English Dictionary: sardius | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Chip \Chip\, n. 1. A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument. 2. A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece. 3. Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets. 4. Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously. 5. One of the counters used in poker and other games. 6. (Naut.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line. {Buffalo chips}. See under {Buffalo}. {Chip ax}, a small ax for chipping timber into shape. {Chip bonnet}, {Chip hat}, a bonnet or a hat made of Chip. See {Chip}, n., 3. {A chip off the old block}, a child who resembles either of his parents. [Colloq.] --Milton. {Potato chips}, {Saratoga chips}, thin slices of raw potato fried crisp. | |
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Sardachate \Sar"da*chate\, n. [L. sardachates: cf. F. sardachate. See {Sard}, and {Agate}.] (Min.) A variety of agate containing sard. | |
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Sardius \Sar"di*us\, n. [L. sardius, lapis sardinus, Gr. [?], [?], [?]. See {Sard}.] A precious stone, probably a carnelian, one of which was set in Aaron's breastplate. --Ex. xxviii. 17. | |
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Sauroidichnite \Sau`roid*ich"nite\, n. [See {Sauroid}, and {Ichnite}.] (Paleon.) The fossil track of a saurian. | |
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Scratch \Scratch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scratched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scratching}.] [OE. cracchen (perhaps influenced by OE. scratten to scratch); cf. OHG. chrazz[omac]n, G. kratzen, OD. kratsen, kretsen, D. krassen, Sw. kratsa to scrape, kratta to rake, to scratch, Dan. kradse to scratch, to scrape, Icel. krota to engrave. Cf. {Grate} to rub.] 1. To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like. Small sand-colored stones, so hard as to scratch glass. --Grew. Be mindful, when invention fails, To scratch your head, and bite your nails. --Swift. 2. To write or draw hastily or awkwardly. [bd]Scratch out a pamphlet.[b8] --Swift. 3. To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to erase; to efface; -- often with out. 4. To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow. {To scratch a ticket}, to cancel one or more names of candidates on a party ballot; to refuse to vote the party ticket in its entirety. [U. S.] | |
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Scratch \Scratch\, v. i. 1. To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches. Dull, tame things, . . . that will neither bite nor scratch. --Dr. H. More. 2. (Billiards) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game. [Cant, U. S.] | |
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Scratch \Scratch\, a. Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards. [Slang] {Scratch race}, one without restrictions regarding the entrance of competitors; also, one for which the competitors are chosen by lot. | |
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Scratch \Scratch\, n. 1. A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision. The coarse file . . . makes deep scratches in the work. --Moxon. These nails with scratches deform my breast. --Prior. God forbid a shallow scratch should drive The prince of Wales from such a field as this. --Shak. 2. (Pugilistic Matches) A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch. [Cant] --Grose. 3. pl. (Far.) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy. --Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser). 4. A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head. 5. (Billiards) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke. [Cant, U. S.] {Scratch cradle}. See {Cratch cradle}, under {Cratch}. {Scratch grass} (Bot.), a climbing knotweed ({Polygonum sagittatum}) with a square stem beset with fine recurved prickles along the angles. {Scratch wig}. Same as {Scratch}, 4, above. --Thackeray. | |
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Scratch \Scratch\, n. In various sports, the line from which the start is made, except in the case of contestants receiving a distance handicap. | |
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Scratch coat \Scratch" coat`\ The first coat in plastering; -- called also {scratchwork}. See {Pricking-up}. | |
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Pricking-up \Prick"ing-up\, n. (Arch.) The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat. In the United States called {scratch coat}. --Brande & C. | |
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Scratch coat \Scratch" coat`\ The first coat in plastering; -- called also {scratchwork}. See {Pricking-up}. | |
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Pricking-up \Prick"ing-up\, n. (Arch.) The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat. In the United States called {scratch coat}. --Brande & C. | |
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Scratch \Scratch\, n. 1. A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision. The coarse file . . . makes deep scratches in the work. --Moxon. These nails with scratches deform my breast. --Prior. God forbid a shallow scratch should drive The prince of Wales from such a field as this. --Shak. 2. (Pugilistic Matches) A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch. [Cant] --Grose. 3. pl. (Far.) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy. --Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser). 4. A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head. 5. (Billiards) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke. [Cant, U. S.] {Scratch cradle}. See {Cratch cradle}, under {Cratch}. {Scratch grass} (Bot.), a climbing knotweed ({Polygonum sagittatum}) with a square stem beset with fine recurved prickles along the angles. {Scratch wig}. Same as {Scratch}, 4, above. --Thackeray. | |
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Cratch \Cratch\ (kr?ch; 224), n. [OE. cracche, crecche, F. cr[egrave]che crib, manger, fr. OHG. krippa, krippea, G. krippe crib. See {Crib}.] A manger or open frame for hay; a crib; a rack. [Obs.] Begin from first where He encradled was, In simple cratch, wrapt in a wad of hay. --Spenser. {Cratch cradle}, a representation of the figure of the cratch, made upon the fingers with a string; cat's cradle; -- called also {scratch cradle}. | |
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Scratch \Scratch\, n. 1. A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision. The coarse file . . . makes deep scratches in the work. --Moxon. These nails with scratches deform my breast. --Prior. God forbid a shallow scratch should drive The prince of Wales from such a field as this. --Shak. 2. (Pugilistic Matches) A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch. [Cant] --Grose. 3. pl. (Far.) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy. --Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser). 4. A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head. 5. (Billiards) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke. [Cant, U. S.] {Scratch cradle}. See {Cratch cradle}, under {Cratch}. {Scratch grass} (Bot.), a climbing knotweed ({Polygonum sagittatum}) with a square stem beset with fine recurved prickles along the angles. {Scratch wig}. Same as {Scratch}, 4, above. --Thackeray. | |
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Cratch \Cratch\ (kr?ch; 224), n. [OE. cracche, crecche, F. cr[egrave]che crib, manger, fr. OHG. krippa, krippea, G. krippe crib. See {Crib}.] A manger or open frame for hay; a crib; a rack. [Obs.] Begin from first where He encradled was, In simple cratch, wrapt in a wad of hay. --Spenser. {Cratch cradle}, a representation of the figure of the cratch, made upon the fingers with a string; cat's cradle; -- called also {scratch cradle}. | |
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Scratch \Scratch\, n. 1. A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision. The coarse file . . . makes deep scratches in the work. --Moxon. These nails with scratches deform my breast. --Prior. God forbid a shallow scratch should drive The prince of Wales from such a field as this. --Shak. 2. (Pugilistic Matches) A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch. [Cant] --Grose. 3. pl. (Far.) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy. --Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser). 4. A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head. 5. (Billiards) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke. [Cant, U. S.] {Scratch cradle}. See {Cratch cradle}, under {Cratch}. {Scratch grass} (Bot.), a climbing knotweed ({Polygonum sagittatum}) with a square stem beset with fine recurved prickles along the angles. {Scratch wig}. Same as {Scratch}, 4, above. --Thackeray. | |
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Scratch player \Scratch player\, runner \runner\, etc. One that starts from the scratch; hence, one of first-rate ability. | |
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Scratch \Scratch\, a. Made, done, or happening by chance; arranged with little or no preparation; determined by circumstances; haphazard; as, a scratch team; a scratch crew for a boat race; a scratch shot in billiards. [Slang] {Scratch race}, one without restrictions regarding the entrance of competitors; also, one for which the competitors are chosen by lot. | |
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Scratch \Scratch\, n. 1. A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision. The coarse file . . . makes deep scratches in the work. --Moxon. These nails with scratches deform my breast. --Prior. God forbid a shallow scratch should drive The prince of Wales from such a field as this. --Shak. 2. (Pugilistic Matches) A line across the prize ring; up to which boxers are brought when they join fight; hence, test, trial, or proof of courage; as, to bring to the scratch; to come up to the scratch. [Cant] --Grose. 3. pl. (Far.) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy. --Law (Farmer's Veter. Adviser). 4. A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head. 5. (Billiards) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke. [Cant, U. S.] {Scratch cradle}. See {Cratch cradle}, under {Cratch}. {Scratch grass} (Bot.), a climbing knotweed ({Polygonum sagittatum}) with a square stem beset with fine recurved prickles along the angles. {Scratch wig}. Same as {Scratch}, 4, above. --Thackeray. | |
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Scratchback \Scratch"back`\, n. A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons. [Eng.] | |
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Scratchbrush \Scratch"brush`\, n. A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal. | |
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Scratch \Scratch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scratched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scratching}.] [OE. cracchen (perhaps influenced by OE. scratten to scratch); cf. OHG. chrazz[omac]n, G. kratzen, OD. kratsen, kretsen, D. krassen, Sw. kratsa to scrape, kratta to rake, to scratch, Dan. kradse to scratch, to scrape, Icel. krota to engrave. Cf. {Grate} to rub.] 1. To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like. Small sand-colored stones, so hard as to scratch glass. --Grew. Be mindful, when invention fails, To scratch your head, and bite your nails. --Swift. 2. To write or draw hastily or awkwardly. [bd]Scratch out a pamphlet.[b8] --Swift. 3. To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to erase; to efface; -- often with out. 4. To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow. {To scratch a ticket}, to cancel one or more names of candidates on a party ballot; to refuse to vote the party ticket in its entirety. [U. S.] | |
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Ticket \Tick"et\, n. [F. [82]tiquette a label, ticket, fr. OF. estiquette, or OF. etiquet, estiquet; both of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. stick. See {Stick}, n. & v., and cf. {Etiquette}, {Tick} credit.] A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something. Specifically: (a) A little note or notice. [Obs. or Local] He constantly read his lectures twice a week for above forty years, giving notice of the time to his auditors in a ticket on the school doors. --Fuller. (b) A tradesman's bill or account. [Obs.] Note: Hence the phrase on ticket, on account; whence, by abbreviation, came the phrase on tick. See 1st {Tick}. Your courtier is mad to take up silks and velvets On ticket for his mistress. --J. Cotgrave. (c) A certificate or token of right of admission to a place of assembly, or of passage in a public conveyance; as, a theater ticket; a railroad or steamboat ticket. (d) A label to show the character or price of goods. (e) A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, or the like. (f) (Politics) A printed list of candidates to be voted for at an election; a set of nominations by one party for election; a ballot. [U. S.] The old ticket forever! We have it by thirty-four votes. --Sarah Franklin (1766). {Scratched ticket}, a ticket from which the names of one or more of the candidates are scratched out. {Split ticket}, a ticket representing different divisions of a party, or containing candidates selected from two or more parties. {Straight ticket}, a ticket containing the regular nominations of a party, without change. {Ticket day} (Com.), the day before the settling or pay day on the stock exchange, when the names of the actual purchasers are rendered in by one stockbroker to another. [Eng.] --Simmonds. {Ticket of leave}, a license or permit given to a convict, or prisoner of the crown, to go at large, and to labor for himself before the expiration of his sentence, subject to certain specific conditions. [Eng.] --Simmonds. {Ticket porter}, a licensed porter wearing a badge by which he may be identified. [Eng.] | |
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Scratcher \Scratch"er\, n. One who, or that which, scratches; specifically (Zo[94]l.), any rasorial bird. | |
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Scratch \Scratch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scratched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scratching}.] [OE. cracchen (perhaps influenced by OE. scratten to scratch); cf. OHG. chrazz[omac]n, G. kratzen, OD. kratsen, kretsen, D. krassen, Sw. kratsa to scrape, kratta to rake, to scratch, Dan. kradse to scratch, to scrape, Icel. krota to engrave. Cf. {Grate} to rub.] 1. To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like. Small sand-colored stones, so hard as to scratch glass. --Grew. Be mindful, when invention fails, To scratch your head, and bite your nails. --Swift. 2. To write or draw hastily or awkwardly. [bd]Scratch out a pamphlet.[b8] --Swift. 3. To cancel by drawing one or more lines through, as the name of a candidate upon a ballot, or of a horse in a list; hence, to erase; to efface; -- often with out. 4. To dig or excavate with the claws; as, some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow. {To scratch a ticket}, to cancel one or more names of candidates on a party ballot; to refuse to vote the party ticket in its entirety. [U. S.] | |
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Scratching \Scratch"ing\, adv. With the action of scratching. | |
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Scratchweed \Scratch"weed`\, n. (Bot.) Cleavers. | |
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Scratchwork \Scratch"work`\, n. See {Scratch coat}. | |
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Scratchy \Scratch"y\, a. Characterized by scratches. | |
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Screw \Screw\ (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [82]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[umac]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut. Note: The screw, as a mechanical power, is a modification of the inclined plane, and may be regarded as a right-angled triangle wrapped round a cylinder, the hypotenuse of the marking the spiral thread of the screw, its base equaling the circumference of the cylinder, and its height the pitch of the thread. 2. Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also {wood screws}, and {screw nails}. See also {Screw bolt}, below. 3. Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See {Screw propeller}, below. 4. A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller. 5. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard. --Thackeray. 6. An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor. [Cant, American Colleges] 7. A small packet of tobacco. [Slang] --Mayhew. 8. An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance. --Ld. Lytton. 9. (Math.) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th {Pitch}, 10 (b) ). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis. 10. (Zo[94]l.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw ({Caprella}). See {Sand screw}, under {Sand}. {Archimedes screw}, {Compound screw}, {Foot screw}, etc. See under {Archimedes}, {Compound}, {Foot}, etc. {A screw loose}, something out of order, so that work is not done smoothly; as, there is a screw loose somewhere. --H. Martineau. {Endless, [or] perpetual, {screw}, a screw used to give motion to a toothed wheel by the action of its threads between the teeth of the wheel; -- called also a {worm}. {Lag screw}. See under {Lag}. {Micrometer screw}, a screw with fine threads, used for the measurement of very small spaces. {Right and left screw}, a screw having threads upon the opposite ends which wind in opposite directions. {Screw alley}. See {Shaft alley}, under {Shaft}. {Screw bean}. (Bot.) (a) The curious spirally coiled pod of a leguminous tree ({Prosopis pubescens}) growing from Texas to California. It is used for fodder, and ground into meal by the Indians. (b) The tree itself. Its heavy hard wood is used for fuel, for fencing, and for railroad ties. {Screw bolt}, a bolt having a screw thread on its shank, in distinction from a {key bolt}. See 1st {Bolt}, 3. {Screw box}, a device, resembling a die, for cutting the thread on a wooden screw. {Screw dock}. See under {Dock}. {Screw engine}, a marine engine for driving a screw propeller. {Screw gear}. See {Spiral gear}, under {Spiral}. {Screw jack}. Same as {Jackscrew}. {Screw key}, a wrench for turning a screw or nut; a spanner wrench. {Screw machine}. (a) One of a series of machines employed in the manufacture of wood screws. (b) A machine tool resembling a lathe, having a number of cutting tools that can be caused to act on the work successively, for making screws and other turned pieces from metal rods. {Screw pine} (Bot.), any plant of the endogenous genus {Pandanus}, of which there are about fifty species, natives of tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia; -- named from the spiral arrangement of the pineapple-like leaves. {Screw plate}, a device for cutting threads on small screws, consisting of a thin steel plate having a series of perforations with internal screws forming dies. {Screw press}, a press in which pressure is exerted by means of a screw. {Screw propeller}, a screw or spiral bladed wheel, used in the propulsion of steam vessels; also, a steam vessel propelled by a screw. {Screw shell} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, spiral gastropod shell, especially of the genus Turritella and allied genera. See {Turritella}. {Screw steamer}, a steamship propelled by a screw. {Screw thread}, the spiral rib which forms a screw. {Screw stone} (Paleon.), the fossil stem of an encrinite. {Screw tree} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Helicteres}, consisting of about thirty species of tropical shrubs, with simple leaves and spirally twisted, five-celled capsules; -- also called {twisted-horn}, and {twisty}. {Screw valve}, a stop valve which is opened or closed by a screw. {Screw worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an American fly ({Compsomyia macellaria}), allied to the blowflies, which sometimes deposits its eggs in the nostrils, or about wounds, in man and other animals, with fatal results. {Screw wrench}. (a) A wrench for turning a screw. (b) A wrench with an adjustable jaw that is moved by a screw. {To put the} {screw, [or] screws}, {on}, to use pressure upon, as for the purpose of extortion; to coerce. {To put under the} {screw [or] screws}, to subject to pressure; to force. {Wood screw}, a metal screw with a sharp thread of coarse pitch, adapted to holding fast in wood. See Illust. of {Wood screw}, under {Wood}. | |
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Scritch \Scritch\, n. A screech. [R.] Perhaps it is the owlet's scritch. --Coleridge. | |
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Scrotocele \Scro"to*cele\, n. [Scrotum + Gr. [?] a tumor.: cf. F. scrotoc[82]le.] (Med.) A rupture or hernia in the scrotum; scrotal hernia. | |
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Serrate \Ser"rate\, Serrated \Ser"ra*ted\, a. [L. serratus, fr. serra a saw; perhaps akin to secare to cut, E. saw a cutting instrument. Cf. {Sierra}.] 1. Notched on the edge, like a saw. 2. (Bot.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves. {Doubly serrate}, having small serratures upon the large ones, as the leaves of the elm. {Serrate-ciliate}, having fine hairs, like the eyelashes, on the serratures; -- said of a leaf. {Serrate-dentate}, having the serratures toothed. | |
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Shirt waist \Shirt waist\ A belted waist resembling a shirt in plainness of cut and style, worn by women or children; -- in England called a {blouse}. | |
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Shirt-waist suit \Shirt-waist suit\ A costume consisting of a plain belted waist and skirt of the same material. | |
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Short circuit \Short" cir"cuit\ (Elec.) A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity. | |
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Sea \Sea\, n. [OE. see, AS. s[aemac]; akin to D. zee, OS. & OHG. s[emac]o, G. see, OFries. se, Dan. s[94], Sw. sj[94], Icel. s[91]r, Goth. saiws, and perhaps to L. saevus firce, savage. [root] 151 a.] 1. One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea. 2. An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee. 3. The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe. I marvel how the fishes live in the sea. --Shak. Ambiguous between sea and land The river horse and scaly crocodile. --Milton. 4. The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion of the water's surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea. 5. (Jewish Antiq.) A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; -- so called from its size. He made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof. --2 Chron. iv. 2. 6. Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory. --Shak. All the space . . . was one sea of heads. --Macaulay. Note: Sea is often used in the composition of words of obvious signification; as, sea-bathed, sea-beaten, sea-bound, sea-bred, sea-circled, sealike, sea-nursed, sea-tossed, sea-walled, sea-worn, and the like. It is also used either adjectively or in combination with substantives; as, sea bird, sea-bird, or seabird, sea acorn, or sea-acorn. {At sea}, upon the ocean; away from land; figuratively, without landmarks for guidance; lost; at the mercy of circumstances. [bd]To say the old man was at sea would be too feeble an expression.[b8] --G. W. Cable {At full sea} at the height of flood tide; hence, at the height. [bd]But now God's mercy was at full sea.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. {Beyond seas}, [or] {Beyond the sea} [or] {the seas} (Law), out of the state, territory, realm, or country. --Wharton. {Half seas over}, half drunk. [Colloq.] --Spectator. {Heavy sea}, a sea in which the waves run high. {Long sea}, a sea characterized by the uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves. {Short sea}, a sea in which the waves are short, broken, and irregular, so as to produce a tumbling or jerking motion. {To go to sea}, a adopt the calling or occupation of a sailor. | |
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Slip \Slip\, n. [AS. slipe, slip.] 1. The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice. 2. An unintentional error or fault; a false step. This good man's slip mended his pace to martyrdom. --Fuller. 3. A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine. A native slip to us from foreign seeds. --Shak. The girlish slip of a Sicilian bride. --R. Browning. 4. A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper. Moonlit slips of silver cloud. --Tennyson. A thin slip of a girl, like a new moon Sure to be rounded into beauty soon. --Longfellow. 5. A leash or string by which a dog is held; -- so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand. We stalked over the extensive plains with Killbuck and Lena in the slips, in search of deer. --Sir S. Baker. 6. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip. --Shak. 7. (Print.) A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley. 8. Any covering easily slipped on. Specifically: (a) A loose garment worn by a woman. (b) A child's pinafore. (c) An outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip. (d) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like. [R.] 9. A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver. [Obs.] --Shak. 10. Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools. [Prov. Eng.] --Sir W. Petty. 11. Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied parts. 12. A particular quantity of yarn. [Prov. Eng.] 13. An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair. 14. An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip. [U. S.] 15. A narrow passage between buildings. [Eng.] 16. A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door. [U. S.] 17. (Mining.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity. --Knight. 18. (Engin.) The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller. 19. (Zo[94]l.) A fish, the sole. 20. (Cricket) A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively {short slip}, and {long slip}. | |
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Short \Short\, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight. The bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it. --Isa. xxviii. 20. 2. Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath. The life so short, the craft so long to learn. --Chaucer. To short absense I could yield. --Milton. 3. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water. 4. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money. We shall be short in our provision. --Shak. 5. Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith. 6. Not distant in time; near at hand. Marinell was sore offended That his departure thence should be so short. --Spenser. He commanded those who were appointed to attend him to be ready by a short day. --Clarendon. 7. Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory. Their own short understandings reach No farther than the present. --Rowe. 8. Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); -- with of. Hardly anything short of an invasion could rouse them again to war. --Landor. 9. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question. 10. (Cookery) Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry. 11. (Metal) Brittle. Note: Metals that are brittle when hot are called [?]ot-short; as, cast iron may be hot-short, owing to the presence of sulphur. Those that are brittle when cold are called cold-short; as, cast iron may be cold-short, on account of the presence of phosphorus. 12. (Stock Exchange) Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under {Short}, n., and To sell short, under {Short}, adv. Note: In mercantile transactions, a note or bill is sometimes made payable at short sight, that is, in a little time after being presented to the payer. 13. (Phon.) Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to {long}, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See {Quantity}, and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect]22, 30. Note: Short is much used with participles to form numerous self-explaining compounds; as, short-armed, short-billed, short-fingered, short-haired, short-necked, short-sleeved, short-tailed, short-winged, short-wooled, etc. {At short notice}, in a brief time; promptly. {Short rib} (Anat.), one of the false ribs. {Short suit} (Whist), any suit having only three cards, or less than three. --R. A. Proctor. {To come short}, {To cut short}, {To fall short}, etc. See under {Come}, {Cut}, etc. | |
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Shortage \Short"age\, n. Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts. | |
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Shortcake \Short"cake`\, n. An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked. | |
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Short-circuit \Short"-cir`cuit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Short-circuited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Short-circuiting}.] (Elec.) To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance. | |
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Short-circuit \Short"-cir`cuit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Short-circuited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Short-circuiting}.] (Elec.) To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance. | |
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Short-circuit \Short"-cir`cuit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Short-circuited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Short-circuiting}.] (Elec.) To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance. | |
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Shortclothes \Short"clothes`\, n. Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings. | |
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Shortcoming \Short"com`ing\, n. The act of falling, or coming short; as: (a) The failure of a crop, or the like. (b) Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty. | |
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Short \Short\, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight. The bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it. --Isa. xxviii. 20. 2. Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath. The life so short, the craft so long to learn. --Chaucer. To short absense I could yield. --Milton. 3. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water. 4. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money. We shall be short in our provision. --Shak. 5. Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith. 6. Not distant in time; near at hand. Marinell was sore offended That his departure thence should be so short. --Spenser. He commanded those who were appointed to attend him to be ready by a short day. --Clarendon. 7. Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory. Their own short understandings reach No farther than the present. --Rowe. 8. Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); -- with of. Hardly anything short of an invasion could rouse them again to war. --Landor. 9. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question. 10. (Cookery) Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry. 11. (Metal) Brittle. Note: Metals that are brittle when hot are called [?]ot-short; as, cast iron may be hot-short, owing to the presence of sulphur. Those that are brittle when cold are called cold-short; as, cast iron may be cold-short, on account of the presence of phosphorus. 12. (Stock Exchange) Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under {Short}, n., and To sell short, under {Short}, adv. Note: In mercantile transactions, a note or bill is sometimes made payable at short sight, that is, in a little time after being presented to the payer. 13. (Phon.) Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to {long}, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See {Quantity}, and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect]22, 30. Note: Short is much used with participles to form numerous self-explaining compounds; as, short-armed, short-billed, short-fingered, short-haired, short-necked, short-sleeved, short-tailed, short-winged, short-wooled, etc. {At short notice}, in a brief time; promptly. {Short rib} (Anat.), one of the false ribs. {Short suit} (Whist), any suit having only three cards, or less than three. --R. A. Proctor. {To come short}, {To cut short}, {To fall short}, etc. See under {Come}, {Cut}, etc. | |
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Short-jointed \Short"-joint`ed\, a. Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short. | |
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Shortsighted \Short"sight`ed\, a. 1. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See {Myopic}, and {Myopia}. 2. Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand things deep; of limited intellect. 3. Having little regard for the future; heedless. -- {Short"sight`ed*ly}, adv. -- {Short"sight`ed*ness}, n. Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness. --Addison. | |
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Shortsighted \Short"sight`ed\, a. 1. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See {Myopic}, and {Myopia}. 2. Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand things deep; of limited intellect. 3. Having little regard for the future; heedless. -- {Short"sight`ed*ly}, adv. -- {Short"sight`ed*ness}, n. Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness. --Addison. | |
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Shortsighted \Short"sight`ed\, a. 1. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See {Myopic}, and {Myopia}. 2. Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand things deep; of limited intellect. 3. Having little regard for the future; heedless. -- {Short"sight`ed*ly}, adv. -- {Short"sight`ed*ness}, n. Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness. --Addison. | |
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Short-spoken \Short"-spo`ken\, a. Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt. [Colloq.] | |
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Shortstop \Short"stop`\, n. (Baseball) The player stationed in the field bewtween the second and third bases. | |
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Short-waisted \Short"-waist`ed\, a. Having a short waist. | |
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Shredcook \Shred"cook`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The fieldfare; -- so called from its harsh cry before rain. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Shrewd \Shrewd\, a. [Compar. {Shrewder}; superl. {Shrewdest}.] [Originally the p. p. of shrew, v.t.] 1. Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [Egypt] hath many shrewd havens, because of the great rocks that ben strong and dangerous to pass by. --Sir J. Mandeville. Every of this happy number That have endured shrewd days and nights with us. --Shak. 2. Artful; wily; cunning; arch. These women are shrewd tempters with their tongues. --Shak. 3. Able or clever in practical affairs; sharp in business; astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply. Professing to despise the ill opinion of mankind creates a shrewd suspicion that we have deserved it. --Secker. Syn: Keen; critical; subtle; artful; astute; sagacious; discerning; acute; penetrating. Usage: {Shrewd}, {Sagacious}. One who is shrewd is keen to detect errors, to penetrate disguises, to foresee and guard against the selfishness of others. Shrewd is a word of less dignity than sagacious, which implies a comprehensive as well as penetrating mind, whereas shrewd does not. -- {Shrewd"ly}, adv. -- {Shrewd"ness}, n. | |
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Sorites \So*ri"tes\, n. [L., from Gr. swrei`ths (sc. syllogismo`s), properly, heaped up (hence, a heap of syllogisms), fr. swro`s a heap.] (Logic) An abridged form of stating of syllogisms in a series of propositions so arranged that the predicate of each one that precedes forms the subject of each one that follows, and the conclusion unites the subject of the first proposition with the predicate of the last proposition, as in following example; The soul is a thinking agent; A thinking agent can not be severed into parts; That which can not be severed can not be destroyed; Therefore the soul can not be destroyed. Note: When the series is arranged in the reverse order, it is called the Goclenian sorites, from Goclenius, a philosopher of the sixteenth century. {Destructive sorities}. See under {Destructive}. | |
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Soritical \So"rit"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to a sorites; resembling a sorites. | |
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d8Sors \[d8]Sors\, n.; pl. {Sortes}. [L.] A lot; also, a kind of divination by means of lots. {Sortes Homeric[91]} [or] {Virgilian[91]} [L., Homeric or Virgilian lots], a form of divination anciently practiced, which consisted in taking the first passage on which the eye fell, upon opening a volume of Homer or Virgil, or a passage drawn from an urn which several were deposited, as indicating future events, or the proper course to be pursued. In later times the Bible was used for the same purpose by Christians. | |
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d8Sors \[d8]Sors\, n.; pl. {Sortes}. [L.] A lot; also, a kind of divination by means of lots. {Sortes Homeric[91]} [or] {Virgilian[91]} [L., Homeric or Virgilian lots], a form of divination anciently practiced, which consisted in taking the first passage on which the eye fell, upon opening a volume of Homer or Virgil, or a passage drawn from an urn which several were deposited, as indicating future events, or the proper course to be pursued. In later times the Bible was used for the same purpose by Christians. | |
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Sour \Sour\, a. [Compar. {Sourer}; superl. {Sourest}.] [OE. sour, sur, AS. s[?]r; akin to D. zuur, G. sauer, OHG. s[?]r, Icel. s[?]rr, Sw. sur, Dan. suur, Lith. suras salt, Russ. surovui harsh, rough. Cf. {Sorrel}, the plant.] 1. Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart. All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite. --Bacon. 2. Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned. 3. Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply. [bd]A sour countenance.[b8] --Swift. He was a scholar . . . Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, But to those men that sought him sweet as summer. --Shak. 4. Afflictive; painful. [bd]Sour adversity.[b8] --Shak. 5. Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh. {Sour dock} (Bot.), sorrel. {Sour gourd} (Bot.), the gourdlike fruit {Adansonia Gregorii}, and {A. digitata}; also, either of the trees bearing this fruit. See {Adansonia}. {Sour grapes}. See under {Grape}. {Sour gum} (Bot.) See {Turelo}. {Sour plum} (Bot.), the edible acid fruit of an Australian tree ({Owenia venosa}); also, the tree itself, which furnished a hard reddish wood used by wheelwrights. Syn: Acid; sharp; tart; acetous; acetose; harsh; acrimonious; crabbed; currish; peevish. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Square-toes \Square"-toes`\, n. A precise person; -- used contemptuously or jocularly. --Thackeray. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surety \Sure"ty\, n.; pl. {Sureties}. [OE. seurte, OF. se[81]rt[82], F. s[96]ret[82]. See {Sure}, {Security}.] 1. The state of being sure; certainty; security. Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs. --Gen. xv. 13. For the more surety they looked round about. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. That which makes sure; that which confirms; ground of confidence or security. [We] our happy state Hold, as you yours, while our obedience holds; On other surety none. --Milton. 3. Security against loss or damage; security for payment, or for the performance of some act. There remains unpaid A hundred thousand more; in surety of the which One part of Aquitaine is bound to us. --Shak. 4. (Law) One who is bound with and for another who is primarily liable, and who is called the principal; one who engages to answer for another's appearance in court, or for his payment of a debt, or for performance of some act; a bondsman; a bail. He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. --Prov. xi. 15. 5. Hence, a substitute; a hostage. --Cowper. 6. Evidence; confirmation; warrant. [Obs.] She called the saints to surety, That she would never put it from her finger, Unless she gave it to yourself. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suretiship \Sure"ti*ship\, n. Suretyship. --Prov. xi. 15. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suretyship \Sure"ty*ship\, n. The state of being surety; the obligation of a person to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another. --Bouvier. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surtax \Sur"tax\, n. An additional or extra tax. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surtax \Sur*tax"\, v. t. To impose an additional tax on. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sward-cutter \Sward"-cut`ter\, n. (a) A plow for turning up grass land. (b) A lawn mower. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swart \Swart\, a. [OE. swart, AS. sweart black; akin to OFries, OS. & LG. swart, D. zwart, G. schwartz, OHG. swarz, Icel. svarir, Sw. svart, Dan. sort, Goth. swarts; cf. L. sordes dirt, sordere to be dirty. Cf. {Sordid}, {Surd}.] 1. Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny. [bd]Swart attendants.[b8] --Trench. [bd]Swart savage maids.[b8] --Hawthorne. A nation strange, with visage swart. --Spenser. 2. Gloomy; malignant. [Obs.] --Milton. {Swart star}, the Dog Star; -- so called from its appearing during the hot weather of summer, which makes swart the countenance. [R.] --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swarthy \Swarth"y\, a. [Compar. {Swarthier}; superl. {Swarthiest}.] [See {Swart}, a.] Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny; swart; as, swarthy faces. [bd]A swarthy Ethiope.[b8] --Shak. Their swarthy hosts would darken all our plains. --Addison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swartish \Swart"ish\, a. Somewhat swart, dark, or tawny. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sword \Sword\, n. [OE. swerd, AS. sweord; akin to OFries. swerd, swird, D. zwaard, OS. swerd, OHG. swert, G. schwert, Icel. sver[?], Sw. sv[84]rd, Dan. sv[91]rd; of uncertain origin.] 1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp[?]pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties. 2. Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power. He [the ruler] beareth not the sword in vain. --Rom. xiii. 4. She quits the balance, and resigns the sword. --Dryden. 3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension. I came not to send peace, but a sword. --Matt. x. 34. 4. The military power of a country. He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law. --Milton. 5. (Weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. {Sword arm}, the right arm. {Sword bayonet}, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and which can be used as a sword. {Sword bearer}, one who carries his master's sword; an officer in London who carries a sword before the lord mayor when he goes abroad. {Sword belt}, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne at the side. {Sword blade}, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword. {Sword cane}, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or dagger, as in a sheath. {Sword dance}. (a) A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed together by the male dancers. --Sir W. Scott. (b) A dance performed over swords laid on the ground, but without touching them. {Sword fight}, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with swords; swordplay. {Sword grass}. (Bot.) See {Gladen}. {Sword knot}, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword. {Sword law}, government by the sword, or by force; violence. --Milton. {Sword lily}. (Bot.) See {Gladiolus}. {Sword mat} (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; -- so called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture. {Sword shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a European shrimp ({Pasiph[91]a sivado}) having a very thin, compressed body. {Sword stick}, a sword cane. {To measure swords with one}. See under {Measure}, v. t. {To put to the sword}. See under {Put}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sword \Sword\, n. [OE. swerd, AS. sweord; akin to OFries. swerd, swird, D. zwaard, OS. swerd, OHG. swert, G. schwert, Icel. sver[?], Sw. sv[84]rd, Dan. sv[91]rd; of uncertain origin.] 1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp[?]pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties. 2. Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power. He [the ruler] beareth not the sword in vain. --Rom. xiii. 4. She quits the balance, and resigns the sword. --Dryden. 3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension. I came not to send peace, but a sword. --Matt. x. 34. 4. The military power of a country. He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law. --Milton. 5. (Weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. {Sword arm}, the right arm. {Sword bayonet}, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and which can be used as a sword. {Sword bearer}, one who carries his master's sword; an officer in London who carries a sword before the lord mayor when he goes abroad. {Sword belt}, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne at the side. {Sword blade}, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword. {Sword cane}, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or dagger, as in a sheath. {Sword dance}. (a) A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed together by the male dancers. --Sir W. Scott. (b) A dance performed over swords laid on the ground, but without touching them. {Sword fight}, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with swords; swordplay. {Sword grass}. (Bot.) See {Gladen}. {Sword knot}, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword. {Sword law}, government by the sword, or by force; violence. --Milton. {Sword lily}. (Bot.) See {Gladiolus}. {Sword mat} (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; -- so called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture. {Sword shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a European shrimp ({Pasiph[91]a sivado}) having a very thin, compressed body. {Sword stick}, a sword cane. {To measure swords with one}. See under {Measure}, v. t. {To put to the sword}. See under {Put}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sword \Sword\, n. [OE. swerd, AS. sweord; akin to OFries. swerd, swird, D. zwaard, OS. swerd, OHG. swert, G. schwert, Icel. sver[?], Sw. sv[84]rd, Dan. sv[91]rd; of uncertain origin.] 1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp[?]pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties. 2. Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power. He [the ruler] beareth not the sword in vain. --Rom. xiii. 4. She quits the balance, and resigns the sword. --Dryden. 3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension. I came not to send peace, but a sword. --Matt. x. 34. 4. The military power of a country. He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law. --Milton. 5. (Weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. {Sword arm}, the right arm. {Sword bayonet}, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and which can be used as a sword. {Sword bearer}, one who carries his master's sword; an officer in London who carries a sword before the lord mayor when he goes abroad. {Sword belt}, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne at the side. {Sword blade}, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword. {Sword cane}, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or dagger, as in a sheath. {Sword dance}. (a) A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed together by the male dancers. --Sir W. Scott. (b) A dance performed over swords laid on the ground, but without touching them. {Sword fight}, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with swords; swordplay. {Sword grass}. (Bot.) See {Gladen}. {Sword knot}, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword. {Sword law}, government by the sword, or by force; violence. --Milton. {Sword lily}. (Bot.) See {Gladiolus}. {Sword mat} (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; -- so called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture. {Sword shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a European shrimp ({Pasiph[91]a sivado}) having a very thin, compressed body. {Sword stick}, a sword cane. {To measure swords with one}. See under {Measure}, v. t. {To put to the sword}. See under {Put}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sword \Sword\, n. [OE. swerd, AS. sweord; akin to OFries. swerd, swird, D. zwaard, OS. swerd, OHG. swert, G. schwert, Icel. sver[?], Sw. sv[84]rd, Dan. sv[91]rd; of uncertain origin.] 1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp[?]pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties. 2. Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power. He [the ruler] beareth not the sword in vain. --Rom. xiii. 4. She quits the balance, and resigns the sword. --Dryden. 3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension. I came not to send peace, but a sword. --Matt. x. 34. 4. The military power of a country. He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law. --Milton. 5. (Weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. {Sword arm}, the right arm. {Sword bayonet}, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and which can be used as a sword. {Sword bearer}, one who carries his master's sword; an officer in London who carries a sword before the lord mayor when he goes abroad. {Sword belt}, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne at the side. {Sword blade}, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword. {Sword cane}, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or dagger, as in a sheath. {Sword dance}. (a) A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed together by the male dancers. --Sir W. Scott. (b) A dance performed over swords laid on the ground, but without touching them. {Sword fight}, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with swords; swordplay. {Sword grass}. (Bot.) See {Gladen}. {Sword knot}, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword. {Sword law}, government by the sword, or by force; violence. --Milton. {Sword lily}. (Bot.) See {Gladiolus}. {Sword mat} (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; -- so called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture. {Sword shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a European shrimp ({Pasiph[91]a sivado}) having a very thin, compressed body. {Sword stick}, a sword cane. {To measure swords with one}. See under {Measure}, v. t. {To put to the sword}. See under {Put}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sword \Sword\, n. [OE. swerd, AS. sweord; akin to OFries. swerd, swird, D. zwaard, OS. swerd, OHG. swert, G. schwert, Icel. sver[?], Sw. sv[84]rd, Dan. sv[91]rd; of uncertain origin.] 1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp[?]pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties. 2. Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power. He [the ruler] beareth not the sword in vain. --Rom. xiii. 4. She quits the balance, and resigns the sword. --Dryden. 3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension. I came not to send peace, but a sword. --Matt. x. 34. 4. The military power of a country. He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law. --Milton. 5. (Weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. {Sword arm}, the right arm. {Sword bayonet}, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and which can be used as a sword. {Sword bearer}, one who carries his master's sword; an officer in London who carries a sword before the lord mayor when he goes abroad. {Sword belt}, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne at the side. {Sword blade}, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword. {Sword cane}, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or dagger, as in a sheath. {Sword dance}. (a) A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed together by the male dancers. --Sir W. Scott. (b) A dance performed over swords laid on the ground, but without touching them. {Sword fight}, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with swords; swordplay. {Sword grass}. (Bot.) See {Gladen}. {Sword knot}, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword. {Sword law}, government by the sword, or by force; violence. --Milton. {Sword lily}. (Bot.) See {Gladiolus}. {Sword mat} (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; -- so called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture. {Sword shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a European shrimp ({Pasiph[91]a sivado}) having a very thin, compressed body. {Sword stick}, a sword cane. {To measure swords with one}. See under {Measure}, v. t. {To put to the sword}. See under {Put}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swordick \Sword"ick\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The spotted gunnel ({Mur[91]noides gunnellus}). [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sword-shaped \Sword"-shaped`\, a. (Bot.) Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swordsman \Swords"man\, n.; pl. {Swordsmen}. 1. A soldier; a fighting man. 2. One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the science of fencing; a fencer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swordsmanship \Swords"man*ship\, n. The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword. --Cowper. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swordsman \Swords"man\, n.; pl. {Swordsmen}. 1. A soldier; a fighting man. 2. One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the science of fencing; a fencer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Syrtis \[d8]Syr"tis\, n.; pl. {Syrtes}. [See {Syrt}.] A quicksand. Quenched in a boggy syrtis, neither sea Nor good dry land. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Syrtic \Syr"tic\, a. Of or pertaining to a syrt; resembling syrt, or quicksand. [R.] --Ed. Rev. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Saratoga, AR Zip code(s): 71859 Saratoga, CA (city, FIPS 70280) Location: 37.26780 N, 122.02303 W Population (1990): 28061 (10315 housing units) Area: 31.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95070 Saratoga, IN (town, FIPS 68058) Location: 40.23687 N, 84.91546 W Population (1990): 266 (119 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47382 Saratoga, NC (town, FIPS 59340) Location: 35.65347 N, 77.77679 W Population (1990): 342 (141 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27873 Saratoga, TX Zip code(s): 77585 Saratoga, WY (town, FIPS 68685) Location: 41.45148 N, 106.81223 W Population (1990): 1969 (972 housing units) Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
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Saratoga County, NY (county, FIPS 91) Location: 43.10594 N, 73.86769 W Population (1990): 181276 (75105 housing units) Area: 2102.8 sq km (land), 82.5 sq km (water) | |
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Saratoga Springs, NY (city, FIPS 65255) Location: 43.06755 N, 73.77884 W Population (1990): 25001 (10751 housing units) Area: 73.6 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water) | |
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Sardis, AL Zip code(s): 36775 Sardis, GA (town, FIPS 68740) Location: 32.97297 N, 81.76035 W Population (1990): 1116 (474 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30456 Sardis, KY (city, FIPS 68646) Location: 38.53419 N, 83.95753 W Population (1990): 171 (70 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Sardis, MS (town, FIPS 65560) Location: 34.43470 N, 89.91265 W Population (1990): 2128 (844 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38666 Sardis, OH Zip code(s): 43946 Sardis, TN (town, FIPS 66660) Location: 35.44307 N, 88.29430 W Population (1990): 305 (144 housing units) Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38371 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sardis City, AL (town, FIPS 68280) Location: 34.17672 N, 86.11354 W Population (1990): 1301 (526 housing units) Area: 19.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Schertz, TX (city, FIPS 66128) Location: 29.55480 N, 98.26200 W Population (1990): 10555 (4105 housing units) Area: 58.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Seward County, KS (county, FIPS 175) Location: 37.19128 N, 100.85232 W Population (1990): 18743 (7572 housing units) Area: 1656.5 sq km (land), 2.6 sq km (water) Seward County, NE (county, FIPS 159) Location: 40.87212 N, 97.14039 W Population (1990): 15450 (5908 housing units) Area: 1488.7 sq km (land), 2.5 sq km (water) | |
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Sherrodsville, OH (village, FIPS 72242) Location: 40.49466 N, 81.24465 W Population (1990): 284 (112 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44675 | |
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Shortsville, NY (village, FIPS 67257) Location: 42.95610 N, 77.22226 W Population (1990): 1485 (565 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14548 | |
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Swartz, LA (CDP, FIPS 74340) Location: 32.56930 N, 91.98613 W Population (1990): 3698 (1337 housing units) Area: 14.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Swartz Creek, MI (city, FIPS 77700) Location: 42.96210 N, 83.82646 W Population (1990): 4851 (1981 housing units) Area: 10.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48473 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Swords Creek, VA Zip code(s): 24649 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
scratch 1. [from `scratchpad'] adj. Describes a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary-use purposes; one that can be {scribble}d on without loss. Usually in the combining forms `scratch memory', `scratch register', `scratch disk', `scratch tape', `scratch volume'. See also {scratch monkey}. 2. [primarily IBM] vt. To delete (as in a file). | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
scratch monkey n. As in "Before testing or reconfiguring, always mount a {scratch monkey}", a proverb used to advise caution when dealing with irreplaceable data or devices. Used to refer to any scratch volume hooked to a computer during any risky operation as a replacement for some precious resource or data that might otherwise get trashed. This term preserves the memory of Mabel, the Swimming Wonder Monkey, star of a biological research program at the University of Toronto. Mabel was not (so the legend goes) your ordinary monkey; the university had spent years teaching her how to swim, breathing through a regulator, in order to study the effects of different gas mixtures on her physiology. Mabel suffered an untimely demise one day when a {DEC} {field circus} engineer troubleshooting a crash on the program's VAX inadvertently interfered with some custom hardware that was wired to Mabel. It is reported that, after calming down an understandably irate customer sufficiently to ascertain the facts of the matter, a DEC troubleshooter called up the {field circus} manager responsible and asked him sweetly, "Can you swim?" Not all the consequences to humans were so amusing; the sysop of the machine in question was nearly thrown in jail at the behest of certain clueless {droid}s at the local `humane' society. The moral is clear: When in doubt, always mount a scratch monkey. [The actual incident occured in 1979 or 1980. There is a version of this story, complete with reported dialogue between one of the project people and DEC field service, that has been circulating on Internet since 1986. It is hilarious and mythic, but gets some facts wrong. For example, it reports the machine as a PDP-11 and alleges that Mabel's demise occurred when DEC {PM}ed the machine. Earlier versions of this entry were based on that story; this one has been corrected from an interview with the hapless sysop. --ESR] | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
short card n. A half-length IBM XT expansion card or adapter that will fit in one of the two short slots located towards the right rear of a standard chassis (tucked behind the floppy disk drives). See also {tall card}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
scratch 1. (From "scratchpad") Describes a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary-use purposes; one that can be {scribble}d on without loss. Usually in the combining forms "scratch memory", "scratch register", "scratch disk", "scratch tape", "scratch volume". See also {scratch monkey}. 2. (primarily {IBM}) To delete (as in a file). [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
scratch disk 1. 2. primary {hard disk} {partition}, used for {virtual memory}. Shortage of space on this partition can result in the error "scratch disk full". (2000-03-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
scratch monkey As in "Before testing or reconfiguring, always mount a {scratch monkey}", a proverb used to advise caution when dealing with irreplaceable data or devices. Used to refer to any scratch volume hooked to a computer during any risky operation as a replacement for some precious resource or data that might otherwise get trashed. This term preserves the memory of Mabel, the Swimming Wonder Monkey, star of a biological research program at the University of Toronto. Mabel was not (so the legend goes) your ordinary monkey; the university had spent years teaching her how to swim, breathing through a regulator, in order to study the effects of different gas mixtures on her physiology. Mabel suffered an untimely demise one day when a DEC engineer troubleshooting a crash on the program's VAX inadvertently interfered with some custom hardware that was wired to Mabel. It is reported that, after calming down an understandably irate customer sufficiently to ascertain the facts of the matter, a DEC troubleshooter called up the {field circus} manager responsible and asked him sweetly, "Can you swim?" Not all the consequences to humans were so amusing; the sysop of the machine in question was nearly thrown in jail at the behest of certain clueless droids at the local "humane" society. The moral is clear: When in doubt, always mount a scratch monkey. [There is a version of this story, complete with reported dialogue between one of the project people and DEC field service, that has been circulating on Internet since 1986. It is hilarious and mythic, but gets some facts wrong. For example, it reports the machine as a {PDP-11} and alleges that Mabel's demise occurred when DEC {PM}ed the machine. Earlier versions of this entry were based on that story; this one has been corrected from an interview with the hapless sysop. - ESR] [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Scratchpad I A general-purpose language originally for interactive {symbolic mathematics} by Richard Jenks, Barry Trager, Stephen M. Watt and Robert S. Sutor of {IBM Research}, ca 1971. It features abstract parametrised data types, {multiple inheritance} and {polymorphism}. There were implementations for {VM/CMS} and {AIX}. ["Scratchpad User's Manual", RA 70, IBM (June 1975)]. (1994-12-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Scratchpad II See {Scratchpad I}, {AXIOM}. ["Scratchpad II Programming Language Manual", R.D. Jenks et al, IBM, 1985]. [Scratchpad II Newsletter: Computer Algebra Group, TJWRC, Box 218, Yorktown Hts, NY 10598]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
short card that will fit in one of the two short slots located toward the right rear of a standard chassis (tucked behind the {floppy disk} drives). See also: {tall card}. [What bus?] [{Jargon File}] (1998-07-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Short Code mathematics problems, designed by {John Mauchly} in 1949 to execute on Eckert and Mauchly's {BINAC} and later on {UNIVAC I} and II. Short Code was possibly the first attempt at a {high level language}. [Sammet 1969, p. 129]. (1996-11-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
shortcut link}, stored as a file with extension ".lnk". Shortcuts first appeared in 1996 in the {Windows 95} {operating system}. Windows shortcuts can link to any file or directory ("folder"), including those on remote computers, using {UNC} paths. Each shortcut can also have its own {icon}. A shortcut that links to an executable file can pass {arguments} and specify the directory in which the command should run. Unlike a {Unix} {symbolic link}, a shortcut does not always behave exactly like the target file or directory. Compare {pif}. (2001-12-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
shortest job first {operating systems} that favours processes with the shortest estimated running time. (1998-04-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SIRDS {Single Image Random Dot Stereogram} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SIRTS {Single Image Random Text Stereogram}. (Or {ASCII} {stereogram}). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
S-K reduction machine An {abstract machine} defined by Professor {David Turner} to evaluate {combinator} expressions represented as {binary graph}s. Named after the two basic combinators, S and K. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sardis the metropolis of Lydia in Asia Minor. It stood on the river Pactolus, at the foot of mount Tmolus. Here was one of the seven Asiatic churches (Rev. 3:1-6). It is now a ruin called Sert-Kalessi. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Sardis, prince of joy |