Definition of shy

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

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Wattled :: Wattled (a.) Furnished with wattles, or pendent fleshy processes at the chin or throat..
Grillage :: Grillage (n.) A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation in marshy or treacherous soil.
Pome :: Pome (n.) A fruit composed of several cartilaginous or bony carpels inclosed in an adherent fleshy mass, which is partly receptacle and partly calyx, as an apple, quince, or pear..
Acetabuliferous :: Acetabuliferous (a.) Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc..
Bosky :: Bosky (a.) Woody or bushy; covered with boscage or thickets.
Tundra :: Tundra (n.) A rolling, marshy, mossy plain of Northern Siberia..
Corticifer :: Corticifer (n.) One of the Gorgoniacea; -- so called because the fleshy part surrounds a solid axis, like a bark..
Shy :: Shy (superl.) Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird..
Pontine :: Pontine (a.) Of or pertaining to an extensive marshy district between Rome and Naples.
Shyness :: Shyness (n.) The quality or state of being shy.
Queach :: Queach (n.) A thick, bushy plot; a thicket..
Rushy :: Rushy (a.) Abounding with rushes.
Uvula :: Uvula (n.) The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.
Spicula :: Spicula (n.) A pointed fleshy appendage.
Marshy :: Marshy (a.) Pertaining to, or produced in, marshes; as, a marshy weed..
Lanseh :: Lanseh (n.) The small, whitish brown fruit of an East Indian tree (Lansium domesticum). It has a fleshy pulp, with an agreeable subacid taste..
Fishy :: Fishy (a.) Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul..
Rhubarb :: Rhubarb (n.) The large and fleshy leafstalks of Rheum Rhaponticum and other species of the same genus. They are pleasantly acid, and are used in cookery. Called also pieplant..
Tame :: Tame (superl.) Reduced from a state of native wildness and shyness; accustomed to man; domesticated; domestic; as, a tame deer, a tame bird..
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