Webster's Dictionary 1913

4348

Shim

Shim (?), n. 1. A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds.2. (Mach.) A thin piece of metal placed between two parts to make a fit.

4349

Shimmer

Shim″mer (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Shimmered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Shimmering.] [OE. schimeren, AS. scimerian; akin to scīmian, scīman, to glitter, D. schemeren, G. schimmern, Dan. ...

4350

Shimmer (2)

Shim″mer, n. A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.TWo silver lamps, fed with perfumed oil, diffused... a trembling twilight-seeming shimmer through the quiet apartmen...

4351

Shimmering

Shim″mer‐ing, n. A gleam or glimmering. “A little shimmering of a light.” Chaucer.

4352

Shimmy

Shim″my (?), n. A chemise.

4353

Shin

Shin (?), n. [OE. shine, schine, AS. scina; akin to D. scheen, OHG. scina, G. schiene, schienbein, Dan. skinnebeen, Sw. skenben. Cf. Chine.] 1. The front part of the leg below t...

4354

Shin (2)

Shin, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Shinned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Shinning.] 1. To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of ...

4355

Shin (3)

Shin, v. t. To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up.

4356

Shin Shu

‖Shin Shu (?). The leading and most progressive Buddhist sect of Japan, resting its faith rather upon Amida than Gautama Buddha. Rites and ceremonies are held useless without up...

4357

Shindle

Shin″dle (?), n. [See 2d Shingle.] A shingle; also, a slate for roofing. Holland.

4358

Shindle (2)

Shin″dle, v. t. To cover or roof with shindles.

4359

Shindy

Shin″dy (?), n.; pl.Shindies (#). [Etymol. uncertain; cf. Shinney, Shinty.] 1. An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot. Thackeray.2. Hockey; shinney. Bartlett.3. A fanc...

4360

Shine

Shine (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Shone (� or �; 277) (archaicShined (�)); p. pr. & vb. n.Shining.] [OE. shinen, schinen, AS. scīnan; akin to D. schijnen, OFries. skīna, OS. & OHG. ...

4361

Shine (2)

Shine, v. t. 1. To cause to shine, as a light.He doth not rain wealth, nor shine honor and virtues, upon men equally. Bacon.2. To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected lig...

4362

Shine (3)

Shine, n. 1. The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen.Now sits not girt with taper's holy shine. Milton.Fair opening to some court's propitious ...

4363

Shine (4)

Shine (?), a. [AS. scīn. See Shine, v. i.] Shining; sheen. Spenser.

4364

Shiner

Shin″er (?), n. That which shines. Specifically: (a) A luminary. (b) A bright piece of money.Has she the shiners, d' ye think? Foote.(c) (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of s...

4365

Shiness

Shi″ness (?), n. See Shyness.

4366

Shingle

Shin″gle (?), n. [Prob. from Norw. singl, singling, coarse gravel, small round stones.] (Geol.) Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish ston...

4367

Shingle (2)

Shin″gle, n. [OE. shingle, shindle, fr. L. scindula, scandula; cf. scindere to cleave, to split, E. shed, v.t., Gr. ���, ���, shingle, ��� to slit.] 1. A piece of wood sawed or ...

4368

Shingle (3)

Shin″gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Shingled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Shingling (?).] 1. To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof.They shingle their houses with it. Evelyn.2. To cut, a...

4369

Shingle (4)

Shin″gle, v. t. To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace.

4370

Shingler

Shin″gler (?), n. 1. One who shingles.2. A machine for shingling puddled iron.

4371

Shingles

Shin″gles (?), n. [OF. cengle a girth, F. sangle, fr. L. cingulum a girdle, fr. cingere to gird. Cf. Cincture, Cingle, Surcingle.] (Med.) A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which ...

4372

Shingling

Shin″gling (?), n. 1. The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.2. (Metal) The process of expelling scoriæ and other impurities by h...

4373

Shingly

Shin″gly (?), a. Abounding with shingle, or gravel.

4374

Shinhopple

Shin″hop′ple (?), n. The hobblebush.