shattern.
/ˈʃatə/, U.S. /ˈʃædər/ 1. plural. Fragments into which a thing is broken, rent, or torn. Chiefly in phrases (to break, etc.) into or to shatters, (to be) in shatters. Obsolete exc. dialect.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a fragment > fragments
fardel1508
flinders1508
fitters1532
brockle1552
shells1578
frush1582
flitters1620
shattersa1640
spillikin1857
a1640 W. Fenner Serm. in Pract. Divinitie (1650) 197 If ever the heart come to be sensible of its blow, it will break all to shatters.
1691 A. D'Anvers Academia 35 His..Gown.. hangs about his Legs in shatters.
1727 P. Longueville Hermit 154 A Sea which dash'd the Ship to Shatters against the Rock.
1750 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 19 Nov. For the Ministry, it is all in shatters.
1814 Last Act ii. v, in J. Galt New Brit. Theatre II. 398 I..run my chaise so effectually against theirs, that smash both went all to shatters.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 93 The proudest triumph art conceives..Grey-bearded time in shatters leaves.
1872 Argosy 13 199 It's a sad thing..for men like you to be obliged to work yourselves to shatters to keep them.
1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester Shatters, sherds of pottery, etc.
2. A shattered state of nerves. rare.
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the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [noun] > nervousness > shattered state of nerves
shatter1777
1777 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 166 You can have no idea what a shatter every new comer gave me.
1849 Carlyle in Cent. Mag. (1882) May 23/2 If the nerves are to be continually in a shatter with want of sleep.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [noun] > friable stone
shatter1712
1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. 123 [Strata] 2. Stiff Clay almost four Foot. 3. Shatter, as they there call it, that is a shattering Stone, two Foot.
4. Something scattered or shed; a crop (of hops); a shower (of rain). dialect. Cf. scatter n. 2.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > hop crop
shatter1875
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a or the fall of rain > shower
showerOE
rain showerOE
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shatter1875
dag-
1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. There's a tidy shatter of hops this year.
1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. We've had quite a nice little shatter of rain.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
shatterv.
/ˈʃatə/, U.S. /ˈʃædər/ 1. transitive. To scatter, disperse, throw about in all directions; to cause (seed, leaves, etc.) to fall or be shed. Also with out. Obsolete exc. dialect.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > scatter broadcast
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sprengeOE
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shatterc1330
sowa1387
spilla1400
shadec1425
sparklec1440
scatter?c1450
distribute?c1510
sparse?1550
to cast seed1577
bescatter1859
to sow, scatter, throw, etc. broadcast1874
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > cause (seed or leaves) to fall
fellc1400
shatter1577
c1330 Arth. & Merl. 553 (Kölbing) Ac þo þai come hider eft, Her werk was al vp aleft & yschatred here & þere.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 81 Ȝe schal mak counseil and it schal be schaterid [Vulg. Isa. viii. 10 dissipabitur].
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 32 Least the whot weather shatter the seedes.
1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 20 in Justa Edouardo King I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forc'd fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing yeare.
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 131 The skin cleaves and at length falls off..and leaves the seed Case to ripen, and by degrees, to shatter out its seed at a place underneath this cap.
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ ii. 13 If the young Cions be..a little sheltered..by shattering a little Straw, Brake, or Hawm lightly over them.
1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 329 They sow almost all Manner of Grain, but Oats and Lentils; but these are..apt to be shatter'd before Harvest.
1844 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. (1848) 178 Nanny..tore the bag wher she'd a-put Her share, an' shatter'd ev'ry nut.
1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial.
1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. Add. 201.
