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  • English Word Shrivelling Definition of Shrivel
  • English Word Shriven Definition of Shrive
  • English Word Shriven Definition p. p. of Shrive.
  • English Word Shriver Definition One who shrives; a confessor.
  • English Word Shriving Definition of Shrive
  • English Word Shriving Definition Shrift; confession.
  • English Word Shroff Definition A banker, or changer of money.
  • English Word Shroffage Definition The examination of coins, and the separation of the good from the debased.
  • English Word Shrood Definition To trim; to lop.
  • English Word Shroud Definition That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
  • English Word Shroud Definition Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
  • English Word Shroud Definition That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
  • English Word Shroud Definition A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
  • English Word Shroud Definition The branching top of a tree; foliage.
  • English Word Shroud Definition A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts.
  • English Word Shroud Definition One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.
  • English Word Shroud Definition To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for the grave.
  • English Word Shroud Definition To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil.
  • English Word Shroud Definition To take shelter or harbor.
  • English Word Shroud Definition To lop. See Shrood.
  • English Word Shroud-laid Definition Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; -- said of rope. See Illust. under Cordage.
  • English Word Shrouded Definition of Shroud
  • English Word Shrouded Definition Provided with a shroud or shrouds.
  • English Word Shrouding Definition of Shroud
  • English Word Shrouding Definition The shrouds. See Shroud, n., 7.
  • English Word Shroudless Definition Without a shroud.
  • English Word Shroudy Definition Affording shelter.
  • English Word Shrove Definition of Shrive
  • English Word Shrove Definition imp. of Shrive.
  • English Word Shrove Definition To join in the festivities of Shrovetide; hence, to make merry.