These are the meanings of the letters HYRST when you unscramble them.
- Shy (a.)
To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.
- Shy (n.)
A side throw; a throw; a fling.
- Shy (n.)
A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
- Shy (superl.)
Cautious; wary; suspicious.
- Shy (superl.)
Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.
- Shy (superl.)
Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
- Shy (v. t.)
To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper.
- Sty (v. i.)
A pen or inclosure for swine.
- Sty (v. i.)
A place of bestial debauchery.
- Sty (v. i.)
An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.
- Sty (v. i.)
To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup.
- Sty (v. t.)
To shut up in, or as in, a sty.
- Thy (pron.)
Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine.
- Try (n.)
A screen, or sieve, for grain.
- Try (n.)
Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial.
- Try (v. i.)
To do; to fare; as, how do you try!
- Try (v. i.)
To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn.
- Try (v. t.)
Refined; select; excellent; choice.
- Try (v. t.)
To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good.
- Try (v. t.)
To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.
- Try (v. t.)
To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal.
- Try (v. t.)
To experience; to have or gain knowledge of by experience.
- Try (v. t.)
To experiment with; to test by use; as, to try a remedy for disease; to try a horse.
- Try (v. t.)
To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test; as, to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a man's opinions.
- Try (v. t.)
To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc.
- Try (v. t.)
To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms; as, to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions.
- Try (v. t.)
To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience.
- Try (v. t.)
To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause suffering or trouble to.