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3. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] Tyndale.
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Coloq. Armed ship , a private ship taken into the service of the government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a ship of war. [Eng.] Brande & C. -- Coloq. General ship . See under . -- Coloq. Ship biscuit , hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard; -- called also ship bread. See . -- Coloq. Ship boy , a boy who serves in a ship. “Seal up the ship boy's eyes.” Shak. -- Coloq. Ship breaker , one who breaks up vessels when unfit for further use. -- Coloq. Ship broker , a mercantile agent employed in buying and selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port. -- Coloq. Ship canal , a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing vessels. -- Coloq. Ship carpenter , a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a shipwright. -- Coloq. Ship chandler , one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other, furniture of vessels. -- Coloq. Ship chandlery , the commodities in which a ship chandler deals; also, the business of a ship chandler. -- Coloq. Ship fever (Med.), a form of typhus fever; -- called also putrid fever, jail fever, or hospital fever. -- Coloq. Ship joiner , a joiner who works upon ships. -- Coloq. Ship letter , a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet. -- Coloq. Ship money (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 Charles I. to revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden, and was one of the causes which led to the death of Charles. It was finally abolished. -- Coloq. Ship of the line . See under . -- Coloq. Ship pendulum , a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent of the rolling and pitching of a vessel. -- Coloq. Ship railway . (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for repairs. (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels overland between two water courses or harbors. -- Coloq. Ship's company , the crew of a ship or other vessel. -- Coloq. Ship's days , the days allowed a vessel for loading or unloading. -- Coloq. Ship's husband . See under . -- Coloq. Ship's papers (Mar. Law), papers with which a vessel is required by law to be provided, and the production of which may be required on certain occasions. Among these papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll, bill of health, etc. Bouvier. Kent. -- Coloq. To make ship , to embark in a ship or other vessel.
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Ship (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shipping.] 1. To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.
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The timber was . . . shipped in the bay of Attalia, from whence it was by sea transported to Pelusium. Knolles.
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2. By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad.
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3. Hence, to send away; to get rid of. [Colloq.]
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4. To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen.
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5. To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.
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6. To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.
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Ship, v. i. 1. To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war.
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2. To embark on a ship. Wyclif (Acts xxviii. 11)
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Shipboard (?), n. [Ship + board. See , n., 8] A ship's side; hence, by extension, a ship; -- found chiefly in adverbial phrases; as, on shipboard; a shipboard.
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Shipbuilder (?), n. A person whose occupation is to construct ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a shipwright.
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Shipbuilding, n. Naval architecturel the art of constructing ships and other vessels.
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Shipful (?), n.; pl. Shipfuls (�). As much or as many as a ship will hold; enough to fill a ship.
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Shipholder (?), n. A shipowner.
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Shipless, a. Destitute of ships. Gray.
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Shiplet (?), n. A little ship. [R.] Holinshed.
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Shipload (?), n. The load, or cargo, of a ship.
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Shipman (?), n.; pl. Shipmen (�). A seaman, or sailor. [Obs. or Poetic] Chaucer. R. Browning.
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About midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country. Acts xxvii. 27.
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Coloq. Shipman's card , the mariner's compass. [Obs.] Shak.
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Shipmaster (?), n. The captain, master, or commander of a ship. Jonah i. 6.
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Shipmate (?), n. One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor.
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Shipment (?), n. 1. The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West.
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2. That which is shipped.
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The question is, whether the share of M. in the shipment is exempted from condemnation by reason of his neutral domicle. Story.
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Shipowner (?), n. Owner of a ship or ships.
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Shippen (?), n. [AS. scypen. Cf. , .] A stable; a cowhouse. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Shipper (?), n. [See , n., and cf. .] One who sends goods from one place to another not in the same city or town, esp. one who sends goods by water.
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Shipping (?), a. 1. Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.
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2. Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk.
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Shipping, n. 1. The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.
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2. The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.
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3. Navigation. “God send 'em good shipping.” Shak.
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Coloq. Shipping articles , articles of agreement between the captain of a vessel and the seamen on board, in respect to the amount of wages, length of time for which they are shipping, etc. Bouvier. -- Coloq. To take shipping , to embark; to take ship. [Obs.] John vi. 24. Shak.
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Shipping note. (Com.) A document used in shipping goods by sea. In the case of free goods the shipping notes are the Coloq. receiving note , addressed by the shipper to the chief officer of the vessel, requesting him to receive on board specified goods, and a receipt for the mate to sign, on receiving whose signature it is called the Coloq. mate's receipt , and is surrendered by the shipper for the bills of lading.
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Shippo (?), n. [Jap. shippō seven precious things; Chin. ts'ih seven + pao gem.] (Japanese Art) Cloisonné enamel on a background of metal or porcelain; -- also called shippo yaki.
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Shippon (?), n. A cowhouse; a shippen. [Prov. Eng.]
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Bessy would either do fieldwork, or attend to the cows, the shippon, or churn, or make cheese. Dickens.
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Ship railway. (a) An inclined railway running into the water with a cradelike car on which a vessel may be drawn out on land, as for repairs. (b) A railway on which to transport vessels overland between bodies of water.
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Ship-rigged (?), a. (Naut.) Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts, each with square sails.
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Shipshape (?), a. Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly.
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Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery executioner's mode of tying a knot, and did it herself in a shipshape orthodox manner. De Quincey.
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Keep everything shipshape, for I must go Tennyson.
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Shipshape (?), adv. In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.
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Shipworm (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive to wooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See .
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Shipwreck (?), n. 1. The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves.
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2. A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage. Dryden.
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3. Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
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Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck. 1 Tim. 1. 19.
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It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry had made shipwreck. J. Morley.
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Shipwreck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shipwrecked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shipwrecking.] 1. To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest.
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Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break. Shak.
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2. To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business. Addison.
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Shipwright (?), n. One whose occupation is to construct ships; a builder of ships or other vessels.
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Shipyard (?), n. A yard, place, or inclosure where ships are built or repaired.
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Shiraz (?), n. A kind of Persian wine; -- so called from the place whence it is brought.
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Shire (?), n. [AS. scīre, scīr, a division, province, county. Cf. .] 1. A portion of Great Britain originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Hallamshire.
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An indefinite number of these hundreds make up a county or shire. Blackstone.
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2. A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships; a county. [U. S.]
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☞ Shire is commonly added to the specific designation of a county as a part of its name; as, Yorkshire instead of York shire, or the shire of York; Berkshire instead of Berks shire. Such expressions as the county of Yorkshire, which in a strict sense are tautological, are used in England. In the United States the composite word is sometimes the only name of a county; as, Berkshire county, as it is called in Massachusetts, instead of Berks county, as in Pensylvania.
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The Tyne, Tees, Humber, Wash, Yare, Stour, and Thames separate the counties of Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, etc. Encyc. Brit.
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Coloq. Knight of the shire . See under . -- Coloq. Shire clerk , an officer of a county court; also, an under sheriff. [Eng.] -- Coloq. Shire mote (Old. Eng. Law), the county court; sheriff's turn, or court. [Obs.] Cowell. Blackstone. -- Coloq. Shire reeve (Old Eng. Law), the reeve, or bailiff, of a shire; a sheriff. Burrill. -- Coloq. Shire town , the capital town of a county; a county town. -- Coloq. Shire wick , a county; a shire. [Obs.] Holland.
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Shire horse. One of an English breed of heavy draft horses believed to be descended largely from the horses used in war in the days of heavy armor. They are the largest of the British draft breeds, and have long hair on the back of the cannons and fetlocks. Brown or bay with white on the face and legs is now the commonest color.
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Shirk (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shirked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shirking.] [Probably the same word as shark. See , v. t.] 1. To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
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You that never heard the call of any vocation, . . . that shirk living from others, but time from Yourselves. Bp. Rainbow.
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2. To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.
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The usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties. Hare.
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Shirk, v. i. 1. To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
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2. To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
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One of the cities shirked from the league. Byron.
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Shirk, n. One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
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Shirker (?), n. One who shirks. Macaulay.
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Shirky (?), a. Disposed to shirk. [Colloq.]
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Shirl (?), a. Shrill. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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Shirl, n. (Min.) See .
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Shirley (?), n. (Zoöl.) The bullfinch.
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Shirr (?), n. (Sewing) A series of close parallel runnings which are drawn up so as to make the material between them set full by gatherings; -- called also shirring, and gauging.
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Shirred (?), a. 1. (Sewing) Made or gathered into a shirr; as, a shirred bonnet.
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2. (Cookery) Broken into an earthen dish and baked over the fire; -- said of eggs.
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Shirt (?), n. [OE. schirte, sherte, schurte; akin to Icel. skyrta, Dan. skiorte, Sw. skjorta, Dan. skiört a petticoat, D. schort a petticoat, an argon, G. schurz, schürze, an argon; all probably from the root of E. short, as being originally a short garment. See , and cf. .] A loose under-garment for the upper part of the body, made of cotton, linen, or other material; -- formerly used of the under-garment of either sex, now commonly restricted to that worn by men and boys.
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Several persons in December had nothing over their shoulders but their shirts. Addison.
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She had her shirts and girdles of hair. Bp. Fisher.
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Shirt, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Shirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Shirting.] To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt. Dryden.
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Shirting, n. Cloth, specifically cotton cloth, suitable for making shirts.
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Shirtless, a. Not having or wearing a shirt. Pope.
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-- Shirtlessness, n.
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shirtwaist, Shirt waist. [shirt + waist; see , n.] 1. A woman's blouse resembling a men's shirt in cut and style; -- in England called a blouse.
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2. a type of woman's dress with a bodice tailored like a shirt; -- also called shirt dress, shirtwaist dress, and shirtwaister. [RHUD]
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Shirt-waist suit. A costume consisting of a plain belted blouse and skirt of the same material.
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{ Shist (?), Shistose (?) }. See , .
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{ Shittah (?), Shittah tree }, n. [Heb. shittāh, pl. shittīm.] A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made; -- now believed to have been the wood of the Acacia Seyal, which is hard, fine grained, and yellowish brown in color.
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{ Shittim (?), Shittim wood }, n. The wood of the shittah tree.
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Shittle (?), n. [See .] A shuttle. [Obs.] Chapman.
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Shittle, a. Wavering; unsettled; inconstant. [Obs.] Holland.
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Shittlecock (?), n. A shuttlecock. [Obs.]
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Shittleness, n. Instability; inconstancy. [Obs.]
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The vain shittlenesse of an unconstant head. Baret.
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Shive (?), n. [See , n.] 1. A slice; as, a shive of bread. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Shak.
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2. A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking.
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3. A thin, flat cork used for stopping a wide-mouthed bottle; also, a thin wooden bung for casks.
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Shiver (?), n. [OE. schivere, fr. shive; cf. G. schifer a splinter, slate, OHG. scivere a splinter, Dan. & Sw. skifer a slate. See , and cf. .] 1. One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural. “All to shivers dashed.” Milton.
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2. A thin slice; a shive. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] “A shiver of their own loaf.” Fuller.
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Of your soft bread, not but a shiver. Chaucer.
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3. (Geol.) A variety of blue slate.
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4. (Naut.) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
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5. A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.
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6. A spindle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Shiver, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shivered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shivering.] [OE. schiveren, scheveren; cf. OD. scheveren. See a fragment.] To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet.
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All the ground
With shivered armor strown. Milton.
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Shiver, v. i. To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered.
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There shiver shafts upon shields thick. Chaucer
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The natural world, should gravity once cease, . . . would instantly shiver into millions of atoms. Woodward.
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Shiver, v. i. [OE. chiveren, cheveren; of uncertain origin. This word seems to have been confused with shiver to shatter.] To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear.
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Prometheus is laid
On icy Caucasus to shiver. Swift.
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The man that shivered on the brink of sin,
Thus steeled and hardened, ventures boldly in. Creech.
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Shiver, v. t. (Naut.) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
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Shiver, n. The act of shivering or trembling.
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Shiveringly, adv. In a shivering manner.
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Shiver-spar (?), n. [Cf. G. schiefer-spath.] (Min.) A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar.
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Shivery (?), a. 1. Tremulous; shivering. Mallet.
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2. Easily broken; brittle; shattery.
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Shizoku (?), n. sing. & pl. [Jap. shi-zoku, fr. Chin. ch' (chi) branch, posterity + tsu kindered, class.] The Japanese warrior gentry or middle class, formerly called samurai; also, any member of this class.
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Shoad (?), n. [Cf. G. schutt rubbish.] (Mining) A train of vein material mixed with rubbish; fragments of ore which have become separated by the action of water or the weather, and serve to direct in the discovery of mines. [Written also shode.]
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Shoading, n. (Mining) The tracing of veins of metal by shoads. [Written also shoding.] Pryce.
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Shoal (?), n. [AS. scolu, sceolu, a company, multitude, crowd, akin to OS. skola; probably originally, a division, and akin to Icel. skilja to part, divide. See , and cf. . of fishes.] A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass. “Great shoals of people.” Bacon.
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Beneath, a shoal of silver fishes glides. Waller.
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Shoal, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shoaled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shoaling.] To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place. Chapman.
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Shoal, a. [Cf. ; or cf. G. scholle a clod, glebe, OHG. scollo, scolla, prob. akin to E. shoal a multitude.] Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.
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Shoal, n. 1. A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow.
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The depth of your pond should be six feet; and on the sides some shoals for the fish to lay their span. Mortimer.
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Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory,
And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor. Shak.
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2. A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.
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The god himself with ready trident stands,
And opes the deep, and spreads the moving sands,
Then heaves them off the shoals. Dryden.
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Shoal, v. i. To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.
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Shoal, v. t. To cause to become more shallow; to come to a more shallow part of; as, a ship shoals her water by advancing into that which is less deep. Marryat.
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Shoaliness (?), n. The quality or state of being shoaly; little depth of water; shallowness.
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Shoaling, a. Becoming shallow gradually. “A shoaling estuary.” Lyell.
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Shoaly (?), a. Full of shoals, or shallow places.
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The tossing vessel sailed on shoaly ground. Dryden.
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Shoar (shōr), n. A prop. See 3d .
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Shoat (shōt), n. A young hog. Same as .
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