Chapter 1537

Shine <Xpage=1329>

Shine , v. t. 1. To cause to shine, as a light. [Obs.]

He [God] doth not rain wealth, nor shine honor and virtues, upon men equally. Bacon.

2. To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them . [U. S.]

Bartlett.

Shine <Xpage=1329>

Shine , n. 1. The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen.

Now sits not girt with taper's holy shine . Milton.

Fair opening to some court's propitious shine . Pope.

The distant shine of the celestial city. Hawthorne.

2. Sunshine; fair weather.

Be it fair or foul, or rain or shine . Dryden.

3. A liking for a person; a fancy. [Slang, U.S.]

4. Caper; antic; row. [Slang]

To cut up shines , to play pranks. [Slang, U.S.]

Shine <Xpage=1329>

Shine (?) , a. [AS. sc\'c6n . See Shine , v. i. ] Shining; sheen. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Shiner <Xpage=1329>

Shin"er (?) , n. That which shines. Specifically: (a) A luminary . (b) A bright piece of money. [Slang]

Has she the shiners , d' ye think? Foote.

<-- [Colloq.] A bruised eye; a black eye . -->

(c) (Zo\'94l.) Any one of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to Notropis , or Minnilus , and allied genera; as the redfin ( Notropis megalops ), and the golden shiner ( Notemigonus chrysoleucus ) of the Eastern United States; also loosely applied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, or horsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada . (d) (Zo\'94l.) The common Lepisma, or furniture bug .

Blunt-nosed shiner (Zo\'94l.) , the silver moonfish.

Shiness <Xpage=1329>

Shi"ness (?) , n. See Shyness .

Shingle <Xpage=1329>

Shin"gle (?) , n. [Prob. from Norw. singl , singling , coarse gravel, small round stones.] (Geol.) Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere.

Shingle <Xpage=1329>

Shin"gle , n. [OE. shingle , shindle , fr. L. scindula , scandula ; cf. scindere to cleave, to split, E. shed , v.t., Gr. <?/<?/<?/, <?/<?/<?/, shingle, <?/<?/<?/ to slit.] 1. A piece of wood sawed or rived thin and small, with one end thinner than the other, -- used in covering buildings, especially roofs, the thick ends of one row overlapping the thin ends of the row below.

I reached St. Asaph, . . . where there is a very poor cathedral church covered with shingles or tiles. Ray.

2. A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's shingle . [Jocose, U. S.]

Shingle oak (Bot.) , a kind of oak ( Quercus imbricaria ) used in the Western States for making shingles.

Shingle <Xpage=1329>

Shin"gle , v. t. [ imp. &. p. p. Shingled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shingling (?) .] 1. To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof .

They shingle their houses with it. Evelyn.

2. To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, as shingles on a roof.

Shingle <Xpage=1329>

Shin"gle , v. t. To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace.

Shingler <Xpage=1329>

Shin"gler (?) , n. 1. One who shingles.

2. A machine for shingling puddled iron.

Shingles <Xpage=1329>

Shin"gles (?) , n. [OF. cengle a girth, F. sangle , fr. L. cingulum a girdle, fr. cingere to gird. Cf. Cincture , Cingle , Surcingle .] (Med.) A kind of herpes ( Herpes zoster ) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.

Shingling <Xpage=1329>

Shin"gling (?) , n. 1. The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.

2. (Metal) The process of expelling scori\'91 and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron.

Shingling hammer , a ponderous hammer moved by machinery, used in shingling puddled iron. -- Shingling mill , a mill or forge where puddled iron is shingled.

Shingly <Xpage=1329>

Shin"gly (?) , a. Abounding with shingle, or gravel.

Shinhopple <Xpage=1329>

Shin"hop`ple (?) , n. The hobblebush.

Shining <Xpage=1329>

Shin"ing (?) , a. 1. Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; as, shining lamps ; also, bright by the reflection of light; as, shining armor . "Fish . . . with their fins and shining scales."

Milton.

