·noun A show carried about in a box; a peep show.
·noun Semblance; likeness; appearance. II. Show ·noun Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·add. ·- A stage entertainment of successive separate performances, usually songs, dances, acrobatic...
Poor Savoyards, who subsist by shewing the magic lantern and marmots about London. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
An exclamation from the boatswain's mate, or master-at-arms, for people to show that they are awake ...
The Sailor's Word-Book