Shame"ful (?), a. 1. Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to
reputation; disgraceful.
His naval preparations were not more surprising than his quick and
shameful retreat.
Arbuthnot.
2. Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful
picture; a shameful sight. Spenser.
Syn. -- Disgraceful; reproachful; indecent; unbecoming; degrading;
scandalous; ignominious; infamous.
-- Shame"ful*ly, adv. -- Shame"ful*ness, n.
Shame"less, a. [AS. scamleás.] 1. Destitute of shame; wanting modesty;
brazen-faced; insensible to disgrace. "Such shameless bards we have."
Pope.
Shame enough to shame thee, wert thou not shameless.
Shak.
2. Indicating want of modesty, or sensibility to disgrace; indecent;
as, a shameless picture or poem.
Syn. -- Impudent; unblushing; audacious; immodest; indecent;
indelicate.
-- Shame"less*ly, adv. -- Shame"less*ness, n.
Shame"-proof` (?), n. Shameless. Shak.
Sham"er (?), n. One who, or that which, disgraces, or makes ashamed.
Beau. & Fl.
Sham"mer (?), n. One who shams; an impostor. Johnson.
Sham"my (?), n. [F. chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See Chamois.]
1. (Zoöl.) The chamois.
2. A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin of the
chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat, kid, deer,
and calf. See Shamoying. [Written also chamois, shamoy, and shamois.]
{ Sham"ois, Sham"oy } (?), n. See Shammy.
Sha*moy"ing (?), n. [See Shammy.] A process used in preparing certain
kinds of leather, which consists in frizzing the skin, and working oil
into it to supply the place of the astringent (tannin, alum, or the
like) ordinarily used in tanning.
Sham*poo" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shampooed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Shampooing.] [Hind. chmpn to press, to squeeze.] [Writing also
champoo.] 1. To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a
person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in
connection with the hot bath.
2. To wash throughly and rub the head of (a person), with the fingers,
using either soap, or a soapy preparation, for the more thorough
cleansing.
Sham*poo", n. The act of shampooing.
Sham*poo"er (?), n. One who shampoos.
Sham"rock (?), n. [L. seamrog, seamar, trefoil, white clover, white
honeysuckle; akin to Gael. seamrag.] (Bot.) A trifoliate plant used as
a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once
plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the
trinity.
The original plant was probably a kind of wood sorrel (Oxalis
Acetocella); but now the name is given to the white clover (Trifolium
repens), and the black medic (Medicago lupulina).
Shan"dry*dan (?), n. A jocosely depreciative name for a vehicle.
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