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Meadow \Mead"ow\, a. Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. [bd]Fat meadow ground.[b8] --Milton. Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see the particular word in the Vocabulary. {Meadow beauty}. (Bot.) Same as {Deergrass}. {Meadow foxtail} (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass ({Alopecurus pratensis}) resembling timothy, but with softer spikes. {Meadow grass} (Bot.), a name given to several grasses of the genus {Poa}, common in meadows, and of great value for nay and for pasture. See {Grass}. {Meadow hay}, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.] {Meadow hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American bittern. See {Stake-driver}. (b) The American coot ({Fulica}). (c) The clapper rail. {Meadow lark} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Sturnella}, a genus of American birds allied to the starlings. The common species ({S. magna}) has a yellow breast with a black crescent. {Meadow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any mouse of the genus {Arvicola}, as the common American species {A. riparia}; -- called also {field mouse}, and {field vole}. {Meadow mussel} (Zo[94]l.), an American ribbed mussel ({Modiola plicatula}), very abundant in salt marshes. {Meadow ore} (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite. {Meadow parsnip}. (Bot.) See under {Parsnip}. {Meadow pink}. (Bot.) See under {Pink}. {Meadow pipit} (Zo[94]l.), a small singing bird of the genus {Anthus}, as {A. pratensis}, of Europe. {Meadow rue} (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus {Thalictrum}, having compound leaves and numerous white flowers. There are many species. {Meadow saffron}. (Bot.) See under {Saffron}. {Meadow sage}. (Bot.) See under {Sage}. {Meadow saxifrage} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe ({Silaus pratensis}), somewhat resembling fennel. {Meadow snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the common or jack snipe. | |
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Mahogany \Ma*hog"a*ny\, n. [From the South American name.] 1. (Bot.) A large tree of the genus {Swietenia} ({S. Mahogoni}), found in tropical America. Note: Several other trees, with wood more or less like mahogany, are called by this name; as, African mahogany ({Khaya Senegalensis}), Australian mahogany ({Eucalyptus marginatus}), Bastard mahogany ({Batonia apetala} of the West Indies), Indian mahogany ({Cedrela Toona} of Bengal, and trees of the genera {Soymida} and {Chukrassia}), Madeira mahogany ({Persea Indica}), Mountain mahogany, the black or cherry birch ({Betula lenta}), also the several species of {Cercocarpus} of California and the Rocky Mountains. 2. The wood of the {Swietenia Mahogoni}. It is of a reddish brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and susceptible of a fine polish. It is used in the manufacture of furniture. 3. A table made of mahogany wood. [Colloq.] {To be under the mahogany}, to be so drunk as to have fallen under the table. [Eng.] {To put one's legs under some one's mahogany}, to dine with him. [Slang] | |
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Tern \Tern\ (t[etil]rn), n. [Dan. terne, t[91]rne; akin to Sw. t[84]rna, Icel. [thorn]erna; cf. NL. sterna.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to {Sterna} and various allied genera. Note: Terns differ from gulls chiefly in their graceful form, in their weaker and more slender bills and feet, and their longer and more pointed wings. The tail is usually forked. Most of the species are white with the back and wings pale gray, and often with a dark head. The common European tern ({Sterna hirundo}) is found also in Asia and America. Among other American species are the arctic tern ({S. paradis[91]a}), the roseate tern ({S. Dougalli}), the least tern ({S. Antillarum}), the royal tern ({S. maxima}), and the sooty tern ({S. fuliginosa}). {Hooded tern}. See {Fairy bird}, under {Fairy}. {Marsh tern}, any tern of the genus {Hydrochelidon}. They frequent marshes and rivers and feed largely upon insects. {River tern}, any tern belonging to {Se[89]na} or allied genera which frequent rivers. {Sea tern}, any tern of the genus {Thalasseus}. Terns of this genus have very long, pointed wings, and chiefly frequent seas and the mouths of large rivers. | |
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Samson \Sam"son\, n. An Israelite of Bible record (see --Judges xiii.), distinguished for his great strength; hence, a man of extraordinary physical strength. {Samson post}. (a) (Naut.) A strong post resting on the keelson, and supporting a beam of the deck; also, a temporary or movable pillar carrying a leading block or pulley for various purposes. --Brande & C. (b) In deep-well boring, the post which supports the walking beam of the apparatus. | |
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Samson \Sam"son\, n. An Israelite of Bible record (see --Judges xiii.), distinguished for his great strength; hence, a man of extraordinary physical strength. {Samson post}. (a) (Naut.) A strong post resting on the keelson, and supporting a beam of the deck; also, a temporary or movable pillar carrying a leading block or pulley for various purposes. --Brande & C. (b) In deep-well boring, the post which supports the walking beam of the apparatus. | |
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Sanguinaceous \San`gui*na"ceous\, n. Of a blood-red color; sanguine. | |
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d8Sanguinaria \[d8]San`gui*na"ri*a\, n. [NL. See {Sanguinary}, a. & n.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Poppy family. Note: {Sanguinaria Canadensis}, or bloodroot, is the only species. It has a perennial rootstock, which sends up a few roundish lobed leaves and solitary white blossoms in early spring. See {Bloodroot}. 2. The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc. | |
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Bloodroot \Blood"root`\, n. (Bot.) A plant ({Sanguinaria Canadensis}), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also {puccoon}, {redroot}, {bloodwort}, {tetterwort}, {turmeric}, and {Indian paint}. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See {Sanguinaria}. Note: In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery. | |
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Bloodwort \Blood"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A plant, {Rumex sanguineus}, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot ({Sanguinaria Canadensis}), and to an extensive order of plants ({H[91]modorace[91]}), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing. | |
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Sanguinarily \San"gui*na*ri*ly\, adv. In a sanguinary manner. | |
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Chelerythrine \Chel`e*ryth"rine\, n. [Gr. [?] celandine + 'eryqro`s red.] (Chem.) An alkaloidal principle obtained from the celandine, and named from the red color of its salts. It is a colorless crystalline substance, and acts as an acrid narcotic poison. It is identical with {sanguinarine}. | |
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Sanguinariness \San"gui*na*ri*ness\, n. The quality or state of being sanguinary. | |
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Sanguinary \San"gui*na*ry\, a. [L. sanguinarius, fr. sanguis blood: cf. F. sanguinaire.] 1. Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle. We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences. --Bacon. 2. Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood. Passion . . . makes us brutal and sanguinary. --Broome. Syn: Bloody; murderous; bloodthirsty; cruel. | |
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Sanguinary \San"gui*na*ry\, n. [L. herba sanguinaria an herb that stanches blood: cf. F. sanguinaire. See {Sanguinary}, a.] (Bot.) (a) The yarrow. (b) The Sanguinaria. | |
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Sanguine \San"guine\, a. [F. sanguin, L. sanguineus, fr. sanguis blood. Cf. {Sanguineous}.] 1. Having the color of blood; red. Of his complexion he was sanguine. --Chaucer. Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe. --Milton. 2. Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament. 3. Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper. 4. Anticipating the best; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success. Syn: Warm; ardent; lively; confident; hopeful. | |
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Sanguine \San"guine\, n. 1. Blood color; red. --Spenser. 2. Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth. [Obs.] In sanguine and in pes he clad was all. --Chaucer. 3. (Min.) Bloodstone. 4. Red crayon. See the Note under {Crayon}, 1. | |
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Sanguine \San"guine\, v. t. To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine. | |
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Sanguineless \San"guine*less\, a. Destitute of blood; pale. [R.] | |
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Sanguinely \San"guine*ly\, adv. In a sanguine manner. I can not speculate quite so sanguinely as he does. --Burke. | |
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Sanguineness \San"guine*ness\, n. The quality of being sanguine. | |
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Sanguineous \San*guin"e*ous\, a. [L. sanguineus. See {Sanguine}.] 1. Abounding with blood; sanguine. 2. Of or pertaining to blood; bloody; constituting blood. --Sir T. Browne. 3. Blood-red; crimson. --Keats. | |
