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Imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure. O'er the twilight groves and dusky caves. Pope.

Typical. "Typic shades." Boyle.

A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet. [Colloq. Eng.] C. Kingsley.

ber; resembling umber; olive-brown; dark brown; dark; dusky. Their harps are of the umber shade That hides the blush of waking day. J. R. Drake.

The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See Penumbra.

Having the form of anything that serves to shade, as a tree top, an umbrella, and the like; specifically (Bot.), having the form of an umbrella; umbrella-shaped.

Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage. Where highest woods, impenetrable To star or sunlight, spread their umbrage broad. Milton.

Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as, umbrageous trees or foliage. Umbrageous grots and caves Of cool recess, o'er which the mantling vine Lays forth her purple grape. Milton.

To shade; to shadow; to foreshadow. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal; secluded; retired. [R.] B. Jonson.

A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way…

Casting or making a shade; umbrageous. -- Um*brif"er*ous*ly, adv.

Shady; umbrageous. [Obs.]

The quality or state of being umbrose; shadiness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

rly used in the plural. Shrubs and underwoods look well enough while they grow within the shade of oaks and cedars. Addison.

To open, in general; to lay open; to undo. Unlock your springs, and open all your shades. Pope. [Lord] unlock the spell of sin. J. H. Newman.

To climb up; to ascend. Upclomb the shadowy pine above the woven copse. Tennyson.

very day to a merchant's house. B. Jonson. Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks. Milton.

A large wig that shades the face. [Obs.]

vial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively. The valley of the shadow of death. Ps. xxiii. 4. Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. Milton.