Webster's Dictionary 1913

4591

Shortly

Short″ly, adv. [AS. sceortlice.] 1. In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly. Chaucer.I shall grow jealous of you shortly. Shak.The armies came shortly in view of each ...

4592

Shortness

Short″ness, n. The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the sho...

4593

Shortsighted

Short″sight′ed (?), a. 1. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic, and Myopia.2. Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand things deep; of limi...

4594

Shortstop

Short″stop′ (?), n.(Baseball) The player stationed in the field bewtween the second and third bases.

4595

Shortwing

Short″wing′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small wrenlike Asiatic birds having short wings and a short tail. They belong to Brachypterix, Callene, and allied genera.

4596

Shory

Shor″y (?), a. Lying near the shore.

4597

Shoshones

Sho‐sho″nes (?), n. pl.; sing. Shoshone (�). (Ethnol.) A linguistic family or stock of North American Indians, comprising many tribes, which extends from Montana and Idaho into ...

4598

Shot

Shot (?), imp. & p. p. of Shoot.

4599

Shot (2)

Shot, a. Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8.

4600

Shot (3)

Shot, n. [AS. scot, sceot, fr. sceótan to shoot; akin to D. sschot, Icel. skot. √159. See Scot a share, Shoot, v. t., and cf. Shot a shooting.] A share or proportion; a reckonin...

4601

Shot (4)

Shot, n.; pl.Shotor Shots (#). [OE. shot, schot, AS. gesceot a missile; akin to D. schot a shot, shoot, G. schuss, geschoss a missile, Icel. skot a throwing, a javelin, and E. s...

4602

Shot (5)

Shot, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Shotted; p. pr. & vb. n.Shotting.] To load with shot, as a gun. Totten.

4603

Shot (6)

Shot, n. 1. (Fisheries) (a) A cast of a net. (b) The entire throw of nets at one time. (c) A place or spot for setting nets. (d) A single draft or catch of fish made.2. (Athleti...

4604

Shot samples

Shot samples. (Metal.) Samples taken for assay from a molten metallic mass pouring a portion into water, to granulate it.

4605

Shot-clog

Shot″–clog′ (?), n. A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them.Thou common shot-clog, gull of all...

4606

Shot-free

Shot″–free′ (?), a. Not to be injured by shot; shot-proof. Feltham.

4607

Shot-free (2)

Shot″–free′, a. Free from charge or expense; hence, unpunished; scot-free. Shak.

4608

Shot-proof

Shot″–proof′ (?), a. Impenetrable by shot.

4609

Shote

Shote (?), n. [AS. sceóta a darting fish, a trout, fr. sceótan. See Shoot, v. t.] 1. (Zoöl.) A fish resembling the trout. Garew.2. A young hog; a shoat.

4610

Shotgun

Shot″gun′ (?), n. A light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially designed for firing small shot at short range, and killing small game.

4611

Shots

Shots (?), n. pl. The refuse of cattle taken from a drove. Halliwell.

4612

Shotted

Shot″ted (?), a. 1. Loaded with shot.2. (Med.) Having a shot attached; as, a shotten suture.

4613

Shotten

Shot″ten (?), n. [Properly p. p. of shoot; AS. scoten, sceoten, p. p. of sceótan.] 1. Having ejected the spawn; as, a shotten herring. Shak.2. Shot out of its socket; dislocated...

4614

Shough

Shough (?), n.(Zoöl.) A shockdog.

4615

Shough (2)

Shough (?), interj. See Shoo. Beau. & Fl.

4616

Should

Should (?), imp. of Shall. [OE. sholde, shulde, scholde, schulde, AS. scolde, sceolde. See Shall.] Used as an auxiliary verb, to express a conditional or contingent act or state...

4617

Shoulder

Shoul″der (?), n. [OE. shulder, shuldre, schutder, AS. sculdor; akin to D. schoulder, G. schulter, OHG. scultarra, Dan. skulder, Sw. skuldra.] 1. (Anat.) The joint, or the regio...