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SHITTLE-COCK. [See Shuttle-cock .]
SHIT'TLENESS, n. Unsettledness; inconsistancy. [ Not used or local .]
SHIVE, n. shiv . 1. A slice; a thin cut; as a shive of bread. [ Not in use .] 2....
SHIV'ER, n. 1. In mineralogy , a species of blue slate; shist; shale. 2. In seam...
SHIV'ER-SP'AR, n. A corbonate of lime, so called for its slaty structure; called...
SHIV'ERED, pp. Broken or dashed into small pieces.
SHIV'ERING, ppr. 1. Breaking or dashing into small pieces. 2. Quaking; trembling...
SHIV'ERY, a. Easily falling inot many pieces; not firmly cohering; incompact; as...
SHOAD, n. Among miners , a train of metallic stones which serves to direct them ...
SHOAD-STONE, n. A small ston, smooth, of a dark liver color with a shade of purp...
SHOAL, n. 1. A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; as shoals of people...
SHOALINESS, n. [from shoaly .] 1. Shallowness; little depth of water. 2. The sta...
SHOALY, a. Full of shoals or shallow places. The tossing vessel sail'd on shoaly...
SHOCK, n. 1. A violent collision of bodies, or the concussion which it occasions...
SHOCK'ED, pp. 1. Struck, as with horror; offended; disgusted. 2. Piled, as in sh...
SHOCK'ING, ppr. 1. Shaking with sudden violence. 2. Meeting in onset or violent ...