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Webster 1913 Edition
Share
Share
,Noun.
1.
The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.
2.
The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed.
Knight.
1.
A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division;
as, a small
. share
of prudence2.
Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a number; a portion among others; an apportioned lot; an allotment; a dividend.
“My share of fame.” Dryden.
3.
Hence, one of a certain number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is divided;
as, a ship owned in ten
. shares
4.
The pubes; the sharebone.
[Obs.]
Holland.
To go shares
, to partake; to be equally concerned.
– Share and share alike
, in equal shares.
Share
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Shared
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sharing
.] 1.
To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.
Suppose I
share
my fortune equally between my children and a stranger. Swift.
2.
To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess in common;
as, to
. share
a shelter with anotherWhile avarice and rapine share
the land. Milton.
3.
To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.
[Obs.]
The
shared
visage hangs on equal sides. Dryden.
Share
(shâr)
, Verb.
I.
To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others.
A right of inheritance gave every one a title to
share
in the goods of his father. Locke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Share
SHARE
,Noun.
1. a part; a portion; a quantity; as a small share of prudence or good sense.
2. A part or portion of a thing owned by a number in common; that part of an undivided interest which belongs to each proprietor; as a ship owned in ten shares; a Tontine buildind owned in a hundred shares.
3. The part of a thing allotted or distributed to each individual of a number; divided; separate portion. Each heir has received his share of the estate.
4. A part belonging to one; portion possessed.
Nor I without my share of fame. Dryden.
5. A part contributed. He bears his share of the burden.
6. The broad iron or blade of a plow which cuts the ground; or a furrow-slice.