Part 54

~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.

~Sideways~, _ad._ Laterally, SIDEWISE.

~Sidewise~, _ad._ Laterally, sideways, sideling.

~Siege~, _n._ Investment.

~Siesta~, _n._ [Sp.] Nap (_after dinner_).

~Sieve~, _n._ Bolt.

~Sift~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bolt.

~2.~ Scrutinize, probe, fathom, sound, investigate, canvass, discuss, examine critically, look into, follow up, inquire into.

~Sigh~, _n._ Long breath.

~Sight~, _n._ ~1.~ Perception, view, ken, cognizance.

~2.~ Vision, sense of sight.

~3.~ Spectacle, show, exhibition, representation, pageant.

~4.~ Inspection, examination.

~Sightless~, _a._ Blind, eyeless, unseeing.

~Sightly~, _a._ ~1.~ Conspicuous, prominent, exposed to view.

~2.~ Comely, handsome, beautiful.

~Sign~, _n._ ~1.~ Token, mark, note, indication, index, symptom, manifestation, symbol, emblem.

~2.~ Signal, beacon.

~3.~ Prodigy, wonder, miracle, portent, augury, presage, prognostic, auspice, foreboding, omen.

~Sign~, _v. a._ Subscribe, put one's name to, affix one's signature to.

~Signal~, _n._ Token, mark, indication, SIGN, beacon.

~Signal~, _a._ Eminent, memorable, extraordinary, remarkable, noted, conspicuous.

~Signal-fire~, _n._ Beacon.

~Signalize~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Distinguish, celebrate, make memorable.

~2.~ Make a signal to.

~3.~ Indicate by a signal.

~Signature~, _n._ ~1.~ Stamp, mark.

~2.~ Sign-manual.

~Signet~, _n._ Seal (_especially of a sovereign_).

~Significance~, _n._ ~1.~ Meaning, import, purport, sense.

~2.~ Importance, consequence, weight, moment.

~Significancy~, Meaning, import purport, sense.

~2.~ Importance, consequence, weight, moment.

~Significant~, _a._ ~1.~ Betokening, indicative, expressive, pregnant with meaning.

~2.~ Important, weighty, momentous.

~Signification~, _n._ ~1.~ Expression.

~2.~ Meaning, sense, import, purport, acceptation.

~Signify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Denote, betoken, mean, imply, intimate, indicate, purport.

~2.~ Express, declare, proclaim, make known.

~Signify~, _v. n._ Import, matter, be of importance, be of consequence.

~Sign-manual~, _n._ Signature.

~Silence~, _n._ ~1.~ Stillness, noiselessness, quiet, calm.

~2.~ Taciturnity, muteness, dumbness.

~3.~ Oblivion, obscurity.

~Silence~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Still, hush, gag, stifle, muzzle, muffle, put to silence.

~2.~ Allay, quiet, calm, put to rest, put an end to.

~Silence~, _interj._ Hush, whist, mum, soft, tush, chut, tut, be still, be silent, hold your tongue.

~Silent~, _a._ ~1.~ Still, noiseless, quiet, calm.

~2.~ Mute, dumb, TACITURN, speechless, mum, without a word to say.

~3.~ Quiescent, not pronounced, not sounded.

~4.~ Dormant, not active.

~Silex~, _n._ Silica, silicic acid, pure quartz, pure flint, oxide of silicon.

~Silica~, _n._ SILEX.

~Silicic acid~, SILEX.

~Silken~, _a._ Silky.

~Silk-weed~, _n._ Milk-weed, wild cotton.

~Silky~, _a._ Silken.

~Sill~, _n._ ~1.~ Lower piece of a frame (_as of a door or a window_).

~2.~ Ground-sill, ground-plate.

~Silly~, _a._ ~1.~ Senseless, witless, stupid, foolish, DAFT, simple, weak, childish, inept.

~2.~ Absurd, trifling, frivolous, extravagant, preposterous, nonsensical.

~Silt~, _n._ Sediment, deposit, alluvium.

~Silver~, _a._ ~1.~ Silvery, of silver.

~2.~ White, bright, of the color of silver.

~3.~ Soft and clear (_as sound_), mellifluous, euphonious, not harsh.

~Silvery~, _a._ SILVER.

~Similar~, _a._ Like, resembling.

~Similarity~, _n._ Likeness, resemblance, similitude, parallelism, analogy, correspondence, parity.

~Simile~, _n._ Similitude, METAPHOR, comparison.

~Similitude~, _n._ ~1.~ Likeness, resemblance, SIMILARITY, image.

~2.~ Simile, comparison, METAPHOR.

