shopmate 
I called the attention of a shopmate, a grizzled old vet- 
eran, to the peculiar behavior of the chisel. 
Sei. Amer., X. S , LIX. 212. 
shopocracy (sho-pok'ra-si), H. [< shop 1 + -o- + 
-cracy, after analogy of <lemoer<i<-y, p/iitm-racy.'] 
The body of shopkeepers. [Humorous or con- 
temptuous.] 
The balls at Cranworth Court, in which Mr. Cranworth 
had danced with all the belles of the shapocracy of EC- 
eleston. Mrs. Oaskell, Ruth, xxxili. 
Shopocracy . . . belongs to an objectionable class of 
words, the use of which is very common at the present 
day. but which ought to be carefully avoided. 
JV. and Q., 7th ser., V. 92. 
shopper (shop'er), it. [< s/iop 1 + -fl.] One 
who shops; one who visits shops for the pur- 
pose of buying or examining goods. 
A day's shopping is a sort of campaign, from which the 
Chopper returns plundered and discomfited, or laden with 
the spoil of vanquished shopmen. 
Jlmt-flls, Venetian Life, xx. 
shopping (shop'ing), H. [Verbal n. of shopl, r.] 
The act or practice of visiting shops for the 
purchase or examination of goods : as, she is 
very fond of shopping. 
What between shopping and morning visits with mam- 
ma, . . I contrive to enjoy myself tolerably. 
Mrs. H. More, Cuilebs, xxili. 
There was an army of dressmakers to see, and a world 
of shopping to do. C. D. Warner, Backlog Studies, p. 277. 
shoppish (shop'ish), a. [< shop 1 + -Mil.] Hav- 
ing the habits and manners of a shopman. 
shoppy (shop'i), a. [< xhop 1 + -v 1 .] 1. Per- 
taining to or characteristic of a shop or shops; 
shoppish ; belonging to trade ; commercial : as, 
xhoppy people. 
" His statement about being a shop-ly was the thing 
I liked best of all." "I am surprised at you, Margaret," 
said her mother. " You who were always accusing people 
of being shoppy at Ililstone !" 
Mrs. <?<*<, North and South, xi. 
2. Characterized by the presence of shops; 
abounding with shops: as, a shoppy street. 
The street book-stalls aremost frequent in the thorough- 
fares which are well-frequented, but which, as one man 
in the trade expressed himself, are not so shoppy &s others. 
tlayhcw, London Labour and London Poor, I. 292. 
3. Given to talking shop: as, he is apt to be 
shoppy in conversation. 4. Concerning one's 
own business, profession, or pursuit. 
They [artists] associate chiefly with one another, or 
with professedly art-appreciating people whose conversa- 
tion, if not uniutellectual, is generally shoppy. 
The Century, XXXI. 399. 
[Colloq. in all uses.] 
shop-ridt (shop'rid), a. [< s/iop 1 + -rid, as in 
bedrid.'] Shop-worn. 
May the moths branch their velvets, and their silks only 
be worn before sore eyes ! may their false lights undo 
'em, and discover presses, holes, stains, and oldness in 
their stuffs, and make them shop rid. 
Beau, and Fl., Philaster, v. 3. 
shop-shiftt (shop'shift), . A shift or trick of 
a shopkeeper ; cheating. 
There 's a shop-shift .' plague on 'em. B. Jonson. 
shop-thief (shop'thef ), n. One who steals goods 
or money from shops ; a shoplifter. 
shop-walker (shop'wa'ker), . Same as^oor- 
u-alker. 
shop-window (shop'win'do), n. A window of 
a sliop, especially one of the front windows in 
which goods are displayed for sale ; a show- 
window. 
Some may think more of the manner of displaying their 
knowledge to a monetary advantage, like goods in a shop- 
window, than of laying hold upon the substance. 
Gladstone, Gleanings of Past Years, I. 20. 
shop-woman (shop'wum"an), n. A woman who 
serves in a shop. 
shop-worn (shop'worn), n. Somewhat worn or 
defaced by the handling received in a shop or 
store, or by exposure outside a shop. 
shorage (shor'aj), . [Also shoreage ; < shore 1 
+ -age.] Duty paid for goods brought on shore. 
shore 1 (shor), . [Early mod. E. also shoar; 
< ME. schore, < AS. "score, shore (Somner, Lye, 
etc. , without a reference) (=MD. schore, schoore, 
schoor, shore, alluvial land, foreland, = MLG. 
schore, schor, schare, shore, coast) ; prob. orig. 
land 'cut off' (cf. scoren cKf, 'shorn cliff,' a 
precipice), (.sceran (pp. scoren), cut, shear: see 
s/ienr 1 , and cf. score 1 .] 1. The coast or land 
adjacent to a considerable body of water, as an 
ocean or sea, or a lake or river; the edge or 
margin of the land; a strand. 
On wyther half [the opposite side] water com donn the 
schore. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), i. 230. 
Upon a raw and gusty day, 
The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores. 
Shak..J. C., i. 2. 101. 
ame of a Vessel sup- 
ported hy Shores. 
5580 
He (Canute) caus'd his Royal Seat to be set on the shoar 
while the Tide was coming In. Milton, Hist, Eng., vi. 
2. Ill law, the space between ordinary high- 
water mark and low-watermark; foreshore. 
In the Roman law, the shore included the land as high 
up as the largest wave extended in winter. Burrill. 
Lee shore. See fefi. Shore cod-liver oil. see cod- 
liver. Shore fish. SeeJMii. Shore-grounds, inshore 
llshing-grounds. [Gloucester, Massachusetts.] - Shore- 
pool, a fishing-place for shore-seining. [Delaware River, 
Aew Jersey. J Shore sandpiper. See sandpiper. 
shore 1 (shor), v. t. ; pret. and pp. shored, ppr. 
xlmring. [< shore 1 , .] To set on shore. 
1 will bring these two moles, these blind ones, aboard 
him ; if he think it fit to shore them again, ... let him call 
me rogue for being so far officious. Shale. , W. T., Iv. 4. 89. 
shore 2 (shor), w. [Early mod. E. also shoar; < 
ME. seliore = D. scltoor, a prop, = Norw. skora, a 
prop, = 8w. dial. si-Are, a piece of cut wood (cf. 
Icel. sl-ordha, a prop, esp. under a boat, = 
Norw. sfrorda, a prop); prob. orig. a piece 'cut 
off 'of a suitable length/ AS. seeran (pp. se ;<). 
cut, shear: see shear 1 , and cf. sAoreX] A post 
or beam of timber or iron for the temporary 
support of something; a prop. 
Schore, undursettynge of a thynge that wolde falle ; . . . 
suppositorium. Prompt. Pan., p. 448. 
As touching props and shores to support vlne, the best 
(as we have said) are those of the oke or olive tree. 
Holland, tr. of Pliny, xvii. 22. 
The sound of hammers, blow on blow, 
Knocking away the shores and spurs. 
Longfellow. Building of the Ship. 
Especially (a) A prop or timber obliquely placed, acting 
as a strut on the side of a building, as when the wall is in 
danger of falling, or when alterations are being made In 
the lower part of it, the upper end of the shore resting 
against that part of the wall on which there is the greatest 
stress. See dead-shore, (b) In ship-building: (1) A prop 
fixed under a ship's side or bottom 
to support her on the stocks, or 
when laid on the blocks on the 
slip. See also cut under launch- 
imj-nays. (2) A timber set tempo- 
rarily beneath a beam to afford ad- 
ditional support to the deck when 
taking in the lower masts. See 
dogshore, skeyshore, and spur, (c) 
A stake set to prop or bear up a 
net in hunting. Hattiwell. [Prov. Eng.] (d) A post used 
with hurdles in folding sheep. HalliweU. [Prov. Eng.] 
shore 2 (shor), r. t.; pret. and pp. shored, ppr. 
shoring. [Early mod. E. also shoar; < ME. 
schoren (= D. schoren) ; < shore*, .] To sup- 
port by or as by a post or shore ; prop, as a wall, 
particularly when some more permanent sup- 
port is temporarily taken away : usually with 
up : as, to shore up a building. 
If I can but flnde the parental! roote, or formal! reason 
of a Truth, I am quiet ; if I cannot, I shore up my slender 
judgement as long as I can. with two or three the hand- 
somest props I can get. Jf. Ward, Simple Cobler, p. 16. 
The most of his allies rather leaned upon him than 
shoared him up. Sir B. Wotton, Reliquhc, p. 238. 
A huge round tower . . . Mores up with its broad shoul- 
ders the beautiful palace and garden-terrace. 
Longfellow, Hyperion, I. 6. 
shore 3 (shor). An obsolete or archaic preterit 
(and obsolete past participle) of shear 1 . 
shore 4 (shor), r. t. and t. [An assibilated form 
of score 1 .] To count; reckon. [Scotch.] 
shore 5 (shor), t. t. ; pret. and pp. shored, ppr. 
shoring. [Sc. also schore, schor, schoir; per- 
haps an assibilated form of score 1 , in a similar 
sense (cf. shore 4 ); or another form of sure, v., 
eouiv. to assure (cf. shorel, var. of sewer 3 ).) 
1." To threaten; warn. [Scotch and prov. 
Eng.] 
But, like guid mi there, shore before you strike. 
Burns, Prologue for Sutherland's Benefit Night. 
2. To offer. [Scotch.] 
A panegyric rhyme, I ween, 
Even as I was he shor'd me. 
Burns, Petition of Bruar Water. 
shore 6 t, An obsolete form of share 3 . 
shore 7 , n. An obsolete or dialectal form of 
seicer$. 
Shorea (sho're-a), w. [NL. (Roxburgh, 1805), 
named after John Shore, Baron Teignmouth 
(1751-3834), governor-general of India.] A ge- 
nus of polypetalous plants, of the order Diptero- 
carpese. It is characterized by flowers with a very short 
calyx-tube unchanged in fruit, and imbricated calyx-lobes, 
some or all of which become much enlarged and wing- 
like and closely invest the hard nut-like fruit, which is 
usually one-seeded, but formed from an ovary of three 
cells and six ovules. There are about 25 species, all natives 
of tropical Asia. They are resin-bearing trees, smooth, 
hairy, or scurfy, bearing entire or repand leaves with p- 
shoreweed 
shore-anchor (sh6r'ang"kor), . The anchor 
lying toward the shore. 
shore-beetle (shor'be'tl), . Any beetle of the 
family J'inie/iiilrC : more fully called uiirrnu'int/ 
show-beetle. .1. Adams. 
shore-bird (shor'berd), . 1. A bird that fre- 
quents the sea-shore, the mouths of rivers, and 
estuaries ; a limicoline wading bird, or any 
member of the Limicotee : so called in distinc- 
tion from paludicole wadiug birds. (See Li- 
ntimlit.) Many of these birds are also called 
bay-birds or bay-snipe. 2. The river-swallow, 
.ami-martin, or bank-swallow, Cotile or ( '/iria/ln 
iii. [Local, British.] Crouching shore-bird, 
- 
rows. ,S. robusta is the sal-tree, or Indian sal. See sals. 
shoreage, >< See sliorage. 
the pectoral sandpiper, or squat-snipe. See krieker. 
llaird, Brewer, ana ItidffU'ay. 
shore-cliff (shoi-'klif), . A cliff at the water's 
fdije or extending along shore. 
[He] saw once a great piece of a promontory, 
That had a sapling growing on it, slide 
Knim the long shore-cliff's windy walls to the beach. 
Tennyson, Oeraint. 
shore-crab (shor'krab), H. A littoral crab of 
the family Cureiiiidie; specifically, ('iirdims 
mcenas. See cuts under Jiraehytira, Carcinus, 
Mti/alops, and Zosea. 
shore-grass (shor'gras), >i. Same as shoreicced. 
shore-hopper (shor'hop'er), . A sand-hopper 
or beach-flea ; a small crustacean of one of the 
families Orehestiidse. Gammaridee, etc., as Or- 
ehestia littorea. See cut under Orrhextift. 
shore-jumper (shor'jum'per), . A beach-flea. 
shore-land (shor'land), . Land bordering on 
a shore or sea-beach. 
shore-lark (shor'liirk), . A bird of the genus 
Eremophila (or Otocoryx); a horned lark, as 
E. alpestris. See cut under Eremophila. 
shoreless (shor'les), . [< shore + -less.~\ Hav- 
ing no shore or coast ; of indefinite or unlimited 
extent. 
Through the short channels of expiring time, 
Or shoreless ocean of eternity. 
Young, Night Thoughts, ix. 
shore-line (shor'lin), n. The line where shore 
and water meet. 
Considering the main body of Lake Bonneville, it ap- 
pears from a study of, the shorelines that the removal of 
the water was accompanied, or accompanied and followed, 
by the uprising of the central part of the basin. 
Amer. Sat., .May, 1390. 
shoreling (shor'ling), n. Same as shorting. 
shoreman (shor'man), n. ; f\. shoremen (-men). 
A sewerman. 
Tbeshoremen, however, do not collect thelumps of coal 
and wood they meet with on their way, but leave them as 
the proper perquisites of the mud-larks. 
Mayheic, London Labour and London Poor, II. 168. 
shore-oil (shor'oil), . The purest kind of cod- 
liver oil. 
shore-pipit (shor'pip''it), H. The rock-pipit, 
shore-plover (shor'pluv'er), . A rare book- 
name of Esacus magnirostris, an Australian 
plover. 
shorer (shor'er), n. [< ME. shorter, shoryer; < 
shore? + -er 1 .] That which shores; a prop. 
"Thees thre shoryeres," quath he, "that bereth vp this 
plonte, 
Thei by-tokneth trewely the Trinite of heuene." 
Piers Plowman (C), xix. 25. 
Then setteth he to it another shorer, that all thinge is In 
the Newe Testament fulfilled that was promysed before. 
Sir T. More, Works, p. 473. 
shore-service (shor'ser'vis), . In the United 
States navy, any duty not on board a sea-going 
ship. 
shore-shooting (shor'sh6"ting), w. The sport 
or practice of shooting shore-birds. 
shoresman (shorz'man), n. ; pi. shoresmen 
(-men). 1 . One engaged in the fisheries whose 
duties keep him ashore, as the owner of a ves- 
sel, or the proprietor of, or an employee or la- 
borer in, a packing-house ; especially, a sole or 
part owner of a vessel. 2. A longshoreman. 
shore-snipe (shor'snip), . The common sand- 
piperof Europe, Trinyoidcshypoleucus. [Perth.] 
shore-teetan (shor'te'tan), n. The rock-pipit: 
same as (jutter-teetan. [Orkney.] 
shore-wainscot (sh6r'wan"skot), n. A British 
moth, Leucania littoralis, found among sand- 
hills. 
shoreward (shor' ward), adv. [<7wel -1- -mtrd.} 
Toward the shore. 
This mounting wave will roll us shoreward soon. 
Tennyson, Lotos-Eaters. 
shoreweed (shor'wed), n. [< shore^ + weed!.] 
A low herb, Littorella lacustris, growing in mud 
and wet sand in northern or mountainous parts 
of Europe . It has a tuft of linear radical leaves and monoe- 
cinus flowers, the pistillate hidden among the leaves, the 
