Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Shĭn’gling, n. p. 1219The act of covering with shingles; a covering of shingles. 2. The process of expelling the impurities from blooms of cast-iron by hammering or squeezing, and converting it into malleable iron.Shing'gly, a. p. 1219Abounding with gravel or shingle.Shin'ing, p. a. p. 1219Bright; splendid; radiant. 2. Illustrious; distinguished; conspicuous; as, a shining example of charity. 3. (Bot.) Having the surface smooth and polished;—said of leaves. Lindley. Syn.—Glistening…Shin'ing, n. p. 1219Effusion or clearness of light; brightness.Shin'ing-ness, n. p. 1219Brightness; splendor. Spenser.Shīn'-lōg, n. p. 1219A crooked piece of timber. [India.] Simmonds.Shin'ner, n. p. 1219One who runs about borrowing money temporarily, to meet pressing exigencies. [U. S.]Shin'ney, n. p. 1219A boy's game, — called also hockey or bandy, — played with knobbed or curved sticks, and a knur or ball, in which the object of the contending parties is to drive the knur over a line agreed on; — so…Shin'ning, n. p. 1219A running about borrowing money temporarily to meet pressing demands. [U. S.]Shin'-plās'ter, n. p. 1219A bank-note of low denomination; a piece of paper money; — a name originally given, during a suspension of specie payments, to notes under one dollar, designed to take the place of small change…Shin'ty, n. p. 1219A variety of golf, a Scotch game; also, the club used in the game. Jamieson.Shin'y, a. p. 1219Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded. “Like distant thunder on a shiny day.” Dryden.Ship. p. 1219A termination denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art, as in lordship, friendship, chancellorship, stewardship, horsemanship.Ship, n. p. 1219Any large sea-going vessel. Like a stately ship . . . With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled and streamers waving. Milton. Like ships that sailed for sunny isles, But never came to…Shĭp, v. t. p. 1220To put on board of a ship or vessel of any kind for transportation; to send by water; to dispatch; hence, to dispose of; to get rid of. The sun no sooner shall the mountains touch, But we will ship…Shĭp, v. i. p. 1220To engage for service on board of a ship; as, to ship on a man-of-war.Shĭp'-bĭs'cuit, n. p. 1220Hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard. Simmonds.Shĭp'bōard, adv. p. 1220Upon or within a ship; aboard.Shĭp'bōard, n. p. 1220The plank or deck of a ship;—rarely used except in the phrase on shipboard.Shĭp'-boy, n. p. 1220A boy who serves on board of a ship.Ship'-break/er, n. p. 1220One who breaks up vessels when unfit for further use.Shĭp'-brō'ker, n. p. 1220A mercantile agent employed in buying and selling ships, procuring cargoes on freight, &c., and generally in transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port. He sometimes combines the…Shĭp'-būild'er, n. p. 1220A man whose occupation is to construct ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a shipwright.Ship'-build'ing, n. p. 1220Naval architecture; the art of constructing ships and other vessels.Shĭp'-ca-năl', n. p. 1220A canal for the passage of ships.Shīp'-cār'pen-ter, n. p. 1220A carpenter who works at ship-building; a shipwright.Shĭp'-chăn'dler, n. p. 1220One who deals in cordage, canvas, and other furniture of ships.Shīp'-fē'ver, n. p. 1220(Med.) A form of typhus fever;—called also putrid, jail, or hospital fever.Shĭp′ful, n. p. 1220As much or many as a ship will hold; enough to fill a ship.Shĭp'-hōld'er, n. p. 1220The owner of a ship, or of shipping.Shĭp'-join'er, n. p. 1220A joiner who works upon ships.Shĭp'less, a. p. 1220Destitute of ships. Gray.Shĭp'let, n. p. 1220A little ship. [Obs.] Holinshed.Shĭp'-lēt'ter, n. p. 1220A letter conveyed by a ship, not a mail-packet.Shĭp'-lōad, n. p. 1220The load or cargo of a ship.Shīp'man, n. p. 1220A seaman or sailor; a mariner. [Obs.] As we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country. Acts xxvii. 27.Shĭp'-mās'ter, n. p. 1220The captain, master, or commander of a ship.Ship'māte, n. p. 1220One who serves on board of the same ship; a fellow-sailor.Shĭp'ment, n. p. 1220The act of putting any thing on board of a ship or other vessel; embarkation; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London. 2. That which is shipped. The question is, whether the share of M.…Shĭp'-mȯn'ey, n. p. 1220(Eng. Hist.) An imposition formerly charged on the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for the king's service. The attempt made by…Shĭp'-ōwn'er, n. p. 1220The owner of a ship or ships.Shĭp'pen or Shĭp'pon, n. p. 1220A stable; a cow-house. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer. Bessy would either do field-work, or attend to the cows, the shippon, or churn, or make cheese. Dickens.Shĭp'per, n. p. 1220One who ships, or places goods on board a ship for transportation.Shīp'ping, a. p. 1220Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, and employment; as, shipping concerns.Shīp'ping, n. p. 1220The collective body of ships in one place; vessels of navigation generally; tonnage. Shipping articles, articles of agreement between the captain of a vessel and the seamen on board, in respect to…Shīp'-rigged, a. p. 1220(Naut.) Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts with square sails and spreading yards. Simmonds.Ship'-shāpe, adv. p. 1220In a seaman-like manner; hence, properly; according to usage; well put. Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubberly executioner's mode of tying a knot, and did it herself in a ship-shape…Ship'-worm, n. p. 1220(Zoöl.) A worm-like lamellibranchiate mollusk, of the genus Teredo, something like the long clam. It burrows in wood, and secretes a lining of shell, within which it lives. It is very destructive to…Ship'wrĕck, n. p. 1220The breaking in pieces or shattering of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, and the like, by the violence of the winds and waves. Arnould. 2. A ship wrecked…Ship′wrĕck, v. t. p. 1220<br>1. To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sand-banks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest.<br>Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break. Shak.<br>2. To…Ship'wright, n. p. 1220One whose occupation is to construct ships; a builder of ships or other vessels.Ship'-yard, n. p. 1220A yard where ships are built or repaired.Shī-rāz', n. p. 1220A kind of Persian wine;— so called from the place whence it is brought.Shīre, n. p. 1220A portion of the kingdom, originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes comprising a smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire…Shīre'-mōte, n. p. 1220(O. Eng. Law.) The county court; sheriff’s turn or court. [Ob.] Cowell. Blackstone.Shīre'-reeve, n. p. 1220(A-S. Law.) The reeve or bailiff of a shire; a sheriff. Burrill.Shīre'-town, n. p. 1220The capital town of a county; a county town.Shīre'-wĭck, n. p. 1220A county; a shire. [Obs.] Holland.Shĩrk, v. t. p. 1220To avoid or get off from; to slink away. “The usual make-shift by which they try to shirk difficulty.” Hare. 2. To solicit or obtain from in a mean manner.Shĩrk, n. p. 1220One who seeks to avoid duty; one who lives by shifts and tricks. See SHARK.