English Dictionary: Society of Friends | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Arrowhead \Ar"row*head`\, n. 1. The head of an arrow. 2. (Bot.) An aquatic plant of the genus {Sagittaria}, esp. {S. sagittifolia}, -- named from the shape of the leaves. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sax-tuba \Sax"-tu`ba\, n. [See {Saxhorn}, and {Tube}.] (Mus.) A powerful instrument of brass, curved somewhat like the Roman buccina, or tuba. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sea catfish \Sea" cat`fish\ Sea cat \Sea" cat`\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) The wolf fish. (b) Any marine siluroid fish, as {[92]lurichthys marinus}, and {Arinus felis}, of the eastern coast of the United States. Many species are found on the coasts of Central and South America. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Potato \Po*ta"to\, n.; pl. {Potatoes}. [Sp. patata potato, batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably batata) in Hayti.] (Bot.) (a) A plant ({Solanum tuberosum}) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which there are numerous varieties used for food. It is native of South America, but a form of the species is found native as far north as New Mexico. (b) The sweet potato (see below). {Potato beetle}, {Potato bug}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A beetle ({Doryphora decemlineata}) which feeds, both in the larval and adult stages, upon the leaves of the potato, often doing great damage. Called also {Colorado potato beetle}, and {Doryphora}. See {Colorado beetle}. (b) The {Lema trilineata}, a smaller and more slender striped beetle which feeds upon the potato plant, bur does less injury than the preceding species. {Potato fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of blister beetles infesting the potato vine. The black species ({Lytta atrata}), the striped ({L. vittata}), and the gray ({L. cinerea, [or] Fabricii}) are the most common. See {Blister beetle}, under {Blister}. {Potato rot}, a disease of the tubers of the potato, supposed to be caused by a kind of mold ({Peronospora infestans}), which is first seen upon the leaves and stems. {Potato weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil ({Baridius trinotatus}) whose larva lives in and kills the stalks of potato vines, often causing serious damage to the crop. {Potato whisky}, a strong, fiery liquor, having a hot, smoky taste, and rich in amyl alcohol (fusel oil); it is made from potatoes or potato starch. {Potato worm} (Zo[94]l.), the large green larva of a sphinx, or hawk moth ({Macrosila quinquemaculata}); -- called also {tomato worm}. See Illust. under {Tomato}. {Seaside potato} (Bot.), {Ipom[d2]a Pes-Capr[91]}, a kind of morning-glory with rounded and emarginate or bilobed leaves. [West Indies] {Sweet potato} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Ipom[d2]a Balatas}) allied to the morning-glory. Its farinaceous tubers have a sweetish taste, and are used, when cooked, for food. It is probably a native of Brazil, but is cultivated extensively in the warmer parts of every continent, and even as far north as New Jersey. The name potato was applied to this plant before it was to the {Solanum tuberosum}, and this is the [bd]potato[b8] of the Southern United States. {Wild potato}. (Bot.) (a) A vine ({Ipom[d2]a pandurata}) having a pale purplish flower and an enormous root. It is common in sandy places in the United States. (b) A similar tropical American plant ({I. fastigiata}) which it is thought may have been the original stock of the sweet potato. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sesquiduplicate \Ses`qui*du"pli*cate\, a. [Sesqui- + duplicate.] Twice and a half as great (as another thing); having the ratio of two and a half to one. {Sesquiduplicate ratio} (Math.), the ratio of two and a half to one, or one in which the greater term contains the lesser twice and a half, as that of 50 to 20. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sesquiduplicate \Ses`qui*du"pli*cate\, a. [Sesqui- + duplicate.] Twice and a half as great (as another thing); having the ratio of two and a half to one. {Sesquiduplicate ratio} (Math.), the ratio of two and a half to one, or one in which the greater term contains the lesser twice and a half, as that of 50 to 20. | |
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Sextuple \Sex"tu*ple\, a. [Formed (in imitation of quadruple) fr. L. sextus sixth: cf. F. sextuple.] 1. Six times as much; sixfold. 2. (Mus.) Divisible by six; having six beats; as, sixtuple measure. | |
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Shasta fir \Shasta fir\ A Californian fir ({Abies shastensis}). | |
