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- English Word Shedding Definition That which is shed, or cast off.
- English Word Sheeling Definition A hut or small cottage in an expessed or a retired place (as on a mountain or at the seaside) such as is used by shepherds, fishermen, sportsmen, etc.; a summer cottage; also, a shed.
- English Word Sheely Definition Same as Sheelfa.
- English Word Sheen Definition Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny.
- English Word Sheen Definition To shine; to glisten.
- English Word Sheen Definition Brightness; splendor; glitter.
- English Word Sheenly Definition Brightly.
- English Word Sheeny Definition Bright; shining; radiant; sheen.
- English Word Sheep Definition Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.
- English Word Sheep Definition A weak, bashful, silly fellow.
- English Word Sheep Definition Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd.
- English Word Sheep's-eye Definition A modest, diffident look; a loving glance; -- commonly in the plural.
- English Word Sheep's-foot Definition A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer.
- English Word Sheep-faced Definition Over-bashful; sheepish.
- English Word Sheep-headed Definition Silly; simple-minded; stupid.
- English Word Sheep-shearer Definition One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep.
- English Word Sheep-shearing Definition Act of shearing sheep.
- English Word Sheep-shearing Definition A feast at the time of sheep-shearing.
- English Word Sheepback Definition A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. -- produced by glacial action. Called also roche moutonnee; -- usually in the plural.
- English Word Sheepberry Definition The edible fruit of a small North American tree of the genus Viburnum (V. Lentago), having white flowers in flat cymes; also, the tree itself. Called also nannyberry.