*shadow*

n. a cosmetic powder or cream of a dark tint, applied on the eyelids or just under the eyebrows to accentuate the eyes. Compare eyeliner. [ PJC ]

v. t. To shadow or typi&unr_;y beforehand; to prefigure. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overshadowed p. pr. & vb. n. Overshadowing. ] [ Cf. Overshade. ] 1. To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure. [ 1913 Webster ]

There was a cloud that overshadowed them. Mark ix. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To cover with a superior influence; to be viewed as more important than. Milton. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. To cause to be sad or disappointing; to cast a sad shadow on; as, an accidental death overshadowed the joy of the festival. [ PJC ]

n. One that throws a shade, or shadow, over anything. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Overshadowing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Shadowed p. pr. & vb. n. Shadowing. ] [ OE. shadowen, AS. sceadwian. See adow, n. ] 1. To cut off light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with obscurity. [ 1913 Webster ]

The warlike elf much wondered at this tree,
So fair and great, that shadowed all the ground. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To conceal; to hide; to screen. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Let every soldier hew him down a bough.
And bear't before him; thereby shall we shadow
The numbers of our host. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shadowing their right under your wings of war. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically. [ 1913 Webster ]

Augustus is shadowed in the person of Æneas. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over. [ 1913 Webster ]

The shadowed livery of the burnished sun. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why sad?
I must not see the face O love thus shadowed. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To attend as closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Originally the same word as shade. √162. See Shade. ] 1. Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Darkness; shade; obscurity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A shaded place; shelter; protection; security. [ 1913 Webster ]

In secret shadow from the sunny ray,
On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sin and her shadow Death. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom. “Hence, horrible shadow!” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type. [ 1913 Webster ]

The law having a shadow of good things to come. Heb. x. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Types ] and shadows of that destined seed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A small degree; a shade. “No variableness, neither shadow of turning.” James i. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited. [ A Latinism ] Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

I must not have my board pastered with shadows
That under other men's protection break in
Without invitement. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shadow of death, darkness or gloom like that caused by the presence or the impending of death. Ps. xxiii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being shadowy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A faint representation; an adumbration. [ 1913 Webster ]

There are . . . in savage theology shadowings, quaint or majestic, of the conception of a Supreme Deity. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shadowy; vague. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no shadow. [ 1913 Webster ]