SHIRE
SHIRE, noun In England, a division of territory, otherwise called a county. The shire was originally a division of the kingdom under the jurisdiction of an earl or count, whose ...
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SHIRE-MOTE
SHI'RE-MOTE, noun Anciently in England, the county court; sherif's turn or court.
SHIRK
SHIRK, a different spelling of shark, which see.
SHIRL
SHIRL, a different spelling of shorl. [See Shorl.]
SHIRLEY
SHIR'LEY, noun A bird, by some called the greater bullfinch; having the upper part of the body a dark brown, and the throat and breast read.
SHIRT
SHIRT, nounshurt. [Latin curtus.] A loose garment of linen, cotton or other material, worn by men and boys next the body.It is folly for a nation to export beef and linen, while...
SHIRTLESS
SHIRTLESS, adjectiveshurt'less. Wanting a shirt.
SHIST
SHIST, noun A species of argillaceous earth or slate; clay or slate.
SHISTIC
SHIST'IC, adjective Pertaining to shist, or partaking of its properties.
SHISTOUS
SHIST'OUS,
SHISTUS
SHIST'US,
SHITTAH
SHIT'TAH, noun In Scripture, a sort of precious wood of which the tables, altars and
SHITTAM
SHIT'TAM, boards of the tabernacle were made among the Jews. Teh wood is said to be hard, tough and smooth, and very beautiful.
SHITTLE
SHIT'TLE, adjective [See Shoot.] Wavering; unsettled. [Not used or or local.]
SHITTLE-COCK
SHITTLE-COCK. [See Shuttle-cock.]
SHITTLENESS
SHIT'TLENESS, noun Unsettledness; inconsistancy. [Not used or local.]
SHIVE
SHIVE, nounshiv.1. A slice; a thin cut; as a shive of bread. [Not in use.]2. A thin flexible piece cut off. [Not in use.]3. A little piece or fragment; as the shives of flax mad...
SHIVER
SHIV'ER, noun1. In mineralogy, a species of blue slate; shist; shale.2. In seamen's language, a little wheel; a sheeve.SHIV'ER, verb transitive [supra. Qu. Heb. to break in piec...
SHIVER-SPAR
SHIV'ER-SP'AR, noun A corbonate of lime, so called for its slaty structure; called also slate-spar.
SHIVERED
SHIV'ERED, participle passive Broken or dashed into small pieces.
SHIVERING
SHIV'ERING, participle present tense1. Breaking or dashing into small pieces.2. Quaking; trembling; shaking, as with cold or fear.SHIV'ERING, noun1. The act of breaking or dashi...
SHIVERY
SHIV'ERY, adjective Easily falling inot many pieces; not firmly cohering; incompact; as shivery stone.
SHOAD
SHOAD, noun Among miners, a train of metallic stones which serves to direct them in the discovery of mines.
SHOAD-STONE
SHOAD-STONE, noun A small ston, smooth, of a dark liver color with a shade of purple. Shoad-stoners are loose masses found at the entrances of mines, sometimes running in a stra...
SHOAL
SHOAL, noun1. A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; as shoals of people. Immense shoals of herring appear on the coast in the spring.The vices of a prince draw shoals ...
SHOALINESS
SHOALINESS, noun [from shoaly.]1. Shallowness; little depth of water.2. The state of abounding with shoals.
SHOALY
SHOALY, adjective Full of shoals or shallow places.The tossing vessel sail'd on shoaly ground. Dryden.