Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SHOP

SHOP, noun1. A builking in which goods, wares, drugs, etc. are sold by retail.2. a building in which mechanics work, and where they keep their manufactures for sale.Keep your sh...

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SHOPBOARD

SHOP'BOARD, noun [shop and board.] A bench on which work is performed; as a doctor or divine taken from the shopboard.

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SHOPBOOK

SHOP'BOOK, noun [shop and book.] A book in which a tradesman keeps his accounts.

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SHOPKEEPER

SHOP'KEEPER, noun [shopand keep.] A trader who sells in a shop or by retail; in distinction from a merchant, or one who sells by wholesale.

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SHOPLIFTER

SHOP'LIFTER, noun [shop and lift. See Lift.] One who steals any thing from a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion t...

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SHOPLIFTING

SHOP'LIFTING, noun Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of any thing from a shop.

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SHOPLIKE

SHOP'LIKE, adjective Low; vulgar.

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SHOPMAN

SHOP'MAN, noun [shop and man.]1. A petty trader.2. One who serves in a shop.

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SHOPPING

SHOP'PING, participle present tense Visiting shops for the purchase of goods.

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SHORE

SHORE, the old. pret. of shear. Obs.SHORE, noun The coast or land adjacent to the sea, or to a large lake or river. This word is applied primarily to land contiguous to water; b...

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SHORED

SHO'RED, participle passive Propped; supported by a prop.

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SHORELESS

SHO'RELESS, adjective Having no shore or coast; of indefinite or unlimited extent; as a shoreless ocean.

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SHORELING

SHO'RELING, n.

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SHORL

SHORL, noun A mineral, usually of a black color, found in masses of an intermediate form, or crystallized in three or nine sided prisms, which when entire are terminated by thre...

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SHORLACEOUS

SHORLA'CEOUS, adjective Like shorl; partaking of the nature and characters of shorl.

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SHORLING

SHOR'LING, In England, the skin of a living sheep shorn, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from a dead sheep. Hence in some parts of England, a shorling is a sheep sho...

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SHORLITE

SHORL'ITE, noun A mineral of a greenish white color, sometimes yellowish; mostly found in irregular oblong masses or columns, inserted in a mixture of quartz and mica or granite...

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SHORT

SHORT, adjective [Latin curtus.]1. Not long; not having great length or extension; as a short distance; a short ferry; a short flight; a short piece of timber.The bed is shorter...

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SHORT-BREATHED

SHORT'-BREATHED, adjective Having short breath or quick respiration.SHORT'-DATED, adjective [short and date.] Having little time to run.

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SHORT-JOINTED

SHORT'-JOINTED, adjective [short and joint.] A horse is said to be short-jointed when the pastern is to short.

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SHORT-LIVED

SHORT'-LIVED, adjective [short and live.] Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.

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SHORT-SIGHT

SHORT-SIGHT, noun Short-sightedness; myopy; vision accurate only when the object is near.

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SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS

SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS, noun1. A defect in vision, consisting in the inability to see things at a distance, or at the distance to which ssight normally extends. Short-sightedness is ...

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SHORT-WAISTED

SHORT-WAISTED, adjective [short and waist.] Having a short waist or body.

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SHORT-WINDED

SHORT-WIND'ED, adjective [short and wind.] Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick respiration; as asthmatic persons.

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SHORT-WINGED

SHORT'-WINGED, adjective [short and wing.] Having short wings; as a short-winged hawk.

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SHORT-WITTED

SHORT-WIT'TED, adjective Having little wit; not wise; of scanty intellect or judgement.