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The woody fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax. "The smoke of the burning scutch." Cuthbert Bede.

Having power to diffuse itself; diffusing itself. Norris.

ensible of it. Locke. They are now sensible it would have been better to comply than to refuse. Addison.

The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers

Deck sweepings, refuse of cordage, canvas, etc. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest. Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise. Dryden.

To part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self; to emit; to diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed tears; the clouds shed rain. Did Romeo's hand shed Tybalt's blood Shak. Twice seven consenting years have shed Their utmost bounty on thy head. Wo…

, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb.

aint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer. TWo silver lamps, fed with perfumed oil, diffused . . . a trembling twilight-seeming shimmer through the quiet apartment. Sir W. Scott.

A fibrous material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.

The refuse of cattle taken from a drove. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

f that which produces a sound. Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give To sounds confused. Shak. Let winds be shrill, let waves roll high. Byron.

Rubbish. Specifically: (a) Dross or refuse of metals. [Obs.]

The husks and other refuse of rice mills, used to adulterate oil cake, or linseed cake.

To mix by pushing or shoving; to confuse; to throw into disorder; especially, to change the relative positions of, as of the cards in a pack. A man may shuffle cards or rattle dice from noon to midnight without tracing a new idea in his mind. Rombler.

ng articles of table service. At a stately sideboard, by the wine, That fragrant smell diffused. Milton.

Scum; refuse. Bryskett.

The refuse of alum works. [Prov. Eng.]

To cast off; to discard as refuse. New tint the plumage of the birds, And slough decay from grazing herds. Emerson.

The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.