Index of English words, starting with "sh"

(1) - Shipwright (n.) One whose occupation is to construct ships; a builder of ships or other vessels.

(1) - Shipyard (n.) A yard, place, or inclosure where ships are built or repaired.

(1) - Shire (n.) A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships; a county.
(2) - Shire (n.) A portion of Great Britain originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Hallamshire.

(1) - Shirk (n.) One who lives by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
(2) - Shirk (v. i.) To evade an obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
(3) - Shirk (v. i.) To live by shifts and fraud; to shark.
(4) - Shirk (v. t.) To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.
(5) - Shirk (v. t.) To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.

(1) - Shirker (n.) One who shirks.