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Meagre \Mea"gre\, n. [F. maigre.] (Zo[94]l.) A large European sci[91]noid fish ({Sci[91]na umbra} or {S. aquila}), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish. [Written also {maigre}.] | |
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Saccule \Sac"cule\, n. [L. sacculus, dim. of saccus sack.] A little sac; specifically, the sacculus of the ear. | |
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d8Sacculus \[d8]Sac"cu*lus\, n.; pl. {Sacculi}. [L., little sack.] (Anat.) A little sac; esp., a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. See the Note under {Ear}. | |
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Sacellum \Sa*cel"lum\, n.; pl. {Sacella}. [L., dim. of sacrum a sacred place.] (a) (Rom. Antiq.) An unroofed space consecrated to a divinity. (b) (Eccl.) A small monumental chapel in a church. --Shipley. | |
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Sachel \Sach"el\ (s[acr]ch"[ecr]l), n. A small bag. See {Satchel}. | |
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Satchel \Satch"el\n. [OF. sachel, fr. L. saccellus, dim. of saccus. See {Sack} a bag.] A little sack or bag for carrying papers, books, or small articles of wearing apparel; a hand bag. [Spelled also {sachel}.] The whining schoolboy with his satchel. --Shak. | |
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Sachel \Sach"el\ (s[acr]ch"[ecr]l), n. A small bag. See {Satchel}. | |
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Satchel \Satch"el\n. [OF. sachel, fr. L. saccellus, dim. of saccus. See {Sack} a bag.] A little sack or bag for carrying papers, books, or small articles of wearing apparel; a hand bag. [Spelled also {sachel}.] The whining schoolboy with his satchel. --Shak. | |
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Sage \Sage\, n. [OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See {Safe}.] (Bot.) (a) A suffruticose labiate plant ({Salvia officinalis}) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage. (b) The sagebrush. {Meadow sage} (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of Salvia ({S. pratensis}) growing in meadows in Europe. {Sage cheese}, cheese flavored with sage, and colored green by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which are added to the milk. {Sage cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of the sage grouse; in a more general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse. {Sage green}, of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves of garden sage. {Sage grouse} (Zo[94]l.), a very large American grouse ({Centrocercus urophasianus}), native of the dry sagebrush plains of Western North America. Called also {cock of the plains}. The male is called {sage cock}, and the female {sage hen}. {Sage hare}, or {Sage rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), a species of hare ({Lepus Nuttalli, [or] artemisia}) which inhabits the arid regions of Western North America and lives among sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit. {Sage hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the sage grouse. {Sage sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a small sparrow ({Amphispiza Belli}, var. {Nevadensis}) which inhabits the dry plains of the Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush. {Sage thrasher} (Zo[94]l.), a singing bird ({Oroscoptes montanus}) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western North America. {Sage willow} (Bot.), a species of willow ({Salix tristis}) forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green leaves. | |
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Sagely \Sage"ly\, adv. In a sage manner; wisely. | |
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Saucily \Sau"ci*ly\, adv. In a saucy manner; impudently; with impertinent boldness. --Addison. | |
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Scaglia \Scagl"ia\, n. [It. scaglia a scale, a shell, a chip of marble.] A reddish variety of limestone. | |
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Scasely \Scase"ly\, adv. Scarcely; hardly. [Obs. or Colloq.] --Robynson (More's Utopia) | |
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Scissel \Scis"sel\, n. [Cf. {Scissile}.] 1. The clippings of metals made in various mechanical operations. 2. The slips or plates of metal out of which circular blanks have been cut for the purpose of coinage. | |
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Scissil \Scis"sil\, n. See {Scissel}. | |
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Scissile \Scis"sile\, a. [L. scissilis, fr. scindere, scissum, to cut, to split: cf. F. scissile. See {Schism}.] Capable of being cut smoothly; scissible. [R.] --Arbuthnot. | |
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Sea coal \Sea" coal`\ Coal brought by sea; -- a name by which mineral coal was formerly designated in the south of England, in distinction from charcoal, which was brought by land. {Sea-coal facing} (Founding), facing consisting of pulverized bituminous coal. | |
