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Webster 1913 Edition


Shright

Shright

,
obs.
imp.
&
p.
p.
of
Shriek
.
She cried alway and
shright
.
Chaucer.

Shright

,
Noun.
[See
Shriek
.]
A shriek; shrieking.
[Obs]
Spenser.
“All hoarse for shright.”
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Shright

SHRIGHT

, for shrieked.

SHRIGHT

,
Noun.
A shriek. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


shright

shright

English

Verb

shright

  1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of shriek
  2. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of shritch

Noun

shright (plural shrights)

  1. (obsolete) A shriek or shrieking; sobbing.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
      cruell Sprights, / That with their pitteous cryes, and yelling shrights, / They made the further shore resounden wide [...].