n. Shade; shadow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ English words now beginning with sh, like shade, were formerly often spelled with a c between the s and h; as, schade; schame; schape; schort, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Shah. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ G. dial. (Swiss), waste, impurity. ] A silk yarn or fabric made out of carded spun silk. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Yiddish, fr. NHeb. shadkhān, fr. shādakh to bring about a marriage, orig., to persuade. ] A person whose business is marriage brokage; a marriage broker, esp. among certain Jews. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; an extempore, fr. &unr_; to do offhand, &unr_; sudden, fr. &unr_; near. ] Cursory writing on a loose sheet. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To form into, or place in, a schedule. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. cédule, formerly also spelt schedule, L. schedula, dim. of scheda, scida, a strip of papyrus bark, a leaf of paper; akin to (or perh. from) Gr. &unr_; a tablet, leaf, and to L. scindere to cleave, Gr. &unr_;. See Schism, and cf. Cedule. ] A written or printed scroll or sheet of paper; a document; especially, a formal list or inventory; a list or catalogue annexed to a larger document, as to a will, a lease, a statute, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
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[ See Scheelite. ] (Chem.) See under Green. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) Scheelium. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From C.W. Scheele, a Swedish chemist. ] (Min.) Calcium tungstate, a mineral of a white or pale yellowish color and of the tetragonal system of crystallization. [ 1913 Webster ]