Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Show \Show\, n. [Formerly written also shew.]
   1. The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to
      sight; exhibition.

   2. That which os shown, or brought to view; that which is
      arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition; as, a
      traveling show; a cattle show.

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

   3. Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.

            I envy none their pageantry and show. --Young.

   4. Semblance; likeness; appearance.

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

   5. False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.

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

   6. (Med.) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked
      with blood, occuring a short time before labor.

   7. (Mining) A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame,
      indicating the presence of fire damp. --Raymond.

   {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.