual weeds, fit to shield the cold to which they had been inured.
Spenser.

3.
To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!
[Obs.]

God shield that it should so befall.
Chaucer.

God shield I should disturb devotion!
Shak.


word: Shield-bearer
definition:
Shield-bearer

Shield"-bear`er
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, carries a shield.

2.
(Zool.)
Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves.


word: Shieldless
definition:
Shieldless

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


word: Shieldtail
definition:
Shieldtail

Shield"tail`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidae, native of Ceylon and Southern Asia. They have a small mouth which can not be dilated.


word: Shift
definition:
Shift

Shift
(shĭft)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Shifting.]
[OE. shiften, schiften, to divide, change, remove. AS. sciftan to divide; akin to LG. & D. schiften to divide, distinguish, part Icel. skipta to divide, to part, to shift, to change, Dan skifte, Sw. skifta, and probably to Icel. skīfa to cut into slices, as n., a slice, and to E. shive, sheave, n., shiver, n.]
1.
To divide; to distribute; to apportion.
[Obs.]

To which God of his bounty would shift
Crowns two of flowers well smelling.
Chaucer.

2.
To change the place of; to move or remove from one place to another; as, to shift a burden from one shoulder to another; to shift the blame.

Hastily he schifte him[self].
Piers Plowman.

Pare saffron between the two St. Mary's days,
Or set or go shift it that knowest the ways.
Tusser.

3.
To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails.

Carrying the oar loose, [they] shift it hither and thither at pleasure.
Sir W. Raleigh.

4.
To exchange for another of the same class; to remove and to put some similar thing in its place; to change; as, to shift the clothes; to shift the scenes.

I would advise you to shift a shirt.
Shak.

5.
To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively.
[Obs.]

As it were to ride day and night; and . . . not to have patience to shift me.
Shak.

6.
To put off or out of the way by some expedient.
shifted
Shak.

To shift off, to delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside. -- To shift the scene, to change the locality or the surroundings, as in a play or a story.

Shift the scene for half an hour;
Time and place are in thy power.
Swift.


word: Shift₂
definition:
Shift

Shift
v. i.
1.
To divide; to distribute.
[Obs.]

Some this, some that, as that him liketh shift.
Chaucer.

2.
To make a change or changes; to change position; to move; to veer; to substitute one thing for another; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb.

The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon.
Shak.

Here the Baillie shifted and fidgeted about in his seat.
Sir W. Scott.

3.
To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.

Men in distress will look to themselves, and leave their companions to shift as well as they can.
L'Estrange.

4.
To practice indirect or evasive methods.

All those schoolmen, though they were exceeding witty, yet better teach all their followers to shift, than to resolve by their distinctions.
Sir W. Raleigh.

5.
(Naut.)
To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; -- said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted.


word: Shift₃
definition:
Shift

Shift
(?)
n.
[Cf. Icel. skipti. See Shift, v. t.]
1.
The act of shifting.
(a)
The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution.

My going to Oxford was not merely for shift of air.
Sir H. Wotton.

I 'll find a thousand shifts to get away.
Shak.

Little souls on little shifts rely.
Dryden.

2.
Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise.

3.
The change of one set of workmen for another; hence, a spell, or turn, of work; also, a set of workmen who work in turn with other sets; as, a night shift.

4.
In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.

5.
(Mining)
A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.

6.
(Mus.)
A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin.

To make shift, to contrive or manage in an exigency.  “I shall make shift to go without him.”  Shak.
[1913 Webster]
[They] made a shift to keep their own in Ireland. Milton.


word: Shifter
definition:
Shifter

Shift"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.

'T was such a shifter that, if truth were known,
Death was half glad when he had got him down.
Milton.

2.
(Naut.)
An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.

3.
(Mach.)
(a)
An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
(b)
(Knitting Mach.)
A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.

4.
(construction, tunneling)
A foreman responsible for the work on one shift in one area, as in one heading{4}.


word: Shiftiness
definition:
Shiftiness

Shift"i*ness
n.
The quality or state of being shifty.

Diplomatic shiftiness and political versatility.
J. A. Syminds.


word: Shifting
definition:
Shifting

Shift"ing
a.
1.
Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles.

2.
Adapted or used for shifting anything.

Shifting backstays (Naut.), temporary stays that have to be let go whenever the vessel tacks or jibes. -- Shifting ballast, ballast which may be moved from one side of a vessel to another as safety requires. -- Shifting center. See Metacenter. -- Shifting locomotive. See Switching engine, under Switch.


word: Shiftless
definition:
Shiftless

Shift"less
a.
Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless management.
Shift"less*ly, adv. -- Shift"less*ness, n.


word: Shifty
definition:
Shifty

Shift"y
(?)
a.
Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance.
Wright.

Shifty and thrifty as old Greek or modern Scot, there were few things he could not invent, and perhaps nothing he could not endure.
C. Kingsley.


word: Shiah₂
definition:
Shiah

Shiite

{ Shi"ite (?), Shi"ah (?), }
n.
[Ar. shī'aīa follower of the sect of Ali, fr. shī'at, shī'ah, a multitude following one another in pursuit of the same object, the sect of Ali, fr. shā'a to follow.]
A member of that branch of the Mohammedans to which the Persians belong. They reject the first three caliphs, and consider Ali as being the first and only rightful successor of Mohammed. They do not acknowledge the Sunna, or body of traditions respecting Mohammed, as any part of the law, and on these accounts are treated as heretics by the Sunnites, or orthodox Mohammedans.


word: Shikari
definition:
Shikari

Shikaree

{ Shi*ka"ree, &VerbarShi*ka"ri  }
(?)
n.
[Hind.]
A sportsman; esp., a native hunter.
[India]


word: Shillelah
definition:
Shillelah

Shillalah

{ Shil*la"lah, Shil*le"lah  }
(?)
n.
An oaken sapling or cudgel; any cudgel; -- so called from Shillelagh, a place in Ireland of that name famous for its oaks.
[Irish]
[Written also shillaly, and shillely.]


word: Shilling
definition:
Shilling

Shil"ling
(?)
n.
[OE. shilling, schilling, AS. scilling; akin to D. schelling, OS. & OHG. scilling, G. schilling, Sw. & Dan. skilling, Icel. skillingr, Goth. skilliggs, and perh. to OHG. scellan to sound, G. schallen.]
1.
A silver coin, and money of account, of Great Britain and its dependencies, equal to twelve pence, or the twentieth part of a pound, equivalent to about twenty-four cents of the United States currency.

2.
In the United States, a denomination of money, differing in value in different States. It is not now legally recognized.

&hand_; Many of the States while colonies had issued bills of credit which had depreciated in different degrees in the different colonies.  Thus, in New England currency (used also in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida), after the adoption of the decimal system, the pound in paper money was worth only $3.333, and the shilling 162/3 cts., or 6s. to $1; in New York currency (also in North Carolina, Ohio, and Michigan), the pound was worth $2.50, and the shilling 121/2 cts., or 8s. to $1; in Pennsylvania currency (also in New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland), the pound was worth $2.70, and the shilling 131/2 cts., or 7s. 6d. to $1; and in Georgia currency (also in South Carolina), the pound was worth $4.206/7, and the shilling 213/7 cts., or 4s  8d. to $1.  In many parts of the country . . . the reckoning by shillings and pence is not yet entirely abandoned.
Am. Cyc. (1890)

3.
The Spanish real, of the value of one eight of a dollar, or 12_; cets; -- formerly so called in New York and some other States. See Note under 2.

York shilling. Same as Shilling,  3.


word: Shilly-shally
definition:
Shilly-shally

Shill-I-shall-I

{ Shill"-I-shall`-I (?), Shil"ly-shal`ly, }
adv.
[A reduplication of shall I.]
In an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner.

I am somewhat dainty in making a resolution, because when I make it, I keep it; I don't stand shill-I-shall-I then; if I say 't, I'll do 't.
Congreve.


word: Shilly-shally₂
definition:
Shilly-shally

Shil"ly-shal`ly
v. i.
To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy one's self with trifles.


word: Shilly-shally₃
definition:
Shilly-shally

Shil"ly-shal`ly
n.
Irresolution; hesitation; also, occupation with trifles.

She lost not one of her forty-five minutes in picking and choosing, -- no shilly-shally in Kate.
De Quincey.


word: Shiloh
definition:
Shiloh

Shi"loh
(shī"l&omacr)
n.
[Heb. shīl&omacrh, literally, quiet, rest, fr. shālāh to rest.]
(Script.)
A word used by Jacob on his deathbed, and interpreted variously, as “the Messiah,” or as the city “Shiloh,” or as “Rest.”


word: Shim
definition:
Shim

Shim
(?)
n.
1.
A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds.

2.
(Mach.)
A thin piece of metal placed between two parts to make a fit.


word: Shimmer
definition:
Shimmer

Shim"mer
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Shimmered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shimmering.]
[OE. schimeren, AS. scimerian; akin to scīmian, scīman, to glitter, D. schemeren, G. schimmern, Dan. skimre, Sw. skimra, AS. scīma a light, brightness, Icel. skīma, Goth. skeima a torch, a lantern, and E. shine. √157. See Shine, v. i.]
To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.

The shimmering glimpses of a stream.
Tennyson.


word: Shimmer₂
definition:
Shimmer

Shim"mer
n.
A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.

TWo silver lamps, fed with perfumed oil, diffused . . . a trembling twilight-seeming shimmer through the quiet apartment.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Shin
definition:
Shin

Shin
(?)
n.
[OE. shine, schine, AS. scina; akin to D. scheen, OHG. scina, G. schiene, schienbein, Dan. skinnebeen, Sw. skenben.  Cf. Chine.]
1.
The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.
shin
Chaucer.

2.
(Railbroad)
A fish plate for rails.
Knight.

Shin bone (Anat.), the tibia. -- Shin leaf (Bot.), a perennial ericaceous herb (Pyrola elliptica) with a cluster of radical leaves and a raceme of greenish white flowers.


word: Shin₂
definition:
Shin

Shin
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Shinned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shinning.]
1.
To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like; -- used with up; as, to shin up a mast.
[Slang]

2.
To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank.
[Slang, U.S.]
Bartlett.


word: Shindy
definition:
Shindy

Shin"dy
(?)
n.
pl. Shindies (#).
[Etymol. uncertain; cf. Shinney, Shinty.]
1.
An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot.
[Slang]
Thackeray.

2.
Hockey; shinney.
Bartlett.

3.
A fancy or liking.
[Local, U. S.]
Bartlett.


word: Shine
definition:
Shine

Shine
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Shone (_; or _;; 277) (archaic Shined (_;)); p. pr. & vb. n. Shining.]
[OE. shinen, schinen, AS. scīnan; akin to D. schijnen, OFries. skīna, OS. & OHG. scīnan, G. scheinen, Icel. skīna, Sw. skina, Dan. skinne, Goth. skeinan, and perh. to Gr. _;_;_; shadow. √157.  Cf. Sheer pure, and Shimmer.]
1.
To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night.

Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine.
Shak.

God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Cghrist.
2 Cor. iv. 6.

Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster.
Denham.

2.
To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.

3.
To be effulgent in splendor or beauty.
shined
Spenser.

Once brightest shined this child of heat and air.
Pope.

4.
To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation.

Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable.
Swift.

To make the face to shine upon, or To cause the face to shine upon, to be propitious to; to be gracious to. Num. vi. 25.


word: Shine₂
definition:
Shine

Shine
v. t.
1.
To cause to shine, as a light.
[Obs.]

He [God] doth not rain wealth, nor shine honor and virtues, upon men equally.
Bacon.

2.
To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them.
[U. S.]
Bartlett.


word: Shine₃
definition:
Shine

Shine
n.
1.
The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen.

Now sits not girt with taper's holy shine.
Milton.

Fair opening to some court's propitious shine.
Pope.

The distant shine of the celestial city.
Hawthorne.

2.
Sunshine; fair weather.

Be it fair or foul, or rain or shine.
Dryden.

3.
A liking for a person; a fancy.
[Slang, U.S.]

4.
Caper; antic; row.
[Slang]

To cut up shines, to play pranks. [Slang, U.S.]


word: Shiner
definition:
Shiner

Shin"er
(?)
n.
That which shines.
(a)
A luminary.
(b)
A bright piece of money.
[Slang]

Has she the shiners, d' ye think?
Foote.

Blunt-nosed shiner (Zool.), the silver moonfish.


word: Shingle
definition:
Shingle

Shin"gle
(?)
n.
[Prob. from Norw. singl, singling, coarse gravel, small round stones.]
(Geol.)
Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere.


word: Shingle₂
definition:
Shingle

Shin"gle
n.
[OE. shingle, shindle, fr. L. scindula, scandula; cf. scindere to cleave, to split, E. shed, v. t., Gr. _;_;_;, _;_;_;, shingle, _;_;_; to slit.]
1.
A piece of wood sawed or rived thin and small, with one end thinner than the other, -- used in covering buildings, especially roofs, the thick ends of one row overlapping the thin ends of the row below.

I reached St. Asaph, . . . where there is a very poor cathedral church covered with shingles or tiles.
Ray.

2.
A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's shingle.
[Jocose, U. S.]

Shingle oak (Bot.), a kind of oak (Quercus imbricaria) used in the Western States for making shingles.


word: Shingle₃
definition:
Shingle

Shin"gle
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shingled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shingling (?).]
1.
To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof.

They shingle their houses with it.
Evelyn.

2.
To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, as shingles on a roof.


word: Shingle₄
definition:
Shingle

Shin"gle
v. t.
To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace.


word: Shingles
definition:
Shingles

Shin"gles
(?)
n.
[OF. cengle a girth, F. sangle, fr. L. cingulum a girdle, fr. cingere to gird.  Cf. Cincture, Cingle, Surcingle.]
(Med.)
A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.


word: Shingling
definition:
Shingling

Shin"gling
(?)
n.
1.
The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.

2.
(Metal)
The process of expelling scoriae and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron.

Shingling hammer, a ponderous hammer moved by machinery, used in shingling puddled iron. -- Shingling mill, a mill or forge where puddled iron is shingled.


word: Shining
definition:
Shining

Shin"ing
(?)
a.
1.
Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; as, shining lamps; also, bright by the reflection of light; as, shining armor.
shining
Milton.

2.
Splendid; illustrious; brilliant; distinguished; conspicious; as, a shining example of charity.

3.
Having the surface smooth and polished; -- said of leaves, the surfaces of shells, etc.

True paradise . . . inclosed with shining rock.
Milton.

Some in a brilliant buckle bind her waist,
Some round her neck a circling light display.
Gay.

His sparkling blade about his head he blest.
Spenser.


word: Shinney
definition:
Shinney

Shin"ney
(?)
n.
[CF. Shindy.]
The game of hockey; -- so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin.
Halliwell.


word: Shin Shu
definition:
Shin Shu

Shin Shu
(?)
[Jap., lit., true sect.]
The leading and most progressive Buddhist sect of Japan, resting its faith rather upon Amida than Gautama Buddha. Rites and ceremonies are held useless without uprightness.


word: Shintyan
definition:
Shintyan

Shintiyan

{ Shin"ti*yan (shĭn"tĭ*yăn), Shin"ty*an (shĭn"tĭ*ăn), }
n.
[Ar. shintīān.]
A kind of wide loose drawers or trousers worn by women in Mohammedan countries.


word: Shinplaster
definition:
Shinplaster

Shin"plas`ter
(?)
n.
Formerly, a jocose term for a bank note greatly depreciated in value; also, for paper money of a denomination less than a dollar.
[U. S.]


word: Shintiism
definition:
Shintiism

Shinto

{ Shin"to (?), Shin"ti*ism (?), }
n.
[Chin. shin god + tao way, doctrine.]
One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes.
[Written also Sintu, and Sintuism.]


word: Shinty
definition:
Shinty

Shin"ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. Gael. sinteag a skip, a bound.]
A Scotch game resembling hockey; also, the club used in the game.
Jamieson.


word: Shiny
definition:
Shiny

Shin"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Shinier (?); superl. Shiniest.]
Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.

