S () the nineteenth letter of the
English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to
its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack,
this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides
these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It
generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and
at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is
silent, as in isle, debris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh. See Guide
to pronunciation, // 255-261.
-s () The suffix used to form the
plural of most words; as in roads, elfs, sides, accounts.
-s () The suffix used to form the
third person singular indicative of English verbs; as in falls, tells, sends.
-s () An adverbial suffix; as in
towards, needs, always, -- originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See -'s.
's () A contraction for is or
(colloquially) for has.
Saadh (n.) See Sadh.
Saan (n. pl.) Same as
Bushmen.
Sabadilla (n.) A Mexican
liliaceous plant (Schoenocaulon officinale); also, its seeds, which contain the
alkaloid veratrine. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic and purgative.
Sabaean (a. & n.) Same as
Sabian.
Sabaeanism (n.) Same as
Sabianism.
Sabaeism (n.) Alt. of
Sabaism
Sabaism (n.) See Sabianism.
Sabal (n.) A genus of palm
trees including the palmetto of the Southern United States.
Sabaoth (n. pl.) Armies;
hosts.
Sabaoth (n. pl.)
Incorrectly, the Sabbath.
Sabbat (n.) In mediaeval
demonology, the nocturnal assembly in which demons and sorcerers were thought to
celebrate their orgies.
Sabbatarian (n.) One who
regards and keeps the seventh day of the week as holy, agreeably to the letter
of the fourth commandment in the Decalogue.
Sabbatarian (n.) A strict
observer of the Sabbath.
Sabbatarian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Sabbath, or the tenets of Sabbatarians.
Sabbatarianism (n.) The
tenets of Sabbatarians.
Sabbath (n.) A season or
day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of
which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the
Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the
first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day.
Sabbath (n.) The seventh
year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival.
Sabbath (n.) Fig.: A time
of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like.
Sabbathless (a.) Without
Sabbath, or intermission of labor; hence, without respite or rest.
Sabbatic (a.) Alt. of
Sabbatical
Sabbatical (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Sabbath; resembling the Sabbath; enjoying or bringing an
intermission of labor.
Sabbatism (n.)
Intermission of labor, as upon the Sabbath; rest.
Sabbaton (n.) A
round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a part of the sixteenth
century in both military and civil dress.
Sabean (a. & n.) Same as
Sabian.
Sabeism (n.) Same as
Sabianism.
Sabella (n.) A genus of
tubicolous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around the head.
Sabellian (a.) Pertaining
to the doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n.
Sabellian (n.) A follower
of Sabellius, a presbyter of Ptolemais in the third century, who maintained that
there is but one person in the Godhead, and that the Son and Holy Spirit are
only different powers, operations, or offices of the one God the Father.
Sabellianism (n.) The
doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n.
Sabelloid (a.) Like, or
related to, the genus Sabella.
Saber (n.) Alt. of Sabre
Sabre (n.) A sword with a
broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a
scimiter; a cavalry sword.
Sabered (imp. & p. p.) of
Sabre
Sabred () of Sabre
Sabering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sabre
Sabring () of Sabre
Saber (v. t.) Alt. of
Sabre
Sabre (v. t.) To strike,
cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber.
Saberbill (n.) Alt. of
Sabrebill
Sabrebill (n.) The curlew.
Sabian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Saba in Arabia, celebrated for producing aromatic plants.
Sabian (a.) Relating to
the religion of Saba, or to the worship of the heavenly bodies.
Sabian (n.) An adherent of
the Sabian religion; a worshiper of the heavenly bodies.
Sabianism (n.) The
doctrine of the Sabians; the Sabian religion; that species of idolatry which
consists in worshiping the sun, moon, and stars; heliolatry.
Sabicu (n.) The very hard
wood of a leguminous West Indian tree (Lysiloma Sabicu), valued for
shipbuilding.
Sabine (a.) Of or
pertaining to the ancient Sabines, a people of Italy.
Sabine (n.) One of the
Sabine people.
Sabine (n.) See Savin.
Sable (n.) A carnivorous
animal of the Weasel family (Mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes
of Europe, Asia, and America, -- noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur.
Sable (n.) The fur of the
sable.
Sable (n.) A mourning
garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural.
Sable (n.) The tincture
black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.
Sable (a.) Of the color of
the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry.
Sabled (imp. & p. p.) of
Sable
Sabling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sable
Sable (v. t.) To render
sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.
Sabot (n.) A kind of
wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other
European countries.
Sabot (n.) A thick,
circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag and projectile are attached,
in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, a piece of soft metal attached to a
projectile to take the groove of the rifling.
Sabotiere (n.) A kind of
freezer for ices.
Sabre (n. & v.) See Saber.
Sabretasche (n.) A leather
case or pocket worn by cavalry at the left side, suspended from the sword belt.
Sabrina work () A variety of
applique work for quilts, table covers, etc.
Sabulose (a.) Growing in
sandy places.
Sabulosity (n.) The
quality of being sabulous; sandiness; grittiness.
Sabulous (a.) Sandy;
gritty.
Sac (n.) See Sacs.
Sac (n.) The privilege
formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and
imposing fines.
Sac (n.) See 2d Sack.
Sac (n.) A cavity, bag, or
receptacle, usually containing fluid, and either closed, or opening into another
cavity to the exterior; a sack.
Sacalait (n.) A kind of
fresh-water bass; the crappie.
Sacar (n.) See Saker.
Saccade (n.) A sudden,
violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with
one pull.
Saccate (a.) Having the
form of a sack or pouch; furnished with a sack or pouch, as a petal.
Saccate (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Saccata, a suborder of ctenophores having two pouches into
which the long tentacles can be retracted.
Saccharate (n.) A salt of
saccharic acid.
Saccharate (n.) In a wider
sense, a compound of saccharose, or any similar carbohydrate, with such bases as
the oxides of calcium, barium, or lead; a sucrate.
Saccharic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or obtained from, saccharine substances; specifically,
designating an acid obtained, as a white amorphous gummy mass, by the oxidation
of mannite, glucose, sucrose, etc.
Sacchariferous (a.)
Producing sugar; as, sacchariferous canes.
Saccharified (imp. & p. p.)
of Saccharify
Saccharifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Saccharify
Saccharify (v. t.) To
convert into, or to impregnate with, sugar.
Saccharilla (n.) A kind of
muslin.
Saccharimeter (n.) An
instrument for ascertaining the quantity of saccharine matter in any solution,
as the juice of a plant, or brewers' and distillers' worts.
Saccharimetrical (a.) Of
or pertaining to saccharimetry; obtained by saccharimetry.
Saccharimetry (n.) The
act, process or method of determining the amount and kind of sugar present in
sirup, molasses, and the like, especially by the employment of polarizing
apparatus.
Saccharin (n.) A bitter
white crystalline substance obtained from the saccharinates and regarded as the
lactone of saccharinic acid; -- so called because formerly supposed to be
isomeric with cane sugar (saccharose).
Saccharinate (n.) A salt
of saccharinic acid.
Saccharinate (n.) A salt
of saccharine.
Saccharine (a.) Of or
pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar; producing sugar; sweet; as,
a saccharine taste; saccharine matter.
Saccharine (n.) A trade
name for benzoic sulphinide.
Saccharinic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or derived from, saccharin; specifically, designating a complex
acid not known in the free state but well known in its salts, which are obtained
by boiling dextrose and levulose (invert sugar) with milk of lime.
Saccharized (imp. & p. p.)
of Saccharize
Saccharizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Saccharize
Saccharize (v. t.) To
convert into, or to impregnate with, sugar.
Saccharoid (a.) Alt. of
Saccharoidal
Saccharoidal (a.)
Resembling sugar, as in taste, appearance, consistency, or composition; as,
saccharoidal limestone.
Saccharometer (n.) A
saccharimeter.
Saccharomyces (n.) A genus
of budding fungi, the various species of which have the power, to a greater or
less extent, or splitting up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. They are the
active agents in producing fermentation of wine, beer, etc. Saccharomyces
cerevisiae is the yeast of sedimentary beer. Also called Torula.
Saccharomycetes (n. pl.) A
family of fungi consisting of the one genus Saccharomyces.
Saccharonate (n.) A salt
of saccharonic acid.
Saccharone (n.) A white
crystalline substance, C6H8O6, obtained by the oxidation of saccharin, and
regarded as the lactone of saccharonic acid.
Saccharone (n.) An oily
liquid, C6H10O2, obtained by the reduction of saccharin.
Saccharonic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or derived from, saccharone; specifically, designating an
unstable acid which is obtained from saccharone (a) by hydration, and forms a
well-known series of salts.
Saccharose (n.) Cane
sugar; sucrose; also, in general, any one of the group of which saccharose, or
sucrose proper, is the type. See Sucrose.
Saccharous (a.)
Saccharine.
Saccharum (n.) A genus of
tall tropical grasses including the sugar cane.
Saccholactate (n.) A salt
of saccholactic acid; -- formerly called also saccholate.
Saccholactic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, an acid now called mucic acid; saccholic.
Saccholic (a.)
Saccholactic.
Sacchulmate (n.) A salt of
sacchulmic acid.
Sacchulmic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a dark amorphous substance by
the long-continued boiling of sucrose with very dilute sulphuric acid. It
resembles humic acid.
Sacchulmin (n.) An
amorphous huminlike substance resembling sacchulmic acid, and produced together
with it.
Sacciferous (a.) Bearing a
sac.
Sacciform (a.) Having the
general form of a sac.
Saccoglossa (n. pl.) Same
as Pellibranchiata.
Saccular (a.) Like a sac;
sacciform.
Sacculated (a.) Furnished
with little sacs.
Saccule (n.) A little sac;
specifically, the sacculus of the ear.
Sacculo-cochlear (a.)
Pertaining to the sacculus and cochlea of the ear.
Sacculo-utricular (a.)
Pertaining to the sacculus and utriculus of the ear.
Sacculi (pl. ) of Sacculus
Sacculus (n.) A little
sac; esp., a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear.
Sacci (pl. ) of Saccus
Saccus (n.) A sac.
Sacella (pl. ) of Sacellum
Sacellum (n.) An unroofed
space consecrated to a divinity.
Sacellum (n.) A small
monumental chapel in a church.
Sacerdotal (a.) Of or
pertaining to priests, or to the order of priests; relating to the priesthood;
priesty; as, sacerdotal dignity; sacerdotal functions.
Sacerdotalism (m.) The
system, style, spirit, or character, of a priesthood, or sacerdotal order;
devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order.
Sacerdotally (adv.) In a
sacerdotal manner.
Sachel (n.) A small bag.
Sachem (n.) A chief of a
tribe of the American Indians; a sagamore.
Sachemdom (n.) The
government or jurisdiction of a sachem.
Sachemship (n.) Office or
condition of a sachem.
Sachet (n.) A scent bag,
or perfume cushion, to be laid among handkerchiefs, garments, etc., to perfume
them.
Saciety (n.) Satiety.
Sack (n.) A name formerly
given to various dry Spanish wines.
Sack (n.) A bag for
holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of
pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch.
Sack (n.) A measure of
varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack
of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels.
Sack (n.) Originally, a
loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and
serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with
sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing sack.
Sack (n.) A sack coat; a
kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
Sack (n.) See 2d Sac, 2.
Sack (n.) Bed.
Sack (v. t.) To put in a
sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.
Sack (v. t.) To bear or
carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
Sack (n.) The pillage or
plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation;
ravage.
Sacked (imp. & p. p.) of
Sack
Sacking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sack
Sack (v. t.) To plunder or
pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage.
Sackage (n.) The act of
taking by storm and pillaging; sack.
Sackbut (n.) A brass wind
instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or
shortened according to the tone required; -- said to be the same as the
trombone.
Sackcloth (n.) Linen or
cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or
garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence.
Sackclothed (a.) Clothed
in sackcloth.
Sacker (n.) One who sacks;
one who takes part in the storm and pillage of a town.
Sackfuls (pl. ) of Sackful
Sackful (n.) As much as a
sack will hold.
Sackful (a.) Bent on
plunder.
Sacking (n.) Stout, coarse
cloth of which sacks, bags, etc., are made.
Sackless (a.) Quiet;
peaceable; harmless; innocent.
Sack-winged (a.) Having a
peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of the wing; -- said of certain
bats of the genus Saccopteryx.
Sacque (n.) Same as 2d
Sack, 3.
Sacral (a.) Of or
pertaining to the sacrum; in the region of the sacrum.
Sacrament (n.) The oath of
allegiance taken by Roman soldiers; hence, a sacred ceremony used to impress an
obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath.
Sacrament (n.) The pledge
or token of an oath or solemn covenant; a sacred thing; a mystery.
Sacrament (n.) One of the
solemn religious ordinances enjoined by Christ, the head of the Christian
church, to be observed by his followers; hence, specifically, the eucharist; the
Lord's Supper.
Sacrament (v. t.) To bind
by an oath.
Sacramental (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; of the nature of a sacrament;
sacredly or solemnly binding; as, sacramental rites or elements.
Sacramental (a.) Bound by
a sacrament.
Sacramental (n.) That
which relates to a sacrament.
Sacramentalism (n.) The
doctrine and use of sacraments; attachment of excessive importance to
sacraments.
Sacramentalist (n.) One
who holds the doctrine of the real objective presence of Christ's body and blood
in the holy eucharist.
Sacramentally (adv.) In a
sacramental manner.
Sacramentarian (n.) A name
given in the sixteenth century to those German reformers who rejected both the
Roman and the Lutheran doctrine of the holy eucharist.
Sacramentarian (n.) One
who holds extreme opinions regarding the efficacy of sacraments.
Sacramentarian (a.) Of or
pertaining a sacrament, or to the sacramentals; sacramental.
Sacramentarian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Sacramentarians.
Sacramentary (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; sacramental.
Sacramentary (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Sacramentarians.
-ries (pl. ) of
Sacramentary
Sacramentary (n.) An
ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, written by Pope Gelasius, and
revised, corrected, and abridged by St. Gregory, in which were contained the
rites for Mass, the sacraments, the dedication of churches, and other
ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same kind in France and
Germany.
Sacramentary (n.) Same as
Sacramentarian, n., 1.
Sacramentize (v. i.) To
administer the sacraments.
-ria (pl. ) of Sacrarium
Sacrarium (n.) A sort of
family chapel in the houses of the Romans, devoted to a special divinity.
Sacrarium (n.) The adytum
of a temple.
Sacrarium (n.) In a
Christian church, the sanctuary.
Sacrate (v. t.) To
consecrate.
Sacration (n.)
Consecration.
Sacre (n.) See Saker.
Sacre (v. t.) To
consecrate; to make sacred.
Sacred (a.) Set apart by
solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to
religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred place; a sacred
day; sacred service.
Sacred (a.) Relating to
religion, or to the services of religion; not secular; religious; as, sacred
history.
Sacred (a.) Designated or
exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor,
reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.
Sacred (a.) Hence, not to
be profaned or violated; inviolable.
Sacred (a.) Consecrated;
dedicated; devoted; -- with to.
Sacred (a.) Solemnly
devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed;
baleful.
Sacrific (a.) Alt. of
Sacrifical
Sacrifical (a.) Employed
in sacrifice.
Sacrificable (a.) Capable
of being offered in sacrifice.
Sacrificant (n.) One who
offers a sacrifice.
Sacrificator (n.) A
sacrificer; one who offers a sacrifice.
Sacrificatory (n.)
Offering sacrifice.
Sacrifice (n.) The
offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite.
Sacrifice (n.) Anything
consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity; an immolated victim, or an
offering of any kind, laid upon an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of
religious thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation.
Sacrifice (n.) Destruction
or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some
desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more
pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up; as, the sacrifice of
interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest.
Sacrifice (n.) A sale at a
price less than the cost or the actual value.
Sacrificed (imp. & p. p.)
of Sacrifice
Sacrificing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sacrifice
Sacrifice (n.) To make an
offering of; to consecrate or present to a divinity by way of expiation or
propitiation, or as a token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the
altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor, or to express
thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a sheep.
Sacrifice (n.) Hence, to
destroy, surrender, or suffer to be lost, for the sake of obtaining something;
to give up in favor of a higher or more imperative object or duty; to devote,
with loss or suffering.
Sacrifice (n.) To destroy;
to kill.
Sacrifice (n.) To sell at
a price less than the cost or the actual value.
Sacrifice (v. i.) To make
offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer
sacrifice.
Sacrificer (n.) One who
sacrifices.
Sacrificial (a.) Of or
pertaining to sacrifice or sacrifices; consisting in sacrifice; performing
sacrifice.
Sacrilege (n.) The sin or
crime of violating or profaning sacred things; the alienating to laymen, or to
common purposes, what has been appropriated or consecrated to religious persons
or uses.
Sacrilegious (a.)
Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane;
impious.
Sacrilegist (n.) One
guilty of sacrilege.
Sacring () a. & n. from Sacre.
Sacrist (n.) A sacristan;
also, a person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir, and take
care of the books.
Sacristan (n.) An officer
of the church who has the care of the utensils or movables, and of the church in
general; a sexton.
Sacristies (pl. ) of
Sacristy
Sacristy (n.) An apartment
in a church where the sacred utensils, vestments, etc., are kept; a vestry.
Sacro- () A combining form
denoting connection with, or relation to, the sacrum, as in sacro-coccygeal,
sacro-iliac, sacrosciatic.
Sacrosanct (a.) Sacred;
inviolable.
Sacrosciatic (a.) Of or
pertaining to both the sacrum and the hip; as, the sacrosciatic foramina formed
by the sacrosciatic ligaments which connect the sacrum and the hip bone.
Sacrovertebral (a.) Of or
pertaining to the sacrum and that part of the vertebral column immediately
anterior to it; as, the sacrovertebral angle.
sacra (pl. ) of Sacrum
Sacrum (n.) That part of
the vertebral column which is directly connected with, or forms a part of, the
pelvis.
Sacs (n. pl.) A tribe of
Indians, which, together with the Foxes, formerly occupied the region about
Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Sad (supperl.) Sated;
satisfied; weary; tired.
Sad (supperl.) Heavy;
weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
Sad (supperl.) Dull;
grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors.
Sad (supperl.) Serious;
grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous.
Sad (supperl.) Affected
with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy;
mournful.
Sad (supperl.) Afflictive;
calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune.
Sad (supperl.) Hence, bad;
naughty; troublesome; wicked.
Sad (v. t.) To make
sorrowful; to sadden.
Sadda (n.) A work in the
Persian tongue, being a summary of the Zend-Avesta, or sacred books.
Saddened (imp. & p. p.) of
Sadden
Saddening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sadden
Sadden (v. t.) To make
sad.
Sadden (v. t.) To render
heavy or cohesive.
Sadden (v. t.) To make
dull- or sad-colored, as cloth.
Sadden (v. t.) To make
grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful.
Sadden (v. i.) To become,
or be made, sad.
Sadder (n.) Same as Sadda.
Saddle (n.) A seat for a
rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back,
furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place
with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle.
Saddle (n.) A padded part
of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a
girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry
guides for the reins, etc.
Saddle (n.) A piece of
meat containing a part of the backbone of an animal with the ribs on each side;
as, a saddle of mutton, of venison, etc.
Saddle (n.) A block of
wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another
spar.
Saddle (n.) A part, as a
flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means
of attachment or support.
Saddle (n.) The clitellus
of an earthworm.
Saddle (n.) The threshold
of a door, when a separate piece from the floor or landing; -- so called because
it spans and covers the joint between two floors.
Saddled (imp. & p. p.) of
Saddle
Saddling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Saddle
Saddle (v. t.) To put a
saddle upon; to equip (a beast) for riding.
Saddle (v. t.) Hence: To
fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with
the expense of bridges and highways.
Saddleback (a.) Same as
Saddle-backed.
Saddleback (n.) Anything
saddle-backed; esp., a hill or ridge having a concave outline at the top.
Saddleback (n.) The harp
seal.
Saddleback (n.) The great
blackbacked gull (Larus marinus).
Saddleback (n.) The larva
of a bombycid moth (Empretia stimulea) which has a large, bright green,
saddle-shaped patch of color on the back.
Saddle-backed (a.) Having
the outline of the upper part concave like the seat of a saddle.
Saddle-backed (a.) Having
a low back and high neck, as a horse.
Saddlebags (n. pl.) Bags,
usually of leather, united by straps or a band, formerly much used by horseback
riders to carry small articles, one bag hanging on each side.
Saddlebow (n.) The bow or
arch in the front part of a saddle, or the pieces which form the front.
Saddlecloth (n.) A cloth
under a saddle, and extending out behind; a housing.
Saddled (a.) Having a
broad patch of color across the back, like a saddle; saddle-backed.
Saddler (n.) One who makes
saddles.
Saddler (n.) A harp seal.
Saddlery (n.) The
materials for making saddles and harnesses; the articles usually offered for
sale in a saddler's shop.
Saddlery (n.) The trade or
employment of a saddler.
Saddle-shaped (a.) Shaped
like a saddle.
Saddle-shaped (a.) Bent
down at the sides so as to give the upper part a rounded form.
Saddle-shaped (a.) Bent on
each side of a mountain or ridge, without being broken at top; -- said of
strata.
Saddletree (n.) The frame
of a saddle.
Sadducaic (a.) Pertaining
to, or like, the Sadducees; as, Sadducaic reasonings.
Sadducee (n.) One of a
sect among the ancient Jews, who denied the resurrection, a future state, and
the existence of angels.
Sadduceeism (n.) Alt. of
Sadducism
Sadducism (n.) The tenets
of the Sadducees.
Sadducized (imp. & p. p.)
of Sadducize
Sadducizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sadducize
Sadducize (v. i.) To adopt
the principles of the Sadducees.
Sadh (n.) A member of a
monotheistic sect of Hindoos. Sadhs resemble the Quakers in many respects.
Sadiron (n.) An iron for
smoothing clothes; a flatiron.
Sadly (adv.) Wearily;
heavily; firmly.
Sadly (adv.) Seriously;
soberly; gravely.
Sadly (adv.) Grievously;
deeply; sorrowfully; miserably.
Sadness (n.) Heaviness;
firmness.
Sadness (n.) Seriousness;
gravity; discretion.
Sadness (n.) Quality of
being sad, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection.
Sadr (n.) A plant of the
genus Ziziphus (Z. lotus); -- so called by the Arabs of Barbary, who use its
berries for food. See Lotus (b).
Saengerfest (n.) A
festival of singers; a German singing festival.
Safe (superl.) Free from
harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed;
unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from storms; safe from foes.
Safe (superl.) Conferring
safety; securing from harm; not exposing to danger; confining securely; to be
relied upon; not dangerous; as, a safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc.
Safe (superl.) Incapable
of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure care or custody; as, the prisoner
is safe.
Safe (n.) A place for
keeping things in safety.
Safe (n.) A strong and
fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel, etc., or a closet or vault of
brickwork) for containing money, valuable papers, or the like.
Safe (n.) A ventilated or
refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or
insects.
Safe (v. t.) To render
safe; to make right.
Safe-conduct (n.) That
which gives a safe passage
Safe-conduct (n.) a convoy
or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country
Safe-conduct (n.) a
writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel
with safety.
Safe-conduct (v. t.) To
conduct safely; to give safe-conduct to.
Safeguard (n.) One who, or
that which, defends or protects; defense; protection.
Safeguard (n.) A convoy or
guard to protect a traveler or property.
Safeguard (n.) A pass; a
passport; a safe-conduct.
Safeguard (v. t.) To
guard; to protect.
Safe-keeping (n.) The act
of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or from escape; care; custody.
Safely (adv.) In a safe
manner; danger, injury, loss, or evil consequences.
Safeness (n.) The quality
or state of being safe; freedom from hazard, danger, harm, or loss; safety;
security; as the safeness of an experiment, of a journey, or of a possession.
Safe-pledge (n.) A surety
for the appearance of a person at a given time.
Safety (n.) The condition
or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt,
injury, or loss.
Safety (n.) Freedom from
whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm;
safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence,
justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc.
Safety (n.) Preservation
from escape; close custody.
Safety (n.) Same as Safety
touchdown, below.
Safflow (n.) The
safflower.
Safflower (n.) An annual
composite plant (Carthamus tinctorius), the flowers of which are used as a
dyestuff and in making rouge; bastard, or false, saffron.
Safflower (n.) The dried
flowers of the Carthamus tinctorius.
Safflower (n.) A dyestuff
from these flowers. See Safranin (b).
Saffron (n.) A bulbous
iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas.
See Crocus.
Saffron (n.) The aromatic,
pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus.
Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes,
etc., and was formerly much used in medicine.
Saffron (n.) An orange or
deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus.
Saffron (a.) Having the
color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face;
a saffron streamer.
Saffron (v. t.) To give
color and flavor to, as by means of saffron; to spice.
Saffrony (a.) Having a
color somewhat like saffron; yellowish.
Safranin (n.) An
orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron.
Safranin (n.) A red
dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly used in dyeing wool, silk,
and cotton pink and scarlet; -- called also Spanish red, China lake, and
carthamin.
Safranin (n.) An
orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro compounds of creosol, and used
as a substitute for the safflower dye.
Safranine (n.) An
orange-red nitrogenous dyestuff produced artificially by oxidizing certain
aniline derivatives, and used in dyeing silk and wool; also, any one of the
series of which safranine proper is the type.
Sagged (imp. & p. p.) of
Sag
Sagging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sag
Sag (v. i.) To sink, in
the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or
plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the
floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical
position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.
Sag (v. i.) Fig.: To lose
firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the
mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be
unsettled or unbalanced.
Sag (v. i.) To loiter in
walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
Sag (v. t.) To cause to
bend or give way; to load.
Sag (n.) State of sinking
or bending; sagging.
Sagas (pl. ) of Saga
Saga (n.) A Scandinavian
legend, or heroic or mythic tradition, among the Norsemen and kindred people; a
northern European popular historical or religious tale of olden time.
Sagacious (a.) Of quick
sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail.
Sagacious (a.) Hence, of
quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and
judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a
sagacious remark.
Sagacity (n.) The quality
of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of
discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness.
Sagamore (n.) The head of
a tribe among the American Indians; a chief; -- generally used as synonymous
with sachem, but some writters distinguished between them, making the sachem a
chief of the first rank, and a sagamore one of the second rank.
Sagamore (n.) A juice used
in medicine.
Sagapen (n.) Sagapenum.
Sagapenum (n.) A fetid gum
resin obtained from a species of Ferula. It has been used in hysteria, etc., but
is now seldom met with.
Sagathy (n.) A mixed woven
fabric of silk and cotton, or silk and wool; sayette; also, a light woolen
fabric.
Sage (n.) A suffruticose
labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with grayish green foliage, much used in
flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which
many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red
and blue sage.
Sage (n.) The sagebrush.
Sage (superl.) Having nice
discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; sagacious.
Sage (superl.) Proceeding
from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the purpose.
Sage (superl.) Grave;
serious; solemn.
Sage (n.) A wise man; a
man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man venerable for years, and of sound
judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher.
Sagebrush (n.) A low
irregular shrub (Artemisia tridentata), of the order Compositae, covering vast
tracts of the dry alkaline regions of the American plains; -- called also
sagebush, and wild sage.
Sagely (adv.) In a sage
manner; wisely.
Sagene (n.) A Russian
measure of length equal to about seven English feet.
Sageness (n.) The quality
or state of being sage; wisdom; sagacity; prudence; gravity.
Sagenite (n.) Acicular
rutile occurring in reticulated forms imbedded in quartz.
Sagenitic (a.) Resembling
sagenite; -- applied to quartz when containing acicular crystals of other
minerals, most commonly rutile, also tourmaline, actinolite, and the like.
Sagger (n.) A pot or case
of fire clay, in which fine stoneware is inclosed while baking in the kiln; a
seggar.
Sagger (n.) The clay of
which such pots or cases are made.
Sagging (n.) A bending or
sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed,
weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf.
Hogging.
Saginate (v. t.) To make
fat; to pamper.
Sagination (n.) The act of
fattening or pampering.
Sagitta (n.) A small
constellation north of Aquila; the Arrow.
Sagitta (n.) The keystone
of an arch.
Sagitta (n.) The distance
from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; -- so
called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.
Sagitta (n.) The larger of
the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes.
Sagitta (n.) A genus of
transparent, free-swimming marine worms having lateral and caudal fins, and
capable of swimming rapidly. It is the type of the class Chaetognatha.
Sagittal (a.) Of or
pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike
appendage.
Sagittal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture;
rabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove, on the inner surface of the roof
of the skull.
Sagittal (a.) In the
mesial plane; mesial; as, a sagittal section of an animal.
Sagittarius (n.) The ninth
of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about November 22,
marked thus [/] in almanacs; the Archer.
Sagittarius (n.) A
zodiacal constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting an
arrow.
Sagittary (n.) A centaur;
a fabulous being, half man, half horse, armed with a bow and quiver.
Sagittary (n.) The Arsenal
in Venice; -- so called from having a figure of an archer over the door.
Sagittary (a.) Pertaining
to, or resembling, an arrow.
Sagittate (a.) Shaped like
an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward.
Sagittated (a.) Sagittal;
sagittate.
Sagittocyst (n.) A
defensive cell containing a minute rodlike structure which may be expelled. Such
cells are found in certain Turbellaria.
Sago (n.) A dry granulated
starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an
article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics.
It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but
chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas
revoluta, Zamia integrifolia, etc.).
Sagoin (n.) A marmoset; --
called also sagouin.
Saga (pl. ) of Sagum
Sagum (n.) The military
cloak of the Roman soldiers.
Sagus (n.) A genus of
palms from which sago is obtained.
Sagy (a.) Full of sage;
seasoned with sage.
Sahib (n.) Alt. of Saheb
Saheb (n.) A respectful
title or appellation given to Europeans of rank.
Sahibah (n.) A lady;
mistress.
Sahidic (a.) Same as
Thebaic.
Sahlite (n.) See Salite.
Sahui (n.) A marmoset.
Sai (n.) See Capuchin, 3
(a).
Saibling (n.) A European
mountain trout (Salvelinus alpinus); -- called also Bavarian charr.
Saic (n.) A kind of ketch
very common in the Levant, which has neither topgallant sail nor mizzen topsail.
Said () imp. & p. p. of Say.
Said (a.)
Before-mentioned; already spoken of or specified; aforesaid; -- used chiefly in
legal style.
Saiga (n.) An antelope
(Saiga Tartarica) native of the plains of Siberia and Eastern Russia. The male
has erect annulated horns, and tufts of long hair beneath the eyes and ears.
Saikyr (n.) Same as Saker.
Sail (n.) An extent of
canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power
for propelling vessels through the water.
Sail (n.) Anything
resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
Sail (n.) A wing; a van.
Sail (n.) The extended
surface of the arm of a windmill.
Sail (n.) A sailing
vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
Sail (n.) A passage by a
sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.
Sailed (imp. & p. p.) of
Sail
Sailing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sail
Sail (n.) To be impelled
or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be
impelled on a body of water by the action of steam or other power.
Sail (n.) To move through
or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.
Sail (n.) To be conveyed
in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.
Sail (n.) To set sail; to
begin a voyage.
Sail (n.) To move smoothly
through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird.
Sail (v. t.) To pass or
move upon, as in a ship, by means of sails; hence, to move or journey upon (the
water) by means of steam or other force.
Sail (v. t.) To fly
through; to glide or move smoothly through.
Sail (v. t.) To direct or
manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.
Sailable (a.) Capable of
being sailed over; navigable; as, a sailable river.
Sailboat (n.) A boat
propelled by a sail or sails.
Sailcloth (n.) Duck or
canvas used in making sails.
Sailer (n.) A sailor.
Sailer (n.) A ship or
other vessel; -- with qualifying words descriptive of speed or manner of
sailing; as, a heavy sailer; a fast sailer.
Sailfish (n.) The banner
fish, or spikefish (Histiophorus.)
Sailfish (n.) The basking,
or liver, shark.
Sailfish (n.) The
quillback.
Sailing (n.) The act of
one who, or that which, sails; the motion of a vessel on water, impelled by wind
or steam; the act of starting on a voyage.
Sailing (n.) The art of
managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation; as, globular sailing; oblique
sailing.
Sailless (a.) Destitute of
sails.
Sailmaker (n.) One whose
occupation is to make or repair sails.
Sailor (n.) One who
follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands
the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a
common seaman.
Saily (a.) Like a sail.
Saim (n.) Lard; grease.
Saimir (n.) The squirrel
monkey.
Sain (p. p.) Said.
Sain (v. t.) To sanctify;
to bless so as to protect from evil influence.
Sainfoin (n.) A leguminous
plant (Onobrychis sativa) cultivated for fodder.
Sainfoin (n.) A kind of
tick trefoil (Desmodium Canadense).
Saint (n.) A person
sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true
Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God.
Saint (n.) One of the
blessed in heaven.
Saint (n.) One canonized
by the church.
Sainted (imp. & p. p.) of
Saint
Sainting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Saint
Saint (v. t.) To make a
saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical act, as of the pope; to
canonize; to give the title or reputation of a saint to (some one).
Saint (v. i.) To act or
live as a saint.
Saintdom (n.) The state or
character of a saint.
Sainted (a.) Consecrated;
sacred; holy; pious.
Sainted (a.) Entered into
heaven; -- a euphemism for dead.
Saintess (n.) A female
saint.
Sainthood (n.) The state
of being a saint; the condition of a saint.
Sainthood (n.) The order,
or united body, of saints; saints, considered collectively.
Saintish (a.) Somewhat
saintlike; -- used ironically.
Saintism (n.) The
character or quality of saints; also, hypocritical pretense of holiness.
Saintlike (a.) Resembling
a saint; suiting a saint; becoming a saint; saintly.
Saintliness (n.) Quality
of being saintly.
Saintly (superl.) Like a
saint; becoming a holy person.
Saintologist (n.) One who
writes the lives of saints.
Saintship (n.) The
character or qualities of a saint.
Saint-Simonian (n.) A
follower of the Count de St. Simon, who died in 1825, and who maintained that
the principle of property held in common, and the just division of the fruits of
common labor among the members of society, are the true remedy for the social
evils which exist.
Saint-Simonianism (n.) The
principles, doctrines, or practice of the Saint-Simonians; -- called also Saint-
Simonism.
Saith () 3d pers. sing. pres. of
Say.
Saithe (n.) The pollock,
or coalfish; -- called also sillock.
Saiva (n.) One of an
important religious sect in India which regards Siva with peculiar veneration.
Saivism (n.) The worship
of Siva.
Sajene (n.) Same as
Sagene.
Sajou (n.) Same as
Sapajou.
Sake (n.) Final cause;
end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account;
regard or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake of, for his
sake, for man's sake, for mercy's sake, and the like; as, to commit crime for
the sake of gain; to go abroad for the sake of one's health.
Saker (n.) A falcon (Falco
sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner.
Saker (n.) The peregrine
falcon.
Saker (n.) A small piece
of artillery.
Sakeret (n.) The male of
the saker (a).
Saki (n.) Any one of
several species of South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia. They have large
ears, and a long hairy tail which is not prehensile.
Saki (n.) The alcoholic
drink of Japan. It is made from rice.
Sakti (n.) The divine
energy, personified as the wife of a deity (Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, etc.); the
female principle.
Sal (n.) An East Indian
timber tree (Shorea robusta), much used for building purposes. It is of a light
brown color, close-grained, heavy, and durable.
Sal (n.) Salt.
Salaam (n.) Same as Salam.
Salaam (v. i.) To make or
perform a salam.
Salability (n.) The
quality or condition of being salable; salableness.
Salable (a.) Capable of
being sold; fit to be sold; finding a ready market.
Salacious (n.) Having a
propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous.
Salacity (n.) Strong
propensity to venery; lust; lecherousness.
Salad (n.) A preparation
of vegetables, as lettuce, celery, water cress, onions, etc., usually dressed
with salt, vinegar, oil, and spice, and eaten for giving a relish to other food;
as, lettuce salad; tomato salad, etc.
Salad (n.) A dish composed
of chopped meat or fish, esp. chicken or lobster, mixed with lettuce or other
vegetables, and seasoned with oil, vinegar, mustard, and other condiments; as,
chicken salad; lobster salad.
Salade (n.) A helmet. See
Sallet.
Salading (n.) Vegetables
for salad.
Salaeratus (n.) See
Saleratus.
Salagane (n.) The esculent
swallow. See under Esculent.
Salal-berry (n.) The
edible fruit of the Gaultheria Shallon, an ericaceous shrub found from
California northwards. The berries are about the size of a common grape and of a
dark purple color.
Salam (n.) A salutation or
compliment of ceremony in the east by word or act; an obeisance, performed by
bowing very low and placing the right palm on the forehead.
Salamander (n.) Any one of
numerous species of Urodela, belonging to Salamandra, Amblystoma, Plethodon, and
various allied genera, especially those that are more or less terrestrial in
their habits.
Salamander (n.) The
pouched gopher (Geomys tuza) of the Southern United States.
Salamander (n.) A culinary
utensil of metal with a plate or disk which is heated, and held over pastry,
etc., to brown it.
Salamander (n.) A large
poker.
Salamander (n.) Solidified
material in a furnace hearth.
Salamandrina (n.) A
suborder of Urodela, comprising salamanders.
Salamandrine (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or resembling, a salamander; enduring fire.
Salamandroid (a.) Like or
pertaining to the salamanders.
Salamandroidea (n. pl.) A
division of Amphibia including the Salamanders and allied groups; the Urodela.
Salamstone (n.) A kind of
blue sapphire brought from Ceylon.
Salangana (n.) The
salagane.
Salaried (a.) Receiving a
salary; paid by a salary; having a salary attached; as, a salaried officer; a
salaried office.
Salary (a.) Saline
Salaries (pl. ) of Salary
Salary (n.) The recompense
or consideration paid, or stipulated to be paid, to a person at regular
intervals for services; fixed wages, as by the year, quarter, or month; stipend;
hire.
Salaried (imp. & p. p.) of
Salary
Salarying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Salary
Salary (v. t.) To pay, or
agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to; as, to salary a clerk; to salary
a position.
Sale (n.) See 1st Sallow.
Sale (v. t.) The act of
selling; the transfer of property, or a contract to transfer the ownership of
property, from one person to another for a valuable consideration, or for a
price in money.
Sale (v. t.) Opportunity
of selling; demand; market.
Sale (v. t.) Public
disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of goods in market; auction.
Saleable (adv.) Alt. of
Saleably
Saleably (adv.) See
Salable, Salably, etc.
Saleb (n.) See Salep.
Salebrosity (n.) Roughness
or ruggedness.
Salebrous (a.) Rough;
rugged.
Salep (n.) The dried
tubers of various species of Orchis, and Eulophia. It is used to make a
nutritious beverage by treating the powdered preparation with hot water.
Saleratus (n.) Aerated
salt; a white crystalline substance having an alkaline taste and reaction,
consisting of sodium bicarbonate (see under Sodium.) It is largely used in
cooking, with sour milk (lactic acid) or cream of tartar as a substitute for
yeast. It is also an ingredient of most baking powders, and is used in the
preparation of effervescing drinks.
Salesmen (pl. ) of
Salesman
Salesman (n.) One who
sells anything; one whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.
Saleswomen (pl. ) of
Saleswoman
Saleswoman (n.) A woman
whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.
Salework (n.) Work or
things made for sale; hence, work done carelessly or slightingly.
Salian (a.) Denoting a
tribe of Franks who established themselves early in the fourth century on the
river Sala [now Yssel]; Salic.
Salian (n.) A Salian
Frank.
Saliant (a.) Same as
Salient.
Saliaunce (a.) Salience;
onslaught.
Salic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Salian Franks, or to the Salic law so called.
Salicaceous (a.) Belonging
or relating to the willow.
Salicin (n.) A glucoside
found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow (Salix) and poplar,
and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.
Salicyl (n.) The
hypothetical radical of salicylic acid and of certain related compounds.
Salicylal (n.) A thin,
fragrant, colorless oil, HO.C6H4.CHO, found in the flowers of meadow sweet
(Spiraea), and also obtained by oxidation of salicin, saligenin, etc. It reddens
on exposure. Called also salicylol, salicylic aldehyde, and formerly salicylous,
/ spiroylous, acid.
Salicylate (n.) A salt of
salicylic acid.
Salicylic (a.) Pertaining
to, derived from, or designating, an acid formerly obtained by fusing salicin
with potassium hydroxide, and now made in large quantities from phenol (carbolic
acid) by the action of carbon dioxide on heated sodium phenolate. It is a white
crystalline substance. It is used as an antiseptic, and in its salts in the
treatment of rheumatism. Called also hydroxybenzoic acid.
Salicylide (n.) A white
crystalline substance obtained by dehydration of salicylic acid.
Salicylite (n.) A compound
of salicylal; -- named after the analogy of a salt.
Salicylol (n.) Same as
Salicylal.
Salicylous (a.) Pertaining
to, or designating, a substance formerly called salicylous acid, and now
salicylal.
Salience (n.) The quality
or condition of being salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting.
Salience (n.) The quality
or state of projecting, or being projected; projection; protrusion.
Saliency (n.) Quality of
being salient; hence, vigor.
Salient (v. i.) Moving by
leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
Salient (v. i.) Shooting
out or up; springing; projecting.
Salient (v. i.) Hence,
figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous;
noticeable.
Salient (v. i.) Projecting
outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed to reentering. See Illust. of
Bastion.
Salient (v. i.)
Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion salient.
Salient (a.) A salient
angle or part; a projection.
Saliently (adv.) In a
salient manner.
Saliferous (a.) Producing,
or impregnated with, salt.
Salifiable (a.) Capable of
neutralizing an acid to form a salt; -- said of bases; thus, ammonia is
salifiable.
Salification (n.) The act,
process, or result of salifying; the state of being salified.
Salified (imp. & p. p.) of
Salify
Salifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Salify
Salify (v. t.) To combine
or impregnate with a salt.
Salify (v. t.) To form a
salt with; to convert into a salt; as, to salify a base or an acid.
Saligenin (n.) A phenol
alcohol obtained, by the decomposition of salicin, as a white crystalline
substance; -- called also hydroxy-benzyl alcohol.
Saligot (n.) The water
chestnut (Trapa natans).
Salimeter (n.) An
instrument for measuring the amount of salt present in any given solution.
Salimetry (n.) The art or
process of measuring the amount of salt in a substance.
Salina (a.) A salt marsh,
or salt pond, inclosed from the sea.
Salina (a.) Salt works.
Salina period () The period in
which the American Upper Silurian system, containing the brine-producing rocks
of central New York, was formed. See the Chart of Geology.
Salination (n.) The act of
washing with salt water.
Saline (a.) Consisting of
salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline
cathartic.
Saline (a.) Of the quality
of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.
Saline (a.) A salt spring;
a place where salt water is collected in the earth.
Saline (n.) A crude potash
obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources.
Saline (n.) A metallic
salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in
medicine.
Salineness (n.) The
quality or state of being salt; saltness.
Saliniferous (a.) Same as
Saliferous.
Saliniform (a.) Having the
form or the qualities of a salt, especially of common salt.
Salinity (n.) Salineness.
Salinometer (n.) A
salimeter.
Salinous (a.) Saline.
Salique (a.) Salic.
Saliretin (n.) A yellow
amorphous resinoid substance obtained by the action of dilute acids on
saligenin.
Salisburia (n.) The ginkgo
tree (Ginkgo biloba, or Salisburia adiantifolia).
Salite (v. t.) To season
with salt; to salt.
Salite (n.) A massive
lamellar variety of pyroxene, of a dingy green color.
Saliva (n.) The secretion
from the salivary glands.
Salival (a.) Salivary.
Salivant (a.) Producing
salivation.
Salivant (n.) That which
produces salivation.
Salivary (a.) Of or
pertaining to saliva; producing or carrying saliva; as, the salivary ferment;
the salivary glands; the salivary ducts, etc.
Salivated (imp. & p. p.)
of Salivate
Salivating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Salivate
Salivate (v. t.) To
produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce salivation or ptyalism in, as
by the use of mercury.
Salivate (v. i.) To
produce saliva, esp. in excess.
Salivation (n.) The act or
process of salivating; an excessive secretion of saliva, often accompanied with
soreness of the mouth and gums; ptyalism.
Salivous (a.) Pertaining
to saliva; of the nature of saliva.
Salices (pl. ) of Salix
Salix (n.) A genus of
trees or shrubs including the willow, osier, and the like, growing usually in
wet grounds.
Salix (n.) A tree or shrub
of any kind of willow.
Sallenders (n. pl.) An
eruption on the hind leg of a horse.
Sallet (n.) A light kind
of helmet, with or without a visor, introduced during the 15th century.
Sallet (n.) Alt. of
Salleting
Salleting (n.) Salad.
Salliance (n.) Salience.
Sallow (n.) The willow;
willow twigs.
Sallow (n.) A name given
to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible
shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc.
Sallow (superl.) Having a
yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin.
Sallow (v. t.) To tinge
with sallowness.
Sallowish (a.) Somewhat
sallow.
Sallowness (n.) The
quality or condition of being sallow.
Sallied (imp. & p. p.) of
Sally
Sallying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sally
Sally (v. i.) To leap or
rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a
fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.
Sallies (pl. ) of Sally
Sally (v.) A leaping
forth; a darting; a spring.
Sally (v.) A rushing or
bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of
troops from a place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie.
Sally (v.) An excursion
from the usual track; range; digression; deviation.
Sally (v.) A flight of
fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active
mind.
Sally (v.) Transgression
of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic;
escapade.
Sally Lunn () A tea cake slighty
sweetened, and raised with yeast, baked in the form of biscuits or in a thin
loaf, and eaten hot with butter.
Sallyman (n.) The velella;
-- called also saleeman.
Salm (n.) Psalm.
Salmagundi (n.) A mixture
of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.
Salmagundi (n.) Hence, a
mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.
Salmi (n.) Same as Salmis.
Salmiac (n.) Sal ammoniac.
See under Sal.
Salmis (n.) A ragout of
partly roasted game stewed with sauce, wine, bread, and condiments suited to
provoke appetite.
Salmons (pl. ) of Salmon
Salmon (pl. ) of Salmon
Salmon (v.) Any one of
several species of fishes of the genus Salmo and allied genera. The common
salmon (Salmo salar) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and the
California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are
extensively preserved for food. See Quinnat.
Salmon (v.) A reddish
yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon.
Salmon (a.) Of a reddish
yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon.
Salmonet (n.) A salmon of
small size; a samlet.
Salmonoid (a.) Like, or
pertaining to, the Salmonidae, a family of fishes including the trout and
salmon.
Salmonoid (n.) Any fish of
the family Salmonidae.
Salogen (n.) A halogen.
Salol (n.) A white
crystalline substance consisting of phenol salicylate.
salometer (n.) See
Salimeter.
Salomtry (n.) Salimetry.
Salon (n.) An apartment
for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles
of fashionable society.
Saloon (n.) A spacious and
elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of
reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or
parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat.
Saloon (n.) Popularly, a
public room for specific uses; esp., a barroom or grogshop; as, a drinking
saloon; an eating saloon; a dancing saloon.
Saloop (n.) An aromatic
drink prepared from sassafras bark and other ingredients, at one time much used
in London.
Salp (n.) Any species of
Salpa, or of the family Salpidae.
Salpae (pl. ) of Salpa
Salpas (pl. ) of Salpa
Salpa (n.) A genus of
transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all
the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix.
Salpian (n.) Alt. of
Salpid
Salpid (n.) A salpa.
Salpicon (n.) Chopped
meat, bread, etc., used to stuff legs of veal or other joints; stuffing; farce.
Salpingitis (n.)
Inflammation of the salpinx.
Salpinx (n.) The
Eustachian tube, or the Fallopian tube.
Salsafy (n.) See Salsify.
Salsamentarious (a.) Salt;
salted; saline.
Salse (n.) A mud volcano,
the water of which is often impregnated with salts, whence the name.
Salsify (n.) See Oyster
plant (a), under Oyster.
Salso-acid (a.) Having a
taste compounded of saltness and acidity; both salt and acid.
Salsoda (n.) See Sal soda,
under Sal.
Salsola (n.) A genus of
plants including the glasswort. See Glasswort.
salsuginous (a.) Growing
in brackish places or in salt marshes.
Salt (n.) The chloride of
sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc.
It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and
crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline
particles.
Salt (n.) Hence, flavor;
taste; savor; smack; seasoning.
Salt (n.) Hence, also,
piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.
Salt (n.) A dish for salt
at table; a saltcellar.
Salt (n.) A sailor; --
usually qualified by old.
Salt (n.) The neutral
compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and
iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.
Salt (n.) Fig.: That which
preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an
antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken
with a grain of salt.
Salt (n.) Any mineral salt
used as an aperient or cathartic, especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or
Glauber's salt.
Salt (n.) Marshes flooded
by the tide.
Salt (n.) Of or relating
to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or
tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water.
Salt (n.) Overflowed with,
or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh; salt grass.
Salt (n.) Fig.: Bitter;
sharp; pungent.
Salt (n.) Fig.: Salacious;
lecherous; lustful.
Salted (imp. & p. p.) of
Salt
Salting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Salt
Salt (v. t.) To sprinkle,
impregnate, or season with salt; to preserve with salt or in brine; to supply
with salt; as, to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt cattle.
Salt (v. t.) To fill with
salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the
timber.
Salt (v. i.) To deposit
salt as a saline solution; as, the brine begins to salt.
Salt (n.) The act of
leaping or jumping; a leap.
Saltant (v.) Leaping;
jumping; dancing.
Saltant (v.) In a leaping
position; springing forward; -- applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, and
rat, also to the cat, greyhound, monkey, etc.
Saltarella (n.) See
Saltarello.
Saltarello (n.) A popular
Italian dance in quick 3-4 or 6-8 time, running mostly in triplets, but with a
hop step at the beginning of each measure. See Tarantella.
Saltate (v. i.) To leap or
dance.
Saltation (n.) A leaping
or jumping.
Saltation (n.) Beating or
palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery.
Saltation (n.) An abrupt
and marked variation in the condition or appearance of a species; a sudden
modification which may give rise to new races.
Saltatoria (n. pl.) A
division of Orthoptera including grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets.
Saltatorial (a.) Relating
to leaping; saltatory; as, saltatorial exercises.
Saltatorial (a.) Same as
Saltatorious.
Saltatorial (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Saltatoria.
Saltatorious (a.) Capable
of leaping; formed for leaping; saltatory; as, a saltatorious insect or leg.
Saltatory (a.) Leaping or
dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing.
Saltbush (n.) An
Australian plant (Atriplex nummularia) of the Goosefoot family.
Saltcat (n.) A mixture of
salt, coarse meal, lime, etc., attractive to pigeons.
Saltcellar (n.) Formerly a
large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or other material, used for holding
salt on the table.
Salter (n.) One who makes,
sells, or applies salt; one who salts meat or fish.
Saltern (n.) A building or
place where salt is made by boiling or by evaporation; salt works.
Saltfoot (n.) A large
saltcellar formerly placed near the center of the table. The superior guests
were seated above the saltfoot.
Salt-green (a.) Sea-green
in color.
Saltle (n.) The European
dab.
Saltier (n.) See Saltire.
Saltigradae (n. pl.) A
tribe of spiders including those which lie in wait and leap upon their prey; the
leaping spiders.
Saltigrade (a.) Having
feet or legs formed for leaping.
Saltigrade (n.) One of the
Saltigradae, a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey.
Saltimbanco (n.) A
mountebank; a quack.
Salting (n.) The act of
sprinkling, impregnating, or furnishing, with salt.
Salting (n.) A salt marsh.
Saltire (v.) A St.
Andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an X, -- one of the honorable
ordinaries.
Saltirewise (adv.) In the
manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by
two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at
the center.
Saltish (a.) Somewhat
salt.
Saltless (a.) Destitute of
salt; insipid.
Saltly (adv.) With taste
of salt; in a salt manner.
Saltmouth (n.) A
wide-mouthed bottle with glass stopper for holding chemicals, especially
crystallized salts.
Saltness (n.) The quality
or state of being salt, or state of being salt, or impregnated with salt; salt
taste; as, the saltness of sea water.
Saltpeter (n.) Alt. of
Saltpetre
Saltpetre (n.) Potassium
nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline
taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the
process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the
chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing
meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant.
Saltpetrous (a.)
Pertaining to saltpeter, or partaking of its qualities; impregnated with
saltpeter.
Salt rheum () A popular name,
esp. in the United States, for various cutaneous eruptions, particularly for
those of eczema. See Eczema.
Saltwort (n.) A name given
to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the
glasswort. See Glasswort.
Salty (a.) Somewhat salt;
saltish.
Salubrious (a.) Favorable
to health; healthful; promoting health; as, salubrious air, water, or climate.
Salubrity (n.) The quality
of being salubrious; favorableness to the preservation of health;
salubriousness; wholesomeness; healthfulness; as, the salubrity of the air, of a
country, or a climate.
Salue (v. t.) To salute.
Salutary (a.) Wholesome;
healthful; promoting health; as, salutary exercise.
Salutary (a.) Promotive
of, or contributing to, some beneficial purpose; beneficial; advantageous; as, a
salutary design.
Salutation (n.) The act of
saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the
act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; also, that which is
uttered or done in saluting or greeting.
Salutatorian (n.) The
student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like
exercises of a college, -- an honor commonly assigned to that member of the
graduating class who ranks second in scholarship.
Salutatorily (adv.) By way
of salutation.
Salutatory (a.) Containing
or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome; greeting; -- applied especially
to the oration which introduces the exercises of the Commencements, or similar
public exhibitions, in American colleges.
Salutatory (n.) A place
for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch.
Salutatory (n.) The
salutatory oration.
Saluted (imp. & p. p.) of
Salute
Saluting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Salute
Salute (v. t.) To address,
as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.
Salute (v. t.) Hence, to
give a sign of good will; to compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow,
etc.
Salute (v. t.) To honor,
as some day, person, or nation, by a discharge of cannon or small arms, by
dipping colors, by cheers, etc.
Salute (v. t.) To promote
the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify.
Salute (v.) The act of
saluting, or expressing kind wishes or respect; salutation; greeting.
Salute (v.) A sign, token,
or ceremony, expressing good will, compliment, or respect, as a kiss, a bow,
etc.
Salute (v.) A token of
respect or honor for some distinguished or official personage, for a foreign
vessel or flag, or for some festival or event, as by presenting arms, by a
discharge of cannon, volleys of small arms, dipping the colors or the topsails,
etc.
Saluter (n.) One who
salutes.
Salutiferous (a.) Bringing
health; healthy; salutary; beneficial; as, salutiferous air.
Salutiferously (adv.)
Salutarily.
Salvability (n.) The
quality or condition of being salvable; salvableness.
Salvable (a.) Capable of
being saved; admitting of salvation.
Salvage (n.) The act of
saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.
Salvage (n.) The
compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her
cargo from peril.
Salvage (n.) That part of
the property that survives the peril and is saved.
Salvage (a. & n.) Savage.
Salvation (n.) The act of
saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.
Salvation (n.) The
redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and
the conferring on him of everlasting happiness.
Salvation (n.) Saving
power; that which saves.
Salvationist (n.) An
evangelist, a member, or a recruit, of the Salvation Army.
Salvatory (n.) A place
where things are preserved; a repository.
Salve (interj.) Hail!
Salve (v. t.) To say
"Salve" to; to greet; to salute.
Salve (n.) An adhesive
composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.
Salve (n.) A soothing
remedy or antidote.
Salved (imp. & p. p.) of
Salve
Salving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Salve
Salve (n.) To heal by
applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to;
as, to salve a wound.
Salve (n.) To heal; to
remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by
some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over.
Salve (v. t. & i.) To
save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.
Salver (n.) One who
salves, or uses salve as a remedy; hence, a quacksalver, or quack.
Salver (n.) A salvor.
Salver (n.) A tray or
waiter on which anything is presented.
Salver-shaped (a.)
Tubular, with a spreading border. See Hypocraterimorphous.
Salvia (n.) A genus of
plants including the sage. See Sage.
Salvific (a.) Tending to
save or secure safety.
Salvos (pl. ) of Salvo
Salvo (n.) An exception; a
reservation; an excuse.
Salvo (n.) A concentrated
fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a
fortification; a volley.
Salvo (n.) A salute paid
by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
Salvor (n.) One who
assists in saving a ship or goods at sea, without being under special obligation
to do so.
Sam (a.) Together.
Samara (n.) A dry,
indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as that of the ash, maple, and
elm; a key or key fruit.
Samare (n.) See Simar.
Samaritan (a.) Of or
pertaining to Samaria, in Palestine.
Samaritan (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Samaria; also, the language of Samaria.
Samarium (n.) A rare
metallic element of doubtful identity.
Samaroid (a.) Resembling a
samara, or winged seed vessel.
Samarra (n.) See Simar.
Samarskite (a.) A rare
mineral having a velvet-black color and submetallic luster. It is a niobate of
uranium, iron, and the yttrium and cerium metals.
Sambo (n.) A colloquial or
humorous appellation for a negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and
a mulatto; a zambo.
Samboo (n.) Same as
Sambur.
Sambucus (n.) A genus of
shrubs and trees; the elder.
Sambuke (n.) An ancient
stringed instrument used by the Greeks, the particular construction of which is
unknown.
Sambur (n.) An East Indian
deer (Rusa Aristotelis) having a mane on its neck. Its antlers have but three
prongs. Called also gerow. The name is applied to other species of the genus
Rusa, as the Bornean sambur (R. equina).
Same (v. i.) Not different
or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.
Same (v. i.) Of like kind,
species, sort, dimensions, or the like; not differing in character or in the
quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like.
Same (v. i.) Just
mentioned, or just about to be mentioned.
Sameliness (n.) Sameness,
2.
Sameness (n.) The state of
being the same; identity; absence of difference; near resemblance;
correspondence; similarity; as, a sameness of person, of manner, of sound, of
appearance, and the like.
Sameness (n.) Hence, want
of variety; tedious monotony.
Samette (n.) See Samite.
Samian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the island of Samos.
Samian (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Samos.
Samiel (n.) A hot and
destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey, from the desert. It is
identical with the simoom of Arabia and the kamsin of Syria.
Samiot (a. & n.) Samian.
Samite (a.) A species of
silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven with gold.
Samlet (n.) The parr.
Sammier (n.) A machine for
pressing the water from skins in tanning.
Samoan (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Samoan Islands (formerly called Navigators' Islands) in the
South Pacific Ocean, or their inhabitants.
Samoan (n.) An inhabitant
of the Samoan Islands.
Samovar (n.) A metal urn
used in Russia for making tea. It is filled with water, which is heated by
charcoal placed in a pipe, with chimney attached, which passes through the urn.
Samoyedes (n. pl.) An
ignorant and degraded Turanian tribe which occupies a portion of Northern Russia
and a part of Siberia.
Samp (n.) An article of
food consisting of maize broken or bruised, which is cooked by boiling, and
usually eaten with milk; coarse hominy.
Sampan (n.) A Chinese boat
from twelve to fifteen feet long, covered with a house, and sometimes used as a
permanent habitation on the inland waters.
Samphire (n.) A fleshy,
suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among
rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles.
Samphire (n.) The species
of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea); -- called in England marsh samphire.
Samphire (n.) A seashore
shrub (Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies.
Sample (n.) Example;
pattern.
Sample (n.) A part of
anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the
whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples.
Sample (v. t.) To make or
show something similar to; to match.
Sample (v. t.) To take or
to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.
Sampler (n.) One who makes
up samples for inspection; one who examines samples, or by samples; as, a wool
sampler.
Sampler (n.) A pattern; a
specimen; especially, a collection of needlework patterns, as letters, borders,
etc., to be used as samples, or to display the skill of the worker.
Samshoo (n.) Alt. of
Samshu
Samshu (n.) A spirituous
liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has
fermented under pressure.
Samson (n.) An Israelite
of Bible record (see Judges xiii.), distinguished for his great strength; hence,
a man of extraordinary physical strength.
Sanability (n.) The
quality or state of being sanable; sanableness; curableness.
Sanable (a.) Capable of
being healed or cured; susceptible of remedy.
Sanableness (n.) The
quality of being sanable.
Sanation (n.) The act of
healing or curing.
Sanative (a.) Having the
power to cure or heal; healing; tending to heal; sanatory.
Sanatorium (n.) An
establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See
Sanitarium.
Sanatory (a.) Conducive to
health; tending to cure; healing; curative; sanative.
Sanbenito (n.) Anciently,
a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church.
Sanbenito (n.) A garnment
or cap, or sometimes both, painted with flames, figures, etc., and worn by
persons who had been examined by the Inquisition and were brought forth for
punishment at the auto-da-fe.
Sance-bell (n.) Alt. of
Sancte bell
Sancte bell (n.) See
Sanctus bell, under Sanctus.
Sanctificate (v. t.) To
sanctify.
Sanctification (n.) The
act of sanctifying or making holy; the state of being sanctified or made holy;
Sanctification (n.) the
act of God's grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated
from sin and the world, and exalted to a supreme love to God; also, the state of
being thus purified or sanctified.
Sanctification (n.) The
act of consecrating, or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration.
Sanctified (a.) Made holy;
also, made to have the air of sanctity; sanctimonious.
Sanctifier (n.) One who
sanctifies, or makes holy; specifically, the Holy Spirit.
Sanctified (imp. & p. p.)
of Sanctify
Sanctifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sanctify
Sanctify (v. t.) To make
sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by
appropriate rites; to hallow.
Sanctify (v. t.) To make
free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify.
Sanctify (v. t.) To make
efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety.
Sanctify (v. t.) To impart
or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and
respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to.
Sanctifyingly (adv.) In a
manner or degree tending to sanctify or make holy.
Sanctiloquent (a.)
Discoursing on heavenly or holy things, or in a holy manner.
Sanctimonial (a.)
Sanctimonious.
Sanctimonious (a.)
Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly.
Sanctimonious (a.) Making
a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious.
Sanctimony (n.) Holiness;
devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial
saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness.
Sanction (n.) Solemn or
ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and
gives validity to the act of some other person or body; establishment or
furtherance of anything by giving authority to it; confirmation; approbation.
Sanction (n.) Anything
done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal
sanctions.
Sanctioned (imp. & p. p.)
of Sanction
Sanctioning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sanction
Sanction (v. t.) To give
sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.
Sanctionary (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or giving, sanction.
Sanctitude (n.) Holiness;
sacredness; sanctity.
Sanctities (pl. ) of
Sanctity
Sanctity (n.) The state or
quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness.
Sanctity (n.) Sacredness;
solemnity; inviolability; religious binding force; as, the sanctity of an oath.
Sanctity (n.) A saint or
holy being.
Sanctuarize (v. t.) To
shelter by means of a sanctuary or sacred privileges.
Sanctuaries (pl. ) of
Sanctuary
Sanctuary (n.) A sacred
place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site.
Sanctuary (n.) The most
retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called the Holy of Holies, in which was
kept the ark of the covenant, and into which no person was permitted to enter
except the high priest, and he only once a year, to intercede for the people;
also, the most sacred part of the tabernacle; also, the temple at Jerusalem.
Sanctuary (n.) The most
sacred part of any religious building, esp. that part of a Christian church in
which the altar is placed.
Sanctuary (n.) A house
consecrated to the worship of God; a place where divine service is performed; a
church, temple, or other place of worship.
Sanctuary (n.) A sacred
and inviolable asylum; a place of refuge and protection; shelter; refuge;
protection.
Sanctum (n.) A sacred
place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved for personal use; as, an
editor's sanctum.
Sanctus (n.) A part of the
Mass, or, in Protestant churches, a part of the communion service, of which the
first words in Latin are Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus [Holy, holy, holy]; -- called
also Tersanctus.
Sanctus (n.) An anthem
composed for these words.
Sand (n.) Fine particles
of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in
the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet.
Sand (n.) A single
particle of such stone.
Sand (n.) The sand in the
hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's
life.
Sand (n.) Tracts of land
consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive
tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide.
Sand (n.) Courage; pluck;
grit.
Sanded (imp. & p. p.) of
Sand
Sanding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sand
Sand (v. t.) To sprinkle
or cover with sand.
Sand (v. t.) To drive upon
the sand.
Sand (v. t.) To bury
(oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
Sand (v. t.) To mix with
sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.
Sandal (n.) Same as
Sendal.
Sandal (n.) Sandalwood.
Sandal (n.) A kind of shoe
consisting of a sole strapped to the foot; a protection for the foot, covering
its lower surface, but not its upper.
Sandal (n.) A kind of
slipper.
Sandal (n.) An overshoe
with parallel openings across the instep.
Sandaled (a.) Wearing
sandals.
Sandaled (a.) Made like a
sandal.
Sandaliform (a.) Shaped
like a sandal or slipper.
Sandalwood (n.) The highly
perfumed yellowish heartwood of an East Indian and Polynesian tree (Santalum
album), and of several other trees of the same genus, as the Hawaiian Santalum
Freycinetianum and S. pyrularium, the Australian S. latifolium, etc. The name is
extended to several other kinds of fragrant wood.
Sandalwood (n.) Any tree
of the genus Santalum, or a tree which yields sandalwood.
Sandalwood (n.) The red
wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for dyeing leather (Rhamnus
Dahuricus).
Sandarach (n.) Alt. of
Sandarac
Sandarac (n.) Realgar; red
sulphide of arsenic.
Sandarac (n.) A white or
yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree (Callitris quadrivalvis or Thuya
articulata), and pulverized for pounce; -- probably so called from a resemblance
to the mineral.
Sandbagger (n.) An
assaulter whose weapon is a sand bag. See Sand bag, under Sand.
Sand-blind (a.) Having
defective sight; dim-sighted; purblind.
Sanded (a.) Covered or
sprinkled with sand; sandy; barren.
Sanded (a.) Marked with
small spots; variegated with spots; speckled; of a sandy color, as a hound.
Sanded (a.) Short-sighted.
Sandemanian (n.) A
follower of Robert Sandeman, a Scotch sectary of the eighteenth century. See
Glassite.
Sandemanianism (n.) The
faith or system of the Sandemanians.
Sanderling (n.) A small
gray and brown sandpiper (Calidris arenaria) very common on sandy beaches in
America, Europe, and Asia. Called also curwillet, sand lark, stint, and ruddy
plover.
Sanders (n.) An old name
of sandalwood, now applied only to the red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood.
Sanders-blue (n.) See
Saunders-blue.
Sandever (n.) See
Sandiver.
Sandfish (n.) A small
marine fish of the Pacific coast of North America (Trichodon trichodon) which
buries itself in the sand.
Sandglass (n.) An
instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See Hourglass.
Sandhiller (n.) A nickname
given to any "poor white" living in the pine woods which cover the sandy hills
in Georgia and South Carolina.
Sandiness (n.) The quality
or state of being sandy, or of being of a sandy color.
Sandish (a.) Approaching
the nature of sand; loose; not compact.
Sandiver (n.) A whitish
substance which is cast up, as a scum, from the materials of glass in fusion,
and, floating on the top, is skimmed off; -- called also glass gall.
Sandix (n.) A kind of
minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate of lead, but inferior to true
minium.
Sandman (n.) A mythical
person who makes children sleepy, so that they rub their eyes as if there were
sand in them.
Sandnecker (n.) A European
flounder (Hippoglossoides limandoides); -- called also rough dab, long fluke,
sand fluke, and sand sucker.
Sandpaper (n.) Paper
covered on one side with sand glued fast, -- used for smoothing and polishing.
Sandpaper (v. t.) To
smooth or polish with sandpaper; as, to sandpaper a door.
Sandpiper (n.) Any one of
numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas,
Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidae.
Sandpiper (n.) A small
lamprey eel; the pride.
Sandpit (n.) A pit or
excavation from which sand is or has been taken.
Sandre (n.) A Russian fish
(Lucioperca sandre) which yields a valuable oil, called sandre oil, used in the
preparation of caviare.
Sandstone (n.) A rock made
of sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone consists
mainly of quartz sand.
Sandwich (n.) Two pieces
of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between
them.
Sandwiched (imp. & p. p.)
of Sandwich
Sandwiching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sandwich
Sandwich (v. t.) To make
into a sandwich; also, figuratively, to insert between portions of something
dissimilar; to form of alternate parts or things, or alternating layers of a
different nature; to interlard.
Sandworm (n.) Any one of
numerous species of annelids which burrow in the sand of the seashore.
Sandworm (n.) Any species
of annelids of the genus Sabellaria. They construct firm tubes of agglutinated
sand on rocks and shells, and are sometimes destructive to oysters.
Sandworm (n.) The chigoe,
a species of flea.
Sandwort (n.) Any plant of
the genus Arenaria, low, tufted herbs (order Caryophyllaceae.)
Sandy (superl.) Consisting
of, abounding with, or resembling, sand; full of sand; covered or sprinkled with
sand; as, a sandy desert, road, or soil.
Sandy (superl.) Of the
color of sand; of a light yellowish red color; as, sandy hair.
Sandyx (n.) See Sandix.
Sane (a.) Being in a
healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally; -- said of the mind.
Sane (a.) Mentally sound;
possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to
be able to anticipate and judge of the effect of one's actions in an ordinary
maner; -- said of persons.
Saneness (n.) The state of
being sane; sanity.
Sang () imp. of Sing.
Sanga (n.) Alt. of Sangu
Sangu (n.) The Abyssinian
ox (Bos / Bibos, Africanus), noted for the great length of its horns. It has a
hump on its back.
Sangaree (n.) Wine and
water sweetened and spiced, -- a favorite West Indian drink.
Sang-froid (n.) Freedom
from agitation or excitement of mind; coolness in trying circumstances;
indifference; calmness.
Sangiac (n.) See Sanjak.
Sangraal (n.) Alt. of
Sangreal
Sangreal (n.) See Holy
Grail, under Grail.
Sanguiferous (a.)
Conveying blood; as, sanguiferous vessels, i. e., the arteries, veins,
capillaries.
Sanguification (n.) The
production of blood; the conversion of the products of digestion into blood;
hematosis.
Sanguifier (n.) A producer
of blood.
Sanguifluous (a.) Flowing
or running with blood.
Sanguify (v. t.) To
produce blood from.
Sanguigenous (a.)
Producing blood; as, sanguigenous food.
Sanguinaceous (n.) Of a
blood-red color; sanguine.
Sanguinaria (n.) A genus
of plants of the Poppy family.
Sanguinaria (n.) The
rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc.
Sanguinarily (adv.) In a
sanguinary manner.
Sanguinariness (n.) The
quality or state of being sanguinary.
Sanguinary (a.) Attended
with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or
battle.
Sanguinary (a.)
Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood.
Sanguinary (a.) The
yarrow.
Sanguinary (a.) The
Sanguinaria.
Sanguine (a.) Having the
color of blood; red.
Sanguine (a.)
Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine
bodily temperament.
Sanguine (a.) Warm;
ardent; as, a sanguine temper.
Sanguine (a.) Anticipating
the best; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success.
Sanguine (n.) Blood color;
red.
Sanguine (n.) Anything of
a blood-red color, as cloth.
Sanguine (n.) Bloodstone.
Sanguine (n.) Red crayon.
See the Note under Crayon, 1.
Sanguine (v. t.) To stain
with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.
Sanguineless (a.)
Destitute of blood; pale.
Sanguinely (adv.) In a
sanguine manner.
Sanguineness (n.) The
quality of being sanguine.
Sanguineous (a.) Abounding
with blood; sanguine.
Sanguineous (a.) Of or
pertaining to blood; bloody; constituting blood.
Sanguineous (a.)
Blood-red; crimson.
sanguinity (n.) The
quality of being sanguine; sanguineness.
Sanguinivorous (a.)
Subsisting on blood.
Sanguinolency (n.) The
state of being sanguinolent, or bloody.
Sanguinolent (a.) Tinged
or mingled with blood; bloody; as, sanguinolent sputa.
Sanguisuge (n.) A
bloodsucker, or leech.
Sanguivorous (a.)
Subsisting upon blood; -- said of certain blood-sucking bats and other animals.
See Vampire.
Sanhedrin (n.) Alt. of
Sanhedrim
Sanhedrim (n.) the great
council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest
was added. It had jurisdiction of religious matters.
Sanhedrist (n.) A member
of the sanhedrin.
Sanhita (n.) A collection
of vedic hymns, songs, or verses, forming the first part of each Veda.
Sanicle (n.) Any plant of
the umbelliferous genus Sanicula, reputed to have healing powers.
Sanidine (n.) A variety of
orthoclase feldspar common in certain eruptive rocks, as trachyte; -- called
also glassy feldspar.
Sanies (n.) A thin, serous
fluid commonly discharged from ulcers or foul wounds.
Sanious (a.) Pertaining to
sanies, or partaking of its nature and appearance; thin and serous, with a
slight bloody tinge; as, the sanious matter of an ulcer.
Sanious (a.) Discharging
sanies; as, a sanious ulcer.
Sanitarian (a.) Of or
pertaining to health, or the laws of health; sanitary.
Sanitarian (n.) An
advocate of sanitary measures; one especially interested or versed in sanitary
measures.
Sanitarist (n.) A
sanitarian.
Sanitarium (n.) A health
station or retreat; a sanatorium.
Sanitary (a.) Of or
pertaining to health; designed to secure or preserve health; relating to the
preservation or restoration of health; hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. See
the Note under Sanatory.
Sanitation (n.) The act of
rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary conditions; the preservation of
health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene.
Sanity (n.) The condition
or quality of being sane; soundness of health of body or mind, especially of the
mind; saneness.
Sanjak (n.) A district or
a subvision of a vilayet.
Sank () imp. of Sink.
Sankha (n.) A chank shell
(Turbinella pyrum); also, a shell bracelet or necklace made in India from the
chank shell.
Sankhya (n.) A Hindoo
system of philosophy which refers all things to soul and a rootless germ called
prakriti, consisting of three elements, goodness, passion, and darkness.
Sannop (n.) Same as
Sannup.
Sannup (n.) A male Indian;
a brave; -- correlative of squaw.
Sanny (n.) The sandpiper.
Sans (prep.) Without;
deprived or destitute of. Rarely used as an English word.
Sanscrit (n.) See
Sanskrit.
Sans-culotte (n.) A fellow
without breeches; a ragged fellow; -- a name of reproach given in the first
French revolution to the extreme republican party, who rejected breeches as an
emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy, and adopted pantaloons.
Sans-culotte (n.) Hence,
an extreme or radical republican; a violent revolutionist; a Jacobin.
Sans-culottic (a.)
Pertaining to, or involving, sans-culottism; radical; revolutionary;
Jacobinical.
Sans-culottism (n.)
Extreme republican principles; the principles or practice of the sans-culottes.
Sanskrit (n.) The ancient
language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to
the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied
to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern,
and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive
language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in
determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda.
Sanskrit (a.) Of or
pertaining to Sanskrit; written in Sanskrit; as, a Sanskrit dictionary or
inscription.
Sanskritic (a.) Sanskrit.
Sanskritist (n.) One
versed in Sanskrit.
Sans-souci (adv.) Without
care; free and easy.
Santal (n.) A colorless
crystalline substance, isomeric with piperonal, but having weak acid properties.
It is extracted from sandalwood.
Santalaceous (a.) Of or
pertaining to a natural order of plants (Santalaceae), of which the genus
Santalum is the type, and which includes the buffalo nut and a few other North
American plants, and many peculiar plants of the southern hemisphere.
Santalic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or obtained from, sandalwood (Santalum); -- used specifically to
designate an acid obtained as a resinous or red crystalline dyestuff, which is
called also santalin.
Santalin (n.) Santalic
acid. See Santalic.
Santalum (n.) A genus of
trees with entire opposite leaves and small apetalous flowers. There are less
than a dozen species, occurring from India to Australia and the Pacific Islands.
See Sandalwood.
Santees (n. pl.) One of
the seven confederated tribes of Indians belonging to the Sioux, or Dakotas.
Santer (v. i.) See
Saunter.
Santon (n.) A Turkish
saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as a saint: also, a hermit.
Santonate (n.) A salt of
santonic acid.
Santonic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, an acid (distinct from santoninic acid) obtained
from santonin as a white crystalline substance.
Santonin (n.) A white
crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted from the buds of levant
wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary color
blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a yellow glass.
Santoninate (n.) A salt of
santoninic acid.
Santoninic (a.) Of or
pertaining to santonin; -- used specifically to designate an acid not known in
the free state, but obtained in its salts.
Sao (n.) Any marine
annelid of the genus Hyalinaecia, especially H. tubicola of Europe, which
inhabits a transparent movable tube resembling a quill in color and texture.
Sap (n.) The juice of
plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or
circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
Sap (n.) The sapwood, or
alburnum, of a tree.
Sap (n.) A simpleton; a
saphead; a milksop.
Sapped (imp. & p. p.) of
Sap
Sapping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sap
Sap (v. t.) To subvert by
digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.
Sap (v. t.) To pierce with
saps.
Sap (v. t.) To make
unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.
Sap (v. i.) To proceed by
mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps.
Sap (n.) A narrow ditch or
trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a
besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.
Sapadillo (n.) See
Sapodila.
Sapajo (n.) The sapajou.
Sapajou (n.) Any one of
several species of South American monkeys of the genus Cebus, having long and
prehensile tails. Some of the species are called also capuchins. The bonnet
sapajou (C. subcristatus), the golden-handed sapajou (C. chrysopus), and the
white-throated sapajou (C. hypoleucus) are well known species. See Capuchin.
Sapan wood () A dyewood yielded
by Caesalpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the
neighboring islands. It is the original Brazil wood.
Sapful (a.) Abounding in
sap; sappy.
Saphead (n.) A
weak-minded, stupid fellow; a milksop.
Saphenous (a.) Manifest;
-- applied to the two principal superficial veins of the lower limb of man.
Saphenous (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or in the region of, the saphenous veins; as, the saphenous
nerves; the saphenous opening, an opening in the broad fascia of the thigh
through which the internal saphenous vein passes.
Sapid (a.) Having the
power of affecting the organs of taste; possessing savor, or flavor.
Sapidity (n.) The quality
or state of being sapid; taste; savor; savoriness.
Sapidness (n.) Quality of
being sapid; sapidity.
Sapience (n.) The quality
of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; knowledge.
Sapient (a.) Wise; sage;
discerning; -- often in irony or contempt.
Sapiential (a.) Having or
affording wisdom.
Sapientious (a.)
Sapiential.
Sapientize (v. t.) To make
sapient.
Sapiently (adv.) In a
sapient manner.
Sapindaceous (a.) Of or
pertaining to an order of trees and shrubs (Sapindaceae), including the
(typical) genus Sapindus, the maples, the margosa, and about seventy other
genera.
Sapindus (n.) A genus of
tropical and subtropical trees with pinnate leaves and panicled flowers. The
fruits of some species are used instead of soap, and their round black seeds are
made into necklaces.
Sapless (a.) Destitute of
sap; not juicy.
Sapless (a.) Fig.: Dry;
old; husky; withered; spiritless.
sapling (n.) A young tree.
Sapodilla (n.) A tall,
evergeen, tropical American tree (Achras Sapota); also, its edible fruit, the
sapodilla plum.
Sapogenin (n.) A white
crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of saponin.
Saponaceous (a.)
Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soapy.
Saponacity (n.) The
quality or state of being saponaceous.
Saponary (a.) Saponaceous.
Saponifiable (a.) Capable
of conversion into soap; as, a saponifiable substance.
Saponification (n.) The
act, process, or result, of soap making; conversion into soap; specifically
(Chem.), the decomposition of fats and other ethereal salts by alkalies; as, the
saponification of ethyl acetate.
Saponifier (n.) That which
saponifies; any reagent used to cause saponification.
Saponified (imp. & p. p.)
of Saponify
Saponifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Saponify
Saponify (v. t.) To
convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence (Chem.), to subject to any
similar process, as that which ethereal salts undergo in decomposition; as, to
saponify ethyl acetate.
Saponin (n.) A poisonous
glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria), in the
bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder,
which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia.
Formerly called also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By
extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the
type.
Saponite (n.) A hydrous
silicate of magnesia and alumina. It occurs in soft, soapy, amorphous masses,
filling veins in serpentine and cavities in trap rock.
Saponul (n.) A soapy
mixture obtained by treating an essential oil with an alkali; hence, any similar
compound of an essential oil.
Sapor (n.) Power of
affecting the organs of taste; savor; flavor; taste.
Saporific (a.) Having the
power to produce the sensation of taste; producing taste, flavor, or relish.
Saporosity (n.) The
quality of a body by which it excites the sensation of taste.
Saporous (a.) Having
flavor or taste; yielding a taste.
Sapota (n.) The sapodilla.
Sapotaceous (a.) Of or
pertaining to a natural order (Sapotaceae) of (mostly tropical) trees and
shrubs, including the star apple, the Lucuma, or natural marmalade tree, the
gutta-percha tree (Isonandra), and the India mahwa, as well as the sapodilla, or
sapota, after which the order is named.
Sappan wood () Sapan wood.
Sappare (n.) Kyanite.
Sapper (n.) One who saps;
specifically (Mil.), one who is employed in working at saps, building and
repairing fortifications, and the like.
Sapphic (a.) Of or
pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse.
Sapphic (a.) Belonging to,
or in the manner of, Sappho; -- said of a certain kind of verse reputed to have
been invented by Sappho, consisting of five feet, of which the first, fourth,
and fifth are trochees, the second is a spondee, and the third a dactyl.
Sapphic (n.) A Sapphic
verse.
Sapphire (n.) Native
alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; esp., the blue transparent
variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem.
Sapphire (n.) The color of
the gem; bright blue.
Sapphire (n.) Any humming
bird of the genus Hylocharis, native of South America. The throat and breast are
usually bright blue.
Sapphire (a.) Of or
resembling sapphire; sapphirine; blue.
Sapphirine (n.) Resembling
sapphire; made of sapphire; having the color, or any quality of sapphire.
Sappho (n.) Any one of
several species of brilliant South American humming birds of the genus Sappho,
having very bright-colored and deeply forked tails; -- called also firetail.
Sappiness (n.) The quality
of being sappy; juiciness.
Sappodilla (n.) See
Sapodilla.
Sappy (superl.) Abounding
with sap; full of sap; juicy; succulent.
Sappy (superl.) Hence,
young, not firm; weak, feeble.
Sappy (superl.) Weak in
intellect.
Sappy (superl.) Abounding
in sap; resembling, or consisting largely of, sapwood.
Sappy (a.) Musty; tainted.
Saprophagan (n.) One of a
tribe of beetles which feed upon decaying animal and vegetable substances; a
carrion beetle.
Saprophagous (a.) Feeding
on carrion.
Saprophyte (n.) Any plant
growing on decayed animal or vegetable matter, as most fungi and some flowering
plants with no green color, as the Indian pipe.
Saprophytic (a.) Feeding
or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte
or the saprophytes.
Sapsago (n.) A kind of
Swiss cheese, of a greenish color, flavored with melilot.
Sapskull (n.) A saphead.
Sapucaia (n.) A Brazilian
tree. See Lecythis, and Monkey-pot.
Sapwood (n.) The alburnum,
or part of the wood of any exogenous tree next to the bark, being that portion
of the tree through which the sap flows most freely; -- distinguished from
heartwood.
Sarabaite (n.) One of
certain vagrant or heretical Oriental monks in the early church.
Saraband (n.) A slow
Spanish dance of Saracenic origin, to an air in triple time; also, the air
itself.
Saracen (n.) Anciently, an
Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, the common term among Christians
in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders.
Saracenic (a.) Alt. of
Saracenical
Saracenical (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Saracens; as, Saracenic architecture.
Sarasin (n.) See Sarrasin.
Saraswati (n.) The sakti
or wife of Brahma; the Hindoo goddess of learning, music, and poetry.
Sarcasm (n.) A keen,
reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or
contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest.
Sarcasmous (a.) Sarcastic.
Sarcastic (a.) Alt. of
Sarcastical
Sarcastical (a.)
Expressing, or expressed by, sarcasm; characterized by, or of the nature of,
sarcasm; given to the use of sarcasm; bitterly satirical; scornfully severe;
taunting.
Sarcastically (adv.) In a
sarcastic manner.
Sarcel (n.) One of the
outer pinions or feathers of the wing of a bird, esp. of a hawk.
Sarceled (a.) Cut through
the middle.
Sarcelle (n.) The old
squaw, or long-tailed duck.
Sarcenet (n.) A species of
fine thin silk fabric, used for linings, etc.
Sarcin (n.) Same as
Hypoxanthin.
Sarcina (n.) A genus of
bacteria found in various organic fluids, especially in those those of the
stomach, associated with certain diseases. The individual organisms undergo
division along two perpendicular partitions, so that multiplication takes place
in two directions, giving groups of four cubical cells. Also used adjectively;
as, a sarcina micrococcus; a sarcina group.
Sarcle (v. t.) To weed, or
clear of weeds, with a hoe.
Sarco- () A combining form from
Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh; as, sarcophagous, flesh-eating; sarcology.
Sarcobases (pl. ) of
Sarcobasis
Sarcobasis (n.) A fruit
consisting of many dry indehiscent cells, which contain but few seeds and cohere
about a common style, as in the mallows.
Sarcoblast (n.) A minute
yellowish body present in the interior of certain rhizopods.
Sarcocarp (n.) The fleshy
part of a stone fruit, situated between the skin, or epicarp, and the stone, or
endocarp, as in a peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
Sarcocele (n.) Any solid
tumor of the testicle.
Sarcocol (n.) Alt. of
Sarcocolla
Sarcocolla (n.) A gum
resin obtained from certain shrubs of Africa (Penaea), -- formerly thought to
cause healing of wounds and ulcers.
Sarcode (n.) A name
applied by Dujardin in 1835 to the gelatinous material forming the bodies of the
lowest animals; protoplasm.
Sarcoderm (n.) Alt. of
sarcoderma
sarcoderma (n.) A fleshy
covering of a seed, lying between the external and internal integuments.
sarcoderma (n.) A
sarcocarp.
Sarcodic (a.) Of or
pertaining to sarcode.
Sarcoid (a.) Resembling
flesh, or muscle; composed of sarcode.
Sarcolactic (a.) Relating
to muscle and milk; as, sarcolactic acid. See Lactic acid, under Lactic.
Sarcolemma (n.) The very
thin transparent and apparently homogeneous sheath which incloses a striated
muscular fiber; the myolemma.
Sarcoline (a.)
Flesh-colored.
Sarcologic (a.) Alt. of
Sarcological
Sarcological (a.) Of or
pertaining to sarcology.
Sarcology (n.) That part
of anatomy which treats of the soft parts. It includes myology, angiology,
neurology, and splanchnology.
Sarcomata (pl. ) of
Sarcoma
sarcomas (pl. ) of Sarcoma
Sarcoma (n.) A tumor of
fleshy consistence; -- formerly applied to many varieties of tumor, now
restricted to a variety of malignant growth made up of cells resembling those of
fetal development without any proper intercellular substance.
Sarcomatous (a.) Of or
pertaining to sarcoma; resembling sarcoma.
Sarcophaga (n. pl.) A
suborder of carnivorous and insectivorous marsupials including the dasyures and
the opossums.
Sarcophaga (n.) A genus of
Diptera, including the flesh flies.
Sarcophagan (n.) Any
animal which eats flesh, especially any carnivorous marsupial.
Sarcophagan (n.) Any fly
of the genus Sarcophaga.
Sarcophagous (a.) Feeding
on flesh; flesh-eating; carnivorous.
Sarcophagi (pl. ) of
Sarcophagus
Sarcophaguses (pl. ) of
Sarcophagus
Sarcophagus (n.) A species
of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called
because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It
is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been
found at Assos, a city of Lycia.
Sarcophagus (n.) A coffin
or chest-shaped tomb of the kind of stone described above; hence, any stone
coffin.
Sarcophagus (n.) A stone
shaped like a sarcophagus and placed by a grave as a memorial.
Sarcophagy (n.) The
practice of eating flesh.
Sarcophile (n.) A
flesh-eating animal, especially any one of the carnivorous marsupials.
Sarcoptes (n.) A genus of
parasitic mites including the itch mites.
Sarcoptid (n.) Any species
of the genus Sarcoptes and related genera of mites, comprising the itch mites
and mange mites.
Sarcoptid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the itch mites.
Sarcorhamphi (n. pl.) A
division of raptorial birds comprising the vultures.
Sarcosepta (pl. ) of
Sarcoseptum
Sarcoseptum (n.) One of
the mesenteries of an anthozoan.
Sarcosin (n.) A
crystalline nitrogenous substance, formed in the decomposition of creatin (one
of the constituents of muscle tissue). Chemically, it is methyl glycocoll.
Sarcosis (n.) Abnormal
formation of flesh.
Sarcosis (n.) Sarcoma.
Sarcotic (a.) Producing or
promoting the growth of flesh.
Sarcotic (n.) A sarcotic
medicine.
Sarcous (a.) Fleshy; --
applied to the minute structural elements, called sarcous elements, or sarcous
disks, of which striated muscular fiber is composed.
Sarculation (n.) A
weeding, as with a hoe or a rake.
Sard (n.) A variety of
carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color. See the Note under
Chalcedony.
Sardachate (n.) A variety
of agate containing sard.
Sardan (n.) Alt. of Sardel
Sardel (n.) A sardine.
Sardel (n.) A precious
stone. See Sardius.
Sardine (n.) Any one of
several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil for
food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pilchardus). The
California sardine (Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the
Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden.
Sardine (n.) See Sardius.
Sardinian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the island, kingdom, or people of Sardinia.
Sardinian (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Sardinia.
Sardius (n.) A precious
stone, probably a carnelian, one of which was set in Aaron's breastplate.
Sardoin (n.) Sard;
carnelian.
Sardonian (a.) Sardonic.
Sardonic (a.) Forced;
unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly
sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of
gayety.
Sardonic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at Colchis.
Sardonyx (n.) A variety of
onyx consisting of sard and white chalcedony in alternate layers.
Saree (n.) The principal
garment of a Hindoo woman. It consists of a long piece of cloth, which is
wrapped round the middle of the body, a portion being arranged to hang down in
front, and the remainder passed across the bosom over the left shoulder.
Sargasso (n.) The gulf
weed. See under Gulf.
Sargassum (n.) A genus of
algae including the gulf weed.
Sargo (n.) Any one of
several species of sparoid fishes belonging to Sargus, Pomadasys, and related
genera; -- called also sar, and saragu.
Sari (n.) Same as Saree.
Sarigue (n.) A small South
American opossum (Didelphys opossum), having four white spots on the face.
Sark (n.) A shirt.
Sark (v. t.) To cover with
sarking, or thin boards.
Sarkin (n.) Same as
Hypoxanthin.
Sarking (n.) Thin boards
for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for
similar purposes.
Sarlac (n.) Alt. of Sarlyk
Sarlyk (n.) The yak.
Sarmatian (a.) Alt. of
Sarmatic
Sarmatic (a.) Of or
pertaining to Sarmatia, or its inhabitants, the ancestors of the Russians and
the Poles.
Sarment (n.) A prostrate
filiform stem or runner, as of the strawberry. See Runner.
Sarmentaceous (a.) Bearing
sarments, or runners, as the strawberry.
Sarmentose (a.) Long and
filiform, and almost naked, or having only leaves at the joints where it strikes
root; as, a sarmentose stem.
Sarmentose (a.) Bearing
sarments; sarmentaceous.
Sarmentous (a.)
Sarmentose.
Sarn (n.) A pavement or
stepping-stone.
Sarong (n.) A sort of
petticoat worn by both sexes in Java and the Malay Archipelago.
Saros (n.) A Chaldean
astronomical period or cycle, the length of which has been variously estimated
from 3,600 years to 3,600 days, or a little short of 10 years.
Sarplar (n.) A large bale
or package of wool, containing eighty tods, or 2,240 pounds, in weight.
Sarplier (n.) A coarse
cloth made of hemp, and used for packing goods, etc.
Sarpo (n.) A large
toadfish of the Southern United States and the Gulf of Mexico (Batrachus tau,
var. pardus).
Sarracenia (n.) A genus of
American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant.
Sarrasin (n.) Alt. of
Sarrasine
Sarrasine (n.) A
portcullis, or herse.
Sarsa (n.) Sarsaparilla.
Sarsaparilla (n.) Any
plant of several tropical American species of Smilax.
Sarsaparilla (n.) The
bitter mucilaginous roots of such plants, used in medicine and in sirups for
soda, etc.
Sarsaparillin (n.) See
Parillin.
Sarse (n.) A fine sieve; a
searce.
Sarse (v. t.) To sift
through a sarse.
Sarsen (n.) One of the
large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; -- called also
sarsen stone, and Druid stone.
Sarsenet (n.) See
Sarcenet.
Sart (n.) An assart, or
clearing.
Sartorial (a.) Of or
pertaining to a tailor or his work.
Sartorial (a.) Of or
pertaining to the sartorius muscle.
Sartorius (n.) A muscle of
the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is
inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was supposed to
produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting.
Sarum use () A liturgy, or use,
put forth about 1087 by St. Osmund, bishop of Sarum, based on Anglo-Saxon and
Norman customs.
Sash (n.) A scarf or band
worn about the waist, over the shoulder, or otherwise; a belt; a girdle, -- worn
by women and children as an ornament; also worn as a badge of distinction by
military officers, members of societies, etc.
Sash (v. t.) To adorn with
a sash or scarf.
Sash (n.) The framing in
which the panes of glass are set in a glazed window or door, including the
narrow bars between the panes.
Sash (n.) In a sawmill,
the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up
and down with a reciprocating motion; -- also called gate.
Sashed (imp. & p. p.) of
Sash
Sashing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sash
Sash (v. t.) To furnish
with a sash or sashes; as, to sash a door or a window.
Sashery (n.) A collection
of sashes; ornamentation by means of sashes.
Sashoon (n.) A kind of pad
worn on the leg under the boot.
Sasin (n.) The Indian
antelope (Antilope bezoartica, / cervicapra), noted for its beauty and
swiftness. It has long, spiral, divergent horns.
Sassaby (n.) Alt. of
Sassabye
Sassabye (n.) A large
African antelope (Alcelaphus lunata), similar to the hartbeest, but having its
horns regularly curved.
Sassafras (n.) An American
tree of the Laurel family (Sassafras officinale); also, the bark of the roots,
which has an aromatic smell and taste.
Sassanage (n.) Stones left
after sifting.
Sassarara (n.) A word used
to emphasize a statement.
Sasse (n.) A sluice or
lock, as in a river, to make it more navigable.
Sassenach (n.) A Saxon; an
Englishman; a Lowlander.
Sassolin (n.) Alt. of
Sassoline
Sassoline (n.) Native
boric acid, found in saline incrustations on the borders of hot springs near
Sasso, in the territory of Florence.
Sassorol (n.) Alt. of
Sassorolla
Sassorolla (n.) The rock
pigeon. See under Pigeon.
Sassy bark () The bark of a West
African leguminous tree (Erythrophlaeum Guineense, used by the natives as an
ordeal poison, and also medicinally; -- called also mancona bark.
Sastra (n.) Same as
Shaster.
Sat () imp. of Sit.
Satan (n.) The grand
adversary of man; the Devil, or Prince of darkness; the chief of the fallen
angels; the archfiend.
Satanic (a.) Alt. of
Satanical
Satanical (a.) Of or
pertaining to Satan; having the qualities of Satan; resembling Satan; extremely
malicious or wicked; devilish; infernal.
Satanism (n.) The evil and
malicious disposition of Satan; a diabolical spirit.
Satanist (n.) A very
wicked person.
Satanophany (n.) An
incarnation of Satan; a being possessed by a demon.
Satchel (n.) A little sack
or bag for carrying papers, books, or small articles of wearing apparel; a hand
bag.
Sated (imp. & p. p.) of
Sate
Sating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sate
Sate (v. t.) To satisfy
the desire or appetite of; to satiate; to glut; to surfeit.
Sate () imp. of Sit.
Sateen (n.) A kind of
dress goods made of cotton or woolen, with a glossy surface resembling satin.
Sateless (a.) Insatiable.
Satellite (n.) An
attendant attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an obsequious
dependent.
Satellite (n.) A secondary
planet which revolves about another planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the
earth. See Solar system, under Solar.
Satellite (a.) Situated
near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those which accompany the arteries.
Satellitious (a.)
Pertaining to, or consisting of, satellites.
Sathanas (n.) Satan.
Satiate (a.) Filled to
satiety; glutted; sated; -- followed by with or of.
Satiated (imp. & p. p.) of
Satiate
Satiating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Satiate
Satiate (v. t.) To satisfy
the appetite or desire of; to feed to the full; to furnish enjoyment to, to the
extent of desire; to sate; as, to satiate appetite or sense.
Satiate (v. t.) To full
beyond natural desire; to gratify to repletion or loathing; to surfeit; to glut.
Satiate (v. t.) To
saturate.
Satiation (n.) Satiety.
Satiety (n.) The state of
being satiated or glutted; fullness of gratification, either of the appetite or
of any sensual desire; fullness beyond desire; an excess of gratification which
excites wearisomeness or loathing; repletion; satiation.
Satin (n.) A silk cloth,
of a thick, close texture, and overshot woof, which has a glossy surface.
Satinet (n.) A thin kind
of satin.
Satinet (n.) A kind of
cloth made of cotton warp and woolen filling, used chiefly for trousers.
Satinwood (n.) The hard,
lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree (Chloroxylon Swietenia). It
takes a lustrous finish, and is used in cabinetwork. The name is also given to
the wood of a species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum Caribaeum) growing in Florida
and the West Indies.
Satiny (a.) Like or
composed of satin; glossy; as, to have a satiny appearance; a satiny texture.
Sation (n.) A sowing or
planting.
Satire (a.) A composition,
generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe
exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem;
as, the Satires of Juvenal.
Satire (a.) Keeness and
severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.
Satiric (a.) Alt. of
Satirical
Satirical (a.) Of or
pertaining to satire; of the nature of satire; as, a satiric style.
Satirical (a.) Censorious;
severe in language; sarcastic; insulting.
Satirist (n.) One who
satirizes; especially, one who writes satire.
Satirized (imp. & p. p.)
of Satirize
Satirizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Satirize
Satirize (v. t.) To make
the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe
sarcasm.
Satisfaction (n.) The act
of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire;
contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting from
compliance with its desires or demands.
Satisfaction (n.)
Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate
compensation.
Satisfaction (n.) That
which satisfies or gratifies; atonement.
Satisfactive (a.)
Satisfactory.
Satisfactory (a.) Giving
or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from
doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence; sufficient; as, a
satisfactory account or explanation.
Satisfactory (a.) Making
amends, indemnification, or recompense; causing to cease from claims and to rest
content; compensating; atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a
satisfactory apology.
Satisfiable (a.) That may
be satisfied.
Satisfier (n.) One who
satisfies.
Satisfied (imp. & p. p.)
of Satisfy
Satisfying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Satisfy
Satisfy (a.) In general,
to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to grafity
fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full, or so far as to
give contentment with what is wished for.
Satisfy (a.) To pay to the
extent of claims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to satisfy a creditor.
Satisfy (a.) To answer or
discharge, as a claim, debt, legal demand, or the like; to give compensation
for; to pay off; to requite; as, to satisfy a claim or an execution.
Satisfy (a.) To free from
doubt, suspense, or uncertainty; to give assurance to; to set at rest the mind
of; to convince; as, to satisfy one's self by inquiry.
Satisfy (v. i.) To give
satisfaction; to afford gratification; to leave nothing to be desired.
Satisfy (v. i.) To make
payment or atonement; to atone.
Satisfyingly (adv.) So as
to satisfy; satisfactorily.
Sative (a.) Sown;
propagated by seed.
Satle (v. t. & i.) To
settle.
Satrap (n.) The governor
of a province in ancient Persia; hence, a petty autocrat despot.
Satrapal (a.) Of or
pertaining to a satrap, or a satrapy.
Satrapess (n.) A female
satrap.
Satrapical (a.) Satrapal.
Satrapies (pl. ) of
Satrapy
Satrapy (n.) The
government or jurisdiction of a satrap; a principality.
Satsuma ware () A kind of
ornamental hard-glazed pottery made at Satsuma in Kiushu, one of the Japanese
islands.
Saturable (a.) Capable of
being saturated; admitting of saturation.
Saturant (a.) Impregnating
to the full; saturating.
Saturant (n.) A substance
used to neutralize or saturate the affinity of another substance.
Saturant (n.) An antacid,
as magnesia, used to correct acidity of the stomach.
Saturated (imp. & p. p.)
of Saturate
Saturating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Saturate
Saturate (v. t.) To cause
to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate.
Saturate (v. t.) To
satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert by chemical combination with
all that it can hold; as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine.
Saturate (p. a.) Filled to
repletion; saturated; soaked.
Saturated (a.) Filled to
repletion; holding by absorption, or in solution, all that is possible; as,
saturated garments; a saturated solution of salt.
Saturated (a.) Having its
affinity satisfied; combined with all it can hold; -- said of certain atoms,
radicals, or compounds; thus, methane is a saturated compound. Contrasted with
unsaturated.
Saturation (n.) The act of
saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or
impregnation.
Saturation (n.) The act,
process, or result of saturating a substance, or of combining it to its fullest
extent.
Saturation (n.) Freedom
from mixture or dilution with white; purity; -- said of colors.
Saturator (n.) One who, or
that which, saturates.
Saturday (n.) The seventh
or last day of the week; the day following Friday and preceding Sunday.
Saturity (n.) The state of
being saturated; fullness of supply.
Saturn (n.) One of the
elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and
the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later
CHro`nos, Time.
Saturn (n.) One of the
planets of the solar system, next in magnitude to Jupiter, but more remote from
the sun. Its diameter is seventy thousand miles, its mean distance from the sun
nearly eight hundred and eighty millions of miles, and its year, or periodical
revolution round the sun, nearly twenty-nine years and a half. It is surrounded
by a remarkable system of rings, and has eight satellites.
Saturn (n.) The metal
lead.
Saturnalia (n. pl.) The
festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but
afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment
for all classes, extending even to the slaves.
Saturnalia (n. pl.) Hence:
A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have
riotous indulgence.
Saturnalian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Saturnalia.
Saturnalian (a.) Of
unrestrained and intemperate jollity; riotously merry; dissolute.
Saturnian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Saturn, whose age or reign, from the mildness and wisdom of his
government, is called the golden age.
Saturnian (a.) Hence:
Resembling the golden age; distinguished for peacefulness, happiness,
contentment.
Saturnian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the planet Saturn; as, the Saturnian year.
Saturnian (n.) Any one of
numerous species of large handsome moths belonging to Saturnia and allied
genera. The luna moth, polyphemus, and promethea, are examples. They belong to
the Silkworn family, and some are raised for their silk. See Polyphemus.
Saturnicentric (a.)
Appearing as if seen from the center of the planet Saturn; relating or referred
to Saturn as a center.
Saturnine (a.) Born under,
or influenced by, the planet Saturn.
Saturnine (a.) Heavy;
grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or
temper.
Saturnine (a.) Of or
pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly
called Saturn.
Saturnism (n.) Plumbism.
Saturnist (n.) A person of
a dull, grave, gloomy temperament.
Satyr (n.) A sylvan deity
or demigod, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous
merriment and lasciviousness.
Satyr (n.) Any one of many
species of butterflies belonging to the family Nymphalidae. Their colors are
commonly brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings. Called also meadow
browns.
Satyr (n.) The
orang-outang.
Satyriasis (n.) Immoderate
venereal appetite in the male.
Satyric (a.) Alt. of
Satyrical
Satyrical (a.) Of or
pertaining to satyrs; burlesque; as, satyric tragedy.
Satyrion (n.) Any one of
several kinds of orchids.
Sauba ant () A South American ant
(Oecodoma cephalotes) remarkable for having two large kinds of workers besides
the ordinary ones, and for the immense size of its formicaries. The sauba ant
cuts off leaves of plants and carries them into its subterranean nests, and thus
often does great damage by defoliating trees and cultivated plants.
Sauce (n.) A composition
of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish;
especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint sauce; sweet
sauce, etc.
Sauce (n.) Any garden
vegetables eaten with meat.
Sauce (n.) Stewed or
preserved fruit eaten with other food as a relish; as, apple sauce, cranberry
sauce, etc.
Sauce (n.) Sauciness;
impertinence.
Sauced (imp. & p. p.) of
Sauce
Saucing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sauce
Sauce (v. t.) To accompany
with something intended to give a higher relish; to supply with appetizing
condiments; to season; to flavor.
Sauce (v. t.) To cause to
relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to
please; to stimulate; hence, to cover, mingle, or dress, as if with sauce; to
make an application to.
Sauce (v. t.) To make
poignant; to give zest, flavor or interest to; to set off; to vary and render
attractive.
Sauce (v. t.) To treat
with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to.
Sauce (n.) A soft crayon
for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.
Sauce-alone (n.)
Jack-by-the-hedge. See under Jack.
Saucebox (n.) A saucy,
impudent person; especially, a pert child.
Saucepan (n.) A small pan
with a handle, in which sauce is prepared over a fire; a stewpan.
Saucer (n.) A small pan or
vessel in which sauce was set on a table.
Saucer (n.) A small dish,
commonly deeper than a plate, in which a cup is set at table.
Saucer (n.) Something
resembling a saucer in shape.
Saucer (n.) A flat,
shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
Saucer (n.) A shallow
socket for the pivot of a capstan.
Saucily (adv.) In a saucy
manner; impudently; with impertinent boldness.
Sauciness (n.) The quality
or state of being saucy; that which is saucy; impertinent boldness; contempt of
superiors; impudence.
Saucisson (n.) Alt. of
Saucisse
Saucisse (n.) A long and
slender pipe or bag, made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, filled with
powder, and used to communicate fire to mines, caissons, bomb chests, etc.
Saucisse (n.) A fascine of
more than ordinary length.
Saucy (superl.) Showing
impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating
superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fellow.
Saucy (superl.) Expressive
of, or characterized by, impudence; impertinent; as, a saucy eye; saucy looks.
Sauerkraut (n.) Cabbage
cut fine and allowed to ferment in a brine made of its own juice with salt, -- a
German dish.
Sauf (a.) Safe.
Sauf (conj. & prep.) Save;
except.
Saufly (adv.) Safely.
Sauger (n.) An American
fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion Canadense); -- called also gray pike, blue
pike, hornfish, land pike, sand pike, pickering, and pickerel.
Saugh () Alt. of Sauh
Sauh () imp. sing. of See.
Sauks (n. pl.) Same as
Sacs.
Saul (n.) Soul.
Saul (n.) Same as Sal, the
tree.
Saulie (n.) A hired
mourner at a funeral.
Sault (n.) A rapid in some
rivers; as, the Sault Ste. Marie.
Saunders (n.) See
Sandress.
Saunders-blue (n.) A kind
of color prepared from calcined lapis lazuli; ultramarine; also, a blue prepared
from carbonate of copper.
Sauntered (imp. & p. p.)
of Saunter
Sauntering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Saunter
Saunter (n. & v.) To
wander or walk about idly and in a leisurely or lazy manner; to lounge; to
stroll; to loiter.
Saunter (n.) A sauntering,
or a sauntering place.
Saunterer (n.) One who
saunters.
Saur (n.) Soil; dirt;
dirty water; urine from a cowhouse.
Saurel (n.) Any carangoid
fish of the genus Trachurus, especially T. trachurus, or T. saurus, of Europe
and America, and T. picturatus of California. Called also skipjack, and horse
mackerel.
Sauria (n. pl.) A division
of Reptilia formerly established to include the Lacertilia, Crocodilia,
Dinosauria, and other groups. By some writers the name is restricted to the
Lacertilia.
Saurian (a.) Of or
pertaining to, or of the nature of, the Sauria.
Saurian (n.) One of the
Sauria.
Saurioid (a.) Same as
Sauroid.
Saurobatrachia (n. pl.)
The Urodela.
Saurognathous (a.) Having
the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two
lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers (Pici).
Sauroid (a.) Like or
pertaining to the saurians.
Sauroid (a.) Resembling a
saurian superficially; as, a sauroid fish.
Sauroidichnite (n.) The
fossil track of a saurian.
Sauropoda (n. pl.) An
extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs having the feet of a saurian type,
instead of birdlike, as they are in many dinosaurs. It includes the largest
known land animals, belonging to Brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, and allied genera.
See Illustration in Appendix.
Sauropsida (n. pl.) A
comprehensive group of vertebrates, comprising the reptiles and birds.
Sauropterygia (n. pl.)
Same as Plesiosauria.
Saururae (n. pl.) An
extinct order of birds having a long vertebrated tail with quills along each
side of it. Archaeopteryx is the type. See Archaeopteryx, and Odontornithes.
Sauries (pl. ) of Saury
Saury (n.) A slender
marine fish (Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin,
beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack,
skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring.
Sausage (n.) An article of
food consisting of meat (esp. pork) minced and highly seasoned, and inclosed in
a cylindrical case or skin usually made of the prepared intestine of some
animal.
Sausage (n.) A saucisson.
See Saucisson.
Sauseflem (a.) Having a
red, pimpled face.
Saussurite (n.) A tough,
compact mineral, of a white, greenish, or grayish color. It is near zoisite in
composition, and in part, at least, has been produced by the alteration of
feldspar.
Saut (n.) Alt. of Saute
Saute (n.) An assault.
Saute () p. p. of Sauter.
Sauter (v. t.) To fry
lightly and quickly, as meat, by turning or tossing it over frequently in a hot
pan greased with a little fat.
Sauter (n.) Psalter.
Sauterelle (n.) An
instrument used by masons and others to trace and form angles.
Sauterne (n.) A white wine
made in the district of Sauterne, France.
Sautrie (n.) Psaltery.
Sauvegarde (n.) The
monitor.
Savable (a.) Capable of,
or admitting of, being saved.
Savableness (n.)
Capability of being saved.
Savacioun (n.) Salvation.
Savage (a.) Of or
pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state
of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.
Savage (a.) Wild; untamed;
uncultivated; as, savage beasts.
Savage (a.) Uncivilized;
untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners.
Savage (a.) Characterized
by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.
Savage (n.) A human being
in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without
cultivation of mind or manners.
Savage (n.) A man of
extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.
Savage (v. t.) To make
savage.
Savagely (adv.) In a
savage manner.
Savageness (n.) The state
or quality of being savage.
Savagery (n.) The state of
being savage; savageness; savagism.
Savagery (n.) An act of
cruelty; barbarity.
Savagery (n.) Wild growth,
as of plants.
Savagism (n.) The state of
being savage; the state of rude, uncivilized men, or of men in their native
wildness and rudeness.
Savanilla (n.) The tarpum.
Savanna (n.) A tract of
level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and
warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees.
Savants (pl. ) of Savant
Savant (a.) A man of
learning; one versed in literature or science; a person eminent for
acquirements.
Save (n.) The herb sage,
or salvia.
Saved (imp. & p. p.) of
Save
Saving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Save
Save (a.) To make safe; to
procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any
kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames.
Save (a.) Specifically, to
deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and
spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life.
Save (a.) To keep from
being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
Save (a.) To rescue from
something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare.
Save (a.) To hinder from
doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to
spare.
Save (a.) To hold
possession or use of; to escape loss of.
Save (v. i.) To avoid
unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.
Save (a.) Except;
excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.
Save (conj.) Except;
unless.
Saveable (a.) See Savable.
Save-all (n.) Anything
which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss.
Save-all (n.) A device in
a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned.
Save-all (n.) A small sail
sometimes set under the foot of another sail, to catch the wind that would pass
under it.
Saveloy (n.) A kind of
dried sausage.
Savely (adv.) Safely.
Savement (n.) The act of
saving.
Saver (n.) One who saves.
Savin (n.) Alt. of Savine
Savine (n.) A coniferous
shrub (Juniperus Sabina) of Western Asia, occasionally found also in the
northern parts of the United States and in British America. It is a compact
bush, with dark-colored foliage, and produces small berries having a glaucous
bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops are sometimes used in medicine for gout,
amenorrhoea, etc.
Savine (n.) The North
American red cedar (Juniperus Virginiana.)
Saving (a.) Preserving;
rescuing.
Saving (a.) Avoiding
unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a
saving cook.
Saving (a.) Bringing back
in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not
gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage.
Saving (a.) Making
reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.
Saving (participle) With
the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to.
Saving (n.) Something kept
from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of
years of economy.
Saving (n.) Exception;
reservation.
Savingly (adv.) In a
saving manner; with frugality or parsimony.
Savingly (adv.) So as to
be finally saved from eternal death.
Savingness (n.) The
quality of being saving; carefulness not to expend money uselessly; frugality;
parsimony.
Savingness (n.) Tendency
to promote salvation.
Savior (v.) One who saves,
preserves, or delivers from destruction or danger.
Savior (v.) Specifically:
The (or our, your, etc.) Savior, he who brings salvation to men; Jesus Christ,
the Redeemer.
Savioress (n.) A female
savior.
Savor (a.) That property
of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor;
relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an ill savor.
Savor (a.) Hence, specific
flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint,
and the like.
Savor (a.) Sense of smell;
power to scent, or trace by scent.
Savor (a.) Pleasure;
delight; attractiveness.
Savored (imp. & p. p.) of
Savor
Savoring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Savor
Savor (n.) To have a
particular smell or taste; -- with of.
Savor (n.) To partake of
the quality or nature; to indicate the presence or influence; to smack; -- with
of.
Savor (n.) To use the
sense of taste.
Savor (v. t.) To perceive
by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive; to note.
Savor (v. t.) To have the
flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence of.
Savor (v. t.) To taste or
smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor.
Savorily (adv.) In a
savory manner.
Savoriness (n.) The
quality of being savory.
Savorless (a.) Having no
savor; destitute of smell or of taste; insipid.
Savorly (a.) Savory.
Savorly (adv.) In a savory
manner.
Savorous (n.) Having a
savor; savory.
Savory (a.) Pleasing to
the organs of taste or smell.
Savory (n.) An aromatic
labiate plant (Satureia hortensis), much used in cooking; -- also called summer
savory.
Savoy (n.) A variety of
the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea major), having curled leaves, -- much
cultivated for winter use.
Savoyard (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Savoy.
Saw () imp. of See.
Saw (v. t.) Something
said; speech; discourse.
Saw (v. t.) A saying; a
proverb; a maxim.
Saw (v. t.) Dictate;
command; decree.
Saw (n.) An instrument for
cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade,
or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove
successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing.
Sawed (imp.) of Saw
Sawed (p. p.) of Saw
Sawn () of Saw
Sawing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Saw
Saw (v. t.) To cut with a
saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble.
Saw (v. t.) To form by
cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber
into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel.
Saw (v. t.) Also used
figuratively; as, to saw the air.
Saw (v. i.) To use a saw;
to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.
Saw (v. i.) To cut, as a
saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.
Saw (v. i.) To be cut with
a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.
Sawarra nut () See Souari nut.
Sawbelly (n.) The alewife.
Sawbill (n.) The
merganser.
Sawbones (n.) A nickname
for a surgeon.
Sawbuck (n.) A sawhorse.
Sawceflem (a.) See
Sauseflem.
Sawder (n.) A corrupt
spelling and pronunciation of solder.
Sawdust (n.) Dust or small
fragments of wood (or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw.
Sawer (n.) One who saws; a
sawyer.
Sawfish (n.) Any one of
several species of elasmobranch fishes of the genus Pristis. They have a
sharklike form, but are more nearly allied to the rays. The flattened and much
elongated snout has a row of stout toothlike structures inserted along each
edge, forming a sawlike organ with which it mutilates or kills its prey.
Sawfly (n.) Any one of
numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family
Tenthredinidae. The female usually has an ovipositor containing a pair of
sawlike organs with which she makes incisions in the leaves or stems of plants
in which to lay the eggs. The larvae resemble those of Lepidoptera.
Sawhorse (n.) A kind of
rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid
for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck.
Sawmill (n.) A mill for
sawing, especially one for sawing timber or lumber.
Sawneb (n.) A merganser.
Saw palmetto () See under
Palmetto.
Saw-set (n.) An instrument
used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a little sidewise, that they may make a
kerf somewhat wider than the thickness of the blade, to prevent friction; --
called also saw-wrest.
Sawtooth (n.) An arctic
seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), having the molars serrated; -- called also
crab-eating seal.
Saw-toothed (a.) Having a
tooth or teeth like those of a saw; serrate.
Sawtry (n.) A psaltery.
Saw-whet (n.) A small
North American owl (Nyctale Acadica), destitute of ear tufts and having
feathered toes; -- called also Acadian owl.
Saw-wort (n.) Any plant of
the composite genus Serratula; -- so named from the serrated leaves of most of
the species.
Saw-wrest (n.) See
Saw-set.
Sawyer (n.) One whose
occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a
sawer.
Sawyer (n.) A tree which
has fallen into a stream so that its branches project above the surface, rising
and falling with a rocking or swaying motion in the current.
Sawyer (n.) The bowfin.
Sax (n.) A kind of
chopping instrument for trimming the edges of roofing slates.
Saxatile (a.) Of or
pertaining to rocks; living among rocks; as, a saxatile plant.
Saxhorn (n.) A name given
to a numerous family of brass wind instruments with valves, invented by Antoine
Joseph Adolphe Sax (known as Adolphe Sax), of Belgium and Paris, and much used
in military bands and in orchestras.
saxicavas (pl. ) of
Saxicava
Saxicavae (pl. ) of
Saxicava
Saxicava (n.) Any species
of marine bivalve shells of the genus Saxicava. Some of the species are noted
for their power of boring holes in limestone and similar rocks.
Saxicavid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the saxicavas.
Saxicavid (n.) A saxicava.
Saxicavous (a.) Boring, or
hollowing out, rocks; -- said of certain mollusks which live in holes which they
burrow in rocks. See Illust. of Lithodomus.
Saxicoline (a.)
Stone-inhabiting; pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, the
stonechats.
Saxicolous (a.) Growing on
rocks.
Saxifraga (n.) A genus of
exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species.
See Saxifrage.
Saxifragaceous (a.) Of or
pertaining to a natural order of plants (Saxifragaceae) of which saxifrage is
the type. The order includes also the alum root, the hydrangeas, the mock
orange, currants and gooseberries, and many other plants.
Saxifragant (a.) Breaking
or destroying stones; saxifragous.
Saxifragant (n.) That
which breaks or destroys stones.
Saxifrage (n.) Any plant
of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbs growing in crevices of rocks in
mountainous regions.
Saxifragous (a.)
Dissolving stone, especially dissolving stone in the bladder.
Saxon (n.) One of a nation
or people who formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and who, with
other Teutonic tribes, invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth
centuries.
Saxon (n.) Also used in
the sense of Anglo-Saxon.
Saxon (n.) A native or
inhabitant of modern Saxony.
Saxon (n.) The language of
the Saxons; Anglo-Saxon.
Saxon (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or their language.
Saxon (a.) Anglo-Saxon.
Saxon (a.) Of or
pertaining to Saxony or its inhabitants.
Saxonic (a.) Relating to
the Saxons or Anglo- Saxons.
Saxonism (n.) An idiom of
the Saxon or Anglo-Saxon language.
Saxonist (n.) One versed
in the Saxon language.
Saxonite (n.) See Mountain
soap, under Mountain.
Saxophone (n.) A wind
instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking of the qualities both of a
brass instrument and of a clarinet.
Sax-tuba (n.) A powerful
instrument of brass, curved somewhat like the Roman buccina, or tuba.
Say (imp.) Saw.
Say (n.) Trial by sample;
assay; sample; specimen; smack.
Say (n.) Tried quality;
temper; proof.
Say (n.) Essay; trial;
attempt.
Say (v. t.) To try; to
assay.
Say (n.) A kind of silk or
satin.
Say (n.) A delicate kind
of serge, or woolen cloth.
Said (imp. & p. p.) of Say
Saying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Say
Say (v. t.) To utter or
express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things.
Say (v. t.) To repeat; to
rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson.
Say (v. t.) To announce as
a decision or opinion; to state positively; to assert; hence, to form an opinion
upon; to be sure about; to be determined in mind as to.
Say (v. t.) To mention or
suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; -- in
the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty
thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles.
Say (v. i.) To speak; to
express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
Say (v. t.) A speech;
something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb.
Sayer (n.) One who says;
an utterer.
Sayette (n.) A mixed
stuff, called also sagathy. See Sagathy.
Saying (n.) That which is
said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a
proverb.
Sayman (n.) One who
assays.
Saymaster (n.) A master of
assay; one who tries or proves.
Saynd () p. p. of Senge, to
singe.
'Sblood (interj.) An
abbreviation of God's blood; -- used as an oath.
Scab (n.) An incrustation
over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the
discharge from the diseased part.
Scab (n.) The itch in man;
also, the scurvy.
Scab (n.) The mange, esp.
when it appears on sheep.
Scab (n.) A disease of
potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia
Scabies).
Scab (n.) A slight
irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the
breaking away of a part of the mold.
Scab (n.) A mean, dirty,
paltry fellow.
Scab (n.) A nickname for a
workman who engages for lower wages than are fixed by the trades unions; also,
for one who takes the place of a workman on a strike.
Scabbed (imp. & p. p.) of
Scab
Scabbing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scab
Scab (v. i.) To become
covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.
Scabbard (n.) The case in
which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath.
Scabbard (v. t.) To put in
a scabbard.
Scabbard plane () See Scaleboard
plane, under Scaleboard.
Scabbed (a.) Abounding
with scabs; diseased with scabs.
Scabbed (a.) Fig.: Mean;
paltry; vile; worthless.
Scabbedness (n.)
Scabbiness.
Scabbily (adv.) In a
scabby manner.
Scabbiness (n.) The
quality or state of being scabby.
Scabble (v. t.) See
Scapple.
Scabby (superl.) Affected
with scabs; full of scabs.
Scabby (superl.) Diseased
with the scab, or mange; mangy.
Scabies (n.) The itch.
Scabious (a.) Consisting
of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious eruptions.
Scabious (a.) Any plant of
the genus Scabiosa, several of the species of which are common in Europe. They
resemble the Compositae, and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are
not connected.
Scabling (n.) A fragment
or chip of stone.
Scabredity (n.) Roughness;
ruggedness.
Scabrous (a.) Rough to the
touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy;
scaly.
Scabrous (a.) Fig.: Harsh;
unmusical.
Scabrousness (n.) The
quality of being scabrous.
Scabwort (n.) Elecampane.
Scad (n.) A small
carangoid fish (Trachurus saurus) abundant on the European coast, and less
common on the American. The name is applied also to several allied species.
Scad (n.) The goggler; --
called also big-eyed scad. See Goggler.
Scad (n.) The friar skate.
Scad (n.) The cigar fish,
or round robin.
Scaffold (n.) A temporary
structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting
workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding
the spectators at a show, etc.
Scaffold (n.)
Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as,
to die on the scaffold.
Scaffold (n.) An
accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped
obstruction, above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
Scaffold (v. t.) To
furnish or uphold with a scaffold.
Scaffoldage (n.) A
scaffold.
Scaffolding (n.) A
scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body.
Scaffolding (n.) Materials
for building scaffolds.
Scaglia (n.) A reddish
variety of limestone.
Scagliola (n.) An
imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum
of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is
variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently
colored and polished.
Scalae (pl. ) of Scala
Scala (n.) A machine
formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.
Scala (n.) A term applied
to any one of the three canals of the cochlea.
Scalable (a.) Capable of
being scaled.
Scalade (n.) Alt. of
Scalado
Scalado (n.) See Escalade.
Scalar (n.) In the
quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, but not direction; --
distinguished from a vector, which has both magnitude and direction.
Scalaria (n.) Any one of
numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family
Scalaridae, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with rounded whorls,
usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called
also ladder shell, and wentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and Wentletrap.
Scalariform (a.)
Resembling a ladder in form or appearance; having transverse bars or markings
like the rounds of a ladder; as, the scalariform cells and scalariform pits in
some plants.
Scalariform (a.) Like or
pertaining to a scalaria.
Scalary (a.) Resembling a
ladder; formed with steps.
Scalawag (n.) A scamp; a
scapegrace.
Scalded (imp. & p. p.) of
Scald
Scalding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scald
Scald (v. t.) To burn with
hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot
fluid; as, to scald the hand.
Scald (v. t.) To expose to
a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in hot water or other liquor; as, to
scald milk or meat.
Scald (n.) A burn, or
injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid, or by steam.
Scald (a.) Affected with
the scab; scabby.
Scald (a.) Scurvy; paltry;
as, scald rhymers.
Scald (n.) Scurf on the
head. See Scall.
Scald (n.) One of the
ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic
poems, eulogies, etc., among the Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the
ancient Teutonic tribes.
Scalder (n.) A
Scandinavian poet; a scald.
Scaldfish (n.) A European
flounder (Arnoglossus laterna, or Psetta arnoglossa); -- called also megrim, and
smooth sole.
Scaldic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the scalds of the Norsemen; as, scaldic poetry.
Scale (n.) The dish of a
balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as,
to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when applied to the whole
instrument or apparatus for weighing. Also used figuratively.
Scale (n.) The sign or
constellation Libra.
Scaled (imp. & p. p.) of
Scale
Scaling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scale
Scale (v. t.) To weigh or
measure according to a scale; to measure; also, to grade or vary according to a
scale or system.
Scale (n.) One of the
small, thin, membranous, bony or horny pieces which form the covering of many
fishes and reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part of the
skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid, Ctenoid, and Ganoid.
Scale (n.) Hence, any
layer or leaf of metal or other material, resembling in size and thinness the
scale of a fish; as, a scale of iron, of bone, etc.
Scale (n.) One of the
small scalelike structures covering parts of some invertebrates, as those on the
wings of Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura; the elytra of certain
annelids. See Lepidoptera.
Scale (n.) A scale insect.
(See below.)
Scale (n.) A small
appendage like a rudimentary leaf, resembling the scales of a fish in form, and
often in arrangement; as, the scale of a bud, of a pine cone, and the like. The
name is also given to the chaff on the stems of ferns.
Scale (n.) The thin
metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife. See Illust. of Pocketknife.
Scale (n.) An incrustation
deposit on the inside of a vessel in which water is heated, as a steam boiler.
Scale (n.) The thin oxide
which forms on the surface of iron forgings. It consists essentially of the
magnetic oxide, Fe3O4. Also, a similar coating upon other metals.
Scale (v. t.) To strip or
clear of scale or scales; as, to scale a fish; to scale the inside of a boiler.
Scale (v. t.) To take off
in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
Scale (v. t.) To scatter;
to spread.
Scale (v. t.) To clean, as
the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
Scale (v. i.) To separate
and come off in thin layers or laminae; as, some sandstone scales by exposure.
Scale (v. i.) To separate;
to scatter.
Scale (n.) A ladder; a
series of steps; a means of ascending.
Scale (n.) Hence, anything
graduated, especially when employed as a measure or rule, or marked by lines at
regular intervals.
Scale (n.) A mathematical
instrument, consisting of a slip of wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets
of spaces graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring or laying off
distances, etc., as in drawing, plotting, and the like. See Gunter's scale.
Scale (n.) A series of
spaces marked by lines, and representing proportionately larger distances; as, a
scale of miles, yards, feet, etc., for a map or plan.
Scale (n.) A basis for a
numeral system; as, the decimal scale; the binary scale, etc.
Scale (n.) The graduated
series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its
octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of
octaves. See Chromatic scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale,
under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor.
Scale (n.) Gradation;
succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series;
scheme of comparative rank or order; as, a scale of being.
Scale (n.) Relative
dimensions, without difference in proportion of parts; size or degree of the
parts or components in any complex thing, compared with other like things;
especially, the relative proportion of the linear dimensions of the parts of a
drawing, map, model, etc., to the dimensions of the corresponding parts of the
object that is represented; as, a map on a scale of an inch to a mile.
Scale (v. t.) To climb by
a ladder, or as if by a ladder; to ascend by steps or by climbing; to clamber
up; as, to scale the wall of a fort.
Scale (v. i.) To lead up
by steps; to ascend.
Scaleback (n.) Any one of
numerous species of marine annelids of the family Polynoidae, and allies, which
have two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back. See Illust. under
Chaetopoda.
Scalebeam (n.) The lever
or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for
weighing is applied.
Scalebeam (n.) A weighing
apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling a steelyard.
Scaleboard (n.) A thin
slip of wood used to justify a page.
Scaleboard (n.) A thin
veneer of leaf of wood used for covering the surface of articles of furniture,
and the like.
Scaled (a.) Covered with
scales, or scalelike structures; -- said of a fish, a reptile, a moth, etc.
Scaled (a.) Without
scales, or with the scales removed; as, scaled herring.
Scaled (a.) Having
feathers which in form, color, or arrangement somewhat resemble scales; as, the
scaled dove.
Scaleless (a.) Destitute
of scales.
Scalene (a.) Having the
sides and angles unequal; -- said of a triangle.
Scalene (a.) Having the
axis inclined to the base, as a cone.
Scalene (a.) Designating
several triangular muscles called scalene muscles.
Scalene (a.) Of or
pertaining to the scalene muscles.
Scalene (n.) A triangle
having its sides and angles unequal.
Scalenohedral (a.) Of or
pertaining to a scalenohedron.
Scalenohedron (n.) A
pyramidal form under the rhombohedral system, inclosed by twelve faces, each a
scalene triangle.
Scaler (n.) One who, or
that which, scales; specifically, a dentist's instrument for removing tartar
from the teeth.
Scale-winged (a.) Having
the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the Lepidoptera;
scaly-winged.
Scaliness (n.) The state
of being scaly; roughness.
Scaling (a.) Adapted for
removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing
scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc.
Scaling (a.) Serving as an
aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place.
Scaliola (n.) Same as
Scagliola.
Scall (a.) A scurf or
scabby disease, especially of the scalp.
Scall (a.) Scabby; scurfy.
Scalled (a.) Scabby;
scurfy; scall.
Scallion (n.) A kind of
small onion (Allium Ascalonicum), native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot.
Scallion (n.) Any onion
which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem like a leek.
Scallop (n.) Any one of
numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied
genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially ribbed, and the
edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor
muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species (Vola Jacobaeus)
occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as
a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See Pecten,
2.
Scallop (n.) One of series
of segments of circles joined at their extremities, forming a border like the
edge or surface of a scallop shell.
Scallop (n.) One of the
shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a scallop shell.
Scalloped (imp. & p. p.)
of Scallop
Scalloping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scallop
Scallop (v. t.) To mark or
cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of
a scallop shell. See Scallop, n., 2.
Scallop (n.) To bake in
scallop shells or dishes; to prepare with crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake.
See Scalloped oysters, below.
Scalloped (a.) Furnished
with a scallop; made or done with or in a scallop.
Scalloped (a.) Having the
edge or border cut or marked with segments of circles. See Scallop, n., 2.
Scalloped (n.) Baked in a
scallop; cooked with crumbs.
Scalloper (n.) One who
fishes for scallops.
Scalloping (n.) Fishing
for scallops.
Scalp (n.) A bed of
oysters or mussels.
Scalp (n.) That part of
the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair.
Scalp (n.) A part of the
skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the
Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory.
Scalp (n.) Fig.: The top;
the summit.
Scalped (imp. & p. p.) of
Scalp
Scalping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scalp
Scalp (v. t.) To deprive
of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.
Scalp (v. t.) To remove
the skin of.
Scalp (v. t.) To brush the
hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling.
Scalp (v. i.) To make a
small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; -- said of brokers who
operate in this way on their own account.
Scalpel (n.) A small knife
with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting.
Scalper (n.) One who, or
that which, scalps.
Scalper (n.) Same as
Scalping iron, under Scalping.
Scalper (n.) A broker who,
dealing on his own account, tries to get a small and quick profit from slight
fluctuations of the market.
Scalper (n.) A person who
buys and sells the unused parts of railroad tickets.
Scalper (n.) A person who
buys tickets for entertainment or sports events and sells them at a profit,
often at a much higher price. Also, ticket scalper.
Scalping () a. & n. from Scalp.
Scalpriform (a.) Shaped
like a chisel; as, the scalpriform incisors of rodents.
Scaly (a.) Covered or
abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.
Scaly (a.) Resembling
scales, laminae, or layers.
Scaly (a.) Mean; low; as,
a scaly fellow.
Scaly (a.) Composed of
scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly
stem.
Scaly-winged (a.)
Scale-winged.
Scambled (imp. & p. p.) of
Scamble
Scambling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scamble
Scamble (v. i.) To move
awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble.
Scamble (v. i.) To move
about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble.
Scamble (v. t.) To mangle.
Scambler (n.) 1. One who
scambles.
Scambler (n.) A bold
intruder upon the hospitality of others; a mealtime visitor.
Scamblingly (adv.) In a
scambling manner; with turbulence and noise; with bold intrusiveness.
Scamell (n.) Alt. of
Scammel
Scammel (n.) The female
bar-tailed godwit.
Scamilli (pl. ) of
Scamillus
Scamillus (n.) A sort of
second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns,
generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal.
Scammoniate (a.) Made from
scammony; as, a scammoniate aperient.
Scammony (n.) A species of
bindweed or Convolvulus (C. Scammonia).
Scammony (n.) An
inspissated sap obtained from the root of the Convolvulus Scammonia, of a
blackish gray color, a nauseous smell like that of old cheese, and a somewhat
acrid taste. It is used in medicine as a cathartic.
Scamp (n.) A rascal; a
swindler; a rogue.
Scamp (a.) To perform in a
hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially.
Scampavia (n.) A long, low
war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the
nineteenth century.
Scampered (imp. & p. p.)
of Scamper
Scampering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scamper
Scamper (v. t.) To run
with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away.
Scamper (n.) A scampering;
a hasty flight.
Scamperer (n.) One who
scampers.
Scampish (a.) Of or like a
scamp; knavish; as, scampish conduct.
Scanned (imp. & p. p.) of
Scan
Scanning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scan
Scan (v. t.) To mount by
steps; to go through with step by step.
, a , or an . PCP. It is presumably an older spelling of
scanned. --2. () Specifically (Pros.), to go through
with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed;
to show, in reading, the metrical structure of; to recite metrically.
, a , or an . PCP. It is presumably an older spelling of
scanned. --2. Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and
distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading, the
metrical structure of; to recite metrically () To go
over and examine point by point; to examine with care; to look closely at or
into; to scrutinize.
Scandal (n.) Offense
caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded
as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace.
Scandal (n.) Reproachful
aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, uttered heedlessly or
maliciously.
Scandal (n.) Anything
alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or
which derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to good manners.
Scandal (v. t.) To treat
opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to slander.
Scandal (v. t.) To
scandalize; to offend.
Scandalized (imp. & p. p.)
of Scandalize
Scandalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scandalize
Scandalize (v. t.) To
offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by some action which is
considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon.
Scandalize (v. t.) To
reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander.
Scandalous (a.) Giving
offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out
condemnation.
Scandalous (a.)
Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy; opprobrious; as, a
scandalous crime or vice.
Scandalous (a.)
Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.
Scandalously (adv.) In a
manner to give offense; shamefully.
Scandalously (adv.) With a
disposition to impute immorality or wrong.
Scandalousness (n.)
Quality of being scandalous.
Scandalum magnatum () A
defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity; --
usually abbreviated scan. mag.
Scandent (a.) Climbing.
Scandia (n.) A chemical
earth, the oxide of scandium.
Scandic (a.) Of or
pertaining to scandium; derived from, or containing, scandium.
Scandinavian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Scandinavia, that is, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.
Scandinavian (n.) A native
or inhabitant of Scandinavia.
Scandium (n.) A rare
metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicted under the
provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, and subsequently
discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite
and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44.
Scansion (n.) The act of
scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or
otherwise.
Scansores (n. pl.) An
artifical group of birds formerly regarded as an order. They are distributed
among several orders by modern ornithologists.
Scansorial (a.) Capable of
climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, a
scansorial foot.
Scansorial (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Scansores. See Illust.. under Aves.
Scant (superl.) Not full,
large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose;
scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a
scant pattern of cloth for a garment.
Scant (superl.) Sparing;
parsimonious; chary.
Scanted (imp. & p. p.) of
Scant
Scanting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scant
Scant (v. t.) To limit; to
straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to
scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.
Scant (v. t.) To cut
short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
Scant (v. i.) To fail, or
become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.
Scant (adv.) In a scant
manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
Scant (n.) Scantness;
scarcity.
Scantily (adv.) In a
scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously.
Scantiness (n.) Quality or
condition of being scanty.
Scantle (v. i.) To be
deficient; to fail.
Scantle (v. t.) To scant;
to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
Scantlet (n.) A small
pattern; a small quantity.
Scantling (a.) Not
plentiful; small; scanty.
Scantling (v. t.) A
fragment; a bit; a little piece.
Scantling (v. t.) A piece
or quantity cut for a special purpose; a sample.
Scantling (v. t.) A small
quantity; a little bit; not much.
Scantling (v. t.) A piece
of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc.
Scantling (v. t.) The
dimensions of a piece of timber with regard to its breadth and thickness; hence,
the measure or dimensions of anything.
Scantling (v. t.) A rough
draught; a rude sketch or outline.
Scantling (v. t.) A frame
for casks to lie upon; a trestle.
Scantly (adv.) In a scant
manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously.
Scantly (adv.) Scarcely;
hardly; barely.
Scantness (n.) The quality
or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness.
Scanty (a.) Wanting
amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
Scanty (a.) Somewhat less
than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty
supply of bread.
Scanty (a.) Sparing;
niggardly; parsimonious.
Scape (n.) A peduncle
rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets,
the bloodroot, and the like.
Scape (n.) The long basal
joint of the antennae of an insect.
Scape (n.) The shaft of a
column.
Scape (n.) The apophyge of
a shaft.
Scaped (imp. & p. p.) of
Scape
Scaping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scape
Scape (v. t. & i.) To
escape.
Scape (n.) An escape.
Scape (n.) Means of
escape; evasion.
Scape (n.) A freak; a
slip; a fault; an escapade.
Scape (n.) Loose act of
vice or lewdness.
Scapegallows (n.) One who
has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes.
Scapegoat (n.) A goat upon
whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was
suffered to escape into the wilderness.
Scapegoat (n.) Hence, a
person or thing that is made to bear blame for others.
Scapegrace (n.) A
graceless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless.
Scapeless (a.) Destitute
of a scape.
Scapement (v.) Same as
Escapement, 3.
Scape-wheel (n.) The wheel
in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets
play.
Scaphander (n.) The case,
or impermeable apparel, in which a diver can work while under water.
Scaphism (n.) An ancient
mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, by confining the victim in a
trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like, and exposed to
the sun and to insects until he died.
Scaphite (n.) Any fossil
cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite family and
having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous
formation.
Scaphocephalic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or affected with, scaphocephaly.
Scaphocephaly (n.) A
deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, elongated, and
more or less boat-shaped.
Scaphocerite (n.) A
flattened plate or scale attached to the second joint of the antennae of many
Crustacea.
Scaphognathite (n.) A thin
leafike appendage (the exopodite) of the second maxilla of decapod crustaceans.
It serves as a pumping organ to draw the water through the gill cavity.
Scaphoid (a.) Resembling a
boat in form; boat-shaped.
Scaphoid (n.) The scaphoid
bone.
Scapholunar (a.) Of or
pertaining to the scaphoid and lunar bones of the carpus.
Scapholunar (n.) The
scapholunar bone.
Scaphopda (n. pl.) A class
of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed
or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral
tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells.
Called also Prosopocephala, and Solenoconcha.
Scapiform (a.) Resembling
a scape, or flower stem.
Scapolite (n.) A grayish
white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals and in cleavable masses. It is
essentially a silicate of alumina and soda.
Scapple (v. t.) To work
roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry.
Scapple (v. t.) To dress
in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing, as stone.
Scapulae (pl. ) of Scapula
Scapulas (pl. ) of Scapula
Scapula (n.) The principal
bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.
Scapula (n.) One of the
plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise.
Scapular (a.) Of or
pertaining to the scapula or the shoulder.
Scapular (n.) One of a
special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie
along the sides of the back.
Scapular (n.) Alt. of
Scapulary
Scapulary (n.) A loose
sleeveless vestment falling in front and behind, worn by certain religious
orders and devout persons.
Scapulary (n.) The name
given to two pieces of cloth worn under the ordinary garb and over the shoulders
as an act of devotion.
Scapulary (n.) A bandage
passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place.
Scapulary (a.) Same as
Scapular, a.
Scapulary (n.) Same as 2d
and 3d Scapular.
Scapulet (n.) A secondary
mouth fold developed at the base of each of the armlike lobes of the manubrium
of many rhizostome medusae. See Illustration in Appendix.
Scapulo- () A combining form used
in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the scapula or the
shoulder; as, the scapulo-clavicular articulation, the articulation between the
scapula and clavicle.
Scapus (n.) See 1st Scape.
Scar (n.) A mark in the
skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the
wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a
blemish; a disfigurement.
Scar (n.) A mark left upon
a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the
separation of its support. See Illust.. under Axillary.
Scarred (imp. & p. p.) of
Scar
Scarring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scar
Scar (v. t.) To mark with
a scar or scars.
Scar (v. i.) To form a
scar.
Scar (n.) An isolated or
protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain
or steep bank of earth.
Scar (n.) A marine food
fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.
Scarab (n.) Alt. of
Scarabee
Scarabee (n.) Any one of
numerous species of lamellicorn beetles of the genus Scarabaeus, or family
Scarabaeidae, especially the sacred, or Egyptian, species (Scarabaeus sacer, and
S. Egyptiorum).
Scarabee (n.) A stylized
representation of a scarab beetle in stone or faience; -- a symbol of
resurrection, used by the ancient Egyptians as an ornament or a talisman, and in
modern times used in jewelry, usually by engraving designs on cabuchon stones.
Also used attributively; as, a scarab bracelet [a bracelet containing scarabs];
a scarab [the carved stone itelf].
Scarabaeus (n.) Same as
Scarab.
Scaraboid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the
Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles.
Scaraboid (n.) A scaraboid
beetle.
Scaramouch (n.) A
personage in the old Italian comedy (derived from Spain) characterized by great
boastfulness and poltroonery; hence, a person of like characteristics; a
buffoon.
Scarce (superl.) Not
plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily
to be procured; rare; uncommon.
Scarce (superl.) Scantily
supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of.
Scarce (superl.) Sparing;
frugal; parsimonious; stingy.
Scarce (adv.) Alt. of
Scarcely
Scarcely (adv.) With
difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just.
Scarcely (adv.) Frugally;
penuriously.
Scarcement (n.) An offset
where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing.
Scarceness (n.) Alt. of
Scarcity
Scarcity (n.) The quality
or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants
or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of
grain; a great scarcity of beauties.
Scard (n.) A shard or
fragment.
Scared (imp. & p. p.) of
Scare
Scaring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scare
Scare (v. t.) To frighten;
to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.
Scare (n.) Fright; esp.,
sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake.
Scarecrow (n.) Anything
set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything
terifying without danger.
Scarecrow (n.) A person
clad in rags and tatters.
Scarecrow (n.) The black
tern.
Scarefire (n.) An alarm of
fire.
Scarefire (n.) A fire
causing alarm.
Scarf (n.) A cormorant.
Scarfs (pl. ) of Scarf
Scarves (pl. ) of Scarf
Scarf (n.) An article of
dress of a light and decorative character, worn loosely over the shoulders or
about the neck or the waist; a light shawl or handkerchief for the neck; also, a
cravat; a neckcloth.
Scarfed (imp. & p. p.) of
Scarf
Scarfing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scarf
Scarf (v. t.) To throw on
loosely; to put on like a scarf.
Scarf (v. t.) To dress
with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
Scarf (v. t.) To form a
scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, metal rods, etc.
Scarf (v. t.) To unite, as
two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.
Scarf (n.) In a piece
which is to be united to another by a scarf joint, the part of the end or edge
that is tapered off, rabbeted, or notched so as to be thinner than the rest of
the piece.
Scarf (n.) A scarf joint.
Scarfskin (n.) See
Epidermis.
Scarification (n.) The act
of scarifying.
Scarificator (n.) An
instrument, principally used in cupping, containing several lancets moved
simultaneously by a spring, for making slight incisions.
Scarifier (n.) One who
scarifies.
Scarifier (n.) The
instrument used for scarifying.
Scarifier (n.) An
implement for stripping and loosening the soil, without bringing up a fresh
surface.
Scarified (imp. & p. p.)
of Scarify
Scarifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scarify
Scarify (v. t.) To scratch
or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a
lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without
opening a large vein.
Scarify (v. t.) To stir
the surface soil of, as a field.
Scariose (a.) Alt. of
Scarious
Scarious (a.) Thin, dry,
membranous, and not green.
Scarlatina (n.) Scarlet
fever.
Scarless (a.) Free from
scar.
Scarlet (n.) A deep bright
red tinged with orange or yellow, -- of many tints and shades; a vivid or bright
red color.
Scarlet (n.) Cloth of a
scarlet color.
Scarlet (a.) Of the color
called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread.
Scarlet (v. t.) To dye or
tinge with scarlet.
Scarmage (n.) Alt. of
Scarmoge
Scarmoge (n.) A slight
contest; a skirmish. See Skirmish.
Scarn (n.) Dung.
Scaroid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Scaridae, a family of marine fishes including the parrot
fishes.
Scarp (n.) A band in the
same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
Scarp (n.) The slope of
the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
Scarp (n.) A steep descent
or declivity.
Scarped (imp. & p. p.) of
Scarp
Scarping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scarp
Scarp (v. t.) To cut down
perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.
Scarring (n.) A scar; a
mark.
Scarry (a.) Bearing scars
or marks of wounds.
Scarry (a.) Like a scar,
or rocky eminence; containing scars.
Scarus (n.) A
Mediterranean food fish (Sparisoma scarus) of excellent quality and highly
valued by the Romans; -- called also parrot fish.
Scary (n.) Barren land
having only a thin coat of grass.
Scary (a.) Subject to
sudden alarm.
Scary (a.) Causing fright;
alarming.
Scasely (adv.) Scarcely;
hardly.
Scat (interj.) Go away;
begone; away; -- chiefly used in driving off a cat.
Scat (n.) Alt. of Scatt
Scatt (n.) Tribute.
Scat (n.) A shower of
rain.
Scatch (n.) A kind of bit
for the bridle of a horse; -- called also scatchmouth.
Scatches (n. pl.) Stilts.
Scate (n.) See Skate, for
the foot.
Scatebrous (a.) Abounding
with springs.
Scath (v.) Harm; damage;
injury; hurt; waste; misfortune.
Scathed (imp. & p. p.) of
Scath
Scathing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scath
Scathe (v. t.) Alt. of
Scath
Scath (v. t.) To do harm
to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy.
Scathful (a.) Harmful;
doing damage; pernicious.
Scathless (a.) Unharmed.
Scathly (a.) Injurious;
scathful.
Scattered (imp. & p. p.)
of Scatter
Scattering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scatter
Scatter (v. t.) To strew
about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and
there, esp. in an open or sparse order.
Scatter (v. t.) To cause
to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a
loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse.
Scatter (v. t.) Hence, to
frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like.
Scatter (v. i.) To be
dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a
storm.
Scatter-brain (n.) A giddy
or thoughtless person; one incapable of concentration or attention.
Scatter-brained (a.)
Giddy; thoughtless.
Scattered (a.) Dispersed;
dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread.
Scattered (a.) Irregular
in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves.
Scattergood (n.) One who
wastes; a spendthrift.
Scattering (a.) Going or
falling in various directions; not united or aggregated; divided among many; as,
scattering votes.
Scattering (n.) Act of
strewing about; something scattered.
Scatteringly (adv.) In a
scattering manner; dispersedly.
Scatterling (n.) One who
has no fixed habitation or residence; a vagabond.
Scaturient (a.) Gushing
forth; full to overflowing; effusive.
Scaturiginous (a.)
Abounding with springs.
Scaup (n.) A bed or
stratum of shellfish; scalp.
Scaup (n.) A scaup duck.
See below.
Scauper (n.) A tool with a
semicircular edge, -- used by engravers to clear away the spaces between the
lines of an engraving.
Scaur (n.) A precipitous
bank or rock; a scar.
Scavage (n.) A toll or
duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc., for goods
shown or offered for sale within their precincts.
Scavenge (v. t.) To
cleanse, as streets, from filth.
Scavenger (v.) A person
whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and
carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours
refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health.
Scazon (n.) A choliamb.
Scelerat (n.) A villain; a
criminal.
Scelestic (a.) Evil;
wicked; atrocious.
Scelet (n.) A mummy; a
skeleton.
Scena (n.) A scene in an
opera.
Scena (n.) An accompanied
dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full
aria.
Scenario (n.) A
preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera.
Scenary (n.) Scenery.
Scene (n.) The structure
on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the
acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.
Scene (n.) The decorations
and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed
to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of
reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go
behind the scenes.
Scene (n.) So much of a
play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of
character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play,
subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays; as, an
act of four scenes.
Scene (n.) The place,
time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a
story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set
before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition, or action.
Scene (n.) An assemblage
of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events
exhibited in their connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.
Scene (n.) A landscape, or
part of a landscape; scenery.
Scene (n.) An exhibition
of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artifical or affected
action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
Scene (v. t.) To exhibit
as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
Sceneful (a.) Having much
scenery.
Scenemen (pl. ) of
Sceneman
Sceneman (n.) The man who
manages the movable scenes in a theater.
Scenery (n.) Assemblage of
scenes; the paintings and hangings representing the scenes of a play; the
disposition and arrangement of the scenes in which the action of a play, poem,
etc., is laid; representation of place of action or occurence.
Scenery (n.) Sum of scenes
or views; general aspect, as regards variety and beauty or the reverse, in a
landscape; combination of natural views, as woods, hills, etc.
Sceneshifter (n.) One who
moves the scenes in a theater; a sceneman.
Scenic (a.) Alt. of
Scenical
Scenical (a.) Of or
pertaining to scenery; of the nature of scenery; theatrical.
Scenograph (n.) A
perspective representation or general view of an object.
Scenographic (a.) Alt. of
Scenographical
Scenographical (a.) Of or
pertaining to scenography; drawn in perspective.
Scenography (n.) The art
or act of representing a body on a perspective plane; also, a representation or
description of a body, in all its dimensions, as it appears to the eye.
Scented (imp. & p. p.) of
Scent
Scenting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scent
Scent (v. t.) To perceive
by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.
Scent (v. t.) To imbue or
fill with odor; to perfume.
Scent (v. i.) To have a
smell.
Scent (v. i.) To hunt
animals by means of the sense of smell.
Scent (n.) That which,
issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; odor; smell; as,
the scent of an orange, or of a rose; the scent of musk.
Scent (n.) Specifically,
the odor left by an animal on the ground in passing over it; as, dogs find or
lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery.
Scent (n.) The power of
smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent.
Scentful (a.) Full of
scent or odor; odorous.
Scentful (a.) Of quick or
keen smell.
Scentingly (adv.) By
scent.
Scentless (a.) Having no
scent.
Scepsis (n.) Skepticism;
skeptical philosophy.
Scepter (n.) Alt. of
Sceptre
Sceptre (n.) A staff or
baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a
royal mace.
Sceptre (n.) Hence, royal
or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter.
Sceptered (imp. & p. p.)
of Sceptre
Sceptred () of Sceptre
Sceptering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sceptre
Sceptring () of Sceptre
Scepter (v. t.) Alt. of
Sceptre
Sceptre (v. t.) To endow
with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority.
Scepterellate (a.) Having
a straight shaft with whorls of spines; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See
Illust. under Spicule.
Scepterless (a.) Alt. of
Sceptreless
Sceptreless (a.) Having no
scepter; without authority; powerless; as, a scepterless king.
Sceptic () Alt. of Scepticism
Sceptical () Alt. of Scepticism
Scepticism () etc. See Skeptic,
Skeptical, Skepticism, etc.
Sceptral (a.) Of or
pertaining to a scepter; like a scepter.
Scern (v. t.) To discern;
to perceive.
Schade (n.) Shade; shadow.
Schah (n.) See Shah.
Schediasm (n.) Cursory
writing on a loose sheet.
Schedule (n.) A written or
printed scroll or sheet of paper; a document; especially, a formal list or
inventory; a list or catalogue annexed to a larger document, as to a will, a
lease, a statute, etc.
Schedule (v. t.) To form
into, or place in, a schedule.
Scheele's green () See under
Green.
Scheelin (n.) Scheelium.
Scheelite (n.) Calcium
tungstate, a mineral of a white or pale yellowish color and of the tetragonal
system of crystallization.
Scheelium (n.) The metal
tungsten.
Scheik (n.) See Sheik.
Schelly (n.) The powan.
Schemata (pl. ) of Schema
Schemas (pl. ) of Schema
Schema (n.) An outline or
image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely
to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are a schema of the number
five; a preceding and succeeding event are a schema of cause and effect.
Schematic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a scheme or a schema.
Schematism (n.)
Combination of the aspects of heavenly bodies.
Schematism (n.) Particular
form or disposition of a thing; an exhibition in outline of any systematic
arrangement.
Schematist (n.) One given
to forming schemes; a projector; a schemer.
Schematize (v. i.) To form
a scheme or schemes.
Scheme (n.) A combination
of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.
Scheme (n.) A plan or
theory something to be done; a design; a project; as, to form a scheme.
Scheme (n.) Any lineal or
mathematical diagram; an outline.
Scheme (n.) A
representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a
given event.
Schemed (imp. & p. p.) of
Scheme
Scheming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scheme
Scheme (v. t.) To make a
scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot.
Scheme (v. i.) To form a
scheme or schemes.
Schemeful (a.) Full of
schemes or plans.
Schemer (n.) One who forms
schemes; a projector; esp., a plotter; an intriguer.
Scheming (a.) Given to
forming schemes; artful; intriguing.
Schemist (n.) A schemer.
Schene (n.) An Egyptian or
Persian measure of length, varying from thirty-two to sixty stadia.
Schenkbeer (n.) A mild
German beer.
Scherbet (n.) See Sherbet.
Scherif (n.) See Sherif.
Scherzando (adv.) In a
playful or sportive manner.
Scherzo (n.) A playful,
humorous movement, commonly in 3-4 measure, which often takes the place of the
old minuet and trio in a sonata or a symphony.
Schesis (n.) General state
or disposition of the body or mind, or of one thing with regard to other things;
habitude.
Schesis (n.) A figure of
speech whereby the mental habitude of an adversary or opponent is feigned for
the purpose of arguing against him.
Schetic (a.) Alt. of
Schetical
Schetical (a.) Of or
pertaining to the habit of the body; constitutional.
Schiedam (n.) Holland gin
made at Schiedam in the Netherlands.
Schiller (n.) The peculiar
bronzelike luster observed in certain minerals, as hypersthene, schiller spar,
etc. It is due to the presence of minute inclusions in parallel position, and is
sometimes of secondary origin.
Schilerization (n.) The
act or process of producing schiller in a mineral mass.
Schilling (n.) Any one of
several small German and Dutch coins, worth from about one and a half cents to
about five cents.
Schindylesis (n.) A form
of articulation in which one bone is received into a groove or slit in another.
Schirrhus (n.) See
Scirrhus.
Schism (n.) Division or
separation; specifically (Eccl.), permanent division or separation in the
Christian church; breach of unity among people of the same religious faith; the
offense of seeking to produce division in a church without justifiable cause.
Schisma (n.) An interval
equal to half a comma.
Schismatic (a.) Of or
pertaining to schism; implying schism; partaking of the nature of schism;
tending to schism; as, schismatic opinions or proposals.
Schismatic (n.) One who
creates or takes part in schism; one who separates from an established church or
religious communion on account of a difference of opinion.
Schismatical (a.) Same as
Schismatic.
Schismatized (imp. & p. p.)
of Schismatize
Schismatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Schismatize
Schismatize (v. i.) To
take part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church.
Schismless (a.) Free from
schism.
Schist (n.) Any
crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting
of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and
hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and
often feldspar.
Schistaceous (a.) Of a
slate color.
Schistic (a.) Schistose.
Schistose (a.) Alt. of
Schistous
Schistous (a.) Of or
pertaining to schist; having the structure of a schist.
Schistosity (n.) The
quality or state of being schistose.
Schizo- () A combining form
denoting division or cleavage; as, schizogenesis, reproduction by fission or
cell division.
Schizocarp (n.) A dry
fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one-seeded portions.
Schizocoele (n.) See
Enterocoele.
Schizocoelous (a.)
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a schizocoele.
Schizogenesis (n.)
Reproduction by fission.
Schizognath (n.) Any bird
with a schizognathous palate.
Schizognathae (n. pl.) The
schizognathous birds.
Schizognathism (n.) The
condition of having a schizognathous palate.
Schizognathous (a.) Having
the maxillo-palatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is
pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes, grouse, and many other birds.
Schizomycetes (n. pl.) An
order of Schizophyta, including the so-called fission fungi, or bacteria. See
Schizophyta, in the Supplement.
Schizonemertea (n. pl.) A
group of nemerteans comprising those having a deep slit along each side of the
head. See Illust. in Appendix.
Schizopelmous (a.) Having
the two flexor tendons of the toes entirely separate, and the flexor hallucis
going to the first toe only.
Schizophyte (n.) One of a
class of vegetable organisms, in the classification of Cohn, which includes all
of the inferior forms that multiply by fission, whether they contain chlorophyll
or not.
Schizopod (n.) one of the
Schizopoda. Also used adjectively.
Schizopod (a.) Alt. of
Schizopodous
Schizopodous (a.) Of or
pertaining to a schizopod, or the Schizopoda.
Schizopoda (n. pl.) A
division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which each of the thoracic legs has a
long fringed upper branch (exopodite) for swimming.
Scizorhinal (a.) Having
the nasal bones separate.
Scizorhinal (a.) Having
the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit.
Schlich (n.) The finer
portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in
certain wet processes.
Schmelze (n.) A kind of
glass of a red or ruby color, made in Bohemia.
Schnapps (n.) Holland gin.
Schneiderian (a.)
Discovered or described by C. V. Schneider, a German anatomist of the
seventeenth century.
Schoharie grit () The formation
belonging to the middle of the three subdivisions of the Corniferous period in
the American Devonian system; -- so called from Schoharie, in New York, where it
occurs. See the Chart of Geology.
Scholar (n.) One who
attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a
preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a student.
Scholar (n.) One engaged
in the pursuits of learning; a learned person; one versed in any branch, or in
many branches, of knowledge; a person of high literary or scientific
attainments; a savant.
Scholar (n.) A man of
books.
Scholar (n.) In English
universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and
receives support in part from its revenues.
Scholarity (n.)
Scholarship.
Scholarlike (a.)
Scholarly.
Scholarly (a.) Like a
scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a scholarly
essay or critique.
Scholarly (adv.) In a
scholarly manner.
Scholarship (n.) The
character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature;
erudition; learning.
Scholarship (n.) Literary
education.
Scholarship (n.)
Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student.
Scholastic (a.) Pertaining
to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic
manners or pride; scholastic learning.
Scholastic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as,
scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy.
Scholastic (a.) Hence,
characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions;
pedantic; formal.
Scholastic (n.) One who
adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools.
Scholastic (n.) See the
Note under Jesuit.
Scholastical (a. & n.)
Scholastic.
Scholastically (adv.) In a
scholastic manner.
Scholasticism (n.) The
method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality;
scholastic doctrines or philosophy.
Scholia (n. pl.) See
Scholium.
Scholiast (n.) A maker of
scholia; a commentator or annotator.
Scholiastic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a scholiast, or his pursuits.
Scholiaze (v. i.) To write
scholia.
Scholical (a.) Scholastic.
Scholion (n.) A scholium.
Scholia (pl. ) of Scholium
Scholiums (pl. ) of
Scholium
Scholium (n.) A marginal
annotation; an explanatory remark or comment; specifically, an explanatory
comment on the text of a classic author by an early grammarian.
Scholium (n.) A remark or
observation subjoined to a demonstration or a train of reasoning.
Scholy (n.) A scholium.
Scholy (v. i. & t.) To
write scholia; to annotate.
School (n.) A shoal; a
multitude; as, a school of fish.
School (n.) A place for
learned intercourse and instruction; an institution for learning; an educational
establishment; a place for acquiring knowledge and mental training; as, the
school of the prophets.
School (n.) A place of
primary instruction; an establishment for the instruction of children; as, a
primary school; a common school; a grammar school.
School (n.) A session of
an institution of instruction.
School (n.) One of the
seminaries for teaching logic, metaphysics, and theology, which were formed in
the Middle Ages, and which were characterized by academical disputations and
subtilties of reasoning.
School (n.) The room or
hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honors are
held.
School (n.) An assemblage
of scholars; those who attend upon instruction in a school of any kind; a body
of pupils.
School (n.) The disciples
or followers of a teacher; those who hold a common doctrine, or accept the same
teachings; a sect or denomination in philosophy, theology, science, medicine,
politics, etc.
School (n.) The canons,
precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a
particular class or age; as, he was a gentleman of the old school.
School (n.) Figuratively,
any means of knowledge or discipline; as, the school of experience.
Schooled (imp. & p. p.) of
School
Schooling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of School
School (v. t.) To train in
an institution of learning; to educate at a school; to teach.
School (v. t.) To tutor;
to chide and admonish; to reprove; to subject to systematic discipline; to
train.
Schoolbook (n.) A book
used in schools for learning lessons.
Schoolboy (n.) A boy
belonging to, or attending, a school.
Schooldame (n.) A
schoolmistress.
Schoolery (n.) Something
taught; precepts; schooling.
Schoolfellow (n.) One bred
at the same school; an associate in school.
Schoolgirl (n.) A girl
belonging to, or attending, a school.
Schoolhouse (n.) A house
appropriated for the use of a school or schools, or for instruction.
Schooling (n.) Instruction
in school; tuition; education in an institution of learning; act of teaching.
Schooling (n.) Discipline;
reproof; reprimand; as, he gave his son a good schooling.
Schooling (n.)
Compensation for instruction; price or reward paid to an instructor for teaching
pupils.
Schooling (a.) Collecting
or running in schools or shoals.
Schoolma'am (n.) A
schoolmistress.
Schoolmaid (n.) A
schoolgirl.
Schoolmen (pl. ) of
Schoolman
Schoolman (n.) One versed
in the niceties of academical disputation or of school divinity.
Schoolmaster (n.) The man
who presides over and teaches a school; a male teacher of a school.
Schoolmaster (n.) One who,
or that which, disciplines and directs.
Schoolmate (n.) A pupil
who attends the same school as another.
Schoolmistress (n.) A
woman who governs and teaches a school; a female school-teacher.
Schoolroom (n.) A room in
which pupils are taught.
Schoolship (n.) A vessel
employed as a nautical training school, in which naval apprentices receive their
education at the expense of the state, and are trained for service as sailors.
Also, a vessel used as a reform school to which boys are committed by the courts
to be disciplined, and instructed as mariners.
School-teacher (n.) One
who teaches or instructs a school.
Schoolward (adv.) Toward
school.
Schooner (n.) Originally,
a small, sharp-built vessel, with two masts and fore-and-aft rig. Sometimes it
carried square topsails on one or both masts and was called a topsail schooner.
About 1840, longer vessels with three masts, fore-and-aft rigged, came into use,
and since that time vessels with four masts and even with six masts, so rigged,
are built. Schooners with more than two masts are designated three-masted
schooners, four-masted schooners, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
Schooner (n.) A large
goblet or drinking glass, -- used for lager beer or ale.
Schorl (n.) Black
tourmaline.
Schorlaceous (a.)
Partaking of the nature and character of schorl; resembling schorl.
Schorlous (a.)
Schorlaceous.
Schorly (a.) Pertaining
to, or containing, schorl; as, schorly granite.
Schottish (n.) Alt. of
Schottische
Schottische (n.) A Scotch
round dance in 2-4 time, similar to the polka, only slower; also, the music for
such a dance; -- not to be confounded with the Ecossaise.
Schreibersite (n.) A
mineral occurring in steel-gray flexible folia. It contains iron, nickel, and
phosphorus, and is found only in meteoric iron.
Schrode (n.) See Scrod.
Schwann's sheath () The
neurilemma.
Schwann's white substance () The
substance of the medullary sheath.
Schwanpan (n.) Chinese
abacus.
Schweitzerkase (n.)
Gruyere cheese.
Schwenkfelder (n.) Alt. of
Schwenkfeldian
Schwenkfeldian (n.) A
member of a religious sect founded by Kaspar von Schwenkfeld, a Silesian
reformer who disagreed with Luther, especially on the deification of the body of
Christ.
Sciaenoid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of marine fishes which includes the
meagre, the squeteague, and the kingfish.
Sciagraph (n.) An old term
for a vertical section of a building; -- called also sciagraphy. See Vertical
section, under Section.
Sciagraph (n.) A
radiograph.
Sciagraphical (a.)
Pertaining to sciagraphy.
Sciagraphy (n.) The art or
science of projecting or delineating shadows as they fall in nature.
Sciagraphy (n.) Same as
Sciagraph.
Sciamachy (n.) See
Sciomachy.
Sciatheric (a.) Alt. of
Sciatherical
Sciatherical (a.)
Belonging to a sundial.
Sciatic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the hip; in the region of, or affecting, the hip; ischial;
ischiatic; as, the sciatic nerve, sciatic pains.
Sciatic (n.) Sciatica.
Sciatica (n.) Neuralgia of
the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in
the buttock, back of the thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of
the branches of the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various
painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See Ischiadic passion,
under Ischiadic.
Sciatical (a.) Sciatic.
Sciatically (adv.) With,
or by means of, sciatica.
Scibboleth (n.)
Shibboleth.
Science (n.) Knowledge;
knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts.
Science (n.) Accumulated
and established knowledge, which has been systematized and formulated with
reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws;
knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth;
comprehensive, profound, or philosophical knowledge.
Science (n.) Especially,
such knowledge when it relates to the physical world and its phenomena, the
nature, constitution, and forces of matter, the qualities and functions of
living tissues, etc.; -- called also natural science, and physical science.
Science (n.) Any branch or
department of systematized knowledge considered as a distinct field of
investigation or object of study; as, the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or
of mind.
Science (n.) Art, skill,
or expertness, regarded as the result of knowledge of laws and principles.
Science (v. t.) To cause
to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.
Scient (a.) Knowing;
skillful.
Scienter (adv.) Knowingly;
willfully.
Sciential (a.) Pertaining
to, or producing, science.
Scientific (a.) Of or
pertaining to science; used in science; as, scientific principles; scientific
apparatus; scientific observations.
Scientific (a.) Agreeing
with, or depending on, the rules or principles of science; as, a scientific
classification; a scientific arrangement of fossils.
Scientific (a.) Having a
knowledge of science, or of a science; evincing science or systematic knowledge;
as, a scientific chemist; a scientific reasoner; a scientific argument.
Scientifical (a.)
Scientific.
Scientifically (adv.) In a
scientific manner; according to the rules or principles of science.
Scientist (n.) One learned
in science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a
savant.
Scilicet (adv.) To wit;
namely; videlicet; -- often abbreviated to sc., or ss.
Scillain (n.) A glucoside
extracted from squill (Scilla) as a light porous substance.
Scillitin (n.) A bitter
principle extracted from the bulbs of the squill (Scilla), and probably
consisting of a complex mixture of several substances.
Scimiter (n.) Alt. of
Scimitar
Scimitar (n.) A saber with
a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, -- in use among
Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and persians.
Scimitar (n.) A
long-handled billhook. See Billhook.
Scincoid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the family Scincidae, or skinks.
Scincoid (n.) A
scincoidian.
Scincoidea (n. pl.) A
tribe of lizards including the skinks. See Skink.
Scincoidian (n.) Any one
of numerous species of lizards of the family Scincidae or tribe Scincoidea. The
tongue is not extensile. The body and tail are covered with overlapping scales,
and the toes are margined. See Illust. under Skink.
Sciniph (n.) Some kind of
stinging or biting insect, as a flea, a gnat, a sandfly, or the like.
Scink (n.) A skink.
Scink (n.) A slunk calf.
Scintilla (n.) A spark;
the least particle; an iota; a tittle.
Scintillant (a.) Emitting
sparks, or fine igneous particles; sparkling.
Scintillated (imp. & p. p.)
of Scintillate
Scintillating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scintillate
Scintillate (v. i.) To
emit sparks, or fine igneous particles.
Scintillate (v. i.) To
sparkle, as the fixed stars.
Scintillation (n.) The act
of scintillating.
Scintillation (n.) A spark
or flash emitted in scintillating.
Scintillous (a.)
Scintillant.
Scintillously (adv.) In a
scintillant manner.
Sciography (n.) See
Sciagraphy.
Sciolism (n.) The
knowledge of a sciolist; superficial knowledge.
Sciolist (n.) One who
knows many things superficially; a pretender to science; a smatterer.
Sciolistic (a.) Of or
pertaining to sciolism, or a sciolist; partaking of sciolism; resembling a
sciolist.
Sciolous (a.) Knowing
superficially or imperfectly.
Sciomachy (n.) A fighting
with a shadow; a mock contest; an imaginary or futile combat.
Sciomancy (n.) Divination
by means of shadows.
Scion (n.) A shoot or
sprout of a plant; a sucker.
Scion (n.) A piece of a
slender branch or twig cut for grafting.
Scion (n.) Hence, a
descendant; an heir; as, a scion of a royal stock.
Scioptic (a.) Of or
pertaining to an optical arrangement for forming images in a darkened room,
usually called scioptic ball.
Sciopticon (n.) A kind of
magic lantern.
Scioptics (n.) The art or
process of exhibiting luminous images, especially those of external objects, in
a darkened room, by arrangements of lenses or mirrors.
Scioptric (a.) Scioptic.
Sciot (a.) Of or
pertaining to the island Scio (Chio or Chios).
Sciot (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Scio.
Sciotheric (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sundial.
Scious (a.) Knowing;
having knowledge.
Scire facias () A judicial writ,
founded upon some record, and requiring the party proceeded against to show
cause why the party bringing it should not have advantage of such record, or (as
in the case of scire facias to repeal letters patent) why the record should not
be annulled or vacated.
Scirrhoid (a.) Resembling
scirrhus.
Scirrhosity (n.) A morbid
induration, as of a gland; state of being scirrhous.
Scirrhous (a.) Proceeding
from scirrhus; of the nature of scirrhus; indurated; knotty; as, scirrhous
affections; scirrhous disease.
Scirrhi (pl. ) of Scirrhus
Scirrhuses (pl. ) of
Scirrhus
Scirrhus (n.) An indurated
organ or part; especially, an indurated gland.
Scirrhus (n.) A cancerous
tumor which is hard, translucent, of a gray or bluish color, and emits a
creaking sound when incised.
Sciscitation (n.) The act
of inquiring; inquiry; demand.
Scise (v. i.) To cut; to
penetrate.
Scissel (n.) The clippings
of metals made in various mechanical operations.
Scissel (n.) The slips or
plates of metal out of which circular blanks have been cut for the purpose of
coinage.
Scissible (a.) Capable of
being cut or divided by a sharp instrument.
Scissil (n.) See Scissel.
Scissile (a.) Capable of
being cut smoothly; scissible.
Scission (n.) The act of
dividing with an instrument having a sharp edge.
Scissiparity (n.)
Reproduction by fission.
Scissor (v. t.) To cut
with scissors or shears; to prepare with the aid of scissors.
Scissors (n. pl.) A
cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting
blades with handles, movable on a pin in the center, by which they are held
together. Often called a pair of scissors.
Scissorsbill (n.) See
Skimmer.
Scissorstail (n.) A tyrant
flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which
has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the
flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers.
Scissors-tailed (a.)
Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to
the median ones.
Scissure (n.) A
longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.
Scitamineous (a.) Of or
pertaining to a natural order of plants (Scitamineae), mostly tropical herbs,
including the ginger, Indian shot, banana, and the plants producing turmeric and
arrowroot.
Sciurine (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Squirrel family.
Sciurine (n.) A rodent of
the Squirrel family.
Sciuroid (a.) Resembling
the tail of a squirrel; -- generally said of branches which are close and dense,
or of spikes of grass like barley.
Sciuromorpha (n. pl.) A
tribe of rodents containing the squirrels and allied animals, such as the
gophers, woodchucks, beavers, and others.
Sciurus (n.) A genus of
rodents comprising the common squirrels.
Sclaundre (n.) Slander.
Sclav (n.) Alt. of Sclave
Sclave (n.) Same as Slav.
Sclavic (a.) Same as
Slavic.
Sclavism (n.) Same as
Slavism.
Sclavonian (a. & n.) Same
as Slavonian.
Sclavonic (a.) Same as
Slavonic.
Sclender (a.) Slender.
Scleragogy (n.) Severe
discipline.
Sclerema (n.) Induration
of the cellular tissue.
Sclerenchyma (n.)
Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in
nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See Sclerotic.
Sclerenchyma (n.) The hard
calcareous deposit in the tissues of Anthozoa, constituting the stony corals.
Sclerenchymatous (a.)
Pertaining to, or composed of, sclerenchyma.
Sclerenchyme (n.)
Sclerenchyma.
Scleriasis (n.) A morbid
induration of the edge of the eyelid.
Scleriasis (n.) Induration
of any part, including scleroderma.
Sclerite (n.) A hard
chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, especially a spicule of the
Alcyonaria.
Scleritis (n.) See
Sclerotitis.
Sclerobase (n.) The
calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or axis of most compound
alcyonarians; -- called also foot secretion. See Illust. under Gorgoniacea, and
Coenenchyma.
Scleroderm (n.) One of a
tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi) having the skin covered with hard
scales, or plates, as the cowfish and the trunkfish.
Scleroderm (n.) One of the
Sclerodermata.
Scleroderm (n.) Hardened,
or bony, integument of various animals.
Scleroderma (n.) A disease
of adults, characterized by a diffuse rigidity and hardness of the skin.
Sclerodermata (n. pl.) The
stony corals; the Madreporaria.
Sclerodermic () Alt. of
Sclerodermous
Sclerodermous () Having the
integument, or skin, hard, or covered with hard plates.
Sclerodermous () Of or pertaining
to the Sclerodermata.
Sclerodermite (n.) The
hard integument of Crustacea.
Sclerodermite (n.)
Sclerenchyma.
Sclerogen (n.) The
thickening matter of woody cells; lignin.
Sclerogenous (a.) Making
or secreting a hard substance; becoming hard.
Scleroid (a.) Having a
hard texture, as nutshells.
Scleroma (n.) Induration
of the tissues. See Sclerema, Scleroderma, and Sclerosis.
Sclerometer (n.) An
instrument for determining with accuracy the degree of hardness of a mineral.
Sclerosed (a.) Affected
with sclerosis.
Sclerosis (n.) Induration;
hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase
of its interstitial connective tissue.
Sclerosis (n.) Hardening
of the cell wall by lignification.
Scleroskeleton (n.) That
part of the skeleton which is developed in tendons, ligaments, and aponeuroses.
Sclerotal (a.) Sclerotic.
Sclerotal (n.) The optic
capsule; the sclerotic coat of the eye.
Sclerotic (a.) Hard; firm;
indurated; -- applied especially in anatomy to the firm outer coat of the
eyeball, which is often cartilaginous and sometimes bony.
Sclerotic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the sclerotic coat of the eye; sclerotical.
Sclerotic (a.) Affected
with sclerosis; sclerosed.
Sclerotic (n.) The
sclerotic coat of the eye. See Illust. of Eye (d).
Sclerotic (a.) Pertaining
to, or designating, an acid obtained from ergot or the sclerotium of a fungus
growing on rye.
Sclerotical (a.)
Sclerotic.
Sclerotitis (n.)
Inflammation of the sclerotic coat.
Sclerotia (pl. ) of
Sclerotium
Sclerotium (n.) A hardened
body formed by certain fungi, as by the Claviceps purpurea, which produces
ergot.
Sclerotium (n.) The mature
or resting stage of a plasmodium.
Sclerotome (n.) One of the
bony, cartilaginous, or membranous partitions which separate the myotomes.
Sclerous (a.) Hard;
indurated; sclerotic.
Scoat (v. t.) To prop; to
scotch.
Scobby (n.) The chaffinch.
Scobiform (a.) Having the
form of, or resembling, sawdust or raspings.
Scobs (n. sing. & pl.)
Raspings of ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance.
Scobs (n. sing. & pl.) The
dross of metals.
Scoff (n.) Derision;
ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or
reproach.
Scoff (n.) An object of
scorn, mockery, or derision.
Scoffed (imp. & p. p.) of
Scoff
Scoffing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scoff
Scoff (n.) To show
insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language;
-- often with at.
Scoff (v. t.) To treat or
address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.
Scoffer (n.) One who
scoffs.
Scoffery (n.) The act of
scoffing; scoffing conduct; mockery.
Scoffingly (adv.) In a
scoffing manner.
Scoke (n.) Poke
(Phytolacca decandra).
Scolay (v. i.) See Scoley.
Scolded (imp. & p. p.) of
Scold
Scolding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scold
Scold (v. i.) To find
fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous
rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a
servant.
Scold (v. t.) To chide
with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity.
Scold (n.) One who scolds,
or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew.
Scold (n.) A scolding; a
brawl.
Scolder (n.) One who
scolds.
Scolder (n.) The oyster
catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries.
Scolder (n.) The old
squaw.
Scolding () a. & n. from Scold,
v.
Scoldingly (adv.) In a
scolding manner.
Scole (n.) School.
Scolecida (n. pl.) Same as
Helminthes.
Scolecite (n.) A zeolitic
mineral occuring in delicate radiating groups of white crystals. It is a hydrous
silicate of alumina and lime. Called also lime mesotype.
Scolecomorpha (n. pl.)
Same as Scolecida.
Scoleces (pl. ) of Scolex
Scolex (n.) The embryo
produced directly from the egg in a metagenetic series, especially the larva of
a tapeworm or other parasitic worm. See Illust. of Echinococcus.
Scolex (n.) One of the
Scolecida.
Scoley (v. i.) To go to
school; to study.
Scoliosis (n.) A lateral
curvature of the spine.
Scolithus (n.) A tubular
structure found in Potsdam sandstone, and believed to be the fossil burrow of a
marine worm.
Scollop (n. & v.) See
Scallop.
Scolopacine (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Scolopacidae, or Snipe family.
Scolopendra (n.) A genus
of venomous myriapods including the centipeds. See Centiped.
Scolopendra (n.) A sea
fish.
Scolopendrine (a.) Like or
pertaining to the Scolopendra.
Scolytid (n.) Any one of
numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied
genera. Also used adjectively.
Scomber (n.) A genus of
acanthopterygious fishes which includes the common mackerel.
Scomberoid (a. & n.) Same
as Scombroid.
Scombriformes (n. pl.) A
division of fishes including the mackerels, tunnies, and allied fishes.
Scombroid (a.) Like or
pertaining to the Mackerel family.
Scombroid (n.) Any fish of
the family Scombridae, of which the mackerel (Scomber) is the type.
Scomfish (v. t. & i.) To
suffocate or stifle; to smother.
Scomfit (n. & v.)
Discomfit.
Scomm (n.) A buffoon.
Scomm (n.) A flout; a
jeer; a gibe; a taunt.
Sconce (p. p.) A
fortification, or work for defense; a fort.
Sconce (p. p.) A hut for
protection and shelter; a stall.
Sconce (p. p.) A piece of
armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
Sconce (p. p.) Fig.: The
head; the skull; also, brains; sense; discretion.
Sconce (p. p.) A poll tax;
a mulct or fine.
Sconce (p. p.) A
protection for a light; a lantern or cased support for a candle; hence, a fixed
hanging or projecting candlestick.
Sconce (p. p.) Hence, the
circular tube, with a brim, in a candlestick, into which the candle is inserted.
Sconce (p. p.) A squinch.
Sconce (p. p.) A fragment
of a floe of ice.
Sconce (p. p.) A fixed
seat or shelf.
Sconced (imp. & p. p.) of
Sconce
Sconcing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sconce
Sconce (v. t.) To shut up
in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce.
Sconce (v. t.) To mulct;
to fine.
Sconcheon (n.) A squinch.
Scone (n.) A cake, thinner
than a bannock, made of wheat or barley or oat meal.
Scoop (n.) A large ladle;
a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing
boats.
Scoop (n.) A deep shovel,
or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything;
as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine.
Scoop (n.) A spoon-shaped
instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies.
Scoop (n.) A place
hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
Scoop (n.) A sweep; a
stroke; a swoop.
Scoop (n.) The act of
scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping
or shoveling.
Scooped (imp. & p. p.) of
Scoop
Scooping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scoop
Scoop (n.) To take out or
up with, a scoop; to lade out.
Scoop (n.) To empty by
lading; as, to scoop a well dry.
Scoop (n.) To make hollow,
as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation.
Scooper (n.) One who, or
that which, scoops.
Scooper (n.) The avocet;
-- so called because it scoops up the mud to obtain food.
Scoot (v. i.) To walk
fast; to go quickly; to run hastily away.
Scoparin (n.) A yellow
gelatinous or crystalline substance found in broom (Cytisus scoparius)
accompanying sparteine.
Scopate (a.) Having the
surface closely covered with hairs, like a brush.
-scope () A combining form
usually signifying an instrument for viewing (with the eye) or observing (in any
way); as in microscope, telescope, altoscope, anemoscope.
Scope (n.) That at which
one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is
purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose;
intention; drift; object.
Scope (n.) Room or
opportunity for free outlook or aim; space for action; amplitude of opportunity;
free course or vent; liberty; range of view, intent, or action.
Scope (n.) Extended area.
Scope (n.) Length; extent;
sweep; as, scope of cable.
Scope (v. t.) To look at
for the purpose of evaluation; usually with out; as, to scope out the area as a
camping site.
Scopeline (a.) Scopeloid.
Scopeloid (a.) Like or
pertaining to fishes of the genus Scopelus, or family Scopelodae, which includes
many small oceanic fishes, most of which are phosphorescent.
Scopeloid (n.) Any fish of
the family Scopelidae.
Scopiferous (a.) Bearing a
tuft of brushlike hairs.
Scopiform (a.) Having the
form of a broom or besom.
Scopiped (n.) Same as
Scopuliped.
Scoppet (v. t.) To lade or
dip out.
Scops owl () Any one of numerous
species of small owls of the genus Scops having ear tufts like those of the
horned owls, especially the European scops owl (Scops giu), and the American
screech owl (S. asio).
Scoptic (a.) Alt. of
Scoptical
Scoptical (a.) Jesting;
jeering; scoffing.
Scopulas (pl. ) of Scopula
Scopulae (pl. ) of Scopula
Scopula (n.) A peculiar
brushlike organ found on the foot of spiders and used in the construction of the
web.
Scopula (n.) A special
tuft of hairs on the leg of a bee.
Scopuliped (n.) Any
species of bee which has on the hind legs a brush of hairs used for collecting
pollen, as the hive bees and bumblebees.
Scopulous (a.) Full of
rocks; rocky.
Scorbute (n.) Scurvy.
Scorbutic (a.) Alt. of
Scorbutical
Scorbutical (a.) Of or
pertaining to scurvy; of the nature of, or resembling, scurvy; diseased with
scurvy; as, a scorbutic person; scorbutic complaints or symptoms.
Scorbutus (n.) Scurvy.
Scorce (n.) Barter.
Scorched (imp. & p. p.) of
Scorch
Scorching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scorch
Scorch (v. t.) To burn
superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so
much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen.
Scorch (v. t.) To affect
painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat.
Scorch (v. t.) To burn; to
destroy by, or as by, fire.
Scorch (v. i.) To be burnt
on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
Scorch (v. i.) To burn or
be burnt.
