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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Barracuda \Bar`ra*cu"da\, n. [Native name.] Any of several voracious pikelike marine fishes allied to the gray mullets, constituting the genus {Sphyr[91]na} and family {Sphyr[91]nid[91]}. The great barracuda ({S. barracuda}) of the West Indies, Florida, etc., is often six feet or more long, and as dangerous as a shark. In Cuba its flesh is reputed to be poisonous. {S. Argentea} of the Pacific coast and {S. sphyr[91]na} of Europe are smaller species, and are used as food. | |
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Barracuda \Bar`ra*cu"da\, Barracouata \Bar`ra*cou"ata\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus {Sphyr[91]na}, sometimes used as food. Note: That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is {Sphyr[91]na spet} (or {S. vulgaris}); a southern species is {S. picuda}; the Californian is {S. argentea}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand ({Thyrsites atun}). | |
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Barracuda \Bar`ra*cu"da\, n. [Native name.] Any of several voracious pikelike marine fishes allied to the gray mullets, constituting the genus {Sphyr[91]na} and family {Sphyr[91]nid[91]}. The great barracuda ({S. barracuda}) of the West Indies, Florida, etc., is often six feet or more long, and as dangerous as a shark. In Cuba its flesh is reputed to be poisonous. {S. Argentea} of the Pacific coast and {S. sphyr[91]na} of Europe are smaller species, and are used as food. | |
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Barracuda \Bar`ra*cu"da\, Barracouata \Bar`ra*cou"ata\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus {Sphyr[91]na}, sometimes used as food. Note: That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is {Sphyr[91]na spet} (or {S. vulgaris}); a southern species is {S. picuda}; the Californian is {S. argentea}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand ({Thyrsites atun}). | |
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Pomfret \Pom"fret\, n. [Perhaps corrupt. fr. Pg. pampano a kind of fish.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of two or more species of marine food fishes of the genus {Stromateus} ({S. niger}, {S. argenteus}) native of Southern Europe and Asia. (b) A marine food fish of Bermuda ({Brama Raji}). | |
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Saracen \Sar"a*cen\, n. [L. Saracenus perhaps fr. Ar. sharqi, pl. sharqi[c6]n, Oriental, Eastern, fr. sharaqa to rise, said of the sun: cf. F. sarrasin. Cf. {Sarcenet}, {Sarrasin}, {Sirocco}.] Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, the common term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders. {Saracens' consound} (Bot.), a kind of ragwort ({Senecio Saracenicus}), anciently used to heal wounds. | |
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Watches \Watch"es\ (-[ecr]z), n. pl. (Bot.) The leaves of {Saracenia flava}. See {Trumpets}. | |
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Saracenic \Sar`a*cen"ic\, Saracenical \Sar`a*cen"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to the Saracens; as, Saracenic architecture. [bd]Saracenic music.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Saracenic \Sar`a*cen"ic\, Saracenical \Sar`a*cen"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to the Saracens; as, Saracenic architecture. [bd]Saracenic music.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Saracen \Sar"a*cen\, n. [L. Saracenus perhaps fr. Ar. sharqi, pl. sharqi[c6]n, Oriental, Eastern, fr. sharaqa to rise, said of the sun: cf. F. sarrasin. Cf. {Sarcenet}, {Sarrasin}, {Sirocco}.] Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, the common term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders. {Saracens' consound} (Bot.), a kind of ragwort ({Senecio Saracenicus}), anciently used to heal wounds. | |
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Sarasin \Sar"a*sin\, n. (Arch.) See {Sarrasin}. | |
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Sarrasin \Sar"ra*sin\, Sarrasine \Sar"ra*sine\, n. [F. sarrasine, LL. saracina. See {Saracen}.] (Fort.) A portcullis, or herse. [Written also {sarasin}.] | |
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Sarasin \Sar"a*sin\, n. (Arch.) See {Sarrasin}. | |
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Sarrasin \Sar"ra*sin\, Sarrasine \Sar"ra*sine\, n. [F. sarrasine, LL. saracina. See {Saracen}.] (Fort.) A portcullis, or herse. [Written also {sarasin}.] | |
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Sarcenet \Sarce"net\, n. [OF. sarcenet; cf. LL. saracenicum cloth made by Saracens. See {Saracen}.] A species of fine thin silk fabric, used for linings, etc. [Written also {sarsenet}.] Thou green sarcenet flap for a sore eye. --Shak. | |
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Sarcin \Sar"cin\, n. Same as {Hypoxanthin}. | |
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Hypoxanthin \Hy`po*xan"thin\, n. [Pref. hypo- + xanthin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, closely related to xanthin and uric acid, widely distributed through the animal body, but especially in muscle tissue; -- called also {sarcin}, {sarkin}. | |
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Sarcin \Sar"cin\, n. Same as {Hypoxanthin}. | |
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Hypoxanthin \Hy`po*xan"thin\, n. [Pref. hypo- + xanthin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, closely related to xanthin and uric acid, widely distributed through the animal body, but especially in muscle tissue; -- called also {sarcin}, {sarkin}. | |
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d8Sarcina \[d8]Sar*ci"na\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] of flesh, fr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.] (Biol.) A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids, especially in those those of the stomach, associated with certain diseases. The individual organisms undergo division along two perpendicular partitions, so that multiplication takes place in two directions, giving groups of four cubical cells. Also used adjectively; as, a sarcina micrococcus; a sarcina group. {Sarcina form} (Biol.), the tetrad form seen in the division of a dumb-bell group of micrococci into four; -- applied particularly to bacteria. See {micrococcus}. | |
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d8Sarcoma \[d8]Sar*co"ma\, n.; pl. L. {Sarcomata} (# [or] #), E. {sarcomas}. [NL., from Gr. [?], from sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.] (Med.) A tumor of fleshy consistence; -- formerly applied to many varieties of tumor, now restricted to a variety of malignant growth made up of cells resembling those of fetal development without any proper intercellular substance. | |
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d8Sarcoma \[d8]Sar*co"ma\, n.; pl. L. {Sarcomata} (# [or] #), E. {sarcomas}. [NL., from Gr. [?], from sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.] (Med.) A tumor of fleshy consistence; -- formerly applied to many varieties of tumor, now restricted to a variety of malignant growth made up of cells resembling those of fetal development without any proper intercellular substance. | |
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Sarcomatous \Sar*com"a*tous\ (? [or] ?), a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to sarcoma; resembling sarcoma. | |
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d8Lignum-vitae \[d8]Lig"num-vi"tae\ (-v[imac]"t[emac]), n. [L., wood of life; lignum wood + vita, genitive vit[91], life.] (Bot.) A tree ({Guaiacum officinale}) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the {guaiacum} of medicine is procured. Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks, cogs, bearings, and the like. See {Guaiacum}. Note: In New Zealand the {Metrosideros buxifolia} is called lignum-vit[91], and in Australia a species of {Acacia}. The bastard lignum-vit[91] is a West Indian tree ({Sarcomphalus laurinus}). | |
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Sarkin \Sar"kin\, n. [Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as {Hypoxanthin}. | |
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Hypoxanthin \Hy`po*xan"thin\, n. [Pref. hypo- + xanthin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, closely related to xanthin and uric acid, widely distributed through the animal body, but especially in muscle tissue; -- called also {sarcin}, {sarkin}. | |
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Sarkin \Sar"kin\, n. [Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as {Hypoxanthin}. | |
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Hypoxanthin \Hy`po*xan"thin\, n. [Pref. hypo- + xanthin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, closely related to xanthin and uric acid, widely distributed through the animal body, but especially in muscle tissue; -- called also {sarcin}, {sarkin}. | |
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Sarking \Sark"ing\, n. [From {Sark} shirt.] (Carp.) Thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes. | |
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Trumpets \Trump"ets\, n. pl. (Bot.) A plant ({Sarracenia flava}) with long, hollow leaves. | |
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Water pitcher \Wa"ter pitch"er\ 1. A pitcher for water. 2. (Bot.) One of a family of plants having pitcher-shaped leaves. The sidesaddle flower ({Sarracenia purpurea}) is the type. | |
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d8Sarracenia \[d8]Sar`ra*ce"ni*a\, n. [NL. So named after a Dr. Sarrazin of Quebec.] (Bot.) A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant. Note: They have hollow pitcher-shaped or tubular leaves, and solitary flowers with an umbrella-shaped style. {Sarracenia purpurea}, the sidesaddle flower, is common at the North; {S. flava}, {rubra}, {Drummondii}, {variolaris}, and {psittacina} are Southern species. All are insectivorous, catching and drowning insects in their curious leaves. See {Illust}. of Sidesaddle flower, under {Sidesaddle}. | |
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Huntsman \Hunts"man\, n.; pl. {Huntsmen}. 1. One who hunts, or who practices hunting. 2. The person whose office it is to manage the chase or to look after the hounds. --L'Estrange. {Huntsman's cup} (Bot.), the sidesaddle flower, or common American pitcher plant ({Sarracenia purpurea}). | |
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Sarrasin \Sar"ra*sin\, Sarrasine \Sar"ra*sine\, n. [F. sarrasine, LL. saracina. See {Saracen}.] (Fort.) A portcullis, or herse. [Written also {sarasin}.] | |
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Sarrasin \Sar"ra*sin\, Sarrasine \Sar"ra*sine\, n. [F. sarrasine, LL. saracina. See {Saracen}.] (Fort.) A portcullis, or herse. [Written also {sarasin}.] | |
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Sarsen \Sar"sen\, n. [Etymol. uncertain; perhaps for saracen stone, i.e., a heathen or pagan stone or monument.] One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; -- called also {sarsen stone}, and {Druid stone}. [Eng.] | |
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Sarsen \Sar"sen\, n. [Etymol. uncertain; perhaps for saracen stone, i.e., a heathen or pagan stone or monument.] One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; -- called also {sarsen stone}, and {Druid stone}. [Eng.] | |
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Sarcenet \Sarce"net\, n. [OF. sarcenet; cf. LL. saracenicum cloth made by Saracens. See {Saracen}.] A species of fine thin silk fabric, used for linings, etc. [Written also {sarsenet}.] Thou green sarcenet flap for a sore eye. --Shak. | |
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Sarsenet \Sarse"net\, n. See {Sarcenet}. | |
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Sarcenet \Sarce"net\, n. [OF. sarcenet; cf. LL. saracenicum cloth made by Saracens. See {Saracen}.] A species of fine thin silk fabric, used for linings, etc. [Written also {sarsenet}.] Thou green sarcenet flap for a sore eye. --Shak. | |
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Sarsenet \Sarse"net\, n. See {Sarcenet}. | |
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Saurognathous \Sau*rog"na*thous\, a. [Gr. [?] a lizard + [?] the jaw.] (Zo[94]l.) Having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers ({Pici}). | |
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Scarcement \Scarce"ment\, n. (Arch. & Engin.) An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing. | |
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Scarceness \Scarce"ness\, Scarcity \Scar"ci*ty\, n. The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties. --Chaucer. A scarcity of snow would raise a mutiny at Naples. --Addison. Praise . . . owes its value to its scarcity. --Rambler. The value of an advantage is enhanced by its scarceness. --Collier. Syn: Deficiency; lack; want; penury; dearth; rareness; rarity; infrequency. | |
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Cancer \Can"cer\, n. [L. cancer, cancri, crab, ulcer, a sign of the zodiac; akin to Gr. karki`nos, Skr. karka[tsdot]a crab, and prob. Skr. karkara hard, the crab being named from its hard shell. Cf. {Canner}, {Chancre}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab, etc. See {Crab}. 2. (Astron.) (a) The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence, the sign of the summer solstice. See {Tropic}. (b) A northern constellation between Gemini and Leo. 3. (Med.) Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework. Note: Four kinds of cancers are recognized: (1) {Epithelial cancer, or Epithelioma}, in which there is no trabecular framework. See {Epithelioma}. (2) {Scirrhous cancer, or Hard cancer}, in which the framework predominates, and the tumor is of hard consistence and slow growth. (3) {Encephaloid, Medullary, [or] Soft cancer}, in which the cellular element predominates, and the tumor is soft, grows rapidy, and often ulcerates. (4) {Colloid cancer}, in which the cancerous structure becomes gelatinous. The last three varieties are also called {carcinoma}. {Cancer cells}, cells once believed to be peculiar to cancers, but now know to be epithelial cells differing in no respect from those found elsewhere in the body, and distinguished only by peculiarity of location and grouping. {Cancer root} (Bot.), the name of several low plants, mostly parasitic on roots, as the beech drops, the squawroot, etc. {Tropic of Cancer}. See {Tropic}. | |
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Fox \Fox\, n.; pl. {Foxes}. [AS. fox; akin to D. vos, G. fuchs, OHG. fuhs, foha, Goth. fa[a3]h[?], Icel. f[?]a fox, fox fraud; of unknown origin, cf. Skr. puccha tail. Cf. {Vixen}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous animal of the genus {Vulpes}, family {Canid[91]}, of many species. The European fox ({V. vulgaris} or {V. vulpes}), the American red fox ({V. fulvus}), the American gray fox ({V. Virginianus}), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox ({V. lagopus}) are well-known species. Note: The black or silver-gray fox is a variety of the American red fox, producing a fur of great value; the cross-gray and woods-gray foxes are other varieties of the same species, of less value. The common foxes of Europe and America are very similar; both are celebrated for their craftiness. They feed on wild birds, poultry, and various small animals. Subtle as the fox for prey. --Shak. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The European dragonet. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also {sea fox}. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Shark}. 4. A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.] We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. --Beattie. 5. (Naut.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats. 6. A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.] Thou diest on point of fox. --Shak. 7. pl. (Enthnol.) A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also {Outagamies}. {Fox and geese}. (a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others as they run one goal to another. (b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for them, one of which is called the fox, and the rest the geese; the fox, whose first position is in the middle of the board, endeavors to break through the line of the geese, and the geese to pen up the fox. {Fox bat} (Zo[94]l.), a large fruit bat of the genus {Pteropus}, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, esp. {P. medius} of India. Some of the species are more than four feet across the outspread wings. See {Fruit bat}. {Fox bolt}, a bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge. {Fox brush} (Zo[94]l.), the tail of a fox. {Fox evil}, a disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy. {Fox grape} (Bot.), the name of two species of American grapes. The northern fox grape ({Vitis Labrusca}) is the origin of the varieties called {Isabella}, {Concord}, {Hartford}, etc., and the southern fox grape ({Vitis vulpina}) has produced the {Scuppernong}, and probably the {Catawba}. {Fox hunter}. (a) One who pursues foxes with hounds. (b) A horse ridden in a fox chase. {Fox shark} (Zo[94]l.), the thrasher shark. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Thrasher}. {Fox sleep}, pretended sleep. {Fox sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a large American sparrow ({Passerella iliaca}); -- so called on account of its reddish color. {Fox squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American squirrel ({Sciurus niger}, or {S. cinereus}). In the Southern States the black variety prevails; farther north the fulvous and gray variety, called the {cat squirrel}, is more common. {Fox terrier} (Zo[94]l.), one of a peculiar breed of terriers, used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes, and for other purposes. There are rough- and smooth-haired varieties. {Fox trot}, a pace like that which is adopted for a few steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot, or a trot into a walk. | |
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Scorching \Scorch"ing\, a. Burning; parching or shriveling with heat. -- {Scorch"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Scorch"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Scorch \Scorch\ (sk[ocir]rch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scorched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scorching}.] [OE. scorchen, probably akin to scorcnen; cf. Norw. skrokken shrunk up, skrekka, skr[94]kka, to shrink, to become wrinkled up, dial. Sw. skr[86]kkla to wrinkle (see {Shrug}); but perhaps influenced by OF. escorchier to strip the bark from, to flay, to skin, F. [82]corcher, LL. excorticare; L. ex from + cortex, -icis, bark (cf. {Cork}); because the skin falls off when scorched.] 1. To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen. Summer drouth or sing[8a]d air Never scorch thy tresses fair. --Milton. 2. To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat. Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires. --Prior. 3. To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire. Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. --Rev. xvi. 8. The fire that scorches me to death. --Dryden. | |
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Scorching \Scorch"ing\, a. Burning; parching or shriveling with heat. -- {Scorch"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Scorch"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Scorching \Scorch"ing\, a. Burning; parching or shriveling with heat. -- {Scorch"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Scorch"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Viper \Vi"per\, n. [F. vip[8a]re, L. vipera, probably contr. fr. vivipera; vivus alive + parere to bring forth, because it was believed to be the only serpent that brings forth living young. Cf. {Quick}, a., {Parent}, {Viviparous}, {Wivern}, {Weever}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of Old World venomous makes belonging to {Vipera}, {Clotho}, {Daboia}, and other genera of the family {Viperid[91]}. There came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. --Acts xxviii. 3. Note: Among the best-known species are the European adder ({Pelias berus}), the European asp ({Vipera aspis}), the African horned viper ({V. cerastes}), and the Indian viper ({Daboia Russellii}). 2. A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person. Who committed To such a viper his most sacred trust Of secrecy. --Milton. {Horned viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cerastes}. {Red viper} (Zo[94]l.), the copperhead. {Viper fish} (Zo[94]l.), a small, slender, phosphorescent deep-sea fish ({Chauliodus Sloanii}). It has long ventral and dorsal fins, a large mouth, and very long, sharp teeth. {Viper's bugloss} (Bot.), a rough-leaved biennial herb ({Echium vulgare}) having showy purplish blue flowers. It is sometimes cultivated, but has become a pestilent weed in fields from New York to Virginia. Also called {blue weed}. {Viper's grass} (Bot.), a perennial composite herb ({Scorzonera Hispanica}) with narrow, entire leaves, and solitary heads of yellow flowers. The long, white, carrot-shaped roots are used for food in Spain and some other countries. Called also {viper grass}. | |
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Scourge \Scourge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scourged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scourging}.] [From {Scourge}, n.: cf. OF. escorgier.] 1. To whip severely; to lash. Is it lawful for you to scourge a . . . Roman? --Acts xxii. 25. 2. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction. Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. --Heb. xii. 6. 3. To harass or afflict severely. To scourge and impoverish the people. --Brougham. | |
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Scragginess \Scrag"gi*ness\, n. The quality or state of being scraggy; scraggedness. | |
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Scrag-necked \Scrag"-necked`\, a. Having a scraggy neck. | |
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Screak \Screak\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Screaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Screaking}.] [Cf. Icel. skr[91]kja to screech. Cf. {Creak}, v., {Screech}.] To utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to creak, as a door or wheel. | |
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Swift \Swift\, n. 1. The current of a stream. [R.] --Walton. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family {Micropodid[91]}. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds. Note: The common European swift ({Cypselus, [or] Micropus, apus}) nests in church steeples and under the tiles of roofs, and is noted for its rapid flight and shrill screams. It is called also {black martin}, {black swift}, {hawk swallow}, {devil bird}, {swingdevil}, {screech martin}, and {shreik owl}. The common American, or chimney, swift ({Ch[91]tura pelagica}) has sharp rigid tips to the tail feathers. It attaches its nest to the inner walls of chimneys, and is called also {chimney swallow}. The Australian swift ({Ch[91]tura caudacuta}) also has sharp naked tips to the tail quills. The European Alpine swift ({Cypselus melba}) is whitish beneath, with a white band across the breast. The common Indian swift is {Cypselus affinis}. See also {Palm swift}, under {Palm}, and {Tree swift}, under {Tree}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of lizards, as the pine lizard. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The ghost moth. See under {Ghost}. 5. [Cf. {Swivel}.] A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural. 6. The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine. | |
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Screech \Screech\ (skr[emac]ch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Screeched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Screeching}.] [Also formerly, scritch, OE. skriken, skrichen, schriken, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skr[ae]kja to shriek, to screech, skr[imac]kja to titter, Sw. skrika to shriek, Dan. skrige; also Gael. sgreach, sgreuch, W. ysgrechio, Skr. kharj to creak. Cf. {Shriek}, v., {Scream}, v.] To utter a harsh, shrill cry; to make a sharp outcry, as in terror or acute pain; to scream; to shriek. [bd]The screech owl, screeching loud.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Sea urchin \Sea" ur"chin\ (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of echinoderms of the order Echinoidea. Note: When living they are covered with movable spines which are often long and sharp. | |
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Search \Search\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Searched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Searching}.] [OE. serchen, cerchen, OF. cerchier, F. chercher, L. circare to go about, fr. L. circum, circa, around. See {Circle}.] 1. To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city. [bd]Search the Scriptures.[b8] --John v. 39. They are come to search the house. --Shak. Search me, O God, and know my heart. --Ps. cxxxix. 23. 2. To inquire after; to look for; to seek. I will both search my sheep, and seek them out. --Ezek. xxxiv. 11. Enough is left besides to search and know. --Milton. 3. To examine or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound. 4. To examine; to try; to put to the test. {To search out}, to seek till found; to find by seeking; as, to search out truth. Syn: To explore; examine; scrutinize; seek; investigate; pry into; inquire. | |
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Searching \Search"ing\, a. Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as, a searching discourse; a searching eye. [bd]Piercing, searching, biting, cold.[b8] --Dickens. -- {Search"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Search"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Searching \Search"ing\, a. Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as, a searching discourse; a searching eye. [bd]Piercing, searching, biting, cold.[b8] --Dickens. -- {Search"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Search"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Searching \Search"ing\, a. Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as, a searching discourse; a searching eye. [bd]Piercing, searching, biting, cold.[b8] --Dickens. -- {Search"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Search"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Thrush \Thrush\, n. [OE. [thorn]rusche, AS. [thorn]rysce; akin to OHG. drosca, droscea, droscela, and E. throstle. Cf. {Throstle}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to {Turdus} and allied genera. They are noted for the sweetness of their songs. Note: Among the best-known European species are the song thrush or throstle ({Turdus musicus}), the missel thrush (see under {Missel}), the European redwing, and the blackbird. The most important American species are the wood thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}), Wilson's thrush ({T. fuscescens}), the hermit thrush (see under {Hermit}), Swainson's thrush ({T. Alici[91]}), and the migratory thrush, or American robin (see {Robin}). 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush (or thrasher). See {Brown thrush}. {Ant thrush}. See {Ant thrush}, {Breve}, and {Pitta}. {Babbling thrush}, any one of numerous species of Asiatic timaline birds; -- called also {babbler}. {Fruit thrush}, any species of bulbul. {Shrike thrush}. See under {Shrike}. {Stone thrush}, the missel thrush; -- said to be so called from its marbled breast. {Thrush nightingale}. See {Nightingale}, 2. {Thrush tit}, any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds of the genus {Cochoa}. They are beautifully colored birds allied to the tits, but resembling thrushes in size and habits. {Water thrush}. (a) The European dipper. (b) An American warbler ({Seiurus Noveboracensis}). | |
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Sergeancy \Ser"gean*cy\, n.; pl. {Sergeancies}. [Cf. {Sergeanty}.] The office of a sergeant; sergeantship. [Written also {serjeancy}.] | |
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Sergeancy \Ser"gean*cy\, n.; pl. {Sergeancies}. [Cf. {Sergeanty}.] The office of a sergeant; sergeantship. [Written also {serjeancy}.] | |
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Sergeant \Ser"geant\, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. of servire to serve. See {Serve}, and cf. {Servant}.] [Written also {serjeant}. Both spellings are authorized. In England {serjeant} is usually preferred, except for military officers. In the United States {sergeant} is common for civil officers also.] 1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery. The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought. --Chaucer. The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those men go. --Acts xvi. 35. This fell sergeant, Death, Is strict in his arrest. --Shak. 2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc. Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment, a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned officer, and has important duties as the assistant to the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants have charge of the ammunition at military posts. 3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the doctor of the civil law; -- called also {serjeant at law}. [Eng.] --Blackstone. 4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign; as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant, surgeon. [Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) The cobia. {Drill sergeant}. (Mil.) See under {Drill}. {Sergeant-at-arms}, an officer of a legislative body, or of a deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands in preserving order and arresting offenders. See {Sergeant}, 1. {Sergeant major}. (a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The cow pilot. | |
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Sergeant \Ser"geant\, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. of servire to serve. See {Serve}, and cf. {Servant}.] [Written also {serjeant}. Both spellings are authorized. In England {serjeant} is usually preferred, except for military officers. In the United States {sergeant} is common for civil officers also.] 1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery. The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought. --Chaucer. The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those men go. --Acts xvi. 35. This fell sergeant, Death, Is strict in his arrest. --Shak. 2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc. Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment, a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned officer, and has important duties as the assistant to the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants have charge of the ammunition at military posts. 3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the doctor of the civil law; -- called also {serjeant at law}. [Eng.] --Blackstone. 4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign; as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant, surgeon. [Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) The cobia. {Drill sergeant}. (Mil.) See under {Drill}. {Sergeant-at-arms}, an officer of a legislative body, or of a deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands in preserving order and arresting offenders. See {Sergeant}, 1. {Sergeant major}. (a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The cow pilot. | |
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Cobia \Co"bi*a\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An oceanic fish of large size ({Elacate canada}); the crabeater; -- called also {bonito}, {cubbyyew}, {coalfish}, and {sergeant fish}. | |
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Sergeant \Ser"geant\, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. of servire to serve. See {Serve}, and cf. {Servant}.] [Written also {serjeant}. Both spellings are authorized. In England {serjeant} is usually preferred, except for military officers. In the United States {sergeant} is common for civil officers also.] 1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery. The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought. --Chaucer. The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those men go. --Acts xvi. 35. This fell sergeant, Death, Is strict in his arrest. --Shak. 2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc. Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment, a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned officer, and has important duties as the assistant to the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants have charge of the ammunition at military posts. 3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the doctor of the civil law; -- called also {serjeant at law}. [Eng.] --Blackstone. 4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign; as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant, surgeon. [Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) The cobia. {Drill sergeant}. (Mil.) See under {Drill}. {Sergeant-at-arms}, an officer of a legislative body, or of a deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands in preserving order and arresting offenders. See {Sergeant}, 1. {Sergeant major}. (a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The cow pilot. | |
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Sergeant \Ser"geant\, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. of servire to serve. See {Serve}, and cf. {Servant}.] [Written also {serjeant}. Both spellings are authorized. In England {serjeant} is usually preferred, except for military officers. In the United States {sergeant} is common for civil officers also.] 1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery. The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought. --Chaucer. The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those men go. --Acts xvi. 35. This fell sergeant, Death, Is strict in his arrest. --Shak. 2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc. Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment, a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned officer, and has important duties as the assistant to the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants have charge of the ammunition at military posts. 3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the doctor of the civil law; -- called also {serjeant at law}. [Eng.] --Blackstone. 4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign; as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant, surgeon. [Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) The cobia. {Drill sergeant}. (Mil.) See under {Drill}. {Sergeant-at-arms}, an officer of a legislative body, or of a deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands in preserving order and arresting offenders. See {Sergeant}, 1. {Sergeant major}. (a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The cow pilot. | |
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Sergeantcy \Ser"geant*cy\, n. Same as {Sergeancy}. | |
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Sergeantry \Ser"geant*ry\, n. [CF. OF. sergenteric.] See {Sergeanty}. [R.] [Written also {serjeantry}.] | |
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Sergeantship \Ser"geant*ship\, n. The office of sergeant. | |
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Sergeanty \Ser"geant*y\, n. [Cf. OF. sergentie, LL. sergentia. See {Sergeant}.] (Eng. Law) Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, but to the king only. [Written also {serjeanty}.] {Grand sergeanty}, a particular kind of tenure by which the tenant was bound to do some special honorary service to the king in person, as to carry his banner, his sword, or the like. --Tomlins. --Cowell. --Blackstone. {Petit sergeanty}. See under {Petit}. | |
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Sericin \Ser"i*cin\, n. [L. sericus silken.] (Chem.) A gelatinous nitrogenous material extracted from crude silk and other similar fiber by boiling water; -- called also {silk gelatin}. | |
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Series motor \Series motor\ (Elec.) (a) A series-wound motor. (b) A motor capable of being used in a series circuit. | |
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Series winding \Series winding\ (Elec.) A winding in which the armature coil and the field-magnet coil are in series with the external circuits; -- opposed to {shunt winding}. -- {Se"ries-wound`}, a. | |
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Series winding \Series winding\ (Elec.) A winding in which the armature coil and the field-magnet coil are in series with the external circuits; -- opposed to {shunt winding}. -- {Se"ries-wound`}, a. | |
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Serio-comic \Se`ri*o-com"ic\, Serio-comical \Se`ri*o-com"ic*al\, a. Having a mixture of seriousness and sport; serious and comical. | |
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Serio-comic \Se`ri*o-com"ic\, Serio-comical \Se`ri*o-com"ic*al\, a. Having a mixture of seriousness and sport; serious and comical. | |
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Serious \Se"ri*ous\, a. [L. serius: cf. F. s[82]rieux, LL. seriosus.] 1. Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile. He is always serious, yet there is about his manner a graceful ease. --Macaulay. 2. Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving. --Beaconsfield. 3. Important; weighty; not trifling; grave. The holy Scriptures bring to our ears the most serious things in the world. --Young. 4. Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury. Syn: Grave; solemn; earnest; sedate; important; weighty. See {Grave}. -- {Se"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Se"ri*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Sergeancy \Ser"gean*cy\, n.; pl. {Sergeancies}. [Cf. {Sergeanty}.] The office of a sergeant; sergeantship. [Written also {serjeancy}.] | |
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Sergeant \Ser"geant\, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. of servire to serve. See {Serve}, and cf. {Servant}.] [Written also {serjeant}. Both spellings are authorized. In England {serjeant} is usually preferred, except for military officers. In the United States {sergeant} is common for civil officers also.] 1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery. The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought. --Chaucer. The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those men go. --Acts xvi. 35. This fell sergeant, Death, Is strict in his arrest. --Shak. 2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc. Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment, a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned officer, and has important duties as the assistant to the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants have charge of the ammunition at military posts. 3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the doctor of the civil law; -- called also {serjeant at law}. [Eng.] --Blackstone. 4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign; as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant, surgeon. [Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) The cobia. {Drill sergeant}. (Mil.) See under {Drill}. {Sergeant-at-arms}, an officer of a legislative body, or of a deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands in preserving order and arresting offenders. See {Sergeant}, 1. {Sergeant major}. (a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The cow pilot. | |
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Serjeant \Ser"jeant\, Serjeantcy \Ser"jeant*cy\, etc. See {Sergeant}, {Sergeantcy}, etc. {Serjeant-at-arms}. See {Sergeant-at-arms}, under {Sergeant}. | |
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Sergeant \Ser"geant\, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. of servire to serve. See {Serve}, and cf. {Servant}.] [Written also {serjeant}. Both spellings are authorized. In England {serjeant} is usually preferred, except for military officers. In the United States {sergeant} is common for civil officers also.] 1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery. The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought. --Chaucer. The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those men go. --Acts xvi. 35. This fell sergeant, Death, Is strict in his arrest. --Shak. 2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc. Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment, a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned officer, and has important duties as the assistant to the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants have charge of the ammunition at military posts. 3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the doctor of the civil law; -- called also {serjeant at law}. [Eng.] --Blackstone. 4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign; as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant, surgeon. [Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) The cobia. {Drill sergeant}. (Mil.) See under {Drill}. {Sergeant-at-arms}, an officer of a legislative body, or of a deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands in preserving order and arresting offenders. See {Sergeant}, 1. {Sergeant major}. (a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The cow pilot. | |
