Defn: A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.
SHINGLINGShin"gling, n.
1. The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.
2. (Metal)
Defn: The process of expelling scoriæ 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.
SHINGLYShin"gly, a.
Defn: Abounding with shingle, or gravel.
SHINHOPPLEShin"hop`ple, n.
Defn: The hobblebush.
SHININGShin"ing, a.
1. Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; as, shining lamps; also, bright by the reflection of light; as, shining armor. "Fish . . . with their fins and shining scales." 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.
Syn. — Glistening; bright; radiant; resplendent; effulgent; lustrous; brilliant; glittering; splendid; illustrious. — Shining, Brilliant, Sparking. Shining describes the steady emission of a strong light, or the steady reflection of light from a clear or polished surface. Brilliant denotes a shining of great brightness, but with gleams or flashes. Sparkling implies a fitful, intense shining from radiant points or sparks, by which the eye is dazzled. The same distinctions obtain when these epithets are figuratively applied. A man of shining talents is made conspicious by possessing them; if they flash upon the mind with a peculiarly striking effect, we call them brilliant; if his brilliancy is marked by great vivacity and occasional intensity, he is sparkling. 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.
SHININGShin"ing, n.
Defn: Emission or reflection of light.
SHININGNESSShin"ing*ness, n.
Defn: Brightness. J. Spence.
SHINNEYShin"ney, n. Etym: [CF. Shindy.]
Defn: The game of hockey; — so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin. Halliwell.
SHINPLASTERShin"plas`ter, n.
Defn: 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.]
SHIN SHUShin Shu. [Jap., lit., true sect.]
Defn: 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.
SHINTIYAN; SHINTYAN Shin"ti*yan (shin"ti*yan), Shin"ty*an (shin"ti*an), n. [Ar. shintian.]
Defn: A kind of wide loose drawers or trousers worn by women inMohammedan countries.
SHINTO; SHINTIISMShin"to, Shin"ti*ism, n. Etym: [Chin. shin god + tao way, doctrine.]
Defn: 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.]
SHINTOISTShin"to*ist, n.
Defn: An adherent of Shintoism.
SHINTYShin"ty, n. Etym: [Cf. Gael. sinteag a skip, a bound.]
Defn: A Scotch game resembling hockey; also, the club used in the game. Jamieson.
SHINYShin"y, a. [Compar. Shinier; superl. Shiniest.]
Defn: Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.Like distant thunder on a shiny day. Dryden.
-SHIP -ship. Etym: [OE. -schipe, AS. -scipe; akin to OFries. -skipe, OLG. - skepi, D. -schap, OHG. -scaf, G. -schaft. Cf. Shape, n., and Landscape.]
Defn: A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; as in lordship, friendship, chancellorship, stewardship, horsemanship.
SHIPShip, n. Etym: [AS. scipe.]
Defn: Pay; reward. [Obs.] In withholding or abridging of the ship or the hire or the wages of servants. Chaucer.
SHIPShip, n. Etym: [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 composedof a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-riggedon all masts. See Illustation in Appendix. l Port or Larboard Side; sStarboard Side; 1 Roundhouse or Deck House; 2 Tiller; 3 Grating; 4Wheel; 5 Wheel Chains; 6 Binnacle; 7 Mizzenmast; 8 Skylight; 9Capstan; 10 Mainmast; 11 Pumps; 12 Galley or Caboose; 13 MainHatchway; 14 Windlass; 15 Foremast; 16 Fore Hatchway; 17 Bitts; 18Bowsprit; 19 Head Rail; 20 Boomkins; 21 Catheads on Port Bow andStarboard Bow; 22 Fore Chains; 23 Main Chains; 24 Mizzen Chains; 25Stern. 1 Fore Royal Stay; 2 Flying Jib Stay; 3 Fore Topgallant Stay;4Jib Stay; 5 Fore Topmast Stays; 6 Fore Tacks; 8 Flying Martingale; 9Martingale Stay, shackled to Dolphin Striker; 10 Jib Guys; 11 JumperGuys; 12 Back Ropes; 13 Robstays; 14 Flying Jib Boom; 15 Flying JibFootropes; 16 Jib Boom; 17 Jib Foottropes; 18 Bowsprit; 19 ForeTruck; 20 Fore Royal Mast; 21 Fore Royal Lift; 22 Fore Royal Yard; 23Fore Royal Backstays; 24 Fore Royal Braces; 25 Fore Topgallant Mastand Rigging; 26 Fore Topgallant Lift; 27 Fore Topgallant Yard; 28Fore Topgallant Backstays; 29 Fore Topgallant Braces; 30 Fore Topmastand Rigging; 31 Fore Topsail Lift; 32 Fore Topsail Yard; 33 ForeTopsail Footropes; 34 Fore Topsail Braces; 35 Fore Yard; 36 ForeBrace; 37 Fore Lift; 38 Fore Gaff; 39 Fore Trysail Vangs; 40 ForeTopmast Studding-sail Boom; 41 Foremast and Rigging; 42 Fore TopmastBackstays; 43 Fore Sheets; 44 Main Truck and Pennant; 45 Main RoyalMast and Backstay; 46 Main Royal Stay; 47 Main Royal Lift; 48 MainRoyal Yard; 49 Main Royal Braces; 50 Main Topgallant Mast andRigging; 51 Main Topgallant Lift; 52 Main Topgallant Backstays; 53Main Topgallant Yard; 54 Main Topgallant Stay; 55 Main TopgallantBraces; 56 Main Topmast and Rigging; 57 Topsail Lift; 58 TopsailYard; 59 Topsail Footropes; 60 Topsail Braces; 61 Topmast Stays; 62Main Topgallant Studding-sail Boom; 63 Main Topmast Backstay; 64 MainYard; 65 Main Footropes; 66 Mainmast and Rigging; 67 Main Lift; 68Main Braces; 69 Main Tacks; 70 Main Sheets; 71 Main Trysail Gaff; 72Main Trysail Vangs; 73 Main Stays; 74 Mizzen Truck; 75 Mizzen RoyalMast and Rigging; 76 Mizzen Royal Stay; 77 Mizzen Royal Lift; 78Mizzen Royal Yard; 79 Mizzen Royal Braces; 80 Mizzen Topgallant Mastand Rigging; 81 Mizzen Topgallant Lift; 82 Mizzen TopgallantBackstays; 83 Mizzen Topgallant Braces; 84 Mizzen Topgallant Yard; 85Mizzen Topgallant Stay; 86 Mizzen Topmast and Rigging; 87 MizzenTopmast Stay; 88 Mizzen Topsail Lift; 89 Mizzen Topmast Backstays; 90Mizzen Topsail Braces; 91 Mizzen Topsail Yard; 92 Mizzen TopsailFootropes; 93 Crossjack Yard; 94 Crossjack Footropes; 95 CrossjackLift; 96 Crossjack Braces; 97 Mizzenmast and Rigging; 98 Mizzen Stay;99 Spanker Gaff; 100 Peak Halyards; 101 Spanker Vangs; 102 SpankerBoom; 103 Spanker Boom Topping Lift; 104 Jacob's Ladder, or SternLadder; 105 Spanker Sheet; 106 Cutwater; 107 Starboard Bow; 108Starboard Beam; 109 Water Line; 110 Starboard Quarter; 111 Rudder.
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, jail, 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.
SHIPShip, 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.
SHIPShip, 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)
SHIPBOARDShip"board`, n. Etym: [Ship + board. See Board, n., 8]
Defn: A ship's side; hence, by extension, a ship; — found chiefly in adverbial phrases; as, on shipboard; a shipboard.
SHIPBUILDERShip"build`er, n.
Defn: A person whose occupation is to construct ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a shipwright.
