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ent (Haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It somewhat resembles a muskrat or marmot, but has only a rudimentary tail. Its head is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is brownish above, gray beneath. It constitutes the family Haplodontidæ. Called also boomer, showt'l, and moun…

A British trout usually regarded as a variety (var. Cambricus) of the salmon trout.

One who sews, or stitches.

The construction of a sewer or sewers.

Same as Sewen.

The act or occupation of one who sews.

A seamstress. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

A composite plant (Aster Tripolium) growing along the seacoast of Europe.

Show. [Obs. except in shewbread.]

See Showbread.

A scarecrow. [Obs.] Trench.

One who shews. See Shower.

p. p. of Shew.

Toward the shore.

x, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. A man . . . grudgeth that shrews [i. e., bad men] have prosperity, or else that good men have adversity. Chaucer. A man had got a shrew to his wife, and there could be no quiet in the house for her. L'Estrange.

Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish. [Obs.] Chaucer. [Egypt] hath many shrewd havens, because of the great rocks that ben strong and dangerous to pass by. Sir J. Mandeville. Every of this happy number That have endured…

having 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.

A shrew; especially, the erd shrew.

The hedg sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]

Back and forth, like the movement of a shuttle.