show end (shoend)

That end of a piece of stuff, as woolen cloth, which forms the outside of the roll, and is unrolled to be shown to cus tomers. It is often ornamented and lettered with silk or other thread woven into the piece. showerl (shou'ėr), n. [Early mod. E. also showre; But graceles gostis, golours of hem-self, That neuere had harne e ne hayle- schouris . Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote The droghte of Marche hath perced to the roote. Fast falls a fleecy show'r , the downy flakes Descending. So fro heuen to helle that hatel schor [of fiends] laste. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 227. Baker , Chronicles, p. 59. How quick they wheel'd, and, flying, behind them shot Sharp sleet of arrowy showers against the face Of their pursuers. Milton , P. R., iii. 324. 3. A copious supply bestowed; liberal distri- bution. Sweet Highland girl, a very shower Of beauty is thy earthly dower! 4. In pyrotechny , a device in which small stars of a slow-burning composition fall from rockets or shells, presenting the appearance of a shower of fire. 51. An attack; an a ault; a conflict; a battle. To put the of peril i haue ney perisched oft, And many a scharp schour for thi sake tholed. In the laste shour , soth for to telle, The folk of Troye hemselven so mysledden That with the worse at nyght homeward they fledden. Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 47. IMG:content-0952.png:[blocks in formation] Shak., Hen. VIII., i. 4. 63. We shower'd darts Scarce in a showerle day the heavens indulge Our melting clime. Armstrong , Art of Preserving Health, i. showery (shou'èr-i), a. [ shower1 , n ., + -y1.] 1. Raining in showers; abounding with fre- quent falls of rain. Murranus came from Anxur's showery height. Add is on , Remarks on Italy (Works, ed. Bohn, I. 423). 2. Like a shower; frequent or abounding, like the drops in a shower. The Torch-bearers habits were likewise of the Indian garb, but more strauagant than those of the Maskers; all show fully garnisht with seueral-hewd fethers. Chapman , Masque of the Middle Temple and Lincoln's [Inn. show-gla (shō'glás), n . 1. A gla in which "Someth something is seen; a mirror; especially, especially, a magic mirror, mirror, or a gla in which things not present are made to appear.-2. A show-case. The maid, who views with pensive air The show - gla fraught with glitt'ring ware, Sees watches, bracelets, rings, and lockets. She was so used now to the ways of the Italians, and their showy affection, it was hard for her to realize that people could be both kind and cold. Harper's Mag., LXXVII. 135. Showy orchis. See Orchis , 2. =Syn. Gorgeous, magnifi- cent, sumptuous, pompous, grand, flashy, glaring, garish, dre y. showily (shō'i-li), adv . In a showy manner; pompously; with parade. showine (shō'i-nes), n . The state of being showy; pompousne ; great parade. showing (shō'ing), n. [Also, archaically, shew- ing ; shewing , schewynge , sceawung , large objects at a show. verbal n. of sceáwian , look, show: see show1 , v.] 1. Appearance; coming into view. And the child.. was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. Luke i. 80. 2t. Aspect; looks. Thanne, al abawed in shewing , Anoon spak Drede, right thus seiyng. Rom. of the Rose , 1. 4041. 3. A setting forth or demonstration by words: as, he is wrong by his own showing . suggests itself is that, on this showing , the notes at least of private banks are not money. J. S. Mill , Pol. Econ., III. xii. § 7. 41. A warning; a prophecy. Hall i well . showing-off (shō'ing-of'), n. 1. Ostentatious display. 