Definition of Shre
Shiré, a river of East Africa, flows out of Lake Nyassa, and passes
in a southerly course through the Shiré Highlands, a distance of 370 m.,
till it joins the Zambesi; discovered by Livingstone.
- Wikipedia
Shire (?), n. [AS. scīre,
scīr, a division, province, county. Cf. Sheriff.]
1. A portion of Great Britain originally under
the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical
with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller district; as,
Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire,
Hallamshire.
An indefinite number of these hundreds make up a county
or shire. Blackstone.
2. A division of a State, embracing several
contiguous townships; a county. [U. S.]
&fist; Shire is commonly added to the specific designation
of a county as a part of its name; as, Yorkshire instead of
York shire, or the shire of York; Berkshire
instead of Berks shire. Such expressions as the county of
Yorkshire, which in a strict sense are tautological, are used in
England. In the United States the composite word is sometimes the only
name of a county; as, Berkshire county, as it is called in
Massachusetts, instead of Berks county, as in Pensylvania.
The Tyne, Tees, Humber, Wash, Yare, Stour, and Thames
separate the counties of Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire,
Lincolnshire, etc. Encyc. Brit.
Knight of the shire. See under
Knight. -- Shire clerk, an officer
of a county court; also, an under sheriff. [Eng.] --
Shire mote (Old. Eng. Law), the county
court; sheriff's turn, or court. [Obs.] Cowell.
Blackstone. -- Shire reeve (Old Eng.
Law), the reeve, or bailiff, of a shire; a sheriff.
Burrill. -- Shire town, the capital town
of a county; a county town. -- Shire wick,
a county; a shire. [Obs.] Holland.
Shire (?), n. [AS. scīre,
scīr, a division, province, county. Cf. Sheriff.]
1. A portion of Great Britain originally under
the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical
with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller district; as,
Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire,
Hallamshire.
An indefinite number of these hundreds make up a county
or shire. Blackstone.
2. A division of a State, embracing several
contiguous townships; a county. [U. S.]
&fist; Shire is commonly added to the specific designation
of a county as a part of its name; as, Yorkshire instead of
York shire, or the shire of York; Berkshire
instead of Berks shire. Such expressions as the county of
Yorkshire, which in a strict sense are tautological, are used in
England. In the United States the composite word is sometimes the only
name of a county; as, Berkshire county, as it is called in
Massachusetts, instead of Berks county, as in Pensylvania.
The Tyne, Tees, Humber, Wash, Yare, Stour, and Thames
separate the counties of Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire,
Lincolnshire, etc. Encyc. Brit.
Knight of the shire. See under
Knight. -- Shire clerk, an officer
of a county court; also, an under sheriff. [Eng.] --
Shire mote (Old. Eng. Law), the county
court; sheriff's turn, or court. [Obs.] Cowell.
Blackstone. -- Shire reeve (Old Eng.
Law), the reeve, or bailiff, of a shire; a sheriff.
Burrill. -- Shire town, the capital town
of a county; a county town. -- Shire wick,
a county; a shire. [Obs.] Holland.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- ((OE.)) Former administrative area of Britain; a county.
Yorkshire is the largest shire in England.
- a fictional region in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
Bilbo Baggins was born in the Shire.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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