English Dictionary: Silk | by the DICT Development Group |
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Sail \Sail\, n. [OE. seil, AS. segel, segl; akin to D. zeil, OHG. segal, G. & Sw. segel, Icel. segl, Dan. seil. [root] 153.] 1. An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water. Behoves him now both sail and oar. --Milton. 2. Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail. 3. A wing; a van. [Poetic] Like an eagle soaring To weather his broad sails. --Spenser. 4. The extended surface of the arm of a windmill. 5. A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft. Note: In this sense, the plural has usually the same form as the singular; as, twenty sail were in sight. 6. A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water. Note: Sails are of two general kinds, {fore-and-aft sails}, and {square sails}. Square sails are always bent to yards, with their foot lying across the line of the vessel. Fore-and-aft sails are set upon stays or gaffs with their foot in line with the keel. A fore-and-aft sail is triangular, or quadrilateral with the after leech longer than the fore leech. Square sails are quadrilateral, but not necessarily square. See Phrases under {Fore}, a., and {Square}, a.; also, {Bark}, {Brig}, {Schooner}, {Ship}, {Stay}. {Sail burton} (Naut.), a purchase for hoisting sails aloft for bending. {Sail fluke} (Zo[94]l.), the whiff. {Sail hook}, a small hook used in making sails, to hold the seams square. {Sail loft}, a loft or room where sails are cut out and made. {Sail room} (Naut.), a room in a vessel where sails are stowed when not in use. {Sail yard} (Naut.), the yard or spar on which a sail is extended. {Shoulder-of-mutton sail} (Naut.), a triangular sail of peculiar form. It is chiefly used to set on a boat's mast. {To crowd sail}. (Naut.) See under {Crowd}. {To loose sails} (Naut.), to unfurl or spread sails. {To make sail} (Naut.), to extend an additional quantity of sail. {To set a sail} (Naut.), to extend or spread a sail to the wind. {To set sail} (Naut.), to unfurl or spread the sails; hence, to begin a voyage. {To shorten sail} (Naut.), to reduce the extent of sail, or take in a part. {To strike sail} (Naut.), to lower the sails suddenly, as in saluting, or in sudden gusts of wind; hence, to acknowledge inferiority; to abate pretension. {Under sail}, having the sails spread. | |
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Sailless \Sail"less\, a. Destitute of sails. --Pollok. | |
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Salic \Sal"ic\ (s[acr]l"[icr]k), a. [F. salique, fr. the Salian Franks, who, in the fifth century, formed a body of laws called in Latin leges Salic[91].] Of or pertaining to the Salian Franks, or to the Salic law so called. [Also {salique}.] {Salic law}. (a) A code of laws formed by the Salian Franks in the fifth century. By one provision of this code women were excluded from the inheritance of landed property. (b) Specifically, in modern times, a law supposed to be a special application of the above-mentioned provision, in accordance with which males alone can inherit the throne. This law has obtained in France, and at times in other countries of Europe, as Spain. | |
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Salic \Sal"ic\ (s[acr]l"[icr]k), a. [F. salique, fr. the Salian Franks, who, in the fifth century, formed a body of laws called in Latin leges Salic[91].] Of or pertaining to the Salian Franks, or to the Salic law so called. [Also {salique}.] {Salic law}. (a) A code of laws formed by the Salian Franks in the fifth century. By one provision of this code women were excluded from the inheritance of landed property. (b) Specifically, in modern times, a law supposed to be a special application of the above-mentioned provision, in accordance with which males alone can inherit the throne. This law has obtained in France, and at times in other countries of Europe, as Spain. | |
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Salique \Sal"ique\ (? [or] ?), a. [F.] Salic. --Shak. She fulmined out her scorn of laws salique. --Tennyson. | |
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Salic \Sal"ic\ (s[acr]l"[icr]k), a. [F. salique, fr. the Salian Franks, who, in the fifth century, formed a body of laws called in Latin leges Salic[91].] Of or pertaining to the Salian Franks, or to the Salic law so called. [Also {salique}.] {Salic law}. (a) A code of laws formed by the Salian Franks in the fifth century. By one provision of this code women were excluded from the inheritance of landed property. (b) Specifically, in modern times, a law supposed to be a special application of the above-mentioned provision, in accordance with which males alone can inherit the throne. This law has obtained in France, and at times in other countries of Europe, as Spain. | |
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Salique \Sal"ique\ (? [or] ?), a. [F.] Salic. --Shak. She fulmined out her scorn of laws salique. --Tennyson. | |
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Sally \Sal"ly\, n.; pl. {Sallies}. [F. saillie, fr. saillir. See Sally, v.] 1. A leaping forth; a darting; a spring. 2. A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie. Sallies were made by the Spaniards, but they were beaten in with loss. --Bacon. 3. An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation. Every one shall know a country better that makes often sallies into it, and traverses it up and down, than he that . . . goes still round in the same track. --Locke. 4. A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind. The unaffected mirth with which she enjoyed his sallies. --Sir W. Scott. 5. Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade. The excursion was esteemed but a sally of youth. --Sir H. Wotton. {Sally port}. (a) (Fort.) A postern gate, or a passage underground, from the inner to the outer works, to afford free egress for troops in a sortie. (b) (Naval) A large port on each quarter of a fireship, for the escape of the men into boats when the train is fired; a large port in an old-fashioned three-decker or a large modern ironclad. | |
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Sallowish \Sal"low*ish\, a. Somewhat sallow. --Dickens. | |
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Salse \Salse\, n. [F.] A mud volcano, the water of which is often impregnated with salts, whence the name. | |
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Saw \Saw\, n. [OE. sawe, AS. sage; akin to D. zaag, G. s[84]ge, OHG. sega, saga, Dan. sav, Sw. s[86]g, Icel. s[94]g, L. secare to cut, securis ax, secula sickle. Cf. {Scythe}, {Sickle}, {Section}, {Sedge}.] An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing. Note: Saw is frequently used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound. {Band saw}, {Crosscut saw}, etc. See under {Band}, {Crosscut}, etc. {Circular saw}, a disk of steel with saw teeth upon its periphery, and revolved on an arbor. {Saw bench}, a bench or table with a flat top for for sawing, especially with a circular saw which projects above the table. {Saw file}, a three-cornered file, such as is used for sharpening saw teeth. {Saw frame}, the frame or sash in a sawmill, in which the saw, or gang of saws, is held. {Saw gate}, a saw frame. {Saw gin}, the form of cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney, in which the cotton fibers are drawn, by the teeth of a set of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds to pass. {Saw grass} (Bot.), any one of certain cyperaceous plants having the edges of the leaves set with minute sharp teeth, especially the {Cladium Mariscus} of Europe, and the {Cladium effusum} of the Southern United States. Cf. {Razor grass}, under {Razor}. {Saw log}, a log of suitable size for sawing into lumber. {Saw mandrel}, a mandrel on which a circular saw is fastened for running. {Saw pit}, a pit over which timbor is sawed by two men, one standing below the timber and the other above. --Mortimer. {Saw sharpener} (Zo[94]l.), the great titmouse; -- so named from its harsh call note. [Prov. Eng.] {Saw whetter} (Zo[94]l.), the marsh titmouse ({Parus palustris}); -- so named from its call note. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Scalawag \Scal"a*wag\, n. A scamp; a scapegrace. [Spelt also {scallawag}.] [Slang, U.S.] --Bartlett. | |