2.
a. To break in pieces by a sudden blow or concussion; to dash into fragments, disrupt into parts.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break to pieces, shatter, or burst
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briteOE
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to-driveOE
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bruisea1382
burst1382
rushc1390
shinderc1390
spald?a1400
brittenc1400
pashc1400
forbruise1413
to break, etc. into sherds1426
shattera1450
truncheon1477
scarboyle1502
shonk1508
to-shattera1513
rash1513
shidera1529
grind1535
infringe1543
dishiver1562
rupture1578
splinter1582
tear1582
disshiver1596
upburst1596
to burst up1601
diminish1607
confract1609
to blow (shiver, smash, tear, etc.) to or into atoms1612
dishatter1615
vanquashc1626
beshiver1647
disfrange1778
smash1778
explode1784
bust1806
spell1811
smithereen1878
shard1900
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xiii. l. 734 Here helmes he to-Clef A-two, Here Scheldis he Alto-schatered Also.
1564 J. Stow Mem. in Three 15th Cent. Chron. (Camden) 130 Ye backar partes of ye same howsys wer all to blewne and shattard in pecis.
1604 M. Drayton Moyses ii. 49 The slates fall shatt'red from the roofe aboue.
1637 J. Milton Comus 27 Till all thy magick structures rear'd so high Were shatter'd into heaps ore thy false head.
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxii. 166 Those light and subtle Fumes..into which the Fire it self shatters dry Bodies.
1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin 124 The bottles twain behind his back Were shatter'd at a blow.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 228 In this experiment the glasses are often shattered to pieces.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 89 A thin glass vessel may easily be shattered by sucking the air from its interior.
1883 Harper's Mag. Nov. 946/2 The light.., striking against a series of..prisms, fell shattered and scintillating into a thousand..beams.
b. To damage ruinously (a structure, a living organism, a fighting force, etc.) by battery or violent concussion; to damage or destroy by fracture of the parts.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)] > by breaking, tearing, or cutting something off
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shattera1513
cancel1574
snip1822
mutilate1824
shard1879
detruncate1885
nick1885
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxxix. f. ciiii He repayred Cyties, townes & Castelles that by the sayd Danys were shatered and broken.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. i. 96 He raisd a sigh so pittious and profound As it did seeme to shatter all his bulke. View more context for this quotation
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1662 (1955) III. 316 I returned home to repaire my miserably shatt<er>ed house by the late Tempest.
1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 77 The General had already one Arm broken, and his Knee shatter'd with a Musket-shot.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iv. 167 These Spanish ships..had been greatly shattered by a storm.
1856 Ld. Tennyson Charge Light Brigade (rev. ed.) iv, in Maud & Other Poems (new ed.) 163 Cossack and Russian Reel'd from the sabre-stroke Shatter'd and sunder'd.
1863 W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting viii. 329 His face was shattered with shot about the upper jaw, nose, and eyes.
c. figurative, or with immaterial object. Also, to damage or destroy the fortunes of (a person or body of persons).
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to
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to do awayOE
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to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529
dash?1529
to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531
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extermine1539
fatec1540
peppera1550
disappoint1563
to put (also set) beside the saddle1563
to cut the throat of1565
to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568
to make a hand of (also on, with)1569
demolish1570
to break the neck of1576
to make shipwreck of1577
spoil1578
to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579
cipher1589
ruinate1590
to cut off by the shins1592
shipwreck1599
exterminate1605
finish1611
damnify1612
ravel1614
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stagger1629
unrivet1630
consummate1634
pulverizea1640
baffle1649
devil1652
to blow up1660
feague1668
shatter1683
cook1708
to die away1748
to prove fatal (to)1759
to knock up1764
to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834
to put the kibosh on1834
to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835
kibosh1841
to chaw up1843
cooper1851
to jack up1870
scuttle1888
to bugger up1891
jigger1895
torpedo1895
on the fritz1900
to put paid to1901
rot1908
down and out1916
scuppera1918
to put the skids under1918
stonker1919
liquidate1924
to screw up1933
cruel1934
to dig the grave of1934
pox1935
blow1936
to hit for six1937
to piss up1937
to dust off1938
zap1976
1683–4 E. Stillingfleet Serm.Job xxiii. 15 (1707) 343 No consideration in the World doth so break in pieces and confound and shatter the Spirit of a Man.
1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. (1698) i. xi. §147. 143 When any Monarchy was shatter'd to pieces, and divided amongst revolted Subjects.
