To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.

A sort of shackle.

Shaky; rickety.

Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Alosa sapidissima formerly Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (Alosa alosa formerly Clupea alosa), and the twaite shad (Alosa finta formerly Clupea finta), are less important species.

See Shadbird (a)

A lake whitefish; the roundfish. See Roundfish.

The American, or Wilson's, snipe. See under Snipe. So called because it appears at the same time as the shad. The common European sandpiper.

Rounded stones containing tin ore, lying at the surface of the ground, and indicating a vein.

obs. imp. of Shed.

A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a large species of orange; -- called also forbidden fruit, and pompelmous.

To undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation, as of color, meaning, expression, etc.; to pass by slight changes; -- used chiefly with a preposition, as into, away, off.

Full of shade; shady.

Being without shade; not shaded.

One who, or that which, shades.

In a shady manner.

Quality or state of being shady.

Act or process of making a shade.

A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation.

To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.

The quality or state of being shadowy.

Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading.

Shadowy; vague.

Having no shadow.

Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.

A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.)

Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade.

To hobble or limp; to shuffle.

A hobbler; one who limps; a shuffer.

A member of one of the four sects of the Sunnites, or Orthodox Mohammedans; -- so called from its founder, Mohammed al-Shafe/.

The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.

Furnished with a shaft, or with shafts; as, a shafted arch.

Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion.

A measure of about six inches.

To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough.

Having shaggy hair.

The unkempt and ragged part of the community.

A rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut. Called also shellbark. See Hickory. The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous tree with a red coiled-up pod.

A sackbut.

Shaggy; rough.

The quality or state of being shaggy; roughness; shaggedness.

Rough with long hair or wool.

A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used for covering small cases and boxes.

Made or covered with the leather called shagreen.

A former title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries, especially Persia and Iran.

A large and swift Asiatic falcon (Falco pregrinator) highly valued in falconry.

See Sheik.

To walk sidewise.

The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation.

A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose.

A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.

Caused to shake; agitated; as, a shaken bough.

A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.

A female Shaker.

Doctrines of the Shakers.

Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his works.

Quality of being shaky.

Deck sweepings, refuse of cordage, canvas, etc.

A kind of military cap or headdress.

An alloy of copper, invented by the Japanese, having a very dark blue color approaching black.

Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand.

To owe; to be under obligation for.

See Challis.

An evergreen shrub (Gaultheria Shallon) of Northwest America; also, its fruit. See Salal-berry.

A thin, loosely woven, twilled worsted stuff.

A boat.

A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot.

To become shallow, as water.

Having a moderate depth of hold; -- said of a vessel.

Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed.

Shallow-brained.

Having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depression amidships; -- said of a vessel.

In a shallow manner.

Quality or state of being shallow.

See Shawm.

2d per. sing. of Shall.

Resembling shale in structure.

To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.

A saxicoline singing bird (Kittacincla macroura) of India, noted for the sweetness and power of its song. In confinement it imitates the notes of other birds and various animals with accuracy. Its head, neck, back, breast, and tail are glossy black, the rump white, the under parts chestnut.

A priest of Shamanism; a wizard among the Shamanists.

Of or pertaining to Shamanism.

The type of religion which once prevalied among all the Ural-Altaic peoples (Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various parts of Northern Asia. The Shaman, or wizard priest, deals with good as well as with evil spirits, especially the good spirits of ancestors.

An adherent of Shamanism.

To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along.

An awkward, irregular gait.

To be ashamed; to feel shame.

Shameless.

Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest.

Modest; shamefaced.

Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful.

Destitute of shame; wanting modesty; brazen-faced; insensible to disgrace.

One who, or that which, disgraces, or makes ashamed.

One who shams; an impostor.

The chamois.

See Shammy.

A process used in preparing certain kinds of leather, which consists in frizzing the skin, and working oil into it to supply the place of the astringent (tannin, alum, or the like) ordinarily used in tanning.

The act of shampooing.

One who shampoos.

A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.

A jocosely depreciative name for a vehicle.

A mixture of strong beer and ginger beer.

A large and tall breed of domestic fowl.

To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; -- usually followed by off.

See Schenkbeer.

Having a shank.

See Chancre.

The European smooth blenny (Blennius pholis). It is olive-green with irregular black spots, and without appendages on the head.

To inhabit a shanty.

That may be shaped.

Character or construction of a thing as determining its external appearance; outward aspect; make; figure; form; guise; as, the shape of a tree; the shape of the head; an elegant shape.

Destitute of shape or regular form; wanting symmetry of dimensions; misshapen; -- opposed to shapely.

The quality or state of being shapely.

Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical.

One who shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes.

The oorial.

Chaparajos.

A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.

Borne on shards or scaly wing cases.

Having elytra, as a beetle.

Having, or consisting of, shards.

To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others.