English Dictionary: sicheinfinden | by the DICT Development Group |
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Saxon \Sax"on\, a. Of or pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or their language. (b) Anglo-Saxon. (c) Of or pertaining to Saxony or its inhabitants. {Saxon blue} (Dyeing), a deep blue liquid used in dyeing, and obtained by dissolving indigo in concentrated sulphuric acid. --Brande & C. {Saxon green} (Dyeing), a green color produced by dyeing with yellow upon a ground of Saxon blue. | |
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Sea compass \Sea" com"pass\ The mariner's compass. See under {Compass}. | |
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Sea snipe \Sea" snipe`\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) A sandpiper, as the knot and dunlin. (b) The bellows fish. | |
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Snipe \Snipe\, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe, snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn[c6]pa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe, Sw. sn[84]ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See {Snap}, {Snaffle}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family {Scolopacid[91]}, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. Note: The common, or whole, snipe ({Gallinago c[oe]lestis}) and the great, or double, snipe ({G. major}), are the most important European species. The Wilson's snipe ({G. delicata}) (sometimes erroneously called English snipe) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher ({Macrohamphus griseus}), are well-known American species. 2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.] --Shak. {Half snipe}, the dunlin; the jacksnipe. {Jack snipe}. See {Jacksnipe}. {Quail snipe}. See under {Quail}. {Robin snipe}, the knot. {Sea snipe}. See in the Vocabulary. {Shore snipe}, any sandpiper. {Snipe hawk}, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] {Stone snipe}, the tattler. {Summer snipe}, the dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers. {Winter snipe}. See {Rock snipe}, under {Rock}. {Woodcock snipe}, the great snipe. | |
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Seasonable \Sea"son*a*ble\, a. Occurring in good time, in due season, or in proper time for the purpose; suitable to the season; opportune; timely; as, a seasonable supply of rain. Mercy is seasonable in the time of affliction. --Ecclus. xxxv. 20. -- {Sea"son*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Sea"son*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Seasonable \Sea"son*a*ble\, a. Occurring in good time, in due season, or in proper time for the purpose; suitable to the season; opportune; timely; as, a seasonable supply of rain. Mercy is seasonable in the time of affliction. --Ecclus. xxxv. 20. -- {Sea"son*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Sea"son*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Seasonable \Sea"son*a*ble\, a. Occurring in good time, in due season, or in proper time for the purpose; suitable to the season; opportune; timely; as, a seasonable supply of rain. Mercy is seasonable in the time of affliction. --Ecclus. xxxv. 20. -- {Sea"son*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Sea"son*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Seek-no-further \Seek"-no-fur`ther\, n. A kind of choice winter apple, having a subacid taste; -- formerly called {go-no-further}. | |
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Signable \Sign"a*ble\, a. Suitable to be signed; requiring signature; as, a legal document signable by a particular person. | |
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Signboard \Sign"board`\, n. A board, placed on or before a shop, office, etc., on which ssome notice is given, as the name of a firm, of a business, or the like. | |
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Signifer \Sig"ni*fer\, a. [L., from signum sign + ferre to bear.] Bearing signs. [Obs.] [bd]The signifer sphere, or zodiac.[b8] --Holland. | |
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Significance \Sig*nif"i*cance\, Significancy \Sig*nif"i*can*cy\, n. [L. significantia.] 1. The quality or state of being significant. 2. That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression. 3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence. With this brain I must work, in order to give significancy and value to the few facts which I possess. --De Quincey. | |
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Significance \Sig*nif"i*cance\, Significancy \Sig*nif"i*can*cy\, n. [L. significantia.] 1. The quality or state of being significant. 2. That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression. 3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence. With this brain I must work, in order to give significancy and value to the few facts which I possess. --De Quincey. | |
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Significant \Sig*nif"i*cant\, n. That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol. --Wordsworth. In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts. --Shak. | |
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Significant \Sig*nif"i*cant\, a. [L. significans, -antis, p. pr. of significare. See {Signify}.] 1. Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look. It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant, but not efficient. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event. {Significant figures} (Arith.), the figures which remain to any number, or decimal fraction, after the ciphers at the right or left are canceled. Thus, the significant figures of 25,000, or of .0025, are 25. | |
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Significant \Sig*nif"i*cant\, a. [L. significans, -antis, p. pr. of significare. See {Signify}.] 1. Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look. It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant, but not efficient. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event. {Significant figures} (Arith.), the figures which remain to any number, or decimal fraction, after the ciphers at the right or left are canceled. Thus, the significant figures of 25,000, or of .0025, are 25. | |
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Significantly \Sig*nif"i*cant*ly\, adv. In a significant manner. | |
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Significate \Sig*nif"i*cate\, n. [L. significatus, p. p. of significare. See {Signify}.] (Logic) One of several things signified by a common term. --Whately. | |
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Signification \Sig`ni*fi*ca"tion\, n. [F. signification, L. significatio.] 1. The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means. A signification of being pleased. --Landor. All speaking or signification of one's mind implies an act or addres of one man to another. --South. 2. That which is signified or made known; that meaning which a sign, character, or token is intended to convey; as, the signification of words. | |
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Significative \Sig*nif"i*ca*tive\, a. [L. significativus: cf. F. significatif.] 1. Betokening or representing by an external sign. The holy symbols or signs are not barely significative. --Brerewood. 2. Having signification or meaning; expressive of a meaning or purpose; significant. Neither in the degrees of kindred they were destitute of significative words. --Camden. -- {Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ness}, n. | |
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Significative \Sig*nif"i*ca*tive\, a. [L. significativus: cf. F. significatif.] 1. Betokening or representing by an external sign. The holy symbols or signs are not barely significative. --Brerewood. 2. Having signification or meaning; expressive of a meaning or purpose; significant. Neither in the degrees of kindred they were destitute of significative words. --Camden. -- {Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ness}, n. | |
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Significative \Sig*nif"i*ca*tive\, a. [L. significativus: cf. F. significatif.] 1. Betokening or representing by an external sign. The holy symbols or signs are not barely significative. --Brerewood. 2. Having signification or meaning; expressive of a meaning or purpose; significant. Neither in the degrees of kindred they were destitute of significative words. --Camden. -- {Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ness}, n. | |
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Significator \Sig"ni*fi*ca`tor\, n. [Cf. F. significateur.] One who, or that which, signifies. In this diagram there was one significator which pressed remarkably upon our astrologer's attention. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Significatory \Sig*nif"i*ca*to*ry\, a. [L. significatorius.] Significant. -- n. That which is significatory. | |
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Signify \Sig"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Signified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Signifying}.] [F. signifier, L. significare; signum a sign + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Sign}, n., and {-fy}.] 1. To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present. I 'll to the king; and signify to him That thus I have resign'd my charge to you. --Shak. The government should signify to the Protestants of Ireland that want of silver is not to be remedied. --Swift. 2. To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken. He bade her tell him what it signified. --Chaucer. A tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. --Shak. Note: Signify is often used impersonally; as, it signifies nothing, it does not signify, that is, it is of no importance. Syn: To express; manifest; declare; utter; intimate; betoken; denote; imply; mean. | |
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Signify \Sig"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Signified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Signifying}.] [F. signifier, L. significare; signum a sign + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Sign}, n., and {-fy}.] 1. To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present. I 'll to the king; and signify to him That thus I have resign'd my charge to you. --Shak. The government should signify to the Protestants of Ireland that want of silver is not to be remedied. --Swift. 2. To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken. He bade her tell him what it signified. --Chaucer. A tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. --Shak. Note: Signify is often used impersonally; as, it signifies nothing, it does not signify, that is, it is of no importance. Syn: To express; manifest; declare; utter; intimate; betoken; denote; imply; mean. | |
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Signify \Sig"ni*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Signified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Signifying}.] [F. signifier, L. significare; signum a sign + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Sign}, n., and {-fy}.] 1. To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present. I 'll to the king; and signify to him That thus I have resign'd my charge to you. --Shak. The government should signify to the Protestants of Ireland that want of silver is not to be remedied. --Swift. 2. To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken. He bade her tell him what it signified. --Chaucer. A tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. --Shak. Note: Signify is often used impersonally; as, it signifies nothing, it does not signify, that is, it is of no importance. Syn: To express; manifest; declare; utter; intimate; betoken; denote; imply; mean. | |
