English Dictionary: Stizostedion | by the DICT Development Group |
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Sadducaic \Sad`du*ca"ic\ (?; 135), a. Pertaining to, or like, the Sadducees; as, Sadducaic reasonings. | |
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Sadduceeism \Sad"du*cee`ism\, Sadducism \Sad"du*cism\, n. The tenets of the Sadducees. | |
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Sadduceeism \Sad"du*cee`ism\, Sadducism \Sad"du*cism\, n. The tenets of the Sadducees. | |
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Sadducize \Sad"du*cize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sadducized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sadducizing}.] To adopt the principles of the Sadducees. --Atterbury. | |
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Sadducize \Sad"du*cize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sadducized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sadducizing}.] To adopt the principles of the Sadducees. --Atterbury. | |
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Sadducize \Sad"du*cize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sadducized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sadducizing}.] To adopt the principles of the Sadducees. --Atterbury. | |
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Scatches \Scatch"es\, n. pl. [OF. eschaces, F. [82]chasses, fr. D. schaats a high-heeled shoe, a skate. See {Skate}, for the foot.] Stilts. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Scotch \Scotch\, v. t. [Probably the same word as scutch; cf. Norw. skoka, skoko, a swingle for flax; perhaps akin to E. shake.] To cut superficially; to wound; to score. We have scotched the snake, not killed it. --Shak. {Scotched collops} (Cookery), a dish made of pieces of beef or veal cut thin, or minced, beaten flat, and stewed with onion and other condiments; -- called also {Scotch collops}. [Written also {scotcht collops}.] | |
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Scotticism \Scot"ti*cism\, n. An idiom, or mode of expression, peculiar to Scotland or Scotchmen. That, in short, in which the Scotticism of Scotsmen most intimately consists, is the habit of emphasis. --Masson. | |
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Scotticize \Scot"ti*cize\, v. t. To cause to become like the Scotch; to make Scottish. [R.] | |
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Scutch grass \Scutch" grass`\ (Bot.) A kind of pasture grass ({Cynodon Dactylon}). See {Bermuda grass}: also Illustration in Appendix. | |
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Bermuda grass \Ber*mu"da grass`\ (Bot.) A kind of grass ({Cynodon Dactylon}) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also {scutch grass}, and in Bermuda, {devil grass}. | |
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Scutch grass \Scutch" grass`\ (Bot.) A kind of pasture grass ({Cynodon Dactylon}). See {Bermuda grass}: also Illustration in Appendix. | |
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Bermuda grass \Ber*mu"da grass`\ (Bot.) A kind of grass ({Cynodon Dactylon}) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also {scutch grass}, and in Bermuda, {devil grass}. | |
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Sea hedgehog \Sea" hedge"hog`\ (Zo[94]l.) A sea urchin. | |
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Globefish \Globe"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A plectognath fish of the genera {Diodon}, {Tetrodon}, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also {porcupine fish}, and {sea hedgehog}. See {Diodon}. | |
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Hedgehog \Hedge"hog`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A small European insectivore ({Erinaceus Europ[91]us}), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The Canadian porcupine.[U.S] 3. (Bot.) A species of {Medicago} ({M. intertexta}), the pods of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so called. --Loudon. 4. A form of dredging machine. --Knight. {Hedgehog caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), the hairy larv[91] of several species of bombycid moths, as of the Isabella moth. It curls up like a hedgehog when disturbed. See {Woolly bear}, and {Isabella moth}. {Hedgehog fish} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose plectognath fish, esp. of the genus {Diodon}; the porcupine fish. {Hedgehog grass} (Bot.), a grass with spiny involucres, growing on sandy shores; burgrass ({Cenchrus tribuloides}). {Hedgehog rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of several West Indian rodents, allied to the porcupines, but with ratlike tails, and few quills, or only stiff bristles. The hedgehog rats belong to {Capromys}, {Plagiodon}, and allied genera. {Hedgehog shell} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose, marine, univalve shell of the genus {Murex}. {Hedgehog thistle} (Bot.), a plant of the Cactus family, globular in form, and covered with spines ({Echinocactus}). {Sea hedgehog}. See {Diodon}. | |
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Sea hedgehog \Sea" hedge"hog`\ (Zo[94]l.) A sea urchin. | |
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Globefish \Globe"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A plectognath fish of the genera {Diodon}, {Tetrodon}, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also {porcupine fish}, and {sea hedgehog}. See {Diodon}. | |
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Hedgehog \Hedge"hog`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A small European insectivore ({Erinaceus Europ[91]us}), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The Canadian porcupine.[U.S] 3. (Bot.) A species of {Medicago} ({M. intertexta}), the pods of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so called. --Loudon. 4. A form of dredging machine. --Knight. {Hedgehog caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), the hairy larv[91] of several species of bombycid moths, as of the Isabella moth. It curls up like a hedgehog when disturbed. See {Woolly bear}, and {Isabella moth}. {Hedgehog fish} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose plectognath fish, esp. of the genus {Diodon}; the porcupine fish. {Hedgehog grass} (Bot.), a grass with spiny involucres, growing on sandy shores; burgrass ({Cenchrus tribuloides}). {Hedgehog rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of several West Indian rodents, allied to the porcupines, but with ratlike tails, and few quills, or only stiff bristles. The hedgehog rats belong to {Capromys}, {Plagiodon}, and allied genera. {Hedgehog shell} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose, marine, univalve shell of the genus {Murex}. {Hedgehog thistle} (Bot.), a plant of the Cactus family, globular in form, and covered with spines ({Echinocactus}). {Sea hedgehog}. See {Diodon}. | |
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Sea hedgehog \Sea" hedge"hog`\ (Zo[94]l.) A sea urchin. | |
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Globefish \Globe"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A plectognath fish of the genera {Diodon}, {Tetrodon}, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also {porcupine fish}, and {sea hedgehog}. See {Diodon}. | |
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Hedgehog \Hedge"hog`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A small European insectivore ({Erinaceus Europ[91]us}), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The Canadian porcupine.[U.S] 3. (Bot.) A species of {Medicago} ({M. intertexta}), the pods of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so called. --Loudon. 4. A form of dredging machine. --Knight. {Hedgehog caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), the hairy larv[91] of several species of bombycid moths, as of the Isabella moth. It curls up like a hedgehog when disturbed. See {Woolly bear}, and {Isabella moth}. {Hedgehog fish} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose plectognath fish, esp. of the genus {Diodon}; the porcupine fish. {Hedgehog grass} (Bot.), a grass with spiny involucres, growing on sandy shores; burgrass ({Cenchrus tribuloides}). {Hedgehog rat} (Zo[94]l.), one of several West Indian rodents, allied to the porcupines, but with ratlike tails, and few quills, or only stiff bristles. The hedgehog rats belong to {Capromys}, {Plagiodon}, and allied genera. {Hedgehog shell} (Zo[94]l.), any spinose, marine, univalve shell of the genus {Murex}. {Hedgehog thistle} (Bot.), a plant of the Cactus family, globular in form, and covered with spines ({Echinocactus}). {Sea hedgehog}. See {Diodon}. | |
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Diodon \Di"o*don\, n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + [?], [?], a tooth: cf. F. diodon.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called {globefishes}, {swellfishes}, etc. Called also {porcupine fishes}, and {sea hedgehogs}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of whales. | |
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Sea woodcock \Sea" wood"cock`\ (Zo[94]l.) The bar-tailed godwit. | |
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Woodcock \Wood"cock`\, n. [AS. wuducoc.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of long-billed limicoline birds belonging to the genera {Scolopax} and {Philohela}. They are mostly nocturnal in their habits, and are highly esteemed as game birds. Note: The most important species are the European ({Scolopax rusticola}) and the American woodcock ({Philohela minor}), which agree very closely in appearance and habits. 2. Fig.: A simpleton. [Obs.] If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you Run your neck into the noose, and cry, [bd]A woodcock![b8] --Beau. & Fl. {Little woodcock}. (a) The common American snipe. (b) The European snipe. {Sea woodcock fish}, the bellows fish. {Woodcock owl}, the short-eared owl ({Asio brachyotus}). {Woodcock shell}, the shell of certain mollusks of the genus {Murex}, having a very long canal, with or without spines. {Woodcock snipe}. See under {Snipe}. | |
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Sedge \Sedge\, n. [OE. segge, AS. secg; akin to LG. segge; -- probably named from its bladelike appearance, and akin to L. secare to cut, E. saw a cutting instrument; cf. Ir. seisg, W. hesg. Cf. {Hassock}, {Saw} the instrument.] 1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Carex}, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species. Note: The name is sometimes given to any other plant of the order {Cyperace[91]}, which includes {Carex}, {Cyperus}, {Scirpus}, and many other genera of rushlike plants. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A flock of herons. {Sedge ken} (Zo[94]l.), the clapper rail. See under 5th {Rail}. {Sedge warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small European singing bird ({Acrocephalus phragmitis}). It often builds its nest among reeds; -- called also {sedge bird}, {sedge wren}, {night warbler}, and {Scotch nightingale}. | |
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Seedcake \Seed"cake`\, n. A sweet cake or cooky containing aromatic seeds, as caraway. --Tusser. | |
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Set chisel \Set chisel\ (Mech.) A kind of chisel or punch, variously shaped, with a broad flat end, used for stripping off rivet heads, etc. | |
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Setaceous \Se*ta"ceous\, a. [L. seta a bristle: cf. F. s[82]tac[82].] 1. Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail. 2. Bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf. | |
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Shot \Shot\, n.; pl. {Shot}or {Shots}. [OE. shot, schot, AS. gesceot a missile; akin to D. schot a shot, shoot, G. schuss, geschoss a missile, Icel. skot a throwing, a javelin, and E. shoot, v.t. [root]159. See {Shoot}, and cf. {Shot} a share.] 1. The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile. He caused twenty shot of his greatest cannon to be made at the king's army. --Clarendon. 2. A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet; specifically, whatever is discharged as a projectile from firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive. Note: Shot used in war is of various kinds, classified according to the material of which it is composed, into lead, wrought-iron, and cast-iron; according to form, into spherical and oblong; according to structure and modes of operation, into solid, hollow, and case. See {Bar shot}, {Chain shot}, etc., under {Bar}, {Chain}, etc. 3. Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot. 4. The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot. 5. A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot. {Shot belt}, a belt having a pouch or compartment for carrying shot. {Shot cartridge}, a cartridge containing powder and small shot, forming a charge for a shotgun. {Shot garland} (Naut.), a wooden frame to contain shot, secured to the coamings and ledges round the hatchways of a ship. {Shot gauge}, an instrument for measuring the diameter of round shot. --Totten. {shot hole}, a hole made by a shot or bullet discharged. {Shot locker} (Naut.), a strongly framed compartment in the hold of a vessel, for containing shot. {Shot of a cable} (Naut.), the splicing of two or more cables together, or the whole length of the cables thus united. {Shot prop} (Naut.), a wooden prop covered with tarred hemp, to stop a hole made by the shot of an enemy in a ship's side. {Shot tower}, a lofty tower for making shot, by dropping from its summit melted lead in slender streams. The lead forms spherical drops which cool in the descent, and are received in water or other liquid. {Shot window}, a window projecting from the wall. Ritson, quoted by Halliwell, explains it as a window that opens and shuts; and Wodrow describes it as a window of shutters made of timber and a few inches of glass above them. | |
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Skate \Skate\, n. [Icel. skata; cf. Prov. G. schatten, meer-schatten, L. squatus, squatina, and E. shad.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus {Raia}, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose. Note: Some of the species are used for food, as the European blue or gray skate ({Raia batis}), which sometimes weighs nearly 200 pounds. The American smooth, or barn-door, skate ({R. l[91]vis}) is also a large species, often becoming three or four feet across. The common spiny skate ({R. erinacea}) is much smaller. {Skate's egg}. See {Sea purse}. {Skate sucker}, any marine leech of the genus {Pontobdella}, parasitic on skates. | |
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Skate \Skate\, n. [Icel. skata; cf. Prov. G. schatten, meer-schatten, L. squatus, squatina, and E. shad.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus {Raia}, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose. Note: Some of the species are used for food, as the European blue or gray skate ({Raia batis}), which sometimes weighs nearly 200 pounds. The American smooth, or barn-door, skate ({R. l[91]vis}) is also a large species, often becoming three or four feet across. The common spiny skate ({R. erinacea}) is much smaller. {Skate's egg}. See {Sea purse}. {Skate sucker}, any marine leech of the genus {Pontobdella}, parasitic on skates. | |
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Skitty \Skit"ty\, n. [Cf. {Skittish}.] (Zo[94]l.) A rail; as, the water rail (called also {skitty cock}, and {skitty coot}); the spotted crake ({Porzana maruetta}), and the moor hen. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Squitch grass \Squitch" grass`\ (Bot.) Quitch grass. | |
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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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Bishop's-wort \Bish"op's-wort`\, n. (Bot.) Wood betony ({Stachys betonica}); also, the plant called fennel flower ({Nigella Damascena}), or devil-in-a-bush. | |
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Stackage \Stack"age\, n. 1. Hay, gray, or the like, in stacks; things stacked. [R.] 2. A tax on things stacked. [R.] --Holinshed. | |
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Stag \Stag\, n. [Icel. steggr the male of several animals; or a doubtful AS. stagga. Cf. {Steg}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The adult male of the red deer ({Cervus elaphus}), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti. (b) The male of certain other species of large deer. 2. A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl. [Prov. Eng.] 3. A castrated bull; -- called also {bull stag}, and {bull seg}. See the Note under {Ox}. 4. (Stock Exchange) (a) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange. [Cant] (b) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock. [Cant] 5. (Zo[94]l.) The European wren. [Prov. Eng.] {Stag beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles belonging to {Lucanus} and allied genera, especially {L. cervus} of Europe and {L. dama} of the United States. The mandibles are large and branched, or forked, whence the name. The lava feeds on the rotten wood of dead trees. Called also {horned bug}, and {horse beetle}. {Stag dance}, a dance by men only. [slang, U.S.] {Stag hog} (Zo[94]l.), the babiroussa. {Stag-horn coral} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large branching corals of the genus {Madrepora}, which somewhat resemble the antlers of the stag, especially {Madrepora cervicornis}, and {M. palmata}, of Florida and the West Indies. {Stag-horn fern} (Bot.), an Australian and West African fern ({Platycerium alcicorne}) having the large fronds branched like a stag's horns; also, any species of the same genus. {Stag-horn sumac} (Bot.), a common American shrub ({Rhus typhina}) having densely velvety branchlets. See {Sumac}. {Stag party}, a party consisting of men only. [Slang, U. S.] {Stag tick} (Zo[94]l.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the family {Hippoboscid[91]}, which lives upon the stag and in usually wingless. The same species lives also upon the European grouse, but in that case has wings. | |
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Knights, squires, and steeds, must enter on the stage. --Pope. Lo! Where the stage, the poor, degraded stage, Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age. --C. Sprague. 6. A place where anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of any noted action or carrer; the spot where any remarkable affair occurs. When we are born, we cry that we are come To this stage of fools. --Shak. Music and ethereal mirth Wherewith the stage of air and earth did ring. --Miton. 7. The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of {Microscope}. 8. A place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses. 9. A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road; as, a stage of ten miles. A stage . . . signifies a certain distance on a road. --Jeffrey. He traveled by gig, with his wife, his favorite horse performing the journey by easy stages. --Smiles. 10. A degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress toward an end or result. Such a polity is suited only to a particular stage in the progress of society. --Macaulay. 11. A large vehicle running from station to station for the accomodation of the public; a stagecoach; an omnibus. [bd]A parcel sent you by the stage.[b8] --Cowper. I went in the sixpenny stage. --Swift. 12. (Biol.) One of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; z[d2]a stage. {Stage box}, a box close to the stage in a theater. {Stage carriage}, a stagecoach. {Stage door}, the actor's and workmen's entrance to a theater. {Stage lights}, the lights by which the stage in a theater is illuminated. {Stage micrometer}, a graduated device applied to the stage of a microscope for measuring the size of an object. {Stage wagon}, a wagon which runs between two places for conveying passengers or goods. {Stage whisper}, a loud whisper, as by an actor in a theater, supposed, for dramatic effect, to be unheard by one or more of his fellow actors, yet audible to the audience; an aside. | |
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Knights, squires, and steeds, must enter on the stage. --Pope. Lo! Where the stage, the poor, degraded stage, Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age. --C. Sprague. 6. A place where anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of any noted action or carrer; the spot where any remarkable affair occurs. When we are born, we cry that we are come To this stage of fools. --Shak. Music and ethereal mirth Wherewith the stage of air and earth did ring. --Miton. 7. The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of {Microscope}. 8. A place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses. 9. A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road; as, a stage of ten miles. A stage . . . signifies a certain distance on a road. --Jeffrey. He traveled by gig, with his wife, his favorite horse performing the journey by easy stages. --Smiles. 10. A degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress toward an end or result. Such a polity is suited only to a particular stage in the progress of society. --Macaulay. 11. A large vehicle running from station to station for the accomodation of the public; a stagecoach; an omnibus. [bd]A parcel sent you by the stage.[b8] --Cowper. I went in the sixpenny stage. --Swift. 12. (Biol.) One of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; z[d2]a stage. {Stage box}, a box close to the stage in a theater. {Stage carriage}, a stagecoach. {Stage door}, the actor's and workmen's entrance to a theater. {Stage lights}, the lights by which the stage in a theater is illuminated. {Stage micrometer}, a graduated device applied to the stage of a microscope for measuring the size of an object. {Stage wagon}, a wagon which runs between two places for conveying passengers or goods. {Stage whisper}, a loud whisper, as by an actor in a theater, supposed, for dramatic effect, to be unheard by one or more of his fellow actors, yet audible to the audience; an aside. | |
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Knights, squires, and steeds, must enter on the stage. --Pope. Lo! Where the stage, the poor, degraded stage, Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age. --C. Sprague. 6. A place where anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of any noted action or carrer; the spot where any remarkable affair occurs. When we are born, we cry that we are come To this stage of fools. --Shak. Music and ethereal mirth Wherewith the stage of air and earth did ring. --Miton. 7. The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of {Microscope}. 8. A place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses. 9. A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road; as, a stage of ten miles. A stage . . . signifies a certain distance on a road. --Jeffrey. He traveled by gig, with his wife, his favorite horse performing the journey by easy stages. --Smiles. 10. A degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress toward an end or result. Such a polity is suited only to a particular stage in the progress of society. --Macaulay. 11. A large vehicle running from station to station for the accomodation of the public; a stagecoach; an omnibus. [bd]A parcel sent you by the stage.[b8] --Cowper. I went in the sixpenny stage. --Swift. 12. (Biol.) One of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; z[d2]a stage. {Stage box}, a box close to the stage in a theater. {Stage carriage}, a stagecoach. {Stage door}, the actor's and workmen's entrance to a theater. {Stage lights}, the lights by which the stage in a theater is illuminated. {Stage micrometer}, a graduated device applied to the stage of a microscope for measuring the size of an object. {Stage wagon}, a wagon which runs between two places for conveying passengers or goods. {Stage whisper}, a loud whisper, as by an actor in a theater, supposed, for dramatic effect, to be unheard by one or more of his fellow actors, yet audible to the audience; an aside. | |
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Stagecoach \Stage"coach`\, n. A coach that runs regularly from one stage, station, or place to another, for the conveyance of passengers. | |
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Stagecoachman \Stage"coach`man\, n.; pl. {Stagecoachmen}. One who drives a stagecoach. | |
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Stagecoachman \Stage"coach`man\, n.; pl. {Stagecoachmen}. One who drives a stagecoach. | |
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Stagehouse \Stage"house`\, n. A house where a stage regularly stops for passengers or a relay of horses. | |
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Stage-struck \Stage"-struck`\, a. Fascinated by the stage; seized by a passionate desire to become an actor. | |
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d8Stegocephala \[d8]Steg`o*ceph"a*la\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] roof + [?] head.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of amphibians found fossil in the Mesozoic rocks; called also {Stegocephali}, and {Labyrinthodonta}. Note: Their teeth, in transverse sections, usually show a labyrinthiform arrangement of the cement and dentine. The under side of the body was covered with bony plates. Some of the Stegocephala were of very large size, and the form of the body varied from short, stout forms to others that were as slender as serpents. | |
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d8Stegosauria \[d8]Steg`o*sau"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Stegosaurus}.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs, including the genera {Stegosaurus}, {Omosaurus}, and their allies. | |
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Stichic \Stich"ic\, a. [Gr. stichiko`s.] Of or pertaining to stichs, or lines; consisting of stichs, or lines. [R.] | |
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Sticky \Stick"y\, a. [Compar. {Stickier}; superl. {Stickiest}.] Having the quality of sticking to a surface; adhesive; gluey; viscous; viscid; glutinous; tenacious. Herbs which last longest are those of strong smell, and with a sticky stalk. --Bacon. | |
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Sauger \Sau"ger\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An American fresh-water food fish ({Stizostedion Canadense}); -- called also {gray pike}, {blue pike}, {hornfish}, {land pike}, {sand pike}, {pickering}, and {pickerel}. | |
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Zander \Zan"der\, n. [Cf. D. zand sand.] (Zo[94]l.) A European pike perch ({Stizostedion lucioperca}) allied to the wall-eye; -- called also {sandari}, {sander}, {sannat}, {schill}, and {zant}. | |
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Wall-eye \Wall"-eye`\, n. [See {Wall-eyed}.] 1. An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color; -- said usually of horses. --Booth. Note: Jonson has defined wall-eye to be [bd]a disease in the crystalline humor of the eye; glaucoma.[b8] But glaucoma is not a disease of the crystalline humor, nor is wall-eye a disease at all, but merely a natural blemish. --Tully. In the north of England, as Brockett states, persons are said to be wall-eyed when the white of the eye is very large and distorted, or on one side. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American fresh-water food fish ({Stizostedion vitreum}) having large and prominent eyes; -- called also {glasseye}, {pike perch}, {yellow pike}, and {wall-eyed perch}. (b) A California surf fish ({Holconotus argenteus}). (c) The alewife; -- called also {wall-eyed herring}. | |
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Stochastic \Sto*chas"tic\ (st[osl]*k[acr]s"t[icr]k), a. [Gr. stochastiko`s, from stocha`zesqai to aim, to guess, fr. sto`chos mark or aim.] 1. Conjectural; able to conjecture. [Obs.] --Whitefoot. | |
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Stock \Stock\ (st[ocr]k), n. [AS. stocc a stock, trunk, stick; akin to D. stok, G. stock, OHG. stoc, Icel. stokkr, Sw. stock, Dan. stok, and AS. stycce a piece; cf. Skr. tuj to urge, thrust. Cf. {Stokker}, {Stucco}, and {Tuck} a rapier.] 1. The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. --Job xiv. 8,9. 2. The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted. The scion overruleth the stock quite. --Bacon. 3. A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post. All our fathers worshiped stocks and stones. --Milton. Item, for a stock of brass for the holy water, seven shillings; which, by the canon, must be of marble or metal, and in no case of brick. --Fuller. 4. Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense. Let's be no stoics, nor no stocks. --Shak. 5. The principal supporting part; the part in which others are inserted, or to which they are attached. Specifically: (a) The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood, which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage. (b) The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace. (c) (Joinery) The block of wood or metal frame which constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the plane iron is fitted; a plane stock. (d) (Naut.) The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of {Anchor}. (e) The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself. (f) A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting screws; a diestock. (g) The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. See {Counterfoil}. [Eng.] 6. The original progenitor; also, the race or line of a family; the progenitor of a family and his direct descendants; lineage; family. And stand betwixt them made, when, severally, All told their stock. --Chapman. Thy mother was no goddess, nor thy stock From Dardanus. --Denham. 7. Money or capital which an individual or a firm employs in business; fund; in the United States, the capital of a bank or other company, in the form of transferable shares, each of a certain amount; money funded in government securities, called also {the public funds}; in the plural, property consisting of shares in joint-stock companies, or in the obligations of a government for its funded debt; -- so in the United States, but in England the latter only are called {stocks}, and the former {shares}. 8. (Bookkeeping) Same as {Stock account}, below. 9. Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions. Add to that stock which justly we bestow. --Dryden. 10. (Agric.) Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep, etc.; -- called also {live stock}. 11. (Card Playing) That portion of a pack of cards not distributed to the players at the beginning of certain games, as gleek, etc., but which might be drawn from afterward as occasion required; a bank. I must buy the stock; send me good cardings. --Beau. & Fl. 12. A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado. [Obs.] 13. [Cf. {Stocking}.] A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings). [Obs.] With a linen stock on one leg. --Shak. 14. A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock. 15. pl. A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined by way of punishment. He shall rest in my stocks. --Piers Plowman. 16. pl. (Shipbuilding) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests while building. 17. pl. Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings. [Eng.] 18. (Bot.) Any cruciferous plant of the genus {Matthiola}; as, common stock ({Matthiola incana}) (see {Gilly-flower}); ten-weeks stock ({M. annua}). 19. (Geol.) An irregular metalliferous mass filling a large cavity in a rock formation, as a stock of lead ore deposited in limestone. 20. A race or variety in a species. 21. (Biol.) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons (see {Person}), as trees, chains of salp[91], etc. 22. The beater of a fulling mill. --Knight. 23. (Cookery) A liquid or jelly containing the juices and soluble parts of meat, and certain vegetables, etc., extracted by cooking; -- used in making soup, gravy, etc. {Bit stock}. See {Bitstock}. {Dead stock} (Agric.), the implements of husbandry, and produce stored up for use; -- in distinction from live stock, or the domestic animals on the farm. See def. 10, above. {Head stock}. See {Headstock}. {Paper stock}, rags and other material of which paper is made. {Stock account} (Bookkeeping), an account on a merchant's ledger, one side of which shows the original capital, or stock, and the additions thereto by accumulation or contribution, the other side showing the amounts withdrawn. {Stock car}, a railway car for carrying cattle. {Stock company} (Com.), an incorporated company the capital of which is represented by marketable shares having a certain equal par value. | |
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{Stock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the mallard. {Stock exchange}. (a) The building or place where stocks are bought and sold; stock market; hence, transactions of all kinds in stocks. (b) An association or body of stockbrokers who meet and transact business by certain recognized forms, regulations, and usages. --Wharton. Brande & C. {Stock farmer}, a farmer who makes it his business to rear live stock. {Stock gillyflower} (Bot.), the common stock. See {Stock}, n., 18. {Stock gold}, gold laid up so as to form a stock, or hoard. {Stock in trade}, the goods kept for sale by a shopkeeper; the fittings and appliances of a workman. --Simmonds. {Stock list}, a list of stocks, or shares, dealt in, of transactions, and of prices. {Stock lock}, a lock inclosed in a wooden case and attached to the face of a door. {Stock market}. (a) A place where stocks are bought and sold; the stock exchange. (b) A market for live stock. {Stock pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stockdove}. {Stock purse}. (a) A common purse, as distinguished from a private purse. (b) (Mil.) Moneys saved out of the expenses of a company or regiment, and applied to objects of common interest. [Eng.] {Stock shave}, a tool used by blockmakers. {Stock station}, a place or district for rearing stock. [Australia] --W. Howitt. {Stock tackle} (Naut.), a tackle used when the anchor is hoisted and secured, to keep its stock clear of the ship's sides. --Totten. {Stock taking}, an examination and inventory made of goods or stock in a shop or warehouse; -- usually made periodically. {Tail stock}. See {Tailstock}. {To have something on the stock}, to be at work at something. {To take stock}, to take account of stock; to make an inventory of stock or goods on hand. --Dickens. {To take stock in}. (a) To subscribe for, or purchase, shares in a stock company. (b) To put faith in; to accept as trustworthy; as, to take stock in a person's fidelity. [Slang] {To take stock of}, to take account of the stock of; to take an inventory of; hence, to ascertain the facts in regard to (something). [Eng.] At the outset of any inquiry it is proper to take stock of the results obtained by previous explorers of the same field. --Leslie Stephen. Syn: Fund; capital; store; supply; accumulation; hoard; provision. | |
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Stockish \Stock"ish\, a. Like a stock; stupid; blockish. Since naught so stockish, hard, and full of rage, But music for the time doth change his nature. --Shak. | |
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Stogy \Sto"gy\, n.; pl. {Stogies}. [Written also {stogie}.] [Colloq.] 1. A stout, coarse boot or shoe; a brogan. 2. A kind of cheap, but not necessary inferior, cigar made in the form of a cylindrical roll. | |
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Stoicism \Sto"i*cism\, n. [Cf. F. sto[8b]cisme.] 1. The opinions and maxims of the Stoics. 2. A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness. | |
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Stucco \Stuc"co\, n.; pl. {Stuccoes}, {Stuccos}. [It., fr. OHG. stucchi a crust, piece, G. st[81]ck piece; akin to AS. stycce. See {Stock}.] 1. Plaster of any kind used as a coating for walls, especially, a fine plaster, composed of lime or gypsum with sand and pounded marble, used for internal decorations and fine work. 2. Work made of stucco; stuccowork. | |
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Stucco \Stuc"co\, n.; pl. {Stuccoes}, {Stuccos}. [It., fr. OHG. stucchi a crust, piece, G. st[81]ck piece; akin to AS. stycce. See {Stock}.] 1. Plaster of any kind used as a coating for walls, especially, a fine plaster, composed of lime or gypsum with sand and pounded marble, used for internal decorations and fine work. 2. Work made of stucco; stuccowork. | |
