Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest. Matt. viii. 4.

Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise
Magnificence; and what can heaven show more? Milton.

Shew them the way wherein they must walk. Ex. xviii. 20.

If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away. 1 Sam. xx. 13.

I 'll show my duty by my timely care. Dryden.

Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me. Ex. xx. 6.

To show forth, to manifest; to publish; to proclaim. -- To show his paces, to exhibit the gait, speed, or the like; -- said especially of a horse. -- To show off, to exhibit ostentatiously. -- To show up, to expose. [Colloq.]

Just such she shows before a rising storm. Dryden.

All round a hedge upshoots, and shows
At distance like a little wood. Tennyson.

My lord of York, it better showed with you. Shak.

To show off, to make a show; to display one's self.

As for triumphs, masks, feasts, and such shows. Bacon.

I envy none their pageantry and show. Young.

He through the midst unmarked,
In show plebeian angel militant
Of lowest order, passed. Milton.

Beware of the scribes, . . . which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers. Luke xx. 46. 47.

Show bill, a broad sheet containing an advertisement in large letters. -- Show box, a box xontaining some object of curiosity carried round as a show. -- Show card, an advertising placard; also, a card for displaying samples. -- Show case, a gla(?)ed case, box, or cabinet for displaying and protecting shopkeepers' wares, articles on exhibition in museums, etc. -- Show glass, a glass which displays objects; a mirror. -- Show of hands, a raising of hands to indicate judgment; as, the vote was taken by a show of hands. -- Show stone, a piece of glass or crystal supposed to have the property of exhibiting images of persons or things not present, indicating in that way future events.