Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Short'-lived, a. p. 1222Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.Shōrt'ly, adv. p. 1222In a short or brief time or manner. I shall grow jealous of you shortly. Shak. The armies came shortly in view of each other. Clarendon. 2. In few words; briefly; as, to express ideas more shortly in…Short'ness, n. p. 1222The quality of being short; brevity; conciseness; want of reach or extension; limited extent; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey, or of distance; the shortness of the days in winter; the…Shôrt'-sight, n. p. 1222Short-sightedness.Short'-sight'ed, a. p. 1222Not able to see far; near-sighted; myopic. 2. Not able to look far into futurity; not able to understand things deep or remote; of limited intellect. 3. Having little regard for the future; heedless.Short'-sight/ed-ness, n. p. 1222A defect in vision, consisting in the inability to see things at a distance, or at the distance to which the sight ordinarily extends; myopy. 2. Defective or limited intellectual sight; inability to…Short'-spōk'en, a. p. 1222Speaking in a quick or short manner; uttering short, sharp sentences; hence, gruff. [Colloq.]Shŏrt'-wāist'ed, a. p. 1223Having a short waist; short from the armpits to the waist, or that part of the body just above the hips; — said of persons. 2. Short from the shoulder to the commencement of the skirt, to the part…Shōrt'-wind'ed, a. p. 1223Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick respiration, as dyspnœic and asthmatic persons. May.Shôrt'-wĭt/ted, a. p. 1223Having little wit; not wise; of scanty intellect or judgment. Hales.Shōr'y, a. p. 1223Lying near the shore or coast. [Obs.]Shŏt, imp. & p. p. p. 1223of shoot. See SHOOT.Shŏt, n. p. 1223The act of shooting; discharge of a missile weapon. He caused twenty shot of his greatest cannon to be made at the king’s army. Clarendon. 2. A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet…Shōt, n. p. 1223Share or proportion; reckoning; scot. Here no shots are where all sharers be. Chapman. A man is never welcome to a place, till some certain shot be paid, and the hostess say, Welcome. Shak.