Webster's Dictionary 1913

4186

Shed (3)

Shed, v. i. 1. To fall in drops; to pour.Such a rain down from the welkin shadde. Chaucer.2. To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope.White ...

4187

Shed (4)

Shed, n. 1. A parting; a separation; a division.They say also that the manner of making the shed of newwedded wives' hair with the iron head of a javelin came up then likewise. ...

4188

Shed (5)

Shed, n.(Aëronautics) A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar.

4189

Shedder

Shed″der (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, sheds; as, a shedder of blood; a shedder of tears.2. (Zoöl.) A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while ...

4190

Shedding

Shed″ding (?), n. 1. The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood.2. That which is shed, or cast off. Wordsworth.

4191

Sheelfa

{ Sheel″fa (?), Shil″fa (?) }, n.(Zoöl.) The chaffinch; — so named from its call note.

4192

Sheeling

Sheel″ing (?), n. [Icel. skjōl a shelter, a cover; akin to Dan. & Sw. skjul.] A hut or small cottage in an exposed or a retired place (as on a mountain or at the seaside) such a...

4193

Sheely

Sheel″y (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Sheelfa.

4194

Sheen

Sheen (?), a. [OE. sehene, AS. sciéne, sc�ne, sc�ne, splendid, beautiful; akin to OFries. sk�ne, sk�ne, OS. sc�ni, D. schoon, G. schön, OHG. sc�ni, Goth, skanus, and E. shew; th...

4195

Sheen (2)

Sheen, v. i. To shine; to glisten.This town,That, sheening far, celestial seems to be. Byron.

4196

Sheen (3)

Sheen, n. Brightness; splendor; glitter. “Throned in celestial sheen.” Milton.

4197

Sheenly

Sheen″″ly, adv. Brightly. Mrs. Browning.

4198

Sheeny

Sheen″y (?), a. Bright; shining; radiant; sheen. “A sheeny summer morn.” Tennyson.

4199

Sheep

Sheep (?), n. sing. & pl. [OE. shep, scheep, AS. sc�p, sceáp; akin to OFries. sk�p, LG. & D. schaap, G. schaf, OHG. scāf, Skr. chāga. √295. Cf. Sheepherd.] 1. (Zoöl.) Any one of...

4200

Sheep-faced

Sheep″–faced′ (?), a. Over-bashful; sheepish.

4201

Sheep-headed

Sheep″–head′ed (?), a. Silly; simple-minded; stupid. Taylor (1630)

4202

Sheep-shearer

Sheep″–shear′er (?), n. One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep.

4203

Sheep-shearing

Sheep″–shear′ing (?), n. 1. Act of shearing sheep.2. A feast at the time of sheep-shearing. Shak.

4204

Sheep's-eye

Sheep's″–eye′ (?), n. A modest, diffident look; a loving glance; — commonly in the plural.I saw her just now give him the languishing eye, as they call it;... of old called the ...

4205

Sheep's-foot

Sheep's–foot′ (?), n. A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, — used as a lever and hammer.

4206

Sheepback

Sheep″back′ (?), n.(Geol.) A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. — produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonnée; — usually in the plural.

4207

Sheepberry

Sheep″ber′ry (?), n.(Bot.) The edible fruit of a small North American tree of the genus Viburnum (V. Lentago), having white flowers in flat cymes; also, the tree itself. Called ...

4208

Sheepbite

Sheep″bite′ (?), v. i. To bite or nibble like a sheep; hence, to practice petty thefts. Shak.

4209

Sheepbiter

Sheep″bit′er (?), n. One who practices petty thefts. Shak.There are political sheepbiters as well as pastoral; betrayers of public trusts as well as of private. L'Estrange.

4210

Sheepcot

{ Sheep″cot′ (?), Sheep″cote′ (?), } n. A small inclosure for sheep; a pen; a fold.

4211

Sheepfold

Sheep″fold′ (?), n. A fold or pen for sheep; a place where sheep are collected or confined.

4212

Sheephook

Sheep″hook′ (?), n. A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on the legs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd's crook. Dryden.