English Dictionary: Schreibmaschinenmanuskript | by the DICT Development Group |
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Saraband \Sar"a*band\, n. [F. sarabande, Sp. zarabanda, fr. Per. serbend a song.] A slow Spanish dance of Saracenic origin, to an air in triple time; also, the air itself. She has brought us the newest saraband from the court of Queen Mab. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Sharpen \Sharp"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sarpened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sharpening}.] [See {Sharp}, a.] To make sharp. Specifically: (a) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw. (b) To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious. The air . . . sharpened his visual ray To objects distant far. --Milton. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. --Burke. (c) To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires. Epicurean cooks Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite. --Shak. (d) To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease. (e) To make biting, sarcastic, or severe. [bd]Sharpen each word.[b8] --E. Smith. (f) To render more shrill or piercing. Inclosures not only preserve sound, but increase and sharpen it. --Bacon. (g) To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar. (h) (Mus.) To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to. | |
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Scarf \Scarf\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scarfed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scarfing}.] 1. To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf. [bd]My sea-gown scarfed about me.[b8] --Shak. 2. To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping. --Shak. | |
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Scarify \Scar"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scarified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scarifying}.] [F. scarifier, L. scarificare, scarifare, fr. Gr. [?] to scratch up, fr. [?] a pointed instrument.] 1. To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein. 2. (Agric.) To stir the surface soil of, as a field. | |
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Scarp \Scarp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scarped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scarping}.] To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock. From scarped cliff and quarried stone. --Tennyson. Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain. --Emerson. | |
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Scorify \Sco"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scorified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scorifying}.] [Scoria + -fy: cf. F. scorifier.] (Chem.) To reduce to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuse so as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead, soda, etc., thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button; hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag. | |
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Pigfoot \Pig"foot`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A marine fish ({Scorp[91]na porcus}), native of Europe. It is reddish brown, mottled with dark brown and black. | |
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Hogfish \Hog"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large West Indian and Florida food fish ({Lachnol[91]mus}). (b) The pigfish or sailor's choice. (c) An American fresh-water fish; the log perch. (d) A large, red, spiny-headed, European marine fish ({Scorp[91]na scrofa}). | |
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Sculpin \Scul"pin\, n. [Written also skulpin.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus {Cottus}, or {Acanthocottus}, having a large head armed with sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America. (b) A large cottoid market fish of California ({Scorp[91]nichthys marmoratus}); -- called also {bighead}, {cabezon}, {scorpion}, {salpa}. (c) The dragonet, or yellow sculpin, of Europe ({Callionymus lura}). Note: The name is also applied to other related California species. {Deep-water sculpin}, the sea raven. | |
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Scorp91noid \Scor*p[91]"noid\, a. [NL. Scorpaena, a typical genus (see {Scorpene}) + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the family {Scorp[91]nid[91]}, which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes. [Written also {scorp[91]nid}.] See Illust. under {Rockfish}. | |
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Scorp91noid \Scor*p[91]"noid\, a. [NL. Scorpaena, a typical genus (see {Scorpene}) + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the family {Scorp[91]nid[91]}, which includes the scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other food fishes. [Written also {scorp[91]nid}.] See Illust. under {Rockfish}. | |
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Scorpene \Scor"pene\, n. [F. scorp[8a]ne, fr. L. scorpaena a kind of fish, Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) A marine food fish of the genus {Scorp[91]na}, as the European hogfish ({S. scrofa}), and the California species ({S. guttata}). | |
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Scorpion \Scor"pi*on\, n. [F., fr. L. scorpio, scorpius, Gr. [?], perhaps akin to E. sharp.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting. Note: Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender post-abdomen formed of six movable segments, the last of which terminates in a curved venomous sting. The venom causes great pain, but is unattended either with redness or swelling, except in the axillary or inguinal glands, when an extremity is affected. It is seldom if ever destructive of life. Scorpions are found widely dispersed in the warm climates of both the Old and New Worlds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The pine or gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}). [Local, U. S.] 3. (Zo[94]l.) The scorpene. 4. (Script.) A painful scourge. My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. --1 Kings xii. 11. 5. (Astron.) A sign and constellation. See {Scorpio}. 6. (Antiq.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles. {Book scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Book}. {False scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {False}, and {Book scorpion}. {Scorpion bug}, or {Water scorpion} (Zo[94]l.) See {Nepa}. {Scorpion fly} (Zo[94]l.), a neuropterous insect of the genus {Panorpa}. See {Panorpid}. {Scorpion grass} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Myosotis}. {M. palustris} is the forget-me-not. {Scorpion senna} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub ({Coronilla Emerus}) having a slender joined pod, like a scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna. {Scorpion shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the genus Pteroceras. See {Pteroceras}. {Scorpion spiders}. (Zo[94]l.), any one of the Pedipalpi. {Scorpion's tail} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus {Scorpiurus}, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also called {caterpillar}. {Scorpion's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Genista Scorpius}) of Southern Europe. {The Scorpion's Heart} (Astron.), the star Antares in the constellation Scorpio. | |
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Sculpin \Scul"pin\, n. [Written also skulpin.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus {Cottus}, or {Acanthocottus}, having a large head armed with sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America. (b) A large cottoid market fish of California ({Scorp[91]nichthys marmoratus}); -- called also {bighead}, {cabezon}, {scorpion}, {salpa}. (c) The dragonet, or yellow sculpin, of Europe ({Callionymus lura}). Note: The name is also applied to other related California species. {Deep-water sculpin}, the sea raven. | |
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Scorpion \Scor"pi*on\, n. [F., fr. L. scorpio, scorpius, Gr. [?], perhaps akin to E. sharp.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting. Note: Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender post-abdomen formed of six movable segments, the last of which terminates in a curved venomous sting. The venom causes great pain, but is unattended either with redness or swelling, except in the axillary or inguinal glands, when an extremity is affected. It is seldom if ever destructive of life. Scorpions are found widely dispersed in the warm climates of both the Old and New Worlds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The pine or gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}). [Local, U. S.] 3. (Zo[94]l.) The scorpene. 4. (Script.) A painful scourge. My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. --1 Kings xii. 11. 5. (Astron.) A sign and constellation. See {Scorpio}. 6. (Antiq.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles. {Book scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Book}. {False scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {False}, and {Book scorpion}. {Scorpion bug}, or {Water scorpion} (Zo[94]l.) See {Nepa}. {Scorpion fly} (Zo[94]l.), a neuropterous insect of the genus {Panorpa}. See {Panorpid}. {Scorpion grass} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Myosotis}. {M. palustris} is the forget-me-not. {Scorpion senna} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub ({Coronilla Emerus}) having a slender joined pod, like a scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna. {Scorpion shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the genus Pteroceras. See {Pteroceras}. {Scorpion spiders}. (Zo[94]l.), any one of the Pedipalpi. {Scorpion's tail} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus {Scorpiurus}, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also called {caterpillar}. {Scorpion's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Genista Scorpius}) of Southern Europe. {The Scorpion's Heart} (Astron.), the star Antares in the constellation Scorpio. | |
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Sculpin \Scul"pin\, n. [Written also skulpin.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus {Cottus}, or {Acanthocottus}, having a large head armed with sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America. (b) A large cottoid market fish of California ({Scorp[91]nichthys marmoratus}); -- called also {bighead}, {cabezon}, {scorpion}, {salpa}. (c) The dragonet, or yellow sculpin, of Europe ({Callionymus lura}). Note: The name is also applied to other related California species. {Deep-water sculpin}, the sea raven. | |
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d8Nepa \[d8]Ne"pa\, n. [L. nepa scorpion.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of aquatic hemipterus insects. The species feed upon other insects and are noted for their voracity; -- called also {scorpion bug} and {water scorpion}. | |
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Scorpion \Scor"pi*on\, n. [F., fr. L. scorpio, scorpius, Gr. [?], perhaps akin to E. sharp.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting. Note: Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender post-abdomen formed of six movable segments, the last of which terminates in a curved venomous sting. The venom causes great pain, but is unattended either with redness or swelling, except in the axillary or inguinal glands, when an extremity is affected. It is seldom if ever destructive of life. Scorpions are found widely dispersed in the warm climates of both the Old and New Worlds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The pine or gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}). [Local, U. S.] 3. (Zo[94]l.) The scorpene. 4. (Script.) A painful scourge. My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. --1 Kings xii. 11. 5. (Astron.) A sign and constellation. See {Scorpio}. 6. (Antiq.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles. {Book scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Book}. {False scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {False}, and {Book scorpion}. {Scorpion bug}, or {Water scorpion} (Zo[94]l.) See {Nepa}. {Scorpion fly} (Zo[94]l.), a neuropterous insect of the genus {Panorpa}. See {Panorpid}. {Scorpion grass} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Myosotis}. {M. palustris} is the forget-me-not. {Scorpion senna} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub ({Coronilla Emerus}) having a slender joined pod, like a scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna. {Scorpion shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the genus Pteroceras. See {Pteroceras}. {Scorpion spiders}. (Zo[94]l.), any one of the Pedipalpi. {Scorpion's tail} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus {Scorpiurus}, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also called {caterpillar}. {Scorpion's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Genista Scorpius}) of Southern Europe. {The Scorpion's Heart} (Astron.), the star Antares in the constellation Scorpio. | |
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d8Nepa \[d8]Ne"pa\, n. [L. nepa scorpion.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of aquatic hemipterus insects. The species feed upon other insects and are noted for their voracity; -- called also {scorpion bug} and {water scorpion}. | |
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Scorpion \Scor"pi*on\, n. [F., fr. L. scorpio, scorpius, Gr. [?], perhaps akin to E. sharp.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting. Note: Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender post-abdomen formed of six movable segments, the last of which terminates in a curved venomous sting. The venom causes great pain, but is unattended either with redness or swelling, except in the axillary or inguinal glands, when an extremity is affected. It is seldom if ever destructive of life. Scorpions are found widely dispersed in the warm climates of both the Old and New Worlds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The pine or gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}). [Local, U. S.] 3. (Zo[94]l.) The scorpene. 4. (Script.) A painful scourge. My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. --1 Kings xii. 11. 5. (Astron.) A sign and constellation. See {Scorpio}. 6. (Antiq.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles. {Book scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Book}. {False scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {False}, and {Book scorpion}. {Scorpion bug}, or {Water scorpion} (Zo[94]l.) See {Nepa}. {Scorpion fly} (Zo[94]l.), a neuropterous insect of the genus {Panorpa}. See {Panorpid}. {Scorpion grass} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Myosotis}. {M. palustris} is the forget-me-not. {Scorpion senna} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub ({Coronilla Emerus}) having a slender joined pod, like a scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna. {Scorpion shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the genus Pteroceras. See {Pteroceras}. {Scorpion spiders}. (Zo[94]l.), any one of the Pedipalpi. {Scorpion's tail} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus {Scorpiurus}, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also called {caterpillar}. {Scorpion's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Genista Scorpius}) of Southern Europe. {The Scorpion's Heart} (Astron.), the star Antares in the constellation Scorpio. | |
