| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| sheafy | adjective | Pertaining to, or consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves; resembling a sheaf. |
| sheard | noun | See Shard. |
| shearn | noun | Dung; excrement. |
| shears | noun | A cutting instrument., An instrument consisting of two blades, commonly with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and working on both sides of the material to be cut, — used for cutting cloth and other substances., A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, — used for shearing sheep or skins., A shearing machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge., Anything in the form of shears., A pair of wings., An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle., The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured; as, the shears of a lathe or planer. See Illust. under Lathe. |
| sheath | noun | A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard., Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part., The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses., One of the elytra of an insect. |
| sheave | verb | A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley., To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect. |
| shelfa | noun | Alt. of Shilfa |
| sheely | noun | Same as Sheelfa. |
| sheeny | adjective | Bright; shining; radiant; sheen. |
| sheepy | adjective | Resembling sheep; sheepish. |
| shekel | noun | An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock., A jocose term for money. |
| shelfy | adjective | Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows., Full of strata of rock. |
| shelly | adjective | Abounding with shells; consisting of shells, or of a shell. |
| shelty | noun | A Shetland pony. |
| shelve | verb t. | To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library., To place on a shelf. Hence: To lay on the shelf; to put aside; to dismiss from service; to put off indefinitely; as, to shelve an officer; to shelve a claim., To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore. |
| shelvy | adjective | Sloping gradually; shelving. |
| shepen | noun | A stable; a shippen. |
| sherif | noun | A member of an Arab princely family descended from Mohammed through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima. The Grand Shereef is the governor of Mecca. |
| sherry | noun | A Spanish light-colored dry wine, made in Andalusia. As prepared for commerce it is colored a straw color or a deep amber by mixing with it cheap wine boiled down. |
| shette | of Shet | |
| shewel | noun | A scarecrow. |
| shewer | noun | One who shews. See Shower. |