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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sabbath \Sab"bath\, n. [OE. sabat, sabbat, F. sabbat, L. sabbatum, Gr. sa`bbaton, fr. Heb. shabb[be]th, fr. sh[be]bath to rest from labor. Cf. {Sabbat}.] 1. A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also {Lord's Day}. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. --Ex. xx. 8. 2. The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival. --Lev. xxv. 4. 3. Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like. Peaceful sleep out the sabbath of the tomb. --Pope. {Sabbath breaker}, one who violates the law of the Sabbath. {Sabbath breaking}, the violation of the law of the Sabbath. {Sabbath-day's journey}, a distance of about a mile, which, under Rabbinical law, the Jews were allowed to travel on the Sabbath. Syn: {Sabbath}, {Sunday}. Usage: Sabbath is not strictly synonymous with Sunday. Sabbath denotes the institution; Sunday is the name of the first day of the week. The Sabbath of the Jews is on Saturday, and the Sabbath of most Christians on Sunday. In New England, the first day of the week has been called [bd]the Sabbath,[b8] to mark it as holy time; Sunday is the word more commonly used, at present, in all parts of the United States, as it is in England. [bd]So if we will be the children of our heavenly Father, we must be careful to keep the Christian Sabbath day, which is the Sunday.[b8] --Homilies. | |
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Sabbath \Sab"bath\, n. [OE. sabat, sabbat, F. sabbat, L. sabbatum, Gr. sa`bbaton, fr. Heb. shabb[be]th, fr. sh[be]bath to rest from labor. Cf. {Sabbat}.] 1. A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also {Lord's Day}. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. --Ex. xx. 8. 2. The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival. --Lev. xxv. 4. 3. Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like. Peaceful sleep out the sabbath of the tomb. --Pope. {Sabbath breaker}, one who violates the law of the Sabbath. {Sabbath breaking}, the violation of the law of the Sabbath. {Sabbath-day's journey}, a distance of about a mile, which, under Rabbinical law, the Jews were allowed to travel on the Sabbath. Syn: {Sabbath}, {Sunday}. Usage: Sabbath is not strictly synonymous with Sunday. Sabbath denotes the institution; Sunday is the name of the first day of the week. The Sabbath of the Jews is on Saturday, and the Sabbath of most Christians on Sunday. In New England, the first day of the week has been called [bd]the Sabbath,[b8] to mark it as holy time; Sunday is the word more commonly used, at present, in all parts of the United States, as it is in England. [bd]So if we will be the children of our heavenly Father, we must be careful to keep the Christian Sabbath day, which is the Sunday.[b8] --Homilies. | |
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Safety \Safe"ty\, n. [Cf. F. sauvet[82].] 1. The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss. Up led by thee, Into the heaven I have presumed, An earthly guest . . . With like safety guided down, Return me to my native element. --Milton. 2. Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc. Would there were any safety in thy sex, That I might put a thousand sorrows off, And credit thy repentance! --Beau. & Fl. 3. Preservation from escape; close custody. Imprison him, . . . Deliver him to safety; and return. --Shak. 4. (Football) Same as Safety touchdown, below. {Safety arch} (Arch.), a discharging arch. See under {Discharge}, v. t. {Safety belt}, a belt made of some buoyant material, or which is capable of being inflated, so as to enable a person to float in water; a life preserver. {Safety buoy}, a buoy to enable a person to float in water; a safety belt. {Safety cage} (Mach.), a cage for an elevator or mine lift, having appliances to prevent it from dropping if the lifting rope should break. {Safety lamp}. (Mining) See under {Lamp}. {Safety match}, a match which can be ignited only on a surface specially prepared for the purpose. {Safety pin}, a pin made in the form of a clasp, with a guard covering its point so that it will not prick the wearer. {Safety plug}. See {Fusible plug}, under {Fusible}. {Safety switch}. See {Switch}. {Safety touchdown} (Football), the act or result of a player's touching to the ground behind his own goal line a ball which received its last impulse from a man on his own side; -- distinguished from touchback. See {Touchdown}. | |
