Word Meanings - SHAKEFORK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.

Related words: (words related to SHAKEFORK)

• PITCHFORK
  A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.
• SHAKINESS
  Quality of being shaky.
• SHAKY
  1. Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand. Thackeray. 2. Full of shakes or cracks; cracked; as, shaky timber. Gwilt. 3. Easily shaken; tottering; unsound; as, a shaky constitution; shaky business credit.
• SHAKO
  A kind of military cap or headress.
• SHAKESPEAREAN
  Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his
• SHAKEN
  1. Caused to shake; agitated; as, a shaken bough. 2. Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2. Nor is the wood shaken or twisted. Barroe. 3. Impaired, as by a shock.
• SHAKE
  obs. p. p. of Shake. Chaucer.
• SHAKER
  A variety of pigeon. P. J. Selby. (more info) 1. A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken. 2. One of a religious sect who do not marry, popularly so called from the movements of the members in dancing, which forms
• SHAKERISM
  Doctrines of the Shakers.
• SHAKEFORK
  A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.
• SHAKINGS
  Deck sweepings, refuse of cordage, canvas, etc. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
• SHAKUDO
  An alloy of copper, invented by the Japanese, having a very dark blue color approaching black.
• SHAKEDOWN
  A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose. Sir W. Scott.
• SHAKERESS
  A female Shaker.
• WIND-SHAKEN
  Shaken by the wind; specif. ,
• OVERSHAKE
  To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse. Chaucer.
• UNSHAKABLE
  Not capable of being shaken; firm; fixed. Shak. J. S. Mill.
• HEADSHAKE
  A significant shake of the head, commonly as a signal of denial. Shak.
• CUP SHAKE
  A shake or fissure between the annual rings of a tree, found oftenest near the roots.
• NERVE-SHAKEN
  Affected by a tremor, or by a nervous disease; weakened; overcome by some violent influence or sensation; shoked.