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{Out of suits}, having no correspondence. [Obs.] --Shak. {Suit and service} (Feudal Law), the duty of feudatories to attend the courts of their lords or superiors in time of peace, and in war to follow them and do military service; -- called also {suit service}. --Blackstone. {Suit broker}, one who made a trade of obtaining the suits of petitioners at court. [Obs.] {Suit court} (O. Eng. Law), the court in which tenants owe attendance to their lord. {Suit covenant} (O. Eng. Law), a covenant to sue at a certain court. {Suit custom} (Law), a service which is owed from time immemorial. {Suit service}. (Feudal Law) See {Suit and service}, above. {To bring suit}. (Law) (a) To bring secta, followers or witnesses, to prove the plaintiff's demand. [Obs.] (b) In modern usage, to institute an action. {To follow suit}. (Card Playing) See under {Follow}, v. t. | |
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Green \Green\ (gren), n. 1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue. 2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green. O'er the smooth enameled green. --Milton. 3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; -- usually in the plural. In that soft season when descending showers Call forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers. --Pope. 4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food. 5. Any substance or pigment of a green color. {Alkali green} (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green; -- called also {Helvetia green}. {Berlin green}. (Chem.) See under {Berlin}. {Brilliant green} (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green in composition. {Brunswick green}, an oxychloride of copper. {Chrome green}. See under {Chrome}. {Emerald green}. (Chem.) (a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a brilliant green; -- called also {aldehyde green}, {acid green}, {malachite green}, {Victoria green}, {solid green}, etc. It is usually found as a double chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate. (b) See {Paris green} (below). {Gaignet's green} (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially of a basic hydrate of chromium. {Methyl green} (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff, obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow luster; -- called also {light-green}. {Mineral green}. See under {Mineral}. {Mountain green}. See {Green earth}, under {Green}, a. {Paris green} (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato bug; -- called also {Schweinfurth green}, {imperial green}, {Vienna green}, {emerald qreen}, and {mitis green}. {Scheele's green} (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called also {Swedish green}. It may enter into various pigments called {parrot green}, {pickel green}, {Brunswick green}, {nereid green}, or {emerald green}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sweet \Sweet\, a. [Compar. {Sweeter}; superl. {Sweetest}.] [OE. swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[c7]te; akin to OFries. sw[c7]te, OS. sw[d3]ti, D. zoet, G. s[81]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[91]tr, s[d2]tr, Sw. s[94]t, Dan. s[94]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for suadvis, Gr. [?], Skr. sv[be]du sweet, svad, sv[be]d, to sweeten. [fb]175. Cf. {Assuage}, {Suave}, {Suasion}.] 1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges. 2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense. The breath of these flowers is sweet to me. --Longfellow. 3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer. To make his English sweet upon his tongue. --Chaucer. A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --Hawthorne. 4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion. Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. --Milton. 5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --Bacon. 6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish. 7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners. Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades? --Job xxxviii. 31. Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold. Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured, sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc. {Sweet alyssum}. (Bot.) See {Alyssum}. {Sweet apple}. (Bot.) (a) Any apple of sweet flavor. (b) See {Sweet-top}. {Sweet bay}. (Bot.) (a) The laurel ({laurus nobilis}). (b) Swamp sassafras. {Sweet calabash} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Passiflora} ({P. maliformis}) growing in the West Indies, and producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple. {Sweet cicely}. (Bot.) (a) Either of the North American plants of the umbelliferous genus {Osmorrhiza} having aromatic roots and seeds, and white flowers. --Gray. (b) A plant of the genus {Myrrhis} ({M. odorata}) growing in England. {Sweet calamus}, [or] {Sweet cane}. (Bot.) Same as {Sweet flag}, below. {Sweet Cistus} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Cistus Ladanum}) from which the gum ladanum is obtained. {Sweet clover}. (Bot.) See {Melilot}. {Sweet coltsfoot} (Bot.), a kind of butterbur ({Petasites sagittata}) found in Western North America. {Sweet corn} (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste. See the Note under {Corn}. {Sweet fern} (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Comptonia, [or] Myrica, asplenifolia}) having sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves. {Sweet flag} (Bot.), an endogenous plant ({Acorus Calamus}) having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and America. See {Calamus}, 2. {Sweet gale} (Bot.), a shrub ({Myrica Gale}) having bitter fragrant leaves; -- also called {sweet willow}, and {Dutch myrtle}. See 5th {Gale}. {Sweet grass} (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass. {Sweet gum} (Bot.), an American tree ({Liquidambar styraciflua}). See {Liquidambar}. {Sweet herbs}, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary purposes. {Sweet John} (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William. {Sweet leaf} (Bot.), horse sugar. See under {Horse}. {Sweet marjoram}. (Bot.) See {Marjoram}. {Sweet marten} (Zo[94]l.), the pine marten. {Sweet maudlin} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea Ageratum}) allied to milfoil. {Sweet oil}, olive oil. {Sweet pea}. (Bot.) See under {Pea}. {Sweet potato}. (Bot.) See under {Potato}. {Sweet rush} (Bot.), sweet flag. {Sweet spirits of niter} (Med. Chem.) See {Spirit of nitrous ether}, under {Spirit}. {Sweet sultan} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea moschata}), also, the yellow-flowered ({C. odorata}); -- called also {sultan flower}. {Sweet tooth}, an especial fondness for sweet things or for sweetmeats. [Colloq.] {Sweet William}. (a) (Bot.) A species of pink ({Dianthus barbatus}) of many varieties. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The willow warbler. (c) (Zo[94]l.) The European goldfinch; -- called also {sweet Billy}. [Prov. Eng.] {Sweet willow} (Bot.), sweet gale. {Sweet wine}. See {Dry wine}, under {Dry}. {To be sweet on}, to have a particular fondness for, or special interest in, as a young man for a young woman. [Colloq.] --Thackeray. Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sweet \Sweet\, a. [Compar. {Sweeter}; superl. {Sweetest}.] [OE. swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[c7]te; akin to OFries. sw[c7]te, OS. sw[d3]ti, D. zoet, G. s[81]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[91]tr, s[d2]tr, Sw. s[94]t, Dan. s[94]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for suadvis, Gr. [?], Skr. sv[be]du sweet, svad, sv[be]d, to sweeten. [fb]175. Cf. {Assuage}, {Suave}, {Suasion}.] 1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges. 2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense. The breath of these flowers is sweet to me. --Longfellow. 3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer. To make his English sweet upon his tongue. --Chaucer. A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --Hawthorne. 4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion. Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. --Milton. 5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --Bacon. 6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish. 7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners. Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades? --Job xxxviii. 31. Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold. Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured, sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc. {Sweet alyssum}. (Bot.) See {Alyssum}. {Sweet apple}. (Bot.) (a) Any apple of sweet flavor. (b) See {Sweet-top}. {Sweet bay}. (Bot.) (a) The laurel ({laurus nobilis}). (b) Swamp sassafras. {Sweet calabash} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Passiflora} ({P. maliformis}) growing in the West Indies, and producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple. {Sweet cicely}. (Bot.) (a) Either of the North American plants of the umbelliferous genus {Osmorrhiza} having aromatic roots and seeds, and white flowers. --Gray. (b) A plant of the genus {Myrrhis} ({M. odorata}) growing in England. {Sweet calamus}, [or] {Sweet cane}. (Bot.) Same as {Sweet flag}, below. {Sweet Cistus} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Cistus Ladanum}) from which the gum ladanum is obtained. {Sweet clover}. (Bot.) See {Melilot}. {Sweet coltsfoot} (Bot.), a kind of butterbur ({Petasites sagittata}) found in Western North America. {Sweet corn} (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste. See the Note under {Corn}. {Sweet fern} (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Comptonia, [or] Myrica, asplenifolia}) having sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves. {Sweet flag} (Bot.), an endogenous plant ({Acorus Calamus}) having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and America. See {Calamus}, 2. {Sweet gale} (Bot.), a shrub ({Myrica Gale}) having bitter fragrant leaves; -- also called {sweet willow}, and {Dutch myrtle}. See 5th {Gale}. {Sweet grass} (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass. {Sweet gum} (Bot.), an American tree ({Liquidambar styraciflua}). See {Liquidambar}. {Sweet herbs}, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary purposes. {Sweet John} (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William. {Sweet leaf} (Bot.), horse sugar. See under {Horse}. {Sweet marjoram}. (Bot.) See {Marjoram}. {Sweet marten} (Zo[94]l.), the pine marten. {Sweet maudlin} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea Ageratum}) allied to milfoil. {Sweet oil}, olive oil. {Sweet pea}. (Bot.) See under {Pea}. {Sweet potato}. (Bot.) See under {Potato}. {Sweet rush} (Bot.), sweet flag. {Sweet spirits of niter} (Med. Chem.) See {Spirit of nitrous ether}, under {Spirit}. {Sweet sultan} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea moschata}), also, the yellow-flowered ({C. odorata}); -- called also {sultan flower}. {Sweet tooth}, an especial fondness for sweet things or for sweetmeats. [Colloq.] {Sweet William}. (a) (Bot.) A species of pink ({Dianthus barbatus}) of many varieties. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The willow warbler. (c) (Zo[94]l.) The European goldfinch; -- called also {sweet Billy}. [Prov. Eng.] {Sweet willow} (Bot.), sweet gale. {Sweet wine}. See {Dry wine}, under {Dry}. {To be sweet on}, to have a particular fondness for, or special interest in, as a young man for a young woman. [Colloq.] --Thackeray. Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Switch grass}. (Bot.) See under {Grass}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Scotch Grove, IA Zip code(s): 52331 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sedge Garden, NC (CDP, FIPS 60280) Location: 36.08850 N, 80.13904 W Population (1990): 2784 (1097 housing units) Area: 9.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Sedgewickville, MO (village, FIPS 66476) Location: 37.51508 N, 89.90594 W Population (1990): 138 (54 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63781 | |
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Sedgwick, AR (town, FIPS 63110) Location: 35.97852 N, 90.86319 W Population (1990): 86 (42 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72465 Sedgwick, CO (town, FIPS 68930) Location: 40.93475 N, 102.52482 W Population (1990): 183 (109 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80749 Sedgwick, KS (city, FIPS 63800) Location: 37.91776 N, 97.42615 W Population (1990): 1438 (517 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67135 Sedgwick, ME Zip code(s): 04676 | |
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Sedgwick County, CO (county, FIPS 115) Location: 40.87706 N, 102.35297 W Population (1990): 2690 (1414 housing units) Area: 1420.0 sq km (land), 3.5 sq km (water) Sedgwick County, KS (county, FIPS 173) Location: 37.68350 N, 97.46202 W Population (1990): 403662 (170159 housing units) Area: 2590.6 sq km (land), 23.9 sq km (water) | |
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South Augusta, GA (CDP, FIPS 71870) Location: 33.41777 N, 82.04829 W Population (1990): 55998 (21485 housing units) Area: 70.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
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South Casco, ME Zip code(s): 04077 | |
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South Chicago Heights, IL (village, FIPS 70629) Location: 41.48330 N, 87.63740 W Population (1990): 3597 (1491 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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South Gastonia, NC (CDP, FIPS 63180) Location: 35.21018 N, 81.20873 W Population (1990): 5487 (2131 housing units) Area: 17.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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South Jacksonville, IL (village, FIPS 70889) Location: 39.70741 N, 90.23006 W Population (1990): 3187 (1452 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
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South Sioux City, NE (city, FIPS 46030) Location: 42.46595 N, 96.41210 W Population (1990): 9677 (3816 housing units) Area: 12.1 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68776 | |
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St. Augustine, FL (city, FIPS 62500) Location: 29.89192 N, 81.31077 W Population (1990): 11692 (5181 housing units) Area: 18.2 sq km (land), 5.4 sq km (water) St. Augustine, IL (village, FIPS 66677) Location: 40.71974 N, 90.40888 W Population (1990): 151 (69 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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St. Augustine Beach, FL (city, FIPS 62525) Location: 29.84209 N, 81.27107 W Population (1990): 3657 (2562 housing units) Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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St. Augustine Shores, FL (CDP, FIPS 62550) Location: 29.81052 N, 81.31066 W Population (1990): 4411 (2261 housing units) Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