Scorching (a.) Burning;
parching or shriveling with heat.
Score (n.) A notch or
incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line,
made for the purpose of account.
Score (n.) An account or
reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.
Score (n.) Account;
reason; motive; sake; behalf.
Score (n.) The number
twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large
number.
Score (n.) A distance of
twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery.
Score (n.) A weight of
twenty pounds.
Score (n.) The number of
points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or
cricket.
Score (n.) A line drawn; a
groove or furrow.
Score (n.) The original
and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all
the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that
they can be read at a glance; -- so called from the bar, which, in its early
use, was drawn through all the parts.
Scored (imp. & p. p.) of
Score
Scoring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Score
Score (v. t.) To mark with
lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to
scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a
lash.
Score (v. t.) Especially,
to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of
something; as, to score a tally.
Score (v. t.) To mark or
signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to
record; to charge.
Score (v. t.) To engrave,
as upon a shield.
Score (v. t.) To make a
score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.
Score (v. t.) To write
down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra.
See Score, n., 9.
Score (n.) To mark with
parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States
were scored in the drift epoch.
Scorer (n.) One who, or
that which, scores.
Scoriae (pl. ) of Scoria
Scoria (n.) The recrement
of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the reduction of metallic ores;
dross.
Scoria (n.) Cellular
slaggy lava; volcanic cinders.
Scoriac (a.) Scoriaceous.
Scoriaceous (a.) Of or
pertaining to scoria; like scoria or the recrement of metals; partaking of the
nature of scoria.
Scorie (n.) The young of
any gull.
Scorification (n.) The
act, process, or result of scorifying, or reducing to a slag; hence, the
separation from earthy matter by means of a slag; as, the scorification of ores.
Scorifier (n.) One who, or
that which, scorifies; specifically, a small flat bowl-shaped cup used in the
first heating in assaying, to remove the earth and gangue, and to concentrate
the gold and silver in a lead button.
Scoriform (a.) In the form
of scoria.
Scorified (imp. & p. p.)
of Scorify
Scorifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scorify
Scorify (v. t.) To reduce
to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuse so as to separate the
gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead, soda, etc., thus leaving the gold
and silver in a lead button; hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag.
Scorious (a.) Scoriaceous.
Scorn (n.) Extreme and
lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion
of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.
Scorn (n.) An act or
expression of extreme contempt.
Scorn (n.) An object of
extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.
Scorned (imp. & p. p.) of
Scorn
Scoring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scorn
Scorn (n.) To hold in
extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to
disdain.
Scorn (n.) To treat with
extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.
Scorn (v. i.) To scoff; to
mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully.
Scorner (n.) One who
scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion.
Scornful (a.) Full of
scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.
Scornful (a.) Treated with
scorn; exciting scorn.
Scorny (a.) Deserving
scorn; paltry.
Scorodite (n.) A
leek-green or brownish mineral occurring in orthorhombic crystals. It is a
hydrous arseniate of iron.
Scorpaenoid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the family Scorpaenidae, which includes the scorpene, the
rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes. [Written also
scorpaenid.] See Illust. under Rockfish.
Scorpene (n.) A marine
food fish of the genus Scorpaena, as the European hogfish (S. scrofa), and the
California species (S. guttata).
Scorper (n.) Same as
Scauper.
Scorpiones (pl. ) of
Scorpio
Scorpio (n.) A scorpion.
Scorpio (n.) The eighth
sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third day of October,
marked thus [/] in almanacs.
Scorpio (n.) A
constellation of the zodiac containing the bright star Antares. It is drawn on
the celestial globe in the figure of a scorpion.
Scorpiodea (n. pl.) Same
as Scorpiones.
Scorpioid (a.) Alt. of
Scorpioidal
Scorpioidal (a.) Having
the inflorescence curved or circinate at the end, like a scorpion's tail.
Scorpion (n.) Any one of
numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a
suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting.
Scorpion (n.) The pine or
gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus).
Scorpion (n.) The
scorpene.
Scorpion (n.) A painful
scourge.
Scorpion (n.) A sign and
constellation. See Scorpio.
Scorpion (n.) An ancient
military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.
Scorpiones (n. pl.) A
division of arachnids comprising the scorpions.
Scorpionidea (n. pl.) Same
as Scorpiones.
Scorpionwort (n.) A
leguminous plant (Ornithopus scorpioides) of Southern Europe, having slender
curved pods.
Scorse (n.) Barter;
exchange; trade.
Scorse (v. t.) To barter
or exchange.
Scorse (v. t.) To chase.
Scorse (v. i.) To deal for
the purchase of anything; to practice barter.
Scortatory (a.) Pertaining
to lewdness or fornication; lewd.
Scot (n.) A name for a
horse.
Scot (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Scotland; a Scotsman, or Scotchman.
Scot (n.) A portion of
money assessed or paid; a tax or contribution; a mulct; a fine; a shot.
Scotal (n.) Alt. of
Scotale
Scotale (n.) The keeping
of an alehouse by an officer of a forest, and drawing people to spend their
money for liquor, for fear of his displeasure.
Scotch (a.) Of or
pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish.
Scotch (n.) The dialect or
dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland.
Scotch (n.) Collectively,
the people of Scotland.
Scotched (imp. & p. p.) of
Scotch
Scotching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scotch
Scotch (v. t.) To shoulder
up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc., as a wheel, to prevent its
rolling or slipping.
Scotch (n.) A chock,
wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel or
a log on inclined ground.
Scotch (v. t.) To cut
superficially; to wound; to score.
Scotch (n.) A slight cut
or incision; a score.
Scotch-hopper (n.)
Hopscotch.
Scotching (n.) Dressing
stone with a pick or pointed instrument.
Scotchmen (pl. ) of
Scotchman
Scotchman (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Scotland; a Scot; a Scotsman.
Scotchman (n.) A piece of
wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the
running gear.
Scoter (n.) Any one of
several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Oidemia.
Scot-free (a.) Free from
payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe.
Scoth (v. t.) To clothe or
cover up.
Scotia (n.) A concave
molding used especially in classical architecture.
Scotia (n.) Scotland
Scotist (n.) A follower of
(Joannes) Duns Scotus, the Franciscan scholastic (d. 1308), who maintained
certain doctrines in philosophy and theology, in opposition to the Thomists, or
followers of Thomas Aquinas, the Dominican scholastic.
Scotograph (n.) An
instrument for writing in the dark, or without seeing.
Scotoma (n.) Scotomy.
Scotomy (n.) Dizziness
with dimness of sight.
Scotomy (n.) Obscuration
of the field of vision due to the appearance of a dark spot before the eye.
Scotoscope (n.) An
instrument that discloses objects in the dark or in a faint light.
Scots (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Scotch; Scotch; Scottish; as, Scots law; a pound Scots (1s.
8d.).
Scotsman (n.) See
Scotchman.
Scottering (n.) The
burning of a wad of pease straw at the end of harvest.
Scotticism (n.) An idiom,
or mode of expression, peculiar to Scotland or Scotchmen.
Scotticize (v. t.) To
cause to become like the Scotch; to make Scottish.
Scottish (a.) Of or
pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as,
Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect.
Scoundrel (n.) A mean,
worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a man without honor or virtue.
Scoundrel (a.) Low; base;
mean; unprincipled.
Scoundreldom (n.) The
domain or sphere of scoundrels; scoundrels, collectively; the state, ideas, or
practices of scoundrels.
Scoundrelism (n.) The
practices or conduct of a scoundrel; baseness; rascality.
Scoured (imp. & p. p.) of
Scour
Scouring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scour
Scour (v. t.) To rub hard
with something rough, as sand or Bristol brick, especially for the purpose of
cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to cleanse from grease,
dirt, etc., as articles of dress.
Scour (v. t.) To purge;
as, to scour a horse.
Scour (v. t.) To remove by
rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off; to carry away or remove, as by a
current of water; -- often with off or away.
Scour (v. t.) To pass
swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the
coast.
Scour (v. i.) To clean
anything by rubbing.
Scour (v. i.) To cleanse
anything.
Scour (v. i.) To be purged
freely; to have a diarrhoea.
Scour (v. i.) To run
swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper.
Scour (n.) Diarrhoea or
dysentery among cattle.
Scourage (n.) Refuse water
after scouring.
Scourer (n.) One who, or
that which, scours.
Scourer (n.) A rover or
footpad; a prowling robber.
Scourge (n.) A lash; a
strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an
instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.
Scourge (n.) Hence, a
means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of
affliction; a punishment.
Scourged (imp. & p. p.) of
Scourge
Scourging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scourge
Scourge (n.) To whip
severely; to lash.
Scourge (n.) To punish
with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the
purpose of correction.
Scourge (n.) To harass or
afflict severely.
Scourger (n.) One who
scourges or punishes; one who afflicts severely.
Scourse (v. t.) See
Scorse.
Scouse (n.) A sailor's
dish. Bread scouse contains no meat; lobscouse contains meat, etc. See
Lobscouse.
Scout (n.) A swift sailing
boat.
Scout (n.) A projecting
rock.
Scout (v. t.) To reject
with contempt, as something absurd; to treat with ridicule; to flout; as, to
scout an idea or an apology.
Scout (n.) A person sent
out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain
information of the movements and condition of an enemy.
Scout (n.) A college
student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at
Cambridge called a gyp; and at Dublin, a skip.
Scout (n.) A fielder in a
game for practice.
Scout (n.) The act of
scouting or reconnoitering.
Scouted (imp. & p. p.) of
Scout
Scouting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scout
Scout (v. t.) To observe,
watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a
scout.
Scout (v. t.) To pass over
or through, as a scout; to reconnoiter; as, to scout a country.
Scout (v. i.) To go on the
business of scouting, or watching the motions of an enemy; to act as a scout.
Scovel (n.) A mop for
sweeping ovens; a malkin.
Scow (n.) A large
flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends.
Scow (v. t.) To transport
in a scow.
Scowled (imp. & p. p.) of
Scowl
Scowling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scowl
Scowl (v. i.) To wrinkle
the brows, as in frowning or displeasure; to put on a frowning look; to look
sour, sullen, severe, or angry.
Scowl (v. i.) Hence, to
look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower.
Scowl (v. t.) To look at
or repel with a scowl or a frown.
Scowl (v. t.) To express
by a scowl; as, to scowl defiance.
Scowl (n.) The wrinkling
of the brows or face in frowing; the expression of displeasure, sullenness, or
discontent in the countenance; an angry frown.
Scowl (n.) Hence, gloom;
dark or threatening aspect.
Scowlingly (adv.) In a
scowling manner.
Scrabbed eggs () A Lenten dish,
composed of eggs boiled hard, chopped, and seasoned with butter, salt, and
pepper.
Scrabbled (imp. & p. p.)
of Scrabble
Scrabbling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scrabble
Scrabble (v. t.) To
scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and
feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree.
Scrabble (v. t.) To make
irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl.
Scrabble (v. t.) To mark
with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper.
Scrabble (n.) The act of
scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.
Scraber (n.) The Manx
shearwater.
Scraber (n.) The black
guillemot.
Scraffle (v. i.) To
scramble or struggle; to wrangle; also, to be industrious.
Scrag (n.) Something thin,
lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence,
humorously or in contempt, the neck.
Scrag (n.) A rawboned
person.
Scrag (n.) A ragged,
stunted tree or branch.
Scragged (a.) Rough with
irregular points, or a broken surface; scraggy; as, a scragged backbone.
Scragged (a.) Lean and
rough; scraggy.
Scraggedness (n.) Quality
or state of being scragged.
Scraggily (adv.) In a
scraggy manner.
Scragginess (n.) The
quality or state of being scraggy; scraggedness.
Scraggy (superl.) Rough
with irregular points; scragged.
Scraggy (superl.) Lean and
rough; scragged.
Scragly (a.) See Scraggy.
Scrag-necked (a.) Having a
scraggy neck.
Scrambled (imp. & p. p.)
of Scramble
Scrambling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scramble
Scramble (v. i.) To
clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to
scramble over the rocks.
Scramble (v. i.) To
struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down
upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.
Scramble (v. t.) To
collect by scrambling; as, to scramble up wealth.
Scramble (v. t.) To
prepare (eggs) as a dish for the table, by stirring the yolks and whites
together while cooking.
Scramble (n.) The act of
scrambling, climbing on all fours, or clambering.
Scramble (n.) The act of
jostling and pushing for something desired; eager and unceremonious struggle for
what is thrown or held out; as, a scramble for office.
Scrambler (n.) One who
scrambles; one who climbs on all fours.
Scrambler (n.) A greedy
and unceremonious contestant.
Scrambling (a.) Confused
and irregular; awkward; scambling.
Scranched (imp. & p. p.)
of Scranch
Scranching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scranch
Scranch (v. t.) To grind
with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch.
Scranky (a.) Thin; lean.
Scrannel (a.) Slight;
thin; lean; poor.
Scranny (a.) Thin; lean;
meager; scrawny; scrannel.
Scrap (v. t.) Something
scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete
portion.
Scrap (v. t.)
Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an
unconnected extract.
Scrap (v. t.) The crisp
substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps.
Scrap (v. t.) Same as
Scrap iron, below.
Scrapbook (n.) A blank
book in which extracts cut from books and papers may be pasted and kept.
Scraped (imp. & p. p.) of
Scrape
Scraping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scrape
Scrape (v. t.) To rub over
the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with
something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly
over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by
moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with
pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean;
as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface.
Scrape (v. t.) To remove
by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).
Scrape (v. t.) To collect
by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious
effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed
by together or up; as, to scrape money together.
Scrape (v. t.) To express
disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet
back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down.
Scrape (v. i.) To rub over
the surface of anything with something which roughens or removes it, or which
smooths or cleans it; to rub harshly and noisily along.
Scrape (v. i.) To occupy
one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became
rich.
Scrape (v. i.) To play
awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.
Scrape (v. i.) To draw
back the right foot along the ground or floor when making a bow.
Scrape (n.) The act of
scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a
noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen.
Scrape (n.) A drawing back
of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that accompaniment.
Scrape (n.) A disagreeable
and embarrassing predicament out of which one can not get without undergoing, as
it were, a painful rubbing or scraping; a perplexity; a difficulty.
Scrapepenny (n.) One who
gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; a miser.
Scraper (n.) An instrument
with which anything is scraped.
Scraper (n.) An instrument
by which the soles of shoes are cleaned from mud and the like, by drawing them
across it.
Scraper (n.) An instrument
drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing
roads, digging cellars, canals etc.
Scraper (n.) An instrument
having two or three sharp sides or edges, for cleaning the planks, masts, or
decks of a ship.
Scraper (n.) In the
printing press, a board, or blade, the edge of which is made to rub over the
tympan sheet and thus produce the impression.
Scraper (n.) One who
scrapes.
Scraper (n.) One who plays
awkwardly on a violin.
Scraper (n.) One who
acquires avariciously and saves penuriously.
Scraping (n.) The act of
scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by
means of a scraper.
Scraping (n.) Something
scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by
scraping; as, the scraping of the street.
Scraping (a.) Resembling
the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a
scraping noise; a scraping miser.
Scrappily (adv.) In a
scrappy manner; in scraps.
Scrappy (a.) Consisting of
scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency; as, a scrappy lecture.
Scrat (v. t.) To scratch.
Scrat (v. i.) To rake; to
search.
Scrat (n.) An
hermaphrodite.
Scratched (imp. & p. p.)
of Scratch
Scratching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scratch
Scratch (v. t.) To rub and
tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen,
or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws,
the nails, a pin, or the like.
Scratch (v. t.) To write
or draw hastily or awkwardly.
Scratch (v. t.) To cancel
by drawing one or more lines through, as the name of a candidate upon a ballot,
or of a horse in a list; hence, to erase; to efface; -- often with out.
Scratch (v. t.) To dig or
excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow.
Scratch (v. i.) To use the
claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.
Scratch (v. i.) To score,
not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.
Scratch (n.) A break in
the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed
or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision.
Scratch (n.) A line across
the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence,
test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the
scratch.
Scratch (n.) Minute, but
tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of
horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
Scratch (n.) A kind of wig
covering only a portion of the head.
Scratch (n.) A shot which
scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.
Scratch (a.) Made, done,
or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by
circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a
scratch shot in billiards.
Scratchback (n.) A toy
which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back
of unsuspecting persons.
Scratchbrush (n.) A stiff
wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.
Scratch coat () The first coat in
plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.
Scratcher (n.) One who, or
that which, scratches; specifically (Zool.), any rasorial bird.
Scratching (adv.) With the
action of scratching.
Scratchweed (n.) Cleavers.
Scratchwork (n.) See
Scratch coat.
Scratchy (a.)
Characterized by scratches.
Scraw (n.) A turf.
Scrawl (v. i.) See Crawl.
Scrawled (imp. & p. p.) of
Scrawl
Scrawling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scrawl
Scrawl (v. t.) To draw or
mark awkwardly and irregularly; to write hastily and carelessly; to scratch; to
scribble; as, to scrawl a letter.
Scrawl (v. i.) To write
unskillfully and inelegantly.
Scrawl (n.) Unskillful or
inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully or inelegantly written.
Scrawler (n.) One who
scrawls; a hasty, awkward writer.
Scrawny (a.) Meager; thin;
rawboned; bony; scranny.
Scray (n.) A tern; the sea
swallow.
Screable (a.) Capable of
being spit out.
Screaked (imp. & p. p.) of
Screak
Screaking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Screak
Screak (v.) To utter
suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to creak, as a door or wheel.
Screak (n.) A creaking; a
screech; a shriek.
Screamed (imp. & p. p.) of
Scream
Screaming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scream
Scream (v. i.) To cry out
with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in
fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech.
Scream (n.) A sharp,
shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech.
Screamer (n.) Any one of
three species of South American birds constituting the family Anhimidae, and the
suborder Palamedeae. They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either
crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other
poultry. The crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus Chauna. The
horned screamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta.
Screaming (a.) Uttering
screams; shrieking.
Screaming (a.) Having the
nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill; sharp.
Scree (n.) A pebble; a
stone; also, a heap of stones or rocky debris.
Screeched (imp. & p. p.)
of Screech
Screeching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Screech
Screech (v.) To utter a
harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to
scream; to shriek.
Screech (n.) A harsh,
shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream.
Screechers (n. pl.) The
picarian birds, as distinguished from the singing birds.
Screechy (a.) Like a
screech; shrill and harsh.
Screed (n.) A strip of
plaster of the thickness proposed for the coat, applied to the wall at intervals
of four or five feet, as a guide.
Screed (n.) A wooden
straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness
of the coat.
Screed (n.) A fragment; a
portion; a shred.
Screed (n.) A breach or
rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds.
Screed (n.) An harangue; a
long tirade on any subject.
Screen (n.) Anything that
separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or
conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire screen.
Screen (n.) A dwarf wall
or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in
a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like.
Screen (n.) A surface, as
that afforded by a curtain, sheet, wall, etc., upon which an image, as a
picture, is thrown by a magic lantern, solar microscope, etc.
Screen (n.) A long, coarse
riddle or sieve, sometimes a revolving perforated cylinder, used to separate the
coarser from the finer parts, as of coal, sand, gravel, and the like.
Screened (imp. & p. p.) of
Screen
Screening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Screen
Screen (v. t.) To provide
with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from
inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding;
to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill.
Screen (v. t.) To pass, as
coal, gravel, ashes, etc., through a screen in order to separate the coarse from
the fine, or the worthless from the valuable; to sift.
Screenings (n. pl.) The
refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
Screw (n.) A cylinder, or
a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding
round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral
groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when
revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the
threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation
adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw,
or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or,
more usually, the nut.
Screw (n.) Specifically, a
kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of
the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to
fasten something; -- called also wood screws, and screw nails. See also Screw
bolt, below.
Screw (n.) Anything shaped
or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It
is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to
act against the water in the manner of a screw. See Screw propeller, below.
Screw (n.) A steam vesel
propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller.
Screw (n.) An extortioner;
a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.
Screw (n.) An instructor
who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict
examination of a student by an instructor.
Screw (n.) A small packet
of tobacco.
Screw (n.) An unsound or
worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance.
Screw (n.) A straight line
in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated
(cf. 5th Pitch, 10 (b)). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body,
which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a
translation parallel to that axis.
Screw (n.) An amphipod
crustacean; as, the skeleton screw (Caprella). See Sand screw, under Sand.
Screwed (imp. & p. p.) of
Screw
Screwing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Screw
Screw (v. t.) To turn, as
a screw; to apply a screw to; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a
screw or screws; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press.
Screw (v. t.) To force; to
squeeze; to press, as by screws.
Screw (v. t.) Hence: To
practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions.
Screw (v. t.) To twist; to
distort; as, to screw his visage.
Screw (v. t.) To examine
rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe examination.
Screw (v. i.) To use
violent mans in making exactions; to be oppressive or exacting.
Screw (v. i.) To turn
one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair.
Screw-cutting (a.) Adapted
for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe.
Screw-driver (n.) A tool
for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which
enters the nick in the head of the screw.
Screwer (n.) One who, or
that which, screws.
Screwing () a. & n. from Screw,
v. t.
Scribable (a.) Capable of
being written, or of being written upon.
Scribatious (a.) Skillful
in, or fond of, writing.
Scribbet (n.) A painter's
pencil.
Scribble (v. t.) To card
coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.
Scribbled (imp. & p. p.)
of Scribble
Scribbling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scribble
Scribble (v. t.) To write
hastily or carelessly, without regard to correctness or elegance; as, to
scribble a letter.
Scribble (v. t.) To fill
or cover with careless or worthless writing.
Scribble (v. i.) To write
without care, elegance, or value; to scrawl.
Scribble (n.) Hasty or
careless writing; a writing of little value; a scrawl; as, a hasty scribble.
Scribblement (n.) A
scribble.
Scribbler (n.) One who
scribbles; a petty author; a writer of no reputation; a literary hack.
Scribbler (n.) A
scribbling machine.
Scribbling (n.) The act or
process of carding coarsely.
Scribbling (a.) Writing
hastily or poorly.
Scribbling (n.) The act of
writing hastily or idly.
Scribblingly (adv.) In a
scribbling manner.
Scribe (n.) One who
writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public
writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.
Scribe (n.) A writer and
doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and
explained the law to the people.
Scribed (imp. & p. p.) of
Scribe
Scribing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scribe
Scribe (v. t.) To write,
engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
Scribe (v. t.) To cut
(anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a
baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding,
or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the
compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.
Scribe (v. t.) To score or
mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
Scribe (v. i.) To make a
mark.
Scriber (n.) A
sharp-pointed tool, used by joiners for drawing lines on stuff; a marking awl.
Scribism (n.) The
character and opinions of a Jewish scribe in the time of Christ.
Scrid (n.) A screed; a
shred; a fragment.
Scriggle (v. i.) To
wriggle.
Scrim (n.) A kind of light
cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains,
etc,; -- called also India scrim.
Scrim (n.) Thin canvas
glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc.
Scrimer (n.) A fencing
master.
Scrimmage (n.) Formerly, a
skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle.
Scrimmage (n.) The
struggle in the rush lines after the ball is put in play.
Scrimped (imp. & p. p.) of
Scrimp
Scrimping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scrimp
Scrimp (v. t.) To make too
small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to
contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.
Scrimp (a.) Short; scanty;
curtailed.
Scrimp (n.) A pinching
miser; a niggard.
Scrimping () a. & n. from Scrimp,
v. t.
Scrimpingly (adv.) In a
scrimping manner.
Scrimpness (n.) The state
of being scrimp.
Scrimption (n.) A small
portion; a pittance; a little bit.
Scrimshaw (v. t.) To
ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments
into the incised lines.
Scrimshaw (n.) A shell, a
whale's tooth, or the like, that is scrimshawed.
Scrine (n.) A chest,
bookcase, or other place, where writings or curiosities are deposited; a shrine.
Scringed (imp. & p. p.) of
Scrine
Scringing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scrine
Scrine (v. i.) To cringe.
Scrip (n.) A small bag; a
wallet; a satchel.
Scrip (n.) A small
writing, certificate, or schedule; a piece of paper containing a writing.
Scrip (n.) A preliminary
certificate of a subscription to the capital of a bank, railroad, or other
company, or for a share of other joint property, or a loan, stating the amount
of the subscription and the date of the payment of the installments; as,
insurance scrip, consol scrip, etc. When all the installments are paid, the
scrip is exchanged for a bond share certificate.
Scrip (n.) Paper
fractional currency.
Scrippage (n.) The
contents of a scrip, or wallet.
Script (n.) A writing; a
written document.
Script (n.) Type made in
imitation of handwriting.
Script (n.) An original
instrument or document.
Script (n.) Written
characters; style of writing.
Scriptoria (pl. ) of
Scriptorium
Scriptorium (n.) In an
abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing or copying manuscripts; in
general, a room devoted to writing.
Scriptory (a.) Of or
pertaining to writing; expressed in writing; used in writing; as, scriptory
wills; a scriptory reed.
Scriptural (a.) Contained
in the Scriptures; according to the Scriptures, or sacred oracles; biblical; as,
a scriptural doctrine.
Scripturalism (n.) The
quality or state of being scriptural; literal adherence to the Scriptures.
Scripturalist (n.) One who
adheres literally to the Scriptures.
Scripturally (adv.) In a
scriptural manner.
Scripturalness (n.)
Quality of being scriptural.
Scripture (n.) Anything
written; a writing; a document; an inscription.
Scripture (n.) The books
of the Old and the new Testament, or of either of them; the Bible; -- used by
way of eminence or distinction, and chiefly in the plural.
Scripture (n.) A passage
from the Bible;; a text.
Scripturian (n.) A
Scripturist.
Scripturist (n.) One who
is strongly attached to, or versed in, the Scriptures, or who endeavors to
regulate his life by them.
Scrit (n.) Writing;
document; scroll.
Scritch (n.) A screech.
Scrivener (n.) A
professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare
writings.
Scrivener (n.) One whose
business is to place money at interest; a broker.
Scrivener (n.) A writing
master.
Scrobiculae (pl. ) of
Scrobicula
Scrobicula (n.) One of the
smooth areas surrounding the tubercles of a sea urchin.
Scrobicular (a.)
Pertaining to, or surrounding, scrobiculae; as, scrobicular tubercles.
Scrobiculate (a.) Alt. of
Scrobiculated
Scrobiculated (a.) Having
numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted.
Scrod (n.) Alt. of Scrode
Scrode (n.) A young
codfish, especially when cut open on the back and dressed.
Scroddled ware () Mottled pottery
made from scraps of differently colored clays.
Scrofula (n.) A
constitutional disease, generally hereditary, especially manifested by chronic
enlargement and cheesy degeneration of the lymphatic glands, particularly those
of the neck, and marked by a tendency to the development of chronic intractable
inflammations of the skin, mucous membrane, bones, joints, and other parts, and
by a diminution in the power of resistance to disease or injury and the capacity
for recovery. Scrofula is now generally held to be tuberculous in character, and
may develop into general or local tuberculosis (consumption).
Scrofulide (n.) Any
affection of the skin dependent on scrofula.
Scrofulous (a.) Pertaining
to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous
habit of body.
Scrofulous (a.) Diseased
or affected with scrofula.
Scrog (n.) A stunted
shrub, bush, or branch.
Scroggy (a.) Abounding in
scrog; also, twisted; stunted.
Scroll (n.) A roll of
paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll; a schedule; a list.
Scroll (n.) An ornament
formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant
form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.
Scroll (n.) A mark or
flourish added to a person's signature, intended to represent a seal, and in
some States allowed as a substitute for a seal.
Scroll (n.) Same as Skew
surface. See under Skew.
Scrolled (a.) Formed like
a scroll; contained in a scroll; adorned with scrolls; as, scrolled work.
Scrophularia (n.) A genus
of coarse herbs having small flowers in panicled cymes; figwort.
Scrophulariaceous (a.) Of
or pertaining to a very large natural order of gamopetalous plants
(Scrophulariaceae, or Scrophularineae), usually having irregular didynamous
flowers and a two-celled pod. The order includes the mullein, foxglove,
snapdragon, figwort, painted cup, yellow rattle, and some exotic trees, as the
Paulownia.
Scrotal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the scrotum; as, scrotal hernia.
Scrotiform (a.)
Purse-shaped; pouch-shaped.
Scrotocele (n.) A rupture
or hernia in the scrotum; scrotal hernia.
Scrotum (n.) The bag or
pouch which contains the testicles; the cod.
Scrouge (v. t.) To crowd;
to squeeze.
Scrow (n.) A scroll.
Scrow (n.) A clipping from
skins; a currier's cuttings.
Scroyle (n.) A mean
fellow; a wretch.
Scrubbed (imp. & p. p.) of
Scrub
Scrubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scrub
Scrub (v. t.) To rub hard;
to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse
or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a
doorplate.
Scrub (v. i.) To rub
anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and
penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living.
Scrub (n.) One who labors
hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
Scrub (n.) Something small
and mean.
Scrub (n.) A worn-out
brush.
Scrub (n.) A thicket or
jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub,
palmetto scrub, etc.
Scrub (n.) One of the
common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp.
when inferior in size, etc.
Scrub (a.) Mean; dirty;
contemptible; scrubby.
Scrubbed (a.) Dwarfed or
stunted; scrubby.
Scrubber (n.) One who, or
that which, scrubs; esp., a brush used in scrubbing.
Scrubber (n.) A gas
washer. See under Gas.
Scrubboard (n.) A
baseboard; a mopboard.
Scrubby (superl.) Of the
nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur.
Scrubstone (n.) A species
of calciferous sandstone.
Scruff (n.) Scurf.
Scruff (n.) The nape of
the neck; the loose outside skin, as of the back of the neck.
Scrummage (n.) See
Scrimmage.
Scrumptious (a.) Nice;
particular; fastidious; excellent; fine.
Scrunch (v. t. & v. i.) To
scranch; to crunch.
Scruple (n.) A weight of
twenty grains; the third part of a dram.
Scruple (n.) Hence, a very
small quantity; a particle.
Scruple (n.) Hesitation as
to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient;
unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience.
Scrupled (imp. & p. p.) of
Scruple
Skrupling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scruple
Scruple (v. i.) To be
reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of
conscience or expedience.
Scruple (v. t.) To regard
with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.
Scruple (v. t.) To excite
scruples in; to cause to scruple.
Scrupler (n.) One who
scruples.
Scrupulist (n.) A
scrupler.
Scruou-lize (v. t.) To
perplex with scruples; to regard with scruples.
Scrupulosity (n.) The
quality or state of being scruppulous; doubt; doubtfulness respecting decision
or action; caution or tenderness from the far of doing wrong or ofending; nice
regard to exactness and propierty; precision.
Scrupulous (a.) Full
ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to
act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong.
Scrupulous (a.) Careful;
cautious; exact; nice; as, scrupulous abstinence from labor; scrupulous
performance of duties.
Scrupulous (a.) Given to
making objections; captious.
Scrupulous (a.) Liable to
be doubted; doubtful; nice.
Scrutable (a.)
Discoverable by scrutiny, inquiry, or critical examination.
Scrutation (n.) Search;
scrutiny.
Scrutator (n.) One who
scrutinizes; a close examiner or inquirer.
Scrutineer (n.) A
scrutinizer; specifically, an examiner of votes, as at an election.
Scrutinized (imp. & p. p.)
of Scrutinize
Scrutinizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scrutinize
Scrutinize (v. t.) To
examine closely; to inspect or observe with critical attention; to regard
narrowly; as, to scrutinize the measures of administration; to scrutinize the
conduct or motives of individuals.
Scrutinize (v. i.) To make
scrutiny.
Scrutinizer (n.) One who
scrutinizes.
Scrutinous (a.) Closely
examining, or inquiring; careful; sctrict.
Scrutiny (n.) Close
examination; minute inspection; critical observation.
Scrutiny (n.) An
examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive
baptism on Easter Day.
Scrutiny (n.) A ticket, or
little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
Scrutiny (n.) An
examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of
correcting the poll.
Scrutiny (v. t.) To
scrutinize.
Scrutoire (n.) A
escritoire; a writing desk.
Scruze (v. t.) To squeeze,
compress, crush, or bruise.
Scry (v. t.) To descry.
Scry (v.) A flock of wild
fowl.
Scry (n.) A cry or shout.
Scudded (imp. & p. p.) of
Scud
Scudding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scud
Scud (v. i.) To move
swiftly; especially, to move as if driven forward by something.
Scud (v. i.) To be driven
swiftly, or to run, before a gale, with little or no sail spread.
Scud (v. t.) To pass over
quickly.
Scud (n.) The act of
scudding; a driving along; a rushing with precipitation.
Scud (n.) Loose, vapory
clouds driven swiftly by the wind.
Scud (n.) A slight, sudden
shower.
Scud (n.) A small flight
of larks, or other birds, less than a flock.
Scud (n.) Any swimming
amphipod crustacean.
Scuddle (v. i.) To run
hastily; to hurry; to scuttle.
Scudi (pl. ) of Scudo
Scudo (n.) A silver coin,
and money of account, used in Italy and Sicily, varying in value, in different
parts, but worth about 4 shillings sterling, or about 96 cents; also, a gold
coin worth about the same.
Scudo (n.) A gold coin of
Rome, worth 64 shillings 11 pence sterling, or about $ 15.70.
Scuff (n.) The back part
of the neck; the scruff.
Scuffed (imp. & p. p.) of
Scuff
Scuffing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scuff
Scuff (v. i.) To walk
without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to
shuffle.
Scuffled (imp. & p. p.) of
Scuffle
Scuffling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scuffle
Scuffle (v. i.) To strive
or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion.
Scuffle (v. i.) Hence, to
strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard.
Scuffle (n.) A rough,
haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close
quarters.
Scuffle (n.) Hence, a
confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight.
Scuffle (n.) A child's
pinafore or bib.
Scuffle (n.) A garden hoe.
Scuffler (n.) One who
scuffles.
Scuffler (n.) An
agricultural implement resembling a scarifier, but usually lighter.
Scug (v. i.) To hide.
Scug (n.) A place of
shelter; the declivity of a hill.
Sculk () Alt. of Sculker
Sculker () See Skulk, Skulker.
Scull (n.) The skull.
Scull (n.) A shoal of
fish.
Scull (n.) A boat; a
cockboat. See Sculler.
Scull (n.) One of a pair
of short oars worked by one person.
Scull (n.) A single oar
used at the stern in propelling a boat.
Scull (n.) The common skua
gull.
Sculled (imp. & p. p.) of
Scull
Sculling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scull
Scull (v. t.) To impel (a
boat) with a pair of sculls, or with a single scull or oar worked over the stern
obliquely from side to side.
Scull (v. i.) To impel a
boat with a scull or sculls.
Sculler (n.) A boat rowed
by one man with two sculls, or short oars.
Sculler (n.) One who
sculls.
Sculleries (pl. ) of
Scullery
Scullery (n.) A place
where dishes, kettles, and culinary utensils, are cleaned and kept; also, a room
attached to the kitchen, where the coarse work is done; a back kitchen.
Scullery (n.) Hence,
refuse; filth; offal.
Scullion (n.) A scalion.
Scullion (n.) A servant
who cleans pots and kettles, and does other menial services in the kitchen.
Scullionly (a.) Like a
scullion; base.
Sculp (v. t.) To
sculpture; to carve; to engrave.
Sculpin (n.) Any one of
numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus Cottus, or Acanthocottus,
having a large head armed with sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are
generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on
the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.
Sculpin (n.) A large
cottoid market fish of California (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus); -- called also
bighead, cabezon, scorpion, salpa.
Sculpin (n.) The dragonet,
or yellow sculpin, of Europe (Callionymus lura).
Sculptile (a.) Formed by
carving; graven; as, sculptile images.
Sculptor (n.) One who
sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve statues, or works of sculpture.
Sculptor (n.) Hence, an
artist who designs works of sculpture, his first studies and his finished model
being usually in a plastic material, from which model the marble is cut, or the
bronze is cast.
Sculptress (n.) A female
sculptor.
Sculptural (a.) Of or
pertaining to sculpture.
Sculpture (n.) The art of
carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments,
etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing
figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials.
Sculpture (n.) Carved work
modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc.
Sculptured (imp. & p. p.)
of Sculpture
Sculpturing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sculpture
Sculpture (v. t.) To form
with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave.
Sculpturesque (a.) After
the manner of sculpture; resembling, or relating to, sculpture.
Scum (v.) The extraneous
matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or
fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of
metals in a molten state; dross.
Scum (v.) refuse;
recrement; anything vile or worthless.
Scummed (imp. & p. p.) of
Scum
Scumming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scum
Scum (v. t.) To take the
scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim.
Scum (v. t.) To sweep or
range over the surface of.
Scum (v. i.) To form a
scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively.
Scumber (v. i.) To void
excrement.
Scumber (n.) Dung.
Scumbled (imp. & p. p.) of
Scumble
Scumbling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scumble
Scumble (v. t.) To cover
lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with
color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to
the work, so as to produce a softened effect.
Scumbling (n.) A mode of
obtaining a softened effect, in painting and drawing, by the application of a
thin layer of opaque color to the surface of a painting, or part of the surface,
which is too bright in color, or which requires harmonizing.
Scumbling (n.) In crayon
drawing, the use of the stump.
Scumbling (n.) The color
so laid on. Also used figuratively.
Scummer (v. i.) To
scumber.
Scummer (n.) Excrement;
scumber.
Scummer (n.) An instrument
for taking off scum; a skimmer.
Scumming (n.) The act of
taking off scum.
Scumming (n.) That which
is scummed off; skimmings; scum; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Scummy (a.) Covered with
scum; of the nature of scum.
Scunner (v. t.) To cause
to loathe, or feel disgust at.
Scunner (v. i.) To have a
feeling of loathing or disgust; hence, to have dislike, prejudice, or
reluctance.
Scunner (n.) A feeling of
disgust or loathing; a strong prejudice; abhorrence; as, to take a scunner
against some one.
Scup (n.) A swing.
Scup (n.) A marine sparoid
food fish (Stenotomus chrysops, or S. argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of
the United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but
shows broad blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also
porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug.
Scuppaug (n.) See 2d Scup.
Scupper (v.) An opening
cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck
may flow overboard; -- called also scupper hole.
Scuppernong (n.) An
American grape, a form of Vitis vulpina, found in the Southern Atlantic States,
and often cultivated.
Scur (v. i.) To move
hastily; to scour.
Scurf (n.) Thin dry scales
or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle,
particularly of the scalp; dandruff.
Scurf (n.) Hence, the foul
remains of anything adherent.
Scurf (n.) Anything like
flakes or scales adhering to a surface.
Scurf (n.) Minute
membranous scales on the surface of some leaves, as in the goosefoot.
Scurff (n.) The bull
trout.
Scurfiness (n.) Quality or
state of being scurfy.
Scurfiness (n.) Scurf.
Scurfy (superl.) Having or
producing scurf; covered with scurf; resembling scurf.
Scurrier (n.) One who
scurries.
Scurrile (a.) Such as
befits a buffoon or vulgar jester; grossly opprobrious or loudly jocose in
language; scurrilous; as, scurrile taunts.
Scurrility (n.) The
quality or state of being scurrile or scurrilous; mean, vile, or obscene
jocularity.
Scurrility (n.) That which
is scurrile or scurrilous; gross or obscene language; low buffoonery; vulgar
abuse.
Scurrilous (a.) Using the
low and indecent language of the meaner sort of people, or such as only the
license of buffoons can warrant; as, a scurrilous fellow.
Scurrilous (a.) Containing
low indecency or abuse; mean; foul; vile; obscenely jocular; as, scurrilous
language.
Scurrit (n.) the lesser
tern (Sterna minuta).
Scurry (v. i.) To hasten
away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away.
Scurry (n.) Act of
scurring; hurried movement.
Scurvily (adv.) In a
scurvy manner.
Scurviness (n.) The
quality or state of being scurvy; vileness; meanness.
Scurvy (n.) Covered or
affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the
scurvy.
Scurvy (n.) Vile; mean;
low; vulgar; contemptible.
Scurvy (n.) A disease
characterized by livid spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to
extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the
mucous membranes. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and
general debility. It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard
labor, but especially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long
time to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of
the system. It was formerly prevalent among sailors and soldiers.
Scut (n.) The tail of a
hare, or of a deer, or other animal whose tail is short, sp. when carried erect;
hence, sometimes, the animal itself.
Scuta (n. pl.) See Scutum.
Scutage (n.) Shield money;
commutation of service for a sum of money. See Escuage.
Scutal (a.) Of or
pertaining to a shield.
Scutate (a.)
Buckler-shaped; round or nearly round.
Scutate (a.) Protected or
covered by bony or horny plates, or large scales.
Scutched (imp. & p. p.) of
Scutch
Scutching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scutch
Scutch (v. t.) To beat or
whip; to drub.
Scutch (v. t.) To separate
the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle.
Scutch (v. t.) To loosen
and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances)
from dust by beating and blowing.
Scutch (n.) A wooden
instrument used in scutching flax and hemp.
Scutch (n.) The woody
fiber of flax; the refuse of scutched flax.
Scutcheon (n.) An
escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.
Scutcheon (n.) A small
plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4.
Scutcheoned (a.)
Emblazoned on or as a shield.
Scutcher (n.) One who
scutches.
Scutcher (n.) An implement
or machine for scutching hemp, flax, or cotton; etc.; a scutch; a scutching
machine.
Scutch grass () A kind of pasture
grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix.
Scute (n.) A small shield.
Scute (n.) An old French
gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about 80 cents.
Scute (n.) A bony scale of
a reptile or fish; a large horny scale on the leg of a bird, or on the belly of
a snake.
Scutella (n. pl.) See
Scutellum.
Scutelle (pl. ) of
Scutella
Scutella (n.) See
Scutellum, n., 2.
Scutellate (a.) Alt. of
Scutellated
Scutellated (a.) Formed
like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone
of a sturgeon.
Scutellated (a.) Having
the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain
birds.
Scutellation (n.) the
entire covering, or mode of arrangement, of scales, as on the legs and feet of a
bird.
Scutelliform (a.)
Scutellate.
Scutelliform (a.) Having
the form of a scutellum.
Scutelliplantar (a.)
Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of
the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.
Scutella (pl. ) of
Scutellum
Scutellum (n.) A rounded
apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the
fructification of certain lichens.
Scutellum (n.) The third
of the four pieces forming the upper part of a thoracic segment of an insect. It
follows the scutum, and is followed by the small postscutellum; a scutella. See
Thorax.
Scutellum (n.) One of the
transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella.
Scutibranch (a.)
Scutibranchiate.
Scutibranch (n.) One of
the Scutibranchiata.
Scutibranchia (n. pl.)
Same as Scutibranchiata.
Scutibranchian (n.) One of
the Scutibranchiata.
Scutibranchiata (n. pl.)
An order of gastropod Mollusca having a heart with two auricles and one
ventricle. The shell may be either spiral or shieldlike.
Scutibranchiate (a.)
Having the gills protected by a shieldlike shell; of or pertaining to the
Scutibranchiata.
Scutibranchiate (n.) One
of the Scutibranchiata.
Scutiferous (a.) Carrying
a shield or buckler.
Scutiform (a.)
Shield-shaped; scutate.
Scutiger (n.) Any species
of chilopod myriapods of the genus Scutigera. They sometimes enter buildings and
prey upon insects.
Scutiped (a.) Having the
anterior surface of the tarsus covered with scutella, or transverse scales, in
the form of incomplete bands terminating at a groove on each side; -- said of
certain birds.
Scuttle (n.) A broad,
shallow basket.
Scuttle (n.) A
wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
Scuttle (v. i.) To run
with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
Scuttle (n.) A quick pace;
a short run.
Scuttle (n.) A small
opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.
Scuttle (n.) A small
opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with
a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship.
Scuttle (n.) An opening in
the roof of a house, with a lid.
Scuttle (n.) The lid or
door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.
Scuttled (imp. & p. p.) of
Scuttle
Scuttling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Scuttle
Scuttle (v. t.) To cut a
hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any
purpose.
Scuttle (v. t.) To sink by
making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.
Scuta (pl. ) of Scutum
Scutum (n.) An oblong
shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron
rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry.
Scutum (n.) A penthouse or
awning.
Scutum (n.) The second and
largest of the four parts forming the upper surface of a thoracic segment of an
insect. It is preceded by the prescutum and followed by the scutellum. See the
Illust. under Thorax.
Scutum (n.) One of the two
lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
Scybala (n. pl.) Hardened
masses of feces.
Scye (n.) Arm scye, a
cutter's term for the armhole or part of the armhole of the waist of a garnment.
Scyle (v. t.) To hide; to
secrete; to conceal.
Scylla (n.) A dangerous
rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of
Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The
passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying
"Between Scylla and Charybdis," signifying a great peril on either hand.
Scyllaea (n.) A genus of
oceanic nudibranchiate mollusks having the small branched gills situated on the
upper side of four fleshy lateral lobes, and on the median caudal crest.
Scyllarian (n.) One of a
family (Scyllaridae) of macruran Crustacea, remarkable for the depressed form of
the body, and the broad, flat antennae. Also used adjectively.
Scyllite (n.) A white
crystalline substance of a sweetish taste, resembling inosite and metameric with
dextrose. It is extracted from the kidney of the dogfish (of the genus Scylium),
the shark, and the skate.
Scymetar (n.) See
Scimiter.
Scyphae (pl. ) of Scypha
Scypha (n.) See Scyphus, 2
(b).
Scyphiform (a.)
Cup-shaped.
Scyphistomata (pl. ) of
Scyphistoma
Scyphistomae (pl. ) of
Scyphistoma
Scyphistoma (n.) The young
attached larva of Discophora in the stage when it resembles a hydroid, or
actinian.
Scyphobranchii (n. pl.) An
order of fishes including the blennioid and gobioid fishes, and other related
families.
Scyphomeduse (n. pl.) Same
as Acraspeda, or Discophora.
Scyphophori (n. pl.) An
order of fresh-water fishes inhabiting tropical Africa. They have rudimentary
electrical organs on each side of the tail.
Scyphi (pl. ) of Scyphus
Scyphus (n.) A kind of
large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk.
Scyphus (n.) The cup of a
narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers.
Scyphus (n.) A cup-shaped
stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha. See Illust. of Cladonia
pyxidata, under Lichen.
Scythe (n.) An instrument
for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving
blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is
bent into a form convenient for use.
Scythe (n.) A
scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
Scythe (v. t.) To cut with
a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.
Scythed (a.) Armed
scythes, as a chariot.
Scythemen (pl. ) of
Scytheman
Scytheman (n.) One who
uses a scythe; a mower.
Scythestone (n.) A stone
for sharpening scythes; a whetstone.
Scythewhet (n.) Wilson's
thrush; -- so called from its note.
Scythian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Scythia (a name given to the northern part of Asia, and Europe
adjoining to Asia), or its language or inhabitants.
Scythian (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Scythia; specifically (Ethnol.), one of a Slavonic race which in
early times occupied Eastern Europe.
Scythian (n.) The language
of the Scythians.
Scytodermata (n. pl.) Same
as Holothurioidea.
Sdan (v. & n.) Disdain.
'Sdeath (interj.) An
exclamation expressive of impatience or anger.
Sdeign (v. t.) To disdain.
Sea (n.) One of the larger
bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body
of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an
ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North
Sea; the Carribean Sea.
Sea (n.) An inland body of
water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of
Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee.
Sea (n.) The ocean; the
whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe.
Sea (n.) The swell of the
ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion of the water's surface;
also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the
vessel shipped a sea.
Sea (n.) A great brazen
laver in the temple at Jerusalem; -- so called from its size.
Sea (n.) Fig.: Anything
resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory.
Sea acorn () An acorn barnacle
(Balanus).
Sea adder () The European
fifteen-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus spinachia); -- called also bismore.
Sea adder () The European
tanglefish, or pipefish (Syngnathus acus).
Sea anchor () See Drag sail,
under 4th Drag.
Sea amenone () Any one of
numerous species of soft-bodied Anthozoa, belonging to the order Actrinaria; an
actinian.
Sea ape () The thrasher shark.
Sea ape () The sea otter.
Sea apple () The fruit of a West
Indian palm (Manicaria Plukenetii), often found floating in the sea.
Sea arrow () A squid of the genus
Ommastrephes. See Squid.
Sea bank () The seashore.
Sea bank () A bank or mole to
defend against the sea.
Sea-bar (n.) A tern.
Sea barrow () A sea purse.
Sea bass () A large marine food
fish (Serranus, / Centropristis, atrarius) which abounds on the Atlantic coast
of the United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less
varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass,
black sea bass, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch.
Sea bass () A California food
fish (Cynoscion nobile); -- called also white sea bass, and sea salmon.
Sea bat () See Batfish (a).
Seabeach (n.) A beach
lying along the sea.
Sea bean () Same as Florida bean.
Sea bear () Any fur seal. See
under Fur.
Sea bear () The white bear.
Seabeard (n.) A green
seaweed (Cladophora rupestris) growing in dense tufts.
Sea beast () Any large marine
mammal, as a seal, walrus, or cetacean.
Sea bird () Any swimming bird
frequenting the sea; a sea fowl.
Sea blite () A plant (Suaeda
maritima) of the Goosefoot family, growing in salt marches.
Sea-blubber (n.) A
jellyfish.
Seaboard (n.) The
seashore; seacoast.
Seaboard (a.) Bordering
upon, or being near, the sea; seaside; seacoast; as, a seaboard town.
Seaboard (adv.) Toward the
sea.
Seaboat () A boat or vessel
adapted to the open sea; hence, a vessel considered with reference to her power
of resisting a storm, or maintaining herself in a heavy sea; as, a good sea
boat.
Seaboat () A chitin.
Seabord (n. & a.) See
Seaboard.
Sea-bordering (a.)
Bordering on the sea; situated beside the sea.
Sea-born (a.) Born of the
sea; produced by the sea.
Sea-born (a.) Born at sea.
Seabound (a.) Bounded by
the sea.
Sea bow () See Marine rainbow,
under Rainbow.
Sea boy () A boy employed on
shipboard.
Sea breach () A breaking or
overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea.
Sea bream () Any one of several
species of sparoid fishes, especially the common European species (Pagellus
centrodontus), the Spanish (P. Oweni), and the black sea bream (Cantharus
lineatus); -- called also old wife.
Sea brief () Same as Sea letter.
Sea bug () A chiton.
Sea-built (a.) Built at,
in, or by the sea.
Sea butterfly () A pteropod.
Sea cabbage () See Sea kale,
under Kale.
Sea calf () The common seal.
Sea canary () The beluga, or
white whale.
Sea captain () The captain of a
vessel that sails upon the sea.
Sea card () Mariner's card, or
compass.
Sea catfish () Alt. of Sea cat
Sea cat () The wolf fish.
Sea cat () Any marine siluroid
fish, as Aelurichthys marinus, and Arinus felis, of the eastern coast of the
United States. Many species are found on the coasts of Central and South
America.
Sea chart () A chart or map on
which the lines of the shore, islands, shoals, harbors, etc., are delineated.
Sea chickweed () A fleshy plant
(Arenaria peploides) growing in large tufts in the sands of the northern
Atlantic seacoast; -- called also sea sandwort, and sea purslane.
Sea clam () Any one of the large
bivalve mollusks found on the open seacoast, especially those of the family
Mactridae, as the common American species. (Mactra, / Spisula, solidissima); --
called also beach clam, and surf clam.
Sea coal () Coal brought by sea;
-- a name by which mineral coal was formerly designated in the south of England,
in distinction from charcoal, which was brought by land.
Seacoast (n.) The shore or
border of the land adjacent to the sea or ocean. Also used adjectively.
Sea cob () The black-backed gull.
Sea cock () In a steamship, a
cock or valve close to the vessel's side, for closing a pipe which communicates
with the sea.
Sea cock () The black-bellied
plover.
Sea cock () A gurnard, as the
European red gurnard (Trigla pini).
Sea cocoa () A magnificent palm
(Lodoicea Sechellarum) found only in the Seychelles Islands. The fruit is an
immense two-lobed nut. It was found floating in the Indian Ocean before the tree
was known, and called sea cocoanut, and double cocoanut.
Sea colander () A large blackfish
seaweed (Agarum Turneri), the frond of which is punctured with many little
holes.
Sea colewort () Sea cabbage.
Sea compass () The mariner's
compass. See under Compass.
Sea coot () A scoter duck.
Sea corn () A yellow cylindrical
mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an
ear of maize.
Sea cow () The mantee.
Sea cow () The dugong.
Sea cow () The walrus.
Sea crawfish () Alt. of Sea
crayfish
Sea crayfish () Any crustacean of
the genus Palinurus and allied genera, as the European spiny lobster (P.
vulgaris), which is much used as an article of food. See Lobster.
Sea crow () The chough.
Sea crow () The cormorant.
Sea crow () The blackheaded
pewit, and other gulls.
Sea crow () The skua.
Sea crow () The razorbill.
Sea crow () The coot.
Sea cucumber () Any large
holothurian, especially one of those belonging to the genus Pentacta, or
Cucumaria, as the common American and European species. (P. frondosa).
Sea dace () The European sea
perch.
Sea daffodil () A European
amarylidaceous plant (Pancratium maritimum).
Sea devil () Any very large ray,
especially any species of the genus Manta or Cepholoptera, some of which become
more than twenty feet across and weigh several tons. See also Ox ray, under Ox.
Sea devil () Any large
cephalopod, as a large Octopus, or a giant squid (Architeuthis). See Devilfish.
Sea devil () The angler.
Sea dog () The dogfish.
Sea dog () The common seal.
Sea dog () An old sailor; a salt.
Sea dotterel () The turnstone.
Sea dove () The little auk, or
rotche. See Illust. of Rotche.
Sea dragon () A dragonet, or
sculpin.
Sea dragon () The pegasus.
Sea drake () The pewit gull.
Sea duck () Any one of numerous
species of ducks which frequent the seacoasts and feed mainly on fishes and
mollusks. The scoters, eiders, old squaw, and ruddy duck are examples. They may
be distinguished by the lobate hind toe.
Sea eagle () Any one of several
species of fish-eating eagles of the genus Haliaeetus and allied genera, as the
North Pacific sea eagle. (H. pelagicus), which has white shoulders, head, rump,
and tail; the European white-tailed eagle (H. albicilla); and the Indian
white-tailed sea eagle, or fishing eagle (Polioaetus ichthyaetus). The bald
eagle and the osprey are also sometimes classed as sea eagles.
Sea eagle () The eagle ray. See
under Ray.
Sea-ear (n.) Any species
of ear-shaped shells of the genus Haliotis. See Abalone.
Sea eel () The conger eel.
Sea egg () A sea urchin.
Sea elephant () A very large seal
(Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil. It
sometimes attains a length of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the
prolongation of the nose of the adult male into an erectile elastic proboscis,
about a foot in length. Another species of smaller size (M. angustirostris)
occurs on the coast of Lower California, but is now nearly extinct.
Sea fan () Any gorgonian which
branches in a fanlike form, especially Gorgonia flabellum of Florida and the
West Indies.
Seafarer (n.) One who
follows the sea as a business; a mariner; a sailor.
Seafaring (a.) Following
the business of a mariner; as, a seafaring man.
Sea feather () Any gorgonian
which branches in a plumelike form.
Sea fennel () Samphire.
Sea fern () Any gorgonian which
branches like a fern.
Sea fight () An engagement
between ships at sea; a naval battle.
Sea fir () A sertularian hydroid,
especially Sertularia abietina, which branches like a miniature fir tree.
Sea flewer () A sea anemone, or
any related anthozoan.
Sea foam () Foam of sea water.
Sea foam () Meerschaum; -- called
also sea froth.
Sea fowl () Any bird which
habitually frequents the sea, as an auk, gannet, gull, tern, or petrel; also,
all such birds, collectively.
Sea fox () The thrasher shark.
See Thrasher.
Sea froth () See Sea foam, 2.
Sea-gate (n.) Alt. of
Sea-gait
Sea-gait (n.) A long,
rolling swell of the sea.
Sea gauge () See under Gauge, n.
Sea gherkin () Alt. of Sea girkin
Sea girkin () Any small
holothurian resembling in form a gherkin.
Sea ginger () A hydroid coral of
the genus Millepora, especially M. alcicornis, of the West Indies and Florida.
So called because it stings the tongue like ginger. See Illust. under Millepore.
Sea girdles () A kind of kelp
(Laminaria digitata) with palmately cleft fronds; -- called also sea wand,
seaware, and tangle.
Seagirt (a.) Surrounded by
the water of the sea or ocean; as, a seagirt isle.
Sea god () A marine deity; a
fabulous being supposed to live in, or have dominion over, the sea, or some
particular sea or part of the sea, as Neptune.
Sea goddess () A goddess supposed
to live in or reign over the sea, or some part of the sea.
Seagoing (a.) Going upon
the sea; especially, sailing upon the deep sea; -- used in distinction from
coasting or river, as applied to vessels.
Sea goose () A phalarope.
Sea gown () A gown or frock with
short sleeves, formerly worn by mariners.
Sea grape () The gulf weed. See
under Gulf.
Sea grape () A shrubby plant
(Coccoloba uvifera) growing on the sandy shores of tropical America, somewhat
resembling the grapevine.
Sea grape () The clusters of
gelatinous egg capsules of a squid (Loligo).
Sea grass () Eelgrass.
Sea green () The green color of
sea water.
Sea-green (a.) Of a
beautiful bluish green color, like sea water on soundings.
Sea gudgeon () The European black
goby (Gobius niger).
Sea gull () Any gull living on
the seacoast.
Seah (n.) A Jewish dry
measure containing one third of an an ephah.
Sea hare () Any tectibranchiate
mollusk of the genus Aplysia. See Aplysia.
Sea hawk () A jager gull.
Sea heath () A low perennial
plant (Frankenia laevis) resembling heath, growing along the seashore in Europe.
Sea hedgehog () A sea urchin.
Sea hen () the common guillemot;
-- applied also to various other sea birds.
Sea hog () The porpoise.
Sea holly () An evergeen seashore
plant (Eryngium maritimum). See Eryngium.
Sea holm () A small uninhabited
island.
Sea holm () Sea holly.
Sea horse () A fabulous creature,
half horse and half fish, represented in classic mythology as driven by sea dogs
or ridden by the Nereids. It is also depicted in heraldry. See Hippocampus.
Sea horse () The walrus.
Sea horse () Any fish of the
genus Hippocampus.
Sea hulver () Sea holly.
Sea-island (a.) Of or
pertaining to certain islands along the coast of South Carolina and Georgia; as,
sea-island cotton, a superior cotton of long fiber produced on those islands.
Sea jelly () A medusa, or
jellyfish.
Seak (n.) Soap prepared
for use in milling cloth.
Sea kale () See under Kale.
Sea king () One of the leaders
among the Norsemen who passed their lives in roving the seas in search of
plunder and adventures; a Norse pirate chief. See the Note under Viking.
Seal (n.) Any aquatic
carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.
Seal (n.) An engraved or
inscribed stamp, used for marking an impression in wax or other soft substance,
to be attached to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or
security.
Seal (n.) Wax, wafer, or
other tenacious substance, set to an instrument, and impressed or stamped with a
seal; as, to give a deed under hand and seal.
Seal (n.) That which seals
or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed on a letter or other closed paper,
etc., to fasten it.
Seal (n.) That which
confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which authenticates; that which
secures; assurance.
Seal (n.) An arrangement
for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the
open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a
deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap.
Sealed (imp. & p. p.) of
Seal
Skaling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Seal
Seal (v. t.) To set or
affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish;
as, to seal a deed.
Seal (v. t.) To mark with
a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable
quality; as, to seal weights and measures; to seal silverware.
Seal (v. t.) To fasten
with a seal; to attach together with a wafer, wax, or other substance causing
adhesion; as, to seal a letter.
Seal (v. t.) Hence, to
shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret.
Seal (v. t.) To fix, as a
piece of iron in a wall, with cement, plaster, or the like.
Seal (v. t.) To close by
means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with water. See 2d Seal, 5.
Seal (v. t.) Among the
Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.
Seal (v. i.) To affix
one's seal, or a seal.
Sea laces () A kind of seaweed
(Chorda Filum) having blackish cordlike fronds, often many feet long.
Sea lamprey () The common
lamprey.
Sea language () The peculiar
language or phraseology of seamen; sailor's cant.
Sea lark () The rock pipit
(Anthus obscurus).
Sea lark () Any one of several
small sandpipers and plovers, as the ringed plover, the turnstone, the dunlin,
and the sanderling.
Sea lavender () See Marsh
rosemary, under Marsh.
Sea lawyer () The gray snapper.
See under Snapper.
Seal-brown (a.) Of a rich
dark brown color, like the fur of the fur seal after it is dyed.
Sea legs () Legs able to maintain
their possessor upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability stand or walk
steadily on deck when a vessel is rolling or pitching in a rough sea.
Sea lemon () Any one of several
species of nudibranchiate mollusks of the genus Doris and allied genera, having
a smooth, thick, convex yellow body.
Sea leopard () Any one of several
species of spotted seals, especially Ogmorhinus leptonyx, and Leptonychotes
Weddelli, of the Antarctic Ocean. The North Pacific sea leopard is the harbor
seal.
Sealer (n.) One who seals;
especially, an officer whose duty it is to seal writs or instruments, to stamp
weights and measures, or the like.
Sealer (n.) A mariner or a
vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.
Sea letter () The customary
certificate of national character which neutral merchant vessels are bound to
carry in time of war; a passport for a vessel and cargo.
Sea lettuce () The green papery
fronds of several seaweeds of the genus Ulva, sometimes used as food.
Sea level () The level of the
surface of the sea; any surface on the same level with the sea.
Sealgh (n.) Alt. of Selch
Selch (n.) A seal.
Sea lily () A crinoid.
Sealing wax () A compound of the
resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for
letters, documents, etc.
Sea lion () Any one of several
large species of seals of the family Otariidae native of the Pacific Ocean,
especially the southern sea lion (Otaria jubata) of the South American coast;
the northern sea lion (Eumetopias Stelleri) found from California to Japan; and
the black, or California, sea lion (Zalophus Californianus), which is common on
the rocks near San Francisco.
Sea loach () The three-bearded
rockling. See Rockling.
Sea louse () Any one of numerous
species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa, Livoneca, and allied genera, mostly
parasites on fishes.
Seam (n.) Grease; tallow;
lard.
Seam (n.) The fold or line
formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.
Seam (n.) Hence, a line of
junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line
of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc.
Seam (n.) A thin layer or
stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.
Seam (n.) A line or
depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
Seamed (imp. & p. p.) of
Seam
Seaming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Seam
Seam (v. t.) To form a
seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.
Seam (v. t.) To mark with
something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.
Seam (v. t.) To make the
appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a
certain stitch, like that in such knitting.
Seam (v. i.) To become
ridgy; to crack open.
Seam (n.) A denomination
of weight or measure.
Seam (n.) The quantity of
eight bushels of grain.
Seam (n.) The quantity of
120 pounds of glass.
Sea-maid (n.) The mermaid.
Sea-maid (n.) A sea nymph.
Sea-mail (n.) A gull; the
mew.
Seamen (pl. ) of Seaman
Seaman (n.) A merman; the
male of the mermaid.
Seamen (pl. ) of Seaman
Seaman (n.) One whose
occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor;
-- applied both to officers and common mariners, but especially to the latter.
Opposed to landman, or landsman.
Seamanlike (a.) Having or
showing the skill of a practical seaman.
Seamanship (n.) The skill
of a good seaman; the art, or skill in the art, of working a ship.
Sea mantis () A squilla.
Sea marge () Land which borders
on the sea; the seashore.
Seamark (n.) Any elevated
object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible
from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like.
Sea mat () Any bryozoan of the
genus Flustra or allied genera which form frondlike corals.
Sea maw () The sea mew.
Seamed (a.) Out of
condition; not in good condition; -- said of a hawk.
Sea-mell (n.) The sea mew.
Sea mew () A gull; the mew.
Sea mile () A geographical mile.
See Mile.
Sea milkwort () A low, fleshy
perennial herb (Glaux maritima) found along northern seashores.
Seaming (n.) The act or
process of forming a seam or joint.
Seaming (n.) The cord or
rope at the margin of a seine, to which the meshes of the net are attached.
Seamless (a.) Without a
seam.
Sea monk () See Monk seal, under
Monk.
Sea monster () Any large sea
animal.
Sea moss () Any branched marine
bryozoan resembling moss.
Sea mouse () A dorsibranchiate
annelid, belonging to Aphrodite and allied genera, having long, slender,
hairlike setae on the sides.
Sea mouse () The dunlin.
Seamster (n.) One who sews
well, or whose occupation is to sew.
Seamstress (n.) A woman
whose occupation is sewing; a needlewoman.
Seamstressy (n.) The
business of a seamstress.
Sea mud () A rich slimy deposit
in salt marshes and along the seashore, sometimes used as a manure; -- called
also sea ooze.
Seamy (a.) Having a seam;
containing seams, or showing them.
Sean (n.) A seine. See
Seine.
Seance (n.) A session, as
of some public body; especially, a meeting of spiritualists to receive spirit
communication, so called.
Sea needle () See Garfish (a).
Sea nettle () A jellyfish, or
medusa.
Seannachie (n.) A bard
among the Highlanders of Scotland, who preserved and repeated the traditions of
the tribes; also, a genealogist.
Sea onion () The officinal
squill. See Squill.
Sea ooze () Same as Sea mud.
Sea orange () A large American
holothurian (Lophothuria Fabricii) having a bright orange convex body covered
with finely granulated scales. Its expanded tentacles are bright red.
Sea-orb (n.) A globefish.
Sea otter () An aquatic carnivore
(Enhydris lutris, / marina) found in the North Pacific Ocean. Its fur is highly
valued, especially by the Chinese. It is allied to the common otter, but is
larger, with feet more decidedly webbed.
Sea owl () The lumpfish.
Sea pad () The puffin.
Sea partridge () The gilthead
(Crenilabrus melops), a fish of the British coasts.
Sea pass () A document carried by
neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to show their nationality; a sea letter
or passport. See Passport.
Sea peach () A beautiful American
ascidian (Cynthia, / Halocynthia, pyriformis) having the size, form, velvety
surface, and color of a ripe peach.
Sea pear () A pedunculated
ascidian of the genus Boltonia.
Sea-pen (n.) A pennatula.
Sea perch () The European bass
(Roccus, / Labrax, lupus); -- called also sea dace.
Sea perch () The cunner.
Sea perch () The sea bass.
Sea perch () The name is applied
also to other species of fishes.
Sea pheasant () The pintail duck.
Sea pie () The oyster catcher, a
limicoline bird of the genus Haematopus.
Sea pie () A dish of crust or
pastry and meat or fish, etc., cooked together in alternate layers, -- a common
food of sailors; as, a three-decker sea pie.
Seapiece (n.) A picture
representing a scene at sea; a marine picture.
Sea piet () See 1st Sea pie.
Sea pig () A porpoise or dolphin.
Sea pig () A dugong.
Sea pigeon () The common
guillemot.
Sea pike () The garfish.
Sea pike () A large serranoid
food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found on both coasts of America; -- called
also robalo.
Sea pike () The merluce.
Sea pincushion () A sea purse.
Sea pincushion () A pentagonal
starfish.
Sea pink () See Thrift.
Sea plover () the black-bellied
plover.
Sea poacher () Alt. of Sea poker
Sea poker () The lyrie.
Sea pool () A pool of salt water.
Sea poppy () The horn poppy. See
under Horn.
Sea porcupine () Any fish of the
genus Diodon, and allied genera, whose body is covered with spines. See Illust.
under Diodon.
Sea pork () An American compound
ascidian (Amoraecium stellatum) which forms large whitish masses resembling salt
pork.
Seaport (n.) A port on the
seashore, or one accessible for seagoing vessels. Also used adjectively; as, a
seaport town.
Seapoy (n.) See Sepoy.
Sea pudding () Any large
holothurian.
Sea purse () The horny egg case
of a skate, and of certain sharks.
Sea purslane () See under
Purslane.
Sea pye () See 1st Sea pie.
Sea pyot () See 1st Sea pie.
Sea quail () The turnstone.
Seaquake (n.) A quaking of
the sea.
Sear (a.) Alt. of Sere
Sere (a.) [OE. seer, AS.
sear (assumed) fr. searian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor/n
to to wither, Gr. a"y`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. /ush (for sush) to dry, to
wither, Zend hush to dry. Ã152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no
longer green; -- applied to leaves.
Seared (imp. & p. p.) of
Sear
Searing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sear
Sear (a.) To wither; to
dry up.
Sear (a.) To burn (the
surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat
such as changes the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch;
to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively.
Sear (n.) The catch in a
gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.
Sea rat () A pirate.
Sea rat () The chimaera.
Sea raven () An American cottoid
fish (Hemitripterus Americanus) allied to the sculpins, found on the northeren
Atlantic coasts.
Sea raven () The cormorant.
Searce (n.) A fine sieve.
Searce (v. t.) To sift; to
bolt.
Searcer (n.) One who sifts
or bolts.
Searcer (n.) A searce, or
sieve.
Searched (imp. & p. p.) of
Search
Searching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Search
Search (v. t.) To look
over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore;
as, to search the city.
Search (v. t.) To inquire
after; to look for; to seek.
Search (v. t.) To examine
or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound.
Search (v. t.) To examine;
to try; to put to the test.
Search (v. i.) To seek; to
look for something; to make inquiry, exploration, or examination; to hunt.
Search (v. t.) The act of
seeking or looking for something; quest; inquiry; pursuit for finding something;
examination.
Searchable (a.) Capable of
being searched.
Searchableness (n.)
Quality of being searchable.
Searcher (n.) One who, or
that which, searhes or examines; a seeker; an inquirer; an examiner; a trier.
Searcher (n.) Formerly, an
officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the
cause of death.
Searcher (n.) An officer
of the customs whose business it is to search ships, merchandise, luggage, etc.
Searcher (n.) An inspector
of leather.
Searcher (n.) An
instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities.
Searcher (n.) An implement
for sampling butter; a butter trier.
Searcher (n.) An
instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc.
Searching (a.) Exploring
thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as, a searching discourse; a
searching eye.
Searchless (a.) Impossible
to be searched; inscrutable; impenetrable.
Searcloth (n.) Cerecloth.
Searcloth (v. t.) To
cover, as a sore, with cerecloth.
Seared (a.) Scorched;
cauterized; hence, figuratively, insensible; not susceptible to moral
influences.
Searedness (n.) The state
of being seared or callous; insensibility.
Sea reed () The sea-sand reed.
See under Reed.
Sea risk () Risk of injury,
destruction, or loss by the sea, or while at sea.
Sea robber () A pirate; a sea
rover.
Sea robin () See under Robin, and
Illustration in Appendix.
Sea rocket () See under Rocket.
Sea room () Room or space at sea
for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or scud, without peril of running ashore or
aground.
Sea rover () One that cruises or
roves the sea for plunder; a sea robber; a pirate; also, a piratical vessel.
Sea-roving (a.) Cruising
at random on the ocean.
Sea salmon () A young pollock.
Sea salmon () The spotted
squeteague.
Sea salmon () See Sea bass (b).
Sea salt () Common salt, obtained
from sea water by evaporation.
Sea sandpiper () The purple
sandpiper.
Sea sandwort () See Sea
chickweed.
Sea saurian (n.) Any
marine saurian; esp. (Paleon.) the large extinct species of Mosasaurus,
Icthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, and related genera.
Seascape (n.) A picture
representing a scene at sea.
Sea scorpion () A European
sculpin (Cottus scorpius) having the head armed with short spines.
Sea scorpion () The scorpene.
Sea scurf () Any bryozoan which
forms rounded or irregular patches of coral on stones, seaweeds, etc.
Sea serpent () Any marine snake.
See Sea snake.
Sea serpent () A large marine
animal of unknown nature, often reported to have been seen at sea, but never yet
captured.
Seashell (n.) The shell of
any marine mollusk.
Seashore (n.) The coast of
the sea; the land that lies adjacent to the sea or ocean.
Seashore (n.) All the
ground between the ordinary highwater and low-water marks.
Seasick (a.) Affected with
seasickness.
Seasickness (n.) The
peculiar sickness, characterized by nausea and prostration, which is caused by
the pitching or rolling of a vessel.
Seaside (n.) The land
bordering on, or adjacent to, the sea; the seashore. Also used adjectively.
Sea slater () Any isopod
crustacean of the genus Ligia.
Sea slug () A holothurian.
Sea slug () A nudibranch mollusk.
Sea snail () A small fish of the
genus Liparis, having a ventral sucker. It lives among stones and seaweeds.
Sea snail () Any small creeping
marine gastropod, as the species of Littorina, Natica, etc.
Sea snake () Any one of many
species of venomous aquatic snakes of the family Hydrophidae, having a flattened
tail and living entirely in the sea, especially in the warmer parts of the
Indian and Pacific Oceans. They feed upon fishes, and are mostly of moderate
size, but some species become eight or ten feet long and four inches broad.
Sea snipe () A sandpiper, as the
knot and dunlin.
Sea snipe () The bellows fish.
Season (n.) One of the
divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or
by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the
relative position of the earth with respect to the sun. In the north temperate
zone, four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally
recognized. Some parts of the world have three seasons, -- the dry, the rainy,
and the cold; other parts have but two, -- the dry and the rainy.
Season (n.) Hence, a
period of time, especially as regards its fitness for anything contemplated or
done; a suitable or convenient time; proper conjuncture; as, the season for
planting; the season for rest.
Season (n.) A period of
time not very long; a while; a time.
Season (n.) That which
gives relish; seasoning.
Seasoned (imp. & p. p.) of
Season
Seasoning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Season
Season (v. t.) To render
suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit.
Season (v. t.) To fit for
any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure; to ripen; to
mature; as, to season one to a climate.
Season (v. t.) Hence, to
prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season
timber.
Season (v. t.) To fit for
taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season
food.
Season (v. t.) Hence, to
fit for enjoyment; to render agrecable.
Season (v. t.) To qualify
by admixture; to moderate; to temper.
Season (v. t.) To imbue;
to tinge or taint.
Season (v. t.) To copulate
with; to impregnate.
Season (v. i.) To become
mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
Season (v. i.) To become
dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with
other substance; as, timber seasons in the sun.
Season (v. i.) To give
token; to savor.
Seasonable (a.) Occurring
in good time, in due season, or in proper time for the purpose; suitable to the
season; opportune; timely; as, a seasonable supply of rain.
Seasonage (n.) A
seasoning.
Seasonal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the seasons.
Seasoner (n.) One who, or
that which, seasons, or gives a relish; a seasoning.
Seasoning (n.) The act or
process by which anything is seasoned.
Seasoning (n.) That which
is added to any species of food, to give it a higher relish, as salt, spices,
etc.; a condiment.
Seasoning (n.) Hence,
something added to enhance enjoyment or relieve dullness; as, wit is the
seasoning of conversation.
Seasonless (a.) Without
succession of the seasons.
Sea spider () Any maioid crab; a
spider crab. See Maioid, and Spider crab, under Spider.
Sea spider () Any pycnogonid.
Sea squirt () An ascidian. See
Illust. under Tunicata.
Sea star () A starfish, or
brittle star.
Sea surgeon () A surgeon fish.
Sea swallow () The common tern.
Sea swallow () The storm petrel.
Sea swallow () The gannet.
Sea swallow () See Cornish
chough, under Chough.
Seat (n.) The place or
thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a
chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.
Seat (n.) The place
occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or
abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation.
Seat (n.) That part of a
thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a
pair of pantaloons.
Seat (n.) A sitting; a
right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a
seat for the season in the opera house.
Seat (n.) Posture, or way
of sitting, on horseback.
Seat (n.) A part or
surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat.
Seated (imp. & p. p.) of
Seat
Seating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Seat
Seat (v. t.) To place on a
seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self.
Seat (v. t.) To cause to
occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix;
to settle.
Seat (v. t.) To assign a
seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons
in a church.
Seat (v. t.) To fix; to
set firm.
Seat (v. t.) To settle; to
plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country.
Seat (v. t.) To put a seat
or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.
Seat (v. i.) To rest; to
lie down.
Sea tang () A kind of seaweed;
tang; tangle.
Sea term () A term used
specifically by seamen; a nautical word or phrase.
Sea thief () A pirate.
Sea thongs () A kind of blackish
seaweed (Himanthalia lorea) found on the northern coasts of the Atlantic. It has
a thonglike forking process rising from a top-shaped base.
Seating (n.) The act of
providong with a seat or seats; as, the seating of an audience.
Seating (n.) The act of
making seats; also, the material for making seats; as, cane seating.
Sea titling () The rock pipit.
Seatless (a.) Having no
seat.
Sea toad () A sculpin.
Sea toad () A toadfish.
Sea toad () The angler.
Sea trout () Any one of several
species of true trouts which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as
the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted
trout.
Sea trout () The common
squeteague, and the spotted squeteague.
Sea trout () A California fish of
the family Chiridae, especially Hexagrammus decagrammus; -- called also spotted
rock trout. See Rock trout, under Rock.
Sea trout () A California
sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion nobilis); -- called also white sea bass.
Sea trumpet () A great blackish
seaweed of the Southern Ocean, having a hollow and expanding stem and a pinnate
frond, sometimes twenty feet long.
Sea trumpet () Any large marine
univalve shell of the genus Triton. See Triton.
Sea turn () A breeze, gale, or
mist from the sea.
Sea turtle () Any one of several
very large species of chelonians having the feet converted into paddles, as the
green turtle, hawkbill, loggerhead, and leatherback. They inhabit all warm seas.
Sea turtle () The sea pigeon, or
guillemot.
Sea unicorn () The narwhal.
Sea urchin () Any one of numerous
species of echinoderms of the order Echinoidea.
Seave (n.) A rush.
Seavy (a.) Overgrown with
rushes.
Sea wall () A wall, or
embankment, to resist encroachments of the sea.
Sea-walled (a.)
Surrounded, bounded, or protected by the sea, as if by a wall.
Seawan (n.) Alt. of
Seawant
Seawant (n.) The name used
by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as
money.
Seawand () See Sea girdles.
Seaward (a.) Directed or
situated toward the sea.
Seaward (adv.) Toward the
sea.
Seaware (n.) Seaweed;
esp., coarse seaweed. See Ware, and Sea girdles.
Seaweed (n.) Popularly,
any plant or plants growing in the sea.
Seaweed (n.) Any marine
plant of the class Algae, as kelp, dulse, Fucus, Ulva, etc.
Sea whip () A gorgonian having a
simple stem.
Sea widgeon () The scaup duck.
Sea widgeon () The pintail duck.
Seawives (pl. ) of Seawife
Seawife (n.) A European
wrasse (Labrus vetula).
Sea willow () A gorgonian coral
with long flexible branches.
Sea wing () A wing shell
(Avicula).
Sea withwind () A kind of
bindweed (Convolvulus Soldanella) growing on the seacoast of Europe.
Sea wolf () The wolf fish.
Sea wolf () The European sea
perch.
Sea wolf () The sea elephant.
Sea wolf () A sea lion.
Sea woodcock () The bar-tailed
godwit.
Sea wood louse () A sea slater.
Sea wormwood () A European
species of wormwood (Artemisia maritima) growing by the sea.
Seaworthiness (n.) The
state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to resist the ordinary violence of
wind and weather.
Seaworthy (a.) Fit for a
voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a cargo with safety; as, a
seaworthy ship.
Sea wrack () See Wrack.
Sebaceous (a.) Pertaining
to, or secreting, fat; composed of fat; having the appearance of fat; as, the
sebaceous secretions of some plants, or the sebaceous humor of animals.
Sebacic (a.) Of or
pertaining to fat; derived from, or resembling, fat; specifically, designating
an acid (formerly called also sebic, and pyroleic, acid), obtained by the
distillation or saponification of certain oils (as castor oil) as a white
crystalline substance.
Sebat (n.) The eleventh
month of the ancient Hebrew year, approximately corresponding with February.
Sebate (n.) A salt of
sebacic acid.
Sebesten (n.) The
mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees (Cordia Myxa, and C.
latifolia), sometimes used medicinally in pectoral diseases.
Sebic (a.) See Sebacic.
Sebiferous (a.) Producing
vegetable tallow.
Sebiferous (a.) Producing
fat; sebaceous; as, the sebiferous, or sebaceous, glands.
Sebiparous (a.) Same as
Sebiferous.
Seborrhea (n.) A morbidly
increased discharge of sebaceous matter upon the skin; stearrhea.
Secale (n.) A genus of
cereal grasses including rye.
Secancy (n.) A cutting; an
intersection; as, the point of secancy of one line by another.
Secant (a.) Cutting;
divivding into two parts; as, a secant line.
Secant (a.) A line that
cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points.
Secant (a.) A right line
drawn from the center of a circle through one end of a circular arc, and
terminated by a tangent drawn from the other end; the number expressing the
ratio line of this line to the radius of the circle. See Trigonometrical
function, under Function.
Secco (a.) Dry.
Seceded (imp. & p. p.) of
Secede
Seceding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Secede
Secede (v. i.) To withdraw
from fellowship, communion, or association; to separate one's self by a solemn
act; to draw off; to retire; especially, to withdraw from a political or
religious body.
Seceder (n.) One who
secedes.
Seceder (n.) One of a
numerous body of Presbyterians in Scotland who seceded from the communion of the
Established Church, about the year 1733, and formed the Secession Church, so
called.
Secerned (imp. & p. p.) of
Secern
Secerning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Secern
Secern (v. t.) To
separate; to distinguish.
Secern (v. t.) To secrete;
as, mucus secerned in the nose.
Secernent (a.) Secreting;
secretory.
Secernent (n.) That which
promotes secretion.
Secernent (n.) A vessel
in, or by means of, which the process of secretion takes place; a secreting
vessel.
Secernment (n.) The act or
process of secreting.
Secess (n.) Retirement;
retreat; secession.
Secession (n.) The act of
seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a
religious or political organization; withdrawal.
Secession (n.) The
withdrawal of a State from the national Union.
Secessionism (n.) The
doctrine or policy of secession; the tenets of secession; the tenets of
secessionists.
Secessionist (n.) One who
upholds secession.
Secessionist (n.) One who
holds to the belief that a State has the right to separate from the Union at its
will.
Seche (v. t. & i.) To
seek.
Sechium (n.) The edible
fruit of a West Indian plant (Sechium edule) of the Gourd family. It is soft,
pear-shaped, and about four inches long, and contains a single large seed. The
root of the plant resembles a yam, and is used for food.
Seck (a.) Barren;
unprofitable. See Rent seck, under Rent.
Seckel (n.) A small
reddish brown sweet and juicy pear. It originated on a farm near Philadelphia,
afterwards owned by a Mr. Seckel.
Secle (n.) A century.
Secluded (imp. & p. p.) of
Seclude
Secluding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Seclude
Seclude (v. t.) To shut up
apart from others; to withdraw into, or place in, solitude; to separate from
society or intercourse with others.
Seclude (v. t.) To shut or
keep out; to exclude.
Seclusion (n.) The act of
secluding, or the state of being secluded; separation from society or
connection; a withdrawing; privacy; as, to live in seclusion.
Seclusive (a.) Tending to
seclude; keeping in seclusion; secluding; sequestering.
Second (a.) Immediately
following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence,
occuring again; another; other.
Second (a.) Next to the
first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate;
inferior.
Second (a.) Being of the
same kind as another that has preceded; another, like a protype; as, a second
Cato; a second Troy; a second deluge.
Second (n.) One who, or
that which, follows, or comes after; one next and inferior in place, time, rank,
importance, excellence, or power.
Second (n.) One who
follows or attends another for his support and aid; a backer; an assistant;
specifically, one who acts as another's aid in a duel.
Second (n.) Aid;
assistance; help.
Second (n.) An article of
merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; esp., a coarse or inferior kind of
flour.
Second (a.) The sixtieth
part of a minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the second regular
subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves about 1,140 English feet in a second;
five minutes and ten seconds north of this place.
Second (a.) In the
duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line.
See Inch, and Prime, n., 8.
Second (n.) The interval
between any tone and the tone which is represented on the degree of the staff
next above it.
Second (n.) The second
part in a concerted piece; -- often popularly applied to the alto.
Seconded (imp. & p. p.) of
Second
Seconding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Second
Second (a.) To follow in
the next place; to succeed; to alternate.
Second (a.) To follow or
attend for the purpose of assisting; to support; to back; to act as the second
of; to assist; to forward; to encourage.
Second (a.) Specifically,
to support, as a motion or proposal, by adding one's voice to that of the mover
or proposer.
Secondarily (adv.) In a
secondary manner or degree.
Secondarily (adv.)
Secondly; in the second place.
Secondariness (n.) The
state of being secondary.
Secondary (a.) Suceeding
next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not
primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.
Secondary (a.) Acting by
deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.
Secondary (a.) Possessing
some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the
second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf. primary.
Secondary (a.) Subsequent
in origin; -- said of minerals produced by alteertion or deposition subsequent
to the formation of the original rocks mass; also of characters of minerals (as
secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other causes.
Secondary (a.) Pertaining
to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
Secondary (a.) Dependent
or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to
scarlet fever. (b) Occuring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary
symptoms of syphilis.
Secondaries (pl. ) of
Secondary
Secondary (n.) One who
occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy; one who
is second or next to the chief officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of
the city of London.
Secondary (n.) A secondary
circle.
Secondary (n.) A
satellite.
Secondary (n.) A secondary
quill.
Second-class (a.) Of the
rank or degree below the best highest; inferior; second-rate; as, a second-class
house; a second-class passage.
Seconder (n.) One who
seconds or supports what another attempts, affirms, moves, or proposes; as, the
seconder of an enterprise or of a motion.
Secondhand (a.) Not
original or primary; received from another.
Secondhand (a.) Not new;
already or previously or used by another; as, a secondhand book, garment.
Secondly (adv.) In the
second place.
Secondo (n.) The second
part in a concerted piece.
Second-rate (a.) Of the
second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rate ship; second-rate cloth;
a second-rate champion.
Second-sight (n.) The
power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing
future events, esp. such as are of a disastrous kind; the capacity of a seer;
prophetic vision.
Second-sighted (a.) Having
the power of second-sight.
Secre (a.) Secret;
secretive; faithful to a secret.
Secre (n.) A secret.
Secrecies (pl. ) of
Secrecy
Secrecy (n.) The state or
quality of being hidden; as, his movements were detected in spite of their
secrecy.
Secrecy (n.) That which is
concealed; a secret.
Secrecy (n.) Seclusion;
privacy; retirement.
Secrecy (n.) The quality
of being secretive; fidelity to a secret; forbearance of disclosure or
discovery.
Secrely (adv.) Secretly.
Secreness (n.) Secrecy;
privacy.
Secret (a.) Hidden;
concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow.
Secret (a.) Withdraw from
general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded.
Secret (a.) Faithful to a
secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive.
Secret (a.) Separate;
distinct.
Secret (a.) Something
studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge; what is not revealed,
or not to be revealed.
Secret (a.) A thing not
discovered; what is unknown or unexplained; a mystery.
Secret (a.) The parts
which modesty and propriety require to be concealed; the genital organs.
Secret (v. t.) To keep
secret.
Secretage (n.) A process
in which mercury, or some of its salts, is employed to impart the property of
felting to certain kinds of furs.
Secretarial (a.) Of or
pertaining to a secretary; befitting a secretary.
Secretariat (n.) Alt. of
Secretariate
Secretariate (n.) The
office of a secretary; the place where a secretary transacts business, keeps
records, etc.
Secretaries (pl. ) of
Secretary
Secretary (n.) One who
keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets.
Secretary (n.) A person
employed to write orders, letters, dispatches, public or private papers,
records, and the like; an official scribe, amanuensis, or writer; one who
attends to correspondence, and transacts other business, for an association, a
public body, or an individual.
Secretary (n.) An officer
of state whose business is to superintend and manage the affairs of a particular
department of government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or advisory
council of the chief executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the
correspondence and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts;
the secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the
secretary of war, etc.
Secretary (n.) A piece of
furniture, with conveniences for writing and for the arrangement of papers; an
escritoire.
Secretary (n.) The
secretary bird.
Secretaryship (n.) The
office, or the term of office, of a secretary.
Secreted (imp. & p. p.) of
Secrete
Secreting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Secrete
Secrete (v. t.) To deposit
in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to
secrete one's self.
Secrete (v. t.) To
separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate
and emit as a secretion. See Secretion.
Secretion (n.) The act of
secreting or concealing; as, the secretion of dutiable goods.
Secretion (n.) The act of
secreting; the process by which material is separated from the blood through the
agency of the cells of the various glands and elaborated by the cells into new
substances so as to form the various secretions, as the saliva, bile, and other
digestive fluids. The process varies in the different glands, and hence are
formed the various secretions.
Secretion (n.) Any
substance or fluid secreted, or elaborated and emitted, as the gastric juice.
Secretist (n.) A dealer in
secrets.
Secretitious (a.) Parted
by animal secretion; as, secretitious humors.
Secretive (a.) Tending to
secrete, or to keep secret or private; as, a secretive disposition.
Secretiveness (n.) The
quality of being secretive; disposition or tendency to conceal.
Secretiveness (n.) The
faculty or propensity which impels to reserve, secrecy, or concealment.
Secretly (adv.) In a
secret manner.
Secretness (n.) The state
or quality of being secret, hid, or concealed.
Secretness (n.)
Secretiveness; concealment.
Secrete-metory (a.)
Causing secretion; -- said of nerves which go to glands and influence secretion.
Secretory (a.) Secreting;
performing, or connected with, the office secretion; secernent; as, secretory
vessels, nerves.
Secretory (n.) A secretory
vessel; a secernent.
Sect (n.) A cutting; a
scion.
Sect (n.) Those following
a particular leader or authority, or attached to a certain opinion; a company or
set having a common belief or allegiance distinct from others; in religion, the
believers in a particular creed, or upholders of a particular practice;
especially, in modern times, a party dissenting from an established church; a
denomination; in philosophy, the disciples of a particular master; a school; in
society and the state, an order, rank, class, or party.
Sectant (n.) One of the
portions of space bounded by the three coordinate planes. Specif. (Crystallog.),
one of the parts of a crystal into which it is divided by the axial planes.
Sectarian (n.) Pertaining
to a sect, or to sects; peculiar to a sect; bigotedly attached to the tenets and
interests of a denomination; as, sectarian principles or prejudices.
Sectarian (n.) One of a
sect; a member or adherent of a special school, denomination, or religious or
philosophical party; one of a party in religion which has separated itself from
established church, or which holds tenets different from those of the prevailing
denomination in a state.
Sectarianism (n.) The
quality or character of a sectarian; devotion to the interests of a party;
excess of partisan or denominational zeal; adherence to a separate church
organization.
Sectarianize (v. t.) To
imbue with sectarian feelings; to subject to the control of a sect.
Sectarism (n.)
Sectarianism.
Sectarist (n.) A sectary.
Sectaries (pl. ) of
Sectary
Sectary (n.) A sectarian;
a member or adherent of a sect; a follower or disciple of some particular
teacher in philosophy or religion; one who separates from an established church;
a dissenter.
Sectator (n.) A follower;
a disciple; an adherent to a sect.
Sectile (a.) Capable of
being cut; specifically (Min.), capable of being severed by the knife with a
smooth cut; -- said of minerals.
Sectility (n.) The state
or quality of being sectile.
Section (n.) The act of
cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.
Section (n.) A part
separated from something; a division; a portion; a slice.
Section (n.) A distinct
part or portion of a book or writing; a subdivision of a chapter; the division
of a law or other writing; a paragraph; an article; hence, the character /,
often used to denote such a division.
Section (n.) A distinct
part of a country or people, community, class, or the like; a part of a
territory separated by geographical lines, or of a people considered as
distinct.
Section (n.) One of the
portions, of one square mile each, into which the public lands of the United
States are divided; one thirty-sixth part of a township. These sections are
subdivided into quarter sections for sale under the homestead and preemption
laws.
Section (n.) The figure
made up of all the points common to a superficies and a solid which meet, or to
two superficies which meet, or to two lines which meet. In the first case the
section is a superficies, in the second a line, and in the third a point.
Section (n.) A division of
a genus; a group of species separated by some distinction from others of the
same genus; -- often indicated by the sign /.
Section (n.) A part of a
musical period, composed of one or more phrases. See Phrase.
Section (n.) The
description or representation of anything as it would appear if cut through by
any intersecting plane; depiction of what is beyond a plane passing through, or
supposed to pass through, an object, as a building, a machine, a succession of
strata; profile.
Sectional (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sections or distinct part of larger body or territory; local.
Sectional (a.) Consisting
of sections, or capable of being divided into sections; as, a sectional steam
boiler.
Sectionalism (n.) A
disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a section of the country;
local patriotism, as distinguished from national.
Sectionality (n.) The
state or quality of being sectional; sectionalism.
Sectionalize (v. t.) To
divide according to gepgraphical sections or local interests.
Sectionally (adv.) In a
sectional manner.
Sectionize (v. t.) To form
into sections.
Sectism (n.) Devotion to a
sect.
Sectist (n.) One devoted
to a sect; a soetary.
Sectiuncle (n.) A little
or petty sect.
Sector (n.) A part of a
circle comprehended between two radii and the included arc.
Sector (n.) A mathematical
instrument, consisting of two rulers connected at one end by a joint, each arm
marked with several scales, as of equal parts, chords, sines, tangents, etc.,
one scale of each kind on each arm, and all on lines radiating from the common
center of motion. The sector is used for plotting, etc., to any scale.
Sector (n.) An
astronomical instrument, the limb of which embraces a small portion only of a
circle, used for measuring differences of declination too great for the compass
of a micrometer. When it is used for measuring zenith distances of stars, it is
called a zenith sector.
Sectoral (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sector; as, a sectoral circle.
Sectorial (a.) Adapted for
cutting.
Sectorial (n.) A
sectorial, or carnassial, tooth.
Secular (a.) Coming or
observed once in an age or a century.
Secular (a.) Pertaining to
an age, or the progress of ages, or to a long period of time; accomplished in a
long progress of time; as, secular inequality; the secular refrigeration of the
globe.
Secular (a.) Of or
pertaining to this present world, or to things not spiritual or holy; relating
to temporal as distinguished from eternal interests; not immediately or
primarily respecting the soul, but the body; worldly.
Secular (a.) Not regular;
not bound by monastic vows or rules; not confined to a monastery, or subject to
the rules of a religious community; as, a secular priest.
Secular (a.) Belonging to
the laity; lay; not clerical.
Secular (n.) A secular
ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
Secular (n.) A church
official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
Secular (n.) A layman, as
distinguished from a clergyman.
Secularism (n.) The state
or quality of being secular; a secular spirit; secularity.
Secularism (n.) The tenets
or principles of the secularists.
Secularist (n.) One who
theoretically rejects every form of religious faith, and every kind of religious
worship, and accepts only the facts and influences which are derived from the
present life; also, one who believes that education and other matters of civil
policy should be managed without the introduction of a religious element.
Secularity (n.) Supreme
attention to the things of the present life; worldliness.
Secularization (n.) The
act of rendering secular, or the state of being rendered secular; conversion
from regular or monastic to secular; conversion from religious to lay or secular
possession and uses; as, the secularization of church property.
Secularized (imp. & p. p.)
of Secularize
Secularizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Secularize
Secularize (v. t.) To
convert from regular or monastic into secular; as, to secularize a priest or a
monk.
Secularize (v. t.) To
convert from spiritual or common use; as, to secularize a church, or church
property.
Secularize (v. t.) To make
worldly or unspiritual.
Secularly (adv.) In a
secular or worldly manner.
Secularness (n.) The
quality or state of being secular; worldliness; worldly-minded-ness.
Secund (a.) Arranged on
one side only, as flowers or leaves on a stalk.
Secundate (v. t.) To make
prosperous.
Secundation (n.)
Prosperity.
Secundine (n.) The second
coat, or integument, of an ovule, lying within the primine.
Secundine (n.) The
afterbirth, or placenta and membranes; -- generally used in the plural.
Secundo-geniture (n.) A
right of inheritance belonging to a second son; a property or possession so
inherited.
Securable (a.) That may be
secured.
Secure (a.) Free from
fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust;
confident.
Secure (a.) Overconfident;
incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense.
Secure (a.) Confident in
opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain;
sure; -- commonly with of; as, secure of a welcome.
Secure (a.) Net exposed to
danger; safe; -- applied to persons and things, and followed by against or from.
Secured (imp. & p. p.) of
Secure
Securing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Secure
Secure (v. t.) To make
safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to
protect.
Secure (v. t.) To put
beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; to
insure; -- frequently with against or from, rarely with of; as, to secure a
creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage.
Secure (v. t.) To make
fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or
escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship.
Secure (v. t.) To get
possession of; to make one's self secure of; to acquire certainly; as, to secure
an estate.
Securely (adv.) In a
secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely.
Securement (n.) The act of
securing; protection.
Secureness (n.) The
condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear; want of vigilance;
security.
Securer (n.) One who, or
that which, secures.
Securifera (n. pl.) The
Serrifera.
Securiform (a.) Having the
form of an ax hatchet.
Securipalp (n.) One of a
family of beetles having the maxillary palpi terminating in a hatchet-shaped
joint.
Securities (pl. ) of
Security
Security (n.) The
condition or quality of being secure; secureness.
Security (n.) Freedom from
apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence of power of safety; hence, assurance;
certainty.
Security (n.) Hence,
carelessness; negligence; heedlessness.
Security (n.) Freedom from
risk; safety.
Security (n.) That which
secures or makes safe; protection; guard; defense.
Security (n.) Something
given, deposited, or pledged, to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation,
the performance of a contract, the payment of a debt, or the like; surety;
pledge.
Security (n.) One who
becomes surety for another, or engages himself for the performance of another's
obligation.
Security (n.) An evidence
of debt or of property, as a bond, a certificate of stock, etc.; as, government
securities.
Sedan (n.) A portable
chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single person, -- usually borne on poles
by two men. Called also sedan chair.
Sedate (a.) Undisturbed by
passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed;
staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper.
Sedation (n.) The act of
calming, or the state of being calm.
Sedative (a.) Tending to
calm, moderate, or tranquilize
Sedative (a.) allaying
irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
Sedative (n.) A remedy
which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain.
Sedent (a.) Sitting;
inactive; quiet.
Sedentarily (adv.) In a
sedentary manner.
Sedentariness (n.) Quality
of being sedentary.
Sedentary (a.) Accustomed
to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man.
Sedentary (a.)
Characterized by, or requiring, much sitting; as, a sedentary employment; a
sedentary life.
Sedentary (a.) Inactive;
motionless; sluggish; hence, calm; tranquil.
Sedentary (a.) Caused by
long sitting.
Sedentary (a.) Remaining
in one place, especially when firmly attached to some object; as, the oyster is
a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans.
Sederunt (n.) A sitting,
as of a court or other body.
Sedge (n.) Any plant of
the genus Carex, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in
marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and
long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There
are several hundred species.
Sedge (n.) A flock of
herons.
Sedged (a.) Made or
composed of sedge.
Sedgy (a.) Overgrown with
sedge.
Sedilia (n. pl.) Seats in
the chancel of a church near the altar for the officiating clergy during
intervals of service.
Sediment (n.) The matter
which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees;
dregs.
Sediment (n.) The material
of which sedimentary rocks are formed.
Sedimental (a.)
Sedimentary.
Sedimentary (a.) Of or
pertaining to sediment; formed by sediment; containing matter that has subsided.
Sedimentation (n.) The act
of depositing a sediment; specifically (Geol.), the deposition of the material
of which sedimentary rocks are formed.
Sedition (n.) The raising
of commotion in a state, not amounting to insurrection; conduct tending to
treason, but without an overt act; excitement of discontent against the
government, or of resistance to lawful authority.
Sedition (n.) Dissension;
division; schism.
Seditionary (n.) An
inciter or promoter of sedition.
Seditious (a.) Of or
pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of, or tending to excite,
sedition; as, seditious behavior; seditious strife; seditious words.
Seditious (a.) Disposed to
arouse, or take part in, violent opposition to lawful authority; turbulent;
factious; guilty of sedition; as, seditious citizens.
Sedlitz (a.) Same as
Seidlitz.
Seduced (imp. & p. p.) of
Seduce
Seducing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Seduce
Seduce (v. t.) To draw
aside from the path of rectitude and duty in any manner; to entice to evil; to
lead astray; to tempt and lead to iniquity; to corrupt.
Seduce (v. t.)
Specifically, to induce to surrender chastity; to debauch by means of
solicitation.
Seducement (n.) The act of
seducing.
Seducement (n.) The means
employed to seduce, as flattery, promises, deception, etc.; arts of enticing or
corrupting.
Seducer (n.) One who, or
that which, seduces; specifically, one who prevails over the chastity of a woman
by enticements and persuasions.
Seducible (a.) Capable of
being seduced; corruptible.
Seducing (a.) Seductive.
Seduction (n.) The act of
seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, the offense of inducing a
woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome
her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her
chastity.
Seduction (n.) That which
seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of
wealth.
Seductive (a.) Tending to
lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring; as, a
seductive offer.
Seductively (adv.) In a
seductive manner.
Seductress (n.) A woman
who seduces.
Sedulity (n.) The quality
or state of being sedulous; diligent and assiduous application; constant
attention; unremitting industry; sedulousness.
Sedulous (a.) Diligent in
application or pursuit; constant, steady, and persevering in business, or in
endeavors to effect an object; steadily industrious; assiduous; as, the sedulous
bee.
Sedum (n.) A genus of
plants, mostly perennial, having succulent leaves and cymose flowers; orpine;
stonecrop.
See (n.) A seat; a site; a
place where sovereign power is exercised.
See (n.) Specifically: (a)
The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the
see of New York. (b) The seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of
an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the
pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome;
as, to appeal to the see of Rome.
Saw (imp.) of See
Seen (p. p.) of See
Seeing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of See
See (v. t.) To perceive by
the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the
organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view.
See (v. t.) To perceive by
mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to
observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain.
See (v. t.) To follow with
the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after.
See (v. t.) To have an
interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a
friend.
See (v. t.) To fall in
with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or
experience of; as, to see military service.
See (v. t.) To accompany
in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the
cars.
See (v. i.) To have the
power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs; to possess or employ the
sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly.
See (v. i.) Figuratively:
To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to
discern; -- often followed by a preposition, as through, or into.
See (v. i.) To be
attentive; to take care; to give heed; -- generally with to; as, to see to the
house.
Seed (pl. ) of Seed
Seeds (pl. ) of Seed
Seed (n.) A ripened ovule,
consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple
seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.
Seed (n.) Any small
seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as
the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed.
Seed (n.) The generative
fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural.
Seed (n.) That from which
anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or
vice.
Seed (n.) The principle of
production.
Seed (n.) Progeny;
offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.
Seed (n.) Race;
generation; birth.
Seeded (imp. & p. p.) of
Seed
Seeding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Seed
Seed (v. t.) To sprinkle
with seed; to plant seeds in; to sow; as, to seed a field.
Seed (v. t.) To cover
thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
Seedbox (n.) A capsule.
Seedbox (n.) A plant
(Ludwigia alternifolia) which has somewhat cubical or box-shaped capsules.
Seedcake (n.) A sweet cake
or cooky containing aromatic seeds, as caraway.
Seedcod (n.) A seedlip.
Seeder (n.) One who, or
that which, sows or plants seed.
Seediness (n.) The quality
or state of being seedy, shabby, or worn out; a state of wretchedness or
exhaustion.
Seed-lac (n.) A species of
lac. See the Note under Lac.
Seedless (a.) Without seed
or seeds.
Seedling (n.) A plant
reared from the seed, as distinguished from one propagated by layers, buds, or
the like.
Seedlip (n.) Alt. of
Seedlop
Seedlop (n.) A vessel in
which a sower carries the seed to be scattered.
Seedman (See) Seedsman.
Seedness (n.) Seedtime.
Seedsmen (pl. ) of
Seedsman
Seedsman (n.) A sower; one
who sows or scatters seed.
Seedsman (n.) A person who
deals in seeds.
Seedtime (n.) The season
proper for sowing.
Seedy (superl.) Abounding
with seeds; bearing seeds; having run to seeds.
Seedy (superl.) Having a
peculiar flavor supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines;
-- said of certain kinds of French brandy.
Seedy (superl.) Old and
worn out; exhausted; spiritless; also, poor and miserable looking; shabbily
clothed; shabby looking; as, he looked seedy coat.
Seeing (conj. (but originally
a present participle)) In view of the fact (that); considering; taking into
account (that); insmuch as; since; because; -- followed by a dependent clause;
as, he did well, seeing that he was so young.
Seek (a.) Sick.
Sought (imp. & p. p.) of
Seek
Seeking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Seek
Seek (v. t.) To go in
search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find.
Seek (v. t.) To inquire
for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech.
Seek (v. t.) To try to
acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek
one's life.
Seek (v. t.) To try to
reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
Seek (v. i.) To make
search or inquiry: to endeavor to make discovery.
Seeker (n.) One who seeks;
that which is used in seeking or searching.
Seeker (n.) One of a small
heterogeneous sect of the 17th century, in Great Britain, who professed to be
seeking the true church, ministry, and sacraments.
Seek-no-further (n.) A
kind of choice winter apple, having a subacid taste; -- formerly called
go-no-further.
Seek-sorrow (n.) One who
contrives to give himself vexation.
Seeled (imp. & p. p.) of
Seel
Seeling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Seel
Seel (v. t.) To close the
eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were
fastened over the head.
Seel (v. t.) Hence, to
shut or close, as the eyes; to blind.
Seel (v. i.) To incline to
one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea.
Seel (n.) Alt. of Seeling
Seeling (n.) The rolling
or agitation of a ship in a storm.
Seel (n.) Good fortune;
favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] "So have I seel".
Seel (n.) Time; season;
as, hay seel.
Seelily (adv.) In a silly
manner.
Seely (a.) See Silly.
Seemed (imp. & p. p.) of
Seem
Seeming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Seem
Seem (a.) To appear, or to
appear to be; to have a show or semblance; to present an appearance; to look; to
strike one's apprehension or fancy as being; to be taken as.
Seem (v. t.) To befit; to
beseem.
Seemer (n.) One who seems;
one who carries or assumes an appearance or semblance.
Seeming (a.) Having a
semblance, whether with or without reality; apparent; specious; befitting; as,
seeming friendship; seeming truth.
Seeming (n.) Appearance;
show; semblance; fair appearance; speciousness.
Seeming (n.) Apprehension;
judgment.
Seemingly (adv.) In
appearance; in show; in semblance; apparently; ostensibly.
Seemingness (n.)
Semblance; fair appearance; plausibility.
Seemless (a.) Unseemly.
Seemlily (adv.) In a
seemly manner.
Seemliness (n.) The
quality or state of being seemly: comeliness; propriety.
Seemly (v. i.) Suited to
the object, occasion, purpose, or character; suitable; fit; becoming; comely;
decorous.
Seemly (superl.) In a
decent or suitable manner; becomingly.
Seemlyhed (n.) Comely or
decent appearance.
Seen () p. p. of See.
Seen (a.) Versed; skilled;
accomplished.
Seep (v. i.) Alt. of Sipe
Sipe (v. i.) To run or
soak through fine pores and interstices; to ooze.
Seepage (n.) Alt. of
Sipage
Sipage (n.) Water that
seeped or oozed through a porous soil.
Seepy (a.) Alt. of Sipy
Sipy (a.) Oozy; -- applied
to land under cultivation that is not well drained.
Seer (a.) Sore; painful.
Seer (n.) One who sees.
Seer (n.) A person who
foresees events; a prophet.
Seeress (n.) A female
seer; a prophetess.
Seerfish (n.) A scombroid
food fish of Madeira (Cybium Commersonii).
Seerhand (n.) A kind of
muslin of a texture between nainsook and mull.
Seership (n.) The office
or quality of a seer.
Seersucker (n.) A light
fabric, originally made in the East Indies, of silk and linen, usually having
alternating stripes, and a slightly craped or puckered surface; also, a cotton
fabric of similar appearance.
Seerwood (n.) Dry wood.
Seesaw (n.) A play among
children in which they are seated upon the opposite ends of a plank which is
balanced in the middle, and move alternately up and down.
Seesaw (n.) A plank or
board adjusted for this play.
Seesaw (n.) A vibratory or
reciprocating motion.
Seesaw (n.) Same as
Crossruff.
Seesawad (imp. & p. p.) of
Seesaw
Seesawing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Seesaw
Seesaw (v. i.) To move
with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and
downward.
Seesaw (v. t.) To cause to
move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.
Seesaw (a.) Moving up and
down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion.
Seet (imp.) Sate; sat.
Seeth () imp. of Seethe.
Seethed (imp.) of Seethe
Sod () of Seethe
Seethed (p. p.) of Seethe
Sodden () of Seethe
Seething (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Seethe
Seethe (n.) To decoct or
prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh.
Seethe (v. i.) To be a
state of ebullition or violent commotion; to be hot; to boil.
Seether (n.) A pot for
boiling things; a boiler.
Seg (n.) Sedge.
Seg (n.) The gladen, and
other species of Iris.
Seg (n.) A castrated bull.
Segar (n.) See Cigar.
Seggar (n.) A case or
holder made of fire clay, in which fine pottery is inclosed while baking in the
kin.
Segge (n.) The hedge
sparrow.
Segment (n.) One of the
parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or
cut off; a section; a portion; as, a segment of an orange; a segment of a
compound or divided leaf.
Segment (n.) A part cut
off from a figure by a line or plane; especially, that part of a circle
contained between a chord and an arc of that circle, or so much of the circle as
is cut off by the chord; as, the segment acb in the Illustration.
Segment (n.) A piece in
the form of the sector of a circle, or part of a ring; as, the segment of a
sectional fly wheel or flywheel rim.
Segment (n.) A segment
gear.
Segment (n.) One of the
cells or division formed by segmentation, as in egg cleavage or in fissiparous
cell formation.
Segment (n.) One of the
divisions, rings, or joints into which many animal bodies are divided; a somite;
a metamere; a somatome.
Segment (v. i.) To divide
or separate into parts in growth; to undergo segmentation, or cleavage, as in
the segmentation of the ovum.
Segmental (a.) Relating
to, or being, a segment.
Segmental (a.) Of or
pertaining to the segments of animals; as, a segmental duct; segmental papillae.
Segmental (a.) Of or
pertaining to the segmental organs.
Segmentation (n.) The act
or process of dividing into segments; specifically (Biol.), a self-division into
segments as a result of growth; cell cleavage; cell multiplication; endogenous
cell formation.
Segmented (a.) Divided
into segments or joints; articulated.
Segnitude (n.) Alt. of
Segnity
Segnity (n.) Sluggishness;
dullness; inactivity.
Segno (n.) A sign. See Al
segno, and Dal segno.
Sego (n.) A liliaceous
plant (Calochortus Nuttallii) of Western North America, and its edible bulb; --
so called by the Ute Indians and the Mormons.
Segregate (a.) Separate;
select.
Segregate (a.) Separated
from others of the same kind.
Segregated (imp. & p. p.)
of Segregate
Segregating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Segregate
Segregate (v. t.) To
separate from others; to set apart.
Segregate (v. i.) To
separate from a mass, and collect together about centers or along lines of
fracture, as in the process of crystallization or solidification.
Segregation (n.) The act
of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a
parting.
Segregation (n.)
Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand
through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
Seiches (n. pl.) Local
oscillations in level observed in the case of some lakes, as Lake Geneva.
Seid (n.) A descendant of
Mohammed through his daughter Fatima and nephew Ali.
Seidlitz (a.) Of or
pertaining to Seidlitz, a village in Bohemia.
Seigh () obs. imp. sing. of See.
Saw.
Seigneurial (a.) Of or
pertaining to the lord of a manor; manorial.
Seigneurial (a.) Vested
with large powers; independent.
Seignior (n.) A lord; the
lord of a manor.
Seignior (n.) A title of
honor or of address in the South of Europe, corresponding to Sir or Mr. in
English.
Seigniorage (n.) Something
claimed or taken by virtue of sovereign prerogative; specifically, a charge or
toll deducted from bullion brought to a mint to be coined; the difference
between the cost of a mass of bullion and the value as money of the pieces
coined from it.
Seigniorage (n.) A share
of the receipts of a business taken in payment for the use of a right, as a
copyright or a patent.
Seignioral (a.) Of or
pertaining to a seignior; seigneurial.
Seignioralty (n.) The
territory or authority of a seignior, or lord.
Seigniorial (a.) Same as
Seigneurial.
Seigniorize (v. t.) To
lord it over.
-ies (pl. ) of Seigniory
Seigniory (n.) The power
or authority of a lord; dominion.
Seigniory (n.) The
territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.
Seine (n.) A large net,
one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and the other with floats. It hangs
vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore
incloses the fish.
Seiner (n.) One who fishes
with a seine.
Seining (n.) Fishing with
a seine.
Seint (n.) A girdle.
Seint (n.) A saint.
Seintuary (n.) Sanctuary.
Seirfish (n.) Same as
Seerfish.
Seirospore (n.) One of
several spores arranged in a chain as in certain algae of the genus
Callithamnion.
Seise (v. t.) See Seize.
Seisin (n.) See Seizin.
Seismic (a.) Alt. of
Seismal
Seismal (a.) Of or
pertaining to an earthquake; caused by an earthquake.
Seismograph (n.) An
apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motions of earthquakes.
Seismographic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a seismograph; indicated by a seismograph.
Seismography (n.) A
writing about, or a description of, earthquakes.
Seismography (n.) The art
of registering the shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes.
Seismological (a.) Of or
pertaining to seismology.
Seismology (n.) The
science of earthquakes.
Seismometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the direction, duration, and force of earthquakes and
like concussions.
Seismometric (a.) Of or
pertaining to seismometry, or seismometer; as, seismometric instruments;
seismometric measurements.
Seismometry (n.) The
mensuration of such phenomena of earthquakes as can be expressed in numbers, or
by their relation to the coordinates of space.
Seismoscope (n.) A
seismometer.
Seity (n.) Something
peculiar to one's self.
Seizable (a.) That may be
seized.
Seized (imp. & p. p.) of
Seize
Seizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Seize
Seize (v. t.) To fall or
rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and
grasp.
Seize (v. t.) To take
possession of by force.
Seize (v. t.) To invade
suddenly; to take sudden hold of; to come upon suddenly; as, a fever seizes a
patient.
Seize (v. t.) To take
possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff
seized the debtor's goods.
Seize (v. t.) To fasten;
to fix.
Seize (v. t.) To grap with
the mind; to comprehend fully and distinctly; as, to seize an idea.
Seize (v. t.) To bind or
fasten together with a lashing of small stuff, as yarn or marline; as, to seize
ropes.
Seizer (n.) One who, or
that which, seizes.
Seizin (n.) Possession;
possession of an estate of froehold. It may be either in deed or in law; the
former when there is actual possession, the latter when there is a right to such
possession by construction of law. In some of the United States seizin means
merely ownership.
Seizin (n.) The act of
taking possession.
Seizin (n.) The thing
possessed; property.
Seizing (n.) The act of
taking or grasping suddenly.
Seizing (n.) The operation
of fastening together or lashing.
Seizing (n.) The cord or
lashing used for such fastening.
Seizor (n.) One who
seizes, or takes possession.
Seizure (n.) The act of
seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a
taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.
Seizure (n.) Retention
within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership.
Seizure (n.) That which is
seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
Sejant (a.) Alt. of
Sejeant
Sejeant (a.) Sitting, as a
lion or other beast.
Sejein (v. t.) To
separate.
Sejunction (n.) The act of
disjoining, or the state of being disjoined.
Sejungible (a.) Capable of
being disjoined.
Seke (a.) Sick.
Seke (v. t. & i.) To seek.
Sekes (n.) A place in a
pagan temple in which the images of the deities were inclosed.
Selachian (n.) One of the
Selachii. See Illustration in Appendix.
Selachii (n. pl.) An order
of elasmobranchs including the sharks and rays; the Plagiostomi. Called also
Selacha, Selache, and Selachoidei.
Selachoidei (n. pl.) Same
as Selachii.
Selachostomi (n. pl.) A
division of ganoid fishes which includes the paddlefish, in which the mouth is
armed with small teeth.
Selaginella (n.) A genus
of cryptogamous plants resembling Lycopodia, but producing two kinds of spores;
also, any plant of this genus. Many species are cultivated in conservatories.
Selah (n.) A word of
doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the Psalms; by some, supposed to
signify silence or a pause in the musical performance of the song.
Selcouth (n.) Rarely
known; unusual; strange.
Seld (a.) Rare; uncommon;
unusual.
Seld (adv.) Rarely;
seldom.
Selden (adv.) Seldom.
Seldem (superl) Rarely;
not often; not frequently.
Seldom (a.) Rare;
infrequent.
Seldomness (n.) Rareness.
Seldseen (a.) Seldom seen.
Seldshewn (a.) Rarely
shown or exhibited.
Select (a.) Taken from a
number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of
special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice.
Selected (imp. & p. p.) of
Select
Selecting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Select
Select (v. t.) To choose
and take from a number; to take by preference from among others; to pick out; to
cull; as, to select the best authors for perusal.
Selectedly (adv.) With
care and selection.
Selection (n.) The act of
selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.
Selection (n.) That which
is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books.
Selective (a.) Selecting;
tending to select.
Selectmen (pl. ) of
Selectman
Selectman (n.) One of a
board of town officers chosen annually in the New England States to transact the
general public business of the town, and have a kind of executive authority. The
number is usually from three to seven in each town.
Selectness (n.) The
quality or state of being select.
Selector (n.) One who
selects.
Selenate (n.) A salt of
selenic acid; -- formerly called also seleniate.
Selenhydric (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen selenide, H2Se, regarded as an acid
analogous to sulphydric acid.
Selenic (a.) Of or
pertaining to selenium; derived from, or containing, selenium; specifically,
designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as
contrasted with selenious compounds.
Selenide (n.) A binary
compound of selenium, or a compound regarded as binary; as, ethyl selenide.
Seleniferous (a.)
Containing, or impregnated with, selenium; as, seleniferous pyrites.
Selenio- () A combining form
(also used adjectively) denoting the presence of selenium or its compounds; as,
selenio-phosphate, a phosphate having selenium in place of all, or a part, of
the oxygen.
Selenious (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or containing, selenium; specifically, designating those
compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with selenic
compounds.
Selenite (n.) A salt of
selenious acid.
Selenite (n.) A variety of
gypsum, occuring in transparent crystals or crystalline masses.
Selenitic (a.) Alt. of
Selenitical
Selenitical (a.) Of or
pertaining to selenite; resembling or containing selenite.
Selenium (n.) A
nonmetallic element of the sulphur group, and analogous to sulphur in its
compounds. It is found in small quantities with sulphur and some sulphur ores,
and obtained in the free state as a dark reddish powder or crystalline mass, or
as a dark metallic-looking substance. It exhibits under the action of light a
remarkable variation in electric conductivity, and is used in certain electric
apparatus. Symbol Se. Atomic weight 78.9.
Seleniuret (n.) A
selenide.
Seleniureted (a.) Combined
with selenium as in a selenide; as, seleniureted hydrogen.
Selenecentric (a.) As seen
or estimated from the center of the moon; with the moon central.
Selenograph (n.) A picture
or delineation of the moon's surface, or of any part of it.
Selenographer (n.) One
skilled in selenography.
Selenographic (a.) Alt. of
Selenographical
Selenographical (a.) Of or
pertaining to selenography.
Selenographist (n.) A
selenographer.
Selenography (n.) The
science that treats of the physical features of the moon; -- corresponding to
physical geography in respect to the earth.
Selenonium (n.) A
hypothetical radical of selenium, analogous to sulphonium.
Selenology (n.) That
branch of astronomy which treats of the moon.
Self (a.) Same;
particular; very; identical.
Selves (pl. ) of Self
Self (n.) The individual
as the object of his own reflective consciousness; the man viewed by his own
cognition as the subject of all his mental phenomena, the agent in his own
activities, the subject of his own feelings, and the possessor of capacities and
character; a person as a distinct individual; a being regarded as having
personality.
Self (n.) Hence, personal
interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim.
Self (n.) Personification;
embodiment.
Self-abased (a.) Humbled
by consciousness of inferiority, unworthiness, guilt, or shame.
Self-abasement (n.)
Degradation of one's self by one's own act.
Self-abasement (n.)
Humiliation or abasement proceeding from consciousness of inferiority, guilt, or
shame.
Self-abasing (a.) Lowering
or humbling one's self.
Self-abhorrence (n.)
Abhorrence of one's self.
Self-abnegation (n.)
Self-denial; self-renunciation; self-sacrifice.
Self-abuse (n.) The abuse
of one's own self, powers, or faculties.
Self-abuse (n.)
Self-deception; delusion.
Self-abuse (n.)
Masturbation; onanism; self-pollution.
Self-accused (a.) Accused
by one's self or by one's conscience.
Self-acting (a.) Acting of
or by one's self or by itself; -- said especially of a machine or mechanism
which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency;
automatic; as, a self-acting feed apparatus; a self-acting mule; a self-acting
press.
Self-action (n.) Action
by, or originating in, one's self or itself.
Self-active (a.) Acting of
one's self or of itself; acting without depending on other agents.
Self-activity (n.) The
quality or state of being self-active; self-action.
Self-adjusting (a.)
Capable of assuming a desired position or condition with relation to other
parts, under varying circumstances, without requiring to be adjusted by hand; --
said of a piece in machinery.
Self-admiration (n.)
Admiration of one's self.
Self-affairs (n. pl.)
One's own affairs; one's private business.
Self-affrighted (a.)
Frightened at or by one's self.
Self-aggrandizement (n.)
The aggrandizement of one's self.
Self-annihilated (a.)
Annihilated by one's self.
Self-annihilation (n.)
Annihilation by one's own acts; annihilation of one's desires.
Self-applause (n.)
Applause of one's self.
Self-applying (a.)
Applying to or by one's self.
Self-approving (a.)
Approving one's own action or character by one's own judgment.
Self-asserting (a.)
asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; hence, putting one's self
forward in a confident or assuming manner.
Self-assertion (n.) The
act of asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; the quality of being
self-asserting.
Self-assertive (a.)
Disposed to self-assertion; self-asserting.
Self-assumed (a.) Assumed
by one's own act, or without authority.
Self-assured (a.) Assured
by or of one's self; self-reliant; complacent.
Self-banished (a.) Exiled
voluntarily.
Self-begetten (a.)
Begotten by one's self, or one's own powers.
Self-bern (a.) Born or
produced by one's self.
Self-centered (a.) Alt. of
Self-centred
Self-centred (a.) Centered
in itself, or in one's self.
Self-centering (a.) Alt.
of Self-centring
Self-centring (a.)
Centering in one's self.
Self-centration (n.) The
quality or state of being self-centered.
Self-charity (n.)
Self-love.
Self-color (n.) A color
not mixed or variegated.
Self-celored (a.) Being of
a single color; -- applied to flowers, animals, and textile fabrics.
Self-command (n.) Control
over one's own feelings, temper, etc.; self-control.
Self-commune (n.)
Self-communion.
Self-communicative (a.)
Imparting or communicating by its own powers.
Self-communion (n.)
Communion with one's self; thoughts about one's self.
Self-complacency (n.) The
quality of being self-complacent.
Self-complacent (a.)
Satisfied with one's own character, capacity, and doings; self-satisfied.
Self-conceit (n.) Conceit
of one's self; an overweening opinion of one's powers or endowments.
Self-conceited (a.) Having
an overweening opinion of one's own powers, attainments; vain; conceited.
Self-concern (n.) Concern
for one's self.
Self-condemnation (n.)
Condemnation of one's self by one's own judgment.
Self-confidence (n.) The
quality or state of being self-confident; self-reliance.
Self-confident (a.)
Confident of one's own strength or powers; relying on one's judgment or ability;
self-reliant.
Self-conjugate (a.) Having
the two things that are conjugate parts of the same figure; as, self-conjugate
triangles.
Self-conscious (a.)
Conscious of one's acts or state as belonging to, or originating in, one's self.
Self-conscious (a.)
Conscious of one's self as an object of the observation of others; as, the
speaker was too self-conscious.
Self-consciousness (n.)
The quality or state of being self-conscious.
Self-considering (a.)
Considering in one's own mind; deliberating.
Self-consistency (n.) The
quality or state of being self-consistent.
Self-cconsistent (a.)
Consistent with one's self or with itself; not deviation from the ordinary
standard by which the conduct is guided; logically consistent throughout; having
each part consistent with the rest.
Self-consuming (a.)
Consuming one's self or itself.
Self-contained (a.) Having
self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's self.
Self-contained (a.) Having
all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or
contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend
upon fastening outside of the machine itself.
Self-contradiction (n.)
The act of contradicting one's self or itself; repugnancy in conceptions or in
terms; a proposition consisting of two members, one of which contradicts the
other; as, to be and not to be at the same time is a self-contradiction.
Self-contradictory (a.)
Contradicting one's self or itself.
Self-control (n.) Control
of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.
Self-convicted (a.)
Convicted by one's own consciousness, knowledge, avowal, or acts.
Self-conviction (n.) The
act of convicting one's self, or the state of being self-convicted.
Self-created (a.) Created
by one's self; not formed or constituted by another.
Self-culture (n.) Culture,
training, or education of one's self by one's own efforts.
Self-deceit (n.) The act
of deceiving one's self, or the state of being self-deceived; self-deception.
Self-deceived (a.)
Deceived or misled respecting one's self by one's own mistake or error.
Self-deception (n.)
Self-deceit.
Self-defence (n.) See
Self-defense.
Self-defense (n.) The act
of defending one's own person, property, or reputation.
Self-defensive (a.)
Defending, or tending to defend, one's own person, property, or reputation.
Self-degradation (n.) The
act of degrading one's self, or the state of being so degraded.
Self-delation (n.)
Accusation of one's self.
Self-delusion (n.) The act
of deluding one's self, or the state of being thus deluded.
Self-denial (n.) The
denial of one's self; forbearing to gratify one's own desires; self-sacrifice.
Self-denying (a.) Refusing
to gratify one's self; self-sacrificing.
Self-dependent (a.)
Dependent on one's self; self-depending; self-reliant.
Self-depending (a.)
Depending on one's self.
Self-depraved (a.)
Corrupted or depraved by one's self.
Self-destroyer (n.) One
who destroys himself; a suicide.
Self-destruction (n.) The
destruction of one's self; self-murder; suicide.
Self-destructive (a.)
Destroying, or tending to destroy, one's self or itself; rucidal.
Self-determination (n.)
Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without
the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.
Self-determining (a.)
Capable of self-determination; as, the self-determining power of will.
Self-devised (a.) Devised
by one's self.
Self-devoted (a.) Devoted
in person, or by one's own will.
Self-devotement (n.)
Self-devotion.
Self-devotion (n.) The act
of devoting one's self, or the state of being self-devoted; willingness to
sacrifice one's own advantage or happiness for the sake of others;
self-sacrifice.
Self-devouring (a.)
Devouring one's self or itself.
Self-diffusive (a.) Having
power to diffuse itself; diffusing itself.
Self-discipline (n.)
Correction or government of one's self for the sake of improvement.
Self-distrust (n.) Want of
confidence in one' self; diffidence.
Self-educated (a.)
Educated by one's own efforts, without instruction, or without pecuniary
assistance from others.
Self-elective (a.) Having
the right of electing one's self, or, as a body, of electing its own members.
Self-enjoyment (n.)
Enjoyment of one's self; self-satisfaction.
Self-esteem (n.) The
holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency.
Self-estimation (n.) The
act of estimating one's self; self-esteem.
Self-evidence (n.) The
quality or state of being self-evident.
Self-evident (a.) Evident
without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare
presentation to the mind; as, a self-evident proposition or truth.
Self-evolution (n.)
Evolution of one's self; development by inherent quality or power.
Self-exaltation (n.) The
act of exalting one's self, or the state of being so exalted.
Self-examinant (n.) One
who examines himself; one given to self-examination.
Self-examination (n.) An
examination into one's own state, conduct, and motives, particularly in regard
to religious feelings and duties.
Self-existence (n.)
Inherent existence; existence possessed by virtue of a being's own nature, and
independent of any other being or cause; -- an attribute peculiar to God.
Self-existent (a.)
Existing of or by himself,independent of any other being or cause; -- as, God is
the only self-existent being.
self-explaining (a.)
Explaining itself; capable of being understood without explanation.
Self-exposure (n.) The act
of exposing one's self; the state of being so exposed.
Self-fertilization (n.)
The fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same flower and without outer
aid; autogamy.
Self-fertilized (a.)
Fertilized by pollen from the same flower.
Self-glorious (a.)
Springing from vainglory or vanity; vain; boastful.
Self-government (n.) The
act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self;
self-control; self-command.
Self-government (n.)
Hence, government of a community, state, or nation by the joint action of the
mass of people constituting such a civil body; also, the state of being so
governed; democratic government; democracy.
Self-gratulation (n.)
Gratulation of one's self.
Self-heal (n.) A
blue-flowered labiate plant (Brunella vulgaris); the healall.
Self-healing (a.) Having
the power or property of healing itself.
Self-help (n.) The act of
aiding one's self, without depending on the aid of others.
Self-homicide (n.) The act
of killing one's self; suicide.
Selfhood (n.) Existence as
a separate self, or independent person; conscious personality; individuality.
Self-ignorance (n.)
Ignorance of one's own character, powers, and limitations.
Self-ignorant (a.)
Ignorant of one's self.
Self-imparting (a.)
Imparting by one's own, or by its own, powers and will.
Self-importance (n.) An
exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, esp. as manifested by the
conduct or manners; self-conceit.
Self-important (a.) Having
or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit.
Self-imposed (a.)
Voluntarily taken on one's self; as, self-imposed tasks.
Self-imposture (n.)
Imposture practiced on one's self; self-deceit.
Self-indignation (n.)
Indignation at one's own character or actions.
Self-indulgence (n.)
Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of
self-restraint, and self-denial.
Self-indulgent (a.)
Indulging one's appetites, desires, etc., freely.
Self-interest (n.) Private
interest; the interest or advantage of one's self.
Self-interested (a.)
Particularly concerned for one's own interest or happiness.
Self-involution (n.)
Involution in one's self; hence, abstraction of thought; reverie.
Selfish (a.) Caring
supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort, advantage,
etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others.
Selfish (a.) Believing or
teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self.
Selfishly (adv.) In a
selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.
Selfishness (n.) The
quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or
happiness; that supreme self-love or self-preference which leads a person to
direct his purposes to the advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness,
without regarding those of others.
Selfism (n.) Concentration
of one's interests on one's self; self-love; selfishness.
Selfist (n.) A selfish
person.
Self-justifier (n.) One
who excuses or justifies himself.
Self-kindled (a.) Kindled
of itself, or without extraneous aid or power.
Self-knowing (a.) Knowing
one's self, or one's own character, powers, and limitations.
Self-knowing (a.) Knowing
of itself, without help from another.
Self-knowledge (n.)
Knowledge of one's self, or of one's own character, powers, limitations, etc.
Selfless (a.) Having no
regard to self; unselfish.
Selflessness (n.) Quality
or state of being selfless.
Self-life (n.) Life for
one's self; living solely or chiefly for one's own pleasure or good.
Self-love (n.) The love of
one's self; desire of personal happiness; tendency to seek one's own benefit or
advantage.
Self-luminous (a.)
Possessing in itself the property of emitting light.
Self-made (a.) Made by
one's self.
Self-mettle (n.) Inborn
mettle or courage; one's own temper.
Self-motion (n.) Motion
given by inherent power, without external impulse; spontaneus or voluntary
motion.
Self-moved (a.) Moved by
inherent power., without the aid of external impulse.
Self-moving (a.) Moving by
inherent power, without the aid of external impulse.
Self-murder (a.) Suicide.
Self-murderer (n.) A
suicide.
Self-neglecting (n.) A
neglecting of one's self, or of one's own interests.
Selfness (n.) Selfishness.
Self-one (a.) Secret.
Self-opinion (n.) Opinion,
especially high opinion, of one's self; an overweening estimate of one's self or
of one's own opinion.
Self-opinioned (a.) Having
a high opinion of one's self; opinionated; conceited.
Self-opininating (a.)
Beginning wwith, or springing from, one's self.
Self-partiality (n.) That
partiality to himself by which a man overrates his own worth when compared with
others.
Self-perplexed (a.)
Perplexed by doubts originating in one's own mind.
Self-posited (a.) Disposed
or arranged by an action originating in one's self or in itself.
Self-positing (a.) The act
of disposing or arranging one's self or itself.
Self-possessed (a.)
Composed or tranquill in mind, manner, etc.; undisturbed.
Self-possession (n.) The
possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.
Self-praise (n.) Praise of
one's self.
Self-preservation (n.) The
preservation of one's self from destruction or injury.
Self-propagating (a.)
Propagating by one's self or by itself.
Self-registering (a.)
Registering itself; -- said of any instrument so contrived as to record its own
indications of phenomena, whether continuously or at stated times, as at the
maxima and minima of variations; as, a self-registering anemometer or barometer.
Self-regulated (a.)
Regulated by one's self or by itself.
Self-regulative (a.)
Tending or serving to regulate one's self or itself.
Self-reliance (n.)
Reliance on one's own powers or judgment; self-trust.
Self-reliant (a.) Reliant
upon one's self; trusting to one's own powers or judgment.
Self-renunciation (n.) The
act of renouncing, or setting aside, one's own wishes, claims, etc.;
self-sacrifice.
Self-repellency (n.) The
quality or state of being self-repelling.
Self-repelling (a.) Made
up of parts, as molecules or atoms, which mutually repel each other; as, gases
are self-repelling.
Self-repetition (n.)
Repetition of one's self or of one's acts; the saying or doing what one has
already said or done.
Self-reproach (n.) The act
of reproaching one's self; censure by one's own conscience.
Self-reproached (a.)
Reproached by one's own conscience or judgment.
Self-reproaching (a.)
Reproaching one's self.
Self-reproof (n.) The act
of reproving one's self; censure of one's conduct by one's own judgment.
Self-reproved (a.)
Reproved by one's own conscience or one's own sense of guilt.
Self-reproving (a.)
Reproving one's self; reproving by consciousness of guilt.
Self-reprovingly (adv.) In
a self-reproving way.
Self-repugnant (a.)
Self-contradictory; inconsistent.
Self-repulsive (a.)
Self-repelling.
Self-respect (n.) Respect
for one's self; regard for one's character; laudable self-esteem.
Self-restrained (a.)
Restrained by one's self or itself; restrained by one's own power or will.
Self-restraint (n.)
Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command.
Self-reverence (n.) A
reverent respect for one's self.
Self-righteous (a.)
Righteous in one's own esteem; pharisaic.
Self-righteousness (n.)
The quality or state of being self-righteous; pharisaism.
Self-sacrifice (n.) The
act of sacrificing one's self, or one's interest, for others; self-devotion.
Self-sacrificing (a.)
Yielding up one's own interest, ffeelings, etc; sacrificing one's self.
Selfsame (a.) Precisely
the same; the very same; identical.
Self-satisfaction (n.) The
quality or state of being self-satisfied.
Self-satisfied (a.)
Satisfied with one's self or one's actions; self-complacent.
Self-satisfying (a.)
Giving satisfaction to one's self.
Self-seeker (n.) One who
seeks only his own interest, advantage, or pleasure.
Self-seeking (a.) Seeking
one's own interest or happiness; selfish.
Self-seeking (n.) The act
or habit of seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfishness.
Self-slaughter (n.)
Suicide.
Self-sufficiency (n.) The
quality or state of being self-sufficient.
Self-sufficient (a.)
Sufficient for one's self without external aid or cooperation.
Self-sufficient (a.)
Having an overweening confidence in one's own abilities or worth; hence,
haughty; overbearing.
Self-sufficing (a.)
Sufficing for one's self or for itself, without needing external aid;
self-sufficient.
Self-suspended (a.)
Suspended by one's self or by itself; balanced.
Self-suspicious (a.)
Suspicious or distrustful of one's self.
Self-taught (a.) Taught by
one's own efforts.
Self-tormentor (n.) One
who torments himself.
Self-torture (n.) The act
of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on one's self.
Self-trust (n.) Faith in
one's self; self-reliance.
Self-uned (a.) One with
itself; separate from others.
Self-view (n.) A view if
one's self; specifically, carefulness or regard for one's own interests
Self-will (n.) One's own
will, esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy.
Self-willed (a.) Governed
by one's own will; not yielding to the wishes of others; obstinate.
Self-willedness (n.)
Obstinacy.
Self-worship (n.) The
idolizing of one's self; immoderate self-conceit.
Self-wrong (n.) Wrong done
by a person himself.
Selion (n.) A short piece
of land in arable ridges and furrows, of uncertain quantity; also, a ridge of
land lying between two furrows.
Seljukian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Seljuk, a Tartar chief who embraced Mohammedanism, and began the
subjection of Western Asia to that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the
dynasty founded by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the
10th to the 13th century.
Seljuckian (n.) A member
of the family of Seljuk; an adherent of that family, or subject of its
government; (pl.) the dynasty of Turkish sultans sprung from Seljuk.
Sell (n.) Self.
Sell (n.) A sill.
Sell (n.) A cell; a house.
Sell (n.) A saddle for a
horse.
Sell (n.) A throne or
lofty seat.
Sold (imp. & p. p.) of
Sell
Selling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sell
Sell (v. t.) To transfer
to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to
dispose of in return for something, especially for money.
Sell (v. t.) To make a
matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach
of duty, trust, or the like; to betray.
Sell (v. t.) To impose
upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat.
Sell (v. i.) To practice
selling commodities.
Sell (v. i.) To be sold;
as, corn sells at a good price.
Sell (n.) An imposition; a
cheat; a hoax.
Sellanders (n. pl.) Alt.
of Sellenders
Sellenders (n. pl.) See
Sallenders.
Seller (n.) One who sells.
Selters water () A mineral water
from Sellers, in the district of Nassan, Germany, containing much free carbonic
acid.
Seltzer water () See Selters
water.
Seltzo-gene (n.) A
gazogene.
Selvage (n.) Alt. of
Selvedge
Selvedge (n.) The edge of
cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling.
Selvedge (n.) The edge
plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes.
Selvedge (n.) A layer of
clay or decomposed rock along the wall of a vein. See Gouge, n., 4.
Selvaged (a.) Alt. of
Selvedged
Selvedged (a.) Having a
selvage.
Selvagee (n.) A skein or
hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, -- used for stoppers,
straps, etc.
Selve (a.) Self; same.
Selves (n.) pl. of Self.
Sely (a.) Silly.
Semaeostomata (n. pl.) A
division of Discophora having large free mouth lobes. It includes Aurelia, and
Pelagia. Called also Semeostoma. See Illustr. under Discophora, and Medusa.
Semaphore (n.) A signal
telegraph; an apparatus for giving signals by the disposition of lanterns,
flags, oscillating arms, etc.
Semaphoric (a.) Alt. of
Semaphorical
Semaphorical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a semaphore, or semaphores; telegraphic.
Semaphorically (adv.) By
means of a semaphore.
Semaphorist (n.) One who
manages or operates a semaphore.
Sematology (n.) The
doctrine of signs as the expression of thought or reasoning; the science of
indicating thought by signs.
Sematrope (n.) An
instrument for signaling by reflecting the rays of the sun in different
directions.
Semblable (a.) Like;
similar; resembling.
Semblable (n.) Likeness;
representation.
Semblably (adv.) In like
manner.
Semblance (a.) Seeming;
appearance; show; figure; form.
Semblance (a.) Likeness;
resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the semblance of worth;
semblance of virtue.
Semblant (a.) Like;
resembling.
Semblant (a.) Seeming,
rather than real; apparent.
Semblant (n.) Show;
appearance; figure; semblance.
Semblant (n.) The face.
Semblative (a.)
Resembling.
Semble (a.) To imitate; to
make a representation or likeness.
Semble (a.) It seems; --
chiefly used impersonally in reports and judgments to express an opinion in
reference to the law on some point not necessary to be decided, and not intended
to be definitely settled in the cause.
Semble (a.) Like;
resembling.
Sembling (n.) The practice
of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or other insects by exposing the female
confined in a cage.
Seme (a.) Sprinkled or
sown; -- said of field, or a charge, when strewed or covered with small charges.
Semeiography (n.) Alt. of
Semiography
Semiography (n.) A
description of the signs of disease.
Semeiological (a.) Alt. of
Semiologioal
Semiologioal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the science of signs, or the systematic use of signs; as, a
semeiological classification of the signs or symptoms of disease; a
semeiological arrangement of signs used as signals.
Semeiology (n.) Alt. of
Semiology
Semiology (n.) The science
or art of signs.
Semiology (n.) The science
of the signs or symptoms of disease; symptomatology.
Semiology (n.) The art of
using signs in signaling.
Semeiotic (a.) Alt. of
Semiotic
Semiotic (a.) Relating to
signs or indications; pertaining to the language of signs, or to language
generally as indicating thought.
Semiotic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the signs or symptoms of diseases.
Semeiotics (n.) Alt. of
Semiotics
Semiotics (n.) Semeiology.
Semele (n.) A daughter of
Cadmus, and by Zeus mother of Bacchus.
Semina (pl. ) of Semen
Semen (n.) The seed of
plants.
Semen (n.) The seed or
fecundating fluid of male animals; sperm. It is a white or whitish viscid fluid
secreted by the testes, characterized by the presence of spermatozoids to which
it owes its generative power.
Semeniferous (a.)
Seminiferous.
Semester (n.) A period of
six months; especially, a term in a college or uneversity which divides the year
into two terms.
Semi- () A prefix signifying
half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly;
semitransparent, imperfectly transparent.
Semiacid (a.) Slightly
acid; subacid.
Semiacidified (a.) Half
acidified.
Semiadherent (a.) Adherent
part way.
Semiamplexicaul (a.)
Partially amplexicaul; embracing the stem half round, as a leaf.
Semiangle (n.) The half of
a given, or measuring, angle.
Semiiannual (a.)
Half-yearly.
Semiannually (adv.) Every
half year.
Semiannular (a.) Having
the figure of a half circle; forming a semicircle.
Semi-Arian (n.) A member
of a branch of the Arians which did not acknowledge the Son to be consubstantial
with the Father, that is, of the same substance, but admitted him to be of a
like substance with the Father, not by nature, but by a peculiar privilege.
Semi-Arian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Semi-Arianism.
Semi-Arianism (n.) The
doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Arians.
Semiaxis (n.) One half of
the axis of an /llipse or other figure.
Semibarbarian (a.) Half
barbarous; partially civilized.
Semibarbarian (n.) One
partly civilized.
Semibarbaric (a.) Half
barbarous or uncivilized; as, semibarbaric display.
Semibarbarism (n.) The
quality or state of being half barbarous or uncivilized.
Semibarbarous (a.) Half
barbarous.
Semibreve (n.) A note of
half the time or duration of the breve; -- now usually called a whole note. It
is the longest note in general use.
Semibrief (n.) A
semibreve.
Semibull (n.) A bull
issued by a pope in the period between his election and coronation.
Semicalcareous (a.) Half
or partially calcareous; as, a semicalcareous plant.
Semicalcined (a.) Half
calcined; as, semicalcined iron.
Semicastrate (v. t.) To
deprive of one testicle.
Semicentennial (a.) Of or
pertaining to half of a century, or a period of fifty years; as, a
semicentennial commemoration.
Semicentennial (n.) A
fiftieth anniversary.
Semichaotic (a.) Partially
chaotic.
Semichorus (n.) A half
chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, as the female
voices only, in contrast with the full choir.
Semi-Christianized (a.)
Half Christianized.
Semicircle (n.) The half
of a circle; the part of a circle bounded by its diameter and half of its
circumference.
Semicircle (n.) A
semicircumference.
Semicircle (n.) A body in
the form of half of a circle, or half of a circumference.
Semicircle (n.) An
instrument for measuring angles.
Semicircled (a.)
Semicircular.
Semicircular (a.) Having
the form of half of a circle.
Semi circumference (n.)
Half of a circumference.
Semicirque (n.) A
semicircular hollow or opening among trees or hills.
Semicolon (n.) The
punctuation mark [;] indicating a separation between parts or members of a
sentence more distinct than that marked by a comma.
Semicolumn (n.) A half
column; a column bisected longitudinally, or along its axis.
Semicolumnar (a.) Like a
semicolumn; flat on one side and round on the other; imperfectly columnar.
Semicompact (a.) Half
compact; imperfectly indurated.
Semiconscious (a.) Half
conscious; imperfectly conscious.
Semicope (n.) A short
cope, or an inferier kind of cope.
Semi crustaceous (a.) Half
crustaceous; partially crustaceous.
Semicrystalline (a.) Half
crystalline; -- said of certain cruptive rocks composed partly of crystalline,
partly of amorphous matter.
Semicubical (a.) Of or
pertaining to the square root of the cube of a quantity.
Semicubium (n.) Alt. of
Semicupium
Semicupium (n.) A half
bath, or one that covers only the lewer extremities and the hips; a sitz-bath; a
half bath, or hip bath.
Semicylindric (a.) Alt. of
Semicylyndrical
Semicylyndrical (a.) Half
cylindrical.
Semideistical (a.) Half
deisticsl; bordering on deism.
Semidemiquaver (n.) A
demisemiquaver; a thirty-second note.
Semidetached (a.) Half
detached; partly distinct or separate.
Semidiameter (n.) Half of
a diameter; a right line, or the length of a right line, drawn from the center
of a circle, a sphere, or other curved figure, to its circumference or
periphery; a radius.
Semidiapason (n.) An
imperfect octave.
Semidiapente (n.) An
imperfect or diminished fifth.
Semidiaphaneity (n.) Half
or imperfect transparency; translucency.
Semidiaphanous (a.) Half
or imperfectly transparent; translucent.
Semidiatessaron (n.) An
imperfect or diminished fourth.
Semiditone (n.) A lesser
third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemiditone.
Semidiurnal (a.)
Pertaining to, or accomplished in, half a day, or twelve hours; occurring twice
every day.
Semidiurnal (a.)
Pertaining to, or traversed in, six hours, or in half the time between the
rising and setting of a heavenly body; as, a semidiurnal arc.
Semidome (n.) A roof or
ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as
the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a
hollow sphere.
Semidouble (n.) An office
or feast celebrated with less solemnity than the double ones. See Double, n., 8.
Semidouble (a.) Having the
outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect; --
said of a flower.
Semifable (n.) That which
is part fable and part truth; a mixture of truth and fable.
Semiflexed (a.) Half bent.
Semifloret (n.) See
Semifloscule.
Semifloscular (a.)
Semiflosculous.
Semifloscule (n.) A
floscule, or florest, with its corolla prolonged into a strap-shaped petal; --
called also semifloret.
Semiflosculous (a.) Having
all the florets ligulate, as in the dandelion.
Semifluid (a.) Imperfectly
fluid.
Semifluid (n.) A semifluid
substance.
Semiform (n.) A half form;
an imperfect form.
Semiformed (a.) Half
formed; imperfectly formed; as, semiformed crystals.
Semiglutin (n.) A
peptonelike body, insoluble in alcohol, formed by boiling collagen or gelatin
for a long time in water. Hemicollin, a like body, is also formed at the same
time, and differs from semiglutin by being partly soluble in alcohol.
Semihistorical (a.) Half
or party historical.
Semihoral (a.)
Half-hourly.
Semiindurated (a.)
Imperfectly indurated or hardened.
Semilapidified (a.)
Imperfectly changed into stone.
Semilens (n.) The half of
a lens divided along a plane passing through its axis.
Semilenticular (a.) Half
lenticular or convex; imperfectly resembling a lens.
Semiligneous (a.) Half or
partially ligneous, as a stem partly woody and partly herbaceous.
Semiliquid (a.) Half
liquid; semifluid.
Semiliquidity (n.) The
quality or state of being semiliquid; partial liquidity.
Semilogical (a.) Half
logical; partly logical; said of fallacies.
Semilor (n.) A yellowish
alloy of copper and zinc. See Simplor.
Semilunar (a.) Shaped like
a half moon.
Semilunar (n.) The
semilunar bone.
Semilunary (a.) Semilunar.
Semilunate (a.) Semilunar.
Semilune (n.) The half of
a lune.
Semimetal (n.) An element
possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree and not malleable, as
arsenic, antimony, bismuth, molybdenum, uranium, etc.
Semimetallic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a semimetal; possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree;
resembling metal.
Semimonthly (a.) Coming or
made twice in a month; as, semimonthly magazine; a semimonthly payment.
Semimonthly (n.) Something
done or made every half month; esp., a semimonthly periodical.
Semimonthly (adv.) In a
semimonthly manner; at intervals of half a month.
Semiimute (a.) Having the
faculty of speech but imperfectly developed or partially lost.
Semimute (n.) A semimute
person.
Seminal (a.) Pertaining
to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen; as, the seminal fluid.
Seminal (a.) Contained in
seed; holding the relation of seed, source, or first principle; holding the
first place in a series of developed results or consequents; germinal; radical;
primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue.
Seminal (n.) A seed.
Seminality (n.) The
quality or state of being seminal.
Seminarian (n.) Alt. of
Seminarist
Seminarist (n.) A member
of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an ecclesiastic educated for
the priesthood in a seminary.
Seminaries (pl. ) of
Seminary
Seminary (n.) A piece of
ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a
seed plat.
Seminary (n.) Hence, the
place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced.
Seminary (n.) A place of
education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university.
Seminary (n.) Seminal
state.
Seminary (n.) Fig.: A seed
bed; a source.
Seminary (n.) A Roman
Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist.
Seminary (a.) Belonging to
seed; seminal.
Seminated (imp. & p. p.)
of Seminate
Seminating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Seminate
Seminate (v. t.) To sow;
to spread; to propagate.
Semination (n.) The act of
sowing or spreading.
Semination (n.) Natural
dispersion of seeds.
Semined (a.) Thickly
covered or sown, as with seeds.
Seminiferous (a.)
Seed-bearing; producing seed; pertaining to, or connected with, the formation of
semen; as, seminiferous cells or vesicles.
Seminific (a.) Alt. of
Semnifical
Semnifical (a.) Forming or
producing seed, or the male generative product of animals or of plants.
Seminification (n.)
Propagation from seed.
Seminist (n.) A believer
in the old theory that the newly created being is formed by the admixture of the
seed of the male with the supposed seed of the female.
Seminoles (n. pl.) A tribe
of Indians who formerly occupied Florida, where some of them still remain. They
belonged to the Creek Confideration.
Seminose (n.) A
carbohydrate of the glucose group found in the thickened endosperm of certain
seeds, and extracted as yellow sirup having a sweetish-bitter taste.
Seminude (a.) Partially
nude; half naked.
Seminymph (n.) The pupa of
insects which undergo only a slight change in passing to the imago state.
Semioccasionally (adv.)
Once in a while; on rare occasions.
Semiofficial (a.) Half
official; having some official authority or importance; as, a semiofficial
statement.
Semiography () Alt. of
Semiological
Semiology () Alt. of Semiological
Semiological () Same as
Semeiography, Semeiology, Semeiological.
Semiopacous (a.)
Semiopaque.
Semiopal (n.) A variety of
opal not possessing opalescence.
Semiopaque (a.) Half
opaque; only half transparent.
Semiorbicular (a.) Having
the shape of a half orb or sphere.
Semiotic (a.) Same as
Semeiotic.
Semiotics (n.) Same as
Semeiotics.
Semioval (a.) Half oval.
Semiovate (a.) Half ovate.
Semioxygenated (a.)
Combined with oxygen only in part.
Semipagan (a.) Half pagan.
Semipalmate (a.) Alt. of
Semipalmated
Semipalmated (a.) Having
the anterior toes joined only part way down with a web; half-webbed; as, a
semipalmate bird or foot. See Illust. k under Aves.
Semiparabola (n.) One
branch of a parabola, being terminated at the principal vertex of the curve.
Semiped (n.) A half foot
in poetry.
Semipedal (a.) Containing
a half foot.
Semi-Pelagian (n.) A
follower of John Cassianus, a French monk (died about 448), who modified the
doctrines of Pelagius, by denying human merit, and maintaining the necessity of
the Spirit's influence, while, on the other hand, he rejected the Augustinian
doctrines of election, the inability of man to do good, and the certain
perseverance of the saints.
Semi-Pelagian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Semi-Pelagians, or their tenets.
Semi-Pelagianism (n.) The
doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Pelagians.
Semipellucid (a.) Half
clear, or imperfectly transparent; as, a semipellucid gem.
Semipellucidity (n.) The
qualiti or state of being imperfectly transparent.
Semipenniform (a.) Half or
partially penniform; as, a semipenniform muscle.
Semopermanent (n.) Half or
partly permanent.
Semiperspicuous (a.) Half
transparent; imperfectly clear; semipellucid.
Semiphlogisticated (a.)
Partially impregnated with phlogiston.
Semiplume (n.) A feather
which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather.
Semiprecious (a.) Somewhat
precious; as, semiprecious stones or metals.
Semiproof (n.) Half proof;
evidence from the testimony of a single witness.
Semi pupa (n.) The young
of an insect in a stage between the larva and pupa.
Semiquadrate (n.) Alt. of
Semiquartile
Semiquartile (n.) An
aspect of the planets when distant from each other the half of a quadrant, or
forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half.
Semiquaver (n.) A note of
half the duration of the quaver; -- now usually called a sixsteenth note.
Semiquintile (n.) An
aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or
thirty-six degrees.
Semirecondite (a.) Half
hidden or half covered; said of the head of an insect when half covered by the
shield of the thorax.
Semiring (n.) One of the
incomplete rings of the upper part of the bronchial tubes of most birds. The
semerings form an essential part of the syrinx, or musical organ, of singing
birds.
Semisavage (a.) Half
savage.
Semisavage (n.) One who is
half savage.
Semi-Saxon (a.) Half
Saxon; -- specifically applied to the language intermediate between Saxon and
English, belonging to the period 1150-1250.
Semisextile (n.) An aspect
of the planets when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a
circle, or thirty degrees.
Semisolid (a.) Partially
solid.
Semisoun (n.) A half
sound; a low tone.
Semispheric (a.) Alt. of
Semispherical
Semispherical (a.) Having
the figure of a half sphere.
Semispheroidal (a.) Formed
like a half spheroid.
Semisteel (n.) Puddled
steel.
Semitae (pl. ) of Semita
Semita (n.) A fasciole of
a spatangoid sea urchin.
Semitangent (n.) The
tangent of half an arc.
Semite (n.) One belonging
to the Semitic race. Also used adjectively.
Semiterete (a.) Half
terete.
Semitertian (a.) Having
the characteristics of both a tertian and a quotidian intermittent.
Semitertian (n.) An
intermittent combining the characteristics of a tertian and a quotidian.
Semitic (a.) Of or
pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the
Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races.
Semitism (n.) A Semitic
idiom; a word of Semitic origin.
Semitone (n.) Half a tone;
-- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale.
Semitonic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a semitone; consisting of a semitone, or of semitones.
Semitransept (n.) The half
of a transept; as, the north semitransept of a church.
Semitranslucent (a.)
Slightly clear; transmitting light in a slight degree.
Semitransparency (n.)
Imperfect or partial transparency.
Semitransparent (a.) Half
or imperfectly transparent.
Semiverticillate (a.)
Partially verticillate.
Semivif (a.) Only half
alive.
Semivitreous (a.)
Partially vitreous.
Semivitrification (n.) The
quality or state of being semivitrified.
Semivitrification (n.) A
substance imperfectly vitrified.
Semivitrified (a.) Half or
imperfectly vitrified; partially converted into glass.
Semivocal (a.) Of or
pertaining to a semivowel; half cocal; imperfectly sounding.
Semivowel (n.) A sound
intermediate between a vowel and a consonant, or partaking of the nature of
both, as in the English w and y.
Semivowel (n.) The sign or
letter representing such a sound.
Semiweekly (a.) Coming, or
made, or done, once every half week; as, a semiweekly newspaper; a semiweekly
trip.
Semiweekly (n.) That which
comes or happens once every half week, esp. a semiweekly periodical.
Semiweekly (adv.) At
intervals of half a week each.
Semolella (n.) See
Semolina.
Semolina (n.) The fine,
hard parts of wheat, rounded by the attrition of the millstones, -- used in
cookery.
Semolino (n.) Same as
Semolina.
Semoule (n.) Same as
Semolina.
Sempervirent (a.) Always
fresh; evergreen.
Sempervive (n.) The
houseleek.
Sempervivum (n.) A genus
of fleshy-leaved plants, of which the houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum) is the
commonest species.
Sempiternal (a.) Of
neverending duration; everlasting; endless; having beginning, but no end.
Sempiternal (a.) Without
beginning or end; eternal.
Sempiterne (a.)
Sempiternal.
Sempiternity (n.) Future
duration without end; the relation or state of being sempiternal.
Sempre (adv.) Always;
throughout; as, sempre piano, always soft.
Sempster (n.) A seamster.
Sempstress (n.) A
seamstress.
Sempstressy (n.)
Seamstressy.
Semster (n.) A seamster.
Semuncia (n.) A Roman coin
equivalent to one twenty-fourth part of a Roman pound.
Sen (n.) A Japanese coin,
worth about one half of a cent.
Sen (adv., prep., & conj.)
Since.
Senary (a.) Of six;
belonging to six; containing six.
Senate (n.) An assembly or
council having the highest deliberative and legislative functions.
Senate (n.) A body of
elders appointed or elected from among the nobles of the nation, and having
supreme legislative authority.
Senate (n.) The upper and
less numerous branch of a legislature in various countries, as in France, in the
United States, in most of the separate States of the United States, and in some
Swiss cantons.
Senate (n.) In general, a
legislative body; a state council; the legislative department of government.
Senate (n.) The governing
body of the Universities of Cambridge and London.
Senate (n.) In some
American colleges, a council of elected students, presided over by the president
of the college, to which are referred cases of discipline and matters of general
concern affecting the students.
Senator (n.) A member of a
senate.
Senator (n.) A member of
the king's council; a king's councilor.
Senatorial (a.) Of or
pertaining to a senator, or a senate; becoming to a senator, or a senate; as,
senatorial duties; senatorial dignity.
Senatorial (a.) Entitled
to elect a senator, or by senators; as, the senatorial districts of a State.
Senatorially (adv.) In a
senatorial manner.
Senatorian (a.)
Senatorial.
Senatorious (a.)
Senatorial.
Senatorship (n.) The
office or dignity of a senator.
Senatusconsult (n.) A
decree of the Roman senate.
Sent (imp. & p. p.) of
Send
Sending (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Send
Send (v. t.) To cause to
go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a
messenger.
Send (v. t.) To give
motion to; to cause to be borne or carried; to procure the going, transmission,
or delivery of; as, to send a message.
Send (v. t.) To emit; to
impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, or the like.
Send (v. t.) To cause to
be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; -- sometimes followed by a
dependent proposition.
Send (v. i.) To dispatch
an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.
Send (v. i.) To pitch; as,
the ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts.
Send (n.) The impulse of a
wave by which a vessel is carried bodily.
Sendal (n.) A light thin
stuff of silk.
Sender (n.) One who sends.
Senecas (n. pl.) A tribe
of Indians who formerly inhabited a part of Western New York. This tribe was the
most numerous and most warlike of the Five Nations.
Senecio (n.) A very large
genus of composite plants including the groundsel and the golden ragwort.
Senectitude (n.) Old age.
Senega (n.) Seneca root.
Senegal (n.) Gum senegal.
See under Gum.
Senegin (n.) A substance
extracted from the rootstock of the Polygala Senega (Seneca root), and probably
identical with polygalic acid.
Senescence (n.) The state
of growing old; decay by time.
Senescent (a.) Growing
old; decaying with the lapse of time.
Seneschal (n.) An officer
in the houses of princes and dignitaries, in the Middle Ages, who had the
superintendence of feasts and domestic ceremonies; a steward. Sometimes the
seneschal had the dispensing of justice, and was given high military commands.
Seneschalship (n.) The
office, dignity, or jurisdiction of a seneschal.
Senge (v. t.) To singe.
Sengreen (n.) The
houseleek.
Senile (a.) Of or
pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristic of, old age; affected
with the infirmities of old age; as, senile weakness.
Senility (n.) The quality
or state of being senile; old age.
Senior (a.) More advanced
than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank,
or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel.
Senior (a.) Belonging to
the final year of the regular course in American colleges, or in professional
schools.
Senior (n.) A person who
is older than another; one more advanced in life.
Senior (n.) One older in
office, or whose entrance upon office was anterior to that of another; one prior
in grade.
Senior (n.) An aged
person; an older.
Senior (n.) One in the
fourth or final year of his collegiate course at an American college; --
originally called senior sophister; also, one in the last year of the course at
a professional schools or at a seminary.
Seniority (n.) The quality
or state of being senior.
Seniorize (v. i.) To
exercise authority; to rule; to lord it.
Seniory (n.) Seniority.
Senna (n.) The leaves of
several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (C. acutifolia, C. angustifolia,
etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine.
Senna (n.) The plants
themselves, native to the East, but now cultivated largely in the south of
Europe and in the West Indies.
Sennachy (n.) See
Seannachie.
Sennet (n.) A signal call
on a trumpet or cornet for entrance or exit on the stage.
Sennet (n.) The barracuda.
Sennight (n.) The space of
seven nights and days; a week.
Sennit (n.) A braided cord
or fabric formed by plaiting together rope yarns or other small stuff.
Sennit (n.) Plaited straw
or palm leaves for making hats.
Senocular (a.) Having six
eyes.
Senonian (a.) In european
geology, a name given to the middle division of the Upper Cretaceous formation.
Se–or (n.) A Spanish title
of courtesy corresponding to the English Mr. or Sir; also, a gentleman.
Se–ora (n.) A Spanish
title of courtesy given to a lady; Mrs.; Madam; also, a lady.
Se–orita (n.) A Spanish
title of courtesy given to a young lady; Miss; also, a young lady.
Sens (adv.) Since.
Sensated (imp. & p. p.) of
Sensate
Sensating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sensate
Sensate (v. t.) To feel or
apprehend more or less distinctly through a sense, or the senses; as, to sensate
light, or an odor.
Sensate (a.) Alt. of
Sensated
Sensated (a.) Felt or
apprehended through a sense, or the senses.
Sensation (n.) An
impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous
organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one of the organs of
sense; a feeling, or state of consciousness, whether agreeable or disagreeable,
produced either by an external object (stimulus), or by some change in the
internal state of the body.
Sensation (n.) A purely
spiritual or psychical affection; agreeable or disagreeable feelings occasioned
by objects that are not corporeal or material.
Sensation (n.) A state of
excited interest or feeling, or that which causes it.
Sensational (a.) Of or
pertaining to sensation; as, sensational nerves.
Sensational (a.) Of or
pertaining to sensationalism, or the doctrine that sensation is the sole origin
of knowledge.
Sensational (a.) Suited or
intended to excite temporarily great interest or emotion; melodramatic;
emotional; as, sensational plays or novels; sensational preaching; sensational
journalism; a sensational report.
Sensationalism (n.) The
doctrine held by Condillac, and by some ascribed to Locke, that our ideas
originate solely in sensation, and consist of sensations transformed;
sensualism; -- opposed to intuitionalism, and rationalism.
Sensationalism (n.) The
practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking; as, the sensationalism
of a novel.
Sensationalist (n.) An
advocate of, or believer in, philosophical sensationalism.
Sensationalist (n.) One
who practices sensational writing or speaking.
Sense (v. t.) A faculty,
possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions
made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving
changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing,
taste, and touch. See Muscular sense, under Muscular, and Temperature sense,
under Temperature.
Sense (v. t.) Perception
by the sensory organs of the body; sensation; sensibility; feeling.
Sense (v. t.) Perception
through the intellect; apprehension; recognition; understanding; discernment;
appreciation.
Sense (v. t.) Sound
perception and reasoning; correct judgment; good mental capacity; understanding;
also, that which is sound, true, or reasonable; rational meaning.
Sense (v. t.) That which
is felt or is held as a sentiment, view, or opinion; judgment; notion; opinion.
Sense (v. t.) Meaning;
import; signification; as, the true sense of words or phrases; the sense of a
remark.
Sense (v. t.) Moral
perception or appreciation.
Sense (v. t.) One of two
opposite directions in which a line, surface, or volume, may be supposed to be
described by the motion of a point, line, or surface.
Sensed (imp. & p. p.) of
Sense
Sensing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sense
Sense (v. t.) To perceive
by the senses; to recognize.
Senseful (a.) Full of
sense, meaning, or reason; reasonable; judicious.
Senseless (a.) Destitute
of, deficient in, or contrary to, sense; without sensibility or feeling;
unconscious; stupid; foolish; unwise; unreasonable.
Sensibilities (pl. ) of
Sensibility
Sensibility (n.) The
quality or state of being sensible, or capable of sensation; capacity to feel or
perceive.
Sensibility (n.) The
capacity of emotion or feeling, as distinguished from the intellect and the
will; peculiar susceptibility of impression, pleasurable or painful; delicacy of
feeling; quick emotion or sympathy; as, sensibility to pleasure or pain;
sensibility to shame or praise; exquisite sensibility; -- often used in the
plural.
Sensibility (n.)
Experience of sensation; actual feeling.
Sensibility (n.) That
quality of an instrument which makes it indicate very slight changes of
condition; delicacy; as, the sensibility of a balance, or of a thermometer.
Sensible (a.) Capable of
being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence,
also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or
understanding; ////// heat; sensible resistance.
Sensible (a.) Having the
capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; capable of perceiving
by the instrumentality of the proper organs; liable to be affected physsically
or mentally; impressible.
Sensible (a.) Hence:
Liable to impression from without; easily affected; having nice perception or
acute feeling; sensitive; also, readily moved or affected by natural agents;
delicate; as, a sensible thermometer.
Sensible (a.) Perceiving
or having perception, either by the senses or the mind; cognizant; perceiving so
clearly as to be convinced; satisfied; persuaded.
Sensible (a.) Having moral
perception; capable of being affected by moral good or evil.
Sensible (a.) Possessing
or containing sense or reason; giftedwith, or characterized by, good or common
sense; intelligent; wise.
Sensible (n.) Sensation;
sensibility.
Sensible (n.) That which
impresses itself on the sense; anything perceptible.
Sensible (n.) That which
has sensibility; a sensitive being.
Sensibleness (n.) The
quality or state of being sensible; sensibility; appreciation; capacity of
perception; susceptibility.
Sensibleness (n.)
Intelligence; reasonableness; good sense.
Sensibly (adv.) In a
sensible manner; so as to be perceptible to the senses or to the mind;
appreciably; with perception; susceptibly; sensitively.
Sensibly (adv.) With
intelligence or good sense; judiciously.
Sensifacient (a.)
Converting into sensation.
Sensiferous (a.) Exciting
sensation; conveying sensation.
Sensific (a.) Exciting
sensation.
Sensificatory (a.)
Susceptible of, or converting into, sensation; as, the sensificatory part of a
nervous system.
Sensigenous (a.) Causing
or exciting sensation.
Sensism (n.) Same as
Sensualism, 2 & 3.
Sensist (n.) One who, in
philosophy, holds to sensism.
Sensitive (a.) Having
sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions
from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.
Sensitive (a.) Having
quick and acute sensibility, either to the action of external objects, or to
impressions upon the mind and feelings; highly susceptible; easily and acutely
affected.
Sensitive (a.) Having a
capacity of being easily affected or moved; as, a sensitive thermometer;
sensitive scales.
Sensitive (a.) Readily
affected or changed by certain appropriate agents; as, silver chloride or
bromide, when in contact with certain organic substances, is extremely sensitive
to actinic rays.
Sensitive (a.) Serving to
affect the sense; sensible.
Sensitive (a.) Of or
pertaining to sensation; depending on sensation; as, sensitive motions;
sensitive muscular motions excited by irritation.
Sensitivity (n.) The
quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts;
as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.
Sensitize (v. t.) To
render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on by the actinic rays of
the sun; as, sensitized paper or plate.
Sensitizer (n.) An agent
that sensitizes.
Sensitory (n.) See
Sensory.
Sensive (a.) Having sense
or sensibility; sensitive.
Sensor (a.) Sensory; as,
the sensor nerves.
Sensorial (a.) Of or
pertaining to the sensorium; as, sensorial faculties, motions, powers.
Sensoriums (pl. ) of
Sensorium
Sensoria (pl. ) of
Sensorium
Sensorium (n.) The seat of
sensation; the nervous center or centers to which impressions from the external
world must be conveyed before they can be perceived; the place where external
impressions are localized, and transformed into sensations, prior to being
reflected to other parts of the organism; hence, the whole nervous system, when
animated, so far as it is susceptible of common or special sensations.
Sensori-volitional (a.)
Concerned both in sensation and volition; -- applied to those nerve fibers which
pass to and from the cerebro-spinal axis, and are respectively concerned in
sensation and volition.
Sensories (pl. ) of
Sensery
Sensery (n.) Same as
Sensorium.
Sensory (a.) Of or
pertaining to the sensorium or sensation; as, sensory impulses; -- especially
applied to those nerves and nerve fibers which convey to a nerve center impulses
resulting in sensation; also sometimes loosely employed in the sense of
afferent, to indicate nerve fibers which convey impressions of any kind to a
nerve center.
Sensual (a.) Pertaining
to, consisting in, or affecting, the sense, or bodily organs of perception;
relating to, or concerning, the body, in distinction from the spirit.
Sensual (a.) Hence, not
spiritual or intellectual; carnal; fleshly; pertaining to, or consisting in, the
gratification of the senses, or the indulgence of appetites; wordly.
Sensual (a.) Devoted to
the pleasures of sense and appetite; luxurious; voluptuous; lewd; libidinous.
Sensual (a.) Pertaining or
peculiar to the philosophical doctrine of sensualism.
Sensualism (n.) The
condition or character of one who is sensual; subjection to sensual feelings and
appetite; sensuality.
Sensualism (n.) The
doctrine that all our ideas, or the operations of the understanding, not only
originate in sensation, but are transformed sensations, copies or relics of
sensations; sensationalism; sensism.
Sensualism (n.) The
regarding of the gratification of the senses as the highest good.
Sensualist (n.) One who is
sensual; one given to the indulgence of the appetites or senses as the means of
happiness.
Sensualist (n.) One who
holds to the doctrine of sensualism.
Sensualistic (a.) Sensual.
Sensualistic (a.) Adopting
or teaching the doctrines of sensualism.
Sensuality (n.) The
quality or state of being sensual; devotedness to the gratification of the
bodily appetites; free indulgence in carnal or sensual pleasures; luxuriousness;
voluptuousness; lewdness.
Sensualization (n.) The
act of sensualizing, or the state of being sensualized.
Sensualized (imp. & p. p.)
of Sensualize
Sensualizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sensualize
Sensualize (v. t.) To make
sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by carnal
gratifications; to carnalize; as, sensualized by pleasure.
Sensually (adv.) In a
sensual manner.
Sensualness (n.)
Sensuality; fleshliness.
Sensuism (n.) Sensualism.
Sensuosity (n.) The
quality or state of being sensuous; sensuousness.
Sensuous (a.) Of or
pertaining to the senses, or sensible objects; addressing the senses; suggesting
pictures or images of sense.
Sensuous (a.) Highly
susceptible to influence through the senses.
Sent (v. & n.) See Scent,
v. & n.
Sent () obs. 3d pers. sing. pres.
of Send, for sendeth.
Sent () imp. & p. p. of Send.
Sentence (n.) Sense;
meaning; significance.
Sentence (n.) An opinion;
a decision; a determination; a judgment, especially one of an unfavorable
nature.
Sentence (n.) A
philosophical or theological opinion; a dogma; as, Summary of the Sentences;
Book of the Sentences.
Sentence (n.) In civil and
admiralty law, the judgment of a court pronounced in a cause; in criminal and
ecclesiastical courts, a judgment passed on a criminal by a court or judge;
condemnation pronounced by a judgical tribunal; doom. In common law, the term is
exclusively used to denote the judgment in criminal cases.
Sentence (n.) A short
saying, usually containing moral instruction; a maxim; an axiom; a saw.
Sentence (n.) A
combination of words which is complete as expressing a thought, and in writing
is marked at the close by a period, or full point. See Proposition, 4.
Sentenced (imp. & p. p.)
of Sentence
Sentencing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sentence
Sentence (v. t.) To pass
or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe the
punishment of.
Sentence (v. t.) To decree
or announce as a sentence.
Sentence (v. t.) To utter
sententiously.
Sentencer (n.) One who
pronounced a sentence or condemnation.
sentential (a.) Comprising
sentences; as, a sentential translation.
sentential (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sentence, or full period; as, a sentential pause.
Sententially (adv.) In a
sentential manner.
Sententiarist (n.) A
sententiary.
Sententiary (n.) One who
read lectures, or commented, on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris
(1159-1160), a school divine.
Sententiosity (n.) The
quality or state of being sententious.
Sententious (a.) Abounding
with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in
expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth.
Sententious (a.)
Comprising or representing sentences; sentential.
Sentery (n.) A sentry.
Senteur (n.) Scent.
Sentience (n.) Alt. of
Sentiency
Sentiency (n.) The quality
or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or state of having sensation.
Sentient (a.) Having a
faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif. (Physiol.),
especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in
the various organs or tissues.
Sentient (n.) One who has
the faculty of perception; a sentient being.
Sentiently (adv.) In a
sentient or perceptive way.
Sentiment (a.) A thought
prompted by passion or feeling; a state of mind in view of some subject; feeling
toward or respecting some person or thing; disposition prompting to action or
expression.
Sentiment (a.) Hence,
generally, a decision of the mind formed by deliberation or reasoning; thought;
opinion; notion; judgment; as, to express one's sentiments on a subject.
Sentiment (a.) A sentence,
or passage, considered as the expression of a thought; a maxim; a saying; a
toast.
Sentiment (a.)
Sensibility; feeling; tender susceptibility.
Sentimental (a.) Having,
expressing, or containing a sentiment or sentiments; abounding with moral
reflections; containing a moral reflection; didactic.
Sentimental (a.) Inclined
to sentiment; having an excess of sentiment or sensibility; indulging the
sensibilities for their own sake; artificially or affectedly tender; -- often in
a reproachful sense.
Sentimental (a.) Addressed
or pleasing to the emotions only, usually to the weaker and the unregulated
emotions.
Sentimentalism (n.) The
quality of being sentimental; the character or behavior of a sentimentalist;
sentimentality.
Sentimentalist (n.) One
who has, or affects, sentiment or fine feeling.
Sentimentality (n.) The
quality or state of being sentimental.
Sentimentalize (v. t.) To
regard in a sentimental manner; as, to sentimentalize a subject.
Sentimentalize (v. i.) To
think or act in a sentimental manner, or like a sentimentalist; to affect
exquisite sensibility.
Sentimentally (adv.) In a
sentimental manner.
Sentine (n.) A place for
dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer.
Sentinel (n.) One who
watches or guards; specifically (Mil.), a soldier set to guard an army, camp, or
other place, from surprise, to observe the approach of danger, and give notice
of it; a sentry.
Sentinel (n.) Watch;
guard.
Sentinel (n.) A marine
crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great
length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab.
Sentineled (imp. & p. p.)
of Sentinel
Sentinelled () of Sentinel
Sentineling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sentinel
Sentinelling () of Sentinel
Sentinel (v. t.) To watch
over like a sentinel.
Sentinel (v. t.) To
furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels.
Sentisection (n.) Painful
vivisection; -- opposed to callisection.
Sentires (pl. ) of Sentry
Sentry (n.) A soldier
placed on guard; a sentinel.
Sentry (n.) Guard; watch,
as by a sentinel.
Senza (prep.) Without; as,
senza stromenti, without instruments.
Sepal (n.) A leaf or
division of the calyx.
Sepaled (a.) Having one or
more sepals.
Sepaline (a.) Relating to,
or having the nature of, sepals.
Sepalody (n.) The
metamorphosis of other floral organs into sepals or sepaloid bodies.
Sepaloid (a.) Like a
sepal, or a division of a calyx.
Sepalous (a.) Having, or
relating to, sepals; -- used mostly in composition. See under Sepal.
Separability (n.) Quality
of being separable or divisible; divisibility; separableness.
Separable (a.) Capable of
being separated, disjoined, disunited, or divided; as, the separable parts of
plants; qualities not separable from the substance in which they exist.
Separated (imp. & p. p.)
of Separate
Separating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Separate
Separate (v. t.) To
disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.
Separate (v. t.) To come
between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the
Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.
Separate (v. t.) To set
apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
Separate (v. i.) To part;
to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the
family separated.
Separate (p. a.) Divided
from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things
once connected.
Separate (p. a.)
Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not
been connected.
Separate (p. a.) Disunited
from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls.
Separatical (a.) Of or
pertaining to separatism in religion; schismatical.
Separating (a.) Designed
or employed to separate.
Separation (n.) The act of
separating, or the state of being separated, or separate.
Separation (n.) Chemical
analysis.
Separation (n.) Divorce.
Separation (n.) The
operation of removing water from steam.
Separatism (n.) The
character or act of a separatist; disposition to withdraw from a church; the
practice of so withdrawing.
Separatist (n.) One who
withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who withdraws from a church to
which he has belonged; a seceder from an established church; a dissenter; a
nonconformist; a schismatic; a sectary.
Separatistic (a.) Of or
pertaining to separatists; characterizing separatists; schismatical.
Separative (a.) Causing,
or being to cause, separation.
Separator (n.) One who, or
that which, separates.
Separator (n.) A device
for depriving steam of particles of water mixed with it.
Separator (n.) An
apparatus for sorting pulverized ores into grades, or separating them from
gangue.
Separator (n.) An
instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc.
Separatory (a.)
Separative.
Separatory (n.) An
apparatus used in separating, as a separating funnel.
Separatory (n.) A surgical
instrument for separating the pericranium from the cranium.
-trices (pl. ) of
Separatrix
-trixes (pl. ) of
Separatrix
Separatrix (n.) The
decimal point; the dot placed at the left of a decimal fraction, to separate it
from the whole number which it follows. The term is sometimes also applied to
other marks of separation.
Sepawn (n.) See Supawn.
Sepelible (a.) Admitting
of burial.
Sepelition (n.) Burial.
Sephen (n.) A large sting
ray of the genus Trygon, especially T. sephen of the Indian Ocean and the Red
Sea. The skin is an article of commerce.
Sepias (pl. ) of Sepia
Sepiae (pl. ) of Sepia
Sepia (n.) The common
European cuttlefish.
Sepia (n.) A genus
comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. See Illustr.
under Cuttlefish.
Sepia (n.) A pigment
prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated
with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms
Roman sepia. Cf. India ink, under India.
Sepia (a.) Of a dark brown
color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia.
Sepic (a.) Of or
pertaining to sepia; done in sepia; as, a sepic drawing.
Sepidaceous (a.) Like or
pertaining to the cuttlefishes of the genus Sepia.
Sepiment (n.) Something
that separates; a hedge; a fence.
Sepiolite (n.) Meerschaum.
See Meerschaum.
Sepiostare (n.) The bone
or shell of cuttlefish. See Illust. under Cuttlefish.
Sepon (n.) See Supawn.
Sepose (v. t.) To set
apart.
Seposit (v. t.) To set
aside; to give up.
Seposition (n.) The act of
setting aside, or of giving up.
Sepoy (n.) A native of
India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power, esp. of Great
Britain; an Oriental soldier disciplined in the European manner.
Seppuku (n.) Same as
Hara-kiri.
Sepsin (n.) A soluble
poison (ptomaine) present in putrid blood. It is also formed in the putrefaction
of proteid matter in general.
Sepsis (n.) The poisoning
of the system by the introduction of putrescent material into the blood.
Sept (n.) A clan, tribe,
or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; -- used especially of the
ancient clans in Ireland.
Septaemia (n.)
Septicaemia.
Septal (a.) Of or
pertaining to a septum or septa, as of a coral or a shell.
Septane (n.) See Heptane.
Septangle (n.) A figure
which has seven angles; a heptagon.
Septangular (a.)
Heptagonal.
Septaria (pl. ) of
Septarium
Septarium (n.) A flattened
concretionary nodule, usually of limestone, intersected within by cracks which
are often filled with calcite, barite, or other minerals.
Septate (a.) Divided by
partition or partitions; having septa; as, a septate pod or shell.
September (n.) The ninth
month of the year, containing thurty days.
Septemberer (n.) A
Setembrist.
Septembrist (n.) An agent
in the massacres in Paris, committed in patriotic frenzy, on the 22d of
September, 1792.
Septemfluous (a.) Flowing
sevenfold; divided into seven streams or currents.
Septempartite (a.) Divided
nearly to the base into seven parts; as, a septempartite leaf.
Septemtrioun (n.)
Septentrion.
Septemvirs (pl. ) of
Septemvir
Septemviri (pl. ) of
Septemvir
Septemvir (n.) One of a
board of seven men associated in some office.
Septemvirate (n.) The
office of septemvir; a government by septimvirs.
Septenary (a.) Consisting
of, or relating to, seven; as, a septenary number.
Septenary (a.) Lasting
seven years; continuing seven years.
Septenary (n.) The number
seven.
Septenate (a.) Having
parts in sevens; heptamerous.
Septennate (n.) A period
of seven years; as, the septennate during which the President of the French
Republic holds office.
Septennial (a.) Lasting or
continuing seven years; as, septennial parliaments.
Septennial (a.) Happening
or returning once in every seven years; as, septennial elections in England.
Septennially (adv.) Once
in seven years.
Septentrial (a.)
Septentrional.
Septentrio (n.) The
constellation Ursa Major.
Septentrion (n.) The north
or northern regions.
Septentrion (a.) Alt. of
Septentrional
Septentrional (a.) Of or
pertaining to the north; northern.
Septentrionality (n.)
Northerliness.
Septentrionally (adv.)
Northerly.
Septentrionate (v. i.) To
tend or point toward the north; to north.
Septet (n.) Alt. of
Septette
Septette (n.) A set of
seven persons or objects; as, a septet of singers.
Septette (n.) A musical
composition for seven instruments or seven voices; -- called also septuor.
Septfoil (n.) A European
herb, the tormentil. See Tormentil.
Septfoil (n.) An
ornamental foliation having seven lobes. Cf. Cinquefoil, Quarterfoil, and
Trefoil.
Septfoil (n.) A typical
figure, consisting of seven equal segments of a circle, used to denote the gifts
of the Holy Chost, the seven sacraments as recognized by the Roman Catholic
Church, etc.
Septi- () A combining form
meaning seven; as, septifolious, seven-leaved; septi-lateral, seven-sided.
Septic (a.) Of the seventh
degree or order.
Septic (n.) A quantic of
the seventh degree.
Septic (a.) Alt. of
Septical
Septical (a.) Having power
to promote putrefaction.
Septic (n.) A substance
that promotes putrefaction.
Septicaemia (n.) A
poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorption into it of septic or
putrescent material; blood poisoning. It is marked by chills, fever,
prostration, and inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the
lungs, kidneys, and other organs.
Septically (adv.) In a
septic manner; in a manner tending to promote putrefaction.
Septicidal (a.) Dividing
the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through
the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.
Septicity (n.) Tendency to
putrefaction; septic quality.
Septifarious (a.) Turned
in seven different ways.
Septiferous (a.) Bearing a
partition; -- said of the valves of a capsule.
Septiferous (a.) Conveying
putrid poison; as, the virulence of septiferous matter.
Septifluous (a.) Flowing
in seven streams; septemfluous.
Septifolious (a.) Having
seven leaves.
Septiform (a.) Having the
form of a septum.
Septifragal (a.) Breaking
from the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a
pod break away from the partitions, and these remain attached to the common
axis.
