Definition of shy

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Shy (a.) To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.

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Moory :: Moory (a.) Of or pertaining to moors; marshy; fenny; boggy; moorish.
Berry :: Berry (n.) Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc..
Skew :: Skew (v. i.) To start aside; to shy, as a horse..
Shily :: Shily (adv.) See Shyly.
Anatifa :: Anatifa (n.) An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia..
Queachy :: Queachy (a.) Like a queach; thick; bushy.
Slashy :: Slashy (a.) Wet and dirty; slushy.
Sludy :: Sludy (a.) Miry; slushy.
Corticifer :: Corticifer (n.) One of the Gorgoniacea; -- so called because the fleshy part surrounds a solid axis, like a bark..
Sycophancy :: Syconus (n.) A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig..
Trashy :: Trashy (superl.) Like trash; containing much trash; waste; rejected; worthless; useless; as, a trashy novel..
Morassy :: morassy (a.) Marshy; fenny.
Tuber :: Tuber (n.) A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of Tuberous..
Rand :: Rand (n.) A long, fleshy piece, as of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak..
Paludal :: Paludal (a.) Of or pertaining to marshes or fens; marshy.
Flashiness :: Flashiness (n.) The quality of being flashy.
Wishy-washy :: Wishy-washy (a.) Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; -- originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded; spiritless..
Brachiopoda :: Brachiopoda (n.) A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle..
Dragon :: Dragon (n.) A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent..
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