Emily Dickinson Lexicon

shroud, n. [OE 'fittings, furniture, ornaments, kind of textile fabric, state clothing, attire' < Gr. 'to cut'; see shred, n.] (webplay: dead).

1. Dress of the dead; [fig.] red sunset.
2. A garment; article of clothing.

shroud (-ed), v. [see shroud, n.]

Dress; cover; conceal as with bridal attire.

shrub, n. [OE 'shrubbery, underwood'.]

Perennial woody plant smaller than a tree with several woody stems growing from the same root.

shrunken, v. [see shrink, verbal adj.]

1. Aged; venerable; [fig.] contract spontaneously – the sea.
2. Reduced size, volume, or extent. l328/1323 The vastest earthly Day / Is shrunken small

shudder, v. [ME 'to shake'.]

1. Tremble with fear; abhorrence; horror; dread.
2. [Fig.] Work; effort; find.

shun (shunned, shunning, -s), v. [OE, obscure origin; poss. Gr. 'to hide, to cover'.] (webplay: company, decline, God, shoals).

1. Kept out of sight.
2. Avoid evil.
3. Avoid inner anguish.
4. Avoid disrespect.
5. Indecisive about death.
6. Avoid the unknown.
7. Avoid unpleasant memories.

shunned, v. [see shun, v.]

1. Avoided blessings.
2. Avoided betrayal.
3. [Fig.] avoided danger.
4. Avoided meeting God in death.

shut (-ting, -s), v. [OE scyttan, obstruct, shut up.] (Webplay: bolts, door, eye, eyes, faith, gate).

1. Close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or gate.
2. Phrase. [Fig.] “shut the door”: stop communication.
3. Phrase. [Fig.] “shut the Door”: reject association with others.
4. Phrase. [Fig.] “shut the Door”: leave this world.
5. Prevent access to or egress from (a place, etc.) by closing the doors or apertures.
6. Close (something) by bringing together the outward covering parts.
7. Exclude; preclude.
8. Fold
9. Forbid entrance into; deny admission to.
10. [Fig.] Confine; prevent; stop.
11. Close itself; be closed.
12. Cease or suspend an operation.
13. Phrase. “Shut down”: suppress.
14. Phrase. “Shut down”: close by lowering.
15. Phrase. “Shut in”: confine.
16. Phrase. “Shut out”: deny admission to; to exclude.
17. Phrase. “Shut up”: confine; imprison.
18. Phrase. “Shut up”: confine by legal or moral restraint.

shutter, n. [see shut, v.]

A door; a cover.

shutting, verbal n. [see shut, v.]

1. Closing by bringing together the outward covering parts.
2. Folding.