shadow, scheadewe, schadue

[A. S. sceadu, acc us. plural sceadwa; cogn. with Dutch schaduw; O. H. Ger. scato (gen it, scatewes ); Ger. schatten; Goth. skadus: Gr. skotos, skotia; Ir. & Gael. sgath, from the same root as Gr. ski a shade; Sansc. shháyá=shade; Eng.sky.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Literally: (1) Shade within defined limits; the figure of a "The law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things."- Hebrews x. 1. *(3) A type, a mystical representation. "Types and shadows of that destined seed." Milton: P. L., xii. 233. *(4) A slight or faint appearance; a shade. "With whom is no variablene , neither shadow o turning."-James i. 17. "To worship shadows , and adore false shapes." Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen of Verona , iv. 2. (6) A constant or inseparable companion or attendant. "Sin and her shadow , death and misery." Milton: P. L., ix. 12. *(7) An uninvited guest, introduced to a feast by one who is invited. (A translation of the Latin umbra .) "I must not have my board pestered with shadows, That under other men's protection break in Without invitement." Mas singer: Unnatural Combat. (8) Shelter, protection. "Within the shadow of your power." Shakesp.: Timon of Athens, v. 4. Shadow. tion light; obscurity or deprivation of light, probeerd body projected on the ground, ., by the inter cep proceeding from the point, and grazing the interven- apparent on a surface or plane, and representing of some magnitude, and, therefore, emits light from the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light. "Nearchus a ures us, that during his voyage along the coast of India (for no part of India extends beyond the Oritæ) the 2 shadows fall not the same way, as in other parts; for when they sail'd far into the ocean, toward the south, there, the shadows , nigh noon-day declin'd southward; and when the sun was upon the meridian, they had no shadows at all."-Rooke: Arrian; Alexander's Expe dition, bk. v., ch. xxv. (2) Darkne , gloom, shade, obscurity. "By the revolution of the skies Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise.' Denham. ( Todd .) (3) Shade; comparative obscurity or gloom. *(4) An obscure or shady place; a secluded re treat. "To the secret shadows I retire, To pay my penance till my years expire." Dryden: Virgil's Æneid , vi. 733. (5) The dark part of a picture; the representation of comparative deficiency or deprivation of light; shade. many points, the shadow is not precisely defined, but consists of a portion in perfect shadow, or to which no luminous rays have acce , and penumbra, to which some rays have acce . In the former case the theoretical shadow is a geometric one, in the latter physical, i. e., such as actually occurs in nature. May your shadow never be or grow le : May you escape the clutches of the devil! hence, May you be fortunate. It was fabled that when students of magic had attained a certain proficiency, they had to run round a subterranean hall, pursued by the devil. If he succeeded in catching only their shadow, they became first-rate magicians, but were thenceforth shadowle . ( Brewer .) †shadow-gra , s . Bot.: Probably Luzula. ( Britten & Holland.) *shadow-house, s. A summer-house.