Alternative form of twaite shad.

A fish in the herring family Clupeidae, Alosa fallax, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

A surname.

A surname.

(simile, idiomatic) To tremble, as with fear, cold, etc.; shiver

(television) A plate punched with tiny holes that separate the coloured phosphors in the layer behind the front glass of the screen. Three electron guns at the back of the screen sweep across the mask, with the beams only reaching the screen if they pass through the holes.

plural of shadow mask

(geology) alum slate

One who believes that Francis Bacon (1561–1626) or a relation of his was the author of the works attributed to William Shakespeare.

Pertaining to the Bacon-Shakespeareans and their beliefs.