|
Traditional English :: sherardize
|
 |
sherton.html - v.tr. (also -ise) coat (iron or steel) with zinc by heating in contact with zinc dust. [Sherard Cowper-Coles, Engl. inventor d. 1936] |
|
|
Traditional English :: Sheraton
|
|
sherton.html - n.
(often attrib.) a style of furniture introduced in England c.1790, with delicate and graceful forms. [T. Sheraton, Engl. furniture-maker d. 1806] |
|
|
Traditional English :: sherbet
|
|
sherton.html - n. 1 a a flavoured sweet effervescent powder or drink. b US a water-ice. 2 a cooling drink of sweet diluted fruit-juices esp. in Arabic countries. 3 Austral. joc. beer. [Turk. serbet, Pers. serbet f. Arab. sarba drink f. sariba to drink: cf. SHRUB(2), SYRUP] |
|
|
Traditional English :: sherd
|
|
sherton.html - n.
= POTSHERD. [var. of SHARD] |
|
|
Traditional English :: shereef
|
|
sherton.html - (also sherif) var. of SHARIF. |
|
|
Traditional English :: sheriff
|
|
sherton.html - n. 1 Brit. a (also High Sheriff) the chief executive officer of the Crown in a county, administering justice etc. b an honorary officer elected annually in some towns. 2 US an elected officer in a county, responsible for keeping the peace. sheriff court Sc. a county court. sheriff-depute Sc. the chief judge of a county or district. sheriffalty n. (pl. -ies). sheriffdom n. sheriffhood n. sheriffship n. [OE scir-gerefa (as SHIRE, REEVE(1))] |
|
