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SHEK'EL, n. [Heb. to way; Low L. siclus .] An ancient weight and coin among the ...
SHEILD, n. 1. A broad piece of defensive armor; a buckler; used in war for the p...
SHEIK, n. In Egypt, a person who has the care of a mosk; a kind of priest.
SHEE'TING, n. Cloth for sheets.
SHEET-LEAD, n. Lead in sheets.
SHEET-IRON, n. Iron in sheets or broad thin plates.
SHEET-COPPER, n. Copper in broad thin plates.
SHEET-ANCHOR, n. 1. The largest anchor of a ship, which in stress of wheather is...
SHEET, n. [L. schenda ; Gr. The Greek and Latin words signify a table or plate f...
SHEERS, n. plu. An engine consisting of two or more pieces of timber or poses, f...
SHEE'RLY, adv. At once; quite; absolutely. Obs .
SHEER-HULK, n. An old ship of war, fitted with sheers of apparatus to fix or tak...
SHEER, a. 1. Pure; clear; separate from anything foreign; unmingled; as sheer al...
SHEE'PSKIN, n. The skin of a sheep; or the lether prepared from it.
SHEE'P'S-HEAD, n. [ sheep and head .] A fish caught on the shores of Connecticut...
SHEE'P'S-EYE, n. [ sheep and eye .] A modest diffident look, such as lovers cass...