Webster's Dictionary 1913

3916

Shack

Shack (?), v. t. [Prov. E., to shake, to shed. See Shake.] 1. To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest. Grose.2. To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn.3. To wander as a vag...

3917

Shack (2)

Shack, n. [Cf. Scot. shag refuse of barley or oats.] 1. The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground.2. Liberty of winter pasturage.3. A ...

3918

Shack (3)

Shack, n. [Cf. Shack, v. i.] A hut; a shanty; a cabin.These miserable shacks are so low that their occupants cannot stand erect. D. C. Worcester.

3919

Shackatory

Shack″a‐to‐ry (?), n. A hound.

3920

Shackle

Shac″kle (?), n. Stubble. Pegge.

3921

Shackle (2)

Shac″kle, n. [OE. schakkyll, schakle, AS. scacul, sceacul, a shackle, fr. scacan to shake; cf. D. schakel a link of a chain, a mesh, Icel. skökull the pole of a cart. See Shake....

3922

Shackle (3)

Shac″kle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Shackled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Shackling.] 1. To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to c...

3923

Shacklock

Shack″lock′ (?), n. A sort of shackle.

3924

Shackly

Shack″ly, a. Shaky; rickety.

3925

Shad

Shad (shăd), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a fish.] (Z...

3926

Shad-spirit

Shad″–spir′it (?), n. See Shadbird (a)

3927

Shad-waiter

Shad″–wait′er (?), n.(Zoöl.) A lake whitefish; the roundfish. See Roundfish.

3928

Shadbird

Shad″bird′ (shăd″bẽrd), n.(Zoöl.) (a) The American, or Wilson's, snipe. See under Snipe. So called because it appears at the same time as the shad. (b) The common European sandp...

3929

Shadd

Shadd (shăd), n.(Mining.) Rounded stones containing tin ore, lying at the surface of the ground, and indicating a vein. Raymond.

3930

Shadde

Shad″de (?), obs. imp. of Shed. Chaucer.

3931

Shaddock

Shad″dock (?), n. [Said to be so called from a Captain Shaddock, who first brought this fruit from the East Indies.] (Bot.) A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a la...

3932

Shade

Shade (shād), n. [OE. shade, shadewe, schadewe, AS. sceadu, scead; akin to OS. skado, D. schaduw, OHG. scato, (gen. scatewes), G. schatten, Goth. skadus, Ir. & Gael. sgath, and ...

3933

Shade (2)

Shade (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Shaded; p. pr. & vb. n.Shading.] 1. To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from. Milton.I went to crop th...

3934

Shade (3)

Shade (?), v. i. [See Shade, n.] To undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation, as of color, meaning, expression, etc.; to pass by slight changes; — used chiefly with a p...

3935

Shadeful

Shade″ful (?), a. Full of shade; shady.

3936

Shadeless

Shade″less, a. Being without shade; not shaded.

3937

Shader

Shad″er (?), n. One who, or that which, shades.

3938

Shadily

Shad″i‐ly (?), adv. In a shady manner.

3939

Shadiness

Shad″i‐ness, n. Quality or state of being shady.

3940

Shading

Shad″ing, n. 1. Act or process of making a shade.2. That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in a picture or...

3941

Shadoof

‖Sha‐doof″ (shȧ‐do͞of″), n. [Ar. shādūf.] A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation.

3942

Shadow

Shad″ow (shăd″ō̍), n. [Originally the same word as shade. √162. See Shade.] 1. Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and represe...