sexuality

[Eng. sexual; -ity.] The quality or state of being distinguished by sex; recognition of sexual relations. sex-u-al-ize, v. t. [ Eng.sexual, -ize.] To give sex to; to distinguish into sexes. sex-u-al-lỹ, adv. [Eng. sexual, -ly.] In a sexual manner or relation. sex-va-lent, adj . [Latin sex six, and valens (gen it. valentis ), pr. par. of valeo =to be worth.] Chem.: Equivalent to six units of any standard, especially to six atoms of hydrogen. sexvalent-elements, s . pl . [HEXADS.] sêy (1), s. [Fr. saye.] A sort of woolen cloth. ( Scotch.) sêy (2), s . [Icel. seg i a slice.] The opening in a garment through which the arm pa es; the seam in a coat or gown which runs under the arm. ( Scotch .) marine; gō, pot, *shab-roon, subst . [SHAB.] A shabby fellow. (T. Browne: Works, ii. 184.) †sha-bub, *shaw-bub be, s . [Etym. doubtful.) Bot .: Lunaria biennis. ( Britten & Holland .) shăck (1), *shăcke, s . [Prob. from shake (q.v.).] 1. Grain shaken from the ripe ear, eaten by swine, ., after harvest. 2. Beech, oak, ., mast for swine's food. ( Prov .) 3. Liberty of winter pasturage. 4. A shiftle , lazy fellow; a vagabond; a sturdy beggar. ( Prov .) IMG:content-1284.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1285.png:[blocks in formation] shăck'-le, v . t . [SHACKLE (2), 8.) I. Literally : 1. To chain, to fetter; to confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to put shackles or fetters on. 2. To join by a shackle, link, or chain, as railway- carriages. Ichthy.: The pop- ular name of three anadromous fishes of the genus Clupea: 1. The Allice or European Shad. [ALLICE.] 2. The American Shad, Clupea sap i- shack-le (2), *schak-kyl, *scha-kle, s . [A. S. sceacula bond; cogn. with Icel. skökull the pole of a carriage; Sw.skakel =the loose shaft of a car- riage; Dan.skagle a trace for a carriage; O. Dut. schakel =link or ring of a chain. Named from its shaking about; A. S. sceacan , scacan=to shake.] (1) A fetter, gyve, or handcuff, or similar contriv. ance to confine the limbs, so as to restrain the use of them, or to prevent free motion. "They touch our country and their shackles fall." Cowper : Task , ii. 42. *(2) A fetter-like band or chain worn on the legs or arms for ornament. 3. The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple. (4) The iron by which the bed or body of a car- riage is made to rest upon the spring-bar. 2. Fig .: Anything which obstructs, restrains, or embarra es free action. 1. Husbandry : A clevy (q. v.). 2. Nautical: (1) A link in a chain-cable which may be opened to allow it to be connected to the ring of the anchor or divided into lengths, usually fifteen fathoms. It consists of a clevis, bolt, and key. Used for the chains also. (2) A ring on the port through which the port bar is pa ed to close the port-hole effectually. (3) The clevis, secured by a pin and bolt to the shank of an anchor, and to which the cable is bent; used in place of the old-fashioned anchor-ring. 3. Rail .: A link for coupling railway-carriages. shackle-bar, s. tant food fish, abun- dant on the Atlantic coast of America, and in some of the American riv- It spawns in fresh water. Great quantities are salted. IMG:content-1286.png:[blocks in formation] 1. A bolt having a shackle or clevis on the end. 2. A bolt pa ing through the eyes of a clevis or with clustered fruit is a Grape-fruit. shackle. shackle-bone, s. The bone on which shackles are put; the wrist. ( Scotch .) shackle-crow, s . The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-1288.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1289.png:[blocks in formation] it is used when the surface begins once to forsake your eye, as in columns. The third shadow is made by cro ing over your double shadow again, which darkeneth by a Entom.: A European geometer-moth, Thera obethird part. It is used for the inmost shadow , and farthest liscata . shaded-pug, s. IMG:content-1290.png:[blocks in formation] existence. "The earth's a shade that I pursue no more." Cowper: The Nativity. 7. A degree or gradation of light. "White, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees or shades and mixtures, as green, come in only by the eyes."-Locke. 8. A small or scarcely perceptible degree or amount; as, Prices are a shade higher. 9. A screen; something which throws or causes a shadow, or diminishes the strength of light, as(1) A colored gla in a sextant or other optical instrument for solar observations. (2) A hollow conic frustum of paper or metal surrounding the flame of a lamp, in order to confine the light within a given circular area. (3) A hollow globe of ground gla or other translucent material, used for diffusing the light of a lamp or burner. (4) A contrivance for protecting the eyes from the direct rays of the sun or artificial light. (5) A hollow cylinder, perforated with holes, used to cover a night-light. (6) A hollow gla covering used to protect ornaments, ., from dust. 10. The soul, after its separation from the body; from its being supposed to be perceptible to the sight, but not to the touch; a ghost, a spirit. "If shades by carnage be appeased, Patroclus' spirit le was pleased." Byron: Siege of Corinth, XIV. 11. ( Pl .): The abode of spirits; Hades; the invis. ible world of the ancients. 12. ( Pl .): Wine vaults. Brewer says that the expre ion originated at Brighton, when the old bank "was turned by Mr. Savage into a smoking-room and gin-shop. This term was not inappropriate, as the room was in reality shaded by the opposite house." . II. Paint .: The dark or darker part of a picture; deficiency or absence of illumination. "The means by which the painter works, and on which the effect of his picture depends, are light and shade, warm and cold colors."-Reynolds: Art of Painting. Both shade and shadow expre that darkne which is occasioned by the sun's rays being intercepted by any body; but shade simply expre es the absence of the light, and shadow signifies also the figure of the body which thus intercepts the light. Trees naturally produce a shade by means of their branches and leaves; and wherever the image of the tree is reflected on the earth, that forms its shadow. ( Crabb .) IMG:content-1291.png:[blocks in formation] "A pleasant brook, shaded by the trees from both wind and sun."- Cook : Second Voyage , bk. i., ch. v. 2. To throw or cast a shade over; to render comparatively gloomy or obscure, by intercepting the light. 3. To cover with a shade or screen, or other contrivance for intercepting or interrupting the rays of light; as, to shade one's eyes with the hand. *4. To shelter, to hide. "Ere in our own house I do shade my head, The good patricians must be visited." Shakesp.: Coriolanus, ii. 1. IMG:content-1292.png:[blocks in formation] "More than water springs to shadele sands, More to me were the comfort of her hands." A. C. Swinburne : Tristram of Lyone e, ix.