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Scalawag \Scal"a*wag\, n. A scamp; a scapegrace. [Spelt also {scallawag}.] [Slang, U.S.] --Bartlett. | |
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Scholiaze \Scho"li*aze\, v. i. [Cf. Gr. [?].] To write scholia. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Schoolhouse \School"house`\, n. A house appropriated for the use of a school or schools, or for instruction. | |
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Sciolous \Sci"o*lous\, a. [L. scilus, dim. of scius knowing, fr. scire to know. See {Science}.] Knowing superficially or imperfectly. --Howell. | |
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Sculk \Sculk\, Sculker \Sculk"er\ See {Skulk}, {Skulker}. | |
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Sea legs \Sea" legs`\ Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability stand or walk steadily on deck when a vessel is rolling or pitching in a rough sea. [Sailor's Cant] --Totten. | |
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Whistlefish \Whis"tle*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A gossat, or rockling; -- called also {whistler}, {three-bearded rockling}, {sea loach}, and {sorghe}. | |
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Sea loach \Sea" loach"\ (Zo[94]l.) The three-bearded rockling. See {Rockling}. | |
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Whistlefish \Whis"tle*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A gossat, or rockling; -- called also {whistler}, {three-bearded rockling}, {sea loach}, and {sorghe}. | |
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Sea loach \Sea" loach"\ (Zo[94]l.) The three-bearded rockling. See {Rockling}. | |
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Sea louse \Sea" louse`\ (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of {Cymothoa}, {Livoneca}, and allied genera, mostly parasites on fishes. | |
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Seal \Seal\, n. [OE. seel, OF. seel, F. sceau, fr. L. sigillum a little figure or image, a seal, dim. of signum a mark, sign, figure, or image. See {Sign}, n., and cf. {Sigil}.] 1. An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or security. 2. Wax, wafer, or other tenacious substance, set to an instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to give a deed under hand and seal. Till thou canst rail the seal from off my bond Thou but offend;st thy lungs to speak so loud. --Shak. 3. That which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed on a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it. 4. That which confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which authenticates; that which secures; assurance. [bd]under the seal of silence.[b8] --Milton. Like a red seal is the setting sun On the good and the evil men have done. --Lonfellow. 5. An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap. {Great seal}. See under {Great}. {Privy seal}. See under {Privy}, a. {Seal lock}, a lock in which the keyhole is covered by a seal in such a way that the lock can not be opened without rupturing the seal. {Seal manual}. See under {Manual}, a. {Seal ring}, a ring having a seal engraved on it, or ornamented with a device resembling a seal; a signet ring. --Shak. | |
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Sealgh \Sealgh\, Selch \Selch\, n.. (Zo[94]l.) A seal. [Scotch] | |
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d8Selachii \[d8]Se*la"chi*i\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] a fish having cartilages instead of bones.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of elasmobranchs including the sharks and rays; the Plagiostomi. Called also {Selacha}, {Selache}, and {Selachoidei}. | |
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d8Selachii \[d8]Se*la"chi*i\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] a fish having cartilages instead of bones.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of elasmobranchs including the sharks and rays; the Plagiostomi. Called also {Selacha}, {Selache}, and {Selachoidei}. | |
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Sealgh \Sealgh\, Selch \Selch\, n.. (Zo[94]l.) A seal. [Scotch] | |
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Seal \Seal\ (s[emac]l), n. [OE. sele, AS. seolh; akin to OHG. selah, Dan. s[91]l, Sw. sj[84]l, Icel. selr.] (Zo[94]l.) Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families {Phocid[91]} and {Otariid[91]}. Note: Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. There are numerous species, bearing such popular names as {sea lion}, {sea leopard}, {sea bear}, or {ursine seal}, {fur seal}, and {sea elephant}. The bearded seal ({Erignathus barbatus}), the hooded seal ({Cystophora crustata}), and the ringed seal ({Phoca f[d2]tida}), are northern species. See also {Eared seal}, {Harp seal}, and {Fur seal}, under {Eared}, {Harp}, {Monk}, and {Fur}. Seals are much hunted for their skins and fur, and also for their oil, which in some species is very abundant. {Harbor seal} (Zo[94]l.), the common seal ({Phoca vitulina}). It inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific Ocean, and often ascends rivers; -- called also {marbled seal}, {native seal}, {river seal}, {bay seal}, {land seal}, {sea calf}, {sea cat}, {sea dog}, {dotard}, {ranger}, {selchie}, {tangfish}. | |
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Shell-lac \Shell"-lac`\, Shellac \Shel"lac`\, n. [Shell + lac a resinous substance; cf. D. shellak, G. schellack.] See the Note under 2d {Lac}. | |
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Shell-lac \Shell"-lac`\, Shellac \Shel"lac`\, n. [Shell + lac a resinous substance; cf. D. shellak, G. schellack.] See the Note under 2d {Lac}. | |
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Shell-less \Shell"-less\, a. Having no shell. --J. Burroughs. | |
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Shoeless \Shoe"less\, a. Destitute of shoes. --Addison. | |
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Silage \Si"lage\, n. & v. Short for {Ensilage}. | |
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Silesia \Si*le"si*a\, n. 1. A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia. 2. A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress linings. | |
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Silex \Si"lex\, n. [L., a finit, a pebblestone.] (Min.) Silica, {SiO2} as found in nature, constituting quarz, and most sands and sandstones. See {Silica}, and {Silicic}. | |
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Silica \Sil"i*ca\, n. [NL., from L. silex, silics, a flint.] (Chem.) Silicon dioxide, SiO[?]. It constitutes ordinary quartz (also opal and tridymite), and is artifically prepared as a very fine, white, tasteless, inodorous powder. | |
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Silico- \Sil"i*co-\ (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of silicon or its compounds; as, silicobenzoic, silicofluoride, etc. | |
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Siliqua \Sil"i*qua\, n.; pl. {Siliqu[91]}. [L. See {Silique}.] 1. (Bot.) Same as {Silique}. 2. A weight of four grains; a carat; -- a term used by jewelers, and refiners of gold. | |
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Siliqua \Sil"i*qua\, n.; pl. {Siliqu[91]}. [L. See {Silique}.] 1. (Bot.) Same as {Silique}. 2. A weight of four grains; a carat; -- a term used by jewelers, and refiners of gold. | |
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Silique \Sil"ique\, n. [L. siliqua a pod or husk, a very small weight or measure: cf. F. silique.] (Bot.) An oblong or elongated seed vessel, consisting of two valves with a dissepiment between, and opening by sutures at either margin. The seeds are attached to both edges of the dissepiment, alternately upon each side of it. | |
