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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Brier \Bri"er\, Briar \Bri"ar\, n. [OE. brere, brer, AS. br[c7]r, br[91]r; cf. Ir. briar prickle, thorn, brier, pin, Gael. preas bush, brier, W. prys, prysg.] 1. A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of {Rosa}, {Rubus}, and {Smilax}. 2. Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings. The thorns and briers of reproof. --Cowper. {Brier root}, the root of the southern {Smilax laurifolia} and {S. Walteri}; -- used for tobacco pipes. {Cat brier}, {Green brier}, several species of Smilax ({S. rotundifolia}, etc.) {Sweet brier} ({Rosa rubiginosa}). See {Sweetbrier}. {Yellow brier}, the {Rosa Eglantina}. | |
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Sal \Sal\ (s[acr]l), n. [L. See {Salt}.] (Chem. & Pharm.) Salt. {Sal absinthii} [NL.] (Old Chem.), an impure potassium carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood ({Artemisia Absinthium}). {Sal acetosell[91]} [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt of sorrel. {Sal alembroth}. (Old Chem.) See {Alembroth}. {Sal ammoniac} (Chem.), ammonium chloride, {NH4Cl}, a white crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste, obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent, and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also {muriate of ammonia}. {Sal catharticus} [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), Epsom salts. {Sal culinarius} [L.] (Old Chem.), common salt, or sodium chloride. {Sal Cyrenaicus}. [NL.] (Old Chem.) See {Sal ammoniac} above. {Sal de duobus}, {Sal duplicatum} [NL.] (Old Chem.), potassium sulphate; -- so called because erroneously supposed to be composed of two salts, one acid and one alkaline. {Sal diureticus} [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), potassium acetate. {Sal enixum} [NL.] (Old Chem.), acid potassium sulphate. {Sal gemm[91]} [NL.] (Old Min.), common salt occuring native. {Sal Jovis} [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt tin, or stannic chloride; -- the alchemical name of tin being Jove. {Sal Martis} [NL.] (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or ferrous sulphate; -- the alchemical name of iron being Mars. {Sal microcosmicum} [NL.] (Old Chem.) See {Microcosmic salt}, under {Microcosmic}. {Sal plumbi} [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead. {Sal prunella}. (Old Chem.) See {Prunella salt}, under 1st {Prunella}. {Sal Saturni} [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead, or lead acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn. {Sal sedativus} [NL.] (Old Chem.), sedative salt, or boric acid. {Sal Seignette} [F. seignette, sel de seignette] (Chem.), Rochelle salt. {Sal soda} (Chem.), sodium carbonate. See under {Sodium}. {Sal vitrioli} [NL.] (Old Chem.), white vitriol; zinc sulphate. {Sal volatile}. [NL.] (a) (Chem.) See {Sal ammoniac}, above. (b) Spirits of ammonia. | |
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Sallow \Sal"low\ (s[acr]l"l[osl]), n. [OE. salwe, AS. sealh; akin to OHG. salaha, G. salweide, Icel. selja, L. salix, Ir. sail, saileach, Gael. seileach, W. helyg, Gr. "eli`kh.] 1. The willow; willow twigs. [Poetic] --Tennyson. And bend the pliant sallow to a shield. --Fawkes. The sallow knows the basketmaker's thumb. --Emerson. 2. (Bot.) A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as {Salix caprea}, {S. cinerea}, etc. {Sallow thorn} (Bot.), a European thorny shrub ({Hippophae rhamnoides}) much like an El[91]agnus. The yellow berries are sometimes used for making jelly, and the plant affords a yellow dye. | |
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{Salt acid} (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. {Salt block}, an apparatus for evaporating brine; a salt factory. --Knight. {Salt bottom}, a flat piece of ground covered with saline efflorescences. [Western U.S.] --Bartlett. {Salt cake} (Chem.), the white caked mass, consisting of sodium sulphate, which is obtained as the product of the first stage in the manufacture of soda, according to Leblanc's process. {Salt fish}. (a) Salted fish, especially cod, haddock, and similar fishes that have been salted and dried for food. (b) A marine fish. {Salt garden}, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of sea water for the production of salt, employing large shallow basins excavated near the seashore. {Salt gauge}, an instrument used to test the strength of brine; a salimeter. {Salt horse}, salted beef. [Slang] {Salt junk}, hard salt beef for use at sea. [Slang] {Salt lick}. See {Lick}, n. {Salt marsh}, grass land subject to the overflow of salt water. {Salt-marsh caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma acr[91]a} which is very destructive to the salt-marsh grasses and to other crops. Called also {woolly bear}. See Illust. under {Moth}, {Pupa}, and {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}. {Salt-marsh fleabane} (Bot.), a strong-scented composite herb ({Pluchea camphorata}) with rayless purplish heads, growing in salt marshes. {Salt-marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), the clapper rail. See under {Rail}. {Salt-marsh terrapin} (Zo[94]l.), the diamond-back. {Salt mine}, a mine where rock salt is obtained. {Salt pan}. (a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also, a shallow basin in the ground where salt water is evaporated by the heat of the sun. (b) pl. Salt works. {Salt pit}, a pit where salt is obtained or made. {Salt rising}, a kind of yeast in which common salt is a principal ingredient. [U.S.] {Salt raker}, one who collects salt in natural salt ponds, or inclosures from the sea. {Salt sedative} (Chem.), boracic acid. [Obs.] {Salt spring}, a spring of salt water. {Salt tree} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Halimodendron argenteum}) growing in the salt plains of the Caspian region and in Siberia. {Salt water}, water impregnated with salt, as that of the ocean and of certain seas and lakes; sometimes, also, tears. Mine eyes are full of tears, I can not see; And yet salt water blinds them not so much But they can see a sort of traitors here. --Shak. {Salt-water sailor}, an ocean mariner. {Salt-water tailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluefish}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant. {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root. {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron. {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the Mediterranean. (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}). (c) The scad. (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes, as the California hake, the black candlefish, the jurel, the bluefish, etc. {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang] {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and America. {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the {Solanum Carolinense}. {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}. {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical America ({Trianthema monogymnum}). {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running or trotting. {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses. {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States, called a {tramway}. {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power. {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.] {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman. {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge ({Spongia equina}). {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.] {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are sweet, and good for fodder. {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly}, {horse louse}, and {forest fly}. {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H. comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; -- called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of its pods. {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.] {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef. {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell. {To take horse}. (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay. (b) To be covered, as a mare. (c) See definition 7 (above). | |
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{Salt acid} (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. {Salt block}, an apparatus for evaporating brine; a salt factory. --Knight. {Salt bottom}, a flat piece of ground covered with saline efflorescences. [Western U.S.] --Bartlett. {Salt cake} (Chem.), the white caked mass, consisting of sodium sulphate, which is obtained as the product of the first stage in the manufacture of soda, according to Leblanc's process. {Salt fish}. (a) Salted fish, especially cod, haddock, and similar fishes that have been salted and dried for food. (b) A marine fish. {Salt garden}, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of sea water for the production of salt, employing large shallow basins excavated near the seashore. {Salt gauge}, an instrument used to test the strength of brine; a salimeter. {Salt horse}, salted beef. [Slang] {Salt junk}, hard salt beef for use at sea. [Slang] {Salt lick}. See {Lick}, n. {Salt marsh}, grass land subject to the overflow of salt water. {Salt-marsh caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma acr[91]a} which is very destructive to the salt-marsh grasses and to other crops. Called also {woolly bear}. See Illust. under {Moth}, {Pupa}, and {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}. {Salt-marsh fleabane} (Bot.), a strong-scented composite herb ({Pluchea camphorata}) with rayless purplish heads, growing in salt marshes. {Salt-marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), the clapper rail. See under {Rail}. {Salt-marsh terrapin} (Zo[94]l.), the diamond-back. {Salt mine}, a mine where rock salt is obtained. {Salt pan}. (a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also, a shallow basin in the ground where salt water is evaporated by the heat of the sun. (b) pl. Salt works. {Salt pit}, a pit where salt is obtained or made. {Salt rising}, a kind of yeast in which common salt is a principal ingredient. [U.S.] {Salt raker}, one who collects salt in natural salt ponds, or inclosures from the sea. {Salt sedative} (Chem.), boracic acid. [Obs.] {Salt spring}, a spring of salt water. {Salt tree} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Halimodendron argenteum}) growing in the salt plains of the Caspian region and in Siberia. {Salt water}, water impregnated with salt, as that of the ocean and of certain seas and lakes; sometimes, also, tears. Mine eyes are full of tears, I can not see; And yet salt water blinds them not so much But they can see a sort of traitors here. --Shak. {Salt-water sailor}, an ocean mariner. {Salt-water tailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluefish}. | |
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Rheum \Rheum\ (r[udd]m), n. [OF. reume, rheume, F. rhume a cold,, L. rheuma rheum, from Gr. [?][?][?], fr. "rei^n to flow, akin to E. stream. See {Stream}, n., and cf. {Hemorrhoids}.] (Med.) A serous or mucous discharge, especially one from the eves or nose. I have a rheum in mine eyes too. --Shak. {Salt rheum}. (Med.) See {Salt rheum}, in the Vocab. | |
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Salt rheum \Salt" rheum\ (Med.) A popular name, esp. in the United States, for various cutaneous eruptions, particularly for those of eczema. See {Eczema}. | |
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Eczema \Ec"ze*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`kzema; "ek out + zei^n to boil.] (Med.) An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also {tetter}, {milk crust}, and {salt rheum}. | |
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Rheum \Rheum\ (r[udd]m), n. [OF. reume, rheume, F. rhume a cold,, L. rheuma rheum, from Gr. [?][?][?], fr. "rei^n to flow, akin to E. stream. See {Stream}, n., and cf. {Hemorrhoids}.] (Med.) A serous or mucous discharge, especially one from the eves or nose. I have a rheum in mine eyes too. --Shak. {Salt rheum}. (Med.) See {Salt rheum}, in the Vocab. | |
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Salt rheum \Salt" rheum\ (Med.) A popular name, esp. in the United States, for various cutaneous eruptions, particularly for those of eczema. See {Eczema}. | |
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Eczema \Ec"ze*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`kzema; "ek out + zei^n to boil.] (Med.) An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also {tetter}, {milk crust}, and {salt rheum}. | |
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{Salt acid} (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. {Salt block}, an apparatus for evaporating brine; a salt factory. --Knight. {Salt bottom}, a flat piece of ground covered with saline efflorescences. [Western U.S.] --Bartlett. {Salt cake} (Chem.), the white caked mass, consisting of sodium sulphate, which is obtained as the product of the first stage in the manufacture of soda, according to Leblanc's process. {Salt fish}. (a) Salted fish, especially cod, haddock, and similar fishes that have been salted and dried for food. (b) A marine fish. {Salt garden}, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of sea water for the production of salt, employing large shallow basins excavated near the seashore. {Salt gauge}, an instrument used to test the strength of brine; a salimeter. {Salt horse}, salted beef. [Slang] {Salt junk}, hard salt beef for use at sea. [Slang] {Salt lick}. See {Lick}, n. {Salt marsh}, grass land subject to the overflow of salt water. {Salt-marsh caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma acr[91]a} which is very destructive to the salt-marsh grasses and to other crops. Called also {woolly bear}. See Illust. under {Moth}, {Pupa}, and {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}. {Salt-marsh fleabane} (Bot.), a strong-scented composite herb ({Pluchea camphorata}) with rayless purplish heads, growing in salt marshes. {Salt-marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), the clapper rail. See under {Rail}. {Salt-marsh terrapin} (Zo[94]l.), the diamond-back. {Salt mine}, a mine where rock salt is obtained. {Salt pan}. (a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also, a shallow basin in the ground where salt water is evaporated by the heat of the sun. (b) pl. Salt works. {Salt pit}, a pit where salt is obtained or made. {Salt rising}, a kind of yeast in which common salt is a principal ingredient. [U.S.] {Salt raker}, one who collects salt in natural salt ponds, or inclosures from the sea. {Salt sedative} (Chem.), boracic acid. [Obs.] {Salt spring}, a spring of salt water. {Salt tree} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Halimodendron argenteum}) growing in the salt plains of the Caspian region and in Siberia. {Salt water}, water impregnated with salt, as that of the ocean and of certain seas and lakes; sometimes, also, tears. Mine eyes are full of tears, I can not see; And yet salt water blinds them not so much But they can see a sort of traitors here. --Shak. {Salt-water sailor}, an ocean mariner. {Salt-water tailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluefish}. | |
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{Salt acid} (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. {Salt block}, an apparatus for evaporating brine; a salt factory. --Knight. {Salt bottom}, a flat piece of ground covered with saline efflorescences. [Western U.S.] --Bartlett. {Salt cake} (Chem.), the white caked mass, consisting of sodium sulphate, which is obtained as the product of the first stage in the manufacture of soda, according to Leblanc's process. {Salt fish}. (a) Salted fish, especially cod, haddock, and similar fishes that have been salted and dried for food. (b) A marine fish. {Salt garden}, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of sea water for the production of salt, employing large shallow basins excavated near the seashore. {Salt gauge}, an instrument used to test the strength of brine; a salimeter. {Salt horse}, salted beef. [Slang] {Salt junk}, hard salt beef for use at sea. [Slang] {Salt lick}. See {Lick}, n. {Salt marsh}, grass land subject to the overflow of salt water. {Salt-marsh caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma acr[91]a} which is very destructive to the salt-marsh grasses and to other crops. Called also {woolly bear}. See Illust. under {Moth}, {Pupa}, and {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}. {Salt-marsh fleabane} (Bot.), a strong-scented composite herb ({Pluchea camphorata}) with rayless purplish heads, growing in salt marshes. {Salt-marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), the clapper rail. See under {Rail}. {Salt-marsh terrapin} (Zo[94]l.), the diamond-back. {Salt mine}, a mine where rock salt is obtained. {Salt pan}. (a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also, a shallow basin in the ground where salt water is evaporated by the heat of the sun. (b) pl. Salt works. {Salt pit}, a pit where salt is obtained or made. {Salt rising}, a kind of yeast in which common salt is a principal ingredient. [U.S.] {Salt raker}, one who collects salt in natural salt ponds, or inclosures from the sea. {Salt sedative} (Chem.), boracic acid. [Obs.] {Salt spring}, a spring of salt water. {Salt tree} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Halimodendron argenteum}) growing in the salt plains of the Caspian region and in Siberia. {Salt water}, water impregnated with salt, as that of the ocean and of certain seas and lakes; sometimes, also, tears. Mine eyes are full of tears, I can not see; And yet salt water blinds them not so much But they can see a sort of traitors here. --Shak. {Salt-water sailor}, an ocean mariner. {Salt-water tailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluefish}. | |
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Salt \Salt\, a. [Compar. {Salter}; superl. {Saltest}.] [AS. sealt, salt. See {Salt}, n.] 1. Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water. [bd]Salt tears.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh; salt grass. 3. Fig.: Bitter; sharp; pungent. I have a salt and sorry rheum offends me. --Shak. 4. Fig.: Salacious; lecherous; lustful. --Shak. | |
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Salter \Salt"er\, n. One who makes, sells, or applies salt; one who salts meat or fish. | |
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Saltern \Salt"ern\, n. A building or place where salt is made by boiling or by evaporation; salt works. | |
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Saltier \Sal"tier\, n. See {Saltire}. | |
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Saltire \Sal"tire\, n. [F. sautoir, fr. LL. saltatorium a sort of stirrup, fr. L. saltatorius saltatory. See {Saltatory}, {Sally}, v.] (Her.) A St. Andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an X, -- one of the honorable ordinaries. | |
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Saltirewise \Sal"tire*wise`\, adv. (Her.) In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center. | |
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Saltwort \Salt"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the {Batis maritima}, and the glasswort. See {Glasswort}. {Black saltwort}, the sea milkwort. | |
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Salutary \Sal"u*ta*ry\, a. [L. salutaris, from salus, -utis, health, safety: cf. F. salutaire. See {Salubrious}.] 1. Wholesome; healthful; promoting health; as, salutary exercise. 2. Promotive of, or contributing to, some beneficial purpose; beneficial; advantageous; as, a salutary design. Syn: Wholesome; healthful; salubrious; beneficial; useful; advantageous; profitable. -- {Sal"u*ta*ri*ly}, adv. -- {Sal"u*ta*ri*ness}, n. | |
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Salutary \Sal"u*ta*ry\, a. [L. salutaris, from salus, -utis, health, safety: cf. F. salutaire. See {Salubrious}.] 1. Wholesome; healthful; promoting health; as, salutary exercise. 2. Promotive of, or contributing to, some beneficial purpose; beneficial; advantageous; as, a salutary design. Syn: Wholesome; healthful; salubrious; beneficial; useful; advantageous; profitable. -- {Sal"u*ta*ri*ly}, adv. -- {Sal"u*ta*ri*ness}, n. | |
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Salutary \Sal"u*ta*ry\, a. [L. salutaris, from salus, -utis, health, safety: cf. F. salutaire. See {Salubrious}.] 1. Wholesome; healthful; promoting health; as, salutary exercise. 2. Promotive of, or contributing to, some beneficial purpose; beneficial; advantageous; as, a salutary design. Syn: Wholesome; healthful; salubrious; beneficial; useful; advantageous; profitable. -- {Sal"u*ta*ri*ly}, adv. -- {Sal"u*ta*ri*ness}, n. | |
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Saluter \Sa*lut"er\, n. One who salutes. | |
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Scalder \Scald"er\, n. A Scandinavian poet; a scald. | |
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Scolder \Scold"er\, n. 1. One who scolds. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries. (b) The old squaw. [Local U.S.] | |
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Sea letter \Sea" let"ter\ (Mar. Law.) The customary certificate of national character which neutral merchant vessels are bound to carry in time of war; a passport for a vessel and cargo. | |
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9. A body of persons having some common honorary distinction or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as, the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order. Find a barefoot brother out, One of our order, to associate me. --Shak. The venerable order of the Knights Templars. --Sir W. Scott. 10. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry. 11. (Arch.) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing. Note: The Greeks used three different orders, easy to distinguish, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Romans added the Tuscan, and changed the Doric so that it is hardly recognizable, and also used a modified Corinthian called Composite. The Renaissance writers on architecture recognized five orders as orthodox or classical, -- Doric (the Roman sort), Ionic, Tuscan, Corinthian, and Composite. See Illust. of {Capital}. 12. (Nat. Hist.) An assemblage of genera having certain important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and Insectivora are orders of Mammalia. Note: The Linn[91]an artificial orders of plants rested mainly on identity in the numer of pistils, or agreement in some one character. Natural orders are groups of genera agreeing in the fundamental plan of their flowers and fruit. A natural order is usually (in botany) equivalent to a family, and may include several tribes. 13. (Rhet.) The placing of words and members in a sentence in such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or clearness of expression. 14. (Math.) Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or surface is the same as the degree of its equation. {Artificial order} [or] {system}. See {Artificial classification}, under {Artificial}, and Note to def. 12 above. {Close order} (Mil.), the arrangement of the ranks with a distance of about half a pace between them; with a distance of about three yards the ranks are in {open order}. {The four Orders}, {The Orders four}, the four orders of mendicant friars. See {Friar}. --Chaucer. {General orders} (Mil.), orders issued which concern the whole command, or the troops generally, in distinction from special orders. {Holy orders}. (a) (Eccl.) The different grades of the Christian ministry; ordination to the ministry. See def. 10 above. (b) (R. C. Ch.) A sacrament for the purpose of conferring a special grace on those ordained. {In order to}, for the purpose of; to the end; as means to. The best knowledge is that which is of greatest use in order to our eternal happiness. --Tillotson. {Minor orders} (R. C. Ch.), orders beneath the diaconate in sacramental dignity, as acolyte, exorcist, reader, doorkeeper. {Money order}. See under {Money}. {Natural order}. (Bot.) See def. 12, Note. {Order book}. (a) A merchant's book in which orders are entered. (b) (Mil.) A book kept at headquarters, in which all orders are recorded for the information of officers and men. (c) A book in the House of Commons in which proposed orders must be entered. [Eng.] {Order in Council}, a royal order issued with and by the advice of the Privy Council. [Great Britain] {Order of battle} (Mil.), the particular disposition given to the troops of an army on the field of battle. {Order of the day}, in legislative bodies, the special business appointed for a specified day. {Order of a differential equation} (Math.), the greatest index of differentiation in the equation. {Sailing orders} (Naut.), the final instructions given to the commander of a ship of war before a cruise. {Sealed orders}, orders sealed, and not to be opened until a certain time, or arrival at a certain place, as after a ship is at sea. {Standing order}. (a) A continuing regulation for the conduct of parliamentary business. (b) (Mil.) An order not subject to change by an officer temporarily in command. {To give order}, to give command or directions. --Shak. {To take order for}, to take charge of; to make arrangements concerning. Whiles I take order for mine own affairs. --Shak. Syn: Arrangement; management. See {Direction}. | |
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Selters water \Sel"ters wa"ter\ A mineral water from Sellers, in the district of Nassan, Germany, containing much free carbonic acid. | |
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Merganser \Mer*gan"ser\, n. [Sp. merg[a0]nsar, fr. mergo a diver (L. mergus, fr. mergere to dip, dive) + [a0]nsar goose, L. anser.] (Zo[94]l.) Any bird of the genus {Merganser}, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill. Note: The red-breasted merganser ({Merganser serrator}) inhabits both hemispheres. It is called also {sawbill}, {harle}, and {sheldrake}. The American merganser ({M. Americanus}.) and the hooded merganser ({Lophodytes cucullatus}) are well-known species. {White merganser}, the smew or white nun. | |
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Sheldrake \Shel"drake`\, n. [Sheld + drake.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus {Tadorna} and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. ({T. cornuta, [or] tadorna}), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows. Note: It has the head and neck greenish black, the breast, sides, and forward part of the back brown, the shoulders and middle of belly black, the speculum green, and the bill and frontal bright red. Called also {shelduck}, {shellduck}, {sheldfowl}, {skeelduck}, {bergander}, {burrow duck}, and {links goose}. Note: The Australian sheldrake ({Tadorna radja}) has the head, neck, breast, flanks, and wing coverts white, the upper part of the back and a band on the breast deep chestnut, and the back and tail black. The chestnut sheldrake of Australia ({Casarca tadornoides}) is varied with black and chestnut, and has a dark green head and neck. The ruddy sheldrake, or Braminy duck ({C. rutila}), and the white-winged sheldrake ({C. leucoptera}), are related Asiatic species. 2. Any one of the American mergansers. Note: The name is also loosely applied to other ducks, as the canvasback, and the shoveler. | |
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Goosander \Goos"an`der\, n. [OE. gossander, a tautological word formed fr. goose + gander. Cf. {Merganser}.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of merganser ({M. merganser}) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also {merganser}, {dundiver}, {sawbill}, {sawneb}, {shelduck}, and {sheldrake}. See {Merganser}. | |
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Merganser \Mer*gan"ser\, n. [Sp. merg[a0]nsar, fr. mergo a diver (L. mergus, fr. mergere to dip, dive) + [a0]nsar goose, L. anser.] (Zo[94]l.) Any bird of the genus {Merganser}, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill. Note: The red-breasted merganser ({Merganser serrator}) inhabits both hemispheres. It is called also {sawbill}, {harle}, and {sheldrake}. The American merganser ({M. Americanus}.) and the hooded merganser ({Lophodytes cucullatus}) are well-known species. {White merganser}, the smew or white nun. | |
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Sheldrake \Shel"drake`\, n. [Sheld + drake.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus {Tadorna} and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. ({T. cornuta, [or] tadorna}), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows. Note: It has the head and neck greenish black, the breast, sides, and forward part of the back brown, the shoulders and middle of belly black, the speculum green, and the bill and frontal bright red. Called also {shelduck}, {shellduck}, {sheldfowl}, {skeelduck}, {bergander}, {burrow duck}, and {links goose}. Note: The Australian sheldrake ({Tadorna radja}) has the head, neck, breast, flanks, and wing coverts white, the upper part of the back and a band on the breast deep chestnut, and the back and tail black. The chestnut sheldrake of Australia ({Casarca tadornoides}) is varied with black and chestnut, and has a dark green head and neck. The ruddy sheldrake, or Braminy duck ({C. rutila}), and the white-winged sheldrake ({C. leucoptera}), are related Asiatic species. 2. Any one of the American mergansers. Note: The name is also loosely applied to other ducks, as the canvasback, and the shoveler. | |
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Goosander \Goos"an`der\, n. [OE. gossander, a tautological word formed fr. goose + gander. Cf. {Merganser}.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of merganser ({M. merganser}) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also {merganser}, {dundiver}, {sawbill}, {sawneb}, {shelduck}, and {sheldrake}. See {Merganser}. | |
