{ ||Sfor*zan"do (?), ||Sfor*za"to (?), } a. [It. sforzando, p. pr., and
sforzato, p. p. of sforzare to force.] (Mus.) Forcing or forced; -- a
direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with
peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of
forzando), sf, sfz, or &?;.
||Sfu*ma"to (?), a. [It.] (Paint.) Having vague outlines, and colors
||and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance; -- said of a
||painting.
||Sgraf*fi"to (?), a. [It.] (Paint.) Scratched; -- said of decorative
||painting of a certain style, in which a white overland surface is cut
||or scratched through, so as to form the design from a dark ground
||underneath.
Shab (?), n. [OE. shabbe, AS. sc&?;b. See Scab.] The itch in animals;
also, a scab. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Shab, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shabbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shabbing.] [See
Scab, 3.] To play mean tricks; to act shabbily. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Shab, v. t. To scratch; to rub. [Obs.] Farquhar.
Shab"bed (?), a. Shabby. [Obs.] Wood.
Shab"bi*ly (?), adv. In a shabby manner.
Shab"bi*ness, n. The quality or state of being sghabby.
{ Shab"ble (?), Shab"ble }, n.[Cf. D. sabel, and G. säbel.] A kind of
crooked sword or hanger. [Scot.]
Shab"by (?), a. [Compar. Shabbier (?); superl. Shabbiest.] [See Shab,
n., Scabby, and Scab.] 1. Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts.
Macaulay.
2. Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments. "The dean was so
shabby." Swift.
3. Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. "Very shabby
fellows." Clarendon.
||Shab"rack (?), n. [Turk. tshprk, whence F. chabraque, G. shabracke.]
||(Mil.) The saddlecloth or housing of a cavalry horse.
Shack (?), v. t. [Prov. E., to shake, to shed. See Shake.] 1. To shed
or fall, as corn or grain at harvest. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.