Chapter Sew to Sheer of S by Soule's Synonymes

Shale, n.

1. Slate clay, schistous clay.

2. Shell, husk, pod.

Shallow, a.

1. Shoal.

2. Superficial, empty, silly, slight, unintelligent, simple, ignorant.

3. Flimsy, trivial, frivolous, trifling, foolish, puerile, trashy.

Shallow, n. Shoal, flat shelf, sand-bank.

Shallow-brained, a. Simple, ignorant, foolish, empty-headed, shallow-pated, silly.

Shallow-pated, a. Shallow-brained, silly, foolish.

Shalstone, n. Table-spar, tabular spar, grammite, scale-stone.

Sham, v. a.

1. Feign, pretend, make pretence of, imitate, ape.

2. Trick, cheat, delude, dupe.

3. Impose, obtrude by fraud.

Sham, v. n. Deceive, feign, impose, pretend.

Sham, n. Imposture, imposition, trick, fraud, feint, delusion, humbug, pretence, clap-trap.

Sham, a. Pretended, false, assumed, counterfeit, mock, spurious, clap-trap, make-believe.

Shamble, v. n. Hobble, shuffle.

Shambles, n. pl.

1. Flesh market, meat market.

2. Slaughter-house, abattoir.

Shame, n.

1. Abashment, mortification, confusion, humiliation.