less flat, more piercing to the ears; to make

sour.

-no, move, nôr, nôt ;-tùbe, tåb, båll ;-ôù ;-pound;-thin, THIS. SHAMEFACEDLY, shåme'fåstè-lè. ad. Mọdestly, bashfully. SHAMEFACEDNESS, shame'faste-nês. s. Modesty, bashfulness, timidity. SHAMEFUL, shame fàl. a. Disgraceful, igno-|| minious, reproachful. SHAMEFULLY, shame'fal-è. a. Disgracefully, ignominiously, infamously.

SHARPER, sharp'dr. s. 93. A tricking fellow, a
petty thief, a rascal.

SHAMELESS, shame'lês. a. Wanting shame,||
impudent, immodest, audacious.
SHAMELESSLY, shame les-lè. ad. Impudent-
ly, audaciously, without shame.
SHAMELESSNESS, shame'lês-nês. s. Impu-
dence, want of shame, immodesty.
SHAMMER, shâm'mår. s. 98. A cheat, an im-
postor.

SHAMOIS, shẩm'mè. s.
See CHAMOIS.

A kind of wild goat.—|

SHAMROCK, shâm'råk. s. 166. The Irish name
for three-leaved grass.

SHANK, shangk. s. 408. The middle joint of
the leg, that part which reaches from the ancle
to the knee; the bone of the leg; the long part
of any instrument.
SHANKED, shẳngkt. a. 359. Having a shank.
SHANKER, shângk år. s. 98. A venereal ex-

crescence.

To SHAPE, shape. v. a. To form, to mould with respect to external dimensions; to mould, to regulate; to image, to conceive.

SHARPLY, sharp'lè. ad. With keenness, with good edge or point; severely, rigorously; keenly, acutely, vigorously; afflictively, painfully, with quickness; judiciously, acutely, wittily. SHARPNESS, sharp'nes. s. Keenness of edge or point; severity of language, satirical sarcasm; sourness; painfulness, afflictiveness; intellectual acuteness, ingenuity, wit; quickness

of senses.

SHARP-SET, sharp-sêt'. a. Eager, vehemently
desirous.

SHARP-VISAGED, shårp-viz'îdj'd. a. 90. Hav-
ing a sharp countenance.
SHARP-SIGHTED, sharp-si'ted. a. Having
quick sight.

To SHATTER, shât'tår. v. a. 98. To break at
once into many pieces, to break so as to scatter
the parts; to dissipate, to make incapable of
close and continued attention.
To SHATTER, shât'tår. v. n. To be broken,
or to fall,by any force into fragments.
SHATTER, shat tur. s. One part of many into
which any thing is broken at once.
SHATTERBRAÎNED, shât'tår-bran'd. 359.
SHATTERPATED, shât'tår-på-têd.
Inattentive, not consistent.

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SHATTERY, shât'tir-è. a. 132. Disunited, not compact, easily falling into many parts.

SHAPE, shape. s. Form, external appearance; make of the trunk of the body; idea, pattern. SHAPELESS, shape'lès. a. Wanting regular-To SHAVE, shave. v. a. Preterit Shaved;

To have part, to have||

SHARD, shård. s. A fragment of an earthen
vessel; a plant; a sort of fish.
SHARDBORN, shard born. a. Born or produ-
ced among broken stones or pots.
SHARDED, shård'êd. a. Inhabiting shards.
To SHARE, share. v. a. To divide, to part||
among many; to partake with others; to cut,
to separate, to sheer.
To SHARE, share. v. n.
a dividend.
SHARE, share. s. Part, allotment; dividend:
a part; the blade of the plough that cuts the
ground.
SHAREBONE, shåreʼbône. s. The os pubis, the
bone that divides the trunk from the limbs.
SHARER, sha rår. s. 98. One who divides or ap-
portions to others, a divider; a partaker, one
who participates any thing with others.
SHARK, shark. s. A voracious sea-fish; a gree-
dy artful fellow, one who fills his pockets by sly
tricks; trick, fraud, petty rapine.
To SHARK, shark. v. a. To pick up hastily or
slvly.

To SHARK, shark. v. n. To play the petty thief;

to cheat, to trick.
SHARP, sharp. a. Keen, piercing, having a keen||
edge, having an acute point; acute of mind.
witty, ingenious, inventive; quick, as of sight||
or hearing; shrill, piercing the ear with a quick
noise, not flat; severe, biting, sarcastick; se-
verely rigid; eager, hungry, keen upon a quest;
painful, afflictive; fierce; attentive, vigilant;
pinching, piercing, as, the cold; subtile, witty,
acute: among workinen, hard; emaciated,
lean.

SHARP, sharp. s. A sharp or acute sound; a
pointed weapon, small sword, rapier.
To SHARP, sharp. v. a. To make keen.
To SHARP, sharp. v. n. To play thievish tricks.
To SHARPEN, sharp'n. v. a. 103. To make
keen, to edge, to point; to make quick, ingeni-|
ous, or acute; to make quicker of sense; to
make eager or hungry; to make fierce or an
gry; to make biting or sarcastick; to make

Part. pass. Shaved or Shaven. To pare off with a razor; to pare close to the surface; to skim, by passing near, or slightly touching; to cut in thin slices.

SHAVELING, shaveling. s. 410. A man shaved, a name of contempt for a friar or religious.

Any thin slice par

SHAVER, sha'vår. s. 98. A man that practises
the art of shaving; a man closely attentive to
his own interest.
SHAVING, sha'ving. s. 410.
ed off from any body.
SHAWM, shawin. s. A hautboy, a cornet.
SHE, shée, pron, in oblique cases Her. The fe-
male pronoun demonstrative; the woman be-
fore mentioned: it is sometimes used for a wo-
man absolutely; the female, not the male.
SHEAF, shefe. s. 227. A bundle of stalks of corn
bound together; any bundle or collection held
together.

To SHEAL, shèle. v. a. 227. To shell.
To SHEAR, shère. v. a. 227. Pret. Shore or
Shared; Part. pass. Shorn. To clip or cut by
interception between two blades moving on a
rivet; to cut.

SHEARD, shêrd. s. 234. A fragment.
SHEARS, sherz. s. 227. An instrument to
cut, consisting of two blades moving on a pin.
SHEARER, sheer år. s. 98. One that clips with
shears, particularly one that fleeces sheep.
SHEARMAN, sheèr mán. s. 88. He that
shears

SHEATH, sheth, s. 227. The case of any thing,
the scabbard of a weapon.
To SHEATH,
To SHEATHE,

sheTH.
467.

v. a. To enclose in a sheath or scabbard, to enclose in any case; to fit with a sheath; to defend the main body by an outward covering. SHEATHWINGED, shèth'wing'd. a. Having hard cases which are folded over the wings. SHEATHY, shèth'è. a. 182. Forming a sheath To SHED, shed. v. a. To effuse, to pour out, to spill; to scatter, to let fall.

To SHED, shed. v. n. To let fall its parts SHED, shed. s. A slight temporary covering: in Composition, effusion, as blood-shed. SHEDDER, shed dår. s. 98. A spiller, one who sheds

559.-Fate, får, fåll, fât ;—mè, mêt;-pine, pin ;

SHEEN, shèèn. 246.

SHEENY, shèèn'è. 182.

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a. Bright, glitter

ing, showy.

SHEEN, sheen. s. Brightness, splendour.
SHEEP, sheep. s. 246 The animal that bears

wool; a foolish silly fellow.

To SHEEPBITE, sheep'bite. v. n. To use petty
thefts, to injure slyly.
SHEEPBITER, sheep'bite-år. s.
A petty thief,
a sly injurer.
SHEEPCOT, sheep'kôt. s. A little enclosure for
sheep.

SHEEPFOLD, sheep'fold. s. The place where
sheep are enclosed."

SHEEPHOOK, shèèp'hôôk. s.

A hook fastened to a pole by which shepherds lay hold on the legs of their sheep.

SHEEPISH, sheepish. a. Bashful, overmodest, timorously and meanly diffident. SHEEPISHNESS, sheep'ish-nès. s. Bashfulness, mean and timorous diffidence.

SHELVY, shel ́vè. a.

banks.

Shallow, rocky, full of

To SHEND, shẻnd. v. a. Pret. and Part. pass Shent. To ruin; to disgrace; to surpass. Obsolete.

tor.

SHEPHERD, ship'pård. s. 98, 515. One who tends sheep in the pasture, a swain, a rural lover; one who tends the congregation, a pasSHEPHERDESS, shẻp'pôr-dès. s. A woman that tends sheep, a rural lass. SHEPHERDISH, shep'půrd-ish. a. Resembling a shepherd, suiting a shepherd, pastoral, rustick.

SHERBET, sher-bêt'. s. The juice of lemons or oranges mixed with water and sugar. SHERD, sherd. s. The fragment of broken earthen ware.

SHERIFF, sherif. s. An officer to whom is intrusted in each county the execution of the laws.

of sheepASTER, sheep'más-tår. s. An owner SHERIFFSHIP, herships. The office

SHEEPSHEARING, sheep'shèèr-ing. s. The time of shearing sheep, the feast made when sheep are shorn.

SHEEP'S-EYE, shèèp's-i'. s. A modest diffident
look, such as lovers cast at their mistresses.
SHEEPWALK, sheep'wawk. s. Pasture for
sheep.

SHEER, sbère. a. 216. Pure, clear, unmingled.
SHEER, shère, ad. 246. Clean, quick, at once.
SHEERS, shèèrz. s.-See SHEARS.
SHEET, sheet. s. 216. A broad and large piece of
linen; the linen of a bed: in a ship, ropes bent
to the clews of the sails; as much paper as is
made in one body; a single complication or
fold of paper in a book; any thing expanded.
SHEET-ANCHOR, sheet-ångk'kdr. s. In a ship,
is the largest anchor.

To SHEET, sheet. v. a. To furnish with sheets;
to enfold in a sheet; to cover as with a sheet.
SHEKEL, shak'k'l. s. 102. An ancient Jewish
coin, in value about two shillings and six pence
sterling.

or jurisdiction of a sheriff.

SHERRIS, sher'ris. }

|SHERRY,sher rẻ.

nish wine.

s. A kind of sweet Spa

SHEW, shò.-See SHOW.
SHEWBREAD.-See SHOWBREAD.
SHIELD, sheèld. s. 275. A buckler, a broad
piece of defensive armour held on the left arm
to ward off blows; defence, protection; one
that gives protection or security.

To SHIELD, sheeld. v. a. To cover with a
shield; to defend, to protect, to secure; to
keep off, to defend against.

To SHIFT, shift. v. n. To change place; to change, to give place to other things; to change clothes, particularly the linen; to find some expedient to act or live, though with dif ficulty; to practise indirect methods; to take some method for safety.

To SHIFT, shift. v. a. To change, to aher, to transfer from place to place; to change in position; to change, as clothes; to dress in fresh clothes. To shift off; to defer, to put away by some expedient.

SHELF, shelf. s. A board fixed against a supporter, so that any thing may be placed upon it; a sand bank in the sea, a rock under shal-SHIFT, shift. s. Expedient found or used with low water.

SHELFY, shelf'è. a. Full of hidden rocks or
banks, full of dangerous shallows.
SHELL, shël. s. The hard covering of any
thing, the external crust; the covering of a
testaceous or crustaceous animal; the covering
of the seeds of siliquous plants; the covering of
kernels; the covering of an egg; the outer part
of a house: it is used for a musical instrument,
in Poetry; the superficial part.

To SHELL, shel. v. a. To take out of the shell;
to strip off the shell.

To SHELL, shël. v. n. To fall off as broken
shells; to cast the shell.
SHELLDUCK, shel'duk. s. A kind of wild duck
SHELLFISH, shelfish. s. Fish invested with a

hard covering, either testaceous, as oysters, or
crustaceous, as lobsters.

SHELLY, shellè. a. Abounding with shells; consisting of shells.

SHELTER, shel'tår. s. 98. A cover from any external injury or violence; a protector, de-|| fender, one that gives security; the state of being covered, protection, security.

