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Shaps (?), n. pl. [Shortened fr. chaparajos. Cf. Chaps.] Chaparajos. [Western U. S.]

A pair of gorgeous buckskin shaps, embroidered up the sides and adorned with innumerable ermine skins.

The Century.

Shas"ta (?), n. A mountain peak, etc., in California.

Shasta daisy. A large-flowered garden variety of the oxeye daisy.

Shasta fir. A Californian fir (Abies shastensis).

Shasta Sam. (Card Playing) A game like California Jack, except that the pack drawn from is turned face down.

Shear steel. See under Shear.

Shed, n. (Aëronautics) A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar.

Shell (?), n. 1. Something similar in form or action to an ordnance shell; specif.: (a) (Fireworks) A case or cartridge containing a charge of explosive material, which bursts after having been thrown high into the air. It is often elevated through the agency of a larger firework in which it is contained. (b) (Oil Wells) A torpedo.

2. A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.

3. A gouge bit or shell bit.

Sher"ard*ize (?), v. t. [From Sherard Cowper-Coles, the inventor.] (Metal.) To subject to the process of vapor galvanizing (which see, below).

Shi"cer (sh"sr), n. [Prob. fr. G. scheisser one who dungs.] (Mining) An unproductive mine; a duffer. [Australia]

||Shin Shu (?). [Jap., lit., true sect.] The leading and most progressive Buddhist sect of Japan, resting its faith rather upon Amida than Gautama Buddha. Rites and ceremonies are held useless without uprightness.

{ Shin"ti*yan (shn"t*yn), Shin"ty*an (shn"t*n) }, n.} [Ar. shintn.] A kind of wide loose drawers or trousers worn by women in Mohammedan countries.

Ship"ping note. (Com.) A document used in shipping goods by sea. In the case of free goods the shipping notes are the receiving note, addressed by the shipper to the chief officer of the vessel, requesting him to receive on board specified goods, and a receipt for the mate to sign, on receiving whose signature it is called the mate's receipt, and is surrendered by the shipper for the bills of lading.

||Ship*po" (?), n. [Jap. shipp seven precious things; Chin. ts'ih seven + pao gem.] (Japanese Art) Cloisonné enamel on a background of metal or porcelain.

Ship railway. (a) An inclined railway running into the water with a cradelike car on which a vessel may be drawn out on land, as for repairs. (b) A railway on which to transport vessels overland between bodies of water.

Shire horse. One of an English breed of heavy draft horses believed to be descended largely from the horses used in war in the days of heavy armor. They are the largest of the British draft breeds, and have long hair on the back of the cannons and fetlocks. Brown or bay with white on the face and legs is now the commonest color.

Shirt waist. A belted waist resembling a shirt in plainness of cut and style, worn by women or children; -- in England called a blouse.

Shirt-waist suit. A costume consisting of a plain belted waist and skirt of the same material.

||Shi*zo"ku (?), n. sing. & pl. [Jap. shi-zoku, fr. Chin. ch' (chi) branch, posterity + tsu kindered, class.] The Japanese warrior gentry or middle class, formerly called samurai; also, any member of this class.

Shock, v. t. (Physiol.) To subject to the action of an electrical discharge so as to cause a more or less violent depression or commotion of the nervous system.

Shod"dy (?), n. [Perh. akin to Shed, v. t.; as meaning originally, waste stuff shed or thrown off; cf. dial. shod to shed, and E. Shed a parting, separation, Shode a parting.] Fluffy, fibrous waste from wool carding, worsted spinning, or weaving of woolens.

Shoddy fever. (Med.) A febrile disease characterized by dyspnœa and bronchitis caused by inhaling dust.

Shoe (sh), n. The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, esp. for an automobile.

Shoe"fly` (?), n. 1. (Railroading) A contrivance for throwing the track temporarily to one side for convenience in filling washouts or effecting other repairs. [Cant, U. S.]