n. [ Originally the same word as shade. √162. See Shade. ] 1. Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Darkness; shade; obscurity. [ 1913 Webster ] Night's sable shadows from the ocean rise. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A shaded place; shelter; protection; security. [ 1913 Webster ] In secret shadow from the sunny ray,
On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. That which follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion; hence, an obsequious follower. [ 1913 Webster ] Sin and her shadow Death. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom. “Hence, horrible shadow!” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 7. An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type. [ 1913 Webster ] The law having a shadow of good things to come. Heb. x. 1. [ 1913 Webster ] [ Types ] and shadows of that destined seed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 8. A small degree; a shade. “No variableness, neither shadow of turning.” James i. 17. [ 1913 Webster ] 9. An uninvited guest coming with one who is invited. [ A Latinism ] Nares. [ 1913 Webster ] I must not have my board pastered with shadows
That under other men's protection break in
Without invitement. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]
Shadow of death, darkness or gloom like that caused by the presence or the impending of death. Ps. xxiii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
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