Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 66
Sheeting (n.) (Hydraul. Engin.) A lining of planks or boards (rarely of metal) for protecting an embankment.
Sheeting (n.) The act or process of forming into sheets, or flat pieces; also, material made into sheets.
Sheeting (n.) Fabric from which bed sheets are made.
Sheik (n.) The head of an Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe; also, the chief magistrate of an Arab village. The name is also applied to Mohammedan ecclesiastics of a high grade. [Written also scheik, shaik, sheikh.]
Sheik (n.) The leader of an Arab village or family [syn: sheik, tribal sheik, sheikh, tribal sheikh, Arab chief].
Sheik (n.) A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance [syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse]
Sheil (n.) Alt. of Sheiling.
Sheiling (n.) See Sheeling.
Shekel (n.) An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.
Note: A common estimate makes the shekel equal in weight to about 130 grains for gold, 224 grains for silver, and 450 grains for copper, and the approximate values of the coins are (gold) $5.00, (silver) 60 cents, and (copper half shekel), one and one half cents.
Shekel (n.) pl. A jocose term for money.
Shekel (n.) The basic unit of money in Israel.
Shekel, () Weight, the common standard both of weight and value among the Hebrews. It is estimated at 220 English grains, or a little more than half an ounce avoirdupois. The "shekel of the sanctuary" (Ex. 30:13; Num. 3:47) was equal to twenty gerahs (Ezek. 45:12). There were shekels of gold (1 Chr. 21:25), of silver (1 Sam. 9:8), of brass (17:5), and of iron (7). When it became a coined piece of money, the shekel of gold was equivalent to about 2 pound of our money. Six gold shekels, according to the later Jewish system, were equal in value to fifty silver ones.
The temple contribution, with which the public sacrifices were bought (Ex. 30:13; 2 Chr. 24:6), consisted of one common shekel, or a sanctuary half-shekel, equal to two Attic drachmas. The coin, a stater (q.v.), which Peter found in the fish's mouth paid this contribution for both him and Christ (Matt. 17:24, 27). A zuza, or quarter of a shekel, was given by Saul to Samuel (1 Sam. 9:8).
Shekinah (n.) The visible majesty of the Divine Presence, especially when resting or dwelling between the cherubim on the mercy seat, in the Tabernacle, or in the Temple of Solomon; -- a term used in the Targums and by the later Jews, and adopted by Christians. [Written also Shechinah.] -- Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.)
Sheld (a.) Variegated; spotted; speckled; piebald. [Prov. Eng.] Sheldafle
Sheldafle (n.) Alt. of Sheldaple.
Sheldaple (n.) A chaffinch.
Sheldfowl (n.) The common sheldrake.
Sheldrake (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. ({Tadorna cornuta syn. Tadorna tadorna), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows.
Note: It has the head and neck greenish black, the breast, sides, and forward part of the back brown, the shoulders and middle of belly black, the speculum green, and the bill and frontal bright red. Called also shelduck, shellduck, sheldfowl, skeelduck, bergander, burrow duck, and links goose.
Note: The Australian sheldrake ({Tadorna radja) has the head, neck, breast, flanks, and wing coverts white, the upper part of the back and a band on the breast deep chestnut, and the back and tail black. The chestnut sheldrake of Australia ({Casarca tadornoides) is varied with black and chestnut, and has a dark green head and neck. The ruddy sheldrake, or Braminy duck ({Casarca rutila), and the white-winged sheldrake ({Casarca leucoptera), are related Asiatic species.
Sheldrake (n.) Any one of the American mergansers.
Note: The name is also loosely applied to other ducks, as the canvasback, and the shoveler.
Sheldrake (n.) Large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges [syn: merganser, fish duck, sawbill, sheldrake].
Sheldrake (n.) Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill.
Shelduck (n.) The sheldrake.
Shelves (n. pl. ) of Shelf.
Shelf (n.) (Arch.) [C] （書櫥等的）架子；擱板； 架子（或擱板）上的東西；擱板的容量；擱板狀物；突出的岩石；沙洲；暗礁 A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.
Shelf (n.) A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships.
On the tawny sands and shelves. -- Milton.
On the secret shelves with fury cast. -- Dryden.
Shelf (n.) (Mining) A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock.
Shelf (n.) (Naut.) A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads. -- D. Kemp.
To lay on the shelf, To lay aside as unnecessary or useless; to dismiss; to discard.
Shelf (n.) A support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects.
Shelf (n.) A projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water [syn: ledge, shelf]
Shelf, () A public library of classes for the Eiffel language.
Shelf life (n.) （罐裝食品等的）保存期限；貨架壽命；耐儲時間 The length of time a packaged food or drug will last without deteriorating.
Shelfy (a.) Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows. "A shelfy coast." -- Dryden.
Shelfy (a.) Full of strata of rock. [Obs.]
The tillable fields are in some places . . . so shelfy that the corn hath much ado to fasten its root. -- Carew.
Shelfy (a.) Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; "reefy shallows"; "shoaly waters" [syn: reefy, shelfy, shelvy, shoaly].
Shell (n.) A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal. Specifically:
Shell (n.) The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell.
Shell (n.) A pod.
Shell (n.) The hard covering of an egg.
Think him as a serpent's egg, . . . And kill him in the shell. -- Shak.
Shell (n.) (Zool.) The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like.
Shell (n.) (Zool.) Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering.
Shell (n.) (Mil.) A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb.
Shell (n.) The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms.
Shell (n.) Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house.
Shell (n.) A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one. -- Knight.
Shell (n.) An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell.
When Jubal struck the chorded shell. -- Dryden.
Shell (n.) An engraved copper roller used in print works.
Shell (n.) pl. The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc.
Shell (n.) (Naut.) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
Shell (n.) A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell.
Shell (n.) Something similar in form or action to an ordnance shell; specif.:
Shell (n.) (Fireworks) A case or cartridge containing a charge of explosive material, which bursts after having been thrown high into the air. It is often elevated through the agency of a larger firework in which it is contained.
Shell (n.) (Oil Wells) A torpedo.
Shell (n.) A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.
Shell
(n.) A
gouge bit or shell bit.
Message shell, A bombshell inside of which papers may be put, in
order to convey messages.
Shell bit, A tool shaped like a gouge, used with a brace in boring wood. See Bit, n., 3.
Shell button. (a) A button made of shell.
Shell button. (b) A hollow button made of two pieces, as of metal, one for the front and the other for the back, -- often covered with cloth, silk, etc.
Shell cameo, A cameo cut in shell instead of stone.
Shell flower. (Bot.) Same as Turtlehead.
Shell gland. (Zool.) (a) A glandular organ in which the rudimentary shell is formed in embryonic mollusks.
Shell gland. (Zool.) (b) A glandular organ which secretes the eggshells of various worms, crustacea, mollusks, etc.
Shell gun, A cannon suitable for throwing shells.
Shell ibis (Zool.), The openbill of India.
Shell jacket, An undress military jacket.
Shell lime, Lime made by burning the shells of shellfish.
Shell marl (Min.), A kind of marl characterized by an abundance of shells, or fragments of shells.
Shell meat, Food consisting of shellfish, or testaceous mollusks. -- Fuller.
Shell mound. See under Mound.
Shell of a boiler, The exterior of a steam boiler, forming a case to contain the water and steam, often inclosing also flues and the furnace; the barrel of a cylindrical, or locomotive, boiler.
Shell road, A road of which the surface or bed is made of shells, as oyster shells.
Shell sand, Minute fragments of shells constituting a considerable part of the seabeach in some places.
Shell (v. i.) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
Shell (v. i.) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling.
Shell (v. i.) To be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping.
Shelled (imp. & p. p.) of Shell.
Shelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shell.
Shell (v. t.) To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell oysters.
Shell (v. t.) To separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat, oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk.
Shell (v. t.) To throw shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to shell a town.
To shell out, to distribute freely; to bring out or pay, as money. [Colloq.]
Shell (n.) Ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun.
Shell (n.) The material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals.
Shell (n.) Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles [syn: carapace, shell, cuticle, shield].
Shell (n.) The hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts.
Shell (n.) The exterior covering of a bird's egg [syn: shell, eggshell].
Shell (n.) A rigid covering that envelops an object; "the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice."
Shell (n.) A very light narrow racing boat [syn: shell, racing shell].
Shell (n.) The housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case" [syn: shell, case, casing].
Shell (n.) A metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) [syn: plate, scale, shell].
Shell (n.) The hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod.
Shell (v.) Use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day" [syn: blast, shell].
Shell (v.) Create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain" [syn: blast, shell].
Shell (v.) Fall out of the pod or husk; "The corn shelled."
Shell (v.) Hit the pitches of hard and regularly; "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning."
Shell (v.) Look for and collect shells by the seashore.
Shell (v.) Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" [syn: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish].
Shell (v.) Remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels."
Shell (v.) Remove the husks from; "husk corn" [syn: husk, shell].
Shell (n.) [techspeak] The command interpreter used to pass commands to an operating system; so called because it is the part of the operating system that interfaces with the outside world.
Shell (n.) More generally, any interface program that mediates access to a special resource or server for convenience, efficiency, or security reasons; for this meaning, the usage is usually a shell around whatever. This sort of program is also called a wrapper.
Shell (n.). A skeleton program, created by hand or by another program (like, say, a parser generator), which provides the necessary incantations to set up some task and the control flow to drive it (the term driver is sometimes used synonymously). The user is meant to fill in whatever code is needed to get real work done. This usage is common in the AI and Microsoft Windows worlds, and confuses Unix hackers.
Historical note: Apparently, the original Multics shell (sense 1) was so called because it was a shell (sense 3); it ran user programs not by starting up separate processes, but by dynamically linking the programs into its own code, calling them as subroutines, and then dynamically de-linking them on return. The VMS command interpreter still does something very like this.
SHELL, () An early system on the Datatron 200 series.
[Listed
in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
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Shell, () (Originally from Multics, widely propagated via Unix) The command interpreter used to pass commands to an operating system; so called because it is the part of the operating system that interfaces with the outside world.
The commonest Unix shells are the c shell ({csh) and the Bourne shell ({sh).
Shell, () (Or "wrapper") Any interface program that mediates access to a special resource or server for convenience, efficiency, or security reasons; for this meaning, the usage is usually "a shell around" whatever.
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Shell-lac (n.) Alt. of Shellac.
Shellac (n.) See the Note under 2d Lac.
Shellapple (n.) See Sheldafle.
Shellbark (n.) A species of hickory (Carya alba) whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut.
Shelled (a.) Having a shell.
Sheller (n.) One who, or that which, shells; as, an oyster sheller; a corn sheller.
Shellfish (n.) Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs.
Shelling (n.) Groats; hulled oats.
Shell-less (a.) Having no shell.
Shellproof (a.) Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof.
Shellwork (n.) Work composed of shells, or adorned with them. -- Cotgrave.
Shelly (a.) Abounding with shells; consisting of shells, or of a shell. "The shelly shore." -- Prior.
Shrinks backward in his shelly cave. -- Shak.
Shelly, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 266
Housing Units (2000): 122
Land area (2000): 0.209259 sq. miles (0.541979 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.209259 sq. miles (0.541979 sq. km)
FIPS code: 59566
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 47.457995 N, 96.819250 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56581
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Shelly, MN
Shelly
Shelter (v. i.) To take shelter.
There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool. -- Milton.
Shelter (n.) 遮蓋物；躲避處；避難所 [C] [（+from）]； 掩蔽，遮蔽；庇護，保護；避難 [U] [（+from）] That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.
The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid, From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade. -- Pope.
Shelter (n.) One who protects; a guardian; a defender.
Thou [God] hast been a shelter for me. -- Ps. lxi. 3.
Shelter (n.) The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.
Who into shelter takes their tender bloom. -- Young.
Shelter tent, A small tent made of pieces of cotton duck arranged to button together. In field service the soldiers carry the pieces.
Syn: Asylum; refuge; retreat; covert; sanctuary; protection; defense; security.
Sheltered (imp. & p. p.) of Shelter.
Sheltering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shelter.
Shelter (v. t.) （使）掩蔽，遮蔽；庇護；保護 [（+from）] To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect.
Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head. -- Dryden.
You have no convents . . . in which such persons may be received and sheltered. -- Southey.
Shelter (v. t.) To screen or cover from notice; to disguise.
In vain I strove to cheek my growing flame, Or shelter passion under friendship's name. -- Prior.
Shelter (v. t.) To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively.
They sheltered themselves under a rock. -- Abp. Abbot.
Shelter (n.) A structure that provides privacy and protection from danger.
Shelter (n.) Protective covering that provides protection from the weather.
Shelter (n.) The condition of being protected; "they were huddled together for protection"; "he enjoyed a sense of peace and protection in his new home" [syn: protection, shelter].
Shelter (n.) A way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings [syn: tax shelter, shelter].
Shelter (n.) Temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons.
Shelter (v.) Provide shelter for; "After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people."
Shelter (v.) Invest (money) so that it is not taxable.
Shelterless (a.) Destitute of shelter or protection.
Now sad and shelterless perhaps she lies. -- Rowe.
Sheltery (a.) Affording shelter. [R.] Sheltie
Sheltie (n.) Alt. of Shelty.
Shelty (n.) A Shetland pony.
Shelve (v. t.) To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.
Shelve (v. t.) To place on a shelf. Hence: To lay on the shelf; to put aside; to dismiss from service; to put off indefinitely; as, to shelve an officer; to shelve a claim.
Shelved (imp. & p. p.) of Shelve.
Shelving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shelve.
Shelve (v. i.) To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore.
Shelve (v.) Hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off].
Shelve (v.) Place on a shelf; "shelve books."