To SHELTER, shel'tår. v. a. To cover from external violence; to defend, to protect, to suc-|| cour with refuge, to harbour; to betake to cover; to cover from notice.

To SHELTER, shel'tår. v. n. To take shelter;
to give shelter.

SHELTERLESS, shel'tar-les. a. Harbourless,
without home or refuge.
SHELVING, shelving. a. 410. Sloping, in-
Alining, having declivity

difficulty, difficult means; mean refuge, last re-
source; fraud, artifice; evasion, elusory prac-
tice; a woman's linen.
SHIFTER, shift år. s. 93. One who plays tricks;
a man of artifice.
SHIFTLESS, shiftles. a. Wanting expedients,
wanting means to act or live.
SHILLING, shilling. s. 410. A coin of various
value in different times: it is now twelve pence.
SHILL-I-SHALL-I, shil lè-shal-lè. A corrupt re
duplication of Shall I? To stand Shili-I-sbali-1,
is to continue hesitating.

SHILY, shile, ad. Not familiarly, not frankly.
SHIN, shin. s. The forepart of the leg.
To SHINE, shine. v. n. Pret. I Shone, I have
Shone; sometimes I Shined, I have Shined.
To glitter, to glisten; to be splendid; to be
emineut or conspicuous; to be propitious; to
enlighten.

SHINE, shine. s. Fair weather; brightness,
splendour, lustre. Little used,

SHINESS, shines. s. Unwillingness to be trac table or familiar.

SHINGLE, shing'gl. s. 405. A thin board to

cover houses.

-nỏ, môve, når, nôt ;-tåbe, tảb, bûll; -ôîl ;-pôånd ;—thin, THIS.

To shake by violence;

fence, impression of disgust; a pile of sheaves of corn; a rough dog. SHOCK, shok. v. a. to offend, to disgust. To SHOCK, shok. v. n.

dom used but in adverbial phrases, a-shipboard,| on-shipboard, in a ship; the plank of a ship. SHIPBOY, ship'boe. s. Boy that serves in a ship.To SHIPMAN, ship'mân. s. 88. Sailor, seaman. SHIPMASTER, ship'mås-tår. s. Master of a ship.

SHIPPING, ship'ping. s. 410. Vessels of navigation; passage in a ship.

SHIPWRECK, ship rok. s. The destruction of ships by rocks or shelves; the parts of a shattered ship; destruction, miscarriage.

To be offensive.

To SHOCK, shok. v. n. To build up piles of

sheaves.

SHOD, shod. for Shoed. The Pret.. and Part.
pass. of To shoe.
SHOE, shỏó. s. 296.
To SHOE, shồð. v. a. Pret. I Shod; Part. pass.
Shod. To fit the foot with a shoe; to cover at
the bottom.

The pronunciation of the latter part of this word, as if written rack, is now become vulgar. To SHIPWRECK, ship'rěk. v. a. To destroy SHOEBOY, shỏô'bdè. s. A boy that cleans shoes. by dashing on rocks or shallows; to make to|SHOEING-HORN, sh3⁄4ôîng-hörn. 8. A horn suffer the dangers of a wreck. used to facilitate the admission of the foot into SHIPWRIGHT, ship'rite. s. A builder of ships. a narrow shoe. SHIRE, shère. s. 8, 106. A division of the kingdoin, a county.

SHOEMAKER, st.33'må-kår. s. One whose trade is to make shoes.

The pronunciation of this word is very ir-||SHOETYE, shoo'tl. s. The riband with which regular, as it is the only pure English word in women tye shoes.

the language where the finale does not produce||SHOG, shog. s. Violent concussion.

sudden interrupted impulses.

SHONE, shôn. The pret. of Shine.

This word is frequently pronounced so as to rhyme with tone; but the short sound of o is by far the most usual among those who may be styled polite speakers.

the long diphthongal sound of i when the ac-To SHOG, shog. v. a. To shake, to agitate by cent is on it: but this irregularity is so fixed as to give the regular sound a pedantick stiffness. Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Scott and Buchanan, however, have adopted this sound, in which they have been followed by Mr. Smith; but Mr. Elphinstone, Dr. Lowth, Dr. Kenrick, Mr. Perry, and Barclay, are for the irregular sound; W. Johnston gives both, but places the irregular. first: and the Grammar called Bickerstaff ̈s, recommended by Steele, adopts the sound, and gives this rule:

To sound like double (e) (i) does incline; 4 As in Machine and Shire, and Magazine: "Like (u) in Sirah; but writ (oi) in Join."

It may likewise be observed, that this word,| when unaccented at the end of words, as Nottinghamshire, Wiltshire, &c. is always pronounced with the i like ee.

SHIRT, shart. s. 108. The under linen garment of a man.

To SHIKT, shart. v. a. To cover, to clothe as
in a shirt.

SHIRTLESS, short'les. a. Wanting a shirt.
SHITTAH, shit'tá.
SHITTIM, shit tim.
cious wood growing in Arabia.
SHEILECOCK, shirtl-kok. s. A cork stuck
with feathers, and driven by players from one
to another with battle-doors.

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The most natural derivation of this word seems to arise from the motion of a shuttle, and therefore it ought to be written and pronounced shuttlecock.

SHIVE, shive. s. A slice of bread; a thick splinter or lamina cut off from the main sub-||

stance.

To SHIVER, shiv'år. v. n. 98. To quake, to tremble, to shudder as with cold or fear.

To SHIVER, shiv dr. v. n. To fall at once into many parts or shives.

To SHIVER, shiv dr. v. a. To break by one act
into many parts, to shatter.

SHIVER, Shiv år. s. 515. One fragment of many
into which any thing is broken
SHIVERY. sh ́våre. a. Loose of coherence,
easily falling into many fragments.
SHOAL, shole, s.
255.
A crowd, a multitude, a
throng, a shallow, a sand-bank.
To SHOAL, shôte. v. n. To crowd, to throng,
to be shallow, to grow shallow.
SHOAL, shole. a. Shallow, obstructed or en-
cumbered with banks.

SHOALINESS, shỏ lẻ-nës. s. Shallowness, fre-
quency of shallow places.

SHOALY, sho le. a. Full of shoals, full of shallow places

SHOCK, shok. s. Conflict, mutual impression

of violence, violent concourse; concussion, external violence; the conflict of enemies; of

This sound is adopted by Mr. Elphinstone, Mr
Sheridan, Dr. Kenrick, Mr. Perry, and Mr.
Smith: nor do I find the other sound in any of
our Dictionaries that have the word.
SHOOK, shook. 306. The Pret. and in Poetry,
Part. pass. of Shake.

To SHOOT, shoot. v. a. Pret. I shot; Part. Shot
or Shotter To discharge any thing so as to
make it fly with speed or violence; to discharge
from a bow or gun; to let off; to emit new
parts, as a vegetable; to emit, to dart or thrust
forth; to fit to each other by planing, a work-
man's term; to pass through with swiftness.
To SHOOT, shoot. v. n. To perform the act of
shooting; to germinate, to increase in vegeta-
ble growth; to form itself into any shape; to
be emitted; to protuberate, to jut out; to pass
as an arrow; to become any thing suddenly:
to move swiftly along; to feel a quick pain.
|SHOOT, shoot. s. The act of striking or en-
deavouring to strike with a missile weapon dis
charged by any instrument, obsolete; brauch
issuing from the main stock.

SHOOTER, shoot år. s. 93. One that shoots, an
archer, a gunner.

SHOP, shóp. s. A place where any thing is sold; a room in which manufactures are carried on.

SHOPBOARD, shop'bord. s. Bench on which
any work is done.

SHOPBOOK, shôp bôỏk. s. Book in which a
trade-man keeps his accounts.
SHOPKEEPER, shôp ́kéép-år. s A trader who
sells in a shop, not a merchant who only deals
by wholesale.

SHOPMAN, shop'mân. s. 88. A petty trader;
one who serves in a shop.
SHORE, shore. The pret, of Shear.
~HORE, bere 8. The coast of the sea; the
bank of a river; a drain, properly Sewer; the
support of a building, a buttress.

