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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Warbler \War"bler\, n. 1. One who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; -- applied chiefly to birds. In lulling strains the feathered warblers woo. --Tickell. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small Old World singing birds belonging to the family {Sylviid[91]}, many of which are noted songsters. The bluethroat, blackcap, reed warbler (see under {Reed}), and sedge warbler (see under {Sedge}) are well-known species. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small, often bright colored, American singing birds of the family or subfamily {Mniotiltid[91]}, or {Sylvicolin[91]}. They are allied to the Old World warblers, but most of them are not particularly musical. Note: The American warblers are often divided, according to their habits, into bush warblers, creeping warblers, fly-catching warblers, ground warblers, wood warblers, wormeating warblers, etc. {Bush warbler} (Zo[94]l.) any American warbler of the genus {Opornis}, as the Connecticut warbler ({O. agilis}). {Creeping warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of very small American warblers belonging to {Parula}, {Mniotilta}, and allied genera, as the blue yellow-backed warbler ({Parula Americana}), and the black-and-white creeper ({Mniotilta varia}). {Fly-catching warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of warblers belonging to {Setophaga}, {Sylvania}, and allied genera having the bill hooked and notched at the tip, with strong rictal bristles at the base, as the hooded warbler ({Sylvania mitrata}), the black-capped warbler ({S. pusilla}), the Canadian warbler ({S. Canadensis}), and the American redstart (see {Redstart}). {Ground warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any American warbler of the genus {Geothlypis}, as the mourning ground warbler ({G. Philadelphia}), and the Maryland yellowthroat (see {Yellowthroat}). {Wood warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous American warblers of the genus {Dendroica}. Among the most common wood warblers in the Eastern States are the yellowbird, or yellow warbler (see under {Yellow}), the black-throated green warbler ({Dendroica virens}), the yellow-rumped warbler ({D. coronata}), the blackpoll ({D. striata}), the bay-breasted warbler ({D. castanea}), the chestnut-sided warbler ({D. Pennsylvanica}), the Cape May warbler ({D. tigrina}), the prairie warbler (see under {Prairie}), and the pine warbler ({D. pinus}). See also {Magnolia warbler}, under {Magnolia}, and {Blackburnian warbler}. | |
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Nuthatch \Nut"hatch`\, n. [OE. nuthake. See 2d {Hack}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of birds of the genus {Sitta}, as the European species ({Sitta Europ[91]a}). The white-breasted nuthatch ({S. Carolinensis}), the red-breasted nuthatch ({S. Canadensis}), the pygmy nuthatch ({S. pygm[91]a}), and others, are American. | |
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Elderberry \El"der*ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) The berrylike drupe of the elder. That of the Old World elder ({Sambucus nigra}) and that of the American sweet elder ({S. Canadensis}) are sweetish acid, and are eaten as a berry or made into wine. | |
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Squill \Squill\, n. [F. squille (also scille a squill, in sense 1), L. squilla, scilla, Gr. [?].] 1. (Bot.) (a) A European bulbous liliaceous plant ({Urginea, formerly Scilla, maritima}), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties used in medicine. Called also {sea onion}. (b) Any bulbous plant of the genus {Scilla}; as, the bluebell squill ({S. mutans}). 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A squilla. (b) A mantis. | |
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Ivy \I"vy\, n.; pl. {Ivies}. [AS. [c6]fig; akin to OHG. ebawi, ebah, G. epheu.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Hedera} ({H. helix}), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers. Direct The clasping ivy where to climb. --Milton. Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere. --Milton. {American ivy}. (Bot.) See {Virginia creeper}. {English ivy} (Bot.), a popular name in America for the ivy proper ({Hedera helix}). {German ivy} (Bot.), a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of {Senecio} ({S. scandens}). {Ground ivy}. (Bot.) Gill ({Nepeta Glechoma}). {Ivy bush}. (Bot.) See {Mountain laurel}, under {Mountain}. {Ivy owl} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. {Ivy tod} (Bot.), the ivy plant. --Tennyson. {Japanese ivy} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Ampelopsis tricuspidata}), closely related to the Virginia creeper. {Poison ivy} (Bot.), an American woody creeper ({Rhus Toxicodendron}), with trifoliate leaves, and greenish-white berries. It is exceedingly poisonous to the touch for most persons. {To pipe in an ivy leaf}, to console one's self as best one can. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {West Indian ivy}, a climbing plant of the genus {Marcgravia}. | |
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Saint \Saint\ (s[amac]nt), n. [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred, properly p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious act, to appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf. {Sacred}, {Sanctity}, {Sanctum}, {Sanctus}.] 1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God. Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints. --1 Cor. i. 2. 2. One of the blessed in heaven. Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure Far separate, circling thy holy mount, Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing. --Milton. 3. (Eccl.) One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.] {Saint Andrew's cross}. (a) A cross shaped like the letter X. See Illust. 4, under {Cross}. (b) (Bot.) A low North American shrub ({Ascyrum Crux-Andre[91]}, the petals of which have the form of a Saint Andrew's cross. --Gray. {Saint Anthony's cross}, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6, under {Cross}. {Saint Anthony's fire}, the erysipelas; -- popularly so called because it was supposed to have been cured by the intercession of Saint Anthony. {Saint Anthony's nut} (Bot.), the groundnut ({Bunium flexuosum}); -- so called because swine feed on it, and St. Anthony was once a swineherd. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Anthony's turnip} (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a favorite food of swine. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Barnaby's thistle} (Bot.), a kind of knapweed ({Centaurea solstitialis}) flowering on St. Barnabas's Day, June 11th. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Bernard} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of large, handsome dogs celebrated for strength and sagacity, formerly bred chiefly at the Hospice of St. Bernard in Switzerland, but now common in Europe and America. There are two races, the smooth-haired and the rough-haired. See Illust. under {Dog}. {Saint Catharine's flower} (Bot.), the plant love-in-a-mist. See under {Love}. {Saint Cuthbert's beads} (Paleon.), the fossil joints of crinoid stems. {Saint Dabeoc's heath} (Bot.), a heatherlike plant ({Dab[d2]cia polifolia}), named from an Irish saint. {Saint Distaff's Day}. See under {Distaff}. {Saint Elmo's fire}, a luminous, flamelike appearance, sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some prominent point on a ship, particularly at the masthead and the yardarms. It has also been observed on land, and is due to the discharge of electricity from elevated or pointed objects. A single flame is called a {Helena}, or a {Corposant}; a double, or twin, flame is called a {Castor and Pollux}, or a {double Corposant}. It takes its name from St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors. {Saint George's cross} (Her.), a Greek cross gules upon a field argent, the field being represented by a narrow fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great Britain. {Saint George's ensign}, a red cross on a white field with a union jack in the upper corner next the mast. It is the distinguishing badge of ships of the royal navy of England; -- called also {the white ensign}. --Brande & C. {Saint George's flag}, a smaller flag resembling the ensign, but without the union jack; used as the sign of the presence and command of an admiral. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {Saint Gobain glass} (Chem.), a fine variety of soda-lime plate glass, so called from St. Gobain in France, where it was manufactured. {Saint Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), the seed of a tree of the Philippines ({Strychnos Ignatia}), of properties similar to the nux vomica. {Saint James's shell} (Zo[94]l.), a pecten ({Vola Jacob[91]us}) worn by pilgrims to the Holy Land. See Illust. under {Scallop}. {Saint James's-wort} (Bot.), a kind of ragwort ({Senecio Jacob[91]a}). {Saint John's bread}. (Bot.) See {Carob}. {Saint John's-wort} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Hypericum}, most species of which have yellow flowers; -- called also {John's-wort}. {Saint Leger}, the name of a race for three-year-old horses run annually in September at Doncaster, England; -- instituted in 1776 by Col. St. Leger. {Saint Martin's herb} (Bot.), a small tropical American violaceous plant ({Sauvagesia erecta}). It is very mucilaginous and is used in medicine. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Saint \Saint\ (s[amac]nt), n. [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred, properly p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious act, to appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf. {Sacred}, {Sanctity}, {Sanctum}, {Sanctus}.] 1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God. Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints. --1 Cor. i. 2. 2. One of the blessed in heaven. Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure Far separate, circling thy holy mount, Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing. --Milton. 3. (Eccl.) One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.] {Saint Andrew's cross}. (a) A cross shaped like the letter X. See Illust. 4, under {Cross}. (b) (Bot.) A low North American shrub ({Ascyrum Crux-Andre[91]}, the petals of which have the form of a Saint Andrew's cross. --Gray. {Saint Anthony's cross}, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6, under {Cross}. {Saint Anthony's fire}, the erysipelas; -- popularly so called because it was supposed to have been cured by the intercession of Saint Anthony. {Saint Anthony's nut} (Bot.), the groundnut ({Bunium flexuosum}); -- so called because swine feed on it, and St. Anthony was once a swineherd. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Anthony's turnip} (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a favorite food of swine. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Barnaby's thistle} (Bot.), a kind of knapweed ({Centaurea solstitialis}) flowering on St. Barnabas's Day, June 11th. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Bernard} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of large, handsome dogs celebrated for strength and sagacity, formerly bred chiefly at the Hospice of St. Bernard in Switzerland, but now common in Europe and America. There are two races, the smooth-haired and the rough-haired. See Illust. under {Dog}. {Saint Catharine's flower} (Bot.), the plant love-in-a-mist. See under {Love}. {Saint Cuthbert's beads} (Paleon.), the fossil joints of crinoid stems. {Saint Dabeoc's heath} (Bot.), a heatherlike plant ({Dab[d2]cia polifolia}), named from an Irish saint. {Saint Distaff's Day}. See under {Distaff}. {Saint Elmo's fire}, a luminous, flamelike appearance, sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some prominent point on a ship, particularly at the masthead and the yardarms. It has also been observed on land, and is due to the discharge of electricity from elevated or pointed objects. A single flame is called a {Helena}, or a {Corposant}; a double, or twin, flame is called a {Castor and Pollux}, or a {double Corposant}. It takes its name from St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors. {Saint George's cross} (Her.), a Greek cross gules upon a field argent, the field being represented by a narrow fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great Britain. {Saint George's ensign}, a red cross on a white field with a union jack in the upper corner next the mast. It is the distinguishing badge of ships of the royal navy of England; -- called also {the white ensign}. --Brande & C. {Saint George's flag}, a smaller flag resembling the ensign, but without the union jack; used as the sign of the presence and command of an admiral. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {Saint Gobain glass} (Chem.), a fine variety of soda-lime plate glass, so called from St. Gobain in France, where it was manufactured. {Saint Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), the seed of a tree of the Philippines ({Strychnos Ignatia}), of properties similar to the nux vomica. {Saint James's shell} (Zo[94]l.), a pecten ({Vola Jacob[91]us}) worn by pilgrims to the Holy Land. See Illust. under {Scallop}. {Saint James's-wort} (Bot.), a kind of ragwort ({Senecio Jacob[91]a}). {Saint John's bread}. (Bot.) See {Carob}. {Saint John's-wort} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Hypericum}, most species of which have yellow flowers; -- called also {John's-wort}. {Saint Leger}, the name of a race for three-year-old horses run annually in September at Doncaster, England; -- instituted in 1776 by Col. St. Leger. {Saint Martin's herb} (Bot.), a small tropical American violaceous plant ({Sauvagesia erecta}). It is very mucilaginous and is used in medicine. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Saint \Saint\ (s[amac]nt), n. [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred, properly p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious act, to appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf. {Sacred}, {Sanctity}, {Sanctum}, {Sanctus}.] 1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God. Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints. --1 Cor. i. 2. 2. One of the blessed in heaven. Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure Far separate, circling thy holy mount, Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing. --Milton. 3. (Eccl.) One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.] {Saint Andrew's cross}. (a) A cross shaped like the letter X. See Illust. 4, under {Cross}. (b) (Bot.) A low North American shrub ({Ascyrum Crux-Andre[91]}, the petals of which have the form of a Saint Andrew's cross. --Gray. {Saint Anthony's cross}, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6, under {Cross}. {Saint Anthony's fire}, the erysipelas; -- popularly so called because it was supposed to have been cured by the intercession of Saint Anthony. {Saint Anthony's nut} (Bot.), the groundnut ({Bunium flexuosum}); -- so called because swine feed on it, and St. Anthony was once a swineherd. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Anthony's turnip} (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a favorite food of swine. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Barnaby's thistle} (Bot.), a kind of knapweed ({Centaurea solstitialis}) flowering on St. Barnabas's Day, June 11th. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Bernard} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of large, handsome dogs celebrated for strength and sagacity, formerly bred chiefly at the Hospice of St. Bernard in Switzerland, but now common in Europe and America. There are two races, the smooth-haired and the rough-haired. See Illust. under {Dog}. {Saint Catharine's flower} (Bot.), the plant love-in-a-mist. See under {Love}. {Saint Cuthbert's beads} (Paleon.), the fossil joints of crinoid stems. {Saint Dabeoc's heath} (Bot.), a heatherlike plant ({Dab[d2]cia polifolia}), named from an Irish saint. {Saint Distaff's Day}. See under {Distaff}. {Saint Elmo's fire}, a luminous, flamelike appearance, sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some prominent point on a ship, particularly at the masthead and the yardarms. It has also been observed on land, and is due to the discharge of electricity from elevated or pointed objects. A single flame is called a {Helena}, or a {Corposant}; a double, or twin, flame is called a {Castor and Pollux}, or a {double Corposant}. It takes its name from St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors. {Saint George's cross} (Her.), a Greek cross gules upon a field argent, the field being represented by a narrow fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great Britain. {Saint George's ensign}, a red cross on a white field with a union jack in the upper corner next the mast. It is the distinguishing badge of ships of the royal navy of England; -- called also {the white ensign}. --Brande & C. {Saint George's flag}, a smaller flag resembling the ensign, but without the union jack; used as the sign of the presence and command of an admiral. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {Saint Gobain glass} (Chem.), a fine variety of soda-lime plate glass, so called from St. Gobain in France, where it was manufactured. {Saint Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), the seed of a tree of the Philippines ({Strychnos Ignatia}), of properties similar to the nux vomica. {Saint James's shell} (Zo[94]l.), a pecten ({Vola Jacob[91]us}) worn by pilgrims to the Holy Land. See Illust. under {Scallop}. {Saint James's-wort} (Bot.), a kind of ragwort ({Senecio Jacob[91]a}). {Saint John's bread}. (Bot.) See {Carob}. {Saint John's-wort} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Hypericum}, most species of which have yellow flowers; -- called also {John's-wort}. {Saint Leger}, the name of a race for three-year-old horses run annually in September at Doncaster, England; -- instituted in 1776 by Col. St. Leger. {Saint Martin's herb} (Bot.), a small tropical American violaceous plant ({Sauvagesia erecta}). It is very mucilaginous and is used in medicine. | |
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Saint \Saint\ (s[amac]nt), n. [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred, properly p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious act, to appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf. {Sacred}, {Sanctity}, {Sanctum}, {Sanctus}.] 1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God. Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints. --1 Cor. i. 2. 2. One of the blessed in heaven. Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure Far separate, circling thy holy mount, Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing. --Milton. 3. (Eccl.) One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.] {Saint Andrew's cross}. (a) A cross shaped like the letter X. See Illust. 4, under {Cross}. (b) (Bot.) A low North American shrub ({Ascyrum Crux-Andre[91]}, the petals of which have the form of a Saint Andrew's cross. --Gray. {Saint Anthony's cross}, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6, under {Cross}. {Saint Anthony's fire}, the erysipelas; -- popularly so called because it was supposed to have been cured by the intercession of Saint Anthony. {Saint Anthony's nut} (Bot.), the groundnut ({Bunium flexuosum}); -- so called because swine feed on it, and St. Anthony was once a swineherd. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Anthony's turnip} (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a favorite food of swine. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Barnaby's thistle} (Bot.), a kind of knapweed ({Centaurea solstitialis}) flowering on St. Barnabas's Day, June 11th. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Bernard} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of large, handsome dogs celebrated for strength and sagacity, formerly bred chiefly at the Hospice of St. Bernard in Switzerland, but now common in Europe and America. There are two races, the smooth-haired and the rough-haired. See Illust. under {Dog}. {Saint Catharine's flower} (Bot.), the plant love-in-a-mist. See under {Love}. {Saint Cuthbert's beads} (Paleon.), the fossil joints of crinoid stems. {Saint Dabeoc's heath} (Bot.), a heatherlike plant ({Dab[d2]cia polifolia}), named from an Irish saint. {Saint Distaff's Day}. See under {Distaff}. {Saint Elmo's fire}, a luminous, flamelike appearance, sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some prominent point on a ship, particularly at the masthead and the yardarms. It has also been observed on land, and is due to the discharge of electricity from elevated or pointed objects. A single flame is called a {Helena}, or a {Corposant}; a double, or twin, flame is called a {Castor and Pollux}, or a {double Corposant}. It takes its name from St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors. {Saint George's cross} (Her.), a Greek cross gules upon a field argent, the field being represented by a narrow fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great Britain. {Saint George's ensign}, a red cross on a white field with a union jack in the upper corner next the mast. It is the distinguishing badge of ships of the royal navy of England; -- called also {the white ensign}. --Brande & C. {Saint George's flag}, a smaller flag resembling the ensign, but without the union jack; used as the sign of the presence and command of an admiral. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {Saint Gobain glass} (Chem.), a fine variety of soda-lime plate glass, so called from St. Gobain in France, where it was manufactured. {Saint Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), the seed of a tree of the Philippines ({Strychnos Ignatia}), of properties similar to the nux vomica. {Saint James's shell} (Zo[94]l.), a pecten ({Vola Jacob[91]us}) worn by pilgrims to the Holy Land. See Illust. under {Scallop}. {Saint James's-wort} (Bot.), a kind of ragwort ({Senecio Jacob[91]a}). {Saint John's bread}. (Bot.) See {Carob}. {Saint John's-wort} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Hypericum}, most species of which have yellow flowers; -- called also {John's-wort}. {Saint Leger}, the name of a race for three-year-old horses run annually in September at Doncaster, England; -- instituted in 1776 by Col. St. Leger. {Saint Martin's herb} (Bot.), a small tropical American violaceous plant ({Sauvagesia erecta}). It is very mucilaginous and is used in medicine. | |
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Saint \Saint\ (s[amac]nt), n. [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred, properly p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious act, to appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf. {Sacred}, {Sanctity}, {Sanctum}, {Sanctus}.] 1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God. Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints. --1 Cor. i. 2. 2. One of the blessed in heaven. Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure Far separate, circling thy holy mount, Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing. --Milton. 3. (Eccl.) One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.] {Saint Andrew's cross}. (a) A cross shaped like the letter X. See Illust. 4, under {Cross}. (b) (Bot.) A low North American shrub ({Ascyrum Crux-Andre[91]}, the petals of which have the form of a Saint Andrew's cross. --Gray. {Saint Anthony's cross}, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6, under {Cross}. {Saint Anthony's fire}, the erysipelas; -- popularly so called because it was supposed to have been cured by the intercession of Saint Anthony. {Saint Anthony's nut} (Bot.), the groundnut ({Bunium flexuosum}); -- so called because swine feed on it, and St. Anthony was once a swineherd. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Anthony's turnip} (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a favorite food of swine. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Barnaby's thistle} (Bot.), a kind of knapweed ({Centaurea solstitialis}) flowering on St. Barnabas's Day, June 11th. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Bernard} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of large, handsome dogs celebrated for strength and sagacity, formerly bred chiefly at the Hospice of St. Bernard in Switzerland, but now common in Europe and America. There are two races, the smooth-haired and the rough-haired. See Illust. under {Dog}. {Saint Catharine's flower} (Bot.), the plant love-in-a-mist. See under {Love}. {Saint Cuthbert's beads} (Paleon.), the fossil joints of crinoid stems. {Saint Dabeoc's heath} (Bot.), a heatherlike plant ({Dab[d2]cia polifolia}), named from an Irish saint. {Saint Distaff's Day}. See under {Distaff}. {Saint Elmo's fire}, a luminous, flamelike appearance, sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some prominent point on a ship, particularly at the masthead and the yardarms. It has also been observed on land, and is due to the discharge of electricity from elevated or pointed objects. A single flame is called a {Helena}, or a {Corposant}; a double, or twin, flame is called a {Castor and Pollux}, or a {double Corposant}. It takes its name from St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors. {Saint George's cross} (Her.), a Greek cross gules upon a field argent, the field being represented by a narrow fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great Britain. {Saint George's ensign}, a red cross on a white field with a union jack in the upper corner next the mast. It is the distinguishing badge of ships of the royal navy of England; -- called also {the white ensign}. --Brande & C. {Saint George's flag}, a smaller flag resembling the ensign, but without the union jack; used as the sign of the presence and command of an admiral. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {Saint Gobain glass} (Chem.), a fine variety of soda-lime plate glass, so called from St. Gobain in France, where it was manufactured. {Saint Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), the seed of a tree of the Philippines ({Strychnos Ignatia}), of properties similar to the nux vomica. {Saint James's shell} (Zo[94]l.), a pecten ({Vola Jacob[91]us}) worn by pilgrims to the Holy Land. See Illust. under {Scallop}. {Saint James's-wort} (Bot.), a kind of ragwort ({Senecio Jacob[91]a}). {Saint John's bread}. (Bot.) See {Carob}. {Saint John's-wort} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Hypericum}, most species of which have yellow flowers; -- called also {John's-wort}. {Saint Leger}, the name of a race for three-year-old horses run annually in September at Doncaster, England; -- instituted in 1776 by Col. St. Leger. {Saint Martin's herb} (Bot.), a small tropical American violaceous plant ({Sauvagesia erecta}). It is very mucilaginous and is used in medicine. | |
