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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Liver \Liv"er\, n. [AS. lifer; akin to D. liver, G. leber, OHG. lebara, Icel. lifr, Sw. lefver, and perh. to Gr. [?] fat, E. live, v.] (Anat.) A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates. Note: Most of the venous blood from the alimentary canal passes through it on its way back to the heart; and it secretes the bile, produces glycogen, and in other ways changes the blood which passes through it. In man it is situated immediately beneath the diaphragm and mainly on the right side. See {Bile}, {Digestive}, and {Glycogen}. The liver of invertebrate animals is usually made up of c[91]cal tubes, and differs materially, in form and function, from that of vertebrates. {Floating liver}. See {Wandering liver}, under {Wandering}. {Liver of antimony}, {Liver of sulphur}. (Old Chem.) See {Hepar}. {Liver brown}, {Liver color}, the color of liver, a dark, reddish brown. {Liver shark} (Zo[94]l.), a very large shark ({Cetorhinus maximus}), inhabiting the northern coasts both of Europe and North America. It sometimes becomes forty feet in length, being one of the largest sharks known; but it has small simple teeth, and is not dangerous. It is captured for the sake of its liver, which often yields several barrels of oil. It has gill rakers, resembling whalebone, by means of which it separates small animals from the sea water. Called also {basking shark}, {bone shark}, {hoemother}, {homer}, and {sailfish} | |
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Sailfish \Sail"fish\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The banner fish, or spikefish ({Histiophorus}.) (b) The basking, or liver, shark. (c) The quillback. | |
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Quillback \Quill"back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An American fresh-water fish ({Ictiobus, [or] Carpiodes, cyprinus}); -- called also {carp sucker}, {sailfish}, {spearfish}, and {skimback}. | |
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Liver \Liv"er\, n. [AS. lifer; akin to D. liver, G. leber, OHG. lebara, Icel. lifr, Sw. lefver, and perh. to Gr. [?] fat, E. live, v.] (Anat.) A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates. Note: Most of the venous blood from the alimentary canal passes through it on its way back to the heart; and it secretes the bile, produces glycogen, and in other ways changes the blood which passes through it. In man it is situated immediately beneath the diaphragm and mainly on the right side. See {Bile}, {Digestive}, and {Glycogen}. The liver of invertebrate animals is usually made up of c[91]cal tubes, and differs materially, in form and function, from that of vertebrates. {Floating liver}. See {Wandering liver}, under {Wandering}. {Liver of antimony}, {Liver of sulphur}. (Old Chem.) See {Hepar}. {Liver brown}, {Liver color}, the color of liver, a dark, reddish brown. {Liver shark} (Zo[94]l.), a very large shark ({Cetorhinus maximus}), inhabiting the northern coasts both of Europe and North America. It sometimes becomes forty feet in length, being one of the largest sharks known; but it has small simple teeth, and is not dangerous. It is captured for the sake of its liver, which often yields several barrels of oil. It has gill rakers, resembling whalebone, by means of which it separates small animals from the sea water. Called also {basking shark}, {bone shark}, {hoemother}, {homer}, and {sailfish} | |
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Sailfish \Sail"fish\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The banner fish, or spikefish ({Histiophorus}.) (b) The basking, or liver, shark. (c) The quillback. | |
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Quillback \Quill"back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An American fresh-water fish ({Ictiobus, [or] Carpiodes, cyprinus}); -- called also {carp sucker}, {sailfish}, {spearfish}, and {skimback}. | |
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Liver \Liv"er\, n. [AS. lifer; akin to D. liver, G. leber, OHG. lebara, Icel. lifr, Sw. lefver, and perh. to Gr. [?] fat, E. live, v.] (Anat.) A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates. Note: Most of the venous blood from the alimentary canal passes through it on its way back to the heart; and it secretes the bile, produces glycogen, and in other ways changes the blood which passes through it. In man it is situated immediately beneath the diaphragm and mainly on the right side. See {Bile}, {Digestive}, and {Glycogen}. The liver of invertebrate animals is usually made up of c[91]cal tubes, and differs materially, in form and function, from that of vertebrates. {Floating liver}. See {Wandering liver}, under {Wandering}. {Liver of antimony}, {Liver of sulphur}. (Old Chem.) See {Hepar}. {Liver brown}, {Liver color}, the color of liver, a dark, reddish brown. {Liver shark} (Zo[94]l.), a very large shark ({Cetorhinus maximus}), inhabiting the northern coasts both of Europe and North America. It sometimes becomes forty feet in length, being one of the largest sharks known; but it has small simple teeth, and is not dangerous. It is captured for the sake of its liver, which often yields several barrels of oil. It has gill rakers, resembling whalebone, by means of which it separates small animals from the sea water. Called also {basking shark}, {bone shark}, {hoemother}, {homer}, and {sailfish} | |
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Sailfish \Sail"fish\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The banner fish, or spikefish ({Histiophorus}.) (b) The basking, or liver, shark. (c) The quillback. | |
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Quillback \Quill"back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An American fresh-water fish ({Ictiobus, [or] Carpiodes, cyprinus}); -- called also {carp sucker}, {sailfish}, {spearfish}, and {skimback}. | |
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Sal \Sal\ (s[acr]l), n. [L. See {Salt}.] (Chem. & Pharm.) Salt. {Sal absinthii} [NL.] (Old Chem.), an impure potassium carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood ({Artemisia Absinthium}). {Sal acetosell[91]} [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt of sorrel. {Sal alembroth}. (Old Chem.) See {Alembroth}. {Sal ammoniac} (Chem.), ammonium chloride, {NH4Cl}, a white crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste, obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent, and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also {muriate of ammonia}. {Sal catharticus} [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), Epsom salts. {Sal culinarius} [L.] (Old Chem.), common salt, or sodium chloride. {Sal Cyrenaicus}. [NL.] (Old Chem.) See {Sal ammoniac} above. {Sal de duobus}, {Sal duplicatum} [NL.] (Old Chem.), potassium sulphate; -- so called because erroneously supposed to be composed of two salts, one acid and one alkaline. {Sal diureticus} [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), potassium acetate. {Sal enixum} [NL.] (Old Chem.), acid potassium sulphate. {Sal gemm[91]} [NL.] (Old Min.), common salt occuring native. {Sal Jovis} [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt tin, or stannic chloride; -- the alchemical name of tin being Jove. {Sal Martis} [NL.] (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or ferrous sulphate; -- the alchemical name of iron being Mars. {Sal microcosmicum} [NL.] (Old Chem.) See {Microcosmic salt}, under {Microcosmic}. {Sal plumbi} [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead. {Sal prunella}. (Old Chem.) See {Prunella salt}, under 1st {Prunella}. {Sal Saturni} [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead, or lead acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn. {Sal sedativus} [NL.] (Old Chem.), sedative salt, or boric acid. {Sal Seignette} [F. seignette, sel de seignette] (Chem.), Rochelle salt. {Sal soda} (Chem.), sodium carbonate. See under {Sodium}. {Sal vitrioli} [NL.] (Old Chem.), white vitriol; zinc sulphate. {Sal volatile}. [NL.] (a) (Chem.) See {Sal ammoniac}, above. (b) Spirits of ammonia. | |
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Salification \Sal`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. salification.] (Chem.) The act, process, or result of salifying; the state of being salified. | |
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Salivous \Sa*li"vous\, a. [L. salivosus: cf. F. saliveux.] Pertaining to saliva; of the nature of saliva. | |
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Saloop \Sa*loop"\ (s[adot]*l[oomac]p"), n. An aromatic drink prepared from sassafras bark and other ingredients, at one time much used in London. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). {Saloop bush} (Bot.), an Australian shrub ({Rhagodia hastata}) of the Goosefoot family, used for fodder. | |
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d8Salpa \[d8]Sal"pa\ (s[acr]l"p[adot]), n.; pl. L. {Salp[91]} (-p[emac]), E. {Salpas} (-p[adot]z). [NL.: cf. L. salpa a kind of stockfish.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix. Note: Each species exists in two distinct forms, one of which lives solitary, and produces, by budding from an internal organ, a series of the other kind. These are united together, side by side, so as to form a chain, or cluster, often of large size. Each of the individuals composing the chain carries a single egg, which develops into the solitary kind. | |
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Salpicon \Sal"pi*con\, n. [F. salpicon, Sp. salpicon.] Chopped meat, bread, etc., used to stuff legs of veal or other joints; stuffing; farce. --Bacon. | |
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Salvage \Sal"vage\, a. & n. Savage. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Salvage \Sal"vage\ (?; 48), n. [F. salvage, OF. salver to save, F. sauver, fr. L. salvare. See {Save}.] 1. The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea. Salvage of life from a British ship, or a foreign ship in British waters, ranks before salvage of goods. --Encyc. Brit. 2. (Maritime Law) (a) The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril. (b) That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved. --Kent. Abbot. | |
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Clary \Cla"ry\, n. [Cf. LL. sclarea, scarlea, D. & G. scharlei, F. sclar[82]e.] (Bot.) A plant ({Salvia sclarea}) of the Sage family, used in flavoring soups. {Clary water}, a composition of clary flowers with brandy, etc., formerly used as a cardiac. | |
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Salvo \Sal"vo\, n.; pl. {Salvos}. [L. salvo jure, literally, the right being reserved. See {Safe.}] An exception; a reservation; an excuse. They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations. --Eikon Basilike. | |
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Scale \Scale\, n. [L. scalae, pl., scala staircase, ladder; akin to scandere to climb. See {Scan}; cf. {Escalade}.] 1. A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending. [Obs.] 2. Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed as a measure or rule, or marked by lines at regular intervals. Specifically: (a) A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing, plotting, and the like. See {Gunter's scale}. (b) A series of spaces marked by lines, and representing proportionately larger distances; as, a scale of miles, yards, feet, etc., for a map or plan. (c) A basis for a numeral system; as, the decimal scale; the binary scale, etc. (d) (Mus.) The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; -- called also the {gamut}. It may be repeated through any number of octaves. See {Chromatic scale}, {Diatonic scale}, {Major scale}, and {Minor scale}, under {Chromatic}, {Diatonic}, {Major}, and {Minor}. 3. Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order; as, a scale of being. There is a certain scale of duties . . . which for want of studying in right order, all the world is in confusion. --Milton. 4. Relative dimensions, without difference in proportion of parts; size or degree of the parts or components in any complex thing, compared with other like things; especially, the relative proportion of the linear dimensions of the parts of a drawing, map, model, etc., to the dimensions of the corresponding parts of the object that is represented; as, a map on a scale of an inch to a mile. {Scale of chords}, a graduated scale on which are given the lengths of the chords of arcs from 0[deg] to 90[deg] in a circle of given radius, -- used in measuring given angles and in plotting angles of given numbers of degrees. | |
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Chord \Chord\, n. [L chorda a gut, a string made of a gut, Gr. [?]. In the sense of a string or small rope, in general, it is written cord. See {Cord}.] 1. The string of a musical instrument. --Milton. 2. (Mus.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord. 3. (Geom.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve. 4. (Anat.) A cord. See {Cord}, n., 4. 5. (Engin.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension. --Waddell. {Accidental, Common, [and] Vocal} {chords}. See under {Accidental}, {Common}, and {Vocal}. {Chord of an arch}. See Illust. of {Arch}. {Chord of curvature}, a chord drawn from any point of a curve, in the circle of curvature for that point. {Scale of chords}. See {Scale}. | |
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Scaleback \Scale"back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family {Polynoid[91]}, and allies, which have two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back. See Illust. under {Ch[91]topoda}. | |
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Mole \Mole\, n. [OE. molle, either shortened fr. moldwerp, or from the root of E. mold soil: cf. D. mol, OD. molworp. See {Moldwarp}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any insectivore of the family {Talpid[91]}. They have minute eyes and ears, soft fur, and very large and strong fore feet. Note: The common European mole, or moldwarp ({Talpa Europ[91]a}), is noted for its extensive burrows. The common American mole, or shrew mole ({Scalops aquaticus}), and star-nosed mole ({Condylura cristata}) have similar habits. Note: In the Scriptures, the name is applied to two unindentified animals, perhaps the chameleon and mole rat. 2. A plow of peculiar construction, for forming underground drains. [U.S.] | |
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Shrew \Shrew\, n. [See {Shrew}, a.] 1. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. A man . . . grudgeth that shrews [i. e., bad men] have prosperity, or else that good men have adversity. --Chaucer. A man had got a shrew to his wife, and there could be no quiet in the house for her. --L'Estrange. 2. [AS. scre[a0]wa; -- so called because supposed to be venomous. ] (Zo[94]l.) Any small insectivore of the genus {Sorex} and several allied genera of the family {Sorecid[91]}. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals. Note: The common European species are the house shrew ({Crocidura araneus}), and the erd shrew ({Sorex vulgaris}) (see under {Erd}.). In the United States several species of {Sorex} and {Blarina} are common, as the broadnosed shrew ({S. platyrhinus}), Cooper's shrew ({S. Cooperi}), and the short-tailed, or mole, shrew ({Blarina brevicauda}). Th American water, or marsh, shrew ({Neosorex palustris}), with fringed feet, is less common. The common European water shrews are {Crossopus fodiens}, and the oared shrew (see under {Oared}). {Earth shrew}, any shrewlike burrowing animal of the family {Centetid[91]}, as the tendrac. {Elephant shrew}, {Jumping shrew}, {Mole shrew}. See under {Elephant}, {Jumping}, etc. {Musk shrew}. See {Desman}. {River shrew}, an aquatic West African insectivore ({Potamogale velox}) resembling a weasel in form and size, but having a large flattened and crested tail adapted for rapid swimming. It feeds on fishes. {Shrew mole}, a common large North American mole ({Scalops aquaticus}). Its fine, soft fur is gray with iridescent purple tints. | |
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Prairie \Prai"rie\, n. [F., an extensive meadow, OF. praerie, LL. prataria, fr. L. pratum a meadow.] 1. An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies and the Rocky mountains. From the forests and the prairies, From the great lakes of the northland. --Longfellow. 2. A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called natural meadow. {Prairie chicken} (Zo[94]l.), any American grouse of the genus {Tympanuchus}, especially {T. Americanus} (formerly {T. cupido}), which inhabits the prairies of the central United States. Applied also to the sharp-tailed grouse. {Prairie clover} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus {Petalostemon}, having small rosy or white flowers in dense terminal heads or spikes. Several species occur in the prairies of the United States. {Prairie dock} (Bot.), a coarse composite plant ({Silphium terebinthaceum}) with large rough leaves and yellow flowers, found in the Western prairies. {Prairie dog} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rodent ({Cynomys Ludovicianus}) allied to the marmots. It inhabits the plains west of the Mississippi. The prairie dogs burrow in the ground in large warrens, and have a sharp bark like that of a dog. Called also {prairie marmot}. {Prairie grouse}. Same as {Prairie chicken}, above. {Prairie hare} (Zo[94]l.), a large long-eared Western hare ({Lepus campestris}). See {Jack rabbit}, under 2d {Jack}. {Prairie hawk}, {Prairie falcon} (Zo[94]l.), a falcon of Western North America ({Falco Mexicanus}). The upper parts are brown. The tail has transverse bands of white; the under parts, longitudinal streaks and spots of brown. {Prairie hen}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Prairie chicken}, above. {Prairie itch} (Med.), an affection of the skin attended with intense itching, which is observed in the Northern and Western United States; -- also called {swamp itch}, {winter itch}. {Prairie marmot}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Prairie dog}, above. {Prairie mole} (Zo[94]l.), a large American mole ({Scalops argentatus}), native of the Western prairies. {Prairie pigeon}, {plover}, [or] {snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the upland plover. See {Plover}, n., 2. {Prairie rattlesnake} (Zo[94]l.), the massasauga. {Prairie snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless American snake ({Masticophis flavigularis}). It is pale yellow, tinged with brown above. {Prairie squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), any American ground squirrel of the genus {Spermophilus}, inhabiting prairies; -- called also {gopher}. {Prairie turnip} (Bot.), the edible turnip-shaped farinaceous root of a leguminous plant ({Psoralea esculenta}) of the Upper Missouri region; also, the plant itself. Called also {pomme blanche}, and {pomme de prairie}. {Prairie warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored American warbler ({Dendroica discolor}). The back is olive yellow, with a group of reddish spots in the middle; the under parts and the parts around the eyes are bright yellow; the sides of the throat and spots along the sides, black; three outer tail feathers partly white. {Prairie wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Coyote}. | |
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Stoic \Sto"ic\, n. [L. stoicus, Gr. [?], fr. [?], adj., literally, of or pertaining to a colonnade, from [?] a roofed colonnade, a porch, especially, a porch in Athens where Zeno and his successors taught.] 1. A disciple of the philosopher Zeno; one of a Greek sect which held that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and should submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity, by which all things are governed. 2. Hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person; one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain. A Stoic of the woods, a man without a tear. --Campbell. {School of Stoics}. See {The Porch}, under {Porch}. | |
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Schoolbook \School"book`\, n. A book used in schools for learning lessons. | |
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Sclavic \Sclav"ic\, a. Same as {Slavic}. | |
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Sclavism \Sclav"ism\, n. Same as {Slavism}. | |
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Scolopacine \Scol`o*pa"cine\, a. [L. scolopax a snipe, Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the {Scolopacid[91]}, or Snipe family. | |
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Scolopacine \Scol`o*pa"cine\, a. [L. scolopax a snipe, Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the {Scolopacid[91]}, or Snipe family. | |
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Woodcock \Wood"cock`\, n. [AS. wuducoc.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of long-billed limicoline birds belonging to the genera {Scolopax} and {Philohela}. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits, and are highly esteemed as game birds. Note: The most important species are the European ({Scolopax rusticola}) and the American woodcock ({Philohela minor}), which agree very closely in appearance and habits. 2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.] If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you Run your neck into the noose, and cry, [bd]A woodcock![b8] --Beau. & Fl. {Little woodcock}. (a) The common American snipe. (b) The European snipe. {Sea woodcock fish}, the bellows fish. {Woodcock owl}, the short-eared owl ({Asio brachyotus}). {Woodcock shell}, the shell of certain mollusks of the genus {Murex}, having a very long canal, with or without spines. {Woodcock snipe}. See under {Snipe}. | |
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Self-accused \Self"-ac*cused"\, a. Accused by one's self or by one's conscience. [bd]Die self-accused.[b8] --Cowper. | |
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Self-acting \Self`-act"ing\, a. Acting of or by one's self or by itself; -- said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency; automatic; as, a self-acting feed apparatus; a self-acting mule; a self-acting press. | |
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Self-action \Self`-ac"tion\, n. Action by, or originating in, one's self or itself. | |
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Self-active \Self`-ac"tive\, a. Acting of one's self or of itself; acting without depending on other agents. | |
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Self-activity \Self`-ac*tiv"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being self-active; self-action. | |
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Self-aggrandizement \Self`-ag*gran"dize*ment\, n. The aggrandizement of one's self. | |
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Self-asserting \Self`-as*sert"ing\, a. asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; hence, putting one's self forward in a confident or assuming manner. | |
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Self-assertion \Self`-as*ser"tion\, n. The act of asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; the quality of being self-asserting. | |
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Self-assertive \Self`-as*sert"ive\, a. Disposed to self-assertion; self-asserting. | |
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Self-assumed \Self`-as*sumed`\, a. Assumed by one's own act, or without authority. | |
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Self-assured \Self`-as*sured`\, a. Assured by or of one's self; self-reliant; complacent. | |
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Self-begetten \Self"-be*get"ten\, a. Begotten by one's self, or one's own powers. | |
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Self-cconsistent \Self`-ccon*sist"ent\, a. Consistent with one's self or with itself; not deviation from the ordinary standard by which the conduct is guided; logically consistent throughout; having each part consistent with the rest. | |
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Self-celored \Self`-cel"ored\, a. Being of a single color; -- applied to flowers, animals, and textile fabrics. | |
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Self-centered \Self`-cen"tered\, Self-centred \Self`-cen"tred\, a. Centered in itself, or in one's self. | |
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Self-centering \Self`-cen"ter*ing\, Self-centring \Self`-cen"tring\a. Centering in one's self. | |
