Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 74
Shrift (n.) Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it. -- Chaucer.
Have you got leave to go to shrift to-day? -- Shak.
Therefore, my lord, address you to your shrift, And be yourself; for you must die this instant. -- Rowe.
Shrift father, A priest to whom confession is made.
Shrift (n.) The act of being shriven.
Shright () imp. & p. p. of Shriek.
She cried alway and shright. -- Chaucer.
Shright (n.) A shriek; shrieking. [Obs] -- Spenser. "All hoarse for shright." -- Chaucer.
Shrike (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L. borealis), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. See under Butcher.
Note: The ant shrikes, or bush shrikes, are clamatorial birds of the family Formicaridae. The cuckoo shrikes of the East Indies and Australia are Oscines of the family Campephagidae. The drongo shrikes of the same regions belong to the related family Dicruridae. See Drongo.
Crow shrike. See under Crow.
Shrike thrush. (a) Any one of several species of Asiatic timaline birds of the genera Thamnocataphus, Gampsorhynchus, and allies.
Shrike thrush. (b) Any one of several species of shrikelike Australian singing birds of the genus Colluricincla.
Shrike tit. (a) Any one of several Australian birds of the genus Falcunculus, having a strong toothed bill and sharp claws. They creep over the bark of trees, like titmice, in search of insects.
Shrike tit. (b) Any one of several species of small Asiatic birds belonging to Allotrius, Pteruthius, Cutia, Leioptila, and allied genera, related to the true tits. Called also hill tit.
Swallow shrike. See under Swallow.
Shrike (n.) Any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals.
Shrill (v. i.) Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound.
Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give To sounds confused. -- Shak.
Let winds be shrill, let waves roll high. -- Byron.
Shrill (n.) A shrill sound. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Shrilled (imp. & p. p.) of Shrill.
Shrilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shrill.
Shrill (v. i.) To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill.
Break we our pipes, that shrilledloud as lark. -- Spenser.
No sounds were heard but of the shrilling cock. -- Goldsmith.
His voice shrilled with passion. -- L. Wallace.
Shrill (v. t.) To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.
How poor Andromache shrills her dolors forth. -- Shak.
Shrill (a.) Having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones ; "a shrill whistle"; "a shrill gaiety" [syn: shrill, sharp].
Shrill (a.) Being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism" [syn: strident, shrill].
Shrill (a.) Of colors that are bright and gaudy; "a shrill turquoise."
Shrill (v.) Utter a shrill cry [syn: shriek, shrill, pipe up, pipe].
Shrill-gorged (a.) Having a throat which produces a shrill note.
Shrillness (n.) The quality or state of being shrill.
Shrill-tongued (a.) Having a shrill voice.
Shrilly (adv.) In a shrill manner; acutely; with a sharp sound or voice.
Shrilly (a.) Somewhat shrill.
Shrimp (v. t.) To contract; to shrink. [Obs.]
Shrimp (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
Shrimp (n.) (Zool.) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form.
Shrimp (n.) (Zool.) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and Brine.
Shrimp (n.) Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt.
This weak and writhled shrimp. -- Shak.
Opossum shrimp. (Zool.) See under Opossum.
Spector shrimp, or Skeleton shrimp (Zool.), Any slender amphipod crustacean of the genus Caprella and allied genera. See Illust. under Laemodopoda.
Shrimp catcher (Zool.), The little tern ({Sterna minuta"> Shrimp catcher (Zool.), the little tern ({Sterna minuta).
Shrimp net, A dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net dragged over the fishing ground.
Shrimp (n.) Disparaging terms for small people [syn: runt, shrimp, peewee, half-pint].
Shrimp (n.) Any of various edible decapod crustaceans [syn: prawn, shrimp].
Shrimp (n.) Small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are.
Edible (v.) Fish for shrimp.
Shrimper (n.) One who fishes for shrimps.
Shrimper (n.) A vessel engaged in shrimping.
Shrine (v. t.) To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine. "Shrined in his sanctuary." -- Milton.
Shrine (n.) A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
Shrine (n.) Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.
Too weak the sacred shrine guard. -- Byron.
Shrine (n.) A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.
Shrine (n.) Short for Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, a secret fraternal organization professedly originated by one Kalif Alu, a son-in-law of Mohammed, at Mecca, in the year of the Hegira 25 (about 646 a. d.) In the modern order, established in the United States in 1872, only Knights Templars or thirty-second degree Masons are eligible for admission, though the order itself is not Masonic. A member of the order is popularly called a Shriner, and the order itself is sometimes called the Shriners.
Shrine (n.) A place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person.
Shrine (v.) Enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral" [syn: enshrine, shrine].
Shrank (imp.) of Shrink.
Shrunk () of Shrink.
Shrunk (p. p.) of Shrink.
Shrunken () of Shrink.
Shrinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shrink.
Shrink (v. i.) 收縮，縮短，皺縮；退縮，畏怯；變小，變少，變瘦 To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted.
And on a broken reed he still did stay His feeble steps, which shrunk when hard thereon he lay. -- Spenser.
I have not found that water, by mixture of ashes, will shrink or draw into less room. -- Bacon.
Against this fire do I shrink up. -- Shak.
And shrink like parchment in consuming fire. -- Dryden.
All the boards did shrink. -- Coleridge.
Shrink (v. i.) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress.
What happier natures shrink at with affright, The hard inhabitant contends is right. -- Pope.
They assisted us against the Thebans when you shrank from the task. -- Jowett (Thucyd.)
Shrink (v. i.) To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake. [R.] -- Shak.
Shrink (v. t.) 使收縮，使皺縮；使縮小，使變瘦 To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water.
Shrink (v. t.) To draw back; to withdraw. [Obs.]
The Libyc Hammon shrinks his horn. -- Milton.
To shrink on (Mach.), To fix (one piece or part) firmly around (another) by natural contraction in cooling, as a tire on a wheel, or a hoop upon a cannon, which is made slightly smaller than the part it is to fit, and expanded by heat till it can be slipped into place.
Shrink (n.) 收縮 [C] [U]；畏縮 [C] [U] The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal.
Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink, That I had less to praise. -- Leigh Hunt.
Shrink (n.) [Contraction of head-shrinker, a colloquial term for psychiatrist.] a psychiatrist. [Coll.]
Shrink (n.) A physician who specializes in psychiatry [syn: psychiatrist, head-shrinker, shrink].
Shrink (v.) Wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled" [syn: shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither].
Shrink (v.) Draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" [syn: flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail].
Shrink (v.) Reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?" [syn: shrink, reduce].
Shrink (v.) Become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank" [syn: shrink, contract] [ant: expand, spread out, stretch].
Shrink (v.) Decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me" [syn: shrink, shrivel].
Shrinkage (n.) 收縮；減低；低落；減少；（重量）損耗 The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement.
Shrinkage (n.) The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc.
Shrinkage (n.) Decrease in value; depreciation. [Colloq.]
Shrinkage (n.) Process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage" [syn: shrinking, shrinkage].
Shrinkage (n.) The amount by which something shrinks.
Shrinkage (n.) The act of stealing goods that are on display in a store; "shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting" [syn: shoplifting, shrinkage].
Shrinker (n.) 金屬板波紋壓機；收縮機；防縮冒口 One who shrinks; one who withdraws from danger.
Shrinking () a. & n. from Shrink.
Shrinkingly (adv.) 畏縮地；躊躇地 In a shrinking manner.
Shrivalty (n.) Shrievalty.
Shrived (imp.) of Shrive.
Shrove () of Shrive.
Shriven (p. p.) of Shrive.
Shrived () of Shrive.
Shriving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shrive.
Shrive (v. t.) 聽取懺悔而赦免其罪 To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent.
That they should shrive their parishioners. -- Piers Plowman.
Doubtless he shrives this woman, . . . Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech. -- Shak.
Till my guilty soul be shriven. -- Longfellow.
Shrive (v. t.) To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively.
Get you to the church and shrive yourself. -- Beau. & Fl.
Shrive (v. i.) 聽取懺悔；去懺悔（或認罪） To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution. -- Spenser.
Shrive (v.) Grant remission of a sin to; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's" [syn: {shrive}, {absolve}].
Shriveled (imp. & p. p.) of Shrivel.
Shrivelled () of Shrivel.
Shriveling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shrivel.
Shrivelling () of Shrivel.
Shrivel (v. i.) 枯萎；乾枯；皺縮 [（+up）]； 變得束手無策；變得無能為力；變得無用 To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up.
Shrivel (v. t.) 使枯萎，使乾枯；使皺縮；使束手無策；使無能為力；使無用 To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.
Shrivel (v.) Wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled" [syn: shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither].
Shrivel (v.) Decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me" [syn: shrink, shrivel].
Shriven () p. p. of Shrive.
Shriver (n.) One who shrives; a confessor.
Shriving (n.) Shrift; confession. -- Spenser.
Shroff (n.) A banker, or changer of money. [East Indies]
Shroffage (n.) A money dealer's commission; also, more commonly, the examination of coins, and the separation of the good from the debased.
Shrood (v. t.) To trim; to lop. [Prov. Eng.]
Shroud (n.) That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment. -- Piers Plowman.
Swaddled, as new born, in sable shrouds. -- Sandys.
Shroud (n.) Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet. "A dead man in his shroud." -- Shak.
Shroud (n.) That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
Jura answers through her misty shroud. -- Byron.
Shroud (n.) A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt. [Obs.]
The shroud to which he won His fair-eyed oxen. -- Chapman.
A vault, or shroud, as under a church. -- Withals.
Shroud (n.) The branching top of a tree; foliage. [R.]
The Assyrian wad a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and with a shadowing shroad. -- Ezek. xxxi. 3.
Shroud (n.) pl. (Naut.) A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts.
Shroud (n.) (Mach.) One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.
Bowsprit shrouds (Naut.), Ropes extending from the head of the bowsprit to the sides of the vessel.
Futtock shrouds (Naut.), Iron rods connecting the topmast rigging with the lower rigging, passing over the edge of the top.
Shroud plate. (a) (Naut.) An iron plate extending from the dead-eyes to the ship's side. -- Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Shroud plate. (b) (Mach.) A shroud. See def. 7, above.
Shrouded (imp. & p. p.) of Shroud.
Shrouding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shroud.
Shroud (v. t.) To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for the grave.
The ancient Egyptian mummies were shrouded in a number of folds of linen besmeared with gums. -- Bacon.
Shroud (v. t.) To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil.
One of these trees, with all his young ones, may shroud four hundred horsemen. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Some tempest rise, And blow out all the stars that light the skies, To shroud my shame. -- Dryden.
Shroud (v. i.) To take shelter or harbor. [Obs.]
If your stray attendance be yet lodged, Or shroud within these limits. -- Milton.
Shroud (v. t.) To lop. See Shrood. [Prov. Eng.]
Shroud (n.) A line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute.
Shroud (n.) (Nautical) A line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind [syn: sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud].
Shroud (n.) Burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped [syn: pall, shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes].
Shroud (v.) Cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery" [syn: shroud,
enshroud, hide, cover].
Shroud (v.) Form a cover like a shroud; "Mist shrouded the castle."
Shroud (v.) Wrap in a shroud; "shroud the corpses."
Shrouded (a.) Provided with a shroud or shrouds.
Shrouded gear (Mach.), A cogwheel or pinion having flanges which form closed ends to the spaces between the teeth and thus strengthen the teeth by tying them together.
Shrouding (n.) The shrouds. See Shroud, n., 7.
Shroud-laid (a.) Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; -- said of rope. See Illust. under Cordage.
Shroudless (a.) Without a shroud.
Shroudy (a.) Affording shelter. [R.] -- Milton.
Shrove () imp. of Shrive.
Shrove Sunday, Quinguagesima Sunday.
Shrove Tuesday, The Tuesday following Quinguagesima Sunday, and preceding the first day of Lent, or Ash Wednesday.
Note: It was formerly customary in England, on this day, for the people to confess their sins to their parish priests, after which they dined on pancakes, or fritters, and the occasion became one of merriment. The bell rung on this day is popularly called Pancake Bell, and the day itself Pancake Tuesday. -- P. Cyc.
Shrove (v. i.) To join in the festivities of Shrovetide; hence, to make merry. [Obs.] -- J. Fletcher.
Shrovetide (n.) The days immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially the period between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash Wednesday.
Shrovetide (n.) Immediately preceding Lent.
Shroving (n.) The festivity of Shrovetide. [Obs.]
Shrow (n.) A shrew. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Shrood (v. t.) [Cf. Shroud.] [Written also shroud, and shrowd.] To trim; to lop. [Prov. Eng.]
Shrowd (v. t.) See Shrood. [Prov. Eng.]
Shrub (n.) A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.
Shrub (n.) (Bot.) A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root.
Shrub (v. t.) To lop; to prune. [Obs.] -- Anderson (1573).
Shrub (n.) A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems [syn: shrub, bush].
Shrubberies (n. pl. ) of Shrubbery.
Shrubbery (n.) A collection of shrubs.
Shrubbery (n.) A place where shrubs are planted. -- Macaulay.
Shrubbery (n.) An area where a number of shrubs are planted.
Shrubbery (n.) A collection of shrubs growing together.
Shrubbiness (n.) Quality of being shrubby.
Shrubby (a.) 灌木的；灌木繁茂的 Full of shrubs.
Shrubby (a.) Of the nature of a shrub; resembling a shrub. "Shrubby browse." -- J. Philips.
Shrubby (a.) Of or relating to or resembling a shrub [syn: shrubby, fruticose, fruticulose].
Shrubless (a.) Having no shrubs. -- Byron.
Shruff (n.) Rubbish. Specifically:
Shruff (n.) (a) Dross or refuse of metals. [Obs.]
Shruff (n.) (b) Light, dry wood, or stuff used for fuel. [Prov. Eng.]
Shrugged (imp. & p. p.) of Shrug.
Shrugging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shrug.