Shelving (a.) Sloping gradually; inclining; as, a shelving shore. -- Shak. "Shelving arches." -- Addison.
Shelving (n.) The act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet.
Shelving (n.) The act of laying on a shelf, or on the shelf; putting off or aside; as, the shelving of a claim.
Shelving (n.) Material for shelves; shelves, collectively.
Shelvy (a.) Sloping gradually; shelving.
The shore was shelving and shallow. -- Shak.
Shelvy (a.) Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; "reefy shallows"; "shoaly waters" [syn: reefy, shelfy, shelvy, shoaly].
Semite (n.) One belonging to the Semitic race. Also used adjectively. [Written also Shemite.]
Shemite (n.) A descendant of Shem. Shemitic
Shemitic (a.) Alt. of Shemitish.
Compare: Semitic
Semitic (a.) Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races. [Written also Shemitic.]
Semitic language, A name used to designate a group of Asiatic and African languages, some living and some dead, namely: Hebrew and Ph[oe]nician, Aramaic, Assyrian, Arabic, Ethiopic (Geez and Ampharic). -- Encyc. Brit.
Shemitish (a.) Of or pertaining to Shem, the son of Noah, or his descendants. See Semitic.
Shemitism (n.) See Semitism.
Schengen agreement (Proper noun) 申根公約 An intergovernmental agreement on the relaxation of border controls between participating European countries, first signed in Schengen, Luxembourg, in June 1985 by France, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. A revised version of the agreement was incorporated into the European Union in 1999 and widened to include non-EU members of a similar Nordic union.
The Schengen Area (n.) 申根區（The Schengen Area）是指履行1985年盧森堡申根鎮《申根公約》26個歐洲簽約國組成的區域。對於國際旅行者而言，該區域非常像一個單獨的國家，進出這一區域需要經過邊境管制，而在該區域內的各個國家之間卻幾乎不存在邊境管制。
申根區亦包含冰島、列支敦斯登、挪威和瑞士這四個非歐盟國家，以及摩納哥、聖馬利諾和梵蒂岡這三個亦不屬於歐盟的微型國家。雖然有非歐盟國家的存在，但1999年通過的《阿姆斯特丹條約》使《申根既有規範（英語：Schengen acquis）》正式成為了歐盟法律的一部分。除了愛爾蘭外，其餘的歐盟國家均被要求履行《申根既有規範》，但克羅埃西亞、羅馬尼亞、保加利亞和賽普勒斯尚未履行該協議。目前申根區已包含超過4億的人口，面積達4,312,099平方公里 [1]。
Is an area comprising 26 European states that have officially abolished all passport and all other types of border control at their mutual borders. The area mostly functions as a single jurisdiction for international travel purposes, with a common visa policy. The area is named after the 1985 Schengen Agreement signed in Schengen, Luxembourg.
Of the 27 EU member states, 22 participate in the Schengen Area. Of the five EU members that are not part of the Schengen Area, four—Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, and Romania—are legally obliged to join the area in the future, while the other one—Ireland—maintains an opt-out. The four European Free Trade Association (EFTA) member states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland, are not members of the EU, but have signed agreements in association with the Schengen Agreement. Three European microstates that are not members of the European Union but which are enclaves or semi-enclave within an EU member state—Monaco, San Marino, and Vatican City—are de facto part of the Schengen Area.
Shent (imp. & p. p.) of Shend.
Shending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shend.
Shend (n.) To injure, mar, spoil, or harm.
Shend (n.) To blame, reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or put to shame.
Shendful (a.) Destructive; ruinous; disgraceful.
Shendship (n.) Harm; ruin; also, reproach; disgrace.
Shent () obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Shend, for shendeth.
Shent (v. t.) To shend.
Sheol (n.) The place of departed spirits; Hades; also, the grave.
Shepen (n.) A stable; a shippen.
Shepherd (n.) 牧羊者，牧師，指導者 A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large.
Shepherd (n.) The pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others.
Shepherd (n.) [ C ] 牧羊人 A person whose job is to take care of sheep and move them from one place to another.
// A shepherd boy.
Shepherd (v.) [ T usually + adv./ prep. ] (People) 帶領，引導 To make a group of people move to where you want them to go, especially in a kind, helpful, and careful way.
// He shepherded the old people towards the dining room.
Shepherd (v.) [ T usually + adv./ prep. ] (Sheep) 牧羊人 To move sheep from one place to another.
// The dogs shepherded the sheep into the pens.
Shepherded (imp. & p. p.) of Shepherd.
Shepherding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shepherd.
Shepherd (v. t.) 看守，領導，指導，牧羊 To tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd.
Shepherdess (n.) 牧羊女 A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass.