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Sad \Sad\ (s[acr]d), a. [Compar. {Sadder}; supperl. {Saddest}.] [OE. sad sated, tired, satisfied, firm, steadfast, AS. s[91]d satisfied, sated; akin to D. zat, OS. sad, G. satt, OHG. sat, Icel. sa[edh]r, saddr, Goth. sa[thorn]s, Lith. sotus, L. sat, satis, enough, satur sated, Gr. 'a`menai to satiate, 'a`dnh enough. Cf. {Assets}, {Sate}, {Satiate}, {Satisfy}, {Satire}.] 1. Sated; satisfied; weary; tired. [Obs.] Yet of that art they can not waxen sad, For unto them it is a bitter sweet. --Chaucer. 2. Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard. [Obs., except in a few phrases; as, sad bread.] His hand, more sad than lump of lead. --Spenser. Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad. --Mortimer. 3. Dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors. [bd]Sad-colored clothes.[b8] --Walton. Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors. --Mortimer. 4. Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous. [Obs.] [bd]Ripe and sad courage.[b8] --Chaucer. Lady Catharine, a sad and religious woman. --Bacon. Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties. --Ld. Berners. 5. Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful. First were we sad, fearing you would not come; Now sadder, that you come so unprovided. --Shak. The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad. --Milton. 6. Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune. 7. Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked. [Colloq.] [bd]Sad tipsy fellows, both of them.[b8] --I. Taylor. Note: Sad is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sad-colored, sad-eyed, sad-hearted, sad-looking, and the like. {Sad bread}, heavy bread. [Scot. & Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. Syn: Sorrowful; mournful; gloomy; dejected; depressed; cheerless; downcast; sedate; serious; grave; grievous; afflictive; calamitous. | |
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Sadder \Sad"der\, n. Same as {Sadda}. | |
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Satire \Sat"ire\ (?; in Eng. often [?]; 277), n. [L. satira, satura, fr. satura (sc. lanx) a dish filled with various kinds of fruits, food composed of various ingredients, a mixture, a medley, fr. satur full of food, sated, fr. sat, satis, enough: cf. F. satire. See {Sate}, {Sad}, a., and cf. {Saturate}.] 1. A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal. 2. Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm. Syn: Lampoon; sarcasm; irony; ridicule; pasquinade; burlesque; wit; humor. | |
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Satyr \Sa"tyr\ (?; 277), n. [L. satyrus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. satyre.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness. Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel, From the glad sound would not be absent long. --Milton. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of many species of butterflies belonging to the family {Nymphalid[91]}. Their colors are commonly brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings. Called also {meadow browns}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The orang-outang. | |
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Sauter \Sau"ter\, n. Psalter. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. | |
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Sautrie \Sau"trie\, n. Psaltery. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Saw \Saw\, n. [OE. sawe, AS. sage; akin to D. zaag, G. s[84]ge, OHG. sega, saga, Dan. sav, Sw. s[86]g, Icel. s[94]g, L. secare to cut, securis ax, secula sickle. Cf. {Scythe}, {Sickle}, {Section}, {Sedge}.] An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing. Note: Saw is frequently used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound. {Band saw}, {Crosscut saw}, etc. See under {Band}, {Crosscut}, etc. {Circular saw}, a disk of steel with saw teeth upon its periphery, and revolved on an arbor. {Saw bench}, a bench or table with a flat top for for sawing, especially with a circular saw which projects above the table. {Saw file}, a three-cornered file, such as is used for sharpening saw teeth. {Saw frame}, the frame or sash in a sawmill, in which the saw, or gang of saws, is held. {Saw gate}, a saw frame. {Saw gin}, the form of cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney, in which the cotton fibers are drawn, by the teeth of a set of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds to pass. {Saw grass} (Bot.), any one of certain cyperaceous plants having the edges of the leaves set with minute sharp teeth, especially the {Cladium Mariscus} of Europe, and the {Cladium effusum} of the Southern United States. Cf. {Razor grass}, under {Razor}. {Saw log}, a log of suitable size for sawing into lumber. {Saw mandrel}, a mandrel on which a circular saw is fastened for running. {Saw pit}, a pit over which timbor is sawed by two men, one standing below the timber and the other above. --Mortimer. {Saw sharpener} (Zo[94]l.), the great titmouse; -- so named from its harsh call note. [Prov. Eng.] {Saw whetter} (Zo[94]l.), the marsh titmouse ({Parus palustris}); -- so named from its call note. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Sawder \Saw"der\, n. A corrupt spelling and pronunciation of solder. {Soft sawder}, seductive praise; flattery; blarney. [Slang] | |
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Sawtry \Saw"try\, n. A psaltery. [Obs.] --Dryden. | |
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Scatter \Scat"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scattering}.] [OE. scateren. See {Shatter}.] 1. To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order. And some are scattered all the floor about. --Chaucer. Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, Their scattered cottages, and ample plains? --Dryden. Teach the glad hours to scatter, as they fly, Soft quiet, gentle love, and endless joy. --Prior. 2. To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse. Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths. --Shak. 3. Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like. Syn: To disperse; dissipate; spread; strew. | |
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Scatter \Scat"ter\, v. i. To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a storm. | |
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Scoter \Sco"ter\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus {Oidemia}. Note: The European scoters are {Oidemia nigra}, called also {black duck}, {black diver}, {surf duck}; and the velvet, or double, scoter ({O. fusca}). The common American species are the velvet, or white-winged, scoter ({O. Deglandi}), called also {velvet duck}, {white-wing}, {bull coot}, {white-winged coot}; the black scoter ({O. Americana}), called also {black coot}, {butterbill}, {coppernose}; and the surf scoter, or surf duck ({O. perspicillata}), called also {baldpate}, {skunkhead}, {horsehead}, {patchhead}, {pishaug}, and spectacled coot. These birds are collectively called also {coots}. The females and young are called gray coots, and brown coots. | |
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Scutter \Scut"ter\, v. i. [Cf. {Scuttle}, v. i.] To run quickly; to scurry; to scuttle. [Prov. Eng.] A mangy little jackal . . . cocked up his ears and tail, and scuttered across the shallows. --Kipling. | |
