shamocrat

[Eng. sham; Gr. kratein = to rule.] An impostor who pretends to po e wealth and influence; one who apes his superiors. shăm-by-ing, subst . [SHAMMY.] The mode of preparing chamois leather. [CHAMOIS, subst ., 2.] [SHAMMY.] shăm-poô, chăm-poô, v . t . [Hind. champnd (1) to join, (2) to thrust in, to pre , to shampoo.] 1. To squeeze and rub the whole surface of the body of, after a hot bath, at the same time extending the limbs and racking the joints, for the purpose of restoring tone and vigor. It was introduced from the East. 2. To wash thoroughly, and rub and brush the head of, using either soap or a preparation of soap. "I wish to add that it is nece ary that the patient should have the nails on both fingers and toes shortened and cleansed by brushing; the ears syringed out, the hair cut and shampooed, and the whole body well cleansed with carbolic soap."- London Times. shăm-poô, chăm-poô, s . [SHAMPOO, V.] The act of shampooing; the state of being shampooed. shăm-poô-er, subst . [Eng. shampoo , v.; -er.] One who performs the operation of shampooing. [SHAMPOO, v . 1.] "A profe ional shampooer sued - for shampooing his wife." -London Daily News. shăm-rock, *shăm-brogue, *sham-roke, s. [Ir. seamrog = trefoil; dim in. of seamar=trefoil; Gael.seamrag.] 1. Ord . Lang .: A plant with three leaflets selected by the Irish as the symbol of their country, from the tradition that St. Patrick used it to ill us trate the doctrine of the Trinity. A bunch of shamrock is worn by most Irish men on St. Patrick's Day (March 17). "If they found a plot of water-cre es, or sham . rocks , there they flocked as to a feast for the time." -Spenser: View of the State of Ireland. Shamrock. 2. Botany: Trifolium minus. T. repens , T.pra tense. T. fil i for me , Oxa lis ace to sell a (See fig.), Medicago lupulin a , ., are all sometimes used as the shamrock. ( Britten & Holland, .) pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, IMG:content-1309.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To take to one's legs; to be off. ( Scotch .) 2. To be affected with disease of the pedicel or footstalk; to fall off by decay of the footstalk. (Often with off .) ( Darwin . ) To shank one's self away: To take one's self off. (Scotch.) shank-beër, s. [SHENKBEER.] shăńked, a . [ Eng.shank , s.; -ed .] 1. Having a shank. IMG:content-1310.png:[blocks in formation] If shape it may be call'd, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb." Geog.: The Lower Greensand or Upper Neo- comian, largely developed near Shanklin. shăn-nỹ, shăn, s. [Etym. doubtful.] Ichthy.: Blennius pholius , sometimes called the Smooth Blenny. It is about four inches long, olive- green, with irregular black spots. There is no crest-like appendage on the head, and the notched dorsal is not continuous with the caudal fin. The incisors are long, and serve to detach limpets and fresh water for a short time, and will live for many mu els from the rocks. The shanny will endure days out of water in places if the ground is moist. shăn-nỹ, a . [Etym. doubtful.] Wild, foolish. ( East Anglian .) shăn-tỷ, *shăn'-tě, a . [A form of jaunty (q.v.).] Jaunty, gay. ""Tis thine for sleeves to teach the shanti est cuts, Give empty coxcombs more important struts." shăn-tỹ, v. 1. [SHANTY, 8.] To live in a shanty. shăn-tỹ, *shăn'-teě, s. [Said to be from Irish porary building. shape, *schape, * shappe (past tense shaped, *schaped, * shoop , * shop , * shope ; pa. par, shaped , shapen, *shape), v. t . & i. [A. S. sceapan, scaрап , sceppan, scyppan, scippan (pa. t. scóp , sceóp , pa. par. scapen , sceapen ); cogn. with Icel. skapa (pa.t. skóp ); Goth. skapjan : Sw. skapa ; Danish ska be ; Ger. schaffen (pa.t.schuf ; pa. par. geschaffen .] A. Transitive : "Make you wene that we ben shape Sometime like a man, or like an ape." IMG:content-1311.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Capable of being shaped. 2. Shapely. "Where the shapely column stood." Cowper : Task , ii. 76. *shāp-en, pa . par.ora. [SHAPE, v.] shap-er, s. (English shap(e); -er.] One who or that which shapes or forms. Specifically- 1. A form of planer in a lathe. "No shape smith yet set up and drove a trade, To mend the work that providence had made." Garth: Claremont, 98. IMG:content-1312.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1313.png:[blocks in formation]