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441 words match “TUNE”

SHAPER n.
One who shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes. The secret of those old shapers died with them. Lowell.
SHARE v.
To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide. Suppose I share my fortune equally between my children and a stranger. Swift.
SHARP a.
So high as to be out of tune, or above true pitch; as, the tone is sharp; that instrument is sharp. Opposed in all these senses to Ant: flat.
SHIELD v.
To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid! [Obs.] God shield that it should so befall. Chaucer. God shield I should disturb devotion! Shak.
SIBYL n.
A female fortune teller; a pythoness; a prophetess. "An old highland sibyl." Sir W. Scott.
SINEW n.
Fig.: That which supplies strength or power. The portion and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry. Shak. The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war. Sir W. Raleigh.
SING v.
odious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece. The noise of them that sing do I hear. Ex. xxxii. 18.
SINGING a.
any one of the Oscines. -- Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book of tunes. -- Singing falcon or hawk. (Zoöl.) See Chanting falcon, under Chanting. -- Singing fish (Zoöl.), a California toadfish (Porichthys porosissimus). -- Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning…
SINGINGLY adv.
With sounds like singing; with a kind of tune; in a singing tone. G. North (1575).
SITHEN adv.
Since; afterwards. See 1st Sith. [Obs.] Fortune was first friend and sithen foe. Chaucer.
SKITTISH a.
Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle. "Skittish Fortune's hall." Shak. -- Skit"tish*ly, adv. -- Skit"tish*ness, n.
SLING n.
as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke. The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. Shak. At one sling Of thy victorius arm, well-pleasing Son. Milton.
SLUICE n.
g or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply. Each sluice of affluent fortune opened soon. Harte. This home familiarity . . . opens the sluices of sensibility. I. Taylor.
SOAR v.
the deep transported mind may soar. Milton. Valor soars above What the world calls misfortune. Addison.
SOLAR a.
h the Earth has one (see Moon.), Mars two, Jupiter five, Saturn nine, Uranus four, and Neptune one. The asteroids, between Mars and Jupiter, thus far discovered (1900), number about five hundred, the first four of which were found near the beginning of the century, and are called Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta.…
SOLO n.
A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice.
SONANCE n.
A sound; a tune; as, to sound the tucket sonance. [Obs.] Shak.
SONG n.
ore generally, any poetical strain; a poem. The bard that first adorned our native tongue Tuned to his British lyre this ancient song. Dryden.
SPAEWIFE n.
A female fortune teller. [Scot.]
SPEED v. 2 definitions
To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid; to favor. "Fortune speed us!" Shak. With rising gales that speed their happy flight. Dryden.
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