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Webster 1913 Edition
Shower
Show′er
,Noun.
1.
One who shows or exhibits.
2.
That which shows; a mirror.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.
Show′er
,Noun.
[OE.
shour
, schour
, AS. se[GREEK]r
; akin to D. schoer
, G. schauer
, OHG. sc[GREEK]r
, Icel. sk[GREEK]r
, Sw. skur
, Goth. sk[GREEK]ra windis
a storm of wind; of uncertain origin.] 1.
A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow.
In drought or else
showers
. Chaucer.
Or wet the thirsty earth with falling
showers
. Milton.
2.
That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air copiously and rapidly.
With
showers
of stones he drives them far away. Pope.
3.
A copious supply bestowed.
[R.]
He and myself
Have travail’d in the great
Have travail’d in the great
shower
of your gifts. Shakespeare
Shower bath
, a bath in which water is showered from above, and sometimes from the sides also.
Show′er
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Showered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Showering
.] 1.
To water with a shower; to [GREEK][GREEK]t copiously with rain.
Lest it again dissolve and
shower
the earth. Milton.
2.
To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in [GREEK]undance; to rain.
Shak.
C[GREEK]sar's favor,
That
That
showers
down greatness on his friends. Addison.
Show′er
,Verb.
I.
To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers.
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Shower
SHOWER
,Noun.