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Merganser \Mer*gan"ser\, n. [Sp. merg[a0]nsar, fr. mergo a diver (L. mergus, fr. mergere to dip, dive) + [a0]nsar goose, L. anser.] (Zo[94]l.) Any bird of the genus {Merganser}, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill. Note: The red-breasted merganser ({Merganser serrator}) inhabits both hemispheres. It is called also {sawbill}, {harle}, and {sheldrake}. The American merganser ({M. Americanus}.) and the hooded merganser ({Lophodytes cucullatus}) are well-known species. {White merganser}, the smew or white nun. | |
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Sheldrake \Shel"drake`\, n. [Sheld + drake.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus {Tadorna} and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. ({T. cornuta, [or] tadorna}), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows. Note: It has the head and neck greenish black, the breast, sides, and forward part of the back brown, the shoulders and middle of belly black, the speculum green, and the bill and frontal bright red. Called also {shelduck}, {shellduck}, {sheldfowl}, {skeelduck}, {bergander}, {burrow duck}, and {links goose}. Note: The Australian sheldrake ({Tadorna radja}) has the head, neck, breast, flanks, and wing coverts white, the upper part of the back and a band on the breast deep chestnut, and the back and tail black. The chestnut sheldrake of Australia ({Casarca tadornoides}) is varied with black and chestnut, and has a dark green head and neck. The ruddy sheldrake, or Braminy duck ({C. rutila}), and the white-winged sheldrake ({C. leucoptera}), are related Asiatic species. 2. Any one of the American mergansers. Note: The name is also loosely applied to other ducks, as the canvasback, and the shoveler. | |
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Goosander \Goos"an`der\, n. [OE. gossander, a tautological word formed fr. goose + gander. Cf. {Merganser}.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of merganser ({M. merganser}) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also {merganser}, {dundiver}, {sawbill}, {sawneb}, {shelduck}, and {sheldrake}. See {Merganser}. | |
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Shelter \Shel"ter\, n. [Cf. OE. scheltrun, shiltroun, schelltrome, scheldtrome, a guard, squadron, AS. scildtruma a troop of men with shields; scild shield + truma a band of men. See {Shield}, n.] 1. That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen. The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid, From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade. --Pope. 2. One who protects; a guardian; a defender. Thou [God] hast been a shelter for me. --Ps. lxi. 3. 3. The state of being covered and protected; protection; security. Who into shelter takes their tender bloom. --Young. {Shelter tent},a small tent made of pieces of cotton duck arranged to button together. In field service the soldiers carry the pieces. Syn: Asylum; refuge; retreat; covert; sanctuary; protection; defense; security. | |
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Shelter \Shel"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sheltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sheltering}.] 1. To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect. Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head. --Dryden. You have no convents . . . in which such persons may be received and sheltered. --Southey. 2. To screen or cover from notice; to disguise. In vain I strove to cheek my growing flame, Or shelter passion under friendship's name. --Prior. 3. To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively. They sheltered themselves under a rock. --Abp. Abbot. | |
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Shelter \Shel"ter\, v. i. To take shelter. There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool. --Milton. | |
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Shelter \Shel"ter\, n. [Cf. OE. scheltrun, shiltroun, schelltrome, scheldtrome, a guard, squadron, AS. scildtruma a troop of men with shields; scild shield + truma a band of men. See {Shield}, n.] 1. That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen. The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid, From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade. --Pope. 2. One who protects; a guardian; a defender. Thou [God] hast been a shelter for me. --Ps. lxi. 3. 3. The state of being covered and protected; protection; security. Who into shelter takes their tender bloom. --Young. {Shelter tent},a small tent made of pieces of cotton duck arranged to button together. In field service the soldiers carry the pieces. Syn: Asylum; refuge; retreat; covert; sanctuary; protection; defense; security. | |
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Shelter \Shel"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sheltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sheltering}.] 1. To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect. Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head. --Dryden. You have no convents . . . in which such persons may be received and sheltered. --Southey. 2. To screen or cover from notice; to disguise. In vain I strove to cheek my growing flame, Or shelter passion under friendship's name. --Prior. 3. To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively. They sheltered themselves under a rock. --Abp. Abbot. | |
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Shelter \Shel"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sheltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sheltering}.] 1. To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect. Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head. --Dryden. You have no convents . . . in which such persons may be received and sheltered. --Southey. 2. To screen or cover from notice; to disguise. In vain I strove to cheek my growing flame, Or shelter passion under friendship's name. --Prior. 3. To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively. They sheltered themselves under a rock. --Abp. Abbot. | |
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Shelterless \Shel"ter*less\, a. Destitute of shelter or protection. Now sad and shelterless perhaps she lies. --Rowe. | |
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Sheltery \Shel"ter*y\, a. Affording shelter. [R.] | |
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Shielddrake \Shield"drake`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A sheldrake. | |
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Shoulder \Shoul"der\, n. [OE. shulder, shuldre, schutder, AS. sculdor; akin to D. schoulder, G. schulter, OHG. scultarra, Dan. skulder, Sw. skuldra.] 1. (Anat.) The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint. 2. The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural. Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore The gates of Azza. --Milton. Adown her shoulders fell her length of hair. --Dryden. 3. Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support. In thy shoulder do I build my seat. --Shak. 4. That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing. The north western shoulder of the mountain. --Sir W. Scott. 5. The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton. 6. (Fort.) The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of {Bastion}. 7. An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc. {Shoulder belt}, a belt that passes across the shoulder. {Shoulder blade} (Anat.), the flat bone of the shoulder, to which the humerus is articulated; the scapula. {Shoulder block} (Naut.), a block with a projection, or shoulder, near the upper end, so that it can rest against a spar without jamming the rope. {Shoulder clapper}, one who claps another on the shoulder, or who uses great familiarity. [Obs.] --Shak. {Shoulder girdle}. (Anat.) See {Pectoral girdle}, under {Pectoral}. {Shoulder knot}, an ornamental knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder; a kind of epaulet or braided ornament worn as part of a military uniform. {Shoulder-of-mutton sail} (Naut.), a triangular sail carried on a boat's mast; -- so called from its shape. {Shoulder slip}, dislocation of the shoulder, or of the humerous. --Swift. {Shoulder strap}, a strap worn on or over the shoulder. Specifically (Mil. & Naval), a narrow strap worn on the shoulder of a commissioned officer, indicating, by a suitable device, the rank he holds in the service. See Illust. in App. | |
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Shoulder \Shoul"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shouldered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shouldering}.] 1. To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle. As they the earth would shoulder from her seat. --Spenser. Around her numberless the rabble flowed, Shouldering each other, crowding for a view. --Rowe. 2. To take upon the shoulder or shoulders; as, to shoulder a basket; hence, to assume the burden or responsibility of; as, to shoulder blame; to shoulder a debt. As if Hercules Or burly Atlas shouldered up their state. --Marston. {Right shoulder arms} (Mil.), a position in the Manual of Arms which the piece is placed on the right shoulder, with the lock plate up, and the muzzle elevated and inclined to the left, and held as in the illustration. | |
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Shoulder \Shoul"der\, v. i. To push with the shoulder; to make one's way, as through a crowd, by using the shoulders; to move swaying the shoulders from side to side. A yoke of the great sulky white bullocks . . . came shouldering along together. --Kipling. | |
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Girdle \Gir"dle\, n. [OE. gurdel, girdel, AS. gyrdel, fr. gyrdan; akin to D. gordel, G. g[81]rtel, Icel. gyr[?]ill. See {Gird}, v. t., to encircle, and cf. {Girth}, n.] 1. That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus. Within the girdle of these walls. --Shak. Their breasts girded with golden girdles. --Rev. xv. 6. 2. The zodiac; also, the equator. [Poetic] --Bacon. From the world's girdle to the frozen pole. --Cowper. That gems the starry girdle of the year. --Campbell. 3. (Jewelry) The line ofgreatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting. See Illust. of {Brilliant}. --Knight. 4. (Mining) A thin bed or stratum of stone. --Raymond. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The clitellus of an earthworm. {Girdle bone} (Anat.), the sphenethmoid. See under {Sphenethmoid}. {Girdle wheel}, a spinning wheel. {Sea girdle} (Zo[94]l.), a ctenophore. See {Venus's girdle}, under {Venus}. {Shoulder}, {Pectoral}, [and] {Pelvic}, {girdle}. (Anat.) See under {Pectoral}, and {Pelvic}. {To have under the girdle}, to have bound to one, that is, in subjection. | |
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Command \Com*mand"\, n. 1. An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction. Awaiting what command their mighty chief Had to impose. --Milton. 2. The possession or exercise of authority. Command and force may often create, but can never cure, an aversion. --Locke. 3. Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command. 4. Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey. The steepy stand Which overlooks the vale with wide command. --Dryden. 5. Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge. He assumed an absolute command over his readers. --Dryden. 6. A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer. {Word of command} (Mil.), a word or phrase of definite and established meaning, used in directing the movements of soldiers; as, {aim}; {fire}; {shoulder arms}, etc. Syn: Control; sway; power; authority; rule; dominion; sovereignty; mandate; order; injunction; charge; behest. See {Direction}. | |
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Shoulder \Shoul"der\, n. [OE. shulder, shuldre, schutder, AS. sculdor; akin to D. schoulder, G. schulter, OHG. scultarra, Dan. skulder, Sw. skuldra.] 1. (Anat.) The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint. 2. The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural. Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore The gates of Azza. --Milton. Adown her shoulders fell her length of hair. --Dryden. 3. Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support. In thy shoulder do I build my seat. --Shak. 4. That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing. The north western shoulder of the mountain. --Sir W. Scott. 5. The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton. 6. (Fort.) The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of {Bastion}. 7. An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc. {Shoulder belt}, a belt that passes across the shoulder. {Shoulder blade} (Anat.), the flat bone of the shoulder, to which the humerus is articulated; the scapula. {Shoulder block} (Naut.), a block with a projection, or shoulder, near the upper end, so that it can rest against a spar without jamming the rope. {Shoulder clapper}, one who claps another on the shoulder, or who uses great familiarity. [Obs.] --Shak. {Shoulder girdle}. (Anat.) See {Pectoral girdle}, under {Pectoral}. {Shoulder knot}, an ornamental knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder; a kind of epaulet or braided ornament worn as part of a military uniform. {Shoulder-of-mutton sail} (Naut.), a triangular sail carried on a boat's mast; -- so called from its shape. {Shoulder slip}, dislocation of the shoulder, or of the humerous. --Swift. {Shoulder strap}, a strap worn on or over the shoulder. Specifically (Mil. & Naval), a narrow strap worn on the shoulder of a commissioned officer, indicating, by a suitable device, the rank he holds in the service. See Illust. in App. | |
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Shoulder \Shoul"der\, n. [OE. shulder, shuldre, schutder, AS. sculdor; akin to D. schoulder, G. schulter, OHG. scultarra, Dan. skulder, Sw. skuldra.] 1. (Anat.) The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint. 2. The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural. Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore The gates of Azza. --Milton. Adown her shoulders fell her length of hair. --Dryden. 3. Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support. In thy shoulder do I build my seat. --Shak. 4. That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing. The north western shoulder of the mountain. --Sir W. Scott. 5. The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton. 6. (Fort.) The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of {Bastion}. 7. An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc. {Shoulder belt}, a belt that passes across the shoulder. {Shoulder blade} (Anat.), the flat bone of the shoulder, to which the humerus is articulated; the scapula. {Shoulder block} (Naut.), a block with a projection, or shoulder, near the upper end, so that it can rest against a spar without jamming the rope. {Shoulder clapper}, one who claps another on the shoulder, or who uses great familiarity. [Obs.] --Shak. {Shoulder girdle}. (Anat.) See {Pectoral girdle}, under {Pectoral}. {Shoulder knot}, an ornamental knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder; a kind of epaulet or braided ornament worn as part of a military uniform. {Shoulder-of-mutton sail} (Naut.), a triangular sail carried on a boat's mast; -- so called from its shape. {Shoulder slip}, dislocation of the shoulder, or of the humerous. --Swift. {Shoulder strap}, a strap worn on or over the shoulder. Specifically (Mil. & Naval), a narrow strap worn on the shoulder of a commissioned officer, indicating, by a suitable device, the rank he holds in the service. See Illust. in App. | |
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Shoulder \Shoul"der\, n. [OE. shulder, shuldre, schutder, AS. sculdor; akin to D. schoulder, G. schulter, OHG. scultarra, Dan. skulder, Sw. skuldra.] 1. (Anat.) The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint. 2. The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural. Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore The gates of Azza. --Milton. Adown her shoulders fell her length of hair. --Dryden. 3. Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support. In thy shoulder do I build my seat. --Shak. 4. That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing. The north western shoulder of the mountain. --Sir W. Scott. 5. The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton. 6. (Fort.) The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of {Bastion}. 7. An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc. {Shoulder belt}, a belt that passes across the shoulder. {Shoulder blade} (Anat.), the flat bone of the shoulder, to which the humerus is articulated; the scapula. {Shoulder block} (Naut.), a block with a projection, or shoulder, near the upper end, so that it can rest against a spar without jamming the rope. {Shoulder clapper}, one who claps another on the shoulder, or who uses great familiarity. [Obs.] --Shak. {Shoulder girdle}. (Anat.) See {Pectoral girdle}, under {Pectoral}. {Shoulder knot}, an ornamental knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder; a kind of epaulet or braided ornament worn as part of a military uniform. {Shoulder-of-mutton sail} (Naut.), a triangular sail carried on a boat's mast; -- so called from its shape. {Shoulder slip}, dislocation of the shoulder, or of the humerous. --Swift. {Shoulder strap}, a strap worn on or over the shoulder. Specifically (Mil. & Naval), a narrow strap worn on the shoulder of a commissioned officer, indicating, by a suitable device, the rank he holds in the service. See Illust. in App. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shoulder \Shoul"der\, n. [OE. shulder, shuldre, schutder, AS. sculdor; akin to D. schoulder, G. schulter, OHG. scultarra, Dan. skulder, Sw. skuldra.] 1. (Anat.) The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint. 2. The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural. Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore The gates of Azza. --Milton. Adown her shoulders fell her length of hair. --Dryden. 3. Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support. In thy shoulder do I build my seat. --Shak. 4. That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing. The north western shoulder of the mountain. --Sir W. Scott. 5. The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton. 6. (Fort.) The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of {Bastion}. 7. An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc. {Shoulder belt}, a belt that passes across the shoulder. {Shoulder blade} (Anat.), the flat bone of the shoulder, to which the humerus is articulated; the scapula. {Shoulder block} (Naut.), a block with a projection, or shoulder, near the upper end, so that it can rest against a spar without jamming the rope. {Shoulder clapper}, one who claps another on the shoulder, or who uses great familiarity. [Obs.] --Shak. {Shoulder girdle}. (Anat.) See {Pectoral girdle}, under {Pectoral}. {Shoulder knot}, an ornamental knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder; a kind of epaulet or braided ornament worn as part of a military uniform. {Shoulder-of-mutton sail} (Naut.), a triangular sail carried on a boat's mast; -- so called from its shape. {Shoulder slip}, dislocation of the shoulder, or of the humerous. --Swift. {Shoulder strap}, a strap worn on or over the shoulder. Specifically (Mil. & Naval), a narrow strap worn on the shoulder of a commissioned officer, indicating, by a suitable device, the rank he holds in the service. See Illust. in App. | |
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Shoulder \Shoul"der\, n. [OE. shulder, shuldre, schutder, AS. sculdor; akin to D. schoulder, G. schulter, OHG. scultarra, Dan. skulder, Sw. skuldra.] 1. (Anat.) The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint. 2. The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural. Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore The gates of Azza. --Milton. Adown her shoulders fell her length of hair. --Dryden. 3. Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support. In thy shoulder do I build my seat. --Shak. 4. That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing. The north western shoulder of the mountain. --Sir W. Scott. 5. The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton. 6. (Fort.) The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of {Bastion}. 7. An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc. {Shoulder belt}, a belt that passes across the shoulder. {Shoulder blade} (Anat.), the flat bone of the shoulder, to which the humerus is articulated; the scapula. {Shoulder block} (Naut.), a block with a projection, or shoulder, near the upper end, so that it can rest against a spar without jamming the rope. {Shoulder clapper}, one who claps another on the shoulder, or who uses great familiarity. [Obs.] --Shak. {Shoulder girdle}. (Anat.) See {Pectoral girdle}, under {Pectoral}. {Shoulder knot}, an ornamental knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder; a kind of epaulet or braided ornament worn as part of a military uniform. {Shoulder-of-mutton sail} (Naut.), a triangular sail carried on a boat's mast; -- so called from its shape. {Shoulder slip}, dislocation of the shoulder, or of the humerous. --Swift. {Shoulder strap}, a strap worn on or over the shoulder. Specifically (Mil. & Naval), a narrow strap worn on the shoulder of a commissioned officer, indicating, by a suitable device, the rank he holds in the service. See Illust. in App. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shoulder \Shoul"der\, n. [OE. shulder, shuldre, schutder, AS. sculdor; akin to D. schoulder, G. schulter, OHG. scultarra, Dan. skulder, Sw. skuldra.] 1. (Anat.) The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint. 2. The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural. Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore The gates of Azza. --Milton. Adown her shoulders fell her length of hair. --Dryden. 3. Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support. In thy shoulder do I build my seat. --Shak. 4. That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing. The north western shoulder of the mountain. --Sir W. Scott. 5. The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton. 6. (Fort.) The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of {Bastion}. 7. An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc. {Shoulder belt}, a belt that passes across the shoulder. {Shoulder blade} (Anat.), the flat bone of the shoulder, to which the humerus is articulated; the scapula. {Shoulder block} (Naut.), a block with a projection, or shoulder, near the upper end, so that it can rest against a spar without jamming the rope. {Shoulder clapper}, one who claps another on the shoulder, or who uses great familiarity. [Obs.] --Shak. {Shoulder girdle}. (Anat.) See {Pectoral girdle}, under {Pectoral}. {Shoulder knot}, an ornamental knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder; a kind of epaulet or braided ornament worn as part of a military uniform. {Shoulder-of-mutton sail} (Naut.), a triangular sail carried on a boat's mast; -- so called from its shape. {Shoulder slip}, dislocation of the shoulder, or of the humerous. --Swift. {Shoulder strap}, a strap worn on or over the shoulder. Specifically (Mil. & Naval), a narrow strap worn on the shoulder of a commissioned officer, indicating, by a suitable device, the rank he holds in the service. See Illust. in App. | |
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Shoulder \Shoul"der\, n. [OE. shulder, shuldre, schutder, AS. sculdor; akin to D. schoulder, G. schulter, OHG. scultarra, Dan. skulder, Sw. skuldra.] 1. (Anat.) The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint. 2. The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural. Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore The gates of Azza. --Milton. Adown her shoulders fell her length of hair. --Dryden. 3. Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support. In thy shoulder do I build my seat. --Shak. 4. That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing. The north western shoulder of the mountain. --Sir W. Scott. 5. The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton. 6. (Fort.) The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of {Bastion}. 7. An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc. {Shoulder belt}, a belt that passes across the shoulder. {Shoulder blade} (Anat.), the flat bone of the shoulder, to which the humerus is articulated; the scapula. {Shoulder block} (Naut.), a block with a projection, or shoulder, near the upper end, so that it can rest against a spar without jamming the rope. {Shoulder clapper}, one who claps another on the shoulder, or who uses great familiarity. [Obs.] --Shak. {Shoulder girdle}. (Anat.) See {Pectoral girdle}, under {Pectoral}. {Shoulder knot}, an ornamental knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder; a kind of epaulet or braided ornament worn as part of a military uniform. {Shoulder-of-mutton sail} (Naut.), a triangular sail carried on a boat's mast; -- so called from its shape. {Shoulder slip}, dislocation of the shoulder, or of the humerous. --Swift. {Shoulder strap}, a strap worn on or over the shoulder. Specifically (Mil. & Naval), a narrow strap worn on the shoulder of a commissioned officer, indicating, by a suitable device, the rank he holds in the service. See Illust. in App. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shoulder \Shoul"der\, n. [OE. shulder, shuldre, schutder, AS. sculdor; akin to D. schoulder, G. schulter, OHG. scultarra, Dan. skulder, Sw. skuldra.] 1. (Anat.) The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint. 2. The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural. Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore The gates of Azza. --Milton. Adown her shoulders fell her length of hair. --Dryden. 3. Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support. In thy shoulder do I build my seat. --Shak. 4. That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing. The north western shoulder of the mountain. --Sir W. Scott. 5. The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton. 6. (Fort.) The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of {Bastion}. 7. An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc. {Shoulder belt}, a belt that passes across the shoulder. {Shoulder blade} (Anat.), the flat bone of the shoulder, to which the humerus is articulated; the scapula. {Shoulder block} (Naut.), a block with a projection, or shoulder, near the upper end, so that it can rest against a spar without jamming the rope. {Shoulder clapper}, one who claps another on the shoulder, or who uses great familiarity. [Obs.] --Shak. {Shoulder girdle}. (Anat.) See {Pectoral girdle}, under {Pectoral}. {Shoulder knot}, an ornamental knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder; a kind of epaulet or braided ornament worn as part of a military uniform. {Shoulder-of-mutton sail} (Naut.), a triangular sail carried on a boat's mast; -- so called from its shape. {Shoulder slip}, dislocation of the shoulder, or of the humerous. --Swift. {Shoulder strap}, a strap worn on or over the shoulder. Specifically (Mil. & Naval), a narrow strap worn on the shoulder of a commissioned officer, indicating, by a suitable device, the rank he holds in the service. See Illust. in App. | |
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Shoulder \Shoul"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shouldered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shouldering}.] 1. To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle. As they the earth would shoulder from her seat. --Spenser. Around her numberless the rabble flowed, Shouldering each other, crowding for a view. --Rowe. 2. To take upon the shoulder or shoulders; as, to shoulder a basket; hence, to assume the burden or responsibility of; as, to shoulder blame; to shoulder a debt. As if Hercules Or burly Atlas shouldered up their state. --Marston. {Right shoulder arms} (Mil.), a position in the Manual of Arms which the piece is placed on the right shoulder, with the lock plate up, and the muzzle elevated and inclined to the left, and held as in the illustration. | |
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Shouldered \Shoul"dered\, a. Having shoulders; -- used in composition; as, a broad-shouldered man. [bd]He was short-shouldered.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Shoulder \Shoul"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shouldered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shouldering}.] 1. To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle. As they the earth would shoulder from her seat. --Spenser. Around her numberless the rabble flowed, Shouldering each other, crowding for a view. --Rowe. 2. To take upon the shoulder or shoulders; as, to shoulder a basket; hence, to assume the burden or responsibility of; as, to shoulder blame; to shoulder a debt. As if Hercules Or burly Atlas shouldered up their state. --Marston. {Right shoulder arms} (Mil.), a position in the Manual of Arms which the piece is placed on the right shoulder, with the lock plate up, and the muzzle elevated and inclined to the left, and held as in the illustration. | |
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Sail \Sail\, n. [OE. seil, AS. segel, segl; akin to D. zeil, OHG. segal, G. & Sw. segel, Icel. segl, Dan. seil. [root] 153.] 1. An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water. Behoves him now both sail and oar. --Milton. 2. Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail. 3. A wing; a van. [Poetic] Like an eagle soaring To weather his broad sails. --Spenser. 4. The extended surface of the arm of a windmill. 5. A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft. Note: In this sense, the plural has usually the same form as the singular; as, twenty sail were in sight. 6. A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water. Note: Sails are of two general kinds, {fore-and-aft sails}, and {square sails}. Square sails are always bent to yards, with their foot lying across the line of the vessel. Fore-and-aft sails are set upon stays or gaffs with their foot in line with the keel. A fore-and-aft sail is triangular, or quadrilateral with the after leech longer than the fore leech. Square sails are quadrilateral, but not necessarily square. See Phrases under {Fore}, a., and {Square}, a.; also, {Bark}, {Brig}, {Schooner}, {Ship}, {Stay}. {Sail burton} (Naut.), a purchase for hoisting sails aloft for bending. {Sail fluke} (Zo[94]l.), the whiff. {Sail hook}, a small hook used in making sails, to hold the seams square. {Sail loft}, a loft or room where sails are cut out and made. {Sail room} (Naut.), a room in a vessel where sails are stowed when not in use. {Sail yard} (Naut.), the yard or spar on which a sail is extended. {Shoulder-of-mutton sail} (Naut.), a triangular sail of peculiar form. It is chiefly used to set on a boat's mast. {To crowd sail}. (Naut.) See under {Crowd}. {To loose sails} (Naut.), to unfurl or spread sails. {To make sail} (Naut.), to extend an additional quantity of sail. {To set a sail} (Naut.), to extend or spread a sail to the wind. {To set sail} (Naut.), to unfurl or spread the sails; hence, to begin a voyage. {To shorten sail} (Naut.), to reduce the extent of sail, or take in a part. {To strike sail} (Naut.), to lower the sails suddenly, as in saluting, or in sudden gusts of wind; hence, to acknowledge inferiority; to abate pretension. {Under sail}, having the sails spread. | |
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Shoulder \Shoul"der\, n. [OE. shulder, shuldre, schutder, AS. sculdor; akin to D. schoulder, G. schulter, OHG. scultarra, Dan. skulder, Sw. skuldra.] 1. (Anat.) The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint. 2. The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural. Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore The gates of Azza. --Milton. Adown her shoulders fell her length of hair. --Dryden. 3. Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support. In thy shoulder do I build my seat. --Shak. 4. That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing. The north western shoulder of the mountain. --Sir W. Scott. 5. The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton. 6. (Fort.) The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of {Bastion}. 7. An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc. {Shoulder belt}, a belt that passes across the shoulder. {Shoulder blade} (Anat.), the flat bone of the shoulder, to which the humerus is articulated; the scapula. {Shoulder block} (Naut.), a block with a projection, or shoulder, near the upper end, so that it can rest against a spar without jamming the rope. {Shoulder clapper}, one who claps another on the shoulder, or who uses great familiarity. [Obs.] --Shak. {Shoulder girdle}. (Anat.) See {Pectoral girdle}, under {Pectoral}. {Shoulder knot}, an ornamental knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder; a kind of epaulet or braided ornament worn as part of a military uniform. {Shoulder-of-mutton sail} (Naut.), a triangular sail carried on a boat's mast; -- so called from its shape. {Shoulder slip}, dislocation of the shoulder, or of the humerous. --Swift. {Shoulder strap}, a strap worn on or over the shoulder. Specifically (Mil. & Naval), a narrow strap worn on the shoulder of a commissioned officer, indicating, by a suitable device, the rank he holds in the service. See Illust. in App. | |
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Shoulder-shotten \Shoul"der-shot`ten\, a. Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse. --Shak. | |
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Skelder \Skel"der\, v. t. & i. [Etymol. uncertain.] To deceive; to cheat; to trick. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Skelder \Skel"der\, n. A vagrant; a cheat. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Skeldrake \Skel"drake`\, [or] Skieldrake \Skiel"drake`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common European sheldrake. (b) The oyster catcher. | |
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Skelter \Skel"ter\, v. i. [Cf. {Helter-skelter}.] To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry; -- with away or off. [Colloq.] --A. R. Wallace. | |
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Skeldrake \Skel"drake`\, [or] Skieldrake \Skiel"drake`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common European sheldrake. (b) The oyster catcher. | |
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Skilder \Skil"der\, v. i. To beg; to pilfer; to skelder. [Prov. Eng.& Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Slate \Slate\, n. [OE. slat, OF. esclat a shiver, splinter, F. [82]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to chip, F. [82]clater, fr. OHG. sliezen to tear, slit, split, fr. sl[c6]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See {Slit}, v. t., and cf. {Eclat}.] 1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist. 2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure. 3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially: (a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc. (b) A tablet for writing upon. 4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes. 5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.] 6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] --Bartlett. {Adhesive slate} (Min.), a kind of slate of a greenish gray color, which absorbs water rapidly, and adheres to the tongue; whence the name. {Aluminous slate}, [or] {Alum slate} (Min.), a kind of slate containing sulphate of alumina, -- used in the manufacture of alum. {Bituminous slate} (Min.), a soft species of sectile clay slate, impregnated with bitumen. {Hornblende slate} (Min.), a slaty rock, consisting essentially of hornblende and feldspar, useful for flagging on account of its toughness. {Slate ax} [or] {axe}, a mattock with an ax end, used in shaping slates for roofs, and making holes in them for the nails. {Slate clay} (Geol.), an indurated clay, forming one of the alternating beds of the coal measures, consisting of an infusible compound of alumina and silica, and often used for making fire bricks. --Tomlinson. {Slate globe}, a globe the surface of which is made of an artificial slatelike material. {Slate pencil}, a pencil of slate, or of soapstone, used for writing on a slate. {Slate rocks} (Min.), rocks which split into thin lamin[91], not necessarily parallel to the stratification; foliated rocks. {Slate spar} (Min.), a variety of calcite of silvery white luster and of a slaty structure. {Transparent slate}, a plate of translucent material, as ground glass, upon which a copy of a picture, placed beneath it, can be made by tracing. | |
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Slater \Slat"er\, n. One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings. | |
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Slater \Slat"er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus {Porcellio} and allied genera; a sow bug. | |
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Slatter \Slat"ter\, v. i. [E. slat to throw or dash about.] To be careless, negligent, or aswkward, esp. with regard to dress and neatness; to be wasteful. --Ray. | |
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Slattern \Slat"tern\, n. A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice. | |
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Slattern \Slat"tern\, a. Resembling a slattern; sluttish; slatterny. [bd]The slattern air.[b8] --Gay. | |
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Slattern \Slat"tern\, v. t. To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away. [R.] --Chesterfield. | |
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Slatternliness \Slat"tern*li*ness\, n. The quality or state of being slatternly; slovenliness; untidiness. | |
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Slatternly \Slat"tern*ly\, a. Resembling a slattern; sluttish; negligent; dirty. -- adv. In a slatternly manner. | |
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Slatterpouch \Slat"ter*pouch`\, n. A dance or game played by boys, requiring active exercise. [Obs.] --Gayton. | |
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Slidder \Slid"der\, Slidderly \Slid"der*ly\, Sliddery \Slid"der*y\, a. [AS. slidor. See {Slide}, v. t.] Slippery. [Obs.] To a drunk man the way is slidder. --Chaucer. | |
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Slidder \Slid"der\, v. t. [AS. sliderian. See {Slide}, v. t.] To slide with interruption. [Obs.] --Dryden. | |
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Slidder \Slid"der\, Slidderly \Slid"der*ly\, Sliddery \Slid"der*y\, a. [AS. slidor. See {Slide}, v. t.] Slippery. [Obs.] To a drunk man the way is slidder. --Chaucer. | |
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Slidder \Slid"der\, Slidderly \Slid"der*ly\, Sliddery \Slid"der*y\, a. [AS. slidor. See {Slide}, v. t.] Slippery. [Obs.] To a drunk man the way is slidder. --Chaucer. | |
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7. (Geol.) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure. --Dana. 8. (Mus.) (a) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below. (b) An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics. 9. (Phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound. 10. (Steam Engine) (a) Same as {Guide bar}, under {Guide}. (b) A slide valve. {Slide box} (Steam Engine), a steam chest. See under {Steam}. {Slide lathe}, an engine lathe. See under {Lathe}. {Slide rail}, a transfer table. See under {Transfer}. {Slide rest} (Turning lathes), a contrivance for holding, moving, and guiding, the cutting tool, made to slide on ways or guides by screws or otherwise, and having compound motion. {Slide rule}, a mathematical instrument consisting of two parts, one of which slides upon the other, for the mechanical performance of addition and subtraction, and, by means of logarithmic scales, of multiplication and division. {Slide valve}. (a) Any valve which opens and closes a passageway by sliding over a port. (b) A particular kind of sliding valve, often used in steam engines for admitting steam to the piston and releasing it, alternately, having a cuplike cavity in its face, through which the exhaust steam passes. It is situated in the steam chest, and moved by the valve gear. It is sometimes called a {D valve}, -- a name which is also applied to a semicylindrical pipe used as a sliding valve. | |
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7. (Geol.) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure. --Dana. 8. (Mus.) (a) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below. (b) An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics. 9. (Phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound. 10. (Steam Engine) (a) Same as {Guide bar}, under {Guide}. (b) A slide valve. {Slide box} (Steam Engine), a steam chest. See under {Steam}. {Slide lathe}, an engine lathe. See under {Lathe}. {Slide rail}, a transfer table. See under {Transfer}. {Slide rest} (Turning lathes), a contrivance for holding, moving, and guiding, the cutting tool, made to slide on ways or guides by screws or otherwise, and having compound motion. {Slide rule}, a mathematical instrument consisting of two parts, one of which slides upon the other, for the mechanical performance of addition and subtraction, and, by means of logarithmic scales, of multiplication and division. {Slide valve}. (a) Any valve which opens and closes a passageway by sliding over a port. (b) A particular kind of sliding valve, often used in steam engines for admitting steam to the piston and releasing it, alternately, having a cuplike cavity in its face, through which the exhaust steam passes. It is situated in the steam chest, and moved by the valve gear. It is sometimes called a {D valve}, -- a name which is also applied to a semicylindrical pipe used as a sliding valve. | |
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7. (Geol.) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure. --Dana. 8. (Mus.) (a) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below. (b) An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics. 9. (Phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound. 10. (Steam Engine) (a) Same as {Guide bar}, under {Guide}. (b) A slide valve. {Slide box} (Steam Engine), a steam chest. See under {Steam}. {Slide lathe}, an engine lathe. See under {Lathe}. {Slide rail}, a transfer table. See under {Transfer}. {Slide rest} (Turning lathes), a contrivance for holding, moving, and guiding, the cutting tool, made to slide on ways or guides by screws or otherwise, and having compound motion. {Slide rule}, a mathematical instrument consisting of two parts, one of which slides upon the other, for the mechanical performance of addition and subtraction, and, by means of logarithmic scales, of multiplication and division. {Slide valve}. (a) Any valve which opens and closes a passageway by sliding over a port. (b) A particular kind of sliding valve, often used in steam engines for admitting steam to the piston and releasing it, alternately, having a cuplike cavity in its face, through which the exhaust steam passes. It is situated in the steam chest, and moved by the valve gear. It is sometimes called a {D valve}, -- a name which is also applied to a semicylindrical pipe used as a sliding valve. | |
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Slider \Slid"er\, a. See {Slidder}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Slider \Slid"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part of an instrument or machine. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The red-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys rugosa}). [Local, U. S. ] {Slider pump}, a form of rotary pump. | |
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Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys acebra}) of the Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys rugosa}), native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also {potter}, {slider}, and {redfender}), and the diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin ({Malaclemmys palustris}), are the most important American species. The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole of the Atlantic coast of the United States. {Alligator terrapin}, the snapping turtle. {Mud terrapin}, any one of numerous species of American tortoises of the genus {Cinosternon}. {Painted terrapin}, the painted turtle. See under {Painted}. {Speckled terrapin}, a small fresh-water American terrapin ({Chelopus guttatus}) having the carapace black with round yellow spots; -- called also {spotted turtle}. | |
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Slider \Slid"er\, a. See {Slidder}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Slider \Slid"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part of an instrument or machine. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The red-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys rugosa}). [Local, U. S. ] {Slider pump}, a form of rotary pump. | |
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Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys acebra}) of the Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys rugosa}), native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also {potter}, {slider}, and {redfender}), and the diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin ({Malaclemmys palustris}), are the most important American species. The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole of the Atlantic coast of the United States. {Alligator terrapin}, the snapping turtle. {Mud terrapin}, any one of numerous species of American tortoises of the genus {Cinosternon}. {Painted terrapin}, the painted turtle. See under {Painted}. {Speckled terrapin}, a small fresh-water American terrapin ({Chelopus guttatus}) having the carapace black with round yellow spots; -- called also {spotted turtle}. | |
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Slider \Slid"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part of an instrument or machine. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The red-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys rugosa}). [Local, U. S. ] {Slider pump}, a form of rotary pump. | |
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Slither \Slith"er\, v. i. [Cf. G. schlittern, LG. schliddern. See {Slide}.] To slide; to glide. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Slitter \Slit"ter\, n. One who, or that which, slits. | |
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Sluttery \Slut"ter*y\, n. The qualities and practices of a slut; sluttishness; slatternlines. --Drayton. | |
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Solder \Sol"der\, n. [Formerly soder; F. soudure, OF. soudeure, fr. OF. & F. souder to solder, L. solidare to fasten, to make solid. See {Solid}, and cf. {Sawder}.] A metal or metallic alloy used when melted for uniting adjacent metallic edges or surfaces; a metallic cement. Hence, anything which unites or cements. {Hard solder}, a solder which fuses only at a red heat, as one composed of zinc and copper, or silver and copper, etc. {Soft solder}, a solder fusible at comparatively low temperatures; as, plumbers' solder, consisting of two parts lead and one part tin, is a soft solder. | |
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Solder \Sol"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soldered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Soldering}.] [Formerlysoder. See {Solder}, n.] 1. To unite (metallic surfaces or edges) by the intervention of a more fusible metal or metallic alloy applied when melted; to join by means of metallic cement. 2. To mend; to patch up. [bd]To solder up a broken cause.[b8] --Hooker. | |
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Nipple \Nip"ple\, n. [Formerly neble, a dim. of neb. See {Neb}, {Nib}.] 1. (Anat.) The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap. 2. The orifice at which any animal liquid, as the oil from an oil bag, is discharged. [R.] --Derham. 3. Any small projection or article in which there is an orifice for discharging a fluid, or for other purposes; as, the nipple of a nursing bottle; the nipple of a percussion lock, or that part on which the cap is put and through which the fire passes to the charge. 4. (Mech.) A pipe fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe, usually provided with a screw thread at each end, for connecting two other fittings. {Solder nipple}, a short pipe, usually of brass, one end of which is tapered and adapted for attachment to the end of a lead pipe by soldering. | |
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Solder \Sol"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soldered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Soldering}.] [Formerlysoder. See {Solder}, n.] 1. To unite (metallic surfaces or edges) by the intervention of a more fusible metal or metallic alloy applied when melted; to join by means of metallic cement. 2. To mend; to patch up. [bd]To solder up a broken cause.[b8] --Hooker. | |
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Solderer \Sol"der*er\, n. One who solders. | |
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Soldering \Sol"der*ing\, a. & n. from {Solder}, v. t. {Soldering iron}, {Soldering tool}, an instrument for soldering, consisting of a bit or bolt of copper having a pointed or wedge-shaped end, and furnished with a handle. | |
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Solder \Sol"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soldered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Soldering}.] [Formerlysoder. See {Solder}, n.] 1. To unite (metallic surfaces or edges) by the intervention of a more fusible metal or metallic alloy applied when melted; to join by means of metallic cement. 2. To mend; to patch up. [bd]To solder up a broken cause.[b8] --Hooker. | |
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Soldering \Sol"der*ing\, a. & n. from {Solder}, v. t. {Soldering iron}, {Soldering tool}, an instrument for soldering, consisting of a bit or bolt of copper having a pointed or wedge-shaped end, and furnished with a handle. | |
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Soldering \Sol"der*ing\, a. & n. from {Solder}, v. t. {Soldering iron}, {Soldering tool}, an instrument for soldering, consisting of a bit or bolt of copper having a pointed or wedge-shaped end, and furnished with a handle. | |
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Soldier \Sol"dier\, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See {Solid}, and cf. {Sold}, n.] 1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants. I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak. 2. Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer. It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier. --Spenser. 3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction. --Shak. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The red or cuckoo gurnard ({Trigla pini}.) [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See {Termite}. {Soldier beetle} (Zo[94]l.), an American carabid beetle ({Chauliognathus Americanus}) whose larva feeds upon other insects, such as the plum curculio. {Soldier bug} (Zo[94]l.), any hemipterous insect of the genus {Podisus} and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug ({Podius spinosus}). These bugs suck the blood of other insects. {Soldier crab} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The hermit crab. (b) The fiddler crab. {Soldier fish} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish ({Etheostoma c[d2]ruleum}) found in the Mississippi River; -- called also {blue darter}, and {rainbow darter}. {Soldier fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Stratyomys} and allied genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps. {Soldier moth} (Zo[94]l.), a large geometrid moth ({Euschema militaris}), having the wings bright yellow with bluish black lines and spots. {Soldier orchis} (Bot.), a kind of orchis ({Orchis militaris}). | |
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Soldier \Sol"dier\, v. i. 1. To serve as a soldier. 2. To make a pretense of doing something, or of performing any task. [Colloq.U.S.] Note: In this sense the vulgar pronounciation (s[omac]"j[etil]r) is jocosely preserved. It needs an opera glass to discover whether the leaders are pulling, or only soldiering. --C. D. Warner. | |
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Soldier \Sol"dier\, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See {Solid}, and cf. {Sold}, n.] 1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants. I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak. 2. Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer. It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier. --Spenser. 3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction. --Shak. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The red or cuckoo gurnard ({Trigla pini}.) [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See {Termite}. {Soldier beetle} (Zo[94]l.), an American carabid beetle ({Chauliognathus Americanus}) whose larva feeds upon other insects, such as the plum curculio. {Soldier bug} (Zo[94]l.), any hemipterous insect of the genus {Podisus} and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug ({Podius spinosus}). These bugs suck the blood of other insects. {Soldier crab} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The hermit crab. (b) The fiddler crab. {Soldier fish} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish ({Etheostoma c[d2]ruleum}) found in the Mississippi River; -- called also {blue darter}, and {rainbow darter}. {Soldier fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Stratyomys} and allied genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps. {Soldier moth} (Zo[94]l.), a large geometrid moth ({Euschema militaris}), having the wings bright yellow with bluish black lines and spots. {Soldier orchis} (Bot.), a kind of orchis ({Orchis militaris}). | |
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Soldier \Sol"dier\, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See {Solid}, and cf. {Sold}, n.] 1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants. I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak. 2. Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer. It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier. --Spenser. 3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction. --Shak. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The red or cuckoo gurnard ({Trigla pini}.) [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See {Termite}. {Soldier beetle} (Zo[94]l.), an American carabid beetle ({Chauliognathus Americanus}) whose larva feeds upon other insects, such as the plum curculio. {Soldier bug} (Zo[94]l.), any hemipterous insect of the genus {Podisus} and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug ({Podius spinosus}). These bugs suck the blood of other insects. {Soldier crab} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The hermit crab. (b) The fiddler crab. {Soldier fish} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish ({Etheostoma c[d2]ruleum}) found in the Mississippi River; -- called also {blue darter}, and {rainbow darter}. {Soldier fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Stratyomys} and allied genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps. {Soldier moth} (Zo[94]l.), a large geometrid moth ({Euschema militaris}), having the wings bright yellow with bluish black lines and spots. {Soldier orchis} (Bot.), a kind of orchis ({Orchis militaris}). | |
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Soldier \Sol"dier\, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See {Solid}, and cf. {Sold}, n.] 1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants. I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak. 2. Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer. It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier. --Spenser. 3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction. --Shak. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The red or cuckoo gurnard ({Trigla pini}.) [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See {Termite}. {Soldier beetle} (Zo[94]l.), an American carabid beetle ({Chauliognathus Americanus}) whose larva feeds upon other insects, such as the plum curculio. {Soldier bug} (Zo[94]l.), any hemipterous insect of the genus {Podisus} and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug ({Podius spinosus}). These bugs suck the blood of other insects. {Soldier crab} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The hermit crab. (b) The fiddler crab. {Soldier fish} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish ({Etheostoma c[d2]ruleum}) found in the Mississippi River; -- called also {blue darter}, and {rainbow darter}. {Soldier fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Stratyomys} and allied genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps. {Soldier moth} (Zo[94]l.), a large geometrid moth ({Euschema militaris}), having the wings bright yellow with bluish black lines and spots. {Soldier orchis} (Bot.), a kind of orchis ({Orchis militaris}). | |
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Fiddler \Fid"dler\, n. [AS. fi[?]elere.] 1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A burrowing crab of the genus {Gelasimus}, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also {calling crab}, {soldier crab}, and {fighting crab}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The common European sandpiper ({Tringoides hypoleucus}); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body. {Fiddler crab}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Fiddler}, n., 2. | |
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Hermit \Her"mit\, n. [OE. ermite, eremite, heremit, heremite, F. hermite, ermite, L. eremita, Gr. [?], fr. [?] lonely, solitary. Cf. {Eremite}.] 1. A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives. He had been Duke of Savoy, and after a very glorious reign, took on him the habit of a hermit, and retired into this solitary spot. --Addison. 2. A beadsman; one bound to pray for another. [Obs.] [bd]We rest your hermits.[b8] --Shak. {Hermit crab} (Zo[94]l.), a marine decapod crustacean of the family {Pagurid[91]}. The species are numerous, and belong to many genera. Called also {soldier crab}. The hermit crabs usually occupy the dead shells of various univalve mollusks. See Illust. of {Commensal}. {Hermit thrush} (Zo[94]l.), an American thrush ({Turdus Pallasii}), with retiring habits, but having a sweet song. {Hermit warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a California wood warbler ({Dendroica occidentalis}), having the head yellow, the throat black, and the back gray, with black streaks. | |
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Soldier \Sol"dier\, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See {Solid}, and cf. {Sold}, n.] 1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants. I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak. 2. Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer. It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier. --Spenser. 3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction. --Shak. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The red or cuckoo gurnard ({Trigla pini}.) [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See {Termite}. {Soldier beetle} (Zo[94]l.), an American carabid beetle ({Chauliognathus Americanus}) whose larva feeds upon other insects, such as the plum curculio. {Soldier bug} (Zo[94]l.), any hemipterous insect of the genus {Podisus} and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug ({Podius spinosus}). These bugs suck the blood of other insects. {Soldier crab} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The hermit crab. (b) The fiddler crab. {Soldier fish} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish ({Etheostoma c[d2]ruleum}) found in the Mississippi River; -- called also {blue darter}, and {rainbow darter}. {Soldier fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Stratyomys} and allied genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps. {Soldier moth} (Zo[94]l.), a large geometrid moth ({Euschema militaris}), having the wings bright yellow with bluish black lines and spots. {Soldier orchis} (Bot.), a kind of orchis ({Orchis militaris}). | |
