shadrach

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Definition of shadrach in English English dictionary

A male given name of biblical origin

One of the captives in the Bible that came out of the fiery furnace unharmed

A machine, resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for irrigation

That filling up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity, projection, etc

Being without shade; not shaded

in a picture or a drawing

A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar

In a shady manner

Act or process of making a shade

Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representin

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One who, or that which, shades

Quality or state of being shady

Full of shade; shady

See Dan

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William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman

v. born Nov. 29, 1895, Harper, Liberia died July 23, 1971, London, Eng. President of Liberia (1944-71). Tubman educated himself in law before entering public service, eventually ascending to the Supreme Court (1937-44). As president, Tubman enacted suffrage and property rights for women, authorized participation in government by all ethnic groups, and established a nationwide public-school system

Hyphenation

Shad·rach

Etymology

() From Hebrew שַׁדְרַךְ (shadrákh), from a Babylonian language.