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Silk \Silk\, n. [OE. silk, selk, AS. seolc, seoloc; akin to Icel. silki, SW. & Dan. silke; prob. through Slavic from an Oriental source; cf. Lith. szilkai, Russ. shelk', and also L. sericum Seric stuff, silk. Cf. {Sericeous}. {Serge} a woolen stuff.] 1. The fine, soft thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larv[91] of {Bombyx mori}. 2. Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material. 3. That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize. {Raw silk}, silk as it is wound off from the cocoons, and before it is manufactured. {Silk cotton}, a cottony substance enveloping the seeds of the silk-cotton tree. {Silk-cotton tree} (Bot.), a name for several tropical trees of the genera {Bombax} and {Eriodendron}, and belonging to the order {Bombace[91]}. The trees grow to an immense size, and have their seeds enveloped in a cottony substance, which is used for stuffing cushions, but can not be spun. {Silk flower}. (Bot.) (a) The silk tree. (b) A similar tree ({Calliandra trinervia}) of Peru. {Silk fowl} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of domestic fowls having silky plumage. {Silk gland} (Zo[94]l.), a gland which secretes the material of silk, as in spider or a silkworm; a sericterium. {Silk gown}, the distinctive robe of a barrister who has been appointed king's or queen's counsel; hence, the counsel himself. Such a one has precedence over mere barristers, who wear stuff gowns. [Eng.] {Silk grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Stipa comata}) of the Western United States, which has very long silky awns. The name is also sometimes given to various species of the genera {Aqave} and {Yucca}. {Silk moth} (Zo[94]l.), the adult moth of any silkworm. See {Silkworm}. {Silk shag}, a coarse, rough-woven silk, like plush, but with a stiffer nap. {Silk spider} (Zo[94]l.), a large spider ({Nephila plumipes}), native of the Southern United States, remarkable for the large quantity of strong silk it produces and for the great disparity in the sizes of the sexes. {Silk thrower}, {Silk throwster}, one who twists or spins silk, and prepares it for weaving. --Brande & C. {Silk tree} (Bot.), an Asiatic leguminous tree ({Albizzia Julibrissin}) with finely bipinnate leaves, and large flat pods; -- so called because of the abundant long silky stamens of its blossoms. Also called {silk flower}. {Silk vessel}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Silk gland}, above. {Virginia silk} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Periploca Gr[ae]ca}) of the Milkweed family, having a silky tuft on the seeds. It is native in Southern Europe. | |
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Floss \Floss\ (?; 195), n. [It. floscio flabby, soft, fr. L. fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See {Flux}, n.] 1. (Bot.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called {silk}. 2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering. {Floss silk}, silk that has been twisted, and which retains its loose and downy character. It is much used in embroidery. Called also {floxed silk}. {Floss thread}, a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used for embroidery; -- called also {linen floss}, and {floss yarn}. --McElrath. | |
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Silk \Silk\, n. [OE. silk, selk, AS. seolc, seoloc; akin to Icel. silki, SW. & Dan. silke; prob. through Slavic from an Oriental source; cf. Lith. szilkai, Russ. shelk', and also L. sericum Seric stuff, silk. Cf. {Sericeous}. {Serge} a woolen stuff.] 1. The fine, soft thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larv[91] of {Bombyx mori}. 2. Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material. 3. That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize. {Raw silk}, silk as it is wound off from the cocoons, and before it is manufactured. {Silk cotton}, a cottony substance enveloping the seeds of the silk-cotton tree. {Silk-cotton tree} (Bot.), a name for several tropical trees of the genera {Bombax} and {Eriodendron}, and belonging to the order {Bombace[91]}. The trees grow to an immense size, and have their seeds enveloped in a cottony substance, which is used for stuffing cushions, but can not be spun. {Silk flower}. (Bot.) (a) The silk tree. (b) A similar tree ({Calliandra trinervia}) of Peru. {Silk fowl} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of domestic fowls having silky plumage. {Silk gland} (Zo[94]l.), a gland which secretes the material of silk, as in spider or a silkworm; a sericterium. {Silk gown}, the distinctive robe of a barrister who has been appointed king's or queen's counsel; hence, the counsel himself. Such a one has precedence over mere barristers, who wear stuff gowns. [Eng.] {Silk grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Stipa comata}) of the Western United States, which has very long silky awns. The name is also sometimes given to various species of the genera {Aqave} and {Yucca}. {Silk moth} (Zo[94]l.), the adult moth of any silkworm. See {Silkworm}. {Silk shag}, a coarse, rough-woven silk, like plush, but with a stiffer nap. {Silk spider} (Zo[94]l.), a large spider ({Nephila plumipes}), native of the Southern United States, remarkable for the large quantity of strong silk it produces and for the great disparity in the sizes of the sexes. {Silk thrower}, {Silk throwster}, one who twists or spins silk, and prepares it for weaving. --Brande & C. {Silk tree} (Bot.), an Asiatic leguminous tree ({Albizzia Julibrissin}) with finely bipinnate leaves, and large flat pods; -- so called because of the abundant long silky stamens of its blossoms. Also called {silk flower}. {Silk vessel}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Silk gland}, above. {Virginia silk} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Periploca Gr[ae]ca}) of the Milkweed family, having a silky tuft on the seeds. It is native in Southern Europe. | |
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Floss \Floss\ (?; 195), n. [It. floscio flabby, soft, fr. L. fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See {Flux}, n.] 1. (Bot.) The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called {silk}. 2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering. {Floss silk}, silk that has been twisted, and which retains its loose and downy character. It is much used in embroidery. Called also {floxed silk}. {Floss thread}, a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used for embroidery; -- called also {linen floss}, and {floss yarn}. --McElrath. | |
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Silky \Silk"y\, a. [Compar. {Silkier}; superl. {Silkiest}.] 1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster. 2. Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine. 3. Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous. {Silky oak} (Bot.), a lofty Australian tree ({Grevillea robusta}) with silky tomentose lobed or incised leaves. It furnishes a valuable timber. | |
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Saithe \Saithe\, n. [Gael. saoidheam.] (Zo[94]l.) The pollock, or coalfish; -- called also {sillock}. [Scot.] | |
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Sillock \Sil"lock\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The pollock, or coalfish. | |
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Saithe \Saithe\, n. [Gael. saoidheam.] (Zo[94]l.) The pollock, or coalfish; -- called also {sillock}. [Scot.] | |
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Sillock \Sil"lock\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The pollock, or coalfish. | |
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Skayles \Skayles\, n. [[root]159.] Skittles. [Obs.] | |
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Skill-less \Skill"-less\, a. Wanting skill. --Shak. | |
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Skulk \Skulk\, Skulker \Skulk"er\, n. One who, or that which, skulks. | |
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Skulk \Skulk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Skulked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skulking}.] [Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. skulke to spare or save one's self, to play the truant, Sw. skolka to be at leisure, to shirk, Icel. skolla. Cf. {Scowl}.] To hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner; to lie close, or to move in a furtive way; to lurk. [bd]Want skulks in holes and crevices.[b8] --W. C. Bryant. Discovered and defeated of your prey, You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away. --Dryden. | |
