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- English Word Shoddy Definition A fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.
- English Word Shoddy Definition A fabric of inferior quality made of, or containing a large amount of, shoddy.
- English Word Shoddy Definition Made wholly or in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as, shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence, colloquially, not genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy.
- English Word Shoddyism Definition The quality or state of being shoddy.
- English Word Shode Definition The parting of the hair on the head.
- English Word Shode Definition The top of the head; the head.
- English Word Shode Definition Alt. of Shoding
- English Word Shoder Definition A package of gold beater's skins in which gold is subjected to the second process of beating.
- English Word Shoding Definition See Shoad, Shoading.
- English Word Shoe Definition A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg.
- English Word Shoe Definition Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use.
- English Word Shoe Definition A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury.
- English Word Shoe Definition A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.
- English Word Shoe Definition A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.
- English Word Shoe Definition The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
- English Word Shoe Definition A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.
- English Word Shoe Definition The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
- English Word Shoe Definition An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.
- English Word Shoe Definition An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
- English Word Shoe Definition An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.