Like distant thunder on a shiny day.
Dryden.


word: -ship
definition:
-ship

-ship
(?)
[OE. -schipe, AS. -scipe; akin to OFries. -skipe, OLG. -skepi, D. -schap, OHG. -scaf, G. -schaft.  Cf. Shape, n., and Landscape.]
A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; as in lordship, friendship, chancellorship, stewardship, horsemanship.


word: Ship
definition:
Ship

Ship
(?)
n.
[AS. scipe.]
Pay; reward.
[Obs.]

In withholding or abridging of the ship or the hire or the wages of servants.
Chaucer.


word: Ship₂
definition:
Ship

Ship
n.
[OE. ship, schip, AS. scip; akin to OFries. skip, OS. scip, D. schip, G. schiff, OHG. scif, Dan. skib, Sw. skeep, Icel. & Goth. skip; of unknown origin.  Cf. Equip, Skiff, Skipper.]
1.
Any large seagoing vessel.

Like a stately ship . . . 
With all her bravery on, and tackle trim,
Sails filled, and streamers waving.
Milton.

Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State!
Longfellow.

2.
Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix.

3.
A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
[Obs.]
Tyndale.

Armed ship, a private ship taken into the service of the government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a ship of war. [Eng.] Brande & C. -- General ship. See under General. -- Ship biscuit, hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard; -- called also ship bread. See Hardtack. -- Ship boy, a boy who serves in a ship.  “Seal up the ship boy's eyes.” Shak. -- Ship breaker, one who breaks up vessels when unfit for further use. -- Ship broker, a mercantile agent employed in buying and selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port. -- Ship canal, a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing vessels. -- Ship carpenter, a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a shipwright. -- Ship chandler, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other, furniture of vessels. -- Ship chandlery, the commodities in which a ship chandler deals; also, the business of a ship chandler. -- Ship fever (Med.), a form of typhus fever; -- called also putrid fever, jail fever, or hospital fever. -- Ship joiner, a joiner who works upon ships. -- Ship letter, a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet. -- Ship money (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for the king's service.  The attempt made by Charles I. to revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden, and was one of the causes which led to the death of Charles.  It was finally abolished. -- Ship of the line. See under Line. -- Ship pendulum, a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent of the rolling and pitching of a vessel. -- Ship railway. (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for repairs. (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels overland between two water courses or harbors. -- Ship's company, the crew of a ship or other vessel. -- Ship's days, the days allowed a vessel for loading or unloading. -- Ship's husband. See under Husband. -- Ship's papers (Mar. Law), papers with which a vessel is required by law to be provided, and the production of which may be required on certain occasions.  Among these papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll, bill of health, etc. Bouvier. Kent. -- To make ship, to embark in a ship or other vessel.


word: Ship₃
definition:
Ship

Ship
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shipping.]
1.
To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.

The timber was . . . shipped in the bay of Attalia, from whence it was by sea transported to Pelusium.
Knolles.

2.
By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad.

3.
Hence, to send away; to get rid of.
[Colloq.]

4.
To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen.

5.
To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.

6.
To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.


word: Ship₄
definition:
Ship

Ship
v. i.
1.
To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war.

2.
To embark on a ship.
Wyclif (Acts xxviii. 11)


word: Shipboard
definition:
Shipboard

Ship"board`
(?)
n.
[Ship + board. See Board, n., 8]
A ship's side; hence, by extension, a ship; -- found chiefly in adverbial phrases; as, on shipboard; a shipboard.


word: Shipbuilder
definition:
Shipbuilder

Ship"build`er
(?)
n.
A person whose occupation is to construct ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a shipwright.


word: Shipbuilding
definition:
Shipbuilding

Ship"build`ing
n.
Naval architecturel the art of constructing ships and other vessels.


word: Shipful
definition:
Shipful

Ship"ful
(?)
n.
pl. Shipfuls (_;).
As much or as many as a ship will hold; enough to fill a ship.


word: Shipman
definition:
Shipman

Ship"man
(?)
n.
pl. Shipmen (_;).
A seaman, or sailor.
[Obs. or Poetic]
Chaucer. R. Browning.

About midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country.
Acts xxvii. 27.

Shipman's card, the mariner's compass. [Obs.] Shak.


word: Shipmate
definition:
Shipmate

Ship"mate`
(?)
n.
One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor.


word: Shipment
definition:
Shipment

Ship"ment
(?)
n.
1.
The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West.

2.
That which is shipped.

The question is, whether the share of M. in the shipment is exempted from condemnation by reason of his neutral domicle.
Story.


word: Shippen
definition:
Shippen

Ship"pen
(?)
n.
[AS. scypen.  Cf. Shop, Shepen.]
A stable; a cowhouse.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]


word: Shipper
definition:
Shipper

Ship"per
(?)
n.
[See Ship, n., and cf. Skipper.]
One who sends goods from one place to another not in the same city or town, esp. one who sends goods by water.


word: Shipping
definition:
Shipping

Ship"ping
(?)
a.
1.
Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.

2.
Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk.


word: Shipping₂
definition:
Shipping

Ship"ping
n.
1.
The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.

2.
The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.

3.
Navigation.
shipping
Shak.

Shipping articles, articles of agreement between the captain of a vessel and the seamen on board, in respect to the amount of wages, length of time for which they are shipping, etc. Bouvier. -- To take shipping, to embark; to take ship. [Obs.] John vi. 24. Shak.


word: Shipping note
definition:
Shipping note

Ship"ping note
(Com.)
A document used in shipping goods by sea. In the case of free goods the shipping notes are the receiving note, addressed by the shipper to the chief officer of the vessel, requesting him to receive on board specified goods, and a receipt for the mate to sign, on receiving whose signature it is called the mate's receipt, and is surrendered by the shipper for the bills of lading.


word: Shippo
definition:
Shippo

Ship*po"
(?)
n.
[Jap. shipp&omacr seven precious things; Chin. ts'ih seven + pao gem.]
(Japanese Art)
Cloisonné enamel on a background of metal or porcelain; -- also called shippo yaki.


word: Shippon
definition:
Shippon

Ship"pon
(?)
n.
A cowhouse; a shippen.
[Prov. Eng.]

Bessy would either do fieldwork, or attend to the cows, the shippon, or churn, or make cheese.
Dickens.


word: Ship railway
definition:
Ship railway

Ship railway
(a)
An inclined railway running into the water with a cradelike car on which a vessel may be drawn out on land, as for repairs.
(b)
A railway on which to transport vessels overland between bodies of water.


word: Ship-rigged
definition:
Ship-rigged

Ship"-rigged`
(?)
a.
(Naut.)
Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts, each with square sails.


word: Shipshape
definition:
Shipshape

Ship"shape`
(?)
a.
Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly.

Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery executioner's mode of tying a knot, and did it herself in a shipshape orthodox manner.
De Quincey.

Keep everything shipshape, for I must go
Tennyson.


word: Shipworm
definition:
Shipworm

Ship"worm`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive to wooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See Teredo.


word: Shipwreck
definition:
Shipwreck

Ship"wreck`
(?)
n.
1.
The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves.

2.
A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage.
Dryden.

3.
Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.

Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck.
1 Tim. 1. 19.

It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry had made shipwreck.
J. Morley.


word: Shipwreck₂
definition:
Shipwreck

Ship"wreck`
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shipwrecked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shipwrecking.]
1.
To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest.

Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break.
Shak.

2.
To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business.
Addison.


word: Shipwright
definition:
Shipwright

Ship"wright`
(?)
n.
One whose occupation is to construct ships; a builder of ships or other vessels.


word: Shire
definition:
Shire

Shire
(?)
n.
[AS. scīre, scīr, a division, province, county.  Cf. Sheriff.]
1.
A portion of Great Britain originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Hallamshire.

An indefinite number of these hundreds make up a county or shire.
Blackstone.

2.
A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships; a county.
[U. S.]

&hand_; Shire is commonly added to the specific designation of a county as a part of its name; as, Yorkshire instead of York shire, or the shire of York; Berkshire instead of Berks shire. Such expressions as the county of Yorkshire, which in a strict sense are tautological, are used in England. In the United States the composite word is sometimes the only name of a county; as, Berkshire county, as it is called in Massachusetts, instead of Berks county, as in Pensylvania.

The Tyne, Tees, Humber, Wash, Yare, Stour, and Thames separate the counties of Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, etc.
Encyc. Brit.

Knight of the shire. See under Knight. -- Shire clerk, an officer of a county court; also, an under sheriff. [Eng.] -- Shire mote (Old. Eng. Law), the county court; sheriff's turn, or court. [Obs.] Cowell. Blackstone. -- Shire reeve (Old Eng. Law), the reeve, or bailiff, of a shire; a sheriff. Burrill. -- Shire town, the capital town of a county; a county town. -- Shire wick, a county; a shire. [Obs.] Holland.


word: Shire horse
definition:
Shire horse

Shire horse
One of an English breed of heavy draft horses believed to be descended largely from the horses used in war in the days of heavy armor. They are the  largest of the British draft breeds, and have long hair on the back of the cannons and fetlocks. Brown or bay with white on the face and legs is now the commonest color.


word: Shirk
definition:
Shirk

Shirk
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shirked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shirking.]
[Probably the same word as shark. See Shark, v. t.]
1.
To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.

You that never heard the call of any vocation, . . . that shirk living from others, but time from Yourselves.
Bp. Rainbow.

2.
To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.

The usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties.
Hare.


word: Shirk₂
definition:
Shirk

Shirk
v. i.
1.
To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.

2.
To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.

One of the cities shirked from the league.
Byron.


word: Shirk₃
definition:
Shirk

Shirk
n.
One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.


word: Shirr
definition:
Shirr

Shirr
(?)
n.
(Sewing)
A series of close parallel runnings which are drawn up so as to make the material between them set full by gatherings; -- called also shirring, and gauging.


word: Shirred
definition:
Shirred

Shirred
(?)
a.
1.
(Sewing)
Made or gathered into a shirr; as, a shirred bonnet.

2.
(Cookery)
Broken into an earthen dish and baked over the fire; -- said of eggs.


word: Shirt
definition:
Shirt

Shirt
(?)
n.
[OE. schirte, sherte, schurte; akin to Icel. skyrta, Dan. skiorte, Sw. skjorta, Dan. skiört a petticoat, D. schort a petticoat, an argon, G. schurz, schürze, an argon; all probably from the root of E. short, as being originally a short garment. See Short, and cf. Skirt.]
A loose under-garment for the upper part of the body, made of cotton, linen, or other material; -- formerly used of the under-garment of either sex, now commonly restricted to that worn by men and boys.

Several persons in December had nothing over their shoulders but their shirts.
Addison.

She had her shirts and girdles of hair.
Bp. Fisher.


word: Shirt₂
definition:
Shirt

Shirt
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Shirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Shirting.]
To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt.
Dryden.


word: Shirt waist
definition:
Shirt waist

shirtwaist

shirtwaist, Shirt waist
[shirt + waist; see waist{3}, n.]
1.
A woman's blouse resembling a men's shirt in cut and style; -- in England called a blouse.

2.
a type of woman's dress with a bodice tailored like a shirt; -- also called shirt dress, shirtwaist dress, and shirtwaister.
[RHUD]


word: Shirt-waist suit
definition:
Shirt-waist suit

Shirt-waist suit
A costume consisting of a plain belted blouse and skirt of the same material.


word: Shittah tree
definition:
Shittah tree

Shittah

{ Shit"tah (?), Shit"tah tree`  }
n.
[Heb. shittāh, pl. shittīm.]
A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made; -- now believed to have been the wood of the Acacia Seyal, which is hard, fine grained, and yellowish brown in color.


word: Shittleness
definition:
Shittleness

Shit"tle*ness
n.
Instability; inconstancy.
[Obs.]

The vain shittlenesse of an unconstant head.
Baret.


word: Shive
definition:
Shive

Shive
(?)
n.
[See Sheave, n.]
1.
A slice; as, a shive of bread.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Shak.

2.
A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking.

3.
A thin, flat cork used for stopping a wide-mouthed bottle; also, a thin wooden bung for casks.


word: Shiver
definition:
Shiver

Shiv"er
(?)
n.
[OE. schivere, fr. shive; cf. G. schifer a splinter, slate, OHG. scivere a splinter, Dan. & Sw. skifer a slate. See Shive, and cf. Skever.]
1.
One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural.
shivers
Milton.

2.
A thin slice; a shive.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
shiver
Fuller.

Of your soft bread, not but a shiver.
Chaucer.

3.
(Geol.)
A variety of blue slate.

4.
(Naut.)
A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.

5.
A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.

6.
A spindle.
[Obs.  or Prov. Eng.]


word: Shiver₂
definition:
Shiver

Shiv"er
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shivered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shivering.]
[OE. schiveren, scheveren; cf. OD. scheveren. See Shiver a fragment.]
To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet.

All the ground
With shivered armor strown.
Milton.


word: Shiver₃
definition:
Shiver

Shiv"er
v. i.
To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered.

There shiver shafts upon shields thick.
Chaucer

The natural world, should gravity once cease, . . . would instantly shiver into millions of atoms.
Woodward.


word: Shiver₄
definition:
Shiver

Shiv"er
v. i.
[OE. chiveren, cheveren; of uncertain origin. This word seems to have been confused with shiver to shatter.]
To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear.

Prometheus is laid
On icy Caucasus to shiver.
Swift.

The man that shivered on the brink of sin,
Thus steeled and hardened, ventures boldly in.
Creech.


word: Shiver₅
definition:
Shiver

Shiv"er
v. t.
(Naut.)
To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.


word: Shiver-spar
definition:
Shiver-spar

Shiv"er-spar`
(?)
n.
[Cf. G. schiefer-spath.]
(Min.)
A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar.


word: Shizoku
definition:
Shizoku

Shi*zo"ku
(?)
n. sing. & pl.
[Jap. shi-zoku, fr. Chin. ch' (chi) branch, posterity + tsu kindered, class.]
The Japanese warrior gentry or middle class, formerly called samurai; also, any member of this class.


word: Shoad
definition:
Shoad

Shoad
(?)
n.
[Cf. G. schutt rubbish.]
(Mining)
A train of vein material mixed with rubbish; fragments of ore which have become separated by the action of water or the weather, and serve to direct in the discovery of mines.
[Written also shode.]


word: Shoading
definition:
Shoading

Shoad"ing
n.
(Mining)
The tracing of veins of metal by shoads.
[Written also shoding.]
Pryce.


word: Shoal
definition:
Shoal

Shoal
(?)
n.
[AS. scolu, sceolu, a company, multitude, crowd, akin to OS. skola; probably originally, a division, and akin to Icel. skilja to part, divide. See Skill, and cf. School. of fishes.]
A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass.
shoals
Bacon.

Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides.
Waller.


word: Shoal₂
definition:
Shoal

Shoal
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Shoaled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shoaling.]
To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place.
Chapman.


word: Shoal₃
definition:
Shoal

Shoal
a.
[Cf. Shallow; or cf. G. scholle a clod, glebe, OHG. scollo, scolla, prob. akin to E. shoal a multitude.]
Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.


word: Shoal₄
definition:
Shoal

Shoal
n.
1.
A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow.

The depth of your pond should be six feet; and on the sides some shoals for the fish to lay their span.
Mortimer.

Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory,
And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor.
Shak.

2.
A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.

The god himself with ready trident stands,
And opes the deep, and spreads the moving sands,
Then heaves them off the shoals.
Dryden.


word: Shoal₆
definition:
Shoal

Shoal
v. t.
To cause to become more shallow; to come to a more shallow part of; as, a ship shoals her water by advancing into that which is less deep.
Marryat.


word: Shoaliness
definition:
Shoaliness

Shoal"i*ness
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being shoaly; little depth of water; shallowness.


word: Shoaly
definition:
Shoaly

Shoal"y
(?)
a.
Full of shoals, or shallow places.