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Safety bicycle \Safety bicycle\ A bicycle with equal or nearly equal wheels, usually 28 inches diameter, driven by pedals connected to the rear (driving) wheel by a multiplying gear. | |
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Safety \Safe"ty\, n. [Cf. F. sauvet[82].] 1. The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss. Up led by thee, Into the heaven I have presumed, An earthly guest . . . With like safety guided down, Return me to my native element. --Milton. 2. Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc. Would there were any safety in thy sex, That I might put a thousand sorrows off, And credit thy repentance! --Beau. & Fl. 3. Preservation from escape; close custody. Imprison him, . . . Deliver him to safety; and return. --Shak. 4. (Football) Same as Safety touchdown, below. {Safety arch} (Arch.), a discharging arch. See under {Discharge}, v. t. {Safety belt}, a belt made of some buoyant material, or which is capable of being inflated, so as to enable a person to float in water; a life preserver. {Safety buoy}, a buoy to enable a person to float in water; a safety belt. {Safety cage} (Mach.), a cage for an elevator or mine lift, having appliances to prevent it from dropping if the lifting rope should break. {Safety lamp}. (Mining) See under {Lamp}. {Safety match}, a match which can be ignited only on a surface specially prepared for the purpose. {Safety pin}, a pin made in the form of a clasp, with a guard covering its point so that it will not prick the wearer. {Safety plug}. See {Fusible plug}, under {Fusible}. {Safety switch}. See {Switch}. {Safety touchdown} (Football), the act or result of a player's touching to the ground behind his own goal line a ball which received its last impulse from a man on his own side; -- distinguished from touchback. See {Touchdown}. | |
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Safety \Safe"ty\, n. [Cf. F. sauvet[82].] 1. The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss. Up led by thee, Into the heaven I have presumed, An earthly guest . . . With like safety guided down, Return me to my native element. --Milton. 2. Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc. Would there were any safety in thy sex, That I might put a thousand sorrows off, And credit thy repentance! --Beau. & Fl. 3. Preservation from escape; close custody. Imprison him, . . . Deliver him to safety; and return. --Shak. 4. (Football) Same as Safety touchdown, below. {Safety arch} (Arch.), a discharging arch. See under {Discharge}, v. t. {Safety belt}, a belt made of some buoyant material, or which is capable of being inflated, so as to enable a person to float in water; a life preserver. {Safety buoy}, a buoy to enable a person to float in water; a safety belt. {Safety cage} (Mach.), a cage for an elevator or mine lift, having appliances to prevent it from dropping if the lifting rope should break. {Safety lamp}. (Mining) See under {Lamp}. {Safety match}, a match which can be ignited only on a surface specially prepared for the purpose. {Safety pin}, a pin made in the form of a clasp, with a guard covering its point so that it will not prick the wearer. {Safety plug}. See {Fusible plug}, under {Fusible}. {Safety switch}. See {Switch}. {Safety touchdown} (Football), the act or result of a player's touching to the ground behind his own goal line a ball which received its last impulse from a man on his own side; -- distinguished from touchback. See {Touchdown}. | |
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Safety \Safe"ty\, n. [Cf. F. sauvet[82].] 1. The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss. Up led by thee, Into the heaven I have presumed, An earthly guest . . . With like safety guided down, Return me to my native element. --Milton. 2. Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc. Would there were any safety in thy sex, That I might put a thousand sorrows off, And credit thy repentance! --Beau. & Fl. 3. Preservation from escape; close custody. Imprison him, . . . Deliver him to safety; and return. --Shak. 4. (Football) Same as Safety touchdown, below. {Safety arch} (Arch.), a discharging arch. See under {Discharge}, v. t. {Safety belt}, a belt made of some buoyant material, or which is capable of being inflated, so as to enable a person to float in water; a life preserver. {Safety buoy}, a buoy to enable a person to float in water; a safety belt. {Safety cage} (Mach.), a cage for an elevator or mine lift, having appliances to prevent it from dropping if the lifting rope should break. {Safety lamp}. (Mining) See under {Lamp}. {Safety match}, a match which can be ignited only on a surface specially prepared for the purpose. {Safety pin}, a pin made in the form of a clasp, with a guard covering its point so that it will not prick the wearer. {Safety plug}. See {Fusible plug}, under {Fusible}. {Safety switch}. See {Switch}. {Safety touchdown} (Football), the act or result of a player's touching to the ground behind his own goal line a ball which received its last impulse from a man on his own side; -- distinguished from touchback. See {Touchdown}. | |
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{Safety tube} (Chem.), a tube to prevent explosion, or to control delivery of gases by an automatic valvular connection with the outer air; especially, a bent funnel tube with bulbs for adding those reagents which produce unpleasant fumes or violent effervescence. {Safety valve}, a valve which is held shut by a spring or weight and opens automatically to permit the escape of steam, or confined gas, water, etc., from a boiler, or other vessel, when the pressure becomes too great for safety; also, sometimes, a similar valve opening inward to admit air to a vessel in which the pressure is less than that of the atmosphere, to prevent collapse. | |
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Sap \Sap\, n. [AS. s[91]p; akin to OHG. saf, G. saft, Icel. safi; of uncertain origin; possibly akin to L. sapere to taste, to be wise, sapa must or new wine boiled thick. Cf. {Sapid}, {Sapient}.] 1. The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition. Note: The ascending is the crude sap, the assimilation of which takes place in the leaves, when it becomes the elaborated sap suited to the growth of the plant. 2. The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree. 3. A simpleton; a saphead; a milksop. [Slang] {Sap ball} (Bot.), any large fungus of the genus Polyporus. See {Polyporus}. {Sap green}, a dull light green pigment prepared from the juice of the ripe berries of the {Rhamnus catharticus}, or buckthorn. It is used especially by water-color artists. {Sap rot}, the dry rot. See under {Dry}. {Sap sucker} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small American woodpeckers of the genus {Sphyrapicus}, especially the yellow-bellied woodpecker ({S. varius}) of the Eastern United States. They are so named because they puncture the bark of trees and feed upon the sap. The name is loosely applied to other woodpeckers. {Sap tube} (Bot.), a vessel that conveys sap. | |
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Scaphoid \Scaph"oid\ (?; 277), a. [Gr. ska`fh a boat + -oid: cf. F. scapho[8b]de.] (Anat.) Resembling a boat in form; boat-shaped. -- n. The scaphoid bone. {Scaphoid bone} (a) One of the carpal bones, which articulates with the radius; the radiale. (b) One of the tarsal bones; the navicular bone. See under {Navicular}. | |
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Septfoil \Sept"foil\, n. [F. sept seven (L. septem) + E. foil leaf: cf. L. septifolium.] 1. (Bot.) A European herb, the tormentil. See {Tormentil}. 2. (Arch.) An ornamental foliation having seven lobes. Cf. {Cinquefoil}, {Quarterfoil}, and {Trefoil}. 3. (Eccl.Art.) A typical figure, consisting of seven equal segments of a circle, used to denote the gifts of the Holy Chost, the seven sacraments as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, etc. [R.] | |
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Septifarious \Sep`ti*fa"ri*ous\, a. [L. septifariam sevenfold. Cf. {Bifarious}.] (Bot.) Turned in seven different ways. | |
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Septiferous \Sep*tif"er*ous\, a. [Septum + -ferous: cf. F. septif[8a]re.] (Bot.) Bearing a partition; -- said of the valves of a capsule. | |
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Septiferous \Sep*tif"er*ous\, a. [Gr. [?][?][?] putrefied + -ferous.] Conveying putrid poison; as, the virulence of septiferous matter. | |
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Septifluous \Sep*tif"lu*ous\, a. [CF. {Septemfluous}.] Flowing in seven streams; septemfluous. | |
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Septifolious \Sep`ti*fo"li*ous\, a. [Septi- + L. folium leaf.] (Bot.) Having seven leaves. | |
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Septiform \Sep"ti*form\, a. [Septum + -form.] Having the form of a septum. | |
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Septifragal \Sep*tif"ra*gal\, a. [Septum + L. frangere, fractum, to break.] (Bot.) Breaking from the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions, and these remain attached to the common axis. | |
