Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Shŭf'fling-ly, adv. p. 1225In a shuffling manner.Shŭg, v. i. p. 1225To writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as those do who have the itch; to shrug; to scratch. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 2. Hence, to crawl; to sneak. [Obs.] There I'll shug…Shū'mac, n. p. 1225The same as SUMACH. McCulloch.Shŭn, v. t. p. 1225To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to neglect; as, to shun rocks or shoals; to shun bad company; to shun vice. Scarcity and want shall shun you. Shak. 2. To push or…Shŭn'less, a. p. 1225Not to be shunned; inevitable; unavoidable. [Rare.] Shak.Shŭnt, v. t. p. 1225To shun; to move from. [Prov. Eng.] 2. To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove. [Prov. Eng.] Ash. 3. To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a car upon a side…Shŭnt, v. i. p. 1225To go aside; to turn off.Shŭnt, n. p. 1225(Railways.) A turn off to a side or short rail that the principal rail may be left free. Wright. Shunt gun, a rifled fire-arm having two sets of grooves, down one of which the shot is passed in…Shŭt, v. t. p. 1225To close, as the fingers; to contract; as, to shut the hand. 2. To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or gate; to shut the eyes or the mouth. 3. To forbid entrance into; to…Shût, v. i. p. 1226To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard. To shut up, to become silent, especially upon compulsion of some kind. [Colloq. and law.]Shût, p. a. p. 1226Rid; clear; free. [Obs.] D'Estrange. 2. (Pron.) Having the sound suddenly interrupted or stopped by a succeeding consonant, as the i in pit. To get shut of, to get rid of; to get thrown or cast clear…Shūt, n. p. 1226The act of closing; close; as, the shut of a door. “Just then returned at shut of evening flowers.” Milton. 2. A small door or cover; a shutter. [Obs.] “A window that had never a shut.” Hist. of…Shūte, n. p. 1226Same as CHUTE or SHOOT. See SHOOT.Shūt'ter, n. p. 1226One who shuts or closes. 2. A close cover for a window or other aperture.Shŭt'tered, a. p. 1226Furnished with a shutter or with shutters.Shŭt'tle, n. p. 1226[A-S. sceátel, sceadhel, a weaver's shuttle, from sceótan, to shoot; Dan. skyttel, väver-skyttel, skytte, skyt, Sw. skyttel, Ger. schütze, schütz, schiessspule, D. schietspoel, from schiezen…Shût'tle, v. i. p. 1226To move like a shuttle. I had to fly far and wide, shuttling athwart the big Babel, wherever his calls and pauses had to be. Carlyle.Shût'tle-bŏx, n. p. 1226(Weaving.) A case at the end of the race of a weaver’s lathe, to receive the fly-shuttle after having passed the thread of the warp.Shŭt'tle-cŏck or Shŭt'tle-cŏrk, n. p. 1226A cork stuck with feathers, used to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself. [See Illust. of Battledoor.]Shût'tle-râçe, n. p. 1226A sort of shelf in a loom, along which the shuttle passes. Simmonds.Shy, a. p. 1226Sensitively timid; coy; disinclined to free or familiar approach; reserved. What makes you so shy, my good friend? Arbuthnot. 2. Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird. The horses of the army . . .…Shy, v. i. p. 1226To start suddenly aside, as if a little frightened.Shȳ, n. p. 1226The starting suddenly aside of a horse.Shȳ, v. t. p. 1226To throw sidewise, or with a careless jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone. [Prov. Eng. Local U. S.]Shy, n. p. 1226A side-throw; a fling. [Prov. Eng. Local U. S.] If Lord Brougham gets a stone in his hand, he must, it seems, have a shy at somebody. Punch.Shŷ'ly, adv. p. 1226In a shy or timid manner; not familiarly; with reserve. [Written also shily.]Shy'ness, n. p. 1226The quality or state of being shy; reservedness. [Written also shiness.] Frequency in heavenly contemplation is particularly important to prevent a shyness between God and thy soul. Baxter.…Sĭ p. 1226A syllable applied, in solmization, to the seventh tone of the major diatonic scale. It was added to Guido's scale by Le Maire, about the end of the seventeenth century.Sī-ál'o-gōgue, n. p. 1226(Med.) A medicine that promotes the flow of saliva. Brande.Sī'a-mēse', a. p. 1226(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Siam.Sī/a-mēse’, n. sing. & pl. p. 1226(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Siam; in the plural, the people of Siam.Sīb, n. p. 1226A blood relation. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.Sib, a. p. 1226Related by blood; akin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] W. Scott. He is no faery born, ne sib at all To elfs. Spencer.Sĭ-bē′ri-an, a. p. 1226(Geog.) Of, or pertaining, or referring to, Siberia, a name given to a great and indefinite extent of territory in the north of Asia; as, a Siberian winter. Siberian crab (Bot.), a Siberian tree of…Sī-bē′ri-an, n. p. 1226(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Siberia.Sī-bē′rīte, n. p. 1226(Min.) Red tourmaline. Ure.Sib'i-lance, n. p. 1226A hissing sound.Sĭb'i-lant, a. p. 1226Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s and z are sibilant letters.Sĭb'ĭ-lant, n. p. 1226A letter that is uttered with a hissing of the voice, as s and z.Sĭb'i-lā'tion, n. p. 1226Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself. He, with a long sibilation, stared. Tennyson.Sĭb′i-lāte, v. t. p. 1226To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s; to cause to be pronounced with sibilation, or to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.Sĭb'il-a-to-ry, a. p. 1226Hissing; sibilous.Sĭb'i-lōus, a. p. 1226Having a hissing sound; hissing; sibilant. [Rare.] Pennant.Sib'yl, n. p. 1226(Pagan Antiq.) A woman supposed to be endowed with a spirit of prophecy. ☞ The number of the sibyls is variously stated; but the opinion of Varro, who states them to have been ten, is generally…Sĭb'yl-line, a. p. 1226Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls. Sibylline books, books or documents of prophecies in verse, supposed to contain the fate of the…Sĭb'yl-ĭst, n. p. 1226One who believes in, or is devoted to, a sibyl. “A sect of Christians called Sibylists.” Cudworth.Sĭc p. 1226Thus. ☞ This word is sometimes used in quoting from others with a view to call attention; as, the author states that “there are 4000 different words [sic] in Arabic for the word ‘camel.’” The word…Sic'a-mōre, n. p. 1226The same as SYCAMORE, q. v.Sic'e, n. p. 1226A weight of about 180 grains troy, used for gold and silver.Sicca rupee p. 1226an East Indian coin, valued at about 2s. sterling, or nearly 50 cents.Sic'cate, v. t. p. 1226To dry. [Obs.]Sic-cā'tion, n. p. 1226The act or process of drying. [Obs.]Sic'ca-tive, a. p. 1226Drying; causing to dry.Sic'ca-tive, n. p. 1226(Med.) That which promotes the process of drying.Sic'ci-fic, a. p. 1226Causing dryness.Sic'ci-ty, n. p. 1226Dryness; aridity; destitution of moisture. “The siccity and dryness of its flesh.” [Obs.] Brown.Sīce, n. p. 1226The number six at dice.Sich, a. p. 1226Such. [Obs. or vulgar.] Chaucer.Si-çil'i-an, a. p. 1226(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Sicily. Sicilian vespers, the great massacre of the French in Sicily, in the year 1282, on the evening of Easter Tuesday, at the hour of vespers.Si-cĭl'i-an, n. p. 1226(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Sicily.