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Skulk \Skulk\, n. [Cf. Icel. skollr, skolli, a fox, and E. skulk, v.i.] A number of foxes together. --Wright. | |
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Slack \Slack\, adv. Slackly; as, slack dried hops. | |
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Slack \Slack\, n. The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail. | |
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Slack \Slack\, Slacken \Slack"en\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slacked}, {Slackened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slacking}, {Slackening}.] [See {Slack}, a.] 1. To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather. 2. To be remiss or backward; to be negligent. 3. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks. 4. To abate; to become less violent. Whence these raging fires Will slacken, if his breath stir not their flames. --Milton. 5. To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens. 6. To languish; to fail; to flag. 7. To end; to cease; to desist; to slake. [Obs.] That through your death your lineage should slack. --Chaucer. They will not of that firste purpose slack. --Chaucer. | |
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Slack \Slack\, Slacken \Slack"en\, v. t. 1. To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage. --Wycklif (Acts xxvii. 40) 2. To neglect; to be remiss in. [Obs.] --Shak. Slack not the pressage. --Dryden. 3. To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime. 4. To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry. [bd]Rancor for to slack.[b8] --Chaucer. I should be grieved, young prince, to think my presence Unbent your thoughts, and slackened 'em to arms. --Addison. In this business of growing rich, poor men should slack their pace. --South. With such delay Well plased, they slack their course. --Milton. 5. To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease. To respite, or deceive, or slack thy pain Of this ill mansion. --Milton. {Air-slacked lime}, lime slacked by exposure to the air, in consequence of the absorption of carton dioxide and water, by which it is converted into carbonate of lime and hydrate of lime. | |
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Slack \Slack\, n. [Cf. {Slag}.] Small coal; also, coal dust; culm. --Raymond. | |
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Slack \Slack\, n. [Icel. slakki a slope on a mountain edge.] A valley, or small, shallow dell. [Prov. Eng.] --Grose. | |
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Slack \Slack\, a. [Compar. {Slacker}; superl. {Slackest}.] [OE. slak, AS. sleac; akin to OS. slak, OHG. slah, Prov. G. schlack, Icel. slakr, Sw. slak; cf. Skr. s[rsdot]j to let loose, to throw. Cf. {Slake}.] Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope. 2. Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand. --Milton. 3. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness. --2 Pet. iii. 9. 4. Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack. [bd]With slack pace.[b8] --Chaucer. C[?]sar . . . about sunset, hoisting sail with a slack southwest, at midnight was becalmed. --Milton. {Slack in stays} (Naut.), slow in going about, as a ship. {Slack water}, the time when the tide runs slowly, or the water is at rest; or the interval between the flux and reflux of the tide. {Slack-water navigation}, navigation in a stream the depth of which has been increased, and the current diminished, by a dam or dams. Syn: Loose; relaxed; weak; remiss; backward; abated; diminished; inactive; slow; tardy; dull. | |
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Slag \Slag\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Slagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slagging}.] (Metal.) To form, or form into, a slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point. | |
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Slag \Slag\, n. (Metal.) A product of smelting, containing, mostly as silicates, the substances not sought to be produced as matte or metal, and having a lower specific gravity than the latter; -- called also, esp. in iron smelting, {cinder}. The slag of iron blast furnaces is essentially silicate of calcium, magnesium, and aluminium; that of lead and copper smelting furnaces contains iron. | |
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Slag \Slag\, n. [Sw. slagg, or LG. slacke, whence G. schlacke; originally, perhaps, the splinters struck off from the metal by hammering. See {Slay}, v. t.] 1. The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders. 2. The scoria of a volcano. {Slag furnace}, [or] {Slag hearth} (Metal.), a furnace, or hearth, for extracting lead from slags or poor ore. {Slag wool}, mineral wool. See under {Mineral}. | |
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Thomas phosphate \Thom"as phos"phate\ [or] slag \slag\ . Same as {Basic slag}, above. | |
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Slag \Slag\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Slagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slagging}.] (Metal.) To form, or form into, a slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point. | |
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Slag \Slag\, n. (Metal.) A product of smelting, containing, mostly as silicates, the substances not sought to be produced as matte or metal, and having a lower specific gravity than the latter; -- called also, esp. in iron smelting, {cinder}. The slag of iron blast furnaces is essentially silicate of calcium, magnesium, and aluminium; that of lead and copper smelting furnaces contains iron. | |
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Slag \Slag\, n. [Sw. slagg, or LG. slacke, whence G. schlacke; originally, perhaps, the splinters struck off from the metal by hammering. See {Slay}, v. t.] 1. The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders. 2. The scoria of a volcano. {Slag furnace}, [or] {Slag hearth} (Metal.), a furnace, or hearth, for extracting lead from slags or poor ore. {Slag wool}, mineral wool. See under {Mineral}. | |
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Thomas phosphate \Thom"as phos"phate\ [or] slag \slag\ . Same as {Basic slag}, above. | |
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Slaggy \Slag"gy\, a. Of or pertaining to slag; resembling slag; as, slaggy cobalt. | |
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Slake \Slake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slaking}.] [OE. slaken to render slack, to slake, AS. sleacian, fr. sleac slack. See {Slack}, v. & a.] 1. To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst. [bd]And slake the heavenly fire.[b8] --Spenser. It could not slake mine ire nor ease my heart. --Shak. 2. To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime. | |
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Slake \Slake\, v. i. 1. To go out; to become extinct. [bd]His flame did slake.[b8] --Sir T. Browne. 2. To abate; to become less decided. [R.] --Shak. 3. To slacken; to become relaxed. [bd]When the body's strongest sinews slake.[b8] [R.] --Sir J. Davies. 4. To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime slakes. {Slake trough}, a trough containing water in which a blacksmith cools a forging or tool. | |
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Slash \Slash\, n. A opening or gap in a forest made by wind, fire, or other destructive agency. We passed over the shoulder of a ridge and around the edge of a fire slash, and then we had the mountain fairly before us. --Henry Van Dyke. | |
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Slash \Slash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slashing}.] [OE. slaschen, of uncertain origin; cf. OF. esclachier to break, esclechier, esclichier, to break, and E. slate, slice, slit, v. t.] 1. To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits. 2. To lash; to ply the whip to. [R.] --King. 3. To crack or snap, as a whip. [R.] --Dr. H. More. | |
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Slash \Slash\, v. i. To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly. Hewing and slashing at their idle shades. --Spenser. | |