1860 R. W. Emerson Considerations in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 223 The war or revolution..that shatters a rotten system.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §1. 457 The truth against which ecclesiastical dogmatism..must always shatter itself.
1906 T. G. Pinches Relig. Babylonia & Assyria iii. 37 An irresistible weapon, which should shatter all his enemies.
d. To wreck (a person's constitution, nerves, etc.) by sickness, hardship, or the like. Also, to wreck the health, strength, or spirits of (a person).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > cause to be ill [verb (transitive)] > make weak
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afaintc1400
defeat?c1400
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feeblish1477
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overfeeble1495
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to bring low1530
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enervate1572
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to pull downa1586
prosternate1593
shake1594
to lay along1598
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to run down1733
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reduce1767
prostrate1780
shatter1785
undermine1812
imbecile1829
disinvigorate1844
devitalize1849
wreck1850
atrophy1865
crumple1892
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > make dejected [verb (transitive)] > severely
to kill one's heart1470
strike1598
accable1602
shatter1785
1785 F. Burney Diary 14 Dec. (1842) II. 367 Everything shatters her dear feeble frame.
1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 212 Her constitution, shattered by the frequent attacks it endured, could not long hold out.
1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son lxi. 611 Shattered in mind, and perilously sick in body.
1887 Pall Mall Budget 21 Apr. 2/2 Continual riding to and fro in the steppes will in time shatter the wiriest constitution.
e. To cause (earth) to crumble. ? dialect.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > crumble
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offe?1440
undurec1440
crima1450
crumblea1475
murla1525
mool1595
shatter1891
1891 W. J. Malden Tillage 58 This land must be stirred in frosts as much as possible; if it once gets baked into a harsh condition, it will have to be allowed to get thoroughly dry, when a rain will ‘shatter’ it.
3. intransitive. To become scattered or dispersed; to be shed or strewn about. Of grain, etc.: To drop out of the husk from over-ripeness. Of a flower: To drop its petals. Also with out.
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the world > plants > part of plant > growth, movement, or curvature of parts > grow, move, or curve [verb (intransitive)] > fall off or drop
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shatter1577
shale1578
decide1657
shake1725
shell1828
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter or be dispersed [verb (intransitive)] > be scattered in particles
flitter1548
scatter1577
shatter1577
pepper1857
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 36v All Pulse..are speedily to be geathered when they be ripe, for they suddaynely shatter.
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 150 To gather them [sc. hops] before they shatter.
1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xv. 93 The First Crop they let stand 'till some of the Seed shatter'd.
1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 361/2 Those oats are beginning to shatter out [Kent].
4.
a. To become broken suddenly or violently into fragments or separate parts; to fly in pieces or asunder. Also with up.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > shatter or break to pieces or burst
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forbursta1000
springOE
to-flyc1000
to-shootc1000
to-springc1000
to-drevea1225
to-resea1225
to-breakc1230
to go shiversc1275
to-drivec1275
to-rivec1275
to-shenec1275
to-wendc1275
debruise1297
lash13..
to-dashc1300
to-scatter13..
to-shiver13..
shiverc1330
bequash1377
shinderc1390
brasta1400
bursta1400
to-shiderc1450
to fly in pieces1488
sprent1488
splindera1500
reavec1560
dishiver1562
shatter1567
disshiver1586
split1590
slent1608
besplit1638
disrupt1657
splintera1661
rupture1734
explode1784
to ding in staves1786
to break, knock etc., or go, to smash1798
spell1811
to go (also run) smash1818
to play smash1841
bust1844
splitter1860
disrump1886
to fall into staves1895
smash1904
1567 [implied in: W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. Concl. f. 427 The foundation..planted in shattring soile. (at shattering adj. 1)].
1578 [implied in: T. Proctor Sonn. against Detraction in Gorgious Gallery iv. D iv In weltring waues my ship is tost, My shattering sayles away bee shorne. (at shattering adj. 1)].
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §841 Some Fragile Bodies breake but where the Force is; Some shatter and fly in many Peeces.
1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. 108 A very hard, irregular, lumpish Stone, that does not hew well, but shatters with the Tool.
1858 C. Kingsley My Winter-garden in Misc. (1860) I. 149 To hear that chorus, as it pours round the fir-stems, rings against the roof above, shatters up into a hundred echoes.
1869 A. J. Evans Vashti xvi. 212 Promises, which shatter like crystal under the hammer of the first temptation.
1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad iv. 6 Wake: the vaulted shadow shatters.
b. Of a body of men: To suffer disruption.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away in all directions > be driven in all directions
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squander1823
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. v. §2. 31 Religion [is] the foundation of euery Citie, both gathering men, and holding them vnanimously together; who else would quickly shatter cleane asunder.
1687 tr. Sallust (1692) 132 His Army, compos'd of several Nations, having lost their Leader,..shatter'd into several Parties.
c. Of earth: To fall or crumble in pieces. Also with down. ? dialect. (Cf. 2e.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > crumble
grushc1420
crumb1546
crumble1577
shalder1577
murl1600
slack1700
shatter1733
fall1743
1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 234 It being a black, fat Mould,..will by the Frosts, Rains, and Winds,..shatter, crumble, and become hollow.
1891 W. J. Malden Tillage 49 Any pens which have been extra trodden in wet weather should be picked out, and ploughed while frosted, so that they may ‘shatter’ down on thawing.
1891 W. J. Malden Tillage Gloss. s.v. Clods shatter into flakes or meal-like particles, when they fall to pieces from the effect of the weather.
5. † b. Of the teeth: To chatter. Obsolete.
a. To dash or strike noisily against some hard object; to produce sharp sudden sounds by shaking or concussion; to clatter, rattle. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > impinge [verb (intransitive)] > forcibly or violently > with sound or vibration
shatter?a1400
jar1665
slap1840
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > clatter
clastera1307
clatterc1386
shatter?a1400
hurtle1509
?a1400 Arthur 90 Thus they hyw on helmes hye, And schatered on wyþ scheldes.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2083 Brokeȝ byled & breke bi bonkkeȝ aboute, Schyre schaterande on schoreȝ, þer þay doun schowued.
1623 J. Taylor World runnes on Wheeles in Wks. (1630) ii. 238/1 The casements shatter, tatter and clatter.
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 196 Windows stood shattering with the Wind in empty Houses, for want of People to shut them.
1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. Shatter, to rattle as the windows of a carriage. Caithness.
1912 M. Hewlett in Eng. Rev. Apr. 12 Slantwise comes the rain And shatters at the window~pane To wake the hind.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > make chattering sound > specifically of teeth
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hacka1450
chitter1535
clacket1579
beata1592
shatter1682
1682 T. Creech tr. Lucretius De natura rerum v. 162 His Teeth all shatter, Limbs all shake with Cold.
1782 T. Vaughan Fashionable Follies (new ed.) I. lxiv. 109 His teeth shattered, his hair stood upright on his head.
c. Of birds: To chirp, chatter. dialect. rare.
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the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > chirp or twitter
chirmOE
chattera1250
janglea1300
jargon?a1366
chirkc1386
chirtc1386
chitterc1386
twittera1387
chirpc1440
yipc1440
channerc1480
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chirrup1579
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pip1598
gingreate1623
chita1639
sweet1677
shatter17..
swee-swee1839
weet-weet1845
cheet1855
tweet1856
twiddle1863
weet1866
17.. Bonnie Nancy i, in Maidment Ballads (1844) 13 Nancy's to the Greenwood gain To hear the gowdspink shattering.
6. transitive and intransitive. To shake, wave, move to and fro. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > shake
quakeeOE
bivec888
shakec950
reseOE
aquetcha1000
divera1225
quavec1225
quetchc1275
squetchc1330
tremblec1374
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roga1400
shaga1400
quashc1400
shatter1533
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (transitive)] > shake
reseeOE
swengea1000
shakeOE
stira1023
rogglea1398
bitaltc1400
rogc1400
shigc1440
warble1510
brangle1513
shatter1533
wap1570
goggle1576
esbrandill1588
concute1599
quakea1616
beshake1664
1533 J. Heywood Play of Wether sig. Biiiiv The wynde is so weyke it..skantely can shatter the shyttyn sayle That hangeth shatterynge at a womans tayle.
a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) v. 61 Ist possible these gowty legs danc't lately, And shatterd in a Galliard?
Compounds
shatter belt n. Geology a belt of fractured or brecciated rock formed as a result of faulting.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > [noun] > type of zone
greenstone belt1872
sheeted zone1903
shatter belt1910
fault zone1931
slide area1959
fracture-zone1965
subduction zone1970
1910 Peach & Horne in Murray & Pullar Bathymetr. Survey Scottish Fresh-Water Lochs I. 459 Shatter belts situated along lines of fault or dislocations of the strata have exercised a considerable influence in producing the isolation of these individual masses.
1970 R. J. Small Study of Landforms iii. 102 Where crustal movement leads to the creation of crushed or brecciated zones (‘shatter~belts’).., the development of river valleys may be closely guided.
shatter cone n. Geology a fluted conical structure produced in rock by intense mechanical shock, esp. by that associated with meteoritic impact.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [noun] > cone or cone-in-cone
cone-in-cone1877
cone-sheet1924
shatter cone1933
1933 W. H. Bucher in Rep. 16th Internat. Geol. Congr. 1070 In the same vicinity more convincing evidence of the action of an explosive force is seen in the local development of ‘shatter cones’, innumerable incipient cracks traversing beds of rather coarsely crystalline dolomite in the shape of interpenetrating cones, not unlike cone-in-cone.
1979 Sci. Amer. Mar. 43/3 Macroscopic evidence includes ‘shatter cones’, structures of quartzite that flare outward and downward, away from the direction of impact.
shatter-coned adj. characterized by the presence of shatter cones.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [adjective] > coned
shatter-coned1967
1967 McGraw-Hill Yearbk. Sci. & Technol. 110 The Steinheim Basin..is the prototype shatter-coned structure.
shatter-coning n. the formation or presence of shatter cones.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [noun] > formation by impact
shatter-coning1968
1968 New Scientist 28 Nov. 501/2 A really definitive theory of shatter coning is still lacking.
1975 Nature 29 May 394/1 Shatter coning and intense microtwinning of calcite..are indicators of shock metamorphism.
shatter crack n. Metallurgy (see quot. 1958).
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > qualities of metals > [noun] > imperfections
honeycomb1530
roll mark1894
hair crack1896
season crack1909
season cracking1910
snowflake1919
hairline crack1923
shrinkage cavity1923
clink1925
shatter crack1930
stretcher strain1931
pimpling1940
stringer1942
quench cracking1949
1930 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 121 703 Rapid cooling through the secondary brittle range is believed to cause the formation of shatter cracks in rails showing secondary brittleness.
1958 A. D. Merriman Dict. Metall. 315/2 Shatter cracks, a name used in reference to fine internal fissures, particularly when found in the heads of steel rails. The cracks lie at random in all directions and occur most frequently in large steel forgings.
