Shah (shä), n. [Per. shh a king, sovereign, prince. Cf. Checkmate,
Chess, Pasha.] The title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern
countries, especially Persia. [Written also schah.]
Shah Nameh. [Per., Book of Kings.] A celebrated historical poem written
by Firdousi, being the most ancient in the modern Persian language.
Brande & C.
||Sha*hin" (?), n. [Ar. shhn.] (Zoöl.) A large and swift Asiatic falcon
||(Falco pregrinator) highly valued in falconry.
Shaik (?), n. See Sheik.
Shail (?), v. i. [Cf. AS. sceolh squinting, Icel. skjgr wry, oblique,
Dan. skele to squint.] To walk sidewise. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
Shake (?), obs. p. p. of Shake. Chaucer.
Shake, v. t. [imp. Shook (?); p. p. Shaken (?), (Shook, obs.); p. pr. &
vb. n. Shaking.] [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to
Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. √161. Cf.
Shock, v.] 1. To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to
move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to
agitate.
As a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a
mighty wind.
Rev. vi. 13.
Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels That shake heaven's
basis.
Milton.
2. Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to
waver; to impair the resolution of.
When his doctrines grew too strong to be shook by his enemies, they
persecuted his reputation.
Atterbury.
Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love Can by his fraud be
shaken or seduced.
Milton.
3. (Mus.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in
music.
4. To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or
vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally with an adverb, as
off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree.
Shake off the golden slumber of repose.
Shak.
'Tis our fast intent To shake all cares and business from our age.
Shak.