~9.~ Compose, quiet, tranquillize, calm, pacify.
~Settle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Subside, sink, fall.
~2.~ Rest, repose, be quiet, be tranquil, be composed.
~3.~ Dwell, abide, inhabit, reside, plant one's self, get a footing,
get established, be stationary.
~4.~ Account, reckon, pay the bill, square accounts, strike a balance,
quit scores, satisfy all demands, PAY UP.
~Settled~, _a._ Established, ordinary, common, wonted, usual,
customary, every day.
~Settlement~, _n._ ~1.~ Adjustment, arrangement.
~2.~ Reconciliation, pacification.
~3.~ Liquidation, payment, discharge.
~4.~ Colonization.
~5.~ Colony.
~6.~ [_U. S._] Ordination, installation.
~Settle on~, ~1.~ Establish one's habitation upon.
~2.~ Fix on, determine upon, fix upon.
~Settler~, _n._ Colonist.
~Settling~, _n._ ~1.~ Planting, colonizing.
~2.~ Subsidence.
~Settlings~, _n. pl._ Lees, dregs, sediment.
~Set-to~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Fight, combat, contest, conflict.
~Set to rights~, Adjust, regulate, put in order, put to rights.
~Set up~, [_Active._] ~1.~ Erect, raise, elevate.
~2.~ Exalt, put in power.
~3.~ Institute, establish, found.
~4.~ Put in type.
~Set up~, [_Neuter._] Begin business.
~Set up for~, Profess, make pretensions to.
~Set upon~, Attack, assault, assail, have at, fly at, rush upon, set on.
~Sever~, _v. a._ Part, divide, separate, disjoin, disunite, sunder,
detach, disconnect, disengage.
~Several~, _a._ ~1.~ Separate, distinct, particular, single.
~2.~ Various, manifold, different.
~3.~ Sundry, divers, more than one or two, not a great many.
~Severe~, _a._ ~1.~ Rigid, stern, harsh, bitter, austere, rigorous,
stiff, strait-laced, hard, unrelenting, relentless, inexorable,
peremptory.
~2.~ Strict, exact, accurate, methodical.
~3.~ Simple, plain, unadorned, concise, chaste.
~4.~ Caustic, satirical, sarcastic, keen, cutting, stinging, biting,
sharp.
~5.~ Distressing, afflictive, acute, violent, extreme, intense, hard
to bear.
~Severity~, _n._ ~1.~ Sternness, harshness, rigor, austerity, acrimony.
~2.~ Strictness, exactness, accuracy.
~3.~ Simplicity, plainness, conciseness.
~4.~ Sharpness, keenness, causticity.
~5.~ Extremity, afflictiveness, violence.
~Sew~, _v. n._ Work with needle and thread.
~Sew~, _v. a._ Stitch, BASTE.
~Sewage~, _n._ ~1.~ Contents of a sewer, sewerage.
~2.~ Drainage.
~Sewer~, _n._ Drain.
~Sewerage~, _n._ ~1.~ Drainage.
~2.~ Sewage, contents of a sewer.
~Sextuple~, _a._ Six-fold.
~Sexual~, _a._ ~1.~ Of the sexes.
~2.~ Of the genitals.
~Sexual organs~, Genitals, private parts.
~Shabby~, _a._ ~1.~ Ragged, worn, faded, threadbare, worn out.
~2.~ Mean, base, low, vile, grovelling, despicable, contemptible,
beggarly, paltry, pitiful, dirty, scurvy, abject, disgraceful,
unhandsome, ungentlemanly.
~Shackle~, _n._ FETTER, gyve, chain, hamper, MANACLE, handcuff.
~Shackle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fetter, chain, manacle, hamper.
~2.~ Trammel, embarrass, obstruct, impede, restrict.
~Shackles~, _n. pl._ Fetters, gyves, irons, manacles, chains, hampers.
~Shackly~, _a._ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Loose, rickety.
~Shad-bush~, _n._ June-berry, shad-berry (_Amelanchier Canadensis_).
~Shade~, _n._ ~1.~ Shadow.
~2.~ Darkness, obscurity, dusk, duskiness, gloom.
~3.~ Screen, curtain, veil.
~4.~ Color, hue, tint, tinge, cast, stain, dye.
~5.~ Degree, kind, variety, minute difference.
~6.~ Ghost, spirit, apparition, spectre, phantom, manes.
