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Sartorial \Sar*to"ri*al\, a. [See {Sartorius}.] 1. Of or pertaining to a tailor or his work. Our legs skulked under the table as free from sartorial impertinences as those of the noblest savages. --Lowell. 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sartorius muscle. | |
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Rain \Rain\, n. [OF. rein, AS. regen; akin to OFries. rein, D. & G. regen, OS. & OHG. regan, Icel., Dan., & Sw. regn, Goth. rign, and prob. to L. rigare to water, to wet; cf. Gr. [?] to wet, to rain.] Water falling in drops from the clouds; the descent of water from the clouds in drops. Rain is water by the heat of the sun divided into very small parts ascending in the air, till, encountering the cold, it be condensed into clouds, and descends in drops. --Ray. Fair days have oft contracted wind and rain. --Milton. Note: Rain is distinguished from mist by the size of the drops, which are distinctly visible. When water falls in very small drops or particles, it is called mist; and fog is composed of particles so fine as to be not only individually indistinguishable, but to float or be suspended in the air. See {Fog}, and {Mist}. {Rain band} (Meteorol.), a dark band in the yellow portion of the solar spectrum near the sodium line, caused by the presence of watery vapor in the atmosphere, and hence sometimes used in weather predictions. {Rain bird} (Zo[94]l.), the yaffle, or green woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.] The name is also applied to various other birds, as to {Saurothera vetula} of the West Indies. {Rain fowl} (Zo[94]l.), the channel-bill cuckoo ({Scythrops Nov[91]-Hollandi[91]}) of Australia. {Rain gauge}, an instrument of various forms measuring the quantity of rain that falls at any given place in a given time; a pluviometer; an ombrometer. {Rain goose} (Zo[94]l.), the red-throated diver, or loon. [Prov. Eng.] {Rain prints} (Geol.), markings on the surfaces of stratified rocks, presenting an appearance similar to those made by rain on mud and sand, and believed to have been so produced. {Rain quail}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Quail}, n., 1. {Rain water}, water that has fallen from the clouds in rain. | |
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Screw \Screw\ (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [82]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[umac]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut. Note: The screw, as a mechanical power, is a modification of the inclined plane, and may be regarded as a right-angled triangle wrapped round a cylinder, the hypotenuse of the marking the spiral thread of the screw, its base equaling the circumference of the cylinder, and its height the pitch of the thread. 2. Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also {wood screws}, and {screw nails}. See also {Screw bolt}, below. 3. Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See {Screw propeller}, below. 4. A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller. 5. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard. --Thackeray. 6. An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor. [Cant, American Colleges] 7. A small packet of tobacco. [Slang] --Mayhew. 8. An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance. --Ld. Lytton. 9. (Math.) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th {Pitch}, 10 (b) ). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis. 10. (Zo[94]l.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw ({Caprella}). See {Sand screw}, under {Sand}. {Archimedes screw}, {Compound screw}, {Foot screw}, etc. See under {Archimedes}, {Compound}, {Foot}, etc. {A screw loose}, something out of order, so that work is not done smoothly; as, there is a screw loose somewhere. --H. Martineau. {Endless, [or] perpetual, {screw}, a screw used to give motion to a toothed wheel by the action of its threads between the teeth of the wheel; -- called also a {worm}. {Lag screw}. See under {Lag}. {Micrometer screw}, a screw with fine threads, used for the measurement of very small spaces. {Right and left screw}, a screw having threads upon the opposite ends which wind in opposite directions. {Screw alley}. See {Shaft alley}, under {Shaft}. {Screw bean}. (Bot.) (a) The curious spirally coiled pod of a leguminous tree ({Prosopis pubescens}) growing from Texas to California. It is used for fodder, and ground into meal by the Indians. (b) The tree itself. Its heavy hard wood is used for fuel, for fencing, and for railroad ties. {Screw bolt}, a bolt having a screw thread on its shank, in distinction from a {key bolt}. See 1st {Bolt}, 3. {Screw box}, a device, resembling a die, for cutting the thread on a wooden screw. {Screw dock}. See under {Dock}. {Screw engine}, a marine engine for driving a screw propeller. {Screw gear}. See {Spiral gear}, under {Spiral}. {Screw jack}. Same as {Jackscrew}. {Screw key}, a wrench for turning a screw or nut; a spanner wrench. {Screw machine}. (a) One of a series of machines employed in the manufacture of wood screws. (b) A machine tool resembling a lathe, having a number of cutting tools that can be caused to act on the work successively, for making screws and other turned pieces from metal rods. {Screw pine} (Bot.), any plant of the endogenous genus {Pandanus}, of which there are about fifty species, natives of tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia; -- named from the spiral arrangement of the pineapple-like leaves. {Screw plate}, a device for cutting threads on small screws, consisting of a thin steel plate having a series of perforations with internal screws forming dies. {Screw press}, a press in which pressure is exerted by means of a screw. {Screw propeller}, a screw or spiral bladed wheel, used in the propulsion of steam vessels; also, a steam vessel propelled by a screw. {Screw shell} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, spiral gastropod shell, especially of the genus Turritella and allied genera. See {Turritella}. {Screw steamer}, a steamship propelled by a screw. {Screw thread}, the spiral rib which forms a screw. {Screw stone} (Paleon.), the fossil stem of an encrinite. {Screw tree} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Helicteres}, consisting of about thirty species of tropical shrubs, with simple leaves and spirally twisted, five-celled capsules; -- also called {twisted-horn}, and {twisty}. {Screw valve}, a stop valve which is opened or closed by a screw. {Screw worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an American fly ({Compsomyia macellaria}), allied to the blowflies, which sometimes deposits its eggs in the nostrils, or about wounds, in man and other animals, with fatal results. {Screw wrench}. (a) A wrench for turning a screw. (b) A wrench with an adjustable jaw that is moved by a screw. {To put the} {screw, [or] screws}, {on}, to use pressure upon, as for the purpose of extortion; to coerce. {To put under the} {screw [or] screws}, to subject to pressure; to force. {Wood screw}, a metal screw with a sharp thread of coarse pitch, adapted to holding fast in wood. See Illust. of {Wood screw}, under {Wood}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Screw \Screw\ (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [82]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[umac]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut. Note: The screw, as a mechanical power, is a modification of the inclined plane, and may be regarded as a right-angled triangle wrapped round a cylinder, the hypotenuse of the marking the spiral thread of the screw, its base equaling the circumference of the cylinder, and its height the pitch of the thread. 2. Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also {wood screws}, and {screw nails}. See also {Screw bolt}, below. 3. Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See {Screw propeller}, below. 4. A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller. 5. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard. --Thackeray. 6. An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor. [Cant, American Colleges] 7. A small packet of tobacco. [Slang] --Mayhew. 8. An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance. --Ld. Lytton. 9. (Math.) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th {Pitch}, 10 (b) ). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis. 10. (Zo[94]l.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw ({Caprella}). See {Sand screw}, under {Sand}. {Archimedes screw}, {Compound screw}, {Foot screw}, etc. See under {Archimedes}, {Compound}, {Foot}, etc. {A screw loose}, something out of order, so that work is not done smoothly; as, there is a screw loose somewhere. --H. Martineau. {Endless, [or] perpetual, {screw}, a screw used to give motion to a toothed wheel by the action of its threads between the teeth of the wheel; -- called also a {worm}. {Lag screw}. See under {Lag}. {Micrometer screw}, a screw with fine threads, used for the measurement of very small spaces. {Right and left screw}, a screw having threads upon the opposite ends which wind in opposite directions. {Screw alley}. See {Shaft alley}, under {Shaft}. {Screw bean}. (Bot.) (a) The curious spirally coiled pod of a leguminous tree ({Prosopis pubescens}) growing from Texas to California. It is used for fodder, and ground into meal by the Indians. (b) The tree itself. Its heavy hard wood is used for fuel, for fencing, and for railroad ties. {Screw bolt}, a bolt having a screw thread on its shank, in distinction from a {key bolt}. See 1st {Bolt}, 3. {Screw box}, a device, resembling a die, for cutting the thread on a wooden screw. {Screw dock}. See under {Dock}. {Screw engine}, a marine engine for driving a screw propeller. {Screw gear}. See {Spiral gear}, under {Spiral}. {Screw jack}. Same as {Jackscrew}. {Screw key}, a wrench for turning a screw or nut; a spanner wrench. {Screw machine}. (a) One of a series of machines employed in the manufacture of wood screws. (b) A machine tool resembling a lathe, having a number of cutting tools that can be caused to act on the work successively, for making screws and other turned pieces from metal rods. {Screw pine} (Bot.), any plant of the endogenous genus {Pandanus}, of which there are about fifty species, natives of tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia; -- named from the spiral arrangement of the pineapple-like leaves. {Screw plate}, a device for cutting threads on small screws, consisting of a thin steel plate having a series of perforations with internal screws forming dies. {Screw press}, a press in which pressure is exerted by means of a screw. {Screw propeller}, a screw or spiral bladed wheel, used in the propulsion of steam vessels; also, a steam vessel propelled by a screw. {Screw shell} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, spiral gastropod shell, especially of the genus Turritella and allied genera. See {Turritella}. {Screw steamer}, a steamship propelled by a screw. {Screw thread}, the spiral rib which forms a screw. {Screw stone} (Paleon.), the fossil stem of an encrinite. {Screw tree} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Helicteres}, consisting of about thirty species of tropical shrubs, with simple leaves and spirally twisted, five-celled capsules; -- also called {twisted-horn}, and {twisty}. {Screw valve}, a stop valve which is opened or closed by a screw. {Screw worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an American fly ({Compsomyia macellaria}), allied to the blowflies, which sometimes deposits its eggs in the nostrils, or about wounds, in man and other animals, with fatal results. {Screw wrench}. (a) A wrench for turning a screw. (b) A wrench with an adjustable jaw that is moved by a screw. {To put the} {screw, [or] screws}, {on}, to use pressure upon, as for the purpose of extortion; to coerce. {To put under the} {screw [or] screws}, to subject to pressure; to force. {Wood screw}, a metal screw with a sharp thread of coarse pitch, adapted to holding fast in wood. See Illust. of {Wood screw}, under {Wood}. | |
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Screw-driver \Screw"-driv`er\, n. A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw. | |
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Scrutoire \Scru*toire"\, n. [OF. escritoire. See {Escritoire}.] A escritoire; a writing desk. | |
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Serotherapy \Se`ro*ther"a*py\, n. (Med.) (a) Serum-therapy. (b) The whey cure. | |
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Serratirostral \Ser*ra`ti*ros"tral\, a. [Serrate + rostral.] (Zo[94]l.) Having a toothed bill, like that of a toucan. | |
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Serrator \Ser*ra"tor\, n. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) The ivory gull ({Larus eburneus}). | |
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Serrature \Ser"ra*ture\, n. [L. serratura a sawing, fr. serrare to saw.] 1. A notching, like that between the teeth of a saw, in the edge of anything. --Martyn. 2. One of the teeth in a serrated edge; a serration. | |
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Shearwater \Shear"wa`ter\, n. [Shear + water; cf. G. wassersherer; -- so called from its running lightly along the surface of the water.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus {Puffinus} and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater ({P. Anglorum}), the dusky shearwater ({P. obscurus}), and the greater shearwater ({P. major}), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See {Hagdon}. | |
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Sheer \Sheer\, n. 1. (Naut.) (a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side. (b) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it. 2. A turn or change in a course. Give the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore. --Cooper. 3. pl. Shears See {Shear}. {Sheer batten} (Shipbuilding), a long strip of wood to guide the carpenters in following the sheer plan. {Sheer boom}, a boom slanting across a stream to direct floating logs to one side. {Sheer hulk}. See {Shear hulk}, under {Hulk}. {Sheer plan}, [or] {Sheer draught} (Shipbuilding), a projection of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane passing through the middle line of the vessel. {Sheer pole} (Naut.), an iron rod lashed to the shrouds just above the dead-eyes and parallel to the ratlines. {Sheer strake} (Shipbuilding), the strake under the gunwale on the top side. --Totten. {To break sheer} (Naut.), to deviate from sheer, and risk fouling the anchor. | |
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Draught \Draught\, n. [The same as draft, the spelling with gh indicating an older pronunciation. See {Draft}, n., {Draw}.] 1. The act of drawing or pulling; as: (a) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like. A general custom of using oxen for all sort of draught would be, perhaps, the greatest improvement. --Sir W. Temple. (b) The drawing of a bowstring. [Obs.] She sent an arrow forth with mighty draught. --Spenser. (c) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish. Upon the draught of a pond, not one fish was left. --Sir M. Hale. (d) The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat; the act of drinking. In his hands he took the goblet, but a while the draught forbore. --Trench. (e) A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy. [Obs.] By drawing sudden draughts upon the enemy when he looketh not for you. --Spenser. (f) (Mil.) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see {Draft}, n., 2) (g) The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating; representation. --Dryden. 2. That which is drawn; as: (a) That which is taken by sweeping with a net. Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. --Luke v. 4. He laid down his pipe, and cast his net, which brought him a very great draught. --L'Estrange. (b) (Mil.) The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense usually written draft. (c) The quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or potation. Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery, . . . still thou art a bitter draught. --Sterne. Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired. --Goldsmith. (d) A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written, designed, or drawn; a delineation. A draught of a Toleration Act was offered to the Parliament by a private member. --Macaulay. No picture or draught of these things from the report of the eye. --South. (e) (Com.) An order for the payment of money; -- in this sense almost always written draft. (f) A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as through a room or up a chimney. --Thackeray. He preferred to go and sit upon the stairs, in . . . a strong draught of air, until he was again sent for. --Dickens. 3. That which draws; as: (a) A team of oxen or horses. --Blackstone. (b) A sink or drain; a privy. --Shak. --Matt. xv. 17. (c) pl. (Med.) A mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply draughts to the feet. 4. Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw; traction. The Hertfordshire wheel plow . . . is of the easiest draught. --Mortimer. 5. (Naut.) The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet draught. 6. (Com.) An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See {Draft}, 4. 7. A move, as at chess or checkers. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 8. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold. 9. (Masonry) See {Draft}, n., 7. {Angle of draught}, the angle made with the plane over which a body is drawn by the line in which the pulling force acts, when the latter has the direction best adapted to overcome the obstacles of friction and the weight of the body. {Black draught}. See under {Black}, a. {Blast draught}, [or] {Forced draught}, the draught produced by a blower, as by blowing in air beneath a fire or drawing out the gases from above it. {Natural draught}, the draught produced by the atmosphere flowing, by its own weight, into a chimney wherein the air is rarefied by heat. {On draught}, so as to be drawn from the wood (as a cask, barrel, etc.) in distinction from being bottled; as, ale on draught. {Sheer draught}. See under {Sheer}. | |
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Sheerwater \Sheer"wa`ter\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The shearwater. | |
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Short \Short\, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight. The bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it. --Isa. xxviii. 20. 2. Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath. The life so short, the craft so long to learn. --Chaucer. To short absense I could yield. --Milton. 3. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water. 4. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money. We shall be short in our provision. --Shak. 5. Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith. 6. Not distant in time; near at hand. Marinell was sore offended That his departure thence should be so short. --Spenser. He commanded those who were appointed to attend him to be ready by a short day. --Clarendon. 7. Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory. Their own short understandings reach No farther than the present. --Rowe. 8. Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); -- with of. Hardly anything short of an invasion could rouse them again to war. --Landor. 9. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question. 10. (Cookery) Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry. 11. (Metal) Brittle. Note: Metals that are brittle when hot are called [?]ot-short; as, cast iron may be hot-short, owing to the presence of sulphur. Those that are brittle when cold are called cold-short; as, cast iron may be cold-short, on account of the presence of phosphorus. 12. (Stock Exchange) Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under {Short}, n., and To sell short, under {Short}, adv. Note: In mercantile transactions, a note or bill is sometimes made payable at short sight, that is, in a little time after being presented to the payer. 13. (Phon.) Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to {long}, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See {Quantity}, and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect]22, 30. Note: Short is much used with participles to form numerous self-explaining compounds; as, short-armed, short-billed, short-fingered, short-haired, short-necked, short-sleeved, short-tailed, short-winged, short-wooled, etc. {At short notice}, in a brief time; promptly. {Short rib} (Anat.), one of the false ribs. {Short suit} (Whist), any suit having only three cards, or less than three. --R. A. Proctor. {To come short}, {To cut short}, {To fall short}, etc. See under {Come}, {Cut}, etc. | |