To SHORE, shore. v a. To prop, to support
To set on shore, not in use.
SHORELESS, shōre'lês, a Having no coast
SHORN, shorne. The part pass of Shear.

This word was inadvertently marked with the third sound of o in the first edition of this Dictionary; but from considering its analogy with suceur, wear, and tear, I do not hesitate to alter it to the first sound of that vowe, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Smith, and W. Johnston, are for the first pronunciation; but Mr. Perry, Mr. Nares, and Mr. Elphinstone, are for the last

559.-Fate, får, fåll, fåt ;-mè, mêt ;-pine, pln ;

and these authorities, with analogy on their || SHOULDERSLIP, sholdar-slip. s. Dislocation. side, are decisive. SHORT, short. a. 167. Not long, commonly not long enough; repeated by quick iterations; not reaching the purposed point, not adequate,|| not far distant in time; defective, scanty; not going so far as was intended; narrow, contracted; brittle.

SHRANK, shrink. The Pret. of Shrink. To SHRED, shred. v. a. Pret. Shred. To cal into small pieces. SHOTFREE, shot'frèè. a. Clear of the reckon-SHRED, shred. s. ing. SHOTTEN, shot't'n. a. 103.

A small piece cut off'; a frag

SHREW, shrỏỏ. s.
265, 339. A peevish, malg-
nant, clamorous, turbulent woman.
SHREWD, shrood. a. Having the qualities of a
shrew, malicious, troublesome; inaliciously sly
cunning; ill-betokening; mischievous.
SHREWDLY, shroodle. ad.
vexatiously; cunningly; slyly.
SHREWDNESS, shrood'nès. s.

--nỏ, mỗve, når, nôt ;—tủbe, tåb, båll ;-ỗîl ;-påånd ;-thin, THIS.

wants the true stamp of polite usage to make it || To SHUDDER, shůd'dår. v. a. 93. To quaks

current; it is now grown old and vulgar. and Pope's use of this word,

"Now Mayors and Shrieves all hush'd and sa"tiate lay,"

must only be looked upon as assisting the humour of the scene he describes. SHRIEVALTY, shrèè'vâl-té. s. The office of a sheriff.

with fear, or with aversion.

To SHUFFLE, shôf'fl. v. a. 405. To throw into
disorder, to agitate tumultuously, so as that one
thing takes the place of another; to remove
or put by with some artifice or fraud; to change
the position of cards with respect to each other:
to form fraudulently.

To SHUFFLE, shåf'fl. v. n. To throw the cards
into a new order; to play mean tricks, to prac-
tise fraud, to evade fair questions: to struggle,
to shift; to move with an irregular gait.
SHUFFLE, shaf ́f. s. 405. The act of disorder-
ing things, or making them take confusedly the
place of each other; a trick, an artifice.
SHUFFLECAP, shaf'fl-kap. s. A play at which
money is shaken in a hat.
He who plays

tricks, or shuffles.

By a caprice common in language, this compound is not nearly so antiquated as its simple: though it should seem, that if the old rootbe taken away, and another planted in its stead, the branches ought to spring from the latter, and not the former-But though we seldom hear Shrieve for Sheriff, except among the lower classes of people in London, we not uufrequently hear, even among the better sort,SHUFFLER, shaf ́Al-år. s. 98. Shrievalty for Sheriffalty; and Junius, in one of his letters to the Duke of Grafton, says, " Your next appearance in office is marked with his election to the Shrievalty." Publick Advertiser, July 9, 1771. This is certainly an inaccuracy; and such an inaccuracy, in such a writer as Ju-SHUNLESS, shân lès. a. Inevitable, unavoidable. nius, is not a little surprising. To SHUT, shât. v. a. Pret. I Shut; Part. pass. Shut. To close so as to prohibit ingress or egress; to enclose, to confine; to prohibit, to bar; to exclude; to contract, not to keep expanded. To shut out; to exclude, to deny admission. To shut up; to close, to confine; to conclude.

SHRIFT, shrift. s. Confession made to a priest.
SHRILL, shril. a. Sounding with a piercing,
tremulous, or vibratory sound.

To SURILL, shril. v. n. To pierce the ear with
quick vibrations of sound.
SHRILLNESS, shril'nés. s The quality of be-
ing shrill.

SHUFFLINGLY, shåf'fl-lug-lè. ad. 410. With an irregular gait.

To SHUN, shun. v. a. To avoid, to decline, to endeavour to escape.

To SHUT, shat v. n. To be closed, to close itself.

SHUT, shit. part. a. Rid, clear, free.

SHRILLY, shril'lè. ad. With a shrill noise. SHRIMP, shrimp. s. A small crustaceous vermiculated fish; a little wrinkled man, a dwarf.||SHUT, shat. s. Close, act of shutting; small SHRINE, shrine. s. A case in which something sacred is reposited.

door or cover.

SHUTTER, shot'tår. s. 98. One that shuts; a cover, a door.

To SHRINK, shrink. v. n. Pret. I Shrunk, or Shrank; Participle, Shrunken. To contract|SHUTTLE, shût‍tl. s. 405. The instrument with itself into less room, to shrivel; to withdraw as from danger; to express fear, horrour, or pain, by shrugging or contracting the body; to fall back as from danger.

which the weaver shoots the cross threads. SHUTTLECOCK, shůt ́tl-kôk. s. A cork stuck with feathers, and beaten backward and forward-See SHITTLECOCK.

To SHRINK, shrink. v. a. Part. pass Shrunk,
Shrank, or Shrunken. To make to shrink.
SHRINK, shrink s. Contraction into less com-SIBILANT, sibê-lant a. Hissing.
pass; contraction of the body from fear or

SHY, shi. a. Reserved; cautious; keeping at &
distance, unwilling to approach.

horrour.

SHRINKER, shrink år. s. 98. He who shrinks.
To SHRIVE, shrive. v. a. To bear at confession.
To SHRIVEL, shriv'v'l. v. n. 102. To contract
itself into wrinkles.

To SHRIVEL, shriv'v'l. v. a.
wrinkles.
SHRIVER, shrt'vår. s. 98.
SHROUD, shroad. s. 313.

To contract into
A confessor.
A shelter, a cover;
the dress of the dead, a winding-sheet; rope
that supports the mast.

To SHROUD, shroud. v. n. To shelter, to co-
ver from danger; to dress for the grave; to||
cover or conceal; to defend, to protect.
To SHROUD, shrôdd. v. n. To harbour, to

SIBILATION, sib-è̟-là shẳn. s. A hissing sound.
SICAMORE, sik'á-more. s. A tree.
SICCITY, sik'sè-tè. s. Dryness, aridity, want of

corn is cut, a reaping-hook, SICKLEMAN, sik kl-mân. 8. A reaper. SICKLER, sik kl-år. 98. SICKLINESS, sik lé-nés. s. Disposition to sick ness, habitual disease.

Ash-SICKLY, sikle, a. Not healthy, somewhat disordered; faint, weak, languid.

acid,

SHRUB, shrub, s. A small tree; spirit,
and sugar mixed.
SHRUBBY, shrob bẻ. a. Resembling a shrub;
full of shrubs, bushy.

To SHRUG, shråg. v. n. To express horrour or
dissatisfaction by motion of the shoulders or
whole body.

To SHRUG, shrug. v. a. To contract or draw

up

SHRUG, sbrig. s. A motion of the shoulders usually expressing dislike or aversion.

To SICKLY, siklé, v. a. To make diseased, to tint with the hue of disease. Not in use. SICKNESS, sik uds. s. State of being diseased, disease, malady; disorder in the organs of di

gestion.

SIDE, side. s. The parts of animals fortified by the ribs; any part of any body opposed to any other part; the right or left; margin, verge; any kind of local respect; party, faction, sect; any part placed in contradistinction or opposi· tion to another.

SHRUNK, shrink. The pret. and part. pass. of SIDE, side. a. Lateral; oblique. being on either

Shrink.

side.

SHRUNKEN, shrink'k'n. 103. The part. pass.To SIDE, side. v. n. To take a party, to engage