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Scorpion \Scor"pi*on\, n. [F., fr. L. scorpio, scorpius, Gr. [?], perhaps akin to E. sharp.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting. Note: Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender post-abdomen formed of six movable segments, the last of which terminates in a curved venomous sting. The venom causes great pain, but is unattended either with redness or swelling, except in the axillary or inguinal glands, when an extremity is affected. It is seldom if ever destructive of life. Scorpions are found widely dispersed in the warm climates of both the Old and New Worlds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The pine or gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}). [Local, U. S.] 3. (Zo[94]l.) The scorpene. 4. (Script.) A painful scourge. My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. --1 Kings xii. 11. 5. (Astron.) A sign and constellation. See {Scorpio}. 6. (Antiq.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles. {Book scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Book}. {False scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {False}, and {Book scorpion}. {Scorpion bug}, or {Water scorpion} (Zo[94]l.) See {Nepa}. {Scorpion fly} (Zo[94]l.), a neuropterous insect of the genus {Panorpa}. See {Panorpid}. {Scorpion grass} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Myosotis}. {M. palustris} is the forget-me-not. {Scorpion senna} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub ({Coronilla Emerus}) having a slender joined pod, like a scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna. {Scorpion shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the genus Pteroceras. See {Pteroceras}. {Scorpion spiders}. (Zo[94]l.), any one of the Pedipalpi. {Scorpion's tail} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus {Scorpiurus}, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also called {caterpillar}. {Scorpion's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Genista Scorpius}) of Southern Europe. {The Scorpion's Heart} (Astron.), the star Antares in the constellation Scorpio. | |
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Scorpion \Scor"pi*on\, n. [F., fr. L. scorpio, scorpius, Gr. [?], perhaps akin to E. sharp.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting. Note: Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender post-abdomen formed of six movable segments, the last of which terminates in a curved venomous sting. The venom causes great pain, but is unattended either with redness or swelling, except in the axillary or inguinal glands, when an extremity is affected. It is seldom if ever destructive of life. Scorpions are found widely dispersed in the warm climates of both the Old and New Worlds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The pine or gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}). [Local, U. S.] 3. (Zo[94]l.) The scorpene. 4. (Script.) A painful scourge. My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. --1 Kings xii. 11. 5. (Astron.) A sign and constellation. See {Scorpio}. 6. (Antiq.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles. {Book scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Book}. {False scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {False}, and {Book scorpion}. {Scorpion bug}, or {Water scorpion} (Zo[94]l.) See {Nepa}. {Scorpion fly} (Zo[94]l.), a neuropterous insect of the genus {Panorpa}. See {Panorpid}. {Scorpion grass} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Myosotis}. {M. palustris} is the forget-me-not. {Scorpion senna} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub ({Coronilla Emerus}) having a slender joined pod, like a scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna. {Scorpion shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the genus Pteroceras. See {Pteroceras}. {Scorpion spiders}. (Zo[94]l.), any one of the Pedipalpi. {Scorpion's tail} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus {Scorpiurus}, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also called {caterpillar}. {Scorpion's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Genista Scorpius}) of Southern Europe. {The Scorpion's Heart} (Astron.), the star Antares in the constellation Scorpio. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scorpion \Scor"pi*on\, n. [F., fr. L. scorpio, scorpius, Gr. [?], perhaps akin to E. sharp.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting. Note: Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender post-abdomen formed of six movable segments, the last of which terminates in a curved venomous sting. The venom causes great pain, but is unattended either with redness or swelling, except in the axillary or inguinal glands, when an extremity is affected. It is seldom if ever destructive of life. Scorpions are found widely dispersed in the warm climates of both the Old and New Worlds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The pine or gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}). [Local, U. S.] 3. (Zo[94]l.) The scorpene. 4. (Script.) A painful scourge. My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. --1 Kings xii. 11. 5. (Astron.) A sign and constellation. See {Scorpio}. 6. (Antiq.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles. {Book scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Book}. {False scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {False}, and {Book scorpion}. {Scorpion bug}, or {Water scorpion} (Zo[94]l.) See {Nepa}. {Scorpion fly} (Zo[94]l.), a neuropterous insect of the genus {Panorpa}. See {Panorpid}. {Scorpion grass} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Myosotis}. {M. palustris} is the forget-me-not. {Scorpion senna} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub ({Coronilla Emerus}) having a slender joined pod, like a scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna. {Scorpion shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the genus Pteroceras. See {Pteroceras}. {Scorpion spiders}. (Zo[94]l.), any one of the Pedipalpi. {Scorpion's tail} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus {Scorpiurus}, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also called {caterpillar}. {Scorpion's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Genista Scorpius}) of Southern Europe. {The Scorpion's Heart} (Astron.), the star Antares in the constellation Scorpio. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scorpion \Scor"pi*on\, n. [F., fr. L. scorpio, scorpius, Gr. [?], perhaps akin to E. sharp.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting. Note: Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender post-abdomen formed of six movable segments, the last of which terminates in a curved venomous sting. The venom causes great pain, but is unattended either with redness or swelling, except in the axillary or inguinal glands, when an extremity is affected. It is seldom if ever destructive of life. Scorpions are found widely dispersed in the warm climates of both the Old and New Worlds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The pine or gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}). [Local, U. S.] 3. (Zo[94]l.) The scorpene. 4. (Script.) A painful scourge. My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. --1 Kings xii. 11. 5. (Astron.) A sign and constellation. See {Scorpio}. 6. (Antiq.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles. {Book scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Book}. {False scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {False}, and {Book scorpion}. {Scorpion bug}, or {Water scorpion} (Zo[94]l.) See {Nepa}. {Scorpion fly} (Zo[94]l.), a neuropterous insect of the genus {Panorpa}. See {Panorpid}. {Scorpion grass} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Myosotis}. {M. palustris} is the forget-me-not. {Scorpion senna} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub ({Coronilla Emerus}) having a slender joined pod, like a scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna. {Scorpion shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the genus Pteroceras. See {Pteroceras}. {Scorpion spiders}. (Zo[94]l.), any one of the Pedipalpi. {Scorpion's tail} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus {Scorpiurus}, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also called {caterpillar}. {Scorpion's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Genista Scorpius}) of Southern Europe. {The Scorpion's Heart} (Astron.), the star Antares in the constellation Scorpio. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Pteroceras \[d8]Pte*roc"e*ras\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a wing + [?] a horn.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of large marine gastropods having the outer border of the lip divided into lobes; -- called also {scorpion shell}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scorpion \Scor"pi*on\, n. [F., fr. L. scorpio, scorpius, Gr. [?], perhaps akin to E. sharp.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting. Note: Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender post-abdomen formed of six movable segments, the last of which terminates in a curved venomous sting. The venom causes great pain, but is unattended either with redness or swelling, except in the axillary or inguinal glands, when an extremity is affected. It is seldom if ever destructive of life. Scorpions are found widely dispersed in the warm climates of both the Old and New Worlds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The pine or gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}). [Local, U. S.] 3. (Zo[94]l.) The scorpene. 4. (Script.) A painful scourge. My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. --1 Kings xii. 11. 5. (Astron.) A sign and constellation. See {Scorpio}. 6. (Antiq.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles. {Book scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Book}. {False scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {False}, and {Book scorpion}. {Scorpion bug}, or {Water scorpion} (Zo[94]l.) See {Nepa}. {Scorpion fly} (Zo[94]l.), a neuropterous insect of the genus {Panorpa}. See {Panorpid}. {Scorpion grass} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Myosotis}. {M. palustris} is the forget-me-not. {Scorpion senna} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub ({Coronilla Emerus}) having a slender joined pod, like a scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna. {Scorpion shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the genus Pteroceras. See {Pteroceras}. {Scorpion spiders}. (Zo[94]l.), any one of the Pedipalpi. {Scorpion's tail} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus {Scorpiurus}, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also called {caterpillar}. {Scorpion's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Genista Scorpius}) of Southern Europe. {The Scorpion's Heart} (Astron.), the star Antares in the constellation Scorpio. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Pteroceras \[d8]Pte*roc"e*ras\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a wing + [?] a horn.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of large marine gastropods having the outer border of the lip divided into lobes; -- called also {scorpion shell}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scorpion \Scor"pi*on\, n. [F., fr. L. scorpio, scorpius, Gr. [?], perhaps akin to E. sharp.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting. Note: Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender post-abdomen formed of six movable segments, the last of which terminates in a curved venomous sting. The venom causes great pain, but is unattended either with redness or swelling, except in the axillary or inguinal glands, when an extremity is affected. It is seldom if ever destructive of life. Scorpions are found widely dispersed in the warm climates of both the Old and New Worlds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The pine or gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}). [Local, U. S.] 3. (Zo[94]l.) The scorpene. 4. (Script.) A painful scourge. My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. --1 Kings xii. 11. 5. (Astron.) A sign and constellation. See {Scorpio}. 6. (Antiq.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles. {Book scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Book}. {False scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {False}, and {Book scorpion}. {Scorpion bug}, or {Water scorpion} (Zo[94]l.) See {Nepa}. {Scorpion fly} (Zo[94]l.), a neuropterous insect of the genus {Panorpa}. See {Panorpid}. {Scorpion grass} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Myosotis}. {M. palustris} is the forget-me-not. {Scorpion senna} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub ({Coronilla Emerus}) having a slender joined pod, like a scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna. {Scorpion shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the genus Pteroceras. See {Pteroceras}. {Scorpion spiders}. (Zo[94]l.), any one of the Pedipalpi. {Scorpion's tail} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus {Scorpiurus}, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also called {caterpillar}. {Scorpion's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Genista Scorpius}) of Southern Europe. {The Scorpion's Heart} (Astron.), the star Antares in the constellation Scorpio. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Scorpio \[d8]Scor"pi*o\, n.; pl. {Scorpiones}. [L.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A scorpion. 2. (Astron.) (a) The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third day of October, marked thus [[scorpio]] in almanacs. (b) A constellation of the zodiac containing the bright star Antares. It is drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a scorpion. | |
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d8Antares \[d8]An*ta"res\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] similar to + [?] Mars. It was thought to resemble Mars in color.] The principal star in Scorpio: -- called also the {Scorpion's Heart}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scorpion \Scor"pi*on\, n. [F., fr. L. scorpio, scorpius, Gr. [?], perhaps akin to E. sharp.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting. Note: Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender post-abdomen formed of six movable segments, the last of which terminates in a curved venomous sting. The venom causes great pain, but is unattended either with redness or swelling, except in the axillary or inguinal glands, when an extremity is affected. It is seldom if ever destructive of life. Scorpions are found widely dispersed in the warm climates of both the Old and New Worlds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The pine or gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}). [Local, U. S.] 3. (Zo[94]l.) The scorpene. 4. (Script.) A painful scourge. My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. --1 Kings xii. 11. 5. (Astron.) A sign and constellation. See {Scorpio}. 6. (Antiq.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles. {Book scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Book}. {False scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {False}, and {Book scorpion}. {Scorpion bug}, or {Water scorpion} (Zo[94]l.) See {Nepa}. {Scorpion fly} (Zo[94]l.), a neuropterous insect of the genus {Panorpa}. See {Panorpid}. {Scorpion grass} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Myosotis}. {M. palustris} is the forget-me-not. {Scorpion senna} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub ({Coronilla Emerus}) having a slender joined pod, like a scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna. {Scorpion shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the genus Pteroceras. See {Pteroceras}. {Scorpion spiders}. (Zo[94]l.), any one of the Pedipalpi. {Scorpion's tail} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus {Scorpiurus}, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also called {caterpillar}. {Scorpion's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Genista Scorpius}) of Southern Europe. {The Scorpion's Heart} (Astron.), the star Antares in the constellation Scorpio. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scorpion \Scor"pi*on\, n. [F., fr. L. scorpio, scorpius, Gr. [?], perhaps akin to E. sharp.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a caudal sting. Note: Scorpions have a flattened body, and a long, slender post-abdomen formed of six movable segments, the last of which terminates in a curved venomous sting. The venom causes great pain, but is unattended either with redness or swelling, except in the axillary or inguinal glands, when an extremity is affected. It is seldom if ever destructive of life. Scorpions are found widely dispersed in the warm climates of both the Old and New Worlds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The pine or gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}). [Local, U. S.] 3. (Zo[94]l.) The scorpene. 4. (Script.) A painful scourge. My father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. --1 Kings xii. 11. 5. (Astron.) A sign and constellation. See {Scorpio}. 6. (Antiq.) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles. {Book scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Book}. {False scorpion}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {False}, and {Book scorpion}. {Scorpion bug}, or {Water scorpion} (Zo[94]l.) See {Nepa}. {Scorpion fly} (Zo[94]l.), a neuropterous insect of the genus {Panorpa}. See {Panorpid}. {Scorpion grass} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Myosotis}. {M. palustris} is the forget-me-not. {Scorpion senna} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous shrub ({Coronilla Emerus}) having a slender joined pod, like a scorpion's tail. The leaves are said to yield a dye like indigo, and to be used sometimes to adulterate senna. {Scorpion shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the genus Pteroceras. See {Pteroceras}. {Scorpion spiders}. (Zo[94]l.), any one of the Pedipalpi. {Scorpion's tail} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus {Scorpiurus}, herbs with a circinately coiled pod; -- also called {caterpillar}. {Scorpion's thorn} (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Genista Scorpius}) of Southern Europe. {The Scorpion's Heart} (Astron.), the star Antares in the constellation Scorpio. | |
