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Pastoral life or occupation.

A little shepherd.

Resembling, or becoming to, a shepherd; pastoral; rustic. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

A seamstress. [Obs.] Caxton.

To subject to the process of vapor galvanizing (which see, below).

of the juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways; as, orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry sherbet, etc.

A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd. See Shard. The thigh . . . which all in sherds it drove. Chapman.

family descended from Mohammed through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima. The Grand Shereef is the governor of Mecca.

The sacred law of the Turkish empire.

The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace.

The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See Shrievalty.

See Shearn. [Obs.]

Sherry. [Obs.] Shak.

rce it is colored a straw color or a deep amber by mixing with it cheap wine boiled down. Sherry cobbler, a beverage prepared with sherry wine, water, lemon or orange, sugar, ice, etc., and usually imbided through a straw or a glass tube.

Trousers or overalls of thick cloth or leather, buttoned on the outside of each leg, and generally worn to protect other trousers when riding on horseback. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.

To shut. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer.

To shoot. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The part of a plow which projects downward beneath the beam, for holding the share and other working parts; -- also called standard, or post.

One of a small, hardy breed of horses, with long mane and tail, which originated in the Shetland Islands; a sheltie.

Show. [Obs. except in shewbread.]