n. Shade; shadow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ English words now beginning with sh, like shade, were formerly often spelled with a c between the s and h; as, schade; schame; schape; schort, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Shah. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ G. dial. (Swiss), waste, impurity. ] A silk yarn or fabric made out of carded spun silk. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Yiddish, fr. NHeb. shadkhān, fr. shādakh to bring about a marriage, orig., to persuade. ] A person whose business is marriage brokage; a marriage broker, esp. among certain Jews. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]