melzer's reagent (medicine) and shake(2) (iou)

melzer's reagent (medicine)

melzer's reagent

A stain used to study the cellular structure of fungi.

shake verb. , pa. t. & pple shacked.

I.
verb intrans. Go, pass, move, journey; flee, depart. poet. OE-E16.
II.
verb intrans. Of a thing having more or less freedom of movement: move irregularly and quickly to and fro, up and down, or from side to side; quiver, quake, vibrate, waver; flutter. OE.
Tennyson The long light shakes across the lakes. C. S. Calverley The..pine-forests which shake In the wind.
verb intrans. Of a thing normally stable or still: vibrate irregularly, tremble, as the result of impact or disturbance; totter, lose stability, become weakened. ME.
Sir W. Scott The postern gate shakes,..it crashes. B. Vine The..express..roared past and the whole station shook.
verb intrans. Of a person, a person's body, limbs, etc.: quake or tremble with physical infirmity or disease; quiver with emotion; shiver with cold, quake with fear. ME.
W. Maxwell He is deathly pale and his hands shake. R. Robinson I found myself shaking with fear.
b. spec. Be convulsed with laughter. E18.
III.
verb trans. Brandish or flourish threateningly (a weapon etc.). Also, flourish, wave (something) ostentatiously or in triumph. OE.
Shakespeare All's Well Home, where I will never come Whilst I can shake my sword. C. Hare Shaking his fist under the historian's nose.
verb trans. Cause to move irregularly and quickly to and fro, up and down, or from side to side; cause to flutter or quiver; agitate. OE.
Milton The Tawnie Lion..Rampant shakes his Brinded main. House & Garden Shake one measure of..rum with the juice of half a lime.
b. refl. Of a person or animal: give a shake to his, her, or its body; fig. bestir oneself, arouse oneself to activity. LME.
E. Welty He shook himself in the sun like a dog.
c. Wave (the hand) in farewell. M16.
verb trans. Cause to change from a normal state of stability or stillness into a state of quaking, quivering, or vibrating; cause (a structure) to totter; impair the stability of, weaken, (lit. & fig.); change the mind of, alter the resolve of. OE.
G. Greene A sonic boom..shook the old glass of the..window. R. Lardner When he once makes up his mind to a thing, there's nothing in the world can shake him. J. Trollope Nothing shakes people's faith so badly.
verb trans. Grasp or seize and move (a person) roughly to and fro; rouse or startle from sleep or inactivity. ME.
Sir W. Scott Though he shake thee..roughly..to awake thee. J. Conrad As if I could have done her some violenceshaken her, beaten her.
verb trans. (Of physical infirmity, emotion, etc.) cause (a person etc.) to quiver or tremble; agitate, convulse; move or stir the feelings of, disturb, upset; colloq. upset the composure or complacency of. LME.
P. Hemingway Memory of his loss shook him with sobs. D. C. Peattie I was..shaken with impotent hatred. V. Cronin Madame..appeared extremely shaken by her stormy interview.
verb trans. Send in a specified direction or bring to a specified condition by shaking or by an effort or shock; distribute with a shake, scatter, sprinkle; dislodge or eject from by shaking; move from a position or opinion etc. LME.
E. Bowen She..shook the dust out of her motor veil. J. Potts He couldn't shake her looseshe hung on to his arm. R. Travers Edmunds tried hard to shake the doctor from his opinion. H. Norman Maybe this time will shake some sense into him.
b. verb trans. Bring down, scatter (fruit, blossom, corn, etc.) by shaking. Also, turn out (a fox) from a bag. M16-E19.
c. verb trans. Cast (dice) usu. with a preliminary shake. L16.
d. verb intrans. Of fruit, blossom, corn, etc.: fall, scatter. Now dial. E18.
e. verb trans. Steal. slang (chiefly Austral.). E19.
f. Get rid of, give up (a habit etc.), abandon; evade; shake off (an illness, feeling, etc.). L19.
D. Bloodworth Most habits are difficult to shake. New Yorker I never really shook the reputation. E. Segal That damn flu, he could not seem to shake it.
verb trans. Rob (a person). Foll. by of, out of. Now only Austral. slang. LME.
a. verb trans. Split, crack, (timber). Chiefly as shaken ppl adjective. E16.
b. verb intrans. Of timber: split, crack. L17.
a. verb intrans. Music. Execute a trill; perform, play, or sing with vibrato. E17.
b. verb trans. Give vibrato to (the voice); accompany or execute with a trill or vibrato. M17.
verb intrans. Shake hands. L19.
M. Shadbolt 'I don't want to argue. Can we shake?' He offered his hand.
Phrases: be shook on Austral. & NZ slang have an infatuation for; be keen on, be impressed by, admire. more than you can shake a stick at & vars. (colloq.) more than one can count, a considerable amount or number. shake a leg, shake a loose leg: see LEG noun. shake a person's hand shake hands with a person. shake by the hand shake hands with (a person). shake free of: see shake oneself free of below. shake hands (of two persons) shake hands with each Other. shake hands with (of one person) clasp one of the hands of (another) in one of one's own as a greeting, or farewell, as a sign of friendship or goodwill, confirmation of a promise, bargain, etc., as a sign of reconciliation or the absence of ill feeling. shake in one's shoes tremble with fear. shake one's elbow arch. gamble with dice. shaken baby syndrome Medicine a sometimes fatal condition observed in infants who have been violently shaken or jolted, characterized esp. by intracranial injury and retinal haemorrhages. shake (oneself) free of disengage oneself from by shaking or by an effort. shake one's finger at: see FINGER noun. shake one's head turn the head slightly to one side and the Other to express refusal, disapproval, dissent, or doubt, or in sorrow or scorn. shake one's sides: see SIDE noun. shake the dust off one's feet: see DUST noun. shake the midriff: see MIDRIFF 1. shake the plum-tree: see PLUM noun. shake your shambles: see SHAMBLE noun2 1.
With adverbs in specialized senses: shake down (a) cause to totter and fall, bring down by shaking; (b) cause to settle or subside by shaking; (c) settle down, accommodate to circumstances, a condition, position, etc. (foll. by into); (d) colloq. find temporary accommodation, esp. for sleeping; sleep on a makeshift bed, esp. on a floor; (e) slang (chiefly N. Amer.) extort money from, blackmail or otherwise pressurize (a person) for (occas. of) money, etc.; (f) slang (chiefly US) (esp. of police) search (a person or place). shake off cast off or remove with a shake or an effort (lit. & fig.); get rid of (a person); draw away from (another competitor) in a race. shake out (a) cast out or remove with a shake or an effort (lit. & fig.); (b) cast out the contents of; empty by shaking; (c) unfasten or unfurl and let out with a shake; straighten out by shaking (something crumpled or folded); (d) remove or get rid of by means of a shake-out, esp. shed (personnel) as a result of reorganization. shake together shake so as to mix or bring closer together. shake up (a) lift up with a shake, rattle (a chain); (b) berate soundly, Abuse violently; harass, afflict; (c) shake together for the purpose of combining or mixing; shake (a liquid) so as to stir up sediment; (d) loosen or restore to shape by shaking; (e) rouse up with or as with a shake; rouse from lethargy, apathy, etc.; (f) upset the feelings of, agitate, confuse.
Comb.: shake-bag (obsolete exc. dial.) (a) a gamecock brought to fight in a bag and unseen until the fight begins; a large gamecock; (b) a rogue, a scoundrel; shakefork (a) (obsolete exc. dial.) a fork with two tines or prongs used by threshers to shake and remove straw from the grain; a pitchfork; (b) Heraldry a pall with limbs cut short and pointed; shake-hands an act of shaking hands with another person; shake-rag noun & adjective (arch.) (a) noun a ragged disreputable person; (b) adjective beggarly.

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