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Sarabaite \Sar"a*ba*ite\, n. [LL. Saraba[8b]tae, pl.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of certain vagrant or heretical Oriental monks in the early church. | |
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d8Plesiosauria \[d8]Ple`si*o*sau"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Plesiosaurus}.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of Mesozoic marine reptiles including the genera Plesiosaurus, and allied forms; -- called also {Sauropterygia}. | |
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Scaraboid \Scar"a*boid\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A scaraboid beetle. | |
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Scaraboid \Scar"a*boid\, a. [Scarab + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the family {Scarab[91]id[91]}, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles. | |
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Scarf \Scarf\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scarfed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scarfing}.] 1. To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf. [bd]My sea-gown scarfed about me.[b8] --Shak. 2. To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping. --Shak. | |
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Scarify \Scar"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scarified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scarifying}.] [F. scarifier, L. scarificare, scarifare, fr. Gr. [?] to scratch up, fr. [?] a pointed instrument.] 1. To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein. 2. (Agric.) To stir the surface soil of, as a field. | |
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Scarp \Scarp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scarped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scarping}.] To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock. From scarped cliff and quarried stone. --Tennyson. Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain. --Emerson. | |
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Scherbet \Scher"bet\, n. See {Sherbet}. | |
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d8Polatouche \[d8]Po`la`touche"\, n. [F.] (Zo[94]l.) A flying squirrel ({Sciuropterus volans}) native of Northern Europe and Siberia; -- called also {minene}. | |
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Flying squirrel \Fly"ing squir"rel\ (? or ?). (Zo[94]l.) One of a group of squirrels, of the genera {Pteromus} and {Sciuropterus}, having parachute-like folds of skin extending from the fore to the hind legs, which enable them to make very long leaps. Note: The species of Pteromys are large, with bushy tails, and inhabit southern Asia and the East Indies; those of Sciuropterus are smaller, with flat tails, and inhabit the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America. The American species {(Sciuropterus volucella)} is also called Assapan. The Australian flying squrrels, or flying phalangers, are marsupials. See {Flying phalanger} (above). | |
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Scorbute \Scor"bute\, n. [LL. scorbutus: cf. F. scorbut. See {Scurvy}, n.] Scurvy. [Obs.] --Purchas. | |
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Scorbutic \Scor*bu"tic\, Scorbutical \Scor*bu"tic*al\, a. [Cf. F. scorbutique.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to scurvy; of the nature of, or resembling, scurvy; diseased with scurvy; as, a scorbutic person; scorbutic complaints or symptoms. -- {Scor*bu"tic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Scorbutic \Scor*bu"tic\, Scorbutical \Scor*bu"tic*al\, a. [Cf. F. scorbutique.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to scurvy; of the nature of, or resembling, scurvy; diseased with scurvy; as, a scorbutic person; scorbutic complaints or symptoms. -- {Scor*bu"tic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Scorbutic \Scor*bu"tic\, Scorbutical \Scor*bu"tic*al\, a. [Cf. F. scorbutique.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to scurvy; of the nature of, or resembling, scurvy; diseased with scurvy; as, a scorbutic person; scorbutic complaints or symptoms. -- {Scor*bu"tic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Scorify \Sco"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scorified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scorifying}.] [Scoria + -fy: cf. F. scorifier.] (Chem.) To reduce to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuse so as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead, soda, etc., thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button; hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag. | |
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Scorpioid \Scor"pi*oid\, Scorpioidal \Scor`pi*oid"al\, a. [Gr. [?]; [?] a scorpion + [?] form.] 1. Having the inflorescence curved or circinate at the end, like a scorpion's tail. | |
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Cincinnus \Cin*cin"nus\, n.; pl. {-ni}. [Also {cicinus}, {cicinnus}.] [L., a curl of hair.] (Bot.) A form of monochasium in which the lateral branches arise alternately on opposite sides of the false axis; -- called also {scorpioid cyme}. -- {Cin*cin"nal}, a. | |
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Scorpioid \Scor"pi*oid\, Scorpioidal \Scor`pi*oid"al\, a. [Gr. [?]; [?] a scorpion + [?] form.] 1. Having the inflorescence curved or circinate at the end, like a scorpion's tail. | |
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Scrabbed eggs \Scrab"bed eggs`\ [CF. {Scramble}.] A Lenten dish, composed of eggs boiled hard, chopped, and seasoned with butter, salt, and pepper. --Halliwell. | |
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Scrape \Scrape\ (skr[amac]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scraped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scraping}.] [Icel. skrapa; akin to Sw. skrapa, Dan. skrabe, D. schrapen, schrabben, G. schrappen, and prob. to E. sharp.] 1. To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface. 2. To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above). I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. --Ezek. xxvi. 4. 3. To collect by, or as by, a process of scraping; to gather in small portions by laborious effort; hence, to acquire avariciously and save penuriously; -- often followed by together or up; as, to scrape money together. The prelatical party complained that, to swell a number the nonconformists did not choose, but scrape, subscribers. --Fuller. 4. To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down. --Macaulay. {To scrape acquaintance}, to seek acquaintance otherwise than by an introduction. --Farquhar. He tried to scrape acquaintance with her, but failed ignominiously. --G. W. Cable. | |
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Mesquite \Mes*qui"te\, Mesquit \Mes*quit"\, n. [Sp. mezquite; said to be a Mexican Indian word.] (Bot.) A name for two trees of the southwestern part of North America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite. {Honey mesquite}. See {Algaroba} (b) . {Screw-pod mesquite}, a smaller tree ({Prosopis pubescens}), having spiral pods used as fodder and sometimes as food by the Indians. {Mesquite grass}, a rich native grass in Western Texas ({Bouteloua oligostachya}, and other species); -- so called from its growing in company with the mesquite tree; -- called also {muskit grass}, {grama grass}. | |
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Scribatious \Scri*ba"tious\, a. [See {Scribe}.] Skillful in, or fond of, writing. [Obs.] --Barrow. | |
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Scribbet \Scrib"bet\, n. A painter's pencil. | |
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Scribe \Scribe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scribing}.] 1. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. --Spenser. 2. (Carp.) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts. 3. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron. {Scribing iron}, an iron-pointed instrument for scribing, or marking, casks and logs. | |
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Script \Script\, n. [OE. scrit, L. scriptum something written, fr. scribere, scriptum to write: cf. OF. escript, [?]scrit, F. [82]crit. See {Scribe}, and cf. {Scrip} a writing.] 1. A writing; a written document. [Obs.] --aucer. 2. (Print.) Type made in imitation of handwriting. 3. (Law) An original instrument or document. 4. Written characters; style of writing. | |
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Scriptorium \Scrip*to"ri*um\, n.; pl. {Scriptoria}. [LL. See {Scriptory}.] In an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing or copying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing. Writing rooms, or scriptoria, where the chief works of Latin literature . . . were copied and illuminated. --J. R. Green. | |
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Scriptorium \Scrip*to"ri*um\, n.; pl. {Scriptoria}. [LL. See {Scriptory}.] In an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing or copying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing. Writing rooms, or scriptoria, where the chief works of Latin literature . . . were copied and illuminated. --J. R. Green. | |
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Scriptory \Scrip"to*ry\, a. [L. scriptorius, fr. scribere, scriptum to write.] Of or pertaining to writing; expressed in writing; used in writing; as, scriptory wills; a scriptory reed. [R.] --Swift. | |
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Scriptural \Scrip"tur*al\ (?; 135), a. Contained in the Scriptures; according to the Scriptures, or sacred oracles; biblical; as, a scriptural doctrine. | |
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Scripturalism \Scrip"tur*al*ism\, n. The quality or state of being scriptural; literal adherence to the Scriptures. | |
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Scripturalist \Scrip"tur*al*ist\, n. One who adheres literally to the Scriptures. | |
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Scripturally \Scrip"tur*al*ly\, adv. In a scriptural manner. | |
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Scripturalness \Scrip"tur*al*ness\, n. Quality of being scriptural. | |
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Scripture \Scrip"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. scriptura, fr. scribere, scriptum, to write: cf. OF. escripture, escriture, F. [82]criture. See {Scribe}.] 1. Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription. I have put it in scripture and in remembrance. --Chaucer. Then the Lord of Manny read the scripture on the tomb, the which was in Latin. --Ld. Berners. 2. The books of the Old and the new Testament, or of either of them; the Bible; -- used by way of eminence or distinction, and chiefly in the plural. There is not any action a man ought to do, or to forbear, but the Scripture will give him a clear precept or prohibition for it. --South. Compared with the knowledge which the Scripteres contain, every other subject of human inquiry is vanity. --Buckminster. 3. A passage from the Bible;; a text. The devil can eite Scripture for his purpose. --Shak. Hanging by the twined thread of one doubtful Scripture. --Milton. | |
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Scripturian \Scrip*tu"ri*an\, n. A Scripturist. [Obs.] | |
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Scripturist \Scrip"tur*ist\ (?; 135), n. One who is strongly attached to, or versed in, the Scriptures, or who endeavors to regulate his life by them. The Puritan was a Scripturist with all his heart, if as yet with imperfect intelligence . . . he cherished the scheme of looking to the Word of God as his sole and universal directory. --Palfrey. | |
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Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[ucr]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scrubbed} (skr[ucr]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Scrubbing}.] [OE. scrobben, probably of Dutch or Scand. origin; cf. Dan. sckrubbe, Sw. skrubba, D. schrobben, LG. schrubben.] To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate. | |
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Scrubbed \Scrub"bed\, a. Dwarfed or stunted; scrubby. | |
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Serfage \Serf"age\, Serfdom \Serf"dom\, n. The state or condition of a serf. | |
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Serfhood \Serf"hood\, Serfism \Serf"ism\, n. Serfage. | |
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Serpet \Ser"pet\, n. [L. sirpus, scirpus, a rush, bulrush.] A basket. [Obs.] --Ainsworth. | |
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Serve \Serve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Served}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Serving}.] [OE. serven, servien, OF. & F. servir, fr. L. servire; akin to servus a servant or slave, servare to protect, preserve, observe; cf. Zend har to protect, haurva protecting. Cf. {Conserve}, {Desert} merit, {Dessert}, {Observe}, {Serf}, {Sergeant}.] 1. To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, as an inferior, domestic, serf, slave, hired assistant, official helper, etc.; specifically, in a religious sense, to obey and worship. God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit. --Rom. i. 9. Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. --Gen. xxix. 18. No man can serve two masters. --Matt. vi. 24. Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies. --Shak. 2. To be subordinate to; to act a secondary part under; to appear as the inferior of; to minister to. Bodies bright and greater should not serve The less not bright. --Milton. 3. To be suitor to; to profess love to. [Obs.] To serve a lady in his beste wise. --Chaucer. 4. To wait upon; to supply the wants of; to attend; specifically, to wait upon at table; to attend at meals; to supply with food; as, to serve customers in a shop. Others, pampered in their shameless pride, Are served in plate and in their chariots ride. --Dryden. 5. Hence, to bring forward, arrange, deal, or distribute, as a portion of anything, especially of food prepared for eating; -- often with up; formerly with in. Bid them cover the table, serve in the meat, and we will come in to dinner. --Shak. Some part he roasts, then serves it up so dressed. --Dryde. | |