The tossing vessel sailed on shoaly ground.
Dryden.


word: Shock
definition:
Shock

Shock
(sh&obreve_;k)
n.
[OE. schokke; cf. OD schocke, G. schock a heap, quantity, threescore, MHG. schoc, Sw. skok, and also G. hocke a heap of hay, Lith. kugis.]
1.
A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook.

And cause it on shocks to be by and by set.
Tusser.

Behind the master walks, builds up the shocks.
Thomson.

2.
[G. schock.]
(Com.)
A lot consisting of sixty pieces; -- a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.


word: Shock₃
definition:
Shock

Shock
v. i.
To be occupied with making shocks.

Reap well, scatter not, gather clean that is shorn,
Bind fast, shock apace.
Tusser.


word: Shock₄
definition:
Shock

Shock
n.
[Cf. D. schok a bounce, jolt, or leap, OHG. scoc a swing, MHG. schoc, Icel. skykkjun tremuously, F. choc a shock, collision, a dashing or striking against, Sp. choque, It. ciocco a log. √161.  Cf. Shock to shake.]
1.
A quivering or shaking which is the effect of a blow, collision, or violent impulse; a blow, impact, or collision; a concussion; a sudden violent impulse or onset.

These strong, unshaken mounds resist the shocks
Of tides and seas tempestuous.
Blackmore.

He stood the shock of a whole host of foes.
Addison.

2.
A sudden agitation of the mind or feelings; a sensation of pleasure or pain caused by something unexpected or overpowering; also, a sudden agitating or overpowering event.
shock
Talfourd.

3.
(Med.)
A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a part of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or the like.

4.
(Elec.)
The sudden convulsion or contraction of the muscles, with the feeling of a concussion, caused by the discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from a charged body.


word: Shock₅
definition:
Shock

Shock
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shocked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shocking.]
[OE. schokken; cf. D. schokken, F. choquer, Sp. chocar. √161.  Cf. Chuck to strike, Jog, Shake, Shock a striking, Shog, n. & v.]
1.
To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence.

Come the three corners of the world in arms,
And we shall shock them.
Shak.

I shall never forget the force with which he shocked De Vipont.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates.

Advise him not to shock a father's will.
Dryden.

3.
(Physiol.)
To subject to the action of an electrical discharge so as to cause a more or less violent depression or commotion of the nervous system.


word: Shock₇
definition:
Shock

Shock
n.
[Cf. Shag.]
1.
(Zool.)
A dog with long hair or shag; -- called also shockdog.

2.
A thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of sandy hair.


word: Shock₈
definition:
Shock

Shock
a.
Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair.

His red shock peruke . . . was laid aside.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Shocking
definition:
Shocking

Shock"ing
a.
Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting.

The grossest and most shocking villainies.
Secker.


word: Shoddy
definition:
Shoddy

Shod"dy
(?)
n.
[Perhaps fr. Shed, v. t.; as meaning originally, waste stuff shed or thrown off; cf. dial. shod to shed, and E. Shed a parting, separation, Shode a parting.]
1.
A fibrous material obtained by “deviling,” or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.

2.
Fluffy, fibrous waste from wool carding, worsted spinning, or weaving of woolens.

3.
A fabric of inferior quality made of, or containing a large amount of, shoddy.

&hand_; The great quantity of shoddy goods furnished as army supplies in the late Civil War in the United States gave wide currency to the word, and it came to be applied to persons who pretend to a higher position in society than that to which their breeding or worth entitles them; this term is now (1997) rarely used in that sense.


word: Shoddy fever
definition:
Shoddy fever

Shoddy fever
(Med.)
A febrile disease characterized by dyspnoea and bronchitis caused by inhaling dust.


word: Shoddy₂
definition:
Shoddy

Shod"dy
a.
1.
Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as, shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy.

Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a factitious pride.
Compton Reade.

2.
of poor quality or inferior workmanship.
[RHUD]

3.
visibly worn or damaged from use; shabby.


word: Shoddyism
definition:
Shoddyism

Shod"dy*ism
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being shoddy.
[Colloq.]
See the Note under Shoddy, n.


word: Shode
definition:
Shode

Shode
(?)
n.
[AS. scāde, fr. sceádan. See Shed, v. t.]
1.
The parting of the hair on the head.
[Obs.]

Full straight and even lay his jolly shode.
Chaucer.

2.
The top of the head; the head.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Shoder
definition:
Shoder

Sho"der
(?)
n.
A package of gold beater's skins in which gold is subjected to the second process of beating.


word: Shoe
definition:
Shoe

Shoe
(shō)
n.
pl. Shoes (shōz), formerly Shoon (shōn), now provincial.
[OE. sho, scho, AS. sc&omacrh, sceóh; akin to OFries. sk&omacr, OS. sk&omacrh, D. schoe, schoen, G. schuh, OHG. scuoh, Icel. sk&omacrr, Dan. & Sw. sko, Goth. sk&omacrhs; of unknown origin.]
1.
A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg.

Your hose should be ungartered, . . . yourshoe untied.
Shak.

Spare none but such as go in clouted shoon.
Shak.

2.
Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use.
(a)
A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury.
(b)
A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.
(c)
A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.
(d)
The part of an automobile or railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
(e)
(Arch.)
A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.
(f)
(Milling.)
The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
(g)
An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.
(h)
An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
(i)
An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
(j)
(Mach.)
A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also slipper, and gib.

&hand_; Shoe is often used adjectively, or in composition; as, shoe buckle, or shoe-buckle; shoe latchet, or shoe-latchet; shoe leathet, or shoe-leather; shoe string, shoe-string, or shoestring.

3.
The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, esp. for an automobile.

Shoe of an anchor. (Naut.) (a) A small block of wood, convex on the back, with a hole to receive the point of the anchor fluke, -- used to prevent the anchor from tearing the planks of the vessel when raised or lowered. (b) A broad, triangular piece of plank placed upon the fluke to give it a better hold in soft ground. -- Shoe block (Naut.), a block with two sheaves, one above the other, and at right angles to each other. -- Shoe bolt, a bolt with a flaring head, for fastening shoes on sleigh runners. -- Shoe pac, a kind of moccasin. See Pac. -- Shoe stone, a sharpening stone used by shoemakers and other workers in leather.


word: Shoe₂
definition:
Shoe

Shoe
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shod; p. pr. & vb. n. Shoeing.]
[AS. sc_;ian, sce_;ian. See Shoe, n.]
1.
To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor.

2.
To protect or ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe; to tip.

The sharp and small end of the billiard stick, which is shod with brass or silver.
Evelyn.


word: Shoebill
definition:
Shoebill

Shoe"bill`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A large African wading bird (Balaeniceps rex) allied to the storks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad swollen bill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See Illust. (l.) of Beak.


word: Shoefly
definition:
Shoefly

Shoe"fly`
(?)
n.
1.
(Railroading)
A contrivance for throwing the track temporarily to one side for  convenience in filling washouts or effecting other repairs.
[Cant, U. S.]

2.
(Print.)
In some cylinder presses, a device with long fingers for freeing the sheet from the cylinder.


word: Shoeing-horn
definition:
Shoeing-horn

Shoehorn

{ Shoe"horn`, Shoe"ing-horn`  }
(?)
n.
1.
A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe.

2.
(a)
Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium; -- by way of contempt.
Spectator.
(b)
Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.
[Low]
Beau. & Fl.


word: Shoehorn
definition:
Shoehorn

Shoe"horn
v. t.
to squeeze or force into a tight-fitting space, with or as though with a shoehorn; -- often used figuratively.


word: Shoelace
definition:
Shoelace

Shoe"lace
n.
a length of cord for tying the upper parts of a shoe together.  Commercial shoelaces usually come in different lengths, and have each end confined in a narrow plastic tube for convenience in inserting the cords through the holes in a shoe upper.  Also called shoestring.


word: Shoemaker
definition:
Shoemaker

Shoe"mak`er
(?)
n.
1.
One whose occupation it is to make shoes and boots.

2.
(Zool.)
(a)
The threadfish.
(b)
The runner, 12.


word: Shoer
definition:
Shoer

Sho"er
(?)
n.
One who fits shoes to the feet; one who furnishes or puts on shoes; as, a shoer of horses.


word: Shoestring
definition:
Shoestring

Shoe"string`
n.
1.
same as shoelace.

2.
a sum of money, inadequate or barely adequate for the purpose to which it is put to use; as, to start up an enterprise on a shoestring.


word: Shog
definition:
Shog

Shog
(sh&obreve_;g)
n.
[See Shock a striking.]
A shock; a jog; a violent concussion or impulse.
[R. or Scot.]


word: Shog₃
definition:
Shog

Shog
v. i.
[Cf. W. ysgogi to wag, to stir.  Cf. Jog.]
To jog; to move on.
[R. or Scot.]
Beau. & Fl.


word: Shogun
definition:
Shogun

Sho"gun
(sh&omacr"gōn)
n.
[Jap. military general, from Chin. tsiang kiün commander in chief.]
A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern provinces of Japan.  By gradual usurpation of power the Shoguns (known to foreigners as Tycoons) became finally the virtual rulers of Japan.  The title was abolished in 1867.
[Written variously, Shiogun, Shiogoon, etc.]


word: Shogunate
definition:
Shogunate

Sho*gun"ate
(sh&omacr*gōn"a̝t)
n.
The office or dignity of a Shogun.
[Written also Siogoonate.]


word: Shole
definition:
Shole

Shole
(?)
n.
A plank fixed beneath an object, as beneath the rudder of a vessel, to protect it from injury; a plank on the ground under the end of a shore or the like.


word: Shoo
definition:
Shoo

Shoo
(?)
interj.
[Cf. G. scheuchen to scare, drive away.]
Begone; away; -- an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls.


word: Shooi
definition:
Shooi

Sho"oi
n.
(Zool.)
The Richardson's skua (Stercorarius parasiticus);- so called from its cry.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Shook₂
definition:
Shook

Shook
n.
[Cf. Shock a bundle of sheaves.]
(Com.)
(a)
A set of staves and headings sufficient in number for one hogshead, cask, barrel, or the like, trimmed, and bound together in compact form.
(b)
A set of boards for a sugar box.
(c)
The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together.


word: Shoon
definition:
Shoon

Shoon
(?)
n.
pl. of Shoe.
[Archaic]
Chaucer.

They shook the snow from hats and shoon.
Emerson.


word: Shoot
definition:
Shoot

Shoot
(?)
n.
[F. chute. See Chute. Confused with shoot to let fly.]
An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course.
[Written also chute, and shute.]
[U. S.]

To take a shoot, to pass through a shoot instead of the main channel; to take the most direct course. [U.S.]


word: Shoot₂
definition:
Shoot

Shoot
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shot (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shooting. The old participle Shotten is obsolete. See Shotten.]
[OE. shotien, schotien, AS. scotian, v. i., sceótan; akin to D. schieten, G. schie_;en, OHG. sciozan, Icel. skj_;ta, Sw. skjuta, Dan. skyde; cf. Skr. skund to jump. √159.  Cf. Scot a contribution, Scout to reject, Scud, Scuttle, v. i., Shot, Sheet, Shut, Shuttle, Skittish, Skittles.]
1.
To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object.

If you please
To shoot an arrow that self way.
Shak.

2.
To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun.

The two ends od a bow, shot off, fly from one another.
Boyle.

3.
To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object.

When Roger shot the hawk hovering over his master's dove house.
A. Tucker.

4.
To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.

An honest weaver as ever shot shuttle.
Beau. & Fl.

A pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot corpses by scores.
Macaulay.

5.
To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.

They shoot out the lip, they shake the head.
Ps. xxii. 7.

Beware the secret snake that shoots a sting.
Dryden.

6.
(Carp.)
To plane straight; to fit by planing.

Two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or else pared with a paring chisel.
Moxon.

7.
To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.

She . . . shoots the Stygian sound.
Dryden.

8.
To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.

The tangled water courses slept,
Shot over with purple, and green, and yellow.
Tennyson.

To be shot of, to be discharged, cleared, or rid of. [Colloq.] “Are you not glad to be shot of him?”
Sir W. Scott.


word: Shoot₃
definition:
Shoot

Shoot
v. i.
1.
To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides.

The archers have . . . shot at him.
Gen. xlix. 23.

2.
To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.

3.
To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star.

There shot a streaming lamp along the sky.
Dryden.

4.
To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.

Thy words shoot through my heart.
Addison.

5.
To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.

These preachers make
His head to shoot and ache.
Herbert.

6.
To germinate; to bud; to sprout.

Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth.
Bacon.

But the wild olive shoots, and shades the ungrateful plain.
Dryden.

7.
To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.

Well shot in years he seemed.
Spenser.

Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,
To teach the young idea how to shoot.
Thomson.

8.
To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.

If the menstruum be overcharged, metals will shoot into crystals.
Bacon.

9.
To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.

There shot up against the dark sky, tall, gaunt, straggling houses.
Dickens.

10.
(Naut.)
To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.

To shoot ahead, to pass or move quickly forward; to outstrip others.


word: Shoot₄
definition:
Shoot

Shoot
n.
1.
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.

The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot.
Bacon.

One underneath his horse to get a shoot doth stalk.
Drayton.

2.
A young branch or growth.

Superfluous branches and shoots of this second spring.
Evelyn.

3.
A rush of water; a rapid.

4.
(Min.)
A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
Knight.

5.
(Weaving)
A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

6.
[Perh. a different word.]
A shoat; a young hog.


word: Shooter
definition:
Shooter

Shoot"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner.

2.
That which shoots.
(a)
A firearm; as, a five-shooter.
[Colloq. U.S.]
(b)
A shooting star.
[R.]


word: Shooting
definition:
Shooting

Shoot"ing
n.
1.
The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light.

2.
A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game; as, a week of shooting.

3.
A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head.


word: Shooting₂
definition:
Shooting

Shoot"ing
a.
Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.

Shooting board (Joinery), a fixture used in planing or shooting the edge of a board, by means of which the plane is guided and the board held true. -- Shooting box, a small house in the country for use in the shooting season. Prof. Wilson. -- Shooting gallery, a range, usually covered, with targets for practice with firearms.  -- Shooting iron, a firearm. [Slang, U.S.] -- Shooting star. (a) (Astron.) A starlike, luminous meteor, that, appearing suddenly, darts quickly across some portion of the sky, and then as suddenly disappears, leaving sometimes, for a few seconds, a luminous train, -- called also falling star. Shooting stars are small cosmical bodies which encounter the earth in its annual revolution, and which become visible by coming with planetary velocity into the upper regions of the atmosphere. At certain periods, as on the 13th of November and 10th of August, they appear for a few hours in great numbers, apparently diverging from some point in the heavens, such displays being known as meteoric showers, or star showers. These bodies, before encountering the earth, were moving in orbits closely allied to the orbits of comets. See Leonids, Perseids. (b) (Bot.) The American cowslip (Dodecatheon Meadia). See under Cowslip. -- Shooting stick (Print.), a tapering piece of wood or iron, used by printers to drive up the quoins in the chase. Hansard.


word: Shop₂
definition:
Shop

Shop
n.
[OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG. scopf.]
1.
A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.

From shop to shop
Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks
The polished counter.
Cowper.

2.
A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop.

A tailor called me in his shop.
Shak.

3.
A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like, as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.; -- sometimes in deprecation or disapproval; as, to talk shop at a party.  Also used attributively, as in shop talk.

4.
A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's shop;
(Slang)
any of the various places of business which are commonly called offices, as of a lawyer, doctor, broker, etc.

