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i. & t. [Etym. doubtful. Skeat considers it a frequentative form from Old Northumbrian screpa =to pine away; cf. Norweg.skrypa= to waste, skryp, skryv=transitory, frail; Sw. dial. skryyp to shorten, contract; skryp =weak, feeble; Icel. skrjúpr =brittle, frail.] A. In trans.: To contract; to draw or be drawn into wrinkles; to become wrinkled or corrugated. (Frequently followed by uр . ) "Leaves, if they shrivel and fold up, give them drink." -Evelyn. B. Trans.: To cause to contract into wrinkles or corrugations. "He calls for Famine, and the meagre fiend Blows mildew from beneath his shrivell'd lips." Cowper : Task , ii. 186. *shriv-eld-ý, adj . [English shriveled; -y.] Shriveled up. "A poor, ricketty, shriveldy sort of a child." -Mrs . Trollope: Michael Armstrong, ch. iii. shriv-en, pa. par. or a. [SHRIVE.] shriv-er, s. [English shriv(e); -er.] One who shrives; a confe or. "The ghostly father now hath done his shrift When he was made a shriver , 'twas for shift." Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt . III . , iii. 2. shriv'-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [SHRIVE.] A. & B. As pr. par . & particip . adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: Shrift, confe ion. "Priests were praying, preaching, shriving , holding up the host."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xvii. *shriving-pew, s. A confe ional. *shriving-time, s. Time in which to make confe ion and receive absolution. "He should the bearers put to sudden death, Not shriving - time allow'd." IMG:content-1408.png:[blocks in formation] (1) Large ropes extending from the lower mast heads to the sides of the ship, where they are fast channels. They serve to steady the mast athwartship, a ist the stays and backstays in supporting it in a fore-and-aft direction, and afford means of ascending it. Shrouds are named from their position, or from the spar to which they are at tached, as fore, main, mizzen, topmast, top-gallant, . The bowsprit-shrouds extend from the head of the bowsprit to the sides of the ve el. [FUTTOCK IMG:content-1409.png:[blocks in formation] day before Quinquagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash-Wednesday. "For Easter gloves, or for a Shrove - tide hen, Which bought to give, he takes to sell again." Bp. Hall: Satires , iv. 5. Shrove Tuesday, s. Confe ion Tuesday; the day before Ash-Wednesday, the Tuesday after Quinquagesima Sunday, on which day all Catholics were accustomed to confe to their priest, after which they spent the day in merriment and sports, and dined on pancakes or fritters. The practice of eating pancakes on this day survives, whence the name nam of Pancake-Tuesday or Pancake-day given to it. shrōv'-ing, subst . [SHROVE, v . ] Performing the ceremonies, or enjoying the sports of Shrove-tide. *shrōw, s . [SHREW, 8.] A shrew. "In such a night Did pretty Je ica (like a little shrow ) Slander her love, and he forgave it her." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice, v. 1. shrub (1), *schrub, *shrob, subst . [A. S. scrob; cogn. with Norw. skrubba ; Dan. dial. skrub ; and Nautical : A kind of crowfoot fastened to the Eng. scrub (q. v.).] shrouds, to hold sheets, braces, . shroud-laid, a. Bot.: A plant having perennial branches proceeding directly from the surface of the earth without any supporting trunk. It is generally taller than a Rope- making: A term applied to a rope made of herb, and le tall than a tree. From four to twelve four strands twisted around a core. shroud-plate, s. 1. Mach.: [SHROUD, 8., II. 1.] 2. Nautical: (1) An iron plate fixed to a ship's side for the attachment of the shrouds. (2) A ring surrounding a mast and to which the futtock-shrouds are secured. shroud-rope, s. feet are common dimensions for a shrub. "The flowering shrubs that decorate our door Will prosper, though untended and alone." Words worth: Farewell.