<B>shedder, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that sheds. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a crab or lobster beginning to shed its shell. <DD><B> b. </B>a lobster that has just grown its new shell. <DD><B> c. </B><B>=soft-shell crab.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="shedevil">
<B>she-devil, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a woman or girl who is like a devil in character or actions. </DL>
<A NAME="shedim">
<B>shedim</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of <B>shed</B> (3). </DL>
<A NAME="shedim">
<B>shedim</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of <B>shedu.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="shedroof">
<B>shed roof,</B> <B>=pent roof.</B></DL>
<A NAME="shedu">
<B>shedu, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dim.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an Assyrian protective spirit or demigod. </DL>
<A NAME="shee">
<B>shee, </B>noun, pl. <B>shee</B> or <B>shees.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fairy in Irish folklore. Also, <B>sidhe.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sheen">
<B>sheen, </B>noun, verb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>gleaming brightness; luster. <BR> <I>Ex. the sheen of satin or polished silver.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>gorgeous attire. <BR> <I>Ex. In costly sheen ... arrayed (Byron).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> (Poetic.) to glisten. <DD><I>adj. </I> (Poetic.) bright; shining; resplendent. </DL>
<B>sheep, </B>noun, pl. <B>sheep.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an animal raised for wool, meat, or skin. Sheep are cud-chewing mammals related to goats and cattle, and sometimes have horns. The various kinds comprise a genus of animals. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a person who is weak, timid, or stupid. <BR> <I>Ex. "Are you men or are you sheep?" cried the captain.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>leather made from the skin of sheep; sheepskin. <BR><I>expr. <B>make sheep's eyes at,</B> </I>to give a longing, loving look at. <BR> <I>Ex. The horrid old Colonel ... was making sheep's eyes at a half-caste girl (Thackeray).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>separate the sheep from the goats,</B> </I>(Especially British.) to separate what is good from what is bad (originally in allusion to the division into "sheep" and "goats," those saved or lost at the Last Judgment). <BR> <I>Ex. One sad consequence of the massive output of television and radio is that it is virtually impossible to separate the sheep from the goats (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sheepback">
<B>sheepback, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a moundlike piece of rock rounded and smoothed by glacial action. </DL>
<A NAME="sheepberry">
<B>sheepberry, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a tall North American shrub of the honeysuckle family, bearing clusters of small white flowers and edible, black, berrylike fruit. <DD><B> 2. </B>the fruit itself. <DD><B> 3. </B>the black haw or its fruit. </DL>
<A NAME="sheepbine">
<B>sheepbine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small species of bindweed that grows as a weed in fields of Europe and North America. </DL>
<A NAME="sheepbotfly">
<B>sheep botfly,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a botfly whose larvae are deposited in the nostrils of sheep, from which they crawl into the cavities of the nose and the head sinuses. </DL>
<A NAME="sheepbug">
<B>sheep bug,</B> <B>=sheep ked.</B></DL>
<A NAME="sheepbur">
<B>sheepbur, </B>noun. <B>=cocklebur.</B></DL>
<A NAME="sheepcot">
<B>sheepcot, </B>noun. <B>=sheepcote.</B></DL>
<A NAME="sheepcote">
<B>sheepcote, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a shelter for sheep; sheepfold. (SYN) fold. </DL>
<A NAME="sheepdip">
<B>sheepdip</B> or <B>sheep-dip, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a disinfecting mixture into which sheep are dipped. </DL>
<A NAME="sheepdog">
<B>sheepdog, </B>noun, or <B>sheep dog.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a collie or other dog trained to help a shepherd watch and tend sheep. </DL>
<A NAME="sheepfescue">
<B>sheep fescue,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a low, tufted fescue grass with fine leaves and culms, native in many mountain regions, and forming the bulk of the sheep pasturage in the Scottish Highlands. Also, <B>sheep's fescue.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sheepfly">
<B>sheep fly,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a European fly related to the screwworm fly of the United States. Its larvae infest the bodies of live sheep, especially in Great Britain and Ireland. </DL>
<A NAME="sheepfold">
<B>sheepfold, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a pen or covered shelter for sheep. </DL>
<A NAME="sheepherder">
<B>sheepherder, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who watches and tends large numbers of sheep while they are grazing on unfenced land. </DL>