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Eared \Eared\, a. 1. Having (such or so many) ears; -- used in composition; as, long-eared-eared; sharp-eared; full-eared; ten-eared. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Having external ears; having tufts of feathers resembling ears. {Eared owl} (Zo[94]l.), an owl having earlike tufts of feathers, as the {long-eared owl}, and {short-eared owl}. {Eared seal} (Zo[94]l.), any seal of the family {Otariid[91]}, including the fur seals and hair seals. See {Seal}. | |
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Short \Short\, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight. The bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it. --Isa. xxviii. 20. 2. Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath. The life so short, the craft so long to learn. --Chaucer. To short absense I could yield. --Milton. 3. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water. 4. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money. We shall be short in our provision. --Shak. 5. Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith. 6. Not distant in time; near at hand. Marinell was sore offended That his departure thence should be so short. --Spenser. He commanded those who were appointed to attend him to be ready by a short day. --Clarendon. 7. Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory. Their own short understandings reach No farther than the present. --Rowe. 8. Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); -- with of. Hardly anything short of an invasion could rouse them again to war. --Landor. 9. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question. 10. (Cookery) Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry. 11. (Metal) Brittle. Note: Metals that are brittle when hot are called [?]ot-short; as, cast iron may be hot-short, owing to the presence of sulphur. Those that are brittle when cold are called cold-short; as, cast iron may be cold-short, on account of the presence of phosphorus. 12. (Stock Exchange) Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under {Short}, n., and To sell short, under {Short}, adv. Note: In mercantile transactions, a note or bill is sometimes made payable at short sight, that is, in a little time after being presented to the payer. 13. (Phon.) Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to {long}, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See {Quantity}, and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect]22, 30. Note: Short is much used with participles to form numerous self-explaining compounds; as, short-armed, short-billed, short-fingered, short-haired, short-necked, short-sleeved, short-tailed, short-winged, short-wooled, etc. {At short notice}, in a brief time; promptly. {Short rib} (Anat.), one of the false ribs. {Short suit} (Whist), any suit having only three cards, or less than three. --R. A. Proctor. {To come short}, {To cut short}, {To fall short}, etc. See under {Come}, {Cut}, etc. | |
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Shorthorn \Short"horn`\, a. One of a breed of large, heavy domestic cattle having short horns. The breed was developed in England. | |
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Zamouse \Za*mouse"\, n. [From a native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A West African buffalo ({Bubalus brachyceros}) having short horns depressed at the base, and large ears fringed internally with three rows of long hairs. It is destitute of a dewlap. Called also {short-horned buffalo}, and {bush cow}. | |
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Shrewd \Shrewd\, a. [Compar. {Shrewder}; superl. {Shrewdest}.] [Originally the p. p. of shrew, v.t.] 1. Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [Egypt] hath many shrewd havens, because of the great rocks that ben strong and dangerous to pass by. --Sir J. Mandeville. Every of this happy number That have endured shrewd days and nights with us. --Shak. 2. Artful; wily; cunning; arch. These women are shrewd tempters with their tongues. --Shak. 3. Able or clever in practical affairs; sharp in business; astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply. Professing to despise the ill opinion of mankind creates a shrewd suspicion that we have deserved it. --Secker. Syn: Keen; critical; subtle; artful; astute; sagacious; discerning; acute; penetrating. Usage: {Shrewd}, {Sagacious}. One who is shrewd is keen to detect errors, to penetrate disguises, to foresee and guard against the selfishness of others. Shrewd is a word of less dignity than sagacious, which implies a comprehensive as well as penetrating mind, whereas shrewd does not. -- {Shrewd"ly}, adv. -- {Shrewd"ness}, n. | |
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Sirdar \Sir*dar"\, n. In Turkey, Egypt, etc., a commander in chief, esp. the one commanding the Anglo-Egyptian army. | |
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Sirdar \Sir*dar"\, n. [Hind. & Per. sard[be]r a chief, general; sar the head, top + d[be]r holding, possessing.] A native chief in Hindostan; a headman. --Malcom. | |
