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Lake \Lake\, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea, Icel. l[94]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. [?] pond, tank. Cf. {Loch}, {Lough}.] A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area. Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually no outlet to the ocean. {Lake dwellers} (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of Switzerland. {Lake dwellings} (Arch[91]ol.), dwellings built over a lake, sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many savage tribes. Called also {lacustrine dwellings}. See {Crannog}. {Lake fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus {Chironomus}. In form they resemble mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larv[91] live in lakes. {Lake herring} (Zo[94]l.), the cisco ({Coregonus Artedii}). {Lake poets}, {Lake school}, a collective name originally applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey, Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed with these by hostile critics. Called also {lakers} and {lakists}. {Lake sturgeon} (Zo[94]l.), a sturgeon ({Acipenser rubicundus}), of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. It is used as food. {Lake trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of trout and salmon; in Europe, esp. {Salmo fario}; in the United States, esp. {Salvelinus namaycush} of the Great Lakes, and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and Canada. A large variety of brook trout ({S. fontinalis}), inhabiting many lakes in New England, is also called lake trout. See {Namaycush}. {Lake whitefish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whitefish}. {Lake whiting} (Zo[94]l.), an American whitefish ({Coregonus Labradoricus}), found in many lakes in the Northern United States and Canada. It is more slender than the common whitefish. | |
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Sapan wood \Sa*pan" wood\ [Malay sapang.] (Bot.) A dyewood yielded by {C[91]salpinia Sappan}, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands. It is the original Brazil wood. [Written also {sappan wood}.] | |
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Sapient \Sa"pi*ent\, a. [L. sapiens, -entis, p. pr. of sapere to taste, to have sense, to know. See {Sage}, a.] Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in irony or contempt. Where the sapient king Held dalliance with his fair Egyptian spouse. --Milton. Syn: Sage; sagacious; knowing; wise; discerning. | |
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Sapiential \Sa`pi*en"tial\, a. [L. sapientialis.] Having or affording wisdom. -- {Sa`pi*en"tial*ly}, adv. The sapiential books of the Old [Testament]. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Sapiential \Sa`pi*en"tial\, a. [L. sapientialis.] Having or affording wisdom. -- {Sa`pi*en"tial*ly}, adv. The sapiential books of the Old [Testament]. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Sapientious \Sa`pi*en"tious\, a. Sapiential. [Obs.] | |
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Sapientize \Sa"pi*ent*ize\, v. t. To make sapient. [R.] --Coleridge. | |
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Sapiently \Sa"pi*ent*ly\, adv. In a sapient manner. | |
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Sapindaceous \Sap`in*da"ceous\, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to an order of trees and shrubs ({Sapindace[91]}), including the (typical) genus Sapindus, the maples, the margosa, and about seventy other genera. | |
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Soapberry tree \Soap"ber`ry tree`\ (Bot.) Any tree of the genus {Sapindus}, esp. {Sapindus saponaria}, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen; -- also called {soap tree}. | |
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Saponite \Sap"o*nite\, n. [Sw. saponit, fr. L. sapo, -onis, soap.] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of magnesia and alumina. It occurs in soft, soapy, amorphous masses, filling veins in serpentine and cavities in trap rock. | |
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Sapan wood \Sa*pan" wood\ [Malay sapang.] (Bot.) A dyewood yielded by {C[91]salpinia Sappan}, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands. It is the original Brazil wood. [Written also {sappan wood}.] | |
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Sappan wood \Sap*pan" wood"\ Sapan wood. | |
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Sapan wood \Sa*pan" wood\ [Malay sapang.] (Bot.) A dyewood yielded by {C[91]salpinia Sappan}, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands. It is the original Brazil wood. [Written also {sappan wood}.] | |
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Sappan wood \Sap*pan" wood"\ Sapan wood. | |
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Sauba ant \Sau"ba ant`\ (Zo[94]l.) A South American ant ({[d1]codoma cephalotes}) remarkable for having two large kinds of workers besides the ordinary ones, and for the immense size of its formicaries. The sauba ant cuts off leaves of plants and carries them into its subterranean nests, and thus often does great damage by defoliating trees and cultivated plants. | |
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Wattle \Wat"tle\, n. [AS. watel, watul, watol, hurdle, covering, wattle; cf. OE. watel a bag. Cf. {Wallet}.] 1. A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods. And there he built with wattles from the marsh A little lonely church in days of yore. --Tennyson. 2. A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored, process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile. (b) Barbel of a fish. 4. (a) The astringent bark of several Australian trees of the genus {Acacia}, used in tanning; -- called also {wattle bark}. (b) (Bot.) The trees from which the bark is obtained. See {Savanna wattle}, under {Savanna}. {Wattle turkey}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Brush turkey}. | |
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Savanna \Sa*van"na\, n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Sp. sabana, F. savane.] A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees. [Spelt also {savannah}.] Savannahs are clear pieces of land without woods. --Dampier. {Savanna flower} (Bot.), a West Indian name for several climbing apocyneous plants of the genus {Echites}. {Savanna sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), an American sparrow ({Ammodramus sandwichensis} or {Passerculus savanna}) of which several varieties are found on grassy plains from Alaska to the Eastern United States. {Savanna wattle} (Bot.), a name of two West Indian trees of the genus {Citharexylum}. | |
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d8Savant \[d8]Sa`vant"\, n.; pl. {Savants} (F. [?]; E. [?]). [F., fr. savoir to know, L. sapere. See {Sage}, a.] A man of learning; one versed in literature or science; a person eminent for acquirements. | |
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Licorice \Lic"o*rice\ (l[icr]k"[osl]*r[icr]s), n. [OE. licoris, through old French, fr. L. liquiritia, corrupted fr. glycyrrhiza, Gr. glyky`rriza; glyky`s sweet + "ri`za root. Cf. {Glycerin}, {Glycyrrhiza}, {Wort}.] [Written also {liquorice}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Glycyrrhiza} ({G. glabra}), the root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions. 2. The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a confection and for medicinal purposes. {Licorice fern} (Bot.), a name of several kinds of polypody which have rootstocks of a sweetish flavor. {Licorice sugar}. (Chem.) See {Glycyrrhizin}. {Licorice weed} (Bot.), the tropical plant {Scapania dulcis}. {Mountain licorice} (Bot.), a kind of clover ({Trifolium alpinum}), found in the Alps. It has large purplish flowers and a sweetish perennial rootstock. {Wild licorice}. (Bot.) (a) The North American perennial herb {Glycyrrhiza lepidota}. (b) Certain broad-leaved cleavers ({Galium circ[91]zans} and {G. lanceolatum}). (c) The leguminous climber {Abrus precatorius}, whose scarlet and black seeds are called {black-eyed Susans}. Its roots are used as a substitute for those of true licorice ({Glycyrrhiza glabra}). | |
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Scaphander \Sca*phan"der\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], anything hollowed + [?], [?], a man: cf. F. scaphandre.] The case, or impermeable apparel, in which a diver can work while under water. | |
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Scoop \Scoop\, n. [OE. scope, of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. skopa, akin to D. schop a shovel, G. sch[81]ppe, and also to E. shove. See {Shovel}.] 1. A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats. 2. A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine. 3. (Surg.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies. 4. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow. Some had lain in the scoop of the rock. --J. R. Drake. 5. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop. 6. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling. {Scoop net}, a kind of hand net, used in fishing; also, a net for sweeping the bottom of a river. {Scoop wheel}, a wheel for raising water, having scoops or buckets attached to its circumference; a tympanum. | |
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Seabound \Sea"bound`\, a. Bounded by the sea. | |
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Seventeen \Sev"en*teen`\, a. [OE. seventene, AS. seofont[ymac]ne, i. e., seven-ten. Cf. {Seventy}.] One more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years. | |
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Seventeen \Sev"en*teen`\, n. 1. The number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and seven; seventeen units or objects. 2. A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii. | |
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Cicada \Ci*ca"da\ (s[icr]*k[amac]"d[adot]), n.; pl. E. {Cicadas} (-d[adot]z), L. {Cicad[91]} (-d[emac]). [L.] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of the genus {Cicada}. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by peculiar organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of a pair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A noted American species ({C. septendecim}) is called the {seventeen year locust}. Another common species is the {dogday cicada}. | |
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Seventeenth \Sev"en*teenth`\, a. [From {Seventeen}: cf. AS. seofonte[a2][edh]a, seofonteoge[edh]a.] 1. Next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others. In . . . the seventeenth day of the month . . . were all the fountains of the great deep broken up. --Gen. vii. 11. 2. Constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided. | |
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Seventeenth \Sev"en*teenth`\, n. 1. The next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others. 2. The quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole. 3. (Mus.) An interval of two octaves and a third. | |
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Seventh \Sev"enth\, n. 1. One next in order after the sixth; one coming after six others. 2. The quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided. 3. (Mus.) (a) An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale. (b) A chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished. | |
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Seventh \Sev"enth\, a. [From {Seven}: cf. AS. seofo[edh]a.] 1. Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others. On the seventh day, God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. --Gen. ii. 2. 2. Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the seventh part. {Seventh day}, the seventh day of the week; Saturday. {Seventh-day Baptists}. See under {Baptist}. | |
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Seventh \Sev"enth\, a. [From {Seven}: cf. AS. seofo[edh]a.] 1. Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others. On the seventh day, God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. --Gen. ii. 2. 2. Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the seventh part. {Seventh day}, the seventh day of the week; Saturday. {Seventh-day Baptists}. See under {Baptist}. | |
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Sabbatarian \Sab`ba*ta"ri*an\, n. [L. Sabbatarius: cf. F. sabbataire. See {Sabbath}.] 1. One who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week as holy, agreeably to the letter of the fourth commandment in the Decalogue. Note: There were Christians in the early church who held this opinion, and certain Christians, esp. the {Seventh-day Baptists}, hold it now. 2. A strict observer of the Sabbath. | |
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Seventh \Sev"enth\, a. [From {Seven}: cf. AS. seofo[edh]a.] 1. Next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others. On the seventh day, God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. --Gen. ii. 2. 2. Constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the seventh part. {Seventh day}, the seventh day of the week; Saturday. {Seventh-day Baptists}. See under {Baptist}. | |
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Baptist \Bap"tist\, n. [L. baptista, G. [?]] 1. One who administers baptism; -- specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ. --Milton. 2. One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that baptism should be administered to believers alone, and should be by immersion. See {Anabaptist}. Note: In doctrine the Baptists of this country [the United States] are Calvinistic, but with much freedom and moderation. --Amer. Cyc. {Freewill Baptists}, a sect of Baptists who are Arminian in doctrine, and practice open communion. {Seventh-day Baptists}, a sect of Baptists who keep the seventh day of the week, or Saturday, as the Sabbath. See {Sabbatarian}. The Dunkers and Campbellites are also Baptists. | |
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Dunker \Dun"ker\, n. [G. tunken to dip.] One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers; -- called also {Tunkers}, {Dunkards}, {Dippers}, and, by themselves, {Brethren}, and {German Baptists}. Note: The denomination was founded in Germany in 1708, but after a few years the members emigrated to the United States. {Seventh-day Dunkers}, a sect which separated from the Dunkers and formed a community, in 1728. They keep the seventh day or Saturday as the Sabbath. | |
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Seven-thirties \Sev`en-thir"ties\, n. pl. A name given to three several issues of United States Treasury notes, made during the Civil War, in denominations of $50 and over, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent annually. Within a few years they were all redeemed or funded. | |
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Seventhly \Sev"enth*ly\, adv. In the seventh place. | |
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Seventy \Sev"en*ty\, n.; pl. {Seventies}. 1. The sum of seven times ten; seventy units or objects. 2. A symbol representing seventy units, as 70, or lxx. {The Seventy}, the translators of the Greek version of the Old Testament called the Septuagint. See {Septuagint}. | |
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Seventieth \Sev"en*ti*eth\, a. [AS. hund-seofontigo[edh]a.] 1. Next in order after the sixty-ninth; as, a man in the seventieth year of his age. 2. Constituting or being one of seventy equal parts. | |
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Seventieth \Sev"en*ti*eth\, n. 1. One next in order after the sixty-ninth. 2. The quotient of a unit divided by seventy; one of seventy equal parts or fractions. | |
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Seventy \Sev"en*ty\, a. [AS. hund-seofontig. See {Seven}, and {Ten}, and cf. {Seventeen}, {Sixty}.] Seven times ten; one more than sixty-nine. | |
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Seventy \Sev"en*ty\, n.; pl. {Seventies}. 1. The sum of seven times ten; seventy units or objects. 2. A symbol representing seventy units, as 70, or lxx. {The Seventy}, the translators of the Greek version of the Old Testament called the Septuagint. See {Septuagint}. | |
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Seventy-four \Sev`en*ty-four"\, n. (Naut.) A naval vessel carrying seventy-four guns. | |
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Shebander \Sheb"an*der\, n. [Per. sh[be]hbandar.] A harbor master, or ruler of a port, in the East Indies. [Written also {shebunder}.] | |
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Shebander \Sheb"an*der\, n. [Per. sh[be]hbandar.] A harbor master, or ruler of a port, in the East Indies. [Written also {shebunder}.] | |
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3. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] --Tyndale. {Armed ship}, a private ship taken into the service of the government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a ship of war. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {General ship}. See under {General}. {Ship biscuit}, hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard; -- called also {ship bread}. See {Hardtack}. {Ship boy}, a boy who serves in a ship. [bd]Seal up the ship boy's eyes.[b8] --Shak. {Ship breaker}, one who breaks up vessels when unfit for further use. {Ship broker}, a mercantile agent employed in buying and selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port. {Ship canal}, a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing vessels. {Ship carpenter}, a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a shipwright. {Ship chandler}, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other, furniture of vessels. {Ship chandlery}, the commodities in which a ship chandler deals; also, the business of a ship chandler. {Ship fever} (Med.), a form of typhus fever; -- called also {putrid, jail, [or] hospital fever}. {Ship joiner}, a joiner who works upon ships. {Ship letter}, a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet. {Ship money} (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I. to revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden, and was one of the causes which led to the death of Charles. It was finally abolished. {Ship of the line}. See under {Line}. {Ship pendulum}, a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent of the rolling and pitching of a vessel. {Ship railway}. (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for repairs. (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels overland between two water courses or harbors. {Ship's company}, the crew of a ship or other vessel. {Ship's days}, the days allowed a vessel for loading or unloading. {Ship's husband}. See under {Husband}. {Ship's papers} (Mar. Law), papers with which a vessel is required by law to be provided, and the production of which may be required on certain occasions. Among these papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll, bill of health, etc. --Bouvier. --Kent. {To make ship}, to embark in a ship or other vessel. | |
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Shipmate \Ship"mate`\, n. One who serves on board of the same ship with another; a fellow sailor. | |
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Shopmaid \Shop"maid`\, n. A shopgirl. | |
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Show \Show\, n. [Formerly written also shew.] 1. The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition. 2. That which os shown, or brought to view; that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition; as, a traveling show; a cattle show. As for triumphs, masks, feasts, and such shows. --Bacon. 3. Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp. I envy none their pageantry and show. --Young. 4. Semblance; likeness; appearance. He through the midst unmarked, In show plebeian angel militant Of lowest order, passed. --Milton. 5. False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense. Beware of the scribes, . . . which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers. --Luke xx. 46. 47. 6. (Med.) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor. 7. (Mining) A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp. --Raymond. {Show bill}, a broad sheet containing an advertisement in large letters. {Show box}, a box xontaining some object of curiosity carried round as a show. {Show card}, an advertising placard; also, a card for displaying samples. {Show case}, a gla[?]ed case, box, or cabinet for displaying and protecting shopkeepers' wares, articles on exhibition in museums, etc. {Show glass}, a glass which displays objects; a mirror. {Show of hands}, a raising of hands to indicate judgment; as, the vote was taken by a show of hands. {Show stone}, a piece of glass or crystal supposed to have the property of exhibiting images of persons or things not present, indicating in that way future events. | |
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Siphonate \Si"phon*ate\, a. 1. Having a siphon or siphons. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Belonging to the Siphonata. | |
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Siphonet \Si"phon*et\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the two dorsal tubular organs on the hinder part of the abdomen of aphids. They give exit to the honeydew. See Illust. under {Aphis}. | |
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d8Siphonata \[d8]Si`pho*na"ta\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior mantle border is prolonged into two tubes or siphons. Called also {Siphoniata}. See {Siphon}, 2 (a), and {Quahaug}. | |
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{Skew pantograph}, a kind of pantograph for drawing a copy which is inclined with respect to the original figure; -- also called {plagiograph}. | |
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Soap \Soap\, n. [OE. sope, AS. s[be]pe; akin to D. zeep, G. seife, OHG. seifa, Icel. s[be]pa, Sw. s[?]pa, Dan. s[?]be, and perhaps to AS. s[c6]pan to drip, MHG. s[c6]fen, and L. sebum tallow. Cf. {Saponaceous}.] A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. {Saponification}. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not. Note: In general, soaps are of two classes, hard and soft. Calcium, magnesium, lead, etc., form soaps, but they are insoluble and useless. The purifying action of soap depends upon the fact that it is decomposed by a large quantity of water into free alkali and an insoluble acid salt. The first of these takes away the fatty dirt on washing, and the latter forms the soap lather which envelops the greasy matter and thus tends to remove it. --Roscoe & Schorlemmer. {Castile soap}, a fine-grained hard soap, white or mottled, made of olive oil and soda; -- called also {Marseilles, [or] Venetian, soap}. {Hard soap}, any one of a great variety of soaps, of different ingredients and color, which are hard and compact. All solid soaps are of this class. {Lead soap}, an insoluble, white, pliable soap made by saponifying an oil (olive oil) with lead oxide; -- used externally in medicine. Called also {lead plaster}, {diachylon}, etc. {Marine soap}. See under {Marine}. {Pills of soap} (Med.), pills containing soap and opium. {Potash soap}, any soap made with potash, esp. the soft soaps, and a hard soap made from potash and castor oil. {Pumice soap}, any hard soap charged with a gritty powder, as silica, alumina, powdered pumice, etc., which assists mechanically in the removal of dirt. {Resin soap}, a yellow soap containing resin, -- used in bleaching. {Silicated soap}, a cheap soap containing water glass (sodium silicate). {Soap bark}. (Bot.) See {Quillaia bark}. {Soap bubble}, a hollow iridescent globe, formed by blowing a film of soap suds from a pipe; figuratively, something attractive, but extremely unsubstantial. This soap bubble of the metaphysicians. --J. C. Shairp. {Soap cerate}, a cerate formed of soap, olive oil, white wax, and the subacetate of lead, sometimes used as an application to allay inflammation. {Soap fat}, the refuse fat of kitchens, slaughter houses, etc., used in making soap. {Soap liniment} (Med.), a liniment containing soap, camphor, and alcohol. {Soap nut}, the hard kernel or seed of the fruit of the soapberry tree, -- used for making beads, buttons, etc. {Soap plant} (Bot.), one of several plants used in the place of soap, as the {Chlorogalum pomeridianum}, a California plant, the bulb of which, when stripped of its husk and rubbed on wet clothes, makes a thick lather, and smells not unlike new brown soap. It is called also {soap apple}, {soap bulb}, and {soap weed}. {Soap tree}. (Bot.) Same as {Soapberry tree}. {Soda soap}, a soap containing a sodium salt. The soda soaps are all hard soaps. {Soft soap}, a soap of a gray or brownish yellow color, and of a slimy, jellylike consistence, made from potash or the lye from wood ashes. It is strongly alkaline and often contains glycerin, and is used in scouring wood, in cleansing linen, in dyehouses, etc. Figuratively, flattery; wheedling; blarney. [Colloq.] {Toilet soap}, hard soap for the toilet, usually colored and perfumed. | |
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Spandogs \Span"dogs`\, n. pl. A pair of grappling dogs for hoisting logs and timber. | |
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Spandrel \Span"drel\, n. [From {Span}.] 1. (Arch.) The irregular triangular space between the curve of an arch and the inclosing right angle; or the space between the outer moldings of two contiguous arches and a horizontal line above them, or another arch above and inclosing them. 2. A narrow mat or passe partout for a picture. [Cant] | |
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Span \Span\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spanned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spanning}.] [AS. pannan; akin to D. & G. spannen, OHG. spannan, Sw. sp[84]nna, Dan. sp[91]nde, Icel. spenna, and perh. to Gr. [?] to draw, to drag, L. spatium space. [root]170. Cf. {Spin}, v. t., {Space}, {Spasm}.] 1. To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder. My right hand hath spanned the heavens. --Isa. xiviii. 13. 2. To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch. The rivers were spanned by arches of solid masonry. --prescott. 3. To fetter, as a horse; to hobble. | |
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Spawn \Spawn\, n. [[root]170. See {Spawn}, v. t.] 1. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals. 2. Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously. 3. (Hort.) The buds or branches produced from underground stems. 4. (Bot.) The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi. {Spawn eater} (Zo[94]l.), a small American cyprinoid fish ({Notropis Hudsonius}) allied to the dace. | |
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Spawn \Spawn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spawning}.] [OE. spanen, OF. espandre, properly, to shed, spread, L. expandere to spread out. See {Expand}.] 1. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do. 2. To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt. One edition [of books] spawneth another. --Fuller. | |
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Spend \Spend\, v. i. 1. To expend money or any other possession; to consume, use, waste, or part with, anything; as, he who gets easily spends freely. He spends as a person who knows that he must come to a reckoning. --South. 2. To waste or wear away; to be consumed; to lose force or strength; to vanish; as, energy spends in the using of it. The sound spendeth and is dissipated in the open air. --Bacon. 3. To be diffused; to spread. The vines that they use for wine are so often cut, that their sap spendeth into the grapes. --Bacon. 4. (Mining) To break ground; to continue working. | |
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Spend \Spend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spending}.] [AS. spendan (in comp.), fr. L. expendere or dispendere to weigh out, to expend, dispense. See {Pendant}, and cf. {Dispend}, {Expend}, {Spence}, {Spencer}.] 1. To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing. Spend thou that in the town. --Shak. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? --Isa. lv. 2. | |
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Spender \Spen"der\, n. One who spends; esp., one who spends lavishly; a prodigal; a spendthrift. | |
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Spend \Spend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spending}.] [AS. spendan (in comp.), fr. L. expendere or dispendere to weigh out, to expend, dispense. See {Pendant}, and cf. {Dispend}, {Expend}, {Spence}, {Spencer}.] 1. To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing. Spend thou that in the town. --Shak. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? --Isa. lv. 2. | |
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Spending \Spend"ing\, n. The act of expending; expenditure. {Spending money}, money set apart for extra (not necessary) personal expenses; pocket money. [Colloq.] | |
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Spending \Spend"ing\, n. The act of expending; expenditure. {Spending money}, money set apart for extra (not necessary) personal expenses; pocket money. [Colloq.] | |
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Spendthrift \Spend"thrift`\, n. One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively. A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. --Mrs. R. H. Davis. | |
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Spendthrift \Spend"thrift\, a. Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful. | |
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Spendthrifty \Spend"thrift`y\, a. Spendthrift; prodigal. [R.] | |
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Spend \Spend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spending}.] [AS. spendan (in comp.), fr. L. expendere or dispendere to weigh out, to expend, dispense. See {Pendant}, and cf. {Dispend}, {Expend}, {Spence}, {Spencer}.] 1. To weigh or lay out; to dispose of; to part with; as, to spend money for clothing. Spend thou that in the town. --Shak. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? --Isa. lv. 2. | |
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Spent \Spent\ (sp[ecr]nt), a. 1. Exhausted; worn out; having lost energy or motive force. Now thou seest me Spent, overpowered, despairing of success. --Addison. Heaps of spent arrows fall and strew the ground. --Dryden. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Exhausted of spawn or sperm; -- said especially of fishes. {Spent ball}, a ball shot from a firearm, which reaches an object without having sufficient force to penetrate it. | |
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Spent \Spent\ (sp[ecr]nt), a. 1. Exhausted; worn out; having lost energy or motive force. Now thou seest me Spent, overpowered, despairing of success. --Addison. Heaps of spent arrows fall and strew the ground. --Dryden. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Exhausted of spawn or sperm; -- said especially of fishes. {Spent ball}, a ball shot from a firearm, which reaches an object without having sufficient force to penetrate it. | |
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Sphenethmoid \Sphe*neth"moid\, a. [Sphenoid + ethmoid.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal. {Sphenethmoid bone} (Anat.), a bone of the skull which surrounds the anterior end of the brain in many amphibia; the girdle bone. | |
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Sphenethmoid \Sphe*neth"moid\, n. (Anat.) The sphenethmoid bone. | |
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Sphenethmoid \Sphe*neth"moid\, a. [Sphenoid + ethmoid.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal. {Sphenethmoid bone} (Anat.), a bone of the skull which surrounds the anterior end of the brain in many amphibia; the girdle bone. | |
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Sphenethmoidal \Sphe`neth*moid"al\, a. (Anat.) Relating to the sphenoethmoid bone; sphenoethmoid. | |
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Sphenodon \Sphe"no*don\, n. [Gr. sfh`n a wedge + [?][?][?], [?][?][?], a tooth.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Hatteria}. | |
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d8Hatteria \[d8]Hat*te"ri*a\, n. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A New Zealand lizard, which, in anatomical character, differs widely from all other existing lizards. It is the only living representative of the order Rhynchocephala, of which many Mesozoic fossil species are known; -- called also {Sphenodon}, and {Tuatera}. | |
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Tuatara \Tu`a*ta"ra\, n. [Maori tuat[85]ra; tua on the farther side (the back) + tara spine.] A large iguanalike reptile ({Sphenodon punctatum}) formerly common in New Zealand, but now confined to certain islets near the coast. It reaches a length of two and a half feet, is dark olive-green with small white or yellowish specks on the sides, and has yellow spines along the back, except on the neck. | |
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Sphenoethmoidal \Sphe"no*eth*moid`al\, a. (Anat.) Sphenethmoid. | |
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Sphenoid \Sphe"noid\, n. 1. (Crystallog.) A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles. It is the hemihedral form of a square pyramid. 2. (Anat.) The sphenoid bone. | |
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Sphenoid \Sphe"noid\, a. [Gr. [?][?][?]; sfh`n a wedge + e'i^dos form: cf. F. sph[82]no[8b]de.] 1. Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal. 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone. {Sphenoid bone} (Anat.), an irregularly shaped bone in front of the occipital in the base of the skull of the higher vertebrates. It is composed of several fetal bones which become united the adult. See {Alisphenoid}, {Basisphenoid}, {Orbitosphenoid}, {Presphenoid}. | |
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Sphenoid \Sphe"noid\, a. [Gr. [?][?][?]; sfh`n a wedge + e'i^dos form: cf. F. sph[82]no[8b]de.] 1. Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal. 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone. {Sphenoid bone} (Anat.), an irregularly shaped bone in front of the occipital in the base of the skull of the higher vertebrates. It is composed of several fetal bones which become united the adult. See {Alisphenoid}, {Basisphenoid}, {Orbitosphenoid}, {Presphenoid}. | |
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Sphenoidal \Sphe*noid"al\, a. 1. Sphenoid. 2. (Crystalloq.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a sphenoid. | |
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Sphenotic \Sphe*not"ic\, a. [Spheno- + [?][?][?], [?][?][?], the ear.] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the sphenotic bone. {Sphenotic bone} (Anat.), a bone on the anterior side of the auditory capsule of many fishes, and connected with, or adjoining, the sphenoid bone. | |
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Sphenotic \Sphe*not"ic\, n. (Anat.) The sphenotic bone. | |
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Sphenotic \Sphe*not"ic\, a. [Spheno- + [?][?][?], [?][?][?], the ear.] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the sphenotic bone. {Sphenotic bone} (Anat.), a bone on the anterior side of the auditory capsule of many fishes, and connected with, or adjoining, the sphenoid bone. | |
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Spinate \Spi"nate\, a. Bearing a spine; spiniform. | |
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Spindle \Spin"dle\, n. [AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [root]170. See {Spin}.] 1. The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom. 2. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane. Specifically: (a) (Mach.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc. (b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns. (c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed. 3. The fusee of a watch. 4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle. 5. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards. 6. (Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord. 7. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any marine univalve shell of the genus {Rostellaria}; -- called also {spindle stromb}. (b) Any marine gastropod of the genus {Fusus}. {Dead spindle} (Mach.), a spindle in a machine tool that does not revolve; the spindle of the tailstock of a lathe. {Live spindle} (Mach.), the revolving spindle of a machine tool; the spindle of the headstock of a turning lathe. {Spindle shell}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Spindle}, 7. above. {Spindle side}, the female side in descent; in the female line; opposed to {spear side}. --Ld. Lytton. [R.] [bd]King Lycaon, grandson, by the spindle side, of Oceanus.[b8] --Lowell. {Spindle tree} (Bot.), any shrub or tree of the genus {Eunymus}. The wood of {E. Europ[91]us} was used for spindles and skewers. See {Prickwood}. | |
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Spindle \Spin"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Spindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spindling}.] To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender. It has begun to spindle into overintellectuality. --Lowell. | |
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Spindle \Spin"dle\, n. [AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [root]170. See {Spin}.] 1. The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom. 2. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane. Specifically: (a) (Mach.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc. (b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns. (c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed. 3. The fusee of a watch. 4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle. 5. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards. 6. (Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord. 7. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any marine univalve shell of the genus {Rostellaria}; -- called also {spindle stromb}. (b) Any marine gastropod of the genus {Fusus}. {Dead spindle} (Mach.), a spindle in a machine tool that does not revolve; the spindle of the tailstock of a lathe. {Live spindle} (Mach.), the revolving spindle of a machine tool; the spindle of the headstock of a turning lathe. {Spindle shell}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Spindle}, 7. above. {Spindle side}, the female side in descent; in the female line; opposed to {spear side}. --Ld. Lytton. [R.] [bd]King Lycaon, grandson, by the spindle side, of Oceanus.[b8] --Lowell. {Spindle tree} (Bot.), any shrub or tree of the genus {Eunymus}. The wood of {E. Europ[91]us} was used for spindles and skewers. See {Prickwood}. | |
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Spindle \Spin"dle\, n. [AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [root]170. See {Spin}.] 1. The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom. 2. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane. Specifically: (a) (Mach.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc. (b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns. (c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed. 3. The fusee of a watch. 4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle. 5. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards. 6. (Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord. 7. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any marine univalve shell of the genus {Rostellaria}; -- called also {spindle stromb}. (b) Any marine gastropod of the genus {Fusus}. {Dead spindle} (Mach.), a spindle in a machine tool that does not revolve; the spindle of the tailstock of a lathe. {Live spindle} (Mach.), the revolving spindle of a machine tool; the spindle of the headstock of a turning lathe. {Spindle shell}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Spindle}, 7. above. {Spindle side}, the female side in descent; in the female line; opposed to {spear side}. --Ld. Lytton. [R.] [bd]King Lycaon, grandson, by the spindle side, of Oceanus.[b8] --Lowell. {Spindle tree} (Bot.), any shrub or tree of the genus {Eunymus}. The wood of {E. Europ[91]us} was used for spindles and skewers. See {Prickwood}. | |
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Spindle \Spin"dle\, n. [AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [root]170. See {Spin}.] 1. The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom. 2. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane. Specifically: (a) (Mach.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc. (b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns. (c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed. 3. The fusee of a watch. 4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle. 5. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards. 6. (Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord. 7. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any marine univalve shell of the genus {Rostellaria}; -- called also {spindle stromb}. (b) Any marine gastropod of the genus {Fusus}. {Dead spindle} (Mach.), a spindle in a machine tool that does not revolve; the spindle of the tailstock of a lathe. {Live spindle} (Mach.), the revolving spindle of a machine tool; the spindle of the headstock of a turning lathe. {Spindle shell}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Spindle}, 7. above. {Spindle side}, the female side in descent; in the female line; opposed to {spear side}. --Ld. Lytton. [R.] [bd]King Lycaon, grandson, by the spindle side, of Oceanus.[b8] --Lowell. {Spindle tree} (Bot.), any shrub or tree of the genus {Eunymus}. The wood of {E. Europ[91]us} was used for spindles and skewers. See {Prickwood}. | |
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Spindle \Spin"dle\, n. [AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [root]170. See {Spin}.] 1. The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom. 2. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane. Specifically: (a) (Mach.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc. (b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns. (c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed. 3. The fusee of a watch. 4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle. 5. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards. 6. (Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord. 7. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any marine univalve shell of the genus {Rostellaria}; -- called also {spindle stromb}. (b) Any marine gastropod of the genus {Fusus}. {Dead spindle} (Mach.), a spindle in a machine tool that does not revolve; the spindle of the tailstock of a lathe. {Live spindle} (Mach.), the revolving spindle of a machine tool; the spindle of the headstock of a turning lathe. {Spindle shell}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Spindle}, 7. above. {Spindle side}, the female side in descent; in the female line; opposed to {spear side}. --Ld. Lytton. [R.] [bd]King Lycaon, grandson, by the spindle side, of Oceanus.[b8] --Lowell. {Spindle tree} (Bot.), any shrub or tree of the genus {Eunymus}. The wood of {E. Europ[91]us} was used for spindles and skewers. See {Prickwood}. | |
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Prickwood \Prick"wood`\, n. (Bot.) A shrub ({Euonymus Europ[91]us}); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also {spindle tree}. | |
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Spindle \Spin"dle\, n. [AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [root]170. See {Spin}.] 1. The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom. 2. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane. Specifically: (a) (Mach.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc. (b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns. (c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed. 3. The fusee of a watch. 4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle. 5. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards. 6. (Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord. 7. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any marine univalve shell of the genus {Rostellaria}; -- called also {spindle stromb}. (b) Any marine gastropod of the genus {Fusus}. {Dead spindle} (Mach.), a spindle in a machine tool that does not revolve; the spindle of the tailstock of a lathe. {Live spindle} (Mach.), the revolving spindle of a machine tool; the spindle of the headstock of a turning lathe. {Spindle shell}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Spindle}, 7. above. {Spindle side}, the female side in descent; in the female line; opposed to {spear side}. --Ld. Lytton. [R.] [bd]King Lycaon, grandson, by the spindle side, of Oceanus.[b8] --Lowell. {Spindle tree} (Bot.), any shrub or tree of the genus {Eunymus}. The wood of {E. Europ[91]us} was used for spindles and skewers. See {Prickwood}. | |
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Prickwood \Prick"wood`\, n. (Bot.) A shrub ({Euonymus Europ[91]us}); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also {spindle tree}. | |
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Spindle \Spin"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Spindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spindling}.] To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender. It has begun to spindle into overintellectuality. --Lowell. | |
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Spindle-legged \Spin"dle-legged`\, a. Having long, slender legs. | |
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Spindlelegs \Spin"dle*legs`\, n. A spindleshanks. | |
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Spindle-shanked \Spin"dle-shanked`\, a. Having long, slender legs. --Addison. | |
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Spindleshanks \Spin"dle*shanks`\, n. A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt. | |
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Spindle-shaped \Spin"dle-shaped`\, a. 1. Having the shape of a spindle. 2. (Bot.) Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots. | |
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Spindletail \Spin"dle*tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The pintail duck. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Spindleworm \Spin"dle*worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The larva of a noctuid mmoth ({Achatodes ze[91]}) which feeds inside the stalks of corn (maize), sometimes causing much damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of black dots across each segment. | |
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Spindle \Spin"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Spindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spindling}.] To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender. It has begun to spindle into overintellectuality. --Lowell. | |
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Spindling \Spin"dling\, a. Long and slender, or disproportionately tall and slender; as, a spindling tree; a spindling boy. | |
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Spindrift \Spin"drift\, n. Same as {Spoondrift}. The ocean waves are broken up by wind, ultimately producing the storm wrack and spindrift of the tempest-tossed sea. --J. E. Marr. | |
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Spoondrift \Spoon"drift\, n. [Spoom + drift.] Spray blown from the tops waves during a gale at sea; also, snow driven in the wind at sea; -- written also {spindrift}. | |
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Spindrift \Spin"drift\, n. Same as {Spoondrift}. The ocean waves are broken up by wind, ultimately producing the storm wrack and spindrift of the tempest-tossed sea. --J. E. Marr. | |
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Spoondrift \Spoon"drift\, n. [Spoom + drift.] Spray blown from the tops waves during a gale at sea; also, snow driven in the wind at sea; -- written also {spindrift}. | |
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Spined \Spined\, a. Furnished with spines; spiny. | |
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Spinet \Spin"et\, n. [OF. espinete, F. [82]pinette (cf. It. spinetta), fr. L. spina a thorn; -- so called because its quills resemble thorns. See {Spine}.] (Mus.) A keyed instrument of music resembling a harpsichord, but smaller, with one string of brass or steel wire to each note, sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used. {Dumb spinet}. (Mus.) See {Manichordon}. | |
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Spinet \Spi"net\, n. [L. spinetum. See {Spinny}.] A spinny. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Ruddy \Rud"dy\, a. [Compar. {Ruddier}; superl. {Ruddiest}.] [AS. rudig. See {Rud}, n.] 1. Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy flame. --Milton. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. --Lam. iv. 7. 2. Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips. --Dryden. {Ruddy duck} (Zo[94]l.), an American duck ({Erismatura rubida}) having a broad bill and a wedge-shaped tail composed of stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich brownish red on the back, sides, and neck, black on the top of the head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the cheeks. The female and young male are dull brown mixed with blackish on the back; grayish below. Called also {dunbird}, {dundiver}, {ruddy diver}, {stifftail}, {spinetail}, {hardhead}, {sleepy duck}, {fool duck}, {spoonbill}, etc. {Ruddy plover} (Zo[94]l.) the sanderling. | |
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Spinetail \Spine"tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one or several species of swifts of the genus {Acanthylis}, or {Ch[91]tura}, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines. (b) Any one of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to {Synallaxis} and allied genera of the family {Dendrocolaptid[91]}. They are allied to the ovenbirds. (c) The ruddy duck. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Ruddy \Rud"dy\, a. [Compar. {Ruddier}; superl. {Ruddiest}.] [AS. rudig. See {Rud}, n.] 1. Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy flame. --Milton. They were more ruddy in body than rubies. --Lam. iv. 7. 2. Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips. --Dryden. {Ruddy duck} (Zo[94]l.), an American duck ({Erismatura rubida}) having a broad bill and a wedge-shaped tail composed of stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich brownish red on the back, sides, and neck, black on the top of the head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the cheeks. The female and young male are dull brown mixed with blackish on the back; grayish below. Called also {dunbird}, {dundiver}, {ruddy diver}, {stifftail}, {spinetail}, {hardhead}, {sleepy duck}, {fool duck}, {spoonbill}, etc. {Ruddy plover} (Zo[94]l.) the sanderling. | |
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Spinetail \Spine"tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one or several species of swifts of the genus {Acanthylis}, or {Ch[91]tura}, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines. (b) Any one of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to {Synallaxis} and allied genera of the family {Dendrocolaptid[91]}. They are allied to the ovenbirds. (c) The ruddy duck. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Spine-tailed \Spine"-tailed\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips. {Spine-tailed swift}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Spinetail} (a) . | |
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Spine-tailed \Spine"-tailed\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips. {Spine-tailed swift}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Spinetail} (a) . | |
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Spineted \Spin"et*ed\, a. Slit; cleft. [Obs. & R.] | |
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Spinthariscope \Spin*thar"i*scope\, n. [Gr. spinqari`s spark + -scope.] A small instrument containing a minute particle of a radium compound mounted in front of a fluorescent screen and viewed with magnifying lenses. The tiny flashes produced by the continual bombardment of the screen by the [alpha] rays are thus rendered visible. -- {Spin*thar`i*scop"ic}, a. | |
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Spinthariscope \Spin*thar"i*scope\, n. [Gr. spinqari`s spark + -scope.] A small instrument containing a minute particle of a radium compound mounted in front of a fluorescent screen and viewed with magnifying lenses. The tiny flashes produced by the continual bombardment of the screen by the [alpha] rays are thus rendered visible. -- {Spin*thar`i*scop"ic}, a. | |
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Spondaic \Spon*da"ic\, Spondaical \Spon*da"ic*al\, a. [L. spondaicus, spondiacus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. sponda[8b]que.] 1. Or of pertaining to a spondee; consisting of spondees. 2. Containing spondees in excess; marked by spondees; as, a spondaic hexameter, i. e., one which has a spondee instead of a dactyl in the fifth foot. | |
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Spondaic \Spon*da"ic\, Spondaical \Spon*da"ic*al\, a. [L. spondaicus, spondiacus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. sponda[8b]que.] 1. Or of pertaining to a spondee; consisting of spondees. 2. Containing spondees in excess; marked by spondees; as, a spondaic hexameter, i. e., one which has a spondee instead of a dactyl in the fifth foot. | |
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Spondee \Spon"dee\, n. [L. spondeus, Gr. [?] (sc. [?]), fr. [?] a drink offering, libation, fr. [?] to pour out, make a libation: cf. F. spond[82]e. So called because at libations slow, solemn melodies were used, chiefly in this meter.] (pros.) A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word l[c7]g[c7]s. | |
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Myrobalan \My*rob"a*lan\, Myrobolan \My*rob"o*lan\, n. [L. myrobalanum the fruit of a palm tree from which a balsam was made, Gr. [?]; [?] any sweet juice distilling from plants, any prepared unguent or sweet oil + [?] an acorn or any similar fruit: cf. F. myrobolan.] A dried astringent fruit much resembling a prune. It contains tannin, and was formerly used in medicine, but is now chiefly used in tanning and dyeing. Myrobolans are produced by various species of {Terminalia} of the East Indies, and of {Spondias} of South America. | |
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Otaheite apple \O`ta*hei"te ap"ple\ [So named from Otaheite, or Tahiti, one of the Society Islands.] (Bot.) (a) The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree ({Spondias dulcis}), also called {vi-apple}. It is rather larger than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples. (b) A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree ({Jambosa Malaccensis}) which bears crimson berries. | |
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Spondulics \Spon*du"lics\, n. Money. [Slang, U.S.] --Bartlett. | |
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Spondyl \Spon"dyl\, Spondyle \Spon"dyle\, n. [L. spondylus, Gr. [?], [?]: cf. F. spondyle.] (Anat.) A joint of the backbone; a vertebra. | |
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Spondyl \Spon"dyl\, Spondyle \Spon"dyle\, n. [L. spondylus, Gr. [?], [?]: cf. F. spondyle.] (Anat.) A joint of the backbone; a vertebra. | |
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Spontaneity \Spon`ta*ne"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Spontaneities}. [Cf. F. spontan[82]it[82].] 1. The quality or state of being spontaneous, or acting from native feeling, proneness, or temperament, without constraint or external force. Romney Leigh, who lives by diagrams, And crosses not the spontaneities Of all his individual, personal life With formal universals. --Mrs. Browning. 2. (Biol.) (a) The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and not restrained or cheked by the environment. (b) The tendency to activity of muscular tissue, including the voluntary muscles, when in a state of healthful vigor and refreshment. | |
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Spontaneity \Spon`ta*ne"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Spontaneities}. [Cf. F. spontan[82]it[82].] 1. The quality or state of being spontaneous, or acting from native feeling, proneness, or temperament, without constraint or external force. Romney Leigh, who lives by diagrams, And crosses not the spontaneities Of all his individual, personal life With formal universals. --Mrs. Browning. 2. (Biol.) (a) The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and not restrained or cheked by the environment. (b) The tendency to activity of muscular tissue, including the voluntary muscles, when in a state of healthful vigor and refreshment. | |
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Spontaneous \Spon*ta"ne*ous\, a. [L. spontaneus, fr. sponte of free will, voluntarily.] 1. Proceding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proportion. 2. Proceeding from, or acting by, internal impulse, energy, or natural law, without external force; as, spontaneous motion; spontaneous growth. 3. Produced without being planted, or without human labor; as, a spontaneous growth of wood. {Spontaneous combustion}, combustion produced in a substance by the evolution of heat through the chemical action of its own elements; as, the spontaneous combustion of waste matter saturated with oil. {Spontaneous generation}. (Biol.) See under {Generation}. Syn: Voluntary; uncompelled; willing. Usage: {Spontaneous}, {Voluntary}. What is voluntary is the result of a volition, or act of choice; it therefore implies some degree of consideration, and may be the result of mere reason without excited feeling. What is spontaneous springs wholly from feeling, or a sudden impulse which admits of no reflection; as, a spontaneous burst of applause. Hence, the term is also applied to things inanimate when they are produced without the determinate purpose or care of man. [bd]Abstinence which is but voluntary fasting, and . . . exercise which is but voluntary labor.[b8] --J. Seed. Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their firstborn away. --Goldsmith. -- {Spon*ta"ne*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Spon*ta"ne*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Spontaneous \Spon*ta"ne*ous\, a. [L. spontaneus, fr. sponte of free will, voluntarily.] 1. Proceding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proportion. 2. Proceeding from, or acting by, internal impulse, energy, or natural law, without external force; as, spontaneous motion; spontaneous growth. 3. Produced without being planted, or without human labor; as, a spontaneous growth of wood. {Spontaneous combustion}, combustion produced in a substance by the evolution of heat through the chemical action of its own elements; as, the spontaneous combustion of waste matter saturated with oil. {Spontaneous generation}. (Biol.) See under {Generation}. Syn: Voluntary; uncompelled; willing. Usage: {Spontaneous}, {Voluntary}. What is voluntary is the result of a volition, or act of choice; it therefore implies some degree of consideration, and may be the result of mere reason without excited feeling. What is spontaneous springs wholly from feeling, or a sudden impulse which admits of no reflection; as, a spontaneous burst of applause. Hence, the term is also applied to things inanimate when they are produced without the determinate purpose or care of man. [bd]Abstinence which is but voluntary fasting, and . . . exercise which is but voluntary labor.[b8] --J. Seed. Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their firstborn away. --Goldsmith. -- {Spon*ta"ne*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Spon*ta"ne*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Spontaneous \Spon*ta"ne*ous\, a. [L. spontaneus, fr. sponte of free will, voluntarily.] 1. Proceding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proportion. 2. Proceeding from, or acting by, internal impulse, energy, or natural law, without external force; as, spontaneous motion; spontaneous growth. 3. Produced without being planted, or without human labor; as, a spontaneous growth of wood. {Spontaneous combustion}, combustion produced in a substance by the evolution of heat through the chemical action of its own elements; as, the spontaneous combustion of waste matter saturated with oil. {Spontaneous generation}. (Biol.) See under {Generation}. Syn: Voluntary; uncompelled; willing. Usage: {Spontaneous}, {Voluntary}. What is voluntary is the result of a volition, or act of choice; it therefore implies some degree of consideration, and may be the result of mere reason without excited feeling. What is spontaneous springs wholly from feeling, or a sudden impulse which admits of no reflection; as, a spontaneous burst of applause. Hence, the term is also applied to things inanimate when they are produced without the determinate purpose or care of man. [bd]Abstinence which is but voluntary fasting, and . . . exercise which is but voluntary labor.[b8] --J. Seed. Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their firstborn away. --Goldsmith. -- {Spon*ta"ne*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Spon*ta"ne*ous*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Generation \Gen`er*a"tion\, n. [OE. generacioun, F. g[82]n[82]ration, fr.L. generatio.] 1. The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals. 2. Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc. 3. That which is generated or brought forth; progeny; offspiring. 4. A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy. Hence: The body of those who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one period; also, the average lifetime of man, or the ordinary period of time at which one rank follows another, or father is succeeded by child, usually assumed to be one third of a century; an age. This is the book of the generations of Adam. --Gen. v. 1. Ye shall remain there [in Babylon] many years, and for a long season, namely, seven generations. --Baruch vi. 3. All generations and ages of the Christian church. --Hooker. 5. Race; kind; family; breed; stock. Thy mother's of my generation; what's she, if I be a dog? --Shak. 6. (Geom.) The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude; as, the generation of a line or curve by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc. 7. (Biol.) The aggregate of the functions and phenomene which attend reproduction. Note: There are four modes of generation in the animal kingdom: scissiparity or by fissiparous generation, gemmiparity or by budding, germiparity or by germs, and oviparity or by ova. {Alternate generation} (Biol.), alternation of sexual with asexual generation, in which the products of one process differ from those of the other, -- a form of reproduction common both to animal and vegetable organisms. In the simplest form, the organism arising from sexual generation produces offspiring unlike itself, agamogenetically. These, however, in time acquire reproductive organs, and from their impregnated germs the original parent form is reproduced. In more complicated cases, the first series of organisms produced agamogenetically may give rise to others by a like process, and these in turn to still other generations. Ultimately, however, a generation is formed which develops sexual organs, and the original form is reproduced. {Spontaneous generation} (Biol.), the fancied production of living organisms without previously existing parents from inorganic matter, or from decomposing organic matter, a notion which at one time had many supporters; abiogenesis. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Spontaneous \Spon*ta"ne*ous\, a. [L. spontaneus, fr. sponte of free will, voluntarily.] 1. Proceding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proportion. 2. Proceeding from, or acting by, internal impulse, energy, or natural law, without external force; as, spontaneous motion; spontaneous growth. 3. Produced without being planted, or without human labor; as, a spontaneous growth of wood. {Spontaneous combustion}, combustion produced in a substance by the evolution of heat through the chemical action of its own elements; as, the spontaneous combustion of waste matter saturated with oil. {Spontaneous generation}. (Biol.) See under {Generation}. Syn: Voluntary; uncompelled; willing. Usage: {Spontaneous}, {Voluntary}. What is voluntary is the result of a volition, or act of choice; it therefore implies some degree of consideration, and may be the result of mere reason without excited feeling. What is spontaneous springs wholly from feeling, or a sudden impulse which admits of no reflection; as, a spontaneous burst of applause. Hence, the term is also applied to things inanimate when they are produced without the determinate purpose or care of man. [bd]Abstinence which is but voluntary fasting, and . . . exercise which is but voluntary labor.[b8] --J. Seed. Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their firstborn away. --Goldsmith. -- {Spon*ta"ne*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Spon*ta"ne*ous*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Spontaneous \Spon*ta"ne*ous\, a. [L. spontaneus, fr. sponte of free will, voluntarily.] 1. Proceding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proportion. 2. Proceeding from, or acting by, internal impulse, energy, or natural law, without external force; as, spontaneous motion; spontaneous growth. 3. Produced without being planted, or without human labor; as, a spontaneous growth of wood. {Spontaneous combustion}, combustion produced in a substance by the evolution of heat through the chemical action of its own elements; as, the spontaneous combustion of waste matter saturated with oil. {Spontaneous generation}. (Biol.) See under {Generation}. Syn: Voluntary; uncompelled; willing. Usage: {Spontaneous}, {Voluntary}. What is voluntary is the result of a volition, or act of choice; it therefore implies some degree of consideration, and may be the result of mere reason without excited feeling. What is spontaneous springs wholly from feeling, or a sudden impulse which admits of no reflection; as, a spontaneous burst of applause. Hence, the term is also applied to things inanimate when they are produced without the determinate purpose or care of man. [bd]Abstinence which is but voluntary fasting, and . . . exercise which is but voluntary labor.[b8] --J. Seed. Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their firstborn away. --Goldsmith. -- {Spon*ta"ne*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Spon*ta"ne*ous*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Spontoon \Spon*toon"\, n. [F. sponton, esponton, it. spontone, spuntone.] (Mil.) A kind of half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by inferior officers of the British infantry, and used in giving signals to the soldiers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Spoon \Spoon\, n. [OE. spon, AS. sp[omac]n, a chip; akin to D. spaan, G. span, Dan. spaan, Sw. sp[86]n, Icel. sp[a0]nn, sp[a2]nn, a chip, a spoon. [root]170. Cf. {Span-new}.] 1. An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food. [bd]Therefore behoveth him a full long spoon That shall eat with a fiend,[b8] thus heard I say. --Chaucer. He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil. --Shak. 2. Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait. 3. Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney. [Slang] --Hood. {Spoon bait} (Fishing), a lure used in trolling, consisting of a glistening metallic plate shaped like the bowl of a spoon with a fishhook attached. {Spoon bit}, a bit for boring, hollowed or furrowed along one side. {Spoon net}, a net for landing fish. {Spoon oar}. see under {Oar}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Spoondrift \Spoon"drift\, n. [Spoom + drift.] Spray blown from the tops waves during a gale at sea; also, snow driven in the wind at sea; -- written also {spindrift}. | |
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Spoon-meat \Spoon"-meat`\, n. Food that is, or must be, taken with a spoon; liquid food. [bd]Diet most upon spoon-meats.[b8] --Harvey. | |
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Spoonwood \Spoon"wood`\, n. (Bot.) The mountain laurel ({Kalmia latifolia}). | |
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Spume \Spume\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Spumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spuming}.] [L. spumare.] To froth; to foam. | |
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Spumid \Spum"id\, a. [L. spumidis.] Spumous; frothy. [Obs.] | |
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Subendocardial \Sub*en`do*car"di*al\, a. (Anat.) Situated under the endocardium. | |
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Subendymal \Sub*en"dy*mal\, a. [Pref. sub + endyma.] Situated under the endyma. | |
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Subindex \Sub*in"dex\, n.; pl. {Subindices}. (Math.) A number or mark placed opposite the lower part of a letter or symbol to distinguish the symbol; thus, a_{0}, b_{1}, c_{2}, x_{n}, have 0, 1, 2, and n as subindices. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subindicate \Sub*in"di*cate\, v. t. [Pref. sub + indicate: cf. L. subindicare.] To indicate by signs or hints; to indicate imperfectly. [R.] --Dr. H. More. | |
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Subindication \Sub*in`di*ca"tion\, n. The act of indicating by signs; a slight indication. [R.] [bd]The subindication and shadowing of heavenly things.[b8] --Barrow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subindex \Sub*in"dex\, n.; pl. {Subindices}. (Math.) A number or mark placed opposite the lower part of a letter or symbol to distinguish the symbol; thus, a_{0}, b_{1}, c_{2}, x_{n}, have 0, 1, 2, and n as subindices. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subindividual \Sub*in`di*vid"u*al\, n. A division of that which is individual. An individual can not branch itself into subindividuals. --Milton. | |
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Subinduce \Sub`in*duce"\, v. t. To insinuate; to offer indirectly. [Obs.] --Sir E. Dering. | |
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Subintestinal \Sub`in*tes"ti*nal\, a. (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the intestine. | |
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Submedial \Sub*me"di*al\, a. Lying under the middle. | |
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Submedian \Sub*me"di*an\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Next to the median (on either side); as, the submedian teeth of mollusks. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Submediant \Sub*me"di*ant\, n. (Mus.) The sixth tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third below the keynote; the superdominant. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Superdominant \Su`per*dom"i*nant\, n. (Mus.) The sixth tone of the scale; that next above the dominant; -- called also {submediant}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Submediant \Sub*me"di*ant\, n. (Mus.) The sixth tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third below the keynote; the superdominant. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Superdominant \Su`per*dom"i*nant\, n. (Mus.) The sixth tone of the scale; that next above the dominant; -- called also {submediant}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Submetallic \Sub`me*tal"lic\, a. Imperfectly metallic; as, a submetallic luster. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Submit \Sub*mit"\, v. i. 1. To yield one's person to the power of another; to give up resistance; to surrender. The revolted provinces presently submitted. --C. Middleton. 2. To yield one's opinion to the opinion of authority of another; to be subject; to acquiesce. To thy husband's will Thine shall submit. --Milton. 3. To be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring. Our religion requires from us . . . to submit to pain, disgrace, and even death. --Rogers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Submit \Sub*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Submitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Submitting}.] [L. submittere; sub under + mittere to send: cf. F. soumettre. See {Missile}.] 1. To let down; to lower. [Obs.] Sometimes the hill submits itself a while. --Dryden. 2. To put or place under. The bristled throat Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut. --Chapman. 3. To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun. Ye ben submitted through your free assent. --Chaucer. The angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. --Gen. xvi. 9. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands. --Eph. v. 22. 4. To leave or commit to the discretion or judgment of another or others; to refer; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court; -- often followed by a dependent proposition as the object. Whether the condition of the clergy be able to bear a heavy burden, is submitted to the house. --Swift. We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus. --Macaulay. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Submit \Sub*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Submitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Submitting}.] [L. submittere; sub under + mittere to send: cf. F. soumettre. See {Missile}.] 1. To let down; to lower. [Obs.] Sometimes the hill submits itself a while. --Dryden. 2. To put or place under. The bristled throat Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut. --Chapman. 3. To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun. Ye ben submitted through your free assent. --Chaucer. The angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. --Gen. xvi. 9. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands. --Eph. v. 22. 4. To leave or commit to the discretion or judgment of another or others; to refer; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court; -- often followed by a dependent proposition as the object. Whether the condition of the clergy be able to bear a heavy burden, is submitted to the house. --Swift. We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus. --Macaulay. | |