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Self-centration \Self`-cen*tra"tion\, n. The quality or state of being self-centered. | |
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Self-centered \Self`-cen"tered\, Self-centred \Self`-cen"tred\, a. Centered in itself, or in one's self. | |
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Self-centering \Self`-cen"ter*ing\, Self-centring \Self`-cen"tring\a. Centering in one's self. | |
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Self-charity \Self`-char"i*ty\, n. Self-love. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Self-color \Self"-col`or\, n. A color not mixed or variegated. | |
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Self-command \Self`-com*mand"\, n. Control over one's own feelings, temper, etc.; self-control. | |
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Self-commune \Self`-com*mune"\, n. Self-communion. [R.] | |
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Self-communicative \Self`-com*mu"ni*ca*tive\, a. Imparting or communicating by its own powers. | |
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Self-communion \Self`-com*mun"ion\, n. Communion with one's self; thoughts about one's self. | |
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Self-complacency \Self`-com*pla"cen*cy\, n. The quality of being self-complacent. --J. Foster. | |
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Self-complacent \Self`-com*pla"cent\, a. Satisfied with one's own character, capacity, and doings; self-satisfied. | |
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Self-conceit \Self`-con*ceit"\, n. Conceit of one's self; an overweening opinion of one's powers or endowments. Syn: See {Egotism}. | |
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Self-conceited \Self`-con*ceit"ed\, a. Having an overweening opinion of one's own powers, attainments; vain; conceited. -- {Self`-con*ceit"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Self-conceited \Self`-con*ceit"ed\, a. Having an overweening opinion of one's own powers, attainments; vain; conceited. -- {Self`-con*ceit"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Self-concern \Self`-con*cern"\, n. Concern for one's self. | |
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Self-condemnation \Self`-con`dem*na"tion\, n. Condemnation of one's self by one's own judgment. | |
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Self-confidence \Self`-con"fi*dence\, n. The quality or state of being self-confident; self-reliance. A feeling of self-confidence which supported and sustained him. --Beaconsfield. | |
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Self-confident \Self`-con"fi*dent\, a. Confident of one's own strength or powers; relying on one's judgment or ability; self-reliant. -- {Self`-con"fi*dent*ly}, adv. | |
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Self-confident \Self`-con"fi*dent\, a. Confident of one's own strength or powers; relying on one's judgment or ability; self-reliant. -- {Self`-con"fi*dent*ly}, adv. | |
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Self-conjugate \Self`-con"ju*gate\, a. (Geom.) Having the two things that are conjugate parts of the same figure; as, self-conjugate triangles. | |
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Conjugate \Con"ju*gate\, a. [L. conjugatus, p. p. or conjugare to unite; con- + jugare to join, yoke, marry, jugum yoke; akin to jungere to join. See {Join}.] 1. United in pairs; yoked together; coupled. 2. (Bot.) In single pairs; coupled. 3. (Chem.) Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one. [R.] 4. (Gram.) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; -- said of words. 5. (Math.) Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; -- frequently used in pure and applied mathematics with reference to two quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc. {Conjugate axis of a hyperbola} (Math.), the line through the center of the curve, perpendicular to the line through the two foci. {Conjugate diameters} (Conic Sections), two diameters of an ellipse or hyperbola such that each bisects all chords drawn parallel to the other. {Conjugate focus} (Opt.) See under {Focus}. {Conjugate mirrors} (Optics), two mirrors so placed that rays from the focus of one are received at the focus of the other, especially two concave mirrors so placed that rays proceeding from the principal focus of one and reflected in a parallel beam are received upon the other and brought to the principal focus. {Conjugate point} (Geom.), an acnode. See {Acnode}, and {Double point}. {Self-conjugate triangle} (Conic Sections), a triangle each of whose vertices is the pole of the opposite side with reference to a conic. | |
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Self-conscious \Self`-con"scious\, a. 1. Conscious of one's acts or state as belonging to, or originating in, one's self. [bd]My self-conscious worth.[b8] --Dryden. 2. Conscious of one's self as an object of the observation of others; as, the speaker was too self-conscious. | |
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Self-consciousness \Self`-con"scious*ness\, n. The quality or state of being self-conscious. | |
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Self-considering \Self`-con*sid"er*ing\, a. Considering in one's own mind; deliberating. --Pope. | |
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Self-consistency \Self`-con*sist"en*cy\, n. The quality or state of being self-consistent. | |
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Self-consuming \Self`-con*sum"ing\, a. Consuming one's self or itself. | |
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Self-contained \Self`-con*tained"\, a. 1. Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's self. 2. (Mach.) Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. {Self-contained steam engine}. (a) A steam engine having both bearings for the crank shaft attached to the frame of the engine. (b) A steam engine and boiler combined and fastened together; a portable steam engine. | |
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Self-contained \Self`-con*tained"\, a. 1. Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's self. 2. (Mach.) Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. {Self-contained steam engine}. (a) A steam engine having both bearings for the crank shaft attached to the frame of the engine. (b) A steam engine and boiler combined and fastened together; a portable steam engine. | |
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Self-contradiction \Self`-con`tra*dic"tion\, n. The act of contradicting one's self or itself; repugnancy in conceptions or in terms; a proposition consisting of two members, one of which contradicts the other; as, to be and not to be at the same time is a self-contradiction. | |
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Self-contradictory \Self`-con`tra*dict"o*ry\, a. Contradicting one's self or itself. | |
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Self-control \Self`-con*trol"\, n. Control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command. | |
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Self-convicted \Self`-con*vict"ed\, a. Convicted by one's own consciousness, knowledge, avowal, or acts. | |
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Self-conviction \Self`-con*vic"tion\, n. The act of convicting one's self, or the state of being self-convicted. | |
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Self-created \Self`-cre*at"ed\, a. Created by one's self; not formed or constituted by another. | |
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Self-culture \Self`-cul"ture\, n. Culture, training, or education of one's self by one's own efforts. | |
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Self-esteem \Self`-es*teem"\, n. The holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency. | |
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Self-estimation \Self`-es`ti*ma"tion\, n. The act of estimating one's self; self-esteem. | |
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Self-exaltation \Self`-ex`al*ta"tion\, n. The act of exalting one's self, or the state of being so exalted. | |
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Self-examinant \Self`-ex*am"i*nant\, n. One who examines himself; one given to self-examination. The humiliated self-examinant feels that there is evil in our nature as well as good. --Coleridge. | |
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Self-examination \Self`-ex*am`i*na"tion\, n. An examination into one's own state, conduct, and motives, particularly in regard to religious feelings and duties. | |
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Self-excite \Self`-ex*cite"\, v. t. (Elec.) To energize or excite (the field magnets of a dynamo) by induction from the residual magnetism of its cores, leading all or a part of the current thus produced through the field-magnet coils. | |
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Self-existence \Self`-ex*ist"ence\, n. Inherent existence; existence possessed by virtue of a being's own nature, and independent of any other being or cause; -- an attribute peculiar to God. --Blackmore. | |
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Self-existent \Self`-ex*ist"ent\, a. Existing of or by himself,independent of any other being or cause; -- as, God is the only self-existent being. | |
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self-explaining \self`-ex*plain"ing\, a. Explaining itself; capable of being understood without explanation. | |
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Self-exposure \Self`-ex*po"sure\, n. The act of exposing one's self; the state of being so exposed. | |
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Self-glorious \Self`-glo"ri*ous\, a. Springing from vainglory or vanity; vain; boastful. --Dryden. | |
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Self-government \Self`-gov"ern*ment\, n. 1. The act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command. 2. Hence, government of a community, state, or nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a civil body; also, the state of being so governed; democratic government; democracy. It is to self-government, the great principle of popular representation and administration, -- the system that lets in all to participate in the councels that are to assign the good or evil to all, -- that we may owe what we are and what we hope to be. --D. Webster. | |
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Self-gratulation \Self`-grat`u*la"tion\, n. Gratulation of one's self. | |
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Self-ignorance \Self`-ig"no*rance\, n. Ignorance of one's own character, powers, and limitations. | |
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Self-ignorant \Self`-ig"no*rant\, a. Ignorant of one's self. | |
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Selfish \Self"ish\, a. 1. Caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others. They judge of things according to their own private appetites and selfish passions. --Cudworth. In that throng of selfish hearts untrue. --Keble. 2. (Ethics) Believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self. Hobbes and the selfish school of philosophers. --Fleming. | |
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Selfishly \Self"ish*ly\, adv. In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly. | |
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Selfishness \Self"ish*ness\, n. The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness, without regarding those of others. Selfishness,- a vice utterly at variance with the happiness of him who harbors it, and, as such, condemned by self-love. --Sir J. Mackintosh. Syn: See {Self-love}. | |
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Selfism \Self"ism\, n. Concentration of one's interests on one's self; self-love; selfishness. --Emerson. | |
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Selfist \Self"ist\, n. A selfish person. [R.] --I. Taylor. | |
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Self-justifier \Self`-jus"ti*fi`er\, n. One who excuses or justifies himself. --J. M. Mason. | |
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Self-kindled \Self`-kin"dled\, a. Kindled of itself, or without extraneous aid or power. --Dryden. | |
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Self-knowing \Self`-know"ing\, a. 1. Knowing one's self, or one's own character, powers, and limitations. 2. Knowing of itself, without help from another. | |
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Self-knowledge \Self`-knowl"edge\, n. Knowledge of one's self, or of one's own character, powers, limitations, etc. | |
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Self-posited \Self`-pos"it*ed\, a. Disposed or arranged by an action originating in one's self or in itself. These molecular blocks of salt are self-posited. --Tyndall. | |
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Self-positing \Self`-pos"it*ing\, a. The act of disposing or arranging one's self or itself. The self-positing of the molecules. --R. Watts. | |
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Self-possessed \Self"-pos*sessed"\, a. Composed or tranquill in mind, manner, etc.; undisturbed. | |
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Self-possession \Self`-pos*ses"sion\, n. The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure. | |
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Self-sacrifice \Self`-sac"ri*fice\, n. The act of sacrificing one's self, or one's interest, for others; self-devotion. | |
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Self-sacrificing \Self`-sac"ri*fi`cing\, a. Yielding up one's own interest, ffeelings, etc; sacrificing one's self. | |
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Selfsame \Self"same\, a. [Self, a. + same.] Precisely the same; the very same; identical. His servant was healed in the selfsame hour. --Matt. viii. 13. | |
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Self-satisfaction \Self`-sat`is*fac"tion\, n. The quality or state of being self-satisfied. | |
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Self-satisfied \Self`-sat"is*fied\, a. Satisfied with one's self or one's actions; self-complacent. | |
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Self-satisfying \Self`-sat"is*fy`ing\, a. Giving satisfaction to one's self. | |
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Self-seeker \Self"-seek`er\, n. One who seeks only his own interest, advantage, or pleasure. | |
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Self-seeking \Self"-seek`ing\, a. Seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Self-seeking \Self"-seek`ing\, n. The act or habit of seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfishness. | |
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Self-slaughter \Self`-slaugh"ter\, n. Suicide. --Shak. | |
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Self-starter \Self`-start"er\, n. A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without cranking it by hand. | |
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Self-sufficiency \Self`-suf*fi"cien*cy\, n. The quality or state of being self-sufficient. | |
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Self-sufficient \Self`-suf*fi"cient\, a. 1. Sufficient for one's self without external aid or co[94]peration. Neglect of friends can never be proved rational till we prove the person using it omnipotent and self-sufficient, and such as can never need any mortal assistance. --South. 2. Having an overweening confidence in one's own abilities or worth; hence, haughty; overbearing. [bd]A rash and self-sufficient manner.[b8] --I. Watts. | |
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Self-sufficing \Self`-suf*fi"cing\, a. Sufficing for one's self or for itself, without needing external aid; self-sufficient. -- {Self`-suf*fi"cing*ness}, n. --J. C. Shairp. | |
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Self-sufficing \Self`-suf*fi"cing\, a. Sufficing for one's self or for itself, without needing external aid; self-sufficient. -- {Self`-suf*fi"cing*ness}, n. --J. C. Shairp. | |
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Self-suspended \Self`-sus*pend"ed\, a. Suspended by one's self or by itself; balanced. --Southey. | |
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Self-suspicious \Self`-sus*pi"cious\, a. Suspicious or distrustful of one's self. --Baxter. | |
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Selvage \Sel"vage\, Selvedge \Sel"vedge\, n. [Self + edge, i. e., its own proper edge; cf. OD. selfegge.] 1. The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling. 2. The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes. --Knight. 3. (Mining.) A layer of clay or decomposed rock along the wall of a vein. See {Gouge}, n., 4. --Raymond. | |
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Selvaged \Sel"vaged\, Selvedged \Sel"vedged\, a. Having a selvage. | |
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Selvagee \Sel`va*gee"\, n. (Naut.) A skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, -- used for stoppers, straps, etc. | |
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Silvas \Sil"vas\[or] Selvas \Sel"vas\, n. pl. [L. silva a forest, Sp. selva.] Vast woodland plains of South America. | |
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Self \Self\, n.; pl. {Selves}. 1. The individual as the object of his own reflective consciousness; the man viewed by his own cognition as the subject of all his mental phenomena, the agent in his own activities, the subject of his own feelings, and the possessor of capacities and character; a person as a distinct individual; a being regarded as having personality. [bd]Those who liked their real selves.[b8] --Addison. A man's self may be the worst fellow to converse with in the world. --Pope. The self, the I, is recognized in every act of intelligence as the subject to which that act belongs. It is I that perceive, I that imagine, I that remember, I that attend, I that compare, I that feel, I that will, I that am conscious. --Sir W. Hamilton. 2. Hence, personal interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim. 3. Personification; embodiment. [Poetic.] She was beauty's self. --Thomson. Note: Self is united to certain personal pronouns and pronominal adjectives to express emphasis or distinction. Thus, for emphasis; I myself will write; I will examine for myself; thou thyself shalt go; thou shalt see for thyself; you yourself shall write; you shall see for yourself; he himself shall write; he shall examine for himself; she herself shall write; she shall examine for herself; the child itself shall be carried; it shall be present itself. It is also used reflexively; as, I abhor myself; thou enrichest thyself; he loves himself; she admires herself; it pleases itself; we walue ourselves; ye hurry yourselves; they see themselves. Himself, herself, themselves, are used in the nominative case, as well as in the objective. [bd]Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples.[b8] --John iv. 2. Note: self is used in the formation of innumerable compounds, usually of obvious signification, in most of which it denotes either the agent or the object of the action expressed by the word with which it is joined, or the person in behalf of whom it is performed, or the person or thing to, for, or towards whom or which a quality, attribute, or feeling expressed by the following word belongs, is directed, or is exerted, or from which it proceeds; or it denotes the subject of, or object affected by, such action, quality, attribute, feeling, or the like; as, self-abandoning, self-abnegation, self-abhorring, self-absorbed, self-accusing, self-adjusting, self-balanced, self-boasting, self-canceled, self-combating, self-commendation, self-condemned, self-conflict, self-conquest, self-constituted, self-consumed, self-contempt, self-controlled, self-deceiving, self-denying, self-destroyed, self-disclosure, self-display, self-dominion, self-doomed, self-elected, self-evolved, self-exalting, self-excusing, self-exile, self-fed, self-fulfillment, self-governed, self-harming, self-helpless, self-humiliation, self-idolized, self-inflicted, self-improvement, self-instruction, self-invited, self-judging, self-justification, self-loathing, self-loving, self-maintenance, self-mastered, self-nourishment, self-perfect, self-perpetuation, self-pleasing, self-praising, self-preserving, self-questioned, self-relying, self-restraining, self-revelation, self-ruined, self-satisfaction, self-support, self-sustained, self-sustaining, self-tormenting, self-troubling, self-trust, self-tuition, self-upbraiding, self-valuing, self-worshiping, and many others. | |
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Selves \Selves\, n., pl. of {Self}. | |
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Shell \Shell\, n. [OE. shelle, schelle, AS. scell, scyll; akin to D. shel, Icel. skel, Goth. skalja a tile, and E. skill. Cf. {Scale} of fishes, {Shale}, {Skill}.] 1. A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal. Specifically: (a) The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell. (b) A pod. (c) The hard covering of an egg. Think him as a serpent's egg, . . . And kill him in the shell. --Shak. (d) (Zo[94]l.) The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like. (e) (Zo[94]l.) Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering. 2. (Mil.) A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See {Bomb}. 3. The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms. 4. Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house. 5. A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one. --Knight. 6. An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell. When Jubal struck the chorded shell. --Dryden. 7. An engraved copper roller used in print works. 8. pl. The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc. 9. (Naut.) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve. 10. A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell. {Message shell}, a bombshell inside of which papers may be put, in order to convey messages. {Shell bit}, a tool shaped like a gouge, used with a brace in boring wood. See {Bit}, n., 3. {Shell button}. (a) A button made of shell. (b) A hollow button made of two pieces, as of metal, one for the front and the other for the back, -- often covered with cloth, silk, etc. {Shell cameo}, a cameo cut in shell instead of stone. {Shell flower}. (Bot.) Same as {Turtlehead}. {Shell gland}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A glandular organ in which the rudimentary shell is formed in embryonic mollusks. (b) A glandular organ which secretes the eggshells of various worms, crustacea, mollusks, etc. {Shell gun}, a cannon suitable for throwing shells. {Shell ibis} (Zo[94]l.), the openbill of India. {Shell jacket}, an undress military jacket. {Shell lime}, lime made by burning the shells of shellfish. {Shell marl} (Min.), a kind of marl characterized by an abundance of shells, or fragments of shells. {Shell meat}, food consisting of shellfish, or testaceous mollusks. --Fuller. {Shell mound}. See under {Mound}. {Shell of a boiler}, the exterior of a steam boiler, forming a case to contain the water and steam, often inclosing also flues and the furnace; the barrel of a cylindrical, or locomotive, boiler. {Shell road}, a road of which the surface or bed is made of shells, as oyster shells. {Shell sand}, minute fragments of shells constituting a considerable part of the seabeach in some places. | |
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Shellfish \Shell"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs. | |
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Shelf \Shelf\, n.; pl. {Shelves}. [OE. shelfe, schelfe, AS. scylfe; akin to G. schelfe, Icel. skj[be]lf. In senses 2 & 3, perhaps a different word (cf. {Shelve}, v. i.).] 1. (Arch.) A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament. 2. A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships. On the tawny sands and shelves. --Milton. On the secret shelves with fury cast. --Dryden. 3. (Mining) A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock. 4. (Naut.) A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads. --D. Kemp. {To lay on the shelf}, to lay aside as unnecessary or useless; to dismiss; to discard. | |
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Silva \Sil"va\, n.; pl. E. {Silvas}, L. {Silvae}. [L., properly, a wood, forest.] [Written also {sylva}.] (Bot.) (a) The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively. (b) A description or history of the forest trees of a country. | |
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Silvas \Sil"vas\[or] Selvas \Sel"vas\, n. pl. [L. silva a forest, Sp. selva.] Vast woodland plains of South America. | |
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Silvics \Sil"vics\, n. 1. The science treating of the life of trees in the forest. 2. Habit or behavior of a forest tree. | |
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Silviculture \Sil"vi*cul`ture\, n. [Cf. F. silviculture.] See {Sylviculture}. | |
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Skullfish \Skull"fish`\, n. A whaler's name for a whale more than two years old. | |
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Slabby \Slab"by\, a. [Compar. {Slabbier}; superl. {Slabbiest}.] [See {Slab}, a.] 1. Thick; viscous. They present you with a cup, and you must drink of a slabby stuff. --Selden. 2. Sloppy; slimy; miry. See {Sloppy}. --Gay. | |
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Slab-sided \Slab"-sid`ed\, a. Having flat sides; hence, tall, or long and lank. [Colloq. U. S.] | |
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Slapjack \Slap"jack`\, n. A flat batter cake cooked on a griddle; a flapjack; a griddlecake. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Slave \Slave\, n. [Cf. F. esclave, D. slaaf, Dan. slave, sclave, Sw. slaf, all fr. G. sklave, MHG. also slave, from the national name of the Slavonians, or Sclavonians (in LL. Slavi or Sclavi), who were frequently made slaves by the Germans. See {Slav}.] 1. A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another. thou our slave, Our captive, at the public mill our drudge? --Milton. 2. One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition. 3. A drudge; one who labors like a slave. 4. An abject person; a wretch. --Shak. {Slave ant} (Zo[94]l.), any species of ants which is captured and enslaved by another species, especially {Formica fusca} of Europe and America, which is commonly enslaved by {Formica sanguinea}. {Slave catcher}, one who attempted to catch and bring back a fugitive slave to his master. {Slave coast}, part of the western coast of Africa to which slaves were brought to be sold to foreigners. {Slave driver}, one who superintends slaves at their work; hence, figuratively, a cruel taskmaster. {Slave hunt}. (a) A search after persons in order to reduce them to slavery. --Barth. (b) A search after fugitive slaves, often conducted with bloodhounds. {Slave ship}, a vessel employed in the slave trade or used for transporting slaves; a slaver. {Slave trade}, the business of dealing in slaves, especially of buying them for transportation from their homes to be sold elsewhere. {Slave trader}, one who traffics in slaves. Syn: Bond servant; bondman; bondslave; captive; henchman; vassal; dependent; drudge. See {Serf}. | |
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Slave \Slave\, n. [Cf. F. esclave, D. slaaf, Dan. slave, sclave, Sw. slaf, all fr. G. sklave, MHG. also slave, from the national name of the Slavonians, or Sclavonians (in LL. Slavi or Sclavi), who were frequently made slaves by the Germans. See {Slav}.] 1. A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another. thou our slave, Our captive, at the public mill our drudge? --Milton. 2. One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition. 3. A drudge; one who labors like a slave. 4. An abject person; a wretch. --Shak. {Slave ant} (Zo[94]l.), any species of ants which is captured and enslaved by another species, especially {Formica fusca} of Europe and America, which is commonly enslaved by {Formica sanguinea}. {Slave catcher}, one who attempted to catch and bring back a fugitive slave to his master. {Slave coast}, part of the western coast of Africa to which slaves were brought to be sold to foreigners. {Slave driver}, one who superintends slaves at their work; hence, figuratively, a cruel taskmaster. {Slave hunt}. (a) A search after persons in order to reduce them to slavery. --Barth. (b) A search after fugitive slaves, often conducted with bloodhounds. {Slave ship}, a vessel employed in the slave trade or used for transporting slaves; a slaver. {Slave trade}, the business of dealing in slaves, especially of buying them for transportation from their homes to be sold elsewhere. {Slave trader}, one who traffics in slaves. Syn: Bond servant; bondman; bondslave; captive; henchman; vassal; dependent; drudge. See {Serf}. | |
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Slave \Slave\, n. [Cf. F. esclave, D. slaaf, Dan. slave, sclave, Sw. slaf, all fr. G. sklave, MHG. also slave, from the national name of the Slavonians, or Sclavonians (in LL. Slavi or Sclavi), who were frequently made slaves by the Germans. See {Slav}.] 1. A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another. thou our slave, Our captive, at the public mill our drudge? --Milton. 2. One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition. 3. A drudge; one who labors like a slave. 4. An abject person; a wretch. --Shak. {Slave ant} (Zo[94]l.), any species of ants which is captured and enslaved by another species, especially {Formica fusca} of Europe and America, which is commonly enslaved by {Formica sanguinea}. {Slave catcher}, one who attempted to catch and bring back a fugitive slave to his master. {Slave coast}, part of the western coast of Africa to which slaves were brought to be sold to foreigners. {Slave driver}, one who superintends slaves at their work; hence, figuratively, a cruel taskmaster. {Slave hunt}. (a) A search after persons in order to reduce them to slavery. --Barth. (b) A search after fugitive slaves, often conducted with bloodhounds. {Slave ship}, a vessel employed in the slave trade or used for transporting slaves; a slaver. {Slave trade}, the business of dealing in slaves, especially of buying them for transportation from their homes to be sold elsewhere. {Slave trader}, one who traffics in slaves. Syn: Bond servant; bondman; bondslave; captive; henchman; vassal; dependent; drudge. See {Serf}. | |
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Slaveocracy \Slave*oc"ra*cy\, n. See {Slavocracy}. | |
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Slavic \Slav"ic\, a. Slavonic. -- n. The group of allied languages spoken by the Slavs. | |
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Slavish \Slav"ish\, a. Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great. -- {Slav"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Slav"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Slavish \Slav"ish\, a. Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great. -- {Slav"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Slav"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Slavish \Slav"ish\, a. Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great. -- {Slav"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Slav"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Slavism \Slav"ism\, n. The common feeling and interest of the Slavonic race. | |
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Slavocracy \Slav*oc"ra*cy\, n. [Slave + -cracy, as in democracy.] The persons or interest formerly representing slavery politically, or wielding political power for the preservation or advancement of slavery. [U. S.] | |
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Slav \Slav\, n.;pl. {Slavs}. [A word originally meaning, intelligible, and used to contrast the people so called with foreigners who spoke languages unintelligible to the Slavs; akin to OSlav. slovo a word, slava fame, Skr. [cced]ru to hear. Cf. {Loud}.] (Ethnol.) One of a race of people occupying a large part of Eastern and Northern Europe, including the Russians, Bulgarians, Roumanians, Servo-Croats, Slovenes, Poles, Czechs, Wends or Sorbs, Slovaks, etc. [Written also {Slave}, and {Sclav}.] | |
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Sleave \Sleave\, n. [Cf. Dan. sl[94]if, a knot loop, Sw. slejf, G. schleife a knot, silding knot, and E. slip, v.i.] (a) The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread. (b) Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also {sleave silk}. Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care. --Shak. | |
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Sleep-charged \Sleep"-charged`\, a. Heavy with sleep. | |
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Sleepy \Sleep"y\, a. [Compar. {Sleepier}; superl. {Sleepiest}.] [AS. sl[?]pig. See {Sleep}, n.] 1. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. --Shak. She waked her sleepy crew. --Dryden. 2. Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion. --Chaucer. 3. Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish. --Shak. 'Tis not sleepy business; But must be looked to speedily and strongly. --Shak. 4. Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security. {Sleepy duck} (Zo[94]l.), the ruddy duck. | |
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Sleepish \Sleep"ish\, a. Disposed to sleep; sleepy; drowsy. Your sleepish, and more than sleepish, security. --Ford. | |
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Sleepwaker \Sleep"wak`er\, n. On in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep. | |
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Sleepwaking \Sleep"wak`ing\, n. The state of one mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep. | |
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Slepez \Sle*pez"\, n. [Russ. sliepets'.] (Zo[94]l.) A burrowing rodent ({Spalax typhlus}), native of Russia and Asia Minor. It has the general appearance of a mole, and is destitute of eyes. Called also {mole rat}. | |
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{To give one the slip}, to slip away from one; to elude one. {Slip dock}. See under {Dock}. {Slip link} (Mach.), a connecting link so arranged as to allow some play of the parts, to avoid concussion. {Slip rope} (Naut.), a rope by which a cable is secured preparatory to slipping. --Totten. {Slip stopper} (Naut.), an arrangement for letting go the anchor suddenly. | |
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Slipcoat cheese \Slip"coat` cheese"\ A rich variety of new cheese, resembling butter, but white. --Halliwell. | |
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Slipes \Slipes\, n. pl. [Cf. {Slip}, v.] Sledge runners on which a skip is dragged in a mine. | |
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Slipknot \Slip"knot`\, n. knot which slips along the rope or line around which it is made. | |
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Slippage \Slip"page\, n. The act of slipping; also, the amount of slipping. | |
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Slipshod \Slip"shod`\, a. 1. Wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel. The shivering urchin bending as he goes, With slipshod heels. --Cowper. 2. Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc.; slovenly; shuffling; as, slipshod manners; a slipshod or loose style of writing. Thy wit shall ne'er go slipshod. --Shak. | |
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Slipshoe \Slip"shoe`\, n. A slipper. --Halliwell. | |
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Slipskin \Slip"skin`\, a. Evasive. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Slipslop \Slip"slop`\, n. [A reduplication of slop.] Weak, poor, or flat liquor; weak, profitless discourse or writing. | |
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Slipstring \Slip"string`\, n. One who has shaken off restraint; a prodigal. [Obs.] --Cotgrave. | |
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Slop \Slop\, n. [OE. sloppe a pool; akin to As. sloppe, slyppe, the sloppy droppings of a cow; cf. AS. sl[?]pan to slip, and E. slip, v.i. Cf. {Cowslip}.] 1. Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot. 2. Mean and weak drink or liquid food; -- usually in the plural. 3. pl. Dirty water; water in which anything has been washed or rinsed; water from wash-bowls, etc. {Slop basin}, [or] {Slop bowl}, a basin or bowl for holding slops, especially for receiving the rinsings of tea or coffee cups at the table. {Slop molding} (Brickmaking), a process of manufacture in which the brick is carried to the drying ground in a wet mold instead of on a pallet. | |
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Slopewise \Slope"wise`\, adv. Obliquely. [Obs.] --Carew. | |
