To make a shambles of the parliament house.
Shak.
Sham"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shambled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shambling
(?).] [Cf. OD. schampelen to slip, schampen to slip away, escape. Cf.
Scamble, Scamper.] To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees
were weak; to shuffle along.
Sham"bling (?), a. Characterized by an awkward, irregular pace; as, a
shambling trot; shambling legs.
Sham"bling, n. An awkward, irregular gait.
Shame (?), n. [OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to OS. & OHG.
scama, G. scham, Icel. skömm, shkamm, Sw. & Dan. skam, D. & G. schande,
Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam
meaning to cover, and akin to the root (kam) of G. hemd shirt, E.
chemise. Cf. Sham.] 1. A painful sensation excited by a consciousness
of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures
reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts
us to conceal.
HIde, for shame, Romans, your grandsires' images, That blush at
their degenerate progeny.
Dryden.
Have you no modesty, no maiden shame?
Shak.
2. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision;
contempt.
Ye have borne the shame of the heathen.
Ezek. xxxvi. 6.
Honor and shame from no condition rise.
Pope.
And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame.
Byron.
3. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and
degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace.
O C&?;sar, what a wounding shame is this!
Shak.
Guides who are the shame of religion.
Shak.
4. The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
Isa. xlvii. 3.
For shame! you should be ashamed; shame on you! -- To put to shame, to
cause to feel shame; to humiliate; to disgrace. "Let them be driven
backward and put to shame that wish me evil." Ps. xl. 14.
Shame, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shamed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shaming.] 1. To
make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or
impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.
Were there but one righteous in the world, he would . . . shame the
world, and not the world him.
South.