shatter-pate n.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mentally ill person > [noun] > mad person
woodman1297
madmanc1330
lunatic1377
franticc1380
madwomana1438
March harec1500
Bedlam beggar1525
fanaticc1525
bedlama1529
frenetic1528
Jack o' Bedlam1528
Tom o' Bedlam1569
crack-brain1570
madbrain1570
Tom1575
madcap1589
gelt1596
madhead1600
brainsick1605
madpash1611
non compos1628
madling1638
bedlam-man1658
bedlamerc1675
fan1682
bedlamite1691
cracka1701
lymphatic1708
shatter-brain1719
mad1729
maniaca1763
non compos mentis1765
shatter-pate1775
shatter-wit1775
insane1786
craze1831
dement1857
crazy1867
crackpot1883
loony1884
bug1885
psychopath1885
dingbat1887
psychopathic1890
ding-a-ling1899
meshuggener1900
détraqué1902
maddiea1903
nut1908
mental1913
ding1929
lakes1934
wack1938
fruitcake1942
nutty1942
barm-pot1951
nutcake1953
nutter1958
nutcase1959
nut job1959
meshuga1962
nutsy1964
headcase1965
nutball1968
headbanger1973
nutso1975
wacko1977
nut bar1978
mentalist1990
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > giddy, light-headed
light head1536
cock-brain1556
fiddler1591
wild goose1597
barmy-froth1598
knick-knacker1622
nugator1656
shatter-pate1775
feather-brain1776
whirl-brain1817
feather-head1834
date1914
bubblehead1916
airhead1971
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun] > person
flippera1400
butterflya1500
dalliera1568
fling-brain1570
barmy-froth1598
inconsiderate1598
cork1601
cork-brain1630
kickshaw1644
shatter-brain1719
shatter-pate1775
shatter-wit1775
scatter-brain1790
flutter-pate1894
Jack-o'-wisp1896
ditz1984
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Shatterpate, a shatterbrain.
1976 Times 7 Dec. 14/5 This poor shatterpate's condition.
shatter-wit n. = shatter-brain n.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mentally ill person > [noun] > mad person
woodman1297
madmanc1330
lunatic1377
franticc1380
madwomana1438
March harec1500
Bedlam beggar1525
fanaticc1525
bedlama1529
frenetic1528
Jack o' Bedlam1528
Tom o' Bedlam1569
crack-brain1570
madbrain1570
Tom1575
madcap1589
gelt1596
madhead1600
brainsick1605
madpash1611
non compos1628
madling1638
bedlam-man1658
bedlamerc1675
fan1682
bedlamite1691
cracka1701
lymphatic1708
shatter-brain1719
mad1729
maniaca1763
non compos mentis1765
shatter-pate1775
shatter-wit1775
insane1786
craze1831
dement1857
crazy1867
crackpot1883
loony1884
bug1885
psychopath1885
dingbat1887
psychopathic1890
ding-a-ling1899
meshuggener1900
détraqué1902
maddiea1903
nut1908
mental1913
ding1929
lakes1934
wack1938
fruitcake1942
nutty1942
barm-pot1951
nutcake1953
nutter1958
nutcase1959
nut job1959
meshuga1962
nutsy1964
headcase1965
nutball1968
headbanger1973
nutso1975
wacko1977
nut bar1978
mentalist1990
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [noun] > person
flippera1400
butterflya1500
dalliera1568
fling-brain1570
barmy-froth1598
inconsiderate1598
cork1601
cork-brain1630
kickshaw1644
shatter-brain1719
shatter-pate1775
shatter-wit1775
scatter-brain1790
flutter-pate1894
Jack-o'-wisp1896
ditz1984
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Shatterwit, a shatterbrain, an inattentive young fellow, a giddy girl.
shatter-pated adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [adjective]
idlec825
giddyc1000
volage?a1366
apec1370
foolisha1382
vain1390
idleful1483
volageous1487
glaikit1488
cock-brained1530
apish1532
empty1550
sillyc1555
frivolous?1563
tickle-headed1583
light-braineda1593
frothy1593
owlish1596
bird-witted1605
empty-headed1614
idle-headed1614
empty-pateda1628
marmosetical1630
grollish1637
feather-headed1647
nonsense1647
whirl-crowned1648
feather-brained1649
swimmering1650
soft-pated1651
weather-headeda1652
shuttlecock1660
drum-headed1664
chicken-brained1678
halokit1724
desipient1727
shatter-pated1727
scattered-brained1747
light-thoughted1777
scatter-brained1804
shandy-pated1806
hellicat1815
feather-pated1819
inane1819
weather-brained1826
bubble-headed1827
tomfoolish1838
bird-brained1892
tottle1894
fluffy1898
scatty1911
wandery1912
scattery1924
twitterpated1943
