SHIP-BOY — SHORT-SIGHT

SHIP-BOY — SHORT-SIGHT NWAD SHIP-BOY.1

SHIP-BOY, n. A boy that serves on board of a ship. NWAD SHIP-BOY.1

SHIP-CARPENTER, n. A shipwright; a carpenter that works at ship-building. NWAD SHIP-CARPENTER.1

SHIP-CHANDLER, n. [ship and chandler.] One who deals in cordage, canvas and other furniture of ships. NWAD SHIP-CHANDLER.1

SHIP-HOLDER, n. [ship and hold.] The owner of a ship or of shipping. NWAD SHIP-HOLDER.1

SHIPLESS, a. Destitute of ships. NWAD SHIPLESS.1

SHIPMAN, n. [ship and man.] A seaman or sailor. Obs. NWAD SHIPMAN.1

SHIPMASTER, n. [ship and master.] The captain, master or commander of a ship. NWAD SHIPMASTER.1

SHIPMENT, n. NWAD SHIPMENT.1

1. The act of putting any thing on board of another ship or vessel; embarkation; as, he engaged in the shipment of coal for London. NWAD SHIPMENT.2

2. The goods or things shipped, or put on board of another ship or vessel. We say, the merchants have made large shipments to the United States. NWAD SHIPMENT.3

The question is whether the share of M in the shipment is exempted from the condemnation by reason of his nuetral domicil. J. Story. NWAD SHIPMENT.4

SHIP-MONEY, n. [ship and money.] In English history, the imosition formerly charged on the ports, towns, cities, boroughs and counties of England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for the king’s service. This imosition being laid by the king’s writ under the great seal, without the consent of the parliament, was held to contrary to the laws and statutes of th erealm, and abolished by Stat. 17 Car. 11. NWAD SHIP-MONEY.1

SHIPPED, pp. Put on board of a ship or vessel; received on board. NWAD SHIPPED.1

SHIPPEN, n. A stable; a cow house. [Not in use.] NWAD SHIPPEN.1

SHIPPING, ppr. NWAD SHIPPING.1

1. Putting on board of a ship or vessel; receiving on board. NWAD SHIPPING.2

2. a. Relating to ships; as shipping concerns. NWAD SHIPPING.3

SHIPPING, n. Ships in general; ships or vessels of any kind for navigation. The shipping of the English nation exceeds that of any other. The tunnage of shipping belonging to the United States is second only to that of Great Britain. NWAD SHIPPING.4

To take shipping, to embark; to enter on board a ship or vessel for conveyance or passage. NWAD SHIPPING.5

SHIP-SHAPE, adv. In a seamanlike manner. NWAD SHIP-SHAPE.1

SHIPWRECK, n. [ship and wreck.] NWAD SHIPWRECK.1

1. The destruction of a ship or vessel by being cast ashore or broken to pieces by beating against rocks and the like. NWAD SHIPWRECK.2

2. The parts of a shattered ship. NWAD SHIPWRECK.3

3. Destruction. NWAD SHIPWRECK.4

To make a shipwreck concerning faith, is to apostatize from the love, profession and dpractice of divine truth which had been embraced. NWAD SHIPWRECK.5

SHIPWRECK, v.t. NWAD SHIPWRECK.6

1. To destroy by running ashore or on ricks or sand banks. How many vessels are annually shipwrecked on the Bahama rocks! NWAD SHIPWRECK.7

2. To suffer the perils of being cast away; to be cast ashore with the loss of the ship. The shipwrecked mariners were saved. NWAD SHIPWRECK.8

SHIPWRECKED, pp. Cast ashore; dashed upon the rocks or banks; destroyed. NWAD SHIPWRECKED.1

SHIPWRIGHT, n. [ship and wright. See Work.] One whose occupation is to construct ships; a builder of ships or other vessels. NWAD SHIPWRIGHT.1

SHIRE, n. In England, a division of territory, otherwise called a county. The shire was originally a division of the kingdom under the jurisdiction of an earl or count, whose authority was entrusted to the sherif. [shire-reeve.] On this officer the goverment ultimately devolved. In the United States, the corresponding division of a state is called a county, but we retain shire in the in the compound half-shire; as when the county court is held in two towns in the same county alternately, we call one of the divisions a half-shire. NWAD SHIRE.1