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Saint \Saint\ (s[amac]nt), n. [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred, properly p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious act, to appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf. {Sacred}, {Sanctity}, {Sanctum}, {Sanctus}.] 1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God. Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints. --1 Cor. i. 2. 2. One of the blessed in heaven. Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure Far separate, circling thy holy mount, Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing. --Milton. 3. (Eccl.) One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.] {Saint Andrew's cross}. (a) A cross shaped like the letter X. See Illust. 4, under {Cross}. (b) (Bot.) A low North American shrub ({Ascyrum Crux-Andre[91]}, the petals of which have the form of a Saint Andrew's cross. --Gray. {Saint Anthony's cross}, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6, under {Cross}. {Saint Anthony's fire}, the erysipelas; -- popularly so called because it was supposed to have been cured by the intercession of Saint Anthony. {Saint Anthony's nut} (Bot.), the groundnut ({Bunium flexuosum}); -- so called because swine feed on it, and St. Anthony was once a swineherd. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Anthony's turnip} (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a favorite food of swine. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Barnaby's thistle} (Bot.), a kind of knapweed ({Centaurea solstitialis}) flowering on St. Barnabas's Day, June 11th. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Bernard} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of large, handsome dogs celebrated for strength and sagacity, formerly bred chiefly at the Hospice of St. Bernard in Switzerland, but now common in Europe and America. There are two races, the smooth-haired and the rough-haired. See Illust. under {Dog}. {Saint Catharine's flower} (Bot.), the plant love-in-a-mist. See under {Love}. {Saint Cuthbert's beads} (Paleon.), the fossil joints of crinoid stems. {Saint Dabeoc's heath} (Bot.), a heatherlike plant ({Dab[d2]cia polifolia}), named from an Irish saint. {Saint Distaff's Day}. See under {Distaff}. {Saint Elmo's fire}, a luminous, flamelike appearance, sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some prominent point on a ship, particularly at the masthead and the yardarms. It has also been observed on land, and is due to the discharge of electricity from elevated or pointed objects. A single flame is called a {Helena}, or a {Corposant}; a double, or twin, flame is called a {Castor and Pollux}, or a {double Corposant}. It takes its name from St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors. {Saint George's cross} (Her.), a Greek cross gules upon a field argent, the field being represented by a narrow fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great Britain. {Saint George's ensign}, a red cross on a white field with a union jack in the upper corner next the mast. It is the distinguishing badge of ships of the royal navy of England; -- called also {the white ensign}. --Brande & C. {Saint George's flag}, a smaller flag resembling the ensign, but without the union jack; used as the sign of the presence and command of an admiral. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {Saint Gobain glass} (Chem.), a fine variety of soda-lime plate glass, so called from St. Gobain in France, where it was manufactured. {Saint Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), the seed of a tree of the Philippines ({Strychnos Ignatia}), of properties similar to the nux vomica. {Saint James's shell} (Zo[94]l.), a pecten ({Vola Jacob[91]us}) worn by pilgrims to the Holy Land. See Illust. under {Scallop}. {Saint James's-wort} (Bot.), a kind of ragwort ({Senecio Jacob[91]a}). {Saint John's bread}. (Bot.) See {Carob}. {Saint John's-wort} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Hypericum}, most species of which have yellow flowers; -- called also {John's-wort}. {Saint Leger}, the name of a race for three-year-old horses run annually in September at Doncaster, England; -- instituted in 1776 by Col. St. Leger. {Saint Martin's herb} (Bot.), a small tropical American violaceous plant ({Sauvagesia erecta}). It is very mucilaginous and is used in medicine. | |
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{Saint Martin's summer}, a season of mild, damp weather frequently prevailing during late autumn in England and the Mediterranean countries; -- so called from St. Martin's Festival, occurring on November 11. It corresponds to the Indian summer in America. --Shak. --Whittier. {Saint Patrick's cross}. See Illust. 4, under {Cross}. {Saint Patrick's Day}, the 17th of March, anniversary of the death (about 466) of St. Patrick, the apostle and patron saint of Ireland. {Saint Peter's fish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {John Dory}, under {John}. {Saint Peter's-wort} (Bot.), a name of several plants, as {Hypericum Ascyron}, {H. quadrangulum}, {Ascyrum stans}, etc. {Saint Peter's wreath} (Bot.), a shrubby kind of Spir[91]a ({S. hypericifolia}), having long slender branches covered with clusters of small white blossoms in spring. {Saint's bell}. See {Sanctus bell}, under {Sanctus}. {Saint Vitus's dance} (Med.), chorea; -- so called from the supposed cures wrought on intercession to this saint. | |
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Summer \Sum"mer\, n. [OE. sumer, somer, AS. sumor, sumer; akin to OFries. sumur, D. zomer, OS. sumar, G. sommer, OHG. & Icel. sumar, Dan. sommer, Sw. sommar, W. haf, Zend hama, Skr. sam[be] year. [fb]292.] The season of the year in which the sun shines most directly upon any region; the warmest period of the year. Note: North of the equator summer is popularly taken to include the months of June, July, and August. Astronomically it may be considered, in the northern hemisphere, to begin with the summer solstice, about June 21st, and to end with the autumnal equinox, about September 22d. {Indian summer}, in North America, a period of warm weather late in autumn, usually characterized by a clear sky, and by a hazy or smoky appearance of the atmosphere, especially near the horizon. The name is derived probably from the custom of the Indians of using this time in preparation for winter by laying in stores of food. {Saint Martin's summer}. See under {Saint}. {Summer bird} (Zo[94]l.), the wryneck. [Prov. Eng.] {Summer colt}, the undulating state of the air near the surface of the ground when heated. [Eng.] {Summer complaint} (Med.), a popular term for any diarrheal disorder occurring in summer, especially when produced by heat and indigestion. {Summer coot} (Zo[94]l.), the American gallinule. [Local, U.S.] {Summer cypress} (Bot.), an annual plant ({Kochia Scoparia}) of the Goosefoot family. It has narrow, ciliate, crowded leaves, and is sometimes seen in gardens. {Summer duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The wood duck. (b) The garganey, or summer teal. See Illust. of {Wood duck}, under {Wood}. {Summer fallow}, land uncropped and plowed, etc., during the summer, in order to pulverize the soil and kill the weeds. {Summer rash} (Med.), prickly heat. See under {Prickly}. {Summer sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.] {Summer snipe}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The dunlin. (b) The common European sandpiper. (c) The green sandpiper. {Summer tanager} (Zo[94]l.), a singing bird ({Piranga rubra}) native of the Middle and Southern United States. The male is deep red, the female is yellowish olive above and yellow beneath. Called also {summer redbird}. {Summer teal} (Zo[94]l.), the blue-winged teal. [Local, U.S.] {Summer wheat}, wheat that is sown in the spring, and matures during the summer following. See {Spring wheat}. {Summer yellowbird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Yellowbird}. | |
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Saintdom \Saint"dom\ (-d[ucr]m), n. The state or character of a saint. [R.] --Tennyson. | |
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Saint \Saint\ (s[amac]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sainted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sainting}.] 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). A large hospital, erected by a shoemaker who has been beatified, though never sainted. --Addison. {To saint it}, to act as a saint, or with a show of piety. Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it. --Pope. | |
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Sanation \Sa*na"tion\, n. [L. sanatio. See {Sanable}.] The act of healing or curing. [Obs.] --Wiseman. | |
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{Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P. exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under {Pterocletes}. {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune. {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus Mexicana}). {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian. {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp. {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India. (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper. (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}. {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce. {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta agilis}). {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat. {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities. {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}. {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A. Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee partridge}, and {teehoo}. {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sauger. (b) The lizard fish. {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also {sand gall}. {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand prey}. {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher. {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand. {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand collar}. {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}. {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern Europe. {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian. {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside. {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}. {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper. {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker. {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under {Bank}. {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate. {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}. {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young. | |
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Martin \Mar"tin\, n. [F. martin, from the proper name Martin. Cf. {Martlet}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows. [Written also {marten}.] Note: The American purple martin, or bee martin ({Progne subis, [or] purpurea}), and the European house, or window, martin ({Hirundo, [or] Chelidon, urbica}), are the best known species. {Bank martin}. (a) The bank swallow. See under {Bank}. (b) The fairy martin. See under {Fairy}. {Bee martin}. (a) The purple martin. (b) The kingbird. {Sand martin}, the bank swallow. | |
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{Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P. exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under {Pterocletes}. {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune. {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus Mexicana}). {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian. {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp. {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India. (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper. (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}. {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce. {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta agilis}). {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat. {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities. {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}. {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A. Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee partridge}, and {teehoo}. {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sauger. (b) The lizard fish. {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also {sand gall}. {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand prey}. {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher. {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand. {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand collar}. {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}. {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern Europe. {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian. {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside. {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}. {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper. {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker. {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under {Bank}. {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate. {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}. {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Coast \Coast\, n. [OF. coste, F. c[93]te, rib, hill, shore, coast, L. costa rib, side. Cf. {Accost}, v. t., {Cutlet}.] 1. The side of a thing. [Obs.] --Sir I. Newton. 2. The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier border. [Obs.] From the river, the river Euphrates, even to the uttermost sea, shall your coast be. --Deut. xi. 24. 3. The seashore, or land near it. He sees in English ships the Holland coast. --Dryden. We the Arabian coast do know At distance, when the species blow. --Waller. {The coast is clear}, the danger is over; no enemy in sight. --Dryden. Fig.: There are no obstacles. [bd]Seeing that the coast was clear, Zelmane dismissed Musidorus.