Share (?), n. [OE. schar, AS. scear; akin to OHG. scaro, G. schar, pflugshar, and E. shear, v. See Shear.]
1.
The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.
2.
The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed.
Knight.
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Share, n. [OE. share, AS. scearu, scaru, fr. sceran to shear, cut. See Shear, v.]
1.
A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence.
2.
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.
"My
share of fame."
Dryden.
3.
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.
4.
The pubes; the sharebone.
[Obs.]
Holland.
To go shares, to partake; to be equally concerned. -- Share and share alike, in equal shares.
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Share, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sharing.]
1.
To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.
Suppose I share my fortune equally between my children and a stranger.
Swift.
2.
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.
While avarice and rapine share the land.
Milton.
3.
To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.
[Obs.]
The shared visage hangs on equal sides.
Dryden.
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Share (?), v. i.
To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others.
A right of inheritance gave every one a title to share in the goods of his father.
Locke.
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