In some states, shire as the constituent part of the name of a county, as Berkshire, Hampshire, in Massachusetts. These being the names established by law, we cannot say, the county of Berkshire, and we cannot with propriety say, the caounty of Berks, for there is no county in Massa chusetts thus named. NWAD SHIRE.2

SHIRE-MOTE, n. Anciently in England, the county court; sherif’s turn or court. NWAD SHIRE-MOTE.1

SHIRK, a different spelling of shark, which see. NWAD SHIRK.1

SHIRL, a different spelling of shorl. [See Shorl.] NWAD SHIRL.1

SHIRLEY, n. A bird, by some called the greater bullfinch; having the upper part of the body a dark brown, and the throat and breast read. NWAD SHIRLEY.1

SHIRT, n. shurt. [L. curtus.] A loose garment of linen, cotton or other material, worn by men and boys next the body. NWAD SHIRT.1

It is folly for a nation to export beef and linen, while a great part of the peaple are obliged to subsist on potatoes, and have no shirts to wear. A.M. NWAD SHIRT.2

SHIRT, v.t. shurt. NWAD SHIRT.3

1. To cover or clothe, as with a shirt. NWAD SHIRT.4

2. To change the shirt and put on a clean one. NWAD SHIRT.5

SHIRTLESS, a. shurt’less. Wanting a shirt. NWAD SHIRTLESS.1

SHIST, SHISTUS, n. A species of argillaceous earth or slate; clay or slate. NWAD SHIST.1

SHISTIC, SHISTOUS, a. Pertaining to shist, or partaking of its properties. NWAD SHISTIC.1

SHITTAH, n. In Scripture, a sort of precious wood of which the tables, altars, and boards of the Jewish tabernacle were made. NWAD SHITTAH.1

SHITTAM, boards of the tabernacle were made among the Jews. The wood is said to be hard, tough and smooth, and very beautiful. NWAD SHITTAM.1

SHITTLE, a. [See Shoot.] Wavering; unsettled. [Not used or or local.] NWAD SHITTLE.1

SHITTLE-COCK. [See Shuttle-cock.] NWAD SHITTLE-COCK.1

SHITTLENESS, n. Unsettledness; inconsistancy. [Not used or local.] NWAD SHITTLENESS.1

SHIVE, n. shiv. NWAD SHIVE.1

1. A slice; a thin cut; as a shive of bread. [Not in use.] NWAD SHIVE.2

2. A thin flexible piece cut off. [Not in use.] NWAD SHIVE.3

3. A little piece or fragment; as the shives of flax made by breaking NWAD SHIVE.4

SHIVER, n. NWAD SHIVER.1

1. In mineralogy, a species of blue slate; shist; shale. NWAD SHIVER.2

2. In seamen’s language, a little wheel; a sheeve. NWAD SHIVER.3

SHIVER, v.t. [supra. Qu. Heb. to break in pieces. Class Br. No. 26.] To break into many small pieces or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow. NWAD SHIVER.4

The ground with shiver’d armor strown. Milton. NWAD SHIVER.5

SHIVER, v.i. NWAD SHIVER.6

1. To fell at once into many small pieces or parts. NWAD SHIVER.7

The natural world, should gravity once cease, would instantly shiver into of millions of atoms. Woodward. NWAD SHIVER.8

2. To quake; to tremble; to shudder; to shake, as with cold, ague; fear or horror. NWAD SHIVER.9

The man that shiver’d on the brink of sin. Dryden. NWAD SHIVER.10

Prometeus is laid NWAD SHIVER.11

On icy Caucasus to shiver. Swift. NWAD SHIVER.12

3. To be affected with a thrilling sensation, like that of chillness. NWAD SHIVER.13

Any very harsh noise will set the teeth on edge, and make all the body shiver. Shak. NWAD SHIVER.14

SHIVER, n. NWAD SHIVER.15

1. A small piece or fragment into which a thing breaks by any sudden violence. NWAD SHIVER.16

He would pound thee into shivers with his fist, as a sailor breaks his biscuit. Shak. NWAD SHIVER.17

2. A slice; a sliver. NWAD SHIVER.18

SHIVERED, pp. Broken or dashed into small pieces. NWAD SHIVERED.1

SHIVERING, ppr. NWAD SHIVERING.1

1. Breaking or dashing into small pieces. NWAD SHIVERING.2

2. Quaking; trembling; shaking, as with cold or fear. NWAD SHIVERING.3

SHIVERING, n. NWAD SHIVERING.4

1. The act of breaking or dashing to pieces; division; severance. NWAD SHIVERING.5

2. A trembling; a shaking with cold or fear. NWAD SHIVERING.6

SHIVER-SPAR, n. A corbonate of lime, so called for its slaty structure; called also slate-spar. NWAD SHIVER-SPAR.1

SHIVERY, a. Easily falling inot many pieces; not firmly cohering; incompact; as shivery stone. NWAD SHIVERY.1

SHOAD, n. Among miners, a train of metallic stones which serves to direct them in the discovery of mines. NWAD SHOAD.1

SHOAD-STONE, n. A small ston, smooth, of a dark liver color with a shade of purple. Shoad-stoners are loose masses found at the entrances of mines, sometimes running in a straight line from the surface to a vein of ore. They appear to be broken from the strata or larger massess; they usually contain mundic, or marcastic matter, and a portion of the ore of the mine. NWAD SHOAD-STONE.1

SHOAL, n. NWAD SHOAL.1

1. A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; as shoals of people. Immense shoals of herring appear on the coast in the spring. NWAD SHOAL.2

The vices of a prince draw shoals of followers. Decay of Piety. NWAD SHOAL.3

2. A place where the water of a river, lake or sea is shallow or af little depth; a sand bank or bar; a shallow. The entrance of rivers is often rendered difficult or dangerous by shoals. NWAD SHOAL.4

SHOAL, v.i. NWAD SHOAL.5

1. To crowd; to throng; to assemble in a multitude. The fishes shoaled about the place. NWAD SHOAL.6

2. To become more shallow. The water shoals as we approach the town. NWAD SHOAL.7

SHOAL, a. Shallow; of little depth; as shoal water. NWAD SHOAL.8

SHOALINESS, n. [from shoaly.] NWAD SHOALINESS.1

1. Shallowness; little depth of water. NWAD SHOALINESS.2

2. The state of abounding with shoals. NWAD SHOALINESS.3

SHOALY, a. Full of shoals or shallow places. NWAD SHOALY.1

The tossing vessel sail’d on shoaly ground. Dryden. NWAD SHOALY.2

SHOCK, n. NWAD SHOCK.1

1. A violent collision of bodies, or the concussion which it occasions; a viosent striking or dashing against. NWAD SHOCK.2

The strong unshaken mounds resist the shocks NWAD SHOCK.3

Of tides and seas. Blackmore. NWAD SHOCK.4

2. Violent onset; conflict of contending armies or foes. NWAD SHOCK.5

He stood the shock of a whole host of foes. Addison. NWAD SHOCK.6

3. External violence; as the shocks of fortune. NWAD SHOCK.7

4. Offense; impression of disgust. NWAD SHOCK.8

Fewer shocks a staesman gives his friend. Young. NWAD SHOCK.9

5. In electricity, the effect on the animal system of a discharge of the fluid from a charged body. NWAD SHOCK.10

6. A pile of sheaves of wheat, rey, etc. NWAD SHOCK.11

And cause it on shocks to be by and by set. Tusser. NWAD SHOCK.12

Behind th emaster walks, builds up the shocks. Thomson. NWAD SHOCK.13

7. In New England, the number of sixteen sheaves of wheat, rye, etc. [This is the sense in which this word is generally used with us.] NWAD SHOCK.14

8. A dog with long rough hair or shag. [from shag.] NWAD SHOCK.15

SHOCK, v.t. NWAD SHOCK.16

1. To shake by the sudden collision of a body. NWAD SHOCK.17

2. To meet with force; to encounter. NWAD SHOCK.18

3. To strike, as with horror or disgust; to cause to recoil, as from something odious or horrible; to offend extremely; to disgust. I was shocked at the sight of so much misery. A void everything that can shock the feelings of delicacy. NWAD SHOCK.19

Advise him not to shock a father’s will. Dryden. NWAD SHOCK.20

SHOCK, v.i. To collect sheaves into a pile; to pile sheaves. NWAD SHOCK.21

SHOCKED, pp. NWAD SHOCKED.1

1. Struck, as with horror; offended; disgusted. NWAD SHOCKED.2

2. Piled, as in sheaves. NWAD SHOCKED.3

SHOCKING, ppr. NWAD SHOCKING.1

1. Shaking with sudden violence. NWAD SHOCKING.2

2. Meeting in onset or violent encounter. NWAD SHOCKING.3

And now with shouts the shocking armies clos’d. Pope. NWAD SHOCKING.4

3. a. Striking, as with horror; causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting. NWAD SHOCKING.5

The French humor- is very shocking to the Italians. Addison. NWAD SHOCKING.6

SHOCKINGLY, adv. In a manner to strike with horror or disgust. NWAD SHOCKINGLY.1

SHOD, for shoed, pret. and pp. of shoe. NWAD SHOD.1

SHOE, n. plu. shoes. NWAD SHOE.1

1. A covering for the foot, usually of lether, composed of a thick species for the sole, and a thinner kind for the vamp and quarthers. Shoes for ladies often have some kind of cloth for the vamp and quarters. NWAD SHOE.2

2. A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of a horse to defend it from injury; also, a plate of iron for for an ox’s hoof, one for each division of the hoof. Oxen are shod in New England, sometimes to defend the hoof from injury in stony places, more generally to enable them to wald on ice, in which case the shoes are armed with sharp points. This is called calking. NWAD SHOE.3

3. The plate of iron which is nailed to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle that slides on snow in the winter. NWAD SHOE.4

4. A piece of timber fastened with pins to the bottom of the runners of a sled, to prevent them from wearing. NWAD SHOE.5

5. Something in form of a shoe. NWAD SHOE.6

6. A cover for defense. NWAD SHOE.7

Shoe of an anchor, 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 a ship’s bow, when raised or lowered. NWAD SHOE.8

SHOE, v.t. pret. and pp. shod. NWAD SHOE.9

1. To furnish with shoes; ot put shoes on; as, to shoe a horse or an ox; to shoe a sled or sleigh. NWAD SHOE.10

2. To cover at the bottom. NWAD SHOE.11

To shoe an anchor, to cover the flukes with a broad triangular piece of plank whose area is larger than that of the fluke. This is intended to give the anchor a stronger hold in soft grounds. NWAD SHOE.12

SHOEBLACK, n. [shoe and black.] A person that cleans shoes. NWAD SHOEBLACK.1

SHOEBOY, n. [shoe and boy.] A boy that cleans shoes. NWAD SHOEBOY.1

SHOEBUCKLE, n. [shoe and buckle.] A buckle for fastening the shoe to the foot. NWAD SHOEBUCKLE.1

SHOEING, ppr. Putting on shoes. NWAD SHOEING.1

SHOEINGHORN, n. [shoe and horn.] NWAD SHOEINGHORN.1

1. A horn used to facilitate the entrance of the foot onto a narrow shoe. NWAD SHOEINGHORN.2

2. Any thing by which transaction is facilitated; any thing used as a medium; in contempt. [I have never heard this word in America.] NWAD SHOEINGHORN.3

SHOE-LEATHER, SHOE-LETHER, n. [shoe and lether.] Lether for shoes. NWAD SHOE-LEATHER.1

SHOELESS, a. Destitute of shoes. NWAD SHOELESS.1

Caltrops very much incommoded the shoeless Moors. Dr. Addison. NWAD SHOELESS.2

SHOEMAKER, n. [shoe and maker.] One whose occupation or trade is to make shoes and boots. NWAD SHOEMAKER.1

SHOER, n. One that fits shoes to the feet; one that furnishes or futs on shoes; as a farrier. NWAD SHOER.1

SHOESTRING, n. [shoe and string.] A string used to fasten a shoe to the foot. NWAD SHOESTRING.1

SHOETYE, n. [shoe and tye.] A ribin used to fasten a shoe to the foot. NWAD SHOETYE.1

