Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHEW-BREAD

[See Show-bread. ]

 

SHEWER

n.One that shows. [See Shower. ]

 

SHEWING

[See Showing. ]

 

SHEW-BREAD

loaves of bread which the priest of the week placed before the Lord, on the golden table in the sanctuary. They were shaped like a brick, were ten palms long and five wide, weighing about eight pounds each. They were made of fine flour unleavened, and changed every sabbath. The loaves were twelve in number, and represented the twelve tribes of Israel. They were to be eaten by the priest only.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHEW

SHEW Shew, v. t. & i.

 

Defn: See Show.

 

SHEW

SHEW Shew, n.

 

Defn: Show. [Obs. except in shewbread. ]

 

SHEWBREAD

SHEWBREAD Shew "bread `.

 

Defn: See Showbread.

 

SHEWEL

SHEWEL Shew "el, n.

 

Defn: A scarecrow. [Obs. ] Trench.

 

SHEWER

SHEWER Shew "er, n.

 

Defn: One who shews. See Shower.

 

SHEWN

SHEWN Shewn,

 

Defn: p. p. of Shew.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

shew

shew |SHō ʃoʊ | ▶verb old-fashioned variant spelling of show.

 

shewbread

shew bread |ˈʃoʊbrɛd |(also showbread |ˈSHōˌbred |) ▶noun twelve loaves placed every Sabbath in the Jewish Temple and eaten by the priests at the end of the week. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: suggested by German Schaubrot, representing Hebrew leḥem pānīm, literally ‘bread of the face (of God ).’

 

Oxford Dictionary

shew

shew |ʃəʊ | ▶verb old-fashioned spelling of show.

 

shewbread

shewbread |ˈʃəʊbrɛd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] twelve loaves placed every Sabbath in the Jewish Temple and eaten by the priests at the end of the week. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: suggested by German Schaubrot, representing Hebrew leḥem pānīm, literally ‘bread of the face (of God )’.