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S \S\ ([ecr]s), the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, d[82]bris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh. See Guide to pronunciation, [sect][sect] 255-261. Note: Both the form and the name of the letter S are derived from the Latin, which got the letter through the Greek from the Ph[91]nician. The ultimate origin is Egyptian. S is etymologically most nearly related to c, z, t, and r; as, in ice, OE. is; E. hence, OE. hennes; E. rase, raze; erase, razor; that, G. das; E. reason, F. raison, L. ratio; E. was, were; chair, chaise (see C, Z, T, and R.). | |
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-s \-s\ 1. [OE. es, AS. as.] The suffix used to form the plural of most words; as in roads, elfs, sides, accounts. 2. [OE. -s, for older -th, AS. -[eb].] The suffix used to form the third person singular indicative of English verbs; as in falls, tells, sends. 3. An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, -- originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See {-'s}. | |
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-'s \-'s\ [OE. -es, AS. -es.] The suffix used to form the possessive singular of nouns; as, boy's; man's. 's \'s\ A contraction for is or (colloquially) for has. [bd]My heart's subdued.[b8] --Shak. | |
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S \S\ ([ecr]s), the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, d[82]bris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh. See Guide to pronunciation, [sect][sect] 255-261. Note: Both the form and the name of the letter S are derived from the Latin, which got the letter through the Greek from the Ph[91]nician. The ultimate origin is Egyptian. S is etymologically most nearly related to c, z, t, and r; as, in ice, OE. is; E. hence, OE. hennes; E. rase, raze; erase, razor; that, G. das; E. reason, F. raison, L. ratio; E. was, were; chair, chaise (see C, Z, T, and R.). | |
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-s \-s\ 1. [OE. es, AS. as.] The suffix used to form the plural of most words; as in roads, elfs, sides, accounts. 2. [OE. -s, for older -th, AS. -[eb].] The suffix used to form the third person singular indicative of English verbs; as in falls, tells, sends. 3. An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, -- originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See {-'s}. | |
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-'s \-'s\ [OE. -es, AS. -es.] The suffix used to form the possessive singular of nouns; as, boy's; man's. 's \'s\ A contraction for is or (colloquially) for has. [bd]My heart's subdued.[b8] --Shak. | |
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S \S\ ([ecr]s), the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, d[82]bris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh. See Guide to pronunciation, [sect][sect] 255-261. Note: Both the form and the name of the letter S are derived from the Latin, which got the letter through the Greek from the Ph[91]nician. The ultimate origin is Egyptian. S is etymologically most nearly related to c, z, t, and r; as, in ice, OE. is; E. hence, OE. hennes; E. rase, raze; erase, razor; that, G. das; E. reason, F. raison, L. ratio; E. was, were; chair, chaise (see C, Z, T, and R.). | |
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-s \-s\ 1. [OE. es, AS. as.] The suffix used to form the plural of most words; as in roads, elfs, sides, accounts. 2. [OE. -s, for older -th, AS. -[eb].] The suffix used to form the third person singular indicative of English verbs; as in falls, tells, sends. 3. An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, -- originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See {-'s}. | |
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-'s \-'s\ [OE. -es, AS. -es.] The suffix used to form the possessive singular of nouns; as, boy's; man's. 's \'s\ A contraction for is or (colloquially) for has. [bd]My heart's subdued.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
S \S\ ([ecr]s), the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, d[82]bris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh. See Guide to pronunciation, [sect][sect] 255-261. Note: Both the form and the name of the letter S are derived from the Latin, which got the letter through the Greek from the Ph[91]nician. The ultimate origin is Egyptian. S is etymologically most nearly related to c, z, t, and r; as, in ice, OE. is; E. hence, OE. hennes; E. rase, raze; erase, razor; that, G. das; E. reason, F. raison, L. ratio; E. was, were; chair, chaise (see C, Z, T, and R.). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
-s \-s\ 1. [OE. es, AS. as.] The suffix used to form the plural of most words; as in roads, elfs, sides, accounts. 2. [OE. -s, for older -th, AS. -[eb].] The suffix used to form the third person singular indicative of English verbs; as in falls, tells, sends. 3. An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, -- originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See {-'s}. | |
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-'s \-'s\ [OE. -es, AS. -es.] The suffix used to form the possessive singular of nouns; as, boy's; man's. 's \'s\ A contraction for is or (colloquially) for has. [bd]My heart's subdued.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Capuchin \Cap`u*chin"\, n. [F. capucin a monk who wears a cowl, fr. It. cappuccio hood. See {Capoch}.] 1. (Eccl.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis. A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin. --Sir W. Scott. 2. A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A long-tailed South American monkey ({Cabus capucinus}), having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; -- called also {capucine monkey}, {weeper}, {sajou}, {sapajou}, and {sai}. (b) Other species of {Cabus}, as {C. fatuellus} (the brown or {horned capucine}.), {C. albifrons} (the {cararara}), and {C. apella}. (c) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck. {Capuchin nun}, one of an austere order of Franciscan nuns which came under Capuchin rule in 1538. The order had recently been founded by Maria Longa. | |
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Saugh \Saugh\, Sauh \Sauh\, obs. imp. sing. of {See}. --Chaucer. | |
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Saw \Saw\, n. [OE. sawe, AS. sage; akin to D. zaag, G. s[84]ge, OHG. sega, saga, Dan. sav, Sw. s[86]g, Icel. s[94]g, L. secare to cut, securis ax, secula sickle. Cf. {Scythe}, {Sickle}, {Section}, {Sedge}.] An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing. Note: Saw is frequently used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound. {Band saw}, {Crosscut saw}, etc. See under {Band}, {Crosscut}, etc. {Circular saw}, a disk of steel with saw teeth upon its periphery, and revolved on an arbor. {Saw bench}, a bench or table with a flat top for for sawing, especially with a circular saw which projects above the table. {Saw file}, a three-cornered file, such as is used for sharpening saw teeth. {Saw frame}, the frame or sash in a sawmill, in which the saw, or gang of saws, is held. {Saw gate}, a saw frame. {Saw gin}, the form of cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney, in which the cotton fibers are drawn, by the teeth of a set of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds to pass. {Saw grass} (Bot.), any one of certain cyperaceous plants having the edges of the leaves set with minute sharp teeth, especially the {Cladium Mariscus} of Europe, and the {Cladium effusum} of the Southern United States. Cf. {Razor grass}, under {Razor}. {Saw log}, a log of suitable size for sawing into lumber. {Saw mandrel}, a mandrel on which a circular saw is fastened for running. {Saw pit}, a pit over which timbor is sawed by two men, one standing below the timber and the other above. --Mortimer. {Saw sharpener} (Zo[94]l.), the great titmouse; -- so named from its harsh call note. [Prov. Eng.] {Saw whetter} (Zo[94]l.), the marsh titmouse ({Parus palustris}); -- so named from its call note. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Saw \Saw\ (s[add]), imp. of {See}. | |
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Saw \Saw\, n. [OE. sawe, AS. sagu; akin to secgan to say. See {Say}, v. t. and cf. {Saga}.] 1. Something said; speech; discourse. [Obs.] [bd]To hearken all his sawe.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. A saying; a proverb; a maxim. His champions are the prophets and apostles, His weapons holy saws of sacred writ. --Shak. 3. Dictate; command; decree. [Obs.] [Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw. --Spenser. | |
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Saw \Saw\, v. t. [imp. {Sawed}; p. p. {Sawed} [or] {Sawn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sawing}.] 1. To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble. 2. To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel. 3. Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air. | |
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Saw \Saw\, v. i. 1. To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well. 2. To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast. 3. To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly. | |
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See \See\, v. t. [imp. {Saw}; p. p. {Seen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seeing}.] [OE. seen, sen, seon, As. se[a2]n; akin to OFries. s[c6]a, D. zien, OS. & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sj[be], Sw. se, Dan. see, Goth. sa[a1]hwan, and probably to L. sequi to follow (and so originally meaning, to follow with the eyes). Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?], Skr. sac. Cf. {Sight}, {Sun} to follow.] 1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view. I will new turn aside, and see this great sight. --Ex. iii. 3. 2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain. Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren. --Gen. xxxvii. 14. Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. --Mark xii. 34. Who 's so gross That seeth not this palpable device? --Shak. 3. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after. --Shak. I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care for centradicting him. --Addison. 4. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend. And Samuel came no more to see Saul untill the day of his death. --1 Sam. xv. 35. 5. To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. --Ps. xc. 15. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. --John viii. 51. Improvement in visdom and prudence by seeing men. --Locke. 6. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars. {God you} ({him, [or] me}, etc.) {see}, God keep you (him, me, etc.) in his sight; God protect you. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To see} (anything) {out}, to see (it) to the end; to be present at, or attend, to the end. {To see stars}, to see flashes of light, like stars; -- sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.] {To see (one) through}, to help, watch, or guard (one) to the end of a course or an undertaking. | |
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Say \Say\, n. [From {Say}, v. t.; cf. {Saw} a saying.] A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb. [Archaic or Colloq.] He no sooner said out his say, but up rises a cunning snap. --L'Estrange. That strange palmer's boding say, That fell so ominous and drear Full on the object of his fear. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Say \Say\ (s[amac]), obs. imp. of {See}. Saw. --Chaucer. | |
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Say \Say\ (s[amac]), n. [Aphetic form of assay.] 1. Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack. [Obs.] If those principal works of God . . . be but certain tastes and says, as it were, of that final benefit. --Hooker. Thy tongue some say of breeding breathes. --Shak. 2. Tried quality; temper; proof. [Obs.] He found a sword of better say. --Spenser. 3. Essay; trial; attempt. [Obs.] {To give a say at}, to attempt. --B. Jonson. | |
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Say \Say\, v. t. To try; to assay. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Say \Say\, n. [OE. saie, F. saie, fr. L. saga, equiv. to sagum, sagus, a coarse woolen mantle; cf. Gr. sa`gos. See {Sagum}.] 1. A kind of silk or satin. [Obs.] Thou say, thou serge, nay, thou buckram lord! --Shak. 2. A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth. [Obs.] His garment neither was of silk nor say. --Spenser. | |
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Say \Say\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Said} (s[ecr]d), contracted from sayed; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saying}.] [OE. seggen, seyen, siggen, sayen, sayn, AS. secgan; akin to OS. seggian, D. zeggen, LG. seggen, OHG. sag[c7]n, G. sagen, Icel. segja, Sw. s[84]ga, Dan. sige, Lith. sakyti; cf. OL. insece tell, relate, Gr. 'e`nnepe (for 'en-sepe), 'e`spete. Cf. {Saga}, {Saw} a saying.] 1. To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things. Arise, and say how thou camest here. --Shak. 2. To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson. Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated In what thou hadst to say? --Shak. After which shall be said or sung the following hymn. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. 3. To announce as a decision or opinion; to state positively; to assert; hence, to form an opinion upon; to be sure about; to be determined in mind as to. But what it is, hard is to say. --Milton. 4. To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; -- in the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles. Say, for nonpayment that the debt should double, Is twenty hundred kisses such a trouble? --Shak. {It is said}, [or] {They say}, it is commonly reported; it is rumored; people assert or maintain. {That is to say}, that is; in other words; otherwise. | |
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Say \Say\, v. i. To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply. You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge. --Shak. To this argument we shall soon have said; for what concerns it us to hear a husband divulge his household privacies? --Milton. | |
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Schah \Schah\, n. See {Shah}. | |
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Shah \Shah\ (sh[aum]), n. [Per. sh[be]h a king, sovereign, prince. Cf. {Checkmate}, {Chess}, {Pasha}.] The title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries, especially Persia. [Written also {schah}.] {Shah Nameh}. [Per., Book of Kings.] A celebrated historical poem written by Firdousi, being the most ancient in the modern Persian language. --Brande & C. | |
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Schah \Schah\, n. See {Shah}. | |
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Shah \Shah\ (sh[aum]), n. [Per. sh[be]h a king, sovereign, prince. Cf. {Checkmate}, {Chess}, {Pasha}.] The title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries, especially Persia. [Written also {schah}.] {Shah Nameh}. [Per., Book of Kings.] A celebrated historical poem written by Firdousi, being the most ancient in the modern Persian language. --Brande & C. | |
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Scow \Scow\ (skou), n. [D. schouw.] (Naut.) A large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends. | |
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Scow \Scow\, v. t. To transport in a scow. | |
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Scye \Scye\, n. Arm scye, a cutter's term for the armhole or part of the armhole of the waist of a garnment. [Cant] | |
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Sea \Sea\, n. [OE. see, AS. s[aemac]; akin to D. zee, OS. & OHG. s[emac]o, G. see, OFries. se, Dan. s[94], Sw. sj[94], Icel. s[91]r, Goth. saiws, and perhaps to L. saevus firce, savage. [root] 151 a.] 1. One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea. 2. An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee. 3. The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe. I marvel how the fishes live in the sea. --Shak. Ambiguous between sea and land The river horse and scaly crocodile. --Milton. 4. The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion of the water's surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea. 5. (Jewish Antiq.) A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; -- so called from its size. He made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof. --2 Chron. iv. 2. 6. Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory. --Shak. All the space . . . was one sea of heads. --Macaulay. Note: Sea is often used in the composition of words of obvious signification; as, sea-bathed, sea-beaten, sea-bound, sea-bred, sea-circled, sealike, sea-nursed, sea-tossed, sea-walled, sea-worn, and the like. It is also used either adjectively or in combination with substantives; as, sea bird, sea-bird, or seabird, sea acorn, or sea-acorn. {At sea}, upon the ocean; away from land; figuratively, without landmarks for guidance; lost; at the mercy of circumstances. [bd]To say the old man was at sea would be too feeble an expression.[b8] --G. W. Cable {At full sea} at the height of flood tide; hence, at the height. [bd]But now God's mercy was at full sea.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. {Beyond seas}, [or] {Beyond the sea} [or] {the seas} (Law), out of the state, territory, realm, or country. --Wharton. {Half seas over}, half drunk. [Colloq.] --Spectator. {Heavy sea}, a sea in which the waves run high. {Long sea}, a sea characterized by the uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves. {Short sea}, a sea in which the waves are short, broken, and irregular, so as to produce a tumbling or jerking motion. {To go to sea}, a adopt the calling or occupation of a sailor. | |
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Ocean \O"cean\, n. [F. oc[82]an, L. oceanus, Gr.[?] ocean, in Homer, the great river supposed to encompass the earth.] 1. The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the {sea}, or {great sea}. Like the odor of brine from the ocean Comes the thought of other years. --Longfellow. 2. One of the large bodies of water into which the great ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans. 3. An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs. --Locke. | |
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Sea \Sea\, n. [OE. see, AS. s[aemac]; akin to D. zee, OS. & OHG. s[emac]o, G. see, OFries. se, Dan. s[94], Sw. sj[94], Icel. s[91]r, Goth. saiws, and perhaps to L. saevus firce, savage. [root] 151 a.] 1. One of the larger bodies of salt water, less than an ocean, found on the earth's surface; a body of salt water of second rank, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea; as, the Mediterranean Sea; the Sea of Marmora; the North Sea; the Carribean Sea. 2. An inland body of water, esp. if large or if salt or brackish; as, the Caspian Sea; the Sea of Aral; sometimes, a small fresh-water lake; as, the Sea of Galilee. 3. The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe. I marvel how the fishes live in the sea. --Shak. Ambiguous between sea and land The river horse and scaly crocodile. --Milton. 4. The swell of the ocean or other body of water in a high wind; motion of the water's surface; also, a single wave; a billow; as, there was a high sea after the storm; the vessel shipped a sea. 5. (Jewish Antiq.) A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem; -- so called from its size. He made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof. --2 Chron. iv. 2. 6. Fig.: Anything resembling the sea in vastness; as, a sea of glory. --Shak. All the space . . . was one sea of heads. --Macaulay. Note: Sea is often used in the composition of words of obvious signification; as, sea-bathed, sea-beaten, sea-bound, sea-bred, sea-circled, sealike, sea-nursed, sea-tossed, sea-walled, sea-worn, and the like. It is also used either adjectively or in combination with substantives; as, sea bird, sea-bird, or seabird, sea acorn, or sea-acorn. {At sea}, upon the ocean; away from land; figuratively, without landmarks for guidance; lost; at the mercy of circumstances. [bd]To say the old man was at sea would be too feeble an expression.[b8] --G. W. Cable {At full sea} at the height of flood tide; hence, at the height. [bd]But now God's mercy was at full sea.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. {Beyond seas}, [or] {Beyond the sea} [or] {the seas} (Law), out of the state, territory, realm, or country. --Wharton. {Half seas over}, half drunk. [Colloq.] --Spectator. {Heavy sea}, a sea in which the waves run high. {Long sea}, a sea characterized by the uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves. {Short sea}, a sea in which the waves are short, broken, and irregular, so as to produce a tumbling or jerking motion. {To go to sea}, a adopt the calling or occupation of a sailor. | |
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Ocean \O"cean\, n. [F. oc[82]an, L. oceanus, Gr.[?] ocean, in Homer, the great river supposed to encompass the earth.] 1. The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the {sea}, or {great sea}. Like the odor of brine from the ocean Comes the thought of other years. --Longfellow. 2. One of the large bodies of water into which the great ocean is regarded as divided, as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic and Antarctic oceans. 3. An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits; as, the boundless ocean of eternity; an ocean of affairs. --Locke. | |
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See \See\, v. t. [imp. {Saw}; p. p. {Seen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seeing}.] [OE. seen, sen, seon, As. se[a2]n; akin to OFries. s[c6]a, D. zien, OS. & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sj[be], Sw. se, Dan. see, Goth. sa[a1]hwan, and probably to L. sequi to follow (and so originally meaning, to follow with the eyes). Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?], Skr. sac. Cf. {Sight}, {Sun} to follow.] 1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view. I will new turn aside, and see this great sight. --Ex. iii. 3. 2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain. Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren. --Gen. xxxvii. 14. Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. --Mark xii. 34. Who 's so gross That seeth not this palpable device? --Shak. 3. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after. --Shak. I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care for centradicting him. --Addison. 4. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend. And Samuel came no more to see Saul untill the day of his death. --1 Sam. xv. 35. 5. To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. --Ps. xc. 15. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. --John viii. 51. Improvement in visdom and prudence by seeing men. --Locke. 6. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars. {God you} ({him, [or] me}, etc.) {see}, God keep you (him, me, etc.) in his sight; God protect you. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To see} (anything) {out}, to see (it) to the end; to be present at, or attend, to the end. {To see stars}, to see flashes of light, like stars; -- sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.] {To see (one) through}, to help, watch, or guard (one) to the end of a course or an undertaking. | |
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See \See\, n. [OE. se, see, OF. se, sed, sied, fr. L. sedes a seat, or the kindred sedere to sit. See {Sit}, and cf. {Siege}.] 1. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Jove laughed on Venus from his sovereign see. --Spenser. 2. Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome. {Apostolic see}. See under {Apostolic}. | |
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See \See\, v. i. 1. To have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs; to possess or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly. Whereas I was blind, now I see. --John ix. 25. 2. Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a preposition, as through, or into. For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. --John ix. 39. Many sagacious persons will find us out, . . . and see through all our fine pretensions. --Tillotson. 3. To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; -- generally with to; as, to see to the house. See that ye fall not out by the way. --Gen. xiv. 24. Note: Let me see, Let us see, are used to express consideration, or to introduce the particular consideration of a subject, or some scheme or calculation. Cassio's a proper man, let me see now, - To get his place. --Shak. Note: See is sometimes used in the imperative for look, or behold. [bd]See. see! upon the banks of Boyne he stands.[b8] --Halifax. {To see about a thing}, to pay attention to it; to consider it. {To see on}, to look at. [Obs.] [bd]She was full more blissful on to see.[b8] --Chaucer. {To see to}. (a) To look at; to behold; to view. [Obs.] [bd]An altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to[b8] --Josh. xxii. 10. (b) To take care about; to look after; as, to see to a fire. | |
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See \See\, v. t. In poker and similar games at cards, to meet (a bet), or to equal the bet of (a player), by staking the same sum. | |
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See \See\, v. t. [imp. {Saw}; p. p. {Seen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seeing}.] [OE. seen, sen, seon, As. se[a2]n; akin to OFries. s[c6]a, D. zien, OS. & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sj[be], Sw. se, Dan. see, Goth. sa[a1]hwan, and probably to L. sequi to follow (and so originally meaning, to follow with the eyes). Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?], Skr. sac. Cf. {Sight}, {Sun} to follow.] 1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view. I will new turn aside, and see this great sight. --Ex. iii. 3. 2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain. Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren. --Gen. xxxvii. 14. Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. --Mark xii. 34. Who 's so gross That seeth not this palpable device? --Shak. 3. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after. --Shak. I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care for centradicting him. --Addison. 4. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend. And Samuel came no more to see Saul untill the day of his death. --1 Sam. xv. 35. 5. To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. --Ps. xc. 15. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. --John viii. 51. Improvement in visdom and prudence by seeing men. --Locke. 6. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars. {God you} ({him, [or] me}, etc.) {see}, God keep you (him, me, etc.) in his sight; God protect you. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To see} (anything) {out}, to see (it) to the end; to be present at, or attend, to the end. {To see stars}, to see flashes of light, like stars; -- sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.] {To see (one) through}, to help, watch, or guard (one) to the end of a course or an undertaking. | |
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See \See\, n. [OE. se, see, OF. se, sed, sied, fr. L. sedes a seat, or the kindred sedere to sit. See {Sit}, and cf. {Siege}.] 1. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Jove laughed on Venus from his sovereign see. --Spenser. 2. Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome. {Apostolic see}. See under {Apostolic}. | |
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See \See\, v. i. 1. To have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs; to possess or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly. Whereas I was blind, now I see. --John ix. 25. 2. Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a preposition, as through, or into. For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. --John ix. 39. Many sagacious persons will find us out, . . . and see through all our fine pretensions. --Tillotson. 3. To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; -- generally with to; as, to see to the house. See that ye fall not out by the way. --Gen. xiv. 24. Note: Let me see, Let us see, are used to express consideration, or to introduce the particular consideration of a subject, or some scheme or calculation. Cassio's a proper man, let me see now, - To get his place. --Shak. Note: See is sometimes used in the imperative for look, or behold. [bd]See. see! upon the banks of Boyne he stands.[b8] --Halifax. {To see about a thing}, to pay attention to it; to consider it. {To see on}, to look at. [Obs.] [bd]She was full more blissful on to see.[b8] --Chaucer. {To see to}. (a) To look at; to behold; to view. [Obs.] [bd]An altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to[b8] --Josh. xxii. 10. (b) To take care about; to look after; as, to see to a fire. | |
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See \See\, v. t. In poker and similar games at cards, to meet (a bet), or to equal the bet of (a player), by staking the same sum. | |
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See \See\, v. t. [imp. {Saw}; p. p. {Seen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seeing}.] [OE. seen, sen, seon, As. se[a2]n; akin to OFries. s[c6]a, D. zien, OS. & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sj[be], Sw. se, Dan. see, Goth. sa[a1]hwan, and probably to L. sequi to follow (and so originally meaning, to follow with the eyes). Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?], Skr. sac. Cf. {Sight}, {Sun} to follow.] 1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view. I will new turn aside, and see this great sight. --Ex. iii. 3. 2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain. Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren. --Gen. xxxvii. 14. Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. --Mark xii. 34. Who 's so gross That seeth not this palpable device? --Shak. 3. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after. --Shak. I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care for centradicting him. --Addison. 4. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend. And Samuel came no more to see Saul untill the day of his death. --1 Sam. xv. 35. 5. To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. --Ps. xc. 15. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. --John viii. 51. Improvement in visdom and prudence by seeing men. --Locke. 6. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars. {God you} ({him, [or] me}, etc.) {see}, God keep you (him, me, etc.) in his sight; God protect you. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To see} (anything) {out}, to see (it) to the end; to be present at, or attend, to the end. {To see stars}, to see flashes of light, like stars; -- sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.] {To see (one) through}, to help, watch, or guard (one) to the end of a course or an undertaking. | |
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See \See\, n. [OE. se, see, OF. se, sed, sied, fr. L. sedes a seat, or the kindred sedere to sit. See {Sit}, and cf. {Siege}.] 1. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Jove laughed on Venus from his sovereign see. --Spenser. 2. Specifically: (a) The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York. (b) The seat of an archibishop; a province or jurisdiction of an archibishop; as, an archiepiscopal see. (c) The seat, place, or office of the pope, or Roman pontiff; as, the papal see. (d) The pope or his court at Rome; as, to appeal to the see of Rome. {Apostolic see}. See under {Apostolic}. | |
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See \See\, v. i. 1. To have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs; to possess or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly. Whereas I was blind, now I see. --John ix. 25. 2. Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; -- often followed by a preposition, as through, or into. For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. --John ix. 39. Many sagacious persons will find us out, . . . and see through all our fine pretensions. --Tillotson. 3. To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; -- generally with to; as, to see to the house. See that ye fall not out by the way. --Gen. xiv. 24. Note: Let me see, Let us see, are used to express consideration, or to introduce the particular consideration of a subject, or some scheme or calculation. Cassio's a proper man, let me see now, - To get his place. --Shak. Note: See is sometimes used in the imperative for look, or behold. [bd]See. see! upon the banks of Boyne he stands.[b8] --Halifax. {To see about a thing}, to pay attention to it; to consider it. {To see on}, to look at. [Obs.] [bd]She was full more blissful on to see.[b8] --Chaucer. {To see to}. (a) To look at; to behold; to view. [Obs.] [bd]An altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to[b8] --Josh. xxii. 10. (b) To take care about; to look after; as, to see to a fire. | |
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See \See\, v. t. In poker and similar games at cards, to meet (a bet), or to equal the bet of (a player), by staking the same sum. | |
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Sew \Sew\, v. i. To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread. | |
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Sew \Sew\, v. t. [[root]151 b. See {Sewer} a drain.] To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish. [Obs.] --Tusser. | |
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Sew \Sew\, n.[OE. See {Sewer} household officer.] Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. [Obs.] --Gower. I will not tell of their strange sewes. --Chaucer. | |
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Sew \Sew\, v. t. [See {Sue} to follow.] To follow; to pursue; to sue. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser. | |
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Sew \Sew\, v. t. [imp. {Sewed}; p. p. {Sewed}, rarely {Sewn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sewing}.] [OE. sewen, sowen, AS. si[a2]wian, s[c6]wian; akin to OHG. siuwan, Icel. s[?]ja, Sw. sy, Dan. sye, Goth. siujan, Lith. siuti, Russ, shite, L. ssuere, Gr. [?][?][?][?], Skr. siv. [root]156. Cf. {Seam} a suture, {Suture}.] 1. To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread. No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment. --Mark ii. 21. 2. To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip. 3. To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag. | |
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Sewe \Sewe\, v. i. To perform the duties of a sewer. See 3d {Sewer}. [Obs.] | |
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Sey \Sey\, Seyh \Seyh\, obs. imp. sing. & 2d pers. pl. of {See}. --Chaucer. | |
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Seye \Seye\, Seyen \Seyen\, obs. imp. pl. & p. p. of {See}. | |
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Sey \Sey\, Seyh \Seyh\, obs. imp. sing. & 2d pers. pl. of {See}. --Chaucer. | |
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Sulphonium \Sul*pho"ni*um\, n. [Sulphur + ammonium.] (Chem.) A hypothetical radical, {SH3}, regarded as the type and nucleus of the sulphines. | |
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Shah \Shah\ (sh[aum]), n. [Per. sh[be]h a king, sovereign, prince. Cf. {Checkmate}, {Chess}, {Pasha}.] The title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries, especially Persia. [Written also {schah}.] {Shah Nameh}. [Per., Book of Kings.] A celebrated historical poem written by Firdousi, being the most ancient in the modern Persian language. --Brande & C. | |
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Shaw \Shaw\ (sh[add]), n. [OE. schawe, scha[yogh]e, thicket, grove, AS. scaga; akin to Dan. skov, Sw. skog, Icel. sk[omac]gr.] 1. A thicket; a small wood or grove. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Burns. Gaillard he was as goldfinch in the shaw. --Chaucer. The green shaws, the merry green woods. --Howitt. 2. pl. The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc. [Scot.] --Jamieson. | |
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Shay \Shay\, n. A chaise. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.] | |
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She \She\, pron. [sing. nom. {She}; poss. {Her}. or {Hers}; obj. {Her}; pl. nom. {They}; poss. {Their}or {Theirs}; obj. {Them}.] [OE. she, sche, scheo, scho, AS. se[a2], fem. of the definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS. siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, s[c6], si, Icel. s[umac], sj[be], Goth. si she, s[omac], fem. article, Russ. siia, fem., this, Gr. [?], fem. article, Skr. s[be], sy[be]. The possessive her or hers, and the objective her, are from a different root. See {Her}.] 1. This or that female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of. She loved her children best in every wise. --Chaucer. Then Sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid. --Gen. xviii. 15. 2. A woman; a female; -- used substantively. [R.] Lady, you are the cruelest she alive. --Shak. Note: She is used in composition with nouns of common gender, for female, to denote an animal of the female sex; as, a she-bear; a she-cat. | |
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Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. Every man so termed by way of personal difference. --Hooker. 2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. --Locke. 3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison. 4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. [bd]Personal communication.[b8] --Fabyan. The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White. 5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. 6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action. {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}. {Personal estate} [or] {property} (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou}, {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals. {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}. {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons. | |
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She \She\, pron. [sing. nom. {She}; poss. {Her}. or {Hers}; obj. {Her}; pl. nom. {They}; poss. {Their}or {Theirs}; obj. {Them}.] [OE. she, sche, scheo, scho, AS. se[a2], fem. of the definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS. siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, s[c6], si, Icel. s[umac], sj[be], Goth. si she, s[omac], fem. article, Russ. siia, fem., this, Gr. [?], fem. article, Skr. s[be], sy[be]. The possessive her or hers, and the objective her, are from a different root. See {Her}.] 1. This or that female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of. She loved her children best in every wise. --Chaucer. Then Sarah denied, . . . for she was afraid. --Gen. xviii. 15. 2. A woman; a female; -- used substantively. [R.] Lady, you are the cruelest she alive. --Shak. Note: She is used in composition with nouns of common gender, for female, to denote an animal of the female sex; as, a she-bear; a she-cat. | |
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Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. Every man so termed by way of personal difference. --Hooker. 2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. --Locke. 3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison. 4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. [bd]Personal communication.[b8] --Fabyan. The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White. 5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. 6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action. {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}. {Personal estate} [or] {property} (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou}, {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals. {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}. {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons. | |
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Shew \Shew\, v. t. & i. See {Show}. | |
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Shew \Shew\, n. Show. [Obs. except in shewbread.] | |
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Show \Show\, v. t. [imp. {Showed}; p. p. {Shown}or {Showed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Showing}. It is sometimes written {shew}, {shewed}, {shewn}, {shewing}.] [OE. schowen, shewen, schewen, shawen, AS. sce[a0]wian, to look, see, view; akin to OS. scaw[?]n, OFries. skawia, D. schouwen, OHG. scouw[?]n, G. schauen, Dan. skue, Sw. sk[?]da, Icel. sko[?]a, Goth. usskawjan to waken, skuggwa a mirror, Icel. skuggy shade, shadow, L. cavere to be on one's guard, Gr. [?][?][?] to mark, perceive, hear, Skr. kavi wise. Cf. {Caution}, {Scavenger}, {Sheen}.] 1. To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers). Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest. --Matt. viii. 4. Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise Magnificence; and what can heaven show more? --Milton. 2. To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs. Shew them the way wherein they must walk. --Ex. xviii. 20. If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away. --1 Sam. xx. 13. 3. Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door. 4. To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event. I 'll show my duty by my timely care. --Dryden. 5. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor. Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me. --Ex. xx. 6. {To show forth}, to manifest; to publish; to proclaim. {To show his paces}, to exhibit the gait, speed, or the like; -- said especially of a horse. {To show off}, to exhibit ostentatiously. {To show up}, to expose. [Colloq.] | |
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Shew \Shew\, v. t. & i. See {Show}. | |
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Shew \Shew\, n. Show. [Obs. except in shewbread.] | |
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Show \Show\, v. t. [imp. {Showed}; p. p. {Shown}or {Showed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Showing}. It is sometimes written {shew}, {shewed}, {shewn}, {shewing}.] [OE. schowen, shewen, schewen, shawen, AS. sce[a0]wian, to look, see, view; akin to OS. scaw[?]n, OFries. skawia, D. schouwen, OHG. scouw[?]n, G. schauen, Dan. skue, Sw. sk[?]da, Icel. sko[?]a, Goth. usskawjan to waken, skuggwa a mirror, Icel. skuggy shade, shadow, L. cavere to be on one's guard, Gr. [?][?][?] to mark, perceive, hear, Skr. kavi wise. Cf. {Caution}, {Scavenger}, {Sheen}.] 1. To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers). Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest. --Matt. viii. 4. Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise Magnificence; and what can heaven show more? --Milton. 2. To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs. Shew them the way wherein they must walk. --Ex. xviii. 20. If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away. --1 Sam. xx. 13. 3. Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door. 4. To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event. I 'll show my duty by my timely care. --Dryden. 5. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor. Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me. --Ex. xx. 6. {To show forth}, to manifest; to publish; to proclaim. {To show his paces}, to exhibit the gait, speed, or the like; -- said especially of a horse. {To show off}, to exhibit ostentatiously. {To show up}, to expose. [Colloq.] | |
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Shiah \Shi"ah\, n. Same as {Shiite}. | |
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Shiite \Shi"ite\, Shiah \Shi"ah\, n. [Ar. sh[c6]'a[c6]a follower of the sect of Ali, fr. sh[c6]'at, sh[c6]'ah, a multitude following one another in pursuit of the same object, the sect of Ali, fr. sh[be]'a to follow.] A member of that branch of the Mohammedans to which the Persians belong. They reject the first three caliphs, and consider Ali as being the first and only rightful successor of Mohammed. They do not acknowledge the Sunna, or body of traditions respecting Mohammed, as any part of the law, and on these accounts are treated as heretics by the Sunnites, or orthodox Mohammedans. | |
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Shie \Shie\, v. t. See {Shy}, to throw. | |
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Shoe \Shoe\, n.; pl. {Shoes}, formerly {Shoon}, now provincial. [OE. sho, scho, AS. sc[?]h, sce[a2]h; akin to OFries. sk[?], OS. sk[?]h, D. schoe, schoen, G. schuh, OHG. scuoh, Icel. sk[?]r, Dan. & Sw. sko, Goth. sk[?]hs; of unknown origin.] 1. A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg. Your hose should be ungartered, . . . yourshoe untied. --Shak. Spare none but such as go in clouted shoon. --Shak. 2. Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use. Specifically: (a) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury. (b) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow. (c) A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill. (d) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion. (e) (Arch.) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building. (f) (Milling.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone. (g) An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill. (h) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter. (i) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile. (j) (Mach.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also {slipper}, and {gib}. Note: Shoe is often used adjectively, or in composition; as, shoe buckle, or shoe-buckle; shoe latchet, or shoe-latchet; shoe leathet, or shoe-leather; shoe string, shoe-string, or shoestring. {Shoe of an anchor}. (Naut.) (a) A small block of wood, convex on the back, with a hole to receive the point of the anchor fluke, -- used to prevent the anchor from tearing the planks of the vessel when raised or lowered. (b) A broad, triangular piece of plank placed upon the fluke to give it a better hold in soft ground. {Shoe block} (Naut.), a block with two sheaves, one above the other, and at right angles to each other. {Shoe bolt}, a bolt with a flaring head, for fastening shoes on sleigh runners. {Shoe pac}, a kind of moccasin. See {Pac}. {Shoe stone}, a sharpening stone used by shoemakers and other workers in leather. | |
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Shoe \Shoe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shod}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shoeing}.] [AS. sc[?]ian, sce[?]ian. See {Shoe}, n.] 1. To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor. 2. To protect or ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe; to tip. The sharp and small end of the billiard stick, which is shod with brass or silver. --Evelyn. | |
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Shoe \Shoe\ (sh[oomac]), n. The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, esp. for an automobile. | |
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Slipper \Slip"per\, n. 1. One who, or that which, slips. 2. A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe. 3. A kind of apron or pinafore for children. 4. A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel. 5. (Mach.) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; -- also called {shoe}, and {gib}. {Slipper animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), a ciliated infusorian of the genus {Paramecium}. {Slipper flower}.(Bot.) Slipperwort. {Slipper limpet}, [or] {Slipper shell} (Zo[94]l.), a boat shell. | |
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Shoe \Shoe\, n.; pl. {Shoes}, formerly {Shoon}, now provincial. [OE. sho, scho, AS. sc[?]h, sce[a2]h; akin to OFries. sk[?], OS. sk[?]h, D. schoe, schoen, G. schuh, OHG. scuoh, Icel. sk[?]r, Dan. & Sw. sko, Goth. sk[?]hs; of unknown origin.] 1. A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg. Your hose should be ungartered, . . . yourshoe untied. --Shak. Spare none but such as go in clouted shoon. --Shak. 2. Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use. Specifically: (a) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury. (b) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow. (c) A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill. (d) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion. (e) (Arch.) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building. (f) (Milling.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone. (g) An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill. (h) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter. (i) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile. (j) (Mach.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also {slipper}, and {gib}. Note: Shoe is often used adjectively, or in composition; as, shoe buckle, or shoe-buckle; shoe latchet, or shoe-latchet; shoe leathet, or shoe-leather; shoe string, shoe-string, or shoestring. {Shoe of an anchor}. (Naut.) (a) A small block of wood, convex on the back, with a hole to receive the point of the anchor fluke, -- used to prevent the anchor from tearing the planks of the vessel when raised or lowered. (b) A broad, triangular piece of plank placed upon the fluke to give it a better hold in soft ground. {Shoe block} (Naut.), a block with two sheaves, one above the other, and at right angles to each other. {Shoe bolt}, a bolt with a flaring head, for fastening shoes on sleigh runners. {Shoe pac}, a kind of moccasin. See {Pac}. {Shoe stone}, a sharpening stone used by shoemakers and other workers in leather. | |
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Shoe \Shoe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shod}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shoeing}.] [AS. sc[?]ian, sce[?]ian. See {Shoe}, n.] 1. To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor. 2. To protect or ornament with something which serves the purpose of a shoe; to tip. The sharp and small end of the billiard stick, which is shod with brass or silver. --Evelyn. | |
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Shoe \Shoe\ (sh[oomac]), n. The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, esp. for an automobile. | |
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Slipper \Slip"per\, n. 1. One who, or that which, slips. 2. A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe. 3. A kind of apron or pinafore for children. 4. A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel. 5. (Mach.) A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; -- also called {shoe}, and {gib}. {Slipper animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), a ciliated infusorian of the genus {Paramecium}. {Slipper flower}.(Bot.) Slipperwort. {Slipper limpet}, [or] {Slipper shell} (Zo[94]l.), a boat shell. | |
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Shoo \Shoo\, interj. [Cf. G. scheuchen to scare, drive away.] Begone; away; -- an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls. | |
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Shooi \Sho"oi\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The Richardson's skua ({Stercorarius parasiticus});- so called from its cry. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Show \Show\, v. t. [imp. {Showed}; p. p. {Shown}or {Showed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Showing}. It is sometimes written {shew}, {shewed}, {shewn}, {shewing}.] [OE. schowen, shewen, schewen, shawen, AS. sce[a0]wian, to look, see, view; akin to OS. scaw[?]n, OFries. skawia, D. schouwen, OHG. scouw[?]n, G. schauen, Dan. skue, Sw. sk[?]da, Icel. sko[?]a, Goth. usskawjan to waken, skuggwa a mirror, Icel. skuggy shade, shadow, L. cavere to be on one's guard, Gr. [?][?][?] to mark, perceive, hear, Skr. kavi wise. Cf. {Caution}, {Scavenger}, {Sheen}.] 1. To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers). Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest. --Matt. viii. 4. Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise Magnificence; and what can heaven show more? --Milton. 2. To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs. Shew them the way wherein they must walk. --Ex. xviii. 20. If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away. --1 Sam. xx. 13. 3. Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door. 4. To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event. I 'll show my duty by my timely care. --Dryden. 5. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor. Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me. --Ex. xx. 6. {To show forth}, to manifest; to publish; to proclaim. {To show his paces}, to exhibit the gait, speed, or the like; -- said especially of a horse. {To show off}, to exhibit ostentatiously. {To show up}, to expose. [Colloq.] | |
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Show \Show\, v. i. [Written also shew.] 1. To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem. Just such she shows before a rising storm. --Dryden. All round a hedge upshoots, and shows At distance like a little wood. --Tennyson. | |
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Show \Show\, n. [Formerly written also shew.] 1. The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition. 2. That which os shown, or brought to view; that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition; as, a traveling show; a cattle show. As for triumphs, masks, feasts, and such shows. --Bacon. 3. Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp. I envy none their pageantry and show. --Young. 4. Semblance; likeness; appearance. He through the midst unmarked, In show plebeian angel militant Of lowest order, passed. --Milton. 5. False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense. Beware of the scribes, . . . which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers. --Luke xx. 46. 47. 6. (Med.) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor. 7. (Mining) A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp. --Raymond. {Show bill}, a broad sheet containing an advertisement in large letters. {Show box}, a box xontaining some object of curiosity carried round as a show. {Show card}, an advertising placard; also, a card for displaying samples. {Show case}, a gla[?]ed case, box, or cabinet for displaying and protecting shopkeepers' wares, articles on exhibition in museums, etc. {Show glass}, a glass which displays objects; a mirror. {Show of hands}, a raising of hands to indicate judgment; as, the vote was taken by a show of hands. {Show stone}, a piece of glass or crystal supposed to have the property of exhibiting images of persons or things not present, indicating in that way future events. | |
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In quarter, and in terms like bride and groom. --Shak. I knew two that were competitors for the secretary's place, . . . and yet kept good quarter between themselves. --Bacon. {False quarter}, a cleft in the quarter of a horse's foot. {Fifth quarter}, the hide and fat; -- a butcher's term. {On the quarter} (Naut.), in a direction between abeam and astern; opposite, or nearly opposite, a vessel's quarter. {Quarter aspect}. (Astrol.) Same as {Quadrate}. {Quarter back} (Football), the player who has position next behind center rush, and receives the ball on the snap back. {Quarter badge} (Naut.), an ornament on the side of a vessel near, the stern. --Mar. Dict. {Quarter bill} (Naut.), a list specifying the different stations to be taken by the officers and crew in time of action, and the names of the men assigned to each. {Quarter block} (Naut.), a block fitted under the quarters of a yard on each side of the slings, through which the clew lines and sheets are reeved. --R. H. Dana, Jr. {Quarter boat} (Naut.), a boat hung at a vessel's quarter. {Quarter cloths} (Naut.), long pieces of painted canvas, used to cover the quarter netting. {Quarter day}, a day regarded as terminating a quarter of the year; hence, one on which any payment, especially rent, becomes due. In matters influenced by United States statutes, quarter days are the first days of January, April, July, and October. In New York and many other places, as between landlord and tenant, they are the first days of May, August, November, and February. The quarter days usually recognized in England are 25th of March (Lady Day), the 24th of June (Midsummer Day), the 29th of September (Michaelmas Day), and the 25th of December (Christmas Day). {Quarter face}, in fine arts, portrait painting, etc., a face turned away so that but one quarter is visible. {Quarter gallery} (Naut.), a balcony on the quarter of a ship. See {Gallery}, 4. {Quarter gunner} (Naut.), a petty officer who assists the gunner. {Quarter look}, a side glance. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. {Quarter nettings} (Naut.), hammock nettings along the quarter rails. {Quarter note} (Mus.), a note equal in duration to half a minim or a fourth of semibreve; a crochet. {Quarter pieces} (Naut.), several pieces of timber at the after-part of the quarter gallery, near the taffrail. --Totten. {Quarter point}. (Naut.) See {Quarter}, n., 1 (n) . {Quarter railing}, [or] {Quarter rails} (Naut.), narrow molded planks reaching from the top of the stern to the gangway, serving as a fence to the quarter-deck. {Quarter sessions} (Eng. Law), a general court of criminal jurisdiction held quarterly by the justices of peace in counties and by the recorders in boroughs. {Quarter square} (Math.), the fourth part of the square of a number. Tables of quarter squares have been devised to save labor in multiplying numbers. {Quarter turn}, {Quarter turn belt} (Mach.), an arrangement in which a belt transmits motion between two shafts which are at right angles with each other. {Quarter watch} (Naut.), a subdivision of the full watch (one fourth of the crew) on a man-of- war. {To give}, [or] {show}, {quarter} (Mil.), to accept as prisoner, on submission in battle; to forbear to kill, as a vanquished enemy. {To keep quarter}. See {Quarter}, n., 3. | |
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Show \Show\, v. t. [imp. {Showed}; p. p. {Shown}or {Showed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Showing}. It is sometimes written {shew}, {shewed}, {shewn}, {shewing}.] [OE. schowen, shewen, schewen, shawen, AS. sce[a0]wian, to look, see, view; akin to OS. scaw[?]n, OFries. skawia, D. schouwen, OHG. scouw[?]n, G. schauen, Dan. skue, Sw. sk[?]da, Icel. sko[?]a, Goth. usskawjan to waken, skuggwa a mirror, Icel. skuggy shade, shadow, L. cavere to be on one's guard, Gr. [?][?][?] to mark, perceive, hear, Skr. kavi wise. Cf. {Caution}, {Scavenger}, {Sheen}.] 1. To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the person or thing seeing or beholding; as, to show a house; show your colors; shopkeepers show customers goods (show goods to customers). Go thy way, shew thyself to the priest. --Matt. viii. 4. Nor want we skill or art from whence to raise Magnificence; and what can heaven show more? --Milton. 2. To exhibit to the mental view; to tell; to disclose; to reveal; to make known; as, to show one's designs. Shew them the way wherein they must walk. --Ex. xviii. 20. If it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away. --1 Sam. xx. 13. 3. Specifically, to make known the way to (a person); hence, to direct; to guide; to asher; to conduct; as, to show a person into a parlor; to show one to the door. 4. To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event. I 'll show my duty by my timely care. --Dryden. 5. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor. Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me. --Ex. xx. 6. {To show forth}, to manifest; to publish; to proclaim. {To show his paces}, to exhibit the gait, speed, or the like; -- said especially of a horse. {To show off}, to exhibit ostentatiously. {To show up}, to expose. [Colloq.] | |
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Show \Show\, v. i. [Written also shew.] 1. To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself; to appear; to look; to be in appearance; to seem. Just such she shows before a rising storm. --Dryden. All round a hedge upshoots, and shows At distance like a little wood. --Tennyson. | |
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Show \Show\, n. [Formerly written also shew.] 1. The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition. 2. That which os shown, or brought to view; that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition; as, a traveling show; a cattle show. As for triumphs, masks, feasts, and such shows. --Bacon. 3. Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp. I envy none their pageantry and show. --Young. 4. Semblance; likeness; appearance. He through the midst unmarked, In show plebeian angel militant Of lowest order, passed. --Milton. 5. False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense. Beware of the scribes, . . . which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers. --Luke xx. 46. 47. 6. (Med.) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor. 7. (Mining) A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp. --Raymond. {Show bill}, a broad sheet containing an advertisement in large letters. {Show box}, a box xontaining some object of curiosity carried round as a show. {Show card}, an advertising placard; also, a card for displaying samples. {Show case}, a gla[?]ed case, box, or cabinet for displaying and protecting shopkeepers' wares, articles on exhibition in museums, etc. {Show glass}, a glass which displays objects; a mirror. {Show of hands}, a raising of hands to indicate judgment; as, the vote was taken by a show of hands. {Show stone}, a piece of glass or crystal supposed to have the property of exhibiting images of persons or things not present, indicating in that way future events. | |
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In quarter, and in terms like bride and groom. --Shak. I knew two that were competitors for the secretary's place, . . . and yet kept good quarter between themselves. --Bacon. {False quarter}, a cleft in the quarter of a horse's foot. {Fifth quarter}, the hide and fat; -- a butcher's term. {On the quarter} (Naut.), in a direction between abeam and astern; opposite, or nearly opposite, a vessel's quarter. {Quarter aspect}. (Astrol.) Same as {Quadrate}. {Quarter back} (Football), the player who has position next behind center rush, and receives the ball on the snap back. {Quarter badge} (Naut.), an ornament on the side of a vessel near, the stern. --Mar. Dict. {Quarter bill} (Naut.), a list specifying the different stations to be taken by the officers and crew in time of action, and the names of the men assigned to each. {Quarter block} (Naut.), a block fitted under the quarters of a yard on each side of the slings, through which the clew lines and sheets are reeved. --R. H. Dana, Jr. {Quarter boat} (Naut.), a boat hung at a vessel's quarter. {Quarter cloths} (Naut.), long pieces of painted canvas, used to cover the quarter netting. {Quarter day}, a day regarded as terminating a quarter of the year; hence, one on which any payment, especially rent, becomes due. In matters influenced by United States statutes, quarter days are the first days of January, April, July, and October. In New York and many other places, as between landlord and tenant, they are the first days of May, August, November, and February. The quarter days usually recognized in England are 25th of March (Lady Day), the 24th of June (Midsummer Day), the 29th of September (Michaelmas Day), and the 25th of December (Christmas Day). {Quarter face}, in fine arts, portrait painting, etc., a face turned away so that but one quarter is visible. {Quarter gallery} (Naut.), a balcony on the quarter of a ship. See {Gallery}, 4. {Quarter gunner} (Naut.), a petty officer who assists the gunner. {Quarter look}, a side glance. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. {Quarter nettings} (Naut.), hammock nettings along the quarter rails. {Quarter note} (Mus.), a note equal in duration to half a minim or a fourth of semibreve; a crochet. {Quarter pieces} (Naut.), several pieces of timber at the after-part of the quarter gallery, near the taffrail. --Totten. {Quarter point}. (Naut.) See {Quarter}, n., 1 (n) . {Quarter railing}, [or] {Quarter rails} (Naut.), narrow molded planks reaching from the top of the stern to the gangway, serving as a fence to the quarter-deck. {Quarter sessions} (Eng. Law), a general court of criminal jurisdiction held quarterly by the justices of peace in counties and by the recorders in boroughs. {Quarter square} (Math.), the fourth part of the square of a number. Tables of quarter squares have been devised to save labor in multiplying numbers. {Quarter turn}, {Quarter turn belt} (Mach.), an arrangement in which a belt transmits motion between two shafts which are at right angles with each other. {Quarter watch} (Naut.), a subdivision of the full watch (one fourth of the crew) on a man-of- war. {To give}, [or] {show}, {quarter} (Mil.), to accept as prisoner, on submission in battle; to forbear to kill, as a vanquished enemy. {To keep quarter}. See {Quarter}, n., 3. | |
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Showy \Show"y\, a. [Compar. {Showier}; superl. {Showiest}.] Making a show; attracting attention; presenting a marked appearance; ostentatious; gay; gaudy. A present of everything that was rich and showy. --Addison. Syn: Splendid; gay; gaudy; gorgeous; fine; magnificent; grand; stately; sumptuous; pompous. | |
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Shy \Shy\ (sh[imac]), a. [Compar. {Shier} (-[etil]r) or {Shyer}; superl. {Shiest} or {Shyest}.] [OE. schey, skey, sceouh, AS. sce[a2]h; akin to Dan. sky, Sw. skygg, D. schuw, MHG. schiech, G. scheu, OHG. sciuhen to be or make timid. Cf. {Eschew}.] 1. Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird. The horses of the army . . . were no longer shy, but would come up to my very feet without starting. --Swift. 2. Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach. What makes you so shy, my good friend? There's nobody loves you better than I. --Arbuthnot. The embarrassed look of shy distress And maidenly shamefacedness. --Wordsworth. 3. Cautious; wary; suspicious. I am very shy of using corrosive liquors in the preparation of medicines. --Boyle. Princes are, by wisdom of state, somewhat shy of thier successors. --Sir H. Wotton. {To fight shy}. See under {Fight}, v. i. | |
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Shy \Shy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shying}.] [From {Shy}, a.] To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses. | |
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Shy \Shy\, v. t. To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper. --T. Hughes. | |
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Shy \Shy\, n. 1. A sudden start aside, as by a horse. 2. A side throw; a throw; a fling. --Thackeray. If Lord Brougham gets a stone in his hand, he must, it seems, have a shy at somebody. --Punch. | |
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Shy \Shy\, a. Inadequately supplied; short; lacking; as, the team is shy two players. [Slang] | |
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d8Maffioso \[d8]Maf`fi*o"so\, d8Mafioso \[d8]Ma`fi*o"so\, n.; pl. {-si}. [It. maffioso.] A member of the maffia. | |
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Si \Si\ [It.] (Mus.) A syllable applied, in solmization, to the note B; more recently, to the seventh tone of any major diatonic scale. It was added to Guido's scale by Le Maire about the end of the 17th century. | |
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d8Maffioso \[d8]Maf`fi*o"so\, d8Mafioso \[d8]Ma`fi*o"so\, n.; pl. {-si}. [It. maffioso.] A member of the maffia. | |
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Si \Si\ [It.] (Mus.) A syllable applied, in solmization, to the note B; more recently, to the seventh tone of any major diatonic scale. It was added to Guido's scale by Le Maire about the end of the 17th century. | |
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Silicide \Sil"i*cide\, n. (Chem.) A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary. [R.] {Hydrogen silicide} (Chem.), a colorless, spontaneously inflammable gas, {SiH4}, produced artifically from silicon, and analogous to methane; -- called also {silico-methane}, {silicon hydride}, and formerly {siliciureted hydrogen}. | |
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Silicic \Si*lic"ic\, a. [L. silex, silicis, a flint: cf. F. silicique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, silica; specifically, designating compounds of silicon; as, silicic acid. {Silicic acid} (Chem.), an amorphous gelatinous substance, {Si(HO)4}, very unstable and easily dried to silica, but forming many stable salts; -- called also {orthosilicic, [or] normal silicic, acid}. | |
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Silex \Si"lex\, n. [L., a finit, a pebblestone.] (Min.) Silica, {SiO2} as found in nature, constituting quarz, and most sands and sandstones. See {Silica}, and {Silicic}. | |
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Quartz \Quartz\, n. [G. quarz.] (Min.) A form of silica, or silicon dioxide ({SiO2}), occurring in hexagonal crystals, which are commonly colorless and transparent, but sometimes also yellow, brown, purple, green, and of other colors; also in cryptocrystalline massive forms varying in color and degree of transparency, being sometimes opaque. Note: The crystalline varieties include: amethyst, violet; citrine and false topaz, pale yellow; rock crystal, transparent and colorless or nearly so; rose quartz, rosecolored; smoky quartz, smoky brown. The chief crypto-crystalline varieties are: agate, a chalcedony in layers or clouded with different colors, including the onyx and sardonyx; carnelian and sard, red or flesh-colored chalcedony; chalcedony, nearly white, and waxy in luster; chrysoprase, an apple-green chalcedony; flint, hornstone, basanite, or touchstone, brown to black in color and compact in texture; heliotrope, green dotted with red; jasper, opaque, red yellow, or brown, colored by iron or ferruginous clay; prase, translucent and dull leek-green. Quartz is an essential constituent of granite, and abounds in rocks of all ages. It forms the rocks quartzite (quartz rock) and sandstone, and makes most of the sand of the seashore. | |
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Tetrabasic \Tet`ra*bas"ic\, a. [Tetra- + basic.] (Chem.) Capable of neutralizing four molecules of a monacid base; having four hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by bases; quadribasic; -- said of certain acids; thus, normal silicic acid, {Si(OH)4}, is a tetrabasic acid. | |
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Skee \Skee\, n. [Dan. ski; Icel. sk[c6][?] a billet of wood. See {Skid}.] A long strip of wood, curved upwards in front, used on the foot for sliding. | |
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Skew \Skew\, v. t. [See {Skew}, adv.] 1. To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position. 2. To throw or hurl obliquely. | |
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Skew \Skew\, adv. [Cf. D. scheef. Dan. ski[?]v, Sw. skef, Icel. skeifr, G. schief, also E. shy, a. & v. i.] Awry; obliquely; askew. | |
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Skew \Skew\, n. (Arch.) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place. | |
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Skew \Skew\, a. Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases. {Skew arch}, an oblique arch. See under {Oblique}. {Skew back}. (Civil Engin.) (a) The course of masonry, the stone, or the iron plate, having an inclined face, which forms the abutment for the voussoirs of a segmental arch. (b) A plate, cap, or shoe, having an inclined face to receive the nut of a diagonal brace, rod, or the end of an inclined strut, in a truss or frame. {Skew bridge}. See under {Bridge}, n. {Skew curve} (Geom.), a curve of double curvature, or a twisted curve. See {Plane curve}, under {Curve}. {Skew gearing}, [or] {Skew bevel gearing} (Mach.), toothed gearing, generally resembling bevel gearing, for connecting two shafts that are neither parallel nor intersecting, and in which the teeth slant across the faces of the gears. {Skew surface} (Geom.), a ruled surface such that in general two successive generating straight lines do not intersect; a warped surface; as, the helicoid is a skew surface. {Skew symmetrical determinant} (Alg.), a determinant in which the elements in each column of the matrix are equal to the elements of the corresponding row of the matrix with the signs changed, as in (1), below. (1) 0 2 -3-2 0 53 -5 0 (2) 4 -1 71 8 -2-7 2 1 Note: This requires that the numbers in the diagonal from the upper left to lower right corner be zeros. A like determinant in which the numbers in the diagonal are not zeros is a skew determinant, as in (2), above. | |
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Skew \Skew\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Skewed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skewing}.] 1. To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely. Child, you must walk straight, without skewing. --L'Estrange. 2. To start aside; to shy, as a horse. [Prov. Eng.] 3. To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously. --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Ski \Ski\, n. Same as {Skee}. | |
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Skiey \Ski"ey\, a. See {Skyey}. --Shelley. | |
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Skua \Sku"a\, n. [Icel. sk[?]fr, sk[?]mr.] (Zo[94]l.) Any jager gull; especially, the {Megalestris skua}; -- called also {boatswain}. | |
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Skue \Skue\, a. & n. See {Skew}. | |
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Sky \Sky\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skied}or {Skyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skying}.] 1. To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it can not be well seen. [Colloq.] Brother Academicians who skied his pictures. --The Century. 2. To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket. [Colloq.] | |
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Sky \Sky\ (sk[imac]), n.; pl. {Skies} (sk[imac]z). [OE. skie a cloud, Icel. sk[ymac]; akin to Sw. & Dan. sky; cf. AS. sc[umac]a, sc[umac]wa, shadow, Icel. skuggi; probably from the same root as E. scum. [root]158. See {Scum}, and cf. {Hide} skin, {Obscure}.] 1. A cloud. [Obs.] [A wind] that blew so hideously and high, That it ne lefte not a sky In all the welkin long and broad. --Chaucer. 2. Hence, a shadow. [Obs.] She passeth as it were a sky. --Gower. 3. The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; -- sometimes in the plural. The Norweyan banners flout the sky. --Shak. 4. The wheather; the climate. Thou wert better in thy grave than to answer with thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies. --Shak. Note: Sky is often used adjectively or in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sky color, skylight, sky-aspiring, sky-born, sky-pointing, sky-roofed, etc. {Sky blue}, an azure color. {Sky scraper} (Naut.), a skysail of a triangular form. --Totten. {Under open sky}, out of doors. [bd]Under open sky adored.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Skyey \Sky"ey\, a. Like the sky; ethereal; being in the sky. [bd]Skyey regions.[b8] --Thackeray. Sublime on the towers of my skyey bowers, Lightning, my pilot, sits. --Shelley. | |
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A week or so will probably reconcile us. --Gay. Note: See the Note under {Ill}, adv. {So} . . . {as}. So is now commonly used as a demonstrative correlative of as when it is the puprpose to emphasize the equality or comparison suggested, esp. in negative assertions, and questions implying a negative answer. By Shakespeare and others so . . . as was much used where as . . . as is now common. See the Note under {As}, 1. So do, as thou hast said. --Gen. xviii. 5. As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. --Ps. ciii. 15. Had woman been so strong as men. --Shak. No country suffered so much as England. --Macaulay. {So far}, to that point or extent; in that particular. [bd]The song was moral, and so far was right.[b8] --Cowper. {So far forth}, as far; to such a degree. --Shak. --Bacon. {So forth}, further in the same or similar manner; more of the same or a similar kind. See {And so forth}, under {And}. {So, so}, well, well. [bd]So, so, it works; now, mistress, sit you fast.[b8] --Dryden. Also, moderately or tolerably well; passably; as, he succeeded but so so. [bd]His leg is but so so.[b8] --Shak. {So that}, to the end that; in order that; with the effect or result that. {So then}, thus then it is; therefore; the consequence is. | |
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So \So\, adv. [OE. so, sa, swa, AS. sw[be]; akin to OFries, s[be], s[?], D. zoo, OS. & OHG. s[?], G. so, Icel. sv[be], sv[?], svo, so, Sw. s[?], Dan. saa, Goth. swa so, sw[?] as; cf. L. suus one's own, Skr. sva one's own, one's self. [root]192. Cf. As, {Custom}, {Ethic}, {Idiom}, {Such}.] 1. In that manner or degree; as, indicated (in any way), or as implied, or as supposed to be known. Why is his chariot so long in coming? --Judges v. 28. 2. In like manner or degree; in the same way; thus; for like reason; whith equal reason; -- used correlatively, following as, to denote comparison or resemblance; sometimes, also, following inasmuch as. As a war should be undertaken upon a just motive, so a prince ought to consider the condition he is in. --Swift. 3. In such manner; to such degree; -- used correlatively with as or that following; as, he was so fortunate as to escape. I viewed in may mind, so far as I was able, the beginning and progress of a rising world. --T. Burnet. He is very much in Sir Roger's esteem, so that he lives in the family rather as a relation than dependent. --Addison. 4. Very; in a high degree; that is, in such a degree as can not well be expressed; as, he is so good; he planned so wisely. 5. In the same manner; as has been stated or suggested; in this or that condition or state; under these circumstances; in this way; -- with reflex reference to something just asserted or implied; used also with the verb to be, as a predicate. Use him [your tutor] with great respect yourself, and cause all your family to do so too. --Locke. It concerns every man, with the greatest seriousness, to inquire into those matters, whether they be so or not. --Tillotson. He is Sir Robert's son, and so art thou. --Shak. 6. The case being such; therefore; on this account; for this reason; on these terms; -- used both as an adverb and a conjuction. God makes him in his own image an intellectual creature, and so capable of dominion. --Locke. Here, then, exchange we mutually forgiveness; So may the guilt of all my broken vows, My perjuries to thee, be all forgotten. --Rowe. 7. It is well; let it be as it is, or let it come to pass; -- used to express assent. And when 't is writ, for my sake read it over, And if it please you, so; if not, why, so. --Shak. There is Percy; if your father will do me any honor, so; if not, let him kill the next Percy himself. --Shak. 8. Well; the fact being as stated; -- used as an expletive; as, so the work is done, is it? 9. Is it thus? do you mean what you say? -- with an upward tone; as, do you say he refuses? So? [Colloq.] 10. About the number, time, or quantity specified; thereabouts; more or less; as, I will spend a week or so in the country; I have read only a page or so. | |
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So \So\, conj. Provided that; on condition that; in case that; if. | |
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So \So\, interj. Be as you are; stand still; stop; that will do; right as you are; -- a word used esp. to cows; also used by sailors. | |
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Thionyl \Thi"on*yl\, n. [Thionic + -yl.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical {SO}, regarded as an essential constituent of certain sulphurous compounds; as, thionyl chloride. | |
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A week or so will probably reconcile us. --Gay. Note: See the Note under {Ill}, adv. {So} . . . {as}. So is now commonly used as a demonstrative correlative of as when it is the puprpose to emphasize the equality or comparison suggested, esp. in negative assertions, and questions implying a negative answer. By Shakespeare and others so . . . as was much used where as . . . as is now common. See the Note under {As}, 1. So do, as thou hast said. --Gen. xviii. 5. As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. --Ps. ciii. 15. Had woman been so strong as men. --Shak. No country suffered so much as England. --Macaulay. {So far}, to that point or extent; in that particular. [bd]The song was moral, and so far was right.[b8] --Cowper. {So far forth}, as far; to such a degree. --Shak. --Bacon. {So forth}, further in the same or similar manner; more of the same or a similar kind. See {And so forth}, under {And}. {So, so}, well, well. [bd]So, so, it works; now, mistress, sit you fast.[b8] --Dryden. Also, moderately or tolerably well; passably; as, he succeeded but so so. [bd]His leg is but so so.[b8] --Shak. {So that}, to the end that; in order that; with the effect or result that. {So then}, thus then it is; therefore; the consequence is. | |
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So \So\, adv. [OE. so, sa, swa, AS. sw[be]; akin to OFries, s[be], s[?], D. zoo, OS. & OHG. s[?], G. so, Icel. sv[be], sv[?], svo, so, Sw. s[?], Dan. saa, Goth. swa so, sw[?] as; cf. L. suus one's own, Skr. sva one's own, one's self. [root]192. Cf. As, {Custom}, {Ethic}, {Idiom}, {Such}.] 1. In that manner or degree; as, indicated (in any way), or as implied, or as supposed to be known. Why is his chariot so long in coming? --Judges v. 28. 2. In like manner or degree; in the same way; thus; for like reason; whith equal reason; -- used correlatively, following as, to denote comparison or resemblance; sometimes, also, following inasmuch as. As a war should be undertaken upon a just motive, so a prince ought to consider the condition he is in. --Swift. 3. In such manner; to such degree; -- used correlatively with as or that following; as, he was so fortunate as to escape. I viewed in may mind, so far as I was able, the beginning and progress of a rising world. --T. Burnet. He is very much in Sir Roger's esteem, so that he lives in the family rather as a relation than dependent. --Addison. 4. Very; in a high degree; that is, in such a degree as can not well be expressed; as, he is so good; he planned so wisely. 5. In the same manner; as has been stated or suggested; in this or that condition or state; under these circumstances; in this way; -- with reflex reference to something just asserted or implied; used also with the verb to be, as a predicate. Use him [your tutor] with great respect yourself, and cause all your family to do so too. --Locke. It concerns every man, with the greatest seriousness, to inquire into those matters, whether they be so or not. --Tillotson. He is Sir Robert's son, and so art thou. --Shak. 6. The case being such; therefore; on this account; for this reason; on these terms; -- used both as an adverb and a conjuction. God makes him in his own image an intellectual creature, and so capable of dominion. --Locke. Here, then, exchange we mutually forgiveness; So may the guilt of all my broken vows, My perjuries to thee, be all forgotten. --Rowe. 7. It is well; let it be as it is, or let it come to pass; -- used to express assent. And when 't is writ, for my sake read it over, And if it please you, so; if not, why, so. --Shak. There is Percy; if your father will do me any honor, so; if not, let him kill the next Percy himself. --Shak. 8. Well; the fact being as stated; -- used as an expletive; as, so the work is done, is it? 9. Is it thus? do you mean what you say? -- with an upward tone; as, do you say he refuses? So? [Colloq.] 10. About the number, time, or quantity specified; thereabouts; more or less; as, I will spend a week or so in the country; I have read only a page or so. | |
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So \So\, conj. Provided that; on condition that; in case that; if. | |
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So \So\, interj. Be as you are; stand still; stop; that will do; right as you are; -- a word used esp. to cows; also used by sailors. | |
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Thionyl \Thi"on*yl\, n. [Thionic + -yl.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical {SO}, regarded as an essential constituent of certain sulphurous compounds; as, thionyl chloride. | |
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Sulphur \Sul"phur\, n. [L., better sulfur: cf. F. soufre.] 1. (Chem.) A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy materials, from which it is melted out. Symbol S. Atomic weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinary octohedral sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96. Note: It is purified by distillation, and is obtained as a lemon-yellow powder (by sublimation), called flour, or flowers, of sulphur, or in cast sticks called roll sulphur, or brimstone. It burns with a blue flame and a peculiar suffocating odor. It is an ingredient of gunpowder, is used on friction matches, and in medicine (as a laxative and insecticide), but its chief use is in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. Sulphur can be obtained in two crystalline modifications, in orthorhombic octahedra, or in monoclinic prisms, the former of which is the more stable at ordinary temperatures. Sulphur is the type, in its chemical relations, of a group of elements, including selenium and tellurium, called collectively the sulphur group, or family. In many respects sulphur resembles oxygen. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of yellow or orange butterflies of the subfamily {Pierin[91]}; as, the clouded sulphur ({Eurymus, [or] Colias, philodice}), which is the common yellow butterfly of the Eastern United States. {Amorphous sulphur} (Chem.), an elastic variety of sulphur of a resinous appearance, obtained by pouring melted sulphur into water. On standing, it passes back into a brittle crystalline modification. {Liver of sulphur}. (Old Chem.) See {Hepar}. {Sulphur acid}. (Chem.) See {Sulphacid}. {Sulphur alcohol}. (Chem.) See {Mercaptan}. {Sulphur auratum} [L.] (Old Chem.), a golden yellow powder, consisting of antimonic sulphide, {Sb2S5}, -- formerly a famous nostrum. {Sulphur base} (Chem.), an alkaline sulphide capable of acting as a base in the formation of sulphur salts according to the old dual theory of salts. [Archaic] {Sulphur dioxide} (Chem.), a colorless gas, {SO2}, of a pungent, suffocating odor, produced by the burning of sulphur. It is employed chiefly in the production of sulphuric acid, and as a reagent in bleaching; -- called also {sulphurous anhydride}, and formerly {sulphurous acid}. {Sulphur ether} (Chem.), a sulphide of hydrocarbon radicals, formed like the ordinary ethers, which are oxides, but with sulphur in the place of oxygen. {Sulphur salt} (Chem.), a salt of a sulphacid; a sulphosalt. {Sulphur showers}, showers of yellow pollen, resembling sulphur in appearance, often carried from pine forests by the wind to a great distance. {Sulphur trioxide} (Chem.), a white crystalline solid, {SO3}, obtained by oxidation of sulphur dioxide. It dissolves in water with a hissing noise and the production of heat, forming sulphuric acid, and is employed as a dehydrating agent. Called also {sulphuric anhydride}, and formerly {sulphuric acid}. {Sulphur whale}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sulphur-bottom}. {Vegetable sulphur} (Bot.), lycopodium powder. See under {Lycopodium}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sulphuryl \Sul"phur*yl\, n. [Sulphur + -yl.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical {SO2}; -- called also {sulphon}. {Sulphuryl chloride}, a chloride, pungent, fuming liquid, {SO2.Cl2}, obtained by the action of phosphorus pentachloride on sulphur trioxide. On treatment with water it decomposes into sulphuric and hydrochloric acids, and is hence called also {sulphuric chloranhydride}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sulphonic \Sul*phon"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a sulphone; -- used specifically to designate any one of a series of acids (regarded as acid ethereal salts of sulphurous acid) obtained by the oxidation of the mercaptans, or by treating sulphuric acid with certain aromatic bases (as benzene); as, phenyl sulphonic acid, {C6H5.SO2.OH}, a stable colorless crystalline substance. {Sulphonic group} (Chem.), the hypothetical radical, {SO2.OH}, the characteristic residue of sulphonic acids. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sulphur \Sul"phur\, n. [L., better sulfur: cf. F. soufre.] 1. (Chem.) A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy materials, from which it is melted out. Symbol S. Atomic weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinary octohedral sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96. Note: It is purified by distillation, and is obtained as a lemon-yellow powder (by sublimation), called flour, or flowers, of sulphur, or in cast sticks called roll sulphur, or brimstone. It burns with a blue flame and a peculiar suffocating odor. It is an ingredient of gunpowder, is used on friction matches, and in medicine (as a laxative and insecticide), but its chief use is in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. Sulphur can be obtained in two crystalline modifications, in orthorhombic octahedra, or in monoclinic prisms, the former of which is the more stable at ordinary temperatures. Sulphur is the type, in its chemical relations, of a group of elements, including selenium and tellurium, called collectively the sulphur group, or family. In many respects sulphur resembles oxygen. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of yellow or orange butterflies of the subfamily {Pierin[91]}; as, the clouded sulphur ({Eurymus, [or] Colias, philodice}), which is the common yellow butterfly of the Eastern United States. {Amorphous sulphur} (Chem.), an elastic variety of sulphur of a resinous appearance, obtained by pouring melted sulphur into water. On standing, it passes back into a brittle crystalline modification. {Liver of sulphur}. (Old Chem.) See {Hepar}. {Sulphur acid}. (Chem.) See {Sulphacid}. {Sulphur alcohol}. (Chem.) See {Mercaptan}. {Sulphur auratum} [L.] (Old Chem.), a golden yellow powder, consisting of antimonic sulphide, {Sb2S5}, -- formerly a famous nostrum. {Sulphur base} (Chem.), an alkaline sulphide capable of acting as a base in the formation of sulphur salts according to the old dual theory of salts. [Archaic] {Sulphur dioxide} (Chem.), a colorless gas, {SO2}, of a pungent, suffocating odor, produced by the burning of sulphur. It is employed chiefly in the production of sulphuric acid, and as a reagent in bleaching; -- called also {sulphurous anhydride}, and formerly {sulphurous acid}. {Sulphur ether} (Chem.), a sulphide of hydrocarbon radicals, formed like the ordinary ethers, which are oxides, but with sulphur in the place of oxygen. {Sulphur salt} (Chem.), a salt of a sulphacid; a sulphosalt. {Sulphur showers}, showers of yellow pollen, resembling sulphur in appearance, often carried from pine forests by the wind to a great distance. {Sulphur trioxide} (Chem.), a white crystalline solid, {SO3}, obtained by oxidation of sulphur dioxide. It dissolves in water with a hissing noise and the production of heat, forming sulphuric acid, and is employed as a dehydrating agent. Called also {sulphuric anhydride}, and formerly {sulphuric acid}. {Sulphur whale}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sulphur-bottom}. {Vegetable sulphur} (Bot.), lycopodium powder. See under {Lycopodium}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Trioxide \Tri*ox"ide\, n. [Pref. tri- + oxide.] (Chem.) An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen; as, sulphur trioxide, {SO3}; -- formerly called {tritoxide}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sulphion \Sul"phi*on\, n. [Sulpho- + ion.] (Chem.) A hypothetical radical, {SO4}, regarded as forming the acid or negative constituent of sulphuric acid and the sulphates in electrolytic decomposition; -- so called in accordance with the binary theory of salts. [Written also {sulphione}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Soe \Soe\, n. [Scot. sae, say, saye; cf. Icel. s[be]r a large cask, Sw. s[?] a tub.] A large wooden vessel for holding water; a cowl. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Dr. H. More. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Normal \Nor"mal\, a. [L. normalis, fr. norma rule, pattern, carpenter's square; prob. akin to noscere to know; cf. Gr. [?] well known, [?] gnomon, also, carpenter's square: cf. F. normal. See {Known}, and cf. {Abnormal}, {Enormous}.] 1. According to an established norm, rule, or principle; conformed to a type, standard, or regular form; performing the proper functions; not abnormal; regular; natural; analogical. Deviations from the normal type. --Hallam. 2. (Geom.) According to a square or rule; perpendicular; forming a right angle. Specifically: Of or pertaining to a normal. 3. (Chem.) Standard; original; exact; typical. Specifically: (a) (Quantitative Analysis) Denoting a solution of such strength that every cubic centimeter contains the same number of milligrams of the element in question as the number of its molecular weight. (b) (Chem.) Denoting certain hypothetical compounds, as acids from which the real acids are obtained by dehydration; thus, normal sulphuric acid and normal nitric acid are respectively {S(OH)6}, and {N(OH)5}. (c) (Organ. Chem.) Denoting that series of hydrocarbons in which no carbon atom is united with more than two other carbon atoms; as, normal pentane, hexane, etc. Cf. {Iso-}. {Normal equations} (Method of Least Squares), a set of equations of the first degree equal in number to the number of unknown quantities, and derived from the observations by a specified process. The solution of the normal equations gives the most probable values of the unknown quantities. {Normal group} (Geol.), a group of rocks taken as a standard. --Lyell. {Normal place} (of a planet or comet) (Astron.), the apparent place in the heavens of a planet or comet at a specified time, the place having been determined by a considerable number of observations, extending perhaps over many days, and so combined that the accidental errors of observation have largely balanced each other. {Normal school}, a school whose methods of instruction are to serve as a model for imitation; an institution for the training of teachers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Soho \So*ho"\, interj. Ho; -- a word used in calling from a distant place; a sportsman's halloo. --Shak. | |
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Chop suey \Chop su"ey\ [or] sooy \soo"y\ . [Chin. (Cantonese) shap sui odds and ends, fr. shap for sap to enter the mouth + sui small bits pounded fine.] A m[82]lange served in Chinese restaurants to be eaten with rice, noodles, etc. It consists typically of bean sprouts, onions, mushrooms, etc., and sliced meats, fried and flavored with sesame oil. [U. S.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sou \Sou\, n.; pl. {Sous}or. [F. sou, OF. sol, from L. solidus a gold coin, in LL., a coin of less value. See {Sold}, n., {Solid}, and and cf. {Sol}, {Soldo}.] An old French copper coin, equivalent in value to, and now displaced by, the five-centime piece ([frac1x20] of a franc), which is popularly called a sou. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sow \Sow\, v. t. [imp. {Sowed}; p. p. {Sown}or {Sowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sowing}.] [OE. sowen, sawen, AS. s[be]wan; akin to OFries. s[?]a, D. zaaijen, OS. & HG. s[be]jan, G. s[84]en, Icel. s[be], Sw. s[86], Dan. saae, Goth. saian, Lith. s[emac]ti, Russ. sieiate, L. serere, sevi. Cf. {Saturday}, {Season}, {Seed}, {Seminary}.] 1. To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate. [bd]He would sow some difficulty.[b8] --Chaucer. A sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside. --Matt. xiii. 3, 4. And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers. --Addison. 2. To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle. The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, . . . and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles. --Sir M. Hale. [He] sowed with stars the heaven. --Milton. Now morn . . . sowed the earth with orient pearl. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sow \Sow\, v. i. To sew. See {Sew}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sow \Sow\, n. [OE. sowe, suwe, AS. sugu, akin to s[umac], D. zog, zeug, OHG. s[umac], G. sau, Icel. s[ymac]r, Dan. so, Sw. sugga, so, L. sus. Gr. "y^s, sy^s, Zend. hu boar; probably from the root seen in Skr. s[umac] to beget, to bear; the animal being named in allusion to its fecundity. [root]294. Cf. {Hyena}, {Soil} to stain, {Son}, {Swine}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The female of swine, or of the hog kind. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A sow bug. 3. (Metal.) (a) A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed. (b) The bar of metal which remains in such a runner. (c) A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander. 4. (Mil.) A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like. --Craig. {Sow bread}. (Bot.) See {Cyclamen}. {Sow bug}, [or] {Sowbug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of terrestrial Isopoda belonging to {Oniscus}, {Porcellio}, and allied genera of the family {Oniscid[91]}. They feed chiefly on decaying vegetable substances. {Sow thistle} [AS. sugepistel] (Bot.), a composite plant ({Sonchus oleraceus}) said to be eaten by swine and some other animals. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sow \Sow\, v. i. To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively. They that sow in tears shall reap in joi. --Ps. cxxvi. 5. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Soy \Soy\, n. [Chinese sh[d3]y[d4].] 1. A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soja beans), or beans and meal, to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water. 2. (Bot.) The soja, a kind of bean. See {Soja}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Squaw \Squaw\, n. [Massachusetts Indian squa, eshqua; Narragansett squ[83]ws; Delaware ochqueu, and khqueu; used also in compound words (as the names of animals) in the sense of female.] A female; a woman; -- in the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family, correlative of sannup. {Old squaw}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Old}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sue \Sue\, v. i. 1. To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead. By adverse destiny constrained to sue For counsel and redress, he sues to you. --Pope. C[91]sar came to Rome to sue for the double honor of a triumph and the consulship. --C. Middleton. The Indians were defeated and sued for peace. --Jefferson. 2. (Law) To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages. 3. To woo; to pay addresses as a lover. --Massinger. 4. (Naut.) To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship. --R. H. Dana, Jr. | |
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Sue \Sue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suing}.] [OE. suen, sewen, siwen, OF. sivre (pres.ind. 3d sing. il siut, suit, he follows, nous sevons we follow), LL. sequere, for L. sequi, secutus; akin to Gr. [?], Skr. sac to accompany, and probably to E. see, v.t. See {See}, v. t., and cf. {Consequence}, {Ensue}, {Execute}, {Obsequious}, {Pursue}, {Second}, {Sect} in religion, {Sequence}, {Suit}.] 1. To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo. For yet there was no man that haddle him sued. --Chaucer. I was beloved of many a gentle knight, And sued and sought with all the service due. --Spenser. Sue me, and woo me, and flatter me. --Tennyson. 2. (Law) (a) To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially. (b) To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process. 3. (Falconry) To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk. 4. (Naut.) To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship. --R. H. Dana, Jr. {To sue out} (Law), to petition for and take out, or to apply for and obtain; as, to sue out a writ in chancery; to sue out a pardon for a criminal. | |
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Swa \Swa\ (sw[aum]), adv. [See {So}.] So. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Sway \Sway\, v. i. 1. To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline. The balance sways on our part. --Bacon. 2. To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward. 3. To have weight or influence. The example of sundry churches . . . doth sway much. --Hooker. 4. To bear sway; to rule; to govern. Hadst thou swayed as kings should do. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sway \Sway\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swaying}.] [OE. sweyen, Icel. sveigja, akin to E. swing; cf. D. zwaaijen to wield, swing. See {Swing}, and cf. {Swag}, v. i.] 1. To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter. As sparkles from the anvil rise, When heavy hammers on the wedge are swayed. --Spenser. 2. To influence or direct by power and authority; by persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. The will of man is by his reason swayed. --Shak. She could not sway her house. --Shak. This was the race To sway the world, and land and sea subdue. --Dryden. 3. To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion. As bowls run true by being made On purpose false, and to be swayed. --Hudibras. Let not temporal and little advantages sway you against a more durable interest. --Tillotson. 4. (Naut.) To hoist; as, to sway up the yards. Syn: To bias; rule; govern; direct; influence; swing; move; wave; wield. | |
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Sway \Sway\, n. 1. The act of swaying; a swaying motion; the swing or sweep of a weapon. With huge two-handed sway brandished aloft. --Milton. 2. Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side; as, the sway of desires. --A. Tucker. 3. Preponderance; turn or cast of balance. Expert When to advance, or stand, or turn the sway Of battle. --Milton. 4. Rule; dominion; control. --Cowper. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honor is a private station. --Addison. 5. A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. Syn: Rule; dominion; power; empire; control; influence; direction; preponderance; ascendency. | |
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Sy \Sy\, obs. imp. of {See}. Saw. --Chaucer. | |
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Sye \Sye\, obs. imp. of {See}. Saw. --Chaucer. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Scio, NY Zip code(s): 14880 Scio, OH (village, FIPS 70814) Location: 40.39867 N, 81.08757 W Population (1990): 856 (408 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43988 Scio, OR (city, FIPS 65650) Location: 44.70545 N, 122.84855 W Population (1990): 623 (259 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97374 | |
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Shaw, MS (city, FIPS 67000) Location: 33.60030 N, 90.77146 W Population (1990): 2349 (773 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38773 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
say vt. 1. To type to a terminal. "To list a directory verbosely, you have to say `ls -l'." Tends to imply a {newline}-terminated command (a `sentence'). 2. A computer may also be said to `say' things to you, even if it doesn't have a speech synthesizer, by displaying them on a terminal in response to your commands. Hackers find it odd that this usage confuses {mundane}s. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
SCSI n. [Small Computer System Interface] A bus-independent standard for system-level interfacing between a computer and intelligent devices. Typically annotated in literature with `sexy' (/sek'see/), `sissy' (/sis'ee/), and `scuzzy' (/skuh'zee/) as pronunciation guides -- the last being the overwhelmingly predominant form, much to the dismay of the designers and their marketing people. One can usually assume that a person who pronounces it /S-C-S-I/ is clueless. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
SO /S-O/ n. 1. (also `S.O.') Abbrev. for Significant Other, almost invariably written abbreviated and pronounced /S-O/ by hackers. Used to refer to one's primary relationship, esp. a live-in to whom one is not married. See {MOTAS}, {MOTOS}, {MOTSS}. 2. [techspeak] The Shift Out control character in ASCII (Control-N, 0001110). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
S ["S: An Interactive Environment for Data Analysis and Graphics", Richard A. Becker, Wadsworth 1984]. (1997-01-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
s/// to type 'foo', I meant to type 'bar'". Its use in {talk} systems, especially {irc}, comes from the use of s/// as a substitution operator in {Perl}, {sed} and {ed}. In these languages and tools, s/foo/bar/ would replace any substring matching the {regular expression} "foo" with the string "bar". (1997-03-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
S ["S: An Interactive Environment for Data Analysis and Graphics", Richard A. Becker, Wadsworth 1984]. (1997-01-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
s/// to type 'foo', I meant to type 'bar'". Its use in {talk} systems, especially {irc}, comes from the use of s/// as a substitution operator in {Perl}, {sed} and {ed}. In these languages and tools, s/foo/bar/ would replace any substring matching the {regular expression} "foo" with the string "bar". (1997-03-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
S3 1. 2900} computer. 2. 3. (2003-02-28) | |
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sa (1999-01-27) | |
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SA {Structured Analysis} | |
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sa (1999-01-27) | |
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SA {Structured Analysis} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SA-110 resulting from the architecture license agreement between {Digital Equipment Corporation} and {Advanced RISC Machines} Ltd. (ARM), developer of the {ARM} 32-bit {RISC} architecture. The SA-110 combines ARM's low-power architecture with Digital's processor design and {CMOS} process expertise, and is targetted at {embedded} consumer electronics products. (1996-02-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SAA {Systems Application Architecture} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
say A human may "say" things to a computer by typing them on a terminal. "To list a directory verbosely, say "ls -l"." Tends to imply a {newline}-terminated command (a "sentence"). A computer may "say" things to you, even if it doesn't have a speech synthesiser, by displaying them on a terminal in response to your commands. This usage often confuses {mundane}s. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SC Subcommittee (of {ISO}, {JTC}?). | |
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sc (1999-01-27) | |
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SC Subcommittee (of {ISO}, {JTC}?). | |
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sc (1999-01-27) | |
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SCA {Single Connection Attach} | |
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SCC {strongly connected component} | |
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SCCS Source Code Control System: a popular {code management} system for Unix systems. | |
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SCI 2. {UART}. (1998-02-14) | |
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SCO {Santa Cruz Operation} | |
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SCSI {Small Computer System Interface} | |
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SCSI-1 {SCSI-2} or {SCSI-3}. (1995-04-20) | |
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SCSI-2 specification. SCSI-2 shares the original SCSI's {asynchronous} and {synchronous} modes and adds a "{Fast SCSI}" mode (<10MB/s) and "{Wide SCSI}" (16 bit, <20MB/s or rarely 32 bit). Another major enhancement was the definition of command sets for different device classes. SCSI-1 was rather minimalistic in this respect which led to various incompatibilities especially for devices other than {hard-disk}s. SCSI-2 addresses that problem. allowing {scanner}s, {hard disk drive}s, {CD-ROM} drives, tapes and many other devices to be connected. Normal SCSI-2 equipment (not wide or {differential}) can be connected to a SCSI-1 bus and vice versa. (1995-04-19) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SCSI-3 extend the capabilities of {SCSI-2}. SCSI-3's goals are more devices on a bus (up to 32); faster data transfer; greater distances between devices (longer cables); more device classes and command sets; structured documentation; and a structured {protocol} model. In SCSI-2, data transmission is parallel (8, 16 or 32 bit wide). This gets increasingly difficult with higher data rates and longer cables because of varying signal delays on different wires. Furthermore, wiring cost and drive power increases with wider data words and higher speed. This has triggered the move to serial interfacing in SCSI-3. By embedding clock information into a serial data stream signal delay problems are eliminated. Driving a single signal also consumes less driving power and reduces connector cost and size. To allow for backward compatibility and for added flexibility SCSI-3 allows the use of several different transport mechanisms, some serial and some parallel. The software {protocol} and command set is the same for each transport. This leads to a layered protocol definition similar to definitions found in networking. SCSI-3 is therefore in fact the sum of a number of separate standards which are defined by separate groups. These standards and groups are currently: X3T9.2/91-13R2 SCSI-3 Generic Packetized Protocol X3T9.2/92-141 SCSI-3 Queuing Model X3T9.2/92-079 SCSI-3 Architecture Model IEEE P1394 High Performance Serial Bus X3T9.2/92-106 SCSI-3 Block Commands X3T9.2/91-189 SCSI-3 Serial Bus Protocol X3T9.2/92-105 SCSI-3 SCSI-3 Core Commands SCSI-3 Common Command Set X3T9.2/92-108 SCSI-3 Graphic Commands X3T9.2/92-109 SCSI-3 Medium Changer Commands X3T9.2/91-11 SCSI-3 Interlocked Protocol X3T9.2/91-10 SCSI-3 Parallel Interface X3T9.2/92-107 SCSI-3 Stream Commands SCSI-3 Scanner Commands Additional Documents for the Fibre Channel are also meant to be included in the SCSI-3 framework, i.e.: Fibre Channel SCSI Mapping Fibre Channel Fabric Requirements Fibre Channel Low Cost Topologies X3T9.3/92-007 Fibre Channel Physical and Signalling Interface Fibre Channel Single Byte Commands Fibre Channel Cross Point Switch Topology X3T9.2/92-103 SCSI-3 Fibre Channel Protocol (GPP & SBP) As all of this is an ongoing effort of considerable complexity, document structure and workgroups may change. No final standard is issued yet. In the meantime a group of manufacturers have proposed an extension of {SCSI-2} called {Ultra-SCSI} which doubles the transfer speed of {Fast-SCSI} to give 20MByte/s on an 8 bit connection and 40MByte/s on a 16-bit connection. [Hermann Strass: "SCSI-Bus erfolgreich anwenden", Franzis-Verlag Muenchen 1993]. (1995-04-19) | |
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SE 1. 2. {IBM Systems Engineer}. (1998-07-08) | |
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se (1999-01-27) | |
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SE 1. 2. {IBM Systems Engineer}. (1998-07-08) | |
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se (1999-01-27) | |
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SEA {Self Extracting Archive} | |
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SEE 1. {Simultaneous Engineering Environment}. 2. {Software Engineering Environment}. (1999-04-26) | |
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SEI Software Engineering Institute. (Carnegie Mellon University). | |
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sg (1999-01-27) | |
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SGI {Silicon Graphics, Inc.} | |
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sh 1. 2. (1999-01-27) | |
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SHA {Secure Hash Algorithm} | |
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SI 1. 2. | |
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SIA {Serial Interface Adaptor} | |
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sj Islands. (1999-01-27) | |
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sk (1999-01-27) | |
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S/Key {One-Time Password} | |
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SKsh Steve Koren/Korn shell. A {Unix} {ksh}-like {shell} which runs under {AmigaDos} by Steve Koren environment but supports many {AmigaDos} features such as {resident command}s and {ARexx}. Scripts can be written to run under either {ksh} or SKsh and many of the useful {Unix} commands such as {xargs}, {grep} and {find} are provided. Current version: 2.1. {(ftp://hubcap.clemson.edu/pub/amiga/incom*/utils/SKsh021.lzh)}. (1992-12-16) | |
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SKU {stock-keeping unit} | |
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SO 1. 2. Significant Other, almost invariably written abbreviated and pronounced /S-O/ by hackers. Used to refer to one's primary relationship, especially a live-in to whom one is not married. [{Jargon File}] | |
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SO 1. 2. Significant Other, almost invariably written abbreviated and pronounced /S-O/ by hackers. Used to refer to one's primary relationship, especially a live-in to whom one is not married. [{Jargon File}] | |
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so (1999-01-27) | |
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SO 2 An early system on {IBM 701}. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. (1994-11-04) | |
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SOH {Start Of Header} | |
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SOHIO An early system on the {IBM 705}. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. (1995-01-11) | |
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SoHo {small-office/home-office.} | |
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SQE {Signal Quality Error} {IEEE 802.3}, {Ethernet}. Equivalent to {D/I/X} "{Collision Presence Test}". (1995-04-14) | |
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SS7 {Signalling System 7} | |
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SSA {Single Static Assignment} {Serial Storage Architecture} | |
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SSE {Streaming SIMD Extensions} | |
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SSE-2 {floating point} {SIMD} instructions to handle 64-bit floating point numbers. SSE-2 was introduced with the {Pentium 4}. (2001-12-23) | |
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ssh 2. {Secure Shell}. (1997-01-07) | |
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SSI 1. 2. [What kind?] 3. (1996-09-08) | |
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SSII {Societe de Service en Ingenierie Informatique} | |
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su {Unix} command which allows you to become another user after entering their {password}. su is most often used without arguments in which case it defaults to user {root}. Some versions of Unix only allows this command to be used by members of the {wheel} group. {Unix manual page}: su(1). (1996-09-08) | |
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Sue The system language used to write an {operating system} for the {IBM 360}. It is a cross between {Pascal} and {XPL}. It allows type checked {separate compilation} of internal procedures using a program library. ["The System Language for Project Sue", B.L. Clark e al, SIGPLAN Notices 6(9):79-88 (Oct 1971)]. (1994-12-01) | |
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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Seah In land measure, a space of 50 cubits long by 50 broad. In measure of capacity, a seah was a little over one peck. (See {MEASURE}.) | |
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Shoa opulent, the mountain district lying to the north-east of Babylonia, anciently the land of the Guti, or Kuti, the modern Kurdistan. The plain lying between these mountains and the Tigris was called su-Edina, i.e., "the border of the plain." This name was sometimes shortened into Suti and Su, and has been regarded as = Shoa (Ezek. 23:23). Some think it denotes a place in Babylon. (See {PEKOD}.) | |
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Shoe Of various forms, from the mere sandal (q.v.) to the complete covering of the foot. The word so rendered (A.V.) in Deut. 33:25, _min'al_, "a bar," is derived from a root meaning "to bolt" or "shut fast," and hence a fastness or fortress. The verse has accordingly been rendered "iron and brass shall be thy fortress," or, as in the Revised Version, "thy bars [marg., "shoes"] shall be iron and brass." | |
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Shua wealth. (1.) A Canaanite whose daughter was married to Judah (1 Chr. 2:3). (2.) A daughter of Heber the Asherite (1 Chr. 7:32). | |
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Shuah prostration; a pit. (1.) One of Abraham's sons by Keturah (Gen. 25:2; Chr. 1:32). (2.) 1 Chr. 4:11. | |
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So (Nubian, Sabako), an Ethiopian king who brought Egypt under his sway. He was bribed by Hoshea to help him against the Assyrian monarch Shalmaneser (2 Kings 17:4). This was a return to the policy that had been successful in the reign of Jeroboam I. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Shoa, kings; tyrants | |
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Shua, crying; saving | |
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Shuah, ditch; swimming; humiliation | |
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Sia, moving; help | |
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So, a measure for grain; vail | |
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Suah, speaking; entreating; ditch |