showroom

1. A room or apartment in which a show is exhib ited. 2. A room in a warehouse or wholesale establishment, in which samples of goods are set out fer inspection; also a room in a hotel set aside for the use of commercial travelers in which to exhibit samples of their goods to their customers. *show-stone, s . A gla or crystal ball by means of which fortune-tellers profe ed to foretell future events. show-yard, 8. A yard or inclosure in which cat tle, sheep, horses, ., are exhibited for show. "He felt certain he should not himself maintain his own flock to the same high standard but for the competi tive system in the show - yard . " - Field , Dec. 12, 1885. show'-er (1), s. [Eng. show , v.; -er.] 1. One who shows or exhibits. 2. That which shows, as a mirror. ( Wycliffe .) show-er (2), *schour, *shour, *shoure (orig. a monosyllable), s. [A. S. scúr ; cogn. with Dut. schoer; Icel. skúr ; Sw. skur ; Goth. skura; O. H. Ger. scúr ; Ger. schauer .] I. Ordinary Language : 1. A fall of rain or hail (and sometimes of snow) of short or not very long duration. "After sharpest shoures, quath Pees, most sheene is sonne." Piers Plowman , p. 364. 2. A storm or heavy fall of anything; a fall of things in thick and fast succe ion. (METEOR SHOWER.] "They wheeled, 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 distribution or supply. "Showers of wealth descending from the skies." Pope : Homer's Iliad , ii. 814. II. Pyrotechny: A term applied to gold-rain (q. v.).