Shalloon
Shal‐loon″ (?), n. [F. chalon, from Châlons, in France, where it was first made.] A thin, loosely woven, twilled worsted stuff.In blue shalloon shall Hannibal be clad. Swift.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Shallop
Shal″lop (?), n. [F. chaloupe, probably from D. sloep. Cf. Sloop.] (Naut.) A boat.thrust the shallop from the floating strand. Spenser.☞ The term shallop is applied to boats of ...
Shallot
Shal‐lot″ (?), n. [OF. eschalote (for escalone), F. échalote. See Scallion, and cf. Eschalot.] (Bot.) A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready f...
Shallow
Shal″low (?), a. [Compar.Shallower (?); superl.Shallowest.] [OE. schalowe, probably originally, sloping or shelving; cf. Icel. skjālgr wry, squinting, AS. sceolh, D. & G. scheel...
Shallow (2)
Shal″low, n. 1. A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel. Bacon.D...
Shallow (3)
Shal″low, v. t. To make shallow. Sir T. Browne.
Shallow (4)
Shal″low, v. i. To become shallow, as water.
Shallow-bodied
Shal″low–bod′ied (?), a.(Naut.) Having a moderate depth of hold; — said of a vessel.
Shallow-brained
Shal″low–brained′ (?), a. Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. South.
Shallow-hearted
Shal″low–heart′ed (?), a. Incapable of deep feeling. Tennyson.
Shallow-pated
Shal″low–pat′ed (?), a. Shallow-brained.
Shallow-waisted
Shal″low–waist′ed (?), a.(Naut.) Having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depression amidships; — said of a vessel.
Shallowly
Shal″low‐ly, adv. In a shallow manner.
Shallowness
Shal″low‐ness, n. Quality or state of being shallow.
Shalm
Shalm (sha̤m), n. See Shawm. Knolles.
Shalt
Shalt (shălt), 2d per. sing. of Shall.
Shaly
Shal″y (?), a. Resembling shale in structure.
Sham
Sham (shăm), n. [Originally the same word as shame, hence, a disgrace, a trick. See Shame, n.] 1. That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and d...
Sham (2)
Sham, a. False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians. Jowett (Thucyd)
Sham (3)
Sham, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Shammed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Shamming.] 1. To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.Fooled and shammed into a conviction. L'Estrange...
Sham (4)
Sham, v. i. To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.Wondering... whether those who lectured him were such fools as they professed to be, or were only shamming. ...
Shama
‖Sha″ma (?), n. [Hind. shāmā.] (Zoöl.) A saxicoline singing bird (Kittacincla macroura) of India, noted for the sweetness and power of its song. In confinement it imitates the n...
Shaman
Sha″man (?), n. A priest of Shamanism; a wizard among the Shamanists.
Shamanic
Sha‐man″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Shamanism.
Shamanism
Sha″man‐ism (?), n. The type of religion which once prevalied among all the Ural-Altaic peoples (Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various parts of Nor...
Shamanist
Sha″man‐ist, n. An adherent of Shamanism.
Shamble
Sham″ble (?), n. [OE. schamel a bench, stool, AS. scamel, sceamol, a bench, form, stool, fr. L. scamellum, dim. of scamnum a bench, stool.] 1. (Mining) One of a succession of ni...