English Dictionary: sich gewaschen haben | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sagacious \Sa*ga"cious\, a. [L. sagax, sagacis, akin to sagire to perceive quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See {Seek}, and cf. {Presage}.] 1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail. Sagacious of his quarry from so far. --Milton. 2. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark. Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious above our apprehension. --Dr. H. More. Only sagacious heads light on these observations, and reduce them into general propositions. --Locke. Syn: See {Shrewd}. -- {Sa*ga"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Sa*ga"cious*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sagacious \Sa*ga"cious\, a. [L. sagax, sagacis, akin to sagire to perceive quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See {Seek}, and cf. {Presage}.] 1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail. Sagacious of his quarry from so far. --Milton. 2. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark. Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious above our apprehension. --Dr. H. More. Only sagacious heads light on these observations, and reduce them into general propositions. --Locke. Syn: See {Shrewd}. -- {Sa*ga"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Sa*ga"cious*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sagacious \Sa*ga"cious\, a. [L. sagax, sagacis, akin to sagire to perceive quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See {Seek}, and cf. {Presage}.] 1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail. Sagacious of his quarry from so far. --Milton. 2. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark. Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious above our apprehension. --Dr. H. More. Only sagacious heads light on these observations, and reduce them into general propositions. --Locke. Syn: See {Shrewd}. -- {Sa*ga"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Sa*ga"cious*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sage \Sage\, n. [OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See {Safe}.] (Bot.) (a) A suffruticose labiate plant ({Salvia officinalis}) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage. (b) The sagebrush. {Meadow sage} (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of Salvia ({S. pratensis}) growing in meadows in Europe. {Sage cheese}, cheese flavored with sage, and colored green by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which are added to the milk. {Sage cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of the sage grouse; in a more general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse. {Sage green}, of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves of garden sage. {Sage grouse} (Zo[94]l.), a very large American grouse ({Centrocercus urophasianus}), native of the dry sagebrush plains of Western North America. Called also {cock of the plains}. The male is called {sage cock}, and the female {sage hen}. {Sage hare}, or {Sage rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), a species of hare ({Lepus Nuttalli, [or] artemisia}) which inhabits the arid regions of Western North America and lives among sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit. {Sage hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the sage grouse. {Sage sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a small sparrow ({Amphispiza Belli}, var. {Nevadensis}) which inhabits the dry plains of the Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush. {Sage thrasher} (Zo[94]l.), a singing bird ({Oroscoptes montanus}) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western North America. {Sage willow} (Bot.), a species of willow ({Salix tristis}) forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green leaves. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sage \Sage\, n. [OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See {Safe}.] (Bot.) (a) A suffruticose labiate plant ({Salvia officinalis}) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage. (b) The sagebrush. {Meadow sage} (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of Salvia ({S. pratensis}) growing in meadows in Europe. {Sage cheese}, cheese flavored with sage, and colored green by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which are added to the milk. {Sage cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of the sage grouse; in a more general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse. {Sage green}, of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves of garden sage. {Sage grouse} (Zo[94]l.), a very large American grouse ({Centrocercus urophasianus}), native of the dry sagebrush plains of Western North America. Called also {cock of the plains}. The male is called {sage cock}, and the female {sage hen}. {Sage hare}, or {Sage rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), a species of hare ({Lepus Nuttalli, [or] artemisia}) which inhabits the arid regions of Western North America and lives among sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit. {Sage hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the sage grouse. {Sage sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a small sparrow ({Amphispiza Belli}, var. {Nevadensis}) which inhabits the dry plains of the Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush. {Sage thrasher} (Zo[94]l.), a singing bird ({Oroscoptes montanus}) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western North America. {Sage willow} (Bot.), a species of willow ({Salix tristis}) forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green leaves. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sage \Sage\, n. [OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See {Safe}.] (Bot.) (a) A suffruticose labiate plant ({Salvia officinalis}) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage. (b) The sagebrush. {Meadow sage} (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of Salvia ({S. pratensis}) growing in meadows in Europe. {Sage cheese}, cheese flavored with sage, and colored green by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which are added to the milk. {Sage cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of the sage grouse; in a more general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse. {Sage green}, of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves of garden sage. {Sage grouse} (Zo[94]l.), a very large American grouse ({Centrocercus urophasianus}), native of the dry sagebrush plains of Western North America. Called also {cock of the plains}. The male is called {sage cock}, and the female {sage hen}. {Sage hare}, or {Sage rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), a species of hare ({Lepus Nuttalli, [or] artemisia}) which inhabits the arid regions of Western North America and lives among sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit. {Sage hen} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the sage grouse. {Sage sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a small sparrow ({Amphispiza Belli}, var. {Nevadensis}) which inhabits the dry plains of the Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush. {Sage thrasher} (Zo[94]l.), a singing bird ({Oroscoptes montanus}) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western North America. {Sage willow} (Bot.), a species of willow ({Salix tristis}) forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green leaves. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sequacious \Se*qua"cious\, a. [L. sequax, -acis, fr. suquit to follow. See {Sue} to follow. ] 1. Inclined to follow a leader; following; attendant. Trees uprooted left their place, Sequacious of the lyre. --Dryden. 2. Hence, ductile; malleable; pliant; manageable. In the greater bodies the forge was easy, the matter being ductile and sequacious. --Ray. 3. Having or observing logical sequence; logically consistent and rigorous; consecutive in development or transition of thought. The scheme of pantheistic omniscience so prevalent among the sequacious thinkers of the day. --Sir W. Hamilton. Milton was not an extensive or discursive thinker, as Shakespeare was; for the motions of his mind were slow, solemn, and sequacious, like those of the planets. --De Quincey. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sequaciousness \Se*qua"cious*ness\, n. Quality of being sequacious. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wellingtonia \Wel`ling*to"ni*a\, n. [NL. So named after the Duke of Wellington.] (Bot.) A name given to the [bd]big trees[b8] ({Sequoia gigantea}) of California, and still used in England. See {Sequoia}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sequoi89ne \Se*quoi"[89]ne\, n. (Chem.) A hydrocarbon ({C13H10}) obtained in white fluorescent crystals, in the distillation products of the needles of the California [bd]big tree[b8] ({Sequoia gigantea}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sexagenary \Sex*ag"e*na*ry\, a. [L. sexagenarius, fr. sexageni sixty each, akin to sexaginta sixty, sex six: cf. sexag[82]naire. See {Six}.] Pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old. {Sexagenary arithmetic}. See under {Sexagesimal}. {Sexagenary}, [or] {Sexagesimal}, {scale} (Math.), a scale of numbers in which the modulus is sixty. It is used in treating the divisions of the circle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sexagesimal \Sex`a*ges"i*mal\, a. [Cf. F. sexag[82]simal.] Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty. {Sexagesimal fractions} [or] {numbers} (Arith. & Alg.), those fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty; as, [frac1x60], [frac1x3600], [frac1x216000]; -- called also {astronomical fractions}, because formerly there were no others used in astronomical calculations. {Sexagesimal}, [or] {Sexagenary}, {arithmetic}, the method of computing by the sexagenary scale, or by sixties. {Sexagesimal scale} (Math.), the sexagenary scale. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sexagesimal \Sex`a*ges"i*mal\, n. A sexagesimal fraction. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sexagesimal \Sex`a*ges"i*mal\, a. [Cf. F. sexag[82]simal.] Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty. {Sexagesimal fractions} [or] {numbers} (Arith. & Alg.), those fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty; as, [frac1x60], [frac1x3600], [frac1x216000]; -- called also {astronomical fractions}, because formerly there were no others used in astronomical calculations. {Sexagesimal}, [or] {Sexagenary}, {arithmetic}, the method of computing by the sexagenary scale, or by sixties. {Sexagesimal scale} (Math.), the sexagenary scale. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sexagesimal \Sex`a*ges"i*mal\, a. [Cf. F. sexag[82]simal.] Pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty. {Sexagesimal fractions} [or] {numbers} (Arith. & Alg.), those fractions whose denominators are some power of sixty; as, [frac1x60], [frac1x3600], [frac1x216000]; -- called also {astronomical fractions}, because formerly there were no others used in astronomical calculations. {Sexagesimal}, [or] {Sexagenary}, {arithmetic}, the method of computing by the sexagenary scale, or by sixties. {Sexagesimal scale} (Math.), the sexagenary scale. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Syzygy \Syz"y*gy\ (s[icr]z"[icr]*j[ycr]), n.; pl. {Syzygies} (-j[icr]z). [L. syzygia a joining together, conjunction, Gr. syzygi`a; sy`n with + zeygny`nai to join, zygo`n yoke: cf. F. syzygie. See {Yoke}, n.] 1. (Astron.) The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a planet, at which it is in conjunction or opposition; -- commonly used in the plural. 2. (Gr. & L. Pros.) The coupling together of different feet; as, in Greek verse, an iambic syzygy. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of the segments of an arm of a crinoid composed of two joints so closely united that the line of union is obliterated on the outer, though visible on the inner, side. (b) The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm. {Line of syzygies} (Astron.), the straight line connecting the earth, the sun, and the moon or a planet, when the latter is in conjunction or opposition; -- used chiefly of the moon. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Saguache County, CO (county, FIPS 109) Location: 38.07947 N, 106.29879 W Population (1990): 4619 (2306 housing units) Area: 8206.8 sq km (land), 4.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Secaucus, NJ (town, FIPS 66570) Location: 40.78111 N, 74.06478 W Population (1990): 14061 (6013 housing units) Area: 15.3 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07094 | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shaashgaz servant of the beautiful, a chief eunuch in the second house of the harem of king Ahasuerus (Esther 2:14). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Shaashgaz, he that presses the fleece; that shears the sheep |