Septilateral (a.) Having
seven sides; as, a septilateral figure.
Septillion (n.) According
to the French method of numeration (which is followed also in the United
States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed.
According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-two
ciphers annexed. See Numeration.
Septimole (n.) A group of
seven notes to be played in the time of four or six.
Septinsular (a.)
Consisting of seven islands; as, the septinsular republic of the Ionian Isles.
Septisyllable (n.) A word
of seven syllables.
Septoic (a.) See Heptoic.
Septomaxillary (a.) Of or
pertaining to the nasal septum and the maxilla; situated in the region of these
parts.
Septomaxillary (n.) A
small bone between the nasal septum and the maxilla in many reptiles and
amphibians.
Septuagenarian (n.) A
person who is seventy years of age; a septuagenary.
Septuagenary (a.)
Consisting of seventy; also, seventy years old.
Septuagenary (n.) A
septuagenarian.
Septuagesima (n.) The
third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it is about seventy days before
Easter.
Septuagesimal (a.)
Consisting of seventy days, years, etc.; reckoned by seventies.
Septuagint (n.) A Greek
version of the Old Testament; -- so called because it was believed to be the
work of seventy (or rather of seventy-two) translators.
Septuary (n.) Something
composed of seven; a week.
Septulate (a.) Having
imperfect or spurious septa.
Septula (pl. ) of Septulum
Septulum (n.) A little
septum; a division between small cavities or parts.
Septa (pl. ) of Septum
Septum (n.) A wall
separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum.
Septum (n.) A partition
that separates the cells of a fruit.
Septum (n.) One of the
radial calcareous plates of a coral.
Septum (n.) One of the
transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into
several chambers. See Illust. under Nautilus.
Septum (n.) One of the
transverse partitions dividing the body cavity of an annelid.
Septuor (n.) A septet.
Septuple (a.) Seven times
as much; multiplied by seven; sevenfold.
Septupled (imp. & p. p.)
of Septuple
Septupling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Septuple
Septuple (v. t.) To
multiply by seven; to make sevenfold.
Sepulcher (n.) Alt. of
Sepulchre
Sepulchre (n.) The place
in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for
that purpose; a grave; a tomb.
Sepulchered (imp. & p. p.)
of Sepulchre
Sepulchred () of Sepulchre
Sepulchering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sepulchre
Sepulchring () of Sepulchre
Sepulcher (v. t.) Alt. of
Sepulchre
Sepulchre (v. t.) To bury;
to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered.
Sepulchral (a.) Of or
pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the
dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a sepulchral inscription.
Sepulchral (a.)
Unnaturally low and grave; hollow in tone; -- said of sound, especially of the
voice.
Sepulture (n.) The act of
depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave; burial; interment.
Sepulture (n.) A
sepulcher; a grave; a place of burial.
Sequacious (a.) Inclined
to follow a leader; following; attendant.
Sequacious (a.) Hence,
ductile; malleable; pliant; manageable.
Sequacious (a.) Having or
observing logical sequence; logically consistent and rigorous; consecutive in
development or transition of thought.
Sequaciousness (n.)
Quality of being sequacious.
Sequacity (n.) Quality or
state of being sequacious; sequaciousness.
Sequel (n.) That which
follows; a succeeding part; continuation; as, the sequel of a man's advantures
or history.
Sequel (n.) Consequence;
event; effect; result; as, let the sun cease, fail, or swerve, and the sequel
would be ruin.
Sequel (n.) Conclusion;
inference.
Sequelae (pl. ) of Sequela
Sequela (n.) One who, or
that which, follows.
Sequela (n.) An adherent,
or a band or sect of adherents.
Sequela (n.) That which
follows as the logical result of reasoning; inference; conclusion; suggestion.
Sequela (n.) A morbid
phenomenon left as the result of a disease; a disease resulting from another.
Sequence (n.) The state of
being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.
Sequence (n.) That which
follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result.
Sequence (n.) Simple
succession, or the coming after in time, without asserting or implying causative
energy; as, the reactions of chemical agents may be conceived as merely
invariable sequences.
Sequence (n.) Any
succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular
diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps.
Sequence (n.) A melodic
phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia.
Sequence (n.) A hymn
introduced in the Mass on certain festival days, and recited or sung immediately
before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name.
Sequence (n.) Three or
more cards of the same suit in immediately consecutive order of value; as, ace,
king, and queen; or knave, ten, nine, and eight.
Sequence (n.) All five
cards, of a hand, in consecutive order as to value, but not necessarily of the
same suit; when of one suit, it is called a sequence flush.
Sequent (a.) Following;
succeeding; in continuance.
Sequent (a.) Following as
an effect; consequent.
Sequent (n.) A follower.
Sequent (n.) That which
follows as a result; a sequence.
Sequential (a.) Succeeding
or following in order.
Sequestered (imp. & p. p.)
of Sequester
Sequestering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sequester
Sequester (v. t.) To
separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put
into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as
property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand
for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or
clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate.
Sequester (v. t.) To cause
(one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's
estate, property, etc.
Sequester (v. t.) To set
apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
Sequester (v. t.) To cause
to retire or withdraw into obscurity; to seclude; to withdraw; -- often used
reflexively.
Sequester (v. i.) To
withdraw; to retire.
Sequester (v. i.) To
renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.
Sequester (n.)
Sequestration; separation.
Sequester (n.) A person
with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the
controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a mediator; an umpire or
referee.
Sequester (n.) Same as
Sequestrum.
Sequestered (a.) Retired;
secluded.
Sequestrable (a.) Capable
of being sequestered; subject or liable to sequestration.
Sequestral (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sequestrum.
Sequestrated (imp. & p. p.)
of Sequestrate
Sequestrating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sequestrate
Sequestrate (v. t.) To
sequester.
Seguestration (n.) The act
of separating, or setting aside, a thing in controversy from the possession of
both the parties that contend for it, to be delivered to the one adjudged
entitled to it. It may be voluntary or involuntary.
Seguestration (n.) A
prerogative process empowering certain commissioners to take and hold a
defendant's property and receive the rents and profits thereof, until he clears
himself of a contempt or performs a decree of the court.
Seguestration (n.) A kind
of execution for a rent, as in the case of a beneficed clerk, of the profits of
a benefice, till he shall have satisfied some debt established by decree; the
gathering up of the fruits of a benefice during a vacancy, for the use of the
next incumbent; the disposing of the goods, by the ordinary, of one who is dead,
whose estate no man will meddle with.
Seguestration (n.) The
seizure of the property of an individual for the use of the state; particularly
applied to the seizure, by a belligerent power, of debts due from its subjects
to the enemy.
Seguestration (n.) The
state of being separated or set aside; separation; retirement; seclusion from
society.
Seguestration (n.)
Disunion; disjunction.
Sequestrator (n.) One who
sequesters property, or takes the possession of it for a time, to satisfy a
demand out of its rents or profits.
Sequestrator (n.) One to
whom the keeping of sequestered property is committed.
Sequestra (pl. ) of
Sequestrum
Sequestrum (n.) A portion
of dead bone which becomes separated from the sound portion, as in necrosis.
Sequin (n.) An old gold
coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck at Venice about the end of the
13th century, and afterward in the other Italian cities, and by the Levant trade
was introduced into Turkey. It is worth about 9s. 3d. sterling, or about $2.25.
The different kinds vary somewhat in value.
Sequoia (n.) A genus of
coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. S.
gigantea, the "big tree" of California, and S. sempervirens, the redwood, both
of which attain an immense height.
Sequoiene (n.) A
hydrocarbon (C13H10) obtained in white fluorescent crystals, in the distillation
products of the needles of the California "big tree" (Sequoia gigantea).
Seraglio (n.) An
inclosure; a place of separation.
Seraglio (n.) The palace
of the Grand Seignior, or Turkish sultan, at Constantinople, inhabited by the
sultan himself, and all the officers and dependents of his court. In it are also
kept the females of the harem.
Seraglio (n.) A harem; a
place for keeping wives or concubines; sometimes, loosely, a place of licentious
pleasure; a house of debauchery.
Serai (n.) A palace; a
seraglio; also, in the East, a place for the accommodation of travelers; a
caravansary, or rest house.
Seralbumen (n.) Serum
albumin.
Serang (n.) The boatswain
of a Lascar or East Ondian crew.
Serape (n.) A blanket or
shawl worn as an outer garment by the Spanish Americans, as in Mexico.
Seraphs (pl. ) of Seraph
Seraphim (pl. ) of Seraph
Seraph (n.) One of an
order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical
art and in poetry, a seraph is represented as one of a class of angels.
Seraphic (a.) Alt. of
Seraphical
Seraphical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a seraph; becoming, or suitable to, a seraph; angelic; sublime;
pure; refined.
Seraphicism (n.) The
character, quality, or state of a seraph; seraphicalness.
Seraphim (n.) The Hebrew
plural of Seraph. Cf. Cherubim.
Seraphina (n.) A
seraphine.
Seraphine (n.) A wind
instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass
playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is
played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The
melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument.
Serapis (n.) An Egyptian
deity, at first a symbol of the Nile, and so of fertility; later, one of the
divinities of the lower world. His worship was introduced into Greece and Rome.
Seraskier (n.) A general
or commander of land forces in the Turkish empire; especially, the
commander-in-chief of minister of war.
Seraskierate (n.) The
office or authority of a seraskier.
Serbonian (a.) Relating to
the lake of Serbonis in Egypt, which by reason of the sand blowing into it had a
deceptive appearance of being solid land, but was a bog.
Sere (a.) Dry; withered.
Same as Sear.
Sere (n.) Claw; talon.
Serein (n.) A mist, or
very fine rain, which sometimes falls from a clear sky a few moments after
sunset.
Serenade (n.) Music sung
or performed in the open air at nights; -- usually applied to musical
entertainments given in the open air at night, especially by gentlemen, in a
spirit of gallantry, under the windows of ladies.
Serenade (n.) A piece of
music suitable to be performed at such times.
Serenaded (imp. & p. p.)
of Serenade
Serenading (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Serenade
Serenade (v. t.) To
entertain with a serenade.
Serenade (v. i.) To
perform a serenade.
Serenader (n.) One who
serenades.
Serenata (n.) Alt. of
Serenate
Serenate (n.) A piece of
vocal music, especially one on an amoreus subject; a serenade.
Serene (a.) Bright; clear;
unabscured; as, a serene sky.
Serene (a.) Calm; placid;
undisturbed; unruffled; as, a serene aspect; a serene soul.
Serene (n.) Serenity;
clearness; calmness.
Serene (n.) Evening air;
night chill.
Serene (v. t.) To make
serene.
Serenely (adv.) In a
serene manner; clearly.
Serenely (adv.) With
unruffled temper; coolly; calmly.
Sereneness (n.) Serenity.
Serenitude (n.) Serenity.
Serenity (n.) The quality
or state of being serene; clearness and calmness; quietness; stillness; peace.
Serenity (n.) Calmness of
mind; eveness of temper; undisturbed state; coolness; composure.
Serf (v. t.) A servant or
slave employed in husbandry, and in some countries attached to the soil and
transferred with it, as formerly in Russia.
Serfage (n.) Alt. of
Serfdom
Serfdom (n.) The state or
condition of a serf.
Serfhood (n.) Alt. of
Serfism
Serfism (n.) Serfage.
Serge (n.) A woolen
twilled stuff, much used as material for clothing for both sexes.
Serge (n.) A large wax
candle used in the ceremonies of various churches.
Sergeancies (pl. ) of
Sergeancy
Sergeancy (n.) The office
of a sergeant; sergeantship.
Sergeant (n.) Formerly, in
England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred;
also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high
steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called
sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign,
attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their
commands, and another attends the Court Chancery.
Sergeant (n.) In a
company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned officer next in rank above a
corporal, whose duty is to instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks,
etc.
Sergeant (n.) A lawyer of
the highest rank, answering to the doctor of the civil law; -- called also
serjeant at law.
Sergeant (n.) A title
sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign; as, sergeant surgeon, that is,
a servant, or attendant, surgeon.
Sergeant (n.) The cobia.
Sergeantcy (n.) Same as
Sergeancy.
Sergeantry (n.) See
Sergeanty.
Sergeantship (n.) The
office of sergeant.
Sergeanty (n.) Tenure of
lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, but to
the king only.
Serial (a.) Of or
pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or
numbers; as, a serial work or publication.
Serial (a.) Of or
pertaining to rows.
Serial (n.) A publication
appearing in a series or succession of part; a tale, or other writing, published
in successive numbers of a periodical.
Seriality (n.) The quality
or state of succession in a series; sequence.
Serially (adv.) In a
series, or regular order; in a serial manner; as, arranged serially; published
serially.
Seriate (a.) Arranged in a
series or succession; pertaining to a series.
Seriatim (adv.) In regular
order; one after the other; severally.
Seriation (n.) Arrangement
or position in a series.
Sericeous (a.) Of or
pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky.
Sericeous (a.) Covered
with very soft hairs pressed close to the surface; as, a sericeous leaf.
Sericeous (a.) Having a
silklike luster, usually due to fine, close hairs.
Sericin (n.) A gelatinous
nitrogenous material extracted from crude silk and other similar fiber by
boiling water; -- called also silk gelatin.
Sericite (n.) A kind of
muscovite occuring in silky scales having a fibrous structure. It is
characteristic of sericite schist.
Sericterium (n.) A silk
gland, as in the silkworms.
Sericulture (n.) The
raising of silkworms.
Serie (n.) Series.
Seriema (n.) A large South
American bird (Dicholophus, / Cariama cristata) related to the cranes. It is
often domesticated. Called also cariama.
Series (n.) A number of
things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like
relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as, a continuous
series of calamitous events.
Series (n.) Any
comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related
groups.
Series (n.) An indefinite
number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or
more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an
arithmetical series; a geometrical series.
Serin (n.) A European
finch (Serinus hortulanus) closely related to the canary.
Serine (n.) A white
crystalline nitrogenous substance obtained by the action of dilute sulphuric
acid on silk gelatin.
Serio-comic (a.) Alt. of
Serio-comical
Serio-comical (a.) Having
a mixture of seriousness and sport; serious and comical.
Serious (a.) Grave in
manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.
Serious (a.) Really
intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving.
Serious (a.) Important;
weighty; not trifling; grave.
Serious (a.) Hence, giving
rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury.
Seriph (n.) See Ceriph.
Serjeant () Alt. of Serjeantcy
Serjeantcy () See Sergeant,
Sergeantcy, etc.
Sermocination (n.) The
making of speeches or sermons; sermonizing.
Sermocinator (n.) One who
makes sermons or speeches.
Sermon (n.) A discourse or
address; a talk; a writing; as, the sermons of Chaucer.
Sermon (n.) Specifically,
a discourse delivered in public, usually by a clergyman, for the purpose of
religious instruction and grounded on some text or passage of Scripture.
Sermon (n.) Hence, a
serious address; a lecture on one's conduct or duty; an exhortation or reproof;
a homily; -- often in a depreciatory sense.
Sermon (v. i.) To speak;
to discourse; to compose or deliver a sermon.
Sermon (v. t.) To
discourse to or of, as in a sermon.
Sermon (v. t.) To tutor;
to lecture.
Sermoneer (n.) A
sermonizer.
Sermoner (n.) A preacher;
a sermonizer.
Sermonet (n.) A short
sermon.
Sermonic (a.) Alt. of
Sermonical
Sermonical (a.) Like, or
appropriate to, a sermon; grave and didactic.
Sermoning (n.) The act of
discoursing; discourse; instruction; preaching.
Sermonish (a.) Resembling
a sermon.
Sermonist (n.) See
Sermonizer.
Sermonized (imp. & p. p.)
of Sermonize
Sermonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sermonize
Sermonize (v. i.) To
compose or write a sermon or sermons; to preach.
Sermonize (v. i.) To
inculcate rigid rules.
Sermonize (v. t.) To
preach or discourse to; to affect or influence by means of a sermon or of
sermons.
Sermonizer (n.) One who
sermonizes.
Serolin (n.) A peculiar
fatty substance found in the blood, probably a mixture of fats, cholesterin,
etc.
Serolin (n.) A body found
in fecal matter and thought to be formed in the intestines from the cholesterin
of the bile; -- called also stercorin, and stercolin.
Seron (n.) Alt. of Seroon
Seroon (n.) Same as
Ceroon.
Serose (a.) Serous.
Serosity (n.) The quality
or state of being serous.
Serosity (n.) A thin
watery animal fluid, as synovial fluid and pericardial fluid.
Serotine (n.) The European
long-eared bat (Vesperugo serotinus).
Serotinous (a.) Appearing
or blossoming later in the season than is customary with allied species.
Serous (a.) Thin; watery;
like serum; as the serous fluids.
Serous (a.) Of or
pertaining to serum; as, the serous glands, membranes, layers. See Serum.
Serow (n.) Alt. of Surrow
Surrow (n.) The thar.
Serpens (n.) A
constellation represented as a serpent held by Serpentarius.
Serpent (n.) Any reptile
of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under
Ophidia.
Serpent (n.) Fig.: A
subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
Serpent (n.) A species of
firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the
ground.
Serpent (n.) The
constellation Serpens.
Serpent (n.) A bass wind
instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and
sometimes introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form.
Serpented (imp. & p. p.)
of Serpent
Serpenting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Serpent
Serpent (v. i.) To wind
like a serpent; to crook about; to meander.
Serpent (v. t.) To wind;
to encircle.
Serpentaria (a.) The
fibrous aromatic root of the Virginia snakeroot (Aristolochia Serpentaria).
Serpentarius (n.) A
constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also
Ophiuchus.
Serpentiform (a.) Having
the form of a serpent.
Serpentigenous (a.) Bred
of a serpent.
Serpentine (a.) Resembling
a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or
turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering;
sinuous; zigzag; as, serpentine braid.
Serpentine (n.) A mineral
or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of
an obscure green color, often with a spotted or mottled appearance resembling a
serpent's skin. Precious, or noble, serpentine is translucent and of a rich
oil-green color.
Serpentine (n.) A kind of
ancient cannon.
Serpentine (v. i.) To
serpentize.
Serpentinely (adv.) In a
serpentine manner.
Serpentinian (n.) See 2d
Ophite.
Serpentinize (v. t.) To
convert (a magnesian silicate) into serpentine.
Serpentinous (a.) Relating
to, or like, serpentine; as, a rock serpentinous in character.
Serpentize (v. i.) To turn
or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to
meander; to wind; to serpentine.
Serpentry (n.) A winding
like a serpent's.
Serpentry (n.) A place
inhabited or infested by serpents.
Serpent-tongued (a.)
Having a forked tongue, like a serpent.
Serpet (n.) A basket.
Serpette (n.) A pruning
knife with a curved blade.
Serpiginous (a.) Creeping;
-- said of lesions which heal over one portion while continuing to advance at
another.
Serpigo (n.) A dry, scaly
eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm.
Serpolet (n.) Wild thyme.
Serpulae (pl. ) of Serpula
Serpulas (pl. ) of Serpula
Serpula (n.) Any one of
numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera
of the family Serpulidae. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually
irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath
of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an
operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts.
Serpulian (n.) Alt. of
Serpulidan
Serpulidan (n.) A serpula.
Serpulite (n.) A fossil
serpula shell.
Serr (v. t.) To crowd,
press, or drive together.
Serranoid (n.) Any fish of
the family Serranidae, which includes the striped bass, the black sea bass, and
many other food fishes.
Serranoid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Serranidae.
Serrate (a.) Alt. of
Serrated
Serrated (a.) Notched on
the edge, like a saw.
Serrated (a.) Beset with
teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves.
Serration (n.) Condition
of being serrate; formation in the shape of a saw.
Serration (n.) One of the
teeth in a serrate or serrulate margin.
Serratirostral (a.) Having
a toothed bill, like that of a toucan.
Serrator (n.) The ivory
gull (Larus eburneus).
Serrature (n.) A notching,
like that between the teeth of a saw, in the edge of anything.
Serrature (n.) One of the
teeth in a serrated edge; a serration.
Serricated (a.) Covered
with fine silky down.
Serricorn (a.) Having
serrated antenn/.
Serricorn (n.) Any one of
a numerous tribe of beetles (Serricornia). The joints of the antennae are
prominent, thus producing a serrate appearance. See Illust. under Antenna.
Serried (a.) Crowded;
compact; dense; pressed together.
Serrifera (n. pl.) A
division of Hymenoptera comprising the sawflies.
Serrirostres (n. pl.) Same
as Lamellirostres.
Serrous (a.) Like the
teeth off a saw; jagged.
Serrula (n.) The
red-breasted merganser.
Serrulate (a.) Alt. of
Serrulated
Serrulated (a.) Finely
serrate; having very minute teeth.
Serrulation (n.) The state
of being notched minutely, like a fine saw.
Serrulation (n.) One of
the teeth in a serrulate margin.
Serried (imp. & p. p.) of
Serry
Serrying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Serry
Serry (v. t.) To crowd; to
press together.
Sertularia (n.) A genus of
delicate branching hydroids having small sessile hydrothecae along the sides of
the branches.
Sertularian (n.) Any
species of Sertularia, or of Sertularidae, a family of hydroids having branched
chitinous stems and simple sessile hydrothecae. Also used adjectively.
Serum (n.) The watery
portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc.
Serum (n.) A thin watery
fluid, containing more or less albumin, secreted by the serous membranes of the
body, such as the pericardium and peritoneum.
Servable (a.) Capable of
being served.
Servable (a.) Capable of
being preserved.
Servage (n.) Serfage;
slavery; servitude.
Serval (n.) An African
wild cat (Felis serval) of moderate size. It has rather long legs and a tail of
moderate length. Its color is tawny, with black spots on the body and rings of
black on the tail.
Servaline (a.) Related to,
or resembling, the serval.
Servant (n.) One who
serves, or does services, voluntarily or on compulsion; a person who is employed
by another for menial offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his
command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the benefit of another, his
master or employer; a subordinate helper.
Servant (n.) One in a
state of subjection or bondage.
Servant (n.) A professed
lover or suitor; a gallant.
Servant (v. t.) To
subject.
Servantess (n.) A
maidservant.
Servantry (n.) A body of
servants; servants, collectively.
Served (imp. & p. p.) of
Serve
Serving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Serve
Serve (v. t.) To work for;
to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the
benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, as an inferior,
domestic, serf, slave, hired assistant, official helper, etc.; specifically, in
a religious sense, to obey and worship.
Serve (v. t.) To be
subordinate to; to act a secondary part under; to appear as the inferior of; to
minister to.
Serve (v. t.) To be suitor
to; to profess love to.
Serve (v. t.) To wait
upon; to supply the wants of; to attend; specifically, to wait upon at table; to
attend at meals; to supply with food; as, to serve customers in a shop.
Serve (v. t.) Hence, to
bring forward, arrange, deal, or distribute, as a portion of anything,
especially of food prepared for eating; -- often with up; formerly with in.
Serve (v. t.) To perform
the duties belonging to, or required in or for; hence, to be of use to; as, a
curate may serve two churches; to serve one's country.
Serve (v. t.) To
contribute or conduce to; to promote; to be sufficient for; to satisfy; as, to
serve one's turn.
Serve (v. t.) To answer or
be (in the place of something) to; as, a sofa serves one for a seat and a couch.
Serve (v. t.) To treat; to
behave one's self to; to requite; to act toward; as, he served me very ill.
Serve (v. t.) To work; to
operate; as, to serve the guns.
Serve (v. t.) To bring to
notice, deliver, or execute, either actually or constructively, in such manner
as the law requires; as, to serve a summons.
Serve (v. t.) To make
legal service opon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.); as, to serve a
witness with a subp/na.
Serve (v. t.) To pass or
spend, as time, esp. time of punishment; as, to serve a term in prison.
Serve (v. t.) To copulate
with; to cover; as, a horse serves a mare; -- said of the male.
Serve (v. t.) To lead off
in delivering (the ball).
Serve (v. t.) To wind spun
yarn, or the like, tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it
from chafing or from the weather. See under Serving.
Serve (v. i.) To be a
servant or a slave; to be employed in labor or other business for another; to be
in subjection or bondage; to render menial service.
Serve (v. i.) To perform
domestic offices; to be occupied with household affairs; to prepare and dish up
food, etc.
Serve (v. i.) To be in
service; to do duty; to discharge the requirements of an office or employment.
Specifically, to act in the public service, as a soldier, seaman. etc.
Serve (v. i.) To be of
use; to answer a purpose; to suffice; to suit; to be convenient or favorable.
Serve (v. i.) To lead off
in delivering the ball.
Server (n.) One who
serves.
Server (n.) A tray for
dishes; a salver.
Servian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Servia, a kingdom of Southern Europe.
Servian (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Servia.
Service () Alt. of Service
Service () A name given to
several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and P.
torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the
American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small,
edible, applelike berries.
Service (n.) The act of
serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit
of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper,
slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual
obedience and love.
Service (n.) The deed of
one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office.
Service (n.) Office of
devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any
event or ceremonial; as, a burial service.
Service (n.) Hence, a
musical composition for use in churches.
Service (n.) Duty
performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence,
specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier.
Service (n.) Useful
office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit;
avail.
Service (n.) Profession of
respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
Service (n.) The act and
manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table;
also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was
tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass.
Service (n.) The act of
bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is
prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp/na or an attachment.
Service (n.) The materials
used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc.
Service (n.) The act of
serving the ball.
Service (n.) Act of
serving or covering. See Serve, v. t., 13.
Serviceable (a.) Doing
service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any
end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous.
Serviceable (a.) Prepared
for rendering service; capable of, or fit for, the performance of duty; hence,
active; diligent.
Serviceage (n.) Servitude.
Servient (a.) Subordinate.
Serviette (n.) A table
napkin.
Servile (a.) Of or
pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding
from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning; as,
servile flattery; servile fear; servile obedience.
Servile (a.) Held in
subjection; dependent; enslaved.
Servile (a.) Not belonging
to the original root; as, a servile letter.
Servile (a.) Not itself
sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune.
Servile (n.) An element
which forms no part of the original root; -- opposed to radical.
Servilely (adv.) In a
servile manner; slavishly.
Servileness (n.) Quality
of being servile; servility.
Servility (n.) The quality
or state of being servile; servileness.
Serving () a. & n. from Serve.
Servite (n.) One of the
order of the Religious Servants of the Holy Virgin, founded in Florence in 1223.
Servifor (n.) One who
serves; a servant; an attendant; one who acts under another; a follower or
adherent.
Servifor (n.) An
undergraduate, partly supported by the college funds, whose duty it formerly was
to wait at table. A servitor corresponded to a sizar in Cambridge and Dublin
universities.
Servitorship (n.) The
office, rank, or condition of a servitor.
Servitude (n.) The state
of voluntary or compulsory subjection to a master; the condition of being bound
to service; the condition of a slave; slavery; bondage; hence, a state of
slavish dependence.
Servitude (n.) Servants,
collectively.
Servitude (n.) A right
whereby one thing is subject to another thing or person for use or convenience,
contrary to the common right.
Serviture (n.) Servants,
collectively.
Servitute (n.) Servitude.
Serye (n.) A series.
Sesame (n.) Either of two
annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum (S. Indicum, and S. orientale),
from the seeds of which an oil is expressed; also, the small obovate, flattish
seeds of these plants, sometimes used as food. See Benne.
Sesamoid (a.) Resembling
in shape the seeds of sesame.
Sesamoid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the sesamoid bones or cartilages; sesamoidal.
Sesamoid (n.) A sesamoid
bone or cartilage.
Sesamoidal (a.) Sesamoid.
Sesban (n.) A leguminous
shrub (Sesbania aculeata) which furnishes a fiber used for making ropes.
Sesqui- () A combining form (also
used adjectively) denoting that three atoms or equivalents of the substance to
the name of which it is prefixed are combined with two of some other element or
radical; as, sesquibromide, sesquicarbonate, sesquichloride, sesquioxide.
Sesquialter (a.)
Sesquialteral.
Sesquialter (n.) Alt. of
Sesquialtera
Sesquialtera (n.) A stop
on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which reenforce some of the high
harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound more brilliant.
Sesquialteral (a.) Alt. of
Sesquialterate
Sesquialterate (a.) Once
and a half times as great as another; having the ratio of one and a half to one.
Sesquialterous (a.)
Sesquialteral.
Sesquibasic (a.)
Containing, or acting as, a base in the proportions of a sesqui compound.
Sesquiduplicate (a.) Twice
and a half as great (as another thing); having the ratio of two and a half to
one.
Sesquioxide (n.) An oxide
containing three atoms of oxygen with two atoms (or radicals) of some other
substance; thus, alumina, Al2O3 is a sesquioxide.
Sesquipedal (a.) Alt. of
Sesquipedalian
Sesquipedalian (a.)
Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; --
sometimes humorously applied to long words.
Sesquipedalianism (n.)
Alt. of Sesquipedalism
Sesquipedalism (n.)
Sesquipedality.
Sesqyipedality (n.) The
quality or condition of being sesquipedal.
Sesqyipedality (n.) The
use of sesquipedalian words; style characterized by the use of long words;
sesquipedalism.
Sesquiplicate (a.)
Subduplicate of the triplicate; -- a term applied to ratios; thus, a and a' are
in the sesquiplicate ratio of b and b', when a is to a' as the square root of
the cube of b is to the square root of the cube of b', or a:a'::Ãb3:Ãb'3.
Sesquisalt (n.) A salt
derived from a sesquioxide base, or made up on the proportions of a sesqui
compound.
Sesquisulphide (n.) A
sulphide, analogous to a sesquioxide, containing three atoms of sulphur to two
of the other ingredient; -- formerly called also sesquisulphuret; as, orpiment,
As2S3 is arsenic sesquisulphide.
Sesquitertial (a.)
Sesquitertian.
Sesquitertian (a.) Alt. of
Sesquitertianal
Sesquitertianal (a.)
Having the ratio of one and one third to one (as 4 : 3).
Sesquitone (n.) A minor
third, or interval of three semitones.
Sess (v. t.) To lay a tax
upon; to assess.
Sess (n.) A tax; an
assessment. See Cess.
Sessa (interj.) Hurry;
run.
Sessile (a.) Attached
without any sensible projecting support.
Sessile (a.) Resting
directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a
sessile leaf or blossom.
Sessile (a.) Permanently
attached; -- said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became
detached.
Sessile-eyed (a.) Having
eyes which are not elevated on a stalk; -- opposed to stalk-eyed.
Session (n.) The act of
sitting, or the state of being seated.
Session (n.) The actual
sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the
members of such a body, for the transaction of business.
Session (n.) Hence, also,
the time, period, or term during which a court, council, legislature, etc.,
meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and
the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of Parliaments is opened with a
speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. The session of a judicial
court is called a term.
Sessional (a.) Of or
pertaining to a session or sessions.
Sesspool (n.) Same as
Cesspool.
Sesterce (n.) A Roman coin
or denomination of money, in value the fourth part of a denarius, and originally
containing two asses and a half, afterward four asses, -- equal to about two
pence sterling, or four cents.
Sestet (n.) A piece of
music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also
sestuor.
Sestet (n.) The last six
lines of a sonnet.
Sestetto (n.) A sestet.
Sestine (n.) See Sextain.
Sestuor (n.) A sestet.
Set (imp. & p. p.) of Set
Setting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Set
Set (v. t.) To cause to
sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place
to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a
book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom
or on end.
Set (v. t.) Hence, to
attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
Set (v. t.) To make to
assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition
or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be.
Set (v. t.) To fix firmly;
to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging
place, form, or condition to.
Set (v. t.) To cause to
stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty
to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud.
Set (v. t.) To fix
beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render
stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance.
Set (v. t.) To fix in the
ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard.
Set (v. t.) To fix, as a
precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in
or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash.
Set (v. t.) To render
stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for
cheese.
Set (v. t.) To put into a
desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt.
Set (v. t.) To put in
order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor;
to set a saw.
Set (v. t.) To extend and
bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.
Set (v. t.) To give a
pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm.
Set (v. t.) To reduce from
a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone.
Set (v. t.) To make to
agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.
Set (v. t.) To lower into
place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
Set (v. t.) To stake at
play; to wager; to risk.
Set (v. t.) To fit with
music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing.
Set (v. t.) To determine;
to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price
on a horse.
Set (v. t.) To adorn with
something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and
there.
Set (v. t.) To value; to
rate; -- with at.
Set (v. t.) To point out
the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs.
Set (v. t.) To establish
as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set
lessons to be learned.
Set (v. t.) To suit; to
become; as, it sets him ill.
Set (v. t.) To compose; to
arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.
Set (v. i.) To pass below
the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.
Set (v. i.) To fit music
to words.
Set (v. i.) To place
plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
Set (v. i.) To be fixed
for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set
well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).
Set (v. i.) To become
fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
Set (v. i.) To congeal; to
concrete; to solidify.
Set (v. i.) To have a
certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets
to the north; the tide sets to the windward.
Set (v. i.) To begin to
move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out.
Set (v. i.) To indicate
the position of game; -- said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt
game by the aid of a setter.
Set (v. i.) To apply one's
self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out.
Set (v. i.) To fit or suit
one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.
Set (a.) Fixed in
position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.
Set (a.) Firm; unchanging;
obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.
Set (a.) Regular; uniform;
formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle.
Set (a.) Established;
prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.
Set (a.) Adjusted;
arranged; formed; adapted.
Set (n.) The act of
setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close;
termination.
Set (n.) That which is
set, placed, or fixed.
Set (n.) A young plant for
growth; as, a set of white thorn.
Set (n.) That which is
staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture.
Set (n.) Permanent change
of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension,
bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.
Set (n.) A kind of punch
used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set.
Set (n.) A piece placed
temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the
weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece.
Set (n.) A short steel
spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface.
Set (n.) A number of
things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of
articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an
assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical
instruments, of books, etc.
Set (n.) A number of
persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a
division; a group; a clique.
Set (n.) Direction or
course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.
Set (n.) In dancing, the
number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also, the series of figures
or movements executed.
Set (n.) The deflection of
a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or
make an opening, wider than the blade.
Set (n.) A young oyster
when first attached.
Set (n.) Collectively, the
crop of young oysters in any locality.
Set (n.) A series of as
many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of
the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and
decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See
Deuce.
Set (n.) That dimension of
the body of a type called by printers the width.
Setae (pl. ) of Seta
Seta (n.) Any slender,
more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar,
the slender spines of a crustacean, the hairlike processes of a protozoan, the
bristles or stiff hairs on the leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the
capsule of a moss.
Seta (n.) One of the
movable chitinous spines or hooks of an annelid. They usually arise in clusters
from muscular capsules, and are used in locomotion and for defense. They are
very diverse in form.
Seta (n.) One of the
spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds.
Setaceous (a.) Set with,
or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail.
Setaceous (a.) Bristelike
in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf.
Setback (n.) Offset, n.,
4.
Setback (n.) A backset; a
countercurrent; an eddy.
Setback (n.) A backset; a
check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse.
Setbolt (n.) An iron pin,
or bolt, for fitting planks closely together.
Setbolt (n.) A bolt used
for forcing another bolt out of its hole.
Setdown (n.) The humbling
of a person by act or words, especially by a retort or a reproof; the retort or
the reproof which has such effect.
Setee (n.) See 2d Settee.
Seten () obs. imp. pl. of Sit.
Sat.
Setewale (n.) See
Cetewale.
Set-fair (n.) In
plastering, a particularly good troweled surface.
Setfoil (n.) See Septfoil.
Sethen (adv. & conj.) See
Since.
Sethic (a.) See Sothic.
Setiferous (a.) Producing,
or having one or more, bristles.
Setiform (a.) Having the
form or structure of setae.
Setiger (n.) An annelid
having setae; a chaetopod.
Setigerous (a.) Covered
with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setae; setiferous; as, setigerous
glands; a setigerous segment of an annelid; specifically (Bot.), tipped with a
bristle.
Setim (n.) See Shittim.
Setiparous (a.) Producing
setae; -- said of the organs from which the setae of annelids arise.
Setireme (n.) A swimming
leg (of an insect) having a fringe of hairs on the margin.
Setness (n.) The quality
or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.
Set-off (n.) That which is
set off against another thing; an offset.
Set-off (n.) That which is
used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament.
Set-off (n.) A
counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the
defendant against the plaintiff's demand.
Set-off (n.) Same as
Offset, n., 4.
Set-off (n.) See Offset,
7.
Seton (n.) A few silk
threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen or the like, introduced beneath the
skin by a knife or needle, so as to form an issue; also, the issue so formed.
Setose (a.) Alt. of Setous
Setous (a.) Thickly set
with bristles or bristly hairs.
Setout (n.) A display, as
of plate, equipage, etc.; that which is displayed.
Set-stitched (a.) Stitched
according to a formal pattern.
Sett (n.) See Set, n., 2
(e) and 3.
Settee (n.) A long seat
with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.
Settee (n.) A vessel with
a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used
in the Mediterranean.
Setter (n.) One who, or
that which, sets; -- used mostly in composition with a noun, as typesetter; or
in combination with an adverb, as a setter on (or inciter), a setter up, a
setter forth.
Setter (n.) A hunting dog
of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the
pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game
birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by
sitting or crouching.
Setter (n.) One who hunts
victims for sharpers.
Setter (n.) One who adapts
words to music in composition.
Setter (n.) An adornment;
a decoration; -- with off.
Setter (n.) A shallow
seggar for porcelain.
Setter (v. t.) To cut the
dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.
Setterwort (n.) The
bear's-foot (Helleborus f/tidus); -- so called because the root was used in
settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also pegroots.
Setting (n.) The act of
one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting
of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set)
of a current.
Setting (n.) The act of
marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter.
Setting (n.) Something set
in, or inserted.
Setting (n.) That in which
something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.
Settle (n.) A seat of any
kind.
Settle (n.) A bench;
especially, a bench with a high back.
Settle (n.) A place made
lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.
Settled (imp. & p. p.) of
Settle
Settling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Settle
Settle (n.) To place in a
fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to
fix; esp., to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the like.
Settle (n.) To establish
in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church,
society, or parish; as, to settle a minister.
Settle (n.) To cause to be
no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to
compose.
Settle (n.) To clear of
dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said
of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee.
Settle (n.) To restore or
bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads,
and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads.
Settle (n.) To cause to
sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to render close or compact; as, to
settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it.
Settle (n.) To determine,
as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from unscertainty or
wavering; to make sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to quiet;
as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle questions of law; to settle the
succession to a throne; to settle an allowance.
Settle (n.) To adjust, as
something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a
quarrel.
Settle (n.) To adjust, as
accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.
Settle (n.) Hence, to pay;
as, to settle a bill.
Settle (n.) To plant with
inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the
Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
Settle (v. i.) To become
fixed or permanent; to become stationary; to establish one's self or itself; to
assume a lasting form, condition, direction, or the like, in place of a
temporary or changing state.
Settle (v. i.) To fix
one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who
settled in Britain.
Settle (v. i.) To enter
into the married state, or the state of a householder.
Settle (v. i.) To be
established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of
law.
Settle (v. i.) To become
firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the effects of rain or frost have
disappeared; as, the roads settled late in the spring.
Settle (v. i.) To become
clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in
suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing.
Settle (v. i.) To sink to
the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a
reserveir.
Settle (v. i.) To sink
gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc.
Settle (v. i.) To become
calm; to cease from agitation.
Settle (v. i.) To adjust
differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his
creditors.
Settle (v. i.) To make a
jointure for a wife.
Settledness (n.) The
quality or state of being settled; confirmed state.
Settlement (n.) The act of
setting, or the state of being settled.
Settlement (n.)
Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation
as pastor.
Settlement (n.) The act of
peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization;
occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country.
Settlement (n.) The act or
process of adjusting or determining; composure of doubts or differences;
pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; adjustment; as, settlement
of a controversy, of accounts, etc.
Settlement (n.) Bestowal,
or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring
anything in a formal and permanent manner.
Settlement (n.) A
disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually
through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or
other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it.
Settlement (n.) That which
settles, or is settled, established, or fixed.
Settlement (n.) Matter
that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs.
Settlement (n.) A colony
newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West.
Settlement (n.) That which
is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a
jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of
money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his
salary.
Settlement (n.) The
gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the
foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material.
Settlement (n.) Fractures
or dislocations caused by settlement.
Settlement (n.) A settled
place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or
establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to
maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support.
Settler (n.) One who
settles, becomes fixed, established, etc.
Settler (n.) Especially,
one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter;
as, the first settlers of New England.
Settler (n.) That which
settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest.
Settler (n.) A vessel, as
a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed
to settle.
Settling (n.) The act of
one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of
colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
Settling (n.) That which
settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.
Set-to (n.) A contest in
boxing, in an argument, or the like.
Setulae (pl. ) of Setula
Setula (n.) A small, short
hair or bristle; a small seta.
Setule (n.) A setula.
Setulose (a.) Having small
bristles or setae.
Setwall (n.) A plant
formerly valued for its restorative qualities (Valeriana officinalis, or V.
Pyrenaica).
Seven (a.) One more than
six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week.
Seven (n.) The number
greater by one than six; seven units or objects.
Seven (n.) A symbol
representing seven units, as 7, or vii.
Sevenfold (a.) Repeated
seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or
amount.
Sevenfold (adv.) Seven
times as much or as often.
Sevennight (n.) A week;
any period of seven consecutive days and nights. See Sennight.
Sevenscore (n. & a.) Seven
times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty.
Seven-shooter (n.) A
firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one
capable of firing seven shots without reloading.
Seventeen (a.) One more
than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years.
Seventeen (n.) The number
greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and seven; seventeen units or
objects.
Seventeen (n.) A symbol
denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii.
Seventeenth (a.) Next in
order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others.
Seventeenth (a.)
Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is
divided.
Seventeenth (n.) The next
in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others.
Seventeenth (n.) The
quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or
divisions of one whole.
Seventeenth (n.) An
interval of two octaves and a third.
Seventh (a.) Next in order
after the sixth;; coming after six others.
Seventh (a.) Constituting
or being one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the
seventh part.
Seventh (n.) One next in
order after the sixth; one coming after six others.
Seventh (n.) The quotient
of a unit divided by seven; one of seven equal parts into which anything is
divided.
Seventh (n.) An interval
embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale.
Seventh (n.) A chord which
includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished.
Seven-thirties (n. pl.) A
name given to three several issues of United States Treasury notes, made during
the Civil War, in denominations of $50 and over, bearing interest at the rate of
seven and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent annually. Within a few years
they were all redeemed or funded.
Seventhly (adv.) In the
seventh place.
Seventieth (a.) Next in
order after the sixty-ninth; as, a man in the seventieth year of his age.
Seventieth (a.)
Constituting or being one of seventy equal parts.
Seventieth (n.) One next
in order after the sixty-ninth.
Seventieth (n.) The
quotient of a unit divided by seventy; one of seventy equal parts or fractions.
Seventy (a.) Seven times
ten; one more than sixty-nine.
Seventies (pl. ) of
Seventy
Seventy (n.) The sum of
seven times ten; seventy units or objects.
Seventy (n.) A symbol
representing seventy units, as 70, or lxx.
Seventy-four (n.) A naval
vessel carrying seventy-four guns.
Seven-up (n.) The game of
cards called also all fours, and old sledge.
Severed (imp. &. p. p.) of
Sever
Severing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sever
Sever (v. t.) To separate,
as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way,
especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as, to sever the head from
the body.
Sever (v. t.) To cut or
break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to
sever the arm or leg.
Sever (v. t.) To keep
distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.
Sever (v. t.) To disunite;
to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.
Sever (v. i.) To suffer
disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to
separate.
Sever (v. i.) To make a
separation or distinction; to distinguish.
Severable (a.) Capable of
being severed.
Several (a.) Separate;
distinct; particular; single.
Several (a.) Diverse;
different; various.
Several (a.) Consisting of
a number more than two, but not very many; divers; sundry; as, several persons
were present when the event took place.
Several (adv.) By itself;
severally.
Several (n.) Each
particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual.
Several (n.) Persons oe
objects, more than two, but not very many.
Several (n.) An inclosed
or separate place; inclosure.
Severalities (pl. ) of
Severality
Severality (n.) Each
particular taken singly; distinction.
Severalize (v. t.) To
distinguish.
Severally (adv.)
Separately; distinctly; apart from others; individually.
Severalty (n.) A state of
separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right.
Severance (n.) The act of
severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation.
Severance (n.) The act of
dividing; the singling or severing of two or more that join, or are joined, in
one writ; the putting in several or separate pleas or answers by two or more
disjointly; the destruction of the unity of interest in a joint estate.
Severe (superl.) Serious
in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.
Severe (superl.) Very
strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent;
rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment.
Severe (superl.) Rigidly
methodical, or adherent to rule or principle; exactly conformed to a standard;
not allowing or employing unneccessary ornament, amplification, etc.; strict; --
said of style, argument, etc.
Severe (superl.) Sharp;
afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune;
severe cold.
Severe (superl.) Difficult
to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a severe test.
Severities (pl. ) of
Severity
Severity (n.) The quality
or state of being severe.
Severity (n.) Gravity or
austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand
or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties.
Severity (n.) The quality
or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree; extremity; intensity;
inclemency; as, the severity of pain or anguish; the severity of cold or heat;
the severity of the winter.
Severity (n.) Harshness;
cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of
war.
Severity (n.) Exactness;
rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test.
Severy (n.) A bay or
compartment of a vaulted ceiling.
Sevocation (n.) A calling
aside.
Sevres blue () A very light blue.
Sevres ware () Porcelain
manufactured at Sevres, France, ecpecially in the national factory situated
there.
Sew (n.) Juice; gravy; a
seasoned dish; a delicacy.
Sew (v. t.) To follow; to
pursue; to sue.
Sewed (imp.) of Sew
Sewed (p. p.) of Sew
Sewn () of Sew
Sewing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sew
Sew (v. t.) To unite or
fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.
Sew (v. t.) To close or
stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip.
Sew (v. t.) To inclose by
sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.
Sew (v. i.) To practice
sewing; to work with needle and thread.
Sew (v. t.) To drain, as a
pond, for taking the fish.
Sewage (n.) The contents
of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers
Sewage (n.) Sewerage, 2.
Sewe (v. i.) To perform
the duties of a sewer. See 3d Sewer.
Sewel (n.) A scarecrow,
generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from
breaking into a place.
Sewellel (n.) A peculiar
gregarious burrowing rodent (Haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the
Northwestern United States. It somewhat resembles a muskrat or marmot, but has
only a rudimentary tail. Its head is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is
brownish above, gray beneath. It constitutes the family Haplodontidae. Called
also boomer, showt'l, and mountain beaver.
Sewen (n.) A British trout
usually regarded as a variety (var. Cambricus) of the salmon trout.
Sewer (n.) One who sews,
or stitches.
Sewer (n.) A small
tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk;
as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana)
Sewer (n.) A drain or
passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel,
particularly in cities.
Sewer (n.) Formerly, an
upper servant, or household officer, who set on and removed the dishes at a
feast, and who also brought water for the hands of the guests.
Sewerage (n.) The
construction of a sewer or sewers.
Sewerage (n.) The system
of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means
of sewers.
Sewerage (n.) The material
collected in, and discharged by, sewers.
Sewin (n.) Same as Sewen.
Sewing (n.) The act or
occupation of one who sews.
Sewing (n.) That which is
sewed with the needle.
Sewster (n.) A seamstress.
Sex- () A combining form meaning
six; as, sexdigitism; sexennial.
Sex (n.) The
distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the
physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of properties or
qualities by which male is distinguished from female.
Sex (n.) One of the two
divisions of organic beings formed on the distinction of male and female.
Sex (n.) The capability in
plants of fertilizing or of being fertilized; as, staminate and pistillate
flowers are of opposite sexes.
Sex (n.) One of the groups
founded on this distinction.
Sexagenarian (n.) A person
who is sixty years old.
Sexagenary (a.) Pertaining
to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old.
Sexagenary (n.) Something
composed of sixty parts or divisions.
Sexagenary (n.) A
sexagenarian.
Sexagesima (n.) The second
Sunday before Lent; -- so called as being about the sixtieth day before Easter.
Sexagesimal (a.)
Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty.
Sexagesimal (n.) A
sexagesimal fraction.
Sexangle (n.) A hexagon.
Sexangled (a.) Alt. of
Sexangular
Sexangular (a.) Having six
angles; hexagonal.
Sexangularly (adv.)
Hexagonally.
Sexavalent (a.) See
Sexivalent.
Sexdigitism (n.) The state
of having six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot.
Sexdigitist (n.) One who
has six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot.
Sexed (a.) Belonging to
sex; having sex; distinctively male of female; as, the sexed condition.
Sexenary (a.) Proceeding
by sixes; sextuple; -- applied especially to a system of arithmetical
computation in which the base is six.
Sexennial (a.) Lasting six
years, or happening once in six years.
Sexennial (n.) A sexennial
event.
Sexennially (adv.) Once in
six years.
Sexfid (a.) Alt. of
Sexifid
Sexifid (a.) Six-cleft;
as, a sexfid calyx or nectary.
Sexisyllabic (a.) Having
six syllables.
Sexisyllable (n.) A word
of six syllables.
Sexivalent (a.)
Hexavalent.
Sexless (a.) Having no
sex.
Sexlocular (a.) Having six
cells for seeds; six-celled; as, a sexlocular pericarp.
Sexly (a.) Pertaining to
sex.
Sexradiate (a.) Having six
rays; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. of Spicule.
Sext (n.) The office for
the sixth canonical hour, being a part of the Breviary.
Sext (n.) The sixth book
of the decretals, added by Pope Boniface VIII.
Sextain (n.) A stanza of
six lines; a sestine.
Sextans (n.) A Roman coin,
the sixth part of an as.
Sextans (n.) A
constellation on the equator south of Leo; the Sextant.
Sextant (n.) The sixth
part of a circle.
Sextant (n.) An instrument
for measuring angular distances between objects, -- used esp. at sea, for
ascertaining the latitude and longitude. It is constructed on the same optical
principle as Hadley's quadrant, but usually of metal, with a nicer graduation,
telescopic sight, and its arc the sixth, and sometimes the third, part of a
circle. See Quadrant.
Sextant (n.) The
constellation Sextans.
Sextaries (pl. ) of
Sextary
Sextary (n.) An ancient
Roman liquid and dry measure, about equal to an English pint.
Sextary (n.) A sacristy.
Sextet (n.) Alt. of
Sextetto
Sextetto (n.) See Sestet.
Sexteyn (n.) A sacristan.
Sextic (a.) Of the sixth
degree or order.
Sextic (n.) A quantic of
the sixth degree.
Sextile (a.) Measured by
sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees.
Sextile (n.) The aspect or
position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two
signs. This position is marked thus: /.
Sextillion (n.) According
to the method of numeration (which is followed also in the United States), the
number expressed by a unit with twenty-one ciphers annexed. According to the
English method, a million raised to the sixth power, or the number expressed by
a unit with thirty-six ciphers annexed. See Numeration.
Sextos (pl. ) of Sexto
Sexto (n.) A book
consisting of sheets each of which is folded into six leaves.
Sextodecimo (a.) Having
sixteen leaves to a sheet; of, or equal to, the size of one fold of a sheet of
printing paper when folded so as to make sixteen leaves, or thirty-two pages;
as, a sextodecimo volume.
Sextodecimos (pl. ) of
Sextodecimo
Sextodecimo (n.) A book
composed of sheets each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence,
indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; -- usually written 16mo,
or 16¡.
Sextolet (n.) A double
triplet; a group of six equal notes played in the time of four.
Sexton (n.) An under
officer of a church, whose business is to take care of the church building and
the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging to the church, to attend on the
officiating clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the church,
such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc.
Sextoness (n.) A female
sexton; a sexton's wife.
Sextonry (n.) Sextonship.
Sextonship (n.) The office
of a sexton.
Sextry (n.) See Sacristy.
Sextuple (a.) Six times as
much; sixfold.
Sextuple (a.) Divisible by
six; having six beats; as, sixtuple measure.
Sexual (a.) Of or
pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction
and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive genital organs of the
sexes; proceeding from, or based upon, sex; as, sexual characteristics; sexual
intercourse, connection, or commerce; sexual desire; sexual diseases; sexual
generation.
Sexualist (n.) One who
classifies plants by the sexual method of Linnaeus.
Sexuality (n.) The quality
or state of being distinguished by sex.
Sexualize (v. t.) To
attribute sex to.
Sexually (adv.) In a
sexual manner or relation.
Sey () Alt. of Seyh
Seyh () imp. sing. & 2d pers. pl.
of See.
Seye () Alt. of Seyen
Seyen () imp. pl. & p. p. of See.
Seynd () p. p. of Senge, to
singe.
Seynt (n.) A gridle. See
1st Seint.
Sforzando (a.) Alt. of
Sforzato
Sforzato (a.) Forcing or
forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed
with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando),
sf, sfz, or /.
Sfumato (a.) Having vague
outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance; --
said of a painting.
Sgraffito (a.) Scratched;
-- said of decorative painting of a certain style, in which a white overland
surface is cut or scratched through, so as to form the design from a dark ground
underneath.
Shab (n.) The itch in
animals; also, a scab.
Shabbed (imp. & p. p.) of
Shab
Shabbing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shab
Shab (v. t.) To play mean
tricks; to act shabbily.
Shab (v. t.) To scratch;
to rub.
Shabbed (a.) Shabby.
Shabbily (adv.) In a
shabby manner.
Shabbiness (n.) The
quality or state of being sghabby.
Shabble (n.) Alt. of
Shabble
Shabble (n.) A kind of
crooked sword or hanger.
Shabby (n.) Torn or worn
to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
Shabby (n.) Clothed with
ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.
Shabby (n.) Mean; paltry;
despicable; as, shabby treatment.
Shabrack (n.) The
saddlecloth or housing of a cavalry horse.
Shack (v. t.) To shed or
fall, as corn or grain at harvest.
Shack (v. t.) To feed in
stubble, or upon waste corn.
Shack (v. t.) To wander as
a vagabond or a tramp.
Shack (n.) The grain left
after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground.
Shack (n.) Liberty of
winter pasturage.
Shack (n.) A shiftless
fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
Shackatory (n.) A hound.
Shackle (n.) Stubble.
Shackle (n.) Something
which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion;
specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a
similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a
strap; a gyve; a fetter.
Shackle (n.) Hence, that
which checks or prevents free action.
Shackle (n.) A fetterlike
band worn as an ornament.
Shackle (n.) A link or
loop, as in a chain, fitted with a movable bolt, so that the parts can be
separated, or the loop removed; a clevis.
Shackle (n.) A link for
connecting railroad cars; -- called also drawlink, draglink, etc.
Shackle (n.) The hinged
and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple.
Shackled (imp. & p. p.) of
Shackle
Shackling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shackle
Shackle (v. t.) To tie or
confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to
fetter; to chain.
Shackle (v. t.)
Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to
impede; to cumber.
Shackle (v. t.) To join by
a link or chain, as railroad cars.
Shacklock (n.) A sort of
shackle.
Shackly (a.) Shaky;
rickety.
Shad (n. sing. & pl.) Any
one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American
species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and
ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The
European allice shad, or alose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are
less important species.
Shadbird (n.) The
American, or Wilson's, snipe. See under Snipe. So called because it appears at
the same time as the shad.
Shadbird (n.) The common
European sandpiper.
Shadd (n.) Rounded stones
containing tin ore, lying at the surface of the ground, and indicating a vein.
Shadde () obs. imp. of Shed.
Shaddock (n.) A tree
(Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a large species of orange; -- called
also forbidden fruit, and pompelmous.
Shade (n.) Comparative
obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial
darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated
and the source of light.
Shade (n.) Darkness;
obscurity; -- often in the plural.
Shade (n.) An obscure
place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat.
Shade (n.) That which
intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also,
that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter;
cover; as, a lamp shade.
Shade (n.) Shadow.
Shade (n.) The soul after
its separation from the body; -- so called because the ancients it to be
perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the
shades of departed heroes.
Shade (n.) The darker
portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above.
Shade (n.) Degree or
variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate
shade of pink.
Shade (n.) A minute
difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc.; also, the
quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by
slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms.
Shaded (imp. & p. p.) of
Shade
Shading (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shade
Shade (v. t.) To shelter
or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
Shade (v. t.) To shelter;
to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes.
Shade (v. t.) To obscure;
to dim the brightness of.
Shade (v. t.) To pain in
obscure colors; to darken.
Shade (v. t.) To mark with
gradations of light or color.
Shade (v. t.) To present a
shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
Shadeful (a.) Full of
shade; shady.
Shadeless (a.) Being
without shade; not shaded.
Shader (n.) One who, or
that which, shades.
Shadily (adv.) In a shady
manner.
Shadiness (n.) Quality or
state of being shady.
Shading (n.) Act or
process of making a shade.
Shading (n.) That filling
up which represents the effect of more or less darkness, expressing rotundity,
projection, etc., in a picture or a drawing.
Shadoof (n.) A machine,
resembling a well sweep, used in Egypt for raising water from the Nile for
irrigation.
Shadow (n.) Shade within
defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and
representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the
shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1.
Shadow (n.) Darkness;
shade; obscurity.
Shadow (n.) A shaded
place; shelter; protection; security.
Shadow (n.) A reflected
image, as in a mirror or in water.
Shadow (n.) That which
follows or attends a person or thing like a shadow; an inseparable companion;
hence, an obsequious follower.
Shadow (n.) A spirit; a
ghost; a shade; a phantom.
Shadow (n.) An imperfect
and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth;
hence, mystical representation; type.
Shadow (n.) A small
degree; a shade.
Shadow (n.) An uninvited
guest coming with one who is invited.
Shadowed (imp. & p. p.) of
Shadow
Shadowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shadow
Shadow (n.) To cut off
light from; to put in shade; to shade; to throw a shadow upon; to overspead with
obscurity.
Shadow (n.) To conceal; to
hide; to screen.
Shadow (n.) To protect; to
shelter from danger; to shroud.
Shadow (n.) To mark with
gradations of light or color; to shade.
Shadow (n.) To represent
faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically.
Shadow (n.) To cloud; to
darken; to cast a gloom over.
Shadow (n.) To attend as
closely as a shadow; to follow and watch closely, especially in a secret or
unobserved manner; as, a detective shadows a criminal.
Shadowiness (n.) The
quality or state of being shadowy.
Shadowing (n.) Shade, or
gradation of light and color; shading.
Shadowing (n.) A faint
representation; an adumbration.
Shadowish (a.) Shadowy;
vague.
Shadowless (a.) Having no
shadow.
Shadowy (a.) Full of shade
or shadows; causing shade or shadow.
Shadowy (a.) Hence, dark;
obscure; gloomy; dim.
Shadowy (a.) Not brightly
luminous; faintly light.
Shadowy (a.) Faintly
representative; hence, typical.
Shadowy (a.)
Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor.
Shadrach (n.) A mass of
iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so
called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the
fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.)
Shad-spirit (n.) See
Shadbird (a)
Shad-waiter (n.) A lake
whitefish; the roundfish. See Roundfish.
Shady (superl.) Abounding
in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade.
Shady (superl.) Sheltered
from the glare of light or sultry heat.
Shady (superl.) Of or
pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be seen or known; equivocal;
dubious or corrupt.
Shaffle (v. i.) To hobble
or limp; to shuffle.
Shaffler (n.) A hobbler;
one who limps; a shuffer.
Shafiite (n.) A member of
one of the four sects of the Sunnites, or Orthodox Mohammedans; -- so called
from its founder, Mohammed al-Shafei.
Shaft (n.) The slender,
smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.
Shaft (n.) The long handle
of a spear or similar weapon; hence, the weapon itself; (Fig.) anything regarded
as a shaft to be thrown or darted; as, shafts of light.
Shaft (n.) That which
resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long,
slender part, especially when cylindrical.
Shaft (n.) The trunk,
stem, or stalk of a plant.
Shaft (n.) The stem or
midrib of a feather.
Shaft (n.) The pole, or
tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill.
Shaft (n.) The part of a
candlestick which supports its branches.
Shaft (n.) The handle or
helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc.
Shaft (n.) A pole,
especially a Maypole.
Shaft (n.) The body of a
column; the cylindrical pillar between the capital and base (see Illust. of
Column). Also, the part of a chimney above the roof. Also, the spire of a
steeple.
Shaft (n.) A column, an
obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument.
Shaft (n.) A rod at the
end of a heddle.
Shaft (n.) A solid or
hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and
revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and
to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine.
Shaft (n.) A humming bird
(Thaumastura cora) having two of the tail feathers next to the middle ones very
long in the male; -- called also cora humming bird.
Shaft (n.) A well-like
excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly so, made for reaching and
raising ore, for raising water, etc.
Shaft (n.) A long passage
for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft.
Shaft (n.) The chamber of
a blast furnace.
Shafted (a.) Furnished
with a shaft, or with shafts; as, a shafted arch.
Shafted (a.) Having a
shaft; -- applied to a spear when the head and the shaft are of different
tinctures.
Shafting (n.) Shafts,
collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion.
Shaftman (n.) Alt. of
Shaftment
Shaftment (n.) A measure
of about six inches.
Shag (n.) Coarse hair or
nap; rough, woolly hair.
Shag (n.) A kind of cloth
having a long, coarse nap.
Shag (n.) A kind of
prepared tobacco cut fine.
Shag (n.) Any species of
cormorant.
Shag (a.) Hairy; shaggy.
Shagged (imp. & p. p.) of
Shag
Shagging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shag
Shag (v. t.) To make hairy
or shaggy; hence, to make rough.
Shagbark (n.) A
rough-barked species of hickory (Carya alba), its nut. Called also shellbark.
See Hickory.
Shagbark (n.) The West
Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous tree with a red coiled-up pod.
Shagebush (n.) A sackbut.
Shagged (a.) Shaggy;
rough.
Shagginess (n.) The
quality or state of being shaggy; roughness; shaggedness.
Shaggy (n.) Rough with
long hair or wool.
Shaggy (n.) Rough; rugged;
jaggy.
Shag-haired (a.) Having
shaggy hair.
Shag-rag (n.) The unkempt
and ragged part of the community.
Shagreen (v. t.) To
chagrin.
Shagreen (n.) A kind of
untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses,
asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round
granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds
into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off
the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of
the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into
relief. It is used for covering small cases and boxes.
Shagreen (n.) The skin of
various small sharks and other fishes when having small, rough, bony scales. The
dogfishes of the genus Scyllium furnish a large part of that used in the arts.
Shagreen (a.) Alt. of
Shagreened
Shagreened (a.) Made or
covered with the leather called shagreen.
Shagreened (a.) Covered
with rough scales or points like those on shagreen.
Shah (n.) The title of the
supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries, especially Persia.
Shahin (n.) A large and
swift Asiatic falcon (Falco pregrinator) highly valued in falconry.
Shaik (n.) See Sheik.
Shail (v. i.) To walk
sidewise.
Shake () obs. p. p. of Shake.
Shook (imp.) of Shake
Shaken (p. p.) of Shake
Shook () of Shake
Shaking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shake
Shake (v.) To cause to
move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to
make to tremble or shiver; to agitate.
Shake (v.) Fig.: To move
from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the
resolution of.
Shake (v.) To give a
tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music.
Shake (v.) To move or
remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's
self of; -- generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down
from a tree.
Shake (v. i.) To be
agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to
totter.
Shake (n.) The act or
result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and
other; a trembling, quaking, or shivering; agitation.
Shake (n.) A fissure or
crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly.
Shake (n.) A fissure in
rock or earth.
Shake (n.) A rapid
alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of
the staff above or below it; a trill.
Shake (n.) One of the
staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
Shake (n.) A shook of
staves and headings.
Shake (n.) The redshank;
-- so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
Shakedown (n.) A temporary
substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps
originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose.
Shakefork (n.) A fork for
shaking hay; a pitchfork.
Shaken (a.) Caused to
shake; agitated; as, a shaken bough.
Shaken (a.) Cracked or
checked; split. See Shake, n., 2.
Shaken (n.) Impaired, as
by a shock.
Shaker (n.) A person or
thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.
Shaker (n.) One of a
religious sect who do not marry, popularly so called from the movements of the
members in dancing, which forms a part of their worship.
Shaker (n.) A variety of
pigeon.
Shakeress (n.) A female
Shaker.
Shakerism (n.) Doctrines
of the Shakers.
Shakespearean (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his works.
Shakiness (n.) Quality of
being shaky.
Shakings (n. pl.) Deck
sweepings, refuse of cordage, canvas, etc.
Shako (n.) A kind of
military cap or headdress.
Shaky (superl.) Shaking or
trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand.
Shaky (superl.) Full of
shakes or cracks; cracked; as, shaky timber.
Shaky (superl.) Easily
shaken; tottering; unsound; as, a shaky constitution; shaky business credit.
Shale (n.) A shell or
husk; a cod or pod.
Shale (n.) A fine-grained
sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
Shale (v. t.) To take off
the shell or coat of; to shell.
Should (imp.) of Shall
Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.)
To owe; to be under obligation for.
Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.)
To be obliged; must.
Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.)
As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived
from the person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or
promise your going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and third
persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the auxillary be emphasized, the
command is made more imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It
is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, "the day shall come when . . .
, " since a promise or threat and an authoritative prophecy nearly coincide in
significance. In shall with the first person, the necessity of the action is
sometimes implied as residing elsewhere than in the speaker; as, I shall suffer;
we shall see; and there is always a less distinct and positive assertion of his
volition than is indicated by will. "I shall go" implies nearly a simple
futurity; more exactly, a foretelling or an expectation of my going, in which,
naturally enough, a certain degree of plan or intention may be included;
emphasize the shall, and the event is described as certain to occur, and the
expression approximates in meaning to our emphatic "I will go." In a question,
the relation of speaker and source of obligation is of course transferred to the
person addressed; as, "Shall you go?" (answer, "I shall go"); "Shall he go?" i.
e., "Do you require or promise his going?" (answer, "He shall go".) The same
relation is transferred to either second or third person in such phrases as "You
say, or think, you shall go;" "He says, or thinks, he shall go." After a
conditional conjunction (as if, whether) shall is used in all persons to express
futurity simply; as, if I, you, or he shall say they are right. Should is
everywhere used in the same connection and the same senses as shall, as its
imperfect. It also expresses duty or moral obligation; as, he should do it
whether he will or not. In the early English, and hence in our English Bible,
shall is the auxiliary mainly used, in all the persons, to express simple
futurity. (Cf. Will, v. t.) Shall may be used elliptically; thus, with an adverb
or other word expressive of motion go may be omitted.
Shalli (n.) See Challis.
Shallon (n.) An evergreen
shrub (Gaultheria Shallon) of Northwest America; also, its fruit. See
Salal-berry.
Shalloon (n.) A thin,
loosely woven, twilled worsted stuff.
Shallop (n.) A boat.
Shallot (n.) A small kind
of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in
spring; a scallion, or eschalot.
Shallow (superl.) Not
deep; having little depth; shoal.
Shallow (superl.) Not deep
in tone.
Shallow (superl.) Not
intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or
knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning.
Shallow (n.) A place in a
body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.
Shallow (n.) The rudd.
Shallow (v. t.) To make
shallow.
Shallow (v. i.) To become
shallow, as water.
Shallow-bodied (a.) Having
a moderate depth of hold; -- said of a vessel.
Shallow-brained (a.) Weak
in intellect; foolish; empty-headed.
Shallow-hearted (a.)
Incapable of deep feeling.
Shallowly (adv.) In a
shallow manner.
Shallowness (n.) Quality
or state of being shallow.
Shallow-pated (a.)
Shallow-brained.
Shallow-waisted (a.)
Having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depression amidships; -- said of a
vessel.
Shalm (n.) See Shawm.
Shalt () 2d per. sing. of Shall.
Shaly (a.) Resembling
shale in structure.
Sham (n.) That which
deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a
make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.
Sham (n.) A false front,
or removable ornamental covering.
Sham (a.) False;
counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.
Shammed (imp. & p. p.) of
Sham
Shamming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sham
Sham (v. t.) To trick; to
cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.
Sham (v. t.) To obtrude by
fraud or imposition.
Sham (v. t.) To assume the
manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
Sham (v. i.) To make false
pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.
Shama (n.) A saxicoline
singing bird (Kittacincla macroura) of India, noted for the sweetness and power
of its song. In confinement it imitates the notes of other birds and various
animals with accuracy. Its head, neck, back, breast, and tail are glossy black,
the rump white, the under parts chestnut.
Shaman (n.) A priest of
Shamanism; a wizard among the Shamanists.
Shamanic (a.) Of or
pertaining to Shamanism.
Shamanism (n.) The type of
religion which once prevalied among all the Ural-Altaic peoples (Tungusic,
Mongol, and Turkish), and which still survives in various parts of Northern
Asia. The Shaman, or wizard priest, deals with good as well as with evil
spirits, especially the good spirits of ancestors.
Shamanist (n.) An adherent
of Shamanism.
Shamble (n.) One of a
succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is
thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher
level.
Shamble (n.) A place where
butcher's meat is sold.
Shamble (n.) A place for
slaughtering animals for meat.
Shambled (imp. & p. p.) of
Shamble
Shambling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shamble
Shamble (v. i.) To walk
awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along.
Shambling (a.)
Characterized by an awkward, irregular pace; as, a shambling trot; shambling
legs.
Shambling (n.) An awkward,
irregular gait.
Shame (n.) A painful
sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done
something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or
modesty prompts us to conceal.
Shame (n.) Reproach
incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt.
Shame (n.) The cause or
reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the
estimation of others; disgrace.
Shame (n.) The parts which
modesty requires to be covered; the private parts.
Shamed (imp. & p. p.) of
Shame
Shaming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shame
Shame (v. t.) To make
ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of
conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame.
Shame (v. t.) To cover
with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
Shame (v. t.) To mock at;
to deride.
Shame (n.) To be ashamed;
to feel shame.
Shamefaced (n.) Easily
confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest.
Shamefast (a.) Modest;
shamefaced.
Shameful (a.) Bringing
shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful.
Shameful (a.) Exciting the
feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a shameful sight.
Shameless (a.) Destitute
of shame; wanting modesty; brazen-faced; insensible to disgrace.
Shameless (a.) Indicating
want of modesty, or sensibility to disgrace; indecent; as, a shameless picture
or poem.
Shame-proof (n.)
Shameless.
Shamer (n.) One who, or
that which, disgraces, or makes ashamed.
Shammer (n.) One who
shams; an impostor.
Shammy (n.) The chamois.
Shammy (n.) A soft, pliant
leather, prepared originally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also
from the skin of the sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See Shamoying.
Shamois (n.) Alt. of
Shamoy
Shamoy (n.) See Shammy.
Shamoying (n.) A process
used in preparing certain kinds of leather, which consists in frizzing the skin,
and working oil into it to supply the place of the astringent (tannin, alum, or
the like) ordinarily used in tanning.
Shampooed (imp. & p. p.)
of Shampoo
Shampooing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shampoo
Shampoo (v. t.) To press
or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to
stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath.
Shampoo (v. t.) To wash
throughly and rub the head of (a person), with the fingers, using either soap,
or a soapy preparation, for the more thorough cleansing.
Shampoo (n.) The act of
shampooing.
Shampooer (n.) One who
shampoos.
Shamrock (n.) A trifoliate
plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick
once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.
Shandrydan (n.) A jocosely
depreciative name for a vehicle.
Shandygaff (n.) A mixture
of strong beer and ginger beer.
Shanghaied (imp. & p. p.)
of Shanghai
Shanghaiing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shanghai
Shanghai (v. t.) To
intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition.
Shanghai (n.) A large and
tall breed of domestic fowl.
Shank (n.) See Chank.
Shank (v.) The part of the
leg from the knee to the foot; the shin; the shin bone; also, the whole leg.
Shank (v.) Hence, that
part of an instrument, tool, or other thing, which connects the acting part with
a handle or other part, by which it is held or moved.
Shank (v.) That part of a
key which is between the bow and the part which enters the wards of the lock.
Shank (v.) The middle part
of an anchor, or that part which is between the ring and the arms.
Shank (v.) That part of a
hoe, rake, knife, or the like, by which it is secured to a handle.
Shank (v.) A loop forming
an eye to a button.
Shank (v.) The space
between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
Shank (v.) A large ladle
for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
Shank (v.) The body of a
type.
Shank (v.) The part of the
sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
Shank (v.) A wading bird
with long legs; as, the green-legged shank, or knot; the yellow shank, or
tattler; -- called also shanks.
Shank (v.) Flat-nosed
pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make
them round.
Shank (v. i.) To fall off,
as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting
footstalk; -- usually followed by off.
Shankbeer (n.) See
Schenkbeer.
Shanked (a.) Having a
shank.
Shanker (n.) See Chancre.
Shannies (pl. ) of Shanny
Shanny (n.) The European
smooth blenny (Blennius pholis). It is olive-green with irregular black spots,
and without appendages on the head.
Shan't () A contraction of shall
not.
Shanty (a.) Jaunty; showy.
Shanties (pl. ) of Shanty
Shanty (n.) A small, mean
dwelling; a rough, slight building for temporary use; a hut.
Shanty (v. i.) To inhabit
a shanty.
Shapable (a.) That may be
shaped.
Shapable (a.) Shapely.
Shaped (imp.) of Shape
Shaped (p. p.) of Shape
Shapen () of Shape
Shaping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shape
Shape (n.) To form or
create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form
or figure to.
Shape (n.) To adapt to a
purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel.
Shape (n.) To image; to
conceive; to body forth.
Shape (n.) To design; to
prepare; to plan; to arrange.
Shape (v. i.) To suit; to
be adjusted or conformable.
Shape (n.) Character or
construction of a thing as determining its external appearance; outward aspect;
make; figure; form; guise; as, the shape of a tree; the shape of the head; an
elegant shape.
Shape (n.) That which has
form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being.
Shape (n.) A model; a
pattern; a mold.
Shape (n.) Form of
embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment
or example, as of some quality.
Shape (n.) Dress for
disguise; guise.
Shape (n.) A rolled or
hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section
different from merchant bar.
Shape (n.) A piece which
has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely
forged or fitted.
Shapeless (a.) Destitute
of shape or regular form; wanting symmetry of dimensions; misshapen; -- opposed
to shapely.
Shapeliness (n.) The
quality or state of being shapely.
Shapely (superl.)
Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical.
Shapely (superl.) Fit;
suitable.
Shaper (n.) One who
shapes; as, the shaper of one's fortunes.
Shaper (n.) That which
shapes; a machine for giving a particular form or outline to an object.
Shaper (n.) A kind of
planer in which the tool, instead of the work, receives a reciprocating motion,
usually from a crank.
Shaper (n.) A machine with
a vertically revolving cutter projecting above a flat table top, for cutting
irregular outlines, moldings, etc.
Shapoo (n.) The oorial.
Shard (n.) A plant; chard.
Shard (n.) A piece or
fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an
egg or snail.
Shard (n.) The hard wing
case of a beetle.
Shard (n.) A gap in a
fence.
Shard (n.) A boundary; a
division.
Shard-borne (a.) Borne on
shards or scaly wing cases.
Sharded (a.) Having
elytra, as a beetle.
Shardy (a.) Having, or
consisting of, shards.
Share (n.) The part
(usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom
of a furrow; a plowshare.
Share (n.) The part which
opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed.
Share (v.) A certain
quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence.
Share (v.) Especially, the
part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a
number; a portion among others; an apportioned lot; an allotment; a dividend.
Share (v.) Hence, one of a
certain number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is
divided; as, a ship owned in ten shares.
Share (v.) The pubes; the
sharebone.
Shared (imp. & p. p.) of
Share
Sharing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Share
Share (v. t.) To part
among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide.
Share (v. t.) To partake
of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess
in common; as, to share a shelter with another.
Share (v. t.) To cut; to
shear; to cleave; to divide.
Share (v. i.) To have
part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others.
Sharebeam (n.) The part of
the plow to which the share is attached.
Sharebone (n.) The public
bone.
Sharebroker (n.) A broker
who deals in railway or other shares and securities.
Shareholder (n.) One who
holds or owns a share or shares in a joint fund or property.
Sharer (n.) One who
shares; a participator; a partaker; also, a divider; a distributer.
Sharewort (n.) A composite
plant (Aster Tripolium) growing along the seacoast of Europe.
Shark (v. t. & i.) Any one
of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in
all seas.
Shark (v. t. & i.) A
rapacious, artful person; a sharper.
Shark (v. t. & i.)
Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark.
Shark (v. t.) To pick or
gather indiscriminately or covertly.
Sharked (imp. & p. p.) of
Shark
Sharking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shark
Shark (v. i.) To play the
petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle.
Shark (v. i.) To live by
shifts and stratagems.
Sharker (n.) One who lives
by sharking.
Sharking (n.) Petty
rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices.
Sharock (n.) An East
Indian coin of the value of 12/ pence sterling, or about 25 cents.
Sharp (superl.) Having a
very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or
dull; keen.
Sharp (superl.)
Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or
edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features.
Sharp (superl.) Affecting
the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or
smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the
hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye,
instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash.
Sharp (superl.) High in
pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone.
Sharp (superl.) Raised a
semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C/), which is a half step, or semitone, higher
than C.
Sharp (superl.) So high as
to be out of tune, or above true pitch; as, the tone is sharp; that instrument
is sharp. Opposed in all these senses to flat.
Sharp (superl.) Very
trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp
pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air.
Sharp (superl.) Cutting in
language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a
sharp rebuke.
Sharp (superl.) Of keen
perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute;
penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or
judgment.
Sharp (superl.) Eager in
pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite.
Sharp (superl.) Fierce;
ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
Sharp (superl.) Keenly or
unduly attentive to one's own interest; close and exact in dealing; shrewd; as,
a sharp dealer; a sharp customer.
Sharp (superl.) Composed
of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand.
Sharp (superl.) Steep;
precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve.
Sharp (superl.) Uttered in
a whisper, or with the breath alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such
as p, k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated.
Sharp (adv.) To a point or
edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
Sharp (adv.) Precisely;
exactly; as, we shall start at ten o'clock sharp.
Sharp (n.) A sharp tool or
weapon.
Sharp (n.) The character
[/] used to indicate that the note before which it is placed is to be raised a
half step, or semitone, in pitch.
Sharp (n.) A sharp tone or
note.
Sharp (n.) A portion of a
stream where the water runs very rapidly.
Sharp (n.) A sewing needle
having a very slender point; a needle of the most pointed of the three grades,
blunts, betweens, and sharps.
Sharp (n.) Same as
Middlings, 1.
Sharp (n.) An expert.
Sharped (imp. & p. p.) of
Sharp
Sharping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sharp
Sharp (v. t.) To sharpen.
Sharp (v. t.) To raise
above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a half
step, or semitone, above the natural tone.
Sharp (v. i.) To play
tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
Sharp (v. i.) To sing
above the proper pitch.
Sharp-cut (a.) Cut sharply
or definitely, or so as to make a clear, well-defined impression, as the lines
of an engraved plate, and the like; clear-cut; hence, having great distinctness;
well-defined; clear.
Sarpened (imp. & p. p.) of
Sharpen
Sharpening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sharpen
Sharpen (a.) To make
sharp.
Sharpen (a.) To give a
keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth
of a saw.
Sharpen (a.) To render
more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.
Sharpen (a.) To make more
eager; as, to sharpen men's desires.
Sharpen (a.) To make more
pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease.
Sharpen (a.) To make
biting, sarcastic, or severe.
Sharpen (a.) To render
more shrill or piercing.
Sharpen (a.) To make more
tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar.
Sharpen (a.) To raise, as
a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to.
Sharpen (v. i.) To grow or
become sharp.
Sharper (n.) A person who
bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a
cheating gamester.
Sharpie (n.) A long,
sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with one or two masts carrying a triangular sail.
They are often called Fair Haven sharpies, after the place on the coast of
Connecticut where they originated.
Sharpling (n.) A
stickleback.
Sharply (adv.) In a sharp
manner,; keenly; acutely.
Sharpness (n.) The quality
or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.
Sharpsaw (n.) The great
titmouse; -- so called from its harsh call notes.
Sharp-set (a.) Eager in
appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an
eagle or a lion sharp-set.
Sharpshooter (n.) One
skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman.
Sharpshooting (n.) A
shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keen contest of wit or
argument.
Sharp-sighted (a.) Having
quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively.
Sharptail (n.) The pintail
duck.
Sharptail (n.) The pintail
grouse, or prairie chicken.
Sharp-witted (a.) Having
an acute or nicely discerning mind.
Shash (n.) The scarf of a
turban.
Shash (n.) A sash.
Shaster (n.) Alt. of
Shastra
Shastra (n.) A treatise
for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; a book of institutes;
especially, a treatise explaining the Vedas.
Shathmont (n.) A
shaftment.
Shattered (imp. & p. p.)
of Shatter
Shattering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shatter
Shatter (v. t.) To break
at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to
rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam
shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning.
Shatter (v. t.) To
disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his
constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered.
Shatter (v. t.) To scatter
about.
Shatter (v. i.) To be
broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied.
Shatter (n.) A fragment of
anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to
break a glass into shatters.
Shatter-brained (a.) Alt.
of Shatter-pated
Shatter-pated (a.)
Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild.
Shattery (a.) Easily
breaking into pieces; not compact; loose of texture; brittle; as, shattery spar.
Shave () obs. p. p. of Shave.
Shaved (imp.) of Shave
Shaved (p. p.) of Shave
Shaven () of Shave
Shaving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shave
Shave (v. t.) To cut or
pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to
cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard.
Shave (v. t.) To make bare
or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of;
especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to
take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head;
he shaved himself.
Shave (v. t.) To cut off
thin slices from; to cut in thin slices.
Shave (v. t.) To skim
along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
Shave (v. t.) To strip; to
plunder; to fleece.
Shave (v. i.) To use a
razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a
bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat.
Shave (v. t.) A thin
slice; a shaving.
Shave (v. t.) A cutting of
the beard; the operation of shaving.
Shave (v. t.) An
exorbitant discount on a note.
Shave (v. t.) A premium
paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to
vary a stock contract in any particular.
Shave (v. t.) A hand tool
consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a
spokeshave.
Shave (v. t.) The act of
passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close
shave.
Shaveling (n.) A man
shaved; hence, a monk, or other religious; -- used in contempt.
Shaver (n.) One who
shaves; one whose occupation is to shave.
Shaver (n.) One who is
close in bargains; a sharper.
Shaver (n.) One who
fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
Shaver (n.) A boy; a lad;
a little fellow.
Shaver (n.) A tool or
machine for shaving.
Shaving (n.) The act of
one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard
with a razor.
Shaving (n.) That which is
shaved off; a thin slice or strip pared off with a shave, a knife, a plane, or
other cutting instrument.
Shaw (n.) A thicket; a
small wood or grove.
Shaw (n.) The leaves and
tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc.
Shawfowl (n.) The
representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at.
Shawl (n.) A square or
oblong cloth of wool, cotton, silk, or other textile or netted fabric, used,
especially by women, as a loose covering for the neck and shoulders.
Shawl (v. t.) To wrap in a
shawl.
Shawm (n.) A wind
instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the
clarinet or the hautboy in form.
Shawnees (n. pl.) A tribe
of North American Indians who occupied Western New York and part of Ohio, but
were driven away and widely dispersed by the Iroquois.
Shay (n.) A chaise.
She (obj.) This or that
female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of the female sex, or
object personified as feminine, which was spoken of.
She (obj.) A woman; a
female; -- used substantively.
Sheading (v. t.) A
tithing, or division, in the Isle of Man, in which there is a coroner, or chief
constable. The island is divided into six sheadings.
Sheaf (n.) A sheave.
Sheaves (pl. ) of Sheaf
Sheaf (n.) A quantity of
the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of
grain or straw.
Sheaf (n.) Any collection
of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient
to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four.
Sheaf (v. t.) To gather
and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat.
Sheaf (v. i.) To collect
and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.
Sheafy (a.) Pertaining to,
or consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves; resembling a sheaf.
Sheal (n.) Same as
Sheeling.
Sheal (v. t.) To put under
a sheal or shelter.
Sheal (v. t.) To take the
husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod.
Sheal (n.) A shell or pod.
Shealing (n.) The outer
husk, pod, or shell, as of oats, pease, etc.; sheal; shell.
Shealing (n.) Same as
Sheeling.
Sheared (imp.) of Shear
Shore () of Shear
Sheared (p. p.) of Shear
Shorn () of Shear
Shearing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shear
Shear (v. t.) To cut,
clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear
sheep; to shear cloth.
Shear (v. t.) To separate
or sever with shears or a similar instrument; to cut off; to clip (something)
from a surface; as, to shear a fleece.
Shear (v. t.) To reap, as
grain.
Shear (v. t.) Fig.: To
deprive of property; to fleece.
Shear (v. t.) To produce a
change of shape in by a shear. See Shear, n., 4.
Shear (v. t.) A pair of
shears; -- now always used in the plural, but formerly also in the singular. See
Shears.
Shear (v. t.) A shearing;
-- used in designating the age of sheep.
Shear (v. t.) An action,
resulting from applied forces, which tends to cause two contiguous parts of a
body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of
contact; -- also called shearing stress, and tangential stress.
Shear (v. t.) A strain, or
change of shape, of an elastic body, consisting of an extension in one
direction, an equal compression in a perpendicular direction, with an unchanged
magnitude in the third direction.
Shear (v. i.) To deviate.
See Sheer.
Shear (v. i.) To become
more or less completely divided, as a body under the action of forces, by the
sliding of two contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direction parallel
to their plane of contact.
Shearbill (n.) The black
skimmer. See Skimmer.
Sheard (n.) See Shard.
Shearer (n.) One who
shears.
Shearer (n.) A reaper.
Shearing (n.) The act or
operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep,
or the nap from cloth.
Shearing (n.) The product
of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine; as, the
whole shearing of a flock; the shearings from cloth.
Shearing (n.) Same as
Shearling.
Shearing (n.) The act or
operation of reaping.
Shearing (n.) The act or
operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates.
Shearing (n.) The process
of preparing shear steel; tilting.
Shearing (n.) The process
of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
Shearling (n.) A sheep but
once sheared.
Shearmen (pl. ) of
Shearman
Shearman (n.) One whose
occupation is to shear cloth.
Shearn (n.) Dung;
excrement.
Shears (n.) A cutting
instrument.
Shears (n.) An instrument
consisting of two blades, commonly with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and
working on both sides of the material to be cut, -- used for cutting cloth and
other substances.
Shears (n.) A similar
instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, -- used for
shearing sheep or skins.
Shears (n.) A shearing
machine; a blade, or a set of blades, working against a resisting edge.
Shears (n.) Anything in
the form of shears.
Shears (n.) A pair of
wings.
Shears (n.) An apparatus
for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower
masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened
together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the
necessary tackle.
Shears (n.) The bedpiece
of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured; as, the shears
of a lathe or planer. See Illust. under Lathe.
Sheartail (n.) The common
tern.
Sheartail (n.) Any one of
several species of humming birds of the genus Thaumastura having a long forked
tail.
Shearwater (n.) Any one of
numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related
genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P.
Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P.
major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon.
Sheatfish (n.) A European
siluroid fish (Silurus glanis) allied to the cat-fishes. It is the largest
fresh-water fish of Europe, sometimes becoming six feet or more in length. See
Siluroid.
Sheath (n.) A case for the
reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a
scabbard.
Sheath (n.) Any sheathlike
covering, organ, or part.
Sheath (n.) The base of a
leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses.
Sheath (n.) One of the
elytra of an insect.
Sheathbill (n.) Either one
of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionidae,
native of the islands of the Antarctic seas.
Sheathed (imp. & p. p.) of
Sheathe
Sheating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sheathe
Sheathe (v. t.) To put
into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath
or case.
Sheathe (v. t.) To fit or
furnish, as with a sheath.
Sheathe (v. t.) To case or
cover with something which protects, as thin boards, sheets of metal, and the
like; as, to sheathe a ship with copper.
Sheathe (v. t.) To obtund
or blunt, as acrimonious substances, or sharp particles.
Sheathed (a.) Povided
with, or inclosed in, sheath.
Sheathed (a.) Invested by
a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as
the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate.
Sheather (n.) One who
sheathes.
Sheathfish (n.) Same as
Sheatfish.
Sheathing (p. pr. & a.)
Inclosing with a sheath; as, the sheathing leaves of grasses; the sheathing
stipules of many polygonaceous plants.
Sheathing (n.) That which
sheathes.
Sheathing (n.) The casing
or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; the materials for such covering; as,
copper sheathing.
Sheathing (n.) The first
covering of boards on the outside wall of a frame house or on a timber roof;
also, the material used for covering; ceiling boards in general.
Sheathless (a.) Without a
sheath or case for covering; unsheathed.
Sheath-winged (a.) Having
elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle.
Sheathy (a.) Forming or
resembling a sheath or case.
Shea tree () An African
sapotaceous tree (Bassia, / Butyrospermum, Parkii), from the seeds of which a
substance resembling butter is obtained; the African butter tree.
Sheave (v.) A wheel having
a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the
like; the wheel of a pulley.
Sheave (v. t.) To gather
and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect.
Sheaved (a.) Made of
straw.
Shebander (n.) A harbor
master, or ruler of a port, in the East Indies.
Shebang (n.) A jocosely
depreciative name for a dwelling or shop.
Shebeen (n.) A low public
house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are
illegally and privately sold.
Shechinah (n.) See
Shekinah.
Shecklaton (n.) A kind of
gilt leather. See Checklaton.
Shed (n.) A slight or
temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually
open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed.
Shed (imp. & p. p.) of
Shed
Shedding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shed
Shed (v. t.) To separate;
to divide.
Shed (v. t.) To part with;
to throw off or give forth from one's self; to emit; to diffuse; to cause to
emanate or flow; to pour forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she
shed tears; the clouds shed rain.
Shed (v. t.) To let fall;
to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls
shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves.
Shed (v. t.) To cause to
flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth,
sheeds water.
Shed (v. t.) To sprinkle;
to intersperse; to cover.
Shed (v. t.) To divide, as
the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.
Shed (v. i.) To fall in
drops; to pour.
Shed (v. i.) To let fall
the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope.
Shed (n.) A parting; a
separation; a division.
Shed (n.) The act of
shedding or spilling; -- used only in composition, as in bloodshed.
Shed (n.) That which
parts, divides, or sheds; -- used in composition, as in watershed.
Shed (n.) The passageway
between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a
sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads.
Shedder (n.) One who, or
that which, sheds; as, a shedder of blood; a shedder of tears.
Shedder (n.) A crab in the
act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while still soft; -- applied
especially to the edible crabs, which are most prized while in this state.
Shedding (n.) The act of
shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood.
Shedding (n.) That which
is shed, or cast off.
Shelfa (n.) Alt. of Shilfa
Shilfa (n.) The chaffinch;
-- so named from its call note.
Sheeling (n.) A hut or
small cottage in an expessed or a retired place (as on a mountain or at the
seaside) such as is used by shepherds, fishermen, sportsmen, etc.; a summer
cottage; also, a shed.
Sheely (n.) Same as
Sheelfa.
Sheen (v. t.) Bright;
glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny.
Sheen (v. i.) To shine; to
glisten.
Sheen (n.) Brightness;
splendor; glitter.
Sheenly (adv.) Brightly.
Sheeny (a.) Bright;
shining; radiant; sheen.
Sheep (n. sing. & pl.) Any
one of several species of ruminants of the genus Ovis, native of the higher
mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.
Sheep (n. sing. & pl.) A
weak, bashful, silly fellow.
Sheep (n. sing. & pl.)
Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ,
the great Shepherd.
Sheepback (n.) A rounded
knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. -- produced by glacial action.
Called also roche moutonnee; -- usually in the plural.
Sheepberry (n.) The edible
fruit of a small North American tree of the genus Viburnum (V. Lentago), having
white flowers in flat cymes; also, the tree itself. Called also nannyberry.
Sheepbite (v. i.) To bite
or nibble like a sheep; hence, to practice petty thefts.
Sheepbiter (n.) One who
practices petty thefts.
Sheepcot (n.) Alt. of
Sheepcote
Sheepcote (n.) A small
inclosure for sheep; a pen; a fold.
Sheep-faced (a.)
Over-bashful; sheepish.
Sheepfold (n.) A fold or
pen for sheep; a place where sheep are collected or confined.
Sheep-headed (a.) Silly;
simple-minded; stupid.
Sheephook (n.) A hook
fastened to pole, by which shepherds lay hold on the legs or necks of their
sheep; a shepherd's crook.
Sheepish (a.) Of or
pertaining to sheep.
Sheepish (a.) Like a
sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess.
Sheepmaster (n.) A keeper
or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep.
Sheeprack (n.) The
starling.
Sheep's-eye (n.) A modest,
diffident look; a loving glance; -- commonly in the plural.
Sheep's-foot (n.) A
printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end
and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer.
Sheepshank (n.) A hitch by
which a rope may be temporarily shortened.
Sheepshead (n.) A large
and valuable sparoid food fish (Archosargus, / Diplodus, probatocephalus) found
on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It often weighs from ten to twelve
pounds.
Sheep-shearer (n.) One who
shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep.
Sheep-shearing (n.) Act of
shearing sheep.
Sheep-shearing (n.) A
feast at the time of sheep-shearing.
Sheepskin (n.) The skin of
a sheep; or, leather prepared from it.
Sheepskin (n.) A diploma;
-- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the
skin of the sheep.
Sheepsplit (n.) A split of
a sheepskin; one of the thin sections made by splitting a sheepskin with a
cutting knife or machine.
Sheepy (a.) Resembling
sheep; sheepish.
Sheer (v. i.) Bright;
clear; pure; unmixed.
Sheer (v. i.) Very thin or
transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.
Sheer (v. i.) Being only
what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer
nonsense.
Sheer (v. i.) Stright up
and down; vertical; prpendicular.
Sheer (adv.) Clean; quite;
at once.
Sheer (v. t.) To shear.
Sheered (imp. & p. p.) of
Sheer
Sheering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sheer
Sheer (v. i.) To decline
or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve; as, a
ship sheers from her course; a horse sheers at a bicycle.
Sheer (n.) The
longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as
when viewed from the side.
Sheer (n.) The position of
a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
Sheer (n.) A turn or
change in a course.
Sheer (n.) Shears See
Shear.
Sheerly (adv.) At once;
absolutely.
Sheerwater (n.) The
shearwater.
Sheet (v. t.) In general,
a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin
portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.
Sheet (v. t.) A broad
piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a
covering; especially, one used as an article of bedding next to the body.
Sheet (v. t.) A broad
piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed
upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.
Sheet (v. t.) A single
signature of a book or a pamphlet;
Sheet (v. t.) the book
itself.
Sheet (v. t.) A broad,
thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of
glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.
Sheet (v. t.) A broad
expanse of water, or the like.
Sheet (v. t.) A sail.
Sheet (v. t.) An extensive
bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
Sheet (v. t.) A rope or
chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation
to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or
a boom.
Sheet (v. t.) The space in
the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore
sheets; stern sheets.
Sheeted (imp. & p. p.) of
Sheet
Sheeting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sheet
Sheet (v. t.) To furnish
with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.
Sheet (v. t.) To expand,
as a sheet.
Sheet anchor (v. t.) A
large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also
waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor.
Sheet anchor (v. t.)
Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or
refuge.
Sheet cable () The cable
belonging to the sheet anchor.
Sheet chain () A chain sheet
cable.
Sheetfuls (pl. ) of
Sheetful
Sheetful (n.) Enough to
fill a sheet; as much as a sheet can hold.
Sheeting (n.) Cotton or
linen cloth suitable for bed sheets. It is sometimes made of double width.
Sheeting (n.) A lining of
planks or boards (rarely of metal) for protecting an embankment.
Sheeting (n.) The act or
process of forming into sheets, or flat pieces; also, material made into sheets.
Sheik (n.) The head of an
Arab family, or of a clan or a tribe; also, the chief magistrate of an Arab
village. The name is also applied to Mohammedan ecclesiastics of a high grade.
Sheil (n.) Alt. of
Sheiling
Sheiling (n.) See
Sheeling.
Shekel (n.) An ancient
weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.
Shekel (n.) A jocose term
for money.
Shekinah (n.) The visible
majesty of the Divine Presence, especially when resting or dwelling between the
cherubim on the mercy seat, in the Tabernacle, or in the Temple of Solomon; -- a
term used in the Targums and by the later Jews, and adopted by Christians.
Sheld (a.) Variegated;
spotted; speckled; piebald.
Sheldafle (n.) Alt. of
Sheldaple
Sheldaple (n.) A
chaffinch.
Sheldfowl (n.) The common
sheldrake.
Sheldrake (n.) Any one of
several species of large Old World ducks of the genus Tadorna and allied genera,
especially the European and Asiatic species. (T. cornuta, / tadorna), which
somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows.
Sheldrake (n.) Any one of
the American mergansers.
Shelduck (n.) The
sheldrake.
Shelves (pl. ) of Shelf
Shelf (v. i.) A flat
tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor,
to hold objects of use or ornament.
Shelf (v. i.) A sand bank
in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and
dangerous to ships.
Shelf (v. i.) A stratum
lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock.
Shelf (v. i.) A piece of
timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads.
Shelfy (a.) Abounding in
shelves; full of dangerous shallows.
Shelfy (a.) Full of strata
of rock.
Shell (n.) A hard outside
covering, as of a fruit or an animal.
Shell (n.) The covering,
or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell.
Shell (n.) A pod.
Shell (n.) The hard
covering of an egg.
Shell (n.) The hard
calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some
other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or
concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the
armadillo, the tortoise, and the like.
Shell (n.) Hence, by
extension, any mollusks having such a covering.
Shell (n.) A hollow
projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing
an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which
the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb.
Shell (n.) The case which
holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small
arms.
Shell (n.) Any slight
hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete
or filled in; as, the shell of a house.
Shell (n.) A coarse kind
of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one.
Shell (n.) An instrument
of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing
strings over a tortoise shell.
Shell (n.) An engraved
copper roller used in print works.
Shell (n.) The husks of
cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate,
cocoa, etc.
Shell (n.) The outer frame
or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
Shell (n.) A light boat
the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell.
Shelled (imp. & p. p.) of
Shell
Shelling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shell
Shell (v. t.) To strip or
break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts
or pease; to shell oysters.
Shell (v. t.) To separate
the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat, oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or
husk.
Shell (v. t.) To throw
shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to shell a town.
Shell (v. i.) To fall off,
as a shell, crust, etc.
Shell (v. i.) To cast the
shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in
falling.
Shell (v. i.) To be
disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping.
Shell-lac (n.) Alt. of
Shellac
Shellac (n.) See the Note
under 2d Lac.
Shellapple (n.) See
Sheldafle.
Shellbark (n.) A species
of hickory (Carya alba) whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a shagbark; also,
its nut.
Shelled (a.) Having a
shell.
Sheller (n.) One who, or
that which, shells; as, an oyster sheller; a corn sheller.
Shellfish (n.) Any aquatic
animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in
oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs.
Shelling (n.) Groats;
hulled oats.
Shell-less (a.) Having no
shell.
Shellproof (a.) Capable of
resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof.
Shellwork (n.) Work
composed of shells, or adorned with them.
Shelly (a.) Abounding with
shells; consisting of shells, or of a shell.
Shelter (n.) That which
covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.
Shelter (n.) One who
protects; a guardian; a defender.
Shelter (n.) The state of
being covered and protected; protection; security.
Sheltered (imp. & p. p.)
of Shelter
Sheltering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shelter
Shelter (v. t.) To be a
shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to
shield; to protect.
Shelter (v. t.) To screen
or cover from notice; to disguise.
Shelter (v. t.) To betake
to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively.
Shelter (v. i.) To take
shelter.
Shelterless (a.) Destitute
of shelter or protection.
Sheltery (a.) Affording
shelter.
Sheltie (n.) Alt. of
Shelty
Shelty (n.) A Shetland
pony.
Shelve (v. t.) To furnish
with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.
Shelve (v. t.) To place on
a shelf. Hence: To lay on the shelf; to put aside; to dismiss from service; to
put off indefinitely; as, to shelve an officer; to shelve a claim.
Shelved (imp. & p. p.) of
Shelve
Shelving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shelve
Shelve (v. i.) To incline
gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore.
Shelving (a.) Sloping
gradually; inclining; as, a shelving shore.
Shelving (n.) The act of
fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet.
Shelving (n.) The act of
laying on a shelf, or on the shelf; putting off or aside; as, the shelving of a
claim.
Shelving (n.) Material for
shelves; shelves, collectively.
Shelvy (a.) Sloping
gradually; shelving.
Shemite (n.) A descendant
of Shem.
Shemitic (a.) Alt. of
Shemitish
Shemitish (a.) Of or
pertaining to Shem, the son of Noah, or his descendants. See Semitic.
Shemitism (n.) See
Semitism.
Shent (imp. & p. p.) of
Shend
Shending (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shend
Shend (n.) To injure, mar,
spoil, or harm.
Shend (n.) To blame,
reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or put to shame.
Shendful (a.) Destructive;
ruinous; disgraceful.
Shendship (n.) Harm; ruin;
also, reproach; disgrace.
Shent () obs. 3d pers. sing.
pres. of Shend, for shendeth.
Shent (v. t.) To shend.
Sheol (n.) The place of
departed spirits; Hades; also, the grave.
Shepen (n.) A stable; a
shippen.
Shepherd (n.) A man
employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large.
Shepherd (n.) The pastor
of a church; one with the religious guidance of others.
Shepherded (imp. & p. p.)
of Shepherd
Shepherding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shepherd
Shepherd (v. t.) To tend
as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd.
Shepherdess (n.) A woman
who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass.
Shepherdias (pl. ) of
Shepherdia
Shepherdia (n.) A genus of
shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as
Elaeagnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo.
Shepherdish (n.)
Resembling a shepherd; suiting a shepherd; pastoral.
Shepherdism (n.) Pastoral
life or occupation.
Shepherdling (n.) A little
shepherd.
Shepherdly (a.)
Resembling, or becoming to, a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.
Shepster (n.) A
seamstress.
Sherbet (n.) A refreshing
drink, common in the East, made of the juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened,
and flavored in various ways; as, orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry
sherbet, etc.
Sherbet (n.) A flavored
water ice.
Sherbet (n.) A preparation
of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, sugar, etc., variously flavored, for
making an effervescing drink; -- called also sherbet powder.
Sherd (n.) A fragment; --
now used only in composition, as in potsherd. See Shard.
Shereef (n.) Alt. of
Sherif
Sherif (n.) A member of an
Arab princely family descended from Mohammed through his son-in-law Ali and
daughter Fatima. The Grand Shereef is the governor of Mecca.
Sheriat (n.) The sacred
law of the Turkish empire.
Sheriff (n.) The chief
officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws,
the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace.
Sheriffalty (n.) Alt. of
Sheriffwick
Sheriffdom (n.) Alt. of
Sheriffwick
Sheriffry (n.) Alt. of
Sheriffwick
Sheriffship (n.) Alt. of
Sheriffwick
Sheriffwick (n.) The
office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See Shrievalty.
Shern (n.) See Shearn.
Sherris (n.) Sherry.
Sherry (n.) A Spanish
light-colored dry wine, made in Andalusia. As prepared for commerce it is
colored a straw color or a deep amber by mixing with it cheap wine boiled down.
Sherryvallies (n. pl.)
Trousers or overalls of thick cloth or leather, buttoned on the outside of each
leg, and generally worn to protect other trousers when riding on horseback.
Shet (imp.) of Shet
Shette () of Shet
Shet (p. pr.) of Shet
Shetting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shet
Shet (v. t. & i.) To shut.
Shete (v. t. & i.) To
shoot.
Sheth (n.) The part of a
plow which projects downward beneath the beam, for holding the share and other
working parts; -- also called standard, or post.
Shetland pony () One of a small,
hardy breed of horses, with long mane and tail, which originated in the Shetland
Islands; a sheltie.
Shew (v. t. & i.) See
Show.
Shew (n.) Show.
Shewbread () See Showbread.
Shewel (n.) A scarecrow.
Shewer (n.) One who shews.
See Shower.
Shewn () p. p. of Shew.
Shiah (n.) Same as Shiite.
Shibboleth (n.) A word
which was made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites from the
Gileadites. The Ephraimites, not being able to pronounce sh, called the word
sibboleth. See Judges xii.
Shibboleth (n.) Also in an
extended sense.
Shibboleth (n.) Hence, the
criterion, test, or watchword of a party; a party cry or pet phrase.
Shide (n.) A thin board; a
billet of wood; a splinter.
Shie (v. t.) See Shy, to
throw.
Shied () imp. & p. p. of Shy.
Shiel (n.) A sheeling.
Shield (n.) A broad piece
of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for
the protection of the body. See Buckler.
Shield (n.) Anything which
protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
Shield (n.) Figuratively,
one who protects or defends.
Shield (n.) In lichens, a
Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or
asci.
Shield (n.) The escutcheon
or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See
Illust. of Escutcheon.
Shield (n.) A framework
used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being
pushed along as excavation progresses.
Shield (n.) A spot
resembling, or having the form of, a shield.
Shield (n.) A coin, the
old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
Shielded (imp. & p. p.) of
Shield
Shielding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shield
Shield (n.) To cover with,
or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault
or injury.
Shield (n.) To ward off;
to keep off or out.
Shield (n.) To avert, as a
misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!
Shield-bearer (n.) One
who, or that which, carries a shield.
Shield-bearer (n.) Any
small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for
itself out of bits of leaves.
Shielddrake (n.) A
sheldrake.
Shieldless (a.) Destitute
of a shield, or of protection.
Shieldtail (n.) Any
species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidae, native of Ceylon
and Southern Asia. They have a small mouth which can not be dilated.
Shieling (n.) A hut or
shelter for shepherds of fishers. See Sheeling.
Shifted (imp. & p. p.) of
Shift
Shifting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shift
Shift (v. t.) To divide;
to distribute; to apportion.
Shift (v. t.) To change
the place of; to move or remove from one place to another; as, to shift a burden
from one shoulder to another; to shift the blame.
Shift (v. t.) To change
the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or
sails.
Shift (v. t.) To exchange
for another of the same class; to remove and to put some similar thing in its
place; to change; as, to shift the clothes; to shift the scenes.
Shift (v. t.) To change
the clothing of; -- used reflexively.
Shift (v. t.) To put off
or out of the way by some expedient.
Shiff (v. i.) To divide;
to distribute.
Shiff (v. i.) To make a
change or changes; to change position; to move; to veer; to substitute one thing
for another; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb.
Shiff (v. i.) To resort to
expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
Shiff (v. i.) To practice
indirect or evasive methods.
Shiff (v. i.) To slip to
one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; -- said of ballast or
cargo; as, the cargo shifted.
Shift (v. t.) The act of
shifting.
Shift (v. t.) The act of
putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing;
change; substitution.
Shift (v. t.) Something
frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise.
Shift (v. t.) The change
of one set of workmen for another; hence, a spell, or turn, of work; also, a set
of workmen who work in turn with other sets; as, a night shift.
Shift (v. t.) In building,
the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc.,
that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
Shift (v. t.) A breaking
off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
Shift (v. t.) A change of
the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin.
Shiftable (a.) Admitting
of being shifted.
Shifter (n.) One who, or
that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.
Shifter (n.) An assistant
to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
Shifter (n.) An
arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
Shifter (n.) A wire for
changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
Shiftiness (n.) The
quality or state of being shifty.
Shifting (a.) Changing in
place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds;
shifting opinions or principles.
Shifting (a.) Adapted or
used for shifting anything.
Shiftingly (adv.) In a
shifting manner.
Shiftless (a.) Destitute
of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure,
especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or
incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow;
shiftless management.
Shifty (a.) Full of, or
ready with, shifts; fertile in expedients or contrivance.
Shiite (n.) Alt. of Shiah
Shiah (n.) A member of
that branch of the Mohammedans to which the Persians belong. They reject the
first three caliphs, and consider Ali as being the first and only rightful
successor of Mohammed. They do not acknowledge the Sunna, or body of traditions
respecting Mohammed, as any part of the law, and on these accounts are treated
as heretics by the Sunnites, or orthodox Mohammedans.
Shikaree (n.) Alt. of
Shikari
Shikari (n.) A sportsman;
esp., a native hunter.
Shilf (n.) Straw.
Shill (v. t.) To shell.
Shill (v. t.) To put under
cover; to sheal.
Shillalah (n.) Alt. of
Shillelah
Shillelah (n.) An oaken
sapling or cudgel; any cudgel; -- so called from Shillelagh, a place in Ireland
of that name famous for its oaks.
Shilling (n.) A silver
coin, and money of account, of Great Britain and its dependencies, equal to
twelve pence, or the twentieth part of a pound, equivalent to about twenty-four
cents of the United States currency.
Shilling (n.) In the
United States, a denomination of money, differing in value in different States.
It is not now legally recognized.
Shilling (n.) The Spanish
real, of the value of one eight of a dollar, or 12/ cets; -- formerly so called
in New York and some other States. See Note under 2.
Shill-I-shall-I (adv.)
Alt. of Shilly-shally
Shilly-shally (adv.) In an
irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner.
Shilly-shally (v. i.) To
hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy one's self with
trifles.
Shilly-shally (n.)
Irresolution; hesitation; also, occupation with trifles.
Shiloh (n.) A word used by
Jacob on his deathbed, and interpreted variously, as "the Messiah," or as the
city "Shiloh," or as "Rest."
Shily (adv.) See Shyly.
Shim (n.) A kind of
shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds.
Shim (n.) A thin piece of
metal placed between two parts to make a fit.
Shimmered (imp. & p. p.)
of Shimmer
Shimmering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shimmer
Shimmer (v. i.) To shine
with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten;
to glimmer.
Shimmer (n.) A faint,
tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer.
Shimmering (n.) A gleam or
glimmering.
Shimmy (n.) A chemise.
Shin (n.) The front part
of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of
the leg; the shank.
Shin (n.) A fish plate for
rails.
Shinned (imp. & p. p.) of
Shin
Shinning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shin
Shin (v. i.) To climb a
mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and
legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like; -- used with up; as, to shin up
a mast.
Shin (v. i.) To run about
borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at
the bank.
Shin (v. t.) To climb (a
pole, etc.) by shinning up.
Shindle (n.) A shingle;
also, a slate for roofing.
Shindle (v. t.) To cover
or roof with shindles.
Shindies (pl. ) of Shindy
Shindy (n.) An uproar or
disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot.
Shindy (n.) Hockey;
shinney.
Shindy (n.) A fancy or
liking.
Shone (imp. & p. p.) of
Shine
Shined () of Shine
Shining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shine
Shine (v. i.) To emit rays
of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or
splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night.
Shine (v. i.) To be bright
by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished
silver.
Shine (v. i.) To be
effulgent in splendor or beauty.
Shine (v. i.) To be
eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual
powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation.
Shine (v. t.) To cause to
shine, as a light.
Shine (v. t.) To make
bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes
of a deer at night by throwing a light on them.
Shine (n.) The quality or
state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen.
Shine (n.) Sunshine; fair
weather.
Shine (n.) A liking for a
person; a fancy.
Shine (n.) Caper; antic;
row.
Shine (v. i.) Shining;
sheen.
Shiner (n.) That which
shines.
Shiner (n.) A luminary.
Shiner (n.) A bright piece
of money.
Shiner (n.) Any one of
numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to
Notropis, or Minnilus, and allied genera; as the redfin (Notropis megalops), and
the golden shiner (Notemigonus chrysoleucus) of the Eastern United States; also
loosely applied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, or
horsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada.
Shiner (n.) The common
Lepisma, or furniture bug.
Shiness (n.) See Shyness.
Shingle (n.) Round,
water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones,
such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere.
Shingle (n.) A piece of
wood sawed or rived thin and small, with one end thinner than the other, -- used
in covering buildings, especially roofs, the thick ends of one row overlapping
the thin ends of the row below.
Shingle (n.) A sign for an
office or a shop; as, to hang out one's shingle.
Shingled (imp. &. p. p.)
of Shingle
Shingling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shingle
Shingle (v. t.) To cover
with shingles; as, to shingle a roof.
Shingle (v. t.) To cut, as
hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, as shingles on a
roof.
Shingle (v. t.) To subject
to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace.
Shingler (n.) One who
shingles.
Shingler (n.) A machine
for shingling puddled iron.
Shingles (n.) A kind of
herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and
is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.
Shingling (n.) The act of
covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.
Shingling (n.) The process
of expelling scoriae and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the
production of wrought iron.
Shingly (a.) Abounding
with shingle, or gravel.
Shinhopple (n.) The
hobblebush.
Shining (a.) Emitting
light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; as, shining lamps; also, bright by
the reflection of light; as, shining armor.
Shining (a.) Splendid;
illustrious; brilliant; distinguished; conspicious; as, a shining example of
charity.
Shining (a.) Having the
surface smooth and polished; -- said of leaves, the surfaces of shells, etc.
Shining (n.) Emission or
reflection of light.
Shiningness (n.)
Brightness.
Shinney (n.) The game of
hockey; -- so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on
the shin.
Shinplaster (n.) Formerly,
a jocose term for a bank note greatly depreciated in value; also, for paper
money of a denomination less than a dollar.
Shinto (n.) Alt. of
Shintiism
Shintiism (n.) One of the
two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship,
and sacrifice to dead heroes.
Shintoist (n.) An adherent
of Shintoism.
Shinty (n.) A Scotch game
resembling hockey; also, the club used in the game.
Shiny (superl.) Bright;
luminous; clear; unclouded.
-ship (n.) A suffix
denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; as in lordship, friendship,
chancellorship, stewardship, horsemanship.
Ship (n.) Pay; reward.
Ship (n.) Any large
seagoing vessel.
Ship (n.) Specifically, a
vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a
mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a
topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix.
Ship (n.) A dish or
utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
Shipped (imp. & p. p.) of
Ship
Shipping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ship
Ship (v. t.) To put on
board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water.
Ship (v. t.) By extension,
in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a
distance; as, to ship freight by railroad.
Ship (v. t.) Hence, to
send away; to get rid of.
Ship (v. t.) To engage or
secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen.
Ship (v. t.) To receive on
board ship; as, to ship a sea.
Ship (v. t.) To put in its
place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.
Ship (v. i.) To engage to
serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war.
Ship (v. i.) To embark on
a ship.
Shipboard (n.) A ship's
side; hence, by extension, a ship; -- found chiefly in adverbial phrases; as, on
shipboard; a shipboard.
Shipbuilder (n.) A person
whose occupation is to construct ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a
shipwright.
Shipbuilding (n.) Naval
architecturel the art of constructing ships and other vessels.
Shipfuls (pl. ) of Shipful
Shipful (n.) As much or as
many as a ship will hold; enough to fill a ship.
Shipholder (n.) A
shipowner.
Shipless (a.) Destitute of
ships.
Shiplet (n.) A little
ship.
Shipload (n.) The load, or
cargo, of a ship.
Shipmen (pl. ) of Shipman
Shipman (n.) A seaman, or
sailor.
Shipmaster (n.) The
captain, master, or commander of a ship.
Shipmate (n.) One who
serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor.
Shipment (n.) The act or
process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an
active shipment of wheat from the West.
Shipment (n.) That which
is shipped.
Shipowner (n.) Owner of a
ship or ships.
Shippen (n.) A stable; a
cowhouse.
Shipper (n.) One who sends
goods from one place to another not in the same city or town, esp. one who sends
goods by water.
Shipping (a.) Relating to
ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.
Shipping (a.) Relating to,
or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk.
Shipping (n.) The act of
one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.
Shipping (n.) The
collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.;
vessels, generally; tonnage.
Shipping (n.) Navigation.
Shippon (n.) A cowhouse; a
shippen.
Ship-rigged (a.) Rigged
like a ship, that is, having three masts, each with square sails.
Shipshape (a.) Arranged in
a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly.
Shipshape (adv.) In a
shipshape or seamanlike manner.
Shipworm (n.) Any long,
slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera. The shipworms
burrow in wood, and are destructive to wooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See
Teredo.
Shipwreck (n.) The
breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast
ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and
waves.
Shipwreck (n.) A ship
wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage.
Shipwreck (n.) Fig.:
Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
Shipwrecked (imp. & p. p.)
of Shipwreck
Shipwrecking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shipwreck
Shipwreck (v. t.) To
destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the
force of wind and waves in a tempest.
Shipwreck (v. t.) To cause
to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer
some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to
shipwreck a business.
Shipwright (n.) One whose
occupation is to construct ships; a builder of ships or other vessels.
Shipyard (n.) A yard,
place, or inclosure where ships are built or repaired.
Shiraz (n.) A kind of
Persian wine; -- so called from the place whence it is brought.
Shire (n.) A portion of
Great Britain originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial
division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller
district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Hallamshire.
Shire (n.) A division of a
State, embracing several contiguous townships; a county.
Shirked (imp. & p. p.) of
Shirk
Shirking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shirk
Shirk (v. t.) To procure
by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation.
Shirk (v. t.) To avoid; to
escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty.
Shirk (v. i.) To live by
shifts and fraud; to shark.
Shirk (v. i.) To evade an
obligation; to avoid the performance of duty, as by running away.
Shirk (n.) One who lives
by shifts and tricks; one who avoids the performance of duty or labor.
Shirker (n.) One who
shirks.
Shirky (a.) Disposed to
shirk.
Shirl (a.) Shrill.
Shirl (n.) See Schorl.
Shirley (n.) The
bullfinch.
Shirr (n.) A series of
close parallel runnings which are drawn up so as to make the material between
them set full by gatherings; -- called also shirring, and gauging.
Shirred (a.) Made or
gathered into a shirr; as, a shirred bonnet.
Shirred (a.) Broken into
an earthen dish and baked over the fire; -- said of eggs.
Shirt (n.) A loose
under-garment for the upper part of the body, made of cotton, linen, or other
material; -- formerly used of the under-garment of either sex, now commonly
restricted to that worn by men and boys.
Shirted (imp. & p. p.) of
Shirt
Shirting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shirt
Shirt (v. t. & i.) To
cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt.
Shirting (n.) Cloth,
specifically cotton cloth, suitable for making shirts.
Shirtless (a.) Not having
or wearing a shirt.
Shist () Alt. of Shistose
Shistose () See Shist, Schistose.
Shittah (n.) Alt. of
Shittah tree
Shittah tree (n.) A tree
that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc.,
of the Jewish tabernacle were made; -- now believed to have been the wood of the
Acacia Seyal, which is hard, fine grained, and yellowish brown in color.
Shittim (n.) Alt. of
Shittim wood
Shittim wood (n.) The wood
of the shittah tree.
Shittle (n.) A shuttle.
Shittle (a.) Wavering;
unsettled; inconstant.
Shittlecock (n.) A
shuttlecock.
Shittleness (n.)
Instability; inconstancy.
Shive (n.) A slice; as, a
shive of bread.
Shive (n.) A thin piece or
fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax
removed by the operation of breaking.
Shive (n.) A thin, flat
cork used for stopping a wide-mouthed bottle; also, a thin wooden bung for
casks.
Shiver (n.) One of the
small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden
violence; -- generally used in the plural.
Shiver (n.) A thin slice;
a shive.
Shiver (n.) A variety of
blue slate.
Shiver (n.) A sheave or
small wheel in a pulley.
Shiver (n.) A small wedge,
as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.
Shiver (n.) A spindle.
Shivered (imp. & p. p.) of
Shiver
Shivering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shiver
Shiver (v. t.) To break
into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow;
as, to shiver a glass goblet.
Shiver (v. i.) To separate
suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be shattered.
Shiver (v. i.) To tremble;
to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or fear.
Shiver (v. t.) To cause to
shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
Shiver (n.) The act of
shivering or trembling.
Shiveringly (adv.) In a
shivering manner.
Shiver-spar (n.) A variety
of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar.
Shivery (a.) Tremulous;
shivering.
Shivery (a.) Easily
broken; brittle; shattery.
Shoad (n.) A train of vein
material mixed with rubbish; fragments of ore which have become separated by the
action of water or the weather, and serve to direct in the discovery of mines.
Shoading (n.) The tracing
of veins of metal by shoads.
Shoal (n.) A great
multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal
of bass.
Shoaled (imp. & p. p.) of
Shoal
Shoaling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shoal
Shoal (v. i.) To assemble
in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place.
Shoal (a.) Having little
depth; shallow; as, shoal water.
Shoal (n.) A place where
the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow.
Shoal (n.) A sandbank or
bar which makes the water shoal.
Shoal (v. i.) To become
shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.
Shoal (v. t.) To cause to
become more shallow; to come to a more shallow part of; as, a ship shoals her
water by advancing into that which is less deep.
Shoaliness (n.) The
quality or state of being shoaly; little depth of water; shallowness.
Shoaling (a.) Becoming
shallow gradually.
Shoaly (a.) Full of
shoals, or shallow places.
Shoar (n.) A prop. See 3d
Shore.
Shoat (n.) A young hog.
Same as Shote.
Shock (n.) A pile or
assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field,
the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook.
Shock (n.) A lot
consisting of sixty pieces; -- a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose
goods.
Shock (v. t.) To collect,
or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook; as, to shock rye.
Shock (v. i.) To be
occupied with making shocks.
Shock (n.) A quivering or
shaking which is the effect of a blow, collision, or violent impulse; a blow,
impact, or collision; a concussion; a sudden violent impulse or onset.
Shock (n.) A sudden
agitation of the mind or feelings; a sensation of pleasure or pain caused by
something unexpected or overpowering; also, a sudden agitating or overpowering
event.
Shock (n.) A sudden
depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a port of it, marking
some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury,
overpowering emotion, or the like.
Shock (n.) The sudden
convulsion or contraction of the muscles, with the feeling of a concussion,
caused by the discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from a
charged body.
Shocked (imp. & p. p.) of
Shock
Shocking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shock
Shock (v.) To give a shock
to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter
with violence.
Shock (v.) To strike with
surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence
shocked his associates.
Shock (v. i.) To meet with
a shock; to meet in violent encounter.
Shock (n.) A dog with long
hair or shag; -- called also shockdog.
Shock (n.) A thick mass of
bushy hair; as, a head covered with a shock of sandy hair.
Shock (a.) Bushy; shaggy;
as, a shock hair.
Shockdog (n.) See 7th
Shock, 1.
Shock-head (a.)
Shock-headed.
Shock-headed (a.) Having a
thick and bushy head of hair.
Shocking (a.) Causing to
shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or
disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting.
Shod (imp. & p. p.) f
Shoe.
Shoddy (v. t.) A fibrous
material obtained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods,
old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.
Shoddy (v. t.) A fabric of
inferior quality made of, or containing a large amount of, shoddy.
Shoddy (a.) Made wholly or
in part of shoddy; containing shoddy; as, shoddy cloth; shoddy blankets; hence,
colloquially, not genuine; sham; pretentious; as, shoddy aristocracy.
Shoddyism (n.) The quality
or state of being shoddy.
Shode (v. t.) The parting
of the hair on the head.
Shode (v. t.) The top of
the head; the head.
Shode () Alt. of Shoding
Shoding () See Shoad, Shoading.
Shoder (n.) A package of
gold beater's skins in which gold is subjected to the second process of beating.
Shoes (pl. ) of Shoe
Shoon (pl. ) of Shoe
Shoe (n.) A covering for
the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole
and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg.
Shoe (n.) Anything
resembling a shoe in form, position, or use.
Shoe (n.) A plate or rim
of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury.
Shoe (n.) A band of iron
or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh,
or any vehicle which slides on the snow.
Shoe (n.) A drag, or
sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to
retard its motion in going down a hill.
Shoe (n.) The part of a
railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
Shoe (n.) A trough-shaped
or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the
eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.
Shoe (n.) The trough or
spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
Shoe (n.) An inclined
trough in an ore-crushing mill.
Shoe (n.) An iron socket
or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
Shoe (n.) An iron socket
to protect the point of a wooden pile.
Shoe (n.) A plate, or
notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which
it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also
slipper, and gib.
Shod (imp. & p. p.) of
Shoe
Shoeing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shoe
Shoe (n.) To furnish with
a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an
anchor.
Shoe (n.) To protect or
ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe; to tip.
Shoebill (n.) A large
African wading bird (Balaeniceps rex) allied to the storks and herons, and
remarkable for its enormous broad swollen bill. It inhabits the valley of the
White Nile. See Illust. (l.) of Beak.
Shoeblack (n.) One who
polishes shoes.
Shoehorn (n.) Alt. of
Shoeing-horn
Shoeing-horn (n.) A curved
piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the
foot into a shoe.
Shoeing-horn (n.) Anything
by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium; -- by way of contempt.
Shoeing-horn (n.) Anything
which draws on or allures; an inducement.
Shoeless (a.) Destitute of
shoes.
Shoemaker (n.) One whose
occupation it is to make shoes and boots.
Shoemaker (n.) The
threadfish.
Shoemaker (n.) The runner,
12.
Shoemaking (n.) The
business of a shoemaker.
Shoer (n.) One who fits
shoes to the feet; one who furnishes or puts on shoes; as, a shoer of horses.
Shog (n.) A shock; a jog;
a violent concussion or impulse.
Shog (v. t.) To shake; to
shock.
Shog (v. i.) To jog; to
move on.
Shoggle (v. t.) To joggle.
Shogun (n.) A title
originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern
provinces of Japan. By gradual usurpation of power the Shoguns (known to
foreigners as Tycoons) became finally the virtual rulers of Japan. The title was
abolished in 1867.
Shogunate (n.) The office
or dignity of a Shogun.
Shola (n.) See Sola.
Shole (n.) A plank fixed
beneath an object, as beneath the rudder of a vessel, to protect it from injury;
a plank on the ground under the end of a shore or the like.
Shole (n.) See Shoal.
Shonde (n.) Harm;
disgrace; shame.
Shone () imp. & p. p. of Shine.
Shoo (interj.) Begone;
away; -- an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls.
Shooi (n.) The
Richardson's skua (Stercorarius parasiticus);- so called from its cry.
Shook () imp. & obs. or poet. p.
p. of Shake.
Shook (n.) A set of staves
and headings sufficient in number for one hogshead, cask, barrel, or the like,
trimmed, and bound together in compact form.
Shook (n.) A set of boards
for a sugar box.
Shook (n.) The parts of a
piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together.
Shook (v. t.) To pack, as
staves, in a shook.
Shoon (n.) pl. of Shoe.
Shoop () imp. of Shape. Shaped.
Shoot (n.) An inclined
plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused
to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream,
where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current,
connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course.
Shot (imp. & p. p.) of
Shoot
Shooting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shoot
Shotten () of Shoot
Shoot (v. i.) To let fly,
or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a
word denoting the missile, as an object.
Shoot (v. i.) To
discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting
the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun.
Shoot (v. i.) To strike
with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a
firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object.
Shoot (v. i.) To send out
or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to
hurl; to discharge; to emit.
Shoot (v. i.) To push or
thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots
out a bud.
Shoot (v. i.) To plane
straight; to fit by planing.
Shoot (v. i.) To pass
rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a
sand bar.
Shoot (v. i.) To variegate
as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
Shoot (v. i.) To cause an
engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as,
they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides.
Shoot (v. i.) To discharge
a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.
Shoot (v. i.) To be shot
or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or
extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star.
Shoot (v. i.) To
penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.
Shoot (v. i.) To feel a
quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
Shoot (v. i.) To
germinate; to bud; to sprout.
Shoot (v. i.) To grow; to
advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.
Shoot (v. i.) To change
form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
Shoot (v. i.) To protrude;
to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.
Shoot (v. i.) To move
ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
Shoot (n.) The act of
shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.
Shoot (n.) A young branch
or growth.
Shoot (n.) A rush of
water; a rapid.
Shoot (n.) A vein of ore
running in the same general direction as the lode.
Shoot (n.) A weft thread
shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
Shoot (n.) A shoat; a
young hog.
Shooter (n.) One who
shoots, as an archer or a gunner.
Shooter (n.) That which
shoots.
Shooter (n.) A firearm;
as, a five-shooter.
Shooter (n.) A shooting
star.
Shooting (n.) The act of
one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the
shooting of rays of light.
Shooting (n.) A wounding
or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game; as, a
week of shooting.
Shooting (n.) A sensation
of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head.
Shooting (a.) Of or
pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
Shooty (a.) Sprouting or
coming up freely and regularly.
Shop () imp. of Shape. Shaped.
Shop (n.) A building or an
apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.
Shop (n.) A building in
which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop.
Shopped (imp. & p. p.) of
Shop
Shopping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shop
Shop (v. i.) To visit
shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.
Shopboard (n.) A bench or
board on which work is performed; a workbench.
Shopbook (n.) A book in
which a tradesman keeps his accounts.
Shopboy (n.) A boy
employed in a shop.
Shopen () p. p. of Shape.
Shopgirl (n.) A girl
employed in a shop.
Shopkeeper (n.) A trader
who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by
wholesale.
Shoplifter (n.) One who
steals anything in a shop, or takes goods privately from a shop; one who, under
pretense of buying goods, takes occasion to steal.
Shoplifting (n.) Larceny
committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop.
Shoplike (a.) Suiting a
shop; vulgar.
Shopmaid (n.) A shopgirl.
Shopmen (pl. ) of Shopman
Shopman (n.) A shopkeeper;
a retailer.
Shopman (n.) One who
serves in a shop; a salesman.
Shopman (n.) One who works
in a shop or a factory.
Shopper (n.) One who
shops.
Shoppish (a.) Having the
appearance or qualities of a shopkeeper, or shopman.
Shoppy (a.) Abounding with
shops.
Shoppy (a.) Of or
pertaining to shops, or one's own shop or business; as, shoppy talk.
Shopshift (n.) The trick
of a shopkeeper; deception.
Shopwalker (n.) One who
walks about in a shop as an overseer and director. Cf. Floorwalker.
Shopwomen (pl. ) of
Shopwoman
Shopwoman (n.) A woman
employed in a shop.
Shopworn (a.) Somewhat
worn or damaged by having been kept for a time in a shop.
Shorage (n.) Duty paid for
goods brought on shore.
Shore () imp. of Shear.
Shore (n.) A sewer.
Shore (n.) A prop, as a
timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other
structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking
or sagging.
Shored (imp. & p. p.) of
Shore
Shoring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shore
Shore (v. t.) To support
by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building.
Shore (v. t.) The coast or
land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river.
Shore (v. t.) To set on
shore.
Shoreless (a.) Having no
shore or coast; of indefinite or unlimited extent; as, a shoreless ocean.
Shoreling (n.) See
Shorling.
Shorer (n.) One who, or
that which, shores or props; a prop; a shore.
Shoreward (adv.) Toward
the shore.
Shoring (n.) The act of
supporting or strengthening with a prop or shore.
Shoring (n.) A system of
props; props, collectively.
Shorl (a.) Alt. of
Shorlaceous
Shorlaceous (a.) See
Schorl, Schorlaceous.
Shorling (n.) The skin of
a sheen after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin
taken from the dead sheep; also, a sheep of the first year's shearing.
Shorling (n.) A person who
is shorn; a shaveling; hence, in contempt, a priest.
Shorn () p. p. of Shear.
Short (superl.) Not long;
having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of
timber; a short flight.
Short (superl.) Not
extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short
breath.
Short (superl.) Limited in
quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or
of water.
Short (superl.)
Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not
coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to
be short of money.
Short (superl.) Deficient;
defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account
which is short of the trith.
Short (superl.) Not
distant in time; near at hand.
Short (superl.) Limited in
intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as
memory.
Short (superl.) Less
important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); --
with of.
Short (superl.) Abrupt;
brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.
Short (superl.) Breaking
or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.
Short (superl.) Brittle.
Short (superl.) Engaging
or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of
stock. See The shorts, under Short, n., and To sell short, under Short, adv.
Short (adv.) Not
prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and
applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same
letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i
in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet
is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation,
//22, 30.
Short (n.) A summary
account.
Short (n.) The part of
milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.
Short (n.) Short, inferior
hemp.
Short (n.) Breeches;
shortclothes.
Short (n.) A short sound,
syllable, or vowel.
Short (adv.) In a short
manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's
course; to turn short.
Short (v. t.) To shorten.
Short (v. i.) To fail; to
decrease.
Shortage (n.) Amount or
extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a
shortage in money accounts.
Short-breathed (a.) Having
short-breath, or quick respiration.
Short-breathed (a.) Having
short life.
Shortcake (n.) An
unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and
baked.
Short circuit () A circuit formed
or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of
relatively great conductivity.
Short-circuited (imp. & p. p.)
of Short-circuit
Short-circuiting (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Short-circuit
Short-circuit (v. t.) To
join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit,
by a conductor of low resistance.
Shortclothes (n.)
Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only
to the knees, -- worn with long stockings.
Shortcoming (n.) The act
of falling, or coming short
Shortcoming (n.) The
failure of a crop, or the like.
Shortcoming (n.) Neglect
of, or failure in, performance of duty.
Short-dated (a.) Having
little time to run from the date.
Shortened / (imp. & p. p.)
of Shorten
Shortening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shorten
Shorten (a.) To make short
or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a
road; to shorten days of calamity.
Shorten (a.) To reduce or
diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to
contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
Shorten (a.) To make
deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
Shorten (a.) To make short
or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.
Shorten (v. i.) To become
short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to
December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.
Shortener (n.) One who, or
that which, shortens.
Shortening (n.) The act of
making or becoming short or shorter.
Shortening (n.) That which
renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc.
Shorthand (n.) A
compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters,
abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography.
See Illust. under Phonography.
Short-handed (a.) Short
of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers.
Shorthead (n.) A sucking
whale less than one year old; -- so called by sailors.
Shorthorn (a.) One of a
breed of large, heavy domestic cattle having short horns. The breed was
developed in England.
Short-jointed (a.) Having
short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially
of a horse whose pastern is too short.
Short-lived (a.) Not
living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of
beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.
Shortly (adv.) In a short
or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
Shortly (adv.) In few
words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse
than in prose.
Shortness (n.) The quality
or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as,
the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness
of an essay; the shortness of the memory; a shortness of provisions; shortness
of breath.
Shortsighted (a.) Not able
to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic, and Myopia.
Shortsighted (a.) Fig.:
Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand things deep; of limited
intellect.
Shortsighted (a.) Having
little regard for the future; heedless.
Short-spoken (a.) Speaking
in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt.
Shortstop (n.) The player
stationed in the field bewtween the second and third bases.
Short-waisted (a.) Having
a short waist.
Short-winded (a.) Affected
with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult respiration, as dyspnoic and
asthmatic persons.
Shortwing (n.) Any one of
several species of small wrenlike Asiatic birds having short wings and a short
tail. They belong to Brachypterix, Callene, and allied genera.
Short-wited (a.) Having
little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.
Shory (a.) Lying near the
shore.
Shoshones (n. pl.) A
linguistic family or stock of North American Indians, comprising many tribes,
which extends from Montana and Idaho into Mexico. In a restricted sense the name
is applied especially to the Snakes, the most northern of the tribes.
Shot () imp. & p. p. of Shoot.
Shot (a.) Woven in such a
way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being
figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8.
Shot (v. t.) A share or
proportion; a reckoning; a scot.
Shot (pl. ) of Shot
Shots (pl. ) of Shot
Shot (n.) The act of
shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.
Shot (n.) A missile
weapon, particularly a ball or bullet; specifically, whatever is discharged as a
projectile from firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive.
Shot (n.) Small globular
masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game; as, bird
shot; buckshot.
Shot (n.) The flight of a
missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was
distant more than a cannon shot.
Shot (n.) A marksman; one
who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot.
Shotted (imp. & p. p.) of
Shot
Shotting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shot
Shot (v. t.) To load with
shot, as a gun.
Shot-clog (n.) A person
tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the
company, otherwise a mere clog on them.
Shote (v. t.) A fish
resembling the trout.
Shote (v. t.) A young hog;
a shoat.
Shot-free (a.) Not to be
injured by shot; shot-proof.
Shot-free (a.) Free from
charge or expense; hence, unpunished; scot-free.
Shotgun (n.) A light,
smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially designed for firing small
shot at short range, and killing small game.
Shot-proof (a.)
Impenetrable by shot.
Shots (n. pl.) The refuse
of cattle taken from a drove.
Shotted (a.) Loaded with
shot.
Shotted (a.) Having a shot
attached; as, a shotten suture.
Shotten (n.) Having
ejected the spawn; as, a shotten herring.
Shotten (n.) Shot out of
its socket; dislocated, as a bone.
Shough (n.) A shockdog.
Shough (interj.) See Shoo.
Should (imp.) Used as an
auxiliary verb, to express a conditional or contingent act or state, or as a
supposition of an actual fact; also, to express moral obligation (see Shall); e.
g.: they should have come last week; if I should go; I should think you could
go.
Shoulder (n.) The joint,
or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or
with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about
that joint.
Shoulder (n.) The flesh
and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that
part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; --
often used in the plural.
Shoulder (n.) Fig.: That
which supports or sustains; support.
Shoulder (n.) That which
resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a
thing.
Shoulder (n.) The upper
joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a
shoulder of mutton.
Shoulder (n.) The angle of
a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of Bastion.
Shoulder (n.) An abrupt
projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the
projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top
of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc.
Shouldered (imp. & p. p.)
of Shoulder
Shouldering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shoulder
Shoulder (v. t.) To push
or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle.
Shoulder (v. t.) To take
upon the shoulder or shoulders; as, to shoulder a basket; hence, to assume the
burden or responsibility of; as, to shoulder blame; to shoulder a debt.
Shouldered (a.) Having
shoulders; -- used in composition; as, a broad-shouldered man.
Shoulder-shotten (a.)
Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse.
Shouted (imp. & p. p.) of
Shout
Shouting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shout
Shout (v. i.) To utter a
sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract
attention, to animate soldiers, etc.
Shout (v. t.) To utter
with a shout; to cry; -- sometimes with out; as, to shout, or to shout out, a
man's name.
Shout (v. t.) To treat
with shouts or clamor.
Shout (n.) A loud burst of
voice or voices; a vehement and sudden outcry, especially of a multitudes
expressing joy, triumph, exultation, or animated courage.
Shouter (n.) One who
shouts.
Shoved (imp. & p. p.) of
Shove
Shoving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shove
Shove (v. t.) To drive
along by the direct and continuous application of strength; to push; especially,
to push (a body) so as to make it move along the surface of another body; as, to
shove a boat on the water; to shove a table across the floor.
Shove (v. t.) To push
along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle.
Shove (v. i.) To push or
drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling.
Shove (v. i.) To move off
or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat;
sometimes with off.
Shove (n.) The act of
shoving; a forcible push.
Shove () p. p. of Shove.
Shoveboard (n.) Alt. of
Shovegroat
Shovegroat (n.) The same
as Shovelboard.
Shovel (v. t.) An
implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a
handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose
substances.
Shoveled (imp. & p. p.) of
Shovel
Shovelled () of Shovel
Shoveling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shovel
Shovelling () of Shovel
Shovel (v. t.) To take up
and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out
of a pit.
Shovel (v. t.) To gather
up as with a shovel.
Shovelard (n.) Shoveler.
Shovelbill (n.) The
shoveler.
Shovelboard (n.) A board
on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to
reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard,
shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny.
Shovelboard (n.) A game
played on board ship in which the aim is to shove or drive with a cue wooden
disks into divisions chalked on the deck; -- called also shuffleboard.
Shoveler (n.) One who, or
that which, shovels.
Shoveler (n.) A river duck
(Spatula clypeata), native of Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest
towards the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown,
black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green. Called also
broadbill, spoonbill, shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler, or
shovel-nosed duck (S. rhynchotis), is a similar species.
Shovelfuls (pl. ) of
Shovelful
Shovelful (n.) As much as
a shovel will hold; enough to fill a shovel.
Shovelhead (n.) A shark
(Sphryna tiburio) allied to the hammerhead, and native of the warmer parts of
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonnet shark.
Shovelnose (n.) The common
sand shark. See under Snad.
Shovelnose (n.) A small
California shark (Heptranchias maculatus), which is taken for its oil.
Shovelnose (n.) A Pacific
Ocean shark (Hexanchus corinus).
Shovelnose (n.) A ganoid
fish of the Sturgeon family (Scaphirhynchus platyrhynchus) of the Mississippi
and Ohio rivers; -- called also white sturgeon.
Shovel-nosed (a.) Having a
broad, flat nose; as, the shovel-nosed duck, or shoveler.
Shoven () p. p. of Shove.
Showed (imp.) of Show
Shown (p. p.) of Show
Showed () of Show
Showing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Show
Show (v. t.) To exhibit or
present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the
object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or
beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers
goods (show goods to customers).
Show (v. t.) To exhibit to
the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show
one's designs.
Show (v. t.) Specifically,
to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to
conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door.
Show (v. t.) To make
apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to
explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to
show the causes of an event.
Show (v. t.) To bestow; to
confer; to afford; as, to show favor.
Show (v. i.) To exhibit or
manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem.
Show (v. i.) To have a
certain appearance, as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
Show (n.) The act of
showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition.
Show (n.) 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.
Show (n.) Proud or
ostentatious display; parade; pomp.
Show (n.) Semblance;
likeness; appearance.
Show (n.) False semblance;
deceitful appearance; pretense.
Show (n.) A discharge,
from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before
labor.
Show (n.) A pale blue
flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp.
Showbread (n.) Bread of
exhibition; loaves to set before God; -- the term used in translating the
various phrases used in the Hebrew and Greek to designate the loaves of bread
which the priest of the week placed before the Lord on the golden table in the
sanctuary. They were made of fine flour unleavened, and were changed every
Sabbath. The loaves, twelve in number, represented the twelve tribes of Israel.
They were to be eaten by the priests only, and in the Holy Place.
Shower (n.) One who shows
or exhibits.
Shower (n.) That which
shows; a mirror.
Shower (n.) A fall or rain
or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow.
Shower (n.) That which
resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air copiously and rapidly.
Shower (n.) A copious
supply bestowed.
Showered (imp. & p. p.) of
Shower
Showering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shower
Shower (v. t.) To water
with a shower; to //t copiously with rain.
Shower (v. t.) To bestow
liberally; to destribute or scatter in /undance; to rain.
Shower (v. i.) To rain in
showers; to fall, as in a hower or showers.
Showerful (a.) Full of
showers.
Showeriness (n.) Quality
of being showery.
Showerless (a.) Rainless;
freo from showers.
Showery (a.) Raining in
showers; abounding with frequent showers of rain.
Showery (a.) Of or
pertaining to a shower or showers.
Showily (adv.) In a showy
manner; pompously; with parade.
Showiness (n.) The quality
or state of being showy; pompousness; great parade; ostentation.
Showing (n.) Appearance;
display; exhibition.
Showing (n.) Presentation
of facts; statement.
Showish (a.) Showy;
ostentatious.
Showmen (pl. ) of Showman
Showman (n.) One who
exhibits a show; a proprietor of a show.
Shown () p. p. of Show.
Showroom (n.) A room or
apartment where a show is exhibited.
Showroom (n.) A room where
merchandise is exposed for sale, or where samples are displayed.
Showy (a.) Making a show;
attracting attention; presenting a marked appearance; ostentatious; gay; gaudy.
Shrag (n.) A twig of a
tree cut off.
Shrag (v. t.) To trim, as
trees; to lop.
Shragger (n.) One who
lops; one who trims trees.
Shram (v. t.) To cause to
shrink or shrivel with cold; to benumb.
Shrank () imp. of Shrink.
Shrap (n.) Alt. of Shrape
Shrape (n.) A place baited
with chaff to entice birds.
Shrapnel (a.) Applied as
an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British
army.
Shrapnel (n.) A shrapnel
shell; shrapnel shells, collectively.
Shred (n.) A long, narrow
piece cut or torn off; a strip.
Shred (n.) In general, a
fragment; a piece; a particle.
Shred (imp. & p. p.) of
Shred
Shredded () of Shred
Shredding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shred
Shred (n.) To cut or tear
into small pieces, particularly narrow and long pieces, as of cloth or leather.
Shred (n.) To lop; to
prune; to trim.
Shredcook (n.) The
fieldfare; -- so called from its harsh cry before rain.
Shredding (n.) The act of
cutting or tearing into shreds.
Shredding (n.) That which
is cut or torn off; a piece.
Shreddy (a.) Consisting of
shreds.
Shredless (a.) Having no
shreds; without a shred.
Shrew (a.) Wicked;
malicious.
Shrew (a.) Originally, a
brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use
to females; a brawler; a scold.
Shrew (a.) Any small
insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family
Sorecidae. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more
pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals.
Shrew (a.) To beshrew; to
curse.
Shrewd (superl.) Inclining
to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked;
mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish.
Shrewd (superl.) Artful;
wily; cunning; arch.
Shrewd (superl.) Able or
clever in practical affairs; sharp in business; astute; sharp-witted; sagacious;
keen; as, a shrewd observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply.
Shrewish (a.) having the
qualities of a shrew; having a scolding disposition; froward; peevish.
Shrewmouse (n.) A shrew;
especially, the erd shrew.
Shrieked (imp. & p. p.) of
Shriek
Shrieking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shriek
Shriek (v. i.) To utter a
loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in
a sudden fright, in horror or anguish.
Shriek (v. t.) To utter
sharply and shrilly; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks.
Shriek (n.) A sharp,
shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or
extreme terror, pain, or the like.
Shrieker (n.) One who
utters a shriek.
Shrieval (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sheriff.
Shrievalty (n.) The
office, or sphere of jurisdiction, of a sheriff; sheriffalty.
Shrieve (n.) A sheriff.
Shrieve (v. t.) To shrive;
to question.
Shrift (n.) The act of
shriving.
Shrift (n.) Confession
made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it.
Shright () imp. & p. p. of
Shriek.
Shright (n.) A shriek;
shrieking.
Shrike (v. i.) Any one of
numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong
hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common
European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L.
borealis), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale
them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. See under
Butcher.
Shrill (v. i.) Acute;
sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound; -- said of
a sound, or of that which produces a sound.
Shrill (n.) A shrill
sound.
Shrilled (imp. & p. p.) of
Shrill
Shrilling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shrill
Shrill (v. i.) To utter an
acute, piercing sound; to sound with a sharp, shrill tone; to become shrill.
Shrill (v. t.) To utter or
express in a shrill tone; to cause to make a shrill sound.
Shrill-gorged (a.) Having
a throat which produces a shrill note.
Shrillness (n.) The
quality or state of being shrill.
Shrill-tongued (a.) Having
a shrill voice.
Shrilly (adv.) In a shrill
manner; acutely; with a sharp sound or voice.
Shrilly (a.) Somewhat
shrill.
Shrimp (v. t.) To
contract; to shrink.
Shrimp (v.) Any one of
numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to Crangon and various allied
genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The
larger kinds are called also prawns. See Illust. of Decapoda.
Shrimp (v.) In a more
general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the
order Schizopoda, having a similar form.
Shrimp (v.) In a loose
sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain
entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under Fairy, and
Brine.
Shrimp (v.) Figuratively,
a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt.
Shrimper (n.) One who
fishes for shrimps.
Shrine (n.) A case, box,
or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones
of a saint.
Shrine (n.) Any sacred
place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.
Shrine (n.) A place or
object hallowed from its history or associations; as, a shrine of art.
Shrine (v. t.) To
enshrine; to place reverently, as in a shrine.
Shrank (imp.) of Shrink
Shrunk () of Shrink
Shrunk (p. p.) of Shrink
Shrunken () of Shrink
Shrinking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shrink
Shrink (v. i.) To wrinkle,
bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to
gather together; to become compacted.
Shrink (v. i.) To withdraw
or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear,
horror, or distress.
Shrink (v. i.) To express
fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to
quake.
Shrink (v. t.) To cause to
contract or shrink; as, to shrink finnel by imersing it in boiling water.
Shrink (v. t.) To draw
back; to withdraw.
Shrink (n.) The act
shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal.
Shrinkage (n.) The act of
shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement.
Shrinkage (n.) The amount
of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain,
castings, etc.
Shrinkage (n.) Decrease in
value; depreciation.
Shrinker (n.) One who
shrinks; one who withdraws from danger.
Shrinking () a. & n. from Shrink.
Shrinkingly (adv.) In a
shrinking manner.
Shrivalty (n.) Shrievalty.
Shrived (imp.) of Shrive
Shrove () of Shrive
Shriven (p. p.) of Shrive
Shrived () of Shrive
Shriving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shrive
Shrive (v. t.) To hear or
receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said
of a priest as the agent.
Shrive (v. t.) To confess,
and receive absolution; -- used reflexively.
Shrive (v. i.) To receive
confessions, as a priest; to administer confession and absolution.
Shriveled (imp. & p. p.)
of Shrivel
Shrivelled () of Shrivel
Shriveling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shrivel
Shrivelling () of Shrivel
Shrivel (v. i.) To draw,
or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf
shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up.
Shrivel (v. t.) To cause
to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.
Shriven () p. p. of Shrive.
Shriver (n.) One who
shrives; a confessor.
Shriving (n.) Shrift;
confession.
Shroff (n.) A banker, or
changer of money.
Shroffage (n.) The
examination of coins, and the separation of the good from the debased.
Shrood (v. t.) To trim; to
lop.
Shroud (n.) That which
clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment.
Shroud (n.) Especially,
the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.
Shroud (n.) That which
covers or shelters like a shroud.
Shroud (n.) A covered
place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt.
Shroud (n.) The branching
top of a tree; foliage.
Shroud (n.) A set of ropes
serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the
sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower
masts.
Shroud (n.) One of the two
annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the
buckets; a shroud plate.
Shrouded (imp. & p. p.) of
Shroud
Shrouding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shroud
Shroud (n.) To cover with
a shroud; especially, to inclose in a winding sheet; to dress for the grave.
Shroud (n.) To cover, as
with a shroud; to protect completely; to cover so as to conceal; to hide; to
veil.
Shroud (v. i.) To take
shelter or harbor.
Shroud (v. t.) To lop. See
Shrood.
Shrouded (a.) Provided
with a shroud or shrouds.
Shrouding (n.) The
shrouds. See Shroud, n., 7.
Shroud-laid (a.) Composed
of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; -- said of rope.
See Illust. under Cordage.
Shroudless (a.) Without a
shroud.
Shroudy (a.) Affording
shelter.
Shrove () imp. of Shrive.
Shrove (v. i.) To join in
the festivities of Shrovetide; hence, to make merry.
Shrovetide (n.) The days
immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially the period between the evening
before Quinguagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash Wednesday.
Shroving (n.) The
festivity of Shrovetide.
Shrow (n.) A shrew.
Shrowd (v. t.) See Shrood.
Shrub (n.) A liquor
composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to
preserve it.
Shrub (n.) A woody plant
of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root.
Shrub (v. t.) To lop; to
prune.
Shrubberies (pl. ) of
Shrubbery
Shrubbery (n.) A
collection of shrubs.
Shrubbery (n.) A place
where shrubs are planted.
Shrubbiness (n.) Quality
of being shrubby.
Shrubby (superl.) Full of
shrubs.
Shrubby (superl.) Of the
nature of a shrub; resembling a shrub.
Shrubless (a.) having no
shrubs.
Shruff (n.) Rubbish.
Specifically: (a) Dross or refuse of metals. [Obs.] (b) Light, dry wood, or
stuff used for fuel.
Shrugged (imp. & p. p.) of
Shrug
Shrugging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shrug
Shrug (v. t.) To draw up
or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of expressing dislike, dread,
doubt, or the like.
Shrug (v. i.) To raise or
draw up the shoulders, as in expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like.
Shrug (n.) A drawing up of
the shoulders, -- a motion usually expressing dislike, dread, or doubt.
Shrunken () p. p. & a. from
Shrink.
Shuck (n.) A shock of
grain.
Shuck (n.) A shell, husk,
or pod; especially, the outer covering of such nuts as the hickory nut,
butternut, peanut, and chestnut.
Shuck (n.) The shell of an
oyster or clam.
Shucked (imp. & p. p.) of
Shuck
Shucking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shuck
Shuck (v. t.) To deprive
of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc.
Shucker (n.) One who
shucks oysters or clams
Shuddered (imp. & p. p.)
of Shudder
Shuddering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shudder
Shudder (v. i.) To tremble
or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake.
Shudder (n.) The act of
shuddering, as with fear.
Shudderingly (adv.) In a
shuddering manner.
Shude (n.) The husks and
other refuse of rice mills, used to adulterate oil cake, or linseed cake.
Shuffled (imp. & p. p.) of
Shuffle
Shuffling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shuffle
Shuffle (v. t.) To shove
one way and the other; to push from one to another; as, to shuffle money from
hand to hand.
Shuffle (v. t.) To mix by
pushing or shoving; to confuse; to throw into disorder; especially, to change
the relative positions of, as of the cards in a pack.
Shuffle (v. t.) To remove
or introduce by artificial confusion.
Shuffle (v. i.) To change
the relative position of cards in a pack; as, to shuffle and cut.
Shuffle (v. i.) To change
one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation;
to prevaricate.
Shuffle (v. i.) To use
arts or expedients; to make shift.
Shuffle (v. i.) To move in
a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing.
Shuffle (n.) The act of
shuffling; a mixing confusedly; a slovenly, dragging motion.
Shuffle (n.) A trick; an
artifice; an evasion.
Shuffleboard (n.) See
Shovelboard.
Shufflecap (n.) A play
performed by shaking money in a hat or cap.
Shuffler (n.) One who
shuffles.
Shuffler (n.) Either one
of the three common American scaup ducks. See Scaup duck, under Scaup.
Shufflewing (n.) The hedg
sparrow.
Shuffling (a.) Moving with
a dragging, scraping step.
Shuffling (a.) Evasive;
as, a shuffling excuse.
Shuffling (v.) In a
shuffling manner.
Shug (v. i.) To writhe the
body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the
itch.
Shug (v. i.) Hence, to
crawl; to sneak.
Shumac (n.) Sumac.
Shunned (imp. & p. p.) of
Shun
Shunning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shun
Shun (v. t.) To avoid; to
keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun
rocks, shoals, vice.
Shunless (a.) Not to be
shunned; inevitable; unavoidable.
Shunted (imp. & p. p.) of
Shunt
Shunting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shunt
Shunt (v. t.) To shun; to
move from.
Shunt (v. t.) To cause to
move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove.
Shunt (v. t.) To turn off
to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to
switch off; to shift.
Shunt (v. t.) To provide
with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer.
Shunt (v. i.) To go aside;
to turn off.
Shunt (v. t.) A turning
off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free.
Shunt (v. t.) A conducting
circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or
dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a portion of
the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the
main circuit.
Shunt (v. t.) The shifting
of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves
in its discharge from a shunt gun.
Shunter (n.) A person
employed to shunt cars from one track to another.
Shut (imp. & p. p.) of
Shut
Shutting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shut
Shut (v. t.) To close so
as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes
or mouth.
Shut (v. t.) To forbid
entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a
blockade.
Shut (v. t.) To preclude;
to exclude; to bar out.
Shut (v. t.) To fold
together; to close over, as the fingers; to close by bringing the parts
together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book.
Shut (v. i.) To close
itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.
Shut (a.) Closed or
fastened; as, a shut door.
Shut (a.) Rid; clear;
free; as, to get shut of a person.
Shut (a.) Formed by
complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining
closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g.
Shut (a.) Cut off sharply
and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short
vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are.
Shut (n.) The act or time
of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.
Shut (n.) A door or cover;
a shutter.
Shut (n.) The line or
place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.
Shute (n.) Same as Chute,
or Shoot.
Shutter (n.) One who shuts
or closes.
Shutter (n.) A movable
cover or screen for a window, designed to shut out the light, to obstruct the
view, or to be of some strength as a defense; a blind.
Shutter (n.) A removable
cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, as for closing the
passageway for molten iron from a ladle.
Shuttered (a.) Furnished
with shutters.
Shuttle (n.) An instrument
used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of
the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.
Shuttle (n.) The sliding
thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop
of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.
Shuttle (n.) A shutter, as
for a channel for molten metal.
Shuttle (v. i.) To move
backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.
Shuttlecock (n.) A cork
stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the
play itself.
Shuttlecock (v. t.) To
send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words.
Shuttlecork (n.) See
Shuttlecock.
Shuttlewise (adv.) Back
and forth, like the movement of a shuttle.
Shwan-pan (n.) See
Schwan-pan.
Shy (superl.) Easily
frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.
Shy (superl.) Reserved;
coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
Shy (superl.) Cautious;
wary; suspicious.
Shied (imp. & p. p.) of
Shy
Shying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shy
Shy (a.) To start suddenly
aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.
Shy (v. t.) To throw
sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper.
Shy (n.) A sudden start
aside, as by a horse.
Shy (n.) A side throw; a
throw; a fling.
Shyly (adv.) In a shy or
timid manner; not familiarly; with reserve.
Shyness (n.) The quality
or state of being shy.
Shyster (n.) A trickish
knave; one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and
dishonest way.
Si () A syllable applied, in
solmization, to the note B; more recently, to the seventh tone of any major
diatonic scale. It was added to Guido's scale by Le Maire about the end of the
17th century.
Siaga (n.) The ahu, or
jairou.
Sialogogue (n.) An agent
which promotes the flow of saliva.
Siamang (n.) A gibbon
(Hylobates syndactylus), native of Sumatra. It has the second and third toes
partially united by a web.
Siamese (a.) Of or
pertaining to Siam, its native people, or their language.
Siamese (n. sing. & pl.) A
native or inhabitant of Siam; pl., the people of Siam.
Siamese (n. sing. & pl.)
The language of the Siamese.
Sib (n.) A blood relation.
Sib (a.) Related by blood;
akin.
Sibbens (n.) A contagious
disease, endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws. It is marked by ulceration of
the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the
surface of the body. In the Orkneys the name is applied to the itch.
Siberian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Siberia, a region comprising all northern Asia and belonging to
Russia; as, a Siberian winter.
Siberian (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Siberia.
Sibilance (n.) Alt. of
Sibilancy
Sibilancy (n.) The quality
or state of being sibilant; sibilation.
Sibilant (a.) Making a
hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are
sibilant elementary sounds.
Sibilant (n.) A sibiliant
letter.
Sibilate (v. t. & i.) To
pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s; to mark with a
character indicating such pronunciation.
Sibilation (n.) Utterance
with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss.
Sibilatory (a.) Hissing;
sibilant.
Sibilous (a.) Having a
hissing sound; hissing; sibilant.
Sibyl (n.) A woman
supposed to be endowed with a spirit of prophecy.
Sibyl (n.) A female
fortune teller; a pythoness; a prophetess.
Sibylist (n.) One who
believes in a sibyl or the sibylline prophecies.
Sibylline (a.) Pertaining
to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of
sibyls.
Sic (a.) Such.
Sic (adv.) Thus.
Sicamore (n.) See
Sycamore.
Sicca (n.) A seal; a
coining die; -- used adjectively to designate the silver currency of the Mogul
emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192 grains.
Siccate (v. t.) To dry.
Siccation (n.) The act or
process of drying.
Siccative (a.) Drying;
causing to dry.
Siccative (n.) That which
promotes drying.
Siccific (a.) Causing
dryness.
Siccity (n.) Dryness;
aridity; destitution of moisture.
Sice (n.) The number six
at dice.
Sicer (n.) A strong drink;
cider.
Sich (a.) Such.
Sicilian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Sicily or its inhabitants.
Sicilian (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Sicily.
Siciliano (n.) A Sicilian
dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a rather slow and graceful melody in
12-8 or 6-8 measure; also, the music to the dance.
Sicilienne (n.) A kind of
rich poplin.
Sick (superl.) Affected
with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under
Illness.
Sick (superl.) Affected
with, or attended by, nausea; inclined to vomit; as, sick at the stomach; a sick
headache.
Sick (superl.) Having a
strong dislike; disgusted; surfeited; -- with of; as, to be sick of flattery.
Sick (superl.) Corrupted;
imperfect; impaired; weakned.
Sick (n.) Sickness.
Sick (v. i.) To fall sick;
to sicken.
Sick-brained (a.)
Disordered in the brain.
Sickened (imp. & p. p.) of
Sicken
Sickening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sicken
Sicken (v. t.) To make
sick; to disease.
Sicken (v. t.) To make
qualmish; to nauseate; to disgust; as, to sicken the stomach.
Sicken (v. t.) To impair;
to weaken.
Sicken (v. i.) To become
sick; to fall into disease.
Sicken (v. i.) To be
filled to disgust; to be disgusted or nauseated; to be filled with abhorrence or
aversion; to be surfeited or satiated.
Sicken (v. i.) To become
disgusting or tedious.
Sicken (v. i.) To become
weak; to decay; to languish.
Sickening (a.) Causing
sickness; specif., causing surfeit or disgust; nauseating.
Sicker (v. i.) To
percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.
Sicker (a.) Alt. of Siker
Siker (a.) Sure; certain;
trusty.
Sicker (adv.) Alt. of
Siker
Siker (adv.) Surely;
certainly.
Sickerly (adv.) Alt. of
Sikerly
Sikerly (adv.) Surely;
securely.
Sickerness (n.) Alt. of
Sikerness
Sikerness (n.) The quality
or state of being sicker, or certain.
Sickish (a.) Somewhat sick
or diseased.
Sickish (a.) Somewhat
sickening; as, a sickish taste.
Sickle (n.) A reaping
instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and
having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched,
so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap.
Sickle (n.) A group of
stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo.
Sicklebill (n.) Any one of
three species of humming birds of the genus Eutoxeres, native of Central and
South America. They have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the
sickle-billed hummer.
Sicklebill (n.) A curlew.
Sicklebill (n.) A bird of
the genus Epimachus and allied genera.
Sickled (a.) Furnished
with a sickle.
Sicklemen (pl. ) of
Sickleman
Sickleman (n.) One who
uses a sickle; a reaper.
Sickler (n.) One who uses
a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper.
Sickless (a.) Free from
sickness.
Sicklewort (n.) A plant of
the genus Coronilla (C. scorpioides); -- so named from its curved pods.
Sicklewort (n.) The
healall (Brunella vulgaris).
Sicklied (a.) Made sickly.
See Sickly, v.
Sickliness (n.) The
quality or state of being sickly.
Sickly (superl.) Somewhat
sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body.
Sickly (superl.)
Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate.
Sickly (superl.) Appearing
as if sick; weak; languid; pale.
Sickly (superl.) Tending
to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality.
Sickly (adv.) In a sick
manner or condition; ill.
Sickly (v. t.) To make
sick or sickly; -- with over, and probably only in the past participle.
Sickness (n.) The quality
or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady.
Sickness (n.) Nausea;
qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.
Sicle (n.) A shekel.
Sida (n.) A genus of
malvaceous plants common in the tropics. All the species are mucilaginous, and
some have tough ligneous fibers which are used as a substitute for hemp and
flax.
Siddow (a.) Soft; pulpy.
Side (n.) The margin,
edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is
somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the
shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the
side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.
Side (n.) Any outer
portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest; as,
the upper side of a sphere; also, any part or position viewed as opposite to or
contrasted with another; as, this or that side.
Side (n.) One of the
halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the mesial plane; or
that which pertains to such a half; as, a side of beef; a side of sole leather.
Side (n.) The right or
left part of the wall or trunk of the body; as, a pain in the side.
Side (n.) A slope or
declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge.
Side (n.) The position of
a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a
rival or a foe; a body of advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the interest
or cause which one maintains against another; a doctrine or view opposed to
another.
Side (n.) A line of
descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through
another.
Side (n.) Fig.: Aspect or
part regarded as contrasted with some other; as, the bright side of poverty.
Side (a.) Of or pertaining
to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral.
Side (a.) Hence, indirect;
oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark.
Side (n.) Long; large;
extensive.
Sided (imp. & p. p.) of
Side
Siding (p. pr.& vb. n.) of
Side
Side (v. i.) To lean on
one side.
Side (v. i.) To embrace
the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another
party; to take sides; as, to side with the ministerial party.
Side (v. t.) To be or
stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
Side (v. t.) To suit; to
pair; to match.
Side (v. t.) To work (a
timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
Side (v. t.) To furnish
with a siding; as, to side a house.
Sideboard (n.) A piece of
dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying
articles of table service.
Sidebone (n.) A morbid
growth or deposit of bony matter and at the sides of the coronet and coffin bone
of a horse.
Sided (a.) Having (such or
so many) sides; -- used in composition; as, one-sided; many-sided.
Sidehill (n.) The side or
slope of a hill; sloping ground; a descent.
Sideling (adv.) Sidelong;
on the side; laterally; also, obliquely; askew.
Sideling (a.) Inclining to
one side; directed toward one side; sloping; inclined; as, sideling ground.
Sidelong (adv.) Laterally;
obliquely; in the direction of the side.
Sidelong (adv.) On the
side; as, to lay a thing sidelong.
Sidelong (a.) Lateral;
oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance.
Sidepiece (n.) The jamb,
or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window.
Sider (n.) One who takes a
side.
Sider (n.) Cider.
Sideral (a.) Relating to
the stars.
Sideral (a.) Affecting
unfavorably by the supposed influence of the stars; baleful.
Siderated (a.)
Planet-struck; blasted.
Sideration (n.) The state
of being siderated, or planet-struck; esp., blast in plants; also, a sudden and
apparently causeless stroke of disease, as in apoplexy or paralysis.
Sidereal (a.) Relating to
the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal astronomy.
Sidereal (a.) Measuring by
the apparent motion of the stars; designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a
return to the same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal revolution
of a planet; a sidereal day.
Siderealize (v. t.) To
elevate to the stars, or to the region of the stars; to etherealize.
Sidereous (a.) Sidereal.
Siderite (n.) Carbonate of
iron, an important ore of iron occuring generally in cleavable masses, but also
in rhombohedral crystals. It is of a light yellowish brown color. Called also
sparry iron, spathic iron.
Siderite (n.) A meteorite
consisting solely of metallic iron.
Siderite (n.) An
indigo-blue variety of quartz.
Siderite (n.) Formerly,
magnetic iron ore, or loadstone.
Siderite (n.) Any plant of
the genus Sideritis; ironwort.
Siderographic (a.) Alt. of
Siderographical
Siderographical (a.) Of or
pertaining to siderography; executed by engraved plates of steel; as,
siderographic art; siderographic impressions.
Siderographist (n.) One
skilled in siderography.
Siderography (n.) The art
or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of
multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when
hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened,
over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The
process has been superseded by electrotypy.
Siderolite (n.) A kind of
meteorite. See under Meteorite.
Sideromancy (n.)
Divination by burning straws on red-hot iron, and noting the manner of their
burning.
Sideroscope (n.) An
instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in any substance by means of a
very delicate combination of magnetic needles.
Siderosis (n.) A sort of
pneumonia occuring in iron workers, produced by the inhalation of particles of
iron.
Siderostat (n.) An
apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw
the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction; -- a more general term for
heliostat.
Sideroxylon (n.) A genus
of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood.
Sidesaddle (n.) A saddle
for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal
mounted.
Sidesmen (pl. ) of
Sidesman
Sidesman (n.) A party man;
a partisan.
Sidesman (n.) An assistant
to the churchwarden; a questman.
Side-taking (n.) A taking
sides, as with a party, sect, or faction.
Sidewalk (n.) A walk for
foot passengers at the side of a street or road; a foot pavement.
Sideways (adv.) Toward the
side; sidewise.
Side-wheel (a.) Having a
paddle wheel on each side; -- said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer.
Sidewinder (n.) See Horned
rattler, under Horned.
Sidewinder (n.) A heavy
swinging blow from the side, which disables an adversary.
Sidewise (adv.) On or
toward one side; laterally; sideways.
Siding (n.) Attaching
one's self to a party.
Siding (n.) A side track,
as a railroad; a turnout.
Siding (n.) The covering
of the outside wall of a frame house, whether made of weatherboards, vertical
boarding with cleats, shingles, or the like.
Siding (n.) The thickness
of a rib or timber, measured, at right angles with its side, across the curved
edge; as, a timber having a siding of ten inches.
Sidled (imp. & p. p.) of
Sidle
Sidling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sidle
Sidle (v. t.) To go or
move with one side foremost; to move sidewise; as, to sidle through a crowd or
narrow opening.
Siege (n.) A seat;
especially, a royal seat; a throne.
Siege (n.) Hence, place or
situation; seat.
Siege (n.) Rank; grade;
station; estimation.
Siege (n.) Passage of
excrements; stool; fecal matter.
Siege (n.) The sitting of
an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the
garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and
approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from
the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade.
Siege (n.) Hence, a
continued attempt to gain possession.
Siege (n.) The floor of a
glass-furnace.
Siege (n.) A workman's
bench.
Siege (v. t.) To besiege;
to beset.
Siegework (n.) A temporary
fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted.
Siemens-Martin process () See
Open-hearth process, etc., under Open.
Sienite (n.) See Syenite.
Sienitic (a.) See
Syenitic.
Sienna (n.) Clay that is
colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment.
It is used either in the raw state or burnt.
Siennese (a.) Of or
pertaining to Sienna, a city of Italy.
Sierra (n.) A ridge of
mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline; as, the Sierra
Nevada.
Siesta (n.) A short sleep
taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner; a midday nap.
Sieur (n.) Sir; -- a title
of respect used by the French.
Sieva (n.) A small variety
of the Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus).
Sieve (n.) A utensil for
separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance
from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom
perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes.
Sieve (n.) A kind of
coarse basket.
Sifac (n.) The white
indris of Madagascar. It is regarded by the natives as sacred.
Sifflement (n.) The act of
whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation.
Sifilet (n.) The
six-shafted bird of paradise. See Paradise bird, under Paradise.
Sifted (imp. & p. p.) of
Sift
Sifting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sift
Sift (v. t.) To separate
with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal
or flour; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime.
Sift (v. t.) To separate
or part as if with a sieve.
Sift (v. t.) To examine
critically or minutely; to scrutinize.
Sifter (n.) One who, or
that which, sifts.
Sifter (n.) Any
lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called because it sifts or
strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell/ of the beak.
Sig (v. t.) Urine.
Sigaultian (a.) Pertaining
to Sigault, a French physician. See Symphyseotomy.
Sigger (v. i.) Same as
Sighed (imp. & p. p.) of
Sigh
Sighing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sigh
Sigh (v. i.) To inhale a
larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep
single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression
of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, or the like.
Sigh (v. i.) Hence, to
lament; to grieve.
Sigh (v. i.) To make a
sound like sighing.
Sigh (v. t.) To exhale
(the breath) in sighs.
Sigh (v. t.) To utter
sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
Sigh (v. t.) To express by
sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
Sigh (v. i.) A deep and
prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or
grieved; the act of sighing.
Sigh (v. i.) Figuratively,
a manifestation of grief; a lan/ent.
Sigh-born (a.) Sorrowful;
mournful.
Sigher (n.) One who sighs.
Sighing (a.) Uttering
sighs; grieving; lamenting.
Sight (v. t.) The act of
seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.
Sight (v. t.) The power of
seeing; the faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality
of the eyes.
Sight (v. t.) The state of
admitting unobstructed vision; visibility; open view; region which the eye at
one time surveys; space through which the power of vision extends; as, an object
within sight.
Sight (v. t.) A spectacle;
a view; a show; something worth seeing.
Sight (v. t.) The
instrument of seeing; the eye.
Sight (v. t.) Inspection;
examination; as, a letter intended for the sight of only one person.
Sight (v. t.) Mental view;
opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was harmless.
Sight (v. t.) A small
aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is
settled or ascertained; as, the sight of a quadrant.
Sight (v. t.) A small
piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of
a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of
which the eye is guided in aiming.
Sight (v. t.) In a
drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which
is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame or the like, the open
space, the opening.
Sight (v. t.) A great
number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money.
Sighted (imp. & p. p.) of
Sight
Sighting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sight
Sight (v. t.) To get sight
of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck.
Sight (v. t.) To look at
through a sight; to see accurately; as, to sight an object, as a star.
Sight (v. t.) To apply
sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and
direction to by means of a sight; as, to sight a rifle or a cannon.
Sight (v. i.) To take aim
by a sight.
Sighted (a.) Having sight,
or seeing, in a particular manner; -- used in composition; as, long-sighted,
short-sighted, quick-sighted, sharp-sighted, and the like.
Sightful (a.) Easily or
clearly seen; distinctly visible; perspicuous.
Sightfulness (n.) The
state of being sightful; perspicuity.
Sight-hole (n.) A hole for
looking through; a peephole.
Sighting () a. & n. from Sight,
v. t.
Sightless (a.) Wanting
sight; without sight; blind.
Sightless (a.) That can
not be seen; invisible.
Sightless (a.) Offensive
or unpleasing to the eye; unsightly; as, sightless stains.
Sightliness (n.) The state
of being sightly; comeliness; conspicuousness.
Sightly (a.) Pleasing to
the sight; comely.
Sightly (a.) Open to
sight; conspicuous; as, a house stands in a sightly place.
Sightproof (a.)
Undiscoverable to sight.
Sight-seeing (a.) Engaged
in, or given to, seeing sights; eager for novelties or curiosities.
Sight-seeing (n.) The act
of seeing sights; eagerness for novelties or curiosities.
Sight-seer (n.) One given
to seeing sights or noted things, or eager for novelties or curiosities.
Sight-shot (n.) Distance
to which the sight can reach or be thrown.
Sightsmen (pl. ) of
Sightsman
Sightsman (n.) One who
reads or performs music readily at first sight.
Sigil (n.) A seal; a
signature.
Sigillaria (n. pl.) Little
images or figures of earthenware exposed for sale, or given as presents, on the
last two days of the Saturnalia; hence, the last two, or the sixth and seventh,
days of the Saturnalia.
Sigillaria (n.) A genus of
fossil trees principally found in the coal formation; -- so named from the
seallike leaf scars in vertical rows on the surface.
Sigillarid (n.) One of an
extinct family of cryptagamous trees, including the genus Sigillaria and its
allies.
Sigillated (a.) Decorated
by means of stamps; -- said of pottery.
Sigillative (a.) Fit to
seal; belonging to a seal; composed of wax.
Sigilla (pl. ) of Sigillum
Sigillum (n.) A seal.
Sigla (n. pl.) The signs,
abbreviations, letters, or characters standing for words, shorthand, etc., in
ancient manuscripts, or on coins, medals, etc.
Sigmas (pl. ) of Sigma
Sigma (n.) The Greek
letter /, /, or / (English S, or s). It originally had the form of the English
C.
Sigmodont (n.) Any one of
a tribe (Sigmodontes) of rodents which includes all the indigenous rats and mice
of America. So called from the form of the ridges of enamel on the crowns of the
worn molars. Also used adjectively.
Sigmoid (a.) Alt. of
Sigmoidal
Sigmoidal (a.) Curved in
two directions, like the letter S, or the Greek /.
Sigmoidally (adv.) In a
sigmoidal manner.
Sign (n.) That by which
anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a
token; an indication; a proof.
Sign (n.) A remarkable
event, considered by the ancients as indicating the will of some deity; a
prodigy; an omen.
Sign (n.) An event
considered by the Jews as indicating the divine will, or as manifesting an
interposition of the divine power for some special end; a miracle; a wonder.
Sign (n.) Something
serving to indicate the existence, or preserve the memory, of a thing; a token;
a memorial; a monument.
Sign (n.) Any symbol or
emblem which prefigures, typifles, or represents, an idea; a type; hence,
sometimes, a picture.
Sign (n.) A word or a
character regarded as the outward manifestation of thought; as, words are the
sign of ideas.
Sign (n.) A motion, an
action, or a gesture by which a thought is expressed, or a command or a wish
made known.
Sign (n.) Hence, one of
the gestures of pantomime, or of a language of a signs such as those used by the
North American Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb.
Sign (n.) A military
emblem carried on a banner or a standard.
Sign (n.) A lettered
board, or other conspicuous notice, placed upon or before a building, room,
shop, or office to advertise the business there transacted, or the name of the
person or firm carrying it on; a publicly displayed token or notice.
Sign (n.) The twelfth part
of the ecliptic or zodiac.
Sign (n.) A character
indicating the relation of quantities, or an operation performed upon them; as,
the sign + (plus); the sign -- (minus); the sign of division Ö, and the like.
Sign (n.) An objective
evidence of disease; that is, one appreciable by some one other than the
patient.
Sign (n.) Any character,
as a flat, sharp, dot, etc.
Sign (n.) That which,
being external, stands for, or signifies, something internal or spiritual; -- a
term used in the Church of England in speaking of an ordinance considered with
reference to that which it represents.
Signed (imp. & p. p.) of
Sign
Signing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sign
Sign (n.) To represent by
a sign; to make known in a typical or emblematic manner, in distinction from
speech; to signify.
Sign (n.) To make a sign
upon; to mark with a sign.
Sign (n.) To affix a
signature to; to ratify by hand or seal; to subscribe in one's own handwriting.
Sign (n.) To assign or
convey formally; -- used with away.
Sign (n.) To mark; to make
distinguishable.
Sign (v. i.) To be a sign
or omen.
Sign (v. i.) To make a
sign or signal; to communicate directions or intelligence by signs.
Sign (v. i.) To write
one's name, esp. as a token of assent, responsibility, or obligation.
Signable (a.) Suitable to
be signed; requiring signature; as, a legal document signable by a particular
person.
Signal (n.) A sign made
for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or
danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the
occasion of concerted action.
Signal (n.) A token; an
indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
Signal (a.) Noticeable;
distinguished from what is ordinary; eminent; remarkable; memorable; as, a
signal exploit; a signal service; a signal act of benevolence.
Signal (a.) Of or
pertaining to signals, or the use of signals in conveying information; as, a
signal flag or officer.
Signaled (/) or Signalled (imp.
& p. p.) of Signal
Signaling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Signal
Signalling () of Signal
Signal (v. t.) To
communicate by signals; as, to signal orders.
Signal (v. t.) To notify
by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor.
Signalist (n.) One who
makes signals; one who communicates intelligence by means of signals.
Signality (n.) The quality
or state of being signal or remarkable.
Signalized (imp. & p. p.)
of Signalize
Signalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Signalize
Signalize (a.) To make
signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish.
Signalize (a.) To
communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort.
Signalize (a.) To indicate
the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival
of a steamer.
Signally (adv.) In a
signal manner; eminently.
-men (pl. ) of Signalman
Signalman (n.) A man whose
business is to manage or display signals; especially, one employed in setting
the signals by which railroad trains are run or warned.
Signalment (n.) The act of
signaling, or of signalizing; hence, description by peculiar, appropriate, or
characteristic marks.
Signate (v. t.) Having
definite color markings.
Signation (v. t.) Sign
given; marking.
Signatory (a.) Relating to
a seal; used in sealing.
Signatory (a.) Signing;
joining or sharing in a signature; as, signatory powers.
-ries (pl. ) of Signatory
Signatory (n.) A signer;
one who signs or subscribes; as, a conference of signatories.
Signature (v. t.) A sign,
stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.
Signature (v. t.)
Especially, the name of any person, written with his own hand, employed to
signify that the writing which precedes accords with his wishes or intentions; a
sign manual; an autograph.
Signature (v. t.) An
outward mark by which internal characteristics were supposed to be indicated.
Signature (v. t.) A
resemblance between the external characters of a disease and those of some
physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet
fever and a red cloth; -- supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of
the disease.
Signature (v. t.) The
designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of
one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the
clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement.
Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major.
Signature (v. t.) A letter
or figure placed at the bottom of the first page of each sheet of a book or
pamphlet, as a direction to the binder in arranging and folding the sheets.
Signature (v. t.) The
printed sheet so marked, or the form from which it is printed; as, to reprint
one or more signatures.
Signature (v. t.) That
part of a prescription which contains the directions to the patient. It is
usually prefaced by S or Sig. (an abbreviation for the Latin signa, imperative
of signare to sign or mark).
Signature (v. t.) To mark
with, or as with, a signature or signatures.
Signaturist (n.) One who
holds to the doctrine of signatures impressed upon objects, indicative of
character or qualities.
Signboard (n.) A board,
placed on or before a shop, office, etc., on which ssome notice is given, as the
name of a firm, of a business, or the like.
Signer (n.) One who signs
or subscribes his name; as, a memorial with a hundred signers.
Signet (n.) A seal;
especially, in England, the seal used by the sovereign in sealing private
letters and grants that pass by bill under the sign manual; -- called also privy
signet.
Signeted (a.) Stamped or
marked with a signet.
Signifer (a.) Bearing
signs.
Significance (n.) Alt. of
Significancy
Significancy (n.) The
quality or state of being significant.
Significancy (n.) That
which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion
of the hand, or of a word or expression.
Significancy (n.)
Importance; moment; weight; consequence.
Significant (a.) Fitted or
designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a
sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a
significant look.
Significant (a.) Deserving
to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event.
Significant (n.) That
which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
Significantly (adv.) In a
significant manner.
Significate (n.) One of
several things signified by a common term.
Signification (n.) The act
of signifying; a making known by signs or other means.
Signification (n.) That
which is signified or made known; that meaning which a sign, character, or token
is intended to convey; as, the signification of words.
Significative (a.)
Betokening or representing by an external sign.
Significative (a.) Having
signification or meaning; expressive of a meaning or purpose; significant.
Significator (n.) One who,
or that which, signifies.
Significatory (a.)
Significant.
Significatory (n.) That
which is significatory.
Significavit (n.)
Formerly, a writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificate given by the
ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by the space of forty days, for the
laying him up in prison till he submit himself to the authority of the church.
Signified (imp. & p. p.)
of Signify
Signifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Signify
Signify (n.) To show by a
sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or
the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified
his desire to be present.
Signify (n.) To mean; to
import; to denote; to betoken.
Signior (n.) Sir; Mr. The
English form and pronunciation for the Italian Signor and the Spanish Se–or.
Signiorize (v. t.) To
exercise dominion over; to lord it over.
Signiorize (v. i.) To
exercise dominion; to seigniorize.
Signiorship (n.) State or
position of a signior.
Signiory (n.) Same as
Seigniory.
Signor (n.) Alt. of
Signore
Signore (n.) Sir; Mr.; --
a title of address or respect among the Italians. Before a noun the form is
Signor.
Signora (n.) Madam; Mrs;
-- a title of address or respect among the Italians.
Signorina (n.) Miss; -- a
title of address among the Italians.
Signpost (n.) A post on
which a sign hangs, or on which papers are placed to give public notice of
anything.
Sik (a.) Alt. of Sike
Sike (a.) Such. See Such.
Sike (n.) A gutter; a
stream, such as is usually dry in summer.
Sike (n.) A sick person.
Sike (v. i.) To sigh.
Sike (n.) A sigh.
Siker (n.) Alt. of
Sikerness
Sikerly (n.) Alt. of
Sikerness
Sikerness (n.) See 2d
Sicker, Sickerly, etc.
Sikhs (n. pl.) A religious
sect noted for warlike traits, founded in the Punjab at the end of the 15th
century.
Silage (n. & v.) Short for
Ensilage.
Sile (v. t.) To strain, as
fresh milk.
Sile (v. i.) To drop; to
flow; to fall.
Sile (n.) A sieve with
fine meshes.
Sile (n.) Filth; sediment.
Sile (n.) A young or small
herring.
Silence (n.) The state of
being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.
Silence (n.) Forbearance
from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness.
Silence (n.) Secrecy; as,
these things were transacted in silence.
