English Dictionary: shrimpy | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swine \Swine\, n.sing. & pl. [OE. swin, AS. sw[c6]n; akin to OFries. & OS. swin, D. zwijn, G. schwein, OHG. sw[c6]n, Icel. sv[c6]n, Sw. svin, Dan. sviin, Goth. swein; originally a diminutive corresponding to E. sow. See {Sow}, n.] (Zo[94]l.) Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See {Hog}. [bd]A great herd of swine.[b8] --Mark v. 11. {Swine grass} (Bot.), knotgrass ({Polygonum aviculare}); -- so called because eaten by swine. {Swine oat} (Bot.), a kind of oat sometimes grown for swine. {Swine's cress} (Bot.), a species of cress of the genus {Senebiera} ({S. Coronopus}). {Swine's head}, a dolt; a blockhead. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Swine thistle} (Bot.), the sow thistle. | |
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Scarn \Scarn\, n. [Icel. skarn; akin to AS. scearn. Cf. {Shearn}.] Dung. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Ray. {Scarn bee} (Zo[94]l.), a dung beetle. | |
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Scornful \Scorn"ful\, a. 1. Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful. Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun. --Prior. Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. --Shak. 2. Treated with scorn; exciting scorn. [Obs.] The scornful mark of every open eye. --Shak. Syn: Contemptuous; disdainful; contumelious; reproachful; insolent. -- {Scorn"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Scorn"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Scornful \Scorn"ful\, a. 1. Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful. Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun. --Prior. Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. --Shak. 2. Treated with scorn; exciting scorn. [Obs.] The scornful mark of every open eye. --Shak. Syn: Contemptuous; disdainful; contumelious; reproachful; insolent. -- {Scorn"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Scorn"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Scornful \Scorn"ful\, a. 1. Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful. Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun. --Prior. Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. --Shak. 2. Treated with scorn; exciting scorn. [Obs.] The scornful mark of every open eye. --Shak. Syn: Contemptuous; disdainful; contumelious; reproachful; insolent. -- {Scorn"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Scorn"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Scramble \Scram"ble\, v. t. 1. To collect by scrambling; as, to scramble up wealth. --Marlowe. 2. To prepare (eggs) as a dish for the table, by stirring the yolks and whites together while cooking. | |
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Scramble \Scram"ble\, n. 1. The act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or clambering. 2. The act of jostling and pushing for something desired; eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out; as, a scramble for office. Scarcity [of money] enhances its price, and increases the scramble. --Locke. | |
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Scramble \Scram"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scrambled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scrambling}.] [Freq. of Prov. E. scramb to rake together with the hands, or of scramp to snatch at. cf. {Scrabble}.] 1. To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks. 2. To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired. Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast. --Milton. | |
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Scramble \Scram"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scrambled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scrambling}.] [Freq. of Prov. E. scramb to rake together with the hands, or of scramp to snatch at. cf. {Scrabble}.] 1. To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks. 2. To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired. Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast. --Milton. | |
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Scrambled eggs \Scram"bled eggs\ Eggs of which the whites and yolks are stirred together while cooking, or eggs beaten slightly, often with a little milk, and stirred while cooking. | |
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Scrambler \Scram"bler\, n. 1. One who scrambles; one who climbs on all fours. 2. A greedy and unceremonious contestant. | |
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Scramble \Scram"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scrambled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scrambling}.] [Freq. of Prov. E. scramb to rake together with the hands, or of scramp to snatch at. cf. {Scrabble}.] 1. To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks. 2. To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired. Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast. --Milton. | |
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Scrambling \Scram"bling\, a. Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling. -- {Scram"bling*ly}, adv. A huge old scrambling bedroom. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Scrambling \Scram"bling\, a. Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling. -- {Scram"bling*ly}, adv. A huge old scrambling bedroom. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Scrimp \Scrimp\, a. Short; scanty; curtailed. | |
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Scrimp \Scrimp\, n. A pinching miser; a niggard. [U.S.] | |
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Scrimp \Scrimp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scrimped} (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Scrimping}.] [Cf. Dan. skrumpe, G. schrumpfen, D. krimpen. Cf. {Shrimp}, {Shrine}.] To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat. | |
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Scrimp \Scrimp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scrimped} (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Scrimping}.] [Cf. Dan. skrumpe, G. schrumpfen, D. krimpen. Cf. {Shrimp}, {Shrine}.] To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat. | |
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Scrimping \Scrimp"ing\, a. & n. from {Scrimp}, v. t. {Scrimping bar}, a device used in connection with a calico printing machine for stretching the fabric breadthwise so that it may be smooth for printing. --Knight. | |
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Scrimp \Scrimp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scrimped} (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Scrimping}.] [Cf. Dan. skrumpe, G. schrumpfen, D. krimpen. Cf. {Shrimp}, {Shrine}.] To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat. | |
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Scrimping \Scrimp"ing\, a. & n. from {Scrimp}, v. t. {Scrimping bar}, a device used in connection with a calico printing machine for stretching the fabric breadthwise so that it may be smooth for printing. --Knight. | |
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Scrimpingly \Scrimp"ing*ly\, adv. In a scrimping manner. | |
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Scrimpness \Scrimp"ness\, n. The state of being scrimp. | |
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Scrimption \Scrimp"tion\, n. A small portion; a pittance; a little bit. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Scrumptious \Scrump"tious\, a. Nice; particular; fastidious; excellent; fine. [Slang] | |
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Serum \Se"rum\ (s[emac]"r[ucr]m), n. [L., akin to Gr. [?][?][?], Skr. s[be]ra curd.] (Physiol.) (a) The watery portion of certain animal fluids, as blood, milk, etc. (b) A thin watery fluid, containing more or less albumin, secreted by the serous membranes of the body, such as the pericardium and peritoneum. {Blood serum}, the pale yellowish fluid which exudes from the clot formed in the coagulation of the blood; the liquid portion of the blood, after removal of the blood corpuscles and the fibrin. {Muscle serum}, the thin watery fluid which separates from the muscles after coagulation of the muscle plasma; the watery portion of the plasma. See {Muscle plasma}, under {Plasma}. {Serum albumin} (Physiol. Chem.), an albuminous body, closely related to egg albumin, present in nearly all serous fluids; esp., the albumin of blood serum. {Serum globulin} (Physiol. Chem.), paraglobulin. {Serum of milk} (Physiol. Chem.), the whey, or fluid portion of milk, remaining after removal of the casein and fat. | |
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Shrimp \Shrimp\, v. t. [Cf. AS. scrimman to dry up, wither, MHG. schrimpfen to shrink, G. schrumpfen, Dan. skrumpe, skrumpes, Da. & Sw. skrumpen shriveled. Cf. {Scrimp}, {Shrink}, {Shrivel}.] To contract; to shrink. [Obs.] | |
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Shrimp \Shrimp\, n. [OE. shrimp; -- probably so named from its shriveled appearance. See {Shrimp}, v.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of macruran Crustacea belonging to {Crangon} and various allied genera, having a slender body and long legs. Many of them are used as food. The larger kinds are called also {prawns}. See Illust. of {Decapoda}. (b) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe {Caridea}, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form. (c) In a loose sense, any small crustacean, including some amphipods and even certain entomostracans; as, the fairy shrimp, and brine shrimp. See under {Fairy}, and {Brine}. | |
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2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt. This weak and writhled shrimp. --Shak. {Opossum shrimp}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Opossum}. {Spector shrimp}, [or] {Skeleton shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), any slender amphipod crustacean of the genus {Caprella} and allied genera. See Illust. under {L[91]modopoda}. {Shrimp catcher} (Zo[94]l.), the little tern ({Sterna minuta}). {Shrimp net}, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net dragged over the fishing ground. | |
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2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt. This weak and writhled shrimp. --Shak. {Opossum shrimp}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Opossum}. {Spector shrimp}, [or] {Skeleton shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), any slender amphipod crustacean of the genus {Caprella} and allied genera. See Illust. under {L[91]modopoda}. {Shrimp catcher} (Zo[94]l.), the little tern ({Sterna minuta}). {Shrimp net}, a dredge net fixed upon a pole, or a sweep net dragged over the fishing ground. | |
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Shrimper \Shrimp"er\, n. One who fishes for shrimps. | |
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Skrimp \Skrimp\, v. t. See {Scrimp}. | |
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Sworn \Sworn\, p. p. of {Swear}. {Sworn brothers}, originally, companions in arms who took an oath to share together good and bad fortune; hence, faithful friends. {Sworn enemies}, determined or irreconcilable enemies. {Sworn friends}, close friends. | |
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Sworn \Sworn\, p. p. of {Swear}. {Sworn brothers}, originally, companions in arms who took an oath to share together good and bad fortune; hence, faithful friends. {Sworn enemies}, determined or irreconcilable enemies. {Sworn friends}, close friends. | |
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Screen Peace Andersen. Released as {charityware}. It can load extension modules with {filename extension} ".SPX". {Some modules (ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/computing/systems/ibmpc/windows3/desktop/spx2.zip)}. (1997-11-23) | |
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screen popping on a call centre terminal at the same time as the customer call is transferred. (2003-12-04) |