3. A copious supply bestowed. [R.]

He and myself Have travail'd in the great shower of your gifts.

Shak.

Shower bath, a bath in which water is showered from above, and

sometimes from the sides also.

Show"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Showered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Showering.]

1. To water with a shower; to &?;&?;t copiously with rain.

Lest it again dissolve and shower the earth.

Milton.

2. To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in &?;undance; to

rain. Shak.

C&?;sar's favor, That showers down greatness on his friends.

Addison.

Show"er, v. i. To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers.

Shak.

Show"er*ful (?), a. Full of showers. Tennyson.

Show"er*i*ness (?), n. Quality of being showery.

Show"er*less, a. Rainless; freo from showers.

Show"er*y (?), a. 1. Raining in showers; abounding with frequent

showers of rain.

2. Of or pertaining to a shower or showers. "Colors of the showery

arch." Milton.

Show"i*ly (?), adv. In a showy manner; pompously; with parade.

Show"i*ness, n. The quality or state of being showy; pompousness; great

parade; ostentation.

Show"ing, n. 1. Appearance; display; exhibition.

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