English Dictionary: scentless mayweed | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pinkroot \Pink"root`\, n. 1. (Med.) The root of {Spigelia Marilandica}, used as a powerful vermifuge; also, that of {S. Anthelmia}. See definition 2 (below). 2. (Bot.) (a) A perennial North American herb ({Spigelia Marilandica}), sometimes cultivated for its showy red blossoms. Called also {Carolina pink}, {Maryland pinkroot}, and {worm grass}. (b) An annual South American and West Indian plant ({Spigelia Anthelmia}). | |
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Tern \Tern\ (t[etil]rn), n. [Dan. terne, t[91]rne; akin to Sw. t[84]rna, Icel. [thorn]erna; cf. NL. sterna.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to {Sterna} and various allied genera. Note: Terns differ from gulls chiefly in their graceful form, in their weaker and more slender bills and feet, and their longer and more pointed wings. The tail is usually forked. Most of the species are white with the back and wings pale gray, and often with a dark head. The common European tern ({Sterna hirundo}) is found also in Asia and America. Among other American species are the arctic tern ({S. paradis[91]a}), the roseate tern ({S. Dougalli}), the least tern ({S. Antillarum}), the royal tern ({S. maxima}), and the sooty tern ({S. fuliginosa}). {Hooded tern}. See {Fairy bird}, under {Fairy}. {Marsh tern}, any tern of the genus {Hydrochelidon}. They frequent marshes and rivers and feed largely upon insects. {River tern}, any tern belonging to {Se[89]na} or allied genera which frequent rivers. {Sea tern}, any tern of the genus {Thalasseus}. Terns of this genus have very long, pointed wings, and chiefly frequent seas and the mouths of large rivers. | |
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Saint \Saint\ (s[amac]nt), n. [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred, properly p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious act, to appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf. {Sacred}, {Sanctity}, {Sanctum}, {Sanctus}.] 1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God. Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints. --1 Cor. i. 2. 2. One of the blessed in heaven. Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure Far separate, circling thy holy mount, Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing. --Milton. 3. (Eccl.) One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.] {Saint Andrew's cross}. (a) A cross shaped like the letter X. See Illust. 4, under {Cross}. (b) (Bot.) A low North American shrub ({Ascyrum Crux-Andre[91]}, the petals of which have the form of a Saint Andrew's cross. --Gray. {Saint Anthony's cross}, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6, under {Cross}. {Saint Anthony's fire}, the erysipelas; -- popularly so called because it was supposed to have been cured by the intercession of Saint Anthony. {Saint Anthony's nut} (Bot.), the groundnut ({Bunium flexuosum}); -- so called because swine feed on it, and St. Anthony was once a swineherd. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Anthony's turnip} (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a favorite food of swine. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Barnaby's thistle} (Bot.), a kind of knapweed ({Centaurea solstitialis}) flowering on St. Barnabas's Day, June 11th. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Bernard} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of large, handsome dogs celebrated for strength and sagacity, formerly bred chiefly at the Hospice of St. Bernard in Switzerland, but now common in Europe and America. There are two races, the smooth-haired and the rough-haired. See Illust. under {Dog}. {Saint Catharine's flower} (Bot.), the plant love-in-a-mist. See under {Love}. {Saint Cuthbert's beads} (Paleon.), the fossil joints of crinoid stems. {Saint Dabeoc's heath} (Bot.), a heatherlike plant ({Dab[d2]cia polifolia}), named from an Irish saint. {Saint Distaff's Day}. See under {Distaff}. {Saint Elmo's fire}, a luminous, flamelike appearance, sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some prominent point on a ship, particularly at the masthead and the yardarms. It has also been observed on land, and is due to the discharge of electricity from elevated or pointed objects. A single flame is called a {Helena}, or a {Corposant}; a double, or twin, flame is called a {Castor and Pollux}, or a {double Corposant}. It takes its name from St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors. {Saint George's cross} (Her.), a Greek cross gules upon a field argent, the field being represented by a narrow fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great Britain. {Saint George's ensign}, a red cross on a white field with a union jack in the upper corner next the mast. It is the distinguishing badge of ships of the royal navy of England; -- called also {the white ensign}. --Brande & C. {Saint George's flag}, a smaller flag resembling the ensign, but without the union jack; used as the sign of the presence and command of an admiral. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {Saint Gobain glass} (Chem.), a fine variety of soda-lime plate glass, so called from St. Gobain in France, where it was manufactured. {Saint Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), the seed of a tree of the Philippines ({Strychnos Ignatia}), of properties similar to the nux vomica. {Saint James's shell} (Zo[94]l.), a pecten ({Vola Jacob[91]us}) worn by pilgrims to the Holy Land. See Illust. under {Scallop}. {Saint James's-wort} (Bot.), a kind of ragwort ({Senecio Jacob[91]a}). {Saint John's bread}. (Bot.) See {Carob}. {Saint John's-wort} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Hypericum}, most species of which have yellow flowers; -- called also {John's-wort}. {Saint Leger}, the name of a race for three-year-old horses run annually in September at Doncaster, England; -- instituted in 1776 by Col. St. Leger. {Saint Martin's herb} (Bot.), a small tropical American violaceous plant ({Sauvagesia erecta}). It is very mucilaginous and is used in medicine. | |
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Saint \Saint\ (s[amac]nt), n. [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred, properly p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious act, to appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf. {Sacred}, {Sanctity}, {Sanctum}, {Sanctus}.] 1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God. Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints. --1 Cor. i. 2. 2. One of the blessed in heaven. Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure Far separate, circling thy holy mount, Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing. --Milton. 3. (Eccl.) One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.] {Saint Andrew's cross}. (a) A cross shaped like the letter X. See Illust. 4, under {Cross}. (b) (Bot.) A low North American shrub ({Ascyrum Crux-Andre[91]}, the petals of which have the form of a Saint Andrew's cross. --Gray. {Saint Anthony's cross}, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6, under {Cross}. {Saint Anthony's fire}, the erysipelas; -- popularly so called because it was supposed to have been cured by the intercession of Saint Anthony. {Saint Anthony's nut} (Bot.), the groundnut ({Bunium flexuosum}); -- so called because swine feed on it, and St. Anthony was once a swineherd. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Anthony's turnip} (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a favorite food of swine. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Barnaby's thistle} (Bot.), a kind of knapweed ({Centaurea solstitialis}) flowering on St. Barnabas's Day, June 11th. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Bernard} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of large, handsome dogs celebrated for strength and sagacity, formerly bred chiefly at the Hospice of St. Bernard in Switzerland, but now common in Europe and America. There are two races, the smooth-haired and the rough-haired. See Illust. under {Dog}. {Saint Catharine's flower} (Bot.), the plant love-in-a-mist. See under {Love}. {Saint Cuthbert's beads} (Paleon.), the fossil joints of crinoid stems. {Saint Dabeoc's heath} (Bot.), a heatherlike plant ({Dab[d2]cia polifolia}), named from an Irish saint. {Saint Distaff's Day}. See under {Distaff}. {Saint Elmo's fire}, a luminous, flamelike appearance, sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some prominent point on a ship, particularly at the masthead and the yardarms. It has also been observed on land, and is due to the discharge of electricity from elevated or pointed objects. A single flame is called a {Helena}, or a {Corposant}; a double, or twin, flame is called a {Castor and Pollux}, or a {double Corposant}. It takes its name from St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors. {Saint George's cross} (Her.), a Greek cross gules upon a field argent, the field being represented by a narrow fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great Britain. {Saint George's ensign}, a red cross on a white field with a union jack in the upper corner next the mast. It is the distinguishing badge of ships of the royal navy of England; -- called also {the white ensign}. --Brande & C. {Saint George's flag}, a smaller flag resembling the ensign, but without the union jack; used as the sign of the presence and command of an admiral. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {Saint Gobain glass} (Chem.), a fine variety of soda-lime plate glass, so called from St. Gobain in France, where it was manufactured. {Saint Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), the seed of a tree of the Philippines ({Strychnos Ignatia}), of properties similar to the nux vomica. {Saint James's shell} (Zo[94]l.), a pecten ({Vola Jacob[91]us}) worn by pilgrims to the Holy Land. See Illust. under {Scallop}. {Saint James's-wort} (Bot.), a kind of ragwort ({Senecio Jacob[91]a}). {Saint John's bread}. (Bot.) See {Carob}. {Saint John's-wort} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Hypericum}, most species of which have yellow flowers; -- called also {John's-wort}. {Saint Leger}, the name of a race for three-year-old horses run annually in September at Doncaster, England; -- instituted in 1776 by Col. St. Leger. {Saint Martin's herb} (Bot.), a small tropical American violaceous plant ({Sauvagesia erecta}). It is very mucilaginous and is used in medicine. | |
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Saintly \Saint"ly\, a. [Compar. {Saintlier}; superl. {Saintliest}.] Like a saint; becoming a holy person. So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity. --Milton. | |
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Saintly \Saint"ly\, a. [Compar. {Saintlier}; superl. {Saintliest}.] Like a saint; becoming a holy person. So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity. --Milton. | |
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Saintlike \Saint"like`\, a. Resembling a saint; suiting a saint; becoming a saint; saintly. Glossed over only with a saintlike show. --Dryden. | |
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Saintliness \Saint"li*ness\, n. Quality of being saintly. | |
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Saintly \Saint"ly\, a. [Compar. {Saintlier}; superl. {Saintliest}.] Like a saint; becoming a holy person. So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity. --Milton. | |
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Saintologist \Saint*ol"o*gist\, n. [Saint + -logy + -ist.] (Theol.) One who writes the lives of saints. [R.] | |
