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HAME n. 2 definitions

Home. [Scot. & O. Eng.]

Same as Hamele.

HAMESECKEN; HAMESUCKEN n.

The felonious seeking and invasion of a person in his dwelling house. Bouvier.

To shame. [R.] Barrow.

Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety. "I am ashamed to beg." Wyclif. All that forsake thee shall be ashamed. Jer. xvii. 13. I began to be ashamed of sitting idle. Johnson. Enough to make us ashamed of our species. Macaulay. An ashamed pers…

Bashfully. [R.]

A rich, white sauce, prepared with butter and cream.

A kind of spider monkey (Ateles chameck), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail.

A lizardlike reptile of the genus Chamæleo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with fine granmulations; the tail is prehensile, and the body is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back.

CHAMELEONIZE v.

To change into various colors. [R.]

Something used to conceal infamy. [Obs.] Dryden.

A vile, dissolute wretch. [Obs.] Milton.

SHAME n. 8 definitions

ion, or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal. HIde, for shame, Romans, your grandsires' images, That blush at their degenerate progeny. Dryden. Have you no modesty, no maiden shame Shak.

Shameless. Shak.

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

Modest; shamefaced. -- Shame"fast*ly, adv. -- Shame"fast*ness, n. [Archaic] See Shamefaced. Shamefast she was in maiden shamefastness. Chaucer. [Conscience] is a blushing shamefast spirit. Shak. Modest apparel with shamefastness. 1 Tim. ii. 9 (Rev. Ver.).

SHAMEFUL a. 2 definitions

Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful. His naval preparations were not more surprising than his quick and shameful retreat. Arbuthnot.

SHAMELESS a. 2 definitions

Destitute of shame; wanting modesty; brazen-faced; insensible to disgrace. "Such shameless bards we have." Pope. Shame enough to shame thee, wert thou not shameless. Shak.

One who, or that which, disgraces, or makes ashamed. Beau & Fl.