Shad"ow (shăd"&osl;), n.
[Originally the same word as shade. √162. See
Shade.] 1. Shade within defined limits;
obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and
representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light;
as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note
under Shade, n., 1.
2. Darkness; shade; obscurity.
Night's sable shadows from the ocean
rise.
Denham.
3. A shaded place; shelter; protection;
security.
In secret shadow from the sunny ray,
On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid.
Spenser.
4. A reflected image, as in a mirror or in
water. Shak.
5. That which follows or attends a person or
thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious
follower.
Sin and her shadow Death.
Milton.
6. A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a
phantom. "Hence, horrible shadow!" Shak.
7. An imperfect and faint representation;
adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical
representation; type.
The law having a shadow of good things to
come.
Heb. x. 1.
[Types] and shadows of that destined
seed.
Milton.
8. A small degree; a shade. "No
variableness, neither shadow of turning." James i.
17.
9. An uninvited guest coming with one who is
invited. [A Latinism] Nares.
I must not have my board pastered with
shadows
That under other men's protection break in
Without invitement.
Massinger.
Shadow of death, darkness or gloom like that
caused by the presence or the impending of death. Ps. xxiii.
4.
Shad"ow, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Shadowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Shadowing.] [OE. shadowen, AS. sceadwian. See
adow, n.] 1. To cut off
light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to
overspead with obscurity.
The warlike elf much wondered at this tree,
So fair and great, that shadowed all the ground.
Spenser.
2. To conceal; to hide; to screen.
[R.]
Let every soldier hew him down a bough.
And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow
The numbers of our host.
Shak.
3. To protect; to shelter from danger; to
shroud.
Shadowing their right under your wings of
war.
Shak.
4. To mark with gradations of light or color;
to shade.
5. To represent faintly or imperfectly; to
adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.
Augustus is shadowed in the person of
Æneas.
Dryden.
6. To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom
over.
The shadowed livery of the burnished
sun.
Shak.
Why sad?
I must not see the face O love thus shadowed.
Beau. & Fl.
7. To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow
and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a
detective shadows a criminal.
Shad"ow (shăd"&osl;), n.
[Originally the same word as shade. √162. See
Shade.] 1. Shade within defined limits;
obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and
representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light;
as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note
under Shade, n., 1.
2. Darkness; shade; obscurity.
Night's sable shadows from the ocean
rise.
Denham.
3. A shaded place; shelter; protection;
security.
In secret shadow from the sunny ray,
On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid.
Spenser.
4. A reflected image, as in a mirror or in
water. Shak.
5. That which follows or attends a person or
thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious
follower.
Sin and her shadow Death.
Milton.
6. A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a
phantom. "Hence, horrible shadow!" Shak.
7. An imperfect and faint representation;
adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical
representation; type.
The law having a shadow of good things to
come.
Heb. x. 1.
[Types] and shadows of that destined
seed.
Milton.
8. A small degree; a shade. "No
variableness, neither shadow of turning." James i.
17.
9. An uninvited guest coming with one who is
invited. [A Latinism] Nares.
I must not have my board pastered with
shadows
That under other men's protection break in
Without invitement.
Massinger.
Shadow of death, darkness or gloom like that
caused by the presence or the impending of death. Ps. xxiii.
4.
Shad"ow, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Shadowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Shadowing.] [OE. shadowen, AS. sceadwian. See
adow, n.] 1. To cut off
light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to
overspead with obscurity.
The warlike elf much wondered at this tree,
So fair and great, that shadowed all the ground.
Spenser.
2. To conceal; to hide; to screen.
[R.]
Let every soldier hew him down a bough.
And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow
The numbers of our host.
Shak.
3. To protect; to shelter from danger; to
shroud.
Shadowing their right under your wings of
war.
Shak.
4. To mark with gradations of light or color;
to shade.
5. To represent faintly or imperfectly; to
adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.
Augustus is shadowed in the person of
Æneas.
Dryden.
6. To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom
over.
The shadowed livery of the burnished
sun.
Shak.
Why sad?
I must not see the face O love thus shadowed.
Beau. & Fl.
7. To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow
and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a
detective shadows a criminal.
