English Dictionary: saltiness | by the DICT Development Group |
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Salading \Sal"ad*ing\, n. Vegetables for salad. | |
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Sallet \Sal"let\, Salleting \Sal"let*ing\, n. Salad. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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{Salt acid} (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. {Salt block}, an apparatus for evaporating brine; a salt factory. --Knight. {Salt bottom}, a flat piece of ground covered with saline efflorescences. [Western U.S.] --Bartlett. {Salt cake} (Chem.), the white caked mass, consisting of sodium sulphate, which is obtained as the product of the first stage in the manufacture of soda, according to Leblanc's process. {Salt fish}. (a) Salted fish, especially cod, haddock, and similar fishes that have been salted and dried for food. (b) A marine fish. {Salt garden}, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of sea water for the production of salt, employing large shallow basins excavated near the seashore. {Salt gauge}, an instrument used to test the strength of brine; a salimeter. {Salt horse}, salted beef. [Slang] {Salt junk}, hard salt beef for use at sea. [Slang] {Salt lick}. See {Lick}, n. {Salt marsh}, grass land subject to the overflow of salt water. {Salt-marsh caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma acr[91]a} which is very destructive to the salt-marsh grasses and to other crops. Called also {woolly bear}. See Illust. under {Moth}, {Pupa}, and {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}. {Salt-marsh fleabane} (Bot.), a strong-scented composite herb ({Pluchea camphorata}) with rayless purplish heads, growing in salt marshes. {Salt-marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), the clapper rail. See under {Rail}. {Salt-marsh terrapin} (Zo[94]l.), the diamond-back. {Salt mine}, a mine where rock salt is obtained. {Salt pan}. (a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also, a shallow basin in the ground where salt water is evaporated by the heat of the sun. (b) pl. Salt works. {Salt pit}, a pit where salt is obtained or made. {Salt rising}, a kind of yeast in which common salt is a principal ingredient. [U.S.] {Salt raker}, one who collects salt in natural salt ponds, or inclosures from the sea. {Salt sedative} (Chem.), boracic acid. [Obs.] {Salt spring}, a spring of salt water. {Salt tree} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Halimodendron argenteum}) growing in the salt plains of the Caspian region and in Siberia. {Salt water}, water impregnated with salt, as that of the ocean and of certain seas and lakes; sometimes, also, tears. Mine eyes are full of tears, I can not see; And yet salt water blinds them not so much But they can see a sort of traitors here. --Shak. {Salt-water sailor}, an ocean mariner. {Salt-water tailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluefish}. | |
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{Salt acid} (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. {Salt block}, an apparatus for evaporating brine; a salt factory. --Knight. {Salt bottom}, a flat piece of ground covered with saline efflorescences. [Western U.S.] --Bartlett. {Salt cake} (Chem.), the white caked mass, consisting of sodium sulphate, which is obtained as the product of the first stage in the manufacture of soda, according to Leblanc's process. {Salt fish}. (a) Salted fish, especially cod, haddock, and similar fishes that have been salted and dried for food. (b) A marine fish. {Salt garden}, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of sea water for the production of salt, employing large shallow basins excavated near the seashore. {Salt gauge}, an instrument used to test the strength of brine; a salimeter. {Salt horse}, salted beef. [Slang] {Salt junk}, hard salt beef for use at sea. [Slang] {Salt lick}. See {Lick}, n. {Salt marsh}, grass land subject to the overflow of salt water. {Salt-marsh caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma acr[91]a} which is very destructive to the salt-marsh grasses and to other crops. Called also {woolly bear}. See Illust. under {Moth}, {Pupa}, and {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}. {Salt-marsh fleabane} (Bot.), a strong-scented composite herb ({Pluchea camphorata}) with rayless purplish heads, growing in salt marshes. {Salt-marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), the clapper rail. See under {Rail}. {Salt-marsh terrapin} (Zo[94]l.), the diamond-back. {Salt mine}, a mine where rock salt is obtained. {Salt pan}. (a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also, a shallow basin in the ground where salt water is evaporated by the heat of the sun. (b) pl. Salt works. {Salt pit}, a pit where salt is obtained or made. {Salt rising}, a kind of yeast in which common salt is a principal ingredient. [U.S.] {Salt raker}, one who collects salt in natural salt ponds, or inclosures from the sea. {Salt sedative} (Chem.), boracic acid. [Obs.] {Salt spring}, a spring of salt water. {Salt tree} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Halimodendron argenteum}) growing in the salt plains of the Caspian region and in Siberia. {Salt water}, water impregnated with salt, as that of the ocean and of certain seas and lakes; sometimes, also, tears. Mine eyes are full of tears, I can not see; And yet salt water blinds them not so much But they can see a sort of traitors here. --Shak. {Salt-water sailor}, an ocean mariner. {Salt-water tailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluefish}. | |
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Saltant \Sal"tant\, a. [L. saltans, p. pr. of saltare to dance, v. intens. fr. salire to leap: cf. F. sautant. See {Sally}, v.] 1. Leaping; jumping; dancing. 2. (Her.) In a leaping position; springing forward; -- applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, and rat, also to the cat, greyhound, monkey, etc. | |
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Saltimbanco \Sal`tim*ban"co\, n. [It., literally, one who leaps or mounts upon a bench; saltare to leap + in in, upon + banco a bench.] A mountebank; a quack. [Obs.] [Written also {santinbanco}.] Saltimbancos, quacksalvers, and charlatans. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Salt \Salt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Salted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Salting}.] 1. To sprinkle, impregnate, or season with salt; to preserve with salt or in brine; to supply with salt; as, to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt cattle. 2. To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber. {To salt a mine}, to artfully deposit minerals in a mine in order to deceive purchasers regarding its value. [Cant] {To salt away}, {To salt down}, to prepare with, or pack in, salt for preserving, as meat, eggs, etc.; hence, colloquially, to save, lay up, or invest sagely, as money. | |
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Salting \Salt"ing\, n. 1. The act of sprinkling, impregnating, or furnishing, with salt. 2. A salt marsh. | |
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{Salt acid} (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. {Salt block}, an apparatus for evaporating brine; a salt factory. --Knight. {Salt bottom}, a flat piece of ground covered with saline efflorescences. [Western U.S.] --Bartlett. {Salt cake} (Chem.), the white caked mass, consisting of sodium sulphate, which is obtained as the product of the first stage in the manufacture of soda, according to Leblanc's process. {Salt fish}. (a) Salted fish, especially cod, haddock, and similar fishes that have been salted and dried for food. (b) A marine fish. {Salt garden}, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of sea water for the production of salt, employing large shallow basins excavated near the seashore. {Salt gauge}, an instrument used to test the strength of brine; a salimeter. {Salt horse}, salted beef. [Slang] {Salt junk}, hard salt beef for use at sea. [Slang] {Salt lick}. See {Lick}, n. {Salt marsh}, grass land subject to the overflow of salt water. {Salt-marsh caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma acr[91]a} which is very destructive to the salt-marsh grasses and to other crops. Called also {woolly bear}. See Illust. under {Moth}, {Pupa}, and {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}. {Salt-marsh fleabane} (Bot.), a strong-scented composite herb ({Pluchea camphorata}) with rayless purplish heads, growing in salt marshes. {Salt-marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), the clapper rail. See under {Rail}. {Salt-marsh terrapin} (Zo[94]l.), the diamond-back. {Salt mine}, a mine where rock salt is obtained. {Salt pan}. (a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also, a shallow basin in the ground where salt water is evaporated by the heat of the sun. (b) pl. Salt works. {Salt pit}, a pit where salt is obtained or made. {Salt rising}, a kind of yeast in which common salt is a principal ingredient. [U.S.] {Salt raker}, one who collects salt in natural salt ponds, or inclosures from the sea. {Salt sedative} (Chem.), boracic acid. [Obs.] {Salt spring}, a spring of salt water. {Salt tree} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Halimodendron argenteum}) growing in the salt plains of the Caspian region and in Siberia. {Salt water}, water impregnated with salt, as that of the ocean and of certain seas and lakes; sometimes, also, tears. Mine eyes are full of tears, I can not see; And yet salt water blinds them not so much But they can see a sort of traitors here. --Shak. {Salt-water sailor}, an ocean mariner. {Salt-water tailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluefish}. | |
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{Salt acid} (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. {Salt block}, an apparatus for evaporating brine; a salt factory. --Knight. {Salt bottom}, a flat piece of ground covered with saline efflorescences. [Western U.S.] --Bartlett. {Salt cake} (Chem.), the white caked mass, consisting of sodium sulphate, which is obtained as the product of the first stage in the manufacture of soda, according to Leblanc's process. {Salt fish}. (a) Salted fish, especially cod, haddock, and similar fishes that have been salted and dried for food. (b) A marine fish. {Salt garden}, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of sea water for the production of salt, employing large shallow basins excavated near the seashore. {Salt gauge}, an instrument used to test the strength of brine; a salimeter. {Salt horse}, salted beef. [Slang] {Salt junk}, hard salt beef for use at sea. [Slang] {Salt lick}. See {Lick}, n. {Salt marsh}, grass land subject to the overflow of salt water. {Salt-marsh caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma acr[91]a} which is very destructive to the salt-marsh grasses and to other crops. Called also {woolly bear}. See Illust. under {Moth}, {Pupa}, and {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}. {Salt-marsh fleabane} (Bot.), a strong-scented composite herb ({Pluchea camphorata}) with rayless purplish heads, growing in salt marshes. {Salt-marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), the clapper rail. See under {Rail}. {Salt-marsh terrapin} (Zo[94]l.), the diamond-back. {Salt mine}, a mine where rock salt is obtained. {Salt pan}. (a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also, a shallow basin in the ground where salt water is evaporated by the heat of the sun. (b) pl. Salt works. {Salt pit}, a pit where salt is obtained or made. {Salt rising}, a kind of yeast in which common salt is a principal ingredient. [U.S.] {Salt raker}, one who collects salt in natural salt ponds, or inclosures from the sea. {Salt sedative} (Chem.), boracic acid. [Obs.] {Salt spring}, a spring of salt water. {Salt tree} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Halimodendron argenteum}) growing in the salt plains of the Caspian region and in Siberia. {Salt water}, water impregnated with salt, as that of the ocean and of certain seas and lakes; sometimes, also, tears. Mine eyes are full of tears, I can not see; And yet salt water blinds them not so much But they can see a sort of traitors here. --Shak. {Salt-water sailor}, an ocean mariner. {Salt-water tailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluefish}. | |
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{Salt acid} (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. {Salt block}, an apparatus for evaporating brine; a salt factory. --Knight. {Salt bottom}, a flat piece of ground covered with saline efflorescences. [Western U.S.] --Bartlett. {Salt cake} (Chem.), the white caked mass, consisting of sodium sulphate, which is obtained as the product of the first stage in the manufacture of soda, according to Leblanc's process. {Salt fish}. (a) Salted fish, especially cod, haddock, and similar fishes that have been salted and dried for food. (b) A marine fish. {Salt garden}, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of sea water for the production of salt, employing large shallow basins excavated near the seashore. {Salt gauge}, an instrument used to test the strength of brine; a salimeter. {Salt horse}, salted beef. [Slang] {Salt junk}, hard salt beef for use at sea. [Slang] {Salt lick}. See {Lick}, n. {Salt marsh}, grass land subject to the overflow of salt water. {Salt-marsh caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma acr[91]a} which is very destructive to the salt-marsh grasses and to other crops. Called also {woolly bear}. See Illust. under {Moth}, {Pupa}, and {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}. {Salt-marsh fleabane} (Bot.), a strong-scented composite herb ({Pluchea camphorata}) with rayless purplish heads, growing in salt marshes. {Salt-marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), the clapper rail. See under {Rail}. {Salt-marsh terrapin} (Zo[94]l.), the diamond-back. {Salt mine}, a mine where rock salt is obtained. {Salt pan}. (a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also, a shallow basin in the ground where salt water is evaporated by the heat of the sun. (b) pl. Salt works. {Salt pit}, a pit where salt is obtained or made. {Salt rising}, a kind of yeast in which common salt is a principal ingredient. [U.S.] {Salt raker}, one who collects salt in natural salt ponds, or inclosures from the sea. {Salt sedative} (Chem.), boracic acid. [Obs.] {Salt spring}, a spring of salt water. {Salt tree} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Halimodendron argenteum}) growing in the salt plains of the Caspian region and in Siberia. {Salt water}, water impregnated with salt, as that of the ocean and of certain seas and lakes; sometimes, also, tears. Mine eyes are full of tears, I can not see; And yet salt water blinds them not so much But they can see a sort of traitors here. --Shak. {Salt-water sailor}, an ocean mariner. {Salt-water tailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluefish}. | |
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{Salt acid} (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. {Salt block}, an apparatus for evaporating brine; a salt factory. --Knight. {Salt bottom}, a flat piece of ground covered with saline efflorescences. [Western U.S.] --Bartlett. {Salt cake} (Chem.), the white caked mass, consisting of sodium sulphate, which is obtained as the product of the first stage in the manufacture of soda, according to Leblanc's process. {Salt fish}. (a) Salted fish, especially cod, haddock, and similar fishes that have been salted and dried for food. (b) A marine fish. {Salt garden}, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of sea water for the production of salt, employing large shallow basins excavated near the seashore. {Salt gauge}, an instrument used to test the strength of brine; a salimeter. {Salt horse}, salted beef. [Slang] {Salt junk}, hard salt beef for use at sea. [Slang] {Salt lick}. See {Lick}, n. {Salt marsh}, grass land subject to the overflow of salt water. {Salt-marsh caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma acr[91]a} which is very destructive to the salt-marsh grasses and to other crops. Called also {woolly bear}. See Illust. under {Moth}, {Pupa}, and {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}. {Salt-marsh fleabane} (Bot.), a strong-scented composite herb ({Pluchea camphorata}) with rayless purplish heads, growing in salt marshes. {Salt-marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), the clapper rail. See under {Rail}. {Salt-marsh terrapin} (Zo[94]l.), the diamond-back. {Salt mine}, a mine where rock salt is obtained. {Salt pan}. (a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also, a shallow basin in the ground where salt water is evaporated by the heat of the sun. (b) pl. Salt works. {Salt pit}, a pit where salt is obtained or made. {Salt rising}, a kind of yeast in which common salt is a principal ingredient. [U.S.] {Salt raker}, one who collects salt in natural salt ponds, or inclosures from the sea. {Salt sedative} (Chem.), boracic acid. [Obs.] {Salt spring}, a spring of salt water. {Salt tree} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Halimodendron argenteum}) growing in the salt plains of the Caspian region and in Siberia. {Salt water}, water impregnated with salt, as that of the ocean and of certain seas and lakes; sometimes, also, tears. Mine eyes are full of tears, I can not see; And yet salt water blinds them not so much But they can see a sort of traitors here. --Shak. {Salt-water sailor}, an ocean mariner. {Salt-water tailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluefish}. | |
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Saltmouth \Salt"mouth`\, n. A wide-mouthed bottle with glass stopper for holding chemicals, especially crystallized salts. | |
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Saltness \Salt"ness\, n. The quality or state of being salt, or state of being salt, or impregnated with salt; salt taste; as, the saltness of sea water. | |
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Salute \Sa*lute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saluted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saluting}.] [L. salutare, salutatum, from salus, -utis, health, safety. See {Salubrious}.] 1. To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail. I salute you with this kingly title. --Shak. 2. Hence, to give a sign of good will; to compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow, etc. You have the prettiest tip of a finger . . . I must take the freedom to salute it. --Addison. 3. (Mil. & Naval) To honor, as some day, person, or nation, by a discharge of cannon or small arms, by dipping colors, by cheers, etc. 4. To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify. [Obs.] [bd]If this salute my blood a jot.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Scald \Scald\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scalded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scalding}.] [OF. eschalder, eschauder, escauder, F. [82]chauder, fr. L. excaldare; ex + caldus, calidus, warm, hot. See {Ex}, and {Caldron}.] 1. To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand. Mine own tears Do scald like molten lead. --Shak. Here the blue flames of scalding brimstone fall. --Cowley. 2. To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in hot water or other liquor; as, to scald milk or meat. | |
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Schooldame \School"dame`\ n. A schoolmistress. | |
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Scillitin \Scil"li*tin\, n. [Cf. F. scilitine.] (Chem.) A bitter principle extracted from the bulbs of the squill ({Scilla}), and probably consisting of a complex mixture of several substances. | |
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Scolding \Scold"ing\, a. & n. from {Scold}, v. {Scolding bridle}, an iron frame. See {Brank}, n., 2. | |
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Scold \Scold\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scolded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scolding}.] [Akin to D. schelden, G. schelten, OHG. sceltan, Dan. skielde.] To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant. Pardon me, lords, 't is the first time ever I was forced to scold. --Shak. | |
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Scolding \Scold"ing\, a. & n. from {Scold}, v. {Scolding bridle}, an iron frame. See {Brank}, n., 2. | |
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Bridle \Bri"dle\, n. [OE. bridel, AS. bridel; akin to OHG. britil, brittil, D. breidel, and possibly to E. braid. Cf. {Bridoon}.] 1. The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages. 2. A restraint; a curb; a check. --I. Watts. 3. (Gun.) The piece in the interior of a gun lock, which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc. 4. (Naut.) (a) A span of rope, line, or chain made fast as both ends, so that another rope, line, or chain may be attached to its middle. (b) A mooring hawser. {Bowline bridle}. See under {Bowline}. {Branches of a bridle}. See under {Branch}. {Bridle cable} (Naut.), a cable which is bent to a bridle. See 4, above. {Bridle hand}, the hand which holds the bridle in riding; the left hand. {Bridle path}, {Bridle way}, a path or way for saddle horses and pack horses, as distinguished from a road for vehicles. {Bridle port} (Naut.), a porthole or opening in the bow through which hawsers, mooring or bridle cables, etc., are passed. {Bridle rein}, a rein attached to the bit. {Bridle road}. (a) Same as {Bridle path}. --Lowell. (b) A road in a pleasure park reserved for horseback exercise. {Bridle track}, a bridle path. {Scolding bridle}. See {Branks}, 2. Syn: A check; restrain. | |
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Scoldingly \Scold"ing*ly\, adv. In a scolding manner. | |
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Seldem \Sel"dem\, adv. [Usually, Compar. {More seldom}; superl. {Most seldom}; but sometimes also, {Seldomer}, {Seldomest}.] [AS. seldan, seldon, seldum, fr. seld rare; akin to OFries. sielden, D. zelden, G. selten, OHG. seltan, Icel. sjaldan, Dan. sielden, Sw. s[84]llan, Goth. sildaleiks marvelous.] Rarely; not often; not frequently. Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one. --Hooker. | |
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Selden \Sel"den\, adv. Seldom. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Seldom \Sel"dom\, a. Rare; infrequent. [Archaic.] [bd]A suppressed and seldom anger.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Seldem \Sel"dem\, adv. [Usually, Compar. {More seldom}; superl. {Most seldom}; but sometimes also, {Seldomer}, {Seldomest}.] [AS. seldan, seldon, seldum, fr. seld rare; akin to OFries. sielden, D. zelden, G. selten, OHG. seltan, Icel. sjaldan, Dan. sielden, Sw. s[84]llan, Goth. sildaleiks marvelous.] Rarely; not often; not frequently. Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one. --Hooker. | |
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Seldem \Sel"dem\, adv. [Usually, Compar. {More seldom}; superl. {Most seldom}; but sometimes also, {Seldomer}, {Seldomest}.] [AS. seldan, seldon, seldum, fr. seld rare; akin to OFries. sielden, D. zelden, G. selten, OHG. seltan, Icel. sjaldan, Dan. sielden, Sw. s[84]llan, Goth. sildaleiks marvelous.] Rarely; not often; not frequently. Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one. --Hooker. | |
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Seldomness \Sel"dom*ness\, n. Rareness. --Hooker. | |
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Shield \Shield\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shielded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shielding}.] [AS. scidan, scyldan. See {Shield}, n.] 1. To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury. Shouts of applause ran ringing through the field, To see the son the vanquished father shield. --Dryden. A woman's shape doth shield thee. --Shak. 2. To ward off; to keep off or out. They brought with them their usual weeds, fit to shield the cold to which they had been inured. --Spenser. 3. To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid! [Obs.] God shield that it should so befall. --Chaucer. God shield I should disturb devotion! --Shak. | |
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Silt \Silt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Silted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Silting}.] To choke, fill, or obstruct with silt or mud. | |
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Skeleton \Skel"e*ton\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?] (sc. [?][?][?]) a dried body, a mummy, fr. [?][?][?][?] dried up, parched, [?][?][?][?] to dry, dry up, parch.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal. Note: [See Illust. of the Human Skeleton, in Appendix.] (b) The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal. Note: In a wider sense, the skeleton includes the whole connective-tissue framework with the integument and its appendages. See {Endoskeleton}, and {Exoskeleton}. 2. Hence, figuratively: (a) A very thin or lean person. (b) The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages. The great skeleton of the world. --Sir M. Hale. (c) The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon. | |
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Skeleton \Skel"e*ton\, a. Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal. {Skeleton bill}, a bill or draft made out in blank as to the amount or payee, but signed by the acceptor. [Eng.] {Skeleton key}, a key with nearly the whole substance of the web filed away, to adapt it to avoid the wards of a lock; a master key; -- used for opening locks to which it has not been especially fitted. {Skeleton leaf}, a leaf from which the pulpy part has been removed by chemical means, the fibrous part alone remaining. {Skeleton proof}, a proof of a print or engraving, with the inscription outlined in hair strokes only, such proofs being taken before the engraving is finished. {Skeleton regiment}, a regiment which has its complement of officers, but in which there are few enlisted men. {Skeleton shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a small crustacean of the genus {Caprella}. See Illust. under {L[91]modipoda}. | |
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Skeleton \Skel"e*ton\, a. Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal. {Skeleton bill}, a bill or draft made out in blank as to the amount or payee, but signed by the acceptor. [Eng.] {Skeleton key}, a key with nearly the whole substance of the web filed away, to adapt it to avoid the wards of a lock; a master key; -- used for opening locks to which it has not been especially fitted. {Skeleton leaf}, a leaf from which the pulpy part has been removed by chemical means, the fibrous part alone remaining. {Skeleton proof}, a proof of a print or engraving, with the inscription outlined in hair strokes only, such proofs being taken before the engraving is finished. {Skeleton regiment}, a regiment which has its complement of officers, but in which there are few enlisted men. {Skeleton shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a small crustacean of the genus {Caprella}. See Illust. under {L[91]modipoda}. | |
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Skeleton \Skel"e*ton\, a. Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal. {Skeleton bill}, a bill or draft made out in blank as to the amount or payee, but signed by the acceptor. [Eng.] {Skeleton key}, a key with nearly the whole substance of the web filed away, to adapt it to avoid the wards of a lock; a master key; -- used for opening locks to which it has not been especially fitted. {Skeleton leaf}, a leaf from which the pulpy part has been removed by chemical means, the fibrous part alone remaining. {Skeleton proof}, a proof of a print or engraving, with the inscription outlined in hair strokes only, such proofs being taken before the engraving is finished. {Skeleton regiment}, a regiment which has its complement of officers, but in which there are few enlisted men. {Skeleton shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a small crustacean of the genus {Caprella}. See Illust. under {L[91]modipoda}. | |
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Skeleton \Skel"e*ton\, a. Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal. {Skeleton bill}, a bill or draft made out in blank as to the amount or payee, but signed by the acceptor. [Eng.] {Skeleton key}, a key with nearly the whole substance of the web filed away, to adapt it to avoid the wards of a lock; a master key; -- used for opening locks to which it has not been especially fitted. {Skeleton leaf}, a leaf from which the pulpy part has been removed by chemical means, the fibrous part alone remaining. {Skeleton proof}, a proof of a print or engraving, with the inscription outlined in hair strokes only, such proofs being taken before the engraving is finished. {Skeleton regiment}, a regiment which has its complement of officers, but in which there are few enlisted men. {Skeleton shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a small crustacean of the genus {Caprella}. See Illust. under {L[91]modipoda}. | |
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Skeleton \Skel"e*ton\, a. Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal. {Skeleton bill}, a bill or draft made out in blank as to the amount or payee, but signed by the acceptor. [Eng.] {Skeleton key}, a key with nearly the whole substance of the web filed away, to adapt it to avoid the wards of a lock; a master key; -- used for opening locks to which it has not been especially fitted. {Skeleton leaf}, a leaf from which the pulpy part has been removed by chemical means, the fibrous part alone remaining. {Skeleton proof}, a proof of a print or engraving, with the inscription outlined in hair strokes only, such proofs being taken before the engraving is finished. {Skeleton regiment}, a regiment which has its complement of officers, but in which there are few enlisted men. {Skeleton shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a small crustacean of the genus {Caprella}. See Illust. under {L[91]modipoda}. | |
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Skeleton \Skel"e*ton\, a. Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal. {Skeleton bill}, a bill or draft made out in blank as to the amount or payee, but signed by the acceptor. [Eng.] {Skeleton key}, a key with nearly the whole substance of the web filed away, to adapt it to avoid the wards of a lock; a master key; -- used for opening locks to which it has not been especially fitted. {Skeleton leaf}, a leaf from which the pulpy part has been removed by chemical means, the fibrous part alone remaining. {Skeleton proof}, a proof of a print or engraving, with the inscription outlined in hair strokes only, such proofs being taken before the engraving is finished. {Skeleton regiment}, a regiment which has its complement of officers, but in which there are few enlisted men. {Skeleton shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a small crustacean of the genus {Caprella}. See Illust. under {L[91]modipoda}. | |
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2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt. This weak and writhled shrimp. --Shak. {Opossum shrimp}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Opossum}. {Spector shrimp}, [or] {Skeleton shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), any slender amphipod crustacean of the genus {Caprella} and allied genera. See Illust. under {L[91]modopoda}. {Shrimp catcher} (Zo[94]l.), the little tern ({Sterna minuta}). {Shrimp net}, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net dragged over the fishing ground. | |
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Skeleton \Skel"e*ton\, a. Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal. {Skeleton bill}, a bill or draft made out in blank as to the amount or payee, but signed by the acceptor. [Eng.] {Skeleton key}, a key with nearly the whole substance of the web filed away, to adapt it to avoid the wards of a lock; a master key; -- used for opening locks to which it has not been especially fitted. {Skeleton leaf}, a leaf from which the pulpy part has been removed by chemical means, the fibrous part alone remaining. {Skeleton proof}, a proof of a print or engraving, with the inscription outlined in hair strokes only, such proofs being taken before the engraving is finished. {Skeleton regiment}, a regiment which has its complement of officers, but in which there are few enlisted men. {Skeleton shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a small crustacean of the genus {Caprella}. See Illust. under {L[91]modipoda}. | |
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Skeletonize \Skel"e*ton*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skeletonized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skeletonizing}.] To prepare a skeleton of; also, to reduce, as a leaf, to its skeleton. --Pop. Sci. Monthly. | |
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Skeletonize \Skel"e*ton*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skeletonized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skeletonizing}.] To prepare a skeleton of; also, to reduce, as a leaf, to its skeleton. --Pop. Sci. Monthly. | |
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Skeletonizer \Skel"e*ton*i`zer\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any small moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton; as, the apple-leaf skeletonizer. | |
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Skeletonize \Skel"e*ton*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skeletonized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skeletonizing}.] To prepare a skeleton of; also, to reduce, as a leaf, to its skeleton. --Pop. Sci. Monthly. | |
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Slate \Slate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slating}.] 1. To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe. 2. To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment. [Polit. Cant] | |
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Slating \Slat"ing\, n. 1. The act of covering with slate, slates, or a substance resembling slate; the work of a slater. 2. Slates, collectively; also, material for slating. | |
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Slat \Slat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slatted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slatting}.] [OE. slatten; cf. Icel. sletta to slap, to dab.] 1. To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] How did you kill him? Slat[t]ed his brains out. --Marston. 2. To split; to crack. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 3. To set on; to incite. See 3d {Slate}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Slatting \Slat"ting\, n. The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail, when being hauled down. | |
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Slatting \Slat"ting\, Slats, collectively. | |
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Sled \Sled\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sledded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sledding}.] To convey or transport on a sled; as, to sled wood or timber. | |
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Sledding \Sled"ding\, n. 1. The act of transporting or riding on a sled. 2. The state of the snow which admits of the running of sleds; as, the sledding is good. | |
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Sleetiness \Sleet"i*ness\, n. The state of being sleety. | |
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Sleet \Sleet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sleeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sleeting}.] To snow or hail with a mixture of rain. | |
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Sleid \Sleid\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sleided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sleiding}.] [See {Sley}.] To sley, or prepare for use in the weaver's sley, or slaie. --Shak. | |
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Sleuthhound \Sleuth"hound`\, n. [See {Sleuth}, and cf. {Slothound}.] (Zo[94]l.) A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound. [Spelt variously {slouthhound}, {sluthhound}, etc.] | |
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Slide \Slide\, v. t. [imp. {Slid}; p. p. {Slidden}, {Slid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slidding}.] [OE. sliden, AS. sl[c6]dan; akin to MHG. sl[c6]ten, also to AS. slidor slippery, E. sled, Lith. slidus slippery. Cf. {Sled}.] 1. To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side. 2. Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet. They bathe in summer, and in winter slide. --Waller. 3. To pass inadvertently. Beware thou slide not by it. --Ecclus. xxviii. 26. 4. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water. Ages shall slide away without perceiving. --Dryden. Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole. --Pope. 5. To slip when walking or standing; to fall. Their foot shall slide in due time. --Deut. xxxii. 35. 6. (Mus.) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound. 7. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence. [Obs. or Colloq.] With good hope let he sorrow slide. --Chaucer. With a calm carelessness letting everything slide. --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Slidden \Slid"den\, p. p. of {Slide}. | |
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Slide \Slide\, v. t. [imp. {Slid}; p. p. {Slidden}, {Slid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slidding}.] [OE. sliden, AS. sl[c6]dan; akin to MHG. sl[c6]ten, also to AS. slidor slippery, E. sled, Lith. slidus slippery. Cf. {Sled}.] 1. To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side. 2. Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet. They bathe in summer, and in winter slide. --Waller. 3. To pass inadvertently. Beware thou slide not by it. --Ecclus. xxviii. 26. 4. To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water. Ages shall slide away without perceiving. --Dryden. Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole. --Pope. 5. To slip when walking or standing; to fall. Their foot shall slide in due time. --Deut. xxxii. 35. 6. (Mus.) To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound. 7. To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence. [Obs. or Colloq.] With good hope let he sorrow slide. --Chaucer. With a calm carelessness letting everything slide. --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Sliding \Slid"ing\, a. 1. That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly. 2. Slippery; elusory. [Obs.] That sliding science hath me made so bare. --Chaucer. {Sliding friction} (Mech.), the resistance one body meets with in sliding along the surface of another, as distinguished from rolling friction. {Sliding gunter} (Naut.), a topmast arranged with metallic fittings so as to be hoisted and lowered by means of halyards. {Sliding keel} (Naut), a movable keel, similar to a centeboard. {Sliding pair}. (Mech.) See the Note under {Pair}, n., 7. {Sliding rule}. Same as {Slide rule}, under {Slide}, n. {Sliding scale}. (a) A scale for raising or lowering imposts in proportion to the fall or rise of prices. (b) A variable scale of wages or of prices. (c) A slide rule. {Sliding ways} (Naut.), the timber guides used in launching a vessel. | |
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Sliding \Slid"ing\, a. 1. That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly. 2. Slippery; elusory. [Obs.] That sliding science hath me made so bare. --Chaucer. {Sliding friction} (Mech.), the resistance one body meets with in sliding along the surface of another, as distinguished from rolling friction. {Sliding gunter} (Naut.), a topmast arranged with metallic fittings so as to be hoisted and lowered by means of halyards. {Sliding keel} (Naut), a movable keel, similar to a centeboard. {Sliding pair}. (Mech.) See the Note under {Pair}, n., 7. {Sliding rule}. Same as {Slide rule}, under {Slide}, n. {Sliding scale}. (a) A scale for raising or lowering imposts in proportion to the fall or rise of prices. (b) A variable scale of wages or of prices. (c) A slide rule. {Sliding ways} (Naut.), the timber guides used in launching a vessel. | |
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Gauge \Gauge\, n. [Written also gage.] 1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard. This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and groove to equal breadth by. --Moxon. There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds. --I. Taylor. 2. Measure; dimensions; estimate. The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt. --Burke. 3. (Mach. & Manuf.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge. 4. (Physics) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge. 5. (Naut.) (a) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it. (b) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. --Totten. 6. The distance between the rails of a railway. Note: The standard gauge of railroads in most countries is four feet, eight and one half inches. Wide, or broad, gauge, in the United States, is six feet; in England, seven feet, and generally any gauge exceeding standard gauge. Any gauge less than standard gauge is now called narrow gauge. It varies from two feet to three feet six inches. 7. (Plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting. 8. (Building) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles. {Gauge of a carriage}, {car}, etc., the distance between the wheels; -- ordinarily called the {track}. {Gauge cock}, a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining the height of the water level in a steam boiler. {Gauge concussion} (Railroads), the jar caused by a car-wheel flange striking the edge of the rail. {Gauge glass}, a glass tube for a water gauge. {Gauge lathe}, an automatic lathe for turning a round object having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round, to a templet or gauge. {Gauge point}, the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given measure; -- a term used in gauging casks, etc. {Gauge rod}, a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of barrels, casks, etc. {Gauge saw}, a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of cut. --Knight. {Gauge stuff}, a stiff and compact plaster, used in making cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet. {Gauge wheel}, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to determine the depth of the furrow. {Joiner's gauge}, an instrument used to strike a line parallel to the straight side of a board, etc. {Printer's gauge}, an instrument to regulate the length of the page. {Rain gauge}, an instrument for measuring the quantity of rain at any given place. {Salt gauge}, or {Brine gauge}, an instrument or contrivance for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers. {Sea gauge}, an instrument for finding the depth of the sea. {Siphon gauge}, a glass siphon tube, partly filled with mercury, -- used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air pump or other vacuum; a manometer. {Sliding gauge}. (Mach.) (a) A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use, as screws, railway-car axles, etc. (b) A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges, and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the working gauges. (c) (Railroads) See Note under {Gauge}, n., 5. {Star gauge} (Ordnance), an instrument for measuring the diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its length. {Steam gauge}, an instrument for measuring the pressure of steam, as in a boiler. {Tide gauge}, an instrument for determining the height of the tides. {Vacuum gauge}, a species of barometer for determining the relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a steam engine and the air. {Water gauge}. (a) A contrivance for indicating the height of a water surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or glass. (b) The height of the water in the boiler. {Wind gauge}, an instrument for measuring the force of the wind on any given surface; an anemometer. {Wire gauge}, a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size. See under {Wire}. | |
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Sliding \Slid"ing\, a. 1. That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly. 2. Slippery; elusory. [Obs.] That sliding science hath me made so bare. --Chaucer. {Sliding friction} (Mech.), the resistance one body meets with in sliding along the surface of another, as distinguished from rolling friction. {Sliding gunter} (Naut.), a topmast arranged with metallic fittings so as to be hoisted and lowered by means of halyards. {Sliding keel} (Naut), a movable keel, similar to a centeboard. {Sliding pair}. (Mech.) See the Note under {Pair}, n., 7. {Sliding rule}. Same as {Slide rule}, under {Slide}, n. {Sliding scale}. (a) A scale for raising or lowering imposts in proportion to the fall or rise of prices. (b) A variable scale of wages or of prices. (c) A slide rule. {Sliding ways} (Naut.), the timber guides used in launching a vessel. | |
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Sliding \Slid"ing\, a. 1. That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly. 2. Slippery; elusory. [Obs.] That sliding science hath me made so bare. --Chaucer. {Sliding friction} (Mech.), the resistance one body meets with in sliding along the surface of another, as distinguished from rolling friction. {Sliding gunter} (Naut.), a topmast arranged with metallic fittings so as to be hoisted and lowered by means of halyards. {Sliding keel} (Naut), a movable keel, similar to a centeboard. {Sliding pair}. (Mech.) See the Note under {Pair}, n., 7. {Sliding rule}. Same as {Slide rule}, under {Slide}, n. {Sliding scale}. (a) A scale for raising or lowering imposts in proportion to the fall or rise of prices. (b) A variable scale of wages or of prices. (c) A slide rule. {Sliding ways} (Naut.), the timber guides used in launching a vessel. | |
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Sliding \Slid"ing\, a. 1. That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly. 2. Slippery; elusory. [Obs.] That sliding science hath me made so bare. --Chaucer. {Sliding friction} (Mech.), the resistance one body meets with in sliding along the surface of another, as distinguished from rolling friction. {Sliding gunter} (Naut.), a topmast arranged with metallic fittings so as to be hoisted and lowered by means of halyards. {Sliding keel} (Naut), a movable keel, similar to a centeboard. {Sliding pair}. (Mech.) See the Note under {Pair}, n., 7. {Sliding rule}. Same as {Slide rule}, under {Slide}, n. {Sliding scale}. (a) A scale for raising or lowering imposts in proportion to the fall or rise of prices. (b) A variable scale of wages or of prices. (c) A slide rule. {Sliding ways} (Naut.), the timber guides used in launching a vessel. | |
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Sliding \Slid"ing\, a. 1. That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly. 2. Slippery; elusory. [Obs.] That sliding science hath me made so bare. --Chaucer. {Sliding friction} (Mech.), the resistance one body meets with in sliding along the surface of another, as distinguished from rolling friction. {Sliding gunter} (Naut.), a topmast arranged with metallic fittings so as to be hoisted and lowered by means of halyards. {Sliding keel} (Naut), a movable keel, similar to a centeboard. {Sliding pair}. (Mech.) See the Note under {Pair}, n., 7. {Sliding rule}. Same as {Slide rule}, under {Slide}, n. {Sliding scale}. (a) A scale for raising or lowering imposts in proportion to the fall or rise of prices. (b) A variable scale of wages or of prices. (c) A slide rule. {Sliding ways} (Naut.), the timber guides used in launching a vessel. | |
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Sliding \Slid"ing\, a. 1. That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly. 2. Slippery; elusory. [Obs.] That sliding science hath me made so bare. --Chaucer. {Sliding friction} (Mech.), the resistance one body meets with in sliding along the surface of another, as distinguished from rolling friction. {Sliding gunter} (Naut.), a topmast arranged with metallic fittings so as to be hoisted and lowered by means of halyards. {Sliding keel} (Naut), a movable keel, similar to a centeboard. {Sliding pair}. (Mech.) See the Note under {Pair}, n., 7. {Sliding rule}. Same as {Slide rule}, under {Slide}, n. {Sliding scale}. (a) A scale for raising or lowering imposts in proportion to the fall or rise of prices. (b) A variable scale of wages or of prices. (c) A slide rule. {Sliding ways} (Naut.), the timber guides used in launching a vessel. | |
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Sliding \Slid"ing\, a. 1. That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly. 2. Slippery; elusory. [Obs.] That sliding science hath me made so bare. --Chaucer. {Sliding friction} (Mech.), the resistance one body meets with in sliding along the surface of another, as distinguished from rolling friction. {Sliding gunter} (Naut.), a topmast arranged with metallic fittings so as to be hoisted and lowered by means of halyards. {Sliding keel} (Naut), a movable keel, similar to a centeboard. {Sliding pair}. (Mech.) See the Note under {Pair}, n., 7. {Sliding rule}. Same as {Slide rule}, under {Slide}, n. {Sliding scale}. (a) A scale for raising or lowering imposts in proportion to the fall or rise of prices. (b) A variable scale of wages or of prices. (c) A slide rule. {Sliding ways} (Naut.), the timber guides used in launching a vessel. | |
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Slidometer \Sli*dom"e*ter\, n. [Slide + -meter.] An instrument for indicating and recording shocks to railway cars occasioned by sudden stopping. | |
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Slitting \Slit"ting\, a. & n. from {Slit}. {Slitting file}. See Illust. (i) of {File}. {Slitting mill}. (a) A mill where iron bars or plates are slit into narrow strips, as nail rods, and the like. (b) A machine used by lapidaries for slicing stones, usually by means of a revolving disk, called a slicer, supplied with diamond powder. {Slitting roller}, one of a pair of rollers furnished with ribs entering between similar ribs in the other roller, and cutting like shears, -- used in slitting metals. | |
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Slit \Slit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slit} or {Slitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slitting}.] [OE. slitten, fr. sliten, AS. st[c6]tan to tear; akin to D. slijten to wear out, G. schleissen to slit, split, OHG. sl[c6]zan to split, tear, wear out, Icel. st[c6]ta to break, tear, wear out, Sw. slita, Dan. slide. Cf. {Eclat}, {Slate}, n., {Slice}.] 1. To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as, to slit iron bars into nail rods; to slit leather into straps. 2. To cut or make a long fissure in or upon; as, to slit the ear or the nose. 3. To cut; to sever; to divide. [Obs.] And slits the thin-spun life. --Milton. | |
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Slitting \Slit"ting\, a. & n. from {Slit}. {Slitting file}. See Illust. (i) of {File}. {Slitting mill}. (a) A mill where iron bars or plates are slit into narrow strips, as nail rods, and the like. (b) A machine used by lapidaries for slicing stones, usually by means of a revolving disk, called a slicer, supplied with diamond powder. {Slitting roller}, one of a pair of rollers furnished with ribs entering between similar ribs in the other roller, and cutting like shears, -- used in slitting metals. | |
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Slitting \Slit"ting\, a. & n. from {Slit}. {Slitting file}. See Illust. (i) of {File}. {Slitting mill}. (a) A mill where iron bars or plates are slit into narrow strips, as nail rods, and the like. (b) A machine used by lapidaries for slicing stones, usually by means of a revolving disk, called a slicer, supplied with diamond powder. {Slitting roller}, one of a pair of rollers furnished with ribs entering between similar ribs in the other roller, and cutting like shears, -- used in slitting metals. | |
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Slitting \Slit"ting\, a. & n. from {Slit}. {Slitting file}. See Illust. (i) of {File}. {Slitting mill}. (a) A mill where iron bars or plates are slit into narrow strips, as nail rods, and the like. (b) A machine used by lapidaries for slicing stones, usually by means of a revolving disk, called a slicer, supplied with diamond powder. {Slitting roller}, one of a pair of rollers furnished with ribs entering between similar ribs in the other roller, and cutting like shears, -- used in slitting metals. | |
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Slot machine \Slot" ma*chine"\ A machine the operation of which is started by dropping a coin into a slot, for delivering small articles of merchandise, showing one's weight, exhibiting pictures, throwing dice, etc. | |
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Sloth \Sloth\, n. [OE. slouthe, sleuthe, AS. sl[?]w[?], fr. sl[be]w slow. See {Slow}.] 1. Slowness; tardiness. These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome. --Shak. 2. Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness; idleness. [They] change their course to pleasure, ease, and sloth. --Milton. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears. --Franklin. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family {Bradypodid[91]}, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of {Edentata}), and the ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico. Note: The three-toed sloths belong to the genera {Bradypus} and {Arctopithecus}, of which several species have been described. They have three toes on each foot. The best-known species are collared sloth ({Bradypus tridactylus}), and the ai ({Arctopitheus ai}). The two-toed sloths, consisting the genus {Cholopus}, have two toes on each fore foot and three on each hind foot. The best-known is the unau ({Cholopus didactylus}) of South America. See {Unau}. Another species ({C. Hoffmanni}) inhabits Central America. Various large extinct terrestrial edentates, such as Megatherium and Mylodon, are often called sloths. {Australian, [or] Native} {sloth} (Zo[94]l.), the koala. {Sloth animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), a tardigrade. {Sloth bear} (Zo[94]l.), a black or brown long-haired bear ({Melursus ursinus, [or] labiatus}), native of India and Ceylon; -- called also {aswail}, {labiated bear}, and {jungle bear}. It is easily tamed and can be taught many tricks. {Sloth monkey} (Zo[94]l.), a loris. | |
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d8Tardigrada \[d8]Tar`di*gra"da\, n. pl. [NL. See {Tardigrade}, a.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See {Sloth}, 3. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called also {bear animalcules}, {sloth animalcules}, and {water bears}. | |
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Sloth \Sloth\, n. [OE. slouthe, sleuthe, AS. sl[?]w[?], fr. sl[be]w slow. See {Slow}.] 1. Slowness; tardiness. These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome. --Shak. 2. Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness; idleness. [They] change their course to pleasure, ease, and sloth. --Milton. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears. --Franklin. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family {Bradypodid[91]}, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of {Edentata}), and the ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico. Note: The three-toed sloths belong to the genera {Bradypus} and {Arctopithecus}, of which several species have been described. They have three toes on each foot. The best-known species are collared sloth ({Bradypus tridactylus}), and the ai ({Arctopitheus ai}). The two-toed sloths, consisting the genus {Cholopus}, have two toes on each fore foot and three on each hind foot. The best-known is the unau ({Cholopus didactylus}) of South America. See {Unau}. Another species ({C. Hoffmanni}) inhabits Central America. Various large extinct terrestrial edentates, such as Megatherium and Mylodon, are often called sloths. {Australian, [or] Native} {sloth} (Zo[94]l.), the koala. {Sloth animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), a tardigrade. {Sloth bear} (Zo[94]l.), a black or brown long-haired bear ({Melursus ursinus, [or] labiatus}), native of India and Ceylon; -- called also {aswail}, {labiated bear}, and {jungle bear}. It is easily tamed and can be taught many tricks. {Sloth monkey} (Zo[94]l.), a loris. | |
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Slothhound \Sloth"hound`\, n. [See {Slot} a track, and cf. {Sleuthhound}.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Sleuthhound}. | |
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Slotting \Slot"ting\, n. The act or process of making slots, or mortises. | |
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Sleuthhound \Sleuth"hound`\, n. [See {Sleuth}, and cf. {Slothound}.] (Zo[94]l.) A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound. [Spelt variously {slouthhound}, {sluthhound}, etc.] | |
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Sluthhound \Sluth"hound`\, n. Sleuthhound. | |
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Sleuthhound \Sleuth"hound`\, n. [See {Sleuth}, and cf. {Slothound}.] (Zo[94]l.) A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound. [Spelt variously {slouthhound}, {sluthhound}, etc.] | |
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Sluthhound \Sluth"hound`\, n. Sleuthhound. | |
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Sleuthhound \Sleuth"hound`\, n. [See {Sleuth}, and cf. {Slothound}.] (Zo[94]l.) A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound. [Spelt variously {slouthhound}, {sluthhound}, etc.] | |
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Soldan \Sol"dan\, n.[OE. soudan, F. soudan, from the Arabic. See {Sultan}.] A sultan. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Soldanel \Sol"da*nel\, n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Soldanella}, low Alpine herbs of the Primrose family. | |
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Soldanrie \Sol"dan*rie\, n. The country ruled by a soldan, or sultan. [Poet.] | |
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6. Fig.: Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as opposed to {frivolous} or {fallacious}; weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine. The solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer. --Milton. These, wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men. --Dryden. The genius of the Italians wrought by solid toil what the myth-making imagination of the Germans had projected in a poem. --J. A. Symonds. 7. Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body. --I. Watts. 8. (Bot.) Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem. 9. (Metaph.) Impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other material particle or atom from any given portion of space; -- applied to the supposed ultimate particles of matter. 10. (Print.) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open. 11. United; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation is solid for a candidate. [Polit. Cant. U.S.] {Solid angle}. (Geom.) See under {Angle}. {Solid color}, an even color; one not shaded or variegated. {Solid green}. See {Emerald green} (a), under {Green}. {Solid measure} (Arith.), a measure for volumes, in which the units are each a cube of fixed linear magnitude, as a cubic foot, yard, or the like; thus, a foot, in solid measure, or a solid foot, contains 1,728 solid inches. {Solid newel} (Arch.), a newel into which the ends of winding stairs are built, in distinction from a hollow newel. See under {Hollow}, a. {Solid problem} (Geom.), a problem which can be construed geometrically, only by the intersection of a circle and a conic section or of two conic sections. --Hutton. {Solid square} (Mil.), a square body or troops in which the ranks and files are equal. Syn: Hard; firm; compact; strong; substantial; stable; sound; real; valid; true; just; weighty; profound; grave; important. Usage: {Solid}, {Hard}. These words both relate to the internal constitution of bodies; but hardnotes a more impenetrable nature or a firmer adherence of the component parts than solid. Hard is opposed to soft, and solid to fluid, liquid, open, or hollow. Wood is usually solid; but some kinds of wood are hard, and others are soft. Repose you there; while I [return] to this hard house, More harder than the stones whereof 't is raised. --Shak. I hear his thundering voice resound, And trampling feet than shake the solid ground. --Dryden. | |
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Angle \An"gle\ ([acr][nsm]"g'l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. 'agky`los bent, crooked, angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.] 1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. --Spenser. To search the tenderest angles of the heart. --Milton. 2. (Geom.) (a) The figure made by. two lines which meet. (b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle. 3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. Though but an angle reached him of the stone. --Dryden. 4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological [bd]houses.[b8] [Obs.] --Chaucer. 5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. --Shak. A fisher next his trembling angle bears. --Pope. {Acute angle}, one less than a right angle, or less than 90[deg]. {Adjacent} or {Contiguous angles}, such as have one leg common to both angles. {Alternate angles}. See {Alternate}. {Angle bar}. (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet. --Knight. (b) (Mach.) Same as {Angle iron}. {Angle bead} (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall. {Angle brace}, {Angle tie} (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together. --Knight. {Angle iron} (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted. {Angle leaf} (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle. {Angle meter}, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata. {Angle shaft} (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both. {Curvilineal angle}, one formed by two curved lines. {External angles}, angles formed by the sides of any right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened. {Facial angle}. See under {Facial}. {Internal angles}, those which are within any right-lined figure. {Mixtilineal angle}, one formed by a right line with a curved line. {Oblique angle}, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle. {Obtuse angle}, one greater than a right angle, or more than 90[deg]. {Optic angle}. See under {Optic}. {Rectilineal} or {Right-lined angle}, one formed by two right lines. {Right angle}, one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 90[deg] (measured by a quarter circle). {Solid angle}, the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point. {Spherical angle}, one made by the meeting of two arcs of great circles, which mutually cut one another on the surface of a globe or sphere. {Visual angle}, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye. {For Angles of commutation}, {draught}, {incidence}, {reflection}, {refraction}, {position}, {repose}, {fraction}, see {Commutation}, {Draught}, {Incidence}, {Reflection}, {Refraction}, etc. | |
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6. Fig.: Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as opposed to {frivolous} or {fallacious}; weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine. The solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer. --Milton. These, wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men. --Dryden. The genius of the Italians wrought by solid toil what the myth-making imagination of the Germans had projected in a poem. --J. A. Symonds. 7. Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body. --I. Watts. 8. (Bot.) Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem. 9. (Metaph.) Impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other material particle or atom from any given portion of space; -- applied to the supposed ultimate particles of matter. 10. (Print.) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open. 11. United; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation is solid for a candidate. [Polit. Cant. U.S.] {Solid angle}. (Geom.) See under {Angle}. {Solid color}, an even color; one not shaded or variegated. {Solid green}. See {Emerald green} (a), under {Green}. {Solid measure} (Arith.), a measure for volumes, in which the units are each a cube of fixed linear magnitude, as a cubic foot, yard, or the like; thus, a foot, in solid measure, or a solid foot, contains 1,728 solid inches. {Solid newel} (Arch.), a newel into which the ends of winding stairs are built, in distinction from a hollow newel. See under {Hollow}, a. {Solid problem} (Geom.), a problem which can be construed geometrically, only by the intersection of a circle and a conic section or of two conic sections. --Hutton. {Solid square} (Mil.), a square body or troops in which the ranks and files are equal. Syn: Hard; firm; compact; strong; substantial; stable; sound; real; valid; true; just; weighty; profound; grave; important. Usage: {Solid}, {Hard}. These words both relate to the internal constitution of bodies; but hardnotes a more impenetrable nature or a firmer adherence of the component parts than solid. Hard is opposed to soft, and solid to fluid, liquid, open, or hollow. Wood is usually solid; but some kinds of wood are hard, and others are soft. Repose you there; while I [return] to this hard house, More harder than the stones whereof 't is raised. --Shak. I hear his thundering voice resound, And trampling feet than shake the solid ground. --Dryden. | |
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6. Fig.: Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial, as opposed to {frivolous} or {fallacious}; weighty; firm; strong; valid; just; genuine. The solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer. --Milton. These, wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men. --Dryden. The genius of the Italians wrought by solid toil what the myth-making imagination of the Germans had projected in a poem. --J. A. Symonds. 7. Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body. --I. Watts. 8. (Bot.) Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem. 9. (Metaph.) Impenetrable; resisting or excluding any other material particle or atom from any given portion of space; -- applied to the supposed ultimate particles of matter. 10. (Print.) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open. 11. United; without division; unanimous; as, the delegation is solid for a candidate. [Polit. Cant. U.S.] {Solid angle}. (Geom.) See under {Angle}. {Solid color}, an even color; one not shaded or variegated. {Solid green}. See {Emerald green} (a), under {Green}. {Solid measure} (Arith.), a measure for volumes, in which the units are each a cube of fixed linear magnitude, as a cubic foot, yard, or the like; thus, a foot, in solid measure, or a solid foot, contains 1,728 solid inches. {Solid newel} (Arch.), a newel into which the ends of winding stairs are built, in distinction from a hollow newel. See under {Hollow}, a. {Solid problem} (Geom.), a problem which can be construed geometrically, only by the intersection of a circle and a conic section or of two conic sections. --Hutton. {Solid square} (Mil.), a square body or troops in which the ranks and files are equal. Syn: Hard; firm; compact; strong; substantial; stable; sound; real; valid; true; just; weighty; profound; grave; important. Usage: {Solid}, {Hard}. These words both relate to the internal constitution of bodies; but hardnotes a more impenetrable nature or a firmer adherence of the component parts than solid. Hard is opposed to soft, and solid to fluid, liquid, open, or hollow. Wood is usually solid; but some kinds of wood are hard, and others are soft. Repose you there; while I [return] to this hard house, More harder than the stones whereof 't is raised. --Shak. I hear his thundering voice resound, And trampling feet than shake the solid ground. --Dryden. | |
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Solidness \Sol"id*ness\, n. 1. State or quality of being solid; firmness; compactness; solidity, as of material bodies. 2. Soundness; strength; truth; validity, as of arguments, reasons, principles, and the like. | |
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Solidungular \Sol`id*un"gu*lar\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Solipedous. | |
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Solidungulate \Sol`id*un"gu*late\, n. [Solid + ungulate.] (Zool.) Same as {Soliped}. | |
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Solidungulous \Sol`id*un"gu*lous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Solipedous. | |
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Solution \So*lu"tion\ (s[osl]*l[umac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [OE. solucion, OF. solucion, F. solution, fr. L. solutio, fr. solvere, solutum, to loosen, dissolve. See {Solve}.] 1. The act of separating the parts of any body, or the condition of undergoing a separation of parts; disruption; breach. In all bodies there is an appetite of union and evitation of solution of continuity. --Bacon. 2. The act of solving, or the state of being solved; the disentanglement of any intricate problem or difficult question; explanation; clearing up; -- used especially in mathematics, either of the process of solving an equation or problem, or the result of the process. 3. The state of being dissolved or disintegrated; resolution; disintegration. It is unquestionably an enterprise of more promise to assail the nations in their hour of faintness and solution, than at a time when magnificent and seductive systems of worship were at their height of energy and splendor. --I. Taylor. 4. (Chem.Phys.) The act or process by which a body (whether solid, liquid, or gaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the solvent; also, the product reulting from such absorption. Note: When a solvent will not take in any more of a substance the solution is said to be saturated. Solution is two kinds; viz.: (a) {Mechanical solution}, in which no marked chemical change takes place, and in which, in the case of solids, the dissolved body can be regained by evaporation, as in the solution of salt or sugar in water. (b) {Chemical solution}, in which there is involved a decided chemical change, as when limestone or zinc undergoes solution in hydrochloric acid. {Mechanical solution} is regarded as a form of molecular or atomic attraction, and is probably occasioned by the formation of certain very weak and unstable compounds which are easily dissociated and pass into new and similar compounds. Note: This word is not used in chemistry or mineralogy for fusion, or the melting of bodies by the heat of fire. 5. release; deliverance; discharge. [Obs.] --Barrow. 6. (Med.) (a) The termination of a disease; resolution. (b) A crisis. (c) A liquid medicine or preparation (usually aqueous) in which the solid ingredients are wholly soluble. --U. S. Disp. {Fehling's solution} (Chem.), a standardized solution of cupric hydrate in sodium potassium tartrate, used as a means of determining the reducing power of certain sugars and sirups by the amount of red cuprous oxide thrown down. {Heavy solution} (Min.), a liquid of high density, as a solution of mercuric iodide in potassium iodide (called the Sonstadt or Thoulet solution) having a maximum specific gravity of 3.2, or of borotungstate of cadium (Klein solution, specific gravity 3.6), and the like. Such solutions are much used in determining the specific gravities of minerals, and in separating them when mechanically mixed as in a pulverized rock. {Nessler's solution}. See {Nesslerize}. {Solution of continuity}, the separation of connection, or of connected substances or parts; -- applied, in surgery, to a fracture, laceration, or the like. [bd]As in the natural body a wound, or solution of continuity, is worse than a corrupt humor, so in the spiritual.[b8] --Bacon. {Standardized solution} (Chem.), a solution which is used as a reagent, and is of a known and standard strength; specifically, a normal solution, containing in each cubic centimeter as many milligrams of the element in question as the number representing its atomic weight; thus, a normal solution of silver nitrate would contain 107.7 mgr. of silver nitrate in each cubic centimeter. | |
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Solution \So*lu"tion\ (s[osl]*l[umac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [OE. solucion, OF. solucion, F. solution, fr. L. solutio, fr. solvere, solutum, to loosen, dissolve. See {Solve}.] 1. The act of separating the parts of any body, or the condition of undergoing a separation of parts; disruption; breach. In all bodies there is an appetite of union and evitation of solution of continuity. --Bacon. 2. The act of solving, or the state of being solved; the disentanglement of any intricate problem or difficult question; explanation; clearing up; -- used especially in mathematics, either of the process of solving an equation or problem, or the result of the process. 3. The state of being dissolved or disintegrated; resolution; disintegration. It is unquestionably an enterprise of more promise to assail the nations in their hour of faintness and solution, than at a time when magnificent and seductive systems of worship were at their height of energy and splendor. --I. Taylor. 4. (Chem.Phys.) The act or process by which a body (whether solid, liquid, or gaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the solvent; also, the product reulting from such absorption. Note: When a solvent will not take in any more of a substance the solution is said to be saturated. Solution is two kinds; viz.: (a) {Mechanical solution}, in which no marked chemical change takes place, and in which, in the case of solids, the dissolved body can be regained by evaporation, as in the solution of salt or sugar in water. (b) {Chemical solution}, in which there is involved a decided chemical change, as when limestone or zinc undergoes solution in hydrochloric acid. {Mechanical solution} is regarded as a form of molecular or atomic attraction, and is probably occasioned by the formation of certain very weak and unstable compounds which are easily dissociated and pass into new and similar compounds. Note: This word is not used in chemistry or mineralogy for fusion, or the melting of bodies by the heat of fire. 5. release; deliverance; discharge. [Obs.] --Barrow. 6. (Med.) (a) The termination of a disease; resolution. (b) A crisis. (c) A liquid medicine or preparation (usually aqueous) in which the solid ingredients are wholly soluble. --U. S. Disp. {Fehling's solution} (Chem.), a standardized solution of cupric hydrate in sodium potassium tartrate, used as a means of determining the reducing power of certain sugars and sirups by the amount of red cuprous oxide thrown down. {Heavy solution} (Min.), a liquid of high density, as a solution of mercuric iodide in potassium iodide (called the Sonstadt or Thoulet solution) having a maximum specific gravity of 3.2, or of borotungstate of cadium (Klein solution, specific gravity 3.6), and the like. Such solutions are much used in determining the specific gravities of minerals, and in separating them when mechanically mixed as in a pulverized rock. {Nessler's solution}. See {Nesslerize}. {Solution of continuity}, the separation of connection, or of connected substances or parts; -- applied, in surgery, to a fracture, laceration, or the like. [bd]As in the natural body a wound, or solution of continuity, is worse than a corrupt humor, so in the spiritual.[b8] --Bacon. {Standardized solution} (Chem.), a solution which is used as a reagent, and is of a known and standard strength; specifically, a normal solution, containing in each cubic centimeter as many milligrams of the element in question as the number representing its atomic weight; thus, a normal solution of silver nitrate would contain 107.7 mgr. of silver nitrate in each cubic centimeter. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Continuity \Con`ti*nu"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Continuities}. [L. continuitas: cf. F. continuit[82]. See {Continuous}.] the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers. --Grew. The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity of glittering objects. --Dryden. {Law of continuity} (Math. & Physics), the principle that nothing passes from one state to another without passing through all the intermediate states. {Solution of continuity}. (Math.) See under {Solution}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Squalidness \Squal"id*ness\, n. Quality or state of being squalid. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Squalodon \Squa"lo*don\, n. [NL. Squalus a genus of sharks + Gr. [?], [?], a tooth.] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil whales belonging to the Phocodontia; -- so called because their are serrated, like a shark's. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Squalodont \Squa"lo*dont\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to Squalodon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sultan \Sul"tan\, n. [F. sultan (cf. Sp. soldan, It. sultano, soldano), Ar. sult[be]n sultan, dominion. Cf. {Soldan}.] A ruler, or sovereign, of a Mohammedan state; specifically, the ruler of the Turks; the Padishah, or Grand Seignior; -- officially so called. {Sultan flower}. (Bot.) See {Sweet sultan}, under {Sweet}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sultan \Sul"tan\, n. [F. sultan (cf. Sp. soldan, It. sultano, soldano), Ar. sult[be]n sultan, dominion. Cf. {Soldan}.] A ruler, or sovereign, of a Mohammedan state; specifically, the ruler of the Turks; the Padishah, or Grand Seignior; -- officially so called. {Sultan flower}. (Bot.) See {Sweet sultan}, under {Sweet}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sweet \Sweet\, a. [Compar. {Sweeter}; superl. {Sweetest}.] [OE. swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[c7]te; akin to OFries. sw[c7]te, OS. sw[d3]ti, D. zoet, G. s[81]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[91]tr, s[d2]tr, Sw. s[94]t, Dan. s[94]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for suadvis, Gr. [?], Skr. sv[be]du sweet, svad, sv[be]d, to sweeten. [fb]175. Cf. {Assuage}, {Suave}, {Suasion}.] 1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges. 2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense. The breath of these flowers is sweet to me. --Longfellow. 3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer. To make his English sweet upon his tongue. --Chaucer. A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --Hawthorne. 4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion. Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. --Milton. 5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --Bacon. 6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish. 7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners. Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades? --Job xxxviii. 31. Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold. Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured, sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc. {Sweet alyssum}. (Bot.) See {Alyssum}. {Sweet apple}. (Bot.) (a) Any apple of sweet flavor. (b) See {Sweet-top}. {Sweet bay}. (Bot.) (a) The laurel ({laurus nobilis}). (b) Swamp sassafras. {Sweet calabash} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Passiflora} ({P. maliformis}) growing in the West Indies, and producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple. {Sweet cicely}. (Bot.) (a) Either of the North American plants of the umbelliferous genus {Osmorrhiza} having aromatic roots and seeds, and white flowers. --Gray. (b) A plant of the genus {Myrrhis} ({M. odorata}) growing in England. {Sweet calamus}, [or] {Sweet cane}. (Bot.) Same as {Sweet flag}, below. {Sweet Cistus} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Cistus Ladanum}) from which the gum ladanum is obtained. {Sweet clover}. (Bot.) See {Melilot}. {Sweet coltsfoot} (Bot.), a kind of butterbur ({Petasites sagittata}) found in Western North America. {Sweet corn} (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste. See the Note under {Corn}. {Sweet fern} (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Comptonia, [or] Myrica, asplenifolia}) having sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves. {Sweet flag} (Bot.), an endogenous plant ({Acorus Calamus}) having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and America. See {Calamus}, 2. {Sweet gale} (Bot.), a shrub ({Myrica Gale}) having bitter fragrant leaves; -- also called {sweet willow}, and {Dutch myrtle}. See 5th {Gale}. {Sweet grass} (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass. {Sweet gum} (Bot.), an American tree ({Liquidambar styraciflua}). See {Liquidambar}. {Sweet herbs}, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary purposes. {Sweet John} (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William. {Sweet leaf} (Bot.), horse sugar. See under {Horse}. {Sweet marjoram}. (Bot.) See {Marjoram}. {Sweet marten} (Zo[94]l.), the pine marten. {Sweet maudlin} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea Ageratum}) allied to milfoil. {Sweet oil}, olive oil. {Sweet pea}. (Bot.) See under {Pea}. {Sweet potato}. (Bot.) See under {Potato}. {Sweet rush} (Bot.), sweet flag. {Sweet spirits of niter} (Med. Chem.) See {Spirit of nitrous ether}, under {Spirit}. {Sweet sultan} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea moschata}), also, the yellow-flowered ({C. odorata}); -- called also {sultan flower}. {Sweet tooth}, an especial fondness for sweet things or for sweetmeats. [Colloq.] {Sweet William}. (a) (Bot.) A species of pink ({Dianthus barbatus}) of many varieties. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The willow warbler. (c) (Zo[94]l.) The European goldfinch; -- called also {sweet Billy}. [Prov. Eng.] {Sweet willow} (Bot.), sweet gale. {Sweet wine}. See {Dry wine}, under {Dry}. {To be sweet on}, to have a particular fondness for, or special interest in, as a young man for a young woman. [Colloq.] --Thackeray. Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sultan \Sul"tan\, n. [F. sultan (cf. Sp. soldan, It. sultano, soldano), Ar. sult[be]n sultan, dominion. Cf. {Soldan}.] A ruler, or sovereign, of a Mohammedan state; specifically, the ruler of the Turks; the Padishah, or Grand Seignior; -- officially so called. {Sultan flower}. (Bot.) See {Sweet sultan}, under {Sweet}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sweet \Sweet\, a. [Compar. {Sweeter}; superl. {Sweetest}.] [OE. swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[c7]te; akin to OFries. sw[c7]te, OS. sw[d3]ti, D. zoet, G. s[81]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[91]tr, s[d2]tr, Sw. s[94]t, Dan. s[94]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for suadvis, Gr. [?], Skr. sv[be]du sweet, svad, sv[be]d, to sweeten. [fb]175. Cf. {Assuage}, {Suave}, {Suasion}.] 1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges. 2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense. The breath of these flowers is sweet to me. --Longfellow. 3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer. To make his English sweet upon his tongue. --Chaucer. A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --Hawthorne. 4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion. Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. --Milton. 5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --Bacon. 6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish. 7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners. Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades? --Job xxxviii. 31. Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold. Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured, sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc. {Sweet alyssum}. (Bot.) See {Alyssum}. {Sweet apple}. (Bot.) (a) Any apple of sweet flavor. (b) See {Sweet-top}. {Sweet bay}. (Bot.) (a) The laurel ({laurus nobilis}). (b) Swamp sassafras. {Sweet calabash} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Passiflora} ({P. maliformis}) growing in the West Indies, and producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple. {Sweet cicely}. (Bot.) (a) Either of the North American plants of the umbelliferous genus {Osmorrhiza} having aromatic roots and seeds, and white flowers. --Gray. (b) A plant of the genus {Myrrhis} ({M. odorata}) growing in England. {Sweet calamus}, [or] {Sweet cane}. (Bot.) Same as {Sweet flag}, below. {Sweet Cistus} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Cistus Ladanum}) from which the gum ladanum is obtained. {Sweet clover}. (Bot.) See {Melilot}. {Sweet coltsfoot} (Bot.), a kind of butterbur ({Petasites sagittata}) found in Western North America. {Sweet corn} (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste. See the Note under {Corn}. {Sweet fern} (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Comptonia, [or] Myrica, asplenifolia}) having sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves. {Sweet flag} (Bot.), an endogenous plant ({Acorus Calamus}) having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and America. See {Calamus}, 2. {Sweet gale} (Bot.), a shrub ({Myrica Gale}) having bitter fragrant leaves; -- also called {sweet willow}, and {Dutch myrtle}. See 5th {Gale}. {Sweet grass} (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass. {Sweet gum} (Bot.), an American tree ({Liquidambar styraciflua}). See {Liquidambar}. {Sweet herbs}, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary purposes. {Sweet John} (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William. {Sweet leaf} (Bot.), horse sugar. See under {Horse}. {Sweet marjoram}. (Bot.) See {Marjoram}. {Sweet marten} (Zo[94]l.), the pine marten. {Sweet maudlin} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea Ageratum}) allied to milfoil. {Sweet oil}, olive oil. {Sweet pea}. (Bot.) See under {Pea}. {Sweet potato}. (Bot.) See under {Potato}. {Sweet rush} (Bot.), sweet flag. {Sweet spirits of niter} (Med. Chem.) See {Spirit of nitrous ether}, under {Spirit}. {Sweet sultan} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea moschata}), also, the yellow-flowered ({C. odorata}); -- called also {sultan flower}. {Sweet tooth}, an especial fondness for sweet things or for sweetmeats. [Colloq.] {Sweet William}. (a) (Bot.) A species of pink ({Dianthus barbatus}) of many varieties. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The willow warbler. (c) (Zo[94]l.) The European goldfinch; -- called also {sweet Billy}. [Prov. Eng.] {Sweet willow} (Bot.), sweet gale. {Sweet wine}. See {Dry wine}, under {Dry}. {To be sweet on}, to have a particular fondness for, or special interest in, as a young man for a young woman. [Colloq.] --Thackeray. Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sultana \Sul*ta"na\, n. [It.] 1. The wife of a sultan; a sultaness. 2. pl. A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey. {Sultana bird} (Zo[94]l.), the hyacinthine, or purple, gallinule. See Illust. under {Gallinule}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sultana \Sul*ta"na\, n. [It.] 1. The wife of a sultan; a sultaness. 2. pl. A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic Turkey. {Sultana bird} (Zo[94]l.), the hyacinthine, or purple, gallinule. See Illust. under {Gallinule}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sultanate \Sul"tan*ate\, n. [Cf. F. sultanat.] The rule or dominion of a sultan; sultanship. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sultaness \Sul"tan*ess\, n. A sultana. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sultanic \Sul*tan"ic\, a. Pertaining to a sultan. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sultan-red \Sul"tan-red`\, a. Having a deep red color. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sultanry \Sul"tan*ry\, n. The dominions of a sultan. --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sultanship \Sul"tan*ship\, n. The office or dignity of a sultan. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sultany \Sul"tan*y\, n. Sultanry. [Obs.] --Fuller. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swelldom \Swell"dom\, n. People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively. [Jocose] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Syllidian \Syl*lid"i*an\, n. [From NL. Syllis, the typical genus.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family {Syllid[91]}. Note: Many of the species are phosphorescent; others are remarkable for undergoing strobilation or fission and for their polymorphism. The egg, in such species, develops into an asexual individual. When mature, a number of its posterior segments gradually develop into one or more sexual individuals which finally break away and swim free in the sea. The males, females, and neuters usually differ greatly in form and structure. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Salton City, CA Zip code(s): 92274 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Selden, KS (city, FIPS 63875) Location: 39.54119 N, 100.56664 W Population (1990): 248 (115 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67757 Selden, NY (CDP, FIPS 66212) Location: 40.86945 N, 73.04793 W Population (1990): 20608 (6425 housing units) Area: 12.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 11784 | |
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Sheldon, IA (city, FIPS 72390) Location: 43.17930 N, 95.84491 W Population (1990): 4937 (2008 housing units) Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51201 Sheldon, IL (village, FIPS 69212) Location: 40.77087 N, 87.56640 W Population (1990): 1109 (472 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60966 Sheldon, MO (city, FIPS 67214) Location: 37.65860 N, 94.29568 W Population (1990): 464 (219 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64784 Sheldon, ND (city, FIPS 72180) Location: 46.58700 N, 97.49218 W Population (1990): 149 (74 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58068 Sheldon, TX (CDP, FIPS 67376) Location: 29.86035 N, 95.13359 W Population (1990): 1653 (558 housing units) Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Sheldon, VT Zip code(s): 05483 Sheldon, WI (village, FIPS 73175) Location: 45.31108 N, 90.95737 W Population (1990): 268 (121 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54766 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sheldon Point, AK (city, FIPS 69220) Location: 62.51689 N, 164.89278 W Population (1990): 109 (33 housing units) Area: 34.3 sq km (land), 13.6 sq km (water) | |
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Shelton, CT (city, FIPS 68100) Location: 41.30405 N, 73.13855 W Population (1990): 35418 (12981 housing units) Area: 79.2 sq km (land), 3.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 06484 Shelton, NE (village, FIPS 44700) Location: 40.77853 N, 98.73017 W Population (1990): 954 (437 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68876 Shelton, WA (city, FIPS 63735) Location: 47.21475 N, 123.10528 W Population (1990): 7241 (3046 housing units) Area: 10.5 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98584 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Skellytown, TX (town, FIPS 68120) Location: 35.57309 N, 101.17304 W Population (1990): 664 (314 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79080 | |
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Slatington, PA (borough, FIPS 71144) Location: 40.75433 N, 75.61229 W Population (1990): 4678 (1849 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
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Slaton, TX (city, FIPS 68180) Location: 33.43907 N, 101.64227 W Population (1990): 6078 (2440 housing units) Area: 14.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Slayden, TN (town, FIPS 69080) Location: 36.29322 N, 87.46782 W Population (1990): 111 (49 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Slayton, MN (city, FIPS 60808) Location: 43.99054 N, 95.75487 W Population (1990): 2147 (1039 housing units) Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56172 | |
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Sleetmute, AK (CDP, FIPS 71090) Location: 61.72114 N, 157.18356 W Population (1990): 106 (38 housing units) Area: 71.6 sq km (land), 5.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99668 | |
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Sultan, WA (town, FIPS 68260) Location: 47.86460 N, 121.80430 W Population (1990): 2236 (859 housing units) Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98294 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
salt mines n. Dense quarters housing large numbers of programmers working long hours on grungy projects, with some hope of seeing the end of the tunnel in N years. Noted for their absence of sunshine. Compare {playpen}, {sandbox}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
salt mines Dense quarters housing large numbers of programmers working long hours on grungy projects, with some hope of seeing the end of the tunnel in N years. Noted for their absence of sunshine. Compare {playpen}, {sandbox}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sliding-window gives a {transmitter} permission to transmit {data} until a {window} is full. When the window is full, the transmitter must stop transmitting until the receiver advertises a larger window. {TCP}, other transport {protocols}, and several {link-layer protocols} use this method of flow control. (2002-12-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
solution you without bothering you with the often dizzying distinctions between {hardware}, {software}, {services}, {applications}, {file formats}, companies, brand names and {operating systems}. "{Flash} is a perfect image-streaming solution." "What is it?" "Um... about a thousand dollars." See also: {technology}. (1998-07-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Solution Based Modelling (SBM) A software development process described in the book "Developing Object-Oriented Software for the Macintosh" written by Neal Goldstein and Jeff Alger, published by Addison Wesley in 1992. |