Definition of Shadrach

1. n. A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.)

Definition of Shadrach

1. Proper noun. (biblical character) One of the captives in the Bible that came out of the fiery furnace unharmed. ¹

2. Proper noun. (Hebrew male given name) of biblical origin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shadrach

1. a mass of unfused material in the hearth of a blast furnace [n -S]

Medical Definition of Shadrach

1. A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shadrach

shadowily
shadowiness
shadowinesses
shadowing
shadowing (histology)
shadowings
shadowish
shadowland
shadowlands
shadowless
shadowlike
shadowplay
shadowplays
shadows
shadowy
shadrach
shadrachs
shads
shaduf
shadufs
shady
shaffle
shaffled
shaffles
shaffling
shaffron
shaffrons
shafranovskite
shaft bow

Literary usage of Shadrach

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, Council of Safety (Conn.)., James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1874)
"said persons got judgment against said Shadrach for a considerable sum, notwithstanding the said Shadrach was out of this Colony at the time when the writ ..."

2. Political History of Secession to the Beginning of the American Civil War by Daniel Wait ( Howe (1914)
"The Shadrach case in Boston, Massachusetts, in February, 1851, was one of the first and most notable. Shadrach was arrested and held in custody as an ..."

3. Political History of Secession to the Beginning of the American Civil War by Daniel Wait Howe (1914)
"The Shadrach case in Boston, Massachusetts, in February, 1851, was one of the first and most notable. Shadrach was arrested and held in custody as an ..."

4. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1900)
"De debil but he cain't go ter Shadrach; Shadrach gotter kim ter him 1er git he soul back, gwine let him git mixed an' tangled up an' hit hatter be er mighty ..."

5. Fugitive Slaves (1619-1865) by Marion Gleason McDougall, Albert Bushnell Hart (1891)
"Shadrach case (1851). — In the three typical cases just described, neither the law's delay, violent interference, nor the desperation of the steve, ..."

6. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1887)
"Saved your life, old Shadrach. Come and have drink on the strength of it." But unhappily Master Edward was in no mood to be helped up-stairs, ..."

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