Webster's Dictionary 1913

4375

Shining

Shin″ing (?), a. 1. Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; as, shining lamps; also, bright by the reflection of light; as, shining armor. “Fish... with their fins...

4376

Shining (2)

Shin″ing, n. Emission or reflection of light.

4377

Shiningness

Shin″ing‐ness, n. Brightness. J. Spence.

4378

Shinney

Shin″ney (?), n. [CF. Shindy.] The game of hockey; — so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin. Halliwell.

4379

Shinplaster

Shin″plas′ter (?), n. Formerly, a jocose term for a bank note greatly depreciated in value; also, for paper money of a denomination less than a dollar.

4380

Shintiyan

{ Shin″ti‐yan (shĭn″tĭ‐yăn), Shin″ty‐an (shĭn″tĭ‐ăn) }, n.} [Ar. shintīān.] A kind of wide loose drawers or trousers worn by women in Mohammedan countries.

4381

Shinto

{ Shin″to (?), Shin″ti‐ism (?), } n. [Chin. shin god + tao way, doctrine.] One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrif...

4382

Shintoist

Shin″to‐ist (?), n. An adherent of Shintoism.

4383

Shinty

Shin″ty (?), n. [Cf. Gael. sinteag a skip, a bound.] A Scotch game resembling hockey; also, the club used in the game. Jamieson.

4384

Shiny

Shin″y (?), a. [Compar.Shinier (?); superl.Shiniest.] Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.Like distant thunder on a shiny day. Dryden.

4385

Ship

Ship (?), n. [AS. scipe.] Pay; reward.In withholding or abridging of the ship or the hire or the wages of servants. Chaucer.

4386

Ship (2)

Ship, n. [OE. ship, schip, AS. scip; akin to OFries. skip, OS. scip, D. schip, G. schiff, OHG. scif, Dan. skib, Sw. skeep, Icel. & Goth. skip; of unknown origin. Cf. Equip, Skif...

4387

Ship (3)

Ship (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Shipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Shipping.] 1. To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.The timber was... s...

4388

Ship (4)

Ship, v. i. 1. To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war.2. To embark on a ship. Wyclif (Acts xxviii. 11)

4389

Ship railway

Ship railway. (a) An inclined railway running into the water with a cradelike car on which a vessel may be drawn out on land, as for repairs. (b) A railway on which to transport...

4390

Ship-rigged

Ship″–rigged′ (?), a.(Naut.) Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts, each with square sails.

4391

Shipboard

Ship″board′ (?), n. [Ship + board. See Board, n., 8] A ship's side; hence, by extension, a ship; — found chiefly in adverbial phrases; as, on shipboard; a shipboard.

4392

Shipbuilder

Ship″build′er (?), n. A person whose occupation is to construct ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a shipwright.

4393

Shipbuilding

Ship″build′ing, n. Naval architecturel the art of constructing ships and other vessels.

4394

Shipful

Ship″ful (?), n.; pl.Shipfuls (�). As much or as many as a ship will hold; enough to fill a ship.

4395

Shipholder

Ship″hold′er (?), n. A shipowner.

4396

Shipless

Ship″less, a. Destitute of ships. Gray.

4397

Shiplet

Ship″let (?), n. A little ship. Holinshed.

4398

Shipload

Ship″load′ (?), n. The load, or cargo, of a ship.

4399

Shipman

Ship″man (?), n.; pl.Shipmen (�). A seaman, or sailor. Chaucer. R. Browning.About midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country. Acts xxvii. 27.Shipman's card,...

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Shipmaster

Ship″mas′ter (?), n. The captain, master, or commander of a ship. Jonah i. 6.

4401

Shipmate

Ship″mate′ (?), n. One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor.