To shrive; to question.

The act of shriving.

A shriek; shrieking.

Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (Lanius borealis), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. See under Butcher.

To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.

Having a throat which produces a shrill note.

Having a shrill voice.

The quality or state of being shrill.

Somewhat shrill.

Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda. In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form. In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and Brine.

One who fishes for shrimps.

To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine.

a member of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. See shrine{4}.

The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal.

The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement.

One who shrinks; one who withdraws from danger.

a. n. from Shrink.

In a shrinking manner.

same as shrink-wrap, n..

a type of plastic film, usually transparent, that shrinks upon application of heat, and may be used to form a wrapping around objects that fits tightly and closely follows the contours of the wrapped object; -- also called shrink-pack, shrinkpack or shrink-wrapping.

Shrievalty.

To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution.

To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.

p. p. of Shrive.

One who shrives; a confessor.

Shrift; confession.

A banker, or changer of money.

A money dealer's commission; also, more commonly, the examination of coins, and the separation of the good from the debased.

To trim; to lop.

An English breed of black-faced hornless sheep similar to the Southdown, but larger, now extensively raised in many parts of the world.

To lop. See Shrood.

Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; -- said of rope. See Illust. under Cordage.

Provided with a shroud or shrouds.

The shrouds. See Shroud, n., 7.

Without a shroud.

Affording shelter.

To join in the festivities of Shrovetide; hence, to make merry.

The days immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially the period between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash Wednesday.

The festivity of Shrovetide.

A shrew.

See Shrood.

To lop; to prune.

A collection of shrubs.

Quality of being shrubby.

Full of shrubs.

having no shrubs.

Rubbish. Dross or refuse of metals. Light, dry wood, or stuff used for fuel.

To raise or draw up the shoulders, as in expressing doubt, indifference, dislike, dread, or the like.

A gesture consisting of drawing up the shoulders, -- a motion usually expressing doubt, indifference, or dislike; -- it is sometimes accompanied by a slight turning of the hands outward or upward. Such a gesture may be made, as in answering "who knows" to a question, suggesting utter ignorance of an answer and a disinclination to pursue the topic further.

To ignore; to disregard; to brush aside; to minimize{2} the effects of; as, to shrug off predictions of disaster.

p. p. a. from Shrink.

A village or small town; -- usually referring to Jewish towns in Eastern Europe.

A person's special talent, line of business, or habitual activity.

To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc.

One who shucks oysters or clams

The act of shuddering, as with fear.

In a shuddering manner.

The husks and other refuse of rice mills, used to adulterate oil cake, or linseed cake.

The act of shuffling; a mixing confusedly; a slovenly, dragging motion.

See Shovelboard.

One who shuffles.

The hedg sparrow.

In a shuffling manner.

To writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch.

Sumac.

To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.

Not to be shunned; inevitable; unavoidable.

A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free.

A winding so arranged as to divide the armature current and lead a portion of it around the field-magnet coils; -- opposed to series winding.

A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.

Switching; as, shunting engine, yard, etc. Arbitrage conducted between certain local markets without the necessity of the exchange involved in foreign arbitrage.

The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.

Same as Chute, or Shoot.

One who shuts or closes.

Furnished with shutters.

To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.

To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words.

See Shuttlecock.

Back and forth, like the movement of a shuttle.

See Schwan-pan.

A sudden start aside, as by a horse.

In a shy or timid manner; not familiarly; with reserve.

The quality or state of being shy.

A trickish knave; one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way.

The ahu, or jairou.

An agent which promotes the flow of saliva.

A gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus), native of Sumatra. It has the second and third toes partially united by a web.

A native or inhabitant of Siam; pl., the people of Siam.

Related by blood; akin.

A contagious disease, endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws. It is marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. In the Orkneys the name is applied to the itch.

Of or pertaining to Siberia, a region comprising all northern Asia and belonging to Russia; as, a Siberian winter. A native or inhabitant of Siberia.

The quality or state of being sibilant; sibilation.

Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds. A sibiliant letter.

To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s; to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.

Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss.

Hissing; sibilant.

Having a hissing sound; hissing; sibilant.

of or pertaining to a sibling, n.; as, sibling rivalry: the common rivalry between siblings.

A woman supposed to be endowed with a spirit of prophecy.

One who believes in a sibyl or the sibylline prophecies.

Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls.

Thus.

See Sycamore.

A seal; a coining die; -- used adjectively to designate the silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192 grains.

To dry.

The act or process of drying.

Drying; causing to dry. That which promotes drying.

Causing dryness.

Dryness; aridity; destitution of moisture.

The number six at dice.

A strong drink; cider.

Such.

A native or inhabitant of Sicily.

A Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a rather slow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure; also, the music to the dance.

A kind of rich poplin.

To fall sick; to sicken.

Disordered in the brain.

To become sick; to fall into disease.

Causing sickness; specif., causing surfeit or disgust; nauseating.

To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.