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Servite \Serv"ite\, n. [It. servita.] (R.C.Ch.) One of the order of the Religious Servants of the Holy Virgin, founded in Florence in 1223. | |
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Servitorship \Serv"i*tor*ship\, n. The office, rank, or condition of a servitor. --Boswell. | |
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Servitude \Serv"i*tude\, n. [L. servitudo: cf. F. servitude.] 1. The state of voluntary or compulsory subjection to a master; the condition of being bound to service; the condition of a slave; slavery; bondage; hence, a state of slavish dependence. You would have sold your king to slaughter, His princes and his peers to servitude. --Shak. A splendid servitude; . . . for he that rises up early, and goe[?] to bed late, only to receive addresses, is really as much abridged in his freedom as he that waits to present one. --South. 2. Servants, collectively. [Obs.] After him a cumbrous train Of herds and flocks, and numerous servitude. --Milton. 3. (Law) A right whereby one thing is subject to another thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to the common right. Note: The object of a servitude is either to suffer something to be done by another, or to omit to do something, with respect to a thing. The easements of the English correspond in some respects with the servitudes of the Roman law. Both terms are used by common law writers, and often indiscriminately. The former, however, rather indicates the right enjoyed, and the latter the burden imposed. --Ayliffe. Erskine. E. Washburn. {Penal servitude}. See under {Penal}. {Personal servitude} (Law), that which arises when the use of a thing is granted as a real right to a particular individual other than the proprietor. {Predial servitude} (Law), that which one estate owes to another estate. When it related to lands, vineyards, gardens, or the like, it is called rural; when it related to houses and buildings, it is called urban. | |
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Serviture \Serv"i*ture\, n. Servants, collectively. [Obs.] | |
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Servitute \Serv"i*tute\, n. [L. servitus.] Servitude. [Obs.] | |
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Sharp \Sharp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sharped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sharping}.] 1. To sharpen. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. (Mus.) To raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a half step, or semitone, above the natural tone. | |
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Sharptail \Sharp"tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pintail duck. (b) The pintail grouse, or prairie chicken. | |
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Pintail \Pin"tail`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A northern duck ({Dafila acuta}), native of both continents. The adult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also {gray duck}, {piketail}, {piket-tail}, {spike-tail}, {split-tail}, {springtail}, {sea pheasant}, and {gray widgeon}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains ({Pedioc[91]tes phasianellus}); -- called also {pintailed grouse}, {pintailed chicken}, {springtail}, and {sharptail}. | |
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Sharptail \Sharp"tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pintail duck. (b) The pintail grouse, or prairie chicken. | |
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Pintail \Pin"tail`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A northern duck ({Dafila acuta}), native of both continents. The adult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also {gray duck}, {piketail}, {piket-tail}, {spike-tail}, {split-tail}, {springtail}, {sea pheasant}, and {gray widgeon}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains ({Pedioc[91]tes phasianellus}); -- called also {pintailed grouse}, {pintailed chicken}, {springtail}, and {sharptail}. | |
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Sharp-witted \Sharp"-wit`ted\, a. Having an acute or nicely discerning mind. | |
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Sheer \Sheer\, n. 1. (Naut.) (a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side. (b) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it. 2. A turn or change in a course. Give the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore. --Cooper. 3. pl. Shears See {Shear}. {Sheer batten} (Shipbuilding), a long strip of wood to guide the carpenters in following the sheer plan. {Sheer boom}, a boom slanting across a stream to direct floating logs to one side. {Sheer hulk}. See {Shear hulk}, under {Hulk}. {Sheer plan}, [or] {Sheer draught} (Shipbuilding), a projection of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane passing through the middle line of the vessel. {Sheer pole} (Naut.), an iron rod lashed to the shrouds just above the dead-eyes and parallel to the ratlines. {Sheer strake} (Shipbuilding), the strake under the gunwale on the top side. --Totten. {To break sheer} (Naut.), to deviate from sheer, and risk fouling the anchor. | |
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Sherbet \Sher"bet\, n. [Ar. sherbet, shorbet, sharbat, properly, one drink or sip, a draught, beverage, from shariba to drink. Cf. {Sorbet}, {Sirup}, {Shrub} a drink.] 1. A refreshing drink, common in the East, made of the juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways; as, orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry sherbet, etc. 2. A flavored water ice. 3. A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, sugar, etc., variously flavored, for making an effervescing drink; -- called also {sherbet powder}. | |
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Sherbet \Sher"bet\, n. [Ar. sherbet, shorbet, sharbat, properly, one drink or sip, a draught, beverage, from shariba to drink. Cf. {Sorbet}, {Sirup}, {Shrub} a drink.] 1. A refreshing drink, common in the East, made of the juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways; as, orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry sherbet, etc. 2. A flavored water ice. 3. A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, sugar, etc., variously flavored, for making an effervescing drink; -- called also {sherbet powder}. | |
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Sheriffalty \Sher"iff*al*ty\, Sheriffdom \Sher"iff*dom\, Sheriffry \Sher"iff*ry\, Sheriffship \Sher"iff*ship\, Sheriffwick \Sher"iff*wick\, n. The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See {Shrievalty}. | |
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Shower \Show"er\, n. [OE. shour, schour, AS. se[?]r; akin to D. schoer, G. schauer, OHG. sc[?]r, Icel. sk[?]r, Sw. skur, Goth. sk[?]ra windis a storm of wind; of uncertain origin.] 1. A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow. In drought or else showers. --Chaucer. Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers. --Milton. 2. That which resembles a shower in falling or passing through the air copiously and rapidly. With showers of stones he drives them far away. --Pope. 3. A copious supply bestowed. [R.] He and myself Have travail'd in the great shower of your gifts. --Shak. {Shower bath}, a bath in which water is showered from above, and sometimes from the sides also. | |
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Shrift \Shrift\, n. [OE. shrift, schrift, AS. scrift, fr. scr[c6]fan to shrive. See {Shrive}.] 1. The act of shriving. In shrift and preaching is my diligence. --Chaucer. 2. Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it. --Chaucer. Have you got leave to go to shrift to-day? --Shak. Therefore, my lord, address you to your shrift, And be yourself; for you must die this instant. --Rowe. {Shrift father}, a priest to whom confession is made. | |
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Shrift \Shrift\, n. [OE. shrift, schrift, AS. scrift, fr. scr[c6]fan to shrive. See {Shrive}.] 1. The act of shriving. In shrift and preaching is my diligence. --Chaucer. 2. Confession made to a priest, and the absolution consequent upon it. --Chaucer. Have you got leave to go to shrift to-day? --Shak. Therefore, my lord, address you to your shrift, And be yourself; for you must die this instant. --Rowe. {Shrift father}, a priest to whom confession is made. | |
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Shrive \Shrive\, v. t. [imp. {Shrived}or {Shrove}; p. p. {Shriven}or {Shrived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shriving}.] [OE. shriven, schriven, AS. scr[c6]van to shrive, to impose penance or punishment; akin to OFries. skr[c6]va to impose punishment; cf. OS. biskr[c6]ban to be troubled. Cf. {Shrift}, {Shrovetide}.] 1. To hear or receive the confession of; to administer confession and absolution to; -- said of a priest as the agent. That they should shrive their parishioners. --Piers Plowman. Doubtless he shrives this woman, . . . Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech. --Shak. Till my guilty soul be shriven. --Longfellow. 2. To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively. Get you to the church and shrive yourself. --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Shrove \Shrove\, imp. of {Shrive}. {Shrove Sunday}, Quinguagesima Sunday. {Shrove Tuesday}, the Tuesday following Quinguagesima Sunday, and preceding the first day of Lent, or Ash Wednesday. Note: It was formerly customary in England, on this day, for the people to confess their sins to their parish priests, after which they dined on pancakes, or fritters, and the occasion became one of merriment. The bell rung on this day is popularly called Pancake Bell, and the day itself Pancake Tuesday. --P. Cyc. | |
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Shrovetide \Shrove"tide`\, n. [From shrive to take a confession (OE. imp. shrof, AS. scr[be]f) + tide.] The days immediately preceding Ash Widnesday, especially the period between the evening before Quinguagesima Sunday and the morning of Ash Wednesday. | |
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Siruped \Sir"uped\, Syruped \Syr"uped\, a. Moistened, covered, or sweetened with sirup, or sweet juice. | |
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Sorb \Sorb\, n.[L. sorbus the tree, sorbum the fruit; cf. F. sorbe. See {Service tree}.] (Bot.) (a) The wild service tree ({Pyrus torminalis}) of Europe; also, the rowan tree. (b) The fruit of these trees. {Sorb apple}, the fruit of the sorb, or wild service tree. {Sorb tree}, the wild service tree. | |
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Sorbate \Sor"bate\, n. [Cf. F. sorbate. See {Sorbic}.] (Chem.) A salt of sorbic acid. | |
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Sorbet \Sor"bet\, n. [F. sorbet or It. sorbetto or Sp. sorbete, from the same source as E. sherbet. See {Sherbet}.] A kind of beverage; sherbet. --Smolett. | |
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Sorbite \Sor"bite\, n. [L. sorbus service tree.] (Chem.) A sugarlike substance, isomeric with mannite and dulcite, found with sorbin in the ripe berries of the sorb, and extracted as a sirup or a white crystalline substance. -- {Sor*bit"ic}, a. | |
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Sorbite \Sor"bite\, n. [L. sorbus service tree.] (Chem.) A sugarlike substance, isomeric with mannite and dulcite, found with sorbin in the ripe berries of the sorb, and extracted as a sirup or a white crystalline substance. -- {Sor*bit"ic}, a. | |
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Sorbition \Sor*bi"tion\, n. [L. sorbitio.] The act of drinking or sipping. [Obs.] | |
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Square \Square\, a. 1. (Geom.) Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure. 2. Forming a right angle; as, a square corner. 3. Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame. 4. Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just. She's a most truimphant lady, if report be square to her. --Shak. 5. Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square dealing. 6. Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square. 7. Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous. By Heaven, square eaters. More meat, I say. --Beau. & Fl. 8. (Naut.) At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; -- said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced. Note: Square is often used in self-explaining compounds or combination, as in square-built, square-cornered, square-cut, square-nosed, etc. {Square foot}, an area equal to that of a square the sides of which are twelwe inches; 144 square inches. {Square knot}, a knot in which the terminal and standing parts are parallel to each other; a reef knot. See Illust. under {Knot}. {Square measure}, the measure of a superficies or surface which depends on the length and breadth taken conjointly. The units of square measure are squares whose sides are the linear measures; as, square inches, square feet, square meters, etc. {Square number}. See {square}, n., 6. {Square root of a number} [or] {quantity} (Math.), that number or quantity which, multiplied by itself produces the given number or quantity. {Square sail} (Naut.), a four-sided sail extended upon a yard suspended by the middle; sometimes, the foresail of a schooner set upon a yard; also, a cutter's or sloop's sail boomed out. See Illust. of {Sail}. {Square stern} (Naut.), a stern having a transom and joining the counter timbers at an angle, as distinguished from a round stern, which has no transom. {Three-square}, {Five-square}, etc., having three, five, etc., equal sides; as, a three-square file. {To get square with}, to get even with; to pay off. [Colloq.] | |
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Foot \Foot\ (f[oocr]t), n.; pl. {Feet} (f[emac]t). [OE. fot, foot, pl. fet, feet. AS. f[omac]t, pl. f[emac]t; akin to D. voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f[omac]tr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth. f[omac]tus, L. pes, Gr. poy`s, Skr. p[be]d, Icel. fet step, pace measure of a foot, feta to step, find one's way. [fb]77, 250. Cf. {Antipodes}, {Cap-a-pie}, {Expedient}, {Fet} to fetch, {Fetlock}, {Fetter}, {Pawn} a piece in chess, {Pedal}.] 1. (Anat.) The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See {Manus}, and {Pes}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of {Buccinum}. 3. That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking. 4. The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed. And now at foot Of heaven's ascent they lift their feet. --Milton. 5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular. Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason. --Berkeley. 6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular. [R.] As to his being on the foot of a servant. --Walpole. 7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See {Yard}. Note: This measure is supposed to be taken from the length of a man's foot. It differs in length in different countries. In the United States and in England it is 304.8 millimeters. 8. (Mil.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry. [bd]Both horse and foot.[b8] --Milton. 9. (Pros.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent. 10. (Naut.) The lower edge of a sail. Note: Foot is often used adjectively, signifying of or pertaining to a foot or the feet, or to the base or lower part. It is also much used as the first of compounds. {Foot artillery}. (Mil.) (a) Artillery soldiers serving in foot. (b) Heavy artillery. --Farrow. {Foot bank} (Fort.), a raised way within a parapet. {Foot barracks} (Mil.), barracks for infantery. {Foot bellows}, a bellows worked by a treadle. --Knight. {Foot company} (Mil.), a company of infantry. --Milton. {Foot gear}, covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or boots. {Foot hammer} (Mach.), a small tilt hammer moved by a treadle. {Foot iron}. (a) The step of a carriage. (b) A fetter. {Foot jaw}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Maxilliped}. {Foot key} (Mus.), an organ pedal. {Foot level} (Gunnery), a form of level used in giving any proposed angle of elevation to a piece of ordnance. --Farrow. {Foot mantle}, a long garment to protect the dress in riding; a riding skirt. [Obs.] {Foot page}, an errand boy; an attendant. [Obs.] {Foot passenger}, one who passes on foot, as over a road or bridge. {Foot pavement}, a paved way for foot passengers; a footway; a trottoir. {Foot poet}, an inferior poet; a poetaster. [R.] --Dryden. {Foot post}. (a) A letter carrier who travels on foot. (b) A mail delivery by means of such carriers. {Fot pound}, [and] {Foot poundal}. (Mech.) See {Foot pound} and {Foot poundal}, in the Vocabulary. {Foot press} (Mach.), a cutting, embossing, or printing press, moved by a treadle. {Foot race}, a race run by persons on foot. --Cowper. {Foot rail}, a railroad rail, with a wide flat flange on the lower side. {Foot rot}, an ulcer in the feet of sheep; claw sickness. {Foot rule}, a rule or measure twelve inches long. {Foot screw}, an adjusting screw which forms a foot, and serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an uneven place. {Foot secretion}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sclerobase}. {Foot soldier}, a soldier who serves on foot. {Foot stick} (Printing), a beveled piece of furniture placed against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place. {Foot stove}, a small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot coals for warming the feet. {Foot tubercle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Parapodium}. {Foot valve} (Steam Engine), the valve that opens to the air pump from the condenser. {Foot vise}, a kind of vise the jaws of which are operated by a treadle. {Foot waling} (Naut.), the inside planks or lining of a vessel over the floor timbers. --Totten. {Foot wall} (Mining), the under wall of an inclosed vein. {By foot}, [or] {On foot}, by walking; as, to pass a stream on foot. {Cubic foot}. See under {Cubic}. {Foot and mouth disease}, a contagious disease (Eczema epizo[94]tica) of cattle, sheep, swine, etc., characterized by the formation of vesicles and ulcers in the mouth and about the hoofs. {Foot of the fine} (Law), the concluding portion of an acknowledgment in court by which, formerly, the title of land was conveyed. See {Fine of land}, under {Fine}, n.; also {Chirograph}. (b). {Square foot}. See under {Square}. {To be on foot}, to be in motion, action, or process of execution. {To keep the foot} (Script.), to preserve decorum. [bd]Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God.[b8] --Eccl. v. 1. {To put one's foot down}, to take a resolute stand; to be determined. [Colloq.] {To put the best foot foremost}, to make a good appearance; to do one's best. [Colloq.] {To set on foot}, to put in motion; to originate; as, to set on foot a subscription. {To} {put, [or] set}, {one on his feet}, to put one in a position to go on; to assist to start. {Under foot}. (a) Under the feet; (Fig.) at one's mercy; as, to trample under foot. --Gibbon. (b) Below par. [Obs.] [bd]They would be forced to sell . . . far under foot.[b8] --Bacon. | |
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Surbate \Sur*bate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surbated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surbating}.] [F. solbatu, p. p., bruised (said of a horse's foot); sole a sole (of a horse's foot) + battu, p. p. of battre to beat.] 1. To make sore or bruise, as the feet by travel. [Obs.] Lest they their fins should bruise, and surbate sore Their tender feet upon the stony ground. --Spenser. Chalky land surbates and spoils oxen's feet. --Mortimer. 2. To harass; to fatigue. [Obs.] --Clarendon. | |
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Surbate \Sur*bate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surbated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surbating}.] [F. solbatu, p. p., bruised (said of a horse's foot); sole a sole (of a horse's foot) + battu, p. p. of battre to beat.] 1. To make sore or bruise, as the feet by travel. [Obs.] Lest they their fins should bruise, and surbate sore Their tender feet upon the stony ground. --Spenser. Chalky land surbates and spoils oxen's feet. --Mortimer. 2. To harass; to fatigue. [Obs.] --Clarendon. | |
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Surbate \Sur*bate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surbated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surbating}.] [F. solbatu, p. p., bruised (said of a horse's foot); sole a sole (of a horse's foot) + battu, p. p. of battre to beat.] 1. To make sore or bruise, as the feet by travel. [Obs.] Lest they their fins should bruise, and surbate sore Their tender feet upon the stony ground. --Spenser. Chalky land surbates and spoils oxen's feet. --Mortimer. 2. To harass; to fatigue. [Obs.] --Clarendon. | |
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Surbeat \Sur*beat"\, v. t. Same as {Surbate}. [Obs.] | |
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Surbed \Sur*bed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surbedded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surbedding}.] [Pref. sur- + bed.] To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position different from that which it had in the quarry. It . . . has something of a grain parallel with the horizon, and therefore should not be surbedded. --Gilbert White. | |
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Surbed \Sur*bed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surbedded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surbedding}.] [Pref. sur- + bed.] To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position different from that which it had in the quarry. It . . . has something of a grain parallel with the horizon, and therefore should not be surbedded. --Gilbert White. | |
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Surbed \Sur*bed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surbedded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surbedding}.] [Pref. sur- + bed.] To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position different from that which it had in the quarry. It . . . has something of a grain parallel with the horizon, and therefore should not be surbedded. --Gilbert White. | |
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Surbet \Sur*bet"\, v. t. Same as {Surbate}. [Obs.] | |
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Surbet \Sur*bet"\, a. Surbated; bruised. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Sure-footed \Sure"-foot`ed\, a. Not liable to stumble or fall; as, a sure-footed horse. | |
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Scoter \Sco"ter\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus {Oidemia}. Note: The European scoters are {Oidemia nigra}, called also {black duck}, {black diver}, {surf duck}; and the velvet, or double, scoter ({O. fusca}). The common American species are the velvet, or white-winged, scoter ({O. Deglandi}), called also {velvet duck}, {white-wing}, {bull coot}, {white-winged coot}; the black scoter ({O. Americana}), called also {black coot}, {butterbill}, {coppernose}; and the surf scoter, or surf duck ({O. perspicillata}), called also {baldpate}, {skunkhead}, {horsehead}, {patchhead}, {pishaug}, and spectacled coot. These birds are collectively called also {coots}. The females and young are called gray coots, and brown coots. | |
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Surf \Surf\, n. [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E. sough.] The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach. {Surf bird} (Zo[94]l.), a ploverlike bird of the genus {Aphriza}, allied to the turnstone. {Surf clam} (Zo[94]l.), a large clam living on the open coast, especially {Mactra, [or] Spisula, solidissima}. See {Mactra}. {Surf duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of sea ducks of the genus {Oidemia}, especially {O. percpicillata}; -- called also {surf scoter}. See the Note under {Scoter}. {Surf fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of California embiotocoid fishes. See {Embiotocoid}. {Surf smelt}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Smelt}. {Surf whiting}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Whiting}. | |
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Scoter \Sco"ter\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus {Oidemia}. Note: The European scoters are {Oidemia nigra}, called also {black duck}, {black diver}, {surf duck}; and the velvet, or double, scoter ({O. fusca}). The common American species are the velvet, or white-winged, scoter ({O. Deglandi}), called also {velvet duck}, {white-wing}, {bull coot}, {white-winged coot}; the black scoter ({O. Americana}), called also {black coot}, {butterbill}, {coppernose}; and the surf scoter, or surf duck ({O. perspicillata}), called also {baldpate}, {skunkhead}, {horsehead}, {patchhead}, {pishaug}, and spectacled coot. These birds are collectively called also {coots}. The females and young are called gray coots, and brown coots. | |
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Surf \Surf\, n. [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E. sough.] The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach. {Surf bird} (Zo[94]l.), a ploverlike bird of the genus {Aphriza}, allied to the turnstone. {Surf clam} (Zo[94]l.), a large clam living on the open coast, especially {Mactra, [or] Spisula, solidissima}. See {Mactra}. {Surf duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of sea ducks of the genus {Oidemia}, especially {O. percpicillata}; -- called also {surf scoter}. See the Note under {Scoter}. {Surf fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of California embiotocoid fishes. See {Embiotocoid}. {Surf smelt}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Smelt}. {Surf whiting}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Whiting}. | |
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Kingfish \King"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American marine food fish of the genus {Menticirrus}, especially {M. saxatilis}, or {M. nebulosos}, of the Atlantic coast; -- called also {whiting}, {surf whiting}, and {barb}. (b) The opah. (c) The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See {Cero}. (d) The queenfish. | |
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Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From {White}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A common European food fish ({Melangus vulgaris}) of the Codfish family; -- called also {fittin}. (b) A North American fish ({Merlucius vulgaris}) allied to the preceding; -- called also {silver hake}. (c) Any one of several species of North American marine sci[91]noid food fishes belonging to genus {Menticirrhus}, especially {M. Americanus}, found from Maryland to Brazil, and {M. littoralis}, common from Virginia to Texas; -- called also {silver whiting}, and {surf whiting}. Note: Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the kingfish (a), the sailor's choice (b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake whitefishes. 2. Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc. {Whiting pollack}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pollack}. {Whiting pout} (Zo[94]l.), the bib, 2. | |
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{Silver steel}, an alloy of steel with a very small proportion of silver. {Silver stick}, a title given to the title field officer of the Life Guards when on duty at the palace. [Eng.] --Thackeray. {Silver tree} (Bot.), a South African tree ({Leucadendron argenteum}) with long, silvery, silky leaves. {Silver trout}, (Zo[94]l.) See {Trout}. {Silver wedding}. See under {Wedding}. {Silver whiting} (Zo[94]l.), a marine sci[91]noid food fish ({Menticirrus littoralis}) native of the Southern United States; -- called also {surf whiting}. {Silver witch} (Zo[94]l.), A lepisma. | |
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Surf \Surf\, n. [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E. sough.] The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach. {Surf bird} (Zo[94]l.), a ploverlike bird of the genus {Aphriza}, allied to the turnstone. {Surf clam} (Zo[94]l.), a large clam living on the open coast, especially {Mactra, [or] Spisula, solidissima}. See {Mactra}. {Surf duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of sea ducks of the genus {Oidemia}, especially {O. percpicillata}; -- called also {surf scoter}. See the Note under {Scoter}. {Surf fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of California embiotocoid fishes. See {Embiotocoid}. {Surf smelt}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Smelt}. {Surf whiting}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Whiting}. | |
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Kingfish \King"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American marine food fish of the genus {Menticirrus}, especially {M. saxatilis}, or {M. nebulosos}, of the Atlantic coast; -- called also {whiting}, {surf whiting}, and {barb}. (b) The opah. (c) The common cero; also, the spotted cero. See {Cero}. (d) The queenfish. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Whiting \Whit"ing\, n. [From {White}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A common European food fish ({Melangus vulgaris}) of the Codfish family; -- called also {fittin}. (b) A North American fish ({Merlucius vulgaris}) allied to the preceding; -- called also {silver hake}. (c) Any one of several species of North American marine sci[91]noid food fishes belonging to genus {Menticirrhus}, especially {M. Americanus}, found from Maryland to Brazil, and {M. littoralis}, common from Virginia to Texas; -- called also {silver whiting}, and {surf whiting}. Note: Various other fishes are locally called whiting, as the kingfish (a), the sailor's choice (b), the Pacific tomcod, and certain species of lake whitefishes. 2. Chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc. {Whiting pollack}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pollack}. {Whiting pout} (Zo[94]l.), the bib, 2. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Silver steel}, an alloy of steel with a very small proportion of silver. {Silver stick}, a title given to the title field officer of the Life Guards when on duty at the palace. [Eng.] --Thackeray. {Silver tree} (Bot.), a South African tree ({Leucadendron argenteum}) with long, silvery, silky leaves. {Silver trout}, (Zo[94]l.) See {Trout}. {Silver wedding}. See under {Wedding}. {Silver whiting} (Zo[94]l.), a marine sci[91]noid food fish ({Menticirrus littoralis}) native of the Southern United States; -- called also {surf whiting}. {Silver witch} (Zo[94]l.), A lepisma. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surf \Surf\, n. [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E. sough.] The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach. {Surf bird} (Zo[94]l.), a ploverlike bird of the genus {Aphriza}, allied to the turnstone. {Surf clam} (Zo[94]l.), a large clam living on the open coast, especially {Mactra, [or] Spisula, solidissima}. See {Mactra}. {Surf duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of sea ducks of the genus {Oidemia}, especially {O. percpicillata}; -- called also {surf scoter}. See the Note under {Scoter}. {Surf fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of California embiotocoid fishes. See {Embiotocoid}. {Surf smelt}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Smelt}. {Surf whiting}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Whiting}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surfboat \Surf"boat`\, n. (Naut.) A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with a pronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and of contact with the beach. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surfeit \Sur"feit\, n. [OE. surfet, OF. surfait, sorfait, excess, arrogance, crime, fr. surfaire, sorfaire, to augment, exaggerate, F. surfaire to overcharge; sur over + faire to make, do, L. facere. See {Sur-}, and {Fact}.] 1. Excess in eating and drinking. Let not Sir Surfeit sit at thy board. --Piers Plowman. Now comes the sick hour that his surfeit made. --Shak. 2. Fullness and oppression of the system, occasioned often by excessive eating and drinking. To prevent surfeit and other diseases that are incident to those that heat their blood by travels. --Bunyan. 3. Disgust caused by excess; satiety. --Sir P. Sidney. Matter and argument have been supplied abundantly, and even to surfeit. --Burke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surfeit \Sur"feit\, v. i. 1. To load the stomach with food, so that sickness or uneasiness ensues; to eat to excess. They are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing. --Shak. 2. To indulge to satiety in any gratification. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surfeit \Sur"feit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surfeited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surfeiting}.] 1. To feed so as to oppress the stomach and derange the function of the system; to overfeed, and produce satiety, sickness, or uneasiness; -- often reflexive; as, to surfeit one's self with sweets. 2. To fill to satiety and disgust; to cloy; as, he surfeits us with compliments. --V. Knox. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surfeit \Sur"feit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surfeited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surfeiting}.] 1. To feed so as to oppress the stomach and derange the function of the system; to overfeed, and produce satiety, sickness, or uneasiness; -- often reflexive; as, to surfeit one's self with sweets. 2. To fill to satiety and disgust; to cloy; as, he surfeits us with compliments. --V. Knox. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surfeiter \Sur"feit*er\, n. One who surfeits. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surfeit \Sur"feit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surfeited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surfeiting}.] 1. To feed so as to oppress the stomach and derange the function of the system; to overfeed, and produce satiety, sickness, or uneasiness; -- often reflexive; as, to surfeit one's self with sweets. 2. To fill to satiety and disgust; to cloy; as, he surfeits us with compliments. --V. Knox. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surfeit-water \Sur"feit-wa`ter\, n. Water for the cure of surfeits. [Obs.] --Locke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surfoot \Sur"foot`\, a. Tired or sore of foot from travel; lamed. [Obs.] --Nares. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surrebut \Sur`re*but"\, v. i. [Pref. sur + rebut.] (Law) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surrebuter \Sur`re*but"er\, n. (Law) The reply of a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surreption \Sur*rep"tion\, n. [L. surreptio, or subreptio. Cf. {Subreption}.] 1. The act or process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth. Fame by surreption got May stead us for the time, but lasteth not. --B. Jonson. 2. A coming unperceived or suddenly. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surreptitious \Sur`rep*ti"tious\, a. [L. surreptitius, or subreptitius, fr. surripere, subripere, to snatch away, to withdraw privily; sub- under + rapere to snatch. See {Sub-}, and {Ravish}.] Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious removal of goods. -- {Sur`rep*ti"tious*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surreptitious \Sur`rep*ti"tious\, a. [L. surreptitius, or subreptitius, fr. surripere, subripere, to snatch away, to withdraw privily; sub- under + rapere to snatch. See {Sub-}, and {Ravish}.] Done or made by stealth, or without proper authority; made or introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as, a surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious removal of goods. -- {Sur`rep*ti"tious*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Survey \Sur*vey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surveyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surveying}.] [OF. surveoir, surveer; sur, sor, over, E. sur + veoir, veeir, to see, F. voir, L. videre. See {Sur-}, and {Vision}, and cf. {Supervise}.] 1. To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country. Round he surveys and well might, where he stood, So high above. --Milton. 2. To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine. With such altered looks, . . . All pale and speechless, he surveyed me round. --Dryden. 3. To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of; as, to survey a building in order to determine its value and exposure to loss by fire. 4. To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurments, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry; as, to survey land or a coast. 5. To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same. [Eng.] --Jacob (Law Dict.). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swerve \Swerve\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swerved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swerving}.] [OE. swerven, AS. sweorfan to wipe off, to file, to polish; akin to OFries. swerva to creep, D. zwerven to swerve, to rope, OS. swerban to wipe off, MHG. swerben to be whirled, OHG. swerban to wipe off, Icel. sverfa to file, Goth. swa[a1]rban (in comp.) to wipe, and perhaps to E. swarm. Cf. {Swarm}.] 1. To stray; to wander; to rope. [Obs.] A maid thitherward did run, To catch her sparrow which from her did swerve. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. To go out of a straight line; to deflect. [bd]The point [of the sword] swerved.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. 3. To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate. I swerve not from thy commandments. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. They swerve from the strict letter of the law. --Clarendon. Many who, through the contagion of evil example, swerve exceedingly from the rules of their holy religion. --Atterbury. 4. To bend; to incline. [bd]The battle swerved.[b8] --Milton. 5. To climb or move upward by winding or turning. The tree was high; Yet nimbly up from bough to bough I swerved. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Siruped \Sir"uped\, Syruped \Syr"uped\, a. Moistened, covered, or sweetened with sirup, or sweet juice. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sarepta, LA (village, FIPS 68125) Location: 32.89523 N, 93.45137 W Population (1990): 886 (367 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71071 Sarepta, MS Zip code(s): 38864 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sharptown, MD (town, FIPS 71650) Location: 38.53920 N, 75.72026 W Population (1990): 609 (286 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
script kiddies pl.n. The lowest form of {cracker}; script kiddies do mischief with scripts and programs written by others, often without understanding the {exploit}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SCRIPT 1. An early system on the {IBM 702}. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. 2. A {real-time} language. ["A Communication Abstraction Mechanism and its Verification", N. Francez et al, Sci Comp Prog 6(1):35-88 (1986)]. (1994-12-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
script see {Ousterhout's dichotomy}. (1999-02-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SCRIPT 1. An early system on the {IBM 702}. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. 2. A {real-time} language. ["A Communication Abstraction Mechanism and its Verification", N. Francez et al, Sci Comp Prog 6(1):35-88 (1986)]. (1994-12-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
script see {Ousterhout's dichotomy}. (1999-02-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Scriptics {Tcl} development and the {TclPro} tool suite. {Home (http://www.scriptics.com/)}. (1998-11-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
scripting language that is {weakly typed} or {untyped} and has little or no provision for complex {data structures}. A program in a scripting language (a "{script}") is often {interpreted} (but see {Ousterhout's dichotomy}). Scripts typically interact either with other programs (often as {glue}) or with a set of functions provided by the interpreter, as with the {file system} functions provided in a {UNIX shell} and with {Tcl}'s {GUI} functions. Prototypical scripting languages are {AppleScript}, {C Shell}, MSDOS {batch files}, and {Tcl}. (2001-03-06) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sarepta (Luke 4:26). See {ZAREPHATH}. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Scripture invariably in the New Testament denotes that definite collection of sacred books, regarded as given by inspiration of God, which we usually call the Old Testament (2 Tim. 3:15, 16; John 20:9; Gal. 3:22; 2 Pet. 1:20). It was God's purpose thus to perpetuate his revealed will. From time to time he raised up men to commit to writing in an infallible record the revelation he gave. The "Scripture," or collection of sacred writings, was thus enlarged from time to time as God saw necessary. We have now a completed "Scripture," consisting of the Old and New Testaments. The Old Testament canon in the time of our Lord was precisely the same as that which we now possess under that name. He placed the seal of his own authority on this collection of writings, as all equally given by inspiration (Matt. 5:17; 7:12; 22:40; Luke 16:29, 31). (See {BIBLE}; {CANON}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Servitor occurs only in 2 Kings 4:43, Authorized Version (R.V., "servant"). The Hebrew word there rendered "servitor" is elsewhere rendered "minister," "servant" (Ex. 24:13; 33:11). Probably Gehazi, the personal attendant on Elisha, is here meant. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Sarepta, a goldsmith's shop |