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. {Coast guard}. (a) A body of men originally employed along the coast to prevent smuggling; now, under the control of the admiralty, drilled as a naval reserve. [Eng.] (b) The force employed in life-saving stations along the seacoast. [U. S.] {Coast rat} (Zo[94]l.), a South African mammal ({Bathyergus suillus}), about the size of a rabbit, remarkable for its extensive burrows; -- called also {sand mole}. {Coast waiter}, a customhouse officer who superintends the landing or shipping of goods for the coast trade. [Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P. exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under {Pterocletes}. {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune. {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus Mexicana}). {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian. {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp. {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India. (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper. (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}. {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce. {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta agilis}). {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat. {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities. {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}. {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A. Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee partridge}, and {teehoo}. {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sauger. (b) The lizard fish. {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also {sand gall}. {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand prey}. {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher. {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand. {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand collar}. {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}. {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern Europe. {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian. {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside. {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}. {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper. {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker. {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under {Bank}. {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate. {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}. {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Coast \Coast\, n. [OF. coste, F. c[93]te, rib, hill, shore, coast, L. costa rib, side. Cf. {Accost}, v. t., {Cutlet}.] 1. The side of a thing. [Obs.] --Sir I. Newton. 2. The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier border. [Obs.] From the river, the river Euphrates, even to the uttermost sea, shall your coast be. --Deut. xi. 24. 3. The seashore, or land near it. He sees in English ships the Holland coast. --Dryden. We the Arabian coast do know At distance, when the species blow. --Waller. {The coast is clear}, the danger is over; no enemy in sight. --Dryden. Fig.: There are no obstacles. [bd]Seeing that the coast was clear, Zelmane dismissed Musidorus.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. {Coast guard}. (a) A body of men originally employed along the coast to prevent smuggling; now, under the control of the admiralty, drilled as a naval reserve. [Eng.] (b) The force employed in life-saving stations along the seacoast. [U. S.] {Coast rat} (Zo[94]l.), a South African mammal ({Bathyergus suillus}), about the size of a rabbit, remarkable for its extensive burrows; -- called also {sand mole}. {Coast waiter}, a customhouse officer who superintends the landing or shipping of goods for the coast trade. [Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P. exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under {Pterocletes}. {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune. {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus Mexicana}). {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian. {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp. {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India. (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper. (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}. {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce. {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta agilis}). {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat. {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities. {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}. {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A. Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee partridge}, and {teehoo}. {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sauger. (b) The lizard fish. {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also {sand gall}. {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand prey}. {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher. {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand. {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand collar}. {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}. {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern Europe. {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian. {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside. {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}. {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper. {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker. {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under {Bank}. {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate. {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}. {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P. exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under {Pterocletes}. {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune. {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus Mexicana}). {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian. {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp. {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India. (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper. (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}. {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce. {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta agilis}). {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat. {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities. {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}. {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A. Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee partridge}, and {teehoo}. {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sauger. (b) The lizard fish. {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also {sand gall}. {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand prey}. {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher. {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand. {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand collar}. {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}. {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern Europe. {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian. {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside. {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}. {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper. {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker. {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under {Bank}. {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate. {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}. {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P. exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under {Pterocletes}. {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune. {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus Mexicana}). {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian. {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp. {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India. (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper. (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}. {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce. {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta agilis}). {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat. {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities. {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}. {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A. Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee partridge}, and {teehoo}. {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sauger. (b) The lizard fish. {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also {sand gall}. {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand prey}. {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher. {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand. {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand collar}. {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}. {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern Europe. {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian. {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside. {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}. {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper. {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker. {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under {Bank}. {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate. {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}. {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young. | |
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Myrtle \Myr"tle\ (m[etil]r"t'l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. my`rtos; cf. Per. m[umac]rd.] (Bot.) A species of the genus {Myrtus}, especially {Myrtus communis}. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning. Note: The name is also popularly but wrongly applied in America to two creeping plants, the blue-flowered periwinkle and the yellow-flowered moneywort. In the West Indies several myrtaceous shrubs are called myrtle. {Bog myrtle}, the sweet gale. {Crape myrtle}. See under {Crape}. {Myrtle warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a North American wood warbler ({Dendroica coronata}); -- called also {myrtle bird}, {yellow-rumped warbler}, and {yellow-crowned warbler}. {Myrtle wax}. (Bot.) See {Bayberry tallow}, under {Bayberry}. {Sand myrtle}, a low, branching evergreen shrub ({Leiophyllum buxifolium}), growing in New Jersey and southward. {Wax myrtle} ({Myrica cerifera}). See {Bayberry}. | |
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Sandemanian \San`de*ma"ni*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Robert Sandeman, a Scotch sectary of the eighteenth century. See {Glassite}. | |
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Sandemanianism \San`de*ma"ni*an*ism\, n. The faith or system of the Sandemanians. --A. Fuller. | |
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Sandiness \Sand"i*ness\, n. The quality or state of being sandy, or of being of a sandy color. | |
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Sand \Sand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sanding}.] 1. To sprinkle or cover with sand. 2. To drive upon the sand. [Obs.] --Burton. 3. To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud. 4. To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar. [Colloq.] | |
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Sandman \Sand"man`\, n. A mythical person who makes children sleepy, so that they rub their eyes as if there were sand in them. | |
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Sandnecker \Sand"neck`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A European flounder ({Hippoglossoides limandoides}); -- called also {rough dab}, {long fluke}, {sand fluke}, and {sand sucker}. | |
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Sanidine \San"i*dine\, n. [Gr. [?]. [?], a board. So called in allusion to the tabular crystals.] (Min.) A variety of orthoclase feldspar common in certain eruptive rocks, as trachyte; -- called also {glassy feldspar}. | |
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Saltimbanco \Sal`tim*ban"co\, n. [It., literally, one who leaps or mounts upon a bench; saltare to leap + in in, upon + banco a bench.] A mountebank; a quack. [Obs.] [Written also {santinbanco}.] Saltimbancos, quacksalvers, and charlatans. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Santonate \San"to*nate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of santonic acid. | |
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Santonic \San*ton"ic\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid (distinct from santoninic acid) obtained from santonin as a white crystalline substance. | |
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Santonin \San"to*nin\, n. [L. herba santonica, a kind of plant, fr. Santoni a people of Aquitania; cf. Gr. [?]: cf. F. santonine.] (Chem.) 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. | |
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Santoninate \San"to*nin`ate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of santoninic acid. | |
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Santoninic \San`to*nin"ic\, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to santonin; -- used specifically to designate an acid not known in the free state, but obtained in its salts. | |
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Scandent \Scan"dent\, a. [L. scandens, -entis, p. pr. of scandere to climb.] Climbing. Note: Scandent plants may climb either by twining, as the hop, or by twisted leafstalks, as the clematis, or by tendrils, as the passion flower, or by rootlets, as the ivy. | |