~Shade~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Obscure, cloud, darken, eclipse, dim, obfuscate,
put in shadow, cast in the shade.
~2.~ Screen, cover, protect.
~Shadow~, _n._ ~1.~ Shade.
~2.~ Darkness, obscurity, gloom.
~3.~ Shelter, cover, protection, security.
~4.~ Type, image, adumbration, representation.
~Shadow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Shade.
~2.~ Darken, obscure, cloud.
~3.~ Typify, SHADOW FORTH, adumbrate.
~Shadow forth~, Typify, symbolize, represent, indicate, denote, show,
shadow, foreshadow, stand for.
~Shadowy~, _a._ ~1.~ Shady, umbrageous, dark, obscure, dim, murky,
gloomy.
~2.~ Unreal, unsubstantial, impalpable, visionary, imaginary,
spectral, ghostly.
~Shady~, _a._ Shadowy, umbrageous.
~Shaft~, _n._ ~1.~ Arrow.
~2.~ Handle.
~3.~ Thill, pole.
~4.~ Trunk (_of a column_).
~5.~ Axis, spindle, arbor. ~Shagbark~, _n._ Shellbark (_Carya alba_).
~Shaggy~, _a._ Rough (_with long hair or wool_).
~Shah~, _n._ King of Persia, padisha.
~Shake~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Agitate, convulse, make to tremble or quiver.
~2.~ Trill, sing with a trill.
~Shake~, _v. n._ Tremble, quake, quiver, totter, shudder, shiver.
~Shake~, _n._ ~1.~ Agitation, concussion, jar, jolt, shaking.
~2.~ Trill.
~3.~ Crack (in timber), fissure, cleft.
~Shakes~, _n. pl._ [_U. S._] Fever and ague.
~Shaking~, _n._ Agitation, concussion, jolting, jolt, shake.
~Shaky~, _a._ ~1.~ Unsound (_as timber_), full of clefts.
~2.~ Shaking, trembling.
~Shallow~, _a._ ~1.~ Shoal, not deep.
~2.~ Superficial, unintelligent, simple, ignorant, not profound.
~3.~ Flimsy, trivial, frivolous, trifling, foolish, puerile, trashy.
~Shallow~, _n._ Shoal, flat, shelf, bank.
~Shallow-brain~, _n._ Simpleton, DUNCE.
~Shallow-brained~, _a._ Simple, ignorant, foolish, empty-headed,
shallow-pated.
~Shallow-pated~, _a._ Shallow-brained.
~Sham~, _v. a._ Feign, pretend, make pretence of.
~Sham~, _n._ Imposture, imposition, trick, fraud, feint, delusion,
humbug, pretence, clap-trap.
~Sham~, _a._ Pretended, false, assumed, counterfeit, mock, spurious,
clap-trap, make-believe, not real.
~Shamble~, _v. n._ Hobble, shuffle.
~Shambles~, _n. pl._ Flesh market.
~Shame~, _n._ ~1.~ Abashment, mortification, confusion.
~2.~ Disgrace, dishonor, opprobrium, reproach, ignominy, infamy,
obloquy, odium, scandal, degradation.
~Shame~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Abash, mortify, confuse, confound, disconcert,
discompose, humiliate, humble, put to shame, make ashamed, put down.
~2.~ Disgrace, dishonor, degrade, debase, discredit, sully, taint,
stain, tarnish.
~3.~ Deride, jeer, ridicule, mock at, sneer at, point at.
~Shame-faced~, _a._ Bashful, diffident, over-modest.
~Shameful~, _a._ Disgraceful, scandalous, dishonorable, disreputable,
infamous, outrageous, ignominious, opprobrious, base, vile, villanous,
nefarious, heinous, atrocious, wicked, dark.
~Shameless~, _a._ ~1.~ Impudent, unblushing, unabashed, immodest,
frontless, assuming, brazen, brazen-faced, bold-faced, blustering,
swaggering, vaporing, bluff, insolent, audacious, cool.
~2.~ Depraved, vicious, sinful, unprincipled, corrupt, profligate,
dissolute, reprobate, abandoned, graceless, obdurate, hardened,
incorrigible, irreclaimable, lost, lost to shame, dead to honor.
~Shamrock~, _n._ White trefoil, white clover (_Trifolium repens_).
~Shape~, _v. a._ Form, frame, mould, figure, fashion, model.
