shave hook

A triangular plate of steel, with sharpened edges, used in scraping the surfaces of motal which are to be soldered, so that the solder may adhere. shāve (2), s. [SHAW.] A small coppice. ( Defoe: Tour thro' Great Britain, i. 168.) IMG:content-1320.png:[blocks in formation] Sha-wa-nēşe', Shaw-nēşe', Sha-wo-nēşe, a. Of or belonging to the Shawnees, a tribe of North American Indians, now located on the Indian Territory, west of the Mi ouri. Shawanese-salad, s . The eatable leaves of Hydrophyllum virgin i cum . shawl, subst . [Pers. shál ; Fr. chale .] An outer garment covering the upper part of the person; commonly used by ladies, but not infrequently by men. In the latter case it represents the outer garment of the Scotch Highlanders, the plaid, which term in time has come to be applied to any kind of checkered goods similar in pattern to the tartan of which the Highlander's plaid was made. Shawls are made of various materials, as wool, silk, crape, ., plain or embroidered. The cheaper kinds are generally of wool, and are woven in the usual manner. The best shawls made are those of Cashmere; they are now succe fully imitated in other countries. shawl, v. t. [SHAWL, 8.] To cover or wrap with a shawl. "Shawling the young heire ." - Mi Edge worth: Absen tee , ch. iii. *shawl-le , a. [Eng. shawl; -le .] Without a shawl. "Standing shawlle and bonnet le ." - E. Brontè: Wuthering Heights , ch. ix. shawm, shâlm ( l silent), *shaume, *shaw me, *shal-mie, s . [O. Fr. chalemie =a little pipe made of a reed or of a wheaten or oaten straw, also chalemelle, challemeau , from chaume = a straw; Latin calamus = a reed, from Gr.kalamos =areed; kalame =a stalk or straw of corn; cogn. with Eng. haulm schalmei.) (q. v.); German IMG:content-1321.png:[blocks in formation] of hot he; Sansc. sd = she, fem. of sas = he. The proper A. S. word for she is heó , feminine of he =he (q. v.). Her is used as the po e ive, dative, and objective cases of she .] [HER (1), HERS.] 1. The nominative feminine of the personal pronoun of the third person, and used as a substitute for the name of a female, or of something personified as a female; the woman or female referred to; the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of. "For contemplation he and valor form'd, For softne she and sweet attractive grace: He for God only, she for God in him." Milton: P. L., iv. 298. 2. Used absolutely as a noun for woman or female "You are the cruellest she alive." Shakesp.: Twelfth Night, i. 5. She is commonly used as a prefix to denote the female of the second part of the compound; as, she a , she -bear, she -cat, .