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Scandinavian \Scan`di*na"vi*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Scandinavia, that is, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Scandinavia. | |
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Jail \Jail\, n. [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole, jaiole, F. ge[93]le, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L. cavea cavity, cage. See {Cage}.] A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. [Written also {gaol}.] This jail I count the house of liberty. --Milton. {Jail bird}, a prisoner; one who has been confined in prison. [Slang] {Jail delivery}, the release of prisoners from jail, either legally or by violence. {Jail delivery commission}. See under {Gaol}. {Jail fever} (Med.), typhus fever, or a disease resembling it, generated in jails and other places crowded with people; -- called also {hospital fever}, and {ship fever}. {Jail liberties}, [or] {Jail limits}, a space or district around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was, on certain conditions, allowed to go at large. --Abbott. {Jail lock}, a peculiar form of padlock; -- called also {Scandinavian lock}. | |
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Scandium \Scan"di*um\, n. [NL. So called because found in Scandinavian minerals.] (Chem.) 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. | |
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Ekabor \Ek"a*bor`\ ([ecr]k"[adot]*b[omac]r`), Ekaboron \Ek"a*bo"ron\ (-b[omac]"r[ocr]n), n. [G., fr. Skr. [emac]ka one + G. bor, boron, E. boron.] (Chem.) The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then unknown, but since discovered and named {scandium}; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group. See {Scandium}. | |
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Scandium \Scan"di*um\, n. [NL. So called because found in Scandinavian minerals.] (Chem.) 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. | |
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Ekabor \Ek"a*bor`\ ([ecr]k"[adot]*b[omac]r`), Ekaboron \Ek"a*bo"ron\ (-b[omac]"r[ocr]n), n. [G., fr. Skr. [emac]ka one + G. bor, boron, E. boron.] (Chem.) The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then unknown, but since discovered and named {scandium}; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group. See {Scandium}. | |
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Scantiness \Scant"i*ness\, n. Quality or condition of being scanty. | |
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Scant \Scant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scanting}.] 1. To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries. Where a man hath a great living laid together and where he is scanted. --Bacon. I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions. --Dryden. 2. To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail. [bd]Scant not my cups.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Scantness \Scant"ness\, n. The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness. [bd]Scantness of outward things.[b8] --Barrow. | |
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Scent \Scent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scenting}.] [Originally sent, fr. F. sentir to feel, to smell. See {Sense}.] 1. To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does. Methinks I scent the morning air. --Shak. 2. To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume. Balm from a silver box distilled around, Shall all bedew the roots, and scent the sacred ground. --Dryden. | |
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Scentingly \Scent"ing*ly\, adv. By scent. [R.] --Fuller. | |
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Semidemiquaver \Sem`i*dem"i*qua`ver\, n. (Mus.) A demisemiquaver; a thirty-second note. | |
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Semidiameter \Sem`i*di*am"e*ter\, n. (Math.) 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. | |
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Semidome \Sem"i*dome`\, n. (Arch.) 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. | |
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Semitangent \Sem"i*tan`gent\, n. (Geom.) The tangent of half an arc. | |
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Semitone \Sem"i*tone\, n. [Pref. semi- + tone. CF. {Hemitone}.] (Mus.) Half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale. Note: There is an impropriety in the use of this word, and half step is now preferred. See {Tone}. --J. S. Dwight. | |
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Semitonic \Sem`i*ton"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to a semitone; consisting of a semitone, or of semitones. | |
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Semitontine \Sem`i*ton*tine"\, a. (LIfe Insurance) Lit., half-tontine; -- used to designate a form of tontine life insurance. See {Tontine insurance}. -- {Sem`i*ton*tine"}, n. | |
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Tontine insurance \Ton*tine" in*su"rance\ (Life Insurance) Insurance in which the benefits of the insurance are distributed upon the tontine principle. Under the old, or {full tontine}, plan, all benefits were forfeited on lapsed policies, on the policies of those who died within the tontine period only the face of the policy was paid without any share of the surplus, and the survivor at the end of the tontine period received the entire surplus. This plan of tontine insurance has been replaced in the United States by the {semitontine} plan, in which the surplus is divided among the holders of policies in force at the termination of the tontine period, but the reverse for the paid-up value is paid on lapsed policies, and on the policies of those that have died the face is paid. Other modified forms are called {free tontine}, {deferred dividend}, etc., according to the nature of the tontine arrangement. | |
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Semitontine \Sem`i*ton*tine"\, a. (LIfe Insurance) Lit., half-tontine; -- used to designate a form of tontine life insurance. See {Tontine insurance}. -- {Sem`i*ton*tine"}, n. | |
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Tontine insurance \Ton*tine" in*su"rance\ (Life Insurance) Insurance in which the benefits of the insurance are distributed upon the tontine principle. Under the old, or {full tontine}, plan, all benefits were forfeited on lapsed policies, on the policies of those who died within the tontine period only the face of the policy was paid without any share of the surplus, and the survivor at the end of the tontine period received the entire surplus. This plan of tontine insurance has been replaced in the United States by the {semitontine} plan, in which the surplus is divided among the holders of policies in force at the termination of the tontine period, but the reverse for the paid-up value is paid on lapsed policies, and on the policies of those that have died the face is paid. Other modified forms are called {free tontine}, {deferred dividend}, etc., according to the nature of the tontine arrangement. | |
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Send \Send\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sending}.] [AS. sendan; akin to OS. sendian, D. zenden, G. senden, OHG. senten, Icel. senda, Sw. s[84]nda, Dan. sende, Goth. sandjan, and to Goth. sinp a time (properly, a going), gasinpa companion, OHG. sind journey, AS. s[c6][?], Icel. sinni a walk, journey, a time. W. hynt a way, journey, OIr. s[?]t. Cf. {Sense}.] 1. To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger. I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. --Jer. xxiii. 21. I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. --John viii. 42. Servants, sent on messages, stay out somewhat longer than the message requires. --Swift. 2. To give motion to; to cause to be borne or carried; to procure the going, transmission, or delivery of; as, to send a message. He . . . sent letters by posts on horseback. --Esther viii. 10. O send out thy light an thy truth; let them lead me. --Ps. xliii. 3. 3. To emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, or the like. 4. To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; -- sometimes followed by a dependent proposition. [bd]God send him well![b8] --Shak. The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke. --Deut. xxviii. 20. And sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. --Matt. v. 45. God send your mission may bring back peace. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Sentence \Sen"tence\, n. [F., from L. sententia, for sentientia, from sentire to discern by the senses and the mind, to feel, to think. See {Sense}, n., and cf. {Sentiensi}.] 1. Sense; meaning; significance. [Obs.] Tales of best sentence and most solace. --Chaucer. The discourse itself, voluble enough, and full of sentence. --Milton. 2. (a) An opinion; a decision; a determination; a judgment, especially one of an unfavorable nature. My sentence is for open war. --Milton. That by them [Luther's works] we may pass sentence upon his doctrines. --Atterbury. (b) A philosophical or theological opinion; a dogma; as, Summary of the Sentences; Book of the Sentences. 3. (Law) 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. Received the sentence of the law. --Shak. 4. A short saying, usually containing moral instruction; a maxim; an axiom; a saw. --Broome. 5. (Gram.) 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. Note: Sentences are simple or compound. A simple sentence consists of one subject and one finite verb; as, [bd]The Lord reigns.[b8] A compound sentence contains two or more subjects and finite verbs, as in this verse: He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all. --Pope. {Dark sentence}, a saving not easily explained. A king . . . understanding dark sentences. --Dan. vii. 23. | |
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Sentence \Sen"tence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sentenced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sentencing}.] 1. To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe the punishment of. Nature herself is sentenced in your doom. --Dryden. 2. To decree or announce as a sentence. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. To utter sententiously. [Obs.] --Feltham. | |
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Sentence method \Sen"tence meth`od\ (Education) A method of teaching reading by giving first attention to phrases and sentences and later analyzing these into their verbal and alphabetic components; -- contrasted with alphabet and {word methods}. | |
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Sentence \Sen"tence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sentenced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sentencing}.] 1. To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe the punishment of. Nature herself is sentenced in your doom. --Dryden. 2. To decree or announce as a sentence. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. To utter sententiously. [Obs.] --Feltham. | |
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Sentencer \Sen"ten*cer\, n. One who pronounced a sentence or condemnation. | |
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Sentence \Sen"tence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sentenced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sentencing}.] 1. To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe the punishment of. Nature herself is sentenced in your doom. --Dryden. 2. To decree or announce as a sentence. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. To utter sententiously. [Obs.] --Feltham. | |
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sentential \sen*ten"tial\, a. 1. Comprising sentences; as, a sentential translation. --Abp. Newcome. 2. Of or pertaining to a sentence, or full period; as, a sentential pause. | |
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Sententially \Sen*ten"tial*ly\, adv. In a sentential manner. | |
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Sententiarist \Sen*ten"ti*a*rist\, n. A sententiary. --Barnas Sears (Life of Luther). | |
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Sententiary \Sen*ten"ti*ary\, n. [LL. sententiarius.] One who read lectures, or commented, on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris (1159-1160), a school divine. --R. Henry. | |
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Sententiosity \Sen*ten`ti*os"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being sententious. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Sententious \Sen*ten"tious\, a.[L. sentenciosus: cf. F. sentencieux.] 1. Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth. How he apes his sire, Ambitiously sententious! --Addison. 2. Comprising or representing sentences; sentential. [Obs.] [bd]Sententious marks.[b8] --Grew. --- {Sen*ten"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Sen*ten"tious*ness}, n. | |
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Sententious \Sen*ten"tious\, a.[L. sentenciosus: cf. F. sentencieux.] 1. Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth. How he apes his sire, Ambitiously sententious! --Addison. 2. Comprising or representing sentences; sentential. [Obs.] [bd]Sententious marks.[b8] --Grew. --- {Sen*ten"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Sen*ten"tious*ness}, n. | |
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Sententious \Sen*ten"tious\, a.[L. sentenciosus: cf. F. sentencieux.] 1. Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth. How he apes his sire, Ambitiously sententious! --Addison. 2. Comprising or representing sentences; sentential. [Obs.] [bd]Sententious marks.[b8] --Grew. --- {Sen*ten"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Sen*ten"tious*ness}, n. | |
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Sentience \Sen"ti*ence\, Sentiency \Sen"ti*en*cy\, n. [See {Sentient}, {Sentence}.] The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or state of having sensation. --G. H. Lewes An example of harmonious action between the intelligence and the sentieny of the mind. --Earle. | |
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Sentience \Sen"ti*ence\, Sentiency \Sen"ti*en*cy\, n. [See {Sentient}, {Sentence}.] The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or state of having sensation. --G. H. Lewes An example of harmonious action between the intelligence and the sentieny of the mind. --Earle. | |
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Sentient \Sen"ti*ent\, a. [L. sentiens, -entis, p. pr. of sentire to discern or perceive by the senses. See {Sense}.] 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. | |
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Sentient \Sen"ti*ent\, n. One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being. | |
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Sentiently \Sen"ti*ent*ly\, adv. In a sentient or perceptive way. | |
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Sentiment \Sen"ti*ment\, n. [OE. sentement, OF. sentement, F. sentiment, fr. L. sentire to perceive by the senses and mind, to feel, to think. See {Sentient}, a.] 1. 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. The word sentiment, agreeably to the use made of it by our best English writers, expresses, in my own opinion very happily, those complex determinations of the mind which result from the co[94]peration of our rational powers and of our moral feelings. --Stewart. Alike to council or the assembly came, With equal souls and sentiments the same. --Pope. 2. 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. Sentiments of philosophers about the perception of external objects. --Reid. Sentiment, as here and elsewhere employed by Reid in the meaning of opinion (sententia), is not to be imitated. --Sir W. Hamilton. 3. A sentence, or passage, considered as the expression of a thought; a maxim; a saying; a toast. 4. Sensibility; feeling; tender susceptibility. Mr. Hume sometimes employs (after the manner of the French metaphysicians) sentiment as synonymous with feeling; a use of the word quite unprecedented in our tongue. --Stewart. Less of sentiment than sense. --Tennyson. Syn: Thought; opinion; notion; sensibility; feeling. Usage: {Sentiment}, {Opinion}, {Feeling}. An opinion is an intellectual judgment in respect to any and every kind of truth. Feeling describes those affections of pleasure and pain which spring from the exercise of our sentient and emotional powers. Sentiment (particularly in the plural) lies between them, denoting settled opinions or principles in regard to subjects which interest the feelings strongly, and are presented more or less constantly in practical life. Hence, it is more appropriate to speak of our religious sentiments than opinions, unless we mean to exclude all reference to our feelings. The word sentiment, in the singular, leans ordinarily more to the side of feeling, and denotes a refined sensibility on subjects affecting the heart. [bd]On questions of feeling, taste, observation, or report, we define our sentiments. On questions of science, argument, or metaphysical abstraction, we define our opinions. The sentiments of the heart. The opinions of the mind . . . There is more of instinct in sentiment, and more of definition in opinion. The admiration of a work of art which results from first impressions is classed with our sentiments; and, when we have accounted to ourselves for the approbation, it is classed with our opinions.[b8] --W. Taylor. | |
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Sentimental \Sen`ti*men"tal\, a. [Cf. F. sentimental.] 1. Having, expressing, or containing a sentiment or sentiments; abounding with moral reflections; containing a moral reflection; didactic. [Obsoles.] Nay, ev'n each moral sentimental stroke, Where not the character, but poet, spoke, He lopped, as foreign to his chaste design, Nor spared a useless, though a golden line. --Whitehead. 2. 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. A sentimental mind is rather prone to overwrought feeling and exaggerated tenderness. --Whately. 3. Addressed or pleasing to the emotions only, usually to the weaker and the unregulated emotions. Syn: Romantic. Usage: {Sentimental}, {Romantic}. Sentimental usually describes an error or excess of the sensibilities; romantic, a vice of the imagination. The votary of the former gives indulgence to his sensibilities for the mere luxury of their excitement; the votary of the latter allows his imagination to rove for the pleasure of creating scenes of ideal enjoiment. [bd]Perhaps there is no less danger in works called sentimental. They attack the heart more successfully, because more cautiously.[b8] --V. Knox. [bd]I can not but look on an indifferency of mind, as to the good or evil things of this life, as a mere romantic fancy of such who would be thought to be much wiser than they ever were, or could be.[b8] --Bp. Stillingfleet. | |
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Sentimentalism \Sen`ti*men"tal*ism\, n. [Cf. F. sentimentalisme.] The quality of being sentimental; the character or behavior of a sentimentalist; sentimentality. | |
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Sentimentalist \Sen`ti*men"tal*ist\, n. [Cf. F. sentimentaliste.] One who has, or affects, sentiment or fine feeling. | |
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Sentimentality \Sen`ti*men*tal"i*ty\, n. [CF. F. sentimentalit[82].] The quality or state of being sentimental. | |
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Sentimentalize \Sen`ti*men"tal*ize\, v. t. To regard in a sentimental manner; as, to sentimentalize a subject. | |
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Sentimentalize \Sen`ti*men"tal*ize\, v. i. To think or act in a sentimental manner, or like a sentimentalist; to affect exquisite sensibility. --C. Kingsley. | |
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Sentimentally \Sen`ti*men"tal*ly\, adv. In a sentimental manner. | |
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Sentine \Sen"tine\, n. [L. sentina bilge water, hold of a ship, dregs: cf. F. sentine.] A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer. [Obs.] --Latimer. | |
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Sentinel \Sen"ti*nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sentineled}or {Sentinelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sentineling} or {Sentinelling}.] 1. To watch over like a sentinel. [bd]To sentinel enchanted land.[b8] [R.] --Sir W. Scott. 2. To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels. | |
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Sentinel \Sen"ti*nel\, n. [F. sentinelle (cf. It. sentinella); probably originally, a litle path, the sentinel's beat,, and a dim. of a word meaning, path; cf. F. sente path. L. semita; and OF. sentine, sentele, senteret, diminutive words. Cf. {Sentry}.] 1. 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. The sentinels who paced the ramparts. --Macaulay. 2. Watch; guard. [Obs.] [bd]That princes do keep due sentinel.[b8] --Bacon. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A marine crab ({Podophthalmus vigil}) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also {sentinel crab}. | |
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Sentinel \Sen"ti*nel\, n. [F. sentinelle (cf. It. sentinella); probably originally, a litle path, the sentinel's beat,, and a dim. of a word meaning, path; cf. F. sente path. L. semita; and OF. sentine, sentele, senteret, diminutive words. Cf. {Sentry}.] 1. 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. The sentinels who paced the ramparts. --Macaulay. 2. Watch; guard. [Obs.] [bd]That princes do keep due sentinel.[b8] --Bacon. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A marine crab ({Podophthalmus vigil}) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also {sentinel crab}. | |
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Sentinel \Sen"ti*nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sentineled}or {Sentinelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sentineling} or {Sentinelling}.] 1. To watch over like a sentinel. [bd]To sentinel enchanted land.[b8] [R.] --Sir W. Scott. 2. To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels. | |
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Sentinel \Sen"ti*nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sentineled}or {Sentinelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sentineling} or {Sentinelling}.] 1. To watch over like a sentinel. [bd]To sentinel enchanted land.[b8] [R.] --Sir W. Scott. 2. To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels. | |
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Sentinel \Sen"ti*nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sentineled}or {Sentinelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sentineling} or {Sentinelling}.] 1. To watch over like a sentinel. [bd]To sentinel enchanted land.[b8] [R.] --Sir W. Scott. 2. To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels. | |
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Sentinel \Sen"ti*nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sentineled}or {Sentinelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sentineling} or {Sentinelling}.] 1. To watch over like a sentinel. [bd]To sentinel enchanted land.[b8] [R.] --Sir W. Scott. 2. To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels. | |
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Shend \Shend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shending}.] [AS. scendan to disgrace, bring to shame, from sceand, sceond, disgrace, dishonor, shame; akin to G. schande, Goth. skanda. See {Shame}, n.] 1. To injure, mar, spoil, or harm. [Obs.] [bd]Loss of time shendeth us.[b8] --Chaucer. I fear my body will be shent. --Dryden. 2. To blame, reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or put to shame. [Archaic] --R. Browning. The famous name of knighthood foully shend. --Spenser. She passed the rest as Cynthia doth shend The lesser stars. --Spenser. | |
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Shintiyan \Shin"ti*yan\ (sh[icr]n"t[icr]*y[acr]n), Shintyan \Shin"ty*an\ (sh[icr]n"t[icr]*[acr]n), n.] [Ar. shint[c6][be]n.] A kind of wide loose drawers or trousers worn by women in Mohammedan countries. | |
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Shintiyan \Shin"ti*yan\ (sh[icr]n"t[icr]*y[acr]n), Shintyan \Shin"ty*an\ (sh[icr]n"t[icr]*[acr]n), n.] [Ar. shint[c6][be]n.] A kind of wide loose drawers or trousers worn by women in Mohammedan countries. | |
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Shunt \Shunt\, n. [Cf. D. schuinte slant, slope, declivity. See {Shunt}, v. t.] 1. (Railroad) A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free. 2. (Elec.) 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. 3. (Gunnery) 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. {Shunt dynamo} (Elec.), a dynamo in which the field circuit is connected with the main circuit so as to form a shunt to the letter, thus employing a portion of the current from the armature to maintain the field. {Shunt gun}, a firearm having shunt rifling. See under {Rifling}. | |
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Shunt winding \Shunt winding\ (Elec.) A winding so arranged as to divide the armature current and lead a portion of it around the field-magnet coils; -- opposed to {series winding}. -- {Shunt"-wound`}, a. | |
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Shunt \Shunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shunting}.] [Prov. E., to move from, to put off, fr. OE. shunten, schunten, schounten; cf. D. schuinte a slant, slope, Icel. skunda to hasten. Cf. {Shun}.] 1. To shun; to move from. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] 2. To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Ash. 3. 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. For shunting your late partner on to me. --T. Hughes. 4. (Elec.) To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer. | |
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Shunting \Shunt"ing\, p. pr. & vb. n. of {Shunt}. Specif.: vb. n. (a) (Railroads) Switching; as, shunting engine, yard, etc. [British] (b) (Finance) Arbitrage conducted between certain local markets without the necessity of the exchange involved in foreign arbitrage. [Great Britain] | |
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Shunt winding \Shunt winding\ (Elec.) A winding so arranged as to divide the armature current and lead a portion of it around the field-magnet coils; -- opposed to {series winding}. -- {Shunt"-wound`}, a. | |
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Sindon \Sin"don\, n. [L., a kind of fine Indian cotton stuff, Gr. [?][?][?].] 1. A wrapper. [Obs.] [bd]Wrapped in sindons of linen.[b8] --Bacon. 2. (Surg.) A small rag or pledget introduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine. --Dunglison. | |
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Sinuate \Sin"u*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sinuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sinuating}.] To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinusous. --Woodward. | |