2. In a specific use, technical in or- nithology, the peculiar actions or attitudes of many male birds in mating, when such are very marked or conspicuous; amatory antics or dis- play. The showing-off is a characteristic habit of the peacock, turkey, and many other gallinaceous birds (see cut under peafowl ); of some pigeons (pouters are devel- Upon them, but in vain; they reach'd their ships. Fletcher (and another ), False Onc, v. 4. oped from this trait, for example); of the bustards, in On their naked limbs the flowery roof some of which the inflation of the neck becomes enor- mous; of various waders (the cut under ruff shows the ruff in the act); and of the sand-hill and other cranes, etc. gaudy; ostentatious. [Rare.] causes are two persons named by the court, usually on the suggestion of the parties, to accompany the jurors when a view of the property which the cause relates to is al- lowed. See viewer . It [the star of Bethlehem] schon to the schepherdes a schewer of bli e. Piers Plowman (B), xii. 153. He puttyth in hys pawtener A kerchyf and a comb, A shewer , and coyf To bynd with hys loks. They are as showish , and will look as magnificent, as if he was descended from the blood royal. Swift , Bicker staff Papers. showman (shoʻman), n.; pl. showmen (-men). [ shown (shon). A past participle of show1 . show-place (shō'plas), n. 1. A place for pub- lic exhibitions.-2. A gymnasium (which see). [Rare.] of shout . 2. A rag; a jagged piece. With flatte ferthynges the freke was floreschede alle over, Many schredys and schragges at his skyrttes hynnges. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3474. shragt (shrag), v. t. [Also dial.shreg, shrig ; shrag , n.] To clip; lop; shred; also, to ornament with tags or shreds. Prompt. Parv ., p. 448. A red hod on hir heved, shragid al of shridis, With a riche rib an gold be-gon. MS . Arund. Coll . Arm ., 27, f. 130. ( Hall i well .) To shrag trees, arbores putare. For lat a dronken daffe in a dyke falle,. And Shame shrapeth his clothes and his shynes wa heth. Piers Plowman (B), xi. 423. Herly in the morowe to shrapyn in the vale, To fynde my dyner amonge the wormes smale. Lydgate, The Chorle and the Bird. 2. To scold. [Prov. Eng.] shrapnel (shrap'nel), n. [Named after the Brit- ish Gen. Shrapnel (died 1842).] A shell filled with bullets and a small bursting-charge just sufficient to split it open and release the bullets at any given point, generally about 80 yards be- The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary IMG:content-0954.png:[blocks in formation] shreddy (shred'i), a. [ Small bits of shreddy matter fall to the bottom of the ve el. J. R. Nichols, Fireside Science, p. 24. shred-pie (shred'pi), n. Mince-pie: so called from the shredding or thin shaving of the in- gredients. [Eng.] Beef, mutton, and pork, shred pies of the best, Pig, veal, goose, and capon, and turkey well drest. shred (shred), v. t.; pret. and pp. shred (some- times shredded ), ppr. shredding . [Early mod. E. also shread ; ME.shreden , schreden (pret. shred , schred, schredde , pp. schred , schrede ), screá- dian (pret. * screádode ) (in comp. be - screádian ), orig. strong, * screádan (pret. * screód ), cut up, In winter there was the luxury of a shredpie , which is a shred (> screádung , shredding, and screáde , a coarse north country edition of the pie abhorred by puri- tans. shred), = OFries. skrēda = MD. schrooden , Southey, The Doctor, viii. ( Davies .) schrooijen, shred, clip, = MLG. schroden , schrā- shreek1t, v. An obsolete spelling of shriek . den, scrōden = OHG. scrotan, MHG. schroten , shreek2 (shrēk), n . Same as shrike2 . This sword shall shred thee as small unto the grave As minced meat for a pie. B. Jonson, Tale of a Tub, iv. 3. Schrede, or clyppynge of clothe or other thynge, Scis- sura, presegmen. Prompt . Parv ., p. 448. A cutpurse of the empire and the rule, A king of shreds and patches. He munched a shred of toast, and was off by the omni- Thackeray, Lovel the Widower, iii. IMG:content-0955.png:[blocks in formation] Can bring more to the making up of a man Than can be hoped from thee; thou art his creature. Mas singer and Field , Fatal Dowry, iii. 1. There was not a shred of evidence against his client, and he appealed to the magistrates to discharge him at once. H. Smart, Struck Down, x. The cockroach has retained some shreds of reputation by eating mosquitoes. P. Robinson , Under the Sun, p. 203. shred-cock (shred'kok), n. The fieldfare, a dus pilar is . C. Swains on . [Local, thrush, Turdus pilar is . Eng.] shredding (shred'ing), (shred'ing), n. [ screádung , verbal n. of *screá- dan, screádian, cut, shred: see shred, v.] 1. The act of tearing or cutting into shreds; also, the act of pruning or clipping. IMG:content-0956.png:[blocks in formation] And alle that worche with wronge wenden hij shulle After