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Scorpionwort \Scor"pi*on*wort`\, n. (Bot.) A leguminous plant ({Ornithopus scorpioides}) of Southern Europe, having slender curved pods. | |
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Scrape \Scrape\ (skr[amac]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scraped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scraping}.] [Icel. skrapa; akin to Sw. skrapa, Dan. skrabe, D. schrapen, schrabben, G. schrappen, and prob. to E. sharp.] 1. To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface. 2. To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above). I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. --Ezek. xxvi. 4. 3. To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together. The prelatical party complained that, to swell a number the nonconformists did not choose, but scrape, subscribers. --Fuller. 4. To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down. --Macaulay. {To scrape acquaintance}, to seek acquaintance otherwise than by an introduction. --Farquhar. He tried to scrape acquaintance with her, but failed ignominiously. --G. W. Cable. | |
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Scraping \Scrap"ing\, n. 1. The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper. 2. Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping of the street. | |
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Scraping \Scrap"ing\, a. Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser. -- {Scrap"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Scraping \Scrap"ing\, a. Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser. -- {Scrap"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Screw \Screw\ (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [82]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[umac]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut. Note: The screw, as a mechanical power, is a modification of the inclined plane, and may be regarded as a right-angled triangle wrapped round a cylinder, the hypotenuse of the marking the spiral thread of the screw, its base equaling the circumference of the cylinder, and its height the pitch of the thread. 2. Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also {wood screws}, and {screw nails}. See also {Screw bolt}, below. 3. Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See {Screw propeller}, below. 4. A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller. 5. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard. --Thackeray. 6. An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor. [Cant, American Colleges] 7. A small packet of tobacco. [Slang] --Mayhew. 8. An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance. --Ld. Lytton. 9. (Math.) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th {Pitch}, 10 (b) ). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis. 10. (Zo[94]l.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw ({Caprella}). See {Sand screw}, under {Sand}. {Archimedes screw}, {Compound screw}, {Foot screw}, etc. See under {Archimedes}, {Compound}, {Foot}, etc. {A screw loose}, something out of order, so that work is not done smoothly; as, there is a screw loose somewhere. --H. Martineau. {Endless, [or] perpetual, {screw}, a screw used to give motion to a toothed wheel by the action of its threads between the teeth of the wheel; -- called also a {worm}. {Lag screw}. See under {Lag}. {Micrometer screw}, a screw with fine threads, used for the measurement of very small spaces. {Right and left screw}, a screw having threads upon the opposite ends which wind in opposite directions. {Screw alley}. See {Shaft alley}, under {Shaft}. {Screw bean}. (Bot.) (a) The curious spirally coiled pod of a leguminous tree ({Prosopis pubescens}) growing from Texas to California. It is used for fodder, and ground into meal by the Indians. (b) The tree itself. Its heavy hard wood is used for fuel, for fencing, and for railroad ties. {Screw bolt}, a bolt having a screw thread on its shank, in distinction from a {key bolt}. See 1st {Bolt}, 3. {Screw box}, a device, resembling a die, for cutting the thread on a wooden screw. {Screw dock}. See under {Dock}. {Screw engine}, a marine engine for driving a screw propeller. {Screw gear}. See {Spiral gear}, under {Spiral}. {Screw jack}. Same as {Jackscrew}. {Screw key}, a wrench for turning a screw or nut; a spanner wrench. {Screw machine}. (a) One of a series of machines employed in the manufacture of wood screws. (b) A machine tool resembling a lathe, having a number of cutting tools that can be caused to act on the work successively, for making screws and other turned pieces from metal rods. {Screw pine} (Bot.), any plant of the endogenous genus {Pandanus}, of which there are about fifty species, natives of tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia; -- named from the spiral arrangement of the pineapple-like leaves. {Screw plate}, a device for cutting threads on small screws, consisting of a thin steel plate having a series of perforations with internal screws forming dies. {Screw press}, a press in which pressure is exerted by means of a screw. {Screw propeller}, a screw or spiral bladed wheel, used in the propulsion of steam vessels; also, a steam vessel propelled by a screw. {Screw shell} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, spiral gastropod shell, especially of the genus Turritella and allied genera. See {Turritella}. {Screw steamer}, a steamship propelled by a screw. {Screw thread}, the spiral rib which forms a screw. {Screw stone} (Paleon.), the fossil stem of an encrinite. {Screw tree} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Helicteres}, consisting of about thirty species of tropical shrubs, with simple leaves and spirally twisted, five-celled capsules; -- also called {twisted-horn}, and {twisty}. {Screw valve}, a stop valve which is opened or closed by a screw. {Screw worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an American fly ({Compsomyia macellaria}), allied to the blowflies, which sometimes deposits its eggs in the nostrils, or about wounds, in man and other animals, with fatal results. {Screw wrench}. (a) A wrench for turning a screw. (b) A wrench with an adjustable jaw that is moved by a screw. {To put the} {screw, [or] screws}, {on}, to use pressure upon, as for the purpose of extortion; to coerce. {To put under the} {screw [or] screws}, to subject to pressure; to force. {Wood screw}, a metal screw with a sharp thread of coarse pitch, adapted to holding fast in wood. See Illust. of {Wood screw}, under {Wood}. | |
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Bean \Bean\ (b[emac]n), n. [OE. bene, AS. be[a0]n; akin to D. boon, G. bohne, OHG. p[omac]na, Icel. baun, Dan. b[94]nne, Sw. b[94]na, and perh. to Russ. bob, L. faba.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera {Faba}, {Phaseolus}, and {Dolichos}; also, to the herbs. Note: The origin and classification of many kinds are still doubtful. Among true beans are: the black-eyed bean and China bean, included in {Dolichos Sinensis}; black Egyptian bean or hyacinth bean, {D. Lablab}; the common haricot beans, kidney beans, string beans, and pole beans, all included in {Phaseolus vulgaris}; the lower bush bean, {Ph. vulgaris}, variety {nanus}; Lima bean, {Ph. lunatus}; Spanish bean and scarlet runner, {Ph. maltiflorus}; Windsor bean, the common bean of England, {Faba vulgaris}. As an article of food beans are classed with vegetables. 2. The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans. {Bean aphis} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse ({Aphis fab[91]}) which infests the bean plant. {Bean fly} (Zo[94]l.), a fly found on bean flowers. {Bean goose} (Zo[94]l.), a species of goose ({Anser segetum}). {Bean weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small weevil that in the larval state destroys beans. The American species in {Bruchus fab[91]}. {Florida bean} (Bot.), the seed of {Mucuna urens}, a West Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida shore, and are often polished and made into ornaments. {Ignatius bean}, or {St. Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), a species of {Strychnos}. {Navy bean}, the common dried white bean of commerce; probably so called because an important article of food in the navy. {Pea bean}, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible white bean; -- so called from its size. {Sacred bean}. See under {Sacred}. {Screw bean}. See under {Screw}. {Sea bean}. (a) Same as {Florida bean}. (b) A red bean of unknown species used for ornament. {Tonquin bean}, or {Tonka bean}, the fragrant seed of {Dipteryx odorata}, a leguminous tree. {Vanilla bean}. See under {Vanilla}. | |
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Screw \Screw\ (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [82]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[umac]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut. Note: The screw, as a mechanical power, is a modification of the inclined plane, and may be regarded as a right-angled triangle wrapped round a cylinder, the hypotenuse of the marking the spiral thread of the screw, its base equaling the circumference of the cylinder, and its height the pitch of the thread. 2. Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also {wood screws}, and {screw nails}. See also {Screw bolt}, below. 3. Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See {Screw propeller}, below. 4. A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller. 5. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard. --Thackeray. 6. An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor. [Cant, American Colleges] 7. A small packet of tobacco. [Slang] --Mayhew. 8. An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance. --Ld. Lytton. 9. (Math.) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th {Pitch}, 10 (b) ). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis. 10. (Zo[94]l.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw ({Caprella}). See {Sand screw}, under {Sand}. {Archimedes screw}, {Compound screw}, {Foot screw}, etc. See under {Archimedes}, {Compound}, {Foot}, etc. {A screw loose}, something out of order, so that work is not done smoothly; as, there is a screw loose somewhere. --H. Martineau. {Endless, [or] perpetual, {screw}, a screw used to give motion to a toothed wheel by the action of its threads between the teeth of the wheel; -- called also a {worm}. {Lag screw}. See under {Lag}. {Micrometer screw}, a screw with fine threads, used for the measurement of very small spaces. {Right and left screw}, a screw having threads upon the opposite ends which wind in opposite directions. {Screw alley}. See {Shaft alley}, under {Shaft}. {Screw bean}. (Bot.) (a) The curious spirally coiled pod of a leguminous tree ({Prosopis pubescens}) growing from Texas to California. It is used for fodder, and ground into meal by the Indians. (b) The tree itself. Its heavy hard wood is used for fuel, for fencing, and for railroad ties. {Screw bolt}, a bolt having a screw thread on its shank, in distinction from a {key bolt}. See 1st {Bolt}, 3. {Screw box}, a device, resembling a die, for cutting the thread on a wooden screw. {Screw dock}. See under {Dock}. {Screw engine}, a marine engine for driving a screw propeller. {Screw gear}. See {Spiral gear}, under {Spiral}. {Screw jack}. Same as {Jackscrew}. {Screw key}, a wrench for turning a screw or nut; a spanner wrench. {Screw machine}. (a) One of a series of machines employed in the manufacture of wood screws. (b) A machine tool resembling a lathe, having a number of cutting tools that can be caused to act on the work successively, for making screws and other turned pieces from metal rods. {Screw pine} (Bot.), any plant of the endogenous genus {Pandanus}, of which there are about fifty species, natives of tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia; -- named from the spiral arrangement of the pineapple-like leaves. {Screw plate}, a device for cutting threads on small screws, consisting of a thin steel plate having a series of perforations with internal screws forming dies. {Screw press}, a press in which pressure is exerted by means of a screw. {Screw propeller}, a screw or spiral bladed wheel, used in the propulsion of steam vessels; also, a steam vessel propelled by a screw. {Screw shell} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, spiral gastropod shell, especially of the genus Turritella and allied genera. See {Turritella}. {Screw steamer}, a steamship propelled by a screw. {Screw thread}, the spiral rib which forms a screw. {Screw stone} (Paleon.), the fossil stem of an encrinite. {Screw tree} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Helicteres}, consisting of about thirty species of tropical shrubs, with simple leaves and spirally twisted, five-celled capsules; -- also called {twisted-horn}, and {twisty}. {Screw valve}, a stop valve which is opened or closed by a screw. {Screw worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an American fly ({Compsomyia macellaria}), allied to the blowflies, which sometimes deposits its eggs in the nostrils, or about wounds, in man and other animals, with fatal results. {Screw wrench}. (a) A wrench for turning a screw. (b) A wrench with an adjustable jaw that is moved by a screw. {To put the} {screw, [or] screws}, {on}, to use pressure upon, as for the purpose of extortion; to coerce. {To put under the} {screw [or] screws}, to subject to pressure; to force. {Wood screw}, a metal screw with a sharp thread of coarse pitch, adapted to holding fast in wood. See Illust. of {Wood screw}, under {Wood}. | |
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Scribe \Scribe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scribing}.] 1. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. --Spenser. 2. (Carp.) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts. 3. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron. {Scribing iron}, an iron-pointed instrument for scribing, or marking, casks and logs. | |
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Scribe \Scribe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scribing}.] 1. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. --Spenser. 2. (Carp.) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts. 3. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron. {Scribing iron}, an iron-pointed instrument for scribing, or marking, casks and logs. | |
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Scrivener \Scrive"ner\ (? [or] ?), n. [From older scrivein, OF. escrivain, F. [82]crivain, LL. scribanus, from L. scribere to write. See {Scribe}.] 1. A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings. --Shak. The writer better scrivener than clerk. --Fuller. 2. One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker. [Obs.] --ryden. 3. A writing master. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {Scrivener's palsy}. See {Writer's cramp}, under {Writer}. | |
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Writer \Writ"er\, n. [AS. wr[c6]tere.] 1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk. They [came] that handle the pen of the writer. --Judg. v. 14. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. --Ps. xlv. 1. 2. One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels. This pitch, as ancient writers do report, doth defile. --Shak. 3. A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor. {Writer of the tallies} (Eng. Law), an officer of the exchequer of England, who acted as clerk to the auditor of the receipt, and wrote the accounts upon the tallies from the tellers' bills. The use of tallies in the exchequer has been abolished. --Wharton (Law. Dict.) {Writer's} {cramp, palsy, [or] spasm} (Med.), a painful spasmodic affection of the muscles of the fingers, brought on by excessive use, as in writing, violin playing, telegraphing, etc. Called also {scrivener's palsy}. {Writer to the signet}. See under {Signet}. | |
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Scrivener \Scrive"ner\ (? [or] ?), n. [From older scrivein, OF. escrivain, F. [82]crivain, LL. scribanus, from L. scribere to write. See {Scribe}.] 1. A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings. --Shak. The writer better scrivener than clerk. --Fuller. 2. One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker. [Obs.] --ryden. 3. A writing master. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {Scrivener's palsy}. See {Writer's cramp}, under {Writer}. | |
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Palsy \Pal"sy\, n.; pl. {Palsies}. [OE. palesie, parlesy, OF. paralesie, F. paralysie, L. paralysis. See {Paralysis}.] (Med.) Paralysis, complete or partial. See {Paralysis}. [bd]One sick of the palsy.[b8] --Mark ii. 3. {Bell's palsy}, paralysis of the facial nerve, producing distortion of one side of the face; -- so called from Sir Charles Bell, an English surgeon who described it. {Scrivener's palsy}. See {Writer's cramp}, under {Writer}. {Shaking palsy}, paralysis agitans, a disease usually occurring in old people, characterized by muscular tremors and a peculiar shaking and tottering gait. | |
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Writer \Writ"er\, n. [AS. wr[c6]tere.] 1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk. They [came] that handle the pen of the writer. --Judg. v. 14. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. --Ps. xlv. 1. 2. One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels. This pitch, as ancient writers do report, doth defile. --Shak. 3. A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor. {Writer of the tallies} (Eng. Law), an officer of the exchequer of England, who acted as clerk to the auditor of the receipt, and wrote the accounts upon the tallies from the tellers' bills. The use of tallies in the exchequer has been abolished. --Wharton (Law. Dict.) {Writer's} {cramp, palsy, [or] spasm} (Med.), a painful spasmodic affection of the muscles of the fingers, brought on by excessive use, as in writing, violin playing, telegraphing, etc. Called also {scrivener's palsy}. {Writer to the signet}. See under {Signet}. | |
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Scrivener \Scrive"ner\ (? [or] ?), n. [From older scrivein, OF. escrivain, F. [82]crivain, LL. scribanus, from L. scribere to write. See {Scribe}.] 1. A professional writer; one whose occupation is to draw contracts or prepare writings. --Shak. The writer better scrivener than clerk. --Fuller. 2. One whose business is to place money at interest; a broker. [Obs.] --ryden. 3. A writing master. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {Scrivener's palsy}. See {Writer's cramp}, under {Writer}. | |
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Palsy \Pal"sy\, n.; pl. {Palsies}. [OE. palesie, parlesy, OF. paralesie, F. paralysie, L. paralysis. See {Paralysis}.] (Med.) Paralysis, complete or partial. See {Paralysis}. [bd]One sick of the palsy.[b8] --Mark ii. 3. {Bell's palsy}, paralysis of the facial nerve, producing distortion of one side of the face; -- so called from Sir Charles Bell, an English surgeon who described it. {Scrivener's palsy}. See {Writer's cramp}, under {Writer}. {Shaking palsy}, paralysis agitans, a disease usually occurring in old people, characterized by muscular tremors and a peculiar shaking and tottering gait. | |
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Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[ucr]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scrubbed} (skr[ucr]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Scrubbing}.] [OE. scrobben, probably of Dutch or Scand. origin; cf. Dan. sckrubbe, Sw. skrubba, D. schrobben, LG. schrubben.] To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate. | |
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Scurfiness \Scurf"i*ness\, n. 1. Quality or state of being scurfy. 2. (Bot.) Scurf. | |
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Scurviness \Scur"vi*ness\, n. The quality or state of being scurvy; vileness; meanness. | |
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Sea raven \Sea" ra"ven\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American cottoid fish ({Hemitripterus Americanus}) allied to the sculpins, found on the northeren Atlantic coasts. (b) The cormorant. | |
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Raven \Ra"ven\, n. [AS. hr[91]fn; akin to raaf, G. rabe, OHG. hraban, Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, and perhaps to L. corvus, Gr. [?]. [?][?][?].] (Zo[94]l.) A large black passerine bird ({Corvus corax}), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern part of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity. {Sea raven} (Zo[94]l.), the cormorant. | |
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Cormorant \Cor"mo*rant\ (k[ocir]r"m[osl]*r[ait]nt), n. [F. cormoran, fr. Armor. m[omac]r-vran a sea raven; m[omac]r sea + bran raven, with cor, equiv. to L. corvus raven, pleonastically prefixed; or perh. fr. L. corvus marinus sea raven.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Phalacrocorax}, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called {sea ravens}, and {coalgeese}. [Written also {corvorant}.] 2. A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant. --B. Jonson. | |
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Robin \Rob"in\, n. [Properly a pet name for Robert, originally meaning, famebright; F., fron OHG. Roudperht; ruod (in comp.; akin to AS. hr[?][?] glory, fame, Goth. hr[?]peigs victorius) + beraht bright. See {Bright}, {Hob} a clown.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European singing bird ({Erythacus rubecula}), having a reddish breast; -- called also {robin redbreast}, {robinet}, and {ruddock}. (b) An American singing bird ({Merula migratoria}), having the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also {robin redbreast}, and {migratory thrush}. (c) Any one of several species of Australian warblers of the genera {Petroica}, {Melanadrays}, and allied genera; as, the scarlet-breasted robin ({Petroica mullticolor}). (d) Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins. See {Indian robin}, below. {Beach robin} (Zo[94]l.), the robin snipe, or knot. See {Knot}. {Blue-throated robin}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluethroat}. {Canada robin} (Zo[94]l.), the cedar bird. {Golden robin} (Zo[94]l.), the Baltimore oriole. {Ground robin} (Zo[94]l.), the chewink. {Indian robin} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Asiatic saxoline birds of the genera {Thamnobia} and {Pratincola}. They are mostly black, usually with some white on the wings. {Magrie robin} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic singing bird ({Corsycus saularis}), having the back, head, neck, and breast black glossed with blue, the wings black, and the belly white. {Ragged robin}. (Bot.) See under {Ragged}. {Robin accentor} (Zo[94]l.), a small Asiatic singing bird ({Accentor rubeculoides}), somewhat resembling the European robin. {Robin redbreast}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European robin. (b) The American robin. (c) The American bluebird. {Robin snipe}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The red-breasted snipe, or dowitcher. (b) The red-breasted sandpiper, or knot. {Robin's plantain}. (Bot.) See under {Plantain}. {Sea robin}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of American gurnards of the genus {Prionotus}. They are excellent food fishes. Called also {wingfish}. The name is also applied to a European gurnard. (b) The red-breasted merganser, or sheldrake. [Local, U.S.] {Water robin} (Zo[94]l.), a redstart ({Ruticulla fuliginosa}), native of India. | |
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Sea robin \Sea" rob"in\ See under {Robin}, and Illustration in Appendix. | |
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Sea-roving \Sea"-rov"ing\, a. Cruising at random on the ocean. | |
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Seraph \Ser"aph\, n.; pl. E. {Seraphs}, Heb. {Seraphim}. [Heb. ser[be]phim, pl.] One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is represented as one of a class of angels. --Isa. vi. 2. As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. --Pope. {Seraph moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of geometrid moths of the genus {Lobophora}, having the hind wings deeply bilobed, so that they seem to have six wings. | |
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Seraph \Ser"aph\, n.; pl. E. {Seraphs}, Heb. {Seraphim}. [Heb. ser[be]phim, pl.] One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is represented as one of a class of angels. --Isa. vi. 2. As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. --Pope. {Seraph moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of geometrid moths of the genus {Lobophora}, having the hind wings deeply bilobed, so that they seem to have six wings. | |
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Seraphim \Ser"a*phim\, n. The Hebrew plural of {Seraph}. Cf. {Cherubim}. Note: The double plural form seraphims is sometimes used, as in the King James version of the Bible, --Isa. vi. 2 and 6. | |
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Seraphina \Ser`a*phi"na\, n. [NL.] A seraphine. | |
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Seraphine \Ser"a*phine\, n. [From {Seraph}.] (Mus.) A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument. | |
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Serbonian \Ser*bo"ni*an\, a. Relating to the lake of Serbonis in Egypt, which by reason of the sand blowing into it had a deceptive appearance of being solid land, but was a bog. A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog . . . Where armies whole have sunk. --Milton. | |
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Serpent \Ser"pent\, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia), fr. serpens, p. pr. of serpere to creep; akin to Gr. [?][?][?], Skr. sarp, and perhaps to L. repere, E. reptile. Cf. {Herpes}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under {Ophidia}. Note: The serpents are mostly long and slender, and move partly by bending the body into undulations or folds and pressing them against objects, and partly by using the free edges of their ventral scales to cling to rough surfaces. Many species glide swiftly over the ground, some burrow in the earth, others live in trees. A few are entirely aquatic, and swim rapidly. See {Ophidia}, and {Fang}. 2. Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person. 3. A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground. 4. (Astron.) The constellation Serpens. 5. (Mus.) A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form. {Pharaoh's serpent} (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a combustible white substance which in burning gives off a poisonous vapor and leaves a peculiar brown voluminous residue which is expelled in a serpentine from. It is employed as a scientific toy. {Serpent cucumber} (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant {Trichosanthes colubrina}; also, the plant itself. {Serpent eage} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of raptorial birds of the genera {Circa[89]tus} and {Spilornis}, which prey on serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is {Circa[89]tus Gallicus}. {Serpent eater}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) An Asiatic antelope; the markhoor. {Serpent fish} (Zo[94]l.), a fish ({Cepola rubescens}) with a long, thin, compressed body, and a band of red running lengthwise. {Serpent star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiuran; a brittle star. {Serpent's tongue} (Paleon.), the fossil tooth of a shark; -- so called from its resemblance to a tongue with its root. {Serpent withe} (Bot.), a West Indian climbing plant ({Aristolochia odoratissima}). {Tree serpent} (Zo[94]l.), any species of African serpents belonging to the family {Dendrophid[91]}. | |
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Serpent \Ser"pent\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Serpented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Serpenting}.] To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander. [R.] [bd]The serpenting of the Thames.[b8] --Evelyn. | |
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Serpent \Ser"pent\, v. t. To wind; to encircle. [R.] --Evelyn. | |
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Serpent \Ser"pent\, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia), fr. serpens, p. pr. of serpere to creep; akin to Gr. [?][?][?], Skr. sarp, and perhaps to L. repere, E. reptile. Cf. {Herpes}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under {Ophidia}. Note: The serpents are mostly long and slender, and move partly by bending the body into undulations or folds and pressing them against objects, and partly by using the free edges of their ventral scales to cling to rough surfaces. Many species glide swiftly over the ground, some burrow in the earth, others live in trees. A few are entirely aquatic, and swim rapidly. See {Ophidia}, and {Fang}. 2. Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person. 3. A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground. 4. (Astron.) The constellation Serpens. 5. (Mus.) A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form. {Pharaoh's serpent} (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a combustible white substance which in burning gives off a poisonous vapor and leaves a peculiar brown voluminous residue which is expelled in a serpentine from. It is employed as a scientific toy. {Serpent cucumber} (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant {Trichosanthes colubrina}; also, the plant itself. {Serpent eage} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of raptorial birds of the genera {Circa[89]tus} and {Spilornis}, which prey on serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is {Circa[89]tus Gallicus}. {Serpent eater}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) An Asiatic antelope; the markhoor. {Serpent fish} (Zo[94]l.), a fish ({Cepola rubescens}) with a long, thin, compressed body, and a band of red running lengthwise. {Serpent star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiuran; a brittle star. {Serpent's tongue} (Paleon.), the fossil tooth of a shark; -- so called from its resemblance to a tongue with its root. {Serpent withe} (Bot.), a West Indian climbing plant ({Aristolochia odoratissima}). {Tree serpent} (Zo[94]l.), any species of African serpents belonging to the family {Dendrophid[91]}. | |
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Serpent \Ser"pent\, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia), fr. serpens, p. pr. of serpere to creep; akin to Gr. [?][?][?], Skr. sarp, and perhaps to L. repere, E. reptile. Cf. {Herpes}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under {Ophidia}. Note: The serpents are mostly long and slender, and move partly by bending the body into undulations or folds and pressing them against objects, and partly by using the free edges of their ventral scales to cling to rough surfaces. Many species glide swiftly over the ground, some burrow in the earth, others live in trees. A few are entirely aquatic, and swim rapidly. See {Ophidia}, and {Fang}. 2. Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person. 3. A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground. 4. (Astron.) The constellation Serpens. 5. (Mus.) A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form. {Pharaoh's serpent} (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a combustible white substance which in burning gives off a poisonous vapor and leaves a peculiar brown voluminous residue which is expelled in a serpentine from. It is employed as a scientific toy. {Serpent cucumber} (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant {Trichosanthes colubrina}; also, the plant itself. {Serpent eage} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of raptorial birds of the genera {Circa[89]tus} and {Spilornis}, which prey on serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is {Circa[89]tus Gallicus}. {Serpent eater}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) An Asiatic antelope; the markhoor. {Serpent fish} (Zo[94]l.), a fish ({Cepola rubescens}) with a long, thin, compressed body, and a band of red running lengthwise. {Serpent star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiuran; a brittle star. {Serpent's tongue} (Paleon.), the fossil tooth of a shark; -- so called from its resemblance to a tongue with its root. {Serpent withe} (Bot.), a West Indian climbing plant ({Aristolochia odoratissima}). {Tree serpent} (Zo[94]l.), any species of African serpents belonging to the family {Dendrophid[91]}. | |
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Secretary \Sec"re*ta*ry\, n.; pl. {Secretaries}. [F. secr[82]taire (cf. Pr. secretari, Sp. & Pg. secretario, It. secretario, segretario) LL. secretarius, originally, a confidant, one intrusted with secrets, from L. secretum a secret. See {Secret}, a. & n.] 1. One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets. [R.] 2. A person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches, public or private papers, records, and the like; an official scribe, amanuensis, or writer; one who attends to correspondence, and transacts other business, for an association, a public body, or an individual. That which is most of all profitable is acquaintance with the secretaries, and employed men of ambassadors. --Bacon. 3. An officer of state whose business is to superintend and manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the secretary of war, etc. 4. A piece of furniture, with conveniences for writing and for the arrangement of papers; an escritoire. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The secretary bird. {Secretary Bird}. [So called in allusion to the tufts of feathers at the back of its head, which were fancifully thought to resemble pens stuck behind the ear.] (Zo[94]l.) A large long-legged raptorial bird ({Gypogeranus serpentarius}), native of South Africa, but now naturalized in the West Indies and some other tropical countries. It has a powerful hooked beak, a crest of long feathers, and a long tail. It feeds upon reptiles of various kinds, and is much prized on account of its habit of killing and devouring snakes of all kinds. Called also {serpent eater}. Syn: See the Note under {Clerk}, n., 4. | |
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Serpent \Ser"pent\, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia), fr. serpens, p. pr. of serpere to creep; akin to Gr. [?][?][?], Skr. sarp, and perhaps to L. repere, E. reptile. Cf. {Herpes}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under {Ophidia}. Note: The serpents are mostly long and slender, and move partly by bending the body into undulations or folds and pressing them against objects, and partly by using the free edges of their ventral scales to cling to rough surfaces. Many species glide swiftly over the ground, some burrow in the earth, others live in trees. A few are entirely aquatic, and swim rapidly. See {Ophidia}, and {Fang}. 2. Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person. 3. A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground. 4. (Astron.) The constellation Serpens. 5. (Mus.) A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form. {Pharaoh's serpent} (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a combustible white substance which in burning gives off a poisonous vapor and leaves a peculiar brown voluminous residue which is expelled in a serpentine from. It is employed as a scientific toy. {Serpent cucumber} (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant {Trichosanthes colubrina}; also, the plant itself. {Serpent eage} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of raptorial birds of the genera {Circa[89]tus} and {Spilornis}, which prey on serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is {Circa[89]tus Gallicus}. {Serpent eater}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) An Asiatic antelope; the markhoor. {Serpent fish} (Zo[94]l.), a fish ({Cepola rubescens}) with a long, thin, compressed body, and a band of red running lengthwise. {Serpent star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiuran; a brittle star. {Serpent's tongue} (Paleon.), the fossil tooth of a shark; -- so called from its resemblance to a tongue with its root. {Serpent withe} (Bot.), a West Indian climbing plant ({Aristolochia odoratissima}). {Tree serpent} (Zo[94]l.), any species of African serpents belonging to the family {Dendrophid[91]}. | |
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Secretary \Sec"re*ta*ry\, n.; pl. {Secretaries}. [F. secr[82]taire (cf. Pr. secretari, Sp. & Pg. secretario, It. secretario, segretario) LL. secretarius, originally, a confidant, one intrusted with secrets, from L. secretum a secret. See {Secret}, a. & n.] 1. One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets. [R.] 2. A person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches, public or private papers, records, and the like; an official scribe, amanuensis, or writer; one who attends to correspondence, and transacts other business, for an association, a public body, or an individual. That which is most of all profitable is acquaintance with the secretaries, and employed men of ambassadors. --Bacon. 3. An officer of state whose business is to superintend and manage the affairs of a particular department of government, and who is usually a member of the cabinet or advisory council of the chief executive; as, the secretary of state, who conducts the correspondence and attends to the relations of a government with foreign courts; the secretary of the treasury, who manages the department of finance; the secretary of war, etc. 4. A piece of furniture, with conveniences for writing and for the arrangement of papers; an escritoire. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The secretary bird. {Secretary Bird}. [So called in allusion to the tufts of feathers at the back of its head, which were fancifully thought to resemble pens stuck behind the ear.] (Zo[94]l.) A large long-legged raptorial bird ({Gypogeranus serpentarius}), native of South Africa, but now naturalized in the West Indies and some other tropical countries. It has a powerful hooked beak, a crest of long feathers, and a long tail. It feeds upon reptiles of various kinds, and is much prized on account of its habit of killing and devouring snakes of all kinds. Called also {serpent eater}. Syn: See the Note under {Clerk}, n., 4. | |
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Serpent \Ser"pent\, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia), fr. serpens, p. pr. of serpere to creep; akin to Gr. [?][?][?], Skr. sarp, and perhaps to L. repere, E. reptile. Cf. {Herpes}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under {Ophidia}. Note: The serpents are mostly long and slender, and move partly by bending the body into undulations or folds and pressing them against objects, and partly by using the free edges of their ventral scales to cling to rough surfaces. Many species glide swiftly over the ground, some burrow in the earth, others live in trees. A few are entirely aquatic, and swim rapidly. See {Ophidia}, and {Fang}. 2. Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person. 3. A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground. 4. (Astron.) The constellation Serpens. 5. (Mus.) A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form. {Pharaoh's serpent} (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a combustible white substance which in burning gives off a poisonous vapor and leaves a peculiar brown voluminous residue which is expelled in a serpentine from. It is employed as a scientific toy. {Serpent cucumber} (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant {Trichosanthes colubrina}; also, the plant itself. {Serpent eage} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of raptorial birds of the genera {Circa[89]tus} and {Spilornis}, which prey on serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is {Circa[89]tus Gallicus}. {Serpent eater}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) An Asiatic antelope; the markhoor. {Serpent fish} (Zo[94]l.), a fish ({Cepola rubescens}) with a long, thin, compressed body, and a band of red running lengthwise. {Serpent star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiuran; a brittle star. {Serpent's tongue} (Paleon.), the fossil tooth of a shark; -- so called from its resemblance to a tongue with its root. {Serpent withe} (Bot.), a West Indian climbing plant ({Aristolochia odoratissima}). {Tree serpent} (Zo[94]l.), any species of African serpents belonging to the family {Dendrophid[91]}. | |
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Serpent \Ser"pent\, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia), fr. serpens, p. pr. of serpere to creep; akin to Gr. [?][?][?], Skr. sarp, and perhaps to L. repere, E. reptile. Cf. {Herpes}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under {Ophidia}. Note: The serpents are mostly long and slender, and move partly by bending the body into undulations or folds and pressing them against objects, and partly by using the free edges of their ventral scales to cling to rough surfaces. Many species glide swiftly over the ground, some burrow in the earth, others live in trees. A few are entirely aquatic, and swim rapidly. See {Ophidia}, and {Fang}. 2. Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person. 3. A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground. 4. (Astron.) The constellation Serpens. 5. (Mus.) A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form. {Pharaoh's serpent} (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a combustible white substance which in burning gives off a poisonous vapor and leaves a peculiar brown voluminous residue which is expelled in a serpentine from. It is employed as a scientific toy. {Serpent cucumber} (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant {Trichosanthes colubrina}; also, the plant itself. {Serpent eage} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of raptorial birds of the genera {Circa[89]tus} and {Spilornis}, which prey on serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is {Circa[89]tus Gallicus}. {Serpent eater}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) An Asiatic antelope; the markhoor. {Serpent fish} (Zo[94]l.), a fish ({Cepola rubescens}) with a long, thin, compressed body, and a band of red running lengthwise. {Serpent star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiuran; a brittle star. {Serpent's tongue} (Paleon.), the fossil tooth of a shark; -- so called from its resemblance to a tongue with its root. {Serpent withe} (Bot.), a West Indian climbing plant ({Aristolochia odoratissima}). {Tree serpent} (Zo[94]l.), any species of African serpents belonging to the family {Dendrophid[91]}. | |
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Serpent \Ser"pent\, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia), fr. serpens, p. pr. of serpere to creep; akin to Gr. [?][?][?], Skr. sarp, and perhaps to L. repere, E. reptile. Cf. {Herpes}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under {Ophidia}. Note: The serpents are mostly long and slender, and move partly by bending the body into undulations or folds and pressing them against objects, and partly by using the free edges of their ventral scales to cling to rough surfaces. Many species glide swiftly over the ground, some burrow in the earth, others live in trees. A few are entirely aquatic, and swim rapidly. See {Ophidia}, and {Fang}. 2. Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person. 3. A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground. 4. (Astron.) The constellation Serpens. 5. (Mus.) A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form. {Pharaoh's serpent} (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a combustible white substance which in burning gives off a poisonous vapor and leaves a peculiar brown voluminous residue which is expelled in a serpentine from. It is employed as a scientific toy. {Serpent cucumber} (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant {Trichosanthes colubrina}; also, the plant itself. {Serpent eage} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of raptorial birds of the genera {Circa[89]tus} and {Spilornis}, which prey on serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is {Circa[89]tus Gallicus}. {Serpent eater}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) An Asiatic antelope; the markhoor. {Serpent fish} (Zo[94]l.), a fish ({Cepola rubescens}) with a long, thin, compressed body, and a band of red running lengthwise. {Serpent star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiuran; a brittle star. {Serpent's tongue} (Paleon.), the fossil tooth of a shark; -- so called from its resemblance to a tongue with its root. {Serpent withe} (Bot.), a West Indian climbing plant ({Aristolochia odoratissima}). {Tree serpent} (Zo[94]l.), any species of African serpents belonging to the family {Dendrophid[91]}. | |
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Ammonite \Am"mon*ite\, n. [L. cornu Ammonis born of Ammon; L. Ammon, Gr. [?] an appellation of Jupiter, as represented with the horns of a ram. It was originally the name of an. Egyptian god, Amun.] (Paleon.) A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called {serpent stone}, {snake stone}, and {cornu Ammonis}. | |
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Serpent \Ser"pent\, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia), fr. serpens, p. pr. of serpere to creep; akin to Gr. [?][?][?], Skr. sarp, and perhaps to L. repere, E. reptile. Cf. {Herpes}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under {Ophidia}. Note: The serpents are mostly long and slender, and move partly by bending the body into undulations or folds and pressing them against objects, and partly by using the free edges of their ventral scales to cling to rough surfaces. Many species glide swiftly over the ground, some burrow in the earth, others live in trees. A few are entirely aquatic, and swim rapidly. See {Ophidia}, and {Fang}. 2. Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person. 3. A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground. 4. (Astron.) The constellation Serpens. 5. (Mus.) A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form. {Pharaoh's serpent} (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a combustible white substance which in burning gives off a poisonous vapor and leaves a peculiar brown voluminous residue which is expelled in a serpentine from. It is employed as a scientific toy. {Serpent cucumber} (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant {Trichosanthes colubrina}; also, the plant itself. {Serpent eage} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of raptorial birds of the genera {Circa[89]tus} and {Spilornis}, which prey on serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is {Circa[89]tus Gallicus}. {Serpent eater}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) An Asiatic antelope; the markhoor. {Serpent fish} (Zo[94]l.), a fish ({Cepola rubescens}) with a long, thin, compressed body, and a band of red running lengthwise. {Serpent star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiuran; a brittle star. {Serpent's tongue} (Paleon.), the fossil tooth of a shark; -- so called from its resemblance to a tongue with its root. {Serpent withe} (Bot.), a West Indian climbing plant ({Aristolochia odoratissima}). {Tree serpent} (Zo[94]l.), any species of African serpents belonging to the family {Dendrophid[91]}. | |
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d8Ophiuchus \[d8]O`phi*u"chus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], lit., holding a serpent; 'o`fis a serpent + [?] to hold.] (Astron.) A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, delineated as a man holding a serpent in his hands; -- called also {Serpentarius}. | |
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Serpent \Ser"pent\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Serpented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Serpenting}.] To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander. [R.] [bd]The serpenting of the Thames.[b8] --Evelyn. | |
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Serpentiform \Ser*pen"ti*form\, a. [L. serpens a serpent + -form.] Having the form of a serpent. | |
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Serpentigenous \Ser`pen*tig"e*nous\, a. [L. serpens, -entis, a serpent + -genous: cf. L. serpentigena.] Bred of a serpent. | |
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Serpentine \Ser"pen*tine\, a. [L. serpentinus: cf. F. serpentin.] Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as, serpentine braid. Thy shape Like his, and color serpentine. --Milton. | |
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Serpentine \Ser"pen*tine\, n. [Cf. (for sense 1) F. serpentine, (for sense 2) serpentin.] 1. (Min.) A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green color, often with a spotted or mottled appearance resembling a serpent's skin. Precious, or noble, serpentine is translucent and of a rich oil-green color. Note: Serpentine has been largely produced by the alteration of other minerals, especially of chrysolite. 2. (Ordnance) A kind of ancient cannon. | |
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Serpentine \Ser"pen*tine\, v. i. To serpentize. [R.] --Lyttleton. | |
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Serpentinely \Ser"pen*tine*ly\, adv. In a serpentine manner. | |
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Serpent \Ser"pent\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Serpented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Serpenting}.] To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander. [R.] [bd]The serpenting of the Thames.[b8] --Evelyn. | |
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Serpentinian \Ser`pen*tin"i*an\, n. (Eccl.) See 2d {Ophite}. | |
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Serpentinize \Ser"pen*tin*ize\, v. t. (Min.) To convert (a magnesian silicate) into serpentine. -- {Ser`pen*tin`i*za"tion}, n. | |
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Serpentinize \Ser"pen*tin*ize\, v. t. (Min.) To convert (a magnesian silicate) into serpentine. -- {Ser`pen*tin`i*za"tion}, n. | |
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Serpentinous \Ser"pen*ti`nous\, a. Relating to, or like, serpentine; as, a rock serpentinous in character. | |
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Serpentize \Ser"pent*ize\, v. i. To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander; to wind; to serpentine. [R.] The river runs before the door, and serpentizes more than you can conceive. --Walpole. | |
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Serpentry \Ser"pent*ry\, n. 1. A winding like a serpent's. 2. A place inhabited or infested by serpents. | |
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Serpent \Ser"pent\, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia), fr. serpens, p. pr. of serpere to creep; akin to Gr. [?][?][?], Skr. sarp, and perhaps to L. repere, E. reptile. Cf. {Herpes}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under {Ophidia}. Note: The serpents are mostly long and slender, and move partly by bending the body into undulations or folds and pressing them against objects, and partly by using the free edges of their ventral scales to cling to rough surfaces. Many species glide swiftly over the ground, some burrow in the earth, others live in trees. A few are entirely aquatic, and swim rapidly. See {Ophidia}, and {Fang}. 2. Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person. 3. A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground. 4. (Astron.) The constellation Serpens. 5. (Mus.) A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form. {Pharaoh's serpent} (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a combustible white substance which in burning gives off a poisonous vapor and leaves a peculiar brown voluminous residue which is expelled in a serpentine from. It is employed as a scientific toy. {Serpent cucumber} (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant {Trichosanthes colubrina}; also, the plant itself. {Serpent eage} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of raptorial birds of the genera {Circa[89]tus} and {Spilornis}, which prey on serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is {Circa[89]tus Gallicus}. {Serpent eater}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) An Asiatic antelope; the markhoor. {Serpent fish} (Zo[94]l.), a fish ({Cepola rubescens}) with a long, thin, compressed body, and a band of red running lengthwise. {Serpent star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiuran; a brittle star. {Serpent's tongue} (Paleon.), the fossil tooth of a shark; -- so called from its resemblance to a tongue with its root. {Serpent withe} (Bot.), a West Indian climbing plant ({Aristolochia odoratissima}). {Tree serpent} (Zo[94]l.), any species of African serpents belonging to the family {Dendrophid[91]}. | |
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Serpent-tongued \Ser"pent-tongued`\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having a forked tongue, like a serpent. | |
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Servant \Serv"ant\, n. [OE. servant, servaunt, F. servant, a & p. pr. of servir to serve, L. servire. See {Serve}, and cf. {Sergeant}.] 1. One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate helper. [bd]A yearly hired servant.[b8] --Lev. xxv. 53. Men in office have begun to think themselves mere agents and servants of the appointing power, and not agents of the government or the country. --D. Webster. Note: In a legal sense, stewards, factors, bailiffs, and other agents, are servants for the time they are employed in such character, as they act in subordination to others. So any person may be legally the servant of another, in whose business, and under whose order, direction, and control, he is acting for the time being. --Chitty. 2. One in a state of subjection or bondage. Thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt. --Deut. v. 15. 3. A professed lover or suitor; a gallant. [Obs.] In my time a servant was I one. --Chaucer. {Servant of servants}, one debased to the lowest condition of servitude. {Your humble servant}, [or] {Your obedient servant}, phrases of civility often used in closing a letter. Our betters tell us they are our humble servants, but understand us to be their slaves. --Swift. | |
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Servant \Serv"ant\, v. t. To subject. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Servant \Serv"ant\, n. [OE. servant, servaunt, F. servant, a & p. pr. of servir to serve, L. servire. See {Serve}, and cf. {Sergeant}.] 1. One who serves, or does services, voluntarily or on compulsion; a person who is employed by another for menial offices, or for other labor, and is subject to his command; a person who labors or exerts himself for the benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate helper. [bd]A yearly hired servant.[b8] --Lev. xxv. 53. Men in office have begun to think themselves mere agents and servants of the appointing power, and not agents of the government or the country. --D. Webster. Note: In a legal sense, stewards, factors, bailiffs, and other agents, are servants for the time they are employed in such character, as they act in subordination to others. So any person may be legally the servant of another, in whose business, and under whose order, direction, and control, he is acting for the time being. --Chitty. 2. One in a state of subjection or bondage. Thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt. --Deut. v. 15. 3. A professed lover or suitor; a gallant. [Obs.] In my time a servant was I one. --Chaucer. {Servant of servants}, one debased to the lowest condition of servitude. {Your humble servant}, [or] {Your obedient servant}, phrases of civility often used in closing a letter. Our betters tell us they are our humble servants, but understand us to be their slaves. --Swift. | |
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Servantess \Serv"ant*ess\, n. A maidservant. [Obs.] --Wyclif. | |
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Servantry \Serv"ant*ry\, n. A body of servants; servants, collectively. [R.] | |
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Servian \Ser"vi*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Servia, a kingdom of Southern Europe. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Servia. | |
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Servient \Serv"i*ent\, a. [L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. See {Serve}.] Subordinate. [Obs. except in law.] --Dyer. {Servient tenement} [or] {estate} (Law), that on which the burden of a servitude or an easement is imposed. Cf. Dominant estate, under {Dominant}. --Gale & Whately. | |
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Servient \Serv"i*ent\, a. [L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. See {Serve}.] Subordinate. [Obs. except in law.] --Dyer. {Servient tenement} [or] {estate} (Law), that on which the burden of a servitude or an easement is imposed. Cf. Dominant estate, under {Dominant}. --Gale & Whately. | |
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Serve \Serve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Served}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Serving}.] [OE. serven, servien, OF. & F. servir, fr. L. servire; akin to servus a servant or slave, servare to protect, preserve, observe; cf. Zend har to protect, haurva protecting. Cf. {Conserve}, {Desert} merit, {Dessert}, {Observe}, {Serf}, {Sergeant}.] 1. To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, as an inferior, domestic, serf, slave, hired assistant, official helper, etc.; specifically, in a religious sense, to obey and worship. God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit. --Rom. i. 9. Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. --Gen. xxix. 18. No man can serve two masters. --Matt. vi. 24. Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies. --Shak. 2. To be subordinate to; to act a secondary part under; to appear as the inferior of; to minister to. Bodies bright and greater should not serve The less not bright. --Milton. 3. To be suitor to; to profess love to. [Obs.] To serve a lady in his beste wise. --Chaucer. 4. To wait upon; to supply the wants of; to attend; specifically, to wait upon at table; to attend at meals; to supply with food; as, to serve customers in a shop. Others, pampered in their shameless pride, Are served in plate and in their chariots ride. --Dryden. 5. Hence, to bring forward, arrange, deal, or distribute, as a portion of anything, especially of food prepared for eating; -- often with up; formerly with in. Bid them cover the table, serve in the meat, and we will come in to dinner. --Shak. Some part he roasts, then serves it up so dressed. --Dryde. | |
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Serving \Serv"ing\, a. & n. from {Serve}. {Serving board} (Naut.), a flat piece of wood used in serving ropes. {Serving maid}, a female servant; a maidservant. {Serving mallet} (Naut.), a wooden instrument shaped like a mallet, used in serving ropes. {Serving man}, a male servant, or attendant; a manservant. {Serving stuff} (Naut.), small lines for serving ropes. | |
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Serving \Serv"ing\, a. & n. from {Serve}. {Serving board} (Naut.), a flat piece of wood used in serving ropes. {Serving maid}, a female servant; a maidservant. {Serving mallet} (Naut.), a wooden instrument shaped like a mallet, used in serving ropes. {Serving man}, a male servant, or attendant; a manservant. {Serving stuff} (Naut.), small lines for serving ropes. | |
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Serving \Serv"ing\, a. & n. from {Serve}. {Serving board} (Naut.), a flat piece of wood used in serving ropes. {Serving maid}, a female servant; a maidservant. {Serving mallet} (Naut.), a wooden instrument shaped like a mallet, used in serving ropes. {Serving man}, a male servant, or attendant; a manservant. {Serving stuff} (Naut.), small lines for serving ropes. | |
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Serving \Serv"ing\, a. & n. from {Serve}. {Serving board} (Naut.), a flat piece of wood used in serving ropes. {Serving maid}, a female servant; a maidservant. {Serving mallet} (Naut.), a wooden instrument shaped like a mallet, used in serving ropes. {Serving man}, a male servant, or attendant; a manservant. {Serving stuff} (Naut.), small lines for serving ropes. | |
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Serving \Serv"ing\, a. & n. from {Serve}. {Serving board} (Naut.), a flat piece of wood used in serving ropes. {Serving maid}, a female servant; a maidservant. {Serving mallet} (Naut.), a wooden instrument shaped like a mallet, used in serving ropes. {Serving man}, a male servant, or attendant; a manservant. {Serving stuff} (Naut.), small lines for serving ropes. | |
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Serving \Serv"ing\, a. & n. from {Serve}. {Serving board} (Naut.), a flat piece of wood used in serving ropes. {Serving maid}, a female servant; a maidservant. {Serving mallet} (Naut.), a wooden instrument shaped like a mallet, used in serving ropes. {Serving man}, a male servant, or attendant; a manservant. {Serving stuff} (Naut.), small lines for serving ropes. | |
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Servo-motor \Ser`vo-mo"tor\, n. [Sometimes erroneously spelt serro-motor.] [F. servo-moteur. See {Serf}; {Motor}.] (Mach.) A relay apparatus; specif.: (a) An auxiliary motor, regulated by a hand lever, for quickly and easily moving the reversing gear of a large marine engine into any desired position indicated by that of the hand lever, which controls the valve of the motor. (b) In a Whitehead torpedo, a compressed-air motor, for moving the rudders so as to correct deviations from the course. | |
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Sharebeam \Share"beam`\, n. The part of the plow to which the share is attached. | |
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Sharebone \Share"bone`\, n. (Anat.) The public bone. | |
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Sharpen \Sharp"en\, v. i. To grow or become sharp. | |
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Sharpen \Sharp"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sarpened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sharpening}.] [See {Sharp}, a.] To make sharp. Specifically: (a) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw. (b) To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious. The air . . . sharpened his visual ray To objects distant far. --Milton. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. --Burke. (c) To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires. Epicurean cooks Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite. --Shak. (d) To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease. (e) To make biting, sarcastic, or severe. [bd]Sharpen each word.[b8] --E. Smith. (f) To render more shrill or piercing. Inclosures not only preserve sound, but increase and sharpen it. --Bacon. (g) To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar. (h) (Mus.) To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to. | |
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Sharpen \Sharp"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sarpened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sharpening}.] [See {Sharp}, a.] To make sharp. Specifically: (a) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw. (b) To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious. The air . . . sharpened his visual ray To objects distant far. --Milton. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. --Burke. (c) To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires. Epicurean cooks Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite. --Shak. (d) To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease. (e) To make biting, sarcastic, or severe. [bd]Sharpen each word.[b8] --E. Smith. (f) To render more shrill or piercing. Inclosures not only preserve sound, but increase and sharpen it. --Bacon. (g) To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar. (h) (Mus.) To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to. | |
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Sharp \Sharp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sharped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sharping}.] 1. To sharpen. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. (Mus.) To raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a half step, or semitone, above the natural tone. | |
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Sharpness \Sharp"ness\, n. [AS. scearpness.] The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness. | |
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Sheer \Sheer\, n. 1. (Naut.) (a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side. (b) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it. 2. A turn or change in a course. Give the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore. --Cooper. 3. pl. Shears See {Shear}. {Sheer batten} (Shipbuilding), a long strip of wood to guide the carpenters in following the sheer plan. {Sheer boom}, a boom slanting across a stream to direct floating logs to one side. {Sheer hulk}. See {Shear hulk}, under {Hulk}. {Sheer plan}, [or] {Sheer draught} (Shipbuilding), a projection of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane passing through the middle line of the vessel. {Sheer pole} (Naut.), an iron rod lashed to the shrouds just above the dead-eyes and parallel to the ratlines. {Sheer strake} (Shipbuilding), the strake under the gunwale on the top side. --Totten. {To break sheer} (Naut.), to deviate from sheer, and risk fouling the anchor. | |
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Shrapnel \Shrap"nel\, a. Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army. -- n. A shrapnel shell; shrapnel shells, collectively. {Shrapnel shell} (Gunnery), a projectile for a cannon, consisting of a shell filled with bullets and a small bursting charge to scatter them at any given point while in flight. See the Note under {Case shot}. | |
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Shrapnel \Shrap"nel\, a. Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army. -- n. A shrapnel shell; shrapnel shells, collectively. {Shrapnel shell} (Gunnery), a projectile for a cannon, consisting of a shell filled with bullets and a small bursting charge to scatter them at any given point while in flight. See the Note under {Case shot}. | |
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Shrive \Shrive\, v. t. [imp. {Shrived}or {Shrove}; p. p. {Shriven}or {Shrived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shriving}.] [OE. shriven, schriven, AS. scr[c6]van to shrive, to impose penance or punishment; akin to OFries. skr[c6]va to impose punishment; cf. OS. biskr[c6]ban to be troubled. Cf. {Shrift}, {Shrovetide}.] 1. To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent. That they should shrive their parishioners. --Piers Plowman. Doubtless he shrives this woman, . . . Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech. --Shak. Till my guilty soul be shriven. --Longfellow. 2. To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively. Get you to the church and shrive yourself. --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Shriven \Shriv"en\, p. p. of {Shrive}. | |
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Shrive \Shrive\, v. t. [imp. {Shrived}or {Shrove}; p. p. {Shriven}or {Shrived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shriving}.] [OE. shriven, schriven, AS. scr[c6]van to shrive, to impose penance or punishment; akin to OFries. skr[c6]va to impose punishment; cf. OS. biskr[c6]ban to be troubled. Cf. {Shrift}, {Shrovetide}.] 1. To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent. That they should shrive their parishioners. --Piers Plowman. Doubtless he shrives this woman, . . . Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech. --Shak. Till my guilty soul be shriven. --Longfellow. 2. To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively. Get you to the church and shrive yourself. --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Shriving \Shriv"ing\, n. Shrift; confession. --Spenser. | |
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Shroving \Shrov"ing\, n. The festivity of Shrovetide. [Obs.] | |
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Shrubbiness \Shrub"bi*ness\, n. Quality of being shrubby. | |
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Sirbonian \Sir*bo"ni*an\, a. See {Serbonian}. | |
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Sorbent \Sorb"ent\, n. [L. sorbens, p. pr. of sorbere to suck in, to absorb.] An absorbent. [R.] | |
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Sorbin \Sor"bin\, n. (Chem.) An unfermentable sugar, isomeric with glucose, found in the ripe berries of the rowan tree, or sorb, and extracted as a sweet white crystalline substance; -- called also {mountain-ash sugar}. | |
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Sorbonical \Sor*bon"ic*al\, a. Belonging to the Sorbonne or to a Sorbonist. --Bale. | |
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Sorbonist \Sor"bon*ist\, n. [F. sorboniste.] A doctor of the Sorbonne, or theological college, in the University of Paris, founded by Robert de Sorbon, a. d. 1252. It was suppressed in the Revolution of 1789. | |
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Piano \Pi*an"o\, Pianoforte \Pi*an"o*for`te\, n. [It. piano soft (fr. L. planus even, smooth; see {Plain}, a.) + It. forte strong, fr. L. fortis (see {Fort}).] (Mus.) A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by keys. {Dumb piano}. See {Digitorium}. {Grand piano}. See under {Grand}. {Square piano}, one with a horizontal frame and an oblong case. {Upright piano}, one with an upright frame and vertical wires. | |
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Surfman \Surf"man\, n.; pl. {Surmen}. One who serves in a surfboat in the life-saving service. | |
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Surrebound \Sur`re*bound"\, v. i. To give back echoes; to re[89]cho. [Obs.] --Chapman. | |
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Survene \Sur*vene"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Survened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Survening}.] [F. survenir. See {Supervene}.] To supervene upon; to come as an addition to. [Obs.] A suppuration that survenes lethargies. --Harvey. | |
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Survene \Sur*vene"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Survened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Survening}.] [F. survenir. See {Supervene}.] To supervene upon; to come as an addition to. [Obs.] A suppuration that survenes lethargies. --Harvey. | |
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Survene \Sur*vene"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Survened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Survening}.] [F. survenir. See {Supervene}.] To supervene upon; to come as an addition to. [Obs.] A suppuration that survenes lethargies. --Harvey. | |
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Survenue \Sur"ve*nue\, n. [OF. See {Survene}.] A sudden or unexpected coming or stepping on. [Obs.] | |
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Surveyance \Sur*vey"ance\, n. Survey; inspection. [R.] | |
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Survey \Sur*vey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surveyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surveying}.] [OF. surveoir, surveer; sur, sor, over, E. sur + veoir, veeir, to see, F. voir, L. videre. See {Sur-}, and {Vision}, and cf. {Supervise}.] 1. To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country. Round he surveys and well might, where he stood, So high above. --Milton. 2. To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine. With such altered looks, . . . All pale and speechless, he surveyed me round. --Dryden. 3. To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of; as, to survey a building in order to determine its value and exposure to loss by fire. 4. To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurments, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry; as, to survey land or a coast. 5. To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same. [Eng.] --Jacob (Law Dict.). | |
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Surveying \Sur*vey"ing\, n. That branch of applied mathematics which teaches the art of determining the area of any portion of the earth's surface, the length and directions of the bounding lines, the contour of the surface, etc., with an accurate delineation of the whole on paper; the act or occupation of making surveys. {Geodetic surveying}, geodesy. {Maritime}, [or] {Nautical}, {surveying}, that branch of surveying which determines the forms of coasts and harbors, the entrances of rivers, with the position of islands, rocks, and shoals, the depth of water, etc. {Plane surveying}. See under {Plane}, a. {Topographical surveying}, that branch of surveying which involves the process of ascertaining and representing upon a plane surface the contour, physical features, etc., of any portion of the surface of the earth. | |
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Survey \Sur*vey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surveyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surveying}.] [OF. surveoir, surveer; sur, sor, over, E. sur + veoir, veeir, to see, F. voir, L. videre. See {Sur-}, and {Vision}, and cf. {Supervise}.] 1. To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country. Round he surveys and well might, where he stood, So high above. --Milton. 2. To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine. With such altered looks, . . . All pale and speechless, he surveyed me round. --Dryden. 3. To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of; as, to survey a building in order to determine its value and exposure to loss by fire. 4. To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurments, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry; as, to survey land or a coast. 5. To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same. [Eng.] --Jacob (Law Dict.). | |
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Surveying \Sur*vey"ing\, n. That branch of applied mathematics which teaches the art of determining the area of any portion of the earth's surface, the length and directions of the bounding lines, the contour of the surface, etc., with an accurate delineation of the whole on paper; the act or occupation of making surveys. {Geodetic surveying}, geodesy. {Maritime}, [or] {Nautical}, {surveying}, that branch of surveying which determines the forms of coasts and harbors, the entrances of rivers, with the position of islands, rocks, and shoals, the depth of water, etc. {Plane surveying}. See under {Plane}, a. {Topographical surveying}, that branch of surveying which involves the process of ascertaining and representing upon a plane surface the contour, physical features, etc., of any portion of the surface of the earth. | |
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Swerve \Swerve\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swerved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swerving}.] [OE. swerven, AS. sweorfan to wipe off, to file, to polish; akin to OFries. swerva to creep, D. zwerven to swerve, to rope, OS. swerban to wipe off, MHG. swerben to be whirled, OHG. swerban to wipe off, Icel. sverfa to file, Goth. swa[a1]rban (in comp.) to wipe, and perhaps to E. swarm. Cf. {Swarm}.] 1. To stray; to wander; to rope. [Obs.] A maid thitherward did run, To catch her sparrow which from her did swerve. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. To go out of a straight line; to deflect. [bd]The point [of the sword] swerved.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. 3. To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate. I swerve not from thy commandments. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. They swerve from the strict letter of the law. --Clarendon. Many who, through the contagion of evil example, swerve exceedingly from the rules of their holy religion. --Atterbury. 4. To bend; to incline. [bd]The battle swerved.[b8] --Milton. 5. To climb or move upward by winding or turning. The tree was high; Yet nimbly up from bough to bough I swerved. --Dryden. | |
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Syrphian \Syr"phi*an\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the syrphus flies. -- n. (Zo[94]l.) A syrphus fly. | |
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Screven, GA (city, FIPS 69448) Location: 31.48384 N, 82.01707 W Population (1990): 819 (326 housing units) Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31560 | |
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Screven County, GA (county, FIPS 251) Location: 32.74871 N, 81.61441 W Population (1990): 13842 (5861 housing units) Area: 1679.7 sq km (land), 18.4 sq km (water) | |
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Scribner, NE (city, FIPS 44280) Location: 41.66454 N, 96.66485 W Population (1990): 950 (429 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68057 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Scorpion Twenty tools that can be used to construct specialised programming environments. The Scorpion Project was started by Prof. Richard Snodgrass of the {SoftLab} Project (which produced the {IDL Toolkit}) that he started when he was at the {University of North Carolina}. The Scorpion Project is directed by him at the {University of Arizona} and by Karen Shannon at the {University of North Carolina} at Chapel Hill. Version 6.0 runs on {Sun-3}, {Sun-4}, {VAX}, {Decstation}, {Iris}, {Sequent}, {HP9000}. See also {Candle}. {(ftp://cs.arizona.edu/scorpion/)}. Mailing list: info-scorpion-request@cs.arizona.edu. E-mail: (1993-11-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