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Sinuation \Sin`u*a"tion\, n. [L. sinuatio.] A winding or bending in and out. | |
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Smithing \Smith"ing\, n. The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron, into any desired shape. --Moxon. | |
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Smite \Smite\ (sm[imac]t), v. t. [imp. {Smote} (sm[omac]t), rarely {Smit} (sm[icr]t); p. p. {Smitten} (sm[icr]t"t'n), rarely {Smit}, or {Smote}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smiting} (sm[imac]t"[icr]ng).] [AS. sm[c6]tan to smite, to soil, pollute; akin to OFries. sm[c6]ta to smite, LG. smiten, D. smijten, G. schmeissen, OHG. sm[c6]zan to smear, stroke, OSw. & dial. Sw. smita to smite, Dan. smide to throw, Goth. bismeitan, to anoint, besmear; cf. Skr. m[emac]d to be fat. The original sense seems to have been, to daub on, to smear. Cf. {Smut}.] 1. 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. Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. --Matt. v. 39. And David . . . took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead. --1 Sam. xvii. 49. 2. To cause to strike; to use as an instrument in striking or hurling. Prophesy, and smite thine hands together. --Ezek. xxi. 14. Saul . . . smote the javelin into the wall. --1 Sam. xix. 10. 3. 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. 4. To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war. 5. To blast; to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke or by some visitation. The flax and the barly was smitten. --Ex. ix. 31. 6. To afflict; to chasten; to punish. Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine, because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him. --Wake. 7. To strike or affect with passion, as love or fear. The charms that smite the simple heart. --Pope. Smit with the love of sister arts we came. --Pope. {To smite off}, to cut off. {To smite out}, to knock out, as a tooth. --Exod. xxi. 27. {To smite with the tongue}, to reproach or upbraid; to revile. [Obs.] --Jer. xviii. 18. | |
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Smitten \Smit"ten\ (sm[icr]t"t'n), p. p. of {Smite}. | |
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Smite \Smite\ (sm[imac]t), v. t. [imp. {Smote} (sm[omac]t), rarely {Smit} (sm[icr]t); p. p. {Smitten} (sm[icr]t"t'n), rarely {Smit}, or {Smote}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smiting} (sm[imac]t"[icr]ng).] [AS. sm[c6]tan to smite, to soil, pollute; akin to OFries. sm[c6]ta to smite, LG. smiten, D. smijten, G. schmeissen, OHG. sm[c6]zan to smear, stroke, OSw. & dial. Sw. smita to smite, Dan. smide to throw, Goth. bismeitan, to anoint, besmear; cf. Skr. m[emac]d to be fat. The original sense seems to have been, to daub on, to smear. Cf. {Smut}.] 1. 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. Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. --Matt. v. 39. And David . . . took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead. --1 Sam. xvii. 49. 2. To cause to strike; to use as an instrument in striking or hurling. Prophesy, and smite thine hands together. --Ezek. xxi. 14. Saul . . . smote the javelin into the wall. --1 Sam. xix. 10. 3. 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. 4. To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war. 5. To blast; to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke or by some visitation. The flax and the barly was smitten. --Ex. ix. 31. 6. To afflict; to chasten; to punish. Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine, because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him. --Wake. 7. To strike or affect with passion, as love or fear. The charms that smite the simple heart. --Pope. Smit with the love of sister arts we came. --Pope. {To smite off}, to cut off. {To smite out}, to knock out, as a tooth. --Exod. xxi. 27. {To smite with the tongue}, to reproach or upbraid; to revile. [Obs.] --Jer. xviii. 18. | |
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Smoothen \Smooth"en\, v. t. To make smooth. [Obs.] | |
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Smooth \Smooth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smoothed} (sm[oomac]thd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Smoothing}.] [OE. smothen, smethen, AS. sm[emac][edh]ian; cf. LG. sm[94]den. See {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. Specifically: (a) To free from obstruction; to make easy. Thou, Abelard! the last sad office pay, And smooth my passage to the realms of day. --Pope. (b) To free from harshness; to make flowing. In their motions harmony divine So smooths her charming tones that God's own ear Listens delighted. --Milton. (c) To palliate; to gloze; as, to smooth over a fault. (d) To give a smooth or calm appearance to. Each perturbation smoothed with outward calm. --Milton. (e) To ease; to regulate. --Dryden. | |
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Smoothing \Smooth"ing\, a. & n. fr. {Smooth}, v. {Smoothing iron}, an iron instrument with a polished face, for smoothing clothes; a sadiron; a flatiron. {Smoothing plane}, a short, finely set plane, for smoothing and finishing work. | |
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Smoothing \Smooth"ing\, a. & n. fr. {Smooth}, v. {Smoothing iron}, an iron instrument with a polished face, for smoothing clothes; a sadiron; a flatiron. {Smoothing plane}, a short, finely set plane, for smoothing and finishing work. | |
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Smoothing \Smooth"ing\, a. & n. fr. {Smooth}, v. {Smoothing iron}, an iron instrument with a polished face, for smoothing clothes; a sadiron; a flatiron. {Smoothing plane}, a short, finely set plane, for smoothing and finishing work. | |
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Smoothness \Smooth"ness\, n. Quality or state of being smooth. | |
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Smut \Smut\, n. [Akin to Sw. smuts, Dan. smuds, MHG. smuz, G. schmutz, D. smet a spot or stain, smoddig, smodsig, smodderig, dirty, smodderen to smut; and probably to E. smite. See {Smite}, v. t., and cf. {Smitt}, {Smutch}.] 1. Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter. 2. (Mining) Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults. 3. (Bot.) 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}. 4. Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity. He does not stand upon decency . . . but will talk smut, though a priest and his mother be in the room. --Addison. {Smut mill}, a machine for cleansing grain from smut. | |
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Smutty \Smut"ty\, a. [Compar. {Smuttier}; superl. {Smuttiest}.] 1. Soiled with smut; smutted. 2. Tainted with mildew; as, smutty corn. 3. Obscene; not modest or pure; as, a smutty saying. The smutty joke, ridiculously lewd. --Smollett. -- {Smut"ti*ly}, adv. -- {Smut"ti*ness}, n. | |
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Smut \Smut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smutting}.] 1. To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance. 2. To taint with mildew, as grain. --Bacon. 3. To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish. 4. To clear of smut; as, to smut grain for the mill. | |
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Snotty \Snot"ty\, a. Foul with snot; hence, mean; dirty. -- {Snot"ti*ly}, adv. -- {Snot"ti*ness}, n. | |
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Snout \Snout\ (snout), n. [OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw. snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. sn[?]ta to blow the nose; probably akin to E. snuff, v.t. Cf. {Snite}, {Snot}, {Snuff}.] 1. The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine. 2. The nose of a man; -- in contempt. --Hudibras. 3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc. 4. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also {rostrum}. (b) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles. {Snout beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of beetles having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe Rhynchophora; a weevil. {Snout moth} (Zo[94]l.), any pyralid moth. See {Pyralid}. | |
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Somatome \So"ma*tome\, n. [Gr. sw^ma, body + te`mnein to cut.] (Anat. & Zo[94]l.) See {Somite}. | |
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Something \Some"thing\, n. 1. Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown event; an unspecified task, work, or thing. There is something in the wind. --Shak. The whole world has something to do, something to talk of, something to wish for, and something to be employed about. --Pope. Something attemped, something done, Has earned a night's repose. --Longfellow. 2. A part; a portion, more or less; an indefinite quantity or degree; a little. Something yet of doubt remains. --Milton. Something of it arises from our infant state. --I. Watts. 3. A person or thing importance. If a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. --Gal. vi. 3. | |
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Something \Some"thing\, adv. In some degree; somewhat; to some extent; at some distance. --Shak. I something fear my father's wrath. --Shak. We have something fairer play than a reasoner could have expected formerly. --Burke. My sense of touch is something coarse. --Tennyson. It must be done to-night, And something from the palace. --Shak. | |
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Sometime \Some"time`\, adv. 1. At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly. Did they not sometime cry [bd]All hail[b8] to me? --Shak. 2. At a time undefined; once in a while; now and then; sometimes. Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapor sometime like a bear or lion. --Shak. 3. At one time or other hereafter; as, I will do it sometime. [bd]Sometime he reckon shall.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Sometime \Some"time`\, a. Having been formerly; former; late; whilom. Our sometime sister, now our queen. --Shak. Ion, our sometime darling, whom we prized. --Talfourd. | |
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Sometimes \Some"times`\, adv. [Sometime + adverbial ending -s, as in -wards.] 1. Formerly; sometime. [Obs.] That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march. --Shak. 2. At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally. It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. --Jer. Taylor. {Sometimes . . . sometimes}, at certain times . . . at certain other times; as, sometimes he is earnest, sometimes he is frivolous. | |
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Sometimes \Some"times`\, a. Former; sometime. [Obs.] Thy sometimes brother's wife. --Shak. | |
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Sometimes \Some"times`\, adv. [Sometime + adverbial ending -s, as in -wards.] 1. Formerly; sometime. [Obs.] That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march. --Shak. 2. At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally. It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. --Jer. Taylor. {Sometimes . . . sometimes}, at certain times . . . at certain other times; as, sometimes he is earnest, sometimes he is frivolous. | |
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Sound \Sound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sounding}.] [F. sonder; cf. AS. sundgyrd a sounding rod, sundline a sounding line (see {Sound} a narrow passage of water).] 1. To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet. 2. Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe. I was in jest, And by that offer meant to sound your breast. --Dryden. I've sounded my Numidians man by man. --Addison. 3. (Med.) 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. | |
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Sounding \Sound"ing\, a. Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words. --Dryden. | |
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Sounding \Sound"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs). 2. (Naut.) [From {Sound} to fathom.] (a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained. (b) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in the plural. (c) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom. {Sounding lead}, the plummet at the end of a sounding line. {Sounding line}, a line having a plummet at the end, used in making soundings. {Sounding post} (Mus.), a small post in a violin, violoncello, or similar instrument, set under the bridge as a support, for propagating the sounds to the body of the instrument; -- called also {sound post}. {Sounding rod} (Naut.), a rod used to ascertain the depth of water in a ship's hold. {In soundings}, within the eighty-fathom line. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. | |
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Sounding balloon \Sound"ing bal*loon"\ An unmanned balloon sent aloft for meteorological or a[89]ronautic purposes. | |
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Sounding \Sound"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs). 2. (Naut.) [From {Sound} to fathom.] (a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained. (b) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in the plural. (c) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom. {Sounding lead}, the plummet at the end of a sounding line. {Sounding line}, a line having a plummet at the end, used in making soundings. {Sounding post} (Mus.), a small post in a violin, violoncello, or similar instrument, set under the bridge as a support, for propagating the sounds to the body of the instrument; -- called also {sound post}. {Sounding rod} (Naut.), a rod used to ascertain the depth of water in a ship's hold. {In soundings}, within the eighty-fathom line. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. | |
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Sounding \Sound"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs). 2. (Naut.) [From {Sound} to fathom.] (a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained. (b) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in the plural. (c) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom. {Sounding lead}, the plummet at the end of a sounding line. {Sounding line}, a line having a plummet at the end, used in making soundings. {Sounding post} (Mus.), a small post in a violin, violoncello, or similar instrument, set under the bridge as a support, for propagating the sounds to the body of the instrument; -- called also {sound post}. {Sounding rod} (Naut.), a rod used to ascertain the depth of water in a ship's hold. {In soundings}, within the eighty-fathom line. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. | |
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Sounding \Sound"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs). 2. (Naut.) [From {Sound} to fathom.] (a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained. (b) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in the plural. (c) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom. {Sounding lead}, the plummet at the end of a sounding line. {Sounding line}, a line having a plummet at the end, used in making soundings. {Sounding post} (Mus.), a small post in a violin, violoncello, or similar instrument, set under the bridge as a support, for propagating the sounds to the body of the instrument; -- called also {sound post}. {Sounding rod} (Naut.), a rod used to ascertain the depth of water in a ship's hold. {In soundings}, within the eighty-fathom line. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. | |
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Sounding \Sound"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs). 2. (Naut.) [From {Sound} to fathom.] (a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained. (b) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in the plural. (c) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom. {Sounding lead}, the plummet at the end of a sounding line. {Sounding line}, a line having a plummet at the end, used in making soundings. {Sounding post} (Mus.), a small post in a violin, violoncello, or similar instrument, set under the bridge as a support, for propagating the sounds to the body of the instrument; -- called also {sound post}. {Sounding rod} (Naut.), a rod used to ascertain the depth of water in a ship's hold. {In soundings}, within the eighty-fathom line. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. | |
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Sounding-board \Sound"ing-board`\, n. 1. (Mus.) A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments. 2. A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit or rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker's voice. 3. pl. See {Sound boarding}, under {Sound}, a noise. | |
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Soundness \Sound"ness\, 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. Syn: Firmness; strength; solidity; healthiness; truth; rectitude. | |
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Squinting \Squint"ing\, a. & n. from {Squint}, v. -- {Squint"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Squint \Squint\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squinted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Squinting}.] 1. To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance. Some can squint when they will. --Bacon. 2. (Med.) To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be cross-eyed. 3. To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely. | |
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Squinting \Squint"ing\, a. & n. from {Squint}, v. -- {Squint"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Summation \Sum*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. F. sommation. See {Sum}, v. t.] The act of summing, or forming a sum, or total amount; also, an aggregate. Of this series no summation is possible to a finite intellect. --De Quincey. | |
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Sundown \Sun"down`\, n. 1. The setting of the sun; sunset. [bd]When sundown skirts the moor.[b8] --Tennyson. 2. A kind of broad-brimmed sun hat worn by women. | |
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Sundowner \Sun"down`er\, n. A tramp or vagabond in the Australian bush; -- so called from his coming to sheep stations at sunset of ask for supper and a bed, when it is too late to work; -- called also {traveler} and {swagman} (but not all swagmen are sundowners). Sundowners, -- men who loaf about till sunset, and then come in with the demand for unrefusable rations. --Francis Adams. | |
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Syntomy \Syn"to*my\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to cut short; sy`n with + [?] to cut.] Brevity; conciseness. [R.] | |
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Syntonic \Syn*ton"ic\, a. (Physics) Of or pert. to syntony; specif., designating, or pert. to, a system of wireless telegraphy in which the transmitting and receiving apparatus are in syntony with, and only with, one another. -- {Syn*ton"ic*al}, a. -- {Syn*ton"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Syntonic \Syn*ton"ic\, a. (Physics) Of or pert. to syntony; specif., designating, or pert. to, a system of wireless telegraphy in which the transmitting and receiving apparatus are in syntony with, and only with, one another. -- {Syn*ton"ic*al}, a. -- {Syn*ton"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Syntonic \Syn*ton"ic\, a. (Physics) Of or pert. to syntony; specif., designating, or pert. to, a system of wireless telegraphy in which the transmitting and receiving apparatus are in syntony with, and only with, one another. -- {Syn*ton"ic*al}, a. -- {Syn*ton"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Syntonin \Syn"to*nin\, n. [Cf. Gr. [?] stretched tight, intense.] (Physiol. Chem.) A proteid substance (acid albumin) formed from the albuminous matter of muscle by the action of dilute acids; -- formerly called {musculin}. See {Acid albumin}, under {Albumin}. | |
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Syntonize \Syn"to*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {-nized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {-nizing}.] [See {Syntony}.] (Physics) To adjust or devise so as to emit or respond to electric oscillations of a certain wave length; to tune; specif., to put (two or more instruments or systems of wireless telegraphy) in syntony with each other. -- {Syn`to*ni*za"tion}, n. | |
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Syntonize \Syn"to*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {-nized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {-nizing}.] [See {Syntony}.] (Physics) To adjust or devise so as to emit or respond to electric oscillations of a certain wave length; to tune; specif., to put (two or more instruments or systems of wireless telegraphy) in syntony with each other. -- {Syn`to*ni*za"tion}, n. | |
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Syntonizer \Syn"to*niz`er\, n. (Physics) One that syntonizes; specif., a device consisting essentially of a variable inductance coil and condenser with a pair of adjustable spark balls, for attuning the time periods of antenn[91] in wireless telegraphy (called also {syntonizing coil}). | |
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Syntonizer \Syn"to*niz`er\, n. (Physics) One that syntonizes; specif., a device consisting essentially of a variable inductance coil and condenser with a pair of adjustable spark balls, for attuning the time periods of antenn[91] in wireless telegraphy (called also {syntonizing coil}). | |
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Syntony \Syn"to*ny\, n. [Cf. Gr. [?] agreement. See {Syn-}; {Tone}.] (Physics) State of being adjusted to a certain wave length; agreement or tuning between the time period of an apparatus emitting electric oscillations and that of a receiving apparatus, esp. in wireless telegraphy. | |
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Sundance, WY (town, FIPS 74195) Location: 44.40470 N, 104.37423 W Population (1990): 1139 (511 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 82729 | |
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Sundown, MO (village, FIPS 71628) Location: 36.56553 N, 92.63730 W Population (1990): 35 (19 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Sundown, NY Zip code(s): 12782 Sundown, TX (city, FIPS 71060) Location: 33.45684 N, 102.49074 W Population (1990): 1759 (637 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Swanton, MD Zip code(s): 21561 Swanton, NE (village, FIPS 48060) Location: 40.37930 N, 97.07970 W Population (1990): 145 (79 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68445 Swanton, OH (village, FIPS 75896) Location: 41.58384 N, 83.89166 W Population (1990): 3557 (1236 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43558 Swanton, VT (village, FIPS 71650) Location: 44.92151 N, 73.12099 W Population (1990): 2360 (1005 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 05488 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
semi-automated adj. [US Geological Survey] A procedure that has yet to be completely automated; it still requires a smidge of clueful human interaction. Semi-automated programs usually come with written-out operator instructions that are worth their weight in gold - without them, very nasty things can happen. At USGS semi-automated programs are often referred to as "semi-automated weapons". | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Saint Andrews Static Language (2001-08-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Sandman The {DoD} requirements that led to {APSE}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Semi-Automatic Ground Environment defence system. SAGE was ground-breaking in many ways, such as being one of the first very large software projects and the first {real-time} system. {MIT Lincoln Laboratory} developed SAGE and {MITRE Corporation} was responsible for system engineering and implementation oversight. {(http://www.togger.com/)}, {(http://www.jps.net/ethelen/sage.html)}, {(http://www.eskimo.com/%7Ewow-ray/sage28.html)}. [Confirm? Dates? Connection with MIT Research Laboratory for Electronics?] (1999-12-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sendmail mail transport via {TCP/IP} using {SMTP}. Sendmail is normally invoked in the {background} via a {Mail User Agent} such as the {mail} command. Sendmail was written by {Eric Allman} at the {University of California at Berkeley} during the late 1970s. He now has his own company, {Sendmail Inc.} Sendmail was one of the first programs to route messages between {networks} and today is still the dominant e-mail transfer software. It thrived despite the awkward {ARPAnet} transition between {NCP} to TCP protocols in the early 1980s and the adoption of the new SMTP Simple Mail Transport Protocol, all of which made the business of mail routing a complex challenge of backward and forward compatibility for several years. There are now over one million copies of Sendmail installed, representing over 75% of all Internet mail servers. Simultaneously with the announcement of the company in November 1997, Sendmail 8.9 was launched, featuring new tools designed to limit {junk e-mail}. SendMail 8.9 is still distributed as {source code} with the rights to modify and distribute. Latest version: 8.9.1, as of 1998-08-25. The command sendmail -bv ADDRESS can be used to learn what the local mail system thinks of ADDRESS. You can also talk to the Sendmail {daemon} on a remote host FOO with the command telnet FOO 25 (1998-08-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Sendmail Inc. in March 1998, created by {Eric Allman}, the original author of {Sendmail}. Allman is Chief Technology Officer, {Greg Olson} is President and CEO. Sendmail Inc. will sell commercial upgrades, service and support to {Internet Service Providers} and corporations running critical {e-mail} applications, while still continuing {freeware} development. {Sun Microsystems} founders {Bill Joy} and Andy Bechtolscheim are among the investors in the company, along with Tim O'Reilly of publishers O'Reilly & Associates and John Funk of e-mail company {InfoBeat Inc.}. Allman said that he devoted the fist six months of the life of Sendmail Inc. to finalising the freeware release. A commercial version was due in summer 1998, at around $1000 per server. The company is expected to reach $40m annual sales within three years. Funding is in the region of $1.25m. {Home (http://www.sendmail.com/)}. Address: Emeryville, California, USA. (1998-08-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sendmail.cf once when starting up, usually found in the /etc directory. Only real {Unix Gurus} can understand, let alone modify, this file since it consists moslty of {header} {rewrite rules} written as {M4} {macros}, as well as various other one- or two-character commands. (1996-12-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sentence See also {definite sentence}. (2003-12-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
soundness The quality of being {sound} (2). | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
scandium Symbol: Sc Atomic number: 21 Atomic weight: 44.956 Rare soft silvery metallic element belonging to group 3 of the periodic table. There are ten isotopes, nine of which are radioactive and have short half-lives. Predicted in 1869 by Mendeleev, isolated by Nilson in 1879. |