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The descent of a hill. [Obs.]

The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave. And death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them. Rev. xx. 13 (Rev. Ver. ). Neither was he left in Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. Acts ii. 31 (Rev. Ver.). And in H…

To double the natural darkness of (a place). Milton.

Clumsy; awkward.

Marked with different shades. W. Browne.

Inflammation of the lymphatic glands; -- called also lymphitis.

See Lymphoma.

See Menhaden.

An American marine fish of the Herring familt (Brevoortia tyrannus), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead, whitefish, etc.

me of many species of the genus Solanum, given esp. to the Solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low, branching weed with small white flowers and black berries reputed to be poisonous. Deadly nightshade. Same as Belladonna (a). -- Enchanter's nightshade. See under Enchanter. -- Stinking nightshade. See Henbane. --…

To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow. Shak.

Shade; shadow. [Obs.]

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

Full of shade; shady.

Being without shade; not shaded.

One who, or that which, shades.

Anything used as a protection from the sun's rays. Specifically:

Agreement, harmony, or just correspondence of things; as, the accord of light and shade in painting.

To overshadow; to shade.

A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster.