2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. "The shadowy past." Longfellow.
3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light. The moon . . . with more pleasing light, Shadowy sets off the face things. Milton.
4. Faintly representative; hence, typical. From sshadowy types to truth, from flesh to spirit. Milton.
5. Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor. Milton has brought into his poems two actors of a shadowy and fictitious nature, in the persons of Sin and Death. Addison.
SHADRACH
Sha"drach, n. (Metal.)
Defn: A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of
its intended effect; — so called from Shadrach, one of the three
Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of
Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.)
SHAD-SPIRIT
Shad"-spir`it, n.
Defn: See Shadbird (a)
SHAD-WAITER
Shad"-wait`er, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A lake whitefish; the roundfish. See Roundfish.