Definition of shadow

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Shadow (n.) An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type..

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Accidental :: Accidental (n.) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
Periscii :: Periscii (n. pl.) Those who live within a polar circle, whose shadows, during some summer days, will move entirely round, falling toward every point of the compass..
Antiscii :: Antiscii (n. pl.) The inhabitants of the earth, living on different sides of the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in opposite directions..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) A small degree; a shade.
Shadowing :: Shadowing (n.) Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading..
Immersion :: Immersion (n.) The dissapearance of a celestail body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite; -- opposed to emersion..
Sciomachy :: Sciomachy (n.) A fighting with a shadow; a mock contest; an imaginary or futile combat.
Phantasm :: Phantasm (n.) An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream..
Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To overshadow; to shade.
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor..
Bode :: Bode (n.) An omen; a foreshadowing.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically..
Amphiscians :: Amphiscians (n. pl.) The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the south, according as the sun is south or north of their zenith..
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Faintly representative; hence, typical..
Umbrate :: Umbrate (v. t.) To shade; to shadow; to foreshadow.
Overshadower :: Overshadower (n.) One that throws a shade, or shadow, over anything..
Overgloom :: Overgloom (v. t.) To spread gloom over; to make gloomy; to overshadow.
Shadowless :: Shadowless (a.) Having no shadow.
Emersion :: Emersion (n.) The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of the earth; the emersion of a star from behind the moon..
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