surfing ("Internet surfing") Used by analogy to describe the ease with which an expert user can use the waves of information flowing around the {Internet} to get where he wants. The term became popular in the early 1990s as access to the {Internet} became more widespread and tools such as {World-Wide Web} {browser}s made its use simpler and more pleasant. (1995-01-05) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Scorpions mentioned along with serpents (Deut. 8:15). Used also figuratively to denote wicked persons (Ezek. 2:6; Luke 10:19); also a particular kind of scourge or whip (1 Kings 12:11). Scorpions were a species of spider. They abounded in the Jordan valley. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Seraphim mentioned in Isa. 6:2, 3, 6, 7. This word means fiery ones, in allusion, as is supposed, to their burning love. They are represented as "standing" above the King as he sat upon his throne, ready at once to minister unto him. Their form appears to have been human, with the addition of wings. (See {ANGELS}.) This word, in the original, is used elsewhere only of the "fiery serpents" (Num. 21:6, 8; Deut. 8:15; comp. Isa. 14:29; 30:6) sent by God as his instruments to inflict on the people the righteous penalty of sin. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Serpent (Heb. nahash; Gr. ophis), frequently noticed in Scripture. More than forty species are found in Syria and Arabia. The poisonous character of the serpent is alluded to in Jacob's blessing on Dan (Gen. 49:17; see Prov. 30:18, 19; James 3:7; Jer. 8:17). (See {ADDER}.) This word is used symbolically of a deadly, subtle, malicious enemy (Luke 10:19). The serpent is first mentioned in connection with the history of the temptation and fall of our first parents (Gen. 3). It has been well remarked regarding this temptation: "A real serpent was the agent of the temptation, as is plain from what is said of the natural characteristic of the serpent in the first verse of the chapter (3:1), and from the curse pronounced upon the animal itself. But that Satan was the actual tempter, and that he used the serpent merely as his instrument, is evident (1) from the nature of the transaction; for although the serpent may be the most subtle of all the beasts of the field, yet he has not the high intellectual faculties which the tempter here displayed. (2.) In the New Testament it is both directly asserted and in various forms assumed that Satan seduced our first parents into sin (John 8:44; Rom. 16:20; 2 Cor. 11:3, 14; Rev. 12:9; 20:2)." Hodge's System. Theol., ii. 127. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Serpent, Fiery (LXX. "deadly," Vulg. "burning"), Num. 21:6, probably the naja haje of Egypt; some swift-springing, deadly snake (Isa. 14:29). After setting out from their encampment at Ezion-gaber, the Israelites entered on a wide sandy desert, which stretches from the mountains of Edom as far as the Persian Gulf. While traversing this region, the people began to murmur and utter loud complaints against Moses. As a punishment, the Lord sent serpents among them, and much people of Israel died. Moses interceded on their behalf, and by divine direction he made a "brazen serpent," and raised it on a pole in the midst of the camp, and all the wounded Israelites who looked on it were at once healed. (Comp. John 3:14, 15.) (See {ASP}.) This "brazen serpent" was preserved by the Israelites till the days of Hezekiah, when it was destroyed (2 Kings 18:4). (See {BRASS}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Syrophenician "a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation" (Mark 7:26), i.e., a Gentile born in the Phoenician part of Syria. (See {PHENICIA}.) When our Lord retired into the borderland of Tyre and Sidon (Matt. 15:21), a Syro-phoenician woman came to him, and earnestly besought him, in behalf of her daughter, who was grievously afflicted with a demon. Her faith in him was severely tested by his silence (Matt. 15:23), refusal (24), and seeming reproach that it was not meet to cast the children's bread to dogs (26). But it stood the test, and her petition was graciously granted, because of the greatness of her faith (28). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Seraphim, burning; fiery | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Serbia And Montenegro Note--Serbia and Montenegro have asserted the formation of a joint independent state, but this entity has not been formally recognized as a state by the US; the US view is that the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) has dissolved and that none of the successor republics represents its continuation Serbia And Montenegro:Geography Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina Map references: Ethnic Groups in Eastern Europe, Europe Area: total area: 102,350 sq km land area: 102,136 sq km comparative area: slightly larger than Kentucky note: Serbia has a total area and a land area of 88,412 sq km making it slightly larger than Maine; Montenegro has a total area of 13,938 sq km and a land area of 13,724 sq km making it slightly larger than Connecticut Land boundaries: total 2,246 km, Albania 287 km (114 km with Serbia; 173 km with Montenegro), Bosnia and Herzegovina 527 km (312 km with Serbia; 215 km with Montenegro), Bulgaria 318 km, Croatia (north) 241 km, Croatia (south) 25 km, Hungary 151 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 221 km, Romania 476 km note: the internal boundary between Montenegro and Serbia is 211 km Coastline: 199 km (Montenegro 199 km, Serbia 0 km) Maritime claims: NA International disputes: Sandzak region bordering northern Montenegro and southeastern Serbia - Muslims seeking autonomy; disputes with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia over Serbian populated areas; Albanian majority in Kosovo seeks independence from Serbian Republic Climate: in the north, continental climate (cold winter and hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall); central portion, continental and Mediterranean climate; to the south, Adriatic climate along the coast, hot, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall inland Terrain: extremely varied; to the north, rich fertile plains; to the east, limestone ranges and basins; to the southeast, ancient mountain and hills; to the southwest, extremely high shoreline with no islands off the coast Natural resources: oil, gas, coal, antimony, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, gold, pyrite, chrome Land use: arable land: 30% permanent crops: 5% meadows and pastures: 20% forest and woodland: 25% other: 20% Irrigated land: NA sq km Environment: current issues: pollution of coastal waters from sewage outlets, especially in tourist-related areas such as Kotor; air pollution around Belgrade and other industrial cities; water pollution from industrial wastes dumped into the Sava which flows into the Danube natural hazards: destructive earthquakes international agreements: NA Note: controls one of the major land routes from Western Europe to Turkey and the Near East; strategic location along the Adriatic coast Serbia And Montenegro:People Population: total population: 11,101,833 (July 1995 est.) Montenegro: 708,248 (July 1995 est.) Serbia: 10,393,585 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: Montenegro: *** No data for this item *** 0-14 years: 22% (female 77,498; male 82,005) 15-64 years: 68% (female 236,987; male 241,397) 65 years and over: 10% (female 41,625; male 28,736) (July 1995 est.) Serbia: *** No data for this item *** 0-14 years: 22% (female 1,095,121; male 1,173,224) 15-64 years: 66% (female 3,431,823; male 3,483,066) 65 years and over: 12% (female 699,488; male 510,863) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: Montenegro: 0.79% (1995 est.) Serbia: 0.51% (1995 est.) Birth rate: Montenegro: 14.39 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Serbia: 14.15 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: Montenegro: 5.7 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Serbia: 8.72 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: Montenegro: -0.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Serbia: -0.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: Montenegro: 9.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Serbia: 18.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: Montenegro: *** No data for this item *** total population: 79.56 years male: 76.69 years female: 82.61 years (1995 est.) Serbia: *** No data for this item *** total population: 73.94 years male: 71.4 years female: 76.68 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: Montenegro: 1.79 children born/woman (1995 est.) Serbia: 2 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Serb(s) and Montenegrin(s) adjective: Serbian and Montenegrin Ethnic divisions: Serbs 63%, Albanians 14%, Montenegrins 6%, Hungarians 4%, other 13% Religions: Orthodox 65%, Muslim 19%, Roman Catholic 4%, Protestant 1%, other 11% Languages: Serbo-Croatian 95%, Albanian 5% Literacy: NA% Labor force: 2,640,909 by occupation: industry, mining 40% (1990) Serbia And Montenegro:Government Names: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Serbia and Montenegro local long form: none local short form: Srbija-Crna Gora Digraph: Serbia: SR Montenegro: MW Type: republic Capital: Belgrade Administrative divisions: 2 republics (pokajine, singular - pokajina); and 2 nominally autonomous provinces*; Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia, Vojvodina* Independence: 11 April 1992 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia formed as self-proclaimed successor to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - SFRY) National holiday: NA Constitution: 27 April 1992 Legal system: based on civil law system Suffrage: 16 years of age, if employed; 18 years of age, universal Executive branch: chief of state: President Zoran LILIC (since 25 June 1993); note - Slobodan MILOSEVIC is president of Serbia (since 9 December 1990); Momir BULATOVIC is president of Montenegro (since 23 December 1990); Federal Assembly elected Zoran LILIC on 25 June 1993 head of government: Prime Minister Radoje KONTIC (since 29 December 1992); Deputy Prime Ministers Jovan ZEBIC (since NA March 1993), Uros KLIKOVAC (since 15 September 1994), Nikola SAINOVIC (since 15 September 1995) cabinet: Federal Executive Council Legislative branch: bicameral Federal Assembly Chamber of Republics: elections last held 20 December 1992 (next to be held NA 1996); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (40 total, 20 Serbian, 20 Montenegrin) seats by party NA Chamber of Citizens: elections last held 20 December 1992 (next to be held NA 1996); results - percent of votes by party NA; seats - (138 total, 108 Serbian, 30 Montenegrin) SPS 47, SRS 34, Depos 20, DPSCG 17, DS 5, SP 5, NS 4, DZVM 3, other 3 Judicial branch: Savezni Sud (Federal Court), Constitutional Court Political parties and leaders: Serbian Socialist Party (SPS, former Communist Party), Slobodan MILOSEVIC; Serbian Radical Party (SRS), Vojislav SESELJ; Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO), Vuk DRASKOVIC, president; Democratic Party (DS), Zoran DJINDJIC; Democratic Party of Serbia (Depos), Vojlslav KOSTUNICA; Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro (DPSCG), Momir BULATOVIC, president; People's Party of Montenegro (NS), Milan PAROSKI; Liberal Alliance of Montenegro, Slavko PEROVIC; Democratic Community of Vojvodina Hungarians (DZVM), Andras AGOSTON; League of Communists-Movement for Yugoslavia (SK-PJ), Dragan ATANASOVSKI; Democratic Alliance of Kosovo (LDK), Dr. Ibrahim RUGOVA, president; Party of Democratic Action (SDA), Sulejman UGLJANIN; Civic Alliance of Serbia (GSS), Vesna PESIC, chairman; Socialist Party of Montenegro (SP), leader NA Other political or pressure groups: NA Diplomatic representation in US: US and Serbia and Montenegro do not maintain full diplomatic relations; the Embassy of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia continues to function in the US US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Rudolf V. PERINA embassy: address NA, Belgrade mailing address: Box 5070, Unit 1310, APO AE 09213-1310 telephone: [381] (11) 645655 FAX: [381] (11) 645221 Flag: three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and red Economy Overview: The swift collapse of the Yugoslav federation in 1991 has been followed by bloody ethnic warfare, the destabilization of republic boundaries, and the breakup of important interrepublic trade flows. Serbia and Montenegro faces major economic problems; output has dropped sharply, particularly in 1993. First, like the other former Yugoslav republics, it depended on its sister republics for large amounts of foodstuffs, energy supplies, and manufactures. Wide differences in climate, mineral resources, and levels of technology among the republics accentuated this interdependence, as did the communist practice of concentrating much industrial output in a small number of giant plants. The breakup of many of the trade links, the sharp drop in output as industrial plants lost suppliers and markets, and the destruction of physical assets in the fighting all have contributed to the economic difficulties of the republics. One singular factor in the economic situation of Serbia and Montenegro is the continuation in office of a communist government that is primarily interested in political and military mastery, not economic reform. A further complication is the imposition of economic sanctions by the UN in 1992. Hyperinflation ended with the establishment of a new currency unit in June 1993; prices were relatively stable in 1994. Reliable statistics are hard to come by; the GDP estimate of $1,000 per capita in 1994 is extremely rough. Output in 1994 seems to have leveled off after the plunge in 1993. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $10 billion (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: NA% National product per capita: $1,000 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 20% (January-November 1994 est.) Unemployment rate: more than 40% (1994 est.) Budget: revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA Exports: $NA commodities: prior to the breakup of the federation, Yugoslavia exported machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, chemicals, food and live animals, raw materials partners: prior to the imposition of UN sanctions trade partners were the other former Yugoslav republics, Italy, Germany, other EC, the FSU countries, East European countries, US Imports: $NA commodities: prior to the breakup of the federation, Yugoslavia imported machinery and transport equipment, fuels and lubricants, manufactured goods, chemicals, food and live animals, raw materials including coking coal for the steel industry partners: prior to the imposition of UN sanctions trade partners were the other former Yugoslav republics, the FSU countries, EC countries (mainly Italy and Germany), East European countries, US External debt: $4.2 billion (1993 est.) Industrial production: growth rate NA% Electricity: capacity: 10,400,000 kW production: 34 billion kWh consumption per capita: 2,400 kWh (1994 est.) Industries: machine building (aircraft, trucks, and automobiles; armored vehicles and weapons; electrical equipment; agricultural machinery), metallurgy (steel, aluminum, copper, lead, zinc, chromium, antimony, bismuth, cadmium), mining (coal, bauxite, nonferrous ore, iron ore, limestone), consumer goods (textiles, footwear, foodstuffs, appliances), electronics, petroleum products, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals Agriculture: the fertile plains of Vojvodina produce 80% of the cereal production of the former Yugoslavia and most of the cotton, oilseeds, and chicory; Vojvodina also produces fodder crops to support intensive beef and dairy production; Serbia proper, although hilly, has a well-distributed rainfall and a long growing season; produces fruit, grapes, and cereals; in this area, livestock production (sheep and cattle) and dairy farming prosper; Kosovo produces fruits, vegetables, tobacco, and a small amount of cereals; the mountainous pastures of Kosovo and Montenegro support sheep and goat husbandry; Montenegro has only a small agriculture sector, mostly near the coast where a Mediterranean climate permits the culture of olives, citrus, grapes, and rice Illicit drugs: NA Economic aid: $NA Currency: 1 Yugoslav New Dinar (YD) = 100 paras Exchange rates: Yugoslav New Dinars (YD) per US $1 - 102.6 (February 1995 black market rate) Fiscal year: calendar year Serbia And Montenegro:Transportation Railroads: total: 3,960 km standard gauge: 3,960 km 1.435-m gauge (partially electrified) (1992) Highways: total: 46,019 km paved: 26,949 km unpaved: gravel 10,373 km; earth 8,697 km (1990) Inland waterways: NA km Pipelines: crude oil 415 km; petroleum products 130 km; natural gas 2,110 km Ports: Bar, Belgrade, Kotor, Novi Sad, Pancevo, Tivat Merchant marine: Montenegro: total 35 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 543,511 GRT/891,664 DWT (controlled by Montenegrin beneficial owners) ships by type: bulk 15, cargo 14, container 5, short-sea passenger ferry 1 note: under Maltese and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines flags; no ships remain under Yugoslav flag Serbia: total 2 (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 113,471 GRT/212,742 DWT (controlled by Serbian beneficial owners) ships by type: bulk 2 note: all under the flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; no ships remain under Yugoslav flag Airports: total: 54 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 2 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 2 with paved runways under 914 m: 24 with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 2 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 14 Serbia And Montenegro:Communications Telephone system: 700,000 telephones local: NA intercity: NA international: 1 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) earth station Radio: broadcast stations: AM 26, FM 9, shortwave 0 radios: 2.015 million Television: broadcast stations: 18 televisions: 1 million Serbia And Montenegro:Defense Forces Branches: People's Army (includes Ground Forces with internal and border troops, Naval Forces, and Air and Air Defense Forces), Civil Defense Manpower availability: Montenegro: males age 15-49 194,154; males fit for military service 157,611; males reach military age (19) annually 5,498 (1995 est.) Serbia: males age 15-49 2,652,224; males fit for military service 2,131,894 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: 245 billion dinars, 4% to 6% of GDP (1992 est.); note - conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the current exchange rate could produce misleading results |