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Somewhat new; nearly new. Bacon.

Somewhat raw. [R.] Marston.

Somewhat sallow. Dickens.

Shadowy; vague. [Obs.] Hooker.

Showy; ostentatious. Swift.

the qualities of a shrew; having a scolding disposition; froward; peevish. My wife is shrewish when I keep not hours. Shak. -- Shrew"ish*ly, adv. -- Shrew"ish*ness, n.

Sinewy. [Obs.] Holinshed.

Suiting a stew, or brothel. Bp. Hall.

To flourish, so as to make the sound swish. Coleridge.

Having the qualities of tallow.

To wish not to be; to destroy by wishing. [Obs.] Now thou hast unwished five thousand men. Shak.

Flat; insipid. [Obs.] Overbury.

A wish of happiness. "A well-wish for his friends." Addison.

One who wishes another well; one who is benevolently or friendlily inclined.

Having the color of the willow; resembling the willow; willowy. Walton.

See Wishtonwish.

Somewhat yellow; as, amber is of a yellowish color. -- Yel"low*ish*ness, n.

The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August. W. Smith.

The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called Nisan. Kitto.

The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.