~Simmer~, _v. n._ Boil (_gently_), seethe, stew.

~Simmering~, _a._ Boiling, piping.

~Simoom~, _n._ Samiel, kamsin.

~Simoon~, _n._ Samiel, kamsin.

~Simper~, _v. n._ Smile (_affectedly_), smirk.

~Simper~, _n._ Smirk, affected smile.

~Simple~, _a._ ~1.~ Single, uncombined, uncompounded, unmixed, elementary, bare, mere, not complex, nothing else but, not complicated.

~2.~ Plain, unadorned, unstudied, unvarnished, natural, chaste, neat.

~3.~ Artless, undesigning, sincere, unaffected, unconstrained, NAÏVE, frank, open, downright, inartificial, straightforward, true, simple- hearted, simple-minded.

~4.~ Silly, foolish, weak, not wise, not sagacious.

~Simple~, _n._ Medicinal plant.

~Simple-hearted~, _a._ Ingenuous, frank, open, artless, SIMPLE.

~Simple-minded~, _a._ SIMPLE-HEARTED.

~Simplicity~, _n._ ~1.~ Plainness, naturalness, chasteness, neatness.

~2.~ Artlessness, sincerity, frankness, openness, truth.

~3.~ Silliness, folly, weakness.

~Simplify~, _v. a._ Make simple.

~Simply~, _ad._ ~1.~ Plainly, artlessly, sincerely, truly.

~2.~ Merely, barely, solely, of itself.

~Simulate~, _v. a._ Feign, counterfeit, act, sham, affect, pretend.

~Simulation~, _n._ Feigning, counterfeiting, personation, PRETEXT, PRETENCE.

~Simultaneously~, _ad._ At the same time.

~Sin~, _n._ Offence (_against the divine law_), iniquity, unrighteousness, wickedness, wrong, CRIME, transgression, delinquency.

~Sin~, _v. n._ Trespass, do wrong.

~Sinapism~, _n._ Mustard plaster, mustard poultice.

~Since~, _conj._ Because, as, considering, seeing that, because that, inasmuch as.

~Since~, _ad._ ~1.~ Ago, before this.

~2.~ From that time.

~Since~, _prep._ After, from the time of, subsequently to.

~Sincere~, _a._ ~1.~ True, real, unfeigned, genuine, unaffected, unvarnished, not pretended.

~2.~ Honest, ingenuous, open, frank, candid, hearty, undissembling, artless, guileless, single.

~Sincerity~, _n._ Honesty, ingenuousness, candor, frankness, artlessness, guilelessness, probity, veracity, truth.

~Sinciput~, _n._ (_Anat._) Bregma, top of the head.

~Sine qua non~, [L.] Necessity, necessary, requisite, essential, indispensable thing, indispensable condition.

~Sinew~, _n._ Tendon.

~Sinewy~, _a._ Muscular, brawny, athletic, stalwart, strapping, robust, powerful, sturdy, strong, Herculean, able-bodied, made of iron.

~Sinful~, _a._ Wicked, unrighteous, iniquitous, unholy, wrong, criminal, mischievous, bad.

~Sinfulness~, _n._ Wickedness, unrighteousness, iniquity, unholiness, criminality, ungodliness, irreligion.

~Sing~, _v. n._ Carol, chant, warble.

~Sing~, _v. a._ Carol, chant, warble, hum, hymn, celebrate in song.

~Singe~, _v. a._ Scorch, burn (_slightly_).

~Singer~, _n._ Chanter, chantress, songster, songstress, vocalist, minstrel.

~Single~, _a._ ~1.~ Sole, one only.

~2.~ Particular, individual, separate.

~3.~ Unmarried, unwedded.

~4.~ Pure, simple, unmixed, uncompounded.

~5.~ Alone, solitary, isolated.

~6.~ Sincere, uncorrupt, unbiassed, upright, ingenuous.

~Single~, _v. a._ Choose, select, single out.

~Single-handed~, _a._ Alone, unaided, unassisted, by one's self.

~Singleness~, _n._ ~1.~ Unity, individuality.

~2.~ Purity, simplicity.

~3.~ Sincerity, integrity, uprightness, ingenuousness.

~4.~ Celibacy, single blessedness.

~Single life~, Celibacy, unmarried state.

~Single out~, Choose, select, single, pick.

~Single-tree~, n. Whiffle-tree, whipple-tree.

~Singular~, _a._ ~1.~ Single, uncompounded, not complex.

~2.~ Unusual, uncommon, rare, unwonted, strange, odd, extraordinary, eccentric, queer, BIZARRE, out of the way.

~3.~ Particular, peculiar, exceptional, unexampled, unparalleled, remarkable.

