Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Shâre, n. p. 1214The broad iron or blade of a plow which cuts the ground, or furrow-slice. Mortimer.Shâre, n. p. 1214The pubes share-bone. [Obs.] Holland.Shāre, n. p. 1214A certain portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence or good sense. 2. Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a number; portion among…Shâre, v. t. p. 1214To part among two or more; to divide. Suppose I share my fortune equally between my children and a stranger. Swift. 2. To partake or enjoy with others; to have a portion of; to seize and possess…Shāre, v. i. p. 1214To have part; to receive a portion.Shâre'-bēam, n. p. 1214The part of the plow to which the share is attached.Shâre'-bōne, n. p. 1214(Anat.) The os pubis, a bone placed at the upper and fore part of the pelvis.Shâre'-brō'ker, n. p. 1214A dealer in railway or other shares and securities. Simmonds.Shâre'-hōld'er, n. p. 1214One who holds or owns a share in a joint fund or property. One of the proprietors of the mine, who was a principal share-holder in the company, died. Med. Repos.Shâr'er, n. p. 1214One who shares; one who participates in any thing with another; one who enjoys or suffers in common with another or others; a partaker; as, a sharer in the toils of war; a sharer in another's…Shārk, n. p. 1214[Ichth.] A cartilaginous fish of the family Squalidæ, comprehending numerous genera, as Carcharias, Scyllium, &c. The body is long, round, and tapering from the head, the surface set with minute…Shārk, v. t. p. 1214To pick up hastily, slyly, or in small quantities. [Low.] Shak.Shārk, v. i. p. 1214To play the petty thief; to swindle. 2. To live by shifts and stratagems; to meanly obtain entertainment. “Neither sharks for a cup or a reckoning.” Earle.Shārk'er, n. p. 1214One who lives by sharking; an artful fellow.Shārk'ing, n. p. 1214Petty rapine; trick. 2. The seeking of a livelihood by shifts and devices.Shā'rock, n. p. 1214An East Indian coin of the value of 12½ pence sterling, or about 25 cents.Shàrp, a. p. 1214Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen; acute. He dies upon my cimeter's sharp point. Shak. 2. Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse…Shärp, n. p. 1214A pointed instrument. [Obs.] If butchers had but the manners to go to sharps, gentlemen would be contented with a rubber at cuffs. Collier. 2. (Mus.) The character [#], used to indicate that the note…Shärp, v. t. p. 1214To make keen, acute, penetrating, and the like; to sharpen. 2. (Mus.) To raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a semitone above the natural tone.Shärp, v. i. p. 1214To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper. L'Estrange.Shärp'-cūt, a. p. 1214Cut sharply or definitely, or so as to make a clear, well-defined impression, as the lines of an engraved plate, and the like; hence, having great distinctness; well-defined; clear.Sharp'en, v. t. p. 1214To make sharp; as, (a.) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to edge; to point; as, to sharpen a knife, an ax, or the teeth of a saw; to sharpen a sword. (b.) To render more quick or acute in…Shärp'en, v. i. p. 1215To grow or become sharp.Shärp'er, n. p. 1215A shrewd man in making bargains; a tricking fellow; a cheat in bargaining or gaming. Sharpers, as pikes, prey upon their own kind. L'Estrange. Syn. —Swindler; cheat; deceiver. See SWINDLER.Shärp'ſe, n. p. 1215(Naut.) A long, sharp, flat-bottomed sail-boat. [Local U. S.]Shārp'ly, adv. p. 1215In a sharp manner; with a keen edge or fine point; with keen perception or discernment; keenly; acutely; severely; rigorously; violently; vehemently; wittily. They are to be more sharply chastised…Shärp'ness, n. p. 1215The condition or quality of being sharp; as, (a.) Keenness of edge or point, as of a knife, and the like. (b.) Quickness of perception, as of sight. (c.) Acuteness of intellect; the power of nice…Shärp'-sĕt, a. p. 1215Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set. The town is sharp-set on new plays. Pope.Shärp'-shoōt'er, n. p. 1215One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman.Shärp'-shōōt'ing, n. p. 1215A shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keen contest of wit or