Definition of shade

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Shade (n.) 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..

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Bon Silene :: Bon Silene () A very fragrant tea rose with petals of various shades of pink.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.
Fretwork :: Fretwork (n.) Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like..
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
Tincture :: Tincture (n.) A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red..
Amethyst :: Amethyst () A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone..
Tone :: Tone (v. t.) To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment..
Demitint :: Demitint (n.) The shade itself; neither the darkest nor the lightest in a composition. Also called half tint.
Cankerworm :: Cankerworm (n.) The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larvae are also called cankerworms..
Nuance :: Nuance (n.) A shade of difference; a delicate gradation.
Dwale :: Dwale (a.) The deadly nightshade (Atropa Belladonna), having stupefying qualities..
Eye :: Eye (n.) Tinge; shade of color.
Tint :: Tint (n.) A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
Umbrageous :: Umbrageous (a.) Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as, umbrageous trees or foliage..
Stellionate :: Stellion (n.) A lizard (Stellio vulgaris), common about the Eastern Mediterranean among ruins. In color it is olive-green, shaded with black, with small stellate spots. Called also hardim, and star lizard..
Magenta :: Magenta (n.) An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called also fuchsine, roseine, etc..
Holland :: Holland (n.) A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a linen fabric used for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as, brown or unbleached hollands..
Density :: Density (n.) Depth of shade.
Tobacco :: Tobacco (n.) An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste..
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