~Singularity~, _n._ ~1.~ Uncommonness, rareness, rarity, strangeness, oddness, abnormity, aberration, irregularity.

~2.~ Peculiarity, particularity, idiosyncrasy, individuality.

~3.~ Eccentricity, oddity, queerness.

~Sinister~, _a._ ~1.~ Left, on the left hand.

~2.~ Unlucky, inauspicious, unfortunate, untoward, disastrous, injurious.

~3.~ Wrong, bad, evil, perverse, corrupt, wicked, sinful, criminal.

~Sink~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Fall (_gradually_), subside, descend, go down, go to the bottom.

~2.~ Penetrate, enter.

~3.~ Be depressed, be overwhelmed.

~4.~ Decline, decrease, decay, droop, dwindle, lose strength, give way.

~Sink~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Merge, submerge, submerse, immerse, ingulf, plunge, dip.

~2.~ Dig, excavate, scoop out.

~3.~ Depress, degrade, lower, abase, debase, diminish, lessen, bring down, let down.

~4.~ Ruin, destroy, waste, overthrow, overwhelm, swamp.

~5.~ Suppress, conceal, keep close.

~6.~ Reduce.

~Sink~, _n._ Drain, sewer.

~Sinless~, _a._ Guileless, innocent, spotless, faultless, immaculate, impeccable, unblemished, untarnished, undented, unsullied, pure.

~Sinlessness~, _n._ Faultlessness, immaculateness, innocence, purity, impeccability.

~Sinner~, _n._ Offender, delinquent, criminal, wrong-doer, evil-doer, wicked person, irreligious person.

~Sinologue~, _n._ Adept in the Chinese language, or in Chinese literature.

~Sinuate~, _a._ SINUOUS.

~Sinuated~, _a._ SINUOUS.

~Sinuosity~, _n._ Curvature, flexure, bend, crook, winding, tortuosity.

~Sinuous~, _a._ Winding, crooked, curved, curvilinear, curvilineal, sinuate, sinuated, serpentine, flexuous, bending in and out.

~Sinus~, _n._ [L.] ~1.~ Bay, recess.

~2.~ Fold, hollow, cavity.

~Sip~, _v. a._ Drink (_a little at a time_), sup.

~Sip~, _n._ Slight taste, small draught.

~Sire~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Poetical._] Father.

~2.~ Male parent (_of a beast_).

~Siren~, _n._ ~1.~ Tempter, seducer, Circe, bewitching or fascinating woman.

~2.~ (_Zoöl._) Mud iguana.

~Siren~, _a._ Alluring, seducing, tempting, bewitching, fascinating.

~Siriasis~, _n._ [L.] [_Med._] Sun-stroke, insolation, COUP-DE-SOLEIL, stroke of the sun.

~Sirius~, _n._ Canicula, dog-star.

~Siskin~, _n._ Aberdevine (_Carduelis spinus_).

~Sit~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be seated, have a seat.

~2.~ Perch (_as a bird_).

~3.~ Stay, rest, settle.

~4.~ Brood (_as fowls_), incubate.

~5.~ Fit, be adjusted.

~6.~ Hold a session.

~Site~, _n._ Place, situation, locality, location, position, seat, station.

~Sitting~, _n._ Session.

~Situation~, _n._ ~1.~ Place, locality, station, location, site, position, seat, ground, spot.

~2.~ Condition, state, plight, case, predicament, category, circumstances.

~3.~ Post, station, office, BERTH, employment.

~Six-sided~, _a._ Hexahedral, cubic.

~Sixthly~, _ad._ In the sixth place.

~Sizable~, _a._ ~1.~ Of suitable size.

~2.~ Of considerable size.

~Size~, _n._ ~1.~ Bigness, greatness, magnitude, bulk, volume, dimensions.

~2.~ Sizing, weak glue, glutinous substance.

~Sizing~, _n._ Size, weak glue.

~Skein~, _n._ Knot.

~Skeleton~, _n._ ~1.~ Framework.

~2.~ Sketch, outline, draught, rough draught.

~Skeptic~, n. [Written also _Sceptic_] ~1.~ Doubter, pyrrhonist.

~2.~ Deist, infidel, unbeliever, freethinker.

~Skeptical~, _a._ [Written also _Sceptical_.] Doubting, disbelieving, incredulous.

~Skepticism~, _n._ [Written also _Scepticism_.] ~1.~ Doubt, incredulity, Pyrrhonism.

~2.~ Unbelief, infidelity, free-thinking.

~Sketch~, _n._ Outline, drawing, delineation, plan, skeleton, pencilling, plot, rough draft, first draft, design in outline.