Silence (n.) The cessation
of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced
to silence.
Silence (n.) Absence of
mention; oblivion.
Silence (interj.) Be
silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.
Silenced (imp. & p. p.) of
Silence
Silencing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Silence
Silence (v. t.) To compel
to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.
Silence (v. t.) To put to
rest; to quiet.
Silence (v. t.) To
restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the
like, especially from the act of preaching; as, to silence a minister of the
gospel.
Silence (v. t.) To cause
to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an
enemy.
Silene (n.) A genus of
caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a viscid secretion by which
insects are caught; catchfly.
Silent (a.) Free from
sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
Silent (a.) Not speaking;
indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
Silent (a.) Keeping at
rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent.
Silent (a.) Not
pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in "fable."
Silent (a.) Having no
effect; not operating; inefficient.
Silent (n.) That which is
silent; a time of silence.
Silentiary (n.) One
appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, one sworn not to divulge
secrets of state.
Silentious (a.) Habitually
silent; taciturn; reticent.
Silently (adv.) In a
silent manner.
Silentness (n.) State of
being silent; silence.
Silenus (n.) See Wanderoo.
Silesia (n.) A kind of
linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia.
Silesia (n.) A twilled
cotton fabric, used for dress linings.
Silesian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Silesia.
Silesian (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Silesia.
Silex (n.) Silica, SiO2 as
found in nature, constituting quarz, and most sands and sandstones. See Silica,
and Silicic.
Silhouette (n.) A
representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a
profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.
Silhouette (v. t.) To
represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a
silhouette.
Silica (n.) Silicon
dioxide, SiO/. It constitutes ordinary quartz (also opal and tridymite), and is
artifically prepared as a very fine, white, tasteless, inodorous powder.
Silicate (n.) A salt of
silicic acid.
Silicated (a.) Combined or
impregnated with silicon or silica; as, silicated hydrogen; silicated rocks.
Silicatization (n.)
Silicification.
Silicea (n. pl.) Same as
Silicoidea.
Siliceous (a.) Of or
pertaining to silica; containing silica, or partaking of its nature.
Silicic (a.) Pertaining
to, derived from, or resembling, silica; specifically, designating compounds of
silicon; as, silicic acid.
Silicicalcareous (a.)
Consisting of silica and calcareous matter.
Silicide (n.) A binary
compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary.
Siliciferous (a.)
Producing silica; united with silica.
Silicification (n.) Thae
act or process of combining or impregnating with silicon or silica; the state of
being so combined or impregnated; as, the silicification of wood.
Silicified (a.) Combined
or impregnated with silicon or silica, especially the latter; as, silicified
wood.
Silicified (imp. & p. p.)
of Silicify
Silicifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Silicify
Silicify (v. t.) To
convert into, or to impregnate with, silica, or with the compounds of silicon.
Silicify (v. i.) To become
converted into silica, or to be impregnated with silica.
Silicioidea (n. pl.) Same
as Silicoidea.
Silicious (a.) See
Siliceous.
Silicispongiae (n. pl.)
Same as Silicoidea.
Silicited (a.) Silicified.
Silicium (n.) See Silicon.
Siliciureted (a.) Combined
or impregnated with silicon.
Silicle (n.) A seed vessel
resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long. See Silique.
Silico- () A combining form (also
used adjectively) denoting the presence of silicon or its compounds; as,
silicobenzoic, silicofluoride, etc.
Silicofluoric (a.)
Containing, or composed of, silicon and fluorine; especially, denoting the
compounds called silicofluorides.
Silicofluoride (n.) A
fluosilicate; a salt of silicofluoric acid.
Silicoidea (n. pl.) An
extensive order of Porifera, which includes those that have the skeleton
composed mainly of siliceous fibers or spicules.
Silicon (n.) A nonmetalic
element analogous to carbon. It always occurs combined in nature, and is
artificially obtained in the free state, usually as a dark brown amorphous
powder, or as a dark crystalline substance with a meetallic luster. Its oxide is
silica, or common quartz, and in this form, or as silicates, it is, next to
oxygen, the most abundant element of the earth's crust. Silicon is
characteristically the element of the mineral kingdom, as carbon is of the
organic world. Symbol Si. Atomic weight 28. Called also silicium.
Silicotungstic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, any one of a series of double acids of silicon
and tungsten, known in the free state, and also in their salts (called
silicotungstates).
Silicula (n.) A silicle.
Silicule (n.) A silicle.
Siliculose (a.) Bearing
silicles; pertaining to, or resembling, silicles.
Siliculose (a.) Full of,
or consisting of, husks; husky.
Siliginose (a.) Made of
fine wheat.
Siling () a. & n. from Sile to
strain.
Siliquae (pl. ) of Siliqua
Siliqua (n.) Same as
Silique.
Siliqua (n.) A weight of
four grains; a carat; -- a term used by jewelers, and refiners of gold.
Silique (n.) An oblong or
elongated seed vessel, consisting of two valves with a dissepiment between, and
opening by sutures at either margin. The seeds are attached to both edges of the
dissepiment, alternately upon each side of it.
Siliqyiform (a.) Having
the form of a silique.
Siliquosa (n. pl.) A
Linnaean order of plants including those which bear siliques.
Siliquose (a.) Alt. of
Siliquous
Siliquous (a.) Bearing
siliques; as, siliquose plants; pertaining to, or resembling, siliques; as,
siliquose capsules.
Silk (n.) The fine, soft
thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within
which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by
the larvae of Bombyx mori.
Silk (n.) Hence, thread
spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material.
Silk (n.) That which
resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize.
Silken (a.) Of or
pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken
veil.
Silken (a.) Fig.: Soft;
delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language.
Silken (a.) Dressed in
silk.
Silken (v. t.) To render
silken or silklike.
Silkiness (n.) The quality
or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness.
Silkiness (n.) Fig.:
Effeminacy; weakness.
Silkmen (pl. ) of Silkman
Silkman (n.) A dealer in
silks; a silk mercer.
Silkness (n.) Silkiness.
Silkweed (n.) Any plant of
the genera Asclepias and Acerates whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down;
milkweed.
Silkworm (n.) The larva of
any one of numerous species of bombycid moths, which spins a large amount of
strong silk in constructing its cocoon before changing to a pupa.
Silky (superl.) Of or
pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky
luster.
Silky (superl.) Hence,
soft and smooth; as, silky wine.
Silky (superl.) Covered
with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous.
Sill (n.) The basis or
foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms
the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house,
of a bridge, of a loom, and the like.
Sill (n.) The timber or
stone at the foot of a door; the threshold.
Sill (n.) The timber or
stone on which a window frame stands; or, the lowest piece in a window frame.
Sill (n.) The floor of a
gallery or passage in a mine.
Sill (n.) A piece of
timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
Sill (n.) The shaft or
thill of a carriage.
Sill (n.) A young herring.
Sillabub (n.) A dish made
by mixing wine or cider with milk, and thus forming a soft curd; also, sweetened
cream, flavored with wine and beaten to a stiff froth.
Siller (n.) Silver.
Sillily (adv.) In a silly
manner; foolishly.
Sillimanite (n.) Same as
Fibrolite.
Silliness (n.) The quality
or state of being silly.
Sillock (n.) The pollock,
or coalfish.
Sillon (n.) A work raised
in the middle of a wide ditch, to defend it.
Silly (n.) Happy;
fortunate; blessed.
Silly (n.) Harmless;
innocent; inoffensive.
Silly (n.) Weak; helpless;
frail.
Silly (n.) Rustic; plain;
simple; humble.
Silly (n.) Weak in
intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple; as,
a silly woman.
Silly (n.) Proceeding from
want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly;
unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question.
Sillyhow (a.) A caul. See
Caul, n., 3.
Silo (n.) A pit or vat for
packing away green fodder for winter use so as to exclude air and outside
moisture. See Ensilage.
Silt (n.) Mud or fine
earth deposited from running or standing water.
Silted (imp. & p. p.) of
Silt
Silting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Silt
Silt (v. t.) To choke,
fill, or obstruct with silt or mud.
Silt (v. i.) To flow
through crevices; to percolate.
Silty (a.) Full of silt;
resembling silt.
Silure (n.) A fish of the
genus Silurus, as the sheatfish; a siluroid.
Silurian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the country of the ancient Silures; -- a term applied to the
earliest of the Paleozoic eras, and also to the strata of the era, because most
plainly developed in that country.
Silurian (n.) The Silurian
age.
Siluridan (n.) Any fish of
the family Siluridae or of the order Siluroidei.
Siluroid (n.) Belonging to
the Siluroidei, or Nematognathi, an order of fishes including numerous species,
among which are the American catfishes and numerous allied fresh-water species
of the Old World, as the sheatfish (Silurus glanis) of Europe.
Siluroid (n.) A siluroid
fish.
Siluroidei (n. pl.) An
order of fishes, the Nematognathi.
Silurus (n.) A genus of
large malacopterygious fishes of the order Siluroidei. They inhabit the inland
waters of Europe and Asia.
Silvas (pl. ) of Silva
Silvae (pl. ) of Silva
Silva (n.) The forest
trees of a region or country, considered collectively.
Silva (n.) A description
or history of the forest trees of a country.
Silvan (a.) Of or
pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody.
Silvan (n.) See Sylvanium.
Silvanite (n.) See
Sylvanite.
Silvas (n. pl.) Alt. of
Selvas
Selvas (n. pl.) Vast
woodland plains of South America.
Silvate (n.) Same as
Sylvate.
Silver (n.) A soft white
metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high
degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic,
antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite,
ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of the "noble" metals, so-called, not being
easily oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of
articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5.
Silver (n.) Coin made of
silver; silver money.
Silver (n.) Anything
having the luster or appearance of silver.
Silver (n.) The color of
silver.
Silver (a.) Of or
pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup.
Silver (a.) Resembling
silver.
Silver (a.) Bright;
resplendent; white.
Silver (a.) Precious;
costly.
Silver (a.) Giving a
clear, ringing sound soft and clear.
Silver (a.) Sweet; gentle;
peaceful.
Silvered (imp. & p. p.) of
Silver
Silvering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Silver
Silver (v. t.) To cover
with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery
color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of
tin and mercury.
Silver (v. t.) To polish
like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
Silver (v. t.) To make
hoary, or white, like silver.
Silver (v. i.) To acquire
a silvery color.
Silverback (n.) The knot.
Silverberry (n.) A tree or
shrub (Elaeagnus argentea) with silvery foliage and fruit.
Silverbill (n.) An Old
World finch of the genus Minia, as the M. Malabarica of India, and M. cantans of
Africa.
Silverboom (n.) See
Leucadendron.
Silverfin (n.) A small
North American fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Notropis Whipplei).
Silverfish (n.) The
tarpum.
Silverfish (n.) A white
variety of the goldfish.
Silver-gray (a.) Having a
gray color with a silvery luster; as, silver-gray hair.
Silveriness (n.) The state
of being silvery.
Silvering (n.) The art or
process of covering metals, wood, paper, glass, etc., with a thin film of
metallic silver, or a substance resembling silver; also, the firm do laid on;
as, the silvering of a glass speculum.
Silverized (imp. & p. p.)
of Silverize
Silverizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Silverize
Silverize (v. t.) To cover
with silver.
Silverless (a.) Having no
silcver; hence, without money; impecunious.
Silverling (n.) A small
silver coin.
Silverly (adv.) Like
silver in appearance or in sound.
Silvern (a.) Made of
silver.
Silversides (n.) Any one
of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery
stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast
(Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar,
tailor, and tinker.
Silversmith (n.) One whose
occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in
silver.
Silverspot (n.) Any one of
numerous species of butterflies of the genus Argynnis and allied genera, having
silvery spots on the under side of the wings. See Illust. under Aphrodite.
Silverware (n.) Dishes,
vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, made of silver.
Silverweed (n.) A
perennial rosaceous herb (Potentilla Anserina) having the leaves silvery white
beneath.
Silvery (a.) Resembling,
or having the luster of, silver; grayish white and lustrous; of a mild luster;
bright.
Silvery (a.) Besprinkled
or covered with silver.
Silvery (a.) Having the
clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound; as, silvery voices; a
silvery laugh.
Silviculture (n.) See
Sylviculture.
Sima (n.) A cyma.
Simagre (n.) A grimace.
Simar (n.) A woman's long
dress or robe; also light covering; a scarf.
Simarre () See Simar.
Simblot (n.) The harness
of a drawloom.
Simia (n.) A Linnaean
genus of Quadrumana which included the types of numerous modern genera. By
modern writers it is usually restricted to the genus which includes the
orang-outang.
Simial (a.) Simian;
apelike.
Simian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the family Simiadae, which, in its widest sense, includes all the
Old World apes and monkeys; also, apelike.
Simian (n.) Any Old World
monkey or ape.
Similar (a.) Exactly
corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.
Similar (a.) Nearly
corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general
likeness.
Similar (a.) Homogenous;
uniform.
Similar (n.) That which is
similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
-ties (pl. ) of Similarity
Similarity (n.) The
quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of
features.
Similarly (adv.) In a
similar manner.
Similary (a.) Similar.
Similative (a.) Implying
or indicating likeness or resemblance.
Similes (pl. ) of Simile
Simile (n.) A word or
phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something
else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison.
Similiter (n.) The
technical name of the form by which either party, in pleading, accepts the issue
tendered by his opponent; -- called sometimes a joinder in issue.
Similitude (n.) The
quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity;
as, similitude of substance.
Similitude (n.) The act of
likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative
comparison; a simile.
Similitude (n.) That which
is like or similar; a representation, semblance, or copy; a facsimile.
Similitudinary (a.)
Involving or expressing similitude.
Similize (v. t.) To liken;
to compare; as, to similize a person, thing, or act.
Similor (n.) An alloy of
copper and zinc, resembling brass, but of a golden color.
Semious (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Sim/; monkeylike.
Simitar (n.) See Scimiter.
Simmered (imp. & p. p.) of
Simmer
Simmering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Simmer
Simmer (v. i.) To boil
gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil.
Simmer (v. t.) To cause to
boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.
Simnel (n.) A kind of cake
made of fine flour; a cracknel.
Simnel (n.) A kind of rich
plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday.
Simoniac (n.) One who
practices simony, or who buys or sells preferment in the church.
Simoniacal (a.) Of or
pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting of simony.
Simonial (a.) Simoniacal.
Simonian (n.) One of the
followers of Simon Magus; also, an adherent of certain heretical sects in the
early Christian church.
Simonious (a.) Simoniacal.
Simonist (n.) One who
practices simony.
Simony (n.) The crime of
buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one
to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward.
Simoom (n.) Alt. of Simoon
Simoon (n.) A hot, dry,
suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and
neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or
sandy plains.
Simous (a.) Having a very
flat or snub nose, with the end turned up.
Simpai (n.) A long-tailed
monkey (Semnopitchecus melalophus) native of Sumatra. It has a crest of black
hair. The forehead and cheeks are fawn color, the upper parts tawny and red, the
under parts white. Called also black-crested monkey, and sinpae.
Simpered (imp. & p. p.) of
Simper
Simpering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Simper
Simper (v. i.) To smile in
a silly, affected, or conceited manner.
Simper (v. i.) To glimmer;
to twinkle.
Simper (n.) A constrained,
self-conscious smile; an affected, silly smile; a smirk.
Simperer (n.) One who
simpers.
Simpering () a. &. n. from
Simper, v.
Simperingly (adv.) In a
simpering manner.
Simple (a.) Single; not
complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with
something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple
sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks.
Simple (a.) Plain;
unadorned; as, simple dress.
Simple (a.) Mere; not
other than; being only.
Simple (a.) Not given to
artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true.
Simple (a.) Artless in
manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.
Simple (a.) Direct; clear;
intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple
language.
Simple (a.) Weak in
intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments;
hence, foolish; silly.
Simple (a.) Not luxurious;
without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living.
Simple (a.) Humble; lowly;
undistinguished.
Simple (a.) Without
subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf.
Simple (a.) Not capable of
being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present
known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a.
Simple (a.) Homogenous.
Simple (a.) Consisting of
a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.
Simple (a.) Something not
mixed or compounded.
Simple (a.) A medicinal
plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its
particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.
Simple (a.) A drawloom.
Simple (a.) A part of the
apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
Simple (a.) A feast which
is not a double or a semidouble.
Simple (v. i.) To gather
simples, or medicinal plants.
Simple-hearted (a.)
Sincere; inguenuous; guileless.
Simple-minded (a.)
Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of
duplicity.
Simpleness (n.) The
quality or state of being simple; simplicity.
Simpler (n.) One who
collects simples, or medicinal plants; a herbalist; a simplist.
Simpless (n.) Simplicity;
silliness.
Simpleton (n.) A person of
weak intellect; a silly person.
Simplician (n.) One who is
simple.
Simplicity (n.) The
quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity
of metals or of earths.
Simplicity (n.) The
quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts; as, the
simplicity of a machine.
Simplicity (n.)
Artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and
sagacity.
Simplicity (n.) Freedom
from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness; as,
simplicity of dress, of style, or of language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of
life.
Simplicity (n.) Freedom
from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness; as, the simplicity of a doctrine; the
simplicity of an explanation or a demonstration.
Simplicity (n.) Weakness
of intellect; silliness; folly.
Simplification (n.) The
act of simplifying.
Simplified (imp. & p. p.)
of Simplify
Simplifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Simplify
Simplify (v. t.) To make
simple; to make less complex; to make clear by giving the explanation for; to
show an easier or shorter process for doing or making.
Simplist (n.) One skilled
in simples, or medicinal plants; a simpler.
Simplistic (a.) Of or
pertaining to simples, or a simplist.
Simplity (n.) Simplicity.
Simploce (n.) See
Symploce.
Simply (adv.) In a simple
manner or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; along; merely;
solely; barely.
Simply (adv.) Plainly;
without art or subtlety.
Simply (adv.) Weakly;
foolishly.
Simulacher (n.) Alt. of
Simulachre
Simulachre (n.) See
Simulacrum.
Simulacra (pl. ) of
Simulacrum
Simulacrum (n.) A
likeness; a semblance; a mock appearance; a sham; -- now usually in a derogatory
sense.
Simular (n.) One who
pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits
something; a pretender.
Simular (a.) False;
specious; counterfeit.
Simulate (a.) Feigned;
pretended.
Simulated (imp. & p. p.)
of Simulate
Simulating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Simulate
Simulate (v. t.) To assume
the mere appearance of, without the reality; to assume the signs or indications
of, falsely; to counterfeit; to feign.
Simulation (n.) The act of
simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; --
distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what is true.
Simulator (n.) One who
simulates, or feigns.
Simulatory (a.) Simulated,
or capable of being simulated.
Simultaneity (n.) The
quality or state of being simultaneous; simultaneousness.
Simultaneous (a.)
Existing, happening, or done, at the same time; as, simultaneous events.
Simulty (n.) Private
grudge or quarrel; as, domestic simulties.
Sin (adv., prep., & conj.)
Old form of Since.
Sin (n.) Transgression of
the law of God; disobedience of the divine command; any violation of God's will,
either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character; iniquity; as,
sins of omission and sins of commission.
Sin (n.) An offense, in
general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin against good
manners.
Sin (n.) A sin offering; a
sacrifice for sin.
Sin (n.) An embodiment of
sin; a very wicked person.
Sinned (imp. & p. p.) of
Sin
Sinning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sin
Sin (n.) To depart
voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God to man; to violate the
divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or
nonobservance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty; -- often
followed by against.
Sin (n.) To violate human
rights, law, or propriety; to commit an offense; to trespass; to transgress.
Sinaic (a.) Alt. of
Sinaitic
Sinaitic (a.) Of or
pertaining to Mount Sinai; given or made at Mount Sinai; as, the Sinaitic law.
Sinalbin (n.) A glucoside
found in the seeds of white mustard (Brassica alba, formerly Sinapis alba), and
extracted as a white crystalline substance.
Sinamine (n.) A bitter
white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained indirectly from oil of mustard
and ammonia; -- called also allyl melamine.
Sinapate (n.) A salt of
sinapic acid.
Sinapic (a.) Of or
pertaining to sinapine; specifically, designating an acid (C11H12O5) related to
gallic acid, and obtained by the decomposition of sinapine, as a white
crystalline substance.
Sinapine (n.) An alkaloid
occuring in the seeds of mustard. It is extracted, in combination with
sulphocyanic acid, as a white crystalline substance, having a hot, bitter taste.
When sinapine is isolated it is unstable and undergoes decomposition.
Sinapis (n.) A disused
generic name for mustard; -- now called Brassica.
Sinapisin (n.) A substance
extracted from mustard seed and probably identical with sinalbin.
Sinapism (n.) A plaster or
poultice composed principally of powdered mustard seed, or containing the
volatile oil of mustard seed. It is a powerful irritant.
Sinapoleic (a.) Of or
pertaining to mustard oil; specifically, designating an acid of the oleic acid
series said to occur in mistard oil.
Sinapoline (n.) A
nitrogenous base, CO.(NH.C3H5)2, related to urea, extracted from mustard oil,
and also produced artifically, as a white crystalline substance; -- called also
diallyl urea.
Sincaline (n.) Choline.
Since (adv.) From a
definite past time until now; as, he went a month ago, and I have not seen him
since.
Since (adv.) In the time
past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago.
Since (adv.) When or that.
Since (prep.) From the
time of; in or during the time subsequent to; subsequently to; after; -- usually
with a past event or time for the object.
Since (conj.) Seeing that;
because; considering; -- formerly followed by that.
Sincere (superl.) Pure;
unmixed; unadulterated.
Sincere (superl.) Whole;
perfect; unhurt; uninjured.
Sincere (superl.) Being in
reality what it appears to be; having a character which corresponds with the
appearance; not falsely assumed; genuine; true; real; as, a sincere desire for
knowledge; a sincere contempt for meanness.
Sincere (superl.) Honest;
free from hypocrisy or dissimulation; as, a sincere friend; a sincere person.
Sincerely (adv.) In a
sincere manner.
Sincerely (adv.) Purely;
without alloy.
Sincerely (adv.) Honestly;
unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love
virtue sincerely.
Sincereness (n.) Same as
Sincerity.
Sincerity (n.) The quality
or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from
simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense; sincereness.
Sinch (n.) A saddle girth
made of leather, canvas, woven horsehair, or woven grass.
Sinch (v. t.) To gird with
a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle); as, to sinch up a sadle.
Sincipital (a.) Of or
pertaining to the sinciput; being in the region of the sinciput.
Sinciput (n.) The fore
part of the head.
Sinciput (n.) The part of
the head of a bird between the base of the bill and the vertex.
Sindon (n.) A wrapper.
Sindon (n.) A small rag or
pledget introduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine.
Sine (n.) The length of a
perpendicular drawn from one extremity of an arc of a circle to the diameter
drawn through the other extremity.
Sine (n.) The
perpendicular itself. See Sine of angle, below.
Sine (prep.) Without.
Sinecural (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sinecure; being in the nature of a sinecure.
Sinecure (n.) An
ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls.
Sinecure (n.) Any office
or position which requires or involves little or no responsibility, labor, or
active service.
Sinecure (v. t.) To put or
place in a sinecure.
Sinecurism (n.) The state
of having a sinecure.
Sinecurist (n.) One who
has a sinecure.
Sinew (n.) A tendon or
tendonous tissue. See Tendon.
Sinew (n.) Muscle; nerve.
Sinew (n.) Fig.: That
which supplies strength or power.
Sinewed (imp. & p. p.) of
Sinew
Sinewing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sinew
Sinew (v. t.) To knit
together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews.
Sinewed (a.) Furnished
with sinews; as, a strong-sinewed youth.
Sinewed (a.) Fig.:
Equipped; strengthened.
Sinewiness (n.) Quality of
being sinewy.
Sinewish (a.) Sinewy.
Sinewless (a.) Having no
sinews; hence, having no strength or vigor.
Sinewous (a.) Sinewy.
Sinew-shrunk (a.) Having
the sinews under the belly shrunk by excessive fatigue.
Sinewy (a.) Pertaining to,
consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews.
Sinewy (a.) Well braced
with, or as if with, sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the
sinewy Ajax.
Sinful (a.) Tainted with,
or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful
thoughts.
Sung (imp.) of Sing
Sang () of Sing
Sung (p. p.) of Sing
Singing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sing
Sing (v. i.) To utter
sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may
dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as
alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece.
Sing (v. i.) To utter
sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.
Sing (v. i.) To make a
small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice.
Sing (v. i.) To tell or
relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry.
Sing (v. i.) Ti cry out;
to complain.
Sing (v. t.) To utter with
musical infections or modulations of voice.
Sing (v. t.) To celebrate
is song; to give praises to in verse; to relate or rehearse in numbers, verse,
or poetry.
Sing (v. t.) To influence
by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a child to sleep.
Sing (v. t.) To accompany,
or attend on, with singing.
Singed (imp. & p. p.) of
Singe
Singeing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Singe
Singe (v. t.) To burn
slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside
of; as, to singe the hair or the skin.
Singe (v. t.) To remove
the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame,
preliminary to dyeing it.
Singe (v. t.) To remove
the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a
flame.
Singe (n.) A burning of
the surface; a slight burn.
Singer (n.) One who, or
that which, singes.
Singer (n.) One employed
to singe cloth.
Singer (n.) A machine for
singeing cloth.
Singer (n.) One who sings;
especially, one whose profession is to sing.
Singeress (n.) A
songstress.
Singhalese (n. & a.) Same
as Cingalese.
Singing () a. & n. from Sing, v.
Singingly (adv.) With
sounds like singing; with a kind of tune; in a singing tone.
Single (a.) One only, as
distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate;
as, a single star.
Single (a.) Alone; having
no companion.
Single (a.) Hence,
unmarried; as, a single man or woman.
Single (a.) Not doubled,
twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand
of a rope.
Single (a.) Performed by
one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat.
Single (a.) Uncompounded;
pure; unmixed.
Single (a.) Not deceitful
or artful; honest; sincere.
Single (a.) Simple; not
wise; weak; silly.
Singled (imp. & p. p.) of
Single
Singling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Single
Single (v. t.) To select,
as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from
others; to separate.
Single (v. t.) To
sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
Single (v. t.) To take
alone, or one by one.
Single (v. i.) To take the
irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot.
Single (n.) A unit; one;
as, to score a single.
Single (n.) The reeled
filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
Single (n.) A handful of
gleaned grain.
Single (n.) A game with
but one player on each side; -- usually in the plural.
Single (n.) A hit by a
batter which enables him to reach first base only.
Single-acting (a.) Having
simplicity of action; especially (Mach.), acting or exerting force during
strokes in one direction only; -- said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.
Single-breasted (a.)
Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having
buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.
Single-foot (n.) An
irregular gait of a horse; -- called also single-footed pace. See Single, v. i.
Single-handed (a.) Having
but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted.
Single-hearted (a.) Having
an honest heart; free from duplicity.
Single-minded (a.) Having
a single purpose; hence, artless; guileless; single-hearted.
Singleness (n.) The
quality or state of being single, or separate from all others; the opposite of
doubleness, complication, or multiplicity.
Singleness (n.) Freedom
from duplicity, or secondary and selfish ends; purity of mind or purpose;
simplicity; sincerity; as, singleness of purpose; singleness of heart.
Singles (n. pl.) See
Single, n., 2.
Singlestick (n.) In
England and Scotland, a cudgel used in fencing or fighting; a backsword.
Singlestick (n.) The game
played with singlesticks, in which he who first brings blood from his
adversary's head is pronounced victor; backsword; cudgeling.
Singlet (n.) An unlined or
undyed waistcoat; a single garment; -- opposed to doublet.
Singleton (n.) In certain
games at cards, as whist, a single card of any suit held at the deal by a
player; as, to lead a singleton.
Singletree (n.) The
pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed; a
whiffletree.
Singly (adv.)
Individually; particularly; severally; as, to make men singly and personally
good.
Singly (adv.) Only; by
one's self; alone.
Singly (adv.) Without
partners, companions, or associates; single-handed; as, to attack another
singly.
Singly (adv.) Honestly;
sincerely; simply.
Singly (adv.) Singularly;
peculiarly.
Sing-sing (n.) The kob.
Singsong (n.) Bad singing
or poetry.
Singsong (n.) A drawling
or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed song.
Singsong (a.) Drawling;
monotonous.
Singsong (v. i.) To write
poor poetry.
Singster (n.) A
songstress.
Singular (a.) Separate or
apart from others; single; distinct.
Singular (a.) Engaged in
by only one on a side; single.
Singular (a.) Existing by
itself; single; individual.
Singular (a.) Each;
individual; as, to convey several parcels of land, all and singular.
Singular (a.) Denoting one
person or thing; as, the singular number; -- opposed to dual and plural.
Singular (a.) Standing by
itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual; uncommon; strange; as, a singular
phenomenon.
Singular (a.)
Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent;
extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments.
Singular (a.) Departing
from general usage or expectations; odd; whimsical; -- often implying
disapproval or consure.
Singular (a.) Being alone;
belonging to, or being, that of which there is but one; unique.
Singular (n.) An
individual instance; a particular.
Singular (n.) The singular
number, or the number denoting one person or thing; a word in the singular
number.
Singularist (n.) One who
affects singularity.
Singularities (pl. ) of
Singularity
Singularity (n.) The
quality or state of being singular; some character or quality of a thing by
which it is distinguished from all, or from most, others; peculiarity.
Singularity (n.) Anything
singular, rare, or curious.
Singularity (n.)
Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction.
Singularity (n.) Celibacy.
Singularize (v. t.) To
make singular or single; to distinguish.
Singularly (adv.) In a
singular manner; in a manner, or to a degree, not common to others;
extraordinarily; as, to be singularly exact in one's statements; singularly
considerate of others.
Singularly (adv.)
Strangely; oddly; as, to behave singularly.
Singularly (adv.) So as to
express one, or the singular number.
Singult (n.) A sigh or
sobbing; also, a hiccough.
Singultous (a.) Relating
to, or affected with, hiccough.
Singultus (n.) Hiccough.
Sinical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sine; employing, or founded upon, sines; as, a sinical quadrant.
Sinigrin (n.) A glucoside
found in the seeds of black mustard (Brassica nigra, formerly Sinapis nigra) It
resembles sinalbin, and consists of a potassium salt of myronic acid.
Sinister (a.) On the left
hand, or the side of the left hand; left; -- opposed to dexter, or right.
Sinister (a.) Unlucky;
inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; -- the left being usually regarded as
the unlucky side; as, sinister influences.
Sinister (a.) Wrong, as
springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as,
sinister aims.
Sinister (a.) Indicative
of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger; as, a sinister countenance.
Sinister-handed (a.)
Left-handed; hence, unlucky.
Sinisterly (adv.) In a
sinister manner.
Sinistrad (adv.) Toward
the left side; sinistrally.
Sinistral (a.) Of or
pertaining to the left, inclining to the left; sinistrous; -- opposed to
dextral.
Sinistral (a.) Having the
whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed; -- said of
certain spiral shells.
Sinistrality (n.) The
quality or state of being sinistral.
Sinistrally (adv.) Toward
the left; in a sinistral manner.
Sinistrin (n.) A
mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroodextrin, extracted from squill as a
colorless amorphous substance; -- so called because it is levorotatory.
Sinistrorsal (a.) Rising
spirally from right to left (of the spectator); sinistrorse.
Sinistrorse (a.) Turning
to the left (of the spectator) in the ascending line; -- the opposite of
dextrorse. See Dextrorse.
Sinistrous (a.) Being on
the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral.
Sinistrous (a.) Wrong;
absurd; perverse.
Sinistrously (adv.) In a
sinistrous manner; perversely; wrongly; unluckily.
Sinistrously (adv.) With a
tendency to use the left hand.
Sunk (imp.) of Sink
Sank () of Sink
Sunk (p. p.) of Sink
Sunken () of Sink
Sinking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sink
Sink (v. i.) To fall by,
or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline
gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun
sinks in the west.
Sink (v. i.) To enter
deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.
Sink (v. i.) Hence, to
enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely.
Sink (v. i.) To be
overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or
from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease.
Sink (v. i.) To decrease
in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent
height.
Sink (v. t.) To cause to
sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.
Sink (v. t.) Figuratively:
To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to
destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation.
Sink (v. t.) To make (a
depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well;
to sink a die.
Sink (v. t.) To bring low;
to reduce in quantity; to waste.
Sink (v. t.) To conseal
and appropriate.
Sink (v. t.) To keep out
of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
Sink (v. t.) To reduce or
extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt.
Sink (n.) A drain to carry
off filthy water; a jakes.
Sink (n.) A shallow box or
vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used
for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.
Sink (n.) A hole or low
place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole.
Sinker (n.) One who, or
that which, sinks.
Sinker (n.) A weight on
something, as on a fish line, to sink it.
Sinker (n.) In knitting
machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the
loops upon or between the needles.
Sinking () a. & n. from Sink.
Sinless (a.) Free from
sin.
Sinner (n.) One who has
sinned; especially, one who has sinned without repenting; hence, a persistent
and incorrigible transgressor; one condemned by the law of God.
Sinner (v. i.) To act as a
sinner.
Sinneress (n.) A woman who
sins.
Sinnet (n.) See Sennit .
Sinological (a.) Relating
to the Chinese language or literature.
Sinologist (n.) A
sinologue.
Sinologue (n.) A student
of Chinese; one versed in the Chinese language, literature, and history.
Sinology (n.) That branch
of systemized knowledge which treats of the Chinese, their language, literature,
etc.
Sinoper (n.) Sinople.
Sinopia (n.) Alt. of
Sinopis
Sinopis (n.) A red pigment
made from sinopite.
Sinopite (n.) A brickred
ferruginous clay used by the ancients for red paint.
Sinople (n.) Ferruginous
quartz, of a blood-red or brownish red color, sometimes with a tinge of yellow.
Sinople (n.) The tincture
vert; green.
Sinque (n.) See Cinque.
Sinsring (n.) Same as
Banxring.
Sinter (n.) Dross, as of
iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to
various minerals.
Sinto () Alt. of Sintoist
Sintu () Alt. of Sintoist
Sintoism () Alt. of Sintoist
Sintoist () See Shinto, etc.
Sintoc (n.) A kind of
spice used in the East Indies, consisting of the bark of a species of
Cinnamomum.
Siniate (a.) Having the
margin alternately curved inward and outward; having rounded lobes separated by
rounded sinuses; sinuous; wavy.
Sinuated (imp. & p. p.) of
Sinuate
Sinuating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sinuate
Sinuate (v. i.) To bend or
curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinusous.
Sinuated (a.) Same as
Sinuate.
Sinuation (n.) A winding
or bending in and out.
Sinuose (a.) Sinuous.
Sinuosities (pl. ) of
Sinuosity
Sinuosity (n.) Quality or
state of being sinuous.
Sinuosity (n.) A bend, or
a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a series of windings; a wave line; a
curve.
Sinuous (a.) Bending in
and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.
Sinupalliate (a.) Having a
pallial sinus. See under Sinus.
Sinus (pl. ) of Sinus
Sinuses (pl. ) of Sinus
Sinus (n.) An opening; a
hollow; a bending.
Sinus (n.) A bay of the
sea; a recess in the shore.
Sinus (n.) A cavity; a
depression.
Sinus (n.) A cavity in a
bone or other part, either closed or with a narrow opening.
Sinus (n.) A dilated
vessel or canal.
Sinus (n.) A narrow,
elongated cavity, in which pus is collected; an elongated abscess with only a
small orifice.
Sinus (n.) A depression
between adjoining lobes.
Sinusoid (n.) The curve
whose ordinates are proportional to the sines of the abscissas, the equation of
the curve being y = a sin x. It is also called the curve of sines.
Sinusoidal (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sinusoid; like a sinusoid.
Siogoon (n.) See Shogun.
Siogoonate (n.) See
Shogunate.
Sioux (n. sing. & pl.) See
Dakotas.
Sipped (imp. & p. p.) of
Sip
Sipping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sip
Sip (v. t.) To drink or
imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small
quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea.
Sip (v. t.) To draw into
the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers.
Sip (v. t.) To taste the
liquor of; to drink out of.
Sip (v. i.) To drink a
small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to take a sip or sips of
something.
Sip (n.) The act of
sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips.
Sip (n.) A small draught
taken with the lips; a slight taste.
Sipage (n.) See Seepage.
Sip (v. i.) See Seep.
Siphilis (n.) Syphilis.
Siphoid (n.) A siphon
bottle. See under Siphon, n.
Siphon (n.) A device,
consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two branches or legs of unequal
length, by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level, as from one
vessel to another, over an intermediate elevation, by the action of the pressure
of the atmosphere in forcing the liquid up the shorter branch of the pipe
immersed in it, while the continued excess of weight of the liquid in the longer
branch (when once filled) causes a continuous flow. The flow takes place only
when the discharging extremity of the pipe ia lower than the higher liquid
surface, and when no part of the pipe is higher above the surface than the same
liquid will rise by atmospheric pressure; that is, about 33 feet for water, and
30 inches for mercury, near the sea level.
Siphon (n.) One of the
tubes or folds of the mantle border of a bivalve or gastropod mollusk by which
water is conducted into the gill cavity. See Illust. under Mya, and
Lamellibranchiata.
Siphon (n.) The anterior
prolongation of the margin of any gastropod shell for the protection of the soft
siphon.
Siphon (n.) The tubular
organ through which water is ejected from the gill cavity of a cephaloid. It
serves as a locomotive organ, by guiding and confining the jet of water. Called
also siphuncle. See Illust. under Loligo, and Dibranchiata.
Siphon (n.) The siphuncle
of a cephalopod shell.
Siphon (n.) The sucking
proboscis of certain parasitic insects and crustaceans.
Siphon (n.) A sproutlike
prolongation in front of the mouth of many gephyreans.
Siphon (n.) A tubular
organ connected both with the esophagus and the intestine of certain sea urchins
and annelids.
Siphon (n.) A siphon
bottle.
Siphon (v. t.) To convey,
or draw off, by means of a siphon, as a liquid from one vessel to another at a
lower level.
Siphonage (n.) The action
of a siphon.
Siphonal (a.) Of or
pertaining to a siphon; resembling a siphon.
Siphonarid (n.) Any one of
numerous species of limpet-shaped pulmonate gastropods of the genus Siphonaria.
They cling to rocks between high and low water marks and have both lunglike
organs and gills.
Siphonata (n. pl.) A tribe
of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior mantle border is prolonged into two
tubes or siphons. Called also Siphoniata. See Siphon, 2 (a), and Quahaug.
Siphonate (a.) Having a
siphon or siphons.
Siphonate (a.) Belonging
to the Siphonata.
Siphonet (n.) One of the
two dorsal tubular organs on the hinder part of the abdomen of aphids. They give
exit to the honeydew. See Illust. under Aphis.
Siphonia (n.) A former
name for a euphorbiaceous genus (Hevea) of South American trees, the principal
source of caoutchouc.
Siphoniata (n. pl.) Same
as Siphonata.
Siphonic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a siphon.
Siphonifer (n.) Any
cephalopod having a siphonate shell.
Siphoniferous (a.)
Siphon-bearing, as the shell of the nautilus and other cephalopods.
Siphonia (pl. ) of
Siphonium
Siphonium (n.) A bony tube
which, in some birds, connects the tympanium with the air chambers of the
articular piece of the mandible.
Siphonobranchiata (n. pl.)
A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or both sides, prolonged
in the form of a spout through which water enters the gill cavity. The shell
itself is not always siphonostomatous in this group.
Siphonobranchiate (a.)
Having a siphon, or siphons, to convey water to the gills; belonging or
pertaining to the Siphonobranchiata.
Siphonobranchiate (n.) One
of the Siphonobranchiata.
Siphonoglyphe (n.) A
gonidium.
Siphonophora (n. pl.) An
order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species which form complex free-swimming
communities composed of numerous zooids of various kinds, some of which act as
floats or as swimming organs, others as feeding or nutritive zooids, and others
as reproductive zooids. See Illust. under Physallia, and Porpita.
Siphonophoran (a.)
Belonging to the Siphonophora.
Siphonophoran (n.) One of
the Siphonophora.
Siphonophore (n.) One of
the Siphonophora.
Siphonopoda (n. pl.) A
division of Scaphopoda including those in which the foot terminates in a
circular disk.
Siphonostomata (n. pl.) A
tribe of parasitic copepod Crustacea including a large number of species that
are parasites of fishes, as the lerneans. They have a mouth adapted to suck
blood.
Siphonostomata (n. pl.) An
artificial division of gastropods including those that have siphonostomatous
shells.
Siphonostomatous (a.)
Having the front edge of the aperture of the shell prolonged in the shape of a
channel for the protection of the siphon; -- said of certain gastropods.
Siphonostomatous (a.)
Pertaining to the Siphonostomata.
Siphonostome (n.) Any
parasitic entomostracan of the tribe Siphonostomata.
Siphonostome (n.) A
siphonostomatous shell.
Siphorhinal (a.) Having
tubular nostrils, as the petrels.
Siphorhinian (n.) A
siphorhinal bird.
Siphuncle (n.) The tube
which runs through the partitions of chambered cephalopod shells.
Siphuncled (a.) Having a
siphuncle; siphunculated.
Siphuncular (a.) Of or
pertaining to the siphuncle.
Siphunculated (a.) Having
a siphuncle.
Sipid (a.) Having a taste
or flavorl savory; sapid.
Sipper (n.) One whi sips.
Sippet (n.) A small sop; a
small, thin piece of toasted bread soaked in milk, broth, or the like; a small
piece of toasted or fried bread cut into some special shape and used for
garnishing.
Sipple (v. i.) To sip
often.
Sippling (a.) Sipping
often.
Sipunculacea (n. pl.) A
suborder of Gephyrea, including those which have the body unarmed and the
intestine opening anteriorly.
Sipunculoid (a.)
Pertaining to the Sipunculoidea.
Sipunculoid (n.) One of
the Sipunculoidea.
Sipunculoidea (n. pl.)
Same as Gephyrea.
Sipunculoidea (n. pl.) In
a restricted sense, same as Sipunculacea.
Si quis () A notification by a
candidate for orders of his intention to inquire whether any impediment may be
alleged against him.
Sir (n.) A man of social
authority and dignity; a lord; a master; a gentleman; -- in this sense usually
spelled sire.
Sir (n.) A title prefixed
to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet.
Sir (n.) An English
rendering of the LAtin Dominus, the academical title of a bachelor of arts; --
formerly colloquially, and sometimes contemptuously, applied to the clergy.
Sir (n.) A respectful
title, used in addressing a man, without being prefixed to his name; -- used
especially in speaking to elders or superiors; sometimes, also, used in the way
of emphatic formality.
Siraskier (n.) See
Seraskier.
Siraskierate (n.) See
Seraskierate.
Sirbonian (a.) See
Serbonian.
Sircar (n.) A Hindoo clerk
or accountant.
Sircar (n.) A district or
province; a circar.
Sircar (n.) The
government; the supreme authority of the state.
Sirdar (n.) A native chief
in Hindostan; a headman.
Sire (n.) A lord, master,
or other person in authority. See Sir.
Sire (n.) A tittle of
respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in
addressing a sovereign.
Sire (n.) A father; the
head of a family; the husband.
Sire (n.) A creator; a
maker; an author; an originator.
Sire (n.) The male parent
of a beast; -- applied especially to horses; as, the horse had a good sire.
Sired (imp. & p. p.) of
Sire
Siring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sire
Sire (v. t.) To beget; to
procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of stallions.
Siredon (n.) The larval
form of any salamander while it still has external gills; especially, one of
those which, like the axolotl (Amblystoma Mexicanum), sometimes lay eggs while
in this larval state, but which under more favorable conditions lose their gills
and become normal salamanders. See also Axolotl.
Siren (n.) One of three
sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an
island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured
mariners to destruction.
Siren (n.) An enticing,
dangerous woman.
Siren (n.) Something which
is insidious or deceptive.
Siren (n.) A mermaid.
Siren (n.) Any long,
slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs
and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit
the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common
species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long.
Siren (n.) An instrument
for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or
vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are
produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated
by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog.
Siren (a.) Of or
pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a
siren song.
Sirene (n.) See Siren, 6.
Sirenia (n. pl.) An order
of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and
several fossil genera.
Sirenian (n.) Any species
of Sirenia.
Sirenical (a.) Like, or
appropriate to, a siren; fascinating; deceptive.
Sirenize (v. i.) To use
the enticements of a siren; to act as a siren; to fascinate.
Siriasis (n.) A sunstroke.
Siriasis (n.) The act of
exposing to a sun bath. [Obs.] Cf. Insolation.
Sirius (n.) The Dog Star.
See Dog Star.
Sirkeer (n.) Any one of
several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genus Taccocua, as the Bengal sirkeer
(T. sirkee).
Sirloin (n.) A loin of
beef, or a part of a loin.
Sirname (n.) See Surname.
Siroc (n.) See Sirocco.
Siroccos (pl. ) of Sirocco
Sirocco (n.) An
oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy,
Malta, and Sicily.
Sirrah (n.) A term of
address implying inferiority and used in anger, contempt, reproach, or
disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a man or boy, but sometimes to a woman.
In sililoquies often preceded by ah. Not used in the plural.
Sirt (n.) A quicksand.
Sirup (n.) Alt. of Syrup
Syrup (n.) A thick and
viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar.
Syrup (n.) A thick and
viscid saccharine solution of superior quality (as sugarhouse sirup or molasses,
maple sirup); specifically, in pharmacy and often in cookery, a saturated
solution of sugar and water (simple sirup), or such a solution flavored or
medicated.
Siruped (a.) Alt. of
Syruped
Syruped (a.) Moistened,
covered, or sweetened with sirup, or sweet juice.
Sirupy (a.) Alt. of Syrupy
Syrupy (a.) Like sirup, or
partaking of its qualities.
Sirvente (n.) A peculiar
species of poetry, for the most part devoted to moral and religious topics, and
commonly satirical, -- often used by the troubadours of the Middle Ages.
Sis (n.) A colloquial
abbreviation of Sister.
Sis (n.) Six. See Sise.
Sisal grass () Alt. of Sisal hemp
Sisal hemp () The prepared fiber
of the Agave Americana, or American aloe, used for cordage; -- so called from
Sisal, a port in Yucatan. See Sisal hemp, under Hemp.
Siscowet (n.) A large, fat
variety of the namaycush found in Lake Superior; -- called also siskawet,
siskiwit.
Sise (n.) An assize.
Sise (n.) Six; the highest
number on a die; the cast of six in throwing dice.
Sisel (n.) The suslik.
Siser (n.) Cider. See
Sicer.
Siserara (n.) Alt. of
Siserary
Siserary (n.) A hard blow.
Siskin (n.) A small green
and yellow European finch (Spinus spinus, or Carduelis spinus); -- called also
aberdevine.
Siskin (n.) The American
pinefinch (S. pinus); -- called also pine siskin. See Pinefinch.
Siskiwit (n.) The
siscowet.
Sismograph (n.) See
Seismograph.
Sismometer (n.) See
Seismometer.
Siss (v. i.) To make a
hissing sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger.
Siss (n.) A hissing noise.
Sissoo (n.) A leguminous
tree (Dalbergia Sissoo) of the northern parts of India; also, the dark brown
compact and durable timber obtained from it. It is used in shipbuilding and for
gun carriages, railway ties, etc.
Sist (v. t.) To stay, as
judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop.
Sist (v. t.) To cause to
take a place, as at the bar of a court; hence, to cite; to summon; to bring into
court.
Sist (n.) A stay or
suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings.
Sister (n.) A female who
has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the
latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of
brother.
Sister (n.) A woman who is
closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith,
society, order, or community.
Sister (n.) One of the
same kind, or of the same condition; -- generally used adjectively; as, sister
fruits.
Sister (v. t.) To be
sister to; to resemble closely.
Sisterhood (n.) The state
or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister.
Sisterhood (n.) A society
of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or order; sisters,
collectively.
Sistering (a.) Contiguous.
Sisters-in-law (pl. ) of
Sister-in-law
Sister-in-law (n.) The
sister of one's husband or wife; also, the wife of one's brother; sometimes, the
wife of one's husband's or wife's brother.
Sisterly (a.) Like a
sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterly kindness; sisterly
remorse.
Sistine (a.) Of or
pertaining to Pope Sixtus.
Sistren (n. pl.) Sisters.
Sistrum () An instrument
consisting of a thin metal frame, through which passed a number of metal rods,
and furnished with a handle by which it was shaken and made to rattle. It was
peculiarly Egyptian, and used especially in the worship of Isis. It is still
used in Nubia.
Sisyphean (a.) Relating to
Sisyphus; incessantly recurring; as, Sisyphean labors.
Sisyphus (n.) A king of
Corinth, son of Aeolus, famed for his cunning. He was killed by Theseus, and in
the lower world was condemned by Pluto to roll to the top of a hill a huge
stone, which constantly rolled back again, making his task incessant.
Sit () obs. 3d pers. sing. pres.
of Sit, for sitteth.
Sat (imp.) of Sit
Sate () of Sit
Sat (p. p.) of Sit
Sitten () of Sit
Sitting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sit
Sit (v. t.) To rest upon
the haunches, or the lower extremity of the trunk of the body; -- said of human
beings, and sometimes of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on
the ground.
Sit (v. t.) To perch; to
rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a branch, pole, etc.
Sit (v. t.) To remain in a
state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
Sit (v. t.) To lie, rest,
or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon
him.
Sit (v. t.) To be
adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill.
Sit (v. t.) To suit one
well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit; -- used impersonally.
Sit (v. t.) To cover and
warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
Sit (v. t.) To have
position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have
direction.
Sit (v. t.) To occupy a
place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress.
Sit (v. t.) To hold a
session; to be in session for official business; -- said of legislative
assemblies, courts, etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit
to-night.
Sit (v. t.) To take a
position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of one's self
made, as a picture or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.
Sit (v. t.) To sit upon;
to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well.
Sit (v. t.) To cause to be
seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to; -- used reflexively.
Sit (v. t.) To suit (well
/ ill); to become.
Site (n.) The place where
anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a
house.
Site (n.) A place fitted
or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation; as, a site for a church.
Site (n.) The posture or
position of a thing.
Sited (a.) Having a site;
situated.
Sitfast (a.) Fixed;
stationary; immovable.
Sitfast (n.) A callosity
with inflamed edges, on the back of a horse, under the saddle.
Sith (prep., adv., & conj.)
Since; afterwards; seeing that.
Sith (n.) Alt. of Sithe
Sithe (n.) Time.
Sithe (v. i.) To sigh.
Sithe (n.) A scythe.
Sithe (v. t.) To cut with
a scythe; to scythe.
Sithed (a.) Scythed.
Sitheman (n.) A mower.
Sithen (adv. & conj.)
Since; afterwards. See 1st Sith.
Sithence (adv. & conj.)
Alt. of Sithens
Sithens (adv. & conj.)
Since. See Sith, and Sithen.
Siththen (adv. & conj.)
See Sithen.
Sitology (n.) A treatise
on the regulation of the diet; dietetics.
Sitophobia (n.) A version
to food; refusal to take nourishment.
Sitten () p. p. of Sit, for sat.
Sitter (n.) One who sits;
esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.
Sitter (n.) A bird that
sits or incubates.
Sittine (a.) Of or
pertaining to the family Sittidae, or nuthatches.
Sitting (a.) Being in the
state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits.
Sitting (n.) The state or
act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.
Sitting (n.) A seat, or
the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as,
the hall has 800 sittings.
Sitting (n.) The act or
time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc.
Sitting (n.) The actual
presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to
transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench,
or of a commission.
Sitting (n.) The time
during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game,
etc.
Sitting (n.) A brooding
over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.
Situate (a.) Alt. of
Situated
Situated (a.) Having a
site, situation, or location; being in a relative position; permanently fixed;
placed; located; as, a town situated, or situate, on a hill or on the seashore.
Situated (a.) Placed;
residing.
Situate (v. t.) To place.
Situation (n.) Manner in
which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else;
position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.
Situation (n.) Position,
as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case.
Situation (n.) Relative
position; circumstances; temporary state or relation at a moment of action which
excites interest, as of persons in a dramatic scene.
Situation (n.) Permanent
position or employment; place; office; as, a situation in a store; a situation
under government.
Situs (n.) The method in
which the parts of a plant are arranged; also, the position of the parts.
Sitz bath () A tub in which one
bathes in a sitting posture; also, a bath so taken; a hip bath.
Siva (n.) One of the triad
of Hindoo gods. He is the avenger or destroyer, and in modern worship symbolizes
the reproductive power of nature.
Sivan (n.) The third month
of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; -- supposed to correspond nearly with our
month of June.
Sivatherium (n.) A genus
of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary formation of India. The
snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The male had four horns, the
posterior pair being large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but
very much larger than any exsisting species.
Siver (v. i.) To simmer.
Sivvens (n.) See Sibbens.
Siwin (n.) Same as Sewen.
Six (a.) One more than
five; twice three; as, six yards.
Six (n.) The number
greater by a unit than five; the sum of three and three; six units or objects.
Six (n.) A symbol
representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI.
Sixfold (a.) Six times
repeated; six times as much or as many.
Six-footer (n.) One who is
six feet tall.
Sixpences (pl. ) of
Sixpence
Sixpence (n.) An English
silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents.
Sixpenny (a.) Of the value
of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf.
Sixscore (a. & n.) Six
times twenty; one hundred and twenty.
Six-shooter (n.) A pistol
or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially, a
six-chambered revolver.
Sixteen (a.) Six and ten;
consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more.
Sixteen (n.) The number
greater by a unit than fifteen; the sum of ten and six; sixteen units or
objects.
Sixteen (n.) A symbol
representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi.
Sixteenmos (pl. ) of
Sixteenmo
Sixteenmo (n.) See
Sextodecimo.
Sixteenth (a.) Sixth after
the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth.
Sixteenth (a.)
Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into which anything is divided.
Sixteenth (n.) The
quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole.
Sixteenth (n.) The next in
order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth.
Sixteenth (n.) An interval
comprising two octaves and a second.
Sixth (a.) First after the
fifth; next in order after the fifth.
Sixth (a.) Constituting or
being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided.
Sixth (n.) The quotient of
a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole.
Sixth (n.) The next in
order after the fifth.
Sixth (n.) The interval
embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.
Sixthly (adv.) In the
sixth place.
Sixtieth (a.) Next in
order after the fifty-ninth.
Sixtieth (a.) Constituting
or being one one of sixty equal parts into which anything is divided.
Sixtieth (n.) The quotient
of a unit divided by sixty; one of sixty equal parts forming a whole.
Sixtieth (n.) The next in
order after the fifty-ninth; the tenth after the fiftieth.
Sixty (a.) Six times ten;
fifty-nine and one more; threescore.
Sixties (pl. ) of Sixty
Sixty (n.) The sum of six
times ten; sixty units or objects.
Sixty (n.) A symbol
representing sixty units, as 60, lx., or LX.
Sixty-fourth (a.)
Constituting or being one of sixty-four equal parts into which a thing is
divided.
Sizable (a.) Of
considerable size or bulk.
Sizable (a.) Being of
reasonable or suitable size; as, sizable timber; sizable bulk.
Sizar (n.) One of a body
of students in the universities of Cambridge (Eng.) and Dublin, who, having
passed a certain examination, are exempted from paying college fees and charges.
A sizar corresponded to a servitor at Oxford.
Sizarship (n.) The
position or standing of a sizar.
Size (n.) Six.
Size (v. i.) A thin, weak
glue used in various trades, as in painting, bookbinding, paper making, etc.
Size (v. i.) Any viscous
substance, as gilder's varnish.
Sized (imp. & p. p.) of
Size
Sizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Size
Size (v. t.) To cover with
size; to prepare with size.
Size (n.) A settled
quantity or allowance. See Assize.
Size (n.) An allowance of
food and drink from the buttery, aside from the regular dinner at commons; --
corresponding to battel at Oxford.
Size (n.) Extent of
superficies or volume; bulk; bigness; magnitude; as, the size of a tree or of a
mast; the size of a ship or of a rock.
Size (n.) Figurative bulk;
condition as to rank, ability, character, etc.; as, the office demands a man of
larger size.
Size (n.) A conventional
relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves, and other articles made up
for sale.
Size (n.) An instrument
consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a
rivet, -- used for ascertaining the size of pearls.
Size (v. t.) To fix the
standard of.
Size (v. t.) To adjust or
arrange according to size or bulk.
Size (v. t.) To take the
height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature.
Size (v. t.) To sift, as
pieces of ore or metal, in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts.
Size (v. t.) To swell; to
increase the bulk of.
Size (v. t.) To bring or
adjust anything exactly to a required dimension, as by cutting.
Size (v. i.) To take
greater size; to increase in size.
Size (v. i.) To order food
or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.
Sized (a.) Adjusted
according to size.
Sized (a.) Having a
particular size or magnitude; -- chiefly used in compounds; as, large-sized;
common-sized.
Sizel (n.) Same as
Scissel, 2.
Sizer (n.) See Sizar.
Sizer (n.) An instrument
or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their size by a standard, or to
separate and distribute them according to size.
Sizer (n.) An instrument
or tool for bringing anything to an exact size.
Siziness (n.) The quality
or state of being sizy; viscousness.
Sizing (n.) Act of
covering or treating with size.
Sizing (n.) A weak glue
used in various trades; size.
Sizing (n.) The act of
sorting with respect to size.
Sizing (n.) The act of
bringing anything to a certain size.
Sizing (n.) Food and drink
ordered from the buttery by a student.
Sizy (a.) Sizelike;
viscous; glutinous; as, sizy blood.
Sizzled (imp. & p. p.) of
Sizzle
Sizzling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sizzle
Sizzle (v. i.) To make a
hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound.
Sizzle (n.) A hissing
sound, as of something frying over a fire.
Sizzling () a. & n. from Sizzle.
Skaddle (n.) Hurt; damage.
Skaddle (a.) Hurtful.
Skaddon (n.) The larva of
a bee.
Skag (n.) An additional
piece fastened to the keel of a boat to prevent lateral motion. See Skeg.
Skain (n.) See Skein.
Skain (n.) See Skean.
Skainsmate (n.) A
messmate; a companion.
Skaith (n.) See Scatch.
Skald (n.) See 5th Scald.
Skaldic (a.) See Scaldic.
Skall (v. t.) To scale; to
mount.
Skar (a.) Alt. of Skare
Skare (a.) Wild; timid;
shy.
Skart (n.) The shag.
Skate (n.) A metallic
runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, -- made to be fastened
under the foot, and used for moving rapidly on ice.
Skated (imp. & p. p.) of
Skate
Skating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Skate
Skate (v. i.) To move on
skates.
Skate (n.) Any one of
numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus Raia, having a
long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which
are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a
somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose.
Skater (n.) One who
skates.
Skater (n.) Any one of
numerous species of hemipterous insects belonging to Gerris, Pyrrhocoris,
Prostemma, and allied genera. They have long legs, and run rapidly over the
surface of the water, as if skating.
Skatol (n.) A constituent
of human faeces formed in the small intestines as a product of the putrefaction
of albuminous matter. It is also found in reduced indigo. Chemically it is
methyl indol, C9H9N.
Skayles (n.) [Ã159.]
Skittles.
Skean (n.) A knife or
short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously
spelt.]
Skedaddled (imp. & p. p.)
of Skedaddle
Skedaddling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Skedaddle
Skedaddle (v. i.) To
betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away.
Skee (n.) A long strip of
wood, curved upwards in front, used on the foot for sliding.
Skeed (n.) See Skid.
Skeel (n.) A shallow
wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.
Skeelduck (n.) Alt. of
Skeelgoose
Skeelgoose (n.) The common
European sheldrake.
Skeet (n.) A scoop with a
long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel, and formerly to wet the sails
or deck.
Skeg (n.) A sort of wild
plum.
Skeg (n.) A kind of oats.
Skeg (n.) The after part
of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached.
Skegger (n.) The parr.
Skein (n.) A quantity of
yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel, --
usually tied in a sort of knot.
Skein (n.) A metallic
strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
Skein (n.) A flight of
wild fowl (wild geese or the like).
Skeine (n.) See Skean.
Skelder (v. t. & i.) To
deceive; to cheat; to trick.
Skelder (n.) A vagrant; a
cheat.
Skeldrake (n.) Alt. of
Skieldrake
Skieldrake (n.) The common
European sheldrake.
Skieldrake (n.) The oyster
catcher.
Skelet (n.) A skeleton.
See Scelet.
Skeletal (a.) Pertaining
to the skeleton.
Skeletogenous (a.) Forming
or producing parts of the skeleton.
Skeletology (n.) That part
of anatomy which treats of the skeleton; also, a treatise on the skeleton.
Skeleton (n.) The bony and
cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.
Skeleton (n.) The more or
less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal.
Skeleton (n.) A very thin
or lean person.
Skeleton (n.) The
framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without
the appendages.
Skeleton (n.) The heads
and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon.
Skeleton (a.) Consisting
of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines;
having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a
skeleton crystal.
Skeletonized (imp. & p. p.)
of Skeletonize
Skeletonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Skeletonize
Skeletonize (v. t.) To
prepare a skeleton of; also, to reduce, as a leaf, to its skeleton.
Skeletonizer (n.) Any
small moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton; as,
the apple-leaf skeletonizer.
Skellum (n.) A scoundrel.
Skelly (v. i.) To squint.
Skelly (n.) A squint.
Skelp (n.) A blow; a smart
stroke.
Skelp (n.) A squall; also,
a heavy fall of rain.
Skelp (v. t.) To strike;
to slap.
Skelp (n.) A wrought-iron
plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made by bending and welding the edges
together, and drawing the thick tube thus formed.
Skelter (v. i.) To run off
helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry; -- with away or off.
Sken (v. i.) To squint.
Skene (n.) See Skean.
Skep (n.) A coarse round
farm basket.
Skep (n.) A beehive.
Skeptic (n.) One who is
yet undecided as to what is true; one who is looking or inquiring for what is
true; an inquirer after facts or reasons.
Skeptic (n.) A doubter as
to whether any fact or truth can be certainly known; a universal doubter; a
Pyrrhonist; hence, in modern usage, occasionally, a person who questions whether
any truth or fact can be established on philosophical grounds; sometimes, a
critical inquirer, in opposition to a dogmatist.
Skeptic (n.) A person who
doubts the existence and perfections of God, or the truth of revelation; one who
disbelieves the divine origin of the Christian religion.
Skeptic (a.) Alt. of
Skeptical
Skeptical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sceptic or skepticism; characterized by skepticism; hesitating
to admit the certainly of doctrines or principles; doubting of everything.
Skeptical (a.) Doubting or
denying the truth of revelation, or the sacred Scriptures.
Skepticism (n.) An
undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty.
Skepticism (n.) The
doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known; the tenet that all
knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that no fact
or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical
grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive
assumption or assertion of certain principles.
Skepticism (n.) A doubting
of the truth of revelation, or a denial of the divine origin of the Christian
religion, or of the being, perfections, or truth of God.
Skepticize (v. i.) To
doubt; to pretend to doubt of everything.
Skerries (pl. ) of Skerry
Skerry (n.) A rocky isle;
an insulated rock.
Sketch (n.) An outline or
general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of
any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a representation of an object or
scene as serves the artist's purpose by recording its chief features; also, a
preliminary study for an original work.
Sketched (imp. & p. p.) of
Sketch
Sketching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sketch
Sketch (n.) To draw the
outline or chief features of; to make a rought of.
Sketch (n.) To plan or
describe by giving the principal points or ideas of.
Sketch (v. i.) To make
sketches, as of landscapes.
Sketchbook (n.) A book of
sketches or for sketches.
Sketcher (n.) One who
sketches.
Sketchily (adv.) In a
sketchy or incomplete manner.
Sketchiness (n.) The
quality or state of being sketchy; lack of finish; incompleteness.
Sketchy (a.) Containing
only an outline or rough form; being in the manner of a sketch; incomplete.
Skew (adv.) Awry;
obliquely; askew.
Skew (a.) Turned or
twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical
phrases.
Skew (n.) A stone at the
foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a
sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in
place.
Skewed (imp. & p. p.) of
Skew
Skewing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Skew
Skew (v. i.) To walk
obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.
Skew (v. i.) To start
aside; to shy, as a horse.
Skew (v. i.) To look
obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
Skew (adv.) To shape or
form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
Skew (adv.) To throw or
hurl obliquely.
Skewbald (a.) Marked with
spots and patches of white and some color other than black; -- usually
distinguished from piebald, in which the colors are properly white and black.
Said of horses.
Skewer (n.) A pin of wood
or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting.
Skewered (imp. & p. p.) of
Skewer
Skewering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Skewer
Skewer (v. t.) To fasten
with skewers.
Skid (n.) A shoe or clog,
as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to
prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by
extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose.
Skid (n.) A piece of
timber used as a support, or to receive pressure.
Skid (n.) Large fenders
hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo.
Skid (n.) One of a pair of
timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to form an inclined plane, as form a
wagon to a door, along which anything is moved by sliding or rolling.
Skid (n.) One of a pair of
horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.
Skidded (imp. & p. p.) of
Skid
Skidding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Skid
Skid (v. t.) To protect or
support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.
Skid (v. t.) To check with
a skid, as wagon wheels.
Skiddaw (n.) The black
guillemot.
Skidpan (n.) See Skid, n.,
1.
Skied () imp. & p. p. of Sky, v.
t.
Skiey (a.) See Skyey.
Skiff (n.) A small, light
boat.
Skiffed (imp. & p. p.) of
Skiff
Skiffing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Skiff
Skiff (v. t.) To navigate
in a skiff.
Skiffling (n.) Rough
dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing.
Skilder (v. i.) To beg; to
pilfer; to skelder.
Skilful (a.) See Skilful.
Skill (n.) Discrimination;
judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
Skill (n.) Knowledge;
understanding.
Skill (n.) The familiar
knowledge of any art or science, united with readiness and dexterity in
execution or performance, or in the application of the art or science to
practical purposes; power to discern and execute; ability to perceive and
perform; expertness; aptitude; as, the skill of a mathematician, physician,
surgeon, mechanic, etc.
Skill (n.) Display of art;
exercise of ability; contrivance; address.
Skill (n.) Any particular
art.
Skill (v. t.) To know; to
understand.
Skill (v. i.) To be
knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance.
Skill (v. i.) To make a
difference; to signify; to matter; -- used impersonally.
Skilled (a.) Having
familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application;
familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a
person skilled in drawing or geometry.
Skillet (n.) A small
vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, with a handle, used for culinary
purpose, as for stewing meat.
Skillful (a.) Discerning;
reasonable; judicious; cunning.
Skillful (a.) Possessed
of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in
management; as, a skillful mechanic; -- often followed by at, in, or of; as,
skillful at the organ; skillful in drawing.
Skilligalee (n.) A kind of
thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in
England; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the
English navy or army.
Skilling (n.) A bay of a
barn; also, a slight addition to a cottage.
Skilling (n.) A money od
account in Sweden, Norwey, Denmark, and North Germany, and also a coin. It had
various values, from three fourths of a cent in Norway to more than two cents in
Lubeck.
Skill-less (a.) Wanting
skill.
Skilts (n. pl.) A kind of
large, coarse, short trousers formerly worn.
Skilty (n.) The water
rail.
Skimmed (imp. & p. p.) of
Skim
Skimming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Skim
Skim (v. t.) To clear (a
liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil
that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.
Skim (v. t.) To take off
by skimming; as, to skim cream.
Skim (v. t.) To pass near
the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
Skim (v. t.) Fig.: To read
or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or
thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper.
Skim (v. i.) To pass
lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the
surface.
Skim (v. i.) To hasten
along with superficial attention.
Skim (v. i.) To put on the
finishing coat of plaster.
Skim (a.) Contraction of
Skimming and Skimmed.
Skrim (n.) Scum; refuse.
Skimback (n.) The
quillback.
Skimble-scamble (a.)
Rambling; disorderly; unconnected.
Skimitry (n.) See
Skimmington.
Skimmer (n.) One who, or
that which, skims; esp., a utensil with which liquids are skimmed.
Skimmer (n.) Any species
of longwinged marine birds of the genus Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but
having the lower mandible compressed and much longer than the upper one. These
birds fly rapidly along the surface of the water, with the lower mandible
immersed, thus skimming out small fishes. The American species (R. nigra) is
common on the southern coasts of the United States. Called also scissorbill, and
shearbill.
Skimmer (n.) Any one of
several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, as the sea
clams, and large scallops.
Skimmerton (n.) See
Skimmington.
Skimming (n.) The act of
one who skims.
Skimming (n.) That which
is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; -- chiefly used in the plural; as, the
skimmings of broth.
Skimmingly (adv.) In a
skimming manner.
Skimmington (n.) A word
employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a
woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a
procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a
henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England.
Skimped (imp. & p. p.) of
Skimp
Skimping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Skimp
Skimp (v. t.) To slight;
to do carelessly; to scamp.
Skimp (v. t.) To make
insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
Skimp (v. i.) To save; to
be parsimonious or niggardly.
Skimp (a.) Scanty.
Skin (n.) The external
membranous integument of an animal.
Skin (n.) The hide of an
animal, separated from the body, whether green, dry, or tanned; especially, that
of a small animal, as a calf, sheep, or goat.
Skin (n.) A vessel made of
skin, used for holding liquids. See Bottle, 1.
Skin (n.) The bark or husk
of a plant or fruit; the exterior coat of fruits and plants.
Skin (n.) That part of a
sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
Skin (n.) The covering, as
of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of
a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
Skinned (imp. & p. p.) of
Skin
Skinning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Skin
Skin (v. t.) To strip off
the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal.
Skin (v. t.) To cover with
skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
Skin (v. t.) To strip of
money or property; to cheat.
Skin (v. i.) To become
covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.
Skin (v. i.) To produce,
in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use
in such exercise cribs, memeoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
Skinbound (a.) Having the
skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh; hidebound.
Skinched (imp. & p. p.) of
Skinch
Skinching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Skinch
Skinch (v. t. & i.) To
give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.
Skin-deep (a.) Not deeper
than the skin; hence, superficial.
Skinflint (n.) A penurious
person; a miser; a niggard.
Skinfuls (pl. ) of Skinful
Skinful (n.) As much as a
skin can hold.
Skink (n.) Any one of
numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family Scincidae,
common in the warmer parts of all the continents.
Skinked (imp. & p. p.) of
Skink
Skinking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Skink
Skink (v. t.) To draw or
serve, as drink.
Skink (v. i.) To serve or
draw liquor.
Skink (n.) Drink; also,
pottage.
Skinker (n.) One who
serves liquor; a tapster.
Skinless (a.) Having no
skin, or a very thin skin; as, skinless fruit.
Skinner (n.) One who
skins.
Skinner (n.) One who deals
in skins, pelts, or hides.
Skinniness (n.) Quality of
being skinny.
Skinny (a.) Consisting, or
chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh.
Skip (n.) A basket. See
Skep.
Skip (n.) A basket on
wheels, used in cotton factories.
Skip (n.) An iron bucket,
which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.
Skip (n.) A charge of
sirup in the pans.
Skip (n.) A beehive; a
skep.
Skipped (imp. & p. p.) of
Skip
Skipping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Skip
Skip (v. i.) To leap
lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.
Skip (v. i.) Fig.: To
leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or
overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over.
Skip (v. t.) To leap
lightly over; as, to skip the rope.
Skip (v. t.) To pass over
or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a
lesson.
Skip (v. t.) To cause to
skip; as, to skip a stone.
Skip (n.) A light leap or
bound.
Skip (n.) The act of
passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
Skip (n.) A passage from
one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
Skipjack (n.) An upstart.
Skipjack (n.) An elater; a
snap bug, or snapping beetle.
Skipjack (n.) A name given
to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the
butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the
saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc.
Skipjack (n.) A shallow
sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
Skipper (n.) One who, or
that which, skips.
Skipper (n.) A young,
thoughtless person.
Skipper (n.) The saury
(Scomberesox saurus).
Skipper (n.) The cheese
maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
Skipper (n.) Any one of
numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called
from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
Skipper (n.) The master of
a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
Skipper (n.) A ship boy.
Skippet (n.) A small boat;
a skiff.
Skippet (n.) A small round
box for keeping records.
Skippingly (adv.) In a
skipping manner; by skips, or light leaps.
Skirl (v. t.& i.) To utter
in a shrill tone; to scream.
Skirl (n.) A shrill cry or
sound.
Skirlcock (n.) The missel
thrush; -- so called from its harsh alarm note.
Skirlcrake (n.) The
turnstone.
Skirling (n.) A shrill cry
or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.
Skirling (n.) A small
trout or salmon; -- a name used loosely.
Skirmished (imp. & p. p.)
of Skirmish
Skirmishing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Skirmish
Skirmish (v. i.) To fight
slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as
skirmishers.
Skirmish (v. i.) A slight
fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or
between detached and small bodies of troops.
Skirmish (v. i.) A slight
contest.
Skirmisher (n.) One who
skirmishes.
Skirmisher (n.) Soldiers
deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a
marching column.
Skirr (v. t.) To ramble
over in order to clear; to scour.
Skirr (v. i.) To scour; to
scud; to run.
Skirr (n.) A tern.
Skirret (n.) An
umbelliferous plant (Sium, / Pimpinella, Sisarum). It is a native of Asia, but
has been long cultivated in Europe for its edible clustered tuberous roots,
which are very sweet.
Skirrhus (n.) See
Scirrhus.
Skirt (n.) The lower and
loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist;
as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.
Skirt (n.) A loose edging
to any part of a dress.
Skirt (n.) Border; edge;
margin; extreme part of anything
Skirt (n.) A petticoat.
Skirt (n.) The diaphragm,
or midriff, in animals.
Skirted (imp. & p. p.) of
Skirt
Skirting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Skirt
Skirt (v. t.) To cover
with a skirt; to surround.
Skirt (v. t.) To border;
to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was
skirted by rows of trees.
Skirt (v. t.) To be on the
border; to live near the border, or extremity.
Skirting (n.) A skirting
board.
Skirting (n.) Skirts,
taken collectivelly; material for skirts.
Skit (v. t.) To cast
reflections on; to asperse.
Skit (n.) A reflection; a
jeer or gibe; a sally; a brief satire; a squib.
Skit (n.) A wanton girl; a
light wench.
Skittish (v. t.) Easily
frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt.
Skittish (v. t.) Wanton;
restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle.
Skittle (a.) Pertaining to
the game of skittles.
Skittle-dog (n.) The piked
dogfish.
Skittles (v. t.) An
English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead
of rolling balls, at the pins.
Skitty (n.) A rail; as,
the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skitty coot); the spotted crake
(Porzana maruetta), and the moor hen.
Skive (n.) The iron lap
used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.
Skive (v. t.) To pare or
shave off the rough or thick parts of (hides or leather).
Skiver (n.) An inferior
quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and
dyed. It is used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.
Skiver (n.) The cutting
tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins, as sheepskins.
Skiving (n.) The act of
paring or splitting leather or skins.
Skiving (n.) A piece made
in paring or splitting leather; specifically, the part from the inner, or flesh,
side.
Sklayre (n.) A vell.
Sklere (v. t.) To shelter;
to cover.
Skolecite (n.) Alt. of
Skolezite
Skolezite (n.) See
Scolecite.
Skonce (n.) See Sconce.
Scopster (n.) The saury.
Skorodite (n.) See
Scorodite.
Skout (n.) A guillemot.
Skowitz (n.) The silver
salmon.
Skreen (n. & v.) See
Screen.
Skrike (v. i. & t.) To
shriek.
Skrike (n.) The missel
thrush.
Skrimmage (n.) See
Scrimmage.
Skrimp (v. t.) See Scrimp.
Skringe (v. i.) See
Scringe.
Skrite (n.) The skrike.
Skua (n.) Any jager gull;
especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called also boatswain.
Skue (a. & n.) See Skew.
Skulked (imp. & p. p.) of
Skulk
Skulking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Skulk
Skulk (v. i.) To hide, or
get out of the way, in a sneaking manner; to lie close, or to move in a furtive
way; to lurk.
Skulk (n.) A number of
foxes together.
Skulk (n.) Alt. of Skulker
Skulker (n.) One who, or
that which, skulks.
Skulkingly (adv.) In a
skulking manner.
Skull (n.) A school,
company, or shoal.
Skull (n.) The skeleton of
the head of a vertebrate animal, including the brain case, or cranium, and the
bones and cartilages of the face and mouth. See Illusts. of Carnivora, of Facial
angles under Facial, and of Skeleton, in Appendix.
Skull (n.) The head or
brain; the seat of intelligence; mind.
Skull (n.) A covering for
the head; a skullcap.
Skull (n.) A sort of oar.
See Scull.
Skullcap (n.) A cap which
fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap
for protection.
Skullcap (n.) Any plant of
the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted,
like a helmet with the visor raised.
Skullcap (n.) The
Lophiomys.
Skullfish (n.) A whaler's
name for a whale more than two years old.
Skulpin (n.) See Sculpin.
Skun (n. & v.) See Scum.
Skunk (n.) Any one of
several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and
allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid
liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense.
Skunk (v. t.) In games of
chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain
a point, or (in checkers) to get a king.
Skunkball (n.) The surf
duck.
Skunkhead (n.) The surf
duck.
Skunkhead (n.) A duck
(Camptolaimus Labradorus) which formerly inhabited the Atlantic coast of New
England. It is now supposed to be extinct. Called also Labrador duck, and pied
duck.
Skunkish (a.) Like the
skunk, especially in odor.
Skunktop (n.) The surf
duck.
Skunkweed (n.) Skunk
cabbage.
Skurry (n. & v.) See
Scurry.
Skute (n.) A boat; a small
vessel.
Skutterudite (n.) A
mineral of a bright metallic luster and tin-white to pale lead-gray color. It
consists of arsenic and cobalt.
Skies (pl. ) of Sky
Sky (n.) A cloud.
Sky (n.) Hence, a shadow.
Sky (n.) The apparent
arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens;
the firmament; -- sometimes in the plural.
Sky (n.) The wheather; the
climate.
Skied (imp. & p. p.) of
Sky
Skyed () of Sky
Skying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sky
Sky (v. t.) To hang (a
picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it can not be well seen.
Sky (v. t.) To throw
towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket.
Sky-blue (a.) Having the
blue color of the sky; azure; as, a sky-blue stone.
Skyed (a.) Surrounded by
sky.
Skye terrier () See Terrier.
Skyey (a.) Like the sky;
ethereal; being in the sky.
Sky-high (adv. & a.) Very
high.
Skyish (a.) Like the sky,
or approaching the sky; lofty; ethereal.
Skylark (n.) A lark that
mounts and sings as it files, especially the common species (Alauda arvensis)
found in Europe and in some parts of Asia, and celebrated for its melodious
song; -- called also sky laverock. See under Lark.
Skylarking (n.) The act of
running about the rigging of a vessel in sport; hence, frolicking; scuffing;
sporting; carousing.
Skylight (n.) A window
placed in the roof of a building, in the ceiling of a room, or in the deck of a
ship, for the admission of light from above.
Skyrocket (n.) A rocket
that ascends high and burns as it flies; a species of fireworks.
Skysail (n.) The sail set
next above the royal. See Illust. under Sail.
Skyward (a. & adv.) Toward
the sky.
Slab (n.) A thin piece of
anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces.
Slab (n.) An outside piece
taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
Slab (n.) The wryneck.
Slab (n.) The slack part
of a sail.
Slab (a.) Thick; viscous.
Slab (n.) That which is
slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle.
Slabbered (imp. & p. p.)
of Slabber
Slabbering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slabber
Slabber (v. i.) To let
saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly, like a child or an idiot;
to drivel; to drool.
Slabber (v. t.) To wet and
foul spittle, or as if with spittle.
Slabber (v. t.) To spill
liquid upon; to smear carelessly; to spill, as liquid foed or drink, in careless
eating or drinking.
Slabber (n.) Spittle;
saliva; slaver.
Slabber (n.) A saw for
cutting slabs from logs.
Slabber (n.) A slabbing
machine.
Slabberer (n.) One who
slabbers, or drools; hence, an idiot.
Slabbery (a.) Like, or
covered with, slabber or slab; slippery; sloppy.
Slabbiness (n.) Quality of
being slabby.
Slabbing (a.) Adapted for
forming slabs, or for dressing flat surfaces.
Slabby (a.) Thick;
viscous.
Slabby (a.) Sloppy; slimy;
miry. See Sloppy.
Slab-sided (a.) Having
flat sides; hence, tall, or long and lank.
Slack (n.) Small coal;
also, coal dust; culm.
Slack (n.) A valley, or
small, shallow dell.
Slack (superl.) Lax; not
tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.
Slack (superl.) Weak; not
holding fast; as, a slack hand.
Slack (superl.) Remiss;
backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in
duty or service.
Slack (superl.) Not
violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack.
Slack (adv.) Slackly; as,
slack dried hops.
Slack (n.) The part of
anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or
of a sail.
Slacked (imp. & p. p.) of
Slacken
Slackened () of Slacken
Slacking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slacken
Slackening () of Slacken
Slack (a.) Alt. of Slacken
Slacken (a.) To become
slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet
cord slackens in dry weather.
Slacken (a.) To be remiss
or backward; to be negligent.
Slacken (a.) To lose
cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime
slacks.
Slacken (a.) To abate; to
become less violent.
Slacken (a.) To lose
rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.
Slacken (a.) To languish;
to fail; to flag.
Slacken (a.) To end; to
cease; to desist; to slake.
Slack (v. t.) Alt. of
Slacken
Slacken (v. t.) To render
slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.
Slacken (v. t.) To
neglect; to be remiss in.
Slacken (v. t.) To deprive
of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.
Slacken (v. t.) To cause
to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to
slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.
Slacken (v. t.) To cause
to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
Slacken (n.) A spongy,
semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to
prevent their fusion.
Slackly (adv.) In a slack
manner.
Slackness (n.) The quality
or state of being slack.
Slade (n.) A little dell
or valley; a flat piece of low, moist ground.
Slade (n.) The sole of a
plow.
Slag (v. t.) The dross, or
recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders.
Slag (v. t.) The scoria of
a volcano.
Slaggy (a.) Of or
pertaining to slag; resembling slag; as, slaggy cobalt.
Slaie (n.) A weaver's
reed; a sley.
Slaked (imp. & p. p.) of
Slake
Slaking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slake
Slake (a.) To allay; to
quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.
Slake (a.) To mix with
water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to
slake lime.
Slake (v. i.) To go out;
to become extinct.
Slake (v. i.) To abate; to
become less decided.
Slake (v. i.) To slacken;
to become relaxed.
Slake (v. i.) To become
mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime
slakes.
Slakeless (a.) Not capable
of being slaked.
Slakin (n.) Slacken.
Slammed (imp. & p. p.) of
Slam
Slamming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slam
Slam (v. t.) To shut with
force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.
Slam (v. t.) To put in or
on some place with force and loud noise; -- usually with down; as, to slam a
trunk down on the pavement.
Slam (v. t.) To strike
with some implement with force; hence, to beat or cuff.
Slam (v. t.) To strike
down; to slaughter.
Slam (v. t.) To defeat
(opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
Slam (v. i.) To come or
swing against something, or to shut, with sudden force so as to produce a shock
and noise; as, a door or shutter slams.
Slam (n.) The act of one
who, or that which, slams.
Slam (n.) The shock and
noise produced in slamming.
Slam (n.) Winning all the
tricks of a deal.
Slam (n.) The refuse of
alum works.
Slam-bang (adv.) With
great violence; with a slamming or banging noise.
Slamkin (n.) Alt. of
Slammerkin
Slammerkin (n.) A slut; a
slatternly woman.
Slander (n.) A false tale
or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the
malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales
or suggestions to the injury of another.
Slander (n.) Disgrace;
reproach; dishonor; opprobrium.
Slander (n.) Formerly,
defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by
words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to
the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation.
Slandered (imp. & p. p.)
of Slander
Slandering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slander
Slander (v. t.) To defame;
to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the
reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate.
Slander (v. t.) To bring
discredit or shame upon by one's acts.
Slanderer (n.) One who
slanders; a defamer; a calumniator.
Slanderous (a.) Given or
disposed to slander; uttering slander.
Slanderous (a.) Embodying
or containing slander; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches, or reports.
Slang () imp. of Sling. Slung.
Slang (n.) Any long,
narrow piece of land; a promontory.
Slang (n.) A fetter worn
on the leg by a convict.
Slang (n.) Low, vulgar,
unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of
expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low
popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.
Slanged (imp. & p. p.) of
Slang
Slanging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slang
Slang (v. t.) To address
with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.
Slanginess (n.) Quality of
being slangy.
Slangous (a.) Slangy.
Slang-whanger (n.) One who
uses abusive slang; a ranting partisan.
Slangy (a.) Of or
pertaining to slang; of the nature of slang; disposed to use slang.
Slank () imp. & p. p. of Slink.
Slanted (imp. & p. p.) of
Slant
Slanting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slant
Slant (v. i.) To be turned
or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.
Slant (v. t.) To turn from
a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.
Slant (n.) A slanting
direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.
Slant (n.) An oblique
reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.
Slant (v. i.) Inclined
from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique.
Slanting (a.) Oblique;
sloping.
Slantwise (adv.) Alt. of
Slantly
Slantly (adv.) In an
inclined direction; obliquely; slopingly.
Slap (n.) A blow, esp. one
given with the open hand, or with something broad.
Slapped (imp. & p. p.) of
Slap
Slapping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slap
Slap (v. t.) To strike
with the open hand, or with something broad.
Slap (n.) With a sudden
and violent blow; hence, quickly; instantly; directly.
Slapdash (adv.) In a bold,
careless manner; at random.
Slapdash (adv.) With a
slap; all at once; slap.
Slapdash (v. t.) To apply,
or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast; as,
to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall, or to slapdash a wall.
Slape (a.) Slippery;
smooth; crafty; hypocritical.
Slapeface (n.) A
soft-spoken, crafty hypocrite.
Slapjack (n.) A flat
batter cake cooked on a griddle; a flapjack; a griddlecake.
Slapper (n.) One who, or
that which, slaps.
Slapper (n.) Anything
monstrous; a whopper.
Slapper (a.) Alt. of
Slapping
Slapping (a.) Very large;
monstrous; big.
Slashed (imp. & p. p.) of
Slash
Slashing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slash
Slash (v. t.) To cut by
striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.
Slash (v. t.) To lash; to
ply the whip to.
Slash (v. t.) To crack or
snap, as a whip.
Slash (v. i.) To strike
violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one
indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly.
Slash (n.) A long cut; a
cut made at random.
Slash (n.) A large slit in
the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.
Slash (n.) Swampy or wet
lands overgrown with bushes.
Slashed (a.) Marked or cut
with a slash or slashes; deeply gashed; especially, having long, narrow
openings, as a sleeve or other part of a garment, to show rich lining or under
vesture.
Slashed (a.) Divided into
many narrow parts or segments by sharp incisions; laciniate.
Slasher (n.) A machine for
applying size to warp yarns.
Slash pine () A kind of pine tree
(Pinus Cubensis) found in Southern Florida and the West Indies; -- so called
because it grows in "slashes."
Slashy (a.) Wet and dirty;
slushy.
Slat (n.) A thin, narrow
strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats of a window blind.
Slatted (imp. & p. p.) of
Slat
Slatting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slat
Slat (v. t.) To slap; to
strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
Slat (v. t.) To split; to
crack.
Slat (v. t.) To set on; to
incite. See 3d Slate.
Slatch (n.) The period of
a transitory breeze.
Slatch (n.) An interval of
fair weather.
Slatch (n.) The loose or
slack part of a rope; slack.
Slate (v. t.) An
argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous
schist.
Slate (v. t.) Any rock or
stone having a slaty structure.
Slate (v. t.) A prepared
piece of such stone.
Slate (v. t.) A thin, flat
piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc.
Slate (v. t.) A tablet for
writing upon.
Slate (v. t.) An
artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes.
Slate (v. t.) A thin plate
of any material; a flake.
Slate (v. t.) A list of
candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a
programme of action, devised beforehand.
Slated (imp. & p. p.) of
Slate
Slating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slate
Slate (v. t.) To cover
with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate
a globe.
Slate (v. t.) To register
(as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment.
Slate (v. t.) To set a dog
upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3.
Slate-color () A dark bluish gray
color.
Slate-gray (a.) Of a dark
gray, like slate.
Slater (n.) One who lays
slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
Slater (n.) Any
terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a sow
bug.
Slating (n.) The act of
covering with slate, slates, or a substance resembling slate; the work of a
slater.
Slating (n.) Slates,
collectively; also, material for slating.
Slatt (n.) A slab of stone
used as a veneer for coarse masonry.
Slatter (v. i.) To be
careless, negligent, or aswkward, esp. with regard to dress and neatness; to be
wasteful.
Slattern (n.) A woman who
is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.
Slattern (a.) Resembling a
slattern; sluttish; slatterny.
Slattern (v. t.) To
consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away.
Slatternliness (n.) The
quality or state of being slatternly; slovenliness; untidiness.
Slatternly (a.) Resembling
a slattern; sluttish; negligent; dirty.
Slatternly (adv.) In a
slatternly manner.
Slatterpouch (n.) A dance
or game played by boys, requiring active exercise.
Slatting () Slats, collectively.
Slatting (n.) The violent
shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail, when
being hauled down.
Slaty (a.) Resembling
slate; having the nature, appearance, or properties, of slate; composed of thin
parallel plates, capable of being separated by splitting; as, a slaty color or
texture.
Slaughter (v. t.) The act
of killing.
Slaughter (v. t.) The
extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage.
Slaughter (v. t.) The act
of killing cattle or other beasts for market.
Slaughtered (imp. & p. p.)
of Slaughter
Slaughtering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slaughter
Slaughter (v. t.) To visit
with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle.
Slaughter (v. t.) To
butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.
Slaughterer (n.) One who
slaughters.
Slaughterhouse (n.) A
house where beasts are butchered for the market.
Slaughtermen (pl. ) of
Slaughterman
Slaughterman (n.) One
employed in slaughtering.
Slaughterous (a.)
Destructive; murderous.
Slavs (pl. ) of Slav
Slav (n.) One of a race of
people occupying a large part of Eastern and Northern Europe, including the
Russians, Bulgarians, Roumanians, Servo-Croats, Slovenes, Poles, Czechs, Wends
or Sorbs, Slovaks, etc.
Slave (n.) See Slav.
Slave (n.) A person who is
held in bondage to another; one who is wholly subject to the will of another;
one who is held as a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person
and services are wholly under the control of another.
Slave (n.) One who has
lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders himself to any power whatever;
as, a slave to passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition.
Slave (n.) A drudge; one
who labors like a slave.
Slave (n.) An abject
person; a wretch.
Slaved (imp. & p. p.) of
Slave
Slaving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slave
Slave (v. i.) To drudge;
to toil; to labor as a slave.
Slave (v. t.) To enslave.
Slaveborn (a.) Born in
slavery.
Slaveholder (n.) One who
holds slaves.
Slaveholding (a.) Holding
persons in slavery.
Slaveocracy (n.) See
Slavocracy.
Slaver (n.) A vessel
engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship.
Slaver (n.) A person
engaged in the purchase and sale of slaves; a slave merchant, or slave trader.
Slavered (imp. & p. p.) of
Slaver
Slavering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slaver
Slaver (v. i.) To suffer
spittle, etc., to run from the mouth.
Slaver (v. i.) To be
besmeared with saliva.
Slaver (v. t.) To smear
with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber.
Slaver (n.) Saliva
driveling from the mouth.
Slaverer (n.) A driveler;
an idiot.
Slavering (a.) Drooling;
defiling with saliva.
Slaveries (pl. ) of
Slavery
Slavery (n.) The condition
of a slave; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another.
Slavery (n.) A condition
of subjection or submission characterized by lack of freedom of action or of
will.
Slavery (n.) The holding
of slaves.
Slavey (n.) A maidservant.
Slavic (a.) Slavonic.
Slavic (n.) The group of
allied languages spoken by the Slavs.
Slavish (a.) Of or
pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively
laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great.
Slavism (n.) The common
feeling and interest of the Slavonic race.
Slavocracy (n.) The
persons or interest formerly representing slavery politically, or wielding
political power for the preservation or advancement of slavery.
Slavonian (a.) Alt. of
Slavonic
Slavonic (a.) Of or
pertaining to Slavonia, or its inhabitants.
Slavonic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Slavs, or their language.
Slavonian (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Slavonia; ethnologically, a Slav.
Slavophil (n.) Alt. of
Slavophile
Slavophile (n.) One, not
being a Slav, who is interested in the development and prosperity of that race.
Slaw (n.) Sliced cabbage
served as a salad, cooked or uncooked.
Slaw () Alt. of Slawen
Slawen () p. p. of Slee, to slay.
Slew (imp.) of Slay
Slain (p. p.) of Slay
Slaying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slay
Slay (v. t.) To put to
death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to
destroy.
Slayer (n.) One who slays;
a killer; a murderer; a destrroyer of life.
Slazy (a.) See Sleazy.
Sle (v. t.) To slay.
Sleave (n.) The knotted or
entangled part of silk or thread.
Sleave (n.) Silk not yet
twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.
Sleaved (imp. & p. p.) of
Sleave
Sleaving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sleave
Sleave (v. t.) To
separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a
weaver's term.
Sleaved (a.) Raw; not spun
or wrought; as, sleaved thread or silk.
Sleaziness (n.) Quality of
being sleazy.
Sleazy (a.) Wanting
firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin.
Sled (n.) A vehicle on
runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice; -- in England called
sledge.
Sled (n.) A small, light
vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young persons, for sliding on snow or ice.
Sledded (imp. & p. p.) of
Sled
Sledding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sled
Sled (v. t.) To convey or
transport on a sled; as, to sled wood or timber.
Sledding (n.) The act of
transporting or riding on a sled.
Sledding (n.) The state of
the snow which admits of the running of sleds; as, the sledding is good.
Sledge (n.) A strong
vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made
of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the
snow, ice, or bare ground; a sled.
Sledge (n.) A hurdle on
which, formerly, traitors were drawn to the place of execution.
Sledge (n.) A sleigh.
Sledge (n.) A game at
cards; -- called also old sledge, and all fours.
Sledged (imp. & p. p.) of
Sledge
Sledging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sledge
Sledge (v. i. & t.) To
travel or convey in a sledge or sledges.
Sledge (v. t.) A large,
heavy hammer, usually wielded with both hands; -- called also sledge hammer.
Slee (v. t.) To slay.
Sleek (superl.) Having an
even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair.
Sleek (superl.) Not rough
or harsh.
Sleek (adv.) With ease and
dexterity.
Sleek (n.) That which
makes smooth; varnish.
Sleeked (imp. & p. p.) of
Sleek
Sleeking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sleek
Sleek (v. t.) To make even
and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy; to smooth over.
Sleekly (adv.) In a sleek
manner; smoothly.
Sleekness (n.) The quality
or state of being sleek; smoothness and glossiness of surface.
Sleeky (a.) Of a sleek, or
smooth, and glossy appearance.
Sleeky (a.) Fawning and
deceitful; sly.
Sleep () imp. of Sleep. Slept.
Slept (imp. & p. p.) of
Sleep
Sleeping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sleep
Sleep (v. i.) To take rest
by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind,
and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber.
Sleep (v. i.) To be
careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live
thoughtlessly.
Sleep (v. i.) To be dead;
to lie in the grave.
Sleep (v. i.) To be, or
appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated;
to rest; to lie dormant; as, a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps.
Sleep (v. t.) To be
slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep.
Sleep (v. t.) To give
sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge.
Sleep (v. i.) A natural
and healthy, but temporary and periodical, suspension of the functions of the
organs of sense, as well as of those of the voluntary and rational soul; that
state of the animal in which there is a lessened acuteness of sensory
perception, a confusion of ideas, and a loss of mental control, followed by a
more or less unconscious state.
Sleep-at-noon (n.) A plant
(Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat's
beard.
Sleep-charged (a.) Heavy
with sleep.
Sleeper (n.) One who
sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.
Sleeper (n.) That which
lies dormant, as a law.
Sleeper (n.) A sleeping
car.
Sleeper (n.) An animal
that hibernates, as the bear.
Sleeper (n.) A large
fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix).
Sleeper (n.) A nurse
shark. See under Nurse.
Sleeper (n.) Something
lying in a reclining posture or position.
Sleeper (n.) One of the
pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the
support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails
of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece.
Sleeper (n.) One of the
joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the
flooring of the ground story.
Sleeper (n.) One of the
knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.
Sleeper (n.) The lowest,
or bottom, tier of casks.
Sleepful (a.) Strongly
inclined to sleep; very sleepy.
Sleepily (adv.) In a
sleepy manner; drowsily.
Sleepiness (n.) The
quality or state of being sleepy.
Sleeping () a. & n. from Sleep.
Sleepish (a.) Disposed to
sleep; sleepy; drowsy.
Sleepless (a.) Having no
sleep; wakeful.
Sleepless (a.) Having no
rest; perpetually agitated.
Sleepmarken (n.) See 1st
Hag, 4.
Sleepwaker (n.) On in a
state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep.
Sleepwaking (n.) The state
of one mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep.
Sleepwalker (n.) One who
walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.
Sleepwalking (n.) Walking
in one's sleep.
Sleepy (n.) Drowsy;
inclined to, or overcome by, sleep.
Sleepy (n.) Tending to
induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion.
Sleepy (n.) Dull; lazy;
heavy; sluggish.
Sleepy (n.) Characterized
by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security.
Sleepyhead (n.) A sleepy
person.
Sleepyhead (n.) The ruddy
duck.
Sleer (n.) A slayer.
Sleet (n.) The part of a
mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.
Sleet (n.) Hail or snow,
mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles.
Sleeted (imp. & p. p.) of
Sleet
Sleeting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sleet
Sleet (v. i.) To snow or
hail with a mixture of rain.
Sleetch (n.) Mud or slime,
such as that at the bottom of rivers.
Sleetiness (n.) The state
of being sleety.
Sleety (a.) Of or
pertaining to sleet; characterized by sleet; as, a sleety storm; sleety weather.
Sleeve (n.) See Sleave,
untwisted thread.
Sleeve (n.) The part of a
garment which covers the arm; as, the sleeve of a coat or a gown.
Sleeve (n.) A narrow
channel of water.
Sleeve (n.) A tubular part
made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between
two parts.
Sleeve (n.) A long bushing
or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel.
Sleeve (n.) A short piece
of pipe used for covering a joint, or forming a joint between the ends of two
other pipes.
Sleeved (imp. & p. p.) of
Sleeve
Sleeving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sleeve
Sleeve (v. t.) To furnish
with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat.
Sleeved (a.) Having
sleeves; furnished with sleeves; -- often in composition; as, long-sleeved.
Sleevefish (n.) A squid.
Sleevehand (n.) The part
of a sleeve nearest the hand; a cuff or wristband.
Sleeveless (a.) Having no
sleeves.
Sleeveless (a.) Wanting a
cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; bootless; useless.
Sleided (imp. & p. p.) of
Sleid
Sleiding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sleid
Sleid (v. t.) To sley, or
prepare for use in the weaver's sley, or slaie.
Sleigh (a.) Sly.
Sleigh (n.) A vehicle
moved on runners, and used for transporting persons or goods on snow or ice; --
in England commonly called a sledge.
Sleighing (n.) The act of
riding in a sleigh.
Sleighing (n.) The state
of the snow or ice which admits of running sleighs.
Sleight (n.) Cunning;
craft; artful practice.
Sleight (n.) An artful
trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes
observation.
Sleight (n.) Dexterous
practice; dexterity; skill.
Sleightful (a.) Cunning;
dexterous.
Sleightly (adv.)
Cinningly.
Sleighty (a.) Cinning;
sly.
Slender (superl.) Small or
narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender
stem or stalk of a plant.
Slender (superl.) Weak;
feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.
Slender (superl.)
Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.
Slender (superl.) Small;
inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.
Slender (superl.) Spare;
abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.
Slender (superl.) Uttered
with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.
Slent (n. & v.) See Slant.
Slep () imp. of Sleep. Slept.
Slepez (n.) A burrowing
rodent (Spalax typhlus), native of Russia and Asia Minor. It has the general
appearance of a mole, and is destitute of eyes. Called also mole rat.
Slept () imp. & p. p. of Sleep.
Sleuth (n.) The track of
man or beast as followed by the scent.
Sleuthhound (n.) A hound
that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound.
Slew () imp. of Slay.
Slew (v. t.) See Slue.
Slewed (a.) Somewhat
drunk.
Slewth (n.) Sloth;
idleness.
Sley (v. t.) A weaver's
reed.
Sley (v. t.) A guideway in
a knitting machine.
Sley (v. t.) To separate
or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed; -- a term used by weavers.
See Sleave, and Sleid.
Slibber (a.) Slippery.
Slice (v. t.) A thin,
broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.
Slice (v. t.) That which
is thin and broad, like a slice.
Slice (v. t.) A broad,
thin piece of plaster.
Slice (v. t.) A salver,
platter, or tray.
Slice (v. t.) A knife with
a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading
anything, as paint or ink.
Slice (v. t.) A plate of
iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement,
variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the
planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring
a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
Slice (v. t.) One of the
wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks
to prepare for launching.
Slice (v. t.) A removable
sliding bottom to galley.
Sliced (imp. & p. p.) of
Slice
Slicing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slice
Slice (v. t.) To cut into
thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from.
Slice (v. t.) To cut into
parts; to divide.
Slice (v. t.) To clear by
means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace.
Slicer (n.) One who, or
that which, slices; specifically, the circular saw of the lapidary.
Slich (n.) Alt. of Slick
Slick (n.) See Schlich.
Slick (a.) Sleek; smooth.
Slick (v. t.) To make
sleek or smoth.
Slick (n.) A wide paring
chisel.
Slicken (a.) Sleek;
smooth.
Slickens (n.) The
pulverized matter from a quartz mill, or the lighter soil of hydraulic mines.
Slickensides (n.) The
smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed
to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another.
Slickensides (n.) A
variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England.
Slicker (n.) That which
makes smooth or sleek.
Slicker (n.) A kind of
burnisher for leather.
Slicker (n.) A curved tool
for smoothing the surfaces of a mold after the withdrawal of the pattern.
Slicker (n.) A waterproof
coat.
Slicking (n.) The act or
process of smoothing.
Slicking (n.) Narrow veins
of ore.
Slickness (n.) The state
or quality of being slick; smoothness; sleekness.
Slid () imp. & p. p. of Slide.
Slidden () p. p. of Slide.
Slidder (v. t.) To slide
with interruption.
Slidder (v. t.) Alt. of
Sliddery
Slidderly (v. t.) Alt. of
Sliddery
Sliddery (v. t.) Slippery.
Slid (imp.) of Slide
Slidden (p. p.) of Slide
Slid () of Slide
Slidding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slide
Slide (v. t.) To move
along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to
slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.
Slide (v. t.) Especially,
to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled
moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet.
Slide (v. t.) To pass
inadvertently.
Slide (v. t.) To pass
along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or
hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water.
Slide (v. t.) To slip when
walking or standing; to fall.
Slide (v. t.) To pass from
one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.
Slide (v. t.) To pass out
of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
Slide (v. t.) To cause to
slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another.
Slide (v. t.) To pass or
put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a
question.
Slide (n.) The act of
sliding; as, a slide on the ice.
Slide (n.) Smooth, even
passage or progress.
Slide (n.) That on which
anything moves by sliding.
Slide (n.) An inclined
plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, esp. one constructed
on a mountain side for conveying logs by sliding them down.
Slide (n.) A surface of
ice or snow on which children slide for amusement.
Slide (n.) That which
operates by sliding.
Slide (n.) A cover which
opens or closes an aperture by sliding over it.
Slide (n.) A moving piece
which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides.
Slide (n.) A clasp or
brooch for a belt, or the like.
Slide (n.) A plate or slip
of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a
magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be
examined with a microscope.
Slide (n.) The descent of
a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide,
or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide.
Slide (n.) A small
dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
Slide (n.) A grace
consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to
a principal note either above or below.
Slide (n.) An apparatus in
the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened
so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics.
Slide (n.) A sound which,
by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly
into another sound.
Slide (n.) Same as Guide
bar, under Guide.
Slide (n.) A slide valve.
Slidegroat (n.) The game
of shovelboard.
Slider (a.) See Slidder.
Slider (n.) One who, or
that which, slides; especially, a sliding part of an instrument or machine.
Slider (n.) The
red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa).
Sliding (a.) That slides
or slips; gliding; moving smoothly.
Sliding (a.) Slippery;
elusory.
Slidometer (n.) An
instrument for indicating and recording shocks to railway cars occasioned by
sudden stopping.
Slight (n.) Sleight.
Slight (v. t.) To
overthrow; to demolish.
Slight (v. t.) To make
even or level.
Slight (v. t.) To throw
heedlessly.
Slight (superl.) Not
decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not
severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a
slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight
(i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a
slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and
the like.
Slight (superl.) Not stout
or heavy; slender.
Slight (superl.) Foolish;
silly; weak in intellect.
Slighted (imp. & p. p.) of
Slight
Slighting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slight
Slight (v. t.) To
disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to
slight the divine commands.
Slight (n.) The act of
slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or
oversight; neglect; indignity.
Slight (adv.) Slightly.
Slighten (v. t.) To
slight.
Slighter (n.) One who
slights.
Slightful (a.) See
Sleightful.
Slighting (a.)
Characterized by neglect or disregard.
Slightingly (adv.) In a
slighting manner.
Slightly (adv.) In a
slight manner.
Slightly (adv.)
Slightingly; negligently.
Slightness (n.) The
quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also,
formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
Slighty (a.) Slight.
Slik (a.) Such.
Silkensides (n.) Same as
Slickensides.
Slily (adv.) See Slyly.
Slim (superl.) Worthless;
bad.
Slim (superl.) Weak;
slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument.
Slim (superl.) Of small
diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as, a slim
person; a slim tree.
Slime (n.) Soft, moist
earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud.
Slime (n.) Any
mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft,
and adhesive.
Slime (n.) Bitumen.
Slime (n.) Mud containing
metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.
Slime (n.) A mucuslike
substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals.
Slimed (imp. & p. p.) of
Slime
Sliming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slime
Slime (v. t.) To smear
with slime.
Slimily (adv.) In a slimy
manner.
Sliminess (n.) The quality
or state of being slimy.
Slimly (adv.) In a state
of slimness; in a slim manner; slenderly.
Slimness (n.) The quality
or state of being slim.
Slimsy (a.) Flimsy; frail.
Slimy (superl.) Of or
pertaining to slime; resembling slime; of the nature of slime; viscous;
glutinous; also, covered or daubed with slime; yielding, or abounding in, slime.
Sliness (n.) See Slyness.
Sling (v. t.) An
instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap
with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and
a light stick to the other. The missile being lodged in a hole in the strap, the
ends of the string are taken in the hand, and the whole whirled rapidly round
until, by loosing one end, the missile is let fly with centrifugal force.
Sling (v. t.) The act or
motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke.
Sling (v. t.) A
contrivance for sustaining anything by suspension
Sling (v. t.) A kind of
hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is
supported.
Sling (v. t.) A loop of
rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other
heavy object, in hoisting or lowering.
Sling (v. t.) A strap
attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder.
Sling (v. t.) A band of
rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast; -- chiefly in the plural.
Slung (imp.) of Sling
Slang () of Sling
Slung (p. p.) of Sling
Slinging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sling
Sling (v. t.) To throw
with a sling.
Sling (v. t.) To throw; to
hurl; to cast.
Sling (v. t.) To hang so
as to swing; as, to sling a pack.
Sling (v. t.) To pass a
rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or
lowering tackle.
Sling (n.) A drink
composed of spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened.
Slinger (n.) One who
slings, or uses a sling.
Slunk (imp.) of Slink
Slank () of Slink
Slunk (p. p.) of Slink
Slinking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slink
Slink (a.) To creep away
meanly; to steal away; to sneak.
Slink (a.) To miscarry; --
said of female beasts.
Slink (v. t.) To cast
prematurely; -- said of female beasts; as, a cow that slinks her calf.
Slink (a.) Produced
prematurely; as, a slink calf.
Slink (a.) Thin; lean.
Slink (n.) The young of a
beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a calf brought forth before its time.
Slink (n.) A thievish
fellow; a sneak.
Slinky (a.) Thin; lank.
Slipped (imp. & p. p.) of
Slip
Slipping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slip
Slip (n.) To move along
the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to
glide.
Slip (n.) To slide; to
lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread firmly; as, it is necessary to
walk carefully lest the foot should slip.
Slip (n.) To move or fly
(out of place); to shoot; -- often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out
of its place.
Slip (n.) To depart,
withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in a
quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors slipped into the work.
Slip (n.) To err; to fall
into error or fault.
Slip (v. t.) To cause to
move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
Slip (v. t.) To omit; to
loose by negligence.
Slip (v. t.) To cut slips
from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of; as, to slip a piece of
cloth or paper.
Slip (v. t.) To let loose
in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.
Slip (v. t.) To cause to
slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips
his collar.
Slip (v. t.) To bring
forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
Slip (n.) The act of
slipping; as, a slip on the ice.
Slip (n.) An unintentional
error or fault; a false step.
Slip (n.) A twig separated
from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a
vine.
Slip (n.) A slender piece;
a strip; as, a slip of paper.
Slip (n.) A leash or
string by which a dog is held; -- so called from its being made in such a manner
as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
Slip (n.) An escape; a
secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip.
Slip (n.) A portion of the
columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column
of type when set up and in the galley.
Slip (n.) Any covering
easily slipped on.
Slip (n.) A loose garment
worn by a woman.
Slip (n.) A child's
pinafore.
Slip (n.) An outside
covering or case; as, a pillow slip.
Slip (n.) The slip or
sheath of a sword, and the like.
Slip (n.) A counterfeit
piece of money, being brass covered with silver.
Slip (n.) Matter found in
troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
Slip (n.) Potter's clay in
a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a
cement for handles and other applied parts.
Slip (n.) A particular
quantity of yarn.
Slip (n.) An inclined
plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair.
Slip (n.) An opening or
space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip.
Slip (n.) A narrow passage
between buildings.
Slip (n.) A long seat or
narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
Slip (n.) A dislocation of
a lead, destroying continuity.
Slip (n.) The motion of
the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar,
through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual
speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon
a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current
of water produced by the propeller.
Slip (n.) A fish, the
sole.
Slip (n.) A fielder
stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two
of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip.
Slipboard (n.) A board
sliding in grooves.
Slipcoat cheese () A rich variety
of new cheese, resembling butter, but white.
Slipes (v.) Sledge runners
on which a skip is dragged in a mine.
Slipknot (n.) knot which
slips along the rope or line around which it is made.
Slip-on (n.) A kind of
overcoat worn upon the shoulders in the manner of a cloak.
Slippage (n.) The act of
slipping; also, the amount of slipping.
Slipper (n.) One who, or
that which, slips.
Slipper (n.) A kind of
light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe.
Slipper (n.) A kind of
apron or pinafore for children.
Slipper (n.) A kind of
brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
Slipper (n.) A piece,
usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means
of adjustment; -- also called shoe, and gib.
Slipper (a.) Slippery.
Slippered (a.) Wearing
slippers.
Slipperily (adv.) In a
slippery manner.
Slipperiness (n.) The
quality of being slippery.
Slipperness (n.)
Slipperiness.
Slipperwort (n.) See
Calceolaria.
Slippery (a.) Having the
quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move
smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily
substances render things slippery.
Slippery (a.) Not
affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.
Slippery (a.) Not easily
held; liable or apt to slip away.
Slippery (a.) Liable to
slip; not standing firm.
Slippery (a.) Unstable;
changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle.
Slippery (a.) Uncertain in
effect.
Slippery (a.) Wanton;
unchaste; loose in morals.
Slippiness (n.)
Slipperiness.
Slippy (a.) Slippery.
Slipshod (a.) Wearing
shoes or slippers down at the heel.
Slipshod (a.)
Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc.; slovenly; shuffling; as,
slipshod manners; a slipshod or loose style of writing.
Slipshoe (n.) A slipper.
Slipskin (a.) Evasive.
Slipslop (n.) Weak, poor,
or flat liquor; weak, profitless discourse or writing.
Slipstring (n.) One who
has shaken off restraint; a prodigal.
Slipthrift (n.) A
spendthrift.
Slish (n.) A cut; as,
slish and slash.
Slit () 3d. pers. sing. pres. of
Slide.
Slit (imp. & p. p.) of
Slit
Slitted () of Slit
Slitting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slit
Slit (n.) To cut
lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as, to slit iron bars into nail
rods; to slit leather into straps.
Slit (n.) To cut or make a
long fissure in or upon; as, to slit the ear or the nose.
Slit (n.) To cut; to
sever; to divide.
Slit (n.) A long cut; a
narrow opening; as, a slit in the ear.
Slither (v. i.) To slide;
to glide.
Slit-shell (n.) Any
species of Pleurotomaria, a genus of beautiful, pearly, spiral gastropod shells
having a deep slit in the outer lip. Many fossil species are known, and a few
living ones are found in deep water in tropical seas.
Slitter (n.) One who, or
that which, slits.
Slitting () a. & n. from Slit.
Slive (v. i.) To sneak.
Slive (v. t.) To cut; to
split; to separate.
Slivered (imp. & p. p.) of
Sliver
Slivering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sliver
Sliver (v. t.) To cut or
divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend
lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.
Sliver (n.) A long piece
cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
Sliver (n.) A strand, or
slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by
a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning.
Sliver (n.) Bait made of
pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.
Sloakan (n.) A species of
seaweed. [Spelled also slowcawn.] See 3d Laver.
Sloam (n.) A layer of
earth between coal seams.
Sloat (n.) A narrow piece
of timber which holds together large pieces; a slat; as, the sloats of a cart.
Slobber (v. t. & i.) See
Slabber.
Slobber (n.) See Slabber.
Slobber (n.) A jellyfish.
Slobber (n.) Salivation.
Slobberer (n.) One who
slobbers.
Slobberer (n.) A slovenly
farmer; a jobbing tailor.
Slobbery (a.) Wet; sloppy,
as land.
Slock (v. t.) Alt. of
Slocken
Slocken (v. t.) To quench;
to allay; to slake. See Slake.
Slocking () a. & n. from Slock.
Sloe (n.) A small, bitter,
wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree
itself.
Slogan (n.) The war cry,
or gathering word, of a Highland clan in Scotland; hence, any rallying cry.
Sloggy (a.) Sluggish.
Sloke (n.) See Sloakan.
Sloo (n.) Alt. of Slue
Slue (n.) A slough; a run
or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2.
Sloom (n.) Slumber.
Sloomy (a.) Sluggish;
slow.
Sloop (n.) A vessel having
one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs,
staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and
standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted.
The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth
of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since
1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See
Cutter, and Illustration in Appendix.
Slop (n.) Water or other
liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle;
a soiled spot.
Slop (n.) Mean and weak
drink or liquid food; -- usually in the plural.
Slop (n.) Dirty water;
water in which anything has been washed or rinsed; water from wash-bowls, etc.
Slopped (imp. & p. p.) of
Slop
Slopping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slop
Slop (v. t.) To cause to
overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; to spill.
Slop (v. t.) To spill
liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled.
Slop (v. i.) To overflow
or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; -- often
with over.
Slop (v. i.) Any kind of
outer garment made of linen or cotton, as a night dress, or a smock frock.
Slop (v. i.) A loose lower
garment; loose breeches; chiefly used in the plural.
Slop (v. i.) Ready-made
clothes; also, among seamen, clothing, bedding, and other furnishings.
Slope (v. i.) An oblique
direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction;
also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another.
Slope (v. i.) Any ground
whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.
Slope (a.) Sloping.
Slope (adv.) In a sloping
manner.
Sloped (imp. & p. p.) of
Slope
Sloping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slope
Slope (v. t.) To form with
a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to
incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of
cloth in cutting a garment.
Slope (v. i.) To take an
oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline;
as, the ground slopes.
Slope (v. i.) To depart;
to disappear suddenly.
Slopeness (n.) State of
being slope.
Slopewise (adv.)
Obliquely.
Sloping (a.) Inclining or
inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right
line; oblique; declivous; slanting.
Sloppiness (n.) The
quality or state of being sloppy; muddiness.
Sloppy (superl.) Wet, so
as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a
sloppy place, walk, road.
Slopseller (n.) One who
sells slops, or ready-made clothes. See 4th Slop, 3.
Slopshop (n.) A shop where
slops. or ready-made clothes, are sold.
Slopwork (n.) The
manufacture of slops, or cheap ready-made clothing; also, such clothing; hence,
hasty, slovenly work of any kind.
Slopy (a.) Sloping;
inclined.
Slosh () Alt. of Sloshy
Sloshy () See Slush, Slushy.
Slot (n.) A broad, flat,
wooden bar; a slat or sloat.
Slot (n.) A bolt or bar
for fastening a door.
Slot (n.) A narrow
depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece
fitting or sliding in it.
Slot (v. t.) To shut with
violence; to slam; as, to slot a door.
Slot (n.) The track of a
deer; hence, a track of any kind.
Sloth (n.) Slowness;
tardiness.
Sloth (n.) Disinclination
to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness; idleness.
Sloth (n.) Any one of
several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family Bradypodidae, and
the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and long prehensile
claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the
ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and
Mexico.
Sloth (v. i.) To be idle.
Slothful (a.) Addicted to
sloth; inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle.
Slothhound (n.) See
Sleuthhound.
Slotted (a.) Having a
slot.
Slotting (n.) The act or
process of making slots, or mortises.
Slouch (n.) A hanging down
of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait;
a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
Slouch (n.) An awkward,
heavy, clownish fellow.
Slouched (imp. & p. p.) of
Slouch
Slouching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slouch
Slouch (v. i.) To droop,
as the head.
Slouch (v. i.) To walk in
a clumsy, lazy manner.
Slouch (v. t.) To cause to
hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouth the hat.
Slouching (a.) Hanging
down at the side; limp; drooping; without firmness or shapeliness; moving in an
ungainly manner.
Slouchy (a.) Slouching.
Slough (a.) Slow.
Slough (n.) A place of
deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
Slough (n.) A wet place; a
swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.
Slough () imp. of Slee, to slay.
Slew.
Slough (n.) The skin,
commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.
Slough (n.) The dead mass
separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living
tissue in mortification.
Sloughed (imp. & p. p.) of
Slough
Sloughing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slough
Slough (v. i.) To form a
slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often
used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off
slowly.
Slough (v. t.) To cast
off; to discard as refuse.
Sloughing (n.) The act of
casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis.
Sloughy (a.) Full of
sloughs, miry.
Sloughy (a.) Resembling,
or of the nature of, a slough, or the dead matter which separates from living
flesh.
Sloven (n.) A man or boy
habitually negligent of neathess and order; -- the correlative term to slattern,
or slut.
Slovenliness (n.) The
quality or state of being slovenly.
Slowenly (a.) Having the
habits of a sloven; negligent of neatness and order, especially in dress.
Slowenly (a.)
Characteristic of a solven; lacking neatness and order; evincing negligence; as,
slovenly dress.
Slovenly (adv.) a slovenly
manner.
Slovenness (n.)
Slovenliness.
Slovenry (n.)
Slovenliness.
Slow () imp. of Slee, to slay.
Slew.
Slow (superl.) Moving a
short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not
rapid; moderate; deliberate; as, a slow stream; a slow motion.
Slow (superl.) Not
happening in a short time; gradual; late.
Slow (superl.) Not ready;
not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue.
Slow (superl.) Not hasty;
not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive.
Slow (superl.) Behind in
time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is
slow.
Slow (superl.) Not
advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences.
Slow (superl.) Heavy in
wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull.
Slow (adv.) Slowly.
Slowed (imp. & p. p.) of
Slow
Slowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slow
Slow (v. t.) To render
slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer.
Slow (v. i.) To go slower;
-- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge.
Slow (n.) A moth.
Slowback (n.) A lubber; an
idle fellow; a loiterer.
Slowh () imp. of Slee,to slay.
Slowhound (n.) A
sleuthhound.
Slowly (adv.) In a slow
manner; moderately; not rapidly; not early; not rashly; not readly; tardly.
Slowness (n.) The quality
or state of being slow.
Slows (n.) Milk sickness.
Slow-witted (a.) Dull of
apprehension; not possessing quick intelligence.
Slowworm (v. t.) A
lecertilian reptile; the blindworm.
Slub (n.) A roll of wool
slightly twisted; a rove; -- called also slubbing.
Slubbed (imp. & p. p.) of
Slub
Slubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slub
Slub (v. t.) To draw out
and twist slightly; -- said of slivers of wool.
Slubbered (imp. & p. p.)
of Slubber
Slubbering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slubber
Slubber (v. t.) To do
lazily, imperfectly, or coarsely.
Slubber (v. t.) To daub;
to stain; to cover carelessly.
Slubber (n.) A slubbing
machine.
Slubberdegullion (n.) A
mean, dirty wretch.
Slubberingly (adv.) In a
slovenly, or hurried and imperfect, manner.
Slubbing () a. & n. from Slub.
Sludge (n.) Mud; mire;
soft mud; slush.
Sludge (n.) Small floating
pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow.
Sludge (n.) See Slime, 4.
Sludger (n.) A bucket for
removing mud from a bored hole; a sand pump.
Sludy (a.) Miry; slushy.
Slued (imp. & p. p.) of
Slue
Sluing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slue
Slue (v. t.) To turn about
a fixed point, usually the center or axis, as a spar or piece of timber; to
turn; -- used also of any heavy body.
Slue (v. t.) In general,
to turn about; to twist; -- often used reflexively and followed by round.
Slue (v. i.) To turn
about; to turn from the course; to slip or slide and turn from an expected or
desired course; -- often followed by round.
Slue (n.) See Sloough, 2.
Slug (n.) A drone; a slow,
lazy fellow; a sluggard.
Slug (n.) A hindrance; an
obstruction.
Slug (n.) Any one of
numerous species of terrestrial pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and
several related genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed in the
mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely allied to the land snails.
Slug (n.) Any smooth, soft
larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose
slug.
Slug (n.) A ship that
sails slowly.
Slug (n.) An irregularly
shaped piece of metal, used as a missile for a gun.
Slug (n.) A thick strip of
metal less than type high, and as long as the width of a column or a page, --
used in spacing out pages and to separate display lines, etc.
Slug (v. i.) To move
slowly; to lie idle.
Slug (v. t.) To make
sluggish.
Slugged (imp. & p. p.) of
Slug
Slugging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slug
Slug (v. t.) To load with
a slug or slugs; as, to slug a gun.
Slug (v. t.) To strike
heavily.
Slug (v. i.) To become
reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller
part of the bore of the barrel; -- said of a bullet when fired from a gun,
pistol, or other firearm.
Slugabed (n.) One who
indulges in lying abed; a sluggard.
Sluggard (n.) A person
habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone.
Sluggard (a.) Sluggish;
lazy.
Sluggardize (v. t.) To
make lazy.
Sluggardy (n.) The state
of being a sluggard; sluggishness; sloth.
Slugger (n.) One who
strikes heavy blows; hence, a boxer; a prize fighter.
Sluggish (a.) Habitually
idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.
Sluggish (a.) Slow; having
little motion; as, a sluggish stream.
Sluggish (a.) Having no
power to move one's self or itself; inert.
Sluggish (a.)
Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
Sluggy (a.) Sluggish.
Slug-horn (a.) An
erroneous form of the Scotch word slughorne, or sloggorne, meaning slogan.
Slugs (n. pl.)
Half-roasted ore.
Slugworm (n.) Any
caterpillar which has the general appearance of a slug, as do those of certain
moths belonging to Limacodes and allied genera, and those of certain sawflies.
Sluice (n.) An artifical
passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for
stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate or flood gate.
Sluice (n.) Hence, an
opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply.
Sluice (n.) The stream
flowing through a flood gate.
Sluice (n.) A long box or
trough through which water flows, -- used for washing auriferous earth.
Sluiced (imp. & p. p.) of
Sluice
Sluicing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sluice
Sluice (v. t.) To emit by,
or as by, flood gates.
Sluice (v. t.) To wet
copiously, as by opening a sluice; as, to sluice meadows.
Sluice (v. t.) To wash
with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice; as, to sluice eart or
gold dust in mining.
Sluiceway (n.) An
artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice; specifically, a trough
constructed over the bed of a stream, so that logs, lumber, or rubbish can be
floated down to some convenient place of delivery.
Sluicy (a.) Falling
copiously or in streams, as from a sluice.
Slum (n.) A foul back
street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often
vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the
plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives.
Slum (n.) Same as Slimes.
Slumbered (imp. & p. p.)
of Slumber
Slumbering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slumber
Slumber (v. i.) To sleep;
especially, to sleep lightly; to doze.
Slumber (v. i.) To be in a
state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity.
Slumber (v. t.) To lay to
sleep.
Slumber (v. t.) To stun;
to stupefy.
Slumber (n.) Sleep;
especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose.
Slumberer (n.) One who
slumbers; a sleeper.
Slumberingly (adv.) In a
slumbering manner.
Slumberless (a.) Without
slumber; sleepless.
Slumberous (a.) Inviting
slumber; soporiferous.
Slumberous (a.) Being in
the repose of slumber; sleepy; drowsy.
Slumbery (a.) Sleepy.
Slumbrous (a.) Slumberous.
Slumming (vb. n.) Visiting
slums.
Slump (n.) The gross
amount; the mass; the lump.
Slump (v. t.) To lump; to
throw into a mess.
Slumped (imp. & p. p.) of
Slump
Slumping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slump
Slump (v. i.) To fall or
sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or
ice, partly frozen ground, a bog, etc., not strong enough to bear the person.
Slump (n.) A boggy place.
Slump (n.) The noise made
by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.
Slumpy (a.) Easily broken
through; boggy; marshy; swampy.
Slung () imp. & p. p. of Sling.
Slunk () imp. & p. p. of Slink.
Slurred (imp. & p. p.) of
Slur
Slurring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slur
Slur (v. t.) To soil; to
sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
Slur (v. t.) To disparage;
to traduce.
Slur (v. t.) To cover
over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
Slur (v. t.) To cheat, as
by sliding a die; to trick.
Slur (v. t.) To pronounce
indistinctly; as, to slur syllables.
Slur (v. t.) To sing or
perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as
several notes or tones.
Slur (v. t.) To blur or
double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
Slur (n.) A mark or stain;
hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an
innuendo.
Slur (n.) A trick played
upon a person; an imposition.
Slur (n.) A mark, thus [/
or /], connecting notes that are to be sung to the same syllable, or made in one
continued breath of a wind instrument, or with one stroke of a bow; a tie; a
sign of legato.
Slur (n.) In knitting
machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over
them.
Slurred (a.) Marked with a
slur; performed in a smooth, gliding style, like notes marked with a slur.
Slush (n.) Soft mud.
Slush (n.) A mixture of
snow and water; half-melted snow.
Slush (n.) A soft mixture
of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.
Slush (n.) The refuse
grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.
Slush (n.) A mixture of
white lead and lime, with which the bright parts of machines, such as the
connecting rods of steamboats, are painted to be preserved from oxidation.
Slushed (imp. & p. p.) of
Slush
Slushing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Slush
Slush (v. t.) To smear
with slush or grease; as, to slush a mast.
Slush (v. t.) To paint
with a mixture of white lead and lime.
Slushy (a.) Abounding in
slush; characterized by soft mud or half-melted snow; as, the streets are
slushy; the snow is slushy.
Slut (n.) An untidy woman;
a slattern.
Slut (n.) A servant girl;
a drudge.
Slut (n.) A female dog; a
bitch.
Slutch (n.) Slush.
Slutchy (a.) Slushy.
Sluthhound (n.)
Sleuthhound.
Sluttery (n.) The
qualities and practices of a slut; sluttishness; slatternlines.
Sluttish (a.) Like a slut;
untidy; indecently negligent of cleanliness; disorderly; as, a sluttish woman.
Sly (v. t.) Dexterous in
performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious;
shrewd; knowing; -- in a good sense.
Sly (v. t.) Artfully
cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
Sly (v. t.) Done with, and
marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.
Sly (v. t.) Light or
delicate; slight; thin.
Sly (adv.) Slyly.
Slyboots (n.) A humerous
appellation for a sly, cunning, or waggish person.
Slyly (adv.) In a sly
manner; shrewdly; craftily.
Slyness (n.) The quality
or state of being sly.
Slype (n.) A narrow
passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a
monastery.
Smack (n.) A small sailing
vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing
trade.
Smack (v. i.) Taste or
flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture; as, a smack of bitter in
the medicine. Also used figuratively.
Smack (v. i.) A small
quantity; a taste.
Smack (v. i.) A loud kiss;
a buss.
Smack (v. i.) A quick,
sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
Smack (v. i.) A quick,
smart blow; a slap.
Smack (adv.) As if with a
smack or slap.
Smacked (imp. & p. p.) of
Smack
Smacking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Smack
Smack (n.) To have a
smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste.
Smack (n.) To have or
exhibit indications of the presence of any character or quality.
Smack (n.) To kiss with a
close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss
with a sharp noise; to buss.
Smack (n.) To make a noise
by the separation of the lips after tasting anything.
Smack (v. t.) To kiss with
a sharp noise; to buss.
Smack (v. t.) To open, as
the lips, with an inarticulate sound made by a quick compression and separation
of the parts of the mouth; to make a noise with, as the lips, by separating them
in the act of kissing or after tasting.
Smack (v. t.) To make a
sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip.
Smacking (n.) A sharp,
quick noise; a smack.
Smacking (a.) Making a
sharp, brisk sound; hence, brisk; as, a smacking breeze.
Small (superl.) Having
little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or
degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much;
inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river.
Small (superl.) Being of
slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial;
insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business.
Small (superl.) Envincing
little worth or ability; not large-minded; -- sometimes, in reproach, paltry;
mean.
Small (superl.) Not
prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space.
Small (superl.) Weak;
slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud.
Small (adv.) In or to
small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly.
Small (adv.) Not loudly;
faintly; timidly.
Small (n.) The small or
slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back.
Small (n.) Smallclothes.
Small (n.) Same as Little
go. See under Little, a.
Small (v. t.) To make
little or less.
Smallage (n.) A biennial
umbelliferous plant (Apium graveolens) native of the seacoats of Europe and
Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation,
it becomes celery.
Smallclothes (n. pl.) A
man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.
Smallish (a.) Somewhat
small.
Smallness (n.) The quality
or state of being small.
Smallpox (n.) A
contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar
eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules
which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules,
and finally thick crusts which slough after a certain time, often leaving a pit,
or scar.
Smalls (n. pl.) See Small,
n., 2, 3.
Smallsword (n.) A light
sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword worn by civilians of rank
in the eighteenth century.
Smally (adv.) In a small
quantity or degree; with minuteness.
Smalt (v. t.) A deep blue
pigment or coloring material used in various arts. It is a vitreous substance
made of cobalt, potash, and calcined quartz fused, and reduced to a powder.
Smalt-blue (a.) Deep blue,
like smalt.
Smaltine (n.) Alt. of
Smaltite
Smaltite (n.) A tin-white
or gray mineral of metallic luster. It is an arsenide of cobalt, nickel, and
iron. Called also speiskobalt.
Smaragd (n.) The emerald.
Smaragdine (a.) Of or
pertaining to emerald; resembling emerald; of an emerald green.
Smaragdite (n.) A green
foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varietis of gabbro.
Smarted (imp. & p. p.) of
Smart
Smarting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Smart
Smart (v. i.) To feel a
lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of
irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.
Smart (v. i.) To feel a
pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting
of evil.
Smart (v. t.) To cause a
smart in.
Smart (v. i.) Quick,
pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by
nettles.
Smart (v. i.) Severe,
pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction.
Smart (v. i.) A fellow who
affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy.
Smart (v. i.) Smart money
(see below).
Smart (v. i.) Causing a
smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste.
Smart (v. i.) Keen;
severe; poignant; as, smart pain.
Smart (v. i.) Vigorous;
sharp; severe.
Smart (v. i.)
Accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly; active; sharp; clever.
Smart (v. i.) Efficient;
vigorous; brilliant.
Smart (v. i.) Marked by
acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a
smart reply; a smart saying.
Smart (v. i.) Pretentious;
showy; spruce; as, a smart gown.
Smart (v. i.) Brisk;
fresh; as, a smart breeze.
Smarten (v. t.) To make
smart or spruce; -- usually with up.
Smartle (v. i.) To waste
away.
Smartly (adv.) In a smart
manner.
Smartness (n.) The quality
or state of being smart.
Smartweed (n.) An acrid
plant of the genus Polygonum (P. Hydropiper), which produces smarting if applied
where the skin is tender.
Smashed (imp. & p. p.) of
Smash
Smashing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Smash
Smash (v. t.) To break in
pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.
Smash (v. i.) To break up,
or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure.
Smash (n.) A breaking or
dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.
Smash (n.) Hence,
bankruptcy.
Smasher (n.) One who, or
that which, smashes or breaks things to pieces.
Smasher (n.) Anything very
large or extraordinary.
Smasher (n.) One who
passes counterfeit coin.
Smatch (n.) Taste;
tincture; smack.
Smatch (v. i.) To smack.
Smatter (v. i.) To talk
superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter.
Smatter (v. i.) To have a
slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack.
Smatter (v. t.) To talk
superficially about.
Smatter (v. t.) To gain a
slight taste of; to acquire a slight, superficial knowledge of; to smack.
Smatter (n.) Superficial
knowledge; a smattering.
Smatterer (n.) One who has
only a slight, superficial knowledge; a sciolist.
Smattering (n.) A slight,
superficial knowledge of something; sciolism.
Smeared (imp. & p. p.) of
Smear
Smearing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Smear
Smear (n.) To overspread
with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything
with oil.
Smear (n.) To soil in any
way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with
infamy.
Smear (n.) A fat, oily
substance; oinment.
Smear (n.) Hence, a spot
made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub;
a stain.
Smear dab () The sand fluke (b).
Smeared (a.) Having the
color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the smeared dagger moth (Apatela
oblinita).
Smeary (a.) Tending to
smear or soil; adhesive; viscous.
Smeath (n.) The smew.
Smectite (n.) A hydrous
silicate of alumina, of a greenish color, which, in certain states of humidity,
appears transparent and almost gelatinous.
Smee (n.) The pintail
duck.
Smee (n.) The widgeon.
Smee (n.) The poachard.
Smee (n.) The smew.
Smeeth (v. t.) To smoke;
to blacken with smoke; to rub with soot.
Smeeth (v. t.) To smooth.
Smegma (n.) The matter
secreted by any of the sebaceous glands.
Smegma (n.) The soapy
substance covering the skin of newborn infants.
Smegma (n.) The cheesy,
sebaceous matter which collects between the glans penis and the foreskin.
Smegmatic (a.) Being of
the nature of soap; soapy; cleansing; detersive.
Smeir (n.) A salt glaze on
pottery, made by adding common salt to an earthenware glaze.
Smelled (imp. & p. p.) of
Smell
Smelt () of Smell
Smelling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Smell
Smell (n.) To perceive by
the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited
through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or
qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes.
Smell (n.) To detect or
perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; -- often with out.
Smell (n.) To give heed
to.
Smell (v. i.) To affect
the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; -- often followed by of; as, to
smell of smoke, or of musk.
Smell (v. i.) To have a
particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of
calumny.
Smell (v. i.) To exercise
the sense of smell.
Smell (v. i.) To exercise
sagacity.
Smell (v. t.) The sense or
faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the
instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense.
Smell (v. t.) The quality
of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory
organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint.
Smeller (n.) One who
smells, or perceives by the sense of smell; one who gives out smell.
Smeller (n.) The nose.
Smell-feast (n.) One who
is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger.
Smell-feast (n.) A feast
at which the guests are supposed to feed upon the odors only of the viands.
Smelling (n.) The act of
one who smells.
Smelling (n.) The sense by
which odors are perceived; the sense of smell.
Smell-less (a.) Destitute
of smell; having no odor.
Smelt () imp. & p. p. of Smell.
Smelt (n.) Any one of
numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and
allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in
lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste.
Smelt (n.) A gull; a
simpleton.
Smelted (imp. & p. p.) of
Smelt
Smelting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Smelt
Smelt (v. i.) To melt or
fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and refining the metal; hence, to
reduce; to refine; to flux or scorify; as, to smelt tin.
Smelter (n.) One who, or
that which, smelts.
Smeltery (n.) A house or
place for smelting.
Smeltie (n.) A fish, the
bib.
Smelting () a. & n. from Smelt.
Smerk (n. & v.) See Smirk.
Smerk (a.) Alt. of Smerky
Smerky (a.) Smart; jaunty;
spruce. See Smirk, a.
Smerlin (n.) A small
loach.
Smew (n.) small European
merganser (Mergus albellus) which has a white crest; -- called also smee, smee
duck, white merganser, and white nun.
Smew (n.) The hooded
merganser.
Smicker (a.) To look
amorously or wantonly; to smirk.
Smicker (v.) Amorous;
wanton; gay; spruce.
Smickering (n.) Amorous
glance or inclination.
Smicket (n.) A woman's
under-garment; a smock.
Smickly (adv.) Smugly;
finically.
Smiddy (n.) A smithy.
Smift (n.) A match for
firing a charge of powder, as in blasting; a fuse.
Smight (v. t.) To smite.
Smilacin (n.) See
Parrilin.
Smilax (n.) A genus of
perennial climbing plants, usually with a prickly woody stem; green brier, or
cat brier. The rootstocks of certain species are the source of the medicine
called sarsaparilla.
Smilax (n.) A delicate
trailing plant (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) much used for decoration. It is a
native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Smiled (imp. & p. p.) of
Smile
Smiling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Smile
Smile (v. i.) To express
amusement, pleasure, moderate joy, or love and kindness, by the features of the
face; to laugh silently.
Smile (v. i.) To express
slight contempt by a look implying sarcasm or pity; to sneer.
Smile (v. i.) To look gay
and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy; as, smiling spring;
smiling plenty.
Smile (v. i.) To be
propitious or favorable; to favor; to countenance; -- often with on; as, to
smile on one's labors.
Smile (v. t.) To express
by a smile; as, to smile consent; to smile a welcome to visitors.
Smile (v. t.) To affect in
a certain way with a smile.
Smile (v. i.) The act of
smiling; a peculiar change or brightening of the face, which expresses pleasure,
moderate joy, mirth, approbation, or kindness; -- opposed to frown.
Smile (v. i.) A somewhat
similar expression of countenance, indicative of satisfaction combined with
malevolent feelings, as contempt, scorn, etc; as, a scornful smile.
Smile (v. i.) Favor;
countenance; propitiousness; as, the smiles of Providence.
Smile (v. i.) Gay or
joyous appearance; as, the smiles of spring.
Smileless (a.) Not having
a smile.
Smiler (n.) One who
smiles.
Smilet (n.) A little
smile.
Smilingly (adv.) In a
smiling manner.
Smilingness (n.) Quality
or state of being smiling.
Smilodon (n.) An extinct
genus of saber-toothed tigers. See Mach/rodus.
Smilt (v. i.) To melt.
Sminthurid (n.) Any one of
numerous small species of springtails, of the family Sminthuridae, -- usually
found on flowers. See Illust. under Collembola.
Smirch (v. t.) To smear
with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to
sully.
Smirch (n.) A smutch; a
dirty stain.
Smirked (imp. & p. p.) of
Smirk
Smirking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Smirk
Smirk (v. i.) To smile in
an affected or conceited manner; to smile with affected complaisance; to simper.
Smirk (n.) A forced or
affected smile; a simper.
Smirk (a.) Nice,; smart;
spruce; affected; simpering.
Smirkingly (adv.) With
smirking; with a smirk.
Smirky (a.) Smirk;
smirking.
Smit () imp. & p. p. of Smite.
Smit () 3d. pers. sing. pres. of
Smite.
Smote (imp.) of Smite
Smit () of Smite
Smitten (p. p.) of Smite
Smit () of Smite
Smote () of Smite
Smiting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Smite
Smite (v. t.) To strike;
to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the hand,
or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the fist, with a rod,
sword, spear, or stone.
Smite (v. t.) To cause to
strike; to use as an instrument in striking or hurling.
Smite (v. t.) To destroy
the life of by beating, or by weapons of any kind; to slay by a blow; to kill;
as, to smite one with the sword, or with an arrow or other instrument.
Smite (v. t.) To put to
rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
Smite (v. t.) To blast; to
destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke or by some visitation.
Smite (v. t.) To afflict;
to chasten; to punish.
Smite (v. t.) To strike or
affect with passion, as love or fear.
Smite (v. i.) To strike;
to collide; to beat.
Smite (n.) The act of
smiting; a blow.
Smiter (n.) One who
smites.
Smith (n.) One who forges
with the hammer; one who works in metals; as, a blacksmith, goldsmith,
silversmith, and the like.
Smith (n.) One who makes
or effects anything.
Smith (n.) To beat into
shape; to forge.
Smithcraft (n.) The art or
occupation of a smith; smithing.
Smither (n.) Light, fine
rain.
Smither (n.) Fragments;
atoms; finders.
Smithereens (n. pl.)
Fragments; atoms; smithers.
-ies (pl. ) of Smithery
Smithery (n.) The workshop
of a smith; a smithy or stithy.
Smithery (n.) Work done by
a smith; smithing.
Smithing (n.) The act or
art of working or forging metals, as iron, into any desired shape.
Smithsonian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M. Smithson, or to the national institution
of learning which he endowed at Washington, D. C.; as, the Smithsonian
Institution; Smithsonian Reports.
Smithsonian (n.) The
Smithsonian Institution.
Smithsonite (n.) Native
zinc carbonate. It generally occurs in stalactitic, reniform, or botryoidal
shapes, of a white to gray, green, or brown color. See Note under Calamine.
Smithy (n.) The workshop
of a smith, esp. a blacksmith; a smithery; a stithy.
Smitt (v. t.) Fine clay or
ocher made up into balls, used for marking sheep.
Smitten () p. p. of Smite.
Smittle (v. t.) To infect.
Smittle (n.) Infection.
Smittle (a.) Alt. of
Smittlish
Smittlish (a.) Infectious;
catching.
Smock (n.) A woman's
under-garment; a shift; a chemise.
Smock (n.) A blouse; a
smoock frock.
Smock (a.) Of or
pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman.
Smock (v. t.) To provide
with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock.
Smock-faced (a.) Having a
feminine countenance or complexion; smooth-faced; girlish.
Smock frock () A coarse frock, or
shirt, worn over the other dress, as by farm laborers.
Smockless (a.) Wanting a
smock.
Smokable (a.) Capable of
being smoked; suitable or ready to be smoked; as, smokable tobacco.
Smoke (n.) The visible
exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body,
especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal, peat, or the like.
Smoke (n.) That which
resembles smoke; a vapor; a mist.
Smoke (n.) Anything
unsubstantial, as idle talk.
Smoke (n.) The act of
smoking, esp. of smoking tobacco; as, to have a smoke.
Smoked (imp. & p. p.) of
Smoke
Smoking (p. pr. & vb n.)
of Smoke
Smoke (n.) To emit smoke;
to throw off volatile matter in the form of vapor or exhalation; to reek.
Smoke (n.) Hence, to burn;
to be kindled; to rage.
Smoke (n.) To raise a dust
or smoke by rapid motion.
Smoke (n.) To draw into
the mouth the smoke of tobacco burning in a pipe or in the form of a cigar,
cigarette, etc.; to habitually use tobacco in this manner.
Smoke (n.) To suffer
severely; to be punished.
Smoke (v. t.) To apply
smoke to; to hang in smoke; to disinfect, to cure, etc., by smoke; as, to smoke
or fumigate infected clothing; to smoke beef or hams for preservation.
Smoke (v. t.) To fill or
scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume.
Smoke (v. t.) To smell
out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect.
Smoke (v. t.) To ridicule
to the face; to quiz.
Smoke (v. t.) To inhale
and puff out the smoke of, as tobacco; to burn or use in smoking; as, to smoke a
pipe or a cigar.
Smoke (v. t.) To subject
to the operation of smoke, for the purpose of annoying or driving out; -- often
with out; as, to smoke a woodchuck out of his burrow.
Smoke-dry (v. t.) To dry
by or in smoke.
Smokehouse (n.) A building
where meat or fish is cured by subjecting it to a dense smoke.
Smokejack (n.) A
contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current
of ascending air in a chimney.
Smokeless (a.) Making or
having no smoke.
Smoker (n.) One who dries
or preserves by smoke.
Smoker (n.) One who smokes
tobacco or the like.
Smoker (n.) A smoking car
or compartment.
Smokestack (n.) A chimney;
esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the pipe which carries off the smoke of a
locomotive, the funnel of a steam vessel, etc.
Smokily (adv.) In a smoky
manner.
Smokiness (n.) The quality
or state of being smoky.
Smoking () a. & n. from Smoke.
Smoky (superl.) Emitting
smoke, esp. in large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid; as, smoky
fires.
Smoky (superl.) Having the
appearance or nature of smoke; as, a smoky fog.
Smoky (superl.) Filled
with smoke, or with a vapor resembling smoke; thick; as, a smoky atmosphere.
Smoky (superl.) Subject to
be filled with smoke from chimneys or fireplace; as, a smoky house.
Smoky (superl.) Tarnished
with smoke; noisome with smoke; as, smoky rafters; smoky cells.
Smoky (superl.)
Suspicious; open to suspicion.
Smoldered (imp. & p. p.)
of Smoulder
Smouldered () of Smoulder
Smoldering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Smoulder
Smouldering () of Smoulder
Smolder (v. i.) Alt. of
Smoulder
Smoulder (v. i.) To burn
and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion.
Smoulder (v. i.) To exist
in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a
smoldering feud.
Smolder (v. t.) Alt. of
Smoulder
Smoulder (v. t.) To
smother; to suffocate; to choke.
Smolder (n.) Alt. of
Smoulder
Smoulder (n.) Smoke;
smother.
Smoldering (a.) Alt. of
Smouldering
Smouldering (a.) Being in
a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead.
Smolderingness (n.) Alt.
of Smoulderingness
Smoulderingness (n.) The
state of smoldering.
Smoldry (a.) Alt. of
Smouldry
Smouldry (a.) Smoldering;
suffocating; smothery.
Smolt (n.) A young salmon
two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color.
Smooch (v. t.) See Smutch.
Smoor (v. t.) To suffocate
or smother.
Smooth (superl.) Having an
even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived
by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.
Smooth (superl.) Evenly
spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair.
Smooth (superl.) Gently
flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed; as, a smooth stream.
Smooth (superl.) Flowing
or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; voluble; even;
fluent.
Smooth (superl.) Bland;
mild; smoothing; fattering.
Smooth (superl.) Causing
no resistance to a body sliding along its surface; frictionless.
Smooth (adv.) Smoothly.
Smooth (n.) The act of
making smooth; a stroke which smooths.
Smooth (n.) That which is
smooth; the smooth part of anything.
Smoothed (imp. & p. p.) of
Smooth
Smoothing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Smooth
Smooth (a.) To make
smooth; to make even on the surface by any means; as, to smooth a board with a
plane; to smooth cloth with an iron.
Smooth (a.) To free from
obstruction; to make easy.
Smooth (a.) To free from
harshness; to make flowing.
Smooth (a.) To palliate;
to gloze; as, to smooth over a fault.
Smooth (a.) To give a
smooth or calm appearance to.
Smooth (a.) To ease; to
regulate.
Smooth (v. i.) To flatter;
to use blandishment.
Smoothbore (a.) Having a
bore of perfectly smooth surface; -- distinguished from rifled.
Smoothbore (n.) A
smoothbore firearm.
Smooth-chinned (a.) Having
a smooth chin; beardless.
Smoothen (v. t.) To make
smooth.
Smoother (n.) One who, or
that which, smooths.
Smoothing (a. & n.) fr.
Smooth, v.
Smoothly (adv.) In a
smooth manner.
Smoothness (n.) Quality or
state of being smooth.
Smooth-spoken (a.)
Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.
Smooth-tongued (a.) Having
a smooth tongue; plausible; flattering.
Smore (v. t.) To smother.
See Smoor.
Smorzando (a.) Alt. of
Smorsato
Smorsato (a.) Growing
gradually fainter and softer; dying away; morendo.
Smote () imp. (/ rare p. p.) of
Smite.
Smoterlich (a.) Dirty;
foul.
Smothered (imp. & p. p.)
of Smother
Smothering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Smother
Smother (v. t.) To destroy
the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover
up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.
Smother (v. t.) To affect
as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes,
of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire.
Smother (v. t.) Hence, to
repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as,
to smother one's displeasure.
Smother (v. i.) To be
suffocated or stifled.
Smother (v. i.) To burn
slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
Smother (v. t.) Stifling
smoke; thick dust.
Smother (v. t.) A state of
suppression.
Smotheriness (n.) The
quality or state of being smothery.
Smotheringly (adv.) In a
smothering manner.
Smothery (a.) Tending to
smother; stifling.
Smouch (v. t.) To kiss
closely.
Smouch (v. t.) To smutch;
to soil; as, to smouch the face.
Smouch (n.) A dark soil or
stain; a smutch.
Smoulder (v. i.) See
Smolder.
Smouldry (a.) See Smoldry.
Smudge (n.) A suffocating
smoke.
Smudge (n.) A heap of damp
combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side
of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off
mosquitoes or other insects.
Smudge (n.) That which is
smeared upon anything; a stain; a blot; a smutch; a smear.
Smudged (imp. & p. p.) of
Smudge
Smudging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Smudge
Smudge (v. t.) To stifle
or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge.
Smudge (v. t.) To smear;
to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke.
Smudginess (n.) The
quality or state of being smudged, soiled, or blurred.
Smug (a.) Studiously neat
or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
Smugged (imp. & p. p.) of
Smug
Smugging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Smug
Smug (v. t.) To make smug,
or spruce.
Smuggled (imp. & p. p.) of
Smuggle
Smuggling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Smuggle
Smuggle (v. t.) To import
or export secretly, contrary to the law; to import or export without paying the
duties imposed by law; as, to smuggle lace.
Smuggle (v. t.) Fig.: To
convey or introduce clandestinely.
Smuggle (v. i.) To import
or export in violation of the customs laws.
Smuggler (n.) One who
smuggles.
Smuggler (n.) A vessel
employed in smuggling.
Smugly (adv.) In a smug
manner.
Smugness (n.) The quality
or state of being smug.
Smut (v. t.) Foul matter,
like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.
Smut (v. t.) Bad, soft
coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
Smut (v. t.) An affection
of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery
sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago
segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago
maydis.
Smut (v. t.) Obscene
language; ribaldry; obscenity.
Smutted (imp. & p. p.) of
Smut
Smutting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Smut
Smut (v. t.) To stain or
mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance.
Smut (v. t.) To taint with
mildew, as grain.
Smut (v. t.) To blacken;
to sully or taint; to tarnish.
Smut (v. t.) To clear of
smut; as, to smut grain for the mill.
Smut (v. i.) To gather
smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
Smut (v. i.) To give off
smut; to crock.
Smutch (n.) A stain; a
dirty spot.
Smutched (imp. & p. p.) of
Smutch
Smutching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Smutch
Smutch (v. t.) To blacken
with smoke, soot, or coal.
Smutchin (n.) Snuff.
Smutty (superl.) Soiled
with smut; smutted.
Smutty (superl.) Tainted
with mildew; as, smutty corn.
Smutty (superl.) Obscene;
not modest or pure; as, a smutty saying.
Smyrniot (a.) Of or
pertaining to Smyrna.
Smyrniot (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Smyrna.
Snack (v. t.) A share; a
part or portion; -- obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i.
e., to share.
Snack (v. t.) A slight,
hasty repast.
Snacket (n.) See Snecket.
Snacot (n.) A pipefish of
the genus Syngnathus. See Pipefish.
Snaffle (n.) A kind of
bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placed in the mouth, and rings and
cheek pieces at the ends, but having no curb; -- called also snaffle bit.
Snaffled (imp. & p. p.) of
Snaffle
Snaffling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Snaffle
Snaffle (v. t.) To put a
snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle; to bridle.
Snag (n.) A stump or base
of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough
branch; a knot; a protuberance.
Snag (n.) A tooth
projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth.
Snag (n.) A tree, or a
branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and
rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and
sunk.
Snag (n.) One of the
secondary branches of an antler.
Snagged (imp. & p. p.) of
Snag
Snagging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Snag
Snag (v. t.) To cut the
snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
Snag (v. t.) To injure or
destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a
sunken tree.
Snagged (a.) Full of
snags; snaggy.
Snaggy (a.) Full of snags;
full of short, rough branches or sharp points; abounding with knots.
Snaggy (a.) Snappish;
cross; ill-tempered.
Snail (n.) Any one of
numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus
Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They are abundant in
nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost
entirely on vegetation; a land snail.
Snail (n.) Any gastropod
having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and
marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail.
Snail (n.) Hence, a drone;
a slow-moving person or thing.
Snail (n.) A spiral cam,
or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to,
or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking
clock.
Snail (n.) A tortoise; in
ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo.
Snail (n.) The pod of the
sanil clover.
Snailfish (n.) See Sea
snail (a).
Snail-like (a.) Like or
suiting a snail; as, snail-like progress.
Snail-like (adv.) In the
manner of a snail; slowly.
Snail-paced (a.)
Slow-moving, like a snail.
'Snails (interj.) God's
nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the Savior was fastened to
the cross; -- an ancient form of oath, corresponding to 'Od's bodikins (dim. of
body, i.e., God's dear body).
Snake (n.) Any species of
the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See
Ophidia, and Serpent.
Snaked (imp. & p. p.) of
Snake
Snaking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Snake
Snake (v. t.) To drag or
draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out.
Snake (v. t.) To wind
round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope
lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.
Snake (v. i.) To crawl
like a snake.
Snakebird (n.) Any one of
four species of aquatic birds of the genus Anhinga or Plotus. They are allied to
the gannets and cormorants, but have very long, slender, flexible necks, and
sharp bills.
Snakebird (n.) The
wryneck.
Snakefish (n.) The band
fish.
Snakefish (n.) The lizard
fish.
Snakehead (n.) A loose,
bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American
railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a
wheel and pierce the bottom of a car.
Snakehead (n.) The
turtlehead.
Snakehead (n.) The
Guinea-hen flower. See Snake's-head, and under Guinea.
Snakeneck (n.) The
snakebird, 1.
Snakeroot (n.) Any one of
several plants of different genera and species, most of which are (or were
formerly) reputed to be efficacious as remedies for the bites of serpents; also,
the roots of any of these.
Snake's-head (n.) The
Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble
the scales of a snake's head.
Snakestone (n.) A kind of
hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.
Snakestone (n.) An
ammonite; -- so called from its form, which resembles that of a coiled snake.
Snake's-tongue (n.) Same
as Adder's-tongue.
Snakeweed (n.) A kind of
knotweed (Polygonum Bistorta).
Snakeweed (n.) The
Virginia snakeroot. See Snakeroot.
Snakewood (n.) An East
Indian climbing plant (Strychnos colubrina) having a bitter taste, and supposed
to be a remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent.
Snakewood (n.) An East
Indian climbing shrub (Ophioxylon serpentinum) which has the roots and stems
twisted so as to resemble serpents.
Snakewood (n.) Same as
Trumpetwood.
Snakewood (n.) A tropical
American shrub (Plumieria rubra) which has very fragrant red blossoms.
Snakewood (n.) Same as
Letterwood.
Snakish (a.) Having the
qualities or characteristics of a snake; snaky.
Snaky (a.) Of or
pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding.
Snaky (a.) Sly; cunning;
insinuating; deceitful.
Snaky (a.) Covered with
serpents; having serpents; as, a snaky rod or wand.
Snapped (imp. & p. p.) of
Snap
Snapping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Snap
Snap (n.) To break at
once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.
Snap (n.) To strike, to
hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.
Snap (n.) To bite or seize
suddenly, especially with the teeth.
Snap (n.) To break upon
suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up.
Snap (n.) To crack; to
cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip.
Snap (n.) To project with
a snap.
Snap (v. i.) To break
short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps.
Snap (v. i.) To give
forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood
snaps.
Snap (v. i.) To make an
effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything);
-- often with at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait.
Snap (v. i.) To utter
sharp, harsh, angry words; -- often with at; as, to snap at a child.
Snap (v. i.) To miss fire;
as, the gun snapped.
Snap (v. t.) A sudden
breaking or rupture of any substance.
Snap (v. t.) A sudden,
eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth.
Snap (v. t.) A sudden,
sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb
from the finger.
Snap (v. t.) A sharp,
abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger
of a gun.
Snap (v. t.) A greedy
fellow.
Snap (v. t.) That which
is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single
quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.
Snap (v. t.) A sudden
severe interval or spell; -- applied to the weather; as, a cold snap.
Snap (v. t.) A small catch
or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a
snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc.
Snap (v. t.) A snap
beetle.
Snap (v. t.) A thin, crisp
cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Snap (v. t.) Briskness;
vigor; energy; decision.
Snap (v. t.) Any
circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained.
Snapdragon (n.) Any plant
of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated A. majus,
whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon.
Snapdragon (n.) A West
Indian herb (Ruellia tuberosa) with curiously shaped blue flowers.
Snapdragon (n.) A play in
which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten;
also, that which is so eaten. See Flapdragon.
Snape (v. t.) To bevel the
end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.
Snaphance (n.) A spring
lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached.
Snaphance (n.) A trifling
or second-rate thing or person.
Snaphead (n.) A
hemispherical or rounded head to a rivet or bolt; also, a swaging tool with a
cavity in its face for forming such a rounded head.
Snapper (n.) One who, or
that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip.
Snapper (n.) Any one of
several species of large sparoid food fishes of the genus Lutjanus, abundant on
the southern coasts of the United States and on both coasts of tropical America.
Snapper (n.) A snapping
turtle; as, the alligator snapper.
Snapper (n.) The green
woodpecker, or yaffle.
Snapper (n.) A snap
beetle.
Snapping () a. & n. from Snap, v.
Snappish (a.) Apt to snap
at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur.
Snappish (a.) Sharp in
reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.
Snappy (a.) Snappish.
Snapsack (n.) A knapsack.
Snapweed (n.) See
Impatiens.
Snar (v. i.) To snarl.
Snare (n.) A contrivance,
often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other
animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin.
Snare (n.) Hence, anything
by which one is entangled and brought into trouble.
Snare (n.) The gut or
string stretched across the lower head of a drum.
Snare (n.) An instrument,
consisting usually of a wireloop or noose, for removing tumors, etc., by
avulsion.
Snared (imp. & p. p.) of
Snare
Snaring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Snare
Snare (v. t.) To catch
with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to bring into unexpected evil,
perplexity, or danger.
Snarer (n.) One who lays
snares, or entraps.
Snarled (imp. & p. p.) of
Snarl
Snarling (p. pr. & vvb. n.)
of Snarl
Snarl (v. t.) To form
raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a
snarling iron upon the inner surface.
Snarl (v. t.) To entangle;
to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread.
Snarl (v. t.) To
embarrass; to insnare.
Snarl (n.) A knot or
complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle;
entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty.
Snarl (v. i.) To growl, as
an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds.
Snarl (v. i.) To speak
crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.
Snarl (n.) The act of
snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.
Snarler (n.) One who
snarls; a surly, growling animal; a grumbling, quarrelsome fellow.
Snarler (n.) One who makes
use of a snarling iron.
Snarling () a. & n. from Snarl,
v.
Snary (a.) Resembling, or
consisting of, snares; entangling; insidious.
Snast (v. t.) The snuff,
or burnt wick, of a candle.
Snatched (imp. & p. p.) of
Snatch
Snatching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Snatch
Snatch (n.) To take or
seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf
or a kiss.
Snatch (n.) To seize and
transport away; to rap.
Snatch (v. i.) To attempt
to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to snatch at a
rope.
Snatch (n.) A hasty
catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.
Snatch (n.) A short period
of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower.
Snatch (n.) A small piece,
fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a scrap.
Snatch block () a kind of block
with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.
Snatcher (n.) One who
snatches, or takes abruptly.
Snatchingly (adv.) By
snatching; abruptly.
Snatch (n.) The handle of
a scythe; a snead.
Snathe (v. t.) To lop; to
prune.
Snattock (n.) A chip; a
alice.
Snaw (n.) Snow.
Snead (n.) A snath.
Snead (n.) A line or cord;
a string.
Sneaked (imp. & p. p.) of
Sneak
Sneaking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sneak
Sneak (v. i.) To creep or
steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or
ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company.
Sneak (imp. & p. p.) To
act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to
crouch.
Sneak (v. t.) To hide,
esp. in a mean or cowardly manner.
Sneak (n.) A mean,
sneaking fellow.
Sneak (n.) A ball bowled
so as to roll along the ground; -- called also grub.
Sneak-cup (n.) One who
sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass.
Sneaker (n.) One who
sneaks.
Sneaker (n.) A vessel of
drink.
Sneakiness (n.) The
quality of being sneaky.
Sneaking (a.) Marked by
cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean;
crouching.
Sneaksby (n.) A paltry
fellow; a sneak.
Sneaky (n.) Like a sneak;
sneaking.
Sneap (v. t.) To check; to
reprimand; to rebuke; to chide.
Sneap (v. t.) To nip; to
blast; to blight.
Sneap (n.) A reprimand; a
rebuke.
Sneath (n.) Alt. of
Sneathe
Sneathe (n.) See Snath.
Sneb (v. t.) To reprimand;
to sneap.
Sneck (v. t.) To fasten by
a hatch; to latch, as a door.
Sneck (n.) A door latch.
Snecket (n.) A door latch,
or sneck.
Sned (v. t.) To lop; to
snathe.
Sned (n.) Alt. of Sneed
Sneed (n.) See Snath.
Sneered (imp. & p. p.) of
Sneer
Sneering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sneer
Sneer (v. i.) To show
contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression.
Sneer (v. i.) To
inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively.
Sneer (v. i.) To show
mirth awkwardly.
Sneer (v. t.) To utter
with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say
sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person.
Sneer (v. t.) To treat
with sneers; to affect or move by sneers.
Sneer (n.) The act of
sneering.
Sneer (n.) A smile, grin,
or contortion of the face, indicative of contempt; an indirect expression or
insinuation of contempt.
Sneerer (n.) One who
sneers.
Sneerful (a.) Given to
sneering.
Sneeringly (adv.) In a
sneering manner.
Sneezed (imp. & p. p.) of
Sneeze
Sneezing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sneeze
Sneeze (v. i.) To emit
air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary
convulsive force, occasioned by irritation of the inner membrane of the nose.
Sneeze (n.) A sudden and
violent ejection of air with an audible sound, chiefly through the nose.
Sneezeweed (n.) A
yellow-flowered composite plant (Helenium autumnale) the odor of which is said
to cause sneezing.
Sneezewood (n.) The wood
of a South African tree. See Neishout.
Sneezewort (n.) A European
herbaceous plant (Achillea Ptarmica) allied to the yarrow, having a strong,
pungent smell.
Sneezing (n.) The act of
violently forcing air out through the nasal passages while the cavity of the
mouth is shut off from the pharynx by the approximation of the soft palate and
the base of the tongue.
Snell (a.) Active; brisk;
nimble; quick; sharp.
Snell (n.) A short line of
horsehair, gut, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer line.
Snet (n.) The fat of a
deer.
Snet (v. t.) The clear of
mucus; to blow.
Snew (v. i.) To snow; to
abound.
Snib (v. t.) To check; to
sneap; to sneb.
Snib (n.) A reprimand; a
snub.
Snick (n.) A small cut or
mark.
Snick (n.) A slight hit or
tip of the ball, often unintentional.
Snick (n.) A knot or
irregularity in yarn.
Snick (n.) A snip or cut,
as in the hair of a beast.
Snicked (imp. & p. p.) of
Snick
Snicking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Snick
Snick (v. t.) To cut
slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting.
Snick (v. t.) To hit (a
ball) lightly.
Snick (n. & v. t.) See
Sneck.
Snickered (imp. & p. p.)
of Snicker
Snickering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Snicker
Snicker (v. i.) To laugh
slyly; to laugh in one's sleeve.
Snicker (v. i.) To laugh
with audible catches of voice, as when persons attempt to suppress loud
laughter.
Snicker (n.) A half
suppressed, broken laugh.
Snide (a.) Tricky;
deceptive; contemptible; as, a snide lawyer; snide goods.
Sniffed (imp. & p. p.) of
Sniff
Snift () of Sniff
Sniffing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sniff
Sniff (v. t.) To draw air
audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion,
offense, or contempt.
Sniff (v. t.) To draw in
with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country.
Sniff (v. t.) To perceive
as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger.
Sniff (n.) The act of
sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff
of air.
Sniffing (n.) A rapid
inspiratory act, in which the mouth is kept shut and the air drawn in through
the nose.
Sniffle (v. i.) To
snuffle, as one does with a catarrh.
Snifted (imp. & p. p.) of
Snift
Snifting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Snift
Snift (v. i.) To snort.
Snift (v. i.) To sniff; to
snuff; to smell.
Snift (n.) A moment.
Snift (n.) Slight snow;
sleet.
Snifting () a. & n. from Snift.
Snig (v. t.) To chop off;
to cut.
Snig (v. i.) To sneak.
Snig (n.) Alt. of Snigg
Snigg (n.) A small eel.
Sniggger (v. i.) See
Snicker.
Snigger (n.) See Snicker.
Sniggled (imp. & p. p.) of
Sniggle
Sniggling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sniggle
Sniggle (v. i.) To fish
for eels by thrusting the baited hook into their holes or hiding places.
Sniggle (v. t.) To catch,
as an eel, by sniggling; hence, to hook; to insnare.
Snipped (imp. & p. p.) of
Snip
Snipping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Snip
Snip (v. t.) To cut off
the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off
suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.
Snip (n.) A single cut, as
with shears or scissors; a clip.
Snip (n.) A small shred; a
bit cut off.
Snip (n.) A share; a
snack.
Snip (n.) A tailor.
Snip (n.) Small hand
shears for cutting sheet metal.
Snipe (n.) Any one of
numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a
long, slender, nearly straight beak.
Snipe (n.) A fool; a
blockhead.
Snipebill (n.) A plane for
cutting deep grooves in moldings.
Snipebill (n.) A bolt by
which the body of a cart is fastened to the axle.
Snipefish (n.) The bellows
fish.
Snipefish (n.) A long,
slender deep-sea fish (Nemichthys scolopaceus) with a slender beak.
Snippack (n.) The common
snipe.
Snipper (n.) One who
snips.
Snipper-snaper (n.) A
small, insignificant fellow.
Snippet (n.) A small part
or piece.
Snippety (a.) Ridiculously
small; petty.
Snip-snap (n.) A tart
dialogue with quick replies.
Snip-snap (a.) Quick;
short; sharp; smart.
Snypy (a.) Like a snipe.
Snite (n.) A snipe.
Snite (v. t.) To blow, as
the nose; to snuff, as a candle.
Snithe (a.) Alt. of Snithy
Snithy (a.) Sharp;
piercing; cutting; -- applied to the wind.
Sniveled (imp. & p. p.) of
Snivel
Snivelled () of Snivel
Sniveling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Snivel
Snivelling () of Snivel
Snivel (v. i.) To run at
the nose; to make a snuffling noise.
Snivel (v. i.) To cry or
whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly or whiningly.
Snivel (v. i.) Mucus from
the nose; snot.
Sniveler (n.) One who
snivels, esp. one who snivels habitually.
Snively (a.) Running at
the nose; sniveling pitiful; whining.
Snob (n.) A vulgar person
who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable, than he really is; a
vulgar upstart; one who apes his superiors.
Snob (n.) A townsman.
Snob (n.) A journeyman
shoemaker.
Snob (n.) A workman who
accepts lower than the usual wages, or who refuses to strike when his fellows
do; a rat; a knobstick.
Snobbery (n.) The quality
of being snobbish; snobbishness.
Snobbish (a.) Of or
pertaining to a snob; characteristic of, or befitting, a snob; vulgarly
pretentious.
Snobbishness (n.) Vulgar
affectation or ostentation; mean admiration of mean things; conduct or manners
of a snob.
Snobbism (n.) Snobbery.
Snobby (a.) Snobbish.
Snobling (n.) A little
snob.
Snobocracy (n.) Snobs,
collectively.
Snod (n.) A fillet; a
headband; a snood.
Snod (a.) Trimmed; smooth;
neat; trim; sly; cunning; demure.
Snoff (n.) A short candle
end used for igniting a fuse.
Snood (n.) The fillet
which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman, and is emblematic of her maiden
character.
Snood (n.) A short line
(often of horsehair) connecting a fishing line with the hook; a snell; a leader.
Snood (v. t.) To bind or
braid up, as the hair, with a snood.
Snooded (a.) Wearing or
having a snood.
Snook (v. i.) To lurk; to
lie in ambush.
Snook (n.) A large
perchlike marine food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found both on the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts of tropical America; -- called also ravallia, and robalo.
Snook (n.) The cobia.
Snook (n.) The garfish.
Snooze (n.) A short sleep;
a nap.
Snoozed (imp. & p. p.) of
Snooze
Snoozing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Snooze
Snooze (v. i.) To doze; to
drowse; to take a short nap; to slumber.
Snored (imp. & p. p.) of
Snore
Snoring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Snore
Snore (v. i.) To breathe
with a rough, hoarse, nasal voice in sleep.
Snore (n.) A harsh nasal
noise made in sleep.
Snorer (n.) One who
snores.
Snoring (n.) The act of
respiring through the open mouth so that the currents of inspired and expired
air cause a vibration of the uvula and soft palate, thus giving rise to a sound
more or less harsh. It is usually unvoluntary, but may be produced voluntarily.
Snorted (imp. & p. p.) of
Snort
Snorting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Snort
Snort (v. i.) To force the
air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as do high-spirited
horsed in prancing and play.
Snort (v. i.) To snore.
Snort (v. i.) To laugh out
loudly.
Snort (n.) The act of
snorting; the sound produced in snorting.
Snort (v. t.) To expel
throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a snort.
Snorter (n.) One who
snorts.
Snorter (n.) The wheather;
-- so called from its cry.
Snot (n.) Mucus secreted
in, or discharged from, the nose.
Snot (n.) A mean,
insignificant fellow.
Snot (v. t.) To blow,
wipe, or clear, as the nose.
Snotter (v. i.) To snivel;
to cry or whine.
Snotter (n.) A rope going
over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and
royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the
sprit in a small boat.
Snottery (n.) Filth;
abomination.
Snotty (a.) Foul with
snot; hence, mean; dirty.
Snout (n.) The long,
projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.
Snout (n.) The nose of a
man; -- in contempt.
Snout (n.) The nozzle of a
pipe, hose, etc.
Snout (n.) The anterior
prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also rostrum.
Snout (n.) The anterior
prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles.
Snout (v. t.) To furnish
with a nozzle or point.
Snouty (a.) Resembling a
beast's snout.
Snow (n.) A square-rigged
vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft
the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.
Snow (n.) Watery particles
congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling
to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms.
Snow (n.) Fig.: Something
white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls
in, or as in, flakes.
Snowed (imp. & p. p.) of
Snow
Snowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Snow
Snow (v. i.) To fall in or
as snow; -- chiefly used impersonally; as, it snows; it snowed yesterday.
Snow (v. t.) To scatter
like snow; to cover with, or as with, snow.
Snowball (n.) A round mass
of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass.
Snowball (n.) The
Guelder-rose.
Snowballed (imp. & p. p.)
of Snowball
Snowballing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Snowball
Snowball (v. t.) To pelt
with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.
Snowball (v. i.) To throw
snowballs.
Snowberry (n.) A name of
several shrubs with white berries; as, the Symphoricarpus racemosus of the
Northern United States, and the Chiococca racemosa of Florida and tropical
America.
Snowbird (n.) An arctic
finch (Plectrophenax, / Plectrophanes, nivalis) common, in winter, both in
Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during
snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown.
Called also snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight.
Snowbird (n.) Any finch of
the genus Junco which appears in flocks in winter time, especially J. hyemalis
in the Eastern United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See Junco.
Snowbird (n.) The
fieldfare.
Snow-blind (a.) Affected
with blindness by the brilliancy of snow.
Snow-bound (a.) Enveloped
in, or confined by, snow.
Snow-broth (n.) Snow and
water mixed, or snow just melted; very cold liquor.
Snowcap (n.) A very small
humming bird (Microchaera albocoronata) native of New Grenada.
Snow-capped (a.) Having
the top capped or covered with snow; as, snow-capped mountains.
Snowdrift (n.) A bank of
drifted snow.
Snowdrop (n.) A bulbous
plant (Galanthus nivalis) bearing white flowers, which often appear while the
snow is on the ground. It is cultivated in gardens for its beauty.
Snowflake (n.) A flake, or
small filmy mass, of snow.
Snowflake (n.) See
Snowbird, 1.
Snowflake (n.) A name
given to several bulbous plants of the genus Leucoium (L. vernum, aestivum,
etc.) resembling the snowdrop, but having all the perianth leaves of equal size.
Snowfleck (n.) See
Snowbird, 1.
Snowl (n.) The hooded
merganser.
Snowless (a.) Destitute of
snow.
Snowplow (n.) Alt. of
Snowplough
Snowplough (n.) An
implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the
snow from roads, railways, etc.
Snowshed (n.) A shelter to
protect from snow, esp. a long roof over an exposed part of a railroad.
Snowshoe (n.) A slight
frame of wood three or four feet long and about one third as wide, with thongs
or cords stretched across it, and having a support and holder for the foot; --
used by persons for walking on soft snow.
Snowshoer (n.) One who
travels on snowshoes; an expert in using snowshoes.
Snowshoeing (n.) Traveling
on snowshoes.
Snowslip (n.) A large mass
or avalanche of snow which slips down the side of a mountain, etc.
Snowstorm (n.) A storm
with falling snow.
Snow-white (a.) White as
snow; very white.
Snowy (a.) White like
snow.
Snowy (a.) Abounding with
snow; covered with snow.
Snowy (a.) Fig.: Pure;
unblemished; unstained; spotless.
Snub (v. i.) To sob with
convulsions.
Snubbed (imp. & p. p.) of
Snub
Snubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Snub
Snub (v. t.) To clip or
break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop.
Snub (v. t.) To check,
stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check.
Snub (v. t.) To treat with
contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly.
Snub (n.) A knot; a
protuberance; a song.
Snub (n.) A check or
rebuke; an intended slight.
Snub-nosed (a.) Having a
short, flat nose, slightly turned up; as, the snub-nosed eel.
Snudge (v. i.) To lie snug
or quiet.
Snudge (n.) A miser; a
sneaking fellow.
Snuff (v. t.) The part of
a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not.
Snuffed (imp. & p. p.) of
Snuff
Snuffing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Snuff
Snuff (v. t.) To crop the
snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of.
Snuff (v. i.) To draw in,
or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to sniff.
Snuff (v. i.) To perceive
by the nose; to scent; to smell.
Snuff (v. i.) To inhale
air through the nose with violence or with noise, as do dogs and horses.
Snuff (v. i.) To turn up
the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense.
Snuff (n.) The act of
snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.
Snuff (n.) Pulverized
tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at
once.
Snuff (n.) Resentment,
displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose.
Snuffbox (n.) A small box
for carrying snuff about the person.
Snuffer (n.) One who
snuffs.
Snuffer (n.) The common
porpoise.
Snuffers (n. pl.) An
instrument for cropping and holding the snuff of a candle.
Snuffingly (adv.) In a
snuffing manner.
Snuffled (imp. & p. p.) of
Snuffle
Snuffling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Snuffle
Snuffle (v. i.) To speak
through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to
make a broken sound.
Snuffle (n.) The act of
snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed.
Snuffle (n.) An affected
nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.
Snuffle (n.) Obstruction
of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children.
Snuffler (n.) One who
snuffles; one who uses cant.
Snuffy (a.) Soiled with
snuff.
Snuffy (a.) Sulky; angry;
vexed.
Snug (superl.) Close and
warm; as, an infant lies snug.
Snug (superl.) Close;
concealed; not exposed to notice.
Snug (superl.) Compact,
convenient, and comfortable; as, a snug farm, house, or property.
Snug (n.) Same as Lug, n.,
3.
Snugged (imp. & p. p.) of
Snug
Snugging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Snug
Snug (v. i.) To lie close;
to snuggle; to snudge; -- often with up, or together; as, a child snugs up to
its mother.
Snug (v. t.) To place
snugly.
Snug (v. t.) To rub, as
twine or rope, so as to make it smooth and improve the finish.
Snuggeries (pl. ) of
Snuggery
Snuggery (n.) A snug, cozy
place.
Snuggled (imp. & p. p.) of
Snuggle
Snuggling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Snuggle
Snuggle (v. t.) To move
one way and the other so as to get a close place; to lie close for comfort; to
cuddle; to nestle.
Snugly (adv.) In a snug
manner; closely; safely.
Snugness (n.) The quality
or state of being snug.
Sny (n.) An upward bend in
a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel.
Snying (n.) A curved
plank, placed edgewise, to work in the bows of a vessel.
So (adv.) In that manner
or degree; as, indicated (in any way), or as implied, or as supposed to be
known.
So (adv.) In like manner
or degree; in the same way; thus; for like reason; whith equal reason; -- used
correlatively, following as, to denote comparison or resemblance; sometimes,
also, following inasmuch as.
So (adv.) In such manner;
to such degree; -- used correlatively with as or that following; as, he was so
fortunate as to escape.
So (adv.) Very; in a high
degree; that is, in such a degree as can not well be expressed; as, he is so
good; he planned so wisely.
So (adv.) In the same
manner; as has been stated or suggested; in this or that condition or state;
under these circumstances; in this way; -- with reflex reference to something
just asserted or implied; used also with the verb to be, as a predicate.
So (adv.) The case being
such; therefore; on this account; for this reason; on these terms; -- used both
as an adverb and a conjuction.
So (adv.) It is well; let
it be as it is, or let it come to pass; -- used to express assent.
So (adv.) Well; the fact
being as stated; -- used as an expletive; as, so the work is done, is it?
So (adv.) Is it thus? do
you mean what you say? -- with an upward tone; as, do you say he refuses? So?
So (adv.) About the
number, time, or quantity specified; thereabouts; more or less; as, I will spend
a week or so in the country; I have read only a page or so.
So (conj.) Provided that;
on condition that; in case that; if.
So (interj.) Be as you
are; stand still; stop; that will do; right as you are; -- a word used esp. to
cows; also used by sailors.
Soaked (imp. & p. p.) of
Soak
Soaking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Soak
Soak (v. t.) To cause or
suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to
macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or
freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or
the like.
Soak (v. t.) To drench; to
wet thoroughly.
Soak (v. t.) To draw in by
the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin
soaks in moisture.
Soak (v. t.) To make (its
way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through.
Soak (v. t.) Fig.: To
absorb; to drain.
Soak (v. i.) To lie
steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and
soak.
Soak (v. i.) To enter
(into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or
other porous matter.
Soak (v. i.) To drink
intemperately or gluttonously.
Soakage (n.) The act of
soaking, or the state of being soaked; also, the quantity that enters or issues
by soaking.
Soaker (n.) One who, or
that which, soaks.
Soaker (n.) A hard
drinker.
Soaking (a.) Wetting
thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain.
Soaky (a.) Full of
moisture; wet; soppy.
Soal (n.) The sole of a
shoe.
Soal (n.) See Sole, the
fish.
Soal (n.) A dirty pond.
Soam (n.) A chain by which
a leading horse draws a plow.
Soap (n.) A substance
which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing
agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline
earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc.,
with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and
cf. Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar composition or
properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not.
Soaped (imp. & p. p.) of
Soap
Soaping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Soap
Soap (v. t.) To rub or
wash over with soap.
Soap (v. t.) To flatter;
to wheedle.
Soapberry tree () Any tree of the
genus Sapindus, esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used
instead of soap in washing linen; -- also called soap tree.
Soapfish (n.) Any
serranoid fish of the genus Rhypticus; -- so called from the soapy feeling of
its skin.
Soapiness (n.) Quality or
state of being soapy.
Soaproot (n.) A perennial
herb (Gypsophila Struthium) the root of which is used in Spain as a substitute
for soap.
Soapstone (n.) See
Steatite, and Talc.
Soapsuds (n. pl.) Suds
made with soap.
Soapwort (n.) A common
plant (Saponaria officinalis) of the Pink family; -- so called because its
bruised leaves, when agitated in water, produce a lather like that from soap.
Called also Bouncing Bet.
Soapy (superl.) Resembling
soap; having the qualities of, or feeling like, soap; soft and smooth.
Soapy (superl.) Smeared
with soap; covered with soap.
Soared (imp. & p. p.) of
Soar
Soaring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Soar
Soar (v. i.) To fly aloft,
as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings.
Soar (v. i.) Fig.: To rise
in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
Soar (n.) The act of
soaring; upward flight.
Soar (a.) See 3d Sore.
Soar (a.) See Sore,
reddish brown.
Soaring () a. & n. from Soar.
Soave (a.) Sweet.
Soavemente (adv.) Sweetly.
Sob (v. t.) To soak.
Sobbed (imp. & p. p.) of
Sob
Sobbing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sob
Sob (v. i.) To sigh with a
sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with
tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath.
Sob (n.) The act of
sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow.
Sob (n.) Any sorrowful cry
or sound.
Sobbing (n.) A series of
short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis being suddenly closed so that little
or no air enters into the lungs.
Sober (superl.) Temperate
in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man.
Sober (superl.) Not
intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober.
Sober (superl.) Not mad or
insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool,
dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self-possessed.
Sober (superl.) Not
proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in
his sober senses.
Sober (superl.) Serious or
subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate.
Sobered (imp. & p. p.) of
Sober
Sobering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sober
Sober (v. t.) To make
sober.
Sober (v. i.) To become
sober; -- often with down.
Soberize (v. t. & i.) To
sober.
Soberly (adv.) In a sober
manner; temperately; cooly; calmly; gravely; seriously.
Soberly (a.) Grave;
serious; solemn; sad.
Sober-minded (a.) Having a
disposition or temper habitually sober.
Soberness (n.) The quality
or state of being sober.
Soboles (n.) A shoot
running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances.
Soboles (n.) A sucker, as
of tree or shrub.
Soboliferous (a.)
Producing soboles. See Illust. of Houseleek.
Sobriety (n.) Habitual
soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of
sobriety.
Sobriety (n.) Habitual
freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or overheated imagination;
calmness; coolness; gravity; seriousness; as, the sobriety of riper years.
Sobriquet (n.) An assumed
name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname.
Soc (n.) The lord's power
or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship;
jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
Soc (n.) Liberty or
privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.
Soc (n.) An exclusive
privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the
manor or township which the mill stands.
Socage (n.) A tenure of
lands and tenements by a certain or determinate service; a tenure distinct from
chivalry or knight's service, in which the obligations were uncertain. The
service must be certain, in order to be denominated socage, as to hold by fealty
and twenty shillings rent.
Socager (n.) A tennant by
socage; a socman.
So-called (a.) So named;
called by such a name (but perhaps called thus with doubtful propriety).
Sociability (n.) The
quality of being sociable; sociableness.
SSociable (a.) Capable of
being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable.
SSociable (a.) Inclined
to, or adapted for, society; ready to unite with others; fond of companions;
social.
SSociable (a.) Ready to
converse; inclined to talk with others; not taciturn or reserved.
SSociable (a.) Affording
opportunites for conversation; characterized by much conversation; as, a
sociable party.
SSociable (a.) No longer
hostile; friendly.
Sociable (n.) A gathering
of people for social purposes; an informal party or reception; as, a church
sociable.
Sociable (n.) A carriage
having two double seats facing each other, and a box for the driver.
Sociableness (n.) The
quality of being sociable.
Sociably (adv.) In a
sociable manner.
Social (a.) Of or
pertaining to society; relating to men living in society, or to the public as an
aggregate body; as, social interest or concerns; social pleasure; social
benefits; social happiness; social duties.
Social (a.) Ready or
disposed to mix in friendly converse; companionable; sociable; as, a social
person.
Social (a.) Consisting in
union or mutual intercourse.
Social (a.) Naturally
growing in groups or masses; -- said of many individual plants of the same
species.
Social (a.) Living in
communities consisting of males, females, and neuters, as do ants and most bees.
Social (a.) Forming
compound groups or colonies by budding from basal processes or stolons; as, the
social ascidians.
Socialism (n.) A theory or
system of social reform which contemplates a complete reconstruction of society,
with a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor. In popular
usage, the term is often employed to indicate any lawless, revolutionary social
scheme. See Communism, Fourierism, Saint-Simonianism, forms of socialism.
Socialist (n.) One who
advocates or practices the doctrines of socialism.
Socialist (a.) Alt. of
Socialistic
Socialistic (a.)
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, socialism.
Sociality (n.) The quality
of being social; socialness.
Socialize (v. t.) To
render social.
Socialize (v. t.) To
subject to, or regulate by, socialism.
Socially (adv.) In a
social manner; sociably.
Socialness (n.) The
quality or state of being social.
Sociate (a.) Associated.
Sociate (n.) An associate.
Sociate (v. i.) To
associate.
Societarian (a.) Of or
pertaining to society; social.
Societary (a.)
Societarian.
Societies (pl. ) of
Society
Society (n.) The
relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship;
fellowship; company.
Society (n.) Connection;
participation; partnership.
Society (n.) A number of
persons associated for any temporary or permanent object; an association for
mutual or joint usefulness, pleasure, or profit; a social union; a partnership;
as, a missionary society.
Society (n.) The persons,
collectively considered, who live in any region or at any period; any community
of individuals who are united together by a common bond of nearness or
intercourse; those who recognize each other as associates, friends, and
acquaintances.
Society (n.) Specifically,
the more cultivated portion of any community in its social relations and
influences; those who mutually give receive formal entertainments.
Socinian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Socinus, or the Socinians.
Socinian (n.) One of the
followers of Socinus; a believer in Socinianism.
Socinianism (n.) The
tenets or doctrines of Faustus Socinus, an Italian theologian of the sixteenth
century, who denied the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the personality of the
Devil, the native and total depravity of man, the vicarious atonement, and the
eternity of future punishment. His theory was, that Christ was a man divinely
commissioned, who had no existence before he was conceived by the Virgin Mary;
that human sin was the imitation of Adam's sin, and that human salvation was the
imitation and adoption of Christ's virtue; that the Bible was to be interpreted
by human reason; and that its language was metaphorical, and not to be taken
literally.
Socinianized (imp. & p. p.)
of Socinianize
Socinianizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Socinianize
Socinianize (v. t.) To
cause to conform to Socinianism; to regulate by, or imbue with, the principles
of Socinianism.
Sociologic (a.) Alt. of
Sociological
Sociological (a.) Of or
pertaining to sociology, or social science.
Sociologist (n.) One who
treats of, or devotes himself to, the study of sociology.
Sociology (n.) That branch
of philosophy which treats of the constitution, phenomena, and development of
human society; social science.
Sock (n.) A plowshare.
Sock (n.) The shoe worn by
actors of comedy in ancient Greece and Rome, -- used as a symbol of comedy, or
of the comic drama, as distinguished from tragedy, which is symbolized by the
buskin.
Sock (n.) A knit or woven
covering for the foot and lower leg; a stocking with a short leg.
Sock (n.) A warm inner
sole for a shoe.
Sockdolager (n.) That
which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a poser, as a heavy blow, a
conclusive answer, and the like.
Sockdolager (n.) A
combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as
soon as the fish bites.
Socket (n.) An opening
into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and
holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth.
Socket (n.) Especially,
the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick.
Socketed (a.) Having a
socket.
Sockless (a.) Destitute of
socks or shoes.
Socky (a.) Wet; soaky.
Socle (n.) A plain block
or plinth forming a low pedestal; any base; especially, the base of a statue,
column, or the like. See Plinth.
Socle (n.) A plain face or
plinth at the lower part of a wall.
Socmen (pl. ) of Socman
Socman (n.) One who holds
lands or tenements by socage; a socager.
Socmanry (n.) Tenure by
socage.
Socome (n.) A custom of
tenants to grind corn at the lord's mill.
Socotrine (a.) Of or
pertaining to Socotra, an island in the Indian Ocean, on the east coast of
Africa.
Socotrine (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Socotra.
Socratic (a.) Alt. of
Socratical
Socratical (a.) Of or
pertaining to Socrates, the Grecian sage and teacher. (b. c. 469-399), or to his
manner of teaching and philosophizing.
Socratically (adv.) In the
Socratic method.
Socratism (n.) The
philosophy or the method of Socrates.
Socratist (n.) A disciple
or follower of Socrates.
Sod (n.) The rock dove.
Sod () imp. of Seethe.
Sod (n.) That stratum of
the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion
of that surface; turf; sward.
Sodden (imp. & p. p.) of
Sod
Sodding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sod
Sod (v. t.) To cover with
sod; to turf.
Soda (n.) Sodium oxide or
hydroxide.
Soda (n.) Popularly,
sodium carbonate or bicarbonate.
Sodaic (a.) Pertaining to,
or containing, soda.
Sodalite (n.) A mineral of
a white to blue or gray color, occuring commonly in dodecahedrons, also massive.
It is a silicate of alumina and soda with some chlorine.
Sodalities (pl. ) of
Sodality
Sodality (n.) A fellowship
or fraternity; a brotherhood.
Sodality (n.)
Specifically, a lay association for devotion or for charitable purposes.
Sodamide (n.) A greenish
or reddish crystalline substance, NaNH2, obtained by passing ammonia over heated
sodium.
Sodden (p. p.) Boiled;
seethed; also, soaked; heavy with moisture; saturated; as, sodden beef; sodden
bread; sodden fields.
Sodden (v. i.) To be
seethed; to become sodden.
Sodden (v. t.) To soak; to
make heavy with water.
Sodden-witted (a.) Heavy;
dull.
Soddy (a.) Consisting of
sod; covered with sod; turfy.
Soder (n. & v. t.) See
Solder.
Sodic (a.) Of or
pertaining to sodium; containing sodium.
Sodio- () A combining form (also
used adjectively) denoting the presence of sodium or one of its compounds.
Sodium (n.) A common
metallic element of the alkali group, in nature always occuring combined, as in
common salt, in albite, etc. It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable
metal, so readily oxidized that it combines violently with water, and to be
preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar liquid. Sodium is used
combined in many salts, in the free state as a reducer, and as a means of
obtaining other metals (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial
product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 23. Specific gravity 0.97.
Sodomite (n.) An
inhabitant of Sodom.
Sodomite (n.) One guilty
of sodomy.
Sodomitical (a.)
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, sodomy.
Sodomy (n.) Carnal
copulation in a manner against nature; buggery.
Soe (n.) A large wooden
vessel for holding water; a cowl.
Soever () A word compounded of so
and ever, used in composition with who, what, where, when, how, etc., and
indicating any out of all possible or supposable persons, things, places, times,
ways, etc. It is sometimes used separate from the pronoun or adverb.
Sofas (pl. ) of Sofa
Sofa (n.) A long seat,
usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends; -- much used as a comfortable
piece of furniture.
Soffit (n.) The under side
of the subordinate parts and members of buildings, such as staircases,
entablatures, archways, cornices, or the like. See Illust. of Lintel.
Sofis (pl. ) of Sofi
Sofi (n.) Same as Sufi.
Sofism (n.) Same as
Sufism.
Soft (superl.) Easily
yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting;
impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as, a soft bed; a
soft peach; soft earth; soft wood or metal.
Soft (superl.) Not rough,
rugged, or harsh to the touch; smooth; delicate; fine; as, soft silk; a soft
skin.
Soft (superl.) Hence,
agreeable to feel, taste, or inhale; not irritating to the tissues; as, a soft
liniment; soft wines.
Soft (superl.) Not harsh
or offensive to the sight; not glaring; pleasing to the eye; not exciting by
intensity of color or violent contrast; as, soft hues or tints.
Soft (superl.) Not harsh
or rough in sound; gentle and pleasing to the ear; flowing; as, soft whispers of
music.
Soft (superl.) Easily
yielding; susceptible to influence; flexible; gentle; kind.
Soft (superl.) Expressing
gentleness, tenderness, or the like; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind; as,
soft eyes.
Soft (superl.) Effeminate;
not courageous or manly, weak.
Soft (superl.) Gentle in
action or motion; easy.
Soft (superl.) Weak in
character; impressible.
Soft (superl.) Somewhat
weak in intellect.
Soft (superl.) Quiet;
undisturbed; paceful; as, soft slumbers.
Soft (superl.) Having, or
consisting of, a gentle curve or curves; not angular or abrupt; as, soft
outlines.
Soft (superl.) Not tinged
with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for
washing.
Soft (superl.) Applied to
a palatal, a sibilant, or a dental consonant (as g in gem, c in cent, etc.) as
distinguished from a guttural mute (as g in go, c in cone, etc.); -- opposed to
hard.
Soft (superl.) Belonging
to the class of sonant elements as distinguished from the surd, and considered
as involving less force in utterance; as, b, d, g, z, v, etc., in contrast with
p, t, k, s, f, etc.
Soft (n.) A soft or
foolish person; an idiot.
Soft (adv.) Softly;
without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.
Soft (interj.) Be quiet;
hold; stop; not so fast.
Softa (n.) Any one
attached to a Mohammedan mosque, esp. a student of the higher branches of
theology in a mosque school.
Softened (imp. & p. p.) of
Soften
Softening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Soften
Soften (v. t.) To make
soft or more soft.
Soften (v. t.) To render
less hard; -- said of matter.
Soften (v. t.) To mollify;
to make less fierce or intractable.
Soften (v. t.) To
palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault.
Soften (v. t.) To compose;
to mitigate; to assuage.
Soften (v. t.) To make
less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an
opposite quality.
Soften (v. t.) To make
less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture.
Soften (v. t.) To make
tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury.
Soften (v. t.) To make
less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice.
Soften (v. i.) To become
soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.
Softener (n.) One who, or
that which, softens.
Softening () a. & n. from Soften,
v.
Soft-finned (a.) Having
the fin rays cartilaginous or flexible; without spines; -- said of certain
fishes.
Soft-headed (a.) Weak in
intellect.
Soft-hearted (a.) Having
softness or tenderness of heart; susceptible of pity or other kindly affection;
gentle; meek.
Softish (a.) Somewhat
soft.
Softling (n.) A soft,
effeminate person; a voluptuary.
Softly (adv.) In a soft
manner.
Softner (n.) See Softener.
Softness (n.) The quality
or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific
senses of the adjective.
Soft-shell (a.) Alt. of
Soft-shelled
Soft-shelled (a.) Having a
soft or fragile shell.
Soft-spoken (a.) Speaking
softly; having a mild or gentle voice; hence, mild; affable.
Sogginess (n.) The quality
or state of being soggy; soddenness; wetness.
Soggy (superl.) Filled
with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet; as, soggy land or timber.
Soho (interj.) Ho; -- a
word used in calling from a distant place; a sportsman's halloo.
Soi-disant (a.) Calling
himself; self-styled; pretended; would-be.
Soiled (imp. & p. p.) of
Soil
Soiling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Soil
Soil (v. t.) To feed, as
cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food
cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having
the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food; as, to soil a
horse.
Soil (n.) The upper
stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound substance which furnishes
nutriment to plants, or which is particularly adapted to support and nourish
them.
Soil (n.) Land; country.
Soil (n.) Dung; faeces;
compost; manure; as, night soil.
Soil (v. t.) To enrich
with soil or muck; to manure.
Soil (n.) A marshy or miry
place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or
tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.
Soil (n.) To make dirty or
unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty; to defile; as, to soil a garment with
dust.
Soil (n.) To stain or mar,
as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
Soil (v. i.) To become
soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark ones.
Soil (n.) That which soils
or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.
Soiliness (n.) Stain;
foulness.
Soilless (a.) Destitute of
soil or mold.
Soilure (n.) Stain;
pollution.
Soily (a.) Dirty; soiled.
Soiree (n.) An evening
party; -- distinguished from levee, and matinee.
Soja (n.) An Asiatic
leguminous herb (Glycine Soja) the seeds of which are used in preparing the
sauce called soy.
Sojourned (imp. & p. p.)
of Sojourn
Sojourning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sojourn
Sojourn (v. i.) To dwell
for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident or as a
stranger, not considering the place as a permanent habitation; to delay; to
tarry.
Sojourn (v. i.) A
temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land.
Sojourner (n.) One who
sojourns.
Sojourning (n.) The act or
state of one who sojourns.
Sojournment (n.) Temporary
residence, as that of a stranger or a traveler.
Soke (n.) See Soc.
Soke (n.) One of the small
territorial divisions into which Lincolnshire, England, is divided.
Sokeman (n.) See Socman.
Sokemanry (n.) See
Socmanry.
Soken (n.) A toll. See
Soc, n., 2.
Soken (n.) A district held
by socage.
Soko (n.) An African
anthropoid ape, supposed to be a variety of the chimpanzee.
Sol (n.) The sun.
Sol (n.) Gold; -- so
called from its brilliancy, color, and value.
Sol (n.) A syllable
applied in solmization to the note G, or to the fifth tone of any diatonic
scale.
Sol (n.) The tone itself.
Sol (n.) A sou.
Sol (n.) A silver and gold
coin of Peru. The silver sol is the unit of value, and is worth about 68 cents.
Sola (a.) See Solus.
Sola (n.) A leguminous
plant (Aeschynomene aspera) growing in moist places in Southern India and the
East Indies. Its pithlike stem is used for making hats, swimming-jackets, etc.
Solace (v. t.) Comfort in
grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress;
that which cheers or consoles; relief.
Solace (v. t.) Rest;
relaxation; ease.
Solaced (imp. & p. p.) of
Solace
Solacing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Solace
Solace (n.) To cheer in
grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or
discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope
of future reward.
Solace (n.) To allay; to
assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.
Solace (v. i.) To take
comfort; to be cheered.
Solacement (n.) The act of
solacing, or the state of being solaced; also, that which solaces.
Solacious (a.) Affording
solace; as, a solacious voice.
Solanaceous (a.) Of or
pertaining to plants of the natural order Solanaceae, of which the nightshade
(Solanum) is the type. The order includes also the tobacco, ground cherry,
tomato, eggplant, red pepper, and many more.
Soland (n.) A solan goose.
Solander (n.) See
Sallenders.
Solan goose () The common gannet.
Solania (n.) Solanine.
Solanicine (n.) An
alkaloid produced by the action of hydrochloric acid on solanidine, as a
tasteless yellow crystalline substance.
Solanidine (n.) An
alkaloid produced by the decomposition of solanine, as a white crystalline
substance having a harsh bitter taste.
Solanine (n.) A poisonous
alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade (Solanum
nigrum), and of bittersweet, and from potato sprouts, as a white crystalline
substance having an acrid, burning taste; -- called also solonia, and solanina.
Solano () A hot, oppressive wind
which sometimes blows in the Mediterranean, particularly on the eastern coast of
Spain.
Solanoid (a.) Resembling a
potato; -- said of a kind of cancer.
Solanum (n.) A genus of
plants comprehending the potato (S. tuberosum), the eggplant (S. melongena, and
several hundred other species; nightshade.
Solar (a.) A loft or upper
chamber; a garret room.
Solar (a.) Of or
pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as, the solar system; solar
light; solar rays; solar influence. See Solar system, below.
Solar (a.) Born under the
predominant influence of the sun.
Solar (a.) Measured by the
progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year.
Solar (a.) Produced by the
action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence.
Solaria (pl. ) of Solarium
Solarium (n.) An apartment
freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an apartment or inclosure on the roof of a
house; in modern times, an apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for
convalescents.
Solarium (n.) Any one of
several species of handsome marine spiral shells of the genus Solarium and
allied genera. The shell is conical, and usually has a large, deep umbilicus
exposing the upper whorls. Called also perspective shell.
Solarization (n.) Injury
of a photographic picture caused by exposing it for too long a time to the sun's
light in the camera; burning; excessive insolation.
Solarized (imp. & p. p.)
of Solarize
Solarizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Solarize
Solarize (v. t.) To injure
by too long exposure to the light of the sun in the camera; to burn.
Solarize (v. i.) To become
injured by undue or too long exposure to the sun's rays in the camera.
Solary (a.) Solar.
Solas (n.) Solace.
Solatium (n.) Anything
which alleviates or compensates for suffering or loss; a compensation; esp., an
additional allowance, as for injured feelings.
Sold () imp. & p. p. of Sell.
Sold (n.) Solary; military
pay.
Soldan (n.) A sultan.
Soldanel (n.) A plant of
the genus Soldanella, low Alpine herbs of the Primrose family.
Soldanrie (n.) The country
ruled by a soldan, or sultan.
Solder (n.) A metal or
metallic alloy used when melted for uniting adjacent metallic edges or surfaces;
a metallic cement.
Solder (n.) anything which
unites or cements.
Soldered (imp. & p. p.) of
Solder
Soldering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Solder
Solder (n.) To unite
(metallic surfaces or edges) by the intervention of a more fusible metal or
metallic alloy applied when melted; to join by means of metallic cement.
Solder (n.) To mend; to
patch up.
Solderer (n.) One who
solders.
Soldering () a. & n. from Solder,
v. t.
Soldier (n.) One who is
engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an
army; one of an organized body of combatants.
Soldier (n.) Especially, a
private in military service, as distinguished from an officer.
Soldier (n.) A brave
warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished
valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction.
Soldier (n.) The red or
cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.)
Soldier (n.) One of the
asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws
are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See Termite.
Soldier (v. i.) To serve
as a soldier.
Soldier (v. i.) To make a
pretense of doing something, or of performing any task.
Soldieress (n.) A female
soldier.
Soldiering (n.) The act of
serving as a soldier; the state of being a soldier; the occupation of a soldier.
Soldiering (n.) The act of
feigning to work. See the Note under Soldier, v. i., 2.
Soldierlike (a.) Like a
soldier; soldierly.
Soldierly (a.) Like or
becoming a real soldier; brave; martial; heroic; honorable; soldierlike.
Soldiership (n.) Military
qualities or state; martial skill; behavior becoming a soldier.
Soldierwood (n.) A showy
leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the West Indies. The flowers have long
tassels of purple stamens.
Soldiery (n.) A body of
soldiers; soldiers, collectivelly; the military.
Soldiery (n.) Military
service.
Soldi (pl. ) of Soldo
Soldo (n.) A small Italian
coin worth a sou or a cent; the twentieth part of a lira.
Sole (n.) Any one of
several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family
Soleidae, especially the common European species (Solea vulgaris), which is a
valuable food fish.
Sole (n.) Any one of
several American flounders somewhat resembling the true sole in form or quality,
as the California sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata), the long-finned sole
(Glyptocephalus zachirus), and other species.
Sole (n.) The bottom of
the foot; hence, also, rarely, the foot itself.
Sole (n.) The bottom of a
shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which constitutes the bottom.
Sole (n.) The bottom or
lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
Sole (n.) The bottom of
the body of a plow; -- called also slade; also, the bottom of a furrow.
Sole (n.) The horny
substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.
Sole (n.) The bottom of an
embrasure.
Sole (n.) A piece of
timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false
keel.
Sole (n.) The seat or
bottom of a mine; -- applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
Soled (imp. & p. p.) of
Sole
Soling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sole
Sole (v. t.) To furnish
with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.
Sole (a.) Being or acting
without another; single; individual; only.
Sole (a.) Single;
unmarried; as, a feme sole.
Solecism (n.) An
impropriety or incongruity of language in the combination of words or parts of a
sentence; esp., deviation from the idiom of a language or from the rules of
syntax.
Solecism (n.) Any
inconsistency, unfitness, absurdity, or impropriety, as in deeds or manners.
Solecist (n.) One who
commits a solecism.
Solecistic (a.)
Solecistical.
Solecistical (a.)
Pertaining to, or involving, a solecism; incorrect.
Solecistically (adv.) In a
solecistic manner.
Solecize (v. i.) To commit
a solecism.
Solely (adv.) Singly;
alone; only; without another; as, to rest a cause solely one argument; to rely
solelyn one's own strength.
Solemn (a.) Marked with
religious rites and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred.
Solemn (a.) Pertaining to
a festival; festive; festal.
Solemn (a.) Stately;
ceremonious; grand.
Solemn (a.) Fitted to
awaken or express serious reflections; marked by seriousness; serious; grave;
devout; as, a solemn promise; solemn earnestness.
Solemn (a.) Real; earnest;
downright.
Solemn (a.) Affectedly
grave or serious; as, to put on a solemn face.
Solemn (a.) Made in form;
ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate
in solemn form.
Solemness (n.) Solemnness.
Solemnities (pl. ) of
Solemnity
Solemnity (n.) A rite or
ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as,
the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament.
Solemnity (n.) ceremony
adapted to impress with awe.
Solemnity (n.)
Ceremoniousness; impressiveness; seriousness; grave earnestness; formal dignity;
gravity.
Solemnity (n.) Hence,
affected gravity or seriousness.
Solemnity (n.) Solemn
state or feeling; awe or reverence; also, that which produces such a feeling;
as, the solemnity of an audience; the solemnity of Westminster Abbey.
Solemnity (n.) A solemn or
formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is
necessary to render a thing done valid.
Solemnizate (v. t.) To
solemnize; as, to solemnizate matrimony.
Solemnization (n.) The act
of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage.
Solemnized (imp. & p. p.)
of Solemnize
Solemnizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Solemnize
Solemnize (v. t.) To
perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms.
Solemnize (v. t.) To
dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate.
Solemnize (v. t.) To make
grave, serious, and reverential.
Solemnize (n.)
Solemnization.
Solemnizer (n.) One who
solemnizes.
Solemnly (adv.) In a
solemn manner; with gravity; seriously; formally.
Solemnness (n.) The state
or quality of being solemn; solemnity; impressiveness; gravity; as, the
solemnness of public worship.
Solempne (a.) Solemn;
grand; stately; splendid; magnificent.
Solen (n.) A cradle, as
for a broken limb. See Cradle, 6.
Solen (n.) Any marine
bivalve mollusk belonging to Solen or allied genera of the family Solenidae; a
razor shell.
Solenacean (n.) Any
species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the family Solenidae.
Solenaceous (a.) Of or
pertaining to the solens or family Solenidae.
Soleness (n.) The state of
being sole, or alone; singleness.
Solenette (n.) A small
European sole (Solea minuta).
Solenoconcha (n. pl.) Same
as Scaphopoda.
Solenodon (n.) Either one
of two species of singular West Indian insectivores, allied to the tenrec. One
species (Solendon paradoxus), native of St. Domingo, is called also agouta; the
other (S. Cubanus), found in Cuba, is called almique.
Solenogastra (n. pl.) An
order of lowly organized Mollusca belonging to the Isopleura. A narrow groove
takes the place of the foot of other gastropods.
Solenoglyph (a.)
Pertaining to the Selenoglypha. See Ophidia.
Solenoglyph (n.) One of
the Selenoglypha.
Solenoglypha (n. pl.) A
suborder of serpents including those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the
viper and rattlesnake. See Fang.
Solenoid (n.) An
electrodynamic spiral having the conjuctive wire turned back along its axis, so
as to neutralize that component of the effect of the current which is due to the
length of the spiral, and reduce the whole effect to that of a series of equal
and parallel circular currents. When traversed by a current the solenoid
exhibits polarity and attraction or repulsion, like a magnet.
Solenostomi (n. pl.) A
tribe of lophobranch fishes having a tubular snout. The female carries the eggs
in a ventral pouch.
Soleplate (n.) A bedplate;
as, the soleplate of a steam engine.
Soleplate (n.) The plate
forming the back of a waterwheel bucket.
Soler (n.) Alt. of Solere
Solere (n.) A loft or
garret. See Solar, n.
Solert (a.) Skillful;
clever; crafty.
Solertiousness (n.) The
quality or state of being solert.
Soleship (n.) The state of
being sole, or alone; soleness.
Sol-faed (imp. & p. p.) of
Sol-fa
Sol-faing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sol-fa
Sol-fa (v. i.) To sing the
notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as, do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la,
si, do, or the same in reverse order.
Sol-fa (n.) The gamut, or
musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under Tonic, n.
Solfanaria (n.) A sulphur
mine.
Solfatara (n.) A volcanic
area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It
represents the stages of the volcanic activity.
Solfeggiare (v. i.) To
sol-fa. See Sol-fa, v. i.
Solfeggio (n.) The system
of arranging the scale by the names do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, by which
singing is taught; a singing exercise upon these syllables.
Solferino (n.) A brilliant
deep pink color with a purplish tinge, one of the dyes derived from aniline; --
so called from Solferino in Italy, where a battle was fought about the time of
its discovery.
Soli (n.) pl. of Solo.
Solicited (imp. & p. p.)
of Solicit
Soliciting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Solicit
Solicit (v. t.) To ask
from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something;
as, to solicit person for alms.
Solicit (v. t.) To
endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit
a favor.
Solicit (v. t.) To awake
or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to appeal to; to invite.
Solicit (v. t.) To urge
the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
Solicit (v. t.) To
disturb; to disquiet; -- a Latinism rarely used.
Solicitant (n.) One who
solicits.
Solicitate (a.)
Solicitous.
Soliitation (n.) The act
of soliciting; earnest request; persistent asking; importunity.
Soliitation (n.)
Excitement; invitation; as, the solicitation of the senses.
Solicitor (n.) One who
solicits.
Solicitor (n.) An attorney
or advocate; one who represents another in court; -- formerly, in English
practice, the professional designation of a person admitted to practice in a
court of chancery or equity. See the Note under Attorney.
Solicitor (n.) The law
officer of a city, town, department, or government; as, the city solicitor; the
solicitor of the treasury.
Solicitor-general (n.) The
second law officer in the government of Great Britain; also, a similar officer
under the United States government, who is associated with the attorney-general;
also, the chief law officer of some of the States.
Solicitous (v. t.)
Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything
evil; concerned; anxious; careful.
Solicitress (n.) A woman
who solicits.
Solicitude (n.) The state
of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire
good; anxiety.
Solid (a.) Having the
constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression
or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard; firm; compact; --
opposed to fluid and liquid or to plastic, like clay, or to incompact, like
sand.
Solid (a.) Not hollow;
full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one;
not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy.
Solid (a.) Having all the
geometrical dimensions; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
Solid (a.) Firm; compact;
strong; stable; unyielding; as, a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid wall.
Solid (a.) Applied to a
compound word whose parts are closely united and form an unbroken word; --
opposed to hyphened.
Solid (a.) Fig.: Worthy of
credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as opposed to frivolous or fallacious;
weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine.
Solid (a.) Sound; not
weakly; as, a solid constitution of body.
Solid (a.) Of a fleshy,
uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as
a stem.
Solid (a.) Impenetrable;
resisting or excluding any other material particle or atom from any given
portion of space; -- applied to the supposed ultimate particles of matter.
Solid (a.) Not having the
lines separated by leads; not open.
Solid (a.) United; without
division; unanimous; as, the delegation is solid for a candidate.
Solid (n.) A substance
that is held in a fixed form by cohesion among its particles; a substance not
fluid.
Solid (n.) A magnitude
which has length, breadth, and thickness; a part of space bounded on all sides.
Solidago (n.) A genus of
yellow-flowered composite perennial herbs; golden-rod.
Solidare (n.) A small
piece of money.
Solidarity (n.) An entire
union or consolidation of interests and responsibilities; fellowship; community.
Solidary (a.) Having
community of interests and responsibilities.
Solidate (v. t.) To make
solid or firm.
Solidifiable (a.) Capable
of being solidified.
Solidification (n.) Act of
solidifying, or state of being solidified.
Solidified (imp. & p. p.)
of Solidify
Solidifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Solidify
Solidify (v. t.) To make
solid or compact.
Solidify (v. i.) To become
solid; to harden.
Solidism (n.) The doctrine
that refers all diseases to morbid changes of the solid parts of the body. It
rests on the view that the solids alone are endowed with vital properties, and
can receive the impression of agents tending to produce disease.
Solidist (n.) An advocate
of, or believer in, solidism.
Solidity (n.) The state or
quality of being solid; density; consistency, -- opposed to fluidity;
compactness; fullness of matter, -- opposed to openness or hollowness; strength;
soundness, -- opposed to weakness or instability; the primary quality or
affection of matter by which its particles exclude or resist all others;
hardness; massiveness.
Solidity (n.) Moral
firmness; soundness; strength; validity; truth; certainty; -- as opposed to
weakness or fallaciousness; as, the solidity of arguments or reasoning; the
solidity of principles, triuths, or opinions.
Solidity (n.) The solid
contents of a body; volume; amount of inclosed space.
Solidly (adv.) In a solid
manner; densely; compactly; firmly; truly.
Solidness (n.) State or
quality of being solid; firmness; compactness; solidity, as of material bodies.
Solidness (n.) Soundness;
strength; truth; validity, as of arguments, reasons, principles, and the like.
Solidungula (n. pl.) A
tribe of ungulates which includes the horse, ass, and related species,
constituting the family Equidae.
Solidungular (a.)
Solipedous.
Solidungulate (n.) Same as
Soliped.
Solidungulous (a.)
Solipedous.
Solifidian (n.) One who
maintains that faith alone, without works, is sufficient for justification; --
opposed to nullifidian.
Solifidian (a.) Holding
the tenets of Solifidians; of or pertaining to the solifidians.
Solifidianism (n.) The
state of Solifidians.
Soliform (a.) Like the sun
in form, appearance, or nature; resembling the sun.
Solifugae (n. pl.) A
division of arachnids having large, powerful fangs and a segmented abdomen; --
called also Solpugidea, and Solpugides.
Soliloquized (imp. & p. p.)
of Soliloquize
Soliloquizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Soliloquize
Soliloquize (v. i.) To
utter a soliloquy; to talk to one's self.
Soliloquies (pl. ) of
Soliloquy
Soliloquy (n.) The act of
talking to one's self; a discourse made by one in solitude to one's self;
monologue.
Soliloquy (n.) A written
composition, reciting what it is supposed a person says to himself.
Soliped (n.) A mammal
having a single hoof on each foot, as the horses and asses; a solidungulate.
Solipedous (a.) Having
single hoofs.
Solipsism (n.) Egotism.
Solipsism (n.) Egoism.
Solisequious (a.)
Following the course of the sun; as, solisequious plants.
Solitaire (n.) A person
who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit.
Solitaire (n.) A single
diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone.
Solitaire (n.) A game
which one person can play alone; -- applied to many games of cards, etc.; also,
to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is,
beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the
pieces by "jumping," as in draughts.
Solitaire (n.) A large
extinct bird (Pezophaps solitaria) which formerly inhabited the islands of
Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its
wings were too small for flight. Called also solitary.
Solitaire (n.) Any species
of American thrushlike birds of the genus Myadestes. They are noted their sweet
songs and retiring habits. Called also fly-catching thrush. A West Indian
species (Myadestes sibilans) is called the invisible bird.
Solitarian (n.) A hermit;
a solitary.
Soliitariety (n.) The
state of being solitary; solitariness.
Solitarily (adv.) In a
solitary manner; in solitude; alone.
Solitariness (n.)
Condition of being solitary.
Solitary (a.) Living or
being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates;
single; alone; lonely.
Solitary (a.) Performed,
passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.
Solitary (a.) ot much
visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary
residence or place.
Solitary (a.) Not
inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate;
deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert.
Solitary (a.) Single;
individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example.
Solitary (a.) Not
associated with others of the same kind.
Solitary (n.) One who
lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret; a hermit; a recluse.
Solitude (a.) state of
being alone, or withdrawn from society; a lonely life; loneliness.
Solitude (a.) Remoteness
from society; destitution of company; seclusion; -- said of places; as, the
solitude of a wood.
Solitude (a.) solitary or
lonely place; a desert or wilderness.
Solivagant (a.) Wandering
alone.
Solivagous (a.)
Solivagant.
Sollar (n.) See Solar, n.
Sollar (n.) A platform in
a shaft, especially one of those between the series of ladders in a shaft.
Sollar (v. t.) To cover,
or provide with, a sollar.
Sollein (a.) Sullen; sad.
Solleret (n.) A flexible
steel shoe (or one of the plates forming such a shoe), worn with mediaeval
armor.
Solmization (n.) The act
of sol-faing.
Solos (pl. ) of Solo
Soli (pl. ) of Solo
Solo (a.) A tune, air,
strain, or a whole piece, played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by
a single voice.
Soloist (n.) One who sings
or plays a solo.
Solomon (n.) One of the
kings of Israel, noted for his superior wisdom and magnificent reign; hence, a
very wise man.
Solon (n.) A celebrated
Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.; hence, a legislator; a publicist; --
often used ironically.
Solpugid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Solifugae.
Solpugid (n.) One of the
Solifugae.
Solpugidea (n. pl.) Same
as Solifugae.
Solstice (v. i.) A
stopping or standing still of the sun.
Solstice (v. i.) The point
in the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest from the equator, north or south,
namely, the first point of the sign Cancer and the first point of the sign
Capricorn, the former being the summer solstice, latter the winter solstice, in
northern latitudes; -- so called because the sun then apparently stands still in
its northward or southward motion.
Solstice (v. i.) The time
of the sun's passing the solstices, or solstitial points, namely, about June 21
and December 21. See Illust. in Appendix.
Solstitial (a.) Of or
pertaining to a solstice.
Solstitial (a.) Happening
at a solstice; esp. (with reference to the northern hemisphere), happening at
the summer solstice, or midsummer.
Solubility (n.) The
quality, condition, or degree of being soluble or solvable; as, the solubility
of a salt; the solubility of a problem or intricate difficulty.
Solubility (n.) The
tendency to separate readily into parts by spurious articulations, as the pods
of tick trefoil.
Soluble (a.) Susceptible
of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are
soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water.
Soluble (a.) Susceptible
of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem; susceptible of being
disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the mystery is perhaps soluble.
Soluble (a.) Relaxed; open
or readily opened.
Solubleness (n.) Quality
or state of being soluble.
Solus (fem. a.) Alt. of
Sola
Sola (fem. a.) Alone; --
chiefly used in stage directions, and the like.
Solute (a.) Loose; free;
liberal; as, a solute interpretation.
Solute (a.) Relaxed;
hence; merry; cheerful.
Solute (a.) Soluble; as, a
solute salt.
Solute (a.) Not adhering;
loose; -- opposed to adnate; as, a solute stipule.
Solute (v. t.) To
dissolve; to resolve.
Solute (v. t.) To absolve;
as, to solute sin.
Solution (n.) The act of
separating the parts of any body, or the condition of undergoing a separation of
parts; disruption; breach.
Solution (n.) The act of
solving, or the state of being solved; the disentanglement of any intricate
problem or difficult question; explanation; clearing up; -- used especially in
mathematics, either of the process of solving an equation or problem, or the
result of the process.
Solution (n.) The state of
being dissolved or disintegrated; resolution; disintegration.
Solution (n.) The act or
process by which a body (whether solid, liquid, or gaseous) is absorbed into a
liquid, and, remaining or becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the solvent;
also, the product reulting from such absorption.
Solution (n.) release;
deliverance; discharge.
Solution (n.) The
termination of a disease; resolution.
Solution (n.) A crisis.
Solution (n.) A liquid
medicine or preparation (usually aqueous) in which the solid ingredients are
wholly soluble.
Solutive (a.) Tending to
dissolve; loosening; laxative.
Solvability (n.) The
quality or state of being solvable; as, the solvability of a difficulty; the
solvability of a problem.
Solvability (n.) The
condition of being solvent; ability to pay all just debts; solvency; as, the
solvability of a merchant.
Solvable (a.) Susceptible
of being solved, resolved, or explained; admitting of solution.
Solvable (a.) Capable of
being paid and discharged; as, solvable obligations.
Solvable (a.) Able to pay
one's debts; solvent.
Solvableness (n.) Quality
of being solvable.
Solved (imp. & p. p.) of
Solve
Solving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Solve
Solve (v. t.) To explain;
to resolve; to unfold; to clear up (what is obscure or difficult to be
understood); to work out to a result or conclusion; as, to solve a doubt; to
solve difficulties; to solve a problem.
Solve (n.) A solution; an
explanation.
Solvency (n.) The quality
or state of being solvent.
Solvend (n.) A substance
to be dissolved.
Solvent (a.) Having the
power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid.
Solvent (a.) Able or
sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent.
Solvent (n.) A substance
(usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in, solution, or in dissolving
something; as, water is the appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of
resins, ether of fats, and mercury or acids of metals, etc.
Solvent (n.) That which
resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.
Solver (n.) One who, or
that which, solves.
Solvible (a.) See
Solvable.
Soly (adv.) Solely.
Soma (n.) The whole axial
portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.
Somaj (n.) Alt. of Samaj
Samaj (n.) A society; a
congregation; a worshiping assembly, or church, esp. of the Brahmo-somaj.
Somali (n.) Alt. of Somal
Somal (n.) A Hamitic
people of East Central Africa.
Somatic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the body as a whole; corporeal; as, somatic death; somatic
changes.
Somatic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal; as, the somatic
stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo.
Somatical (a.) Somatic.
Somatics (n.) The science
which treats of the general properties of matter; somatology.
Somatist (n.) One who
admits the existence of material beings only; a materialist.
Somatocyst (n.) A cavity
in the primary nectocalyx of certain Siphonophora. See Illust. under Nectocalyx.
Somatology (n.) The
doctrine or the science of the general properties of material substances;
somatics.
Somatology (n.) A treatise
on the human body; anatomy.
Somatome (n.) See Somite.
Somatopleure (n.) The
outer, or parietal, one of the two lamellae into which the vertebrate blastoderm
divides on either side of the notochord, and from which the walls of the body
and the amnion are developed. See Splanchnopleure.
Somatopleuric (a.) Of or
pertaining to the somatopleure.
Somatotropism (n.) A
directive influence exercised by a mass of matter upon growing organs.
Somber (a.) Alt. of Sombre
Sombre (a.) Dull; dusky;
somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a somber house.
Sombre (a.) Melancholy;
sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber reflections.
Somber (v. t.) Alt. of
Sombre
Sombre (v. t.) To make
somber, or dark; to make shady.
Somber (n.) Alt. of Sombre
Sombre (n.) Gloom;
obscurity; duskiness; somberness.
Somberly (adv.) Alt. of
Sombrely
Sombrely (adv.) In a
somber manner; sombrously; gloomily; despondingly.
Somberness (n.) Alt. of
Sombreness
Sombreness (n.) The
quality or state of being somber; gloominess.
Sombrero (n.) A kind of
broad-brimmed hat, worn in Spain and in Spanish America.
Sombrous (a.) Gloomy;
somber.
-some () A combining form or
suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the body; as in merosome, a body segment;
cephalosome, etc.
-some (a.) An adjective
suffix having primarily the sense of like or same, and indicating a considerable
degree of the thing or quality denoted in the first part of the compound; as in
mettlesome, full of mettle or spirit; gladsome, full of gladness; winsome,
blithesome, etc.
Some (a.) Consisting of a
greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity or number which is not
stated; -- used to express an indefinite quantity or number; as, some wine; some
water; some persons. Used also pronominally; as, I have some.
Some (a.) A certain; one;
-- indicating a person, thing, event, etc., as not known individually, or
designated more specifically; as, some man, that is, some one man.
Some (a.) Not much; a
little; moderate; as, the censure was to some extent just.
Some (a.) About; near;
more or less; -- used commonly with numerals, but formerly also with a singular
substantive of time or distance; as, a village of some eighty houses; some two
or three persons; some hour hence.
Some (a.) Considerable in
number or quality.
Some (a.) Certain; those
of one part or portion; -- in distinct from other or others; as, some men
believe one thing, and others another.
Some (a.) A part; a
portion; -- used pronominally, and followed sometimes by of; as, some of our
provisions.
Somebody (n.) A person
unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person.
Somebody (n.) A person of
consideration or importance.
Somedeal (adv.) In some
degree; somewhat.
Somehow (adv.) In one way
or another; in some way not yet known or designated; by some means; as, the
thing must be done somehow; he lives somehow.
Somersault (n.) Alt. of
Somerset
Somerset (n.) A leap in
which a person turns his heels over his head and lights upon his feet; a turning
end over end.
Something (n.) Anything
unknown, undetermined, or not specifically designated; a certain indefinite
thing; an indeterminate or unknown event; an unspecified task, work, or thing.
Something (n.) A part; a
portion, more or less; an indefinite quantity or degree; a little.
Something (n.) A person or
thing importance.
Something (adv.) In some
degree; somewhat; to some extent; at some distance.
Sometime (adv.) At a past
time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly.
Sometime (adv.) At a time
undefined; once in a while; now and then; sometimes.
Sometime (adv.) At one
time or other hereafter; as, I will do it sometime.
Sometime (a.) Having been
formerly; former; late; whilom.
Sometimes (adv.) Formerly;
sometime.
Sometimes (adv.) At times;
at intervals; now and then;occasionally.
Sometimes (a.) Former;
sometime.
Somewhat (n.) More or
less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something.
Somewhat (n.) A person or
thing of importance; a somebody.
Somewhat (adv.) In some
degree or measure; a little.
Somewhen (adv.) At some
indefinite time.
Somewhere (adv.) In some
place unknown or not specified; in one place or another.
Somewhile (adv.) Once; for
a time.
Somewhither (adv.) To some
indeterminate place; to some place or other.
Somite (n.) One of the
actual or ideal serial segments of which an animal, esp. an articulate or
vertebrate, is is composed; somatome; metamere.
Sommeil (n.) Slumber;
sleep.
Sommerset (n.) See
Somersault.
Somnambular (a.) Of or
pertaining to somnambulism; somnambulistic.
Somnambulate (v. i. & t.)
To walk when /sleep.
Somnambulation (n.) The
act of walking in sleep.
Somnambulator (n.) A
somnambulist.
Somnambule (n.) A
somnambulist.
Somnambulic (a.)
Somnambulistic.
Somnambulism (n.) A
condition of the nervous system in which an individual during sleep performs
actions approppriate to the waking state; a state of sleep in which some of the
senses and voluntary powers are partially awake; noctambulism.
Somnambulist (n.) A person
who is subject to somnambulism; one who walks in his sleep; a sleepwalker; a
noctambulist.
Somnambulistic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a somnambulist or somnambulism; affected by somnambulism;
appropriate to the state of a somnambulist.
Somne (v. t.) To summon.
Somner (n.) A summoner;
esp., one who summons to an ecclesiastical court.
Somnial (a.) Of or
pertaining to sleep or dreams.
Somniative (a.) Somnial;
somniatory.
Somniatory (a.) Pertaining
to sleep or dreams; somnial.
Somniculous (a.) Inclined
to sleep; drowsy; sleepy.
Somniferous (a.) Causing
or inducing sleep; soporific; dormitive; as, a somniferous potion.
Somnific (a.) Causing
sleep; somniferous.
Somnifugous (a.) Driving
away sleep.
Somniloquence (n.) The act
of talking in one's sleep; somniloquism.
Somniloquism (n.) The act
or habit of talking in one's sleep; somniloquy.
Somniloquist (n.) One who
talks in his sleep.
Somniloquous (a.) Apt to
talk in sleep.
Somniloquy (n.) A talking
in sleep; the talking of one in a state of somnipathy.
Somnipathist (n.) A person
in a state of somniapathy.
Somnipathy (n.) Sleep from
sympathy, or produced by mesmerism or the like.
Somnolence (n.) Alt. of
Somnolency
Somnolency (n.)
Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.
Somnolent (a.) Sleepy;
drowsy; inclined to sleep.
Somnolism (n.) The
somnolent state induced by animal magnetism.
Somnopathy (n.)
Somnipathy.
Somnour (n.) A summoner;
an apparitor; a sompnour.
Somonaunce (n.) Alt. of
Somonce
Somonce (n.) A summons; a
citation.
Sommonour (n.) A summoner.
Sompne (v. t.) To summon;
to cite.
Sompnour (n.) A summoner.
Son (n.) A male child; the
male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother.
Son (n.) A male
descendant, however distant; hence, in the plural, descendants in general.
Son (n.) Any young male
person spoken of as a child; an adopted male child; a pupil, ward, or any other
male dependent.
Son (n.) A native or
inhabitant of some specified place; as, sons of Albion; sons of New England.
Son (n.) The produce of
anything.
Son (n.) Jesus Christ, the
Savior; -- called the Son of God, and the Son of man.
Sonance (n.) A sound; a
tune; as, to sound the tucket sonance.
Sonance (n.) The quality
or state of being sonant.
Sonant (a.) Of or
pertaining to sound; sounding.
Sonant (a.) Uttered, as an
element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere
breath sound; intonated; voiced; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; --
sid of the vowels, semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the
consonants b, d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f,
etc., which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate.
Sonant (n.) A sonant
letter.
Sonata (n.) An extended
composition for one or two instruments, consisting usually of three or four
movements; as, Beethoven's sonatas for the piano, for the violin and piano, etc.
Sonatina (n.) A short and
simple sonata.
Soncy (a.) Alt. of Sonsy
Sonsy (a.) Lucky;
fortunate; thriving; plump.
Sond (v. t.) Alt. of Sonde
Sonde (v. t.) That which
is sent; a message or messenger; hence, also, a visitation of providence; an
affliction or trial.
Sondeli (n.) The musk
shrew. See under Musk.
Song (n.) That which is
sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being
or of a bird, insect, etc.
Song (n.) A lyrical poem
adapted to vocal music; a ballad.
Song (n.) More generally,
any poetical strain; a poem.
Song (n.) Poetical
composition; poetry; verse.
Song (n.) An object of
derision; a laughingstock.
Song (n.) A trifle.
Songcraft (n.) The art of
making songs or verse; metrical composition; versification.
Songful (a.) Disposed to
sing; full of song.
Songish (a.) Consisting of
songs.
Songless (a.) Destitute of
the power of song; without song; as, songless birds; songless woods.
Songster (n.) One who
sings; one skilled in singing; -- not often applied to human beings.
Songster (n.) A singing
bird.
Songstress (n.) A woman
who sings; a female singing bird.
Sonifer (n.) A kind of ear
trumpet for the deaf, or the partially deaf.
Soniferous (a.) Sounding;
producing sound; conveying sound.
Sonification (n.) The act
of producing sound, as the stridulation of insects.
Sons-in-law (pl. ) of
Son-in-law
Son-in-law (n.) The
husband of one's daughter; a man in his relationship to his wife's parents.
Sonless (a.) Being without
a son.
Sonnet (n.) A short poem,
-- usually amatory.
Sonnet (n.) A poem of
fourteen lines, -- two stanzas, called the octave, being of four verses each,
and two stanzas, called the sestet, of three verses each, the rhymes being
adjusted by a particular rule.
Sonnet (v. i.) To compose
sonnets.
Sonneteer (n.) A composer
of sonnets, or small poems; a small poet; -- usually in contempt.
Sonneteer (v. i.) To
compose sonnets.
Sonneter (n.) A composer
of sonnets.
Sonnetist (n.) A sonneter,
or sonneteer.
Sonnetize (v. i.) To
compose sonnets.
Sonnish (a.) Like the sun;
sunny; golden.
Sonnite (n.) See Sunnite.
Sonometer (n.) An
instrument for exhibiting the transverse vibrations of cords, and ascertaining
the relations between musical notes. It consists of a cord stretched by weight
along a box, and divided into different lengths at pleasure by a bridge, the
place of which is determined by a scale on the face of the box.
Sonometer (n.) An
instrument for testing the hearing capacity.
Sonorific (a.) Producing
sound; as, the sonorific quality of a body.
Sonority (n.) The quality
or state of being sonorous; sonorousness.
Sonorous (a.) Giving sound
when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals.
Sonorous (a.)
Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice.
Sonorous (a.) Yielding
sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant; as, the vowels are sonorous.
Sonorous (a.) Impressive
in sound; high-sounding.
Sonorous (a.) Sonant;
vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous
rhonchi.
Sonship (n.) The state of
being a son, or of bearing the relation of a son; filiation.
Sonsy (a.) See Soncy.
Sontag (n.) A knitted
worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress.
Sonties (n.) Probably from
"saintes" saints, or from sanctities; -- used as an oath.
Soochong (n.) Same as
Souchong.
Soodra () Same as Sudra.
Soofee () Alt. of Soofeeism
Soofeeism () Same as Sufi,
Sufism.
Soojee (n.) Same as Suji.
Soon (adv.) In a short
time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise.
Soon (adv.) Without the
usual delay; before any time supposed; early.
Soon (adv.) Promptly;
quickly; easily.
Soon (adv.) Readily;
willingly; -- in this sense used with would, or some other word expressing will.
Soon (a.) Speedy; quick.
Soonee (n.) See Sunnite.
Soonly (adv.) Soon.
Soord (n.) Skin of bacon.
Soorma (n.) A preparation
of antimony with which Mohammedan men anoint their eyelids.
Sooshong (n.) See
Souchong.
Soosoo (n.) A kind of
dolphin (Platanista Gangeticus) native of the river Ganges; the Gangetic
dolphin. It has a long, slender, somewhat spatulate beak.
Soot (n.) A black
substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of
combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides of the
chimney or pipe conveying the smoke; strictly, the fine powder, consisting
chiefly of carbon, which colors smoke, and which is the result of imperfect
combustion. See Smoke.
Sooted (imp. & p. p.) of
Soot
Sooting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Soot
Soot (v. t.) To cover or
dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land.
Soot (a.) Alt. of Soote
Soote (a.) Sweet.
Sooterkin (n.) A kind of
false birth, fabled to be produced by Dutch women from sitting over their
stoves; also, an abortion, in a figurative sense; an abortive scheme.
Sooth (superl.) True;
faithful; trustworthy.
Sooth (superl.) Pleasing;
delightful; sweet.
Sooth (a.) Truth; reality.
Sooth (a.) Augury;
prognostication.
Sooth (a.) Blandishment;
cajolery.
Soothed (imp. & p. p.) of
Soothe
Soothing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Soothe
Soothe (a.) To assent to
as true.
Soothe (a.) To assent to;
to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments
or soft words; to flatter.
Soothe (a.) To assuage; to
mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one's
sorrows.
Soother (n.) One who, or
that which, soothes.
Soothfast (a.) Firmly
fixed in, or founded upon, the thruth; true; genuine; real; also, truthful;
faithful.
Soothfast (adv.) Soothly;
really; in fact.
Soothing () a. & n. from Soothe,
v.
Soothingly (adv.) In a
soothing manner.
Soothly (adv.) In truth;
truly; really; verily.
Soothness (n.) Truth;
reality.
Soothsay (v. i.) To
foretell; to predict.
Soothsay (n.) A true
saying; a proverb; a prophecy.
Soothsay (n.) Omen;
portent. Having
Soothsayer (n.) One who
foretells events by the art of soothsaying; a prognosticator.
Soothsayer (n.) A mantis.
Soothsaying (n.) A true
saying; truth.
Soothsaying (n.) The act
of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events; the art or practice of making
predictions.
Soothsaying (n.) A
prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication.
Sootiness (n.) The quality
or state of being sooty; fuliginousness.
Sootish (a.) Sooty.
Sooty (superl.) Of or
pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot.
Sooty (superl.) Having a
dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark.
Sooty (v. t.) To black or
foul with soot.
Sop (v. t.) Anything
steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in
broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten.
Sop (v. t.) Anything given
to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology.
Sop (v. t.) A thing of
little or no value.
Sopped (imp. & p. p.) of
Sop
Sopping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sop
Sop (v. t.) To steep or
dip in any liquid.
Sope (n.) See Soap.
Soph (n.) A contraction of
Soph ister.
Soph (n.) A contraction of
Sophomore.
Sophis (pl. ) of Sophi
Sophi (n.) See Sufi.
Sophic (a.) Alt. of
Sophical
Sophical (a.) Teaching
wisdom.
Sophime (n.) Sophism.
Sophism (n.) The doctrine
or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist; hence, any fallacy designed to
deceive.
Sophist (n.) One of a
class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece;
especially, one of those who, by their fallacious but plausible reasoning,
puzzled inquirers after truth, weakened the faith of the people, and drew upon
themselves general hatred and contempt.
Sophist (n.) Hence, an
impostor in argument; a captious or fallacious reasoner.
Sophister (n.) A sophist.
See Sophist.
Sophister (n.) A student
who is advanced beyond the first year of his residence.
Sophister (v. t.) To
maintain by sophistry, or by a fallacious argument.
Sophistic (a.) Alt. of
Sophistical
Sophistical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sophist; embodying sophistry; fallaciously subtile; not sound.
Sophisticated (imp. & p. p.)
of Sophisticate
Sophisticating (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Sophisticate
Sophisticate (v. t.) To
render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to
sophisticate wine.
Sophisticate (a.) Alt. of
Sophisticated
Sophisticated (a.)
Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.
Sophistication (n.) The
act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the sophistication of drugs.
Sophisticator (n.) One who
sophisticates.
Sophistry (n.) The art or
process of reasoning; logic.
Sophistry (n.) The
practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only.
Sophomore (n.) One
belonging to the second of the four classes in an American college, or one next
above a freshman.
Sophomoric (a.) Alt. of
Sophomorical
Sophomorical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sophomore; resembling a sophomore; hence, pretentious; inflated
in style or manner; as, sophomoric affectation.
Sophora (n.) A genus of
leguminous plants.
Sophora (n.) A tree
(Sophora Japonica) of Eastern Asia, resembling the common locust; occasionally
planted in the United States.
Sophta (n.) See Softa.
Sopite (v. t.) To lay
asleep; to put to sleep; to quiet.
Sopition (n.) The act of
putting to sleep, or the state of being put to sleep; sleep.
Sopor (n.) Profound sleep
from which a person can be roused only with difficulty.
Soporate (v. t.) To lay or
put to sleep; to stupefy.
Soporiferous (a.) Causing
sleep; somniferous; soporific.
Soporific (a.) Causing
sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the soporific virtues of opium.
Soporific (n.) A medicine,
drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep; a narcotic.
Soporose (a.) Alt. of
Soporous
Soporous (a.) Causing
sleep; sleepy.
Sopper (n.) One who sops.
Soppy (a.) Soaked or
saturated with liquid or moisture; very wet or sloppy.
Sopra (adv.) Above;
before; over; upon.
Sopranist (n.) A treble
singer.
Sopranos (pl. ) of Soprano
Soprani (pl. ) of Soprano
Soprano (n.) The treble;
the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; the upper
part in harmony for mixed voices.
Soprano (n.) A singer,
commonly a woman, with a treble voice.
Sopsavine (n.) See Sops of
wine, under Sop.
Sora (n.) A North American
rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the Eastern United States. Its back is golden
brown, varied with black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the
breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called also American rail,
Carolina rail, Carolina crake, common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken,
and orto.
Sorance (n.) Soreness.
Sorb (n.) The wild service
tree (Pyrus torminalis) of Europe; also, the rowan tree.
Sorb (n.) The fruit of
these trees.
Sorbate (n.) A salt of
sorbic acid.
Sorbefacient (a.)
Producing absorption.
Sorbefacient (n.) A
medicine or substance which produces absorption.
Sorbent (n.) An absorbent.
Sorbet (n.) A kind of
beverage; sherbet.
Sorbic (a.) Pertaining to,
or obtained from, the rowan tree, or sorb; specifically, designating an acid,
C/H/CO/H, of the acetylene series, found in the unripe berries of this tree, and
extracted as a white crystalline substance.
Sorbile (a.) Fit to be
drunk or sipped.
Sorbin (n.) An
unfermentable sugar, isomeric with glucose, found in the ripe berries of the
rowan tree, or sorb, and extracted as a sweet white crystalline substance; --
called also mountain-ash sugar.
Sorbite (n.) A sugarlike
substance, isomeric with mannite and dulcite, found with sorbin in the ripe
berries of the sorb, and extracted as a sirup or a white crystalline substance.
Sorbition (n.) The act of
drinking or sipping.
Sorbonical (a.) Belonging
to the Sorbonne or to a Sorbonist.
Sorbonist (n.) A doctor of
the Sorbonne, or theological college, in the University of Paris, founded by
Robert de Sorbon, a. d. 1252. It was suppressed in the Revolution of 1789.
Sorcerer (n.) A conjurer;
an enchanter; a magician.
Sorceress (n.) A female
sorcerer.
Sorcering (n.) Act or
practice of using sorcery.
Sorcerous (a.) Of or
pertaining to sorcery.
Sorceries (pl. ) of
Sorcery
Sorcery (n.) Divination by
the assistance, or supposed assistance, of evil spirits, or the power of
commanding evil spirits; magic; necromancy; witchcraft; enchantment.
Sord (n.) See Sward.
Sordes (n.) Foul matter;
excretion; dregs; filthy, useless, or rejected matter of any kind; specifically
(Med.), the foul matter that collects on the teeth and tongue in low fevers and
other conditions attended with great vital depression.
Sordet (n.) A sordine.
Sordid (a.) Filthy; foul;
dirty.
Sordid (a.) Vile; base;
gross; mean; as, vulgar, sordid mortals.
Sordid (a.) Meanly
avaricious; covetous; niggardly.
Sordidly (n.) Sordidness.
Sordidly (adv.) In a
sordid manner.
Sordidness (n.) The
quality or state of being sordid.
Sordine (n.) See Damper,
and 5th Mute.
Sore (n.) Reddish brown;
sorrel.
Sore (n.) A young hawk or
falcon in the first year.
Sore (n.) A young buck in
the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.
Sore (superl.) Tender to
the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; -- said of the
body or its parts; as, a sore hand.
Sore (superl.) Fig.:
Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of
irritation.
Sore (superl.) Severe;
afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity.
Sore (superl.) Criminal;
wrong; evil.
Sore (a.) A place in an
animal body where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised, so as to be tender
or painful; a painful or diseased place, such as an ulcer or a boil.
Sore (a.) Fig.: Grief;
affliction; trouble; difficulty.
Sore (a.) In a sore
manner; with pain; grievously.
Sore (a.) Greatly;
violently; deeply.
Soredia (n.) pl. of
Soredium.
Sorediate (a.)
Sorediiferous.
Sordiferous (a.) Alt. of
Sorediiferous
Sorediiferous (a.) Bearing
soredia; sorediate.
Soredia (pl. ) of Soredium
Soredium (n.) A patch of
granular bodies on the surface of the thallus of lichens.
Soree (n.) Same as Sora.
Sorehead (n.) One who is
disgruntled by a failure in politics, or the like.
Sorehon (n.) Formerly, in
Ireland, a kind of servile tenure which subjected the tenant to maintain his
chieftain gratuitously whenever he wished to indulge in a revel.
Sorel (n.) A young buck in
the third year. See the Note under Buck.
Sorel (n.) A yellowish or
reddish brown color; sorrel.
Sorely (adv.) In a sore
manner; grievously; painfully; as, to be sorely afflicted.
Sorema (n.) A heap of
carpels belonging to one flower.
Soreness (n.) The quality
or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull; as, the soreness of a wound; the
soreness of an affliction.
Sorex (n.) A genus of
small Insectivora, including the common shrews.
Sorgne (n.) The
three-beared rocking, or whistlefish.
Sorghum (n.) A genus of
grasses, properly limited to two species, Sorghum Halepense, the Arabian millet,
or Johnson grass (see Johnson grass), and S. vulgare, the Indian millet (see
Indian millet, under Indian).
Sorghum (n.) A variety of
Sorghum vulgare, grown for its saccharine juice; the Chinese sugar cane.
Sorgo (n.) Indian millet
and its varieties. See Sorghum.
Sori (n.) pl. of Sorus.
Soricine (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Shrew family (Soricidae); like a shrew in form or habits; as,
the soricine bat (Glossophaga soricina).
Sorites (n.) An abridged
form of stating of syllogisms in a series of propositions so arranged that the
predicate of each one that precedes forms the subject of each one that follows,
and the conclusion unites the subject of the first proposition with the
predicate of the last proposition
Soritical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sorites; resembling a sorites.
Sorn (v. i.) To obtrude
one's self on another for bed and board.
Sorner (n.) One who
obtrudes himself on another for bed and board.
Sororal (a.) Relating to a
sister; sisterly.
Sororicide (n.) The murder
of one's sister; also, one who murders or kills one's own sister.
Sororize (v. i.) To
associate, or hold fellowship, as sisters; to have sisterly feelings; --
analogous to fraternize.
Sorosis (n.) A woman's
club; an association of women.
Sorosis (n.) A fleshy
fruit formed by the consolidation of many flowers with their receptacles,
ovaries, etc., as the breadfruit, mulberry, and pineapple.
Sorrage (n.) The blades of
green or barley.
Sorrance (n.) Same as
Sorance.
Sorrel (a.) Of a yellowish
or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.
Sorrel (n.) A yellowish or
redish brown color.
Sorrel (n.) One of various
plants having a sour juice; especially, a plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex
Acetosa, Rumex Acetosella, etc.
Sorrento work () Ornamental work,
mostly carved in olivewood, decorated with inlay, made at or near Sorrento,
Italy. Hence, more rarely, jig-saw work and the like done anywhere.
Sorrily (adv.) In a sorry
manner; poorly.
Sorriness (n.) The quality
or state of being sorry.
Sorrow (n.) The uneasiness
or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or
by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or
occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness.
Sorrowed (imp. & p. p.) of
Sorrow
Sorrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sorrow
Sorrow (n.) To feel pain
of mind in consequence of evil experienced, feared, or done; to grieve; to be
sad; to be sorry.
Sorrowed (a.) Accompanied
with sorrow; sorrowful.
Sorrowful (a.) Full of
sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected; distressed.
Sorrowful (a.) Producing
sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable; grievous; as, a sorrowful
accident.
Sorrowless (a.) Free from
sorrow.
Sorry (a.) Grieved for the
loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used
to express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper
feeling.
Sorry (a.) Melancholy;
dismal; gloomy; mournful.
Sorry (a.) Poor; mean;
worthless; as, a sorry excuse.
Sortes (pl. ) of Sors
Sors (n.) A lot; also, a
kind of divination by means of lots.
Sort (n.) Chance; lot;
destiny.
Sort (n.) A kind or
species; any number or collection of individual persons or things characterized
by the same or like qualities; a class or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of
horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems.
Sort (n.) Manner; form of
being or acting.
Sort (n.) Condition above
the vulgar; rank.
Sort (n.) A chance group;
a company of persons who happen to be together; a troop; also, an assemblage of
animals.
Sort (n.) A pair; a set; a
suit.
Sort (n.) Letters,
figures, points, marks, spaces, or quadrats, belonging to a case, separately
considered.
Sorted (imp. & p. p.) of
Sort
Sorting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sort
Sort (v. t.) To separate,
and place in distinct classes or divisions, as things having different
qualities; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread
according to its fineness.
Sort (v. t.) To reduce to
order from a confused state.
Sort (v. t.) To conjoin;
to put together in distribution; to class.
Sort (v. t.) To choose
from a number; to select; to cull.
Sort (v. t.) To conform;
to adapt; to accommodate.
Sort (v. i.) To join or
associate with others, esp. with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
Sort (v. i.) To suit; to
fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
Sortable (a.) Capable of
being sorted.
Sortable (a.) Suitable;
befitting; proper.
Sortably (adv.) Suitable.
Sortal (a.) Pertaining to
a sort.
Sortance (v. i.)
Suitableness; agreement.
Sorter (n.) One who, or
that which, sorts.
Sortes (n.) pl. of Sors.
Sortie (n.) The sudden
issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or
harass the besiegers; a sally.
Sortilege (n.) The act or
practice of drawing lots; divination by drawing lots.
Sortilegious (a.)
Pertaining to sortilege.
Sortilegy (n.) Sortilege.
Sortition (n.) Selection
or appointment by lot.
Sortment (n.) Assortiment.
Sori (pl. ) of Sorus
Sorus (n.) One of the
fruit dots, or small clusters of sporangia, on the back of the fronds of ferns.
Sorwe (n. & v.) Sorrow.
Sorweful (a.) Sorrowful.
Sory (n.) Green vitriol,
or some earth imregnated with it.
So-so (a.) Neither very
good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolerable; indifferent.
So-so (adv.) Tolerably;
passably.
Soss (v. i.) To fall at
once into a chair or seat; to sit lazily.
Soss (v. t.) To throw in a
negligent or careless manner; to toss.
Soss (n.) A lazy fellow.
Soss (n.) A heavy fall.
Soss (n.) Anything dirty
or muddy; a dirty puddle.
Sostenuto (a.) Sustained;
-- applied to a movement or passage the sounds of which are to sustained to the
utmost of the nominal value of the time; also, to a passage the tones of which
are to be somewhat prolonged or protacted.
Sot (n.) A stupid person;
a blockhead; a dull fellow; a dolt.
Sot (n.) A person
stupefied by excessive drinking; an habitual drunkard.
Sot (a.) Sottish; foolish;
stupid; dull.
Sot (v. t.) To stupefy; to
infatuate; to besot.
Sot (v. i.) To tipple to
stupidity.
Sotadean (a.) Sotadic.
Sotadic (a.) Pertaining
to, or resembling, the lascivious compositions of the Greek poet Sotades.
Sotadic (n.) A Sotadic
verse or poem.
Sote (a.) Sweet.
Sotel (a.) Alt. of Sotil
Sotil (a.) Subtile.
Soteriology (n.) A
discourse on health, or the science of promoting and preserving health.
Soteriology (n.) The
doctrine of salvation by Jesus Christ.
Sothe (a.) Sooth.
Sothiac (a.) Alt. of
Sothic
Sothic (a.) Of or
pertaining to Sothis, the Egyptian name for the Dog Star; taking its name from
the Dog Star; canicular.
Sotilte (n.) Subtlety.
Sotted () a. & p. p. of Sot.
Befooled; deluded; besotted.
Sottery (n.) Folly.
Sottish (a.) Like a sot;
doltish; very foolish; drunken.
Sotto voce () With a restrained
voice or moderate force; in an undertone.
Sotto voce () Spoken low or in an
undertone.
Sous (pl. ) of Sou
Sou (n.) An old French
copper coin, equivalent in value to, and now displaced by, the five-centime
piece (/ of a franc), which is popularly called a sou.
Souari nut () The large edible
nutlike seed of a tall tropical American tree (Caryocar nuciferum) of the same
natural order with the tea plant; -- also called butternut.
Soubah (n.) See Subah.
Soubahdar (n.) See
Subahdar.
Soubrette (n.) A female
servant or attendant; specifically, as a term of the theater, a lady's maid, in
comedies, who acts the part of an intrigante; a meddlesome, mischievous female
servant or young woman.
Soubriquet (n.) See
Sobriquet.
Souce (n.) See 1st Souse.
Souce (v. t. & i.) See
Souse.
Souchong (n.) A kind of
black tea of a fine quality.
Soudan (n.) A sultan.
Souded (a.) Alt. of Soudet
Soudet (a.) United;
consolidated; made firm; strengthened.
Souffle (n.) A murmuring
or blowing sound; as, the uterine souffle heard over the pregnant uterus.
Souffle (n.) A side dish
served hot from the oven at dinner, made of eggs, milk, and flour or other
farinaceous substance, beaten till very light, and flavored with fruits,
liquors, or essence.
Sough (n.) A sow.
Sough (n.) A small drain;
an adit.
Sough (v. i.) The sound
produced by soughing; a hollow murmur or roaring.
Sough (v. i.) Hence, a
vague rumor or flying report.
Sough (v. i.) A cant or
whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying.
Sough (v. i.) To whistle
or sigh, as the wind.
Sought () imp. & p. p. of Seek.
Souke (v. t. & i.) To
suck.
Soul (a.) Sole.
Soul (a.) Sole.
Soul (v. i.) To afford
suitable sustenance.
Soul (n.) The spiritual,
rational, and immortal part in man; that part of man which enables him to think,
and which renders him a subject of moral government; -- sometimes, in
distinction from the higher nature, or spirit, of man, the so-called animal
soul, that is, the seat of life, the sensitive affections and phantasy,
exclusive of the voluntary and rational powers; -- sometimes, in distinction
from the mind, the moral and emotional part of man's nature, the seat of
feeling, in distinction from intellect; -- sometimes, the intellect only; the
understanding; the seat of knowledge, as distinguished from feeling. In a more
general sense, "an animating, separable, surviving entity, the vehicle of
individual personal existence."
Soul (n.) The seat of real
life or vitality; the source of action; the animating or essential part.
Soul (n.) The leader; the
inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart; as, the soul of an enterprise; an able
general is the soul of his army.
Soul (n.) Energy; courage;
spirit; fervor; affection, or any other noble manifestation of the heart or
moral nature; inherent power or goodness.
Soul (n.) A human being; a
person; -- a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor
soul.
Soul (n.) A pure or
disembodied spirit.
Soul (v. t.) To indue with
a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind.
Souled (a.) Furnished with
a soul; possessing soul and feeling; -- used chiefly in composition; as,
great-souled Hector.
Soulili (n.) A
long-tailed, crested Javan monkey (Semnopithecus mitratus). The head, the crest,
and the upper surface of the tail, are black.
Soulless (a.) Being
without a soul, or without greatness or nobleness of mind; mean; spiritless.
Soullessly (adv.) In a
soulless manner.
Soun (n. & v.) Sound.
Sound (n.) The air bladder
of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
Sound (n.) A cuttlefish.
Sound (superl.) Whole;
unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as,
sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship.
Sound (superl.) Healthy;
not diseased; not being in a morbid state; -- said of body or mind; as, a sound
body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding.
Sound (superl.) Firm;
strong; safe.
Sound (superl.) Free from
error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; -- said of persons; as,
a sound lawyer; a sound thinker.
Sound (superl.) Founded in
truth or right; supported by justice; not to be overthrown on refuted; not
fallacious; as, sound argument or reasoning; a sound objection; sound doctrine;
sound principles.
Sound (superl.) heavy;
laid on with force; as, a sound beating.
Sound (superl.)
Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.
Sound (superl.) Founded in
law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land.
Sound (adv.) Soundly.
Sound (n.) A narrow
passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait
connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound
between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound.
Sounded (imp. & p. p.) of
Sound
Sounding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sound
Sound (v. t.) To measure
the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a
line and plummet.
Sound (v. t.) Fig.: To
ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a
person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe.
Sound (v. t.) To explore,
as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to
examine by auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient.
Sound (v. i.) To ascertain
the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
Sound (n.) Any elongated
instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded
or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture.
Sound (n.) The peceived
object occasioned by the impulse or vibration of a material substance affecting
the ear; a sensation or perception of the mind received through the ear, and
produced by the impulse or vibration of the air or other medium with which the
ear is in contact; the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing by
an impulse or vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies, or by other
means; noise; report; as, the sound of a drum; the sound of the human voice; a
horrid sound; a charming sound; a sharp, high, or shrill sound.
Sound (n.) The occasion of
sound; the impulse or vibration which would occasion sound to a percipient if
present with unimpaired; hence, the theory of vibrations in elastic media such
cause sound; as, a treatise on sound.
Sound (n.) Noise without
signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else.
Sound (v. i.) To make a
noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the
organs of hearing with a perceptible effect.
Sound (v. i.) To be
conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
Sound (v. i.) To make or
convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to
seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an
invention.
Sound (v. t.) To causse to
make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn.
Sound (v. t.) To cause to
exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument.
Sound (v. t.) To order,
direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or sounds; to give a signal for by a
certain sound; as, to sound a retreat; to sound a parley.
Sound (v. t.) To celebrate
or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported; to publish or proclaim; as, to
sound the praises of fame of a great man or a great exploit.
Sound (v. t.) To examine
the condition of (anything) by causing the same to emit sounds and noting their
character; as, to sound a piece of timber; to sound a vase; to sound the lungs
of a patient.
Sound (v. t.) To signify;
to import; to denote.
Soundable (a.) Capable of
being sounded.
Soundage (n.) Dues for
soundings.
Sound-board (n.) A
sounding-board.
Sounder (n.) One who, or
that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a
register, the communications being read by sound.
Sounder (n.) A herd of
wild hogs.
Sounding (a.) Making or
emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words.
Sounding (n.) The act of
one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs).
Sounding (n.) measurement
by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained.
Sounding (n.) Any place or
part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom;
-- usually in the plural.
Sounding (n.) The sand,
shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has
touched bottom.
Sounding-board (n.) A thin
board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other
musical instruments.
Sounding-board (n.) A
board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit or rostrum to give
distinctness to a speaker's voice.
Sounding-board (n.) See
Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise.
Soundless (a.) Not capable
of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable.
Soundless (a.) Having no
sound; noiseless; silent.
Soundly (adv.) In a sound
manner.
Soundness (n.) The quality
or state of being sound; as, the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth,
etc.; the soundness of reasoning or argument; soundness of faith.
Soune (v. t. & i.) To
sound.
Sounst (a.) Soused. See
Souse.
Soup (n.) A liquid food of
many kinds, usually made by boiling meat and vegetables, or either of them, in
water, -- commonly seasoned or flavored; strong broth.
Soup (v. t.) To sup or
swallow.
Soup (v. t.) To breathe
out.
Soup (v. t.) To sweep. See
Sweep, and Swoop.
Soupe-maigre (n.) Soup
made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.
Souple (n.) That part of a
flail which strikes the grain.
Soupy (a.) Resembling
soup; souplike.
Sour (superl.) Having an
acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits;
acid; tart.
Sour (superl.) Changed, as
by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned.
Sour (superl.)
Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a
sour temper; a sour reply.
Sour (superl.) Afflictive;
painful.
Sour (superl.) Cold and
unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
Sour (n.) A sour or acid
substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
Sour (v. t.) To cause to
become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours
many substances.
Sour (v. t.) To make cold
and unproductive, as soil.
Sour (v. t.) To make
unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable.
Sour (v. t.) To cause or
permit to become harsh or unkindly.
Sour (v. t.) To macerate,
and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes.
Soured (imp. & p. p.) of
Sour
Souring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sour
Sour (v. i.) To become
sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind
temper sometimes sours in adversity.
Source (n.) The act of
rising; a rise; an ascent.
Source (n.) The rising
from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of water or the like; a spring; a
fountain.
Source (n.) That from
which anything comes forth, regarded as its cause or origin; the person from
whom anything originates; first cause.
Sourcrout (n.) See
Sauerkraut.
Sourde (v. i.) To have
origin or source; to rise; to spring.
Souring (n.) Any sour
apple.
Sourish (a.) Somewhat
sour; moderately acid; as, sourish fruit; a sourish taste.
Sourkrout (n.) Same as
Sauerkraut.
Sourly (adv.) In a sour
manner; with sourness.
Sourness (n.) The quality
or state of being sour.
Sours (n.) Source. See
Source.
Soursop (n.) The large
succulent and slightly acid fruit of a small tree (Anona muricata) of the West
Indies; also, the tree itself. It is closely allied to the custard apple.
Sourwood (n.) The sorrel
tree.
Sous (n.) Alt. of Souse
Souse (n.) A corrupt form
of Sou.
Souse (n.) Pickle made
with salt.
Souse (n.) Something kept
or steeped in pickle; esp., the pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.
Souse (n.) The ear;
especially, a hog's ear.
Souse (n.) The act of
sousing; a plunging into water.
Soused (imp. & p. p.) of
Souse
Sousing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Souse
Souse (v. t.) To steep in
pickle; to pickle.
Souse (v. t.) To plunge or
immerse in water or any liquid.
Souse (v. t.) To drench,
as by an immersion; to wet throughly.
Souse (v. t.) To swoop or
plunge, as a bird upon its prey; to fall suddenly; to rush with speed; to make a
sudden attack.
Souse (v. t.) To pounce
upon.
Souse (n.) The act of
sousing, or swooping.
Souse (adv.) With a sudden
swoop; violently.
Souslik (n.) See Suslik.
Sout (n.) Soot.
Soutache (n.) A kind of
narrow braid, usually of silk; -- also known as Russian braid.
Soutage (n.) That in which
anything is packed; bagging, as for hops.
Soutane (n.) A close
garnment with straight sleeves, and skirts reaching to the ankles, and buttoned
in front from top to bottom; especially, the black garment of this shape worn by
the clergy in France and Italy as their daily dress; a cassock.
Souter (n.) A shoemaker; a
cobbler.
Souterly (a.) Of or
pertaining to a cobbler or cobblers; like a cobbler; hence, vulgar; low.
Souterrain (n.) A grotto
or cavern under ground.
South (n.) That one of the
four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to
the right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east.
South (n.) A country,
region, or place situated farther to the south than another; the southern
section of a country.
South (n.) Specifically:
That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See
under Line.
South (n.) The wind from
the south.
South (a.) Lying toward
the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of
observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south;
blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole.
South (adv.) Toward the
south; southward.
South (adv.) From the
south; as, the wind blows south.
Southed (imp. & p. p.) of
South
Southing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of South
South (v. i.) To turn or
move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
South (v. i.) To come to
the meridian; to cross the north and south line; -- said chiefly of the moon;
as, the moon souths at nine.
Southcottian (n.) A
follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an Englishwoman who, professing to
have received a miraculous calling, preached and prophesied, and committed many
impious absurdities.
Southdown (a.) Of or
pertaining to the South Downs, a range of pasture hills south of the Thames, in
England.
Southdown (n.) A Southdown
sheep.
Southeast (n.) The point
of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part
or region.
Southeast (a.) Of or
pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the southeast;
as, a southeast course; a southeast wind.
Southeaster (n.) A storm,
strong wind, or gale coming from the southeast.
Southeaster (adv.) Toward
the southeast.
Southeastern (a.) Of or
pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.
Southeastward (adv.) Alt.
of Southeastwardly
Southeastwardly (adv.)
Toward the southeast.
Souther (n.) A strong
wind, gale, or storm from the south.
Southerliness (n.) The
quality or state of being southerly; direction toward the south.
Southerly (a.) Southern.
Southern (a.) Of or
pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or
proceeding toward the south.
Southern (n.) A
Southerner.
Southerner (n.) An
inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the Southern States of North America;
opposed to Northerner.
Southernliness (n.)
Southerliness.
Southernly (a.) Somewhat
southern.
Southernly (adv.) In a
southerly manner or course; southward.
Southernmost (a.) Farthest
south.
Southernwood (n.) A
shrubby species of wormwood (Artemisia Abrotanum) having aromatic foliage. It is
sometimes used in making beer.
Southing (n.) Tendency or
progress southward; as, the southing of the sun.
Southing (n.) The time at
which the moon, or other heavenly body, passes the meridian of a place.
Southing (n.) Distance of
any heavenly body south of the equator; south declination; south latitude.
Southing (n.) Distance
southward from any point departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; --
opposed to northing.
Southly (adv.) Southerly.
Southmost (a.) Farthest
toward the south; southernmost.
Southness (n.) A tendency
in the end of a magnetic needle to point toward the south pole.
Southren (a.) Southern.
Southron (n.) An
inhabitant of the more southern part of a country; formerly, a name given in
Scotland to any Englishman.
Southsay (v. i.) See
Soothsay.
Southsayer (n.) See
Soothsayer.
South southerly () the old squaw;
-- so called in imitation of its cry. Called also southerly, and southerland.
See under Old.
Southward (adv.) Alt. of
Southwards
Southwards (adv.) Toward
the south, or toward a point nearer the south than the east or west point; as,
to go southward.
Southward (a.) Toward the
south.
Southward (n.) The
southern regions or countries; the south.
Southwardly (adv.) In a
southern direction.
Southwest (n.) The point
of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or
region.
Southwest (a.) Pertaining
to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest;
coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind.
Southwester (n.) A storm,
gale, or strong wind from the southwest.
Southwester (n.) A hat
made of painted canvas, oiled cloth, or the like, with a flap at the back, --
worn in stormy weather.
Southwesterly (a.) To ward
or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind.
Southwestern (a.) Of or
pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course.
Southwestward (adv.) Alt.
of Southwestwardly
Southwestwardly (adv.)
Toward the southwest.
Souvenance (n.) Alt. of
Sovenaunce
Sovenaunce (n.)
Remembrance.
Souvenir (n.) That which
serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; a keepsake.
Sovereign (a.) Supreme or
highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.
Sovereign (a.) Independent
of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority
or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.
Sovereign (a.) Princely;
royal.
Sovereign (a.)
Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
Sovereign (a.) Efficacious
in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy.
Sovereign (n.) The person,
body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially,
in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor.
Sovereign (n.) A gold coin
of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen
is stamped, valued at one pound sterling, or about $4.86.
Sovereign (n.) Any
butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the
viceroy.
Sovereignize (v. i.) To
exercise supreme authority.
Sovereignly (adv.) In a
sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely.
Sovereignties (pl. ) of
Sovereignty
Sovereignty (n.) The
quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of,
or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence;
also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided
into many sovereignties.
Sovran (a.) A variant of
Sovereign.
Sow (v. i.) To sew. See
Sew.
Sow (n.) The female of
swine, or of the hog kind.
Sow (n.) A sow bug.
Sow (n.) A channel or
runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed.
Sow (n.) The bar of metal
which remains in such a runner.
Sow (n.) A mass of
solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander.
Sow (n.) A kind of covered
shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a
besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like.
Sowed (imp.) of Sow
Sown (p. p.) of Sow
Sowed () of Sow
Sowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sow
Sow (v. t.) To scatter, as
seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used
figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate.
Sow (v. t.) To scatter
seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used
figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle.
Sow (v. i.) To scatter
seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.
Sowans (n. pl.) See
Sowens.
Sowar (n.) In India, a
mounted soldier.
Sowbane (n.) The red
goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum), -- said to be fatal to swine.
Sowce (n. & v.) See Souse.
Sowdan (n.) Sultan.
Sowdanesse (n.) A
sultaness.
Sowens (n. pl.) A
nutritious article of food, much used in Scotland, made from the husk of the oat
by a process not unlike that by which common starch is made; -- called flummery
in England.
Sower (n.) One who, or
that which, sows.
Sowins (n. pl.) See
Sowens.
Sowl (v. t.) Alt. of Sowle
Sowle (v. t.) To pull by
the ears; to drag about.
Sowl (v. i.) See Soul, v.
i.
Sown () p. p. of Sow.
Sowne (v. t. & i.) To
sound.
Sowse (n. & v.) See Souse.
Sowter (n.) See Souter.
Soy (n.) A Chinese and
Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soja
beans), or beans and meal, to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt
and water.
Soy (n.) The soja, a kind
of bean. See Soja.
Soyle (v. t.) To solve, to
clear up; as, to soyl all other texts.
Soyle (n.) Prey.
Soyned (a.) Filled with
care; anxious.
Sozzle (v. t.) To splash
or wet carelessly; as, to sozzle the feet in water.
Sozzle (v. t.) To heap up
in confusion.
Sozzle (n.) One who spills
water or other liquids carelessly; specifically, a sluttish woman.
Sozzle (n.) A mass, or
heap, confusedly mingled.
Spa (n.) A spring or
mineral water; -- so called from a place of this name in Belgium.
Spaad (n.) A kind of spar;
earth flax, or amianthus.
Space (n.) Extension,
considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes
extended objects conceivable and possible.
Space (n.) Place, having
more or less extension; room.
Space (n.) A quantity or
portion of extension; distance from one thing to another; an interval between
any two or more objects; as, the space between two stars or two hills; the sound
was heard for the space of a mile.
Space (n.) Quantity of
time; an interval between two points of time; duration; time.
Space (n.) A short time; a
while.
Space (n.) Walk; track;
path; course.
Space (n.) A small piece
of metal cast lower than a face type, so as not to receive the ink in printing,
-- used to separate words or letters.
Space (n.) The distance or
interval between words or letters in the lines, or between lines, as in books.
Space (n.) One of the
intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff.
Space (n.) To walk; to
rove; to roam.
Spaced (imp. & p. p.) of
Space
Spacong (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Space
Space (n.) To arrange or
adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space words, lines, or letters.
Spaceful (a.) Wide;
extensive.
Spaceless (a.) Without
space.
Spacial (a.) See Spatial.
Spacially (adv.) See
Spatially.
Spacious (n.) Extending
far and wide; vast in extent.
Spacious (n.) Inclosing an
extended space; having large or ample room; not contracted or narrow; capacious;
roomy; as, spacious bounds; a spacious church; a spacious hall.
Spadassin (n.) A bravo; a
bully; a duelist.
Spaddle (n.) A little
spade.
Spade (n.) A hart or stag
three years old.
Spade (n.) A castrated man
or beast.
Spade (n.) An implement
for digging or cutting the ground, consisting usually of an oblong and nearly
rectangular blade of iron, with a handle like that of a shovel.
Spade (n.) One of that
suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade.
Spade (n.) A cutting
instrument used in flensing a whale.
Spaded (imp. & p. p.) of
Spade
Spading (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spade
Spade (v. t.) To dig with
a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.
Spadebone (n.) Shoulder
blade.
Spadefish (n.) An American
market fish (Chaetodipterus faber) common on the southern coasts; -- called also
angel fish, moonfish, and porgy.
Spadefoot (n.) Any species
of burrowing toads of the genus Scaphiopus, esp. S. Holbrookii, of the Eastern
United States; -- called also spade toad.
Spadefuls (pl. ) of
Spadeful
Spadeful (n.) As much as a
spade will hold or lift.
Spader (n.) One who, or
that which, spades; specifically, a digging machine.
Spadiceous (a.) Of a
bright clear brown or chestnut color.
Spadiceous (a.) Bearing
flowers on a spadix; of the nature of a spadix.
Spadicose (a.) Spadiceous.
Spadille (n.) The ace of
spades in omber and quadrille.
Spadices (pl. ) of Spadix
Spadixes (pl. ) of Spadix
Spadix (n.) A fleshy spike
of flowers, usually inclosed in a leaf called a spathe.
Spadix (n.) A special
organ of the nautilus, due to a modification of the posterior tentacles.
Spadones (pl. ) of Spado
Spado (n.) Same as Spade,
2.
Spado (n.) An impotent
person.
Spadroon (n.) A sword,
especially a broadsword, formerly used both to cut and thrust.
Spaed (imp. & p. p.) of
Spae
Spaeing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spae
Spae (v. i.) To foretell;
to divine.
Spaeman (n.) A prophet; a
diviner.
Spaewife (n.) A female
fortune teller.
Spaghetti (n.) A variety
or macaroni made in tubes of small diameter.
Spagyric (a.) Alt. of
Spagyrical
Spagyrical (a.) Chemical;
alchemical.
Spagyric (n.) A spagyrist.
Spagyrist (n.) A chemist,
esp. one devoted to alchemistic pursuits.
Spagyrist (n.) One of a
sect which arose in the days of alchemy, who sought to discover remedies for
disease by chemical means. The spagyrists historically preceded the
iatrochemists.
Spahi (n.) Alt. of Spahee
Spahee (n.) Formerly, one
of the Turkish cavalry.
Spahee (n.) An Algerian
cavalryman in the French army.
Spaid (n.) See 1st Spade.
Spake () imp. of Speak.
Spakenet (n.) A net for
catching crabs.
Spaky (a.) Specky.
Spalding knife () A spalting
knife.
Spale (n.) A lath; a
shaving or chip, as of wood or stone.
Spale (n.) A strengthening
cross timber.
Spall (n.) The shoulder.
Spall (n.) A chip or
fragment, especially a chip of stone as struck off the block by the hammer,
having at least one feather-edge.
Spall (v. t.) To break
into small pieces, as ore, for the purpose of separating from rock.
Spall (v. t.) To reduce,
as irregular blocks of stone, to an approximately level surface by hammering.
Spall (v. i.) To give off
spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of stone, as when badly set, with the
weight thrown too much on the outer surface.
Spalpeen (n.) A scamp; an
Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt
or ridicule.
Spalt (n.) Spelter.
Spalt (a.) Liable to break
or split; brittle; as, spalt timber.
Spalt (a.) Heedless;
clumsy; pert; saucy.
Spalt (a.) To split off;
to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax.
Spalting knife () A knife used in
splitting codfish.
Span () imp. & p. p. of Spin.
Span (v. t.) The space
from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches;
eighth of a fathom.
Span (v. t.) Hence, a
small space or a brief portion of time.
Span (v. t.) The spread or
extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof,
bridge, or the like, between its supports.
Span (v. t.) A rope having
its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope
made fast in the center so that both ends can be used.
Span (v. t.) A pair of
horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when
similar in color, form, and action.
Spanned (imp. & p. p.) of
Span
Spanning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Span
Span (v. t.) To measure by
the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing
the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder.
Span (v. t.) To reach from
one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch.
Span (v. t.) To fetter, as
a horse; to hobble.
Span (v. i.) To be
matched, as horses.
Spanaemia (n.) A condition
of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state in which the red corpuscles, or
other important elements of the blood, are deficient.
Spanaemic (a.) Of or
pertaining to spanaemia; having impoverished blood.
Spancel (n.) A rope used
for tying or hobbling the legs of a horse or cow.
Spanceled (imp. & p. p.)
of Spancel
Spancelled () of Spancel
Spanceling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spancel
Spancelling () of Spancel
Spancel (v. t.) To tie or
hobble with a spancel.
Spandogs (n. pl.) A pair
of grappling dogs for hoisting logs and timber.
Spandrel (n.) The
irregular triangular space between the curve of an arch and the inclosing right
angle; or the space between the outer moldings of two contiguous arches and a
horizontal line above them, or another arch above and inclosing them.
Spandrel (n.) A narrow mat
or passe partout for a picture.
Spane (v. t.) To wean.
Spang (v. t.) To spangle.
Spang (v. i.) To spring;
to bound; to leap.
Spang (n.) A bound or
spring.
Spang (n.) A spangle or
shining ornament.
Spangle (n.) A small plate
or boss of shining metal; something brilliant used as an ornament, especially
when stitched on the dress.
Spangle (n.) Figuratively,
any little thing that sparkless.
Spangled (imp. & p. p.) of
Spangle
Spangling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spangle
Spangle (v. t.) To set or
sprinkle with, or as with, spangles; to adorn with small, distinct, brilliant
bodies; as, a spangled breastplate.
Spangle (v. i.) To show
brilliant spots or points; to glisten; to glitter.
Spangler (n.) One who, or
that which, spangles.
Spangly (a.) Resembling,
or consisting of, spangles; glittering; as, spangly light.
Spaniard (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Spain.
Spaniel (n.) One of a
breed of small dogs having long and thick hair and large drooping ears. The legs
are usually strongly feathered, and the tail bushy. See Illust. under Clumber,
and Cocker.
Spaniel (n.) A cringing,
fawning person.
Spaniel (a.) Cringing;
fawning.
Spaniel (v. i.) To fawn;
to cringe; to be obsequious.
Spaniel (v. t.) To follow
like a spaniel.
Spanish (a.) Of or
pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
Spanish (n.) The language
of Spain.
Spanked (imp. & p. p.) of
Spank
Spanking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spank
Spank (v. t.) To strike,
as the breech, with the open hand; to slap.
Spank (n.) A blow with the
open hand; a slap.
Spank (v. i.) To move with
a quick, lively step between a trot and gallop; to move quickly.
Spanker (n.) One who
spanks, or anything used as an instrument for spanking.
Spanker (n.) The after
sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff;
-- sometimes called driver. See Illust. under Sail.
Spanker (n.) One who takes
long, quick strides in walking; also, a fast horse.
Spanker (n.) Something
very large, or larger than common; a whopper, as a stout or tall person.
Spanker (n.) A small coin.
Spanking (a.) Moving with
a quick, lively pace, or capable of so doing; dashing.
Spanking (a.) Large;
considerable.
Spanking breeze () a strong
breeze.
Spanless (a.) Incapable of
being spanned.
Spanner (n.) One who, or
that which, spans.
Spanner (n.) The lock of a
fusee or carbine; also, the fusee or carbine itself.
Spanner (n.) An iron
instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head of a bolt, and used as a lever
to turn it with; a wrench; specifically, a wrench for unscrewing or tightening
the couplings of hose.
Spanner (n.) A contrivance
in some of the ealier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate
admission and shutting off of the steam.
Span-new (a.) Quite new;
brand-new; fire-new.
Spannishing (n.) The full
blooming of a flower.
Spanpiece (n.) The collar
of a roof; sparpiece.
Spanworm (n.) The larva of
any geometrid moth, as the cankeworm; a geometer; a measuring worm.
Spar (n.) An old name for
a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar,
or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in the case of the gangue
minerals of a metalliferous vein.
Spar (v. t.) A general
term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff.
Spar (v. t.) Formerly, a
piece of timber, in a general sense; -- still applied locally to rafters.
Spar (v. t.) The bar of a
gate or door.
Spar (v. t.) To bolt; to
bar.
Spar (v. t.) To To supply
or equip with spars, as a vessel.
Sparred (imp. & p. p.) of
Spar
Sparring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spar
Spar (v. i.) To strike
with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
Spar (v. i.) To use the
fists and arms scientifically in attack or defense; to contend or combat with
the fists, as for exercise or amusement; to box.
Spar (v. i.) To contest in
words; to wrangle.
Spar (n.) A contest at
sparring or boxing.
Spar (n.) A movement of
offense or defense in boxing.
Sparable (n.) A kind of
small nail used by shoemakers.
Sparada (n.) A small
California surf fish (Micrometrus aggregatus); -- called also shiner.
Sparadrap (n.) A
cerecloth.
Sparadrap (n.) Any
adhesive plaster.
Sparage (n.) Alt. of
Sparagrass
Sparagus (n.) Alt. of
Sparagrass
Sparagrass (n.) Obs. or
corrupt forms of Asparagus.
Sparble (v. t.) To
scatter; to disperse; to rout.
Spared (imp. & p. p.) of
Spare
Sparing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spare
Spare (a.) To use frugally
or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to
save.
Spare (a.) To keep to
one's self; to forbear to impart or give.
Spare (a.) To preserve
from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm; to show mercy
to.
Spare (a.) To save or
gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
Spare (a.) To deprive
one's self of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up;
to part with.
Spare (v. i.) To be
frugal; not to be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
Spare (v. i.) To refrain
from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
Spare (v. i.) To desist;
to stop; to refrain.
Spare (v. t.) Scanty; not
abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet.
Spare (v. t.) Sparing;
frugal; parsimonious; chary.
Spare (v. t.) Being over
and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or
not used; superfluous; as, I have no spare time.
Spare (v. t.) Held in
reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room.
Spare (v. t.) Lean;
wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
Spare (v. t.) Slow.
Spare (n.) The act of
sparing; moderation; restraint.
Spare (n.) Parsimony;
frugal use.
Spare (n.) An opening in a
petticoat or gown; a placket.
Spare (n.) That which has
not been used or expended.
Spare (n.) The right of
bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in
less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a
double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
Spareful (a.) Sparing;
chary.
Sparely (adv.) In a spare
manner; sparingly.
Spareless (a.) Unsparing.
Spareness (n.) The quality
or state of being lean or thin; leanness.
Sparer (n.) One who
spares.
Sparerib (n.) A piece of
pork, consisting or ribs with little flesh on them.
Sparge (v. t.) To
sprinkle; to moisten by sprinkling; as, to sparge paper.
Spargefaction (n.) The act
of sprinkling.
Sparger (n.) A vessel with
a perforated cover, for sprinkling with a liquid; a sprinkler.
Sparhawk (n.) The sparrow
hawk.
Spar-hung (a.) Hung with
spar, as a cave.
Sparing (a.) Spare;
saving; frugal; merciful.
Spark (n.) A small
particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion.
Spark (n.) A small,
shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
Spark (n.) That which,
like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or into action; a feeble germ; an
elementary principle.
Spark (n.) A brisk, showy,
gay man.
Spark (n.) A lover; a
gallant; a beau.
Spark (v. i.) To sparkle.
Spark (v. i.) To play the
spark, beau, or lover.
Sparker (n.) A spark
arrester.
Sparkful (a.) Lively;
brisk; gay.
Sparkish (a.) Like a
spark; airy; gay.
Sparkish (a.) Showy;
well-dresed; fine.
Sparkle (n.) A little
spark; a scintillation.
Sparkle (n.) Brilliancy;
luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond.
Sparkled (imp. & p. p.) of
Sparkle
Sparkling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sparkle
Sparkle (n.) To emit
sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing
off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the
blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle.
Sparkle (n.) To manifest
itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
Sparkle (n.) To emit
little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine.
Sparkle (v. t.) To emit in
the form or likeness of sparks.
Sparkle (v. t.) To
disperse.
Sparkle (v. t.) To scatter
on or over.
Sparkler (n.) One who
scatters; esp., one who scatters money; an improvident person.
Sparkler (n.) One who, or
that which, sparkles.
Sparkler (n.) A tiger
beetle.
Sparklet (n.) A small
spark.
Sparkliness (n.) Vivacity.
Sparkling (a.) Emitting
sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling
eyes.
Sparling (n.) The European
smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).
Sparling (n.) A young
salmon.
Sparling (n.) A tern.
Sparlyre (n.) The calf of
the leg.
Sparoid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Sparidae, a family of spinous-finned fishes which includes the
scup, sheepshead, and sea bream.
Sparoid (n.) One of the
Sparidae.
Sparpiece (n.) The collar
beam of a roof; the spanpiece.
Sparpoil (v. t.) To
scatter; to spread; to disperse.
Sparrow (n.) One of many
species of small singing birds of the family Fringilligae, having conical bills,
and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also finches, and
buntings. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is
noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its
fecundity. See House sparrow, under House.
Sparrow (n.) Any one of
several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or
habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under Hedge.
Sparrowgrass (n.)
Asparagus.
Sparrowwort (n.) An
evergreen shrub of the genus Erica (E. passerina).
Sparry (a.) Resembling
spar, or consisting of spar; abounding with spar; having a confused crystalline
structure; spathose.
Sparse (superl.) Thinly
scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as,
a sparse population.
Sparse (superl.) Placed
irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles,
and the like.
Sparse (v. t.) To scatter;
to disperse.
Sparsedly (adv.) Sparsely.
Sparsely (adv.) In a
scattered or sparse manner.
Sparseness (n.) The
quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of population.
Sparsim (adv.) Sparsely;
scatteredly; here and there.
Spartan (a.) Of or
pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta; hence, hardy; undaunted; as,
Spartan souls; Spartan bravey.
Spartan (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Sparta; figuratively, a person of great courage and fortitude.
Sparteine (n.) A narcotic
alkaloid extracted from the tops of the common broom (Cytisus scoparius,
formerly Spartium scoparium), as a colorless oily liquid of aniline-like odor
and very bitter taste.
parterie (n.) Articles
made of the blades or fiber of the Lygeum Spartum and Stipa (/ Macrochloa)
tenacissima, kinds of grass used in Spain and other countries for making ropes,
mats, baskets, nets, and mattresses.
Sparth (n.) An Anglo-Saxon
battle-ax, or halberd.
Sparve (n.) The hedge
sparrow.
Spary (a.) Sparing;
parsimonious.
Spasm (v. t.) An
involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers.
Spasm (v. t.) A sudden,
violent, and temporary effort or emotion; as, a spasm of repentance.
Spasmatical (a.)
Spasmodic.
Spasmodic (a.) Of or
pertaining to spasm; consisting in spasm; occuring in, or characterized by,
spasms; as, a spasmodic asthma.
Spasmodic (a.) Soon
relaxed or exhausted; convulsive; intermittent; as, spasmodic zeal or industry.
Spasmodic (n.) A medicine
for spasm.
Spasmodical (a.) Same as
Spasmodic, a.
Spastic (a.) Of or
pertaining to spasm; spasmodic; especially, pertaining to tonic spasm; tetanic.
Spastically (adv.)
Spasmodically.
Spasticity (n.) A state of
spasm.
Spasticity (n.) The
tendency to, or capability of suffering, spasm.
Spat () imp. of Spit.
Spat (n.) A young oyster
or other bivalve mollusk, both before and after it first becomes adherent, or
such young, collectively.
Spat (v. i. & t.) To emit
spawn; to emit, as spawn.
Spat (n.) A light blow
with something flat.
Spat (n.) Hence, a petty
combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension.
Spat (v. i.) To dispute.
Spatted (imp. & p. p.) of
Spat
Spatting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spat
Spat (v. t.) To slap, as
with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands.
Spatangoid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Spatangoidea.
Spatangoid (n.) One of the
Spatangoidea.
Spatangoidea (n. pl.) An
order of irregular sea urchins, usually having a more or less heart-shaped shell
with four or five petal-like ambulacra above. The mouth is edentulous and
situated anteriorly, on the under side.
Spatangus (n.) A genus of
heart-shaped sea urchins belonging to the Spatangoidea.
Spatchcock (n.) See
Spitchcock.
Spate (n.) A river flood;
an overflow or inundation.
Spathae (pl. ) of Spatha
Spatha (n.) A spathe.
Spathaceous (a.) Having a
spathe; resembling a spathe; spathal.
Spathal (a.) Furnished
with a spathe; as, spathal flowers.
Spathe (n.) A special
involucre formed of one leaf and inclosing a spadix, as in aroid plants and
palms. See the Note under Bract, and Illust. of Spadix.
Spathed (a.) Having a
spathe or calyx like a sheath.
Spathic (a.) Like spar;
foliated or lamellar; spathose.
Spathiform (a.) Resembling
spar in form.
Spathose (a.) See Spathic.
Spathose (a.) Having a
spathe; resembling a spathe; spatheceous; spathal.
Spathous (a.) Spathose.
Spathulate (a.) See
Spatulate.
Spatial (a.) Of or
pertaining to space.
Spatially (adv.) As
regards space.
Spatiate (v. t.) To rove;
to ramble.
Spattered (imp. & p. p.)
of Spatter
Spattering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spatter
Spatter (v. t.) To
sprinkle with a liquid or with any wet substance, as water, mud, or the like; to
make wet of foul spots upon by sprinkling; as, to spatter a coat; to spatter the
floor; to spatter boots with mud.
Spatter (v. t.) To
distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around; as, to spatter blood.
Spatter (v. t.) Fig.: To
injure by aspersion; to defame; to soil; also, to throw out in a defamatory
manner.
Spatter (v. i.) To throw
something out of the mouth in a scattering manner; to sputter.
Spatterdashed (a.) Wearing
spatterdashes.
Spatterdashes (n. pl.)
Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud; long gaiters.
Spatter-dock (n.) The
common yellow water lily (Nuphar advena).
Spattle (n.) Spawl;
spittle.
Spattle (n.) A spatula.
Spattle (n.) A tool or
implement for mottling a molded article with coloring matter
Spattling-poppy (n.) A
kind of catchfly (Silene inflata) which is sometimes frothy from the action of
captured insects.
Spatula (n.) An implement
shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading
paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette
knife, under Palette.
Spatulate (a.) Shaped like
spatula, or like a battledoor, being roundish, with a long, narrow, linear base.
Spauld (n.) The shoulder.
Spavin (n.) A disease of
horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of
inflammation of the bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is
due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumor as popularly supposed.
Spavined (a.) Affected
with spavin.
Spaw (n.) See Spa.
Spawl (n.) A splinter or
fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall.
Spawl (n.) Scattered or
ejected spittle.
Spawled (imp. & p. p.) of
Spawl
Spawling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spawl
Spawl (v. i. & t.) To
scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva.
Spawling (n.) That which
is spawled, or spit out.
Spawned (imp. & p. p.) of
Spawn
Spawning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spawn
Spawn (v. t.) To produce
or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.
Spawn (v. t.) To bring
forth; to generate; -- used in contempt.
Spawn (v. i.) To deposit
eggs, as fish or frogs do.
Spawn (v. i.) To issue, as
offspring; -- used contemptuously.
Spawn (v. t.) The ova, or
eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.
Spawn (v. t.) Any product
or offspring; -- used contemptuously.
Spawn (v. t.) The buds or
branches produced from underground stems.
Spawn (v. t.) The white
fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi.
Spawner (n.) A mature
female fish.
Spawner (n.) Whatever
produces spawn of any kind.
Spayed (imp. & p. p.) of
Spay
Spaying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spay
Spay (v. t.) To remove or
extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal).
Spay (v. t.) The male of
the red deer in his third year; a spade.
Spayad (n.) Alt. of
Spayade
Spayade (n.) A spay.
Spoke (imp.) of Speak
Spake () of Speak
Spoken (p. p.) of Speak
Spoke () of Speak
Speaking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Speak
Speak (v. i.) To utter
words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as,
the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak.
Speak (v. i.) To express
opinions; to say; to talk; to converse.
Speak (v. i.) To utter a
speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally.
Speak (v. i.) To
discourse; to make mention; to tell.
Speak (v. i.) To give
sound; to sound.
Speak (v. i.) To convey
sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak
of self-will.
Speak (v. t.) To utter
with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately, as human beings.
Speak (v. t.) To utter in
a word or words; to say; to tell; to declare orally; as, to speak the truth; to
speak sense.
Speak (v. t.) To declare;
to proclaim; to publish; to make known; to exhibit; to express in any way.
Speak (v. t.) To talk or
converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in conversation; as, to speak Latin.
Speak (v. t.) To address;
to accost; to speak to.
Speakable (a.) Capable of
being spoken; fit to be spoken.
Speakable (a.) Able to
speak.
Speaker (n.) One who
speaks.
Speaker (n.) One who
utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one who utters a speech in public;
as, the man is a good speaker, or a bad speaker.
Speaker (n.) One who is
the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who presides over, or speaks for, a
delibrative assembly, preserving order and regulating the debates; as, the
Speaker of the House of Commons, originally, the mouthpiece of the House to
address the king; the Speaker of a House of Representatives.
Speaker (n.) A book of
selections for declamation.
Speakership (n.) The
office of speaker; as, the speakership of the House of Representatives.
Speaking (a.) Uttering
speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a speaking animal; a speaking
tube.
Speaking (a.) Seeming to
be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness.
Speking (n.) The act of
uttering words.
Speking (n.) Public
declamation; oratory.
Spear (n.) A long, pointed
weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long
shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance.
Spear (n.) Fig.: A
spearman.
Spear (n.) A sharp-pointed
instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals.
Spear (n.) A shoot, as of
grass; a spire.
Spear (n.) The feather of
a horse. See Feather, n., 4.
Spear (n.) The rod to
which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
Speared (imp. & p. p.) of
Spear
Spearing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spear
Spear (v. t.) To pierce
with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish.
Spear (v. i.) To shoot
into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire.
Spearer (n.) One who uses
a spear; as, a spearer of fish.
Spearfish (n.) A large and
powerful fish (Tetrapturus albidus) related to the swordfish, but having scales
and ventral fins. It is found on the American coast and the Mediterranean.
Spearfish (n.) The carp
sucker.
Spearhead (n.) The pointed
head, or end, of a spear.
Spearmen (pl. ) of
Spearman
Spearman (n.) One who is
armed with a spear.
Spearmint (n.) A species
of mint (Mentha viridis) growing in moist soil. It vields an aromatic oil. See
Mint, and Mentha.
Spearwood (n.) An
Australian tree (Acacia Doratoxylon), and its tough wood, used by the natives
for spears.
Spearwort (n.) A name
given to several species of crowfoot (Ranunculus) which have spear-shaped
leaves.
Speary (a.) Having the
form of a spear.
Spece (n.) Species; kind.
Specht (n.) A woodpecker.
Special (a.) Of or
pertaining to a species; constituting a species or sort.
Special (a.) Particular;
peculiar; different from others; extraordinary; uncommon.
Special (a.) Appropriate;
designed for a particular purpose, occasion, or person; as, a special act of
Parliament or of Congress; a special sermon.
Special (a.) Limited in
range; confined to a definite field of action, investigation, or discussion; as,
a special dictionary of commercial terms; a special branch of study.
Special (a.) Chief in
excellence.
Special (n.) A particular.
Special (n.) One appointed
for a special service or occasion.
Specialism (n.) Devotion
to a particular and restricted part or branch of knowledge, art, or science; as,
medical specialism.
Specialist (n.) One who
devotes himself to some specialty; as, a medical specialist, one who devotes
himself to diseases of particular parts of the body, as the eye, the ear, the
nerves, etc.
Specialities (pl. ) of
Speciality
Speciality (n.) A
particular or peculiar case; a particularity.
Speciality (n.) See
Specialty, 3.
Speciality (n.) The
special or peculiar mark or characteristic of a person or thing; that for which
a person is specially distinguished; an object of special attention; a special
occupation or object of attention; a specialty.
Speciality (n.) An
attribute or quality peculiar to a species.
Specialization (n.) The
act of specializing, or the state of being spezialized.
Specialization (n.) The
setting apart of a particular organ for the performance of a particular
function.
Specialize (v. t.) To
mention specially; to particularize.
Specialize (v. t.) To
apply to some specialty or limited object; to assign to a specific use; as,
specialized knowledge.
Specialize (v. t.) To
supply with an organ or organs having a special function or functions.
Specially (adv.) In a
special manner; particularly; especially.
Specially (adv.) For a
particular purpose; as, a meeting of the legislature is specially summoned.
Specialties (pl. ) of
Specialty
Specialty (n.)
Particularity.
Specialty (n.) A
particular or peculiar case.
Specialty (n.) A contract
or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as
security for a debt particularly specified.
Specialty (n.) That for
which a person is distinguished, in which he is specially versed, or which he
makes an object of special attention; a speciality.
Specie () abl. of L. species
sort, kind. Used in the phrase in specie, that is, in sort, in kind, in (its
own) form.
Specie (n.) Coin; hard
money.
Species (n.) Visible or
sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept received by the
imagination; an image.
Species (n.) A group of
individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a
conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic
conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more
attributes, and extending to fewer individuals. Thus, man is a species, under
animal as a genus; and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respect
to European, American, or the like, as species.
Species (n.) In science, a
more or less permanent group of existing things or beings, associated according
to attributes, or properties determined by scientific observation.
Species (n.) A sort; a
kind; a variety; as, a species of low cunning; a species of generosity; a
species of cloth.
Species (n.) Coin, or
coined silver, gold, ot other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.
Species (n.) A public
spectacle or exhibition.
Species (n.) A component
part of compound medicine; a simple.
Species (n.) An officinal
mixture or compound powder of any kind; esp., one used for making an aromatic
tea or tisane; a tea mixture.
Species (n.) The form or
shape given to materials; fashion or shape; form; figure.
Specifiable (a.) Admitting
specification; capable of being specified.
Specific (a.) Of or
pertaining to a species; characterizing or constituting a species; possessing
the peculiar property or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and
distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of an animal or a plant;
the specific qualities of a drug; the specific distinction between virtue and
vice.
Specific (a.) Specifying;
definite, or making definite; limited; precise; discriminating; as, a specific
statement.
Specific (a.) Exerting a
peculiar influence over any part of the body; preventing or curing disease by a
peculiar adaption, and not on general principles; as, quinine is a specific
medicine in cases of malaria.
Specific (n.) A specific
remedy. See Specific, a., 3.
Specific (a.) Anything
having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which it is applied.
Specifical (a.) Specific.
Specifically (adv.) In a
specific manner.
Specificalness (n.) The
quality of being specific.
Specificate (v. t.) To
show, mark, or designate the species, or the distinguishing particulars of; to
specify.
Specification (n.) The act
of specifying or determining by a mark or limit; notation of limits.
Specification (n.) The
designation of particulars; particular mention; as, the specification of a
charge against an officer.
Specification (n.) A
written statement containing a minute description or enumeration of particulars,
as of charges against a public officer, the terms of a contract, the description
of an invention, as in a patent; also, a single article, item, or particular, an
allegation of a specific act, as in a charge of official misconduct.
Soecificness (n.) The
quality or state of being specific.
Specified (imp. & p. p.)
of Specify
Specifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Specify
Specify (v. t.) To mention
or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from
other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased.
Specollum (n.) See Stylet,
2.
Specimen (n.) A part, or
small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit
the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibited; a sample; as, a
specimen of a man's handwriting; a specimen of painting; aspecimen of one's art.
Speciocities (pl. ) of
Speciosity
Speciosity (n.) The
quality or state of being specious; speciousness.
Speciosity (n.) That which
is specious.
Specious (a.) Presenting a
pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy.
Specious (a.) Apparently
right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing
well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument.
Speck (n.) The blubber of
whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus.
Speck (n.) A small
discolored place in or on anything, or a small place of a color different from
that of the main substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish; as, a speck on paper or
loth; specks of decay in fruit.
Speck (n.) A very small
thing; a particle; a mite; as, specks of dust; he has not a speck of money.
Speck (n.) A small
etheostomoid fish (Ulocentra stigmaea) common in the Eastern United States.
Specked (imp. & p. p.) of
Speck
Specking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Speck
Speck (v. t.) To cause the
presence of specks upon or in, especially specks regarded as defects or
blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as, paper specked by impurities in the water
used in its manufacture.
Speckle (n.) A little or
spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing
itself.
Speckled (imp. & p. p.) of
Speckle
Speckling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Speckle
Speckle (v. t.) To mark
with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface; to
variegate with spots of a different color from the ground or surface.
Speckled (a.) Marked or
variegated with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the
surface.
Speckled-belly (n.) The
gadwall.
Speckled-bill (n.) The
American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).
Speckledness (n.) The
quality of being speckled.
Specksioneer (n.) The
chief harpooner, who also directs in cutting up the speck, or blubber; -- so
called among whalers.
Speckt (n.) A woodpecker.
See Speight.
Spectacle (n.) Something
exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as
unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or noteworthy sight; a show;
a pageant; a gazingstock.
Spectacle (n.) A
spy-glass; a looking-glass.
Spectacle (n.) An optical
instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist
sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes
from bright light.
Spectacle (n.) Fig.: An
aid to the intellectual sight.
Spectacled (a.) Furnished
with spectacles; wearing spectacles.
Spectacled (a.) Having the
eyes surrounded by color markings, or patches of naked skin, resembling
spectacles.
Spectacular (a.) Of or
pertaining to a shows; of the nature of a show.
Spectacular (a.) Adapted
to excite wonder and admiration by a display of pomp or of scenic effects; as, a
spectacular celebration of some event; a spectacular play.
Spectacular (a.)
Pertaining to spectacles, or glasses for the eyes.
Spectant (a.) Looking
forward.
Spectation (n.) Regard;
aspect; appearance.
Spectator (n.) One who on;
one who sees or beholds; a beholder; one who is personally present at, and sees,
any exhibition; as, the spectators at a show.
Spectatorial (a.) Of or
pertaining to a spectator.
Spectatorship (n.) The
office or quality of a spectator.
Spectatorship (n.) The act
of beholding.
Spectatress (n.) Alt. of
Spectatrix
Spectatrix (n.) A female
beholder or looker-on.
Specter (n.) Alt. of
Spectre
Spectre (n.) Something
preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom.
Spectre (n.) The tarsius.
Spectre (n.) A stick
insect.
Spectioneer (n.) Same as
Specsioneer.
Spectral (a.) Of or
pertaining to a specter; ghosty.
Spectral (a.) Of or
pertaining to the spectrum; made by the spectrum; as, spectral colors; spectral
analysis.
Spectrally (adv.) In the
form or manner of a specter.
Spectre (n.) See Specter.
Spectrological (a.) Of or
pertaining to spectrology; as, spectrological studies or experiments.
Spectrology (n.) The
science of spectrum analysis in any or all of its relations and applications.
Spectrometer (n.) A
spectroscope fitted for measurements of the luminious spectra observed with it.
Spectrophotometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring or comparing the intensites of the colors of the
spectrum.
Spectroscope (n.) An
optical instrument for forming and examining spectra (as that of solar light, or
those produced by flames in which different substances are volatilized), so as
to determine, from the position of the spectral lines, the composition of the
substance.
Spectroscopic (a.) Alt. of
Spectroscopical
Spectroscopical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a spectroscope, or spectroscopy.
Spectroscopist (n.) One
who investigates by means of a spectroscope; one skilled in the use of the
spectroscope.
Spectroscopy (n.) The use
of the spectroscope; investigations made with the spectroscope.
Spectra (pl. ) of Spectrum
Spectrum (n.) An
apparition; a specter.
Spectrum (n.) The several
colored and other rays of which light is composed, separated by the refraction
of a prism or other means, and observed or studied either as spread out on a
screen, by direct vision, by photography, or otherwise. See Illust. of Light,
and Spectroscope.
Spectrum (n.) A luminous
appearance, or an image seen after the eye has been exposed to an intense light
or a strongly illuminated object. When the object is colored, the image appears
of the complementary color, as a green image seen after viewing a red wafer
lying on white paper. Called also ocular spectrum.
Specular (a.) Having the
qualities of a speculum, or mirror; having a smooth, reflecting surface; as, a
specular metal; a specular surface.
Specular (a.) Of or
pertaining to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum; as, a specular
examination.
Specular (a.) Assisting
sight, as a lens or the like.
Specular (a.) Affording
view.
Speculated (imp. & p. p.)
of Speculate
Speculating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Speculate
Speculate (v. i.) To
consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different
aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to
speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events.
Speculate (v. i.) To view
subjects from certain premises given or assumed, and infer conclusions
respecting them a priori.
Speculate (v. i.) To
purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent
sale at a profit; -- often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or
hazardous transactions; as, to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock.
Speculate (v. t.) To
consider attentively; as, to speculate the nature of a thing.
Speculation (n.) The act
of speculating.
Speculation (n.)
Examination by the eye; view.
Speculation (n.) Mental
view of anything in its various aspects and relations; contemplation;
intellectual examination.
Speculation (n.) The act
or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
Speculation (n.) The act
or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a
higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower
price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from
trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and
wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
Speculation (n.) Any
business venture in involving unusual risks, with a chance for large profits.
Speculation (n.) A
conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; view; notion;
conjecture.
Speculation (n.) Power of
sight.
Speculation (n.) A game at
cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a
chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool
of stakes.
Speculatist (n.) One who
speculates, or forms theories; a speculator; a theorist.
Speculative (a.) Given to
speculation; contemplative.
Speculative (a.)
Involving, or formed by, speculation; ideal; theoretical; not established by
demonstration.
Speculative (a.) Of or
pertaining to vision; also, prying; inquisitive; curious.
Speculative (a.) Of or
pertaining to speculation in land, goods, shares, etc.; as, a speculative dealer
or enterprise.
Speculator (n.) One who
speculates. Specifically: (a) An observer; a contemplator; hence, a spy; a
watcher.
Speculator (n.) One who
forms theories; a theorist.
Speculator (n.) One who
engages in speculation; one who buys and sells goods, land, etc., with the
expectation of deriving profit from fluctuations in price.
Speculatorial (a.)
Speculatory; speculative.
Speculatory (a.) Intended
or adapted for viewing or espying; having oversight.
Speculatory (a.)
Exercising speculation; speculative.
Speculist (n.) One who
observes or considers; an observer.
Specula (pl. ) of Speculum
Speculum (pl. ) of
Speculum
Speculum (n.) A mirror, or
looking-glass; especially, a metal mirror, as in Greek and Roman archaeology.
Speculum (n.) A reflector
of polished metal, especially one used in reflecting telescopes. See Speculum
metal, below.
Speculum (n.) An
instrument for dilating certain passages of the body, and throwing light within
them, thus facilitating examination or surgical operations.
Speculum (n.) A bright and
lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is
usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and is much
more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.
Sped () imp. & p. p. of Speed.
Speece (n.) Species; sort.
Speech (n.) The faculty of
uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words
or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.
Speech (n.) he act of
speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language;
conversation.
Speech (n.) A particular
language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect.
Speech (n.) Talk; mention;
common saying.
Speech (n.) formal
discourse in public; oration; harangue.
Speech (n.) ny declaration
of thoughts.
Speech (v. i. & t.) To
make a speech; to harangue.
Speechful (a.) Full of
speech or words; voluble; loquacious.
Speechification (n.) The
act of speechifying.
Speechifier (n.) One who
makes a speech or speeches; an orator; a declaimer.
Speechified (imp. & p. p.)
of Speechify
Speechifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Speechify
Speechify (v. i.) To make
a speech; to harangue.
Speechifying (n.) The act
of making a speech or speeches.
Speeching (n.) The act of
making a speech.
Speechless (a.) Destitute
or deprived of the faculty of speech.
Speechless (a.) Not
speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.
Speechmaker (n.) One who
makes speeches; one accustomed to speak in a public assembly.
Speed (n.) Prosperity in
an undertaking; favorable issue; success.
Speed (n.) The act or
state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch;
as, the speed a horse or a vessel.
Speed (n.) One who, or
that which, causes or promotes speed or success.
Sped (imp. & p. p.) of
Speed
Speeded () of Speed
Speeding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Speed
Speed (n.) To go; to fare.
Speed (n.) To experience
in going; to have any condition, good or ill; to fare.
Speed (n.) To fare well;
to have success; to prosper.
Speed (n.) To make haste;
to move with celerity.
Speed (n.) To be
expedient.
Speed (v. t.) To cause to
be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid; to favor.
Speed (v. t.) To cause to
make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten;
to hurry.
Speed (v. t.) To hasten to
a conclusion; to expedite.
Speed (v. t.) To hurry to
destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to undo.
Speed (v. t.) To wish
success or god fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a
journey.
Speeder (n.) One who, or
that which, speeds.
Speeder (n.) A machine for
drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings.
Speedful (a.) Full of
speed (in any sense).
Speedfully (adv.) In a
speedful manner.
Speedily (adv.) In a
speedy manner.
Speediness (n.) The
quality or state of being speedy.
Speedless (a.) Being
without speed.
Speedwell (n.) Any plant
of the genus Veronica, mostly low herbs with pale blue corollas, which quickly
fall off.
Speedy (superl.) Not
dilatory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in motion or performance;
as, a speedy flight; on speedy foot.
Speer (n.) A sphere.
Speer (v. t.) To ask.
Speet (v. t.) To stab.
Speight (n.) A woodpecker;
-- called also specht, spekt, spight.
Speir (v. i.) To ask. See
Spere.
Speiskobalt (n.) Smaltite.
Speiss (n.) A regulus
consisting essentially of nickel, obtained as a residue in fusing cobalt and
nickel ores with silica and sodium carbonate to make smalt.
Spekboom (n.) The purslane
tree of South Africa, -- said to be the favorite food of elephants.
Speke (v. i. & t.) To
speak.
Spekehouse (n.) The parlor
or reception room of a convent.
Spelding (n.) A haddock or
other small fish split open and dried in the sun; -- called also speldron.
Spelicans (n. pl.) See
Spilikin.
Spelk (n.) A small stick
or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter.
Spell (n.) A spelk, or
splinter.
Spelled (imp. & p. p.) of
Spell
Spelling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spell
Spell (v. t.) To supply
the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell
the helmsman.
Spell (n.) The relief of
one person by another in any piece of work or watching; also, a turn at work
which is carried on by one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the
pumps; a spell at the masthead.
Spell (n.) The time during
which one person or gang works until relieved; hence, any relatively short
period of time, whether a few hours, days, or weeks.
Spell (n.) One of two or
more persons or gangs who work by spells.
Spell (n.) A gratuitous
helping forward of another's work; as, a logging spell.
Spell (n.) A story; a
tale.
Spell (n.) A stanza,
verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation;
hence, any charm.
Spelled (imp. & p. p.) of
Spell
Spelt () of Spell
Spelling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spell
Spell (v. t.) To tell; to
relate; to teach.
Spell (v. t.) To put under
the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to
charm.
Spell (v. t.) To
constitute; to measure.
Spell (v. t.) To tell or
name in their proper order letters of, as a word; to write or print in order the
letters of, esp. the proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography.
Spell (v. t.) To discover
by characters or marks; to read with difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to
spell out the sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible.
Spell (v. i.) To form
words with letters, esp. with the proper letters, either orally or in writing.
Spell (v. i.) To study by
noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn the meaning of anything, by study.
Spellable (a.) Capable of
being spelt.
Spellbound (a.) Bound by,
or as by, a spell.
Speller (n.) One who
spells.
Speller (n.) A spelling
book.
Spellful (a.) Abounding in
spells, or charms.
Spelling (n.) The act of
one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography.
Spelling (a.) Of or
pertaining to spelling.
Spellken (n.) A theater.
Spellwork (n.) Power or
effect of magic; that which is wrought by magic; enchantment.
Spelt () imp. & p. p. of Spell.
Spelled.
Spelt (n.) A species of
grain (Triticum Spelta) much cultivated for food in Germany and Switzerland; --
called also German wheat.
Spelt (n.) Spelter.
Spelt (v. t. & i.) To
split; to break; to spalt.
Spelter (n.) Zinc; --
especially so called in commerce and arts.
Spelunc (n.) A cavern; a
cave.
Spence (n.) A place where
provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry.
Spence (n.) The inner
apartment of a country house; also, the place where the family sit and eat.
Spencer (n.) One who has
the care of the spence, or buttery.
Spencer (n.) A short
jacket worn by men and by women.
Spencer (n.) A
fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small
supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the
foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England
[1802].
Spent (imp. & p. p.) of
Spend
Spending (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spend
Spend (v. t.) To weigh or
lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing.
Spend (v. t.) To bestow;
to employ; -- often with on or upon.
Spend (v. t.) To consume;
to waste; to squander; to exhaust; as, to spend an estate in gaming or other
vices.
Spend (v. t.) To pass, as
time; to suffer to pass away; as, to spend a day idly; to spend winter abroad.
Spend (v. t.) To exhaust
of force or strength; to waste; to wear away; as, the violence of the waves was
spent.
Spend (v. i.) To expend
money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything;
as, he who gets easily spends freely.
Spend (v. i.) To waste or
wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy
spends in the using of it.
Spend (v. i.) To be
diffused; to spread.
Spend (v. i.) To break
ground; to continue working.
Spender (n.) One who
spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift.
Spending (n.) The act of
expending; expenditure.
Spendthrift (n.) One who
spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes
his estate. Also used figuratively.
Spendthrift (a.) Prodigal;
extravagant; wasteful.
Spendthrifty (a.)
Spendthrift; prodigal.
Spenserian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the English poet Spenser; -- specifically applied to the stanza
used in his poem "The Faerie Queene."
Spent (a.) Exhausted; worn
out; having lost energy or motive force.
Spent (a.) Exhausted of
spawn or sperm; -- said especially of fishes.
Sper (v. t.) Alt. of
Sperre
Sperre (v. t.) To shut in;
to support; to inclose; to fasten.
Sperable (a.) Within the
range of hpe; proper to be hoped for.
Sperable (n.) See
Sperable.
Sperage (n.) Asperagus.
Sperate (a.) Hoped for, or
to be hoped for.
Spere (v. i.) To search;
to pry; to ask; to inquire.
Spere (n.) A sphere.
Sperge (n.) A charge of
wash for the still.
Sperling (n.) A smelt; a
sparling.
Sperling (n.) A young
herring.
Sperm (n.) The male
fecundating fluid; semen. See Semen.
Sperm (n.) Spermaceti.
Spermaceti (n.) A white
waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of the sperm whale, and used
making candles, oilments, cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal
salts of palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The substance of
spermaceti after the removal of certain impurities is sometimes called cetin.
Spermalist (n.) See
Spermist.
Spermaphore (n.) That part
of the ovary from which the ovules arise; the placenta.
Spermary (n.) An organ in
which spermatozoa are developed; a sperm gland; a testicle.
Spermathecae (pl. ) of
Spermatheca
Spermatheca (n.) A small
sac connected with the female reproductive organs of insects and many other
invertebrates, serving to receive and retain the spermatozoa.
Spermatic (a.) Of or
pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc.
Spermatical (a.)
Spermatic.
Spermatin (n.) A substance
allied to alkali albumin and to mucin, present in semen, to which it is said to
impart the mucilaginous character.
Spermatism (n.) The
emission of sperm, or semen.
Spermatia (pl. ) of
Spermatium
Spermatium (n.) One of the
motionless spermatozoids in the conceptacles of certain fungi.
Spermatize (v. i.) To
yield seed; to emit seed, or sperm.
Spermato- () Alt. of Spermo-
Spermo- () Combining forms from
Gr. spe`rma, -atos, seed, sperm, semen (of plants or animals); as,
spermatoblast, spermoblast.
Spermatoblast (n.) Same as
Spermoblast.
Spermatocyte (n.) Same as
Spermoblast.
Spermatogemma (n.) Same as
Spermosphere.
Spermatogenesis (n.) The
development of the spermatozoids.
Spermatogenetic (a.)
Relating to, or connected with, spermatogenesis; as, spermatogenetic function.
Spermatogenous (a.)
Sperm-producing.
Spermatogonium (n.) A
primitive seminal cell, occuring in masses in the seminal tubules. It divides
into a mass (spermosphere) of small cells (spermoblast), which in turn give rise
to spermatozoids.
Spermatoid (a.) Spermlike;
resembling sperm, or semen.
Spermatoa (pl. ) of
Spermatoon
Spermatoon (n.) A
spermoblast.
Spermatophore (n.) Same as
Spermospore.
Spermatophore (n.) A
capsule or pocket inclosing a number of spermatozoa. They are present in many
annelids, brachiopods, mollusks, and crustaceans. In cephalopods the structure
of the capsule is very complex.
Spermatophorous (a.)
Producing seed, or sperm; seminiferous; as, the so-called spermatophorous cells.
Spermatorrhea (n.) Alt. of
Spermatorrhoea
Spermatorrhoea (n.)
Abnormally frequent involuntary emission of the semen without copulation.
Spermatospore (n.) Same as
Spermospore.
Spermatozoid (n.) The male
germ cell in animals and plants, the essential element in fertilization; a
microscopic animalcule-like particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by
which it is capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a
small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or tail.
Called also spermatozoon. In plants the more usual term is antherozoid.
Spermatozooid (n.) A
spermatozoid.
Spermatozoa (pl. ) of
Spermatozoon
Spermatozoon (n.) Same as
Spermatozoid.
Spermic (a.) Of or
pertaining to sperm, or semen.
Spermidia (pl. ) of
Spermidium
Spermidium (n.) An
achenium.
Spermist (n.) A believer
in the doctrine, formerly current, of encasement in the male (see Encasement),
in which the seminal thread, or spermatozoid, was considered as the real animal
germ, the head being the true animal head and the tail the body.
Spermoblast (n.) One of
the cells formed by the division of the spermospore, each of which is destined
to become a spermatozoid; a spermatocyte; a spermatoblast.
Spermococcus (n.) The
nucleus of the sperm cell.
Spermoderm (n.) The
covering of a seed; -- sometimes limited to the outer coat or testa.
Spermogonium (n.) A
conceptacle of certain lichens, which contains spermatia.
Spermologist (n.) One who
treats of, or collects, seeds.
Spermophile (n.) Any
ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus; a gopher. See Illust. under Gopher.
Spermophore (n.) A
spermatophore.
Spermophyta (n. pl.)
Plants which produce seed; phaenogamia. These plants constitute the highest
grand division of the vegetable kingdom.
Spermophyte (n.) Any plant
which produces true seeds; -- a term recently proposed to replace ph/nogam.
Spermophytic (a.) Capable
of producing seeds; ph/nogamic.
Spermoplasma (n.) The
protoplasm of the sperm cell.
Spermosphere (n.) A mass
or ball of cells formed by the repeated division of a male germinal cell
(spermospore), each constituent cell (spermoblast) of which is converted into a
spermatozoid; a spermatogemma.
Spermospore (n.) The male
germinal or seminal cell, from the breaking up of which the spermoblasts are
formed and ultimately the spermatozoids; a spermatospore.
Spermule (n.) A sperm
cell.
Sperm whale () A very large
toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The
upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull,
there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale
sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the
warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale.
Sperrylite (n.) An
arsenide of platinum occuring in grains and minute isometric crystals of
tin-white color. It is found near Sudbury, Ontario Canada, and is the only known
compound of platinum occuring in nature.
Sperse (v. t.) To
disperse.
Spessartite (n.) A
manganesian variety of garnet.
Spet (v. t.) To spit; to
throw out.
Spet (n.) Spittle.
Spetches (n. pl.) Parings
and refuse of hides, skins, etc., from which glue is made.
Spewed (imp. & p. p.) of
Spew
Spewing (p. pr.& vb. n.)
of Spew
Spew (v. t.) To eject from
the stomach; to vomit.
Spew (v. t.) To cast forth
with abhorrence or disgust; to eject.
Spew (v. i.) To vomit.
Spew (v. i.) To eject
seed, as wet land swollen with frost.
Spew (n.) That which is
vomited; vomit.
Spewer (n.) One who spews.
Spewiness (n.) The state
of being spewy.
Spewy (a.) Wet; soggy;
inclined to spew.
Sphacel (n.) Gangrene.
Sphacelated (imp. & p. p.)
of Spacelate
Sphacelating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spacelate
Spacelate (v. i.) To die,
decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify.
Sphacelate (v. t.) To
affect with gangrene.
Sphacelate (a.) Alt. of
Sphacelated
Sphacelated (a.) Affected
with gangrene; mortified.
Sphacelation (n.) The
process of becoming or making gangrenous; mortification.
Sphacelus (n.) Gangrenous
part; gangrene; slough.
Sphaerenchyma (n.)
Vegetable tissue composed of thin-walled rounded cells, -- a modification of
parenchyma.
Sphaeridia (pl. ) of
Sphaeridium
Sphaeridium (n.) A
peculiar sense organ found upon the exterior of most kinds of sea urchins, and
consisting of an oval or sherical head surmounting a short pedicel. It is
generally supposed to be an olfactory organ.
Sphaerospore (n.) One of
the nonsexual spores found in red algae; a tetraspore.
Sphaerulite (n.) Same as
Spherulite.
Sphagnicolous (a.) Growing
in moss of the genus Sphagnum.
Sphagnous (a.) Pertaining
to moss of the genus Sphagnum, or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss.
Sphagnum (n.) A genus of
mosses having white leaves slightly tinged with red or green and found growing
in marshy places; bog moss; peat moss.
Sphalerite (n.) Zinc
sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false galena, etc. See Blende (a).
Sphene (n.) A mineral
found usually in thin, wedge-shaped crystals of a yellow or green to black
color. It is a silicate of titanium and calcium; titanite.
Sphenethmoid (a.) Of or
pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the
sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal.
Sphenethmoid (n.) The
sphenethmoid bone.
Sphenethmoidal (a.)
Relating to the sphenoethmoid bone; sphenoethmoid.
Spheniscan (n.) Any
species of penguin.
Spheno- () A combining form used
in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sphenoid bone; as in
sphenomaxillary, sphenopalatine.
Sphenodon (n.) Same as
Hatteria.
Sphenoethmoidal (a.)
Sphenethmoid.
Sphenogram (n.) A
cuneiform, or arrow-headed, character.
Sphenographer (n.) One
skilled in sphenography; a sphenographist.
Sphenographic (a.) Of or
pertaining to sphenography.
Sphenographist (n.) A
sphenographer.
Sphenography (n.) The art
of writing in cuneiform characters, or of deciphering inscriptions made in such
characters.
Sphenoid (a.)
Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal.
Sphenoid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the sphenoid bone.
Sphenoid (n.) A
wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles. It is the
hemihedral form of a square pyramid.
Sphenoid (n.) The sphenoid
bone.
Sphenoidal (a.) Sphenoid.
Sphenoidal (a.) Pertaining
to, or resembling, a sphenoid.
Sphenotic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, the sphenotic bone.
Sphenotic (n.) The
sphenotic bone.
Spheral (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sphere or the spheres.
Spheral (a.) Rounded like
a sphere; sphere-shaped; hence, symmetrical; complete; perfect.
Sphere (n.) A body or
space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equally distant
from a point within called its center.
Sphere (n.) Hence, any
globe or globular body, especially a celestial one, as the sun, a planet, or the
earth.
Sphere (n.) The apparent
surface of the heavens, which is assumed to be spherical and everywhere equally
distant, in which the heavenly bodies appear to have their places, and on which
the various astronomical circles, as of right ascension and declination, the
equator, ecliptic, etc., are conceived to be drawn; an ideal geometrical sphere,
with the astronomical and geographical circles in their proper positions on it.
Sphere (n.) In ancient
astronomy, one of the concentric and eccentric revolving spherical transparent
shells in which the stars, sun, planets, and moon were supposed to be set, and
by which they were carried, in such a manner as to produce their apparent
motions.
Sphere (n.) The extension
of a general conception, or the totality of the individuals or species to which
it may be applied.
Sphere (n.) Circuit or
range of action, knowledge, or influence; compass; province; employment; place
of existence.
Sphere (n.) Rank; order of
society; social positions.
Sphere (n.) An orbit, as
of a star; a socket.
Sphered (imp. & p. p.) of
Sphere
Sphering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sphere
Sphere (v. t.) To place in
a sphere, or among the spheres; to insphere.
Sphere (v. t.) To form
into roundness; to make spherical, or spheral; to perfect.
Spherical (a.) Alt. of
Spheric
Spheric (a.) Having the
form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body.
Spheric (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sphere.
Spheric (a.) Of or
pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according
to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set.
Sphericity (n.) The
quality or state of being spherial; roundness; as, the sphericity of the
planets, or of a drop of water.
Sphericle (n.) A small
sphere.
Spherics (n.) The doctrine
of the sphere; the science of the properties and relations of the circles,
figures, and other magnitudes of a sphere, produced by planes intersecting it;
spherical geometry and trigonometry.
Spherobacteria (n. pl.)
See the Note under Microbacteria.
Spheroconic (n.) A
nonplane curve formed by the intersection of the surface of an oblique cone with
the surface of a sphere whose center is at the vertex of the cone.
Spherograph (n.) An
instrument for facilitating the practical use of spherics in navigation and
astronomy, being constructed of two cardboards containing various circles, and
turning upon each other in such a manner that any possible spherical triangle
may be readily found, and the measures of the parts read off by inspection.
Spheroid (n.) A body or
figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectly spherical; esp., a solid
generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its axes.
Spheroidal (a.) Having the
form of a spheroid.
Spheroidic (a.) Alt. of
Spheroidical
Spheroidical (a.) See
Spheroidal.
Spheroidicity (n.) Alt. of
Spheroidity
Spheroidity (n.) The
quality or state of being spheroidal.
Spheromere (n.) Any one of
the several symmetrical segments arranged around the central axis and composing
the body of a radiate anmal.
Spherometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the curvature of spherical surface, as of lenses for
telescope, etc.
Spherosiderite (n.)
Siderite occuring in spheroidal masses.
Spherosome (n.) The body
wall of any radiate animal.
Spherulate (a.) Covered or
set with spherules; having one or more rows of spherules, or minute tubercles.
Spherule (n.) A little
sphere or spherical body; as, quicksilver, when poured upon a plane, divides
itself into a great number of minute spherules.
Spherulite (n.) A minute
spherical crystalline body having a radiated structure, observed in some
vitreous volcanic rocks, as obsidian and pearlstone.
Spherulitic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a spherulite; characterized by the presence of spherulites.
Sphery (a.) Round;
spherical; starlike.
Sphery (a.) Of or
pertaining to the spheres.
Sphex (n.) Any one of
numerous species of sand wasps of the genus Sphex and allied genera. These wasps
have the abdomen attached to the thorax by a slender pedicel. See Illust. of
Sand wasp, under Sand.
Sphigmometer (n.) See
Sphygmometer.
Sphincter (n.) A muscle
which surrounds, and by its contraction tends to close, a natural opening; as,
the sphincter of the bladder.
Sphincter (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, a sphincter; as, a sphincter muscle.
Sphingid (n.) A sphinx.
Sphingid (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sphinx, or the family Sphingidae.
Sphinx (n.) In Egyptian
art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head, or the head of a ram
or of a hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion.
Sphinx (n.) On Greek art
and mythology, a she-monster, usually represented as having the winged body of a
lion, and the face and breast of a young woman.
Sphinx (n.) Hence: A
person of enigmatical character and purposes, especially in politics and
diplomacy.
Sphinx (n.) Any one of
numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidae; -- called also hawk
moth.
Sphinx (n.) The Guinea, or
sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).
Sphragide (n.) Lemnian
earth.
Sphragistics (n.) The
science of seals, their history, age, distinctions, etc., esp. as verifying the
age and genuiness of documents.
Sphrigosis (n.) A
condition of vegetation in which there is too abundant growth of the stem and
leaves, accompanied by deficiency of flowers and fruit.
Sphygmic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the pulse.
Sphygmogram (n.) A
tracing, called a pulse tracing, consisting of a series of curves corresponding
with the beats of the heart, obtained by the application of the sphygmograph.
Sphygmograph (n.) An
instrument which, when applied over an artery, indicates graphically the
movements or character of the pulse. See Sphygmogram.
Sphygmographic (a.)
Relating to, or produced by, a sphygmograph; as, a sphygmographic tracing.
Sphygmometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the strength of the pulse beat; a sphygmograph.
Sphygmophone (n.) An
electrical instrument for determining by the ear the rhythm of the pulse of a
person at a distance.
Sphygmoscope (n.) Same as
Sphygmograph.
Sphyraenoid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Sphyraenidae, a family of marine fishes including the
barracudas.
Spial (n.) A spy; a scout.
Spicae (pl. ) of Spica
Spica (n.) A kind of
bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the
trunk; -- so called from its resemblance to a spike of a barley.
Spica (n.) A star of the
first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo.
Spicate (a.) Alt. of
Spicated
Spicated (a.) Having the
form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike or spikes.
Spiccato (a.) Detached;
separated; -- a term indicating that every note is to be performed in a distinct
and pointed manner.
Spice (n.) Species; kind.
Spice (n.) A vegetable
production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste, as
pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, ginger, cloves, etc., which are used
in cookery and to flavor sauces, pickles, etc.
Spice (n.) Figuratively,
that which enriches or alters the quality of a thing in a small degree, as spice
alters the taste of food; that which gives zest or pungency; a slight flavoring;
a relish; hence, a small quantity or admixture; a sprinkling; as, a spice of
mischief.
Spiced (imp. & p. p.) of
Spice
Spicing (p. p. & vb. n.)
of Spice
Spice (v. t.) To season
with spice, or as with spice; to mix aromatic or pungent substances with; to
flavor; to season; as, to spice wine; to spice one's words with wit.
Spice (v. t.) To fill or
impregnate with the odor of spices.
Spice (v. t.) To render
nice or dainty; hence, to render scrupulous.
Spicebush (n.) Spicewood.
Spicenut () A small crisp cake,
highly spiced.
Spicer (n.) One who
seasons with spice.
Spicer (n.) One who deals
in spice.
Spicery (n.) Spices, in
general.
Spicery (n.) A repository
of spices.
Spicewood (n.) An American
shrub (Lindera Benzoin), the bark of which has a spicy taste and odor; -- called
also Benjamin, wild allspice, and fever bush.
Spiciferous (a.) Bearing
ears, or spikes; spicate.
Spiciform (a.)
Spike-shaped.
Spicily (adv.) In a spicy
manner.
Spiciness (n.) The quality
or state of being spicy.
Spick (n.) A spike or
nail.
Spicknel (n.) An
umbelliferous herb (Meum Athamanticum) having finely divided leaves, common in
Europe; -- called also baldmoney, mew, and bearwort.
Spicose (a.) Having
spikes, or ears, like corn spikes.
Spicosity (n.) The state
of having, or being full of, ears like corn.
Spicous (a.) See Spicose.
Spiculae (pl. ) of Spicula
Spicula (n.) A little
spike; a spikelet.
Spicula (n.) A pointed
fleshy appendage.
Spicular (a.) Resembling a
dart; having sharp points.
Spiculate (a.) Covered
with, or having, spicules.
Spiculate (a.) Covered
with minute spiculae, or pointed fleshy appendages; divided into small
spikelets.
Spiculate (v. t.) To
sharpen to a point.
Spicule (n.) A minute,
slender granule, or point.
Spicule (n.) Same as
Spicula.
Spicule (n.) Any small
calcareous or siliceous body found in the tissues of various invertebrate
animals, especially in sponges and in most Alcyonaria.
Spiculiform (a.) Having
the shape of a spicule.
Spiculigenous (a.)
Producing or containing spicules.
Spiculispongiae (n. pl.) A
division of sponges including those which have independent siliceous spicules.
Spicula (pl. ) of Spiculum
Spiculum (n.) Same as
Spicule.
Spicy (superl.) Flavored
with, or containing, spice or spices; fragrant; aromatic; as, spicy breezes.
Spicy (superl.) Producing,
or abounding with, spices.
Spicy (superl.) Fig.:
Piquant; racy; as, a spicy debate.
Spider (n.) Any one of
numerous species of arachnids comprising the order Araneina. Spiders have the
mandibles converted into poison fangs, or falcers. The abdomen is large and not
segmented, with two or three pairs of spinnerets near the end, by means of which
they spin threads of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and
young. Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which they
prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on the
back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under Araneina.
Spider (n.) Any one of
various other arachnids resembling the true spiders, especially certain mites,
as the red spider (see under Red).
Spider (n.) An iron pan
with a long handle, used as a kitchen utensil in frying food. Originally, it had
long legs, and was used over coals on the hearth.
Spider (n.) A trevet to
support pans or pots over a fire.
Spider (n.) A skeleton, or
frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a
casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear
is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold
for a casting, etc.
Spidered (a.) Infested by
spiders; cobwebbed.
Spiderlike (a.) Like a
spider.
Spider web () Alt. of Spider's
web
Spider's web () The silken web
which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap
their prey. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider, under Geometric, and
Triangle.
Spiderwort (n.) An
American endogenous plant (Tradescantia Virginica), with long linear leaves and
ephemeral blue flowers. The name is sometimes extended to other species of the
same genus.
Spied () imp. & p. p. of Spy.
Spiegeleisen (n.) See
Spiegel iron.
Spiegel iron () A fusible white
cast iron containing a large amount of carbon (from three and a half to six per
cent) and some manganese. When the manganese reaches twenty-five per cent and
upwards it has a granular structure, and constitutes the alloy ferro manganese,
largely used in the manufacture of Bessemer steel. Called also specular pig
iron, spiegel, and spiegeleisen.
Spight (n. & v.) Spite.
Spight (n.) A woodpecker.
See Speight.
Spignel (n.) Same as
Spickenel.
Spignet (n.) An aromatic
plant of America. See Spikenard.
Spigot (n.) A pin or peg
used to stop the vent in a cask; also, the plug of a faucet or cock.
Spigurnel (n.) Formerly
the title of the sealer of writs in chancery.
Spike (n.) A sort of very
large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.
Spike (n.) Anything
resembling such a nail in shape.
Spike (n.) An ear of corn
or grain.
Spike (n.) A kind of
flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated
axis.
Spiked (imp. & p. p.) of
Spike
Spiking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spike
Spike (v. t.) To fasten
with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks.
Spike (v. t.) To set or
furnish with spikes.
Spike (v. t.) To fix on a
spike.
Spike (v. t.) To stop the
vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it.
Spike (n.) Spike lavender.
See Lavender.
Spikebill (n.) The hooded
merganser.
Spikebill (n.) The marbled
godwit (Limosa fedoa).
Spiked (a.) Furnished or
set with spikes, as corn; fastened with spikes; stopped with spikes.
Spikefish (n.) See
Sailfish (a)
Spikelet (n.) A small or
secondary spike; especially, one of the ultimate parts of the in florescence of
grasses. See Illust. of Quaking grass.
Spikenard (n.) An aromatic
plant. In the United States it is the Aralia racemosa, often called spignet, and
used as a medicine. The spikenard of the ancients is the Nardostachys Jatamansi,
a native of the Himalayan region. From its blackish roots a perfume for the hair
is still prepared in India.
Spikenard (n.) A fragrant
essential oil, as that from the Nardostachys Jatamansi.
Spiketail (n.) The pintail
duck.
Spiky (a.) Like a spike;
spikelike.
Spiky (a.) Having a sharp
point, or sharp points; furnished or armed with spikes.
Spile (n.) A small plug or
wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask.
Spile (n.) A small tube or
spout inserted in a tree for conducting sap, as from a sugar maple.
Spile (n.) A large stake
driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile.
Spile (v. t.) To supply
with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask.
Spilikin (n.) One of a
number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory, bone, or other material, for
playing a game, or for counting the score in a game, as in cribbage. In the
plural (spilikins
spilikins (pl. ) of
Spilikin
), a game played with such pieces; pushpin.
Spill (n.) A bit of wood
split off; a splinter.
Spill (n.) A slender piece
of anything.
Spill (n.) A peg or pin
for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.
Spill (n.) A metallic rod
or pin.
Spill (n.) A small roll of
paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc.
Spill (n.) One of the
thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in
advancing a level in loose ground.
Spill (n.) A little sum of
money.
Spilt (imp. & p. p.) of
Spill
Spilling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spill
Spill (v. t.) To cover or
decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
Spilled (imp. & p. p.) of
Spill
Spilt () of Spill
Spilling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spill
Spill (v. t.) To destroy;
to kill; to put an end to.
Spill (v. t.) To mar; to
injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste.
Spill (v. t.) To suffer to
fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or suffer to be scattered; -- applied to
fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to spill water
from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper;
to spill sand or flour.
Spill (v. t.) To cause to
flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or
in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood.
Spill (v. t.) To relieve a
sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or
furled, or to lessen the strain.
Spill (v. i.) To be
destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
Spill (v. i.) To be shed;
to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted.
Spiller (n.) One who, or
that which, spills.
Spiller (n.) A kind of
fishing line with many hooks; a boulter.
Spillet fishing () Alt. of
Spilliard fishing
Spilliard fishing () A system or
method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line;
-- in North America, called trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and
long-line fishing.
Spillikin (n.) See
Spilikin.
Spillway (n.) A sluiceway
or passage for superfluous water in a reservoir, to prevent too great pressure
on the dam.
Spilt () imp. & p. p. of Spill.
Spilled.
Spilter (n.) Any one of
the small branches on a stag's head.
Spilth (n.) Anything
spilt, or freely poured out; slop; effusion.
Spun (imp. & p. p.) of
Spin
Span (imp.) of Spin
Spinning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spin
Spin (v. t.) To draw out,
and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool,
cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a
fibrous material.
Spin (v. t.) To draw out
tediously; to form by a slow process, or by degrees; to extend to a great
length; -- with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject.
Spin (v. t.) To protract;
to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness.
Spin (v. t.) To cause to
turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top.
Spin (v. t.) To form (a
web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads produced by the extrusion of a
viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air;
-- said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
Spin (v. t.) To shape, as
malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing
against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a
lathe.
Spin (v. i.) To practice
spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from
fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great
exactness.
Spin (v. i.) To move round
rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis.
Spin (v. i.) To stream or
issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein.
Spin (v. i.) To move
swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
Spin (n.) The act of
spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle.
Spin (n.) Velocity of
rotation about some specified axis.
Spina bifida () A congenital
malformation in which the spinal column is cleft at its lower portion, and the
membranes of the spinal cord project as an elastic swelling from the gap thus
formed.
Spinaceous (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or resembling, the plant spinach, or the family of plants to
which it belongs.
Spinach (n.) Alt. of
Spinage
Spinage (n.) A common pot
herb (Spinacia oleracea) belonging to the Goosefoot family.
Spinal (a.) Of, pertaining
to, or in the region of, the backbone, or vertebral column; rachidian;
vertebral.
Spinal (a.) Of or
pertaining to a spine or spines.
Spinate (a.) Bearing a
spine; spiniform.
Spindle (n.) The long,
round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and
on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held
in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom.
Spindle (n.) A slender rod
or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane.
Spindle (n.) The shaft,
mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc.,
which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc.
Spindle (n.) The vertical
rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns.
Spindle (n.) A shaft or
pipe on which a core of sand is formed.
Spindle (n.) The fusee of
a watch.
Spindle (n.) A long and
slender stalk resembling a spindle.
Spindle (n.) A yarn
measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
Spindle (n.) A solid
generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate
or chord.
Spindle (n.) Any marine
univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also spindle stromb.
Spindle (n.) Any marine
gastropod of the genus Fusus.
Spindled (imp. & p. p.) of
Spindle
Spindling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spindle
Spindle (v. i.) To shoot
or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall
and slender.
Spindle-legged (a.) Having
long, slender legs.
Spindlelegs (n.) A
spindleshanks.
Spindle-shanked (a.)
Having long, slender legs.
Spindleshanks (n.) A
person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt.
Spindle-shaped (a.) Having
the shape of a spindle.
Spindle-shaped (a.)
Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly
to roots.
Spindletail (n.) The
pintail duck.
Spindleworm (n.) The larva
of a noctuid mmoth (Achatodes zeae) which feeds inside the stalks of corn
(maize), sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail
and a row of black dots across each segment.
Spindling (a.) Long and
slender, or disproportionately tall and slender; as, a spindling tree; a
spindling boy.
Spine (n.) A sharp
appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.
Spine (n.) A rigid and
sharp projection upon any part of an animal.
Spine (n.) One of the
rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.
Spine (n.) The backbone,
or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon
the vertebrae.
Spine (n.) Anything
resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.
Spineback (n.) A fish
having spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins.
Spinebill (n.) Any species
of Australian birds of the genus Acanthorhynchus. They are related to the honey
eaters.
Spined (a.) Furnished with
spines; spiny.
Spine-finned (a.) Having
fine supported by spinous fin rays; -- said of certain fishes.
Spinel (n.) Alt. of
Spinelle
Spinelle (n.) A mineral
occuring in octahedrons of great hardness and various colors, as red, green,
blue, brown, and black, the red variety being the gem spinel ruby. It consist
essentially of alumina and magnesia, but commonly contains iron and sometimes
also chromium.
Spinel (n.) Bleached yarn
in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.
Spineless (a.) Having no
spine.
Spinescent (a.) Becoming
hard and thorny; tapering gradually to a rigid, leafless point; armed with
spines.
Spinet (n.) A keyed
instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of
brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums
or jacks. It was formerly much used.
Spinet (n.) A spinny.
Spinetail (n.) Any one or
several species of swifts of the genus Acanthylis, or Chaetura, and allied
genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines.
Spinetail (n.) Any one of
several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds
belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the family Dendrocolaptidae. They
are allied to the ovenbirds.
Spinetail (n.) The ruddy
duck.
Spine-tailed (a.) Having
the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips.
Spineted (a.) Slit; cleft.
Spiniferous (a.) Producing
spines; bearing thorns or spines; thorny; spiny.
Spiniform (a.) Shaped like
a spine.
Spinigerous (a.) Bearing a
spine or spines; thorn-bearing.
Spininess (n.) Quality of
being spiny.
Spinii-spirulate (a.)
Having spines arranged spirally. See Spicule.
Spink (n.) The chaffinch.
Spinnaker (n.) A large
triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when running before the wind.
Spinner (n.) One who, or
that which, spins one skilled in spinning; a spinning machine.
Spinner (n.) A spider.
Spinner (n.) A goatsucker;
-- so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air.
Spinner (n.) A spinneret.
Spinneret (n.) One of the
special jointed organs situated on the under side, and near the end, of the
abdomen of spiders, by means of which they spin their webs. Most spiders have
three pairs of spinnerets, but some have only two pairs. The ordinary silk line
of the spider is composed of numerous smaller lines jointed after issuing from
the spinnerets.
Spinnerule (n.) One of the
numerous small spinning tubes on the spinnerets of spiders.
Spinneys (pl. ) of Spinney
Spinney (n.) Same as
Spinny.
Spinning () a. & n. from Spin.
Spinnies (pl. ) of Spinny
Spinny (n.) A small
thicket or grove with undergrowth; a clump of trees.
Spinny (a.) Thin and long;
slim; slender.
Spinose (a.) Full of
spines; armed with thorns; thorny.
Spinosity (n.) The quality
or state of being spiny or thorny; spininess.
Spinous (a.) Spinose;
thorny.
Spinous (a.) Having the
form of a spine or thorn; spinelike.
Spinozism (n.) The form of
Pantheism taught by Benedict Spinoza, that there is but one substance, or
infinite essence, in the universe, of which the so-called material and spiritual
beings and phenomena are only modes, and that one this one substance is God.
Spinozist (n.) A believer
in Spinozism.
Spinster (n.) A woman who
spins, or whose occupation is to spin.
Spinster (n.) A man who
spins.
Spinster (n.) An unmarried
or single woman; -- used in legal proceedings as a title, or addition to the
surname.
Spinster (n.) A woman of
evil life and character; -- so called from being forced to spin in a house of
correction.
Spinstress (n.) A woman
who spins.
Spinstry (n.) The business
of one who spins; spinning.
Spinule (n.) A minute
spine.
Spinulescent (a.) Having
small spines; somewhat thorny.
Spinulose (a.) Alt. of
Spinulous
Spinulous (a.) Covered
with small spines.
Spiny (a.) Full of spines;
thorny; as, a spiny tree.
Spiny (a.) Like a spine in
shape; slender.
Spiny (a.) Fig.: Abounding
with difficulties or annoyances.
Spiny (n.) See Spinny.
Spiodea (n. pl.) An
extensive division of marine Annelida, including those that are without oral
tentacles or cirri, and have the gills, when present, mostly arranged along the
sides of the body. They generally live in burrows or tubes.
Spirable (a.) Capable of
being breathed; respirable.
Spiracle (n.) The nostril,
or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals.
Spiracle (n.) One of the
external openings communicating with the air tubes or tracheae of insects,
myriapods, and arachnids. They are variable in number, and are usually situated
on the sides of the thorax and abdomen, a pair to a segment. These openings are
usually elliptical, and capable of being closed. See Illust. under Coleoptera.
Spiracle (n.) A tubular
orifice communicating with the gill cavity of certain ganoid and all
elasmobranch fishes. It is the modified first gill cleft.
Spiracle (n.) Any small
aperture or vent for air or other fluid.
Spiracular (a.) Of or
pertaining to a spiracle.
Spiraea (n.) A genus of
shrubs or perennial herbs including the meadowsweet and the hardhack.
Spiraeic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or derived from, the meadowsweet (Spiraea); formerly, designating
an acid which is now called salicylic acid.
Spiral (a.) Winding or
circling round a center or pole and gradually receding from it; as, the spiral
curve of a watch spring.
Spiral (a.) Winding round
a cylinder or imaginary axis, and at the same time rising or advancing forward;
winding like the thread of a screw; helical.
Spiral (a.) Of or
pertaining to a spiral; like a spiral.
Spiral (a.) A plane curve,
not reentrant, described by a point, called the generatrix, moving along a
straight line according to a mathematical law, while the line is revolving about
a fixed point called the pole. Cf. Helix.
Spiral (a.) Anything which
has a spiral form, as a spiral shell.
Spirality (n.) The quality
or states of being spiral.
Spirally (adv.) In a
spiral form, manner, or direction.
Spiralozooid (n.) One of
the special defensive zooids of certain hydroids. They have the form of long,
slender tentacles, and bear lasso cells.
Spirant (n.) A term used
differently by different authorities; -- by some as equivalent to fricative, --
that is, as including all the continuous consonants, except the nasals m, n, ng;
with the further exception, by others, of the liquids r, l, and the semivowels
w, y; by others limited to f, v, th surd and sonant, and the sound of German ch,
-- thus excluding the sibilants, as well as the nasals, liquids, and semivowels.
See Guide to Pronunciation, // 197-208.
Spiranthy (n.) The
occasional twisted growth of the parts of a flower.
Spiration (n.) The act of
breathing.
Spire (v. i.) To breathe.
Spire (n.) A slender stalk
or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat.
Spire (n.) A tapering body
that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically
(Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to
its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not
be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part
of a steeple, or the steeple itself.
Spire (n.) A tube or fuse
for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting.
Spire (n.) The top, or
uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
Spired (imp. & p. p.) of
Spire
Spiring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spire
Spire (v. i.) To shoot
forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire.
Spire (n.) A spiral; a
curl; a whorl; a twist.
Spire (n.) The part of a
spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See
Spiral, n.
Spired (a.) Having a
spire; being in the form of a spire; as, a spired steeple.
Spiricle (n.) One of
certain minute coiled threads in the coating of some seeds. When moistened these
threads protrude in great numbers.
Spirifer (n.) Any one of
numerous species of fossil brachipods of the genus Spirifer, or Delthyris, and
allied genera, in which the long calcareous supports of the arms form a large
spiral, or helix, on each side.
Spirillum (n.) A genus of
common motile microorganisms (Spirobacteria) having the form of spiral-shaped
filaments. One species is said to be the cause of relapsing fever.
Spiring (a.) Shooting up
in a spire or spires.
Spirit (n.) Air set in
motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
Spirit (n.) A rough
breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a
breathing.
Spirit (n.) Life, or
living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an
intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment;
vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.
Spirit (n.) The
intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction from
the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and spiritual
functions, whether spiritual or material.
Spirit (n.) Specifically,
a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body.
Spirit (n.) Any
supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also,
sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf.
Spirit (n.) Energy,
vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.
Spirit (n.) One who is
vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics
of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit.
Spirit (n.) Temper or
disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral
state; -- often in the plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be
downhearted, or in bad spirits.
Spirit (n.) Intent; real
meaning; -- opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic
quality, especially such as is derived from the individual genius or the
personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like.
Spirit (n.) Tenuous,
volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities.
Spirit (n.) Any liquid
produced by distillation; especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine
(it having been first distilled from wine): -- often in the plural.
Spirit (n.) Rum, whisky,
brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction
from wine and malt liquors.
Spirit (n.) A solution in
alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture.
Spirit (n.) Any one of the
four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according
to some, orpiment).
Spirit (n.) Stannic
chloride. See under Stannic.
Spirited (imp. & p. p.) of
Spirit
Spiriting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spirit
Spirit (v. t.) To animate
with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often
spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up.
Spirit (v. t.) To convey
rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to
kidnap; -- often with away, or off.
Spiritally (adv.) By means
of the breath.
Spirited (a.) Animated or
possessed by a spirit.
Spirited (a.) Animated;
full of life or vigor; lively; full of spirit or fire; as, a spirited oration; a
spirited answer.
Spiritful (a.) Full of
spirit; spirited.
Spiritism (n.)
Spiritualsm.
Spiritist (n.) A
spiritualist.
Spiritless (a.) Destitute
of spirit; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed.
Spiritless (a.) Destitute
of vigor; wanting life, courage, or fire.
Spiritless (a.) Having no
breath; extinct; dead.
Spiritoso (a. & adv.)
Spirited; spiritedly; -- a direction to perform a passage in an animated, lively
manner.
Spiritous (a.) Like
spirit; refined; defecated; pure.
Spiritous (a.) Ardent;
active.
Spiritousness (n.) Quality
of being spiritous.
Spiritual (a.) Consisting
of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being.
Spiritual (a.) Of or
pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental;
intellectual.
Spiritual (a.) Of or
pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the soul, as distinguished from
the external actions; reaching and affecting the spirits.
Spiritual (a.) Of or
pertaining to the soul or its affections as influenced by the Spirit; controlled
and inspired by the divine Spirit; proceeding from the Holy Spirit; pure; holy;
divine; heavenly-minded; -- opposed to carnal.
Spiritual (a.) Not lay or
temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions
of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation.
Spiritual (n.) A spiritual
function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2.
Spiritualism (n.) The
quality or state of being spiritual.
Spiritualism (n.) The
doctrine, in opposition to the materialists, that all which exists is spirit, or
soul -- that what is called the external world is either a succession of notions
impressed on the mind by the Deity, as maintained by Berkeley, or else the mere
educt of the mind itself, as taught by Fichte.
Spiritualism (n.) A belief
that departed spirits hold intercourse with mortals by means of physical
phenomena, as by rappng, or during abnormal mental states, as in trances, or the
like, commonly manifested through a person of special susceptibility, called a
medium; spiritism; the doctrines and practices of spiritualists.
Spiritualist (n.) One who
professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a
spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.
Spiritualist (n.) One who
maintains the doctrine of spiritualism.
Spiritualist (n.) One who
believes in direct intercourse with departed spirits, through the agency of
persons commonly called mediums, by means of physical phenomena; one who
attempts to maintain such intercourse; a spiritist.
Spiritualist (a.)
Spiritualistic.
Spiritualistic (a.)
Relating to, or connected with, spiritualism.
Spiritualities (pl. ) of
Spirituality
Spirituality (n.) The
quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness.
Spirituality (n.) That
which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion,
as distinct from temporalities.
Spirituality (n.) An
ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed
to, the temporality.
Spiritualization (n.) The
act of spiritualizing, or the state of being spiritualized.
Spiritualized (imp. & p. p.)
of Spiritualize
Spiritualizing (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Spiritualize
Spiritualize (v. t.) To
refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of
the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize
soul.
Spiritualize (v. t.) To
give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; -- opposed to
literalize.
Spiritualize (v. t.) To
extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.
Spiritualizer (n.) One who
spiritualizes.
Spiritually (adv.) In a
spiritual manner; with purity of spirit; like a spirit.
Spiritual-minded (a.)
Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and
affections.
Spiritualness (n.) The
quality or state of being spiritual or spiritual-minded; spirituality.
Spiritualty (n.) An
ecclesiastical body; a spirituality.
Spiritielle (a.) Of the
nature, or having the appearance, of a spirit; pure; refined; ethereal.
Spirituosity (n.) The
quality or state of being spirituous; spirituousness.
Spirituous (a.) Having the
quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties;
ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure.
Spirituous (a.)
Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic (esp. distilled) spirit; consisting
of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent; as, spirituous liquors.
Spirituous (a.) Lively;
gay; vivid; airy.
Spirituousness (n.) The
quality or state of being spirituous.
Spirketing (n.) The
planking from the waterways up to the port sills.
Spirling (n.) Sparling.
Spirobacteria (n. pl.) See
the Note under Microbacteria.
Spirochaeta (n.) Alt. of
Spirochaete
Spirochaete (n.) A genus
of Spirobacteria similar to Spirillum, but distinguished by its motility. One
species, the Spirochaete Obermeyeri, is supposed to be the cause of relapsing
fever.
Spirograph (n.) An
instrument for recording the respiratory movements, as the sphygmograph does
those of the pulse.
Spirometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs, or the volume of air
which can be expelled from the chest after the deepest possible inspiration. Cf.
Pneumatometer.
Spirometry (n.) The act or
process of measuring the chest capacity by means of a spirometer.
Spiroscope (n.) A wet
meter used to determine the breathing capacity of the lungs.
Spiroylic (a.) Alt. of
Spiroylous
Spiroylous (a.) Pertaining
to, or designating, a substance now called salicylal.
Spirt (v. & n.) Same as
Spurt.
Spirtle (v. t.) To spirt
in a scattering manner.
Spirula (n.) A genus of
cephalopods having a multilocular, internal, siphunculated shell in the form of
a flat spiral, the coils of which are not in contact.
Spirulate (n.) Having the
color spots, or structural parts, arranged spirally.
Spiry (a.) Of a spiral
form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.
Spiry (a.) Of or
pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in
spires; as, spiry turrets.
Spiss (a.) Thick; crowded;
compact; dense.
Spissated (a.) Rendered
dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened.
Spissitude (n.) The
quality or state of being spissated; as, the spissitude of coagulated blood, or
of any coagulum.
Spit (n.) A long, slender,
pointed rod, usually of iron, for holding meat while roasting.
Spit (n.) A small point of
land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into
the sea; as, a spit of sand.
Spit (n.) The depth to
which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful.
Spitted (imp. & p. p.) of
Spit
Spitting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spit
Spit (n.) To thrust a spit
through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a
loin of veal.
Spit (n.) To spade; to
dig.
Spit (v. i.) To attend to
a spit; to use a spit.
Spit (imp. & p. p.) of
Spit
Spat () of Spit
Spitting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spit
Spit (n.) To eject from
the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth.
Spit (n.) To eject; to
throw out; to belch.
Spit (n.) The secretion
formed by the glands of the mouth; spitle; saliva; sputum.
Spit (v. i.) To throw out
saliva from the mouth.
Spit (v. i.) To rain or
snow slightly, or with sprinkles.
Spital (n.) A hospital.
Spitalhouse (n.) A
hospital.
Spitball (n.) Paper
chewed, and rolled into a ball, to be thrown as a missile.
Spitbox (n.) A vessel to
receive spittle.
Spitchcock (v. t.) To
split (as an eel) lengthwise, and broil it, or fry it in hot fat.
Spitchcock (n.) An eel
split and broiled.
Spitchcocked (a.) Broiled
or fried after being split lengthwise; -- said of eels.
Spit curl () A little lock of
hair, plastered in a spiral form on the temple or forehead with spittle, or
other adhesive substance.
Spite (n.) Ill-will or
hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or
thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite.
Spite (n.) Vexation;
chargrin; mortification.
Spited (imp. & p. p.) of
Spite
Spiting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spite
Spite (v. t.) To be angry
at; to hate.
Spite (v. t.) To treat
maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
Spite (v. t.) To fill with
spite; to offend; to vex.
Spiteful (a.) Filled with,
or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant;
malicious; as, a spiteful person or act.
Spitfire (n.) A violent,
irascible, or passionate person.
Spitfuls (pl. ) of Spitful
Spitful (n.) A spadeful.
Spitous (a.) Having spite;
spiteful.
Spitously (adv.)
Spitefully.
Spitscocked (a.)
Spitchcocked.
Spitted (a.) Put upon a
spit; pierced as if by a spit.
Spitted (a.) Shot out
long; -- said of antlers.
Spitted () p. p. of Spit, v. i.,
to eject, to spit.
Spitter (n.) One who
ejects saliva from the mouth.
Spitter (n.) One who puts
meat on a spit.
Spitter (n.) A young deer
whose antlers begin to shoot or become sharp; a brocket, or pricket.
Spittle (n.) See Spital.
Spittle (v. t.) To dig or
stir with a small spade.
Spittle (n.) A small sort
of spade.
Spittle (n.) The thick,
moist matter which is secreted by the salivary glands; saliva; spit.
Spittly (a.) Like spittle;
slimy.
Spittoon (n.) A spitbox; a
cuspidor.
Spit-venom (n.) Poison
spittle; poison ejected from the mouth.
Spitz dog () A breed of dogs
having erect ears and long silky hair, usually white; -- called also Pomeranian
dog, and louploup.
Spitzenburgh (n.) A kind
of red and yellow apple, of medium size and spicy flavor. It originated at
Newtown, on Long Island.
Splanchnapophyses (pl. )
of Splanchnapophysis
Splanchnapophysis (n.) Any
element of the skeleton in relation with the alimentary canal, as the jaws and
hyoidean apparatus.
Splanchnic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the viscera; visceral.
Splanchnography (n.)
Splanchnology.
Splanchnology (n.) That
part of anatomy which treats of the viscera; also, a treatise on the viscera.
Splanchnopleure (n.) The
inner, or visceral, one of the two lamellae into which the vertebrate blastoderm
divides on either side of the notochord, and from which the walls of the enteric
canal and the umbilical vesicle are developed. See Somatopleure.
Splanchno-skeleton (n.)
That part of the skeleton connected with the sense organs and the viscera.
Splanchnotomy (n.) The
dissection, or anatomy, of the viscera.
Splandrel (n.) See
Spandrel.
Splashed (imp. & p. p.) of
Splash
Splashing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Splash
Splash (v. t.) To strike
and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash.
Splash (v. t.) To spatter
water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.
Splash (v. i.) To strike
and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter.
Splash (n.) Water, or
water and dirt, thrown upon anything, or thrown from a puddle or the like; also,
a spot or daub, as of matter which wets or disfigures.
Splash (n.) A noise made
by striking upon or in a liquid.
Splashboard (n.) A guard
in the front part of vehicle, to prevent splashing by a mud or water from the
horse's heels; -- in the United States commonly called dashboard.
Splasher (n.) One who, or
that which, splashes.
Splasher (n.) One of the
guarde over the wheels, as of a carriage, locomotive, etc.
Splasher (n.) A guard to
keep off splashes from anything.
Splashy (a.) Full of dirty
water; wet and muddy, so as be easily splashed about; slushy.
Splatter (v. i. & t.) To
spatter; to splash.
Splatterdash (n .) Uproar.
Splay (v. t.) To display;
to spread.
Splay (v. t.) To
dislocate, as a shoulder bone.
Splay (v. t.) To spay; to
castrate.
Splay (v. t.) To turn on
one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window,
etc.
Splay (a.) Displayed;
spread out; turned outward; hence, flat; ungainly; as, splay shoulders.
Splay (a.) A slope or
bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made
larged at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces
than it is between them.
Splayfeet (pl. ) of
Splayfoot
Splayfoot (n.) A foot that
is abnormally flattened and spread out; flat foot.
Splayfoot (a.) Alt. of
Splayfooted
Splayfooted (a.) Having a
splayfoot or splayfeet.
Splaymouths (pl. ) of
Splaymouth
Splaymouth (n.) A wide
mouth; a mouth stretched in derision.
Splaymouthed (a.) Having a
splaymouth.
Spleen (n.) A peculiar
glandlike but ductless organ found near the stomach or intestine of most
vertebrates and connected with the vascular system; the milt. Its exact function
in not known.
Spleen (n.) Anger; latent
spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one's spleen.
Spleen (n.) A fit of
anger; choler.
Spleen (n.) A sudden
motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim.
Spleen (n.) Melancholy;
hypochondriacal affections.
Spleen (n.) A fit of
immoderate laughter or merriment.
Spleen (v. t.) To dislke.
Spleened (a.) Deprived of
the spleen.
Spleened (a.) Angered;
annoyed.
Spleenful (a.) Displaying,
or affected with, spleen; angry; fretful; melancholy.
Spleenish (a.) Spleeny;
affected with spleen; fretful.
Spleenless (a.) Having no
spleen; hence, kind; gentle; mild.
Spleenwort (n.) Any fern
of the genus Asplenium, some species of which were anciently used as remedies
for disorders of the spleen.
Spleeny (a.) Irritable;
peevish; fretful.
Spleeny (a.) Affected with
nervous complaints; melancholy.
Spleget (n.) A cloth
dipped in a liquid for washing a sore.
Splenalgia (n.) Pain over
the region of the spleen.
Splenculi (pl. ) of
Splenculus
Splenculus (n.) A
lienculus.
Splendent (a.) Shining;
glossy; beaming with light; lustrous; as, splendent planets; splendent metals.
See the Note under 3d Luster, 4.
Splendent (a.) Very
conspicuous; illustrious.
Splendid (a.) Possessing
or displaying splendor; shining; very bright; as, a splendid sun.
Splendid (a.) Showy;
magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid palace; a splendid procession or
pageant.
Splendid (a.) Illustrious;
heroic; brilliant; celebrated; famous; as, a splendid victory or reputation.
Splendidious (a.)
Splendid.
Splendidly (adv.) In a
splendid manner; magnificently.
Splendidness (n.) The
quality of being splendid.
Splendidous (a.) Splendid.
Splendiferous (a.)
Splendor-bearing; splendid.
Splendor (n.) Great
brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun.
Splendor (n.) Magnifience;
pomp; parade; as, the splendor of equipage, ceremonies, processions, and the
like.
Splendor (n.) Brilliancy;
glory; as, the splendor of a victory.
Splendrous (a.) Alt. of
Splendorous
Splendorous (a.) Splendid.
Splenetic (a.) Affected
with spleen; malicious; spiteful; peevish; fretful.
Splenetic (n.) A person
affected with spleen.
Splenetical (a.)
Splenetic.
Splenetically (adv.) In a
splenetical manner.
Splenial (a.) Designating
the splenial bone.
Splenial (a.) Of or
pertaining to the splenial bone or splenius muscle.
Splenial (n.) The splenial
bone.
Splenic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the spleen; lienal; as, the splenic vein.
Splenical (a.) Splenic.
Splenish (a.) Spleenish.
Splenitis (n.)
Inflammation of the spleen.
Splenitive (a.) Splenetic.
Splenium (n.) The
thickened posterior border of the corpus callosum; -- so called in allusion to
its shape.
Splenius (n.) A flat
muscle of the back of the neck.
Splenization (n.) A morbid
state of the lung produced by inflammation, in which its tissue resembles that
of the spleen.
Splenocele (n.) Hernia
formed by the spleen.
Splenography (n.) A
description of the spleen.
Splenoid (a.) Resembling
the spleen; spleenlike.
Splenology (n.) The branch
of science which treats of the spleen.
Splenotomy (n.) Dissection
or anatomy of the spleen.
Splenotomy (n.) An
incision into the spleen; removal of the spleen by incision.
Splent (n.) See Splent.
Splent (n.) See Splent
coal, below.
Spleuchan (n.) A pouch, as
for tobacco.
Spliced (imp. & p. p.) of
Splice
Splicing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Splice
Splice (v. t.) To unite,
as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the
strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of
a rope.
Splice (v. t.) To unite,
as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying
a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making
fast.
Splice (v. t.) To unite in
marrige.
Splice (n.) A junction or
joining made by splicing.
Spline (n.) A rectangular
piece fitting grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one
may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together; a feather; also,
sometimes, a groove to receive such a rectangular piece.
Spline (n.) A long,
flexble piece of wood sometimes used as a ruler.
Splining (a.) Of or
pertaining to a spline.
Splint (v. t.) A piece
split off; a splinter.
Splint (v. t.) A thin
piece of wood, or other substance, used to keep in place, or protect, an injured
part, especially a broken bone when set.
Splint (v. t.) A splint
bone.
Splint (v. t.) A disease
affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence.
Splint (v. t.) One of the
small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below.
Splint (v. t.) Splint, or
splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.
Splinted (imp. & p. p.) of
Splint
Splinting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Splint
Splint (v. t.) To split
into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver.
Splint (v. t.) To fasten
or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2.
Splintered (imp. & p. p.)
of Splinter
Splintering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Splinter
Splinter (n.) To split or
rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree.
Splinter (n.) To fasten or
confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
Splinter (v. i.) To become
split into long pieces.
Splinter (n.) A thin piece
split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a
thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship's mast rent off by a shot.
Splinterproof (a.) Proof
against the splinters, or fragments, of bursting shells.
Splintery (a.) Consisting
of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral.
Split (imp. & p. p.) of
Split
Splitted () of Split
Splitting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Split
Split (v. t.) To divide
lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by force; to divide in the
direction of the grain layers; to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of
timber or a board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin.
Split (v. t.) To burst; to
rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.
Split (v. t.) To divide or
break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or
parties, as a political party; to disunite.
Split (v. t.) To divide or
separate into components; -- often used with up; as, to split up sugar into
alcohol and carbonic acid.
Split (v. i.) To part
asunder; to be rent; to burst; as, vessels split by the freezing of water in
them.
Split (v. i.) To be
broken; to be dashed to pieces.
Split (v. i.) To separate
into parties or factions.
Split (v. i.) To burst
with laughter.
Split (v. i.) To divulge a
secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
Split (v. i.) to divide
one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to
a player have the same value.
Split (n.) A crack, or
longitudinal fissure.
Split (n.) A breach or
separation, as in a political party; a division.
Split (n.) A piece that is
split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
Split (n.) Specif (Leather
Manuf.), one of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more
thicknesses.
Split (n.) A division of a
stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt
in the same turn.
Split (n.) the
substitution of more than one share of a corporation's stock for one share. The
market price of the stock usually drops in proportion to the increase in
outstanding shares of stock. The split may be in any ratio, as a two-for-one
split; a three-for-two split.
Split (n.) the division by
a player of one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two
cards dealt to a player have the same value; the player is usually obliged to
increase the amount wagered by placing a sum equal to the original bet on the
new hand thus created.
Split (a.) Divided; cleft.
Split (a.) Divided deeply;
cleft.
Splitfeet (n. pl.) The
Fissipedia.
Split-tail (n.) A
california market fish (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) belonging to the Carp
family.
Split-tail (n.) The
pintail duck.
Splitter (n.) One who, or
that which, splits.
Split-tongued (a.) Having
a forked tongue, as that of snakes and some lizards.
Splotch (n.) A spot; a
stain; a daub.
Splotchy (a.) Covered or
marked with splotches.
Splurge (n.) A blustering
demonstration, or great effort; a great display.
Splurge (v. i.) To make a
great display in any way, especially in oratory.
Spluttered (imp. & p. p.)
of Splutter
Spluttering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Splutter
Splutter (v. i.) To speak
hastily and confusedly; to sputter.
Splutter (n.) A confused
noise, as of hasty speaking.
Splutterer (n.) One who
splutters.
Spodomancy (n.) Divination
by means of ashes.
Spodomantic (a.) Relating
to spodomancy, or divination by means of ashes.
Spodumene (n.) A mineral
of a white to yellowish, purplish, or emerald-green color, occuring in prismatic
crystals, often of great size. It is a silicate of aluminia and lithia. See
Hiddenite.
Spoffish (a.) Earnest and
active in matters of no moment; bustling.
Spoiled (imp. & p. p.) of
Spoil
Spoilt () of Spoil
Spoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spoil
Spoil (v. t.) To plunder;
to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the
thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.
Spoil (v. t.) To seize by
violence;; to take by force; to plunder.
Spoil (v. t.) To cause to
decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar.
Spoil (v. t.) To render
useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper;
to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.
Spoil (v. i.) To practice
plunder or robbery.
Spoil (v. i.) To lose the
valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm
weather.
Spoil (n.) That which is
taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy;
pillage; booty.
Spoil (n.) Public offices
and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or
faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; -- commonly in the plural; as to
the victor belong the spoils.
Spoil (n.) That which is
gained by strength or effort.
Spoil (n.) The act or
practice of plundering; robbery; aste.
Spoil (n.) Corruption;
cause of corruption.
Spoil (n.) The slough, or
cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.
Spoilable (a.) Capable of
being spoiled.
Spoiler (n.) One who
spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.
Spoiler (n.) One who
corrupts, mars, or renders useless.
Spoilfive (n.) A certain
game at cards in which, if no player wins three of the five tricks possible on
any deal, the game is said to be spoiled.
Spoilful (a.) Wasteful;
rapacious.
Spoilsmen (pl. ) of
Spoilsman
Spoilsman (n.) One who
serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics,
one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan
service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public
service.
Spoilsmonger (n.) One who
promises or distributes public offices and their emoluments as the price of
services to a party or its leaders.
Spoke () imp. of Speak.
Spoke (n.) The radius or
ray of a wheel; one of the small bars which are inserted in the hub, or nave,
and which serve to support the rim or felly.
Spoke (n.) A projecting
handle of a steering wheel.
Spoke (n.) A rung, or
round, of a ladder.
Spoke (n.) A contrivance
for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent it from turning in going down a
hill.
Spoked (imp. & p. p.) of
Spoke
Spoking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spoke
Spoke (v. t.) To furnish
with spokes, as a wheel.
Spoken (a.) Uttered in
speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a spoken narrative; the spoken
word.
Spoken (a.) Characterized
by a certain manner or style in speaking; -- often in composition; as, a
pleasant-spoken man.
Spokeshave (n.) A kind of
drawing knife or planing tool for dressing the spokes of wheels, the shells of
blocks, and other curved work.
Spokesmen (pl. ) of
Spokesman
Spokesman (n.) One who
speaks for another.
Spoliated (imp. & p. p.)
of Spoliate
Spoliating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spoliate
Spoliate (v. t.) To
plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob.
Spoliation (v. t.) The act
of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.
Spoliation (v. t.) Robbery
or plunder in war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering
neutrals at sea.
Spoliation (v. t.) The act
of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a
pretended title.
Spoliation (v. t.) A
process for possession of a church in a spiritual court.
Spoliation (v. t.) Injury
done to a document.
Spoliative (a.) Serving to
take away, diminish, or rob; esp. (Med.), serving to diminish sensibily the
amount of blood in the body; as, spoliative bloodletting.
Spoliator (n.) One who
spoliates; a spoiler.
Spoliatory (a.) Tending to
spoil; destructive; spoliative.
Spondaic (a.) Alt. of
Spondaical
Spondaical (a.) Or of
pertaining to a spondee; consisting of spondees.
Spondaical (a.) Containing
spondees in excess; marked by spondees; as, a spondaic hexameter, i. e., one
which has a spondee instead of a dactyl in the fifth foot.
Spondee (n.) A poetic foot
of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges.
Spondulics (n.) Money.
Spondyl (n.) Alt. of
Spondyle
Spondyle (n.) A joint of
the backbone; a vertebra.
Spong (n.) An irregular,
narrow, projecting part of a field.
Sponge (n.) Any one of
numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.
Sponge (n.) The elastic
fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongiae (keratosa), used for many
purposes, especially the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable
sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and on the coasts of
Florida and the West Indies.
Sponge (n.) One who lives
upon others; a pertinaceous and indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
Sponge (n.) Any spongelike
substance.
Sponge (n.) Dough before
it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light,
spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven.
Sponge (n.) Iron from the
puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
Sponge (n.) Iron ore, in
masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
Sponge (n.) A mop for
cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of
wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap,
and having a handle, or staff.
Sponge (n.) The extremity,
or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel.
Sponged (imp. & p. p.) of
Sponge
Sponging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sponge
Sponge (v. t.) To cleanse
or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge;
as, to sponge cloth.
Sponge (v. t.) To wipe out
with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
Sponge (v. t.) Fig.: To
deprive of something by imposition.
Sponge (v. t.) Fig.: To
get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast.
Sponge (v. i.) To suck in,
or imbile, as a sponge.
Sponge (v. i.) Fig.: To
gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on; as, an idler sponges on his
neighbor.
Sponge (v. i.) To be
converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or
leaven.
Spongelet (n.) See
Spongiole.
Spongeous (a.) Resembling
sponge; having the nature or qualities of sponge.
Sponger (n.) One who
sponges, or uses a sponge.
Sponger (n.) One employed
in gathering sponges.
Sponger (n.) Fig.: A
parasitical dependent; a hanger-on.
Spongiae (n. pl.) The
grand division of the animal kingdom which includes the sponges; -- called also
Spongida, Spongiaria, Spongiozoa, and Porifera.
Spongida (n. pl.)
Spongiae.
Spongiform (a.) Resembling
a sponge; soft and porous; porous.
Spongilla (n.) A genus of
siliceous spongea found in fresh water.
Spongin (n.) The chemical
basis of sponge tissue, a nitrogenous, hornlike substance which on decomposition
with sulphuric acid yields leucin and glycocoll.
Sponginess (n.) The
quality or state of being spongy.
Sponging () a. & n. from Sponge,
v.
Spongiole (n.) A supposed
spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water; -- called also
spongelet.
Spongiolite (n.) One of
the microsporic siliceous spicules which occur abundantly in the texture of
sponges, and are sometimes found fossil, as in flints.
Spongiopilin (n.) A kind
of cloth interwoven with small pieces of sponge and rendered waterproof on one
side by a covering of rubber. When moistend with hot water it is used as a
poultice.
Spongiose (a.) Alt. of
Spongious
Spongious (a.) Somewhat
spongy; spongelike; full of small cavities like sponge; as, spongious bones.
Spongiozoa (n. pl.) See
Sponglae.
Spongoblast (n.) One of
the cells which, in sponges, secrete the spongin, or the material of the horny
fibers.
Spongoid (a.) Resembling
sponge; like sponge.
Spongy (a.) Soft, and full
of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture; as, a spongy excrescence;
spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones.
Spongy (a.) Wet; drenched;
soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.
Spongy (a.) Having the
quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge.
Sponk (n.) See Spunk.
Sponsal (a.) Relating to
marriage, or to a spouse; spousal.
Sponsible (a.)
responsible; worthy of credit.
Sponsion (n.) The act of
becoming surety for another.
Sponsion (n.) An act or
engagement on behalf of a state, by an agent not specially authorized for the
purpose, or by one who exceeds the limits of authority.
Sponsional (a.) Of or
pertaining to a pledge or agreement; responsible.
Sponson (n.) One of the
triangular platforms in front of, and abaft, the paddle boxes of a steamboat.
Sponson (n.) One of the
slanting supports under the guards of a steamboat.
Sponson (n.) One of the
armored projections fitted with gun ports, used on modern war vessels.
Sponsor (n.) One who binds
himself to answer for another, and is responsible for his default; a surety.
Sponsor (n.) One who at
the baptism of an infant professore the christian faith in its name, and
guarantees its religious education; a godfather or godmother.
Spnsorial (a.) Pertaining
to a sponsor.
Sponsorship (n.) State of
being a sponsor.
Spontaneities (pl. ) of
Spontaneity
Spontaneity (n.) The
quality or state of being spontaneous, or acting from native feeling, proneness,
or temperament, without constraint or external force.
Spontaneity (n.) The
tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable
organisms, and not restrained or cheked by the environment.
Spontaneity (n.) The
tendency to activity of muscular tissue, including the voluntary muscles, when
in a state of healthful vigor and refreshment.
Spontaneous (a.) Proceding
from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal
proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or
proportion.
Spontaneous (a.)
Proceeding from, or acting by, internal impulse, energy, or natural law, without
external force; as, spontaneous motion; spontaneous growth.
Spontaneous (a.) Produced
without being planted, or without human labor; as, a spontaneous growth of wood.
Spontoon (n.) A kind of
half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by inferior officers of the British
infantry, and used in giving signals to the soldiers.
Spook (n.) A spirit; a
ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin.
Spook (n.) The chimaera.
Spool (n.) A piece of cane
or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at
each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon.
Spooled (imp. & p. p.) of
Spool
Spooling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spool
Spool (v. t.) To wind on a
spool or spools.
Spooler (n.) One who, or
that which, spools.
Spoom (v. i.) To be driven
steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; to be driven before the wind
without any sail, or with only a part of the sails spread; to scud under bare
poles.
Spoon (v. i.) See Spoom.
Spoon (n.) An implement
consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used
especially in preparing or eating food.
Spoon (n.) Anything which
resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait.
Spoon (n.) Fig.: A
simpleton; a spooney.
Spoon (v. t.) To take up
in, or as in, a spoon.
Spoon (v. i.) To act with
demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love.
Spoonbill (n.) Any one of
several species of wading birds of the genera Ajaja and Platalea, and allied
genera, in which the long bill is broadly expanded and flattened at the tip.
Spoonbill (n.) The
shoveler. See Shoveler, 2.
Spoonbill (n.) The ruddy
duck. See under Ruddy.
Spoonbill (n.) The
paddlefish.
Spoon-billed (a.) Having
the bill expanded and spatulate at the end.
Spoondrift (n.) Spray
blown from the tops waves during a gale at sea; also, snow driven in the wind at
sea; -- written also spindrift.
Spooney (a.) Weak-minded;
demonstratively fond; as, spooney lovers.
Spooneye (pl. ) of Spooney
Spooney (n.) A weak-minded
or silly person; one who is foolishly fond.
Spoonfuls (pl. ) of
Spoonful
Spoonful (n.) The quantity
which a spoon contains, or is able to contain; as, a teaspoonful; a
tablespoonful.
Spoonful (n.) Hence, a
small quantity.
Spoonily (adv.) In a
spoony manner.
Spoon-meat (n.) Food that
is, or must be, taken with a spoon; liquid food.
Spoonwood (n.) The
mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia).
Spoonworm (n.) A gephyrean
worm of the genus Thalassema, having a spoonlike probiscis.
Spoonwort (n.) Scurvy
grass.
Spoony (a. & n.) Same as
Spooney.
Spoor (n.) The track or
trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an elephant; -- used originally by
travelers in South Africa.
Spoor (v. i.) To follow a
spoor or trail.
Sporades (n. pl.) Stars
not included in any constellation; -- called also informed, or unformed, stars.
Sporadial (a.) Sporadic.
Sporadic (a.) Occuring
singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances;
separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball; a sporadic case of disease; a
sporadic example of a flower.
Sporadical (a.) Sporadic.
Sporadically (adv.) In a
sporadic manner.
Sporangiophore (n.) The
axis or receptacle in certain ferns (as Trichomanes), which bears the sporangia.
Sporangia (pl. ) of
Sporangium
Sporangium (n.) A spore
case in the cryptogamous plants, as in ferns, etc.
Spore (n.) One of the
minute grains in flowerless plants, which are analogous to seeds, as serving to
reproduce the species.
Spore (n.) An embryo sac
or embryonal vesicle in the ovules of flowering plants.
Spore (n.) A minute grain
or germ; a small, round or ovoid body, formed in certain organisms, and by
germination giving rise to a new organism; as, the reproductive spores of
bacteria, etc.
Spore (n.) One of the
parts formed by fission in certain Protozoa. See Spore formation, belw.
Sporid (n.) A sporidium.
Sporidiferous (a.) Bearing
sporidia.
Sporidia (pl. ) of
Sporidium
Sporidium (n.) A secondary
spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi.
Sporidium (n.) A spore.
Sporiferous (a.) Bearing
or producing spores.
Sporification (n.) Spore
formation. See Spore formation (b), under Spore.
Sporocarp (n.) A closed
body or conceptacle containing one or more masses of spores or sporangia.
Sporocarp (n.) A
sporangium.
Sporocyst (n.) An asexual
zooid, usually forming one of a series of larval forms in the agamic
reproduction of various trematodes and other parasitic worms. The sporocyst
generally develops from an egg, but in its turn produces other larvae by
internal budding, or by the subdivision of a part or all of its contents into a
number of minute germs. See Redia.
Sporocyst (n.) Any
protozoan when it becomes encysted produces germs by sporulation.
Sporogenesis (n.)
reproduction by spores.
Sporogony (n.) The growth
or development of an animal or a zooid from a nonsexual germ.
Sporophore (n.) A
placenta.
Sporophore (n.) That
alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous plants, as ferns, mosses, and
the like, which is nonsexual, but produces spores in countless numbers. In ferns
it is the leafy plant, in mosses the capsule. Cf. Oophore.
Sporophoric (a.) Having
the nature of a sporophore.
Sporosac (n.) A hydrozoan
reproductive zooid or gonophore which does not become medusoid in form or
structure. See Illust. under Athecata.
Sporosac (n.) An early or
simple larval stage of trematode worms and some other invertebrates, which is
capable or reproducing other germs by asexual generation; a nurse; a redia.
Sporozoa (n. pl.) An
extensive division of parasitic Protozoa, which increase by sporulation. It
includes the Gregarinida.
Sporozoid (n.) Same as
Zoospore.
Sporran (n.) A large purse
or pouch made of skin with the hair or fur on, worn in front of the kilt by
Highlanders when in full dress.
Sport (n.) That which
diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.
Sport (n.) Mock; mockery;
contemptuous mirth; derision.
Sport (n.) That with which
one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy; a plaything; an object of
mockery.
Sport (n.) Play; idle
jingle.
Sport (n.) Diversion of
the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when
money is staked.
Sport (n.) A plant or an
animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually
seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. See Sporting plant, under
Sporting.
Sport (n.) A sportsman; a
gambler.
Sported (imp. & p. p.) of
Sport
Sporting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sport
Sport (v. i.) To play; to
frolic; to wanton.
Sport (v. i.) To practice
the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
Sport (v. i.) To trifle.
Sport (v. i.) To assume
suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the
type of the species; -- said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal. See Sport, n.,
6.
Sport (v. t.) To divert;
to amuse; to make merry; -- used with the reciprocal pronoun.
Sport (v. t.) To represent
by any knd of play.
Sport (v. t.) To exhibit,
or bring out, in public; to use or wear; as, to sport a new equipage.
Sport (v. t.) To give
utterance to in a sportive manner; to throw out in an easy and copious manner;
-- with off; as, to sport off epigrams.
Sportability (n.)
Sportiveness.
Sportal (a.) Of or
pertaining to sports; used in sports.
Sporter (n.) One who
sports; a sportsman.
Sportful (a.) Full of
sport; merry; frolicsome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; playful;
wanton; as, a sportful companion.
Sportful (a.) Done in
jest, or for mere play; sportive.
Sporting (a.) Of
pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sporrts; exhibiting the character or
conduct of one who, or that which, sports.
Sportingly (adv.) In
sport; sportively.
Sportive (a.) Tending to,
engaged in, or provocate of, sport; gay; froliscome; playful; merry.
Sportless (a.) Without
sport or mirth; joyless.
Sportling (n.) A little
person or creature engaged in sports or in play.
Sportsmen (pl. ) of
Sportsman
Sportsman (n.) One who
pursues the sports of the field; one who hunts, fishes, etc.
Sportsmanship (n.) The
practice of sportsmen; skill in field sports.
Sportulae (pl. ) of
Sportula
Sportula (n.) A gift; a
present; a prize; hence, an alms; a largess.
Sportulary (a.) Subsisting
on alms or charitable contributions.
Sportule (n.) A charitable
gift or contribution; a gift; an alms; a dole; a largess; a sportula.
Sporulation (n.) The act
or process of forming spores; spore formation. See Illust. of Bacillus, b.
Sporule (n.) A small
spore; a spore.
Sporuliferous (a.)
Producing sporules.
Spot (n.) A mark on a
substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.
Spot (n.) A stain on
character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault;
blemish.
Spot (n.) A small part of
a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is; as,
the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card.
Spot (n.) A small extent
of space; a place; any particular place.
Spot (n.) A variety of the
common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak.
Spot (n.) A sciaenoid food
fish (Liostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a
black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
Called also goody, Lafayette, masooka, and old wife.
Spot (n.) The southern
redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
See Redfish.
Spot (n.) Commodities, as
merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
Spotted (imp. & p. p.) of
Spot
Spotting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spot
Spot (v. t.) To make
visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to discolor in or with spots; to
stain; to cover with spots or figures; as, to spot a garnment; to spot paper.
Spot (v. t.) To mark or
note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a
criminal.
Spot (v. t.) To stain; to
blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse.
Spot (v. i.) To become
stained with spots.
Spotless (a.) Without a
spot; especially, free from reproach or impurity; pure; untainted; innocent; as,
a spotless mind; spotless behavior.
Spotted (a.) Marked with
spots; as, a spotted garment or character.
Spottedness (n.) State or
quality of being spotted.
Spotter (n.) One who
spots.
Spottiness (n.) The state
or quality of being spotty.
Spotty (a.) Full of spots;
marked with spots.
Spousage (v. t.) Espousal.
Spousal (a.) Of or
pertaining to a spouse or marriage; nuptial; matrimonial; conjugal; bridal; as,
spousal rites; spousal ornaments.
Spousal (n.) Marriage;
nuptials; espousal; -- generally used in the plural; as, the spousals of
Hippolita.
Spouse (n.) A man or woman
engaged or joined in wedlock; a married person, husband or wife.
Spouse (n.) A married man,
in distinct from a spousess or married woman; a bridegroom or husband.
Spouse (n.) To wed; to
espouse.
Spouse-breach (n.)
Adultery.
Spouseless (a.) Destitute
of a spouse; unmarried.
Spousess (n.) A wife or
bride.
Spouted (imp. & p. p.) of
Spout
Spouting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spout
Spout (v. t.) To throw out
forcibly and abudantly, as liquids through an office or a pipe; to eject in a
jet; as, an elephant spouts water from his trunk.
Spout (v. t.) To utter
magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
Spout (v. t.) To pawn; to
pledge; as, spout a watch.
Spout (v. i.) To issue
with with violence, or in a jet, as a liquid through a narrow orifice, or from a
spout; as, water spouts from a hole; blood spouts from an artery.
Spout (v. i.) To eject
water or liquid in a jet.
Spout (v. i.) To utter a
speech, especially in a pompous manner.
Spout (v. t.) That through
which anything spouts; a discharging lip, pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or
conductor of any kind through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is
conveyed in a stream from one place to another; as, the spout of a teapot; a
spout for conducting water from the roof of a building.
Spout (v. t.) A trough for
conducting grain, flour, etc., into a receptacle.
Spout (v. t.) A discharge
or jet of water or other liquid, esp. when rising in a column; also, a
waterspout.
Spouter (n.) One who, or
that which, spouts.
Spoutfish (n.) A marine
animal that spouts water; -- applied especially to certain bivalve mollusks,
like the long clams (Mya), which spout, or squirt out, water when retiring into
their holes.
Spoutless (a.) Having no
spout.
Spoutshell (n.) Any marine
gastropod shell of the genus Apporhais having an elongated siphon. See Illust.
under Rostrifera.
Sprack (a.) Quick; lively;
alert.
Sprad () p. p. of Spread.
Spradde () imp. of Spread.
Sprag (n.) A young salmon.
Sprag (n.) A billet of
wood; a piece of timber used as a prop.
Spragged (imp. & p. p.) of
Sprag
Spragging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sprag
Sprag (v. t.) To check the
motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes
of the wheel.
Sprag (v. t.) To prop or
sustain with a sprag.
Sprag (a.) See Sprack, a.
Sprained (imp. & p. p.) of
Sprain
Spraining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sprain
Sprain (v. t.) To weaken,
as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by
wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to
sprain one's ankle.
Sprain (n.) The act or
result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the
wrist.
Spraints (v. t.) The dung
of an otter.
Sprang () imp. of Spring.
Sprat (n.) A small
European herring (Clupea sprattus) closely allied to the common herring and the
pilchard; -- called also garvie. The name is also applied to small herring of
different kinds.
Sprat (n.) A California
surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); -- called also alfione, and perch.
Sprawled (imp. & p. p.) of
Sprawl
Sprawling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sprawl
Sprawl (v. i.) To spread
and stretch the body or limbs carelessly in a horizontal position; to lie with
the limbs stretched out ungracefully.
Sprawl (v. i.) To spread
irregularly, as vines, plants, or tress; to spread ungracefully, as chirography.
Sprawl (v. i.) To move,
when lying down, with awkward extension and motions of the limbs; to scramble in
creeping.
Srawls (n. pl.) Small
branches of a tree; twigs; sprays.
Spray (n.) A small shoot
or branch; a twig.
Spray (n.) A collective
body of small branches; as, the tree has a beautiful spray.
Spray (n.) A side channel
or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of
the mold.
Spray (n.) A group of
castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and
its branches.
Spray (v. t.) Water flying
in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves,
or from a waterfall, and the like.
Spray (v. t.) A jet of
fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to
charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.
Spray (v. t.) An
instrument for applying such a spray; an atomizer.
Spray (v. t.) To let fall
in the form of spray.
Spray (v. t.) To throw
spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of spray; as, to spray a wound,
or a surgical instrument, with carbolic acid.
Sprayboard (n.) See
Dashboard, n., 2 (b).
Spread (imp. & p. p.) of
Spread
Spreading (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spread
Spread (v. t.) To extend
in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to stretch or expand to a broad or
broader surface or extent; to open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread
a tent or a sail.
Spread (v. t.) To extend
so as to cover something; to extend to a great or grater extent in every
direction; to cause to fill or cover a wide or wider space.
Spread (v. t.) To divulge;
to publish, as news or fame; to cause to be more extensively known; to
disseminate; to make known fully; as, to spread a report; -- often acompanied by
abroad.
Spread (v. t.) To
propagate; to cause to affect great numbers; as, to spread a disease.
Spread (v. t.) To diffuse,
as emanations or effluvia; to emit; as, odoriferous plants spread their
fragrance.
Spread (v. t.) To strew;
to scatter over a surface; as, to spread manure; to spread lime on the ground.
Spread (v. t.) To prepare;
to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table.
Spread (v. i.) To extend
in length and breadth in all directions, or in breadth only; to be extended or
stretched; to expand.
Spread (v. i.) To be
extended by drawing or beating; as, some metals spread with difficulty.
Spread (v. i.) To be made
known more extensively, as news.
Spread (v. i.) To be
propagated from one to another; as, the disease spread into all parts of the
city.
Spread (n.) Extent;
compass.
Spread (n.) Expansion of
parts.
Spread (n.) A cloth used
as a cover for a table or a bed.
Spread (n.) A table, as
spread or furnished with a meal; hence, an entertainment of food; a feast.
Spread (n.) A privilege
which one person buys of another, of demanding certain shares of stock at a
certain price, or of delivering the same shares of stock at another price,
within a time agreed upon.
Spread (n.) An unlimited
expanse of discontinuous points.
Spread () imp. & p. p. of Spread,
v.
Spread-eagle (a.)
Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or
extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech.
Spreader (n.) One who, or
that which, spreads, expands, or propogates.
Spreader (n.) A machine
for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to
spinning.
Spreadingly (adv.)
Increasingly.
Sprechery (n.) Movables of
an inferior description; especially, such as have been collected by depredation.
Spree (n.) A merry frolic;
especially, a drinking frolic; a carousal.
Sprenge (v. t.) To
sprinkle; to scatter.
Sprengel pump () A form of air
pump in which exhaustion is produced by a stream of mercury running down a
narrow tube, in the manner of an aspirator; -- named from the inventor.
Sprent () p. p. of Sprenge.
Sprinkled.
Sprew (n.) Thrush.
Spreynd () p. p. of Sprenge.
Sprinkled.
Sprig (n.) A small shoot
or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley.
Sprig (n.) A youth; a lad;
-- used humorously or in slight disparagement.
Sprig (n.) A brad, or nail
without a head.
Sprig (n.) A small eyebolt
ragged or barbed at the point.
Sprigged (imp. & p. p.) of
Sprig
Sprigging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sprig
Sprig (v. t.) To mark or
adorn with the representation of small branches; to work with sprigs; as, to
sprig muslin.
Sprigged (a.) Having
sprigs.
Spriggy (a.) Full of
sprigs or small branches.
Spright (n.) Spirit; mind;
soul; state of mind; mood.
Spright (n.) A
supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.
Spright (n.) A kind of
short arrow.
Spright (v. t.) To haunt,
as a spright.
Sprightful (a.) Full of
spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk; nimble; gay.
Sprightless (a.) Destitute
of life; dull; sluggish.
Sprightliness (n.) The
quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life; briskness; vigor;
activity; gayety; vivacity.
Sprightly (superl.)
Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a
sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance.
Sprigtail (n.) The pintail
duck; -- called also sprig, and spreet-tail.
Sprigtail (n.) The
sharp-tailed grouse.
Sprang (imp.) of Spring
Sprung () of Spring
Sprung (p. p.) of Spring
Springing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spring
Spring (v. i.) To leap; to
bound; to jump.
Spring (v. i.) To issue
with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.
Spring (v. i.) To start or
rise suddenly, as from a covert.
Spring (v. i.) To fly
back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power.
Spring (v. i.) To bend
from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped; as, a piece of
timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning.
Spring (v. i.) To shoot
up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge; as a
plant from its seed, as streams from their source, and the like; -often followed
by up, forth, or out.
Spring (v. i.) To issue or
proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive,
reason, or principle.
Spring (v. i.) To grow; to
prosper.
Spring (v. t.) To cause to
spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth, or from
a covert; as, to spring a pheasant.
Spring (v. t.) To produce
or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly.
Spring (v. t.) To cause to
explode; as, to spring a mine.
Spring (v. t.) To crack or
split; to bend or strain so as to weaken; as, to spring a mast or a yard.
Spring (v. t.) To cause to
close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring; as, to spring a
trap.
Spring (v. t.) To bend by
force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into
its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; -- often with in, out,
etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar.
Spring (v. t.) To pass
over by leaping; as, to spring a fence.
Spring (v. i.) A leap; a
bound; a jump.
Spring (v. i.) A flying
back; the resilience of a body recovering its former state by elasticity; as,
the spring of a bow.
Spring (v. i.) Elastic
power or force.
Spring (v. i.) An elastic
body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used
for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing
concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force.
Spring (v. i.) Any source
of supply; especially, the source from which a stream proceeds; as issue of
water from the earth; a natural fountain.
Spring (v. i.) Any active
power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause;
origin; motive.
Spring (v. i.) That which
springs, or is originated, from a source;
Spring (v. i.) A race;
lineage.
Spring (v. i.) A youth; a
springal.
Spring (v. i.) A shoot; a
plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland.
Spring (v. i.) That which
causes one to spring; specifically, a lively tune.
Spring (v. i.) The season
of the year when plants begin to vegetate and grow; the vernal season, usually
comprehending the months of March, April, and May, in the middle latitudes north
of the equator.
Spring (v. i.) The time of
growth and progress; early portion; first stage.
Spring (v. i.) A crack or
fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely.
Spring (v. i.) A line led
from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she
can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow
or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored.
Springal (a.) Alt. of
Springall
Springald (a.) Alt. of
Springall
Springall (a.) An active,
springly young man.
Springal (n.) An ancient
military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
Springboard (n.) An
elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports,
used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.
Springbok (n.) Alt. of
Springbuck
Springbuck (n.) A South
African gazelle (Gazella euchore) noted for its graceful form and swiftness, and
for its peculiar habit of springing lighty and suddenly into the air. It has a
white dorsal stripe, expanding into a broad patch of white on the rump and tail.
Called also springer.
Springe (v. i.) A noose
fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it
catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare.
Springe (v. t.) To catch
in a springe; to insnare.
Springe (v. t.) To
sprinkle; to scatter.
Springer (n.) One who, or
that which, springs; specifically, one who rouses game.
Springer (n.) A young
plant.
Springer (n.) The impost,
or point at which an arch rests upon its support, and from which it seems to
spring.
Springer (n.) The bottom
stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. The skew back is one form of
springer.
Springer (n.) The rib of a
groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting.
Springer (n.) The grampus.
Springer (n.) A variety of
the field spaniel. See Spaniel.
Springer (n.) A species of
antelope; the sprinkbok.
Springhalt (n.) A kind of
lameness in horse. See Stringhalt.
Springhead (n.) A fountain
or source.
Springiness (n.) The state
or quality of being springly.
Springing (n.) The act or
process of one who, or that which, springs.
Springing (n.) Growth;
increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a plant.
Springle (n.) A springe.
Springlet (n.) A little
spring.
Springtail (n.) Any one of
numerous species of small apterous insects belonging to the order Thysanura.
They have two elastic caudal stylets which can be bent under the abdomen and
then suddenly extended like a spring, thus enabling them to leap to a
considerable distance. See Collembola, and Podura.
Springtide (n.) The time
of spring; springtime.
Springtime (n.) The season
of spring; springtide.
Springy (superl.)
Resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a spring; elastic; as,
springy steel; a springy step.
Springy (superl.)
Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as, springy land.
Sprinkled (imp. & p. p.)
of Sprinkle
Sprinkling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sprinkle
Sprinkle (v. i.) To
scatter in small drops or particles, as water, seed, etc.
Sprinkle (v. i.) To
scatter on; to disperse something over in small drops or particles; to
besprinkle; as, to sprinkle the earth with water; to sprinkle a floor with sand.
Sprinkle (v. i.) To
baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence,
to cleanse; to purify.
Sprinkle (v. i.) To
scatter a liquid, or any fine substance, so that it may fall in particles.
Sprinkle (v. i.) To rain
moderately, or with scattered drops falling now and then; as, it sprinkles.
Sprinkle (v. i.) To fly or
be scattered in small drops or particles.
Sprinkle (n.) A small
quantity scattered, or sparsely distributed; a sprinkling.
Sprinkle (n.) A utensil
for sprinkling; a sprinkler.
Sprinkler (n.) One who
sprinkles.
Sprinkler (n.) An
instrument or vessel used in sprinkling; specifically, a watering pot.
Sprinkling (n.) The act of
one who, or that which, sprinkles.
Sprinkling (n.) A small
quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or
snow.
Sprinkling (n.) Hence, a
moderate number or quantity distributed like drops.
Sprinted (imp. & p. p.) of
Sprint
Sprinting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sprint
Sprint (v. i.) To run very
rapidly; to run at full speed.
Sprint (n.) The act of
sprinting; a run of a short distance at full speed.
Sprinter (n.) One who
sprints; one who runs in sprint races; as, a champion sprinter.
Sprit (v. i.) To throw out
with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.
Sprit (v. t.) To sprout;
to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.
Sprit (n.) A shoot; a
sprout.
Sprit (v. i.) A small
boom, pole, or spar, which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast
to the upper aftmost corner, which it is used to extend and elevate.
Sprite (n.) A spirit; a
soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See Spright.
Sprite (n.) An elf; a
fairy; a goblin.
Sprite (n.) The green
woodpecker, or yaffle.
Spriteful (a.) Alt. of
Spritely
Spritefully (a.) Alt. of
Spritely
Spriteliness (a.) Alt. of
Spritely
Spritely (a.) See
Sprightful, Sprightfully, Sprightliness, Sprightly, etc.
Spritsail (n.) A sail
extended by a sprit.
Spritsail (n.) A sail
formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard.
Sprocket wheel () Same as Chain
wheel.
Sprod (n.) A salmon in its
second year.
Sprong () imp. of Spring. Sprung.
Sprouted (imp. & p. p.) of
Sprout
Sprouting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sprout
Sprout (v. t.) To shoot,
as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow
like shoots of plants.
Sprout (v. t.) To shoot
into ramifications.
Sprout (v. t.) To cause to
sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.
Sprout (v. t.) To deprive
of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.
Sprout (v. i.) The shoot
of a plant; a shoot from the seed, from the stump, or from the root or tuber, of
a plant or tree; more rarely, a shoot from the stem of a plant, or the end of a
branch.
Sprout (v. i.) Young
coleworts; Brussels sprouts.
Spruce (a.) Any coniferous
tree of the genus Picea, as the Norway spruce (P. excelsa), and the white and
black spruces of America (P. alba and P. nigra), besides several others in the
far Northwest. See Picea.
Spruce (a.) The wood or
timber of the spruce tree.
Spruce (a.) Prussia
leather; pruce.
Spruce (n.) Neat, without
elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now
chiefly applied to persons.
Spruce (n.) Sprightly;
dashing.
Spruced (imp. & p. p.) of
Spruce
Sprucing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spruce
Spruce (v. t.) To dress
with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce.
Spruce (v. i.) To dress
one's self with affected neatness; as, to spruce up.
Sprue (n.) Strictly, the
hole through which melted metal is poured into the gate, and thence into the
mold.
Sprue (n.) The waste piece
of metal cast in this hole; hence, dross.
Sprue (n.) Same as Sprew.
Sprug (v. t.) To make
smart.
Sprung () imp. & p. p. of Spring.
Sprung (a.) Said of a spar
that has been cracked or strained.
Sprunt (v. i.) To spring
up; to germinate; to spring forward or outward.
Sprunt (n.) Anything short
and stiff.
Sprunt (n.) A leap; a
spring.
Sprunt (n.) A steep ascent
in a road.
Sprunt (a.) Active;
lively; vigorous.
Spruntly (adv.) In a
sprunt manner; smartly; vigorously; youthfully.
Spry (superl.) Having
great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.
Spud (n.) A sharp, narrow
spade, usually with a long handle, used by farmers for digging up large-rooted
weeds; a similarly shaped implement used for various purposes.
Spud (n.) A dagger.
Spud (n.) Anything short
and thick; specifically, a piece of dough boiled in fat.
Spue (v. t. & i.) See
Spew.
Spuilzie (n.) See Spulzie.
Spuke (n.) See Spook.
Spuller (n.) One employed
to inspect yarn, to see that it is well spun, and fit for the loom.
Spulzie (n.) Plunder, or
booty.
Spume (n.) Frothy matter
raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or agitation; froth; foam; scum.
Spumed (imp. & p. p.) of
Spume
Spuming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spume
Spume (v. i.) To froth; to
foam.
Spumeous (a.) Spumous.
Spumescence (n.) The state
of being foamy; frothiness.
Spumescent (a.) Resembling
froth or foam; foaming.
Spumid (a.) Spumous;
frothy.
Spumiferous (a.) Producing
foam.
Spuminess (n.) The quality
or condition of being spumy; spumescence.
Spumous (a.) Alt. of Spumy
Spumy (a.) Consisting of,
containing, or covered with, froth, scum, or foam; frothy; foamy.
Spun () imp. & p. p. of Spin.
Spunge (n.) A sponge.
Spunk (n.) Wood that
readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of
fungus; punk; amadou.
Spunk (n.) An inflammable
temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk.
Spunky (superl.) Full of
spunk; quick; spirited.
Spur (n.) A sparrow.
Spur (n.) A tern.
Spur (n.) An implement
secured to the heel, or above the heel, of a horseman, to urge the horse by its
pressure. Modern spurs have a small wheel, or rowel, with short points. Spurs
were the badge of knighthood.
Spur (n.) That which goads
to action; an incitement.
Spur (n.) Something that
projects; a snag.
Spur (n.) One of the large
or principal roots of a tree.
Spur (n.) Any stiff, sharp
spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.;
especially, the spine on a cock's leg.
Spur (n.) A mountain that
shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some
distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
Spur (n.) A spiked iron
worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the
carcass of a whale, to strip off the blubber.
Spur (n.) A brace
strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
Spur (n.) The short wooden
buttress of a post.
Spur (n.) A projection
from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon
which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square
form. It is generally carved in leafage.
Spur (n.) Any projecting
appendage of a flower looking like a spur.
Spur (n.) Ergotized rye or
other grain.
Spur (n.) A wall that
crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
Spur (n.) A piece of
timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to
the vessel's side.
Spur (n.) A curved piece
of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be
placed.
Spurred (imp. & p. p.) of
Spur
Spurring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spur
Spur (v. t.) To prick with
spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse.
Spur (v. t.) To urge or
encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object; to incite; to
stimulate; to instigate; to impel; to drive.
Spur (v. t.) To put spurs
on; as, a spurred boot.
Spur (v. i.) To spur on
one' horse; to travel with great expedition; to hasten; hence, to press forward
in any pursuit.
Spurgall (n.) A place
galled or excoriated by much using of the spur.
Spurgall (v. t.) To gall
or wound with a spur.
Spurge (v. t.) To emit
foam; to froth; -- said of the emission of yeast from beer in course of
fermentation.
Spurge (n.) Any plant of
the genus Euphorbia. See Euphorbia.
Spurgewort (n.) Any
euphorbiaceous plant.
Spurging (n.) A purging.
Spurious (a.) Not
proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine;
false; adulterate.
Spurious (a.) Not
legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue.
Spurless (a.) Having no
spurs.
Spurling (n.) A tern.
Spurling-line (n.) The
line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.
Spurned (imp. & p. p.) of
Spurn
Spurning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spurn
Spurn (v. t.) To drive
back or away, as with the foot; to kick.
Spurn (v. t.) To reject
with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt.
Spurn (v. i.) To kick or
toss up the heels.
Spurn (v. i.) To manifest
disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance.
Spurn (n.) A kick; a blow
with the foot.
Spurn (n.) Disdainful
rejection; contemptuous tratment.
Spurn (n.) A body of coal
left to sustain an overhanding mass.
Spurner (n.) One who
spurns.
Spurn-water (n.) A channel
at the end of a deck to restrain the water.
Spurred (a.) Wearing
spurs; furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs.
Spurred (a.) Affected with
spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye.
Spurrer (n.) One who
spurs.
Spurrey (n.) See Spurry.
Spurrier (n.) One whose
occupation is to make spurs.
Spur-royal (n.) A gold
coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., having a star on the reverse
resembling the rowel of a spur. In the reigns of Elizabeth and of James I., its
value was fifteen shillings.
Spurry (n.) An annual herb
(Spergula arvensis) with whorled filiform leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for
fodder.
Spur-shell (n.) Any one of
several species of handsome gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator.
The shell is conical, with the margin toothed somewhat like the rowel of a spur.
Spurt (v. i.) To gush or
issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from
a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt.
Spurt (v. t.) To throw
out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive or force out with violence, as a
liquid from a pipe or small orifice; as, to spurt water from the mouth.
Sourt (n.) A sudden or
violent ejection or gushing of a liquid, as of water from a tube, orifice, or
other confined place, or of blood from a wound; a jet; a spirt.
Sourt (n.) A shoot; a bud.
Sourt (n.) Fig.: A sudden
outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy.
Spurt (n.) A sudden and
energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increased exertion for a brief space.
Spurted (imp. & p. p.) of
Spurt
Spurting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spurt
Spurt (v. i.) To make a
sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.
Spurtle (v. t.) To spurt
or shoot in a scattering manner.
Spurway (n.) A bridle
path.
Spur-winged (a.) Having
one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
Sput (n.) An annular
reenforce, to strengthen a place where a hole is made.
Sputation (n.) The act of
spitting; expectoration.
Sputative (a.) Inclined to
spit; spitting much.
Spute (v. t.) To dispute;
to discuss.
Sputtered (imp. & p. p.)
of Sputter
Sputtering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sputter
Sputter (v. i.) To spit,
or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid
speaking.
Sputter (v. i.) To utter
words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva.
Sputter (v. i.) To throw
out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one
sputtering.
Sputter (v. t.) To spit
out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter
hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech.
Sputter (n.) Moist matter
thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech.
Sputterer (n.) One who
sputters.
Sputa (pl. ) of Sputum
Sputum (n.) That which is
expectorated; a salival discharge; spittle; saliva.
Spied (imp. & p. p.) of
Spy
Spying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Spy
Spy (v. t.) To gain sight
of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see.
Spy (v. t.) To discover by
close search or examination.
Spy (v. t.) To explore; to
view; inspect; and examine secretly, as a country; -- usually with out.
Spy (v. i.) To search
narrowly; to scrutinize.
Spies (pl. ) of Spy
Spy (n.) One who keeps a
constant watch of the conduct of others.
Spy (n.) A person sent
secretly into an enemy's camp, territory, or fortifications, to inspect his
works, ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to communicate such
intelligence to the proper officer.
Spyboat (n.) A boat sent
to make discoveries and bring intelligence.
Spyglass (n.) A small
telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects.
Spyism (n.) Act or
business of spying.
Spynace (n.) Alt. of Spyne
Spyne (n.) See Pinnace,
n., 1 (a).
Squab (a.) Fat; thick;
plump; bulky.
Squab (a.) Unfledged;
unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon.
Squab (n.) A neatling of a
pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged.
Squab (n.) A person of a
short, fat figure.
Squab (n.) A thickly
stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair;
also, a sofa.
Squab (adv.) With a heavy
fall; plump.
Squab (v. i.) To fall
plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.
Squabash (v. t.) To crush;
to quash; to squash.
Squabbish (a.) Thick; fat;
heavy.
Squabbled (imp. & p. p.)
of Squabble
Squabbling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Squabble
Squabble (v. i.) To
contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to
wrangle; to quarrel.
Squabble (v. i.) To debate
peevishly; to dispute.
Squabble (v. t.) To
disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are mixed and need
careful readjustment; -- said of type that has been set up.
Squabble (n.) A scuffle; a
wrangle; a brawl.
Squabbler (n.) One who
squabbles; a contentious person; a brawler.
Squabby (a.) Short and
thick; suqabbish.
Squab-chick (n.) A young
chicken before it is fully fledged.
Squaccos (pl. ) of Squacco
Squacco (n.) A heron
(Ardea comata) found in Asia, Northern Africa, and Southern Europe.
Squad (n.) A small party
of men assembled for drill, inspection, or other purposes.
Squad (n.) Hence, any
small party.
Squad (n.) Sloppy mud.
Squadron (n.) Primarily, a
square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.
Squadron (n.) A body of
cavarly comparising two companies or troops, and averging from one hundred and
twenty to two hundred men.
Squadron (n.) A detachment
of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of
the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron.
Squadroned (a.) Formed
into squadrons, or squares.
Squail (v. i.) To throw
sticls at cocks; to throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly.
Squaimous (a.) Squeamish.
Squali (n. pl.) The
suborder of elasmobranch fishes which comprises the sharks.
Squalid (a.) Dirty through
neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty.
Squalidity (n.) The
quality or state of being squalid; foulness; filthiness.
Squalidly (adv.) In a
squalid manner.
Squalidness (n.) Quality
or state of being squalid.
Squall (n.) A sudden
violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.
Squalled (imp. & p. p.) of
Squall
Squalling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Squall
Squall (v. i.) To cry out;
to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or
distress; as, the infant squalled.
Squall (n.) A loud scream;
a harsh cry.
Squaller (n.) One who
squalls; a screamer.
Squally (a.) Abounding
with squalls; disturbed often with sudden and violent gusts of wind; gusty; as,
squally weather.
Squally (a.) Interrupted
by unproductive spots; -- said of a flied of turnips or grain.
Squally (a.) Not equally
good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty; -- said of cloth.
Squalodon (n.) A genus of
fossil whales belonging to the Phocodontia; -- so called because their are
serrated, like a shark's.
Squalodont (a.) Pertaining
to Squalodon.
Squaloid (a.) Like or
pertaining to a shark or sharks.
Squalor (n.) Squalidness;
foulness; filthness; squalidity.
Squamae (pl. ) of Squama
Squama (n.) A scale cast
off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium.
Squamaceous (a.) Squamose.
Squamata (n. pl.) A
division of edentates having the body covered with large, imbricated horny
scales. It includes the pangolins.
Squamate (a.) Alt. of
Squamated
Squamated (a.) Same as
Squamose.
Squamduck () The American eider
duck.
Squame (n.) A scale.
Squame (n.) The scale, or
exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.
Squamellae (pl. ) of
Squamella
Squamella (n.) A
diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many
composite plants; a palea.
Squamellate (a.) Furnished
or covered with little scales; squamulose.
Squamiform (a.) Having the
shape of a scale.
Squamigerous (a.) Bearing
scales.
Squamipennes (pl. ) of
Squamipen
Squamipen (n.) Any one of
a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins partially covered with scales.
Squamoid (a.) Resembling a
scale; also, covered with scales; scaly.
Squamosal (a.) Scalelike;
squamous; as, the squamosal bone.
Squamosal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the squamosal bone.
Squamosal (n.) The
squamous part of the temporal bone, or a bone correspondending to it, under
Temporal.
Squamose () Alt. of Squamous
Squamous () Covered with, or
consisting of, scales; resembling a scale; scaly; as, the squamose cones of the
pine; squamous epithelial cells; the squamous portion of the temporal bone,
which is so called from a fancied resemblance to a scale.
Squamous () Of or pertaining to
the squamosal bone; squamosal.
Squamozygomatic (a.) Of or
pertaining to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones; -- applied to a bone, or a
center of ossification, in some fetal skulls.
Squamozygomatic (n.) A
squamozygomatic bone.
Squamulae (pl. ) of
Squamula
Squamula (n.) One of the
little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.
Squamulate (a.) Same as
Squamulose.
Squamule (n.) Same as
Squamula.
Squamulose (a.) Having
little scales; squamellate; squamulate.
Squandered (imp. & p. p.)
of Squander
Squandering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Squander
Squander (v. t.) To
scatter; to disperse.
Squander (v. t.) To spend
lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy
or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate.
Squander (v. i.) To spend
lavishly; to be wasteful.
Squander (v. i.) To wander
at random; to scatter.
Squander (n.) The act of
squandering; waste.
Squanderer (n.) One who
squanders.
Squanderingly (adv.) In a
squandering manner.
Square (n.) The corner, or
angle, of a figure.
Square (n.) A
parallelogram having four equal sides and four right angles.
Square (n.) Hence,
anything which is square, or nearly so
Square (n.) A square piece
or fragment.
Square (n.) A pane of
glass.
Square (n.) A certain
number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; -- used chiefly
in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
Square (n.) One hundred
superficial feet.
Square (n.) An area of
four sides, generally with houses on each side; sometimes, a solid block of
houses; also, an open place or area for public use, as at the meeting or
intersection of two or more streets.
Square (n.) An instrument
having at least one right angle and two or more straight edges, used to lay out
or test square work. It is of several forms, as the T square, the carpenter's
square, the try-square., etc.
Square (n.) Hence, a
pattern or rule.
Square (n.) The product of
a number or quantity multiplied by itself; thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8 /
8 = 64; the square of a + b is a2 + 2ab + b2.
Square (n.) Exact
proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
Square (n.) A body of
troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a
squadron.
Square (n.) Fig.: The
relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
Square (n.) The position
of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
Square (n.) The act of
squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel.
Square (n.) The front of a
woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.
Square (a.) Having four
equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure.
Square (a.) Forming a
right angle; as, a square corner.
Square (a.) Having a shape
broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines;
as, a man of a square frame.
Square (a.) Exactly
suitable or correspondent; true; just.
Square (a.) Rendering
equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square dealing.
Square (a.) Even; leaving
no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square.
Square (a.) Leaving
nothing; hearty; vigorous.
Square (a.) At right
angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; -- said of the
yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.
Squared (imp. & p. p.) of
Square
Squaring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Square
Square (n.) To form with
four sides and four right angles.
Square (n.) To form with
right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work.
Square (n.) To compare
with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
Square (n.) To adjust; to
regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to square our actions by the opinions
of others.
Square (n.) To make even,
so as leave no remainder of difference; to balance; as, to square accounts.
Square (n.) To multiply by
itself; as, to square a number or a quantity.
Square (n.) To hold a
quartile position respecting.
Square (n.) To place at
right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards.
Square (v. i.) To accord
or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to conform or agree; to suit; to fit.
Square (v. i.) To go to
opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to
quarrel.
Square (v. i.) To take a
boxing attitude; -- often with up, sometimes with off.
Squarely (adv.) In a
square form or manner.
Squareness (n.) The
quality of being square; as, an instrument to try the squareness of work.
Squarer (n.) One who, or
that which, squares.
Squarer (n.) One who
squares, or quarrels; a hot-headed, contentious fellow.
Square-rigged (a.) Having
the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as
distinguished from fore-and-aft sails; thus, a ship and a brig are square-rigged
vessels.
Square-toed (n.) Having
the toe square.
Square-toes (n.) A precise
person; -- used contemptuously or jocularly.
Squarish (a.) Nearly
square.
Squarrose (a.) Ragged or
full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough; jagged
Squarrose (a.) Consisting
of scales widely divaricating; having scales, small leaves, or other bodies,
spreading widely from the axis on which they are crowded; -- said of a calyx or
stem.
Squarrose (a.) Divided
into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it;
said of a leaf.
Squarrose (a.) Having
scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the
surface; -- said of a shell.
Squarroso-dentate (a.)
Having the teeth bent out of the plane of the lamina; -- said of a leaf.
Squarrous (a.) Squarrose.
Squarrulose (a.) Somewhat
squarrose; slightly squarrose.
Squash (n.) An American
animal allied to the weasel.
Squash (n.) A plant and
its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
Squashed (imp. & p. p.) of
Squash
Squashing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Squash
Squash (v. i.) To beat or
press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
Squash (n.) Something soft
and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease.
Squash (n.) Hence,
something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt.
Squash (n.) A sudden fall
of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies.
Squasher (n.) One who, or
that which, squashes.
Squashiness (n.) The
quality or state of being squashy, or soft.
Squashy (a.) Easily
squashed; soft.
Squat (n.) The angel fish
(Squatina angelus).
Squatted (imp. & p. p.) of
Squat
Squatting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Squat
Squat (v. t.) To sit down
upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire.
Squat (v. t.) To sit close
to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a
partridge or rabbit.
Squat (v. t.) To settle on
another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands.
Squat (v. t.) To bruise or
make flat by a fall.
Squat (a.) Sitting on the
hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.
Squat (a.) Short and
thick, like the figure of an animal squatting.
Squat (n.) The posture of
one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground.
Squat (n.) A sudden or
crushing fall.
Squat (n.) A small vein of
ore.
Squat (n.) A mineral
consisting of tin ore and spar.
Squaterole (n.) The
black-bellied plover.
Squatter (n.) One who
squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In
the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person
who settles lawfully upon government land under permission and restrictions,
before acquiring title.
Squatter (n.) See Squat
snipe, under Squat.
Squatty (a.) Squat; dumpy.
Squaw (n.) A female; a
woman; -- in the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family, correlative
of sannup.
Squawberry (n.) A local
name for the partridge berry; also, for the deerberry.
Squawked (imp. & p. p.) of
Squawk
Squawking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Squawk
Squawk (v. i.) To utter a
shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly.
Squawk (n.) Act of
squawking; a harsh squeak.
Squawk (n.) The American
night heron. See under Night.
Squawl (v. i.) See Squall.
Squawroot (n.) A scaly
parasitic plant (Conopholis Americana) found in oak woods in the United States;
-- called also cancer root.
Squawweed (n.) The golden
ragwort. See under Ragwort.
Squaked (imp.& p. p.) of
Squeak
Squeaking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Squeak
Squeak (v. i.) To utter a
sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, as an
animal; or, to make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon
wheel, a door; to creak.
Squeak (v. i.) To break
silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.
Squeak (n.) A sharp,
shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly utered, either of the human voice or of any
animal or instrument, such as is made by carriage wheels when dry, by the soles
of leather shoes, or by a pipe or reed.
Squeaker (n.) One who, or
that which, squeaks.
Squeaker (n.) The
Australian gray crow shrile (Strepera anaphonesis); -- so called from its note.
Squeakingly (adv.) In a
squeaking manner.
Squealed (imp. & p. p.) of
Squeal
Squealing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Squeal
Squeal (v. i.) To cry with
a sharp, shrill, prolonged sound, as certain animals do, indicating want,
displeasure, or pain.
Squeal (v. i.) To turn
informer; to betray a secret.
Squeal (n.) A shrill,
somewhat prolonged cry.
Squealer (n.) One who, or
that which, squeals.
Squealer (n.) The European
swift.
Squealer (n.) The
harlequin duck.
Squealer (n.) The American
golden plover.
Squeamish (a.) Having a
stomach that is easily or nauseated; hence, nice to excess in taste; fastidious;
easily disgusted; apt to be offended at trifling improprieties.
Squeamous (a.) Squeamish.
Squeasiness (n.)
Queasiness.
Squesy (a.) Queasy; nice;
squeamish; fastidious; scrupulous.
Squeegee (n.) Same as
Squilgee.
Squeezed (imp. & p. p.) of
Squeeze
Squeezing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Squeeze
Squeeze (v. t.) To press
between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress
so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers;
to squeeze the hand in friendship.
Squeeze (v. t.) Fig.: To
oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush.
Squeeze (v. t.) To force,
or cause to pass, by compression; often with out, through, etc.; as, to squeeze
water through felt.
Squeeze (v. i.) To press;
to urge one's way, or to pass, by pressing; to crowd; -- often with through,
into, etc.; as, to squeeze hard to get through a crowd.
Squeeze (n.) The act of
one who squeezes; compression between bodies; pressure.
Squeeze (n.) A facsimile
impression taken in some soft substance, as pulp, from an inscription on stone.
Squeezer (n.) One who, or
that which, squeezes; as, a lemon squeezer.
Squeezer (n.) A machine
like a large pair of pliers, for shingling, or squeezing, the balls of metal
when puddled; -- used only in the plural.
Squeezer (n.) A machine of
several forms for the same purpose; -- used in the singular.
Squeezing (n.) The act of
pressing; compression; oppression.
Squeezing (n.) That which
is forced out by pressure; dregs.
Squeezing (n.) Same as
Squeeze, n., 2.
Squelched (imp. & p. p.)
of Squelch
Squelching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Squelch
Squelch (v. t.) To quell;
to crush; to silence or put down.
Squelch (n.) A heavy fall,
as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply.
Squeteague (n.) An
American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on the Atlantic coast of
the United States, and much valued as a food fish. It is of a bright silvery
color, with iridescent reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit, and
sea trout. The spotted squeteague (C. nebulosus) of the Southern United States
is a similar fish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is
called also spotted weakfish, and, locally, sea trout, and sea salmon.
Squib (a.) A little pipe,
or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be
thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack.
Squib (a.) A kind of slow
match or safety fuse.
Squib (a.) A sarcastic
speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay.
Squib (a.) A writer of
lampoons.
Squib (a.) A paltry
fellow.
Squibbed (imp. & p. p.) of
Squib
Squibbing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Squib
Squib (v. i.) To throw
squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute;
as, to squib a little debate.
Squid (n.) Any one of
numerous species of ten-armed cephalopods having a long, tapered body, and a
caudal fin on each side; especially, any species of Loligo, Ommastrephes, and
related genera. See Calamary, Decacerata, Dibranchiata.
Squid (n.) A fishhook with
a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to
imitate a squid.
Squier (n.) A square. See
1st Squire.
Squierie (n.) Alt. of
Squiery
Squiery (n.) A company of
squires; the whole body of squires.
Squiggle (v. i.) To shake
and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the lips closed.
Squiggle (v. i.) To move
about like an eel; to squirm.
Squilgee (n.) Formerly, a
small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or
edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other
liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes,
photographer's plates, etc.
Squill (n.) A European
bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea, formerly Scilla, maritima), of acrid,
expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties used in medicine. Called also sea
onion.
Squill (n.) Any bulbous
plant of the genus Scilla; as, the bluebell squill (S. mutans).
Squill (n.) A squilla.
Squill (n.) A mantis.
Squillas (pl. ) of Squilla
Squillae (pl. ) of Squilla
Squilla (n.) Any one of
numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make
burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See
Illust. under Stomapoda.
Squillitic (a.) Of or
pertaining to squills.
Squinance (n.) Alt. of
Squinancy
Squinancy (n.) The quinsy.
See Quinsy.
Squinancy (n.) A European
perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica) with narrowly linear whorled leaves; --
formerly thought to cure the quinsy. Also called quincewort.
Squinch (n.) A small arch
thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as
where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also
sconce, and sconcheon.
Squinsy (n.) See Quinsy.
Squint (a.) Looking
obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of
the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.
Squint (n.) Fig.: Looking
askance.
Squinted (imp. & p. p.) of
Squint
Squinting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Squint
Squint (v. i.) To see or
look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance.
Squint (v. i.) To have the
axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be cross-eyed.
Squint (v. i.) To deviate
from a true line; to run obliquely.
Squint (v. t.) To turn to
an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye.
Squint (v. t.) To cause to
look with noncoincident optic axes.
Squint (n.) The act or
habit of squinting.
Squint (n.) A want of
coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus.
Squint (n.) Same as
Hagioscope.
Squinter (n.) One who
squints.
Squint-eye (n.) An eye
that squints.
Squint-eyed (a.) Having
eyes that quint; having eyes with axes not coincident; cross-eyed.
Squint-eyed (a.) Looking
obliquely, or asquint; malignant; as, squint-eyed praise; squint-eyed jealousy.
Squintifego (a.)
Squinting.
Squinting () a. & n. from Squint,
v.
Squiny (v. i.) To squint.
Squinzey (n.) See Quinsy.
Souir (v. t.) To throw
with a jerk; to throw edge foremost.
Squiralty (n.) Same as
Squirarchy.
Squirarch (n.) One who
belongs to the squirarchy.
Squirarchy (n.) The
gentlemen, or gentry, of a country, collectively.
Squire (n.) A square; a
measure; a rule.
Squire (n.) A
shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
Squire (n.) A title of
dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See Esquire.
Squire (n.) A male
attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a devoted attendant or follower
of a lady; a beau.
Squire (n.) A title of
office and courtesy. See under Esquire.
squired (imp. & p. p.) of
Squire
squiring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Squire
Squire (v. t.) To attend
as a squire.
Squire (v. t.) To attend
as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection; as, to squire a lady.
Squireen (n.) One who is
half squire and half farmer; -- used humorously.
Squirehood (n.) The rank
or state of a squire; squireship.
squireling (n.) A petty
squire.
Squirely (a. & adv.)
Becoming a squire; like a squire.
squireship (n.)
Squirehood.
Squirmed (imp. & p. p.) of
Squirm
Squirming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Squirm
Squirm (v. i.) To twist
about briskly with contor/ions like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe.
Squirr (v. t.) See Squir.
Squirrel (v. i.) Any one
of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Sciurus and several
allied genera of the family Sciuridae. Squirrels generally have a bushy tail,
large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They are commonly arboreal in their
habits, but many species live in burrows.
Squirrel (v. i.) One of
the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.
Squirted (imp. & p. p.) of
Squirt
Squirting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Squirt
Squirt (v. t.) To drive or
eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or orifice; as, to squirt water.
Squirt (v. i.) To be
thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a narrow orifice; -- said of
liquids.
Squirt (v. i.) Hence, to
throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.
Squirt (n.) An instrument
out of which a liquid is ejected in a small stream with force.
Squirt (n.) A small, quick
stream; a jet.
Squirter (n.) One who, or
that which, squirts.
Squiry (n.) The body of
squires, collectively considered; squirarchy.
Squitch grass () Quitch grass.
Squitee (n.) The
squeteague; -- called also squit.
Stabbed (imp. & p. p.) of
Stab
Stabbing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stab
Stab (v. t.) To pierce
with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument;
as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a
person.
Stab (v. t.) Fig.: To
injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's
reputation.
Stab (v. i.) To give a
wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.
Stab (v. i.) To wound or
pain, as if with a pointed weapon.
Stab (n.) The thrust of a
pointed weapon.
Stab (n.) A wound with a
sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin.
Stab (n.) Fig.: An injury
inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.
Stabat Mater () A celebrated
Latin hymn, beginning with these words, commemorating the sorrows of the mother
of our Lord at the foot of the cross. It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of
the Virgin Mary, and is sung by Catholics when making "the way of the cross"
(Via Crucis). See Station, 7 (c).
Stabber (n.) One who, or
that which, stabs; a privy murderer.
Stabber (n.) A small
marline spike; a pricker.
Stabbingly (adv.) By
stabbing; with intent to injure covertly.
Stabiliment (a.) The act
of making firm; firm support; establishment.
Stabilitate (v. t.) To
make stable; to establish.
Stability (a.) The state
or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; firmness; strength to stand
without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the
stability of a throne or a constitution.
Stability (a.) Steadiness
or firmness of character, firmness of resolution or purpose; the quality
opposite to fickleness, irresolution, or inconstancy; constancy; steadfastness;
as, a man of little stability, or of unusual stability.
Stability (a.) Fixedness;
-- as opposed to fluidity.
Stable (v. i.) Firmly
established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable
government.
Stable (v. i.) Steady in
purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not
fickle or wavering; as, a man of stable character.
Stable (v. i.) Durable;
not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable
position.
Stable (v. t.) To fix; to
establish.
Stable (v. i.) A house,
shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or
apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow stable.
Stabled (imp. & p. p.) of
Stable
Stabling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stable
Stable (v. t.) To put or
keep in a stable.
Stable (v. i.) To dwell or
lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.
Stableboy (n.) Alt. of
Stableman
Stableman (n.) A boy or
man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler.
Stableness (n.) The
quality or state of being stable, or firmly established; stability.
Stabler (n.) A stable
keeper.
Stable stand () The position of a
man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow
bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash
ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the
king's deer.
Stabling (n.) The act or
practice of keeping horses and cattle in a stable.
Stabling (n.) A building,
shed, or room for horses and cattle.
Stablish (v. t.) To settle
permanently in a state; to make firm; to establish; to fix.
Stablishment (n.)
Establishment.
Stably (adv.) In a stable
manner; firmly; fixedly; steadily; as, a government stably settled.
Stabulation (n.) The act
of stabling or housing beasts.
Stabulation (n.) A place
for lodging beasts; a stable.
Staccato (a.)
Disconnected; separated; distinct; -- a direction to perform the notes of a
passage in a short, distinct, and pointed manner. It is opposed to legato, and
often indicated by heavy accents written over or under the notes, or by dots
when the performance is to be less distinct and emphatic.
Staccato (a.) Expressed in
a brief, pointed manner.
Stack (a.) A large pile of
hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes
rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes
covered with thatch.
Stack (a.) A pile of poles
or wood, indefinite in quantity.
Stack (a.) A pile of wood
containing 108 cubic feet.
Stack (a.) A number of
flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence:
Stack (a.) Any single
insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for
smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel.
Stack (a.) A section of
memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum
stored is the first retrieved.
Stack (a.) A data
structure within random-access memory used to simulate a hardware stack; as, a
push-down stack.
Stacked (imp. & p. p.) of
Stack
Stacking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stack
Stack (n.) To lay in a
conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks,
or grain; to stack or place wood.
Stackage (n.) Hay, gray,
or the like, in stacks; things stacked.
Stackage (n.) A tax on
things stacked.
Stacket (n.) A stockade.
Stack-guard (n.) A
covering or protection, as a canvas, for a stack.
Stacking () a. & n. from Stack.
Stackstand (n.) A staging
for supporting a stack of hay or grain; a rickstand.
Stackyard (n.) A yard or
inclosure for stacks of hay or grain.
Stacte (n.) One of the
sweet spices used by the ancient Jews in the preparation of incense. It was
perhaps an oil or other form of myrrh or cinnamon, or a kind of storax.
Staddle (v. i.) Anything
which serves for support; a staff; a prop; a crutch; a cane.
Staddle (v. i.) The frame
of a stack of hay or grain.
Staddle (v. i.) A row of
dried or drying hay, etc.
Staddle (v. i.) A small
tree of any kind, especially a forest tree.
Staddle (v. t.) To leave
the staddles, or saplings, of, as a wood when it is cut.
Staddle (v. t.) To form
into staddles, as hay.
Stade (n.) A stadium.
Stade (n.) A landing place
or wharf.
Stadimeter (n.) A
horizontal graduated bar mounted on a staff, used as a stadium, or telemeter,
for measuring distances.
Stadia (pl. ) of Stadium
Stadium (n.) A Greek
measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also
adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal
to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches
English. This was also called the Olympic stadium, as being the exact length of
the foot-race course at Olympia.
Stadium (n.) Hence, a race
course; especially, the Olympic course for foot races.
Stadium (n.) A kind of
telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by
observing the angle it subtends; especially (Surveying), a graduated rod used to
measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a
telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen
between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the
telescope; -- also called stadia, and stadia rod.
Stadtholder (n.) Formerly,
the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; also, the governor or
lieutenant governor of a province.
Stadtholderate (n.) Alt.
of Stadtholdership
Stadtholdership (n.) The
office or position of a stadtholder.
Stafette (n.) An estafet.
Staves (pl. ) of Staff
Staffs (pl. ) of Staff
Staffs (pl. ) of Staff
Staff (n.) A long piece of
wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used
for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike.
Staff (n.) A stick carried
in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that
which props or upholds.
Staff (n.) A pole, stick,
or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's
staff.
Staff (n.) A pole upon
which a flag is supported and displayed.
Staff (n.) The round of a
ladder.
Staff (n.) A series of
verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a
stanza; a stave.
Staff (n.) The five lines
and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave.
Staff (n.) An arbor, as of
a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
Staff (n.) The grooved
director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder.
Staff (n.) An
establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a
section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists
of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands
into execution. See Etat Major.
Staff (n.) Hence: A body
of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendant or
manager; as, the staff of a newspaper.
Staffier (n.) An attendant
bearing a staff.
Staffish (a.) Stiff;
harsh.
Staffmen (pl. ) of
Staffman
Staffman (n.) A workman
employed in silk throwing.
Stag (n.) The adult male
of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to
the American elk, or wapiti.
Stag (n.) The male of
certain other species of large deer.
Stag (n.) A colt, or
filly; also, a romping girl.
Stag (n.) A castrated
bull; -- called also bull stag, and bull seg. See the Note under Ox.
Stag (n.) An outside
irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
Stag (n.) One who applies
for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at
a premium, and not to hold the stock.
Stag (n.) The European
wren.
Stag (v. i.) To act as a
"stag", or irregular dealer in stocks.
Stag (v. t.) To watch; to
dog, or keep track of.
Stage (n.) A floor or
story of a house.
Stage (n.) An elevated
platform on which an orator may speak, a play be performed, an exhibition be
presented, or the like.
Stage (n.) A floor
elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, or the like; a scaffold; a
staging.
Stage (n.) A platform,
often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
Stage (n.) The floor for
scenic performances; hence, the theater; the playhouse; hence, also, the
profession of representing dramatic compositions; the drama, as acted or
exhibited.
Stage (n.) A place where
anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of any noted action or carrer; the
spot where any remarkable affair occurs.
Stage (n.) The platform of
a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of
Microscope.
Stage (n.) A place of rest
on a regularly traveled road; a stage house; a station; a place appointed for a
relay of horses.
Stage (n.) A degree of
advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is
marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road; as, a stage of
ten miles.
Stage (n.) A degree of
advancement in any pursuit, or of progress toward an end or result.
Stage (n.) A large vehicle
running from station to station for the accomodation of the public; a
stagecoach; an omnibus.
Stage (n.) One of several
marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and
plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; zoea stage.
Stage (v. t.) To exhibit
upon a stage, or as upon a stage; to display publicly.
Stagecoach (n.) A coach
that runs regularly from one stage, station, or place to another, for the
conveyance of passengers.
Stagecoachmen (pl. ) of
Stagecoachman
Stagecoachman (n.) One who
drives a stagecoach.
Stagehouse (n.) A house
where a stage regularly stops for passengers or a relay of horses.
Stagely (a.) Pertaining to
a stage; becoming the theater; theatrical.
Stageplay (n.) A dramatic
or theatrical entertainment.
Stageplayer (n.) An actor
on the stage; one whose occupation is to represent characters on the stage; as,
Garrick was a celebrated stageplayer.
Stager (n.) A player.
Stager (n.) One who has
long acted on the stage of life; a practitioner; a person of experience, or of
skill derived from long experience.
Stager (n.) A horse used
in drawing a stage.
Stagery (n.) Exhibition on
the stage.
Stage-struck (a.)
Fascinated by the stage; seized by a passionate desire to become an actor.
Stag-evil (n.) A kind of
palsy affecting the jaw of a horse.
Staggard (n.) The male red
deer when four years old.
Staggered (imp. & p. p.)
of Stagger
Staggering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stagger
Stagger (n.) To move to
one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to
stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter.
Stagger (n.) To cease to
stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
Stagger (n.) To begin to
doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to
hesitate.
Stagger (v. t.) To cause
to reel or totter.
Stagger (v. t.) To cause
to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to
shock.
Stagger (v. t.) To arrange
(a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of
a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam.
Stagger (n.) An unsteady
movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a
reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken
man.
Stagger (n.) A disease of
horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling;
as, parasitic staggers; appopletic or sleepy staggers.
Stagger (n.) Bewilderment;
perplexity.
Staggerbush (n.) An
American shrub (Andromeda Mariana) having clusters of nodding white flowers. It
grows in low, sandy places, and is said to poison lambs and calves.
Staggeringly (adv.) In a
staggering manner.
Staggerwort (n.) A kind of
ragwort (Senecio Jacobaea).
Stag-horn coral () Alt. of
Stag-horn fern
Stag-horn fern () See under Stag.
Stag-horned (a.) Having
the mandibles large and palmate, or branched somewhat like the antlers of a
stag; -- said of certain beetles.
Staghound (n.) A large and
powerful hound formerly used in hunting the stag, the wolf, and other large
animals. The breed is nearly extinct.
Staging (n.) A structure
of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building.
Staging (n.) The business
of running stagecoaches; also, the act of journeying in stagecoaches.
Stagirite (n.) A native
of, or resident in, Stagira, in ancient Macedonia; especially, Aristotle.
Stagnancy (n.) State of
being stagnant.
Stagnant (a.) That
stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or steam; motionless; hence,
impure or foul from want of motion; as, a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood
in the veins.
Stagnant (a.) Not active
or brisk; dull; as, business in stagnant.
Stagnantly (adv.) In a
stagnant manner.
Stagnated (imp. & p. p.)
of Stagnate
Stagnating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stagnate
Stagnate (v. t.) To cease
to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence,
to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnates in a close room.
Stagnate (v. t.) To cease
to be brisk or active; to become dull or inactive; as, commerce stagnates;
business stagnates.
Stagnate (a.) Stagnant.
Stagnation (n.) The
condition of being stagnant; cessation of flowing or circulation, as of a fluid;
the state of being motionless; as, the stagnation of the blood; the stagnation
of water or air; the stagnation of vapors.
Stagnation (n.) The
cessation of action, or of brisk action; the state of being dull; as, the
stagnation of business.
Stagworm (n.) The larve of
any species of botfly which is parasitic upon the stag, as /strus, or Hypoderma,
actaeon, which burrows beneath the skin, and Cephalomyia auribarbis, which lives
in the nostrils.
Stahlian (a.) Pertaining
to, or taught by, Stahl, a German physician and chemist of the 17th century; as,
the Stahlian theory of phlogiston.
Stahlian (n.) A believer
in, or advocate of, Stahlism.
Stahlism (n.) Alt. of
Stahlianism
Stahlianism (n.) The
Stahlian theoru, that every vital action is function or operation of the soul.
Stail () imp. & p. p. of Stay.
Staid (a.) Sober; grave;
steady; sedate; composed; regular; not wild, volatile, or fanciful.
Staidly (adv.) In a staid
manner, sedately.
Staidness (n.) The quality
or state of being staid; seriousness; steadiness; sedateness; regularity; -- the
opposite of wildness, or levity.
Stail (n.) A handle, as of
a mop; a stale.
Stained (imp. & p. p.) of
Stain
Staining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stain
Stain (v. t.) To discolor
by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the
hand with dye; armor stained with blood.
Stain (v. t.) To color, as
wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by processess affecting, chemically or
otherwise, the material itself; to tinge with a color or colors combining with,
or penetrating, the substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with acids, colored
washes, paint rubbed in, etc.; to stain glass.
Stain (v. t.) To spot with
guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish.
Stain (v. t.) To cause to
seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
Stain (v. i.) To give or
receive a stain; to grow dim.
Stain (n.) A discoloration
by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a garment or cloth.
Stain (n.) A natural spot
of a color different from the gound.
Stain (n.) Taint of guilt;
tarnish; disgrace; reproach.
Stain (n.) Cause of
reproach; shame.
Stain (n.) A tincture; a
tinge.
Stainer (n.) One who
stains or tarnishes.
Stainer (n.) A workman who
stains; as, a stainer of wood.
Stainless (a.) Free from
stain; immaculate.
Stainlessly (adv.) In a
stainless manner.
Stair (n.) One step of a
series for ascending or descending to a different level; -- commonly applied to
those within a building.
Stair (n.) A series of
steps, as for passing from one story of a house to another; -- commonly used in
the plural; but originally used in the singular only.
Staircase (n.) A flight of
stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc.
Stairhead (n.) The head or
top of a staircase.
Stairway (n.) A flight of
stairs or steps; a staircase.
Staith (n.) A landing
place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from
railway cars, into vessels.
Staithman (n.) A man
employed in weighing and shipping at a staith.
Stake (v. t.) A piece of
wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven
into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences,
hedges, etc.
Stake (v. t.) A stick
inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat
car, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
Stake (v. t.) The piece of
timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire.
Stake (v. t.) A small
anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, -- used by
tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.
Stake (v. t.) That which
is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
Staked (imp. & p. p.) of
Stake
Staking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stake
Stake (v. t.) To fasten,
support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.
Stake (v. t.) To mark the
limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new
road.
Stake (v. t.) To put at
hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to
pledge.
Stake (v. t.) To pierce or
wound with a stake.
Stake-driver (n.) The
common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); -- so called because one of its
notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also
meadow hen, and Indian hen.
Stakehead (n.) A
horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by
pins in the bar.
Stakeholder (n.) The
holder of a stake; one with whom the bets are deposited when a wager is laid.
Staktometer (n.) A drop
measurer; a glass tube tapering to a small orifice at the point, and having a
bulb in the middle, used for finding the number of drops in equal quantities of
different liquids. See Pipette.
Stal (imp.) Stole.
Stalactic (a.) Alt. of
Stalactical
Stalactical (a.)
Stalactic.
Stalactoform (a.) Like a
stalactite; resembling a stalactite.
Stalactites (pl. ) of
Stalactite
Stalactite (n.) A pendent
cone or cylinder of calcium carbonate resembling an icicle in form and mode of
attachment. Stalactites are found depending from the roof or sides of caverns,
and are produced by deposition from waters which have percolated through, and
partially dissolved, the overlying limestone rocks.
Stalactite (n.) In an
extended sense, any mineral or rock of similar form and origin; as, a stalactite
of lava.
Stalactites (n.) A
stalactite.
Stalactitic (a.) Alt. of
Stalactitical
Stalactitical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a stalactite; having the form or characters of a stalactite;
stalactic.
Stalactitiform (a.) Having
the form of a stalactite; stalactiform.
Stalagmite (n.) A deposit
more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed by calcareous water
dropping on the floors of caverns; hence, a similar deposit of other material.
Stalagmitic (a.) Alt. of
Stalagmitical
Stalagmitical (a.) Having
the form or structure of stalagmites.
Stalder (n.) A wooden
frame to set casks on.
Stale (n.) The stock or
handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake.
Stale (v. i.) Vapid or
tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit, and flavor, from being long
kept; as, stale beer.
Stale (v. i.) Not new; not
freshly made; as, stele bread.
Stale (v. i.) Having lost
the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed.
Stale (v. i.) Worn out by
use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite;
common.
Staled (imp. & p. p.) of
Stale
Staling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stale
Stale (v. t.) To make
vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out.
Stale (a.) To make water;
to discharge urine; -- said especially of horses and cattle.
Stale (v. i.) That which
is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by use.
Stale (v. i.) A
prostitute.
Stale (v. i.) Urine, esp.
that of beasts.
Stale (v. t.) Something
set, or offered to view, as an allurement to draw others to any place or
purpose; a decoy; a stool pigeon.
Stale (v. t.) A
stalking-horse.
Stale (v. t.) A stalemate.
Stale (v. t.) A
laughingstock; a dupe.
Stalely (adv.) In a state
stale manner.
Stalely (adv.) Of old;
long since.
Stalemate (n.) The
position of the king when he can not move without being placed on check and
there is no other piece which can be moved.
Stalemate (v. t.) To
subject to a stalemate; hence, to bring to a stand.
Staleness (n.) The quality
or state of being stale.
Stalk (n.) The stem or
main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or
hemp.
Stalk (n.) The petiole,
pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.
Stalk (n.) That which
resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill.
Stalk (n.) An ornament in
the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes
and helices spring.
Stalk (n.) One of the two
upright pieces of a ladder.
Stalk (n.) A stem or
peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.
Stalk (n.) The narrow
basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
Stalk (n.) The peduncle of
the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
Stalk (n.) An iron bar
with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
Stalked (imp. & p. p.) of
Stalk
Stalking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stalk
Stalk (v. i.) To walk
slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes
used with a reflexive pronoun.
Stalk (v. i.) To walk
behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed
under clover.
Stalk (v. i.) To walk with
high and proud steps; usually implying the affectation of dignity, and
indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to
express dignity of step.
Stalk (v. t.) To approach
under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.
Stalk (n.) A high, proud,
stately step or walk.
Stalked (a.) Having a
stalk or stem; borne upon a stem.
Stalker (n.) One who
stalks.
Stalker (n.) A kind of
fishing net.
Stalk-eyed (a.) Having the
eyes raised on a stalk, or peduncle; -- opposed to sessile-eyed. Said especially
of podophthalmous crustaceans.
Stalking-horse (n.) A
horse, or a figure resembling a horse, behind which a hunter conceals himself
from the game he is aiming to kill.
Stalking-horse (n.) Fig.:
Something used to cover up a secret project; a mask; a pretense.
Stalkless (a.) Having no
stalk.
Stalky (a.) Hard as a
stalk; resembling a stalk.
Stall (v. i.) A stand; a
station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox kept and
fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other
animal.
Stall (v. i.) A stable; a
place for cattle.
Stall (v. i.) A small
apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's
stall; a bookstall.
Stall (v. i.) A bench or
table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
Stall (v. i.) A seat in
the choir of a church, for one of the officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either
wholly or partially, at the back and sides. The stalls are frequently very rich,
with canopies and elaborate carving.
Stall (v. i.) In the
theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from
the benches, sofas, etc.
Stall (v. i.) The space
left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post.
Stalled (imp. & p. p.) of
Stall
Stalling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stall
Stall (v. t.) To put into
a stall or stable; to keep in a stall or stalls; as, to stall an ox.
Stall (v. t.) To fatten;
as, to stall cattle.
Stall (v. t.) To place in
an office with the customary formalities; to install.
Stall (v. t.) To plunge
into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix; as, to stall a
cart.
Stall (v. t.) To
forestall; to anticipitate. Having
Stall (v. t.) To keep
close; to keep secret.
Stall (v. i.) To live in,
or as in, a stall; to dwell.
Stall (v. i.) To kennel,
as dogs.
Stall (v. i.) To be set,
as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
Stall (v. i.) To be tired
of eating, as cattle.
Stallage (n.) The right of
erecting a stalls in fairs; rent paid for a stall.
Stallage (n.) Dung of
cattle or horses, mixed with straw.
Stallation (n.)
Installation.
Stalled (a.) Put or kept
in a stall; hence, fatted.
Staller (n.) A standard
bearer. obtaining
Stall-fed (imp. & p. p.)
of Stall-feed
Stall-feeding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stall-feed
Stall-feed (v. t.) To feed
and fatten in a stall or on dry fodder; as, to stall-feed an ox.
Stalling (n.) Stabling.
Stallion (n.) A male horse
not castrated; a male horse kept for breeding.
Stallmen (pl. ) of
Stallman
Stallman (n.) One who
keeps a stall for the sale of merchandise, especially books.
Stallon (n.) A slip from a
plant; a scion; a cutting.
Stalwart (a.) Alt. of
Stalworth
Stalworth (a.) Brave;
bold; strong; redoubted; daring; vehement; violent.
Stalwartly (adv.) In a
stalwart manner.
Stalwartness (n.) The
quality of being stalwart.
Stalworthhood (n.) Alt. of
Stalworthness
Stalworthness (n.) The
quality or state of being stalworth; stalwartness; boldness; daring.
Stamens (pl. ) of Stamen
Stamina (pl. ) of Stamen
Stamen (n.) A thread;
especially, a warp thread.
Stamen (n.) The male organ
of flowers for secreting and furnishing the pollen or fecundating dust. It
consists of the anther and filament.
Stamened (a.) Furnished
with stamens.
Stamin (n.) A kind of
woolen cloth.
Stamina (n. pl.) See
Stamen.
Stamina (n. pl.) The
fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity;
as, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are
the stamina which constitute their strength.
Stamina (n. pl.) Whatever
constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; power of endurance;
backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a
State.
Staminal (a.) Of or
pertaining to stamens or stamina; consisting in stamens.
Staminate (a.) Furnished
with stamens; producing stamens.
Staminate (a.) Having
stamens, but lacking pistils.
Staminate (v. t.) To indue
with stamina.
Stamineal (a.) Alt. of
Stamineous
Stamineous (a.) Consisting
of stamens or threads.
Stamineous (a.) Of or
pertaining to the stamens; possessing stamens; also, attached to the stamens;
as, a stamineous nectary.
Staminiferous (a.) Bearing
or having stamens.
Staminode (n.) A
staminodium.
Staminodia (pl. ) of
Staminodium
Staminodium (n.) An
abortive stamen, or any organ modified from an abortive stamen.
Stammel (n.) A large,
clumsy horse.
Stammel (n.) A kind of
woolen cloth formerly in use. It seems to have been often of a red color.
Stammel (n.) A red dye,
used in England in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Stammel (a.) Of the color
of stammel; having a red color, thought inferior to scarlet.
Stammered (imp. & p. p.)
of Stammer
Stammering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stammer
Stammer (v. i.) To make
involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in
speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.
Stammer (v. t.) To utter
or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out.
Stammer (n.) Defective
utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.
Stammerer (n.) One who
stammers.
Stammering (a.) Apt to
stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering.
Stammering (n.) A
disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued
spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is preented, and
hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration.
Stamped (imp. & p. p.) of
Stamp
Stamping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stamp
Stamp (v. i.) To strike
beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot
downward.
Stamp (v. i.) To bring
down (the foot) forcibly on the ground or floor; as, he stamped his foot with
rage.
Stamp (v. i.) To crush; to
pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore
in a mill.
Stamp (v. i.) To impress
with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials.
Stamp (v. i.) Fig.: To
impress; to imprint; to fix deeply; as, to stamp virtuous principles on the
heart.
Stamp (v. i.) To cut out,
bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or
suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin.
Stamp (v. i.) To put a
stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document.
Stamp (v. i.) To strike;
to beat; to crush.
Stamp (v. i.) To strike
the foot forcibly downward.
Stamp (n.) The act of
stamping, as with the foot.
Stamp (n.) The which
stamps; any instrument for making impressions on other bodies, as a die.
Stamp (n.) The mark made
by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression.
Stamp (n.) that which is
marked; a thing stamped.
Stamp (v. t.) A picture
cut in wood or metal, or made by impression; a cut; a plate.
Stamp (v. t.) An offical
mark set upon things chargeable with a duty or tax to government, as evidence
that the duty or tax is paid; as, the stamp on a bill of exchange.
Stamp (v. t.) Hence, a
stamped or printed device, issued by the government at a fixed price, and
required by law to be affixed to, or stamped on, certain papers, as evidence
that the government dues are paid; as, a postage stamp; a receipt stamp, etc.
Stamp (v. t.) An
instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a
downward pressure.
Stamp (v. t.) A character
or reputation, good or bad, fixed on anything as if by an imprinted mark;
current value; authority; as, these persons have the stamp of dishonesty; the
Scriptures bear the stamp of a divine origin.
Stamp (v. t.) Make; cast;
form; character; as, a man of the same stamp, or of a different stamp.
Stamp (v. t.) A kind of
heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or steam power, for beating ores to
powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or bathing.
Stamp (v. t.) A
half-penny.
Stamp (v. t.) Money, esp.
paper money.
Stampede (v. t.) A wild,
headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by
fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in
consequence of a panic.
Stampede (v. i.) To run
away in a panic; -- said droves of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.
Stampede (v. t.) To
disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.
Stamper (n.) One who
stamps.
Stamper (n.) An instrument
for pounding or stamping.
Stamping () a. & n. from Stamp,
v.
Stance (n.) A stanza.
Stance (n.) A station; a
position; a site.
Stanched (imp. & p. p.) of
Stanch
Stanching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stanch
Stanch (v. t.) To stop the
flowing of, as blood; to check; also, to stop the flowing of blood from; as, to
stanch a wound.
Stanch (v. t.) To
extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst.
Stanch (v. i.) To cease,
as the flowing of blood.
Stanch (n.) That which
stanches or checks.
Stanch (n.) A flood gate
by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a
stream by its release.
Stanch (v. t.) Strong and
tight; sound; firm; as, a stanch ship.
Stanch (v. t.) Firm in
principle; constant and zealous; loyal; hearty; steady; steadfast; as, a stanch
churchman; a stanch friend or adherent.
Stanch (v. t.) Close;
secret; private.
Stanch (v. t.) To prop; to
make stanch, or strong.
Stanchel (n.) A stanchion.
Stancher (n.) One who, or
that which, stanches, or stops, the flowing, as of blood.
Stanchion (n.) A prop or
support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake or post, used for a support or
stay.
Stanchion (n.) Any upright
post or beam used as a support, as for the deck, the quarter rails, awnings,
etc.
Stanchion (n.) A vertical
bar for confining cattle in a stall.
Stanchless (a.) Incapable
of being stanched, or stopped.
Stanchless (a.)
Unquenchable; insatiable.
Stanchly (adv.) In a
stanch manner.
Stanchness (n.) The
quality or state of being stanch.
Stood (imp. & p. p.) of
Stand
Standing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stand
Stand (n.) To be at rest
in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm position
Stand (n.) To be supported
on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position; -- opposed to lie, sit,
kneel, etc.
Stand (n.) To continue
upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building
resting on its foundation.
Stand (n.) To occupy or
hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands
on the Seine.
Stand (n.) To cease from
progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.
Stand (n.) To remain
without ruin or injury; to hold good against tendencies to impair or injure; to
be permanent; to endure; to last; hence, to find endurance, strength, or
resources.
Stand (n.) To maintain
one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
Stand (n.) To maintain an
invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a
position in resistance or opposition.
Stand (n.) To adhere to
fixed principles; to maintain moral rectitude; to keep from falling into error
or vice.
Stand (n.) To have or
maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation; as,
Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts.
Stand (n.) To be in some
particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
Stand (n.) To be
consistent; to agree; to accord.
Stand (n.) To hold a
course at sea; as, to stand from the shore; to stand for the harbor.
Stand (n.) To offer one's
self, or to be offered, as a candidate.
Stand (n.) To stagnate;
not to flow; to be motionless.
Stand (n.) To measure when
erect on the feet.
Stand (n.) To be or remain
as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide.
Stand (n.) To appear in
court.
Stand (v. t.) To endure;
to sustain; to bear; as, I can not stand the cold or the heat.
Stand (v. t.) To resist,
without yielding or receding; to withstand.
Stand (v. t.) To abide by;
to submit to; to suffer.
Stand (v. t.) To set
upright; to cause to stand; as, to stand a book on the shelf; to stand a man on
his feet.
Stand (v. t.) To be at the
expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat.
Stand (v. i.) The act of
standing.
Stand (v. i.) A halt or
stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition; as, to come to, or
to make, a stand.
Stand (v. i.) A place or
post where one stands; a place where one may stand while observing or waiting
for something.
Stand (v. i.) A station in
a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire; as, a cab stand.
Stand (v. i.) A raised
platform or station where a race or other outdoor spectacle may be viewed; as,
the judge's or the grand stand at a race course.
Stand (v. i.) A small
table; also, something on or in which anything may be laid, hung, or placed
upright; as, a hat stand; an umbrella stand; a music stand.
Stand (v. i.) A place
where a witness stands to testify in court.
Stand (v. i.) The
situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.; as, a good, bad, or convenient stand
for business.
Stand (v. i.) Rank; post;
station; standing.
Stand (v. i.) A state of
perplexity or embarrassment; as, to be at a stand what to do.
Stand (v. i.) A young
tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or
standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in
a stock, either of the same or another kind of tree.
Stand (v. i.) A weight of
from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, -- used in weighing pitch.
Standage (n.) A reservior
in which water accumulates at the bottom of a mine.
Standard (n.) A flag;
colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.
Standard (n.) That which
is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent,
value, or quality; esp., the original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by
government, as the standard pound, gallon, or yard.
Standard (n.) That which
is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent;
criterion; test.
Standard (n.) The
proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.
Standard (n.) A tree of
natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock
of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
Standard (n.) The upper
petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
Standard (n.) An upright
support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing.
Standard (n.) An inverted
knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch
turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
Standard (n.) The sheth of
a plow.
Standard (n.) A large
drinking cup.
Standard (a.) Being,
affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as,
standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to
nautical terms; standard gold or silver.
Standard (a.) Hence:
Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard
authors.
Standard (a.) Not
supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees.
Standard (a.) Not of the
dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.
Standard-bred (a.) Bred in
conformity to a standard. Specif., applied to a registered trotting horse which
comes up to the standard adopted by the National Association of Trotting-horse
Breeders.
Standardize (v. t.) To
reduce to a normal standard; to calculate or adjust the strength of, by means
of, and for uses in, analysis.
Standard-wing (n.) A
curious paradise bird (Semioptera Wallacii) which has two long special feathers
standing erect on each wing.
Stand-by (n.) One who, or
that which, stands by one in need; something upon which one relies for constant
use or in an emergency.
Standel (n.) A young tree,
especially one reserved when others are cut.
Stander (n.) One who
stands.
Stander (n.) Same as
Standel.
Stander-by (n.) One who
stands near; one who is present; a bystander.
Standergrass (n.) A plant
(Orchis mascula); -- called also standerwort, and long purple. See Long purple,
under Long.
Standgale (n.) See
Stannel.
Standing (a.) Remaining
erect; not cut down; as, standing corn.
Standing (a.) Not flowing;
stagnant; as, standing water.
Standing (a.) Not
transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting; as, a standing color.
Standing (a.) Established
by law, custom, or the like; settled; continually existing; permanent; not
temporary; as, a standing army; legislative bodies have standing rules of
proceeding and standing committees.
Standing (a.) Not movable;
fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from a trundle-bed).
Standing (n.) The act of
stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand.
Standing (n.) Maintenance
of position; duration; duration or existence in the same place or condition;
continuance; as, a custom of long standing; an officer of long standing.
Standing (n.) Place to
stand in; station; stand.
Standing (n.) Condition in
society; relative position; reputation; rank; as, a man of good standing, or of
high standing.
Standish (n.) A stand, or
case, for pen and ink.
Standpipe (n.) A vertical
pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow
of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water
is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level at
a distance.
Standpipe (n.) A supply
pipe of sufficient elevation to enable the water to flow into the boiler,
notwithstanding the pressure of the steam.
Standpoint (n.) A fixed
point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which
objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and
judged.
Standstill (n.) A standing
without moving forward or backward; a stop; a state or rest.
Stane (n.) A stone.
Stang () imp. of Sting.
Stang (n.) A long bar; a
pole; a shaft; a stake.
Stang (n.) In land
measure, a pole, rod, or perch.
Stang (v. i.) To shoot
with pain.
Stanhope (n.) A light
two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage, without a top; -- so called
from Lord Stanhope, for whom it was contrived.
Staniel (n.) See Stannel.
Stanielry (n.) Hawking
with staniels, -- a base kind of falconry.
Stank (a.) Weak; worn out.
Stank (v. i.) To sigh.
Stank (imp.) Stunk.
Stank (n.) Water retained
by an embankment; a pool water.
Stank (n.) A dam or mound
to stop water.
Stannary (a.) Of or
pertaining to tin mines, or tin works.
Stannaries (pl. ) of
Stannary
Stannary (n.) A tin mine;
tin works.
Stannate (n.) A salt of
stannic acid.
Stannel (n.) The kestrel;
-- called also standgale, standgall, stanchel, stand hawk, stannel hawk,
steingale, stonegall.
Stannic (a.) Of or
pertaining to tin; derived from or containing tin; specifically, designating
those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with
stannous compounds.
Stanniferous (a.)
Containing or affording tin.
Stannine (n.) Alt. of
Stannite
Stannite (n.) A mineral of
a steel-gray or iron-black color; tin pyrites. It is a sulphide of tin, copper,
and iron.
Stanno- () A combining form (also
used adjectively) denoting relation to, or connection with, tin, or including
tin as an ingredient.
Stannofluoride (n.) Any
one of a series of double fluorides of tin (stannum) and some other element.
Stannoso- (a.) A combining
form (also used adjectively) denoting relation to, or connection with, certain
stannnous compounds.
Stannotype (n.) A
photograph taken upon a tin plate; a tintype.
Stannous (a.) Pertaining
to, or containing, tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the
element has a lower valence as contrasted with stannic compounds.
Stannum (n.) The technical
name of tin. See Tin.
Stannyel (n.) Alt. of
Stanyel
Stanyel (n.) See Stannel.
Stant (3d pers. sing. pres.)
Alt. of Stont
Stont (3d pers. sing. pres.)
Stands.
Stanzas (pl. ) of Stanza
Stanza (n.) A number of
lines or verses forming a division of a song or poem, and agreeing in meter,
rhyme, number of lines, etc., with other divisions; a part of a poem, ordinarily
containing every variation of measure in that poem; a combination or arrangement
of lines usually recurring; whether like or unlike, in measure.
Stanza (n.) An apartment
or division in a building; a room or chamber.
Stanzaic (a.) Pertaining
to, or consisting of, stanzas; as, a couplet in stanzaic form.
Stapedial (a.) Of or
pertaining to stapes.
Stapelia (n.) An extensive
and curious genus of African plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceae
(Milkweed family). They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered
with dark tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odor of the
blossoms is like that of carrion.
Stapes (n.) The innermost
of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from its
form. See Illust. of Ear.
Staphyline (a.) Of or
pertaining to the uvula or the palate.
Staphylinid (n.) Any rove
beetle.
Staphyloma (n.) A
protrusion of any part of the globe of the eye; as, a staphyloma of the cornea.
Staphylomatous (a.) Of or
pertaining to staphyloma; affected with staphyloma.
Staphyloplasty (n.) The
operation for restoring or replacing the soft palate when it has been lost.
Staphyloraphy (n.) Alt. of
Staphylorrhaphy
Staphylorrhaphy (n.) The
operation of uniting a cleft palate, consisting in paring and bringing together
the edges of the cleft.
Staphylotomy (n.) The
operation of removing a staphyloma by cutting.
Staple (n.) A settled
mart; an emporium; a city or town to which merchants brought commodities for
sale or exportation in bulk; a place for wholesale traffic.
Staple (n.) Hence: Place
of supply; source; fountain head.
Staple (n.) The principal
commodity of traffic in a market; a principal commodity or production of a
country or district; as, wheat, maize, and cotton are great staples of the
United States.
Staple (n.) The principal
constituent in anything; chief item.
Staple (n.) Unmanufactured
material; raw material.
Staple (n.) The fiber of
wool, cotton, flax, or the like; as, a coarse staple; a fine staple; a long or
short staple.
Staple (n.) A loop of
iron, or a bar or wire, bent and formed with two points to be driven into wood,
to hold a hook, pin, or the like.
Staple (n.) A shaft,
smaller and shorter than the principal one, joining different levels.
Staple (n.) A small pit.
Staple (n.) A district
granted to an abbey.
Staple (a.) Pertaining to,
or being market of staple for, commodities; as, a staple town.
Staple (a.) Established in
commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade.
Staple (a.) Fit to be
sold; marketable.
Staple (a.) Regularly
produced or manufactured in large quantities; belonging to wholesale traffic;
principal; chief.
stapled (imp. & p. p.) of
Staple
stapling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Staple
Staple (v. t.) To sort
according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.
Stapler (n.) A dealer in
staple goods.
Stapler (n.) One employed
to assort wool according to its staple.
Star (n.) One of the
innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than
the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae.
Star (n.) The polestar;
the north star.
Star (n.) A planet
supposed to influence one's destiny; (usually pl.) a configuration of the
planets, supposed to influence fortune.
Star (n.) That which
resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament worn on the breast to indicate
rank or honor.
Star (n.) Specifically, a
radiated mark in writing or printing; an asterisk [thus, *]; -- used as a
reference to a note, or to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc.
Star (n.) A composition of
combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which,
exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
Star (n.) A person of
brilliant and attractive qualities, especially on public occasions, as a
distinguished orator, a leading theatrical performer, etc.
Starred (imp. & p. p.) of
Star
Starring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Star
Star (v. t.) To set or
adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle; as, a robe starred
with gems.
Star (v. i.) To be bright,
or attract attention, as a star; to shine like a star; to be brilliant or
prominent; to play a part as a theatrical star.
Star-blind (a.) Half
blind.
Starboard (v. t.) That
side of a vessel which is on the right hand of a person who stands on board
facing the bow; -- opposed to larboard, or port.
Starboard (a.) Pertaining
to the right-hand side of a ship; being or lying on the right side; as, the
starboard quarter; starboard tack.
Starboard (v. t.) To put
to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel; as, to starboard the helm.
Starblowlines (n. pl.) The
men in the starboard watch.
Starch (a.) Stiff;
precise; rigid.
Starch (n.) A widely
diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and
extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular
or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar
creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the
production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in
making paste, etc.
Starch (n.) Fig.: A stiff,
formal manner; formality.
Starched (imp. & p. p.) of
Starch
Starching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Starch
Starch (v. t.) To stiffen
with starch.
Star-chamber (n.) An
ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal,
which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's
council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It
could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses; it could apply torture. It was
abolished by the Long Parliament in 1641.
Starched (a.) Stiffened
with starch.
Starched (a.) Stiff;
precise; formal.
Starchedness (n.) The
quality or state of being starched; stiffness in manners; formality.
Starcher (n.) One who
starches.
Starchly (adv.) In a
starched or starch manner.
Starchness (n.) Of or
pertaining to starched or starch; stiffness of manner; preciseness.
Starchwort (n.) The
cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine quality of starch.
Starchy (a.) Consisting of
starch; resembling starch; stiff; precise.
Starcraft (n.) Astrology.
Star-crossed (a.) Not
favored by the stars; ill-fated.
Stare (n.) The starling.
stared (imp. & p. p.) of
Stare
staring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stare
Stare (v. i.) To look with
fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to
fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object.
Stare (v. i.) To be very
conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring
windows or colors.
Stare (v. i.) To stand
out; to project; to bristle.
Stare (v. t.) To look
earnestly at; to gaze at.
Stare (n.) The act of
staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open.
Starer (n.) One who
stares, or gazes.
Starf (imp.) Starved.
Starfinch (n.) The
European redstart.
Starfish (n.) Any one of
numerous species of echinoderms belonging to the class Asterioidea, in which the
body is star-shaped and usually has five rays, though the number of rays varies
from five to forty or more. The rays are often long, but are sometimes so short
as to appear only as angles to the disklike body. Called also sea star,
five-finger, and stellerid.
Starfish (n.) The dollar
fish, or butterfish.
Stargaser (n.) One who
gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in derision or contempt, an
astronomer.
Stargaser (n.) Any one of
several species of spiny-rayed marine fishes belonging to Uranoscopus,
Astroscopus, and allied genera, of the family Uranoscopidae. The common species
of the Eastern United States are Astroscopus anoplus, and A. guttatus. So called
from the position of the eyes, which look directly upward.
Stargasing (n.) The act or
practice of observing the stars with attention; contemplation of the stars as
connected with astrology or astronomy.
Stargasing (n.) Hence,
absent-mindedness; abstraction.
Staringly (adv.) With a
staring look.
Stark (n.) Stiff; rigid.
Stark (n.) Complete;
absolute; full; perfect; entire.
Stark (n.) Strong;
vigorous; powerful.
Stark (n.) Severe;
violent; fierce.
Stark (n.) Mere; sheer;
gross; entire; downright.
Stark (adv.) Wholly;
entirely; absolutely; quite; as, stark mind.
Stark (v. t.) To stiffen.
Starkly (adv.) In a stark
manner; stiffly; strongly.
Starkness (n.) The quality
or state of being stark.
Starless (a.) Being
without stars; having no stars visible; as, a starless night.
Starlight (n.) The light
given by the stars.
Starlight (a.) Lighted by
the stars, or by the stars only; as, a starlight night.
Starlike (a.) Resembling a
star; stellated; radiated like a star; as, starlike flowers.
Starlike (a.) Shining;
bright; illustrious.
Starling (n.) Any
passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and allied genera. The European starling
(Sturnus vulgaris) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and
spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses,
old towers, etc. Called also stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is
Sternopastor contra.
Starling (n.) A California
fish; the rock trout.
Starling (n.) A structure
of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; --
called also sterling.
Starlit (a.) Lighted by
the stars; starlight.
Starmonger (n.) A fortune
teller; an astrologer; -- used in contempt.
Starn (n.) The European
starling.
Starnose (n.) A curious
American mole (Condylura cristata) having the nose expanded at the end into a
stellate disk; -- called also star-nosed mole.
Starost (n.) A nobleman
who possessed a starosty.
Starosty (n.) A castle and
domain conferred on a nobleman for life.
Starproof (a.) Impervious
to the light of the stars; as, a starproof elm.
Star-read (n.) Doctrine or
knowledge of the stars; star lore; astrology; astronomy.
Starred (a.) Adorned or
studded with stars; bespangled.
Starred (a.) Influenced in
fortune by the stars.
Starriness (n.) The
quality or state of being starry; as, the starriness of the heavens.
Starry (a.) Abounding with
stars; adorned with stars.
Starry (a.) Consisting of,
or proceeding from, the stars; stellar; stellary; as, starry light; starry
flame.
Starry (a.) Shining like
stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes.
Starry (a.) Arranged in
rays like those of a star; stellate.
Starshine (n.) The light
of the stars.
Starshoot (n.) See Nostoc.
Star-spangled (a.)
Spangled or studded with stars.
Starstone (n.) Asteriated
sapphire.
started (imp. & p. p.) of
Start
starting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Start
Start (v. i.) To leap; to
jump.
Start (v. i.) To move
suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling
or emotion, or by a voluntary act.
Start (v. i.) To set out;
to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business.
Start (v. i.) To become
somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or
pressure.
Start (v. t.) To cause to
move suddenly; to disturb suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to
flee or fly; as, the hounds started a fox.
Start (v. t.) To bring
onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
Start (v. t.) To cause to
move or act; to set going, running, or flowing; as, to start a railway train; to
start a mill; to start a stream of water; to start a rumor; to start a business.
Start (v. t.) To move
suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate; as, to
start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel.
Start (v. t.) To pour out;
to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask.
Start (n.) The act of
starting; a sudden spring, leap, or motion, caused by surprise, fear, pain, or
the like; any sudden motion, or beginning of motion.
Start (n.) A convulsive
motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort.
Start (n.) A sudden,
unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of
fancy.
Start (n.) The beginning,
as of a journey or a course of action; first motion from a place; act of setting
out; the outset; -- opposed to finish.
Start (v. i.) A tail, or
anything projecting like a tail.
Start (v. i.) The handle,
or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle.
Start (v. i.) The curved
or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket.
Start (v. i.) The arm, or
level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
Starter (n.) One who, or
that which, starts; as, a starter on a journey; the starter of a race.
Starter (n.) A dog that
rouses game.
Startful (a.) Apt to
start; skittish.
Startfulness (n.) Aptness
to start.
Starthroat (n.) Any
humming bird of the genus Heliomaster. The feathers of the throat have a
brilliant metallic luster.
Starting () a. & n. from Start,
v.
Startingly (adv.) By
sudden fits or starts; spasmodically.
Startish (a.) Apt to
start; skittish; shy; -- said especially of a horse.
Startled (imp. & p. p.) of
Startle
Startling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Startle
Startle (v. t.) To move
suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
Startle (v. t.) To excite
by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not
seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
Startle (v. t.) To deter;
to cause to deviate.
Startle (n.) A sudden
motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of
danger.
Startlingly (adv.) In a
startling manner.
Startlish (a.) Easily
startled; apt to start; startish; skittish; -- said especially of a hourse.
Start-up (n.) One who
comes suddenly into notice; an upstart.
Start-up (n.) A kind of
high rustic shoe.
Start-up (a.) Upstart.
Starvation (n.) The act of
starving, or the state of being starved.
Starved (imp. & p. p.) of
Starve
Starving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Starve
Starve (v. i.) To die; to
perish.
Starve (v. i.) To perish
with hunger; to suffer extreme hunger or want; to be very indigent.
Starve (v. i.) To perish
or die with cold.
Starve (v. t.) To destroy
with cold.
Starve (v. t.) To kill
with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in law, murder.
Starve (v. t.) To distress
or subdue by famine; as, to starvea garrison into a surrender.
Starve (v. t.) To destroy
by want of any kind; as, to starve plans by depriving them of proper light and
air.
Starve (v. t.) To deprive
of force or vigor; to disable.
Starvedly (adv.) In the
condition of one starved or starving; parsimoniously.
Starveling (n.) One who,
or that which, pines from lack or food, or nutriment.
Starveling (a.) Hungry;
lean; pining with want.
Starwort (n.) Any plant of
the genus Aster. See Aster.
Starwort (n.) A small
plant of the genus Stellaria, having star-shaped flowers; star flower;
chickweed.
Stasmia (pl. ) of Stasimon
Stasimon (n.) In the Greek
tragedy, a song of the chorus, continued without the interruption of dialogue or
anapaestics.
Stasis (n.) A slackening
or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to a lessening of the
heart's beat, but presumably to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls.
It is one of the phenomena observed in the capillaries in inflammation.
Statable (a.) That can be
stated; as, a statablegrievance; the question at issue is statable.
Statal (a.) Of, pertaining
to, or existing with reference to, a State of the American Union, as
distinguished from the general government.
Statant (a.) In a standing
position; as, a lion statant.
Statarian (a.) Fixed;
settled; steady; statary.
Statarianly (adv.)
Fixedly; steadly.
Statary (a.) Fixed;
settled.
State (n.) The
circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.
State (n.) Rank;
condition; quality; as, the state of honor.
State (n.) Condition of
prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
State (n.) Appearance of
grandeur or dignity; pomp.
State (n.) A chair with a
canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy
itself.
State (n.) Estate,
possession.
State (n.) A person of
high rank.
State (n.) Any body of men
united by profession, or constituting a community of a particular character; as,
the civil and ecclesiastical states, or the lords spiritual and temporal and the
commons, in Great Britain. Cf. Estate, n., 6.
State (n.) The principal
persons in a government.
State (n.) The bodies that
constitute the legislature of a country; as, the States-general of Holland.
State (n.) A form of
government which is not monarchial, as a republic.
State (n.) A political
body, or body politic; the whole body of people who are united one government,
whatever may be the form of the government; a nation.
State (n.) In the United
States, one of the commonwealth, or bodies politic, the people of which make up
the body of the nation, and which, under the national constitution, stands in
certain specified relations with the national government, and are invested, as
commonwealth, with full power in their several spheres over all matters not
expressly inhibited.
State (n.) Highest and
stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that
of crisis between the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.
State (a.) Stately.
State (a.) Belonging to
the state, or body politic; public.
Stated (imp. & p. p.) of
State
Stating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of State
State (v. t.) To set; to
settle; to establish.
State (v. t.) To express
the particulars of; to set down in detail or in gross; to represent fully in
words; to narrate; to recite; as, to state the facts of a case, one's opinion,
etc.
State (n.) A statement;
also, a document containing a statement.
Statecraft (n.) The art of
conducting state affairs; state management; statesmanship.
Stated (a.) Settled;
established; fixed.
Stated (a.) Recurring at
regular time; not occasional; as, stated preaching; stated business hours.
Statedly (adv.) At stated
times; regularly.
Stateful (a.) Full of
state; stately.
Statehood (n.) The
condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
Statehouse (n.) The
building in which a State legislature holds its sessions; a State capitol.
Stateless (a.) Without
state or pomp.
Statelily (adv.) In a
stately manner.
Stateliness (n.) The
quality or state of being stately.
Stately (superl.) Evincing
state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, statelymanners; a stately gait.
Stately (adv.)
Majestically; loftily.
Statement (n.) The act of
stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker
in the statement of his case.
Statement (n.) That which
is stated; a formal embodiment in language of facts or opinions; a narrative; a
recital.
Statemonger (n.) One
versed in politics, or one who dabbles in state affairs.
Stateprison () See under State,
n.
Stater (n.) One who
states.
Stater (n.) The principal
gold coin of ancient Grece. It varied much in value, the stater best known at
Athens being worth about £1 2s., or about $5.35. The Attic silver tetradrachm
was in later times called stater.
Stateroom (n.) A
magnificent room in a place or great house.
Stateroom (n.) A small
apartment for lodging or sleeping in the cabin, or on the deck, of a vessel;
also, a somewhat similar apartment in a railway sleeping car.
States-general (n.) In
France, before the Revolution, the assembly of the three orders of the kingdom,
namely, the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty.
States-general (n.) In the
Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers.
Statesmen (pl. ) of
Statesman
Statesman (n.) A man
versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government;
especially, one eminent for political abilities.
Statesman (n.) One
occupied with the affairs of government, and influental in shaping its policy.
Statesman (n.) A small
landholder.
Statesmanlike (a.) Having
the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
Statesmanly (a.) Becoming
a statesman.
Statesmanship (n.) The
qualifications, duties, or employments of a statesman.
Stateswomen (pl. ) of
Stateswoman
Stateswoman (n.) A woman
concerned in public affairs.
Stathmograph (n.) A
contrivance for recording the speed of a railway train.
Static (a.) Alt. of
Statical
Statical (a.) Resting;
acting by mere weight without motion; as, statical pressure; static objects.
Statical (a.) Pertaining
to bodies at rest or in equilibrium.
Statically (adv.) In a
statical manner.
Statics (n.) That branch
of mechanics which treats of the equilibrium of forces, or relates to bodies as
held at rest by the forces acting on them; -- distinguished from dynamics.
Stating (n.) The act of
one who states anything; statement; as, the statingof one's opinions.
Station (n.) The act of
standing; also, attitude or pose in standing; posture.
Station (n.) A state of
standing or rest; equilibrium.
Station (n.) The spot or
place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually
stands, or is appointed to remain for a time; as, the station of a sentinel.
Station (n.) A regular
stopping place in a stage road or route; a place where railroad trains regularly
come to a stand, for the convenience of passengers, taking in fuel, moving
freight, etc.
Station (n.) The
headquarters of the police force of any precinct.
Station (n.) The place at
which an instrument is planted, or observations are made, as in surveying.
Station (n.) The
particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a
habitat.
Station (n.) A place to
which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely.
Station (n.) A place or
region to which a government ship or fleet is assigned for duty.
Station (n.) A place
calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for the distribution of them; also,
a spot well adapted for offensive measures. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.).
Station (n.) An
enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for
the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc.
Station (n.) Post
assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is
appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
Station (n.) Situation;
position; location.
Station (n.) State; rank;
condition of life; social status.
Station (n.) The fast of
the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the
council which condemned Christ, and of his passion.
Station (n.) A church in
which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
Station (n.) One of the
places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act
of devotion; formerly, the tomb of a martyr, or some similarly consecrated spot;
now, especially, one of those representations of the successive stages of our
Lord's passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by
the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are visited
in rotation, stated services being performed at each; -- called also Station of
the cross.
Stationed (imp. & p. p.)
of Station
Stationing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Station
Station (v. t.) To place;
to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as,
to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart;
to station ships on the coasts of Africa.
Stational (a.) Of or
pertaining to a station.
Stationariness (n.) The
quality or state of being stationary; fixity.
Stationary (a.) Not
moving; not appearing to move; stable; fixed.
Stationary (a.) Not
improving or getting worse; not growing wiser, greater, better, more excellent,
or the contrary.
Stationary (a.) Appearing
to be at rest, because moving in the line of vision; not progressive or
retrograde, as a planet.
-ries (pl. ) of Stationary
Stationary (n.) One who,
or that which, is stationary, as a planet when apparently it has neither
progressive nor retrograde motion.
Stationer (a.) A
bookseller or publisher; -- formerly so called from his occupying a stand, or
station, in the market place or elsewhere.
Stationer (a.) One who
sells paper, pens, quills, inkstands, pencils, blank books, and other articles
used in writing.
Stationery (n.) The
articles usually sold by stationers, as paper, pens, ink, quills, blank books,
etc.
Stationery (a.) Belonging
to, or sold by, a stationer.
Statism (n.) The art of
governing a state; statecraft; policy.
Statist (n.) A statesman;
a politician; one skilled in government.
Statist (n.) A
statistician.
Statistic (a.) Alt. of
Statistical
Statistical (a.) Of or
pertaining to statistics; as, statistical knowledge, statistical tabulation.
Statistically (adv.) In
the way of statistics.
Statistician (n.) One
versed in statistics; one who collects and classifies facts for statistics.
Statistics (n.) The
science which has to do with the collection and classification of certain facts
respecting the condition of the people in a state.
Statistics (n.) Classified
facts respecting the condition of the people in a state, their health, their
longevity, domestic economy, arts, property, and political strength, their
resources, the state of the country, etc., or respecting any particular class or
interest; especially, those facts which can be stated in numbers, or in tables
of numbers, or in any tabular and classified arrangement.
Statistics (n.) The branch
of mathematics which studies methods for the calculation of probabilities.
Statistology (n.) See
Statistics, 2.
Stative (a.) Of or
pertaining to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters.
Statoblast (n.) One of a
peculiar kind of internal buds, or germs, produced in the interior of certain
Bryozoa and sponges, especially in the fresh-water species; -- also called
winter buds.
Statocracy (n.) Government
by the state, or by political power, in distinction from government by
ecclesiastical power.
Statua (n.) A statue.
Statuaries (pl. ) of
Statuary
Statuary (n.) One who
practices the art of making statues.
Statuary (n.) The art of
carving statues or images as representatives of real persons or things; a branch
of sculpture.
Statuary (n.) A collection
of statues; statues, collectively.
Statue (n.) The likeness
of a living being sculptured or modeled in some solid substance, as marble,
bronze, or wax; an image; as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion.
Statue (n.) A portrait.
Statued (imp. & p. p.) of
Statue
Statuing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Statue
Statue (v. t.) To place,
as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into a statue.
Statued (a.) Adorned with
statues.
Statueless (a.) Without a
statue.
Statuelike (a.) Like a
statue; motionless.
Statuesque (a.) Partaking
of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a statue; having the symmetry, or
other excellence, of a statue artistically made; as, statuesquelimbs; a
statuesque attitude.
Statuesquely (adv.) In a
statuesque manner; in a way suggestive of a statue; like a statue.
Statuette (n.) A small
statue; -- usually applied to a figure much less than life size, especially when
of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or
bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta or the like. Cf. Figurine.
Statuminate (v. t.) To
prop or support.
Stature (n.) The natural
height of an animal body; -- generally used of the human body.
Statured (a.) Arrived at
full stature.
Status (n.) State;
condition; position of affairs.
Status in quo () Alt. of Status
quo
Status quo () The state in which
anything is already. The phrase is also used retrospectively, as when, on a
treaty of place, matters return to the status quo ante bellum, or are left in
statu quo ante bellum, i.e., the state (or, in the state) before the war.
Statutable (a.) Made or
introduced by statute; proceeding from an act of the legistature; as, a
statutable provision or remedy.
Statutable (a.) Made or
being in conformity to statute; standard; as, statutable measures.
Statutably (adv.)
Conformably to statute.
Statute (n.) An act of the
legislature of a state or country, declaring, commanding, or prohibiting
something; a positive law; the written will of the legislature expressed with
all the requisite forms of legislation; -- used in distinction fraom common law.
See Common law, under Common, a.
Statute (a.) An act of a
corporation or of its founder, intended as a permanent rule or law; as, the
statutes of a university.
Statute (a.) An assemblage
of farming servants (held possibly by statute) for the purpose of being hired;
-- called also statute fair.
Statutory (a.) Enacted by
statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision.
Staunch () Alt. of Staunchness
Staunchly () Alt. of Staunchness
Staunchness () See Stanch,
Stanchly, etc.
Staurolite (n.) A mineral
of a brown to black color occurring in prismatic crystals, often twinned so as
to form groups resembling a cross. It is a silicate of aluminia and iron, and is
generally found imbedded in mica schist. Called also granatite, and grenatite.
Staurolitic (a.) Of or
pertaining to staurolite; resembling or containing staurolite.
Stauroscope (n.) An
optical instrument used in determining the position of the planes of
light-vibration in sections of crystals.
Staurotide (n.)
Staurolite.
Stave (n.) One of a number
of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the
sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; esp., one of the strips
which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.
Stave (n.) One of the
cylindrical bars of a lantern wheel; one of the bars or rounds of a rack, a
ladder, etc.
Stave (n.) A metrical
portion; a stanza; a staff.
Stave (n.) The five
horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or
pointed; the staff.
Staved (imp. & p. p.) of
Stave
Stove () of Stave
Staving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stave
Stave (n.) To break in a
stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst; -- often with in; as, to
stave a cask; to stave in a boat.
Stave (n.) To push, as
with a staff; -- with off.
Stave (n.) To delay by
force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with off; as, to stave off the
execution of a project.
Stave (n.) To suffer, or
cause, to be lost by breaking the cask.
Stave (n.) To furnish with
staves or rundles.
Stave (n.) To render
impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron; as, to stave lead, or the
joints of pipes into which lead has been run.
Stave (v. i.) To burst in
pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments.
Staves (n.) pl. of Staff.
Staves (pl.) pl. of Stave.
Stavesacre (n.) A kind of
larkspur (Delphinium Staphysagria), and its seeds, which are violently purgative
and emetic. They are used as a parasiticide, and in the East for poisoning fish.
Stavewood (n.) A tall tree
(Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which
yields quassia.
Staving (n.) A cassing or
lining of staves; especially, one encircling a water wheel.
Staw (v. i.) To be fixed
or set; to stay.
Stay (n.) A large, strong
rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast
down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are
called fore-and-aft stays; those which lead to the vessel's side are called
backstays. See Illust. of Ship.
Stayed (imp. & p. p.) of
Stay
Staid () of Stay
Staying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stay
Stay (v. i.) To stop from
motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.
Stay (v. i.) To support
from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
Stay (v. i.) To bear up
under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.
Stay (v. i.) To hold from
proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.
Stay (v. i.) To hinde/; to
delay; to detain; to keep back.
Stay (v. i.) To remain for
the purpose of; to wait for.
Stay (v. i.) To cause to
cease; to put an end to.
Stay (v. i.) To fasten or
secure with stays; as, to stay a flat sheet in a steam boiler.
Stay (v. i.) To tack, as a
vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind.
Stay (v. i.) To remain; to
continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand
still.
Stay (v. i.) To continue
in a state.
Stay (v. i.) To wait; to
attend; to forbear to act.
Stay (v. i.) To dwell; to
tarry; to linger.
Stay (v. i.) To rest; to
depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.
Stay (v. i.) To come to an
end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed.
Stay (v. i.) To hold out
in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well.
Stay (v. i.) To change
tack; as a ship.
Stay (n.) That which
serves as a prop; a support.
Stay (n.) A corset
stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men.
Stay (n.) Continuance in a
place; abode for a space of time; sojourn; as, you make a short stay in this
city.
Stay (n.) Cessation of
motion or progression; stand; stop.
Stay (n.) Hindrance; let;
check.
Stay (n.) Restraint of
passion; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
Stay (n.) Strictly, a part
in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them.
Stayed (a.) Staid; fixed;
settled; sober; -- now written staid. See Staid.
Stayedly (adv.) Staidly.
See Staidly.
Stayedness (n.) Staidness.
Stayedness (n.) Solidity;
weight.
Stayer (n.) One who
upholds or supports that which props; one who, or that which, stays, stops, or
restrains; also, colloquially, a horse, man, etc., that has endurance, an a
race.
Staylace (n.) A lace for
fastening stays.
Stayless (a.) Without stop
or delay.
Staymaker (n.) One whose
occupation is to make stays.
Staynil (n.) The European
starling.
Staysail (n.) Any sail
extended on a stay.
Stayship (n.) A remora, --
fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them.
Stead (n.) Place, or spot,
in general.
Stead (n.) Place or room
which another had, has, or might have.
Stead (n.) A frame on
which a bed is laid; a bedstead.
Stead (n.) A farmhouse and
offices.
Stead (v. t.) To help; to
support; to benefit; to assist.
Stead (v. t.) To fill
place of.
Steadfast (a.) Firmly
fixed or established; fast fixed; firm.
Steadfast (a.) Not fickle
or wavering; constant; firm; resolute; unswerving; steady.
Steadfastly (adv.) In a
steadfast manner; firmly.
Steadfastness (n.) The
quality or state of being steadfast; firmness; fixedness; constancy.
Steadily (adv.) In a
steady manner.
Steadiness (n.) The
quality or state of being steady.
Steading (n.) The brans,
stables, cattle-yards, etc., of a farm; -- called also onstead, farmstead, farm
offices, or farmery.
Steady (n.) Firm in
standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.
Steady (n.) Constant in
feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily
moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; resolute; as, a man steady in his
principles, in his purpose, or in the pursuit of an object.
Steady (n.) Regular;
constant; undeviating; uniform; as, the steady course of the sun; a steady
breeze of wind.
Steadied (imp. & p. p.) of
Steady
Steadying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Steady
Steady (v. t.) To make
steady; to hold or keep from shaking, reeling, or falling; to make or keep firm;
to support; to make constant, regular, or resolute.
Steady (v. i.) To become
steady; to regain a steady position or state; to move steadily.
Steak (v. t.) A slice of
beef, broiled, or cut for broiling; -- also extended to the meat of other large
animals; as, venison steak; bear steak; pork steak; turtle steak.
Steal (n.) A handle; a
stale, or stele.
Stole (imp.) of Steal
Stolen (p. p.) of Steal
Stealing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Steal
Steal (v. t.) To take and
carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep
wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another.
Steal (v. t.) To withdraw
or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate.
Steal (v. t.) To gain by
insinuating arts or covert means.
Steal (v. t.) To get into
one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a
gradual and imperceptible appropriation; -- with away.
Steal (v. t.) To
accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly;
as, to steal a look.
Steal (v. i.) To practice,
or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft.
Steal (v. i.) To withdraw,
or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come
furtively.
Stealer (n.) One who
steals; a thief.
Stealer (n.) The endmost
plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.
Stealing (n.) The act of
taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and
knowledge; theft; larceny.
Stealing (n.) That which
is stolen; stolen property; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Stealingly (adv.) By
stealing, or as by stealing, furtively, or by an invisible motion.
Stealth (v. t.) The act of
stealing; theft.
Stealth (v. t.) The thing
stolen; stolen property.
Stealth (v. t.) The
bringing to pass anything in a secret or concealed manner; a secret procedure; a
clandestine practice or action; -- in either a good or a bad sense.
Stealthful (a.) Given to
stealth; stealthy.
Stealthily (adv.) In a
stealthy manner.
Stealthiness (n.) The
state, quality, or character of being stealthy; stealth.
Stealthlike (a.) Stealthy;
sly.
Stealthy (superl.) Done by
stealth; accomplished clandestinely; unperceived; secret; furtive; sly.
Steam (n.) The elastic,
aeriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points;
water in the state of vapor.
Steam (n.) The mist formed
by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so called in popular usage.
Steam (n.) Any exhalation.
Steamed (imp. & p. p.) of
Steam
Steaming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Steam
Steam (v. i.) To emit
steam or vapor.
Steam (v. i.) To rise in
vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor.
Steam (v. i.) To move or
travel by the agency of steam.
Steam (v. i.) To generate
steam; as, the boiler steams well.
Steam (v. t.) To exhale.
Steam (v. t.) To expose to
the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing;
as, to steam wood; to steamcloth; to steam food, etc.
Steamboat (n.) A boat or
vessel propelled by steam power; -- generally used of river or coasting craft,
as distinguished from ocean steamers.
Steamboating (n.) The
occupation or business of running a steamboat, or of transporting merchandise,
passengers, etc., by steamboats.
Steamboating (n.) The
shearing of a pile of books which are as yet uncovered, or out of boards.
Steam engine () An engine moved
by steam.
Steamer (n.) A vessel
propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.
Steamer (n.) A steam fire
engine. See under Steam.
Steamer (n.) A road
locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations.
Steamer (n.) A vessel in
which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery,
and in various processes of manufacture.
Steamer (n.) The steamer
duck.
Steaminess (n.) The
quality or condition of being steamy; vaporousness; mistness.
Steamship (n.) A ship or
seagoing vessel propelled by the power of steam; a steamer.
Steamy (a.) Consisting of,
or resembling, steam; full of steam; vaporous; misty.
Stean (n. & v.) See Steen.
Steaningp (n.) See
Steening.
Steapsin (n.) An
unorganized ferment or enzyme present in pancreatic juice. It decomposes neutral
fats into glycerin and fatty acids.
Stearate (n.) A salt of
stearic acid; as, ordinary soap consists largely of sodium or potassium
stearates.
Stearic (a.) Pertaining
to, or obtained from, stearin or tallow; resembling tallow.
Stearin (n.) One of the
constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of
cacao. It is especially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in
considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the
melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of
glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called
tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate.
Stearolic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acetylene series, isologous with
stearis acid, and obtained, as a white crystalline substance, from oleic acid.
Stearone (n.) The ketone
of stearic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, (C17H35)2.CO, by the
distillation of calcium stearate.
Stearoptene (n.) The more
solid ingredient of certain volatile oils; -- contrasted with elaeoptene.
Stearrhea (n.) seborrhea.
Stearyl (n.) The
hypothetical radical characteristic of stearic acid.
Steatite (n.) A massive
variety of talc, of a grayish green or brown color. It forms extensive beds, and
is quarried for fireplaces and for coarse utensils. Called also potstone, lard
stone, and soapstone.
Steatitic (n.) Pertaining
to, or of the nature of, steatite; containing or resembling steatite.
Steatoma (n.) A cyst
containing matter like suet.
Steatomatous (a.) Of the
nature of steatoma.
Steatopyga (n.) A
remarkable accretion of fat upon the buttocks of Africans of certain tribes,
especially of Hottentot women.
Steatopygous (a.) Having
fat buttocks.
Sted (adv.) Alt. of
Stedfastly
Stedfast (adv.) Alt. of
Stedfastly
Stedfastly (adv.) See
Stead, Steadfast, etc.
Stee (n.) A ladder.
Steed (n.) A horse,
especially a spirited horse for state of war; -- used chiefly in poetry or
stately prose.
Steedless (a.) Having no
steed; without a horse.
Steek (v. t.) Alt. of
Steik
Steik (v. t.) To pierce
with a sharp instrument; hence, to stitch; to sew; also, to fix; to fasten.
Steel (n.) A variety of
iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast
iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of
carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike
wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability
decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon.
Steel (n.) An instrument
or implement made of steel
Steel (n.) A weapon, as a
sword, dagger, etc.
Steel (n.) An instrument
of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives.
Steel (n.) A piece of
steel for striking sparks from flint.
Steel (n.) Fig.: Anything
of extreme hardness; that which is characterized by sternness or rigor.
Steel (n.) A chalybeate
medicine.
Steeled (imp. & p. p.) of
Steel
Steeling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Steel
Steel (n.) To overlay,
point, or edge with steel; as, to steel a razor; to steel an ax.
Steel (n.) To make hard or
strong; hence, to make insensible or obdurate.
Steel (n.) Fig.: To cause
to resemble steel, as in smoothness, polish, or other qualities.
Steel (n.) To cover, as an
electrotype plate, with a thin layer of iron by electrolysis. The iron thus
deposited is very hard, like steel.
Steelbow goods () Those goods on
a farm, such as corn, cattle, implements husbandry, etc., which may not be
carried off by a removing tenant, as being the property of the landlord.
Steeler (n.) One who
points, edges, or covers with steel.
Steeler (n.) Same as
Stealer.
Steelhead (n.) A North
Pacific salmon (Salmo Gairdneri) found from Northern California to Siberia; --
called also hardhead, and preesil.
Steelhead (n.) The ruddy
duck.
Steeliness (n.) The
quality of being steely.
Steeling (n.) The process
of pointing, edging, or overlaying with steel; specifically, acierage. See
Steel, v.
Steely (a.) Made of steel;
consisting of steel.
Steely (a.) Resembling
steel; hard; firm; having the color of steel.
Steelyard (n.) A form of
balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a
lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the
longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or
graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in
the plural form, steelyards.
Steem (n. & v.) See
Esteem.
Steem (n. & v.) See 1st
and 2nd Stem.
Steen (n.) A vessel of
clay or stone.
Steen (n.) A wall of
brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well, cistern, etc.; a
steening.
Steen (v. t.) To line, as
a well, with brick, stone, or other hard material.
Steenbok (n.) Same as
Steinbock.
Steening (n.) A lining
made of brick, stone, or other hard material, as for a well.
Steenkirk (n.) Alt. of
Steinkirk
Steinkirk (n.) A kind of
neckcloth worn in a loose and disorderly fashion.
Steep (a.) Bright;
glittering; fiery.
Steeped (imp. & p. p.) of
Steep
Steeping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Steep
Steep (v. t.) To soak in a
liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking; as, to soften seed by
steeping it in water. Often used figuratively.
Steep (v. i.) To undergo
the process of soaking in a liquid; as, the tea is steeping.
Steep (n.) Something
steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of
seeds.
Steep (n.) A rennet bag.
Steep (v. t.) Making a
large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with
respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous; as, a steep hill or
mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep declivity; a steep barometric
gradient.
Steep (v. t.) Difficult of
access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
Steep (v. t.) Excessive;
as, a steep price.
Steep (n.) A precipitous
place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large
angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice.
Steep-down (a.) Deep and
precipitous, having steep descent.
Steepened (imp. & p. p.)
of Steepen
Steepening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Steepen
Steepen (v. i.) To become
steep or steeper.
Steeper (n.) A vessel,
vat, or cistern, in which things are steeped.
Steepiness (n.) Steepness.
Steepish (a.) Somewhat
steep.
Steeple (n.) A spire;
also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof
is of spire form. See Spire.
Steeplechasing (n.) The
act of riding steeple chases.
Steeple-crowned (a.)
Bearing a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned building.
Steeple-crowned (a.)
Having a crown shaped like a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned hat; also, wearing a
hat with such a crown.
Steepled (a.) Furnished
with, or having the form of, a steeple; adorned with steeples.
Steeply (adv.) In a steep
manner; with steepness; with precipitous declivity.
Steepness (n.) Quality or
state of being steep; precipitous declivity; as, the steepnessof a hill or a
roof.
Steepness (n.) Height;
loftiness.
Steep-up (a.) Lofty and
precipitous.
Steepy (a.) Steep;
precipitous.
Steer (a.) A young male of
the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four
years old. See the Note under Ox.
Steer (v. t.) To castrate;
-- said of male calves.
Steered (imp. & p. p.) of
Steer
Steering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Steer
Steer (n.) To direct the
course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water.
Steer (v. i.) To direct a
vessel in its course; to direct one's course.
Steer (v. i.) To be
directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the
boat steers easily.
Steer (v. i.) To conduct
one's self; to take or pursue a course of action.
Steer (v. t.) A rudder or
helm.
Steer (n.) A helmsman, a
pilot.
Steerable (a.) Capable of
being steered; dirigible.
Steerage (n.) The act or
practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship.
Steerage (n.) The effect
of the helm on a ship; the manner in which an individual ship is affected by the
helm.
Steerage (n.) The hinder
part of a vessel; the stern.
Steerage (n.) Properly,
the space in the after part of a vessel, under the cabin, but used generally to
indicate any part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and occupied by
passengers paying the lowest rate of fare.
Steerage (n.) Direction;
regulation; management; guidance.
Steerage (n.) That by
which a course is directed.
Steerageway (n.) A rate of
motion through the water sufficient to render a vessel governable by the helm.
Steerer (n.) One who
steers; as, a boat steerer.
Steering () a. & n. from Steer,
v.
Steerless (a.) Having no
rudder.
Steerling (n.) A young
small steer.
Steersmen (pl. ) of
Steersman
Steersman (n.) One who
steers; the helmsman of a vessel.
Steersmate (n.) One who
steers; steersman.
Steeved (imp. & p. p.) of
Steeve
Steeving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Steeve
Steeve (v. i.) To project
upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel;
-- said of the bowsprit, etc.
Steeve (v. t.) To elevate
or fix at an angle with the horizon; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.
Steeve (v. t.) To stow, as
bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve. See Steeve, n. (b).
Steeve (n.) The angle
which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel;
-- called also steeving.
Steeve (n.) A spar, with a
block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which
need to be packed tightly.
Steeving (n.) The act or
practice of one who steeves.
Steeving (n.) See Steeve,
n. (a).
Steg (n.) A gander.
Steganographist (n.) One
skilled in steganography; a cryptographer.
Steganography (n.) The art
of writing in cipher, or in characters which are not intelligible except to
persons who have the key; cryptography.
Steganophthalmata (n. pl.)
The Discophora, or Phanerocarpae. Called also Steganophthalmia.
Steganopod (n.) One of the
Steganopodes.
Steganopodes (n. pl.) A
division of swimming birds in which all four toes are united by a broad web. It
includes the pelicans, cormorants, gannets, and others.
Steganopodous (a.) Having
all four toes webbed together.
Stegnosis (n.)
Constipation; also, constriction of the vessels or ducts.
Stegnotic (a.) Tending to
render costive, or to diminish excretions or discharges generally.
Stegnotic (n.) A stegnotic
medicine; an astringent.
Stegocephala (n. pl.) An
extinct order of amphibians found fossil in the Mesozoic rocks; called also
Stegocephali, and Labyrinthodonta.
Stegosauria (n. pl.) An
extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs, including the genera Stegosaurus,
Omosaurus, and their allies.
Stegosaurus (n.) A genus
of large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for a powerful dermal armature of plates
and spines.
Steik (v. t.) See Steek.
Stein (n. & v.) See Steen.
Steinbock (n.) The
European ibex.
Steinbock (n.) A small
South African antelope (Nanotragus tragulus) which frequents dry, rocky
districts; -- called also steenbok.
Steingale (n.) The
stannel.
Steining (n.) See
Steening.
Steinkirk (n.) Same as
Steenkirk.
Steinkle (n.) The wheater.
Stelae (pl. ) of Stela
Stela (n.) A small column
or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc.
Stele (n.) Same as Stela.
Stele (n.) A stale, or
handle; a stalk.
Stelene (a.) Resembling,
or used as, a stela; columnar.
Stell (v. t.) To place or
fix firmly or permanently.
Stell (v. t.) A prop; a
support, as for the feet in standing or cilmbing.
Stell (v. t.) A partial
inclosure made by a wall or trees, to serve as a shelter for sheep or cattle.
Stellar (a.) Alt. of
Stellary
Stellary (a.) Of or
pertaining to stars; astral; as, a stellar figure; stellary orbs.
Stellary (a.) Full of
stars; starry; as, stellar regions.
Stellate (a.) Alt. of
Stellated
Stellated (a.) Resembling
a star; pointed or radiated, like the emblem of a star.
Stellated (a.) Starlike;
having similar parts radiating from a common center; as, stellate flowers.
Stellation (n.) Radiation
of light.
Stelled (a.) Firmly placed
or fixed.
Steller (n.) The rytina;
-- called also stellerine.
Stellerid (n.) A starfish.
Stellerida (n. pl.) An
extensive group of echinoderms, comprising the starfishes and ophiurans.
Stelleridan (n.) Alt. of
Stelleridean
Stelleridean (n.) A
starfish, or brittle star.
Stelliferous (a.) Having,
or abounding with, stars.
Stelliform (a.) Like a
star; star-shaped; radiated.
Stellify (v. t.) To turn
into a star; to cause to appear like a star; to place among the stars, or in
heaven.
Stellion (n.) A lizard
(Stellio vulgaris), common about the Eastern Mediterranean among ruins. In color
it is olive-green, shaded with black, with small stellate spots. Called also
hardim, and star lizard.
Stellionate (n.) Any fraud
not distinguished by a more special name; -- chiefly applied to sales of the
same property to two different persons, or selling that for one's own which
belongs to another, etc.
Stellular (a.) Having the
shape or appearance of little stars; radiated.
Stellular (a.) Marked with
starlike spots of color.
Stellulate (a.) Minutely
stellate.
Stelmatopoda (n. pl.) Same
as Gymnolaemata.
Stelography (n.) The art
of writing or inscribing characters on pillars.
Stem (v. i.) Alt. of Steem
Steem (v. i.) To gleam.
Stem (n.) Alt. of Steem
Steem (n.) A gleam of
light; flame.
Stem (n.) The principal
body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which
supports the branches or the head or top.
Stem (n.) A little branch
which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel,
or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry.
Stem (n.) The stock of a
family; a race or generation of progenitors.
Stem (n.) A branch of a
family.
Stem (n.) A curved piece
of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower
end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end.
Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow.
Stem (n.) Fig.: An
advanced or leading position; the lookout.
Stem (n.) Anything
resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch
case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached.
Stem (n.) That part of a
plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or
wholly subterranean.
Stem (n.) The entire
central axis of a feather.
Stem (n.) The basal
portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.
Stem (n.) The short
perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver,
semiquaver, etc.
Stem (n.) The part of an
inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations)
throughout a given inflection; theme; base.
Stem (v. t.) To remove the
stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to remove the stem and its appendages
(ribs and veins) from; as, to stem tobacco leaves.
Stem (v. t.) To ram, as
clay, into a blasting hole.
Stemmed (imp. & p. p.) of
Stem
Stemming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stem
Stem (v. t.) To oppose or
cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against;
to stop or check the flow of, as a current.
Stem (v. i.) To move
forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.
Stem-clasping (a.)
Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul; as a leaf or petiole.
Stemless (a.) Having no
stem; (Bot.) acaulescent.
Stemlet (n.) A small or
young stem.
Stemmata (pl. ) of Stemma
Stemma (n.) One of the
ocelli of an insect. See Ocellus.
Stemma (n.) One of the
facets of a compound eye of any arthropod.
Stemmer (n.) One who, or
that which, stems (in any of the senses of the verbs).
Stemmery (n.) A large
building in which tobacco is stemmed.
Stemmy (a.) Abounding in
stems, or mixed with stems; -- said of tea, dried currants, etc.
Stemple (n.) A crossbar of
wood in a shaft, serving as a step.
Stemson (n.) A piece of
curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship's frame near the
bow.
Stem-winder (n.) A
stem-winding watch.
Stem-winding (a.) Wound by
mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch.
Stench (v. t.) To stanch.
Stench (v. i.) A smell; an
odor.
Stench (v. i.) An ill
smell; an offensive odor; a stink.
Stench (n.) To cause to
emit a disagreeable odor; to cause to stink.
Stenchy (a.) Having a
stench.
Stencil (n.) A thin plate
of metal, leather, or other material, used in painting, marking, etc. The
pattern is cut out of the plate, which is then laid flat on the surface to be
marked, and the color brushed over it. Called also stencil plate.
Stenciled (imp. & p. p.)
of Stencil
Stencilled () of Stencil
Stenciling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stencil
Stencilling () of Stencil
Stencil (v. t.) To mark,
paint, or color in figures with stencils; to form or print by means of a
stencil.
Stenciler (n.) One who
paints or colors in figures by means of stencil.
Stenoderm (n.) Any species
of bat belonging to the genus Stenoderma, native of the West Indies and South
America. These bats have a short or rudimentary tail and a peculiarly shaped
nose membrane.
Stenodermine (a.) Of or
pertaining to the genus Stenoderma, which includes several West Indian and South
American nose-leaf bats.
Stenographed (imp. & p. p.)
of Stenograph
Stenographing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stenograph
Stenograph (v. t.) To
write or report in stenographic characters.
Stenograph (n.) A
production of stenography; anything written in shorthand.
Stenographer (n.) One who
is skilled in stenography; a writer of shorthand.
Stenographic (a.) Alt. of
Stenographical
Stenographical (a.) Of or
pertaining to stenography.
Stenographist (n.) A
stenographer.
Stenography (n.) The art
of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or characters for whole words;
shorthand.
Stenophyllous (a.) Having
narrow leaves.
Stenosis (n.) A narrowing
of the opening or hollow of any passage, tube, or orifice; as, stenosis of the
pylorus. It differs from stricture in being applied especially to diffused
rather than localized contractions, and in always indicating an origin organic
and not spasmodic.
Stenostome (a.) Having a
small or narrow mouth; -- said of certain small ground snakes (Opoterodonta),
which are unable to dilate their jaws.
Stente (Obs. imp.) of
Stent
Stent (obs. p. p.) of
Stent
Stent (v. t.) To keep
within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint.
Stent (v. i.) To stint; to
stop; to cease.
Stent (n.) An allotted
portion; a stint.
Stenting (n.) An opening
in a wall in a coal mine.
Stentor (n.) A herald, in
the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice.
Stentor (n.) Any species
of ciliated Infusoria belonging to the genus Stentor and allied genera, common
in fresh water. The stentors have a bell-shaped, or cornucopia-like, body with a
circle of cilia around the spiral terminal disk. See Illust. under Heterotricha.
Stentor (n.) A howling
monkey, or howler.
Stentorian (a.) Of or
pertaining to a stentor; extremely loud; powerful; as, a stentorian voice;
stentorian lungs.
Stentorin (n.) A blue
coloring matter found in some stentors. See Stentor, 2.
Stentorious (a.)
Stentorian.
Stentoronic (a.)
Stentorian.
Stentorophonic (a.)
Speaking or sounding very loud; stentorian.
Stepped (imp. & p. p.) of
Step
Stepping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Step
Step (a.) To move the foot
in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to
another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.
Step (a.) To walk; to go
on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors.
Step (a.) To walk slowly,
gravely, or resolutely.
Step (a.) Fig.: To move
mentally; to go in imagination.
Step (v. t.) To set, as
the foot.
Step (v. t.) To fix the
foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
Step (v. i.) An advance or
movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace.
Step (v. i.) A rest, or
one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a
round of a ladder.
Step (v. i.) The space
passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running; as, one step is
generally about three feet, but may be more or less. Used also figuratively of
any kind of progress; as, he improved step by step, or by steps.
Step (v. i.) A small space
or distance; as, it is but a step.
Step (v. i.) A print of
the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
Step (v. i.) Gait; manner
of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step.
Step (v. i.) Proceeding;
measure; action; an act.
Step (v. i.) Walk;
passage.
Step (v. i.) A portable
framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.
Step (v. i.) In general, a
framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif.,
a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of
the mast.
Step (v. i.) One of a
series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the
series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.
Step (v. i.) A bearing in
which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.
Step (v. i.) The intervak
between two contiguous degrees of the csale.
Step (v. i.) A change of
position effected by a motion of translation.
Step- () A prefix used before
father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, child, etc., to indicate that
the person thus spoken of is not a blood relative, but is a relative by the
marriage of a parent; as, a stepmother to X is the wife of the father of X,
married by him after the death of the mother of X. See Stepchild, Stepdaughter,
Stepson, etc.
Stepbrother (n.) A brother
by the marriage of one's father with the mother of another, or of one's mother
with the father of another.
Stepchild (n.) A bereaved
child; one who has lost father or mother.
Stepchild (n.) A son or
daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
Stepdame (n.) A
stepmother.
Stepdaughter (n.) A
daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
Stepfather (n.) The
husband of one's mother by a subsequent marriage.
Stephanion (n.) The point
on the side of the skull where the temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal
fossa, crosses the coronal suture.
Stephanite (n.) A sulphide
of antimony and silver of an iron-black color and metallic luster; called also
black silver, and brittle silver ore.
Stephanotis (n.) A genus
of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy
or coriaceous opposite leaves, and large white waxy flowers in cymes.
Stephanotis (n.) A perfume
said to be prepared from the flowers of Stephanotis floribunda.
Stepladder (n.) A portable
set of steps.
Stepmother (n.) The wife
of one's father by a subsequent marriage.
Stepparent (n.) Stepfather
or stepmother.
Steppe (n.) One of the
vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia, generally elevated, and free
from wood, analogous to many of the prairies in Western North America. See
Savanna.
Stepped (a.) Provided with
a step or steps; having a series of offsets or parts resembling the steps of
stairs; as, a stepped key.
Stepper (n.) One who, or
that which, steps; as, a quick stepper.
Stepping-stone (n.) A
stone to raise the feet above the surface of water or mud in walking.
Stepping-stone (n.) Fig.:
A means of progress or advancement.
Stepsister (n.) A daughter
of one's stepfather or stepmother by a former marriage.
Stepson (n.) A son of
one's husband or wife by a former marriage.
Stepstone (n.) A stone
laid before a door as a stair to rise on in entering the house.
-ster () A suffix denoting the
agent (originally a woman), especially a person who does something with skill or
as an occupation; as in spinster (originally, a woman who spins), songster,
baxter (= bakester), youngster.
Stercobilin (n.) A
coloring matter found in the faeces, a product of the alteration of the bile
pigments in the intestinal canal, -- identical with hydrobilirubin.
Stercolin (n.) Same as
Serolin (b).
Stercoraceous (a.) Of or
pertaining to dung; partaking of the nature of, or containing, dung.
Stercoranism (n.) The
doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists.
Stercoranist (n.) A
nickname formerly given to those who held, or were alleged to hold, that the
consecrated elements in the eucharist undergo the process of digestion in the
body of the recipient.
Stercorarian (n.) A
Stercoranist.
Stercorary (n.) A place,
properly secured from the weather, for containing dung.
Stercorate (n.) Excrement;
dung.
Stercoration (n.) Manuring
with dung.
Stercorianism (n.) The
doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists.
Stercorin (n.) Same as
Serolin (b).
Stercory (n.) Excrement;
dung.
Sterculiaceous (a.) Of or
pertaining to a natural order (Sterculiaceae) of polypetalous exogenous plants,
mostly tropical. The cacao (Theobroma Cacao) is the most useful plant of the
order.
Stere (n.) A unit of cubic
measure in the metric system, being a cubic meter, or kiloliter, and equal to
35.3 cubic feet, or nearly 1/ cubic yards.
Stere (v. t. & i.) To
stir.
Stere (n.) A rudder. See
5th Steer.
Stere (n.) Helmsman. See
6th Steer.
Sterelmintha (n. pl.) Same
as Platyelminthes.
Stereo- () A combining form
meaning solid, hard, firm, as in stereo-chemistry, stereography.
Stereobate (n.) The lower
part or basement of a building or pedestal; -- used loosely for several
different forms of basement.
Stereo-chemic (a.) Alt. of
Stereo-chemical
Stereo-chemical (a.)
Pertaining to, or illustrating, the hypothetical space relations of atoms in the
molecule; as, a stereo-chemic formula.
Stereo-chemistry (n.)
Chemistry considered with reference to the space relations of atoms.
Stereochrome (n.)
Stereochromic picture.
Stereochromic (a.)
Pertaining to the art of stereochromy; produced by stereochromy.
Stereochromy (n.) A style
of painting on plastered walls or stone, in which the colors are rendered
permanent by sprinklings of water, in which is mixed a proportion of soluble
glass (a silicate of soda).
Stereoelectric (a.) Of or
pertaining to the generation of electricity by means of solid bodies alone; as,
a stereoelectric current is one obtained by means of solids, without any liquid.
Stereogram (n.) A diagram
or picture which represents objects in such a way as to give the impression of
relief or solidity; also, a stereograph.
Stereograph (n.) Any
picture, or pair of pictures, prepared for exhibition in the stereoscope.
Stereographs are now commonly made by means of photography.
Stereographic (a.) Alt. of
Stereographical
Stereographical (a.) Made
or done according to the rules of stereography; delineated on a plane; as, a
stereographic chart of the earth.
Stereographically (adv.)
In a stereographical manner; by delineation on a plane.
Stereography (n.) The art
of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane; a branch of solid geometry
which shows the construction of all solids which are regularly defined.
Stereometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the solid contents of a body, or the capacity of a
vessel; a volumenometer.
Stereometer (n.) An
instrument for determining the specific gravity of liquid bodies, porous bodies,
and powders, as well as solids.
Stereometric (a.) Alt. of
Stereometrical
Stereometrical (a.) Of or
pertaining to stereometry; performed or obtained by stereometry.
Stereometry (n.) The art
of measuring and computing the cubical contents of bodies and figures; --
distinguished from planimetry.
Stereomonoscope (n.) An
instrument with two lenses, by which an image of a single picture projected upon
a screen of ground glass is made to present an appearance of relief, and may be
viewed by several persons at once.
Stereoplasm (n.) The solid
or insoluble portion of the cell protoplasm. See Hygroplasm.
Stereopticon (n.) An
instrument, consisting essentially of a magic lantern in which photographic
pictures are used, by which the image of a landscape, or any object, may be
thrown upon a screen in such a manner as to seem to stand out in relief, so as
to form a striking and accurate representation of the object itself; also, a
pair of magic lanterns for producing the effect of dissolving views.
Stereoscope (n.) An
optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen
in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two
pictures, taken for the purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is
furnished with two eyeglasses, and by refraction or reflection the pictures are
superimposed, so as to appear as one to the observer.
Stereoscopic (a.) Alt. of
Stereoscopical
Stereoscopical (a.) Of or
pertaining to the stereoscope; characteristic of, or adapted to, the
stereoscope; as, a stereoscopic effect; the stereoscopic function of the
eyeglasses; stereoscopic views.
Stereoscopist (n.) One
skilled in the use or construction of stereoscopes.
Stereoscopy (n.) The art
or science of using the stereoscope, or of constructing the instrument or the
views used with it.
Stereostatic (a.)
Geostatic.
Stereotomic (a.) Alt. of
Stereotomical
Stereotomical (a.) Of or
pertaining to stereotomy; performed by stereotomy.
Stereotomy (n.) The
science or art of cutting solids into certain figures or sections, as arches,
and the like; especially, the art of stonecutting.
Stereotype (n.) A plate
forming an exact faximile of a page of type or of an engraving, used in printing
books, etc.; specifically, a plate with type-metal face, used for printing.
Stereotype (n.) The art or
process of making such plates, or of executing work by means of them.
Stereotyped (imp. & p. p.)
of Stereotype
Stereotyping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stereotype
Stereotype (v. t.) To
prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to
stereotype the Bible.
Stereotype (v. t.) Fig.:
To make firm or permanent; to fix.
Stereotyped (a.) Formed
into, or printed from, stereotype plates.
Stereotyped (a.) Fig.:
Formed in a fixed, unchangeable manner; as, stereotyped opinions.
Stereotyper (n.) One who
stereotypes; one who makes stereotype plates, or works in a stereotype foundry.
Stereotypery (n.) The art,
process, or employment of making stereotype plates.
Stereotypery (n.) A place
where stereotype plates are made; a stereotype foundry.
Stereotypic (a.) Of or
pertaining to stereotype, or stereotype plates.
Stereotypist (n.) A
stereotyper.
Stereotypographer (n.) A
stereotype printer.
Stereotypography (n.) The
act or art of printing from stereotype plates.
Stereotypy (n.) The art or
process of making stereotype plates.
Sterhydraulic (a.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a kind of hydraulic press; resembling such a
press in action or principle.
Sterile (a.) Producing
little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile
land; a sterile desert; a sterile year.
Sterile (a.) Incapable of
reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of offspring; not able to germinate or
bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a sterile flower, which bears only stamens.
Sterile (a.) Free from
reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile fluid.
Sterile (a.) Fig.: Barren
of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a sterile production or author.
Sterility (n.) The quality
or condition of being sterile.
Sterility (n.) Quality of
being sterile; infecundity; also, the state of being free from germs or spores.
Sterilization (n.) The act
or process of sterilizing, or rendering sterile; also, the state of being
sterile.
Sterilized (imp. & p. p.)
of Sterilize
Sterilizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sterilize
Sterilize (v. t.) To make
sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility.
Sterilize (v. t.) To
deprive of the power of reproducing; to render incapable of germination or
fecundation; to make sterile.
Sterilize (v. t.) To
destroy all spores or germs in (an organic fluid or mixture), as by heat, so as
to prevent the development of bacterial or other organisms.
Sterlet (n.) A small
sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus) found in the Caspian Sea and its rivers, and
highly esteemed for its flavor. The finest caviare is made from its roe.
Sterling (n.) Same as
Starling, 3.
Sterling (n.) Any English
coin of standard value; coined money.
Sterling (n.) A certain
standard of quality or value for money.
Sterling (a.) Belonging
to, or relating to, the standard British money of account, or the British
coinage; as, a pound sterling; a shilling sterling; a penny sterling; -- now
chiefly applied to the lawful money of England; but sterling cost, sterling
value, are used.
Sterling (a.) Genuine;
pure; of excellent quality; conforming to the highest standard; of full value;
as, a work of sterling merit; a man of sterling good sense.
Stern (n.) The black tern.
Stern (superl.) Having a
certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid;
rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute;
harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a
stern decree.
Stern (v. t.) The helm or
tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.
Stern (v. t.) The after or
rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem,
or prow.
Stern (v. t.) Fig.: The
post of management or direction.
Stern (v. t.) The hinder
part of anything.
Stern (v. t.) The tail of
an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a dog.
Stern (a.) Being in the
stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.
Sternage (n.) Stern.
Sternal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the sternum; in the region of the sternum.
Sternbergite (n.) A
sulphide of silver and iron, occurring in soft flexible laminae varying in color
from brown to black.
Sternebrae (pl. ) of
Sternebra
Sternebra (n.) One of the
segments of the sternum.
Sterned (a.) Having a
stern of a particular shape; -- used in composition; as, square-sterned.
Sterner (n.) A director.
Sternforemost (adv.) With
the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence, figuratively, in an awkward,
blundering manner.
Sternite (n.) The sternum
of an arthropod somite.
Sternly (adv.) In a stern
manner.
Sternmost (a.) Farthest in
the rear; farthest astern; as, the sternmost ship in a convoy.
Sternness (n.) The quality
or state of being stern.
Sterno- () A combining form used
in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sternum; as,
sternocostal, sternoscapular.
Sternocoracoid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the sternum and the coracoid.
Sternocostal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the sternum and the ribs; as, the sternocostal cartilages.
Sternohyoid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the sternum and the hyoid bone or cartilage.
Sternomastoid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the sternum and the mastoid process.
Sternothyroid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the sternum and the thyroid cartilage.
Sternpost (n.) A straight
piece of timber, or an iron bar or beam, erected on the extremity of the keel to
support the rudder, and receive the ends of the planks or plates of the vessel.
Sternsman (n.) A
steersman.
Sternson (n.) The end of a
ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also stern knee.
Sterna (pl. ) of Sternum
Sternums (pl. ) of Sternum
Sternum (n.) A plate of
cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the
median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the
breastbone.
Sternum (n.) The ventral
part of any one of the somites of an arthropod.
Sternutation (n.) The act
of sneezing.
Sternutative (a.) Having
the quality of provoking to sneeze.
Sternutatory (a.)
Sternutative.
Sternutatory (n.) A
sternutatory substance or medicine.
Sternway (n.) The movement
of a ship backward, or with her stern foremost.
Stern-wheel (a.) Having a
paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer.
Stern-wheeler (n.) A
steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels.
Sterquilinous (a.)
Pertaining to a dunghill; hence, mean; dirty; paltry.
Sterre (n.) A star.
Sterrink (n.) The
crab-eating seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) of the Antarctic Ocean.
Sterrometal (n.) Any alloy
of copper, zinc, tin, and iron, of which cannon are sometimes made.
Stert (p. p.) Started.
Sterte () p. p. of Start.
Stertorious (a.)
Stertorous.
Stertorous (a.)
Characterized by a deep snoring, which accompaines inspiration in some diseases,
especially apoplexy; hence, hoarsely breathing; snoring.
Sterve (v. t. & i.) To
die, or cause to die; to perish. See Starve.
Stet (subj. 3d pers. sing.)
Let it stand; -- a word used by proof readers to signify that something once
erased, or marked for omission, is to remain.
Stetted (imp. & p. p.) of
Stet
Stetting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stet
Stet (v. t.) To cause or
direct to remain after having been marked for omission; to mark with the word
stet, or with a series of dots below or beside the matter; as, the proof reader
stetted a deled footnote.
Stethal (n.) One of the
higher alcohols of the methane series, homologous with ethal, and found in small
quantities as an ethereal salt of stearic acid in spermaceti.
Stethograph (n.) See
Pneumatograph.
Stethometer (n.) An
apparatus for measuring the external movements of a given point of the chest
wall, during respiration; -- also called thoracometer.
Stethoscope (n.) An
instrument used in auscultation for examining the organs of the chest, as the
heart and lungs, by conveying to the ear of the examiner the sounds produced in
the thorax.
Stethoscope (v. t.) To
auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope.
Stethoscopic (a.) Alt. of
Stethoscopical
Stethoscopical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a stethoscope; obtained or made by means of a stethoscope.
Stethoscopist (n.) One
skilled in the use of the stethoscope.
Stethoscopy (n.) The art
or process of examination by the stethoscope.
Steve (v. t.) To pack or
stow, as cargo in a ship's hold. See Steeve.
Stevedore (n.) One whose
occupation is to load and unload vessels in port; one who stows a cargo in a
hold.
Steven (n.) Voice; speech;
language.
Steven (n.) An outcry; a
loud call; a clamor.
Stew (n.) A small pond or
pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.
Stew (n.) An artificial
bed of oysters.
Stewed (imp. & p. p.) of
Stew
Stewing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stew
Stew (v. t.) To boil
slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; to seethe; to cook in a little
liquid, over a gentle fire, without boiling; as, to stew meat; to stew oysters;
to stew apples.
Stew (v. i.) To be seethed
or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.
Stew (v. t.) A place of
stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.
Stew (v. t.) A brothel; --
usually in the plural.
Stew (v. t.) A prostitute.
Stew (v. t.) A dish
prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.
Stew (v. t.) A state of
agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew.
Steward (n.) A man
employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic
concerns, supervise other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts,
and the like.
Steward (n.) A person
employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a ship, to provide for the table,
superintend the culinary affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward,
wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty
officers who provide for the messes under their charge.
Steward (n.) A fiscal
agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a Methodist church.
Steward (n.) In some
colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the
kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
Steward (n.) In Scotland,
a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
Steward (v. t.) To manage
as a steward.
Stewardess (n.) A female
steward; specifically, a woman employed in passenger vessels to attend to the
wants of female passengers.
Stewardly (adv.) In a
manner, or with the care, of a steward.
Stewardship (n.) The
office of a steward.
Stewartry (n.) An overseer
or superintendent.
Stewartry (n.) The office
of a steward; stewardship.
Stewartry (n.) In
Scotland, the jurisdiction of a steward; also, the lands under such
jurisdiction.
Stewish (a.) Suiting a
stew, or brothel.
Stewpan (n.) A pan used
for stewing.
Stewpot (n.) A pot used
for stewing.
Stey (n.) See Stee.
Sthenic (a.) Strong;
active; -- said especially of morbid states attended with excessive action of
the heart and blood vessels, and characterized by strength and activity of the
muscular and nervous system; as, a sthenic fever.
Stiacciato (n.) The lowest
relief, -- often used in Italian sculpture of the 15th and 16th centuries.
Stian (n.) A sty on the
eye. See Styan.
Stibborn (a.) Stubborn.
Stibial (a.) Like, or
having the qualities of, antimony; antimonial.
Stibialism (n.) Antimonial
intoxication or poisoning.
Stibiated (a.) Combined or
impregnated with antimony (stibium).
Stibic (a.) Antimonic; --
used with reference to certain compounds of antimony.
Stibiconite (n.) A native
oxide of antimony occurring in masses of a yellow color.
Stibine (n.) Antimony
hydride, or hydrogen antimonide, a colorless gas produced by the action of
nascent hydrogen on antimony. It has a characteristic odor and burns with a
characteristic greenish flame. Formerly called also antimoniureted hydrogen.
Stibious (a.) Antimonious.
Stibium (n.) The technical
name of antimony.
Stibium (n.) Stibnite.
Stibnite (n.) A mineral of
a lead-gray color and brilliant metallic luster, occurring in prismatic
crystals; sulphide of antimony; -- called also antimony glance, and gray
antimony.
Stibonium (n.) The
hypothetical radical SbH4, analogous to ammonium; -- called also antimonium.
Sticcado (n.) An
instrument consisting of small bars of wood, flat at the bottom and rounded at
the top, and resting on the edges of a kind of open box. They are unequal in
size, gradually increasing from the smallest to the largest, and are tuned to
the diatonic scale. The tones are produced by striking the pieces of wood with
hard balls attached to flexible sticks.
Stich (n.) A verse, of
whatever measure or number of feet.
Stich (n.) A line in the
Scriptures; specifically (Hebrew Scriptures), one of the rhythmic lines in the
poetical books and passages of the Old Treatment, as written in the oldest
Hebrew manuscripts and in the Revised Version of the English Bible.
Stich (n.) A row, line, or
rank of trees.
Stichic (a.) Of or
pertaining to stichs, or lines; consisting of stichs, or lines.
Stichida (pl. ) of
Stichidium
Stichidium (n.) A special
podlike or fusiform branch containing tetraspores. It is found in certain red
algae.
Stichomancy (n.)
Divination by lines, or passages of books, taken at hazard.
Stichometrical (a.) Of or
pertaining to stichometry; characterized by stichs, or lines.
Stichometry (n.)
Measurement of books by the number of lines which they contain.
Stichometry (n.) Division
of the text of a book into lines; especially, the division of the text of books
into lines accommodated to the sense, -- a method of writing manuscripts used
before punctuation was adopted.
Stichwort (n.) A kind of
chickweed (Stellaria Holostea).
Stick (v. t.) A small
shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any
stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.
Stick (v. t.) Any long and
comparatively slender piece of wood, whether in natural form or shaped with
tools; a rod; a wand; a staff; as, the stick of a rocket; a walking stick.
Stick (v. t.) Anything
shaped like a stick; as, a stick of wax.
Stick (v. t.) A derogatory
expression for a person; one who is inert or stupid; as, an odd stick; a poor
stick.
Stick (v. t.) A composing
stick. See under Composing. It is usually a frame of metal, but for posters,
handbills, etc., one made of wood is used.
Stick (v. t.) A thrust
with a pointed instrument; a stab.
Stuck (imp. & p. p.) of
Stick
Sticked () of Stick
Sticking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stick
Stick (n.) To penetrate
with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as,
to stick a beast.
Stick (n.) To cause to
penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle
into one's finger.
Stick (n.) To fasten,
attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in; hence, also, to adorn or deck with
things fastened on as by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve.
Stick (n.) To set; to fix
in; as, to stick card teeth.
Stick (n.) To set with
something pointed; as, to stick cards.
Stick (n.) To fix on a
pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork.
Stick (n.) To attach by
causing to adhere to the surface; as, to stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on
an envelope; also, to attach in any manner.
Stick (n.) To compose; to
set, or arrange, in a composing stick; as, to stick type.
Stick (n.) To run or plane
(moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such
moldings are said to be stuck.
Stick (n.) To cause to
stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard
problem.
Stick (n.) To impose upon;
to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
Stick (v. i.) To adhere;
as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste sticks to the wall.
Stick (v. i.) To remain
where placed; to be fixed; to hold fast to any position so as to be moved with
difficulty; to cling; to abide; to cleave; to be united closely.
Stick (v. i.) To be
prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of some obstacle; to be stayed.
Stick (v. i.) To be
embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; to be deterred, as by scruples; to scruple;
-- often with at.
Stick (v. i.) To cause
difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
Sticked (imp.) Stuck.
Sticker (n.) One who, or
that which, sticks; as, a bill sticker.
Sticker (n.) That which
causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.
Sticker (n.) In the organ,
a small wooden rod which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to
communicate motion by pushing.
Sticker (n.) Same as
Paster, 2.
Stickfuls (pl. ) of
Stickful
Stickful (n.) As much set
type as fills a composing stick.
Stickiness (n.) The
quality of being sticky; as, the stickiness of glue or paste.
Sticking () a. & n. from Stick,
v.
Stickit (a.) Stuck;
spoiled in making.
Stick-lac (n.) See the
Note under Lac.
Stickled (imp. & p. p.) of
Stickle
Stickling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stickle
Stickle (v. i.) To
separate combatants by intervening.
Stickle (v. i.) To
contend, contest, or altercate, esp. in a pertinacious manner on insufficient
grounds.
Stickle (v. i.) To play
fast and loose; to pass from one side to the other; to trim.
Stickle (v. t.) To
separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.
Stickle (v. t.) To
intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening; hence, to arbitrate.
Stickle (v. t. & i.) A
shallow rapid in a river; also, the current below a waterfall.
Stickleback (v. t.) Any
one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied
genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt
and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag,
sharpling, and prickleback.
Stickler (v. t.) One who
stickles.
Stickler (v. t.) One who
arbitrates a duel; a sidesman to a fencer; a second; an umpire.
Stickler (v. t.) One who
pertinaciously contends for some trifling things, as a point of etiquette; an
unreasonable, obstinate contender; as, a stickler for ceremony.
Stick-seed (n.) A plant
(Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family, with small blue flowers and
prickly nutlets.
Sticktail (n.) The ruddy
duck.
Stick-tight (n.) Beggar's
ticks.
Sticky (superl.) Having
the quality of sticking to a surface; adhesive; gluey; viscous; viscid;
glutinous; tenacious.
Stiddy (n.) An anvil;
also, a smith shop. See Stithy.
Stiff (superl.) Not easily
bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff
wood, paper, joints.
Stiff (superl.) Not liquid
or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste
is stiff.
Stiff (superl.) Firm;
strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze.
Stiff (superl.) Not easily
subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary.
Stiff (superl.) Not
natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a
stiff style.
Stiff (superl.) Harsh;
disagreeable; severe; hard to bear.
Stiff (superl.) Bearing a
press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank.
Stiff (superl.) Very
large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price.
Stiff-backed (a.)
Obstinate.
Stiffened (imp. & p. p.)
of Stiffen
Stiffening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stiffen
Stiffen (v. t.) To make
stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.
Stiffen (v. t.) To
inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste.
Stiffen (v. t.) To make
torpid; to benumb.
Stiffen (v. i.) To become
stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective.
Stiffener (n.) One who, or
that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat.
Stiffening (n.) Act or
process of making stiff.
Stiffening (n.) Something
used to make anything stiff.
Stiff-hearted (a.)
Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious.
Stiffish (a.) Somewhat
stiff.
Stiffly (adv.) In a stiff
manner.
Stiff-necked (a.)
Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a
stiff-necked people.
Stiff-neckedness (n.) The
quality or state of being stiff-necked; stubbornness.
Stiffness (n.) The quality
or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of
manner; stiffness of character.
Stifftail (n.) The ruddy
duck.
Stiff-tailed (a.) Having
the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.
Stifle (n.) The joint next
above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied
animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle
joint. See Illust. under Horse.
Stifled (imp. & p. p.) of
Stifle
Stifling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stifle
Stifle (v. t.) To stop the
breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an
irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the
death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust.
Stifle (v. t.) To stop; to
extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or
flame.
Stifle (v. t.) To suppress
the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge;
as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion.
Stifle (v. i.) To die by
reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents
respiration.
Stifled (a.) Stifling.
Stifler (n.) One who, or
that which, stifles.
Stifler (n.) See
Camouflet.
Stigmas (pl. ) of Stigma
Stigmata (pl. ) of Stigma
Stigma (v. t.) A mark made
with a burning iron; a brand.
Stigma (v. t.) Any mark of
infamy or disgrace; sign of moral blemish; stain or reproach caused by
dishonorable conduct; reproachful characterization.
Stigma (v. t.) That part
of a pistil which has no epidermis, and is fitted to receive the pollen. It is
usually the terminal portion, and is commonly somewhat glutinous or viscid. See
Illust. of Stamen and of Flower.
Stigma (v. t.) A small
spot, mark, scar, or a minute hole; -- applied especially to a spot on the outer
surface of a Graafian follicle, and to spots of intercellular substance in scaly
epithelium, or to minute holes in such spots.
Stigma (v. t.) A red speck
upon the skin, produced either by the extravasation of blood, as in the bloody
sweat characteristic of certain varieties of religious ecstasy, or by capillary
congestion, as in the case of drunkards.
Stigma (v. t.) One of the
external openings of the tracheae of insects, myriapods, and other arthropods; a
spiracle.
Stigma (v. t.) One of the
apertures of the pulmonary sacs of arachnids. See Illust. of Scorpion.
Stigma (v. t.) One of the
apertures of the gill of an ascidian, and of Amphioxus.
Stigma (v. t.) A point so
connected by any law whatever with another point, called an index, that as the
index moves in any manner in a plane the first point or stigma moves in a
determinate way in the same plane.
Stigma (v. t.) Marks
believed to have been supernaturally impressed upon the bodies of certain
persons in imitation of the wounds on the crucified body of Christ. See def. 5,
above.
Stigmaria (n.) The fossil
root stem of a coal plant of the genus Sigillaria.
Stigmata (n.) pl. of
Stigma.
Stigmatic (n.) A notorious
profligate or criminal who has been branded; one who bears the marks of infamy
or punishment.
Stigmatic (n.) A person
who is marked or deformed by nature.
Stigmatic (n.) A person
bearing the wounds on the hands and feet resembling those of Jesus Christ caused
by His crucifixion; -- for true stigmantics the wounds are supposed to have been
caused miraculously, as a sign of great holiness.
Stigmatic (a.) Alt. of
Stigmatical
Stigmatical (a.) Marked
with a stigma, or with something reproachful to character.
Stigmatical (a.)
Impressing with infamy or reproach.
Stigmatical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a stigma or stigmata.
Stigmatically (adv.) With
a stigma, or mark of infamy or deformity.
Stigmatist (n.) One
believed to be supernaturally impressed with the marks of Christ's wounds. See
Stigma, 8.
Stigmatization (n.) The
act of stigmatizing.
Stigmatization (n.) The
production of stigmata upon the body. See Stigma, 8.
Stigmatized (imp. & p. p.)
of Stigmatize
Stigmatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stigmatize
Stigmatize (v. t.) To mark
with a stigma, or brand; as, the ancients stigmatized their slaves and soldiers.
Stigmatize (v. t.) To set
a mark of disgrace on; to brand with some mark of reproach or infamy.
Stigmatose (a.) Same as
Stigmatic.
Stigonomancy (n.)
Divination by writing on the bark of a tree.
Stike (n.) Stanza.
Stilar (a.) Of or
pertaining to the style of a dial.
Stilbene (n.) A
hydrocarbon, C14H12, produced artificially in large, fine crystals; -- called
also diphenyl ethylene, toluylene, etc.
Stilbite (n.) A common
mineral of the zeolite family, a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime, usually
occurring in sheaflike aggregations of crystals, also in radiated masses. It is
of a white or yellowish color, with pearly luster on the cleavage surface.
Called also desmine.
Stile (n.) A pin set on
the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style. See Style.
Stile (n.) Mode of
composition. See Style.
Stile (v. i.) A step, or
set of steps, for ascending and descending, in passing a fence or wall.
Stile (v. i.) One of the
upright pieces in a frame; one of the primary members of a frame, into which the
secondary members are mortised.
Stilet (n.) A stiletto.
Stilet (n.) See Stylet, 2.
Stilettos (pl. ) of
Stiletto
Stiletto (n.) A kind of
dagger with a slender, rounded, and pointed blade.
Stiletto (n.) A pointed
instrument for making eyelet holes in embroidery.
Stiletto (n.) A beard
trimmed into a pointed form.
Stilettoed (imp. & p. p.)
of Stiletto
Stilettoing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stiletto
Stiletto (v. t.) To stab
or kill with a stiletto.
Still (adv.) Motionless;
at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.
Still (adv.) Uttering no
sound; silent; as, the audience is still; the animals are still.
Still (adv.) Not disturbed
by noise or agitation; quiet; calm; as, a still evening; a still atmosphere.
Still (adv.) Comparatively
quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
Still (adv.) Constant;
continual.
Still (adv.) Not
effervescing; not sparkling; as, still wines.
Still (n.) Freedom from
noise; calm; silence; as, the still of midnight.
Still (n.) A steep hill or
ascent.
Still (a.) To this time;
until and during the time now present; now no less than before; yet.
Still (a.) In the future
as now and before.
Still (a.) In continuation
by successive or repeated acts; always; ever; constantly; uniformly.
Still (a.) In an
increasing or additional degree; even more; -- much used with comparatives.
Still (a.) Notwithstanding
what has been said or done; in spite of what has occured; nevertheless; --
sometimes used as a conjunction. See Synonym of But.
Still (a.) After that;
after what is stated.
Stilled (imp. & p. p.) of
Still
Stilling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Still
Still (a.) To stop, as
motion or agitation; to cause to become quiet, or comparatively quiet; to check
the agitation of; as, to still the raging sea.
Still (a.) To stop, as
noise; to silence.
Still (a.) To appease; to
calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or excitement; as, to still the passions.
Still (v.) A vessel,
boiler, or copper used in the distillation of liquids; specifically, one used
for the distillation of alcoholic liquors; a retort. The name is sometimes
applied to the whole apparatus used in in vaporization and condensation.
Still (v.) A house where
liquors are distilled; a distillery.
Still (v. t.) To cause to
fall by drops.
Still (v. t.) To expel
spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to
distill.
Still (v. i.) To drop, or
flow in drops; to distill.
Stillage (n.) A low stool
to keep the goods from touching the floor.
Stillatitious (a.) Falling
in drops; drawn by a still.
-ries (pl. ) of Stillatory
Stillatory (a.) An
alembic; a vessel for distillation.
Stillatory (a.) A
laboratory; a place or room in which distillation is performed.
Stillbirth (n.) The birth
of a dead fetus.
Stillborn (a.) Dead at the
birth; as, a stillborn child.
Stillborn (a.) Fig.:
Abortive; as, a stillborn poem.
Still-burn (p. pr. & vb. n.)
To burn in the process of distillation; as, to still-burn brandy.
Still-closing (a.) Ever
closing.
Stiller (n.) One who
stills, or quiets.
Stillhouse (n.) A house in
which distillation is carried on; a distillery.
Still-hunt (n.) A hunting
for game in a quiet and cautious manner, or under cover; stalking; hence,
colloquially, the pursuit of any object quietly and cautiously.
Stillicide (n.) A
continual falling or succession of drops; rain water falling from the eaves.
Stillicidious (a.) Falling
in drops.
Stilliform (a.) Having the
form of a drop.
Stilling (n.) A stillion.
Stillion (n.) A stand, as
for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying.
Stillness (n.) The quality
or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
Stillness (n.) Habitual
silence or quiet; taciturnity.
Stillroom (n.) A room for
distilling.
Stillroom (n.) An
apartment in a house where liquors, preserves, and the like, are kept.
Stillstand (n.) A
standstill.
Stilly (a.) Still; quiet;
calm.
Stilly (adv.) In a still
manner; quietly; silently; softly.
Stilpnomelane (n.) A black
or greenish black mineral occurring in foliated flates, also in velvety
bronze-colored incrustations. It is a hydrous silicate of iron and alumina.
Stilt (n.) A pole, or
piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to raise the foot above the
ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged
upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
Stilt (n.) A crutch; also,
the handle of a plow.
Stilt (n.) Any species of
limicoline birds belonging to Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs
are remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks, stiltbird, stilt
plover, and lawyer.
Stilted (imp. & p. p.) of
Stilt
Stilting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stilt
Stilt (v. t.) To raise on
stilts, or as if on stilts.
Stiltbird (n.) See Stilt,
n., 3.
Stilted (a.) Elevated as
if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted
declamation.
Stiltify (v. t.) To raise
upon stilts, or as upon stilts; to stilt.
Stilty (a.) Unreasonably
elevated; pompous; stilted; as, a stilty style.
Stime (n.) A slight gleam
or glimmer; a glimpse.
Stimulant (a.) Serving to
stimulate.
Stimulant (a.) Produced
increased vital action in the organism, or in any of its parts.
Stimulant (n.) That which
stimulates, provokes, or excites.
Stimulant (n.) An agent
which produces a temporary increase of vital activity in the organism, or in any
of its parts; -- sometimes used without qualification to signify an alcoholic
beverage used as a stimulant.
Stimulated (imp. & p. p.)
of Stimulate
Stimulating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stimulate
Stimulate (v. t.) To
excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to action or more
vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one
by the hope of reward, or by the prospect of glory.
Stimulate (v. t.) To
excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an
irritable muscle), as by electricity.
Stimulation (n.) The act
of stimulating, or the state of being stimulated.
Stimulation (n.) The
irritating action of various agents (stimuli) on muscles, nerves, or a sensory
end organ, by which activity is evoked; especially, the nervous impulse produced
by various agents on nerves, or a sensory end organ, by which the part connected
with the nerve is thrown into a state of activity; irritation.
Stimulative (a.) Having
the quality of stimulating.
Stimulative (n.) That
which stimulates.
Stimulator (n.) One who
stimulates.
Stimulatress (n.) A woman
who stimulates.
Stimulism (n.) The theory
of medical practice which regarded life as dependent upon stimulation, or
excitation, and disease as caused by excess or deficiency in the amount of
stimulation.
Stimulism (n.) The
practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants.
Stimuli (pl. ) of Stimulus
Stimulus (v. t.) A goad;
hence, something that rouses the mind or spirits; an incentive; as, the hope of
gain is a powerful stimulus to labor and action.
Stimulus (v. t.) That
which excites or produces a temporary increase of vital action, either in the
whole organism or in any of its parts; especially (Physiol.), any substance or
agent capable of evoking the activity of a nerve or irritable muscle, or capable
of producing an impression upon a sensory organ or more particularly upon its
specific end organ.
Sting (v. t.) Any sharp
organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and
adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The
sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of
a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the
fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.
Sting (v. t.) A
sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in
nettles. The points of these hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid
fluid is pressed into it.
Sting (v. t.) Anything
that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings
of reproach.
Sting (v. t.) The thrust
of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
Sting (v. t.) A goad;
incitement.
Sting (v. t.) The point of
an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
Stung (imp. & p. p.) of
Sting
Stang () of Sting
Stinging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sting
Sting (v. t.) To pierce or
wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the
nettles stung his hands.
Sting (v. t.) To pain
acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite.
Sting (v. t.) To goad; to
incite, as by taunts or reproaches.
Stingaree (n.) Any sting
ray. See under 6th Ray.
Stingbull (n.) The
European greater weever fish (Trachinus draco), which is capable of inflicting
severe wounds with the spinous rays of its dorsal fin. See Weever.
Stinger (n.) One who, or
that which, stings.
Stingfish (n.) The weever.
Stingily (adv.) In a
stingy manner.
Stinginess (n.) The
quality or state of being stingy.
Stinging (a.) Piercing, or
capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting,
goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke.
Stingless (a.) Having no
sting.
Stingo (n.) Old beer;
sharp or strong liquor.
Stingtail (n.) A sting
ray.
Stingy (a.) Stinging; able
to sting.
Stingy (superl.) Extremely
close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a
stingy churl.
Stunk (imp. & p. p.) of
Stink
Stank () of Stink
Stinking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stink
Stink (v. i.) To emit a
strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.
Stink (v. t.) To cause to
stink; to affect by a stink.
Stink (n.) A strong,
offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.
Stinkard (n.) A mean,
stinking, paltry fellow.
Stinkard (n.) The teledu
of the East Indies. It emits a disagreeable odor.
Stinkball (n.) A
composition of substances which in combustion emit a suffocating odor; -- used
formerly in naval warfare.
Stinker (n.) One who, or
that which, stinks.
Stinker (n.) Any one of
the several species of large antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion
and have an offensive odor, as the giant fulmar.
Stinkhorn (n.) A kind of
fungus of the genus Phallus, which emits a fetid odor.
Stinking () a. & n. from Stink,
v.
Stinkingly (adv.) In a
stinking manner; with an offensive smell.
Stinkpot (n.) An earthen
jar charged with powder, grenades, and other materials of an offensive and
suffocating smell, -- sometimes used in boarding an enemy's vessel.
Stinkpot (n.) A vessel in
which disinfectants are burned.
Stinkpot (n.) The musk
turtle, or musk tortoise. See under Musk.
Stinkstone (n.) One of the
varieties of calcite, barite, and feldspar, which emit a fetid odor on being
struck; -- called also swinestone.
Stinkweed (n.) Stramonium.
See Jamestown weed, and Datura.
Stinkwood (n.) A name
given to several kinds of wood with an unpleasant smell, as that of the Foetidia
Mauritiana of the Mauritius, and that of the South African Ocotea bullata.
Stint (n.) Any one of
several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America,
the dunlin, the little stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc. Called also pume.
Stint (n.) A phalarope.
Stinted (imp. & p. p.) of
Stint
Stinting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stint
Stint (v. t.) To restrain
within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant
allowance.
Stint (v. t.) To put an
end to; to stop.
Stint (v. t.) To assign a
certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person), upon the performance of which one
is excused from further labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent.
Stint (v. t.) To serve
successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.
Stint (v. i.) To stop; to
cease.
Stint (v. t.) Limit;
bound; restraint; extent.
Stint (v. t.) Quantity or
task assigned; proportion allotted.
Stintance (n.) Restraint;
stoppage.
Stintedness (n.) The state
of being stinted.
Stinter (n.) One who, or
that which, stints.
Stintless (a.) Without
stint or restraint.
Stipe (n.) The stalk or
petiole of a frond, as of a fern.
Stipe (n.) The stalk of a
pistil.
Stipe (n.) The trunk of a
tree.
Stipe (n.) The stem of a
fungus or mushroom.
Stipel (n.) The stipule of
a leaflet.
Stipellate (a.) Having
stipels.
Stipend (n.) Settled pay
or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually.
Stipend (v. t.) To pay by
settled wages.
Stipendiarian (a.) Acting
from mercenary considerations; stipendiary.
Stipendiary (a.) Receiving
wages, or salary; performing services for a stated price or compensation.
Stipendiaries (pl. ) of
Stipendiary
Stipendiary (n.) One who
receives a stipend.
Stipendiate (v. t.) To
provide with a stipend, or salary; to support; to pay.
Stipendless (a.) Having no
stipend.
Stipites (pl. ) of Stipes
Stipes (n.) The second
joint of a maxilla of an insect or a crustacean.
Stipes (n.) An eyestalk.
Stipitate (a.) Supported
by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the fronds of most ferns, or the pod of
certain cruciferous plants.
Stipitiform (a.) Having
the shape of a stalk; stalklike.
Stippled (imp. & p. p.) of
Stipple
Stippling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stipple
Stipple (v. t.) To engrave
by means of dots, in distinction from engraving in lines.
Stipple (v. t.) To paint,
as in water colors, by small, short touches which together produce an even or
softly graded surface.
Stipple (n.) Alt. of
Stippling
Stippling (n.) A mode of
execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines.
Stippling (n.) A mode of
execution in which a flat or even tint is produced by many small touches.
Stiptic (a. & n.) See
Styptic.
Stipulas (pl. ) of Stipula
Stipulae (pl. ) of Stipula
Stipula (n.) A stipule.
Stipula (n.) A newly
sprouted feather.
Stipulaceous (a.) Alt. of
Stipular
Stipular (a.) Of or
pertaining to stipules; resembling stipules; furnished with stipules; growing on
stipules, or close to them; occupying the position of stipules; as, stipular
glands and stipular tendrils.
Stipulary (a.) Of or
pertaining to stipules; stipular.
Stipulate (a.) Furnished
with stipules; as, a stipulate leaf.
Stipulated (imp. & p. p.)
of Stipulate
Stipulating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stipulate
Stipulate (v. i.) To make
an agreement or covenant with any person or company to do or forbear anything;
to bargain; to contract; to settle terms; as, certain princes stipulated to
assist each other in resisting the armies of France.
Stipulation (n.) The act
of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.
Stipulation (n.) That
which is stipulated, or agreed upon; that which is definitely arranged or
contracted; an agreement; a covenant; a contract or bargain; also, any
particular article, item, or condition, in a mutual agreement; as, the
stipulations of the allied powers to furnish each his contingent of troops.
Stipulation (n.) A
material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in
the admiralty courts; a bargain.
Stipulation (n.) The
situation, arrangement, and structure of the stipules.
Stipulator (n.) One who
stipulates, contracts, or covenants.
Stipule (n.) An appendage
at the base of petioles or leaves, usually somewhat resembling a small leaf in
texture and appearance.
Stipuled (a.) Furnished
with stipules, or leafy appendages.
Stirred (imp. & p. p.) of
Stir
Stirring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stir
Stir (v. t.) To change the
place of in any manner; to move.
Stir (v. t.) To disturb
the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something
through it; to agitate; as, to stir a pudding with a spoon.
Stir (v. t.) To bring into
debate; to agitate; to moot.
Stir (v. t.) To incite to
action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite.
Stir (v. i.) To move; to
change one's position.
Stir (v. i.) To be in
motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self.
Stir (v. i.) To become the
object of notice; to be on foot.
Stir (v. i.) To rise, or
be up, in the morning.
Stir (n.) The act or
result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements.
Stir (n.) Public
disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
Stir (n.) Agitation of
thoughts; conflicting passions.
Stirabout (n.) A dish
formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently
stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a
hasty pudding.
Stiriated (a.) Adorned
with pendants like icicles.
Stirious (a.) Resembling
icicles.
Stirk (n.) A young bullock
or heifer.
Stirless (a.) Without
stirring; very quiet; motionless.