SHOG, for shock, a violent concussion. [Not in use.] NWAD SHOG.1

SHOG, v.t. To shake; to agitate. [Not in use.] NWAD SHOG.2

SHOG, v.i. To move off; to be gone; to jog. [Not in use. See Jog.] NWAD SHOG.3

SHOGGING, n. Concussion. [Not in use.] NWAD SHOGGING.1

SHOGGLE, v.t. To shake; to joggle. [Not in use. See Joggle.] NWAD SHOGGLE.1

SHOLE, n. A throng; a crowd; a great multitude assembled. [This is the better orthography. See Shoal.] NWAD SHOLE.1

SHONE, pp. of shine. NWAD SHONE.1

SHOOK, pp. of shake. NWAD SHOOK.1

SHOOT, v.t. pret. and pp. shot. The old participle shotten, is obsolete. [L. scateo, to shoot out water.] NWAD SHOOT.1

1. To let fly and drive with force; as, to shoot an arrow. NWAD SHOOT.2

2. To discharge and cause to be driven with violence; as, to shoot a ball. NWAD SHOOT.3

And from about her shot darts of desire. Milton. NWAD SHOOT.4

4. To let off; used of the instrument. NWAD SHOOT.5

The two ends of a bow shot off, fly from one another. Boyle. NWAD SHOOT.6

5. To strike with any thing shot; as, to shoot with an arrow or a bullet. NWAD SHOOT.7

6. To send out; to push forth; as, a plant shoots a branch. NWAD SHOOT.8

7. To push out; to emit; to dart; to thrust forth. NWAD SHOOT.9

Beware of the secret snake that shoots a sting. Dryden. NWAD SHOOT.10

8. To push forward; to drive; to propel; as, to shoot a bolt. NWAD SHOOT.11

9. To push out; to thrust forward. NWAD SHOOT.12

They shoot out the lip. Psalm 22:7. NWAD SHOOT.13

The phrase, to shoot out the lip, signifies to treat with derision or contempt. NWAD SHOOT.14

10. To pass through with swiftness; as, to shoot the Stygian flood. NWAD SHOOT.15

11. To fit to each other by planing; a workman’s term. NWAD SHOOT.16

Two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or pared with a chisel. Moxon. NWAD SHOOT.17

12. To kill by a ball, arrow or other thing shot; as, to shoot a duck. NWAD SHOOT.18

SHOOT, v.i. NWAD SHOOT.19

1. To perform the act of discharging, sending with force, or driving any thing by means of an engine or instrument; as, ot shoot at a target or mark. NWAD SHOOT.20

When you shoot, and shut one eye. Prior. NWAD SHOOT.21

The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him. Genesis 49:23. NWAD SHOOT.22

2. To germinate; to bud; to sprout; to send forth branches. NWAD SHOOT.23

But the wild olive shoots and shades the ungrateful plane. Dryden. NWAD SHOOT.24

Delightjul task, NWAD SHOOT.25

To teach the young idea how to shoot. Thomson. NWAD SHOOT.26

3. To form by shooting, or by an arrangement of particles into spiculae. Metals shoot into crystals. Every salt shoots into crystals of a determinate form. NWAD SHOOT.27

4. To be emitted, sent forth or driven along. NWAD SHOOT.28

There shot a streaming lamp along the sky. Dryden. NWAD SHOOT.29

5. To protuberate; to be pushed out; to jut; to project. The land shoots into a promontory. NWAD SHOOT.30

6. To pass, as an arrow or pointed instrument; to penetrate. NWAD SHOOT.31

The words shoot through my heart. Addison. NWAD SHOOT.32

7. To grow rapidly; to become by rapid growth. The boy soon shoots up to a man. NWAD SHOOT.33

He’ll soon shoot up a hero. Dryden. NWAD SHOOT.34

8. To move with velocity; as a shooting star. NWAD SHOOT.35

9. To feel a quick darting pain. My temples shoot NWAD SHOOT.36

To shoot ahead, to outstrip in running, flying or sailing. NWAD SHOOT.37

SHOOT, n. NWAD SHOOT.38

1. The act of propelling or driving any thing with violence; the discharge of a fire-arm or bow; as a good shot. NWAD SHOOT.39

The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot. Bacon. NWAD SHOOT.40

2. The act of striking or endeavoring to strike with a massive weapon. NWAD SHOOT.41

3. A young branch. NWAD SHOOT.42

Prune off superfluous branches and shoots of this second spring. Evelyn. NWAD SHOOT.43

