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Shright
n.
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A shriek; shrieking.
Shrike
v. i.
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Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L. borealis), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. See under Butcher.
Shrill
v. i.
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Acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of a sound, or of that which produces a sound.
Shrill
n.
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A shrill sound.
Shrilled
imp. & p. p.
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Shrilling
p. pr. & vb. n.
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Shrill
v. i.
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To utter an acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill.
Shrill
v. t.
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To utter or express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.
Shrill-gorged
a.
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Having a throat which produces a shrill note.
Shrillness
n.
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The quality or state of being shrill.
Shrill-tongued
a.
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Having a shrill voice.
Shrilly
adv.
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In a shrill manner; acutely; with a sharp sound or voice.
Shrilly
a.
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Somewhat shrill.
Shrimp
v. t.
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To contract; to shrink.
Shrimp
v.
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Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
Shrimp
v.
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In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form.
Shrimp
v.
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In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and Brine.
Shrimp
v.
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Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt.
Shrimper
n.
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One who fishes for shrimps.
Shrine
n.
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A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
Shrine
n.
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Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.
Shrine
n.
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A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.
Shrine
v. t.
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To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine.
Shrank
imp.
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Shrunk
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Shrunk
p. p.
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Shrunken
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Shrinking
p. pr. & vb. n.
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Shrink
v. i.
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To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted.
Shrink
v. i.
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To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress.