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Webster's Practical Dictionary , The World's Cyclopedia 9 
•Marlboro Raspberry Plants , 
The JYiagara , Poughkeepsie Red and Ulster Prolific Grape-vines . 
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A handsome volume of near 800 12 mo. pages and 1200 illustrations. It is full of 
practical accurate knowledge on the arts, sciences, and all branches of nurnau research. 
A complete storehouse of facts in a plain, concise form. It sells for $1.00 and is worth 
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This is a Genuine Webster of 650 pages of which a single page is shown above. It 
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WEBSTER’S PRACTICAL DICTIONARY. 
JUST WHAT EVERY FAMILY NEEDS, 
gleiun, gluten, glimmer. n. A tremulous gleam¬ 
ing; glimmer. 
Shin, .alii, N. The fore part of tin 1 leg, e»p. of the 
human leg, between the ankle anil the knee. — r. t. 
To climb (a pole, etc.) by niter" • y m«plis.~ I 
the hand" anil lcg» alone. — until'gnu to. 
bank-note of low denomination ; u piece of paper 
money.— Skln'miy, ny, -nt, n. A game in wliicn n 
ball i, driven along the ground by hlriw* from curved 
Ktick- i hockey i handy, — named fr. the blows re¬ 
ceived on the aliitM of the plavent. 
Shindy, aliln'iir. n. A duturbanevt cpreo row; riot. 
Shine, thin, r. i {JQMHHc l-htin or »h8n) or MiiNr.u 
(Milnd), UUrSIMO.] To emit niy'i of light, give light; 
to lie lively and animated, be militant; to he kIok>v 
or bright, d»*llk. to he gay. splendid, or beautiful, tin 
be eminent,eotwpMuuO*, or di.tmgt.i.hed.— n. Pair 
Weather: urate of alrlnioxi brlgntnesn .plemlor; 
lut.lert eloMp polnhi a lilting fora pontoni n lunoy. 
— Shln'er, n That which aliliii-n, it.,, u bnglil pnre 
OUU 1 VI | » HO* WIIIVII ••'’•I *• '"o mi |r 
of tuonvv. (A'/J/A.) A tUh of •evcnol genem, luo 
Tirilliaiit* iljfht-colorcd -caIc-y. —Shin'V, *T.«( l i 
-iiCHT.] Bright! luminous; cl»»Hr; umuoudnl. 
Jhingl* rdui/vl, ii. A thill* oblong piece ol w* 
Shingl* a. A thin, oblong piece o( wood, 
with one end thinner than the other, in order to 
lap kntrthwiMf in covering roof* and ouf$r w«U> of 
buihlbig*. — w. f. (-ttldV, -ou.vo.l To 
cover with diinjrle*; to cut, at hair, bo that oats por¬ 
tion ovorUpt another* lUc« siun^ios. 
ShingK Khin'tfl, «. Kmiurj, WHter-worti, and 10088 
gravel altii penblaa, <iu vUorvn anil eoaxU. — v. t. 
f forging. > To hummer or tqucfic (ml-hot puddled 
Irani,to remove iiopuritivkHOd form malleable iron. 
Sblnglaa, whin'gl/., w. (Jw*vi.S A kind <»f )ier|M*M, 
which ipreadf around the bouy like a girdle. 
Shinto, alnn'to, toixiu U>f r ni, «. One <if the ‘2 great 
religion* ol Japan, conxiRiuc in iranhip of iiihtw- 
tort and aarritici* to drjjnrtril hi rtu r., nad having the 
Mikado or Tenno uh ittt spiritual head. 
Ship, bhip, n. Any large bea-goiug vessel; esp., a ves¬ 
sel furnished with a bowsprit and 8 roast*, each of 
which is composed of a lower inm-t. top-mast, 
and topgallant-mast, and is square rigged.— v, L 
Orotind Plan of a Ship. 
p, prow ; I, larboard or port; 
*. ttftioeud: 1. »oun<l-bou«<s 
2, tiller? *t. rratln^i !, wheel; 
f». wbe*1-eh»\iif; It, binnacle; 
7, o*lr •••n-nwut; 8, *Uyll|iht; 
0, eifiAtnn ; l0| m^nu't; 
II, pumps; IS, jraltoy or ca- 
Imoxe; IT, main hatchway; 
14 , rtnrflava : 15, forc-ma»t; 
10, forw-batchway; 17, blttat 
18. bdwaprlt; 10. head-rail t 
80. ..ilia* : 81. >.- } 88* 
forc-ctfialew, 01, vnalo-chaloa; 
21, mUacu ehaimi. 
[sinriTti (itilpo, -PtNft.l To put on board of a 
vcscl, or othvr gnnvwyiuiot*, lor trnmiHirtalmn; la 
di.|ui:<(< of, gi't rid of: in atlgagu for vervico on 
linard of n Hhtp: to n-ci-nv on bonrd of n *hip nr 
vummui to tlx anything in it. plncv.— r. i. To rn- 
gajri' for nervier on ImimI of n rliip. — Shlp'board, 
oi/r. 1 *|m*i i or within a vlilp: aboard. - Smp' , tilRl«, 
ii. One who icrrep nn bonrtl ol th*' »w>"' alilpi a. 
fellow anilor - Shlp^ment, n. \et of putting any¬ 
thing on lain id of a n-.n l or other public convry- 
nm r; embarkationi tlurt which ts ahjjrfinl.— Shlp / '- 
p«r. n. One who -blpr, or o iuIk good* for ti’in*- 
portation. — Slilp'plne. n. The cnlleotive body of 
eliijir in or lielunglng tii n fiort, country, vlC.t vi-<*el» 
ot navigation gvnrndly; tonunvr. — Slrlp'wreck. 
-n'k. n. The Im-aklng In piece, of a vnm<I by Iming 
driven agnluvt luck . f.huid-, nlr : u .hip du.trOyvd 
upon the water, or the partr of Mich a ship! total 
destruction ; ruin. — V. t. [suirwitKclUin (-rekt). 
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