Emily Dickinson Lexicon

shrivelled, verbal adj. [origin unknown; possibly Sw. skryvla, to wrinkle.]

Desiccated; wrinkled; dried up; reduced in size, volume, or extent.

shriven, verbal adj. [OE 'allot, assign, decree, adjudge, impose as a sentence, impose penance, regard, care for' < L. scribere, to write.]

1. Confessed; sentenced to death; [fig.] absolved; forgiven; sanctified; purified; vindicated.
2. Washed; cleansed; rinsed; baptized; fully immersed in water; [fig.] immortal; beyond death.

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

1. Sheet; pall; winding cloth; material for covering a dead person; [fig.] sunset.
2. Garment; veil; article of clothing.

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

Dress; cover; conceal as with bridal attire.

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

Bush; perennial woody plant smaller than a tree; vegetation with several woody stems growing from the same root.

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

Contracted; ebbing; [fig.] aged; venerable.

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

1. Tremble with fear; shiver with abhorrence; tingle with horror; shake with dread.
2. Move; waver; stir; [fig.] rotate; change incrementally; wax and wane; [possibly a noun] movement; growth in stages.

shun (shunned, shunning, -s), v. [OE, obscure origin.] (webplay: company, decline, God, shoals).

1. Eschew; keep out of sight of.
2. Avoid; turn down.
3. Deny; doubt; refuse to accept.
4. Abandon; desert; forsake.
5. Reject; decline.
6. Defer; remit; postpone.
7. Ostracize; censor; cast out.
8. Fail to greet; abstain from welcoming.
9. Turn away from.
10. Forego.
11. Keep away from.

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

1. Close; bring together the outward covering parts.
2. Close itself; be closed.
3. Deny entrance by closing; hinder coming in or going out by means of.
4. Exclude; preclude.
5. Make inaccessible.
6. Confine; prevent; stop.
7. Cease; suspend an operation.
8. Fold; gather together.
9. Phrase. “Shut down”: close by lowering.
10. Phrase. “Shut up”: confine; imprison.
11. Phrase. “Shut the door”: stop communication.
12. Phrase. “Shut down”: suppress.
13. Phrase. “Shut the Door”: reject association with others.
14. Phrase. “Shut out”: exclude; keep away; prohibit entrance; refuse admittance; deny admission to.
15. Phrase. “Shut in”: confine.
16. Phrase. “Shut up”: confine by legal or moral restraint.
17. Phrase. “Shut the Door”: leave this world.

shutter, n. [see shut, v.]

Small door; wooden window covering.