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Signpost \Sign"post`\, n. A post on which a sign hangs, or on which papers are placed to give public notice of anything. | |
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Tansy \Tan"sy\, n. [OE. tansaye, F. tanaise; cf. It. & Sp. tanaceto, NL. tanacetum, Pg. atanasia, athanasia, Gr. 'aqanasi`a immortality, fr. 'aqa`natos immortal; 'a priv. + qa`natos death.] 1. (Bot.) Any plant of the composite genus {Tanacetum}. The common tansy ({T. vulgare}) has finely divided leaves, a strong aromatic odor, and a very bitter taste. It is used for medicinal and culinary purposes. 2. A dish common in the seventeenth century, made of eggs, sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs, baked with butter in a shallow dish. [Obs.] --Pepys. {Double tansy} (Bot.), a variety of the common tansy with the leaves more dissected than usual. {Tansy mustard} (Bot.), a plant ({Sisymbrium canescens}) of the Mustard family, with tansylike leaves. | |
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London \Lon"don\, n. The capital city of England. {London paste} (Med.), a paste made of caustic soda and unslacked lime; -- used as a caustic to destroy tumors and other morbid enlargements. {London pride}. (Bot.) (a) A garden name for {Saxifraga umbrosa}, a hardy perennial herbaceous plant, a native of high lands in Great Britain. (b) A name anciently given to the Sweet William. --Dr. Prior. {London rocket} (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({Sisymbrium Irio}) which sprung up in London abundantly on the ruins of the great fire of 1667. | |
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Mustard \Mus"tard\, n. [OF. moustarde, F. moutarde, fr. L. mustum must, -- mustard was prepared for use by being mixed with must. See {Must}, n.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus {Brassica} (formerly {Sinapis}), as white mustard ({B. alba}), black mustard ({B. Nigra}), wild mustard or charlock ({B. Sinapistrum}). Note: There are also many herbs of the same family which are called mustard, and have more or less of the flavor of the true mustard; as, bowyer's mustard ({Lepidium ruderale}); hedge mustard ({Sisymbrium officinale}); Mithridate mustard ({Thlaspi arvense}); tower mustard ({Arabis perfoliata}); treacle mustard ({Erysimum cheiranthoides}). 2. A powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large doses is emetic. {Mustard oil} (Chem.), a substance obtained from mustard, as a transparent, volatile and intensely pungent oil. The name is also extended to a number of analogous compounds produced either naturally or artificially. | |
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Flix \Flix\, n. The flux; dysentery. [Obs.] --Udall. {Flix weed} (Bot.), the {Sisymbrium Sophia}, a kind of hedge mustard, formerly used as a remedy for dysentery. | |
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Mouse-ear \Mouse"-ear`\, n. (Bot.) (a) The forget-me-not ({Myosotis palustris}) and other species of the same genus. (b) A European species of hawkweed ({Hieracium Pilosella}). {Mouse-ear chickweed}, a name of two common species of chickweed ({Cerastium vulgarium}, and {C. viscosum}). {Mouse-ear cress}, a low cruciferous herb ({Sisymbrium Thaliana}). All these are low herbs with soft, oval, or obovate leaves, whence the name. | |
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Succumb \Suc*cumb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Succumbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Succumbing}.] [L. succumbere; sub under + cumbere (in comp.), akin to cubare to lie down. See {Incumbent}, {Cubit}.] To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease. | |
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Succumb \Suc*cumb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Succumbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Succumbing}.] [L. succumbere; sub under + cumbere (in comp.), akin to cubare to lie down. See {Incumbent}, {Cubit}.] To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease. | |
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Succumbent \Suc*cum"bent\, a. [L. succumbens, p. pr.] Submissive; yielding. [R.] --Howell. | |
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Succumb \Suc*cumb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Succumbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Succumbing}.] [L. succumbere; sub under + cumbere (in comp.), akin to cubare to lie down. See {Incumbent}, {Cubit}.] To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease. | |
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S Ozone Park, NY Zip code(s): 11420 | |
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Saxonburg, PA (borough, FIPS 68056) Location: 40.75202 N, 79.81554 W Population (1990): 1345 (580 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16056 | |
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Sissonville, WV (CDP, FIPS 74356) Location: 38.50190 N, 81.64468 W Population (1990): 4290 (1650 housing units) Area: 33.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 25320 | |
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Susanville, CA (city, FIPS 77364) Location: 40.41106 N, 120.65061 W Population (1990): 7279 (3124 housing units) Area: 7.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 96130 |