Webster's Dictionary 1913

3970

Shagreen (3)

{ Sha‐green″ (?), Sha‐greened″ (?) } a. 1. Made or covered with the leather called shagreen. “A shagreen case of lancets.” T. Hook.2. (Zoöl.) Covered with rough scales or points...

3971

Shah

Shah (shä), n. [Per. shāh a king, sovereign, prince. Cf. Checkmate, Chess, Pasha.] The title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries, especially Persia. [Written also ...

3972

Shahin

‖Sha‐hin″ (?), n. [Ar. shāhīn.] (Zoöl.) A large and swift Asiatic falcon (Falco pregrinator) highly valued in falconry.

3973

Shaik

Shaik (?), n. See Sheik.

3974

Shail

Shail (?), v. i. [Cf. AS. sceolh squinting, Icel. skjāgr wry, oblique, Dan. skele to squint.] To walk sidewise. L'Estrange.

3975

Shaitan

{ ‖Shai″tan, ‖Shei″tan } (?), n. [Written also sheytan.] [Hind. shaitān, fr. Ar. shaiṭān.] 1. Among Mohammedans: (a) An evil spirit; the evil one; the devil. (b) One of bad disp...

3976

Shake

Shake (?), obs. p. p. of Shake. Chaucer.

3977

Shake (2)

Shake, v. t. [imp.Shook (?); p. p.Shaken (?), (Shook, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.Shaking.] [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart...

3978

Shake (3)

Shake, v. i. To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter.Under his burning wheelsThe steadfast empyrean shook throughout,All but...

3979

Shake (4)

Shake (?), n. 1. The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation.The great soldie...

3980

Shakedown

Shake″down′ (?), n. A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; — perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose. Sir W. Scott.

3981

Shakefork

Shake″fork′ (?), n. A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.

3982

Shaken

Shak″en (?), a. 1. Caused to shake; agitated; as, a shaken bough.2. Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2.Nor is the wood shaken or twisted. Barroe.3. Impaired, as by a sh...

3983

Shaker

Shak″er (?), n. 1. A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.2. One of a religious sect who do not marry, popularly so called from the movements of...

3984

Shakeress

Shak″er‐ess, n. A female Shaker.

3985

Shakerism

Shak″er‐ism (?), n. Doctrines of the Shakers.

3986

Shakespearean

Shake‐spear″e‐an (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his works. [Written also Shakespearian, Shakspearean, Shakspearian, Shaksperean, Shaksperian.etc.]

3987

Shakiness

Shak″i‐ness (?), n. Quality of being shaky.

3988

Shakings

Shak″ings (?), n. pl.(Naut.) Deck sweepings, refuse of cordage, canvas, etc. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

3989

Shako

Shak″o (?), n. [Hung. csákó: cf. F. shako, schako.] A kind of military cap or headdress.

3990

Shakudo

‖Shak″u‐do″ (?), n. An alloy of copper, invented by the Japanese, having a very dark blue color approaching black.

3991

Shaky

Shak″y (?), a. [Compar.Shakier (?); superl.Shakiest.] 1. Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand. Thackeray.2. Full of shakes or cracks; cracked; as, sha...

3992

Shale

Shale (?), n. [AS. scealy, scalu. See Scalme, and cf. Shell.] 1. A shell or husk; a cod or pod. “The green shales of a bean.” Chapman.2. [G. shale.] (Geol.) A fine-grained sedim...

3993

Shale (2)

Shale, v. t. To take off the shell or coat of; to shell.Life, in its upper grades, was bursting its shell, or was shaling off its husk. I. Taylor.

3994

Shall

Shall (?), v. i. & auxiliary. [imp.Should (?).] [OE. shal, schal, imp. sholde, scholde, AS. scal, sceal, I am obliged, imp. scolde, sceolde, inf. sculan; akin to OS. skulan, pre...

3995

Shalli

Shal″li (?), n. See Challis.

3996

Shallon

Shal″lon (?), n.(Bot.) An evergreen shrub (Gaultheria Shallon) of Northwest America; also, its fruit. See Salal-berry.