SHIPBUILDINGShip"build`ing, n.
Defn: Naval architecturel the art of constructing ships and other vessels.
SHIPFULShip"ful, n.; pl. Shipfuls (.
Defn: As much or as many as a ship will hold; enough to fill a ship.
SHIPHOLDERShip"hold`er, n.
Defn: A shipowner.
SHIPLESSShip"less, a.
Defn: Destitute of ships. Gray.
SHIPLETShip"let, n.
Defn: A little ship. [R.] Holinshed.
SHIPLOADShip"load`, n.
Defn: The load, or cargo, of a ship.
SHIPMANShip"man, n.; pl. Shipmen (.
Defn: A seaman, or sailor. [Obs. or Poetic] Chaucer. R. Browning.About midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to somecountry. Acts xxvii. 27.Shipman's card, the mariner's compass. [Obs.] Shak.
SHIPMASTERShip"mas`ter, n.
Defn: The captain, master, or commander of a ship. Jonah i. 6.
SHIPMATEShip"mate`, n.
Defn: One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor.
SHIPMENTShip"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.
SHIPOWNERShip"own`er, n.
Defn: Owner of a ship or ships.
SHIPPENShip"pen, n. Etym: [AS. scypen. Cf. Shop, Shepen.]
Defn: A stable; a cowhouse. [Obs. or Prov.Eng.]
SHIPPERShip"per, n. Etym: [See Ship, n., and cf. Skipper.]
Defn: One who sends goods from one place to another not in the same city or town, esp. one who sends goods by water.
SHIPPINGShip"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.
SHIPPINGShip"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. "God send 'em good 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.
SHIPPING NOTEShip"ping note. (Com.)
Defn: 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.
SHIPPO Ship*po", n. [Jap. shippo seven precious things; Chin. ts'ih seven + pao gem.] (Japanese Art)
Defn: Cloisonné enamel on a background of metal or porcelain.
SHIPPONShip"pon, n.
Defn: A cowhouse; a shippen. [Prov. Eng.] Bessy would either do fieldwork, or attend to the cows, the shippon, or churn, or make cheese. Dickens.
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.
SHIP-RIGGEDShip"-rigged`, a. (Naut.)
Defn: Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts, each with square sails.
SHIPSHAPEShip"shape`, a.
Defn: Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy;orderly.Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery executioner's modeof tying a knot, and did it herself in a shipshape orthodox manner.De Quincey.Keep everything shipshape, for I must go Tennyson.
SHIPSHAPEShip"shape`, adv.
Defn: In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.
SHIPWORMShip"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
SHIPWRECKShip"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.
SHIPWRECKShip"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.
SHIPWRIGHTShip"wright`, n.
Defn: One whose occupation is to construct ships; a builder of ships or other vessels.
SHIPYARDShip"yard`, n.
Defn: A yard, place, or inclosure where ships are built or repaired.
SHIRAZShi*raz", n.
Defn: A kind of Persian wine; — so called from the place whence it is brought.
SHIREShire, n. Etym: [AS. scire, scir, 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.]
Note: 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.
SHIRE HORSEShire horse.
Defn: 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.
SHIRKShirk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shirked; p. pr. & vb. n. Shirking.] Etym:[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.
SHIRKShirk, 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.
SHIRKShirk, n.
Defn: One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
SHIRKERShirk"er, n.
Defn: One who shirks. Macaulay.
SHIRKYShirk"y, a.
Defn: Disposed to shirk. [Colloq.]
SHIRLShirl, a.
Defn: Shrill. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
SHIRLShirl, n. (Min.)
Defn: See Schorl.
SHIRLEYShir"ley, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The bullfinch.
SHIRRShirr, n. (Sewing)
Defn: 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.
SHIRREDShirred, a.
1. (Sewing)
Defn: Made or gathered into a shirr; as, a shirred bonnet.
2. (Cookery)
Defn: Broken into an earthen dish and baked over the fire; — said of eggs.
