SHRIVING
SHRI'VING, noun Shrift; confession taken. Obs.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SHROUD
SHROUD, noun1. A shelter; a cover; that which covers, conceals or protects.Swaddled, as new born, in sable shrouds. Sandys.2. The dress of the dead; a winding sheet.3.Shroud or ...
SHROUDED
SHROUD'ED, participle passive Dressed; covered; concealed; sheltered; overwhelmed.
SHROUDING
SHROUD'ING, participle present tense Dressing; covering; cocealing; sheltering; overwhelming.
SHROUDY
SHROUD'Y, adjective Affording shelter.
SHROVE
SHROVE, verb intransitive To join in the festivities of Shrove-tide. [Obs.]
SHROVE-TIDE
SHRO'VE-TIDE, noun [from shrove, preterit tense of shrive, to take a confession. See Tide and
SHROVE-TUESDAY
SHROVE-TUESDAY, Tuesday.] Confession-time; confession-Teusday; the Tuesday after Quinquagesima Sunday; or the day immediately preceding the first of Lent, or Ash Wednesday; on w...
SHROVING
SHRO'VING, noun The festivity of Shrove-tide.
SHRUB
SHRUB, noun A low dwarf tree; a woody plant of a size less than a tree; or more strictly, a plant with several permanent woody stems, dividing from the bottom, more slender and ...
SHRUBBERY
SHRUB'BERY, noun1. Shrubs in general.2. A plantation of shrubs.
SHRUBBY
SHRUB'BY, adjective1. Full of shrubs; as a shrubby plain.2. Resembling a shrub; as plants shrubby and curled.3. Consisting of shrubs or brush; as shrubby browze.4. A shrubby pla...
SHRUFF
SHRUFF, noun Dross; recrement of metals. [Not in use.]
SHRUG
SHRUG, verb intransitive To raise or draw up the shoulders, as in expressing horror or dissatisfaction.They grin, they shrug,They bow, they snarl, they scratch, they hug. Swift....
SHRUGGING
SHRUG'GING, participle present tense Drawing up, as the shoulders.
SHRUNK
SHRUNK, preterit tense and participle passive of shrink.
SHRUNKEN
SHRUNK'EN, participle passive of shrink. [Nearly obsolete.]
SHUDDER
SHUD'DER, verb intransitive [This word contains the same elements as the Latin quatio.] To quake; to tremble or shake with fear, horror or aversion; to shiver.I love-alas! I shu...
SHUDDERING
SHUD'DERING, participle present tense Trembling or shaking with fear or horror; quaking.
SHUFFLE
SHUF'FLE, verb transitive1. Properly, to shove one way and the other; to push from one to another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand.2. To mix by pushing or shoving; to con...
SHUFFLE-BOARD
SHUF'FLE-BOARD, the old spelling of shovel-board.
SHUFFLE-CAP
SHUF'FLE-CAP, noun a play performed by shaking money in a hat or cap.
SHUFFLED
SHUF'FLED, participle passive Moved by little shoves; mixed.
SHUFFLER
SHUF'FLER, noun One that shuffles or prevaricates; one that plays tricks; one that shuffles cards.
SHUFFLING
SHUF'FLING, participle present tense1. Moving by little shoves one way an the other; changing the places of cards; prevaricating; evading; playing tricks.2.adjective Evasive; as...
SHUFFLINGLY
SHUF'FLINGLY, adverb With shuffling; with an irregular gait or pace.
SHUN
SHUN, verb transitive1. To avoid; to keep clear of; not to fall on or come in contact with; as, to shun rocks and shoals in navigation. In shunning Scylla, take care to avoid to...