her deth day and dwelle with that shrewe [Satan]. Piers Plowman (B), i. 127. For unto shrewes joye it is and ese To have her [their] felawes in peyne and disese. IMG:content-0957.png:[blocks in formation] relatiering term different family, as the shrew-moles and desmans. See shrew -mole, elephant-shrew, marsh -shrew, mole-shrew, musk-shrew, squirrel-shrew, water - shrew , and cuts under Blarina , desman, Pet rod rom us , Ptilocercus , Rhynchocyon, and Tupaia . American Water-shrew (Neosorex palustris). In Italy the hardy shrews are venomous in their biting. Holland, tr. of Pliny, viii. 58. Broad-nosed shrew, the common Sorex platyrhinus of North America. - Ciliated shrew, Crocidura suaveolens , a very diminutive shrew of southern Europe. - House shrew, Crocidura aranea , of parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Indian shrew, the musk-shrew. Oared or Chaucer, Prol. to Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 193. oar-footed shrews, aquatic shrews, of the genera Cros- The wickid aungil bad him be boold To calle bot he fadir & modir schrewis . Hymns to Virgin , etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 60. 2. A woman of a perverse, violent, or malig- nant temper; a scold; a termagant. IMG:content-0958.png:[blocks in formation] 4t. A planet of evil or malignant aspect or in- fluence. That he be nat retro grad, ne combust, ne joigned with no shrewe in the same signe. Chaucer , Astrolabe, ii. 5. Yet was he to me the moste shrewe, That feele I on my ribbes al by rewe. Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 505. shrewl (shrö), v . t . [ schrewen , rewen , make evil, curse, schrewe , an evil person: see shrew1, n. Cf. beshrew and shrewd.] 11. Το make evil; deprave. Schrewyn, pravo. shrewd (shröd), a . [Early mod. E. also shrowd ; schrewid , depraved, wicked, lit. 'accursed,' pp. of schrewen , curse, beshrew: see shrew1 . Cf. cursed , curst , former- ly used in the sense of having a violent tem- per'; cf. also wicked1 . For the partial elevation of sense from 'cursed' through 'mischievous, cunning,' to 'astute, sagacious,' cf. pretty , which has pa ed from 'tricky, cunning,' to 'fine, beautiful.'] 14. Evil; accursed; malig- nant; wicked. God shal take veniaunce on alle swiche preestes, Wel harder and grettere on suche shrewede faderes, Than euere he dude on Ophni and Finees. Helle repreued tho the deuel sathan, And horribli gan him dispice; "To me thou art a schrewide captayn, A combrid wretche in cowardise." Shrew me If I would lose it for a revenue Of any king's in Europe. Shak ., Cymbeline, ii. 3. 147. [ shrewe , AS.scredwa , shrew2 (shrö), n. the shrew-mouse: supposed to mean lit. 'biter': see shrew1. Cf. G. dial. schermaus , a mole, scheren (= E. shear ), cut, + maus = E. mouse .] A small insectivorous mammal of the genus 3t. Annoying; mischievous; vexatious; trou- Sorex or family Soricida ; a shrew-mouse. They are all small, greatly resembling mice in size, form, color, and general appearance (whence the name shrew - mouse ), but belong to a different order ( Insect i vor a , not Rodent i a ). They may be distinguished at a glance by the long sharp snout. They are widely distributed, chiefly in the north- ern hemisphere, and the species are numerous, of several different genera, particularly Sorex , which contains more than any other. The little animals are very voracious, and devour great quantities of insects and worms; but there is no foundation in fact for the vulgar notion that shrews are poisonous, or for any other of the popular supersti- tions respecting these harmle little creatures. The shrews have usually a musky odor, due to the secretion of some special subcutaneous glands with which they are provided, and in some of the larger kinds this scent is very strong. Among the shrews are the most diminutive of all mammals, with the head and body le than 2 inches To lift shrewd steel against our golden crown. Shak., Rich. II., iii. 2. 59. While I spake then, a sting of shrewdest pain Ran shrivelling thro' me. Tennyson, St. Simeon Stylites. The sky is harsh, and the sea shrewd and salt. D. G. Ro etti , Ruggiero and Angelica. Either I mistake your shape and making quite, Or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite Call'd Robin Goodfellow. Shak ., M. N. D., ii. 1. 33. Is he shrewd and unjust in his dealings with others? South , Sermons, vi. shrewishne (shröʻish-nes), n. The character of being shrewish; the conduct of a shrew. I have no gift at all in shrewishne , I am a right maid for my cowardice. 6. Astute; sagacious; discriminating; discern- ing; smart; sharp: as, a shrewd man of the world. Patriots are grown too shrewd to be sincere. Shrewd was the good St. Martin; he was famed For sly expedients and devices quaint. Bryant, Legend of St. Martin. 7. Indicating shrewdne ; due to shrewdne ; involving or displaying sagacity or astutene : as, a shrewd remark; a shrewd face. A shrewd manyt, a great number. Cast. He threw twice twelve. Cred. By 'r lady, a shrewd many . shrew-mouse (shrömous), n. [ shrew2 + mouse.] The common shrew of Europe; any small true shrew, like a mouse. See cuts under shrew2 . shrew-struck (shrö'struk), a. Poisoned by a shrew; smitten with a malady which a shrew was superstitiously supposed to impart by its bite or even its touch. If a child was scalded, a tooth ached, a piece of silver was stolen, a heifer shrew - struck , a pig bewitched, a young damsel crost in love, Lucy [a "white witch"] was in, and Lucy found a remedy. Kingsley , Westward Ho, iv. A Middle English form of =Syn. 5. Artful , Sly , etc. (see cunning1 ), wily, subtle.- of shred or shroud3 .] 6. Acute , Keen , etc. (see acute ), discerning, penetrating, politic, ingenious. shrewdly (shrödʻli), adv . [Early mod. E. also shrowdly, shroudly, shroadly; shrewd and -ly2 .] In a shrewd manner. (at) Accursedly; wickedly. IMG:content-0959.png:[blocks in formation] [ schryden ; a var. To hew or lop (wood). Hooke to he we wode, or schrydynge [var. hoke to hev with woode, or schraggynge ], sirculus [var. sarculus]. Prompt . Parv ., p. 242. IMG:content-0960.png:[blocks in formation] Mayors and shrieves may yearly fill the stage: A king's or poet's birth doth ask an age. B. Jonson, New Inn, Epil. Now mayors and shrieves all hush'd and satiate lay. Pope , Dunciad, i. 91. shriefet, n. An obsolete form of sheriff1 . shriek (shrēk), v . [Early mod. E. also shrike , schryke; shriken , shryken , schriken , skrik- en, scriken (pret. schriked , skriked , skryked , schrykede, also shrighte, shryghte ), skrik- ja , shriek (found only in sense of 'titter') (cf. 2. Absolution received after confe ion; par- skrækja , shriek), = Sw. skrik a = Dan. skrige , don. shriek; cf. Gael. sgreach =W. ysgrechio , shriek, scream. The word also appears as shrikel , screak , screech , q. v. As with other words de- noting sounds, it was regarded as more or le imitative, and suffered variation.] I. in trans. To utter a sharp, shrill cry; cry out more or le convulsively, at a pitch above that of a scream, as in great and sudden fright, in horror, or in extreme pain: used sometimes, by hyperbole, The aforesaid author observes very shrewdly that, hav- ing no certain ideas of the terms of the proposition, it is to him a mystery. Water land, Works, I. 219. shrewdne (shröd'nes), n. [ ME.schrewdnes , shrewedne e , schrewidne e ; Thanne Mede for here mysdedes to that man kneled, And shroue hire of hire shrewedne e . IMG:content-0961.png:[blocks in formation] Chaucer , Knight's Tale, 1. 1959. Therwithal they shrykede and they houped. Chaucer, Nun's Priest's Tale, 1. 580. Downe in her lap she hid her face, and lowdly shright . Spenser, F. Q., III. viii. 32. Shak., Macbeth, ii. 2. 3. It was the owl that shriek'd. I shriek , start up, the same sad prospect find. Pope , Eloisa to Abelard, 1. 247. II. trans. To utter with a shriek or a shrill wild cry. On top whereof ay dwelt the ghastly Owle, Shrieking his bale full note. Spenser, F. Q., I. ix. 33. Berkley, whose fair seat hath been famous long, Let thy sad echoes shriek a deadly sound. Drayton, Barons' Wars, v. 67. shriek (shrēk), n. [Early mod. E. also shrike , shrike (= Sw. skrik , skri = Dan. skrig ); from the verb.] A sharp, shrill outery: as, the shriek of a whistle; shrieks of laughter. See shriek , v. Whi made the childe this shrike ? wilt thow sleue it? Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 15. The me enger of death, the ghastly owle, With drery shriekes did also her bewray. Not louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast When husbands or when lapdogs breathe their last. Pope , R. of the L., iii. 157. Enuye with heuy herte asked after schrifte , And careful lich mea culpa he comsed to she we. Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift: Riddling confe ion finds but riddling shrift. Chaucer , Summoner's Tale, 1. 110. Call your executioner, and off with Bar nardine's head; I will give him a present shrift , and advise him for a bet- ter place. Shak., M. for M., iv. 2. 223. Yet I have call'd my conscience to confe ion, And every syllable that might offend I have had in shrift . IMG:content-0962.png:[blocks in formation] How and where he doth that synne, To hys schryffader he mote that mynne. J. Myrc, Instructions for Parish Priests (E. E. T. S.), 1. 233. And virgin nuns in close and private cell, Where (but shrift fathers ) never mankind treads. IMG:content-0963.png:[blocks in formation] Again the shrieking charmers-how they rend The gentle air the shrickers lack a friend. Crabbe , Tales of the Hall, vii. ( Richardson .) 2. The bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica . [Local, Eng.] shriek-owl (shrēk'oul), n. 1. A screech-owl. -2. The swift, Cypselus apus . [Local, Eng.] shrieval (shrē'val), a . [ shrievel + -al .] Of or pertaining to a sheriff. Chaste were his cellars, and his shrieval board The gro ne of a city feast abhorr'd. Dryden , Abs. and Achit., i. 618. shrievalty (shrē'val-ti), n. [Formerly also shrivalty , skrevalty (also later sheriffalty ); IMG:content-0964.png:[blocks in formation] With brokyn vois, al hors for shright , Cryseyde To Troylus thise ilke wordes seyde. That with their piteous cryes, and yelling shrightes, They made the further shore resounden wide. IMG:content-0965.png:[blocks in formation] 3. Piercing; sharp; affecting the senses sharp- ly or keenly; bright. [Obsolete or archaic.] Quen glem of glodez agaynz hem glydez Wyth schymerynge schene ful schrylle thay [silver leaves] schynde. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), i. 80. The Lady's-head upon the prow Caught the shrill salt, and sheer'd the gale. sheard the le voyage, shrill (shril), n. [ thorn or sharp twig. The great gray or cinereous shrike of Europe is Lanius excubitor , of which the corresponding cing sound. [Rare.] American species is the northern butcher-bird, L. borealis . The loggerhead shrike of the United States is L. ludovicia- nus. The red-backed shrike of Europe is Lanius or En- neoctonus collurio (see wood - chat ). See cuts under butcher- bird , Lanius , and Pachycephala . I heard a voyce, which loudly to me called, That with the suddein shrill I was appalled. You may... almost fancy you hear the shrill of the midsummer cricket. H. James , Jr., Trans. Sketches, p. 151. IMG:content-0966.png:[blocks in formation] Fresh-water shrimp. See fresh - water . - Mountebank shrimp, a beach-flea or sand-hopper: so called from its agility. shrimp2 (shrimp), v. i. [ shrimp1 + -er1.] A person who catches shrimps; a shrimp- The hounds and horn Through the high wood echoing shrill . shrill-edged (shril'ejd), a. piercing in sound. [Rare.] divide the shuddering Tennyson, Maud, i. 4. shriket. See Sci irostrum. Fiscal shrike, a shrike of the genus Fiscus , as F. collar is ; a fiscal. - Fork-tailed shrike. See fork - tailed . Frontal shrike, Falcunculus front at us of Australia, with a strong curved and toothed bill, a crest, above greenish-yellow, below bright-yellow, the plumage also varied with black and white, the length 7 inches. Great northern shrike, the American butcher- bird, Lanius borealis . — Green shriket, Lept opter us chabert (not a shrike) of Madagascar. Hook-billed shrike, Van- ga curvirostris of Madagascar. See Vanga . Keroula shrilling (shril'ing), n. [Verbal n. of shrill , v .] IMG:content-0967.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0968.png:[blocks in formation] also una ibilated skirl ; skryla , skräla , cry shrilly, = Sw. skråla = Dan. skraale , squall (of children); Icel. skrölta , resound shrilly, = AS. scralletan , cry aloud; partly from the adj., but mainly original, from a common root * skrel , * skral . See shrill , a. Cf. shill2, shrill.] I. in trans . 