Shov"el*bill` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The shoveler.
Shov"el*board` (?), n. 1. A board on which a game is played, by pushing
or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the
game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat,
shovelpenny.
2. A game played on board ship in which the aim is to shove or drive
with a cue wooden disks into divisions chalked on the deck; -- called
also shuffleboard.
Shov"el*er (?), n. [Also shoveller.] 1. One who, or that which,
shovels.
2. (Zoöl.) A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of Europe and
America. It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is
handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the
body; the head and neck are dark green. Called also broadbill,
spoonbill, shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler, or
shovel-nosed duck (S. rhynchotis), is a similar species.
Shov"el*ful (?), n.; pl. Shovelfuls (&?;). As much as a shovel will
hold; enough to fill a shovel.
Shov"el*head` (?), n. (Zoöl.) A shark (Sphryna tiburio) allied to the
hammerhead, and native of the warmer parts of the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans; -- called also bonnet shark.
Shov"el*nose` (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The common sand shark. See under
Snad. (b) A small California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is
taken for its oil. (c) A Pacific Ocean shark (Hexanchus corinus). (d) A
ganoid fish of the Sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) of
the Mississippi and Ohio rivers; -- called also white sturgeon.
Shov"el-nosed` (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having a broad, flat nose; as, the
shovel- nosed duck, or shoveler.
Shov"en (?), obs. p. p. of Shove. Chaucer.
Show (?), v. t. [imp. Showed (?); p. p. Shown (?) or Showed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Showing. It is sometimes written shew, shewed, shewn, shewing.]
[OE. schowen, shewen, schewen, shawen, AS. sceáwian, to look, see,
view; akin to OS. scaw&?;n, OFries. skawia, D. schouwen, OHG.
scouw&?;n, G. schauen, Dan. skue, Sw. sk&?;da, Icel. sko&?;a, Goth.
usskawjan to waken, skuggwa a mirror, Icel. skuggy shade, shadow, L.
cavere to be on one's guard, Gr. &?;&?;&?; to mark, perceive, hear,
Skr. kavi wise. Cf. Caution, Scavenger, Sheen.] 1. To exhibit or
present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited
being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person
or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors;
shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers).
Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest.
Matt. viii. 4.
Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise Magnificence; and
what can heaven show more?
Milton.
2. To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to
make known; as, to show one's designs.
Shew them the way wherein they must walk.
Ex. xviii. 20.
If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee,
and send thee away.