SHIRT Shirt, n. Etym: [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.]
Defn: 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.
SHIRTShirt, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Shirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Shirting.]
Defn: To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt. Dryden.
SHIRTINGShirt"ing, n.
Defn: Cloth, specifically cotton cloth, suitable for making shirts.
SHIRTLESSShirt"less, a.
Defn: Not having or wearing a shirt. Pope.— Shirt"less*ness, n.
SHIRT WAISTShirt waist.
Defn: A belted waist resembling a shirt in plainness of cut and style, worn by women or children; — in England called a blouse.
SHIRT-WAIST SUITShirt-waist suit.
Defn: A costume consisting of a plain belted waist and skirt of the same material.
SHIST; SHISTOSEShist, Shis*tose".
Defn: See Shist, Schistose.
SHITTAH; SHITTAH TREEShit"tah, Shit"tah tree`, n. Etym: [Heb. shittah, pl. shittim.]
Defn: 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.
SHITTIM; SHITTIM WOODShit"tim, Shit"tim wood`, n.
Defn: The wood of the shittah tree.
SHITTLEShit"tle, n. Etym: [See Shuttle.]
Defn: A shuttle. [Obs.] Chapman.
SHITTLEShit"tle, a.
Defn: Wavering; unsettled; inconstant. [Obs.] Holland.
SHITTLECOCKShit"tle*cock`, n.
Defn: A shuttlecock. [Obs.]
SHITTLENESSShit"tle*ness, n.
Defn: Instability; inconstancy. [Obs.]The vain shittlenesse of an unconstant head. Baret.
SHIVEShive, n. Etym: [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.
SHIVERShiv"er, n. Etym: [OE. schivere, fr. shive; cf. G. schifer asplinter, 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. "All to shivers dashed." Milton.
2. A thin slice; a shive. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "A shiver of their own loaf." Fuller. Of your soft bread, not but a shiver. Chaucer.
3. (Geol.)
Defn: A variety of blue slate.
4. (Naut.)
Defn: 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.]
SHIVERShiv"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shivered; p. pr. & vb. n. Shivering.]Etym: [OE. schiveren, scheveren; cf. OD. scheveren. See Shiver afragment.]
Defn: 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.
SHIVERShiv"er, v. i.
Defn: To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to beshattered.There shiver shafts upon shields thick. ChaucerThe natural world, should gravity once cease, . . . would instantlyshiver into millions of atoms. Woodward.
SHIVERShiv"er, v. i. Etym: [OE. chiveren, cheveren; of uncertain origin.This word seems to have been confused with shiver to shatter.]
Defn: To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold orfear.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.
SHIVERShiv"er, v. t. (Naut.)
Defn: To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
SHIVERShiv"er, n.
Defn: The act of shivering or trembling.
SHIVERINGLYShiv"er*ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a shivering manner.
SHIVER-SPARShiv"er-spar`, n. Etym: [Cf. G. schiefer-spath.] (Min.)
Defn: A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; — called also slate spar.
SHIVERYShiv"er*y, a.
1. Tremulous; shivering. Mallet.
2. Easily broken; brittle; shattery.
SHIZOKU Shi*zo"ku, n. sing. & pl. [Jap. shi-zoku, fr. Chin. ch' (chi) branch, posterity + tsu kindered, class.]
Defn: The Japanese warrior gentry or middle class, formerly called samurai; also, any member of this class.
SHOADShoad, n. Etym: [Cf. G. schutt rubbish.] (Mining)
Defn: 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.]
SHOADINGShoad"ing, n. (Mining)
Defn: The tracing of veins of metal by shoads. [Written also shoding.] Pryce.
SHOAL Shoal, n. Etym: [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.]
Defn: A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; — saidespecially of fish; as, a shoal of bass. "Great shoals of people."Bacon.Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides. Waller.
SHOALShoal, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shoaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shoaling.]
