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China \Chi"na\, n. 1. A country in Eastern Asia. 2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See {Porcelain}. {China aster} (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant. See {Aster}. {China bean}. See under {Bean}, 1. {China clay} See {Kaolin}. {China grass}, Same as {Ramie}. {China ink}. See {India ink}. {China pink} (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of {Dianthus} ({D. Chiensis}) having variously colored single or double flowers; Indian pink. {China root} (Med.), the rootstock of a species of {Smilax} ({S. China}, from the East Indies; -- formerly much esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used for. Also the galanga root (from {Alpinia Gallanga} and {Alpinia officinarum}). {China rose}. (Bot.) (a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of rose derived from the {Rosa Indica}, and perhaps other species. (b) A flowering hothouse plant ({Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis}) of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China and the east Indies. {China shop}, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or of crockery. {China ware}, porcelain; -- so called in the 17th century because brought from the far East, and differing from the pottery made in Europe at that time; also, loosely, crockery in general. {Pride of China}, {China tree}. (Bot.) See {Azedarach}. | |
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Saan \Saan\ (s[aum]n), n. pl. (Ethnol.) Same as {Bushmen}. | |
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Saim \Saim\, n. [OF. sain, LL. saginum, fr. L. sagina a fattening.] Lard; grease. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] | |
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Sain \Sain\, obs. p. p. of {Say}, for sayen. Said. --Shak. | |
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Sain \Sain\, v. t. [Cf. Saint, Sane.] To sanctify; to bless so as to protect from evil influence. [R.] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Sam \Sam\, adv. [AS. same. See {Same}, a.] Together. [Obs.] [bd]All in that city sam.[b8] --Spenser. | |
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Same \Same\, a. [AS. same, adv.; akin to OS. sama, samo, adv., OHG. sam, a., sama, adv., Icel. samr, a., Sw. samme, samma, Dan. samme, Goth. sama, Russ. samuii, Gr. [?], Skr. sama, Gr. [?] like, L. simul at the same time, similis like, and E. some, a., -some. [root]191. Cf. {Anomalous}, {Assemble}, {Homeopathy}, {Homily}, {Seem}, v. i., {Semi-}, {Similar}, {Some}.] 1. Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged. Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. --Ps. cii. 27. 2. Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions, or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like. The ethereal vigor is in all the same. --Dryden. 3. Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned. What ye know, the same do I know. --Job. xiii. 2. Do but think how well the same he spends, Who spends his blood his country to relieve. --Daniel. Note: Same is commonly preceded by the, this, or that and is often used substantively as in the citations above. In a comparative use it is followed by as or with. Bees like the same odors as we do. --Lubbock. [He] held the same political opinions with his illustrious friend. --Macaulay. | |
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Sane \Sane\, a. [L. sanus; cf. Gr. [?], [?], safe, sound. Cf. {Sound}, a.] 1. Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally; -- said of the mind. 2. Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge of the effect of one's actions in an ordinary maner; -- said of persons. Syn: Sound; healthy; underanged; unbroken. | |
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Pentosan \Pen"to*san\, n. Also -sane \-sane\ [From {Pentose}.] (Chem.) One of a class of substances (complex carbohydrates widely distributed in plants, as in fruits, gums, woods, hay, etc.) which yield pentoses on hydrolysis. | |
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Sane \Sane\, a. [L. sanus; cf. Gr. [?], [?], safe, sound. Cf. {Sound}, a.] 1. Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally; -- said of the mind. 2. Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge of the effect of one's actions in an ordinary maner; -- said of persons. Syn: Sound; healthy; underanged; unbroken. | |
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Pentosan \Pen"to*san\, n. Also -sane \-sane\ [From {Pentose}.] (Chem.) One of a class of substances (complex carbohydrates widely distributed in plants, as in fruits, gums, woods, hay, etc.) which yield pentoses on hydrolysis. | |
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d8Da8bra \[d8]Da"[8b]*ra\, n. [Turk. daire circuit department, fr. Ar. da[8b]rah circle.] Any of several valuable estates of the Egyptian khedive or his family. The most important are the {Da"i*ra Sa"ni*eh}, or {Sa"ni*yeh}, and the {Da"i*ra Khas"sa}, administered by the khedive's European bondholders, and known collectively as {the Daira}, or the {Daira estates}. | |
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Sanny \San"ny\, n. The sandpiper. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Saw \Saw\, v. t. [imp. {Sawed}; p. p. {Sawed} [or] {Sawn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sawing}.] 1. To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble. 2. To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel. 3. Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air. | |
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Scan \Scan\ (sk[acr]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scanned} (sk[acr]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Scanning}.] [L. scandere, scansum, to climb, to scan, akin to Skr. skand to spring, leap: cf. F. scander. Cf. {Ascend}, {Descend}, {Scale} a ladder.] 1. To mount by steps; to go through with step by step. [Obs.] Nor stayed till she the highest stage had scand. --Spenser. | |
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Scene \Scene\, v. t. To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. [Obs.] --Abp. Sancroft. | |
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Scene \Scene\, n. [L. scaena, scena, Gr. skhnh` a covered place, a tent, a stage.] 1. The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage. 2. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes. 3. So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays; as, an act of four scenes. My dismal scene I needs must act alone. --Shak. 4. The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition, or action. [bd]In Troy, there lies the scene.[b8] --Shak. The world is a vast scene of strife. --J. M. Mason. 5. An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view. Through what new scenes and changes must we pass! --Addison. 6. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery. A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn, Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn. --Dryden. 7. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display. Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long to wait for some explosions between parties, both equally ready to take offense, and careless of giving it. --De Quincey. {Behind the scenes}, behind the scenery of a theater; out of the view of the audience, but in sight of the actors, machinery, etc.; hence, conversant with the hidden motives and agencies of what appears to public view. | |
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Scheme \Scheme\, n. [L. schema a rhetorical figure, a shape, figure, manner, Gr. [?], [?], form, shape, outline, plan, fr. [?], [?], to have or hold, to hold out, sustain, check, stop; cf. Skr. sah to be victorious, to endure, to hold out, AS. sige victory, G. sieg. Cf. {Epoch}, {Hectic}, {School}.] 1. A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system. The appearance and outward scheme of things. --Locke. Such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity. --Atterbury. Arguments . . . sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy. --J. Edwards. The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme of life. --Macaulay. 2. A plan or theory something to be done; a design; a project; as, to form a scheme. The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. --Swift. 3. Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline. To draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France. --South. 4. (Astrol.) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event. A blue silk case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: Plan; project; contrivance; purpose; device; plot. Usage: {Scheme}, {Plan}. Scheme and plan are subordinate to design; they propose modes of carrying our designs into effect. Scheme is the least definite of the two, and lies more in speculation. A plan is drawn out into details with a view to being carried into effect. As schemes are speculative, they often prove visionary; hence the opprobrious use of the words schemer and scheming. Plans, being more practical, are more frequently carried into effect. He forms the well-concerted scheme of mischief; 'T is fixed, 't is done, and both are doomed to death. --Rowe. Artists and plans relieved my solemn hours; I founded palaces, and planted bowers. --Prior. | |
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Scheme \Scheme\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Schemed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scheming}.] To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot. That wickedness which schemed, and executed, his destruction. --G. Stuart. | |
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Scheme \Scheme\, v. i. To form a scheme or schemes. | |
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Schene \Schene\, n. [L. schoenus, Gr. [?] a rush, a reed, a land measure: cf. F. sch[8a]ne.] (Antiq.) An Egyptian or Persian measure of length, varying from thirty-two to sixty stadia. | |
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Scion \Sci"on\, n. [OF. cion, F. scion, probably from scier to saw, fr. L. secare to cut. Cf. {Section}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A shoot or sprout of a plant; a sucker. (b) A piece of a slender branch or twig cut for grafting. [Formerly written also cion, and cyon.] 2. Hence, a descendant; an heir; as, a scion of a royal stock. | |
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Scomm \Scomm\ (sk[ocr]m), n. [L. scomma a taunt, jeer, scoff, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to mock, scoff at.] 1. A buffoon. [Obs.] --L'Estrange. 2. A flout; a jeer; a gibe; a taunt. [Obs.] --Fotherby. | |
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Scone \Scone\, n. A cake, thinner than a bannock, made of wheat or barley or oat meal. [Written variously, {scon}, {skone}, {skon}, etc.] [Scot.] --Burns. | |
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Scone \Scone\, n. A cake, thinner than a bannock, made of wheat or barley or oat meal. [Written variously, {scon}, {skone}, {skon}, etc.] [Scot.] --Burns. | |
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Scum \Scum\, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw. skum, Icel. sk[?]m, LG. schum, D. schuim, OHG. sc[?]m, G. schaum; probably from a root meaning, to cover. [root]158. Cf. {Hide} skin, {Meerschaum}, {Skim}, v., {Sky}.] 1. The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross. Some to remove the scum it did rise. --Spenser. 2. refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless. The great and innocent are insulted by the scum and refuse of the people. --Addison. | |
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Scum \Scum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scummed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scumming}.] 1. To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim. You that scum the molten lead. --Dryden & Lee. 2. To sweep or range over the surface of. [Obs.] Wandering up and down without certain seat, they lived by scumming those seas and shores as pirates. --Milton. | |
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Scum \Scum\, v. i. To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively. Life, and the interest of life, have stagnated and scummed over. --A. K. H. Boyd. | |
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Scummy \Scum"my\, a. Covered with scum; of the nature of scum. --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Sea hen \Sea" hen`\ (Zo[94]l.) the common guillemot; -- applied also to various other sea birds. | |
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Sea maw \Sea" maw`\ (Zo[94]l.) The sea mew. | |
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Mew \Mew\, n. [AS. m[?]w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m[94]we, OHG. m[?]h, Icel. m[be]r.] (Zo[94]l.) A gull, esp. the common British species ({Larus canus}); called also {sea mew}, {maa}, {mar}, {mow}, and {cobb}. | |
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Sea mew \Sea" mew`\ (Zo[94]l.) A gull; the mew. | |
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Mew \Mew\, n. [AS. m[?]w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m[94]we, OHG. m[?]h, Icel. m[be]r.] (Zo[94]l.) A gull, esp. the common British species ({Larus canus}); called also {sea mew}, {maa}, {mar}, {mow}, and {cobb}. | |
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Sea mew \Sea" mew`\ (Zo[94]l.) A gull; the mew. | |
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Seam \Seam\, v. i. To become ridgy; to crack open. Later their lips began to parch and seam. --L. Wallace. | |
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Seam \Seam\, n. [AS. se[a0]m, LL. sauma, L. sagma a packsaddle, fr. Gr. [?]. See {Sumpter}.] A denomination of weight or measure. Specifically: (a) The quantity of eight bushels of grain. [bd]A seam of oats.[b8] --P. Plowman. (b) The quantity of 120 pounds of glass. [Eng.] | |
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Seam \Seam\ (s[emac]m), n. [See {Saim}.] Grease; tallow; lard. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] --Shak. Dryden. | |
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Seam \Seam\, n. [OE. seem, seam, AS. se[a0]m; akin to D. zoom, OHG. soum, G. saum, LG. soom, Icel. saumr, Sw. & Dan. s[94]m, and E. sew. [root] 156. See {Sew} to fasten with thread.] 1. The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather. 2. Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc. Precepts should be so finely wrought together . . . that no coarse seam may discover where they join. --Addison. 3. (Geol. & Mining) A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal. 4. A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix. {Seam blast}, a blast by putting the powder into seams or cracks of rocks. {Seam lace}, a lace used by carriage makers to cover seams and edges; -- called also {seaming lace}. {Seam presser}. (Agric.) (a) A heavy roller to press down newly plowed furrows. (b) A tailor's sadiron for pressing seams. --Knight. {Seam set}, a set for flattering the seams of metal sheets, leather work, etc. | |
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Seam \Seam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seaming}.] 1. To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite. 2. To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar. Seamed o'[?]r with wounds which his own saber gave. --Pope. 3. To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting. | |
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Seamy \Seam"y\, a. Having a seam; containing seams, or showing them. [bd]Many a seamy scar.[b8] --Burns. Everything has its fair, as well as its seamy, side. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Sean \Sean\, n. A seine. See {Seine}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Seawan \Sea"wan\, Seawant \Sea"want\, n. The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money. Note: Seawan was of two kinds; wampum, white, and suckanhock, black or purple, -- the former having half the value of the latter. Many writers, however, use the terms seawan and wampum indiscriminately. --Bartlett. | |
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Seem \Seem\, v. t. To befit; to beseem. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Seem \Seem\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Seemed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seeming}.] [OE. semen to seem, to become, befit, AS. s[?]man to satisfy, pacify; akin to Icel. s[?]ma to honor, to bear with, conform to, s[?]mr becoming, fit, s[?]ma to beseem, to befit, sama to beseem, semja to arrange, settle, put right, Goth. samjan to please, and to E. same. The sense is probably due to the adj. seemly. [root]191. See {Same}, a., and cf. {Seemly}.] To appear, or to appear to be; to have a show or semblance; to present an appearance; to look; to strike one's apprehension or fancy as being; to be taken as. [bd]It now seemed probable.[b8] --Macaulay. Thou picture of what thou seem'st. --Shak. All seemed well pleased; all seemed, but were not all. --Milton. There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; but the end thereof are the ways of death. --Prov. xiv. 12. {It seems}, it appears; it is understood as true; it is said. A prince of Italy, it seems, entertained his misstress on a great lake. --Addison. Syn: To appear; look. Usage: {Seem}, {Appear}. To appear has reference to a thing's being presented to our view; as, the sun appears; to seem is connected with the idea of semblance, and usually implies an inference of our mind as to the probability of a thing's being so; as, a storm seems to be coming. [bd]The story appears to be true,[b8] means that the facts, as presented, go to show its truth; [bd]the story seems to be true,[b8] means that it has the semblance of being so, and we infer that it is true. [bd]His first and principal care being to appear unto his people such as he would have them be, and to be such as he appeared.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. Ham. Ay, madam, it is common. Queen. If it be, Why seems it so particular with thee? Ham. Seems, madam! Nay, it is; I know not [bd]seems.[b8] --Shak. | |