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Sloppy \Slop"py\, a. [Compar. {Sloppier}; superl. {Sloppiest}.] [From {Slop}.] Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road. | |
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Slopseller \Slop"sell`er\, n. One who sells slops, or ready-made clothes. See 4th {Slop}, 3. | |
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Slopshop \Slop"shop`\, n. A shop where slops. or ready-made clothes, are sold. | |
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Slowback \Slow"back`\, n. A lubber; an idle fellow; a loiterer. [Old Slang] --Dr. Favour. | |
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Sole \Sole\, n. [F. sole, L. solea; -- so named from its flat shape. See {Sole} of the foot.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus {Solea} and allied genera of the family {Soleid[91]}, especially the common European species ({Solea vulgaris}), which is a valuable food fish. (b) Any one of several American flounders somewhat resembling the true sole in form or quality, as the California sole ({Lepidopsetta bilineata}), the long-finned sole ({Glyptocephalus zachirus}), and other species. {Lemon}, [or] {French}, {sole} (Zo[94]l.), a European species of sole ({Solea pegusa}). {Smooth sole} (Zo[94]l.), the megrim. | |
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Solipsism \So*lip"sism\, n. [L. solus alone + ipse self.] 1. (Ethics) Egotism. --Krauth-Fleming. 2. (Metaph.) Egoism. --Krauth-Fleming. | |
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Solivagant \So*liv"a*gant\, a. [L. solus alone + vagans wandering.] Wandering alone. [R.] --T. Grander. | |
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Solivagous \So*liv"a*gous\, a. [L. solivagus.] Solivagant. | |
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Solpugid \Sol*pu"gid\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Solifug[91]. -- n. One of the Solifug[91]. | |
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d8Solifug91 \[d8]So*lif"u*g[91]\, n. pl. [NL., from L. solifuga (better solipuga), a kind of venomous ant, or spider.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of arachnids having large, powerful fangs and a segmented abdomen; -- called also {Solpugidea}, and {Solpugides}. | |
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d8Solifug91 \[d8]So*lif"u*g[91]\, n. pl. [NL., from L. solifuga (better solipuga), a kind of venomous ant, or spider.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of arachnids having large, powerful fangs and a segmented abdomen; -- called also {Solpugidea}, and {Solpugides}. | |
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Suleah fish \Su"le*ah fish`\ (Zo[94]l.) A coarse fish of India, used in making a breakfast relish called burtah. | |
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Sulphacid \Sulph*ac"id\, n. [Sulpho- + acid.] (Chem.) An acid in which, to a greater or less extent, sulphur plays a part analogous to that of oxygen in an oxyacid; thus, thiosulphuric and sulpharsenic acids are sulphacids; -- called also {sulphoacid}. See the Note under {Acid}, n., 2. | |
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Acid \Ac"id\, n. 1. A sour substance. 2. (Chem.) One of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening of vegetable blue or violet colors. They are also characterized by the power of destroying the distinctive properties of alkalies or bases, combining with them to form salts, at the same time losing their own peculiar properties. They all contain hydrogen, united with a more negative element or radical, either alone, or more generally with oxygen, and take their names from this negative element or radical. Those which contain no oxygen are sometimes called {hydracids} in distinction from the others which are called {oxygen acids} or {oxacids}. Note: In certain cases, sulphur, selenium, or tellurium may take the place of oxygen, and the corresponding compounds are called respectively {sulphur acids} or {sulphacids}, {selenium acids}, or {tellurium acids}. When the hydrogen of an acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, a salt is formed, and hence acids are sometimes named as salts of hydrogen; as hydrogen nitrate for nitric acid, hydrogen sulphate for sulphuric acid, etc. In the old chemistry the name acid was applied to the oxides of the negative or nonmetallic elements, now sometimes called anhydrides. | |
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Salt \Salt\, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout, G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. [?], Russ. sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.] 1. The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles. 2. Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning. Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen . . . we have some salt of our youth in us. --Shak. 3. Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt. 4. A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar. I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen of silver salts. --Pepys. 5. A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. [Colloq.] Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing and gossiping, clusters of old salts. --Hawthorne. 6. (Chem.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol. Note: Except in case of ammonium salts, accurately speaking, it is the acid radical which unites with the base or basic radical, with the elimination of hydrogen, of water, or of analogous compounds as side products. In the case of diacid and triacid bases, and of dibasic and tribasic acids, the mutual neutralization may vary in degree, producing respectively basic, neutral, or acid salts. See Phrases below. 7. Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt. Ye are the salt of the earth. --Matt. v. 13. 8. pl. Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic, especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt. 9. pl. Marshes flooded by the tide. [Prov. Eng.] {Above the salt}, {Below the salt}, phrases which have survived the old custom, in the houses of people of rank, of placing a large saltcellar near the middle of a long table, the places above which were assigned to the guests of distinction, and those below to dependents, inferiors, and poor relations. See {Saltfoot}. His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the salt. --B. Jonson. {Acid salt} (Chem.) (a) A salt derived from an acid which has several replaceable hydrogen atoms which are only partially exchanged for metallic atoms or basic radicals; as, acid potassium sulphate is an acid salt. (b) A salt, whatever its constitution, which merely gives an acid reaction; thus, copper sulphate, which is composed of a strong acid united with a weak base, is an acid salt in this sense, though theoretically it is a neutral salt. {Alkaline salt} (Chem.), a salt which gives an alkaline reaction, as sodium carbonate. {Amphid salt} (Old Chem.), a salt of the oxy type, formerly regarded as composed of two oxides, an acid and a basic oxide. [Obsolescent] {Basic salt} (Chem.) (a) A salt which contains more of the basic constituent than is required to neutralize the acid. (b) An alkaline salt. {Binary salt} (Chem.), a salt of the oxy type conveniently regarded as composed of two ingredients (analogously to a haloid salt), viz., a metal and an acid radical. {Double salt} (Chem.), a salt regarded as formed by the union of two distinct salts, as common alum, potassium aluminium sulphate. See under {Double}. {Epsom salts}. See in the Vocabulary. {Essential salt} (Old Chem.), a salt obtained by crystallizing plant juices. {Ethereal salt}. (Chem.) See under {Ethereal}. {Glauber's salt} [or] {salts}. See in Vocabulary. {Haloid salt} (Chem.), a simple salt of a halogen acid, as sodium chloride. {Microcosmic salt}. (Chem.). See under {Microcosmic}. {Neutral salt}. (Chem.) (a) A salt in which the acid and base (in theory) neutralize each other. (b) A salt which gives a neutral reaction. {Oxy salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from an oxygen acid. {Per salt} (Old Chem.), a salt supposed to be derived from a peroxide base or analogous compound. [Obs.] {Permanent salt}, a salt which undergoes no change on exposure to the air. {Proto salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a protoxide base or analogous compound. {Rochelle salt}. See under {Rochelle}. {Salt of amber} (Old Chem.), succinic acid. {Salt of colcothar} (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or sulphate of iron. {Salt of hartshorn}. (Old Chem.) (a) Sal ammoniac, or ammonium chloride. (b) Ammonium carbonate. Cf. {Spirit of hartshorn}, under {Hartshorn}. {Salt of lemons}. (Chem.) See {Salt of sorrel}, below. {Salt of Saturn} (Old Chem.), sugar of lead; lead acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn. {Salt of Seignette}. Same as {Rochelle salt}. {Salt of soda} (Old Chem.), sodium carbonate. {Salt of sorrel} (Old Chem.), acid potassium oxalate, or potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains; -- so called because found in the sorrel, or Oxalis. Also sometimes inaccurately called {salt of lemon}. {Salt of tartar} (Old Chem.), potassium carbonate; -- so called because formerly made by heating cream of tartar, or potassium tartrate. [Obs.] {Salt of Venus} (Old Chem.), blue vitriol; copper sulphate; -- the alchemical name of copper being Venus. {Salt of wisdom}. See {Alembroth}. {Sedative salt} (Old Med. Chem.), boric acid. {Sesqui salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a sesquioxide base or analogous compound. {Spirit of salt}. (Chem.) See under {Spirit}. {Sulpho salt} (Chem.), a salt analogous to an oxy salt, but containing sulphur in place of oxygen. | |
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Sulphacid \Sulph*ac"id\, n. [Sulpho- + acid.] (Chem.) An acid in which, to a greater or less extent, sulphur plays a part analogous to that of oxygen in an oxyacid; thus, thiosulphuric and sulpharsenic acids are sulphacids; -- called also {sulphoacid}. See the Note under {Acid}, n., 2. | |
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Sulphocarbonate \Sul`pho*car"bon*ate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of sulphocarbonic acid; a thiocarbonate. | |
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Sulphocarbonic \Sul`pho*car*bon"ic\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphacid, {H2CSO2} (called also {thiocarbonic} acid), or an acid, {H2CS3}, analogous to carbonic acid, obtained as a yellow oily liquid of a pungent odor, and forming salts. | |
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Sulphocyanate \Sul`pho*cy"a*nate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of sulphocyanic acid; -- also called {thiocyanate}, and formerly inaccurately {sulphocyanide}. {Ferric sulphocyanate} (Chem.), a dark red crystalline substance usually obtained in a blood-red solution, and recognized as a test for ferric iron. | |
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Sulphocyanic \Sul`pho*cy*an"ic\, a. [See {Sulphur}, {Cyanic}.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a sulphacid, {HSCN}, analogous to cyanic acid, and obtained as a colorless deliquescent crystalline substance, having a bitter saline taste, and not poisonous. | |
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Sulphocyanate \Sul`pho*cy"a*nate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of sulphocyanic acid; -- also called {thiocyanate}, and formerly inaccurately {sulphocyanide}. {Ferric sulphocyanate} (Chem.), a dark red crystalline substance usually obtained in a blood-red solution, and recognized as a test for ferric iron. | |
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Sulphocyanide \Sul`pho*cy"a*nide\, n. (Chem.) See {Sulphocyanate}. | |
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Sulphocyanate \Sul`pho*cy"a*nate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of sulphocyanic acid; -- also called {thiocyanate}, and formerly inaccurately {sulphocyanide}. {Ferric sulphocyanate} (Chem.), a dark red crystalline substance usually obtained in a blood-red solution, and recognized as a test for ferric iron. | |
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Sulphocyanide \Sul`pho*cy"a*nide\, n. (Chem.) See {Sulphocyanate}. | |
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Persulphocyanogen \Per*sul`pho*cy*an"o*gen\, n. (Chem.) An orange-yellow substance, produced by the action of chlorine or boiling dilute nitric acid and sulphocyanate of potassium; -- called also {pseudosulphocyanogen}, {perthiocyanogen}, and formerly {sulphocyanogen}. | |
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Sulphocyanogen \Sul`pho*cy*an"o*gen\, n. (Chem.) See {Persulphocyanogen}. [Obs.] | |
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Persulphocyanogen \Per*sul`pho*cy*an"o*gen\, n. (Chem.) An orange-yellow substance, produced by the action of chlorine or boiling dilute nitric acid and sulphocyanate of potassium; -- called also {pseudosulphocyanogen}, {perthiocyanogen}, and formerly {sulphocyanogen}. | |
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Sulphocyanogen \Sul`pho*cy*an"o*gen\, n. (Chem.) See {Persulphocyanogen}. [Obs.] | |
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Sulphosalt \Sul"pho*salt`\, n. (Chem.) A salt of a sulphacid. | |
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Sulphostannate \Sul`pho*stan"nate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of sulphostannic acid. | |
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Sulphostannic \Sul`pho*stan"nic\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphacid of tin (more exactly called metasulphostannic acid), which is obtained as a dark brown amorphous substance, H[?]SnS[?], forming a well-known series of salts. | |
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Sulpician \Sul*pi"cian\, n. [So called after the parish of St. Sulpice in Paris, of which the founder, Jean Jacques Olier, was pastor in 1643.] (R. C. Ch.) One of an order of priests established in France in 1642 to educate men for the ministry. The order was introduced soon afterwards into Canada, and in 1791 into the United States. [Written also {Sulpitian}.] | |
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Swallowfish \Swal"low*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European sapphirine gurnard ({Trigla hirundo}). It has large pectoral fins. | |
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Swellfish \Swell"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon. | |
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Puffer \Puff"er\, n. 1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation. 2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. --Bouvier. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of {Tetrodon} and {Diodon}; -- called also {blower}, {puff-fish}, {swellfish}, and {globefish}. | |
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Bur fish \Bur" fish`\ (Zo[94]l.) A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. {Chilo mycterus geometricus}) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also {ball fish}, {balloon fish}, and {swellfish}. | |
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Swellfish \Swell"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon. | |
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Puffer \Puff"er\, n. 1. One who puffs; one who praises with noisy or extravagant commendation. 2. One who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at suction to bid up the price; a by-bidder. --Bouvier. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of {Tetrodon} and {Diodon}; -- called also {blower}, {puff-fish}, {swellfish}, and {globefish}. | |
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Bur fish \Bur" fish`\ (Zo[94]l.) A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. {Chilo mycterus geometricus}) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also {ball fish}, {balloon fish}, and {swellfish}. | |
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Diodon \Di"o*don\, n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + [?], [?], a tooth: cf. F. diodon.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called {globefishes}, {swellfishes}, etc. Called also {porcupine fishes}, and {sea hedgehogs}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of whales. | |
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Syllabic \Syl*lab"ic\, Syllabical \Syl*lab"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. syllabique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent. 2. Consisting of a syllable or syllables; as, a syllabic augment. [bd]The syllabic stage of writing.[b8] --Earle. | |
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Syllabic \Syl*lab"ic\, Syllabical \Syl*lab"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. syllabique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent. 2. Consisting of a syllable or syllables; as, a syllabic augment. [bd]The syllabic stage of writing.[b8] --Earle. | |
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Syllabically \Syl*lab"ic*al*ly\, adv. In a syllabic manner. | |
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Syllabicate \Syl*lab"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Syllabicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Syllabicating}.] To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify. | |
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Syllabicate \Syl*lab"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Syllabicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Syllabicating}.] To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify. | |
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Syllabicate \Syl*lab"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Syllabicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Syllabicating}.] To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify. | |
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Syllabication \Syl*lab`i*ca"tion\, n. The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. See Guide to Pron., [sect]275. | |
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Syllabism \Syl"la*bism\, n. The expressing of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet). | |
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Syllabist \Syl"la*bist\, n. One who forms or divides words into syllables, or is skilled in doing this. | |
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Syllabize \Syl"la*bize\, v. t. To syllabify. --Howell. | |
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Syllabus \Syl"la*bus\, n. (Law) The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case. The opinion controls the syllabus, the latter being merely explanatory of the former. | |
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Syllabus \Syl"la*bus\, n.; pl. E. {Syllabuses}, L. {Syllabi}. [L., fr. the same source as E. syllable.] A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract. | |
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Syllabus \Syl"la*bus\, n.; pl. E. {Syllabuses}, L. {Syllabi}. [L., fr. the same source as E. syllable.] A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract. | |
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Sylphish \Sylph"ish\, a. Sylphlike. --Carlyle. | |
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Sylvestrian \Syl*ves"tri*an\, a. [L. sylvestris, better silvestris.] Sylvan. [R.] | |
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Whitethroat \White"throat`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species ({Sylvia cinerea}), called also {strawsmear}, {nettlebird}, {muff}, and {whitecap}, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler ({S. hortensis}), and the lesser whitethroat ({S. curruca}). | |
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Sylvic \Syl"vic\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pine or its products; specifically, designating an acid called also abeitic acid, which is the chief ingredient of common resin (obtained from {Pinus sylvestris}, and other species). | |
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Sylvicoline \Syl*vic"o*line\, a. [L. sylva, silva, forest + colere to inhabit.] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the family of warblers ({Sylvicolid[91]}). See {Warbler}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sylvicoline \Syl*vic"o*line\, a. [L. sylva, silva, forest + colere to inhabit.] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the family of warblers ({Sylvicolid[91]}). See {Warbler}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sylviculture \Syl"vi*cul`ture\, n. [L. sylva, silva, forest + E. culture.] The cultivation of forest trees for timber or other purposes; forestry; arboriculture. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sylviculturist \Syl`vi*cul"tur*ist\, n. One who cultivates forest trees, especially as a business. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Seal Beach, CA (city, FIPS 70686) Location: 33.75845 N, 118.07578 W Population (1990): 25098 (14407 housing units) Area: 30.4 sq km (land), 3.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 90740 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Shelby County, AL (county, FIPS 117) Location: 33.26679 N, 86.65467 W Population (1990): 99358 (39201 housing units) Area: 2058.8 sq km (land), 38.0 sq km (water) Shelby County, IA (county, FIPS 165) Location: 41.67907 N, 95.30889 W Population (1990): 13230 (5430 housing units) Area: 1530.5 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water) Shelby County, IL (county, FIPS 173) Location: 39.39470 N, 88.80925 W Population (1990): 22261 (9329 housing units) Area: 1964.6 sq km (land), 24.7 sq km (water) Shelby County, IN (county, FIPS 145) Location: 39.52346 N, 85.79116 W Population (1990): 40307 (15654 housing units) Area: 1068.8 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water) Shelby County, KY (county, FIPS 211) Location: 38.21753 N, 85.19448 W Population (1990): 24824 (9617 housing units) Area: 995.1 sq km (land), 3.8 sq km (water) Shelby County, MO (county, FIPS 205) Location: 39.79144 N, 92.06939 W Population (1990): 6942 (3277 housing units) Area: 1297.4 sq km (land), 4.0 sq km (water) Shelby County, OH (county, FIPS 149) Location: 40.32887 N, 84.20475 W Population (1990): 44915 (16509 housing units) Area: 1060.1 sq km (land), 4.6 sq km (water) Shelby County, TN (county, FIPS 157) Location: 35.18430 N, 89.89226 W Population (1990): 826330 (327796 housing units) Area: 1955.1 sq km (land), 74.6 sq km (water) Shelby County, TX (county, FIPS 419) Location: 31.79163 N, 94.14174 W Population (1990): 22034 (10616 housing units) Area: 2057.0 sq km (land), 104.6 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Shelby Gap, KY Zip code(s): 41563 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Shell Beach, CA Zip code(s): 93449 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Silvis, IL (city, FIPS 69979) Location: 41.50625 N, 90.41269 W Population (1990): 6926 (2850 housing units) Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61282 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Slope County, ND (county, FIPS 87) Location: 46.45277 N, 103.45791 W Population (1990): 907 (481 housing units) Area: 3154.5 sq km (land), 3.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sylvester, GA (city, FIPS 75188) Location: 31.52856 N, 83.83648 W Population (1990): 5702 (2139 housing units) Area: 14.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31791 Sylvester, TX Zip code(s): 79560 Sylvester, WV (town, FIPS 78964) Location: 38.00811 N, 81.56101 W Population (1990): 191 (85 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 25193 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
selvage /sel'v*j/ n. [from sewing and weaving] See {chad} (sense 1). | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
slopsucker /slop'suhk-r/ n. A lowest-priority task that waits around until everything else has `had its fill' of machine resources. Only when the machine would otherwise be idle is the task allowed to `suck up the slop'. Also called a `hungry puppy' or `bottom feeder'. One common variety of slopsucker hunts for large prime numbers. Compare {background}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Self Extracting Archive Macintosh}. {Double-click}ing a file of this type should extract its contents. (1995-05-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Self-Extensible Language ["SEL - A Self-Extensible Programming Language", G. Molnar, Computer J 14(3):238-242 (Aug 1971)]. (1994-12-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
selvage {chad} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SlipKnot designed for {Microsoft Windows} users who have {Unix} {shell accounts} with their service providers. Its primary feature is that it does not require {SLIP} or {PPP} or {TCP/IP} services. SlipKnot is distributed as restricted shareware. Version: 1.0. {SlipKnot home (http://www.micromind.com/slipknot.htm)}. E-mail: (2003-03-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SLIPS "An Interpreter for SLIPS - An Applicative Language Based on Lambda-Calculus", V. Gehot et al, Comp Langs 11(1):1-14 (1986). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
slopsucker /slop'suhk-r/ A lowest-{priority} task that only runs when the computer would otherwise be idle. Also called a "hungry puppy" or "bottom feeder" (after the fishermen's and naturalists' term for finny creatures who subsist on the primordial ooze). One common variety of slopsucker hunts for large {prime numbers}. Compare {background}. [{Jargon File}] (2003-09-29) | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Slovakia Slovakia:Geography Location: Central Europe, south of Poland Map references: Ethnic Groups in Eastern Europe, Europe Area: total area: 48,845 sq km land area: 48,800 sq km comparative area: about twice the size of New Hampshire Land boundaries: total 1,355 km, Austria 91 km, Czech Republic 215 km, Hungary 515 km, Poland 444 km, Ukraine 90 km Coastline: 0 km (landlocked) Maritime claims: none; landlocked International disputes: Gabcikovo Dam dispute with Hungary; unresolved property issues with Czech Republic over redistribution of former Czechoslovak federal property Climate: temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters Terrain: rugged mountains in the central and northern part and lowlands in the south Natural resources: brown coal and lignite; small amounts of iron ore, copper and manganese ore; salt Land use: arable land: NA% permanent crops: NA% meadows and pastures: NA% forest and woodland: NA% other: NA% Irrigated land: NA sq km Environment: current issues: air pollution from metallurgical plants presents human health risks; acid rain damaging forests natural hazards: NA international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Law of the Sea Note: landlocked Slovakia:People Population: 5,432,383 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 23% (female 609,795; male 638,346) 15-64 years: 66% (female 1,807,312; male 1,778,712) 65 years and over: 11% (female 364,610; male 233,608) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 0.54% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 14.51 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 9.12 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 10 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 73.24 years male: 69.15 years female: 77.57 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.93 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Slovak(s) adjective: Slovak Ethnic divisions: Slovak 85.7%, Hungarian 10.7%, Gypsy 1.5% (the 1992 census figures underreport the Gypsy/Romany community, which could reach 500,000 or more), Czech 1%, Ruthenian 0.3%, Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.1%, Polish 0.1%, other 0.3% Religions: Roman Catholic 60.3%, atheist 9.7%, Protestant 8.4%, Orthodox 4.1%, other 17.5% Languages: Slovak (official), Hungarian Literacy: NA% Labor force: 2.484 million by occupation: industry 33.2%, agriculture 12.2%, construction 10.3%, communication and other 44.3% (1990) Slovakia:Government Names: conventional long form: Slovak Republic conventional short form: Slovakia local long form: Slovenska Republika local short form: Slovensko Digraph: LO Type: parliamentary democracy Capital: Bratislava Administrative divisions: 4 departments (kraje, singular - kraj) Bratislava, Zapadoslovensky, Stredoslovensky, Vychodoslovensky Independence: 1 January 1993 (from Czechoslovakia) National holiday: Anniversary of Slovak National Uprising, August 29 (1944) Constitution: ratified 1 September 1992, fully effective 1 January 1993 Legal system: civil law system based on Austro-Hungarian codes; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; legal code modified to comply with the obligations of Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and to expunge Marxist-Leninist legal theory Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: President Michal KOVAC (since 8 February 1993); election last held 8 February 1993 (next to be held NA 1998); results - Michal KOVAC elected by the National Council head of government: Prime Minister Vladimir MECIAR (since 12 December 1994) cabinet: Cabinet; appointed by the president on recommendation of the prime minister Legislative branch: unicameral National Council (Narodni Rada): elections last held 30 September-1 October 1994 (next to be held by October 1998); results - HZDS 35%, SDL 10.4%, Hungarian coalition (Hungarian Christian Democrats, Hungarian Civic Party, Coexistence) 10.2%, KDH 10.1%, DU 8.6%, ZRS 7.3%, SNS 5.4%; seats - (150 total) governing coalition 83 (HZDS 61, ZRS 13, SNS 9), opposition 67 (SDL 18, Hungarian coalition 17, KDH 17, DU 15) Judicial branch: Supreme Court Political parties and leaders: Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS), Vladimir MECIAR, chairman; Common Choice/Party of the Democratic Left (SDL), Peter WEISS, chairman; Hungarian Christian Democrats, Vojtech BUGAR; Hungarian Civic Party; Coexistence, Miklos DURAY, chairman; Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), Jan CARNOGURSKY; Democratic Union (DU), Jozef MORAVCIK, chairman; Association of Slovak Workers (ZRS), Jan LUPTAK, chairman; Slovak National Party (SNS), Jan SLOTA, chairman Other political or pressure groups: Green Party; Social Democratic Party of Slovakia; Slovak Christian Union Member of: Australia Group, BIS, CCC, CE (guest), CEI, CERN, EBRD, ECE, FAO, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU, NACC, NSG, OSCE, PCA, PFP, UN, UNAVEM II, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNOMIL, UNOMUR, UNPROFOR, UPU, WEU (associate partner), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Branislav LICHARDUS chancery: (temporary) Suite 380, 2201 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007 telephone: [1] (202) 965-5161 FAX: [1] (202) 965-5166 US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Theodore E. RUSSELL embassy: Hviezdoslavovo Namestie 4, 81102 Bratislava mailing address: use embassy street address telephone: [42] (7) 330-861, 333-338 FAX: [42] (7) 330-096 Flag: three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red superimposed with the Slovak cross in a shield centered on the hoist side; the cross is white centered on a background of red and blue Economy Overview: In 1994 macroeconomic performance improved steadily but privatization progressed only in fits and starts. Most of Slovakia's IMF-approved targets were met by an interim government that lasted 9 months. Annual inflation fell from 23% in 1993 to 12%; unemployment at 14.6% was still well below forecasts of 17%; and the budget deficit was around half that in 1993. Slovakia's nearly $200 million trade surplus also compares favorably with a more than $800 million deficit in 1993. Furthermore, after contracting almost 25% in the three years following 1990, GDP grew 4.3% in 1994, according to official statistics. Bratislava in June qualified for a $254 million IMF stand-by loan and the second $90 million tranche of its Systemic Transformation Facility and, in December, received approval for a European Union loan worth about $160 million. By the end of September 1994, the Central Bank's foreign currency reserves had tripled since the end of 1993. Slovakia continued to have difficulty attracting foreign investment, however, because of perceived political instability and halting progress in privatization. The interim government prepared property worth nearly $2 billion for the second wave of coupon privatization and sold participation in the program to over 80% of Slovakia's eligible citizens. Parties controlling the new Parliament in November 1994, however, put the second wave of coupon privatization on hold and suspended sales of 38 firms until the new government could evaluate the interim government's decisions in early 1995. The new government's targets for 1995 include GDP growth of 3%, inflation of 8%-10%, unemployment of 15%, and a budget deficit under 3% of GDP. Continuing economic recovery in western Europe should boost Slovak exports and production, but Slovakia's image with foreign creditors and investors could suffer setbacks in 1995 if progress on privatization stalls or budget deficits mount beyond IMF-recommended levels. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $32.8 billion (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: 4.3% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $6,070 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 12% (1994 est.) Unemployment rate: 14.6% (1994 est.) Budget: revenues: $4.4 billion expenditures: $4.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $350 million (1994 est.) Exports: $6.3 billion (f.o.b., January-November 1994) commodities: machinery and transport equipment; chemicals; fuels, minerals, and metals; agricultural products partners: Czech Republic 37.7%, Germany 17.1%, Hungary 5.3%, Austria 5.3%, Italy 4.6%, Russia 4.0%, Poland 2.6%, Ukraine 1.8%, US 1.6% (January-September 1994) Imports: $6.1 billion (f.o.b., January-November 1994) commodities: machinery and transport equipment; fuels and lubricants; manufactured goods; raw materials; chemicals; agricultural products partners: Czech Republic 29.9%, Russia 19.0%, Germany 13.2%, Austria 5.8%, Italy 4.3%, US 2.6%, Poland 2.4%, Ukraine 1.9%, Hungary 1.6% (January-September 1994) External debt: $4.2 billion hard currency indebtedness (1994 est.) Industrial production: growth rate NA% Electricity: capacity: 6,300,000 kW production: 20.9 billion kWh consumption per capita: 3,609 kWh (1993) Industries: metal and metal products; food and beverages; electricity, gas, and water; coking, oil production, and nuclear fuel production; chemicals and manmade fibers; machinery; paper and printing; earthenware and ceramics; transport vehicles; textiles; electrical and optical apparatus; rubber products Agriculture: largely self-sufficient in food production; diversified crop and livestock production, including grains, potatoes, sugar beets, hops, fruit, hogs, cattle, and poultry; exporter of forest products Illicit drugs: transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin bound for Western Europe Economic aid: donor: the former Czechoslovakia was a donor - $4.2 billion in bilateral aid to non-Communist less developed countries (1954-89) Currency: 1 koruna (Sk) = 100 halierov Exchange rates: koruny (Sk) per US$1 - 31.14 (September 1994), 32.9 (December 1993), 28.59 (December 1992), 28.26 (1992), 29.53 (1991), 17.95 (1990), 15.05 (1989); note - values before 1993 reflect Czechoslovak exchange rate Fiscal year: calendar year Slovakia:Transportation Railroads: total: 3,660 km (electrified 635 km) broad gauge: 102 km 1.520-m gauge standard gauge: 3,511 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 47 km (35 km 1,000-m gauge; 12 km 0.750-m gauge) (1994) Highways: total: 17,650 km (1990) paved: NA unpaved: NA Inland waterways: NA km Pipelines: petroleum products NA km; natural gas 2,700 km Ports: Bratislava, Komarno Merchant marine: total: 2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,160 GRT/6,163 DWT Airports: total: 37 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 2 with paved runways under 914 m: 4 with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 2 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 10 with unpaved runways under 914 m: 11 Slovakia:Communications Telephone system: NA telephones local: NA intercity: NA international: NA Radio: broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: NA televisions: NA Slovakia:Defense Forces Branches: Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, Civil Defense, Railroad Units Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,443,719; males fit for military service 1,107,453; males reach military age (18) annually 49,045 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: 9.59 billion koruny, 3.1% of GDP (1994 est.); note - conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the current exchange rate could produce misleading results |