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The liquid storax of the East Indian Liquidambar orientalis.

See Enterocoele.

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a schizocoele.

One who shampoos.

om a boot on not extending so far up the leg. Your hose should be ungartered, . . . yourshoe untied. Shak. Spare none but such as go in clouted shoon. Shak.

A large African wading bird (Balæniceps rex) allied to the storks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad swollen bill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See Illust. (l.) of Beak.

One who polishes shoes.

(Print.) In some cylinder presses, a device with long fingers for freeing the sheet from the cylinder.

ece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe.

Destitute of shoes. Addison.

One whose occupation it is to make shoes and boots.

The business of a shoemaker.

One who fits shoes to the feet; one who furnishes or puts on shoes; as, a shoer of horses.

A slipper. Halliwell.

A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.

A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having a support and holder for the foot; -- used by persons for walking on soft snow.

Traveling on snowshoes.

One who travels on snowshoes; an expert in using snowshoes. W. G. Beers.

A large wooden vessel for holding water; a cowl. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Dr. H. More.

times, ways, etc. It is sometimes used separate from the pronoun or adverb. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required. Luke xii. 48. What great thing soever a man proposed to do in his life, he should think of achieving it by fifty. Sir W. Temple.