1. To utter or emit a keen, piercing, high-pitched sound. Then gan the bagpypes and the hornes to shrill And shrieke aloud. Spenser , F. Q., VI. viii. 46. Like a locust shrills the imprisoned sap. IMG:content-0969.png:[blocks in formation] Palsgrave , L'Éclairci ement, p. 323. Thy small pipe Is as the maiden's organ, shrill and sound, And all is semblative a woman's part. Shak., T. N., i. 4. 33. IMG:content-0970.png:[blocks in formation] Keats , Endymion, i. shrilly (shril'li), adv . [ shrill +-ly2.] In a shrill manner; acutely; with a sharp sound or voice. Mount up aloft, my Muse; and now more shrilly sing. Dr. H. More, Psych a than asia, II. ii. 40. The small philosopher... cries out shrilly from his Landor, Epicurus, Leontion, and Terni a. elevation. shrimp1 (shrimp), v . t . and i. [A ibilated form of scrimp. Cf. shrump.] To contract; shrink. shrimp2 (shrimp), n. [ shrimp , shrymp , schrymp; shrimp , a ibilated form of scrimp , scanty, small: see shrimp1 , v., scrimp, a.] 1. A ten-footed crustacean of the family Crangonidæ, and especially of the ge- nus Crangon . C. vulgar is is the common shrimp of Great Britain, about 2 inches long, greenish-gray dotted with brown, of fragile structure, somewhat translucent, and esteemed a delicacy as food. It boils to a brown color, not red as is usual with crusta- ceans. The shrimps are close- ly related to prawns, and one of the prawns, Pandalus an- The name is also extended to various related crustaceans. Among those bearing this name in the United States are some Gamma rid a , as Gam- mar us fasci at us ; species of Pandalus , as P. annuli corn is , the deep-water shrimp, and P. danæ , which is dried in California for exportation to Shrimp ( Crangon vulgar is ), natural size. She [Cleopatre]... Made hir subtil werkmen make a shryne Of alle the rubies and the stones fyne In al Egipte that she koude espye; and forth she fette This dede cors, and in the shryne it shette. Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 672. 2. A box for holding the bones of saints or other sacred relics; a reliquary. Portable shrines containing relics were commonly arched boxes covered with precious metal, enamels, and engraving, and in churches were generally placed near the altar. See cut For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for [of, R. V.] Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen. Acts xix. 24. Forsooth, a blind man at Saint Alban's shrine, Within this half-hour, hath received his sight. Shak., 2 Hen. VI., ii. 1. 63. shrine Shrine of St. Calmine, Duke of Aquitaine, in enameled and gilded copper; early 13th century. (From Viollet-le-Duc's "Dict. du Mobilier français.") It [sculptured relief with figure of a godde ] is in the form of a small shrine (ναΐσκος [a little temple]). Harrison and Verrall , Ancient Athens, p. 44. 51. Erroneously, an image. From the four corners of the earth they come, To ki this shrine , this mortal-breathing saint. Shak., M. of V., ii. 7. 40. Hearing us praise our loves of Italy, for feature, laming The shrine of Venus, or straight-pight Minerva. Shak ., Cymbeline, x. 5. 164. 6. Metaphorically, a thing or place hallowed and consecrated by its history or past a ociations, or supposed to be the incarnation of some object of worship. Shrine of the mighty! can it be That this is all remains of thee? Byron, The Giaour, 1. 106. I... worshipped at innumerable shrines of beauty. Will is, Florence Gray. 7t. A charnel-house. Holly band. (Hall i well.) -Bell-shrine, a cover put over a bell when it is not in use: an ecclesiastical utensil, and as such usually decorated with religious emblems, especially in early Irish art. shrine (shrin), v. t.; pret. and pp. shrined, ppr. shrining. [ Ye might be shryned for your brotelne e, Bet than Dalyda, Creseide, or Candace. Against Women Unconstant. The Almighty Father, where he sits Shrined in his sanctuary of heaven secure. Milton , P. L., vi. 672. 2. To inclose in something suggestive of the great preciousne of what is inclosed: as, the jewel was shrined in a velvet casket. In painting her I shrined her face 'Mid mystic trees. D. G. Ro etti , The Portrait. shrink (shringk), v.; pret. shrank and shrunk, pp. shrunk and shrunken (formerly also shrinked ), ppr. shrinking. [ He touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. Gen. xxxii. 32. 5600 But no way he saw he could so much pleasure them as by leaving the two friends alone, who being shrunk aside to the banqueting house, where the pictures were, there Palladius recounted unto Pyrocles his fortunate escape Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, i. from the wreck and his ensuing adventures. It is shame full for a King to boast at Table and shrink in fight. Milton , Hist. Eng., v. E'en as a bather might Shrink from the water, from the naked night She shrank a little. William Morris , Earthly Paradise, III. 316. 5. To decline or hesitate to act, as from fear; recoil morally or mentally, as in fear, horror, distrust, distaste, and the like. The proud have had me exceedingly in derision; yet have I not shrinked from thy law. Book of Common Prayer , Psalter, Ps. cxix. 51. I have seen him do such things belief would shrink at. Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, i. 1. He shrunk from no deed of treachery or violence. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 1. IMG:content-0971.png:[blocks in formation] The first is merry drunk, And this, although his braines be somewhat shrunk I'th' wetting, hath, they say, but little hart In his demeanour. Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 63. Keep it from coming too long, lest it should shrink the corn in measure. Mortimer, Husbandry. 2. To make smaller; make appear smaller. He had some other drawbacks as a gardener. He shrank the very place he cultivated. The dignity and reduced gentility of his appearance made the small garden cut a R. L. Stevens on, An Old Scotch Gardener. sorry figure. 3. To withdraw: formerly with in. The Libyck Hammon shrinks his horn. Milton , Nativity, 1. 203. His [Beelzebub's) awful Horns above his crown did rise, And force his friends to shrink in theirs. J. Beaumont , Psyche, i. 16. That the Mountains should shrink in their heads, to fill up the vast places of the deep. Stilling fleet, Sermons, I. iii. Another-while onder the Crystoll brinks Her alabastrine well-shap't Limbs she shrinks , Like to a Lilly sunk into a gla e. Sylvester , tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Trophies. To shrink on, to fix firmly by causing to shrink: thus, the tire of a wheel or the hoop or jacket of a cannon is shrunk on by making it slightly smaller than the part it is to fit, expanding it by heat till it can be slipped into place, and then rapidly cooling it. This mortar was strengthened by heavy wrought-iron bands shrunk on it. Ei ler , Mod. High Explosives, p. 72. shrink (shringk), n. [ shrink , v.] 1. The act of shrinking; a spontaneous drawing into le IMG:content-0972.png:[blocks in formation] That tread the path of public busine Know what a tacit shrug is, or a shrink . B. Jonson, Magnet ick Lady, i. 1. You cannot blame the Spaniard to be satyrical against Q. Elizabeth; for he never speaks of her but he fetcheth a Shrink in the Shoulder. Howell , Letters, ii. 71. 4. A diminution; a falling away; shrinkage. I saw a visible shrink in all orders of men among us, Water, water everywhere, from that greatne and that goodne which was in the And all the boards did shrink. first grain that our God brought from three sifted king Cole ridge, Ancient Mariner, ii. doms into this land, when it was a land not sown. 2. To diminish; reduce. O mighty Cæsar! dost thou lie so low? Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure? Shak ., J. C., iii. 1. 150. Philosophy, that lean'd on Heaven before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more. Pope , Dunciad, iv. 644. 3. To shrivel; become wrinkled by contraction, as the skin. I am a scribbled form, drawn with a pen Upon a parchment, and against this fire Do I shrink up. Shak ., K. John, v. 7. 34. And shrink like parchment in consuming flame. Dryden, Annus Mirabilis, st. 266. C. Mather, Mag. Chris., iii., Int. 5. A withdrawing from fear or horror; recoil. Not a sigh, a look, or shrink bewrays The least felt touch of a degenerous fear. Daniel, Civil Wars, i. 52.