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St. Augustine South, FL (CDP, FIPS 62562) Location: 29.84249 N, 81.31574 W Population (1990): 4218 (1623 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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St. Jacob, IL (village, FIPS 66859) Location: 38.71685 N, 89.76865 W Population (1990): 752 (301 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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St. Joseph, IL (village, FIPS 66950) Location: 40.11267 N, 88.04064 W Population (1990): 2052 (800 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) St. Joseph, LA (town, FIPS 67495) Location: 31.92013 N, 91.23932 W Population (1990): 1517 (606 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) St. Joseph, MI (city, FIPS 70960) Location: 42.09685 N, 86.49127 W Population (1990): 9214 (4545 housing units) Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 6.6 sq km (water) St. Joseph, MN (city, FIPS 57130) Location: 45.56652 N, 94.31712 W Population (1990): 3294 (759 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) St. Joseph, MO (city, FIPS 64550) Location: 39.75920 N, 94.82115 W Population (1990): 71852 (31276 housing units) Area: 112.3 sq km (land), 1.7 sq km (water) St. Joseph, TN (city, FIPS 66160) Location: 35.02954 N, 87.50615 W Population (1990): 789 (331 housing units) Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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St. Joseph County, IN (county, FIPS 141) Location: 41.61760 N, 86.28756 W Population (1990): 247052 (97956 housing units) Area: 1184.5 sq km (land), 9.4 sq km (water) St. Joseph County, MI (county, FIPS 149) Location: 41.91532 N, 85.52976 W Population (1990): 58913 (24242 housing units) Area: 1304.7 sq km (land), 45.2 sq km (water) | |
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Stagecoach, TX (town, FIPS 69932) Location: 30.14124 N, 95.71006 W Population (1990): 340 (118 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
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Stock Island, FL (CDP, FIPS 68800) Location: 24.56658 N, 81.73857 W Population (1990): 3613 (1567 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Stokes, NC Zip code(s): 27884 | |
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Stokes County, NC (county, FIPS 169) Location: 36.40913 N, 80.22963 W Population (1990): 37223 (15160 housing units) Area: 1170.3 sq km (land), 10.5 sq km (water) | |
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Stokesdale, NC (town, FIPS 65040) Location: 36.23568 N, 79.98418 W Population (1990): 2134 (823 housing units) Area: 49.4 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27357 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
set associative cache and a {fully associative cache} where each address is mapped to a certain set of cache locations. The address space is divided into blocks of 2^m bytes (the {cache line} size), discarding the bottom m address bits. An "n-way set associative" cache with S sets has n cache locations in each set. Block b is mapped to set "b mod S" and may be stored in any of the n locations in that set with its upper address bits as a tag. To determine whether block b is in the cache, set "b mod S" is searched associatively for the tag. A direct mapped cache could be described as "one-way set associative", i.e. one location in each set whereas a fully associative cache is N-way associative (where N is the total number of blocks in the cache). Performance studies have shown that it is generally more effective to increase the number of entries rathethe r than associativity and that 2- to 16-way set associative caches perform almost as well as fully associative caches at little extra cost over direct mapping. (2002-02-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sticky content mostly to pages on the same {web site}. This is important to some commercial sites who want users to keep accessing pages from their site because they receive advertising income from each hit. It does however somewhat miss the point of the World-Wide Web which is to link useful information across the whole {Internet}. (1999-06-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
stochastic {probabilistic} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
switch statement construct found in most {high-level languages} for selecting one of several possible blocks of code or branch destinations depending on the value of an expression. An example in {C} is switch (foo(x, y)) { case 1: printf("Hello\n"); /* fall through */ case 2: printf("Goodbye\n"); break; case 3: printf("Fish\n"); break; default: fprintf(stderr, "Odd foo value\n"); exit(1); } The break statements cause execution to continue after the whole switch statemetnt. The lack of a break statement after the first case means that execution will {fall through} into the second case. Since this is a common programming error you should add a comment if it is intentional. If none of the explicit cases matches the expression value then the (optional) default case is taken. A similar construct in some {functional languages} returns the value of one of several expressions selected according to the value of the first expression. A distant relation to the modern switch statement is {Fortran}'s {computed goto}. (1997-01-30) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sadducees The origin of this Jewish sect cannot definitely be traced. It was probably the outcome of the influence of Grecian customs and philosophy during the period of Greek domination. The first time they are met with is in connection with John the Baptist's ministry. They came out to him when on the banks of the Jordan, and he said to them, "O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?" (Matt. 3:7.) The next time they are spoken of they are represented as coming to our Lord tempting him. He calls them "hypocrites" and "a wicked and adulterous generation" (Matt. 16:1-4; 22:23). The only reference to them in the Gospels of Mark (12:18-27) and Luke (20:27-38) is their attempting to ridicule the doctrine of the resurrection, which they denied, as they also denied the existence of angels. They are never mentioned in John's Gospel. There were many Sadducees among the "elders" of the Sanhedrin. They seem, indeed, to have been as numerous as the Pharisees (Acts 23:6). They showed their hatred of Jesus in taking part in his condemnation (Matt. 16:21; 26:1-3, 59; Mark 8:31; 15:1; Luke 9:22; 22:66). They endeavoured to prohibit the apostles from preaching the resurrection of Christ (Acts 2:24, 31, 32; 4:1, 2; 5:17, 24-28). They were the deists or sceptics of that age. They do not appear as a separate sect after the destruction of Jerusalem. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Stachys spike; an ear of corn, a convert at Rome whom Paul salutes (Rom. 16:9). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Sadducees, followers of Sadoc, or Zadok | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Stachys, spike or ear of corn |