shrillness

[Eng. shrill; -ne .] The quality or state of being shrill. "These parts first dispose the voice to hoarsene or shrillne ." -Smith: On Old Age. shrill -, *shrill-ie, adv. & a. [Eng. shrill; y.] A. As adv.: In a shrill manner; with a shrill or piercing sound. "Round the rough castle shrilly sung The whirling blast." Warton: Grave of King Arthur. B. As adj .: Somewhat shrill. "And children that, unwitting why, Lent the gay shout their shrilly cry." Scott: Lady of the Lake, iii. 20. shrimp, v . t . & i . [The same as SCRIMP (q. v.). Probably there was an A. S. verb scrimp an (pa. t. scramp , pa. par. scrampen), whence also crimp , cramp , and crumple .] A. Trans.: Τo contract, to make small or paltry. "But what dismally shrimped things would they appear, turned into English."- Echard : Contempt of the Clergy, p. 44. B. In trans.: To catch or fish for shrimps. shrimp, s. [SHRIMP, v.] 1. Literally and Zoology: (1) A popular name for any individual of the genus Crangon (q. v.), allied to Lobster, Crayfish, and Prawn. The form is elongated, tapering, and arched. The rostrum is very short, claws small, the fixed finger being merely a small tooth, the movable finger unciform. The whole structure is delicate and sub-translucent, and of such hues that the species may readily escape observation, whether resting on a sandy bottom or moving through the water. When alarmed they bury themselves in the sand by a peculiar motion of the telson. The Common Shrimp ( Crangon vulgar is ), about two inches long, greenish-gray dotted with brown, is esteemed as an article of food; other species, from warmer latitudes, are equally prized. They are usually taken by means of a shrimp-net. (See extract.) "The common shrimp is an exception to the general rule that the cuticle of the Crustaceans is either red in the living animal or becomes so on boiling. The cuticle of C. vulgar is in the living state is light-brown or almost white, and the animal is somewhat translucent. After boiling, the cuticle a umes its well-known brown color." -Encyc. Brit . (ed. 9th), xxi. 847. (2) Pandalus annuli corn is , taken in the northern waters of Europe. When alive its color is reddish gray, with red spots. When boiled it becomes a deep red. It is smaller than the Prawn ( Palæmon serratus), with which, however, it is sometimes confounded. 2. Fig .: A dwarfish creature; a little wrinkled person; a pigmy, a manikin. "It cannot be, this weak and writhled shrimp Should strike such terror in his enemies." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt . I. , ii. 3. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; shrinkage Cup shrimps: A local name in the south of England for the young of Palæmon serratus , from their being measured in small cups instead of being sold by tale, as they are when full grown. shrimp-net, subst . A small-meshed bag-net. mounted on a hoop and pole for catching shrimps. shrimp-er, s. [Eng. shrimp , v.; -er.] One who fishes for or catches shrimps. shrine, *schrin, *schryne, *srine, 8. [A. S. scrin the ark (of the covenant), from Latin scrinium a chest, case, or box.] [SCRINE.] I. Literally : 1. A case, box, or reliquary in which the bones or other remains of saints were deposited. They were often richly ornamented with gold, precious stones, and elaborate carvings, and were generally placed near the altar of the church. The earliest form of the shrine was that of a diminutive model of a church, with a high-pitched roof. 2. A tomb of shrine-like form; the mausoleum of a saint in a church. "And let the corse enbaume, and forth she fette This dead corse, and in the shrine it shette." Chaucer: Legende of Cleopatras . II. Fig .: A place or object sacred or hallowed from its a ociations or history; an altar. "Lovers are in rapture at the name of their fair idol; they lavish out all their incense upon that shrine." Watts . fshrine-work, subst . The elaborate carving with which shrines and canopies were adorned. "The exquisite tracery of their screens and shrine work."-J. 8. Brewer : English Studies , p. 106. shrine, *shryne, v. t. [SHRINE, 8. ] To place in a shrine; to enshrine. "Causyd it to be had into the monastery of seynt Denys, and there shrynyd hym."-Fabyan: Chronycle, ch. xxxii. shrink, *shrinke (past tense shrank , * shronke , #shrunck , shrunk , past particip. *shronk, shrunk, *shruncken), v. i. & t . [A. S. scrincan (pa. t. scranc, pa. par.scruncen)=to contract, to shrivel; cognate with O. Dan.schrinken ; cf. Sw. skrynka =a wrinkle; skrunkla =to wrinkle, to rumple.] IMG:content-1405.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To shrivel; to become shriveled or wrinkled by contraction, as the skin. "And shrink like parchment in consuming flame." Dryden: Annus Mirabilis, celxiv. 3. To withdraw, recoil, or retire, as from danger; to give way. "Whereas the English men should haue kept their ground and defended them, they began to shrinke."Holinshed. Hist. Scotland (an. 834). 4. To recoil, as in horror, distrust, disgust, or fear. "None had been deeper in guilt, and none shrank with more abject terror from death, than Porter." -Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xxi. 5. To expre or indicate fear, horror, or pain, by a contraction or shrugging of the body. "And when I bend, retire and shrink, Says, 'Well-'tis more than one would think.'" Cowper: Poet, Oyster, and Sensitive Plant. IMG:content-1406.png:[blocks in formation] 1 shrinker *2. The act of shrinking or recoiling, as from danger, . "By abstaining altogether from action, the public no doubt make a further shrinkage probable." --St. James's Gazette, Sep. 23, 1885. 3. Diminution in value; as, shrinkage of real estate. shrink-er, 8. [Eng. shrink, v.; -er.] One who shrinks or withdraws from danger, . "We are no cowardly shrinkers, But true English men bred." Old Sea Song; Neptune's Raging Fury. shrink-ing, pr. par. or a. [SHRINK, v.] shrinking-head, s. Founding : A body of molten metal in the gate of a mold, to supply metal to the casting during shrinking. Also called a Sinking head. shrink-ing-ly, adv. [Eng. shrinking; -ly.] In a shrinking manner; by shrinking. shrite, s. [Etym. doubtful.) A local name for the thrush. shriv-al-ty, s. [SHRIEVALTY.] shrive (pa. t. shrove , pa. par, shriven ,) v. t. & i. [A. S. scrifan (pa. t. scráf , pa. par.scrifen ), borrowed from Lat. scribo to write, to draw up a law, hence to impose a legal obligation or penalty, to prescribe a penance; cf. Icel. skrifa =to scratch, to write; Dan. skrive .] A. Transitive : 1. To hear or receive the confe ion of, as a priest. "Save what the father must not say Who shrived him on his dying day." Byron: The Giaour. 2. To confe and absolve; to grant absolution to after confe ion. "And they shrove the dying Haco, And they prayed his bed beside." Blackie: Lays of Highlands and Islands , p. 63. 3676 shrood, v. t. [SHROUD, v.]