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Slash \Slash\, n. 1. A long cut; a cut made at random. 2. A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings. 3. [Cf. {Slashy}.] pl. Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. | |
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Slashy \Slash"y\, a. [Cf. Sw. slaska to dabble in water. Cf. {Slush}.] Wet and dirty; slushy. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Sleazy \Slea"zy\, a. [Cf. G. schleissig worn out, threadbare, from schleissen to slit, split, decay, or E. leasy.] Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin. [Spelt also {slazy}.] | |
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Slazy \Sla"zy\, a. See {Sleazy}. | |
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Sleazy \Slea"zy\, a. [Cf. G. schleissig worn out, threadbare, from schleissen to slit, split, decay, or E. leasy.] Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin. [Spelt also {slazy}.] | |
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Slazy \Sla"zy\, a. See {Sleazy}. | |
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Sleazy \Slea"zy\, a. [Cf. G. schleissig worn out, threadbare, from schleissen to slit, split, decay, or E. leasy.] Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin. [Spelt also {slazy}.] | |
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Sleek \Sleek\, n. A slick. | |
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Sleek \Sleek\, a. [Compar. {Sleeker}; superl. {Sleekest}.] [OE. slik; akin to Icel. sl[c6]kr, and OE. sliken to glide, slide, G. schleichen, OHG. sl[c6]hhan, D. slik, slijk, mud, slime, and E. slink. Cf. {Slick}, {Slink}.] 1. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair. --Chaucer. So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make. --Dryden. 2. Not rough or harsh. Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek. --Milton. | |
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Sleek \Sleek\, adv. With ease and dexterity. [Low] | |
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Sleek \Sleek\, n. That which makes smooth; varnish. [R.] | |
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Sleek \Sleek\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sleeked};p. pr. & vb. n. {Sleeking}.] To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy; to smooth over. Sleeking her soft alluring locks. --Milton. Gentle, my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks. --Shak. | |
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Sleeky \Sleek"y\, a. 1. Of a sleek, or smooth, and glossy appearance. --Thomson. 2. Fawning and deceitful; sly. [Scot.] | |
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Sleigh \Sleigh\, a. Sly. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Sleigh \Sleigh\, n. [Cf. D. & LG. slede, slee, Icel. sle[?]i. See {Sled}.] A vehicle moved on runners, and used for transporting persons or goods on snow or ice; -- in England commonly called a sledge. {Sleigh bell}, a small bell attached either to a horse when drawing a slegh, or to the sleigh itself; especially a globular bell with a loose ball which plays inside instead of a clapper. | |
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Slice \Slice\, v. t. (Golf) To hit (the ball) so that the face of the club draws across the face of the ball and deflects it. | |
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Slice \Slice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sliced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slicing}.] 1. To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from. 2. To cut into parts; to divide. 3. To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace. | |
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Slice \Slice\, n. [OE. slice, sclice, OF. esclice, from esclicier, esclichier, to break to pieces, of German origin; cf. OHG. sl[c6]zan to split, slit, tear, G. schleissen to slit. See {Slit}, v. t.] 1. A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread. 2. That which is thin and broad, like a slice. Specifically: (a) A broad, thin piece of plaster. (b) A salver, platter, or tray. [Obs.] (c) A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink. (d) A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel. [Cant] (e) (Shipbuilding) One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching. (f) (Printing) A removable sliding bottom to galley. {Slice bar}, a kind of fire iron resembling a poker, with a broad, flat end, for stirring a fire of coals, and clearing it and the grate bars from clinkers, ashes, etc.; a slice. | |
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d8Schlich \[d8]Schlich\, n. [G.; akin to LG. slick mud, D. slijk, MHG. sl[imac]ch.] (Metal.) The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes. [Written also {slich}, {slick}.] | |
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Slich \Slich\, Slick \Slick\, n. (Metal.) See {Schlich}. | |
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d8Schlich \[d8]Schlich\, n. [G.; akin to LG. slick mud, D. slijk, MHG. sl[imac]ch.] (Metal.) The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes. [Written also {slich}, {slick}.] | |
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Slich \Slich\, Slick \Slick\, n. (Metal.) See {Schlich}. | |
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d8Schlich \[d8]Schlich\, n. [G.; akin to LG. slick mud, D. slijk, MHG. sl[imac]ch.] (Metal.) The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes. [Written also {slich}, {slick}.] | |
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Slick \Slick\, n. A slick, or smooth and slippery, surface or place; a sleek. The action of oil upon the water is upon the crest of the wave; the oil forming a slick upon the surface breaks the crest. --The Century. | |
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Slich \Slich\, Slick \Slick\, n. (Metal.) See {Schlich}. | |
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Slick \Slick\, a. [See {Sleek}.] Sleek; smooth. [bd]Both slick and dainty.[b8] --Chapman. | |
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Slick \Slick\, v. t. To make sleek or smoth. [bd]Slicked all with sweet oil.[b8] --Chapman. | |
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Slick \Slick\, n. (Joinery) A wide paring chisel. | |
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d8Schlich \[d8]Schlich\, n. [G.; akin to LG. slick mud, D. slijk, MHG. sl[imac]ch.] (Metal.) The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes. [Written also {slich}, {slick}.] | |
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Slick \Slick\, n. A slick, or smooth and slippery, surface or place; a sleek. The action of oil upon the water is upon the crest of the wave; the oil forming a slick upon the surface breaks the crest. --The Century. | |
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Slich \Slich\, Slick \Slick\, n. (Metal.) See {Schlich}. | |
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Slick \Slick\, a. [See {Sleek}.] Sleek; smooth. [bd]Both slick and dainty.[b8] --Chapman. | |
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Slick \Slick\, v. t. To make sleek or smoth. [bd]Slicked all with sweet oil.[b8] --Chapman. | |
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Slick \Slick\, n. (Joinery) A wide paring chisel. | |
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Slik \Slik\, a. [See {Such}.] Such. [Obs. or Scot.] Note: Used by Chaucer as of the Northern dialect. | |
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Slish \Slish\, n. [A corruption of slash.] A cut; as, slish and slash. [Colloq.] --Shak. | |
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Slock \Slock\, Slocken \Slock"en\, v. t. To quench; to allay; to slake. See {Slake}. [Obs. or Scot.] | |
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Slog \Slog\, v. t. & i. [Cf. {Slug}, v. t.] To hit hard, esp. with little attention to aim or the like, as in cricket or boxing; to slug. [Cant or Slang] | |
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Sloggy \Slog"gy\, a. Sluggish. [Obs.] Somnolence that is sloggy slumbering --Chaucer. | |
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Laver \La"ver\ (l[amac]"v[etil]r), n. The fronds of certain marine alg[91] used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the {Ulva latissima}; purple laver, {Porphyra laciniata} and {P. vulgaris}. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also {sloke}, or {sloakan}. {Mountain laver} (Bot.), a reddish gelatinous alga of the genus {Palmella}, found on the sides of mountains | |
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Sloke \Sloke\, n. (Bot.) See {Sloakan}. | |
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Laver \La"ver\ (l[amac]"v[etil]r), n. The fronds of certain marine alg[91] used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the {Ulva latissima}; purple laver, {Porphyra laciniata} and {P. vulgaris}. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also {sloke}, or {sloakan}. {Mountain laver} (Bot.), a reddish gelatinous alga of the genus {Palmella}, found on the sides of mountains | |
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Sloke \Sloke\, n. (Bot.) See {Sloakan}. | |
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Slush \Slush\, n. [Cf. Sw. slaska to paddle in water, slask wet, filth.] [Written also {slosh}.] 1. Soft mud. 2. A mixture of snow and water; half-melted snow. 3. A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication. 4. The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard. 5. (Mach.) A mixture of white lead and lime, with which the bright parts of machines, such as the connecting rods of steamboats, are painted to be preserved from oxidation. | |
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Slosh \Slosh\, Sloshy \Slosh"y\ See {Slush}, {Slushy}. | |
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Slush \Slush\, n. [Cf. Sw. slaska to paddle in water, slask wet, filth.] [Written also {slosh}.] 1. Soft mud. 2. A mixture of snow and water; half-melted snow. 3. A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication. 4. The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard. 5. (Mach.) A mixture of white lead and lime, with which the bright parts of machines, such as the connecting rods of steamboats, are painted to be preserved from oxidation. | |
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Slosh \Slosh\, Sloshy \Slosh"y\ See {Slush}, {Slushy}. | |
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Slosh \Slosh\, Sloshy \Slosh"y\ See {Slush}, {Slushy}. | |
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Slouch \Slouch\, n. [Cf. Icel. sl[?]kra slouching felloew, and E. slack, slug, a lazy fellow.] 1. A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim. 2. An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow. [Colloq.] {Slouth hat}, a soft, limp hat of unstiffened cloth or felt. | |
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Slouch \Slouch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slouched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slouching}.] 1. To droop, as the head. 2. To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner. [Colloq.] | |
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Slouch \Slouch\, v. t. To cause to hang down; to depress at the side; as, to slouth the hat. | |
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Slouchy \Slouch"y\, a. Slouching. [Colloq.] | |
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Slough \Slough\, obs. imp. of {Slee}, to slay. Slew. --Chaucer. | |
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Slough \Slough\, n. [OE. slugh, slouh; cf. MHG. sl[?]ch the skin of a serpent, G. schlauch a skin, a leather bag or bottle.] 1. The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal. 2. (Med.) The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification. | |
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Slough \Slough\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sloughed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sloughing}.] (Med.) To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly. | |
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Slough \Slough\, n. [OE. slogh, slough, AS. sl[omac]h a hollow place; cf. MHG. sl[umac]ch an abyss, gullet, G. schlucken to swallow; also Gael. & Ir. sloc a pit, pool. ditch, Ir. slug to swallow. Gr. [?][?][?][?][?] to hiccough, to sob.] 1. A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire. --Chaucer. He's here stuck in a slough. --Milton. 2. [Pronounced sl[oomac].] A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river. Note: [In this sense local or provincial; also spelt {sloo}, and {slue}.] {Slough grass} (Bot.), a name in the Mississippi valley for grasses of the genus {Muhlenbergia}; -- called also {drop seed}, and {nimble Will}. | |
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Slough \Slough\, a. Slow. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Slough \Slough\, v. t. To cast off; to discard as refuse. New tint the plumage of the birds, And slough decay from grazing herds. --Emerson. | |
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Sloughy \Slough"y\, a. Resembling, or of the nature of, a slough, or the dead matter which separates from living flesh. | |
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Sloughy \Slough"y\, a. Full of sloughs, miry. | |
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Slows \Slows\, n. (Med.) Milk sickness. | |
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Slug \Slug\, n. [OE. slugge slothful, sluggen to be slothful; cf. LG. slukk low-spirited, sad, E. slack, slouch, D. slak, slek, a snail.] 1. A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard. --Shak. 2. A hindrance; an obstruction. [Obs.] --Bacon. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely allied to the land snails. 4. (Zo[94]l.) Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug. 5. A ship that sails slowly. [Obs.] --Halliwell. His rendezvous for his fleet, and for all slugs to come to, should be between Calais and Dover. --Pepys. 6. [Perhaps a different word.] An irregularly shaped piece of metal, used as a missile for a gun. | |
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Slug \Slug\, v. i. To move slowly; to lie idle. [Obs.] To slug in sloth and sensual delight. --Spenser. | |
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Slug \Slug\, v. t. To make sluggish. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Slug \Slug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slugged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slugging}.] 1. To load with a slug or slugs; as, to slug a gun. 2. To strike heavily. [Cant or Slang] | |
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Slug \Slug\, v. i. To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel; -- said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or other firearm. | |
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Sluggy \Slug"gy\, a. Sluggish. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Slugs \Slugs\, n. pl. (Mining) Half-roasted ore. | |
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Sluice \Sluice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sluiced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sluicing}.] 1. To emit by, or as by, flood gates. [R.] --Milton. 2. To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice; as, to sluice meadows. --Howitt. He dried his neck and face, which he had been sluicing with cold water. --De Quincey. 3. To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice; as, to sluice eart or gold dust in mining. | |
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Sluice \Sluice\, n. [OF. escluse, F. [82]cluse, LL. exclusa, sclusa, from L. excludere, exclusum, to shut out: cf. D. sluis sluice, from the Old French. See {Exclude}.] 1. An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate or flood gate. 2. Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply. Each sluice of affluent fortune opened soon. --Harte. This home familiarity . . . opens the sluices of sensibility. --I. Taylor. 3. The stream flowing through a flood gate. 4. (Mining) A long box or trough through which water flows, -- used for washing auriferous earth. {Sluice gate}, the sliding gate of a sluice. | |
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Sluiceway \Sluice"way`\, n. An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice; specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so that logs, lumber, or rubbish can be floated down to some convenient place of delivery. | |
