Definition of shy

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Shy (n.) A sudden start aside, as by a horse..

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Issue :: Issue (n.) An artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part..
Pulpy :: Pulpy (n.) Like pulp; consisting of pulp; soft; fleshy; succulent; as, the pulpy covering of a nut; the pulpy substance of a peach or a cherry..
Fat :: Fat (v. i.) To grow fat, plump, and fleshy..
Palustrine :: Palustrine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or living in, a marsh or swamp; marshy..
Shock :: Shock (n.) A thick mass of bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of sandy hair..
Wart Hog :: Wart hog () Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus Phacoch/rus. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species (Phacoch/rus Aethiopicus) is the best known. Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Aeliani) is native of the coasts of
Sarcoma :: Sarcoma (n.) A tumor of fleshy consistence; -- formerly applied to many varieties of tumor, now restricted to a variety of malignant growth made up of cells resembling those of fetal development without any proper intercellular substance..
Comate :: Comate (a.) Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy..
Flashy :: Flashy (a.) Showy; gay; gaudy; as, a flashy dress..
Fishy :: Fishy (a.) Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul..
Offish :: Offish (a.) Shy or distant in manner.
Tundra :: Tundra (n.) A rolling, marshy, mossy plain of Northern Siberia..
Wallaby :: Wallaby (n.) Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo (H. Bennettii) and the pademelon (H. thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains..
Carnosity :: Carnosity (n.) A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth.
Wash :: Wash (a.) Washy; weak.
Soil :: Soil (n.) A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer..
Wishy-washy :: Wishy-washy (a.) Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; -- originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded; spiritless..
Bosky :: Bosky (a.) Woody or bushy; covered with boscage or thickets.
Chap :: Chap (n.) One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw; -- commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and colloquially of human beings..
Sarcocarp :: Sarcocarp (n.) The fleshy part of a stone fruit, situated between the skin, or epicarp, and the stone, or endocarp, as in a peach. See Illust. of Endocarp..
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