English Dictionary: skeletal muscle | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Salt acid} (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. {Salt block}, an apparatus for evaporating brine; a salt factory. --Knight. {Salt bottom}, a flat piece of ground covered with saline efflorescences. [Western U.S.] --Bartlett. {Salt cake} (Chem.), the white caked mass, consisting of sodium sulphate, which is obtained as the product of the first stage in the manufacture of soda, according to Leblanc's process. {Salt fish}. (a) Salted fish, especially cod, haddock, and similar fishes that have been salted and dried for food. (b) A marine fish. {Salt garden}, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of sea water for the production of salt, employing large shallow basins excavated near the seashore. {Salt gauge}, an instrument used to test the strength of brine; a salimeter. {Salt horse}, salted beef. [Slang] {Salt junk}, hard salt beef for use at sea. [Slang] {Salt lick}. See {Lick}, n. {Salt marsh}, grass land subject to the overflow of salt water. {Salt-marsh caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma acr[91]a} which is very destructive to the salt-marsh grasses and to other crops. Called also {woolly bear}. See Illust. under {Moth}, {Pupa}, and {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}. {Salt-marsh fleabane} (Bot.), a strong-scented composite herb ({Pluchea camphorata}) with rayless purplish heads, growing in salt marshes. {Salt-marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), the clapper rail. See under {Rail}. {Salt-marsh terrapin} (Zo[94]l.), the diamond-back. {Salt mine}, a mine where rock salt is obtained. {Salt pan}. (a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also, a shallow basin in the ground where salt water is evaporated by the heat of the sun. (b) pl. Salt works. {Salt pit}, a pit where salt is obtained or made. {Salt rising}, a kind of yeast in which common salt is a principal ingredient. [U.S.] {Salt raker}, one who collects salt in natural salt ponds, or inclosures from the sea. {Salt sedative} (Chem.), boracic acid. [Obs.] {Salt spring}, a spring of salt water. {Salt tree} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Halimodendron argenteum}) growing in the salt plains of the Caspian region and in Siberia. {Salt water}, water impregnated with salt, as that of the ocean and of certain seas and lakes; sometimes, also, tears. Mine eyes are full of tears, I can not see; And yet salt water blinds them not so much But they can see a sort of traitors here. --Shak. {Salt-water sailor}, an ocean mariner. {Salt-water tailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluefish}. | |
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Saltle \Salt"le\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European dab. | |
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Saltless \Salt"less\, a. Destitute of salt; insipid. | |
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Saltly \Salt"ly\, adv. With taste of salt; in a salt manner. | |
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Shieldless \Shield"less\, a. Destitute of a shield, or of protection. -- {Shield"less*ly}, adv. -- {Shield"less*ness}, n. | |
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Shieldless \Shield"less\, a. Destitute of a shield, or of protection. -- {Shield"less*ly}, adv. -- {Shield"less*ness}, n. | |
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Shieldless \Shield"less\, a. Destitute of a shield, or of protection. -- {Shield"less*ly}, adv. -- {Shield"less*ness}, n. | |
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Shieldtail \Shield"tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family {Uropeltid[91]}, native of Ceylon and Southern Asia. They have a small mouth which can not be dilated. | |
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Skeletal \Skel"e*tal\, a. Pertaining to the skeleton. | |
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Skeletology \Skel`e*tol"o*gy\, n. [Skeleton + -logy.] That part of anatomy which treats of the skeleton; also, a treatise on the skeleton. | |
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3. The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also {lay} and {batten}. {Blanchard lathe}, a lathe for turning irregular forms after a given pattern, as lasts, gunstocks, and the like. {Drill lathe}, [or] {Speed lathe}, a small lathe which, from its high speed, is adapted for drilling; a hand lathe. {Engine lathe}, a turning lathe in which the cutting tool has an automatic feed; -- used chiefly for turning and boring metals, cutting screws, etc. {Foot lathe}, a lathe which is driven by a treadle worked by the foot. {Geometric lathe}. See under {Geometric} {Hand lathe}, a lathe operated by hand; a power turning lathe without an automatic feed for the tool. {Slide lathe}, an engine lathe. {Throw lathe}, a small lathe worked by one hand, while the cutting tool is held in the other. | |
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7. (Geol.) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure. --Dana. 8. (Mus.) (a) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below. (b) An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics. 9. (Phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound. 10. (Steam Engine) (a) Same as {Guide bar}, under {Guide}. (b) A slide valve. {Slide box} (Steam Engine), a steam chest. See under {Steam}. {Slide lathe}, an engine lathe. See under {Lathe}. {Slide rail}, a transfer table. See under {Transfer}. {Slide rest} (Turning lathes), a contrivance for holding, moving, and guiding, the cutting tool, made to slide on ways or guides by screws or otherwise, and having compound motion. {Slide rule}, a mathematical instrument consisting of two parts, one of which slides upon the other, for the mechanical performance of addition and subtraction, and, by means of logarithmic scales, of multiplication and division. {Slide valve}. (a) Any valve which opens and closes a passageway by sliding over a port. (b) A particular kind of sliding valve, often used in steam engines for admitting steam to the piston and releasing it, alternately, having a cuplike cavity in its face, through which the exhaust steam passes. It is situated in the steam chest, and moved by the valve gear. It is sometimes called a {D valve}, -- a name which is also applied to a semicylindrical pipe used as a sliding valve. | |
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Locus \Lo"cus\, n.; pl. {Loci}, & {Loca}. [L., place. Cf. {Allow}, {Couch}, {Lieu}, {Local}.] 1. A place; a locality. 2. (Math.) The line traced by a point which varies its position according to some determinate law; the surface described by a point or line that moves according to a given law. {Plane locus}, a locus that is a straight line, or a circle. {Solid locus}, a locus that is one of the conic sections. | |
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Solidly \Sol"id*ly\, adv. In a solid manner; densely; compactly; firmly; truly. | |
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Squalidly \Squal"id*ly\, adv. In a squalid manner. | |
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Swallowtail \Swal"low*tail`\, n. 1. (Carp.) A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See {Dovetail}. 2. (Bot.) A species of willow. 3. (Fort.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a re[89]ntrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also {priestcap}. 4. A swallow-tailed coat. This Stultz coat, a blue swallowtail, with yellow buttons. --Thackeray. 5. An arrow. --Sir W. Scott. 6. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of large and handsome butterflies, belonging to Papilio and allied genera, in which the posterior border of each hind wing is prolongated in the form of a long lobe. Note: The black swallowtail, or asterias (see {Papilio}), the blue swallowtail, or philenor, the tiger swallowtail, or turnus (see {Turnus}), and the zebra swallowtail, or ajax (see under {Zebra}) are common American species. See also {Troilus}. | |
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Priestcap \Priest"cap`\, n. (Fort.) A form of redan, so named from its shape; -- called also {swallowtail}. | |
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Swallowtail \Swal"low*tail`\, n. 1. (Carp.) A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See {Dovetail}. 2. (Bot.) A species of willow. 3. (Fort.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a re[89]ntrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also {priestcap}. 4. A swallow-tailed coat. This Stultz coat, a blue swallowtail, with yellow buttons. --Thackeray. 5. An arrow. --Sir W. Scott. 6. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of large and handsome butterflies, belonging to Papilio and allied genera, in which the posterior border of each hind wing is prolongated in the form of a long lobe. Note: The black swallowtail, or asterias (see {Papilio}), the blue swallowtail, or philenor, the tiger swallowtail, or turnus (see {Turnus}), and the zebra swallowtail, or ajax (see under {Zebra}) are common American species. See also {Troilus}. | |
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Priestcap \Priest"cap`\, n. (Fort.) A form of redan, so named from its shape; -- called also {swallowtail}. | |
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Swallow-tailed \Swal"low-tailed`\, a. 1. Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat. 2. (Carp.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed. {Swallow-tailed duck} (Zo[94]l.), the old squaw. {Swallow-tailed gull} (Zo[94]l.), an Arctic gull ({Xema furcata}), which has a deeply forked tail. {Swallow-tailed} {hawk [or] kite} (Zo[94]l.), the fork-tailed kite. {Swallow-tailed moth} (Zo[94]l.), a European moth ({Urapteryx sambucaria}) having tail-like lobes on the hind wings. | |