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See \See\, v. t. [imp. {Saw}; p. p. {Seen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seeing}.] [OE. seen, sen, seon, As. se[a2]n; akin to OFries. s[c6]a, D. zien, OS. & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sj[be], Sw. se, Dan. see, Goth. sa[a1]hwan, and probably to L. sequi to follow (and so originally meaning, to follow with the eyes). Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?], Skr. sac. Cf. {Sight}, {Sun} to follow.] 1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view. I will new turn aside, and see this great sight. --Ex. iii. 3. 2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain. Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren. --Gen. xxxvii. 14. Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. --Mark xii. 34. Who 's so gross That seeth not this palpable device? --Shak. 3. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after. --Shak. I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care for centradicting him. --Addison. 4. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend. And Samuel came no more to see Saul untill the day of his death. --1 Sam. xv. 35. 5. To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. --Ps. xc. 15. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. --John viii. 51. Improvement in visdom and prudence by seeing men. --Locke. 6. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars. {God you} ({him, [or] me}, etc.) {see}, God keep you (him, me, etc.) in his sight; God protect you. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To see} (anything) {out}, to see (it) to the end; to be present at, or attend, to the end. {To see stars}, to see flashes of light, like stars; -- sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.] {To see (one) through}, to help, watch, or guard (one) to the end of a course or an undertaking. | |
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Seen \Seen\, p. p. of {See}. | |
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Seen \Seen\, a. Versed; skilled; accomplished. [Obs.] Well seen in every science that mote be. --Spenser. Noble Boyle, not less in nature seen, Than his great brother read in states and men. --Dryden. | |
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Seine \Seine\, n. [F. seine, or AS. segene, b[?]th fr. L. sagena, Gr. [?][?][?][?].] (Fishing.) A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish. {Seine boat}, a boat specially constructed to carry and pay out a seine. | |
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Semi- \Sem"i-\ [L. semi; akin to Gr. [?][?][?], Skr. s[be]mi-, AS. s[be]m-, and prob. to E. same, from the division into two parts of the same size. Cf. {Hemi-}, {Sandelend}.] A prefix signifying half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent, imperfectly transparent. Note: The prefix semi is joined to another word either with the hyphen or without it. In this book the hyphen is omitted except before a capital letter; as, semiacid, semiaquatic, semi-Arian, semiaxis, semicalcareous. | |
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Sen \Sen\, n. A Japanese coin, worth about one half of a cent. | |
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Sen \Sen\, adv., prep., & conj. [See {Since}.] Since. [Obs.] | |
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Senna \Sen"na\, n. [Cf. It. & Sp. sena, Pg. sene, F. s[82]n[82]; all fr. Ar. san[be].] 1. (Med.) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. ({C. acutifolia}, {C. angustifolia}, etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine. 2. (Bot.) The plants themselves, native to the East, but now cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West Indies. {Bladder senna}. (Bot.) See under {Bladder}. {Wild senna} (Bot.), the {Cassia Marilandica}, growing in the United States, the leaves of which are used medicinally, like those of the officinal senna. | |
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Sewen \Sew"en\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A British trout usually regarded as a variety (var. {Cambricus}) of the salmon trout. | |
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Sewin \Sew"in\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sewen}. | |
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Sew \Sew\, v. t. [imp. {Sewed}; p. p. {Sewed}, rarely {Sewn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sewing}.] [OE. sewen, sowen, AS. si[a2]wian, s[c6]wian; akin to OHG. siuwan, Icel. s[?]ja, Sw. sy, Dan. sye, Goth. siujan, Lith. siuti, Russ, shite, L. ssuere, Gr. [?][?][?][?], Skr. siv. [root]156. Cf. {Seam} a suture, {Suture}.] 1. To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread. No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment. --Mark ii. 21. 2. To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip. 3. To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag. | |
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Seye \Seye\, Seyen \Seyen\, obs. imp. pl. & p. p. of {See}. | |
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Sham \Sham\, a. False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight. They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians. --Jowett (Thucyd) | |
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Sham \Sham\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shammed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shamming}.] 1. To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses. Fooled and shammed into a conviction. --L'Estrange. 2. To obtrude by fraud or imposition. [R.] We must have a care that we do not . . . sham fallacies upon the world for current reason. --L'Estrange. 3. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign. {To sham Abram} [or] {Abraham}, to feign sickness; to malinger. Hence a malingerer is called, in sailors' cant, Sham Abram, or Sham Abraham. | |
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Sham \Sham\, n. [Originally the same word as shame, hence, a disgrace, a trick. See {Shame}, n.] 1. That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug. [bd]A mere sham.[b8] --Bp. Stillingfleet. Believe who will the solemn sham, not I. --Addison. 2. A false front, or removable ornamental covering. {Pillow sham}, a covering to be laid on a pillow. | |
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Sham \Sham\, v. i. To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose. Wondering . . . whether those who lectured him were such fools as they professed to be, or were only shamming. --Macaulay. | |
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Shame \Shame\, n. [OE. shame, schame, AS. scamu, sceamu; akin to OS. & OHG. scama, G. scham, Icel. sk[94]mm, shkamm, Sw. & Dan. skam, D. & G. schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to be ashamed; perhaps from a root skam meaning to cover, and akin to the root (kam) of G. hemd shirt, E. chemise. Cf. {Sham}.] 1. A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of that which nature or modesty prompts us to conceal. HIde, for shame, Romans, your grandsires' images, That blush at their degenerate progeny. --Dryden. Have you no modesty, no maiden shame? --Shak. 2. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonor; ignominy; derision; contempt. Ye have borne the shame of the heathen. --Ezek. xxxvi. 6. Honor and shame from no condition rise. --Pope. And every woe a tear can claim Except an erring sister's shame. --Byron. 3. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach, and degrades a person in the estimation of others; disgrace. O C[?]sar, what a wounding shame is this! --Shak. Guides who are the shame of religion. --Shak. 4. The parts which modesty requires to be covered; the private parts. --Isa. xlvii. 3. {For shame!} you should be ashamed; shame on you! {To put to shame}, to cause to feel shame; to humiliate; to disgrace. [bd]Let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.[b8] --Ps. xl. 14. | |
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Shame \Shame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shaming}.] 1. To make ashamed; to excite in (a person) a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame. Were there but one righteous in the world, he would . . . shame the world, and not the world him. --South. 2. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace. And with foul cowardice his carcass shame. --Spenser. 3. To mock at; to deride. [Obs. or R.] Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor. --Ps. xiv. 6. | |
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Shame \Shame\, v. i. [AS. scamian, sceamian. See {Shame}, n.] To be ashamed; to feel shame. [R.] I do shame To think of what a noble strain you are. --Shak. | |
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Shammy \Sham"my\, n. [F. chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See {Chamois}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The chamois. 2. A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See {Shamoying}. [Written also {chamois}, {shamoy}, and {shamois}.] | |
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Shammy \Sham"my\, n. [F. chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See {Chamois}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The chamois. 2. A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See {Shamoying}. [Written also {chamois}, {shamoy}, and {shamois}.] | |
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Shamois \Sham"ois\, Shamoy \Sham"oy\, n. See {Shammy}. | |
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Shammy \Sham"my\, n. [F. chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See {Chamois}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The chamois. 2. A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See {Shamoying}. [Written also {chamois}, {shamoy}, and {shamois}.] | |
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Shamois \Sham"ois\, Shamoy \Sham"oy\, n. See {Shammy}. | |
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Shanny \Shan"ny\, n.; pl. {Shannies}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.) The European smooth blenny ({Blennius pholis}). It is olive-green with irregular black spots, and without appendages on the head. | |
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Shawm \Shawm\, n. [OE. shalmie, OF. chalemie; cf. F. chalumeau shawm, chaume haulm, stalk; all fr. L. calamus a reed, reed pipe. See {Haulm}, and cf. {Calumet}.] (Mus.) A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form. [Written also {shalm}, {shaum}.] --Otway. Even from the shrillest shaum unto the cornamute. --Drayton. | |
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Shawm \Shawm\, n. [OE. shalmie, OF. chalemie; cf. F. chalumeau shawm, chaume haulm, stalk; all fr. L. calamus a reed, reed pipe. See {Haulm}, and cf. {Calumet}.] (Mus.) A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form. [Written also {shalm}, {shaum}.] --Otway. Even from the shrillest shaum unto the cornamute. --Drayton. | |
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Shawnees \Shaw`nees"\, n. pl.; sing. {Shawnee}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians who occupied Western New York and part of Ohio, but were driven away and widely dispersed by the Iroquois. | |
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Sheen \Sheen\, v. i. To shine; to glisten. [Poetic] This town, That, sheening far, celestial seems to be. --Byron. | |
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Sheen \Sheen\, n. Brightness; splendor; glitter. [bd]Throned in celestial sheen.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Sheen \Sheen\, a. [OE. sehene, AS. sci[82]ne, sc[?]ne, sc[?]ne, splendid, beautiful; akin to OFries. sk[?]ne, sk[?]ne, OS. sc[?]ni, D. schoon, G. sch[94]n, OHG. sc[?]ni, Goth, skanus, and E. shew; the original meaning being probably, visible, worth seeing. It is not akin to E. shine. See {Shew}, v. t.] Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny. [R., except in poetry.] This holy maiden, that is so bright and sheen. --Chaucer. Up rose each warrier bold and brave, Glistening in filed steel and armor sheen. --Fairfax. | |
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Sheeny \Sheen"y\, a. Bright; shining; radiant; sheen. [bd]A sheeny summer morn.[b8] --Tennyson. | |
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Shewn \Shewn\, p. p. of {Shew}. | |
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Show \Show\, v. t. [imp. {Showed}; p. p. {Shown}or {Showed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Showing}. It is sometimes written {shew}, {shewed}, {shewn}, {shewing}.] [OE. schowen, shewen, schewen, shawen, AS. sce[a0]wian, to look, see, view; akin to OS. scaw[?]n, OFries. skawia, D. schouwen, OHG. scouw[?]n, G. schauen, Dan. skue, Sw. sk[?]da, Icel. sko[?]a, Goth. usskawjan to waken, skuggwa a mirror, Icel. skuggy shade, shadow, L. cavere to be on one's guard, Gr. [?][?][?] to mark, perceive, hear, Skr. kavi wise. Cf. {Caution}, {Scavenger}, {Sheen}.] 1. To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers). Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest. --Matt. viii. 4. Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise Magnificence; and what can heaven show more? --Milton. 2. To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs. Shew them the way wherein they must walk. --Ex. xviii. 20. If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away. --1 Sam. xx. 13. 3. Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door. 4. To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event. I 'll show my duty by my timely care. --Dryden. 5. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor. Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me. --Ex. xx. 6. {To show forth}, to manifest; to publish; to proclaim. {To show his paces}, to exhibit the gait, speed, or the like; -- said especially of a horse. {To show off}, to exhibit ostentatiously. {To show up}, to expose. [Colloq.] | |
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Shewn \Shewn\, p. p. of {Shew}. | |
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Show \Show\, v. t. [imp. {Showed}; p. p. {Shown}or {Showed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Showing}. It is sometimes written {shew}, {shewed}, {shewn}, {shewing}.] [OE. schowen, shewen, schewen, shawen, AS. sce[a0]wian, to look, see, view; akin to OS. scaw[?]n, OFries. skawia, D. schouwen, OHG. scouw[?]n, G. schauen, Dan. skue, Sw. sk[?]da, Icel. sko[?]a, Goth. usskawjan to waken, skuggwa a mirror, Icel. skuggy shade, shadow, L. cavere to be on one's guard, Gr. [?][?][?] to mark, perceive, hear, Skr. kavi wise. Cf. {Caution}, {Scavenger}, {Sheen}.] 1. To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers). Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest. --Matt. viii. 4. Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise Magnificence; and what can heaven show more? --Milton. 2. To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs. Shew them the way wherein they must walk. --Ex. xviii. 20. If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away. --1 Sam. xx. 13. 3. Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door. 4. To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event. I 'll show my duty by my timely care. --Dryden. 5. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor. Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me. --Ex. xx. 6. {To show forth}, to manifest; to publish; to proclaim. {To show his paces}, to exhibit the gait, speed, or the like; -- said especially of a horse. {To show off}, to exhibit ostentatiously. {To show up}, to expose. [Colloq.] | |
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Shim \Shim\, n. 1. A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds. 2. (Mach.) A thin piece of metal placed between two parts to make a fit. | |
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Shimmy \Shim"my\, n. A chemise. [Colloq.] | |
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Shin \Shin\, n. [OE. shine, schine, AS. scina; akin to D. scheen, OHG. scina, G. schiene, schienbein, Dan. skinnebeen, Sw. skenben. Cf. {Chine}.] 1. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank. [bd]On his shin.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. (Railbroad) A fish plate for rails. --Knight. {Shin bone} (Anat.), the tibia. {Shin leaf} (Bot.), a perennial ericaceous herb ({Pyrola elliptica}) with a cluster of radical leaves and a raceme of greenish white flowers. | |
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Shin \Shin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shinned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shinning}.] 1. To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like; -- used with up; as, to shin up a mast. [Slang] | |
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Shin \Shin\, v. t. To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up. [Slang] | |
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Shine \Shine\, a. [AS. sc[c6]n. See {Shine}, v. i.] Shining; sheen. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Shine \Shine\, v. t. 1. To cause to shine, as a light. [Obs.] He [God] doth not rain wealth, nor shine honor and virtues, upon men equally. --Bacon. 2. To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them. [U. S.] --Bartlett. | |
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Shine \Shine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shone} ([?] [or] [?]; 277) (archaic {Shined}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shining}.] [OE. shinen, schinen, AS. sc[c6]nan; akin to D. schijnen, OFries. sk[c6]na, OS. & OHG. sc[c6]nan, G. scheinen, Icel. sk[c6]na, Sw. skina, Dan. skinne, Goth. skeinan, and perh. to Gr. [?][?][?] shadow. [root]157. Cf. {Sheer} pure, and {Shimmer}.] 1. To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night. Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine. --Shak. God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Cghrist. --2 Cor. iv. 6. Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster. --Denham. 2. To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver. 3. To be effulgent in splendor or beauty. [bd]So proud she shined in her princely state.[b8] --Spenser. Once brightest shined this child of heat and air. --Pope. 4. To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation. Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable. --Swift. {To make}, [or] {cause}, {the face to shine upon}, to be propitious to; to be gracious to. --Num. vi. 25. | |
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Shine \Shine\, n. 1. The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen. Now sits not girt with taper's holy shine. --Milton. Fair opening to some court's propitious shine. --Pope. The distant shine of the celestial city. --Hawthorne. 2. Sunshine; fair weather. Be it fair or foul, or rain or shine. --Dryden. 3. A liking for a person; a fancy. [Slang, U.S.] 4. Caper; antic; row. [Slang] {To cut up shines}, to play pranks. [Slang, U.S.] | |
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Shinney \Shin"ney\, n. [CF. {Shindy}.] The game of hockey; -- so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin. --Halliwell. | |
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Shiny \Shin"y\, a. [Compar. {Shinier}; superl. {Shiniest}.] Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded. Like distant thunder on a shiny day. --Dryden. | |
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Shone \Shone\, imp. & p. p. of {Shine}. | |
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Shine \Shine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shone} ([?] [or] [?]; 277) (archaic {Shined}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shining}.] [OE. shinen, schinen, AS. sc[c6]nan; akin to D. schijnen, OFries. sk[c6]na, OS. & OHG. sc[c6]nan, G. scheinen, Icel. sk[c6]na, Sw. skina, Dan. skinne, Goth. skeinan, and perh. to Gr. [?][?][?] shadow. [root]157. Cf. {Sheer} pure, and {Shimmer}.] 1. To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night. Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine. --Shak. God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Cghrist. --2 Cor. iv. 6. Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster. --Denham. 2. To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver. 3. To be effulgent in splendor or beauty. [bd]So proud she shined in her princely state.[b8] --Spenser. Once brightest shined this child of heat and air. --Pope. 4. To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation. Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable. --Swift. {To make}, [or] {cause}, {the face to shine upon}, to be propitious to; to be gracious to. --Num. vi. 25. | |
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Shoe \Shoe\, n.; pl. {Shoes}, formerly {Shoon}, now provincial. [OE. sho, scho, AS. sc[?]h, sce[a2]h; akin to OFries. sk[?], OS. sk[?]h, D. schoe, schoen, G. schuh, OHG. scuoh, Icel. sk[?]r, Dan. & Sw. sko, Goth. sk[?]hs; of unknown origin.] 1. A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg. Your hose should be ungartered, . . . yourshoe untied. --Shak. Spare none but such as go in clouted shoon. --Shak. 2. Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use. Specifically: (a) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury. (b) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow. (c) A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill. (d) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion. (e) (Arch.) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building. (f) (Milling.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone. (g) An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill. (h) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter. (i) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile. (j) (Mach.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also {slipper}, and {gib}. Note: Shoe is often used adjectively, or in composition; as, shoe buckle, or shoe-buckle; shoe latchet, or shoe-latchet; shoe leathet, or shoe-leather; shoe string, shoe-string, or shoestring. {Shoe of an anchor}. (Naut.) (a) A small block of wood, convex on the back, with a hole to receive the point of the anchor fluke, -- used to prevent the anchor from tearing the planks of the vessel when raised or lowered. (b) A broad, triangular piece of plank placed upon the fluke to give it a better hold in soft ground. {Shoe block} (Naut.), a block with two sheaves, one above the other, and at right angles to each other. {Shoe bolt}, a bolt with a flaring head, for fastening shoes on sleigh runners. {Shoe pac}, a kind of moccasin. See {Pac}. {Shoe stone}, a sharpening stone used by shoemakers and other workers in leather. | |
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Shoon \Shoon\, n., pl. of {Shoe}. [Archaic] --Chaucer. They shook the snow from hats and shoon. --Emerson. | |
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Show \Show\, v. t. [imp. {Showed}; p. p. {Shown}or {Showed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Showing}. It is sometimes written {shew}, {shewed}, {shewn}, {shewing}.] [OE. schowen, shewen, schewen, shawen, AS. sce[a0]wian, to look, see, view; akin to OS. scaw[?]n, OFries. skawia, D. schouwen, OHG. scouw[?]n, G. schauen, Dan. skue, Sw. sk[?]da, Icel. sko[?]a, Goth. usskawjan to waken, skuggwa a mirror, Icel. skuggy shade, shadow, L. cavere to be on one's guard, Gr. [?][?][?] to mark, perceive, hear, Skr. kavi wise. Cf. {Caution}, {Scavenger}, {Sheen}.] 1. To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers). Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest. --Matt. viii. 4. Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise Magnificence; and what can heaven show more? --Milton. 2. To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs. Shew them the way wherein they must walk. --Ex. xviii. 20. If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away. --1 Sam. xx. 13. 3. Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door. 4. To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event. I 'll show my duty by my timely care. --Dryden. 5. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor. Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me. --Ex. xx. 6. {To show forth}, to manifest; to publish; to proclaim. {To show his paces}, to exhibit the gait, speed, or the like; -- said especially of a horse. {To show off}, to exhibit ostentatiously. {To show up}, to expose. [Colloq.] | |
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Shown \Shown\, p. p. of {Show}. | |
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Shun \Shun\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shunned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shunning}.] [OE. shunien, schunien, schonien, AS. scunian, sceonian; cf. D. schuinen to slepe, schuin oblique, sloping, Icel. skunda, skynda, to hasten. Cf. {Schooner}, {Scoundrel}, {Shunt}.] To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice. I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. --Acts xx. 26,27. Scarcity and want shall shun you. --Shak. Syn: See {Avoid}. | |
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Sienna \Si*en"na\, n. [It. terra di Siena, fr. Siena in Italy.] (Chem.) Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt. {Burnt sienna}, sienna made of a much redder color by the action of fire. {Raw sienna}, sienna in its natural state, of a transparent yellowish brown color. | |
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Sima \Si"ma\, n. (Arch.) A cyma. | |
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Sin \Sin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sinned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sinning}.] [OE. sinnen, singen, sinegen, AS. syngian. See {Sin}, n.] 1. To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God to man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or nonobservance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty; -- often followed by against. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned. --Ps. li. 4. All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. --Rom. iii. 23. 2. To violate human rights, law, or propriety; to commit an offense; to trespass; to transgress. I am a man More sinned against than sinning. --Shak. Who but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins against the eternal cause. --Pope. | |
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Sin \Sin\, adv., prep., & conj. Old form of {Since}. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sin that his lord was twenty year of age. --Chaucer. | |
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Sin \Sin\, n. [OE. sinne, AS. synn, syn; akin to D. zonde, OS. sundia, OHG. sunta, G. s[81]nde, Icel., Dan. & Sw. synd, L. sons, sontis, guilty, perhaps originally from the p. pr. of the verb signifying, to be, and meaning, the one who it is. Cf. {Authentic}, {Sooth}.] 1. Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine command; any violation of God's will, either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character; iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission. Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. --John viii. 34. Sin is the transgression of the law. --1 John iii. 4. I think 't no sin. To cozen him that would unjustly win. --Shak. Enthralled By sin to foul, exorbitant desires. --Milton. 2. An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners. I grant that poetry's a crying sin. --Pope. 3. A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin. He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin. --2 Cor. v. 21. 4. An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person. [R.] Thy ambition, Thou scarlet sin, robbed this bewailing land Of noble Buckingham. --Shak. Note: Sin is used in the formation of some compound words of obvious signification; as, sin-born; sin-bred, sin-oppressed, sin-polluted, and the like. {Actual sin}, {Canonical sins}, {Original sin}, {Venial sin}. See under {Actual}, {Canonical}, etc. {Deadly}, [or] {Mortal}, {sins} (R. C. Ch.), willful and deliberate transgressions, which take away divine grace; -- in distinction from vental sins. The seven deadly sins are pride, covetousness, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and sloth. {Sin eater}, a man who (according to a former practice in England) for a small gratuity ate a piece of bread laid on the chest of a dead person, whereby he was supposed to have taken the sins of the dead person upon himself. {Sin offering}, a sacrifice for sin; something offered as an expiation for sin. Syn: Iniquity; wickedness; wrong. See {Crime}. | |
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Sine \Sine\, n. [LL. sinus a sine, L. sinus bosom, used in translating the Ar. jaib, properly, bosom, but probably read by mistake (the consonants being the same) for an original j[c6]ba sine, from Skr. j[c6]va bowstring, chord of an arc, sine.] (Trig.) (a) The length of a perpendicular drawn from one extremity of an arc of a circle to the diameter drawn through the other extremity. (b) The perpendicular itself. See {Sine of angle}, below. {Artificial sines}, logarithms of the natural sines, or logarithmic sines. {Curve of sines}. See {Sinusoid}. {Natural sines}, the decimals expressing the values of the sines, the radius being unity. {Sine of an angle}, in a circle whose radius is unity, the sine of the arc that measures the angle; in a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the given angle divided by the hypotenuse. See {Trigonometrical function}, under {Function}. {Versed sine}, that part of the diameter between the sine and the arc. | |
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Sinew \Sin"ew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sinewed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sinewing}.] To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews. --Shak. Wretches, now stuck up for long tortures . . . might, if properly treated, serve to sinew the state in time of danger. --Goldsmith. | |
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Sinew \Sin"ew\, n. [OE. sinewe, senewe, AS. sinu, seonu; akin to D. zenuw, OHG. senawa, G. sehne, Icel. sin, Sw. sena, Dan. sene; cf. Skr. sn[be]va. [root]290.] 1. (Anat.) A tendon or tendonous tissue. See {Tendon}. 2. Muscle; nerve. [R.] --Sir J. Davies. 3. Fig.: That which supplies strength or power. The portion and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry. --Shak. The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war. --Sir W. Raleigh. Note: Money alone is often called the sinews of war. | |
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Sinewy \Sin"ew*y\, a. 1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews. The sinewy thread my brain lets fall. --Donne. 2. Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax. A man whose words . . . were so close and sinewy. --Hare. | |
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Siwin \Si"win\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sewen}. | |
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Skain \Skain\, n. See {Skein}. [Obs.] | |
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Skain \Skain\, n. See {Skean}. --Drayton. | |
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Skean \Skean\, n. [Ir sgian; akin to Gael. sgian, W. ysgien a large knife, a scimiter.] A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously spelt.] [bd]His skean, or pistol.[b8] --Spenser. | |
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Skein \Skein\, n. [OE. skeyne, OF. escaigne, F. [82]cagne, probably of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. sgainne, Gael. sgeinnidh thread, small twine; or perhaps the English word is immediately from Celtic.] 1. A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel, -- usually tied in a sort of knot. Note: A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread round a fifty-four inch reel. 2. (Wagon Making) A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle. --Knight. | |
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Skein \Skein\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like). [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Skeine \Skeine\, n. See {Skean}. | |
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Sken \Sken\, v. i. To squint. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Skene \Skene\, n. See {Skean}. --C. Kingsley. | |
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Skim \Skim\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skimmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skimming}.] [Cf. Sw. skymma to darken. [root]158. See {Scum}.] 1. To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth. 2. To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream. 3. To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of. Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the ocean. --Hazlitt. 4. Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper. | |
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Skim \Skim\, v. i. 1. To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. --Pope. 2. To hasten along with superficial attention. They skim over a science in a very superficial survey. --I. Watts. 3. To put on the finishing coat of plaster. | |
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Skim \Skim\, a. Contraction of {Skimming} and {Skimmed}. {Skim coat}, the final or finishing coat of plaster. {Skim colter}, a colter for paring off the surface of land. {Skim milk}, skimmed milk; milk from which the cream has been taken. | |
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Skin \Skin\, n. [Icel. skinn; akin to Sw. skinn, Dan. skind, AS. scinn, G. schined to skin.] 1. (Anat.) The external membranous integument of an animal. Note: In man, and the vertebrates generally, the skin consist of two layers, an outer nonsensitive and nonvascular epidermis, cuticle, or skarfskin, composed of cells which are constantly growing and multiplying in the deeper, and being thrown off in the superficial, layers; and an inner sensitive, and vascular dermis, cutis, corium, or true skin, composed mostly of connective tissue. 2. The hide of an animal, separated from the body, whether green, dry, or tanned; especially, that of a small animal, as a calf, sheep, or goat. 3. A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. See {Bottle}, 1. [bd]Skins of wine.[b8] --Tennyson. 4. The bark or husk of a plant or fruit; the exterior coat of fruits and plants. 5. (Naut.) (a) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole. --Totten. (b) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing. {Skin friction}, {Skin resistance} (Naut.), the friction, or resistance, caused by the tendency of water to adhere to the immersed surface (skin) of a vessel. {Skin graft} (Surg.), a small portion of skin used in the process of grafting. See {Graft}, v. t., 2. {Skin moth} (Zo[94]l.), any insect which destroys the prepared skins of animals, especially the larva of Dermestes and Anthrenus. {Skin of the teeth}, nothing, or next to nothing; the least possible hold or advantage. --Job xix. 20. {Skin wool}, wool taken from dead sheep. | |
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Skin \Skin\, v. i. 1. To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over. 2. To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memeoranda, etc., which are prohibited. [College Cant, U.S.] | |
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Skin \Skin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skinned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skinning}.] 1. To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal. 2. To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially. It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. --Shak. 3. To strip of money or property; to cheat. [Slang] | |
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Skinny \Skin"ny\, a. Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh. [bd]Her skinny lips.[b8] --Shak. He holds him with a skinny hand. --Coleridge. | |
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Scone \Scone\, n. A cake, thinner than a bannock, made of wheat or barley or oat meal. [Written variously, {scon}, {skone}, {skon}, etc.] [Scot.] --Burns. | |
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Scone \Scone\, n. A cake, thinner than a bannock, made of wheat or barley or oat meal. [Written variously, {scon}, {skone}, {skon}, etc.] [Scot.] --Burns. | |
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Skun \Skun\, n. & v. See {Scum}. | |
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Smee \Smee\, n. [Cf. {Smew}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pintail duck. (b) The widgeon. (c) The poachard. (d) The smew. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Smew \Smew\, n. [Perhaps for ice-mew.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) small European merganser ({Mergus albellus}) which has a white crest; -- called also {smee}, {smee duck}, {white merganser}, and {white nun}. (b) The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Smee \Smee\, n. [Cf. {Smew}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pintail duck. (b) The widgeon. (c) The poachard. (d) The smew. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Smew \Smew\, n. [Perhaps for ice-mew.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) small European merganser ({Mergus albellus}) which has a white crest; -- called also {smee}, {smee duck}, {white merganser}, and {white nun}. (b) The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Smew \Smew\, n. [Perhaps for ice-mew.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) small European merganser ({Mergus albellus}) which has a white crest; -- called also {smee}, {smee duck}, {white merganser}, and {white nun}. (b) The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Symbol \Sym"bol\, n. [L. symbolus, symbolum, Gr. sy`mbolon a sign by which one knows or infers a thing, from [?] to throw or put together, to compare; sy`n with + [?] to throw: cf. F. symbole. Cf. {Emblem}, {Parable}.] 1. A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience. A symbol is a sign included in the idea which it represents, e. g., an actual part chosen to represent the whole, or a lower form or species used as the representative of a higher in the same kind. --Coleridge. 2. (Math.) Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation. Note: In crystallography, the symbol of a plane is the numerical expression which defines its position relatively to the assumed axes. 3. (Theol.) An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion. 4. [Gr. [?] contributions.] That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty. [Obs.] They do their work in the days of peace . . . and come to pay their symbol in a war or in a plague. --Jer. Taylor. 5. Share; allotment. [Obs.] The persons who are to be judged . . . shall all appear to receive their symbol. --Jer. Taylor. 6. (Chem.) An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, {C} for carbon, {Na} for sodium (Natrium), {Fe} for iron (Ferrum), {Sn} for tin (Stannum), {Sb} for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names and symbols under {Element}. Note: In pure and organic chemistry there are symbols not only for the elements, but also for their grouping in formulas, radicals, or residues, as evidenced by their composition, reactions, synthesis, etc. See the diagram of {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}. Syn: Emblem; figure; type. See {Emblem}. | |
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Snaw \Snaw\ (sn[add]), n. Snow. [Obs. or Scot.] --Burns. | |
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Snew \Snew\, v. i. To snow; to abound. [Obs.] It snewed in his house of meat and drink. --Chaucer. | |
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Stannic \Stan"nic\, a. [L. stannum tin: cf. F. stannique.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to tin; derived from or containing tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with {stannous} compounds. {Stannic acid}. (a) A hypothetical substance, {Sn(OH)4}, analogous to silic acid, and called also {normal stannic acid}. (b) Metastannic acid. {Stannic chloride}, a thin, colorless, fuming liquid, {SnCl4}, used as a mordant in calico printing and dyeing; -- formerly called {spirit of tin}, or {fuming liquor of Libavius}. {Stannic oxide}, tin oxide, {SnO2}, produced artificially as a white amorphous powder, and occurring naturally in the mineral cassiterite. It is used in the manufacture of white enamels, and, under the name of {putty powder}, for polishing glass, etc. | |
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Stannic \Stan"nic\, a. [L. stannum tin: cf. F. stannique.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to tin; derived from or containing tin; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with {stannous} compounds. {Stannic acid}. (a) A hypothetical substance, {Sn(OH)4}, analogous to silic acid, and called also {normal stannic acid}. (b) Metastannic acid. {Stannic chloride}, a thin, colorless, fuming liquid, {SnCl4}, used as a mordant in calico printing and dyeing; -- formerly called {spirit of tin}, or {fuming liquor of Libavius}. {Stannic oxide}, tin oxide, {SnO2}, produced artificially as a white amorphous powder, and occurring naturally in the mineral cassiterite. It is used in the manufacture of white enamels, and, under the name of {putty powder}, for polishing glass, etc. | |
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Snow \Snow\, n. [LG. snaue, or D. snaauw, from LG. snau a snout, a beak.] (Naut.) A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted. | |
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Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[be]w; akin to D. sneeuw, OS. & OHG. sn[emac]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[omac]r, snaj[be]r, Sw. sn[94], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith. sn[89]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix, nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[c6]wan to snow, G. schneien, OHG. sn[c6]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows, Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or sticky. [root]172.] 1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms. Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad, snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed, snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding, snow-wrought, and the like. 2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes. The field of snow with eagle of black therein. --Chaucer. {Red snow}. See under {Red}. {Snow bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1. {Snow cock} (Zo[94]l.), the snow pheasant. {Snow flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small black leaping poduran ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow in vast numbers. {Snow flood}, a flood from melted snow. {Snow flower} (Bot.), the fringe tree. {Snow fly}, [or] {Snow insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow in great numbers. {Snow gnat} (Zo[94]l.), any wingless dipterous insect of the genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter. {Snow goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arctic geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and {Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({C. c[d2]rulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper part of the neck white. Called also {white head}, {white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}. {Snow leopard} (Zool.), the ounce. {Snow line}, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the equator, 16,000 feet. {Snow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis}) which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains. {Snow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus {Tetraogallus}, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The Himalayn snow pheasant ({T. Himalayensis}) in the best-known species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow chukor}. {Snow partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Partridge}. {Snow pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota}) native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are black. {Snow plant} (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots up. | |
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Snow \Snow\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snowing}.] To fall in or as snow; -- chiefly used impersonally; as, it snows; it snowed yesterday. | |
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Snow \Snow\, v. t. To scatter like snow; to cover with, or as with, snow. --Donne. Shak. | |
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Snowy \Snow"y\, a. 1. White like snow. [bd]So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows.[b8] --Shak. 2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. [bd]The snowy top of cold Olympus.[b8] --Milton. 3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless. There did he lose his snowy innocence. --J. Hall (1646). {Snowy heron} (Zo[94]l.), a white heron, or egret ({Ardea candidissima}), found in the Southern United States, and southward to Chili; -- called also {plume bird}. {Snowy lemming} (Zo[94]l.), the collared lemming ({Cuniculus torquatus}), which turns white in winter. {Snowy owl} (Zo[94]l.), a large arctic owl ({Nyctea Scandiaca}, or {N. nivea}) common all over the northern parts of the United States and Europe in winter time. Its plumage is sometimes nearly pure white, but it is usually more or less marked with blackish spots. Called also {white owl}. {Snowy plover} (Zo[94]l.), a small plover ({[92]gialitis nivosa}) of the western parts of the United States and Mexico. It is light gray above, with the under parts and portions of the head white. | |
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Sny \Sny\, n. [Cf. Icel. sn[umac]a to turn.] An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel. | |
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Soam \Soam\, n. A chain by which a leading horse draws a plow. --Knight. | |
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-some \-some\ (-s[omac]m). A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc. | |
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-some \-some\ (-s[ucr]m). [AS. -sum; akin to G. & OHG. -sam, Icel. samr, Goth. lustusams longed for. See {Same}, a., and cf. {Some}, a.] An adjective suffix having primarily the sense of like or same, and indicating a considerable degree of the thing or quality denoted in the first part of the compound; as in mettlesome, full of mettle or spirit; gladsome, full of gladness; winsome, blithesome, etc. | |
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Some \Some\ (s[ucr]m), a. [OE. som, sum, AS. sum; akin to OS., OFries., & OHG. sum, OD. som, D. sommig, Icel. sumr, Dan. somme (pl.), Sw. somlige (pl.), Goth. sums, and E. same. [root]191. See {Same}, a., and cf. {-some}.] 1. Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to express an indefinite quantity or number; as, some wine; some water; some persons. Used also pronominally; as, I have some. Some theoretical writers allege that there was a time when there was no such thing as society. --Blackstone. 2. A certain; one; -- indicating a person, thing, event, etc., as not known individually, or designated more specifically; as, some man, that is, some one man. [bd]Some brighter clime.[b8] --Mrs. Barbauld. Some man praiseth his neighbor by a wicked intent. --Chaucer. Most gentlemen of property, at some period or other of their lives, are ambitious of representing their county in Parliament. --Blackstone. 3. Not much; a little; moderate; as, the censure was to some extent just. 4. About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals, but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or distance; as, a village of some eighty houses; some two or three persons; some hour hence. | |
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-some \-some\ (-s[omac]m). A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc. | |
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-some \-some\ (-s[ucr]m). [AS. -sum; akin to G. & OHG. -sam, Icel. samr, Goth. lustusams longed for. See {Same}, a., and cf. {Some}, a.] An adjective suffix having primarily the sense of like or same, and indicating a considerable degree of the thing or quality denoted in the first part of the compound; as in mettlesome, full of mettle or spirit; gladsome, full of gladness; winsome, blithesome, etc. | |
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Some \Some\ (s[ucr]m), a. [OE. som, sum, AS. sum; akin to OS., OFries., & OHG. sum, OD. som, D. sommig, Icel. sumr, Dan. somme (pl.), Sw. somlige (pl.), Goth. sums, and E. same. [root]191. See {Same}, a., and cf. {-some}.] 1. Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to express an indefinite quantity or number; as, some wine; some water; some persons. Used also pronominally; as, I have some. Some theoretical writers allege that there was a time when there was no such thing as society. --Blackstone. 2. A certain; one; -- indicating a person, thing, event, etc., as not known individually, or designated more specifically; as, some man, that is, some one man. [bd]Some brighter clime.[b8] --Mrs. Barbauld. Some man praiseth his neighbor by a wicked intent. --Chaucer. Most gentlemen of property, at some period or other of their lives, are ambitious of representing their county in Parliament. --Blackstone. 3. Not much; a little; moderate; as, the censure was to some extent just. 4. About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals, but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or distance; as, a village of some eighty houses; some two or three persons; some hour hence. | |
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Somehow \Some"how`\, adv. In one way or another; in some way not yet known or designated; by some means; as, the thing must be done somehow; he lives somehow. By their action upon one another they may be swelled somehow, so as to shorten the length. --Cheyne. Note: The indefiniteness of somehow is emphasized by the addition of or other. Although youngest of the familly, he has somehow or other got the entire management of all the others. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Somne \Som"ne\, v. t. To summon. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Son \Son\, n. [OE. sone, sune, AS. sunu; akin to D. zoon, OS., OFries., & OHG. sunu, G. sohn, Icel. sonr, Sw. son, Dan. s[94]n, Goth. sunus, Lith. sunus, Russ. suin', Skr. s[d4]nu (from s[d4] to beget, to bear), and Gr. [?] son. [fb]293. Cf. {Sow}, n.] 1. A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother. Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son. --Gen. xxi. 2. 2. A male descendant, however distant; hence, in the plural, descendants in general. I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings. --Isa. xix. 11. I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. --Mal. iii. 6. 3. Any young male person spoken of as a child; an adopted male child; a pupil, ward, or any other male dependent. The child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. --Ex. ii. 10. Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift. --Shak. 4. A native or inhabitant of some specified place; as, sons of Albion; sons of New England. 5. The produce of anything. Earth's tall sons, the cedar, oak, and pine. --Blackmore. 6. (Commonly with the def. article) Jesus Christ, the Savior; -- called the Son of God, and the Son of man. We . . . do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. --1 John iv. 14. Who gave His Son sure all has given. --Keble. Note: The expressions son of pride, sons of light, son of Belial, are Hebraisms, which denote persons possessing the qualitites of pride, of light, or of Belial, as children inherit the qualities of their ancestors. {Sons of the prophets}. See School of the prophets, under {Prophet}. | |
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Soon \Soon\, adv. [OE. sone, AS. s[?]na; cf. OFries. s[?]n, OS. s[be]na, s[be]no, OHG. s[be]r, Goth. suns.] 1. In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise. [bd]Sooner said than done.[b8] --Old Proverb. [bd]As soon as it might be.[b8] --Chaucer. She finished, and the subtle fiend his lore Soon learned. --Milton. 2. Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early. How is it that ye are come so soon to-day? --Ex. ii. 18. 3. Promptly; quickly; easily. Small lights are soon blown out, huge fires abide. --Shak. 4. Readily; willingly; -- in this sense used with would, or some other word expressing will. I would as soon see a river winding through woods or in meadows, as when it is tossed up in so many whimsical figures at Versailles. --Addison. {As soon as}, or {So soon as}, immediately at or after another event. [bd]As soon as he came nigh unto the camp . . . he saw the calf, and the dancing.[b8] --Ex. xxxii. 19. See {So . . . as}, under {So}. {Soon at}, as soon as; or, as soon as the time referred to arrives. [Obs.] [bd]I shall be sent for soon at night.[b8] --Shak. {Sooner or later}, at some uncertain time in the future; as, he will discover his mistake sooner or later. {With the soonest}, as soon as any; among the earliest; too soon. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Soon \Soon\, a. Speedy; quick. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Soonee \Soo"nee\, n. See {Sunnite}. | |
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Soun \Soun\, n. & v. Sound. [Obs.] --aucer. | |
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Soune \Soune\, v. t. & i. To sound. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Sow \Sow\, v. t. [imp. {Sowed}; p. p. {Sown}or {Sowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sowing}.] [OE. sowen, sawen, AS. s[be]wan; akin to OFries. s[?]a, D. zaaijen, OS. & HG. s[be]jan, G. s[84]en, Icel. s[be], Sw. s[86], Dan. saae, Goth. saian, Lith. s[emac]ti, Russ. sieiate, L. serere, sevi. Cf. {Saturday}, {Season}, {Seed}, {Seminary}.] 1. To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate. [bd]He would sow some difficulty.[b8] --Chaucer. A sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside. --Matt. xiii. 3, 4. And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers. --Addison. 2. To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle. The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, . . . and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles. --Sir M. Hale. [He] sowed with stars the heaven. --Milton. Now morn . . . sowed the earth with orient pearl. --Milton. | |
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Sown \Sown\, p. p. of {Sow}. | |
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Sowne \Sowne\, v. t. & i. To sound. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Squam \Squam\, n. [From Squam, shortened fr. Annisquam, name of a village on the coast of Massachusetts.] An oilskin hat or southwester; -- a fisherman's name. [U. S.] | |
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d8Squama \[d8]Squa"ma\, n.; pl. {Squam[91]}. [L. a scale.] (Med.) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium. | |
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Squame \Squame\, n. [L. squama scale.] 1. A scale. [Obs.] [bd]iron squames.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean. | |
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Squiny \Squin"y\, v. i. To squint. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Suine \Su"ine\, n. [Cf. {Suint}.] A mixture of oleomargarine with lard or other fatty ingredients. It is used as a substitute for butter. See {Butterine}. | |
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Sum \Sum\, n. [OE. summe, somme, OF. sume, some, F. somme, L. summa, fr. summus highest, a superlative from sub under. See {Sub-}, and cf. {Supreme}.] 1. The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; as, the sum of 5 and 7 is 12. Take ye the sum of all the congregation. --Num. i. 2. Note: Sum is now commonly applied to an aggregate of numbers, and number to an aggregate of persons or things. 2. A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum. [bd]The sum of forty pound.[b8] --Chaucer. With a great sum obtained I this freedom. --Acts xxii. 28. 3. The principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium; as, this is the sum of all the evidence in the case; this is the sum and substance of his objections. 4. Height; completion; utmost degree. Thus have I told thee all my state, and brought My story to the sum of earthly bliss. --Milton. 5. (Arith.) A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out. --Macaulay. A sum in arithmetic wherein a flaw discovered at a particular point is ipso facto fatal to the whole. --Gladstone. A large sheet of paper . . . covered with long sums. --Dickens. {Algebraic sum}, as distinguished from arithmetical sum, the aggregate of two or more numbers or quantities taken with regard to their signs, as + or -, according to the rules of addition in algebra; thus, the algebraic sum of -2, 8, and -1 is 5. {In sum}, in short; in brief. [Obs.] [bd]In sum, the gospel . . . prescribes every virtue to our conduct, and forbids every sin.[b8] --Rogers. | |
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Sum \Sum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Summed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Summing}.] [Cf. F. sommer, LL. summare.] 1. To bring together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain the totality of; -- usually with up. The mind doth value every moment, and then the hour doth rather sum up the moments, than divide the day. --Bacon. 2. To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up. [bd]Go to the ant, thou sluggard,[b8] in few words sums up the moral of this fable. --L'Estrange. He sums their virtues in himself alone. --Dryden. 3. (Falconry) To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage. But feathered soon and fledge They summed their pens [wings]. --Milton. {Summing up}, a compendium or abridgment; a recapitulation; a r[82]sum[82]; a summary. Syn: To cast up; collect; comprise; condense; comprehend; compute. | |
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Sun \Sun\, n. [OE. sunne, sonne, AS. sunne; akin to OFries. sunne, D. zon, OS. & OHG. sunna, G. sonne, Icel. sunna, Goth. sunna; perh. fr. same root as L. sol. [fb]297. Cf. {Solar}, {South}.] 1. The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000. Note: Its mean apparent diameter as seen from the earth is 32[b7] 4[sec], and it revolves on its own axis once in 25[frac13] days. Its mean density is about one fourth of that of the earth, or 1.41, that of water being unity. Its luminous surface is called the photosphere, above which is an envelope consisting partly of hydrogen, called the chromosphere, which can be seen only through the spectroscope, or at the time of a total solar eclipse. Above the chromosphere, and sometimes extending out millions of miles, are luminous rays or streams of light which are visible only at the time of a total eclipse, forming the solar corona. 2. Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs. 3. The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine. Lambs that did frisk in the sun. --Shak. 4. That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or importance; any source of light, warmth, or animation. For the Lord God is a sun and shield. --Ps. lxxiv. 11. I will never consent to put out the sun of sovereignity to posterity. --Eikon Basilike. {Sun and planet wheels} (Mach.), an ingenious contrivance for converting reciprocating motion, as that of the working beam of a steam engine, into rotatory motion. It consists of a toothed wheel (called the sun wheel), firmly secured to the shaft it is desired to drive, and another wheel (called the planet wheel) secured to the end of a connecting rod. By the motion of the connecting rod, the planet wheel is made to circulate round the central wheel on the shaft, communicating to this latter a velocity of revolution the double of its own. --G. Francis. {Sun angel} (Zo[94]l.), a South American humming bird of the genus {Heliangelos}, noted for its beautiful colors and the brilliant luster of the feathers of its throat. {Sun animalcute}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heliozoa}. {Sun bath} (Med.), exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; insolation. {Sun bear} (Zo[94]l.), a species of bear ({Helarctos Malayanus}) native of Southern Asia and Borneo. It has a small head and short neck, and fine short glossy fur, mostly black, but brownish on the nose. It is easily tamed. Called also {bruang}, and {Malayan bear}. {Sun beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any small lustrous beetle of the genus {Amara}. {Sun bittern} (Zo[94]l.), a singular South American bird ({Eurypyga helias}), in some respects related both to the rails and herons. It is beautifully variegated with white, brown, and black. Called also {sunbird}, and {tiger bittern}. {Sun fever} (Med.), the condition of fever produced by sun stroke. {Sun gem} (Zo[94]l.), a Brazilian humming bird ({Heliactin cornutus}). Its head is ornamented by two tufts of bright colored feathers, fiery crimson at the base and greenish yellow at the tip. Called also {Horned hummer}. {Sun grebe} (Zo[94]l.), the finfoot. {Sun picture}, a picture taken by the agency of the sun's rays; a photograph. {Sun spots} (Astron.), dark spots that appear on the sun's disk, consisting commonly of a black central portion with a surrounding border of lighter shade, and usually seen only by the telescope, but sometimes by the naked eye. They are very changeable in their figure and dimensions, and vary in size from mere apparent points to spaces of 50,000 miles in diameter. The term sun spots is often used to include bright spaces (called facul[91]) as well as dark spaces (called macul[91]). Called also {solar spots}. See Illustration in Appendix. {Sun star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of starfishes belonging to {Solaster}, {Crossaster}, and allied genera, having numerous rays. {Sun trout} (Zo[94]l.), the squeteague. {Sun wheel}. (Mach.) See {Sun and planet wheels}, above. {Under the sun}, in the world; on earth. [bd]There is no new thing under the sun.[b8] --Eccl. i. 9. Note: Sun is often used in the formation of compound adjectives of obvious meaning; as, sun-bright, sun-dried, sun-gilt, sunlike, sun-lit, sun-scorched, and the like. | |
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Sun \Sun\, n. (Bot.) See {Sunn}. | |
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Sun \Sun\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sunned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sunning}.] To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the sun; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain. Then to sun thyself in open air. --Dryden. | |
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Sunn \Sunn\, n. [Hind. san, fr. Skr. [87]ana.] (Bot.) An East Indian leguminous plant ({Crotalaria juncea}) and its fiber, which is also called {sunn hemp}. [Written also {sun}.] | |
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Sun \Sun\, n. [OE. sunne, sonne, AS. sunne; akin to OFries. sunne, D. zon, OS. & OHG. sunna, G. sonne, Icel. sunna, Goth. sunna; perh. fr. same root as L. sol. [fb]297. Cf. {Solar}, {South}.] 1. The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000. Note: Its mean apparent diameter as seen from the earth is 32[b7] 4[sec], and it revolves on its own axis once in 25[frac13] days. Its mean density is about one fourth of that of the earth, or 1.41, that of water being unity. Its luminous surface is called the photosphere, above which is an envelope consisting partly of hydrogen, called the chromosphere, which can be seen only through the spectroscope, or at the time of a total solar eclipse. Above the chromosphere, and sometimes extending out millions of miles, are luminous rays or streams of light which are visible only at the time of a total eclipse, forming the solar corona. 2. Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs. 3. The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine. Lambs that did frisk in the sun. --Shak. 4. That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or importance; any source of light, warmth, or animation. For the Lord God is a sun and shield. --Ps. lxxiv. 11. I will never consent to put out the sun of sovereignity to posterity. --Eikon Basilike. {Sun and planet wheels} (Mach.), an ingenious contrivance for converting reciprocating motion, as that of the working beam of a steam engine, into rotatory motion. It consists of a toothed wheel (called the sun wheel), firmly secured to the shaft it is desired to drive, and another wheel (called the planet wheel) secured to the end of a connecting rod. By the motion of the connecting rod, the planet wheel is made to circulate round the central wheel on the shaft, communicating to this latter a velocity of revolution the double of its own. --G. Francis. {Sun angel} (Zo[94]l.), a South American humming bird of the genus {Heliangelos}, noted for its beautiful colors and the brilliant luster of the feathers of its throat. {Sun animalcute}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heliozoa}. {Sun bath} (Med.), exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; insolation. {Sun bear} (Zo[94]l.), a species of bear ({Helarctos Malayanus}) native of Southern Asia and Borneo. It has a small head and short neck, and fine short glossy fur, mostly black, but brownish on the nose. It is easily tamed. Called also {bruang}, and {Malayan bear}. {Sun beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any small lustrous beetle of the genus {Amara}. {Sun bittern} (Zo[94]l.), a singular South American bird ({Eurypyga helias}), in some respects related both to the rails and herons. It is beautifully variegated with white, brown, and black. Called also {sunbird}, and {tiger bittern}. {Sun fever} (Med.), the condition of fever produced by sun stroke. {Sun gem} (Zo[94]l.), a Brazilian humming bird ({Heliactin cornutus}). Its head is ornamented by two tufts of bright colored feathers, fiery crimson at the base and greenish yellow at the tip. Called also {Horned hummer}. {Sun grebe} (Zo[94]l.), the finfoot. {Sun picture}, a picture taken by the agency of the sun's rays; a photograph. {Sun spots} (Astron.), dark spots that appear on the sun's disk, consisting commonly of a black central portion with a surrounding border of lighter shade, and usually seen only by the telescope, but sometimes by the naked eye. They are very changeable in their figure and dimensions, and vary in size from mere apparent points to spaces of 50,000 miles in diameter. The term sun spots is often used to include bright spaces (called facul[91]) as well as dark spaces (called macul[91]). Called also {solar spots}. See Illustration in Appendix. {Sun star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of starfishes belonging to {Solaster}, {Crossaster}, and allied genera, having numerous rays. {Sun trout} (Zo[94]l.), the squeteague. {Sun wheel}. (Mach.) See {Sun and planet wheels}, above. {Under the sun}, in the world; on earth. [bd]There is no new thing under the sun.[b8] --Eccl. i. 9. Note: Sun is often used in the formation of compound adjectives of obvious meaning; as, sun-bright, sun-dried, sun-gilt, sunlike, sun-lit, sun-scorched, and the like. | |
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Sun \Sun\, n. (Bot.) See {Sunn}. | |
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Sun \Sun\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sunned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sunning}.] To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the sun; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain. Then to sun thyself in open air. --Dryden. | |
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Sunn \Sunn\, n. [Hind. san, fr. Skr. [87]ana.] (Bot.) An East Indian leguminous plant ({Crotalaria juncea}) and its fiber, which is also called {sunn hemp}. [Written also {sun}.] | |
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Sunn \Sunn\, n. [Hind. san, fr. Skr. [87]ana.] (Bot.) An East Indian leguminous plant ({Crotalaria juncea}) and its fiber, which is also called {sunn hemp}. [Written also {sun}.] | |
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Sunniah \Sun"ni*ah\, n. One of the sect of Sunnites. | |
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Sunny \Sun"ny\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sunfish} (b) . | |
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Sunfish \Sun"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A very large oceanic plectognath fish ({Mola mola}, {Mola rotunda}, or {Orthagoriscus mola}) having a broad body and a truncated tail. (b) Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American fresh-water fishes of the family {Centrachid[91]}. They have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines. Among the common species of the Eastern United States are {Lepomis gibbosus} (called also {bream}, {pondfish}, {pumpkin seed}, and {sunny}), the blue sunfish, or dollardee ({L. pallidus}), and the long-eared sunfish ({L. auritus}). Several of the species are called also {pondfish}. (c) The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner. (d) The opah. (e) The basking, or liver, shark. (f) Any large jellyfish. | |
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Sunny \Sun"ny\, a. [Compar. {Sunnier}; superl. {Sunniest}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; hence, shining; bright; brilliant; radiant. [bd]Sunny beams.[b8] --Spenser. [bd]Sunny locks.[b8] --Shak. 2. Exposed to the rays of the sun; brightened or warmed by the direct rays of the sun; as, a sunny room; the sunny side of a hill. Her blooming mountains and her sunny shores. --Addison. 3. Cheerful; genial; as, a sunny disposition. My decayed fair A sunny look of his would soon repair. --Shak. | |
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Pondfish \Pond"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishes belonging to the family {Centrarchid[91]}; -- called also {pond perch}, and {sunfish}. Note: The common pondfish of New England ({Lepomis gibbosus}) is called also {bream}, {pumpkin seed}, and {sunny}. See {Sunfish}. The long-eared pondfish ({Lepomis auritus}) of the Eastern United States is distinguished by its very long opercular flap. | |
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Sunny \Sun"ny\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sunfish} (b) . | |
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Sunfish \Sun"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A very large oceanic plectognath fish ({Mola mola}, {Mola rotunda}, or {Orthagoriscus mola}) having a broad body and a truncated tail. (b) Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American fresh-water fishes of the family {Centrachid[91]}. They have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines. Among the common species of the Eastern United States are {Lepomis gibbosus} (called also {bream}, {pondfish}, {pumpkin seed}, and {sunny}), the blue sunfish, or dollardee ({L. pallidus}), and the long-eared sunfish ({L. auritus}). Several of the species are called also {pondfish}. (c) The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner. (d) The opah. (e) The basking, or liver, shark. (f) Any large jellyfish. | |
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Sunny \Sun"ny\, a. [Compar. {Sunnier}; superl. {Sunniest}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; hence, shining; bright; brilliant; radiant. [bd]Sunny beams.[b8] --Spenser. [bd]Sunny locks.[b8] --Shak. 2. Exposed to the rays of the sun; brightened or warmed by the direct rays of the sun; as, a sunny room; the sunny side of a hill. Her blooming mountains and her sunny shores. --Addison. 3. Cheerful; genial; as, a sunny disposition. My decayed fair A sunny look of his would soon repair. --Shak. | |
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Pondfish \Pond"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishes belonging to the family {Centrarchid[91]}; -- called also {pond perch}, and {sunfish}. Note: The common pondfish of New England ({Lepomis gibbosus}) is called also {bream}, {pumpkin seed}, and {sunny}. See {Sunfish}. The long-eared pondfish ({Lepomis auritus}) of the Eastern United States is distinguished by its very long opercular flap. | |
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Sunny \Sun"ny\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sunfish} (b) . | |
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Sunfish \Sun"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A very large oceanic plectognath fish ({Mola mola}, {Mola rotunda}, or {Orthagoriscus mola}) having a broad body and a truncated tail. (b) Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American fresh-water fishes of the family {Centrachid[91]}. They have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines. Among the common species of the Eastern United States are {Lepomis gibbosus} (called also {bream}, {pondfish}, {pumpkin seed}, and {sunny}), the blue sunfish, or dollardee ({L. pallidus}), and the long-eared sunfish ({L. auritus}). Several of the species are called also {pondfish}. (c) The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner. (d) The opah. (e) The basking, or liver, shark. (f) Any large jellyfish. | |
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Sunny \Sun"ny\, a. [Compar. {Sunnier}; superl. {Sunniest}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; hence, shining; bright; brilliant; radiant. [bd]Sunny beams.[b8] --Spenser. [bd]Sunny locks.[b8] --Shak. 2. Exposed to the rays of the sun; brightened or warmed by the direct rays of the sun; as, a sunny room; the sunny side of a hill. Her blooming mountains and her sunny shores. --Addison. 3. Cheerful; genial; as, a sunny disposition. My decayed fair A sunny look of his would soon repair. --Shak. | |
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Pondfish \Pond"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishes belonging to the family {Centrarchid[91]}; -- called also {pond perch}, and {sunfish}. Note: The common pondfish of New England ({Lepomis gibbosus}) is called also {bream}, {pumpkin seed}, and {sunny}. See {Sunfish}. The long-eared pondfish ({Lepomis auritus}) of the Eastern United States is distinguished by its very long opercular flap. | |
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Sunny \Sun"ny\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sunfish} (b) . | |
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Sunfish \Sun"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A very large oceanic plectognath fish ({Mola mola}, {Mola rotunda}, or {Orthagoriscus mola}) having a broad body and a truncated tail. (b) Any one of numerous species of perch-like North American fresh-water fishes of the family {Centrachid[91]}. They have a broad, compressed body, and strong dorsal spines. Among the common species of the Eastern United States are {Lepomis gibbosus} (called also {bream}, {pondfish}, {pumpkin seed}, and {sunny}), the blue sunfish, or dollardee ({L. pallidus}), and the long-eared sunfish ({L. auritus}). Several of the species are called also {pondfish}. (c) The moonfish, or bluntnosed shiner. (d) The opah. (e) The basking, or liver, shark. (f) Any large jellyfish. | |
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Sunny \Sun"ny\, a. [Compar. {Sunnier}; superl. {Sunniest}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; hence, shining; bright; brilliant; radiant. [bd]Sunny beams.[b8] --Spenser. [bd]Sunny locks.[b8] --Shak. 2. Exposed to the rays of the sun; brightened or warmed by the direct rays of the sun; as, a sunny room; the sunny side of a hill. Her blooming mountains and her sunny shores. --Addison. 3. Cheerful; genial; as, a sunny disposition. My decayed fair A sunny look of his would soon repair. --Shak. | |
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Pondfish \Pond"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of American fresh-water fishes belonging to the family {Centrarchid[91]}; -- called also {pond perch}, and {sunfish}. Note: The common pondfish of New England ({Lepomis gibbosus}) is called also {bream}, {pumpkin seed}, and {sunny}. See {Sunfish}. The long-eared pondfish ({Lepomis auritus}) of the Eastern United States is distinguished by its very long opercular flap. | |
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Swain \Swain\, n. [OE. swain, swein, Icel. sveinn a boy, servant; akin to Sw. sven, Dan. svend, AS. sw[be]n, OHG. swein.] 1. A servant. [Obs.] Him behoves serve himself that has no swain. --Chaucer. 2. A young man dwelling in the country; a rustic; esp., a cuntry gallant or lover; -- chiefly in poetry. It were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain. --Shak. Blest swains! whose nymphs in every grace excel. --Pope. | |
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Swam \Swam\, imp. of {Swim}. | |
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Swim \Swim\, v. i. [imp. {Swam}or {Swum}; p. p. {Swum}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swimming}.] [AS. swimman; akin to D. zwemmen, OHG. swimman, G. schwimmen, Icel. svimma, Dan. sw[94]mme, Sw. simma. Cf. {Sound} an air bladder, a strait.] 1. To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed. 2. To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail. Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point. --Shak. 3. To be overflowed or drenched. --Ps. vi. 6. Sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim. --Thomson. 4. Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid. [They] now swim in joy. --Milton. 5. To be filled with swimming animals. [Obs.] [Streams] that swim full of small fishes. --Chaucer. | |
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Swan \Swan\, n. [AS. swan; akin to D. zwaan, OHG. swan, G. schwan, Icel. svanr, Sw. svan, Dan. svane; and perhaps to E. sound something audible.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to {Cygnus}, {Olor}, and allied genera of the subfamily {Cygnin[91]}. They have a large and strong beak and a long neck, and are noted for their graceful movements when swimming. Most of the northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death. Note: The European white, or mute, swan ({Cygnus gibbus}), which is most commonly domesticated, bends its neck in an S-shaped curve. The whistling, or trumpeting, swans of the genus {Olor} do not bend the neck in an S-shaped curve, and are noted for their loud and sonorous cry, due to complex convolutions of the windpipe. To this genus belong the European whooper, or whistling swan ({Olor cygnus}), the American whistling swan ({O. Columbianus}), and the trumpeter swan ({O. buccinator}). The Australian black swan ({Chenopis atrata}) is dull black with white on the wings, and has the bill carmine, crossed with a white band. It is a very graceful species and is often domesticated. The South American black-necked swan ({Sthenelides melancorypha}) is a very beautiful and graceful species, entirely white, except the head and neck, which are dark velvety seal-brown. Its bill has a double bright rose-colored knob. 2. Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon. 3. (Astron.) The constellation Cygnus. {Swan goose} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of India ({Cygnopsis cygnoides}) resembling both the swan and the goose. {Swan shot}, a large size of shot used in fowling. | |
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Swanny \Swan"ny\, a. Swanlike; as, a swanny glossiness of the neck. --Richardson. | |
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Sweeny \Swee"ny\, n. (Far.) An atrophy of the muscles of the shoulder in horses; also, atrophy of any muscle in horses. [Written also {swinney}.] | |
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Swim \Swim\, v. t. 1. To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream. Sometimes he thought to swim the stormy main. --Dryden. 2. To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river. 3. To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed. | |
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Swim \Swim\, v. i. [imp. {Swam}or {Swum}; p. p. {Swum}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swimming}.] [AS. swimman; akin to D. zwemmen, OHG. swimman, G. schwimmen, Icel. svimma, Dan. sw[94]mme, Sw. simma. Cf. {Sound} an air bladder, a strait.] 1. To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed. 2. To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail. Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point. --Shak. 3. To be overflowed or drenched. --Ps. vi. 6. Sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim. --Thomson. 4. Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid. [They] now swim in joy. --Milton. 5. To be filled with swimming animals. [Obs.] [Streams] that swim full of small fishes. --Chaucer. | |
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Swim \Swim\, n. 1. The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming. --B. Jonson. 2. The sound, or air bladder, of a fish. 3. A part of a stream much frequented by fish. [Eng.] {Swim bladder}, an air bladder of a fish. {To be in the swim}, to be in a favored position; to be associated with others in active affairs. [Colloq.] | |
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Swim \Swim\, v. i. [OE. swime dizziness, vertigo, AS. sw[c6]ma; akin to D. zwijm, Icel. svimi dizziness, svina to subside, sv[c6]a to abate, G. schwindel dizziness, schwinden to disappear, to dwindle, OHG. sw[c6]nan to dwindle. Cf. {Squemish}, {Swindler}.] To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims. | |
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Swine \Swine\, n.sing. & pl. [OE. swin, AS. sw[c6]n; akin to OFries. & OS. swin, D. zwijn, G. schwein, OHG. sw[c6]n, Icel. sv[c6]n, Sw. svin, Dan. sviin, Goth. swein; originally a diminutive corresponding to E. sow. See {Sow}, n.] (Zo[94]l.) Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See {Hog}. [bd]A great herd of swine.[b8] --Mark v. 11. {Swine grass} (Bot.), knotgrass ({Polygonum aviculare}); -- so called because eaten by swine. {Swine oat} (Bot.), a kind of oat sometimes grown for swine. {Swine's cress} (Bot.), a species of cress of the genus {Senebiera} ({S. Coronopus}). {Swine's head}, a dolt; a blockhead. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Swine thistle} (Bot.), the sow thistle. | |
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Sweeny \Swee"ny\, n. (Far.) An atrophy of the muscles of the shoulder in horses; also, atrophy of any muscle in horses. [Written also {swinney}.] | |
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Swinney \Swin"ney\, n. (Far.) See {Sweeny}. | |
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Sweeny \Swee"ny\, n. (Far.) An atrophy of the muscles of the shoulder in horses; also, atrophy of any muscle in horses. [Written also {swinney}.] | |
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Swinney \Swin"ney\, n. (Far.) See {Sweeny}. | |
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Swom \Swom\, obs. imp. of {Swim}. --Shak. | |
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Swoon \Swoon\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swooning}.] [OE. swounen, swoghenen, for swo[?]nien, fr. swo[?]en to sigh deeply, to droop, AS. sw[d3]gan to sough, sigh; cf. gesw[d3]gen senseless, swooned, gesw[d3]wung a swooning. Cf. {Sough}.] To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away. The sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. --Lam. ii. 11. The most in years . . . swooned first away for pain. --Dryden. He seemed ready to swoon away in the surprise of joy. --Tatler. | |
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Swoon \Swoon\, n. A fainting fit; syncope. | |
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Swown \Swown\, v. & n. Swoon. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Swim \Swim\, v. i. [imp. {Swam}or {Swum}; p. p. {Swum}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swimming}.] [AS. swimman; akin to D. zwemmen, OHG. swimman, G. schwimmen, Icel. svimma, Dan. sw[94]mme, Sw. simma. Cf. {Sound} an air bladder, a strait.] 1. To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed. 2. To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail. Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point. --Shak. 3. To be overflowed or drenched. --Ps. vi. 6. Sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim. --Thomson. 4. Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid. [They] now swim in joy. --Milton. 5. To be filled with swimming animals. [Obs.] [Streams] that swim full of small fishes. --Chaucer. | |
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Swum \Swum\, imp. & p. p. of {Swim}. | |
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Sym- \Sym-\ See {Syn-}. | |
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Syn- \Syn-\ [Gr. sy`n with.] A prefix meaning with, along with, together, at the same time. Syn- becomes sym- before p, b, and m, and syl- before l. | |
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Trace \Trace\, n. [F. trace. See {Trace}, v. t. ] 1. A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace. --Milton. 2. (Chem. & Min.) A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis; -- hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr. 3. A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige. The shady empire shall retain no trace Of war or blood, but in the sylvan chase. --Pope. 4. (Descriptive Geom. & Persp.) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane. 5. (Fort.) The ground plan of a work or works. {Syn}.-Vestige; mark; token. See {Vestige}. | |
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Calumniate \Ca*lum"ni*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Calumniated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {calumniating}.] [L. calumniatus, p. p. of calumniari. See {Calumny}, and cf. {Challenge}, v. t.] To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel. Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and calumniate all godly men's doings. --Strype. {Syn}. -- To asperse; slander; defame; vilify; traduce; belie; bespatter; blacken; libel. See {Asperse}. | |
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Citadel \Cit"a*del\, n. [F. citadelle, It. citadella, di[?]. of citt[?] city, fr. L. civitas. See {City}.] A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense. {Syn}. -- Stronghold. See {Fortress}. | |
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Syn- \Syn-\ [Gr. sy`n with.] A prefix meaning with, along with, together, at the same time. Syn- becomes sym- before p, b, and m, and syl- before l. | |
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Trace \Trace\, n. [F. trace. See {Trace}, v. t. ] 1. A mark left by anything passing; a track; a path; a course; a footprint; a vestige; as, the trace of a carriage or sled; the trace of a deer; a sinuous trace. --Milton. 2. (Chem. & Min.) A very small quantity of an element or compound in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis; -- hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr. 3. A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige. The shady empire shall retain no trace Of war or blood, but in the sylvan chase. --Pope. 4. (Descriptive Geom. & Persp.) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane. 5. (Fort.) The ground plan of a work or works. {Syn}.-Vestige; mark; token. See {Vestige}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Calumniate \Ca*lum"ni*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Calumniated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {calumniating}.] [L. calumniatus, p. p. of calumniari. See {Calumny}, and cf. {Challenge}, v. t.] To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel. Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and calumniate all godly men's doings. --Strype. {Syn}. -- To asperse; slander; defame; vilify; traduce; belie; bespatter; blacken; libel. See {Asperse}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Citadel \Cit"a*del\, n. [F. citadelle, It. citadella, di[?]. of citt[?] city, fr. L. civitas. See {City}.] A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense. {Syn}. -- Stronghold. See {Fortress}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Syne \Syne\, adv. [See {Since}.] 1. Afterwards; since; ago. [Obs. or Scot.] --R. of Brunne. 2. Late, -- as opposed to soon. [Each rogue] shall be discovered either soon or syne. --W. Hamilton (Life of Wallace). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Syne \Syne\, conj. Since; seeing. [Scot.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Samoa, CA Zip code(s): 95564 | |
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Saum, MN Zip code(s): 56674 | |
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Seama, NM (CDP, FIPS 71440) Location: 35.04743 N, 107.52746 W Population (1990): 403 (143 housing units) Area: 14.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Seney, MI Zip code(s): 49883 | |
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Senoia, GA (city, FIPS 69672) Location: 33.31157 N, 84.55253 W Population (1990): 956 (363 housing units) Area: 11.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30276 | |
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Sewanee, TN (CDP, FIPS 67140) Location: 35.20147 N, 85.92051 W Population (1990): 2128 (548 housing units) Area: 11.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37375 | |
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Shawano, WI (city, FIPS 72925) Location: 44.77655 N, 88.58868 W Population (1990): 7598 (3249 housing units) Area: 13.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54166 | |
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Shawnee, KS (city, FIPS 64500) Location: 39.01524 N, 94.80445 W Population (1990): 37993 (15217 housing units) Area: 108.2 sq km (land), 2.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66203, 66216, 66217, 66218, 66226 Shawnee, OH (village, FIPS 71962) Location: 39.61050 N, 82.20725 W Population (1990): 742 (296 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43782 Shawnee, OK (city, FIPS 66800) Location: 35.36533 N, 96.96886 W Population (1990): 26017 (11784 housing units) Area: 108.2 sq km (land), 6.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74801 Shawnee, WY Zip code(s): 82229 | |
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Sheyenne, ND (city, FIPS 72580) Location: 47.82682 N, 99.11662 W Population (1990): 272 (155 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58374 | |
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Shumway, IL (village, FIPS 69797) Location: 39.18321 N, 88.65297 W Population (1990): 243 (88 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62461 | |
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Sinai, SD (town, FIPS 58900) Location: 44.24507 N, 97.04304 W Population (1990): 120 (63 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57061 | |
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Skanee, MI Zip code(s): 49962 | |
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Snow, OK Zip code(s): 74567 | |
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Sun, LA (village, FIPS 73955) Location: 30.64956 N, 89.90454 W Population (1990): 429 (202 housing units) Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) | |
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Suwanee, GA (city, FIPS 74936) Location: 34.05115 N, 84.07073 W Population (1990): 2412 (825 housing units) Area: 24.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30174 | |
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Swain, NY Zip code(s): 14884 | |
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Swan, IA (city, FIPS 76665) Location: 41.46561 N, 93.30942 W Population (1990): 76 (33 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50252 | |
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Sweeny, TX (town, FIPS 71492) Location: 29.04535 N, 95.69933 W Population (1990): 3297 (1286 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 77480 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
scanno /skan'oh/ n. An error in a document caused by a scanner glitch, analogous to a typo or {thinko}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
semi /se'mee/ or /se'mi:/ 1. n. Abbreviation for `semicolon', when speaking. "Commands to {grind} are prefixed by semi-semi-star" means that the prefix is `;;*', not 1/4 of a star. 2. A prefix used with words such as `immediately' as a qualifier. "When is the system coming up?" "Semi-immediately." (That is, maybe not for an hour.) "We did consider that possibility semi-seriously." See also {infinite}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
shim n. A small piece of data inserted in order to achieve a desired memory alignment or other addressing property. For example, the PDP-11 Unix linker, in split I&D (instructions and data) mode, inserts a two-byte shim at location 0 in data space so that no data object will have an address of 0 (and be confused with the C null pointer). See also {loose bytes}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Sun n. Sun Microsystems. Hackers remember that the name was originally an acronym, Stanford University Network. Sun started out around 1980 with some hardware hackers (mainly) from Stanford talking to some software hackers (mainly) from UC Berkeley; Sun's original technology concept married a clever board design based on the Motorola 68000 to {BSD} Unix. Sun went on to lead the worstation industry through the 1980s, and for years afterwards remained an engineering-driven company and a good place for hackers to work. Though Sun drifted away from its techie origins after 1990 and has since made some strategic moves that disappointed and annoyed many hackers (especially by maintaining proprietary control of Java and rejecting Linux), it's still considered within the family in much the same way {DEC} was in the 1970s and early 1980s. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SAM {System Account Manager} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sam expressions}. Sam runs under the {X Window System}. (2000-07-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SAM {System Account Manager} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sam expressions}. Sam runs under the {X Window System}. (2000-07-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SAM76 A {macro} language by Claude Kagan descended from {TRAC}. There is a version for {CP/M}. [Dr Dobbs J ca 1977]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SAME {Standard ANSI Module language with Extensions} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SAN {Storage Area Network} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
scan 1. (computer peripheral) See {scanner}. 2. (circuit design) See {scan design}. 3. ({functional programming}) See {scanl}, {scanr}. 4. accesses to a disk. A number of requests are ordered according to the data's position on the storage device. This reduces the disk arm movement to one "scan" or sweep across the whole disk in the worst case. The serivce time can be estimated from the disk's track-to-track {seek} time, maximum seek time (one scan), and maximum {rotational latency}. {Scan-EDF} is a variation on this. (1995-11-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SCAN 1. ["A Parallel Implementation of the SCAN Language", N.G. Bourbakis, Comp Langs 14(4):239-254 (1989)]. 2. A {real-time} language from {DEC}. [Are these the same language?] (1994-11-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
scan 1. (computer peripheral) See {scanner}. 2. (circuit design) See {scan design}. 3. ({functional programming}) See {scanl}, {scanr}. 4. accesses to a disk. A number of requests are ordered according to the data's position on the storage device. This reduces the disk arm movement to one "scan" or sweep across the whole disk in the worst case. The serivce time can be estimated from the disk's track-to-track {seek} time, maximum seek time (one scan), and maximum {rotational latency}. {Scan-EDF} is a variation on this. (1995-11-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SCAN 1. ["A Parallel Implementation of the SCAN Language", N.G. Bourbakis, Comp Langs 14(4):239-254 (1989)]. 2. A {real-time} language from {DEC}. [Are these the same language?] (1994-11-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
scanno /skan'oh/ An error in a document caused by a {scanner} glitch, analogous to a typo or {thinko}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Scheme and {Conniver}). A small, uniform {Lisp} dialect with clean {semantics}, developed initially by {Guy Steele} and {Gerald Sussman} in 1975. Scheme uses {applicative order reduction} and {lexical scope}. It treats both {functions} and {continuations} as {first-class} objects. One of the most used implementations is {DrScheme}, others include {Bigloo}, {Elk}, {Liar}, {Orbit}, {Scheme86} (Indiana U), {SCM}, {MacScheme} (Semantic Microsystems), {PC Scheme} (TI), {MIT Scheme}, and {T}. See also {Kamin's interpreters}, {PSD}, {PseudoScheme}, {Schematik}, {Scheme Repository}, {STk}, {syntax-case}, {Tiny Clos}, {Paradigms of AI Programming}. There have been a series of revisions of the report defining Scheme, known as {RRS} (Revised Report on Scheme), {R2RS} (Revised Revised Report ..), {R3RS}, {R3.99RS}, {R4RS}. {Scheme resources (http://www.schemers.org/)}. Mailing list: scheme@mc.lcs.mit.edu. [IEEE P1178-1990, "IEEE Standard for the Scheme Programming Language", ISBN 1-55937-125-0]. (2003-09-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Scheme84 {Scheme} from {Indiana University}. It requires {Franz Lisp} on a {VAX} under {VMS} or {BSD}. E-mail: Nancy Garrett Send a tape with return postage to Scheme84 Distribution, Nancy Garrett, c/o Dan Friedman, Department of Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Telephone: +1 (812) 335 9770. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Scheme88 {(ftp://nexus.yorku.ca/pub/scheme/)}. [Description?] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SCM 1. (2003-10-09) 2. and others. SCM conforms to {R4RS} and {IEEE} {P1178} and includes a {conformance test}. It is distributed under {GPL}. Version 5d0 runs under {Amiga}, {Atari-ST}, {MacOS}, {MS-DOS}, {OS/2}, {NOS/VE}, {Unicos}, {VMS}, {Unix}, and similar systems. {x-scm} provides an {X Window System} interface for SCM programs. {Home (http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer/SCM.html)}. (1999-06-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SEM The semantic specification language for {COPS}. ["Metalanguages of the Compiler Production System COPS", J. Borowiec, in GI Fachgesprach "Compiler-Compiler", ed W. Henhapl, Tech Hochs Darmstadt 1978, pp. 122-159]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
semi /se'mee/ or /se'mi:/ A spoken abbreviation for semicolon. "Commands to {grind} are prefixed by semi semi star" means that the prefix is ";;*", not 1/4 of a star. [{Jargon File}] (1995-01-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
shim order to achieve a desired {memory alignment} or other addressing property. For example, the {PDP-11} {Unix} {linker}, in split I&D (instructions and data) mode, inserts a two-{byte} shim at location 0 in data space so that no data object will have an address of 0 (and be confused with the {C} null pointer). See also {loose bytes}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SIMM {Single in-line memory module} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SINA ["An Implementation of the Object-Oriented Concurrent Programming Language SINA", A. Tripathi et al, Soft Prac & Exp 19(3):235-256 (1989)]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Skim enhancements, by Alain Deutsch et al, France. (2000-11-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sm (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SMI {Structure of Management Information} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SMM {System Management Mode} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sn (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SNA {Systems Network Architecture} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SNI {Siemens Nixdorf Informationssteme, AG} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SOM System Object Model. An implementation of CORBA by IBM. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SSMA (1998-10-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sum 1. contains all elements of both domains, modified to indicate which part of the union they come from, plus a new {bottom} element. There are two constructor functions associated with the sum: inA : A -> A+B inB : B -> A+B inA(a) = (0,a) inB(b) = (1,b) and a disassembly operation: case d of {isA(x) -> E1; isB(x) -> E2} This can be generalised to arbitrary numbers of domains. See also {smash sum}, {disjoint union}. 2. the data in a file. It also displays the size of the file, either in {kilobyte}s or in 512-byte blocks. The checksum may differ on machines with 16-bit and 32-bit ints. {Unix manual page}: sum(1). (1995-03-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Sun {Sun Microsystems} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SUNY {State University of New York} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SYN 1. 2. ["Metalanguages of the Compiler Production System COPS", J. Borowiec, in GI Fachgesprach "Compiler-Compiler", ed W. Henhapl, Tech Hochs Darmstadt 1978, pp. 122-159]. 3. [TCP/IP SYN request?] (1996-04-17) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Semei mentioned in the genealogy of our Lord (Luke 3:26). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Senaah thorny, a place many of the inhabitants of which returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:35; Neh. 7:38). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Seneh the acacia; rock-thorn, the southern cliff in the Wady es-Suweinit, a valley south of Michmash, which Jonathan climbed with his armour-bearer (1 Sam. 14:4, 5). The rock opposite, on the other side of the wady, was called Bozez. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shammah desert. (1.) One of the "dukes" of Edom (Gen. 36:13, 17). (2.) One of the sons of Jesse (1 Sam. 16:9). He is also called Shimeah (2 Sam. 13:3) and Shimma (1 Chr. 2:13). (3.) One of David's three mighty men (2 Sam. 23:11, 12). (4.) One of David's mighties (2 Sam. 23:25); called also Shammoth (1 Chr. 11:27) and Shamhuth (27:8). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shammua heard. (1.) One of the spies sent out by Moses to search the land (Num. 13:4). He represented the tribe of Reuben. (2.) One of David's sons (1 Chr. 14:4; 3:5, "Shimea;" 2 Sam. 5:14). (3.) A Levite under Nehemiah (11:17). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shem a name; renown, the first mentioned of the sons of Noah (Gen. 5:32; 6:10). He was probably the eldest of Noah's sons. The words "brother of Japheth the elder" in Gen. 10:21 are more correctly rendered "the elder brother of Japheth," as in the Revised Version. Shem's name is generally mentioned first in the list of Noah's sons. He and his wife were saved in the ark (7:13). Noah foretold his preeminence over Canaan (9:23-27). He died at the age of six hundred years, having been for many years contemporary with Abraham, according to the usual chronology. The Israelitish nation sprang from him (Gen. 11:10-26; 1 Chr. 1:24-27). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shema rumour. (1.) A Reubenite (1 Chr. 5:8). (2.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:13). (3.) One who stood by Ezra when he read the law (Neh. 8:4). (4.) A town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:26); the same as Sheba (ver. 5). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shemaah rumour, a Benjamite whose sons "came to David to Ziklag" (1 Chr. 12:3). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shemaiah whom Jehovah heard. (1.) A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24). (2.) Neh. 3:29. (3.) A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37). (4.) A priest (Neh. 12:42). (5.) A Levite (1 Chr. 9:16). (6.) 1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15. (7.) A Levite in the time of David, who with 200 of his brethren took part in the bringing up of the ark from Obed-edom to Hebron (1 Chr. 15:8). (8.) A Levite (1 Chr. 24:6). (9.) The eldest son of Obed-edom (1 Chr. 26:4-8). (10.) A Levite (2 Chr. 29:14). (11.) A false prophet who hindered the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Neh. 6:10). (12.) A prince of Judah who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:34-36). (13.) A false prophet who opposed Jeremiah (Jer. 29:24-32). (14.) One of the Levites whom Jehoshaphat appointed to teach the law (2 Chr. 17:8). (15.) A Levite appointed to "distribute the oblations of the Lord" (2 Chr. 31:15). (16.) A Levite (2 Chr. 35:9). (17.) The father of Urijah the prophet (Jer. 26:20). (18.) The father of a prince in the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer. 36:12). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shen a tooth, probably some conspicuous tooth-shaped rock or crag (1 Sam. 7:12), a place between which and Mizpeh Samuel set up his "Ebenezer." In the Hebrew the word has the article prefixed, "the Shen." The site is unknown. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shihon overturning, a town of Issachar (Josh. 19:19). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shimea the hearing prayer. (1.) One of David's sons by Bathsheba (1 Chr. 3:5); called also Shammua (14:4). (2.) A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr. 6:30). (3.) Another Levite of the family of Gershon (1 Chr. 6:39). (4.) One of David's brothers (1 Sam. 16:9, marg.). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shimeah (1.) One of David's brothers (2 Sam. 13:3); same as Shimea (4). (2.) A Benjamite, a descendant of Gibeon (1 Chr. 8:32); called also Shimeam (9:38). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shimei famous. (1.) A son of Gershon, and grandson of Levi (Num. 3:18; 1 Chr. 6:17, 29); called Shimi in Ex. 6:17. (2.) A Benjamite of the house of Saul, who stoned and cursed David when he reached Bahurim in his flight from Jerusalem on the occasion of the rebellion of Absalom (2 Sam. 16:5-13). After the defeat of Absalom he "came cringing to the king, humbly suing for pardon, bringing with him a thousand of his Benjamite tribesmen, and representing that he was heartily sorry for his crime, and had hurried the first of all the house of Israel to offer homage to the king" (19:16-23). David forgave him; but on his death-bed he gave Solomon special instructions regarding Shimei, of whose fidelity he seems to have been in doubt (1 Kings 2:8,9). He was put to death at the command of Solomon, because he had violated his word by leaving Jerusalem and going to Gath to recover two of his servants who had escaped (36-46). (3.) One of David's mighty men who refused to acknowledge Adonijah as David's successor (1 Kings 1:8). He is probably the same person who is called elsewhere (4:18) "the son of Elah." (4.) A son of Pedaiah, the brother of Zerubbabel (1 Chr. 3:19). (5.) A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:26, 27). (6.) A Reubenite (1 Chr. 5:4). (7.) A Levite of the family of Gershon (1 Chr. 6:42). (8.) A Ramathite who was "over the vineyards" of David (1 Chr. 27:27). (9.) One of the sons of Heman, who assisted in the purification of the temple (2 Chr. 29:14). (10.) A Levite (2 Chr. 31:12, 13). (11.) Another Levite (Ezra 10:23). "The family of Shimei" (Zech. 12:13; R.V., "the family of the Shimeites") were the descendants of Shimei (1). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shimhi famous, a Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:21). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sihon striking down. The whole country on the east of Jordan, from the Arnon to the Jabbok, was possessed by the Amorites, whose king, Sihon, refused to permit the Israelites to pass through his territory, and put his army in array against them. The Israelites went forth against him to battle, and gained a complete victory. The Amorites were defeated; Sihon, his sons, and all his people were smitten with the sword, his walled towns were captured, and the entire country of the Amorites was taken possession of by the Israelites (Num. 21:21-30; Deut. 2:24-37). The country from the Jabbok to Hermon was at this time ruled by Og, the last of the Rephaim. He also tried to prevent the progress of the Israelites, but was utterly routed, and all his cities and territory fell into the hands of the Israelites (comp. Num. 21:33-35; Deut. 3:1-14; Ps. 135: 10-12; 136:17-22). These two victories gave the Israelites possession of the country on the east of Jordan, from the Arnon to the foot of Hermon. The kingdom of Sihon embraced about 1,500 square miles, while that of Og was more than 3,000 square miles. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sin is "any want of conformity unto or transgression of the law of God" (1 John 3:4; Rom. 4:15), in the inward state and habit of the soul, as well as in the outward conduct of the life, whether by omission or commission (Rom. 6:12-17; 7:5-24). It is "not a mere violation of the law of our constitution, nor of the system of things, but an offence against a personal lawgiver and moral governor who vindicates his law with penalties. The soul that sins is always conscious that his sin is (1) intrinsically vile and polluting, and (2) that it justly deserves punishment, and calls down the righteous wrath of God. Hence sin carries with it two inalienable characters, (1) ill-desert, guilt (reatus); and (2) pollution (macula).", Hodge's Outlines. The moral character of a man's actions is determined by the moral state of his heart. The disposition to sin, or the habit of the soul that leads to the sinful act, is itself also sin (Rom. 6:12-17; Gal. 5:17; James 1:14, 15). The origin of sin is a mystery, and must for ever remain such to us. It is plain that for some reason God has permitted sin to enter this world, and that is all we know. His permitting it, however, in no way makes God the author of sin. Adam's sin (Gen. 3:1-6) consisted in his yielding to the assaults of temptation and eating the forbidden fruit. It involved in it, (1) the sin of unbelief, virtually making God a liar; and (2) the guilt of disobedience to a positive command. By this sin he became an apostate from God, a rebel in arms against his Creator. He lost the favour of God and communion with him; his whole nature became depraved, and he incurred the penalty involved in the covenant of works. Original sin. "Our first parents being the root of all mankind, the guilt of their sin was imputed, and the same death in sin and corrupted nature were conveyed to all their posterity, descending from them by ordinary generation." Adam was constituted by God the federal head and representative of all his posterity, as he was also their natural head, and therefore when he fell they fell with him (Rom. 5:12-21; 1 Cor. 15:22-45). His probation was their probation, and his fall their fall. Because of Adam's first sin all his posterity came into the world in a state of sin and condemnation, i.e., (1) a state of moral corruption, and (2) of guilt, as having judicially imputed to them the guilt of Adam's first sin. "Original sin" is frequently and properly used to denote only the moral corruption of their whole nature inherited by all men from Adam. This inherited moral corruption consists in, (1) the loss of original righteousness; and (2) the presence of a constant proneness to evil, which is the root and origin of all actual sin. It is called "sin" (Rom. 6:12, 14, 17; 7:5-17), the "flesh" (Gal. 5:17, 24), "lust" (James 1:14, 15), the "body of sin" (Rom. 6:6), "ignorance," "blindness of heart," "alienation from the life of God" (Eph. 4:18, 19). It influences and depraves the whole man, and its tendency is still downward to deeper and deeper corruption, there remaining no recuperative element in the soul. It is a total depravity, and it is also universally inherited by all the natural descendants of Adam (Rom. 3:10-23; 5:12-21; 8:7). Pelagians deny original sin, and regard man as by nature morally and spiritually well; semi-Pelagians regard him as morally sick; Augustinians, or, as they are also called, Calvinists, regard man as described above, spiritually dead (Eph. 2:1; 1 John 3:14). The doctrine of original sin is proved, (1.) From the fact of the universal sinfulness of men. "There is no man that sinneth not" (1 Kings 8:46; Isa. 53:6; Ps. 130:3; Rom. 3:19, 22, 23; Gal. 3:22). (2.) From the total depravity of man. All men are declared to be destitute of any principle of spiritual life; man's apostasy from God is total and complete (Job 15:14-16; Gen. 6:5,6). (3.) From its early manifestation (Ps. 58:3; Prov. 22:15). (4.) It is proved also from the necessity, absolutely and universally, of regeneration (John 3:3; 2 Cor. 5:17). (5.) From the universality of death (Rom. 5:12-20). Various kinds of sin are mentioned, (1.) "Presumptuous sins," or as literally rendered, "sins with an uplifted hand", i.e., defiant acts of sin, in contrast with "errors" or "inadvertencies" (Ps. 19:13). (2.) "Secret", i.e., hidden sins (19:12); sins which escape the notice of the soul. (3.) "Sin against the Holy Ghost" (q.v.), or a "sin unto death" (Matt. 12:31, 32; 1 John 5:16), which amounts to a wilful rejection of grace. Sin, a city in Egypt, called by the Greeks Pelusium, which means, as does also the Hebrew name, "clayey" or "muddy," so called from the abundance of clay found there. It is called by Ezekel (Ezek. 30:15) "the strength of Egypt, "thus denoting its importance as a fortified city. It has been identified with the modern Tineh, "a miry place," where its ruins are to be found. Of its boasted magnificence only four red granite columns remain, and some few fragments of others. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sinai of Sin (the moon god), called also Horeb, the name of the mountain district which was reached by the Hebrews in the third month after the Exodus. Here they remained encamped for about a whole year. Their journey from the Red Sea to this encampment, including all the windings of the route, was about 150 miles. The last twenty-two chapters of Exodus, together with the whole of Leviticus and Num. ch. 1-11, contain a record of all the transactions which occurred while they were here. From Rephidim (Ex. 17:8-13) the Israelites journeyed forward through the Wady Solaf and Wady esh-Sheikh into the plain of er-Rahah, "the desert of Sinai," about 2 miles long and half a mile broad, and encamped there "before the mountain." The part of the mountain range, a protruding lower bluff, known as the Ras Sasafeh (Sufsafeh), rises almost perpendicularly from this plain, and is in all probability the Sinai of history. Dean Stanley thus describes the scene:, "The plain itself is not broken and uneven and narrowly shut in, like almost all others in the range, but presents a long retiring sweep, within which the people could remove and stand afar off. The cliff, rising like a huge altar in front of the whole congregation, and visible against the sky in lonely grandeur from end to end of the whole plain, is the very image of the 'mount that might be touched,' and from which the voice of God might be heard far and wide over the plain below." This was the scene of the giving of the law. From the Ras Sufsafeh the law was proclaimed to the people encamped below in the plain of er-Rahah. During the lengthened period of their encampment here the Israelites passed through a very memorable experience. An immense change passed over them. They are now an organized nation, bound by covenant engagement to serve the Lord their God, their ever-present divine Leader and Protector. At length, in the second month of the second year of the Exodus, they move their camp and march forward according to a prescribed order. After three days they reach the "wilderness of Paran," the "et-Tih", i.e., "the desert", and here they make their first encampment. At this time a spirit of discontent broke out amongst them, and the Lord manifested his displeasure by a fire which fell on the encampment and inflicted injury on them. Moses called the place Taberah (q.v.), Num. 11:1-3. The journey between Sinai and the southern boundary of the Promised Land (about 150 miles) at Kadesh was accomplished in about a year. (See MAP facing page 204.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sion elevated. (1.) Denotes Mount Hermon in Deut. 4:48; called Sirion by the Sidonians, and by the Amorites Shenir (Deut. 3:9). (See {HERMON}.) (2.) The Greek form of Zion (q.v.) in Matt. 21:5; John 12:15. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Snow Common in Palestine in winter (Ps. 147:16). The snow on the tops of the Lebanon range is almost always within view throughout the whole year. The word is frequently used figuratively by the sacred writers (Job 24:19; Ps. 51:7; 68:14; Isa. 1:18). It is mentioned only once in the historical books (2 Sam. 23:20). It was "carried to Tyre, Sidon, and Damascus as a luxury, and labourers sweltering in the hot harvest-fields used it for the purpose of cooling the water which they drank (Prov. 25:13; Jer. 18:14). No doubt Herod Antipas, at his feasts in Tiberias, enjoyed also from this very source the modern luxury of ice-water." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sun (Heb. shemesh), first mentioned along with the moon as the two great luminaries of heaven (Gen. 1:14-18). By their motions and influence they were intended to mark and divide times and seasons. The worship of the sun was one of the oldest forms of false religion (Job 31:26,27), and was common among the Egyptians and Chaldeans and other pagan nations. The Jews were warned against this form of idolatry (Deut. 4:19; 17:3; comp. 2 Kings 23:11; Jer. 19:13). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Swan mentioned in the list of unclean birds (Lev. 11:18; Deut. 14:16), is sometimes met with in the Jordan and the Sea of Galilee. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Swine (Heb. hazir), regarded as the most unclean and the most abhorred of all animals (Lev. 11:7; Isa. 65:4; 66:3, 17; Luke 15:15, 16). A herd of swine were drowned in the Sea of Galilee (Luke 8:32, 33). Spoken of figuratively in Matt. 7:6 (see Prov. 11:22). It is frequently mentioned as a wild animal, and is evidently the wild boar (Arab. khanzir), which is common among the marshes of the Jordan valley (Ps. 80:13). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Syene opening (Ezek. 29:10; 30:6), a town of Egypt, on the borders of Ethiopia, now called Assouan, on the right bank of the Nile, notable for its quarries of beautiful red granite called "syenite." It was the frontier town of Egypt in the south, as Migdol was in the north-east. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Sem, same as Shem | |
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Semaiah, obeying the Lord | |
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Semei, hearing; obeying | |
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Senaah, bramble; enemy | |
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Seneh, same as Senaah | |
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Shammah, loss; desolation; astonishment | |
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Shammai, my name; my desolations | |
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Shammuah, he that is heard; he that is obeyed | |
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Shem, name; renown | |
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Shema, hearing; obeying | |
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Shemaiah, that hears or obeys the Lord | |
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Shen, tooth; ivory; change | |
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Shihon, sound; wall of strength | |
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Shimeah, Shimeath, that hears, or obeys; perdition | |
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Shimei, Shimi, that hears or obeys; my reputation; my fame | |
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Shimma, same as Shimeah | |
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Shoham, keeping back | |
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Shuham, talking; thinking; humiliation; budding | |
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Shuni, changed; sleeping | |
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Sihon, rooting out; conclusion | |
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Sin, bush | |
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Sinai, a bush; enmity | |
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Sion, noise; tumult | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Syene, a bush; enmity |