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Fiddler \Fid"dler\, n. [AS. fi[?]elere.] 1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A burrowing crab of the genus {Gelasimus}, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also {calling crab}, {soldier crab}, and {fighting crab}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The common European sandpiper ({Tringoides hypoleucus}); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body. {Fiddler crab}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Fiddler}, n., 2. | |
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Hermit \Her"mit\, n. [OE. ermite, eremite, heremit, heremite, F. hermite, ermite, L. eremita, Gr. [?], fr. [?] lonely, solitary. Cf. {Eremite}.] 1. A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives. He had been Duke of Savoy, and after a very glorious reign, took on him the habit of a hermit, and retired into this solitary spot. --Addison. 2. A beadsman; one bound to pray for another. [Obs.] [bd]We rest your hermits.[b8] --Shak. {Hermit crab} (Zo[94]l.), a marine decapod crustacean of the family {Pagurid[91]}. The species are numerous, and belong to many genera. Called also {soldier crab}. The hermit crabs usually occupy the dead shells of various univalve mollusks. See Illust. of {Commensal}. {Hermit thrush} (Zo[94]l.), an American thrush ({Turdus Pallasii}), with retiring habits, but having a sweet song. {Hermit warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a California wood warbler ({Dendroica occidentalis}), having the head yellow, the throat black, and the back gray, with black streaks. | |
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Soldier \Sol"dier\, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See {Solid}, and cf. {Sold}, n.] 1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants. I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak. 2. Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer. It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier. --Spenser. 3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction. --Shak. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The red or cuckoo gurnard ({Trigla pini}.) [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See {Termite}. {Soldier beetle} (Zo[94]l.), an American carabid beetle ({Chauliognathus Americanus}) whose larva feeds upon other insects, such as the plum curculio. {Soldier bug} (Zo[94]l.), any hemipterous insect of the genus {Podisus} and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug ({Podius spinosus}). These bugs suck the blood of other insects. {Soldier crab} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The hermit crab. (b) The fiddler crab. {Soldier fish} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish ({Etheostoma c[d2]ruleum}) found in the Mississippi River; -- called also {blue darter}, and {rainbow darter}. {Soldier fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Stratyomys} and allied genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps. {Soldier moth} (Zo[94]l.), a large geometrid moth ({Euschema militaris}), having the wings bright yellow with bluish black lines and spots. {Soldier orchis} (Bot.), a kind of orchis ({Orchis militaris}). | |
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Soldier \Sol"dier\, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See {Solid}, and cf. {Sold}, n.] 1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants. I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak. 2. Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer. It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier. --Spenser. 3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction. --Shak. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The red or cuckoo gurnard ({Trigla pini}.) [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See {Termite}. {Soldier beetle} (Zo[94]l.), an American carabid beetle ({Chauliognathus Americanus}) whose larva feeds upon other insects, such as the plum curculio. {Soldier bug} (Zo[94]l.), any hemipterous insect of the genus {Podisus} and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug ({Podius spinosus}). These bugs suck the blood of other insects. {Soldier crab} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The hermit crab. (b) The fiddler crab. {Soldier fish} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish ({Etheostoma c[d2]ruleum}) found in the Mississippi River; -- called also {blue darter}, and {rainbow darter}. {Soldier fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Stratyomys} and allied genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps. {Soldier moth} (Zo[94]l.), a large geometrid moth ({Euschema militaris}), having the wings bright yellow with bluish black lines and spots. {Soldier orchis} (Bot.), a kind of orchis ({Orchis militaris}). | |
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Soldier \Sol"dier\, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See {Solid}, and cf. {Sold}, n.] 1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants. I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak. 2. Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer. It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier. --Spenser. 3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction. --Shak. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The red or cuckoo gurnard ({Trigla pini}.) [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See {Termite}. {Soldier beetle} (Zo[94]l.), an American carabid beetle ({Chauliognathus Americanus}) whose larva feeds upon other insects, such as the plum curculio. {Soldier bug} (Zo[94]l.), any hemipterous insect of the genus {Podisus} and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug ({Podius spinosus}). These bugs suck the blood of other insects. {Soldier crab} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The hermit crab. (b) The fiddler crab. {Soldier fish} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish ({Etheostoma c[d2]ruleum}) found in the Mississippi River; -- called also {blue darter}, and {rainbow darter}. {Soldier fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Stratyomys} and allied genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps. {Soldier moth} (Zo[94]l.), a large geometrid moth ({Euschema militaris}), having the wings bright yellow with bluish black lines and spots. {Soldier orchis} (Bot.), a kind of orchis ({Orchis militaris}). | |
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Soldier \Sol"dier\, n. [OE. souldier, soudiour, souder, OF. soldier, soldoier, soldeier, sodoier, soudoier, soudier, fr. L. solidus a piece of money (hence applied to the pay of a soldier), fr. solidus solid. See {Solid}, and cf. {Sold}, n.] 1. One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants. I am a soldier and unapt to weep. --Shak. 2. Especially, a private in military service, as distinguished from an officer. It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier. --Spenser. 3. A brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of distinguished valor; -- used by way of emphasis or distinction. --Shak. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The red or cuckoo gurnard ({Trigla pini}.) [Prov. Eng.] 5. (Zo[94]l.) One of the asexual polymorphic forms of white ants, or termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest. See {Termite}. {Soldier beetle} (Zo[94]l.), an American carabid beetle ({Chauliognathus Americanus}) whose larva feeds upon other insects, such as the plum curculio. {Soldier bug} (Zo[94]l.), any hemipterous insect of the genus {Podisus} and allied genera, as the spined soldier bug ({Podius spinosus}). These bugs suck the blood of other insects. {Soldier crab} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The hermit crab. (b) The fiddler crab. {Soldier fish} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored etheostomoid fish ({Etheostoma c[d2]ruleum}) found in the Mississippi River; -- called also {blue darter}, and {rainbow darter}. {Soldier fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Stratyomys} and allied genera. They are often bright green, with a metallic luster, and are ornamented on the sides of the back with markings of yellow, like epaulets or shoulder straps. {Soldier moth} (Zo[94]l.), a large geometrid moth ({Euschema militaris}), having the wings bright yellow with bluish black lines and spots. {Soldier orchis} (Bot.), a kind of orchis ({Orchis militaris}). | |
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Soldieress \Sol"dier*ess\, n. A female soldier. [Obs.] | |
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Soldiering \Sol"dier*ing\, n. 1. The act of serving as a soldier; the state of being a soldier; the occupation of a soldier. 2. The act of feigning to work. See the Note under {Soldier}, v. i., 2. [Colloq. U.S.] | |
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Soldierlike \Sol"dier*like"\, a. Like a soldier; soldierly. | |
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Soldierly \Sol"dier*ly\, a. Like or becoming a real soldier; brave; martial; heroic; honorable; soldierlike. [bd]Soldierly discipline.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Soldiership \Sol"dier*ship\, n. Military qualities or state; martial skill; behavior becoming a soldier. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Soldierwood \Sol"dier*wood`\, n. (Bot.) A showy leguminous plant ({Calliandra purpurea}) of the West Indies. The flowers have long tassels of purple stamens. | |
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Soldiery \Sol"dier*y\, n. 1. A body of soldiers; soldiers, collectivelly; the military. A camp of faithful soldiery. --Milton. 2. Military service. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Sole trader \Sole trader\ A feme sole trader. | |
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Solidare \Sol"i*dare\, n. [LL. solidus. Cf. {Sou}.] A small piece of money. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Solidarity \Sol`i*dar"i*ty\, n. [F. solidarit[82], fr. solide. See {Solid}.] An entire union or consolidation of interests and responsibilities; fellowship; community. Solidarity [a word which we owe to the French Communists], signifies a fellowship in gain and loss, in honor and dishonor, in victory and defeat, a being, so to speak, all in the same boat. --Trench. The solidarity . . . of Breton and Welsh poetry. --M. Arnold. | |
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Solidary \Sol"i*da*ry\, a. Having community of interests and responsibilities. Men are solidary, or copartners; and not isolated. --M. Arnold. | |
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Solid-drawn \Sol"id-drawn`\, a. Drawn out from a heated solid bar, as by a process of spiral rolling which first hollows the bar and then expands the cavity by forcing the bar over a pointed mandrel fixed in front of the rolls; -- said of a weldless tube. | |
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Soliitariety \Sol`ii*ta*ri"e*ty\, n. The state of being solitary; solitariness. [Obs.] --Cudworth. | |
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Solitaire \Sol`i*taire"\, n. [F. See {Solitary}.] 1. A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit. --Pope. 2. A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone. Diamond solitaires blazing on his breast and wrists. --Mrs. R. H. Davis. 3. A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by [bd]jumping,[b8] as in draughts. 4. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large extinct bird ({Pezophaps solitaria}) which formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called also {solitary}. (b) Any species of American thrushlike birds of the genus {Myadestes}. They are noted their sweet songs and retiring habits. Called also {fly-catching thrush}. A West Indian species ({Myadestes sibilans}) is called the {invisible bird}. | |
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Solitarian \Sol`i*ta"ri*an\, n. [See {Solitary}.] A hermit; a solitary. [Obs.] --Sir R. Twisden. | |
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Solitarily \Sol"i*ta*ri*ly\, adv. In a solitary manner; in solitude; alone. --Mic. vii. 14. | |
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Solitariness \Sol"i*ta*ri*ness\, n. Condition of being solitary. | |
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Solitaire \Sol`i*taire"\, n. [F. See {Solitary}.] 1. A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit. --Pope. 2. A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone. Diamond solitaires blazing on his breast and wrists. --Mrs. R. H. Davis. 3. A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by [bd]jumping,[b8] as in draughts. 4. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large extinct bird ({Pezophaps solitaria}) which formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called also {solitary}. (b) Any species of American thrushlike birds of the genus {Myadestes}. They are noted their sweet songs and retiring habits. Called also {fly-catching thrush}. A West Indian species ({Myadestes sibilans}) is called the {invisible bird}. | |
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Solitary \Sol"i*ta*ry\, a. [L. solitarius, fr. solus alone: cf. F. solitaire. See {Sole}, a., and cf. {Solitaire}.] 1. Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely. Those rare and solitary, these in flocks. --Milton. Hie home unto my chamber, Where thou shalt find me, sad and solitary. --Shak. 2. Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life. Satan . . . explores his solitary flight. --Milton. 3. ot much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place. 4. Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert. How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people. --Lam. i. 1. Let that night be solitary; let no joyful voice come therein. --Job iii. 7. 5. Single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example. 6. (Bot.) Not associated with others of the same kind. {Solitary ant} (Zo[94]l.), any solitary hymenopterous insect of the family {Mutillid[91]}. The female of these insects is destitute of wings and has a powerful sting. The male is winged and resembles a wasp. Called also {spider ant}. {Solitary bee} (Zo[94]l.), any species of bee which does not form communities. {Solitary sandpiper} (Zo[94]l.), an American tattler ({Totanus solitarius}). {Solitary snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the great snipe. [Prov. Eng.] {Solitary thrush} (Zo[94]l.) the starling. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Solitary \Sol"i*ta*ry\, n. One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret; a hermit; a recluse. | |
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Solitaire \Sol`i*taire"\, n. [F. See {Solitary}.] 1. A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit. --Pope. 2. A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone. Diamond solitaires blazing on his breast and wrists. --Mrs. R. H. Davis. 3. A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by [bd]jumping,[b8] as in draughts. 4. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large extinct bird ({Pezophaps solitaria}) which formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called also {solitary}. (b) Any species of American thrushlike birds of the genus {Myadestes}. They are noted their sweet songs and retiring habits. Called also {fly-catching thrush}. A West Indian species ({Myadestes sibilans}) is called the {invisible bird}. | |
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Solitary \Sol"i*ta*ry\, a. [L. solitarius, fr. solus alone: cf. F. solitaire. See {Sole}, a., and cf. {Solitaire}.] 1. Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely. Those rare and solitary, these in flocks. --Milton. Hie home unto my chamber, Where thou shalt find me, sad and solitary. --Shak. 2. Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life. Satan . . . explores his solitary flight. --Milton. 3. ot much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place. 4. Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert. How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people. --Lam. i. 1. Let that night be solitary; let no joyful voice come therein. --Job iii. 7. 5. Single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example. 6. (Bot.) Not associated with others of the same kind. {Solitary ant} (Zo[94]l.), any solitary hymenopterous insect of the family {Mutillid[91]}. The female of these insects is destitute of wings and has a powerful sting. The male is winged and resembles a wasp. Called also {spider ant}. {Solitary bee} (Zo[94]l.), any species of bee which does not form communities. {Solitary sandpiper} (Zo[94]l.), an American tattler ({Totanus solitarius}). {Solitary snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the great snipe. [Prov. Eng.] {Solitary thrush} (Zo[94]l.) the starling. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Solitary \Sol"i*ta*ry\, n. One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret; a hermit; a recluse. | |
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Solitary \Sol"i*ta*ry\, a. [L. solitarius, fr. solus alone: cf. F. solitaire. See {Sole}, a., and cf. {Solitaire}.] 1. Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely. Those rare and solitary, these in flocks. --Milton. Hie home unto my chamber, Where thou shalt find me, sad and solitary. --Shak. 2. Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life. Satan . . . explores his solitary flight. --Milton. 3. ot much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place. 4. Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert. How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people. --Lam. i. 1. Let that night be solitary; let no joyful voice come therein. --Job iii. 7. 5. Single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example. 6. (Bot.) Not associated with others of the same kind. {Solitary ant} (Zo[94]l.), any solitary hymenopterous insect of the family {Mutillid[91]}. The female of these insects is destitute of wings and has a powerful sting. The male is winged and resembles a wasp. Called also {spider ant}. {Solitary bee} (Zo[94]l.), any species of bee which does not form communities. {Solitary sandpiper} (Zo[94]l.), an American tattler ({Totanus solitarius}). {Solitary snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the great snipe. [Prov. Eng.] {Solitary thrush} (Zo[94]l.) the starling. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Solitary \Sol"i*ta*ry\, a. [L. solitarius, fr. solus alone: cf. F. solitaire. See {Sole}, a., and cf. {Solitaire}.] 1. Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely. Those rare and solitary, these in flocks. --Milton. Hie home unto my chamber, Where thou shalt find me, sad and solitary. --Shak. 2. Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life. Satan . . . explores his solitary flight. --Milton. 3. ot much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place. 4. Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert. How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people. --Lam. i. 1. Let that night be solitary; let no joyful voice come therein. --Job iii. 7. 5. Single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example. 6. (Bot.) Not associated with others of the same kind. {Solitary ant} (Zo[94]l.), any solitary hymenopterous insect of the family {Mutillid[91]}. The female of these insects is destitute of wings and has a powerful sting. The male is winged and resembles a wasp. Called also {spider ant}. {Solitary bee} (Zo[94]l.), any species of bee which does not form communities. {Solitary sandpiper} (Zo[94]l.), an American tattler ({Totanus solitarius}). {Solitary snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the great snipe. [Prov. Eng.] {Solitary thrush} (Zo[94]l.) the starling. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Solitary \Sol"i*ta*ry\, a. [L. solitarius, fr. solus alone: cf. F. solitaire. See {Sole}, a., and cf. {Solitaire}.] 1. Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely. Those rare and solitary, these in flocks. --Milton. Hie home unto my chamber, Where thou shalt find me, sad and solitary. --Shak. 2. Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life. Satan . . . explores his solitary flight. --Milton. 3. ot much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place. 4. Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert. How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people. --Lam. i. 1. Let that night be solitary; let no joyful voice come therein. --Job iii. 7. 5. Single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example. 6. (Bot.) Not associated with others of the same kind. {Solitary ant} (Zo[94]l.), any solitary hymenopterous insect of the family {Mutillid[91]}. The female of these insects is destitute of wings and has a powerful sting. The male is winged and resembles a wasp. Called also {spider ant}. {Solitary bee} (Zo[94]l.), any species of bee which does not form communities. {Solitary sandpiper} (Zo[94]l.), an American tattler ({Totanus solitarius}). {Solitary snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the great snipe. [Prov. Eng.] {Solitary thrush} (Zo[94]l.) the starling. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Solitary \Sol"i*ta*ry\, a. [L. solitarius, fr. solus alone: cf. F. solitaire. See {Sole}, a., and cf. {Solitaire}.] 1. Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely. Those rare and solitary, these in flocks. --Milton. Hie home unto my chamber, Where thou shalt find me, sad and solitary. --Shak. 2. Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life. Satan . . . explores his solitary flight. --Milton. 3. ot much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place. 4. Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert. How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people. --Lam. i. 1. Let that night be solitary; let no joyful voice come therein. --Job iii. 7. 5. Single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example. 6. (Bot.) Not associated with others of the same kind. {Solitary ant} (Zo[94]l.), any solitary hymenopterous insect of the family {Mutillid[91]}. The female of these insects is destitute of wings and has a powerful sting. The male is winged and resembles a wasp. Called also {spider ant}. {Solitary bee} (Zo[94]l.), any species of bee which does not form communities. {Solitary sandpiper} (Zo[94]l.), an American tattler ({Totanus solitarius}). {Solitary snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the great snipe. [Prov. Eng.] {Solitary thrush} (Zo[94]l.) the starling. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Solitary \Sol"i*ta*ry\, a. [L. solitarius, fr. solus alone: cf. F. solitaire. See {Sole}, a., and cf. {Solitaire}.] 1. Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely. Those rare and solitary, these in flocks. --Milton. Hie home unto my chamber, Where thou shalt find me, sad and solitary. --Shak. 2. Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life. Satan . . . explores his solitary flight. --Milton. 3. ot much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place. 4. Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert. How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people. --Lam. i. 1. Let that night be solitary; let no joyful voice come therein. --Job iii. 7. 5. Single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example. 6. (Bot.) Not associated with others of the same kind. {Solitary ant} (Zo[94]l.), any solitary hymenopterous insect of the family {Mutillid[91]}. The female of these insects is destitute of wings and has a powerful sting. The male is winged and resembles a wasp. Called also {spider ant}. {Solitary bee} (Zo[94]l.), any species of bee which does not form communities. {Solitary sandpiper} (Zo[94]l.), an American tattler ({Totanus solitarius}). {Solitary snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the great snipe. [Prov. Eng.] {Solitary thrush} (Zo[94]l.) the starling. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sultry \Sul"try\, a. [Compar. {Sultrier}; superl. {Sultriest}.] [From {Sweltry}.] 1. Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts. Such as, born beneath the burning sky And sultry sun, betwixt the tropics lie. --Dryden. 2. Very hot and moist, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air. When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain plant. --Addison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sultry \Sul"try\, a. [Compar. {Sultrier}; superl. {Sultriest}.] [From {Sweltry}.] 1. Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts. Such as, born beneath the burning sky And sultry sun, betwixt the tropics lie. --Dryden. 2. Very hot and moist, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air. When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain plant. --Addison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sultriness \Sul"tri*ness\, n. The quality or state of being sultry. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sultry \Sul"try\, a. [Compar. {Sultrier}; superl. {Sultriest}.] [From {Sweltry}.] 1. Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts. Such as, born beneath the burning sky And sultry sun, betwixt the tropics lie. --Dryden. 2. Very hot and moist, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air. When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain plant. --Addison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sultryly \Sul"try*ly\, adv. In a sultry manner. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swelter \Swel"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sweltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sweltering}.] [From {Swelt}, v. i.] 1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat. [bd]Sweltered cattle.[b8] --Coleridge. 2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] --Drayton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swelter \Swel"ter\, v. t. 1. To oppress with heat. --Bentley. 2. To exude, like sweat. [R.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swelter \Swel"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sweltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sweltering}.] [From {Swelt}, v. i.] 1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat. [bd]Sweltered cattle.[b8] --Coleridge. 2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] --Drayton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swelter \Swel"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sweltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sweltering}.] [From {Swelt}, v. i.] 1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat. [bd]Sweltered cattle.[b8] --Coleridge. 2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] --Drayton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sweltry \Swel"try\, a. [See {Swelter}, {Swelt}, v. i., and cf. {Sultry}.] Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry. [R.] --Evelyn. | |
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Salt Rock, WV Zip code(s): 25559 | |
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Saltaire, NY (village, FIPS 64881) Location: 40.63799 N, 73.19506 W Population (1990): 38 (373 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
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Salters, SC Zip code(s): 29590 | |
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Schlater, MS (town, FIPS 66080) Location: 33.63906 N, 90.34937 W Population (1990): 404 (152 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38952 | |
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Shallowater, TX (city, FIPS 67136) Location: 33.69006 N, 101.99234 W Population (1990): 1708 (624 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79363 | |
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Shelter Bay, WA (CDP, FIPS 63725) Location: 48.38261 N, 122.51395 W Population (1990): 1069 (571 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
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Shelter Island, NY (CDP, FIPS 66828) Location: 41.05998 N, 72.32022 W Population (1990): 1193 (871 housing units) Area: 16.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 11964 | |
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Shelter Island H, NY Zip code(s): 11965 | |
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Shelter Island Heights, NY (CDP, FIPS 66850) Location: 41.07570 N, 72.34277 W Population (1990): 1042 (1250 housing units) Area: 13.9 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) | |
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Slater, CO Zip code(s): 81653 Slater, IA (city, FIPS 73515) Location: 41.88028 N, 93.68406 W Population (1990): 1268 (503 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50244 Slater, MO (city, FIPS 68204) Location: 39.22277 N, 93.06469 W Population (1990): 2186 (1099 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65349 | |
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Slater-Marietta, SC (CDP, FIPS 66917) Location: 35.03347 N, 82.49420 W Population (1990): 2245 (901 housing units) Area: 11.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Slatersville, RI Zip code(s): 02876 | |
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Slaterville Spri, NY Zip code(s): 14881 | |
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Soldier, IA (city, FIPS 73785) Location: 41.98461 N, 95.77963 W Population (1990): 205 (112 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51572 Soldier, KS (city, FIPS 66175) Location: 39.53784 N, 95.96460 W Population (1990): 135 (56 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66540 | |
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Soldier Pond, ME Zip code(s): 04781 | |
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Soldiers Grove, WI (village, FIPS 74550) Location: 43.39243 N, 90.77356 W Population (1990): 564 (238 housing units) Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54655 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SLD resolution resolution} with a {selection function} for {definite sentences}. A definite sentence has exactly one {positive literal} in each {clause} and this literal is selected to be resolved upon, i.e. replaced in the {goal} clause by the {conjunction} of {negative literals} which form the body of the clause. [Why is SLD resolution important?] (2003-12-04) |