~Shape~, _n._ FORK (_with especial reference to what is visible_),
figure, configuration, mould, fashion, outline, appearance, cut,
build, cast, TOURNURE, external appearance.
~Shapely~, _a._ Symmetrical, comely, well-shaped.
~Share~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Divide, distribute, apportion, parcel out.
~2.~ Partake, participate in, have a portion of.
~Share~, _v. n._ Participate, have part, have a portion, go snacks.
~Share~, _n._ ~1.~ Part, portion, interest, allotment, apportionment,
contingent, dividend, quota.
~2.~ Ploughshare.
~Share equally~, GO HALVES.
~Sharer~, _n._ Partaker, participator, communicant.
~Shark~, _n._ Sharper, cheat, swindler, blackleg, knave, trickster,
slyboots, jockey, SHYSTER, artful fellow.
~Sharp~, _a._ ~1.~ Acute, keen, with a fine edge.
~2.~ Sagacious, apt, shrewd, astute, discerning, discriminating,
ingenious, inventive, witty, quick, clever, ready, smart, clear, sharp-
sighted, quick-sighted, keen-eyed, keen-witted, sharp-witted, clear-
sighted, long-headed, cunning.
~3.~ Biting, pungent, hot, burning, stinging, mordacious, acrid,
piquant, high-flavored, high-seasoned.
~4.~ Severe, harsh, acrimonious, sarcastic, caustic, cutting, tart,
pointed.
~5.~ Distressing, poignant, intense, very painful.
~6.~ Pinching, piercing, nipping.
~7.~ Strong, eager, fierce, ardent, violent.
~8.~ Shrill, high, not flat.
~Sharp~, _v. a._ Sharpen, make shrill.
~Sharpen~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Edge, give an edge to, make keen.
~2.~ Make eager.
~3.~ Sharp, make shrill.
~4.~ Intensify, make more intense.
~Sharper~, _n._ Cheat, rogue, swindler, trickster, shark, knave,
blackleg, slyboots, jockey, SHYSTER, artful fellow.
~Sharpness~,_ n._ ~1.~ Acuteness, keenness.
~2.~ Sagacity, shrewdness, ingenuity, wit, cleverness, quickness.
~3.~ Pungency, piquancy, acridity.
~4.~ Severity, sarcasm, satire.
~5.~ Poignancy, intensity, painfulness, keenness.
~6.~ Fierceness, violence, ardor.
~7.~ Shrillness, highness.
~Sharp-set~, _a._ Eager, hungry, ravenous, famishing.
~Sharp-shooter~, _n._ Good marksman.
~Sharp-sighted~, _a._ Keen, keen-eyed, keen-sighted, clear-sighted.
~Sharp-witted~, _a._ Acute, shrewd, quick, SHARP, discerning,
sagacious, ingenious, intelligent, keen, clear-sighted, keen-sighted,
long-headed, cunning.
~Shatter~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Shiver, break in pieces, dash into fragments.
~2.~ Disorder, derange, make insane.
~Shatter-brain~, _n._ Scatter-brain, scatter brains, giddy or
thoughtless person.
~Shatter-brained~, _a._ Giddy, thoughtless, light-headed, scatter-
brained.
~Shave~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cut off (_close to the surface_).
~2.~ Make smooth or bare (_as by cutting off hair closely_).
~3.~ Slice, cut in thin slices.
~4.~ Strip, fleece.
~5.~ Graze, skim, touch lightly (_in passing over_).
~Shear~, _v. a._ Cut, clip.
~Sheath~, _n._ ~1.~ Case (_as for a sword_), scabbard.
~2.~ (_Bot._) Base of a leaf (_when it is wrapped around a stem_).
~3.~ (_Ent._) Wing-case.
~Sheathe~, _v. a_. ~1.~ Put into a sheath, enclose in a sheath.
~2.~ Cover, line, case.
~Sheathed~, _a._ VAGINATE.
~Sheathe the sword~, Make peace.
~Sheathing~, _a._ VAGINANT.
~Sheathing~, _n._ Casing, lining.
~Shed~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Spill, effuse, pour out.
~2.~ Spread, diffuse, scatter.
~3.~ Cast, throw off, put off, lay aside, let fall.
~Shed~, _n._ Hut, hovel, cot, cabin.
~Shed-roof~, _n._ Pent roof, lean-to.
~Sheen~, _n._ Brightness, splendor, shine, gloss.
~Sheepcot~, _n._ Sheepfold, sheep-pen.
