Webster's Dictionary 1913

4537

Shoplifter

Shop″lift′er (?), n. [Shop + lift. See Lift to steal.] One who steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes oc...

4538

Shoplifting

Shop″lift′ing, n. Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop.

4539

Shoplike

Shop″like′, a. Suiting a shop; vulgar. B. Jonson.

4540

Shopmaid

Shop″maid′ (?), n. A shopgirl.

4541

Shopman

Shop″man (?), n.; pl.Shopmen (�). 1. A shopkeeper; a retailer. Dryden.2. One who serves in a shop; a salesman.3. One who works in a shop or a factory.

4542

Shopper

Shop″per (?), n. One who shops.

4543

Shoppish

Shop″pish (?), a. Having the appearance or qualities of a shopkeeper, or shopman.

4544

Shoppy

Shop″py (?), a. 1. Abounding with shops.2. Of or pertaining to shops, or one's own shop or business; as, shoppy talk. Mrs. Gaskell.

4545

Shopshift

Shop″shift′ (?), n. The trick of a shopkeeper; deception. B. Jonson.

4546

Shopwalker

Shop″walk′er (?), n. One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director. Cf. Floorwalker.

4547

Shopwoman

Shop″wom′an (?), n.; pl.Shopwomen (�). A woman employed in a shop.

4548

Shopworn

Shop″worn′ (?), a. Somewhat worn or damaged by having been kept for a time in a shop.

4549

Shorage

Shor″age (?), n. Duty paid for goods brought on shore. Grabb.

4550

Shore

Shore (?), imp. of Shear. Chaucer.

4551

Shore (2)

Shore, n. A sewer.

4552

Shore (3)

Shore, n. [OE. schore; akin to LG. schore, D. schoor, OD. schoore, Icel. skor�a, and perhaps to E. shear, as being a piece cut off.] A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or su...

4553

Shore (4)

Shore, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Shored (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Shoring.] [OE. schoren. See Shore a prop.] To support by a shore or shores; to prop; — usually with up; as, to shore up a bu...

4554

Shore (5)

Shore, n. [OE. schore, AS. score, probably fr. scieran, and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin to OD. schoore, schoor. See Shear, v. t.] The coast or land ...

4555

Shore (6)

Shore (?), v. t. To set on shore. Shak.

4556

Shoreless

Shore″less, a. Having no shore or coast; of indefinite or unlimited extent; as, a shoreless ocean. Young.

4557

Shoreling

Shore″ling (?), n. See Shorling.

4558

Shorer

Shor″er (?), n. One who, or that which, shores or props; a prop; a shore.

4559

Shoreward

Shore″ward (?), adv. Toward the shore.

4560

Shoring

Shor″ing, n. 1. The act of supporting or strengthening with a prop or shore.2. A system of props; props, collectively.

4561

Shorl

Shorl (?), n., Shor‐la″ceous (�), a.(Min.) See Schorl, Schorlaceous.

4562

Shorling

Shor″ling (?), n. 1. The skin of a sheen after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep; also, a sheep of the first year's sheari...

4563

Shorn

Shorn (�), p. p. of Shear.