adv. In any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anyhow, it must be acknowledged to be not a simple selforiginated error. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anyhow, the languages of the two nations were closely allied. E. A. Freeman. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A large food fish (Anoplopoma fimbria) of the north Pacific coast; -- called also candlefish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chin. chou. ] 1. A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or the chief city of such a district; -- often part of the name of a city, as in Foochow. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. a breed of thick-coated medium-sized dogs with fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; -- same as chowchow{ 3 }, n.. [ PJC ]

a. [ Chin. ] Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed; as, chowchow sweetmeats (preserved fruits put together). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Com.) A kind of mixed pickles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. chopped pickles in mustard sauce.
Syn. -- chowchow. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger.
Syn. -- chowchow. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. a breed of thick-coated medium-sized dogs with fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in north China.
Syn. -- chow, chow chow. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Chowchow chop, the last lighter containing the small sundry packages sent off to fill up a ship. S. W. Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Ar. dāo? ] A coasting vessel of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It has generally but one mast and a lateen sail. [ Also written dow. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ AS. foresceáwian to foresee, provide; fore + sceáwian to see. See Show, v. t. ] To show or exhibit beforehand; to give foreknowledge of; to prognosticate; to foretell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your looks foreshow
You have a gentle heart. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Next, like Aurora, Spenser rose,
Whose purple blush the day foreshows. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a television program in which contestants compete for awards. The contestants are members of the public selected to participate on the show, and not employed by the producer of the show. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a competitive exhibition of horses. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. [ OE. how, hou, hu, hwu, AS. h&unr_;, from the same root as hwā, hwæt, who, what, pron. interrog.; akin to OS. hwōw, D. hoe, cf. G. wie how, Goth. hwē wherewith, hwaiwa how. √182. See Who, and cf. Why. ] 1. In what manner or way; by what means or process. [ 1913 Webster ]

How can a man be born when he is old? John iii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To what degree or extent, number or amount; in what proportion; by what measure or quality. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Ps. cxix. 97. [ 1913 Webster ]

By how much they would diminish the present extent of the sea, so much they would impair the fertility, and fountains, and rivers of the earth. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. For what reason; from what cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

How now, my love! why is your cheek so pale? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. In what state, condition, or plight. [ 1913 Webster ]

How, and with what reproach, shall I return? Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. By what name, designation, or title. [ 1913 Webster ]

How art thou called? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. At what price; how dear. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

How a score of ewes now? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ How is used in each sense, interrogatively, interjectionally, and relatively; it is also often employed to emphasize an interrogation or exclamation. “How are the mighty fallen!” 2 Sam. i. 27. Sometimes, also, it is used as a noun; -- as, the how, the when, the wherefore. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let me beg you -- don't say “How?” for “What?” Holmes. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. the knowledge and skill required to do something; practical knowledge for a specific task.
Syn. -- knowhow. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. someone who shirks a duty.
Syn. -- nonattender, truant. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A person who is expected to attend a gathering but does not come. Specifically, a person who buys a ticket to a game or other entertainment and does not attend. [ PJC ]

v. t. To foreshow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Contr. fr. rarity-show. ] A show carried about in a box; a peep show. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Showed p. p. Shown r Showed; p. pr. & vb. n. Showing. It is sometimes written shew, shewed, shewn, shewing. ] [ OE. schowen, shewen, schewen, shawen, AS. sceáwian, to look, see, view; akin to OS. scaw&unr_;n, OFries. skawia, D. schouwen, OHG. scouw&unr_;n, G. schauen, Dan. skue, Sw. sk&unr_;da, Icel. sko&unr_;a, Goth. usskawjan to waken, skuggwa a mirror, Icel. skuggy shade, shadow, L. cavere to be on one's guard, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to mark, perceive, hear, Skr. kavi wise. Cf. Caution, Scavenger, Sheen. ] 1. To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers). [ 1913 Webster ]

Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest. Matt. viii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise
Magnificence; and what can heaven show more? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shew them the way wherein they must walk. Ex. xviii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away. 1 Sam. xx. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event. [ 1913 Webster ]

I 'll show my duty by my timely care. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me. Ex. xx. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

To show forth, to manifest; to publish; to proclaim. --
To show his paces, to exhibit the gait, speed, or the like; -- said especially of a horse. --
To show off, to exhibit ostentatiously. --
To show up, to expose. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Written also shew. ] 1. To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem. [ 1913 Webster ]

Just such she shows before a rising storm. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

All round a hedge upshoots, and shows
At distance like a little wood. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have a certain appearance, as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear. [ 1913 Webster ]

My lord of York, it better showed with you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To show off, to make a show; to display one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formerly written also shew. ] 1. The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which os shown, or brought to view; that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition; as, a traveling show; a cattle show. [ 1913 Webster ]

As for triumphs, masks, feasts, and such shows. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp. [ 1913 Webster ]

I envy none their pageantry and show. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Semblance; likeness; appearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

He through the midst unmarked,
In show plebeian angel militant
Of lowest order, passed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beware of the scribes, . . . which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers. Luke xx. 46. 47. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Med.) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Mining) A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

Show bill, a broad sheet containing an advertisement in large letters. --
Show box, a box xontaining some object of curiosity carried round as a show. --
Show card, an advertising placard; also, a card for displaying samples. --
Show case, a gla&unr_;ed case, box, or cabinet for displaying and protecting shopkeepers' wares, articles on exhibition in museums, etc. --
Show glass, a glass which displays objects; a mirror. --
Show of hands, a raising of hands to indicate judgment; as, the vote was taken by a show of hands. --
Show stone, a piece of glass or crystal supposed to have the property of exhibiting images of persons or things not present, indicating in that way future events. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prov. E. silly-hew; cf. AS. s&aemacr_;lig happy, good, and hūfe a cap, hood. See Silly, a. ] A caul. See Caul, n., 3. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated; by some means; as, the thing must be done somehow; he lives somehow. [ 1913 Webster ]

By their action upon one another they may be swelled somehow, so as to shorten the length. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The indefiniteness of somehow is emphasized by the addition of or other. [ 1913 Webster ]

Although youngest of the familly, he has somehow or other got the entire management of all the others. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A stage entertainment, live or televised, of successive separate performances, usually songs, dances, acrobatic feats, dramatic sketches, exhibitions of trained animals, or any specialties. When performed live in a theater, it was often called a vaudeville show, but when television became a dominant form of entertainment live vaudeville performances almost completely ceased. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]