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Sluicy \Slui`cy\, a. Falling copiously or in streams, as from a sluice. And oft whole sheets descend of sluicy rain. --Dryden. | |
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Slush \Slush\, n. [Cf. Sw. slaska to paddle in water, slask wet, filth.] [Written also {slosh}.] 1. Soft mud. 2. A mixture of snow and water; half-melted snow. 3. A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication. 4. The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard. 5. (Mach.) A mixture of white lead and lime, with which the bright parts of machines, such as the connecting rods of steamboats, are painted to be preserved from oxidation. | |
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Slush \Slush\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slushed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slushing}.] 1. To smear with slush or grease; as, to slush a mast. 2. To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime. | |
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Slushy \Slush"y\, a. Abounding in slush; characterized by soft mud or half-melted snow; as, the streets are slushy; the snow is slushy. [bd]A dark, drizzling, slushy day.[b8] --Blackw. Mag. | |
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Soilless \Soil"less\, a. Destitute of soil or mold. | |
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Solace \Sol"ace\, n. [OF. solas, ssoulaz, L. solacium, solatium, fr. solari to comfort, console. Cf. {Console}, v. t.] 1. Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief. In business of mirth and of solace. --Chaucer. The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion. --Rambler. 2. Rest; relaxation; ease. [Obs.] To make his steed some solace. --Chaucer. Syn: Comfort; consolation; alleviation; relief. | |
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Solace \Sol"ace\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Solaced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Solacing}.] [OF. solacier, soulacier, F. solacier, LL. solatiare. See {Solace}, n.] 1. To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward. 2. To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief. Syn: To comfort; assuage; allay. See {Comfort}. | |
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Solace \Sol"ace\, v. i. To take comfort; to be cheered. --Shak. | |
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Solas \Sol"as\, n. Solace. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Solo \So"lo\, n.; pl. E. {Solos}, It. {Soli}. [It., from L. solus alone. See {Sole}, a.] (Mus.) A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice. | |
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Soulless \Soul"less\, a. Being without a soul, or without greatness or nobleness of mind; mean; spiritless. Slave, souless villain, dog! --Shak. | |
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Squelch \Squelch\, v. i. [Perh. imitative. Cf. {Squelch}.] To make a sound like that made by the feet of one walking in mud or slush; to make a kind of swashing sound; also, to move with such a sound. He turned and strode to the fire, his boots squelching as he walked. --P. L. Ford. A crazy old collier squelching along under squared yards. --W. C. Russell. | |
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Squelch \Squelch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squelched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Squelching}.] [Cf. prov. E. quelch a blow, and quel to crush, to kill.] To quell; to crush; to silence or put down. [Colloq.] Oh 't was your luck and mine to be squelched. --Beau. & Fl. If you deceive us you will be squelched. --Carlyle. | |
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Squelch \Squelch\, n. A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply. [Colloq.] --Hudibras. | |
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Squilgee \Squil"gee\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squilgeed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Squilgeeing}.] To swab, press, or treat with a squilgee; as, to squilgee a vessel's deck. | |
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Squilgee \Squil"gee\, n. Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc. [Written also {squillgee}, {squillagee}, {squeegee.}] | |
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Squilgee \Squil"gee\, n. Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc. [Written also {squillgee}, {squillagee}, {squeegee.}] | |
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d8Squilla \[d8]Squil"la\, n.; pl. E. {Squillas}, L. {Squill[91]}. [L., a sea onion, also, a prawn or shrimp. See {Squill}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus {Squilla} and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also {mantis shrimp}. See Illust. under {Stomapoda}. | |
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Squilgee \Squil"gee\, n. Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, -- used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc. [Written also {squillgee}, {squillagee}, {squeegee.}] | |
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Suillage \Su"il*lage\, n. [OF. souillage, soillage, fr. souiller, soiller. See {Soil} to stain, and cf. {Sullage}.] A drain or collection of filth. [Obs.] [Written also {sulliage}, and {sullage}.] --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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d8Sulcus \[d8]Sul"cus\, n.; pl. {Sulci}. [L., a furrow.] A furrow; a groove; a fissure. | |
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Sulk \Sulk\, n. [L. sulcus.] A furrow. [Obs.] | |
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Sulk \Sulk\, v. i. [See {Sulkiness}.] To be silently sullen; to be morose or obstinate. --T. Hook. | |
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Sulks \Sulks\, n. pl. The condition of being sulky; a sulky mood or humor; as, to be in the sulks. | |
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Sulky \Sulk"y\, a. [Compar. {Sulkier}; superl. {Sulkiest}.] [See {Sulkiness}, and cf. {Sulky}, n.] Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic. Syn: See {Sullen}. | |
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Sulky \Sulk"y\, n.; pl. {Sulkies}. [From {Sulky}, a.; -- so called from the owner's desire of riding alone.] A light two-wheeled carriage for a single person. Note: Sulky is used adjectively in the names of several agricultural machines drawn by horses to denote that the machine is provided with wheels and a seat for the driver; as, sulky plow; sulky harrow; sulky rake, etc. | |
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Suillage \Su"il*lage\, n. [OF. souillage, soillage, fr. souiller, soiller. See {Soil} to stain, and cf. {Sullage}.] A drain or collection of filth. [Obs.] [Written also {sulliage}, and {sullage}.] --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Sullage \Sul"lage\, n. [Cf. {Suillage}, {Sulliage}.] 1. Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or highway; sewage. [Obs.] The streets were exceedingly large, well paved, having many vaults and conveyances under them for sullage. --Evelyn. 2. That which sullies or defiles. [Obs.] It is the privilege of the celestial luminaries to receive no tincture, sullage, or difilement from the most noisome sinks and dunghills here below. --South. 3. (Founding) The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle. 4. (Hydraul. Engin.) Silt; mud deposited by water. {Sullage piece} (Founding), the sprue of a casting. See {Sprue}, n., 1 (b) . | |
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Suillage \Su"il*lage\, n. [OF. souillage, soillage, fr. souiller, soiller. See {Soil} to stain, and cf. {Sullage}.] A drain or collection of filth. [Obs.] [Written also {sulliage}, and {sullage}.] --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Sullage \Sul"lage\, n. [Cf. {Suillage}, {Sulliage}.] 1. Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or highway; sewage. [Obs.] The streets were exceedingly large, well paved, having many vaults and conveyances under them for sullage. --Evelyn. 2. That which sullies or defiles. [Obs.] It is the privilege of the celestial luminaries to receive no tincture, sullage, or difilement from the most noisome sinks and dunghills here below. --South. 3. (Founding) The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle. 4. (Hydraul. Engin.) Silt; mud deposited by water. {Sullage piece} (Founding), the sprue of a casting. See {Sprue}, n., 1 (b) . | |
