v. t. To double the natural darkness of (a place). Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Mining) To deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. AS. heald inclined, bowed down, G. halde declivity. ] 1. The descent of a hill. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) The inclination or deviation from the vertical of any mineral vein. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geol. & Mining) The deviation of a fault plane from the vertical.

☞ The direction of the hade is the direction toward which the fault plane descends from an intersecting vertical line. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. "a`,dhs, "A'idhs; 'a priv. + 'idei^n to see. Cf. Un-, Wit. ] The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave. [ 1913 Webster ]

And death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them. Rev. xx. 13 (Rev. Ver.). [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither was he left in Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. Acts ii. 31 (Rev. Ver.). [ 1913 Webster ]

And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments. Luke xvi. 23 (Rev. Ver.). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Clumsy; awkward. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Marked with different shades. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a protective ornamental covering used to screen the light bulb in a lamp from direct view. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL. See Lymph, and Adenitis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the lymphatic glands; -- called also lymphitis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Lymph, Aden-, and -oma. ] (Med.) See Lymphoma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Menhaden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) An American marine fish (Brevoortia tyrannus) of the Herring family (Clupeidae), chiefly valuable for its oil and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead, whitefish, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. nichtscadu. ] (Bot.) A common name of many species of the genus Solanum, given esp. to the Solanum nigrum, or black nightshade, a low, branching weed with small white flowers and black berries reputed to be poisonous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Deadly nightshade. Same as Belladonna (a). --
Enchanter's nightshade. See under Enchanter. --
Stinking nightshade. See Henbane. --
Three-leaved nightshade. See Trillium. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ AS. ofersceadwian. See Over, and Shade, and cf. Overshadow. ] To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ OE. shade, shadewe, schadewe, AS. sceadu, scead; akin to OS. skado, D. schaduw, OHG. scato, (gen. scatewes), G. schatten, Goth. skadus, Ir. & Gael. sgath, and probably to Gr. sko`tos darkness. √162. Cf. Shadow, Shed a hat. ] 1. Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Shade differs from shadow as it implies no particular form or definite limit; whereas a shadow represents in form the object which intercepts the light. When we speak of the shade of a tree, we have no reference to its form; but when we speak of measuring a pyramid or other object by its shadow, we have reference to its form and extent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

The shades of night were falling fast. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us seek out some desolate shade, and there
Weep our sad bosoms empty. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. Ps. cxxi. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sleep under a fresh tree's shade. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let the arched knife well sharpened now assail the spreading shades of vegetables. J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Shadow. [ Poetic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The soul after its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Swift as thought the flitting shade
Thro' air his momentary journey made. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Painting, Drawing, etc.) The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink. [ 1913 Webster ]

White, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees, or shades and mixtures, as green only in by the eyes. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. A minute difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc.; also, the quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms. [ 1913 Webster ]

New shades and combinations of thought. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every shade of religious and political opinion has its own headquarters. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Shades, the Nether World; the supposed abode of souls after leaving the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Shaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Shading. ] 1. To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

I went to crop the sylvan scenes,
And shade our altars with their leafy greens. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ere in our own house I do shade my head. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To obscure; to dim the brightness of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shad'st
The full blaze of thy beams. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To pain in obscure colors; to darken. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To mark with gradations of light or color. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The goddess ] in her person cunningly did shade
That part of Justice which is Equity. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See Shade, n. ] To undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation, as of color, meaning, expression, etc.; to pass by slight changes; -- used chiefly with a preposition, as into, away, off.

This small group will be most conveniently treated with the emotional division, into which it shades. Edmund Gurney. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Full of shade; shady. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Being without shade; not shaded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, shades. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything used as a protection from the sun's rays. Specifically: (a) A small parasol. (b) An awning. [ 1913 Webster ]