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Shrink
() To draw back; to withdraw.
Shrink
() The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal.
Shrinkage
() The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement.
Shrinkage
() The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc.
Shrinkage
() Decrease in value; depreciation.
Shrinker
() One who shrinks; one who withdraws from danger.
Shrinking
() a. & n. from Shrink.
Shrinkingly
() In a shrinking manner.
Shrivalty
() Shrievalty.
Shrived
() of Shrive
Shrove
() of Shrive
Shriven
() of Shrive
Shrived
() of Shrive
Shriving
() of Shrive
Shrive
() To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent.
Shrive
() To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively.
Shrive
() To receive confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution.
Shriveled
() of Shrivel
Shrivelled
() of Shrivel
Shriveling
() of Shrivel
Shrivelling
() of Shrivel
Shrivel
() To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up.
Shrivel
() To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.
Shriven
() p. p. of Shrive.
Shriver
() One who shrives; a confessor.
Shriving
() Shrift; confession.
Shroff
() A banker, or changer of money.
Shroffage
() The examination of coins, and the separation of the good from the debased.
Shrood
() To trim; to lop.
Shroud
() That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
Shroud
() Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
Shroud
() That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
Shroud
() A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
Shroud
() The branching top of a tree; foliage.
Shroud
() A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts.
Shroud
() One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate.
Shrouded
() of Shroud
Shrouding
() of Shroud
Shroud
() To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for the grave.
Shroud
() To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil.
Shroud
() To take shelter or harbor.
Shroud
() To lop. See Shrood.
Shrouded
() Provided with a shroud or shrouds.
Shrouding
() The shrouds. See Shroud, n., 7.
Shroud-laid
() Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; -- said of rope. See Illust. under Cordage.
Shroudless
() Without a shroud.
Shroudy
() Affording shelter.
Shrove
() imp. of Shrive.
Shrove
() To join in the festivities of Shrovetide; hence, to make merry.
Shrovetide
() The days immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially the period between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash Wednesday.