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Serjeant \Ser"jeant\, Serjeantcy \Ser"jeant*cy\, etc. See {Sergeant}, {Sergeantcy}, etc. {Serjeant-at-arms}. See {Sergeant-at-arms}, under {Sergeant}. | |
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Sergeant \Ser"geant\, n. [F. sergent, fr. L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. of servire to serve. See {Serve}, and cf. {Servant}.] [Written also {serjeant}. Both spellings are authorized. In England {serjeant} is usually preferred, except for military officers. In the United States {sergeant} is common for civil officers also.] 1. Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery. The sergeant of the town of Rome them sought. --Chaucer. The magistrates sent the serjeant, saying, Let those men go. --Acts xvi. 35. This fell sergeant, Death, Is strict in his arrest. --Shak. 2. (Mil.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc. Note: In the United States service, besides the sergeants belonging to the companies there are, in each regiment, a sergeant major, who is the chief noncommissioned officer, and has important duties as the assistant to the adjutant; a quartermaster sergeant, who assists the quartermaster; a color sergeant, who carries the colors; and a commissary sergeant, who assists in the care and distribution of the stores. Ordnance sergeants have charge of the ammunition at military posts. 3. (Law) A lawyer of the highest rank, answering to the doctor of the civil law; -- called also {serjeant at law}. [Eng.] --Blackstone. 4. A title sometimes given to the servants of the sovereign; as, sergeant surgeon, that is, a servant, or attendant, surgeon. [Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) The cobia. {Drill sergeant}. (Mil.) See under {Drill}. {Sergeant-at-arms}, an officer of a legislative body, or of a deliberative or judicial assembly, who executes commands in preserving order and arresting offenders. See {Sergeant}, 1. {Sergeant major}. (a) (Mil.) See the Note under def. 2, above. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The cow pilot. | |
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Serjeant \Ser"jeant\, Serjeantcy \Ser"jeant*cy\, etc. See {Sergeant}, {Sergeantcy}, etc. {Serjeant-at-arms}. See {Sergeant-at-arms}, under {Sergeant}. | |
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Serjeant \Ser"jeant\, Serjeantcy \Ser"jeant*cy\, etc. See {Sergeant}, {Sergeantcy}, etc. {Serjeant-at-arms}. See {Sergeant-at-arms}, under {Sergeant}. | |
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Sergeantry \Ser"geant*ry\, n. [CF. OF. sergenteric.] See {Sergeanty}. [R.] [Written also {serjeantry}.] | |
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Sergeanty \Ser"geant*y\, n. [Cf. OF. sergentie, LL. sergentia. See {Sergeant}.] (Eng. Law) Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, but to the king only. [Written also {serjeanty}.] {Grand sergeanty}, a particular kind of tenure by which the tenant was bound to do some special honorary service to the king in person, as to carry his banner, his sword, or the like. --Tomlins. --Cowell. --Blackstone. {Petit sergeanty}. See under {Petit}. | |
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Serous \Se"rous\, a. [Cf. F. s[82]reux. See {Serum}.] (Physiol.) (a) Thin; watery; like serum; as the serous fluids. (b) Of or pertaining to serum; as, the serous glands, membranes, layers. See {Serum}. {Serous membrane}. (Anat.) See under {Membrane}. | |
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Membrane \Mem"brane\, n. [F., fr. L. membrana the skin that covers the separate members of the body, fr. L. membrum. See {Member}.] (Anat.) A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often secreting or absorbing certain fluids. Note: The term is also often applied to the thin, expanded parts, of various texture, both in animals and vegetables. {Adventitious membrane}, a membrane connecting parts not usually connected, or of a different texture from the ordinary connection; as, the membrane of a cicatrix. {Jacob's membrane}. See under {Retina}. {Mucous membranes} (Anat.), the membranes lining passages and cavities which communicate with the exterior, as well as ducts and receptacles of secretion, and habitually secreting mucus. {Schneiderian membrane}. (Anat.) See {Schneiderian}. {Serous membranes} (Anat.), the membranes, like the peritoneum and pleura, which line, or lie in, cavities having no obvious outlet, and secrete a serous fluid. | |
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Sharking \Shark"ing\, n. Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices. | |
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Shark \Shark\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sharked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sharking}.] 1. To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle. Neither sharks for a cup or a reckoning. --Bp. Earle. 2. To live by shifts and stratagems. --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Shirk \Shirk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shirked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shirking}.] [Probably the same word as shark. See {Shark}, v. t.] 1. To procure by petty fraud and trickery; to obtain by mean solicitation. You that never heard the call of any vocation, . . . that shirk living from others, but time from Yourselves. --Bp. Rainbow. 2. To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty. The usual makeshift by which they try to shirk difficulties. --Hare. | |
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Snipe \Snipe\, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe, snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn[c6]pa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe, Sw. sn[84]ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See {Snap}, {Snaffle}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family {Scolopacid[91]}, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. Note: The common, or whole, snipe ({Gallinago c[oe]lestis}) and the great, or double, snipe ({G. major}), are the most important European species. The Wilson's snipe ({G. delicata}) (sometimes erroneously called English snipe) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher ({Macrohamphus griseus}), are well-known American species. 2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.] --Shak. {Half snipe}, the dunlin; the jacksnipe. {Jack snipe}. See {Jacksnipe}. {Quail snipe}. See under {Quail}. {Robin snipe}, the knot. {Sea snipe}. See in the Vocabulary. {Shore snipe}, any sandpiper. {Snipe hawk}, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] {Stone snipe}, the tattler. {Summer snipe}, the dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers. {Winter snipe}. See {Rock snipe}, under {Rock}. {Woodcock snipe}, the great snipe. | |
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Shrewish \Shrew"ish\, a. having the qualities of a shrew; having a scolding disposition; froward; peevish. My wife is shrewish when I keep not hours. --Shak. -- {Shrew"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Shrew"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Shriek \Shriek\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shrieked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shrieking}.] [OE. shriken, originallythe same word as E. screech. See {Screech}, and cf. {Screak}.] To utter a loud, sharp, shrill sound or cry, as do some birds and beasts; to scream, as in a sudden fright, in horror or anguish. It was the owl that shrieked. --Shak. At this she shrieked aloud; the mournful train Echoed her grief. --Dryden. | |
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Shrug \Shrug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shrugged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shrugging}.] [Probably akin to shrink, p. p. shrunk; cf. Dan. skrugge, skrukke, to stoop, dial. Sw. skrukka, skruga, to crouch.] To draw up or contract (the shoulders), especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like. He shrugs his shoulders when you talk of securities. --Addison. | |
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Musk \Musk\, n. [F. musc, L. muscus, Per. musk, fr. Skr. mushka testicle, orig., a little mouse. See {Mouse}, and cd. {Abelmosk}, {Muscadel}, {Muscovy duck}, {Nutmeg}.] 1. A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The musk deer. See {Musk deer} (below). 3. The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat similar. 4. (Bot.) (a) The musk plant ({Mimulus moschatus}). (b) A plant of the genus {Erodium} ({E. moschatum}); -- called also {musky heron's-bill}. (c) A plant of the genus {Muscari}; grape hyacinth. {Musk beaver} (Zo[94]l.), muskrat (1). {Musk beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a European longicorn beetle ({Aromia moschata}), having an agreeable odor resembling that of attar of roses. {Musk cat}. See {Bondar}. {Musk cattle} (Zo[94]l.), musk oxen. See {Musk ox} (below). {Musk deer} (Zo[94]l.), a small hornless deer ({Moschus moschiferus}), which inhabits the elevated parts of Central Asia. The upper canine teeth of the male are developed into sharp tusks, curved downward. The male has scent bags on the belly, from which the musk of commerce is derived. The deer is yellow or red-brown above, whitish below. The pygmy musk deer are chevrotains, as the kanchil and napu. {Musk duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The Muscovy duck. (b) An Australian duck ({Biziura lobata}). {Musk lorikeet} (Zo[94]l.), the Pacific lorikeet ({Glossopsitta australis}) of Australia. {Musk mallow} (Bot.), a name of two malvaceous plants: (a) A species of mallow ({Malva moschata}), the foliage of which has a faint musky smell. (b) An Asiatic shrub. See {Abelmosk}. {Musk orchis} (Bot.), a European plant of the Orchis family ({Herminium Minorchis}); -- so called from its peculiar scent. {Musk ox} (Zo[94]l.), an Arctic hollow-horned ruminant ({Ovibos moschatus}), now existing only in America, but found fossil in Europe and Asia. It is covered with a thick coat of fine yellowish wool, and with long dark hair, which is abundant and shaggy on the neck and shoulders. The full-grown male weighs over four hundred pounds. {Musk parakeet}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Musk lorikeet} (above). {Musk pear} (Bot.), a fragrant kind of pear much resembling the Seckel pear. {Musk plant} (Bot.), the {Mimulus moschatus}, a plant found in Western North America, often cultivated, and having a strong musky odor. {Musk root} (Bot.), the name of several roots with a strong odor, as that of the nard ({Nardostachys Jatamansi}) and of a species of {Angelica}. {Musk rose} (Bot.), a species of rose ({Rosa moschata}), having peculiarly fragrant white blossoms. {Musk seed} (Bot.), the seed of a plant of the Mallow family ({Hibiscus moschatus}), used in perfumery and in flavoring. See {Abelmosk}. {Musk sheep} (Zo[94]l.), the musk ox. {Musk shrew} (Zo[94]l.), a shrew ({Sorex murinus}), found in India. It has a powerful odor of musk. Called also {sondeli}, and {mondjourou}. {Musk thistle} (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Carduus nutans}), having fine large flowers, and leaves smelling strongly of musk. {Musk tortoise}, {Musk turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a small American fresh-water tortoise ({Armochelys, [or] Ozotheca, odorata}), which has a distinct odor of musk; -- called also {stinkpot}. | |
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Sorghum \Sor"ghum\, n. [NL., probably of Chinese origin.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species, {Sorghum Halepense}, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see {Johnson grass}), and {S. vulgare}, the Indian millet (see {Indian millet}, under {Indian}). (b) A variety of {Sorghum vulgare}, grown for its saccharine juice; the Chinese sugar cane. | |
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Johnson grass \John"son grass`\ [Named after W. Johnson of Alabama, who planted it about 1840-1845.] (Bot.) A tall perennial grass ({Sorghum Halepense}), valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also {Cuba grass}, {Means grass}, {Evergreen millet}, and {Arabian millet}. | |
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Note: {Arabian millet} is {Sorghum Halepense}. {Egyptian [or] East Indian}, {millet} is {Penicillaria spicata}. {Indian millet} is {Sorghum vulgare}. (See under {Indian}.) {Italian millet} is {Setaria Italica}, a coarse, rank-growing annual grass, valuable for fodder when cut young, and bearing nutritive seeds; -- called also {Hungarian grass}. {Texas millet} is {Panicum Texanum}. {Wild millet}, or {Millet grass}, is {Milium effusum}, a tail grass growing in woods. | |
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Aleppo grass \Aleppo grass\ (Bot.) One of the cultivated forms of {Andropogon Halepensis} (syn. {Sorghum Halepense}). See {Andropogon}, below. | |
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Sorghum \Sor"ghum\, n. [NL., probably of Chinese origin.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species, {Sorghum Halepense}, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see {Johnson grass}), and {S. vulgare}, the Indian millet (see {Indian millet}, under {Indian}). (b) A variety of {Sorghum vulgare}, grown for its saccharine juice; the Chinese sugar cane. | |
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Grama grass, grazing. West and Pacific slope. {Bouteloua oligostachya}, etc. Great bunch grass, pasture and hay. Far West. {Festuca scabrella}. Guinea grass, hay. South. {Panicum jumentorum}. Herd's grass, in New England Timothy, in Pennsylvania and South Redtop. Indian grass. Same as {Wood grass} (below). Italian rye grass, forage and hay. {Lolium Italicum}. Johnson grass, grazing aud hay. South and Southwest. {Sorghum Halepense}. Kentucky blue grass, pasture. {Poa pratensis}. Lyme grass, coarse hay. South. {Elymus}, several species. Manna grass, pasture and hay. {Glyceria}, several species. Meadow fescue, pasture and hay. {Festuca elatior}. Meadow foxtail, pasture, hay, lawn. North. {Alopecurus pratensis}. Meadow grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Poa}, several species. Mesquite, [or] Muskit grass. Same as {Grama grass} (above). | |
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Indian \In"di*an\ (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. [?], OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. {Hindoo}.] 1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies. 2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk. 3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.] {Indian} bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree ({Persea Indica}). {Indian bean} (Bot.), a name of the catalpa. {Indian berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Cocculus indicus}. {Indian bread}. (Bot.) Same as {Cassava}. {Indian club}, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for gymnastic exercise. {Indian cordage}, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut husk. {Indian corn} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Zea} ({Z. Mays}); the maize, a native of America. See {Corn}, and {Maize}. {Indian cress} (Bot.), nasturtium. See {Nasturtium}, 2. {Indian cucumber} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Medeola} ({M. Virginica}), a common in woods in the United States. The white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers. {Indian currant} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Symphoricarpus} ({S. vulgaris}), bearing small red berries. {Indian dye}, the puccoon. {Indian fig}. (Bot.) (a) The banyan. See {Banyan}. (b) The prickly pear. {Indian file}, single file; arrangement of persons in a row following one after another, the usual way among Indians of traversing woods, especially when on the war path. {Indian fire}, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter, and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light. {Indian grass} (Bot.), a coarse, high grass ({Chrysopogon nutans}), common in the southern portions of the United States; wood grass. --Gray. {Indian hemp}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Apocynum} ({A. cannabinum}), having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark, whence the name. The root it used in medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in properties. (b) The variety of common hemp ({Cannabis Indica}), from which hasheesh is obtained. {Indian mallow} (Bot.), the velvet leaf ({Abutilon Avicenn[91]}). See {Abutilon}. {Indian meal}, ground corn or maize. [U.S.] {Indian millet} (Bot.), a tall annual grass ({Sorghum vulgare}), having many varieties, among which are broom corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It is called also {Guinea corn}. See {Durra}. {Indian ox} (Zo[94]l.), the zebu. {Indian paint}. See {Bloodroot}. {Indian paper}. See {India paper}, under {India}. {Indian physic} (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus {Gillenia} ({G. trifoliata}, and {G. stipulacea}), common in the United States, the roots of which are used in medicine as a mild emetic; -- called also {American ipecac}, and {bowman's root}. --Gray. {Indian pink}. (Bot.) (a) The Cypress vine ({Ipom[d2]a Quamoclit}); -- so called in the West Indies. (b) See {China pink}, under {China}. {Indian pipe} (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb ({Monotropa uniflora}), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying. {Indian plantain} (Bot.), a name given to several species of the genus {Cacalia}, tall herbs with composite white flowers, common through the United States in rich woods. --Gray. {Indian poke} (Bot.), a plant usually known as the {white hellebore} ({Veratrum viride}). {Indian pudding}, a pudding of which the chief ingredients are Indian meal, milk, and molasses. {Indian purple}. (a) A dull purple color. (b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and black. {Indian red}. (a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the Persian Gulf. Called also {Persian red}. (b) See {Almagra}. {Indian rice} (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See {Rice}. {Indian shot} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Canna} ({C. Indica}). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot. See {Canna}. {Indian summer}, in the United States, a period of warm and pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under {Summer}. {Indian tobacco} (Bot.), a species of {Lobelia}. See {Lobelia}. {Indian turnip} (Bot.), an American plant of the genus {Aris[91]ma}. {A. triphyllum} has a wrinkled farinaceous root resembling a small turnip, but with a very acrid juice. See {Jack in the Pulpit}, and {Wake-robin}. {Indian wheat}, maize or Indian corn. {Indian yellow}. (a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but less pure than cadmium. (b) See {Euxanthin}. | |
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Note: {Arabian millet} is {Sorghum Halepense}. {Egyptian [or] East Indian}, {millet} is {Penicillaria spicata}. {Indian millet} is {Sorghum vulgare}. (See under {Indian}.) {Italian millet} is {Setaria Italica}, a coarse, rank-growing annual grass, valuable for fodder when cut young, and bearing nutritive seeds; -- called also {Hungarian grass}. {Texas millet} is {Panicum Texanum}. {Wild millet}, or {Millet grass}, is {Milium effusum}, a tail grass growing in woods. | |
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Sorghum \Sor"ghum\, n. [NL., probably of Chinese origin.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species, {Sorghum Halepense}, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see {Johnson grass}), and {S. vulgare}, the Indian millet (see {Indian millet}, under {Indian}). (b) A variety of {Sorghum vulgare}, grown for its saccharine juice; the Chinese sugar cane. | |
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Durra \Dur"ra\, n. [Ar. dhorra.] (Bot.) A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of {Sorghum vulgare}; -- called also {Indian millet}, and {Guinea corn}. [Written also {dhoorra}, {dhurra}, {doura}, etc.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Broom corn \Broom" corn`\ (Bot.) A variety of {Sorghum vulgare}, having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sorgne \Sor"gne\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The three-beared rocking, or whistlefish. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Soricine \So"ri*cine\, a. [L. sorricinus, fr. sorex a shrew.] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Shrew family (Soricid[91]); like a shrew in form or habits; as, the soricine bat ({Glossophaga soricina}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sour \Sour\, a. [Compar. {Sourer}; superl. {Sourest}.] [OE. sour, sur, AS. s[?]r; akin to D. zuur, G. sauer, OHG. s[?]r, Icel. s[?]rr, Sw. sur, Dan. suur, Lith. suras salt, Russ. surovui harsh, rough. Cf. {Sorrel}, the plant.] 1. Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart. All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite. --Bacon. 2. Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned. 3. Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply. [bd]A sour countenance.[b8] --Swift. He was a scholar . . . Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, But to those men that sought him sweet as summer. --Shak. 4. Afflictive; painful. [bd]Sour adversity.[b8] --Shak. 5. Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh. {Sour dock} (Bot.), sorrel. {Sour gourd} (Bot.), the gourdlike fruit {Adansonia Gregorii}, and {A. digitata}; also, either of the trees bearing this fruit. See {Adansonia}. {Sour grapes}. See under {Grape}. {Sour gum} (Bot.) See {Turelo}. {Sour plum} (Bot.), the edible acid fruit of an Australian tree ({Owenia venosa}); also, the tree itself, which furnished a hard reddish wood used by wheelwrights. Syn: Acid; sharp; tart; acetous; acetose; harsh; acrimonious; crabbed; currish; peevish. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tupelo \Tu"pe*lo\, n. [Tupelo, or tupebo, the native American Indian name.] (Bot.) A North American tree ({Nyssa multiflora}) of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult to split. Called also {black gum}, {sour gum}, and {pepperidge}. {Largo tupelo}, [or] {Tupelo gum} (Bot.), an American tree ({Nyssa uniflora}) with softer wood than the tupelo. {Sour tupelo} (Bot.), the Ogeechee lime. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sour \Sour\, a. [Compar. {Sourer}; superl. {Sourest}.] [OE. sour, sur, AS. s[?]r; akin to D. zuur, G. sauer, OHG. s[?]r, Icel. s[?]rr, Sw. sur, Dan. suur, Lith. suras salt, Russ. surovui harsh, rough. Cf. {Sorrel}, the plant.] 1. Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart. All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite. --Bacon. 2. Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned. 3. Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply. [bd]A sour countenance.[b8] --Swift. He was a scholar . . . Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, But to those men that sought him sweet as summer. --Shak. 4. Afflictive; painful. [bd]Sour adversity.[b8] --Shak. 5. Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh. {Sour dock} (Bot.), sorrel. {Sour gourd} (Bot.), the gourdlike fruit {Adansonia Gregorii}, and {A. digitata}; also, either of the trees bearing this fruit. See {Adansonia}. {Sour grapes}. See under {Grape}. {Sour gum} (Bot.) See {Turelo}. {Sour plum} (Bot.), the edible acid fruit of an Australian tree ({Owenia venosa}); also, the tree itself, which furnished a hard reddish wood used by wheelwrights. Syn: Acid; sharp; tart; acetous; acetose; harsh; acrimonious; crabbed; currish; peevish. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tupelo \Tu"pe*lo\, n. [Tupelo, or tupebo, the native American Indian name.] (Bot.) A North American tree ({Nyssa multiflora}) of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult to split. Called also {black gum}, {sour gum}, and {pepperidge}. {Largo tupelo}, [or] {Tupelo gum} (Bot.), an American tree ({Nyssa uniflora}) with softer wood than the tupelo. {Sour tupelo} (Bot.), the Ogeechee lime. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Square \Square\, a. 1. (Geom.) Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure. 2. Forming a right angle; as, a square corner. 3. Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame. 4. Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just. She's a most truimphant lady, if report be square to her. --Shak. 5. Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square dealing. 6. Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square. 7. Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous. By Heaven, square eaters. More meat, I say. --Beau. & Fl. 8. (Naut.) At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; -- said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced. Note: Square is often used in self-explaining compounds or combination, as in square-built, square-cornered, square-cut, square-nosed, etc. {Square foot}, an area equal to that of a square the sides of which are twelwe inches; 144 square inches. {Square knot}, a knot in which the terminal and standing parts are parallel to each other; a reef knot. See Illust. under {Knot}. {Square measure}, the measure of a superficies or surface which depends on the length and breadth taken conjointly. The units of square measure are squares whose sides are the linear measures; as, square inches, square feet, square meters, etc. {Square number}. See {square}, n., 6. {Square root of a number} [or] {quantity} (Math.), that number or quantity which, multiplied by itself produces the given number or quantity. {Square sail} (Naut.), a four-sided sail extended upon a yard suspended by the middle; sometimes, the foresail of a schooner set upon a yard; also, a cutter's or sloop's sail boomed out. See Illust. of {Sail}. {Square stern} (Naut.), a stern having a transom and joining the counter timbers at an angle, as distinguished from a round stern, which has no transom. {Three-square}, {Five-square}, etc., having three, five, etc., equal sides; as, a three-square file. {To get square with}, to get even with; to pay off. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surcingle \Sur"cin`gle\, n. [OE. sursengle, OF. sursangle. See {Sur-}, and {Cingle}, {Shingles}.] 1. A belt, band, or girth which passes over a saddle, or over anything laid on a horse's back, to bind it fast. 2. (Eccl.) The girdle of a cassock, by which it is fastened round the waist. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surcingled \Sur"cin`gled\, a. Bound with the surcingle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surgent \Sur"gent\, a. [L. surgens, p. pr.] Rising; swelling, as a flood. [R.] --Robert Greene. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surgeon \Sur"geon\, n. [OE. surgien, OF. surgien, contr. fr. chirurgien. See {Chirurgeon}.] 1. One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of ch[91]todont fishes of the family {Teuthid[91]}, or {Acanthurid[91]}, which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also {surgeon fish}, {doctor fish}, {lancet fish}, and {sea surgeon}. {Surgeon apothecary}, one who unites the practice of surgery with that of the apothecary. --Dunglison. {Surgeon dentist}, a dental surgeon; a dentist. {Surgeon fish}. See def. 2, above. {Surgeon general}. (a) In the United States army, the chief of the medical department. (b) In the British army, a surgeon ranking next below the chief of the medical department. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surgeon \Sur"geon\, n. [OE. surgien, OF. surgien, contr. fr. chirurgien. See {Chirurgeon}.] 1. One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of ch[91]todont fishes of the family {Teuthid[91]}, or {Acanthurid[91]}, which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also {surgeon fish}, {doctor fish}, {lancet fish}, and {sea surgeon}. {Surgeon apothecary}, one who unites the practice of surgery with that of the apothecary. --Dunglison. {Surgeon dentist}, a dental surgeon; a dentist. {Surgeon fish}. See def. 2, above. {Surgeon general}. (a) In the United States army, the chief of the medical department. (b) In the British army, a surgeon ranking next below the chief of the medical department. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jacana \Jac"a*na`\, n. [Cf. Sp. jacania.] (Zo[94]l.) Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus {Jacana} and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the wings. They are able to run about over floating water weeds by means of their very long, spreading toes. Called also {surgeon bird}. Note: The most common South American species is {Jacana spinosa}. The East Indian or pheasant jacana ({Hydrophasianus chirurgus}) is remarkable for having four very long, curved, middle tail feathers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surgeon \Sur"geon\, n. [OE. surgien, OF. surgien, contr. fr. chirurgien. See {Chirurgeon}.] 1. One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of ch[91]todont fishes of the family {Teuthid[91]}, or {Acanthurid[91]}, which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also {surgeon fish}, {doctor fish}, {lancet fish}, and {sea surgeon}. {Surgeon apothecary}, one who unites the practice of surgery with that of the apothecary. --Dunglison. {Surgeon dentist}, a dental surgeon; a dentist. {Surgeon fish}. See def. 2, above. {Surgeon general}. (a) In the United States army, the chief of the medical department. (b) In the British army, a surgeon ranking next below the chief of the medical department. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surgeon \Sur"geon\, n. [OE. surgien, OF. surgien, contr. fr. chirurgien. See {Chirurgeon}.] 1. One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of ch[91]todont fishes of the family {Teuthid[91]}, or {Acanthurid[91]}, which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also {surgeon fish}, {doctor fish}, {lancet fish}, and {sea surgeon}. {Surgeon apothecary}, one who unites the practice of surgery with that of the apothecary. --Dunglison. {Surgeon dentist}, a dental surgeon; a dentist. {Surgeon fish}. See def. 2, above. {Surgeon general}. (a) In the United States army, the chief of the medical department. (b) In the British army, a surgeon ranking next below the chief of the medical department. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surgeon \Sur"geon\, n. [OE. surgien, OF. surgien, contr. fr. chirurgien. See {Chirurgeon}.] 1. One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of ch[91]todont fishes of the family {Teuthid[91]}, or {Acanthurid[91]}, which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also {surgeon fish}, {doctor fish}, {lancet fish}, and {sea surgeon}. {Surgeon apothecary}, one who unites the practice of surgery with that of the apothecary. --Dunglison. {Surgeon dentist}, a dental surgeon; a dentist. {Surgeon fish}. See def. 2, above. {Surgeon general}. (a) In the United States army, the chief of the medical department. (b) In the British army, a surgeon ranking next below the chief of the medical department. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surgeon \Sur"geon\, n. [OE. surgien, OF. surgien, contr. fr. chirurgien. See {Chirurgeon}.] 1. One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of ch[91]todont fishes of the family {Teuthid[91]}, or {Acanthurid[91]}, which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also {surgeon fish}, {doctor fish}, {lancet fish}, and {sea surgeon}. {Surgeon apothecary}, one who unites the practice of surgery with that of the apothecary. --Dunglison. {Surgeon dentist}, a dental surgeon; a dentist. {Surgeon fish}. See def. 2, above. {Surgeon general}. (a) In the United States army, the chief of the medical department. (b) In the British army, a surgeon ranking next below the chief of the medical department. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surgeoncy \Sur"geon*cy\, n. The office or employment of a surgeon, as in the naval or military service. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surgeonry \Sur"geon*ry\, n. Surgery. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surge \Surge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surging}.] [Cf. F. surgir to cast anchor, to land. Cf. {Surge}, n.] (Naut.) To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surrejoin \Sur`re*join"\, v. i. [Pref. sur + rejoin.] (Law) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surrejoinder \Sur`re*join"der\, n. (Law) The answer of a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sursanure \Sur"sa*nure\, n. [(Assumed) OF. sursane[81]re. See {Sur-}, and {Sane}.] A wound healed or healing outwardly only. [Obs.] Of a sursanure In surgery is perilous the cure. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surseance \Sur"se*ance\, n. [OF., fr. OF. & F. surseoir. See {Surcease}.] Peace; quiet. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Syriasm \Syr"i*asm\, n. A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism; a Syriacism. --M. Stuart. The Scripture Greek is observed to be full of Syriasms and Hebraisms. --Bp. Warburton. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
S Richmond Hill, NY Zip code(s): 11419 | |
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Sargeant, MN (city, FIPS 58576) Location: 43.80559 N, 92.80091 W Population (1990): 78 (34 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55973 | |
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Sargent, NE (city, FIPS 43685) Location: 41.64095 N, 99.36996 W Population (1990): 710 (366 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68874 Sargent, TX Zip code(s): 77414 | |
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Sargent County, ND (county, FIPS 81) Location: 46.10662 N, 97.62928 W Population (1990): 4549 (2057 housing units) Area: 2224.3 sq km (land), 21.6 sq km (water) | |
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Sargentville, ME Zip code(s): 04673 | |
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Sawyer County, WI (county, FIPS 113) Location: 45.89860 N, 91.14214 W Population (1990): 14181 (13025 housing units) Area: 3254.4 sq km (land), 243.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Schoharie County, NY (county, FIPS 95) Location: 42.59097 N, 74.43934 W Population (1990): 31859 (14431 housing units) Area: 1610.6 sq km (land), 11.2 sq km (water) | |
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Scroggins, TX Zip code(s): 75480 | |
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Scurry County, TX (county, FIPS 415) Location: 32.74583 N, 100.91670 W Population (1990): 18634 (7702 housing units) Area: 2337.7 sq km (land), 13.0 sq km (water) | |
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Searsmont, ME Zip code(s): 04973 | |
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Sergeant Bluff, IA (city, FIPS 71625) Location: 42.40065 N, 96.35559 W Population (1990): 2772 (922 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51054 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sierra County, CA (county, FIPS 91) Location: 39.59074 N, 120.49915 W Population (1990): 3318 (2166 housing units) Area: 2469.4 sq km (land), 22.3 sq km (water) Sierra County, NM (county, FIPS 51) Location: 33.13560 N, 107.18584 W Population (1990): 9912 (6457 housing units) Area: 10827.5 sq km (land), 145.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Surgoinsville, TN (town, FIPS 72380) Location: 36.47332 N, 82.85792 W Population (1990): 1499 (625 housing units) Area: 10.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37873 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Surry County, NC (county, FIPS 171) Location: 36.41541 N, 80.68690 W Population (1990): 61704 (26022 housing units) Area: 1389.7 sq km (land), 3.2 sq km (water) Surry County, VA (county, FIPS 181) Location: 37.11982 N, 76.89054 W Population (1990): 6145 (2982 housing units) Area: 722.9 sq km (land), 80.9 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
search-and-destroy mode n. Hackerism for a noninteractive search-and-replace facility in an editor, so called because an incautiously chosen match pattern can cause {infinite} damage. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SCSI reconnect transactions before earlier ones have completed. A target or initiator can disconnect from the bus when it experiences a delay in completing a task so that another device can use the bus. It can reconnect later and complete the task. (1999-02-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
search engine accessible program that lets you do keyword searches for information on the {Internet}. There are several types of search engine; the search may cover titles of documents, {URL}s, headers, or the {full text}. {A list of search engines (http://cuiwww.unige.ch/meta-index.html#MISC)}, Centre Universitaire d'Informatique at the University of Geneva (1995-11-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
search-and-destroy mode Hackerism for a noninteractive search-and-replace facility in an editor, so called because an incautiously chosen match pattern can cause {infinite} damage. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SRC Modula-3 Version 2.11 compiler(->C), run-time, library, documentation The goal of Modula-3 is to be as simple and safe as it can be while meeting the needs of modern systems programmers. Instead of exploring new features, we studied the features of the Modula family of languages that have proven themselves in practice and tried to simplify them into a harmonious language. We found that most of the successful features were aimed at one of two main goals: greater robustness, and a simpler, more systematic type system. Modula-3 retains one of Modula-2's most successful features, the provision for explicit interfaces between modules. It adds objects and classes, exception handling, garbage collection, lightweight processes (or threads), and the isolation of unsafe features. conformance: implements the language defined in SPwM3. ports: i386/AIX 68020/DomainOS Acorn/RISCiX MIPS/Ultrix 68020/HP-UX RS/6000/AIX IBMRT/4.3 68000/NEXTSTEP i860/SVR4 SPARC/SunOS 68020/SunOS sun386/SunOS Multimax/4.3 VAX/Ultrix Mailing list: comp.lang.modula3 E-mail: Bill Kalsow From DEC/SRC, Palo Alto, CA. "Modula-3 Report (revised)" Luca Cardelli et al. {(ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/DEC/Modula-3/)}. (1992/02/09) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sargon (In the inscriptions, "Sarra-yukin" [the god] has appointed the king; also "Sarru-kinu," the legitimate king.) On the death of Shalmaneser (B.C. 723), one of the Assyrian generals established himself on the vacant throne, taking the name of "Sargon," after that of the famous monarch, the Sargon of Accad, founder of the first Semitic empire, as well as of one of the most famous libraries of Chaldea. He forthwith began a conquering career, and became one of the most powerful of the Assyrian monarchs. He is mentioned by name in the Bible only in connection with the siege of Ashdod (Isa. 20:1). At the very beginning of his reign he besieged and took the city of Samaria (2 Kings 17:6; 18:9-12). On an inscription found in the palace he built at Khorsabad, near Nieveh, he says, "The city of Samaria I besieged, I took; 27,280 of its inhabitants I carried away; fifty chariots that were among them I collected," etc. The northern kingdom he changed into an Assyrian satrapy. He afterwards drove Merodach-baladan (q.v.), who kept him at bay for twelve years, out of Babylon, which he entered in triumph. By a succession of victories he gradually enlarged and consolidated the empire, which now extended from the frontiers of Egypt in the west to the mountains of Elam in the east, and thus carried almost to completion the ambitious designs of Tiglath-pileser (q.v.). He was murdered by one of his own soldiers (B.C. 705) in his palace at Khorsabad, after a reign of sixteen years, and was succeeded by his son Sennacherib. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Scourging (1 Kings 12:11). Variously administered. In no case were the stripes to exceed forty (Deut. 25:3; comp. 2 Cor. 11:24). In the time of the apostles, in consequence of the passing of what was called the Porcian law, no Roman citizen could be scourged in any case (Acts 16:22-37). (See {BASTINADO}.) In the scourging of our Lord (Matt. 27:26; Mark 15:15) the words of prophecy (Isa. 53:5) were fulfilled. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sergeants Acts 16:35, 38 (R.V., "lictors"), officers who attended the magistrates and assisted them in the execution of justice. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Sargon, who takes away protection |