Too weak the sacred shrine guard.
Byron.
3. A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a
shrine of art.
Shrine, v. t. To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine.
"Shrined in his sanctuary." Milton.
Shrink (?), v. i. [imp. Shrank (?) or Shrunk (?) p. p. Shrunk or
Shrunken (&?;), but the latter is now seldom used except as a
participial adjective; p. pr. & vb. n. Shrinking.] [OE. shrinken,
schrinken, AS. scrincan; akin to OD. schrincken, and probably to Sw.
skrynka a wrinkle, skrynkla to wrinkle, to rumple, and E. shrimp, n. &
v., scrimp. CF. Shrimp.] 1. To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel;
hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together;
to become compacted.
And on a broken reed he still did stay His feeble steps, which
shrunk when hard thereon he lay.
Spenser.
I have not found that water, by mixture of ashes, will shrink or
draw into less room.
Bacon.
Against this fire do I shrink up.
Shak.
And shrink like parchment in consuming fire.
Dryden.
All the boards did shrink.
Coleridge.
2. To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear;
to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress.
What happier natures shrink at with affright, The hard inhabitant
contends is right.
Pope.
They assisted us against the Thebans when you shrank from the task.