<A NAME="sheepherding">
<B>sheepherding, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the herding of sheep in large numbers on unfenced land. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with sheepherding. </DL>
<A NAME="sheephook">
<B>sheephook, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a shepherd's staff. Its upper end is usually curved or bent into a hook. </DL>
<A NAME="sheepish">
<B>sheepish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>awkwardly bashful or embarrassed. <BR> <I>Ex. a sheepish smile.</I> (SYN) diffident. <DD><B> 2. </B>like a sheep; timid, weak, or stupid. <BR> <I>Ex. ... saying the downright things that the sheepish society around her is afraid to utter (Alexander Kinglake).</I> (SYN) timorous. adv. <B>sheepishly.</B> noun <B>sheepishness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sheepked">
<B>sheep ked,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small bloodsucking fly that is a harmful parasite on sheep; sheep tick. </DL>
<A NAME="sheeplaurel">
<B>sheep laurel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a low North American shrub of the heath family, similar to the mountain laurel but lower and with purple or red flowers; lambkill. It is said to be poisonous to sheep. </DL>
<A NAME="sheeplike">
<B>sheeplike, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> meek; submissive; sheepish. <BR> <I>Ex. sheeplike conformity.</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> meekly; submissively. <BR> <I>Ex. ... stoops your pride And leads your glories sheeplike to the sword (Christopher Marlowe).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sheepman">
<B>sheepman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who owns and raises sheep. <BR> <I>Ex. Veritable dynasties were built up by cattlemen and sheepmen (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=sheepherder.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="sheeprange">
<B>sheep range,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tract of land on which sheep are pastured; sheepwalk. </DL>
<A NAME="sheepscab">
<B>sheep scab,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a contagious disease of sheep due to mites which live on the skin and cause the formation of scabs with the fall of the wool; acariasis of sheep. </DL>
<A NAME="sheepsfescue">
<B>sheep's fescue,</B> <B>=sheep fescue.</B></DL>
<A NAME="sheepshank">
<B>sheepshank, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a leg of a sheep. <DD><B> 2. </B>something lank, slender, or weak. <DD><B> 3. </B>a kind of knot, hitch, or bend made on a rope to shorten it temporarily. </DL>
<A NAME="sheepshead">
<B>sheepshead, </B>noun, pl. <B>-heads</B> or (collectively for 1 and 2) <B>-head.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large saltwater food fish related to the porgies, common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. <DD><B> 2. </B>the freshwater drumfish of the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes. <DD><B> 3. </B>the head of a sheep, especially as food. <DD><B> 4. </B>a fool; simpleton. </DL>
<A NAME="sheepshearer">
<B>sheepshearer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who shears sheep. <DD><B> 2. </B>a machine for shearing sheep. </DL>
<A NAME="sheepshearing">
<B>sheepshearing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of shearing sheep. <DD><B> 2. </B>the time of year for shearing sheep. <DD><B> 3. </B>the feast held at that time. </DL>
<A NAME="sheepsick">
<B>sheep-sick, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of pastureland) exhausted or diseased by excessive sheep-pasturing and no longer fit for this use. </DL>
<A NAME="sheepskin">
<B>sheepskin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the skin of a sheep, especially with the wool on it. <DD><B> 2. </B>leather or parchment made from the skin of a sheep. <DD><B> 3a. </B>(Informal.) a diploma. <DD><B> b. </B>a person holding a diploma. <BR> <I>Ex. The accumulation of sheepskins has helped give the city good government, good schools ... (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="sheepsorrel">
<B>sheep sorrel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the common American sorrel, a low-growing plant with three-lobed, arrow-shaped leaves, and spikes of small flowers, common as a weed on poor soil; red sorrel; sour dock. </DL>
<A NAME="sheepswool">
<B>sheepswool, </B>noun, or <B>sheepswool sponge,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tough, flexible horse sponge found along the coasts of Florida, Honduras, and in the West Indies; wool sponge. </DL>
<A NAME="sheeptick">
<B>sheep tick,</B> <B>=sheep ked.</B> <I>Ex. Sheep ticks are properly not ticks at all, but wingless flies (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
<B>sheepy, </B>adjective, <B>sheepier,</B> <B>sheepiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> characteristic of or resembling sheep; sheeplike; sheepish. <BR> <I>Ex. He called the social English the most sheepy of sheep (George Meredith).</I> </DL>
