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"Infamous woods." P. Fletcher. Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds. Milton. The piny shade More infamous by cursed Lycaon made. Dryden.

The entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth in eclipses, the sun's entrance into a sign, etc.

hich intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture.

must be content to bring into deeper blackness and more distinct and definite outline the shade that accompanies it. F. W. Robertson.

There, interspersed in lawns and op'ning glades, Thin trees arise that shun each other's shades. Pope.

To shade; to darken. [Obs.]

s. [Obs.] Which becomes a body, and doth then invade The state of life, out of the grisly shade. Spenser.

nging bird (Myadestes sibilons), of St. Vincent Islands. -- Invisible green, a very dark shade of green, approaching to black, and liable to be mistaken for it.

induce by pleasure or hope; to attract. To inveigle and invite the unwary sense. Milton. Shady groves, that easy sleep invite. Dryden. There no delusive hope invites despair. Cowper.

otuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks. " Jagged vine leaves' shade." Trench. -- Jag"ged*ly, adv. -- Jag"ged*ness, n.

The shrub or tree which bears this fruit; -- also called shad bush, and had tree.

rtland cement when thrown or blown into the recesses of carved stonework to intensify the shadows.

ood to; benevolent; gracious; kind; helpful; as, kindly affections, words, acts, etc. The shade by which my life was crossed, . . . Has made me kindly with my kind. Tennyson.

Mourned for; bewailed. This humble praise,lamented shade ! receive. Pope.

nt, a reservoir for oil, in a lamp. -- Lamp jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4 (l) & (n). -- Lamp shade, a screen, as of paper, glass, or tin, for softening or obstructing the light of a lamp. -- Lamp shell (Zoöl.), any brachiopod shell of the genus Terebratula and allied genera. The name refers to the shape, which is like th…

certain course). That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life. 1 Tim. ii. 2. Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that leads melodious days. Tennyson. You remember . . . the life he used to lead his wife and daughter. Dickens.

supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; -- opposed to shade. Cf. Chiaroscuro.

ch are made distinct by transmitted light, -- as when hung in a window, or used as a lamp shade.

which belongs to an object, and is not caused by accidental influences, as of reflection, shadow, etc. (b) (Literature) Peculiarities of the place and its inhabitants where the scene of an action or story is laid. -- Local option, the right or obligation of determining by popular vote within certain districts, as in e…

A neutral tint given to spectacles, shade glasses for optical instruments, etc., which reduces the intensity without materially changing the color of the transmitted light.