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A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] Forby. All the poor old shacks about the town found a friend in Deacon Marble. H. W. Beecher. Common of shack (Eng.Law), the right of persons occupying lands lying together in the same common field to turn out their cattle to…

Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural. The shades of night were falling fast. Longfellow.

Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. "The shadowy past." Longfellow.

A boy; a lad; a little fellow. [Colloq.] "These unlucky little shavers." Salmagundi. As I have mentioned at the door to this young shaver, I am on a chase in the name of the king. Dickens.

A weak, bashful, silly fellow. Ainsworth.

, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless management. -- Shift"less*ly, adv. -- Shift"less*ness, n.

rim, Sails filled, and streamers waving. Milton. Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Longfellow.

One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor.

to jostle. And shove away the worthy bidden guest. Milton. He used to shove and elbow his fellow servants. Arbuthnot.

lse ne'er could he so long protract his speech. Shak. Till my guilty soul be shriven. Longfellow.

Sidelong; on the side; laterally; also, obliquely; askew. A fellow nailed up maps . . . some sideling, and others upside down. Swift.

s beard, a good palm's length, at least, . . . Shot sideways, like a swallow's wings. Longfellow.

To accompany, or attend on, with singing. I heard them singing home the bride. Longfellow.

ed. "Here we can not sit down, but still proceed in our search." Rogers. -- To sit for a fellowship, to offer one's self for examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng. Univ.] -- To sit out. (a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson. (b) To outstay. -- To sit under, to be under the…

ertain the character and ability of. See 4th Size, 4. [Slang, U.S.] We had to size up our fellow legislators. The Century.

Knowledge; understanding. [Obsoles.] That by his fellowship he color mightskill of any wight. Spenser. Nor want we skill or art. Milton.

chant, or slave trader. The slaver's hand was on the latch, He seemed in haste to go. Longfellow.

A thievish fellow; a sneak. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Tennyson. A thin slip of a girl, like a new moon Sure to be rounded into beauty soon. Longfellow.

An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow. [Colloq.] Slouth hat, a soft, limp hat of unstiffened cloth or felt.