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Septuple \Sep"tu*ple\, a. [LL. septuplus; cf. Gr. [?][?][?][?][?]:cf. F. septuple. Cf. {Double}, {Quadruple}.] Seven times as much; multiplied by seven; sevenfold. | |
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Septuple \Sep"tu*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Septupled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Septupling}.] To multiply by seven; to make sevenfold. --Sir J. Herschel. | |
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Septuple \Sep"tu*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Septupled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Septupling}.] To multiply by seven; to make sevenfold. --Sir J. Herschel. | |
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Septuple \Sep"tu*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Septupled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Septupling}.] To multiply by seven; to make sevenfold. --Sir J. Herschel. | |
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Shaft \Shaft\, n. [OE. shaft, schaft, AS. sceaft; akin to D. schacht, OHG. scaft, G. schaft, Dan. & Sw. skaft handle, haft, Icel. skapt, and probably to L. scapus, Gr. [?][?][?][?], [?][?][?][?], a staff. Probably originally, a shaven or smoothed rod. Cf. {Scape}, {Scepter}, {Shave}.] 1. The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow. His sleep, his meat, his drink, is him bereft, That lean he wax, and dry as is a shaft. --Chaucer. A shaft hath three principal parts, the stele [stale], the feathers, and the head. --Ascham. 2. The long handle of a spear or similar weapon; hence, the weapon itself; (Fig.) anything regarded as a shaft to be thrown or darted; as, shafts of light. And the thunder, Winged with red lightning and impetuous rage, Perhaps hath spent his shafts. --Milton. Some kinds of literary pursuits . . . have been attacked with all the shafts of ridicule. --V. Knox. 3. That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical. Specifically: (a) (Bot.) The trunk, stem, or stalk of a plant. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The stem or midrib of a feather. See Illust. of {Feather}. (c) The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill. (d) The part of a candlestick which supports its branches. Thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold . . . his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. --Ex. xxv. 31. (e) The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc. (f) A pole, especially a Maypole. [Obs.] --Stow. (g) (Arch.) The body of a column; the cylindrical pillar between the capital and base (see Illust. of {Column}). Also, the part of a chimney above the roof. Also, the spire of a steeple. [Obs. or R.] --Gwilt. (h) A column, an obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument. Bid time and nature gently spare The shaft we raise to thee. --Emerson. (i) (Weaving) A rod at the end of a heddle. (j) (Mach.) A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine. See Illust. of {Countershaft}. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A humming bird ({Thaumastura cora}) having two of the tail feathers next to the middle ones very long in the male; -- called also {cora humming bird}. 5. [Cf. G. schacht.] (Mining) A well-like excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly so, made for reaching and raising ore, for raising water, etc. 6. A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft. 7. The chamber of a blast furnace. {Line shaft} (Mach.), a main shaft of considerable length, in a shop or factory, usually bearing a number of pulleys by which machines are driven, commonly by means of countershafts; -- called also {line}, or {main line}. {Shaft alley} (Naut.), a passage extending from the engine room to the stern, and containing the propeller shaft. {Shaft furnace} (Metal.), a furnace, in the form of a chimney, which is charged at the top and tapped at the bottom. | |
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Shiftable \Shift"a*ble\, a. Admitting of being shifted. | |
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Soft \Soft\, a. [Compar. {Softer}; superl. {Softest}.] [OE. softe, AS. s[?]fte, properly adv. of s[?]fte, adj.; akin to OS. s[be]fto, adv., D. zacht, OHG. samfto, adv., semfti, adj., G. sanft, LG. sacht; of uncertain origin.] 1. Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to {hard}; as, a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth; soft wood or metal. 2. Not rough, rugged, or harsh to the touch; smooth; delicate; fine; as, soft silk; a soft skin. They that wear soft clothing are in king's houses. --Matt. xi. 8. 3. Hence, agreeable to feel, taste, or inhale; not irritating to the tissues; as, a soft liniment; soft wines. [bd]The soft, delicious air.[b8] --Milton. 4. Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring; pleasing to the eye; not exciting by intensity of color or violent contrast; as, soft hues or tints. The sun, shining upon the upper part of the clouds . . . made the softest lights imaginable. --Sir T. Browne. 5. Not harsh or rough in sound; gentle and pleasing to the ear; flowing; as, soft whispers of music. Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low, -- an excellent thing in woman. --Shak. Soft were my numbers; who could take offense? --Pope. 6. Easily yielding; susceptible to influence; flexible; gentle; kind. I would to God my heart were flint, like Edward's; Or Edward's soft and pitiful, like mine. --Shak. The meek or soft shall inherit the earth. --Tyndale. 7. Expressing gentleness, tenderness, or the like; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind; as, soft eyes. A soft answer turneth away wrath. --Prov. xv. 1. A face with gladness overspread, Soft smiles, by human kindness bred. --Wordsworth. 8. Effeminate; not courageous or manly, weak. A longing after sensual pleasures is a dissolution of the spirit of a man, and makes it loose, soft, and wandering. --Jer. Taylor. 9. Gentle in action or motion; easy. On her soft axle, white she paces even, And bears thee soft with the smooth air along. --Milton. 10. Weak in character; impressible. The deceiver soon found this soft place of Adam's. --Glanvill. 11. Somewhat weak in intellect. [Colloq.] He made soft fellows stark noddies, and such as were foolish quite mad. --Burton. 12. Quiet; undisturbed; paceful; as, soft slumbers. 13. Having, or consisting of, a gentle curve or curves; not angular or abrupt; as, soft outlines. 14. Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for washing. 15. (Phonetics) (a) Applied to a palatal, a sibilant, or a dental consonant (as g in gem, c in cent, etc.) as distinguished from a guttural mute (as g in go, c in cone, etc.); -- opposed to {hard}. (b) Belonging to the class of sonant elements as distinguished from the surd, and considered as involving less force in utterance; as, b, d, g, z, v, etc., in contrast with p, t, k, s, f, etc. {Soft clam} (Zo[94]l.), the common or long clam ({Mya arenaria}). See {Mya}. {Soft coal}, bituminous coal, as distinguished from anthracite, or hard, coal. {Soft crab} (Zo[94]l.), any crab which has recently shed its shell. {Soft dorsal} (Zo[94]l.), the posterior part of the dorsal fin of fishes when supported by soft rays. {Soft grass}. (Bot.) See {Velvet grass}. {Soft money}, paper money, as distinguished from coin, or hard money. [Colloq. U.S.] {Soft mute}. (Phonetics) See {Media}. {Soft palate}. See the Note under {Palate}. {Soft ray} (Zo[94]l.), a fin ray which is articulated and usually branched. {Soft soap}. See under {Soap}. {Soft-tack}, leavened bread, as distinguished from {hard-tack}, or {ship bread}. {Soft tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), any river tortoise of the genus Trionyx. See {Trionyx}. | |
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Patch \Patch\, n. [OE. pacche; of uncertain origin, perh. for placche; cf. Prov. E. platch patch, LG. plakk, plakke.] 1. A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole. Patches set upon a little breach. --Shak. 2. Hence: A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc. 3. A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty. Your black patches you wear variously. --Beau. & Fl. 4. (Gun.) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore. 5. Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn. Employed about this patch of ground. --Bunyan. 6. (Mil.) A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting. 7. A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool. [Obs. or Colloq.] [bd]Thou scurvy patch.[b8] --Shak. {Patch ice}, ice in overlapping pieces in the sea. {Soft patch}, a patch for covering a crack in a metallic vessel, as a steam boiler, consisting of soft material, as putty, covered and held in place by a plate bolted or riveted fast. | |
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Soft-finned \Soft"-finned`\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having the fin rays cartilaginous or flexible; without spines; -- said of certain fishes. | |
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Spade \Spade\, n. [AS. sp[91]d; spada; akin to D. spade, G. spaten, Icel. spa[edh]i, Dan. & Sw. spade, L. spatha a spatula, a broad two-edged sword, a spathe, Gr. spa`qh. Cf. {Epaulet}, {Spade} at cards, {Spathe}, {Spatula}.] 1. An implement for digging or cutting the ground, consisting usually of an oblong and nearly rectangular blade of iron, with a handle like that of a shovel. [bd]With spade and pickax armed.[b8] --Milton. 2. [Sp. espada, literally, a sword; -- so caused because these cards among the Spanish bear the figure of a sword. Sp. espada is fr. L. spatha, Gr. spa`qh. See the Etymology above.] One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade. [bd]Let spades be trumps![b8] she said. --Pope. 3. A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale. {Spade bayonet}, a bayonet with a broad blade which may be used digging; -- called also {trowel bayonet}. {Spade handle} (Mach.), the forked end of a connecting rod in which a pin is held at both ends. See Illust. of {Knuckle joint}, under {Knuckle}. | |
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Spadebone \Spade"bone`\, n. Shoulder blade. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Spadefish \Spade"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An American market fish ({Ch[91]todipterus faber}) common on the southern coasts; -- called also {angel fish}, {moonfish}, and {porgy}. | |
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Spadefoot \Spade"foot`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of burrowing toads of the genus {Scaphiopus}, esp. {S. Holbrookii}, of the Eastern United States; -- called also {spade toad}. | |
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Spadeful \Spade"ful\, n.; pl. {Spadefuls}. [Spade + full.] As much as a spade will hold or lift. | |
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Spadeful \Spade"ful\, n.; pl. {Spadefuls}. [Spade + full.] As much as a spade will hold or lift. | |
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Spathiform \Spath"i*form\, a. [F. spathiforme.] Resembling spar in form. [bd]The ocherous, spathiform, and mineralized forms of uranite.[b8] --Lavoisier (Trans.). | |
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Speed \Speed\, n. [AS. sp[?]d success, swiftness, from sp[?]wan to succeed; akin to D. spoedd, OHG. spuot success, spuot to succees, Skr. sph[be] to increase, grow fat. [root]170b.] 1. Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success. [bd]For common speed.[b8] --Chaucer. O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day. --Gen. xxiv. 12. 2. The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel. Speed, to describe whose swiftness number fails. --Milton. Note: In kinematics, speedis sometimes used to denote the amount of velocity without regard to direction of motion, while velocity is not regarded as known unless both the direction and the amount are known. 3. One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success. [Obs.] [bd]Hercules be thy speed![b8] --Shak. {God speed}, Good speed; prosperity. See {Godspeed}. {Speed gauge}, {Speed indicator}, [and] {Speed recorder} (Mach.), devices for indicating or recording the rate of a body's motion, as the number of revolutions of a shaft in a given time. {Speed lathe} (Mach.), a power lathe with a rapidly revolving spindle, for turning small objects, for polishing, etc.; a hand lathe. {Speed pulley}, a cone pulley with steps. Syn: Haste; swiftness; celerity; quickness; dispatch; expedition; hurry; acceleration. See {Haste}. | |
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Speedful \Speed"ful\, a. Full of speed (in any sense). [Obs.] | |
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Speedfully \Speed"ful*ly\, adv. In a speedful manner. [Obs.] | |
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Spit ball \Spit ball\ (Baseball) A pitched ball in throwing which the pitcher grips the ball between two, or three, fingers on one side (which is made slippery, as by saliva) and the thumb on the other side, and delivers it so that it slips off the fingers with the least possible friction. When pitched directly overhand a spit ball darts downward, when pitched with the arm extended sidewise it darts down and out. [Cant] -- {Spit baller}. | |
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Spit ball \Spit ball\ (Baseball) A pitched ball in throwing which the pitcher grips the ball between two, or three, fingers on one side (which is made slippery, as by saliva) and the thumb on the other side, and delivers it so that it slips off the fingers with the least possible friction. When pitched directly overhand a spit ball darts downward, when pitched with the arm extended sidewise it darts down and out. [Cant] -- {Spit baller}. | |
