The shared visage hangs on equal sides.
Dryden.
Share (?), v. i. To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy,
or suffer with others.
A right of inheritance gave every one a title to share in the goods
of his father.
Locke.
Share"beam` (?), n. The part of the plow to which the share is
attached.
Share"bone` (?), n. (Anat.) The public bone.
Share"bro`ker (?), n. A broker who deals in railway or other shares and
securities.
Share"hold`er (?), n. One who holds or owns a share or shares in a
joint fund or property.
Shar"er (?), n. One who shares; a participator; a partaker; also, a
divider; a distributer.
Share"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A composite plant (Aster Tripolium) growing
along the seacoast of Europe.
Shark (?), n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr. carcharus a
kind of dogfish, Gr. karchari`as, so called from its sharp teeth, fr.
ka`rcharos having sharp or jagged teeth; or perhaps named from its
rapacity (cf. Shark, v. t. & i.); cf. Corn. scarceas.] 1. (Zoöl.) Any
one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order
Plagiostomi, found in all seas.
Some sharks, as the basking shark and the whale shark, grow to an
enormous size, the former becoming forty feet or more, and the latter
sixty feet or more, in length. Most of them are harmless to man, but
some are exceedingly voracious. The man-eating sharks mostly belong to
the genera Carcharhinus, Carcharodon, and related genera. They have
several rows of large sharp teeth with serrated edges, as the great
white shark (Carcharodon carcharias, or Rondeleti) of tropical seas,
and the great blue shark (Carcharhinus glaucus) of all tropical and
temperate seas. The former sometimes becomes thirty-six feet long, and
is the most voracious and dangerous species known. The rare man-eating
shark of the United States coast (Charcarodon Atwoodi) is thought by
some to be a variety, or the young, of C. carcharias. The dusky shark
(Carcharhinus obscurus), and the smaller blue shark (C. caudatus), both
common species on the coast of the United States, are of moderate size
and not dangerous. They feed on shellfish and bottom fishes.