argument.Shärp'-sight/ed, a. p. 1215Having quick or acute sight; as, a sharp-sighted eagle or hawk. 2. Of quick discernment or acute understanding; as, a sharp-sighted opponent; sharp-sighted judgment.Shärp'-sight'ed-ness, n. p. 1215The quality of being sharp-sighted.Shärp'-wit'ted, a. p. 1215Having an acute or nicely discerning mind.Shāsh, n. p. 1215A sash. [Obs.] 2. A turban. [Obs.] Fuller.Shās'ter or Shās'trá, n. p. 1215A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; a book of institutes; especially, a treatise containing religious instructions and precepts. [Written also sastra.]Shāth'mont, n. p. 1215A measure of length, said to be six inches. W. Scott.Shāt'ter, v. t. p. 1215To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part by violence into fragments; to rend; to crack; to split; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler. A…Shăt'ter, v. i. p. 1215To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied. Some shatter and fly in many pieces. Bacon.Shāt'ter, n. p. 1215A fragment of any thing forcibly rent or broken;—used generally in the plural, and chiefly or solely in the phrases, to break or rend into shatters. 2. (pl.) The fallen leaves of the pine-tree.Shăt'ter-brāined or Shăt'ter-pāt'ed, a. p. 1215Disordered, or wandering, in intellect. 2. Heedless; wild; not consistent. Goodman.Shăt'ter-y, a. p. 1215Easily breaking and falling into many pieces; not compact; loose of texture; brittle; as, shattery spar.Shāve, v. t. p. 1215To cut or pare off from the surface of a body by a razor or other edged instrument; to take off closely by cutting; as, to shave the beard. 2. To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the…Shāve, v. i. p. 1215To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to cheat.Shāve, n. p. 1215A thin slice; a shaving. Wright. 2. A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving. 3. An exorbitant cutting down or discount on a note, &c., for cash in hand. [U. S.] 4. A tool with a long blade…Shāve'-grass, n. p. 1215(Bot.) A plant of the genus Equisetum (E. hyemale); the Dutch rush, or scouring-rush; the horse-tail. Booth.Shāve'ling, n. p. 1215A man shaved; hence, a monk, or other person of a religious order;—so called in contempt. I am no longer a shaveling than when my frock is on my back. W. Scott.Shāv'er, n. p. 1215One who shaves, or whose occupation is to shave. 2. One who is close in bargains; a sharp dealer; a cheat. This Lewis is a cunning shaver. Swift. 3. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer. By these…Shāv'ing, n. p. 1215The act of paring the surface. 2. That which is shaved off; a thin slice pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or other cutting instrument.Sharing-brush p. 1215a brush used in lathering the face preparatory to shaving it.Shaw, n. p. 1215A thicket; a small wood or grove. “The green shaws, the merry green woods.” Howitt. 2. (pl.) The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, and the like. Wright.Shaw'-fowl, n. p. 1215The representation or image of a fowl, made by fowlers, to shoot at. Johnson.Shawl, n. p. 1215A cloth of wool, cotton, silk, or hair, used, especially by women, as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders.Shawl, v. t. p. 1215To wrap in a shawl; as, to shawl a lady.Shăwm, n. p. 1215(Mus.) A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, by some supposed to have the form of the clarionet; by others, of the hautboy. “Even from the shrillest shawm unto the cornamute.” Drayton.Shāy, n. p. 1215A chaise. [Vulgar.]Shĕ, pron. p. 1215This or that female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of. Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was…Shēad'ing, n. p. 1215A tithing, or division, in the Isle of Man, in which there is a corner, or chief constable; a riding. The isle is divided into six sheadings.Shēaf, n. p. 1215A quantity of the stalks of wheat, rye, oats, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of stalks or straw. The reaper fills his greedy hands, And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands. Dryden. 2.…Shēaf, v. i. p. 1215To collect and bind; to make sheaves. They that reap must sheaf and bind. Shaks.Shēaf'y, a. p. 1215Pertaining to, or consisting of, sheafs.