*shy*

n. (Chem.) See Basyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a blush; having the color of a blush; rosy. [ R. ] “A blushy color.” Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a communist or Bolshevik, n.. [ slang. ] [ PJC ]

adj. obstreperous. [ British slang. ]
Syn. -- stroppy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Resembling, or of the nature of, brash, or broken fragments; broken; crumbly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our progress was not at all impeded by the few soft, brashy floes that we encountered. F. T. Bullen. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Showery; characterized by brashes, or showers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Resembling a brush; shaggy; rough. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From 1st Bush. ] 1. Thick and spreading, like a bush. “Bushy eyebrows.” Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Full of bushes; overgrowing with shrubs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dingle, or bushy dell, of this wild wood. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in “shying” or throwing cudgels at live cocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An object at which stones are flung. [ 1913 Webster ]

“Making a cockshy of him, ” replied the hideous small boy. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not requiring strong efforts; easy; -- said of paid employment; as, He got a cushy job in a large company. [ informal ]
Syn. -- soft. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ From Dash. ] Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable; showy. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. good-looking; -- used of persons. [ British informal ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or taste of fish; abounding in fish. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright. [ 1913 Webster ]

A little flashy and transient pleasure. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fiery; vehement; impetuous. [ 1913 Webster ]

A temper always flashy. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Showy; gay; gaudy; as, a flashy dress. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Without taste or spirit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lean and flashy songs. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Fleshier superl. Fleshiest ] 1. Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sole of his foot is fleshy. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Human. [ Obs. ] “Fleshy tabernacle.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. extravagantly demonstrative; gushing{ 2 }; as, to write unrestrained and gushy poetry.
Syn. -- effusive, emotional, gushing(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ E. Marsh. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Resembling a marsh; wet; boggy; fenny. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to, or produced in, marshes; as, a marshy weed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or consisting of, a mash. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n.; pl. Mashies /plu>. [ Etym. uncert. ] A golf club like the iron, but with a shorter head, slightly more lofted, used chiefly for short approaches. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Formed with meshes; netted. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Soft like mush; figuratively, good-naturedly weak and effusive; weakly sentimental. [ 1913 Webster ]

She 's not mushy, but her heart is tender. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From 1st Plash. ] 1. Watery; abounding with puddles; splashy. “Plashy fens.” Milton. “The plashy earth.” Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specked, as if plashed with color. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like plush; soft and shaggy. H. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Abounding with rushes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Made of rushes. [ 1913 Webster ]

My rushy couch and frugal fare. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Shier r Shyer; superl. Shiest or Shyest. ] [ OE. schey, skey, sceouh, AS. sceóh; akin to Dan. sky, Sw. skygg, D. schuw, MHG. schiech, G. scheu, OHG. sciuhen to be or make timid. Cf. Eschew. ] 1. Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

The horses of the army . . . were no longer shy, but would come up to my very feet without starting. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach. [ 1913 Webster ]

What makes you so shy, my good friend? There's nobody loves you better than I. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

The embarrassed look of shy distress
And maidenly shamefacedness. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Cautious; wary; suspicious. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am very shy of using corrosive liquors in the preparation of medicines. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Princes are, by wisdom of state, somewhat shy of thier successors. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Inadequately supplied; short; lacking; as, the team is shy two players.[ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

5. (Poker), owing money to the pot; -- in cases where an opponent's bet has exceeded a player's available stake or chips, but the player chooses to continue playing the hand before adding the required bet to the pot. [ Slang ] [ PJC ]

To fight shy. See under Fight, v. i. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Shied p. pr. & vb. n. Shying. ] [ From Shy, a. ] To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper. T. Hughes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A sudden start aside, as by a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A side throw; a throw; a fling. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

If Lord Brougham gets a stone in his hand, he must, it seems, have a shy at somebody. Punch. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a shy or timid manner; not familiarly; with reserve. [ Written also shily. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being shy. [ Written also shiness. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Frequency in heavenly contemplation is particularly important to prevent a shyness bewtween God and thy soul. Baxter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Bashfulness; reserve; coyness; timidity; diffidence. See Bashfulness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Perh. from G. scheisse excrement. ] A trickish knave; one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way. [ Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Sw. slaska to dabble in water. Cf. Slush. ] Wet and dirty; slushy. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ . See Slush, Slushy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Abounding in slush; characterized by soft mud or half-melted snow; as, the streets are slushy; the snow is slushy. “A dark, drizzling, slushy day.” Blackw. Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as be easily splashed about; slushy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Easily squashed; soft. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Soft, like fruit that is too ripe; quashy; swash. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Trashier superl. Trashiest. ] Like trash; containing much trash; waste; rejected; worthless; useless; as, a trashy novel. [ 1913 Webster ]

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a. [ From Wash. ] 1. Watery; damp; soft. “Washy ooze.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lacking substance or strength; weak; thin; dilute; feeble; as, washy tea; washy resolutions. [ 1913 Webster ]

A polish . . . not over thin and washy. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not firm or hardy; liable to sweat profusely with labor; as, a washy horse. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Wash. ] Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; -- originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded; spiritless. [ 1913 Webster ]

A weak wishy-washy man who had hardly any mind of his own. A. Trollope. [ 1913 Webster ]