SHRUG, shrug, _v.t._ to draw up: to contract.--_v.i._ to draw up the
shoulders, expressive of doubt, surprise, indifference, &c.:--_pr.p._
shrug'ging; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ shrugged.--_n._ an expressive drawing up of
the shoulders. [Scand., Dan. _skrugge_, to stoop.]
SHRUNK, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of shrink.
SHUCK, shuk, _n._ a husk, shell, or pod.--_v.t._ to remove such, to strip
off.--_ns._ SHUCK'ER, one who shucks; SHUCK'ING, the act of taking off the
shuck: a shucking-bee.--_interj._ SHUCKS (_slang_), expressive of contempt
or disappointment.
SHUDDER, shud'[.e]r, _v.i._ to tremble from fear or horror.--_n._ a
trembling from fear or horror.--_adj._ SHUDD'ERING, trembling,
tremulous.--_adv._ SHUDD'ERINGLY. [Cf. Old Dut. _schudden_; Ger.
_schaudern_, to shudder.]
SHUFFLE, shuf'l, _v.t._ to change the positions of: to confuse: to remove
or introduce by purposed confusion.--_v.i._ to change the order of cards in
a pack: to shift ground: to evade fair questions: to move by shoving the
feet along.--_n._ act of shuffling: an evasion or artifice.--_n._
SHUFF'LER.--_p.adj._ SHUFF'LING, evasive, as an excuse.--_adv._
SHUFF'LINGLY, in a shuffling manner: with an irregular gait: evasively.--TO
SHUFFLE OFF, to thrust aside, put off. [A by-form of _scuffle_, thus conn.
with _shove_ and _shovel_.]
SHUG, shug, _v.i._ (_prov._) to crawl, to shrug.
SHUN, shun, _v.t._ to avoid: to keep clear of: to neglect:--_pr.p._
shun'ning; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ shunned.--_adj._ SHUN'LESS (_Shak._), not
able to be shunned: unavoidable.--_ns._ SHUN'NER; SHUN'PIKE, a byroad.
[A.S. _scunian_; Ice. _skunda_, to speed.]
SHUNT, shunt, _v.t._ to turn aside, to turn off upon a side-rail: to shove
off, free one's self from.--_v.i._ to turn aside: to use a switch or shunt
in railways and electrics.--_n._ a short side-rail for allowing the
main-line to be kept free: (_electr._) a conductor joining two points of a
circuit, through which a part of the current is diverted.--_ns._ SHUN'TER;
SHUN'TING. [A.S. _scyndan_, to hasten. Skeat derives from Ice. _skunda_, to
speed.]
SHUT, shut, _v.t._ to close, as a door: to forbid entrance into: to
contract, close, or bring together the parts of: to confine: to catch in
the act of shutting something.--_v.i._ to close itself: to be
closed.--_pr.p._ shut'ting; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ shut.--_p.adj._ made fast,
closed: not resonant, dull: formed by closing the mouth and nose passages
completely, said of consonants, as _t_, _d_, _p_: having the sound cut off
sharply by a succeeding consonant, as the _i_ in _pin_, &c.: freed from
(with _of_).--_ns._ SHUT'DOWN, a discontinuance of work in a factory, &c.;
SHUT'TER, one who, or that which, shuts: a close cover for a window or
aperture: (_phot._) a device for opening and closing a lens.--_v.t._ to
cover with shutters.--_n._ SHUT'TER-DAM, a form of movable dam having large
gates opened and closed by a turbine.--SHUT DOWN, to stop working; SHUT IN,
to enclose, to confine: to settle down, or fall (said, e.g., of evening);
SHUT OFF, to exclude; SHUT OUT, to prevent from entering; SHUT UP, to
close, to confine: (_coll._) to cease speaking, to make one do so, to make
it impossible to answer. [A.S. _scyttan_, to bar--_sceótan_, to shoot.]
SHUTTLE, shut'l, _n._ an instrument used for shooting the thread of the
woof between the threads of the warp in weaving.--_v.t._ and _v.i._ to move
to and fro, like a shuttle.--_n._ SHUTT'LECOCK, a rounded cork stuck with
feathers, driven with a battledore: the game itself.--_adv._ SHUTT'LEWISE,
in the manner of a shuttle.--_adj._ SHUTT'LE-WIT'TED, flighty. [From base
of A.S. _sceótan_, shoot; Dan. and Sw. _skyttel_.]
SHWANPAN, shwän'pan, _n._ the Chinese abacus or reckoning board.--Also
SWAN'PAN.
SHY, sh[=i], _adj._ timid: reserved: cautious: suspicious: elusive, hard to
find.--_v.i._ to start aside, as a horse from fear.--_v.t._ to
avoid:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ sh[=i]ed.--_n._ a sudden swerving
aside.--_advs._ SHY'LY, SHI'LY.--_ns._ SHY'NESS, SH[=I]'NESS (_obs._);
SHY'STER, a tricky lawyer.--FIGHT SHY OF (see FIGHT); LOOK SHY AT, or on,
to regard with distrust. [A.S. _sceóh_; Ger. _scheu_, Dan. _sky_.]
SHY, sh[=i], _v.t._ to fling, throw, toss.--_v.i._ to jerk.--_n._ a throw,
a fling: a gibe, sneer: a trial.
SI, s[=e], _n._ the syllable used for the seventh tone of the scale, or the
leading tone.
SIALOGOGUE, s[=i]-al'o-gog, _n._ a drug which increases the secretion of
saliva--also SIAL'AGOGUE.--_adjs._ SIALOGOG'IC (-goj'-); S[=I]'ALOID.--_n._
SIALORRH[=E]'A, excessive flow of saliva. [Gr. _sialon_, saliva,
_ag[=o]gos_, leading--_agein_, to lead.]
SIAMANG, s[=e]'a-mang, _n._ the largest of the gibbons, found in Sumatra
and Malacca. [Malay.]
SIAMESE, s[=i]-am-[=e]z', _adj._ pertaining or belonging to _Siam_, a
country of Asia.--_n._ a native of Siam.--SIAMESE TWINS, two famous Siamese
men (1811-74), joined from their birth by a cartilaginous band.
SIB, SIBBE, sib, _adj._ (_Spens._) related by blood, akin.--_n._ a blood
relation: a close ally. [A.S. _sibb_, relationship; Gr. _sippe_.]
SIBERIAN, s[=i]-b[=e]'ri-an, _adj._ pertaining to _Siberia_, a country of
Asia.--_n._ a native of Siberia.--_n._ SIB[=E]'RITE, rubellite from
Siberia.
SIBILANCE, sib'i-lans, _n._ a hissing sound--also SIB'ILANCY.--_adj._
SIB'ILANT, making a hissing sound.--_n._ a sibilant letter, as _s_ and
_z_.--_v.t._ SIB'IL[=A]TE, to pronounce with a hissing sound.--_n._
SIBIL[=A]'TION, a hissing sound.--_adjs._ SIB'ILATORY, SIB'ILOUS, hissing,
sibilant. [L. _sibil[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to hiss.]
SIBYL, sib'il, _n._ in ancient mythology, one of certain women possessing
powers of divination and prophecy: a prophetess, an old sorceress.--_adjs._
SIBYL'LIC, SIB'YLLINE, pertaining to, uttered, or written by sibyls:
prophetical.--_n._ SIB'YLLIST, a believer in the so-called sibylline
prophecies.--SIBYLLINE ORACLES, a series of pretended prophecies in Greek
hexameters, written by Alexandrian Jews and Christians, and supposed to
date from the 2d century B.C. down to the 3d century A.D., or, according to
Ewald, even the 6th. [L.,--Gr. _sibylla_, not 'she who reveals the will of
Zeus,' _Dios boul[=e]_. The root is _sib-_, as in L. _per-sibus_, acute,
Gr. _sophos_, wise.]
SIC, sik, _adv._ so, thus--printed within brackets in quoted matter to show
that the original is being correctly reproduced, even though incorrect or
wrong.--SIC PASSIM, so throughout.
SIC, sik, SICCAN, sik'an, _adj._ Scotch forms of _such_.--_adj._ SIC'-LIKE,
for _such-like_, of the same kind.
SICAMBRIAN, si-kam'bri-an, _n._ one of a powerful ancient German tribe.
SICANIAN, si-k[=a]'ni-an, _adj._ pertaining to the _Sicanians_, an
aboriginal pre-Aryan race in Sicily.