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Siccative \Sic"ca*tive\, a. [L. siccativus.] Drying; causing to dry. -- n. That which promotes drying. | |
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Sightful \Sight"ful\, a. Easily or clearly seen; distinctly visible; perspicuous. [Obs.] --Testament of Love. | |
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Sightfulness \Sight"ful*ness\, n. The state of being sightful; perspicuity. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Sightproof \Sight"proof`\, a. Undiscoverable to sight. Hidden in their own sightproof bush. --Lowell. | |
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Sixty-fourth \Six`ty-fourth"\, a. Constituting or being one of sixty-four equal parts into which a thing is divided. {Sixty-fourth note} (Mus.), the sixty-fourth part of a whole note; a hemi-demi-semiquaver. | |
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Sixty-fourth \Six`ty-fourth"\, a. Constituting or being one of sixty-four equal parts into which a thing is divided. {Sixty-fourth note} (Mus.), the sixty-fourth part of a whole note; a hemi-demi-semiquaver. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Society \So*ci"e*ty\, n.; pl. {Societies}. [L. societas, fr. socius a companion: cf. F. soci[82]t[82]. See {Social}.] 1. The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company. [bd]Her loved society.[b8] --Milton. There is society where none intrudes By the deep sea, and music in its roar. --Byron. 2. Connection; participation; partnership. [R.] The meanest of the people and such as have the least society with the acts and crimes of kings. --Jer. Taylor. 3. A number of persons associated for any temporary or permanent object; an association for mutual or joint usefulness, pleasure, or profit; a social union; a partnership; as, a missionary society. 4. The persons, collectively considered, who live in any region or at any period; any community of individuals who are united together by a common bond of nearness or intercourse; those who recognize each other as associates, friends, and acquaintances. 5. Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community in its social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive formal entertainments. {Society of Jesus}. See {Jesuit}. {Society verses} [a translation of F. vers de soci[82]t[82]], the lightest kind of lyrical poetry; verses for the amusement of polite society. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Society of the Sacred Heart} (R.C. Ch.), a religious order of women, founded in France in 1800, and approved in 1826. It was introduced into America in 1817. The members of the order devote themselves to the higher branches of female education. {Sacred baboon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hamadryas}. {Sacred bean} (Bot.), a seed of the Oriental lotus ({Nelumbo speciosa} or {Nelumbium speciosum}), a plant resembling a water lily; also, the plant itself. See {Lotus}. {Sacred beetle} (Zo[94]l.) See {Scarab}. {Sacred canon}. See {Canon}, n., 3. {Sacred fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of fresh-water African fishes of the family {Mormyrid[91]}. Several large species inhabit the Nile and were considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians; especially {Mormyrus oxyrhynchus}. {Sacred ibis}. See {Ibis}. {Sacred monkey}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any Asiatic monkey of the genus {Semnopithecus}, regarded as sacred by the Hindoos; especially, the entellus. See {Entellus}. (b) The sacred baboon. See {Hamadryas}. (c) The bhunder, or rhesus monkey. {Sacred place} (Civil Law), the place where a deceased person is buried. Syn: Holy; divine; hallowed; consecrated; dedicated; devoted; religious; venerable; reverend. -- {Sa"cred*ly}, adv. -- {Sa"cred*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Society \So*ci"e*ty\, n.; pl. {Societies}. [L. societas, fr. socius a companion: cf. F. soci[82]t[82]. See {Social}.] 1. The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company. [bd]Her loved society.[b8] --Milton. There is society where none intrudes By the deep sea, and music in its roar. --Byron. 2. Connection; participation; partnership. [R.] The meanest of the people and such as have the least society with the acts and crimes of kings. --Jer. Taylor. 3. A number of persons associated for any temporary or permanent object; an association for mutual or joint usefulness, pleasure, or profit; a social union; a partnership; as, a missionary society. 4. The persons, collectively considered, who live in any region or at any period; any community of individuals who are united together by a common bond of nearness or intercourse; those who recognize each other as associates, friends, and acquaintances. 5. Specifically, the more cultivated portion of any community in its social relations and influences; those who mutually give receive formal entertainments. {Society of Jesus}. See {Jesuit}. {Society verses} [a translation of F. vers de soci[82]t[82]], the lightest kind of lyrical poetry; verses for the amusement of polite society. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Socket \Sock"et\, n. [OE. soket, a dim. through OF. fr. L. soccus. See {Sock} a covering for the foot.] 1. An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth. His eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink. --Dryden. 2. Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick. And in the sockets oily bubbles dance. --Dryden. {Socket bolt} (Mach.), a bolt that passes through a thimble that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt. {Socket chisel}. Same as {Framing chisel}. See under {Framing}. {Socket pipe}, a pipe with an expansion at one end to receive the end of a connecting pipe. {Socket pole}, a pole armed with iron fixed on by means of a socket, and used to propel boats, etc. [U.S.] {Socket wrench}, a wrench consisting of a socket at the end of a shank or rod, for turning a nut, bolthead, etc., in a narrow or deep recess. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Socket \Sock"et\, n. [OE. soket, a dim. through OF. fr. L. soccus. See {Sock} a covering for the foot.] 1. An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth. His eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink. --Dryden. 2. Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick. And in the sockets oily bubbles dance. --Dryden. {Socket bolt} (Mach.), a bolt that passes through a thimble that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt. {Socket chisel}. Same as {Framing chisel}. See under {Framing}. {Socket pipe}, a pipe with an expansion at one end to receive the end of a connecting pipe. {Socket pole}, a pole armed with iron fixed on by means of a socket, and used to propel boats, etc. [U.S.] {Socket wrench}, a wrench consisting of a socket at the end of a shank or rod, for turning a nut, bolthead, etc., in a narrow or deep recess. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Socket \Sock"et\, n. [OE. soket, a dim. through OF. fr. L. soccus. See {Sock} a covering for the foot.] 1. An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth. His eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink. --Dryden. 2. Especially, the hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick. And in the sockets oily bubbles dance. --Dryden. {Socket bolt} (Mach.), a bolt that passes through a thimble that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt. {Socket chisel}. Same as {Framing chisel}. See under {Framing}. {Socket pipe}, a pipe with an expansion at one end to receive the end of a connecting pipe. {Socket pole}, a pole armed with iron fixed on by means of a socket, and used to propel boats, etc. [U.S.] {Socket wrench}, a wrench consisting of a socket at the end of a shank or rod, for turning a nut, bolthead, etc., in a narrow or deep recess. | |
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Suscitability \Sus`ci*ta*bil"i*ty\, n. Capability of being suscitated; excitability. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Seaside Park, NJ (borough, FIPS 66480) Location: 39.92575 N, 74.07907 W Population (1990): 1871 (2454 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08752 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
showstopper n. A hardware or (especially) software bug that makes an implementation effectively unusable; one that absolutely has to be fixed before development can go on. Opposite in connotation from its original theatrical use, which refers to something stunningly _good_. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
showstopper A hardware or (especially) software {bug} that makes an implementation effectively unusable; one that absolutely has to be fixed before development can go on. Opposite in connotation from its original theatrical use, which refers to something stunningly *good*. [{Jargon File}] (1995-01-31) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Succoth-benoth tents of daughters, supposed to be the name of a Babylonian deity, the goddess Zir-banit, the wife of Merodach, worshipped by the colonists in Samaria (2 Kings 17:30). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Succoth-benoth, the tents of daughters, or young women; or prostitutes |