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Sea eagle \Sea" ea"gle\ 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of fish-eating eagles of the genus {Hali[91]etus} and allied genera, as the North Pacific sea eagle. ({H. pelagicus}), which has white shoulders, head, rump, and tail; the European white-tailed eagle ({H. albicilla}); and the Indian white-tailed sea eagle, or fishing eagle ({Polioa[89]tus ichthya[89]tus}). The bald eagle and the osprey are also sometimes classed as sea eagles. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The eagle ray. See under {Ray}. | |
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Sea gull \Sea" gull`\ (Zo[94]l.) Any gull living on the seacoast. | |
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Sea jelly \Sea" jel"ly\ (Zo[94]l.) A medusa, or jellyfish. | |
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Kale \Kale\, n. [Scot. kale, kail, cale, colewort, Gael. cael; akin to Ir. cal, W. cawl, Armor. kaol. See {Cole}.] 1. (Bot.) A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species. [Written also {kail}, and {cale}.] 2. See {Kail}, 2. {Sea kale} (Bot.), a European cruciferous herb ({Crambe maritima}), often used as a pot herb; sea cabbage. | |
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Sea kale \Sea" kale"\ (Bot.) See under {Kale}. | |
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Sea quail \Sea" quail`\ (Zo[94]l.) The turnstone. | |
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Quail \Quail\, n. [OF. quaille, F. caille, LL. quaquila, qualia, qualea, of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. kwakkel, kwartel, OHG. wahtala, G. wachtel.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to {Coturnix} and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail ({C. communis}), the rain quail ({C. Coromandelica}) of India, the stubble quail ({C. pectoralis}), and the Australian swamp quail ({Synoicus australis}). 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to {Colinus}, {Callipepla}, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called {Virginia quail}, and {Maryland quail}), and the California quail ({Calipepla Californica}). 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail ({Turnix varius}). See {Turnix}. 4. A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.[Obs.] --Shak. {Bustard quail} (Zo[94]l.), a small Asiatic quail-like bird of the genus Turnix, as {T. taigoor}, a black-breasted species, and the hill bustard quail ({T. ocellatus}). See {Turnix}. {Button quail} (Zo[94]l.), one of several small Asiatic species of Turnix, as {T. Sykesii}, which is said to be the smallest game bird of India. {Mountain quail}. See under {Mountain}. {Quail call}, a call or pipe for alluring quails into a net or within range. {Quail dove} {(Zo[94]l.)}, any one of several American ground pigeons belonging to {Geotrygon} and allied genera. {Quail hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the New Zealand sparrow hawk ({Hieracidea Nov[91]-Hollandi[91]}). {Quail pipe}. See {Quail call}, above. {Quail snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the dowitcher, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also {robin snipe}, and {brown snipe}. {Sea quail} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. [Local, U. S.] | |
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Turnstone \Turn"stone`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of limicoline birds of the genera {Strepsilas} and {Arenaria}, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species ({Strepsilas interpres}). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also {brant bird}, {sand runner}, {sea quail}, {sea lark}, {sparkback}, and {skirlcrake}. {Black turnstone}, the California turnstone ({Arenaria melanocephala}). The adult in summer is mostly black, except some white streaks on the chest and forehead, and two white loral spots. | |
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Sea quail \Sea" quail`\ (Zo[94]l.) The turnstone. | |
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Quail \Quail\, n. [OF. quaille, F. caille, LL. quaquila, qualia, qualea, of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. kwakkel, kwartel, OHG. wahtala, G. wachtel.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to {Coturnix} and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail ({C. communis}), the rain quail ({C. Coromandelica}) of India, the stubble quail ({C. pectoralis}), and the Australian swamp quail ({Synoicus australis}). 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to {Colinus}, {Callipepla}, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called {Virginia quail}, and {Maryland quail}), and the California quail ({Calipepla Californica}). 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail ({Turnix varius}). See {Turnix}. 4. A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.[Obs.] --Shak. {Bustard quail} (Zo[94]l.), a small Asiatic quail-like bird of the genus Turnix, as {T. taigoor}, a black-breasted species, and the hill bustard quail ({T. ocellatus}). See {Turnix}. {Button quail} (Zo[94]l.), one of several small Asiatic species of Turnix, as {T. Sykesii}, which is said to be the smallest game bird of India. {Mountain quail}. See under {Mountain}. {Quail call}, a call or pipe for alluring quails into a net or within range. {Quail dove} {(Zo[94]l.)}, any one of several American ground pigeons belonging to {Geotrygon} and allied genera. {Quail hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the New Zealand sparrow hawk ({Hieracidea Nov[91]-Hollandi[91]}). {Quail pipe}. See {Quail call}, above. {Quail snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the dowitcher, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also {robin snipe}, and {brown snipe}. {Sea quail} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. [Local, U. S.] | |
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Turnstone \Turn"stone`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of limicoline birds of the genera {Strepsilas} and {Arenaria}, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species ({Strepsilas interpres}). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also {brant bird}, {sand runner}, {sea quail}, {sea lark}, {sparkback}, and {skirlcrake}. {Black turnstone}, the California turnstone ({Arenaria melanocephala}). The adult in summer is mostly black, except some white streaks on the chest and forehead, and two white loral spots. | |
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Sea swallow \Sea" swal"low\ 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common tern. (b) The storm petrel. (c) The gannet. 2. (Her.) See {Cornish chough}, under {Chough}. | |
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Fairy \Fair"y\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to fairies. 2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden. {Fairy bird} (Zo[94]l.), the Euoropean little tern ({Sterna minuta}); -- called also {sea swallow}, and {hooded tern}. {Fairy bluebird}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Bluebird}. {Fairy martin} (Zo[94]l.), a European swallow ({Hirrundo ariel}) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs. {Fairy} {rings [or] circles}, the circles formed in grassy lawns by certain fungi (as {Marasmius Oreades}), formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances. {Fairy shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean ({Chirocephalus diaphanus}); -- so called from its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions. The name is sometimes applied to similar American species. {Fairy stone} (Paleon.), an echinite. | |
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Chough \Chough\, n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS. ce[a2]; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. ch[be]ha; perh. akin to E. caw. [fb]22. Cf. {Caddow}.] (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the Crow family ({Fregilus graculus}) of Europe. It is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and red legs; -- also called {chauk}, {chauk-daw}, {chocard}, {Cornish chough}, {red-legged crow}. The name is also applied to several allied birds, as the {Alpine chough}. {Cornish chough} (Her.), a bird represented black, with red feet, and beak; -- called also {aylet} and {sea swallow}. | |
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Sea swallow \Sea" swal"low\ 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common tern. (b) The storm petrel. (c) The gannet. 2. (Her.) See {Cornish chough}, under {Chough}. | |
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Fairy \Fair"y\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to fairies. 2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. --Dryden. {Fairy bird} (Zo[94]l.), the Euoropean little tern ({Sterna minuta}); -- called also {sea swallow}, and {hooded tern}. {Fairy bluebird}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Bluebird}. {Fairy martin} (Zo[94]l.), a European swallow ({Hirrundo ariel}) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs. {Fairy} {rings [or] circles}, the circles formed in grassy lawns by certain fungi (as {Marasmius Oreades}), formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances. {Fairy shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean ({Chirocephalus diaphanus}); -- so called from its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions. The name is sometimes applied to similar American species. {Fairy stone} (Paleon.), an echinite. | |
