Shoaling (a.) Becoming shallow gradually.
Shoaly (a.) Full of shoals, or shallow places.
Shoar (n.) A prop. See 3d Shore.
Shoat (n.) A young hog. Same as Shote.
Shock (n.) A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook.
Shock (n.) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; -- a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
Shock (v. t.) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye.
Shock (v. i.) To be occupied with making shocks.
Shock (n.) A quivering or shaking which is the effect of a blow, collision, or violent impulse; a blow, impact, or collision; a concussion; a sudden violent impulse or onset.
Shock (n.) A sudden agitation of the mind or feelings; a sensation of pleasure or pain caused by something unexpected or overpowering; also, a sudden agitating or overpowering event.
Shock (n.) A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a port of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or the like.
Shock (n.) The sudden convulsion or contraction of the muscles, with the feeling of a concussion, caused by the discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from a charged body.
Shocked (imp. & p. p.) of Shock
Shocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shock
Shock (v.) To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence.
Shock (v.) To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates.
Shock (v. i.) To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter.
Shock (n.) A dog with long hair or shag; -- called also shockdog.
Shock (n.) A thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of sandy hair.
Shock (a.) Bushy; shaggy; as, a shock hair.
Shockdog (n.) See 7th Shock, 1.
Shock-head (a.) Shock-headed.
Shock-headed (a.) Having a thick and bushy head of hair.
Shocking (a.) Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting.
Shod (imp. & p. p.) f Shoe.
Shoddy (v. t.) A fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.
Shoddy (v. t.) A fabric of inferior quality made of, or containing a large amount of, shoddy.
Shoddy (a.) Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as, shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy.
Shoddyism (n.) The quality or state of being shoddy.
Shode (v. t.) The parting of the hair on the head.
Shode (v. t.) The top of the head; the head.
Shode () Alt. of Shoding
Shoding () See Shoad, Shoading.
Shoder (n.) A package of gold beater's skins in which gold is subjected to the second process of beating.
Shoes (pl. ) of Shoe
Shoon (pl. ) of Shoe
Shoe (n.) A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg.
Shoe (n.) Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use.
Shoe (n.) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury.
Shoe (n.) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.
Shoe (n.) A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.
Shoe (n.) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
Shoe (n.) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.
Shoe (n.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
Shoe (n.) An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.
Shoe (n.) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
Shoe (n.) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
Shoe (n.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also slipper, and gib.
Shod (imp. & p. p.) of Shoe
Shoeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoe
Shoe (n.) To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor.
Shoe (n.) To protect or ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe; to tip.
Shoebill (n.) A large African wading bird (Balaeniceps rex) allied to the storks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad swollen bill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See Illust. (l.) of Beak.
Shoeblack (n.) One who polishes shoes.
Shoehorn (n.) Alt. of Shoeing-horn
Shoeing-horn (n.) A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe.
Shoeing-horn (n.) Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium; -- by way of contempt.
Shoeing-horn (n.) Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement.
Shoeless (a.) Destitute of shoes.
Shoemaker (n.) One whose occupation it is to make shoes and boots.
Shoemaker (n.) The threadfish.
Shoemaker (n.) The runner, 12.
Shoemaking (n.) The business of a shoemaker.
Shoer (n.) One who fits shoes to the feet; one who furnishes or puts on shoes; as, a shoer of horses.
Shog (n.) A shock; a jog; a violent concussion or impulse.
Shog (v. t.) To shake; to shock.
Shog (v. i.) To jog; to move on.
Shoggle (v. t.) To joggle.
Shogun (n.) A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern provinces of Japan. By gradual usurpation of power the Shoguns (known to foreigners as Tycoons) became finally the virtual rulers of Japan. The title was abolished in 1867.
Shogunate (n.) The office or dignity of a Shogun.
Shola (n.) See Sola.
Shole (n.) A plank fixed beneath an object, as beneath the rudder of a vessel, to protect it from injury; a plank on the ground under the end of a shore or the like.
Shole (n.) See Shoal.
Shonde (n.) Harm; disgrace; shame.
Shone () imp. & p. p. of Shine.
Shoo (interj.) Begone; away; -- an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls.
Shooi (n.) The Richardson's skua (Stercorarius parasiticus);- so called from its cry.
Shook () imp. & obs. or poet. p. p. of Shake.
Shook (n.) A set of staves and headings sufficient in number for one hogshead, cask, barrel, or the like, trimmed, and bound together in compact form.
Shook (n.) A set of boards for a sugar box.
Shook (n.) The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together.
Shook (v. t.) To pack, as staves, in a shook.
Shoon (n.) pl. of Shoe.
Shoop () imp. of Shape. Shaped.
Shoot (n.) An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course.
Shot (imp. & p. p.) of Shoot
Shooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoot
Shotten () of Shoot
Shoot (v. i.) To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object.
Shoot (v. i.) To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun.
Shoot (v. i.) To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object.
Shoot (v. i.) To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
Shoot (v. i.) To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.
Shoot (v. i.) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
Shoot (v. i.) To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.
Shoot (v. i.) To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
Shoot (v. i.) To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides.
Shoot (v. i.) To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.
Shoot (v. i.) To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star.
Shoot (v. i.) To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.