Difference between revisions of "Share"

<p> (1): (n.) The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed. </p> <p> (2): (v.) A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence. </p> <p> (3): (n.) The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare. </p> <p> (4): (v.) Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a number; a portion among others; an apportioned lot; an allotment; a dividend. </p> <p> (5): (v.) Hence, one of a certain number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is divided; as, a ship owned in ten shares. </p> <p> (6): (v.) The pubes; the sharebone. </p> <p> (7): (v. t.) To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide. </p> <p> (8): (v. t.) To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide. </p> <p> (9): (v. t.) To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess in common; as, to share a shelter with another. </p> <p> (10): (v. i.) To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others. </p>

<p> SHARE, n. </p> 1. a part a portion a quantity as a small share of prudence or good sense. 2. A part or portion of a thing owned by a number in common that part of an undivided interest which belongs to each proprietor as a ship owned in ten shares a Tontine buildind owned in a hundred shares. 3. The part of a thing allotted or distributed to each individual of a number divided separate portion. Each heir has received his share of the estate. 4. A part belonging to one portion possessed. <p> Nor I without my share of fame. Dryden. </p> 5. A part contributed. He bears his share of the burden. 6. The broad iron or blade of a plow which cuts the ground or a furrow-slice.

<p> is the rendering in 1 Samuel 13:20 of מֵחֲרֶשֶׁת, macharesheth (from חָרִשׁ, to scratch or cut), an agricultural instrument requiring to be sharpened; probably some implement essentially corresponding to a modern hoe. (See [[Mattock]]). </p>