| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| shilfa | noun | The chaffinch; — so named from its call note. |
| shield | noun | A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, — formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler., Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection., Figuratively, one who protects or defends., In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci., The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon., A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses., A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield., A coin, the old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield., To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury., To ward off; to keep off or out., To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid! |
| shifty | adjective | Full of, or ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance. |
| shiite | noun | Alt. of Shiah |
| shiloh | noun | A word used by Jacob on his deathbed, and interpreted variously, as “the Messiah,” or as the city “Shiloh,” or as “Rest.” |
| shimmy | noun | A chemise. |
| shindy | noun | An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot., Hockey; shinney., A fancy or liking. |
| shined | of Shine | |
| shiner | noun | That which shines., A luminary., A bright piece of money., Any one of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to Notropis, or Minnilus, and allied genera; as the redfin (Notropis megalops), and the golden shiner (Notemigonus chrysoleucus) of the Eastern United States; also loosely applied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, or horsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor’s choice, and the sparada., The common Lepisma, or furniture bug. |
| shinto | noun | Alt. of Shintiism |
| shinty | noun | A Scotch game resembling hockey; also, the club used in the game. |
| shiraz | noun | A kind of Persian wine; — so called from the place whence it is brought. |
| shirky | adjective | Disposed to shirk. |
| shiver | noun | One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; — generally used in the plural., A thin slice; a shive., A variety of blue slate., A sheave or small wheel in a pulley., A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter., A spindle., To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet., To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered., To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear., To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind., The act of shivering or trembling. |