2. Splendid; illustrious; brilliant; distinguished; conspicious; as, a shining example of charity .

3. Having the surface smooth and polished; -- said of leaves, the surfaces of shells, etc.

Syn. -- Glistening; bright; radiant; resplendent; effulgent; lustrous; brilliant; glittering; splendid; illustrious. -- Shining , Brilliant , Sparking . Shining describes the steady emission of a strong light, or the steady reflection of light from a clear or polished surface. Brilliant denotes a shining of great brightness, but with gleams or flashes. Sparkling implies a fitful, intense shining from radiant points or sparks, by which the eye is dazzled. The same distinctions obtain when these epithets are figuratively applied. A man of shining talents is made conspicious by possessing them; if they flash upon the mind with a peculiarly striking effect, we call them brilliant ; if his brilliancy is marked by great vivacity and occasional intensity, he is sparkling .

True paradise . . . inclosed with shining rock. Milton.

Some in a brilliant buckle bind her waist, Some round her neck a circling light display. Gay.

His sparkling blade about his head he blest. Spenser.

Shining <Xpage=1329>

Shin"ing , n. Emission or reflection of light.

Shiningness <Xpage=1329>

Shin"ing*ness , n. Brightness.

J. Spence.

Shinney <Xpage=1329>

Shin"ney (?) , n. [CF. Shindy .] The game of hockey; -- so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin.

Halliwell.

<-- shinny. Same as shin, to climb with hands and feet -->

Shinplaster <Xpage=1329>

Shin"plas`ter (?) , n. Formerly, a jocose term for a bank note greatly depreciated in value; also, for paper money of a denomination less than a dollar. [U. S.]

Shinto, Shintiism <Xpage=1329>

Shin"to (?) , Shin"ti*ism (?) , n. [Chin. shin god + tao way, doctrine.] One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes. [Written also Sintu , and Sintuism .]

Shintoist <Xpage=1329>

Shin"to*ist (?) , n. An adherent of Shintoism.

Shinty <Xpage=1329>

Shin"ty (?) , n. [Cf. Gael. sinteag a skip, a bound.] A Scotch game resembling hockey; also, the club used in the game.

Jamieson.

Shiny <Xpage=1329>

Shin"y (?) , a. [ Compar. Shinier (?) ; superl. Shiniest .] Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.

Like distant thunder on a shiny day. Dryden.

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-ship (?) . [OE. -schipe , AS. -scipe ; akin to OFries. -skipe , OLG. -skepi , D. -schap , OHG. -scaf , G. -schaft . Cf. Shape , n. , and Landscape .] A suffix denoting state , office , dignity , profession , or art ; as in lord ship , friend ship , chancellor ship , steward ship , horseman ship .

Ship <Xpage=1329>

Ship (?) , n. [AS. scipe .] Pay; reward. [Obs.]

In withholding or abridging of the ship or the hire or the wages of servants. Chaucer.

Ship <Xpage=1329>

Ship , n. [OE. ship , schip , AS. scip ; akin to OFries. skip , OS. scip , D. schip , G. schiff , OHG. scif , Dan. skib , Sw. skeep , Icel. & Goth. skip ; of unknown origin. Cf. Equip , Skiff , Skipper .] 1. Any large seagoing vessel.

Like a stately ship . . . With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving. Milton.

Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Longfellow.

2. Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix.

<-- illustration: Deck plan of a ship -->

l Port or Larboard Side; s Starboard Side; 1 Roundhouse or Deck House; 2 Tiller; 3 Grating; 4 Wheel; 5 Wheel Chains; 6 Binnacle; 7 Mizzenmast; 8 Skylight; 9 Capstan; 10 Mainmast; 11 Pumps; 12 Galley or Caboose; 13 Main Hatchway; 14 Windlass; 15 Foremast; 16 Fore Hatchway; 17 Bitts; 18 Bowsprit; 19 Head Rail; 20 Boomkins; 21 Catheads on Port Bow and Starboard Bow; 22 Fore Chains; 23 Main Chains; 24 Mizzen Chains; 25 Stern.

<--illustration: Outline of a ship -->

1 Fore Royal Stay; 2 Flying Jib Stay; 3 Fore Topgallant Stay;4 Jib Stay; 5 Fore Topmast Stays; 6 Fore Tacks; 8 Flying Martingale; 9 Martingale Stay, shackled to Dolphin Striker; 10 Jib Guys; 11 Jumper Guys; 12 Back Ropes; 13 Robstays; 14 Flying Jib Boom; 15 Flying Jib Footropes; 16 Jib Boom; 17 Jib Foottropes; 18 Bowsprit; 19 Fore Truck; 20 Fore Royal Mast; 21 Fore Royal Lift; 22 Fore Royal Yard; 23 Fore Royal Backstays; 24 Fore Royal Braces; 25 Fore Topgallant Mast and Rigging; 26 Fore Topgallant Lift; 27 Fore Topgallant Yard; 28 Fore Topgallant Backstays; 29 Fore Topgallant Braces; 30 Fore Topmast and Rigging; 31 Fore Topsail Lift; 32 Fore Topsail Yard; 33 Fore Topsail Footropes; 34 Fore Topsail Braces; 35 Fore Yard; 36 Fore Brace; 37 Fore Lift; 38 Fore Gaff; 39 Fore Trysail Vangs; 40 Fore Topmast Studding-sail Boom; 41 Foremast and Rigging; 42 Fore Topmast Backstays; 43 Fore Sheets; 44 Main Truck and Pennant; 45 Main Royal Mast and Backstay; 46 Main Royal Stay; 47 Main Royal Lift; 48 Main Royal Yard; 49 Main Royal Braces; 50 Main Topgallant Mast and Rigging; 51 Main Topgallant Lift; 52 Main Topgallant Backstays; 53 Main Topgallant Yard; 54 Main Topgallant Stay; 55 Main Topgallant Braces; 56 Main Topmast and Rigging; 57 Topsail Lift; 58 Topsail Yard; 59 Topsail Footropes; 60 Topsail Braces; 61 Topmast Stays; 62 Main Topgallant Studding-sail Boom; 63 Main Topmast Backstay; 64 Main Yard; 65 Main Footropes; 66 Mainmast and Rigging; 67 Main Lift; 68 Main Braces; 69 Main Tacks; 70 Main Sheets; 71 Main Trysail Gaff; 72 Main Trysail Vangs; 73 Main Stays; 74 Mizzen Truck; 75 Mizzen Royal Mast and Rigging; 76 Mizzen Royal Stay; 77 Mizzen Royal Lift; 78 Mizzen Royal Yard; 79 Mizzen Royal Braces; 80 Mizzen Topgallant Mast and Rigging; 81 Mizzen Topgallant Lift; 82 Mizzen Topgallant Backstays; 83 Mizzen Topgallant Braces; 84 Mizzen Topgallant Yard; 85 Mizzen Topgallant Stay; 86 Mizzen Topmast and Rigging; 87 Mizzen Topmast Stay; 88 Mizzen Topsail Lift; 89 Mizzen Topmast Backstays; 90 Mizzen Topsail Braces; 91 Mizzen Topsail Yard; 92 Mizzen Topsail Footropes; 93 Crossjack Yard; 94 Crossjack Footropes; 95 Crossjack Lift; 96 Crossjack Braces; 97 Mizzenmast and Rigging; 98 Mizzen Stay; 99 Spanker Gaff; 100 Peak Halyards; 101 Spanker Vangs; 102 Spanker Boom; 103 Spanker Boom Topping Lift; 104 Jacob's Ladder, or Stern Ladder; 105 Spanker Sheet; 106 Cutwater; 107 Starboard Bow; 108 Starboard Beam; 109 Water Line; 110 Starboard Quarter; 111 Rudder.

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3. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.]

Tyndale.

Armed ship , a private ship taken into the service of the government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a ship of war. [Eng.] Brande & C. -- General ship . See under General . -- Ship biscuit , hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard; -- called also ship bread . See Hardtack . -- Ship boy , a boy who serves in a ship. "Seal up the ship boy's eyes." Shak. -- Ship breaker , one who breaks up vessels when unfit for further use. -- Ship broker , a mercantile agent employed in buying and selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port. -- Ship canal , a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing vessels. -- Ship carpenter , a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a shipwright. -- Ship chandler , one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other, furniture of vessels. -- Ship chandlery , the commodities in which a ship chandler deals; also, the business of a ship chandler. -- Ship fever (Med.) , a form of typhus fever; -- called also putrid, jail, &or; hospital fever . -- Ship joiner , a joiner who works upon ships. -- Ship letter , a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet. -- Ship money (Eng. Hist.) , an imposition formerly charged on the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I. to revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden, and was one of the causes which led to the death of Charles. It was finally abolished. -- Ship of the line . See under Line . -- Ship pendulum , a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent of the rolling and pitching of a vessel. -- Ship railway . (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for repairs . (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels overland between two water courses or harbors. -- Ship's company , the crew of a ship or other vessel. -- Ship's days , the days allowed a vessel for loading or unloading. -- Ship's husband . See under Husband . -- Ship's papers (Mar. Law) , papers with which a vessel is required by law to be provided, and the production of which may be required on certain occasions. Among these papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll, bill of health, etc. Bouvier . Kent . -- To make ship , to embark in a ship or other vessel.