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Swallow-tailed \Swal"low-tailed`\, a. 1. Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat. 2. (Carp.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed. {Swallow-tailed duck} (Zo[94]l.), the old squaw. {Swallow-tailed gull} (Zo[94]l.), an Arctic gull ({Xema furcata}), which has a deeply forked tail. {Swallow-tailed} {hawk [or] kite} (Zo[94]l.), the fork-tailed kite. {Swallow-tailed moth} (Zo[94]l.), a European moth ({Urapteryx sambucaria}) having tail-like lobes on the hind wings. | |
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Swallow-tailed \Swal"low-tailed`\, a. 1. Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat. 2. (Carp.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed. {Swallow-tailed duck} (Zo[94]l.), the old squaw. {Swallow-tailed gull} (Zo[94]l.), an Arctic gull ({Xema furcata}), which has a deeply forked tail. {Swallow-tailed} {hawk [or] kite} (Zo[94]l.), the fork-tailed kite. {Swallow-tailed moth} (Zo[94]l.), a European moth ({Urapteryx sambucaria}) having tail-like lobes on the hind wings. | |
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Fork-tailed \Fork"-tailed`\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds. {Fork-tailed flycatcher} (Zo[94]l.), a tropical American flycatcher ({Milvulus tyrannus}). {Fork-tailed gull} (Zo[94]l.), a gull of the genus {Xema}, of two species, esp. {X. Sabinii} of the Arctic Ocean. {Fork-tailed kite} (Zo[94]l.), a graceful American kite ({Elanoides forficatus}); -- called also {swallow-tailed kite}. | |
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Swallow-tailed \Swal"low-tailed`\, a. 1. Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat. 2. (Carp.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed. {Swallow-tailed duck} (Zo[94]l.), the old squaw. {Swallow-tailed gull} (Zo[94]l.), an Arctic gull ({Xema furcata}), which has a deeply forked tail. {Swallow-tailed} {hawk [or] kite} (Zo[94]l.), the fork-tailed kite. {Swallow-tailed moth} (Zo[94]l.), a European moth ({Urapteryx sambucaria}) having tail-like lobes on the hind wings. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Salt Lake City, UT (city, FIPS 67000) Location: 40.77727 N, 111.92992 W Population (1990): 159936 (73762 housing units) Area: 282.4 sq km (land), 3.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84101, 84102, 84103, 84104, 84105, 84106, 84108, 84109, 84111, 84112, 84113, 84116 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Salt Lake County, UT (county, FIPS 35) Location: 40.67071 N, 111.92549 W Population (1990): 725956 (257339 housing units) Area: 1909.9 sq km (land), 182.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Salt Lick, KY (city, FIPS 68160) Location: 38.11948 N, 83.61609 W Population (1990): 342 (161 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 40371 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Saltillo, IN (town, FIPS 67626) Location: 38.66572 N, 86.29833 W Population (1990): 117 (54 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Saltillo, MS (town, FIPS 64840) Location: 34.38326 N, 88.68908 W Population (1990): 1782 (766 housing units) Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38866 Saltillo, PA (borough, FIPS 67632) Location: 40.21179 N, 78.00784 W Population (1990): 347 (147 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Saltillo, TN (town, FIPS 66340) Location: 35.37783 N, 88.21050 W Population (1990): 383 (209 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38370 Saltillo, TX Zip code(s): 75478 | |
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Sheldahl, IA (city, FIPS 72345) Location: 41.86413 N, 93.69623 W Population (1990): 315 (124 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Slate Hill, NY Zip code(s): 10973 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Slidell, LA (city, FIPS 70805) Location: 30.28103 N, 89.77767 W Population (1990): 24124 (9087 housing units) Area: 24.2 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70458, 70460, 70461 | |
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Swaledale, IA (city, FIPS 76620) Location: 42.97689 N, 93.31533 W Population (1990): 190 (85 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50477 | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Salathiel whom I asked of God, the son of Jeconiah (Matt. 1:12; 1 Chr. 3:17); also called the son of Neri (Luke 3:27). The probable explanation of the apparent discrepancy is that he was the son of Neri, the descendant of Nathan, and thus heir to the throne of David on the death of Jeconiah (comp. Jer. 22:30). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shealtiel asked for of God, father of Zerubbabel (Ezra 3:2, 8; Neh. 12:1). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shual, The land of land of the fox, a district in the tribe of Benjamin (1 Sam. 13:17); possibly the same as Shalim (9:4), in the neighbourhood of Shaalabbin (Josh. 19:42). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Salathiel, asked or lent of God | |
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Shealtiel, same as Salathiel |