Shalli to Shanked
Shalli
(Shal"li) n. See Challis.
Shallon
(Shal"lon) n. (Bot.) An evergreen shrub (Gaultheria Shallon) of Northwest America; also, its
fruit. See Salal-berry.
Shalloon
(Shal*loon") n. [F. chalon, from Châlons, in France, where it was first made.] A thin, loosely
woven, twilled worsted stuff.
In blue shalloon shall Hannibal be clad.
Swift. Shallop
(Shal"lop) n. [F. chaloupe, probably from D. sloep. Cf. Sloop.] (Naut.) A boat.
[She] thrust the shallop from the floating strand.
Spenser. The term shallop is applied to boats of all sizes, from a light canoe up to a large boat with masts and
sails.
Shallot
(Shal*lot") n. [OF. eschalote F. échalote. See Scallion, and cf. Eschalot.] (Bot.) A small
kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or
eschalot.
Shallow
(Shal"low) a. [Compar. Shallower ; superl. Shallowest.] [OE. schalowe, probably originally,
sloping or shelving; cf. Icel. skjalgr wry, squinting, AS. sceolh, D. & G. scheel, OHG. schelah. Cf.
Shelve to slope, Shoal shallow.]
1. Not deep; having little depth; shoal. "Shallow brooks, and rivers wide." Milton.
2. Not deep in tone. [R.]
The sound perfecter and not so shallow and jarring.
Bacon. 3. Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as,
a shallow mind; shallow learning.
The king was neither so shallow, nor so ill advertised, as not to perceive the intention of the French
king.
Bacon.
Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself.
Milton. Shallow
(Shal"low), n.
1. A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.
A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel.
Bacon.
Dashed on the shallows of the moving sand.
Dryden. 2. (Zoöl.) The rudd. [Prov. Eng.]
Shallow
(Shal"low), v. t. To make shallow. Sir T. Browne.
Shallow
(Shal"low), v. i. To become shallow, as water.
Shallow-bodied
(Shal"low-bod`ied) a. (Naut.) Having a moderate depth of hold; — said of a vessel.
Shallow-brained
(Shal"low-brained`) a. Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. South.
