Shuffling () Evasive; as, a shuffling excuse.

Shuffling () In a shuffling manner.

Shug () To writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch.

Shug () Hence, to crawl; to sneak.

Shumac () Sumac.

Shunned () of Shun

Shunning () of Shun

Shun () To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.

Shunless () Not to be shunned; inevitable; unavoidable.

Shunted () of Shunt

Shunting () of Shunt

Shunt () To shun; to move from.

Shunt () To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove.

Shunt () To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift.

Shunt () To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer.

Shunt () To go aside; to turn off.

Shunt () A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free.

Shunt () A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit.

Shunt () The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.

Shunter () A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.

Shut () of Shut

Shutting () of Shut

Shut () To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.

Shut () To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade.

Shut () To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.

Shut () To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book.

Shut () To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.

Shut () Closed or fastened; as, a shut door.

Shut () Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person.

Shut () Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g.

Shut () Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are.

Shut () The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.

Shut () A door or cover; a shutter.

Shut () The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.

Shute () Same as Chute, or Shoot.

Shutter () One who shuts or closes.

Shutter () A movable cover or screen for a window, designed to shut out the light, to obstruct the view, or to be of some strength as a defense; a blind.

Shutter () A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, as for closing the passageway for molten iron from a ladle.

Shuttered () Furnished with shutters.

Shuttle () An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.

Shuttle () The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.

Shuttle () A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.

Shuttle () To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.

Shuttlecock () A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.

Shuttlecock () To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words.

Shuttlecork () See Shuttlecock.

Shuttlewise () Back and forth, like the movement of a shuttle.

Shwan-pan () See Schwan-pan.

Shy () Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.

Shy () Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.

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