Definition of shade

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Shade (n.) The soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes..

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Holland :: Holland (n.) A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a linen fabric used for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as, brown or unbleached hollands..
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes..
Tone :: Tone (v. t.) To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment..
Sprite :: Sprite (n.) A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See Spright..
Tamarind :: Tamarind (n.) A leguminous tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated..
Reflex :: Reflex (n.) Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
Shadowing :: Shadowing (n.) Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading..
Tint :: Tint (n.) A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
Bittersweet :: Bittersweet (n.) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries (Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter. The branches are the officinal dulcamara..
Obscure :: Obscure (superl.) Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim..
Elm :: Elm (n.) A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is U. Americana; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva..
Umbrage :: Umbrage (n.) Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage..
Tobacco :: Tobacco (n.) An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste..
Alabaster :: Alabaster (n.) A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster..
Umbriferous :: Umbriferous (a.) Casting or making a shade; umbrageous.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) Darkness; shade; obscurity.
Vallancy :: Vallancy (n.) A large wig that shades the face.
Inshaded :: Inshaded (a.) Marked with different shades.
Sunlight :: Sunless (a.) Destitute or deprived of the sun or its rays; shaded; shadowed.
Spright :: Spright (n.) A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.
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