5.
Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc.
[Slang, Chiefly Eng.]
6.
the group of workers and the activities controlled by an administrator; as, to have five people in one's shop.
[Colloq.]
&hand_; Shop is often used adjectively or in composition; as, shop rent, or shop-rent; shop thief, or shop-thief; shop window, or shop-window, etc.

To smell of the shop, to indicate too distinctively one's occupation or profession. -- To talk shop, to make one's business the topic of social conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's employment. [Colloq.]


word: Shop₃
definition:
Shop

Shop
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Shopped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shopping.]
To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.

He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping.
Byron.


word: Shopkeeper
definition:
Shopkeeper

Shop"keep`er
(?)
n.
A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale.
Addison.


word: Shoplifter
definition:
Shoplifter

Shop"lift`er
(?)
n.
[Shop + lift. See Lift to steal.]
One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal.


word: Shopman
definition:
Shopman

Shop"man
(?)
n.
pl. Shopmen (_;).
1.
A shopkeeper; a retailer.
Dryden.

2.
One who serves in a shop; a salesman.

3.
One who works in a shop or a factory.


word: Shoppy
definition:
Shoppy

Shop"py
(?)
a.
1.
Abounding with shops.
[Colloq.]

2.
Of or pertaining to shops, or one's own shop or business; as, shoppy talk.
[Colloq.]
Mrs. Gaskell.


word: shop talk
definition:
shop talk

shop talk
conversation about a matters pertaining to person's occupation; -- often used of such discussions when conducted outside of working hours, as in social gatherings.


word: Shopwalker
definition:
Shopwalker

Shop"walk`er
(?)
n.
One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director.  Cf. Floorwalker.


word: Shore₃
definition:
Shore

Shore
n.
[OE. schore; akin to LG. schore, D. schoor, OD. schoore, Icel. skor_;a, and perhaps to E. shear, as being a piece cut off.]
A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging.
[Written also shoar.]


word: Shore₄
definition:
Shore

Shore
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shoring.]
[OE. schoren. See Shore a prop.]
To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building.


word: Shore₅
definition:
Shore

Shore
n.
[OE. schore, AS. score, probably fr. scieran, and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin to OD. schoore, schoor. See Shear, v. t.]
The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river.

Michael Cassio,
Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello,
Is come shore.
Shak.

The fruitful shore of muddy Nile.
Spenser.

In shore, near the shore. Marryat. -- On shore. See under On. -- Shore birds (Zool.), a collective name for the various limicoline birds found on the seashore. -- Shore crab (Zool.), any crab found on the beaches, or between tides, especially any one of various species of grapsoid crabs, as Heterograpsus nudus of California. -- Shore lark (Zool.), a small American lark (Otocoris alpestris) found in winter, both on the seacoast and on the Western plains. Its upper parts are varied with dark brown and light brown. It has a yellow throat, yellow local streaks, a black crescent on its breast, a black streak below each eye, and two small black erectile ear tufts. Called also horned lark. -- Shore plover (Zool.), a large-billed Australian plover (Esacus magnirostris). It lives on the seashore, and feeds on crustaceans, etc. -- Shore teetan (Zool.), the rock pipit (Anthus obscurus). [Prov. Eng.]


word: Shoreless
definition:
Shoreless

Shore"less
a.
Having no shore or coast; of indefinite or unlimited extent; as, a shoreless ocean.
Young.


word: Shoring
definition:
Shoring

Shor"ing
n.
1.
The act of supporting or strengthening with a prop or shore.

2.
A system of props; props, collectively.


word: Shorling
definition:
Shorling

Shor"ling
(?)
n.
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.


word: Short
definition:
Short

Short
(?)
a.
[Compar. Shorter (?); superl. Shortest.]
[OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t.  Cf. Shirt.]
1.
Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

The bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it.
Isa. xxviii. 20.

2.
Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.

The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
Chaucer.

To short absense I could yield.
Milton.

3.
Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.

4.
Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money.

We shall be short in our provision.
Shak.

5.
Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.

6.
Not distant in time; near at hand.

Marinell was sore offended
That his departure thence should be so short.
Spenser.

He commanded those who were appointed to attend him to be ready by a short day.
Clarendon.

7.
Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory.

Their own short understandings reach
No farther than the present.
Rowe.

8.
Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); -- with of.

Hardly anything short of an invasion could rouse them again to war.
Landor.

9.
Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.

10.
(Cookery)
Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.

11.
(Metal)
Brittle.

&hand_; Metals that are brittle when hot are called _;ot-short; as, cast iron may be hot-short, owing to the presence of sulphur. Those that are brittle when cold are called cold-short; as, cast iron may be cold-short, on account of the presence of phosphorus.

12.
(Stock Exchange)
Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under Short, n., and To sell short, under Short, adv.

&hand_; In mercantile transactions, a note or bill is sometimes made payable at short sight, that is, in a little time after being presented to the payer.

13.
(Phon.)
Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, §§22, 30.

&hand_; Short is much used with participles to form numerous self-explaining compounds; as, short-armed, short-billed, short-fingered, short-haired, short-necked, short-sleeved, short-tailed, short-winged, short-wooled, etc.

At short notice, in a brief time; promptly. -- Short rib (Anat.), one of the false ribs. -- Short suit (Whist), any suit having only three cards, or less than three. R. A. Proctor. -- To come short, To cut short, To fall short, etc. See under Come, Cut, etc.


word: Short₂
definition:
Short

Short
n.
1.
A summary account.

The short and the long is, our play is preferred.
Shak.

2.
pl.
The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.

The first remove above bran is shorts.
Halliwell.

3.
pl.
Short, inferior hemp.

4.
pl.
Breeches; shortclothes.
[Slang]
Dickens.

5.
(Phonetics)
A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

If we compare the nearest conventional shorts and longs in English, as in “bit” and “beat,” “not” and “naught,” we find that the short vowels are generally wide, the long narrow, besides being generally diphthongic as well. Hence, originally short vowels can be lengthened and yet kept quite distinct from the original longs.
H. Sweet.

In short, in few words; in brief; briefly. -- The long and the short, the whole; a brief summing up. -- The shorts (Stock Exchange), those who are unsupplied with stocks which they contracted to deliver.


word: Short₃
definition:
Short

Short
(?)
adv.
In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.

He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language.
Howell.

To sell short (Stock Exchange), to sell, for future delivery, what the party selling does not own, but hopes to buy at a lower rate.


word: Shortage
definition:
Shortage

Short"age
(?)
n.
Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts.


word: Short-breathed
definition:
Short-breathed

Short"-breathed`
(?)
a.
1.
Having short-breath, or quick respiration.

2.
Having short life.


word: Shortcake
definition:
Shortcake

Short"cake`
(?)
n.
An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked.


word: Short circuit
definition:
Short circuit

Short" cir"cuit
(?)
(Elec.)
A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.


word: Short-circuit
definition:
Short-circuit

Short"-cir`cuit
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Short-circuited; p. pr. & vb. n. Short-circuiting.]
(Elec.)
To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance.


word: Shortclothes
definition:
Shortclothes

Short"clothes`
(?)
n.
Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings.


word: Shortcoming
definition:
Shortcoming

Short"com`ing
(?)
n.
The act of falling, or coming short
(a)
The failure of a crop, or the like.
(b)
Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty.


word: Shorten
definition:
Shorten

Short"en
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shortened; p. pr. & vb. n. Shortening.]
[See Short, a.]
1.
To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.

2.
To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.

Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am shortened by my chain.
Dryden.

3.
To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.

Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
Dryden.

4.
To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.

To shorten a rope (Naut.), to take in the slack of it. -- To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in.


word: Shorten₂
definition:
Shorten

Short"en
v. i.
To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.


word: Shortening
definition:
Shortening

Short"en*ing
n.
1.
The act of making or becoming short or shorter.

2.
(Cookery)
That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc.


word: Shorthand
definition:
Shorthand

Short"hand`
(?)
n.
A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography.


word: Shorthorn
definition:
Shorthorn

Short"horn`
(?)
a.
One of a breed of large, heavy domestic cattle having short horns. The breed was developed in England.


word: Short-jointed
definition:
Short-jointed

Short"-joint`ed
(?)
a.
Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short.


word: Short-lived
definition:
Short-lived

Short"-lived`
(?)
a.
Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.


word: Shortly
definition:
Shortly

Short"ly
adv.
[AS. sceortlice.]
1.
In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
Chaucer.

I shall grow jealous of you shortly.
Shak.

The armies came shortly in view of each other.
Clarendon.

2.
In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.


word: Shortness
definition:
Shortness

Short"ness
n.
The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness of an essay; the shortness of the memory; a shortness of provisions; shortness of breath.


word: Shortsighted
definition:
Shortsighted

Short"sight`ed
(?)
a.
1.
Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic, and Myopia.

2.
Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand things deep; of limited intellect.

3.
Having little regard for the future; heedless.

Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness.
Addison.


word: Short-spoken
definition:
Short-spoken

Short"-spo`ken
(?)
a.
Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt.
[Colloq.]


word: Shortstop
definition:
Shortstop

Short"stop`
(?)
n.
(Baseball)
The player stationed in the field bewtween the second and third bases.


word: Short-winded
definition:
Short-winded

Short"-wind`ed
(?)
a.
Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons.
May.


word: Shortwing
definition:
Shortwing

Short"wing`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of small wrenlike Asiatic birds having short wings and a short tail. They belong to Brachypterix, Callene, and allied genera.


word: Short-witted
definition:
Short-witted

Short"-wit`ted
(?)
a.
Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.


word: Shoshones
definition:
Shoshones

Sho*sho"nes
(?)
n. pl.
sing. Shoshone (_;)
(Ethnol.)
A linguistic family or stock of North American Indians, comprising many tribes, which extends from Montana and Idaho into Mexico. In a restricted sense the name is applied especially to the Snakes, the most northern of the tribes.


word: Shot₂
definition:
Shot

Shot
a.
Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8.


word: Shot₃
definition:
Shot

Shot
n.
[AS. scot, sceot, fr. sceótan to shoot; akin to D. sschot, Icel. skot. √159. See Scot a share, Shoot, v. t., and cf. Shot a shooting.]
A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.

Here no shots are where all shares be.
Chapman.

A man is never . . . welcome to a place till some certain shot be paid and the hostess say “Welcome.”
Shak.


word: Shot₄
definition:
Shot

Shot
n.
pl. Shotor Shots (#).
[OE. shot, schot, AS. gesceot a missile; akin to D. schot a shot, shoot, G. schuss, geschoss a missile, Icel. skot a throwing, a javelin, and E. shoot, v.t. √159. See Shoot, and cf. Shot a share.]
1.
The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.

He caused twenty shot of his greatest cannon to be made at the king's army.
Clarendon.

2.
A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet; specifically, whatever is discharged as a projectile from firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive.

&hand_; Shot used in war is of various kinds, classified according to the material of which it is composed, into lead, wrought-iron, and cast-iron; according to form, into spherical and oblong; according to structure and modes of operation, into solid, hollow, and case. See Bar shot, Chain shot, etc., under Bar, Chain, etc.

3.
Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly as the projectiles in shotguns for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot.

4.
The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot.

5.
A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot.

6.
(Fisheries)
(a)
A cast of a net.
(b)
The entire throw of nets at one time.
(c)
A place or spot for setting nets.
(d)
A single draft or catch of fish made.

7.
(Athletics)
A spherical weight, to be put, or thrown, in competition for distance.

8.
A stroke, throw, or other action to propel a ball or other game piece in certain games, as in billiards, hockey, basketball, curling, etc.; also, a move, as in chess.

9.
A guess; conjecture; also, an attempt.
[Colloq.]
shot

Shot belt, a belt having a pouch or compartment for carrying shot. -- Shot cartridge, a cartridge containing powder and small shot, forming a charge for a shotgun. -- Shot garland (Naut.), a wooden frame to contain shot, secured to the coamings and ledges round the hatchways of a ship. -- Shot gauge, an instrument for measuring the diameter of round shot. Totten. -- shot hole, a hole made by a shot or bullet discharged. -- Shot locker (Naut.), a strongly framed compartment in the hold of a vessel, for containing shot. -- Shot of a cable (Naut.), the splicing of two or more cables together, or the whole length of the cables thus united. -- Shot prop (Naut.), a wooden prop covered with tarred hemp, to stop a hole made by the shot of an enemy in a ship's side. -- Shot tower, a lofty tower for making shot, by dropping from its summit melted lead in slender streams. The lead forms spherical drops which cool in the descent, and are received in water or other liquid. -- Shot window, a window projecting from the wall. Ritson, quoted by Halliwell, explains it as a window that opens and shuts; and Wodrow describes it as a window of shutters made of timber and a few inches of glass above them.


word: Shot₅
definition:
Shot

Shot
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Shotting.]
To load with shot, as a gun.
Totten.


word: Shot-clog
definition:
Shot-clog

Shot"-clog`
(?)
n.
A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them.
[Old Slang]

Thou common shot-clog, gull of all companies.
Chapman.


word: Shote
definition:
Shote

Shote
(?)
n.
[AS. sceóta a darting fish, a trout, fr. sceótan. See Shoot, v. t.]
1.
(Zool.)
A fish resembling the trout.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Garew.

2.
[Perh. a different word.]
A young hog; a shoat.


word: Shotgun
definition:
Shotgun

Shot"gun`
(?)
n.
A light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially designed for firing small shot at short range, and killing small game.


word: Shot samples
definition:
Shot samples

Shot samples
(Metal.)
Samples taken for assay from  a molten metallic mass pouring a portion into water, to granulate it.


word: Shotted
definition:
Shotted

Shot"ted
(?)
a.
1.
Loaded with shot.

2.
(Med.)
Having a shot attached; as, a shotten suture.


word: Shotten
definition:
Shotten

Shot"ten
(?)
n.
[Properly p. p. of shoot; AS. scoten, sceoten, p. p. of sceótan.]
1.
Having ejected the spawn; as, a shotten herring.
Shak.

2.
Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.


word: Should
definition:
Should

Should
(shŏd)
imp.
of Shall
[OE. sholde, shulde, scholde, schulde, AS. scolde, sceolde. See Shall.]
Used as an auxiliary verb, to express a conditional or contingent act or state, or as a supposition of an actual fact; also, to express moral obligation (see Shall); e. g.: they should have come last week; if I should go; I should think you could go.
should
Shak.


word: Shoulder
definition:
Shoulder

Shoul"der
(?)
n.
[OE. shulder, shuldre, schutder, AS. sculdor; akin to D. schoulder, G. schulter, OHG. scultarra, Dan. skulder, Sw. skuldra.]
1.
(Anat.)
The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint.

2.
The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural.

Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore
The gates of Azza.
Milton.

Adown her shoulders fell her length of hair.
Dryden.

3.
Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support.

In thy shoulder do I build my seat.
Shak.

4.
That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing.

The north western shoulder of the mountain.
Sir W. Scott.

5.
The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton.

6.
(Fort.)
The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of Bastion.

7.
An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc.

Shoulder belt, a belt that passes across the shoulder. -- Shoulder blade (Anat.), the flat bone of the shoulder, to which the humerus is articulated; the scapula. -- Shoulder block (Naut.), a block with a projection, or shoulder, near the upper end, so that it can rest against a spar without jamming the rope. -- Shoulder clapper, one who claps another on the shoulder, or who uses great familiarity. [Obs.] Shak. -- Shoulder girdle. (Anat.) See Pectoral girdle, under Pectoral. -- Shoulder knot, an ornamental knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder; a kind of epaulet or braided ornament worn as part of a military uniform. -- Shoulder-of-mutton sail (Naut.), a triangular sail carried on a boat's mast; -- so called from its shape. -- Shoulder slip, dislocation of the shoulder, or of the humerous. Swift. -- Shoulder strap, a strap worn on or over the shoulder. Specifically (Mil. & Naval), a narrow strap worn on the shoulder of a commissioned officer, indicating, by a suitable device, the rank he holds in the service. See Illust. in App.


word: Shoulder₂
definition:
Shoulder

Shoul"der
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shouldered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shouldering.]
1.
To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle.

