SHARP-SIGHTED
SH'ARP-SIGHTED, adjective [sharp and sight.]1. Having quick or acute sight; as a sharp-sighted eagle or hawk.2. Having quick discernment or acute understanding; as a sharp-sight...
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SHARP-VISAGED
SH'ARP-VISAGED, adjective [sharp and visage.] Having a sharp or thin face.
SHARP-WITTED
SH'ARP-WITTED, adjective Having an acute or nicely discerning mind.
SHARPEN
SHARPEN, verb transitive1. To make sharp; to give a keen edge or a fine point to a thing; to edge; to point; as, to sharpen a knife, an ax or the teeth of a saw; to sharpen a sw...
SHARPER
SH'ARPER, noun A shrewd man in making bargains; a tricking fellow; a cheat in bargaining or gaming.Sharpers, as pikes, prey upon their own kind. L'Estrange.
SHARPLY
SH'ARPLY, adverb1. With a keen edge or a fine point.2. Severely; rigorously; roughly.They are to be more sharply chastised and reformed than the rude Irish.Spenser.3. Keenly; ac...
SHARPNESS
SH'ARPNESS, noun1. Keenness of an edge or point; as the sharpness of a razor or a dart.2. Not obtuseness.3. Pungency; acidity; as the sharpness of vinegar.4. Pungency of pain; k...
SHASTER
SHAS'TER, noun Among the Hindoos, a sacred book containing the dogmas of the religion of the Bramis and the ceremonies of their worship, and serving as a commentary on the Vedam...
SHATTER
SHAT'TER, verb transitive1. To braek at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, rend or part by violence into fragments; as, explosion shatters a rock or bomb; lightning shatters...
SHATTER-BRAINED
SHAT'TER-BRAINED, adjective [shatter and brain or pated.]
SHATTER-PATED
SHAT'TER-PATED,1. Disordered or wandering in intellect.2. Heedless wild; not consistent.
SHATTERED
SHAT'TERED, participle passive Broken or dashed to pieces; rent; disordered.
SHATTERING
SHAT'TERING, participle present tense Dashing or breaking to pieces; rending; disordering.
SHATTERS
SHAT'TERS, noun [I believe used only in the plural.] The fragments of any thing forcibly rent or broken; used chiefly or solely in the phrases, to break or rend into shatters.
SHATTERY
SHAT'TERY, adjective Brittle; easily falling into many pieces; not compact; loose of texture; as shattery spar.
SHAVE
SHAVE, verb transitivepreterit tenseshaved; participle passiveshaved or shaven.1. To cut or pare off something from the surface of the body by a razor or other edged instrument,...
SHAVE-GRASS
SHA'VE-GRASS, noun A plant of the genus Equisetum.
SHAVED
SHA'VED, participle passive Pared; made smooth with a razor or other cutting instrument; fleeced.
SHAVELING
SHA'VELING, noun A man shaved; a friar or religious; in contempt.
SHAVER
SHA'VER, noun1. One that shaves or whose occupation is to shave.2. One that is close in bargains or a sharp dealer.This Lewis is a cunning shaver. Swift.3. One that fleeces; a p...
SHAVING
SHA'VING, participle present tense Paring the surface with a razor or ather sharp instrument; making smooth by paring; fleecing.SHA'VING, noun1. The act of paring the surface.2....
SHAW
SHAW, noun A thicket; a small wood. [Local in England. In America not used.]SHAW'-FOWL, noun [shaw and fowl.] the representation or image of a fowl make by fowlers to shoot at.
SHAWL
SHAWL, noun A cloth of wool, cotton, silk or hair, used by females as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders. Shawls are of various sizes from that of a hankerchief to that...
SHAWM
SHAWM,
SHE
SHE, pronoun personal of the feminine gender. [She is perhaps the Heb. a woman or wife. Latin quoe.]1. A pronoun which is a substitute for the name of a female, and of the femin...
SHEADING
SHE'ADING, noun In the isle of Man, a riding, tithing or division, in which there is a corner or chief constable. The isle is divided into six sheading.
SHEAF
SHEAF, nounpluralsheaves. [Latin scopa, scopo.]1. A quantity of the stalks of wheat, rye, oats or barley bound together; a bundle of stalks or straw.-The reaper fills his greedy...