Sharpness
Sharp″ness, n. [AS. scearpness.] The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Sharpsaw
Sharp″saw′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The great titmouse; — so called from its harsh call notes.
Sharpshooter
Sharp″shoot′er (?), n. One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman.
Sharpshooting
Sharp″shoot′ing, n. A shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keen contest of wit or argument.
Sharptail
Sharp″tail′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) The pintail duck. (b) The pintail grouse, or prairie chicken.
Shash
Shash (?), n. [See Sash.] 1. The scarf of a turban. Fuller.2. A sash.
Shasta
Shas″ta (?), n. A mountain peak, etc., in California.
Shasta daisy
Shasta daisy. A large-flowered garden variety of the oxeye daisy.
Shasta fir
Shasta fir. A Californian fir (Abies shastensis).
Shasta Sam
Shasta Sam. (Card Playing) A game like California Jack, except that the pack drawn from is turned face down.
Shaster
{ ‖Shas″ter (?), ‖Shas″tra (?), } n. [Skr. cāstra an order or command, a sacred book, fr. cās to order, instruct, govern. Cf. Sastra.] A treatise for authoritative instruction a...
Shathmont
Shath″mont (�), n. A shaftment.
Shatter
Shat″ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Shattered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Shattering.] [OE. schateren, scateren, to scatter, to dash, AS. scateran; cf. D. schateren to crack, to make a gre...
Shatter (2)
Shat″ter, v. i. To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied.Some fragile bodies break but where the force is; some shatter and fly in many pla...
Shatter (3)
Shat″ter, n. A fragment of anything shattered; — used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters. Swift.
Shatter-brained
{ Shat″ter–brained′ (?), Shat″ter–pat′ed (?), } a. Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild. J. Goodman.
Shattery
Shat″ter‐y (?), a. Easily breaking into pieces; not compact; loose of texture; brittle; as, shattery spar.
Shave
Shave (?), obs. p. p. of Shave. Chaucer.His beard was shave as nigh as ever he can. Chaucer.
Shave (2)
Shave, v. t. [imp.Shaved (?);p. p.Shaved or Shaven (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Shaving.] [OE. shaven, schaven, AS. scafan, sceafan; akin to D. schaven, G. schaben, Icel. skafa, Sw. skaf...
Shave (3)
Shave (?), v. i. To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat.
Shave (4)
Shave (?), n. [AS. scafa, sceafa, a sort of knife. See Shave, v. t.] 1. A thin slice; a shaving. Wright.2. A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving.3. (a) An exorbitant ...
Shaveling
Shave″ling (?), n. A man shaved; hence, a monk, or other religious; — used in contempt.I am no longer a shaveling than while my frock is on my back. Sir W. Scott.
Shaver
Shav″er (?), n. 1. One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave.2. One who is close in bargains; a sharper. Swift.3. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.By these shaver...
Shaving
Shav″ing, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor.2. That which is shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared o...
Shaw
Shaw (sha̤), n. [OE. schawe, scha”e, thicket, grove, AS. scaga; akin to Dan. skov, Sw. skog, Icel. skōgr.] 1. A thicket; a small wood or grove. Burns.Gaillard he was as goldfinc...
Shawfowl
Shaw″fowl′, n. [Scot. schaw, shaw, show + fowl.] The representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at. Johnson.
Shawl
Shawl (?), n. [Per. & Hind. shāl: cf. F. châle.] A square or oblong cloth of wool, cotton, silk, or other textile or netted fabric, used, especially by women, as a loose coverin...