Stirp (n.) Stock; race;
family.
Stirpiculture (n.) The
breeding of special stocks or races.
Stirpes (pl. ) of Stirps
Stirps (n.) Stock; race;
family.
Stirps (n.) A race, or a
fixed and permanent variety.
Stirrage (n.) The act of
stirring; stir; commotion.
Stirrer (n.) One who, or
that which, stirs something; also, one who moves about, especially after sleep;
as, an early stirrer.
Stirring (a.) Putting in
motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in
some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life.
Stirrup (v. i.) A kind of
ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part
for receiving the foot of a rider, and attached by a strap to the saddle, --
used to assist a person in mounting a horse, and to enable him to sit steadily
in riding, as well as to relieve him by supporting a part of the weight of the
body.
Stirrup (v. i.) Any piece
resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc.
See Bridle iron.
Stirrup (v. i.) A rope
secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.
Stirt (v. i.) Started;
leaped.
Stirte () imp. of Start, v. i. &
t.
Stitch (v. i.) A single
pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
Stitch (v. i.) A single
turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to
let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch.
Stitch (v. i.) A space of
work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by
extension, any space passed over; distance.
Stitch (v. i.) A local
sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the
side.
Stitch (v. i.) A
contortion, or twist.
Stitch (v. i.) Any least
part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes.
Stitch (v. i.) A furrow.
Stitched (imp. & p. p.) of
Stitch
Stitching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stitch
Stitch (v. t.) To form
stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a
continuous line of stitches; as, to stitch a shirt bosom.
Stitch (v. t.) To sew, or
unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a
pamphlet.
Stitch (v. t.) To form
land into ridges.
Stitch (v. i.) To practice
stitching, or needlework.
Stitchel (n.) A kind of
hairy wool.
Stitcher (n.) One who
stitches; a seamstress.
Stitchery (n.) Needlework;
-- in contempt.
Stitching (n.) The act of
one who stitches.
Stitching (n.) Work done
by sewing, esp. when a continuous line of stitches is shown on the surface;
stitches, collectively.
Stitchwort (n.) See
Stichwort.
Stith (a.) Strong; stiff;
rigid.
Stith (n.) An anvil; a
stithy.
Stithy (n.) An anvil.
Stithy (n.) A smith's
shop; a smithy; a smithery; a forge.
Stithy (v. t.) To forge on
an anvil.
Stived (imp. & p. p.) of
Stive
Stiving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stive
Stive (v. t.) To stuff; to
crowd; to fill full; hence, to make hot and close; to render stifling.
Stive (v. i.) To be
stifled or suffocated.
Stive (n.) The floating
dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding.
Stiver (n.) A Dutch coin,
and money of account, of the value of two cents, or about one penny sterling;
hence, figuratively, anything of little worth.
Stives (n. pl.) Stews; a
brothel.
Stoak (v. t.) To stop; to
choke.
Stoat (n.) The ermine in
its summer pelage, when it is reddish brown, but with a black tip to the tail.
The name is sometimes applied also to other brown weasels.
Stocah (n.) A menial
attendant.
Stoccade (n. & v.) See
Stockade.
Stoccado (n.) A stab; a
thrust with a rapier.
Stochastic (a.)
Conjectural; able to conjecture.
Stock (n.) The stem, or
main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.
Stock (n.) The stem or
branch in which a graft is inserted.
Stock (n.) A block of
wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
Stock (n.) Hence, a person
who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
Stock (n.) The principal
supporting part; the part in which others are inserted, or to which they are
attached.
Stock (n.) The wood to
which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket or like firearm are secured; also, a
long, rectangular piece of wood, which is an important part of several forms of
gun carriage.
Stock (n.) The handle or
contrivance by which bits are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace.
Stock (n.) The block of
wood or metal frame which constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the
plane iron is fitted; a plane stock.
Stock (n.) The wooden or
iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of
Anchor.
Stock (n.) The support of
the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself.
Stock (n.) A handle or
wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting screws; a diestock.
Stock (n.) The part of a
tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who
had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. See
Counterfoil.
Stock (n.) The original
progenitor; also, the race or line of a family; the progenitor of a family and
his direct descendants; lineage; family.
Stock (n.) Money or
capital which an individual or a firm employs in business; fund; in the United
States, the capital of a bank or other company, in the form of transferable
shares, each of a certain amount; money funded in government securities, called
also the public funds; in the plural, property consisting of shares in
joint-stock companies, or in the obligations of a government for its funded
debt; -- so in the United States, but in England the latter only are called
stocks, and the former shares.
Stock (n.) Same as Stock
account, below.
Stock (n.) Supply
provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store
of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions.
Stock (n.) Domestic
animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle
or of sheep, etc.; -- called also live stock.
Stock (n.) That portion of
a pack of cards not distributed to the players at the beginning of certain
games, as gleek, etc., but which might be drawn from afterward as occasion
required; a bank.
Stock (n.) A thrust with a
rapier; a stoccado.
Stock (n.) A covering for
the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks
(stockings).
Stock (n.) A kind of
stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock.
Stock (n.) A frame of
timber, with holes in which the feet, or the feet and hands, of criminals were
formerly confined by way of punishment.
Stock (n.) The frame or
timbers on which a ship rests while building.
Stock (n.) Red and gray
bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
Stock (n.) Any cruciferous
plant of the genus Matthiola; as, common stock (Matthiola incana) (see
Gilly-flower); ten-weeks stock (M. annua).
Stock (n.) An irregular
metalliferous mass filling a large cavity in a rock formation, as a stock of
lead ore deposited in limestone.
Stock (n.) A race or
variety in a species.
Stock (n.) In tectology,
an aggregate or colony of persons (see Person), as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
Stock (n.) The beater of a
fulling mill.
Stock (n.) A liquid or
jelly containing the juices and soluble parts of meat, and certain vegetables,
etc., extracted by cooking; -- used in making soup, gravy, etc.
Stocked (imp. & p. p.) of
Stock
Stocking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stock
Stock (v. t.) To lay up;
to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like.
Stock (v. t.) To provide
with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply; as, to stock a
warehouse, that is, to fill it with goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply
it with cattle and tools; to stock land, that is, to occupy it with a permanent
growth, especially of grass.
Stock (v. t.) To suffer to
retain milk for twenty-four hours or more previous to sale, as cows.
Stock (v. t.) To put in
the stocks.
Stock (a.) Used or
employed for constant service or application, as if constituting a portion of a
stock or supply; standard; permanent; standing; as, a stock actor; a stock play;
a stock sermon.
Stockade (v. t.) A line of
stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and
usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification.
Stockade (v. t.) An
inclosure, or pen, made with posts and stakes.
Stockaded (imp. & p. p.)
of Stockade
Stockading (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stockade
Stockade (v. t.) To
surround, fortify, or protect with a stockade.
Stock-blind (a.) Blind as
a stock; wholly blind.
Stockbroker (n.) A broker
who deals in stocks.
Stockdove (n.) A common
European wild pigeon (Columba aenas), so called because at one time believed to
be the stock of the domestic pigeon, or, according to some, from its breeding in
the stocks, or trunks, of trees.
Stocker (n.) One who makes
or fits stocks, as of guns or gun carriages, etc.
Stockfish (n.) Salted and
dried fish, especially codfish, hake, ling, and torsk; also, codfish dried
without being salted.
Stockfish (n.) Young fresh
cod.
Stockholder (n.) One who
is a holder or proprietor of stock in the public funds, or in the funds of a
bank or other stock company.
Stockinet (n.) An elastic
textile fabric imitating knitting, of which stockings, under-garments, etc., are
made.
Stocking (n.) A
close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven.
Stocking (v. t.) To dress
in GBs.
Stockinger (n.) A stocking
weaver.
Stockish (a.) Like a
stock; stupid; blockish.
Stockjobber (n.) One who
speculates in stocks for gain; one whose occupation is to buy and sell stocks.
In England a jobber acts as an intermediary between brokers.
Stockjobbing (n.) The act
or art of dealing in stocks; the business of a stockjobber.
Stockmen (pl. ) of
Stockman
Stockman (n.) A herdsman;
a ranchman; one owning, or having charge of, herds of live stock.
Stock-still (a.) Still as
a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still.
Stockwork (n.) A system of
working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses,
so as to be worked in chambers or stories.
Stockwork (n.) A
metalliferous deposit characterized by the impregnation of the mass of rock with
many small veins or nests irregularly grouped. This kind of deposit is
especially common with tin ore. Such deposits are worked in floors or stories.
Stocky (a.) Short and
thick; thick rather than tall or corpulent.
Stocky (a.) Headstrong.
Stodgy (a.) Wet.
Stoechiology (n.) Alt. of
Stoechiometry
Stoechiometry (n.) See
Stoichiology, Stoichiometry, etc.
Stoic (n.) A disciple of
the philosopher Zeno; one of a Greek sect which held that men should be free
from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and should submit without complaint to
unavoidable necessity, by which all things are governed.
Stoic (n.) Hence, a person
not easily excited; an apathetic person; one who is apparently or professedly
indifferent to pleasure or pain.
Stoic (n.) Alt. of Stoical
Stoical (n.) Of or
pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the Stoics or their doctrines.
Stoical (n.) Not affected
by passion; manifesting indifference to pleasure or pain.
Stoichiological (a.) Of or
pertaining to stoichiology.
Stoichiology (n.) That
part of the science of physiology which treats of the elements, or principles,
composing animal tissues.
Stoichiology (n.) The
doctrine of the elementary requisites of mere thought.
Stoichiology (n.) The
statement or discussion of the first principles of any science or art.
Stoichiometric (a.) Alt.
of Stoichiometrical
Stoichiometrical (a.) Of
or pertaining to stoichiometry; employed in, or obtained by, stoichiometry.
Stoichiometry (n.) The art
or process of calculating the atomic proportions, combining weights, and other
numerical relations of chemical elements and their compounds.
Stoicism (n.) The opinions
and maxims of the Stoics.
Stoicism (n.) A real or
pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness.
Stoicity (n.) Stoicism.
Stoke (v. t.) To stick; to
thrust; to stab.
Stoke (v. t.) To poke or
stir up, as a fire; hence, to tend, as the fire of a furnace, boiler, etc.
Stoke (v. i.) To poke or
stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc.
Stokehole (n.) The mouth
to the grate of a furnace; also, the space in front of the furnace, where the
stokers stand.
Stoker (v. t.) One who is
employed to tend a furnace and supply it with fuel, especially the furnace of a
locomotive or of a marine steam boiler; also, a machine for feeding fuel to a
fire.
Stoker (v. t.) A fire
poker.
Stokey (a.) Close; sultry.
Stolae (pl. ) of Stola
Stola (n.) A long garment,
descending to the ankles, worn by Roman women.
Stole () imp. of Steal.
Stole (n.) A stolon.
Stole (n.) A long, loose
garment reaching to the feet.
Stole (n.) A narrow band
of silk or stuff, sometimes enriched with embroidery and jewels, worn on the
left shoulder of deacons, and across both shoulders of bishops and priests,
pendent on each side nearly to the ground. At Mass, it is worn crossed on the
breast by priests. It is used in various sacred functions.
Stoled (a.) Having or
wearing a stole.
Stolen () p. p. of Steal.
Stolid (a.) Hopelessly
insensible or stupid; not easily aroused or excited; dull; impassive; foolish.
Stolidity (n.) The state
or quality of being stolid; dullness of intellect; obtuseness; stupidity.
Stolidness (n.) Same as
Stolidity.
Stolon (n.) A trailing
branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.
Stolon (n.) An extension
of the integument of the body, or of the body wall, from which buds are
developed, giving rise to new zooids, and thus forming a compound animal in
which the zooids usually remain united by the stolons. Such stolons are often
present in Anthozoa, Hydroidea, Bryozoa, and social ascidians. See Illust. under
Scyphistoma.
Stoloniferous (a.)
Producing stolons; putting forth suckers.
Stomata (pl. ) of Stoma
Stoma (n.) One of the
minute apertures between the cells in many serous membranes.
Stoma (n.) The minute
breathing pores of leaves or other organs opening into the intercellular spaces,
and usually bordered by two contractile cells.
Stoma (n.) The line of
dehiscence of the sporangium of a fern. It is usually marked by two transversely
elongated cells. See Illust. of Sporangium.
Stoma (n.) A stigma. See
Stigma, n., 6 (a) & (b).
Stomach (n.) An
enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary
canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in
an animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric juice, under Gastric.
Stomach (n.) The desire
for food caused by hunger; appetite; as, a good stomach for roast beef.
Stomach (n.) Hence
appetite in general; inclination; desire.
Stomach (n.) Violence of
temper; anger; sullenness; resentment; willful obstinacy; stubbornness.
Stomach (n.) Pride;
haughtiness; arrogance.
Stomached (imp. & p. p.)
of Stomach
Stomaching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stomach
Stomach (v. t.) To resent;
to remember with anger; to dislike.
Stomach (v. t.) To bear
without repugnance; to brook.
Stomach (v. i.) To be
angry.
Stomachal (a.) Of or
pertaining to the stomach; gastric.
Stomachal (a.) Helping the
stomach; stomachic; cordial.
Stomachal (n.) A
stomachic.
Stomacher (n.) One who
stomachs.
Stomacher (n.) An
ornamental covering for the breast, worn originally both by men and women. Those
worn by women were often richly decorated.
Stomachful (a.) Willfully
obstinate; stubborn; perverse.
Stomachic (a.) Alt. of
Stomachical
Stomachical (a.) Of or
pertaining to the stomach; as, stomachic vessels.
Stomachical (a.)
Strengthening to the stomach; exciting the action of the stomach; stomachal;
cordial.
Stomachic (n.) A medicine
that strengthens the stomach and excites its action.
Stomaching (n.)
Resentment.
Stomachless (a.) Being
without a stomach.
Stomachless (a.) Having no
appetite.
Stomachous (a.) Stout;
sullen; obstinate.
Stomachy (a.) Obstinate;
sullen; haughty.
Stomapod (n.) One of the
Stomapoda.
Stomapoda (n. pl.) An
order of Crustacea including the squillas. The maxillipeds are leglike in form,
and the large claws are comblike. They have a large and elongated abdomen, which
contains a part of the stomach and heart; the abdominal appendages are large,
and bear the gills. Called also Gastrula, Stomatopoda, and Squilloidea.
Stomate (n.) A stoma.
Stomatic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a stoma; of the nature of a stoma.
Stomatic (n.) A medicine
for diseases of the mouth.
Stomatiferous (a.) Having
or producing stomata.
Stomatitis (n.)
Inflammation of the mouth.
Stomatoda (n. pl.) A
division of Protozoa in which a mouthlike opening exists.
Stomatodaeum (n.) Same as
Stomodaeum.
Stomatode (a.) Having a
mouth; -- applied to certain Protozoa.
Stomatode (n.) One of the
Stomatoda.
Stomatogastric (a.) Of or
pertaining to the mouth and the stomach; as, the stomatogastric ganglion of
certain Mollusca.
Stomatoplastic (a.) Of or
pertaining to the operation of forming a mouth where the aperture has been
contracted, or in any way deformed.
Stomatopod (n.) One of the
Stomatopoda.
Stomatopoda (n. pl.) Same
as Stomapoda.
Stomatopodous (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Stomatopoda.
Stomatoscope (n.) An
apparatus for examining the interior of the mouth.
Stomatous (a.) Having a
stoma.
Stomodaeum (n.) A part of
the alimentary canal. See under Mesenteron.
Stomodaeum (n.) The
primitive mouth and esophagus of the embryo of annelids and arthropods.
Stomp (v. i.) To stamp
with the foot.
Stond (n.) Stop; halt;
hindrance.
Stond (n.) A stand; a
post; a station.
Stond (v. i.) To stand.
Stone (n.) Concreted
earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house
built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones.
Stone (n.) A precious
stone; a gem.
Stone (n.) Something made
of stone. Specifically: -
Stone (n.) The glass of a
mirror; a mirror.
Stone (n.) A monument to
the dead; a gravestone.
Stone (n.) A calculous
concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a
calculus.
Stone (n.) One of the
testes; a testicle.
Stone (n.) The hard
endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
Stone (n.) A weight which
legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed.
Stone (n.) Fig.: Symbol of
hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
Stone (n.) A stand or
table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the
pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also imposing
stone.
Stoned (imp. & p. p.) of
Stone
Stoning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stone
Stone (n.) To pelt, beat,
or kill with stones.
Stone (n.) To make like
stone; to harden.
Stone (n.) To free from
stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to stone a field; to stone cherries;
to stone raisins.
Stone (n.) To wall or face
with stones; to line or fortify with stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a
cellar.
Stone (n.) To rub, scour,
or sharpen with a stone.
Stonebird (n.) The
yellowlegs; -- called also stone snipe. See Tattler, 2.
Stone-blind (a.) As blind
as a stone; completely blind.
Stonebow (n.) A kind of
crossbow formerly used for shooting stones.
Stonebrash (n.) A subsoil
made up of small stones or finely-broken rock; brash.
Stonebrearer (n.) A
machine for crushing or hammering stone.
Stonebuck (n.) See
Steinbock.
Stonechat (n.) A small,
active, and very common European singing bird (Pratincola rubicola); -- called
also chickstone, stonechacker, stonechatter, stoneclink, stonesmith.
Stonechat (n.) The
wheatear.
Stonechat (n.) The blue
titmouse.
Stone-cold (a.) Cold as a
stone.
Stonecray (n.) A distemper
in hawks.
Stonecrop (n.) A sort of
tree.
Stonecrop (n.) Any low
succulent plant of the genus Sedum, esp. Sedum acre, which is common on bare
rocks in Europe, and is spreading in parts of America. See Orpine.
Stonecutter (n.) One whose
occupation is to cut stone; also, a machine for dressing stone.
Stonecutting (n.) Hewing
or dressing stone.
Stone-dead (a.) As dead as
a stone.
Stone-deaf (a.) As deaf as
a stone; completely deaf.
Stonegall (n.) See
Stannel.
Stonehatch (n.) The ring
plover, or dotterel.
Stone-hearted (a.)
Hard-hearted; cruel; pitiless; unfeeling.
Stonehenge (n.) An
assemblage of upright stones with others placed horizontally on their tops, on
Salisbury Plain, England, -- generally supposed to be the remains of an ancient
Druidical temple.
Stone-horse (n.) Stallion.
Stoner (n.) One who
stones; one who makes an assault with stones.
Stoner (n.) One who walls
with stones.
Stoneroot (n.) A North
American plant (Collinsonia Canadensis) having a very hard root; horse balm. See
Horse balm, under Horse.
Stonerunner (n.) The ring
plover, or the ringed dotterel.
Stonerunner (n.) The
dotterel.
Stonesmickle (n.) The
stonechat; -- called also stonesmitch.
Stone-still (a.) As still
as a stone.
Stoneware (n.) A species
of coarse potter's ware, glazed and baked.
Stoneweed (n.) Any plant
of the genus Lithospermum, herbs having a fruit composed of four stony nutlets.
Stonework (n.) Work or
wall consisting of stone; mason's work of stone.
Stonewort (n.) Any plant
of the genus Chara; -- so called because they are often incrusted with carbonate
of lime. See Chara.
Stonily (adv.) In a stony
manner.
Stoniness (n.) The quality
or state of being stony.
Stonish (a.) Stony.
Stont () 3d pers. sing. present
of Stand.
Stony (superl.) Of or
pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling
stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust.
Stony (superl.) Converting
into stone; petrifying; petrific.
Stony (superl.)
Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally
hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.
Stood () imp. & p. p. of Stand.
Stook (n.) A small
collection of sheaves set up in the field; a shock; in England, twelve sheaves.
Stooked (imp. & p. p.) of
Stook
Stooking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stook
Stook (v. t.) To set up,
as sheaves of grain, in stooks.
Stool (n.) A plant from
which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.
Stool (v. i.) To ramfy; to
tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers.
Stool (n.) A single seat
with three or four legs and without a back, made in various forms for various
uses.
Stool (n.) A seat used in
evacuating the bowels; hence, an evacuation; a discharge from the bowels.
Stool (n.) A stool pigeon,
or decoy bird.
Stool (n.) A small channel
on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays.
Stool (n.) A bishop's seat
or see; a bishop-stool.
Stool (n.) A bench or form
for resting the feet or the knees; a footstool; as, a kneeling stool.
Stool (n.) Material, such
as oyster shells, spread on the sea bottom for oyster spat to adhere to.
Stoolball (n.) A kind of
game with balls, formerly common in England, esp. with young women.
Stoom (v. t.) To stum.
Stoop (n.) Originally, a
covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the
Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to
fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some
distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform,
entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door.
Stoop (n.) A vessel of
liquor; a flagon.
Stoop (n.) A post fixed in
the earth.
Stooped (imp. & p. p.) of
Stoop
Stooping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stoop
Stoop (v. i.) To bend the
upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline
forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position.
Stoop (v. i.) To yield; to
submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or
subjection.
Stoop (v. i.) To descend
from rank or dignity; to condescend.
Stoop (v. i.) To come down
as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop.
Stoop (v. i.) To sink when
on the wing; to alight.
Stoop (v. t.) To bend
forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body.
Stoop (v. t.) To cause to
incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor.
Stoop (v. t.) To cause to
submit; to prostrate.
Stoop (v. t.) To degrade.
Stoop (n.) The act of
stooping, or bending the body forward; inclination forward; also, an habitual
bend of the back and shoulders.
Stoop (n.) Descent, as
from dignity or superiority; condescension; an act or position of humiliation.
Stoop (n.) The fall of a
bird on its prey; a swoop.
Stooper (n.) One who
stoops.
Stooping () a. & n. from Stoop.
Stoor (v. i.) To rise in
clouds, as dust.
Stoor (a.) Alt. of Stor
Stor (a.) Strong;
powerful; hardy; bold; audacious.
Stopped (imp. & p. p.) of
Stop
Stopping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stop
Stop (v. t.) To close, as
an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to
stanch, as a wound.
Stop (v. t.) To obstruct;
to render impassable; as, to stop a way, road, or passage.
Stop (v. t.) To arrest the
progress of; to hinder; to impede; to shut in; as, to stop a traveler; to stop
the course of a stream, or a flow of blood.
Stop (v. t.) To hinder
from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to
cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to
stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age
or infirmity.
Stop (v. t.) To regulate
the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board
with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part.
Stop (v. t.) To point, as
a composition; to punctuate.
Stop (v. t.) To make fast;
to stopper.
Stop (v. i.) To cease to
go on; to halt, or stand still; to come to a stop.
Stop (v. i.) To cease from
any motion, or course of action.
Stop (v. i.) To spend a
short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a friend.
Stop (n.) The act of
stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action;
cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction.
Stop (n.) That which
stops, impedes, or obstructs; as obstacle; an impediment; an obstruction.
Stop (n.) A device, or
piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for
determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
Stop (n.) The closing of
an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an
instrument of music, so as to modify the tone; hence, any contrivance by which
the sounds of a musical instrument are regulated.
Stop (n.) In the organ,
one of the knobs or handles at each side of the organist, by which he can draw
on or shut off any register or row of pipes; the register itself; as, the vox
humana stop.
Stop (n.) A member, plain
or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door
or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate.
Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far.
Stop (n.) A point or mark
in writing or printing intended to distinguish the sentences, parts of a
sentence, or clauses; a mark of punctuation. See Punctuation.
Stop (n.) The diaphragm
used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light
passing through lenses.
Stop (n.) The depression
in the face of a dog between the skull and the nasal bones. It is conspicuous in
the bulldog, pug, and some other breeds.
Stop (n.) Some part of the
articulating organs, as the lips, or the tongue and palate, closed (a) so as to
cut off the passage of breath or voice through the mouth and the nose
(distinguished as a lip-stop, or a front-stop, etc., as in p, t, d, etc.), or
(b) so as to obstruct, but not entirely cut off, the passage, as in l, n, etc.;
also, any of the consonants so formed.
Stopcock (n.) A bib,
faucet, or short pipe, fitted with a turning stopper or plug for permitting or
restraining the flow of a liquid or gas; a cock or valve for checking or
regulating the flow of water, gas, etc., through or from a pipe, etc.
Stopcock (n.) The turning
plug, stopper, or spigot of a faucet.
Stope (v. i.) A horizontal
working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the
appearance of a flight of steps.
Stoped (imp. & p. p.) of
Stope
Stoping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stope
Stope (v. t.) To excavate
in the form of stopes.
Stope (v. t.) To fill in
with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.
Stope (p. p.) Alt. of
Stopen
Stopen (p. p.) Stepped;
gone; advanced.
Stop-gap (n.) That which
closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient.
Stoping (n.) The act of
excavating in the form of stopes.
Stopless (a.) Not to be
stopped.
Stop-over (a.) Permitting
one to stop over; as, a stop-over check or ticket. See To stop over, under Stop,
v. i.
Stoppage (n.) The act of
stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being
stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of
commerce.
Stopped (a.) Made by
complete closure of the mouth organs; shut; -- said of certain consonants (p, b,
t, d, etc.).
Stopper (n.) One who
stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which
closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.
Stopper (n.) A short piece
of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, --
used to secure something.
Stopper (n.) A name to
several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as,
the red stopper. See Eugenia.
Stoppered (imp. & p. p.)
of Stopper
Stoppering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stopper
Stopper (v. t.) To close
or secure with a stopper.
Stopping (n.) Material for
filling a cavity.
Stopping (n.) A partition
or door to direct or prevent a current of air.
Stopping (n.) A pad or
poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist.
Stopping-out (n.) A method
adopted in etching, to keep the acid from those parts which are already
sufficiently corroded, by applying varnish or other covering matter with a
brush, but allowing the acid to act on the other parts.
Stopple (v. t.) That which
stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork
stopple.
Stoppled (imp. & p. p.) of
Stopple
Stoppling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stopple
Stopple (v. t.) To close
the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple.
Stopship (n.) A remora. It
was fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them.
Stor (a.) See Stoor.
Storage (n.) The act of
depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; also, the safe keeping of
goods in a warehouse.
Storage (n.) Space for the
safe keeping of goods.
Storage (n.) The price
changed for keeping goods in a store.
Storax (n.) Any one of a
number of similar complex resins obtained from the bark of several trees and
shrubs of the Styrax family. The most common of these is liquid storax, a brown
or gray semifluid substance of an agreeable aromatic odor and balsamic taste,
sometimes used in perfumery, and in medicine as an expectorant.
Store (v. t.) That which
is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn;
hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number.
Store (v. t.) A place of
deposit for goods, esp. for large quantities; a storehouse; a warehouse; a
magazine.
Store (v. t.) Any place
where goods are sold, whether by wholesale or retail; a shop.
Store (v. t.) Articles,
especially of food, accumulated for some specific object; supplies, as of
provisions, arms, ammunition, and the like; as, the stores of an army, of a
ship, of a family.
Store (a.) Accumulated;
hoarded.
Stored (imp. & p. p.) of
Store
Storing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Store
Store (v. t.) To collect
as a reserved supply; to accumulate; to lay away.
Store (v. t.) To furnish;
to supply; to replenish; esp., to stock or furnish against a future time.
Store (v. t.) To deposit
in a store, warehouse, or other building, for preservation; to warehouse; as, to
store goods.
Stored (a.) Collected or
accumulated as a reserve supply; as, stored electricity.
Storehouse (n.) A building
for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions; a magazine; a repository;
a warehouse.
Storehouse (n.) A mass or
quality laid up.
Storekeeper (n.) A man in
charge of stores or goods of any kind; as, a naval storekeeper.
Storekeeper (n.) One who
keeps a "store;" a shopkeeper. See 1st Store, 3.
Storer (n.) One who lays
up or forms a store.
Storeroom (n.) Room in a
storehouse or repository; a room in which articles are stored.
Storeship (n.) A vessel
used to carry naval stores for a fleet, garrison, or the like.
Storey (n.) See Story.
Storge (n.) Parental
affection; the instinctive affection which animals have for their young.
Storial (a.) Historical.
Storied (a.) Told in a
story.
Storied (a.) Having a
history; interesting from the stories which pertain to it; venerable from the
associations of the past.
Storied (a.) Having (such
or so many) stories; -- chiefly in composition; as, a two-storied house.
Storier (n.) A relater of
stories; an historian.
Storify (v. t.) To form or
tell stories of; to narrate or describe in a story.
Stork (n.) Any one of
several species of large wading birds of the family Ciconidae, having long legs
and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America,
and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The European white stork
(Ciconia alba) is the best known. It commonly makes its nests on the top of a
building, a chimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork (C. nigra) is
native of Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Stork-billed (a.) Having a
bill like that of the stork.
Storm (n.) A violent
disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder
and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether
accompanied with wind or not.
Storm (n.) A violent
agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition,
insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult.
Storm (n.) A heavy shower
or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence.
Storm (n.) A violent
assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a
fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like.
Stormed (imp. & p. p.) of
Storm
Storming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Storm
Storm (v. t.) To assault;
to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls, forcing gates, breaches, or
the like; as, to storm a fortified town.
Storm (v. i.) To raise a
tempest.
Storm (v. i.) To blow with
violence; also, to rain, hail, snow, or the like, usually in a violent manner,
or with high wind; -- used impersonally; as, it storms.
Storm (v. i.) To rage; to
be in a violent passion; to fume.
Storm-beat (a.) Beaten,
injured, or impaired by storms.
Stormcock (n.) The missel
thrush.
Stormcock (n.) The
fieldfare.
Stormcock (n.) The green
woodpecker.
Stormfinch (n.) The storm
petrel.
Stormful (a.) Abounding
with storms.
Stormglass (n.) A glass
vessel, usually cylindrical, filled with a solution which is sensitive to
atmospheric changes, indicating by a clouded appearance, rain, snow, etc., and
by clearness, fair weather.
Stormily (adv.) In a
stormy manner.
Storminess (n.) The state
of being stormy; tempestuousness; biosteruousness; impetuousness.
Storming () a. & n. from Storm,
v.
Stormless (a.) Without
storms.
Stormwind (n.) A heavy
wind; a wind that brings a storm; the blast of a storm.
Stormy (superl.)
Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with
furious winds; biosterous; tempestous; as, a stormy season; a stormy day or
week.
Stormy (superl.)
Proceeding from violent agitation or fury; as, a stormy sound; stormy shocks.
Stormy (superl.) Violent;
passionate; rough; as, stormy passions.
Storthing (n.) The
Parliament of Norway, chosen by indirect election once in three years, but
holding annual sessions.
Storven () p. p. of Starve.
Stories (pl. ) of Story
Story (v. t.) A set of
rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors.
Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally,
which need not correspond exactly with the stories within.
Story (n.) A narration or
recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a
statement; a record.
Story (n.) The relation of
an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious
narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance.
Story (n.) A euphemism or
child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story.
Storied (imp. & p. p.) of
Story
Storying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Story
Story (v. t.) To tell in
historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in
story.
Storybook (n.) A book
containing stories, or short narratives, either true or false.
Story-teller (n.) One who
tells stories; a narrator of anecdotes,incidents, or fictitious tales; as, an
amusing story-teller.
Story-teller (n.) An
historian; -- in contempt.
Story-teller (n.) A
euphemism or child's word for
Story-telling (a.) Being
accustomed to tell stories.
Story-telling (n.) The act
or practice of telling stories.
Story-writer (n.) One who
writes short stories, as for magazines.
Story-writer (n.) An
historian; a chronicler.
Stot (n.) A horse.
Stot (n.) A young bull or
ox, especially one three years old.
Stote (n.) See Stoat.
Stound (v. i.) To be in
pain or sorrow.
Stound (v. i.) Stunned.
Stound (n.) A sudden,
severe pain or grief; peril; alarm.
Stound (n.) Astonishment;
amazement.
Stound (n.) Hour; time;
season.
Stound (n.) A brief space
of time; a moment.
Stound (n.) A vessel for
holding small beer.
Stoup (n.) A flagon; a
vessel or measure for liquids.
Stoup (n.) A basin at the
entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which
those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves; -- called also
holy-water stoup.
Stour (n.) A battle or
tumult; encounter; combat; disturbance; passion.
Stour (a.) Tall; strong;
stern.
Stout (superl.) Strong;
lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular; hence, firm; resolute; dauntless.
Stout (superl.) Proud;
haughty; arrogant; hard.
Stout (superl.) Firm;
tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout vessel, stick, string, or cloth.
Stout (superl.) Large;
bulky; corpulent.
Stout (n.) A strong malt
liquor; strong porter.
Stout-hearted (a.) Having
a brave heart; courageous.
Stoutish (a.) Somewhat
stout; somewhat corpulent.
Stoutly (adv.) In a stout
manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately; as, he stoutly defended himself.
Stoutness (n.) The state
or quality of being stout.
Stove () imp. of Stave.
Stove (n.) A house or room
artificially warmed or heated; a forcing house, or hothouse; a drying room; --
formerly, designating an artificially warmed dwelling or room, a parlor, or a
bathroom, but now restricted, in this sense, to heated houses or rooms used for
horticultural purposes or in the processes of the arts.
Stove (n.) An apparatus,
consisting essentially of a receptacle for fuel, made of iron, brick, stone, or
tiles, and variously constructed, in which fire is made or kept for warming a
room or a house, or for culinary or other purposes.
Stoved (imp. & p. p.) of
Stove
Stoving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stove
Stove (v. t.) To keep
warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat; as, to stove orange trees.
Stove (v. t.) To heat or
dry, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers.
Stovehouse (n.) A
hothouse.
Stovepipe (n.) Pipe made
of sheet iron in length and angular or curved pieces fitting together, -- used
to connect a portable stove with a chimney flue.
Stover (n.) Fodder for
cattle, especially straw or coarse hay.
Stowed (imp. & p. p.) of
Stow
Stowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stow
Stow (v. t.) To place or
arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place;
to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a
mow; to stow sheaves.
Stow (v. t.) To put away
in some place; to hide; to lodge.
Stow (v. t.) To arrange
anything compactly in; to fill, by packing closely; as, to stow a box, car, or
the hold of a ship.
Stowage (n.) The act or
method of stowing; as, the stowage of provisions in a vessel.
Stowage (n.) Room in which
things may be stowed.
Stowage (n.) The state of
being stowed, or put away.
Stowage (n.) Things stowed
or packed.
Stowage (n.) Money paid
for stowing goods.
Stowaway (n.) One who
conceals himself board of a vessel about to leave port, or on a railway train,
in order to obtain a free passage.
Stowboard (n.) A place
into which rubbish is put.
Stowce (n.) A windlass.
Stowce (n.) A wooden
landmark, to indicate possession of mining land.
Stowing (n.) A method of
working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the
vein.
Stowre (a.) See Stour, a.
Stowre (n.) See Stour, n.
Strabism (n.) Strabismus.
Strabismometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring the amount of strabismus.
Strabismus (n.) An
affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be directed to
the same object, -- a defect due either to undue contraction or to undue
relaxation of one or more of the muscles which move the eyeball; squinting;
cross-eye.
Strabotomy (n.) The
operation for the removal of squinting by the division of such muscles as
distort the eyeball.
Straddled (imp. & p. p.)
of Straddle
Straddling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Straddle
Straddle (v. i.) To part
the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.
Straddle (v. i.) To stand
with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join
the hub.
Straddle (v. t.) To place
one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride
of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse.
Straddle (n.) The act of
standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart.
Straddle (n.) The
position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide
straddle.
Straddle (n.) A stock
option giving the holder the double privilege of a "put" and a "call," i. e.,
securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at
a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to
take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities.
Straddling (a.) Applied to
spokes when they are arranged alternately in two circles in the hub. See
Straddle, v. i., and Straddle, v. t., 3.
Stradometrical (a.) Of, or
relating to, the measuring of streets or roads.
Straggled (imp. & p. p.)
of Straggle
Straggling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Straggle
Straggle (v. t.) To wander
from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of
march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men
should not straggle.
Straggle (v. t.) To wander
at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
Straggle (v. t.) To escape
or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely
apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth.
Straggle (v. t.) To be
dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals.
Straggle (n.) The act of
straggling.
Straggler (n.) One who
straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to
which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any
settled direction.
Straggler (n.) A roving
vagabond.
Straggler (n.) Something
that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth.
Straggler (n.) Something
that stands alone or by itself.
Straggling () a. & n. from
Straggle, v.
Stragglingly (adv.) In a
straggling manner.
Stragula (pl. ) of
Stragulum
Stragulum (n.) The mantle,
or pallium, of a bird.
Straight (a.) A variant of
Strait, a.
Straight (superl.) Right,
in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest
course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a
straight piece of timber.
Straight (superl.)
Approximately straight; not much curved; as, straight ribs are such as pass from
the base of a leaf to the apex, with a small curve.
Straight (superl.)
Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen,
jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.
Straight (superl.)
Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness;
upright; as, straight dealing.
Straight (superl.)
Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight.
Straight (superl.) Making
no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates
of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also,
containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no
others; as, a straight ballot.
Straight (adv.) In a
straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went
straight to the mark.
Straight (n.) A hand of
five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one
suit, it is calles straight flush.
Straight (v. t.) To
straighten.
Straightedge (n.) A board,
or piece of wood or metal, having one edge perfectly straight, -- used to
ascertain whether a line is straight or a surface even, and for drawing straight
lines.
Straighted (imp. & p. p.)
of Straighten
Straighting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Straighten
Straighten (v. t.) To make
straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
Straighten (v. t.) To make
right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to
straighten an account.
Straighten (v. t.) A
variant of Straiten.
Straightener (n.) One who,
or that which, straightens.
Straightforth (adv.)
Straightway.
Straightforward (a.)
Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.
Straightforward (adv.) In
a straightforward manner.
Straighthorn (n.) An
orthoceras.
Straight-joint (a.) Having
straight joints.
Straight-joint (a.)
Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a
continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves.
Straight-joint (a.) In the
United States, applied to planking or flooring put together without the tongue
and groove, the pieces being laid edge to edge.
Straight-lined (a.) Having
straight lines.
Straightly (adv.) In a
right line; not crookedly.
Straightly (adv.) A
variant of Straitly. See 1st Straight.
Straightness (n.) The
quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path.
Straightness (n.) A
variant of Straitness.
Straight-out (a.) Acting
without concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence, unqualified;
thoroughgoing.
Straight-pight (a.)
Straight in form or upright in position; erect.
Straight-spoken (a.)
Speaking with directness; plain-spoken.
Straightway (adv.)
Immediately; without loss of time; without delay.
Straightways (adv.)
Straightway.
Straik (n.) A strake.
Strain (n.) Race; stock;
generation; descent; family.
Strain (n.) Hereditary
character, quality, or disposition.
Strain (n.) Rank; a sort.
Strained (imp. & p. p.) of
Strain
Straining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Strain
Strain (a.) To draw with
force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain
the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument.
Strain (a.) To act upon,
in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend
it.
Strain (a.) To exert to
the utmost; to ply vigorously.
Strain (a.) To stretch
beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in the matter of intent or meaning;
as, to strain the law in order to convict an accused person.
Strain (a.) To injure by
drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers
of the ship.
Strain (a.) To injure in
the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by
overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the
wrist; to strain a muscle.
Strain (a.) To squeeze; to
press closely.
Strain (a.) To make uneasy
or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
Strain (a.) To urge with
importunity; to press; as, to strain a petition or invitation.
Strain (a.) To press, or
cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous
substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by
filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth.
Strain (v. i.) To make
violent efforts.
Strain (v. i.) To
percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil.
Strain (n.) The act of
straining, or the state of being strained.
Strain (n.) A violent
effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles; as, he
lifted the weight with a strain; the strain upon a ship's rigging in a gale;
also, the hurt or injury resulting; a sprain.
Strain (n.) A change of
form or dimensions of a solid or liquid mass, produced by a stress.
Strain (n.) A portion of
music divided off by a double bar; a complete musical period or sentence; a
movement, or any rounded subdivision of a movement.
Strain (n.) Any sustained
note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the
pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive;
manner; style; also, a course of action or conduct; as, he spoke in a noble
strain; there was a strain of woe in his story; a strain of trickery appears in
his career.
Strain (n.) Turn;
tendency; inborn disposition. Cf. 1st Strain.
Strainable (a.) Capable of
being strained.
Strainable (a.) Violent in
action.
Strainably (adv.)
Violently.
Strained (a.) Subjected to
great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened; as, strained relations between
old friends.
Strained (a.) Done or
produced with straining or excessive effort; as, his wit was strained.
Strainer (n.) One who
strains.
Strainer (n.) That through
which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter;
anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the
character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated
screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid
bodies from entering with a liquid.
Straining () a. & n. from Strain.
Straint (n.) Overexertion;
excessive tension; strain.
Strait (a.) A variant of
Straight.
Strait (superl.) Narrow;
not broad.
Strait (superl.) Tight;
close; closely fitting.
Strait (superl.) Close;
intimate; near; familiar.
Strait (superl.) Strict;
scrupulous; rigorous.
Strait (superl.)
Difficult; distressful; straited.
Strait (superl.)
Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.
Strait (adv.) Strictly;
rigorously.
Straits (pl. ) of Strait
Strait (a.) A narrow pass
or passage.
Strait (a.) A
(comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often
in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of
Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw.
Strait (a.) A neck of
land; an isthmus.
Strait (a.) Fig.: A
condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty;
perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits.
Strait (v. t.) To put to
difficulties.
Straitened (imp. & p. p.)
of Straiten
Straitening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Straiten
Straiten (v. t.) To make
strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.
Straiten (v. t.) To make
tense, or tight; to tighten.
Straiten (v. t.) To
restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; --
used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his
circumstances.
Strait-handed (a.)
Parsimonious; sparing; niggardly.
Strait-jacket (n.) A dress
of strong materials for restraining maniacs or those who are violently
delirious. It has long sleeves, which are closed at the ends, confining the
hands, and may be tied behind the back.
Strait-laced (a.) Bound
with stays.
Strait-laced (a.)
Restricted; stiff; constrained.
Strait-laced (a.) Rigid in
opinion; strict in manners or morals.
Straitly (adv.) In a
strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously.
Straitly (adv.) Closely;
intimately.
Straitness (n.) The
quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or
situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances.
Strait-waistcoat (n.) Same
as Strait-jacket.
Strake () imp. of Strike.
Strake (n.) A streak.
Strake (n.) An iron band
by which the fellies of a wheel are secured to each other, being not continuous,
as the tire is, but made up of separate pieces.
Strake (n.) One breadth of
planks or plates forming a continuous range on the bottom or sides of a vessel,
reaching from the stem to the stern; a streak.
Strake (n.) A trough for
washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.
Strale (n.) Pupil of the
eye.
Stram (v. t.) To spring or
recoil with violence.
Stram (v. t.) To dash
down; to beat.
Stramash (v. t.) To
strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy.
Stramash (n.) A turmoil; a
broil; a fray; a fight.
Stramazoun (n.) A direct
descending blow with the edge of a sword.
Stramineous (a.) Strawy;
consisting of straw.
Stramineous (a.) Chaffy;
like straw; straw-colored.
Stramonium (n.) A
poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and Jamestown weed.
Stramony (n.) Stramonium.
Strand (n.) One of the
twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.
Strand (v. t.) To break a
strand of (a rope).
Strand (n.) The shore,
especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a
navigable river.
Stranded (imp. & p. p.) of
Strand
Stranding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Strand
Strand (v. t.) To drive on
a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship.
Strand (v. i.) To drift,
or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water.
Strang (a.) Strong.
Strange (superl.)
Belonging to another country; foreign.
Strange (superl.) Of or
pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic.
Strange (superl.) Not
before known, heard, or seen; new.
Strange (superl.) Not
according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary;
unnatural; queer.
Strange (superl.)
Reserved; distant in deportment.
Strange (superl.)
Backward; slow.
Strange (superl.) Not
familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
Strange (adv.) Strangely.
Strange (v. t.) To
alienate; to estrange.
Strange (v. i.) To be
estranged or alienated.
Strange (v. i.) To wonder;
to be astonished.
Strangely (adv.) As
something foreign, or not one's own; in a manner adapted to something foreign
and strange.
Strangely (adv.) In the
manner of one who does not know another; distantly; reservedly; coldly.
Strangely (adv.) In a
strange manner; in a manner or degree to excite surprise or wonder; wonderfully.
Strangeness (n.) The state
or quality of being strange (in any sense of the adjective).
Stranger (n.) One who is
strange, foreign, or unknown.
Stranger (n.) One who
comes from a foreign land; a foreigner.
Stranger (n.) One whose
home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country.
Stranger (n.) One who is
unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me; hence, one not
admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance.
Stranger (n.) One not
belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
Stranger (n.) One not
privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one
who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title
against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered
merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy.
Stranger (v. t.) To
estrange; to alienate.
Strangled (imp. & p. p.)
of Strangle
Strangling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Strangle
Strangle (v. t.) To
compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage
of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or
a rope.
Strangle (v. t.) To
stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.
Strangle (v. t.) To hinder
from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
Strangle (v. i.) To be
strangled, or suffocated.
Strangleable (a.) Capable
of being strangled.
Strangler (n.) One who, or
that which, strangles.
Strangles (n.) A disease
in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of
lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells.
Strangulate (a.)
Strangulated.
Strangulated (a.) Having
the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of
circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia.
Strangulated (a.)
Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted.
Strangulation (n.) The act
of strangling, or the state of being strangled.
Strangulation (n.)
Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or part, as of the throat;
especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, of the passage of
contents, or of the circulation, as in cases of hernia.
Strangurious (a.) Of or
pertaining to strangury.
Strangury (n.) A painful
discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced by spasmodic muscular contraction.
Strangury (n.) A swelling
or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it.
Strany (n.) The guillemot.
Strap (n.) A long, narrow,
pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick
leather used in flogging.
Strap (n.) Something made
of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a
particular use; as, a boot strap, shawl strap, stirrup strap.
Strap (n.) A piece of
leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a
razor; a strop.
Strap (n.) A narrow strip
of anything, as of iron or brass.
Strap (n.) A band, plate,
or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
Strap (n.) A piece of rope
or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
Strap (n.) The flat part
of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
Strap (n.) The leaf,
exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
Strap (n.) A shoulder
strap. See under Shoulder.
Strapped (imp. & p. p.) of
Strap
Strapping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Strap
Strap (v. t.) To beat or
chastise with a strap.
Strap (v. t.) To fasten or
bind with a strap.
Strap (v. t.) To sharpen
by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.
Strappadoes (pl. ) of
Strappado
Strappado (n.) A military
punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top
of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb
was often dislocated.
Strappado (v. t.) To
punish or torture by the strappado.
Strapper (n.) One who uses
strap.
Strapper (n.) A person or
thing of uncommon size.
Strapping (a.) Tall;
strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow.
Strapple (v. t.) To hold
or bind with, or as with, a strap; to entangle.
Strap-shaped (a.) Shaped
like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.
Strapwork (n.) A kind of
ornament consisting of a narrow fillet or band folded, crossed, and interlaced.
Strass (n.) A brilliant
glass, used in the manufacture of artificial paste gems, which consists
essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium. Cf. Glass.
Strata (n.) pl. of
Stratum.
Stratagem (n.) An artifice
or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive
device; secret plot; evil machination.
Stratagemical (a.)
Containing stratagem; as, a stratagemical epistle.
Stratarithmetry (n.) The
art of drawing up an army, or any given number of men, in any geometrical
figure, or of estimating or expressing the number of men in such a figure.
Strategetic (a.) Alt. of
Strategetical
Strategetical (a.)
Strategic.
Strategetics (n.)
Strategy.
Strategic (a.) Alt. of
Strategical
Strategical (a.) Of or
pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice.
Strategics (n.) Strategy.
Strategist (n.) One
skilled in strategy, or the science of directing great military movements.
Strategi (pl. ) of
Strategus
Strategus (n.) The leader
or commander of an army; a general.
Strategy (n.) The science
of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great
military movements; generalship.
Strategy (n.) The use of
stratagem or artifice.
Strath (n.) A valley of
considerable size, through which a river runs; a valley bottom; -- often used in
composition with the name of the river; as, Strath Spey, Strathdon, Strathmore.
Strathspey (n.) A lively
Scottish dance, resembling the reel, but slower; also, the tune.
Straticulate (a.)
Characterized by the presence of thin parallel strata, or layers, as in an
agate.
Stratification (n.) The
act or process of laying in strata, or the state of being laid in the form of
strata, or layers.
Stratification (n.) The
deposition of material in successive layers in the growth of a cell wall, thus
giving rise to a stratified appearance.
Stratified (a.) Having its
substance arranged in strata, or layers; as, stratified rock.
Stratiform (a.) Having the
form of strata.
Stratified (imp. & p. p.)
of Stratify
Stratifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stratify
Stratify (v. t.) To form
or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in
strata.
Stratigraphic (a.) Alt. of
Stratigraphical
Stratigraphical (a.)
Pertaining to, or depended upon, the order or arrangement of strata; as,
stratigraphical evidence.
Stratigraphic (a.) Alt. of
-ical
-ical (a.) See
Stratographic.
Stratigraphy (n.) That
branch of geology which treats of the arrangement and succession of strata.
Stratocracy (n.) A
military government; government by military chiefs and an army.
Stratographic (a.) Alt. of
Stratographical
Stratographical (a.) Of or
pertaining to stratography.
Stratography (n.) A
description of an army, or of what belongs to an army.
Stratonic (a.) Of or
pertaining to an army.
Stratotic (a.) Warlike;
military.
Stratums (pl. ) of Stratum
Strata (pl. ) of Stratum
Stratum (n.) A bed of
earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a
series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also
used figuratively.
Stratum (n.) A bed or
layer artificially made; a course.
Stratus (n.) A form of
clouds in which they are arranged in a horizontal band or layer. See Cloud.
Straught () imp. & p. p. of
Stretch.
Straught (v. t.) To
stretch; to make straight.
Straw (v. t.) To spread or
scatter. See Strew, and Strow.
Straw (n.) A stalk or stem
of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats,
barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease.
Straw (n.) The gathered
and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load,
of rye straw.
Straw (n.) Anything
proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle.
Strawberry (n.) A fragrant
edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a
plant of the genus Fragaria, of which there are many varieties. Also, the plant
bearing the fruit. The common American strawberry is Fragaria virginiana; the
European, F. vesca. There are also other less common species.
Strawboard (n.) Pasteboard
made of pulp of straw.
Straw-colored (a.) Being
of a straw color. See Straw color, under Straw, n.
Straw-cutter (n.) An
instrument to cut straw for fodder.
Strawed () imp. & p. p. of Straw.
Strawworm (n.) A caddice
worm.
Strawy (a.) Of or
pertaining to straw; made of, or resembling, straw.
Strayed (imp. & p. p.) of
Stray
Straying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stray
Stray (a.) To wander, as
from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
Stray (a.) To wander from
company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray.
Stray (a.) Figuratively,
to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
Stray (v. t.) To cause to
stray.
Stray (v. i.) Having gone
astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep.
Stray (n.) Any domestic
animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at
large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively.
Stray (n.) The act of
wandering or going astray.
Strayer (n.) One who
strays; a wanderer.
Stre (n.) Straw.
Streak (v. t.) To stretch;
to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
Streak (n.) A line or long
mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.
Streak (n.) A strake.
Streak (n.) The fine
powder or mark yielded by a mineral when scratched or rubbed against a harder
surface, the color of which is sometimes a distinguishing character.
Streak (n.) The rung or
round of a ladder.
Streaked (imp. & p. p.) of
Streak
Streaking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Streak
Streak (v. t.) To form
streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different
color, or of different colors.
Streak (v. t.) With it as
an object: To run swiftly.
Streaked (a.) Marked or
variegated with stripes.
Streaked (a.)
Uncomfortable; out of sorts.
Streaky (a.) Same as
Streaked, 1.
Stream (n.) A current of
water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either
on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain;
specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the
Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten
lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano.
Stream (n.) A beam or ray
of light.
Stream (n.) Anything
issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a
stream of sand.
Stream (n.) A continued
current or course; as, a stream of weather.
Stream (n.) Current;
drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions
or manners.
Streamed (imp. & p. p.) of
Stream
Streaming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stream
Stream (v. i.) To issue or
flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is
likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes.
Stream (v. i.) To pour
out, or emit, a stream or streams.
Stream (v. i.) To issue in
a stream of light; to radiate.
Stream (v. i.) To extend;
to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in
the wind.
Stream (v. t.) To send
forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed
tears.
Stream (v. t.) To mark
with colors or embroidery in long tracts.
Stream (v. t.) To unfurl.
Streamer (n.) An ensign,
flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow,
ribbonlike flag.
Streamer (n.) A stream or
column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms
of the aurora borealis.
Streamer (n.) A searcher
for stream tin.
Streamful (a.) Abounding
in streams, or in water.
Streaminess (n.) The state
of being streamy; a trailing.
Streaming (a.) Sending
forth streams.
Streaming (n.) The act or
operation of that which streams; the act of that which sends forth, or which
runs in, streams.
Streaming (n.) The
reduction of stream tin; also, the search for stream tin.
Streamless (a.) Destitute
of streams, or of a stream, as a region of country, or a dry channel.
Streamlet (n.) A small
stream; a rivulet; a rill.
Streamy (a.) Abounding
with streams, or with running water; streamful.
Streamy (a.) Resembling a
stream; issuing in a stream.
Stree (n.) Straw.
Streek (v. t.) To stretch;
also, to lay out, as a dead body. See Streak.
Streel (v. i.) To trail
along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag
motion.
Streen (n.) See Strene.
Street (a.) Originally, a
paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or
village, bordered by dwellings or business houses.
Streetwalker (n.) A common
prostitute who walks the streets to find customers.
Streetward (n.) An
officer, or ward, having the care of the streets.
Streetward (a.) Facing
toward the street.
Streight (a., n., & adv.)
See 2nd Strait.
Streighten (v. t.) See
Straiten.
Strein (v. t.) To strain.
Streit (a.) Drawn.
Streit (a.) Close; narrow;
strict.
Streite (adv.) Narrowly;
strictly; straitly.
Strelitz (n. sing. & pl.)
A soldier of the ancient Muscovite guard or Russian standing army; also, the
guard itself.
Strelitzia (n.) A genus of
plants related to the banana, found at the Cape of Good Hope. They have rigid
glaucous distichous leaves, and peculiar richly colored flowers.
Strene (n.) Race;
offspring; stock; breed; strain.
Strenger () Alt. of Strengest
Strengest () the original compar.
& superl. of Strong.
Strength (n.) The quality
or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or
endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as,
strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment.
Strength (n.) Power to
resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure
the application of force without breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed
to frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and
the like.
Strength (n.) Power of
resisting attacks; impregnability.
Strength (n.) That quality
which tends to secure results; effective power in an institution or enactment;
security; validity; legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the
strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of
public opinion; strength of evidence; strength of argument.
Strength (n.) One who, or
that which, is regarded as embodying or affording force, strength, or firmness;
that on which confidence or reliance is based; support; security.
Strength (n.) Force as
measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body, as of an army, a navy, and the
like; as, what is the strength of the enemy by land, or by sea?
Strength (n.) Vigor or
style; force of expression; nervous diction; -- said of literary work.
Strength (n.) Intensity;
-- said of light or color.
Strength (n.) Intensity or
degree of the distinguishing and essential element; spirit; virtue; excellence;
-- said of liquors, solutions, etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids.
Strength (n.) A strong
place; a stronghold.
Strength (v. t.) To
strengthen.
Strengthened (imp. & p. p.)
of Strengthen
Strengthening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Strengthen
Strengthen (v. t.) To make
strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an
army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority.
Strengthen (v. t.) To
animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution.
Strengthen (v. i.) To grow
strong or stronger.
Strengthener (n.) One who,
or that which, gives or adds strength.
Strengthening (a.) That
strengthens; giving or increasing strength.
Strengthful (a.) Abounding
in strength; full of strength; strong.
Strengthing (n.) A
stronghold.
Strengthless (a.)
Destitute of strength.
Strengthner (n.) See
Strengthener.
Strengthy (a.) Having
strength; strong.
Strenuity (n.)
Strenuousness; activity.
Strenuous (a.) Eagerly
pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid; as, a
strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous
defender of his country.
Strepent (a.) Noisy; loud.
Streperous (a.) Loud;
boisterous.
Strepitores (n. pl.) A
division of birds, including the clamatorial and picarian birds, which do not
have well developed singing organs.
Strepsipter (n.) Alt. of
Strepsipteran
Strepsipteran (n.) One of
the Strepsiptera.
Strepsiptera (n. pl.) A
group of small insects having the anterior wings rudimentary, and in the form of
short and slender twisted appendages, while the posterior ones are large and
membranous. They are parasitic in the larval state on bees, wasps, and the like;
-- called also Rhipiptera. See Illust. under Rhipipter.
Strepsipterous (a.) Of or
pertaining to Strepsiptera.
Strepsorhina (n. pl.) Same
as Lemuroidea.
Strepsorhine (a.) Having
twisted nostrils; -- said of the lemurs.
Strepsorhine (n.) One of
the Strepsorhina; a lemur. See Illust. under Monkey.
Streptobacteria (n. pl.) A
so-called variety of bacterium, consisting in reality of several bacteria linked
together in the form of a chain.
Streptococci (pl. ) of
Streptococcus
Streptococcus (n.) A long
or short chain of micrococci, more or less curved.
Streptoneura (n. pl.) An
extensive division of gastropod Mollusca in which the loop or visceral nerves is
twisted, and the sexes separate. It is nearly to equivalent to Prosobranchiata.
Streptothrix (n.) A genus
of bacilli occurring of the form of long, smooth and apparently branched
threads, either straight or twisted.
Stress (n.) Distress.
Stress (n.) Pressure,
strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence,
urgency; importance; weight; significance.
Stress (n.) The force, or
combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction
or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific
names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull
or tension, shear or tangential stress.
Stress (n.) Force of
utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief
element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to
pronunciation, // 31-35.
Stress (n.) Distress; the
act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
Stress (v. t.) To press;
to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties.
Stress (v. t.) To subject
to stress, pressure, or strain.
Stressful (a.) Having much
stress.
Stretched (imp. & p. p.)
of Stretch
Stretching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stretch
Stretch (v. t.) To reach
out; to extend; to put forth.
Stretch (v. t.) To draw
out to the full length; to cause to extend in a straight line; as, to stretch a
cord or rope.
Stretch (v. t.) To cause
to extend in breadth; to spread; to expand; as, to stretch cloth; to stretch the
wings.
Stretch (v. t.) To make
tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
Stretch (v. t.) To draw or
pull out to greater length; to strain; as, to stretch a tendon or muscle.
Stretch (v. t.) To
exaggerate; to extend too far; as, to stretch the truth; to stretch one's
credit.
Stretch (v. i.) To be
extended; to be drawn out in length or in breadth, or both; to spread; to reach;
as, the iron road stretches across the continent; the lake stretches over fifty
square miles.
Stretch (v. i.) To extend
or spread one's self, or one's limbs; as, the lazy man yawns and stretches.
Stretch (v. i.) To be
extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile
substances.
Stretch (v. i.) To strain
the truth; to exaggerate; as, a man apt to stretch in his report of facts.
Stretch (v. i.) To sail by
the wind under press of canvas; as, the ship stretched to the eastward.
Stretch (n.) Act of
stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a
stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination.
Stretch (n.) A continuous
line or surface; a continuous space of time; as, grassy stretches of land.
Stretch (n.) The extent to
which anything may be stretched.
Stretch (n.) The reach or
extent of a vessel's progress on one tack; a tack or board.
Stretch (n.) Course;
direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.
Stretcher (n.) One who, or
that which, stretches.
Stretcher (n.) A brick or
stone laid with its longer dimension in the line of direction of the wall.
Stretcher (n.) A piece of
timber used in building.
Stretcher (n.) A narrow
crosspiece of the bottom of a boat against which a rower braces his feet.
Stretcher (n.) A
crosspiece placed between the sides of a boat to keep them apart when hoisted up
and griped.
Stretcher (n.) A litter,
or frame, for carrying disabled, wounded, or dead persons.
Stretcher (n.) An
overstretching of the truth; a lie.
Stretcher (n.) One of the
rods in an umbrella, attached at one end to one of the ribs, and at the other to
the tube sliding upon the handle.
Stretcher (n.) An
instrument for stretching boots or gloves.
Stretcher (n.) The frame
upon which canvas is stretched for a painting.
Stretching () a. & n. from
Stretch, v.
Stretto (n.) The crowding
of answer upon subject near the end of a fugue.
Stretto (n.) In an opera
or oratorio, a coda, or winding up, in an accelerated time.
Strewed (imp. & p. p.) of
Strew
strewn (p. p.) of Strew
Strewing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Strew
Strew (v. t.) To scatter;
to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids,
separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to
strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave.
Strew (v. t.) To cover
more or less thickly by scattering something over or upon; to cover, or lie
upon, by having been scattered; as, they strewed the ground with leaves; leaves
strewed the ground.
Strew (v. t.) To spread
abroad; to disseminate.
Strewing (n.) The act of
scattering or spreading.
Strewing (n.) Anything
that is, or may be, strewed; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Strewment (n.) Anything
scattered, as flowers for decoration.
Strewn () p. p. of Strew.
Striae (pl. ) of Stria
Stria (n.) A minute
groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or
line; a striation; as, the striae, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier
passing over it; the striae on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter
in the brain.
Stria (n.) A fillet
between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like.
Striated (imp. & p. p.) of
Striate
Striating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Striate
Striate (a.) To mark with
striaae.
Striate (a.) Alt. of
Striated
Striated (a.) Marked with
striaae, or fine grooves, or lines of color; showing narrow structural bands or
lines; as, a striated crystal; striated muscular fiber.
Striation (n.) The quality
or condition of being striated.
Striation (n.) A stria;
as, the striations on a shell.
Striatum (n.) The corpus
striatum.
Striature (n.) A stria.
Strich (n.) An owl.
Strick (n.) A bunch of
hackled flax prepared for drawing into slivers.
Stricken (p. p. & a.)
Struck; smitten; wounded; as, the stricken deer.
Stricken (n.) Worn out;
far gone; advanced. See Strike, v. t., 21.
Stricken (v. t.) Whole;
entire; -- said of the hour as marked by the striking of a clock.
Strickle (n.) An
instrument to strike grain to a level with the measure; a strike.
Strickle (n.) An
instrument for whetting scythes; a rifle.
Strickle (n.) An
instrument used for smoothing the surface of a core.
Strickle (n.) A templet; a
pattern.
Strickle (n.) An
instrument used in dressing flax.
Strickler (n.) See
Strickle.
Strickless (n.) See
Strickle.
Strict (a.) Strained;
drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.
Strict (a.) Tense; not
relaxed; as, a strict fiber.
Strict (a.) Exact;
accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict
attention.
Strict (a.) Governed or
governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very
strict in observing the Sabbath.
Strict (a.) Rigidly;
interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a
strict sense.
Strict (a.) Upright, or
straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower
clusters.
Striction (n.) The act of
constricting, or the state of being constricted.
Strictly (adv.) In a
strict manner; closely; precisely.
Strictness (n.) Quality or
state of being strict.
Stricture (n.) Strictness.
Stricture (n.) A stroke; a
glance; a touch.
Stricture (n.) A touch of
adverse criticism; censure.
Stricture (n.) A localized
morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and
Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic.
Strictured (a.) Affected
with a stricture; as, a strictured duct.
Strid (n.) A narrow
passage between precipitous rocks or banks, which looks as if it might be
crossed at a stride.
Strode (imp.) of Stride
Strid () of Stride
Stridden (p. p.) of Stride
Strid () of Stride
Striding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stride
Stride (v. t.) To walk
with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner.
Stride (v. t.) To stand
with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
Stride (v. t.) To pass
over at a step; to step over.
Stride (v. t.) To
straddle; to bestride.
Stride (n.) The act of
stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine
stride.
Strident (a.)
Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.
Stridor (n.) A harsh,
shrill, or creaking noise.
Stridulate (v. t.) To make
a shrill, creaking noise
Stridulate (v. t.) to make
a shrill or musical sound, such as is made by the males of many insects.
Stridulation (n.) The act
of stridulating.
Stridulation (n.) The act
of making shrill sounds or musical notes by rubbing together certain hard parts,
as is done by the males of many insects, especially by Orthoptera, such as
crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts.
Stridulation (n.) The
noise itself.
Stridulator (n.) That
which stridulates.
Stridulatory (a.)
Stridulous; able to stridulate; used in stridulating; adapted for stridulation.
Stridulous (a.) Making a
shrill, creaking sound.
Strife (n.) The act of
striving; earnest endeavor.
Strife (n.) Exertion or
contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or
physical efforts.
Strife (n.) Altercation;
violent contention; fight; battle.
Strife (n.) That which is
contended against; occasion of contest.
Strifeful (a.)
Contentious; discordant.
Strigate (a.) Having
transverse bands of color.
Striges (n. pl.) The tribe
of birds which comprises the owls.
Strigil (n.) An instrument
of metal, ivory, etc., used for scraping the skin at the bath.
Strigillose (a.) Set with
stiff, slender bristles.
Strigine (a.) Of or
pertaining to owls; owl-like.
Strigment (n.) Scraping;
that which is scraped off.
Strigose (a.) Set with
stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf.
Strigous (a.) Strigose.
Struck (imp.) of Strike
Struck (p. p.) of Strike
Stricken () of Strike
Stroock () of Strike
Strucken () of Strike
Striking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Strike
Strike (v. t.) To touch or
hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to
give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument or missile.
Strike (v. t.) To come in
collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the
boat amidships; the ship struck a reef.
Strike (v. t.) To give, as
a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
Strike (v. t.) To stamp or
impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars
at the mint.
Strike (v. t.) To thrust
in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its
roots deep.
Strike (v. t.) To punish;
to afflict; to smite.
Strike (v. t.) To cause to
sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the
clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march.
Strike (v. t.) To lower;
to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an
ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to
strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.
Strike (v. t.) To make a
sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect sensibly with some strong
emotion; as, to strike the mind, with surprise; to strike one with wonder,
alarm, dread, or horror.
Strike (v. t.) To affect
in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse; as, the plan
proposed strikes me favorably; to strike one dead or blind.
Strike (v. t.) To cause or
produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light.
Strike (v. t.) To cause to
ignite; as, to strike a match.
Strike (v. t.) To make and
ratify; as, to strike a bargain.
Strike (v. t.) To take
forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.
Strike (v. t.) To level,
as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by scraping off with a straight
instrument what is above the level of the top.
Strike (v. t.) To cut off,
as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
Strike (v. t.) To hit
upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon
struck the trail.
Strike (v. t.) To borrow
money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars.
Strike (v. t.) To lade
into a cooler, as a liquor.
Strike (v. t.) To stroke
or pass lightly; to wave.
Strike (v. t.) To advance;
to cause to go forward; -- used only in past participle.
Strike (v. i.) To move; to
advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields.
Strike (v. i.) To deliver
a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
Strike (v. i.) To hit; to
collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.
Strike (v. i.) To sound by
percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes.
Strike (v. i.) To make an
attack; to aim a blow.
Strike (v. i.) To touch;
to act by appulse.
Strike (v. i.) To run upon
a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night.
Strike (v. i.) To pass
with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
Strike (v. i.) To break
forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to strike into reputation; to
strike into a run.
Strike (v. i.) To lower a
flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an
enemy.
Strike (v. i.) To quit
work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages.
Strike (v. i.) To become
attached to something; -- said of the spat of oysters.
Strike (v. i.) To steal
money.
Strike (n.) The act of
striking.
Strike (n.) An instrument
with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like,
scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
Strike (n.) A bushel; four
pecks.
Strike (n.) An old measure
of four bushels.
Strike (n.) Fullness of
measure; hence, excellence of quality.
Strike (n.) An iron pale
or standard in a gate or fence.
Strike (n.) The act of
quitting work; specifically, such an act by a body of workmen, done as a means
of enforcing compliance with demands made on their employer.
Strike (n.) A puddler's
stirrer.
Strike (n.) The horizontal
direction of the outcropping edges of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a
horizontal line supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum. It is
at right angles to the dip.
Strike (n.) The extortion
of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing.
Striker (n.) One who, or
that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge.
Striker (n.) A harpoon;
also, a harpooner.
Striker (n.) A wencher; a
lewd man.
Striker (n.) A workman who
is on a strike.
Striker (n.) A blackmailer
in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought.
Striking () a. & n. from Strike,
v.
Striking (a.) Affecting
with strong emotions; surprising; forcible; impressive; very noticeable; as, a
striking representation or image; a striking resemblance.
Strikle (n.) See Strickle.
String (n.) A small cord,
a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for
binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and
smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string.
String (n.) A thread or
cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and
orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or
as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of
shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of
arguments.
String (n.) A strip, as of
leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
String (n.) The cord of a
musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the
stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments;
as, the strings took up the theme.
String (n.) The line or
cord of a bow.
String (n.) A fiber, as of
a plant; a little, fibrous root.
String (n.) A nerve or
tendon of an animal body.
String (n.) An inside
range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and
bolted to it.
String (n.) The tough
fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants,
and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans.
String (n.) A small,
filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
String (n.) Same as
Stringcourse.
String (n.) The points
made in a game.
Strung (imp.) of String
Strung (p. p.) of String
Stringed () of String
Stringing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of String
String (v. t.) To furnish
with strings; as, to string a violin.
String (v. t.) To put in
tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.
String (v. t.) To put on a
string; to file; as, to string beads.
String (v. t.) To make
tense; to strengthen.
String (v. t.) To deprive
of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See String, n., 9.
Stringboard (n.) Same as
Stringpiece.
Stringcourse (n.) A
horizontal band in a building, forming a part of the design, whether molded,
projecting, or carved, or in any way distinguished from the rest of the work.
Stringed (a.) Having
strings; as, a stringed instrument.
Stringed (a.) Produced by
strings.
Stringency (n.) The
quality or state of being stringent.
Stringendo (a.) Urging or
hastening the time, as to a climax.
Stringent (a.) Binding
strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe; as, stringent
rules.
Stringer (n.) One who
strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
Stringer (n.) A libertine;
a wencher.
Stringer (n.) A
longitudinal sleeper.
Stringer (n.) A streak of
planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams.
Stringer (n.) A long
horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the
like.
Stringhalt (n.) An
habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or
convulsive contraction of the muscles that raise the hock.
Stringiness (n.) Quality
of being stringy.
Stringless (a.) Having no
strings.
Stringpiece (n.) A long
piece of timber, forming a margin or edge of any piece of construction; esp.:
Stringpiece (n.) One of
the longitudinal pieces, supporting the treads and rises of a flight or run of
stairs.
Stringy (a.) Consisting of
strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root.
Stringy (a.) Capable of
being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely.
Stripped (imp. & p. p.) of
Strip
Stripping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Strip
Strip (v. t.) To deprive;
to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering;
to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession, his rights, his
privileges, his reputation; to strip one of his clothes; to strip a beast of his
skin; to strip a tree of its bark.
Strip (v. t.) To divest of
clothing; to uncover.
Strip (v. t.) To
dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc.
Strip (v. t.) To pare off
the surface of, as land, in strips.
Strip (v. t.) To deprive
of all milk; to milk dry; to draw the last milk from; hence, to milk with a
peculiar movement of the hand on the teats at the last of a milking; as, to
strip a cow.
Strip (v. t.) To pass; to
get clear of; to outstrip.
Strip (v. t.) To pull or
tear off, as a covering; to remove; to wrest away; as, to strip the skin from a
beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back; to
strip away all disguisses.
Strip (v. t.) To tear off
(the thread) from a bolt or nut; as, the thread is stripped.
Strip (v. t.) To tear off
the thread from (a bolt or nut); as, the bolt is stripped.
Strip (v. t.) To remove
the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.
Strip (v. t.) To remove
fiber, flock, or lint from; -- said of the teeth of a card when it becomes
partly clogged.
Strip (v. t.) To pick the
cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands"; to remove
the midrib from (tobacco leaves).
Strip (v. i.) To take off,
or become divested of, clothes or covering; to undress.
Strip (v. i.) To fail in
the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut. See Strip, v. t., 8.
Strip (n.) A narrow piece,
or one comparatively long; as, a strip of cloth; a strip of land.
Strip (n.) A trough for
washing ore.
Strip (n.) The issuing of
a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
Stripe (n.) A line, or
long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the
ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as, a stripe, or
streak, of red on a green ground; a raised stripe.
Stripe (n.) A pattern
produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets
presenting some other contrast of appearance.
Stripe (n.) A strip, or
long, narrow piece attached to something of a different color; as, a red or blue
stripe sewed upon a garment.
Stripe (n.) A stroke or
blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the like, such as usually leaves a mark.
Stripe (n.) A long, narrow
discoloration of the skin made by the blow of a lash, rod, or the like.
Stripe (n.) Color
indicating a party or faction; hence, distinguishing characteristic; sign;
likeness; sort; as, persons of the same political stripe.
Stripe (n.) The chevron on
the coat of a noncommissioned officer.
Striped (imp. & p. p.) of
Stripe
Striping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stripe
Stripe (v. t.) To make
stripes upon; to form with lines of different colors or textures; to variegate
with stripes.
Stripe (v. t.) To strike;
to lash.
Striped (a.) Having
stripes of different colors; streaked.
Strip-leaf (n.) Tobacco
which has been stripped of its stalks before packing.
Stripling (n.) A youth in
the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad.
Stripper (n.) One who, or
that which, strips; specifically, a machine for stripping cards.
Strippet (n.) A small
stream.
Stripping (n.) The act of
one who strips.
Stripping (n.) The last
milk drawn from a cow at a milking.
Strisores (n. pl.) A
division of passerine birds including the humming birds, swifts, and
goatsuckers. It is now generally considered an artificial group.
Strove (imp.) of Strive
Striven (p. p.) of Strive
Strove () of Strive
Striving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Strive
Strive (v. i.) To make
efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.
Strive (v. i.) To struggle
in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest; --
followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive
against temptation; strive for the truth.
Strive (v. i.) To vie; to
compete; to be a rival.
Strive (n.) An effort; a
striving.
Strive (n.) Strife;
contention.
Strived (p. p.) Striven.
Striven () p. p. of Strive.
Striver (n.) One who
strives.
Striving () a. & n. from Strive.
Strix (n.) One of the
flutings of a column.
Stroam (v. i.) To wander
about idly and vacantly.
Stroam (v. i.) To take
long strides in walking.
Strobilae (pl. ) of
Strobila
Strobila (n.) A form of
the larva of certain Discophora in a state of development succeeding the
scyphistoma. The body of the strobila becomes elongated, and subdivides
transversely into a series of lobate segments which eventually become ephyrae,
or young medusae.
Strobila (n.) A mature
tapeworm.
Strobilaceous (a.) Of or
pertaining to a strobile or cone.
Strobilaceous (a.)
Producing strobiles.
Strobilation (n.) The act
or phenomenon of spontaneously dividing transversely, as do certain species of
annelids and helminths; transverse fission. See Illust. under Syllidian.
Strobile (n.) A scaly
multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, as the
hop or pine; a cone. See Cone, n., 3.
Strobile (n.) An
individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in
other respects, as the tapeworm, -- one of the forms that occur in metagenesis.
Strobile (n.) Same as
Strobila.
Strobiliform (a.) Shaped
like a strobile.
Strobiline (a.) Of or
pertaining to a strobile; strobilaceous; strobiliform; as, strobiline fruits.
Stroboscope (n.) An
instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or
varying motion by means of light which is periodically interrupted.
Stroboscope (n.) An
optical toy similar to the phenakistoscope. See Phenakistoscope.
Strockle (n.) A shovel
with a turned-up edge, for frit, sand, etc.
Strode (n.) See Strude.
Strode () imp. of Stride.
Stroke (imp.) Struck.
Stroke (v. t.) The act of
striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with
the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon.
Stroke (v. t.) The result
of effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.
Stroke (v. t.) The
striking of the clock to tell the hour.
Stroke (v. t.) A gentle,
caressing touch or movement upon something; a stroking.
Stroke (v. t.) A mark or
dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or pencil; as, an up
stroke; a firm stroke.
Stroke (v. t.) Hence, by
extension, an addition or amandment to a written composition; a touch; as, to
give some finishing strokes to an essay.
Stroke (v. t.) A sudden
attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a severe disaster; any affliction
or calamity, especially a sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of
death.
Stroke (v. t.) A throb or
beat, as of the heart.
Stroke (v. t.) One of a
series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which
movement through or upon it is accomplished; as, the stroke of a bird's wing in
flying, or an oar in rowing, of a skater, swimmer, etc.
Stroke (v. t.) The rate of
succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke.
Stroke (v. t.) The oar
nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided; -- called also
stroke oar.
Stroke (v. t.) The rower
who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.
Stroke (v. t.) A powerful
or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also,
something done or accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a
stroke of business; a master stroke of policy.
Stroke (v. t.) The
movement, in either direction, of the piston plunger, piston rod, crosshead,
etc., as of a steam engine or a pump, in which these parts have a reciprocating
motion; as, the forward stroke of a piston; also, the entire distance passed
through, as by a piston, in such a movement; as, the piston is at half stroke.
Stroke (v. t.) Power;
influence.
Stroke (v. t.) Appetite.
Strokeed (imp. & p. p.) of
Stroke
Strokeing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stroke
Stroke (v. t.) To strike.
Stroke (v. t.) To rib
gently in one direction; especially, to pass the hand gently over by way of
expressing kindness or tenderness; to caress; to soothe.
Stroke (v. t.) To make
smooth by rubbing.
Stroke (v. t.) To give a
finely fluted surface to.
Stroke (v. t.) To row the
stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.
Stroker (n.) One who
strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking.
Strokesman (pl. ) of
Strokesman
Strokesman (n.) The man
who rows the aftermost oar, and whose stroke is to be followed by the rest.
Stroking (n.) The act of
rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke.
Stroking (n.) The act of
laying small gathers in cloth in regular order.
Stroking (n.) See
Stripping, 2.
Strolled (imp. & p. p.) of
Stroll
Strolling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stroll
Stroll (v. i.) To wander
on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.
Stroll (n.) A wandering on
foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.
Stroller (n.) One who
strolls; a vagrant.
Stromata (pl. ) of Stroma
Stroma (n.) The connective
tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney.
Stroma (n.) The spongy,
colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell.
Stroma (n.) A layer or
mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi
which incloses the perithecia.
Stromatic (a.)
Miscellaneous; composed of different kinds.
Stromatology (n.) The
history of the formation of stratified rocks.
Stromb (n.) Any marine
univalve mollusk of the genus Strombus and allied genera. See Conch, and
Strombus.
Strombite (n.) A fossil
shell of the genus Strombus.
Stromboid (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or like, Strombus.
Strombuliform (a.) Formed
or shaped like a top.
Strombuliform (a.) Coiled
into the shape of a screw or a helix.
Strombus (n.) A genus of
marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad
wing. It includes many large and handsome species commonly called conch shells,
or conchs. See Conch.
Stromeyerite (n.) A
steel-gray mineral of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of silver and copper.
Strond (n.) Strand; beach.
Strong (superl.) Having
active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of
exerting great bodily force; vigorous.
Strong (superl.) Having
passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound;
robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health.
Strong (superl.) Solid;
tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain
attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong
fortress or town.
Strong (superl.) Having
great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation
strong at sea.
Strong (superl.) Having
great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants.
Strong (superl.) Reaching
a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten
thousand strong.
Strong (superl.) Moving
with rapidity or force; violent; forcible; impetuous; as, a strong current of
water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; a strong tide.
Strong (superl.) Adapted
to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; striking or
superior of the kind; powerful; forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong
reasons; strong evidence; a strong example; strong language.
Strong (superl.) Ardent;
eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.
Strong (superl.) Having
virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree;
as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee.
Strong (superl.) Full of
spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong
liquors.
Strong (superl.) Affecting
any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions;
a strong scent.
Strong (superl.) Solid;
nourishing; as, strong meat.
Strong (superl.) Well
established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a
strong belief.
Strong (superl.) Violent;
vehement; earnest; ardent.
Strong (superl.) Having
great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the mind, intellect, or any faculty;
as, a man of a strong mind, memory, judgment, or imagination.
Strong (superl.) Vigorous;
effective; forcible; powerful.
Strong (superl.) Tending
to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market.
Strong (superl.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by a
variation in the root vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the addition
of -en (with or without a change of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive,
strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or
regular. See Weak.
Strong (superl.) Applied
to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the
Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly,
and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems
conform, or are irregular.
Stronghand (n.) Violence;
force; power.
Stronghold (n.) A
fastness; a fort or fortress; fortfield place; a place of security.
Strongish (a.) Somewhat
strong.
Strongly (adv.) In a
strong manner; so as to be strong in action or in resistance; with strength;
with great force; forcibly; powerfully; firmly; vehemently; as, a town strongly
fortified; he objected strongly.
Strong-minded (a.) Having
a vigorous mind; esp., having or affecting masculine qualities of mind; -- said
of women.
Strong-water (n.) An acid.
Strong-water (n.)
Distilled or ardent spirits; intoxicating liquor.
Strongylid (a. & n.)
Strongyloid.
Strongyloid (a.) Like, or
pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many
species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in
the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious.
Strongyloid (n.) A
strongyloid worm.
Strontia (n.) An earth of
a white color resembling lime in appearance, and baryta in many of its
properties. It is an oxide of the metal strontium.
Strontian (n.) Strontia.
Strontianite (n.)
Strontium carbonate, a mineral of a white, greenish, or yellowish color, usually
occurring in fibrous massive forms, but sometimes in prismatic crystals.
Strontic (a.) Of or
pertaining to strontium; containing, or designating the compounds of, strontium.
Strontitic (a.) Strontic.
Strontium (n.) A metallic
element of the calcium group, always naturally occurring combined, as in the
minerals strontianite, celestite, etc. It is isolated as a yellowish metal,
somewhat malleable but harder than calcium. It is chiefly employed (as in the
nitrate) to color pyrotechnic flames red. Symbol Sr. Atomic weight 87.3.
Strontium (n.) A
radioactive isotope of strontium produced by certain nuclear reactions, and
constituting one of the prominent harmful components of radioactive fallout from
nuclear explosions; also called radiostrontium. It has a half-life of 28 years.
Strook () imp. of Strike.
Strook (n.) A stroke.
Stroot (v. i.) To swell
out; to strut.
Strop (n.) A strap;
specifically, same as Strap, 3.
Stropped (imp. & p. p.) of
Strop
Stropping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Strop
Strop (v. t.) To draw
over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a razor.
Strop (n.) A piece of rope
spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.
Strophanthus (n.) A genus
of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly twisted flowers. One species
(Strophanthus hispidus) is used medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.
Strophes (pl. ) of Strophe
Strophe (n.) In Greek
choruses and dances, the movement of the chorus while turning from the right to
the left of the orchestra; hence, the strain, or part of the choral ode, sung
during this movement. Also sometimes used of a stanza of modern verse. See the
Note under Antistrophe.
Strophic (a.) Pertaining
to, containing, or consisting of, strophes.
Strophiolate (a.) Alt. of
Strophiolated
Strophiolated (a.)
Furnished with a strophiole, or caruncle, or that which resembles it.
Strophiole (n.) A
crestlike excrescence about the hilum of certain seeds; a caruncle.
Strophulus (n.) See
Red-gum, 1.
Stroud (n.) A kind of
coarse blanket or garment used by the North American Indians.
Strouding (n.) Material
for strouds; a kind of coarse cloth used in trade with the North American
Indians.
Strout (v. i.) To swell;
to puff out; to project.
Strout (v. t.) To cause to
project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut.
Strove () imp. of Strive.
Strowed (imp.) of Strow
Strown (p. p.) of Strow
Strowed () of Strow
Strow (v. t.) Same as
Strew.
Strowl (v. i.) To stroll.
Strown () p. p. of Strow.
Stroy (v. i.) To destroy.
Struck () imp. & p. p. of Strike.
Strucken () p. p. of Strike.
Structural (a.) Of or
pertaining to structure; affecting structure; as, a structural error.
Structural (a.) Of or
pertaining to organit structure; as, a structural element or cell; the
structural peculiarities of an animal or a plant.
Structure (n.) The act of
building; the practice of erecting buildings; construction.
Structure (n.) Manner of
building; form; make; construction.
Structure (n.) Arrangement
of parts, of organs, or of constituent particles, in a substance or body; as,
the structure of a rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence.
Structure (n.) Manner of
organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and
vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and
plants; cellular structure.
Structure (n.) That which
is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice.
Structured (a.) Having a
definite organic structure; showing differentiation of parts.
Structureless (a.) Without
a definite structure, or arrangement of parts; without organization; devoid of
cells; homogeneous; as, a structureless membrane.
Structurist (n.) One who
forms structures; a builder; a constructor.
Strude (n.) A stock of
breeding mares.
Struggled (imp. & p. p.)
of Struggle
Struggling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Struggle
Struggle (v. i.) To
strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
Struggle (v. i.) To use
great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as, to struggle to
save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity.
Struggle (v. i.) To labor
in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or
distress.
Struggle (n.) A violent
effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress.
Struggle (n.) Great labor;
forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil.
Struggle (n.) Contest;
contention; strife.
Struggler (n.) One who
struggles.
Strull (n.) A bar so
placed as to resist weight.
Strummed (imp. & p. p.) of
Strum
Strumming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Strum
Strum (v. t. & i.) To play
on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in an unskillful or noisy
way; to thrum; as, to strum a piano.
Struma (n.) Scrofula.
Struma (n.) A cushionlike
swelling on any organ; especially, that at the base of the capsule in many
mosses.
Strumatic (a.) Scrofulous;
strumous.
Strumose (a.) Strumous.
Strumose (a.) Having a
struma.
Strumous (a.) Scrofulous;
having struma.
Strumousness (n.) The
state of being strumous.
Strumpet (n.) A
prostitute; a harlot.
Strumpet (a.) Of or
pertaining to a strumpet; characteristic of a strumpet.
Strumpet (v. t.) To
debauch.
Strumpet (v. t.) To
dishonor with the reputation of being a strumpet; hence, to belie; to slander.
Strumstrum (n.) A rude
musical instrument somewhat like a cittern.
Strung () imp. & p. p. of String.
Strunt (n.) Spirituous
liquor.
Struntian (n.) A kind of
worsted braid, about an inch broad.
Struse (n.) A Russian
river craft used for transporting freight.
Strutted (imp. & p. p.) of
Strut
Strutting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Strut
Strut (v. t.) To swell; to
bulge out.
Strut (v. t.) To walk with
a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity.
Strut (n.) The act of
strutting; a pompous step or walk.
Strut (n.) In general, any
piece of a frame which resists thrust or pressure in the direction of its own
length. See Brace, and Illust. of Frame, and Roof.
Strut (n.) Any part of a
machine or structure, of which the principal function is to hold things apart; a
brace subjected to compressive stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie.
Strut (v. t.) To hold
apart. Cf. Strut, n., 3.
Strut (a.) Protuberant.
Struthian (a.) Struthious.
Struthiones (pl. ) of
Struthio
Struthio (n.) A genus of
birds including the African ostriches.
Struthioidea (n. pl.) Same
as Struthiones.
Struthiones (n. pl.) A
division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches.
Struthiones (n. pl.) In a
wider sense, an extensive group of birds including the ostriches, cassowaries,
emus, moas, and allied birds incapable of flight. In this sense it is equivalent
to Ratitae, or Dromaeognathae.
Struthionine (a.)
Struthious.
Struthious (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Struthiones, or Ostrich tribe.
Strutter (n.) One who
struts.
Strutting () a. & n. from Strut,
v.
Struvite (n.) A
crystalline mineral found in guano. It is a hydrous phosphate of magnesia and
ammonia.
Strychnia (n.) Strychnine.
Strychnic (a.) Of or
pertaining to strychnine; produced by strychnine; as, strychnic compounds;
strychnic poisoning
Strychnic (a.) used to
designate an acid, called also igasuric acid.
Strychnine (n.) A very
poisonous alkaloid resembling brucine, obtained from various species of plants,
especially from species of Loganiaceae, as from the seeds of the St. Ignatius
bean (Strychnos Ignatia) and from nux vomica. It is obtained as a white
crystalline substance, having a very bitter acrid taste, and is employed in
medicine (chiefly in the form of the sulphate) as a powerful neurotic stimulant.
Called also strychnia, and formerly strychnina.
Strychnos (n.) A genus of
tropical trees and shrubs of the order Loganiaceae. See Nux vomica.
Stryphnic (a.) Pertaining
to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid, obtained by the action of acetic
acid and potassium nitrite on uric acid, as a yellow crystalline substance, with
a bitter, astringent taste.
Stub (n.) The stump of a
tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the
stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub.
Stub (n.) A log; a block;
a blockhead.
Stub (n.) The short blunt
part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence,
anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar.
Stub (n.) A part of a leaf
in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and
destination of the check are usually recorded.
Stub (n.) A pen with a
short, blunt nib.
Stub (n.) A stub nail; an
old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.
Stubbed (imp. & p. p.) of
Stub
Stubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stub
Stub (v. t.) To grub up by
the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots.
Stub (v. t.) To remove
stubs from; as, to stub land.
Stub (v. t.) To strike as
the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object.
Stubbed (a.) Reduced to a
stub; short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse.
Stubbed (a.) Abounding in
stubs; stubby.
Stubbed (a.) Not nice or
delicate; hardy; rugged.
Stubbedness (n.) The
quality or state of being stubbed.
Stubbiness (n.) The state
of being stubby.
Stubble (n.) The stumps of
wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the
stalk left by the scythe or sickle.
Stubbled (a.) Covered with
stubble.
Stubbled (a.) Stubbed; as,
stubbled legs.
Stubbly (a.) Covered with
stubble; stubbled.
Stubborn (a.) Firm as a
stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably
obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory;
harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a
stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule.
Stubby (a.) Abounding with
stubs.
Stubby (a.) Short and
thick; short and strong, as bristles.
Stuccoes (pl. ) of Stucco
Stuccos (pl. ) of Stucco
Stucco (n.) Plaster of any
kind used as a coating for walls, especially, a fine plaster, composed of lime
or gypsum with sand and pounded marble, used for internal decorations and fine
work.
Stucco (n.) Work made of
stucco; stuccowork.
Stuccoed (imp. & p. p.) of
Stucco
Stuccoing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stucco
Stucco (v. t.) To overlay
or decorate with stucco, or fine plaster.
Stuccoer (n.) One who
stuccoes.
Stuccowork (n.) Work done
in stucco.
Stuck () imp. & p. p. of Stick.
Stuck (n.) A thrust.
Stuckle (n.) A number of
sheaves set together in the field; a stook.
Stuck-up (a.)
Self-important and supercilious, /onceited; vain; arrogant.
Stud (n.) A collection of
breeding horses and mares, or the place where they are kept; also, a number of
horses kept for a racing, riding, etc.
Stud (n.) A stem; a trunk.
Stud (n.) An upright
scanting, esp. one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster
partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.
Stud (n.) A kind of nail
with a large head, used chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss.
Stud (n.) An ornamental
button of various forms, worn in a shirt front, collar, wristband, or the like,
not sewed in place, but inserted through a buttonhole or eyelet, and
transferable.
Stud (n.) A short rod or
pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
Stud (n.) A stud bolt.
Stud (n.) An iron brace
across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.
Studded (imp. & p. p.) of
Stud
Studding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stud
Stud (v. t.) To adorn with
shining studs, or knobs.
Stud (v. t.) To set with
detached ornaments or prominent objects; to set thickly, as with studs.
Studbook (n.) A
genealogical register of a particular breed or stud of horses, esp.
thoroughbreds.
Studdery (n.) A stud, or
collection of breeding horses and mares; also, a place for keeping a stud.
Studding (n.) Material for
studs, or joists; studs, or joists, collectively; studs.
Studding sail () A light sail set
at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase
her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail
boom. See Illust. of Sail.
Student (n.) A person
engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar;
especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional
teachers or from books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a
university; a medical student; a hard student.
Student (n.) One who
studies or examines in any manner; an attentive and systematic observer; as, a
student of human nature, or of physical nature.
Studentry (n.) A body of
students.
Studentship (n.) The state
of being a student.
Studfish (n.) Any one of
several species of small American minnows of the genus Fundulus, as F.
catenatus.
Stud-horse (n.) A
stallion, esp. one kept for breeding.
Studied (a.) Closely
examined; read with diligence and attention; made the subject of study; well
considered; as, a studied lesson.
Studied (a.) Well versed
in any branch of learning; qualified by study; learned; as, a man well studied
in geometry.
Studied (a.) Premeditated;
planned; designed; as, a studied insult.
Studied (a.) Intent;
inclined.
Studiedly (adv.) In a
studied manner.
Studier (n.) A student.
Studios (pl. ) of Studio
Studio (n.) The working
room of an artist.
Studious (a.) Given to
study; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books; as, a studious
scholar.
Studious (a.) Given to
thought, or to the examination of subjects by contemplation; contemplative.
Studious (a.) Earnest in
endeavors; aiming sedulously; attentive; observant; diligent; -- usually
followed by an infinitive or by of; as, be studious to please; studious to find
new friends and allies.
Studious (a.) Planned with
study; deliberate; studied.
Studious (a.) Favorable to
study; suitable for thought and contemplation; as, the studious shade.
Studies (pl. ) of Study
Study (v. i.) A setting of
the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts,
or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquiring knowledge.
Study (v. i.) Mental
occupation; absorbed or thoughtful attention; meditation; contemplation.
Study (v. i.) Any
particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive
consideration.
Study (v. i.) A building
or apartment devoted to study or to literary work.
Study (v. i.) A
representation or rendering of any object or scene intended, not for exhibition
as an original work of art, but for the information, instruction, or assistance
of the maker; as, a study of heads or of hands for a figure picture.
Study (v. i.) A piece for
special practice. See Etude.
Studied (imp. & p. p.) of
Study
Studying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Study
Study (n.) To fix the mind
closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
Study (n.) To apply the
mind to books or learning.
Study (n.) To endeavor
diligently; to be zealous.
Study (v. t.) To apply the
mind to; to read and examine for the purpose of learning and understanding; as,
to study law or theology; to study languages.
Study (v. t.) To consider
attentively; to examine closely; as, to study the work of nature.
Study (v. t.) To form or
arrange by previous thought; to con over, as in committing to memory; as, to
study a speech.
Study (v. t.) To make an
object of study; to aim at sedulously; to devote one's thoughts to; as, to study
the welfare of others; to study variety in composition.
Stufa (n.) A jet of steam
issuing from a fissure in the earth.
Stuff (v. t.) Material
which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.
Stuff (v. t.) The
fundamental material of which anything is made up; elemental part; essence.
Stuff (v. t.) Woven
material not made into garments; fabric of any kind; specifically, any one of
various fabrics of wool or worsted; sometimes, worsted fiber.
Stuff (v. t.) Furniture;
goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
Stuff (v. t.) A medicine
or mixture; a potion.
Stuff (v. t.) Refuse or
worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash.
Stuff (v. t.) A melted
mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a
ship are smeared for lubrication.
Stuff (v. t.) Paper stock
ground ready for use.
Stuffed (imp. & p. p.) of
Stuff
Stuffing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stuff
Stuff (n.) To fill by
crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess; as, to stuff
a bedtick.
Stuff (n.) To thrust or
crowd; to press; to pack.
Stuff (n.) To fill by
being pressed or packed into.
Stuff (n.) To fill with a
seasoning composition of bread, meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey.
Stuff (n.) To obstruct, as
any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or
respiration.
Stuff (n.) To fill the
skin of, for the purpose of preserving as a specimen; -- said of birds or other
animals.
Stuff (n.) To form or
fashion by packing with the necessary material.
Stuff (n.) To crowd with
facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales
or fancies.
Stuff (n.) To put
fraudulent votes into (a ballot box).
Stuff (v. i.) To feed
gluttonously; to cram.
Stuffer (n.) One who, or
that which, stuffs.
Stuffiness (n.) The
quality of being stuffy.
Stuffing (n.) That which
is used for filling anything; as, the stuffing of a saddle or cushion.
Stuffing (n.) Any
seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially, a composition of bread,
condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing.
Stuffing (n.) A mixture of
oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.
Stuffy (a.) Stout;
mettlesome; resolute.
Stuffy (a.) Angry and
obstinate; sulky.
Stuffy (a.)
Ill-ventilated; close.
Stuke (n.) Stucco.
Stull (n.) A framework of
timber covered with boards to support rubbish; also, a framework of boards to
protect miners from falling stones.
Stulm (n.) A shaft or
gallery to drain a mine.
Stulp (n.) A short, stout
post used for any purpose, a to mark a boundary.
Stultification (n.) The
act of stultifying, or the state of being stultified.
Stultifier (n.) One who
stultifies.
Stultified (imp. & p. p.)
of Stultify
Stultifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stultify
Stultify (v. t.) To make
foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one's
self by silly reasoning or conduct.
Stultify (v. t.) To regard
as a fool, or as foolish.
Stultify (v. t.) To allege
or prove to be of unsound mind, so that the performance of some act may be
avoided.
Stultiloquence (n.) Silly
talk; babbling.
Stultiloquent (a.) Given
to, or characterized by, silly talk; babbling.
Stultiloquy (n.) Foolish
talk; silly discource; babbling.
Stulty (a.) Foolish;
silly.
Stum (n.) Unfermented
grape juice or wine, often used to raise fermentation in dead or vapid wines;
must.
Stum (n.) Wine revived by
new fermentation, reulting from the admixture of must.
Stummed (imp. & p. p.) of
Stum
Stumming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stum
Stum (v. t.) To renew, as
wine, by mixing must with it and raising a new fermentation.
Stumbled (imp. & p. p.) of
Stumble
Stumbling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stumble
Stumble (v. i.) To trip in
walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall,
or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step.
Stumble (v. i.) To walk in
an unsteady or clumsy manner.
Stumble (v. i.) To fall
into a crime or an error; to err.
Stumble (v. i.) To strike
or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance;
-- with on, upon, or against.
Stumble (v. t.) To cause
to stumble or trip.
Stumble (v. t.) Fig.: To
mislead; to confound; to perplex; to cause to err or to fall.
Stumble (n.) A trip in
walking or running.
Stumble (n.) A blunder; a
failure; a fall from rectitude.
Stumbler (n.) One who
stumbles.
Stumbling-block (n.) Any
cause of stumbling, perplexity, or error.
Stumblingly (adv.) In a
stumbling manner.
Stumbling-stone (n.) A
stumbling-block.
Stump (n.) The part of a
tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the
stub.
Stump (n.) The part of a
limb or other body remaining after a part is amputated or destroyed; a fixed or
rooted remnant; a stub; as, the stump of a leg, a finger, a tooth, or a broom.
Stump (n.) The legs; as,
to stir one's stumps.
Stump (n.) One of the
three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.
Stump (n.) A short, thick
roll of leather or paper, cut to a point, or any similar implement, used to rub
down the lines of a crayon or pencil drawing, in shading it, or for shading
drawings by producing tints and gradations from crayon, etc., in powder.
Stump (n.) A pin in a
tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt, except when the
gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key; a fence; also, a pin
or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.
Stumped (imp. & p. p.) of
Stump
Stumping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stump
Stump (v. t.) To cut off a
part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop.
Stump (v. t.) To strike,
as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub.
Stump (v. t.) To
challenge; also, to nonplus.
Stump (v. t.) To travel
over, delivering speeches for electioneering purposes; as, to stump a State, or
a district. See To go on the stump, under Stump, n.
Stump (n.) To put (a
batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or knocking down the stumps of
the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; -- sometimes
with out.
Stump (n.) To bowl down
the stumps of, as, of a wicket.
Stump (v. i.) To walk
clumsily, as if on stumps.
Stumpage (n.) Timber in
standing trees, -- often sold without the land at a fixed price per tree or per
stump, the stumps being counted when the land is cleared.
Stumpage (n.) A tax on the
amount of timber cut, regulated by the price of lumber.
Stumper (n.) One who
stumps.
Stumper (n.) A boastful
person.
Stumper (n.) A puzzling or
incredible story.
Stumpiness (n.) The state
of being stumpy.
Stump-tailed (a.) Having a
short, thick tail.
Stumpy (a.) Full of
stumps; hard; strong.
Stumpy (a.) Short and
thick; stubby.
Stunned (imp. & p. p.) of
Stun
Stunning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stun
Stun (v. t.) To make
senseless or dizzy by violence; to render senseless by a blow, as on the head.
Stun (v. t.) To dull or
deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of
hearing.
Stun (v. t.) To astonish;
to overpower; to bewilder.
Stun (n.) The condition of
being stunned.
Stung () imp. & p. p. of Sting.
Stunk () imp. & p. p. of Stink.
Stunner (n.) One who, or
that which, stuns.
Stunner (n.) Something
striking or amazing in quality; something of extraordinary excellence.
Stunning (a.) Overpowering
consciousness; overpowering the senses; especially, overpowering the sense of
hearing; confounding with noise.
Stunning (a.) Striking or
overpowering with astonishment, especially on account of excellence; as,
stunning poetry.
Stunsail (n.) A
contraction of Studding sail.
Stunted (imp. & p. p.) of
Stunt
Stunting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stunt
Stunt (v. t.) To hinder
from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf;
as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant.
Stunt (n.) A check in
growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
Stunt (n.) Specifically: A
whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little
blubber.
Stunted (a.) Dwarfed.
Stuntness (n.)
Stuntedness; brevity.
Stupa (n.) A mound or
monument commemorative of Buddha.
Stupa (n.) See 1st Stupe.
Stupe (v. t.) Cloth or
flax dipped in warm water or medicaments and applied to a hurt or sore.
Stuped (imp. & p. p.) of
Stupe
Stuping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stupe
Stupe (v. t.) To foment
with a stupe.
Stupe (n.) A stupid
person.
Stupefacient (a.)
Producing stupefaction; stupefactive.
Stupefacient (n.) Anything
promoting stupefaction; a narcotic.
Stupefaction (n.) The act
of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied.
Stupefactive (a. & n.)
Same as Stupefacient.
Stupefied (a.) Having been
made stupid.
Stupefiedness (n.) Quality
of being stupid.
Stupefier (n.) One who, or
that which, stupefies; a stupefying agent.
Stupefied (imp. & p. p.)
of Stupefy
Stupefying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stupefy
Stupefy (v. t.) To make
stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding in; to
deprive of sensibility; to make torpid.
Stupefy (v. t.) To deprive
of material mobility.
Stupendous (a.)
Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing in magnitude or
elevation; as, a stupendous pile.
Stupeous (a.) Resembling
tow; having long, loose scales, or matted filaments, like tow; stupose.
Stupid (a.) Very dull;
insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of
stupor; -- said of persons.
Stupid (a.) Resulting
from, or evincing, stupidity; formed without skill or genius; dull; heavy; --
said of things.
Stupidity (n.) The quality
or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding;
insensibility; sluggishness.
Stupidity (n.) Stupor;
astonishment; stupefaction.
Stupify (v. t.) See
Stupefy.
Stupor (n.) Great
diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling;
lethargy.
Stupor (n.) Intellectual
insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness or inattention to one's interests.
Stupose (a.) Composed of,
or having, tufted or matted filaments like tow; stupeous.
Stuprate (v. t.) To
ravish; to debauch.
Stupration (n.) Violation
of chastity by force; rape.
Stuprum (n.) Stupration.
Sturb (v. t.) To disturb.
Sturdily (adv.) In a
sturdy manner.
Sturdiness (n.) Quality of
being sturdy.
Sturdy (superl.) Foolishly
obstinate or resolute; stubborn; unrelenting; unfeeling; stern.
Sturdy (superl.) Resolute,
in a good sense; or firm, unyielding quality; as, a man of sturdy piety or
patriotism.
Sturdy (superl.)
Characterized by physical strength or force; strong; lusty; violent; as, a
sturdy lout.
Sturdy (superl.) Stiff;
stout; strong; as, a sturdy oak.
Sturdy (n.) A disease in
sheep and cattle, marked by great nervousness, or by dullness and stupor.
Sturgeon (n.) Any one of
numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to Acipenser and
allied genera of the family Acipenseridae. They run up rivers to spawn, and are
common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe,
and Asia. Caviare is prepared from the roe, and isinglass from the air bladder.
Sturiones (n. pl.) An
order of fishes including the sturgeons.
Sturionian (n.) One of the
family of fishes of which the sturgeon is the type.
Sturk (n.) See Stirk.
Sturnoid (a.) Like or
pertaining to the starlings.
Sturt (v. i.) To vex; to
annoy; to startle.
Sturt (n.) Disturbance;
annoyance; care.
Sturt (n.) A bargain in
tribute mining by which the tributor profits.
Sturtion (n.) A corruption
of Nasturtion.
Stut (v. i.) To stutter.
Stuttered (imp. & p. p.)
of Stutter
Stuttering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stutter
Stutter (v. t. & i.) To
hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or
pauses; to stammer.
Stutter (n.) The act of
stuttering; a stammer. See Stammer, and Stuttering.
Stutter (n.) One who
stutters; a stammerer.
Stutterer (n.) One who
stutters; a stammerer.
Stuttering (n.) The act of
one who stutters; -- restricted by some physiologists to defective speech due to
inability to form the proper sounds, the breathing being normal, as
distinguished from stammering.
Stuttering (a.) Apt to
stutter; hesitating; stammering.
Sties (pl. ) of Sty
Sty (v. i.) A pen or
inclosure for swine.
Sty (v. i.) A place of
bestial debauchery.
Stied (imp. & p. p.) of
Sty
Stying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sty
Sty (v. t.) To shut up in,
or as in, a sty.
Sty (v. i.) To soar; to
ascend; to mount. See Stirrup.
Sty (v. i.) An inflamed
swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.
Styan (n.) See Sty, a
boil.
Styca (n.) An anglo-Saxon
copper coin of the lowest value, being worth half a farthing.
Stycerin (n.) A triacid
alcohol, related to glycerin, and obtained from certain styryl derivatives as a
yellow, gummy, amorphous substance; -- called also phenyl glycerin.
Stye (n.) See Sty, a boil.
Stygial (a.) Stygian.
Stygian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the river Styx; hence, hellish; infernal. See Styx.
Stylagalmaic (a.)
Performing the office of columns; as, Atlantes and Caryatides are stylagalmaic
figures or images.
Stylar (a.) See Stilar.
Stylaster (n.) Any one of
numerous species of delicate, usually pink, calcareous hydroid corals of the
genus Stylaster.
Style (v. t.) An
instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having
one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded, for the
purpose of making erasures by smoothing the wax.
Style (v. t.) Hence,
anything resembling the ancient style in shape or use.
Style (v. t.) A pen; an
author's pen.
Style (v. t.) A
sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.
Style (v. t.) A kind of
blunt-pointed surgical instrument.
Style (v. t.) A long,
slender, bristlelike process, as the anal styles of insects.
Style (v. t.) The pin, or
gnomon, of a dial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. See Gnomon.
Style (v. t.) The
elongated part of a pistil between the ovary and the stigma. See Illust. of
Stamen, and of Pistil.
Style (v. t.) Mode of
expressing thought in language, whether oral or written; especially, such use of
language in the expression of thought as exhibits the spirit and faculty of an
artist; choice or arrangement of words in discourse; rhetorical expression.
Style (v. t.) Mode of
presentation, especially in music or any of the fine arts; a characteristic of
peculiar mode of developing in idea or accomplishing a result.
Style (v. t.) Conformity
to a recognized standard; manner which is deemed elegant and appropriate,
especially in social demeanor; fashion.
Style (v. t.) Mode or
phrase by which anything is formally designated; the title; the official
designation of any important body; mode of address; as, the style of Majesty.
Style (v. t.) A mode of
reckoning time, with regard to the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
Styled (imp. & p. p.) of
Style
Styling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Style
Style (v. t.) To entitle;
to term, name, or call; to denominate.
Stylet (n.) A small
poniard; a stiletto.
Stylet (n.) An instrument
for examining wounds and fistulas, and for passing setons, and the like; a
probe, -- called also specillum.
Stylet (n.) A stiff wire,
inserted in catheters or other tubular instruments to maintain their shape and
prevent clogging.
Stylet (n.) Any small,
more or less rigid, bristlelike organ; as, the caudal stylets of certain
insects; the ventral stylets of certain Infusoria.
Styliferous (a.) Bearing
one or more styles.
Styliform (a.) Having the
form of, or resembling, a style, pin, or pen; styloid.
Stylish (a.) Having style
or artistic quality; given to, or fond of, the display of style; highly
fashionable; modish; as, a stylish dress, house, manner.
Stylist (n.) One who is a
master or a model of style, especially in writing or speaking; a critic of
style.
Stylistic (a.) Of or
pertaining to style in language.
Stylite (n.) One of a sect
of anchorites in the early church, who lived on the tops of pillars for the
exercise of their patience; -- called also pillarist and pillar saint.
Stylo- () A combining form used
in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the styloid process of
the temporal bone; as, stylohyal, stylomastoid, stylomaxillary.
Stylobate (n.) The
uninterrupted and continuous flat band, coping, or pavement upon which the bases
of a row of columns are supported. See Sub-base.
Styloglossal (a.) Of or
pertaining to styloid process and the tongue.
Stylograph (n.) A
stylographic pen.
Stylographic (a.) Of or
pertaining to stylography; used in stylography; as, stylographic tablets.
Stylographic (a.)
Pertaining to, or used in, stylographic pen; as, stylographic ink.
Stylographical (a.) Same
as Stylographic, 1.
Stylography (n.) A mode of
writing or tracing lines by means of a style on cards or tablets.
Stylohyal (n.) A segment
in the hyoidean arch between the epihyal and tympanohyal.
Stylohyoid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the styloid process and the hyoid bone.
Styloid (a.) Styliform;
as, the styloid process.
Styloid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the styloid process.
Stylomastoid (a.) Of or
pertaining to the styloid and mastoid processes of the temporal bone.
Stylomaxillary (a.) Of or
pertaining to the styloid process and the maxilla.
Stylometer (n.) An
instrument for measuring columns.
Stylommata (n. pl.) Same
as Stylommatophora.
Stylommatophora (n. pl.) A
division of Pulmonata in which the eyes are situated at the tips of the
tentacles. It includes the common land snails and slugs. See Illust. under
Snail.
Stylommatophorous (a.) Of
or pertaining to Stylommatophora.
Stylopodia (pl. ) of
Stylopodium
Stylopodium (n.) An
expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants.
Stylops (n.) A genus of
minute insects parasitic, in their larval state, on bees and wasps. It is the
typical genus of the group Strepsiptera, formerly considered a distinct order,
but now generally referred to the Coleoptera. See Strepsiptera.
Stylus (n.) An instrument
for writing. See Style, n., 1.
Stylus (n.) That
needle-shaped part at the tip of the playing arm of phonograph which sits in the
groove of a phonograph record while it is turning, to detect the undulations in
the phonograph groove and convert them into vibrations which are transmitted to
a system (since 1920 electronic) which converts the signal into sound; also
called needle. The stylus is frequently composed of metal or diamond.
Stylus (n.) The
needle-like device used to cut the grooves which record the sound on the
original disc during recording of a phonograph record.
Stylus (n.) A pen-shaped
pointing device used to specify the cursor position on a graphics tablet.
Styphnate (n.) A salt of
styphnic acid.
Styphnic (a.) Pertaining
to, or designating, a yellow crystalline astringent acid, (NO2)3.C6H.(OH)2,
obtained by the action of nitric acid on resorcin. Styphnic acid resembles
picric acid, but is not bitter. It acts like a strong dibasic acid, having a
series of well defined salts.
Styptic (a.) Producing
contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage
when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.
Styptic (n.) A styptic
medicine.
Styptical (a.) Styptic;
astringent.
Stypticity (n.) The
quality or state of being styptic; astringency.
Styracin (n.) A white
crystalline tasteless substance extracted from gum storax, and consisting of a
salt of cinnamic acid with cinnamic alcohol.
Styrax (n.) A genus of
shrubs and trees, mostly American or Asiatic, abounding in resinous and aromatic
substances. Styrax officinalis yields storax, and S. Benzoin yields benzoin.
Styrax (n.) Same as
Storax.
Styrol (n.) See Styrolene.
Styrolene (n.) An
unsaturated hydrocarbon, C8H8, obtained by the distillation of storax, by the
decomposition of cinnamic acid, and by the condensation of acetylene, as a
fragrant, aromatic, mobile liquid; -- called also phenyl ethylene, vinyl
benzene, styrol, styrene, and cinnamene.
Styrone (n.) A white
crystalline substance having a sweet taste and a hyacinthlike odor, obtained by
the decomposition of styracin; -- properly called cinnamic, / styryl, alcohol.
Styryl (n.) A hypothetical
radical found in certain derivatives of styrolene and cinnamic acid; -- called
also cinnyl, or cinnamyl.
Stythe (n.) Choke damp.
Stythy (n. & v.) See
Stithy.
Styx (n.) The principal
river of the lower world, which had to be crossed in passing to the regions of
the dead.
Suability (n.) Liability
to be sued; the state of being subjected by law to civil process.
Suable (a.) Capable of
being sued; subject by law to be called to answer in court.
Suade (v. t.) To persuade.
Suadible (a.) Suasible.
Suage (v. t.) To assuage.
Suant (a.) Spread equally
over the surface; uniform; even.
Suasible (a.) Capable of
being persuaded; easily persuaded.
Suasion (n.) The act of
persuading; persuasion; as, moral suasion.
Suasive (a.) Having power
to persuade; persuasive; suasory.
Suasory (a.) Tending to
persuade; suasive.
Suave (a.) Sweet;
pleasant; delightful; gracious or agreeable in manner; bland.
Suavified (imp. & p. p.)
of Suavify
Suavifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Suavify
Suavify (v. t.) To make
affable or suave.
Suaviloquent (a.) Sweetly
speaking; using agreeable speech.
Suaviloquy (n.) Sweetness
of speech.
Suavity (n.) Sweetness to
the taste.
Suavity (n.) The quality
of being sweet or pleasing to the mind; agreeableness; softness; pleasantness;
gentleness; urbanity; as, suavity of manners; suavity of language, conversation,
or address.
Sub- () A prefix signifying
under, below, beneath, and hence often, in an inferior position or degree, in an
imperfect or partial state, as in subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject,
subordinate, subacid, subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin
compounds often becomes sum- before m, sur before r, and regularly becomes suc-,
suf-, sug-, and sup- before c, f, g, and p respectively. Before c, p, and t it
sometimes takes form sus- (by the dropping of b from a collateral form, subs-).
Sub- () A prefix denoting that
the ingredient (of a compound) signified by the term to which it is prefixed,is
present in only a small proportion, or less than the normal amount; as,
subsulphide, suboxide, etc. Prefixed to the name of a salt it is equivalent to
basic; as, subacetate or basic acetate.
Sub (n.) A subordinate; a
subaltern.
Subacid (a.) Moderately
acid or sour; as, some plants have subacid juices.
Subacid (n.) A substance
moderately acid.
Subacrid (a.) Moderalely
acrid or harsh.
Subacromial (a.) Situated
beneath the acromial process of the scapula.
Subact (v. t.) To reduce;
to subdue.
Subaction (n.) The act of
reducing to any state, as of mixing two bodies combletely.
Subacute (a.) Moderalely
acute.
Subaduncate (a.) Somewhat
hooked or curved.
Subadvocate (n.) An under
or subordinate advocate.
Subaerial (a.) Beneath the
sky; in the open air; specifically (Geol.), taking place on the earth's surface,
as opposed to subaqueous.
Subagency (n.) A
subordinate agency.
Subagent (n.) A person
employed by an agent to transact the whole, or a part, of the business intrusted
to the latter.
Subagitation (n.) Unlawful
sexual intercourse.
Subash (n.) A province; a
government, as of a viceroy; also, a subahdar.
Subashdar (n.) A viceroy;
a governor of a subah; also, a native captain in the British native army.
Subashdary (n.) Alt. of
Subashship
Subashship (n.) The office
or jurisdiction of a subahdar.
Subaid (v. t.) To aid
secretly; to assist in a private manner, or indirectly.
Subalmoner (n.) An under
almoner.
Subalpine (a.) Inhabiting
the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the
snow line.
Subaltern (a.) Ranked or
ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior
officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer.
Subaltern (a.) Asserting
only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.
Subaltern (n.) A person
holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer
below the rank of captain.
Subaltern (n.) A subaltern
proposition.
Subalternant (n.) A
universal proposition. See Subaltern, 2.
Subalternate (a.)
Succeeding by turns; successive.
Subalternate (a.)
Subordinate; subaltern; inferior.
Subalternate (n.) A
particular proposition, as opposed to a universal one. See Subaltern, 2.
Subalternating (a.)
Subalternate; successive.
Subalternation (n.) The
state of being subalternate; succession of turns; subordination.
Subangular (a.) Slightly
angular.
Subapennine (a.) Under, or
at the foot of, the Apennine mountains; -- applied, in geology, to a series of
Tertiary strata of the older Pliocene period.
Subapical (a.) Being under
the apex; of or pertaining to the part just below the apex.
Subaquaneous (a.)
Subaqueous.
Subaquatic (a.) Alt. of
Subaqueous
Subaqueous (a.) Being
under water, or beneath the surface of water; adapted for use under water;
submarine; as, a subaqueous helmet.
Subaqueous (a.) Formed in
or under water; as, subaqueous deposits.
Subarachnoid (a.) Alt. of
Subarachnoidal
Subarachnoidal (a.)
Situated under the arachnoid membrane.
Subarctic (a.)
Approximately arctic; belonging to a region just without the arctic circle.
Subarcuate (a.) Alt. of
Subarcuated
Subarcuated (a.) Having a
figure resembling that of a bow; somewhat curved or arched.
Subarration (n.) The
ancient custom of betrothing by the bestowal, on the part of the man, of
marriage gifts or tokens, as money, rings, or other presents, upon the woman.
Subarytenoid (a.) Situated
under the arytenoid cartilage of the larynx.
Subastral (a.) Beneath the
stars or heavens; terrestrial.
Subastringent (a.)
Somewhat astringent.
Subatom (n.) A
hypothetical component of a chemical atom, on the theory that the elements
themselves are complex substances; -- called also atomicule.
Subaud (v. t.) To
understand or supply in an ellipsis.
Subaudition (n.) The act
of understanding, or supplying, something not expressed; also, that which is so
understood or supplied.
Subaxillary (a.) Situated
under the axilla, or armpit.
Subaxillary (a.) Placed
under the axil, or angle formed by the branch of a plant with the stem, or a
leaf with the branch.
Subbasal (a.) Near the
base.
Sub-base (n.) The lowest
member of a base when divided horizontally, or of a baseboard, pedestal, or the
like.
Sub-bass (n.) The deepest
pedal stop, or the lowest tones of an organ; the fundamental or ground bass.
Subbeadle (n.) An under
beadle.
Subbrachial (a.) Of or
pertaining to the subbrachians.
Subbrachiales (n. pl.) A
division of soft-finned fishes in which the ventral fins are situated beneath
the pectorial fins, or nearly so.
Subbrachian (n.) One of
the Subbrachiales.
Subbreed (n.) A race or
strain differing in certain characters from the parent breed; an incipient
breed.
Subbronchial (a.) Situated
under, or on the ventral side of, the bronchi; as, the subbronchial air sacs of
birds.
Subcaliber (a.) Smaller
than the caliber of a firearm.
Subcarboniferous (a.) Of
or pertaining to the lowest division of the Carboniferous formations underlying
the proper coal measures. It was a marine formation characterized in general by
beds of limestone.
Subcarboniferous (n.) The
Subcarboniferous period or formation.
Subcarbureted (a.) United
with, or containing, carbon in less than the normal proportion.
Subcartilaginous (a.)
Situated under or beneath a cartilage or cartilages.
Subcartilaginous (a.)
Partially cartilaginous.
Subcaudal (a.) Situated
under, or on the ventral side of, the tail; as, the subcaudal, or chevron,
bones.
Subcelestial (a.) Being
beneath the heavens; as, subcelestial glories.
Subcentral (a.) Under the
center.
Subcentral (a.) Nearly
central; not quite central.
Subchanter (n.) An
underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor.
Subcircular (a.) Nearly
circular.
Subclass (n.) One of the
natural groups, more important than an order, into which some classes are
divided; as, the angiospermous subclass of exogens.
Subclavian (a.) Situated
under the clavicle, or collar bone; as, the subclavian arteries.
Subcolumnar (a.) Having an
imperfect or interrupted columnar structure.
Subcommittee (n.) An under
committee; a part or division of a committee.
Subcompressed (a.) Not
fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.
Subconcave (a.) Slightly
concave.
Subconformable (a.)
Partially conformable.
Subconical (a.) Slightly
conical.
Subconjunctival (a.)
Situated under the conjunctiva.
Subconscious (a.)
Occurring without the possibility or the fact of an attendant consciousness; --
said of states of the soul.
Subconscious (a.)
Partially conscious; feebly conscious.
Subconstellation (n.) A
subordinate constellation.
Subcontract (n.) A
contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract.
Subcontracted (a.)
Contracted after a former contract.
Subcontracted (a.)
Betrothed for the second time.
Subcontractor (n.) One who
takes a portion of a contract, as for work, from the principal contractor.
Subcontrary (a.) Contrary
in an inferior degree.
Subcontrary (a.) Having,
or being in, a contrary order; -- said of a section of an oblique cone having a
circular base made by a plane not parallel to the base, but so inclined to the
axis that the section is a circle; applied also to two similar triangles when so
placed as to have a common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not being
parallel.
Subcontrary (a.) Denoting
the relation of opposition between the particular affirmative and particular
negative. Of these both may be true and only one can be false.
Subcontraries (pl. ) of
Subcontrary
Subcontrary (n.) A
subcontrary proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary in a lower degree.
Subcoracoid (a.) Situated
under the coracoid process of the scapula; as, the subcoracoid dislocation of
the humerus.
Subcordate (a.) Somewhat
cordate; somewhat like a heart in shape.
Subcorneous (a.) Situated
under a horny part or layer.
Subcorneous (a.) Partially
horny.
Subcostal (a.) Situated
below the costas, or ribs; as, the subcostal muscles.
Subcostal (n.) A subcostal
muscle.
Subcostal (n.) One of the
principal nervures of the wings of an insect. It is situated next beneath or
behind the costal. See Nervure.
Subcranial (a.) Situated
under, or on the ventral side of, the cranium; facial.
Subcrustaceous (a.)
Occurring beneath a crust or scab; as, a subcrustaceous cicatrization.
Subcrystalline (a.)
Imperfectly crystallized.
Subcultrate (a.) Alt. of
Subcultrated
Subcultrated (a.) Having a
form resembling that of a colter, or straight on one side and curved on the
other.
Subcutaneous (a.) Situated
under the skin; hypodermic.
Subcuticular (a.) Situated
under the cuticle, or scarfskin.
Subcylindrical (a.) Alt.
of Subcylindric
Subcylindric (a.)
Imperfectly cylindrical; approximately cylindrical.
Subdeacon (n.) One
belonging to an order in the Roman Catholic Church, next interior to the order
of deacons; also, a member of a minor order in the Greek Church.
Subdeaconry (n.) Alt. of
Subdeaconship
Subdeaconship (n.) The
order or office of subdeacon.
Subdean (n.) An under
dean; the deputy or substitute of a dean.
Subdeanery (n.) Office or
rank of subdean.
Subdecanal (a.) Of or
pertaining to a subdean or subdeanery.
Subdecuple (a.) Containing
one part of ten.
Subdelegate (n.) A
subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers.
Subdelegate (v. t.) To
appoint to act as subdelegate, or as a subordinate; to depete.
Subdented (a.) Indented
beneath.
Subdepartment (n.) A
subordinate department; a bureau. See the Note under Bureau.
Subdeposit (n.) That which
is deposited beneath something else.
Subderisorious (a.)
Ridiculing with moderation.
Subderivative (n.) A word
derived from a derivative, and not directly from the root; as, "friendliness" is
a subderivative, being derived from "friendly", which is in turn a derivative
from "friend."
Subdiaconate (a.) Of or
pertaining to a subdeacon, or to the office or rank of a subdeacon.
Subdiaconate (n.) The
office or rank of a subdeacon.
Subdial (a.) Of or
pertaining to the open air; being under the open sky.
Subdialect (n.) A
subordinate dialect.
Subdichotomy (n.) A
subordinate, or inferior, division into parts; a subdivision.
Subdilated (a.) Partially
dilated.
Subdititious (a.) Put
secretly in the place of something else; foisted in.
Subdiversify (v. t.) To
diversify aggain what is already diversified.
Subdivided (imp. & p. p.)
of Subdivide
Subdividing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Subdivide
Subdivide (v. t.) To
divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions;
to divide again, as what has already been divided.
Subdivide (v. i.) To be,
or to become, subdivided.
Subdivine (a.) Partaking
of divinity; divine in a partial or lower degree.
Subdivisible (a.)
Susceptible of subdivision.
Subdivision (n.) The act
of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.
Subdivision (n.) A part of
a thing made by subdividing.
Subdolous (a.) Sly;
crafty; cunning; artful.
Subdominant (n.) The
fourth tone above, or fifth below, the tonic; -- so called as being under the
dominant.
Subduable (a.) Able to be
subdued.
Subdual (n.) Act of
subduing.
Subduce (v. t.) Alt. of
Subduct
Subduct (v. t.) To
withdraw; to take away.
Subduct (v. t.) To
subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct.
Subduction (n.) The act of
subducting or taking away.
Subduction (n.)
Arithmetical subtraction.
Subdued (imp. & p. p.) of
Subdue
Subduing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Subdue
Subdue (v. t.) To bring
under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into
permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.
Subdue (v. t.) To
overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush.
Subdue (v. t.) To destroy
the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever.
Subdue (v. t.) To render
submissive; to bring under command; to reduce to mildness or obedience; to tame;
as, to subdue a stubborn child; to subdue the temper or passions.
Subdue (v. t.) To
overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as, to subdue opposition by
argument or entreaties.
Subdue (v. t.) To reduce
to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue ferocity by tears.
Subdue (v. t.) To make
mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds.
Subdue (v. t.) To reduce
the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the
brilliancy of colors.
Subdued (a.) Conquered;
overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild.
Subdued (a.) Not glaring
in color; soft in tone.
Subduement (n.) Subdual.
Subduer (n.) One who, or
that which, subdues; a conqueror.
Subdulcid (a.) Somewhat
sweet; sweetish.
Subduple (a.) Indicating
one part of two; in the ratio of one to two.
Subduplicate (a.)
Expressed by the square root; -- said of ratios.
Subdural (a.) Situated
under the dura mater, or between the dura mater and the arachnoid membrane.
Subeditor (n.) An
assistant editor, as of a periodical or journal.
Subelongate (a.) Not fully
elongated; somewhat elongated.
Subendocardial (a.)
Situated under the endocardium.
Subendymal (a.) Situated
under the endyma.
Subepidermal (a.) Situated
immediately below the epidermis.
Subepiglottic (a.)
Situated under the epiglottis.
Subepithelial (a.)
Situated under the epithelium.
Subequal (a.) Nearly
equal.
Suberate (n.) A salt of
suberic acid.
Subereous (a.) Of or
pertaining to cork; of the nature of cork; suberose.
Suberic (a.) Of or
pertaining to cork; specifically, designating an acid, C6H12.(CO2H)2, homologous
with oxalic acid, and obtained from cork and certain fatty oils, as a white
crystalline substance.
Suberin (n.) A material
found in the cell walls of cork. It is a modification of lignin.
Suberite (n.) Any sponge
of the genus Suberites and allied genera. These sponges have a fine and compact
texture, and contain minute siliceous spicules.
Suberone (n.) The
hypothetical ketone of suberic acid.
Suberone (n.) A colorless
liquid, analogous suberone proper, having a pleasant peppermint odor. It is
obtained by the distillation of calcium suberate.
Suberose (a.) Alt. of
Suberous
Suberous (a.) Having a
corky texture.
Subesophageal (a.)
Situated beneath the esophagus.
Subfamily (n.) One of the
subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into which certain families are
divided.
Subfibrous (a.) Somewhat
fibrous.
Subfuscous (a.) Duskish;
moderately dark; brownish; tawny.
Subfusk (a.) Subfuscous.
Subgelatinous (a.)
Imperfectly or partially gelatinous.
Subgeneric (a.) Of or
pertaining to a subgenus.
Subgenera (pl. ) of
Subgenus
Subgenus (n.) A
subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other
species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas
now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron.
Subglacial (a.) Pertaining
or belonging to the under side of a glacier; being beneath a glacier; as,
subglacial streams.
Subglobose (a.) Not quite
globose.
Subglobular (a.) Nearly
globular.
Subglossal (a.) Situated
under the tongue; sublingual.
Subglottic (a.) Situated
below the glottis; -- applied to that part of the cavity of the larynx below the
true vocal cords.
Subglumaceous (a.)
Somewhat glumaceous.
Subgovernor (n.) A
subordinate or assistant governor.
Subgranular (a.) Somewhat
granular.
Subgroup (n.) A
subdivision of a group, as of animals.
Subhastation (n.) A public
sale or auction.
Subhepatic (a.) Situated
under, or on the ventral side of, the liver; -- applied to the interlobular
branches of the portal vein.
Subhornblendic (a.)
Containing hornblende in a scattered state; of or relating to rocks containing
disseminated hornblende.
Subhumerate (v. t.) To
place the shoulders under; to bear.
Subhyaloid (a.) Situated
under the hyaliod membrane.
Subhyoidean (a.) Situated
or performed beneath the hyoid bone; as, subhyoidean laryngotomy.
Subimago (n.) A stage in
the development of certain insects, such as the May flies, intermediate between
the pupa and imago. In this stage, the insect is able to fly, but subsequently
sheds a skin before becoming mature. Called also pseudimago.
Subincusation (n.) A
slight charge or accusation.
Subindices (pl. ) of
Subindex
Subindex (n.) A number or
mark placed opposite the lower part of a letter or symbol to distinguish the
symbol; thus, a0, b1, c2, xn, have 0, 1, 2, and n as subindices.
Subindicate (v. t.) To
indicate by signs or hints; to indicate imperfectly.
Subindication (n.) The act
of indicating by signs; a slight indication.
Subindividual (n.) A
division of that which is individual.
Subinduce (v. t.) To
insinuate; to offer indirectly.
Subibfer (v. t. & i.) To
infer from an inference already made.
Subinfeudation (n.) The
granting of lands by inferior lords to their dependents, to be held by
themselves by feudal tenure.
Subinfeudation (n.)
Subordinate tenancy; undertenancy.
Subingression (n.) Secret
entrance.
Subintestinal (a.)
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the intestine.
Subinvolution (n.) Partial
or incomplete involution; as, subinvolution of the uterus.
Subitaneous (a.) Sudden;
hasty.
Subitany (a.) Subitaneous;
sudden; hasty.
Subito (adv.) In haste;
quickly; rapidly.
Subjacent (a.) Lying under
or below.
Subjacent (a.) Being in a
lower situation, though not directly beneath; as, hills and subjacent valleys.
Subject (a.) Placed or
situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
Subject (a.) Placed under
the power of another; specifically (International Law), owing allegiance to a
particular sovereign or state; as, Jamaica is subject to Great Britain.
Subject (a.) Exposed;
liable; prone; disposed; as, a country subject to extreme heat; men subject to
temptation.
Subject (a.) Obedient;
submissive.
Subject (a.) That which is
placed under the authority, dominion, control, or influence of something else.
Subject (a.) Specifically:
One who is under the authority of a ruler and is governed by his laws; one who
owes allegiance to a sovereign or a sovereign state; as, a subject of Queen
Victoria; a British subject; a subject of the United States.
Subject (a.) That which is
subjected, or submitted to, any physical operation or process; specifically
(Anat.), a dead body used for the purpose of dissection.
Subject (a.) That which is
brought under thought or examination; that which is taken up for discussion, or
concerning which anything is said or done.
Subject (a.) The person
who is treated of; the hero of a piece; the chief character.
Subject (a.) That of which
anything is affirmed or predicated; the theme of a proposition or discourse;
that which is spoken of; as, the nominative case is the subject of the verb.
Subject (a.) That in which
any quality, attribute, or relation, whether spiritual or material, inheres, or
to which any of these appertain; substance; substratum.
Subject (a.) Hence, that
substance or being which is conscious of its own operations; the mind; the
thinking agent or principal; the ego. Cf. Object, n., 2.
Subject (n.) The principal
theme, or leading thought or phrase, on which a composition or a movement is
based.
Subject (n.) The incident,
scene, figure, group, etc., which it is the aim of the artist to represent.
Subjected (imp. & p. p.)
of Subject
Subjecting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Subject
Subject (v. t.) To bring
under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue.
Subject (v. t.) To expose;
to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity subjects a person to impositions.
Subject (v. t.) To submit;
to make accountable.
Subject (v. t.) To make
subservient.
Subject (v. t.) To cause
to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white heat; to subject a person to a
rigid test.
Subjected (a.) Subjacent.
Subjected (a.) Reduced to
subjection; brought under the dominion of another.
Subjected (a.) Exposed;
liable; subject; obnoxious.
Subjection (a.) The act of
subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing.
Subjection (a.) The state
of being subject, or under the power, control, and government of another; a
state of obedience or submissiveness; as, the safety of life, liberty, and
property depends on our subjection to the laws.
Subjectist (n.) One
skilled in subjective philosophy; a subjectivist.
Subjective (a.) Of or
pertaining to a subject.
Subjective (a.)
Especially, pertaining to, or derived from, one's own consciousness, in
distinction from external observation; ralating to the mind, or intellectual
world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or
brooding over, one's own internal states.
Subjective (a.) Modified
by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a
subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer.
Subjectivism (n.) Any
philosophical doctrine which refers all knowledge to, and founds it upon, any
subjective states; egoism.
Subjectivist (n.) One who
holds to subjectivism; an egoist.
Subjectivity (n.) The
quality or state of being subjective; character of the subject.
Subjectless (a.) Having no
subject.
Subject-matter (n.) The
matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion;
that which is made the object of thought or study.
Subjectness (n.) Quality
of being subject.
Subjicible (a.) Capable of
being subjected.
Subjoined (imp. & p. p.)
of Subjoin
Subjoining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Subjoin
Subjoin (v. t.) To add
after something else has been said or written; to ANNEX; as, to subjoin an
argument or reason.
Subjoinder (n.) An
additional remark.
Sub judice () Before the judge,
or court; not yet decided; under judicial consideration.
Subjugated (imp. & p. p.)
of Subjugate
Subjugating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Subjugate
Subjugate (v. t.) To
subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and
compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another; to vanquish.
Subjugation (n.) The act
of subjugating, or the state of being subjugated.
Subjugator (n.) One who
subjugates; a conqueror.
Subjunction (n.) Act of
subjoining, or state of being subjoined.
Subjunction (n.) Something
subjoined; as, a subjunction to a sentence.
Subjunctive (a.) Subjoined
or added to something before said or written.
Subjunctive (n.) The
subjunctive mood; also, a verb in the subjunctive mood.
Subkingdom (n.) One of the
several primary divisions of either the animal, or vegetable kingdom, as, in
zoology, the Vertebrata, Tunicata, Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea,
Echinodermata, Coelentera, and the Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia, and
the Cryptogamia.
Sublapsarian (n. & a.)
Same as Infralapsarian.
Sublapsarianism (n.)
Infralapsarianism.
Sublapsary (a.)
Sublapsarian.
Sublate (v. t.) To take or
carry away; to remove.
Sublation (n.) The act of
taking or carrying away; removal.
Sublative (a.) Having
power, or tending, to take away.
Sublease (n.) A lease by a
tenant or lessee to another person; an underlease.
Sublessee (n.) A holder of
a sublease.
Sublet (imp. & p. p.) of
Sublet
Subletting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sublet
Sublet (v. t.) To
underlet; to lease, as when a lessee leases to another person.
Sublevation (n.) The act
of raising on high; elevation.
Sublevation (n.) An
uprising; an insurrection.
Sublibrarian (n.) An under
or assistant librarian.
Sublieutenant (n.) An
inferior or second lieutenant; in the British service, a commissioned officer of
the lowest rank.
Subligation (n.) The act
of binding underneath.
Sublimable (v. t.) Capable
of being sublimed or sublimated.
Sublimated (imp. & p. p.)
of Sublimate
Sublimating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sublimate
Sublimate (v. t.) To bring
by heat into the state of vapor, which, on cooling, returns again to the solid
state; as, to sublimate sulphur or camphor.
Sublimate (v. t.) To
refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate.
Sublimate (n.) A product
obtained by sublimation; hence, also, a purified product so obtained.
Sublimate (a.) Brought
into a state of vapor by heat, and again condensed as a solid.
Sublimated (a.) Refined
by, or as by, sublimation; exalted; purified.
Sublimation (n.) The act
or process of subliming, or the state or result of being sublimed.
Sublimation (n.) The act
of heightening or improving; exaltation; elevation; purification.
Sublimation (n.) That
which is sublimed; the product of a purifying process.
Sublimatory (a.) Used for
sublimation; as, sublimatory vessels.
Sublimatory (n.) A vessel
used for sublimation.
Sublime (superl.) Lifted
up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
Sublime (superl.)
Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said of persons.
Sublime (superl.)
Awakening or expressing the emotion of awe, adoration, veneration, heroic
resolve, etc.; dignified; grand; solemn; stately; -- said of an impressive
object in nature, of an action, of a discourse, of a work of art, of a
spectacle, etc.; as, sublime scenery; a sublime deed.
Sublime (superl.) Elevated
by joy; elate.
Sublime (superl.) Lofty of
mien; haughty; proud.
Sublime (n.) That which is
sublime; -- with the definite article
Sublime (n.) A grand or
lofty style in speaking or writing; a style that expresses lofty conceptions.
Sublime (n.) That which is
grand in nature or art, as distinguished from the merely beautiful.
Sublimed (imp. & p. p.) of
Sublime
Subliming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sublime
Sublime (v. t.) To raise
on high.
Sublime (v. t.) To subject
to the process of sublimation; to heat, volatilize, and condense in crystals or
powder; to distill off, and condense in solid form; hence, also, to purify.
Sublime (v. t.) To exalt;
to heighten; to improve; to purify.
Sublime (v. t.) To
dignify; to ennoble.
Sublime (v. i.) To pass
off in vapor, with immediate condensation; specifically, to evaporate or
volatilize from the solid state without apparent melting; -- said of those
substances, like arsenic, benzoic acid, etc., which do not exhibit a liquid form
on heating, except under increased pressure.
Sublimed (a.) Having been
subjected to the process of sublimation; hence, also, purified.
Sublimely (adv.) In a
sublime manner.
Sublimeness (n.) The
quality or state of being sublime; sublimity.
Sublimification (n.) The
act of making sublime, or state of being made sublime.
Sublimities (pl. ) of
Sublimity
Sublimity (n.) The quality
or state of being sublime (in any sense of the adjective).
Sublimity (n.) That which
is sublime; as, the sublimities of nature.
Sublineation (n.) A mark
of a line or lines under a word in a sentence, or under another line;
underlining.
Sublinguae (pl. ) of
Sublingua
Sublingua (n.) A process
or fold below the tongue in some animals.
Sublingual (a.) Situated
under the tongue; as, the sublingual gland.
Sublingual (a.) Of or
pertaining to the sublingual gland; as, sublingual salvia.
Sublition (n.) The act or
process of laying the ground in a painting.
Sublittoral (a.) Under the
shore.
Sublobular (a.) Situated
under, or at the bases of, the lobules of the liver.
Sublumbar (a.) Situated
under, or on the ventral side of, the lumbar region of the vertebral column.
Sublunar (a.) Alt. of
Sublunary
Sublunary (a.) Situated
beneath the moon; hence, of or pertaining to this world; terrestrial; earthly.
Sublunary (n.) Any worldly
thing.
Subluxation (n.) An
incomplete or partial dislocation.
Submammary (a.) Situated
under the mammae; as, submammary inflammation.
Submarine (a.) Being,
acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine
plants.
Submarine (n.) A submarine
plant or animal.
Submarshal (n.) An under
or deputy marshal.
Submaxillary (a.) Situated
under the maxilla, or lower jaw; inframaxillary; as, the submaxillary gland.
Submaxillary (a.) Of or
pertaining to submaxillary gland; as, submaxillary salvia.
Submedial (a.) Lying under
the middle.
Submedian (a.) Next to the
median (on either side); as, the submedian teeth of mollusks.
Submediant (n.) The sixth
tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third below the keynote; the
superdominant.
Submental (a.) Situated
under the chin; as, the submental artery.
Submenta (pl. ) of
Submentum
Submentum (n.) The basal
part of the labium of insects. It bears the mentum.
Submerged (imp. & p. p.)
of Submerge
Submerging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Submerge
Submerge (v. t.) To put
under water; to plunge.
Submerge (v. t.) To cover
or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown.
Submerge (v. i.) To plunge
into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged;
hence, to be completely included.
Submergence (n.) The act
of submerging, or the state of being submerged; submersion.
Submerse (a.) Submersed.
Submersed (a.) Being or
growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants.
Submersion (n.) The act of
submerging, or putting under water or other fluid, or of causing to be
overflowed; the act of plunging under water, or of drowning.
Submersion (n.) The state
of being put under water or other fluid, or of being overflowed or drowned.
Submetallic (a.)
Imperfectly metallic; as, a submetallic luster.
Subminister (v. t.) To
supply; to afford.
Subminister (v. i.) To be
subservient; to be useful.
Subministrant (a.)
Subordinate; subservient.
Subministrate (v. t.) To
supply; to afford; to subminister.
Subministration (n.) The
act of subministering.
Submiss (a.) Submissive;
humble; obsequious.
Submiss (a.) Gentle; soft;
calm; as, submiss voices.
Submission (n.) The act of
submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person
and power to the control or government of another; obedience; compliance.
Submission (n.) The state
of being submissive; acknowledgement of inferiority or dependence; humble or
suppliant behavior; meekness; resignation.
Submission (n.)
Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error.
Submission (n.) An
agreement by which parties engage to submit any matter of controversy between
them to the decision of arbitrators.
Submissive (a.) Inclined
or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.
Submissive (a.) Showing a
readiness to submit; expressing submission; as, a submissive demeanor.
Submissly (adv.) In a
submissive manner; with a submission.
Submissness (n.)
Submissiveness.
Submitted (imp. & p. p.)
of Submit
Submitting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Submit
Submit (v. t.) To let
down; to lower.
Submit (v. t.) To put or
place under.
Submit (v. t.) To yield,
resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive
pronoun.
Submit (v. t.) To leave or
commit to the discretion or judgment of another or others; to refer; as, to
submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court; -- often
followed by a dependent proposition as the object.
Submit (v. i.) To yield
one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender.
Submit (v. i.) To yield
one's opinion to the opinion of authority of another; to be subject; to
acquiesce.
Submit (v. i.) To be
submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring.
Submitter (n.) One who
submits.
Submonish (v. t.) To
suggest; to prompt.
Submonition (n.)
Suggestion; prompting.
Submucous (a.) Situated
under a mucous membrane.
Submultiple (n.) A number
or quality which is contained in another an exact number of times, or is an
aliquot part of it; thus, 7 is the submultiple of 56, being contained in it
eight times.
Submultiple (a.) Of or
pertaining to a submultiple; being a submultiple; as, a submultiple number;
submultiple ratio.
Submuscular (a.) Situated
underneath a muscle or muscles.
Subnarcotic (a.)
Moderately narcotic.
Subnasal (a.) Situated
under the nose; as, the subnasal point, or the middle point of the inferior
border of the anterior nasal aperture.
Subnascent (a.) Growing
underneath.
Subnect (v. t.) To tie or
fasten beneath; to join beneath.
Subnex (v. t.) To subjoin;
to subnect.
Subnormal (n.) That part
of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the
normal.
Subnotation (n.) A
rescript.
Subnotochordal (a.)
Situated on the ventral side of the notochord; as, the subnotochordal rod.
Subnuvolar (a.) Under the
clouds; attended or partly covered or obscured by clouds; somewhat cloudy.
Subobscurely (adv.)
Somewhat obscurely or darkly.
Subobtuse (a.) Partially
obtuse.
Suboccipital (a.) Situated
under, or posterior to, the occiput; as, the suboccipital, or first cervical,
nerve.
Suboctave (a.) Alt. of
Suboctuple
Suboctuple (a.) Containing
one part of eight; having the ratio of one to eight.
Subocular (a.) Situated
under, or on the ventral side of, the eye.
Subofficer (n.) An under
or subordinate officer.
Subopercular (a.) Situated
below the operculum; pertaining to the suboperculum.
Subopercular (n.) The
suboperculum.
Suboperculum (n.) The
lower opercular bone in fishes.
Suborbicular (a.) Alt. of
Suborbiculate
Suborbiculate (a.) Almost
orbiculate or orbicular.
Suborbital (a.) Alt. of
Suborbitar
Suborbitar (a.) Situated
under or below the orbit.
Suborder (n.) A division
of an order; a group of genera of a little lower rank than an order and of
greater importance than a tribe or family; as, cichoraceous plants form a
suborder of Compositae.
Subordinacy (n.) The
quality or state of being subordinate, or subject to control; subordination, as,
to bring the imagination to act in subordinacy to reason.
Subordinance (a.) Alt. of
Subordinancy
Subordinancy (a.)
Subordinacy; subordination.
Subordinary (n.) One of
several heraldic bearings somewhat less common than an ordinary. See Ordinary.
Subordinate (a.) Placed in
a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.
Subordinate (a.) Inferior
in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like.
Subordinate (n.) One who
stands in order or rank below another; -- distinguished from a principal.
Subordinated (imp. & p. p.)
of Subordinate
Subordinating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Subordinate
Subordinate (v. t.) To
place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as of less value or
importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another.
Subordinate (v. t.) To
make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate the passions to reason.
Subordination (n.) The act
of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting.
Subordination (n.) The
quality or state of being subordinate or inferior to an other; inferiority of
rank or dignity; subjection.
Subordination (n.) Place
of inferior rank.
Subordinative (a.) Tending
to subordinate; expressing subordination; used to introduce a subordinate
sentence; as, a subordinative conjunction.
Suborned (imp. & p. p.) of
Suborn
Suborning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Suborn
Suborn (v. t.) To procure
or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury, such oath being actually
taken.
Suborn (v. t.) To procure
privately, or by collusion; to procure by indirect means; to incite secretly; to
instigate.
Subornation (n.) The act
of suborning; the crime of procuring a person to take such a false oath as
constitutes perjury.
Subornation (n.) The sin
or offense of procuring one to do a criminal or bad action, as by bribes or
persuasion.
Suborner (n.) One who
suborns or procures another to take, a false oath; one who procures another to
do a bad action.
Suboval (a.) Somewhat
oval; nearly oval.
Subovate (a.) Nearly in
the form of an egg, or of the section of an egg, but having the inferior
extremity broadest; nearly ovate.
Subovated (a.) Subovate.
Suboxide (n.) An oxide
containing a relatively small amount of oxygen, and less than the normal
proportion; as, potassium suboxide, K4O.
Subpeduncular (a.)
Situated beneath the peduncle; as, the subpeduncular lobe of the cerebellum.
Subpedunculate (a.)
Supported on, or growing from, a very short stem; having a short peduncle.
Subpellucid (a.) Somewhat
pellucid; nearly pellucid.
Subpena (n. & v. t.) See
Subpoena.
Subpentangular (a.) Nearly
or approximately pentangular; almost pentangular.
Subpericardial (a.)
Situated under the cardiac pericardium.
Subperiosteal (a.)
Situated under the periosteum.
Subperitoneal (a.)
Situated under the peritoneal membrane.
Subpetiolar (a.) Concealed
within the base of the petiole, as the leaf buds of the plane tree.
Subpleural (a.) Situated
under the pleural membrane.
Subpodophyllous (a.)
Situated under the podophyllous tissue of the horse's foot.
Subpoena (n.) A writ
commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is
served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded
to appear and answer the plaintiff's bill.
Subpoenaed (imp. & p. p.)
of Subpoena
Subpoenaing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Subpoena
Subpoena (v. t.) To serve
with a writ of subpoena; to command attendance in court by a legal writ, under a
penalty in case of disobedience.
Subpoenal (a.) Required or
done under penalty.
Subpolar (a.) Situated
below the poles.
Subpolygonal (a.)
Approximately polygonal; somewhat or almost polygonal.
Subprehensile (a.)
Somewhat prehensile; prehensile in an inferior degree.
Subprior (n.) The
vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior.
Subpubic (a.) Situated
under, or posterior to, the pubic bones.
Subpulmonary (a.) Situated
under, or on the ventral side of, the lungs.
Subpurchaser (n.) A
purchaser who buys from a purchaser; one who buys at second hand.
Subpyriform (a.) Somewhat
pyriform.
Subquadrate (a.) Nearly or
approximately square; almost square.
Subquadruple (a.)
Containing one part of four; in the ratio of one to four; as, subquadruple
proportion.
Subquinquefid (a.) Almost
quinquefid; nearly quinquefid.
Subquintuple (a.) Having
the ratio of one to five; as, subquintuple proportion.
Subreader (n.) An under
reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of law the reader is to
discourse upon.
Subrector (n.) An
assistant restor.
Subreligion (n.) A
secondary religion; a belief or principle held in a quasi religious veneration.
Subreption (n.) The act of
obtaining a favor by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression
or fraudulent concealment of facts.
Subreptitious (a.)
Surreptitious.
Subreptive (a.)
Surreptitious.
Subrigid (a.) Somewhat
rigid or stiff.
Subriguous (a.) Watered or
wet beneath; well-watered.
Subrogate (v. t.) To put
in the place of another; to substitute.
Subrogation (n.) The act
of subrogating.
Subrogation (n.) The
substitution of one person in the place of another as a creditor, the new
creditor succeeding to the rights of the former; the mode by which a third
person who pays a creditor succeeds to his rights against the debtor.
Subrotund (a.) Somewhat
rotund.
Subsacral (a.) Situated
under, or on the ventral side of, the sacrum.
Subsaline (a.) Moderately
saline or salt.
Subsalt (n.) A basic salt.
See the Note under Salt.
Subsannation (n.)
Derision; mockery.
Subscapular (a.) Alt. of
Subscapulary
Subscapulary (a.) Situated
beneath the scapula; infrascapular; as, the subscapular muscle.
Subscribable (a.) Capable
of being subscribed.
Subscribed (imp. & p. p.)
of Subscribe
Subscribing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Subscribe
Subscribe (v. t.) To write
underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document.
Subscribe (v. t.) To sign
with one's own hand; to give consent to, as something written, or to bind one's
self to the terms of, by writing one's name beneath; as, parties subscribe a
covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond.
Subscribe (v. t.) To
attest by writing one's name beneath; as, officers subscribe their official
acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records.
Subscribe (v. t.) To
promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount; as, each man subscribed
ten dollars.
Subscribe (v. t.) To sign
away; to yield; to surrender.
Subscribe (v. t.) To
declare over one's signature; to publish.
Subscribe (v. i.) To sign
one's name to a letter or other document.
Subscribe (v. i.) To give
consent to something written, by signing one's name; hence, to assent; to agree.
Subscribe (v. i.) To
become surely; -- with for.
Subscribe (v. i.) To
yield; to admit one's self to be inferior or in the wrong.
Subscribe (v. i.) To set
one's name to a paper in token of promise to give a certain sum.
Subscribe (v. i.) To enter
one's name for a newspaper, a book, etc.
Subscriber (n.) One who
subscribes; one who contributes to an undertaking by subscribing.
Subscriber (n.) One who
enters his name for a paper, book, map, or the like.
Subscript (a.) Written
below or underneath; as, iota subscript. (See under Iota.) Specifically (Math.),
said of marks, figures, or letters (suffixes), written below and usually to the
right of other letters to distinguish them; as, a, n, 2, in the symbols Xa, An,
Y2. See Suffix, n., 2, and Subindex.
Subscript (n.) Anything
written below.
Subscription (n.) The act
of subscribing.
Subscription (n.) That
which is subscribed.
Subscription (n.) A paper
to which a signature is attached.
Subscription (n.) The
signature attached to a paper.
Subscription (n.) Consent
or attestation by underwriting the name.
Subscription (n.) Sum
subscribed; amount of sums subscribed; as, an individual subscription to a fund.
Subscription (n.) The
acceptance of articles, or other tests tending to promote uniformity; esp. (Ch.
of Eng.), formal assent to the Thirty-nine Articles and the Book of Common
Prayer, required before ordination.
Subscription (n.)
Submission; obedience.
Subscription (n.) That
part of a prescription which contains the direction to the apothecary.
Subscription (n.) A method
of purchasing items produced periodically in a series, as newspapers or
magazines, in which a certain number of the items are delivered as produced,
without need for ordering each item individually; also, the purchase thus
executed.
Subscriptive (a.) Of or
pertaining to a subscription, or signature.
Subsecute (v. t.) To
follow closely, or so as to overtake; to pursue.
Subsecutive (a.) Following
in a train or succession.
Subsellia (pl. ) of
Subsellium
Subsellium (n.) One of the
stalls of the lower range where there are two ranges. See Illust. of Stall.
Subsemitone (n.) The
sensible or leading note, or sharp seventh, of any key; subtonic.
Subsensible (a.) Deeper
than the reach of the senses.
Subseptuple (a.) Having
the ratio of one to seven.
Subsequence (n.) Alt. of
Subsequency
Subsequency (n.) The act
or state of following; -- opposed to precedence.
Subsequent (a.) Following
in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely; as,
subsequent events; subsequent ages or years; a period long subsequent to the
foundation of Rome.
Subsequent (a.) Following
in order of place; succeeding; as, a subsequent clause in a treaty.
Subsequently (adv.) At a
later time; afterwards.
Subserous (a.) Situated
under a serous membrane.
Subserved (imp. & p. p.)
of Subserve
Subserving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Subserve
Subserve (v. t.) To serve
in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservient to; to help forward; to
promote.
Subserve (v. i.) To be
subservient or subordinate; to serve in an inferior capacity.
Subservience (n.) Alt. of
Subserviency
Subserviency (n.) The
quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence,
willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility.
Subservient (a.) Fitted or
disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some
end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling.
Subserviently (adv.) In a
subservient manner.
Subsesqui- () A prefix (also used
adjectively) denoting the combination of constituents (especially
electro-negative and electro-positive bodies) in the proportion of two to three;
as, a subsesqui acetate, i. e., a salt having two equivalents of acetic acid to
three of the base.
Subsextuple (a.) Having
the ratio of one to six; as, a subsextuple proportion.
Subsided (imp. & p. p.) of
Subside
Subsiding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Subside
Subside (v. i.) To sink or
fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
Subside (v. i.) To tend
downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
Subside (v. i.) To fall
into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become
tranquil; to abate; as, the sea subsides; the tumults of war will subside; the
fever has subsided.
Subsidence (n.) Alt. of
Subsidency
Subsidency (n.) The act or
process of subsiding.
Subsidiarily (adv.) In a
subsidiary manner; so as to assist.
Subsidiary (a.) Furnishing
aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior
position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream.
Subsidiary (a.) Of or
pertaining to a subsidy; constituting a subsidy; being a part of, or of the
nature of, a subsidy; as, subsidiary payments to an ally.
Subsidiaries (pl. ) of
Subsidiary
Subsidiary (n.) One who,
or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an
auxiliary.
Subsidized (imp. & p. p.)
of Subsidize
Subsidizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Subsidize
Subsidize (v. t.) To
furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a
subsidy; to aid or promote, as a private enterprise, with public money; as, to
subsidize a steamship line.
Subsidies (pl. ) of
Subsidy
Subsidy (n.) Support; aid;
cooperation; esp., extraordinary aid in money rendered to the sovereign or to a
friendly power.
Subsidy (n.) Specifically:
A sum of money paid by one sovereign or nation to another to purchase the
cooperation or the neutrality of such sovereign or nation in war.
Subsidy (n.) A grant from
the government, from a municipal corporation, or the like, to a private person
or company to assist the establishment or support of an enterprise deemed
advantageous to the public; a subvention; as, a subsidy to the owners of a line
of ocean steamships.
Subsigned (imp. & p. p.)
of Subsign
Subsigning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Subsign
Subsign (v. t.) To sign
beneath; to subscribe.
Subsinnation (n.) The act
of writing the name under something, as for attestation.
Subsilicate (n.) A basic
silicate.
Subsisted (imp. & p. p.)
of Subsist
Subsisting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Subsist
Subsist (v. i.) To be; to
have existence; to inhere.
Subsist (v. i.) To
continue; to retain a certain state.
Subsist (v. i.) To be
maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live.
Subsist (v. t.) To support
with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one's family.
Subsistence (n.) Real
being; existence.
Subsistence (n.)
Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.
Subsistence (n.) That
which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that
which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence.
Subsistence (n.) Same as
Hypostasis, 2.
Subsistency (n.)
Subsistence.
Subsistent (a.) Having
real being; as, a subsistent spirit.
Subsistent (a.) Inherent;
as, qualities subsistent in matter.
Subsizar (n.) An under
sizar; a student of lower rank than a sizar.
Subsoil (n.) The bed, or
stratum, of earth which lies immediately beneath the surface soil.
Subsoil (v. t.) To turn up
the subsoil of.
Subsolary (a.) Being under
the sun; hence, terrestrial; earthly; mundane.
Subspecies (n.) A group
somewhat lessdistinct than speciesusually are, but based on characters more
important than those which characterize ordinary varieties; often, a
geographical variety or race.
Subsphenoidal (a.)
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.
Subspherical (a.) Nearly
spherical; having a figure resembling that of a sphere.
Subspinous (a.)
Subvertebral.
Subspinous (a.) Situated
beneath a spinous process, as that of the scapula; as, subspinous dislocation of
the humerus.
Substance (n.) That which
underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause
of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere;
that which is real, in distinction from that which is apparent; the abiding part
of any existence, in distinction from any accident; that which constitutes
anything what it is; real or existing essence.
Substance (n.) The most
important element in any existence; the characteristic and essential components
of anything; the main part; essential import; purport.
Substance (n.) Body;
matter; material of which a thing is made; hence, substantiality; solidity;
firmness; as, the substance of which a garment is made; some textile fabrics
have little substance.
Substance (n.) Material
possessions; estate; property; resources.
Substance (n.) Same as
Hypostasis, 2.
Substance (v. t.) To
furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich.
Substanceless (a.) Having
no substance; unsubstantial.
Substant (a.) Substantial;
firm.
Substantial (a.) Belonging
to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life.
Substantial (a.) Not
seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable.
Substantial (a.)
Corporeal; material; firm.
Substantial (a.) Having
good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial
fence or wall.
Substantial (a.) Possessed
of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial
freeholder.
Substantiality (n.) The
quality or state of being substantial; corporiety; materiality.
Substantialized (imp. & p. p.)
of Substantialize
Substantializing (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Substantialize
Substantialize (v. t.) To
make substantial.
Substantially (adv.) In a
substantial manner; in substance; essentially.
Substantialness (n.) The
quality or state of being substantial; as, the substantialness of a wall or
column.
Substantials (n. pl.)
Essential parts.
Substantiated (imp. & p. p.)
of Substantiate
Substantiating (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Substantiate
Substantiate (v. t.) To
make to exist; to make real.
Substantiate (v. t.) To
establish the existence or truth of by proof or competent evidence; to verify;
as, to substantiate a charge or allegation; to substantiate a declaration.
Substantiation (n.) The
act of substantiating or proving; evidence; proof.
Substantival (a.) Of or
pertaining to a substantive; of the nature of substantive.
Substantive (a.)
Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb
to be.
Substantive (a.) Depending
on itself; independent.
Substantive (a.) Enduring;
solid; firm; substantial.
Substantive (a.)
Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law
substantive.
Substantive (n.) A noun or
name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object
of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city,
goodness, excellence, are substantives.
Substantive (v. t.) To
substantivize.
Substantively (adv.) In a
substantive manner; in substance; essentially.
Substantively (adv.) As a
substantive, name, or noun; as, an adjective may be used substantively.
Substantiveness (n.) The
quality or state of being substantive.
Substantivize (v. t.) To
convert into a substantive; as, to substantivize an adjective.
Substile (n.) See
Substyle.
Substituent (n.) Any atom,
group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of
some other part which is removed.
Substitute (n.) One who,
or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for
another; that which stands in lieu of something else
Substitute (n.) a person
who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript or drafted man.
Substituted (imp. & p. p.)
of Substitute
Substituting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Substitute
Substitute (n.) To put in
the place of another person or thing; to exchange.
Substituted (a.)
Exchanged; put in the place of another.
Substituted (a.)
Containing substitutions or replacements; having been subjected to the process
of substitution, or having some of its parts replaced; as, alcohol is a
substituted water; methyl amine is a substituted ammonia.
Substitution (n.) The act
of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the
substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act for one in his
absense; the substitution of bank notes for gold and silver as a circulating
medium.
Substitution (n.) The
state of being substituted for another.
Substitution (n.) The
office or authority of one acting for another; delegated authority.
Substitution (n.) The
designation of a person in a will to take a devise or legacy, either on failure
of a former devisee or legatee by incapacity or unwillingness to accept, or
after him.
Substitution (n.) The
doctrine that Christ suffered vicariously, being substituted for the sinner, and
that his sufferings were expiatory.
Substitution (n.) The act
or process of substituting an atom or radical for another atom or radical;
metethesis; also, the state of being so substituted. See Metathesis.
Substitutional (a.) Of or
pertaining to substitution; standing in the place of another; substituted.
Substitutionary (a.) Of or
pertaining to substitution; substitutional.
Substitutive (a.) Tending
to afford or furnish a substitute; making substitution; capable of being
substituted.
Substract (v. t.) To
subtract; to withdraw.
Substraction (n.)
Subtraction; deduction.
Substraction (n.) See
Subtraction, 3.
Substractor (n.) One who
subtracts.
Substractor (n.) A
detractor; a slanderer.
Substrate (n.) A
substratum.
Substrate (a.) Having very
slight furrows.
Substrate (v. t.) To strew
or lay under anything.
Substrata (pl. ) of
Substratum
Substratum (n.) That which
is laid or spread under; that which underlies something, as a layer of earth
lying under another; specifically (Agric.), the subsoil.
Substratum (n.) The
permanent subject of qualities or cause of phenomena; substance.
Substruct (v. t.) To build
beneath something; to lay as the foundation.
Substruction (n.)
Underbuilding; the foundation, or any preliminary structure intended to raise
the lower floor or basement of a building above the natural level of the ground.
Substructure (n.) Same as
Substruction.
Substructure (n.) An under
structure; a foundation; groundwork.
Substylar (a.) Pertaining
to the substyle.
Substyle (n.) A right line
on which the style, or gnomon, of a dial is erected; being the common section of
the face of the dial and a plane perpendicular to it passing through the style.
Subsulphate (n.) A
sulphate with an excess of the base.
Subsulphide (n.) A nonacid
compound consisting of one equivalent of sulphur and more than one equivalent of
some other body, as a metal.
Subsultive (a.)
Subsultory.
Subsultory (a.) Bounding;
leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts.
Subsultus (n.) A starting,
twitching, or convulsive motion.
Subsumable (a.) Capable of
being subsumed.
Subsume (v. t.) To take up
into or under, as individual under species, species under genus, or particular
under universal; to place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it;
to include under something else.
Subsumption (n.) The act
of subsuming, or of including under another.
Subsumption (n.) That
which is subsumed, as the minor clause or premise of a syllogism.
Subsumptive (a.) Relating
to, or containing, a subsumption.
Subtangent (n.) The part
of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point
in a curve.
Subtartarean (a.) Being or
living under Tartarus; infernal.
Subtectacle (n.) A space
under a roof; a tabernacle; a dwelling.
Subtegulaneous (a.) Under
the roof or eaves; within doors.
Subtenant (n.) One who
rents a tenement, or land, etc., of one who is also a tenant; an undertenant.
Subtended (imp. & p. p.)
of Subtend
Subtending (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Subtend
Subtend (v. t.) To extend
under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right
angle; the chord subtends an arc.
Subtense (a.) A line
subtending, or stretching across; a chord; as, the subtense of an arc.
Subtepid (a.) Slightly
tepid.
Subterete (a.) Somewhat
terete.
Subterfluent (a.) Alt. of
Subterfluous
Subterfluous (a.) Running
under or beneath.
Subterfuge (n.) That to
which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape
censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift;
an evasion.
Subterrane (n.) A cave or
room under ground.
Subterraneal (a.)
Subterranean.
Subterranean (a.) Alt. of
Subterraneous
Subterraneous (a.) Being
or lying under the surface of the earth; situated within the earth, or under
ground; as, subterranean springs; a subterraneous passage.
Subterranity (n.) A place
under ground; a subterrany.
Subterrany (a.)
Subterranean.
Subterrany (n.) A
subterranean place.
Subterrene (a.)
Subterraneous.
Subterrestrial (a.)
Subterranean.
Subthalamic (a.) Situated
under the optic thalamus.
Subtile (a.) Thin; not
dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile vapor; a subtile medium.
Subtile (a.) Delicately
constituted or constructed; nice; fine; delicate; tenuous; finely woven.
Subtile (a.) Acute;
piercing; searching.
Subtile (a.) Characterized
by nicety of discrimination; discerning; delicate; refined; subtle.
Subtile (a.) Sly; artful;
cunning; crafty; subtle; as, a subtile person; a subtile adversary; a subtile
scheme.
Subtiliate (v. t.) To make
thin or rare.
Subtilism (n.) The quality
or state of being subtile; subtility; subtlety.
Subtility (n.) Subtilty.
Subtilization (n.) The act
of making subtile.
Subtilization (n.) The
operation of making so volatile as to rise in steam or vapor.
Subtilization (n.)
Refinement; subtlety; extreme attenuation.
Subtilized (imp. & p. p.)
of Subtilize
Subtilizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Subtilize
Subtilize (v. t.) To make
thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.
Subtilize (v. t.) To
refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize arguments.
Subtilize (v. i.) To
refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions.
Subtilizer (n.) One who
subtilizes.
Subtilty (n.) The quality
or state of being subtile; thinness; fineness; as, the subtility of air or
light.
Subtilty (n.) Refinement;
extreme acuteness; subtlety.
Subtilty (n.) Cunning;
skill; craft.
Subtilty (n.) Slyness in
design; artifice; guile; a cunning design or artifice; a trick; subtlety.
Subtle (superl.) Sly in
design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; -- applied to persons; as, a
subtle foe.
Subtle (superl.) Cunningly
devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem.
Subtle (superl.)
Characterized by refinement and niceness in drawing distinctions; nicely
discriminating; -- said of persons; as, a subtle logician; refined; tenuous;
sinuous; insinuating; hence, penetrative or pervasive; -- said of the mind; its
faculties, or its operations; as, a subtle intellect; a subtle imagination; a
subtle process of thought; also, difficult of apprehension; elusive.
Subtle (superl.) Smooth
and deceptive.
Subtleness (n.) The
quality or state of being subtle; subtlety.
Subtleties (pl. ) of
Subtlety
Subtlety (n.) The quality
or state of being subtle, or sly; cunning; craftiness; artfulness.
Subtlety (n.) Nice
discernment with delicacy of mental action; nicety of discrimination.
Subtlety (n.) Something
that is sly, crafty, or delusive.
Subtly (adv.) In a subtle
manner; slyly; artfully; cunningly.
Subtly (adv.) Nicely;
delicately.
Subtly (adv.) Deceitfully;
delusively.
Subtonic (a.) Applied to,
or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound,
not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of
obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture
of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to
Pronunciation, //155, 199-202.
Subtonic (n.) A subtonic
sound or element; a vocal consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal.
Subtonic (n.) The seventh
tone of the scale, or that immediately below the tonic; -- called also
subsemitone.
Subtorrid (a.) Nearly
torrid.
Subtracted (imp. & p. p.)
of Subtract
Subtracting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Subtract
Subtract (v. t.) To
withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct; as, subtract 5 from
9, and the remainder is 4.
Subtracter (n.) One who
subtracts.
Subtracter (n.) The
subtrahend.
Subtraction (n.) The act
or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.
Subtraction (n.) The
taking of a lesser number or quantity from a greater of the same kind or
denomination; an operation for finding the difference between two numbers or
quantities.
Subtraction (n.) The
withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled
by law.
Subtractive (a.) Tending,
or having power, to subtract.
Subtractive (a.) Having
the negative sign, or sign minus.
Subtrahend (n.) The sum or
number to be subtracted, or taken from another.
Subtranslucent (a.) Not
perfectly translucent.
Subtransparent (a.) Not
perfectly transparent.
Subtreasurer (n.) The
public officer who has charge of a subtreasury.
Subtreasuries (pl. ) of
Subtreasury
Subtreasury (n.) A
subordinate treasury, or place of deposit; as, the United States subtreasury at
New York.
Subtriangular (a.) Nearly,
but not perfectly, triangular.
Subtribe (n.) A division
of a tribe; a group of genera of a little lower rank than a tribe.
Subtrihedral (a.)
Approaching the form of a three-sided pyramid; as, the subtrihedral crown of a
tooth.
Subtriple (a.) Containing
a third, or one part to three.
Subtriplicate (a.)
Expressed by the cube root; -- said especially of ratios.
Subtropical (a.) Nearly
tropical.
Subtruded (imp. & p. p.)
of Subtrude
Subtruding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Subtrude
Subtrude (v. t.) To place
under; to insert.
Subturriculate (a.)
Somewhat turriculate.
Subtutor (n.) An under
tutor.
Subtypical (a.) Deviating
somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or other group; slightly aberrant.
Subulate (a.) Alt. of
Subulated
Subulated (a.) Very
narrow, and tapering gradually to a fine point from a broadish base; awl-shaped;
linear.
Subulicornes (n. pl.) A
division of insects having slender or subulate antennae. The dragon flies and
May flies are examples.
Subuliform (a.) Subulate.
Subulipalp (n.) One of a
group of carabid beetles having slender palpi.
Subumbonal (a.) Beneath or
forward of the umbos of a bivalve shell.
Subumbrella (n.) The
integument of the under surface of the bell, or disk-shaped body, of a
jellyfish.
Subundation (n.) A flood;
a deluge.
Subungual (a.) Under the
nail or hoof.
Suburb (n.) An outlying
part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the
plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or large town; as, a
house stands in the suburbs; a garden situated in the suburbs of Paris.
Suburb (n.) Hence, the
confines; the outer part; the environment.
Suburban (a.) Of or
pertaining to suburbs; inhabiting, or being in, the suburbs of a city.
Suburban (n.) One who
dwells in the suburbs.
Suburbed (a.) Having a
suburb or suburbs on its outer part.
Suburbial (a.) Alt. of
Suburbian
Suburbian (a.) Suburban.
Suburbicarian (a.) Alt. of
Suburbicary
Suburbicary (a.) Being in
the suburbs; -- applied to the six dioceses in the suburbs of Rome subject to
the pope as bishop of Rome.
Suburethral (a.) Situated
under the urethra, or under its orifice.
Subvaginal (a.) Situated
under or inside a sheath or vaginal membrane; as, the subvaginal, or subdural,
spaces about the optic nerve.
-ties (pl. ) of Subvariety
Subvariety (n.) A
subordinate variety, or a division of a variety.
Subvened (imp. & p. p.) of
Subvene
Subvening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Subvene
Subvene (v. i.) To come
under, as a support or stay; to happen.
Subventaneous (a.)
Produced by the wind.
Subvention (n.) The act of
coming under.
Subvention (n.) The act of
relieving, as of a burden; support; aid; assistance; help.
Subvention (n.) A
government aid or bounty.
Subvention (v. t.) To
subventionize.
Subventionize (v. t.) To
come to the aid of; to subsidize; to support.
Subventitious (a.)
Helping; aiding; supporting.
Subverse (v. t.) To
subvert.
Subversion (n.) The act of
overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow
from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a
government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the
constitution.
Subversionary (a.)
Promoting destruction.
Subversive (a.) Tending to
subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin.
Subverted (imp. & p. p.)
of Subvert
Subverting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Subvert
Subvert (v. t.) To
overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
Subvert (v. t.) To
pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
Subvert (v. i.) To
overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive.
Subverant (a.) Reserved.
Subvertebral (a.) Situated
beneath, or on the ventral side of, the vertebral column; situated beneath, or
inside of, the endoskeleton; hypaxial; hyposkeletal.
Subverter (n.) One who, or
that which, subverts; an overthrower.
Subvertible (a.) That may
be subverted.
Subvitalized (a.)
Imperfectly vitalized; having naturally but little vital power or energy.
Subvocal (a. & n.) Same as
Subtonic.
Subway (n.) An underground
way or gallery; especially, a passage under a street, in which water mains, gas
mains, telegraph wires, etc., are conducted.
Subworker (n.) A
subordinate worker or helper.
Subzonal (a.) Situated
under a zone, or zona; -- applied to a membrane between the zona radiata and the
umbilical vesicle in the mammal embryo.
Subzigomatic (a.) Situated
under the zygoma or zygomatic process.
Succade (n.) A sweetmeat.
Succade (n.) Sweetmeats,
or preserves in sugar, whether fruit, vegetables, or confections.
Succedane (n.) A
succedaneum.
Succedaneous (a.)
Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something
else; being, or employed as, a substitute for another.
Succedanea (pl. ) of
Succedaneum
Succedaneum (n.) One who,
or that which, succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for
something else; a substitute
Succedaneum (n.) a remedy
used as a substitute for another.
Succeeded (imp. & p. p.)
of Succeed
Succeeding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Succeed
Succeed (v. t.) To follow
in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest
son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer.
Succeed (v. t.) To fall
heir to; to inherit.
Succeed (v. t.) To come
after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue.
Succeed (v. t.) To
support; to prosper; to promote.
Succeed (v. i.) To come in
the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual,
natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the
possession of anything; -- often with to.
Succeed (v. i.)
Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.
Succeed (v. i.) To
descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
Succeed (v. i.) To obtain
the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a
prosperous issue or termination; to be successful; as, he succeeded in his
plans; his plans succeeded.
Succeed (v. i.) To go
under cover.
Succeedant (a.) Succeeding
one another; following.
Succeeder (n.) A
successor.
Succeeding (n.) The act of
one who, or that which, succeeds; also, that which succeeds, or follows after;
consequence.
Succentor (n.) A
subchanter.
Success (n.) Act of
succeeding; succession.
Success (n.) That which
comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or
undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort.
Success (n.) The favorable
or prosperous termination of anything attempted; the attainment of a proposed
object; prosperous issue.
Success (n.) That which
meets with, or one who accomplishes, favorable results, as a play or a player.
Successary (n.)
Succession.
Successful (a.) Resulting
in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed;
having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful
use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise.
Succession (n.) The act of
succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place,
or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a
succession of disasters.
Succession (n.) A series
of persons or things according to some established rule of precedence; as, a
succession of kings, or of bishops; a succession of events in chronology.
Succession (n.) An order
or series of descendants; lineage; race; descent.
Succession (n.) The power
or right of succeeding to the station or title of a father or other predecessor;
the right to enter upon the office, rank, position, etc., held ny another; also,
the entrance into the office, station, or rank of a predecessor; specifically,
the succeeding, or right of succeeding, to a throne.
Succession (n.) The right
to enter upon the possession of the property of an ancestor, or one near of kin,
or one preceding in an established order.
Succession (n.) The person
succeeding to rank or office; a successor or heir.
Successional (a.) Of or
pertaining to a succession; existing in a regular order; consecutive.
Successionist (n.) A
person who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices,
etc.; especially (Eccl.), one who insists that apostolic succession alone is
valid.
Successive (a.) Following
in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or
interval; following one after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the
successive revolution of years; the successive kings of Egypt; successive
strokes of a hammer.
Successive (a.) Having or
giving the right of succeeding to an inheritance; inherited by succession;
hereditary; as, a successive title; a successive empire.
Successively (adv.) In a
successive manner.
Successiveness (n.) The
quality or state of being successive.
Successless (a.) Having no
success.
Successor (n.) One who
succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and
sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor; as, the
successor of a deceased king.
Succiduous (a.) Ready to
fall; falling.
Succiferous (a.) Producing
or conveying sap.
Succinamate (n.) A salt of
succinamic acid.
Succinamic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide derivative of succinic acid,
obtained as a white crystalline substance, and forming a series of salts.
Succinate (n.) A salt of
succinic acid.
Succinct (a.) Girded or
tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.
Succinct (a.) Compressed
into a narrow compass; brief; concise.
Succinic (a.) Pertaining
to, or derived from, amber; specif., designating a dibasic acid, C/H/.(CO/H)/,
first obtained by the dry distillation of amber. It is found in a number of
plants, as in lettuce and wormwood, and is also produced artificially as a white
crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste.
Succinimide (n.) A white
crystalline nitrogenous substance, C2H4.(CO)2.NH, obtained by treating succinic
anhydride with ammonia gas. It is a typical imido acid, and forms a series of
salts. See Imido acid, under Imido.
Succinite (n.) Amber.
Succinite (n.) A garnet of
an amber color.
Succinous (a.) Succinic.
Succinurate (n.) A salt of
succinuric acid.
Succinuric (a.) Pertaining
to, or designating, an acid amide, analogous to succinamic acid, which is
obtained as a white crystalline substance by heating urea with succinic
anhydride. It is known also in its salts.
Succinyl (n.) A
hypothetical radical characteristic of succinic acid and certain of its
derivatives.
Succise (a.) Appearing as
if a part were cut off at the extremity.
Succision (n.) The act of
cutting down, as of trees; the act of cutting off.
Succored (imp. & p. p.) of
Succor
Succoring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Succor
Succor (v. t.) To run to,
or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or
distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve; as, to succor a
besieged city.
Succor (v. t.) Aid; help;
assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want,
or distress.
Succor (v. t.) The person
or thing that brings relief.
Succorable (a.) Capable of
being succored or assisted; admitting of relief.
Succorer (n.) One who
affords succor; a helper.
Succorless (a.) Destitute
of succor.
Succory (n.) A plant of
the genus Cichorium. See Chicory.
Succotash (n.) Green maize
and beans boiled together. The dish is borrowed from the native Indians.
Succoteague (n.) The
squeteague.
Succubae (pl. ) of Succuba
Succuba (n.) A female
demon or fiend. See Succubus.
Succubine (a.) Of or
pertaining to succuba.
Succubous (a.) Having the
leaves so placed that the upper part of each one is covered by the base of the
next higher leaf, as in hepatic mosses of the genus Plagiochila.
Succubi (pl. ) of Succubus
Succubus (n.) A demon or
fiend; especially, a lascivious spirit supposed to have sexual intercourse with
the men by night; a succuba. Cf. Incubus.
Succubus (n.) The
nightmare. See Nightmare, 2.
Succula (n.) A bare axis
or cylinder with staves or levers in it to turn it round, but without any drum.
Succulence (n.) Alt. of
Succulency
Succulency (n.) The
quality or condition of being succulent; juiciness; as, the succulence of a
peach.
Succulent (a.) Full of
juice; juicy.
Succulently (adv.) In a
succulent manner.
Succulous (a.) Succulent;
juicy.
Succumbed (imp. & p. p.)
of Succumb
Succumbing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Succumb
Succumb (v. t.) To yield;
to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb
to disease.
Succumbent (a.)
Submissive; yielding.
Succursal (v. t.) Serving
to aid or help; serving as a chapel of ease; tributary.
Succi (pl. ) of Succus
Succus (n.) The expressed
juice of a plant, for medicinal use.
Succussation (n.) A trot
or trotting.
Succussation (n.) A
shaking; succussion.
Succussion (n.) The act of
shaking; a shake; esp. (Med.), a shaking of the body to ascertain if there be a
liquid in the thorax.
Succussive (a.)
Characterized by a shaking motion, especially an up and down movement, and not
merely tremulous oscillation; as, the succussive motion in earthquakes.
Such (a.) Of that kind; of
the like kind; like; resembling; similar; as, we never saw such a day; --
followed by that or as introducing the word or proposition which defines the
similarity, or the standard of comparison; as, the books are not such that I can
recommend them, or, not such as I can recommend; these apples are not such as
those we saw yesterday; give your children such precepts as tend to make them
better.
Such (a.) Having the
particular quality or character specified.
Such (a.) The same that;
-- with as; as, this was the state of the kingdom at such time as the enemy
landed.
Such (a.) Certain; --
representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not
mentioned.
Suchospondylous (a.)
Having dorsal vertebrae with long and divided transverse processes; -- applied
to certain reptiles.
Suchwise (adv.) In a such
a manner; so.
Sucked (imp. & p. p.) of
Suck
Sucking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Suck
Suck (v. t.) To draw, as a
liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum,
and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or apply
force to, by exhausting the air.
Suck (v. t.) To draw
liquid from by the action of the mouth; as, to suck an orange; specifically, to
draw milk from (the mother, the breast, etc.) with the mouth; as, the young of
an animal sucks the mother, or dam; an infant sucks the breast.
Suck (v. t.) To draw in,
or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking; to inhale; to absorb; as, to suck
in air; the roots of plants suck water from the ground.
Suck (v. t.) To draw or
drain.
Suck (v. t.) To draw in,
as a whirlpool; to swallow up.
Suck (v. i.) To draw, or
attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube.
Suck (v. i.) To draw milk
from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first
nourished by sucking.
Suck (v. i.) To draw in;
to imbibe; to partake.
Suck (n.) The act of
drawing with the mouth.
Suck (n.) That which is
drawn into the mouth by sucking; specifically, mikl drawn from the breast.
Suck (n.) A small draught.
Suck (n.) Juice;
succulence.
Suckanhock (n.) A kind of
seawan. See Note under Seawan.
Suckatash (n.) See
Succotash.
Sucken (n.) The
jurisdiction of a mill, or that extent of ground astricted to it, the tenants of
which are bound to bring their grain thither to be ground.
Sucker (n.) One who, or
that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the
octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies.
Sucker (n.) A suckling; a
sucking animal.
Sucker (n.) The embolus,
or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket.
Sucker (n.) A pipe through
which anything is drawn.
Sucker (n.) A small piece
of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when
saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth
surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to
enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by
children as a plaything.
Sucker (n.) A shoot from
the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from
diverting nourishment from the body of the plant.
Sucker (n.) Any one of
numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family
Catostomidae; so called because the lips are protrusile. The flesh is coarse,
and they are of little value as food. The most common species of the Eastern
United States are the northern sucker (Catostomus Commersoni), the white sucker
(C. teres), the hog sucker (C. nigricans), and the chub, or sweet sucker
(Erimyzon sucetta). Some of the large Western species are called buffalo fish,
red horse, black horse, and suckerel.
Sucker (n.) The remora.
Sucker (n.) The lumpfish.
Sucker (n.) The hagfish,
or myxine.
Sucker (n.) A California
food fish (Menticirrus undulatus) closely allied to the kingfish (a); -- called
also bagre.
Sucker (n.) A parasite; a
sponger. See def. 6, above.
Sucker (n.) A hard
drinker; a soaker.
Sucker (n.) A greenhorn;
one easily gulled.
Sucker (n.) A nickname
applied to a native of Illinois.
Suckered (imp. & p. p.) of
Sucker
Suckering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sucker
Sucker (v. t.) To strip
off the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers; as, to sucker maize.
Sucker (v. i.) To form
suckers; as, corn suckers abundantly.
Sucket (v. t.) A
sweetmeat; a dainty morsel.
Suckfish (n.) A sucker
fish.
Sucking (a.) Drawing milk
from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking
infant; a sucking calf.
Suckle (n.) A teat.
