Sexualize Sex"u·al·ize transitive verb To attribute sex to.

Sexually Sex"u·al·ly adverb In a sexual manner or relation.

Sey, Seyh Sey, Seyh obsolete imperfect sing. & 2d pers. plural of See . Chaucer.

Seye, Seyen Seye, Seyen obsolete imperfect plural & past participle of See .

Seynd Seynd obsolete past participle of Senge , to singe. Chaucer.

Seynt Seynt noun A gridle. See 1st Seint . [ Obsolete]

Sforzando Sfor·zan"do Sfor*za"to adjective [ Italian sforzando , present participle, and sforzato , past participle of sforzare to force.] (Mus.) Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando ), sf , sfz , or ....

Sfumato Sfu·ma"to adjective [ Italian ] (Paint.) Having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance; -- said of a painting.

Sgraffito Sgraf·fi"to adjective [ Italian ] (Paint.) Scratched; -- said of decorative painting of a certain style, in which a white overland surface is cut or scratched through, so as to form the design from a dark ground underneath.

Shab Shab noun [ Middle English shabbe , Anglo-Saxon sc...b . See Scab .] The itch in animals; also, a scab. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.]

Shab Shab transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Shabbed ; present participle & verbal noun Shabbing .] [ See Scab , 3.] To play mean tricks; to act shabbily. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.]

Shab Shab transitive verb To scratch; to rub. [ Obsolete] Farquhar.

Shabbed Shab"bed adjective Shabby. [ Obsolete] Wood.

Shabbily Shab"bi·ly adverb In a shabby manner.

Shabbiness Shab"bi·ness noun The quality or state of being sghabby.

Shabble, Shabble Shab"ble, Shab"ble noun [ Confer Dutch sabel , and German säbel .] A kind of crooked sword or hanger. [ Scot.]

Shabby Shab"by adjective [ Compar. Shabbier ; superl. Shabbiest .] [ See Shab , noun , Scabby , and Scab .] 1. Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.

Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts.

Macaulay.

2. Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments. "The dean was so shabby ." Swift.

3. Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. "Very shabby fellows." Clarendon.

Shabrack Shab"rack noun [ Turk. tshāprāk , whence French chabraque , German shabracke .] (Mil.) The saddlecloth or housing of a cavalry horse.

Shack Shack transitive verb [ Prov. E., to shake, to shed. See Shake .] 1. To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest. [ Prov. Eng.] Grose.

2. To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn. [ Prov. Eng.]

3. To wander as a vagabond or a tramp. [ Prev.Eng.]

Shack Shack noun [ Confer Scot. shag refuse of barley or oats.] 1. The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground. [ Prov. Eng.]

2. Liberty of winter pasturage. [ Prov. Eng.]

3. A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp. [ Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Forby.

All the poor old shacks about the town found a friend in Deacon Marble.

H. W. Beecher.

Common of shack (Eng.Law) , the right of persons occupying lands lying together in the same common field to turn out their cattle to range in it after harvest. Cowell.

Shack Shack noun [ Confer Shack , intransitive verb ] A hut; a shanty; a cabin. [ Colloq.]

These miserable shacks are so low that their occupants cannot stand erect.

D. C. Worcester.

Shackatory Shack"a·to·ry noun A hound. [ Obsolete]

Shackle Shac"kle noun Stubble. [ Prov. Eng.] Pegge.

Shackle Shac"kle noun [ Generally used in the plural.] [ Middle English schakkyll , schakle , Anglo-Saxon scacul , sceacul , a shackle, from scacan to shake; confer Dutch schakel a link of a chain, a mesh, Icelandic skökull the pole of a cart. See Shake .] 1. Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter.

His shackles empty left; himself escaped clean.

Spenser.

2. Hence, that which checks or prevents free action.

His very will seems to be in bonds and shackles .

South.

3. A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.

Most of the men and women . . . had all earrings made of gold, and gold shackles about their legs and arms.

Dampier.

