Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 67
Shepherdias (n. pl. ) of Shepherdia
Shepherdia (n.) (Bot.) A genus of
shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as
Elaeagnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under
Shepherdish (n.) Resembling a shepherd; suiting a shepherd; pastoral. -- Sir T. Sidney.
Shepherdism (n.) Pastoral life or occupation.
Shepherdling (n.) A little shepherd.
Shepherdly (a.) Resembling, or becoming to, a shepherd; pastoral; rustic. [R.] -- Jer. Taylor.
Shepster (n.) A seamstress. [Obs.] -- Caxton.
Sherbet (n.) A refreshing drink, common in the East, made of the juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways; as, orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry sherbet, etc.
Sherbet (n.) A flavored water ice.
Sherbet (n.) A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, sugar, etc., variously flavored, for making an effervescing drink; -- called also sherbet powder.
Sherbet (n.) A frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice and sugar, but also containing milk or egg-white or gelatin [syn: sherbert, sherbet].
Sherd (n.) A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd. See Shard.
The thigh . . . which all in sherds it drove. -- Chapman. Shereef
Shard (n.) A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail. -- Shak.
The precious dish Broke into shards of beauty on the board. -- E. Arnold.
Shard (n.) (Zool.) The hard wing case of a beetle.
They are his shards, and he their beetle. -- Shak.
Shard (n.) A gap in a fence. [Obs.] -- Stanyhurst.
Shard (n.) A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.] -- Spenser.
Sherd (n.) A broken piece of a brittle artifact [syn: shard, sherd, fragment].
Shereef (n.) Alt. of Sherif
Sherif (n.) A member of an Arab princely family descended from Mohammed through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima. The Grand Shereef is the governor of Mecca.
Sheriat (n.) The sacred law of the Turkish empire.
Sheriff (n.) 郡治安官，州長 The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace.
Note: In England, sheriffs are appointed by the king. In the United States, sheriffs are elected by the legislature or by the citizens, or appointed and commissioned by the executive of the State. The office of sheriff in England is judicial and ministerial. In the United States, it is mainly ministerial. The sheriff, by himself or his deputies, executes civil and criminal process throughout the county, has charge of the jail and prisoners, attends courts, and keeps the peace. His judicial authority is generally confined to ascertaining damages on writs of inquiry and the like. Sheriff, in Scotland, called sheriff depute, is properly a judge, having also certain ministerial powers. Sheriff clerk is the clerk of the Sheriff's Court in Scotland. Sheriff's Court in London is a tribunal having cognizance of certain personal actions in that city. --Wharton, Tomlins. Erskine. Sheriffship, Sheriffry, Sheriffdom, Sheriffalty.
Sheriff (n.) The principal law-enforcement officer in a county.
SHERIFF. () The name of the chief officer of the county. In Latin he is called vice comes, because in England he represented the comes or earl. His name is said to be derived from the Saxon seyre, shire or county, and reve, keeper, bailiff, or guardian.
SHERIFF. () The general duties of the sheriff are, 1st. To keep the peace within the county; he may apprehend, and commit to prison all persons who break the peace or attempt to break it, and bind any one in a recognizance to keep the peace. He is required ex officio, to pursue and take all traitors, murderers, felons and rioters. He has the keeping of the county gaol and he is bound to defend it against all attacks. He may command the posse comitatus. (q.v.)
SHERIFF. () In his ministerial capacity, the sheriff is bound to execute within his county or bailiwick, all process issuing from the courts of the commonwealth.
SHERIFF. () The sheriff also possesses a judicial capacity, but this is very much circumscribed to what it was at common law in England. It is now generally confined to ascertain damages on writs of inquiry and the like.
SHERIFF. () Generally speaking the sheriff has no authority out of his county. 2 Rolle's Rep. 163; Plowd, 37 a. He may, however, do mere ministerial acts out of his county, as making a return. Dalt. Sh. 22. Vide, generally, the various Digests and Abridgments, h.t.; Dalt. Sher.; Wats. Off. and Duty of Sheriff; Wood's Inst. 75; 18 Eng. Com. Law Rep. 177; 2 Phil. Ev. 213; Chit. Pr. Index, h.t.; Chit. Pr. Law, Index, h.t.
SHERIFF, (n.) In America the chief executive office of a country, whose most characteristic duties, in some of the Western and Southern States, are the catching and hanging of rogues.
John Elmer Pettibone Cajee (I write of him with little glee) Was just as bad as he could be.
'Twas frequently remarked: "I swon! The sun has never looked upon So bad a man as Neighbor John."
A sinner through and through, he had This added fault: it made him mad To know another man was bad.
In such a case he thought it right To rise at any hour of night And quench that wicked person's light.
Despite the town's entreaties, he Would hale him to the nearest tree And leave him swinging wide and free.
Or sometimes, if the humor came, A luckless wight's reluctant frame Was given to the cheerful flame.
While it was turning nice and brown, All unconcerned John met the frown Of that austere and righteous town.
"How sad," his neighbors said, "that he So scornful of the law should be -- An anar c, h, i, s, t."
(That is the way that they preferred To utter the abhorrent word, So strong the aversion that it stirred.)
"Resolved," they said, continuing, "That Badman John must cease this thing Of having his unlawful fling.
"Now, by these sacred relics" -- here Each man had out a souvenir Got at a lynching yesteryear --
"By these we swear he shall forsake His ways, nor cause our hearts to ache By sins of rope and torch and stake.
"We'll tie his red right hand until He'll have small freedom to fulfil The mandates of his lawless will."