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Chough \Chough\, n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS. ce[a2]; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. ch[be]ha; perh. akin to E. caw. [fb]22. Cf. {Caddow}.] (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the Crow family ({Fregilus graculus}) of Europe. It is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and red legs; -- also called {chauk}, {chauk-daw}, {chocard}, {Cornish chough}, {red-legged crow}. The name is also applied to several allied birds, as the {Alpine chough}. {Cornish chough} (Her.), a bird represented black, with red feet, and beak; -- called also {aylet} and {sea swallow}. | |
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Seashell \Sea"shell`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The shell of any marine mollusk. | |
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Seckel \Seck"el\, n. (Bot.) A small reddish brown sweet and juicy pear. It originated on a farm near Philadelphia, afterwards owned by a Mr. Seckel. | |
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Secle \Se"cle\, n. [L. saeculum: cf. F. si[8a]cle. See {Secular}.] A century. [Obs.] --Hammond. | |
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Sequel \Se"quel\ (s[emac]"kw[ecr]l), n. [L. sequela, fr. sequit to follow: cf. F. s[82]quelle a following. See {Sue} to follow.] 1. That which follows; a succeeding part; continuation; as, the sequel of a man's advantures or history. O, let me say no more! Gather the sequel by that went before. --Shak. 2. Consequence; event; effect; result; as, let the sun cease, fail, or swerve, and the sequel would be ruin. 3. Conclusion; inference. [R.] --Whitgift. | |
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d8Sequela \[d8]Se*que"la\, n.; pl. {Sequel[91]}. [L., a follower, a result, from sequit to follow.] One who, or that which, follows. Specifically: (a) An adherent, or a band or sect of adherents. [bd]Coleridge and his sequela.[b8] --G. P. Marsh. (b) That which follows as the logical result of reasoning; inference; conclusion; suggestion. Sequel[91], or thoughts suggested by the preceding aphorisms. --Coleridge. (c) (Med.) A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a disease; a disease resulting from another. | |
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Sessile \Ses"sile\, a. [L. sessilis low, dwarf, from sedere, sessum, to sit: cf. F. sessile.] 1. Attached without any sensible projecting support. 2. (Bot.) Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached. | |
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Sexly \Sex"ly\, a. Pertaining to sex. [R.] Should I ascribe any of these things unto myself or my sexly weakness, I were not worthy to live. --Queen Elizabeth. | |
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Sexual \Sex"u*al\, a. [L. sexualis, fr. sexus sex: cf. F. sexuel.] Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive genital organs of the sexes; proceeding from, or based upon, sex; as, sexual characteristics; sexual intercourse, connection, or commerce; sexual desire; sexual diseases; sexual generation. {Sexual dimorphism} (Biol.), the condition of having one of the sexes existing in two forms, or varieties, differing in color, size, etc., as in many species of butterflies which have two kinds of females. {Sexual method} (Bot.), a method of classification proposed by Linn[91]us, founded mainly on difference in number and position of the stamens and pistils of plants. {Sexual selection} (Biol.), the selective preference of one sex for certain characteristics in the other, such as bright colors, musical notes, etc.; also, the selection which results from certain individuals of one sex having more opportunities of pairing with the other sex, on account of greater activity, strength, courage, etc.; applied likewise to that kind of evolution which results from such sexual preferences. --Darwin. In these cases, therefore, natural selection seems to have acted independently of sexual selection. --A. R. Wallace. | |
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Sexually \Sex"u*al*ly\, adv. In a sexual manner or relation. | |
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Shackle \Shac"kle\, n. Stubble. [Prov. Eng.] --Pegge. | |
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Shackle \Shac"kle\, n. [Generally used in the plural.] [OE. schakkyll, schakle, AS. scacul, sceacul, a shackle, fr. scacan to shake; cf. D. schakel a link of a chain, a mesh, Icel. sk[94]kull the pole of a cart. See {Shake}.] 1. Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter. His shackles empty left; himself escaped clean. --Spenser. 2. Hence, that which checks or prevents free action. His very will seems to be in bonds and shackles. --South. 3. A fetterlike band worn as an ornament. Most of the men and women . . . had all earrings made of gold, and gold shackles about their legs and arms. --Dampier. 4. A link or loop, as in a chain, fitted with a movable bolt, so that the parts can be separated, or the loop removed; a clevis. 5. A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also {drawlink}, {draglink}, etc. 6. The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple. --Knight. {Shackle joint} (Anat.), a joint formed by a bony ring passing through a hole in a bone, as at the bases of spines in some fishes. | |
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Shackle \Shac"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shackled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shackling}.] 1. To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain. To lead him shackled, and exposed to scorn Of gathering crowds, the Britons' boasted chief. --J. Philips. 2. Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber. Shackled by her devotion to the king, she seldom could pursue that object. --Walpole. 3. To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars. [U. S.] {Shackle bar}, the coupling between a locomotive and its tender. [U.S.] {Shackle bolt}, a shackle. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Shackly \Shack"ly\, a. Shaky; rickety. [Colloq. U. S.] | |
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Shekel \Shek"el\, n. [Heb. shegel, fr. sh[be]gal to weigh.] 1. An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock. Note: A common estimate makes the shekel equal in weight to about 130 grains for gold, 224 grains for silver, and 450 grains for copper, and the approximate values of the coins are (gold) $5.00, (silver) 60 cents, and (copper half shekel), one and one half cents. 2. pl. A jocose term for money. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shoggle \Shog"gle\, v. t. [See {Shog}, {Joggle}.] To joggle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Pegge. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sickle \Sic"kle\, n. [OE. sikel, AS. sicol; akin to D. sikkel, G. sichel, OHG. sihhila, Dan. segel, segl, L. secula, fr. secare to cut; or perhaps from L. secula. See {Saw} a cutting instrument.] 1. A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. {Reaping hook}, under {Reap}. When corn has once felt the sickle, it has no more benefit from the sunshine. --Shak. 2. (Astron.) A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of {Leo}. {Sickle pod} (Bot.), a kind of rock cress ({Arabis Canadensis}) having very long curved pods. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sickly \Sick"ly\, a. [Compar. {Sicklier}; superl. {Sickliest}.] 1. Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body. This physic but prolongs thy sickly days. --Shak. 2. Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate. --Cowper. 3. Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale. The moon grows sickly at the sight of day. --Dryden. Nor torrid summer's sickly smile. --Keble. 4. Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality. Syn: Diseased; ailing; infirm; weakly; unhealthy; healthless; weak; feeble; languid; faint. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sickly \Sick"ly\, adv. In a sick manner or condition; ill. My people sickly [with ill will] beareth our marriage. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sickly \Sick"ly\, v. t. To make sick or sickly; -- with over, and probably only in the past participle. [R.] Sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought. --Shak. Sentiments sicklied over . . . with that cloying heaviness into which unvaried sweetness is too apt to subside. --Jeffrey. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sicle \Si"cle\, n. [F., fr. L. silcus, Heb. shegel. See {Shekel}.] A shekel. [Obs.] The holy mother brought five sicles and a pair of turtledoves to redeem the Lamb of God. --Jer. Taylor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sigil \Sig"il\, n. [L. sigillum. See {Seal} a stamp.] A seal; a signature. --Dryden. Of talismans and sigils knew the power. --Pope. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Sigillum \[d8]Si*gil"lum\, n.; pl. {Sigilla}. [L.] (Rom. & Old Eng. Law) A seal. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sisel \Sis"el\, n. [Cf. G. ziesel. Cf. {Zizel}.] (Zo[94]l.) The suslik. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sizel \Si"zel\, n. Same as {Scissel}, 2. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sizzle \Siz"zle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sizzled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sizzling}.] [See {Siss}.] To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] --Forby. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sizzle \Siz"zle\, n. A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Skysail \Sky"sail\, n. (Naut.) The sail set next above the royal. See Illust. under {Sail}. | |
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Sulphuryl \Sul"phur*yl\, n. [Sulphur + -yl.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical {SO2}; -- called also {sulphon}. {Sulphuryl chloride}, a chloride, pungent, fuming liquid, {SO2.Cl2}, obtained by the action of phosphorus pentachloride on sulphur trioxide. On treatment with water it decomposes into sulphuric and hydrochloric acids, and is hence called also {sulphuric chloranhydride}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Social \So"cial\, a. [L. socialis, from socius a companion; akin to sequi to follow: cf. F. social. See {Sue} to follow.] 1. Of or pertaining to society; relating to men living in society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social interest or concerns; social pleasure; social benefits; social happiness; social duties. [bd]Social phenomena.[b8] --J. S. Mill. 2. Ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse; companionable; sociable; as, a social person. 3. Consisting in union or mutual intercourse. Best with thyself accompanied, seek'st not Social communication. --Milton. 4. (Bot.) Naturally growing in groups or masses; -- said of many individual plants of the same species. 5. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Living in communities consisting of males, females, and neuters, as do ants and most bees. (b) Forming compound groups or colonies by budding from basal processes or stolons; as, the social ascidians. {Social science}, the science of all that relates to the social condition, the relations and institutions which are involved in man's existence and his well-being as a member of an organized community; sociology. It concerns itself with questions of the public health, education, labor, punishment of crime, reformation of criminals, and the like. {Social whale} (Zo[94]l.), the blackfish. {The social evil}, prostitution. Syn: Sociable; companionable; conversible; friendly; familiar; communicative; convival; festive. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Socially \So"cial*ly\, adv. In a social manner; sociably. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Socle \So"cle\, n. [F., fr. L. socculus, dim. of soccus. See {Sock} a covering for the foot. Cf. {Zocco}.] (Arch.) (a) A plain block or plinth forming a low pedestal; any base; especially, the base of a statue, column, or the like. See {Plinth}. (b) A plain face or plinth at the lower part of a wall. --Oxf. Gloss. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sozzle \Soz"zle\, v. t. [Freq. from soss, v.] 1. To splash or wet carelessly; as, to sozzle the feet in water. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. 2. To heap up in confusion. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sozzle \Soz"zle\, n. 1. One who spills water or other liquids carelessly; specifically, a sluttish woman. [Local, U.S.] 2. A mass, or heap, confusedly mingled. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Squiggle \Squig"gle\, v. i. [Cf. Prov. E. swiggle to drink greedily, to shake liquor in a close vessel, and E. sqig.] To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the lips closed. [Prov. Eng.] --Forby. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Squiggle \Squig"gle\, v. i. [Cf. {Squirm}, {Wiggle}.] To move about like an eel; to squirm. [Low, U.S.] --Bartlett. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Succula \Suc"cu*la\, n. [L. sucula a winch, windlass, capstan.] (Mach.) A bare axis or cylinder with staves or levers in it to turn it round, but without any drum. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suckle \Suc"kle\, n. A teat. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suckle \Suc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suckled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suckling}.] [Freq. of suck.] To give suck to; to nurse at the breast. --Addison. The breasts of Hecuba When she did suckle Hector, looked not lovelier. --Shak. They are not weak, suckled by Wisdom. --Landor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suckle \Suc"kle\, v. i. To nurse; to suck. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suggil \Sug"gil\, v. t. [L. suggillare, sugillare, suggillatum, sugillatum, literally, to beat black and blue.] To defame. [Obs.] --Abp. Parker. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swizzle \Swiz"zle\, v. t. To drink; to swill. --Halliwell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swizzle \Swiz"zle\, n. Ale and beer mixed; also, drink generally. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sagle, ID Zip code(s): 83860 | |
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Sagola, MI Zip code(s): 49881 | |
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Sewickley, PA (borough, FIPS 69376) Location: 40.53967 N, 80.18050 W Population (1990): 4134 (2116 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15143 | |
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Shickley, NE (village, FIPS 45085) Location: 40.41608 N, 97.72348 W Population (1990): 360 (162 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68436 | |
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Sicily, IL Zip code(s): 62558 | |