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sanguinity \san*guin"i*ty\, n. The quality of being sanguine; sanguineness. --Swift. | |
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Sanguinivorous \San"gui*niv"o*rous\, a. [L. sanguis + vorare to devour.] Subsisting on blood. | |
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Sanguinolency \San*guin"o*len*cy\, n. The state of being sanguinolent, or bloody. | |
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Sanguinolent \San*guin"o*lent\, a. [L. sanguinolentus, from sanguis blood: cf. F. sanguinolent.] Tinged or mingled with blood; bloody; as, sanguinolent sputa. | |
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Scansion \Scan"sion\, n. [L. scansio, fr. scandere, scansum, to climb. See {Scan}.] (Pros.) The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise. | |
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Mastic \Mas"tic\, n. [F., fr. L. mastiche, mastichum, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to chew, because of its being used in the East for chewing.] [Written also {mastich}.] 1. (Bot.) A low shrubby tree of the genus {Pistacia} ({P. Lentiscus}), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, {mastic tree}. 2. A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes. 3. A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc. {Barbary mastic} (Bot.), the {Pistachia Atlantica}. {Peruvian mastic tree} (Bot.), a small tree ({Schinus Molle}) with peppery red berries; -- called also {pepper tree}. {West Indian mastic} (Bot.), a lofty tree ({Bursera gummifera}) full of gum resin in every part. | |
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Sconcheon \Scon"cheon\, n. (Arch.) A squinch. | |
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Squinch \Squinch\, n. [Corrupted fr. sconce.] (Arch.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also {sconce}, and {sconcheon}. | |
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Sconcheon \Scon"cheon\, n. (Arch.) A squinch. | |
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Squinch \Squinch\, n. [Corrupted fr. sconce.] (Arch.) A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; -- called also {sconce}, and {sconcheon}. | |
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Sconce \Sconce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sconced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sconcing}.] 1. To shut up in a sconce; to imprison; to insconce. [Obs.] Immure him, sconce him, barricade him in 't. --Marston. 2. To mulct; to fine. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Semicentennial \Sem`i*cen*ten"ni*al\, a. Of or pertaining to half of a century, or a period of fifty years; as, a semicentennial commemoration. | |
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Semicentennial \Sem`i*cen*ten"ni*al\, n. A fiftieth anniversary. | |
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Semicompact \Sem`i*com*pact"\, a. Half compact; imperfectly indurated. | |
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Semiconscious \Sem`i*con"scious\, a. Half conscious; imperfectly conscious. --De Quincey. | |
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Semiquintile \Sem"i*quin`tile\, n. (Astrol.) An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees. | |
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Semisoun \Sem"i*soun\ (-s[oomac]n), n. A half sound; a low tone. [Obs.] [bd]Soft he cougheth with a semisoun.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Saponin \Sap"o*nin\, n. [L. sapo, -onis soap: cf. F. saponine.] (Chem.) A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort ({Saponaria}), in the bark of soap bark ({Quillaia}), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local an[91]sthesia. Formerly called also {struthiin}, {quillaiin}, {senegin}, {polygalic acid}, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type. | |
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Senegin \Sen"e*gin\, n. (Med. Chem.) A substance extracted from the rootstock of the {Polygala Senega} (Seneca root), and probably identical with polygalic acid. | |
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Saponin \Sap"o*nin\, n. [L. sapo, -onis soap: cf. F. saponine.] (Chem.) A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort ({Saponaria}), in the bark of soap bark ({Quillaia}), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local an[91]sthesia. Formerly called also {struthiin}, {quillaiin}, {senegin}, {polygalic acid}, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type. | |
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Senegin \Sen"e*gin\, n. (Med. Chem.) A substance extracted from the rootstock of the {Polygala Senega} (Seneca root), and probably identical with polygalic acid. | |
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Senescence \Se*nes"cence\, n. [See {Senescent}.] The state of growing old; decay by time. | |
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Senescent \Se*nes"cent\, a. [L. senescent, p. pr. of senescere to grow old, incho. fr. senere to be old.] Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time. [bd]The night was senescent.[b8] --Poe. [bd]With too senescent air.[b8] --Lowell. | |
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Sense \Sense\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sensed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sensing}.] To perceive by the senses; to recognize. [Obs. or Colloq.] Is he sure that objects are not otherwise sensed by others than they are by him? --Glanvill. | |
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Sewing \Sew"ing\, n. 1. The act or occupation of one who sews. 2. That which is sewed with the needle. {Sewing horse} (Harness making), a clamp, operated by the foot, for holding pieces of leather while being sewed. {Sewing machine}, a machine for sewing or stitching. {Sewing press}, [or] {Sewing table} (Bookbinding), a fixture or table having a frame in which are held the cords to which the back edges of folded sheets are sewed to form a book. | |
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Shanghai \Shang`hai"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shanghaied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shanghaiing}.] To intoxicate and ship (a person) as a sailor while in this condition. [Written also {shanghae}.] [Slang, U.S.] | |
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Shoemaking \Shoe"mak`ing\, n. The business of a shoemaker. | |
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Singe \Singe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Singed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Singeing}.] [OE. sengen, AS. sengan in besengan (akin to D. zengen, G. sengen), originally, to cause to sing, fr. AS. singan to sing, in allusion to the singing or hissing sound often produced when a substance is singed, or slightly burned. See {Sing}.] 1. To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin. You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, . . . Singe my white head! --Shak. I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass. --L'Estrange. 2. (a) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it. (b) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame. | |
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Sing \Sing\, v. i. [imp. {Sung}or {Sang}; p. p. {Sung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Singing}.] [AS. singan; akin to D. zingen, OS. & OHG. singan, G. singen, Icel. syngja, Sw. sjunga, Dan. synge, Goth. siggwan, and perhaps to E. say, v.t., or cf. Gr. [?][?][?] voice. Cf. {Singe}, {Song}.] 1. To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece. The noise of them that sing do I hear. --Ex. xxxii. 18. 2. To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do. On every bough the briddes heard I sing. --Chaucer. Singing birds, in silver cages hung. --Dryden. 3. To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice. O'er his head the flying spear Sang innocent, and spent its force in air. --Pope. 4. To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry. --Milton. Bid her . . . sing Of human hope by cross event destroyed. --Prior. | |
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Singing \Sing"ing\, a. & n. from {Sing}, v. {Singing bird}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird. (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines. {Singing book}, a book containing music for singing; a book of tunes. {Singing falcon} [or] {hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Chanting falcon}, under {Chanting}. {Singing fish} (Zo[94]l.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys porosissimus}). {Singing flame} (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called also {chemical harmonicon}. {Singing master}, a man who teaches vocal music. {Singing school}, a school in which persons are instructed in singing. | |
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Singing \Sing"ing\, a. & n. from {Sing}, v. {Singing bird}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird. (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines. {Singing book}, a book containing music for singing; a book of tunes. {Singing falcon} [or] {hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Chanting falcon}, under {Chanting}. {Singing fish} (Zo[94]l.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys porosissimus}). {Singing flame} (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called also {chemical harmonicon}. {Singing master}, a man who teaches vocal music. {Singing school}, a school in which persons are instructed in singing. | |
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Singing \Sing"ing\, a. & n. from {Sing}, v. {Singing bird}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird. (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines. {Singing book}, a book containing music for singing; a book of tunes. {Singing falcon} [or] {hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Chanting falcon}, under {Chanting}. {Singing fish} (Zo[94]l.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys porosissimus}). {Singing flame} (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called also {chemical harmonicon}. {Singing master}, a man who teaches vocal music. {Singing school}, a school in which persons are instructed in singing. | |
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Singing \Sing"ing\, a. & n. from {Sing}, v. {Singing bird}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird. (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines. {Singing book}, a book containing music for singing; a book of tunes. {Singing falcon} [or] {hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Chanting falcon}, under {Chanting}. {Singing fish} (Zo[94]l.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys porosissimus}). {Singing flame} (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called also {chemical harmonicon}. {Singing master}, a man who teaches vocal music. {Singing school}, a school in which persons are instructed in singing. | |
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Singing \Sing"ing\, a. & n. from {Sing}, v. {Singing bird}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird. (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines. {Singing book}, a book containing music for singing; a book of tunes. {Singing falcon} [or] {hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Chanting falcon}, under {Chanting}. {Singing fish} (Zo[94]l.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys porosissimus}). {Singing flame} (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called also {chemical harmonicon}. {Singing master}, a man who teaches vocal music. {Singing school}, a school in which persons are instructed in singing. | |
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Singing \Sing"ing\, a. & n. from {Sing}, v. {Singing bird}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird. (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines. {Singing book}, a book containing music for singing; a book of tunes. {Singing falcon} [or] {hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Chanting falcon}, under {Chanting}. {Singing fish} (Zo[94]l.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys porosissimus}). {Singing flame} (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called also {chemical harmonicon}. {Singing master}, a man who teaches vocal music. {Singing school}, a school in which persons are instructed in singing. | |
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Singing \Sing"ing\, a. & n. from {Sing}, v. {Singing bird}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird. (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines. {Singing book}, a book containing music for singing; a book of tunes. {Singing falcon} [or] {hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Chanting falcon}, under {Chanting}. {Singing fish} (Zo[94]l.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys porosissimus}). {Singing flame} (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called also {chemical harmonicon}. {Singing master}, a man who teaches vocal music. {Singing school}, a school in which persons are instructed in singing. | |
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Singing \Sing"ing\, a. & n. from {Sing}, v. {Singing bird}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird. (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines. {Singing book}, a book containing music for singing; a book of tunes. {Singing falcon} [or] {hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Chanting falcon}, under {Chanting}. {Singing fish} (Zo[94]l.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys porosissimus}). {Singing flame} (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called also {chemical harmonicon}. {Singing master}, a man who teaches vocal music. {Singing school}, a school in which persons are instructed in singing. | |
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Singingly \Sing"ing*ly\, adv. With sounds like singing; with a kind of tune; in a singing tone. --G. North (1575). | |
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Sing-sing \Sing"-sing`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The kob. | |
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Singsong \Sing"song`\, n. 1. Bad singing or poetry. 2. A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed song. | |
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Singsong \Sing"song`\, a. Drawling; monotonous. | |
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Singsong \Sing"song`\, v. i. To write poor poetry. [R.] --Tennyson. | |
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Sink \Sink\, v. i. [imp. {Sunk}, or ({Sank}); p. p. {Sunk} (obs. {Sunken}, -- now used as adj.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sinking}.] [OE. sinken, AS. sincan; akin to D. zinken, OS. sincan, G. sinken, Icel. s[94]kkva, Dan. synke, Sw. sjunka, Goth. siggan, and probably to E. silt. Cf. {Silt}.] 1. To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west. I sink in deep mire. --Ps. lxix. 2. 2. To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate. The stone sunk into his forehead. --1 San. xvii. 49. 3. Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely. Let these sayings sink down into your ears. --Luke ix. 44. 4. To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease. I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak. He sunk down in his chariot. --2 Kings ix. 24. Let not the fire sink or slacken. --Mortimer. 5. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height. The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him. --Addison. Syn: To fall; subside; drop; droop; lower; decline; decay; decrease; lessen. | |
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Sinking \Sink"ing\, a. & n. from {Sink}. {Sinking fund}. See under {Fund}. {Sinking head} (Founding), a riser from which the mold is fed as the casting shrinks. See {Riser}, n., 4. {Sinking pump}, a pump which can be lowered in a well or a mine shaft as the level of the water sinks. | |
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Sinking \Sink"ing\, a. & n. from {Sink}. {Sinking fund}. See under {Fund}. {Sinking head} (Founding), a riser from which the mold is fed as the casting shrinks. See {Riser}, n., 4. {Sinking pump}, a pump which can be lowered in a well or a mine shaft as the level of the water sinks. | |
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Fund \Fund\, n. [OF. font, fond, nom. fonz, bottom, ground, F. fond bottom, foundation, fonds fund, fr. L. fundus bottom, ground, foundation, piece of land. See {Found} to establish.] 1. An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence. 2. A stock or capital; a sum of money appropriated as the foundation of some commercial or other operation undertaken with a view to profit; that reserve by means of which expenses and credit are supported; as, the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc. 3. pl. The stock of a national debt; public securities; evidences (stocks or bonds) of money lent to government, for which interest is paid at prescribed intervals; -- called also {public funds}. 4. An invested sum, whose income is devoted to a specific object; as, the fund of an ecclesiastical society; a fund for the maintenance of lectures or poor students; also, money systematically collected to meet the expenses of some permanent object. 5. A store laid up, from which one may draw at pleasure; a supply; a full provision of resources; as, a fund of wisdom or good sense. An inexhaustible fund of stories. --Macaulay. {Sinking fund}, the aggregate of sums of money set apart and invested, usually at fixed intervals, for the extinguishment of the debt of a government, or of a corporation, by the accumulation of interest. | |
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Sinking \Sink"ing\, a. & n. from {Sink}. {Sinking fund}. See under {Fund}. {Sinking head} (Founding), a riser from which the mold is fed as the casting shrinks. See {Riser}, n., 4. {Sinking pump}, a pump which can be lowered in a well or a mine shaft as the level of the water sinks. | |
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Shrinking \Shrink"ing\, a. & n. from {Shrink}. {Shrinking head} (Founding), a body of molten metal connected with a mold for the purpose of supplying metal to compensate for the shrinkage of the casting; -- called also {sinking head}, and {riser}. | |
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Sinking \Sink"ing\, a. & n. from {Sink}. {Sinking fund}. See under {Fund}. {Sinking head} (Founding), a riser from which the mold is fed as the casting shrinks. See {Riser}, n., 4. {Sinking pump}, a pump which can be lowered in a well or a mine shaft as the level of the water sinks. | |
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Shrinking \Shrink"ing\, a. & n. from {Shrink}. {Shrinking head} (Founding), a body of molten metal connected with a mold for the purpose of supplying metal to compensate for the shrinkage of the casting; -- called also {sinking head}, and {riser}. | |
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Sinking \Sink"ing\, a. & n. from {Sink}. {Sinking fund}. See under {Fund}. {Sinking head} (Founding), a riser from which the mold is fed as the casting shrinks. See {Riser}, n., 4. {Sinking pump}, a pump which can be lowered in a well or a mine shaft as the level of the water sinks. | |
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Skainsmate \Skains"mate`\, n. [Perhaps originally, a companion in winding thread (see {Skein}), or a companion in arms, from skain a sword (see {Skean}).] A messmate; a companion. [Obs.] Scurvy knave! I am none of his firt-gills; I am none of his skainsmates. --Shak. | |
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Skinch \Skinch\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Skinched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skinching}.] [Cf. {Scant}.] To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving. [Prev. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] | |
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Skink \Skink\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skinked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skinking}.] [Icel. skenja; akin to Sw. sk[84]ka, Dan. skienke, AS. scencan, D. & G. schenken. As. scencan is usually derived from sceonc, sceanc, shank, a hollow bone being supposed to have been used to draw off liquor from a cask. [root]161. See {Shank}, and cf. {Nunchion}.] To draw or serve, as drink. [Obs.] Bacchus the wine them skinketh all about. --Chaucer. Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove. --Shirley. | |
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Smack \Smack\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Smacked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smacking}.] [OE. smaken to taste, have a taste, -- from the noun; cf. AS. smecan taste; akin to D. smaken, G. schmecken, OHG. smechen to taste, smach[?]n to have a taste (and, derived from the same source, G. schmatzen to smack the lips, to kiss with a sharp noise, MHG. smatzen, smackzeen), Icel smakka to taste, Sw. smaka, Dan. smage. See 2d {Smack}, n.] 1. To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste. 2. To have or exhibit indications of the presence of any character or quality. All sects, all ages, smack of this vice. --Shak. 3. To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp noise; to buss. 4. To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything. | |
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Smacking \Smack"ing\, n. A sharp, quick noise; a smack. Like the faint smacking of an after kiss. --Dryden. | |
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Smacking \Smack"ing\, a. Making a sharp, brisk sound; hence, brisk; as, a smacking breeze. | |
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Smash \Smash\ (sm[acr]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smashed} (sm[acr]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Smashing}.] [Cf. Sw. smisk a blow, stroke, smiska to strike, dial. Sw. smaske to kiss with a noise, and E. smack a loud kiss, a slap.] To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush. Here everything is broken and smashed to pieces. --Burke. | |
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Smegma \Smeg"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?] soap, fr. [?][?][?][?][?] to wash off.] (Physiol.) The matter secreted by any of the sebaceous glands. Specifically: (a) The soapy substance covering the skin of newborn infants. (b) The cheesy, sebaceous matter which collects between the glans penis and the foreskin. | |
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Smegmatic \Smeg*mat"ic\, a. Being of the nature of soap; soapy; cleansing; detersive. | |
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Smock \Smock\, a. Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman. {Smock mill}, a windmill of which only the cap turns round to meet the wind, in distinction from a post mill, whose whole building turns on a post. {Smock race}, a race run by women for the prize of a smock. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Smokiness \Smok"i*ness\, n. The quality or state of being smoky. | |
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Smoke \Smoke\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Smoked}; p. pr. & vb n. {Smoking}.] [AS. smocian; akin to D. smoken, G. schmauchen, Dan. sm[94]ge. See {Smoke}, n.] 1. To emit smoke; to throw off volatile matter in the form of vapor or exhalation; to reek. Hard by a cottage chimney smokes. --Milton. 2. Hence, to burn; to be kindled; to rage. The anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke agains. that man. --Deut. xxix. 20. 3. To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion. Proud of his steeds, he smokes along the field. --Dryden. 4. To draw into the mouth the smoke of tobacco burning in a pipe or in the form of a cigar, cigarette, etc.; to habitually use tobacco in this manner. 5. To suffer severely; to be punished. Some of you shall smoke for it in Rome. --Shak. | |
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Smoking \Smok"ing\, a. & n. from {Smoke}. {Smoking bean} (Bot.), the long pod of the catalpa, or Indian-bean tree, often smoked by boys as a substitute for cigars. {Smoking car}, a railway car carriage reserved for the use of passengers who smoke tobacco. | |
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Smoking \Smok"ing\, a. & n. from {Smoke}. {Smoking bean} (Bot.), the long pod of the catalpa, or Indian-bean tree, often smoked by boys as a substitute for cigars. {Smoking car}, a railway car carriage reserved for the use of passengers who smoke tobacco. | |
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Smoking \Smok"ing\, a. & n. from {Smoke}. {Smoking bean} (Bot.), the long pod of the catalpa, or Indian-bean tree, often smoked by boys as a substitute for cigars. {Smoking car}, a railway car carriage reserved for the use of passengers who smoke tobacco. | |
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Widgeon \Widg"eon\, n. [Probably from an old French form of F. vigeon, vingeon, gingeon; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vipio, -onis, a kind of small crane.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus {Mareca}, of the genus {Anas}. The common European widgeon ({Anas penelope}) and the American widgeon ({A. Americana}) are the most important species. The latter is called also {baldhead}, {baldpate}, {baldface}, {baldcrown}, {smoking duck}, {wheat}, {duck}, and {whitebelly}. {Bald-faced}, [or] {Green-headed}, widgeon, the American widgeon. {Black widgeon}, the European tufted duck. {Gray widgeon}. (a) The gadwall. (b) The pintail duck. {Great headed widgeon}, the poachard. {Pied widgeon}. (a) The poachard. (b) The goosander. {Saw-billed widgeon}, the merganser. {Sea widgeon}. See in the Vocabulary. {Spear widgeon}, the goosander. [Prov. Eng.] {Spoonbilled widgeon}, the shoveler. {White widgeon}, the smew. {Wood widgeon}, the wood duck. | |
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Smug \Smug\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smugged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smugging}.] To make smug, or spruce. [Obs.] Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair. --Dryton. | |
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Smugness \Smug"ness\, n. The quality or state of being smug. | |
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Snag \Snag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snagging}.] 1. To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree. [U. S.] | |
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Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel. sn[be]kr, sn[?]kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See {Ophidia}, and {Serpent}. Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the larger number are harmless to man. {Blind snake}, {Garter snake}, {Green snake}, {King snake}, {Milk snake}, {Rock snake}, {Water snake}, etc. See under {Blind}, {Garter}, etc. {Fetich snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large African snake ({Python Seb[91]}) used by the natives as a fetich. {Ringed snake} (Zo[94]l.), a common European columbrine snake ({Tropidonotus natrix}). {Snake eater}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The markhoor. (b) The secretary bird. {Snake fence}, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.] {Snake fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Rhaphidia}; -- so called because of their large head and elongated neck and prothorax. {Snake gourd} (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant ({Trichosanthes anguina}) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than that of the serpent cucumber. {Snake killer}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) The chaparral cock. {Snake moss} (Bot.), the common club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}). See {Lycopodium}. {Snake nut} (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree ({Ophiocaryon paradoxum}) of Guiana, the embryo of which resembles a snake coiled up. {Tree snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees, especially those of the genus {Dendrophis} and allied genera. | |
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Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel. sn[be]kr, sn[?]kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See {Ophidia}, and {Serpent}. Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the larger number are harmless to man. {Blind snake}, {Garter snake}, {Green snake}, {King snake}, {Milk snake}, {Rock snake}, {Water snake}, etc. See under {Blind}, {Garter}, etc. {Fetich snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large African snake ({Python Seb[91]}) used by the natives as a fetich. {Ringed snake} (Zo[94]l.), a common European columbrine snake ({Tropidonotus natrix}). {Snake eater}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The markhoor. (b) The secretary bird. {Snake fence}, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.] {Snake fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Rhaphidia}; -- so called because of their large head and elongated neck and prothorax. {Snake gourd} (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant ({Trichosanthes anguina}) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than that of the serpent cucumber. {Snake killer}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) The chaparral cock. {Snake moss} (Bot.), the common club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}). See {Lycopodium}. {Snake nut} (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree ({Ophiocaryon paradoxum}) of Guiana, the embryo of which resembles a snake coiled up. {Tree snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees, especially those of the genus {Dendrophis} and allied genera. | |
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Snakeneck \Snake"neck`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The snakebird, 1. | |
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Snake \Snake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snaking}.] 1. To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett. 2. (Naut.) To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm. | |
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Sneakiness \Sneak"i*ness\, n. The quality of being sneaky. | |
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Sneak \Sneak\ (sn[emac]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sneaked} (sn[emac]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sneaking}.] [OE. sniken, AS. sn[c6]can to creep; akin to Dan. snige sig; cf. Icel. sn[c6]kja to hanker after.] 1. To creep or steal (away or about) privately; to come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen; as, to sneak away from company. | |
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Sneaking \Sneak"ing\, a. Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching. -- {Sneak"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Sneak"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Sneaking \Sneak"ing\, a. Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching. -- {Sneak"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Sneak"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Sneaking \Sneak"ing\, a. Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching. -- {Sneak"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Sneak"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Sneeze \Sneeze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sneezed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sneezing}.] [OE. snesen; of uncertain origin; cf. D. snuse to sniff, E. neese, and AS. fne[a2]san.] To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irritation of the inner membrane of the nose. {Not to be sneezed at}, not to be despised or contemned; not to be treated lightly. [Colloq.] [bd]He had to do with old women who were not to be sneezed at.[b8] --Prof. Wilson. | |
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Sneezing \Sneez"ing\, n. (Physiol.) The act of violently forcing air out through the nasal passages while the cavity of the mouth is shut off from the pharynx by the approximation of the soft palate and the base of the tongue. | |
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Snick \Snick\, n. [Prov. E. snick a notch; cf. Icel. snikka nick, cut.] 1. A small cut or mark. 2. (Cricket) A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional. 3. (Fiber) A knot or irregularity in yarn. --Knight. 4. (Furriery) A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast. {Snick and snee} [cf. D. snee, snede, a cut], a combat with knives. [Obs.] --Wiseman. | |
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Snick \Snick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snicked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snicking}.] 1. To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting. --H. Kingsley. 2. (Cricket) To hit (a ball) lightly. --R. A. Proctor. | |
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Snooze \Snooze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snoozed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snoozing}.] To doze; to drowse; to take a short nap; to slumber. [Colloq.] | |
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Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[be]w; akin to D. sneeuw, OS. & OHG. sn[emac]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[omac]r, snaj[be]r, Sw. sn[94], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith. sn[89]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix, nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[c6]wan to snow, G. schneien, OHG. sn[c6]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows, Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or sticky. [root]172.] 1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms. Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad, snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed, snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding, snow-wrought, and the like. 2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes. The field of snow with eagle of black therein. --Chaucer. {Red snow}. See under {Red}. {Snow bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1. {Snow cock} (Zo[94]l.), the snow pheasant. {Snow flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small black leaping poduran ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow in vast numbers. {Snow flood}, a flood from melted snow. {Snow flower} (Bot.), the fringe tree. {Snow fly}, [or] {Snow insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow in great numbers. {Snow gnat} (Zo[94]l.), any wingless dipterous insect of the genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter. {Snow goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arctic geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and {Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({C. c[d2]rulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper part of the neck white. Called also {white head}, {white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}. {Snow leopard} (Zool.), the ounce. {Snow line}, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the equator, 16,000 feet. {Snow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis}) which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains. {Snow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus {Tetraogallus}, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The Himalayn snow pheasant ({T. Himalayensis}) in the best-known species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow chukor}. {Snow partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Partridge}. {Snow pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota}) native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are black. {Snow plant} (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots up. | |
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Snowshoeing \Snow"shoe`ing\, n. Traveling on snowshoes. | |
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Snug \Snug\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snugged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snugging}.] To lie close; to snuggle; to snudge; -- often with up, or together; as, a child snugs up to its mother. | |
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Snugness \Snug"ness\, n. The quality or state of being snug. | |
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--Shak. The number slain on the rebel's part were some two thousand. --Bacon. 5. Considerable in number or quality. [bd]Bore us some leagues to sea.[b8] --Shak. On its outer point, some miles away. The lighthouse lifts its massive masonry. --Longfellow. 6. Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinct from other or others; as, some men believe one thing, and others another. Some [seeds] fell among thorns; . . . but other fell into good ground. --Matt. xiii. 7, 8. 7. A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed sometimes by of; as, some of our provisions. Your edicts some reclaim from sins, But most your life and blest example wins. --Dryden. {All and some}, one and all. See under {All}, adv. [Obs.] Note: The illiterate in the United States and Scotland often use some as an adverb, instead of somewhat, or an equivalent expression; as, I am some tired; he is some better; it rains some, etc. {Some . . . some}, one part . . . another part; these . . . those; -- used distributively. Some to the shores do fly, Some to the woods, or whither fear advised. --Daniel. Note: Formerly used also of single persons or things: this one . . . that one; one . . . another. Some in his bed, some in the deep sea. --Chaucer. | |
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Son-in-law \Son"-in-law`\, n.; pl. {Sons-in-law}. The husband of one's daughter; a man in his relationship to his wife's parents. To take me as for thy son in lawe. --Chaucer. | |
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Squeamish \Squeam"ish\, a. [OE. squaimous, sweymous, probably from OE. sweem, swem, dizziness, a swimming in the head; cf. Icel. svemr a bustle, a stir, Norw. sveim a hovering about, a sickness that comes upon one, Icel. svimi a giddiness, AS. sw[c6]mi. The word has been perhaps confused witrh qualmish. Cf. {Swim} to be dizzy.] Having a stomach that is easily or nauseated; hence, nice to excess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be offended at trifling improprieties. Quoth he, that honor's very squeamish That takes a basting for a blemish. --Hudibras. His muse is rustic, and perhaps too plain The men of squeamish taste to entertain. --Southern. So ye grow squeamish, Gods, and sniff at heaven. --M. Arnold. Syn: Fastidious; dainty; overnice; scrupulous. See {Fastidious}. -- {Squeam"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Squeam"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Sun \Sun\, n. [OE. sunne, sonne, AS. sunne; akin to OFries. sunne, D. zon, OS. & OHG. sunna, G. sonne, Icel. sunna, Goth. sunna; perh. fr. same root as L. sol. [fb]297. Cf. {Solar}, {South}.] 1. The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000. Note: Its mean apparent diameter as seen from the earth is 32[b7] 4[sec], and it revolves on its own axis once in 25[frac13] days. Its mean density is about one fourth of that of the earth, or 1.41, that of water being unity. Its luminous surface is called the photosphere, above which is an envelope consisting partly of hydrogen, called the chromosphere, which can be seen only through the spectroscope, or at the time of a total solar eclipse. Above the chromosphere, and sometimes extending out millions of miles, are luminous rays or streams of light which are visible only at the time of a total eclipse, forming the solar corona. 2. Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs. 3. The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine. Lambs that did frisk in the sun. --Shak. 4. That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or importance; any source of light, warmth, or animation. For the Lord God is a sun and shield. --Ps. lxxiv. 11. I will never consent to put out the sun of sovereignity to posterity. --Eikon Basilike. {Sun and planet wheels} (Mach.), an ingenious contrivance for converting reciprocating motion, as that of the working beam of a steam engine, into rotatory motion. It consists of a toothed wheel (called the sun wheel), firmly secured to the shaft it is desired to drive, and another wheel (called the planet wheel) secured to the end of a connecting rod. By the motion of the connecting rod, the planet wheel is made to circulate round the central wheel on the shaft, communicating to this latter a velocity of revolution the double of its own. --G. Francis. {Sun angel} (Zo[94]l.), a South American humming bird of the genus {Heliangelos}, noted for its beautiful colors and the brilliant luster of the feathers of its throat. {Sun animalcute}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heliozoa}. {Sun bath} (Med.), exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; insolation. {Sun bear} (Zo[94]l.), a species of bear ({Helarctos Malayanus}) native of Southern Asia and Borneo. It has a small head and short neck, and fine short glossy fur, mostly black, but brownish on the nose. It is easily tamed. Called also {bruang}, and {Malayan bear}. {Sun beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any small lustrous beetle of the genus {Amara}. {Sun bittern} (Zo[94]l.), a singular South American bird ({Eurypyga helias}), in some respects related both to the rails and herons. It is beautifully variegated with white, brown, and black. Called also {sunbird}, and {tiger bittern}. {Sun fever} (Med.), the condition of fever produced by sun stroke. {Sun gem} (Zo[94]l.), a Brazilian humming bird ({Heliactin cornutus}). Its head is ornamented by two tufts of bright colored feathers, fiery crimson at the base and greenish yellow at the tip. Called also {Horned hummer}. {Sun grebe} (Zo[94]l.), the finfoot. {Sun picture}, a picture taken by the agency of the sun's rays; a photograph. {Sun spots} (Astron.), dark spots that appear on the sun's disk, consisting commonly of a black central portion with a surrounding border of lighter shade, and usually seen only by the telescope, but sometimes by the naked eye. They are very changeable in their figure and dimensions, and vary in size from mere apparent points to spaces of 50,000 miles in diameter. The term sun spots is often used to include bright spaces (called facul[91]) as well as dark spaces (called macul[91]). Called also {solar spots}. See Illustration in Appendix. {Sun star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of starfishes belonging to {Solaster}, {Crossaster}, and allied genera, having numerous rays. {Sun trout} (Zo[94]l.), the squeteague. {Sun wheel}. (Mach.) See {Sun and planet wheels}, above. {Under the sun}, in the world; on earth. [bd]There is no new thing under the sun.[b8] --Eccl. i. 9. Note: Sun is often used in the formation of compound adjectives of obvious meaning; as, sun-bright, sun-dried, sun-gilt, sunlike, sun-lit, sun-scorched, and the like. | |
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Sink \Sink\, v. i. [imp. {Sunk}, or ({Sank}); p. p. {Sunk} (obs. {Sunken}, -- now used as adj.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sinking}.] [OE. sinken, AS. sincan; akin to D. zinken, OS. sincan, G. sinken, Icel. s[94]kkva, Dan. synke, Sw. sjunka, Goth. siggan, and probably to E. silt. Cf. {Silt}.] 1. To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west. I sink in deep mire. --Ps. lxix. 2. 2. To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate. The stone sunk into his forehead. --1 San. xvii. 49. 3. Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely. Let these sayings sink down into your ears. --Luke ix. 44. 4. To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease. I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak. He sunk down in his chariot. --2 Kings ix. 24. Let not the fire sink or slacken. --Mortimer. 5. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height. The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him. --Addison. Syn: To fall; subside; drop; droop; lower; decline; decay; decrease; lessen. | |
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Sunken \Sunk"en\, a. Lying on the bottom of a river or other water; sunk. | |
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Sunshine \Sun"shine`\, a. Sunshiny; bright. --Shak. [bd]Sunshine hours.[b8] --Keble. | |
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Sunshine \Sun"shine`\, n. 1. The light of the sun, or the place where it shines; the direct rays of the sun, the place where they fall, or the warmth and light which they give. But all sunshine, as when his beams at noon Culminate from the equator. --Milton. 2. Anything which has a warming and cheering influence like that of the rays of the sun; warmth; illumination; brightness. That man that sits within a monarch's heart, And ripens in the sunshine of his favor. --Shak. | |
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Sunshiny \Sun"shin`y\, a. 1. Bright with the rays of the sun; clear, warm, or pleasant; as, a sunshiny day. 2. Bright like the sun; resplendent. Flashing beams of that sunshiny shield. --Spenser. 3. Beaming with good spirits; cheerful. [bd]Her sunshiny face.[b8] --Spenser. | |
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Swainish \Swain"ish\, a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a swain; rustic; ignorant. [bd]An ungentle and swainish beast.[b8] --Milton. -- {Swain"ish*ness}, n. --Emerson. | |
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Swanskin \Swan"skin`\, n. 1. The act of a swan with the down or the feathers on. 2. A species of soft flannel, thick and warm. | |
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Swinge \Swinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swinged} (sw[icr]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Swingeing} (sw[icr]nj"[icr]ng).] [OE. swengen, AS. swengan to shake, causative of swingan. See {Swing}.] 1. To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish. I had swinged him soundly. --Shak. And swinges his own vices in his son. --C. Dryden. 2. To move as a lash; to lash. [Obs.] Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. --Milton. | |
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Swingeing \Swinge"ing\, a. Huge; very large. [Colloq.] --Arbuthnot. --Byron. -- {Swinge"ing*ly}, adv. --Dryden. | |
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Swingeing \Swinge"ing\, a. Huge; very large. [Colloq.] --Arbuthnot. --Byron. -- {Swinge"ing*ly}, adv. --Dryden. | |
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Swing \Swing\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swung}; Archaic imp. {Swang}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swinging}.] [OE. swingen, AS. swingan to scourge, to fly, to flutter; akin to G. schwingen to winnow, to swingle, oscillate, sich schwingen to leap, to soar, OHG. swingan to throw, to scourge, to soar, Sw. svinga to swing, to whirl, Dan. svinge. Cf. {Swagger}, {Sway}, {Swinge}, {Swink}.] 1. To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate. I tried if a pendulum would swing faster, or continue swinging longer, in case of exsuction of the air. --Boyle. 2. To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open. 3. To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See {Swing}, n., 3. 4. (Naut.) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide. 5. To be hanged. [Colloq.] --D. Webster. {To swing round the circle}, to make a complete circuit. [Colloq.] He had swung round the circle of theories and systems in which his age abounded, without finding relief. --A. V. G. Allen. | |