Defn: To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place. Chapman.
SHOAL Shoal, a. Etym: [Cf. Shallow; or cf. G. scholle a clod, glebe, OHG. scollo, scolla, prob. akin to E. shoal a multitude.]
Defn: Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.
SHOALShoal, 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.
SHOALShoal, v. i.
Defn: To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.
SHOALShoal, v. t.
Defn: 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.
SHOALINESSShoal"i*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being shoaly; little depth of water; shallowness.
SHOALINGShoal"ing, a.
Defn: Becoming shallow gradually. "A shoaling estuary." Lyell.
SHOALYShoal"y, a.
Defn: Full of shoals, or shallow places.The tossing vessel sailed on shoaly ground. Dryden.
SHOARShoar (shor), n.
Defn: A prop. See 3d Shore.
SHOATShoat (shot), n.
Defn: A young hog. Same as Shote.
SHOCK Shock, n. Etym: [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. Etym: [G. schock.] (Com.)
Defn: A lot consisting of sixty pieces; — a term applied in someBaltic ports to loose goods.
SHOCKShock, v. t.
Defn: To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye.
SHOCKShock, v. i.
Defn: To be occupied with making shocks. Reap well, scatter not, gather clean that is shorn, Bind fast, shock apace. Tusser.
SHOCK Shock, n. Etym: [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. sq. root161. 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. "A shock of pleasure." Talfourd.
3. (Med.)
Defn: A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a port of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or the like.
4. (Elec.)
Defn: 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.
Syn. — Concussion, Shock. Both words signify a sudden violent shaking caused by impact or colision; but concussion is restricted in use to matter, while shock is used also of mental states.
SHOCKShock, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Shocking.] Etym:[OE. schokken; cf. D. schokken, F. choquer, Sp. chocar. sq. root161.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. A 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.
SHOCKShock, v. i.
Defn: To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter. "They saw the moment approach when the two parties would shock together." De Quincey.
SHOCKShock, n. Etym: [Cf. Shag.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
SHOCKShock, a.
Defn: Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair.His red shock peruke . . . was laid aside. Sir W. Scott.
SHOCKDOGShock"dog`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See 7th Shock, 1.
SHOCK-HEADShock"-head`, a.
Defn: Shock-headed. Tennyson.
SHOCK-HEADEDShock"-head`ed, a.
Defn: Having a thick and bushy head of hair.
SHOCKINGShock"ing, a.
Defn: Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causingto recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting.The grossest and most shocking villainies. Secker.— Shock"ing*ly, adv.— Shock"ing*ness, n.
SHODShod, imp. & p. p.
Defn: f Shoe.
SHODDY Shod"dy, n. Etym: [Perhaps fr. Shed, v. t.; as meaning originally, waste stuff shedor thrown off.]
1. A fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.
2. A fabric of inferior quality made of, or containing a large amount of, shoddy.
Note: 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.
SHODDYShod"dy, a.
Defn: 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.
SHODDY FEVERShoddy fever. (Med.)
Defn: A febrile disease characterized by dyspnoa and bronchitis caused by inhaling dust.
SHODDYISMShod"dy*ism, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being shoddy. [Colloq.] See the Note under Shoddy, n.
SHODEShode, n. Etym: [AS. scade, 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.
SHODE; SHODINGShode, Shod"ing.
Defn: See Shoad, Shoading.
SHODERSho"der, n.
Defn: A package of gold beater's skins in which gold is subjected to the second process of beating.
SHOE Shoe, n.; pl. Shoes, formerly Shoon, now provincial. Etym: [OE. sho, scho, AS. sc, sceóh; akin to OFries. sk, OS. sk, D. schoe, schoen, G. schuh, OHG. scuoh, Icel. sk, Dan. & Sw. sko, Goth. sk; 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. Specifically: (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 a 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.
Note: 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. 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.
SHOE Shoe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shod; p. pr. & vb. n. Shoeing.] Etym: [AS. sc, sce. 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.
SHOEBILLShoe"bill`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large African wading bird (Balæniceps 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.
SHOEBLACKShoe"black`, n.
Defn: One who polishes shoes.
SHOEFLYShoe"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.
SHOEHORN; SHOEING-HORNShoe"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. Figuratively: (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.
SHOELESSShoe"less, a.
Defn: Destitute of shoes. Addison.
SHOEMAKERShoe"mak`er, n.
1. One whose occupation it is to make shoes and boots.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The threadfish. (b) The runner, 12.
SHOEMAKINGShoe"mak`ing, n.
Defn: The business of a shoemaker.
SHOERSho"er, n.
Defn: One who fits shoes to the feet; one who furnishes or puts on shoes; as, a shoer of horses.
SHOGShog, n. Etym: [See Shock a striking.]
Defn: A shock; a jog; a violent concussion or impulse. [R. or Scot.]
SHOGShog, v. t.
Defn: To shake; to shock. [R. or Scot.]
SHOGShog, v. i. Etym: [Cf. W. ysgogi to wag, to stir. Cf. Jog.]
Defn: To jog; to move on. [R. or Scot.] Beau & Fl.
SHOGGLEShog"gle, v. t. Etym: [See Shog, Joggle.]
Defn: To joggle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Pegge.
SHOGUNSho"gun, n. Etym: [Chin. tsiang kiÜn commander in chief.]
Defn: 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.]
SHOGUNATESho*gun"ate, n.
Defn: The office or dignity of a Shogun. [Written also Siogoonate.]
SHOLASho"la, n. (Bot.)
Defn: See Sola.
SHOLEShole, n.
Defn: 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.
SHOLEShole, n.
Defn: See Shoal. [Obs.]
SHONDEShonde, n. Etym: [AS. sceond. Cf. Shend.]
Defn: Harm; disgrace; shame. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SHONEShone,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Shine.
SHOOShoo, interj. Etym: [Cf. G. scheuchen to scare, drive away.]
Defn: Begone; away; — an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls.
SHOOISho"oi, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The Richardson's skua (Stercorarius parasiticus);- so called from its cry. [Prov. Eng.]
SHOOKShook,
Defn: imp. & obs. or poet. p. p. of Shake.
SHOOK Shook, n. Etym: [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.
SHOOKShook, v. t.
Defn: To pack, as staves, in a shook.
SHOONShoon, n.,
Defn: pl. of Shoe. [Archaic] Chaucer.They shook the snow from hats and shoon. Emerson.
SHOOPShoop, obs.
Defn: imp. of Shape. Shaped. Chaucer.
SHOOT Shoot, n. Etym: [F. chute. See Chute. Confused with shoot to let fly.]
Defn: 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.]
SHOOT Shoot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shot; p. pr. & vb. n. Shooting. The old participle Shotten is obsolete. See Shotten.] Etym: [OE. shotien, schotien, AS. scotian, v. i., sceótan; akin to D. schieten, G. schie, OHG. sciozan, Icel. skj, Sw. skjuta, Dan. skyde; cf. Skr. skund to jump. sq. root159. 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.)
Defn: 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.
SHOOTShoot, 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 shootsinto a promontory.There shot up against the dark sky, tall, gaunt, straggling houses.Dickens.
10. (Naut.)
Defn: 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.
SHOOTShoot, n.
1. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, theshoot 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.)
Defn: A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode. Knight.
5. (Weaving)
Defn: A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
6. Etym: [Perh. a different word.]
Defn: A shoat; a young hog.
SHOOTERShoot"er, n.
1. One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner.
2. That which shoots. Specifically: (a) A firearm; as, a five-shooter. [Colloq. U.S.] (b) A shooting star. [R.]
SHOOTINGShoot"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.
SHOOTINGShoot"ing, a.
Defn: 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.