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Sore \Sore\, a. [Compar. {Sorer}; superl. {Sorest}.] [OE. sor, sar, AS. s[be]r; akin to D. zeer, OS. & OHG. s[?]r, G. sehr very, Icel. s[be]rr, Sw. s[86]r, Goth. sair pain. Cf. {Sorry}.] 1. Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand. 2. Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation. Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy. --Tillotson. 3. Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity. --Shak. 4. Criminal; wrong; evil. [Obs.] --Shak. {Sore throat} (Med.), inflammation of the throat and tonsils; pharyngitis. See {Cynanche}. {Malignant}, {Ulcerated} [or] {Putrid}, {sore throat}. See {Angina}, and under {Putrid}. | |
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Sore \Sore\, a. [Compar. {Sorer}; superl. {Sorest}.] [OE. sor, sar, AS. s[be]r; akin to D. zeer, OS. & OHG. s[?]r, G. sehr very, Icel. s[be]rr, Sw. s[86]r, Goth. sair pain. Cf. {Sorry}.] 1. Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand. 2. Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation. Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy. --Tillotson. 3. Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity. --Shak. 4. Criminal; wrong; evil. [Obs.] --Shak. {Sore throat} (Med.), inflammation of the throat and tonsils; pharyngitis. See {Cynanche}. {Malignant}, {Ulcerated} [or] {Putrid}, {sore throat}. See {Angina}, and under {Putrid}. | |
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Sorter \Sort"er\, n. One who, or that which, sorts. | |
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Squirter \Squirt"er\, n. One who, or that which, squirts. | |
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Surturbrand \Sur"tur*brand\, n. [Icel. surtarbrandr; svartr black + brandr a firebrand.] A fibrous brown coal or bituminous wood. | |
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Swarthy \Swarth"y\, a. [Compar. {Swarthier}; superl. {Swarthiest}.] [See {Swart}, a.] Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny; swart; as, swarthy faces. [bd]A swarthy Ethiope.[b8] --Shak. Their swarthy hosts would darken all our plains. --Addison. | |
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Sword \Sword\, n. [OE. swerd, AS. sweord; akin to OFries. swerd, swird, D. zwaard, OS. swerd, OHG. swert, G. schwert, Icel. sver[?], Sw. sv[84]rd, Dan. sv[91]rd; of uncertain origin.] 1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp[?]pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties. 2. Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power. He [the ruler] beareth not the sword in vain. --Rom. xiii. 4. She quits the balance, and resigns the sword. --Dryden. 3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension. I came not to send peace, but a sword. --Matt. x. 34. 4. The military power of a country. He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law. --Milton. 5. (Weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. {Sword arm}, the right arm. {Sword bayonet}, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and which can be used as a sword. {Sword bearer}, one who carries his master's sword; an officer in London who carries a sword before the lord mayor when he goes abroad. {Sword belt}, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne at the side. {Sword blade}, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword. {Sword cane}, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or dagger, as in a sheath. {Sword dance}. (a) A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed together by the male dancers. --Sir W. Scott. (b) A dance performed over swords laid on the ground, but without touching them. {Sword fight}, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with swords; swordplay. {Sword grass}. (Bot.) See {Gladen}. {Sword knot}, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword. {Sword law}, government by the sword, or by force; violence. --Milton. {Sword lily}. (Bot.) See {Gladiolus}. {Sword mat} (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; -- so called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture. {Sword shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a European shrimp ({Pasiph[91]a sivado}) having a very thin, compressed body. {Sword stick}, a sword cane. {To measure swords with one}. See under {Measure}, v. t. {To put to the sword}. See under {Put}. | |
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Sworder \Sword"er\, n. One who uses, or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a soldier; a cutthroat. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Schroeder, MN Zip code(s): 55613 | |
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Shorewood-Tower Hills-Harbert, MI (CDP, FIPS 73730) Location: 41.88453 N, 86.62041 W Population (1990): 1636 (1444 housing units) Area: 11.8 sq km (land), 5.4 sq km (water) | |
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Shorter, AL (town, FIPS 70128) Location: 32.40075 N, 85.93661 W Population (1990): 461 (173 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36075 | |
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Shorterville, AL Zip code(s): 36373 |