4. A young swine. [In New England pronounced shote.] NWAD SHOOT.44

SHOOTER, n. One that shoots; an archer; a gunner. NWAD SHOOTER.1

SHOOTING, ppr. Discharging, as fire-arms; driving or sending with violence; pushing out; protuberating; germinating; branching; glancing, as in pain. NWAD SHOOTING.1

SHOTTING, n. NWAD SHOTTING.1

1. The act of discharging fire-arms, or of sending an arrow with force; a firing. NWAD SHOTTING.2

2. Sensation of a wuick glancing pain. NWAD SHOTTING.3

3. In sportsmanship, the act or practice of killing game with guns or fire-arms. NWAD SHOTTING.4

SHOP, n. NWAD SHOP.1

1. A builking in which goods, wares, drugs, etc. are sold by retail. NWAD SHOP.2

2. a building in which mechanics work, and where they keep their manufactures for sale. NWAD SHOP.3

Keep your shop, and your shop will keep you. Franklin. NWAD SHOP.4

SHOP, v.i. To visit shops for purchasing goods; used chiefly in the participle; as, the laky is shopping. NWAD SHOP.5

SHOPBOARD, n. [shop and board.] A bench on which work is performed; as a doctor or divine taken from the shopboard. NWAD SHOPBOARD.1

SHOPBOOK, n. [shop and book.] A book in which a tradesman keeps his accounts. NWAD SHOPBOOK.1

SHOPKEEPER, n. [shopand keep.] A trader who sells in a shop or by retail; in distinction from a merchant, or one who sells by wholesale. NWAD SHOPKEEPER.1

SHOPLIFTER, n. [shop and lift. See Lift.] One who steals any thing from a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who under pretense of buying goods, takes occasion the steal. NWAD SHOPLIFTER.1

SHOPLIFTING, n. Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of any thing from a shop. NWAD SHOPLIFTING.1

SHOPLIKE, a. Low; vulgar. NWAD SHOPLIKE.1

SHOPMAN, n. [shop and man.] NWAD SHOPMAN.1

1. A petty trader. NWAD SHOPMAN.2

2. One who serves in a shop. NWAD SHOPMAN.3

SHOPPING, ppr. Visiting shops for the purchase of goods. NWAD SHOPPING.1

SHORE, the old. pret. of shear. Obs. NWAD SHORE.1

SHORE, n. The coast or land adjacent to the sea, or to a large lake or river. This word is applied primarily to land contiguous to water; but it extends to the ground near the border of the sea or of a lake, which is covered with water. We also use the word to express the land near the border of the sea or of a great lake, to an indefinite extent; as when we say, a town stands on the shore. We do not apply the word to land contiguous to a small stream. This we call a bank. NWAD SHORE.2

SHORE, n. [The popular but corrupt pronunciation of sewer; a pronunciation that should be carefully avoided.] NWAD SHORE.3

SHORE, n. A prop; a butress; something that supports a building or other thing. NWAD SHORE.4

SHORE, v.t. NWAD SHORE.5

1. To prop; to support by a post or butress; usually with sup; as, to shore up a building. NWAD SHORE.6

2. To set on shore. [Not in use.] NWAD SHORE.7

SHORED, pp. Propped; supported by a prop. NWAD SHORED.1

SHORELESS, a. Having no shore or coast; of indefinite or unlimited extent; as a shoreless ocean. NWAD SHORELESS.1

SHORELING, n. NWAD SHORELING.1

SHORLING, In England, the skin of a living sheep shorn, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from a dead sheep. Hence in some parts of England, a shorling is a sheep shorn, and a morling is one that dies. NWAD SHORLING.1

SHORL, n. A mineral, usually of a black color, found in masses of an intermediate form, or crystallized in three or nine sided prisms, which when entire are terminated by three sided summits. The surface of the crystals is longitudinally streaked. the amorphous sort presents thin straight distinct columnur concretions, sometimes parallel, sometimes diverging or stelliform. This is called also tourmalin. NWAD SHORL.1

The shorl of the mineralogists of the last century comprehended a variety of substances which later observations have separated into several species. The green shorl is the epidote, or the vesuvian, or the acinolite. The violet shorl an the lenticular shorl ar ethe axinite. The black volcanic shorl is si the augite. The white Vesuvian shorl is the sommite. The white grenatiform is the leucite. The white prismatic is the pycnite, a species of the topaz, and another is a variety of feldspar. Of the blue shorl, one variety is the oxyd of titanium, another the sappare, and another the phosphate of irin. The shorl cruciform is the granitite. The octahedral shorl is the octahedrite or anatase. The red shorl of Hungary and the purple of Madagascar, are varieties of the oxyd of titanium. The spathic shorl is th espodummene. the black shorl and th eelectric shorl only remain, and to this species the name tourmalin was given by that celebrated mineralogist, the Abbe Hauy. NWAD SHORL.2

Blue shorl is a variety of Hauyne. Red and titanic shorl is rutile. NWAD SHORL.3

SHORLACEOUS, a. Like shorl; partaking of the nature and characters of shorl. NWAD SHORLACEOUS.1

SHORLITE, n. A mineral of a greenish white color, sometimes yellowish; mostly found in irregular oblong masses or columns, inserted in a mixture of quartz and mica or granite. NWAD SHORLITE.1

Shorlite of shorlous topaz, the pycnite of Werner, is of a straw yellow color. NWAD SHORLITE.2

SHORN pp. of shear. NWAD SHORN.1

1. Cut off; as a lock of wool shorn. NWAD SHORN.2

2. Having the hair or wool cut off or sheared; as a shorn lamb. NWAD SHORN.3

3. Deprived; as a prince shorn of his honors. NWAD SHORN.4

SHORT, a. [L. curtus.] NWAD SHORT.1

1. Not long; not having great length or extension; as a short distance; a short ferry; a short flight; a short piece of timber. NWAD SHORT.2

The bed is shorter than a man can stretch himself on it. Isaiah 28:20. NWAD SHORT.3

2. Not extended in time; not of long duration. NWAD SHORT.4

The triumphing of the wicked is short. Job 20:5. NWAD SHORT.5

3. Not of usual or suffifient length, reach or extent. NWAD SHORT.6

Weak though I am of limb, and short of sight. Pope. NWAD SHORT.7

4. Not of long duration; repeated at small intervals of time; as short breath. NWAD SHORT.8

5. Not of adequate extent or quantity; not reaching the point demanded, desired or expected; as a quantity short of our expectations. NWAD SHORT.9

Not therefore am I short NWAD SHORT.10

Of knowing what I ought. Milton. NWAD SHORT.11

6. Deficient; defective; imperfect. This account is short of the truth. NWAD SHORT.12

7. Not adequate; insufficient; scanty; as, provisions are short; a short allowance of water for the voyage. NWAD SHORT.13

8. Not sufficiently supplied; scantily furnished. NWAD SHORT.14

The English were inferior in number, and grew short in their provisions. Hayward. NWAD SHORT.15

9. Not far distant in time; future. NWAD SHORT.16

He commanded those who were appointed to attend him, to be ready by a short day. Clarendon. NWAD SHORT.17

10. Not fetching a compass; as in the phrase, to turn short. NWAD SHORT.18

11. Not going to the point intended; as, to stop short. NWAD SHORT.19

12. Defective in quantity; as sheep short of their wool. NWAD SHORT.20

13. Narrow; limited; not extended; not large or comprehensive. NWAD SHORT.21

Their own short understandings reach NWAD SHORT.22

No farther than the present. Rowe. NWAD SHORT.23

14. Brittle; friable; breaking all at once without splinters or shatters; as marl so short that it cannot be wrought into a ball. NWAD SHORT.24

15. Not bending. NWAD SHORT.25

The lance broke short. Dryden. NWAD SHORT.26

16. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; severe. I asked him a question, to which he gave a short answer. NWAD SHORT.27

To be short, to be scantily supplied; as, to be short of bread or water. NWAD SHORT.28

To come short, to fail; not to do what is demanded or expected, or what is necessary for the purpose; applied to persons. We all come short of perfect obedience to God’s will. NWAD SHORT.29

2. Not to reach or obtain. NWAD SHORT.30

3. To fail; to be insufficient. Provisions come short. NWAD SHORT.31

To cut short, to abridge; to contract; to make to small or defective; also, ot destroy or consume. NWAD SHORT.32

To fall short, to fail; to be inadequate or scanty; as, provisions fall short; money falls short. NWAD SHORT.33

2. To fail; not to do or accomplish; as, to fall short on duty. NWAD SHORT.34

3. To be less. The measure falls short of the estimate. NWAD SHORT.35

To stop short, to stop at once; also, to stop without reaching the point intended. NWAD SHORT.36

To turn short, to turn on the spot occupied; to turn without making a compass. NWAD SHORT.37

For turning short he struck with all his might. Dryden. NWAD SHORT.38

To be taken short, to be seized with urgent necessity. NWAD SHORT.39

In short, a few words; briefly; to sum up or close in a few words. NWAD SHORT.40

SHORT, n. A summary account; as the short of the matter. NWAD SHORT.41

The short and long in our play is preferred. Shak. NWAD SHORT.42

SHORT, adv. Not long; as short-enduring joy; a short-breathed man. NWAD SHORT.43

In connection with verbs, short is a modifying word, or used adverbially; as, to come short, etc. NWAD SHORT.44

SHORT, v.t. NWAD SHORT.45

1. To shorten. NWAD SHORT.46

2. v.i. To fail; to decrease. [Not in use.] NWAD SHORT.47

SHORT-BREATHED, a. Having short breath or quick respiration. NWAD SHORT-BREATHED.1

SHORT-DATED, a. [short and date.] Having little time to run. NWAD SHORT-DATED.1

SHORTEN, v.t. short’n. NWAD SHORTEN.1

1. To make short in measure, extent or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity. NWAD SHORTEN.2

2. To abridge; to lessen; as, to shorten labor or work. NWAD SHORTEN.3

3. To curtail; as, to shorten the hair by clipping. NWAD SHORTEN.4

4. To cintract; to lessen; to diminish in extent or amount; as, to shorten sail; to shorten an allowance of provisions. NWAD SHORTEN.5

5. To confine; to restrain. NWAD SHORTEN.6

Here where the subject is so fruitful, I am shortened by my chain. Dryden. NWAD SHORTEN.7

6. To lop; to deprive. NWAD SHORTEN.8

The youth-shortened of his ears. Dryden. NWAD SHORTEN.9

SHORTEN, v.i. short’n. NWAD SHORTEN.10

1. To become short or shorter. The day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December. NWAD SHORTEN.11

2. To contract; as, a cord shortens by being wet; a metallic rod shortens by cold. NWAD SHORTEN.12

SHORTENED, pp. Made shorter; abridged; contracted. NWAD SHORTENED.1

SHORTENING, ppr. Making shorter; contracting. NWAD SHORTENING.1

SHORTENING, n. Something used in cookery to make paste short or friable, as butter or lard. NWAD SHORTENING.2

SHORT-HAND, n. [short amd hand.] Short writing; a compendious method of writing by substituting characters, abbreviations or symbols for words; otherwise called stenography. NWAD SHORT-HAND.1

SHORT-JOINTED, a. [short and joint.] A horse is said to be short-jointed when the pastern is to short. NWAD SHORT-JOINTED.1

SHORT-LIVED, a. [short and live.] Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion. NWAD SHORT-LIVED.1

SHORTLY, adv. NWAD SHORTLY.1

1. Quickly; soon; in a little time. NWAD SHORTLY.2

The armies came shortly in view of each other. Clarendon. NWAD SHORTLY.3

2. In a few words; briefly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose. NWAD SHORTLY.4

SHORTNER, n. He or that which shortens. NWAD SHORTNER.1

SHORTNESS, n. NWAD SHORTNESS.1

1. The quality of being short in space or time; little length or little duration; as the shortness of a journey or of distance; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness of life. NWAD SHORTNESS.2

2. Fewness of words; brevity; conciseness; as the shortness of an essay. The prayers of the church, by reason of their shortness, are easy for the memory. NWAD SHORTNESS.3

3. Want of reach or the power of retention; as the shortness of the memory. NWAD SHORTNESS.4

4. Deficiency; imperfection; limited extent; as the shortness of our reason. NWAD SHORTNESS.5