Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Shōōt, v. t. p. 1221To let fly or cause to be driven with force, as an arrow or bullet;—followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object. If you please To shoot an arrow that self way. Shak. 2. To discharge…Shot pattern p. 1221in weaving, the effect produced by having all the warp threads of one color and all the weft of another.Shoot, v. i. p. 1221To perform the act of discharging, sending with force, or driving any thing by means of an engine or instrument;—said of the agent shooting; as, to shoot at a target or mark. The archers have sorely…Sho͞ot, n. p. 1221The act of propelling or driving any thing with violence; the discharge of a fire-arm or bowl; as, a good shoot. The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot. Bacon. 2. The act of striking, or…Sho͞ot'er, n. p. 1221One who shoots; an archer; a gunner; a shot. 2. That which shoots; as, (a.) A fire-arm; as, a five-shooter. [U. S.] Bartlett. (b.) A shooting-star. [Rare.] Herbert.Shōōt'ing, n. p. 1222The act of discharging fire-arms, or of sending an arrow with force; a firing. 2. Sensation of a quick, glancing pain. 3. (Sportsmanship.) The act or practice of killing game with guns or fire-arms.Shōōt'ing-bōx, n. p. 1222A small house in the country for use in the shooting season. Prof. Wilson.Shoot'ing-iron, n. p. 1222A fire-arm. [U. S. Low.] Bartlett.Shōōt'ing-stär, n. p. 1222A star-like, luminous meteor, which, appearing suddenly, darts quickly across some portion of the sky, and as suddenly disappears, leaving sometimes, for a few seconds, a luminous train.…Shōōt'ing-stĭck, n. p. 1222(Print.) A tapering piece of wood or iron, used by letter-press printers to drive up the quoins in the chase. Hansard.Shōōt'ress, n. p. 1222A female who shoots. [Obs.] That proud shootress scorned weaker game. Fairfax.Shōōt’y, a. p. 1222Of equal growth or size. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.Shŏp, n. p. 1222A building in which goods, wares, drugs, &c., are sold by retail. 2. A building in which mechanics work. A tailor called me in his shop. Shak. Shop is often used in the formation of self-explaining…Shŏp, v. i. p. 1222To visit shops for purchasing goods.Shōp'-bōard, n. p. 1222A bench or board on which work is performed. [Rare.] South.Shŏp'-bōōk, n. p. 1222A book in which a tradesman keeps his accounts. Locke.Shōp'-boy, n. p. 1222A boy employed in a shop.Shŏp'-girl, n. p. 1222A girl employed in a shop.Shŏp'-keep'er, n. p. 1222A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail;—in distinction from one who sells by wholesale. Addison.Shŏp'-lift'er, n. p. 1222One who steals any thing in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal.Shŏp'-lĭft'ing, n. p. 1222Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of any thing from a shop.Shŏp'-māid, n. p. 1222A young woman who serves in a shop; a shop-girl.Shŏp′-man, n. p. 1222A petty trader; a shop-keeper; a tradesman. 2. One who serves in a shop; a salesman.Shōp'per, n. p. 1222One who shops.Shōp'-shift, n. p. 1222The trick of a shop-keeper; deception. [Obs.] There's a shop-shift! plague on 'em. B. Jonson.Shōp'-walk'er, n. p. 1222An attendant in a shop who directs customers to the proper department for the goods they seek, and sees that they are attended to. Simmonds.Shŏp'-wom'an, n. p. 1222A woman employed in a shop.Shōr'age, n. p. 1222Duties on goods when landed.Shōre, imp. p. 1222of shear. [Obs.] This heard Geraint, and grasping at his sword, . . . Shore through the swarthy neck. Tennyson.Shōre, n. p. 1222The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as a sea or lake. The warlike Moor, Othello, is come on shore. Shak. Sea-shore (Law), the space between ordinary high-water mark and low-water…Shōre, n. p. 1222A prop, or timber, placed as a brace or support on the side of a building or other thing. [Also shoar.]Shōre, n. p. 1222A sewer. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Shōre, v. t. p. 1222To support by a post or buttress; to prop;—usually with up; as, to shore up a building.Shōre, v. t. p. 1222To set on shore. [Obs.] Shak.Shōre'less, a. p. 1222Having no shore or coast; of indefinite or unlimited extent; as, a shoreless ocean.Shōre'ling, n. p. 1222The same as SHORLING, q. v.Shōr'er, n. p. 1222One who, or that which, shores or props; a prop; a shore.Shore'ward, adv. p. 1222Toward the shore; as, to sail shoreward. Coleridge.Shōr'ing, n. p. 1222The act of supporting or strengthening with a prop or shore. 2. A system of props; a number of props considered collectively.Shŏrl, n. p. 1222(Min.) Black tourmaline. Dana.Shor-lā'ceōus, a. p. 1222Like shorl; partaking of the nature and characters of shorl. Kirwan.Shôr'ling, n. p. 1222The skin of a sheep shorn living, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep; hence, in some parts of England, a shorling is a sheep shorn, and a morling is one that dies. 2. A…Shōrn, p. p. p. 1222of shear. See SHEAR.Shŏrt, a. p. 1222Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short ferry; a short flight; a short piece of timber. The bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it. Isa.…Shôrt, n. p. 1222A summary account; as, the short of the matter. The short and the long is our play is preferred. Shak. 2. (pl.) The part of ground grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran, “The first…Shôrt, adv. p. 1222In a short manner, as briefly, limitedly, abruptly, suddenly, and the like; as, to stop short; to turn short. The lance broke short. Dryden. To sell short, (Stock Exchange), to sell, for future…Shôrt, v. t. p. 1222To shorten; to make shorter. [Obs.]Shôrt, v. i. p. 1222To fail; to decrease. [Obs.]Shôrt'-brĕathed, a. p. 1222Having short breath, or quick respiration. 2. Having short life.Shôrt'-cāke, n. p. 1222A soft and friable cake, in which butter or lard has been mixed with the flour.Short'-cōm'ing, n. p. 1222The act of failing or coming short; as, (a.) The failure of a crop, or the like. (b.) Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty.Shôrt'-dāt'ed, a. p. 1222Having little time to run from the date. “Thy short-dated life.” Sandys.Shôrt'-drawn, a. p. 1222Being of short breathing; imperfectly inspired, as breath.Short’en, v. t. p. 1222To make short in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity. 2. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to…Short'en, v. i. p. 1222To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December. 2. To contract; as, a cord shortens by being wet; a metallic rod shortens by cold.Shôrt'en-er, n. p. 1222One who, or that which, shortens.Short'en-ing, n. p. 1222A making or becoming short or shorter. 2. (Cookery.) That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter or lard.Short'-hānd, n. p. 1222A compendious method of writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for words; short writing: stenography; brachygraphy. [See Illust. under PHONOGRAPHY.]Shŏrt'-hĕad, n. p. 1222A sucking whale less than one year old;—so called by sailors. Simmonds.Shôrt'-joint'ed, a. p. 1222Having short intervals between the joints;—said of a plant, and especially of a horse, when the pastern is too short.