Ship <Xpage=1330>

Ship (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Shipped (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shipping .] 1. To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.

The timber was . . . shipped in the bay of Attalia, from whence it was by sea transported to Pelusium. Knolles.

2. By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad .

3. Hence, to send away; to get rid of. [Colloq.]

4. To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen .

5. To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea .

6. To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder .

Ship <Xpage=1330>

Ship , v. i. 1. To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war .

2. To embark on a ship.

Wyclif (Acts xxviii. 11)

Shipboard <Xpage=1330>

Ship"board` (?) , n. [ Ship + board. See Board , n. , 8] A ship's side; hence, by extension, a ship; -- found chiefly in adverbial phrases; as, on shipboard ; a shipboard .

Shipbuilder <Xpage=1330>

Ship"build`er (?) , n. A person whose occupation is to construct ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a shipwright.

Shipbuilding <Xpage=1330>

Ship"build`ing , n. Naval architecturel the art of constructing ships and other vessels.

Shipful <Xpage=1330>

Ship"ful (?) , n. ; pl. Shipfuls (<?/) . As much or as many as a ship will hold; enough to fill a ship.

Shipholder <Xpage=1330>

Ship"hold`er (?) , n. A shipowner.

Shipless <Xpage=1330>

Ship"less , a. Destitute of ships.

Gray.

Shiplet <Xpage=1330>

Ship"let (?) , n. A little ship. [R.]

Holinshed.

Shipload <Xpage=1330>

Ship"load` (?) , n. The load, or cargo, of a ship.

Shipman <Xpage=1330>

Ship"man (?) , n. ; pl. Shipmen (<?/) . A seaman, or sailor. [Obs. or Poetic]

Chaucer. R. Browning.

About midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country. Acts xxvii. 27.

Shipman's card , the mariner's compass. [Obs.]

Shak.

Shipmaster <Xpage=1330>

Ship"mas`ter (?) , n. The captain, master, or commander of a ship.

Jonah i. 6.

Shipmate <Xpage=1330>

Ship"mate` (?) , n. One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor.

Shipment <Xpage=1330>

Ship"ment (?) , n. 1. The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West .

2. That which is shipped.

The question is, whether the share of M. in the shipment is exempted from condemnation by reason of his neutral domicle. Story.

Shipowner <Xpage=1330>

Ship"own`er (?) , n. Owner of a ship or ships.

Shippen <Xpage=1330>

Ship"pen (?) , n. [AS. scypen . Cf. Shop , Shepen .] A stable; a cowhouse. [Obs. or Prov.Eng.]

Shipper <Xpage=1330>

Ship"per (?) , n. [See Ship , n. , and cf. Skipper .] One who sends goods from one place to another not in the same city or town, esp. one who sends goods by water.

Shipping <Xpage=1330>

Ship"ping (?) , a. 1. Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns .

2. Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk .

Shipping <Xpage=1330>

Ship"ping , n. 1. The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool .

2. The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.

3. Navigation. "God send 'em good shipping ."

Shak.

Shipping articles , articles of agreement between the captain of a vessel and the seamen on board, in respect to the amount of wages, length of time for which they are shipping, etc. Bouvier . -- To take shipping , to embark; to take ship. [Obs.] John vi . 24 . Shak .

Shippon <Xpage=1330>

Ship"pon (?) , n. A cowhouse; a shippen. [Prov. Eng.]

Bessy would either do fieldwork, or attend to the cows, the shippon , or churn, or make cheese. Dickens.

Ship-rigged <Xpage=1330>

Ship"-rigged` (?) , a. (Naut.) Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts, each with square sails.

Shipshape <Xpage=1330>

Ship"shape` (?) , a. Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly.