English Dictionary: Symplocarpus foetidus | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Resurrection \Res`ur*rec"tion\, n. [F. r[82]surrection, L. resurrectio, fr. resurgere, resurrectum, to rise again; pref. re- re- + surgere to rise. See {Source}.] 1. A rising again; the resumption of vigor. 2. Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of Judgment. Nor after resurrection shall he stay Longer on earth. --Milton. 3. State of being risen from the dead; future state. In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage. --Matt. xxii. 30. 4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead. I am the resurrection, and the life. --John xi. 25. {Cross of the resurrection}, a slender cross with a pennant floating from the junction of the bars. {Resurrection plant} (Bot.), a name given to several species of {Selaginella} (as {S. convoluta} and {S. lepidophylla}), flowerless plants which, when dry, close up so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive and expand again when moistened. The name is sometimes also given to the rose of Jericho. See under {Rose}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Poppy \Pop"py\, n.; pl. {Poppies}. [OE. popy, AS. popig, L. papaver.] (Bot.) Any plant or species of the genus {Papaver}, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species ({Papaver somniferum}) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the plant. See Illust. of {Capsule}. {California poppy} (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the genus {Eschscholtzia}. {Corn poppy}. See under {Corn}. {Horn}, [or] {Horned}, {poppy}. See under {Horn}. {Poppy bee} (Zo[94]l.), a leaf-cutting bee ({Anthocopa papaveris}) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for the lining of its cells; -- called also {upholsterer bee}. {Prickly poppy} (Bot.), {Argemone Mexicana}, a yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly as a thistle. {Poppy seed}, the seed the opium poppy ({P. somniferum}). {Spatling poppy} (Bot.), a species of Silene ({S. inflata}). See {Catchfly}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sample \Sam"ple\, v. t. 1. To make or show something similar to; to match. --Bp. Hall. 2. To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sample \Sam"ple\, n. [OE. sample, asaumple, OF. essample, example, fr. L. exemplum. See {Example}, and cf. {Ensample}, {Sampler}.] 1. Example; pattern. [Obs.] --Spenser. [bd]A sample to the youngest.[b8] --Shak. Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight His sample followed. --Fairfax. 2. A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples. I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss. --Woodward. Syn: Specimen; example. See {Specimen}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sampler \Sam"pler\, n. [See {Exampler}, {Exemplar}.] 1. One who makes up samples for inspection; one who examines samples, or by samples; as, a wool sampler. 2. A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to display the skill of the worker. Susie dear, bring your sampler and Mrs. Schumann will show you how to make that W you bothered over. --E. E. Hale. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sanability \San`a*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being sanable; sanableness; curableness. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sanable \San"a*ble\, a. [L. sanabilis, fr. sanare to heal, fr. sanus sound, healthy. See {Sane}.] Capable of being healed or cured; susceptible of remedy. Syn: Remediable; curable; healable. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sanableness \San"a*ble*ness\, n. The quality of being sanable. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scamble \Scam"ble\, v. t. To mangle. [Obs.] --Mortimer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scamble \Scam"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scambled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scambling}.] [Cf. OD. schampelen to deviate, to slip, schampen to go away, escape, slip, and E. scamper, shamble.] 1. To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble. [bd]Some scambling shifts.[b8] --Dr. H. More. [bd]A fine old hall, but a scambling house.[b8] --Evelyn. 2. To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble. [bd]The scambling and unquiet time did push it out of . . . question.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scamble \Scam"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scambled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scambling}.] [Cf. OD. schampelen to deviate, to slip, schampen to go away, escape, slip, and E. scamper, shamble.] 1. To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble. [bd]Some scambling shifts.[b8] --Dr. H. More. [bd]A fine old hall, but a scambling house.[b8] --Evelyn. 2. To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble. [bd]The scambling and unquiet time did push it out of . . . question.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scambler \Scam"bler\, n. 1. One who scambles. 2. A bold intruder upon the hospitality of others; a mealtime visitor. [Scot.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scamble \Scam"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scambled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scambling}.] [Cf. OD. schampelen to deviate, to slip, schampen to go away, escape, slip, and E. scamper, shamble.] 1. To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble. [bd]Some scambling shifts.[b8] --Dr. H. More. [bd]A fine old hall, but a scambling house.[b8] --Evelyn. 2. To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble. [bd]The scambling and unquiet time did push it out of . . . question.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scamblingly \Scam"bling*ly\, adv. In a scambling manner; with turbulence and noise; with bold intrusiveness. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sceneful \Scene"ful\, a. Having much scenery. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Schemeful \Scheme"ful\, a. Full of schemes or plans. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scumble \Scum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scumbling}.] [Freq. of scum. [root] 158.] (Fine Arts) To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a softened effect. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scumble \Scum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scumbling}.] [Freq. of scum. [root] 158.] (Fine Arts) To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a softened effect. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scumble \Scum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scumbling}.] [Freq. of scum. [root] 158.] (Fine Arts) To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a softened effect. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scumbling \Scum"bling\, n. 1. (Fine Arts) (a) A mode of obtaining a softened effect, in painting and drawing, by the application of a thin layer of opaque color to the surface of a painting, or part of the surface, which is too bright in color, or which requires harmonizing. (b) In crayon drawing, the use of the stump. 2. The color so laid on. Also used figuratively. Shining above the brown scumbling of leafless orchards. --L. Wallace. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Seam \Seam\, n. [OE. seem, seam, AS. se[a0]m; akin to D. zoom, OHG. soum, G. saum, LG. soom, Icel. saumr, Sw. & Dan. s[94]m, and E. sew. [root] 156. See {Sew} to fasten with thread.] 1. The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather. 2. Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc. Precepts should be so finely wrought together . . . that no coarse seam may discover where they join. --Addison. 3. (Geol. & Mining) A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal. 4. A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix. {Seam blast}, a blast by putting the powder into seams or cracks of rocks. {Seam lace}, a lace used by carriage makers to cover seams and edges; -- called also {seaming lace}. {Seam presser}. (Agric.) (a) A heavy roller to press down newly plowed furrows. (b) A tailor's sadiron for pressing seams. --Knight. {Seam set}, a set for flattering the seams of metal sheets, leather work, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semblable \Sem"bla*ble\, a. [F., from sembler to seem, resemble, L. similare, simulare. See {Simulate}.] Like; similar; resembling. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semblable \Sem"bla*ble\, n. Likeness; representation. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semblably \Sem"bla*bly\, adv. In like manner. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semblance \Sem"blance\, n. [F. See {Semblable}, a.] 1. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form. Thier semblance kind, and mild their gestures were. --Fairfax. 2. Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue. Only semblances or imitations of shells. --Woodward. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semblant \Sem"blant\, a. [F. semblant, p. pr.] 1. Like; resembling. [Obs.] --Prior. 2. Seeming, rather than real; apparent. [R.] --Carlyle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semblant \Sem"blant\, n. [F.] 1. Show; appearance; figure; semblance. [Obs.] --Spenser. His flatterers made semblant of weeping. --Chaucer. 2. The face. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Luke xxiv. 5). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semblative \Sem"bla*tive\, a. Resembling. [Obs.] And all is semblative a woman's part. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semble \Sem"ble\, a. Like; resembling. [Obs.] --T. Hudson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semble \Sem"ble\, v. i. [F. sembler. See {Semblable}, a.] 1. To imitate; to make a representation or likeness. [Obs.] Where sembling art may carve the fair effect. --Prior. 2. (Law) It seems; -- chiefly used impersonally in reports and judgments to express an opinion in reference to the law on some point not necessary to be decided, and not intended to be definitely settled in the cause. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sembling \Sem"bling\, n. [Cf. {Assemble}.] (Zo[94]l.) The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or other insects by exposing the female confined in a cage. Note: It is often adopted by collectors in order to procure specimens of rare species. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semibull \Sem"i*bull`\, n. (R.C.Ch.) A bull issued by a pope in the period between his election and coronation. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semiflexed \Sem"i*flexed`\, a. Half bent. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semifloscule \Sem"i*flos`cule\, n. (Bot.) A floscule, or florest, with its corolla prolonged into a strap-shaped petal; -- called also {semifloret}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semifloret \Sem"i*flo`ret\, n. (Bot.) See {Semifloscule}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semifloscule \Sem"i*flos`cule\, n. (Bot.) A floscule, or florest, with its corolla prolonged into a strap-shaped petal; -- called also {semifloret}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semifloret \Sem"i*flo`ret\, n. (Bot.) See {Semifloscule}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semifloscular \Sem`i*flos"cu*lar\, a. Semiflosculous. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semifloscule \Sem"i*flos`cule\, n. (Bot.) A floscule, or florest, with its corolla prolonged into a strap-shaped petal; -- called also {semifloret}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semiflosculous \Sem`i*flos"cu*lous\, a. (Bot.) Having all the florets ligulate, as in the dandelion. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semifluid \Sem`i*flu"id\, a. Imperfectly fluid. -- n. A semifluid substance. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semiopal \Sem"i*o`pal\, n. (Min.) A variety of opal not possessing opalescence. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semioval \Sem`i*o"val\, a. Half oval. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semipalmate \Sem`i*pal"mate\, Semipalmated \Sem`i*pal"ma*ted\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a web; half-webbed; as, a semipalmate bird or foot. See Illust. k under {Aves}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semipalmate \Sem`i*pal"mate\, Semipalmated \Sem`i*pal"ma*ted\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a web; half-webbed; as, a semipalmate bird or foot. See Illust. k under {Aves}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See {Float}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family {Charadrid[91]}, and especially those belonging to the subfamily {Charadrins[91]}. They are prized as game birds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true plovers, as the crab plover ({Dromas ardeola}); the American upland, plover ({Bartramia longicauda}); and other species of sandpipers. Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied, [or] blackbreasted, plover} ({Charadrius squatarola}) of America and Europe; -- called also {gray plover}, {bull-head plover}, {Swiss plover}, {sea plover}, and {oxeye}; the {golden plover} (see under {Golden}); the {ring [or] ringed plover} ({[92]gialitis hiaticula}). See {Ringneck}. The {piping plover} ({[92]gialitis meloda}); {Wilson's plover} ({[92]. Wilsonia}); the {mountain plover} ({[92]. montana}); and the {semipalmated plover} ({[92]. semipalmata}), are all small American species. {Bastard plover} (Zo[94]l.), the lapwing. {Long-legged}, [or] {yellow-legged}, {plover}. See {Tattler}. {Plover's page}, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Rock plover}, [or] {Stone plover}, the black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.] {Whistling plover}. (a) The golden plover. (b) The black-bellied plover. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Willet \Wil"let\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large North American snipe ({Symphemia semipalmata}); -- called also {pill-willet}, {will-willet}, {semipalmated tattler}, or {snipe}, {duck snipe}, and {stone curlew}. {Carolina willet}, the Hudsonian godwit. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semi-Pelagian \Sem`i-Pe*la"gi*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of John Cassianus, a French monk (died about 448), who modified the doctrines of Pelagius, by denying human merit, and maintaining the necessity of the Spirit's influence, while, on the other hand, he rejected the Augustinian doctrines of election, the inability of man to do good, and the certain perseverance of the saints. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semi-Pelagian \Sem`i-Pe*la"gi*an\, a. Of or pertaining to the Semi-Pelagians, or their tenets. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semi-Pelagianism \Sem`i-Pe*la"gi*an*ism\, n. The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Pelagians. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semipellucid \Sem`i*pel*lu"cid\, a. Half clear, or imperfectly transparent; as, a semipellucid gem. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semipellucidity \Sem`i*pel`lu*cid"i*ty\, n. The qualiti or state of being imperfectly transparent. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semiphlogisticated \Sem`i*phlo*gis"ti*ca`ted\, a. (Old Chem.) Partially impregnated with phlogiston. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semiplume \Sem"i*plume`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Semivowel \Sem"i*vow`el\, n. (Phon.) (a) A sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant, or partaking of the nature of both, as in the English w and y. (b) The sign or letter representing such a sound. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shamble \Sham"ble\, n. [OE. schamel a bench, stool, AS. scamel, sceamol, a bench, form, stool, fr. L. scamellum, dim. of scamnum a bench, stool.] 1. (Mining) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level. 2. pl. A place where butcher's meat is sold. As summer flies are in the shambles. --Shak. 3. pl. A place for slaughtering animals for meat. To make a shambles of the parliament house. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shamble \Sham"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shambled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shambling}.] [Cf. OD. schampelen to slip, schampen to slip away, escape. Cf. {Scamble}, {Scamper}.] To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shamble \Sham"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shambled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shambling}.] [Cf. OD. schampelen to slip, schampen to slip away, escape. Cf. {Scamble}, {Scamper}.] To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shamble \Sham"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shambled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shambling}.] [Cf. OD. schampelen to slip, schampen to slip away, escape. Cf. {Scamble}, {Scamper}.] To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shambling \Sham"bling\, a. Characterized by an awkward, irregular pace; as, a shambling trot; shambling legs. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shambling \Sham"bling\, n. An awkward, irregular gait. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shameful \Shame"ful\, a. 1. Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful. His naval preparations were not more surprising than his quick and shameful retreat. --Arbuthnot. 2. Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a shameful sight. --Spenser. Syn: Disgraceful; reproachful; indecent; unbecoming; degrading; scandalous; ignominious; infamous. -- {Shame"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Shame"ful*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shameful \Shame"ful\, a. 1. Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful. His naval preparations were not more surprising than his quick and shameful retreat. --Arbuthnot. 2. Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a shameful sight. --Spenser. Syn: Disgraceful; reproachful; indecent; unbecoming; degrading; scandalous; ignominious; infamous. -- {Shame"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Shame"ful*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shameful \Shame"ful\, a. 1. Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful. His naval preparations were not more surprising than his quick and shameful retreat. --Arbuthnot. 2. Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a shameful sight. --Spenser. Syn: Disgraceful; reproachful; indecent; unbecoming; degrading; scandalous; ignominious; infamous. -- {Shame"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Shame"ful*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shinhopple \Shin"hop`ple\, n. The hobblebush. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hobblebush \Hob"ble*bush`\, n. (Bot.) A low bush ({Viburnum lantanoides}) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also {shinhopple}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shinhopple \Shin"hop`ple\, n. The hobblebush. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hobblebush \Hob"ble*bush`\, n. (Bot.) A low bush ({Viburnum lantanoides}) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also {shinhopple}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shinplaster \Shin"plas`ter\, n. Formerly, a jocose term for a bank note greatly depreciated in value; also, for paper money of a denomination less than a dollar. [U. S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simblot \Sim"blot\, n. [F. simbleau.] The harness of a drawloom. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simple \Sim"ple\, a. [Compar. {Simpler}; superl. {Simplest}.] [F., fr. L. simplus, or simplex, gen. simplicis. The first part of the Latin words is probably akin to E. same, and the sense, one, one and the same; cf. L. semel once, singuli one to each, single. Cg. {Single}, a., {Same}, a., and for the last part of the word cf. {Double}, {Complex}.] 1. Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks. 2. Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress. [bd]Simple truth.[b8] --Spenser. [bd]His simple story.[b8] --Burns. 3. Mere; not other than; being only. A medicine . . . whose simple touch Is powerful to araise King Pepin. --Shak. 4. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true. Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and I trust them. --Marston. Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue? --Byron. To be simple is to be great. --Emerson. 5. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward. In simple manners all the secret lies. --Young. 6. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language. 7. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly. [bd]You have simple wits.[b8] --Shak. The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well to his going. --Prov. xiv. 15. 8. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living. Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights. --Cowper. 9. Humble; lowly; undistinguished. A simple husbandman in garments gray. --Spenser. Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple made the fuel of the same fire. --Fuller. 10. (BOt.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf. 11. (Chem.) Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. {Ultimate}, a. Note: A simple body is one that has not as yet been decomposed. There are indications that many of our simple elements are still compound bodies, though their actual decomposition into anything simpler may never be accomplished. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simple \Sim"ple\, v. i. To gather simples, or medicinal plants. As simpling on the flowery hills she [Circe] strayed. --Garth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simple \Sim"ple\, n. [F. See {Simple}, a.] 1. Something not mixed or compounded. [bd]Compounded of many simples.[b8] --Shak. 2. (Med.) A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy. What virtue is in this remedy lies in the naked simple itself as it comes over from the Indies. --Sir W. Temple. 3. (Weaving) (a) A drawloom. (b) A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom. 4. (R. C. Ch.) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pendulum \Pen"du*lum\, n.; pl. {Pendulums}. [NL., fr. L. pendulus hanging, swinging. See {Pendulous}.] A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other machinery. Note: The time of oscillation of a pendulum is independent of the arc of vibration, provided this arc be small. {Ballistic pendulum}. See under {Ballistic}. {Compensation pendulum}, a clock pendulum in which the effect of changes of temperature of the length of the rod is so counteracted, usually by the opposite expansion of differene metals, that the distance of the center of oscillation from the center of suspension remains invariable; as, the mercurial compensation pendulum, in which the expansion of the rod is compensated by the opposite expansion of mercury in a jar constituting the bob; the gridiron pendulum, in which compensation is effected by the opposite expansion of sets of rodsof different metals. {Compound pendulum}, an ordinary pendulum; -- so called, as being made up of different parts, and contrasted with simple pendulum. {Conical} [or] {Revolving}, {pendulum}, a weight connected by a rod with a fixed point; and revolving in a horizontal cyrcle about the vertical from that point. {Pendulum bob}, the weight at the lower end of a pendulum. {Pendulum level}, a plumb level. See under {Level}. {Pendulum wheel}, the balance of a watch. {Simple} [or] {Theoretical}, {pendulum}, an imaginary pendulum having no dimensions except length, and no weight except at the center of oscillation; in other words, a material point suspended by an ideal line. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
12. (Min.) Homogenous. 13. (Zo[94]l.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound. {Simple contract} (Law), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W. Smith. --Chitty. {Simple equation} (Alg.), an eqyation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree. {Simple eye} (Zo[94]l.), an eye having a single lens; -- opposed to {compound eye}. {Simple interest}. See under {Interest}. {Simple larceny}. (Law) See under {Larceny}. {Simple obligation} (Rom. Law), an obligation which does not depend for its execution upon any event provided for by the parties, or is not to become void on the happening of any such event. --Burrill. Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere; uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere; harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected; inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish; shallow; unwise. Usage: {Simple}, {Silly}. One who is simple is sincere, unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense. Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness, or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right purpose, a defect of character as well as of education. I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose your cunning. --Shak. He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
12. (Min.) Homogenous. 13. (Zo[94]l.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound. {Simple contract} (Law), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W. Smith. --Chitty. {Simple equation} (Alg.), an eqyation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree. {Simple eye} (Zo[94]l.), an eye having a single lens; -- opposed to {compound eye}. {Simple interest}. See under {Interest}. {Simple larceny}. (Law) See under {Larceny}. {Simple obligation} (Rom. Law), an obligation which does not depend for its execution upon any event provided for by the parties, or is not to become void on the happening of any such event. --Burrill. Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere; uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere; harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected; inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish; shallow; unwise. Usage: {Simple}, {Silly}. One who is simple is sincere, unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense. Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness, or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right purpose, a defect of character as well as of education. I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose your cunning. --Shak. He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
12. (Min.) Homogenous. 13. (Zo[94]l.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound. {Simple contract} (Law), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W. Smith. --Chitty. {Simple equation} (Alg.), an eqyation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree. {Simple eye} (Zo[94]l.), an eye having a single lens; -- opposed to {compound eye}. {Simple interest}. See under {Interest}. {Simple larceny}. (Law) See under {Larceny}. {Simple obligation} (Rom. Law), an obligation which does not depend for its execution upon any event provided for by the parties, or is not to become void on the happening of any such event. --Burrill. Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere; uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere; harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected; inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish; shallow; unwise. Usage: {Simple}, {Silly}. One who is simple is sincere, unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense. Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness, or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right purpose, a defect of character as well as of education. I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose your cunning. --Shak. He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fracture \Frac"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. fractura, fr. frangere, fractum, to break: cf. F. fracture. See {Fraction}.] 1. The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach. 2. (Surg.) The breaking of a bone. 3. (Min.) The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture. {Comminuted fracture} (Surg.), a fracture in which the bone is broken into several parts. {Complicated fracture} (Surg.), a fracture of the bone combined with the lesion of some artery, nervous trunk, or joint. {Compound fracture} (Surg.), a fracture in which there is an open wound from the surface down to the fracture. {Simple fracture} (Surg.), a fracture in which the bone only is ruptured. It does not communicate with the surface by an open wound. Syn: {Fracture}, {Rupture}. Usage: These words denote different kinds of breaking, according to the objects to which they are applied. Fracture is applied to hard substances; as, the fracture of a bone. Rupture is oftener applied to soft substances; as, the rupture of a blood vessel. It is also used figuratively. [bd]To be an enemy and once to have been a friend, does it not embitter the rupture?[b8] --South. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
2. Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks. 3. Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit. Divisions hinder the common interest and public good. --Sir W. Temple. When interest calls of all her sneaking train. --Pope. 4. Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars. They have told their money, and let out Their coin upon large interest. --Shak. 5. Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered. You shall have your desires with interest. --Shak. 6. The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest. {Compound interest}, interest, not only on the original principal, but also on unpaid interest from the time it fell due. {Simple interest}, interest on the principal sum without interest on overdue interest. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
12. (Min.) Homogenous. 13. (Zo[94]l.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound. {Simple contract} (Law), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W. Smith. --Chitty. {Simple equation} (Alg.), an eqyation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree. {Simple eye} (Zo[94]l.), an eye having a single lens; -- opposed to {compound eye}. {Simple interest}. See under {Interest}. {Simple larceny}. (Law) See under {Larceny}. {Simple obligation} (Rom. Law), an obligation which does not depend for its execution upon any event provided for by the parties, or is not to become void on the happening of any such event. --Burrill. Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere; uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere; harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected; inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish; shallow; unwise. Usage: {Simple}, {Silly}. One who is simple is sincere, unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense. Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness, or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right purpose, a defect of character as well as of education. I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose your cunning. --Shak. He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Larceny \Lar"ce*ny\, n.; pl. {Larcenies}. [F. larcin, OE. larrecin, L. latrocinium, fr. latro robber, mercenary, hired servant; cf. Gr. ([?]) hired servant. Cf. {Latrociny}.] (Law) The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf. {Embezzlement}. {Grand larceny} [and] {Petit larceny are} distinctions having reference to the nature or value of the property stolen. They are abolished in England. {Mixed}, [or] {Compound, larceny}, that which, under statute, includes in it the aggravation of a taking from a building or the person. {Simple larceny}, that which is not accompanied with any aggravating circumstances. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
12. (Min.) Homogenous. 13. (Zo[94]l.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound. {Simple contract} (Law), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W. Smith. --Chitty. {Simple equation} (Alg.), an eqyation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree. {Simple eye} (Zo[94]l.), an eye having a single lens; -- opposed to {compound eye}. {Simple interest}. See under {Interest}. {Simple larceny}. (Law) See under {Larceny}. {Simple obligation} (Rom. Law), an obligation which does not depend for its execution upon any event provided for by the parties, or is not to become void on the happening of any such event. --Burrill. Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere; uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere; harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected; inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish; shallow; unwise. Usage: {Simple}, {Silly}. One who is simple is sincere, unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense. Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness, or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right purpose, a defect of character as well as of education. I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose your cunning. --Shak. He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Motion \Mo"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. motio, fr. movere, motum, to move. See {Move}.] 1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed to {rest}. Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace attends thee, and each word, each motion, forms. --Milton. 2. Power of, or capacity for, motion. Devoid of sense and motion. --Milton. 3. Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east. In our proper motion we ascend. --Milton. 4. Change in the relative position of the parts of anything; action of a machine with respect to the relative movement of its parts. This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its motion. --Dr. H. More. 5. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity. Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from God. --South. 6. A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress; esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly; as, a motion to adjourn. Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion. --Shak. 7. (Law) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant. --Mozley & W. 8. (Mus.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. The independent motions of different parts sounding together constitute counterpoint. --Grove. Note: Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale. Contrary motion is that when parts move in opposite directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique motion is that when one part is stationary while another moves. Similar or direct motion is that when parts move in the same direction. 9. A puppet show or puppet. [Obs.] What motion's this? the model of Nineveh? --Beau. & Fl. Note: Motion, in mechanics, may be simple or compound. {Simple motions} are: ({a}) straight translation, which, if of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. ({b}) Simple rotation, which may be either continuous or reciprocating, and when reciprocating is called oscillating. ({c}) Helical, which, if of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. {Compound motion} consists of combinations of any of the simple motions. {Center of motion}, {Harmonic motion}, etc. See under {Center}, {Harmonic}, etc. {Motion block} (Steam Engine), a crosshead. {Perpetual motion} (Mech.), an incessant motion conceived to be attainable by a machine supplying its own motive forces independently of any action from without. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
12. (Min.) Homogenous. 13. (Zo[94]l.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound. {Simple contract} (Law), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W. Smith. --Chitty. {Simple equation} (Alg.), an eqyation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree. {Simple eye} (Zo[94]l.), an eye having a single lens; -- opposed to {compound eye}. {Simple interest}. See under {Interest}. {Simple larceny}. (Law) See under {Larceny}. {Simple obligation} (Rom. Law), an obligation which does not depend for its execution upon any event provided for by the parties, or is not to become void on the happening of any such event. --Burrill. Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere; uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere; harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected; inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish; shallow; unwise. Usage: {Simple}, {Silly}. One who is simple is sincere, unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense. Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness, or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right purpose, a defect of character as well as of education. I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose your cunning. --Shak. He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Microscope \Mi"cro*scope\, n. [Micro- + -scope.] An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is too minute to be viewed by the naked eye. {Compound microscope}, an instrument consisting of a combination of lenses such that the image formed by the lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular or eyepiece. {Oxyhydrogen microscope}, and {Solar microscope}. See under {Oxyhydrogen}, and {Solar}. {Simple, [or] Single}, {microscope}, a single convex lens used to magnify objects placed in its focus. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Prebend \Preb"end\ (pr[ecr]b"[ecr]nd), n. [F. pr[82]bende (cf. It. & Sp. prebenda), from L. praebenda, from L. praebere to hold forth, afford, contr. fr. praehibere; prae before + habere to have, hold. See {Habit}, and cf. {Provender}.] 1. A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church with which he is connected. See {Note} under {Benefice}. 2. A prebendary. [Obs.] --Bacon. {Dignitary prebend}, one having jurisdiction annexed to it. {Simple prebend}, one without jurisdiction. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simple-hearted \Sim"ple-heart`ed\, a. Sincere; inguenuous; guileless. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simple-minded \Sim"ple-mind`ed\, a. Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity. --Blackstone. -- {Sim"ple-mind`ed*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simple-minded \Sim"ple-mind`ed\, a. Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity. --Blackstone. -- {Sim"ple-mind`ed*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simpleness \Sim"ple*ness\, n. The quality or state of being simple; simplicity. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simple \Sim"ple\, a. [Compar. {Simpler}; superl. {Simplest}.] [F., fr. L. simplus, or simplex, gen. simplicis. The first part of the Latin words is probably akin to E. same, and the sense, one, one and the same; cf. L. semel once, singuli one to each, single. Cg. {Single}, a., {Same}, a., and for the last part of the word cf. {Double}, {Complex}.] 1. Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks. 2. Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress. [bd]Simple truth.[b8] --Spenser. [bd]His simple story.[b8] --Burns. 3. Mere; not other than; being only. A medicine . . . whose simple touch Is powerful to araise King Pepin. --Shak. 4. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true. Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and I trust them. --Marston. Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue? --Byron. To be simple is to be great. --Emerson. 5. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward. In simple manners all the secret lies. --Young. 6. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language. 7. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly. [bd]You have simple wits.[b8] --Shak. The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well to his going. --Prov. xiv. 15. 8. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living. Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights. --Cowper. 9. Humble; lowly; undistinguished. A simple husbandman in garments gray. --Spenser. Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple made the fuel of the same fire. --Fuller. 10. (BOt.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf. 11. (Chem.) Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. {Ultimate}, a. Note: A simple body is one that has not as yet been decomposed. There are indications that many of our simple elements are still compound bodies, though their actual decomposition into anything simpler may never be accomplished. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simpler \Sim"pler\, n. One who collects simples, or medicinal plants; a herbalist; a simplist. {Simpler's joy}. (Bot.) Vervain. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simpler \Sim"pler\, n. One who collects simples, or medicinal plants; a herbalist; a simplist. {Simpler's joy}. (Bot.) Vervain. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simpless \Sim"pless\, n. [F. simplesse.] Simplicity; silliness. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simple \Sim"ple\, a. [Compar. {Simpler}; superl. {Simplest}.] [F., fr. L. simplus, or simplex, gen. simplicis. The first part of the Latin words is probably akin to E. same, and the sense, one, one and the same; cf. L. semel once, singuli one to each, single. Cg. {Single}, a., {Same}, a., and for the last part of the word cf. {Double}, {Complex}.] 1. Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks. 2. Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress. [bd]Simple truth.[b8] --Spenser. [bd]His simple story.[b8] --Burns. 3. Mere; not other than; being only. A medicine . . . whose simple touch Is powerful to araise King Pepin. --Shak. 4. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true. Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and I trust them. --Marston. Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue? --Byron. To be simple is to be great. --Emerson. 5. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward. In simple manners all the secret lies. --Young. 6. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language. 7. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly. [bd]You have simple wits.[b8] --Shak. The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well to his going. --Prov. xiv. 15. 8. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living. Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights. --Cowper. 9. Humble; lowly; undistinguished. A simple husbandman in garments gray. --Spenser. Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple made the fuel of the same fire. --Fuller. 10. (BOt.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf. 11. (Chem.) Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. {Ultimate}, a. Note: A simple body is one that has not as yet been decomposed. There are indications that many of our simple elements are still compound bodies, though their actual decomposition into anything simpler may never be accomplished. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simpleton \Sim"ple*ton\, n. [Cf. F. simplet, It. semplicione.] A person of weak intellect; a silly person. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simplician \Sim*pli"cian\, n. [Cf. OF. simplicien.] One who is simple. [Obs.] --Arnway. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simplicity \Sim*plic"i*ty\, n. [F. simplicit[82], L. simplicitas. See {Simple}.] 1. The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths. 2. The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts; as, the simplicity of a machine. 3. Artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity. Marquis Dorset, a man, for his harmless simplicity neither misliked nor much regarded. --Hayward. In wit a man; simplicity a child. --Pope. 4. Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or of language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of life. 5. Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness; as, the simplicity of a doctrine; the simplicity of an explanation or a demonstration. 6. Weakness of intellect; silliness; folly. How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning? --Prov. i. 22. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simplification \Sim`pli*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. simplification.] The act of simplifying. --A. Smith. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simplify \Sim"pli*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Simplified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Simplifying}.] [Cf. F. simplifier, LL. simplificare. See {Simple}, and {-fy}.] To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by giving the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for doing or making. The collection of duties is drawn to a point, and so far simplified. --A. Hamilton. It is important, in scientific pursuits, to be caitious in simplifying our deductions. --W. Nicholson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simplify \Sim"pli*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Simplified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Simplifying}.] [Cf. F. simplifier, LL. simplificare. See {Simple}, and {-fy}.] To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by giving the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for doing or making. The collection of duties is drawn to a point, and so far simplified. --A. Hamilton. It is important, in scientific pursuits, to be caitious in simplifying our deductions. --W. Nicholson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simplify \Sim"pli*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Simplified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Simplifying}.] [Cf. F. simplifier, LL. simplificare. See {Simple}, and {-fy}.] To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by giving the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for doing or making. The collection of duties is drawn to a point, and so far simplified. --A. Hamilton. It is important, in scientific pursuits, to be caitious in simplifying our deductions. --W. Nicholson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simplist \Sim"plist\, n. One skilled in simples, or medicinal plants; a simpler. --Sir T. Browne. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simplistic \Sim*plis"tic\, a. Of or pertaining to simples, or a simplist. [R.] --Wilkinson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simplity \Sim"pli*ty\, n. Simplicity. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simploce \Sim"plo*ce\, n. (Gram.) See {Symploce}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Simply \Sim"ply\, adv. 1. In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; along; merely; solely; barely. [They] make that now good or evil, . . . which otherwise of itself were not simply the one or the other. --Hooker. Simply the thing I am Shall make me live. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sinapoleic \Sin`a*po*le"ic\, a. [Sinapis + oleic.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to mustard oil; specifically, designating an acid of the oleic acid series said to occur in mistard oil. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sinapoline \Si*nap"o*line\, n. [Sinapis + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) A nitrogenous base, {CO.(NH.C3H5)2}, related to urea, extracted from mustard oil, and also produced artifically, as a white crystalline substance; -- called also {diallyl urea}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sinful \Sin"ful\, a. [AAS. synfull.] Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts. --Piers Plowman. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. --Isa. i. 4. -- {Sin"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Sin"ful*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sinful \Sin"ful\, a. [AAS. synfull.] Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts. --Piers Plowman. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. --Isa. i. 4. -- {Sin"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Sin"ful*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sinful \Sin"ful\, a. [AAS. synfull.] Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts. --Piers Plowman. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. --Isa. i. 4. -- {Sin"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Sin"ful*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sinople \Sin"o*ple\, n. (Min.) Ferruginous quartz, of a blood-red or brownish red color, sometimes with a tinge of yellow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sinople \Sin"o*ple\, n. [F., fr. LL. sinopis. See {Sinople} a mineral.] (Her.) The tincture vert; green. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sinupalliate \Si`nu*pal"li*ate\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having a pallial sinus. See under {Sinus}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Skimble-scamble \Skim"ble-scam`ble\, a. [A reduplication of scamble.] Rambling; disorderly; unconnected. [Colloq.] Such a deal of skimble-scamble stuff. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Skinflint \Skin"flint`\, n. [Skin + flint.] A penurious person; a miser; a niggard. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Skinful \Skin"ful\, n.; pl. {Skinfuls}. As much as a skin can hold. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Skinful \Skin"ful\, n.; pl. {Skinfuls}. As much as a skin can hold. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snaffle \Snaf"fle\, n. [D. snavel a beak, bill, snout; akin to G. schnabel, OHG. snabul,. sneb, snebbe, OFries. snavel mouth, Dan. & Sw. snabel beak, bill, Lith. snapas, and to E. snap, v. See {Snap}, and cf. {Neb}.] A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placed in the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but having no curb; -- called also {snaffle bit}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snaffle \Snaf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snaffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snaffling}.] To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle; to bridle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snaffle \Snaf"fle\, n. [D. snavel a beak, bill, snout; akin to G. schnabel, OHG. snabul,. sneb, snebbe, OFries. snavel mouth, Dan. & Sw. snabel beak, bill, Lith. snapas, and to E. snap, v. See {Snap}, and cf. {Neb}.] A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placed in the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but having no curb; -- called also {snaffle bit}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snaffle \Snaf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snaffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snaffling}.] To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle; to bridle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snaffle \Snaf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snaffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snaffling}.] To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle; to bridle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Snap back} (Football), the act of snapping back the ball. {Snap beetle}, [or] {Snap bug} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle of the family {Elaterid[91]}, which, when laid on its back, is able to leap to a considerable height by means of a thoracic spring; -- called also {snapping beetle}. {Snap flask} (Molding), a flask for small work, having its sides separable and held together by latches, so that the flask may be removed from around the sand mold. {Snap judgment}, a judgment formed on the instant without deliberation. {Snap lock}, a lock shutting with a catch or snap. {Snap riveting}, riveting in which the rivets have snapheads formed by a die or swaging tool. {Snap shot}, a quick offhand shot, without deliberately taking aim. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Snap back} (Football), the act of snapping back the ball. {Snap beetle}, [or] {Snap bug} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle of the family {Elaterid[91]}, which, when laid on its back, is able to leap to a considerable height by means of a thoracic spring; -- called also {snapping beetle}. {Snap flask} (Molding), a flask for small work, having its sides separable and held together by latches, so that the flask may be removed from around the sand mold. {Snap judgment}, a judgment formed on the instant without deliberation. {Snap lock}, a lock shutting with a catch or snap. {Snap riveting}, riveting in which the rivets have snapheads formed by a die or swaging tool. {Snap shot}, a quick offhand shot, without deliberately taking aim. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sniffle \Snif"fle\, v. i. [Freq. of sniff. See {Snivel}.] To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snivel \Sniv"el\, n. [AS. snofel. Cf. {Snivel}, v. i.] Mucus from the nose; snot. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snivel \Sniv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniveled}or {Snivelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniveling} or {Snivelling}.] [OE. snivelen, snevelen, snuvelen, freg. of sneven. See {Sniff}, and cf. {Snuffle}.] 1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise. 2. To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly or whiningly. Put stop to thy sniveling ditty. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snivel \Sniv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniveled}or {Snivelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniveling} or {Snivelling}.] [OE. snivelen, snevelen, snuvelen, freg. of sneven. See {Sniff}, and cf. {Snuffle}.] 1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise. 2. To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly or whiningly. Put stop to thy sniveling ditty. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sniveler \Sniv"el*er\, n. [Written also sniveller.] One who snivels, esp. one who snivels habitually. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snivel \Sniv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniveled}or {Snivelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniveling} or {Snivelling}.] [OE. snivelen, snevelen, snuvelen, freg. of sneven. See {Sniff}, and cf. {Snuffle}.] 1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise. 2. To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly or whiningly. Put stop to thy sniveling ditty. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snivel \Sniv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniveled}or {Snivelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniveling} or {Snivelling}.] [OE. snivelen, snevelen, snuvelen, freg. of sneven. See {Sniff}, and cf. {Snuffle}.] 1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise. 2. To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly or whiningly. Put stop to thy sniveling ditty. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snivel \Sniv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniveled}or {Snivelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniveling} or {Snivelling}.] [OE. snivelen, snevelen, snuvelen, freg. of sneven. See {Sniff}, and cf. {Snuffle}.] 1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise. 2. To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly or whiningly. Put stop to thy sniveling ditty. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snively \Sniv"el*y\, a. Running at the nose; sniveling pitiful; whining. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snobling \Snob"ling\, n. A little snob. [Jocose] --Thackeray. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[be]w; akin to D. sneeuw, OS. & OHG. sn[emac]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[omac]r, snaj[be]r, Sw. sn[94], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith. sn[89]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix, nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[c6]wan to snow, G. schneien, OHG. sn[c6]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows, Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or sticky. [root]172.] 1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms. Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad, snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed, snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding, snow-wrought, and the like. 2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes. The field of snow with eagle of black therein. --Chaucer. {Red snow}. See under {Red}. {Snow bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1. {Snow cock} (Zo[94]l.), the snow pheasant. {Snow flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small black leaping poduran ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow in vast numbers. {Snow flood}, a flood from melted snow. {Snow flower} (Bot.), the fringe tree. {Snow fly}, [or] {Snow insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow in great numbers. {Snow gnat} (Zo[94]l.), any wingless dipterous insect of the genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter. {Snow goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arctic geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and {Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({C. c[d2]rulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper part of the neck white. Called also {white head}, {white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}. {Snow leopard} (Zool.), the ounce. {Snow line}, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the equator, 16,000 feet. {Snow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis}) which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains. {Snow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus {Tetraogallus}, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The Himalayn snow pheasant ({T. Himalayensis}) in the best-known species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow chukor}. {Snow partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Partridge}. {Snow pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota}) native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are black. {Snow plant} (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots up. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[be]w; akin to D. sneeuw, OS. & OHG. sn[emac]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[omac]r, snaj[be]r, Sw. sn[94], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith. sn[89]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix, nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[c6]wan to snow, G. schneien, OHG. sn[c6]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows, Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or sticky. [root]172.] 1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms. Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad, snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed, snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding, snow-wrought, and the like. 2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes. The field of snow with eagle of black therein. --Chaucer. {Red snow}. See under {Red}. {Snow bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1. {Snow cock} (Zo[94]l.), the snow pheasant. {Snow flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small black leaping poduran ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow in vast numbers. {Snow flood}, a flood from melted snow. {Snow flower} (Bot.), the fringe tree. {Snow fly}, [or] {Snow insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow in great numbers. {Snow gnat} (Zo[94]l.), any wingless dipterous insect of the genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter. {Snow goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arctic geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and {Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({C. c[d2]rulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper part of the neck white. Called also {white head}, {white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}. {Snow leopard} (Zool.), the ounce. {Snow line}, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the equator, 16,000 feet. {Snow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis}) which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains. {Snow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus {Tetraogallus}, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The Himalayn snow pheasant ({T. Himalayensis}) in the best-known species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow chukor}. {Snow partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Partridge}. {Snow pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota}) native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are black. {Snow plant} (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots up. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[be]w; akin to D. sneeuw, OS. & OHG. sn[emac]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[omac]r, snaj[be]r, Sw. sn[94], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith. sn[89]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix, nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[c6]wan to snow, G. schneien, OHG. sn[c6]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows, Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or sticky. [root]172.] 1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms. Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad, snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed, snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding, snow-wrought, and the like. 2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes. The field of snow with eagle of black therein. --Chaucer. {Red snow}. See under {Red}. {Snow bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1. {Snow cock} (Zo[94]l.), the snow pheasant. {Snow flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small black leaping poduran ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow in vast numbers. {Snow flood}, a flood from melted snow. {Snow flower} (Bot.), the fringe tree. {Snow fly}, [or] {Snow insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow in great numbers. {Snow gnat} (Zo[94]l.), any wingless dipterous insect of the genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter. {Snow goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arctic geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and {Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({C. c[d2]rulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper part of the neck white. Called also {white head}, {white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}. {Snow leopard} (Zool.), the ounce. {Snow line}, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the equator, 16,000 feet. {Snow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis}) which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains. {Snow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus {Tetraogallus}, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The Himalayn snow pheasant ({T. Himalayensis}) in the best-known species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow chukor}. {Snow partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Partridge}. {Snow pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota}) native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are black. {Snow plant} (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots up. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[be]w; akin to D. sneeuw, OS. & OHG. sn[emac]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[omac]r, snaj[be]r, Sw. sn[94], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith. sn[89]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix, nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[c6]wan to snow, G. schneien, OHG. sn[c6]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows, Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or sticky. [root]172.] 1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms. Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad, snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed, snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding, snow-wrought, and the like. 2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes. The field of snow with eagle of black therein. --Chaucer. {Red snow}. See under {Red}. {Snow bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1. {Snow cock} (Zo[94]l.), the snow pheasant. {Snow flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small black leaping poduran ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow in vast numbers. {Snow flood}, a flood from melted snow. {Snow flower} (Bot.), the fringe tree. {Snow fly}, [or] {Snow insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow in great numbers. {Snow gnat} (Zo[94]l.), any wingless dipterous insect of the genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter. {Snow goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arctic geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and {Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({C. c[d2]rulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper part of the neck white. Called also {white head}, {white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}. {Snow leopard} (Zool.), the ounce. {Snow line}, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the equator, 16,000 feet. {Snow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis}) which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains. {Snow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus {Tetraogallus}, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The Himalayn snow pheasant ({T. Himalayensis}) in the best-known species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow chukor}. {Snow partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Partridge}. {Snow pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota}) native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are black. {Snow plant} (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots up. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[be]w; akin to D. sneeuw, OS. & OHG. sn[emac]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[omac]r, snaj[be]r, Sw. sn[94], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith. sn[89]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix, nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[c6]wan to snow, G. schneien, OHG. sn[c6]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows, Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or sticky. [root]172.] 1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms. Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad, snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed, snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding, snow-wrought, and the like. 2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes. The field of snow with eagle of black therein. --Chaucer. {Red snow}. See under {Red}. {Snow bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1. {Snow cock} (Zo[94]l.), the snow pheasant. {Snow flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small black leaping poduran ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow in vast numbers. {Snow flood}, a flood from melted snow. {Snow flower} (Bot.), the fringe tree. {Snow fly}, [or] {Snow insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow in great numbers. {Snow gnat} (Zo[94]l.), any wingless dipterous insect of the genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter. {Snow goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arctic geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and {Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({C. c[d2]rulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper part of the neck white. Called also {white head}, {white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}. {Snow leopard} (Zool.), the ounce. {Snow line}, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the equator, 16,000 feet. {Snow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis}) which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains. {Snow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus {Tetraogallus}, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The Himalayn snow pheasant ({T. Himalayensis}) in the best-known species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow chukor}. {Snow partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Partridge}. {Snow pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota}) native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are black. {Snow plant} (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots up. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\ (plou), n. [OE. plouh, plou, AS. pl[d3]h; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh, Icel. pl[d3]gr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug, plov, Russ. plug', Lith. plugas.] 1. A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow. Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow. --Dryden. 2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. --Johnson. 3. A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.] Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five. --Tale of Gamelyn. 4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane. 5. (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books. 6. (Astron.) Same as {Charles's Wain}. {Ice plow}, a plow used for cutting ice on rivers, ponds, etc., into cakes suitable for storing. [U. S.] {Mackerel plow}. See under {Mackerel}. {Plow alms}, a penny formerly paid by every plowland to the church. --Cowell. {Plow beam}, that part of the frame of a plow to which the draught is applied. See {Beam}, n., 9. {Plow Monday}, the Monday after Twelth Day, or the end of Christmas holidays. {Plow staff}. (a) A kind of long-handled spade or paddle for cleaning the plowshare; a paddle staff. (b) A plow handle. {Snow plow}, a structure, usually [LAMBDA]-shaped, for removing snow from sidewalks, railroads, etc., -- drawn or driven by a horse or a locomotive. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snowball \Snow"ball`\, n. 1. A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass. 2. (Bot.) The Guelder-rose. {Snowball tree} (Bot.), the Guelder-rose. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snowball \Snow"ball`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snowballed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snowballing}.] To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snowball \Snow"ball`\, v. i. To throw snowballs. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snowball \Snow"ball`\, n. 1. A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass. 2. (Bot.) The Guelder-rose. {Snowball tree} (Bot.), the Guelder-rose. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Guelderrose' \Guel"der*rose'\, n. [Supposed to be brought from Guelderland; hence, D. Geldersche roos, G. Gelderische rose, F. rose de Gueldre, It. rose di Gueldra, Sp. rosa de Gueldres.] (Bot.) A cultivated variety of a species of {Viburnum} ({V. Opulus}), bearing large bunches of white flowers; -- called also {snowball tree}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snowball \Snow"ball`\, n. 1. A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass. 2. (Bot.) The Guelder-rose. {Snowball tree} (Bot.), the Guelder-rose. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Guelderrose' \Guel"der*rose'\, n. [Supposed to be brought from Guelderland; hence, D. Geldersche roos, G. Gelderische rose, F. rose de Gueldre, It. rose di Gueldra, Sp. rosa de Gueldres.] (Bot.) A cultivated variety of a species of {Viburnum} ({V. Opulus}), bearing large bunches of white flowers; -- called also {snowball tree}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snowball \Snow"ball`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snowballed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snowballing}.] To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snowball \Snow"ball`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snowballed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snowballing}.] To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snow-blind \Snow"-blind`\, a. Affected with blindness by the brilliancy of snow. -- {Snow"-blind`ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snow-blind \Snow"-blind`\, a. Affected with blindness by the brilliancy of snow. -- {Snow"-blind`ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snowflake \Snow"flake`\, n. 1. A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow. 2. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1. 3. (Bot.) A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus {Leucoium} ({L. vernum}, {[91]stivum}, etc.) resembling the snowdrop, but having all the perianth leaves of equal size. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snowbird \Snow"bird\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An arctic finch ({Plectrophenax, [or] Plectrophanes, nivalis}) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also {snow bunting}, {snowflake}, {snowfleck}, and {snowflight}. (b) Any finch of the genus {Junco} which appears in flocks in winter time, especially {J. hyemalis} in the Eastern United States; -- called also {blue snowbird}. See {Junco}. (c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snowflake \Snow"flake`\, n. 1. A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow. 2. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1. 3. (Bot.) A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus {Leucoium} ({L. vernum}, {[91]stivum}, etc.) resembling the snowdrop, but having all the perianth leaves of equal size. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snowbird \Snow"bird\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An arctic finch ({Plectrophenax, [or] Plectrophanes, nivalis}) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also {snow bunting}, {snowflake}, {snowfleck}, and {snowflight}. (b) Any finch of the genus {Junco} which appears in flocks in winter time, especially {J. hyemalis} in the Eastern United States; -- called also {blue snowbird}. See {Junco}. (c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snowfleck \Snow"fleck`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snowbird \Snow"bird\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An arctic finch ({Plectrophenax, [or] Plectrophanes, nivalis}) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also {snow bunting}, {snowflake}, {snowfleck}, and {snowflight}. (b) Any finch of the genus {Junco} which appears in flocks in winter time, especially {J. hyemalis} in the Eastern United States; -- called also {blue snowbird}. See {Junco}. (c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snowfleck \Snow"fleck`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snowbird \Snow"bird\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An arctic finch ({Plectrophenax, [or] Plectrophanes, nivalis}) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also {snow bunting}, {snowflake}, {snowfleck}, and {snowflight}. (b) Any finch of the genus {Junco} which appears in flocks in winter time, especially {J. hyemalis} in the Eastern United States; -- called also {blue snowbird}. See {Junco}. (c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snowbird \Snow"bird\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An arctic finch ({Plectrophenax, [or] Plectrophanes, nivalis}) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also {snow bunting}, {snowflake}, {snowfleck}, and {snowflight}. (b) Any finch of the genus {Junco} which appears in flocks in winter time, especially {J. hyemalis} in the Eastern United States; -- called also {blue snowbird}. See {Junco}. (c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snowplow \Snow"plow`\, Snowplough \Snow"plough`\, n. An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snowplow \Snow"plow`\, Snowplough \Snow"plough`\, n. An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snowy \Snow"y\, a. 1. White like snow. [bd]So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows.[b8] --Shak. 2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. [bd]The snowy top of cold Olympus.[b8] --Milton. 3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless. There did he lose his snowy innocence. --J. Hall (1646). {Snowy heron} (Zo[94]l.), a white heron, or egret ({Ardea candidissima}), found in the Southern United States, and southward to Chili; -- called also {plume bird}. {Snowy lemming} (Zo[94]l.), the collared lemming ({Cuniculus torquatus}), which turns white in winter. {Snowy owl} (Zo[94]l.), a large arctic owl ({Nyctea Scandiaca}, or {N. nivea}) common all over the northern parts of the United States and Europe in winter time. Its plumage is sometimes nearly pure white, but it is usually more or less marked with blackish spots. Called also {white owl}. {Snowy plover} (Zo[94]l.), a small plover ({[92]gialitis nivosa}) of the western parts of the United States and Mexico. It is light gray above, with the under parts and portions of the head white. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snuffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snuffling}.] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln, G. schn[81]ffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. sn[94]vle. Cf. {Sniffle}.] To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound. One clad in purple Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . . Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, n. 1. The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed. This dread sovereign, Breath, in its passage, gave a snort or snuffle. --Coleridge. 2. An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy. 3. pl. Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snuffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snuffling}.] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln, G. schn[81]ffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. sn[94]vle. Cf. {Sniffle}.] To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound. One clad in purple Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . . Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snuffler \Snuf"fler\, n. One who snuffles; one who uses cant. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snuffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snuffling}.] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln, G. schn[81]ffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. sn[94]vle. Cf. {Sniffle}.] To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound. One clad in purple Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . . Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sumbul \Sum"bul\, n. [Pers.] The musky root of an Asiatic umbelliferous plant, {Ferula Sumbul}. It is used in medicine as a stimulant. [Written also {sumbal}.] -- {Sum*bul"ic}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sumbul \Sum"bul\, n. [Pers.] The musky root of an Asiatic umbelliferous plant, {Ferula Sumbul}. It is used in medicine as a stimulant. [Written also {sumbal}.] -- {Sum*bul"ic}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sumbul \Sum"bul\, n. [Pers.] The musky root of an Asiatic umbelliferous plant, {Ferula Sumbul}. It is used in medicine as a stimulant. [Written also {sumbal}.] -- {Sum*bul"ic}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sunblink \Sun"blink`\, n. A glimpse or flash of the sun. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sunflower \Sun"flow`er\, n. Any plant of the genus {Helianthus}; -- so called probably from the form and color of its flower, which is large disk with yellow rays. The commonly cultivated sunflower is {Helianthus annuus}, a native of America. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sunflower State \Sun"flow`er State\ Kansas; a nickname. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv[94]ppr, Dan. & Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore. Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern. --Tennyson. A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only herbage, plants, and mosses. --Farming Encyc. (E. Edwards, Words). {Swamp blackbird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Redwing} (b) . {Swamp cabbage} (Bot.), skunk cabbage. {Swamp deer} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic deer ({Rucervus Duvaucelli}) of India. {Swamp hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird ({Porphyrio bellus}); -- called also {goollema}. (b) An Australian water crake, or rail ({Porzana Tabuensis}); -- called also {little swamp hen}. (c) The European purple gallinule. {Swamp honeysuckle} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Azalea, [or] Rhododendron, viscosa}) growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with rose; -- called also {swamp pink}. {Swamp hook}, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling logs. Cf. {Cant hook}. {Swamp itch}. (Med.) See {Prairie itch}, under {Prairie}. {Swamp laurel} (Bot.), a shrub ({Kalmia glauca}) having small leaves with the lower surface glaucous. {Swamp maple} (Bot.), red maple. See {Maple}. {Swamp oak} (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak ({Quercus palustris}), swamp white oak ({Q. bicolor}), swamp post oak ({Q. lyrata}). {Swamp ore} (Min.), bog ore; limonite. {Swamp partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several Australian game birds of the genera {Synoicus} and {Excalfatoria}, allied to the European partridges. {Swamp robin} (Zo[94]l.), the chewink. {Swamp sassafras} (Bot.), a small North American tree of the genus {Magnolia} ({M. glauca}) with aromatic leaves and fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet bay}. {Swamp sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American sparrow ({Melospiza Georgiana}, or {M. palustris}), closely resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy places. {Swamp willow}. (Bot.) See {Pussy willow}, under {Pussy}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Redwing \Red"wing`\ (-w?ng`), n. (Zo[94]l.) A European thrush ({Turdus iliacus}). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also {redwinged thrush}. (b) A North American passerine bird ({Agelarius ph[oe]niceus}) of the family {Icterid[91]}. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also {redwinged blackbird}, {red-winged troupial}, {marsh blackbird}, and {swamp blackbird}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv[94]ppr, Dan. & Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore. Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern. --Tennyson. A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only herbage, plants, and mosses. --Farming Encyc. (E. Edwards, Words). {Swamp blackbird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Redwing} (b) . {Swamp cabbage} (Bot.), skunk cabbage. {Swamp deer} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic deer ({Rucervus Duvaucelli}) of India. {Swamp hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird ({Porphyrio bellus}); -- called also {goollema}. (b) An Australian water crake, or rail ({Porzana Tabuensis}); -- called also {little swamp hen}. (c) The European purple gallinule. {Swamp honeysuckle} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Azalea, [or] Rhododendron, viscosa}) growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with rose; -- called also {swamp pink}. {Swamp hook}, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling logs. Cf. {Cant hook}. {Swamp itch}. (Med.) See {Prairie itch}, under {Prairie}. {Swamp laurel} (Bot.), a shrub ({Kalmia glauca}) having small leaves with the lower surface glaucous. {Swamp maple} (Bot.), red maple. See {Maple}. {Swamp oak} (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak ({Quercus palustris}), swamp white oak ({Q. bicolor}), swamp post oak ({Q. lyrata}). {Swamp ore} (Min.), bog ore; limonite. {Swamp partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several Australian game birds of the genera {Synoicus} and {Excalfatoria}, allied to the European partridges. {Swamp robin} (Zo[94]l.), the chewink. {Swamp sassafras} (Bot.), a small North American tree of the genus {Magnolia} ({M. glauca}) with aromatic leaves and fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet bay}. {Swamp sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American sparrow ({Melospiza Georgiana}, or {M. palustris}), closely resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy places. {Swamp willow}. (Bot.) See {Pussy willow}, under {Pussy}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Redwing \Red"wing`\ (-w?ng`), n. (Zo[94]l.) A European thrush ({Turdus iliacus}). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also {redwinged thrush}. (b) A North American passerine bird ({Agelarius ph[oe]niceus}) of the family {Icterid[91]}. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also {redwinged blackbird}, {red-winged troupial}, {marsh blackbird}, and {swamp blackbird}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv[94]ppr, Dan. & Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore. Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern. --Tennyson. A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only herbage, plants, and mosses. --Farming Encyc. (E. Edwards, Words). {Swamp blackbird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Redwing} (b) . {Swamp cabbage} (Bot.), skunk cabbage. {Swamp deer} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic deer ({Rucervus Duvaucelli}) of India. {Swamp hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird ({Porphyrio bellus}); -- called also {goollema}. (b) An Australian water crake, or rail ({Porzana Tabuensis}); -- called also {little swamp hen}. (c) The European purple gallinule. {Swamp honeysuckle} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Azalea, [or] Rhododendron, viscosa}) growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with rose; -- called also {swamp pink}. {Swamp hook}, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling logs. Cf. {Cant hook}. {Swamp itch}. (Med.) See {Prairie itch}, under {Prairie}. {Swamp laurel} (Bot.), a shrub ({Kalmia glauca}) having small leaves with the lower surface glaucous. {Swamp maple} (Bot.), red maple. See {Maple}. {Swamp oak} (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak ({Quercus palustris}), swamp white oak ({Q. bicolor}), swamp post oak ({Q. lyrata}). {Swamp ore} (Min.), bog ore; limonite. {Swamp partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several Australian game birds of the genera {Synoicus} and {Excalfatoria}, allied to the European partridges. {Swamp robin} (Zo[94]l.), the chewink. {Swamp sassafras} (Bot.), a small North American tree of the genus {Magnolia} ({M. glauca}) with aromatic leaves and fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet bay}. {Swamp sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American sparrow ({Melospiza Georgiana}, or {M. palustris}), closely resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy places. {Swamp willow}. (Bot.) See {Pussy willow}, under {Pussy}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv[94]ppr, Dan. & Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore. Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern. --Tennyson. A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only herbage, plants, and mosses. --Farming Encyc. (E. Edwards, Words). {Swamp blackbird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Redwing} (b) . {Swamp cabbage} (Bot.), skunk cabbage. {Swamp deer} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic deer ({Rucervus Duvaucelli}) of India. {Swamp hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird ({Porphyrio bellus}); -- called also {goollema}. (b) An Australian water crake, or rail ({Porzana Tabuensis}); -- called also {little swamp hen}. (c) The European purple gallinule. {Swamp honeysuckle} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Azalea, [or] Rhododendron, viscosa}) growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with rose; -- called also {swamp pink}. {Swamp hook}, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling logs. Cf. {Cant hook}. {Swamp itch}. (Med.) See {Prairie itch}, under {Prairie}. {Swamp laurel} (Bot.), a shrub ({Kalmia glauca}) having small leaves with the lower surface glaucous. {Swamp maple} (Bot.), red maple. See {Maple}. {Swamp oak} (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak ({Quercus palustris}), swamp white oak ({Q. bicolor}), swamp post oak ({Q. lyrata}). {Swamp ore} (Min.), bog ore; limonite. {Swamp partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several Australian game birds of the genera {Synoicus} and {Excalfatoria}, allied to the European partridges. {Swamp robin} (Zo[94]l.), the chewink. {Swamp sassafras} (Bot.), a small North American tree of the genus {Magnolia} ({M. glauca}) with aromatic leaves and fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet bay}. {Swamp sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American sparrow ({Melospiza Georgiana}, or {M. palustris}), closely resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy places. {Swamp willow}. (Bot.) See {Pussy willow}, under {Pussy}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pussy \Pussy\, n. [Dim. of puss.] 1. A pet name for a cat; also, an endearing name for a girl. 2. A catkin of the pussy willow. 3. The game of tipcat; -- also called {pussy cat}. {Pussy willow} (Bot.), any kind of willow having large cylindrical catkins clothed with long glossy hairs, especially the American {Salix discolor}; -- called also {glaucous willow}, and {swamp willow}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv[94]ppr, Dan. & Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore. Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern. --Tennyson. A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only herbage, plants, and mosses. --Farming Encyc. (E. Edwards, Words). {Swamp blackbird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Redwing} (b) . {Swamp cabbage} (Bot.), skunk cabbage. {Swamp deer} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic deer ({Rucervus Duvaucelli}) of India. {Swamp hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird ({Porphyrio bellus}); -- called also {goollema}. (b) An Australian water crake, or rail ({Porzana Tabuensis}); -- called also {little swamp hen}. (c) The European purple gallinule. {Swamp honeysuckle} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Azalea, [or] Rhododendron, viscosa}) growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with rose; -- called also {swamp pink}. {Swamp hook}, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling logs. Cf. {Cant hook}. {Swamp itch}. (Med.) See {Prairie itch}, under {Prairie}. {Swamp laurel} (Bot.), a shrub ({Kalmia glauca}) having small leaves with the lower surface glaucous. {Swamp maple} (Bot.), red maple. See {Maple}. {Swamp oak} (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak ({Quercus palustris}), swamp white oak ({Q. bicolor}), swamp post oak ({Q. lyrata}). {Swamp ore} (Min.), bog ore; limonite. {Swamp partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several Australian game birds of the genera {Synoicus} and {Excalfatoria}, allied to the European partridges. {Swamp robin} (Zo[94]l.), the chewink. {Swamp sassafras} (Bot.), a small North American tree of the genus {Magnolia} ({M. glauca}) with aromatic leaves and fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet bay}. {Swamp sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American sparrow ({Melospiza Georgiana}, or {M. palustris}), closely resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy places. {Swamp willow}. (Bot.) See {Pussy willow}, under {Pussy}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pussy \Pussy\, n. [Dim. of puss.] 1. A pet name for a cat; also, an endearing name for a girl. 2. A catkin of the pussy willow. 3. The game of tipcat; -- also called {pussy cat}. {Pussy willow} (Bot.), any kind of willow having large cylindrical catkins clothed with long glossy hairs, especially the American {Salix discolor}; -- called also {glaucous willow}, and {swamp willow}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swim \Swim\, n. 1. The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming. --B. Jonson. 2. The sound, or air bladder, of a fish. 3. A part of a stream much frequented by fish. [Eng.] {Swim bladder}, an air bladder of a fish. {To be in the swim}, to be in a favored position; to be associated with others in active affairs. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swimbel \Swim"bel\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A moaning or sighing sound or noise; a sough. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbal \Sym"bal\, n. See {Cimbal}. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbol \Sym"bol\, v. t. To symbolize. [R.] --Tennyson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbol \Sym"bol\, n. [L. symbolus, symbolum, Gr. sy`mbolon a sign by which one knows or infers a thing, from [?] to throw or put together, to compare; sy`n with + [?] to throw: cf. F. symbole. Cf. {Emblem}, {Parable}.] 1. A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience. A symbol is a sign included in the idea which it represents, e. g., an actual part chosen to represent the whole, or a lower form or species used as the representative of a higher in the same kind. --Coleridge. 2. (Math.) Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation. Note: In crystallography, the symbol of a plane is the numerical expression which defines its position relatively to the assumed axes. 3. (Theol.) An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion. 4. [Gr. [?] contributions.] That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty. [Obs.] They do their work in the days of peace . . . and come to pay their symbol in a war or in a plague. --Jer. Taylor. 5. Share; allotment. [Obs.] The persons who are to be judged . . . shall all appear to receive their symbol. --Jer. Taylor. 6. (Chem.) An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, {C} for carbon, {Na} for sodium (Natrium), {Fe} for iron (Ferrum), {Sn} for tin (Stannum), {Sb} for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names and symbols under {Element}. Note: In pure and organic chemistry there are symbols not only for the elements, but also for their grouping in formulas, radicals, or residues, as evidenced by their composition, reactions, synthesis, etc. See the diagram of {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}. Syn: Emblem; figure; type. See {Emblem}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, n. [Cf. F. symbolique. See {Symbolic}, a.] (Theol.) See {Symbolics}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, Symbolical \Sym*bol"ic*al\, a. [L. symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.] Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ness}, n. The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer. Taylor. {Symbolical delivery} (Law), the delivery of property sold by delivering something else as a symbol, token, or representative of it. --Bouvier. Chitty. {Symbolical philosophy}, the philosophy expressed by hieroglyphics. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolics \Sym*bol"ics\, n. The study of ancient symbols; esp. (Theol.), that branch of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith; symbolism; -- called also {symbolic}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, n. [Cf. F. symbolique. See {Symbolic}, a.] (Theol.) See {Symbolics}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, Symbolical \Sym*bol"ic*al\, a. [L. symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.] Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ness}, n. The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer. Taylor. {Symbolical delivery} (Law), the delivery of property sold by delivering something else as a symbol, token, or representative of it. --Bouvier. Chitty. {Symbolical philosophy}, the philosophy expressed by hieroglyphics. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolics \Sym*bol"ics\, n. The study of ancient symbols; esp. (Theol.), that branch of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith; symbolism; -- called also {symbolic}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, Symbolical \Sym*bol"ic*al\, a. [L. symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.] Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ness}, n. The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer. Taylor. {Symbolical delivery} (Law), the delivery of property sold by delivering something else as a symbol, token, or representative of it. --Bouvier. Chitty. {Symbolical philosophy}, the philosophy expressed by hieroglyphics. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, Symbolical \Sym*bol"ic*al\, a. [L. symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.] Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ness}, n. The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer. Taylor. {Symbolical delivery} (Law), the delivery of property sold by delivering something else as a symbol, token, or representative of it. --Bouvier. Chitty. {Symbolical philosophy}, the philosophy expressed by hieroglyphics. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, Symbolical \Sym*bol"ic*al\, a. [L. symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.] Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ness}, n. The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer. Taylor. {Symbolical delivery} (Law), the delivery of property sold by delivering something else as a symbol, token, or representative of it. --Bouvier. Chitty. {Symbolical philosophy}, the philosophy expressed by hieroglyphics. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, Symbolical \Sym*bol"ic*al\, a. [L. symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.] Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ness}, n. The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer. Taylor. {Symbolical delivery} (Law), the delivery of property sold by delivering something else as a symbol, token, or representative of it. --Bouvier. Chitty. {Symbolical philosophy}, the philosophy expressed by hieroglyphics. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, Symbolical \Sym*bol"ic*al\, a. [L. symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.] Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ness}, n. The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer. Taylor. {Symbolical delivery} (Law), the delivery of property sold by delivering something else as a symbol, token, or representative of it. --Bouvier. Chitty. {Symbolical philosophy}, the philosophy expressed by hieroglyphics. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolics \Sym*bol"ics\, n. The study of ancient symbols; esp. (Theol.), that branch of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith; symbolism; -- called also {symbolic}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolism \Sym"bol*ism\, n. 1. The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emblematic colors, signs, and forms. 2. A system of symbols or representations. 3. (Chem.) (a) The practice of using symbols, or the system of notation developed thereby. (b) A combining together of parts or ingredients. [Obs.] 4. (Theol.) The science of creeds; symbolics. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolist \Sym"bol*ist\, n. One who employs symbols. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolistic \Sym`bol*is"tic\, Symbolistical \Sym`bol*is"tic*al\, a. Characterized by the use of symbols; as, symbolistic poetry. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolistic \Sym`bol*is"tic\, Symbolistical \Sym`bol*is"tic*al\, a. Characterized by the use of symbols; as, symbolistic poetry. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolization \Sym`bol*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. symbolisation.] The act of symbolizing; symbolical representation. --Sir T. Browne. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolize \Sym"bol*ize\, v. t. 1. To make to agree in properties or qualities. 2. To make representative of something; to regard or treat as symbolic. [bd]Some symbolize the same from the mystery of its colors.[b8] --Sir T. Browne. 3. To represent by a symbol or symbols. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolize \Sym"bol*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Symbolized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Symbolizing}.] [Cf. F. symboliser.] 1. To have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize. The pleasing of color symbolizeth with the pleasing of any single tone to the ear; but the pleasing of order doth symbolize with harmony. --Bacon. They both symbolize in this, that they love to look upon themselves through multiplying glasses. --Howell. 2. To hold the same faith; to agree. [R.] The believers in pretended miracles have always previously symbolized with the performers of them. --G. S. Faber. 3. To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolize \Sym"bol*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Symbolized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Symbolizing}.] [Cf. F. symboliser.] 1. To have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize. The pleasing of color symbolizeth with the pleasing of any single tone to the ear; but the pleasing of order doth symbolize with harmony. --Bacon. They both symbolize in this, that they love to look upon themselves through multiplying glasses. --Howell. 2. To hold the same faith; to agree. [R.] The believers in pretended miracles have always previously symbolized with the performers of them. --G. S. Faber. 3. To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolizer \Sym"bol*i`zer\, n. One who symbolizes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbolize \Sym"bol*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Symbolized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Symbolizing}.] [Cf. F. symboliser.] 1. To have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize. The pleasing of color symbolizeth with the pleasing of any single tone to the ear; but the pleasing of order doth symbolize with harmony. --Bacon. They both symbolize in this, that they love to look upon themselves through multiplying glasses. --Howell. 2. To hold the same faith; to agree. [R.] The believers in pretended miracles have always previously symbolized with the performers of them. --G. S. Faber. 3. To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbological \Sym`bo*log"i*cal\, a. Pertaining to a symbology; versed in, or characterized by, symbology. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbologist \Sym*bol"o*gist\, n. One who practices, or who is versed in, symbology. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symbology \Sym*bol"o*gy\, n. [Symbol + -logy.] The art of expressing by symbols. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Symplectic \Sym*plec"tic\, a. [Gr. [?] plaiting together, fr. [?] to plait together.] (Anat.) Plaiting or joining together; -- said of a bone next above the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes, which unites together the other bones of the suspensorium. -- n. The symplectic bone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Skunk \Skunk\, n. [Contr. from the Abenaki (American Indian) seganku.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus {Mephitis} and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense. Note: The common species of the Eastern United States ({Mephitis mephitica}) is black with more or less white on the body and tail. The spotted skunk ({Spilogale putorius}), native of the Southwestern United States and Mexico, is smaller than the common skunk, and is variously marked with black and white. {Skunk bird}, {Skunk blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), the bobolink; -- so called because the male, in the breeding season, is black and white, like a skunk. {Skunk cabbage} (Bot.), an American aroid herb ({Symplocarpus f[oe]tidus}>) having a reddish hornlike spathe in earliest spring, followed by a cluster of large cabbagelike leaves. It exhales a disagreeable odor. Also called {swamp cabbage}. {Skunk porpoise}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Porpoise}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant. {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root. {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron. {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the Mediterranean. (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}). (c) The scad. (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes, as the California hake, the black candlefish, the jurel, the bluefish, etc. {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang] {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and America. {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the {Solanum Carolinense}. {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}. {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical America ({Trianthema monogymnum}). {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running or trotting. {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses. {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States, called a {tramway}. {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power. {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.] {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman. {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge ({Spongia equina}). {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are sweet, and good for fodder. {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, {horse louse}, and {forest fly}. {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H. comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; -- called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of its pods. {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.] {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef. {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell. {To take horse}. (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay. (b) To be covered, as a mare. (c) See definition 7 (above). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Synovial \Syn*o"vi*al\, a. [Cf. F. synovial.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to synovia; secreting synovia. {Synovial capsule}, a closed sac of synovial membrane situated between the articular surfaces at diarthrodial joints. {Synovial fluid}, synovia. {Synovial membrane}, the dense and very smooth connective tissue membrane which secretes synovia and surrounds synovial capsules and other synovial cavities. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Synovial \Syn*o"vi*al\, a. [Cf. F. synovial.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to synovia; secreting synovia. {Synovial capsule}, a closed sac of synovial membrane situated between the articular surfaces at diarthrodial joints. {Synovial fluid}, synovia. {Synovial membrane}, the dense and very smooth connective tissue membrane which secretes synovia and surrounds synovial capsules and other synovial cavities. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Synovial \Syn*o"vi*al\, a. [Cf. F. synovial.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to synovia; secreting synovia. {Synovial capsule}, a closed sac of synovial membrane situated between the articular surfaces at diarthrodial joints. {Synovial fluid}, synovia. {Synovial membrane}, the dense and very smooth connective tissue membrane which secretes synovia and surrounds synovial capsules and other synovial cavities. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Synovial \Syn*o"vi*al\, a. [Cf. F. synovial.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to synovia; secreting synovia. {Synovial capsule}, a closed sac of synovial membrane situated between the articular surfaces at diarthrodial joints. {Synovial fluid}, synovia. {Synovial membrane}, the dense and very smooth connective tissue membrane which secretes synovia and surrounds synovial capsules and other synovial cavities. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Synpelmous \Syn*pel"mous\, a. [Pref. syn- + [?] the sole of the foot.] (Zo[94]l.) Having the two main flexor tendons of the toes blended together. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
San Felipe, TX (town, FIPS 65372) Location: 29.79856 N, 96.10560 W Population (1990): 618 (265 housing units) Area: 16.7 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
San Felipe Pueblo, NM (CDP, FIPS 67450) Location: 35.43431 N, 106.42840 W Population (1990): 1557 (321 housing units) Area: 30.9 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sanibel, FL (city, FIPS 63700) Location: 26.44387 N, 82.10086 W Population (1990): 5468 (6422 housing units) Area: 44.6 sq km (land), 41.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 33957 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Simi Valley, CA (city, FIPS 72016) Location: 34.26305 N, 118.75130 W Population (1990): 100217 (33111 housing units) Area: 85.6 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 93065 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Snowflake, AZ (town, FIPS 67800) Location: 34.52198 N, 110.08420 W Population (1990): 3679 (1158 housing units) Area: 76.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 85937 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Snowville, UT (town, FIPS 69970) Location: 41.96976 N, 112.71474 W Population (1990): 251 (82 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84336 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sun Valley, CA Zip code(s): 91352 Sun Valley, FL (CDP, FIPS 70055) Location: 26.52770 N, 80.13773 W Population (1990): 2735 (1327 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Sun Valley, ID (city, FIPS 78850) Location: 43.68147 N, 114.32842 W Population (1990): 938 (2060 housing units) Area: 24.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Sun Valley, NV (CDP, FIPS 71600) Location: 39.59817 N, 119.77860 W Population (1990): 11391 (4257 housing units) Area: 22.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 89433 Sun Valley, TX (city, FIPS 71356) Location: 33.67250 N, 95.42880 W Population (1990): 60 (30 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sunfield, MI (village, FIPS 77420) Location: 42.76173 N, 84.99174 W Population (1990): 610 (208 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48890 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sunflower, MS (town, FIPS 71600) Location: 33.54662 N, 90.53839 W Population (1990): 729 (234 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38778 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sunflower County, MS (county, FIPS 133) Location: 33.60674 N, 90.59501 W Population (1990): 32867 (10167 housing units) Area: 1797.0 sq km (land), 34.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sunny Valley, OR Zip code(s): 97497 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sunnyvale, CA (city, FIPS 77000) Location: 37.38575 N, 122.02553 W Population (1990): 117229 (50789 housing units) Area: 56.7 sq km (land), 1.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 94086, 94087, 94089 Sunnyvale, TX (town, FIPS 71156) Location: 32.79932 N, 96.55826 W Population (1990): 2228 (775 housing units) Area: 43.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Swan Valley, ID (city, FIPS 79120) Location: 43.43977 N, 111.31505 W Population (1990): 141 (90 housing units) Area: 24.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83449 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Swanville, MN (city, FIPS 63778) Location: 45.91621 N, 94.63963 W Population (1990): 324 (140 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56382 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Symbol, KY Zip code(s): 40729 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
shambolic link /sham-bol'ik link/ n. A Unix symbolic link, particularly when it confuses you, points to nothing at all, or results in your ending up in some completely unexpected part of the filesystem.... | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sample amplitude of an analog signal at a specified time. In {digital signal processing} a sample is a signed or unsigned number and the number of samples per second is called the {sample rate}. (2001-06-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sample rate signal is measured (sampled) per second. The unit of sample rate is "samples per second". This is often expressed in {kiloHertz} (kHz). For example, "CD quality" sound has a sample rate of 44 kHz. Compare {data rate}. See {Nyquist frequency}. [Is it correct to use Hertz for things other than the frequency of a sine wave?] (2001-06-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sampling spaced intervals of time. This is the first step in {Digital Signal Processing}. (2001-06-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sampling frequency {sample rate} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
shambolic link /sham-bol'ik link/ A Unix symbolic link, particularly when it confuses you, points to nothing at all, or results in your ending up in some completely unexpected part of the file system. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SIMPL Simulation language, descendant of OPS-4, compiled into PL/I on Multics. "The SIMPL Primer", M.W. Jones et al, Oct 1971. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SIMPLE 1. Early system on Datatron 200 series. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959). 2. Simulation of Industrial Management Problems with Lots of Equations. R.K. Bennett, 1958. Predecessor to DYNAMO, for IBM 704. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) {(http://asg2.web.cmu.edu/sasl/)}. [Summary?] (2001-08-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Simple Gateway Control Protocol superseded by {MGCP}. (1999-04-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol 821, used to transfer {electronic mail} between computers, usually over {Ethernet}. It is a server to server protocol, so other protocols are used to access the messages. The SMTP dialog usually happens in the background under the control of the {message transfer agent}, e.g. {sendmail} but it is possible to interact with an SMTP server using {telnet} to connect to the normal SMTP {port}, 25. E.g. telnet mhs-relay.ac.uk 25 You should normally start by identifying the local {host}: HELO wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk You can then issue commands to verify an address or expand an alias: VRFY fred@doc.ic.ac.uk VRFY postmaster or expand a {mailing list}: EXPN c-help You can even send a message: MAIL From: RCPT To: DATA What is the point? . QUIT This is useful if you want to find out exactly what is happening to your message at a certain point. See also {Post Office Protocol}, {RFC 822}, {sendmail}. (1995-10-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
simple multicast protocol that would ease the requirements for {IP} Multicast, such as no longer mandating that routers be able to calculate the source of a multicast stream. This has not been adopted by the {IETF}. {(http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?981125.whmulti.htm)}. [Reference?] (2001-07-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Simple Network Management Protocol defined in {STD 15}, {RFC 1157}, developed to manage {nodes} on an {IP} {network}. SNMP is not limited to {TCP/IP}. It can be used to manage and monitor all sorts of equipment including computers, {routers}, {wiring hubs}, {toasters} and {jukeboxes}. See also {Management Information Base}, {Simple Network Management Protocol version 2}. (1995-02-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Simple Network Management Protocol version 2 Protocol} (not just a new {MIB}) which includes improvements in the areas of performance, security, confidentiality, and manager-to-manager communications. The major components of SNMPv2 are defined in the following {RFC}s: {RFC 1089} - SNMP over Ethernet {RFC 1140} - IAB Official Protocol Standards {RFC 1155} - Structure and Identification of Management Information for TCP/IP based internets {RFC 1156} (H) - Management Information Base Network Management of TCP/IP based internets {RFC 1157} - A Simple Network Management Protocol {RFC 1158} - Management Information Base Network Management of TCP/IP based internets: MIB-II {RFC 1161} (H) - SNMP over OSI {RFC 1187} - Bulk Table Retrieval with the SNMP {RFC 1212} - Concise MIB Definitions {RFC 1213} - Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets: MIB-II {RFC 1215} (I) - A Convention for Defining Traps for use with the SNMP {RFC 1224} - Techniques for Managing Asynchronously Generated Alerts {RFC 1270} (I) - SNMP Communication Services {RFC 1303} (I) - A Convention for Describing SNMP-based Agents {RFC 1470} (I) - A Network Management Tool Catalog {RFC 1298} - SNMP over IPX {RFC 1418} - SNMP over OSI {RFC 1419} - SNMP over IPX {RFC 1441} - Introduction to SNMP v2 {RFC 1442} - SMI For SNMP v2 {RFC 1443} - Textual Conventions for SNMP v2 {RFC 1444} - Conformance Statements for SNMP v2 {RFC 1445} - Administrative Model for SNMP v2 {RFC 1446} - Security Protocols for SNMP v2 {RFC 1447} - Party MIB for SNMP v2 {RFC 1448} - Protocol Operations for SNMP v2 {RFC 1449} - Transport Mappings for SNMP v2 {RFC 1450} - {MIB} for SNMP v2 {RFC 1451} - Manager to Manger MIB {RFC 1452} - Coexistance between SNMP v1 and SNMP v2 {FAQ (http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/snmp-faq)}. {Introduction (http://www.gt-er.cg.org.br/documentacao/buffer/gerencia/faq1.html)}. {Cisco (http://www.cisco.com/cpropub/univ-src/ccdcp/data/doc/software/11_1/mib/mover.htm)}. (1997-12-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Simple Network Paging Protocol wireless messages to {pagers}. In its simplest form, SNPP provides a simple way to make a link between the {Internet} and a {Telocator Alphanumeric input Protocol} (TAP) paging terminal. SNPP is defined in {RFC 1861}. (1997-04-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Simple Object Access Protocol {code} using {XML} over {HTTP}. {DevelopMentor}, {Microsoft Corporation}, and {UserLand Software} submitted SOAP to the {IETF} as an internal draft in December 1999. Current version: SOAP 1.1 defined by {World Wide Web Consortium}. {(http://www.w3.org/TR/SOAP/)}. (2000-01-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
simplex 1. that can only ever carry a signal in one direction, like a one-way street. Television is an example of ({broadcast}) simplex communication. Opposite: {duplex}. 2. (2001-07-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
simplex method programming} problem; developed by George B. Dantzig in 1947. The simplex method is an {iterative} procedure, solving a system of {linear equations} in each of its steps, and stopping when either the optimum is reached, or the solution proves infeasible. The basic method remained pretty much the same over the years, though there were many refinements targeted at improving performance (eg. using {sparse matrix} techniques), numerical {accuracy} and stability, as well as solving special classes of problems, such as {mixed-integer} programming. (2003-07-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
simplex printer Company to {teletypewriters} that are not part of a {multiplex} system. They usually provided for alternate transmission in both directions. If working {simplex} or {half-duplex}, what was keyed in at the keyboard would be typed out at the printing portion. If working {full-duplex}, sending would be blind as the printing portion was being used only for reception. (2000-04-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SIMPL/I A {simulation} language implemented as a {PL/I} {preprocessor}. ["SIMPL/I (Simulation Language Based on PL/I). Program Reference Manual", IBM SH19- 5060-0 (June 1972)]. (1994-12-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Simplified Multicast Routing Protocol {protocol} to route {multimedia} data streams over {AppleTalk} networks. SMRP supports {Apple}'s {QuickTime Conferencing} (QTC). {Documentation (http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ito_doc/smrp.htm)}. (2001-07-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SIMPL-T The base language for a family of languages and compilers. ["SIMPL-T, A Structured Programming Language", V.R. Basili, Paladin House 1976]. (1994-12-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
smblib {Samba} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SNOBOL {String Oriented Symbolic Language} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SNOBOL2 A {SNOBOL} variant which existed only briefly. It featured built-in functions, but not programmer-defined ones. ["SNOBOL2", D.J. Farber, R.E. Griswold and I.P. Polonsky, TR Bell Labs, Apr 1964]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SNOBOL3 {SNOBOL} with user-defined functions. Written in 1965. The SNOBOL 6.3 compiler for the {PDP-6} and {PDP-10} was written in SNOBOL. ["The SNOBOL3 Programming Language", D.J. Farber et al, Bell Sys Tech J 45(6):895-944 (Jul 1966)]. (1994-11-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SNOBOL4 A quite distinct descendant of {SNOBOL}, developed by Griswold et al in 1967. SNOBOL4 is {declarative} with {dynamic scope}. Patterns are {first-class} data objects that can be constructed by concatenation and alternation. Success and failure are used for {flow control}. Delayed (unevaluated) expressions can be used to implement {recursion}. It has a table data type. Strings generated at run time can be treated as programs and executed. See also {vanilla}. {(ftp://apple.com/ArchiveVol1/Unix_lang)}. ["The SNOBOL4 Programming Language", Ralph E. Griswold et al, P-H 1971]. (1994-11-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Sony Playstation {Playstation} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SYMBAL SYMbolic ALgebra. A {symbolic mathematics} language with {ALGOL}-like syntax by Max Engeli, late 60's. Implemented for {CDC6600}. ["User's Manual for the Formula Manipulation Language SYMBAL", M. Engeli, TRM-8.00, Comp Ctr UT Austin, June 1968]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Symbol Manipulation Program (SMP) {Steven Wolfram}'s earlier symbol manipulation program, before he turned to {Mathematica}. ["SMP Handbook", C. Cole, S. Wolfram et al, Caltech 1981]. (1995-01-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SYMBOLANG Lapidus & Goldstein, 1965. Symbol manipulating Fortran subroutine package for IBM 7094, later CDC6600. ["Some Experiments in Algebraic Manipulation", CACM 8:501-508 1965]. (1995-03-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Symbolic Assembler Program defined in the late 1950s. (1994-12-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SYMBOLIC ASSEMBLY [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959]. (1996-01-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Symbolic Automatic INTegrator written in {Lisp} by J. Slagle at {MIT} in 1961. [Sammet 1969, p. 410]. (1994-12-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
symbolic inference The derivation of new facts from known facts and {inference rule}s. This is one of the fundamental operations of {artificial intelligence} and {logic programming} languages like {Prolog}. Inference is a basic part of human reasoning. For example given that all men are mortal and that Socrates is a man, it is a trivial step to infer that Socrates is mortal. We might express these symbolically: man(X) => mortal(X). man(socrates). ("if X is a man then X is mortal" and "Socrates is a man"). Here, "man", "mortal" and "socrates" are just arbitrary symbols which the computer manipulates without reference to or knowledge of their external meaning. A {forward chaining} system (a {production system}) could use these to infer the new fact mortal(socrates). simply by matching the left-hand-side of the implication against the fact and substituting socrates for the variable X. (1994-10-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Symbolic Link {spreadsheets}, (not to be confused with {symbolic link}). [Context? Reference?] (1999-12-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
symbolic link "{hard link}"), "{shortcut}", "{alias}") A special type of {Unix} file which refers to another file by its {pathname}. A symbolic link is created with the "ln" (link) command: ln -s OLDNAME NEWNAME Where OLDNAME is the target of the link (usually a pathname) and NEWNAME is the pathname of the link itself. Most operations ({open}, {read}, {write}) on the symbolic link automatically {dereference} it and operate on its target (OLDNAME). Some operations (e.g. removing) work on the link itself (NEWNAME). In contrast with {hard links}, there are no restrictions on where a symbolic link can point, it can refer to a file on another file system, to itself or to a file which does not even exist (e.g. when the target of the symlink is removed). Such problems will only be detected when the link is accessed. (1997-10-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Symbolic Link {spreadsheets}, (not to be confused with {symbolic link}). [Context? Reference?] (1999-12-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
symbolic link "{hard link}"), "{shortcut}", "{alias}") A special type of {Unix} file which refers to another file by its {pathname}. A symbolic link is created with the "ln" (link) command: ln -s OLDNAME NEWNAME Where OLDNAME is the target of the link (usually a pathname) and NEWNAME is the pathname of the link itself. Most operations ({open}, {read}, {write}) on the symbolic link automatically {dereference} it and operate on its target (OLDNAME). Some operations (e.g. removing) work on the link itself (NEWNAME). In contrast with {hard links}, there are no restrictions on where a symbolic link can point, it can refer to a file on another file system, to itself or to a file which does not even exist (e.g. when the target of the symlink is removed). Such problems will only be detected when the link is accessed. (1997-10-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
symbolic logic a formalised artificial language or symbolic calculus, whose purpose is to avoid the ambiguities and logical inadequacies of {natural language}. (1995-12-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Symbolic Mathematical Laboratory {symbolic mathematics}. It used a {display screen} and a {light pen}. [Sammet 1969, p.514]. (1995-04-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
symbolic mathematics computers to manipulate mathematical equations and expressions in symbolic form, as opposed to manipulating the numerical quantities represented by those symbols. Such a system might be used for symbolic integration or differentiation, substitution of one expression into another, simplification of an expression, change of subject etc. One of the best known symbolic mathematics software packages is {Mathematica}. Others include {ALAM}, {ALGY}, {AMP}, {Ashmedai}, {AXIOM*}, {CAMAL}, {CAYLEY}, {CCalc}, {CLAM}, {CoCoA}(?), {ESP}, {FLAP}, {FORM}, {FORMAL}, {Formula ALGOL}, {GAP}, {JACAL}, {LiE}, {Macaulay}, {MACSYMA}, {Magic Paper}, {MAO}, {Maple}, {Mathcad}, {MATHLAB}, {MuMath}, {Nother}, {ORTHOCARTAN}, {Pari}, {REDUCE}, {SAC-1}, {SAC2}, {SAINT}, {Schoonschip}, {Scratchpad I}, {SHEEP}, {STENSOR}, {SYMBAL}, {SymbMath}, {Symbolic Mathematical Laboratory}, {TRIGMAN}, {UBASIC}. {Usenet} newsgropup: {news:sci.math.symbolic}. (1995-04-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Symbolic Optimal Assembly Program "Optimal" refers to rearranging instructions on slowly rotating {drum memory}. Versions: SOAP I, SOAP II, CASE SOAP III. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959]. (1994-11-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Symbolics, Inc. {The Symbolics Museum (http://SMBX.org/)}. [Summary?] (2003-11-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SYMPL {CDC}'s derivative of {Jovial}. SYMPL is a non-{re-entrant} {block structured} language with extensive {bit manipulation} facilities, which is linkable with {Fortran}. Major parts of CDC systems during the 1970s were written in SYMPL. (1995-02-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
synflood {SYN} requests. (1997-04-07) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sanballat held some place of authority in Samaria when Nehemiah went up to Jerusalem to rebuild its ruined walls. He vainly attempted to hinder this work (Neh. 2:10, 19; 4:1-12; 6). His daughter became the wife of one of the sons of Joiada, a son of the high priest, much to the grief of Nehemiah (13:28). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Sanballat, bramble-bush; enemy in secret |