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Spitball \Spit"ball`\, n. Paper chewed, and rolled into a ball, to be thrown as a missile. | |
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Spitbox \Spit"box`\, n. A vessel to receive spittle. | |
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Spite \Spite\, n. [Abbreviated fr. despite.] 1. Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite. --Pope. This is the deadly spite that angers. --Shak. 2. Vexation; chargrin; mortification. [R.] --Shak. {In spite of}, [or] {Spite of}, in opposition to all efforts of; in defiance or contempt of; notwithstanding. [bd]Continuing, spite of pain, to use a knee after it had been slightly ibnjured.[b8] --H. Spenser. [bd]And saved me in spite of the world, the devil, and myself.[b8] --South. [bd]In spite of all applications, the patient grew worse every day.[b8] --Arbuthnot. See Syn. under {Notwithstanding}. {To owe one a spite}, to entertain a mean hatred for him. Syn: Pique, rancor; malevolence; grudge. Usage: {Spite}, {Malice}. Malice has more reference to the disposition, and spite to the manifestation of it in words and actions. It is, therefore, meaner than malice, thought not always more criminal. [bd] Malice . . . is more frequently employed to express the dispositions of inferior minds to execute every purpose of mischief within the more limited circle of their abilities.[b8] --Cogan. [bd]Consider eke, that spite availeth naught.[b8] --Wyatt. See {Pique}. | |
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Spiteful \Spite"ful\, a. Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious; as, a spiteful person or act. --Shak. -- {Spite"ful*ly}, adv. {Spite"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Spiteful \Spite"ful\, a. Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious; as, a spiteful person or act. --Shak. -- {Spite"ful*ly}, adv. {Spite"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Spiteful \Spite"ful\, a. Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious; as, a spiteful person or act. --Shak. -- {Spite"ful*ly}, adv. {Spite"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Spitfire \Spit"fire`\, n. A violent, irascible, or passionate person. [Colloq.] --Grose. | |
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Spitful \Spit"ful\, n.; pl. {Spitfuls}. A spadeful. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Spitful \Spit"ful\, n.; pl. {Spitfuls}. A spadeful. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Spit-venom \Spit"-ven"om\, n. Poison spittle; poison ejected from the mouth. [R.] --Hooker. | |
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Spoutfish \Spout"fish\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A marine animal that spouts water; -- applied especially to certain bivalve mollusks, like the long clams ({Mya}), which spout, or squirt out, water when retiring into their holes. | |
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Subadvocate \Sub*ad"vo*cate\, n. An under or subordinate advocate. | |
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Subdepartment \Sub`de*part"ment\, n. A subordinate department; a bureau. See the Note under {Bureau}. | |
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Subdeposit \Sub`de*pos"it\, n. That which is deposited beneath something else. | |
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Subdiversify \Sub`di*ver"si*fy\, v. t. To diversify aggain what is already diversified. [R.] --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Subdivide \Sub`di*vide"\, v. i. To be, or to become, subdivided. | |
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Subdivide \Sub`di*vide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subdivided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subdividing}.] [L. subdividere, sub under + dividere to divide. See {Divide}.] To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided. The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others. --Dryden. | |
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Subdivide \Sub`di*vide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subdivided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subdividing}.] [L. subdividere, sub under + dividere to divide. See {Divide}.] To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided. The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others. --Dryden. | |