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Sigel, IL (town, FIPS 69914) Location: 39.22617 N, 88.49511 W Population (1990): 344 (129 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62462 Sigel, PA Zip code(s): 15860 | |
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Soquel, CA (CDP, FIPS 72688) Location: 36.99380 N, 121.94673 W Population (1990): 9188 (3925 housing units) Area: 11.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95073 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
swizzle v. To convert external names, array indices, or references within a data structure into address pointers when the data structure is brought into main memory from external storage (also called `pointer swizzling'); this may be done for speed in chasing references or to simplify code (e.g., by turning lots of name lookups into pointer dereferences). The converse operation is sometimes termed `unswizzling'. See also {snap}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SASL 1. 2. {Simple Authentication and Security Layer}. (2001-08-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Sequel 1. Precursor to SQL. ["System R: Relational Approach to Database Management", IBM Res Lab, San Jose, reprinted in Readings in Database Systems]. 2. U Leeds. Theorem prover specification language. Pattern matching notation similar to Prolog. Compiled into Lisp. [Proc ICJAI 13]. {(ftp://agora.leeds.ac.uk/scs/logic/)}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SICL {Standard Instrument Control Library} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SIGLA from {Olivetti}. ["SIGLA: The Olivetti Sigma Robot Programming Language", M. Salmon, Proc 8th Intl Symp on Industrial Robots, 1978, pp. 358-363]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SISAL Streams and Iteration in a Single Assignment Language. A general-purpose {single assignment} {functional programming language} with {strict} semantics, automatic parallelisation and efficient {array}s. Outputs a dataflow graph in {IF1} (Intermediary Form 1). Derived from {VAL}, adds {recursion} and finite {stream}s. {Pascal}-like syntax. Designed to be a common high-level language for numerical programs on a variety of {multiprocessor}s. Implementations exist for {Cray X-MP}, {Cray Y-MP}, {Cray-2}, {Sequent}, {Encore Alliant}, {dataflow} architectures, {transputer}s and {systolic array}s. Defined in 1983 by James McGraw et al, {Manchester University}, {Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory}, {Colorado State University} and {DEC}. Revised in 1985. First compiled implementation in 1986. Performance superior to {C} and competitive with {Fortran}, combined with efficient and automatic parallelisation. Not to be confused with {SASL}. E-mail: John Feo David C. Cann has written an {Optimising SISAL Compiler (ftp://sisal.llnl.gov/pub/sisal)} (OSC) which attempts to make efficient use of {parallel processors} such as {Crays}. Latest version: 12.0, SISAL 1.2. ["A Report on the SISAL Language Project", J.T. Feo et al, J Parallel and Distrib Computing 10(4):349-366 (Dec 1990)]. (2000-07-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Squiggol {Bird-Meertens Formalism} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
swizzle To convert external names, array indices, or references within a data structure into address pointers when the data structure is brought into main memory from external storage (also called "pointer swizzling"); this may be done for speed in chasing references or to simplify code (e.g. by turning lots of name lookups into pointer dereferences). The converse operation is sometimes termed "unswizzling". See also {snap}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shekel weight, the common standard both of weight and value among the Hebrews. It is estimated at 220 English grains, or a little more than half an ounce avoirdupois. The "shekel of the sanctuary" (Ex. 30:13; Num. 3:47) was equal to twenty gerahs (Ezek. 45:12). There were shekels of gold (1 Chr. 21:25), of silver (1 Sam. 9:8), of brass (17:5), and of iron (7). When it became a coined piece of money, the shekel of gold was equivalent to about 2 pound of our money. Six gold shekels, according to the later Jewish system, were equal in value to fifty silver ones. The temple contribution, with which the public sacrifices were bought (Ex. 30:13; 2 Chr. 24:6), consisted of one common shekel, or a sanctuary half-shekel, equal to two Attic drachmas. The coin, a stater (q.v.), which Peter found in the fish's mouth paid this contribution for both him and Christ (Matt. 17:24, 27). A zuza, or quarter of a shekel, was given by Saul to Samuel (1 Sam. 9:8). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sickle of the Egyptians resembled that in modern use. The ears of corn were cut with it near the top of the straw. There was also a sickle used for warlike purposes, more correctly, however, called a pruning-hook (Deut. 16:9; Jer. 50:16, marg., "scythe;" Joel 3:13; Mark 4:29). |