Shahin (n.) A large and swift Asiatic falcon (Falco pregrinator) highly valued in falconry.
Shaik (n.) See Sheik.
Shail (v. i.) To walk sidewise.
Shake () obs. p. p. of Shake.
Shook (imp.) of Shake
Shaken (p. p.) of Shake
Shook () of Shake
Shaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shake
Shake (v.) To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate.
Shake (v.) Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of.
Shake (v.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music.
Shake (v.) To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree.
Shake (v. i.) To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter.
Shake (n.) The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation.
Shake (n.) A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly.
Shake (n.) A fissure in rock or earth.
Shake (n.) A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
Shake (n.) One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
Shake (n.) A shook of staves and headings.
Shake (n.) The redshank; -- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
Shakedown (n.) A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose.
Shakefork (n.) A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.
Shaken (a.) Caused to shake; agitated; as, a shaken bough.
Shaken (a.) Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2.
Shaken (n.) Impaired, as by a shock.
Shaker (n.) A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.
Shaker (n.) One of a religious sect who do not marry, popularly so called from the movements of the members in dancing, which forms a part of their worship.
Shaker (n.) A variety of pigeon.
Shakeress (n.) A female Shaker.
Shakerism (n.) Doctrines of the Shakers.
Shakespearean (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his works.
Shakiness (n.) Quality of being shaky.
Shakings (n. pl.) Deck sweepings, refuse of cordage, canvas, etc.
Shako (n.) A kind of military cap or headdress.
Shaky (superl.) Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand.
Shaky (superl.) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked; as, shaky timber.
Shaky (superl.) Easily shaken; tottering; unsound; as, a shaky constitution; shaky business credit.
Shale (n.) A shell or husk; a cod or pod.
Shale (n.) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
Shale (v. t.) To take off the shell or coat of; to shell.
Should (imp.) of Shall
Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) To owe; to be under obligation for.
Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) To be obliged; must.
Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or promise your going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the auxillary be emphasized, the command is made more imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, "the day shall come when . . . , " since a promise or threat and an authoritative prophecy nearly coincide in significance. In shall with the first person, the necessity of the action is sometimes implied as residing elsewhere than in the speaker; as, I shall suffer; we shall see; and there is always a less distinct and positive assertion of his volition than is indicated by will. "I shall go" implies nearly a simple futurity; more exactly, a foretelling or an expectation of my going, in which, naturally enough, a certain degree of plan or intention may be included; emphasize the shall, and the event is described as certain to occur, and the expression approximates in meaning to our emphatic "I will go." In a question, the relation of speaker and source of obligation is of course transferred to the person addressed; as, "Shall you go?" (answer, "I shall go"); "Shall he go?" i. e., "Do you require or promise his going?" (answer, "He shall go".) The same relation is transferred to either second or third person in such phrases as "You say, or think, you shall go;" "He says, or thinks, he shall go." After a conditional conjunction (as if, whether) shall is used in all persons to express futurity simply; as, if I, you, or he shall say they are right. Should is everywhere used in the same connection and the same senses as shall, as its imperfect. It also expresses duty or moral obligation; as, he should do it whether he will or not. In the early English, and hence in our English Bible, shall is the auxiliary mainly used, in all the persons, to express simple futurity. (Cf. Will, v. t.) Shall may be used elliptically; thus, with an adverb or other word expressive of motion go may be omitted.
Shalli (n.) See Challis.
Shallon (n.) An evergreen shrub (Gaultheria Shallon) of Northwest America; also, its fruit. See Salal-berry.
Shalloon (n.) A thin, loosely woven, twilled worsted stuff.
Shallop (n.) A boat.
Shallot (n.) A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot.
Shallow (superl.) Not deep; having little depth; shoal.
Shallow (superl.) Not deep in tone.
Shallow (superl.) Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning.
Shallow (n.) A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.
Shallow (n.) The rudd.
Shallow (v. t.) To make shallow.
Shallow (v. i.) To become shallow, as water.
Shallow-bodied (a.) Having a moderate depth of hold; -- said of a vessel.
Shallow-brained (a.) Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed.
Shallow-hearted (a.) Incapable of deep feeling.
Shallowly (adv.) In a shallow manner.
Shallowness (n.) Quality or state of being shallow.
Shallow-pated (a.) Shallow-brained.
Shallow-waisted (a.) Having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depression amidships; -- said of a vessel.
Shalm (n.) See Shawm.
Shalt () 2d per. sing. of Shall.
Shaly (a.) Resembling shale in structure.
Sham (n.) That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.
Sham (n.) A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
Sham (a.) False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.
Shammed (imp. & p. p.) of Sham
Shamming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sham
Sham (v. t.) To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.
Sham (v. t.) To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
Sham (v. t.) To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
Sham (v. i.) To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.
Shama (n.) A saxicoline singing bird (Kittacincla macroura) of India, noted for the sweetness and power of its song. In confinement it imitates the notes of other birds and various animals with accuracy. Its head, neck, back, breast, and tail are glossy black, the rump white, the under parts chestnut.
Shaman (n.) A priest of Shamanism; a wizard among the Shamanists.
Shamanic (a.) Of or pertaining to Shamanism.
Shamanism (n.) The type of religion which once prevalied among all the Ural-Altaic peoples (Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various parts of Northern Asia. The Shaman, or wizard priest, deals with good as well as with evil spirits, especially the good spirits of ancestors.
Shamanist (n.) An adherent of Shamanism.
Shamble (n.) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
Shamble (n.) A place where butcher's meat is sold.
Shamble (n.) A place for slaughtering animals for meat.
Shambled (imp. & p. p.) of Shamble
Shambling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shamble
Shamble (v. i.) To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along.
Shambling (a.) Characterized by an awkward, irregular pace; as, a shambling trot; shambling legs.
Shambling (n.) An awkward, irregular gait.
Shame (n.) A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal.
Shame (n.) Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.
Shame (n.) The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.
Shame (n.) The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
Shamed (imp. & p. p.) of Shame
Shaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shame
Shame (v. t.) To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.
Shame (v. t.) To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
Shame (v. t.) To mock at; to deride.
Shame (n.) To be ashamed; to feel shame.
Shamefaced (n.) Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest.
Shamefast (a.) Modest; shamefaced.