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Subdivide \Sub`di*vide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subdivided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subdividing}.] [L. subdividere, sub under + dividere to divide. See {Divide}.] To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided. The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others. --Dryden. | |
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Subdivine \Sub`di*vine"\, a. Partaking of divinity; divine in a partial or lower degree. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Subdivisible \Sub`di*vis"i*ble\, a. Susceptible of subdivision. | |
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Subdivision \Sub`di*vi"sion\, n. [L. subdivisio: cf. F. subdivision.] 1. The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts. 2. A part of a thing made by subdividing. In the decimal table, the subdivision of the cubit, as span, palm, and digit, are deduced from the shorter cubit. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Subduable \Sub*du"a*ble\, a. Able to be subdued. | |
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Subduple \Sub"du*ple\, a. (Math.) Indicating one part of two; in the ratio of one to two. {Subduple ratio}, the ratio of 1 to 2: thus, 3:6 is a subduple ratio, as 6:3 is a duple ratio. | |
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Subduple \Sub"du*ple\, a. (Math.) Indicating one part of two; in the ratio of one to two. {Subduple ratio}, the ratio of 1 to 2: thus, 3:6 is a subduple ratio, as 6:3 is a duple ratio. | |
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Subduplicate \Sub*du"pli*cate\, a. (Math.) Expressed by the square root; -- said of ratios. {Subduplicate ratio}, the ratio of the square roots, or the square root of a ratio; thus, the subduplicate ratio of a to b is [fb]a to [fb]b, or [fb]a/b. | |
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Subduplicate \Sub*du"pli*cate\, a. (Math.) Expressed by the square root; -- said of ratios. {Subduplicate ratio}, the ratio of the square roots, or the square root of a ratio; thus, the subduplicate ratio of a to b is [fb]a to [fb]b, or [fb]a/b. | |
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Subpodophyllous \Sub*pod`o*phyl"lous\, a. (Anat.) Situated under the podophyllous tissue of the horse's foot. | |
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Subtepid \Sub*tep"id\, a. Slightly tepid. | |
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Subtypical \Sub*typ"ic*al\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or other group; slightly aberrant. | |
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Kit \Kit\, n. [See {Kitten}.] A kitten. {Kit fox} (Zo[94]l.), a small burrowing fox ({Vulpes velox}), inhabiting the region of the Rocky Mountains. It is brownish gray, reddish on the breast and flanks, and white below. Called also {swift fox}. | |
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Swiftfoot \Swift"foot`\, a. Nimble; fleet. --Mir. for Mag. | |
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Swiftfoot \Swift"foot`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The courser. | |
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soft boot n. See {boot}. | |
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soft boot {system}. For example, "If you're running the {mess-dos} {emulator}, control-alt-insert will cause a soft boot of the emulator, while leaving the rest of the system running". Contrast {hard boot}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-11-27) | |
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SoftBench An {IPSE} from {Hewlett-Packard}. | |
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SoftVelocity Inc. application development systems. {SoftVelocity, Inc. (http://www.softvelocity.com)}. (2003-10-15) | |
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SPITBOL SPeedy ImplemenTation of snoBOL. "Macro SPITBOL - A SNOBOL4 Compiler", R.B.K. Dewar et al, Soft Prac & Exp 7:95-113, 1971. Current versions: SPITBOL-68000, Sparc SPITBOL from Catspaw Inc, (719)539-3884. | |
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subtype {type} S may be used anywhere that one of type T can and an {implicit type conversion} will be applied to convert it to type T. In {object oriented programming}, this means that {objects} of type S must accept every {message} that one of type T would. (1997-07-28) | |
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subtyping {subtype} |