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- English Word Shallowness Definition Quality or state of being shallow.
- English Word Shalm Definition See Shawm.
- English Word Shalt Definition 2d per. sing. of Shall.
- English Word Shaly Definition Resembling shale in structure.
- English Word Sham Definition That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.
- English Word Sham Definition A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
- English Word Sham Definition False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.
- English Word Sham Definition To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.
- English Word Sham Definition To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
- English Word Sham Definition To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
- English Word Sham Definition To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.
- English Word Shama Definition A saxicoline singing bird (Kittacincla macroura) of India, noted for the sweetness and power of its song. In confinement it imitates the notes of other birds and various animals with accuracy. Its head, neck, back, breast, and tail are glossy black, the rump white, the under parts chestnut.
- English Word Shaman Definition A priest of Shamanism; a wizard among the Shamanists.
- English Word Shamanic Definition Of or pertaining to Shamanism.
- English Word Shamanism Definition The type of religion which once prevalied among all the Ural-Altaic peoples (Tungusic, Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various parts of Northern Asia. The Shaman, or wizard priest, deals with good as well as with evil spirits, especially the good spirits of ancestors.
- English Word Shamanist Definition An adherent of Shamanism.
- English Word Shamble Definition One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
- English Word Shamble Definition A place where butcher's meat is sold.
- English Word Shamble Definition A place for slaughtering animals for meat.
- English Word Shamble Definition To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along.