4. A link or loop, as in a chain, fitted with a movable bolt, so that the parts can be separated, or the loop removed; a clevis.

5. A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also drawlink , draglink , etc.

6. The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple. Knight.

Shackle joint (Anat.) , a joint formed by a bony ring passing through a hole in a bone, as at the bases of spines in some fishes.

Shackle Shac"kle transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Shackled ; present participle & verbal noun Shackling .] 1. To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.

To lead him shackled , and exposed to scorn
Of gathering crowds, the Britons' boasted chief.

J. Philips.

2. Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.

Shackled by her devotion to the king, she seldom could pursue that object.

Walpole.

3. To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars. [ U. S.]

Shackle bar , the coupling between a locomotive and its tender. [ U.S.] -- Shackle bolt , a shackle. Sir W. Scott.

Shacklock Shack"lock` noun A sort of shackle. [ Obsolete]

Shackly Shack"ly adjective Shaky; rickety. [ Colloq. U. S.]

Shad Shad (shăd) noun sing. & plural [ Anglo-Saxon sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. German schade ; confer Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to English skate a fish.] (Zoology) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species ( Clupea sapidissima ), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose ( C. alosa ), and the twaite shad. ( C. finta ), are less important species. [ Written also chad .]

» The name is loosely applied, also, to several other fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under Gizzard ), called also mud shad , white-eyed shad , and winter shad .

Hardboaded , or Yellow-tailed , shad , the menhaden. -- Hickory , or Tailor , shad , the mattowacca. -- Long-boned shad , one of several species of important food fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus Gerres . -- Shad bush (Botany) , a name given to the North American shrubs or small trees of the rosaceous genus Amelanchier ( A. Canadensis , and A. alnifolia ) Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in June or July, whence they are called Juneberries . The plant is also called service tree , and Juneberry . -- Shad frog , an American spotted frog ( Rana halecina ); - - so called because it usually appears at the time when the shad begin to run in the rivers. -- Trout shad , the squeteague. -- White shad , the common shad.

Shad-spirit Shad"-spir`it noun See Shadbird (a)

Shad-waiter Shad"-wait`er noun (Zoology) A lake whitefish; the roundfish. See Roundfish .

Shadbird Shad"bird` (shăd"bẽrd) noun (Zoology) (a) The American, or Wilson's, snipe. See under Snipe . So called because it appears at the same time as the shad. (b) The common European sandpiper. [ Prov. Eng.]

Shadd Shadd (shăd) noun (Mining.) Rounded stones containing tin ore, lying at the surface of the ground, and indicating a vein. Raymond.

Shadde Shad"de obsolete imperfect of Shed . Chaucer.

Shaddock Shad"dock noun [ Said to be so called from a Captain Shaddock , who first brought this fruit from the East Indies.] (Botany) A tree ( Citrus decumana ) and its fruit, which is a large species of orange; -- called also forbidden fruit , and pompelmous .

Shade Shade (shād) noun [ Middle English shade , shadewe , schadewe , Anglo-Saxon sceadu , scead ; akin to Old Saxon skado , Dutch schaduw , Old High German scato , (gen. scatewes ), German schatten , Goth. skadus , Ir. & Gael. sgath , and probably to Greek sko`tos darkness. √162. Confer Shadow , Shed a hat.] 1. Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.

» Shade differs from shadow as it implies no particular form or definite limit; whereas a shadow represents in form the object which intercepts the light. When we speak of the shade of a tree, we have no reference to its form; but when we speak of measuring a pyramid or other object by its shadow , we have reference to its form and extent.

2. Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural.

The shades of night were falling fast.

Longfellow.

3. An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat.

Let us seek out some desolate shade , and there
Weep our sad bosoms empty.

Shak.

4. That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade .

The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.

Ps. cxxi. 5.

Sleep under a fresh tree's shade .

Shak.

Let the arched knife well sharpened now assail the spreading shades of vegetables.

J. Philips.

5. Shadow. [ Poetic.]

Envy will merit, as its shade , pursue.

Pope.

6. The soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes.

Swift as thought the flitting shade
Thro' air his momentary journey made.

Dryden.

7. (Painting, Drawing, etc.) The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above.

8. Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink.

White, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees, or shades and mixtures, as green only in by the eyes.

Locke.

9. A minute difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc.; also, the quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms.

New shades and combinations of thought.

De Quincey.

Every shade of religious and political opinion has its own headquarters.

Macaulay.

The Shades , the Nether World; the supposed abode of souls after leaving the body.

Shade Shade transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Shaded ; present participle & verbal noun Shading .] 1. To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from. Milton.

I went to crop the sylvan scenes,
And shade our altars with their leafy greens.

Dryden.

2. To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes.

Ere in our own house I do shade my head.

Shak.

3. To obscure; to dim the brightness of.

Thou shad'st
The full blaze of thy beams.

Milton.

4. To pain in obscure colors; to darken.

5. To mark with gradations of light or color.

6. To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent. [ Obsolete]

[ The goddess] in her person cunningly did shade
That part of Justice which is Equity.

Spenser.

Shade Shade intransitive verb [ See Shade , noun ] To undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation, as of color, meaning, expression, etc.; to pass by slight changes; -- used chiefly with a preposition, as into , away , off .

This small group will be most conveniently treated with the emotional division, into which it shades .

Edmund Gurney.

Shadeful Shade"ful adjective Full of shade; shady.

Shadeless Shade"less adjective Being without shade; not shaded.

Shader Shad"er noun One who, or that which, shades.

Shadily Shad"i·ly adverb In a shady manner.

Shadiness Shad"i·ness noun Quality or state of being shady.

Shading Shad"ing noun 1. Act or process of making a shade.

2. That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc., in a picture or a drawing.

Shadoof Sha·doof" (shȧ*dōf") noun [ Arabic shādūf .] A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation.

Shadow Shad"ow (shăd"o) noun [ Originally the same word as shade . √162. See Shade .] 1. Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade , noun , 1.

2. Darkness; shade; obscurity.

Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise.

Denham.

3. A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.

In secret shadow from the sunny ray,
On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid.

Spenser.

4. A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water. Shak.

5. That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower.

Sin and her shadow Death.

Milton.

6. A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom. "Hence, horrible shadow !" Shak.

7. An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type.

The law having a shadow of good things to come.

Hebrew x. 1.

[ Types] and shadows of that destined seed.

Milton.

8. A small degree; a shade. "No variableness, neither shadow of turning." James i. 17.

9. An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited. [ A Latinism] Nares.

I must not have my board pastered with shadows
That under other men's protection break in
Without invitement.

Massinger.

Shadow of death , darkness or gloom like that caused by the presence or the impending of death. Ps. xxiii. 4.

Shadow Shad"ow transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Shadowed ; present participle & verbal noun Shadowing .] [ Middle English shadowen , Anglo-Saxon sceadwian . See adow , noun ] 1. To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity.

The warlike elf much wondered at this tree,
So fair and great, that shadowed all the ground.

Spenser.

2. To conceal; to hide; to screen. [ R.]

Let every soldier hew him down a bough.
And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow
The numbers of our host.

Shak.

3. To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.

Shadowing their right under your wings of war.

Shak.

4. To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.

5. To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.

Augustus is shadowed in the person of Æneas.

Dryden.

6. To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.

The shadowed livery of the burnished sun.

Shak.

Why sad?
I must not see the face O love thus shadowed .

Beau. & Fl.

7. To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.

Shadowiness Shad"ow·i·ness noun The quality or state of being shadowy.

Shadowing Shad"ow·ing noun 1. Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading. Feltham.

2. A faint representation; an adumbration.

There are . . . in savage theology shadowings , quaint or majestic, of the conception of a Supreme Deity.

Tylor.

Shadowish Shad"ow·ish adjective Shadowy; vague. [ Obsolete] Hooker.

Shadowless Shad"ow·less adjective Having no shadow.

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