Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SHREWDNESS

SHREWD'NESS, noun1. Sly cunning; archness.The neighbors round admire his shrewdness. Swift.2. Sagaciousness; sagacity; the quality of nice discernment.3. Mischievousness; vexati...

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SHREWISH

SHREW'ISH, adjective Having the qualities of a shrew; forward; peevish; petulantly clamorous.My wife is shrewish when I keep not hours. Shak.

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SHREWISHLY

SHREW'ISHLY, adverb Peevishly; clamorously; turbulently.He speaks very shrewishly. Shak.

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SHREWISHNESS

SHREW'ISHNESS, noun The qualities of a shrew; forwardness; petulance; turbulent clamorousness.I have no gift in shrewishness. Shak.

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SHRIEK

SHRIEK, verb intransitive [Latin ruga, wrinkled, rugo, to bray.] To utter a sharp shrill cry; to scream; as in sudden fright, in horror or anguish.At this she shriek'd aloud. Dr...

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SHRIEKING

SHRIE'KING, participle present tense Crying out with a shrill voice.

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SHRIEVAL

SHRIE'VAL, adjective Pertaining to a sherif. [Not in use.]

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SHRIEVALTY

SHRIE'VALTY, noun [from sherif.] Sherifalty; the office of a sherif.It was ordained by 28 Ed. 1. that the people shall have election of sherif in every shire, where the shrieval...

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SHRIEVE

SHRIEVE, noun Sherif. [Not in use.]

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SHRIFT

SHRIFT, noun Confession made to a priest. Obs.

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SHRIGHT

SHRIGHT, for shrieked.SHRIGHT, noun A shriek. [Not in use.]

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SHRIKE

SHRIKE, noun [See Shriek.] The butcher-bird; a genus of birds called Lanius, of several species.

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SHRILL

SHRILL, adjective [Latin grillus.]1. Sharp; acute; piercing; as sound; as a shrill voice; shrill echoes.2. Uttering an acute sound; as the cock's shrill sounding throat; a shril...

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SHRILLNESS

SHRILL'NESS, noun Acuteness of sound; sharpness or fineness of voice.

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SHRILLY

SHRIL'LY, adverb Acutely, as sound; with a sharp sound or voice.

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SHRIMP

SHRIMP, verb transitive To contract. [Not in use.]SHRIMP, noun [supra.]1. A crustaceous animal of the genus Cancer. It has long slender feelers, claws with a single, hooked fang...

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SHRINE

SHRINE, noun [Latin scrinium.] A case or box; particularly applied to a case in which sacred things are deposited. Hence we hear much of shrines for relics.Come, offer at my shr...

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SHRINK

SHRINK, verb intransitivepreterit tense and participle passiveshrunk. the old preterit tenseshrank and participle passiveshrunken are nearly obsolete.To contract spontaneously; ...

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SHRINKAGE

SHRINK'AGE, noun A shrinking or contraction into a less compass. Make an allowance for the shrinkage of grain in drying.

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SHRINKER

SHRINK'ER, noun One that shrinks; one that withdraws from danger.

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SHRINKING

SHRINK'ING, participle present tense Contracting; drawing together; withdrawing from danger; declining to act from fear; causing to contract.

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SHRIVALTY

SHRIV'ALTY. [See Shrievalty.]

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SHRIVE

SHRIVE, verb transitive To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession; as a priest.He shrives this woman. Obs. Shak.

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SHRIVEL

SHRIVEL, verb intransitiveshriv'l. [from the root of rivel.] To comtract; to draw or be drawn into wrinkles; to shrink and form corrugations; as, a leaf shrivels in the hot sun;...

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SHRIVELED

SHRIV'ELED, participle passive Contracted into wrinkles.

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SHRIVELING

SHRIV'ELING, participle present tense Contracting into wrinkles.

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SHRIVER

SHRI'VER, noun [from shrive.] A confessor. Obs.