Suckled (imp. & p. p.) of
Suckle
Suckling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Suckle
Suckle (v. t.) To give
suck to; to nurse at the breast.
Suckle (v. i.) To nurse;
to suck.
Suckler (n.) An animal
that suckles its young; a mammal.
Suckling (v. t.) A young
child or animal nursed at the breast.
Suckling (v. t.) A small
kind of yellow clover (Trifolium filiforme) common in Southern Europe.
Sucrate (n.) A compound of
sucrose (or of some related carbohydrate) with some base, after the analogy of a
salt; as, sodium sucrate.
Sucre (n.) A silver coin
of Ecuador, worth 68 cents.
Sucrose (n.) A common
variety of sugar found in the juices of many plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum,
sugar maple, beet root, etc. It is extracted as a sweet, white crystalline
substance which is valuable as a food product, and, being antiputrescent, is
largely used in the preservation of fruit. Called also saccharose, cane sugar,
etc. By extension, any one of the class of isomeric substances (as lactose,
maltose, etc.) of which sucrose proper is the type.
Suction (v. t.) The act or
process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air.
Suctoria (n. pl.) An order
of Infusoria having the body armed with somewhat stiff, tubular processes which
they use as suckers in obtaining their food. They are usually stalked.
Suctoria (n. pl.) Same as
Rhizocephala.
Suctorial (a.) Adapted for
sucking; living by sucking; as, the humming birds are suctorial birds.
Suctorial (a.) Capable of
adhering by suction; as, the suctorial fishes.
Suctorian (n.) A
cartilaginous fish with a mouth adapted for suction, as the lampery.
Suctorian (n.) One of the
Suctoria.
Suctorious (a.) Suctorial.
Sudamina (n. pl) Minute
vesicles surrounded by an area of reddened skin, produced by excessive sweating.
Sudarium (n.) The
handkerchief upon which the Savior is said to have impressed his own portrait
miraculously, when wiping his face with it, as he passed to the crucifixion.
Sudary (n.) A napkin or
handkerchief.
Sudation (n.) A sweating.
Sudatoria (pl. ) of
Sudatorium
Sudatorium (n.) A
sudatory.
Sudatory (a.) Sweating;
perspiring.
Sudatories (pl. ) of
Sudatory
Sudatory (n.) A bagnio; a
sweating bath; a vapor bath.
Sudden (a.) Happening
without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or
without the common preparation; immediate; instant; speedy.
Sudden (a.) Hastly
prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
Sudden (a.) Hasty;
violent; rash; precipitate.
Sudden (adv.) Suddenly;
unexpectedly.
Sudden (n.) An unexpected
occurrence; a surprise.
Suddenty (n.) Suddenness;
a sudden.
Sudoral (a.) Of or
pertaining to sweat; as, sudoral eruptions.
Sudoriferous (a.)
Producing, or secreting, sweat; sudoriparous.
Sudorific (a.) Causing
sweat; as, sudorific herbs.
Sudorific (n.) A sudorific
medicine. Cf. Diaphoretic.
Sudoriparous (a.) Same as
Sudoriferous.
Sudorous (a.) Consisting
of sweat.
Sudra (n.) The lowest of
the four great castes among the Hindoos. See Caste.
Suds (n. pl.) Water
impregnated with soap, esp. when worked up into bubbles and froth.
Sued (imp. & p. p.) of Sue
Suing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of
Sue
Sue (v. t.) To follow up;
to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo.
Sue (v. t.) To seek
justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to
bring an action against; to prosecute judicially.
Sue (v. t.) To proceed
with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal
process.
Sue (v. t.) To clean, as
the beak; -- said of a hawk.
Sue (v. t.) To leave high
and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship.
Sue (v. i.) To seek by
request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
Sue (v. i.) To prosecute;
to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages.
Sue (v. i.) To woo; to pay
addresses as a lover.
Sue (v. i.) To be left
high and dry on the shore, as a ship.
Suent (a.) Uniformly or
evenly distributed or spread; even; smooth. See Suant.
Suently (adv.) Evenly;
smoothly.
Suer (n.) One who sues; a
suitor.
Suet (n.) The fat and
fatty tissues of an animal, especially the harder fat about the kidneys and
loins in beef and mutton, which, when melted and freed from the membranes, forms
tallow.
Suety (a.) Consisting of,
or resembling, suet; as, a suety substance.
Suf- () A form of the prefix
Sub-.
Suffered (imp. & p. p.) of
Suffer
Suffering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Suffer
Suffer (v. t.) To feel, or
endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to
undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.
Suffer (v. t.) To endure
or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under.
Suffer (v. t.) To undergo;
to be affected by; to sustain; to experience; as, most substances suffer a
change when long exposed to air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage.
Suffer (v. t.) To allow;
to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate.
Suffer (v. i.) To feel or
undergo pain of body or mind; to bear what is inconvenient; as, we suffer from
pain, sickness, or sorrow; we suffer with anxiety.
Suffer (v. i.) To undergo
punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death.
Suffer (v. i.) To be
injured; to sustain loss or damage.
Sufferable (a.) Able to
suffer or endure; patient.
Sufferable (a.) That may
be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable; tolerable.
Sufferance (n.) The state
of suffering; the bearing of pain; endurance.
Sufferance (n.) Pain
endured; misery; suffering; distress.
Sufferance (n.) Loss;
damage; injury.
Sufferance (n.) Submission
under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation.
Sufferance (n.) Negative
consent by not forbidding or hindering; toleration; permission; allowance;
leave.
Sufferance (n.) A
permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods.
Sufferer (n.) One who
suffers; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience
or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are sufferers by fire or by
losses at sea.
Sufferer (n.) One who
permits or allows.
Suffering (n.) The bearing
of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured; distress, loss, or injury
incurred; as, sufferings by pain or sorrow; sufferings by want or by wrongs.
Suffering (a.) Being in
pain or grief; having loss, injury, distress, etc.
Sufficed (imp. & p. p.) of
Suffice
Sufficing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Suffice
Suffice (v. i.) To be
enough, or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end
proposed; to be adequate.
Suffice (v. t.) To
satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.
Suffice (v. t.) To
furnish; to supply adequately.
Sufficience (n.)
Sufficiently.
Sufficiency (n.) The
quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.
Sufficiency (n.)
Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity.
Sufficiency (n.) Adequate
substance or means; competence.
Sufficiency (n.) Supply
equal to wants; ample stock or fund.
Sufficiency (n.) Conceit;
self-confidence; self-sufficiency.
Sufficient (a.) Equal to
the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision
sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the country.
Sufficient (a.) Possessing
adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified;
fit.
Sufficient (a.) Capable of
meeting obligations; responsible.
Sufficient (a.)
Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content.
Sufficiently (adv.) To a
sufficient degree; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives content;
enough; as, we are sufficiently supplied with food; a man sufficiently qualified
for the discharge of his official duties.
Sufficing (a.) Affording
enough; satisfying.
Suffisance (n.)
Sufficiency; plenty; abundance; contentment.
Suffisant (a.) Sufficient.
Suffix (n.) A letter,
letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root
to modify the meaning; a postfix.
Suffix (n.) A subscript
mark, number, or letter. See Subscript, a.
Suffixed (imp. & p. p.) of
Suffix
Suffixing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Suffix
Suffix (v. t.) To add or
annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word; to append.
Suffixion (n.) The act of
suffixing, or the state of being suffixed.
Suffixment (n.) Suffixion.
Sufflaminate (v. t.) To
retard the motion of, as a carriage, by preventing one or more of its wheels
from revolving, either by means of a chain or otherwise.
Sufflaminate (v. t.)
Hence, to stop; to impede.
Sufflate (v. t.) To blow
up; to inflate; to inspire.
Sufflation (n.) The act of
blowing up or inflating.
Suffocate (a.) Suffocated;
choked.
Suffocated (imp. & p. p.)
of Suffocate
Suffocating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Suffocate
Suffocate (v. t.) To choke
or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother.
Suffocate (v. t.) To
destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.
Suffocate (v. i.) To
become choked, stifled, or smothered.
Suffocating () a. & n. from
Suffocate, v.
Suffocation (n.) The act
of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or
choking.
Suffocative (a.) Tending
or able to choke or stifle.
Suffossion (n.) A digging
under; an undermining.
Suffragan (a.) Assisting;
assistant; as, a suffragan bishop.
Suffragan (a.) An
assistant.
Suffragan (a.) A bishop
considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant
bishop.
Suffraganship (n.) The
office of a suffragan.
Suffragant (a. & n.)
Suffragan.
Suffragated (imp. & p. p.)
of Suffragate
Suffragating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Suffragate
Suffragate (a.) To vote or
vote with.
Suffragator (n.) One who
assists or favors by his vote.
Suffrage (n.) A vote given
in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or
trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote.
Suffrage (n.) Testimony;
attestation; witness; approval.
Suffrage (n.) A short
petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
Suffrage (n.) A prayer in
general, as one offered for the faithful departed.
Suffrage (n.) Aid;
assistance.
Suffrage (n.) The right to
vote; franchise.
Suffrage (v. t.) To vote
for; to elect.
Sufragette. (n.) A woman
who advocates the right to vote for women; a woman suffragist.
Suffraginous (a.) Of or
pertaining to the hock of a beast.
Suffragist (n.) One who
possesses or exercises the political right of suffrage; a voter.
Suffragist (n.) One who
has certain opinions or desires about the political right of suffrage; as, a
woman suffragist.
Suffrago (n.) The heel
joint.
Suffrance (n.) Sufferance.
Suffrutescent (a.)
Slightly woody at the base.
Suffruticose (a.) Woody in
the lower part of the stem, but with the yearly branches herbaceous, as sage,
thyme, hyssop, and the like.
Suffruticous (a.)
Suffruticose.
Suffumigated (imp. & p. p.)
of Suffumigate
Suffumigating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Suffumigate
Suffumigate (v. t.) To
apply fumes or smoke to the parts of, as to the body in medicine; to fumigate in
part.
Suffumigation (n.) The
operation of suffumigating.
Suffumige (n.) A medical
fume.
Suffused (imp. & p. p.) of
Suffuse
Suffusing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Suffuse
Suffuse (v. t.) To
overspread, as with a fluid or tincture; to fill or cover, as with something
fluid; as, eyes suffused with tears; cheeks suffused with blushes.
Suffusion (n.) The act or
process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading.
Suffusion (n.) That with
which a thing is suffused.
Suffusion (n.) A blending
of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the
feathers of birds.
Sufi (n.) A title or
surname of the king of Persia.
Sufi (n.) One of a certain
order of religious men in Persia.
Sufism (n.) A refined
mysticism among certain classes of Mohammedans, particularly in Persia, who hold
to a kind of pantheism and practice extreme asceticism in their lives.
Sug (n.) A kind of worm or
larva.
Sugar (n.) A sweet white
(or brownish yellow) crystalline substance, of a sandy or granular consistency,
obtained by crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as the sugar
cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It is used for seasoning and
preserving many kinds of food and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose.
See the Note below.
Sugar (n.) By extension,
anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance; as, sugar of lead (lead
acetate), a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweet taste.
Sugar (n.) Compliment or
flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or
soothing words.
Sugar (v. i.) In making
maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the sirup till it is thick
enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; -- with
the preposition off.
Sugared (imp. & p. p.) of
Sugar
Sugaring (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sugar
Sugar (v. t.) To
impregnate, season, cover, or sprinkle with sugar; to mix sugar with.
Sugar (v. t.) To cover
with soft words; to disguise by flattery; to compliment; to sweeten; as, to
sugar reproof.
Sugared (a.) Sweetened.
Sugared (a.) Also used
figuratively; as, sugared kisses.
Sugar-house (n.) A
building in which sugar is made or refined; a sugar manufactory.
Sugariness (n.) The
quality or state of being sugary, or sweet.
Sugaring (n.) The act of
covering or sweetening with sugar; also, the sugar thus used.
Sugaring (n.) The act or
process of making sugar.
Sugarless (a.) Without
sugar; free from sugar.
Sugarplum (n.) A kind of
candy or sweetneat made up in small balls or disks.
Sugary (a.) Resembling or
containing sugar; tasting of sugar; sweet.
Sugary (a.) Fond of sugar
or sweet things; as, a sugary palate.
Sugescent (a.) Of or
pertaining to sucking.
Suggested (imp. & p. p.)
of Suggest
Suggesting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Suggest
Suggest (v. t.) To
introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the
agency of other objects.
Suggest (v. t.) To propose
with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty.
Suggest (v. t.) To seduce;
to prompt to evil; to tempt.
Suggest (v. t.) To inform
secretly.
Suggest (v. i.) To make
suggestions; to tempt.
Suggester (n.) One who
suggests.
Suggestion (n.) The act of
suggesting; presentation of an idea.
Suggestion (n.) That which
is suggested; an intimation; an insinuation; a hint; a different proposal or
mention; also, formerly, a secret incitement; temptation.
Suggestion (n.) Charge;
complaint; accusation.
Suggestion (n.)
Information without oath; an entry of a material fact or circumstance on the
record for the information of the court, at the death or insolvency of a party.
Suggestion (n.) The act or
power of originating or recalling ideas or relations, distinguished as original
and relative; -- a term much used by Scottish metaphysicians from Hutcherson to
Thomas Brown.
Suggestive (a.) Containing
a suggestion, hint, or intimation.
Suggestment (n.)
Suggestion.
Suggestress (n.) A woman
who suggests.
Suggil (v. t.) To defame.
Suggillate (v. t.) To beat
livid, or black and blue.
Suggillation (n.) A livid,
or black and blue, mark; a blow; a bruise.
Suicidal (a.) Partaking
of, or of the nature of, the crime or suicide.
Suicide (adv.) The act of
taking one's own life voluntary and intentionally; self-murder; specifically
(Law), the felonious killing of one's self; the deliberate and intentional
destruction of one's own life by a person of years of discretion and of sound
mind.
Suicide (adv.) One guilty
of self-murder; a felo-de-se.
Suicide (adv.) Ruin of
one's own interests.
Suicidical (a.) Suicidal.
Suicidism (n.) The quality
or state of being suicidal, or self-murdering.
Suicism (n.) Selfishness;
egoism.
Sui generis () Of his or its own
kind.
Suillage (n.) A drain or
collection of filth.
Suilline (a.) Of or
pertaining to a hog or the Hog family (Suidae).
Suine (n.) A mixture of
oleomargarine with lard or other fatty ingredients. It is used as a substitute
for butter. See Butterine.
Suing (n.) The process of
soaking through anything.
Suingly (adv.) In
succession; afterwards.
Suint (n.) A peculiar
substance obtained from the wool of sheep, consisting largely of potash mixed
with fatty and earthy matters. It is used as a source of potash and also for the
manufacture of gas.
Suigothus (n. pl.) The
Scandinavian Goths. See the Note under Goths.
Suist (n.) One who seeks
for things which gratify merely himself; a selfish person; a selfist.
Suit (n.) The act of
following or pursuing, as game; pursuit.
Suit (n.) The act of
suing; the process by which one endeavors to gain an end or an object; an
attempt to attain a certain result; pursuit; endeavor.
Suit (n.) The act of
wooing in love; the solicitation of a woman in marriage; courtship.
Suit (n.) The attempt to
gain an end by legal process; an action or process for the recovery of a right
or claim; legal application to a court for justice; prosecution of right before
any tribunal; as, a civil suit; a criminal suit; a suit in chancery.
Suit (n.) That which
follows as a retinue; a company of attendants or followers; the assembly of
persons who attend upon a prince, magistrate, or other person of distinction; --
often written suite, and pronounced sw/t.
Suit (n.) Things that
follow in a series or succession; the individual objects, collectively
considered, which constitute a series, as of rooms, buildings, compositions,
etc.; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t.
Suit (n.) A number of
things used together, and generally necessary to be united in order to answer
their purpose; a number of things ordinarily classed or used together; a set;
as, a suit of curtains; a suit of armor; a suit of clothes.
Suit (n.) One of the four
sets of cards which constitute a pack; -- each set consisting of thirteen cards
bearing a particular emblem, as hearts, spades, cubs, or diamonds.
Suit (n.) Regular order;
succession.
Suited (imp. & p. p.) of
Suit
Suiting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Suit
Suit (v. t.) To fit; to
adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word.
Suit (v. t.) To be fitted
to; to accord with; to become; to befit.
Suit (v. t.) To dress; to
clothe.
Suit (v. t.) To please; to
make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste.
Suit (v. i.) To agree; to
accord; to be fitted; to correspond; -- usually followed by with or to.
Suitability (n.) The
quality or state of being suitable; suitableness.
Suitable (a.) Capable of
suiting; fitting; accordant; proper; becoming; agreeable; adapted; as, ornaments
suitable to one's station; language suitable for the subject.
Suite (n.) A retinue or
company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an
ambassador. See Suit, n., 5.
Suite (n.) A connected
series or succession of objects; a number of things used or clessed together; a
set; as, a suite of rooms; a suite of minerals. See Suit, n., 6.
Suite (n.) One of the old
musical forms, before the time of the more compact sonata, consisting of a
string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms,
with sometimes an elaborate prelude. Some composers of the present day affect
the suite form.
Suiting (n.) Among
tailors, cloth suitable for making entire suits of clothes.
Suitor (n.) One who sues,
petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.
Suitor (n.) Especially,
one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover.
Suitor (n.) One who sues
or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner,
etc.
Suitor (n.) One who
attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror,
or the like.
Suitress (n.) A female
supplicant.
Suji (n.) Indian wheat,
granulated but not pulverized; a kind of semolina.
Sula (n.) A genus of sea
birds including the booby and the common gannet.
Sulcate (a.) Alt. of
Sulcated
Sulcated (a.) Scored with
deep and regular furrows; furrowed or grooved; as, a sulcated stem.
Sulcation (n.) A channel
or furrow.
Sulciform (a.) Having the
form of a sulcus; as, sulciform markings.
Sulci (pl. ) of Sulcus
Sulcus (n.) A furrow; a
groove; a fissure.
Suleah fish () A coarse fish of
India, used in making a breakfast relish called burtah.
Sulk (n.) A furrow.
Sulk (v. i.) To be
silently sullen; to be morose or obstinate.
Sulker (n.) One who sulks.
Sulkily (adv.) In a sulky
manner.
Sulkiness (n.) The quality
or state of being sulky; sullenness; moroseness; as, sulkiness of disposition.
Sulks (n. pl.) The
condition of being sulky; a sulky mood or humor; as, to be in the sulks.
Sulky (n.) Moodly silent;
sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic.
Sulkies (pl. ) of Sulky
Sulky (a.) A light
two-wheeled carriage for a single person.
Sull (n.) A plow.
Sullage (n.) Drainage of
filth; filth collected from the street or highway; sewage.
Sullage (n.) That which
sullies or defiles.
Sullage (n.) The scoria on
the surface of molten metal in the ladle.
Sullage (n.) Silt; mud
deposited by water.
Sullen (a.) Lonely;
solitary; desolate.
Sullen (a.) Gloomy;
dismal; foreboding.
Sullen (a.) Mischievous;
malignant; unpropitious.
Sullen (a.) Gloomily angry
and silent; cross; sour; affected with ill humor; morose.
Sullen (a.) Obstinate;
intractable.
Sullen (a.) Heavy; dull;
sluggish.
Sullen (n.) One who is
solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.
Sullen (n.) Sullen
feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness; as, to have the sullens.
Sullen (v. t.) To make
sullen or sluggish.
Sullevate (v. t.) To
rouse; to excite.
Sulliage (v. t.) Foulness;
filth.
Sullied (imp. & p. p.) of
Sully
Sullying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sully
Sully (v. t.) To soil; to
dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and
figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation.
Sully (v. i.) To become
soiled or tarnished.
Sullies (pl. ) of Sully
Sully (n.) Soil; tarnish;
stain.
Sulphacid (n.) An acid in
which, to a greater or less extent, sulphur plays a part analogous to that of
oxygen in an oxyacid; thus, thiosulphuric and sulpharsenic acids are sulphacids;
-- called also sulphoacid. See the Note under Acid, n., 2.
Sulphamate (n.) A salt of
sulphamic acid.
Sulphamic (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sulphamide; derived from, or related to, a sulphamide;
specifically, designating an amido acid derivative, NH2.SO2.OH, of sulphuric
acid (analogous to sulphonic acid) which is not known in the free state, but is
known in its salts.
Sulphamide (n.) Any one of
a series of amido compounds obtained by treating sulphuryl chloride with various
amines.
Sulphanilic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, an anilene sulphonic acid which is obtained as a
white crystalline substance.
Sulphantimonate (n.) A
salt of sulphantimonic acid.
Sulphantimonic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of antimony (called also
thioantimonic acid) analogous to sulpharsenic acid.
Sulphantimonious (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of antimony (called also
thioantimonious acid) analogous to sulpharsenious acid.
Sulphantimonite (n.) A
salt of sulphantimonious acid.
Sulpharsenate (n.) A salt
of sulpharsenic acid.
Sulpharsenic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid (called also thioarsenic
acid) analogous to arsenic acid, and known only in its salts.
Sulpharsenious (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid (called also
thioarsenious acid) analogous to arsenious acid, and known only in its salts.
Sulpharsenite (n.) A salt
of sulpharsenious acid.
Sulphate (n.) A salt of
sulphuric acid.
Sulphatic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, resembling, or containing, a sulphate or sulphates.
Sulphato- () A combining form
(also used adjectively) denoting a sulphate as an ingredient in certain double
salts; as, sulphato-carbonate.
Sulphaurate (n.) A salt of
sulphauric acid.
Sulphauric (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of gold (aurum), known
only in its salts.
Sulphide (n.) A binary
compound of sulphur, or one so regarded; -- formerly called sulphuret.
Sulphinate (n.) A salt of
a sulphinic acid.
Sulphindigotic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, a sulphonic acid obtained, as a blue solution, by
dissolving indigo in sulphuric acid; -- formerly called also cerulic sulphuric
acid, but properly called indigo-disulphonic acid.
Sulphine (n.) Any one of a
series of basic compounds which consist essentially of sulphur united with
hydrocarbon radicals. In general they are oily or crystalline deliquescent
substances having a peculiar odor; as, trimethyl sulphine, (CH3)3S.OH. Cf.
Sulphonium.
Sulphinic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, any one of a series of acids regarded as acid
ethereal salts of hyposulphurous acid; as, methyl sulphinic acid, CH3.SO.OH, a
thick unstable liquid.
Sulphinide (n.) A white or
yellowish crystalline substance, C6H4.(SO2.CO).NH, produced artificially by the
oxidation of a sulphamic derivative of toluene. It is the sweetest substance
known, having over two hundred times the sweetening power of sugar, and is known
in commerce under the name of saccharine. It has acid properties and forms salts
(which are inaccurately called saccharinates).
Sulphion (n.) A
hypothetical radical, SO4, regarded as forming the acid or negative constituent
of sulphuric acid and the sulphates in electrolytic decomposition; -- so called
in accordance with the binary theory of salts.
Sulphionide (n.) A binary
compound of sulphion, or one so regarded; thus, sulphuric acid, H/SO/, is a
sulphionide.
Sulphite (n.) A salt of
sulphurous acid.
Sulpho- () A prefix (also used
adjectively) designating sulphur as an ingredient in certain compounds. Cf.
Thio-.
Sulphoarsenic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or containing, sulphur and arsenic; -- said of an acid which is
the same as arsenic acid with the substitution of sulphur for oxygen.
Sulphocarbonate (n.) A
salt of sulphocarbonic acid; a thiocarbonate.
Sulphocarbonic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, a sulphacid, H2CSO2 (called also thiocarbonic
acid), or an acid, H2CS3, analogous to carbonic acid, obtained as a yellow oily
liquid of a pungent odor, and forming salts.
Sulphocyanate (n.) A salt
of sulphocyanic acid; -- also called thiocyanate, and formerly inaccurately
sulphocyanide.
Sulphocyanic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a sulphacid, HSCN, analogous to
cyanic acid, and obtained as a colorless deliquescent crystalline substance,
having a bitter saline taste, and not poisonous.
Sulphocyanide (n.) See
Sulphocyanate.
Sulphocyanogen (n.) See
Persulphocyanogen.
Sulphonal (n.) A substance
employed as a hypnotic, produced by the union of mercaptan and acetone.
Sulphonate (n.) A salt of
sulphonic acid.
Sulphone (n.) Any one of a
series of compounds analogous to the ketones, and consisting of the sulphuryl
group united with two hydrocarbon radicals; as, dimethyl sulphone, (CH/)/.SO/.
Sulphonic (a.) Pertaining
to, or derived from, a sulphone; -- used specifically to designate any one of a
series of acids (regarded as acid ethereal salts of sulphurous acid) obtained by
the oxidation of the mercaptans, or by treating sulphuric acid with certain
aromatic bases (as benzene); as, phenyl sulphonic acid, C6H5.SO2.OH, a stable
colorless crystalline substance.
Sulphonium (n.) A
hypothetical radical, SH3, regarded as the type and nucleus of the sulphines.
Sulphophosphate (n.) A
salt of sulphophosphoric acid.
Sulphophosphite (n.) A
salt of sulphophosphorous acid.
Sulphophosphoric (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of phosphorus, analogous
to phosphoric acid, and known in its salts.
Sulphophosphorous (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical acid of phosphorus, analogous to
phosphorous acid, and known in its salts.
Sulphosalt (n.) A salt of
a sulphacid.
Sulphostannate (n.) A salt
of sulphostannic acid.
Sulphostannic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, a sulphacid of tin (more exactly called
metasulphostannic acid), which is obtained as a dark brown amorphous substance,
H/SnS/, forming a well-known series of salts.
Sulphotungstate (n.) A
salt of sulphotungstic acid.
Sulphotungstic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, hypothetical sulphacid of tungsten (called also
sulphowolframic acid), analogous to sulphuric acid, and known in its salts.
Sulphovinic (a.) Of,
pertaining to, and formerly designating, ethylsulphuric acid.
Sulphur (n.) A nonmetallic
element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the
sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic regions,
in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy materials, from which it is
melted out. Symbol S. Atomic weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinary
octohedral sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96.
Sulphur (n.) Any one of
numerous species of yellow or orange butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae; as,
the clouded sulphur (Eurymus, / Colias, philodice), which is the common yellow
butterfly of the Eastern United States.
Sulphurate (a.)
Sulphureous.
Sulphurated (imp. & p. p.)
of Sulphurate
Sulphurating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sulphurate
Sulphurate (v. t.) To
sulphurize.
Sulphuration (n.) The act
or process of combining or impregnating with sulphur or its compounds; also, the
state of being so combined or impregnated.
Sulphurator (n.) An
apparatus for impregnating with, or exposing to the action of, sulphur;
especially, an apparatus for fumigating or bleaching by means of the fumes of
burning sulphur.
Sulphur-bottom (n.) A very
large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius, having a yellowish belly;
especially, S. sulfureus of the North Pacific, and S. borealis of the North
Atlantic; -- called also sulphur whale.
Sulphureity (n.) The
quality or state of being sulphureous.
Sulphureous (a.)
Consisting of sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur, or brimstone;
impregnated with sulphur.
Sulphuret (n.) A sulphide;
as, a sulphuret of potassium.
Sulphureted (a.) Combined
or impregnated with sulphur; sulphurized.
Sulphuric (a.) Of or
pertaining to sulphur; as, a sulphuric smell.
Sulphuric (a.) Derived
from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which
the element has a higher valence as contrasted with the sulphurous compounds;
as, sulphuric acid.
Sulphurine (a.)
Sulphureous.
Sulphuring (n.) Exposure
to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by
exposure to the fumes of sulphur.
Sulphurize (v. t.) To
combine or impregnate with sulphur or any of its compounds; as, to sulphurize
caoutchouc in vulcanizing.
Sulphurous (a.) Of or
pertaining to sulphur.
Sulphurous (a.) Derived
from, or containing, sulphur; specifically, designating those compounds in which
the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the sulphuric compounds.
Sulphurous (a.) Having the
characteristic odor of sulphur dioxide, or of hydrogen sulphide, or of other
sulphur compounds.
Sulphurwort (n.) The hog's
fennel. See under Fennel.
Sulphury (a.) Resembling,
or partaking of the nature of, sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur.
Sulphuryl (n.) The
hypothetical radical SO2; -- called also sulphon.
Sulphydrate (n.) A
compound, analogous to a hydrate, regarded as a salt of sulphydric acid, or as a
derivative of hydrogen sulphide in which one half of the hydrogen is replaced by
a base (as potassium sulphydrate, KSH), or as a hydrate in which the oxygen has
been wholly or partially replaced by sulphur.
Sulphydric (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen sulphide, which is regarded as an acid,
especially when in solution.
Sulpician (n.) One of an
order of priests established in France in 1642 to educate men for the ministry.
The order was introduced soon afterwards into Canada, and in 1791 into the
United States.
Sultan (n.) A ruler, or
sovereign, of a Mohammedan state; specifically, the ruler of the Turks; the
Padishah, or Grand Seignior; -- officially so called.
Sultana (n.) The wife of a
sultan; a sultaness.
Sultana (n.) A kind of
seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey.
Sultanate (n.) The rule or
dominion of a sultan; sultanship.
Sultaness (n.) A sultana.
Sultanic (a.) Pertaining
to a sultan.
Sultan-red (a.) Having a
deep red color.
Sultanry (n.) The
dominions of a sultan.
Sultanship (n.) The office
or dignity of a sultan.
Sultany (n.) Sultanry.
Sultryly (adv.) In a
sultry manner.
Sultriness (n.) The
quality or state of being sultry.
Sultry (superl.) Very hot,
burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts.
Sultry (superl.) Very hot
and moist, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air.
Sum (n.) The aggregate of
two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole
of any number of individuals or particulars added together; as, the sum of 5 and
7 is 12.
Sum (n.) A quantity of
money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or
a large sum.
Sum (n.) The principal
points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium;
as, this is the sum of all the evidence in the case; this is the sum and
substance of his objections.
Sum (n.) Height;
completion; utmost degree.
Sum (n.) A problem to be
solved, or an example to be wrought out.
Summed (imp. & p. p.) of
Sum
Summing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sum
Sum (v. t.) To bring
together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of
figures; to ascertain the totality of; -- usually with up.
Sum (v. t.) To bring or
collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; --
usually with up.
Sum (v. t.) To have (the
feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage.
Sumac (n.) Alt. of Sumach
Sumach (n.) Any plant of
the genus Rhus, shrubs or small trees with usually compound leaves and clusters
of small flowers. Some of the species are used in tanning, some in dyeing, and
some in medicine. One, the Japanese Rhus vernicifera, yields the celebrated
Japan varnish, or lacquer.
Sumach (n.) The powdered
leaves, peduncles, and young branches of certain species of the sumac plant,
used in tanning and dyeing.
Sumatran (a.) Of or
pertaining to Sumatra or its inhabitants.
Sumatran (n.) A native of
Sumatra.
Sumbul (n.) The musky root
of an Asiatic umbelliferous plant, Ferula Sumbul. It is used in medicine as a
stimulant.
Sumless (a.) Not to be
summed up or computed; so great that the amount can not be ascertained;
incalculable; inestimable.
Summarily (adv.) In a
summary manner.
Summarist (n.) One who
summarized.
Summarize (v. t.) To
comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly.
Summary (a.) Formed into a
sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief;
concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts.
Summary (a.) Hence,
rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary
vengeance.
Summaries (pl. ) of
Summary
Summary (a.) A general or
comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or
compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account.
Summation (v. t.) The act
of summing, or forming a sum, or total amount; also, an aggregate.
Summer (v.) One who sums;
one who casts up an account.
Summer (n.) A large stone
or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for
various uses. Specifically: (a) The lintel of a door or window. (b) The
commencement of a cross vault. (c) A central floor timber, as a girder, or a
piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree.
Summer (n.) The season of
the year in which the sun shines most directly upon any region; the warmest
period of the year.
Summered (imp. & p. p.) of
Summer
Summering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Summer
Summer (v. i.) To pass the
summer; to spend the warm season; as, to summer in Switzerland.
Summer (v. t.) To keep or
carry through the summer; to feed during the summer; as, to summer stock.
Summer-fallow (v. t.) To
plow and work in summer, in order to prepare for wheat or other crop; to plow
and let lie fallow.
Summerhouses (pl. ) of
Summerhouse
Summerhouse (n.) A rustic
house or apartment in a garden or park, to be used as a pleasure resort in
summer.
Summerliness (n.) The
quality or state of being like summer.
Summersault (n.) Alt. of
Summerset
Summerset (n.) See
Somersault, Somerset.
Summerstir (v. t.) To
summer-fallow.
Summertide (n.) Summer
time.
Summertree (n.) A summer.
See 2d Summer.
Summery (a.) Of or
pertaining to summer; like summer; as, a summery day.
Summist (n.) One who sums
up; one who forms an abridgment or summary.
Summit (n.) The top; the
highest point.
Summit (n.) The highest
degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as, the summit of human fame.
Summit (n.) The most
elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in which the hinge is situated.
Summitless (a.) Having no
summit.
Summity (n.) The height or
top of anything.
Summity (n.) The utmost
degree; perfection.
Summoned (imp. & p. p.) of
Summon
Summoning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Summon
Summon (v. t.) To call,
bid, or cite; to notify to come to appear; -- often with up.
Summon (v. t.) To give
notice to, or command to appear, as in court; to cite by authority; as, to
summon witnesses.
Summon (v. t.) To call
upon to surrender, as a fort.
Summoner (v. t.) One who
summons; one who cites by authority; specifically, a petty officer formerly
employed to summon persons to appear in court; an apparitor.
Summonses (pl. ) of
Summons
Summons (v.) The act of
summoning; a call by authority, or by the command of a superior, to appear at a
place named, or to attend to some duty.
Summons (v.) A warning or
citation to appear in court; a written notification signed by the proper
officer, to be served on a person, warning him to appear in court at a day
specified, to answer to the plaintiff, testify as a witness, or the like.
Summons (v.) A demand to
surrender.
Summons (v. t.) To summon.
Sumner (n.) A summoner.
Sumoom (n.) See Simoom.
Sump (n.) A round pit of
stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion.
Sump (n.) The cistern or
reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water
which accumulates there.
Sump (n.) A pond of water
for salt works.
Sump (n.) A puddle or
dirty pool.
Sumph (n.) A dunce; a
blockhead.
Sumpitan (n.) A kind of
blowgun for discharging arrows, -- used by the savages of Borneo and adjacent
islands.
Sumpter (n.) The driver of
a pack horse.
Sumpter (n.) A pack; a
burden.
Sumpter (n.) An animal,
especially a horse, that carries packs or burdens; a baggage horse.
Sumpter (a.) Carrying pack
or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a sumpter mule.
Sumption (n.) A taking.
Sumption (n.) The major
premise of a syllogism.
Sumptuary (a.) Relating to
expense; regulating expense or expenditure.
Sumptuosity (n.)
Expensiveness; costliness; sumptuousness.
Sumptuous (a.) Involving
large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, luxurious; splendid;
magnificient; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel.
Sun (n.) See Sunn.
Sun (n.) The luminous orb,
the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body
round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their
orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the
earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000.
Sun (n.) Any heavenly body
which forms the center of a system of orbs.
Sun (n.) The direct light
or warmth of the sun; sunshine.
Sun (n.) That which
resembles the sun, as in splendor or importance; any source of light, warmth, or
animation.
Sunned (imp. & p. p.) of
Sun
Sunning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sun
Sun (v. t.) To expose to
the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the sun; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain.
Sunbeam (n.) A beam or ray
of the sun.
Sunbird (n.) Any one of
numerous species of small brilliantly colored birds of the family Nectariniidae,
native of Africa, Southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia. In external
appearance and habits they somewhat resemble humming birds, but they are true
singing birds (Oscines).
Sunbird (n.) The sun
bittern.
Sunblink (n.) A glimpse or
flash of the sun.
Sunbonnet (n.) A bonnet,
generally made of some thin or light fabric, projecting beyond the face, and
commonly having a cape, -- worn by women as a protection against the sun.
Sunbow (n.) A rainbow; an
iris.
Sunburned (imp. & p. p.)
of Sunburn
Sunburnt () of Sunburn
Sunburning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sunburn
Sunburn (v. t.) To burn or
discolor by the sun; to tan.
Sunburn (n.) The burning
or discoloration produced on the skin by the heat of the sun; tan.
Sun-burner (n.) A circle
or cluster of gas-burners for lighting and ventilating public buildings.
Sunburning (n.) Sunburn;
tan.
Sunburst (n.) A burst of
sunlight.
Sundart (n.) Sunbeam.
Sunday (n.) The first day
of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments,
and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day.
Sunday (a.) Belonging to
the Christian Sabbath.
Sundered (imp. & p. p.) of
Sunder
Sundering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sunder
Sunder (v. t.) To disunite
in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; to part; to put
or keep apart; to separate; to divide; to sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder
a limb; to sunder friends.
Sunder (v. i.) To part; to
separate.
Sunder (v. t.) A
separation into parts; a division or severance.
Sunder (v. t.) To expose
to the sun and wind.
Sundew (n.) Any plant of
the genus Drosera, low bog plants whose leaves are beset with pediceled glands
which secrete a viscid fluid that glitters like dewdrops and attracts and
detains insects. After an insect is caught, the glands curve inward like
tentacles and the leaf digests it. Called also lustwort.
Sundial (n.) An instrument
to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a
plate.
Sundog (n.) A luminous
spot occasionally seen a few degrees from the sun, supposed to be formed by the
intersection of two or more halos, or in a manner similar to that of halos.
Sundown (n.) The setting
of the sun; sunset.
Sundown (n.) A kind of
broad-brimmed sun hat worn by women.
Sun-dried (a.) Dried by
the heat of the sun.
Sundries (n. pl.) Many
different or small things; sundry things.
Sundrily (adv.) In sundry
ways; variously.
Sundry (v. t.) Several;
divers; more than one or two; various.
Sundry (v. t.) Separate;
diverse.
Sundrymen (pl. ) of
Sundryman
Sundryman (n.) One who
deals in sundries, or a variety of articles.
Sunfish (n.) A very large
oceanic plectognath fish (Mola mola, Mola rotunda, or Orthagoriscus mola) having
a broad body and a truncated tail.
Sunfish (n.) Any one of
numerous species of perch-like North American fresh-water fishes of the family
Centrachidae. They have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines.
Among the common species of the Eastern United States are Lepomis gibbosus
(called also bream, pondfish, pumpkin seed, and sunny), the blue sunfish, or
dollardee (L. pallidus), and the long-eared sunfish (L. auritus). Several of the
species are called also pondfish.
Sunfish (n.) The moonfish,
or bluntnosed shiner.
Sunfish (n.) The opah.
Sunfish (n.) The basking,
or liver, shark.
Sunfish (n.) Any large
jellyfish.
Sunflower (n.) Any plant
of the genus Helianthus; -- so called probably from the form and color of its
flower, which is large disk with yellow rays. The commonly cultivated sunflower
is Helianthus annuus, a native of America.
Sung () imp. & p. p. of Sing.
Sunglasses (pl. ) of
Sunglass
Sunglass (n.) A convex
lens of glass for producing heat by converging the sun's rays into a focus.
Sunglow (n.) A rosy flush
in the sky seen after sunset.
Sunk () imp. & p. p. of Sink.
Sunken (a.) Lying on the
bottom of a river or other water; sunk.
Sunless (a.) Destitute or
deprived of the sun or its rays; shaded; shadowed.
Sunlight (n.) The light of
the sun.
Sunlike (a.) Like or
resembling the sun.
Sunlit (a.) Lighted by the
sun.
Sunn (n.) An East Indian
leguminous plant (Crotalaria juncea) and its fiber, which is also called sunn
hemp.
Sunna (n.) A collection of
traditions received by the orthodox Mohammedans as of equal authority with the
Koran.
Sunniah (n.) One of the
sect of Sunnites.
Sunniness (n.) The quality
or state of being sunny.
Sunnite (n.) One of the
orthodox Mohammedans who receive the Sunna as of equal importance with the
Koran.
Sunnud (n.) A charter or
warrant; also, a deed of gift.
Sunny (superl.) Of or
pertaining to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; hence, shining;
bright; brilliant; radiant.
Sunny (superl.) Exposed to
the rays of the sun; brightened or warmed by the direct rays of the sun; as, a
sunny room; the sunny side of a hill.
Sunny (superl.) Cheerful;
genial; as, a sunny disposition.
Sunny (n.) See Sunfish
(b).
Sunproof (a.) Impervious
to the rays of the sun.
Sunrise (n.) Alt. of
Sunrising
Sunrising (n.) The first
appearance of the sun above the horizon in the morning; more generally, the time
of such appearance, whether in fair or cloudy weather; as, to begin work at
sunrise.
Sunrising (n.) Hence, the
region where the sun rises; the east.
Sunset (n.) Alt. of
Sunsetting
Sunsetting (n.) The
descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening.
Also used figuratively.
Sunsetting (n.) Hence, the
region where the sun sets; the west.
Sunshade (n.) Anything
used as a protection from the sun's rays.
Sunshade (n.) A small
parasol.
Sunshade (n.) An awning.
Sunshine (n.) The light of
the sun, or the place where it shines; the direct rays of the sun, the place
where they fall, or the warmth and light which they give.
Sunshine (n.) Anything
which has a warming and cheering influence like that of the rays of the sun;
warmth; illumination; brightness.
Sunshine (a.) Sunshiny;
bright.
Sunshiny (a.) Bright with
the rays of the sun; clear, warm, or pleasant; as, a sunshiny day.
Sunshiny (a.) Bright like
the sun; resplendent.
Sunshiny (a.) Beaming with
good spirits; cheerful.
Sunsquall (n.) Any large
jellyfish.
Sun star () See Sun star, under
Sun.
Sunsted (n.) Solstice.
Sunstone (n.) Aventurine
feldspar. See under Aventurine.
Sunstroke (n.) Any
affection produced by the action of the sun on some part of the body;
especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers, with symptoms
resembling those of apoplexy, occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and
often terminating fatally; coup de soleil.
Sun-struck (a.) Overcome
by, or affected with, sunstroke; as, sun-struck soldiers.
Sunup (n.) Sunrise.
Sunward (adv.) Toward the
sun.
Sunwise (adv.) In the
direction of the sun's apparent motion, or from the east southward and westward,
and so around the circle; also, in the same direction as the movement of the
hands of a watch lying face upward.
Supped (imp. & p. p.) of
Sup
Supping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sup
Sup (v. t.) To take into
the mouth with the lips, as a liquid; to take or drink by a little at a time; to
sip.
Sup (n.) A small mouthful,
as of liquor or broth; a little taken with the lips; a sip.
Sup (v. i.) To eat the
evening meal; to take supper.
Sup (v. t.) To treat with
supper.
Supawn (n.) Boiled Indian
meal; hasty pudding; mush.
Supe (n.) A super.
Super- () A prefix signifying
above, over, beyond, and hence often denoting in a superior position, in excess,
over and above, in addition, exceedingly; as in superimpose, supersede,
supernatural, superabundance.
Super- () A prefix formerly much
used to denote that the ingredient to the name of which it was prefixed was
present in a large, or unusually large, proportion as compared with the other
ingredients; as in calcium superphosphate. It has been superseded by per-, bi-,
di-, acid, etc. (as peroxide, bicarbonate, disulphide, and acid sulphate), which
retain the old meanings of super-, but with sharper definition. Cf. Acid, a.,
Bi-, Di-, and Per-.
Super (n.) A contraction
of Supernumerary, in sense 2.
Superable (a.) Capable of
being overcome or conquered; surmountable.
Superabound (v. i.) To be
very abundant or exuberant; to be more than sufficient; as, the country
superabounds with corn.
Superabundance (n.) The
quality or state of being superabundant; a superabundant quantity; redundancy;
excess.
Superabundant (a.)
Abounding to excess; being more than is sufficient; redundant; as, superabundant
zeal.
Superacidulated (a.)
Acidulated to excess.
Superadded (imp. & p. p.)
of Superadd
Superadding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Superadd
Superadd (v. t.) To add
over and above; to add to what has been added; to annex, as something extrinsic.
Superaddition (n.) The act
of adding something in excess or something extraneous; also, something which is
added in excess or extraneously.
Superadvenient (a.) Coming
upon; coming in addition to, or in assistance of, something.
Superalimentation (n.) The
act of overfeeding, or making one take food in excess of the natural appetite
for it.
Superaltar (n.) A raised
shelf or stand on the back of an altar, on which different objects can be
placed; a predella or gradino.
Superangelic (a.) Superior
to the angels in nature or rank.
Superannuated (imp. & p. p.)
of Superannuate
Superannuating (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Superannuate
Superannuate (v. t.) To
impair or disquality on account of age or infirmity.
Superannuate (v. t.) To
give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire
from service on a pension.
Superannuate (v. i.) To
last beyond the year; -- said of annual plants.
Superannuation (n.) The
state of being superannuated, or too old for office or business; the state of
being disqualified by old age; decrepitude.
Superb (a.) Grand;
magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade.
Superb (a.) Rich; elegant;
as, superb furniture or decorations.
Superb (a.) Showy;
excellent; grand; as, a superb exhibition.
Superbiate (v. t.) To make
(a person) haughty.
Supercarbonate (n.) A
bicarbonate.
Supercarbureted (a.)
Bicarbureted.
Supercargo (n.) An officer
or person in a merchant ship, whose duty is to manage the sales, and superintend
the commercial concerns, of the voyage.
Supercarpal (a.) Situated
above, or in the upper part of, the carpus.
Supercelestial (a.)
Situated above the firmament, or great vault of heaven.
Supercelestial (a.) Higher
than celestial; superangelic.
Supercharged (imp. & p. p.)
of Supercharge
Supercharging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Supercharge
Supercharge (v. t.) To
charge (a bearing) upon another bearing; as, to supercharge a rose upon a fess.
Supercharge (n.) A bearing
charged upon another bearing.
Superchemical (a.) Above
or beyond chemistry; inexplicable by chemical laws.
Superchery (n.) Deceit;
fraud; imposition.
Superciliary (a.) Of or
pertaining to the eyebrows; supraorbital.
Superciliary (a.) Having a
distinct streak of color above the eyes; as, the superciliary woodpecker.
Supercilious (a.) Lofty
with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious
officer; asupercilious air; supercilious behavior.
Supercilium (n.) The
eyebrow, or the region of the eyebrows.
Supercolumniation (n.) The
putting of one order above another; also, an architectural work produced by this
method; as, the putting of the Doric order in the ground story, Ionic above it,
and Corinthian or Composite above this.
Superconception (n.)
Superfetation.
Superconsequence (n.)
Remote consequence.
Supercrescence (n.) That
which grows upon another growing thing; a parasite.
Supercrescent (a.) Growing
on some other growing thing.
Supercretaceous (a.) Same
as Supracretaceous.
Supercurious (a.)
Excessively curious or inquisitive.
Superdominant (n.) The
sixth tone of the scale; that next above the dominant; -- called also
submediant.
Supereminence (n.) Alt. of
Supereminency
Supereminency (n.) The
quality or state of being supereminent; distinguished eminence; as, the
supereminence of Cicero as an orator, or Lord Chatham as a statesman.
Supereminent (a.) Eminent
in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as, a supereminent
divine; the supereminent glory of Christ.
Supererogant (a.)
Supererogatory.
Supererogated (imp. & p. p.)
of Supererogate
Supererogating (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Supererogate
Supererogate (v. i.) To do
more than duty requires; to perform works of supererogation; to atone (for a
dificiency in another) by means of a surplus action or quality.
Supererogation (n.) The
act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires.
Supererogative (a.)
Supererogatory.
Supererogatory (a.)
Performed to an extent not enjoined, or not required, by duty or necessity; as,
supererogatory services.
Superessential (a.)
Essential above others, or above the constitution of a thing.
Superethical (a.) More
than ethical; above ethics.
Superexalted (imp. & p. p.)
of Superexalt
Superexalting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Superexalt
Superexalt (v. t.) To
exalt to a superior degree; to exalt above others.
Superexaltation (n.)
Elevation above the common degree.
Superexcellence (n.)
Superior excellence; extraordinary excellence.
Superexcellent (a.)
Excellent in an uncommon degree; very excellent.
Superexcination (n.)
Excessive, or more than normal, excitation.
Superexcrescence (n.)
Something growing superfluously.
Superfamily (n.) A group
intermediate between a family and a suborder.
Superfecundation (n.)
Fertilization of two ova, at the same menstruation, by two different acts of
coition.
Superfecundity (n.)
Superabundant fecundity or multiplication of the species.
Superfetate (v. i.) To
conceive after a prior conception, but before the birth of the offspring.
Superfetation (n.) The
formation of a fetus at the result of an impregnation occurring after another
impregnation but before the birth of the offspring produced by it. This is
possible only when there is a double uterus, or where menstruation persists up
to the time of the second impregnation.
Superfete (v. i.) To
superfetate.
Superfete (v. t.) To
conceive (another fetus) after a former conception.
Superfice (n.) A
superficies.
Superficial (a.) Of or
pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not
deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficial measure or
contents; superficial tillage.
Superficial (a.) Reaching
or comprehending only what is obvious or apparent; not deep or profound;
shallow; -- said especially in respect to study, learning, and the like; as, a
superficial scholar; superficial knowledge.
Superficialist (n.) One
who attends to anything superficially; a superficial or shallow person; a
sciolist; a smatterer.
Superficiality (n.) The
quality or state of being superficial; also, that which is superficial.
Superficialize (v. t.) To
attend to, or to treat, superficially, or in a shallow or slighting way.
Superficiary (n.) One to
whom a right of surface occupation is granted; one who pays quitrent for a house
built upon another man's ground.
Superficiary (a.) Of or
pertaining to the superficies, or surface; superficial.
Superficiary (a.) Situated
or built on another man's land, as a house.
Superficies (n.) The
surface; the exterior part, superficial area, or face of a thing.
Superficies (n.)
Everything on the surface of a piece of ground, or of a building, so closely
connected by art or nature as to constitute a part of it, as houses, or other
superstructures, fences, trees, vines, etc.
Superficies (n.) A real
right consisting of a grant by a landed proprietor of a piece of ground, bearing
a strong resemblance to the long building leases granted by landholders in
England, in consideration of a rent, and under reservation of the ownership of
the soil.
Superfine (a.) Very fine,
or most fine; being of surpassing fineness; of extra nice or fine quality; as,
superfine cloth.
Superfine (a.) Excessively
fine; too nice; over particular; as, superfine distinctions; superfine tastes.
Superfineness (n.) The
state of being superfine.
Superfinical (a.)
Extremely finical.
Superfluence (n.)
Superfluity.
Superfluitant (a.)
Floating above or on the surface.
Superfluities (pl. ) of
Superfluity
Superfluity (n.) A greater
quantity than is wanted; superabundance; as, a superfluity of water; a
superfluity of wealth.
Superfluity (n.) The state
or quality of being superfluous; excess.
Superfluity (n.) Something
beyond what is needed; something which serves for show or luxury.
Superfluous (a.) More than
is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary;
useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price.
Superflux (n.)
Superabundance; superfluity; an overflowing.
Superfoetation (n.)
Superfetation.
Superfoliation (n.) Excess
of foliation.
Superfrontal (n.) A cloth
which is placed over the top of an altar, and often hangs down a few inches over
the frontal.
Superfuse (a.) To pour
(something) over or on something else.
Superheated (imp. & p. p.)
of Superheat
Superheating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Superheat
Superheat (v. t.) To heat
too much, to overheat; as, to superheat an oven.
Superheat (v. t.) To heat,
as steam, apart from contact with water, until it resembles a perfect gas.
Superheat (n.) The
increase of temperature communicated to steam by superheating it.
Superheater (n.) An
apparatus for superheating steam.
Superhive (n.) A removable
upper part of a hive. The word is sometimes contracted to super.
Superhuman (a.) Above or
beyond what is human; sometimes, divine; as, superhuman strength; superhuman
wisdom.
Superimposed (imp. & p. p.)
of Superimpose
Superimposing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Superimpose
Superimpose (v. t.) To lay
or impose on something else; as, a stratum of earth superimposed on another
stratum.
Superinpregnation (n.) The
act of impregnating, or the state of being impregnated, in addition to a prior
impregnation; superfetation.
Superincumbence (n.) Alt.
of Superincumbency
Superincumbency (n.) The
quality or state of being superincumbent.
Superincumbent (a.) Lying
or resting on something else.
Superinduced (imp. & p. p.)
of Superinduce
Superinducing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Superinduce
Superinduce (v. t.) To
bring in, or upon, as an addition to something.
Superinducement (n.)
Superinduction.
Superinduction (n.) The
act of superinducing, or the state of being superinduced.
Superinfuse (v. t.) To
infuse over.
Superinjection (n.) An
injection succeeding another.
Superinspect (v. t.) To
over see; to superintend by inspection.
Superinstitution (n.) One
institution upon another, as when A is instituted and admitted to a benefice
upon a title, and B instituted and admitted upon the presentation of another.
Superintellectual (a.)
Being above intellect.
Superintended (imp. & p. p.)
of Superintend
Superintending (p. pr. & vb.
n.) of Superintend
Superintend (v. t.) To
have or exercise the charge and oversight of; to oversee with the power of
direction; to take care of with authority; to supervise; as, an officer
superintends the building of a ship or the construction of a fort.
Superintendence (n.) The
act of superintending; care and oversight for the purpose of direction;
supervision.
-cies (pl. ) of
Superintendency
Superintendency (n.) The
act of superintending; superintendence.
Superintendent (a.)
Overseeing; superintending.
Superintendent (n.) One
who has the oversight and charge of some place, institution, or organization,
affairs, etc., with the power of direction; as, the superintendent of an
almshouse; the superintendent of public works.
Superintender (n.) A
superintendent.
Superinvestiture (n.) An
outer vestment or garment.
Superior (a.) More
elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun;
the superior part of an image.
Superior (a.) Higher in
rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior
degree of nobility.
Superior (a.) Higher or
greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any
quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of
superior bravery.
Superior (a.) Beyond the
power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; -- with
to.
Superior (a.) More
comprehensive; as a term in classification; as, a genus is superior to a
species.
Superior (a.) Above the
ovary; -- said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary,
adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary
when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it.
Superior (a.) Belonging to
the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior.
Superior (a.) Pointing
toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; -- said of the radicle.
Superior (n.) One who is
above, or surpasses, another in rank, station, office, age, ability, or merit;
one who surpasses in what is desirable; as, Addison has no superior as a writer
of pure English.
Superior (n.) The head of
a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like.
Superioress (n.) A woman
who acts as chief in a convent, abbey, or nunnery; a lady superior.
Superiority (n.) The
quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank;
superiority in merit.
Superiorly (adv.) In a
superior position or manner.
Superjacent (a.) Situated
immediately above; as, superjacent rocks.
Superlation (n.)
Exaltation of anything beyond truth or propriety.
Superlative (a.) Lifted up
to the highest degree; most eminent; surpassing all other; supreme; as,
superlative wisdom or prudence; a woman of superlative beauty; the superlative
glory of the divine character.
Superlative (a.)
Expressing the highest or lowest degree of the quality, manner, etc., denoted by
an adjective or an adverb. The superlative degree is formed from the positive by
the use of -est, most, or least; as, highest, most pleasant, least bright.
Superlative (n.) That
which is highest or most eminent; the utmost degree.
Superlative (n.) The
superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, a form or word by which the
superlative degree is expressed; as, strongest, wisest, most stormy, least
windy, are all superlatives.
Superlucration (n.)
Excessive or extraordinary gain.
Superlunar (a.) Alt. of
Superlunary
Superlunary (a.) Being
above the moon; not belonging to this world; -- opposed to sublunary.
Supermaterial (a.) Being
above, or superior to, matter.
Supermaxilla (n.) The
supermaxilla.
Supermaxillary (a.)
Supermaxillary.
Supermedial (a.) Above the
middle.
Supermundane (a.) Being
above the world; -- opposed to inframundane.
Supermundial (a.)
Supermundane.
Supernacular (a.) Like
supernaculum; first-rate; as, a supernacular wine.
Supernaculum (adv. & n.) A
kind of mock Latin term intended to mean, upon the nail; -- used formerly by
topers.
Supernaculum (adv. & n.)
Good liquor, of which not enough is left to wet one's nail.
Supernal (a.) Being in a
higher place or region; locally higher; as, the supernal orbs; supernal regions.
Supernal (a.) Relating or
belonging to things above; celestial; heavenly; as, supernal grace.
Supernatant (a.) Swimming
above; floating on the surface; as, oil supernatant on water.
Supernatant (n.) The
liquid remaining after solids suspended in the liquid have been sedimented by
gravity or by centrifugation. Contrasted with the solid sediment, or (in
centrifugation) the pellet.
Supernatation (n.) The act
of floating on the surface of a fluid.
Supernatural (a.) Being
beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous.
Supernaturalism (n.) The
quality or state of being supernatural; supernaturalness.
Supernaturalism (n.) The
doctrine of a divine and supernatural agency in the production of the miracles
and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in the grace which renews and
sanctifies men, -- in opposition to the doctrine which denies the agency of any
other than physical or natural causes in the case.
Supernaturalist (n.) One
who holds to the principles of supernaturalism.
Supernaturalistic (a.) Of
or pertaining to supernaturalism.
Supernaturality (n.) The
quality or state of being supernatural.
Supernaturalize (v. t.) To
treat or regard as supernatural.
Supernaturally (adv.) In a
supernatural manner.
Supernaturalness (n.) The
quality or state of being supernatural.
Supernumerary (a.)
Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as, a supernumerary officer in a
regiment.
Supernumerary (a.)
Exceeding a necessary, usual, or required number or quality; superfluous; as,
supernumerary addresses; supernumerary expense.
Supernumeraries (pl. ) of
Supernumerary
Supernumerary (n.) A
person or thing beyond the number stated.
Supernumerary (n.) A
person or thing beyond what is necessary or usual; especially, a person employed
not for regular service, but only to fill the place of another in case of need;
specifically, in theaters, a person who is not a regular actor, but is employed
to appear in a stage spectacle.
Superoccipital (a.)
Supraoccipital.
Superorder (n.) A group
intermediate in importance between an order and a subclass.
Superordination (n.) The
ordination of a person to fill a station already occupied; especially, the
ordination by an ecclesiastical official, during his lifetime, of his successor.
Superoxide (n.) See
Peroxide.
Superparticular (a.) Of or
pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the greater term over the less is a
unit, as the ratio of 1 to 2, or of 3 to 4.
Superpartient (a.) Of or
pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the greater term over the less is more
than a unit, as that of 3 to 5, or 7 to 10.
Superphosphate (n.) An
acid phosphate.
Superphysical (a.) Above
or beyond physics; not explainable by physical laws.
Superplant (n.) A plant
growing on another, as the mistletoe; an epiphyte.
Superplease (v. t.) To
please exceedingly.
Superplus (n.) Surplus.
Superplusage (n.)
Surplusage.
Superpolitic (a.) More
than politic; above or exceeding policy.
Superponderate (v. t.) To
wiegh over and above.
Superposable (a.) Capable
of being superposed, as one figure upon another.
Superposed (imp. & p. p.)
of Superpose
Superposing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Superpose
Superpose (v. t.) To lay
upon, as one kind of rock on another.
Superpose (v. t.) To lay
(a figure) upon another in such a manner that all the parts of the one coincide
with the parts of the other; as, to superpose one plane figure on another.
Superposition (n.) The act
of superposing, or the state of being superposed; as, the superposition of
rocks; the superposition of one plane figure on another, in geometry.
Superpraise (v. t.) To
praise to excess.
Superproportion (n.)
Overplus or excess of proportion.
Superpurgation (n.)
Excessive purgation.
Superreflection (n.) The
reflection of a reflected image or sound.
Superregal (a.) More than
regal; worthy of one greater than a king.
Superreward (v. t.) To
reward to an excessive degree.
Superroyal (a.) Larger
than royal; -- said of a particular size of printing and writing paper. See the
Note under Paper, n.
Supersacral (a.) Situated
over, or on the dorsal side of, the sacrum.
Supersaliency (n.) The act
of leaping on anything.
Supersalient (a.) Leaping
upon.
Supersalt (n.) An acid
salt. See Acid salt (a), under Salt, n.
Supersaturate (v. t.) To
add to beyond saturation; as, to supersaturate a solution.
Supersaturation (n.) The
operation of supersaturating, or the state of being supersaturated.
Superscribed (imp. & p. p.)
of Superscribe
Superscribing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Superscribe
Superscribe (v. t.) To
write or engrave (a name, address, inscription, or the like) on the top or
surface; to write a name, address, or the like, on the outside or cover of
(anything); as, to superscribe a letter.
Superscript (n.)
Superscription.
Superscription (n.) The
act of superscribing.
Superscription (n.) That
which is written or engraved on the surface, outside, or above something else;
specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, or the like.
Superscription (n.) That
part of a prescription which contains the Latin word recipe (Take) or the sign
/.
Supersecular (a.) Being
above the world, or secular things.
Superseded (imp. & p. p.)
of Supersede
Superseding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Supersede
Supersede (v. t.) To come,
or be placed, in the room of; to replace.
Supersede (v. t.) To
displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; as, to supersede an
officer.
Supersede (v. t.) To make
void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior power, or by coming in the place
of; to set aside; to render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay.
Supersede (v. t.) To omit;
to forbear.
Supersedeas (n.) A writ of
command to suspend the powers of an officer in certain cases, or to stay
proceedings under another writ.
Supersedure (n.) The act
of superseding, or setting aside; supersession; as, the supersedure of trial by
jury.
Superseminate (v. t.) To
sow, as seed, over something previously sown.
Supersemination (n.) The
sowing of seed over seed previously sown.
Supersensible (a.) Beyond
the reach of the senses; above the natural powers of perception.
Supersensitive (a.)
Excessively sensitive; morbidly sensitive.
Supersensual (a.)
Supersensible.
Supersensuous (a.)
Supersensible.
Supersensuous (a.)
Excessively sensuous.
Superserviceable (a.)
Overofficious; doing more than is required or desired.
Supersession (n.) The act
of superseding, or the state of being superseded; supersedure.
Supersolar (a.) Above the
sun.
Supersphenoidal (a.)
Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.
Superspinous (a.)
Supraspinuos.
Superstition (n.) An
excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which is unknown or mysterious.
Superstition (n.) An
ignorant or irrational worship of the Supreme Deity; excessive exactness or
rigor in religious opinions or practice; extreme and unnecessary scruples in the
observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance;
also, a rite or practice proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion.
Superstition (n.) The
worship of a false god or gods; false religion; religious veneration for
objects.
Superstition (n.) Belief
in the direct agency of superior powers in certain extraordinary or singular
events, or in magic, omens, prognostics, or the like.
Superstition (n.)
Excessive nicety; scrupulous exactness.
Superstitionist (n.) One
addicted to superstition.
Superstitious (a.) Of or
pertaining to superstition; proceeding from, or manifesting, superstition; as,
superstitious rites; superstitious observances.
Superstitious (a.)
Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in religious observances;
addicted to superstition; full of idle fancies and scruples in regard to
religion.
Superstitious (a.)
Overexact; scrupulous beyond need.
Superstrain (v. t.) To
overstrain.
Superstrata (pl. ) of
Superstatum
Superstatum (n.) A
stratum, or layer, above another.
Superstruct (v. t.) To
build over or upon another structure; to erect upon a foundation.
Superstruction (n.) The
act of superstructing, or building upon.
Superstruction (n.) That
which id superstructed, or built upon some foundation; an edifice; a
superstructure.
Superstructive (a.) Built
or erected on something else.
Superstructor (n.) One who
builds a superstructure.
Superstructure (n.) Any
material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a
foundation or basis
Superstructure (n.) all
that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively.
Superstructure (n.) The
sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.
Supersubstantial (a.) More
than substantial; spiritual.
Supersubtle (a.) To
subtle.
Supersulphate (n.) An acid
sulphate.
Supersulphureted (a.)
Supersulphurized.
Supersulphurize (v. t.) To
impregnate or combine with an excess of sulphur.
Supertemporal (n.) That
which is more than temporal; that which is eternal.
Superterranean (a.) Being
above ground.
Superterrene (a.) Being
above ground, or above the earth.
Superterrestrial (a.)
Being above the earth, or above what belongs to the earth.
Supertonic (n.) The note
next above the keynote; the second of the scale.
Supertragical (a.)
Tragical to excess.
Supertuberation (n.) The
production of young tubers, as potatoes, from the old while still growing.
Supervacaneous (a.)
Serving no purpose; superfluous; needless.
Supervened (imp. & p. p.)
of Supervene
Supervening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Supervene
Supervene (v. i.) To come
as something additional or extraneous; to occur with reference or relation to
something else; to happen upon or after something else; to be added; to take
place; to happen.
Supervenient (a.) Coming
as something additional or extraneous; coming afterwards.
Supervention (n.) The act
of supervening.
Supervisal (n.)
Supervision.
Supervised (imp. & p. p.)
of Supervise
Supervising (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Supervise
Supervise (v. t.) To
oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to
supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book.
Supervise (v. t.) To look
over so as to read; to peruse.
Supervise (n.)
Supervision; inspection.
Supervision (n.) The act
of overseeing; inspection; superintendence; oversight.
Supervisive (a.)
Supervisory.
Supervisor (n.) One who
supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of
schools.
Supervisor (n.) A
spectator; a looker-on.
Supervisory (a.) Of or
pertaining to supervision; as, supervisory powers.
Supervive (v. t.) To
survive; to outlive.
Supervolute (a.) Having a
plainted and convolute arrangement in the bud, as in the morning-glory.
Supination (n.) The act of
turning the hand palm upward; also, position of the hand with the palm upward.
Supination (n.) The act or
state of lying with the face upward. Opposed to pronation.
Supinator (n.) A muscle
which produces the motion of supination.
Supine (a.) Lying on the
back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone.
Supine (a.) Leaning
backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.
Supine (a.) Negligent;
heedless; indolent; listless.
Supine (n.) A verbal noun;
or (according to C.F.Becker), a case of the infinitive mood ending in -um and
-u, that in -um being sometimes called the former supine, and that in -u the
latter supine.
Supinity (n.) Supineness.
Suppage (n.) What may be
supped; pottage.
Suppalpation (n.) The act
of enticing by soft words; enticement.
Supparasitation (n.) The
act of flattering to gain favor; servile approbation.
Supparasite (v. t.) To
flatter; to cajole; to act the parasite.
Suppawn (n.) See Supawn.
Suppedaneous (a.) Being
under the feet.
Suppeditate (v. t.) To
supply; to furnish.
Suppeditation (n.) Supply;
aid afforded.
Supper (n.) A meal taken
at the close of the day; the evening meal.
Supper (v. i.) To take
supper; to sup.
Supper (v. t.) To supply
with supper.
Supperless (a.) Having no
supper; deprived of supper; as, to go supperless to bed.
Supping (n.) The act of
one who sups; the act of taking supper.
Supping (n.) That which is
supped; broth.
Supplace (v. t.) To
replace.
Supplanted (imp. & p. p.)
of Supplant
Supplanting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Supplant
Supplant (n.) To trip up.
Supplant (n.) To remove or
displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a
rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince.
Supplant (n.) To
overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of.
Supplantation (n.) The act
of supplanting or displacing.
Supplanter (n.) One who
supplants.
Supple (a.) Pliant;
flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.
Supple (a.) Yielding
compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse.
Supple (a.) Bending to the
humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious.
Suppled (imp. & p. p.) of
Supple
Suppling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Supple
Supple (v. t.) To make
soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.
Supple (v. t.) To make
compliant, submissive, or obedient.
Supple (v. i.) To become
soft and pliant.
Supple-chapped (a.) Having
a limber tongue.
Supple-jack (n.) A
climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a
tough and pliable stem.
Supple-jack (n.) A
somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a
walking stick made from its stem.
Supplely (adv.) In a
supple manner; softly; pliantly; mildly.
Supplement (v. t.) That
which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply.
Supplement (v. t.) That
which fills up, completes, or makes an addition to, something already organized,
arranged, or set apart; specifically, a part added to, or issued as a
continuation of, a book or paper, to make good its deficiencies or correct its
errors.
Supplement (v. t.) The
number of degrees which, if added to a specified arc, make it 180¡; the quantity
by which an arc or an angle falls short of 180 degrees, or an arc falls short of
a semicircle.
Supplemented (imp. & p. p.)
of Supplement
Supplementing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Supplement
Supplement (v. t.) To fill
up or supply by addition; to add something to.
Supplemental (a.) Alt. of
Supplementary
Supplementary (a.) Added
to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving as, a supplement; as, a
supplemental law; a supplementary sheet or volume.
Supplementation (n.) The
act of supplementing.
Suppleness (n.) The
quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness; pliancy.
Suppletive (a.) Alt. of
Suppletory
Suppletory (a.) Supplying
deficiencies; supplementary; as, a suppletory oath.
Suppletories (pl. ) of
Suppletory
Suppletory (n.) That which
is to supply what is wanted.
Supplial (n.) The act of
supplying; a supply.
Suppliance (n.) That which
supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction.
Suppliance (n.)
Supplication; entreaty.
Suppliant (a.) Asking
earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating.
Suppliant (a.) Manifesting
entreaty; expressive of supplication.
Suppliant (n.) One who
supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively.
Supplicancy (n.)
Supplication.
Supplicant (a.)
Entreating; asking submissively.
Supplicant (n.) One who
supplicates; a suppliant.
Supplicat (n.) A petition;
esp., a written one, with a certificate that the conditions have been complied
with.
Supplicated (imp. & p. p.)
of Supplicate
Supplicating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Supplicate
Supplicate (v. t.) To
entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to
supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel.
Supplicate (v. t.) To
address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate the Deity.
Supplicate (v. i.) To make
petition with earnestness and submission; to implore.
Supplicatingly (adv.) In a
supplicating manner.
Supplication (n.) The act
of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.
Supplication (n.) A humble
petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.
Supplication (n.) A
religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success, and also,
in times of distress and danger, to avert the anger of the gods.
Supplicator (n.) One who
supplicates; a supplicant.
Supplicatory (a.)
Containing supplication; humble; earnest.
Supplier (n.) One who
supplies.
Supplied (imp. & p. p.) of
Supply
Supplying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Supply
Supply (v. t.) To fill up,
or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a
sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an
artificial lake; -- often followed by with before the thing furnished; as, to
supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition.
Supply (v. t.) To serve
instead of; to take the place of.
Supply (v. t.) To fill
temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office;
to occupy; to have possession of; as, to supply a pulpit.
Supply (v. t.) To give; to
bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply money for the war.
Supplies (pl. ) of Supply
Supply (n.) The act of
supplying; supplial.
Supply (n.) That which
supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want.
Supply (n.) Auxiliary
troops or reenforcements.
Supply (n.) The food, and
the like, which meets the daily necessities of an army or other large body of
men; store; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the army was discontented for
lack of supplies.
Supply (n.) An amount of
money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national
expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies.
Supply (n.) A person who
fills a place for a time; one who supplies the place of another; a substitute;
esp., a clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit.
Supply (a.) Serving to
contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve.
Supplyant (a.) Supplying
or aiding; auxiliary; suppletory.
Supplyment (n.) A
supplying or furnishing; supply.
Supported (imp. & p. p.)
of Support
Supporting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Support
Support (v. t.) To bear by
being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or
physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar supports a
structure; an abutment supports an arch; the trunk of a tree supports the
branches.
Support (v. t.) To endure
without being overcome, exhausted, or changed in character; to sustain; as, to
support pain, distress, or misfortunes.
Support (v. t.) To keep
from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to
encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits.
Support (v. t.) To assume
and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to
sustain; as, to support the character of King Lear.
Support (v. t.) To furnish
with the means of sustenance or livelihood; to maintain; to provide for; as, to
support a family; to support the ministers of the gospel.
Support (v. t.) To carry
on; to enable to continue; to maintain; as, to support a war or a contest; to
support an argument or a debate.
Support (v. t.) To verify;
to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain; as, the testimony is
not sufficient to support the charges; the evidence will not support the
statements or allegations.
Support (v. t.) To
vindicate; to maintain; to defend successfully; as, to be able to support one's
own cause.
Support (v. t.) To uphold
by aid or countenance; to aid; to help; to back up; as, to support a friend or a
party; to support the present administration.
Support (v. t.) A attend
as an honorary assistant; as, a chairman supported by a vice chairman; O'Connell
left the prison, supported by his two sons.
Support (n.) The act,
state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining.
Support (n.) That which
upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation
of any kind.
Support (n.) That which
maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving
way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as, he
gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting
column had the support of a battery.
Supportable (a.) Capable
of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable.
Supportance (n.) Support.
Supportation (n.)
Maintenance; support.
Supporter (n.) One who, or
that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.
Supporter (n.) Especially,
an adherent; one who sustains, advocates, and defends; as, the supporter of a
party, faction, or candidate.
Supporter (n.) A knee
placed under the cathead.
Supporter (n.) A figure,
sometimes of a man, but commonly of some animal, placed on either side of an
escutcheon, and exterior to it. Usually, both supporters of an escutcheon are
similar figures.
Supporter (n.) A broad
band or truss for supporting the abdomen or some other part or organ.
Supportful (a.) Abounding
with support.
Supportless (a.) Having no
support.
Supportment (n.) Support.
Supportress (n.) A female
supporter.
Supposable (a.) Capable of
being supposed, or imagined to exist; as, that is not a supposable case.
Supposal (n.) The act of
supposing; also, that which is supposed; supposition; opinion.
Supposed (imp. & p. p.) of
Suppose
Supposing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Suppose
Suppose (v. t.) To
represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so,
and with a view to some consequence or application which the reality would
involve or admit of; to imagine or admit to exist, for the sake of argument or
illustration; to assume to be true; as, let us suppose the earth to be the
center of the system, what would be the result?
Suppose (v. t.) To
imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
Suppose (v. t.) To require
to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as,
purpose supposes foresight.
Suppose (v. t.) To put by
fraud in the place of another.
Suppose (v. i.) To make
supposition; to think; to be of opinion.
Suppose (n.) Supposition.
Supposeer (n.) One who
supposes.
Supposition (n.) The act
of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what
is known not to be true, or what is not proved.
Supposition (n.) That
which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without
sufficient evidence.
Suppositional (a.) Resting
on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural; supposed.
Supposititious (a.)
Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be;
not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious
writing.
Supposititious (a.)
Suppositional; hypothetical.
Suppositive (a.) Including
or implying supposition, or hypothesis; supposed.
Suppositive (n.) A word
denoting or implying supposition, as the words if, granting, provided, etc.
Suppositor (n.) An
apparatus for the introduction of suppositories into the rectum.
Suppositories (pl. ) of
Suppository
Suppository (n.) A pill or
bolus for introduction into the rectum; esp., a cylinder or cone of medicated
cacao butter.
Supposure (n.)
Supposition; hypothesis; conjecture.
Suppressed (imp. & p. p.)
of Suppress
Suppressing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Suppress
Suppress (v. t.) To
overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
Suppress (v. t.) To keep
in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a
smile.
Suppress (v. t.) To retain
without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to
suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth.
Suppress (v. t.) To stop;
to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a
hemorrhage.
Suppressible (a.) That may
be suppressed.
Suppression (n.) The act
of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the
suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of
reports, of evidence, and the like.
Suppression (n.) Complete
stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used
in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion
is retained without expulsion.
Suppression (n.) Omission;
as, the suppression of a word.
Suppressive (a.) Tending
to suppress; subduing; concealing.
Suppressor (n.) One who
suppresses.
Supprise (v. t.) To
surprise.
Suppurant (n.) A
suppurative.
Suppurated (imp. & p. p.)
of Suppurate
Suppurating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Suppurate
Suppurate (v. i.) To
generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates.
Suppurate (v. t.) To cause
to generate pus; as, to suppurate a sore.
Suppuration (n.) The act
or process of suppurating.
Suppuration (n.) The
matter produced by suppuration; pus.
Suppurative (a.) Tending
to suppurate; promoting suppuration.
Suppurative (n.) A
suppurative medicine.
Supputate (v. t.) To
suppute.
Supputation (n.)
Reckoning; account.
Suppute (v. t.) To reckon;
to compute; to suppose; to impute.
Supra (adv.) Over; above;
before; also, beyond; besides; -- much used as a prefix.
Supra-acromial (a.)
Situated above the acromial process of the scapula.
Supra-angular (a.) See
Surangular.
Supra-auricular (a.)
Situated above the ear coverts, or auriculars; -- said of certain feathers of
birds.
Supra-auricular (n.) A
supra-auricular feather.
Supra-axillary (a.)
Growing above the axil; inserted above the axil, as a peduncle. See
Suprafoliaceous.
Suprabranchial (a.)
Situated above the branchiae; -- applied especially to the upper division of the
gill cavity of bivalve mollusks.
Suprachoroid (a.) Alt. of
Suprachoroidal
Suprachoroidal (a.)
Situated above the choroid; -- applied to the layer of the choroid coat of the
eyeball next to the sclerotic.
Supraciliary (a.)
Superciliary.
Supraclavicle (n.) A bone
which usually connects the clavicle with the post-temporal in the pectorial arch
of fishes.
Supraclavicular (a.)
Situated above the clavicle.
Supraclavicular (a.) Of or
pertaining to the supraclavicle.
Supracondylar (a.) Alt. of
Supracondyloid
Supracondyloid (a.)
Situated above a condyle or condyles.
Supracostal (a.) Situated
above, or on the outside of, the ribs.
Supracranial (a.) Situated
above, or in the roof of, the cranium.
Supracretaceous (a.) Lying
above the chalk; Supercretaceous.
Supradecompound (a.) More
than decompound; divided many times.
Supra-esophagal (a.) Alt.
of Supra-esophageal
Supra-esophageal (a.)
Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the esophagus; as, the
supra-esophageal ganglion of Crustacea.
Supra-ethmoid (a.) Above,
or on the dorsal side of, the ethmoid bone or cartilage.
Suprafoliaceous (a.)
Inserted into the stem above the leaf, petiole, or axil, as a peduncle or
flower.
Supraglotic (a.) Situated
above the glottis; -- applied to that part of the cavity of the larynx above the
true vocal cords.
Suprahepatic (a.) Situated
over, or on the dorsal side of, the liver; -- applied to the branches of the
hepatic veins.
Suprahyoid (a.) Hyomental.
Supra-ilium (n.) The
cartilaginous cap at the sacral end of the ilium of some animals.
Supralapsarian (n.) One of
that class of Calvinists who believed that God's decree of election determined
that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of
securing the redemption of a part of the race, the decree of salvation being
conceived of as formed before or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse,
or fall. Cf. Infralapsarian.
Supralapsarian (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Supralapsarians, or their doctrine.
Supralapsarianism (n.) The
doctrine, belief, or principles of the Supralapsarians.
Supralapsary (a.)
Supralapsarian.
Supralapsary (n.) A
Supralapsarian.
Supraloral (a.) Situated
above the lores; as, the supraloral feathers of a bird.
Supraloral (n.) A
supraloral feather.
Supralunar (a.) Alt. of
Supralunary
Supralunary (a.) Beyond
the moon; hence, very lofty.
Supramaxillae (pl. ) of
Supramaxilla
Supramaxilla (n.) The
upper jaw or maxilla.
Supramaxillary (a.)
Situated over the lower jaw; as, the supramaxillary nerve.
Supramaxillary (a.) Of or
pertaining to the upper jaw.
Supramundane (a.) Being or
situated above the world or above our system; celestial.
Supranaturalism (n.) The
state of being supernatural; belief in supernatural agency or revelation;
supernaturalism.
Supranaturalist (n.) A
supernaturalist.
Supranaturalist (a.) Alt.
of Supranaturalistic
Supranaturalistic (a.) Of
or pertaining to supernaturalism; supernaturalistic.
Supraoccipital (a.)
Situated over, or in the upper part of, the occiput; of or pertaining to the
supraoccipital bone.
Supraoccipital (n.) The
supraoccipital bone.
Supraocular (a.) Above the
eyes; -- said of certain scales of fishes and reptiles.
Supra-oesophagal (a.) See
Supra-esophagal.
Supraorbital (a.) Alt. of
Supraorbitar
Supraorbitar (a.) Situated
above the orbit of the eye.
Suprapedal (a.) Situated
above the foot of a mollusk; as, the suprapedal gland.
Supraprotest (n.) An
acceptance of a bill by a third person after protest for nonacceptance by the
drawee.
Suprapubian (a.) Alt. of
Suprapubic
Suprapubic (a.) Situated
above, or anterior to, the pubic bone.
Suprarenal (a.) Situated
above, or anterior to, the kidneys.
Suprarenal (n.) A
suprarenal capsule.
Suprascalpular (a.) Alt.
of Suprascalpulary
Suprascalpulary (a.)
Situated above, or on the anterior side of, the scapula.
Suprasphenoidal (a.)
Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal appendage, or
pituitary body.
Supraspinal (a.) Situated
above the vertebral column.
Supraspinal (a.) Situated
above a spine or spines; supraspinate; supraspinous.
Supraspinate (a.) Alt. of
Supraspinous
Supraspinous (a.) Situated
above a spine or spines; especially, situated above, or on the dorsal side of,
the neural spines of the vertebral column, or above, or in front of, the spine
of the scapula.
Suprastapedial (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, that part of the columella of the ear which
projects above the connection with the stapes, as in many animals.
Suprastapedial (n.) The
suprastapedial part of the columella.
Suprasternal (a.) Situated
above, or anterior to, the sternum.
Supratemporal (a.)
Situated above the temporal bone or temporal fossa.
Supratemporal (n.) A
supratemporal bone.
Supratrochlear (a.)
Situated over or above a trochlea or trochlear surface; -- applied esp. to one
of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve.
Supravaginal (a.) Situated
above or outside a sheath or vaginal membrane.
Supravision (n.)
Supervision.
Supravisor (n.) A
supervisor.
Supravulgar (a.) Being
above the vulgar or common people.
Supremacy (n.) The state
of being supreme, or in the highest station of power; highest or supreme
authority or power; as, the supremacy of a king or a parliament.
Supreme (a.) Highest in
authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power.
Supreme (a.) Highest;
greatest; most excellent or most extreme; utmost; greatist possible (sometimes
in a bad sense); as, supreme love; supreme glory; supreme magnanimity; supreme
folly.
Supreme (a.) Situated at
the highest part or point.
Supremely (adv.) In a
supreme manner.
Supremity (n.) Supremacy.
Sur- () A prefix signifying over,
above, beyond, upon.
Sura (n.) One of the
sections or chapters of the Koran, which are one hundred and fourteen in number.
Suradanni (n.) A valuable
kind of wood obtained on the shores of the Demerara River in South America, much
used for timbers, rails, naves and fellies of wheels, and the like.
Suraddition (n.) Something
added or appended, as to a name.
Surah (n.) A soft twilled
silk fabric much used for women's dresses; -- called also surah silk.
Sural (a.) Of or
pertaining to the calf of the leg; as, the sural arteries.
Surance (n.) Assurance.
Surangular (a.) Above the
angular bone; supra-angular; -- applied to a bone of the lower jaw in many
reptiles and birds.
Surangular (n.) The
surangular bone.
Surbase (n.) A cornice, or
series of moldings, on the top of the base of a pedestal, podium, etc. See
Illust. of Column.
Surbase (n.) A board or
group of moldings running round a room on a level with the tops of the chair
backs.
Surbased (a.) Having a
surbase, or molding above the base.
Surbased (a.) Having the
vertical height from springing line to crown less than the half span; -- said of
an arch; as, a segmental arch is surbased.
Surbated (imp. & p. p.) of
Surbate
Surbating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Surbate
Surbate (v. t.) To make
sore or bruise, as the feet by travel.
Surbate (v. t.) To harass;
to fatigue.
Surbeat (v. t.) Same as
Surbate.
Surbedded (imp. & p. p.)
of Surbed
Surbedding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Surbed
Surbed (v. t.) To set
edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position different from that which
it had in the quarry.
Surbet (v. t.) Same as
Surbate.
Surbet (a.) Surbated;
bruised.
Surcease (n.) Cessation;
stop; end.
Surcease (v. t.) To cause
to cease; to end.
Surcease (v. i.) To cease.
Surceaseance (n.)
Cessation.
Surcharged (imp. & p. p.)
of Surcharge
Surcharging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Surcharge
Surcharge (v. t.) To
overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast
or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.
Surcharge (v. t.) To
overstock; especially, to put more cattle into, as a common, than the person has
a right to do, or more than the herbage will sustain. Blackstone.
Surcharge (v. t.) To show
an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.
Surcharge (n.) An
overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.
Surcharge (n.) The
putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to.
Surcharge (n.) The showing
an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given.
Surchargement (n.) The act
of surcharging; also, surcharge, surplus.
Surcharger (n.) One who
surcharges.
Surcingle (n.) A belt,
band, or girth which passes over a saddle, or over anything laid on a horse's
back, to bind it fast.
Surcingle (n.) The girdle
of a cassock, by which it is fastened round the waist.
Surcingled (a.) Bound with
the surcingle.
Surcle (n.) A little
shoot; a twig; a sucker.
Surcloyed (imp. & p. p.)
of Surcloy
Surcloying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Surcloy
Surcloy (v. t.) To
surfeit.
Surcoat (n.) A coat worn
over the other garments; especially, the long and flowing garment of knights,
worn over the armor, and frequently emblazoned with the arms of the wearer.
Surcoat (n.) A name given
to the outer garment of either sex at different epochs of the Middle Ages.
Surcrew (n.) Increase;
addition; surplus.
Surculate (v. t.) To
purne; to trim.
Surculation (n.) Act of
purning.
Surculose (a.) Producing
suckers, or shoots resembling suckers.
Surd (a.) Net having the
sense of hearing; deaf.
Surd (a.) Unheard.
Surd (a.) Involving surds;
not capable of being expressed in rational numbers; radical; irrational; as, a
surd expression or quantity; a surd number.
Surd (a.) Uttered, as an
element of speech, without tone, or proper vocal sound; voiceless; unintonated;
nonvocal; atonic; whispered; aspirated; sharp; hard, as f, p, s, etc.; --
opposed to sonant. See Guide to Pronunciation, //169, 179, 180.
Surd (n.) A quantity which
can not be expressed by rational numbers; thus, Ã2 is a surd.
Surd (n.) A surd element
of speech. See Surd, a., 4.
Surdal (a.) Same as Surd,
a., 3.
Surdiny (n.) A sardine.
Surdity (n.) Deafness.
Sure (superl.) Certainly
knowing and believing; confident beyond doubt; implicity trusting;
unquestioning; positive.
Sure (superl.) Certain to
find or retain; as, to be sure of game; to be sure of success; to be sure of
life or health.
Sure (superl.) Fit or
worthy to be depended on; certain not to fail or disappoint expectation;
unfailing; strong; permanent; enduring.
Sure (superl.) Betrothed;
engaged to marry.
Sure (superl.) Free from
danger; safe; secure.
Sure (adv.) In a sure
manner; safely; certainly.
Sure-footed (a.) Not
liable to stumble or fall; as, a sure-footed horse.
Surely (adv.) In a sure or
certain manner; certainly; infallibly; undoubtedly; assuredly.
Surely (adv.) Without
danger; firmly; steadly; securely.
Surement (n.) A making
sure; surety.
Sureness (n.) The state of
being sure; certainty.
Suresby (n.) One to be
sure of, or to be relied on.
Suretiship (n.)
Suretyship.
Sureties (pl. ) of Surety
Surety (n.) The state of
being sure; certainty; security.
Surety (n.) That which
makes sure; that which confirms; ground of confidence or security.
Surety (n.) Security
against loss or damage; security for payment, or for the performance of some
act.
Surety (n.) One who is
bound with and for another who is primarily liable, and who is called the
principal; one who engages to answer for another's appearance in court, or for
his payment of a debt, or for performance of some act; a bondsman; a bail.
Surety (n.) Hence, a
substitute; a hostage.
Surety (n.) Evidence;
confirmation; warrant.
Surety (v. t.) To act as
surety for.
Suretyship (n.) The state
of being surety; the obligation of a person to answer for the debt, default, or
miscarriage of another.
Surf (n.) The swell of the
sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach.
Surf (n.) The bottom of a
drain.
Surface (n.) The exterior
part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a
solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the
earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body.
Surface (n.) Hence,
outward or external appearance.
Surface (n.) A magnitude
that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface;
a spherical surface.
Surface (n.) That part of
the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the
nearest bastion.
Surfaced (imp. & p. p.) of
Surface
Surfacing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Surface
Surface (v. t.) To give a
surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make
smooth or plain.
Surface (v. t.) To work
over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold.
Surfacer (n.) A form of
machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal, stone, etc.
Surfboat (n.) A boat
intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with a pronounced sheer, and with a
view to resist the shock of waves and of contact with the beach.
Surfeit (n.) Excess in
eating and drinking.
Surfeit (n.) Fullness and
oppression of the system, occasioned often by excessive eating and drinking.
Surfeit (n.) Disgust
caused by excess; satiety.
Surfeit (v. i.) To load
the stomach with food, so that sickness or uneasiness ensues; to eat to excess.
Surfeit (v. i.) To indulge
to satiety in any gratification.
Surfeited (imp. & p. p.)
of Surfeit
Surfeiting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Surfeit
Surfeit (v. t.) To feed so
as to oppress the stomach and derange the function of the system; to overfeed,
and produce satiety, sickness, or uneasiness; -- often reflexive; as, to surfeit
one's self with sweets.
Surfeit (v. t.) To fill to
satiety and disgust; to cloy; as, he surfeits us with compliments.
Surfeiter (n.) One who
surfeits.
Surfeit-water (n.) Water
for the cure of surfeits.
Surfel (v. t.) Alt. of
Surfle
Surfle (v. t.) To wash, as
the face, with a cosmetic water, said by some to be prepared from the sulphur.
Surfer (n.) The surf duck.
Surmen (pl. ) of Surfman
Surfman (n.) One who
serves in a surfboat in the life-saving service.
Surfoot (a.) Tired or sore
of foot from travel; lamed.
Surfy (a.) Consisting of,
abounding in, or resembling, surf; as, a surfy shore.
Surge (n.) A spring; a
fountain.
Surge (n.) A large wave or
billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind.
Surge (n.) The motion of,
or produced by, a great wave.
Surge (n.) The tapered
part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
Surge (v. i.) To swell; to
rise hifg and roll.
Surge (v. i.) To slip
along a windlass.
Surged (imp. & p. p.) of
Surge
Surging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Surge
Surge (n.) To let go or
slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to
slacken the rope about (a capstan).
Surgeful (a.) Abounding in
surges; surgy.
Surgeless (a.) Free from
surges; smooth; calm.
Surgent (a.) Rising;
swelling, as a flood.
Surgeon (n.) One whose
profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual
operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as
wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by
medication and constitutional treatment.
Surgeon (n.) Any one of
numerous species of chaetodont fishes of the family Teuthidae, or Acanthuridae,
which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the
tail. Called also surgeon fish, doctor fish, lancet fish, and sea surgeon.
Surgeoncy (n.) The office
or employment of a surgeon, as in the naval or military service.
Surgeonry (n.) Surgery.
Surgery (n.) The art of
healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of
manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of the body; that
branch of medical science which has for its object the cure of local injuries or
diseases, as wounds or fractures, tumors, etc., whether by manual operation or
by medicines and constitutional treatment.
Surgery (n.) A surgeon's
operating room or laboratory.
Surgical (a.) Of or
pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of surgery; used in surgery;
as, a surgical operation; surgical instruments.
Surgically (adv.) By means
of surgery.
Surgy (a.) Rising in
surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance;
swelling.
Suricat (n.) Same as
Zenick.
Surinam toad () A species of toad
native of Surinam. See Pipa.
Surintendant (n.)
Superintendent.
Surlily (adv.) In a surly
manner.
Surliness (n.) The quality
or state of being surly.
Surling (n.) A sour,
morose fellow.
Surloin (n.) A loin of
beef, or the upper part of the loin. See Sirloin, the more usual, but not
etymologically preferable, orthography.
Surly (a.) Arrogant;
haughty.
Surly (a.) Gloomily
morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe; sour; crabbed; rough; sullen;
gloomy; as, a surly groom; a surly dog; surly language; a surly look.
Surly (a.) Rough; dark;
tempestuous.
Surmark (n.) A mark made
on the molds of a ship, when building, to show where the angles of the timbers
are to be placed.
Surmisable (a.) Capable of
being surmised; as, a surmisable result.
Surmisal (n.) Surmise.
Surmise (n.) A thought,
imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence;
suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy.
Surmise (n.) Reflection;
thought.
Surmised (imp. & p. p.) of
Surmise
Surmising (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Surmise
Surmise (v. t.) To imagine
without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture,
or suspect; to guess.
Surmiser (n.) One who
surmises.
Surmising () a. & n. from
Surmise, v.
Surmounted (imp. & p. p.)
of Surmount
Surmounting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Surmount
Surmount (v. i.) To rise
above; to be higher than; to overtop.
Surmount (v. i.) To
conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or obstacles.
Surmount (v. i.) To
surpass; to exceed.
Surmountable (a.) Capable
of being surmounted or overcome; superable.
Surmounted (a.) Having its
vertical height greater than the half span; -- said of an arch.
Surmounted (a.) Partly
covered by another charge; -- said of an ordinary or other bearing.
Surmounter (n.) One who,
or that which, surmounts.
Surmullet (a.) Any one of
various species of mullets of the family Millidae, esp. the European species
(Millus surmulletus), which is highly prized as a food fish. See Mullet.
Surmulot (n.) The brown,
or Norway, rat.
Surname (n.) A name or
appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian
name, and becomes a family name.
Surname (n.) An
appellation added to the original name; an agnomen.
Surnamed (imp. & p. p.) of
Surname
Surnaming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Surname
Surname (v. t.) To name or
call by an appellation added to the original name; to give a surname to.
Surnominal (a.) Of or
pertaining to a surname or surnames.
Suroxidate (v. t.) To
combine with oxygen so as to form a suroxide or peroxide.
Suroxide (n.) A peroxide.
Surpassed (imp. & p. p.)
of Surpass
Surpassing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Surpass
Surpass (v. t.) To go
beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.
Surpassable (a.) That may
be surpassed.
Surpassing (a.) Eminently
excellent; exceeding others.
Surphul (v. t.) To surfel.
Surplice (n.) A white
garment worn over another dress by the clergy of the Roman Catholic, Episcopal,
and certain other churches, in some of their ministrations.
Surpliced (a.) Wearing a
surplice.
Surplus (n.) That which
remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess;
overplus.
Surplus (n.) Specifically,
an amount in the public treasury at any time greater than is required for the
ordinary purposes of the government.
Surplus (a.) Being or
constituting a surplus; more than sufficient; as, surplus revenues; surplus
population; surplus words.
Surplusage (n.) Surplus;
excess; overplus; as, surplusage of grain or goods beyond what is wanted.
Surplusage (n.) Matter in
pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and which may be
rejected.
Surplusage (n.) A greater
disbursement than the charge of the accountant amounts to.
Surprisal (n.) The act of
surprising, or state of being surprised; surprise.
Surprise (n.) The act of
coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal;
as, the fort was taken by surprise.
Surprise (n.) The state of
being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not
reasonably be foreseen; emotion excited by what is sudden and strange; a
suddenly excited feeling of wonder or astonishment.
Surprise (n.) Anything
that causes such a state or emotion.
Surprise (n.) A dish
covered with a crust of raised paste, but with no other contents.
Surprised (imp. & p. p.)
of Surprise
Surprising (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Surprise
Surprise (n.) To come or
fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by
unexpected attack.
Surprise (n.) To strike
with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by something sudden, unexpected, or
remarkable; to confound; as, his conduct surprised me.
Surprise (n.) To lead
(one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to bring (one) into some
unexpected state; -- with into; as, to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be
surprised into generosity.
Surprise (n.) To hold
possession of; to hold.
Surprisement (n.)
Surprisal.
Surpriser (n.) One who
surprises.
Surprising (a.) Exciting
surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as,
surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger.
Surquedous (a.) Alt. of
Surquedrous
Surquedrous (a.) Having or
exhibiting surquedry; arrogant; insolent.
Surquedry (n.) Alt. of
Surquidry
Surquidry (n.) Overweening
pride; arrogance; presumption; insolence.
Surrebound (v. i.) To give
back echoes; to reecho.
Surrebut (v. i.) To reply,
as a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter.
Surrebuter (n.) The reply
of a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter.
Surrein (v. t.) To
override; to exhaust by riding.
Surrejoin (v. i.) To
reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder.
Surrejoinder (n.) The
answer of a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder.
Surrendered (imp. & p. p.)
of Surrender
Surrendering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Surrender
Surrender (v. t.) To yield
to the power of another; to give or deliver up possession of (anything) upon
compulsion or demand; as, to surrender one's person to an enemy or to an
officer; to surrender a fort or a ship.
Surrender (v. t.) To give
up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or
advantage.
Surrender (v. t.) To yield
to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; -- used reflexively; as, to
surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep.
Surrender (v. t.) To
yield; to render or deliver up; to give up; as, a principal surrendered by his
bail, a fugitive from justice by a foreign state, or a particular estate by the
tenant thereof to him in remainder or reversion.
Surrender (v. i.) To give
up one's self into the power of another; to yield; as, the enemy, seeing no way
of escape, surrendered at the first summons.
Surrender (n.) The act of
surrendering; the act of yielding, or resigning one's person, or the possession
of something, into the power of another; as, the surrender of a castle to an
enemy; the surrender of a right.
Surrender (n.) The
yielding of a particular estate to him who has an immediate estate in remainder
or reversion.
Surrender (n.) The giving
up of a principal into lawful custody by his bail.
Surrender (n.) The
delivery up of fugitives from justice by one government to another, as by a
foreign state. See Extradition.
Surrenderee (n.) The
person to whom a surrender is made.
Surrenderer (n.) One who
surrenders.
Surrenderor (n.) One who
makes a surrender, as of an estate.
Surrendry (n.) Surrender.
Surreption (n.) The act or
process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth.
Surreption (n.) A coming
unperceived or suddenly.
Surreptitious (a.) Done or
made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently;
clandestine; stealthy; as, a surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a
surreptitious removal of goods.
Surrey (n.) A four-wheeled
pleasure carriage, (commonly two-seated) somewhat like a phaeton, but having a
straight bottom.
Surrogate (n.) A deputy; a
delegate; a substitute.
Surrogate (n.) The deputy
of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor,
especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses.
Surrogate (n.) In some
States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills
and testaments and yield the settlement of estates.
Surrogate (v. t.) To put
in the place of another; to substitute.
Surrogateship (n.) The
office of a surrogate.
Surrogation (n.) The act
of substituting one person in the place of another.
Surrounded (imp. & p. p.)
of Surround
Surrounding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Surround
Surround (v. t.) To
inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
Surround (v. t.) To lie or
be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city.
Surround (v. t.) To pass
around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world.
Surround (v. t.) To
inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of
communication or retreat; to invest, as a city.
Surround (n.) A method of
hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them
over a precipice, into a ravine, etc.
Surrounding (a.)
Inclosing; encircling.
Surrounding (n.) An
encompassing.
Surrounding (n.) The
things which surround or environ; external or attending circumstances or
conditions.
Surroyal (n.) One of the
terminal branches or divisions of the beam of the antler of the stag or other
large deer.
Sursanure (n.) A wound
healed or healing outwardly only.
Surseance (n.) Peace;
quiet.
Sursolid (n.) The fifth
power of a number; as, a/ is the sursolid of a, or 32 that of 2.
Surstyle (v. t.) To
surname.
Surtax (n.) An additional
or extra tax.
Surtax (v. t.) To impose
an additional tax on.
Surtout (n.) A man's coat
to be worn over his other garments; an overcoat, especially when long, and
fitting closely like a body coat.
Surturbrand (n.) A fibrous
brown coal or bituminous wood.
Surucucu (n.) See Bush
master, under Bush.
Surveillance (n.)
Oversight; watch; inspection; supervision.
Surveillants (pl. ) of
Surveillant
Surveillant (n.) One who
watches over another; an overseer; a spy; a supervisor.
Surveillant (a.)
Overseeing; watchful.
Survened (imp. & p. p.) of
Survene
Survening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Survene
Survene (v. t.) To
supervene upon; to come as an addition to.
Survenue (n.) A sudden or
unexpected coming or stepping on.
Surveyed (imp. & p. p.) of
Survey
Surveying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Survey
Survey (v. t.) To inspect,
or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook;
as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.
Survey (v. t.) To view
with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.
Survey (v. t.) To examine
with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain
the state of; as, to survey a building in order to determine its value and
exposure to loss by fire.
Survey (v. t.) To
determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast,
harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurments, and the
application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry; as, to survey land
or a coast.
Survey (v. t.) To examine
and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the
tenants, and the rent and value of the same.
Survey (n.) The act of
surveying; a general view, as from above.
Survey (n.) A particular
view; an examination, especially an official examination, of all the parts or
particulars of a thing, with a design to ascertain the condition, quantity, or
quality; as, a survey of the stores of a ship; a survey of roads and bridges; a
survey of buildings.
Survey (n.) The operation
of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of, as any
part of the earth's surface, whether land or water; also, a measured plan and
description of any portion of country, or of a road or line through it.
Surveyal (n.) Survey.
Surveyance (n.) Survey;
inspection.
Surveying (n.) That branch
of applied mathematics which teaches the art of determining the area of any
portion of the earth's surface, the length and directions of the bounding lines,
the contour of the surface, etc., with an accurate delineation of the whole on
paper; the act or occupation of making surveys.
Surveyor (n.) One placed
to superintend others; an overseer; an inspector.
Surveyor (n.) One who
views and examines for the purpose of ascertaining the condition, quantity, or
quality of anything; as, a surveyor of highways, ordnance, etc.
Surveyor (n.) One who
surveys or measures land; one who practices the art of surveying.
Surveyor (n.) An officer
who ascertains the contents of casks, and the quantity of liquors subject to
duty; a gauger.
Surveyor (n.) In the
United States, an officer whose duties include the various measures to be taken
for ascertaining the quantity, condition, and value of merchandise brought into
a port.
Surveyorship (n.) The
office of a surveyor.
Surview (v. t.) To survey;
to make a survey of.
Surview (n.) A survey.
Survise (v. t.) To look
over; to supervise.
Survival (n.) A living or
continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or
event; an outliving.
Survival (n.) Any habit,
usage, or belief, remaining from ancient times, the origin of which is often
unknown, or imperfectly known.
Survivance (n.) Alt. of
Survivancy
Survivancy (n.)
Survivorship.
Survived (imp. & p. p.) of
Survive
Surviving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Survive
Survive (v. t.) To live
beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast;
as, to survive a person or an event.
Survive (v. i.) To remain
alive; to continue to live.
Survivency (n.)
Survivorship.
Surviver (n.) One who
survives; a survivor.
Surviving (a.) Remaining
alive; yet living or existing; as, surviving friends; surviving customs.
Survivor (n.) One who
survives or outlives another person, or any time, event, or thing.
Survivor (n.) The longer
liver of two joint tenants, or two persons having a joint interest in anything.
Survivorship (n.) The
state of being a survivor.
Survivorship (n.) The
right of a joint tenant, or other person who has a joint interest in an estate,
to take the whole estate upon the death of other.
Susceptibilities (pl. ) of
Susceptibility
Susceptibility (n.) The
state or quality of being susceptible; the capability of receiving impressions,
or of being affected.
Susceptibility (n.)
Specifically, capacity for deep feeling or emotional excitement; sensibility, in
its broadest acceptation; impressibility; sensitiveness.
Susceptible (a.) Capable
of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence;
readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteration.
Susceptible (a.) Capable
of impression; having nice sensibility; impressible; tender; sensitive; as,
children are more susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart.
Susception (n.) The act of
taking; reception.
Susceptive (a.)
Susceptible.
Susceptivity (n.) Capacity
for receiving; susceptibility.
Susceptor (n.) One who
undertakes anything; specifically, a godfather; a sponsor; a guardian.
Suscipiency (n.)
Admission.
Suscipient (a.) Receiving;
admitting.
Suscipient (n.) One who
takes or admits; one who receives.
Suscitability (n.)
Capability of being suscitated; excitability.
Suscitated (imp. & p. p.)
of Suscitate
Suscitating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Suscitate
Suscitate (v. t.) To
rouse; to excite; to call into life and action.
Suscitation (n.) The act
of raising or exciting.
Suslik (n.) A ground
squirrel (Spermophilus citillus) of Europe and Asia. It has large cheek pouches.
Suspect (a.) Suspicious;
inspiring distrust.
Suspect (a.) Suspected;
distrusted.
Suspect (a.) Suspicion.
Suspect (a.) One who, or
that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons
and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime.
Suspected (imp. & p. p.)
of Suspect
Suspecting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Suspect
Suspect (v. t.) To imagine
to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof,
and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; --
commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect
the presence of disease.
Suspect (v. t.) To imagine
to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of
equivocation.
Suspect (v. t.) To hold to
be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a
story.
Suspect (v. t.) To look up
to; to respect.
Suspect (v. i.) To imagine
guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.
Suspectable (a.) That may
be suspected.
Suspected (a.) Distrusted;
doubted.
Suspecter (n.) One who
suspects.
Suspectful (a.) Apt to
suspect or mistrust; full of suspicion; suspicious; as, to be suspectful of the
motives of others.
Suspection (n.) Suspicion.
Suspectiousness (n.)
Suspiciousness; cause for suspicion.
Suspectless (a.) Not
suspecting; having no suspicion.
Suspectless (a.) Not
suspected; not mistrusted.
Suspended (imp. & p. p.)
of Suspend
Suspending (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Suspend
Suspend (n.) To attach to
something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle
by a loadstone.
Suspend (n.) To make to
depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of
obedience and holiness of life.
Suspend (n.) To cause to
cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay.
Suspend (n.) To hold in an
undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion.
Suspend (n.) To debar, or
cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an
office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.; as, to suspend a student from
college; to suspend a member of a club.
Suspend (n.) To cause to
cease for a time from operation or effect; as, to suspend the habeas corpus act;
to suspend the rules of a legislative body.
Suspend (n.) To support in
a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
Suspend (v. i.) To cease
from operation or activity; esp., to stop payment, or be unable to meet
obligations or engagements (said of a commercial firm or a bank).
Suspender (n.) One who, or
that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the
shoulders, for holding up the trousers.
Suspensation (n.) The act
of suspending, or the state of being suspended, especially for a short time;
temporary suspension.
Suspense (a.) Held or
lifted up; held or prevented from proceeding.
Suspense (a.) Expressing,
or proceeding from, suspense or doubt.
Suspense (a.) The state of
being suspended; specifically, a state of uncertainty and expectation, with
anxiety or apprehension; indetermination; indecision; as, the suspense of a
person waiting for the verdict of a jury.
Suspense (a.) Cessation
for a time; stop; pause.
Suspense (a.) A temporary
cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land
cease by unity of possession of land and rent.
Suspensely (adv.) In
suspense.
Suspensibility (n.) The
quality or state of being suspensible.
Suspensible (a.) Capable
of being suspended; capable of being held from sinking.
Suspension (n.) The act of
suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a
hook.
Suspension (n.)
Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation
Suspension (n.) Of labor,
study, pain, etc.
Suspension (n.) Of
decision, determination, judgment, etc.; as, to ask a suspension of judgment or
opinion in view of evidence to be produced.
Suspension (n.) Of the
payment of what is due; as, the suspension of a mercantile firm or of a bank.
Suspension (n.) Of
punishment, or sentence of punishment.
Suspension (n.) Of a
person in respect of the exercise of his office, powers, prerogative, etc.; as,
the suspension of a student or of a clergyman.
Suspension (n.) Of the
action or execution of law, etc.; as, the suspension of the habeas corpus act.
Suspension (n.) A
conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment
on the performance of a condition.
Suspension (n.) The state
of a solid when its particles are mixed with, but undissolved in, a fluid, and
are capable of separation by straining; also, any substance in this state.
Suspension (n.) A keeping
of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of
what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations
employed.
Suspension (n.) A stay or
postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of
suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.
Suspension (n.) The
prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus
producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf.
Retardation.
Suspensive (a.) Tending to
suspend, or to keep in suspense; causing interruption or delay; uncertain;
doubtful.
Suspensor (n.) A
suspensory.
Suspensor (n.) The cord
which suspends the embryo; and which is attached to the radicle in the young
state; the proembryo.
Suspensoria (pl. ) of
Suspensorium
Suspensorium (n.) Anything
which suspends or holds up a part: especially, the mandibular suspensorium (a
series of bones, or of cartilages representing them) which connects the base of
the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals.
Suspensory (a.) Suspended;
hanging; depending.
Suspensory (a.) Fitted or
serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory muscle.
Suspensory (a.) Of or
pertaining to a suspensorium.
Suspensory (n.) That which
suspends, or holds up, as a truss
Suspensory (n.) a bandage
or bag for supporting the scrotum.
Suspicable (v. t.) Liable
to suspicion; suspicious.
Suspiciency (v. t.)
Suspiciousness; suspicion.
Suspicion (n.) The act of
suspecting; the imagination or apprehension of the existence of something (esp.
something wrong or hurtful) without proof, or upon very slight evidence, or upon
no evidence.
Suspicion (n.) Slight
degree; suggestion; hint.
Suspicion (v. t.) To view
with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt.
Suspicious (a.) Inclined
to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof.
Suspicious (a.) Indicating
suspicion, mistrust, or fear.
Suspicious (a.) Liable to
suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill;
questionable; as, an author of suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances.
Suspiral (n.) A breathing
hole; a vent or ventiduct.
Suspiral (n.) A spring of
water passing under ground toward a cistern or conduit.
Suspiration (n.) The act
of sighing, or fetching a long and deep breath; a deep respiration; a sigh.
Suspire (v. i.) To fetch a
long, deep breath; to sigh; to breathe.
Suspire (n.) A long, deep
breath; a sigh.
Suspired (a.) Ardently
desired or longed for; earnestly coveted.
Sustained (imp. & p. p.)
of Sustain
Sustaining (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sustain
Sustain (v. t.) To keep
from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the
superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.
Sustain (v. t.) Hence, to
keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support.
Sustain (v. t.) To
maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to
sustain an army.
Sustain (v. t.) To aid,
comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
Sustain (v. t.) To endure
without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and
disappointment.
Sustain (v. t.) To suffer;
to bear; to undergo.
Sustain (v. t.) To allow
the prosecution of; to admit as valid; to sanction; to continue; not to dismiss
or abate; as, the court sustained the action or suit.
Sustain (v. t.) To prove;
to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to
sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition.
Sustain (n.) One who, or
that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer.
Sustainable (a.) Capable
of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable.
Sustained (a.) Held up to
a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained
style of writing; a sustained note in music.
Sustainer (n.) One who, or
that which, sustains.
Sustainment (n.) The act
of sustaining; maintenance; support.
Sustaltic (a.) Mournful;
-- said of a species of music among the ancient Greeks.
Sustenance (n.) The act of
sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body;
the sustenance of life.
Sustenance (n.) That which
supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of living; as, the city has
ample sustenance.
Sustentacle (n.)
Sustenance.
Sustentacular (a.)
Supporting; sustaining; as, a sustentacular tissue.
Sustentate (v. t.) To
sustain.
Sustentation (n.) The act
of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling;
support; sustenance; maintenance.
Sustentation (n.) The
aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal
condition of weight and growth.
Sustentative (a.) Adapted
to sustain, strengthen, or corroborate; as, sustentative citations or
quotations.
Sustention (n.)
Sustentation.
Susters (pl. ) of Sustre
Sustres (pl. ) of Sustre
Sustren (pl. ) of Sustre
Suster (n.) Alt. of Sustre
Sustre (n.) Sister.
Susu (n.) See Soosoo.
Susurrant (a.) Whispering.
Susurration (n.) A
whispering; a soft murmur.
Susurringly (adv.) In the
manner of a whisper.
Susurrous (a.) Whispering;
rustling; full of whispering sounds.
Susurrus (n.) The act of
whispering; a whisper; a murmur.
Sutile (a.) Done by
stitching.
Sutler (n.) A person who
follows an army, and sells to the troops provisions, liquors, and the like.
Sutlership (n.) The
condition or occupation of a sutler.
Sutling (a.) Belonging to
sutlers; engaged in the occupation of a sutler.
Sutor (n.) A kind of sirup
made by the Indians of Arizona from the fruit of some cactaceous plant (probably
the Cereus giganteus).
Sutras (pl. ) of Sutra
Sutra (n.) A precept; an
aphorism; a brief rule.
Sutra (n.) A collection of
such aphorisms.
Sutra (n.) A body of
Hindoo literature containing aphorisms on grammar, meter, law, and philosophy,
and forming a connecting link between the Vedic and later Sanscrit literature.
Suttee (n.) A Hindoo widow
who immolates herself, or is immolated, on the funeral pile of her husband; --
so called because this act of self-immolation is regarded as envincing
excellence of wifely character.
Suttee (n.) The act of
burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.
Sutteeism (n.) The
practice of self-immolation of widows in Hindostan.
Suttle (n.) The weight
when the tare has been deducted, and tret is yet to be allowed.
Suttle (v. i.) To act as
sutler; to supply provisions and other articles to troops.
Sutural (a.) Of or
pertaining to a suture, or seam.
Sutural (a.) Taking place
at a suture; as, a sutural de/iscence.
Suturally (adv.) In a
sutural manner.
Suturated (a.) Sewed or
knit together; united by a suture; stitched.
Suture (n.) The act of
sewing; also, the line along which two things or parts are sewed together, or
are united so as to form a seam, or that which resembles a seam.
Suture (n.) The uniting of
the parts of a wound by stitching.
Suture (n.) The stitch by
which the parts are united.
Suture (n.) The line of
union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of
the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture,
under Harmonic.
Suture (n.) The line, or
seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant; as, the ventral
suture of a legume.
Suture (n.) A line
resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a legume, which really corresponds
to a midrib.
Suture (n.) The line at
which the elytra of a beetle meet and are sometimes confluent.
Suture (n.) A seam, or
impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls
of a univalve shell.
Sutured (a.) Having a
suture or sutures; knit or united together.
Suwarrow (n.) The giant
cactus (Cereus giganteus); -- so named by the Indians of Arizona. Called also
saguaro.
Suzerain (n.) A superior
lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord paramount.
Suzerainty (n.) The
dominion or authority of a suzerain; paramount authority.
Swa (adv.) So.
Swabbed (imp. & p. p.) of
Swab
Swabbing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swab
Swab (n.) To clean with a
mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a
ship.
Swab (n.) A kind of mop
for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels, etc., esp. one made of rope-yarns or
threads.
Swab (n.) A bit of sponge,
cloth, or the like, fastened to a handle, for cleansing the mouth of a sick
person, applying medicaments to deep-seated parts, etc.
Swab (n.) An epaulet.
Swab (n.) A cod, or pod,
as of beans or pease.
Swab (n.) A sponge, or
other suitable substance, attached to a long rod or handle, for cleaning the
bore of a firearm.
Swabber (v. t.) To swab.
Swabber (n.) One who swabs
a floor or desk.
Swabber (n.) Formerly, an
interior officer on board of British ships of war, whose business it was to see
that the ship was kept clean.
Swabber (n.) Same as
Swobber, 2.
Swad (n.) A cod, or pod,
as of beans or pease.
Swad (n.) A clown; a
country bumpkin.
Swad (n.) A lump of mass;
also, a crowd.
Swad (n.) A thin layer of
refuse at the bottom of a seam.
Swaddle (n.) Anything used
to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band.
Swaddled (imp. & p. p.) of
Swaddle
Swaddling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swaddle
Swaddle (v. t.) To bind as
with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of
infants; as, to swaddle a baby.
Swaddle (v. t.) To beat;
to cudgel.
Swaddlebill (n.) The
shoveler.
Swaddler (n.) A term of
contempt for an Irish Methodist.
Swaddling () a. & n. from
Swaddle, v.
Swagged (imp. & p. p.) of
Swag
Swagging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swag
Swag (v. i.) To hang or
move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing.
Swag (v. i.) To sink down
by its weight; to sag.
Swag (n.) A swaying,
irregular motion.
Swag (n.) A burglar's or
thief's booty; boodle.
Swag-bellied (a.) Having a
prominent, overhanging belly.
Swagbelly (n.) A
prominent, overhanging belly.
Swagbelly (n.) Any large
tumor developed in the abdomen, and neither fluctuating nor sonorous.
Swaged (imp. & p. p.) of
Swage
Swaging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swage
Swage (v. t. & i.) See
Assuage.
Swage (n.) A tool,
variously shaped or grooved on the end or face, used by blacksmiths and other
workers in metals, for shaping their work, whether sheet metal or forging, by
holding the swage upon the work, or the work upon the swage, and striking with a
sledge.
Swage (v. t.) To shape by
means of a swage; to fashion, as a piece of iron, by forcing it into a groove or
mold having the required shape.
Swaggered (imp. & p. p.)
of Swagger
Swaggering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swagger
Swagger (v. i.) To walk
with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential
manner.
Swagger (v. i.) To boast
or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to
bully.
Swagger (v. t.) To bully.
Swagger (n.) The act or
manner of a swaggerer.
Swaggerer (n.) One who
swaggers; a blusterer; a bully; a boastful, noisy fellow.
Swaggy (a.) Inclined to
swag; sinking, hanging, or leaning by its weight.
Swain (n.) A servant.
Swain (n.) A young man
dwelling in the country; a rustic; esp., a cuntry gallant or lover; -- chiefly
in poetry.
Swainish (a.) Pertaining
to, or resembling, a swain; rustic; ignorant.
Swainling (n.) A little
swain.
Swainmote (n.) A court
held before the verders of the forest as judges, by the steward of the court,
thrice every year, the swains, or freeholders, within the forest composing the
jury.
Swainship (n.) The
condition of a swain.
Swaip (v. i.) To walk
proudly; to sweep along.
Swal (imp.) Swelled.
Swale (n.) A valley or low
place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen.
Swale (v. i. & t.) To melt
and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v.
Swale (n.) A gutter in a
candle.
Swallet (n.) Water
breaking in upon the miners at their work; -- so called among tin miners.
Swallow (n.) Any one of
numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one
of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed
wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight.
Swallow (n.) Any one of
numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits,
as the common American chimney swallow, or swift.
Swallow (n.) The aperture
in a block through which the rope reeves.
Swallowed (imp. & p. p.)
of Swallow
Swallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swallow
Swallow (v. t.) To take
into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach;
as, to swallow food or drink.
Swallow (v. t.) To draw
into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up.
Swallow (v. t.) To receive
or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive
implicitly.
Swallow (v. t.) To
engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.
Swallow (v. t.) To occupy;
to take up; to employ.
Swallow (v. t.) To seize
and waste; to exhaust; to consume.
Swallow (v. t.) To
retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions.
Swallow (v. t.) To put up
with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or
insult.
Swallow (v. i.) To perform
the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow.
Swallow (n.) The act of
swallowing.
Swallow (n.) The gullet,
or esophagus; the throat.
Swallow (n.) Taste;
relish; inclination; liking.
Swallow (n.) Capacity for
swallowing; voracity.
Swallow (n.) As much as
is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water.
Swallow (n.) That which
ingulfs; a whirlpool.
Swallower (n.) One who
swallows; also, a glutton.
Swallowfish (n.) The
European sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). It has large pectoral fins.
Swallowtail (n.) A kind of
tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail.
Swallowtail (n.) A species
of willow.
Swallowtail (n.) An
outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle; --
so called from its form. Called also priestcap.
Swallowtail (n.) A
swallow-tailed coat.
Swallowtail (n.) An arrow.
Swallowtail (n.) Any one
of numerous species of large and handsome butterflies, belonging to Papilio and
allied genera, in which the posterior border of each hind wing is prolongated in
the form of a long lobe.
Swallow-tailed (a.) Having
a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow's tail in form; having
narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat.
Swallow-tailed (a.) United
by dovetailing; dovetailed.
Swallowwort (n.) See
Celandine.
Swallowwort (n.) A
poisonous plant (Vincetoxicum officinale) of the Milkweed family, at one time
used in medicine; -- also called white swallowwort.
Swam () imp. of Swim.
Swamp (n.) Wet, spongy
land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it;
marshy ground away from the seashore.
Swamped (imp. & p. p.) of
Swamp
Swamping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swamp
Swamp (v. t.) To plunge or
sink into a swamp.
Swamp (v. t.) To cause (a
boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water.
Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To
plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
Swamp (v. i.) To sink or
stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties.
Swamp (v. i.) To become
filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to
be ruined; to be wrecked.
Swampy (a.) Consisting of
swamp; like a swamp; low, wet, and spongy; as, swampy land.
Swan (n.) Any one of
numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied
genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and strong beak and a long
neck, and are noted for their graceful movements when swimming. Most of the
northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a
melodious song, especially at the time of its death.
Swan (n.) Fig.: An
appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as
Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon.
Swan (n.) The
constellation Cygnus.
Swang () imp. of Swing.
Swang (n.) A swamp.
Swanherd (n.) One who
tends or marks swans; as, the royal swanherd of England.
Swan-hopping (n.) A
corruption of Swan-upping.
Swanimote (n.) See
Swainmote.
Swankie (n.) Alt. of
Swanky
Swanky (n.) An active and
clever young fellow.
Swanlike (a.) Resembling a
swan.
Swanmark (n.) A mark of
ownership cut on the bill or swan.
Swannery (n.) A place
where swans are bred.
Swanny (a.) Swanlike; as,
a swanny glossiness of the neck.
Swanpan (n.) The Chinese
abacus; a schwanpan.
Swan's-down (n.) Alt. of
Swans-down
Swans-down (n.) The down,
or fine, soft feathers, of the swan, used on various articles of dress.
Swans-down (n.) A fine,
soft, thick cloth of wool mixed with silk or cotton; a sort of twilled fustian,
like moleskin.
Swanskin (n.) The act of a
swan with the down or the feathers on.
Swanskin (n.) A species of
soft flannel, thick and warm.
Swan-upping (n.) A yearly
expedition on the Thames to take up young swans and mark them, as by Companies
of Dyers and Vintners; -- called also swan-hopping.
Swapped (imp. & p. p.) of
Swap
Swapping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swap
Swap (v. i.) To strike; --
with off.
Swap (v. i.) To exchange
(usually two things of the same kind); to swop.
Swap (v. t.) To fall or
descend; to rush hastily or violently.
Swap (v. t.) To beat the
air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
Swap (n.) A blow; a
stroke.
Swap (n.) An exchange; a
barter.
Swap (n.) Hastily.
Swape (n.) See Sweep, n.,
12.
Sward (n.) Skin; covering.
Sward (n.) The grassy
surface of land; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass;
turf.
Swarded (imp. & p. p.) of
Sward
Swarding (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sward
Sward (v. t. & i.) To
produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward.
Sward-cutter (n.) A plow
for turning up grass land.
Sward-cutter (n.) A lawn
mower.
Swarded (a.) Covered with
sward.
Swardy (a.) Covered with
sward or grass.
Sware () imp. of Swear.
Swarf (v. i.) To grow
languid; to faint.
Swarf (n.) The grit worn
away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet.
Swarm (v. i.) To climb a
tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See
Shin.
Swarm (n.) A large number
or mass of small animals or insects, especially when in motion.
Swarm (n.) Especially, a
great number of honeybees which emigrate from a hive at once, and seek new
lodgings under the direction of a queen; a like body of bees settled permanently
in a hive.
Swarm (n.) Hence, any
great number or multitude, as of people in motion, or sometimes of inanimate
objects; as, a swarm of meteorites.
Swarmed (imp. & p. p.) of
Swarm
Swarming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swarm
Swarm (v. i.) To collect,
and depart from a hive by flight in a body; -- said of bees; as, bees swarm in
warm, clear days in summer.
Swarm (v. i.) To appear or
collect in a crowd; to throng together; to congregate in a multitude.
Swarm (v. i.) To be
crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings in motion.
Swarm (v. i.) To abound;
to be filled (with).
Swarm (v. i.) To breed
multitudes.
Swarm (v. t.) To crowd or
throng.
Swarmspore (n.) One of
innumerable minute, motile, reproductive bodies, produced asexually by certain
algae and fungi; a zoospore.
Swarmspore (n.) One of the
minute flagellate germs produced by the sporulation of a protozoan; -- called
also zoospore.
Swart (n.) Sward.
Swart (a.) Of a dark hue;
moderately black; swarthy; tawny.
Swart (a.) Gloomy;
malignant.
Swart (v. t.) To make
swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part.
Swartback (n.) The
black-backed gull (Larus marinus); -- called also swarbie.
Swarth (a.) Swart;
swarthy.
Swarth (n.) An apparition
of a person about to die; a wraith.
Swarth (n.) Sward; short
grass.
Swarth (n.) See Swath.
Swarthily (adv.) In a
swarthy manner; with a tawny hue; duskily.
Swarthiness (n.) The
quality or state of being swarthy; a dusky or dark complexion; tawniness.
Swarthness (n.)
Swarthiness.
Swarthy (a.) Being of a
dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny; swart; as, swarthy faces.
Swarthy (v. t.) To make
swarthy.
Swartiness (n.)
Swarthiness.
Swartish (a.) Somewhat
swart, dark, or tawny.
Swartness (n.) The quality
or state of being swart.
Swarty (a.) Swarthy;
tawny.
Swarve (v. i.) To swerve.
Swarve (v. i.) To climb.
Swash (v. t.) An oval
figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
Swash (v. t.) Soft, like
fruit too ripe; swashy.
Swashed (imp. & p. p.) of
Swash
Swashing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swash
Swash (v. i.) To dash or
flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place.
Swash (v. i.) To fall
violently or noisily.
Swash (v. i.) To bluster;
to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.
Swash (n.) Impulse of
water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water.
Swash (n.) A narrow sound
or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the
shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
Swash (n.) Liquid filth;
wash; hog mash.
Swash (n.) A blustering
noise; a swaggering behavior.
Swash (n.) A swaggering
fellow; a swasher.
Swashbuckler (n.) A bully
or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer.
Swasher (n.) One who makes
a blustering show of valor or force of arms.
Swashing (a.) Swaggering;
hectoring.
Swashing (a.) Resounding;
crushing.
Swashway (n.) Same as 4th
Swash, 2.
Swashy (a.) Soft, like
fruit that is too ripe; quashy; swash.
Swat () imp. of Sweat.
Swatch (n.) A swath.
Swatch (n.) A piece,
pattern, or sample, generally of cloth.
Swate () imp. of Sweat.
Swath (v. t.) A line of
grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling.
Swath (v. t.) The whole
sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut by a
scythe or a machine, in mowing or cradling; as, to cut a wide swath.
Swath (v. t.) A band or
fillet; a swathe.
Swathed (imp. & p. p.) of
Swathe
Swathing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swathe
Swathe (n.) To bind with a
swathe, band, bandage, or rollers.
Swathe (n.) A bandage; a
band; a swath.
Swather (n.) A device
attached to a mowing machine for raising the uncut fallen grain and marking the
limit of the swath.
Swatte () imp. of Sweat.
Swayed (imp. & p. p.) of
Sway
Swaying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sway
Sway (v. i.) To move or
wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter.
Sway (v. i.) To influence
or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to
govern; to guide.
Sway (v. i.) To cause to
incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to
bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion.
Sway (v. i.) To hoist; as,
to sway up the yards.
Sway (v. i.) To be drawn
to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
Sway (v. i.) To move or
swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
Sway (v. i.) To have
weight or influence.
Sway (v. i.) To bear sway;
to rule; to govern.
Sway (n.) The act of
swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon.
Sway (n.) Influence,
weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires.
Sway (n.) Preponderance;
turn or cast of balance.
Sway (n.) Rule; dominion;
control.
Sway (n.) A switch or rod
used by thatchers to bind their work.
Sway-backed (a.) Having
the back hollow or sagged, whether naturally or as the result of injury or
weakness; -- said of horses and other animals.
Sway-bracing (n.) The
horizontal bracing of a bridge, which prevents its swaying.
Swayed (a.) Bent down, and
hollow in the back; sway-backed; -- said of a horse.
Swayful (a.) Able to sway.
Swaying (n.) An injury
caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses.
Swealed (imp. & p. p.) of
Sweal
Swealing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sweal
Sweal (v. i.) To melt and
run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame.
Sweal (v. t.) To singe; to
scorch; to swale; as, to sweal a pig by singeing off the hair.
Swore (imp.) of Swear
Sware () of Swear
Sworn (p. p.) of Swear
Swearing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swear
Swear (v. i.) To affirm or
utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is
affirmed; to make a promise, threat, or resolve on oath; also, to affirm
solemnly by some sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the Bible, the
Koran, etc.
Swear (v. i.) To give
evidence on oath; as, to swear to the truth of a statement; he swore against the
prisoner.
Swear (v. i.) To make an
appeal to God in an irreverant manner; to use the name of God or sacred things
profanely; to call upon God in imprecation; to curse.
Swear (v. t.) To utter or
affirm with a solemn appeal to God for the truth of the declaration; to make (a
promise, threat, or resolve) under oath.
Swear (v. t.) To put to an
oath; to cause to take an oath; to administer an oath to; -- ofetn followed by
in or into; as, to swear witnesses; to swear a jury; to swear in an officer; he
was sworn into office.
Swear (v. t.) To declare
or charge upon oath; as, he swore treason against his friend.
Swear (v. t.) To appeal to
by an oath.
Swearer (n.) One who
swears; one who calls God to witness for the truth of his declaration.
Swearer (n.) A profane
person; one who uses profane language.
Swearing () a. & n. from Swear,
v.
Sweat (imp. & p. p.) of
Sweat
Sweated () of Sweat
Swat () of Sweat
Sweating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sweat
Sweat (v. i.) To excrete
sensible moisture from the pores of the skin; to perspire.
Sweat (v. i.) Fig.: To
perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge.
Sweat (v. i.) To emit
moisture, as green plants in a heap.
Sweat (v. t.) To cause to
excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his physicians
attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics.
Sweat (v. t.) To emit or
suffer to flow from the pores; to exude.
Sweat (v. t.) To unite by
heating, after the application of soldier.
Sweat (v. t.) To get
something advantageous, as money, property, or labor from (any one), by exaction
or oppression; as, to sweat a spendthrift; to sweat laborers.
Sweat (v. i.) The fluid
which is excreted from the skin of an animal; the fluid secreted by the
sudoriferous glands; a transparent, colorless, acid liquid with a peculiar odor,
containing some fatty acids and mineral matter; perspiration. See Perspiration.
Sweat (v. i.) The act of
sweating; or the state of one who sweats; hence, labor; toil; drudgery.
Sweat (v. i.) Moisture
issuing from any substance; as, the sweat of hay or grain in a mow or stack.
Sweat (v. i.) The sweating
sickness.
Sweat (v. i.) A short run
by a race horse in exercise.
Sweater (n.) One who
sweats.
Sweater (n.) One who, or
that which, causes to sweat
Sweater (n.) A sudorific.
Sweater (n.) A woolen
jacket or jersey worn by athletes.
Sweater (n.) An employer
who oppresses his workmen by paying low wages.
Sweatily (adv.) In a
sweaty manner.
Sweatiness (n.) Quality or
state of being sweaty.
Sweating () a. & n. from Sweat,
v.
Sweaty (superl.) Moist
with sweat; as, a sweaty skin; a sweaty garment.
Sweaty (superl.)
Consisting of sweat; of the nature of sweat.
Sweaty (superl.) Causing
sweat; hence, laborious; toilsome; difficult.
Swede (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Sweden.
Swede (n.) A Swedish
turnip. See under Turnip.
Swedenborgian (n.) One who
holds the doctrines of the New Jerusalem church, as taught by Emanuel
Swedenborg, a Swedish philosopher and religious writer, who was born a. d. 1688
and died 1772. Swedenborg claimed to have intercourse with the spiritual world,
through the opening of his spiritual senses in 1745. He taught that the Lord
Jesus Christ, as comprehending in himself all the fullness of the Godhead, is
the one only God, and that there is a spiritual sense to the Scriptures, which
he (Swedenborg) was able to reveal, because he saw the correspondence between
natural and spiritual things.
Swedenborgian (a.) Of or
pertaining to Swedenborg or his views.
Swedenborgianism (n.) The
doctrines of the Swedenborgians.
Swedish (a.) Of or
pertaining to Sweden or its inhabitants.
Swedish (n.) The language
of Swedes.
Sweeny (n.) An atrophy of
the muscles of the shoulder in horses; also, atrophy of any muscle in horses.
Swept (imp. & p. p.) of
Sweep
Sweeping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sweep
Sweep (v. i.) To pass a
broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or
rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the
street, or a chimney. Used also figuratively.
Sweep (v. i.) To drive or
carry along or off with a broom or a brush, or as if with a broom; to remove by,
or as if by, brushing; as, to sweep dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow
from the hills; a freshet sweeps away a dam, timber, or rubbish; a pestilence
sweeps off multitudes.
Sweep (v. i.) To brush
against or over; to rub lightly along.
Sweep (v. i.) To carry
with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud
fashion.
Sweep (v. i.) To strike
with a long stroke.
Sweep (v. i.) To draw or
drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net.
Sweep (v. i.) To pass
over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to
sweep the heavens with a telescope.
Sweep (v. i.) To clean
rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom,
brush, or the like.
Sweep (v. i.) To brush
swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if
brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind
sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room.
Sweep (v. i.) To pass over
anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps
through space.
Sweep (n.) The act of
sweeping.
Sweep (n.) The compass or
range of a stroke; as, a long sweep.
Sweep (n.) The compass of
any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the
eye.
Sweep (n.) The compass of
anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its
sweep.
Sweep (n.) Violent and
general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease.
Sweep (n.) Direction and
extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass.
Sweep (n.) Direction or
departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line.
Sweep (n.) One who sweeps;
a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper.
Sweep (n.) A movable
templet for making molds, in loam molding.
Sweep (n.) The mold of a
ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in
a segment of a circle.
Sweep (n.) A large oar
used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
Sweep (n.) The almond
furnace.
Sweep (n.) A long pole, or
piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to
raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
Sweep (n.) In the game of
casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing
them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam.
Sweep (n.) The sweeping of
workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
Sweepage (n.) The crop of
hay got in a meadow.
Sweeper (n.) One who, or
that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper.
Sweeping (a.) Cleaning off
surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with
swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many
persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping
accusation.
Sweepings (n. pl.) Things
collected by sweeping; rubbish; as, the sweepings of a street.
Sweep-saw (n.) A bow-saw.
Sweepstake (n.) A winning
of all the stakes or prizes.
Sweepstake (n.) A complete
removal or carrying away; a clean sweep.
Sweepstakes (n.) A winning
of all the stakes or prizes; a sweepstake.
Sweepstakes (sing. / pl.)
The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up
for each horse, all of which goes to the winner, or is divided among several, as
may be previously agreed.
Sweepstakes (sing. / pl.)
A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered.
Sweepwasher (n.) One who
extracts the residuum of precious metals from the sweepings, potsherds, etc., of
refineries of gold and silver, or places where these metals are used.
Sweepy (a.) Moving with a
sweeping motion.
Sweet (superl.) Having an
agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour
and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
Sweet (superl.) Pleasing
to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet
incense.
Sweet (superl.) Pleasing
to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an
organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer.
Sweet (superl.) Pleasing
to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet
color or complexion.
Sweet (superl.) Fresh; not
salt or brackish; as, sweet water.
Sweet (superl.) Not
changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet
milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet
butter; sweet meat or fish.
Sweet (superl.) Plaesing
to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet
manners.
Sweet (n.) That which is
sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Sweet (n.) Confectionery,
sweetmeats, preserves, etc.
Sweet (n.) Home-made
wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.
Sweet (n.) That which is
sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.
Sweet (n.) That which is
pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.
Sweet (n.) One who is dear
to another; a darling; -- a term of endearment.
Sweet (adv.) Sweetly.
Sweet (v. t.) To sweeten.
Sweetbread (n.) Either the
thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being called neck, / throat,
sweetbread, the latter belly sweetbread. The sweetbreads of ruminants, esp. of
the calf, are highly esteemed as food. See Pancreas, and Thymus.
Sweetbread (n.) The
pancreas.
Sweet-breasted (a.) Having
a sweet, musical voice, as the nightingale. Cf. Breast, n., 6.
Sweetbrier (n.) A kind of
rose (Rosa rubiginosa) with minutely glandular and fragrant foliage. The
small-flowered sweetbrier is Rosa micrantha.
Sweetened (imp. & p. p.)
of Sweeten
Sweetening (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sweeten
Sweeten (a.) To make sweet
to the taste; as, to sweeten tea.
Sweeten (a.) To make
pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten
friendship.
Sweeten (a.) To make mild
or kind; to soften; as, to sweeten the temper.
Sweeten (a.) To make less
painful or laborious; to relieve; as, to sweeten the cares of life.
Sweeten (a.) To soften to
the eye; to make delicate.
Sweeten (a.) To make pure
and salubrious by destroying noxious matter; as, to sweeten rooms or apartments
that have been infected; to sweeten the air.
Sweeten (a.) To make warm
and fertile; -- opposed to sour; as, to dry and sweeten soils.
Sweeten (a.) To restore to
purity; to free from taint; as, to sweeten water, butter, or meat.
Sweeten (v. i.) To become
sweet.
Sweetener (n.) One who, or
that which, sweetens; one who palliates; that which moderates acrimony.
Sweetening (n.) The act of
making sweet.
Sweetening (n.) That which
sweetens.
Sweetheart (n.) A lover of
mistress.
Sweethearting (n.) Making
love.
Sweeting (n.) A sweet
apple.
Sweeting (n.) A darling;
-- a word of endearment.
Sweetish (a.) Somewhat
sweet.
Sweetly (adv.) In a sweet
manner.
Sweetmeat (n.) Fruit
preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, etc.; --
usually in the plural; a confect; a confection.
Sweetmeat (n.) The paint
used in making patent leather.
Sweetmeat (n.) A boat
shell (Crepidula fornicata) of the American coast.
Sweetness (n.) The quality
or state of being sweet (in any sense of the adjective); gratefulness to the
taste or to the smell; agreeableness.
Sweetroot (n.) Licorice.
Sweet-scented (a.) Having
a sweet scent or smell; fragrant.
Sweet-sop (n.) A kind of
custard apple (Anona squamosa). See under Custard.
Sweetwater (n.) A variety
of white grape, having a sweet watery juice; -- also called white sweetwater,
and white muscadine.
Sweetweed (n.) A name for
two tropical American weeds (Capraria biflora, and Scoparia dulcis) of the
Figwort family.
Sweetwood (n.) The true
laurel (Laurus nobilis.)
Sweetwood (n.) The timber
of the tree Oreodaphne Leucoxylon, growing in Jamaica. The name is also applied
to the timber of several other related trees.
Sweetwort (n.) Any plant
of a sweet taste.
Sweigh (n.) Sway;
movement.
Sweinmote (n.) See
Swainmote.
Swelled (imp.) of Swell
Swelled (p. p.) of Swell
Swollen () of Swell
Swelling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swell
Swell (v. i.) To grow
larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added
within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy;
a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation.
Swell (v. i.) To increase
in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river
swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish.
Swell (v. i.) To rise or
be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into
waves.
Swell (v. i.) To be puffed
up or bloated; as, to swell with pride.
Swell (v. i.) To be
inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.
Swell (v. i.) To be
turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style.
Swell (v. i.) To
protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle.
Swell (v. i.) To be
elated; to rise arrogantly.
Swell (v. i.) To grow upon
the view; to become larger; to expand.
Swell (v. i.) To become
larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount.
Swell (v. i.) To act in a
pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big.
Swell (v. t.) To increase
the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as,
rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the
population.
Swell (v. t.) To
aggravate; to heighten.
Swell (v. t.) To raise to
arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness.
Swell (v. t.) To augment
gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note.
Swell (n.) The act of
swelling.
Swell (n.) Gradual
increase.
Swell (n.) Increase or
augmentation in bulk; protuberance.
Swell (n.) Increase in
height; elevation; rise.
Swell (n.) Increase of
force, intensity, or volume of sound.
Swell (n.) Increase of
power in style, or of rhetorical force.
Swell (n.) A gradual
ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with
little swells.
Swell (n.) A wave, or
billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a
storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor.
Swell (n.) A gradual
increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo
combined; -- generally indicated by the sign.
Swell (n.) A showy,
dashing person; a dandy.
Swell (a.) Having the
characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified;
distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood.
Swelldom (n.) People of
rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively.
Swellfish (n.) Any
plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon.
Swelling (n.) The act of
that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the
breast with pride.
Swelling (n.) A
protuberance; a prominence
Swelling (n.) an unnatural
prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling.
Swellish (a.) Dandified;
stylish.
Swelltoad (n.) A
swellfish.
Swelt () imp. of Swell.
Swelt (v. i.) To die; to
perish.
Swelt (v. i.) To faint; to
swoon.
Swelt (v. t.) To
overpower, as with heat; to cause to faint; to swelter.
Sweltered (imp. & p. p.)
of Swelter
Sweltering (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swelter
Swelter (v. i.) To be
overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat.
Swelter (v. i.) To welter;
to soak.
Swelter (v. t.) To oppress
with heat.
Swelter (v. t.) To exude,
like sweat.
Sweltry (v. i.)
Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry.
Swelve (v. t.) To swallow.
Swept () imp. & p. p. of Sweep.
Swerd (n. & v.) See Sward,
n. & v.
Swerd (n.) Sword.
Swerved (imp. & p. p.) of
Swerve
Swerving (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swerve
Swerve (v. i.) To stray;
to wander; to rope.
Swerve (v. i.) To go out
of a straight line; to deflect.
Swerve (v. i.) To wander
from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is
established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.
Swerve (v. i.) To bend; to
incline.
Swerve (v. i.) To climb or
move upward by winding or turning.
Swerve (v. t.) To turn
aside.
Sweven (n.) A vision seen
in sleep; a dream.
Swich (a.) Such.
Swietenia (n.) A genus of
meliaceous trees consisting of one species (Sweitenia Mahogoni), the mahogany
tree.
Swift (v. i.) Moving a
great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid;
quick; speedy; prompt.
Swift (v. i.) Of short
continuance; passing away quickly.
Swift (adv.) Swiftly.
Swift (n.) The current of
a stream.
Swift (n.) Any one of
numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family
Micropodidae. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are
destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a
widely different group allied to the humming birds.
Swift (n.) Any one of
several species of lizards, as the pine lizard.
Swift (n.) The ghost moth.
See under Ghost.
Swift (n.) A reel, or
turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the
plural.
Swift (n.) The main card
cylinder of a flax-carding machine.
Swifter (n.) A rope used
to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it.
Swifter (n.) A rope used
to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides.
Swifter (n.) The forward
shroud of a lower mast.
Swifter (v. t.) To
tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer.
Swiftfoot (a.) Nimble;
fleet.
Swiftfoot (n.) The
courser.
Swiftlet (n.) Any one of
numerous species of small East Indian and Asiatic swifts of the genus
Collocalia. Some of the species are noted for furnishing the edible bird's nest.
See Illust. under Edible.
Swiftly (adv.) In a swift
manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.
Swiftness (n.) The quality
or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the
swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a
falling body; swiftness of thought, etc.
Swig (v. t.) To drink in
long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider.
Swig (v. t.) To suck.
Swig (n.) A long draught.
Swig (n.) A tackle with
ropes which are not parallel.
Swig (n.) A beverage
consisting of warm beer flavored with spices, lemon, etc.
Swig (v. t.) To castrate,
as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify
and slough off.
Swig (v. t.) To pull upon
(a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block
and a cleat.
Swilled (imp. & p. p.) of
Swill
Swilling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swill
Swill (v. t.) To wash; to
drench.
Swill (n.) To drink in
great draughts; to swallow greedily.
Swill (n.) To inebriate;
to fill with drink.
Swill (v. i.) To drink
greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess.
Swill (n.) The wash, or
mixture of liquid substances, given to swine; hogwash; -- called also swillings.
Swill (n.) Large draughts
of liquor; drink taken in excessive quantities.
Swiller (n.) One who
swills.
Swillings (n. pl.) See
Swill, n., 1.
Swam (imp.) of Swim
Swum () of Swim
Swum (p. p.) of Swim
Swimming (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swim
Swim (v. i.) To be
supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will
swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is
immersed.
Swim (v. i.) To move
progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins
or the tail.
Swim (v. i.) To be
overflowed or drenched.
Swim (v. i.) Fig.: To be
as if borne or floating in a fluid.
Swim (v. i.) To be filled
with swimming animals.
Swim (v. t.) To pass or
move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream.
Swim (v. t.) To cause or
compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.
Swim (v. t.) To immerse in
water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select
seed.
Swim (n.) The act of
swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming.
Swim (n.) The sound, or
air bladder, of a fish.
Swim (n.) A part of a
stream much frequented by fish.
Swim (v. i.) To be dizzy;
to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.
Swimbel (n.) A moaning or
sighing sound or noise; a sough.
Swimmer (n.) One who
swims.
Swimmer (n.) A
protuberance on the leg of a horse.
Swimmer (n.) A swimming
bird; one of the natatores.
Swimmeret (n.) One of a
series of flat, fringed, and usually bilobed, appendages, of which several pairs
occur on the abdominal somites of many crustaceans. They are used as fins in
swimming.
Swimming (a.) That swims;
capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in, swimming; as, a swimming bird; a
swimming motion.
Swimming (a.) Suffused
with moisture; as, swimming eyes.
Swimming (n.) The act of
one who swims.
Swimming (a.) Being in a
state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming brain.
Swimming (n.) Vertigo;
dizziness; as, a swimming in the head.
Swimmingly (adv.) In an
easy, gliding manner, as if swimming; smoothly; successfully; prosperously.
Swimmingness (n.) Act or
state of swimming; suffusion.
Swinck (v. & n.) See
Swink.
Swindled (imp. & p. p.) of
Swindle
Swindling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swindle
Swindle (v. t.) To cheat
defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his
property.
Swindle (n.) The act or
process of swindling; a cheat.
Swindler (n.) One who
swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by
imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat.
Swindlery (n.) Swindling;
rougery.
Swine (n.) Any animal of
the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large
amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is
specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See Hog.
Swinebread (n.) The
truffle.
Swinecase (n.) A hogsty.
Swinecote (n.) A hogsty.
Swinecrue (n.) A hogsty.
Swinefish (n.) The wolf
fish.
Swineherd (n.) A keeper of
swine.
Swinepipe (n.) The
European redwing.
Swine-pox (n.) A variety
of the chicken pox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the
water pox.
Swineery (n.) Same as
Piggery.
Swinestone (n.) See
Stinkstone.
Swinesty (n.) A sty, or
pen, for swine.
Swung (imp. & p. p.) of
Swing
Swang (Archaic imp.) of
Swing
Swinging (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swing
Swing (v. i.) To move to
and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.
Swing (v. i.) To sway or
move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open.
Swing (v. i.) To use a
swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing, n., 3.
Swing (n.) To turn round
by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide.
Swing (n.) To be hanged.
Swing (v. t.) To cause to
swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the
other.
Swing (v. t.) To give a
circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a
club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business.
Swing (v. t.) To admit or
turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; -- said of a lathe; as, the lathe
can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.
Swing (n.) The act of
swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted
object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum.
Swing (n.) Swaying motion
from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing.
Swing (n.) A line, cord,
or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing;
especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a
rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a
seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a
similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise.
Swing (n.) Influence of
power of a body put in swaying motion.
Swing (n.) Capacity of a
turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be
turned in it.
Swing (n.) Free course;
unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.
Swingdevil (n.) The
European swift.
Swinge (v. & n.) See
Singe.
Swinged (imp. & p. p.) of
Swinge
Swingeing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swinge
Swinge (v. t.) To beat
soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.
Swinge (v. t.) To move as
a lash; to lash.
Swinge (n.) The sweep of
anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.
Swinge (n.) Power; sway;
influence.
Swingebuckler (n.) A
swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.
Swingeing (a.) Huge; very
large.
Swingel (n.) The swinging
part of a flail which falls on the grain in thrashing; the swiple.
Swinger (n.) One who
swings or whirls.
Swinger (n.) One who
swinges.
Swinger (n.) Anything very
large, forcible, or astonishing.
Swinger (n.) A person who
engages frequently in lively and fashionable pursuits, such as attending night
clubs or discos.
Swinger (n.) A person who
engages freely in sexual intercourse.
Swingle (v. i.) To dangle;
to wave hanging.
Swingle (v. i.) To swing
for pleasure.
Swingled (imp. & p. p.) of
Swingle
Swingling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swingle
Swingle (v. t.) To clean,
as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and
the woody substance from it; to scutch.
Swingle (v. t.) To beat
off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds.
Swingle (n.) A wooden
instrument like a large knife, about two feet long, with one thin edge, used for
beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; -- called also swingling knife, swingling
staff, and swingling wand.
Swinglebar (n.) A
swingletree.
Swingletail (n.) The
thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher.
Swingletree (v. i.) A
whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree.
Swingling () a. & n. from
Swingle, v. t.
Swingtree (n.) The bar of
a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree.
Swinish (a.) Of or
pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a
swinish drunkard or sot.
Swank (imp.) of Swink
Swonk () of Swink
Swonken (p. p.) of Swink
Swinking (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swink
Swink (v. i.) To labor; to
toil; to salve.
Swink (v. t.) To cause to
toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.
Swink (v. t.) To acquire
by labor.
Swink (n.) Labor; toil;
drudgery.
Swinker (n.) A laborer.
Swinney (n.) See Sweeny.
Swipe (n.) A swape or
sweep. See Sweep.
Swipe (n.) A strong blow
given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
Swipe (n.) Poor, weak
beer; small beer.
Swiped (imp. & p. p.) of
Swipe
Swiping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swipe
Swipe (v. t.) To give a
swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball.
Swipe (v. t.) To pluck; to
snatch; to steal.
Swiple (n.) That part of a
flail which strikes the grain in thrashing; a swingel.
Swipper (a.) Nimble;
quick.
Swirled (imp. & p. p.) of
Swirl
Swirling (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swirl
Swirl (n.) To whirl, or
cause to whirl, as in an eddy.
Swirl (n.) A whirling
motion; an eddy, as of water; a whirl.
Swish (v. t.) To flourish,
so as to make the sound swish.
Swish (v. t.) To flog; to
lash.
Swish (v. i.) To dash; to
swash.
Swish (n.) A sound of
quick movement, as of something whirled through the air.
Swish (n.) Light driven
spray.
Swiss (n.sing. & pl.) A
native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Switzer; the people of Switzerland.
Swiss (a.) Of or
pertaining to Switzerland, or the people of Switzerland.
Switch (n.) A small,
flexible twig or rod.
Switch (n.) A movable part
of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to
another.
Switch (n.) A separate
mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair,
worn on the head by women.
Switch (n.) A mechanical
device for shifting an electric current to another circuit.
Switched (imp. & p. p.) of
Switch
Switching (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Switch
Switch (v. t.) To strike
with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.
Switch (v. t.) To swing or
whisk; as, to switch a cane.
Switch (v. t.) To trim,
as, a hedge.
Switch (v. t.) To turn
from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; -- generally with
off, from, etc.; as, to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to
another.
Switch (v. t.) To shift to
another circuit.
Switch (v. i.) To walk
with a jerk.
Switchel (n.) A beverage
of molasses and water, seasoned with vinegar and ginger.
Switching () a. & n. from Switch,
v.
Switchmen (pl. ) of
Switchman
Switchman (n.) One who
tends a switch on a railway.
Switchy (a.) Whisking.
Swithe (adv.) Instantly;
quickly; speedily; rapidly.
Switzer (n.) A native or
inhabitant of Switzerland; a Swiss.
Swive (v. t.) To copulate
with (a woman).
Swivel (a.) A piece, as a
ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit
rotation about the pin as an axis.
Swivel (a.) A small piece
of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; -- called also swivel gun.
Swivel (v. i.) To swing or
turn, as on a pin or pivot.
Swivel-eyed (a.)
Squint-eyed.
Swizzle (v. t.) To drink;
to swill.
Swizzle (n.) Ale and beer
mixed; also, drink generally.
Swob (n. & v.) See Swab.
Swobber (n.) See Swabber.
Swobber (n.) Four
privileged cards, formerly used in betting at the game of whist.
Swollen () p. p. of Swell.
Swollen (a.) Enlarged by
swelling; immoderately increased; as, swollen eyes; swollen streams.
Swoln () Contraction of Swollen,
p. p.
Swom () imp. of Swim.
Swooned (imp. & p. p.) of
Swoon
Swooning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swoon
Swoon (v. i.) To sink into
a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions
and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away.
Swoon (n.) A fainting fit;
syncope.
Swooning () a. & n. from Swoon,
v.
Swooped (imp. & p. p.) of
Swoop
Swooping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Swoop
Swoop (n.) To fall on at
once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken.
Swoop (n.) To seize; to
catch up; to take with a sweep.
Swoop (v. i.) To descend
with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop.
Swoop (v. i.) To pass with
pomp; to sweep.
Swoop (n.) A falling on
and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping.
Swoopstake (n.) See
Sweepstake.
Swoopstake (adv.)
Altogether; indiscriminately.
Swop (v. & n.) Same as
Swap.
Sword (n.) An offensive
weapon, having a long and usually sharp/pointed blade with a cutting edge or
edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber,
scimiter, and many other varieties.
Sword (n.) Hence, the
emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power.
Sword (n.) Destruction by
the sword, or in battle; war; dissension.
Sword (n.) The military
power of a country.
Sword (n.) One of the end
bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
Swordbill (n.) A humming
bird (Docimastes ensiferus) having a very long, slender bill, exceeding the
length of the body of the bird.
Sworded (a.) Girded with a
sword.
Sworder (n.) One who uses,
or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a soldier; a cutthroat.
Swordfish (n.) A very
large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family
Xiphiidae. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are
consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and
without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of
teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long.
Swordfish (n.) The gar
pike.
Swordfish (n.) The cutlass
fish.
Swordfish (n.) A southern
constellation. See Dorado, 1.
Swordick (n.) The spotted
gunnel (Muraenoides gunnellus).
Swording (n.) Slashing
with a sword.
Swordless (a.) Destitute
of a sword.
Swordmen (pl. ) of
Swordman
Swordman (n.) A swordsman.
Swordplay (n.) Fencing; a
sword fight.
Swordplayer (n.) A fencer;
a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use of the sword.
Sword-shaped (a.) Shaped
like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the
like.
Swordsmen (pl. ) of
Swordsman
Swordsman (n.) A soldier;
a fighting man.
Swordsman (n.) One skilled
of a use of the sword; a professor of the science of fencing; a fencer.
Swordsmanship (n.) The
state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword.
Swordtail (n.) The
limulus.
Swordtail (n.) Any
hemipterous insect of the genus Uroxiphus, found upon forest trees.
Swore () imp. of Swear.
Sworn () p. p. of Swear.
Swough (n.) A sound; a
groan; a moan; a sough.
Swough (n.) A swoon.
Swound (v. & n.) See
Swoon, v. & n.
'Swounds (interj.) An
exclamation contracted from God's wounds; -- used as an oath.
Swown (v. & n.) Swoon.
Swum () imp. & p. p. of Swim.
Swung () imp. & p. p. of Swing.
Swythe (adv.) Quickly. See
Swithe.
Sy (imp.) Saw.
Syb (a.) See Sib.
Sybarite (n.) A person
devoted to luxury and pleasure; a voluptuary.
Sybaritic (a.) Alt. of
Sybaritical
Sybaritical (a.) Of or
pertaining to the Sybarites; resembling the Sybarites; luxurious; wanton;
effeminate.
Sybaritism (n.)
Luxuriousness; effeminacy; wantonness; voluptuousness.
Sycamine (n.) See
Sycamore.
Sycamore (n.) A large tree
(Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and
is the sycamore, or sycamine, of Scripture.
Sycamore (n.) The American
plane tree, or buttonwood.
Sycamore (n.) A large
European species of maple (Acer Pseudo-Platanus).
Syce (n.) A groom.
Sycee (n.) Silver, pounded
into ingots of the shape of a shoe, and used as currency. The most common weight
is about one pound troy.
Sychnocarpous (a.) Having
the capacity of bearing several successive crops of fruit without perishing; as,
sychnocarpous plants.
Sycite (n.) A nodule of
flint, or a pebble, which resembles a fig.
Sycoceric (a.) Of,
pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of sycoceryl
alcohol.
Sycoceryl (n.) A radical,
of the aromatic series, regarded as an essential ingredient of certain compounds
found in the waxy resin of an Australian species of fig.
Sycock (n.) The missel
thrush.
Sycones (n. pl.) A
division of calcareous sponges.
Syconium (n.) Alt. of
Syconus
Syconus (n.) A collective
fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in
the fig.
Sycophancy (n.) The
character or characteristic of a sycophant.
Sycophancy (n.) False
accusation; calumniation; talebearing.
Sycophancy (n.) Obsequious
flattery; servility.
Sycophant (n.) An
informer; a talebearer.
Sycophant (n.) A base
parasite; a mean or servile flatterer; especially, a flatterer of princes and
great men.
Sycophant (v. t.) To
inform against; hence, to calumniate.
Sycophant (v. t.) To play
the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
Sycophant (v. i.) To play
the sycophant.
Sycophantcy (n.)
Sycophancy.
Sycophantic (a.) Alt. of
Sycophantical
Sycophantical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sycophant; characteristic of a sycophant; meanly or obsequiously
flattering; courting favor by mean adulation; parasitic.
Sycophantish (a.) Like a
sycophant; obsequiously flattering.
Sycophantism (n.)
Sycophancy.
Sycophantize (v. i.) To
play the sycophant.
Sycophantry (n.)
Sycophancy.
Sycosis (n.) A pustular
eruption upon the scalp, or the beared part of the face, whether due to
ringworm, acne, or impetigo.
Syderolite (n.) A kind of
Bohemian earthenware resembling the Wedgwood ware.
Sye (imp.) Saw.
Syenite (n.) Orig., a rock
composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in
Upper Egypt, and now called granite.
Syenite (n.) A granular,
crystalline, ingeous rock composed of orthoclase and hornblende, the latter
often replaced or accompanied by pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes contains
nephelite (elaeolite) or leucite, and is then called nephelite (elaeolite)
syenite or leucite syenite.
Syenitic (a.) Relating to
Syene; as, Syenitic inscriptions.
Syenitic (a.) Relating to,
or like, syenite; as, syenitic granite.
Syke (n. & v.) See Sike.
Syker (a. & adv.) See
Sicker.
Syle (n.) A young herring
(Clupea harengus).
Syllabaria (pl. ) of
Syllabarium
Syllabarium (n.) A
syllabary.
Syllabary (n.) A table of
syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in
certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters.
Syllabe (n.) Syllable.
Syllabic (a.) Alt. of
Syllabical
Syllabical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent.
Syllabical (a.) Consisting
of a syllable or syllables; as, a syllabic augment.
Syllabically (adv.) In a
syllabic manner.
Syllabicated (imp. & p. p.)
of Syllabicate
Syllabicating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Syllabicate
Syllabicate (v. t.) To
form or divide into syllables; to syllabify.
Syllabication (n.) The act
of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. See
Guide to Pron., /275.
Syllabification (n.) Same
as Syllabication.
Syllabified (imp. & p. p.)
of Syllabify
Syllabifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Syllabify
Syllabify (v. t.) To form
or divide into syllables.
Syllabism (n.) The
expressing of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet
or by signs for words.
Syllabist (n.) One who
forms or divides words into syllables, or is skilled in doing this.
Syllabize (v. t.) To
syllabify.
Syllable (n.) An
elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or
with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part
of a word. In other terms, it is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or
flanked by one or more consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or
utterance. One of the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a
syllable. Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a
pause, but only by such an abatement and renewal, or reenforcement, of the
stress as to give the feeling of separate impulses. See Guide to Pronunciation,
/275.
Syllable (n.) In writing
and printing, a part of a word, separated from the rest, and capable of being
pronounced by a single impulse of the voice. It may or may not correspond to a
syllable in the spoken language.
Syllable (n.) A small part
of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.
Syllable (v. t.) To
pronounce the syllables of; to utter; to articulate.
Syllabub (n.) Same as
Syllabub.
Syllabuses (pl. ) of
Syllabus
Syllabi (pl. ) of Syllabus
Syllabus (n.) A compendium
containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract.
Syllepsis (n.) A figure of
speech by which a word is used in a literal and metaphorical sense at the same
time.
Syllepsis (n.) The
agreement of a verb or adjective with one, rather than another, of two nouns,
with either of which it might agree in gender, number, etc.; as, rex et regina
beati.
Sylleptic (a.) Alt. of
Sylleptical
Sylleptical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a syllepsis; containing syllepsis.
Syllidian (n.) Any one of
numerous species of marine annelids of the family Syllidae.
Syllogism (n.) The regular
logical form of every argument, consisting of three propositions, of which the
first two are called the premises, and the last, the conclusion. The conclusion
necessarily follows from the premises; so that, if these are true, the
conclusion must be true, and the argument amounts to demonstration
Syllogistic (a.) Alt. of
Syllogistical
Syllogistical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a syllogism; consisting of a syllogism, or of the form of
reasoning by syllogisms; as, syllogistic arguments or reasoning.
Syllogistically (adv.) In
a syllogistic manner.
Syllogization (n.) A
reasoning by syllogisms.
Syllogized (imp. & p. p.)
of Syllogize
Syllogizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Syllogize
Syllogize (v. i.) To
reason by means of syllogisms.
Syllogizer (n.) One who
syllogizes.
Sylph (n.) An imaginary
being inhabiting the air; a fairy.
Sylph (n.) Fig.: A
slender, graceful woman.
Sylph (n.) Any one of
several species of very brilliant South American humming birds, having a very
long and deeply-forked tail; as, the blue-tailed sylph (Cynanthus cyanurus).
Sylphid (n.) A little
sylph; a young or diminutive sylph.
Sylphine (a.) Like a
sylph.
Sylphish (a.) Sylphlike.
Sylphlike (a.) Like a
sylph; airy; graceful.
Sylvae (pl. ) of Sylva
Sylva (n.) Same as Silva.
Sylvan (a.) Of or
pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.
Sylvan (a.) Abounding in
forests or in trees; woody.
Sylvan (a.) A fabled deity
of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.
Sylvan (n.) A liquid
hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine
wood; -- called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran.
Sylvanite (n.) A mineral,
a telluride of gold and silver, of a steel-gray, silver-white, or brass-yellow
color. It often occurs in implanted crystals resembling written characters, and
hence is called graphic tellurium.
Sylvanium (n.) An old name
for tellurium.
Sylvate (n.) A salt of
sylvic acid.
Sylvatic (a.) Sylvan.
Sylvestrian (a.) Sylvan.
Sylvic (a.) Of, pertaining
to, or resembling, pine or its products; specifically, designating an acid
called also abeitic acid, which is the chief ingredient of common resin
(obtained from Pinus sylvestris, and other species).
Sylvicoline (a.) Of or
pertaining to the family of warblers (Sylvicolidae). See Warbler.
Sylviculture (n.) The
cultivation of forest trees for timber or other purposes; forestry;
arboriculture.
Sylviculturist (n.) One
who cultivates forest trees, especially as a business.
Sylvine (n.) Alt. of
Sylvite
Sylvite (n.) Native
potassium chloride.
Sym- () See Syn-.
Symar (n.) Alt. of Symarr
Symarr (n.) See Simar.
Symbal (n.) See Cimbal.
Symbol (n.) A visible sign
or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or
another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation;
a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol
of meekness or patience.
Symbol (n.) Any character
used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation.
Symbol (n.) An abstract or
compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of
religion.
Symbol (n.) That which is
thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
Symbol (n.) Share;
allotment.
Symbol (n.) An
abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial
letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a
following one; as, C for carbon, Na for sodium (Natrium), Fe for iron (Ferrum),
Sn for tin (Stannum), Sb for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names and
symbols under Element.
Symbol (v. t.) To
symbolize.
Symbolic (a.) See
Symbolics.
Symbolic (a.) Alt. of
Symbolical
Symbolical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or
expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is
symbolic of sight and knowledge.
Symbolics (n.) The study
of ancient symbols
Symbolics (n.) that branch
of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith; symbolism;
-- called also symbolic.
Symbolism (n.) The act of
symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is
the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emblematic colors, signs,
and forms.
Symbolism (n.) A system of
symbols or representations.
Symbolism (n.) The
practice of using symbols, or the system of notation developed thereby.
Symbolism (n.) A combining
together of parts or ingredients.
Symbolism (n.) The science
of creeds; symbolics.
Symbolist (n.) One who
employs symbols.
Symbolistic (a.) Alt. of
Symbolistical
Symbolistical (a.)
Characterized by the use of symbols; as, symbolistic poetry.
Symbolization (n.) The act
of symbolizing; symbolical representation.
Symbolized (imp. & p. p.)
of Symbolize
Symbolizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Symbolize
Symbolize (v. i.) To have
a resemblance of qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize.
Symbolize (v. i.) To hold
the same faith; to agree.
Symbolize (v. i.) To use
symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.
Symbolize (v. t.) To make
to agree in properties or qualities.
Symbolize (v. t.) To make
representative of something; to regard or treat as symbolic.
Symbolize (v. t.) To
represent by a symbol or symbols.
Symbolizer (n.) One who
symbolizes.
Symbological (a.)
Pertaining to a symbology; versed in, or characterized by, symbology.
Symbologist (n.) One who
practices, or who is versed in, symbology.
Symbology (n.) The art of
expressing by symbols.
Symbranchii (n. pl.) An
order of slender eel-like fishes having the gill openings confluent beneath the
neck. The pectoral arch is generally attached to the skull, and the entire
margin of the upper jaw is formed by the premaxillary. Called also Symbranchia.
Symmetral (a.)
Commensurable; symmetrical.
Symmetrian (n.) One
eminently studious of symmetry of parts.
Symmetric (a.)
Symmetrical.
Symmetrical (a.) Involving
or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due
proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building.
Symmetrical (a.) Having
the organs or parts of one side corresponding with those of the other; having
the parts in two or more series of organs the same in number; exhibiting a
symmetry. See Symmetry, 2.
Symmetrical (a.) Having an
equal number of parts in the successive circles of floral organs; -- said of
flowers.
Symmetrical (a.) Having a
likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regular.
Symmetrical (a.) Having a
common measure; commensurable.
Symmetrical (a.) Having
corresponding parts or relations.
Symmetrician (n.) Same as
Symmetrian.
Symmetrist (n.) One
eminently studious of symmetry of parts.
Symmetrized (imp. & p. p.)
of Symmetrize
Symmetrizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Symmetrize
Symmetrize (v. t.) To make
proportional in its parts; to reduce to symmetry.
Symmetry (n.) A due
proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form
or dimensions of the several parts of a thing to each other; the union and
conformity of the members of a work to the whole.
Symmetry (n.) The law of
likeness; similarity of structure; regularity in form and arrangement; orderly
and similar distribution of parts, such that an animal may be divided into parts
which are structurally symmetrical.
Symmetry (n.) Equality in
the number of parts of the successive circles in a flower.
Symmetry (n.) Likeness in
the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regularity.
Sympathetic (a.) Inclined
to sympathy; sympathizing.
Sympathetic (a.) Produced
by, or expressive of, sympathy.
Sympathetic (a.) Produced
by sympathy; -- applied particularly to symptoms or affections. See Sympathy.
Sympathetic (a.) Of or
relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches; produced by
stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or some part of it; as, the
sympathetic saliva, a modified form of saliva, produced from some of the
salivary glands by stimulation of a sympathetic nerve fiber.
Sympathetical (a.)
Sympathetic.
Sympathetically (adv.) In
a sympathetic manner.
Sympathist (n.) One who
sympathizes; a sympathizer.
Sympathized (imp. & p. p.)
of Sympathize
Sympathizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Sympathize
Sympathize (v. i.) To have
a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain.
Sympathize (v. i.) To feel
in consequence of what another feels; to be affected by feelings similar to
those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected.
Sympathize (v. i.) To
agree; to be in accord; to harmonize.
Sympathize (v. t.) To
experience together.
Sympathize (v. t.) To
ansew to; to correspond to.
Sympathizer (n.) One who
sympathizes.
Sympathies (pl. ) of
Sympathy
Sympathy (n.) Feeling
corresponding to that which another feels; the quality of being affected by the
affection of another, with feelings correspondent in kind, if not in degree;
fellow-feeling.
Sympathy (n.) An agreement
of affections or inclinations, or a conformity of natural temperament, which
causes persons to be pleased, or in accord, with one another; as, there is
perfect sympathy between them.
Sympathy (n.) Kindness of
feeling toward one who suffers; pity; commiseration; compassion.
Sympathy (n.) The
reciprocal influence exercised by the various organs or parts of the body on one
another, as manifested in the transmission of a disease by unknown means from
one organ to another quite remote, or in the influence exerted by a diseased
condition of one part on another part or organ, as in the vomiting produced by a
tumor of the brain.
Sympathy (n.) That
relation which exists between different persons by which one of them produces in
the others a state or condition like that of himself. This is shown in the
tendency to yawn which a person often feels on seeing another yawn, or the
strong inclination to become hysteric experienced by many women on seeing
another person suffering with hysteria.
Sympathy (n.) A tendency
of inanimate things to unite, or to act on each other; as, the sympathy between
the loadstone and iron.
Sympathy (n.) Similarity
of function, use office, or the like.
Sympetalous (a.) Having
the petals united; gamopetalous.
Symphonic (a.)
Symphonious.
Symphonic (a.) Relating
to, or in the manner of, symphony; as, the symphonic form or style of
composition.
Symphonious (a.) Agreeing
in sound; accordant; harmonious.
Symphonious (a.)
Symphonic.
Symphonist (n.) A composer
of symphonies.
Symphonized (imp. & p. p.)
of Symphonize
Symphonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Symphonize
Symphonize (v. i.) To
agree; to be in harmony.
Symphonies (pl. ) of
Symphony
Symphony (n.) A consonance
or harmony of sounds, agreeable to the ear, whether the sounds are vocal or
instrumental, or both.
Symphony (n.) A stringed
instrument formerly in use, somewhat resembling the virginal.
Symphony (n.) An elaborate
instrumental composition for a full orchestra, consisting usually, like the
sonata, of three or four contrasted yet inwardly related movements, as the
allegro, the adagio, the minuet and trio, or scherzo, and the finale in quick
time. The term has recently been applied to large orchestral works in freer
form, with arguments or programmes to explain their meaning, such as the
"symphonic poems" of Liszt. The term was formerly applied to any composition for
an orchestra, as overtures, etc., and still earlier, to certain compositions
partly vocal, partly instrumental.
Symphony (n.) An
instrumental passage at the beginning or end, or in the course of, a vocal
composition; a prelude, interlude, or postude; a ritornello.
Symphyla (n. pl.) An order
of small apterous insects having an elongated body, with three pairs of thoracic
and about nine pairs of abdominal legs. They are, in many respects, intermediate
between myriapods and true insects.
Symphyseal (a.) Of or
pertaining to to symphysis.
Symphyseotomy (n.) The
operation of dividing the symphysis pubis for the purpose of facilitating labor;
-- formerly called the Sigualtian section.
Symphyses (pl. ) of
Symphysis
Symphysis (n.) An
articulation formed by intervening cartilage; as, the pubic symphysis.
Symphysis (n.) The union
or coalescence of bones; also, the place of union or coalescence; as, the
symphysis of the lower jaw. Cf. Articulation.
Symphysotomy (n.)
Symphyseotomy.
Symphytism (n.)
Coalescence; a growing into one with another word.
Sympiesometer (n.) A
sensitive kind of barometer, in which the pressure of the atmosphere, acting
upon a liquid, as oil, in the lower portion of the instrument, compresses an
elastic gas in the upper part.
Symplectic (a.) Plaiting
or joining together; -- said of a bone next above the quadrate in the mandibular
suspensorium of many fishes, which unites together the other bones of the
suspensorium.
Symplectic (n.) The
symplectic bone.
Symploce (n.) The
repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of
successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth; Justice
returned to heaven, and left the earth.
Sympode (n.) A sympodium.
Sympodial (a.) Composed of
superposed branches in such a way as to imitate a simple axis; as, a sympodial
stem.
Sympodia (pl. ) of
Sympodium
Sympodium (n.) An axis or
stem produced by dichotomous branching in which one of the branches is regularly
developed at the expense of the other, as in the grapevine.
Symposiac (a.) Of or
pertaining to compotations and merrymaking; happening where company is drinking
together; as, symposiac meetings.
Symposiac (n.) A
conference or conversation of philosophers at a banquet; hence, any similar
gathering.
Symposiarch (n.) The
master of a feast.
Symposiast (n.) One
engaged with others at a banquet or merrymaking.
Symposion (n.) A drinking
together; a symposium.
Symposia (pl. ) of
Symposium
Symposium (n.) A drinking
together; a merry feast.
Symposium (n.) A
collection of short essays by different authors on a common topic; -- so called
from the appellation given to the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks.
Symptom (n.) Any affection
which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions,
which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease; as, the causes of
disease often lie beyond our sight, but we learn their nature by the symptoms
exhibited.
Symptom (n.) A sign or
token; that which indicates the existence of something else; as, corruption in
elections is a symptom of the decay of public virtue.
Symptomatic (a.) Alt. of
Symptomatical
Symptomatical (a.) Of or
pertaining to symptoms; happening in concurrence with something; being a
symptom; indicating the existence of something else.
Symptomatical (a.)
According to symptoms; as, a symptomatical classification of diseases.
Symptomatology (n.) The
doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the
symptoms of diseases; semeiology.
Syn- () A prefix meaning with,
along with, together, at the same time. Syn- becomes sym- before p, b, and m,
and syl- before l.
Synacme (n.) Alt. of
Synacmy
Synacmy (n.) Same as
Synanthesis.
Synaeresis (n.) Alt. of
Syneresis
Syneresis (n.) The union,
or drawing together into one syllable, of two vowels that are ordinarily
separated in syllabification; synecphonesis; -- the opposite of diaeresis.
Synagogical (a.) Of or
pertaining to a synagogue.
Synagogue (n.) A
congregation or assembly of Jews met for the purpose of worship, or the
performance of religious rites.
Synagogue (n.) The
building or place appropriated to the religious worship of the Jews.
Synagogue (n.) The council
of, probably, 120 members among the Jews, first appointed after the return from
the Babylonish captivity; -- called also the Great Synagogue, and sometimes,
though erroneously, the Sanhedrin.
Synagogue (n.) A
congregation in the early Christian church.
Synagogue (n.) Any
assembly of men.
Synalepha (n.) A
contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a
word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army.
Synallagmatic (a.)
Imposing reciprocal obligations upon the parties; as, a synallagmatic contract.
Synallaxine (a.) Having
the outer and middle toes partially united; -- said of certain birds related to
the creepers.
Synaloepha (n.) Same as
Synalepha.
Synangia (pl. ) of
Synangium
Synangium (n.) The divided
part beyond the pylangium in the aortic trunk of the amphibian heart.
Synantherous (a.) Having
the stamens united by their anthers; as, synantherous flowers.
Synanthesis (n.) The
simultaneous maturity of the anthers and stigmas of a blossom.
Synanthous (a.) Having
flowers and leaves which appear at the same time; -- said of certain plants.
Synanthrose (n.) A variety
of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, found in the tubers of the Jerusalem artichoke
(Helianthus tuberosus), in the dahlia, and other Compositae.
Synapta (n.) A genus of
slender, transparent holothurians which have delicate calcareous anchors
attached to the dermal plates. See Illustration in Appendix.
Synaptase (n.) A ferment
resembling diastase, found in bitter almonds. Cf. Amygdalin, and Emulsin.
Synapticulae (pl. ) of
Synapticula
Synapticula (n.) One of
numerous calcareous processes which extend between, and unite, the adjacent
septa of certain corals, especially of the fungian corals.
Synarchy (n.) Joint rule
or sovereignity.
Synartesis (n.) A
fastening or knitting together; the state of being closely jointed; close union.
Synarthrodia (n.)
Synarthrosis.
Synarthroses (pl. ) of
Synarthrosis
Synarthrosis (n.)
Immovable articulation by close union, as in sutures. It sometimes includes
symphysial articulations also. See the Note under Articulation, n., 1.
Synastry (n.) Concurrence
of starry position or influence; hence, similarity of condition, fortune, etc.,
as prefigured by astrological calculation.
Synaxis (n.) A
congregation; also, formerly, the Lord's Supper.
Syncarp (n.) A kind of
aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender
receptacle, as in the magnolia; also, a similar multiple fruit, as a mulberry.
Syncarpia (pl. ) of
Syncarpium
Syncarpium (n.) Same as
Syncarp.
Syncarpous (a.) Composed
of several carpels consolidated into one ovary.
Syncategorematic (a.) Not
capable of being used as a term by itself; -- said of words, as an adverb or
preposition.
Synchondroses (pl. ) of
Synchondrosis
Synchondrosis (n.) An
immovable articulation in which the union is formed by cartilage.
Synchondrotomy (n.)
Symphyseotomy.
Synchoresis (n.) A
concession made for the purpose of retorting with greater force.
Synchronal (a.) Happening
at, or belonging to, the same time; synchronous; simultaneous.
Synchronal (n.) A
synchronal thing or event.
Synchronical (a.)
Happening at the same time; synchronous.
Synchronism (n.) The
concurrence of events in time; simultaneousness.
Synchronism (n.) The
tabular arrangement of historical events and personages, according to their
dates.
Synchronism (n.) A
representation, in the same picture, of two or events which occured at different
times.
Synchronistic (a.) Of or
pertaining to synchronism; arranged according to correspondence in time; as,
synchronistic tables.
Synchronization (n.) The
act of synchronizing; concurrence of events in respect to time.
Synchronized (imp. & p. p.)
of Synchronize
Synchronizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Synchronize
Synchronize (v. i.) To
agree in time; to be simultaneous.
Synchronize (v. t.) To
assign to the same date or period of time; as, to synchronize two events of
Greek and Roman history.
Synchronize (v. t.) To
cause to agree in time; as, to synchronize the movements of different machines;
to synchronize clocks.
Synchronology (n.)
Contemporaneous chronology.
Synchronous (a.) Happening
at the same time; simultaneous.
Synchrony (n.) The
concurrence of events in time; synchronism.
Synchysis (n.) A
derangement or confusion of any kind, as of words in a sentence, or of humors in
the eye.
Synclastic (a.) Curved
toward the same side in all directions; -- said of surfaces which in all
directions around any point bend away from a tangent plane toward the same side,
as the surface of a sphere; -- opposed to anticlastic.
Synclinal (a.) Inclined
downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.
Synclinal (a.) Formed by
strata dipping toward a common line or plane; as, a synclinal trough or valley;
a synclinal fold; -- opposed to anticlinal.
Synclinal (n.) A synclinal
fold.
Syncline (n.) A synclinal
fold.
Synclinical (a.)
Synclinal.
Synclinoria (pl. ) of
Synclinorium
Synclinorium (n.) A
mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a geosynclinal, and ending in
a catastrophe of displacement and upturning.
Syncopal (a.) Of or
pertaining to syncope; resembling syncope.
Syncopated (imp. & p. p.)
of Syncopate
Syncopating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Syncopate
Syncopate (v. t.) To
contract, as a word, by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle;
as, "Gloster" is a syncopated form of "Gloucester."
Syncopate (v. t.) To
commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue it into
the following accented part, so that the accent is driven back upon the weak
part and the rhythm drags.
Syncopation (n.) The act
of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or
syllables from the middle; syncope.
Syncopation (n.) The act
of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which
consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first
half of the beat which follows.
Syncope (n.) An elision or
retrenchment of one or more letters or syllables from the middle of a word; as,
ne'er for never, ev'ry for every.
Syncope (n.) Same as
Syncopation.
Syncope (n.) A fainting,
or swooning. See Fainting.
Syncope (n.) A pause or
cessation; suspension.
Syncopist (n.) One who
syncopates.
Syncopize (v. t.) To
syncopate.
Syncotyledonous (a.)
Having united cotyledonous.
Syncretic (a.) Uniting and
blending together different systems, as of philosophy, morals, or religion.
Syncretism (n.) Attempted
union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each other.
Syncretist (n.) One who
attempts to unite principles or parties which are irreconcilably at variance;
Syncretist (n.) an
adherent of George Calixtus and other Germans of the seventeenth century, who
sought to unite or reconcile the Protestant sects with each other and with the
Roman Catholics, and thus occasioned a long and violent controversy in the
Lutheran church.
Syncretistic (a.)
Pertaining to, or characterized by, syncretism; as, a syncretistic mixture of
the service of Jehovah and the worship of idols.
Syncretistic (a.) Of or
pertaining to Syncretists.
Syncrisis (n.) A figure of
speech in which opposite things or persons are compared.
Syncitia (pl. ) of
Syncytium
Syncytium (n.) Tissue in
which the cell or partition walls are wholly wanting and the cell bodies fused
together, so that the tissue consists of a continuous mass of protoplasm in
which nuclei are imbedded, as in ordinary striped muscle.
Syncytium (n.) The
ectoderm of a sponge.
Syndactyle (n.) Any bird
having syndactilous feet.
Syndactylic (a.)
Syndactilous.
Syndactylous (a.) Having
the toes firmly united together for some distance, and without an intermediate
web, as the kingfishers; gressorial.
Syndesmography (n.) A
description of the ligaments; syndesmology.
Syndesmology (n.) That
part of anatomy which treats of ligaments.
Syndesmoses (pl. ) of
Syndesmosis
Syndesmosis (n.) An
articulation formed by means of ligaments.
Syndetic (a.) Alt. of
Syndetical
Syndetical (a.)
Connecting; conjunctive; as, syndetic words or connectives; syndetic references
in a dictionary.
Syndic (n.) An officer of
government, invested with different powers in different countries; a magistrate.
Syndic (n.) An agent of a
corporation, or of any body of men engaged in a business enterprise; an advocate
or patron; an assignee.
Syndicate (n.) The office
or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council, or body of syndics.
Syndicate (n.) An
association of persons officially authorized to undertake some duty or to
negotiate some business; also, an association of persons who combine to carry
out, on their own account, a financial or industrial project; as, a syndicate of
bankers formed to take up and dispose of an entire issue of government bonds.
Syndicate (v. t.) To
judge; to censure.
Syndrome (n.) Concurrence.
Syndrome (n.) A group of
symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some
underlying cause, such as a disease.
Syndyasmian (a.)
Pertaining to the state of pairing together sexually; -- said of animals during
periods of procreation and while rearing their offspring.
Syne (adv.) Afterwards;
since; ago.
Syne (adv.) Late, -- as
opposed to soon.
Syne (conj.) Since;
seeing.
Synecdoche (n.) A figure
or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for
fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the
species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species
(as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc.
Synecdochical (a.)
Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche.
Synecdochically (adv.) By
synecdoche.
Synechia (n.) A disease of
the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the
crystalline lens.
Synecphonesis (n.) A
contraction of two syllables into one; synizesis.
Synedral (a.) Growing on
the angles of a stem, as the leaves in some species of Selaginella.
Synentognathi (n. pl.) An
order of fishes, resembling the Physoclisti, without spines in the dorsal, anal,
and ventral fins. It includes the true flying fishes.
Synepy (n.) The
interjunction, or joining, of words in uttering the clauses of sentences.
Syneresis (n.) Same as
Synaeresis.
Synergetic (a.) Working
together; cooperating; as, synergetic muscles.
Synergism (n.) The
doctrine or theory, attributed to Melanchthon, that in the regeneration of a
human soul there is a cooperation, or joint agency, on the part both of God and
of man.
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