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Sea adder \Sea" ad"der\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European fifteen-spined stickleback ({Gasterosteus spinachia}); -- called also {bismore}. (b) The European tanglefish, or pipefish ({Syngnathus acus}). | |
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Sea otter \Sea" ot"ter\ (Zo[94]l.) An aquatic carnivore ({Enhydris lutris, [or] marina}) found in the North Pacific Ocean. Its fur is highly valued, especially by the Chinese. It is allied to the common otter, but is larger, with feet more decidedly webbed. {Sea-otter's cabbage} (Bot.), a gigantic kelp of the Pacific Ocean ({Nereocystis Lutkeana}). See {Nereocystis}. | |
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Otter \Ot"ter\, n. [OE. oter, AS. otor; akin to D. & G. otter, Icel. otr, Dan. odder, Sw. utter, Lith. udra, Russ, vuidra, Gr. "y`dra water serpent, hydra, Skr. udra otter, and also to E. water. [root]137, 215. See {Water}, and cf. {Hydra}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any carnivorous animal of the genus {Lutra}, and related genera. Several species are described. They have large, flattish heads, short ears, and webbed toes. They are aquatic, and feed on fish. Their fur is soft and valuable. The common otter of Europe is {Lutra vulgaris}; the American otter is {L. Canadensis}; other species inhabit South America and Asia. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The larva of the ghost moth. It is very injurious to hop vines. {Otter hound}, {Otter dog} (Zo[94]l.), a small breed of hounds, used in England for hunting otters. {Otter sheep}. See {Ancon sheep}, under {Ancon}. {Otter shell} (Zo[94]l.), very large bivalve mollusk ({Schizoth[91]rus Nuttallii}) found on the northwest coast of America. It is excellent food, and is extensively used by the Indians. {Sea otter}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary. | |
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Seeder \Seed"er\, n. One who, or that which, sows or plants seed. | |
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Seedy \Seed"y\, a. [Compar. {Seedier}; superl. {Seediest}.] 1. Abounding with seeds; bearing seeds; having run to seeds. 2. Having a peculiar flavor supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; -- said of certain kinds of French brandy. 3. Old and worn out; exhausted; spiritless; also, poor and miserable looking; shabbily clothed; shabby looking; as, he looked seedy coat. [Colloq.] Little Flanigan here . . . is a little seedy, as we say among us that practice the law. --Goldsmith. {Seedy toe}, an affection of a horse's foot, in which a cavity filled with horn powder is formed between the lamin[91] and the wall of the hoof. | |
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Seether \Seeth"er\, n. A pot for boiling things; a boiler. Like burnished gold the little seether shone. --Dryden. | |
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Setter \Set"ter\, n. 1. One who, or that which, sets; -- used mostly in composition with a noun, as typesetter; or in combination with an adverb, as a setter on (or inciter), a setter up, a setter forth. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. Modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching. Note: There are several distinct varieties of setters; as, the Irish, or red, setter; the Gordon setter, which is usually red or tan varied with black; and the English setter, which is variously colored, but usually white and tawny red, with or without black. 3. One who hunts victims for sharpers. --Shak. 4. One who adapts words to music in composition. 5. An adornment; a decoration; -- with off. [Obs.] They come as . . . setters off of thy graces. --Whitlock. 6. (Pottery) A shallow seggar for porcelain. --Ure. | |
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Setter \Set"ter\, v. t. To cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Shader \Shad"er\, n. One who, or that which, shades. | |
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Shady \Shad"y\, a. [Compar. {Shadier}; superl. {Shadiest}.] 1. Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade. The shady trees cover him with their shadow. --Job. xl. 22. And Amaryllis fills the shady groves. --Dryden. 2. Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat. Cast it also that you may have rooms shady for summer and warm for winter. --Bacon. 3. Of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be seen or known; equivocal; dubious or corrupt. [Colloq.] [bd]A shady business.[b8] --London Sat. Rev. Shady characters, disreputable, criminal. --London Spectator. {On the shady side of}, on the thither side of; as, on the shady side of fifty; that is, more than fifty. [Colloq.] {To keep shady}, to stay in concealment; also, to be reticent. [Slang] | |
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Shatter \Shat"ter\, v. i. To be broken into fragments; to fall or crumble to pieces by any force applied. Some fragile bodies break but where the force is; some shatter and fly in many places. --Bacon. | |
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Shatter \Shat"ter\, n. A fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters. --Swift. | |
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Shatter \Shat"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shattering}.] [OE. schateren, scateren, to scatter, to dash, AS. scateran; cf. D. schateren to crack, to make a great noise, OD. schetteren to scatter, to burst, to crack. Cf. {Scatter}.] 1. To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning. A monarchy was shattered to pieces, and divided amongst revolted subjects. --Locke. 2. To disorder; to derange; to render unsound; as, to be shattered in intellect; his constitution was shattered; his hopes were shattered. A man of a loose, volatile, and shattered humor. --Norris. 3. To scatter about. [Obs.] Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. --Milton. | |
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Shattery \Shat"ter*y\, a. Easily breaking into pieces; not compact; loose of texture; brittle; as, shattery spar. | |
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Shea tree \She"a tree`\ (Bot.) An African sapotaceous tree ({Bassia, [or] Butyrospermum, Parkii}), from the seeds of which a substance resembling butter is obtained; the African butter tree. | |
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Sheather \Sheath"er\, n. One who sheathes. | |
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Shedder \Shed"der\, n. 1. One who, or that which, sheds; as, a shedder of blood; a shedder of tears. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while still soft; -- applied especially to the edible crabs, which are most prized while in this state. | |
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Shoder \Sho"der\, n. A package of gold beater's skins in which gold is subjected to the second process of beating. | |
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Shooter \Shoot"er\, n. 1. One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner. 2. That which shoots. Specifically: (a) A firearm; as, a five-shooter. [Colloq. U.S.] (b) A shooting star. [R.] | |
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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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Tower \Tow"er\, n. [OE. tour,tor,tur, F. tour, L. turris; akin to Gr. [?]; cf. W. twr a tower, Ir. tor a castle, Gael. torr a tower, castle. Cf. {Tor}, {Turret}.] 1. (Arch.) (a) A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion. (b) A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher. (c) A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower. 2. A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense. Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. --Ps. lxi. 3. 3. A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress. Lay trains of amorous intrigues In towers, and curls, and periwigs. --Hudibras. 4. High flight; elevation. [Obs.] --Johnson. {Gay Lussac's tower} (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used in the sulphuric acid process, to absorb (by means of concentrated acid) the spent nitrous fumes that they may be returned to the Glover's tower to be reemployed. See {Sulphuric acid}, under {Sulphuric}, and {Glover's tower}, below. {Glover's tower} (Chem.), a large tower or chamber used in the manufacture of sulphuric acid, to condense the crude acid and to deliver concentrated acid charged with nitrous fumes. These fumes, as a catalytic, effect the conversion of sulphurous to sulphuric acid. See {Sulphuric acid}, under {Sulphuric}, and {Gay Lussac's tower}, above. {Round tower}. See under {Round}, a. {Shot tower}. See under {Shot}. {Tower bastion} (Fort.), a bastion of masonry, often with chambers beneath, built at an angle of the interior polygon of some works. {Tower mustard} (Bot.), the cruciferous plant {Arabis perfoliata}. {Tower of London}, a collection of buildings in the eastern part of London, formerly containing a state prison, and now used as an arsenal and repository of various objects of public interest. | |
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Shouter \Shout"er\, n. One who shouts. | |
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Shudder \Shud"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shuddered};p. pr. & vb. n. {Shuddering}.] [OE. shoderen, schuderen; akin to LG. schuddern, D. schudden to shake, OS. skuddian, G. schaudern to shudder, sch[81]tteln to shake, sch[81]tten to pour, to shed, OHG. scutten, scuten, to shake.] To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake. [bd]With shuddering horror pale.[b8] --Milton. The shuddering tennant of the frigid zone. --Goldsmith. | |
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Shudder \Shud"der\, n. The act of shuddering, as with fear. --Shak. | |
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Shutter \Shut"ter\, n. 1. One who shuts or closes. 2. A movable cover or screen for a window, designed to shut out the light, to obstruct the view, or to be of some strength as a defense; a blind. 3. A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, as for closing the passageway for molten iron from a ladle. | |
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Shutter \Shut"ter\, n. (Photog.) A mechanical device of various forms, attached to a camera for opening and closing to expose the plate. | |
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Sider \Sid"er\, n. One who takes a side. | |
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Sider \Si"der\, n. Cider. [Obs.] | |
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Sitter \Sit"ter\, n. 1. One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust. 2. A bird that sits or incubates. | |
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Skater \Skat"er\, n. 1. One who skates. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects belonging to {Gerris}, {Pyrrhocoris}, {Prostemma}, and allied genera. They have long legs, and run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating. | |
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Skidder \Skid"der\, n. One that skids; one that uses a skid; specif.: (Logging) (a) One that skids logs. (b) An engine for hauling the cable used in skidding logs. (c) The foreman of a construction gang making a skid road. | |
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Skitter \Skit"ter\, v. t. [Cf. {Skit}, v. t.] To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip. The angler, standing in the bow, 'skitters' or skips the spoon over the surface. --James A. Henshall. | |
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Skitter \Skit"ter\, v. i. To pass or glide lightly or with quick touches at intervals; to skip; to skim. Some kinds of ducks in lighting strike the water with their tails first, and skitter along the surface for a feet before settling down. --T. Roosevelt. | |
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Soder \Sod"er\, n. & v. t. See {Solder}. | |
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d8Sudra \[d8]Su"dra\, n. [Skr. [87][?]dra.] The lowest of the four great castes among the Hindoos. See {Caste}. [Written also {Soorah}, {Soodra}, and {Sooder}.] | |
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d8Sudra \[d8]Su"dra\, n. [Skr. [87][?]dra.] The lowest of the four great castes among the Hindoos. See {Caste}. [Written also {Soorah}, {Soodra}, and {Sooder}.] | |
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Sooth \Sooth\ (s[oomac]th), a.; also adv. [Compar. {Soother} (s[oomac]th"[etil]r); superl. {Soothest}.] [OE. soth, AS. s[omac][edh], for san[edh]; akin to OS. s[omac][edh], OHG. sand, Icel. sannr, Sw. sann, Dan. sand, Skr. sat, sant, real, genuine, present, being; properly p. pr. from a root meaning, to be, Skr. as, L. esse; also akin to Goth. sunjis true, Gr. 'eteo`s, Skr. satya. [root]9. Cf. {Absent}, {Am}, {Essence}, {Is}, {Soothe}, {Sutee}.] 1. True; faithful; trustworthy. [Obs. or Scot.] The sentence [meaning] of it sooth is, out of doubt. --Chaucer. That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare. --Spensser. 2. Pleasing; delightful; sweet. [R.] The soothest shepherd that ever piped on plains. --Milton. With jellies soother than the creamy curd. --Keats. | |
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Soother \Sooth"er\, n. One who, or that which, soothes. | |
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Sooty \Soot"y\, a. [Compar {Sootier}; superl. {Sootiest}.] [AS. s[?]tig. See {Soot}.] 1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. [bd]Fire of sooty coal.[b8] --Milton. 2. Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark. [bd]The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron.[b8] --Milton. {Sooty albatross} (Zo[94]l.), an albatross ({Ph[d2]betria fuliginosa}) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called also {nellie}. {Sooty tern} (Zo[94]l.), a tern ({Sterna fuliginosa}) found chiefly in tropical seas. | |
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Sottery \Sot"ter*y\, n. Folly. [Obs.] --Gauden. | |
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Souter \Sou"ter\, n. [AS. s[?]t[?]re, fr. It. sutor, fr. suere to sew.] A shoemaker; a cobbler. [Obs.] --Chaucer. There is no work better than another to please God: . . . to wash dishes, to be a souter, or an apostle, -- all is one. --Tyndale. | |
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Souther \South"er\, n. A strong wind, gale, or storm from the south. | |
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Sowter \Sow"ter\, n. See {Souter}. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Squat \Squat\, n. 1. The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground. 2. A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.] --erbert. 3. (Mining) (a) A small vein of ore. (b) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. --Halliwell. Woodward. {Squat snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the jacksnipe; -- called also {squatter}. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Squatter \Squat"ter\, n. 1. One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land under permission and restrictions, before acquiring title. In such a tract, squatters and trespassers were tolerated to an extent now unknown. --Macaulay. 2. (Zo[94]l.) See {Squat snipe}, under {Squat}. {Squatter sovereignty}, the right claimed by the squatters, or actual residents, of a Territory of the United States to make their own laws. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. | |
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Squat \Squat\, n. 1. The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground. 2. A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.] --erbert. 3. (Mining) (a) A small vein of ore. (b) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. --Halliwell. Woodward. {Squat snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the jacksnipe; -- called also {squatter}. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Squatter \Squat"ter\, n. 1. One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land under permission and restrictions, before acquiring title. In such a tract, squatters and trespassers were tolerated to an extent now unknown. --Macaulay. 2. (Zo[94]l.) See {Squat snipe}, under {Squat}. {Squatter sovereignty}, the right claimed by the squatters, or actual residents, of a Territory of the United States to make their own laws. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. | |
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Stair \Stair\, n. [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st[?]ger, from [?]igan to ascend, rise. [root]164. See {Sty} to ascend.] 1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; -- commonly applied to those within a building. 2. A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but originally used in the singular only. [bd]I a winding stair found.[b8] --Chaucer's Dream. {Below stairs}, in the basement or lower part of a house, where the servants are. {Flight of stairs}, the stairs which make the whole ascent of a story. {Pair of stairs}, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See {Pair}, n., 1. {Run of stars} (Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section of a stairway, from one platform to the next. {Stair rod}, a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair carpet to its place. {Up stairs}. See {Upstairs} in the Vocabulary. | |
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Stairway \Stair"way`\, n. A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase. [bd]A rude and narrow stairway.[b8] --Moore. | |
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Star \Star\ (st[aum]r), n. [OE. sterre, AS. steorra; akin to OFries. stera, OS. sterro, D. ster, OHG. sterno, sterro, G. stern, Icel. stjarna, Sw. stjerna, Dan. stierne, Goth. sta[a1]rn[d3], Armor. & Corn. steren, L. stella, Gr. 'asth`r, 'a`stron, Skr. star; perhaps from a root meaning, to scatter, Skr. st[rsdot], L. sternere (cf. {Stratum}), and originally applied to the stars as being strewn over the sky, or as being scatterers or spreaders of light. [fb]296. Cf. {Aster}, {Asteroid}, {Constellation}, {Disaster}, {Stellar}.] 1. One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebul[91]. His eyen twinkled in his head aright, As do the stars in the frosty night. --Chaucer. Note: The stars are distinguished as {planets}, and {fixed stars}. See {Planet}, {Fixed stars} under {Fixed}, and {Magnitude of a star} under {Magnitude}. 2. The polestar; the north star. --Shak. 3. (Astrol.) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny; (usually pl.) a configuration of the planets, supposed to influence fortune. O malignant and ill-brooding stars. --Shak. Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. --Addison. 4. That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor. On whom . . . Lavish Honor showered all her stars. --Tennyson. 5. Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an asterisk [thus, *]; -- used as a reference to a note, or to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc. 6. (Pyrotechny) A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance. 7. A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading theatrical performer, etc. Note: Star is used in the formation of compound words generally of obvious signification: as, star-aspiring, star-bespangled, star-bestudded, star-blasting, star-bright, star-crowned, star-directed, star-eyed, star-headed, star-paved, star-roofed; star-sprinkled, star-wreathed. | |
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Star \Star\ (st[aum]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Starred} (st[aum]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Starring}.] To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle; as, a robe starred with gems. [bd]A sable curtain starred with gold.[b8] --Young. | |
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Star \Star\, v. i. To be bright, or attract attention, as a star; to shine like a star; to be brilliant or prominent; to play a part as a theatrical star. | |
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Stare \Stare\, n. [AS. st[91]r. See {Starling}.] (Zo[94]l.) The starling. [Obs.] | |
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Stare \Stare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {stared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {staring}.] [AS. starian; akin to LG. & D. staren, OHG. star[c7]n, G. starren, Icel. stara; cf. Icel. stira, Dan. stirre, Sw. stirra, and G. starr stiff, rigid, fixed, Gr. [?] solid (E. stereo-), Skr. sthira firm, strong. [fb]166. Cf. {Sterile}.] 1. To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object. For ever upon the ground I see thee stare. --Chaucer. Look not big, nor stamp, nor stare, nor fret. --Shak. 2. To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors. 3. To stand out; to project; to bristle. [Obs.] Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare. --Shak. Take off all the staring straws and jags in the hive. --Mortimer. Syn: To gaze; to look earnestly. See {Gaze}. | |
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Stare \Stare\, v. t. To look earnestly at; to gaze at. I will stare him out of his wits. --Shak. {To stare in the face}, to be before the eyes, or to be undeniably evident. [bd]The law . . . stares them in the face whilst they are breaking it.[b8] --Locke. | |
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Stare \Stare\, n. The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open. [bd]A dull and stupid stare.[b8] --Churchill. | |
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Starling \Star"ling\, n. [OE. sterlyng, a dim. of OE. stare, AS. st[91]r; akin to AS. stearn, G. star, staar, OHG. stara, Icel. starri, stari, Sw. stare, Dan. st[91]r, L. sturnus. Cf. {Stare} a starling.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any passerine bird belonging to {Sturnus} and allied genera. The European starling ({Sturnus vulgaris}) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also {stare}, and {starred}. The pied starling of India is {Sternopastor contra}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A California fish; the rock trout. 3. A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; -- called also {sterling}. {Rose-colored starling}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pastor}. | |
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Stare \Stare\, n. [AS. st[91]r. See {Starling}.] (Zo[94]l.) The starling. [Obs.] | |
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Stare \Stare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {stared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {staring}.] [AS. starian; akin to LG. & D. staren, OHG. star[c7]n, G. starren, Icel. stara; cf. Icel. stira, Dan. stirre, Sw. stirra, and G. starr stiff, rigid, fixed, Gr. [?] solid (E. stereo-), Skr. sthira firm, strong. [fb]166. Cf. {Sterile}.] 1. To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object. For ever upon the ground I see thee stare. --Chaucer. Look not big, nor stamp, nor stare, nor fret. --Shak. 2. To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors. 3. To stand out; to project; to bristle. [Obs.] Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare. --Shak. Take off all the staring straws and jags in the hive. --Mortimer. Syn: To gaze; to look earnestly. See {Gaze}. | |
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Stare \Stare\, v. t. To look earnestly at; to gaze at. I will stare him out of his wits. --Shak. {To stare in the face}, to be before the eyes, or to be undeniably evident. [bd]The law . . . stares them in the face whilst they are breaking it.[b8] --Locke. | |
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Stare \Stare\, n. The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open. [bd]A dull and stupid stare.[b8] --Churchill. | |
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Starling \Star"ling\, n. [OE. sterlyng, a dim. of OE. stare, AS. st[91]r; akin to AS. stearn, G. star, staar, OHG. stara, Icel. starri, stari, Sw. stare, Dan. st[91]r, L. sturnus. Cf. {Stare} a starling.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any passerine bird belonging to {Sturnus} and allied genera. The European starling ({Sturnus vulgaris}) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also {stare}, and {starred}. The pied starling of India is {Sternopastor contra}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A California fish; the rock trout. 3. A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; -- called also {sterling}. {Rose-colored starling}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pastor}. | |
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Starry \Star"ry\, a. 1. Abounding with stars; adorned with stars. [bd]Above the starry sky.[b8] --Pope. 2. Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar; stellary; as, starry light; starry flame. Do not Christians and Heathens, Jews and Gentiles, poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry influence? --Sir W. Scott. 3. Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes. 4. Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate. {Starry ray} (Zo[94]l.), a European skate ({Raita radiata}); -- so called from the stellate bases of the dorsal spines. | |
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Stayer \Stay"er\, n. One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse, man, etc., that has endurance, an a race. | |
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Steer \Steer\, n. [OE. steer, AS. ste[a2]r; akin to D. & G. stier a bull, OHG. stior, Icel. stj[d3]rr, [?]j[d3]rr, Sw. tjur, Dan. tyr, Goth. stiur, Russ. tur', Pol. tur, Ir. & Gael. tarbh, W. tarw, L. taurus, Gr. [?], Skr. sth[?]ra strong, stout, AS. stor large, Icel. st[d3]rr, OHG. st[?]ri, stiuri. [fb]168. Cf. {Stirk}, {Taurine}, a.] A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under {Ox}. | |
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Steer \Steer\, n. [AS. ste[a2]r, sti[a2]r; akin to D. stuur, G. steuer, Icel. st[?]ri. [fb]186. See {Steer}, v. t.] [Written also {stere}.] A rudder or helm. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Steer \Steer\, n. [AS. ste[a2]ra. See {Steer} a rudder.] A helmsman, a pilot. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Steer \Steer\, v. t. To castrate; -- said of male calves. | |
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Steer \Steer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Steered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Steering}.] [OE. steeren, steren, AS. sti[82]ran, st[?]ran, ste[a2]ran; akin to OFries. stiora, stiura, D. sturen, OD. stieren, G. steuren, OHG. stiuren to direct, support, G. steuer contribution, tax, Icel. st[?]ra to steer, govern,Sw. styra, Dan. styre, Goth. stiurjan to establish, AS. ste[a2]r a rudder, a helm, and probably to Icel. staurr a pale, stake, Gr. [?], and perhaps ultimately to E. stand. [fb]168. Cf. {Starboard}, {Stern}, n.] To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water. That with a staff his feeble steps did steer. --Spenser. | |
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Steer \Steer\, v. i. 1. To direct a vessel in its course; to direct one's course. [bd]No helmsman steers.[b8] --Tennyson. 2. To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily. Where the wind Veers oft, as oft [a ship] so steers, and shifts her sail. --Milton. 3. To conduct one's self; to take or pursue a course of action. | |
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-ster \-ster\ [OE. & AS. -estre, -istre.] A suffix denoting the agent (originally a woman), especially a person who does something with skill or as an occupation; as in spinster (originally, a woman who spins), songster, baxter (= bakester), youngster. Note: Brewing, baking, and weaving were formerly feminine labors, and consequently brewster, baxter, and webster meant, originally, the woman (not the man) who brews, bakes, or weaves. When men began to perform these duties the feminine appellations were retained. | |
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Steer \Steer\, n. [AS. ste[a2]r, sti[a2]r; akin to D. stuur, G. steuer, Icel. st[?]ri. [fb]186. See {Steer}, v. t.] [Written also {stere}.] A rudder or helm. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Stere \Stere\, v. t. & i. To stir. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Stere \Stere\, n. A rudder. See 5th {Steer}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Stere \Stere\, n. Helmsman. See 6th {Steer}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Stere \Stere\, n. [F. st[8a]re, fr. Gr. [?] solid.] A unit of cubic measure in the metric system, being a cubic meter, or kiloliter, and equal to 35.3 cubic feet, or nearly 1[frac13] cubic yards. | |
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Steer \Steer\, n. [AS. ste[a2]r, sti[a2]r; akin to D. stuur, G. steuer, Icel. st[?]ri. [fb]186. See {Steer}, v. t.] [Written also {stere}.] A rudder or helm. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Stere \Stere\, v. t. & i. To stir. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Stere \Stere\, n. A rudder. See 5th {Steer}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Stere \Stere\, n. Helmsman. See 6th {Steer}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Stere \Stere\, n. [F. st[8a]re, fr. Gr. [?] solid.] A unit of cubic measure in the metric system, being a cubic meter, or kiloliter, and equal to 35.3 cubic feet, or nearly 1[frac13] cubic yards. | |
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Stereo- \Ste"re*o-\ [Gr. stereo`s solid. See {Stare} to gaze.] A combining form meaning solid, hard, firm, as in stereo-chemistry, stereography. | |
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Sterre \Ster"re\, n. A star. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Stir \Stir\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stirred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stirring}.] [OE. stiren, steren, sturen, AS. styrian; probably akin to D. storen to disturb, G. st[94]ren, OHG. st[d3]ren to scatter, destroy. [fb]166.] 1. To change the place of in any manner; to move. My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir. --Sir W. Temple. 2. To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate; as, to stir a pudding with a spoon. My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred. --Shak. 3. To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot. Stir not questions of jurisdiction. --Bacon. 4. To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite. [bd]To stir men to devotion.[b8] --Chaucer. An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife. --Shak. And for her sake some mutiny will stir. --Dryden. Note: In all senses except the first, stir is often followed by up with an intensive effect; as, to stir up fire; to stir up sedition. Syn: To move; incite; awaken; rouse; animate; stimulate; excite; provoke. | |
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Stir \Stir\, v. i. 1. To move; to change one's position. I had not power to stir or strive, But felt that I was still alive. --Byron. 2. To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy one's self. All are not fit with them to stir and toil. --Byron. The friends of the unfortunate exile, far from resenting his unjust suspicions, were stirring anxiously in his behalf. --Merivale. 3. To become the object of notice; to be on foot. They fancy they have a right to talk freely upon everything that stirs or appears. --I. Watts. 4. To rise, or be up, in the morning. [Colloq.] --Shak. | |
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Stir \Stir\, n. 1. The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements. Why all these words, this clamor, and this stir? --Denham. Consider, after so much stir about genus and species, how few words we have yet settled definitions of. --Locke. 2. Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar. Being advertised of some stirs raised by his unnatural sons in England. --Sir J. Davies. 3. Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions. | |
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Stoor \Stoor\, v. i. [Cf. D. storen to disturb. Cf. {Stir}.] To rise in clouds, as dust. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Stoor \Stoor\, Stor \Stor\, a. [AS. st[d3]r; akin to LG. stur, Icel. st[d3]rr.] Strong; powerful; hardy; bold; audacious. [Obs. or Scot.] O stronge lady stoor, what doest thou? --Chaucer. | |
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Stoor \Stoor\, Stor \Stor\, a. [AS. st[d3]r; akin to LG. stur, Icel. st[d3]rr.] Strong; powerful; hardy; bold; audacious. [Obs. or Scot.] O stronge lady stoor, what doest thou? --Chaucer. | |
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Stor \Stor\, a. See {Stoor}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Store \Store\, n. [OE. stor, stoor, OF. estor, provisions, supplies, fr. estorer to store. See {Store}, v. t.] 1. That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number. The ships are fraught with store of victuals. --Bacon. With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and give the prize. --Milton. 2. A place of deposit for goods, esp. for large quantities; a storehouse; a warehouse; a magazine. 3. Any place where goods are sold, whether by wholesale or retail; a shop. [U.S. & British Colonies] 4. pl. Articles, especially of food, accumulated for some specific object; supplies, as of provisions, arms, ammunition, and the like; as, the stores of an army, of a ship, of a family. His swine, his horse, his stoor, and his poultry. --Chaucer. {In store}, in a state of accumulation; in keeping; hence, in a state of readiness. [bd]I have better news in store for thee.[b8] --Shak. {Store clothes}, clothing purchased at a shop or store; -- in distinction from that which is home-made. [Colloq. U.S.] {Store pay}, payment for goods or work in articles from a shop or store, instead of money. [U.S.] {To set store by}, to value greatly; to have a high appreciation of. {To tell no store of}, to make no account of; to consider of no importance. Syn: Fund; supply; abundance; plenty; accumulation; provision. Usage: {Store}, {Shop}. The English call the place where goods are sold (however large or splendid it may be) a shop, and confine the word store to its original meaning; viz., a warehouse, or place where goods are stored. In America the word store is applied to all places, except the smallest, where goods are sold. In some British colonies the word store is used as in the United States. | |
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Store \Store\, a. Accumulated; hoarded. --Bacon. | |
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Store \Store\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Storing}.] [OE. storen, OF. estorer to construct, restore, store, LL. staurare, for L. instaurare to renew, restore; in + staurare (in comp.) Cf. {Instore}, {Instaurate}, {Restore}, {Story} a floor.] 1. To collect as a reserved supply; to accumulate; to lay away. Dora stored what little she could save. --Tennyson. 2. To furnish; to supply; to replenish; esp., to stock or furnish against a future time. Her mind with thousand virtues stored. --Prior. Wise Plato said the world with men was stored. --Denham. Having stored a pond of four acres with carps, tench, and other fish. --Sir M. Hale. 3. To deposit in a store, warehouse, or other building, for preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods. | |
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Storey \Sto"rey\, n. See {Story}. | |
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Story \Sto"ry\, n.; pl. {Stories}. [OF. estor[82], estor[82]e, built, erected, p. p. of estorer to build, restore, to store. See {Store}, v. t.] A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within. [Written also {storey}.] Note: A story comprehends the distance from one floor to another; as, a story of nine or ten feet elevation. The spaces between floors are numbered in order, from below upward; as, the lower, second, or third story; a house of one story, of two stories, of five stories. {Story post} (Arch.), a vertical post used to support a floor or superincumbent wall. | |
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Storey \Sto"rey\, n. See {Story}. | |
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Story \Sto"ry\, n.; pl. {Stories}. [OF. estor[82], estor[82]e, built, erected, p. p. of estorer to build, restore, to store. See {Store}, v. t.] A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within. [Written also {storey}.] Note: A story comprehends the distance from one floor to another; as, a story of nine or ten feet elevation. The spaces between floors are numbered in order, from below upward; as, the lower, second, or third story; a house of one story, of two stories, of five stories. {Story post} (Arch.), a vertical post used to support a floor or superincumbent wall. | |
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Story \Sto"ry\, n.; pl. {Stories}. [OF. estor[82], estor[82]e, built, erected, p. p. of estorer to build, restore, to store. See {Store}, v. t.] A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within. [Written also {storey}.] Note: A story comprehends the distance from one floor to another; as, a story of nine or ten feet elevation. The spaces between floors are numbered in order, from below upward; as, the lower, second, or third story; a house of one story, of two stories, of five stories. {Story post} (Arch.), a vertical post used to support a floor or superincumbent wall. | |
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Story \Sto"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Storied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Storying}.] To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story. How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than story him in his own hearing. --Shak. It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy cubits high. --Bp. Wilkins. | |
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Story \Sto"ry\, n. [OE. storie, OF. estoire, F. histoire, fr. L. historia. See {History}.] 1. A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record. One malcontent who did indeed get a name in story. --Barrow. Venice, with its unique city and its Impressive story. --Ed. Rev. The four great monarchies make the subject of ancient story. --Sir W. Temple. 2. The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance. --Addison. 3. A euphemism or child's word for [bd]a lie;[b8] a fib; as, to tell a story. [Colloq.] | |
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Stour \Stour\, n. [OF. estour, estor, tumult, combat, of Teutonic origin. See {Storm}.] A battle or tumult; encounter; combat; disturbance; passion. [Obs.] --Fairfax. [bd]That woeful stowre.[b8] --Spenser. She that helmed was in starke stours [fierce conflicts]. --Chaucer. | |
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Stour \Stour\, a. [See {Stoor}, a.] Tall; strong; stern. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] | |
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Stowre \Stowre\, a. See {Stour}, a. [Obs.] | |
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Stowre \Stowre\, n. See {Stour}, n. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Straw \Straw\, v. t. To spread or scatter. See {Strew}, and {Strow}. --Chaucer. | |
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Straw \Straw\, n. [OE. straw, stre, stree, AS. stre[a0]w, from the root of E. strew; akin to OFries. str[c7], D. stroo, G. stroh, OHG. str[d3], Icel. str[be], Dan. straa, Sw. str[86]. [fb]166. See {Strew}.] 1. A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease. 2. The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw. 3. Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle. I set not a straw by thy dreamings. --Chaucer. Note: Straw is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, straw-built, straw-crowned, straw-roofed, straw-stuffed, and the like. {Man of straw}, an effigy formed by stuffing the garments of a man with straw; hence, a fictitious person; an irresponsible person; a puppet. | |
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Strawy \Straw"y\, a. Of or pertaining to straw; made of, or resembling, straw. --Shak. | |
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Stray \Stray\, v. t. To cause to stray. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Stray \Stray\, a. [Cf. OF. estrai[82], p. p. of estraier. See {Stray}, v. i., and cf. {Astray}, {Estray}.] Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep. {Stray line} (Naut.), that portion of the log line which is veered from the reel to allow the chip to get clear of the stern eddies before the glass is turned. {Stray mark} (Naut.), the mark indicating the end of the stray line. | |
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Stray \Stray\, n. 1. Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively. Seeing him wander about, I took him up for a stray. --Dryden. 2. The act of wandering or going astray. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Stray \Stray\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Strayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Straying}.] [OF. estraier, estraer, to stray, or as adj., stray, fr. (assumed) L. stratarius roving the streets, fr. L. strata (sc. via) a paved road. See {Street}, and {Stray}, a.] 1. To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way. Thames among the wanton valleys strays. --Denham. 2. To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray. Now, until the break of day, Through this house each fairy stray. --Shak. A sheep doth very often stray. --Shak. 3. Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err. We have erred and strayed from thy ways. --[?][?][?] of Com. Prayer. While meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray. --Cowper. Syn: To deviate; err; swerve; rove; roam; wander. | |
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Stre \Stre\, n. Straw. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Stree \Stree\, n. Straw. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Strew \Strew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strewed}; p. p. {strewn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strewing}.] [OE. strewen, strawen, AS. strewian, stre[a2]wian; akin to Ofries. strewa, OS. strewian, D. strooijen, G. streuen, OHG. strewen, Icel. str[be], Sw. str[94], Dan. str[94]e, Goth. straujan, L. sternere, stratum, Gr. [?], [?], Skr. st[?]. [fb]166. Cf. {Stratum}, {Straw}, {Street}.] 1. To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave. And strewed his mangled limbs about the field. --Dryden. On a principal table a desk was open and many papers [were] strewn about. --Beaconsfield. 2. To cover more or less thickly by scattering something over or upon; to cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered; as, they strewed the ground with leaves; leaves strewed the ground. The snow which does the top of Pindus strew. --Spenser. Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain? --Pope. 3. To spread abroad; to disseminate. She may strew dangerous conjectures. --Shak. | |
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Stria \Stri"a\, n.; pl. {Stri[91]}. [L., a furrow, channel, hollow.] 1. A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the stri[91], or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the stri[91] on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain. 2. (Arch.) A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like. --Oxf. Gloss. | |
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Stria \Stri"a\, n.; pl. {Stri[91]}. [L., a furrow, channel, hollow.] 1. A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the stri[91], or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the stri[91] on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain. 2. (Arch.) A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like. --Oxf. Gloss. | |
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Strow \Strow\, v. t. [imp. {Strowed}; p. p. {Strown}[or] {Strowed}.] Same as {Strew}. Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa. --Milton. A manner turbid . . . and strown with blemished. --M. Arnold. | |
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Stroy \Stroy\, v. i. To destroy. [Obs.] --Tusser. | |
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Sudary \Su"da*ry\, n. [L. sudarium, fr. sudare to sweat. See {Sweat}.] A napkin or handkerchief. [Obs. or R.] --Wyclif. R. Browning. | |
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Suitor \Suit"or\, n. 1. One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant. She hath been a suitor to me for her brother. --Shak. 2. Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover. --Sir P. Sidney. 3. (a) (Law) One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc. (b) (O. Eng. Law) One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like. | |
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Sutor \Su"tor\, n. A kind of sirup made by the Indians of Arizona from the fruit of some cactaceous plant (probably the Cereus giganteus). | |
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Suture \Su"ture\, n. [L. sutura, fr. suere, sutum, to sew or stitch: cf. F. suture. See {Sew} to unite with thread.] 1. The act of sewing; also, the line along which two things or parts are sewed together, or are united so as to form a seam, or that which resembles a seam. 2. (Surg.) (a) The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching. (b) The stitch by which the parts are united. 3. (Anat.) The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See {Harmonic suture}, under {Harmonic}. 4. (Bot.) (a) The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a legume. (b) A line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a legume, which really corresponds to a midrib. 5. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are sometimes confluent. (b) A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell. {Glover's suture}, {Harmonic suture}, etc. See under {Glover}, {Harmonic}, etc. | |
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Swather \Swath"er\, n. [See {Swath}, n.] (Agric.) A device attached to a mowing machine for raising the uncut fallen grain and marking the limit of the swath. | |
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Sweater \Sweat"er\, n. 1. One who sweats. 2. One who, or that which, causes to sweat; as: (a) A sudorific. (b) A woolen jacket or jersey worn by athletes. (c) An employer who oppresses his workmen by paying low wages. [Slang] | |
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Sweaty \Sweat"y\, a. [Compar. {Sweatier}; superl. {Sweatiest}.] 1. Moist with sweat; as, a sweaty skin; a sweaty garment. 2. Consisting of sweat; of the nature of sweat. No noisome whiffs or sweaty streams. --Swift. 3. Causing sweat; hence, laborious; toilsome; difficult. [bd]The sweaty forge.[b8] --Prior. | |
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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. | |
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Star, ID Zip code(s): 83669 Star, NC (town, FIPS 64580) Location: 35.40046 N, 79.78422 W Population (1990): 775 (318 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27356 Star, TX Zip code(s): 76880 | |
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Starr, SC (town, FIPS 68875) Location: 34.37713 N, 82.69576 W Population (1990): 164 (75 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29684 | |
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
store n. [prob. from techspeak `main store'] In some varieties of Commonwealth hackish, the preferred synonym for {core}. Thus, `bringing a program into store' means not that one is returning shrink-wrapped software but that a program is being {swap}ped in. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Sather as opposed to the Eiffel Tower). An interactive {object-oriented} language designed by Steve M. Omohundro at {ICSI} in 1991. Sather has simple {syntax}, similar to {Eiffel}, but it is non-proprietary and faster. Sather 0.2 was nearly a subset of Eiffel 2.0, but Sather 1.0 adds many distinctive features: parameterised {class}es, {multiple inheritance}, statically-checked {strong typing}, {garbage collection}. The compiler generates {C} as an {intermediate language}. There are versions for most {workstation}s. Sather attempts to retain much of {Eiffel}'s theoretical cleanliness and simplicity while achieving the efficiency of {C++}. The compiler generates efficient and portable C code which is easily integrated with existing code. A variety of development tools including a debugger and {browser} based on {gdb} and a {GNU Emacs} development environment have also been written. There is also a {class library} with several hundred classes that implement a variety of basic data structures and numerical, geometric, connectionist, statistical, and graphical abstractions. The authors would like to encourage contributions to the library and hope to build a large collection of efficient, well-written, well-tested classes in a variety of areas of computer science. Sather runs on {Sun-4}, {HP9000}/300, {Decstation} 5000, {MIPS}, {Sony News} 3000, {Sequent}/{Dynix}, {SCO} {SysV}R3.2, {NeXT}, {Linux}. See also {dpSather}, {pSather}, {Sather-K}. {(ftp://ftp.icsi.berkeley.edu/pub/sather)}. E-mail: Mailing list: sather-request@icsi.berkeley.edu. (1995-04-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
set theory "sets" (aggregates or collections) of objects ("elements" or "members"). Many mathematicians use set theory as the basis for all other mathematics. Mathematicians began to realise toward the end of the 19th century that just doing "the obvious thing" with sets led to embarrassing {paradox}es, the most famous being {Russell's Paradox}. As a result, they acknowledged the need for a suitable {axiomatisation} for talking about sets. Numerous such axiomatisations exist; the most popular among ordinary mathematicians is {Zermelo Fränkel set theory}. {The beginnings of set theory (http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistoryTopics.html)}. (1995-05-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
STAR 0 Early system on Datatron 200 series. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959). | |
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stderr {standard input/output} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
store [probably from "main store"] In some varieties of Commonwealth hackish, the preferred synonym for {core}. Thus, "bringing a program into store" means not that one is returning shrink-wrapped software but that a program is being {swap}ped in. [{Jargon File}] | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Satyr hairy one. Mentioned in Greek mythology as a creature composed of a man and a goat, supposed to inhabit wild and desolate regions. The Hebrew word is rendered also "goat" (Lev. 4:24) and "devil", i.e., an idol in the form of a goat (17:7; 2 Chr. 11:15). When it is said (Isa. 13:21; comp. 34:14) "the satyrs shall dance there," the meaning is that the place referred to shall become a desolate waste. Some render the Hebrew word "baboon," a species of which is found in Babylonia. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sethur hidden, one of the spies sent to search the Promised Land. He was of the tribe of Asher (Num. 13:13). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shethar a star, a prince at the court of Ahasuerus (Esther 1:14). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Straw Used in brick-making (Ex. 5:7-18). Used figuratively in Job 41:27; Isa. 11:7; 25:10; 65:25. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Sethur, hid; destroying | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Shedeur, field of light; light of the Almighty | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Shethar, putrefied; searching | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Shitrai, gatherer of money |