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Gatepost \Gate"post`\, n. 1. A post to which a gate is hung; -- called also {swinging [or] hinging post}. 2. A post against which a gate closes; -- called also {shutting post}. | |
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Swinish \Swin"ish\, a. Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot. [bd]Swinish gluttony.[b8] --Milton. -- {Swin"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Swin"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Swink \Swink\, v. i. [imp. {Swank}, {Swonk}; p. p. {Swonken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swinking}.] [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See {Swing}.] To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic] Or swink with his hands and labor. --Chaucer. For which men swink and sweat incessantly. --Spenser. The swinking crowd at every stroke pant [bd]Ho.[b8] --Sir Samuel Freguson. | |
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Swink \Swink\, v. i. [imp. {Swank}, {Swonk}; p. p. {Swonken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swinking}.] [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See {Swing}.] To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic] Or swink with his hands and labor. --Chaucer. For which men swink and sweat incessantly. --Spenser. The swinking crowd at every stroke pant [bd]Ho.[b8] --Sir Samuel Freguson. | |
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Synacme \Syn*ac"me\, Synacmy \Syn*ac"my\, n. [NL. synacme. See {Syn-}, and {Acme}.] (Bot.) Same as {Synanthesis}. | |
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Synacme \Syn*ac"me\, Synacmy \Syn*ac"my\, n. [NL. synacme. See {Syn-}, and {Acme}.] (Bot.) Same as {Synanthesis}. | |
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d8Synchondrosis \[d8]Syn`chon*dro"sis\, n.; pl. {Synchondroses}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]; sy`n with + [?] cartilage.] (Anat.) An immovable articulation in which the union is formed by cartilage. -- {Syn`chon*dro"si*al}, a. | |
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d8Synchondrosis \[d8]Syn`chon*dro"sis\, n.; pl. {Synchondroses}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]; sy`n with + [?] cartilage.] (Anat.) An immovable articulation in which the union is formed by cartilage. -- {Syn`chon*dro"si*al}, a. | |
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Synchondrotomy \Syn`chon*drot"o*my\, n. [Gr. [?] union by cartilage + [?] to cut.] (Surg.) Symphyseotomy. | |
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The gapes \The gapes\ (a) A fit of yawning. (b) A disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm ({Syngamus trachealis}), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See {Gapeworm}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Syngenesian \Syn`ge*ne"sian\, Syngenesious \Syn`ge*ne"sious\, a. (Bot.) Having the stamens united by the anthers; of or pertaining to the Syngenesia. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Syngenesian \Syn`ge*ne"sian\, Syngenesious \Syn`ge*ne"sious\, a. (Bot.) Having the stamens united by the anthers; of or pertaining to the Syngenesia. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Syngenesis \Syn*gen"e*sis\, n. [Pref. syn- + genesis.] (Biol.) A theory of generation in which each germ is supposed to contain the germs of all subsequent generations; -- the opposite of {epigenesis}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Syngnathi \[d8]Syng"na*thi\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + [?] jaw.] (Zo[94]l.) A suborder of lophobranch fishes which have an elongated snout and lack the ventral and first dorsal fins. The pipefishes and sea horses are examples. -- {Syng"na*thous}, a. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sea adder \Sea" ad"der\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European fifteen-spined stickleback ({Gasterosteus spinachia}); -- called also {bismore}. (b) The European tanglefish, or pipefish ({Syngnathus acus}). | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Samson, AL (city, FIPS 67800) Location: 31.11221 N, 86.04660 W Population (1990): 2190 (977 housing units) Area: 9.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36477 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
San Jon, NM (village, FIPS 68150) Location: 35.11297 N, 103.32747 W Population (1990): 277 (130 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 88434 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
San Juan, NM (CDP, FIPS 68705) Location: 36.05193 N, 106.06835 W Population (1990): 465 (189 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) San Juan, TX (city, FIPS 65516) Location: 26.19130 N, 98.15412 W Population (1990): 10815 (3158 housing units) Area: 9.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78589 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
San Juan Bautist, CA Zip code(s): 95045 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
San Juan Bautista, CA (city, FIPS 68014) Location: 36.84596 N, 121.53706 W Population (1990): 1570 (609 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
San Juan Capistrano, CA (city, FIPS 68028) Location: 33.50164 N, 117.65263 W Population (1990): 26183 (9612 housing units) Area: 36.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
San Juan County, CO (county, FIPS 111) Location: 37.77029 N, 107.66720 W Population (1990): 745 (481 housing units) Area: 1003.5 sq km (land), 2.2 sq km (water) San Juan County, NM (county, FIPS 45) Location: 36.51260 N, 108.32315 W Population (1990): 91605 (34248 housing units) Area: 14282.3 sq km (land), 63.0 sq km (water) San Juan County, UT (county, FIPS 37) Location: 37.63116 N, 109.80502 W Population (1990): 12621 (4650 housing units) Area: 20255.7 sq km (land), 292.5 sq km (water) San Juan County, WA (county, FIPS 55) Location: 48.57037 N, 122.97320 W Population (1990): 10035 (6075 housing units) Area: 453.1 sq km (land), 1155.5 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
San Juan Pueblo, NM Zip code(s): 87566 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
San Juan zona, PR (urbana, FIPS 76770) Location: 18.40839 N, 66.06442 W Population (1990): 426832 (164397 housing units) Area: 102.2 sq km (land), 17.9 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
San Simeon, CA Zip code(s): 93452 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
San Ygnacio, TX Zip code(s): 78067 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sangamon County, IL (county, FIPS 167) Location: 39.75812 N, 89.65802 W Population (1990): 178386 (76873 housing units) Area: 2248.8 sq km (land), 22.9 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sansom Park, TX (city, FIPS 65660) Location: 32.80260 N, 97.40172 W Population (1990): 3928 (1482 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Schoenchen, KS (city, FIPS 63425) Location: 38.71323 N, 99.33038 W Population (1990): 128 (54 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67667 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Shamokin, PA (city, FIPS 69600) Location: 40.78807 N, 76.55491 W Population (1990): 9184 (4861 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Shamokin Dam, PA (borough, FIPS 69616) Location: 40.85313 N, 76.82246 W Population (1990): 1690 (754 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Shawano County, WI (county, FIPS 115) Location: 44.78969 N, 88.75637 W Population (1990): 37157 (16737 housing units) Area: 2311.8 sq km (land), 43.6 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Shawnee County, KS (county, FIPS 177) Location: 39.04260 N, 95.75781 W Population (1990): 160976 (68991 housing units) Area: 1424.1 sq km (land), 16.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Shungnak, AK (city, FIPS 70100) Location: 66.87590 N, 157.15570 W Population (1990): 223 (68 housing units) Area: 22.1 sq km (land), 3.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99773 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sinajana, GU (CDP, FIPS 65100) Location: 13.45962 N, 144.75256 E Population (1990): 2024 (532 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sinking Spring, OH (village, FIPS 72578) Location: 39.07515 N, 83.38722 W Population (1990): 189 (66 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Sinking Spring, PA (borough, FIPS 70880) Location: 40.32463 N, 76.02273 W Population (1990): 2467 (1198 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19608 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Snow Camp, NC Zip code(s): 27349 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Songsong, MP (CDP, FIPS 64900) Location: 14.13293 N, 145.14534 E Population (1990): 1313 (254 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sunshine, LA Zip code(s): 70780 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Suwannee County, FL (county, FIPS 121) Location: 30.18671 N, 82.99346 W Population (1990): 26780 (11699 housing units) Area: 1781.1 sq km (land), 11.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Swain County, NC (county, FIPS 173) Location: 35.49237 N, 83.49217 W Population (1990): 11268 (5664 housing units) Area: 1367.9 sq km (land), 32.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Symsonia, KY Zip code(s): 42082 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