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Suillage \Su"il*lage\, n. [OF. souillage, soillage, fr. souiller, soiller. See {Soil} to stain, and cf. {Sullage}.] A drain or collection of filth. [Obs.] [Written also {sulliage}, and {sullage}.] --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Sulliage \Sul"li*age\, n. [Cf. {Sullage}, {Suillage}, or {Sully}, v. t.] Foulness; filth. [Obs.] Though we wipe away with never so much care the dirt thrown at us, there will be left some sulliage behind. --Gov. of Tongue. | |
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Suillage \Su"il*lage\, n. [OF. souillage, soillage, fr. souiller, soiller. See {Soil} to stain, and cf. {Sullage}.] A drain or collection of filth. [Obs.] [Written also {sulliage}, and {sullage}.] --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Sulliage \Sul"li*age\, n. [Cf. {Sullage}, {Suillage}, or {Sully}, v. t.] Foulness; filth. [Obs.] Though we wipe away with never so much care the dirt thrown at us, there will be left some sulliage behind. --Gov. of Tongue. | |
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Sully \Sul"ly\, n.; pl. {Sullies}. Soil; tarnish; stain. A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little spots and sullies in his reputation. --Spectator. | |
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Swellish \Swell"ish\, a. Dandified; stylish. [Slang] | |
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Sallisaw, OK (city, FIPS 65000) Location: 35.46071 N, 94.80673 W Population (1990): 7122 (3156 housing units) Area: 32.5 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74955 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Selawik, AK (city, FIPS 68230) Location: 66.60330 N, 160.02504 W Population (1990): 596 (154 housing units) Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99770 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sells, AZ (CDP, FIPS 65490) Location: 31.91846 N, 111.87644 W Population (1990): 2750 (778 housing units) Area: 24.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Shell Lake, WI (city, FIPS 73200) Location: 45.73859 N, 91.89909 W Population (1990): 1161 (782 housing units) Area: 16.0 sq km (land), 10.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54871 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Shoals, IN (town, FIPS 69552) Location: 38.66702 N, 86.79350 W Population (1990): 853 (425 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47581 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sholes, NE (village, FIPS 45190) Location: 42.33501 N, 97.29397 W Population (1990): 22 (11 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Silas, AL (town, FIPS 70416) Location: 31.76921 N, 88.32091 W Population (1990): 245 (117 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36919 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Silesia, MT Zip code(s): 59041 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Silex, MO (village, FIPS 67808) Location: 39.12627 N, 91.05747 W Population (1990): 197 (95 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63377 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sky Lake, FL (CDP, FIPS 66425) Location: 28.46067 N, 81.39188 W Population (1990): 6202 (2262 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Slick, OK (town, FIPS 68000) Location: 35.77644 N, 96.26657 W Population (1990): 124 (62 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sligo, PA (borough, FIPS 71176) Location: 41.10877 N, 79.49590 W Population (1990): 706 (294 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16255 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Squaw Lake, MN (city, FIPS 62284) Location: 47.62694 N, 94.14098 W Population (1990): 139 (89 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56681 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
slack n. 1. Space allocated to a disk file but not actually used to store useful information. The techspeak equivalent is `internal fragmentation'. Antonym: {hole}. 2. In the theology of the {Church of the SubGenius}, a mystical substance or quality that is the prerequisite of all human happiness. Since Unix files are stored compactly, except for the unavoidable wastage in the last block or fragment, it might be said that "Unix has no slack". See {ha ha only serious}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
slash n. Common name for the slant (`/', ASCII 0101111) character. See {ASCII} for other synonyms. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Schelog {Chez Scheme} {macro} translator by Schelog relies on continuations. {Home (http://www.cs.rice.edu/CS/PLT/packages/schelog)}. (2000-11-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Silage Synchronous DSP specification language. ["Silage Reference Manual, Draft 1.0", D.R. Genin & P.N. Hilfinger, Silvar-Lisco, Leuven 1989]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
slack 1. to a disk file but not actually used to store useful information. 2. a mystical substance or quality that is the prerequisite of all human happiness. Since {Unix} files are stored compactly, except for the unavoidable wastage in the last block or fragment, it might be said that "Unix has no slack". See {ha ha only serious}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
slash {oblique stroke} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SLLIC infinite-register version of the {Precision Architecture} {instruction set}? (1995-05-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
slog {Schelog} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SYLK {Symbolic Link} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Salcah wandering, a city of Bashan assigned to the half tribe of Manasseh (Deut. 3:10; Josh. 12:5; 13:11), identified with Salkhad, about 56 miles east of Jordan. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Seleucia the sea-port of Antioch, near the mouth of the Orontes. Paul and his companions sailed from this port on their first missionary journey (Acts 13:4). This city was built by Seleucus Nicator, the "king of Syria." It is said of him that "few princes have ever lived with so great a passion for the building of cities. He is reputed to have built in all nine Seleucias, sixteen Antiochs, and six Laodiceas." Seleucia became a city of great importance, and was made a "free city" by Pompey. It is now a small village, called el-Kalusi. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Silas wood, a prominent member of the church at Jerusalem; also called Silvanus. He and Judas, surnamed Barsabas, were chosen by the church there to accompany Paul and Barnabas on their return to Antioch from the council of the apostles and elders (Acts 15:22), as bearers of the decree adopted by the council. He assisted Paul there in his evangelistic labours, and was also chosen by him to be his companion on his second missionary tour (Acts 16:19-24). He is referred to in the epistles under the name of Silvanus (2 Cor. 1:19; 1 Thess. 1:1; 2 Thess. 1:1; 1 Pet. 5:12). There is no record of the time or place of his death. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Silk Heb. demeshek, "damask," silk cloth manufactured at Damascus, Amos 3:12. A.V., "in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch;" R.V., "in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed" (marg., "in Damascus on a bed"). Heb. meshi, (Ezek. 16:10, 13, rendered "silk"). In Gen. 41:42 (marg. A.V.), Prov. 31:22 (R.V., "fine linen"), the word "silk" ought to be "fine linen." Silk was common in New Testament times (Rev. 18:12). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Salcah, thy basket; thy lifting up | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Seleucia, shaken or beaten by the waves | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Shalisha, three; the third; prince; captain | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Shelesh, captain; prince | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Shilshah, three; chief; captain | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Silas, three, or the third |