English Dictionary: Sprechpuppe | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Barracuda \Bar`ra*cu"da\, n. [Native name.] Any of several voracious pikelike marine fishes allied to the gray mullets, constituting the genus {Sphyr[91]na} and family {Sphyr[91]nid[91]}. The great barracuda ({S. barracuda}) of the West Indies, Florida, etc., is often six feet or more long, and as dangerous as a shark. In Cuba its flesh is reputed to be poisonous. {S. Argentea} of the Pacific coast and {S. sphyr[91]na} of Europe are smaller species, and are used as food. | |
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{Saint Martin's summer}, a season of mild, damp weather frequently prevailing during late autumn in England and the Mediterranean countries; -- so called from St. Martin's Festival, occurring on November 11. It corresponds to the Indian summer in America. --Shak. --Whittier. {Saint Patrick's cross}. See Illust. 4, under {Cross}. {Saint Patrick's Day}, the 17th of March, anniversary of the death (about 466) of St. Patrick, the apostle and patron saint of Ireland. {Saint Peter's fish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {John Dory}, under {John}. {Saint Peter's-wort} (Bot.), a name of several plants, as {Hypericum Ascyron}, {H. quadrangulum}, {Ascyrum stans}, etc. {Saint Peter's wreath} (Bot.), a shrubby kind of Spir[91]a ({S. hypericifolia}), having long slender branches covered with clusters of small white blossoms in spring. {Saint's bell}. See {Sanctus bell}, under {Sanctus}. {Saint Vitus's dance} (Med.), chorea; -- so called from the supposed cures wrought on intercession to this saint. | |
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May \May\, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the goddess Maia (Gr. [?]), daughter of Atlas and mother of Mercury by Jupiter.] 1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. --Chaucer. 2. The early part or springtime of life. His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. --Shak. 3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn. The palm and may make country houses gay. --Nash. Plumes that micked the may. --Tennyson. 4. The merrymaking of May Day. --Tennyson. {Italian may} (Bot.), a shrubby species of {Spir[91]a} ({S. hypericifolia}) with many clusters of small white flowers along the slender branches. {May apple} (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant ({Podophyllum peltatum}). Also, the plant itself (popularly called {mandrake}), which has two lobed leaves, and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic. {May beetle}, {May bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the winged state in May. They belong to {Melolontha}, and allied genera. Called also {June beetle}. {May Day}, the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a garland, and by dancing about a May pole. {May dew}, the morning dew of the first day of May, to which magical properties were attributed. {May flower} (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its blossom. See {Mayflower}, in the vocabulary. {May fly} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Ephemera}, and allied genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many species appear in May. See {Ephemeral fly}, under {Ephemeral}. {May game}, any May-day sport. {May lady}, the queen or lady of May, in old May games. {May lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley ({Convallaria majalis}). {May pole}. See {Maypole} in the Vocabulary. {May queen}, a girl or young woman crowned queen in the sports of May Day. {May thorn}, the hawthorn. | |
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Lilac \Li"lac\ (l[imac]"l[ait]k), n. [Also {lilach}.] [Sp. lilac, lila, Ar. l[c6]lak, fr. Per. l[c6]laj, l[c6]lanj, l[c6]lang, n[c6]laj, n[c6]l, the indigo plant, or from the kindred l[c6]lak bluish, the flowers being named from the color. Cf. {Anil}.] 1. (Bot.) A shrub of the genus {Syringa}. There are six species, natives of Europe and Asia. {Syringa vulgaris}, the common lilac, and {S. Persica}, the Persian lilac, are frequently cultivated for the fragrance and beauty of their purplish or white flowers. In the British colonies various other shrubs have this name. 2. A light purplish color like that of the flower of the purplish lilac. {California lilac} (Bot.), a low shrub with dense clusters of purplish flowers ({Ceanothus thyrsiflorus}). | |
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Sap \Sap\, n. [AS. s[91]p; akin to OHG. saf, G. saft, Icel. safi; of uncertain origin; possibly akin to L. sapere to taste, to be wise, sapa must or new wine boiled thick. Cf. {Sapid}, {Sapient}.] 1. The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition. Note: The ascending is the crude sap, the assimilation of which takes place in the leaves, when it becomes the elaborated sap suited to the growth of the plant. 2. The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree. 3. A simpleton; a saphead; a milksop. [Slang] {Sap ball} (Bot.), any large fungus of the genus Polyporus. See {Polyporus}. {Sap green}, a dull light green pigment prepared from the juice of the ripe berries of the {Rhamnus catharticus}, or buckthorn. It is used especially by water-color artists. {Sap rot}, the dry rot. See under {Dry}. {Sap sucker} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small American woodpeckers of the genus {Sphyrapicus}, especially the yellow-bellied woodpecker ({S. varius}) of the Eastern United States. They are so named because they puncture the bark of trees and feed upon the sap. The name is loosely applied to other woodpeckers. {Sap tube} (Bot.), a vessel that conveys sap. | |
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S8avres blue \S[8a]"vres blue`\ A very light blue. | |
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S8avres ware \S[8a]"vres ware`\ Porcelain manufactured at S[8a]vres, France, ecpecially in the national factory situated there. | |
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Saporosity \Sap`o*ros"i*ty\, n. The quality of a body by which it excites the sensation of taste. | |
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Saporous \Sap"o*rous\, a. [L. saporus that relishes well, savory, fr. sapor taste.] Having flavor or taste; yielding a taste. [R.] --Bailey. | |
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Savioress \Sav"ior*ess\, n. A female savior. [Written also saviouress.] [R.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Savorous \Sa"vor*ous\ (-[ucr]s), a. [Cf. F. savoureux, OF. saveros, L. saporosus. Cf. {Saporous}, and see {Savor}, n.] Having a savor; savory. [Obs.] --Rom. of R. | |
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Scabrous \Sca"brous\, a. [L. scabrosus, fr. scaber rough: cf. F. scabreux.] 1. Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly. --Arbuthnot. 2. Fig.: Harsh; unmusical. [R.] His verse is scabrous and hobbling. --Dryden. | |
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Scabrousness \Sca"brous*ness\, n. The quality of being scabrous. | |
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{Scupper hose} (Naut.), a pipe of leather, canvas, etc., attached to the mouth of the scuppers, on the outside of a vessel, to prevent the water from entering. --Totten. {Scupper nail} (Naut.), a nail with a very broad head, for securing the edge of the hose to the scupper. {Scupper plug} (Naut.), a plug to stop a scupper. --Totten. | |
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Sea breach \Sea" breach`\ A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea. --L'Estrange. | |
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Breeze \Breeze\, n. [F. brise; akin to It. brezza breeze, Sp. briza, brisa, a breeze from northeast, Pg. briza northeast wind; of uncertain origin; cf. F. bise, Pr. bisa, OHG. bisa, north wind, Arm. biz northeast wind.] 1. A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind. Into a gradual calm the breezes sink. --Wordsworth. 2. An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a breeze. [Colloq.] {Land breeze}, a wind blowing from the land, generally at night. {Sea breeze}, a breeze or wind blowing, generally in the daytime, from the sea. | |
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Sea perch \Sea" perch`\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European bass ({Roccus, [or] Labrax, lupus}); -- called also {sea dace}. (b) The cunner. (c) The sea bass. (d) The name is applied also to other species of fishes. | |
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Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[be]n; akin to OS. & OFries. st[c7]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. [?], [?], a pebble. [fb]167. Cf. {Steen}.] 1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. [bd]Dumb as a stone.[b8] --Chaucer. They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for mortar. --Gen. xi. 3. Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone is much and widely used in the construction of buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers, abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like. 2. A precious stone; a gem. [bd]Many a rich stone.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels.[b8] --Shak. 3. Something made of stone. Specifically: (a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.] Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives. --Shak. (b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray. Should some relenting eye Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope. 4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus. 5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak. 6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of {Endocarp}. 7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed. [Eng.] Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8 lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5 lbs. 8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone. I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope. 9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also {imposing stone}. Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone; as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still, etc. {Atlantic stone}, ivory. [Obs.] [bd]Citron tables, or Atlantic stone.[b8] --Milton. {Bowing stone}. Same as {Cromlech}. --Encyc. Brit. {Meteoric stones}, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as after the explosion of a meteor. {Philosopher's stone}. See under {Philosopher}. {Rocking stone}. See {Rocking-stone}. {Stone age}, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for weapons and tools; -- called also {flint age}. The {bronze age} succeeded to this. {Stone bass} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Serranus} and allied genera, as {Serranus Couchii}, and {Polyprion cernium} of Europe; -- called also {sea perch}. {Stone biter} (Zo[94]l.), the wolf fish. {Stone boiling}, a method of boiling water or milk by dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages. --Tylor. {Stone borer} (Zo[94]l.), any animal that bores stones; especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow in limestone. See {Lithodomus}, and {Saxicava}. {Stone bramble} (Bot.), a European trailing species of bramble ({Rubus saxatilis}). {Stone-break}. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Saxifraga}; saxifrage. {Stone bruise}, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a bruise by a stone. {Stone canal}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand canal}, under {Sand}. {Stone cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus {Noturus}. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they inflict painful wounds. {Stone coal}, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal. {Stone coral} (Zo[94]l.), any hard calcareous coral. {Stone crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large crab ({Menippe mercenaria}) found on the southern coast of the United States and much used as food. (b) A European spider crab ({Lithodes maia}). {Stone crawfish} (Zo[94]l.), a European crawfish ({Astacus torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of the common species ({A. fluviatilis}). {Stone curlew}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also {thick-kneed plover} or {bustard}, and {thick-knee}. (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The willet. [Local, U.S.] {Stone crush}. Same as {Stone bruise}, above. {Stone eater}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stone borer}, above. {Stone falcon} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin. {Stone fern} (Bot.), a European fern ({Asplenium Ceterach}) which grows on rocks and walls. {Stone fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {Perla} and allied genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait. The larv[91] are aquatic. {Stone fruit} (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry. {Stone grig} (Zo[94]l.), the mud lamprey, or pride. {Stone hammer}, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other, -- used for breaking stone. {Stone hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit of sitting on bare stones. {Stone jar}, a jar made of stoneware. {Stone lily} (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid. {Stone lugger}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Stone roller}, below. {Stone marten} (Zo[94]l.), a European marten ({Mustela foina}) allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; -- called also {beech marten}. {Stone mason}, a mason who works or builds in stone. {Stone-mortar} (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short distances. {Stone oil}, rock oil, petroleum. {Stone parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli Labanotis}). See under {Parsley}. {Stone pine}. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under {Pine}, and {Pi[a4]on}. {Stone pit}, a quarry where stones are dug. {Stone pitch}, hard, inspissated pitch. {Stone plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European stone curlew. (b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the genus {Esacus}; as, the large stone plover ({E. recurvirostris}). (c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.] (d) The ringed plover. (e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to other species of limicoline birds. {Stone roller}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American fresh-water fish ({Catostomus nigricans}) of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive, often with dark blotches. Called also {stone lugger}, {stone toter}, {hog sucker}, {hog mullet}. (b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma anomalum}); -- called also {stone lugger}. {Stone's cast}, [or] {Stone's throw}, the distance to which a stone may be thrown by the hand. {Stone snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler. [Local, U.S.] {Stone toter}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) See {Stone roller} (a), above. (b) A cyprinoid fish ({Exoglossum maxillingua}) found in the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a three-lobed lower lip; -- called also {cutlips}. {To leave no stone unturned}, to do everything that can be done; to use all practicable means to effect an object. | |
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Sea perch \Sea" perch`\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European bass ({Roccus, [or] Labrax, lupus}); -- called also {sea dace}. (b) The cunner. (c) The sea bass. (d) The name is applied also to other species of fishes. | |
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Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[be]n; akin to OS. & OFries. st[c7]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. [?], [?], a pebble. [fb]167. Cf. {Steen}.] 1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. [bd]Dumb as a stone.[b8] --Chaucer. They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for mortar. --Gen. xi. 3. Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone is much and widely used in the construction of buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers, abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like. 2. A precious stone; a gem. [bd]Many a rich stone.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels.[b8] --Shak. 3. Something made of stone. Specifically: (a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.] Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives. --Shak. (b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray. Should some relenting eye Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope. 4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus. 5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak. 6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of {Endocarp}. 7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed. [Eng.] Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8 lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5 lbs. 8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone. I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope. 9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also {imposing stone}. Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone; as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still, etc. {Atlantic stone}, ivory. [Obs.] [bd]Citron tables, or Atlantic stone.[b8] --Milton. {Bowing stone}. Same as {Cromlech}. --Encyc. Brit. {Meteoric stones}, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as after the explosion of a meteor. {Philosopher's stone}. See under {Philosopher}. {Rocking stone}. See {Rocking-stone}. {Stone age}, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for weapons and tools; -- called also {flint age}. The {bronze age} succeeded to this. {Stone bass} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Serranus} and allied genera, as {Serranus Couchii}, and {Polyprion cernium} of Europe; -- called also {sea perch}. {Stone biter} (Zo[94]l.), the wolf fish. {Stone boiling}, a method of boiling water or milk by dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages. --Tylor. {Stone borer} (Zo[94]l.), any animal that bores stones; especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow in limestone. See {Lithodomus}, and {Saxicava}. {Stone bramble} (Bot.), a European trailing species of bramble ({Rubus saxatilis}). {Stone-break}. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Saxifraga}; saxifrage. {Stone bruise}, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a bruise by a stone. {Stone canal}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand canal}, under {Sand}. {Stone cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus {Noturus}. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they inflict painful wounds. {Stone coal}, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal. {Stone coral} (Zo[94]l.), any hard calcareous coral. {Stone crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large crab ({Menippe mercenaria}) found on the southern coast of the United States and much used as food. (b) A European spider crab ({Lithodes maia}). {Stone crawfish} (Zo[94]l.), a European crawfish ({Astacus torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of the common species ({A. fluviatilis}). {Stone curlew}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also {thick-kneed plover} or {bustard}, and {thick-knee}. (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The willet. [Local, U.S.] {Stone crush}. Same as {Stone bruise}, above. {Stone eater}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stone borer}, above. {Stone falcon} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin. {Stone fern} (Bot.), a European fern ({Asplenium Ceterach}) which grows on rocks and walls. {Stone fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {Perla} and allied genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait. The larv[91] are aquatic. {Stone fruit} (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry. {Stone grig} (Zo[94]l.), the mud lamprey, or pride. {Stone hammer}, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other, -- used for breaking stone. {Stone hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit of sitting on bare stones. {Stone jar}, a jar made of stoneware. {Stone lily} (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid. {Stone lugger}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Stone roller}, below. {Stone marten} (Zo[94]l.), a European marten ({Mustela foina}) allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; -- called also {beech marten}. {Stone mason}, a mason who works or builds in stone. {Stone-mortar} (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short distances. {Stone oil}, rock oil, petroleum. {Stone parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli Labanotis}). See under {Parsley}. {Stone pine}. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under {Pine}, and {Pi[a4]on}. {Stone pit}, a quarry where stones are dug. {Stone pitch}, hard, inspissated pitch. {Stone plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European stone curlew. (b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the genus {Esacus}; as, the large stone plover ({E. recurvirostris}). (c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.] (d) The ringed plover. (e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to other species of limicoline birds. {Stone roller}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American fresh-water fish ({Catostomus nigricans}) of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive, often with dark blotches. Called also {stone lugger}, {stone toter}, {hog sucker}, {hog mullet}. (b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma anomalum}); -- called also {stone lugger}. {Stone's cast}, [or] {Stone's throw}, the distance to which a stone may be thrown by the hand. {Stone snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler. [Local, U.S.] {Stone toter}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) See {Stone roller} (a), above. (b) A cyprinoid fish ({Exoglossum maxillingua}) found in the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a three-lobed lower lip; -- called also {cutlips}. {To leave no stone unturned}, to do everything that can be done; to use all practicable means to effect an object. | |
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Sea porcupine \Sea" por"cu*pine\ (Zo[94]l.) Any fish of the genus {Diodon}, and allied genera, whose body is covered with spines. See Illust. under {Diodon}. | |
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Sea pork \Sea" pork`\ (Zo[94]l.) An American compound ascidian ({Amor[91]cium stellatum}) which forms large whitish masses resembling salt pork. | |
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Sea purse \Sea" purse`\ (s[emac]" p[ucir]rs`). (Zo[94]l.) The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks. | |
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Sea chickweed \Sea" chick"weed`\ (Bot.) A fleshy plant ({Arenaria peploides}) growing in large tufts in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; -- called also {sea sandwort}, and {sea purslane}. | |
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Sea purslane \Sea" purs"lane\ (Bot.) See under {Purslane}. | |
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Purslane \Purs"lane\, n. [OF. porcelaine, pourcelaine (cf. It. porcellana), corrupted fr. L. porcilaca for portulaca.] (Bot.) An annual plant ({Portulaca oleracea}), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling. {Flowering purslane}, [or] {Great flowered purslane}, the {Portulaca grandiflora}. See {Portulaca}. {Purslane tree}, a South African shrub ({Portulacaria Afra}) with many small opposite fleshy obovate leaves. {Sea purslane}, a seashore plant ({Arenaria peploides}) with crowded opposite fleshy leaves. {Water purslane}, an aquatic plant ({Ludwiqia palustris}) but slightly resembling purslane. | |
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Sea chickweed \Sea" chick"weed`\ (Bot.) A fleshy plant ({Arenaria peploides}) growing in large tufts in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; -- called also {sea sandwort}, and {sea purslane}. | |
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Sea purslane \Sea" purs"lane\ (Bot.) See under {Purslane}. | |
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Purslane \Purs"lane\, n. [OF. porcelaine, pourcelaine (cf. It. porcellana), corrupted fr. L. porcilaca for portulaca.] (Bot.) An annual plant ({Portulaca oleracea}), with fleshy, succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and for salads, garnishing, and pickling. {Flowering purslane}, [or] {Great flowered purslane}, the {Portulaca grandiflora}. See {Portulaca}. {Purslane tree}, a South African shrub ({Portulacaria Afra}) with many small opposite fleshy obovate leaves. {Sea purslane}, a seashore plant ({Arenaria peploides}) with crowded opposite fleshy leaves. {Water purslane}, an aquatic plant ({Ludwiqia palustris}) but slightly resembling purslane. | |
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Severe \Se*vere"\, a. [Compar. {Severer}; superl. {Severest}.] [L. severus; perhaps akin to Gr. [?][?][?] awe, [?][?][?] revered, holy, solemn, Goth. swikns innocent, chaste: cf. F. s[82]v[8a]re. Cf. {Asseverate}, {Persevere}.] 1. Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful. Your looks alter, as your subject does, From kind to fierce, from wanton to severe. --Waller. 2. Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment. [bd]Custody severe.[b8] --Milton. Come! you are too severe a moraler. --Shak. Let your zeal, if it must be expressed in anger, be always more severe against thyself than against others. --Jer. Taylor. 3. Rigidly methodical, or adherent to rule or principle; exactly conformed to a standard; not allowing or employing unneccessary ornament, amplification, etc.; strict; -- said of style, argument, etc. [bd]Restrained by reason and severe principles.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. The Latin, a most severe and compendious language. --Dryden. 4. Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold. 5. Difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a severe test. Syn: Strict; grave; austere; stern; morose; rigid; exact; rigorous; hard; rough; harsh; censorious; tart; acrimonious; sarcastic; satirical; cutting; biting; keen; bitter; cruel. See {Strict}. -- {Se*vere"ly}, adv. -- {Se*vere"ness}, n. | |
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Sheeprack \Sheep"rack`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The starling. | |
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3. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] --Tyndale. {Armed ship}, a private ship taken into the service of the government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a ship of war. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {General ship}. See under {General}. {Ship biscuit}, hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard; -- called also {ship bread}. See {Hardtack}. {Ship boy}, a boy who serves in a ship. [bd]Seal up the ship boy's eyes.[b8] --Shak. {Ship breaker}, one who breaks up vessels when unfit for further use. {Ship broker}, a mercantile agent employed in buying and selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port. {Ship canal}, a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing vessels. {Ship carpenter}, a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a shipwright. {Ship chandler}, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other, furniture of vessels. {Ship chandlery}, the commodities in which a ship chandler deals; also, the business of a ship chandler. {Ship fever} (Med.), a form of typhus fever; -- called also {putrid, jail, [or] hospital fever}. {Ship joiner}, a joiner who works upon ships. {Ship letter}, a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet. {Ship money} (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I. to revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden, and was one of the causes which led to the death of Charles. It was finally abolished. {Ship of the line}. See under {Line}. {Ship pendulum}, a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent of the rolling and pitching of a vessel. {Ship railway}. (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for repairs. (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels overland between two water courses or harbors. {Ship's company}, the crew of a ship or other vessel. {Ship's days}, the days allowed a vessel for loading or unloading. {Ship's husband}. See under {Husband}. {Ship's papers} (Mar. Law), papers with which a vessel is required by law to be provided, and the production of which may be required on certain occasions. Among these papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll, bill of health, etc. --Bouvier. --Kent. {To make ship}, to embark in a ship or other vessel. | |
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3. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] --Tyndale. {Armed ship}, a private ship taken into the service of the government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a ship of war. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {General ship}. See under {General}. {Ship biscuit}, hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard; -- called also {ship bread}. See {Hardtack}. {Ship boy}, a boy who serves in a ship. [bd]Seal up the ship boy's eyes.[b8] --Shak. {Ship breaker}, one who breaks up vessels when unfit for further use. {Ship broker}, a mercantile agent employed in buying and selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port. {Ship canal}, a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing vessels. {Ship carpenter}, a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a shipwright. {Ship chandler}, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other, furniture of vessels. {Ship chandlery}, the commodities in which a ship chandler deals; also, the business of a ship chandler. {Ship fever} (Med.), a form of typhus fever; -- called also {putrid, jail, [or] hospital fever}. {Ship joiner}, a joiner who works upon ships. {Ship letter}, a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet. {Ship money} (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I. to revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden, and was one of the causes which led to the death of Charles. It was finally abolished. {Ship of the line}. See under {Line}. {Ship pendulum}, a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent of the rolling and pitching of a vessel. {Ship railway}. (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for repairs. (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels overland between two water courses or harbors. {Ship's company}, the crew of a ship or other vessel. {Ship's days}, the days allowed a vessel for loading or unloading. {Ship's husband}. See under {Husband}. {Ship's papers} (Mar. Law), papers with which a vessel is required by law to be provided, and the production of which may be required on certain occasions. Among these papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll, bill of health, etc. --Bouvier. --Kent. {To make ship}, to embark in a ship or other vessel. | |
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Broker \Bro"ker\ (br[omac]"k[etil]r), n. [OE. brocour, from a word akin to broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, possess, digest, fr. AS. br[umac]can to use, enjoy; cf. Fries. broker, F. brocanteur. See {Brook}, v. t.] 1. One who transacts business for another; an agent. 2. (Law) An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation commonly called brokerage. He takes no possession, as broker, of the subject matter of the negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those who employ him, and not in his own. --Story. 3. A dealer in money, notes, bills of exchange, etc. 4. A dealer in secondhand goods. [Eng.] 5. A pimp or procurer. [Obs.] --Shak. {Bill broker}, one who buys and sells notes and bills of exchange. {Curbstone broker} or {Street broker}, an operator in stocks (not a member of the Stock Exchange) who executes orders by running from office to office, or by transactions on the street. [U.S.] {Exchange broker}, one who buys and sells uncurrent money, and deals in exchanges relating to money. {Insurance broker}, one who is agent in procuring insurance on vessels, or against fire. {Pawn broker}. See {Pawnbroker}. {Real estate broker}, one who buys and sells lands, and negotiates loans, etc., upon mortgage. {Ship broker}, one who acts as agent in buying and selling ships, procuring freight, etc. {Stock broker}. See {Stockbroker}. | |
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Ship-rigged \Ship"-rigged`\, a. (Naut.) Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts, each with square sails. | |
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Shipwreck \Ship"wreck`\, n. 1. The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves. 2. A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage. --Dryden. 3. Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss. Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck. --1 Tim. 1. 19. It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry had made shipwreck. --J. Morley. | |
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Shipwreck \Ship"wreck`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shipwrecked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shipwrecking}.] 1. To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest. Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break. --Shak. 2. To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business. --Addison. | |
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Shipwreck \Ship"wreck`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shipwrecked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shipwrecking}.] 1. To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest. Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break. --Shak. 2. To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business. --Addison. | |
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Shipwreck \Ship"wreck`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shipwrecked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shipwrecking}.] 1. To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest. Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break. --Shak. 2. To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business. --Addison. | |
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Shipwright \Ship"wright`\, n. One whose occupation is to construct ships; a builder of ships or other vessels. | |
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Shiver-spar \Shiv"er-spar`\, n. [Cf. G. schiefer-spath.] (Min.) A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also {slate spar}. | |
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Soap \Soap\, n. [OE. sope, AS. s[be]pe; akin to D. zeep, G. seife, OHG. seifa, Icel. s[be]pa, Sw. s[?]pa, Dan. s[?]be, and perhaps to AS. s[c6]pan to drip, MHG. s[c6]fen, and L. sebum tallow. Cf. {Saponaceous}.] A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. {Saponification}. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not. Note: In general, soaps are of two classes, hard and soft. Calcium, magnesium, lead, etc., form soaps, but they are insoluble and useless. The purifying action of soap depends upon the fact that it is decomposed by a large quantity of water into free alkali and an insoluble acid salt. The first of these takes away the fatty dirt on washing, and the latter forms the soap lather which envelops the greasy matter and thus tends to remove it. --Roscoe & Schorlemmer. {Castile soap}, a fine-grained hard soap, white or mottled, made of olive oil and soda; -- called also {Marseilles, [or] Venetian, soap}. {Hard soap}, any one of a great variety of soaps, of different ingredients and color, which are hard and compact. All solid soaps are of this class. {Lead soap}, an insoluble, white, pliable soap made by saponifying an oil (olive oil) with lead oxide; -- used externally in medicine. Called also {lead plaster}, {diachylon}, etc. {Marine soap}. See under {Marine}. {Pills of soap} (Med.), pills containing soap and opium. {Potash soap}, any soap made with potash, esp. the soft soaps, and a hard soap made from potash and castor oil. {Pumice soap}, any hard soap charged with a gritty powder, as silica, alumina, powdered pumice, etc., which assists mechanically in the removal of dirt. {Resin soap}, a yellow soap containing resin, -- used in bleaching. {Silicated soap}, a cheap soap containing water glass (sodium silicate). {Soap bark}. (Bot.) See {Quillaia bark}. {Soap bubble}, a hollow iridescent globe, formed by blowing a film of soap suds from a pipe; figuratively, something attractive, but extremely unsubstantial. This soap bubble of the metaphysicians. --J. C. Shairp. {Soap cerate}, a cerate formed of soap, olive oil, white wax, and the subacetate of lead, sometimes used as an application to allay inflammation. {Soap fat}, the refuse fat of kitchens, slaughter houses, etc., used in making soap. {Soap liniment} (Med.), a liniment containing soap, camphor, and alcohol. {Soap nut}, the hard kernel or seed of the fruit of the soapberry tree, -- used for making beads, buttons, etc. {Soap plant} (Bot.), one of several plants used in the place of soap, as the {Chlorogalum pomeridianum}, a California plant, the bulb of which, when stripped of its husk and rubbed on wet clothes, makes a thick lather, and smells not unlike new brown soap. It is called also {soap apple}, {soap bulb}, and {soap weed}. {Soap tree}. (Bot.) Same as {Soapberry tree}. {Soda soap}, a soap containing a sodium salt. The soda soaps are all hard soaps. {Soft soap}, a soap of a gray or brownish yellow color, and of a slimy, jellylike consistence, made from potash or the lye from wood ashes. It is strongly alkaline and often contains glycerin, and is used in scouring wood, in cleansing linen, in dyehouses, etc. Figuratively, flattery; wheedling; blarney. [Colloq.] {Toilet soap}, hard soap for the toilet, usually colored and perfumed. | |
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Quillaia bark \Quil*la"ia bark`\ (Bot.) The bark of a rosaceous tree ({Quillaja Saponaria}), native of Chili. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chilians instead of soap. Also called {soap bark}. | |
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Soap \Soap\, n. [OE. sope, AS. s[be]pe; akin to D. zeep, G. seife, OHG. seifa, Icel. s[be]pa, Sw. s[?]pa, Dan. s[?]be, and perhaps to AS. s[c6]pan to drip, MHG. s[c6]fen, and L. sebum tallow. Cf. {Saponaceous}.] A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. {Saponification}. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not. Note: In general, soaps are of two classes, hard and soft. Calcium, magnesium, lead, etc., form soaps, but they are insoluble and useless. The purifying action of soap depends upon the fact that it is decomposed by a large quantity of water into free alkali and an insoluble acid salt. The first of these takes away the fatty dirt on washing, and the latter forms the soap lather which envelops the greasy matter and thus tends to remove it. --Roscoe & Schorlemmer. {Castile soap}, a fine-grained hard soap, white or mottled, made of olive oil and soda; -- called also {Marseilles, [or] Venetian, soap}. {Hard soap}, any one of a great variety of soaps, of different ingredients and color, which are hard and compact. All solid soaps are of this class. {Lead soap}, an insoluble, white, pliable soap made by saponifying an oil (olive oil) with lead oxide; -- used externally in medicine. Called also {lead plaster}, {diachylon}, etc. {Marine soap}. See under {Marine}. {Pills of soap} (Med.), pills containing soap and opium. {Potash soap}, any soap made with potash, esp. the soft soaps, and a hard soap made from potash and castor oil. {Pumice soap}, any hard soap charged with a gritty powder, as silica, alumina, powdered pumice, etc., which assists mechanically in the removal of dirt. {Resin soap}, a yellow soap containing resin, -- used in bleaching. {Silicated soap}, a cheap soap containing water glass (sodium silicate). {Soap bark}. (Bot.) See {Quillaia bark}. {Soap bubble}, a hollow iridescent globe, formed by blowing a film of soap suds from a pipe; figuratively, something attractive, but extremely unsubstantial. This soap bubble of the metaphysicians. --J. C. Shairp. {Soap cerate}, a cerate formed of soap, olive oil, white wax, and the subacetate of lead, sometimes used as an application to allay inflammation. {Soap fat}, the refuse fat of kitchens, slaughter houses, etc., used in making soap. {Soap liniment} (Med.), a liniment containing soap, camphor, and alcohol. {Soap nut}, the hard kernel or seed of the fruit of the soapberry tree, -- used for making beads, buttons, etc. {Soap plant} (Bot.), one of several plants used in the place of soap, as the {Chlorogalum pomeridianum}, a California plant, the bulb of which, when stripped of its husk and rubbed on wet clothes, makes a thick lather, and smells not unlike new brown soap. It is called also {soap apple}, {soap bulb}, and {soap weed}. {Soap tree}. (Bot.) Same as {Soapberry tree}. {Soda soap}, a soap containing a sodium salt. The soda soaps are all hard soaps. {Soft soap}, a soap of a gray or brownish yellow color, and of a slimy, jellylike consistence, made from potash or the lye from wood ashes. It is strongly alkaline and often contains glycerin, and is used in scouring wood, in cleansing linen, in dyehouses, etc. Figuratively, flattery; wheedling; blarney. [Colloq.] {Toilet soap}, hard soap for the toilet, usually colored and perfumed. | |
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Quillaia bark \Quil*la"ia bark`\ (Bot.) The bark of a rosaceous tree ({Quillaja Saponaria}), native of Chili. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chilians instead of soap. Also called {soap bark}. | |
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Sober \Sober\, a. [Compar. {Soberer}; superl. {Soberest}.] [OE. sobre, F. sobre, from L. sobrius, probably from a prefix so- expressing separation + ebrius drunken. Cf. {Ebriety}.] 1. Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man. That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of Thy holy name. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. 2. Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober. 3. Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self-possessed. There was not a sober person to be had; all was tempestuous and blustering. --Druden. No sober man would put himself into danger for the applause of escaping without breaking his neck. --Dryden. | |
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Soberize \So"ber*ize\, v. t. & i. To sober. [R.] --Crabbe. | |
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Sophora \So*pho"ra\, n. [Ar. [?]ufair.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of leguminous plants. (b) A tree ({Sophora Japonica}) of Eastern Asia, resembling the common locust; occasionally planted in the United States. | |
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Soporose \Sop"o*rose`\, Soporous \Sop"o*rous\, a. [From {Sopor}; cf. L. soporus, fr. sopor a heavy sleep; F. soporeux.] Causing sleep; sleepy. | |
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Soporose \Sop"o*rose`\, Soporous \Sop"o*rous\, a. [From {Sopor}; cf. L. soporus, fr. sopor a heavy sleep; F. soporeux.] Causing sleep; sleepy. | |
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d8Sobriquet \[d8]So`bri`quet"\ (s[osl]`br[esl]`k[asl]"), n.[F. sobriquet, OF. soubzbriquet, soubriquet, a chuck under the chin, hence, an affront, a nickname; of uncertain origin; cf. It. sottobecco a chuck under the chin.] An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname. [Sometimes less correctly written {soubriquet}.] | |
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Soubriquet \Sou`bri`quet"\, n. See {Sobriquet}. | |
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d8Sobriquet \[d8]So`bri`quet"\ (s[osl]`br[esl]`k[asl]"), n.[F. sobriquet, OF. soubzbriquet, soubriquet, a chuck under the chin, hence, an affront, a nickname; of uncertain origin; cf. It. sottobecco a chuck under the chin.] An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname. [Sometimes less correctly written {soubriquet}.] | |
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Soubriquet \Sou`bri`quet"\, n. See {Sobriquet}. | |
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Sovereign \Sov"er*eign\ (? [or] ?; 277), a. [OE. soverain, sovereyn, OF. soverain, suvrain, F. souverain, LL. superanus, fr. L. superus that is above, upper, higher, fr. super above. See {Over}, {Super}, and cf. {Soprano}. The modern spelling is due to a supposed connection with reign.] 1. Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince. 2. Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion. 3. Princely; royal. [bd]Most sovereign name.[b8] --Shak. At Babylon was his sovereign see. --Chaucer. 4. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount. We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good. --Hooker. 5. Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy. --Dryden. Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the regulation of the lives and actions of men. --South. {Sovereign state}, a state which administers its own government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to, another power. | |
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Sovereign \Sov"er*eign\ (? [or] ?; 277), n. 1. The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor. No question is to be made but that the bed of the Mississippi belongs to the sovereign, that is, to the nation. --Jefferson. 2. A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound sterling, or about $4.86. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any butterfly of the tribe {Nymphalidi}, or genus {Basilarchia}, as the ursula and the viceroy. Syn: King; prince; monarch; potentate; emperor. | |
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Sovereign \Sov"er*eign\ (? [or] ?; 277), a. [OE. soverain, sovereyn, OF. soverain, suvrain, F. souverain, LL. superanus, fr. L. superus that is above, upper, higher, fr. super above. See {Over}, {Super}, and cf. {Soprano}. The modern spelling is due to a supposed connection with reign.] 1. Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince. 2. Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion. 3. Princely; royal. [bd]Most sovereign name.[b8] --Shak. At Babylon was his sovereign see. --Chaucer. 4. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount. We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good. --Hooker. 5. Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy. --Dryden. Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the regulation of the lives and actions of men. --South. {Sovereign state}, a state which administers its own government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to, another power. | |
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Sovereignize \Sov"er*eign*ize\, v. i. To exercise supreme authority. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert. | |
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Sovereignly \Sov"er*eign*ly\, adv. In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely. --Chaucer. | |
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Sovereignty \Sov"er*eign*ty\, n.; pl. {Sovereignties}. [OE. soverainetee, OF. sovrainet[82], F. souverainet[82].] The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many sovereignties. Woman desiren to have sovereignty As well over their husband as over their love. --Chaucer. | |
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Sovereignty \Sov"er*eign*ty\, n.; pl. {Sovereignties}. [OE. soverainetee, OF. sovrainet[82], F. souverainet[82].] The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many sovereignties. Woman desiren to have sovereignty As well over their husband as over their love. --Chaucer. | |
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Sparage \Spar"age\ (?; 48), Sparagus \Spar"a*gus\, Sparagrass \Spar"a*grass`\, n. Obs. or corrupt forms of {Asparagus}. | |
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Sparage \Spar"age\ (?; 48), Sparagus \Spar"a*gus\, Sparagrass \Spar"a*grass`\, n. Obs. or corrupt forms of {Asparagus}. | |
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Sparage \Spar"age\ (?; 48), Sparagus \Spar"a*gus\, Sparagrass \Spar"a*grass`\, n. Obs. or corrupt forms of {Asparagus}. | |
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Spare \Spare\, a. [Compar. {Sparer}; superl. {Sparest}; -- not used in all the senses of the word.] [AS. sp[91]r sparing. Cf. {Spare}, v. t. ] 1. Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet. 2. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary. He was spare, but discreet of speech. --Carew. 3. Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous; as, I have no spare time. If that no spare clothes he had to give. --Spenser. 4. Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room. 5. Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt. O, give me the spare men, and spare me the great ones. --Shak. 6. Slow. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] --Grose. | |
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Sparge \Sparge\, v. t. [L. spargere; cf. F. asperger.] To sprinkle; to moisten by sprinkling; as, to sparge paper. | |
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Spargefaction \Spar`ge*fac"tion\, n. [L. spargere to strew + facere, factum, to make.] The act of sprinkling. [Obs.] --Swift. | |
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Sparger \Spar"ger\, n. [Cf. F. asperger to sprinkle, L. aspergere, spargere.] A vessel with a perforated cover, for sprinkling with a liquid; a sprinkler. | |
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Sparhawk \Spar"hawk`\, n. [OE. sperhauke.] (Zo[94]l.) The sparrow hawk. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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d8Scarus \[d8]Sca"rus\, n. [L. See {Scar} a kind of fish.] (Zo[94]l.) A Mediterranean food fish ({Sparisoma scarus}) of excellent quality and highly valued by the Romans; -- called also {parrot fish}. | |
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Spark \Spark\, v. i. (Elec.) To produce, or give off, sparks, as a dynamo at the commutator when revolving under the collecting brushes. | |
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Spark \Spark\, n. [Icel. sparkr lively, sprightly.] 1. A brisk, showy, gay man. The finest sparks and cleanest beaux. --Prior. 2. A lover; a gallant; a beau. | |
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Spark \Spark\, n. [OE. sparke, AS. spearca; akin to D. spark, sperk; cf. Icel. spraka to crackle, Lith. sprag[89]ti, Gr. [?] a bursting with a noise, Skr. sph[?]rj to crackle, to thunder. Cf. {Speak}.] 1. A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion. Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. --Job v. 7. 2. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle. 3. That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle. [bd]If any spark of life be yet remaining.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Small intellectual spark.[b8] --Macaulay. [bd]Vital spark of heavenly flame.[b8] --Pope. We have here and there a little clear light, some sparks of bright knowledge. --Locke. Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark. --Wordsworth. {Spark arrester}, a contrivance to prevent the escape of sparks while it allows the passage of gas, -- chiefly used in the smokestack of a wood-burning locomotive. Called also {spark consumer}. [U.S.] | |
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Spark \Spark\, v. i. To sparkle. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Spark \Spark\, v. i. To play the spark, beau, or lover. A sure sign that his master was courting, or, as it is termed, sparking, within. --W. Irwing. | |
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Spark \Spark\, n. [OE. sparke, AS. spearca; akin to D. spark, sperk; cf. Icel. spraka to crackle, Lith. sprag[89]ti, Gr. [?] a bursting with a noise, Skr. sph[?]rj to crackle, to thunder. Cf. {Speak}.] 1. A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion. Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. --Job v. 7. 2. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle. 3. That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle. [bd]If any spark of life be yet remaining.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Small intellectual spark.[b8] --Macaulay. [bd]Vital spark of heavenly flame.[b8] --Pope. We have here and there a little clear light, some sparks of bright knowledge. --Locke. Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark. --Wordsworth. {Spark arrester}, a contrivance to prevent the escape of sparks while it allows the passage of gas, -- chiefly used in the smokestack of a wood-burning locomotive. Called also {spark consumer}. [U.S.] | |
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Spark coil \Spark coil\ (Elec.) (a) An induction coil, esp. of an internal-combustion engine, wireless telegraph apparatus, etc. (b) A self-induction coil used to increase the spark in an electric gas-lighting apparatus. | |
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Spark \Spark\, n. [OE. sparke, AS. spearca; akin to D. spark, sperk; cf. Icel. spraka to crackle, Lith. sprag[89]ti, Gr. [?] a bursting with a noise, Skr. sph[?]rj to crackle, to thunder. Cf. {Speak}.] 1. A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is emitted by a body in combustion. Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. --Job v. 7. 2. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle. 3. That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle. [bd]If any spark of life be yet remaining.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Small intellectual spark.[b8] --Macaulay. [bd]Vital spark of heavenly flame.[b8] --Pope. We have here and there a little clear light, some sparks of bright knowledge. --Locke. Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark. --Wordsworth. {Spark arrester}, a contrivance to prevent the escape of sparks while it allows the passage of gas, -- chiefly used in the smokestack of a wood-burning locomotive. Called also {spark consumer}. [U.S.] | |
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Spark gap \Spark gap\ (Elec.) The space filled with air or other dielectric between high potential terminals (as of an electrostatic machine, induction coil, or condenser), through which the discharge passes; the air gap of a jump spark. | |
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Spark plug \Spark plug\ In internal-combustion engines with electric ignition, a plug, screwed into the cylinder head, having through it an insulated wire which is connected with the induction coil or magneto circuit on the outside, and forms, with another terminal on the base of the plug, a spark gap inside the cylinder. | |
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Turnstone \Turn"stone`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of limicoline birds of the genera {Strepsilas} and {Arenaria}, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species ({Strepsilas interpres}). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also {brant bird}, {sand runner}, {sea quail}, {sea lark}, {sparkback}, and {skirlcrake}. {Black turnstone}, the California turnstone ({Arenaria melanocephala}). The adult in summer is mostly black, except some white streaks on the chest and forehead, and two white loral spots. | |
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Sparker \Spark"er\, n. A spark arrester. | |
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Sparkful \Spark"ful\, a. Lively; brisk; gay. [Obs.] [bd]Our sparkful youth.[b8] --Camden. | |
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Sparkish \Spark"ish\, a. 1. Like a spark; airy; gay. --W. Walsh. 2. Showy; well-dresed; fine. --L'Estrange. | |
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Sparkle \Spar"kle\, v. t. To emit in the form or likeness of sparks. [bd]Did sparkle forth great light.[b8] --Spenser. | |
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Sparkle \Spar"kle\, v. t. [Cf. {Sparble}.] 1. To disperse. [Obs.] The Landgrave hath sparkled his army without any further enterprise. --State Papers. 2. To scatter on or over. [Obs.] --Purchas. | |
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Sparkle \Spar"kle\, n. [Dim. of spark.] 1. A little spark; a scintillation. As fire is wont to quicken and go From a sparkle sprungen amiss, Till a city brent up is. --Chaucer. The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper. --Prescott. 2. Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond. | |
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Sparkle \Spar"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sparkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sparkling}.] [See {Sparkle}, n., Spark of fire.] 1. To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle. A mantelet upon his shoulder hanging Bretful of rubies red, as fire sparkling. --Chaucer. 2. To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash. I see bright honor sparkle through your eyes. --Milton. 3. To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine. Syn: To shine; glisten; scintillate; radiate; coruscate; glitter; twinkle. | |
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Sparkle \Spar"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sparkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sparkling}.] [See {Sparkle}, n., Spark of fire.] 1. To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle. A mantelet upon his shoulder hanging Bretful of rubies red, as fire sparkling. --Chaucer. 2. To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash. I see bright honor sparkle through your eyes. --Milton. 3. To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine. Syn: To shine; glisten; scintillate; radiate; coruscate; glitter; twinkle. | |
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Sparkler \Spar"kler\, n. One who scatters; esp., one who scatters money; an improvident person. [Obs.] | |
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Sparkler \Spar"kler\, n. One who, or that which, sparkles. | |
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Sparkler \Spar"kler\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A tiger beetle. | |
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Sparklet \Spark"let\, n. A small spark. [Obs.] | |
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Sparkliness \Spark"li*ness\, n. Vivacity. [Obs.] --Aubrey. | |
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Sparkling \Spar"kling\, a. Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes. -- {Spar"kling*ly}, adv. -- {Spar"kling*ness}, n. Syn: Brilliant; shining. See {Shining}. | |
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Sparkle \Spar"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sparkled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sparkling}.] [See {Sparkle}, n., Spark of fire.] 1. To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle. A mantelet upon his shoulder hanging Bretful of rubies red, as fire sparkling. --Chaucer. 2. To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash. I see bright honor sparkle through your eyes. --Milton. 3. To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine. Syn: To shine; glisten; scintillate; radiate; coruscate; glitter; twinkle. | |
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d8Synchysis \[d8]Syn"chy*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to confound; sy`n with + [?] to pour.] A derangement or confusion of any kind, as of words in a sentence, or of humors in the eye. {Sparkling synchysis} (Med.), a condition in which the vitreous humor is softened and contains sparkling scales of cholesterin. | |
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Sparkling \Spar"kling\, a. Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes. -- {Spar"kling*ly}, adv. -- {Spar"kling*ness}, n. Syn: Brilliant; shining. See {Shining}. | |
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Sparkling \Spar"kling\, a. Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes. -- {Spar"kling*ly}, adv. -- {Spar"kling*ness}, n. Syn: Brilliant; shining. See {Shining}. | |
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Sparrow \Spar"row\, n. [OE. sparwe, AS. spearwa; akin to OHG. sparo, G. sperling, Icel. sp[94]rr, Dan. spurv, spurre, Sw. sparf, Goth. sparwa; -- originally, probably, the quiverer or flutterer, and akin to E. spurn. See {Spurn}, and cf. {Spavin}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of many species of small singing birds of the family {Fringillig[91]}, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also {finches}, and {buntings}. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe ({Passer domesticus}) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See {House sparrow}, under {House}. Note: The following American species are well known; the {chipping sparrow}, or {chippy}, the {sage sparrow}, the {savanna sparrow}, the {song sparrow}, the {tree sparrow}, and the {white-throated sparrow} (see {Peabody bird}). See these terms under {Sage}, {Savanna}, etc. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under {Hedge}. He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age! --Shak. {Field sparrow}, {Fox sparrow}, etc. See under {Field}, {Fox}, etc. {Sparrow bill}, a small nail; a castiron shoe nail; a sparable. {Sparrow hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European hawk ({Accipiter nisus}) or any of the allied species. (b) A small American falcon ({Falco sparverius}). (c) The Australian collared sparrow hawk ({Accipiter torquatus}). Note: The name is applied to other small hawks, as the European kestrel and the New Zealand quail hawk. {Sparrow owl} (Zo[94]l.), a small owl ({Glaucidium passerinum}) found both in the Old World and the New. The name is also applied to other species of small owls. {Sparrow spear} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the reed bunting. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Sparrow \Spar"row\, n. [OE. sparwe, AS. spearwa; akin to OHG. sparo, G. sperling, Icel. sp[94]rr, Dan. spurv, spurre, Sw. sparf, Goth. sparwa; -- originally, probably, the quiverer or flutterer, and akin to E. spurn. See {Spurn}, and cf. {Spavin}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of many species of small singing birds of the family {Fringillig[91]}, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also {finches}, and {buntings}. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe ({Passer domesticus}) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See {House sparrow}, under {House}. Note: The following American species are well known; the {chipping sparrow}, or {chippy}, the {sage sparrow}, the {savanna sparrow}, the {song sparrow}, the {tree sparrow}, and the {white-throated sparrow} (see {Peabody bird}). See these terms under {Sage}, {Savanna}, etc. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under {Hedge}. He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age! --Shak. {Field sparrow}, {Fox sparrow}, etc. See under {Field}, {Fox}, etc. {Sparrow bill}, a small nail; a castiron shoe nail; a sparable. {Sparrow hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European hawk ({Accipiter nisus}) or any of the allied species. (b) A small American falcon ({Falco sparverius}). (c) The Australian collared sparrow hawk ({Accipiter torquatus}). Note: The name is applied to other small hawks, as the European kestrel and the New Zealand quail hawk. {Sparrow owl} (Zo[94]l.), a small owl ({Glaucidium passerinum}) found both in the Old World and the New. The name is also applied to other species of small owls. {Sparrow spear} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the reed bunting. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Sparrowgrass \Spar"row*grass`\, n. [Corrupted from asparagus.] Asparagus. [Colloq.] See the Note under {Asparagus}. | |
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Sparse \Sparse\, a. [Compar. {Sparser}; superl. {Sparsest}.] [L. sparsus, p. p. of spargere to strew, scatter. Cf. {Asperse}, {Disperse}.] 1. Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population. --Carlyle. 2. (Bot.) Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like. | |
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Sparse \Sparse\, v. t. [L. sparsus, p. p. of spargere to scatter.] To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Sparsedly \Spars"ed*ly\, adv. Sparsely. [Obs.] | |
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Sparsely \Sparse"ly\, adv. In a scattered or sparse manner. | |
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Sparseness \Sparse"ness\, n. The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of population. | |
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Sparse \Sparse\, a. [Compar. {Sparser}; superl. {Sparsest}.] [L. sparsus, p. p. of spargere to strew, scatter. Cf. {Asperse}, {Disperse}.] 1. Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population. --Carlyle. 2. (Bot.) Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like. | |
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Sparse \Sparse\, a. [Compar. {Sparser}; superl. {Sparsest}.] [L. sparsus, p. p. of spargere to strew, scatter. Cf. {Asperse}, {Disperse}.] 1. Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population. --Carlyle. 2. (Bot.) Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like. | |
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d8Dentex \[d8]Den"tex\, n. [NL., cf. L. dentix a sort of sea fish.] (Zo[94]l.) An edible European marine fish ({Sparus dentex}, or {Dentex vulgaris}) of the family {Percid[91]}. | |
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Spear \Spear\, n. [OE. spere, AS. spere; akin to D. & G. speer, OS. & OHS. sper, Icel. spj[94]r, pl., Dan. sp[91]r, L. sparus.] 1. A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance. Note: [See Illust. of {Spearhead}.] [bd]A sharp ground spear.[b8] --Chaucer. They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. --Micah iv. 3. 2. Fig.: A spearman. --Sir W. Scott. 3. A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals. 4. A shoot, as of grass; a spire. 5. The feather of a horse. See {Feather}, n., 4. 6. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod. {Spear foot}, the off hind foot of a horse. {Spear grass}. (Bot.) (a) The common reed. See {Reed}, n., 1. (b) meadow grass. See under {Meadow}. {Spear hand}, the hand in which a horseman holds a spear; the right hand. --Crabb. {Spear side}, the male line of a family. --Lowell. {Spear thistle} (Bot.), the common thistle ({Cnicus lanceolatus}). | |
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Poa \Po"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] grass.] (Bot.) A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as the kinds called {meadow grass}, {Kentucky blue grass}, {June grass}, and {spear grass} (which see). | |
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Spear \Spear\, n. [OE. spere, AS. spere; akin to D. & G. speer, OS. & OHS. sper, Icel. spj[94]r, pl., Dan. sp[91]r, L. sparus.] 1. A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance. Note: [See Illust. of {Spearhead}.] [bd]A sharp ground spear.[b8] --Chaucer. They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. --Micah iv. 3. 2. Fig.: A spearman. --Sir W. Scott. 3. A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals. 4. A shoot, as of grass; a spire. 5. The feather of a horse. See {Feather}, n., 4. 6. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod. {Spear foot}, the off hind foot of a horse. {Spear grass}. (Bot.) (a) The common reed. See {Reed}, n., 1. (b) meadow grass. See under {Meadow}. {Spear hand}, the hand in which a horseman holds a spear; the right hand. --Crabb. {Spear side}, the male line of a family. --Lowell. {Spear thistle} (Bot.), the common thistle ({Cnicus lanceolatus}). | |
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Poa \Po"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] grass.] (Bot.) A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as the kinds called {meadow grass}, {Kentucky blue grass}, {June grass}, and {spear grass} (which see). | |
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Spear \Spear\, n. [OE. spere, AS. spere; akin to D. & G. speer, OS. & OHS. sper, Icel. spj[94]r, pl., Dan. sp[91]r, L. sparus.] 1. A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance. Note: [See Illust. of {Spearhead}.] [bd]A sharp ground spear.[b8] --Chaucer. They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. --Micah iv. 3. 2. Fig.: A spearman. --Sir W. Scott. 3. A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals. 4. A shoot, as of grass; a spire. 5. The feather of a horse. See {Feather}, n., 4. 6. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod. {Spear foot}, the off hind foot of a horse. {Spear grass}. (Bot.) (a) The common reed. See {Reed}, n., 1. (b) meadow grass. See under {Meadow}. {Spear hand}, the hand in which a horseman holds a spear; the right hand. --Crabb. {Spear side}, the male line of a family. --Lowell. {Spear thistle} (Bot.), the common thistle ({Cnicus lanceolatus}). | |
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Sperage \Sper"age\, n. Asperagus. [Obs.] --Sylvester. | |
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Sperge \Sperge\, n. (Distilling) A charge of wash for the still. --Knight. | |
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Spurry \Spur"ry\, n. [D. or OF. spurrie; cf. G. spergel, NL. spergula.] (Bot.) An annual herb ({Spergula arvensis}) with whorled filiform leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder. [Written also {spurrey}.] {Sand spurry} (Bot.), any low herb of the genus {Lepigonum}, mostly found in sandy places. | |
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Sperse \Sperse\, v. t. To disperse. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Sph91rospore \Sph[91]"ro*spore\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?][?] sphere + E. spore.] (Bot.) One of the nonsexual spores found in red alg[91]; a tetraspore. | |
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Leatherback \Leath"er*back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large sea turtle ({Sphargis coriacea}), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also {leather turtle}, {leathery turtle}, {leather-backed tortoise}, etc. | |
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Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body. 2. Of or pertaining to a sphere. 3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance. --Shak. Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their spheric limitations. --Mrs. Browning. {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc. {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface. {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a. {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter. {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point. {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles. {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}. {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}. {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under {Segment}. {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each other. {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. -- {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body. 2. Of or pertaining to a sphere. 3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance. --Shak. Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their spheric limitations. --Mrs. Browning. {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc. {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface. {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a. {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter. {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point. {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles. {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}. {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}. {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under {Segment}. {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each other. {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. -- {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Aberration \Ab`er*ra"tion\, n. [L. aberratio: cf. F. aberration. See {Aberrate}.] 1. The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type. [bd]The aberration of youth.[b8] --Hall. [bd]Aberrations from theory.[b8] --Burke. 2. A partial alienation of reason. [bd]Occasional aberrations of intellect.[b8] --Lingard. Whims, which at first are the aberrations of a single brain, pass with heat into epidemic form. --I. Taylor. 3. (Astron.) A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called {annual aberration}, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and daily or {diurnal aberration}, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when greatest, in the former case, to 20.4'', and in the latter, to 0.3''. {Planetary aberration} is that due to the motion of light and the motion of the planet relative to the earth. 4. (Opt.) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; called {spherical aberration}, when due to the spherical form of the lens or mirror, such form giving different foci for central and marginal rays; and {chromatic aberration}, when due to different refrangibilities of the colored rays of the spectrum, those of each color having a distinct focus. 5. (Physiol.) The passage of blood or other fluid into parts not appropriate for it. 6. (Law) The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B. Syn: Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangement; alienation; mania; dementia; hallucination; illusion; delusion. See {Insanity}. | |
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Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body. 2. Of or pertaining to a sphere. 3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance. --Shak. Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their spheric limitations. --Mrs. Browning. {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc. {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface. {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a. {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter. {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point. {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles. {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}. {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}. {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under {Segment}. {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each other. {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. -- {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Angle \An"gle\ ([acr][nsm]"g'l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. 'agky`los bent, crooked, angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.] 1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. --Spenser. To search the tenderest angles of the heart. --Milton. 2. (Geom.) (a) The figure made by. two lines which meet. (b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle. 3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. Though but an angle reached him of the stone. --Dryden. 4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological [bd]houses.[b8] [Obs.] --Chaucer. 5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. --Shak. A fisher next his trembling angle bears. --Pope. {Acute angle}, one less than a right angle, or less than 90[deg]. {Adjacent} or {Contiguous angles}, such as have one leg common to both angles. {Alternate angles}. See {Alternate}. {Angle bar}. (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet. --Knight. (b) (Mach.) Same as {Angle iron}. {Angle bead} (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall. {Angle brace}, {Angle tie} (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together. --Knight. {Angle iron} (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted. {Angle leaf} (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle. {Angle meter}, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata. {Angle shaft} (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both. {Curvilineal angle}, one formed by two curved lines. {External angles}, angles formed by the sides of any right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened. {Facial angle}. See under {Facial}. {Internal angles}, those which are within any right-lined figure. {Mixtilineal angle}, one formed by a right line with a curved line. {Oblique angle}, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle. {Obtuse angle}, one greater than a right angle, or more than 90[deg]. {Optic angle}. See under {Optic}. {Rectilineal} or {Right-lined angle}, one formed by two right lines. {Right angle}, one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 90[deg] (measured by a quarter circle). {Solid angle}, the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point. {Spherical angle}, one made by the meeting of two arcs of great circles, which mutually cut one another on the surface of a globe or sphere. {Visual angle}, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye. {For Angles of commutation}, {draught}, {incidence}, {reflection}, {refraction}, {position}, {repose}, {fraction}, see {Commutation}, {Draught}, {Incidence}, {Reflection}, {Refraction}, etc. | |
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Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body. 2. Of or pertaining to a sphere. 3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance. --Shak. Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their spheric limitations. --Mrs. Browning. {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc. {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface. {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a. {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter. {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point. {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles. {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}. {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}. {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under {Segment}. {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each other. {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. -- {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Note: Co[94]rdinates are of several kinds, consisting in some of the different cases, of the following elements, namely: (a) (Geom. of Two Dimensions) The abscissa and ordinate of any point, taken together; as the abscissa PY and ordinate PX of the point P (Fig. 2, referred to the co[94]rdinate axes AY and AX. (b) Any radius vector PA (Fig. 1), together with its angle of inclination to a fixed line, APX, by which any point A in the same plane is referred to that fixed line, and a fixed point in it, called the pole, P. (c) (Geom. of Three Dimensions) Any three lines, or distances, PB, PC, PD (Fig. 3), taken parallel to three co[94]rdinate axes, AX, AY, AZ, and measured from the corresponding co[94]rdinate fixed planes, YAZ, XAZ, XAY, to any point in space, P, whose position is thereby determined with respect to these planes and axes. (d) A radius vector, the angle which it makes with a fixed plane, and the angle which its projection on the plane makes with a fixed line line in the plane, by which means any point in space at the free extremity of the radius vector is referred to that fixed plane and fixed line, and a fixed point in that line, the pole of the radius vector. {Cartesian co[94]rdinates}. See under {Cartesian}. {Geographical co[94]rdinates}, the latitude and longitude of a place, by which its relative situation on the globe is known. The height of the above the sea level constitutes a third co[94]rdinate. {Polar co[94]rdinates}, co[94]rdinates made up of a radius vector and its angle of inclination to another line, or a line and plane; as those defined in (b) and (d) above. {Rectangular co[94]rdinates}, co[94]rdinates the axes of which intersect at right angles. {Rectilinear co[94]rdinates}, co[94]rdinates made up of right lines. Those defined in (a) and (c) above are called also {Cartesian co[94]rdinates}. {Trigonometrical} [or] {Spherical co[94]rdinates}, elements of reference, by means of which the position of a point on the surface of a sphere may be determined with respect to two great circles of the sphere. {Trilinear co[94]rdinates}, co[94]rdinates of a point in a plane, consisting of the three ratios which the three distances of the point from three fixed lines have one to another. | |
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Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body. 2. Of or pertaining to a sphere. 3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance. --Shak. Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their spheric limitations. --Mrs. Browning. {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc. {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface. {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a. {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter. {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point. {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles. {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}. {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}. {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under {Segment}. {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each other. {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. -- {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Excess \Ex*cess"\, n. [OE. exces, excess, ecstasy, L. excessus a going out, loss of self-possession, fr. excedere, excessum, to go out, go beyond: cf. F. exc[8a]s. See {Exceed}.] 1. The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, . . . Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. --Shak. That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess of joy. --Walsh. 2. An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation. Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess. --Eph. v. 18. Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches blame. --Milton. 3. The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other. {Spherical excess} (Geom.), the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle. | |
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Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body. 2. Of or pertaining to a sphere. 3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance. --Shak. Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their spheric limitations. --Mrs. Browning. {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc. {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface. {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a. {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter. {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point. {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles. {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}. {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}. {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under {Segment}. {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each other. {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. -- {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body. 2. Of or pertaining to a sphere. 3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance. --Shak. Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their spheric limitations. --Mrs. Browning. {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc. {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface. {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a. {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter. {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point. {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles. {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}. {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}. {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under {Segment}. {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each other. {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. -- {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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the motion of the point A, of the foot of the perpendicular PA, when P moves uniformly in the circumference of a circle, and PA is drawn perpendicularly upon a fixed diameter of the circle. This is simple harmonic motion. The combinations, in any way, of two more simple harmonic motions, make other kinds of harmonic motion. The motion of the pendulum bob of a clock is approximately simple harmonic motion. {Harmonic proportion}. See under {Proportion}. {Harmonic series} [or] {progression}. See under {Progression}. {Spherical harmonic analysis}, a mathematical method, sometimes referred to as that of Laplace's Coefficients, which has for its object the expression of an arbitrary, periodic function of two independent variables, in the proper form for a large class of physical problems, involving arbitrary data, over a spherical surface, and the deduction of solutions for every point of space. The functions employed in this method are called spherical harmonic functions. --Thomson & Tait. {Harmonic suture} (Anat.), an articulation by simple apposition of comparatively smooth surfaces or edges, as between the two superior maxillary bones in man; -- called also {harmonic}, and {harmony}. {Harmonic triad} (Mus.), the chord of a note with its third and fifth; the common chord. | |
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Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body. 2. Of or pertaining to a sphere. 3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance. --Shak. Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their spheric limitations. --Mrs. Browning. {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc. {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface. {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a. {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter. {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point. {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles. {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}. {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}. {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under {Segment}. {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each other. {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. -- {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body. 2. Of or pertaining to a sphere. 3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance. --Shak. Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their spheric limitations. --Mrs. Browning. {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc. {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface. {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a. {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter. {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point. {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles. {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}. {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}. {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under {Segment}. {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each other. {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. -- {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body. 2. Of or pertaining to a sphere. 3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance. --Shak. Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their spheric limitations. --Mrs. Browning. {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc. {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface. {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a. {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter. {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point. {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles. {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}. {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}. {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under {Segment}. {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each other. {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. -- {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body. 2. Of or pertaining to a sphere. 3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance. --Shak. Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their spheric limitations. --Mrs. Browning. {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc. {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface. {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a. {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter. {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point. {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles. {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}. {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}. {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under {Segment}. {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each other. {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. -- {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Sector \Sec"tor\, n. [L., properly, a cutter, fr. secare, sectum, to cut: cf. F. secteur. See {Section}.] 1. (Geom.) A part of a circle comprehended between two radii and the included arc. 2. A mathematical instrument, consisting of two rulers connected at one end by a joint, each arm marked with several scales, as of equal parts, chords, sines, tangents, etc., one scale of each kind on each arm, and all on lines radiating from the common center of motion. The sector is used for plotting, etc., to any scale. 3. An astronomical instrument, the limb of which embraces a small portion only of a circle, used for measuring differences of declination too great for the compass of a micrometer. When it is used for measuring zenith distances of stars, it is called a zenith sector. {Dip sector}, an instrument used for measuring the dip of the horizon. {Sector of a sphere}, [or] {Spherical sector}, the solid generated by the revolution of the sector of a circle about one of its radii, or, more rarely, about any straight line drawn in the plane of the sector through its vertex. | |
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Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body. 2. Of or pertaining to a sphere. 3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance. --Shak. Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their spheric limitations. --Mrs. Browning. {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc. {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface. {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a. {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter. {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point. {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles. {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}. {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}. {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under {Segment}. {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each other. {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. -- {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body. 2. Of or pertaining to a sphere. 3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance. --Shak. Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their spheric limitations. --Mrs. Browning. {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc. {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface. {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a. {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter. {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point. {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles. {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}. {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}. {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under {Segment}. {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each other. {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. -- {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body. 2. Of or pertaining to a sphere. 3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance. --Shak. Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their spheric limitations. --Mrs. Browning. {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc. {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface. {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a. {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter. {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point. {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles. {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}. {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}. {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under {Segment}. {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each other. {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. -- {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body. 2. Of or pertaining to a sphere. 3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance. --Shak. Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their spheric limitations. --Mrs. Browning. {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc. {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface. {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a. {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter. {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point. {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles. {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}. {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}. {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under {Segment}. {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each other. {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. -- {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Trigonometry \Trig`o*nom"e*try\, n.; pl. {-tries}. [Gr. [?] a triangle + -metry: cf. F. trigonom[82]trie. See {Trigon}.] 1. That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations of the sides and angles of triangles, which the methods of deducing from certain given parts other required parts, and also of the general relations which exist between the trigonometrical functions of arcs or angles. 2. A treatise in this science. {Analytical trigonometry}, that branch of trigonometry which treats of the relations and properties of the trigonometrical functions. {Plane trigonometry}, and {Spherical trigonometry}, those branches of trigonometry in which its principles are applied to plane triangles and spherical triangles respectively. | |
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d8Ungula \[d8]Un"gu*la\, n.; pl. {Ungul[91]}. [L., a claw, hoof, from unguis a nail, claw, hoof.] 1. A hoof, claw, or talon. 2. (Geom.) A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the base; -- so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a horse. 3. (Bot.) Same as {Unguis}, 3. {Spherical ungula} (Geom.), a part of a sphere bounded by two planes intersecting in a diameter and by a line of the surface of the sphere. | |
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Wedge \Wedge\, n. [OE. wegge, AS. wecg; akin to D. wig, wigge, OHG. wecki, G. weck a (wedge-shaped) loaf, Icel. veggr, Dan. v[91]gge, Sw. vigg, and probably to Lith. vagis a peg. Cf. {Wigg}.] 1. A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising heavy bodies, and the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers. See Illust. of {Mechanical powers}, under {Mechanical}. 2. (Geom.) A solid of five sides, having a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends. 3. A mass of metal, especially when of a wedgelike form. [bd]Wedges of gold.[b8] --Shak. 4. Anything in the form of a wedge, as a body of troops drawn up in such a form. In warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. --Milton. 5. The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos; -- so called after a person (Wedgewood) who occupied this position on the first list of 1828. [Cant, Cambridge Univ., Eng.] --C. A. Bristed. {Fox wedge}. (Mach. & Carpentry) See under {Fox}. {Spherical wedge} (Geom.), the portion of a sphere included between two planes which intersect in a diameter. | |
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Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body. 2. Of or pertaining to a sphere. 3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance. --Shak. Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their spheric limitations. --Mrs. Browning. {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc. {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface. {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a. {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter. {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point. {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles. {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}. {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}. {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under {Segment}. {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each other. {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. -- {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus, Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.] 1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body. 2. Of or pertaining to a sphere. 3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set. Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance. --Shak. Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their spheric limitations. --Mrs. Browning. {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc. {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere, especially of the circles described on its surface. {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a. {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included between two great semicircles having a common diameter. {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is measured by the portion within the solid angle of the surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point. {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles. {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}. {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}. {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under {Segment}. {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each other. {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. -- {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Sphericity \Sphe*ric"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. sph[82]ricit[82].] The quality or state of being spherial; roundness; as, the sphericity of the planets, or of a drop of water. | |
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Sphericle \Spher"i*cle\, n. A small sphere. | |
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Spherics \Spher"ics\, n. (Math.) The doctrine of the sphere; the science of the properties and relations of the circles, figures, and other magnitudes of a sphere, produced by planes intersecting it; spherical geometry and trigonometry. | |
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Spheroconic \Sphe`ro*con"ic\, n. (Geom.) A nonplane curve formed by the intersection of the surface of an oblique cone with the surface of a sphere whose center is at the vertex of the cone. | |
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Spherograph \Spher"o*graph\, n. [Sphere + -graph.] An instrument for facilitating the practical use of spherics in navigation and astronomy, being constructed of two cardboards containing various circles, and turning upon each other in such a manner that any possible spherical triangle may be readily found, and the measures of the parts read off by inspection. | |
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Spherosiderite \Spher`o*sid"er*ite\, n. [Sphere + siderite.] (Min.) Siderite occuring in spheroidal masses. | |
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Spherosome \Sphe"ro*some\, n. [Sphere + -some body.] (Zo[94]l.) The body wall of any radiate animal. | |
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Sphragide \Sphrag"ide\, n.[L. sphragis, -idis, Lemnian earth, fr. Gr. [?][?][?], [?][?][?], a seal; -- so called because sold in sealed packets.] (Min.) Lemnian earth. | |
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Sphragistics \Sphra*gis"tics\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?][?] of or for sealing, fr. [?][?][?] a seal.] The science of seals, their history, age, distinctions, etc., esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of documents. | |
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Spir91ic \Spi*r[91]"ic\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the meadowsweet ({Spir[91]a}); formerly, designating an acid which is now called salicylic acid. | |
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Spiracle \Spir"a*cle\, n.[L. spiraculum, fr. spirare to breathe: cf. F. spiracule. See {Spirit}.] 1. (Anat.) The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of the external openings communicating with the air tubes or trache[91] of insects, myriapods, and arachnids. They are variable in number, and are usually situated on the sides of the thorax and abdomen, a pair to a segment. These openings are usually elliptical, and capable of being closed. See Illust. under {Coleoptera}. (a) A tubular orifice communicating with the gill cavity of certain ganoid and all elasmobranch fishes. It is the modified first gill cleft. 3. Any small aperture or vent for air or other fluid. | |
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Spiracular \Spi*rac"u*lar\, a. Of or pertaining to a spiracle. | |
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Spiricle \Spi"ri*cle\, n. [Dim., fr. L. spira a coil.] (Bot.) One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of some seeds. When moistened these threads protrude in great numbers. --Gray. | |
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Spirketing \Spirk"et*ing\, n. (Naut.) The planking from the waterways up to the port sills. --Totten. | |
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Relapsing \Re*laps"ing\, a. Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state. {Relapsing fever} (Med.), an acute, epidemic, contagious fever, which prevails also endemically in Ireland, Russia, and some other regions. It is marked by one or two remissions of the fever, by articular and muscular pains, and by the presence, during the paroxism of spiral bacterium ({Spiroch[91]te}) in the blood. It is not usually fatal. Called also {famine fever}, and {recurring fever}. | |
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d8Spiroch91ta \[d8]Spi`ro*ch[91]"ta\, d8Spiroch91te \[d8]Spi`ro*ch[91]"te\, n. [L. spira a coil + Gr. [?][?][?] hair.] (Biol.) A genus of Spirobacteria similar to Spirillum, but distinguished by its motility. One species, the {Spiroch[91]te Obermeyeri}, is supposed to be the cause of relapsing fever. | |
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Spirograph \Spi"ro*graph\, n. [L. spirare to breathe + -graph.] (Physiol.) An instrument for recording the respiratory movements, as the sphygmograph does those of the pulse. | |
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Spiroscope \Spi"ro*scope\, n. [L. spirare to breathe + -scope.] (Physiol.) A wet meter used to determine the breathing capacity of the lungs. | |
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Sporocarp \Spo"ro*carp\, n. [Spore + Gr. [?] fruit.] (Bot.) (a) A closed body or conceptacle containing one or more masses of spores or sporangia. (b) A sporangium. | |
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Sporocyst \Spo"ro*cyst\, n. [Gr. [?] seed + [?] bladder.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An asexual zooid, usually forming one of a series of larval forms in the agamic reproduction of various trematodes and other parasitic worms. The sporocyst generally develops from an egg, but in its turn produces other larv[91] by internal budding, or by the subdivision of a part or all of its contents into a number of minute germs. See {Redia}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any protozoan when it becomes encysted produces germs by sporulation. | |
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Sporogenesis \Spo`ro*gen"e*sis\, n. [Spore + genesis.] (Biol.) reproduction by spores. | |
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Sporogony \Spo*rog"o*ny\, n. [Spore + root of Gr. [?] to be born.] (Zo[94]l.) The growth or development of an animal or a zooid from a nonsexual germ. | |
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Sporosac \Spo"ro*sac\, n. [Spore + sac.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A hydrozoan reproductive zooid or gonophore which does not become medusoid in form or structure. See Illust. under {Athecata}. (b) An early or simple larval stage of trematode worms and some other invertebrates, which is capable or reproducing other germs by asexual generation; a nurse; a redia. | |
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Zo94spore \Zo"[94]*spore\, n. [Zo[94]- + spore.] 1. (Bot.) A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zo[94]spores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, alg[91]. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozo[94]spores and the smaller microzo[94]spores. Called also {sporozoid}, and {swarmspore}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) See {Swarmspore}. | |
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Sporozoid \Spo`ro*zo"id\, n. [Spore + Gr. [?] an animal.] (Bot.) Same as {Zo[94]spore}. | |
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Zo94spore \Zo"[94]*spore\, n. [Zo[94]- + spore.] 1. (Bot.) A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zo[94]spores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, alg[91]. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozo[94]spores and the smaller microzo[94]spores. Called also {sporozoid}, and {swarmspore}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) See {Swarmspore}. | |
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Sporozoid \Spo`ro*zo"id\, n. [Spore + Gr. [?] an animal.] (Bot.) Same as {Zo[94]spore}. | |
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Sporozoite \Spo`ro*zo"ite\, n. (Zo[94]l.) In certain Sporozoa, a small active, usually elongate, sickle-shaped or somewhat am[d2]boid spore, esp. one of those produced by division of the passive spores into which the zygote divides. The sporozoites reproduce asexually. | |
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Sprack \Sprack\, a. [Cf. Icel. spr[91]kr sprightly, dial. Sw. spr[84]k, spr[84]g, spirited, mettlesome; or Gael. spraic vigor.] Quick; lively; alert. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] | |
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Sprag \Sprag\, a. See {Sprack}, a. --Shak. | |
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Sprag \Sprag\, n. [Cf. Icel. spraka a small flounder.] (Zo[94]l.) A young salmon. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Sprag \Sprag\, n. [See {Spray} a branch.] A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop. | |
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Sprag \Sprag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spragged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spragging}.] 1. To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel. --R. S. Poole. 2. To prop or sustain with a sprag. | |
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Sprag \Sprag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spragged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spragging}.] 1. To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel. --R. S. Poole. 2. To prop or sustain with a sprag. | |
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Sprag \Sprag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spragged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spragging}.] 1. To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel. --R. S. Poole. 2. To prop or sustain with a sprag. | |
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Spray \Spray\, n. [probably from a Dutch or Low German form akin to E. spread. See {Spread}, v. t.] 1. Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like. 2. (Med.) (a) A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer. (b) An instrument for applying such a spray; an atomizer. {Spray condenser} (Steam Engine) an injection condenser in which the steam is condensed by a spray of water which mingles with it. | |
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Sprechery \Sprech"er*y\, n. [Cf. Gael. spreidh cattle.] Movables of an inferior description; especially, such as have been collected by depredation. [Scot.] | |
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Spry \Spry\, a. [Compar. {Sprier} or {Spryer}; superl. {Spriest} or {Spryest}.] [Cf. dial. Sw. sprygg lively, skittish, and E. sprag.] Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active. [U.S. & Local Eng.] She is as spry as a cricket. --S. Judd (Margaret). If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry. --Emerson. | |
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Sprig \Sprig\, n. [AS. sprec; akin to Icel. sprek a stick. Cf. {Spray} a branch.] 1. A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley. 2. A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement. A sprig whom I remember, with a whey-face and a satchel, not so many years ago. --Sir W. Scott. 3. A brad, or nail without a head. 4. (Naut.) A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point. | |
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Sprig \Sprig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sprigged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sprigging}.] To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches; to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin. | |
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Sprigtail \Sprig"tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pintail duck; -- called also {sprig}, and {spreet-tail}. [Local, U.S.] (b) The sharp-tailed grouse. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Sprig \Sprig\, n. [AS. sprec; akin to Icel. sprek a stick. Cf. {Spray} a branch.] 1. A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley. 2. A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement. A sprig whom I remember, with a whey-face and a satchel, not so many years ago. --Sir W. Scott. 3. A brad, or nail without a head. 4. (Naut.) A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point. | |
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Sprig \Sprig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sprigged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sprigging}.] To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches; to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin. | |
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Sprigtail \Sprig"tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pintail duck; -- called also {sprig}, and {spreet-tail}. [Local, U.S.] (b) The sharp-tailed grouse. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Sprig \Sprig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sprigged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sprigging}.] To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches; to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin. | |
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Sprigged \Sprigged\, a. Having sprigs. | |
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Sprig \Sprig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sprigged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sprigging}.] To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches; to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin. | |
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Spriggy \Sprig"gy\, a. Full of sprigs or small branches. | |
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Spright \Spright\, n. [See {Sprite}.] 1. Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood. [Obs.] [bd]The high heroic spright.[b8] | |
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Spright \Spright\, v. t. To haunt, as a spright. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Sprightful \Spright"ful\, a. [Spright sprite + full.] Full of spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk; nimble; gay. [Obs.] -- {Spright"ful*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Sprightful \Spright"ful\, a. [Spright sprite + full.] Full of spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk; nimble; gay. [Obs.] -- {Spright"ful*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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--Shak. -- {Spright"ful*ness}, n. [Obs.] Spoke like a sprightful gentlemen. --Shak. Steeds sprightful as the light. --Cowley. | |
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Sprightless \Spright"less\, a. Destitute of life; dull; sluggish. | |
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Sprightly \Spright"ly\, a. [Compar. {Sprightlier}; superl. {Sprightliest}.] [See {Sprite}.] Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. [bd]Sprightly wit and love inspires.[b8] --Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. --Pope. | |
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Sprightly \Spright"ly\, a. [Compar. {Sprightlier}; superl. {Sprightliest}.] [See {Sprite}.] Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. [bd]Sprightly wit and love inspires.[b8] --Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. --Pope. | |
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Sprightliness \Spright"li*ness\, n. The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life; briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity. In dreams, observe with what a sprightliness and alacrity does she [the soul] exert herself! --Addison. | |
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Sprightly \Spright"ly\, a. [Compar. {Sprightlier}; superl. {Sprightliest}.] [See {Sprite}.] Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. [bd]Sprightly wit and love inspires.[b8] --Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. --Pope. | |
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Sprigtail \Sprig"tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pintail duck; -- called also {sprig}, and {spreet-tail}. [Local, U.S.] (b) The sharp-tailed grouse. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Sprocket \Sprock"et\, n. [Etymology uncertain.] (Mach.) (a) A tooth or projection, as on the periphery of a wheel, shaped so as to engage with a chain. (b) A sprocket wheel. | |
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Sprocket wheel \Sprock"et wheel`\ [Etymology of sprocket is uncertain.] (Mach.) Same as {Chain wheel}. | |
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Spruce \Spruce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spruced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sprucing}.] To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce. | |
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Spruce \Spruce\, v. i. To dress one's self with affected neatness; as, to spruce up. | |
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Spruce \Spruce\, n. [OE. Spruce or Pruse, Prussia, Prussian. So named because it was first known as a native of Prussia, or because its sprouts were used for making, spruce beer. Cf. Spruce beer, below, {Spruce}, a.] 1. (Bot.) Any coniferous tree of the genus {Picea}, as the Norway spruce ({P. excelsa}), and the white and black spruces of America ({P. alba} and {P. nigra}), besides several others in the far Northwest. See {Picea}. 2. The wood or timber of the spruce tree. 3. Prussia leather; pruce. [Obs.] Spruce, a sort of leather corruptly so called for Prussia leather. --E. Phillips. {Douglas spruce} (Bot.), a valuable timber tree ({Pseudotsuga Douglasii}) of Northwestern America. {Essence of spruce}, a thick, dark-colored, bitterish, and acidulous liquid made by evaporating a decoction of the young branches of spruce. {Hemlock spruce} (Bot.), a graceful coniferous tree ({Tsuga Canadensis}) of North America. Its timber is valuable, and the bark is largely used in tanning leather. {Spruce beer}. [G. sprossenbier; sprosse sprout, shoot (akin to E. sprout, n.) + bier beer. The word was changed into spruce because the beer came from Prussia (OE. Spruce), or because it was made from the sprouts of the spruce. See {Sprout}, n., {Beer}, and cf. {Spruce}, n.] A kind of beer which is tinctured or flavored with spruce, either by means of the extract or by decoction. {Spruce grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Spruce partridge}, below. {Spruce leather}. See {Spruce}, n., 3. {Spruce partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American grouse ({Dendragapus Canadensis}) found in Canada and the Northern United States; -- called also {Canada grouse}. | |
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Spruce \Spruce\, a. [Compar. {Sprucer}; superl. {Sprucest}] [Perhaps fr. spruce a sort of leather from Prussia, which was an article of finery. See {Spruce}, n.] 1. Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to persons. [bd]Neat and spruce array.[b8] --Remedy of Love. 2. Sprightly; dashing. [Obs.] [bd]Now, my spruce companions.[b8] --Shak. He is so spruce that he can never be genteel. --Tatler. Syn: Finical; neat; trim. See {Finical}. -- {Sruce"ly}, adv. -- {Spruce"ness}, n. | |
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Spruce \Spruce\, n. [OE. Spruce or Pruse, Prussia, Prussian. So named because it was first known as a native of Prussia, or because its sprouts were used for making, spruce beer. Cf. Spruce beer, below, {Spruce}, a.] 1. (Bot.) Any coniferous tree of the genus {Picea}, as the Norway spruce ({P. excelsa}), and the white and black spruces of America ({P. alba} and {P. nigra}), besides several others in the far Northwest. See {Picea}. 2. The wood or timber of the spruce tree. 3. Prussia leather; pruce. [Obs.] Spruce, a sort of leather corruptly so called for Prussia leather. --E. Phillips. {Douglas spruce} (Bot.), a valuable timber tree ({Pseudotsuga Douglasii}) of Northwestern America. {Essence of spruce}, a thick, dark-colored, bitterish, and acidulous liquid made by evaporating a decoction of the young branches of spruce. {Hemlock spruce} (Bot.), a graceful coniferous tree ({Tsuga Canadensis}) of North America. Its timber is valuable, and the bark is largely used in tanning leather. {Spruce beer}. [G. sprossenbier; sprosse sprout, shoot (akin to E. sprout, n.) + bier beer. The word was changed into spruce because the beer came from Prussia (OE. Spruce), or because it was made from the sprouts of the spruce. See {Sprout}, n., {Beer}, and cf. {Spruce}, n.] A kind of beer which is tinctured or flavored with spruce, either by means of the extract or by decoction. {Spruce grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Spruce partridge}, below. {Spruce leather}. See {Spruce}, n., 3. {Spruce partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American grouse ({Dendragapus Canadensis}) found in Canada and the Northern United States; -- called also {Canada grouse}. | |
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Spruce \Spruce\, n. [OE. Spruce or Pruse, Prussia, Prussian. So named because it was first known as a native of Prussia, or because its sprouts were used for making, spruce beer. Cf. Spruce beer, below, {Spruce}, a.] 1. (Bot.) Any coniferous tree of the genus {Picea}, as the Norway spruce ({P. excelsa}), and the white and black spruces of America ({P. alba} and {P. nigra}), besides several others in the far Northwest. See {Picea}. 2. The wood or timber of the spruce tree. 3. Prussia leather; pruce. [Obs.] Spruce, a sort of leather corruptly so called for Prussia leather. --E. Phillips. {Douglas spruce} (Bot.), a valuable timber tree ({Pseudotsuga Douglasii}) of Northwestern America. {Essence of spruce}, a thick, dark-colored, bitterish, and acidulous liquid made by evaporating a decoction of the young branches of spruce. {Hemlock spruce} (Bot.), a graceful coniferous tree ({Tsuga Canadensis}) of North America. Its timber is valuable, and the bark is largely used in tanning leather. {Spruce beer}. [G. sprossenbier; sprosse sprout, shoot (akin to E. sprout, n.) + bier beer. The word was changed into spruce because the beer came from Prussia (OE. Spruce), or because it was made from the sprouts of the spruce. See {Sprout}, n., {Beer}, and cf. {Spruce}, n.] A kind of beer which is tinctured or flavored with spruce, either by means of the extract or by decoction. {Spruce grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Spruce partridge}, below. {Spruce leather}. See {Spruce}, n., 3. {Spruce partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American grouse ({Dendragapus Canadensis}) found in Canada and the Northern United States; -- called also {Canada grouse}. | |
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Spruce \Spruce\, n. [OE. Spruce or Pruse, Prussia, Prussian. So named because it was first known as a native of Prussia, or because its sprouts were used for making, spruce beer. Cf. Spruce beer, below, {Spruce}, a.] 1. (Bot.) Any coniferous tree of the genus {Picea}, as the Norway spruce ({P. excelsa}), and the white and black spruces of America ({P. alba} and {P. nigra}), besides several others in the far Northwest. See {Picea}. 2. The wood or timber of the spruce tree. 3. Prussia leather; pruce. [Obs.] Spruce, a sort of leather corruptly so called for Prussia leather. --E. Phillips. {Douglas spruce} (Bot.), a valuable timber tree ({Pseudotsuga Douglasii}) of Northwestern America. {Essence of spruce}, a thick, dark-colored, bitterish, and acidulous liquid made by evaporating a decoction of the young branches of spruce. {Hemlock spruce} (Bot.), a graceful coniferous tree ({Tsuga Canadensis}) of North America. Its timber is valuable, and the bark is largely used in tanning leather. {Spruce beer}. [G. sprossenbier; sprosse sprout, shoot (akin to E. sprout, n.) + bier beer. The word was changed into spruce because the beer came from Prussia (OE. Spruce), or because it was made from the sprouts of the spruce. See {Sprout}, n., {Beer}, and cf. {Spruce}, n.] A kind of beer which is tinctured or flavored with spruce, either by means of the extract or by decoction. {Spruce grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Spruce partridge}, below. {Spruce leather}. See {Spruce}, n., 3. {Spruce partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American grouse ({Dendragapus Canadensis}) found in Canada and the Northern United States; -- called also {Canada grouse}. | |
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Spruce \Spruce\, n. [OE. Spruce or Pruse, Prussia, Prussian. So named because it was first known as a native of Prussia, or because its sprouts were used for making, spruce beer. Cf. Spruce beer, below, {Spruce}, a.] 1. (Bot.) Any coniferous tree of the genus {Picea}, as the Norway spruce ({P. excelsa}), and the white and black spruces of America ({P. alba} and {P. nigra}), besides several others in the far Northwest. See {Picea}. 2. The wood or timber of the spruce tree. 3. Prussia leather; pruce. [Obs.] Spruce, a sort of leather corruptly so called for Prussia leather. --E. Phillips. {Douglas spruce} (Bot.), a valuable timber tree ({Pseudotsuga Douglasii}) of Northwestern America. {Essence of spruce}, a thick, dark-colored, bitterish, and acidulous liquid made by evaporating a decoction of the young branches of spruce. {Hemlock spruce} (Bot.), a graceful coniferous tree ({Tsuga Canadensis}) of North America. Its timber is valuable, and the bark is largely used in tanning leather. {Spruce beer}. [G. sprossenbier; sprosse sprout, shoot (akin to E. sprout, n.) + bier beer. The word was changed into spruce because the beer came from Prussia (OE. Spruce), or because it was made from the sprouts of the spruce. See {Sprout}, n., {Beer}, and cf. {Spruce}, n.] A kind of beer which is tinctured or flavored with spruce, either by means of the extract or by decoction. {Spruce grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Spruce partridge}, below. {Spruce leather}. See {Spruce}, n., 3. {Spruce partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American grouse ({Dendragapus Canadensis}) found in Canada and the Northern United States; -- called also {Canada grouse}. | |
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Partridge \Par"tridge\, n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus {Perdix} and several related genera of the family {Perdicid[91]}, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird. Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer. Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known species. 2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to {Colinus}, and allied genera. [U.S.] Note: Among them are the bobwhite ({Colinus Virginianus}) of the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California; the Massena partridge ({Cyrtonyx Montezum[91]}); and the California partridge ({Callipepla Californica}). 3. The ruffed grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}). [New Eng.] {Bamboo partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a spurred partridge of the genus {Bambusicola}. Several species are found in China and the East Indies. {Night partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.] {Painted partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a francolin of South Africa ({Francolinus pictus}). {Partridge berry}. (Bot.) (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant ({Mitchella repens}) of the order {Rubiace[91]}, having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs with the ovaries united, and producing the berries which remain over winter; also, the plant itself. (b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria procumbens}); also, the plant itself. {Partridge dove} (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Mountain witch}, under {Mountain}. {Partridge pea} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}), common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States. {Partridge shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large marine univalve shell ({Dolium perdix}), having colors variegated like those of the partridge. {Partridge wood} (a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It is obtained from tropical America, and one source of it is said to be the leguminous tree {Andira inermis}. Called also {pheasant wood}. (b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for walking sticks and umbrella handles. {Sea partridge} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic sand partridge ({Ammoperdix Bonhami}); -- so called from its note. {Snow partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a large spurred partridge ({Lerwa nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia. {Spruce partridge}. See under {Spruce}. {Wood partridge}, [or] {Hill partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any small Asiatic partridge of the genus {Arboricola}. | |
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Spruce \Spruce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spruced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sprucing}.] To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce. | |
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Spruce \Spruce\, a. [Compar. {Sprucer}; superl. {Sprucest}] [Perhaps fr. spruce a sort of leather from Prussia, which was an article of finery. See {Spruce}, n.] 1. Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to persons. [bd]Neat and spruce array.[b8] --Remedy of Love. 2. Sprightly; dashing. [Obs.] [bd]Now, my spruce companions.[b8] --Shak. He is so spruce that he can never be genteel. --Tatler. Syn: Finical; neat; trim. See {Finical}. -- {Sruce"ly}, adv. -- {Spruce"ness}, n. | |
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Spruce \Spruce\, a. [Compar. {Sprucer}; superl. {Sprucest}] [Perhaps fr. spruce a sort of leather from Prussia, which was an article of finery. See {Spruce}, n.] 1. Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to persons. [bd]Neat and spruce array.[b8] --Remedy of Love. 2. Sprightly; dashing. [Obs.] [bd]Now, my spruce companions.[b8] --Shak. He is so spruce that he can never be genteel. --Tatler. Syn: Finical; neat; trim. See {Finical}. -- {Sruce"ly}, adv. -- {Spruce"ness}, n. | |
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Spruce \Spruce\, a. [Compar. {Sprucer}; superl. {Sprucest}] [Perhaps fr. spruce a sort of leather from Prussia, which was an article of finery. See {Spruce}, n.] 1. Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to persons. [bd]Neat and spruce array.[b8] --Remedy of Love. 2. Sprightly; dashing. [Obs.] [bd]Now, my spruce companions.[b8] --Shak. He is so spruce that he can never be genteel. --Tatler. Syn: Finical; neat; trim. See {Finical}. -- {Sruce"ly}, adv. -- {Spruce"ness}, n. | |
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Spruce \Spruce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spruced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sprucing}.] To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce. | |
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Sprug \Sprug\, v. t. [Cf. Prov. E. sprug up to dress neatly, sprag to prop, a., lively.] To make smart. [Obs.] | |
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Spry \Spry\, a. [Compar. {Sprier} or {Spryer}; superl. {Spriest} or {Spryest}.] [Cf. dial. Sw. sprygg lively, skittish, and E. sprag.] Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active. [U.S. & Local Eng.] She is as spry as a cricket. --S. Judd (Margaret). If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I, And not half so spry. --Emerson. | |
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2. That which goads to action; an incitement. Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days. --Milton. 3. Something that projects; a snag. 4. One of the large or principal roots of a tree. --Shak. 5. (Zo[94]l.) Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg. 6. A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles. 7. A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the blubber. 8. (Carp.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut. 9. (Arch.) (a) The short wooden buttress of a post. (b) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage. 10. (Bot.) (a) Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur. --Gray. (b) Ergotized rye or other grain. [R.] 11. (Fort.) A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall. 12. (Shipbuilding) (a) A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side. (b) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed. {Spur fowl} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Asiatic gallinaceous birds of the genus {Galloperdix}, allied to the jungle fowl. The males have two or more spurs on each leg. {Spur gear} (Mach.), a cogwheel having teeth which project radially and stand parallel to the axis; a spur wheel. {Spur gearing}, gearing in which spur gears are used. See under {Gearing}. {Spur pepper}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Capsicum}. {Spur wheel}. Same as {Spur gear}, above. | |
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2. That which goads to action; an incitement. Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days. --Milton. 3. Something that projects; a snag. 4. One of the large or principal roots of a tree. --Shak. 5. (Zo[94]l.) Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg. 6. A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles. 7. A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the blubber. 8. (Carp.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut. 9. (Arch.) (a) The short wooden buttress of a post. (b) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage. 10. (Bot.) (a) Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur. --Gray. (b) Ergotized rye or other grain. [R.] 11. (Fort.) A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall. 12. (Shipbuilding) (a) A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side. (b) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed. {Spur fowl} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Asiatic gallinaceous birds of the genus {Galloperdix}, allied to the jungle fowl. The males have two or more spurs on each leg. {Spur gear} (Mach.), a cogwheel having teeth which project radially and stand parallel to the axis; a spur wheel. {Spur gearing}, gearing in which spur gears are used. See under {Gearing}. {Spur pepper}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Capsicum}. {Spur wheel}. Same as {Spur gear}, above. | |
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Gearing \Gear"ing\, n. 1. Harness. 2. (Mach.) The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery. {Frictional gearing}. See under {Frictional}. {Gearing chain}, an endless chain transmitted motion from one sprocket wheel to another. See Illust. of {Chain wheel}. {Spur gearing}, gearing in which the teeth or cogs are ranged round either the concave or the convex surface (properly the latter) of a cylindrical wheel; -- for transmitting motion between parallel shafts, etc. | |
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Spurgall \Spur"gall`\, n. A place galled or excoriated by much using of the spur. | |
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Spurgall \Spur"gall`\, v. t. To gall or wound with a spur. | |
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Spurge \Spurge\, v. t. [Etymol. uncertain.] To emit foam; to froth; -- said of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation. [Obs.] --W. Cartright. | |
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Spurge \Spurge\, n. [OF. espurge, F. [82]purge, from OF. espurgier to purge, L. expurgare. See {Expurgate}, {Purge}.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See {Euphorbia}. {Spurge flax}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne Gnidium}) with crowded narrow leaves. It is native of Southern Europe. {Spurge laurel}, a European shrub ({Daphne Laureola}) with oblong evergreen leaves. {Spurge nettle}. See under {Nettle}. {Spurge olive}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne oleoides}) found in the Mediterranean region. | |
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Spurge \Spurge\, n. [OF. espurge, F. [82]purge, from OF. espurgier to purge, L. expurgare. See {Expurgate}, {Purge}.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See {Euphorbia}. {Spurge flax}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne Gnidium}) with crowded narrow leaves. It is native of Southern Europe. {Spurge laurel}, a European shrub ({Daphne Laureola}) with oblong evergreen leaves. {Spurge nettle}. See under {Nettle}. {Spurge olive}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne oleoides}) found in the Mediterranean region. | |
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Laurel \Lau"rel\, n. [OE. lorel, laurer, lorer, OF. lorier, laurier, F. laurier, (assumed) LL. Laurarius, fr. L. laurus.] 1. (Bot.) An evergreen shrub, of the genus {Laurus} ({L. nobilis}), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils; -- called also {sweet bay}. Note: The fruit is a purple berry. It is found about the Mediterranean, and was early used by the ancient Greeks to crown the victor in the games of Apollo. At a later period, academic honors were indicated by a crown of laurel, with the fruit. The leaves and tree yield an aromatic oil, used to flavor the bay water of commerce. Note: The name is extended to other plants which in some respect resemble the true laurel. See Phrases, below. 2. A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; -- especially in the plural; as, to win laurels. 3. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel. {Laurel water}, water distilled from the fresh leaves of the cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other products carried over in the process. {American laurel}, [or] {Mountain laurel}, {Kalmia latifolia}. See under {Mountain}. {California laurel}, {Umbellularia Californica}. {Cherry laurel} (in England called {laurel}). See under {Cherry}. {Great laurel}, the rosebay ({Rhododendron maximum}). {Ground laurel}, trailing arbutus. {New Zealand laurel}, {Laurelia Nov[91] Zelandi[91]}. {Portugal laurel}, the {Prunus Lusitanica}. {Rose laurel}, the oleander. See {Oleander}. {Sheep laurel}, a poisonous shrub, {Kalmia angustifolia}, smaller than the mountain laurel, and with smaller and redder flowers. {Spurge laurel}, {Daphne Laureola}. {West Indian laurel}, {Prunus occidentalis}. | |
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Spurge \Spurge\, n. [OF. espurge, F. [82]purge, from OF. espurgier to purge, L. expurgare. See {Expurgate}, {Purge}.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See {Euphorbia}. {Spurge flax}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne Gnidium}) with crowded narrow leaves. It is native of Southern Europe. {Spurge laurel}, a European shrub ({Daphne Laureola}) with oblong evergreen leaves. {Spurge nettle}. See under {Nettle}. {Spurge olive}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne oleoides}) found in the Mediterranean region. | |
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Nettle \Net"tle\, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel, OHG. nezz[8b]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n[84]lde, Sw. n[84]ssla; cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Urtica}, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. {Urtica gracitis} is common in the Northern, and {U. cham[91]dryoides} in the Southern, United States. the common European species, {U. urens} and {U. dioica}, are also found in the Eastern united States. {U. pilulifera} is the Roman nettle of England. Note: The term nettle has been given to many plants related to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as: {Australian nettle}, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus {Laportea} (as {L. gigas} and {L. moroides}); -- also called {nettle tree}. {Bee nettle}, {Hemp nettle}, a species of {Galeopsis}. See under {Hemp}. {Blind nettle}, {Dead nettle}, a harmless species of {Lamium}. {False nettle} ({B[91]hmeria cylindrica}), a plant common in the United States, and related to the true nettles. {Hedge nettle}, a species of {Stachys}. See under {Hedge}. {Horse nettle} ({Solanum Carolinense}). See under {Horse}. {nettle tree}. (a) Same as {Hackberry}. (b) See {Australian nettle} (above). {Spurge nettle}, a stinging American herb of the Spurge family ({Jatropha urens}). {Wood nettle}, a plant ({Laportea Canadensis}) which stings severely, and is related to the true nettles. {Nettle cloth}, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and used as a substitute for leather for various purposes. {Nettle rash} (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the effects of whipping with nettles. {Sea nettle} (Zo[94]l.), a medusa. | |
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Spurge \Spurge\, n. [OF. espurge, F. [82]purge, from OF. espurgier to purge, L. expurgare. See {Expurgate}, {Purge}.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See {Euphorbia}. {Spurge flax}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne Gnidium}) with crowded narrow leaves. It is native of Southern Europe. {Spurge laurel}, a European shrub ({Daphne Laureola}) with oblong evergreen leaves. {Spurge nettle}. See under {Nettle}. {Spurge olive}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne oleoides}) found in the Mediterranean region. | |
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Spurge \Spurge\, n. [OF. espurge, F. [82]purge, from OF. espurgier to purge, L. expurgare. See {Expurgate}, {Purge}.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See {Euphorbia}. {Spurge flax}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne Gnidium}) with crowded narrow leaves. It is native of Southern Europe. {Spurge laurel}, a European shrub ({Daphne Laureola}) with oblong evergreen leaves. {Spurge nettle}. See under {Nettle}. {Spurge olive}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne oleoides}) found in the Mediterranean region. | |
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Spurgewort \Spurge"wort`\, n. (Bot.) Any euphorbiaceous plant. --Lindley. | |
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Spurging \Spur"ging\, n. [See 2d {Spurge}.] A purging. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Spurious \Spu"ri*ous\, a. [L. spurius.] 1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate. 2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. [bd]Her spurious firstborn.[b8] --Milton. {Spurious primary}, [or] {Spurious quill} (Zo[94]l.), the first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced in size, as in certain singing birds. {Spurious wing} (Zo[94]l.), the bastard wing, or alula. Syn: Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious; fictitious; bastard. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Spurious \Spu"ri*ous\, a. [L. spurius.] 1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate. 2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. [bd]Her spurious firstborn.[b8] --Milton. {Spurious primary}, [or] {Spurious quill} (Zo[94]l.), the first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced in size, as in certain singing birds. {Spurious wing} (Zo[94]l.), the bastard wing, or alula. Syn: Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious; fictitious; bastard. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Spurious \Spu"ri*ous\, a. [L. spurius.] 1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate. 2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. [bd]Her spurious firstborn.[b8] --Milton. {Spurious primary}, [or] {Spurious quill} (Zo[94]l.), the first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced in size, as in certain singing birds. {Spurious wing} (Zo[94]l.), the bastard wing, or alula. Syn: Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious; fictitious; bastard. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Spurious \Spu"ri*ous\, a. [L. spurius.] 1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate. 2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. [bd]Her spurious firstborn.[b8] --Milton. {Spurious primary}, [or] {Spurious quill} (Zo[94]l.), the first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced in size, as in certain singing birds. {Spurious wing} (Zo[94]l.), the bastard wing, or alula. Syn: Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious; fictitious; bastard. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Spurious \Spu"ri*ous\, a. [L. spurius.] 1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate. 2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. [bd]Her spurious firstborn.[b8] --Milton. {Spurious primary}, [or] {Spurious quill} (Zo[94]l.), the first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced in size, as in certain singing birds. {Spurious wing} (Zo[94]l.), the bastard wing, or alula. Syn: Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious; fictitious; bastard. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Spurious \Spu"ri*ous\, a. [L. spurius.] 1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate. 2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. [bd]Her spurious firstborn.[b8] --Milton. {Spurious primary}, [or] {Spurious quill} (Zo[94]l.), the first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced in size, as in certain singing birds. {Spurious wing} (Zo[94]l.), the bastard wing, or alula. Syn: Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious; fictitious; bastard. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Spur-shell \Spur"-shell`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of the genus {Trochus}, or {Imperator}. The shell is conical, with the margin toothed somewhat like the rowel of a spur. | |
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Subarachnoid \Sub`a*rach"noid\, Subarachnoidal \Sub*ar`ach*noid"al\, a. (Anat.) Situated under the arachnoid membrane. | |
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Subarachnoid \Sub`a*rach"noid\, Subarachnoidal \Sub*ar`ach*noid"al\, a. (Anat.) Situated under the arachnoid membrane. | |
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Subarctic \Sub*arc"tic\, a. Approximately arctic; belonging to a region just without the arctic circle. | |
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Subarcuate \Sub*ar"cu*ate\, Subarcuated \Sub*ar"cu*a`ted\, a. Having a figure resembling that of a bow; somewhat curved or arched. | |
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Subarcuate \Sub*ar"cu*ate\, Subarcuated \Sub*ar"cu*a`ted\, a. Having a figure resembling that of a bow; somewhat curved or arched. | |
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Subbrachial \Sub*brach"i*al\, a. Of or pertaining to the subbrachians. | |
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Subbrachian \Sub*brach"i*an\, n. [Pref. sub- + brachium.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the Subbrachiales. | |
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Subereous \Su*be"re*ous\, a. [L. subereus of the cork tree.] Of or pertaining to cork; of the nature of cork; suberose. | |
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Suberic \Su*ber"ic\, a. [L. suber the cork tree: cf. F. sub[82]reque.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to cork; specifically, designating an acid, {C6H12.(CO2H)2}, homologous with oxalic acid, and obtained from cork and certain fatty oils, as a white crystalline substance. | |
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Suberization \Su`ber*i*za"tion\, n. (Bot.) Conversion of the cell walls into cork tissue by development of suberin; -- commonly taking place in exposed tissues, as when a callus forms over a wound. Suberized cell walls are impervious to water. | |
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Suberize \Su"ber*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {-ized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {-izing}.] [L. suber cork.] (Bot.) To effect suberization of. | |
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Suberose \Su"ber*ose`\, Suberous \Su"ber*ous\, a. [L. suber the cork tree: cf. F. sub[82]reux.] (Bot.) Having a corky texture. | |
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Suberose \Su"ber*ose`\, Suberous \Su"ber*ous\, a. [L. suber the cork tree: cf. F. sub[82]reux.] (Bot.) Having a corky texture. | |
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Subpericardial \Sub*per`i*car"di*al\, a. (Anat.) Situated under the cardiac pericardium. | |
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Subperiosteal \Sub*per`i*os"te*al\, a. (Anat.) Situated under the periosteum. {Subperiosteal operation} (Surg.), a removal of bone effected without taking away the periosteum. | |
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Subperiosteal \Sub*per`i*os"te*al\, a. (Anat.) Situated under the periosteum. {Subperiosteal operation} (Surg.), a removal of bone effected without taking away the periosteum. | |
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Subpurchaser \Sub*pur"chas*er\, n. A purchaser who buys from a purchaser; one who buys at second hand. | |
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Subrector \Sub*rec"tor\, n. An assistant restor. [Eng.] | |
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Subrigid \Sub*rig"id\, a. Somewhat rigid or stiff. | |
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Subriguous \Sub*rig"u*ous\, a. [L. subriguus; sub under + riguus watered, akin to rigare to water.] Watered or wet beneath; well-watered. [Obs.] --Blount. | |
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Subrogate \Sub"ro*gate\, v. t. [L. subrogatus, p. p. of subrogare. See {Surrogate}.] To put in the place of another; to substitute. --Barrow. | |
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Subrogation \Sub`ro*ga"tion\, n. [Cf. F. subrogation, LL. subrogatio.] The act of subrogating. Specifically: (Law) The substitution of one person in the place of another as a creditor, the new creditor succeeding to the rights of the former; the mode by which a third person who pays a creditor succeeds to his rights against the debtor. --Bouvier. Burrill. Abbott. | |
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Subverse \Sub*verse"\, v. t. [L. subversus, p. p. of subvertere. See {Subvert}.] To subvert. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Subversion \Sub*ver"sion\, n. [L. subversio: cf. F. subversion. See {Subvert}.] The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution. The subversion [by a storm] of woods and timber . . . through my whole estate. --Evelyn. Laws have been often abused to the oppression and subversion of that order they were intended to preserve. --Rogers. | |
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Subversionary \Sub*ver"sion*a*ry\, a. Promoting destruction. | |
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Subversive \Sub*ver"sive\, a. [Cf. F. subversif.] Tending to subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin. Lying is a vice subversive of the very ends and design of conversation. --Rogers. | |
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Subworker \Sub*work"er\, n. A subordinate worker or helper. --South. | |
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Suffragan \Suf"fra*gan\, n. [F. suffragant: cf. LL. suffraganeus. See {Suffragan}, a.] 1. An assistant. 2. (Eccl.) A bishop considered as an assistant, or as subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop. | |
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Suffragan \Suf"fra*gan\, a. [F. suffragant, L. suffragans, p. pr. of suffragari to support with one's vote, to be favorable. See {Suffrage}.] Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop. | |
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Suffraganship \Suf"fra*gan*ship\, n. The office of a suffragan. | |
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Suffragant \Suf"fra*gant\, a. & n. Suffragan. [Obs.] | |
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Suffragate \Suf"fra*gate\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Suffragated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suffragating}.] [L. suffragatus, p. p. of suffragari. See {Suffragan}, a.] To vote or vote with. [Obs.] [bd]Suffragating tribes.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Suffragate \Suf"fra*gate\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Suffragated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suffragating}.] [L. suffragatus, p. p. of suffragari. See {Suffragan}, a.] To vote or vote with. [Obs.] [bd]Suffragating tribes.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Suffragate \Suf"fra*gate\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Suffragated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suffragating}.] [L. suffragatus, p. p. of suffragari. See {Suffragan}, a.] To vote or vote with. [Obs.] [bd]Suffragating tribes.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Suffragator \Suf"fra*ga`tor\, n. [L.] One who assists or favors by his vote. [Obs.] | |
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Suffrage \Suf"frage\, n. [F., fr. L. suffragium; perhaps originally, a broken piece, a potsherd, used in voting, and fr. sub under + the root of frangere to break. See {Break}.] 1. A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote. I ask your voices and your suffrages. --Shak. 2. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval. Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage the observation made by heathen writers. --Atterbury. Every miracle is the suffrage of Heaven to the truth of a doctrine. --South. 3. (Eccl.) (a) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong. (b) A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed. --Shipley. I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful. --Creed of Pope Pius IV. 4. Aid; assistance. [A Latinism] [Obs.] | |
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Suffrage \Suf"frage\, v. t. To vote for; to elect. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Suffraginous \Suf*frag"i*nous\, a. [L. suffraginosus diseased in the hock, fr. suffrago the pastern, or hock.] Of or pertaining to the hock of a beast. [Obs.] | |
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Suffragist \Suf"fra*gist\, n. 1. One who possesses or exercises the political right of suffrage; a voter. 2. One who has certain opinions or desires about the political right of suffrage; as, a woman suffragist. | |
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Superacidulated \Su`per*a*cid"u*la`ted\, a. Acidulated to excess. [R.] | |
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Supercarbonate \Su`per*car"bon*ate\, n. (Chem.) A bicarbonate. [Obsoles.] | |
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Bicarbonate \Bi*car"bon*ate\, n. [Pref. bi- + carbonate.] (Chem.) A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called {supercarbonate}. | |
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Supercarbonate \Su`per*car"bon*ate\, n. (Chem.) A bicarbonate. [Obsoles.] | |
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Bicarbonate \Bi*car"bon*ate\, n. [Pref. bi- + carbonate.] (Chem.) A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called {supercarbonate}. | |
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Supercarbureted \Su`per*car"bu*ret`ed\, a. (Chem.) Bicarbureted. [Written also {supercarburetted}.] [Obsoles.] | |
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Supercarbureted \Su`per*car"bu*ret`ed\, a. (Chem.) Bicarbureted. [Written also {supercarburetted}.] [Obsoles.] | |
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Supercargo \Su`per*car"go\, n. [Super- + cargo: cf. Sp. sobrecargo. Cf. {Surcharge}.] An officer or person in a merchant ship, whose duty is to manage the sales, and superintend the commercial concerns, of the voyage. | |
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Supercarpal \Su`per*car"pal\, a. (Anat.) Situated above, or in the upper part of, the carpus. | |
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Supercelestial \Su`per*ce*les"tial\, a. [Pref. super- + celestial: cf. L. supercaelestis.] 1. Situated above the firmament, or great vault of heaven. --Waterland. 2. Higher than celestial; superangelic. | |
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Supercharge \Su`per*charge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supercharged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supercharging}.] [Pref. super- + charge. Cf. {Surcharge}.] (Her.) To charge (a bearing) upon another bearing; as, to supercharge a rose upon a fess. | |
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Supercharge \Su`per*charge"\, n. (Her.) A bearing charged upon another bearing. [R.] | |
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Supercharge \Su`per*charge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supercharged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supercharging}.] [Pref. super- + charge. Cf. {Surcharge}.] (Her.) To charge (a bearing) upon another bearing; as, to supercharge a rose upon a fess. | |
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Supercharge \Su`per*charge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supercharged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supercharging}.] [Pref. super- + charge. Cf. {Surcharge}.] (Her.) To charge (a bearing) upon another bearing; as, to supercharge a rose upon a fess. | |
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Superchemical \Su`per*chem"ic*al\, a. Above or beyond chemistry; inexplicable by chemical laws. --J. Le Conte. | |
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Superchery \Su*perch"er*y\, n. [F. supercherie.] Deceit; fraud; imposition. [Obs. & R.] | |
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Superciliary \Su`per*cil"i*a*ry\, a. [L. supercilium an eyebrow. See {Supercilious}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the eyebrows; supraorbital. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Having a distinct streak of color above the eyes; as, the superciliary woodpecker. | |
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Supercilious \Su`per*cil"i*ous\, a. [L. superciliosus, fr. supercilium an eyebrow, pride; super over, + cilium an eyelid; probably akin to celare to conceal. Cf. {Conceal}.] Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air; supercilious behavior. -- {Su`per*cil"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Su`per*cil"i*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Supercilious \Su`per*cil"i*ous\, a. [L. superciliosus, fr. supercilium an eyebrow, pride; super over, + cilium an eyelid; probably akin to celare to conceal. Cf. {Conceal}.] Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air; supercilious behavior. -- {Su`per*cil"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Su`per*cil"i*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Supercilious \Su`per*cil"i*ous\, a. [L. superciliosus, fr. supercilium an eyebrow, pride; super over, + cilium an eyelid; probably akin to celare to conceal. Cf. {Conceal}.] Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air; supercilious behavior. -- {Su`per*cil"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Su`per*cil"i*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Supercolumniation \Su`per*co*lum`ni*a"tion\, n. (Arch.) The putting of one order above another; also, an architectural work produced by this method; as, the putting of the Doric order in the ground story, Ionic above it, and Corinthian or Composite above this. | |
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Superconception \Su`per*con*cep"tion\, n. (Physiol.) Superfetation. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Superconsequence \Su`per*con"se*quence\, n. Remote consequence. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Supercrescence \Su`per*cres"cence\, n. [See {Supercrescent}.] That which grows upon another growing thing; a parasite. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Supercrescent \Su`per*cres"cent\, a. [L. supercrescens, p. pr. of supercrescere; super above + crescere to grow.] Growing on some other growing thing. [R.] --Johnson. | |
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Supercretaceous \Su`per*cre*ta"ceous\, a. (Geol.) Same as {Supracretaceous}. | |
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Supercurious \Su`per*cu"ri*ous\, a. Excessively curious or inquisitive. --Evelyn. | |
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Superessential \Su`per*es*sen"tial\, a. Essential above others, or above the constitution of a thing. --J. Ellis. | |
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Superexalt \Su`per*ex*alt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superexalted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superexalting}.] To exalt to a superior degree; to exalt above others. --Barrow. | |
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Superexaltation \Su`per*ex`al*ta"tion\, n. Elevation above the common degree. --Holyday. | |
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Superexalt \Su`per*ex*alt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superexalted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superexalting}.] To exalt to a superior degree; to exalt above others. --Barrow. | |
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Superexalt \Su`per*ex*alt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superexalted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superexalting}.] To exalt to a superior degree; to exalt above others. --Barrow. | |
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Superexcellence \Su`per*ex"cel*lence\, n. Superior excellence; extraordinary excellence. | |
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Superexcellent \Su`per*ex"cel*lent\, a. [Pref. super- + excellent: cf. L. superexcellens.] Excellent in an uncommon degree; very excellent. --Drayton. | |
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Superexcination \Su`per*ex`ci*na"tion\, n. Excessive, or more than normal, excitation. | |
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Superexcrescence \Su`per*ex*cres"cence\, n. Something growing superfluously. | |
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Superjacent \Su`per*ja"cent\, a. [L. superjacens, p. pr. of superjacere; super above + jacere to lie.] Situated immediately above; as, superjacent rocks. | |
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Superoccipital \Su`per*oc*cip"i*tal\, a. Supraoccipital. | |
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Superoxide \Su`per*ox"ide\, n. (Chem.) See {Peroxide}. [Obs.] | |
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Superregal \Su`per*re"gal\, a. More than regal; worthy of one greater than a king. --Waterland. | |
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Supersacral \Su`per*sa"cral\, a. (Anat.) Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the sacrum. | |
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Supersaliency \Su`per*sa"li*en*cy\, n. The act of leaping on anything. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Supersalient \Su`per*sa"li*ent\, a. [Pref. super- + L. saliens p. pr. of salire to leap.] Leaping upon. [Obs.] | |
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Supersalt \Su`per*salt"\, n. (Chem.) An acid salt. See {Acid salt} (a), under {Salt}, n. | |
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Supersaturate \Su`per*sat"u*rate\, v. t. To add to beyond saturation; as, to supersaturate a solution. | |
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Supersaturation \Su`per*sat`u*ra"tion\, n. The operation of supersaturating, or the state of being supersaturated. | |
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Superscribe \Su`per*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superscribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superscribing}.] [L. superscribere, superscriptum; super over + scribere to write. See {Super-}, and {Scribe}.] To write or engrave (a name, address, inscription, or the like) on the top or surface; to write a name, address, or the like, on the outside or cover of (anything); as, to superscribe a letter. | |
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Superscribe \Su`per*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superscribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superscribing}.] [L. superscribere, superscriptum; super over + scribere to write. See {Super-}, and {Scribe}.] To write or engrave (a name, address, inscription, or the like) on the top or surface; to write a name, address, or the like, on the outside or cover of (anything); as, to superscribe a letter. | |
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Superscribe \Su`per*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superscribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superscribing}.] [L. superscribere, superscriptum; super over + scribere to write. See {Super-}, and {Scribe}.] To write or engrave (a name, address, inscription, or the like) on the top or surface; to write a name, address, or the like, on the outside or cover of (anything); as, to superscribe a letter. | |
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Superscript \Su"per*script\, n. Superscription. [Obs.] [bd]I will overglance the superscript.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Superscription \Su`per*scrip"tion\, n. [L. superscriptio. See {Superscribe}.] 1. The act of superscribing. 2. That which is written or engraved on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, or the like. --Holland. The superscription of his accusation was written over, The King of the Jews. --Mark xv. 26. 3. (Pharm.) That part of a prescription which contains the Latin word recipe (Take) or the sign [?]. | |
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Supersecular \Su`per*sec"u*lar\, a. Being above the world, or secular things. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Supersede \Su`per*sede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superseded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superseding}.] [L. supersedere, supersessum, to sit above, be superior to, forbear, omit; super above + sedere to sit: cf. F. supers[82]der. See {Sit}, and cf. {Surcease}.] 1. To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace. 2. To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; as, to supersede an officer. 3. To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay. Nothing is supposed that can supersede the known laws of natural motion. --Bentley. 4. (Old Law) To omit; to forbear. | |
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Supersede \Su`per*sede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superseded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superseding}.] [L. supersedere, supersessum, to sit above, be superior to, forbear, omit; super above + sedere to sit: cf. F. supers[82]der. See {Sit}, and cf. {Surcease}.] 1. To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace. 2. To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; as, to supersede an officer. 3. To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay. Nothing is supposed that can supersede the known laws of natural motion. --Bentley. 4. (Old Law) To omit; to forbear. | |
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Supersede \Su`per*sede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superseded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superseding}.] [L. supersedere, supersessum, to sit above, be superior to, forbear, omit; super above + sedere to sit: cf. F. supers[82]der. See {Sit}, and cf. {Surcease}.] 1. To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace. 2. To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of; as, to supersede an officer. 3. To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay. Nothing is supposed that can supersede the known laws of natural motion. --Bentley. 4. (Old Law) To omit; to forbear. | |
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Supersedure \Su*per*se"dure\, n. The act of superseding, or setting aside; supersession; as, the supersedure of trial by jury. --A. Hamilton. | |
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Superseminate \Su`per*sem"i*nate\, v. t. To sow, as seed, over something previously sown. [Obs.] That can not be done with joy, when it shall be indifferent to any man to superseminate what he please. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Supersemination \Su`per*sem`i*na"tion\, n. The sowing of seed over seed previously sown. [Obs.] --Abp. Bramhall. | |
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Supersensible \Su`per*sen"si*ble\, a. [Pref. super- + sensible: cf. F. supersensible.] Beyond the reach of the senses; above the natural powers of perception. | |
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Supersensitive \Su`per*sen"si*tive\, a. Excessively sensitive; morbidly sensitive. -- {Su`per*sen"si*tive*ness}, n. | |
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Supersensitive \Su`per*sen"si*tive\, a. Excessively sensitive; morbidly sensitive. -- {Su`per*sen"si*tive*ness}, n. | |
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Supersensual \Su`per*sen"su*al\, a. Supersensible. | |
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Supersensuous \Su`per*sen"su*ous\, a. 1. Supersensible. 2. Excessively sensuous. | |
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Superserviceable \Su`per*serv"ice*a*ble\, a. Overofficious; doing more than is required or desired. [bd]A superserviceable, finical rogue.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Supersession \Su`per*ses"sion\, n. [Cf. OF. supersession. See {Supersede}.] The act of superseding, or the state of being superseded; supersedure. The general law of diminishing return from land would have undergone, to that extent, a temporary supersession. --J. S. Mill. | |
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Supersolar \Su`per*so"lar\, a. Above the sun. --Emerson. | |
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Supersphenoidal \Su`per*sphe*noid"al\, a. (Anat.) Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the body of the sphenoid bone. | |
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Superspinous \Su`per*spi"nous\, a. (Anat.) Supraspinuos. | |
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Superstatum \Su`per*sta"tum\, n.; pl. {Superstrata}. [NL.: cf. L. supersternere, superstratum, to spread upon. See {Super-}, and {Stratum}.] A stratum, or layer, above another. | |
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Superstition \Su`per*sti"tion\, n. [F. superstition, L. superstitio, originally, a standing still over or by a thing; hence, amazement, wonder, dread, especially of the divine or supernatural, fr. superstare to stand over; super over + stare to stand. See {Super-}, and {Stand}.] 1. An excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which is unknown or mysterious. 2. An ignorant or irrational worship of the Supreme Deity; excessive exactness or rigor in religious opinions or practice; extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance; also, a rite or practice proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion. And the truth With superstitions and traditions taint. --Milton. 3. The worship of a false god or gods; false religion; religious veneration for objects. [The accusers] had certain questions against him of their own superstition. --Acts xxv. 19. 4. Belief in the direct agency of superior powers in certain extraordinary or singular events, or in magic, omens, prognostics, or the like. 5. Excessive nicety; scrupulous exactness. Syn: Fanaticism. Usage: {Superstition}, {Fanaticism}. Superstition springs from religious feeling misdirected or unenlightened. Fanaticism arises from this same feeling in a state of high-wrought and self-confident excitement. The former leads in some cases to excessive rigor in religious opinions or practice; in others, to unfounded belief in extraordinary events or in charms, omens, and prognostics, hence producing weak fears, or excessive scrupulosity as to outward observances. The latter gives rise to an utter disregard of reason under the false assumption of enjoying a guidance directly inspired. Fanaticism has a secondary sense as applied to politics, etc., which corresponds to the primary. | |
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Superstitionist \Su`per*sti"tion*ist\, n. One addicted to superstition. [Obs.] [bd]Blind superstitionists.[b8] --Dr. H. More. | |
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Magic \Mag"ic\, n. [OE. magique, L. magice, Gr. [?] (sc. [?]), fr. [?]. See {Magic}, a., and {Magi}.] A comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claim to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings, or departed spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science, including enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc. An appearance made by some magic. --Chaucer. {Celestial magic}, a supposed supernatural power which gave to spirits a kind of dominion over the planets, and to the planets an influence over men. {Natural magic}, the art of employing the powers of nature to produce effects apparently supernatural. {Superstitious}, [or] {Geotic}, {magic}, the invocation of devils or demons, involving the supposition of some tacit or express agreement between them and human beings. Syn: Sorcery; witchcraft; necromancy; conjuration; enchantment. | |
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Superstitious \Su`per*sti"tious\, a. [F. superstitieux, L. superstitiosus.] 1. Of or pertaining to superstition; proceeding from, or manifesting, superstition; as, superstitious rites; superstitious observances. 2. Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion. Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. --Acts xvii. 22. 3. Overexact; scrupulous beyond need. {Superstitious use} (Law), the use of a gift or bequest, as of land, etc., for the maintenance of the rites of a religion not tolerated by the law. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. -- {Su`per*sti"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Su`per*sti"tious*ness}, n. | |
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Superstitious \Su`per*sti"tious\, a. [F. superstitieux, L. superstitiosus.] 1. Of or pertaining to superstition; proceeding from, or manifesting, superstition; as, superstitious rites; superstitious observances. 2. Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion. Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. --Acts xvii. 22. 3. Overexact; scrupulous beyond need. {Superstitious use} (Law), the use of a gift or bequest, as of land, etc., for the maintenance of the rites of a religion not tolerated by the law. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. -- {Su`per*sti"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Su`per*sti"tious*ness}, n. | |
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Superstitious \Su`per*sti"tious\, a. [F. superstitieux, L. superstitiosus.] 1. Of or pertaining to superstition; proceeding from, or manifesting, superstition; as, superstitious rites; superstitious observances. 2. Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion. Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. --Acts xvii. 22. 3. Overexact; scrupulous beyond need. {Superstitious use} (Law), the use of a gift or bequest, as of land, etc., for the maintenance of the rites of a religion not tolerated by the law. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. -- {Su`per*sti"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Su`per*sti"tious*ness}, n. | |
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Superstitious \Su`per*sti"tious\, a. [F. superstitieux, L. superstitiosus.] 1. Of or pertaining to superstition; proceeding from, or manifesting, superstition; as, superstitious rites; superstitious observances. 2. Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion. Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. --Acts xvii. 22. 3. Overexact; scrupulous beyond need. {Superstitious use} (Law), the use of a gift or bequest, as of land, etc., for the maintenance of the rites of a religion not tolerated by the law. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. -- {Su`per*sti"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Su`per*sti"tious*ness}, n. | |
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Superstrain \Su`per*strain"\, v. t. To overstrain. --Bacon. | |
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Superstatum \Su`per*sta"tum\, n.; pl. {Superstrata}. [NL.: cf. L. supersternere, superstratum, to spread upon. See {Super-}, and {Stratum}.] A stratum, or layer, above another. | |
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Superstruct \Su`per*struct"\, v. t. [L. superstructus, p. p. of superstruere to build upon; super over + struere to build. See {Super-}, and {Structure}.] To build over or upon another structure; to erect upon a foundation. This is the only proper basis on which to superstruct first innocency and then virtue. --Dr. H. More. | |
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Superstruction \Su`per*struc"tion\, n. 1. The act of superstructing, or building upon. 2. That which id superstructed, or built upon some foundation; an edifice; a superstructure. My own profession hath taught me not to erect new superstructions upon an old ruin. --Denham. | |
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Superstructive \Su`per*struct"ive\, a. Built or erected on something else. --Hammond. | |
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Superstructor \Su`per*struct"or\, n. One who builds a superstructure. [R.] --R. North. | |
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Superstructure \Su`per*struc"ture\, n. [Cf. F. superstructure.] 1. Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis; esp. (Arch.), all that part of a building above the basement. Also used figuratively. You have added to your natural endowments the superstructure of study. --Dryden. 2. (Railway Engin.) The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed. | |
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Supersubstantial \Su`per*sub*stan"tial\, a. [Pref. super- + substantial: cf. F. supersubstantiel.] More than substantial; spiritual. [bd]The heavenly supersubstantial bread.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Supersubtle \Su`per*sub"tle\, a. To subtle. --Shak. | |
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Supersulphate \Su`per*sul"phate\, n. (Chem.) An acid sulphate. [Obs.] | |
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Supersulphureted \Su`per*sul"phu*ret`ed\, a. (Chem.) Supersulphurized. [Obs.] [Written also {-sulphuretted}.] | |
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Supersulphurize \Su`per*sul"phur*ize\, v. t. (Chem.) To impregnate or combine with an excess of sulphur. | |
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Supparasitation \Sup*par`a*si*ta"tion\, n. [See {Supparasite}.] The act of flattering to gain favor; servile approbation. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Supparasite \Sup*par"a*site\, v. t. [L. supparasitari; sub under, a little + parasitus a parasite.] To flatter; to cajole; to act the parasite. [Obs.] --Dr. R. Clerke. | |
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Suppress \Sup*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suppressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suppressing}.] [L. suppressus, p. p. of supprimere to suppress; sub under + premere, pressum, to press. See {Sub-}, and {Press}.] 1. To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell. Every rebellion, when it is suppressed, doth make the subject weaker, and the prince stronger. --Sir J. Davies. 2. To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth. She suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a pleasing suspense. --Broome. 4. To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage. Syn: To repress; restrain; put down; overthrow; overpower; overwhelm; conceal; stifle; stop; smother. | |
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Suppress \Sup*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suppressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suppressing}.] [L. suppressus, p. p. of supprimere to suppress; sub under + premere, pressum, to press. See {Sub-}, and {Press}.] 1. To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell. Every rebellion, when it is suppressed, doth make the subject weaker, and the prince stronger. --Sir J. Davies. 2. To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth. She suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a pleasing suspense. --Broome. 4. To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage. Syn: To repress; restrain; put down; overthrow; overpower; overwhelm; conceal; stifle; stop; smother. | |
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Suppressible \Sup*press"i*ble\, a. That may be suppressed. | |
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Suppress \Sup*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suppressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suppressing}.] [L. suppressus, p. p. of supprimere to suppress; sub under + premere, pressum, to press. See {Sub-}, and {Press}.] 1. To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell. Every rebellion, when it is suppressed, doth make the subject weaker, and the prince stronger. --Sir J. Davies. 2. To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth. She suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a pleasing suspense. --Broome. 4. To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage. Syn: To repress; restrain; put down; overthrow; overpower; overwhelm; conceal; stifle; stop; smother. | |
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Suppression \Sup*pres"sion\, n. [L. suppressio: cf. F. suppression.] 1. The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like. 2. (Med.) Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion. --Quain. 3. (Gram.) Omission; as, the suppression of a word. Syn: Overthrow; destruction; concealment; repression; detention; retention; obstruction. | |
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Suppressive \Sup*press"ive\, a. Tending to suppress; subduing; concealing. | |
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Suppressor \Sup*press"or\, n. [L., hider.] One who suppresses. | |
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Supprise \Sup*prise"\, v. t. To surprise. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Supra-acromial \Su`pra-a*cro"mi*al\, a. (Anat.) Situated above the acromial process of the scapula. | |
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Supra-axillary \Su"pra-ax"il*la*ry\, a. (Bot.) Growing above the axil; inserted above the axil, as a peduncle. See {Suprafoliaceous}. | |
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Suprachoroid \Su`pra*cho"roid\, Suprachoroidal \Su`pra*cho*roid"al\, a. (Anat.) Situated above the choroid; -- applied to the layer of the choroid coat of the eyeball next to the sclerotic. | |
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Suprachoroid \Su`pra*cho"roid\, Suprachoroidal \Su`pra*cho*roid"al\, a. (Anat.) Situated above the choroid; -- applied to the layer of the choroid coat of the eyeball next to the sclerotic. | |
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Supraciliary \Su`pra*cil"i*a*ry\, a. (Anat.) Superciliary. | |
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Supraclavicle \Su`pra*clav"i*cle\, n. (Anat.) A bone which usually connects the clavicle with the post-temporal in the pectorial arch of fishes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supraclavicular \Su`pra*cla*vic"u*lar\, a. (Anat.) (a) Situated above the clavicle. (b) Of or pertaining to the supraclavicle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supracondylar \Su`pra*con"dy*lar\, Supracondyloid \Su`pra*con"dy*loid\, a. (Anat.) Situated above a condyle or condyles. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supracondylar \Su`pra*con"dy*lar\, Supracondyloid \Su`pra*con"dy*loid\, a. (Anat.) Situated above a condyle or condyles. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supracostal \Su`pra*cos"tal\, a. (Anat.) Situated above, or on the outside of, the ribs. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supracranial \Su`pra*cra"ni*al\, a. (Anat.) Situated above, or in the roof of, the cranium. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supracretaceous \Su`pra*cre*ta"ceous\, a. (Geol.) Lying above the chalk; Supercretaceous. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supra-esophagal \Su`pra-e*soph"a*gal\, Supra-esophageal \Su`pra-e`so*phag"e*al\, a. (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the esophagus; as, the supra-esophageal ganglion of Crustacea. [Written also {supra-[d2]sophagal}, and {supra-[d2]sophageal}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supra-esophagal \Su`pra-e*soph"a*gal\, Supra-esophageal \Su`pra-e`so*phag"e*al\, a. (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the esophagus; as, the supra-esophageal ganglion of Crustacea. [Written also {supra-[d2]sophagal}, and {supra-[d2]sophageal}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supraglotic \Su`pra*glot"ic\, a. (Anat.) Situated above the glottis; -- applied to that part of the cavity of the larynx above the true vocal cords. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supraoccipital \Su`pra*oc*cip"i*tal\, a. (Anat.) Situated over, or in the upper part of, the occiput; of or pertaining to the supraoccipital bone. -- n. The supraoccipital bone. {Supraoccipital bone} (Anat.), a bone on the dorsal side of the great foramen of the skull, usually forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but distinct in the young. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supraoccipital \Su`pra*oc*cip"i*tal\, a. (Anat.) Situated over, or in the upper part of, the occiput; of or pertaining to the supraoccipital bone. -- n. The supraoccipital bone. {Supraoccipital bone} (Anat.), a bone on the dorsal side of the great foramen of the skull, usually forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but distinct in the young. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supraocular \Su`pra*oc"u*lar\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Above the eyes; -- said of certain scales of fishes and reptiles. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suprascalpular \Su`pra*scalp"u*lar\, Suprascalpulary \Su`pra*scalp"u*la*ry\, a. (Anat.) Situated above, or on the anterior side of, the scapula. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suprascalpular \Su`pra*scalp"u*lar\, Suprascalpulary \Su`pra*scalp"u*la*ry\, a. (Anat.) Situated above, or on the anterior side of, the scapula. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suprasphenoidal \Su`pra*sphe*noid"al\, a. (Anat.) Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal appendage, or pituitary body. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supraspinal \Su`pra*spi"nal\, a. (Anat.) (a) Situated above the vertebral column. (b) Situated above a spine or spines; supraspinate; supraspinous. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supraspinate \Su`pra*spi"nate\, Supraspinous \Su`pra*spi"nous\, a. (Anat.) Situated above a spine or spines; especially, situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the vertebral column, or above, or in front of, the spine of the scapula. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supraspinate \Su`pra*spi"nate\, Supraspinous \Su`pra*spi"nous\, a. (Anat.) Situated above a spine or spines; especially, situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the vertebral column, or above, or in front of, the spine of the scapula. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suprastapedial \Su`pra*sta*pe"di*al\, a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, that part of the columella of the ear which projects above the connection with the stapes, as in many animals. -- n. The suprastapedial part of the columella. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suprasternal \Su`pra*ster"nal\, a. (Anat.) Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sway-bracing \Sway"-bra`cing\, n. (Engin.) The horizontal bracing of a bridge, which prevents its swaying. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Saybrook, IL (village, FIPS 67912) Location: 40.42826 N, 88.52649 W Population (1990): 767 (328 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61770 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Saybrook Manor, CT (CDP, FIPS 67050) Location: 41.28025 N, 72.40623 W Population (1990): 1073 (1000 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sea Bright, NJ (borough, FIPS 66240) Location: 40.36209 N, 73.97555 W Population (1990): 1693 (1204 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07760 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Seabrook, NH Zip code(s): 03874 Seabrook, NJ Zip code(s): 08302 Seabrook, SC Zip code(s): 29940 Seabrook, TX (city, FIPS 66392) Location: 29.57901 N, 94.99296 W Population (1990): 6685 (3419 housing units) Area: 14.8 sq km (land), 40.9 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Seabrook Farms, NJ (CDP, FIPS 66300) Location: 39.50097 N, 75.21829 W Population (1990): 1457 (571 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Seabrook Island, SC (town, FIPS 64712) Location: 32.58024 N, 80.17551 W Population (1990): 948 (1692 housing units) Area: 15.7 sq km (land), 2.6 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sevier County, AR (county, FIPS 133) Location: 33.99851 N, 94.23770 W Population (1990): 13637 (5880 housing units) Area: 1460.7 sq km (land), 45.1 sq km (water) Sevier County, TN (county, FIPS 155) Location: 35.78256 N, 83.52085 W Population (1990): 51043 (24166 housing units) Area: 1534.1 sq km (land), 14.1 sq km (water) Sevier County, UT (county, FIPS 41) Location: 38.74656 N, 111.79704 W Population (1990): 15431 (6059 housing units) Area: 4947.9 sq km (land), 20.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Shiprock, NM (CDP, FIPS 72770) Location: 36.79196 N, 108.69600 W Population (1990): 7687 (2221 housing units) Area: 41.1 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 87420 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Skippers, VA Zip code(s): 23879 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sparkill, NY Zip code(s): 10976 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sparkman, AR (town, FIPS 65900) Location: 33.91710 N, 92.84860 W Population (1990): 553 (242 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sparks, GA (town, FIPS 72556) Location: 31.16759 N, 83.43995 W Population (1990): 1205 (525 housing units) Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31647 Sparks, NV (city, FIPS 68400) Location: 39.54424 N, 119.73693 W Population (1990): 53367 (21660 housing units) Area: 36.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 89431, 89434, 89436 Sparks, OK (town, FIPS 68950) Location: 35.61085 N, 96.81825 W Population (1990): 202 (91 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74869 Sparks, TX (CDP, FIPS 69432) Location: 31.67256 N, 106.23931 W Population (1990): 1276 (313 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Spearsville, LA (village, FIPS 72170) Location: 32.93543 N, 92.60393 W Population (1990): 132 (72 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71277 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Speers, PA (borough, FIPS 72736) Location: 40.12262 N, 79.88006 W Population (1990): 1284 (555 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Spraggs, PA Zip code(s): 15362 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sprague, NE (village, FIPS 46380) Location: 40.62655 N, 96.74517 W Population (1990): 157 (60 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Sprague, WA (city, FIPS 67175) Location: 47.30002 N, 117.97413 W Population (1990): 410 (213 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99032 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Spragueville, IA (city, FIPS 74460) Location: 42.07053 N, 90.43098 W Population (1990): 118 (44 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52074 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sprakers, NY Zip code(s): 12166 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sprouses Corner, VA Zip code(s): 23936 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Spruce, MI Zip code(s): 48762 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Spruce Creek, PA Zip code(s): 16683 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Spruce Head, ME Zip code(s): 04859 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Spruce Pine, AL Zip code(s): 35585 Spruce Pine, NC (town, FIPS 64260) Location: 35.91621 N, 82.06994 W Population (1990): 2010 (1010 housing units) Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28777 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Spurgeon, IN (town, FIPS 72440) Location: 38.25561 N, 87.25936 W Population (1990): 149 (71 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Spurgeon, TN (CDP, FIPS 70680) Location: 36.44313 N, 82.46145 W Population (1990): 3149 (1266 housing units) Area: 10.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Spurger, TX Zip code(s): 77660 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
super source quench n. A special packet designed to shut up an Internet host. The Internet Protocol (IP) has a control message called Source Quench that asks a host to transmit more slowly on a particular connection to avoid congestion. It also has a Redirect control message intended to instruct a host to send certain packets to a different local router. A "super source quench" is actually a redirect control packet, forged to look like it came from a local router, that instructs a host to send all packets to its own local loopback address. This will effectively tie many Internet hosts up in knots. Compare {Godzillagram}, {breath-of-life packet}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
superuser n. [Unix] Syn. {root}, {avatar}. This usage has spread to non-Unix environments; the superuser is any account with all {wheel} bits on. A more specific term than {wheel}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Saber-C Renamed to {CodeCenter}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Saber-C++ Renamed to {ObjectCenter}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Saber-C Renamed to {CodeCenter}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Saber-C++ Renamed to {ObjectCenter}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPARC 1. 2. (1999-02-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPARC International, Inc. An organisation established to promote the {Scalable Processor ARChitecture} (SPARC). Their main service is conformance testing. They also produce the "SPARC flash" newsletter and publish lists of SPARC compliant machines tested by SPARC International to be {binary compatible} with other compliant machines. {Home (http://www.sparc.com/)}. SPARC(R) is a registered trademark of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. (1995-01-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPARC Xterminal 1 board-upgradeable to a {SPARC 4}. It comes with a choice of {frame buffers}: 8-bit colour, {Turbo GX}, or Turbo GX plus. This product was expected to replace the {SPARCclassic X}. UK availability was planned for March 1995. (1995-02-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPARCStation based on the {SPARC} architecture. Models include the {SPARCStation 1}, 1+, SLC, {SPARCStation ELC}, IPX, {SPARCStation 5}, {SPARCStation 10} and {SPARCStation 20}. (1994-11-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPARCstation 10 cache} and a five-way associative {instruction cache}. The 10/31, 10/41 and 10/51 also have a {secondary cache} not present on earlier {SPARCStations}. (1994-12-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPARCstation 20 processor. The 20 is compatible with the earlier {SPARCstation 10}. It has a {clock rate} of 100MHz and delivers a {SPECfp92} of 127.6. The SPARCstation 20 Model 71 and 712MP uses the 75MHz {SuperSPARC} processors that give a 35% and 14% boost to SPECint92 and SPECfp92 respectively compared to the 61/612MP. UK prices range from £15,450 - £20,500 for 71 and £21,700 - £25,000 for the 712. UK availability was planned for April 1995. (1994-12-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPARCsystem 4 {CPU} as used in the {SPARC 5} Model 70. The SPARCsystem 4 is basically a cheaper, cut-down SPARC 5. It has an 8-bit {pixel accelerator} instead of the SBus Turbo GX card. Memory expansion is limited to 160 MB. Availability was planned for March/April 1995. (1995-02-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPARK supplied by {Praxis Critical Systems} (originally by PVL). {Home (http://www.sparkada.com)}. (2001-07-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPARKS Fortran superset, used in Fundamentals of Data Structures, E. Horowitz & S. Sahni, Computer Science Press 1976. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sparse A sparse {matrix} (or {vector}, or {array}) is one in which most of the elements are zero. If storage space is more important than access speed, it may be preferable to store a sparse matrix as a list of (index, value) pairs or use some kind of {hash} scheme or {associative memory}. (1995-01-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Sperry Corporation Corporation} to form {Unisys Corporation}. Divisions included {Sperry Univac}, Sperry Flight Systems, and others. Some of these were sold off after the merger. (1995-03-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sprocket feed {printers} use to move paper by rotating wheels with pins or studs (tractors) that engage holes along the sides of the (usually fanfold) paper. A sprocket feed printer does not slip unless the paper jams, but cannot feed standard typing paper or work with a {sheet feeder} like {friction feed}. Some paper for sprocket feed printers has the edge strips with the holes in detachable from the rest of the paper. These strips are known as {chad} (and other names). (1997-06-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
super source quench A special packet designed to shut up an {Internet} host. The {Internet Protocol} (IP) has a control message called Source Quench that asks a host to transmit more slowly on a particular connection to avoid congestion. It also has a Redirect control message intended to instruct a host to send certain packets to a different local router. A "super source quench" is actually a redirect control packet, forged to look like it came from a local router, that instructs a host to send all packets to its own local loopback address. This will effectively tie many Internet hosts up in knots. Compare {godzillagram}, {breath-of-life packet}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
superclass {base class} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
supercombinators {Combinators} with coarser granularity than those proposed by {David Turner}. A {functional program} is translated to a set of functions without {free variable}s. The members of the set are selected to be optimal for that program. Supercombinators were proposed by John Hughes at {University of Edinburgh}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
supercompilation A function program transformation technique invented by Turchin. A program is evaluated symbolically in order to observe the possible history of computation states called configurations. Based on this Turchin's REFAL compiler would try to construct a better program. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
supercomputer currently available. Such computers are typically used for {number crunching} including scientific {simulations}, (animated) {graphics}, analysis of geological data (e.g. in petrochemical prospecting), structural analysis, computational fluid dynamics, physics, chemistry, electronic design, nuclear energy research and meteorology. Perhaps the best known supercomputer manufacturer is {Cray Research}. A less serious definition, reported from about 1990 at The {University Of New South Wales} states that a supercomputer is any computer that can outperform {IBM}'s current fastest, thus making it impossible for IBM to ever produce a supercomputer. (1996-12-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
superhighway {information superhighway} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SuperJanet An initiative started in 1989, under the Computer Board, with the aim of developing of a national {broadband} network to support UK higher education and research. The preparatory work culminated in 1992 with the award of a contract worth 18M pounds to British Telecom to provide networking services over a four year period that extends to March 1997. The BT contract will provide a national network with two components: a high speed, configurable bandwidth network serving up to 16 sites, initially using {PDH} to be replaced with {SDH}, and a high speed switched data service ({SMDS}) serving 50 or more sites. The primary role of the PDH/SDH component will be to support the development and deployment of an {ATM} network. These components will be complemented by several high performance {Metropolitan Area Network}s each serving several closely located sites. The aim is to provide, within the first year of the project, a pervasive network capable of supporting a large and diverse user community. The network has two parts, an {IP} data network and an ATM network, both operating at 34Mbit/s. Early in August 1993 the pilot IP network was transferred to full service and was configured to provide a trunk network for JIPS, the {JANET IP Service}. In November 1993 work was well advanced on the next phase which aims to extend SuperJANET to a large number of sites. The pilot four site ATM network will be extended to serve twelve sites and will expand the scope of the video network. The principal vehicle used for the expansion of the data network will be the {SMDS} service provided by {BT}. Most of the work associated with the development of this phase is expected to be completed by the end of March 1994. [Joint Network Team, Network News 40, ISSN 0954 - 0636]. {(ftp://osiris.jnt.ac.uk/pub/newsfiles/documents/netwnews/news40+/news40.para)}. [Current status?] (1994-12-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
superscalar that can execute two or more {scalar} operations in parallel. Some definitions include {superpipelined} and {VLIW} architectures; others do not. Superscalar architectures (apart from superpipelined architectures) require multiple {functional unit}s, which may or may not be identical to each other. In some superscalar processors the order of instruction execution is determined statically (purely at compile-time), in others it is determined dynamically (partly at run time). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
superuser [Unix] Synonym {root}, {avatar}. This usage has spread to non-Unix environments; the superuser is any account with all {wheel} bits on. A more specific term than {wheel}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SVRC {Software Verification Research Centre}. (1995-11-14) | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
seaborgium Name proposed for the 106th element ({unnilhexium}) by the American Chemical Society in honor of Gleen T. Seaborg, an American nuclear physicist and Nobel prize winner. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sovereignty of God, his absolute right to do all things according to his own good pleasure (Dan. 4:25, 35; Rom. 9:15-23; 1 Tim. 6:15; Rev. 4:11). |