smoke and mirrors n. Marketing deceptions. The term is mainstream in this general sense. Among hackers it's strongly associated with bogus demos and crocked {benchmark}s (see also {MIPS}, {machoflops}). "They claim their new box cranks 50 MIPS for under $5000, but didn't specify the instruction mix -- sounds like smoke and mirrors to me." The phrase, popularized by newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin c.1975, has been said to derive from carnie slang for magic acts and `freak show' displays that depend on `trompe l'oeil' effects, but also calls to mind the fierce Aztec god Tezcatlipoca (lit. "Smoking Mirror") for whom the hearts of huge numbers of human sacrificial victims were regularly cut out. Upon hearing about a rigged demo or yet another round of fantasy-based marketing promises, hackers often feel analogously disheartened. See also {stealth manager}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
smoking clover n. [ITS] A {display hack} originally due to Bill Gosper. Many convergent lines are drawn on a color monitor in such a way that every pixel struck has its color incremented. The lines all have one endpoint in the middle of the screen; the other endpoints are spaced one pixel apart around the perimeter of a large square. The color map is then repeatedly rotated. This results in a striking, rainbow-hued, shimmering four-leaf clover. Gosper joked about keeping it hidden from the FDA (the U.S.'s Food and Drug Administration) lest its hallucinogenic properties cause it to be banned. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Some AI Koans These are some of the funniest examples of a genre of jokes told at the MIT AI Lab about various noted hackers. The original koans were composed by Danny Hillis, who would later found Connection Machines, Inc. In reading these, it is at least useful to know that Minsky, Sussman, and Drescher are AI researchers of note, that Tom Knight was one of the Lisp machine's principal designers, and that David Moon wrote much of Lisp Machine Lisp. * * * A novice was trying to fix a broken Lisp machine by turning the power off and on. Knight, seeing what the student was doing, spoke sternly: "You cannot fix a machine by just power-cycling it with no understanding of what is going wrong." Knight turned the machine off and on. The machine worked. * * * One day a student came to Moon and said: "I understand how to make a better garbage collector. We must keep a reference count of the pointers to each cons." Moon patiently told the student the following story: "One day a student came to Moon and said: `I understand how to make a better garbage collector... [Ed. note: Pure reference-count garbage collectors have problems with circular structures that point to themselves.] * * * In the days when Sussman was a novice, Minsky once came to him as he sat hacking at the PDP-6. "What are you doing?", asked Minsky. "I am training a randomly wired neural net to play Tic-Tac-Toe" Sussman replied. "Why is the net wired randomly?", asked Minsky. "I do not want it to have any preconceptions of how to play", Sussman said. Minsky then shut his eyes. "Why do you close your eyes?", Sussman asked his teacher. "So that the room will be empty." At that moment, Sussman was enlightened. * * * A disciple of another sect once came to Drescher as he was eating his morning meal. "I would like to give you this personality test", said the outsider, "because I want you to be happy." Drescher took the paper that was offered him and put it into the toaster, saying: "I wish the toaster to be happy, too." | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) Formerly the largest of the five research councils funded by the British Government through the Office of Science and Technology. SERC funded higher education research in science and engineering, including computing and was responsible for the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, near Oxford; the Daresbury Laboratory, near Warrington; the Royal Greenwich Observatory at Cambridge and the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh. In April 1994 SERC was split into the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council. SERC's remote sensing efforts have been transferred to the Natural Environment RC and its biotechnology efforts merged with the Agriculture and Food RC to make the new Biotechnology and Biological Sciences RC. The two major SERC laboratories - {Rutherford Appleton Laboratory} and Daresbury Laboratory are now independent. {(http://unixfe.rl.ac.uk/serc/serc.html)}. (1994-12-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
semiconductor {current} to flow under certain circumstances. Common semiconductors are silicon, germanium, gallium arsenide. Semiconductors are used to make {diodes}, {transistors} and other basic "solid state" electronic components. As crystals of these materials are grown, they are "doped" with traces of other elements called {donors} or {acceptors} to make regions which are n- or p-type respectively for the {electron model} or p- or n-type under the {hole model}. Where n and p type regions adjoin, a junction is formed which will pass {current} in one direction (from p to n) but not the other, giving a {diode}. One {model} of semiconductor behaviour describes the doping elements as having either {free electrons} or {holes} dangling at the points in the crystal lattice where the doping elements replace one of the atoms of the foundation material. When external electrons are applied to n-type material (which already has free electrons present) the repulsive force of like charges causes the free electrons to migrate toward the junction, where they are attracted to the holes in the p-type material. Thus the junction conducts current. In contrast, when external electrons are applied to p-type material, the attraction of unlike charges causes the holes to migrate away from the junction and toward the source of external electrons. The junction thus becomes "depleted" of its charge carriers and is non-conducting. (1995-10-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
smoke and mirrors Marketing deceptions. The term is mainstream in this general sense. Among hackers it's strongly associated with bogus demos and crocked {benchmarks} (see also {MIPS}, {machoflops}). "They claim their new box cranks 50 MIPS for under $5000, but didn't specify the instruction mix - sounds like smoke and mirrors to me." The phrase has been said to derive from carnie slang for magic acts and "freak show" displays that depend on "trompe l"oeil' effects, but also calls to mind the fierce Aztec god Tezcatlipoca (lit. "Smoking Mirror") for whom the hearts of huge numbers of human sacrificial victims were regularly cut out. Upon hearing about a rigged demo or yet another round of fantasy-based marketing promises, hackers often feel analogously disheartened. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
smoke-emitting diode incorrectly connected {diode}, probably a {light-emitting diode}, in the process of losing its {magic smoke} and becoming a {friode}. See also {LER}. (1996-04-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
smoking clover [ITS] A {display hack} originally due to Bill Gosper. Many convergent lines are drawn on a colour monitor in {AOS} mode (so that every pixel struck has its colour incremented). The lines all have one endpoint in the middle of the screen; the other endpoints are spaced one pixel apart around the perimeter of a large square. The colour map is then repeatedly rotated. This results in a striking, rainbow-hued, shimmering four-leaf clover. Gosper joked about keeping it hidden from the FDA (the US's Food and Drug Administration) lest its hallucinogenic properties cause it to be banned. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Samson of the sun, the son of Manoah, born at Zorah. The narrative of his life is given in Judg. 13-16. He was a "Nazarite unto God" from his birth, the first Nazarite mentioned in Scripture (Judg. 13:3-5; comp. Num. 6:1-21). The first recorded event of his life was his marriage with a Philistine woman of Timnath (Judg. 14:1-5). Such a marriage was not forbidden by the law of Moses, as the Philistines did not form one of the seven doomed Canaanite nations (Ex. 34:11-16; Deut. 7:1-4). It was, however, an ill-assorted and unblessed marriage. His wife was soon taken from him and given "to his companion" (Judg. 14:20). For this Samson took revenge by burning the "standing corn of the Philistines" (15:1-8), who, in their turn, in revenge "burnt her and her father with fire." Her death he terribly avenged (15:7-19). During the twenty years following this he judged Israel; but we have no record of his life. Probably these twenty years may have been simultaneous with the last twenty years of Eli's life. After this we have an account of his exploits at Gaza (16:1-3), and of his infatuation for Delilah, and her treachery (16:4-20), and then of his melancholy death (16:21-31). He perished in the last terrible destruction he brought upon his enemies. "So the dead which he slew at his death were more [in social and political importance=the elite of the people] than they which he slew in his life." "Straining all his nerves, he bowed: As with the force of winds and waters pent, When mountains tremble, those two massy pillars With horrible convulsion to and fro He tugged, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors, or priests, Their choice nobility and flower." Milton's Samson Agonistes. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sansannah a palm branch, or a thorn bush, a town in the south (the negeb) of Judah (Josh. 15:31); called also Hazarsusah (19:5), or Hazar-susim (1 Chr. 4:31). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Samson, his sun; his service; there the second time | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Sansannah, bough or bramble of the enemy |