~Sheepfold~, _n._ Sheepcot.
~Sheepish~, _a._ Timid, shame-faced, over-modest, very bashful,
excessively diffident.
~Sheer~, _a._ ~1.~ Pure, unmixed, simple, mere, bare, naked.
~2.~ Perpendicular.
~Sheet-anchor~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Naut._) Principal anchor, largest anchor.
~2.~ Mainstay, chief support, main reliance.
~Sheet-tin~, _n._ Latten, tinned iron plate.
~Shelf~, _n._ ~1.~ Ledge.
~2.~ Shoal, shallow.
~Shell~, _n._ ~1.~ Case, capsule, outer covering.
~2.~ Bomb, hollow ball.
~3.~ Frame-work.
~4.~ Lyre, stringed instrument.
~Shell~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Take out of the shell, strip the shell from, hull.
~2.~ Bombard.
~Shell~, _v. n._ Exfoliate, fall off, peel off, shell off.
~Shellbark~, _n._ Shagbark (_Carya alba_).
~Shell off~, SHELL, peel off.
~Shelter~, _n._ ~1.~ Asylum, refuge, retreat, covert, sanctuary,
harbor, haven.
~2.~ Protection, shield, screen, defence, security, safety.
~Shelter~, _v. a._ Shield, screen, hide, shroud, protect, defend,
cover, house, harbor, lodge, ensconce.
~Shelve~, _v. a._ Put on the shelf, put aside, give the go-by to.
~Shelve~, _v. n._ Slope, incline.
~She-monster~, _n._ Fury, beldam, vixen, virago, hag, jezebel, ugly
old woman.
~Shepherd~, _n._ ~1.~ Herdsman (_of sheep_).
~2.~ Swain, rural lover.
~3.~ Pastor, minister, clergyman.
~Shepherd-spider~, _n._ Father-long-legs, daddy-long-legs, harvest-man.
~Shibboleth~, _n._ Criterion, watchword, test.
~Shield~, _n._ ~1.~ Buckler, ægis.
~2.~ Safeguard, protection, defence, guard, cover, security, bulwark,
rampart, palladium.
~3.~ Escutcheon, ensign armorial.
~Shield~, _v. a._ Defend, protect, guard, shelter, cover.
~Shield-shaped~, _a._ Scutate, clypeiform, peltate, peltated.
~Shift~, _v. a._ Change, alter, vary.
~Shift~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Move, change place, change about.
~2.~ Change, vary, veer, chop.
~3.~ Contrive, manage, plan, scheme, devise ways and means.
~Shift~, _n._ ~1.~ Change.
~2.~ Expedient, contrivance, resort, resource, means.
~3.~ Evasion, artifice, fraud, trick, doubling, stratagem, subterfuge,
dodge, mask, ruse, wile, craft, device, artful contrivance.
~4.~ Chemise, smock.
~Shiftless~, _a._ Improvident, imprudent, prodigal, wasteful, without
forecast, without foresight, careless of the future.
~Shillalah~, _n._ Club, cudgel.
~Shillaly~, _n._ Club, cudgel.
~Shimmer~, _v. n._ Glimmer, gleam, shine faintly.
~Shin~, _n._ Spine, fore part of the leg.
~Shindy~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Row, spree, riot, disturbance, uproar.
~Shine~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Beam, radiate, glitter, glisten, glow, blaze, be
bright, be brilliant, emit rays of light.
~2.~ Be eminent, be distinguished, be conspicuous.
~Shine~, _n._ ~1.~ Fair weather.
~2.~ Brightness, splendor, lustre, brilliancy, polish, gloss.
~3.~ [_Colloquial, U. S._] Liking, fancy.
~Shingling-mill~, _n._ Furnace, forge.
~Shining~, _a._ ~1.~ Beaming, glittering, radiant, resplendent,
effulgent, glowing, lucid, luminous, BRIGHT, shiny.
~2.~ Illustrious, splendid, conspicuous, distinguished.
~Shiny~, _a._ Bright, clear, SHINING.
~Ship-biscuit~, _n._ Pilot-bread, hard-bread.
~Ship-carpenter~, _n._ Shipwright.
~Ship of war~, Man-of-war.
~Shipwreck~, _n._ Wreck, ruin, perdition, destruction, miscarriage,
overthrow, subversion, demolition.
~Shipwreck~, _v. a._ Wreck, strand, flounder, cast away.
~Shipwright~, _n._ Ship-carpenter.
~Shirk~, _v. a._ Avoid (_in a mean way_), evade, get off from.
~Shiver~, _v. a._ Shatter, break in pieces, dash to fragments.
~Shiver~, _v. n._ Shudder, quake, tremble.
~Shiver~, _n._ ~1.~ Fragment, bit, piece.
~2.~ Slice, sliver.
~3.~ Tremor.
~Shiver-spar~, _n._ Slate-spar.
~Shivering~, _a._ Friable, brittle, frangible, BRASH, easily shivered,
not compact.
~Shoal~, _n._ ~1.~ Crowd, throng, multitude, swarm, horde, gang.
~2.~ Shallow, sand-bank.
~Shoal~, _v. n._ Grow shallow.
~Shoal~, _a._ Shallow.
~Shock~, _n._ ~1.~ Concussion, collision, clash, impact, percussion.
~2.~ Brunt, heat of onset.
~3.~ Blow, buffet.
~4.~ Stook, hattock.
~Shock~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Encounter, strike against, come into collision
with.
~2.~ Offend, disgust, nauseate, sicken, scandalize, revolt, outrage.
~3.~ Stun, astound, stagger.
~4.~ Appall, terrify, affright.
~Shocking~, _a._ ~1.~ Repulsive, offensive, hateful, detestable,
execrable, obnoxious, odious, disgusting, revolting, abominable, very
bad.
~2.~ Dreadful, terrible, horrid, horrible, fearful, frightful, dire,
horrific, awful, tremendous, hideous, monstrous, ghastly, grim,
appalling.
~Shoemaker~, _n._ Crispin.
~Shoe-string~, _n._ Shoe-tie.
~Shoe-tie~, _n._ Shoe-string.
~Shooks~, _n. pl._ Staves.
~Shoot~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Dart, let fly.
~2.~ Fire, discharge, let off.
~3.~ Emit, project, propel, send forth, put forth, thrust forth.
~4.~ Hit or kill by a missile.
~Shoot~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Fire, discharge a gun.
~2.~ Pass, fly, dart.
~3.~ Bud, sprout, germinate, pullulate.
~4.~ Project, jut, jut out.
~Shoot~, _n._ Sprout, branch, twig, scion, offshoot.
~Shoot up~, Grow, increase, spring up, run up, grow up, start up.
~Shop~, _n._ Store.
~Shopkeeper~, _n._ Tradesman, shopman, COUNTER-JUMPER, retail trader,
petty trader.
~Shoplifter~, _n._ Shop-thief.
~Shoplifting~, _n._ Larceny, stealing, pilfering, theft, thievery,
petty larceny.
~Shopman~, _n._ SHOPKEEPER.
~Shop-thief~, _n._ Shoplifter.
~Shore~, _n._ ~1.~ Coast, beach, strand, seaboard, seaside, seacoast.
~2.~ Prop, support, stay, brace, buttress.
~Shore up~, Prop, support, prop up.
~Short~, _a._ ~1.~ Brief, not long.
~2.~ Near, direct, straight.
~3.~ Compendious, succinct, concise, terse, pithy, sententious,
laconic, CURT.
~4.~ Abrupt, blunt.
~5.~ Deficient, defective, inadequate, scanty, insufficient, imperfect.
~6.~ Lacking, wanting, destitute.
~7.~ Brittle, friable, BRASH.
~8.~ (_Cookery._) Crisp.
~Short~, _ad._ Suddenly, abruptly, at once.
~Short-coming~, _n._ ~1.~ Deficiency.
~2.~ Slip, fault, error, failing, defect, weakness, weak side, blind
side.
~Shorten~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Abbreviate, abridge, retrench, cut short, cut
down.
~2.~ Lessen, diminish, reduce.
~Shortening~, _n._ ~1.~ Abbreviation, curtailment, abridgment,
contraction, reduction, retrenchment.
~2.~ Fat, fatty substance.
~Short-hand~, _n._ Stenography, brachygraphy, tachygraphy.
~Short-lived~, _a._ Transient, ephemeral, mushroom, TRANSITORY.
~Shortly~, _ad._ ~1.~ Soon, in a short time, in a little time.
~2.~ Briefly, concisely, tersely, in a few words.
~Short-sighted~, _a._ ~1.~ Myopic, purblind, near-sighted.
~2.~ Inconsiderate, imprudent, indiscreet.
~Short-sightedness~, _n._ Myopy, near-sightedness.
~Short-winged~, _a._ Brevipennate.
~Short-witted~, _a._ Unintelligent, shallow, stupid, dull, stolid,
foolish, doltish, simple, soft, sappy, weak-headed, weak-minded,
feeble-minded, half-witted, shallow-brained, dull-witted, blunt-
witted, fat-witted.
~Shot~, _n._ ~1.~ Discharge.
~2.~ Ball, bullet.
~3.~ [_Colloquial._] Marksman.
~Shote~, _n._ Pig, young hog.
~Shoulder~, _n._ Projection, protuberance.
~Shoulder-belt~, _n._ Baldric.
~Shout~, _v. n._ Exclaim, vociferate, halloo, hollo, holla, cry out.
~Shout~, _n._ Halloo, holla, huzza, yell, hoot, loud cry, loud call.
~Shove~, _v. a._ Push, propel, thrust, poke.
~Show~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Exhibit, display, present to view, set forth,
bring to light.
~2.~ Exhibit to, point out to.
~3.~ Indicate, point out.
~4.~ Disclose, divulge, proclaim, publish, explain, make known, make
clear.
~5.~ Prove, evince, manifest, express, demonstrate, make manifest.
~6.~ Conduct, guide, usher.
~7.~ Bestow, confer, grant.
~Show~, _v. n._ Seem, look, appear.
~Show~, _n._ ~1.~ Spectacle, exhibition, sight, representation, pageant.
~2.~ Parade, ostentation, flourish, dash, pomp, pageantry, splendor,
display, ceremony.
~3.~ Semblance, resemblance, likeness, external appearance.
~4.~ Pretence, pretext, color, mask, simulation.
~Showery~, _a._ Rainy, wet.
~Show fight~, Take the offensive, lay about one.
~Show off~, ~1.~ [_Active._] Exhibit (_ostentatiously_), display, make
a parade of.
~2.~ [_Neuter._] Make a show, display one's self, put on airs, give
one's self airs, look big, hold up one's head, perk one's self up,
ride a high horse, MAKE A SPLURGE, SPREAD ONE'S SELF.
~Showy~, _a._ ~1.~ Gaudy, flashy, gay, glaring, gairish, flaunting,
gorgeous, splendid, fine, dressy, jaunty, airy, bedizened, pranked out.
~2.~ Grand, stately, ostentatious, pompous, magnificent.
~Shred~, _n._ ~1.~ Strip.
~2.~ Scrap, fragment, bit, piece, flitter, tatter, rag.
~Shrew~, _n._ ~1.~ Brawler, scold, termagant, vixen, virago, fury,
hag, beldam, turbulent woman.
~2.~ Shrew-mouse.
~Shrewd~, _a._ ~1.~ Artful, cunning, sly, wily, subtle, crafty, arch,
astute, Machiavelian.
~2.~ Sagacious, acute, sharp, quick, keen, ingenious, discerning,
intelligent, deep, profound.
~Shrewdness~, _n._ ~1.~ Cunning, archness, artfulness, subtlety,
craft, astuteness, slyness, art, address, skill, policy.
~2.~ Sagacity, acumen, acuteness, perspicacity, sharpness, keenness,
ingenuity, discernment, penetration, intelligence, mother-wit, quick
parts.
~Shrewish~, _a._ Froward, peevish, petulant, scolding, brawling,
clamorous.
~Shrew-mouse~, _n._ Shrew.
~Shriek~, _v. n._ Scream, screech, yell.
~Shriek~, _n._ Scream, screech, yell, shrill cry.
~Shrike~, _n._ Butcher-bird (_Lanius excubitor_).
~Shrill~, _a._ Acute, sharp, high, high-toned.
~Shrine~, _n._ Altar, place of worship, sacred place.
~Shrink~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Shrivel, contract, decrease, dwindle, wither.
~2.~ Recoil, blench, flinch, withdraw, swerve, draw back, give way,
lack courage or resolution.
~Shrink from~, Abhor, nauseate, abominate, loathe, detest, feel
disgust at, recoil from.
~Shrivel~, _v. a._ Parch, dry, dry up.
~Shrivel~, _v. n._ Shrink, contract, dwindle, wither, decrease.
~Shroud~, _n._ Winding sheet, grave-clothes.
~Shroud~, _v. a._ Cover, hide, veil, mask, cloak, screen, bury, muffle.
