Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Show

Show (?), v. t. [imp.Showed (?); p. p.Shown (?) or Showed; p. pr. & vb. n.Showing. It is sometimes written shew, shewed, shewn, shewing.] [OE. schowen, shewen, schewen, shawen, ...

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Show (2)

Show, v. i. [Written also shew.] 1. To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem.Just such she shows before a rising storm. Dryd...

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Show (3)

Show (?), n. [Formerly written also shew.] 1. The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition.2. That which os shown, or brought to view; that which is ar...

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Showbread

Show″bread′ (?), n.(Jewish Antiq.) Bread of exhibition; loaves to set before God; — the term used in translating the various phrases used in the Hebrew and Greek to designate th...

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Shower

Show″er (?), n. 1. One who shows or exhibits.2. That which shows; a mirror. Wyclif.

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Shower (2)

Show″er (?), n. [OE. shour, schour, AS. se�r; akin to D. schoer, G. schauer, OHG. sc�r, Icel. sk�r, Sw. skur, Goth. sk�ra windis a storm of wind; of uncertain origin.] 1. A fall...

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Shower (3)

Show″er, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Showered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Showering.] 1. To water with a shower; to ��t copiously with rain.Lest it again dissolve and shower the earth. Milton.2....

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Shower (4)

Show″er, v. i. To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers. Shak.

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Showerful

Show″er‐ful (?), a. Full of showers. Tennyson.

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Showeriness

Show″er‐i‐ness (?), n. Quality of being showery.

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Showerless

Show″er‐less, a. Rainless; freo from showers.

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Showery

Show″er‐y (?), a. 1. Raining in showers; abounding with frequent showers of rain.2. Of or pertaining to a shower or showers. “Colors of the showery arch.” Milton.

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Showily

Show″i‐ly (?), adv. In a showy manner; pompously; with parade.

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Showiness

Show″i‐ness, n. The quality or state of being showy; pompousness; great parade; ostentation.

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Showing

Show″ing, n. 1. Appearance; display; exhibition.2. Presentation of facts; statement. J. S. Mill.

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Showish

Show″ish, a. Showy; ostentatious. Swift.

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Showman

Show″man (?), n.; pl.Showmen (#). One who exhibits a show; a proprietor of a show.

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Shown

Shown (?), p. p. of Show.

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Showroom

Show″room′ (?), n. A room or apartment where a show is exhibited.2. A room where merchandise is exposed for sale, or where samples are displayed.

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Showy

Show″y (?), a. [Compar. Showier (�); superl. Showiest.] Making a show; attracting attention; presenting a marked appearance; ostentatious; gay; gaudy.A present of everything tha...

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Shrag

Shrag (?), n. [CF. Scrag.] A twig of a tree cut off.

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Shrag (2)

Shrag, v. t. To trim, as trees; to lop.

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Shragger

Shrag″ger (?), n. One who lops; one who trims trees. Huloet.

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Shram

Shram (?), v. t. To cause to shrink or shrivel with cold; to benumb.

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Shrank

Shrank (?), imp. of Shrink.

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Shrap

{ Shrap (?), Shrape (?), } n. [Cf. Scrap, and Scrape.] A place baited with chaff to entice birds. [Written also scrap.] Bp. Bedell.

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Shrapnel

Shrap″nel (?), a. Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army. — n. A shrapnel shell; shrapnel shells, collectively.Shrapnel sh...