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 take off the shell or coat of; to shell.

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.

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.

The part of the plow to which the share is attached.

The pubic bone.

A broker who deals in railway or other shares and securities.

A farmer who rents a parcel of land from its owner and pays a portion of the crop as the rent.

One who holds or owns a share or shares in a joint fund or property.

One who shares; a participator; a partaker; also, a divider; a distributer.

A composite plant (Aster Tripolium) growing along the seacoast of Europe.

To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.

One who lives by sharking.

Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices.

An East Indian coin of the value of 12/ pence sterling, or about 25 cents.

To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.

Cut sharply or definitely, or so as to make a clear, well-defined impression, as the lines of an engraved plate, and the like; clear-cut; hence, having great distinctness; well-defined; clear.

Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set.

Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively.

Having an acute or nicely discerning mind.

To grow or become sharp.

A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester.

A long, sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with one or two masts carrying a triangular sail. They are often called Fair Haven sharpies, after the place on the coast of Connecticut where they originated.

A stickleback.

In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely.

The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.

The great titmouse; -- so called from its harsh call notes.

One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman.

A shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keen contest of wit or argument.

The pintail duck. The pintail grouse, or prairie chicken.

The scarf of a turban.

A mountain peak, etc., in California.

A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; a book of institutes; especially, a treatise explaining the Vedas.

A shaftment.

A fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters.

Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild; similar to scatter-brained.

Easily breaking into pieces; not compact; loose of texture; brittle; as, shattery spar.

A thin slice; a shaving.

A man shaved; hence, a monk, or other religious; -- used in contempt.

One who shaves; one whose occupation is to shave.

The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor.

A thicket; a small wood or grove.

The representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at.

To wrap in a shawl.

A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form.