SHOVEL
SHOVEL, nounshov'l. An instrument consisting of a broad scoop or hollow blade with a handle; used por throwing earth or other loole substances.SHOVEL, verb transitive1. To take ...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SHOVEL-BOARD
SHOVEL-BOARD, noun A board on which they play by sliding metal pieces at a mark.
SHOVELED
SHOVELED, participle passive Thrown with a shovel.
SHOVELER
SHOVELER, noun [from shovel.] A fowl of the genus Anas or duck kind.
SHOVELING
SHOVELING, participle present tense Throwing with a shovel.
SHOW
SHOW, verb transitivepreterit tenseshowed; participle passiveshown or showed. It is sometimes written shew, shewed, shewn. [If the radical letter lost was a labial, show coincid...
SHOW-BREAD
SHOW-BREAD, noun [show and bread.] Among the Jews, bread of exhibition; theSHEW-BREAD, loaves of bread which the priest of the week placed before the Lord, on the golden table i...
SHOWER
SHOWER, noun One who shows or exhibits.SHOW'ER, noun [Qu. Heb. Ch. Ar. to be rough, to shudder.]1. A fall of rain or hail, a sort of duration. It may be applied to like a fall o...
SHOWERED
SHOW'ERED, participle passive Wet with a shower; watered abundantly; bestowed or distributed liberally.
SHOWERLESS
SHOW'ERLESS, adjective Without showers.
SHOWERY
SHOW'ERY, adjective Raining in showers; abounding with frequent falls of rain.
SHOWILY
SHOWILY, adverb In a showy manner; pompously; with parade.
SHOWINESS
SHOWINESS, noun State of being showy; pompousness; great parade.
SHOWISH
SHOWISH, adjective1. Splendid; gaudy. [Little used.]2. Ostentatious.
SHOWN
SHOWN, participle passive of show. Exhibited; manifested; proved.
SHOWY
SHOWY, adjective1. Splendid; gay; gaudy; making a great show; fine.2. Ostentatious.
SHRAG
SHRAG, verb transitive To lop. [Not in use.]SHRAG, noun A twig of a tree cut off. [Not in use.]
SHRAGGER
SHRAG'GER, noun One that lops; one that trims trees. [Not in use.]
SHRANK
SHRANK, preterit tense or shrink, nearly obsolete.
SHRAP
SHRAP, noun A place baited with chaff to invite birds. [Not in use.]
SHRAPE
SHRAPE,
SHRED
SHRED, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passiveshred. To cut into small pieces, particularly marrow and long pieces, as of cloth or lether. It differs from mince, wh...
SHREDDING
SHRED'DING, participle present tense Cutting into shreds.SHRED'DING, That which is cut off; a piece.
SHREW
SHREW, noun1. A peevish, brawling, turbulent, vexatious woman. It appears to have originally been applied to males as well as females; but is now restricted to the latter.The ma...
SHREW-MOUSE
SHREW'-MOUSE, noun A small animal resembling a mouse, but belong to the genus Sorex; an animal that burrowl i the ground, feeding on corn, insects, etc. It is a harmless animal.
SHREWD
SHREWD, adjective1. Having the qualities of a shrew; vexatious; troublesome; mischievous. Obs.2. Sly; cunning; arch; subtil; artful; astute; as a shrewd man.3. Sagacious; of nic...
SHREWDLY
SHREWD'LY, adverb Mischievously; destructively.This practice hath most shrewdly passed upon thee. Obs. Shak.2. Vexatiously; used of slight mischief.The obstinate and schismatica...