Vocabulary : Shrine to Shrivel
Shrine : Short for Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, a secret order professedly originated by one Kalif Alu, a son-in-law of Mohammed, at Mecca, in the year of the Hegira 25 (about 646 a. d.) In the modern order, established in the United States in 1872, only Knights Templars or thirty-second degree Masons are eligible for admission, though the order itself is not Masonic. ;; A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint. ;; Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like. ;; A place or object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art. ;; To enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine.Shrink : To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted. ;; To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress. ;; To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake. ;; To cause to contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water. ;; To draw back; to withdraw. ;; The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal.
Shrinkage : The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement. ;; The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc. ;; Decrease in value; depreciation.
Shrinker : One who shrinks; one who withdraws from danger.
Shrinking : of Shrink ;; a. & n. from Shrink.
