SHOCK
SHOCK, noun1. A violent collision of bodies, or the concussion which it occasions; a viosent striking or dashing against.The strong unshaken mounds resist the shocksOf tides and...
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SHOCKED
SHOCK'ED, participle passive1. Struck, as with horror; offended; disgusted.2. Piled, as in sheaves.
SHOCKING
SHOCK'ING, participle present tense1. Shaking with sudden violence.2. Meeting in onset or violent encounter.And now with shouts the shocking armies clos'd. Pope.3.adjective Stri...
SHOCKINGLY
SHOCK'INGLY, adverb In a manner to strike with horror or disgust.
SHOD
SHOD, for shoed, preterit tense and participle passive of shoe.
SHOE
SHOE, nounpluralshoes.1. A covering for the foot, usually of lether, composed of a thick species for the sole, and a thinner kind for the vamp and quarthers. Shoes for ladies of...
SHOE-LEATHER
SHOE-LEATHER, noun [shoe and lether.] Lether for shoes.
SHOE-LETHER
SHOE-LETHER,
SHOEBLACK
SHOEBLACK, noun [shoe and black.] A person that cleans shoes.
SHOEBOY
SHOEBOY, noun [shoe and boy.] A boy that cleans shoes.
SHOEBUCKLE
SHOEBUCKLE, noun [shoe and buckle.] A buckle for fastening the shoe to the foot.
SHOEING
SHOEING, participle present tense Putting on shoes.
SHOEINGHORN
SHOEING'HORN, noun [shoe and horn.]1. A horn used to facilitate the entrance of the foot onto a narrow shoe.2. Any thing by which transaction is facilitated; any thing used as a...
SHOELESS
SHOELESS, adjective Destitute of shoes.Caltrops very much incommoded the shoeless Moors. Dr. Addison.
SHOEMAKER
SHOEMAKER, noun [shoe and maker.] One whose occupation or trade is to make shoes and boots.
SHOER
SHOER, noun One that fits shoes to the feet; one that furnishes or futs on shoes; as a farrier.
SHOESTRING
SHOESTRING, noun [shoe and string.] A string used to fasten a shoe to the foot.
SHOETYE
SHOETYE, noun [shoe and tye.] A ribin used to fasten a shoe to the foot.
SHOG
SHOG, for shock, a violent concussion. [Not in use.]SHOG, verb transitive To shake; to agitate. [Not in use.]SHOG, verb intransitive To move off; to be gone; to jog. [Not in use...
SHOGGING
SHOG'GING, noun Concussion. [Not in use.]
SHOGGLE
SHOG'GLE, verb transitive To shake; to joggle. [Not in use. See Joggle.]
SHOLE
SHOLE, noun A throng; a crowd; a great multitude assembled. [This is the better orthography. See Shoal.]
SHONE
SHONE, participle passive of shine.
SHOOK
SHOOK, participle passive of shake.
SHOOT
SHOOT, verb transitive prte. and participle passiveshot. The old participle shotten, is obsolete. [Latin scateo, to shoot out water.]1. To let fly and drive with force; as, to s...
SHOOTER
SHOOT'ER, noun One that shoots; an archer; a gunner.
SHOOTING
SHOOT'ING, participle present tense Discharging, as fire-arms; driving or sending with violence; pushing out; protuberating; germinating; branching; glancing, as in pain.