As they the earth would shoulder from her seat.
Spenser.

Around her numberless the rabble flowed,
Shouldering each other, crowding for a view.
Rowe.

2.
To take upon the shoulder or shoulders; as, to shoulder a basket; hence, to assume the burden or responsibility of; as, to shoulder blame; to shoulder a debt.

As if Hercules
Or burly Atlas shouldered up their state.
Marston.

Right shoulder arms (Mil.), a position in the Manual of Arms which the piece is placed on the right shoulder, with the lock plate up, and the muzzle elevated and inclined to the left, and held as in the illustration.


word: Shoulder₃
definition:
Shoulder

Shoul"der
v. i.
To push with the shoulder; to make one's way, as through a crowd, by using the shoulders; to move swaying the shoulders from side to side.
A yoke of the great sulky white bullocks . . . came shouldering along together.
Kipling.


word: Shouldered
definition:
Shouldered

Shoul"dered
(?)
a.
Having shoulders; -- used in composition; as, a broad-shouldered man.
shouldered
Chaucer.


word: Shout
definition:
Shout

Shout
(shout)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Shouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Shouting.]
[OE. shouten, of unknown origin; perhaps akin to shoot; cf. Icel. skūta, skūti, a taunt.]
1.
To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.

Shouting of the men and women eke.
Chaucer.

They shouted thrice: what was the last cry for?
Shak.

2.
To entertain with refreshments or the like gratuitously; to treat.
[Slang, Australia & U. S.]

To shout at, to utter shouts at; to deride or revile with shouts.


word: Shout₂
definition:
Shout

Shout
v. t.
1.
To utter with a shout; to cry; -- sometimes with out; as, to shout, or to shout out, a man's name.

2.
To treat with shouts or clamor.
Bp. Hall.

3.
To treat (one) to something; also, to give (something) by way of treating.
[Slang, Australia & U. S.]


word: Shout₃
definition:
Shout

Shout
n.
1.
A loud burst of voice or voices; a vehement and sudden outcry, especially of a multitudes expressing joy, triumph, exultation, or animated courage.

The Rhodians, seeing the enemy turn their backs, gave a great shout in derision.
Knolles.

2.
A gratuitous entertainment, with refreshments or the like; a treat.
[Slang, Australia & U. S.]


word: Shove
definition:
Shove

Shove
(shŭv)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shoved (shŭvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Shoving.]
[OE. shoven, AS. scofian, fr. scūfan; akin to OFries. skūva, D. schuiven, G. schieben, OHG. scioban, Icel. skūfa, sk&ymacr_;fa, Sw. skuffa, Dan. skuffe, Goth. afskiuban to put away, cast away; cf. Skr. kshubh to become agitated, to quake, Lith. skubrus quick, skubinti to hasten. √160.  Cf. Sheaf a bundle of stalks, Scoop, Scuffle.]
1.
To drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; to push; especially, to push (a body) so as to make it move along the surface of another body; as, to shove a boat on the water; to shove a table across the floor.

2.
To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle.

And shove away the worthy bidden guest.
Milton.

He used to shove and elbow his fellow servants.
Arbuthnot.


word: Shove₂
definition:
Shove

Shove
v. i.
1.
To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.

2.
To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off.

He grasped the oar,
eceived his guests on board, and shoved from shore.
Garth.


word: Shove₃
definition:
Shove

Shove
(?)
n.
The act of shoving; a forcible push.

I rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove.
Swift.


word: Shovel
definition:
Shovel

Shov"el
(?)
n.
[OE. shovele, schovele, AS. scoft, sceoft; akin to D. schoffel, G. schaufel, OHG. sc_;vala, Dan. skovl, Sw. skofvel, skyffel, and to E. shove. √160. See Shove, v. t.]
An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances.

Shovel hat, a broad-brimmed hat, turned up at the sides, and projecting in front like a shovel, -- worn by some clergy of the English Church. [Colloq.] -- Shovelspur (Zool.), a flat, horny process on the tarsus of some toads, -- used in burrowing. -- Steam shovel, a machine with a scoop or scoops, operated by a steam engine, for excavating earth, as in making railway cuttings.


word: Shovel₂
definition:
Shovel

Shov"el
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shoveled (?) or Shovelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shoveling or Shovelling.]
1.
To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit.

2.
To gather up as with a shovel.


word: Shovelboard
definition:
Shovelboard

Shov"el*board`
(?)
n.
1.
A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny.

2.
A game played on board ship in which the aim is to shove or drive with a cue wooden disks into divisions chalked on the deck; -- called also shuffleboard.


word: Shoveler
definition:
Shoveler

Shov"el*er
(?)
n.
[Also shoveller.]
1.
One who, or that which, shovels.

2.
(Zool.)
A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill, shovelbill, and maiden duck.  The Australian shoveler, or shovel-nosed duck (Spatula rhynchotis), is a similar species.


word: Shovelful
definition:
Shovelful

Shov"el*ful
(?)
n.
pl. Shovelfuls (_;).
As much as a shovel will hold; enough to fill a shovel.


word: Shovelhead
definition:
Shovelhead

Shov"el*head`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A shark (Sphryna tiburio) allied to the hammerhead, and native of the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonnet shark.


word: Shovelnose
definition:
Shovelnose

Shov"el*nose`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
The common sand shark. See under Snad.
(b)
A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil.
(c)
A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus corinus).
(d)
A ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; -- called also white sturgeon.


word: Shovel-nosed
definition:
Shovel-nosed

Shov"el-nosed`
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Having a broad, flat nose; as, the shovel-nosed duck, or shoveler.


word: Show
definition:
Show

Show
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Showed (?); p. p. Shown (?) or Showed; p. pr. & vb. n. Showing. It is sometimes written shew, shewed, shewn, shewing.]
[OE. schowen, shewen, schewen, shawen, AS. sceáwian, to look, see, view; akin to OS. scaw_;n, OFries. skawia, D. schouwen, OHG. scouw_;n, G. schauen, Dan. skue, Sw. sk_;da, Icel. sko_;a, Goth. usskawjan to waken, skuggwa a mirror, Icel. skuggy shade, shadow, L. cavere to be on one's guard, Gr. _;_;_; to mark, perceive, hear, Skr. kavi wise.  Cf. Caution, Scavenger, Sheen.]
1.
To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers).

Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest.
Matt. viii. 4.

Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise
Magnificence; and what can heaven show more?
Milton.

2.
To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs.

Shew them the way wherein they must walk.
Ex. xviii. 20.

If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away.
1 Sam. xx. 13.

3.
Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door.

4.
To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event.

I 'll show my duty by my timely care.
Dryden.

5.
To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.

Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me.
Ex. xx. 6.

To show forth, to manifest; to publish; to proclaim. -- To show his paces, to exhibit the gait, speed, or the like; -- said especially of a horse. -- To show off, to exhibit ostentatiously. -- To show up, to expose. [Colloq.]


word: Show₂
definition:
Show

Show
v. i.
[Written also shew.]
1.
To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem.

Just such she shows before a rising storm.
Dryden.

All round a hedge upshoots, and shows
At distance like a little wood.
Tennyson.

2.
To have a certain appearance, as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.

My lord of York, it better showed with you.
Shak.

To show off, to make a show; to display one's self.


word: Show₃
definition:
Show

Show
(?)
n.
[Formerly written also shew.]
1.
The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition.

2.
That which os shown, or brought to view; that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition; as, a traveling show; a cattle show.

As for triumphs, masks, feasts, and such shows.
Bacon.

3.
Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.

I envy none their pageantry and show.
Young.

4.
Semblance; likeness; appearance.

He through the midst unmarked,
In show plebeian angel militant
Of lowest order, passed.
Milton.

5.
False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.

Beware of the scribes, . . . which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers.
Luke xx. 46. 47.

6.
(Med.)
A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor.

7.
(Mining)
A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp.
Raymond.

Show bill, a broad sheet containing an advertisement in large letters. -- Show box, a box xontaining some object of curiosity carried round as a show. -- Show card, an advertising placard; also, a card for displaying samples. -- Show case, a gla_;ed case, box, or cabinet for displaying and protecting shopkeepers' wares, articles on exhibition in museums, etc. -- Show glass, a glass which displays objects; a mirror. -- Show of hands, a raising of hands to indicate judgment; as, the vote was taken by a show of hands. -- Show stone, a piece of glass or crystal supposed to have the property of exhibiting images of persons or things not present, indicating in that way future events.


word: Showbread
definition:
Showbread

Show"bread`
(?)
n.
(Jewish Antiq.)
Bread of exhibition; loaves to set before God; -- the term used in translating the various phrases used in the Hebrew and Greek to designate the loaves of bread which the priest of the week placed before the Lord on the golden table in the sanctuary. They were made of fine flour unleavened, and were changed every Sabbath. The loaves, twelve in number, represented the twelve tribes of Israel. They were to be eaten by the priests only, and in the Holy Place.
[Written also shewbread.]
Mark ii. 26.


word: Shower
definition:
Shower

Show"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who shows or exhibits.

2.
That which shows; a mirror.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.


word: Shower₂
definition:
Shower

Show"er
(?)
n.
[OE. shour, schour, AS. se_;r; akin to D. schoer, G. schauer, OHG. sc_;r, Icel. sk_;r, Sw. skur, Goth. sk_;ra windis a storm of wind; of uncertain origin.]
1.
A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow.

In drought or else showers.
Chaucer.

Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers.
Milton.

2.
That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air copiously and rapidly.

With showers of stones he drives them far away.
Pope.

3.
A copious supply bestowed.
[R.]

He and myself
Have travail'd in the great shower of your gifts.
Shak.

Shower bath, a bath in which water is showered from above, and sometimes from the sides also.


word: Shower₃
definition:
Shower

Show"er
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Showered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Showering.]
1.
To water with a shower; to _;_;t copiously with rain.

Lest it again dissolve and shower the earth.
Milton.

2.
To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in _;undance; to rain.
Shak.

C_;sar's favor,
That showers down greatness on his friends.
Addison.


word: Showery
definition:
Showery

Show"er*y
(?)
a.
1.
Raining in showers; abounding with frequent showers of rain.

2.
Of or pertaining to a shower or showers.
showery
Milton.


word: Showiness
definition:
Showiness

Show"i*ness
n.
The quality or state of being showy; pompousness; great parade; ostentation.


word: Showing
definition:
Showing

Show"ing
n.
1.
Appearance; display; exhibition.

2.
Presentation of facts; statement.
J. S. Mill.


word: Showroom
definition:
Showroom

Show"room`
(?)
n.
A room or apartment where a show is exhibited.

2.
A room where merchandise is exposed for sale, or where samples are displayed.


word: Showy
definition:
Showy

Show"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Showier (_;); superl. Showiest.]
Making a show; attracting attention; presenting a marked appearance; ostentatious; gay; gaudy.

A present of everything that was rich and showy.
Addison.


word: Shram
definition:
Shram

Shram
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. Shrink.]
To cause to shrink or shrivel with cold; to benumb.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Shrape
definition:
Shrape

Shrap

{ Shrap (?), Shrape (?), }
n.
[Cf. Scrap, and Scrape.]
A place baited with chaff to entice birds.
[Written also scrap.]
[Obs.]
Bp. Bedell.


word: Shrapnel
definition:
Shrapnel

Shrap"nel
(?)
a.
Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army.
n. A shrapnel shell; shrapnel shells, collectively.

Shrapnel shell (Gunnery), a projectile for a cannon, consisting of a shell filled with bullets and a small bursting charge to scatter them at any given point while in flight. See the Note under Case shot.


word: Shred
definition:
Shred

Shred
(?)
n.
[OE. shrede, schrede, AS. screáde; akin to OD. schroode, G. schrot a piece cut off, Icel. skrjoðr a shred, and to E. shroud.  Cf. Screed, Scroll, Scrutiny.]
1.
A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip.
Shreds
Bacon.

2.
In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle.
Shak.


word: Shred₂
definition:
Shred

Shred
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shred or Shredded (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Shredding.]
[OE. shreden, schreden, AS. screádian; akin to OD. schrooden, OHG. scr_;tan, G. schroten. See Shred, n.]
1.
To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly narrow and long pieces, as of cloth or leather.
Chaucer.

2.
To lop; to prune; to trim.
[Obs.]


word: Shredcook
definition:
Shredcook

Shred"cook`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The fieldfare; -- so called from its harsh cry before rain.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Shredding
definition:
Shredding

Shred"ding
(?)
n.
1.
The act of cutting or tearing into shreds.

2.
That which is cut or torn off; a piece.
Hooker.


word: Shredless
definition:
Shredless

Shred"less
a.
Having no shreds; without a shred.

And those which waved are shredless dust ere now.
Byron.


word: Shrew₂
definition:
Shrew

Shrew
n.
[See Shrew, a.]
1.
Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold.

A man . . . grudgeth that shrews [i. e., bad men] have prosperity, or else that good men have adversity.
Chaucer.

A man had got a shrew to his wife, and there could be no quiet in the house for her.
L'Estrange.

2.
[AS. screáwa; -- so called because supposed to be venomous. ]
(Zool.)
Any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family Sorecidae. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals.

&hand_; The common European species are the house shrew (Crocidura araneus), and the erd shrew (Sorex vulgaris) (see under Erd.). In the United States several species of Sorex and Blarina are common, as the broadnosed shrew (Sorex platyrhinus), Cooper's shrew (Sorex Cooperi), and the short-tailed, or mole, shrew (Blarina brevicauda).  Th American water, or marsh, shrew (Neosorex palustris), with fringed feet, is less common. The common European water shrews are Crossopus fodiens, and the oared shrew (see under Oared).

Earth shrew, any shrewlike burrowing animal of the family Centetidae, as the tendrac. -- Elephant shrew, Jumping shrew, Mole shrew. See under Elephant, Jumping, etc. -- Musk shrew. See Desman. -- River shrew, an aquatic West African insectivore (Potamogale velox) resembling a weasel in form and size, but having a large flattened and crested tail adapted for rapid swimming. It feeds on fishes. -- Shrew mole, a common large North American mole (Scalops aquaticus). Its fine, soft fur is gray with iridescent purple tints.


word: Shrewd
definition:
Shrewd

Shrewd
(?)
a.
[Compar. Shrewder (?); superl. Shrewdest.]
[Originally the p. p. of shrew, v.t.]
1.
Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

[Egypt] hath many shrewd havens, because of the great rocks that ben strong and dangerous to pass by.
Sir J. Mandeville.

Every of this happy number
That have endured shrewd days and nights with us.
Shak.

2.
Artful; wily; cunning; arch.

These women are shrewd tempters with their tongues.
Shak.

3.
Able or clever in practical affairs; sharp in business; astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply.

Professing to despise the ill opinion of mankind creates a shrewd suspicion that we have deserved it.
Secker.


word: Shrewish
definition:
Shrewish

Shrew"ish
(?)
a.
having the qualities of a shrew; having a scolding disposition; froward; peevish.

My wife is shrewish when I keep not hours.
Shak.


word: Shriek
definition:
Shriek

Shriek
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Shrieked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shrieking.]
[OE. shriken, originallythe same word as E. screech. See Screech, and cf. Screak.]
To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.

It was the owl that shrieked.
Shak.

At this she shrieked aloud; the mournful train
Echoed her grief.
Dryden.


word: Shriek₂
definition:
Shriek

Shriek
(?)
v. t.
To utter sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.

On top whereof aye dwelt the ghostly owl,
Shrieking his baleful note.
Spenser.

She shrieked his name
To the dark woods.
Moore.


word: Shriek₃
definition:
Shriek

Shriek
n.
A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like.

Shrieks, clamors, murmurs, fill the frighted town.
Dryden.

Shriek owl. (Zool.) (a) The screech owl. (b) The swift; -- so called from its cry.


word: Shrievalty
definition:
Shrievalty

Shriev"al*ty
(?)
n.
[Contr. from sheriffalty. See Shrieve, n. Sheriff.]
The office, or sphere of jurisdiction, of a sheriff; sheriffalty.

It was ordained by 28 Edward I that the people shall have election of sheriff in every shire where the shrievalty is not of inheritance.
Blackstone.


word: Shrift
definition:
Shrift

Shrift
(?)
n.
[OE. shrift, schrift, AS. scrift, fr. scrīfan to shrive. See Shrive.]
1.
The act of shriving.

In shrift and preaching is my diligence.
Chaucer.

2.
Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it.
Chaucer.

Have you got leave to go to shrift to-day?
Shak.

Therefore, my lord, address you to your shrift,
And be yourself; for you must die this instant.
Rowe.

Shrift father, a priest to whom confession is made.


word: Shrike
definition:
Shrike

Shrike
(?)
n.
[Akin to Icel. skrīkja a shrieker, the shrike, and E. shriek; cf. AS. scrīc a thrush. See Shriek, v. i.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (Lanius borealis), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. See under Butcher.

&hand_; The ant shrikes, or bush shrikes, are clamatorial birds of the family Formicaridae. The cuckoo shrikes of the East Indies and Australia are Oscines of the family Campephagidae. The drongo shrikes of the same regions belong to the related family Dicruridae. See Drongo.

Crow shrike. See under Crow. -- Shrike thrush. (a) Any one of several species of Asiatic timaline birds of the genera Thamnocataphus, Gampsorhynchus, and allies. (b) Any one of several species of shrikelike Australian singing birds of the genus Colluricincla. -- Shrike tit. (a) Any one of several Australian birds of the genus Falcunculus, having a strong toothed bill and sharp claws. They creep over the bark of trees, like titmice, in search of insects. (b) Any one of several species of small Asiatic birds belonging to Allotrius, Pteruthius, Cutia, Leioptila, and allied genera, related to the true tits. Called also hill tit. -- Swallow shrike. See under Swallow.


word: Shrill
definition:
Shrill

Shrill
(?)
a.
[Compar. Shriller (?); superl. Shrillest.]
[OE. shril, schril; akin to LG. schrell, G. schrill. See Shrill,v. i.]
Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound.

Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give
To sounds confused.
Shak.

Let winds be shrill, let waves roll high.
Byron.


word: Shrill₃
definition:
Shrill

Shrill
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Shrilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shrilling.]
[OE. schrillen, akin to G. schrillen; cf. AS. scralletan to resound loudly, Icel. skrölta to jolt, Sw. skrälla to shrill, Norw. skryla, skr_;la.  Cf. Skirl.]
To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill.

Break we our pipes, that shrilledloud as lark.
Spenser.

No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock.
Goldsmith.

His voice shrilled with passion.
L. Wallace.


word: Shrill₄
definition:
Shrill

Shrill
v. t.
To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.

How poor Andromache shrills her dolors forth.
Shak.


word: Shrilly₂
definition:
Shrilly

Shril"ly
a.
Somewhat shrill.
[Poetic]
Sir W. Scott.

Some kept up a shrilly mellow sound.
Keats.


word: Shrimp
definition:
Shrimp

Shrimp
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. AS. scrimman to dry up, wither, MHG. schrimpfen to shrink, G. schrumpfen, Dan. skrumpe, skrumpes, Da. & Sw. skrumpen shriveled.  Cf. Scrimp, Shrink, Shrivel.]
To contract; to shrink.
[Obs.]


word: Shrimp₂
definition:
Shrimp

Shrimp
n.
[OE. shrimp; -- probably so named from its shriveled appearance. See Shrimp, v.]
1.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs.  Many of them are used as food.  The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
(b)
In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form.
(c)
In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and Brine.

2.
Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt.

This weak and writhled shrimp.
Shak.

Opossum shrimp. (Zool.) See under Opossum. -- Spector shrimp, or Skeleton shrimp (Zool.), any slender amphipod crustacean of the genus Caprella and allied genera. See Illust. under Laemodopoda. -- Shrimp catcher (Zool.), the little tern (Sterna minuta). -- Shrimp net, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net dragged over the fishing ground.


word: Shrine
definition:
Shrine

Shrine
(shrīn)
n.
[OE. schrin, AS. scrīn, from L. scrinium a case, chest, box.]
1.
A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.

2.
Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.

Too weak the sacred shrine guard.
Byron.

3.
A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.

4.
Short for Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, a secret fraternal organization professedly originated by one Kalif Alu, a son-in-law of Mohammed, at Mecca, in the year of the Hegira 25 (about 646 a. d.)  In the modern order, established in the United States in 1872, only Knights Templars or thirty-second degree Masons are eligible for admission, though the order itself is not Masonic.  A member of the order is popularly called a Shriner, and the order itself is sometimes called the Shriners.


word: Shriner
definition:
Shriner

Shrin"er
(shrīn"ẽr)
n.
a member of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.  See shrine{4}.


word: Shrink
definition:
Shrink

Shrink
(?)
v. i.
[imp. Shrank (?) or Shrunk (?) p. p. Shrunk or Shrunken (_;), but the latter is now seldom used except as a participial adjective; p. pr. & vb. n. Shrinking.]
[OE. shrinken, schrinken, AS. scrincan; akin to OD. schrincken, and probably to Sw. skrynka a wrinkle, skrynkla to wrinkle, to rumple, and E. shrimp, n. & v., scrimp. CF. Shrimp.]
1.
To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted.

And on a broken reed he still did stay
His feeble steps, which shrunk when hard thereon he lay.
Spenser.

I have not found that water, by mixture of ashes, will shrink or draw into less room.
Bacon.

Against this fire do I shrink up.
Shak.

And shrink like parchment in consuming fire.
Dryden.

All the boards did shrink.
Coleridge.

2.
To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress.

What happier natures shrink at with affright,
The hard inhabitant contends is right.
Pope.

They assisted us against the Thebans when you shrank from the task.
Jowett (Thucyd.)

3.
To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake.
[R.]
Shak.


word: Shrink₂
definition:
Shrink

Shrink
v. t.
1.
To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water.

2.
To draw back; to withdraw.
[Obs.]

The Libyc Hammon shrinks his horn.
Milton.

To shrink on (Mach.), to fix (one piece or part) firmly around (another) by natural contraction in cooling, as a tire on a wheel, or a hoop upon a cannon, which is made slightly smaller than the part it is to fit, and expanded by heat till it can be slipped into place.


word: Shrink₃
definition:
Shrink

Shrink
n.
1.
The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal.

Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink,
That I had less to praise.
Leigh Hunt.

2.
[Contraction of head-shrinker, a colloquial term for psychiatrist.]
a psychiatrist.
[Coll.]


word: Shrinkage
definition:
Shrinkage

Shrink"age
(?)
n.
1.
The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement.

2.
The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc.

3.
Decrease in value; depreciation.
[Colloq.]


word: Shrinking
definition:
Shrinking

Shrink"ing
a. & n. from Shrink.

Shrinking head (Founding), a body of molten metal connected with a mold for the purpose of supplying metal to compensate for the shrinkage of the casting; -- called also sinking head, and riser.


word: shrinkwrap
definition:
shrinkwrap

shrink-wrap

shrink"-wrap, shrink"wrap
(shrĭ&nsmacr_;k"răp)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. shrink-wrapped or shrink"wrapped (shrĭ&nsmacr_;k"răpt); p. pr. & vb. n. shrink"wrapping or shrink"-wrapping.]
to wrap and seal (an object for sale) in a transparent sheet of plastic material that is shrunken to a tight-fitting wrapping by the application of heat.


word: shrinkwrap₂
definition:
shrinkwrap

shrink-wrap

shrink"-wrap, shrink"wrap
n.
a type of plastic film, usually transparent, that shrinks upon application of heat, and may be used to form a wrapping around objects that fits tightly and closely follows the contours of the wrapped object; -- also called shrink-pack, shrinkpack or shrink-wrapping.


word: Shrive
definition:
Shrive

Shrive
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Shrived (?) or Shrove (_;); p. p. Shriven (?) or Shrived; p. pr. & vb. n. Shriving.]
[OE. shriven, schriven, AS. scrīvan to shrive, to impose penance or punishment; akin to OFries. skrīva to impose punishment; cf. OS. biskrīban to be troubled.  Cf. Shrift, Shrovetide.]
1.
To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent.

That they should shrive their parishioners.
Piers Plowman.

Doubtless he shrives this woman, . . . 
Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech.
Shak.

Till my guilty soul be shriven.
Longfellow.

2.
To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively.

Get you to the church and shrive yourself.
Beau. & Fl.


word: Shrive₂
definition:
Shrive

Shrive
v. i.
To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution.
Spenser.


word: Shrivel
definition:
Shrivel

Shriv"el
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Shriveled (?) or Shrivelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shriveling or Shrivelling.]
[Probably akin to shrimp, shrink; cf. dial. AS. screpa to pine away, Norw. skrypa to waste, skryp, skryv, transitory, frail, Sw. skröpling feeble, Dan. skröbelig, Icel. skrj_;pr brittle, frail.]
To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up.


word: Shroffage
definition:
Shroffage

Shroff"age
(?)
n.
A money dealer's commission; also, more commonly, the examination of coins, and the separation of the good from the debased.


word: Shrood
definition:
Shrood

Shrood
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. Shroud.]
[Written also shroud, and shrowd.]
To trim; to lop.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Shropshire
definition:
Shropshire

Shrop"shire
(?)
n.
[From Shropshire, country of England.]
An English breed of black-faced hornless sheep similar to the Southdown, but larger, now extensively raised in many parts of the world.


word: Shroud
definition:
Shroud

Shroud
(shroud)
n.
[OE. shroud, shrud, schrud, AS. scrūd a garment, clothing; akin to Icel.  skruð the shrouds of a ship, furniture of a church, a kind of stuff, Sw. skrud dress, attire, and E. shred. See Shred, and cf. Shrood.]
1.
That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
Piers Plowman.

Swaddled, as new born, in sable shrouds.
Sandys.

2.
Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
shroud
Shak.

3.
That which covers or shelters like a shroud.

Jura answers through her misty shroud.
Byron.

4.
A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
[Obs.]

The shroud to which he won
His fair-eyed oxen.
Chapman.

A vault, or shroud, as under a church.
Withals.

5.
The branching top of a tree; foliage.
[R.]

The Assyrian wad a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and with a shadowing shroad.
Ezek. xxxi. 3.

6.
pl.
(Naut.)
A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts.

7.
(Mach.)
One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.

Bowsprit shrouds (Naut.), ropes extending from the head of the bowsprit to the sides of the vessel. -- Futtock shrouds (Naut.), iron rods connecting the topmast rigging with the lower rigging, passing over the edge of the top. -- Shroud plate. (a) (Naut.) An iron plate extending from the dead-eyes to the ship's side. Ham. Nav. Encyc. (b) (Mach.) A shroud. See def. 7, above.


word: Shroud₂
definition:
Shroud

Shroud
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shrouded; p. pr. & vb. n. Shrouding.]
[Cf. AS. scr_;dan. See Shroud, n.]
1.
To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for the grave.

The ancient Egyptian mummies were shrouded in a number of folds of linen besmeared with gums.
Bacon.

2.
To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil.

One of these trees, with all his young ones, may shroud four hundred horsemen.
Sir W. Raleigh.

Some tempest rise,
And blow out all the stars that light the skies,
To shroud my shame.
Dryden.


word: Shroud₃
definition:
Shroud

Shroud
v. i.
To take shelter or harbor.
[Obs.]

If your stray attendance be yet lodged,
Or shroud within these limits.
Milton.


word: Shrouded
definition:
Shrouded

Shroud"ed
a.
Provided with a shroud or shrouds.

Shrouded gear (Mach.), a cogwheel or pinion having flanges which form closed ends to the spaces between the teeth and thus strengthen the teeth by tying them together.


word: Shroud-laid
definition:
Shroud-laid

Shroud"-laid`
(?)
a.
Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; -- said of rope. See Illust. under Cordage.


word: Shrove
definition:
Shrove

Shrove
(?)
imp. of Shrive.

Shrove Sunday, Quinguagesima Sunday. -- Shrove Tuesday, the Tuesday following Quinguagesima Sunday, and preceding the first day of Lent, or Ash Wednesday. It was formerly customary in England, on this day, for the people to confess their sins to their parish priests, after which they dined on pancakes, or fritters, and the occasion became one of merriment. The bell rung on this day is popularly called Pancake Bell, and the day itself Pancake Tuesday. P. Cyc.


word: Shrove₂
definition:
Shrove

Shrove
v. i.
To join in the festivities of Shrovetide; hence, to make merry.
[Obs.]
J. Fletcher.


word: Shrovetide
definition:
Shrovetide

Shrove"tide`
(?)
n.
[From shrive to take a confession (OE. imp. shrof, AS. scrāf) + tide.]
The days immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially the period between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash Wednesday.


word: Shrub
definition:
Shrub

Shrub
(?)
n.
[Ar. shirb, shurb, a drink, beverage, fr. shariba to drink.  Cf. Sirup, Sherbet.]
A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.


word: Shrub₂
definition:
Shrub

Shrub
n.
[OE. schrob, AS. scrob, scrobb; akin to Norw. skrubba the dwarf cornel tree.]
(Bot.)
A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root.


word: Shrubbery
definition:
Shrubbery

Shrub"ber*y
(?)
n.
pl. Shrubberies (_;).
1.
A collection of shrubs.

2.
A place where shrubs are planted.
Macaulay.


word: Shrubby
definition:
Shrubby

Shrub"by
(?)
a.
[Compar. Shrubbier (?); superl. Shrubbiest.]
1.
Full of shrubs.

2.
Of the nature of a shrub; resembling a shrub.
Shrubby
J. Philips.


word: Shruff
definition:
Shruff

Shruff
(?)
n.
[Cf. Scruff, Scurf.]
Rubbish.
Specifically:
(a)
Dross or refuse of metals.
[Obs.]
(b)
Light, dry wood, or stuff used for fuel.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Shrug
definition:
Shrug

Shrug
(shrŭg)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shrugged (shrŭgd); p. pr. & vb. n. Shrugging (shrŭg"gĭng).]
[Probably akin to shrink, p. p. shrunk; cf. Dan. skrugge, skrukke, to stoop, dial. Sw. skrukka, skruga, to crouch.]
To draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of expressing doubt, indifference, dislike, dread, or the like.

He shrugs his shoulders when you talk of securities.
Addison.


word: Shrug₂
definition:
Shrug

Shrug
v. i.
To raise or draw up the shoulders, as in expressing doubt, indifference, dislike, dread, or the like.

They grin, they shrug.
They bow, they snarl, they snatch, they hug.
Swift.


word: shrug
definition:
shrug

shrug
n.
A gesture consisting of drawing up the shoulders, -- a motion usually expressing doubt, indifference, or dislike; -- it is sometimes accompanied by a slight turning of the hands outward or upward.  Such a gesture may be made, as in answering "who knows" to a question, suggesting utter ignorance of an answer and a disinclination to pursue the topic further.

On Sept. 23, in a major speech in New York, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commision, Arthur Levitt asked the Big Board to spike the rule [Rule 390] in the interest of free and unfettered markets. . . . 
   Mr. Grasso responded with a shrug, saying that he had no plans to kill the rule.
Gretchen Morgenson (N. Y. Times Nov. 28, 1999 sect. 3 p. 1.

The Spaniards talk in dialogues
Of heads and shoulders, nods and shrugs.
Hudibras.


word: shrug off
definition:
shrug off

shrug off
v. t.
To ignore; to disregard; to brush aside; to minimize{2} the effects of; as, to shrug off predictions of disaster.


word: shtetl
definition:
shtetl

shtetl
(shtĕt"'l)
pl. Eng. shtetls (shtĕt"'lz), Yiddish shtetlach (shtĕt"läkh).
n.
[Yiddish, from MHG stetel, dim. of stat, place, town.]
A village or small town; -- usually referring to Jewish towns in Eastern Europe.


word: shtik
definition:
shtik

shtick

shtick, shtik
(shtĭk)
n.
[Yiddish, pranks; fr. MHG stücke, pieces.]
1.
A person's special talent, line of business, or habitual activity.

2.
(Show business)
A comic routine or a specific gag inserted in a show for laughs.


word: Shuck₂
definition:
Shuck

Shuck
n.
[Perhaps akin to G. shote a husk, pod, shell.]
1.
A shell, husk, or pod; especially, the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut, butternut, peanut, and chestnut.

2.
The shell of an oyster or clam.
[U. S.]


word: Shuck₃
definition:
Shuck

Shuck
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shucked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shucking.]
1.
To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc.

2.
To remove or take off (shucks); hence, to discard; to lay aside; -- usually with off.
[Colloq.]
“Shucking” his coronet, after he had imbibed several draughts of fire water.
F. A. Ober.
He had only been in Africa long enough to shuck off the notions he had acquired about the engineering of a west coast colony.
Pall Mall Mag.


word: Shudder
definition:
Shudder

Shud"der
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Shuddered (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Shuddering.]
[OE. shoderen, schuderen; akin to LG. schuddern, D. schudden to shake, OS. skuddian, G. schaudern to shudder, schütteln to shake, schütten to pour, to shed, OHG. scutten, scuten, to shake.]
To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake.
shuddering
Milton.

The shuddering tennant of the frigid zone.
Goldsmith.


word: Shude
definition:
Shude

Shude
(?)
n.
The husks and other refuse of rice mills, used to adulterate oil cake, or linseed cake.


word: Shuffle
definition:
Shuffle

Shuf"fle
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shuffled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shuffling (?).]
[Originally the same word as scuffle, and properly a freq. of shove. See Shove, and Scuffle.]
1.
To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand.

2.
To mix by pushing or shoving; to confuse; to throw into disorder; especially, to change the relative positions of, as of the cards in a pack.

A man may shuffle cards or rattle dice from noon to midnight without tracing a new idea in his mind.
Rombler.

3.
To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.

It was contrived by your enemies, and shuffled into the papers that were seizen.
Dryden.

To shuffe off, to push off; to rid one's self of. -- To shuffe up, to throw together in hastel to make up or form in confusion or with fraudulent disorder; as, he shuffled up a peace.


word: Shuffle₂
definition:
Shuffle

Shuf"fle
v. i.
1.
To change the relative position of cards in a pack; as, to shuffle and cut.

2.
To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.

I myself, . . . hiding mine honor in my necessity, am fain to shuffle.
Shak.

3.
To use arts or expedients; to make shift.

Your life, good master,
Must shuffle for itself.
Shak.

4.
To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing.

The aged creature came
Shuffling along with ivory-headed wand.
Keats.


word: Shuffle₃
definition:
Shuffle

Shuf"fle
n.
1.
The act of shuffling; a mixing confusedly; a slovenly, dragging motion.

The unguided agitation and rude shuffles of matter.
Bentley.

2.
A trick; an artifice; an evasion.

The gifts of nature are beyond all shame and shuffles.
L'Estrange.


word: Shufflecap
definition:
Shufflecap

Shuf"fle*cap`
(?)
n.
A play performed by shaking money in a hat or cap.
[R.]
Arbuthnot.


word: Shuffler
definition:
Shuffler

Shuf"fler
(?)
n.
1.
One who shuffles.

2.
(Zool.)
Either one of the three common American scaup ducks. See Scaup duck, under Scaup.


word: Shuffling
definition:
Shuffling

Shuf"fling
(?)
a.
1.
Moving with a dragging, scraping step.
shuffling
Shak.

2.
Evasive; as, a shuffling excuse.
T. Burnet.


word: Shug
definition:
Shug

Shug
(?)
v. i.
[Cf. Shrug.]
1.
To writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

2.
Hence, to crawl; to sneak.
[Obs.]

There I 'll shug in and get a noble countenance.
Ford.


word: Shun
definition:
Shun

Shun
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shunned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shunning.]
[OE. shunien, schunien, schonien, AS. scunian, sceonian; cf. D. schuinen to slepe, schuin oblique, sloping, Icel. skunda, skynda, to hasten.  Cf. Schooner, Scoundrel, Shunt.]
To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.

I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Acts xx. 26,27.

Scarcity and want shall shun you.
Shak.


word: Shunt
definition:
Shunt

Shunt
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Shunting.]
[Prov. E., to move from, to put off, fr. OE. shunten, schunten, schounten; cf. D. schuinte a slant, slope, Icel. skunda to hasten.  Cf. Shun.]
1.
To shun; to move from.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

2.
To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Ash.

3.
To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift.

For shunting your late partner on to me.
T. Hughes.

4.
(Elec.)
To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer.


word: Shunt₃
definition:
Shunt

Shunt
n.
[Cf. D. schuinte slant, slope, declivity. See Shunt, v. t.]
1.
(Railroad)
A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free.

2.
(Elec.)
A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit.

3.
(Gunnery)
The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.

Shunt dynamo (Elec.), a dynamo in which the field circuit is connected with the main circuit so as to form a shunt to the letter, thus employing a portion of the current from the armature to maintain the field. -- Shunt gun, a firearm having shunt rifling. See under Rifling.


word: Shunting
definition:
Shunting

Shunt"ing
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Shunt.
Specif.:
vb. n.
(a)
(Railroads)
Switching; as, shunting engine, yard, etc.
[British]
(b)
(Finance)
Arbitrage conducted between certain local markets without the necessity of the exchange involved in foreign arbitrage.
[Great Britain]


word: Shunt valve
definition:
Shunt valve

Shunt valve
(Mach.)
A valve permitting a fluid under pressure an easier avenue of escape than normally; specif., a valve, actuated by the governor, used in one system of marine-engine governing to connect both ends of the low-pressure cylinder as a supplementary control.


word: Shunt winding
definition:
Shunt winding

Shunt winding
(Elec.)
A winding so arranged as to divide the armature current and lead a portion of it around the field-magnet coils; -- opposed to series winding.
Shunt"-wound` (#), a.


word: Shut
definition:
Shut

Shut
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Shut; p. pr. & vb. n. Shutting.]
[OE. shutten, schutten, shetten, schitten, AS. scyttan to shut or lock up (akin to D. schutten, G. schützen to protect), properly, to fasten with a bolt or bar shot across, fr. AS. sceótan to shoot. √159. See Shoot.]
1.
To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.

2.
To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade.

Shall that be shut to man which to the beast
Is open?
Milton.

3.
To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
Shut
Dryden.

4.
To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book.

To shut in. (a) To inclose; to confine. “The Lord shut him in.” Cen. vii. 16. (b) To cover or intercept the view of; as, one point shuts in another. -- To shut off. (a) To exclude. (b) To prevent the passage of, as steam through a pipe, or water through a flume, by closing a cock, valve, or gate. -- To shut out, to preclude from entering; to deny admission to; to exclude; as, to shut out rain by a tight roof. -- To shut together, to unite; to close, especially to close by welding. -- To shut up. (a) To close; to make fast the entrances into; as, to shut up a house. (b) To obstruct. “Dangerous rocks shut up the passage.” Sir W. Raleigh. (c) To inclose; to confine; to imprison; to fasten in; as, to shut up a prisoner.
[1913 Webster]
Before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Gal. iii. 23.
[1913 Webster]
(d) To end; to terminate; to conclude.
[1913 Webster]
When the scene of life is shut up, the slave will be above his master if he has acted better. Collier.
[1913 Webster]
(e) To unite, as two pieces of metal by welding. (f) To cause to become silent by authority, argument, or force.


word: Shut₂
definition:
Shut

Shut
v. i.
To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.

To shut up, to cease speaking. [Colloq.] T. Hughes.


word: Shut₃
definition:
Shut

Shut
a.
1.
Closed or fastened; as, a shut door.

2.
Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person.
[Now dialectical or local, Eng. & U.S.]
L'Estrange.

3.
(Phon.)
(a)
Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g.
H. Sweet.
(b)
Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, ă, ĕ, ĭ, &obreve_;, ŭ, always are.


word: Shut₄
definition:
Shut

Shut
n.
The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.

Just then returned at shut of evening flowers.
Milton.

2.
A door or cover; a shutter.
[Obs.]
Sir I. Newton.

3.
The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.

Cold shut, the imperfection in a casting caused by the flowing of liquid metal upon partially chilled metal; also, the imperfect weld in a forging caused by the inadequate heat of one surface under working.


word: Shutter
definition:
Shutter

Shut"ter
(?)
n.
1.
One who shuts or closes.

2.
A movable cover or screen for a window, designed to shut out the light, to obstruct the view, or to be of some strength as a defense; a blind.

3.
A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, as for closing the passageway for molten iron from a ladle.

4.
(Photog.)
A mechanical device of various forms, attached to the aperture of a camera lens for opening and closing to expose the plate.  It is usually designed so that the time during which the aperture is opened may be varied by a manual dial or by some automatic mechanism, thereby allowing proper exposure of a photographic film under different intensities of light.


word: Shuttle
definition:
Shuttle

Shut"tle
(?)
n.
[Also shittle, OE. schitel, scytyl, schetyl; cf. OE. schitel a bolt of a door, AS. scyttes; all from AS. sceótan to shoot; akin to Dan. skyttel, skytte, shuttle, dial. Sw. skyttel, sköttel. √159. See Shoot, and cf. Shittle, Skittles.]
1.
An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.

Like shuttles through the loom, so swiftly glide
My feathered hours.
Sandys.

2.
The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.

3.
A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.
[R.]

Shuttle box (Weaving), a case at the end of a shuttle race, to receive the shuttle after it has passed the thread of the warp; also, one of a set of compartments containing shuttles with different colored threads, which are passed back and forth in a certain order, according to the pattern of the cloth woven. -- Shutten race, a sort of shelf in a loom, beneath the warp, along which the shuttle passes; a channel or guide along which the shuttle passes in a sewing machine. -- Shuttle shell (Zool.), any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Volva, or Radius, having a smooth, spindle-shaped shell prolonged into a channel at each end.


word: Shuttle₂
definition:
Shuttle

Shut"tle
(?)
v. i.
To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.

I had to fly far and wide, shutting athwart the big Babel, wherever his calls and pauses had to be.
Carlyle.


word: Shuttlecock
definition:
Shuttlecock

Shut"tle*cock`
(?)
n.
A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.


word: Shuttlecock₂
definition:
Shuttlecock

Shut"tle*cock
v. t.
To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words.
Thackeray.


word: Shy
definition:
Shy

Shy
(shī)
a.
[Compar. Shier (shī"ẽr) or Shyer; superl. Shiest or Shyest.]
[OE. schey, skey, sceouh, AS. sceóh; akin to Dan. sky, Sw. skygg, D. schuw, MHG. schiech, G. scheu, OHG. sciuhen to be or make timid.  Cf. Eschew.]
1.
Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.

The horses of the army . . . were no longer shy, but would come up to my very feet without starting.
Swift.

2.
Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.

What makes you so shy, my good friend? There's nobody loves you better than I.
Arbuthnot.

The embarrassed look of shy distress
And maidenly shamefacedness.
Wordsworth.

3.
Cautious; wary; suspicious.

I am very shy of using corrosive liquors in the preparation of medicines.
Boyle.

Princes are, by wisdom of state, somewhat shy of thier successors.
Sir H. Wotton.

4.
Inadequately supplied; short; lacking; as, the team is shy two players.
[Slang]

5.
(Poker)
owing money to the pot; -- in cases where an opponent's bet has exceeded a player's available stake or chips, but the player chooses to continue playing the hand before adding the required bet to the pot.
[Slang]

To fight shy. See under Fight, v. i.


word: Shy₂
definition:
Shy

Shy
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Shied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shying.]
[From Shy, a.]
To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.


word: Shy₃
definition:
Shy

Shy
v. t.
To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper.
T. Hughes.


word: Shy₄
definition:
Shy

Shy
n.
1.
A sudden start aside, as by a horse.

2.
A side throw; a throw; a fling.
Thackeray.

If Lord Brougham gets a stone in his hand, he must, it seems, have a shy at somebody.
Punch.


word: Shyness
definition:
Shyness

Shy"ness
n.
The quality or state of being shy.
[Written also shiness.]

Frequency in heavenly contemplation is particularly important to prevent a shyness bewtween God and thy soul.
Baxter.


word: Shyster
definition:
Shyster

Shy"ster
(?)
n.
[Perh. from G. scheisse excrement.]
A trickish knave; one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way.
[Slang, U.S.]


word: Si
definition:
Si

Si
(?)
[It.]
(Mus.)
A syllable applied, in solmization, to the note B; more recently, to the seventh tone of any major diatonic scale. It was added to Guido's scale by Le Maire about the end of the 17th century.


word: Sialogogue
definition:
Sialogogue

Si*al"o*gogue
(?)
n.
[Gr. si`alon saliva + _;_;_;_; leading, from _;_;_; to lead: cf. F. sialagogue.]
(Med.)
An agent which promotes the flow of saliva.


word: Siamang
definition:
Siamang

Si"a*mang`
(?)
n.
[Malay siāmang.]
(Zool.)
A gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus), native of Sumatra. It has the second and third toes partially united by a web.


word: Siamese₂
definition:
Siamese

Si`a*mese`
n. sing. & pl.
1.
A native or inhabitant of Siam; pl., the people of Siam.

2.
sing.
The language of the Siamese.


word: Sib
definition:
Sib

Sib
(sĭb)
n.
[AS. sibb alliance, gesib a relative. √289.  See Gossip.]
1.
A blood relation.
[Obs.]
Nash.

2.
a sibling.


word: Sib₂
definition:
Sib

Sib
a.
Related by blood; akin.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.

Your kindred is but . . . little sib to you.
Chaucer.

[He] is no fairy birn, ne sib at all
To elfs, but sprung of seed terrestrial.
Spenser.


word: Sibbens
definition:
Sibbens

Sib"bens
(?)
n.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Med.)
A contagious disease, endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws. It is marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. In the Orkneys the name is applied to the itch.
[Written also sivvens.]


word: Siberian
definition:
Siberian

Si*be"ri*an
(?)
a.
[From Siberia, Russ. Sibire.]
Of or pertaining to Siberia, a region comprising all northern Asia and belonging to Russia; as, a Siberian winter.
n. A native or inhabitant of Siberia.

Siberian crab (Bot.), the Siberian crab apple. See Crab apple, under Crab. -- Siberian dog (Zool.), one of a large breed of dogs having erect ears and the hair of the body and tail very long. It is distinguished for endurance of fatigue when used for the purpose of draught. -- Siberian pea tree (Bot.), a small leguminous tree (Cragana arborescens) with yellow flowers. It is a native of Siberia.


word: Sibilancy
definition:
Sibilancy

Sibilance

{ Sib"i*lance (?), Sib"i*lan*cy (?), }
n.
The quality or state of being sibilant; sibilation.

Milton would not have avoided them for their sibilancy, he who wrote . . . verses that hiss like Medusa's head in wrath.
Lowell.


word: Sibilant
definition:
Sibilant

Sib"i*lant
(?)
a.
[L. sibilans, -antis, p. pr. of sibilare to hiss: cf. F. sibilant.]
Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds.
n. A sibiliant letter.


word: Sibilate
definition:
Sibilate

Sib"i*late
(?)
v. t. & i.
To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s; to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.


word: Sibilation
definition:
Sibilation

Sib`i*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. sibilatio.]
Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss.

He, with a long, low sibilation, stared.
Tennyson.


word: sibling
definition:
sibling

sib"ling
[sub + -ling.]
(sĭb"lĭng)
n.
a brother or a sister.
Siblings have at least one parent in common.  Those related only by a common mother are uterine siblings; those related only by a common father are agnate siblings or consanguine siblings (a legal term).  A sibling having both parents in common is a sibling-german or a full brother or full sister.  These modifying terms are more commonly used for the more specific uterine brother, uterine sister, agnate brother, brother-german, etc.


word: sibling₂
definition:
sibling

sib"ling
(sĭb"lĭng)
a.
of or pertaining to a sibling, n.; as, sibling rivalry: the common rivalry between siblings.


word: Sibyl
definition:
Sibyl

Sib"yl
(?)
n.
[L. sibylla, Gr. _;_;_;_;.]
1.
(Class. Antiq.)
A woman supposed to be endowed with a spirit of prophecy.

&hand_; The number of the sibyls is variously stated by different authors; but the opinion of Varro, that there were ten, is generally adopted. They dwelt in various parts of Persia, Greece, and Italy.

2.
A female fortune teller; a pythoness; a prophetess.
sibyl
Sir W. Scott.


word: Sibylline
definition:
Sibylline

Sib"yl*line
(?)
a.
[L. sibyllinus.]
Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls.

Sibylline books. (a) (Rom. Antiq.) Books or documents of prophecies in verse concerning the fate of the Roman empire, said to have been purchased by Tarquin the Proud from a sibyl. (b) Certain Jewish and early Christian writings purporting to have been prophetic and of sibylline origin. They date from 100 b. c. to a. d. 500.


word: Sic₂
definition:
Sic

Sic
(?)
adv.
[L.]
Thus.

&hand_; This word is sometimes inserted in a quotation [sic], to call attention to the fact that some remarkable or inaccurate expression, misspelling, or the like, is literally reproduced.


word: Sicca
definition:
Sicca

Sic"ca
(?)
n.
[Ar. sikka.]
A seal; a coining die; -- used adjectively to designate the silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192 grains.

Sicca rupee, an East Indian coin, valued nominally at about two shillings sterling, or fifty cents.


word: Siccative
definition:
Siccative

Sic"ca*tive
(?)
a.
[L. siccativus.]
Drying; causing to dry.
n. That which promotes drying.


word: Siccific
definition:
Siccific

Sic*cif"ic
(?)
a.
[L. siccificus; siccus dry + facere to make. See -fy.]
Causing dryness.


word: Siccity
definition:
Siccity

Sic"ci*ty
(?)
n.
[L. siccitas, fr. siccus dry.]
Dryness; aridity; destitution of moisture.
[Obs.]

The siccity and dryness of its flesh.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Sicilian
definition:
Sicilian

Si*cil"i*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Sicily or its inhabitants.

Sicilian vespers, the great massacre of the French in Sicily, in the year 1282, on the evening of Easter Monday, at the hour of vespers.


word: Siciliano
definition:
Siciliano

Si*ci`li*a"no
(?)
n.
[It., Sicilian.]
A Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a rather slow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure; also, the music to the dance.


word: Sick
definition:
Sick

Sick
(?)
a.
[Compar. Sicker (?); superl. Sickest.]
[OE. sek, sik, ill, AS. seóc; akin to OS. siok, seoc, OFries. siak, D. ziek, G. siech, OHG. sioh, Icel. sj_;kr, Sw. sjuk, Dan. syg, Goth. siuks ill, siukan to be ill.]
1.
Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness.

Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever.
Mark i. 30.

Behold them that are sick with famine.
Jer. xiv. 18.

2.
Affected with, or attended by, nausea; inclined to vomit; as, sick at the stomach; a sick headache.

3.
Having a strong dislike; disgusted; surfeited; -- with of; as, to be sick of flattery.

He was not so sick of his master as of his work.
L'Estrange.

4.
Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakned.

So great is his antipathy against episcopacy, that, if a seraphim himself should be a bishop, he would either find or make some sick feathers in his wings.
Fuller.

Sick bay (Naut.), an apartment in a vessel, used as the ship's hospital. -- Sick bed, the bed upon which a person lies sick. -- Sick berth, an apartment for the sick in a ship of war. -- Sick headache (Med.), a variety of headache attended with disorder of the stomach and nausea. -- Sick list, a list containing the names of the sick. -- Sick room, a room in which a person lies sick, or to which he is confined by sickness. [These terms, sick bed, sick berth, etc., are also written both hyphened and solid.]


word: Sicken
definition:
Sicken

Sick"en
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sickened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sickening.]
1.
To make sick; to disease.

Raise this strength, and sicken that to death.
Prior.

2.
To make qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as, to sicken the stomach.

3.
To impair; to weaken.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Sicken₂
definition:
Sicken

Sick"en
v. i.
1.
To become sick; to fall into disease.

The judges that sat upon the jail, and those that attended, sickened upon it and died.
Bacon.

2.
To be filled to disgust; to be disgusted or nauseated; to be filled with abhorrence or aversion; to be surfeited or satiated.

Mine eyes did sicken at the sight.
Shak.

3.
To become disgusting or tedious.

The toiling pleasure sickens into pain.
Goldsmith.

4.
To become weak; to decay; to languish.

All pleasures sicken, and all glories sink.
Pope.


word: Sickening
definition:
Sickening

Sick"en*ing
(?)
a.
Causing sickness; specif., causing surfeit or disgust; nauseating.
Sick"en*ing*ly, adv.


word: Sicker
definition:
Sicker

Sick"er
(?)
v. i.
[AS. sicerian.]
(Mining)
To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.
[Also written sigger, zigger, and zifhyr.]
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Siker
definition:
Siker

Sicker

{ Sick"er, Sik"er  }
a.
[OE. siker; cf. OS. sikur, LG. seker, D. zeker, Dan. sikker, OHG. sihhur, G. sicher; all fr. L. securus. See Secure, Sure.]
Sure; certain; trusty.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Burns.

When he is siker of his good name.
Chaucer.


word: Siker₂
definition:
Siker

Sicker

{ Sick"er, Sik"er  }
adv.
Surely; certainly.
[Obs.]

Believe this as siker as your creed.
Chaucer.

Sicker, Willye, thou warnest well.
Spenser.


word: Sikerly
definition:
Sikerly

Sickerly

{ Sick"er*ly, Sik"er*ly  }
adv.
Surely; securely.
[Obs.]

But sikerly, withouten any fable.
Chaucer.


word: Sikerness
definition:
Sikerness

Sickerness

{ Sick"er*ness, Sik"er*ness  }
n.
The quality or state of being sicker, or certain.
[Obs.]
Chaucer. Spenser.


word: Sickle
definition:
Sickle

Sic"kle
(?)
n.
[OE. sikel, AS. sicol; akin to D. sikkel, G. sichel, OHG. sihhila, Dan. segel, segl, L. secula, fr. secare to cut; or perhaps from L. secula. See Saw a cutting instrument.]
1.
A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge.  Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap.

When corn has once felt the sickle, it has no more benefit from the sunshine.
Shak.

2.
(Astron.)
A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo.

Sickle pod (Bot.), a kind of rock cress (Arabis Canadensis) having very long curved pods.


word: Sicklebill
definition:
Sicklebill

Sic"kle*bill`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus Eutoxeres, native of Central and South America. They have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the sickle-billed hummer.
(b)
A curlew.
(c)
A bird of the genus Epimachus and allied genera.


word: Sickleman
definition:
Sickleman

Sic"kle*man
(?)
n.
pl. Sicklemen (_;).
One who uses a sickle; a reaper.

You sunburned sicklemen, of August weary.
Shak.


word: Sickless
definition:
Sickless

Sick"less
(?)
a.
Free from sickness.
[R.]

Give me long breath, young beds, and sickless ease.
Marston.


word: Sicklewort
definition:
Sicklewort

Sic"kle*wort`
(?)
n.
[AS. sicolwyrt.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A plant of the genus Coronilla (Coronilla scorpioides); -- so named from its curved pods.
(b)
The healall (Brunella vulgaris).


word: Sickly
definition:
Sickly

Sick"ly
(?)
a.
[Compar. Sicklier (?); superl. Sickliest.]
1.
Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body.

This physic but prolongs thy sickly days.
Shak.

2.
Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate.
Cowper.

3.
Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale.

The moon grows sickly at the sight of day.
Dryden.

Nor torrid summer's sickly smile.
Keble.

4.
Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality.


word: Sickly₂
definition:
Sickly

Sick"ly
adv.
In a sick manner or condition; ill.

My people sickly [with ill will] beareth our marriage.
Chaucer.


word: Sickly₃
definition:
Sickly

Sick"ly
v. t.
To make sick or sickly; -- with over, and probably only in the past participle.
[R.]

Sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought.
Shak.

Sentiments sicklied over . . . with that cloying heaviness into which unvaried sweetness is too apt to subside.
Jeffrey.


word: Sickness
definition:
Sickness

Sick"ness
n.
[AS. seócness.]
1.
The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady.

I do lament the sickness of the king.
Shak.

Trust not too much your now resistless charms;
Those, age or sickness soon or late disarms.
Pope.

2.
Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.


word: Sicle
definition:
Sicle

Si"cle
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. silcus, Heb. shegel. See Shekel.]
A shekel.
[Obs.]

The holy mother brought five sicles and a pair of turtledoves to redeem the Lamb of God.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Sida
definition:
Sida

Si"da
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;_;_; a kind of plant.]
(Bot.)
A genus of malvaceous plants common in the tropics. All the species are mucilaginous, and some have tough ligneous fibers which are used as a substitute for hemp and flax.
Balfour (Cyc. of India).


word: Side
definition:
Side

Side
(sīd)
n.
[AS. sīde; akin to D. zijde, G. seite, OHG. sīta, Icel. sī_;a, Dan. side, Sw. sida; cf. AS. sīd large, spacious, Icel. sī_;r long, hanging.]
1.
The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.

3.
Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest; as, the upper side of a sphere; also, any part or position viewed as opposite to or contrasted with another; as, this or that side.

Looking round on every side beheld
A pathless desert.
Milton.

4.
(a)
One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the mesial plane; or that which pertains to such a half; as, a side of beef; a side of sole leather.
(b)
The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body; as, a pain in the side.

One of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side.
John xix. 34.

5.
A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge.

Along the side of yon small hill.
Milton.

6.
The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe; a body of advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the interest or cause which one maintains against another; a doctrine or view opposed to another.

God on our side, doubt not of victory.
Shak.

We have not always been of the . . . same side in politics.
Landor.

Sets the passions on the side of truth.
Pope.

7.
A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.

To sit upon thy father David's throne,
By mother's side thy father.
Milton.

8.
Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other; as, the bright side of poverty.

By the side of, close at hand; near to. -- Exterior side. (Fort.) See Exterior, and Illust. of Ravelin. -- Interior side (Fort.), the line drawn from the center of one bastion to that of the next, or the line curtain produced to the two oblique radii in front. H. L. Scott. -- Side by side, close together and abreast; in company or along with. -- To choose sides, to select those who shall compete, as in a game, on either side. -- To take sides, to attach one's self to, or give assistance to, one of two opposing sides or parties.


word: Side₂
definition:
Side

Side
(?)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral.

One mighty squadron with a side wind sped.
Dryden.

2.
Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark.

The law hath no side respect to their persons.
Hooker.

3.
[AS. sīd. Cf Side, n.]
Long; large; extensive.
[Obs. or Scot.]
Shak.

His gown had side sleeves down to mid leg.
Laneham.

Side action, in breech-loading firearms, a mechanism for operating the breech block, which is moved by a lever that turns sidewise. -- Side arms, weapons worn at the side, as sword, bayonet, pistols, etc. -- Side ax, an ax of which the handle is bent to one side. -- Side-bar rule (Eng. Law.), a rule authorized by the courts to be granted by their officers as a matter of course, without formal application being made to them in open court; -- so called because anciently moved for by the attorneys at side bar, that is, informally. Burril. -- Side box, a box or inclosed seat on the side of a theater.
[1913 Webster]
To insure a side-box station at half price. Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
-- Side chain, (a) one of two safety chains connecting a tender with a locomotive, at the sides. (b) (Chem.) a chain of atoms attached to the main structure of a large molecule, especially of a polymer. -- Side cut, a canal or road branching out from the main one. [U.S.] -- Side dish, one of the dishes subordinate to the main course. -- Side glance, a glance or brief look to one side. -- Side hook (Carp.), a notched piece of wood for clamping a board to something, as a bench. -- Side lever,  a working beam of a side-lever engine. -- Side-lever engine, a marine steam engine having a working beam of each side of the cylinder, near the bottom of the engine, communicating motion to a crank that is above them. -- Side pipe (Steam Engine), a steam or exhaust pipe connecting the upper and lower steam chests of the cylinder of a beam engine. -- Side plane, a plane in which the cutting edge of the iron is at the side of the stock. -- Side posts (Carp.), posts in a truss, usually placed in pairs, each post set at the same distance from the middle of the truss, for supporting the principal rafters, hanging the tiebeam, etc. -- Side rod. (a) One of the rods which connect the piston-rod crosshead with the side levers, in a side-lever engine. (b) See Parallel rod, under Parallel. -- Side screw (Firearms), one of the screws by which the lock is secured to the side of a firearm stock. -- Side table, a table placed either against the wall or aside from the principal table. -- Side tool (Mach.), a cutting tool, used in a lathe or planer, having the cutting edge at the side instead of at the point. -- Side wind, a wind from one side; hence, an indirect attack, or indirect means. Wright.


word: Side₃
definition:
Side

Side
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Sided; p. pr. & vb. n. Siding.]
1.
To lean on one side.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

2.
To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with the ministerial party.

All side in parties, and begin the attack.
Pope.


word: Side₄
definition:
Side

Side
v. t.
1.
To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
[Obs.]

His blind eye that sided Paridell.
Spenser.

2.
To suit; to pair; to match.
[Obs.]
Clarendon.

3.
(Shipbuilding)
To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.

4.
To furnish with a siding; as, to side a house.


word: Sideboard
definition:
Sideboard

Side"board`
(?)
n.
A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.

At a stately sideboard, by the wine,
That fragrant smell diffused.
Milton.


word: Sidebone
definition:
Sidebone

Side"bone`
(?)
n.
(Far.)
A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter and at the sides of the coronet and coffin bone of a horse.
J. H. Walsh.


word: Side-chain theory
definition:
Side-chain theory

Side"-chain` the`o*ry
(Physiol. Chem.)
A theory proposed by P. Ehrlich as a chemical explanation of immunity phenomena. In brief outline it is as follows: Animal cells and bacteria are complex aggregations of molecules, which are themselves complex. Complex molecules react with one another through certain of their side chains, but only when these side chains have a definite correspondence in structure (this accounts for the specific action of antitoxins).


word: Sided
definition:
Sided

Sid"ed
(?)
a.
Having (such or so many) sides; -- used in composition; as, one-sided; many-sided.


word: Sideflash
definition:
Sideflash

Side"flash`
(?)
n.
(Elec.)
A disruptive discharge between a conductor traversed by an oscillatory current of high frequency (as lightning) and neighboring masses of metal, or between different parts of the same conductor.


word: Side line
definition:
Side line

Sideline

Sideline, Side line
n.
1.
(a)
A line pertaining or attached to the side of a thing.
(b)
Specif., a line for hobbling an animal by connecting the fore and the hind feet of the same side.

2.
A line of goods sold in addition to one's principal articles of trade; a course of business pursued aside from one's regular occupation.

3.
A secondary road; esp., a byroad at right angles to a main road.
[Canada]

4.
(Sports)
Either of two marked lines which delimit the side boundaries of a playing field, as in football or soccer.

5.
(Sports)
[plural]
The areas in a sports arena just beyond the sidelines{4}, where coaches and alternative players sit or stand.

on the sidelines not actively involved in an activity, such as a sporting event, but available for use when needed; in reserve; as, the coach kept him on the sidelines for a week.


