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- English Word Shadowing Definition A faint representation; an adumbration.
- English Word Shadowish Definition Shadowy; vague.
- English Word Shadowless Definition Having no shadow.
- English Word Shadowy Definition Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.
- English Word Shadowy Definition Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim.
- English Word Shadowy Definition Not brightly luminous; faintly light.
- English Word Shadowy Definition Faintly representative; hence, typical.
- English Word Shadowy Definition Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor.
- English Word Shadrach Definition A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.)
- English Word Shady Definition Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade.
- English Word Shady Definition Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
- English Word Shady Definition Of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be seen or known; equivocal; dubious or corrupt.
- English Word Shaffle Definition To hobble or limp; to shuffle.
- English Word Shaffler Definition A hobbler; one who limps; a shuffer.
- English Word Shafiite Definition A member of one of the four sects of the Sunnites, or Orthodox Mohammedans; -- so called from its founder, Mohammed al-Shafei.
- English Word Shaft Definition The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.
- English Word Shaft Definition The long handle of a spear or similar weapon; hence, the weapon itself; (Fig.) anything regarded as a shaft to be thrown or darted; as, shafts of light.
- English Word Shaft Definition That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical.
- English Word Shaft Definition The trunk, stem, or stalk of a plant.
- English Word Shaft Definition The stem or midrib of a feather.
- English Word Shaft Definition The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill.
- English Word Shaft Definition The part of a candlestick which supports its branches.
- English Word Shaft Definition The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc.
- English Word Shaft Definition A pole, especially a Maypole.
- English Word Shaft Definition The body of a column; the cylindrical pillar between the capital and base (see Illust. of Column). Also, the part of a chimney above the roof. Also, the spire of a steeple.
- English Word Shaft Definition A column, an obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument.
- English Word Shaft Definition A rod at the end of a heddle.
- English Word Shaft Definition A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine.
- English Word Shaft Definition A humming bird (Thaumastura cora) having two of the tail feathers next to the middle ones very long in the male; -- called also cora humming bird.
- English Word Shaft Definition A well-like excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly so, made for reaching and raising ore, for raising water, etc.