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Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. [?].] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet. That finer matter, called sand, is no other than very small pebbles. --Woodward. 2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak. 3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life. The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak. 4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide. [bd]The Libyan sands.[b8] --Milton. [bd]The sands o' Dee.[b8] --C. Kingsley. 5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang] {Sand badger} (Zo[94]l.), the Japanese badger ({Meles ankuma}). {Sand bag}. (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc. (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by assassins. {Sand ball}, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use at the toilet. {Sand bath}. (a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed. (b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand. {Sand bed}, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a reducing furnace. {Sand birds} (Zo[94]l.), a collective name for numerous species of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers, tattlers, and many others; -- called also {shore birds}. {Sand blast}, a process of engraving and cutting glass and other hard substances by driving sand against them by a steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the process. {Sand box}. (a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling paper with sand. (b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent slipping. {Sand-box tree} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of {Regma}. {Sand bug} (Zo[94]l.), an American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under {Anomura}. {Sand canal} (Zo[94]l.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in function. {Sand cock} (Zo[94]l.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand collar}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand saucer}, below. {Sand crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The lady crab. (b) A land crab, or ocypodian. {Sand crack} (Far.), a crack extending downward from the coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes lameness. {Sand cricket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large terrestrial crickets of the genus {Stenophelmatus} and allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western United States. {Sand cusk} (Zo[94]l.), any ophidioid fish. See {Illust.} under {Ophidioid}. {Sand dab} (Zo[94]l.), a small American flounder ({Limanda ferruginea}); -- called also {rusty dab}. The name is also applied locally to other allied species. {Sand darter} (Zo[94]l.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio valley ({Ammocrypta pellucida}). {Sand dollar} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms, especially {Echinarachnius parma} of the American coast. {Sand drift}, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted sand. {Sand eel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A lant, or launce. (b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus {Gonorhynchus}, having barbels about the mouth. {Sand flag}, sandstone which splits up into flagstones. {Sand flea}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in, sandy places, especially the common dog flea. (b) The chigoe. (c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or orchestian. See {Beach flea}, under {Beach}. {Sand flood}, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind. --James Bruce. {Sand fluke}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sandnecker. (b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes microcephalus}); -- called also {kitt}, {marysole}, {smear dab}, {town dab}. {Sand fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Simulium}, abounding on sandy shores, especially {Simulium nocivum} of the United States. They are very troublesome on account of their biting habits. Called also {no-see-um}, {punky}, and {midge}. {Sand gall}. (Geol.) See {Sand pipe}, below. {Sand grass} (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in sand; especially, a tufted grass ({Triplasis purpurea}) with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves, growing on the Atlantic coast. | |
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Lant \Lant\, n. [Cf. {Lance}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus {Ammedytes}. The common European species ({A. tobianus}) and the American species ({A. Americanus}) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait. Called also {launce}, and {sand eel}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. [?].] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet. That finer matter, called sand, is no other than very small pebbles. --Woodward. 2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak. 3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life. The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak. 4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide. [bd]The Libyan sands.[b8] --Milton. [bd]The sands o' Dee.[b8] --C. Kingsley. 5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang] {Sand badger} (Zo[94]l.), the Japanese badger ({Meles ankuma}). {Sand bag}. (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc. (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by assassins. {Sand ball}, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use at the toilet. {Sand bath}. (a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed. (b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand. {Sand bed}, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a reducing furnace. {Sand birds} (Zo[94]l.), a collective name for numerous species of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers, tattlers, and many others; -- called also {shore birds}. {Sand blast}, a process of engraving and cutting glass and other hard substances by driving sand against them by a steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the process. {Sand box}. (a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling paper with sand. (b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent slipping. {Sand-box tree} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of {Regma}. {Sand bug} (Zo[94]l.), an American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under {Anomura}. {Sand canal} (Zo[94]l.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in function. {Sand cock} (Zo[94]l.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand collar}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand saucer}, below. {Sand crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The lady crab. (b) A land crab, or ocypodian. {Sand crack} (Far.), a crack extending downward from the coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes lameness. {Sand cricket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large terrestrial crickets of the genus {Stenophelmatus} and allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western United States. {Sand cusk} (Zo[94]l.), any ophidioid fish. See {Illust.} under {Ophidioid}. {Sand dab} (Zo[94]l.), a small American flounder ({Limanda ferruginea}); -- called also {rusty dab}. The name is also applied locally to other allied species. {Sand darter} (Zo[94]l.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio valley ({Ammocrypta pellucida}). {Sand dollar} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms, especially {Echinarachnius parma} of the American coast. {Sand drift}, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted sand. {Sand eel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A lant, or launce. (b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus {Gonorhynchus}, having barbels about the mouth. {Sand flag}, sandstone which splits up into flagstones. {Sand flea}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in, sandy places, especially the common dog flea. (b) The chigoe. (c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or orchestian. See {Beach flea}, under {Beach}. {Sand flood}, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind. --James Bruce. {Sand fluke}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sandnecker. (b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes microcephalus}); -- called also {kitt}, {marysole}, {smear dab}, {town dab}. {Sand fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Simulium}, abounding on sandy shores, especially {Simulium nocivum} of the United States. They are very troublesome on account of their biting habits. Called also {no-see-um}, {punky}, and {midge}. {Sand gall}. (Geol.) See {Sand pipe}, below. {Sand grass} (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in sand; especially, a tufted grass ({Triplasis purpurea}) with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves, growing on the Atlantic coast. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lant \Lant\, n. [Cf. {Lance}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus {Ammedytes}. The common European species ({A. tobianus}) and the American species ({A. Americanus}) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait. Called also {launce}, and {sand eel}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. [?].] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet. That finer matter, called sand, is no other than very small pebbles. --Woodward. 2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak. 3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life. The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak. 4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide. [bd]The Libyan sands.[b8] --Milton. [bd]The sands o' Dee.[b8] --C. Kingsley. 5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang] {Sand badger} (Zo[94]l.), the Japanese badger ({Meles ankuma}). {Sand bag}. (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc. (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by assassins. {Sand ball}, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use at the toilet. {Sand bath}. (a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed. (b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand. {Sand bed}, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a reducing furnace. {Sand birds} (Zo[94]l.), a collective name for numerous species of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers, tattlers, and many others; -- called also {shore birds}. {Sand blast}, a process of engraving and cutting glass and other hard substances by driving sand against them by a steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the process. {Sand box}. (a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling paper with sand. (b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent slipping. {Sand-box tree} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of {Regma}. {Sand bug} (Zo[94]l.), an American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under {Anomura}. {Sand canal} (Zo[94]l.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in function. {Sand cock} (Zo[94]l.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand collar}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand saucer}, below. {Sand crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The lady crab. (b) A land crab, or ocypodian. {Sand crack} (Far.), a crack extending downward from the coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes lameness. {Sand cricket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large terrestrial crickets of the genus {Stenophelmatus} and allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western United States. {Sand cusk} (Zo[94]l.), any ophidioid fish. See {Illust.} under {Ophidioid}. {Sand dab} (Zo[94]l.), a small American flounder ({Limanda ferruginea}); -- called also {rusty dab}. The name is also applied locally to other allied species. {Sand darter} (Zo[94]l.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio valley ({Ammocrypta pellucida}). {Sand dollar} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms, especially {Echinarachnius parma} of the American coast. {Sand drift}, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted sand. {Sand eel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A lant, or launce. (b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus {Gonorhynchus}, having barbels about the mouth. {Sand flag}, sandstone which splits up into flagstones. {Sand flea}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in, sandy places, especially the common dog flea. (b) The chigoe. (c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or orchestian. See {Beach flea}, under {Beach}. {Sand flood}, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind. --James Bruce. {Sand fluke}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sandnecker. (b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes microcephalus}); -- called also {kitt}, {marysole}, {smear dab}, {town dab}. {Sand fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Simulium}, abounding on sandy shores, especially {Simulium nocivum} of the United States. They are very troublesome on account of their biting habits. Called also {no-see-um}, {punky}, and {midge}. {Sand gall}. (Geol.) See {Sand pipe}, below. {Sand grass} (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in sand; especially, a tufted grass ({Triplasis purpurea}) with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves, growing on the Atlantic coast. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P. exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under {Pterocletes}. {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune. {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus Mexicana}). {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian. {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp. {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India. (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper. (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}. {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce. {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta agilis}). {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat. {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities. {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}. {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A. Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee partridge}, and {teehoo}. {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sauger. (b) The lizard fish. {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also {sand gall}. {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand prey}. {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher. {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand. {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand collar}. {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}. {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern Europe. {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian. {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside. {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}. {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper. {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker. {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under {Bank}. {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate. {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}. {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lance fish \Lance" fish`\ (Zo[94]l.) A slender marine fish of the genus {Ammodytes}, especially {Ammodytes tobianus} of the English coast; -- called also {sand lance}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P. exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under {Pterocletes}. {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune. {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus Mexicana}). {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian. {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp. {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India. (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper. (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}. {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce. {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta agilis}). {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat. {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities. {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}. {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A. Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee partridge}, and {teehoo}. {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sauger. (b) The lizard fish. {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also {sand gall}. {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand prey}. {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher. {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand. {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand collar}. {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}. {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern Europe. {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian. {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside. {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}. {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper. {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker. {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under {Bank}. {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate. {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}. {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sanderling \San"der*ling\, n. [Sand + -ling. So called because it obtains its food by searching the moist sands of the seashore.] (Zo[94]l.) A small gray and brown sandpiper ({Calidris arenaria}) very common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called also {curwillet}, {sand lark}, {stint}, and {ruddy plover}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P. exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under {Pterocletes}. {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune. {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus Mexicana}). {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian. {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp. {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India. (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper. (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}. {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce. {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta agilis}). {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat. {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities. {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}. {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A. Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee partridge}, and {teehoo}. {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sauger. (b) The lizard fish. {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also {sand gall}. {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand prey}. {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher. {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand. {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand collar}. {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}. {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern Europe. {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian. {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside. {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}. {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper. {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker. {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under {Bank}. {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate. {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}. {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sanderling \San"der*ling\, n. [Sand + -ling. So called because it obtains its food by searching the moist sands of the seashore.] (Zo[94]l.) A small gray and brown sandpiper ({Calidris arenaria}) very common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called also {curwillet}, {sand lark}, {stint}, and {ruddy plover}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P. exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under {Pterocletes}. {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune. {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus Mexicana}). {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian. {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp. {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India. (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper. (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}. {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce. {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta agilis}). {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat. {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities. {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}. {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A. Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee partridge}, and {teehoo}. {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sauger. (b) The lizard fish. {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also {sand gall}. {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand prey}. {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher. {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand. {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand collar}. {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}. {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern Europe. {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian. {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside. {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}. {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper. {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker. {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under {Bank}. {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate. {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}. {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young. | |
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{Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P. exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under {Pterocletes}. {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune. {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus Mexicana}). {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian. {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp. {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India. (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper. (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}. {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce. {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta agilis}). {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat. {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities. {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}. {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A. Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee partridge}, and {teehoo}. {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sauger. (b) The lizard fish. {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also {sand gall}. {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand prey}. {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher. {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand. {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand collar}. {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}. {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern Europe. {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian. {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside. {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}. {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper. {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker. {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under {Bank}. {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate. {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}. {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young. | |
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Sandal \San"dal\, n. Same as {Sendal}. Sails of silk and ropes of sandal. --Longfellow. | |
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Sandal \San"dal\, n. Sandalwood. [bd]Fans of sandal.[b8] --Tennyson. | |
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Sandal \San"dal\, n. [F. sandale, L. sandalium, Gr. [?], dim. of [?], probably from Per. sandal.] (a) A kind of shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot; a protection for the foot, covering its lower surface, but not its upper. (b) A kind of slipper. (c) An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep. | |
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Sandaled \San"daled\, a. 1. Wearing sandals. The measured footfalls of his sandaled feet. --Longfellow. 2. Made like a sandal. | |
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Sandaliform \San*dal"i*form\, a. [Sandal + -form.] (Bot.) Shaped like a sandal or slipper. | |
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Sandalwood \San"dal*wood\, n. [F. sandal, santal, fr. Ar. [cced]andal, or Gr. sa`ntalon; both ultimately fr. Skr. candana. Cf. {Sanders}.] (Bot.) (a) The highly perfumed yellowish heartwood of an East Indian and Polynesian tree ({Santalum album}), and of several other trees of the same genus, as the Hawaiian {Santalum Freycinetianum} and {S. pyrularium}, the Australian {S. latifolium}, etc. The name is extended to several other kinds of fragrant wood. (b) Any tree of the genus {Santalum}, or a tree which yields sandalwood. (c) The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for dyeing leather ({Rhamnus Dahuricus}). {False sandalwood}, the fragrant wood of several trees not of the genus {Santalum}, as {Ximenia Americana}, {Myoporum tenuifolium} of Tahiti. {Red sandalwood}, a heavy, dark red dyewood, being the heartwood of two leguminous trees of India ({Pterocarpus santalinus}, and {Adenanthera pavonina}); -- called also {red sanderswood}, {sanders} or {saunders}, and {rubywood}. | |
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{Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P. exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under {Pterocletes}. {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune. {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus Mexicana}). {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian. {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp. {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India. (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper. (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}. {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce. {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta agilis}). {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat. {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities. {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}. {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A. Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee partridge}, and {teehoo}. {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sauger. (b) The lizard fish. {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also {sand gall}. {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand prey}. {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher. {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand. {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand collar}. {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}. {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern Europe. {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian. {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside. {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}. {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper. {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker. {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under {Bank}. {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate. {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}. {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young. | |
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Sandhiller \Sand"hill`er\, n. A nickname given to any [bd]poor white[b8] living in the pine woods which cover the sandy hills in Georgia and South Carolina. [U.S.] | |
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Sand-lot \Sand"-lot`\, a. Lit., of or pert. to a lot or piece of sandy ground, -- hence, pert. to, or characteristic of, the policy or practices of the socialistic or communistic followers of the Irish agitator Denis Kearney, who delivered many of his speeches in the open sand lots about San Francisco; as, the {sand-lot constitution} of California, framed in 1879, under the influence of sand-lot agitation. | |
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Sand-lot \Sand"-lot`\, a. Lit., of or pert. to a lot or piece of sandy ground, -- hence, pert. to, or characteristic of, the policy or practices of the socialistic or communistic followers of the Irish agitator Denis Kearney, who delivered many of his speeches in the open sand lots about San Francisco; as, the {sand-lot constitution} of California, framed in 1879, under the influence of sand-lot agitation. | |
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Santal \San"tal\, n. [Santalum + piperonal.] (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance, isomeric with piperonal, but having weak acid properties. It is extracted from sandalwood. | |
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Santalaceous \San`ta*la"ceous\, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants ({Santalace[91]}), of which the genus {Santalum} is the type, and which includes the buffalo nut and a few other North American plants, and many peculiar plants of the southern hemisphere. | |
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Santalic \San*tal"ic\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sandalwood ({Santalum}); -- used specifically to designate an acid obtained as a resinous or red crystalline dyestuff, which is called also santalin. | |
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Santalin \San"ta*lin\, n. [Cf. F. santaline.] (Chem.) Santalic acid. See {Santalic}. | |
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Sandalwood \San"dal*wood\, n. [F. sandal, santal, fr. Ar. [cced]andal, or Gr. sa`ntalon; both ultimately fr. Skr. candana. Cf. {Sanders}.] (Bot.) (a) The highly perfumed yellowish heartwood of an East Indian and Polynesian tree ({Santalum album}), and of several other trees of the same genus, as the Hawaiian {Santalum Freycinetianum} and {S. pyrularium}, the Australian {S. latifolium}, etc. The name is extended to several other kinds of fragrant wood. (b) Any tree of the genus {Santalum}, or a tree which yields sandalwood. (c) The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for dyeing leather ({Rhamnus Dahuricus}). {False sandalwood}, the fragrant wood of several trees not of the genus {Santalum}, as {Ximenia Americana}, {Myoporum tenuifolium} of Tahiti. {Red sandalwood}, a heavy, dark red dyewood, being the heartwood of two leguminous trees of India ({Pterocarpus santalinus}, and {Adenanthera pavonina}); -- called also {red sanderswood}, {sanders} or {saunders}, and {rubywood}. | |
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Sandalwood \San"dal*wood\, n. [F. sandal, santal, fr. Ar. [cced]andal, or Gr. sa`ntalon; both ultimately fr. Skr. candana. Cf. {Sanders}.] (Bot.) (a) The highly perfumed yellowish heartwood of an East Indian and Polynesian tree ({Santalum album}), and of several other trees of the same genus, as the Hawaiian {Santalum Freycinetianum} and {S. pyrularium}, the Australian {S. latifolium}, etc. The name is extended to several other kinds of fragrant wood. (b) Any tree of the genus {Santalum}, or a tree which yields sandalwood. (c) The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for dyeing leather ({Rhamnus Dahuricus}). {False sandalwood}, the fragrant wood of several trees not of the genus {Santalum}, as {Ximenia Americana}, {Myoporum tenuifolium} of Tahiti. {Red sandalwood}, a heavy, dark red dyewood, being the heartwood of two leguminous trees of India ({Pterocarpus santalinus}, and {Adenanthera pavonina}); -- called also {red sanderswood}, {sanders} or {saunders}, and {rubywood}. | |
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Lavender \Lav"en*der\, n. [OE. lavendre, F. lavande, It. lavanda lavender, a washing, fr. L. lavare to wash; cf. It. lsavendola, LL. lavendula. So called because it was used in bathing and washing. See {Lave}. to wash, and cf. {Lavender}.] 1. (Bot.) An aromatic plant of the genus {Lavandula} ({L. vera}), common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. The {Spike lavender} ({L. Spica}) yields a coarser oil (oil of spike), used in the arts. 2. The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac. {Lavender cotton} (Bot.), a low, twiggy, aromatic shrub ({Santolina Cham[91]cyparissus}) of the Mediterranean region, formerly used as a vermifuge, etc., and still used to keep moths from wardrobes. Also called {ground cypress}. {Lavender water}, a perfume composed of alcohol, essential oil of lavender, essential oil of bergamot, and essence of ambergris. {Sea lavender}. (Bot.) See {Marsh rosemary}. {To lay in lavender}. (a) To lay away, as clothing, with sprigs of lavender. (b) To pawn. [Obs.] | |
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Scandal \Scan"dal\, v. t. 1. To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to slander. [R.] I do fawn on men and hug them hard And after scandal them. --Shak. 2. To scandalize; to offend. [Obs.] --Bp. Story. Syn: To defame; traduce; reproach; slander; calumniate; asperse; vilify; disgrace. | |
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Scandalize \Scan"dal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scandalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scandalizing}.] [F. scandaliser, L. scandalizare, from Gr. skandali`zein.] 1. To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon. I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using harmless things. --Hooker. The congregation looked on in silence, the better class scandalized, and the lower orders, some laughing, others backing the soldier or the minister, as their fancy dictated. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander. To tell his tale might be interpreted into scandalizing the order. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Scandalize \Scan"dal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scandalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scandalizing}.] [F. scandaliser, L. scandalizare, from Gr. skandali`zein.] 1. To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon. I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using harmless things. --Hooker. The congregation looked on in silence, the better class scandalized, and the lower orders, some laughing, others backing the soldier or the minister, as their fancy dictated. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander. To tell his tale might be interpreted into scandalizing the order. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Scandalize \Scan"dal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scandalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scandalizing}.] [F. scandaliser, L. scandalizare, from Gr. skandali`zein.] 1. To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon. I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using harmless things. --Hooker. The congregation looked on in silence, the better class scandalized, and the lower orders, some laughing, others backing the soldier or the minister, as their fancy dictated. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander. To tell his tale might be interpreted into scandalizing the order. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Scandalous \Scan"dal*ous\, a. [Cf. F. scandaleux.] 1. Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation. Nothing scandalous or offensive unto any. --Hooker. 2. Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy; opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice. 3. Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story. | |
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Scandalously \Scan"dal*ous*ly\, adv. 1. In a manner to give offense; shamefully. His discourse at table was scandalously unbecoming the dignity of his station. --Swift. 2. With a disposition to impute immorality or wrong. Shun their fault, who, scandalously nice, Will needs mistake an author into vice. --Pope. | |
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Scandalousness \Scan"dal*ous*ness\, n. Quality of being scandalous. | |
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Scantily \Scant"i*ly\, adv. In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously. His mind was very scantily stored with materials. --Macaulay. | |
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Scantle \Scan"tle\, v. i. [Dim. of scant, v.] To be deficient; to fail. [Obs.] --Drayton. | |
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Scantle \Scan"tle\, v. t. [OF. escanteler, eschanteler, to break into contles; pref. es- (L. ex) + cantel, chantel, corner, side, piece. Confused with E. scant. See {Cantle}.] To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down. [Obs.] All their pay Must your discretion scantle; keep it back. --J. Webster. | |
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Scantlet \Scant"let\, n. [OF. eschantelet corner.] A small pattern; a small quantity. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Scantling \Scant"ling\, a. [See {Scant}, a.] Not plentiful; small; scanty. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Scantling \Scant"ling\, n. [Cf. OF. eschantillon, F. [82]chantillon, a sample, pattern, example. In some senses confused with scant insufficient. See {Scantle}, v. t.] 1. A fragment; a bit; a little piece. Specifically: (a) A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose; a sample. [Obs.] Such as exceed not this scantling; -- to be solace to the sovereign and harmless to the people. --Bacon. A pretty scantling of his knowledge may taken by his deferring to be baptized so many years. --Milton. (b) A small quantity; a little bit; not much. [Obs.] Reducing them to narrow scantlings. --Jer. Taylor. 2. A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc. 3. The dimensions of a piece of timber with regard to its breadth and thickness; hence, the measure or dimensions of anything. 4. A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline. 5. A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle. --Knight. | |
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Scantly \Scant"ly\, adv. 1. In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously. --Dryden. 2. Scarcely; hardly; barely. Scantly they durst their feeble eyes dispread Upon that town. --Fairfax. We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time for half the work. --Tennyson. | |
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Scentless \Scent"less\, a. Having no scent. The scentless and the scented rose. --Cowper. | |
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Sciential \Sci*en"tial\, a. [LL. scientialis, fr. L. scientia.] Pertaining to, or producing, science. [R.] --Milton. | |
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Scintillant \Scin"til*lant\, a. [L. scintillans, p. pr. of scintillare to sparkle. See {Scintillate}.] Emitting sparks, or fine igneous particles; sparkling. --M. Green. | |
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Scintillate \Scin"til*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scintillated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scintillating}.] [L. scintillare, scintillatum, from scintilla a spark. Cf. {Stencil}.] 1. To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles. As the electrical globe only scintillates when rubbed against its cushion. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To sparkle, as the fixed stars. | |
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Scintillate \Scin"til*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scintillated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scintillating}.] [L. scintillare, scintillatum, from scintilla a spark. Cf. {Stencil}.] 1. To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles. As the electrical globe only scintillates when rubbed against its cushion. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To sparkle, as the fixed stars. | |
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Scintillate \Scin"til*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scintillated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scintillating}.] [L. scintillare, scintillatum, from scintilla a spark. Cf. {Stencil}.] 1. To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles. As the electrical globe only scintillates when rubbed against its cushion. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To sparkle, as the fixed stars. | |
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Scintillation \Scin`til*la"tion\, n. [L. scintillatio: cf. F. scintillation.] 1. The act of scintillating. 2. A spark or flash emitted in scintillating. These scintillations are . . . the inflammable effluences discharged from the bodies collided. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Scintillous \Scin"til*lous\, a. Scintillant. [R.] | |
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Scintillously \Scin"til*lous*ly\, adv. In a scintillant manner. [R.] | |
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Needle \Nee"dle\, n. [OE. nedle, AS. n[?]dl; akin to D. neald, OS. n[be]dla, G. nadel, OHG. n[be]dal, n[be]dala, Icel. n[be]l, Sw. n[86]l, Dan. naal, and also to G. n[84]hen to sew, OHG. n[be]jan, L. nere to spin, Gr. [?], and perh. to E. snare: cf. Gael. & Ir. snathad needle, Gael. snath thread, G. schnur string, cord.] 1. A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing. --Chaucer. Note: In some needles(as for sewing machines) the eye is at the pointed end, but in ordinary needles it is at the blunt end. 2. See {Magnetic needle}, under {Magnetic}. 3. A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle; also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting. 4. (Bot.) One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See {Pinus}. 5. Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc. {Dipping needle}. See under {Dipping}. {Needle bar}, the reciprocating bar to which the needle of a sewing machine is attached. {Needle beam} (Arch.), to shoring, the horizontal cross timber which goes through the wall or a pier, and upon which the weight of the wall rests, when a building is shored up to allow of alterations in the lower part. {Needle furze} (Bot.), a prickly leguminous plant of Western Europe; the petty whin ({Genista Anglica}). {Needle gun}, a firearm loaded at the breech with a cartridge carrying its own fulminate, which is exploded by driving a slender needle, or pin, into it. {Needle loom} (Weaving), a loom in which the weft thread is carried through the shed by a long eye-pointed needle instead of by a shuttle. {Needle ore} (Min.), acicular bismuth; a sulphide of bismuth, lead, and copper occuring in acicular crystals; -- called also {aikinite}. {Needle shell} (Zo[94]l.), a sea urchin. {Needle spar} (Min.), aragonite. {Needle telegraph}, a telegraph in which the signals are given by the deflections of a magnetic needle to the right or to the left of a certain position. {Sea needle} (Zo[94]l.), the garfish. | |
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Sea needle \Sea" nee"dle\ (Zo[94]l.) See {Garfish} (a) . | |
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Garfish \Gar"fish`\, n. [See {Gar}, n.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European marine fish ({Belone vulgaris}); -- called also {gar}, {gerrick}, {greenback}, {greenbone}, {gorebill}, {hornfish}, {longnose}, {mackerel guide}, {sea needle}, and {sea pike}. (b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus {Tylosurus}, of which one species ({T. marinus}) is common on the Atlantic coast. {T. Caribb[91]us}, a very large species, and {T. crassus}, are more southern; -- called also {needlefish}. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species. | |
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Needle \Nee"dle\, n. [OE. nedle, AS. n[?]dl; akin to D. neald, OS. n[be]dla, G. nadel, OHG. n[be]dal, n[be]dala, Icel. n[be]l, Sw. n[86]l, Dan. naal, and also to G. n[84]hen to sew, OHG. n[be]jan, L. nere to spin, Gr. [?], and perh. to E. snare: cf. Gael. & Ir. snathad needle, Gael. snath thread, G. schnur string, cord.] 1. A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing. --Chaucer. Note: In some needles(as for sewing machines) the eye is at the pointed end, but in ordinary needles it is at the blunt end. 2. See {Magnetic needle}, under {Magnetic}. 3. A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle; also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting. 4. (Bot.) One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See {Pinus}. 5. Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc. {Dipping needle}. See under {Dipping}. {Needle bar}, the reciprocating bar to which the needle of a sewing machine is attached. {Needle beam} (Arch.), to shoring, the horizontal cross timber which goes through the wall or a pier, and upon which the weight of the wall rests, when a building is shored up to allow of alterations in the lower part. {Needle furze} (Bot.), a prickly leguminous plant of Western Europe; the petty whin ({Genista Anglica}). {Needle gun}, a firearm loaded at the breech with a cartridge carrying its own fulminate, which is exploded by driving a slender needle, or pin, into it. {Needle loom} (Weaving), a loom in which the weft thread is carried through the shed by a long eye-pointed needle instead of by a shuttle. {Needle ore} (Min.), acicular bismuth; a sulphide of bismuth, lead, and copper occuring in acicular crystals; -- called also {aikinite}. {Needle shell} (Zo[94]l.), a sea urchin. {Needle spar} (Min.), aragonite. {Needle telegraph}, a telegraph in which the signals are given by the deflections of a magnetic needle to the right or to the left of a certain position. {Sea needle} (Zo[94]l.), the garfish. | |
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Sea needle \Sea" nee"dle\ (Zo[94]l.) See {Garfish} (a) . | |
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Garfish \Gar"fish`\, n. [See {Gar}, n.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European marine fish ({Belone vulgaris}); -- called also {gar}, {gerrick}, {greenback}, {greenbone}, {gorebill}, {hornfish}, {longnose}, {mackerel guide}, {sea needle}, and {sea pike}. (b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus {Tylosurus}, of which one species ({T. marinus}) is common on the Atlantic coast. {T. Caribb[91]us}, a very large species, and {T. crassus}, are more southern; -- called also {needlefish}. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species. | |
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Nettle \Net"tle\, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel, OHG. nezz[8b]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n[84]lde, Sw. n[84]ssla; cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Urtica}, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. {Urtica gracitis} is common in the Northern, and {U. cham[91]dryoides} in the Southern, United States. the common European species, {U. urens} and {U. dioica}, are also found in the Eastern united States. {U. pilulifera} is the Roman nettle of England. Note: The term nettle has been given to many plants related to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as: {Australian nettle}, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus {Laportea} (as {L. gigas} and {L. moroides}); -- also called {nettle tree}. {Bee nettle}, {Hemp nettle}, a species of {Galeopsis}. See under {Hemp}. {Blind nettle}, {Dead nettle}, a harmless species of {Lamium}. {False nettle} ({B[91]hmeria cylindrica}), a plant common in the United States, and related to the true nettles. {Hedge nettle}, a species of {Stachys}. See under {Hedge}. {Horse nettle} ({Solanum Carolinense}). See under {Horse}. {nettle tree}. (a) Same as {Hackberry}. (b) See {Australian nettle} (above). {Spurge nettle}, a stinging American herb of the Spurge family ({Jatropha urens}). {Wood nettle}, a plant ({Laportea Canadensis}) which stings severely, and is related to the true nettles. {Nettle cloth}, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and used as a substitute for leather for various purposes. {Nettle rash} (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the effects of whipping with nettles. {Sea nettle} (Zo[94]l.), a medusa. | |
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Sea nettle \Sea" net`tle\ A jellyfish, or medusa. | |
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d8Acaleph91 \[d8]Ac`a*le"ph[91]\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?], a nettle.] A group of C[d2]lenterata, including the Medus[91] or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. Sometimes called {sea nettles}. | |
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Sematology \Sem`a*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. sh^ma, sh`matos, sign + -logy.] The doctrine of signs as the expression of thought or reasoning; the science of indicating thought by signs. --Smart. | |
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Roach \Roach\, n. [OE. rroche; cf. AS. reohha, D. rog, roch, G. roche, LG. ruche, Dan. rokke ray, Sw. rocka, and E. ray a fish.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family ({Leuciscus rutilus}). It is silver-white, with a greenish back. (b) An American chub ({Semotilus bullaris}); the fallfish. (c) The redfin, or shiner. 2. (Naut.) A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit. {As sound as a roach} [roach perhaps being a corruption of a F. roche a rock], perfectly sound. | |
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Fallfish \Fall"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A fresh-water fish of the United States ({Semotilus bullaris}); -- called also {silver chub}, and {Shiner}. The name is also applied to other allied species. | |
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Dace \Dace\, n. [Written also dare, dart, fr. F. dard dase, dart, of German origin. Dace is for an older darce, fr. an OF. nom. darz. See {Dart} a javelin.] (Zo[94]l.) A small European cyprinoid fish ({Squalius leuciscus} or {Leuciscus vulgaris}); -- called also {dare}. Note: In America the name is given to several related fishes of the genera {Squalius}, {Minnilus}, etc. The black-nosed dace is {Rhinichthys atronasus} the horned dace is {Semotilus corporalis}. For red dace, see {Redfin}. | |
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Horned \Horned\, a. Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn. The horned moon with one bright star Within the nether tip. --Coleridge. {Horned bee} (Zo[94]l.), a British wild bee ({Osmia bicornis}), having two little horns on the head. {Horned dace} (Zo[94]l.), an American cyprinoid fish ({Semotilus corporialis}) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub. See Illust. of {Chub}. {Horned frog} (Zo[94]l.), a very large Brazilian frog ({Ceratophrys cornuta}), having a pair of triangular horns arising from the eyelids. {Horned grebe} (Zo[94]l.), a species of grebe ({Colymbus auritus}), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense tufts of feathers on the head. {Horned horse} (Zo[94]l.), the gnu. {Horned lark} (Zo[94]l.), the shore lark. {Horned lizard} (Zo[94]l.), the horned toad. {Horned owl} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American owl ({Bubo Virginianus}), having a pair of elongated tufts of feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned owls, differing in color, and inhabiting different regions; -- called also {great horned owl}, {horn owl}, {eagle owl}, and {cat owl}. Sometimes also applied to the {long-eared owl}. See {Eared owl}, under {Eared}. {Horned poppy}. (Bot.) See {Horn poppy}, under {Horn}. {Horned pout} (Zo[94]l.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish; the bullpout. {Horned rattler} (Zo[94]l.), a species of rattlesnake ({Crotalus cerastes}), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains, from California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular horns between the eyes; -- called also {sidewinder}. {Horned ray} (Zo[94]l.), the sea devil. {Horned screamer} (Zo[94]l.), the kamichi. {Horned snake} (Zo[94]l.), the cerastes. {Horned toad} (Zo[94]l.), any lizard of the genus {Phrynosoma}, of which nine or ten species are known. These lizards have several hornlike spines on the head, and a broad, flat body, covered with spiny scales. They inhabit the dry, sandy plains from California to Mexico and Texas. Called also {horned lizard}. {Horned viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cerastes}. | |
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Sendal \Sen"dal\, n. [OF. cendal (cf. Pr. & Sp. cendal, It. zendale), LL. cendallum, Gr. [?][?][?] a fine Indian cloth.] A light thin stuff of silk. [Written also {cendal}, and {sendal}.] --Chaucer. Wore she not a veil of twisted sendal embroidered with silver? --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Sendal \Sen"dal\, n. [OF. cendal (cf. Pr. & Sp. cendal, It. zendale), LL. cendallum, Gr. [?][?][?] a fine Indian cloth.] A light thin stuff of silk. [Written also {cendal}, and {sendal}.] --Chaucer. Wore she not a veil of twisted sendal embroidered with silver? --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Shindle \Shin"dle\, n. [See 2d {Shingle}.] A shingle; also, a slate for roofing. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Shindle \Shin"dle\, v. t. To cover or roof with shindles. [Obs.] | |
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Smittle \Smit"tle\ (-t'l), v. t. [Freq. fr. OE. smitten to befoul. See {Smite}, v. t.] To infect. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Smittle \Smit"tle\, n. Infection. [Pov. Eng.] --Wright. | |
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Smittle \Smit"tle\ (sm[icr]t"t'l), Smittlish \Smit"tlish\ (-tl[icr]sh), a. Infectious; catching. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] --H. Kingsley. | |
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Smittle \Smit"tle\ (sm[icr]t"t'l), Smittlish \Smit"tlish\ (-tl[icr]sh), a. Infectious; catching. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] --H. Kingsley. | |
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{Log glass} (Naut.), a small sandglass used to time the running out of the log line. {Log line} (Naut.), a line or cord about a hundred and fifty fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d {Log}, n., 2. {Log perch} (Zo[94]l.), an ethiostomoid fish, or darter ({Percina caprodes}); -- called also {hogfish} and {rockfish}. {Log reel} (Naut.), the reel on which the log line is wound. {Log slate}. (Naut.) See {Log board} (above). {Rough log} (Naut.), a first draught of a record of the cruise or voyage. {Smooth log} (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log. In the case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper officer of the government. {To heave the log} (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's speed by the log. | |
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Smoothly \Smooth"ly\, adv. In a smooth manner. | |
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Smutty \Smut"ty\, a. [Compar. {Smuttier}; superl. {Smuttiest}.] 1. Soiled with smut; smutted. 2. Tainted with mildew; as, smutty corn. 3. Obscene; not modest or pure; as, a smutty saying. The smutty joke, ridiculously lewd. --Smollett. -- {Smut"ti*ly}, adv. -- {Smut"ti*ness}, n. | |
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Snotty \Snot"ty\, a. Foul with snot; hence, mean; dirty. -- {Snot"ti*ly}, adv. -- {Snot"ti*ness}, n. | |
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Somatology \So`ma*tol"o*gy\, n. 1. (Biol.) The science which treats of anatomy and physiology, apart from psychology. 2. (Anthropol.) The consideration of the physical characters of races and classes of men and of mankind in general. | |
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Somatology \So`ma*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. sw^ma, sw`matos, body + -logy.] 1. The doctrine or the science of the general properties of material substances; somatics. 2. A treatise on the human body; anatomy. --Dunglison. | |
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Somedeal \Some"deal`\, adv. In some degree; somewhat. [Written also {sumdel}, {sumdeale}, and {sumdele}.] [Obs.] [bd]She was somedeal deaf.[b8] --Chaucer. Thou lackest somedeal their delight. --Spenser. | |
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Musk \Musk\, n. [F. musc, L. muscus, Per. musk, fr. Skr. mushka testicle, orig., a little mouse. See {Mouse}, and cd. {Abelmosk}, {Muscadel}, {Muscovy duck}, {Nutmeg}.] 1. A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The musk deer. See {Musk deer} (below). 3. The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat similar. 4. (Bot.) (a) The musk plant ({Mimulus moschatus}). (b) A plant of the genus {Erodium} ({E. moschatum}); -- called also {musky heron's-bill}. (c) A plant of the genus {Muscari}; grape hyacinth. {Musk beaver} (Zo[94]l.), muskrat (1). {Musk beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a European longicorn beetle ({Aromia moschata}), having an agreeable odor resembling that of attar of roses. {Musk cat}. See {Bondar}. {Musk cattle} (Zo[94]l.), musk oxen. See {Musk ox} (below). {Musk deer} (Zo[94]l.), a small hornless deer ({Moschus moschiferus}), which inhabits the elevated parts of Central Asia. The upper canine teeth of the male are developed into sharp tusks, curved downward. The male has scent bags on the belly, from which the musk of commerce is derived. The deer is yellow or red-brown above, whitish below. The pygmy musk deer are chevrotains, as the kanchil and napu. {Musk duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The Muscovy duck. (b) An Australian duck ({Biziura lobata}). {Musk lorikeet} (Zo[94]l.), the Pacific lorikeet ({Glossopsitta australis}) of Australia. {Musk mallow} (Bot.), a name of two malvaceous plants: (a) A species of mallow ({Malva moschata}), the foliage of which has a faint musky smell. (b) An Asiatic shrub. See {Abelmosk}. {Musk orchis} (Bot.), a European plant of the Orchis family ({Herminium Minorchis}); -- so called from its peculiar scent. {Musk ox} (Zo[94]l.), an Arctic hollow-horned ruminant ({Ovibos moschatus}), now existing only in America, but found fossil in Europe and Asia. It is covered with a thick coat of fine yellowish wool, and with long dark hair, which is abundant and shaggy on the neck and shoulders. The full-grown male weighs over four hundred pounds. {Musk parakeet}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Musk lorikeet} (above). {Musk pear} (Bot.), a fragrant kind of pear much resembling the Seckel pear. {Musk plant} (Bot.), the {Mimulus moschatus}, a plant found in Western North America, often cultivated, and having a strong musky odor. {Musk root} (Bot.), the name of several roots with a strong odor, as that of the nard ({Nardostachys Jatamansi}) and of a species of {Angelica}. {Musk rose} (Bot.), a species of rose ({Rosa moschata}), having peculiarly fragrant white blossoms. {Musk seed} (Bot.), the seed of a plant of the Mallow family ({Hibiscus moschatus}), used in perfumery and in flavoring. See {Abelmosk}. {Musk sheep} (Zo[94]l.), the musk ox. {Musk shrew} (Zo[94]l.), a shrew ({Sorex murinus}), found in India. It has a powerful odor of musk. Called also {sondeli}, and {mondjourou}. {Musk thistle} (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Carduus nutans}), having fine large flowers, and leaves smelling strongly of musk. {Musk tortoise}, {Musk turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a small American fresh-water tortoise ({Armochelys, [or] Ozotheca, odorata}), which has a distinct odor of musk; -- called also {stinkpot}. | |
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Soundless \Sound"less\, a. Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable. --Shak. | |
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Soundless \Sound"less\, a. Having no sound; noiseless; silent. -- {Sound"less*ly}, adv. -- {Sound"less*ness}, n. | |
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Soundless \Sound"less\, a. Having no sound; noiseless; silent. -- {Sound"less*ly}, adv. -- {Sound"less*ness}, n. | |
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Soundless \Sound"less\, a. Having no sound; noiseless; silent. -- {Sound"less*ly}, adv. -- {Sound"less*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Soundly \Sound"ly\, adv. In a sound manner. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suant \Su"ant\, a. [Cf. {Sue} to pursue.] Spread equally over the surface; uniform; even. [Written also {suent}.] [Local, U.S. & Prov. Eng.] -- {Su"ant*ly}, adv. [Local, U.S. & Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suently \Su"ent*ly\, adv. Evenly; smoothly. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Somedeal \Some"deal`\, adv. In some degree; somewhat. [Written also {sumdel}, {sumdeale}, and {sumdele}.] [Obs.] [bd]She was somedeal deaf.[b8] --Chaucer. Thou lackest somedeal their delight. --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Somedeal \Some"deal`\, adv. In some degree; somewhat. [Written also {sumdel}, {sumdeale}, and {sumdele}.] [Obs.] [bd]She was somedeal deaf.[b8] --Chaucer. Thou lackest somedeal their delight. --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Somedeal \Some"deal`\, adv. In some degree; somewhat. [Written also {sumdel}, {sumdeale}, and {sumdele}.] [Obs.] [bd]She was somedeal deaf.[b8] --Chaucer. Thou lackest somedeal their delight. --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Summit \Sum"mit\, n. [F. sommet, dim. of OF. som, sum, top, from L. summum, from summus highest. See {Sum}, n.] 1. The top; the highest point. Fixed on the summit of the highest mount. --Shak. 2. The highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as, the summit of human fame. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in which the hinge is situated. {Summit level}, the highest level of a canal, a railroad, or the like, in surmounting an ascent. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Summitless \Sum"mit*less\, a. Having no summit. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sunday \Sun"day\, a. Belonging to the Christian Sabbath. {Sunday letter}. See {Dominical letter}, under {Dominical}. {Sunday school}. See under {School}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dominical \Do*min"ic*al\, a. [LL. dominicalis, for L. dominicus belonging to a master or lord (dominica dies the Lord's day), fr. dominus master or lord: cf. F. dominical. See {Dame}.] 1. Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord's day, or Sunday. 2. Relating to, or given by, our Lord; as, the dominical (or Lord's) prayer. --Howell. Some words altered in the dominical Gospels. --Fuller. {Dominical altar} (Eccl.), the high altar. {Dominical letter}, the letter which, in almanacs, denotes Sunday, or the Lord's day (dies Domini). The first seven letters of the alphabet are used for this purpose, the same letter standing for Sunday during a whole year (except in leap year, when the letter is changed at the end of February). After twenty-eight years the same letters return in the same order. The dominical letters go backwards one day every common year, and two every leap year; e. g., if the dominical letter of a common year be G, F will be the dominical letter for the next year. Called also {Sunday letter}. Cf. {Solar cycle}, under {Cycle}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sundial \Sun"di`al\, n. An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a plate. {Sundial shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the genus Solarium. See {Solarium}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sundial \Sun"di`al\, n. An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a plate. {Sundial shell} (Zo[94]l.), any shell of the genus Solarium. See {Solarium}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swindle \Swin"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swindling}.] [See {Swindler}.] To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property. Lammote . . . has swindled one of them out of three hundred livres. --Carlyle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swindle \Swin"dle\, n. The act or process of swindling; a cheat. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swindle \Swin"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swindling}.] [See {Swindler}.] To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property. Lammote . . . has swindled one of them out of three hundred livres. --Carlyle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swindler \Swin"dler\, n. [G. schwindler, fr. schwindlen to be dizzy, to act thoughtlessly, to cheat, fr. schwindel dizziness, fr. schwinden to vanish, to disappear, to dwindle. See {Swim} to be dizzy.] One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat. Syn: Sharper; rogue. Usage: {Swindler}, {Sharper}. These words agree in describing persons who take unfair advantages. A swindler is one who obtains money or goods under false pretenses. A sharper is one who cheats by sharp practice, as in playing at cards or staking what he can not pay. Fraud and injustice soon follow, and the dignity of the British merchant is sunk in the scandalous appellation of a swindler. --V. Knox. Perhaps you 'll think I act the same As a sly sharper plays his game. --Cotton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swindlery \Swin"dler*y\, n. Swindling; rougery. [R.] [bd]Swindlery and blackguardism.[b8] --Carlyle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swindle \Swin"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swindling}.] [See {Swindler}.] To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property. Lammote . . . has swindled one of them out of three hundred livres. --Carlyle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Synodal \Syn"od*al\, a. [L. synodalis: cf. F. synodal.] Synodical. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Synodal \Syn"od*al\, n. 1. (Ch. of Eng.) A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration. Synodals are due, of common right, to the bishop only. --Gibson. 2. A constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Saint Albans, ME Zip code(s): 04971 Saint Albans, VT Zip code(s): 05478 Saint Albans, WV Zip code(s): 25177 | |
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Saint Elizabeth, MO Zip code(s): 65075 | |
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Saint Elmo, IL Zip code(s): 62458 | |
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Saint Helen, MI Zip code(s): 48656 | |
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Saint Helena, CA Zip code(s): 94574 Saint Helena, NE Zip code(s): 68774 | |
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Saint Helens, OR Zip code(s): 97051 | |
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Saint Hilaire, MN Zip code(s): 56754 | |
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Saint Landry, LA Zip code(s): 71367 | |
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Saint Lawrence, SD Zip code(s): 57373 | |
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Saint Leo, MN Zip code(s): 56286 | |
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Saint Leonard, MD Zip code(s): 20685 | |
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Saint Libory, NE Zip code(s): 68872 | |
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Saint Louis, MI Zip code(s): 48880 Saint Louis, MO Zip code(s): 63101, 63102, 63103, 63104, 63106, 63107, 63108, 63109, 63110, 63111, 63112, 63113, 63115, 63116, 63118, 63120, 63133, 63139, 63147 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Saint Louis Park, MN Zip code(s): 55416, 55426 | |
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Saint Louisville, OH Zip code(s): 43071 | |
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Saint Lucas, IA Zip code(s): 52166 | |
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Saint Olaf, IA Zip code(s): 52072 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sand Hill, PA (CDP, FIPS 67744) Location: 40.36086 N, 76.42149 W Population (1990): 2307 (833 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sand Lake, FL Zip code(s): 32819 Sand Lake, MI (village, FIPS 71360) Location: 43.29086 N, 85.51821 W Population (1990): 456 (187 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49343 Sand Lake, NY Zip code(s): 12153 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sandalfoot Cove, FL (CDP, FIPS 63450) Location: 26.33889 N, 80.18778 W Population (1990): 14214 (7179 housing units) Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Sandy Lake, PA (borough, FIPS 67848) Location: 41.34760 N, 80.08460 W Population (1990): 722 (344 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16145 | |
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Sandy Level, VA Zip code(s): 24161 | |
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Santa Elena, TX Zip code(s): 78591 | |
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Skaneateles, NY (village, FIPS 67510) Location: 42.94497 N, 76.42546 W Population (1990): 2724 (1223 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13152 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Smithland, IA (city, FIPS 73650) Location: 42.22909 N, 95.93159 W Population (1990): 235 (110 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51056 Smithland, KY (city, FIPS 71382) Location: 37.13779 N, 88.40334 W Population (1990): 384 (199 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Smithland, TX Zip code(s): 75657 | |
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Summit Hill, PA (borough, FIPS 75248) Location: 40.82492 N, 75.84666 W Population (1990): 3332 (1431 housing units) Area: 23.1 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18250 | |
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Summit Lake, WI Zip code(s): 54485 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Soundalike slang Hackers will often make rhymes or puns in order to convert an ordinary word or phrase into something more interesting. It is considered particularly {flavorful} if the phrase is bent so as to include some other jargon word; thus the computer hobbyist magazine "Dr. Dobb's Journal" is almost always referred to among hackers as `Dr. Frob's Journal' or simply `Dr. Frob's'. Terms of this kind that have been in fairly wide use include names for newspapers: Boston Herald => Horrid (or Harried) Boston Globe => Boston Glob Houston (or San Francisco) Chronicle => the Crocknicle (or the Comical) New York Times => New York Slime Wall Street Journal => Wall Street Urinal However, terms like these are often made up on the spur of the moment. Standard examples include: Data General => Dirty Genitals IBM 360 => IBM Three-Sickly Government Property --- Do Not Duplicate (on keys) => Government Duplicity --- Do Not Propagate for historical reasons => for hysterical raisins Margaret Jacks Hall (the CS building at Stanford) => Marginal Hacks Hall Microsoft => Microsloth Internet Explorer => Internet Exploiter This is not really similar to the Cockney rhyming slang it has been compared to in the past, because Cockney substitutions are opaque whereas hacker punning jargon is intentionally transparent. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SAMeDL {SQL} {Ada} Module Description Language. Used to interface {Ada} {application program}s to {SQL}-based {DBMS}s. E-mail: Marc Graham {(ftp://ajpo.sei.cmu.edu/public/atip/samedl/)}. ["Rationale for SQL Ada Module Description Language SAMeDL", SEI-92-TR-016]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Show-And-Tell A visual {dataflow} language designed for use by elementary school children. ["A Visual Language for Keyboardless Programming", T. Kimura et al, TR WUCS-86-6, CS Dept Washington U, Mar 1986]. ["Show and Tell: A Visual Language", T.D. Kimura et al in Visual Programming Environments: Paradigms and Systems, E.P. Glinert ed, IEEE Comp Sci Press, 1990, pp. 397-404]. (1995-01-31) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sandals Mentioned only in Mark 6:9 and Acts 12:8. The sandal was simply a sole, made of wood or palm-bark, fastened to the foot by leathern straps. Sandals were also made of seal-skin (Ezek. 16:10; lit. tahash, "leather;" A.V., "badger's skin;" R.V., "sealskin," or marg., "porpoise-skin"). (See {SHOE}.) | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Saint Helena (dependent territory of the UK) Saint Helena:Geography Location: Southern Africa, island in the South Atlantic Ocean, west of Angola, about two-thirds of the way from South America to Africa Map references: Africa Area: total area: 410 sq km land area: 410 sq km comparative area: slightly more than 2.3 times the size of Washington, DC note: includes Ascension, Gough Island, Inaccessible Island, Nightingale Island, and Tristan da Cunha Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 60 km Maritime claims: exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: tropical; marine; mild, tempered by trade winds Terrain: rugged, volcanic; small scattered plateaus and plains Natural resources: fish; Ascension is a breeding ground for sea turtles and sooty terns, no minerals Land use: arable land: 7% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 7% forest and woodland: 3% other: 83% Irrigated land: NA sq km Environment: current issues: NA natural hazards: active volcanism on Tristan da Cunha international agreements: NA Note: Napoleon Bonaparte's place of exile and burial (the remains were taken to Paris in 1840); harbors at least 40 species of plants unknown anywhere else in the world Saint Helena:People Population: 6,762 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: NA 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA Population growth rate: 0.31% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 9.5 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 6.43 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 36.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.07 years male: 73.01 years female: 76.89 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.13 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Saint Helenian(s) adjective: Saint Helenian Ethnic divisions: NA Religions: Anglican (majority), Baptist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic Languages: English Literacy: age 20 and over can read and write (1987) total population: 97% male: 97% female: 98% Labor force: 2,516 by occupation: professional, technical, and related workers 8.7%, managerial, administrative, and clerical 12.8%, sales people 8.1%, farmer, fishermen, etc. 5.4%, craftspersons, production process workers 14.7%, others 50.3% (1987) Saint Helena:Government Names: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Saint Helena Digraph: SH Type: dependent territory of the UK Capital: Jamestown Administrative divisions: 1 administrative area and 2 dependencies*; Ascension*, Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha* Independence: none (dependent territory of the UK) National holiday: Celebration of the Birthday of the Queen, 10 June 1989 (second Saturday in June) Constitution: 1 January 1989 Legal system: NA Suffrage: NA Executive branch: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952) head of government: Governor A. N. HOOLE (since NA 1991) cabinet: Executive Council Legislative branch: unicameral Legislative Council: elections last held July 1993 (next to be held NA); results - percent of vote NA; seats - (15 total, 12 elected) independents 15 Judicial branch: Supreme Court Political parties and leaders: none Member of: ICFTU Diplomatic representation in US: none (dependent territory of the UK) US diplomatic representation: none (dependent territory of the UK) Flag: blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Saint Helenian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the shield features a rocky coastline and three-masted sailing ship Economy Overview: The economy depends primarily on financial assistance from the UK. The local population earns some income from fishing, the raising of livestock, and sales of handicrafts. Because there are few jobs, a large proportion of the work force has left to seek employment overseas. National product: GDP $NA National product real growth rate: NA% National product per capita: $NA Inflation rate (consumer prices): -1.1% (1986) Unemployment rate: NA% Budget: revenues: $11.2 million expenditures: $11 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY92/93) Exports: $27,400 (f.o.b., FY92/93) commodities: fish (frozen and salt-dried skipjack, tuna), handicrafts partners: South Africa, UK Imports: $9.8 million (c.i.f., FY92/93) commodities: food, beverages, tobacco, fuel oils, animal feed, building materials, motor vehicles and parts, machinery and parts partners: UK, South Africa External debt: $NA Industrial production: growth rate NA% Electricity: capacity: 9,800 kW production: 10 million kWh consumption per capita: NA kWh (1993) Industries: crafts (furniture, lacework, fancy woodwork), fishing Agriculture: maize, potatoes, vegetables; timber production being developed; crawfishing on Tristan da Cunha Economic aid: recipient: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1992-93), $13.5 million Currency: 1 Saint Helenian pound (#S) = 100 pence Exchange rates: Saint Helenian pounds (#S) per US$1 - 0.6350 (January 1995), 0.6529 (1994), 0.6033 (1993), 0.5664 (1992), 0.5652 (1991), 0.5603 (1990); note - the Saint Helenian pound is at par with the British pound Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March Saint Helena:Transportation Railroads: 0 km Highways: total: NA (mainland 107 km, Ascension NA, Tristan da Cunha NA) paved: 169.7 km (mainland 87 km, Ascension 80 km, Tristan da Cunha 2.70 km) unpaved: NA (mainland 20 km earth roads, Ascension NA, Tristan da Cunha NA) Ports: Georgetown, Jamestown Merchant marine: none Airports: total: 1 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1 Saint Helena:Communications Telephone system: 550 telephones; automatic network local: NA intercity: HF radio links to Ascension, then into worldwide submarine cable and satellite networks international: major coaxial submarine cable relay point between South Africa, Portugal, and UK at Ascension; 2 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) earth stations Radio: broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 radios: 1,500 Television: broadcast stations: 0 televisions: NA Saint Helena:Defense Forces Note: defense is the responsibility of the UK | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia:Geography Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, north of Trinidad and Tobago Map references: Central America and the Caribbean Area: total area: 620 sq km land area: 610 sq km comparative area: slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 158 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: tropical, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season from January to April, rainy season from May to August Terrain: volcanic and mountainous with some broad, fertile valleys Natural resources: forests, sandy beaches, minerals (pumice), mineral springs, geothermal potential Land use: arable land: 8% permanent crops: 20% meadows and pastures: 5% forest and woodland: 13% other: 54% Irrigated land: 10 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: deforestation; soil erosion, particularly in the northern region natural hazards: hurricanes and volcanic activity international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling Saint Lucia:People Population: 156,050 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 35% (female 26,710; male 27,255) 15-64 years: 60% (female 47,584; male 46,326) 65 years and over: 5% (female 5,040; male 3,135) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 1.17% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 22.48 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 6.1 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: -4.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 20.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 69.88 years male: 66.33 years female: 73.67 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 2.37 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Saint Lucian(s) adjective: Saint Lucian Ethnic divisions: African descent 90.3%, mixed 5.5%, East Indian 3.2%, Caucasian 0.8% Religions: Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant 7%, Anglican 3% Languages: English (official), French patois Literacy: age 15 and over has ever attended school (1980) total population: 67% male: 65% female: 69% Labor force: 43,800 by occupation: agriculture 43.4%, services 38.9%, industry and commerce 17.7% (1983 est.) Saint Lucia:Government Names: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Saint Lucia Digraph: ST Type: parliamentary democracy Capital: Castries Administrative divisions: 11 quarters; Anse La Raye, Castries, Choiseul, Dauphin, Dennery, Gros Islet, Laborie, Micoud, Praslin, Soufriere, Vieux Fort Independence: 22 February 1979 (from UK) National holiday: Independence Day, 22 February (1979) Constitution: 22 February 1979 Legal system: based on English common law Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General Sir Stanislaus Anthony JAMES (since 10 October 1988) head of government: Prime Minister John George Melvin COMPTON (since 3 May 1982) cabinet: Cabinet; appointed by the governor general on advice of the prime minister Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament Senate: consists of an 11-member body, 6 appointed on the advice of the prime minister, 3 on the advice of the leader of the opposition, and 2 after consultation with religious, economic, and social groups House of Assembly: elections last held 27 April 1992 (next to be held by April 1997); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (17 total) UWP 11, SLP 6 Judicial branch: Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Political parties and leaders: United Workers' Party (UWP), John COMPTON; Saint Lucia Labor Party (SLP), Julian HUNTE; Progressive Labor Party (PLP), Jon ODLUM Member of: ACCT (associate), ACP, C, CARICOM, CDB, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOC, ISO (subscriber), NAM, OAS, OECS, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Dr. Joseph Edsel EDMUNDS chancery: 3216 New Mexico Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016 telephone: [1] (202) 364-6792 through 6795 FAX: [1] (202) 364-6728 consulate(s) general: New York US diplomatic representation: no official presence since the Ambassador resides in Bridgetown (Barbados) Flag: blue with a gold isosceles triangle below a black arrowhead; the upper edges of the arrowhead have a white border Economy Overview: Though foreign investment in manufacturing and information processing in recent years has increased Saint Lucia's industrial base, the economy remains vulnerable due to its heavy dependence on banana production, which is subject to periodic droughts and tropical storms. Indeed, the destructive effect of Tropical Storm Debbie in mid-1994 caused the loss of 60% of the year's banana crop. Increased competition from Latin American bananas will probably further reduce market prices, exacerbating Saint Lucia's need to diversify its economy in coming years, e.g., by expanding tourism, manufacturing, and construction National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $610 million (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: 2% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $4,200 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 0.8% (1993) Unemployment rate: 25% (1993 est.) Budget: revenues: $121 million expenditures: $127 million, including capital expenditures of $104 million (1992 est.) Exports: $122.8 million (f.o.b., 1992) commodities: bananas 60%, clothing, cocoa, vegetables, fruits, coconut oil partners: UK 56%, US 22%, CARICOM 19% (1991) Imports: $276 million (f.o.b., 1992) commodities: manufactured goods 21%, machinery and transportation equipment 21%, food and live animals, chemicals, fuels partners: US 34%, CARICOM 17%, UK 14%, Japan 7%, Canada 4% (1991) External debt: $96.4 million (1992 est.) Industrial production: growth rate 3.5% (1990 est.); accounts for 12% of GDP Electricity: capacity: 20,000 kW production: 112 million kWh consumption per capita: 693 kWh (1993) Industries: clothing, assembly of electronic components, beverages, corrugated cardboard boxes, tourism, lime processing, coconut processing Agriculture: accounts for 14% of GDP and 43% of labor force; crops - bananas, coconuts, vegetables, citrus fruit, root crops, cocoa; imports food for the tourist industry Illicit drugs: transit country for South American drugs destined for the US and Europe Economic aid: recipient: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $120 million Currency: 1 EC dollar (EC$) = 100 cents Exchange rates: East Caribbean dollars (EC$) per US$1 - 2.70 (fixed rate since 1976) Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March Saint Lucia:Transportation Railroads: 0 km Highways: total: 760 km paved: 500 km unpaved: otherwise improved 260 km Ports: Castries, Vieux Fort Merchant marine: none Airports: total: 3 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 with paved runways under 914 m: 1 Saint Lucia:Communications Telephone system: 9,500 telephones local: low density (6 telephones/100 persons) but the system is automatically switched intercity: no intercity traffic international: direct microwave link with Martinique and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; interisland troposcatter link to Barbados Radio: broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 1, shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 1 cable televisions: NA Saint Lucia:Defense Forces Branches: Royal Saint Lucia Police Force, Coast Guard Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP |