shadel (shad)

t.; pret. and pp. shaded, ppr. The older verb is shad shading . [ shade , n . ow , q. v.; no ME. * shaden appears.] 1. To shelter or screen from glare or light; shelter from the light and heat of the sun. There, while I went to crop the sylvan scenes, And shade our altars with their leafy greens, I pulled a plant. Dryden, Æneid, iii. 35. Leicester drew the curtain, heavy with entwined silk and gold, so as completely to shade his face. Scott , Kenilworth, xxxii. 2. To hide; screen; shelter; especially, to shelter or screen from injury. Shak ., Cor., ii. 1. 211. Ere in our own house I do shade my head. Leave not the faithful side That gave thee being, still shades thee, and protects. Milton , P. L., ix. 266. Let Myrrha weeping Aromatick Gum, And ever-living Lawrel, shade her Tomb. Congreve, On the Death of Queen Mary. 3. To cast a shade over; overspread with darkne , gloom, or obscurity; obscure; cast into the shade. Bright orient pearl, alack, too timely shaded ! Shak., Pa ionate Pilgrim, 1. 133. The Piece by Virtue's equal Hand is wrought, Mixt with no Crime, and shaded with no Fault. Prior, Carmen Seculare (1700), st. 12. 4. In drawing and painting: (a) To paint in obscure colors; darken. (b) To mark with gradations of color.-5. To cover with a shade or screen; furnish with a shade or something that intercepts light, heat, dust, etc.-6t. To typify; foreshow; represent figuratively. shadow 7. To place something near enough to the top of (an open organ-pipe) to affect the vibrating air-column, and thus raise the pitch of its tone. -8. To place (a gun-barrel) so that about half the interior shall be in shadow, for the purpose of testing the straightne of the bore. shade2 (shad). A dialectal form of shed2, shed1, and sheath. shaded (sha'ded), p. a. 1. Marked with gradations of color. Let Thale str is change herself into a motley party-coloured animal: the pearl necklace, the flowered stomacher, the artificial nosegay, and shaded furbelow may be of use to attract the eye of the beholder, and turn it from the imperfections of her features and shape. Steele, Tatler, No. 151. 2. Screened; sheltered. He was standing with some papers in his hand by a table with shaded candles on it. Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, iii. 5.