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(), n. 1. One who shows or exhibits. 2. That which shows; a mirror. [Obs.] Wyclif. Show"er (), n.[OE. shour, schour, AS. ser; akin to D. schoer, G. schauer, OHG. scr, Icel. skr, Sw. skur, Goth. skra 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 shower of your gifts. Shak. Shower bath, a bath in which water is showered from above, and sometimes from the sides also. Show"er v. t.[imp. & p. p.Showered (); p. pr. & vb. n.Showering.] 1. To water with a shower; to t copiously with rain. Lest it again dissolve and shower the earth. Milton. 2. To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in undance; to rain. Shak. Csar's favor, That showers down greatness on his friends. Addison. Show"er v. i.To rain in showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers. Shak. スポンサード リンク
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