A tithing, or division, in the Isle of Man, in which there is a coroner, or chief constable. The island is divided into six sheadings.

To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.

Pertaining to, or consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves; resembling a sheaf.

A shell or pod.

Same as Sheeling.

To deviate. See Sheer.

The black skimmer. See Skimmer.

See Shard.

One who shears.

The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.

A sheep but once sheared.

One whose occupation is to shear cloth.

Dung; excrement.

A cutting instrument. An instrument consisting of two blades, commonly with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and working on both sides of the material to be cut, -- used for cutting cloth and other substances.

The common tern. Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Thaumastura having a long forked tail.

Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (Puffinus Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (Puffinus obscurus), and the greater shearwater (Puffinus major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon.

A European siluroid fish (Silurus glanis) allied to the cat-fishes. It is the largest fresh-water fish of Europe, sometimes becoming six feet or more in length. See Siluroid.

A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.

Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle.

Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionidae, native of the islands of the Antarctic seas.

To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case.

Povided with, or inclosed in, sheath.

One who sheathes.

Same as Sheatfish.

That which sheathes. The casing or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; the materials for such covering; as, copper sheathing. The first covering of boards on the outside wall of a frame house or on a timber roof; also, the material used for covering; ceiling boards in general.

Without a sheath or case for covering; unsheathed.

Forming or resembling a sheath or case.

To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect.

Made of straw.

A harbor master, or ruler of a port, in the East Indies.

A jocosely depreciative name for a dwelling or shop; a primitive dwelling; a shanty.

A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold.

See Shekinah.

A kind of gilt leather. See Checklaton.

A parting; a separation; a division.

One who, or that which, sheds; as, a shedder of blood; a shedder of tears.

The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood.

A hut or small cottage in an exposed or a retired place (as on a mountain or at the seaside) such as is used by shepherds, fishermen, sportsmen, etc.; a summer cottage; also, a shed.

Same as Sheelfa.

Brightness; splendor; glitter.

Brightly.

Bright; shining; radiant; sheen.

Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.

Over-bashful; sheepish.

Silly; simple-minded; stupid.

One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep.

Act of shearing sheep.

A modest, diffident look; a loving glance; -- commonly in the plural.

A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer.

A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. -- produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonn/e; -- usually in the plural.

The edible fruit of a small North American tree of the genus Viburnum (Viburnum Lentago), having white flowers in flat cymes; also, the tree itself. Called also nannyberry.

To bite or nibble like a sheep; hence, to practice petty thefts.

One who practices petty thefts.

A small inclosure for sheep; a pen; a fold.

A fold or pen for sheep; a place where sheep are collected or confined.

A hook fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on the legs or necks of their sheep; a shepherd's crook.

Of or pertaining to sheep.

A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep.

The starling.

A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened.

The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it.

A split of a sheepskin; one of the thin sections made by splitting a sheepskin with a cutting knife or machine.

Resembling sheep; sheepish.

The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side. The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.

At once; absolutely.

The shearwater.

To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.

A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor.

Enough to fill a sheet; as much as a sheet can hold.

Cotton or linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is sometimes made of double width.

The head of an Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe; also, the chief magistrate of an Arab village. The name is also applied to Mohammedan ecclesiastics of a high grade.

See Sheeling.

An evil spirit; the evil one; the devil. One of bad disposition; a fiend.

An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.

The visible majesty of the Divine Presence, especially when resting or dwelling between the cherubim on the mercy seat, in the Tabernacle, or in the Temple of Solomon; -- a term used in the Targums and by the later Jews, and adopted by Christians.

Variegated; spotted; speckled; piebald.

A chaffinch.

The common sheldrake.

Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. (Tadorna cornuta syn. Tadorna tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows.

The sheldrake.

A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.

Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows.

To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.

Lac which has been reduced to a thin crust. See the Note under 2d Lac.

Having no shell.

See Sheldafle.

A species of hickory (Carya alba) whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut.

Having a shell.

One who, or that which, shells; as, an oyster sheller; a corn sheller.

Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs.

Groats; hulled oats.

Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof.

Work composed of shells, or adorned with them.

Abounding with shells; consisting of shells, or of a shell.

To take shelter.

Destitute of shelter or protection.

Affording shelter.

A Shetland pony.

To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore.

The act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet.

Sloping gradually; shelving.

A descendant of Shem.

Of or pertaining to Shem, the son of Noah, or his descendants. See Semitic.

See Semitism.

To injure, mar, spoil, or harm.

Destructive; ruinous; disgraceful.

Harm; ruin; also, reproach; disgrace.

To shend.

The place of departed spirits; Hades; also, the grave.

A stable; a shippen.

To tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd.

A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass.

A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as Elaeagnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo.

Resembling a shepherd; suiting a shepherd; pastoral.

Pastoral life or occupation.

A little shepherd.

Resembling, or becoming to, a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.

A seamstress.

To subject to the process of vapor galvanizing (which see, below).

A refreshing drink, common in the East, made of the juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways; as, orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry sherbet, etc.