So, in convention then and there, They named him Sheriff. The affair Was opened, it is said, with prayer. J. Milton Sloluck
Sheriffalty (n.) 郡長職位；郡長管轄權；郡長任期 Alt. of Sheriffwick
Sheriffdom (n.) （為郡司法長官，郡治安官，警察局長之）轄區，職務等 Alt. of Sheriffwick
Sheriffry (n.) Alt. of Sheriffwick
Sheriffship (n.) Alt. of Sheriffwick
Sheriffwick (n.) 郡長的職務（或職權、任期）；縣行政司法官的職務（或職權、任期）The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See Shrievalty.
SHERIFFALTY. () The office of sheriff, the time during which a sheriff is to remain in office.
Shern (n.) See Shearn. [Obs.]
Shearn (n.) Dung; excrement. [Obs.] [Written also shern.] -- Holland.
Sherris (n.) Sherry. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Sherry (n.) A Spanish light-colored dry wine, made in Andalusia. As prepared for commerce it is colored a straw color or a deep amber by mixing with it cheap wine boiled down.
Sherry cobbler, A beverage prepared with sherry wine, water, lemon or orange, sugar, ice, etc., and usually imbided through a straw or a glass tube.
Sherry (n.) Dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as an aperitif.
Sherryvallies (n. pl.) Trousers or overalls of thick cloth or leather, buttoned on the outside of each leg, and generally worn to protect other trousers when riding on horseback. [Local, U.S.] -- Bartlett.
Shet (imp.) of Shet
Shette () of Shet
Shet (p. pr.) of Shet
Shetting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shet
Shet (v. t. & i.) To shut.
Shete (v. t. & i.) To shoot. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- Chaucer.
Sheth (n.) The part of a plow which projects downward beneath the beam, for holding the share and other working parts; -- also called standard, or post.
Sheth, () Tumult. (1.) "The children of Sheth" (Num. 24:17); R.V., "the sons of tumult," which is probably the correct rendering, as there is no evidence that this is a proper name here.
Sheth, () The antediluvian patriarch (1 Chr. 1:1).
Shetland pony () One of a small, hardy breed of horses, with long mane and tail, which originated in the Shetland Islands; a sheltie.
Shew (v. t. & i.) See Show.
Shew (n.) Show.
Shewbread () See Showbread.
Shewel (n.) A scarecrow.
Shewer (n.) One who shews. See Shower.
Shewn () p. p. of Shew.
Shiah (n.) Same as Shiite.
Shibboleth (n.) A word which was made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites from the Gileadites. The Ephraimites, not being able to pronounce sh, called the word sibboleth. See Judges xii.
Shibboleth (n.) Also in an extended sense.
Shibboleth (n.) Hence, the criterion, test, or watchword of a party; a party cry or pet phrase.
Shide (n.) A thin board; a billet of wood; a splinter.
Shie (v. t.) See Shy, to throw.
Shied () imp. & p. p. of Shy.
Shiel (n.) A sheeling.
Shield (n.) A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler.
Shield (n.) Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
Shield (n.) Figuratively, one who protects or defends.
Shield (n.) In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
Shield (n.) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon.
Shield (n.) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
Shield (n.) A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield.
Shield (n.) A coin, the old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
Shielded (imp. & p. p.) of Shield
Shielding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shield
Shield (n.) To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury.
Shield (n.) To ward off; to keep off or out.
Shield (n.) To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!
Shield-bearer (n.) One who, or that which, carries a shield.
Shield-bearer (n.) Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves.
Shielddrake (n.) A sheldrake.
Shieldless (a.) Destitute of a shield, or of protection.
Shieldtail (n.) Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidae, native of Ceylon and Southern Asia. They have a small mouth which can not be dilated.
Shieling (n.) A hut or shelter for shepherds of fishers. See Sheeling.
Shifted (imp. & p. p.) of Shift
Shifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shift
Shift (v. t.) To divide; to distribute; to apportion.
Shift (v. t.) To change the place of; to move or remove from one place to another; as, to shift a burden from one shoulder to another; to shift the blame.
Shift (v. t.) To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails.
Shift (v. t.) To exchange for another of the same class; to remove and to put some similar thing in its place; to change; as, to shift the clothes; to shift the scenes.
Shift (v. t.) To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively.
Shift (v. t.) To put off or out of the way by some expedient.
Shiff (v. i.) To divide; to distribute.
Shiff (v. i.) To make a change or changes; to change position; to move; to veer; to substitute one thing for another; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb.
Shiff (v. i.) To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
Shiff (v. i.) To practice indirect or evasive methods.
Shiff (v. i.) To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; -- said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted.
Shift (v. t.) The act of shifting.
Shift (v. t.) The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution.
Shift (v. t.) Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise.
Shift (v. t.) The change of one set of workmen for another; hence, a spell, or turn, of work; also, a set of workmen who work in turn with other sets; as, a night shift.
Shift (v. t.) In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
Shift (v. t.) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
Shift (v. t.) A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin.
Shiftable (a.) Admitting of being shifted.
Shifter (n.) One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.
Shifter (n.) An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
Shifter (n.) An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
Shifter (n.) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
Shiftiness (n.) The quality or state of being shifty.
Shifting (a.) Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles.
Shifting (a.) Adapted or used for shifting anything.
Shiftingly (adv.) In a shifting manner.
Shiftless (a.) Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless management.
Shifty (a.) Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance.
Shiite (n.) Alt. of Shiah
Shiah (n.) A member of that branch of the Mohammedans to which the Persians belong. They reject the first three caliphs, and consider Ali as being the first and only rightful successor of Mohammed. They do not acknowledge the Sunna, or body of traditions respecting Mohammed, as any part of the law, and on these accounts are treated as heretics by the Sunnites, or orthodox Mohammedans.
Shikaree (n.) Alt. of Shikari
Shikari (n.) A sportsman; esp., a native hunter.