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The humbling of a person by act or words, especially by a retort or a reproof; the retort or the reproof which has such effect.

austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties. "Strict age, and sour severity." Milton.

To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.

e body. See Buckler. Now put your shields before your hearts and fight, With hearts more proof than shields. Shak.

A shingle; also, a slate for roofing. [Obs.] Holland.

and small, with one end thinner than the other, -- used in covering buildings, especially roofs, the thick ends of one row overlapping the thin ends of the row below. I reached St. Asaph, . . . where there is a very poor cathedral church covered with shingles or tiles. Ray.

Not to be injured by shot; shot-proof. [Obs.] Feltham.

preclude from entering; to deny admission to; to exclude; as, to shut out rain by a tight roof. -- To shut together, to unite; to close, especially to close by welding. -- To shut up. (a) To close; to make fast the entrances into; as, to shut up a house. (b) To obstruct. "Dangerous rocks shut up the passage." Sir W.…

e known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof. Specifically:

part has been removed by chemical means, the fibrous part alone remaining. -- Skeleton proof, a proof of a print or engraving, with the inscription outlined in hair strokes only, such proofs being taken before the engraving is finished. -- Skeleton regiment, a regiment which has its complement of officers, but in wh…

A window placed in the roof of a building, in the ceiling of a room, or in the deck of a ship, for the admission of light from above.

A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc.

A waterproof coat. [Western U.S.]

A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.

A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.] They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . . that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled…

A shelter to protect from snow, esp. a long roof over an exposed part of a railroad.

An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents.

pression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention. Good sir, why do you start, and seem to fear Things that do sound so fair Shak. To sound in or into, to tend to; to partake of the nature of; to be consonant with. [Obs., exce…

The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports.

The collar of a roof; sparpiece.