Part 220

2. (Print.) In some cylinder presses, a device with long fingers for freeing the sheet from the cylinder.

Shop (?), n. 1. A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like, as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.; -- generally in deprecation.

2. A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's shop; also, (Slang), any of the various places of business which are commonly called offices, as of a lawyer, doctor, broker, etc.

3. Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc. [Slang, Chiefly Eng.]

Shot, n. 1. (Fisheries) (a) A cast of a net. (b) The entire throw of nets at one time. (c) A place or spot for setting nets. (d) A single draft or catch of fish made.

2. (Athletics) A spherical weight, to be put, or thrown, in competition for distance.

3. A stroke or propulsive action in certain games, as in billiards, hockey, curling, etc.; also, a move, as in chess.

4. A guess; conjecture; also, an attempt. [Colloq.]

Shot samples. (Metal.) Samples taken for assay from a molten metallic mass pouring a portion into water, to granulate it.

Shoul"der, v. i. To push with the shoulder; to make one's way, as through a crowd, by using the shoulders; to move swaying the shoulders from side to side.

A yoke of the great sulky white bullocks . . . came shouldering along together.

Kipling.

Shout (?), v. i. To entertain with refreshments or the like gratuitously; to treat. [Slang, Australia & U. S.]

Shout, v. t. To treat (one) to something; also, to give (something) by way of treating. [Slang, Australia & U. S.]

Shout, n. A gratuitous entertainment, with refreshments or the like; a treat. [Slang, Australia & U. S.]

Shrine (?), n. Short for Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, a secret order professedly originated by one Kalif Alu, a son-in-law of Mohammed, at Mecca, in the year of the Hegira 25 (about 646 a. d.) In the modern order, established in the United States in 1872, only Knights Templars or thirty-second degree Masons are eligible for admission, though the order itself is not Masonic.

Shroff"age (?), n. A money dealer's commission; also, more commonly, the examination of coins, and the separation of the good from the debased.

Shrop"shire (?), n. [From Shropshire, country of England.] An English breed of black-faced hornless sheep similar to the Southdown, but larger, now extensively raised in many parts of the world.

Shuck, v. t. To remove or take off (shucks); hence, to discard; to lay aside; -- usually with off. [Colloq.]

"Shucking" his coronet, after he had imbibed several draughts of fire water.

F. A. Ober.

He had only been in Africa long enough to shuck off the notions he had acquired about the engineering of a west coast colony.

Pall Mall Mag.

Shunt"ing, p. pr. & vb. n. of Shunt. Specif.: vb. n. (a) (Railroads) Switching; as, shunting engine, yard, etc. [British] (b) (Finance) Arbitrage conducted between certain local markets without the necessity of the exchange involved in foreign arbitrage. [Great Britain]

Shunt valve. (Mach.) A valve permitting a fluid under pressure an easier avenue of escape than normally; specif., a valve, actuated by the governor, used in one system of marine-engine governing to connect both ends of the low-pressure cylinder as a supplementary control.

Shunt winding. (Elec.) A winding so arranged as to divide the armature current and lead a portion of it around the field-magnet coils; -- opposed to series winding. -- Shunt"-wound` (#), a.

Shut"ter, n. (Photog.) A mechanical device of various forms, attached to a camera for opening and closing to expose the plate.

Shy (?), a. Inadequately supplied; short; lacking; as, the team is shy two players. [Slang]