SHOOTYShoot"y, a.
Defn: Sprouting or coming up freely and regularly. [Prev. Eng.]Grose.
SHOPShop, obs.
Defn: imp. of Shape. Shaped. Chaucer.
SHOP Shop, n. Etym: [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.
Note: 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.]
Syn.— Store; warehouse. See Store.
SHOPShop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Shopping.]
Defn: To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping. Byron.
SHOPBOARDShop"board`, n.
Defn: A bench or board on which work is performed; a workbench.South.
SHOPBOOKShop"book`, n.
Defn: A book in which a tradesman keeps his accounts. Locke.
SHOPBOYShop"boy`, n.
Defn: A boy employed in a shop.
SHOPENSho"pen, obs.
Defn: p. p. of Shape. Chaucer.
SHOPGIRLShop"girl`, n.
Defn: A girl employed in a shop.
SHOPKEEPERShop"keep`er, n.
Defn: A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; — in distinction from one who sells by wholesale. Addison.
SHOPLIFTERShop"lift`er, n. Etym: [Shop + lift. See Lift to steal.]
Defn: 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.
SHOPLIFTINGShop"lift`ing, n.
Defn: Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop.
SHOPLIKEShop"like`, a.
Defn: Suiting a shop; vulgar. B. Jonson.
SHOPMAIDShop"maid`, n.
Defn: A shopgirl.
SHOPMANShop"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.
SHOPPERShop"per, n.
Defn: One who shops.
SHOPPISHShop"pish, a.
Defn: Having the appearance or qualities of a shopkeeper, or shopman.
SHOPPYShop"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.
SHOPSHIFTShop"shift`, n.
Defn: The trick of a shopkeeper; deception. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
SHOPWALKERShop"walk`er, n.
Defn: One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director. Cf.Floorwalker.
SHOPWOMANShop"wom`an, n.; pl. Shopwomen (.
Defn: A woman employed in a shop.
SHOPWORNShop"worn`, a.
Defn: Somewhat worn or damaged by having been kept for a time in a shop.
SHORAGEShor"age, n.
Defn: Duty paid for goods brought on shore. Grabb.
SHOREShore,
Defn: imp. of Shear. Chaucer.
SHOREShore, n.
Defn: A sewer. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
SHORE Shore, n. Etym: [OE. schore; akin to LG. schore, D. schoor, OD. schoore, Icel. skor, and perhaps to E. shear, as being a piece cut off.]
Defn: 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.]
SHOREShore, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shored; p. pr. & vb. n. Shoring.] Etym:[OE. schoren. See Shore a prop.]
Defn: To support by a shore or shores; to prop; — usually with up; as, to shore up a building.
SHORE Shore, n. Etym: [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.]
Defn: 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 (Zoöl.), a collective name for the various limicoline birds found on the seashore. — Shore crab (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), a large-billed Australian plover (Esacus magnirostris). It lives on the seashore, and feeds on crustaceans, etc. — Shore teetan (Zoöl.), the rock pipit (Anthus obscurus). [Prov. Eng.]
SHOREShore, v. t.
Defn: To set on shore. [Obs.] Shak.
SHORELESSShore"less, a.
Defn: Having no shore or coast; of indefinite or unlimited extent; as, a shoreless ocean. Young.
SHORELINGShore"ling, n.
Defn: See Shorling.
SHORERShor"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, shores or props; a prop; a shore.
SHOREWARDShore"ward, adv.
Defn: Toward the shore.
SHORINGShor"ing, n.
1. The act of supporting or strengthening with a prop or shore.
2. A system of props; props, collectively.
SHORL; SHORLACEOUSShorl, n., Shor*la"ceous (,a. (Min.)
Defn: See Schorl, Schorlaceous.
SHORLINGShor"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.
SHORNShorn (,
Defn: p. p. of Shear.
SHORT Short, a. [Compar. Shorter; superl. Shortest.] Etym: [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.]