Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 70
Shoaling (a.) Becoming shallow gradually. "A shoaling estuary." -- Lyell.
Shoaly (a.) Full of shoals, or shallow places.
The tossing vessel sailed on shoaly ground. -- Dryden.
Shoar (n.) A prop. See 3d Shore.
Shoat (n.) A young hog. Same as Shote.
Shoat (n.) A young pig [syn: piglet, piggy, shoat, 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.
And cause it on shocks to be by and by set. -- Tusser.
Behind the master walks, builds up the shocks. -- Thomson.
Shock (n.) [G. schock.] (Com.) 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.
Reap well, scatter not, gather clean that is shorn, Bind fast, shock apace. -- Tusser.
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.
These strong, unshaken mounds resist the shocks Of tides and seas tempestuous. -- Blackmore.
He stood the shock of a whole host of foes. -- Addison.
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. "A shock of pleasure." -- Talfourd.
Shock (n.) (Med.) 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.) (Elec.) 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.
Syn: Concussion, Shock.
Usage: Both words signify a sudden violent shaking caused by impact or colision; but concussion is restricted in use to matter, while shock is used also of mental states.
Shocked (imp. & p. p.) of Shock.
Shocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shock.
Shock (v. t.) To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence.
Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them. -- Shak.
I shall never forget the force with which he shocked De Vipont. -- Sir W. Scott.
Shock (v. t.) To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates.
Advise him not to shock a father's will. -- Dryden.
Shock (v. t.) (Physiol.) To subject to the action of an electrical discharge so as to cause a more or less violent depression or commotion of the nervous system.
Shock (v. i.) To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter. "They saw the moment approach when the two parties would shock together." -- De Quincey.
Shock (n.) (Zool.) 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.
His red shock peruke . . . was laid aside. -- Sir W. Scott.
Shock (n.) The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally; "his mother's death left him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock" [syn: daze, shock, stupor].
Shock (n.) The violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat; "the armies met in the shock of battle" [syn: shock, impact].
Shock (n.) A reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body; "subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response"; "electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks" [syn: electric shock, electrical shock, shock].
Shock (n.) (Pathology) Bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor; "loss of blood is an important cause of shock."
Shock (n.) An instance of agitation of the earth's crust; "the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch" [syn: shock, seismic disturbance].
Shock (n.) An unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured" [syn: shock, blow].
Shock (n.) A pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field; "corn is bound in small sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks"; "whole fields of wheat in shock."
Shock (n.) A bushy thick mass (especially hair); "he had an unruly shock of black hair."
Shock (n.) A sudden jarring impact; "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers" [syn: jolt, jar, jounce, shock].
Shock (n.) A mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; "the old car needed a new set of shocks" [syn: shock absorber, shock, cushion].
Shock (v.) Surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted" [syn: shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback].
Shock (v.) Strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage].
Shock (v.) Strike with horror or terror; "The news of the bombing shocked her."
Shock (v.) Collide violently.
Shock (v.) Collect or gather into shocks; "shock grain."
Shock (v.) Subject to electrical shocks.
Shock (v.) Inflict a trauma upon [syn: traumatize, traumatise, shock].
Shockdog (n.) (Zool.) See 7th Shock, 1.
Shock-head (a.) Shock-headed. -- Tennyson.
Shock-headed (a.) Having a thick and bushy head of hair.
Shock-headed (a.) Having a shock (or untidy mass) of hair; "shock-headed teenagers."
Shocking (a.) Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting.
The grossest and most shocking villainies. -- Secker. -- Shock"ing*ly, adv. -- Shock"ing*ness, n.
Shocking (a.) Glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident" [syn: lurid, shocking].
Shocking (a.) Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time" [syn: disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking].
Shockumentary (n.) 驚世駭俗的影片 A documentary film or programme that deals with subjects such as death or violence in a graphic and often sensationalized way.
// For those who relish every bloody detail, we now have shockumentaries.
Shod (imp. & p. p.) of Shoe.
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.
Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a factitious pride. -- Compton Reade.
Shoddy (a.) Of poor quality or inferior workmanship. -- [RHUD]
Shoddy (a.) Visibly worn or damaged from use; shabby.
Shoddy (n.) A fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.
Shoddy (n.) Fluffy, fibrous waste from wool carding, worsted spinning, or weaving of woolens.
Shoddy (n.) A fabric of inferior quality made of, or containing a large amount of, shoddy.
Note: The great quantity of shoddy goods furnished as army supplies in the late Civil War in the United States gave wide currency to the word, and it came to be applied to persons who pretend to a higher position in society than that to which their breeding or worth entitles them; this term is now (1997) rarely used in that sense.
Shoddy (a.) Cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist [syn: cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry].
Shoddy (a.) Of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses" [syn: jerry-built, shoddy].
Shoddy (a.) Designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleadingsimilarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are
misleading"; "shoddy business practices" [syn: deceptive, misleading, shoddy].
Shoddy (n.) Reclaimed wool fiber.
Shoddyism (n.) The quality or state of being shoddy. [Colloq.] See the Note under Shoddy, n.
Shode (n.) The parting of the hair on the head. [Obs.]
Full straight and even lay his jolly shode. -- Chaucer.
Shode (n.) The top of the head; the head. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Shode
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 (n. pl. ) of Shoe.
Shoon (n. 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.
Your hose should be ungartered, . . . yourshoe untied. -- Shak.
Spare none but such as go in clouted shoon. -- Shak.
Shoe (n.) Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use. Specifically:
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.) (Arch.) 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.) (Milling.) 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.) (Mach.) 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.
Note: Shoe is often used adjectively, or in composition; as, shoe buckle, or shoe-buckle; shoe latchet, or shoe-latchet; shoe leathet, or shoe-leather; shoe string, shoe-string, or shoestring.
Shoe (n.) The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, esp. for an automobile.
Shoe of an anchor. (Naut.) A small block of wood, convex on the back, with a hole to receive the point of the anchor fluke, -- used to prevent the anchor from tearing the planks of the vessel when raised or lowered.
Shoe of an anchor. (Naut.) A broad, triangular piece of plank placed upon the fluke to give it a better hold in soft ground.
Shoe block (Naut.), A block with two sheaves, one above the other, and at right angles to each other.
Shoe bolt, A bolt with a flaring head, for fastening shoes on sleigh runners.
Shoe pac, A kind of moccasin. See Pac.
Shoe stone, A sharpening stone used by shoemakers and other workers in leather.
Shod (imp. & p. p.) of Shoe.
Shoeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoe.
Shoe (v. t.) To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor.
Shoe (v. t.) To protect or ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe; to tip.
The sharp and small end of the billiard stick, which is shod with brass or silver. -- Evelyn.
Shoe (n.) Footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material.
Shoe (n.) (Card games) A case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time.
Shoe (n.) U-shaped plate nailed to underside of horse's hoof [syn: horseshoe, shoe].
Shoe (n.) A restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation [syn: brake shoe, shoe, skid].
Shoe (v.) Furnish with shoes; "the children were well shoed."
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Shoe, () Of various forms, from the mere sandal (q.v.) to the complete covering of the foot. The word so rendered (A.V.) in Deut. 33:25, _min'al_, "a bar," is derived from a root meaning "to bolt" or "shut fast," and hence a fastness or fortress. The verse has accordingly been rendered "iron and brass shall be thy fortress," or, as in the Revised Version, "thy bars [marg., "shoes"] shall be iron and brass."
Shoebill (n.) (Zool.) 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.
Shoebill (n.) Large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe [syn: shoebill,
shoebird, Balaeniceps rex].
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.