~Shrub~, _n._ Bush.
~Shrubby~, _a._ Bushy.
~Shrunk~, _a._ Shrivelled, withered, dwindled.
~Shudder~, _v. n._ Tremble, shake, quake, quiver.
~Shudder~, _n._ Tremor, shuddering.
~Shuddering~, _n._ Trembling, tremor, HORRIPILATION, horror.
~Shuffle~, _v. a._ Confuse, jumble, throw into disorder.
~Shuffle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Prevaricate, quibble, equivocate, cavil,
dodge, palter, evade the truth.
~2.~ Struggle, shift, make shift.
~Shuffle~, _n._ Trick, quibble, prevarication, evasion, artifice,
fraud, shuffling, subterfuge, pretence, pretext.
~Shuffle off~, Discard, lay aside, get rid of.
~Shuffling~, _n._ Trick, SHUFFLE.
~Shuffling~, _a._ Fraudulent, quibbling, prevaricating, evasive,
disingenuous.
~Shun~, _v. a._ AVOID (_in a positive sense or denoting positive
exertion_), evade, escape, elude, eschew, get clear of, get out of the
way of, escape from.
~Shunt~, _v. a._ [_England._] Switch (_from one set of rails to
another_).
~Shut~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Close, close up.
~2.~ Enclose, confine, imprison, shut up, coop up, lock up, close the
door upon.
~Shut out~, Exclude.
~Shut up~, ~1.~ Shut, close up.
~2.~ Confine, shut up, lock up.
~Shy~, _a._ ~1.~ Coy, reserved, bashful, diffident, timid, sheepish,
shame-faced, over-modest.
~2.~ Cautious, wary, heedful, chary.
~Shy~, _n._ ~1.~ Sudden start (_as of a horse_).
~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Fling, throw.
~Shy~, _v. a._ Fling, throw, jerk, cast, toss, hurl, FLIRT, chuck,
pitch, sling.
~Shy~, _v. n._ Sheer, start aside.
~Shyster~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Rogue, cheat, trickster, knave, shark,
sharper, swindler, slyboots; sly, mean fellow.
~Sibilant~, _a._ Hissing.
~Siccative~, _a._ Drying.
~Siccity~, _n._ [_Rare._] Dryness, aridity, want of moisture.
~Sice~, _n._ Six (_at dice_).
~Sick~, _a._ ~1.~ Ill, indisposed, ailing, unwell, not well, laid up,
out of sorts.
~2.~ Nauseated, affected with nausea, sick at the stomach.
~3.~ Disgusted, tired, weary.
~Sicken~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Nauseate, make sick, turn one's stomach, make
one's gorge rise.
~2.~ Disgust, weary.
~Sicken~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Become sick, fall sick.
~2.~ Be disgusted, feel disgust.
~Sickening~, _a._ ~1.~ Nauseating, nauseous, sickish, palling.
~2.~ Disgusting, distasteful, repulsive, revolting, foul, loathsome,
offensive.
~Sickish~, _a._ Nauseating, nauseous, sickening.
~Sickle~, _n._ Reaping-hook.
~Sickle-shaped~, _a._ Falcate, falcated, hooked.
~Sickly~, _a._ Weak, feeble, ailing, languishing, unhealthy, piping,
whining.
~Sickness~, _n._ ~1.~ Illness, disease, disorder, distemper, malady,
complaint, ail, ailment, indisposition.
~2.~ Nausea.
~Side~, _n._ ~1.~ Verge, margin, edge, border.
~2.~ Party, sect, faction, interest.
~Side~, _a._ Lateral.
~Side~, _v. n._ Take sides.
~Side-board~, _n._ COMMODE.
~Side by side~, Abreast, along-side, by the side (_of one another_).
~Side-face~, _n._ Profile.
~Side-glance~, _n._ Ogle.
~Sidehill~, _n._ Declivity, hillside, slope, sloping ground.
~Sideling~, _a._ Sloping, inclined.
~Sideling~, _ad._ SIDEWISE.
~Sidelong~, _a._ Lateral, oblique, not direct.
~Sidelong~, _ad._ Laterally, obliquely.
~Sidereal~, _a._ Starry, stellar, astral.
~Side-saddle-flower~, _n._ Pitcher plant, huntsman's cup.
~Sidewalk~, _n._ Foot-way (_at the side of a street_), foot-path.