Show"er (?), n. 1.
One who shows or exhibits.
2. That which shows; a mirror. [Obs.]
Wyclif.
Show"er (?), n. [OE. shour,
schour, AS. se&?;r; akin to D. schoer, G.
schauer, OHG. sc&?;r, Icel. sk&?;r, Sw.
skur, Goth. sk&?;ra windis a storm of wind; of uncertain
origin.] 1. A fall or rain or hail of short
duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow.
In drought or else showers.
Chaucer.
Or wet the thirsty earth with falling
showers.
Milton.
2. That which resembles a shower in falling or
passing through the air copiously and rapidly.
With showers of stones he drives them far
away.
Pope.
3. A copious supply bestowed. [R.]
He and myself
Have travail'd in the great shower of your gifts.
Shak.
Shower bath, a bath in which water is
showered from above, and sometimes from the sides also.
Show"er, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Showered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Showering.] 1. To water with a shower; to
&?;&?;t copiously with rain.
Lest it again dissolve and shower the
earth.
Milton.
2. To bestow liberally; to destribute or
scatter in &?;undance; to rain. Shak.
C&?;sar's favor,
That showers down greatness on his friends.
Addison.
Show"er, v. i. To rain in showers;
to fall, as in a hower or showers. Shak.
Show"er (?), n. 1.
One who shows or exhibits.
2. That which shows; a mirror. [Obs.]
Wyclif.
Show"er (?), n. [OE. shour,
schour, AS. se&?;r; akin to D. schoer, G.
schauer, OHG. sc&?;r, Icel. sk&?;r, Sw.
skur, Goth. sk&?;ra windis a storm of wind; of uncertain
origin.] 1. A fall or rain or hail of short
duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow.
In drought or else showers.
Chaucer.
Or wet the thirsty earth with falling
showers.
Milton.
2. That which resembles a shower in falling or
passing through the air copiously and rapidly.
With showers of stones he drives them far
away.
Pope.
3. A copious supply bestowed. [R.]
He and myself
Have travail'd in the great shower of your gifts.
Shak.
Shower bath, a bath in which water is
showered from above, and sometimes from the sides also.
Show"er, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Showered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Showering.] 1. To water with a shower; to
&?;&?;t copiously with rain.
Lest it again dissolve and shower the
earth.
Milton.
2. To bestow liberally; to destribute or
scatter in &?;undance; to rain. Shak.
C&?;sar's favor,
That showers down greatness on his friends.
Addison.
Show"er, v. i. To rain in showers;
to fall, as in a hower or showers. Shak.