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Submitter \Sub*mit"ter\, n. One who submits. --Whitlock. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Submit \Sub*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Submitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Submitting}.] [L. submittere; sub under + mittere to send: cf. F. soumettre. See {Missile}.] 1. To let down; to lower. [Obs.] Sometimes the hill submits itself a while. --Dryden. 2. To put or place under. The bristled throat Of the submitted sacrifice with ruthless steel he cut. --Chapman. 3. To yield, resign, or surrender to power, will, or authority; -- often with the reflexive pronoun. Ye ben submitted through your free assent. --Chaucer. The angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. --Gen. xvi. 9. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands. --Eph. v. 22. 4. To leave or commit to the discretion or judgment of another or others; to refer; as, to submit a controversy to arbitrators; to submit a question to the court; -- often followed by a dependent proposition as the object. Whether the condition of the clergy be able to bear a heavy burden, is submitted to the house. --Swift. We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus. --Macaulay. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subnotation \Sub`no*ta"tion\, n. [L. subnotatio a signing underneath, fr. subnotare to subscribe; sub under + notare to note or mark.] A rescript. --Bouvier. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subnotochordal \Sub*no`to*chor"dal\, a. (Anat.) Situated on the ventral side of the notochord; as, the subnotochordal rod. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subpentangular \Sub`pen*tan"gu*lar\, a. Nearly or approximately pentangular; almost pentangular. | |
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Subundation \Sub`un*da"tion\, n. [Pref. sub- + L. unda a wave.] A flood; a deluge. [Obs.] --Huloet. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subvene \Sub*vene"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Subvened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subvening}.] [Pref. sub- + L. venire to come. See {Subvention}.] To come under, as a support or stay; to happen. A future state must needs subvene to prevent the whole edifice from falling into ruin. --Bp. Warburton. | |
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Subventaneous \Sub`ven*ta"ne*ous\, a. [Pref. sub- + L. ventus wind.] Produced by the wind. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subvention \Sub*ven"tion\, n. [F., fr. LL. subventio, fr. L. subvenire to come up to one's assistance, to assist. See {Souvenir}, and cf. {Subvene}.] 1. The act of coming under. [bd]The subvention of a cloud.[b8] --Stackhouse. 2. The act of relieving, as of a burden; support; aid; assistance; help. 3. A government aid or bounty. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subvention \Sub*ven"tion\, v. t. To subventionize. | |
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Subventionize \Sub*ven"tion*ize\, v. t. To come to the aid of; to subsidize; to support. | |
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Subventitious \Sub`ven*ti"tious\, a. Helping; aiding; supporting. --Urquhart. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supination \Su`pi*na"tion\, n. [L. supinare, supinatum, to bend or lay backward, fr. supinus supine: cf. F. supination. See {Supine}.] (Physiol.) (a) The act of turning the hand palm upward; also, position of the hand with the palm upward. (b) The act or state of lying with the face upward. Opposed to {pronation}. | |
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Supinator \Su`pi*na"tor\, n. [NL.] (Anat.) A muscle which produces the motion of supination. | |
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Supinity \Su*pin"i*ty\, n. [L. supinitas.] Supineness. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sweep \Sweep\, n. 1. The act of sweeping. 2. The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep. 3. The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye. 4. The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep. 5. Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease. 6. Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass. 7. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line. The road which makes a small sweep. --Sir W. Scott. 8. One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper. 9. (Founding) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding. 10. (Naut.) (a) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle. (b) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them. 11. (Refining) The almond furnace. [Obs.] 12. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water. [Variously written {swape}, {sweep}, {swepe}, and {swipe}.] 13. (Card Playing) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam. 14. pl. The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc. {Sweep net}, a net for drawing over a large compass. {Sweep of the tiller} (Naut.), a circular frame on which the tiller traverses. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Seven Devils, NC (town, FIPS 60505) Location: 36.14972 N, 81.81387 W Population (1990): 117 (326 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Spindale, NC (town, FIPS 63880) Location: 35.36029 N, 81.92470 W Population (1990): 4040 (1735 housing units) Area: 13.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28160 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Shub-Internet /shuhb' in't*r-net/ n. [MUD: from H. P. Lovecraft's evil fictional deity Shub-Niggurath, the Black Goat with a Thousand Young] The harsh personification of the Internet: Beast of a Thousand Processes, Eater of Characters, Avatar of Line Noise, and Imp of Call Waiting; the hideous multi-tendriled entity formed of all the manifold connections of the net. A sect of MUDders worships Shub-Internet, sacrificing objects and praying for good connections. To no avail -- its purpose is malign and evil, and is the cause of all network slowdown. Often heard as in "Freela casts a tac nuke at Shub-Internet for slowing her down." (A forged response often follows along the lines of: "Shub-Internet gulps down the tac nuke and burps happily.") Also cursed by users of the Web, {FTP} and {TELNET} when the system slows down. The dread name of Shub-Internet is seldom spoken aloud, as it is said that repeating it three times will cause the being to wake, deep within its lair beneath the Pentagon. Compare {Random Number God}. [January 1996: It develops that one of the computer administrators in the basement of the Pentagon read this entry and fell over laughing. As a result, you too can now poke Shub-Internet by {ping}ing shub-internet.ims.disa.mil. See also {kremvax}. - ESR] [April 1999: shub-internet.ims.disa.mil is no more, alas. But Shub-Internet lives o^$#$*^ - ESR] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Shub-Internet /shuhb in't*r-net/ (MUD, from H. P. Lovecraft's evil fictional deity "Shub-Niggurath", the Black Goat with a Thousand Young) The harsh personification of the {Internet}, Beast of a Thousand Processes, Eater of Characters, Avatar of Line Noise, and Imp of Call Waiting; the hideous multi-tendriled entity formed of all the manifold connections of the net. A sect of {MUD}ders worships Shub-Internet, sacrificing objects and praying for good connections. To no avail - its purpose is malign and evil, and is the cause of all network slowdown. Often heard as in "Freela casts a tac nuke at Shub-Internet for slowing her down." (A forged response often follows along the lines of: "Shub-Internet gulps down the tac nuke and burps happily.") Also cursed by users of {FTP} and {telnet} when the system slows down. The dread name of Shub-Internet is seldom spoken aloud, as it is said that repeating it three times will cause the being to wake, deep within its lair beneath the Pentagon. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
spamdex spamming}. "Spamdexing has come a long way from the halcyon days of the summer of 1995. Back then, all one needed to do was add the word 'sex' a thousand times at the end of a Web page to attract attention from the likes of Lycos. The search-engine operators caught on fast" -- {Andrew Leonard, Hotwired 1996 (http://www.packet.com/packet/leonard/96/32/index3a.html)}. (1997-04-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPMD {single processor/multiple data} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
subband encoding An audio {compression} technique where the sound is split into frequency bands and then parts of the signal which the ear cannot detect are removed, e.g. a quiet sound masked by a loud one. The remaining signal is encoded using variable bit-rates with more bits per sample being used in the mid frequency range. Subband encoding is used in {MPEG-1}. (1994-11-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
subnet A portion of a {network}, which may be a physically independent network segment, which shares a {network address} with other portions of the network and is distinguished by a subnet number. A subnet is to a network what a network is to an {internet}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
subnet address The {subnet} portion of an {IP address}. In a subnetted {network}, the {host} portion of an IP address is split into a subnet portion and a host portion using an {address mask} (the subnet mask). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
subnet mask {address mask} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
subnet number {subnet address} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Seventy weeks a prophetic period mentioned in Dan. 9:24, and usually interpreted on the "year-day" theory, i.e., reckoning each day for a year. This period will thus represent 490 years. This is regarded as the period which would elapse till the time of the coming of the Messiah, dating "from the going forth of the commandment to restore and rebuild Jerusalem" i.e., from the close of the Captivity. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shiphmite probably the designation of Zabdi, who has charge of David's vineyards (1 Chr. 27:27). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Siphmoth fruitful places, some unknown place in the south, where David found friends when he fled from Saul (1 Sam. 30:28). |