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- English Word Sfumato Definition Having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance; -- said of a painting.
- English Word Sgraffito Definition Scratched; -- said of decorative painting of a certain style, in which a white overland surface is cut or scratched through, so as to form the design from a dark ground underneath.
- English Word Shab Definition The itch in animals; also, a scab.
- English Word Shab Definition To play mean tricks; to act shabbily.
- English Word Shab Definition To scratch; to rub.
- English Word Shabbed Definition of Shab
- English Word Shabbed Definition Shabby.
- English Word Shabbily Definition In a shabby manner.
- English Word Shabbiness Definition The quality or state of being sghabby.
- English Word Shabbing Definition of Shab
- English Word Shabble Definition Alt. of Shabble
- English Word Shabble Definition A kind of crooked sword or hanger.
- English Word Shabby Definition Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
- English Word Shabby Definition Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.
- English Word Shabby Definition Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment.
- English Word Shabrack Definition The saddlecloth or housing of a cavalry horse.
- English Word Shack Definition To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.
- English Word Shack Definition To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn.
- English Word Shack Definition To wander as a vagabond or a tramp.
- English Word Shack Definition The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground.
- English Word Shack Definition Liberty of winter pasturage.
- English Word Shack Definition A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
- English Word Shackatory Definition A hound.
- English Word Shackle Definition Stubble.
- English Word Shackle Definition Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter.
- English Word Shackle Definition Hence, that which checks or prevents free action.
- English Word Shackle Definition A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.
- English Word Shackle Definition A link or loop, as in a chain, fitted with a movable bolt, so that the parts can be separated, or the loop removed; a clevis.
- English Word Shackle Definition A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also drawlink, draglink, etc.
- English Word Shackle Definition The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple.