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Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged. Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts. Macaulay.

A fetterlike band worn as an ornament. Most of the men and women . . . had all earrings made of gold, and gold shackles about their legs and arms. Dampier.

; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air. Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. Shak. The morning sharp and clear. Cowper. In sharpest perils faithful proved. Keble.

or overalls of thick cloth or leather, buttoned on the outside of each leg, and generally worn to protect other trousers when riding on horseback. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.

Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere.

A kind of wide loose drawers or trousers worn by women in Mohammedan countries.

al; -- formerly used of the under- garment of either sex, now commonly restricted to that worn by men and boys. Several persons in December had nothing over their shoulders but their shirts. Addison. She had her shirts and girdles of hair. Bp. Fisher.

A belted waist resembling a shirt in plainness of cut and style, worn by women or children; -- in England called a blouse.

ngs for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings.

Pectoral girdle, under Pectoral. -- Shoulder knot, an ornamental knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder; a kind of epaulet or braided ornament worn as part of a military uniform. -- Shoulder-of-mutton sail (Naut.), a triangular sail carried on a boat's mast; -- so called from its shape. -- Shoulder slip, dislo…

, a broad-brimmed hat, turned up at the sides, and projecting in front like a shovel, - - worn by some clergy of the English Church. [Colloq.] -- Shovelspur (Zoöl.), a flat, horny process on the tarsus of some toads, -- used in burrowing. -- Steam shovel, a machine with a scoop or scoops, operated by a steam engine, f…

g the breech block, which is moved by a lever that turns sidewise. -- Side arms, weapons worn at the side, as sword, bayonet, pistols, etc. -- Side ax, an ax of which the handle is bent to one side. -- Side-bar rule (Eng. Law.), a rule authorized by the courts to be granted by their officers as a matter of course, w…

and mice of America. So called from the form of the ridges of enamel on the crowns of the worn molars. Also used adjectively.

One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, one sworn not to divulge secre

Wearing silk stockings (which among men were formerly worn chiefly by the luxurious or aristocratic); hence, elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious; -- chiefly applied to men, often by way of reproach.

A kind of large, coarse, short trousers formerly worn. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.

A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. [Eng.]

A loose garment worn by a woman.

A kind of overcoat worn upon the shoulders in the manner of a cloak. [Scot.]

A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe.