English Dictionary: Seuchenausbreitung | by the DICT Development Group |
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Sachemship \Sa"chem*ship\, n. Office or condition of a sachem. | |
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Sack \Sack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sacked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sacking}.] [See {Sack} pillage.] To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage. The Romans lay under the apprehensions of seeing their city sacked by a barbarous enemy. --Addison. | |
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Sacking \Sack"ing\, n. [AS. s[91]ccing, from s[91]cc sack, bag.] Stout, coarse cloth of which sacks, bags, etc., are made. | |
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Sack-winged \Sack"-winged`\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of the wing; -- said of certain bats of the genus {Saccopteryx}. | |
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Sageness \Sage"ness\, n. The quality or state of being sage; wisdom; sagacity; prudence; gravity. --Ascham. | |
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Sag \Sag\ (s[acr]g), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sagging}.] [Akin to Sw. sacka to settle, sink down, LG. sacken, D. zakken. Cf. {Sink}, v. i.] 1. To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges. 2. Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced. [R.] The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear, Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear. --Shak. 3. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily. {To sag to leeward} (Naut.), to make much leeway by reason of the wind, sea, or current; to drift to leeward; -- said of a vessel. --Totten. | |
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Sagging \Sag"ging\, n. A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. {Hogging}. | |
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Sash \Sash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sashing}.] To furnish with a sash or sashes; as, to sash a door or a window. | |
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Sassanage \Sas"sa*nage\, n. [See {Sarse} a sieve.] Stones left after sifting. --Smart. | |
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Sassenach \Sas"sen*ach\, n. [Gael. sasunnach.] A Saxon; an Englishman; a Lowlander. [Celtic] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Sauciness \Sau"ci*ness\, n. The quality or state of being saucy; that which is saucy; impertinent boldness; contempt of superiors; impudence. Your sauciness will jest upon my love. --Shak. Syn: Impudence; impertinence; rudeness; insolence. See {Impudence}. | |
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Sauce \Sauce\ (s[add]s), v. t. [Cf. F. saucer.] [imp. & p. p. {Sauced} (s[add]st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Saucing} (s[add]"s[icr]ng).] 1. To accompany with something intended to give a higher relish; to supply with appetizing condiments; to season; to flavor. 2. To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate; hence, to cover, mingle, or dress, as if with sauce; to make an application to. [R.] Earth, yield me roots; Who seeks for better of thee, sauce his palate With thy most operant poison! --Shak. 3. To make poignant; to give zest, flavor or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive. Then fell she to sauce her desires with threatenings. --Sir P. Sidney. Thou sayest his meat was sauced with thy upbraidings. --Shak. 4. To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to. [Colloq. or Low] I'll sauce her with bitter words. --Shak. | |
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Saxon \Sax"on\, a. Of or pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or their language. (b) Anglo-Saxon. (c) Of or pertaining to Saxony or its inhabitants. {Saxon blue} (Dyeing), a deep blue liquid used in dyeing, and obtained by dissolving indigo in concentrated sulphuric acid. --Brande & C. {Saxon green} (Dyeing), a green color produced by dyeing with yellow upon a ground of Saxon blue. | |
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Saxonic \Sax*on"ic\, a. Relating to the Saxons or Anglo- Saxons. | |
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Saxonism \Sax"on*ism\, n. An idiom of the Saxon or Anglo-Saxon language. --T. Warton. | |
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Saxonist \Sax"on*ist\, n. One versed in the Saxon language. | |
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{Greek schism} (Eccl.), the separation of the Greek and Roman churches. {Great schism}, [or] {Western schism} (Eccl.) a schism in the Roman church in the latter part of the 14th century, on account of rival claimants to the papal throne. {Schism act} (Law), an act of the English Parliament requiring all teachers to conform to the Established Church, -- passed in 1714, repealed in 1719. | |
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Sea ginger \Sea" gin"ger\ (Zo[94]l.) A hydroid coral of the genus Millepora, especially {M. alcicornis}, of the West Indies and Florida. So called because it stings the tongue like ginger. See Illust. under {Millepore}. | |
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Sea king \Sea" king`\ One of the leaders among the Norsemen who passed their lives in roving the seas in search of plunder and adventures; a Norse pirate chief. See the Note under {Viking}. | |
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Sea snake \Sea" snake`\ (Zo[94]l.) Any one of many species of venomous aquatic snakes of the family {Hydrophid[91]}, having a flattened tail and living entirely in the sea, especially in the warmer parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They feed upon fishes, and are mostly of moderate size, but some species become eight or ten feet long and four inches broad. | |
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Seagoing \Sea"go`ing\, a. Going upon the sea; especially, sailing upon the deep sea; -- used in distinction from coasting or river, as applied to vessels. | |
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Seasonage \Sea"son*age\, n. A seasoning. [Obs.] --outh. | |
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Secancy \Se"can*cy\, n. [See {Secant}.] A cutting; an intersection; as, the point of secancy of one line by another. [R.] --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ). | |
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Seek \Seek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seeking}.] [OE, seken, AS. s[?]can, s[?]cean; akin to OS. s[?]kian, LG. s[94]ken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen, Icel. s[?]kja, Sw. s[94]ka, Dan. s[94]ge, Goth. s[?]kjan, and E. sake. Cf. {Beseech}, {Ransack}, {Sagacious}, {Sake}, {Soc}.] 1. To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find. The man saked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethren. --Gen. xxxvii. 15,16. 2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to bessech. Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. --Luke xi. 16. 3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life. 4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. --Amos v. 5. Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains. --Pope. | |
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Seesaw \See"saw`\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Seesawad}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seesawing}.] To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward. | |
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Seismic \Seis"mic\, Seismal \Seis"mal\, a. [Gr. seismo`s an earthquake, from sei`ein to shake.] Of or pertaining to an earthquake; caused by an earthquake. {Seismic vertical}, the point upon the earth's surface vertically over the center of effort or focal point whence the earthquake's impulse proceeds, or the vertical line connecting these two points. | |
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Seismic \Seis"mic\, Seismal \Seis"mal\, a. [Gr. seismo`s an earthquake, from sei`ein to shake.] Of or pertaining to an earthquake; caused by an earthquake. {Seismic vertical}, the point upon the earth's surface vertically over the center of effort or focal point whence the earthquake's impulse proceeds, or the vertical line connecting these two points. | |
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Microseism \Mi"cro*seism\, n. [Micro- + Gr. [?] an earthquake, fr. [?] to shake.] A feeble earth tremor not directly perceptible, but detected only by means of specially constructed apparatus. -- {Mi`cro*seis"mic}, {*seis"mic*al}, a. | |
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Seismogram \Seis"mo*gram\, n. [Gr. [?] earthquake + -gram.] (Physics) The trace or record of an earth tremor, made by means of a seismograph. | |
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Seismograph \Seis"mo*graph\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] an earthquake + -graph.] (Physics) An apparatus for registering the shocks and undulatory motions of earthquakes. | |
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Seismographic \Seis`mo*graph"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to a seismograph; indicated by a seismograph. | |
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Seismography \Seis*mog"ra*phy\, n. 1. A writing about, or a description of, earthquakes. 2. The art of registering the shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes. | |
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Seismoscope \Seis"mo*scope\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] an earthquake + -scope.] (Physics) A seismometer. | |
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Seize \Seize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seizing}.] [OE. seisen, saisen, OF. seisir, saisir, F. saisir, of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. set. The meaning is properly, to set, put, place, hence, to put in possession of. See {Set}, v. t.] 1. To fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold of; to gripe or grasp suddenly; to reach and grasp. For by no means the high bank he could seize. --Spenser. Seek you to seize and gripe into your hands The royalties and rights of banished Hereford? --Shak. | |
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Seizing \Seiz"ing\, n. 1. The act of taking or grasping suddenly. 2. (Naut.) (a) The operation of fastening together or lashing. (b) The cord or lashing used for such fastening. | |
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Sejunction \Se*junc"tion\, n. [L. sejunctio. See {Sejoin}.] The act of disjoining, or the state of being disjoined. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson. | |
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Sejungible \Se*jun"gi*ble\, a. [See {Sejoin}.] Capable of being disjoined. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson. | |
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Sequence \Se"quence\ (s[emac]"kw[eit]ns), n. [F. s[82]quence, L. sequentia, fr. sequens. See {Sequent}.] 1. The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement. How art thou a king But by fair sequence and succession? --Shak. Sequence and series of the seasons of the year. --Bacon. 2. That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result. The inevitable sequences of sin and punishment. --Bp. Hall. 3. (Philos.) Simple succession, or the coming after in time, without asserting or implying causative energy; as, the reactions of chemical agents may be conceived as merely invariable sequences. 4. (Mus.) (a) Any succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps. (b) A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia. 5. (R.C.Ch.) A hymn introduced in the Mass on certain festival days, and recited or sung immediately before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name. --Bp. Fitzpatrick. Originally the sequence was called a Prose, because its early form was rhythmical prose. --Shipley. 6. (Card Playing) (a) (Whist) Three or more cards of the same suit in immediately consecutive order of value; as, ace, king, and queen; or knave, ten, nine, and eight. (b) (Poker) All five cards, of a hand, in consecutive order as to value, but not necessarily of the same suit; when of one suit, it is called a {sequence flush}. | |
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Sequence \Se"quence\ (s[emac]"kw[eit]ns), n. [F. s[82]quence, L. sequentia, fr. sequens. See {Sequent}.] 1. The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement. How art thou a king But by fair sequence and succession? --Shak. Sequence and series of the seasons of the year. --Bacon. 2. That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result. The inevitable sequences of sin and punishment. --Bp. Hall. 3. (Philos.) Simple succession, or the coming after in time, without asserting or implying causative energy; as, the reactions of chemical agents may be conceived as merely invariable sequences. 4. (Mus.) (a) Any succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps. (b) A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia. 5. (R.C.Ch.) A hymn introduced in the Mass on certain festival days, and recited or sung immediately before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name. --Bp. Fitzpatrick. Originally the sequence was called a Prose, because its early form was rhythmical prose. --Shipley. 6. (Card Playing) (a) (Whist) Three or more cards of the same suit in immediately consecutive order of value; as, ace, king, and queen; or knave, ten, nine, and eight. (b) (Poker) All five cards, of a hand, in consecutive order as to value, but not necessarily of the same suit; when of one suit, it is called a {sequence flush}. | |
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Sesame \Ses"a*me\, n. [L. sesamum, sesama, Gr. [?][?][?][?], [?][?][?]: cf. F. s[82]same.] (Bot.) Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus {Sesamum} ({S. Indicum}, and {S. orientale}), from the seeds of which an oil is expressed; also, the small obovate, flattish seeds of these plants, sometimes used as food. See {Benne}. {Open Sesame}, the magical command which opened the door of the robber's den in the Arabian Nights' tale of [bd]The Forty Thieves;[b8] hence, a magical password. {Sesame grass}. (Bot.) Same as {Gama grass}. | |
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Gama grass \Ga"ma grass`\ [From Gama, a cluster of the Maldive Islands.] (Bot.) A species of grass ({Tripsacum dactyloides}) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage grass; -- called also {sesame grass}. | |
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Sesame \Ses"a*me\, n. [L. sesamum, sesama, Gr. [?][?][?][?], [?][?][?]: cf. F. s[82]same.] (Bot.) Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus {Sesamum} ({S. Indicum}, and {S. orientale}), from the seeds of which an oil is expressed; also, the small obovate, flattish seeds of these plants, sometimes used as food. See {Benne}. {Open Sesame}, the magical command which opened the door of the robber's den in the Arabian Nights' tale of [bd]The Forty Thieves;[b8] hence, a magical password. {Sesame grass}. (Bot.) Same as {Gama grass}. | |
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Gama grass \Ga"ma grass`\ [From Gama, a cluster of the Maldive Islands.] (Bot.) A species of grass ({Tripsacum dactyloides}) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage grass; -- called also {sesame grass}. | |
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Session \Ses"sion\, n. [L. sessio, fr. sedere, sessum, to sit: cf. F. session. See {Sit}.] 1. The act of sitting, or the state of being seated. [Archaic] So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import. --Hooker. But Viven, gathering somewhat of his mood, . . . Leaped from her session on his lap, and stood. --Tennyson. 2. The actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business. It's fit this royal session do proceed. --Shak. 3. Hence, also, the time, period, or term during which a court, council, legislature, etc., meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of Parliaments is opened with a speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. The session of a judicial court is called a term. It was resolved that the convocation should meet at the beginning of the next session of Parliament. --Macaulay. Note: Sessions, in some of the States, is particularly used as a title for a court of justices, held for granting licenses to innkeepers, etc., and for laying out highways, and the like; it is also the title of several courts of criminal jurisdiction in England and the United States. {Church session}, the lowest court in the Presbyterian Church, composed of the pastor and a body of elders elected by the members of a particular church, and having the care of matters pertaining to the religious interests of that church, as the admission and dismission of members, discipline, etc. {Court of Session}, the supreme civil court of Scotland. {Quarter sessions}. (Eng.Law) See under {Quarter}. {Sessions of the peace}, sittings held by justices of the peace. [Eng.] | |
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Sexangle \Sex"an`gle\, n. [L. sexangulus sexangular; sex six + angulus angle: cf. F. sexangle. Cf. {Hexangular}.] (Geom.) A hexagon. [R.] --Hutton. | |
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Sexangled \Sex"an`gled\, Sexangular \Sex*an"gu*lar\a. [Cf. F. sexangulaire.] Having six angles; hexagonal. [R.] --Dryden. | |
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Sexangled \Sex"an`gled\, Sexangular \Sex*an"gu*lar\a. [Cf. F. sexangulaire.] Having six angles; hexagonal. [R.] --Dryden. | |
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Sexangularly \Sex*an"gu*lar*ly\, adv. Hexagonally. [R.] | |
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Shagginess \Shag"gi*ness\, n. The quality or state of being shaggy; roughness; shaggedness. | |
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Shag \Shag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shagging}.] To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough. Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies. --J. Barlow. | |
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Shakiness \Shak"i*ness\, n. Quality of being shaky. | |
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Shake \Shake\, v. t. [imp. {Shook}; p. p. {Shaken}, ({Shook}, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shaking}.] [OE. shaken, schaken, AS. scacan, sceacan; akin to Icel. & Sw. skaka, OS. skakan, to depart, to flee. [root]161. Cf. {Shock}, v.] 1. To cause to move with quick or violent vibrations; to move rapidly one way and the other; to make to tremble or shiver; to agitate. As a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. --Rev. vi. 13. Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels That shake heaven's basis. --Milton. 2. Fig.: To move from firmness; to weaken the stability of; to cause to waver; to impair the resolution of. When his doctrines grew too strong to be shook by his enemies, they persecuted his reputation. --Atterbury. Thy equal fear that my firm faith and love Can by his fraud be shaken or seduced. --Milton. 3. (Mus.) To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music. 4. To move or remove by agitating; to throw off by a jolting or vibrating motion; to rid one's self of; -- generally with an adverb, as off, out, etc.; as, to shake fruit down from a tree. Shake off the golden slumber of repose. --Shak. 'Tis our fast intent To shake all cares and business from our age. --Shak. I could scarcely shake him out of my company. --Bunyan. {To shake a cask} (Naut.), to knock a cask to pieces and pack the staves. {To shake hands}, to perform the customary act of civility by clasping and moving hands, as an expression of greeting, farewell, good will, agreement, etc. {To shake out a reef} (Naut.), to untile the reef points and spread more canvas. {To shake the bells}. See under {Bell}. {To shake the sails} (Naut.), to luff up in the wind, causing the sails to shiver. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. | |
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Palsy \Pal"sy\, n.; pl. {Palsies}. [OE. palesie, parlesy, OF. paralesie, F. paralysie, L. paralysis. See {Paralysis}.] (Med.) Paralysis, complete or partial. See {Paralysis}. [bd]One sick of the palsy.[b8] --Mark ii. 3. {Bell's palsy}, paralysis of the facial nerve, producing distortion of one side of the face; -- so called from Sir Charles Bell, an English surgeon who described it. {Scrivener's palsy}. See {Writer's cramp}, under {Writer}. {Shaking palsy}, paralysis agitans, a disease usually occurring in old people, characterized by muscular tremors and a peculiar shaking and tottering gait. | |
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Shake \Shake\, v. i. To be agitated with a waving or vibratory motion; to tremble; to shiver; to quake; to totter. Under his burning wheels The steadfast empyrean shook throughout, All but the throne itself of God. --Milton. What danger? Who 's that that shakes behind there? --Beau. & Fl. {Shaking piece}, a name given by butchers to the piece of beef cut from the under side of the neck. See Illust. of {Beef}. | |
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Shakings \Shak"ings\, n. pl. (Naut.) Deck sweepings, refuse of cordage, canvas, etc. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. | |
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Shocking \Shock"ing\, a. Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting. The grossest and most shocking villainies. --Secker. -- {Shock"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Shock"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Shock \Shock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shocked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shocking}.] [OE. schokken; cf. D. schokken, F. choquer, Sp. chocar. [root]161. Cf. {Chuck} to strike, {Jog}, {Shake}, {Shock} a striking, {Shog}, n. & v.] 1. To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence. Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them. --Shak. I shall never forget the force with which he shocked De Vipont. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates. Advise him not to shock a father's will. --Dryden. | |
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Shocking \Shock"ing\, a. Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting. The grossest and most shocking villainies. --Secker. -- {Shock"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Shock"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Shocking \Shock"ing\, a. Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting. The grossest and most shocking villainies. --Secker. -- {Shock"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Shock"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Shoshones \Sho*sho"nes\, n. pl.; sing. {Shoshone}. (Ethnol.) A linguistic family or stock of North American Indians, comprising many tribes, which extends from Montana and Idaho into Mexico. In a restricted sense the name is applied especially to the Snakes, the most northern of the tribes. | |
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Shuck \Shuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shucking}.] To deprive of the shucks or husks; as, to shuck walnuts, Indian corn, oysters, etc. | |
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Sickness \Sick"ness\, n. [AS. se[a2]cness.] 1. The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady. I do lament the sickness of the king. --Shak. Trust not too much your now resistless charms; Those, age or sickness soon or late disarms. --Pope. 2. Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach. Syn: Illness; disease; malady. See {Illness}. | |
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Sigh \Sigh\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sighed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sighing}.] [OE. sighen, si[?]en; cf. also OE. siken, AS. s[c6]can, and OE. sighten, si[?]ten, sichten, AS. siccettan; all, perhaps, of imitative origin.] 1. To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, or the like. 2. Hence, to lament; to grieve. He sighed deeply in his spirit. --Mark viii. 12. 3. To make a sound like sighing. And the coming wind did roar more loud, And the sails did sigh like sedge. --Coleridge. The winter winds are wearily sighing. --Tennyson. Note: An extraordinary pronunciation of this word as s[c6]th is still heard in England and among the illiterate in the United States. | |
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Sighing \Sigh"ing\, a. Uttering sighs; grieving; lamenting. [bd]Sighing millions.[b8] --Cowper. -- {Sigh"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Sighing \Sigh"ing\, a. Uttering sighs; grieving; lamenting. [bd]Sighing millions.[b8] --Cowper. -- {Sigh"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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d8Sigma \[d8]Sig"ma\, n.; pl. {Sigmas}. [L., from Gr. [?][?][?], [?][?][?].] The Greek letter [SIGMA], [sigma], or [sigmat] (English S, or s). It originally had the form of the English C. | |
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Descending \De*scend"ing\, a. Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards. {Descending constellations} [or] {signs} (Astron.), those through which the planets descent toward the south. {Descending node} (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward. {Descending series} (Math.), a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding one; also, a series arranged according to descending powers of a quantity. | |
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Siskin \Sis"kin\, n. [Dan. sisgen; cf. Sw. siska, G. zeisig, D. sijsje; of Slav. origin; cf. Pol. czy[?].] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small green and yellow European finch ({Spinus spinus}, or {Carduelis spinus}); -- called also {aberdevine}. (b) The American pinefinch ({S. pinus}); -- called also {pine siskin}. See {Pinefinch}. Note: The name is applied also to several other related species found in Asia and South America. {Siskin green}, a delicate shade of yellowish green, as in the mineral torbernite. | |
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Sismograph \Sis"mo*graph\, n. See {Seismograph}. | |
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Siziness \Siz"i*ness\, n. The quality or state of being sizy; viscousness. | |
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Size \Size\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sizing}.] To cover with size; to prepare with size. | |
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Sizing \Siz"ing\, n. 1. Act of covering or treating with size. 2. A weak glue used in various trades; size. | |
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Sizing \Siz"ing\, n. 1. The act of sorting with respect to size. 2. The act of bringing anything to a certain size. 3. (Univ. of Cambridge, Eng.) Food and drink ordered from the buttery by a student. | |
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Soon \Soon\, adv. [OE. sone, AS. s[?]na; cf. OFries. s[?]n, OS. s[be]na, s[be]no, OHG. s[be]r, Goth. suns.] 1. In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise. [bd]Sooner said than done.[b8] --Old Proverb. [bd]As soon as it might be.[b8] --Chaucer. She finished, and the subtle fiend his lore Soon learned. --Milton. 2. Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early. How is it that ye are come so soon to-day? --Ex. ii. 18. 3. Promptly; quickly; easily. Small lights are soon blown out, huge fires abide. --Shak. 4. Readily; willingly; -- in this sense used with would, or some other word expressing will. I would as soon see a river winding through woods or in meadows, as when it is tossed up in so many whimsical figures at Versailles. --Addison. {As soon as}, or {So soon as}, immediately at or after another event. [bd]As soon as he came nigh unto the camp . . . he saw the calf, and the dancing.[b8] --Ex. xxxii. 19. See {So . . . as}, under {So}. {Soon at}, as soon as; or, as soon as the time referred to arrives. [Obs.] [bd]I shall be sent for soon at night.[b8] --Shak. {Sooner or later}, at some uncertain time in the future; as, he will discover his mistake sooner or later. {With the soonest}, as soon as any; among the earliest; too soon. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Soaking \Soak"ing\, a. Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain. -- {Soak"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Soak \Soak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Soaking}.] [OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr. s[?]can, s[?]gan, to suck. See {Suck}.] 1. To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like. 2. To drench; to wet thoroughly. Their land shall be soaked with blood. --Isa. xxiv. 7. 3. To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture. 4. To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through. The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow. --Sir W. Scott. 5. Fig.: To absorb; to drain. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Soaking \Soak"ing\, a. Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain. -- {Soak"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Sogginess \Sog"gi*ness\, n. The quality or state of being soggy; soddenness; wetness. | |
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Soochong \Soo*chong"\, n. Same as {Souchong}. | |
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Sooshong \Soo*shong"\, n. See {Souchong}. | |
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Souchong \Sou*chong"\, n. [Chin. seou chong little plant or sort.] A kind of black tea of a fine quality. | |
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Souse \Souse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sousing}.] [Cf. F. saucer to wet with sauce. See {Souse} pickle.] 1. To steep in pickle; to pickle. [bd]A soused gurnet.[b8] --Shak. 2. To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid. They soused me over head and ears in water. --Addison. 3. To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly. Although I be well soused in this shower. --Gascoigne. | |
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Squashiness \Squash"i*ness\, n. The quality or state of being squashy, or soft. | |
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Squash \Squash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Squashing}.] [OE. squashen, OF. escachier, esquachier, to squash, to crush, F. [82]cacher, perhaps from (assumed) LL. excoacticare, fr. L. ex + coactare to constrain, from cogere, coactum, to compel. Cf. {Cogent}, {Squat}, v. i.] To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush. | |
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Squawk \Squawk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squawked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Squawking}.] [See {Squeak}.] To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly. {Squawking thrush} (Zo[94]l.), the missel turush; -- so called from its note when alarmed. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Squawk \Squawk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squawked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Squawking}.] [See {Squeak}.] To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly. {Squawking thrush} (Zo[94]l.), the missel turush; -- so called from its note when alarmed. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Squeak \Squeak\, v. i. [imp.& p. p. {Squaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Squeaking}.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. Sw. sqv[84]ka to croak, Icel. skvakka to give a sound as of water shaken in a bottle.] 1. To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to creak. Who can endure to hear one of the rough old Romans squeaking through the mouth of an eunuch? --Addison. Zoilus calls the companions of Ulysses the [bd]squeaking pigs[b8] of Homer. --Pope. 2. To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess. [Colloq.] | |
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Squeakingly \Squeak"ing*ly\, adv. In a squeaking manner. | |
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Squeasiness \Squea"si*ness\, n. Queasiness. [Obs.] | |
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Squeegee \Squee"gee\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squeegeed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Squeegeeing}.] To smooth, press, or treat with a squeegee; to squilgee. | |
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Squeezing \Squeez"ing\, n. 1. The act of pressing; compression; oppression. 2. pl. That which is forced out by pressure; dregs. 3. Same as {Squeeze}, n., 2. | |
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Squeeze \Squeeze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squeezed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Squeezing}.] [OE. queisen, AS. cw[emac]san, cw[ymac]san, cw[c6]san, of uncertain origin. The s- was probably prefixed through the influence of squash, v.t.] 1. To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in friendship. 2. Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush. In a civil war, people must expect to be crushed and squeezed toward the burden. --L'Estrange. 3. To force, or cause to pass, by compression; often with out, through, etc.; as, to squeeze water through felt. Syn: To compress; hug; pinch; gripe; crowd. | |
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Succinct \Suc*cinct"\, a. [L. succinctus, p. p. of succingere to gird below or from below, to tuck up; sub + cingere to gird. Cf. {Cincture}.] 1. Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together. His habit fit for speed succinct. --Milton. 2. Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise. Let all your precepts be succinct and clear. --Roscommon. The shortest and most succinct model that ever grasped all the needs and necessities of mankind. --South. Syn: Short; brief; concise; summary; compendious; laconic; terse. -- {Suc*cinct"ly}, adv. -- {Suc*cinct"ness}, n. | |
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Succinct \Suc*cinct"\, a. [L. succinctus, p. p. of succingere to gird below or from below, to tuck up; sub + cingere to gird. Cf. {Cincture}.] 1. Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together. His habit fit for speed succinct. --Milton. 2. Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise. Let all your precepts be succinct and clear. --Roscommon. The shortest and most succinct model that ever grasped all the needs and necessities of mankind. --South. Syn: Short; brief; concise; summary; compendious; laconic; terse. -- {Suc*cinct"ly}, adv. -- {Suc*cinct"ness}, n. | |
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Succinct \Suc*cinct"\, a. [L. succinctus, p. p. of succingere to gird below or from below, to tuck up; sub + cingere to gird. Cf. {Cincture}.] 1. Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together. His habit fit for speed succinct. --Milton. 2. Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise. Let all your precepts be succinct and clear. --Roscommon. The shortest and most succinct model that ever grasped all the needs and necessities of mankind. --South. Syn: Short; brief; concise; summary; compendious; laconic; terse. -- {Suc*cinct"ly}, adv. -- {Suc*cinct"ness}, n. | |
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Succinic \Suc*cin"ic\, a. [Cf. F. succinique. See {Succinate}.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, amber; specif., designating a dibasic acid, C[?]H[?].(CO[?]H)[?], first obtained by the dry distillation of amber. It is found in a number of plants, as in lettuce and wormwood, and is also produced artificially as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste. | |
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Succinous \Suc"ci*nous\, a. [From L. succinum amber.] Succinic. [R.] | |
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Suckanhock \Suck"an*hock\, n. [Of American Indian origin.] A kind of seawan. See Note under {Seawan}. | |
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Suck \Suck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sucking}.] [OE. suken, souken, AS. s[?]can, s[?]gan; akin to D. zuigen, G. saugen, OHG. s[?]gan, Icel. s[?]ga, sj[?]ga, Sw. suga, Dan. suge, L. sugere. Cf. {Honeysuckle}, {Soak}, {Succulent}, {Suction}.] 1. To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or apply force to, by exhausting the air. 2. To draw liquid from by the action of the mouth; as, to suck an orange; specifically, to draw milk from (the mother, the breast, etc.) with the mouth; as, the young of an animal sucks the mother, or dam; an infant sucks the breast. 3. To draw in, or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking; to inhale; to absorb; as, to suck in air; the roots of plants suck water from the ground. 4. To draw or drain. Old ocean, sucked through the porous globe. --Thomson. 5. To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up. As waters are by whirlpools sucked and drawn. --Dryden. {To suck in}, to draw into the mouth; to imbibe; to absorb. {To suck out}, to draw out with the mouth; to empty by suction. {To suck up}, to draw into the mouth; to draw up by suction or absorption. | |
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Sucking \Suck"ing\, a. Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf. I suppose you are a young barrister, sucking lawyer, or that sort of thing. --Thackeray. {Sucking bottle}, a feeding bottle. See under {Bottle}. {Sucking fish} (Zo[94]l.), the remora. See {Remora}. --Baird. {Sucking pump}, a suction pump. See under {Suction}. {Sucking stomach} (Zo[94]l.), the muscular first stomach of certain insects and other invertebrates which suck liquid food. | |
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Sucking \Suck"ing\, a. Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf. I suppose you are a young barrister, sucking lawyer, or that sort of thing. --Thackeray. {Sucking bottle}, a feeding bottle. See under {Bottle}. {Sucking fish} (Zo[94]l.), the remora. See {Remora}. --Baird. {Sucking pump}, a suction pump. See under {Suction}. {Sucking stomach} (Zo[94]l.), the muscular first stomach of certain insects and other invertebrates which suck liquid food. | |
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Sucking \Suck"ing\, a. Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf. I suppose you are a young barrister, sucking lawyer, or that sort of thing. --Thackeray. {Sucking bottle}, a feeding bottle. See under {Bottle}. {Sucking fish} (Zo[94]l.), the remora. See {Remora}. --Baird. {Sucking pump}, a suction pump. See under {Suction}. {Sucking stomach} (Zo[94]l.), the muscular first stomach of certain insects and other invertebrates which suck liquid food. | |
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Sucking \Suck"ing\, a. Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf. I suppose you are a young barrister, sucking lawyer, or that sort of thing. --Thackeray. {Sucking bottle}, a feeding bottle. See under {Bottle}. {Sucking fish} (Zo[94]l.), the remora. See {Remora}. --Baird. {Sucking pump}, a suction pump. See under {Suction}. {Sucking stomach} (Zo[94]l.), the muscular first stomach of certain insects and other invertebrates which suck liquid food. | |
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Sucking \Suck"ing\, a. Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf. I suppose you are a young barrister, sucking lawyer, or that sort of thing. --Thackeray. {Sucking bottle}, a feeding bottle. See under {Bottle}. {Sucking fish} (Zo[94]l.), the remora. See {Remora}. --Baird. {Sucking pump}, a suction pump. See under {Suction}. {Sucking stomach} (Zo[94]l.), the muscular first stomach of certain insects and other invertebrates which suck liquid food. | |
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Swag \Swag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swagging}.] [Cf. Icel. sveggja, sveigja to bend, to sway, Norw. svaga to sway. See {Sway}.] 1. To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing. [Prov. Eng.] 2. To sink down by its weight; to sag. --Sir H. Wotton. I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth. --Palsgrave. | |
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Swage \Swage\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Swaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swaging}.] [Equiv. to suage, abbrev. fr. assuage.] See {Assuage}. [Obs.] | |
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Swashing \Swash"ing\, a. 1. Swaggering; hectoring. [bd]A swashing and martial outside.[b8] --Shak. 2. Resounding; crushing. [bd]Swashing blow.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Swash \Swash\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swashing}.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. Sw. svasska to splash, and, for sense 3, Sw. svassa to bully, to rodomontade.] 1. To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place. 2. To fall violently or noisily. [Obs.] --Holinshed. 3. To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag. | |
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Sychnocarpous \Sych`no*car"pous\, a. [Gr. [?] much or frequent + [?] fruit.] (Bot.) Having the capacity of bearing several successive crops of fruit without perishing; as, sychnocarpous plants. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Saginaw County, MI (county, FIPS 145) Location: 43.33497 N, 84.05235 W Population (1990): 211946 (81931 housing units) Area: 2095.2 sq km (land), 17.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Seekonk, MA Zip code(s): 02771 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sessums, MS Zip code(s): 39759 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Shoshone County, ID (county, FIPS 79) Location: 47.34770 N, 115.88510 W Population (1990): 13931 (6923 housing units) Area: 6822.1 sq km (land), 4.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Skokomish, WA (CDP, FIPS 64775) Location: 47.33356 N, 123.15623 W Population (1990): 532 (183 housing units) Area: 17.1 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Skykomish, WA (town, FIPS 64855) Location: 47.71120 N, 121.35738 W Population (1990): 273 (159 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98288 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Suisun City, CA (city, FIPS 75630) Location: 38.24570 N, 122.00985 W Population (1990): 22686 (7029 housing units) Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 94585 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Suquamish, WA (CDP, FIPS 69170) Location: 47.72909 N, 122.58429 W Population (1990): 3105 (1338 housing units) Area: 17.7 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98392 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Susank, KS (city, FIPS 69525) Location: 38.64039 N, 98.77457 W Population (1990): 61 (29 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67544 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Susquehanna County, PA (county, FIPS 115) Location: 41.82273 N, 75.80027 W Population (1990): 40380 (20308 housing units) Area: 2131.6 sq km (land), 24.4 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
sex changer n. Syn. {gender mender}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
sucking mud adj. [Applied Data Research] (also `pumping mud') Crashed or {wedged}. Usually said of a machine that provides some service to a network, such as a file server. This Dallas regionalism derives from the East Texas oilfield lament, "Shut 'er down, Ma, she's a-suckin' mud". Often used as a query. "We are going to reconfigure the network, are you ready to suck mud?" | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
seeking {seek} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Sequenced Packet Exchange built on top of {IPX}. SPX is used in {Novell NetWare} systems for communications in {client/server} {application programs}, e.g. {BTRIEVE} ({ISAM} manager). SPX is not used for connections to the {file server} itself; this uses {NCP}. It has been extended as SPX-II. SPX/IPX perform equivalent functions to {TCP/IP}. {(http://developer.novell.com/research/appnotes/1995/december/03/04.htm)}. [Better reference?] (1999-05-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sequencer a programmable memory which stores music not as audio data, but as some representation of notes. The most common modern usage of "sequencer" is to refer to systems (whether in software, or as a feature of devices like synthesizers or drum machines) that deal with {MIDI} data. (1999-06-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sex changer {gender mender} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sucking mud (Or "pumping mud") (Applied Data Research) Crashed or {wedged}. Usually said of a machine that provides some service to a network, such as a {file server}. This Dallas regionalism derives from the East Texas oilfield lament, "Shut 'er down, Ma, she's a-suckin' mud". Often used as a query. "We are going to reconfigure the network, are you ready to suck mud?" [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-15) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Seasons (Gen. 8:22). See {AGRICULTURE}; {MONTH}. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sukkiims dwellers in tents, (Vulg. and LXX., "troglodites;" i.e., cave-dwellers in the hills along the Red Sea). Shiskak's army, with which he marched against Jerusalem, was composed partly of this tribe (2 Chr. 12:3). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Susanchites the inhabitants of Shushan, who joined the other adversaries of the Jews in the attempt to prevent the rebuilding of the temple (Ezra 4:9). |