Webster's Dictionary 1913

4213

Sheepish

Sheep″ish, a. 1. Of or pertaining to sheep.2. Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess.Wanting change of company, he will, when he c...

4214

Sheepmaster

Sheep″mas′ter (?), n. A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep. 2 Kings iii. 4.

4215

Sheeprack

Sheep″rack′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The starling.

4216

Sheepshank

Sheep″shank′ (?), n.(Naut.) A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened.

4217

Sheepshead

Sheeps″head′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) A large and valuable sparoid food fish (Archosargus, orDiplodus, probatocephalus) found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It often weighs f...

4218

Sheepskin

Sheep″skin′ (?), n. 1. The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it.2. A diploma; — so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the ...

4219

Sheepsplit

Sheep″split′ (?), n. A split of a sheepskin; one of the thin sections made by splitting a sheepskin with a cutting knife or machine.

4220

Sheepy

Sheep″y (?), a. Resembling sheep; sheepish. Testament of Love.

4221

Sheer

Sheer (?), a. [OE. shere, skere, pure, bright, Icel. sk�rr; akin to skīrr, AS. scīr, OS. skīri, MHG. schīr, G. schier, Dan. sk�r, Sw. skär, Goth. skeirs clear, and E. shine. √15...

4222

Sheer (2)

Sheer, adv. Clean; quite; at once. Milton.

4223

Sheer (3)

Sheer, v. t. [See Shear.] To shear. Dryden.

4224

Sheer (4)

Sheer, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Sheered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sheering.] [D. sheren to shear, cut, withdraw, warp. See Shear.] To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; ...

4225

Sheer (5)

Sheer, n. 1. (Naut.) (a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side. (b) The position of a vessel riding at sing...

4226

Sheerly

Sheer″ly (?), adv. At once; absolutely.

4227

Sheerwater

Sheer″wa′ter (?), n.(Zoöl.) The shearwater.

4228

Sheet

Sheet (?), n. [OE. shete, schete, AS. scēte, scȳte, fr. sceát a projecting corner, a fold in a garment (akin to D. schoot sheet, bosom, lap, G. schoss bosom, lap, flap of a coat...

4229

Sheet (2)

Sheet, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sheeted; p. pr. & vb. n.Sheeting.] 1. To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet. “The sheeted dead.” “W...

4230

Sheet anchor

Sheet″ an″chor (?). [OE. scheten to shoot, AS. sceótan; cf. OE. shoot anchor. See Shoot, v. t.] 1. (Naut.) A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; — calle...

4231

Sheet cable

Sheet″ ca″ble (?). (Naut.) The cable belonging to the sheet anchor.

4232

Sheet chain

Sheet″ chain″ (?). (Naut.) A chain sheet cable.

4233

Sheetful

Sheet″ful (?), n.; pl.Sheetfuls (�). Enough to fill a sheet; as much as a sheet can hold.

4234

Sheeting

Sheet″ing, n. 1. Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is sometimes made of double width.2. (Hydraul. Engin.) A lining of planks or boards (rarely of metal) for prot...

4235

Sheik

‖Sheik (?), n. [Ar. sheikh, shaykh, a venerable old man, a chief, fr. shākha to grow or be old.] The head of an Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe; also, the chief magistrate ...

4236

Sheil

{ Sheil (shēl), Sheil″ing, } n. See Sheeling.

4237

Shekel

Shek″el (?), n. [Heb. shegel, fr. shāgal to weigh.] 1. An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.☞ A common estimate makes the shekel eq...

4238

Shekinah

She‐ki″nah (?), n. [Heb Talmud shekīnāh, fr. shākan to inhabit.] The visible majesty of the Divine Presence, especially when resting or dwelling between the cherubim on the merc...

4239

Sheld

Sheld (?), a. [OE., fr. sheld a shield, probably in allusion to the ornamentation of shields. See Shield.] Variegated; spotted; speckled; piebald.