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, 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.

force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore The gates of Azza. Milton. Adown her shoulders fell her length of hair. Dryden.

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.

is or now; ago. w many ages since has Virgil writ Roscommon. About two years since, it so fell out, that he was brought to a great lady's house. Sir P. Sidney.

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

o put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship. [The Athenians] fell upon the wings and sank a single ship. Jowett (Thucyd.).

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.

abits of a sloven; negligent of neatness and order, especially in dress. A slovenly, lazy fellow, bolling at his ease. L'Estrange.

A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer. [Old Slang] Dr. Favour.