English Dictionary: savin | by the DICT Development Group |
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Sab91an \Sa*b[91]"an\, a. & n. Same as {Sabian}. | |
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Sabian \Sa"bi*an\, a. [L. Sabaeus.] [Written also {Sabean}, and {Sab[91]an}.] 1. Of or pertaining to Saba in Arabia, celebrated for producing aromatic plants. | |
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Sabian \Sa"bi*an\, n. An adherent of the Sabian religion; a worshiper of the heavenly bodies. [Written also {Sab[91]an}, and {Sabean}.] | |
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Sabian \Sa"bi*an\, a. [L. Sabaeus.] [Written also {Sabean}, and {Sab[91]an}.] 1. Of or pertaining to Saba in Arabia, celebrated for producing aromatic plants. | |
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Sabian \Sa"bi*an\, n. An adherent of the Sabian religion; a worshiper of the heavenly bodies. [Written also {Sab[91]an}, and {Sabean}.] | |
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Sabean \Sa*be"an\, a. & n. Same as {Sabian}. | |
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Sabian \Sa"bi*an\, a. [L. Sabaeus.] [Written also {Sabean}, and {Sab[91]an}.] 1. Of or pertaining to Saba in Arabia, celebrated for producing aromatic plants. | |
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Sabian \Sa"bi*an\, n. An adherent of the Sabian religion; a worshiper of the heavenly bodies. [Written also {Sab[91]an}, and {Sabean}.] | |
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Sabine \Sa"bine\, a. [L. Sabinus.] Of or pertaining to the ancient Sabines, a people of Italy. -- n. One of the Sabine people. | |
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Sabine \Sab"ine\, n. [F., fr. L. Sabina herba, fr. Sabini the Sabines. Cf. {Savin}.] (Bot.) See {Savin}. | |
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Savin \Sav"in\, Savine \Sav"ine\, n. [OE. saveine, AS. safin[91], savine, L. sabina herba. Cf. {Sabine}.] [Written also {sabine}.] (Bot.) (a) A coniferous shrub ({Juniperus Sabina}) of Western Asia, occasionally found also in the northern parts of the United States and in British America. It is a compact bush, with dark-colored foliage, and produces small berries having a glaucous bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops are sometimes used in medicine for gout, amenorrh[d2]a, etc. (b) The North American red cedar ({Juniperus Virginiana}.) | |
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Sabine \Sa"bine\, a. [L. Sabinus.] Of or pertaining to the ancient Sabines, a people of Italy. -- n. One of the Sabine people. | |
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Sabine \Sab"ine\, n. [F., fr. L. Sabina herba, fr. Sabini the Sabines. Cf. {Savin}.] (Bot.) See {Savin}. | |
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Savin \Sav"in\, Savine \Sav"ine\, n. [OE. saveine, AS. safin[91], savine, L. sabina herba. Cf. {Sabine}.] [Written also {sabine}.] (Bot.) (a) A coniferous shrub ({Juniperus Sabina}) of Western Asia, occasionally found also in the northern parts of the United States and in British America. It is a compact bush, with dark-colored foliage, and produces small berries having a glaucous bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops are sometimes used in medicine for gout, amenorrh[d2]a, etc. (b) The North American red cedar ({Juniperus Virginiana}.) | |
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Savanna \Sa*van"na\, n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Sp. sabana, F. savane.] A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees. [Spelt also {savannah}.] Savannahs are clear pieces of land without woods. --Dampier. {Savanna flower} (Bot.), a West Indian name for several climbing apocyneous plants of the genus {Echites}. {Savanna sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), an American sparrow ({Ammodramus sandwichensis} or {Passerculus savanna}) of which several varieties are found on grassy plains from Alaska to the Eastern United States. {Savanna wattle} (Bot.), a name of two West Indian trees of the genus {Citharexylum}. | |
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Savanna \Sa*van"na\, n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Sp. sabana, F. savane.] A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees. [Spelt also {savannah}.] Savannahs are clear pieces of land without woods. --Dampier. {Savanna flower} (Bot.), a West Indian name for several climbing apocyneous plants of the genus {Echites}. {Savanna sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), an American sparrow ({Ammodramus sandwichensis} or {Passerculus savanna}) of which several varieties are found on grassy plains from Alaska to the Eastern United States. {Savanna wattle} (Bot.), a name of two West Indian trees of the genus {Citharexylum}. | |
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Savin \Sav"in\, Savine \Sav"ine\, n. [OE. saveine, AS. safin[91], savine, L. sabina herba. Cf. {Sabine}.] [Written also {sabine}.] (Bot.) (a) A coniferous shrub ({Juniperus Sabina}) of Western Asia, occasionally found also in the northern parts of the United States and in British America. It is a compact bush, with dark-colored foliage, and produces small berries having a glaucous bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops are sometimes used in medicine for gout, amenorrh[d2]a, etc. (b) The North American red cedar ({Juniperus Virginiana}.) | |
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Savin \Sav"in\, Savine \Sav"ine\, n. [OE. saveine, AS. safin[91], savine, L. sabina herba. Cf. {Sabine}.] [Written also {sabine}.] (Bot.) (a) A coniferous shrub ({Juniperus Sabina}) of Western Asia, occasionally found also in the northern parts of the United States and in British America. It is a compact bush, with dark-colored foliage, and produces small berries having a glaucous bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops are sometimes used in medicine for gout, amenorrh[d2]a, etc. (b) The North American red cedar ({Juniperus Virginiana}.) | |
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Sea bean \Sea" bean\ (Bot.) Same as {Florida bean}. | |
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Bean \Bean\ (b[emac]n), n. [OE. bene, AS. be[a0]n; akin to D. boon, G. bohne, OHG. p[omac]na, Icel. baun, Dan. b[94]nne, Sw. b[94]na, and perh. to Russ. bob, L. faba.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera {Faba}, {Phaseolus}, and {Dolichos}; also, to the herbs. Note: The origin and classification of many kinds are still doubtful. Among true beans are: the black-eyed bean and China bean, included in {Dolichos Sinensis}; black Egyptian bean or hyacinth bean, {D. Lablab}; the common haricot beans, kidney beans, string beans, and pole beans, all included in {Phaseolus vulgaris}; the lower bush bean, {Ph. vulgaris}, variety {nanus}; Lima bean, {Ph. lunatus}; Spanish bean and scarlet runner, {Ph. maltiflorus}; Windsor bean, the common bean of England, {Faba vulgaris}. As an article of food beans are classed with vegetables. 2. The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans. {Bean aphis} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse ({Aphis fab[91]}) which infests the bean plant. {Bean fly} (Zo[94]l.), a fly found on bean flowers. {Bean goose} (Zo[94]l.), a species of goose ({Anser segetum}). {Bean weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small weevil that in the larval state destroys beans. The American species in {Bruchus fab[91]}. {Florida bean} (Bot.), the seed of {Mucuna urens}, a West Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida shore, and are often polished and made into ornaments. {Ignatius bean}, or {St. Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), a species of {Strychnos}. {Navy bean}, the common dried white bean of commerce; probably so called because an important article of food in the navy. {Pea bean}, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible white bean; -- so called from its size. {Sacred bean}. See under {Sacred}. {Screw bean}. See under {Screw}. {Sea bean}. (a) Same as {Florida bean}. (b) A red bean of unknown species used for ornament. {Tonquin bean}, or {Tonka bean}, the fragrant seed of {Dipteryx odorata}, a leguminous tree. {Vanilla bean}. See under {Vanilla}. | |
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Sea fan \Sea" fan"\ (Zo[94]l.) Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially {Gorgonia flabellum} of Florida and the West Indies. | |
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Sea foam \Sea" foam`\ 1. Foam of sea water. 2. (Min.) Meerschaum; -- called also {sea froth}. | |
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{Bow pen}. See {Bow-pen}. {Dotting pen}, a pen for drawing dotted lines. {Drawing}, [or] {Ruling}, {pen}, a pen for ruling lines having a pair of blades between which the ink is contained. {Fountain pen}, {Geometric pen}. See under {Fountain}, and {Geometric}. {Music pen}, a pen having five points for drawing the five lines of the staff. {Pen and ink}, [or] {pen-and-ink}, executed or done with a pen and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch. {Pen feather}. A pin feather. [Obs.] {Pen name}. See under {Name}. {Sea pen} (Zo[94]l.), a pennatula. [Usually written {sea-pen}.] | |
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Sea-pen \Sea"-pen"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A pennatula. | |
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{Bow pen}. See {Bow-pen}. {Dotting pen}, a pen for drawing dotted lines. {Drawing}, [or] {Ruling}, {pen}, a pen for ruling lines having a pair of blades between which the ink is contained. {Fountain pen}, {Geometric pen}. See under {Fountain}, and {Geometric}. {Music pen}, a pen having five points for drawing the five lines of the staff. {Pen and ink}, [or] {pen-and-ink}, executed or done with a pen and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch. {Pen feather}. A pin feather. [Obs.] {Pen name}. See under {Name}. {Sea pen} (Zo[94]l.), a pennatula. [Usually written {sea-pen}.] | |
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Sea-pen \Sea"-pen"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A pennatula. | |
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{Bow pen}. See {Bow-pen}. {Dotting pen}, a pen for drawing dotted lines. {Drawing}, [or] {Ruling}, {pen}, a pen for ruling lines having a pair of blades between which the ink is contained. {Fountain pen}, {Geometric pen}. See under {Fountain}, and {Geometric}. {Music pen}, a pen having five points for drawing the five lines of the staff. {Pen and ink}, [or] {pen-and-ink}, executed or done with a pen and ink; as, a pen and ink sketch. {Pen feather}. A pin feather. [Obs.] {Pen name}. See under {Name}. {Sea pen} (Zo[94]l.), a pennatula. [Usually written {sea-pen}.] | |
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Sepawn \Se*pawn"\, n. See {Supawn}. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Supawn \Su*pawn"\, n. [Of American Indian origin.] Boiled Indian meal; hasty pudding; mush. [Written also {sepawn}, {sepon}, and {suppawn}.] [Local, U.S.] | |
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Sepawn \Se*pawn"\, n. See {Supawn}. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Supawn \Su*pawn"\, n. [Of American Indian origin.] Boiled Indian meal; hasty pudding; mush. [Written also {sepawn}, {sepon}, and {suppawn}.] [Local, U.S.] | |
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Sephen \Se"phen\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large sting ray of the genus {Trygon}, especially {T. sephen} of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. The skin is an article of commerce. | |
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Sepon \Se*pon"\, n. See {Supawn}. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Supawn \Su*pawn"\, n. [Of American Indian origin.] Boiled Indian meal; hasty pudding; mush. [Written also {sepawn}, {sepon}, and {suppawn}.] [Local, U.S.] | |
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Sepon \Se*pon"\, n. See {Supawn}. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Supawn \Su*pawn"\, n. [Of American Indian origin.] Boiled Indian meal; hasty pudding; mush. [Written also {sepawn}, {sepon}, and {suppawn}.] [Local, U.S.] | |
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Seven \Sev"en\, a. [OE. seven, seoven, seofen, AS. seofon, seofan, seofen; akin to D. zeven, OS., Goth., & OHG. sibun, G. sieben, Icel. sjau, sj[94], Sw. sju, Dan. syv, Lith. septyni, Russ. seme, W. saith, Gael. seachd, Ir. seacht, L. septem, Gr. [?][?][?], Skr. saptan. [root]305. Cf. {Hebdomad}, {Heptagon}, {September}.] One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week. {Seven sciences}. See the Note under {Science}, n., 4. {Seven stars} (Astron.), the Pleiades. {Seven wonders of the world}. See under {Wonders}. {Seven-year apple} (Bot.), a rubiaceous shrub ({Genipa clusiifolia}) growing in the West Indies; also, its edible fruit. {Seven-year vine} (Bot.), a tropical climbing plant ({Ipom[oe]a tuberosa}) related to the morning-glory. | |
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Seven \Sev"en\, n. 1. The number greater by one than six; seven units or objects. Of every beast, and bird, and insect small, Game sevens and pairs. --Milton. 2. A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii. | |
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Shape \Shape\ (sh[amac]p), v. t. [imp. {Shaped} (sh[amac]pt); p. p. {Shaped} or {Shapen} (sh[amac]p"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shaping}.] [OE. shapen, schapen, AS. sceapian. The p. p. shapen is from the strong verb, AS. scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, p. p. sceapen. See {Shape}, n.] 1. To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to. I was shapen in iniquity. --Ps. li. 5. Grace shaped her limbs, and beauty decked her face. --Prior. 2. To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel. To the stream, when neither friends, nor force, Nor speed nor art avail, he shapes his course. --Denham. Charmed by their eyes, their manners I acquire, And shape my foolishness to their desire. --Prior. 3. To image; to conceive; to body forth. Oft my jealousy Shapes faults that are not. --Shak. 4. To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange. When shapen was all this conspiracy, From point to point. --Chaucer. {Shaping machine}. (Mach.) Same as {Shaper}. {To shape one's self}, to prepare; to make ready. [Obs.] I will early shape me therefor. --Chaucer. | |
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Shave \Shave\, v. t. [imp. {Shaved};p. p. {Shaved} or {Shaven}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shaving}.] [OE. shaven, schaven, AS. scafan, sceafan; akin to D. schaven, G. schaben, Icel. skafa, Sw. skafva, Dan. skave, Goth. scaban, Russ. kopate to dig, Gr. [?][?][?][?], and probably to L. scabere to scratch, to scrape. Cf. {Scab}, {Shaft}, {Shape}.] 1. To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard. 2. To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself. I'll shave your crown for this. --Shak. The laborer with the bending scythe is seen Shaving the surface of the waving green. --Gay. 3. To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices. Plants bruised or shaven in leaf or root. --Bacon. 4. To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing. Now shaves with level wing the deep. --Milton. 5. To strip; to plunder; to fleece. [Colloq.] {To shave a note}, to buy it at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows. [Cant, U.S.] | |
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Shebeen \She*been"\, n. [Of Irish origin; cf. Ir. seapa a shop.] A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold. [Ireland] | |
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Shepen \Shep"en\, n. A stable; a shippen. [Obs.] The shepne brenning with the blacke smoke. --Chaucer. | |
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Shippen \Ship"pen\, n. [AS. scypen. Cf. {Shop}, {Shepen}.] A stable; a cowhouse. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] | |
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Shippon \Ship"pon\, n. A cowhouse; a shippen. [Prov. Eng.] Bessy would either do fieldwork, or attend to the cows, the shippon, or churn, or make cheese. --Dickens. | |
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Shopen \Sho"pen\, obs. p. p. of {Shape}. --Chaucer. | |
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Shoven \Shov"en\, obs. p. p. of {Shove}. --Chaucer. | |
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Siphon \Si"phon\, n. [F. siphon, L. sipho, -onis, fr. Gr. [?][?][?] a siphon, tube, pipe.] 1. A device, consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two branches or legs of unequal length, by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level, as from one vessel to another, over an intermediate elevation, by the action of the pressure of the atmosphere in forcing the liquid up the shorter branch of the pipe immersed in it, while the continued excess of weight of the liquid in the longer branch (when once filled) causes a continuous flow. The flow takes place only when the discharging extremity of the pipe ia lower than the higher liquid surface, and when no part of the pipe is higher above the surface than the same liquid will rise by atmospheric pressure; that is, about 33 feet for water, and 30 inches for mercury, near the sea level. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of the tubes or folds of the mantle border of a bivalve or gastropod mollusk by which water is conducted into the gill cavity. See Illust. under {Mya}, and {Lamellibranchiata}. (b) The anterior prolongation of the margin of any gastropod shell for the protection of the soft siphon. (c) The tubular organ through which water is ejected from the gill cavity of a cephaloid. It serves as a locomotive organ, by guiding and confining the jet of water. Called also {siphuncle}. See Illust. under {Loligo}, and {Dibranchiata}. (d) The siphuncle of a cephalopod shell. (e) The sucking proboscis of certain parasitic insects and crustaceans. (f) A sproutlike prolongation in front of the mouth of many gephyreans. (g) A tubular organ connected both with the esophagus and the intestine of certain sea urchins and annelids. 3. A siphon bottle. {Inverted siphon}, a tube bent like a siphon, but having the branches turned upward; specifically (Hydraulic Engineering), a pipe for conducting water beneath a depressed place, as from one hill to another across an intervening valley, following the depression of the ground. {Siphon barometer}. See under {Barometer}. {Siphon bottle}, a bottle for holding a[89]rated water, which is driven out through a bent tube in the neck by the gas within the bottle when a valve in the tube is opened; -- called also {gazogene}, and {siphoid}. | |
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Siphon \Si"phon\, v. t. (Chem.) To convey, or draw off, by means of a siphon, as a liquid from one vessel to another at a lower level. | |
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d8Siphonium \[d8]Si*pho"ni*um\, n.; pl. {Siphonia}. [NL., from Gr. [?][?][?][?], dim. of [?][?][?][?]. See {Siphon}.] (Anat.) A bony tube which, in some birds, connects the tympanium with the air chambers of the articular piece of the mandible. | |
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Sophime \So*phime"\ (? [or] ?), n. [OF. soffime, sophisme.] Sophism. [Obs.] I trow ye study aboute some sophime. --Chaucer. | |
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Sowbane \Sow"bane`\, n. (Bot.) The red goosefoot ({Chenopodium rubrum}), -- said to be fatal to swine. | |
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Spin \Spin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spun}(Archaic imp. {Span}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spinning}.] [AS. spinnan; akin to D. & G. spinnen, Icel. & Sw. spinna, Dan. spinde, Goth. spinnan, and probably to E. span. [root]170. Cf. {Span}, v. t., {Spider}.] 1. To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material. All the yarn she [Penelope] spun in Ulysses' absence did but fill Ithaca full of moths. --Shak. 2. To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by degrees; to extend to a great length; -- with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject. Do you mean that story is tediously spun out? --Sheridan. 3. To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness. By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives. --L'Estrange. 4. To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top. 5. To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; -- said of the spider, the silkworm, etc. 6. (Mech.) To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe. {To spin a yarn} (Naut.), to tell a story, esp. a long or fabulous tale. {To spin hay} (Mil.), to twist it into ropes for convenient carriage on an expedition. {To spin street yarn}, to gad about gossiping. [Collog.] | |
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Span \Span\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spanned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spanning}.] [AS. pannan; akin to D. & G. spannen, OHG. spannan, Sw. sp[84]nna, Dan. sp[91]nde, Icel. spenna, and perh. to Gr. [?] to draw, to drag, L. spatium space. [root]170. Cf. {Spin}, v. t., {Space}, {Spasm}.] 1. To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder. My right hand hath spanned the heavens. --Isa. xiviii. 13. 2. To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch. The rivers were spanned by arches of solid masonry. --prescott. 3. To fetter, as a horse; to hobble. | |
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Span \Span\, archaic imp. & p. p. of {Spin}. | |
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Span \Span\, n. [AS. spann; akin to D. span, OHG. spanna, G. spanne, Icel. sp[94]nn. [root]170. See {Span}, v. t. ] 1. The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom. 2. Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time. Yet not to earth's contracted span Thy goodness let me bound. --Pope. Life's but a span; I'll every inch enjoy. --Farquhar. 3. The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports. 4. (Naut.) A rope having its ends made fast so that a purchase can be hooked to the bight; also, a rope made fast in the center so that both ends can be used. 5. [Cf. D. span, Sw. spann, Dan. sp[91]nd, G. gespann. See {Span}, v. t. ] A pair of horses or other animals driven together; usually, such a pair of horses when similar in color, form, and action. {Span blocks} (Naut.), blocks at the topmast and topgallant-mast heads, for the studding-sail halyards. {Span counter}, an old English child's game, in which one throws a counter on the ground, and another tries to hit it with his counter, or to get his counter so near it that he can span the space between them, and touch both the counters. --Halliwell. [bd]Henry V., in whose time boys went to span counter for French crowns.[b8] --Shak. {Span iron} (Naut.), a special kind of harpoon, usually secured just below the gunwale of a whaleboat. {Span roof}, a common roof, having two slopes and one ridge, with eaves on both sides. --Gwilt. {Span shackle} (Naut.), a large bolt driven through the forecastle deck, with a triangular shackle in the head to receive the heel of the old-fashioned fish davit. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. | |
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Span \Span\, v. i. To be matched, as horses. [U. S.] | |
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Spane \Spane\, v. t. [Akin to G. sp[84]nen, LG. & D. spennen, AS. spanu a teat.] To wean. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] | |
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Span-new \Span"-new`\, a. [Icel. sp[be]nn[?]r, properly, new as a ship just split; sp[be]nn chip + n[?]r new. See {Spoon}, and {New}.] Quite new; brand-new; fire-new. [bd]A span-new archbishop's chair.[b8] --Fuller. | |
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Spawn \Spawn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spawning}.] [OE. spanen, OF. espandre, properly, to shed, spread, L. expandere to spread out. See {Expand}.] 1. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do. 2. To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt. One edition [of books] spawneth another. --Fuller. | |
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Spawn \Spawn\, v. i. 1. To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do. 2. To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously. | |
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Spawn \Spawn\, n. [[root]170. See {Spawn}, v. t.] 1. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals. 2. Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously. 3. (Hort.) The buds or branches produced from underground stems. 4. (Bot.) The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi. {Spawn eater} (Zo[94]l.), a small American cyprinoid fish ({Notropis Hudsonius}) allied to the dace. | |
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Sphene \Sphene\, n. [F. sph[8a]ne, fr. Gr. sfh`n a wedge.] (Min.) A mineral found usually in thin, wedge-shaped crystals of a yellow or green to black color. It is a silicate of titanium and calcium; titanite. | |
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Spheno- \Sphe"no-\ A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sphenoid bone; as in sphenomaxillary, sphenopalatine. | |
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Spin \Spin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spun}(Archaic imp. {Span}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spinning}.] [AS. spinnan; akin to D. & G. spinnen, Icel. & Sw. spinna, Dan. spinde, Goth. spinnan, and probably to E. span. [root]170. Cf. {Span}, v. t., {Spider}.] 1. To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material. All the yarn she [Penelope] spun in Ulysses' absence did but fill Ithaca full of moths. --Shak. 2. To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by degrees; to extend to a great length; -- with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject. Do you mean that story is tediously spun out? --Sheridan. 3. To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness. By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives. --L'Estrange. 4. To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top. 5. To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; -- said of the spider, the silkworm, etc. 6. (Mech.) To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe. {To spin a yarn} (Naut.), to tell a story, esp. a long or fabulous tale. {To spin hay} (Mil.), to twist it into ropes for convenient carriage on an expedition. {To spin street yarn}, to gad about gossiping. [Collog.] | |
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Spin \Spin\, v. i. 1. To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness. They neither know to spin, nor care to toll. --Prior. 2. To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis. Round about him spun the landscape, Sky and forest reeled together. --Longfellow. With a whirligig of jubilant mosquitoes spinning about each head. --G. W. Cable. 3. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein. --Shak. 4. To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc. [Colloq.] | |
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Spin \Spin\, n. 1. The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle. [Colloq.] 2. (Kinematics) Velocity of rotation about some specified axis. | |
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Spine \Spine\, n. [L. spina thorn, the spine; akin to spica a point: cf. OF. espine, F. [82]pine. Cf. {Spike}, {Spinet} a musical instrument, {Spinny}.] 1. (Bot.) A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal. (b) One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish. 3. (Anat.) The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebr[91]. 4. Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge. | |
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Spinny \Spin"ny\, n.; pl. {Spinnies}. [OF. espinaye,espinoye, espinei, espanoi, F. [82]pinaie, from L. spinetum a thicket of thorns, fr. spina a thorn. See {Spine}.] A small thicket or grove with undergrowth; a clump of trees. [Written also {spinney}, and {spinny}.] The downs rise steep, crowned with black fir spinnies. --C. Kingsley. | |
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Spinney \Spin"ney\, n.; pl. {Spinneys}. Same as {Spinny}. --T. Hughes. | |
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Spinny \Spin"ny\, n.; pl. {Spinnies}. [OF. espinaye,espinoye, espinei, espanoi, F. [82]pinaie, from L. spinetum a thicket of thorns, fr. spina a thorn. See {Spine}.] A small thicket or grove with undergrowth; a clump of trees. [Written also {spinney}, and {spinny}.] The downs rise steep, crowned with black fir spinnies. --C. Kingsley. | |
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Spinney \Spin"ney\, n.; pl. {Spinneys}. Same as {Spinny}. --T. Hughes. | |
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Spinny \Spin"ny\, n.; pl. {Spinnies}. [OF. espinaye,espinoye, espinei, espanoi, F. [82]pinaie, from L. spinetum a thicket of thorns, fr. spina a thorn. See {Spine}.] A small thicket or grove with undergrowth; a clump of trees. [Written also {spinney}, and {spinny}.] The downs rise steep, crowned with black fir spinnies. --C. Kingsley. | |
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Spinny \Spin"ny\, a. [Cf. {Spiny}, a.] Thin and long; slim; slender. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] | |
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Spinny \Spin"ny\, n.; pl. {Spinnies}. [OF. espinaye,espinoye, espinei, espanoi, F. [82]pinaie, from L. spinetum a thicket of thorns, fr. spina a thorn. See {Spine}.] A small thicket or grove with undergrowth; a clump of trees. [Written also {spinney}, and {spinny}.] The downs rise steep, crowned with black fir spinnies. --C. Kingsley. | |
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Spinny \Spin"ny\, a. [Cf. {Spiny}, a.] Thin and long; slim; slender. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] | |
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Spinny \Spin"ny\, n.; pl. {Spinnies}. [OF. espinaye,espinoye, espinei, espanoi, F. [82]pinaie, from L. spinetum a thicket of thorns, fr. spina a thorn. See {Spine}.] A small thicket or grove with undergrowth; a clump of trees. [Written also {spinney}, and {spinny}.] The downs rise steep, crowned with black fir spinnies. --C. Kingsley. | |
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Spinny \Spin"ny\, a. [Cf. {Spiny}, a.] Thin and long; slim; slender. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] | |
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Spiny \Spin"y\, a. [From {Spine}.] 1. Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree. 2. Like a spine in shape; slender. [bd]Spiny grasshoppers sit chirping.[b8] --Chapman. 3. Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances. The spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy. --Bp. Warburton. {Spiny lobster}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Rock lobster}, under {Rock}. See also {Lobster}. | |
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Spiny \Spin"y\, n. See {Spinny}. | |
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Spoom \Spoom\, v. i. [Probably fr. spum foam. See {Spume}.] (Naut.) To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; to be driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a part of the sails spread; to scud under bare poles. [Written also {spoon}.] When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale, My heaving wishes help to fill the sail. --Dryden. | |
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Spoon \Spoon\, n. (Golf) A wooden club with a lofted face. --Encyc. of Sport. | |
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Spoon \Spoon\, v. t. 1. (Fishing) To catch by fishing with a spoon bait. He had with him all the tackle necessary for spooning pike. --Mrs. Humphry Ward. 2. In croquet, golf, etc., to push or shove (a ball) with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock. | |
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Spoon \Spoon\, v. i. 1. To fish with a spoon bait. 2. In croquet, golf, etc., to spoon a ball. | |
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Spoom \Spoom\, v. i. [Probably fr. spum foam. See {Spume}.] (Naut.) To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; to be driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a part of the sails spread; to scud under bare poles. [Written also {spoon}.] When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale, My heaving wishes help to fill the sail. --Dryden. | |
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Spoon \Spoon\ (sp[oomac]n), v. i. (Naut.) See {Spoom}. [Obs.] We might have spooned before the wind as well as they. --Pepys. | |
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Spoon \Spoon\, n. [OE. spon, AS. sp[omac]n, a chip; akin to D. spaan, G. span, Dan. spaan, Sw. sp[86]n, Icel. sp[a0]nn, sp[a2]nn, a chip, a spoon. [root]170. Cf. {Span-new}.] 1. An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food. [bd]Therefore behoveth him a full long spoon That shall eat with a fiend,[b8] thus heard I say. --Chaucer. He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil. --Shak. 2. Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait. 3. Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney. [Slang] --Hood. {Spoon bait} (Fishing), a lure used in trolling, consisting of a glistening metallic plate shaped like the bowl of a spoon with a fishhook attached. {Spoon bit}, a bit for boring, hollowed or furrowed along one side. {Spoon net}, a net for landing fish. {Spoon oar}. see under {Oar}. | |
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Spoon \Spoon\, v. t. To take up in, or as in, a spoon. | |
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Spoon \Spoon\, v. i. To act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love. [Colloq.] | |
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Spoon \Spoon\, n. (Golf) A wooden club with a lofted face. --Encyc. of Sport. | |
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Spoon \Spoon\, v. t. 1. (Fishing) To catch by fishing with a spoon bait. He had with him all the tackle necessary for spooning pike. --Mrs. Humphry Ward. 2. In croquet, golf, etc., to push or shove (a ball) with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock. | |
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Spoon \Spoon\, v. i. 1. To fish with a spoon bait. 2. In croquet, golf, etc., to spoon a ball. | |
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Spoom \Spoom\, v. i. [Probably fr. spum foam. See {Spume}.] (Naut.) To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; to be driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a part of the sails spread; to scud under bare poles. [Written also {spoon}.] When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale, My heaving wishes help to fill the sail. --Dryden. | |
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Spoon \Spoon\ (sp[oomac]n), v. i. (Naut.) See {Spoom}. [Obs.] We might have spooned before the wind as well as they. --Pepys. | |
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Spoon \Spoon\, n. [OE. spon, AS. sp[omac]n, a chip; akin to D. spaan, G. span, Dan. spaan, Sw. sp[86]n, Icel. sp[a0]nn, sp[a2]nn, a chip, a spoon. [root]170. Cf. {Span-new}.] 1. An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food. [bd]Therefore behoveth him a full long spoon That shall eat with a fiend,[b8] thus heard I say. --Chaucer. He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil. --Shak. 2. Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait. 3. Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney. [Slang] --Hood. {Spoon bait} (Fishing), a lure used in trolling, consisting of a glistening metallic plate shaped like the bowl of a spoon with a fishhook attached. {Spoon bit}, a bit for boring, hollowed or furrowed along one side. {Spoon net}, a net for landing fish. {Spoon oar}. see under {Oar}. | |
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Spoon \Spoon\, v. t. To take up in, or as in, a spoon. | |
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Spoon \Spoon\, v. i. To act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love. [Colloq.] | |
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Spoon \Spoon\, n. (Golf) A wooden club with a lofted face. --Encyc. of Sport. | |
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Spoon \Spoon\, v. t. 1. (Fishing) To catch by fishing with a spoon bait. He had with him all the tackle necessary for spooning pike. --Mrs. Humphry Ward. 2. In croquet, golf, etc., to push or shove (a ball) with a lifting motion, instead of striking with an audible knock. | |
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Spoon \Spoon\, v. i. 1. To fish with a spoon bait. 2. In croquet, golf, etc., to spoon a ball. | |
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Spoom \Spoom\, v. i. [Probably fr. spum foam. See {Spume}.] (Naut.) To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; to be driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a part of the sails spread; to scud under bare poles. [Written also {spoon}.] When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale, My heaving wishes help to fill the sail. --Dryden. | |
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Spoon \Spoon\ (sp[oomac]n), v. i. (Naut.) See {Spoom}. [Obs.] We might have spooned before the wind as well as they. --Pepys. | |
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Spoon \Spoon\, n. [OE. spon, AS. sp[omac]n, a chip; akin to D. spaan, G. span, Dan. spaan, Sw. sp[86]n, Icel. sp[a0]nn, sp[a2]nn, a chip, a spoon. [root]170. Cf. {Span-new}.] 1. An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food. [bd]Therefore behoveth him a full long spoon That shall eat with a fiend,[b8] thus heard I say. --Chaucer. He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil. --Shak. 2. Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait. 3. Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney. [Slang] --Hood. {Spoon bait} (Fishing), a lure used in trolling, consisting of a glistening metallic plate shaped like the bowl of a spoon with a fishhook attached. {Spoon bit}, a bit for boring, hollowed or furrowed along one side. {Spoon net}, a net for landing fish. {Spoon oar}. see under {Oar}. | |
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Spoon \Spoon\, v. t. To take up in, or as in, a spoon. | |
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Spoon \Spoon\, v. i. To act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love. [Colloq.] | |
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Spooney \Spoon"ey\, a. Weak-minded; demonstratively fond; as, spooney lovers. [Spelt also {spoony.}] [Colloq.] | |
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Spooney \Spoon"ey\, n.; pl. {Spooneye}. A weak-minded or silly person; one who is foolishly fond. [Colloq.] There is no doubt, whatever, that I was a lackadaisical young spooney. --Dickens. | |
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Spooney \Spoon"ey\, n.; pl. {Spooneye}. A weak-minded or silly person; one who is foolishly fond. [Colloq.] There is no doubt, whatever, that I was a lackadaisical young spooney. --Dickens. | |
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Spoony \Spoon"y\, a. & n. Same as {Spooney}. | |
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Spooney \Spoon"ey\, a. Weak-minded; demonstratively fond; as, spooney lovers. [Spelt also {spoony.}] [Colloq.] | |
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Spoony \Spoon"y\, a. & n. Same as {Spooney}. | |
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Spooney \Spoon"ey\, a. Weak-minded; demonstratively fond; as, spooney lovers. [Spelt also {spoony.}] [Colloq.] | |
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Spume \Spume\, n. [L. spuma. Cf. {Pumice}, {Spoom}.] Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or agitation; froth; foam; scum. Materials dark and crude, Of spiritous and fiery spume. --Milton. | |
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Spume \Spume\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Spumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spuming}.] [L. spumare.] To froth; to foam. | |
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Spumous \Spum"ous\, Spumy \Spum"y\, a. [L. spumosus, [?] spuma foam: cf. F. spumeux.] Consisting of, containing, or covered with, froth, scum, or foam; frothy; foamy. The spumous and florid state of the blood. --Arbuthnot. The spumy waves proclaim the watery war. --Dryden. | |
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Spin \Spin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spun}(Archaic imp. {Span}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spinning}.] [AS. spinnan; akin to D. & G. spinnen, Icel. & Sw. spinna, Dan. spinde, Goth. spinnan, and probably to E. span. [root]170. Cf. {Span}, v. t., {Spider}.] 1. To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material. All the yarn she [Penelope] spun in Ulysses' absence did but fill Ithaca full of moths. --Shak. 2. To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by degrees; to extend to a great length; -- with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject. Do you mean that story is tediously spun out? --Sheridan. 3. To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness. By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives. --L'Estrange. 4. To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top. 5. To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; -- said of the spider, the silkworm, etc. 6. (Mech.) To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe. {To spin a yarn} (Naut.), to tell a story, esp. a long or fabulous tale. {To spin hay} (Mil.), to twist it into ropes for convenient carriage on an expedition. {To spin street yarn}, to gad about gossiping. [Collog.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Spun \Spun\, imp. & p. p. of {Spin}. {Spun hay}, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage, as on a military expedition. {Spun silk}, a cheap article produced from floss, or short-fibered, broken, and waste silk, carded and spun, in distinction from the long filaments wound from the cocoon. It is often mixed with cotton. {Spun yarn} (Naut.), a line formed of two or more rope-yarns loosely twisted. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Spun \Spun\, imp. & p. p. of {Spin}. {Spun hay}, hay twisted into ropes for convenient carriage, as on a military expedition. {Spun silk}, a cheap article produced from floss, or short-fibered, broken, and waste silk, carded and spun, in distinction from the long filaments wound from the cocoon. It is often mixed with cotton. {Spun yarn} (Naut.), a line formed of two or more rope-yarns loosely twisted. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Spynace \Spy"nace\ (?; 48), Spyne \Spyne\, n. (Naut.) See {Pinnace}, n., 1 (a) . | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pinnace \Pin"nace\, n. [F. pinasse; cf. It. pinassa, pinazza, Sp. pinaza; all from L. pinus a pine tree, anything made of pine, e.g., a ship. Cf. {Pine} a tree.] 1. (Naut.) (a) A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called originally, {spynace} or {spyne}. (b) A man-of-war's boat. Whilst our pinnace anchors in the Downs. --Shak. 2. A procuress; a pimp. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Spynace \Spy"nace\ (?; 48), Spyne \Spyne\, n. (Naut.) See {Pinnace}, n., 1 (a) . | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pinnace \Pin"nace\, n. [F. pinasse; cf. It. pinassa, pinazza, Sp. pinaza; all from L. pinus a pine tree, anything made of pine, e.g., a ship. Cf. {Pine} a tree.] 1. (Naut.) (a) A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called originally, {spynace} or {spyne}. (b) A man-of-war's boat. Whilst our pinnace anchors in the Downs. --Shak. 2. A procuress; a pimp. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Squaw vine \Squaw vine\ (Bot.) The partridge berry ({Mitchella repens}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subpena \Sub*pe"na\, n. & v. t. See {Subp[d2]na}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subpd2na \Sub*p[d2]"na\, n. [NL., fr. L. sub under + poena punishment. See {Pain}.] (Law) A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff's bill. [Written also {subpena}.] {[d8]Subp[d2]na ad testificandum}. [NL.] A writ used to procure the attendance of a witness for the purpose of testifying. {[d8]Subp[d2]na duces tecum}. [NL.] A writ which requires a witness to attend and bring certain documents. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subpena \Sub*pe"na\, n. & v. t. See {Subp[d2]na}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subpd2na \Sub*p[d2]"na\, n. [NL., fr. L. sub under + poena punishment. See {Pain}.] (Law) A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff's bill. [Written also {subpena}.] {[d8]Subp[d2]na ad testificandum}. [NL.] A writ used to procure the attendance of a witness for the purpose of testifying. {[d8]Subp[d2]na duces tecum}. [NL.] A writ which requires a witness to attend and bring certain documents. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subvene \Sub*vene"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Subvened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subvening}.] [Pref. sub- + L. venire to come. See {Subvention}.] To come under, as a support or stay; to happen. A future state must needs subvene to prevent the whole edifice from falling into ruin. --Bp. Warburton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supawn \Su*pawn"\, n. [Of American Indian origin.] Boiled Indian meal; hasty pudding; mush. [Written also {sepawn}, {sepon}, and {suppawn}.] [Local, U.S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supine \Su*pine"\, a. [L. supinus, akin to sub under, super above. Cf. {Sub-}, {Super-}.] 1. Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone. 2. Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined. If the vine On rising ground be placed, or hills supine. --Dryden. 3. Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless. He became pusillanimous and supine, and openly exposed to any temptation. --Woodward. Syn: Negligent; heedless; indolent; thoughtless; inattentive; listless; careless; drowsy. -- {Su*pine"ly}, adv. -- {Su*pine"ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supine \Su"pine\, n. [L. supinum (sc. verbum), from supinus bent or thrown backward, perhaps so called because, although furnished with substantive case endings, it rests or falls back, as it were, on the verb: cf. F. supin.] (Lat. Gram.) A verbal noun; or (according to C.F.Becker), a case of the infinitive mood ending in -um and -u, that in -um being sometimes called the former supine, and that in -u the latter supine. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supawn \Su*pawn"\, n. [Of American Indian origin.] Boiled Indian meal; hasty pudding; mush. [Written also {sepawn}, {sepon}, and {suppawn}.] [Local, U.S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suppawn \Sup*pawn"\, n. See {Supawn}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supawn \Su*pawn"\, n. [Of American Indian origin.] Boiled Indian meal; hasty pudding; mush. [Written also {sepawn}, {sepon}, and {suppawn}.] [Local, U.S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suppawn \Sup*pawn"\, n. See {Supawn}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sweven \Swe"ven\, n. [AS. swefen sleep, dream; akin to swebban, swefian, to put to sleep, to kill. [fb]176. See {Somnolent}.] A vision seen in sleep; a dream. [Obs.] --Wycliff (Acts ii. 17). I defy both sweven and dream. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Syphon \Sy"phon\, n. See {Syphon}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sabana, PR (comunidad, FIPS 73200) Location: 18.46405 N, 66.35281 W Population (1990): 1207 (370 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sabin, MN (city, FIPS 56554) Location: 46.78046 N, 96.65291 W Population (1990): 495 (168 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56580 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sabina, OH (village, FIPS 69400) Location: 39.49027 N, 83.63376 W Population (1990): 2662 (1104 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45169 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Savanna, IL (city, FIPS 67821) Location: 42.09005 N, 90.13992 W Population (1990): 3819 (1807 housing units) Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61074 Savanna, OK (town, FIPS 65600) Location: 34.82942 N, 95.83836 W Population (1990): 869 (388 housing units) Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Savannah, GA (city, FIPS 69000) Location: 32.02436 N, 81.13165 W Population (1990): 137560 (58762 housing units) Area: 162.1 sq km (land), 8.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31401, 31405, 31406, 31409, 31410, 31411 Savannah, MO (city, FIPS 66044) Location: 39.93876 N, 94.82780 W Population (1990): 4352 (1833 housing units) Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64485 Savannah, NY Zip code(s): 13146 Savannah, OH (village, FIPS 70576) Location: 40.96737 N, 82.36429 W Population (1990): 363 (139 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44874 Savannah, TN (city, FIPS 66720) Location: 35.22292 N, 88.23718 W Population (1990): 6547 (2796 housing units) Area: 13.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38372 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Savona, NY (village, FIPS 65354) Location: 42.28409 N, 77.22322 W Population (1990): 974 (350 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14879 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Shabbona, IL (village, FIPS 68822) Location: 41.76486 N, 88.87640 W Population (1990): 897 (334 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60550 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Spanaway, WA (CDP, FIPS 66255) Location: 47.10621 N, 122.42647 W Population (1990): 15001 (5347 housing units) Area: 13.3 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98387 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
spam vt.,vi.,n. [from "Monty Python's Flying Circus"] 1. To crash a program by overrunning a fixed-size buffer with excessively large input data. See also {buffer overflow}, {overrun screw}, {smash the stack}. 2. To cause a newsgroup to be flooded with irrelevant or inappropriate messages. You can spam a newsgroup with as little as one well- (or ill-) planned message (e.g. asking "What do you think of abortion?" on soc.women). This is often done with {cross-post}ing (e.g. any message which is crossposted to alt.rush-limbaugh and alt.politics.homosexuality will almost inevitably spam both groups). This overlaps with {troll} behavior; the latter more specific term has become more common. 3. To send many identical or nearly-identical messages separately to a large number of Usenet newsgroups. This is more specifically called `ECP', Excessive Cross-Posting. This is one sure way to infuriate nearly everyone on the Net. See also {velveeta} and {jello}. 4. To bombard a newsgroup with multiple copies of a message. This is more specifically called `EMP', Excessive Multi-Posting. 5. To mass-mail unrequested identical or nearly-identical email messages, particularly those containing advertising. Especially used when the mail addresses have been culled from network traffic or databases without the consent of the recipients. Synonyms include {UCE}, {UBE}. 6. Any large, annoying, quantity of output. For instance, someone on IRC who walks away from their screen and comes back to find 200 lines of text might say "Oh no, spam". The later definitions have become much more prevalent as the Internet has opened up to non-techies, and to most people senses 3 4 and 5 are now primary. All three behaviors are considered abuse of the net, and are almost universally grounds for termination of the originator's email account or network connection. In these senses the term `spam' has gone mainstream, though without its original sense or folkloric freight - there is apparently a widespread myth among {luser}s that "spamming" is what happens when you dump cans of Spam into a revolving fan. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
spawn n.,vi. 1. [techspeak] In UNIX parlance, to create a child process from within a process. Technically this is a `fork'; the term `spawn' is a bit more general and is used for threads (lightweight processes) as well as traditional heavyweight processes. 2. In gaming, meant to indicate where (`spawn-point') and when a player comes to life (or `re-spawns') after being killed. Opposite of {frag}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
spin vi. Equivalent to {buzz}. More common among C and Unix programmers. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SBM {Solution Based Modelling} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
spam 1. "Spam" song) To post irrelevant or inappropriate messages to one or more {Usenet} {newsgroups}, {mailing lists}, or other messaging system in deliberate or accidental violation of {netiquette}. It is possible to spam a newsgroup with one well- (or ill-) planned message, e.g. asking "What do you think of abortion?" on soc.women. This can be done by {cross-post}ing, e.g. any message which is crossposted to alt.rush-limbaugh and alt.politics.homosexuality will almost inevitably spam both groups. (Compare {troll} and {flame bait}). Posting a message to a significant proportion of all newsgroups is a sure way to spam Usenet and become an object of almost universal hatred. Canter and Siegel spammed the net with their Green card post. If you see an article which you think is a deliberate spam, DO NOT post a {follow-up} - doing so will only contribute to the general annoyance. Send a polite message to the poster by private e-mail and CC it to "postmaster" at the same address. Bear in mind that the posting's origin might have been forged or the apparent sender's account might have been used by someone else without his permission. The word was coined as the winning entry in a 1937 competition to choose a name for Hormel Foods Corporation's "spiced meat" (now officially known as "SPAM luncheon meat"). Correspondant Bob White claims the modern use of the term predates Monty Python by at least ten years. He cites an editor for the Dallas Times Herald describing Public Relations as "throwing a can of spam into an electric fan just to see if any of it would stick to the unwary passersby." {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:news.admin.net-abuse}. See also {netiquette}. 2. (A narrowing of sense 1, above) To indiscriminately send large amounts of unsolicited {e-mail} meant to promote a product or service. Spam in this sense is sort of like the electronic equivalent of junk mail sent to "Occupant". In the 1990s, with the rise in commercial awareness of the net, there are actually scumbags who offer spamming as a "service" to companies wishing to advertise on the net. They do this by mailing to collections of {e-mail} addresses, Usenet news, or mailing lists. Such practises have caused outrage and aggressive reaction by many net users against the individuals concerned. 3. (Apparently a generalisation of sense 2, above) To abuse any network service or tool by for promotional purposes. "AltaVista is an {index}, not a promotional tool. Attempts to fill it with promotional material lower the value of the index for everyone. [...] We will disallow {URL} submissions from those who spam the index. In extreme cases, we will exclude all their pages from the index." -- {Altavista}. 4. fixed-size {buffer} with excessively large input data. See also {buffer overflow}, {overrun screw}, {smash the stack}. 5. {chat} forum or {Internet game} with purposefully annoying text or macros. Compare {Scrolling}. (2003-09-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
spawn {multitasking} {operating system}. E.g. {Unix}'s {fork} {system call} or one of the spawn() library routines provided by most {MS-DOS}, {Novell NetWare} and {OS/2} {C} compilers - spawnl(), spawnle(), etc. (1995-03-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
spin Equivalent to {buzz}. More common among {C} and {Unix} programmers. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPM {Sequential Parlog Machine} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Seven This number occurs frequently in Scripture, and in such connections as lead to the supposition that it has some typical meaning. On the seventh day God rested, and hallowed it (Gen. 2:2, 3). The division of time into weeks of seven days each accounts for many instances of the occurrence of this number. This number has been called the symbol of perfection, and also the symbol of rest. "Jacob's seven years' service to Laban; Pharaoh's seven fat oxen and seven lean ones; the seven branches of the golden candlestick; the seven trumpets and the seven priests who sounded them; the seven days' siege of Jericho; the seven churches, seven spirits, seven stars, seven seals, seven vials, and many others, sufficiently prove the importance of this sacred number" (see Lev. 25:4; 1 Sam. 2:5; Ps. 12:6; 79:12; Prov. 26:16; Isa. 4:1; Matt. 18:21, 22; Luke 17:4). The feast of Passover (Ex. 12:15, 16), the feast of Weeks (Deut. 16:9), of Tabernacles (13:15), and the Jubilee (Lev. 25:8), were all ordered by seven. Seven is the number of sacrifice (2 Chr. 29:21; Job 42:8), of purification and consecration (Lev. 42:6, 17; 8:11, 33; 14:9, 51), of forgiveness (Matt. 18:21, 22; Luke 17:4), of reward (Deut. 28:7; 1 Sam. 2:5), and of punishment (Lev. 26:21, 24, 28; Deut. 28:25). It is used for any round number in such passages as Job 5:19; Prov. 26:16, 25; Isa. 4:1; Matt. 12:45. It is used also to mean "abundantly" (Gen. 4:15, 24; Lev. 26:24; Ps. 79:12). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shaphan a coney, a scribe or secretary of king Josiah (2 Kings 22:3-7). He consulted Huldah concerning the newly-discovered copy of the law which was delivered to him by Hilkiah the priest (8-14). His grandson Gedaliah was governor of Judea (25:22). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shebaniah whom Jehovah hides, or has made grow up. (1.) A Levite appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark of God (1 Chr. 15:24). (2.) Another Levite (Neh. 9:4, 5). (3.) A priest (Neh. 10:12). (4.) A Levite (Neh. 10:4). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shebna tender youth, "treasurer" over the house in the reign of Hezekiah, i.e., comptroller or governor of the palace. On account of his pride he was ejected from his office, and Eliakim was promoted to it (Isa. 22:15-25). He appears to have been the leader of the party who favoured an alliance with Egypt against Assyria. It is conjectured that "Shebna the scribe," who was one of those whom the king sent to confer with the Assyrian ambassador (2 Kings 18:18, 26, 37; 19:2; Isa. 36:3, 11, 22; 37:2), was a different person. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shepham a treeless place, Num. 34:10, 11: "The coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shibmah fragrance, a town of Reuben, east of Jordan (Num. 32:38). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shophan hidden, or hollow, a town east of Jordan (Num. 32:35), built by the children of Gad. This word should probably be joined with the word preceding it in this passage, Atroth-Shophan, as in the Revised Version. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sibmah coolness; fragrance, a town in Reuben, in the territory of Moab, on the east of Jordan (Josh. 13:19); called also Shebam and Shibmah (Num. 32:3, 38). It was famous for its vines (Isa. 16:9; Jer. 48:32). It has been identified with the ruin of Sumieh, where there are rock-cut wine-presses. This fact explains the words of the prophets referred to above. It was about 5 miles east of Heshbon. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sivan a Persian word (Assyr, sivanu, "bricks"), used after the Captivity as the name of the third month of the Jewish year, extending from the new moon in June to the new moon in July (Esther 8:9). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Spain Paul expresses his intention (Rom. 15:24, 28) to visit Spain. There is, however, no evidence that he ever carried it into effect, although some think that he probably did so between his first and second imprisonment. (See {TARSHISH}.) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Shapham, Shaphan, rabbit; wild rat; their lip; their brink | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Shebam, compassing about; old men | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Shebaniah, the Lord that converts, or recalls from captivity | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Shebna, who rests himself; who is now captive | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Shibmah, overmuch captivity, or sitting | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Shophan, rabbit; hid | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Shuphim, Shuppim, wearing them out; their shore | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Sibmah, conversion; captivity | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Sivan, a bush or thorn | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Spain, rare; precious | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Spain Spain:Geography Location: Southwestern Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, and North Atlantic Ocean, southwest of France Map references: Europe Area: total area: 504,750 sq km land area: 499,400 sq km comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of Oregon note: includes Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, and five places of sovereignty (plazas de soberania) on and off the coast of Morocco - Ceuta, Mellila, Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera Land boundaries: total 1,903.2 km, Andorra 65 km, France 623 km, Gibraltar 1.2 km, Portugal 1,214 km Coastline: 4,964 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: Gibraltar question with UK; Spain controls five places of sovereignty (plazas de soberania) on and off the coast of Morocco - the coastal enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, which Morocco contests, as well as the islands of Penon de Alhucemas, Penon de Velez de la Gomera, and Islas Chafarinas Climate: temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast Terrain: large, flat to dissected plateau surrounded by rugged hills; Pyrenees in north Natural resources: coal, lignite, iron ore, uranium, mercury, pyrites, fluorspar, gypsum, zinc, lead, tungsten, copper, kaolin, potash, hydropower Land use: arable land: 31% permanent crops: 10% meadows and pastures: 21% forest and woodland: 31% other: 7% Irrigated land: 33,600 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: pollution of the Mediterranean Sea from raw sewage and effluents from the offshore production of oil and gas; air pollution; deforestation; desertification natural hazards: periodic droughts international agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Desertification, Law of the Sea Note: strategic location along approaches to Strait of Gibraltar Spain:People Population: 39,404,348 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 17% (female 3,214,606; male 3,446,643) 15-64 years: 68% (female 13,377,839; male 13,457,683) 65 years and over: 15% (female 3,461,367; male 2,446,210) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 0.27% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 11.21 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 8.86 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: 0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 6.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.91 years male: 74.67 years female: 81.39 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.41 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Spaniard(s) adjective: Spanish Ethnic divisions: composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types Religions: Roman Catholic 99%, other sects 1% Languages: Castilian Spanish, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2% Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1986) total population: 96% male: 98% female: 94% Labor force: 14.621 million by occupation: services 53%, industry 24%, agriculture 14%, construction 9% (1988) Spain:Government Names: conventional long form: Kingdom of Spain conventional short form: Spain local short form: Espana Digraph: SP Type: parliamentary monarchy Capital: Madrid Administrative divisions: 17 autonomous communities (comunidades autonomas, singular - comunidad autonoma); Andalucia, Aragon, Asturias, Canarias, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Cataluna, Communidad Valencia, Extremadura, Galicia, Islas Baleares, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarra, Pais Vasco note: there are five places of sovereignty on and off the coast of Morocco (Ceuta, Mellila, Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera) with administrative status unknown Independence: 1492 (expulsion of the Moors and unification) National holiday: National Day, 12 October Constitution: 6 December 1978, effective 29 December 1978 Legal system: civil law system, with regional applications; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: King JUAN CARLOS I (since 22 November 1975) head of government: Prime Minister Felipe GONZALEZ Marquez (since 2 December 1982); Deputy Prime Minister Narcis SERRA y Serra (since 13 March 1991) cabinet: Council of Ministers; designated by the prime minister Council of State: is the supreme consultative organ of the government Legislative branch: bicameral The General Courts or National Assembly (Las Cortes Generales) Senate (Senado): elections last held 6 June 1993 (next to be held by June 1997); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (255 total) PSOE 117, PP 107, CiU 15, PNV 5, IU 2, other 9 Congress of Deputies (Congreso de los Diputados): elections last held 6 June 1993 (next to be held by June 1997); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (350 total) PSOE 159, PP 141, IU 18, CiU 17, PNV 5, CC 4, HB 2, other 4 Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo) Political parties and leaders: principal national parties, from right to left: Popular Party (PP), Jose Maria AZNAR Lopez; Democratic Social Center (CDS), Rafael CALVO Ortega; Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), Felipe GONZALEZ Marquez, secretary general; Socialist Democracy Party (DS), Ricardo GARCIA Damborenea; Spanish Communist Party (PCE), Julio ANGUITA Gonzalez; United Left (IU - a coalition of parties including the PCE, a branch of the PSOE, and other small parties), Julio ANGUITA Gonzalez chief regional parties: Convergence and Union (CiU), Miquel ROCA i Junyent, secretary general; Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), Xabier ARZALLUS Antia and Jose Antonio ARDANZA; Basque United People (HB), Jon IDIGORAS Guerricabeitia and Inaki ESNAOLA; Canarian Coalition (CC), a coalition of five parties Other political or pressure groups: on the extreme left, the Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) and the First of October Antifascist Resistance Group (GRAPO) use terrorism to oppose the government; free labor unions (authorized in April 1977) include the Communist-dominated Workers Commissions (CCOO); the Socialist General Union of Workers (UGT), and the smaller independent Workers Syndical Union (USO); business and landowning interests; the Catholic Church; Opus Dei; university students Member of: AfDB, AG (observer), AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, CCC, CE, CERN, EBRD, EC, ECE, ECLAC, EIB, ESA, FAO, G- 8, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU, LAIA (observer), MTCR, NACC, NAM (guest), NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, ONUSAL, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIH, UNOMOZ, UNPROFOR, UNU, UPU, WCL, WEU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Jaime De OJEDA Eiseley chancery: 2375 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037 telephone: [1] (202) 452-0100, 728-2340 FAX: [1] (202) 833-5670 consulate(s) general: Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, and San Juan (Puerto Rico) US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Richard N. GARDNER embassy: Serrano 75, 28006 Madrid mailing address: APO AE 09642 telephone: [34] (1) 577-4000 FAX: [34] (1) 577-5735 consulate(s) general: Barcelona consulate(s): Bilbao Flag: three horizontal bands of red (top), yellow (double width), and red with the national coat of arms on the hoist side of the yellow band; the coat of arms includes the royal seal framed by the Pillars of Hercules, which are the two promontories (Gibraltar and Ceuta) on either side of the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar Economy Overview: Spain, with a per capita output approximately two-thirds that of the four leading economies of Western Europe, has shared with these countries the recession of the early 1990s and the upturn of their economic fortunes in 1994. But whereas unemployment in these countries has hovered just above 10%, Spain has been forced to cope with a 25% unemployment rate. Continued political turmoil has complicated the establishment of stable government policies toward budgetary restraint, interest rates, labor law reform, and Spain's role in the evolving economic integration of Western Europe. Because the recession has been so deep, the growth in industrial output, tourism, and other sectors in 1994, while welcome, falls far short of the growth required to bring unemployment down to, say, 10%. The recovery in the economies of major trade partners, the comparatively low inflation rate, lower interest rates, and prospects in the tourist sector suggest that Spain can make substantial progress in 1995. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $515.8 billion (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: 1.8% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $13,120 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.9% (1994) Unemployment rate: 24.5% (yearend 1994) Budget: revenues: $97.7 billion expenditures: $128 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1993 est.) Exports: $72.8 billion (f.o.b., 1993) commodities: cars and trucks, semifinished manufactured goods, foodstuffs, machinery partners: EC 71.2%, US 4.8%, other developed countries 7.9% (1992) Imports: $92.5 billion (c.i.f., 1993) commodities: machinery, transport equipment, fuels, semifinished goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods, chemicals partners: EC 60.7%, US 7.4%, other developed countries 11.5%, Middle East 5.9% (1992) External debt: $90 billion (1993 est.) Industrial production: growth rate 4% (1994 est.) Electricity: capacity: 43,800,000 kW production: 148 billion kWh consumption per capita: 3,545 kWh (1993) Industries: textiles and apparel (including footwear), food and beverages, metals and metal manufactures, chemicals, shipbuilding, automobiles, machine tools, tourism Agriculture: accounts for about 5% of GDP and 14% of labor force; major products - grain, vegetables, olives, wine grapes, sugar beets, citrus fruit, beef, pork, poultry, dairy; largely self-sufficient in food; fish catch of 1.4 million metric tons is among top 20 nations Illicit drugs: key European gateway country for Latin American cocaine and North African hashish entering the European market; transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin Economic aid: recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-87), $1.9 billion; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-79), $545 million note: not currently a recipient Currency: 1 peseta (Pta) = 100 centimos Exchange rates: pesetas (Ptas) per US$1 - 132.61 (January 1995), 133.96 (1994), 127.26 (1993), 102.38 (1992), 103.91 (1991), 101.93 (1990) Fiscal year: calendar year Spain:Transportation Railroads: total: 14,400 km broad gauge: 12,111 km 1.668-m gauge (6,404 km electrified; 2,295 km double track) standard gauge: 515 km 1.435-m gauge (515 km electrified) narrow gauge: 1,774 km (privately owned: 1,727 km 1.000-m gauge, 560 km electrified; 28 km 0.914-m gauge, 28 km electrified; government owned: 19 km 1.000-m gauge, all electrified) Highways: total: 331,961 km paved: 328,641 km (2,700 km of expressways) unpaved: 3,320 km (1991) Inland waterways: 1,045 km, but of minor economic importance Pipelines: crude oil 265 km; petroleum products 1,794 km; natural gas 1,666 km Ports: Aviles, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cadiz, Cartagena, Castellon de la Plana, Ceuta, Huelva, La Coruna, Las Palmas (Canary Islands), Malaga, Melilla, Pasajes, Puerto de Gijon, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands), Santander, Tarragona, Valencia, Vigo Merchant marine: total: 157 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 868,326 GRT/1,382,335 DWT ships by type: bulk 12, cargo 41, chemical tanker 11, container 9, liquefied gas tanker 4, oil tanker 25, passenger 2, refrigerated cargo 12, roll-on/roll-off cargo 34, short-sea passenger 5, specialized tanker 2 Airports: total: 106 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 15 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 11 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 16 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 12 with paved runways under 914 m: 34 with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 1 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 16 Spain:Communications Telephone system: 15,350,464 telephones; generally adequate, modern facilities local: NA intercity: NA international: 22 coaxial submarine cables; 2 earth stations for INTELSAT (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); earth stations for working the EUTELSAT, INMARSAT, and MARECS satellite communications systems; microwave tropospheric scatter links to adjacent countries Radio: broadcast stations: AM 190, FM 406 (repeaters 134), shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 100 (repeaters 1,297) televisions: NA Spain:Defense Forces Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Civil Guard, National Police, Coastal Civil Guard Manpower availability: males age 15-49 10,435,970; males fit for military service 8,434,460; males reach military age (20) annually 335,967 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $8 billion, 1.6% of GDP (1994) |