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adjective]
lightlyeOE
lightOE
lightsomea1425
flying1509
light-minded?1529
tickle or light of the sear?1530
giddya1547
light-headed1549
gidded1563
giddish1566
fling-brained1570
tickle-headed1583
toyish1584
shallow1594
leger1598
corky1601
barmy1602
airy1609
unfirma1616
unballast1622
cork-brained1630
unballasted1644
kickshawa1655
unserious1655
unstudious1663
flirtishc1665
caper-witteda1670
shatter-headedc1686
corky-brained1699
flea-lugged1724
halokit1724
shatter-brained1727
scattered-brained1747
shatter-witted1775
flippant1791
butterfly-brained1796
scatter-brained1804
gossamer1806
shandy-pated1806
shattery1820
barmy-brained1823
papilionaceous1832
flirtatious1834
flirty1840
Micawberish1859
scatterheaded1867
flibberty-gibberty1879
thistledown1897
shatter-pated1901
trivial-minded1905
scattery1924
fizgig1928
ditzy1979
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > slightly mad > scatter-brained
madbraina1560
mad-headeda1566
mad-braineda1577
madcap1591
shatter-headedc1686
shatter-brained1727
shatter-witted1775
scatter-brained1804
skivie1808
wuzzy1896
shatter-pated1901
scatty1911
twitterpated1943
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Shatter-brain'd, Shatter-pated, scarce Compos Mentis, crazy-headed, hare-brain'd, confused, acting without Thought, &c.
1901 Scotsman 11 Nov. 9/2 The shatter-pated pulpiteers.
1917 J. B. Cabell Cream of Jest iii. vi. 131 Everywhere, in every age,..men stumbled amiable and shatter-pated through a jungle of miracles, blind to its wonderfulness.
1938 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Feb. 12/2 Ah reckon yo're a mite shatter-pated in yore wit-box.
shatter-witted adj. = shatter-brained adj. at shatter-brain n. Derivatives (in dictionaries).
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adjective]
lightlyeOE
lightOE
lightsomea1425
flying1509
light-minded?1529
tickle or light of the sear?1530
giddya1547
light-headed1549
gidded1563
giddish1566
fling-brained1570
tickle-headed1583
toyish1584
shallow1594
leger1598
corky1601
barmy1602
airy1609
unfirma1616
unballast1622
cork-brained1630
unballasted1644
kickshawa1655
unserious1655
unstudious1663
flirtishc1665
caper-witteda1670
shatter-headedc1686
corky-brained1699
flea-lugged1724
halokit1724
shatter-brained1727
scattered-brained1747
shatter-witted1775
flippant1791
butterfly-brained1796
scatter-brained1804
gossamer1806
shandy-pated1806
shattery1820
barmy-brained1823
papilionaceous1832
flirtatious1834
flirty1840
Micawberish1859
scatterheaded1867
flibberty-gibberty1879
thistledown1897
shatter-pated1901
trivial-minded1905
scattery1924
fizgig1928
ditzy1979
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > slightly mad > scatter-brained
madbraina1560
mad-headeda1566
mad-braineda1577
madcap1591
shatter-headedc1686
shatter-brained1727
shatter-witted1775
scatter-brained1804
skivie1808
wuzzy1896
shatter-pated1901
scatty1911
twitterpated1943
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Shatterwitted, inattentive, careless, giddy.
shatter-proof adj. proof against shattering; also figurative.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [adjective] > protection or proof against something
windproof1616
winterproof1650
burglar-proof1856
hole-proof1913
shatter-proof1936
blast-proof1940
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective] > like hard substance
adamantinea1382
rock-like1595
unmalleable1606
immarbled1641
iron-bound1648
inflexible1698
cast iron1829
teak-built1847
granitic1862
inelastic1867
petrified1870
ossified1901
shatter-proof1936
sclerotic1965
1936 Sun (Baltimore) 6 Feb. 6/2 Two men who locked the doors of their automobile from the inside..watched State police vainly try to break through shatterproof glass.
1953 M. McCarthy in Reporter 3 Mar. 38/2 These people live in shatterproof hierarchical structures.
1978 M. Dewis Law Health & Safety at Work v. 245 The plaintiff relied on a statement that the windscreens were shatterproof and bought one of their cars.
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