Shade

s. (peaou, Saxon; schade, Dutch.) 1. The cloud of opacity made by interception of the light (Alton). 2. Darkne ; obscurity (Roscommon). 3. Coolne made by interception of the sun (Milton). 4. An obscure place, properly in a grove or close wood, by which the light is excluded’ (Milton). 5, Screen causing an exclusion of light or heat; umbrage (Arbuthnol). 6. Protection; shelter. 7. The parts ofa picture not brightly coloured(Dryd.). 8. A variation of colour; gradation of light (Locke). 9. The figure formed upon any surface corresponding to the body by which the light is intercepted; the shadow (Pope). The soul separated from the body; so called as supposed by the ancients to be perceptible to the sight, not to the touch, A spirit; a ghost; manes (Zickel).