English Dictionary: sourpuss | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scarab \Scar"ab\, Scarabee \Scar"a*bee\, n. [L. scarabaeus; cf. F. scarab[82]e.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles of the genus {Scarab[91]us}, or family {Scarab[91]id[91]}, especially the sacred, or Egyptian, species ({Scarab[91]us sacer}, and {S. Egyptiorum}). | |
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Clock \Clock\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle ({Scarab[91]us stercorarius}). | |
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Scarf \Scarf\, n. (a) In a piece which is to be united to another by a scarf joint, the part of the end or edge that is tapered off, rabbeted, or notched so as to be thinner than the rest of the piece. (b) A scarf joint. {Scarf joint} (a) A joint made by overlapping and bolting or locking together the ends of two pieces of timber that are halved, notched, or cut away so that they will fit each other and form a lengthened beam of the same size at the junction as elsewhere. (b) A joint formed by welding, riveting, or brazing together the overlapping scarfed ends, or edges, of metal rods, sheets, etc. {Scarf weld}. See under {Weld}. | |
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Scarf \Scarf\, n.; pl. {Scarfs}, rarely {Scarves} (sk[aum]rvz). [Cf. OF. escharpe a pilgrim's scrip, or wallet (hanging about the neck), F. [82]charpe sash, scarf; probably from OHG. scharpe pocket; also (from the French) Dan. ski[91]rf; Sw. sk[84]rp, Prov. G. sch[84]rfe, LG. scherf, G. sch[84]rpe; and also AS. scearf a fragment; possibly akin to E. scrip a wallet. Cf. {Scarp} a scarf.] An article of dress of a light and decorative character, worn loosely over the shoulders or about the neck or the waist; a light shawl or handkerchief for the neck; also, a cravat; a neckcloth. Put on your hood and scarf. --Swift. With care about the banners, scarves, and staves. --R. Browning. | |
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Scarfskin \Scarf"skin`\, n. (Anat.) See {Epidermis}. | |
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Scarification \Scar`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. scarificatio: cf. F. scarification.] The act of scarifying. | |
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Scarificator \Scar"i*fi*ca`tor\, n. [Cf. F. scarificateur.] (Surg.) An instrument, principally used in cupping, containing several lancets moved simultaneously by a spring, for making slight incisions. | |
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Scarf \Scarf\, n.; pl. {Scarfs}, rarely {Scarves} (sk[aum]rvz). [Cf. OF. escharpe a pilgrim's scrip, or wallet (hanging about the neck), F. [82]charpe sash, scarf; probably from OHG. scharpe pocket; also (from the French) Dan. ski[91]rf; Sw. sk[84]rp, Prov. G. sch[84]rfe, LG. scherf, G. sch[84]rpe; and also AS. scearf a fragment; possibly akin to E. scrip a wallet. Cf. {Scarp} a scarf.] An article of dress of a light and decorative character, worn loosely over the shoulders or about the neck or the waist; a light shawl or handkerchief for the neck; also, a cravat; a neckcloth. Put on your hood and scarf. --Swift. With care about the banners, scarves, and staves. --R. Browning. | |
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Wool \Wool\ (w[oocr]l), n. [OE. wolle, wulle, AS. wull; akin to D. wol, OHG. wolla, G. wolle, Icel. & Sw. ull, Dan. uld, Goth, wulla, Lith. vilna, Russ. volna, L. vellus, Skr. [umac]r[nsdot][amac] wool, v[rsdot] to cover. [root]146, 287. Cf. {Flannel}, {Velvet}.] 1. The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates. Note: Wool consists essentially of keratin. 2. Short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled. Wool of bat and tongue of dog. --Shak. 3. (Bot.) A sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants. {Dead pulled wool}, wool pulled from a carcass. {Mineral wool}. See under {Mineral}. {Philosopher's wool}. (Chem.) See {Zinc oxide}, under {Zinc}. {Pulled wool}, wool pulled from a pelt, or undressed hide. {Slag wool}. Same as {Mineral wool}, under {Mineral}. {Wool ball}, a ball or mass of wool. {Wool burler}, one who removes little burs, knots, or extraneous matter, from wool, or the surface of woolen cloth. {Wool comber}. (a) One whose occupation is to comb wool. (b) A machine for combing wool. {Wool grass} (Bot.), a kind of bulrush ({Scirpus Eriophorum}) with numerous clustered woolly spikes. {Wool scribbler}. See {Woolen scribbler}, under {Woolen}, a. {Wool sorter's disease} (Med.), a disease, resembling malignant pustule, occurring among those who handle the wool of goats and sheep. {Wool staple}, a city or town where wool used to be brought to the king's staple for sale. [Eng.] {Wool stapler}. (a) One who deals in wool. (b) One who sorts wool according to its staple, or its adaptation to different manufacturing purposes. {Wool winder}, a person employed to wind, or make up, wool into bundles to be packed for sale. | |
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Tule \Tu"le\, n. [Mex.] (Bot.) A large bulrush ({Scirpus lacustris}, and {S. Tatora}) growing abundantly on overflowed land in California and elsewhere. | |
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Bulrush \Bul"rush`\, n. [OE. bulrysche, bolroysche; of uncertain origin, perh. fr. bole stem + rush.] (Bot.) A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water. Note: The name bulrush is applied in England especially to the cat-tail ({Typha latifolia} and {T. angustifolia}) and to the lake club-rush ({Scirpus lacustris}); in America, to the {Juncus effusus}, and also to species of {Scirpus} or club-rush. | |
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Mat \Mat\, n. [AS. matt, meatt, fr. L. matta a mat made of rushes.] 1. A fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room, and for other purposes. 2. Any similar fabric for various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from friction, and the like. 3. Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a mat of hair. 4. An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype. {Mat grass}. (Bot.) (a) A low, tufted, European grass ({Nardus stricta}). (b) Same as {Matweed}. {Mat rush} (Bot.), a kind of rush ({Scirpus lacustris}) used in England for making mats. | |
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Scorification \Sco`ri*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. scorification. See {Scorify}.] (Chem.) The act, process, or result of scorifying, or reducing to a slag; hence, the separation from earthy matter by means of a slag; as, the scorification of ores. | |
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Scrapbook \Scrap"book`\, n. A blank book in which extracts cut from books and papers may be pasted and kept. | |
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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}. | |
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Peg \Peg\, n. [OE. pegge; cf. Sw. pigg, Dan. pig a point, prickle, and E. peak.] 1. A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg. 2. A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon. 3. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained. --Shak. 4. One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board. 5. A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase [bd]To take one down peg.[b8] To screw papal authority to the highest peg. --Barrow. And took your grandess down a peg. --Hudibras. {Peg ladder}, a ladder with but one standard, into which cross pieces are inserted. {Peg tankard}, an ancient tankard marked with pegs, so as divide the liquor into equal portions. [bd]Drink down to your peg.[b8] --Longfellow. {Peg tooth}. See {Fleam tooth} under {Fleam}. {Peg top}, a boy's top which is spun by throwing it. {Screw peg}, a small screw without a head, for fastening soles. | |
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Scribism \Scrib"ism\, n. The character and opinions of a Jewish scribe in the time of Christ. --F. W. Robertson. | |
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Scrippage \Scrip"page\ (?; 48), n. The contents of a scrip, or wallet. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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d8Scrobicula \[d8]Scro*bic"u*la\, n.; pl. {Scrobicul[91]}. [NL. See {Scrobiculate}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the smooth areas surrounding the tubercles of a sea urchin. | |
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Scrobicular \Scro*bic"u*lar\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to, or surrounding, scrobicul[91]; as, scrobicular tubercles. | |
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Scrobiculate \Scro*bic"u*late\, Scrobiculated \Scro*bic"u*la`ted\, a. [L. scrobiculus, dim. of scrobis a ditch or trench.] (Bot.) Having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted. | |
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Scrobiculate \Scro*bic"u*late\, Scrobiculated \Scro*bic"u*la`ted\, a. [L. scrobiculus, dim. of scrobis a ditch or trench.] (Bot.) Having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted. | |
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Scrub \Scrub\, a. Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby. How solitary, how scrub, does this town look! --Walpole. No little scrub joint shall come on my board. --Swift. {Scrub game}, a game, as of ball, by unpracticed players. {Scrub race}, a race between scrubs, or between untrained animals or contestants. | |
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Scrub \Scrub\, n. 1. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. [bd]A sorry scrub.[b8] --Bunyan. We should go there in as proper a manner possible; nor altogether like the scrubs about us. --Goldsmith. 2. Something small and mean. 3. A worn-out brush. --Ainsworth. 4. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc. 5. (Stock Breeding) One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc. [U.S.] {Scrub bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian passerine bird of the family {Atrichornithid[91]}, as {Atrichia clamosa}; -- called also {brush bird}. {Scrub oak} (Bot.), the popular name of several dwarfish species of oak. The scrub oak of New England and the Middle States is {Quercus ilicifolia}, a scraggy shrub; that of the Southern States is a small tree ({Q. Catesb[91]i}); that of the Rocky Mountain region is {Q. undulata}, var. Gambelii. {Scrub robin} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian singing bird of the genus {Drymodes}. | |
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Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain. 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. Note: Among the true oaks in America are: {Barren oak}, or {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}. {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}. {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or {quercitron oak}. {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}. {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}. {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}. {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also called {enceno}. {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California. {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}. {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}. {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}. {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}. {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc. {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}. {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}. {Swamp Spanish oak}, or {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}. {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}. {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}. {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}. {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe are: {Bitter oak}, [or] {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}). {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}. {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}. {Evergreen oak}, {Holly oak}, [or] {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}. {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}. {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}. Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus {Quercus}, are: {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}). {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}). {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}). {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}. {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon excelsum}). {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}. | |
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Scrubby \Scrub"by\, a. [Compar. {Scrubbier}; superl. {Scrubbiest}.] Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur. [bd]Dense, scrubby woods.[b8] --Duke of Argull. | |
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Scrubstone \Scrub"stone`\, n. A species of calciferous sandstone. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Scurfy \Scurf"y\, a. [Compar. {Scurfier}; superl. {Scurfiest}.] Having or producing scurf; covered with scurf; resembling scurf. | |
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Scurvy \Scur"vy\, a. [Compar. {Scurvier}; superl. {Scurviest}.] [From {Scurf}; cf. {Scurvy}, n.] 1. Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy. [bd]Whatsoever man . . . be scurvy or scabbed.[b8] --lev. xxi. 18, 20. 2. Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible. [bd]A scurvy trick.[b8] --Ld. Lytton. That scurvy custom of taking tobacco. --Swift. [He] spoke spoke such scurvy and provoking terms. --Shak. | |
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{Scurvy grass} [Scurvy + grass; or cf. Icel. skarfak[be]l scurvy grass.] (Bot.) A kind of cress ({Cochlearia officinalis}) growing along the seacoast of Northern Europe and in arctic regions. It is a remedy for the scurvy, and has proved a valuable food to arctic explorers. The name is given also to other allied species of plants. | |
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Seerfish \Seer"fish`\ (-f[icr]sh), n. (Zo[94]l.) A scombroid food fish of Madeira ({Cybium Commersonii}). | |
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Seirfish \Seir"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Seerfish}. | |
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Seraphic \Se*raph"ic\, Seraphical \Se*raph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. s[82]raphique.] Of or pertaining to a seraph; becoming, or suitable to, a seraph; angelic; sublime; pure; refined. [bd]Seraphic arms and trophies.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Seraphical fervor.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. -- {Se*raph"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Se*raph"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Seraphic \Se*raph"ic\, Seraphical \Se*raph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. s[82]raphique.] Of or pertaining to a seraph; becoming, or suitable to, a seraph; angelic; sublime; pure; refined. [bd]Seraphic arms and trophies.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Seraphical fervor.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. -- {Se*raph"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Se*raph"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Seraphic \Se*raph"ic\, Seraphical \Se*raph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. s[82]raphique.] Of or pertaining to a seraph; becoming, or suitable to, a seraph; angelic; sublime; pure; refined. [bd]Seraphic arms and trophies.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Seraphical fervor.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. -- {Se*raph"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Se*raph"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Seraphic \Se*raph"ic\, Seraphical \Se*raph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. s[82]raphique.] Of or pertaining to a seraph; becoming, or suitable to, a seraph; angelic; sublime; pure; refined. [bd]Seraphic arms and trophies.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Seraphical fervor.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. -- {Se*raph"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Se*raph"ic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Seraphicism \Se*raph"i*cism\, n. The character, quality, or state of a seraph; seraphicalness. [R.] --Cudworth. | |
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Seraph \Ser"aph\, n.; pl. E. {Seraphs}, Heb. {Seraphim}. [Heb. ser[be]phim, pl.] One of an order of celestial beings, each having three pairs of wings. In ecclesiastical art and in poetry, a seraph is represented as one of a class of angels. --Isa. vi. 2. As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. --Pope. {Seraph moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of geometrid moths of the genus {Lobophora}, having the hind wings deeply bilobed, so that they seem to have six wings. | |
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Serfage \Serf"age\, Serfdom \Serf"dom\, n. The state or condition of a serf. | |
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Serfhood \Serf"hood\, Serfism \Serf"ism\, n. Serfage. | |
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Queenfish \Queen"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A California sci[91]noid food fish ({Seriphys politus}). The back is bluish, and the sides and belly bright silvery. Called also {kingfish}. | |
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Serpiginous \Ser*pig"i*nous\, a. [Cf. F. serpigineux.] (Med.) Creeping; -- said of lesions which heal over one portion while continuing to advance at another. | |
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Servage \Serv"age\, n. [Cf. F. servage.] Serfage; slavery; servitude. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Rounding \Round"ing\, n. 1. (Naut.) Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also {service}. 2. (Phonetics) Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 11. | |
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Service \Serv"ice\, n., [or] Service \Serv"ice\ [Properly, the tree which bears serve, OE. serves, pl., service berries, AS. syrfe service tree; akin to L. sorbus.] (Bot.) A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus {Pyrus}, as {Pyrus domestica} and {P. torminalis} of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see {Shad bush}, under {Shad}). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries. {Service berry} (Bot.), the fruit of any kind of service tree. In British America the name is especially applied to that of the several species or varieties of the shad bush ({Amelanchier}.) | |
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Service \Serv"ice\, n. [OE. servise, OF. servise, service, F. service, from L. servitium. See {Serve}.] 1. The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love. [bd]O God . . . whose service is perfect freedom.[b8] --Bk. of Com. Prayer. Madam, I entreat true peace of you, Which I will purchase with my duteous service. --Shak. God requires no man's service upon hard and unreasonable terms. --Tillotson. 2. The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office. I have served him from the hour of my nativity, . . . and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. --Shak. This poem was the last piece of service I did for my master, King Charles. --Dryden. To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who will understake it if it be not also a service of honor? --Macaulay. 3. Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service. The outward service of ancient religion, the rites, ceremonies, and ceremonial vestments of the old law. --Coleridge. 4. Hence, a musical composition for use in churches. 5. Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier. When he cometh to experience of service abroad . . . ne maketh a worthy soldier. --Spenser. 6. Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail. The stork's plea, when taken in a net, was the service she did in picking up venomous creatures. --L'Estrange. 7. Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed. [bd]Pray, do my service to his majesty.[b8] --Shak. 8. The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass. There was no extraordinary service seen on the board. --Hakewill. 9. (Law) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp[oe]na or an attachment. 10. (Naut.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc. 11. (Tennis) The act of serving the ball. 12. Act of serving or covering. See {Serve}, v. t., 13. {Service book}, a prayer book or missal. {Service line} (Tennis), a line parallel to the net, and at a distance of 21 feet from it. {Service of a writ}, {process}, etc. (Law), personal delivery or communication of the writ or process, etc., to the party to be affected by it, so as to subject him to its operation; the reading of it to the person to whom notice is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual place of abode. {Service of an attachment} (Law), the seizing of the person or goods according to the direction. {Service of an execution} (Law), the levying of it upon the goods, estate, or person of the defendant. {Service pipe}, a pipe connecting mains with a dwelling, as in gas pipes, and the like. --Tomlinson. {To accept service}. (Law) See under {Accept}. {To see service} (Mil.), to do duty in the presence of the enemy, or in actual war. | |
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Rounding \Round"ing\, n. 1. (Naut.) Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also {service}. 2. (Phonetics) Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 11. | |
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Service \Serv"ice\, n., [or] Service \Serv"ice\ [Properly, the tree which bears serve, OE. serves, pl., service berries, AS. syrfe service tree; akin to L. sorbus.] (Bot.) A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus {Pyrus}, as {Pyrus domestica} and {P. torminalis} of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see {Shad bush}, under {Shad}). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries. {Service berry} (Bot.), the fruit of any kind of service tree. In British America the name is especially applied to that of the several species or varieties of the shad bush ({Amelanchier}.) | |
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Service \Serv"ice\, n. [OE. servise, OF. servise, service, F. service, from L. servitium. See {Serve}.] 1. The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love. [bd]O God . . . whose service is perfect freedom.[b8] --Bk. of Com. Prayer. Madam, I entreat true peace of you, Which I will purchase with my duteous service. --Shak. God requires no man's service upon hard and unreasonable terms. --Tillotson. 2. The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office. I have served him from the hour of my nativity, . . . and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. --Shak. This poem was the last piece of service I did for my master, King Charles. --Dryden. To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who will understake it if it be not also a service of honor? --Macaulay. 3. Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service. The outward service of ancient religion, the rites, ceremonies, and ceremonial vestments of the old law. --Coleridge. 4. Hence, a musical composition for use in churches. 5. Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier. When he cometh to experience of service abroad . . . ne maketh a worthy soldier. --Spenser. 6. Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail. The stork's plea, when taken in a net, was the service she did in picking up venomous creatures. --L'Estrange. 7. Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed. [bd]Pray, do my service to his majesty.[b8] --Shak. 8. The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass. There was no extraordinary service seen on the board. --Hakewill. 9. (Law) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp[oe]na or an attachment. 10. (Naut.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc. 11. (Tennis) The act of serving the ball. 12. Act of serving or covering. See {Serve}, v. t., 13. {Service book}, a prayer book or missal. {Service line} (Tennis), a line parallel to the net, and at a distance of 21 feet from it. {Service of a writ}, {process}, etc. (Law), personal delivery or communication of the writ or process, etc., to the party to be affected by it, so as to subject him to its operation; the reading of it to the person to whom notice is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual place of abode. {Service of an attachment} (Law), the seizing of the person or goods according to the direction. {Service of an execution} (Law), the levying of it upon the goods, estate, or person of the defendant. {Service pipe}, a pipe connecting mains with a dwelling, as in gas pipes, and the like. --Tomlinson. {To accept service}. (Law) See under {Accept}. {To see service} (Mil.), to do duty in the presence of the enemy, or in actual war. | |
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Juneberry \June"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) (a) The small applelike berry of American trees of genus {Amelanchier}; -- also called {service berry}. (b) The shrub or tree which bears this fruit; -- also called {shad bush}, and {had tree}. | |
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Service \Serv"ice\, n., [or] Service \Serv"ice\ [Properly, the tree which bears serve, OE. serves, pl., service berries, AS. syrfe service tree; akin to L. sorbus.] (Bot.) A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus {Pyrus}, as {Pyrus domestica} and {P. torminalis} of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see {Shad bush}, under {Shad}). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries. {Service berry} (Bot.), the fruit of any kind of service tree. In British America the name is especially applied to that of the several species or varieties of the shad bush ({Amelanchier}.) | |
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Juneberry \June"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) (a) The small applelike berry of American trees of genus {Amelanchier}; -- also called {service berry}. (b) The shrub or tree which bears this fruit; -- also called {shad bush}, and {had tree}. | |
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Service \Serv"ice\, n., [or] Service \Serv"ice\ [Properly, the tree which bears serve, OE. serves, pl., service berries, AS. syrfe service tree; akin to L. sorbus.] (Bot.) A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus {Pyrus}, as {Pyrus domestica} and {P. torminalis} of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see {Shad bush}, under {Shad}). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries. {Service berry} (Bot.), the fruit of any kind of service tree. In British America the name is especially applied to that of the several species or varieties of the shad bush ({Amelanchier}.) | |
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Service \Serv"ice\, n. [OE. servise, OF. servise, service, F. service, from L. servitium. See {Serve}.] 1. The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love. [bd]O God . . . whose service is perfect freedom.[b8] --Bk. of Com. Prayer. Madam, I entreat true peace of you, Which I will purchase with my duteous service. --Shak. God requires no man's service upon hard and unreasonable terms. --Tillotson. 2. The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office. I have served him from the hour of my nativity, . . . and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. --Shak. This poem was the last piece of service I did for my master, King Charles. --Dryden. To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who will understake it if it be not also a service of honor? --Macaulay. 3. Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service. The outward service of ancient religion, the rites, ceremonies, and ceremonial vestments of the old law. --Coleridge. 4. Hence, a musical composition for use in churches. 5. Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier. When he cometh to experience of service abroad . . . ne maketh a worthy soldier. --Spenser. 6. Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail. The stork's plea, when taken in a net, was the service she did in picking up venomous creatures. --L'Estrange. 7. Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed. [bd]Pray, do my service to his majesty.[b8] --Shak. 8. The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass. There was no extraordinary service seen on the board. --Hakewill. 9. (Law) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp[oe]na or an attachment. 10. (Naut.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc. 11. (Tennis) The act of serving the ball. 12. Act of serving or covering. See {Serve}, v. t., 13. {Service book}, a prayer book or missal. {Service line} (Tennis), a line parallel to the net, and at a distance of 21 feet from it. {Service of a writ}, {process}, etc. (Law), personal delivery or communication of the writ or process, etc., to the party to be affected by it, so as to subject him to its operation; the reading of it to the person to whom notice is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual place of abode. {Service of an attachment} (Law), the seizing of the person or goods according to the direction. {Service of an execution} (Law), the levying of it upon the goods, estate, or person of the defendant. {Service pipe}, a pipe connecting mains with a dwelling, as in gas pipes, and the like. --Tomlinson. {To accept service}. (Law) See under {Accept}. {To see service} (Mil.), to do duty in the presence of the enemy, or in actual war. | |
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Service cap \Serv"ice cap\ [or] hat \hat\ (Mil.) A cap or hat worn by officers or enlisted men when full-dress uniform, or dress uniform, is not worn. Note: In the United States army the service cap is round, about 3[frac12] inches high, flat-topped, with a visor. The service hat is of soft felt of khaki color, with broad brim and high crown, creased down the middle. | |
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Service \Serv"ice\, n. [OE. servise, OF. servise, service, F. service, from L. servitium. See {Serve}.] 1. The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love. [bd]O God . . . whose service is perfect freedom.[b8] --Bk. of Com. Prayer. Madam, I entreat true peace of you, Which I will purchase with my duteous service. --Shak. God requires no man's service upon hard and unreasonable terms. --Tillotson. 2. The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office. I have served him from the hour of my nativity, . . . and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. --Shak. This poem was the last piece of service I did for my master, King Charles. --Dryden. To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who will understake it if it be not also a service of honor? --Macaulay. 3. Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service. The outward service of ancient religion, the rites, ceremonies, and ceremonial vestments of the old law. --Coleridge. 4. Hence, a musical composition for use in churches. 5. Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier. When he cometh to experience of service abroad . . . ne maketh a worthy soldier. --Spenser. 6. Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail. The stork's plea, when taken in a net, was the service she did in picking up venomous creatures. --L'Estrange. 7. Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed. [bd]Pray, do my service to his majesty.[b8] --Shak. 8. The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass. There was no extraordinary service seen on the board. --Hakewill. 9. (Law) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp[oe]na or an attachment. 10. (Naut.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc. 11. (Tennis) The act of serving the ball. 12. Act of serving or covering. See {Serve}, v. t., 13. {Service book}, a prayer book or missal. {Service line} (Tennis), a line parallel to the net, and at a distance of 21 feet from it. {Service of a writ}, {process}, etc. (Law), personal delivery or communication of the writ or process, etc., to the party to be affected by it, so as to subject him to its operation; the reading of it to the person to whom notice is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual place of abode. {Service of an attachment} (Law), the seizing of the person or goods according to the direction. {Service of an execution} (Law), the levying of it upon the goods, estate, or person of the defendant. {Service pipe}, a pipe connecting mains with a dwelling, as in gas pipes, and the like. --Tomlinson. {To accept service}. (Law) See under {Accept}. {To see service} (Mil.), to do duty in the presence of the enemy, or in actual war. | |
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Writ \Writ\, n. [AS. writ, gewrit. See {Write}.] 1. That which is written; writing; scripture; -- applied especially to the Scriptures, or the books of the Old and New testaments; as, sacred writ. [bd]Though in Holy Writ not named.[b8] --Milton. Then to his hands that writ he did betake, Which he disclosing read, thus as the paper spake. --Spenser. Babylon, so much spoken of in Holy Writ. --Knolles. 2. (Law) An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like. Note: Writs are usually witnessed, or tested, in the name of the chief justice or principal judge of the court out of which they are issued; and those directed to a sheriff, or other ministerial officer, require him to return them on a day specified. In former English law and practice, writs in civil cases were either original or judicial; the former were issued out of the Court of Chancery, under the great seal, for the summoning of a defendant to appear, and were granted before the suit began and in order to begin the same; the latter were issued out of the court where the original was returned, after the suit was begun and during the pendency of it. Tomlins. Brande. Encyc. Brit. The term writ is supposed by Mr. Reeves to have been derived from the fact of these formul[91] having always been expressed in writing, being, in this respect, distinguished from the other proceedings in the ancient action, which were conducted orally. {Writ of account}, {Writ of capias}, etc. See under {Account}, {Capias}, etc. {Service of a writ}. See under {Service}. | |
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Service \Serv"ice\, n. [OE. servise, OF. servise, service, F. service, from L. servitium. See {Serve}.] 1. The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love. [bd]O God . . . whose service is perfect freedom.[b8] --Bk. of Com. Prayer. Madam, I entreat true peace of you, Which I will purchase with my duteous service. --Shak. God requires no man's service upon hard and unreasonable terms. --Tillotson. 2. The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office. I have served him from the hour of my nativity, . . . and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. --Shak. This poem was the last piece of service I did for my master, King Charles. --Dryden. To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who will understake it if it be not also a service of honor? --Macaulay. 3. Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service. The outward service of ancient religion, the rites, ceremonies, and ceremonial vestments of the old law. --Coleridge. 4. Hence, a musical composition for use in churches. 5. Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier. When he cometh to experience of service abroad . . . ne maketh a worthy soldier. --Spenser. 6. Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail. The stork's plea, when taken in a net, was the service she did in picking up venomous creatures. --L'Estrange. 7. Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed. [bd]Pray, do my service to his majesty.[b8] --Shak. 8. The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass. There was no extraordinary service seen on the board. --Hakewill. 9. (Law) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp[oe]na or an attachment. 10. (Naut.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc. 11. (Tennis) The act of serving the ball. 12. Act of serving or covering. See {Serve}, v. t., 13. {Service book}, a prayer book or missal. {Service line} (Tennis), a line parallel to the net, and at a distance of 21 feet from it. {Service of a writ}, {process}, etc. (Law), personal delivery or communication of the writ or process, etc., to the party to be affected by it, so as to subject him to its operation; the reading of it to the person to whom notice is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual place of abode. {Service of an attachment} (Law), the seizing of the person or goods according to the direction. {Service of an execution} (Law), the levying of it upon the goods, estate, or person of the defendant. {Service pipe}, a pipe connecting mains with a dwelling, as in gas pipes, and the like. --Tomlinson. {To accept service}. (Law) See under {Accept}. {To see service} (Mil.), to do duty in the presence of the enemy, or in actual war. | |
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Service \Serv"ice\, n. [OE. servise, OF. servise, service, F. service, from L. servitium. See {Serve}.] 1. The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love. [bd]O God . . . whose service is perfect freedom.[b8] --Bk. of Com. Prayer. Madam, I entreat true peace of you, Which I will purchase with my duteous service. --Shak. God requires no man's service upon hard and unreasonable terms. --Tillotson. 2. The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office. I have served him from the hour of my nativity, . . . and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. --Shak. This poem was the last piece of service I did for my master, King Charles. --Dryden. To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who will understake it if it be not also a service of honor? --Macaulay. 3. Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service. The outward service of ancient religion, the rites, ceremonies, and ceremonial vestments of the old law. --Coleridge. 4. Hence, a musical composition for use in churches. 5. Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier. When he cometh to experience of service abroad . . . ne maketh a worthy soldier. --Spenser. 6. Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail. The stork's plea, when taken in a net, was the service she did in picking up venomous creatures. --L'Estrange. 7. Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed. [bd]Pray, do my service to his majesty.[b8] --Shak. 8. The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass. There was no extraordinary service seen on the board. --Hakewill. 9. (Law) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp[oe]na or an attachment. 10. (Naut.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc. 11. (Tennis) The act of serving the ball. 12. Act of serving or covering. See {Serve}, v. t., 13. {Service book}, a prayer book or missal. {Service line} (Tennis), a line parallel to the net, and at a distance of 21 feet from it. {Service of a writ}, {process}, etc. (Law), personal delivery or communication of the writ or process, etc., to the party to be affected by it, so as to subject him to its operation; the reading of it to the person to whom notice is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual place of abode. {Service of an attachment} (Law), the seizing of the person or goods according to the direction. {Service of an execution} (Law), the levying of it upon the goods, estate, or person of the defendant. {Service pipe}, a pipe connecting mains with a dwelling, as in gas pipes, and the like. --Tomlinson. {To accept service}. (Law) See under {Accept}. {To see service} (Mil.), to do duty in the presence of the enemy, or in actual war. | |
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Service \Serv"ice\, n. [OE. servise, OF. servise, service, F. service, from L. servitium. See {Serve}.] 1. The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love. [bd]O God . . . whose service is perfect freedom.[b8] --Bk. of Com. Prayer. Madam, I entreat true peace of you, Which I will purchase with my duteous service. --Shak. God requires no man's service upon hard and unreasonable terms. --Tillotson. 2. The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office. I have served him from the hour of my nativity, . . . and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. --Shak. This poem was the last piece of service I did for my master, King Charles. --Dryden. To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who will understake it if it be not also a service of honor? --Macaulay. 3. Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service. The outward service of ancient religion, the rites, ceremonies, and ceremonial vestments of the old law. --Coleridge. 4. Hence, a musical composition for use in churches. 5. Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier. When he cometh to experience of service abroad . . . ne maketh a worthy soldier. --Spenser. 6. Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail. The stork's plea, when taken in a net, was the service she did in picking up venomous creatures. --L'Estrange. 7. Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed. [bd]Pray, do my service to his majesty.[b8] --Shak. 8. The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass. There was no extraordinary service seen on the board. --Hakewill. 9. (Law) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp[oe]na or an attachment. 10. (Naut.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc. 11. (Tennis) The act of serving the ball. 12. Act of serving or covering. See {Serve}, v. t., 13. {Service book}, a prayer book or missal. {Service line} (Tennis), a line parallel to the net, and at a distance of 21 feet from it. {Service of a writ}, {process}, etc. (Law), personal delivery or communication of the writ or process, etc., to the party to be affected by it, so as to subject him to its operation; the reading of it to the person to whom notice is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual place of abode. {Service of an attachment} (Law), the seizing of the person or goods according to the direction. {Service of an execution} (Law), the levying of it upon the goods, estate, or person of the defendant. {Service pipe}, a pipe connecting mains with a dwelling, as in gas pipes, and the like. --Tomlinson. {To accept service}. (Law) See under {Accept}. {To see service} (Mil.), to do duty in the presence of the enemy, or in actual war. | |
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Service \Serv"ice\, n. [OE. servise, OF. servise, service, F. service, from L. servitium. See {Serve}.] 1. The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love. [bd]O God . . . whose service is perfect freedom.[b8] --Bk. of Com. Prayer. Madam, I entreat true peace of you, Which I will purchase with my duteous service. --Shak. God requires no man's service upon hard and unreasonable terms. --Tillotson. 2. The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office. I have served him from the hour of my nativity, . . . and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. --Shak. This poem was the last piece of service I did for my master, King Charles. --Dryden. To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who will understake it if it be not also a service of honor? --Macaulay. 3. Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service. The outward service of ancient religion, the rites, ceremonies, and ceremonial vestments of the old law. --Coleridge. 4. Hence, a musical composition for use in churches. 5. Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier. When he cometh to experience of service abroad . . . ne maketh a worthy soldier. --Spenser. 6. Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail. The stork's plea, when taken in a net, was the service she did in picking up venomous creatures. --L'Estrange. 7. Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed. [bd]Pray, do my service to his majesty.[b8] --Shak. 8. The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass. There was no extraordinary service seen on the board. --Hakewill. 9. (Law) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp[oe]na or an attachment. 10. (Naut.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc. 11. (Tennis) The act of serving the ball. 12. Act of serving or covering. See {Serve}, v. t., 13. {Service book}, a prayer book or missal. {Service line} (Tennis), a line parallel to the net, and at a distance of 21 feet from it. {Service of a writ}, {process}, etc. (Law), personal delivery or communication of the writ or process, etc., to the party to be affected by it, so as to subject him to its operation; the reading of it to the person to whom notice is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual place of abode. {Service of an attachment} (Law), the seizing of the person or goods according to the direction. {Service of an execution} (Law), the levying of it upon the goods, estate, or person of the defendant. {Service pipe}, a pipe connecting mains with a dwelling, as in gas pipes, and the like. --Tomlinson. {To accept service}. (Law) See under {Accept}. {To see service} (Mil.), to do duty in the presence of the enemy, or in actual war. | |
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Shad \Shad\ (sh[acr]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a fish.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species ({Clupea sapidissima}), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose ({C. alosa}), and the twaite shad. ({C. finta}), are less important species. [Written also {chad}.] Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under {Gizzard}), called also {mud shad}, {white-eyed shad}, and {winter shad}. {Hardboaded}, [or] {Yellow-tailed}, {shad}, the menhaden. {Hickory}, [or] {Tailor}, {shad}, the mattowacca. {Long-boned shad}, one of several species of important food fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus {Gerres}. {Shad bush} (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs or small trees of the rosaceous genus {Amelanchier} ({A. Canadensis}, and {A. alnifolia}) Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The plant is also called {service tree}, and {Juneberry}. {Shad frog}, an American spotted frog ({Rana halecina}); -- so called because it usually appears at the time when the shad begin to run in the rivers. {Trout shad}, the squeteague. {White shad}, the common shad. | |
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Service uniform \Service uniform\ (Mil. & Nav.) The uniform prescribed in regulations for active or routine service, in distinction from dress, full dress, etc. In the United States army it is of olive-drab woolen or khaki-colored cotton, with all metal attachments of dull-finish bronze, with the exceptional of insignia of rank, which are of gold or silver finish. | |
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Serviceable \Serv"ice*a*ble\, a. 1. Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous. [bd]Serviceable to religion and learning[b8]. --Atterbury. [bd]Serviceable tools.[b8] --Macaulay. I know thee well, a serviceable villain. --Shak. 2. Prepared for rendering service; capable of, or fit for, the performance of duty; hence, active; diligent. Courteous he was, lowly, and servysable. --Chaucer. Bright-hearnessed angels sit in order serviceable. --Milton. Seeing her so sweet and serviceable. --Tennnyson. -- {Serv"ice*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Serv"ice*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Serviceable \Serv"ice*a*ble\, a. 1. Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous. [bd]Serviceable to religion and learning[b8]. --Atterbury. [bd]Serviceable tools.[b8] --Macaulay. I know thee well, a serviceable villain. --Shak. 2. Prepared for rendering service; capable of, or fit for, the performance of duty; hence, active; diligent. Courteous he was, lowly, and servysable. --Chaucer. Bright-hearnessed angels sit in order serviceable. --Milton. Seeing her so sweet and serviceable. --Tennnyson. -- {Serv"ice*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Serv"ice*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Serviceable \Serv"ice*a*ble\, a. 1. Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous. [bd]Serviceable to religion and learning[b8]. --Atterbury. [bd]Serviceable tools.[b8] --Macaulay. I know thee well, a serviceable villain. --Shak. 2. Prepared for rendering service; capable of, or fit for, the performance of duty; hence, active; diligent. Courteous he was, lowly, and servysable. --Chaucer. Bright-hearnessed angels sit in order serviceable. --Milton. Seeing her so sweet and serviceable. --Tennnyson. -- {Serv"ice*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Serv"ice*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Serviceage \Serv"ice*age\, n. Servitude. [Obs.] --Fairfax. | |
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Sharp-cut \Sharp-cut`\, a. Cut sharply or definitely, or so as to make a clear, well-defined impression, as the lines of an engraved plate, and the like; clear-cut; hence, having great distinctness; well-defined; clear. | |
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Sharp \Sharp\, a. [Compar. {Sharper}; superl. {Sharpest}.] [OE. sharp, scharp, scarp, AS. scearp; akin to OS. skarp, LG. scharp, D. scherp, G. scharf, Dan. & Sw. skarp, Icel. skarpr. Cf. {Escarp}, {Scrape}, {Scorpion}.] 1. Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen. He dies upon my scimeter's sharp point. --Shak. 2. Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features. 3. Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash. 4. (Mus.) (a) High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone. (b) Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C[sharp]), which is a half step, or semitone, higher than C. (c) So high as to be out of tune, or above true pitch; as, the tone is sharp; that instrument is sharp. Opposed in all these senses to {flat}. 5. Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air. Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. --Shak. The morning sharp and clear. --Cowper. In sharpest perils faithful proved. --Keble. 6. Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke. [bd]That sharp look.[b8] --Tennyson. To that place the sharp Athenian law Can not pursue us. --Shak. Be thy words severe, Sharp as merits but the sword forbear. --Dryden. 7. Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment. Nothing makes men sharper . . . than want. --Addison. Many other things belong to the material world, wherein the sharpest philosophers have never ye[?] arrived at clear and distinct ideas. --L. Watts. 8. Eager in pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite. 9. Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous. [bd]In sharp contest of battle.[b8] --Milton. A sharp assault already is begun. --Dryden. 10. Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interest; close and exact in dealing; shrewd; as, a sharp dealer; a sharp customer. The necessity of being so sharp and exacting. --Swift. 11. Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand. --Moxon. 12. Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve. 13. (Phonetics) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such as p, k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated. Note: Sharp is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sharp-cornered, sharp-edged, sharp-pointed, sharp-tasted, sharp-visaged, etc. {Sharp practice}, the getting of an advantage, or the attempt to do so, by a tricky expedient. {To brace sharp}, [or] {To sharp up} (Naut.), to turn the yards to the most oblique position possible, that the ship may lie well up to the wind. Syn: Keen; acute; piercing; penetrating; quick; sagacious; discerning; shrewd; witty; ingenious; sour; acid; tart; pungent; acrid; severe; poignant; biting; acrimonious; sarcastic; cutting; bitter; painful; afflictive; violent; harsh; fierce; ardent; fiery. | |
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Sharpsaw \Sharp"saw`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The great titmouse; -- so called from its harsh call notes. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Sharp-set \Sharp"-set`\, a. Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set. The town is sharp-set on new plays. --Pope. | |
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Sharpshooter \Sharp"shoot`er\, n. One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman. | |
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Sharpshooting \Sharp"shoot`ing\, n. A shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keen contest of wit or argument. | |
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Sharp-sighted \Sharp"-sight`ed\, a. Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively. -- {Sharp`-sight`ed*ness}, n. | |
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Sharp-sighted \Sharp"-sight`ed\, a. Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively. -- {Sharp`-sight`ed*ness}, n. | |
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Sheriffalty \Sher"iff*al*ty\, Sheriffdom \Sher"iff*dom\, Sheriffry \Sher"iff*ry\, Sheriffship \Sher"iff*ship\, Sheriffwick \Sher"iff*wick\, n. The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See {Shrievalty}. | |
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Sheriffalty \Sher"iff*al*ty\, Sheriffdom \Sher"iff*dom\, Sheriffry \Sher"iff*ry\, Sheriffship \Sher"iff*ship\, Sheriffwick \Sher"iff*wick\, n. The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See {Shrievalty}. | |
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Shroffage \Shroff"age\, n. The examination of coins, and the separation of the good from the debased. [East Indies] | |
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Shroffage \Shroff"age\, n. A money dealer's commission; also, more commonly, the examination of coins, and the separation of the good from the debased. | |
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Shropshire \Shrop"shire\, n. [From Shropshire, country of England.] An English breed of black-faced hornless sheep similar to the Southdown, but larger, now extensively raised in many parts of the world. | |
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Shrove \Shrove\, imp. of {Shrive}. {Shrove Sunday}, Quinguagesima Sunday. {Shrove Tuesday}, the Tuesday following Quinguagesima Sunday, and preceding the first day of Lent, or Ash Wednesday. Note: It was formerly customary in England, on this day, for the people to confess their sins to their parish priests, after which they dined on pancakes, or fritters, and the occasion became one of merriment. The bell rung on this day is popularly called Pancake Bell, and the day itself Pancake Tuesday. --P. Cyc. | |
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Quinquagesima \Quin`qua*ges"i*ma\, a. [L., fr. quinquagesimus the fiftieth, akin to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five. See {Five}.] Fiftieth. {Quinquagesima Sunday}, the Sunday which is the fiftieth day before Easter, both days being included in the reckoning; -- called also {Shrove Sunday}. | |
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Shrubby \Shrub"by\, a. [Compar. {Shrubbier}; superl. {Shrubbiest}.] 1. Full of shrubs. 2. Of the nature of a shrub; resembling a shrub. [bd]Shrubby browse.[b8] --J. Philips. | |
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Sorbic \Sor"bic\, a. [Cf. F. sorbique. See {Sorb}.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the rowan tree, or sorb; specifically, designating an acid, C[?]H[?]CO[?]H, of the acetylene series, found in the unripe berries of this tree, and extracted as a white crystalline substance. | |
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Surbase \Sur"base`\, n. [Pref. sur- + base.] 1. (Arch.) A cornice, or series of moldings, on the top of the base of a pedestal, podium, etc. See Illust. of {Column}. 2. A board or group of moldings running round a room on a level with the tops of the chair backs. --Knight. | |
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Surbased \Sur"based`\, a. (Arch.) (a) Having a surbase, or molding above the base. (b) [F. surbaiss[82].] Having the vertical height from springing line to crown less than the half span; -- said of an arch; as, a segmental arch is surbased. | |
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Sea clam \Sea" clam`\ (Zo[94]l.) Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open seacoast, especially those of the family {Mactrid[91]}, as the common American species. ({Mactra, [or] Spisula, solidissima}); -- called also {beach clam}, and {surf clam}. | |
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Surf \Surf\, n. [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E. sough.] The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach. {Surf bird} (Zo[94]l.), a ploverlike bird of the genus {Aphriza}, allied to the turnstone. {Surf clam} (Zo[94]l.), a large clam living on the open coast, especially {Mactra, [or] Spisula, solidissima}. See {Mactra}. {Surf duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of sea ducks of the genus {Oidemia}, especially {O. percpicillata}; -- called also {surf scoter}. See the Note under {Scoter}. {Surf fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of California embiotocoid fishes. See {Embiotocoid}. {Surf smelt}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Smelt}. {Surf whiting}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Whiting}. | |
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Sea clam \Sea" clam`\ (Zo[94]l.) Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open seacoast, especially those of the family {Mactrid[91]}, as the common American species. ({Mactra, [or] Spisula, solidissima}); -- called also {beach clam}, and {surf clam}. | |
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Surf \Surf\, n. [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E. sough.] The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach. {Surf bird} (Zo[94]l.), a ploverlike bird of the genus {Aphriza}, allied to the turnstone. {Surf clam} (Zo[94]l.), a large clam living on the open coast, especially {Mactra, [or] Spisula, solidissima}. See {Mactra}. {Surf duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of sea ducks of the genus {Oidemia}, especially {O. percpicillata}; -- called also {surf scoter}. See the Note under {Scoter}. {Surf fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of California embiotocoid fishes. See {Embiotocoid}. {Surf smelt}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Smelt}. {Surf whiting}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Whiting}. | |
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Surf \Surf\, n. [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E. sough.] The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach. {Surf bird} (Zo[94]l.), a ploverlike bird of the genus {Aphriza}, allied to the turnstone. {Surf clam} (Zo[94]l.), a large clam living on the open coast, especially {Mactra, [or] Spisula, solidissima}. See {Mactra}. {Surf duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of sea ducks of the genus {Oidemia}, especially {O. percpicillata}; -- called also {surf scoter}. See the Note under {Scoter}. {Surf fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of California embiotocoid fishes. See {Embiotocoid}. {Surf smelt}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Smelt}. {Surf whiting}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Whiting}. | |
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Embiotocoid \Em`bi*ot"o*coid\, a. [NL. Embiotoca, the name of one genus + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Belonging to, or resembling, the {Embiotocid[91]}. -- n. One of a family of fishes ({Embiotocid[91]}) abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also called {surf fishes} and {viviparous fishes}. See Illust. in Append. | |
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Surf \Surf\, n. [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E. sough.] The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach. {Surf bird} (Zo[94]l.), a ploverlike bird of the genus {Aphriza}, allied to the turnstone. {Surf clam} (Zo[94]l.), a large clam living on the open coast, especially {Mactra, [or] Spisula, solidissima}. See {Mactra}. {Surf duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of sea ducks of the genus {Oidemia}, especially {O. percpicillata}; -- called also {surf scoter}. See the Note under {Scoter}. {Surf fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of California embiotocoid fishes. See {Embiotocoid}. {Surf smelt}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Smelt}. {Surf whiting}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Whiting}. | |
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Surf \Surf\, n. [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E. sough.] The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach. {Surf bird} (Zo[94]l.), a ploverlike bird of the genus {Aphriza}, allied to the turnstone. {Surf clam} (Zo[94]l.), a large clam living on the open coast, especially {Mactra, [or] Spisula, solidissima}. See {Mactra}. {Surf duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of sea ducks of the genus {Oidemia}, especially {O. percpicillata}; -- called also {surf scoter}. See the Note under {Scoter}. {Surf fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of California embiotocoid fishes. See {Embiotocoid}. {Surf smelt}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Smelt}. {Surf whiting}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Whiting}. | |
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Adjusting plane \Adjusting plane\ [or] surface \surface\ (A[89]ronautics) A small plane or surface, usually capable of adjustment but not of manipulation, for preserving lateral balance in an a[89]roplane or flying machine. | |
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Pedal \Pe"dal\, a. [L. pedalis, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and cf. {Pew}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zo[94]l.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion. 2. Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals. {Pedal curve} [or] {surface} (Geom.), the curve or surface which is the locus of the feet of perpendiculars let fall from a fixed point upon the straight lines tangent to a given curve, or upon the planes tangent to a given surface. {Pedal note} (Mus.), the note which is held or sustained through an organ point. See {Organ point}, under {Organ}. {Pedal organ} (Mus.), an organ which has pedals or a range of keys moved by the feet; that portion of a full organ which is played with the feet. | |
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Surface \Sur"face\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surfaced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surfacing}.] 1. To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain. 2. To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold. | |
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Surface \Sur"face`\, n. [F. See {Sur-}, and {Face}, and cf. {Superficial}.] 1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body. The bright surface of this ethereous mold. --Milton. 2. Hence, outward or external appearance. Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no deeper than the surface. --V. Knox. 3. (Geom.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface. 4. (Fort.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion. --Stocqueler. {Caustic surface}, {Heating surface}, etc. See under {Caustic}, {Heating}, etc. {Surface condensation}, {Surface condenser}. See under {Condensation}, and {Condenser}. {Surface gauge} (Mach.), an instrument consisting of a standard having a flat base and carrying an adjustable pointer, for gauging the evenness of a surface or its height, or for marking a line parallel with a surface. {Surface grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the great yellow underwing moth ({Triph[d2]na pronuba}). It is often destructive to the roots of grasses and other plants. {Surface plate} (Mach.), a plate having an accurately dressed flat surface, used as a standard of flatness by which to test other surfaces. {Surface printing}, printing from a surface in relief, as from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which the ink is contained in engraved lines. | |
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Polar \Po"lar\, a. [Cf. F. polaire. See {Pole} of the earth.] 1. Of or pertaining to one of the poles of the earth, or of a sphere; situated near, or proceeding from, one of the poles; as, polar regions; polar seas; polar winds. 2. Of or pertaining to the magnetic pole, or to the point to which the magnetic needle is directed. 3. (Geom.) Pertaining to, reckoned from, or having a common radiating point; as, polar co[94]rdinates. {Polar axis}, that axis of an astronomical instrument, as an equatorial, which is parallel to the earths axis. {Polar bear} (Zo[94]l.), a large bear ({Ursus, [or] Thalarctos, maritimus}) inhabiting the arctic regions. It sometimes measures nearly nine feet in length and weighs 1,600 pounds. It is partially amphibious, very powerful, and the most carnivorous of all the bears. The fur is white, tinged with yellow. Called also {White bear}. See {Bear}. {Polar body}, {cell}, [or] {globule} (Biol.), a minute cell which separates by karyokinesis from the ovum during its maturation. In the maturation of ordinary ova two polar bodies are formed, but in parthogenetic ova only one. The first polar body formed is usually larger than the second one, and often divides into two after its separation from the ovum. Each of the polar bodies removes maternal chromatin from the ovum to make room for the chromatin of the fertilizing spermatozo[94]n; but their functions are not fully understood. {Polar circles} (Astron. & Geog.), two circles, each at a distance from a pole of the earth equal to the obliquity of the ecliptic, or about 23[deg] 28[b7], the northern called the arctic circle, and the southern the antarctic circle. {Polar clock}, a tube, containing a polarizing apparatus, turning on an axis parallel to that of the earth, and indicating the hour of the day on an hour circle, by being turned toward the plane of maximum polarization of the light of the sky, which is always 90[deg] from the sun. {Polar co[94]rdinates}. See under 3d {Co[94]rdinate}. {Polar dial}, a dial whose plane is parallel to a great circle passing through the poles of the earth. --Math. Dict. {Polar distance}, the angular distance of any point on a sphere from one of its poles, particularly of a heavenly body from the north pole of the heavens. {Polar equation of a line} [or] {surface}, an equation which expresses the relation between the polar co[94]rdinates of every point of the line or surface. {Polar forces} (Physics), forces that are developed and act in pairs, with opposite tendencies or properties in the two elements, as magnetism, electricity, etc. {Polar hare} (Zo[94]l.), a large hare of Arctic America ({Lepus arcticus}), which turns pure white in winter. It is probably a variety of the common European hare ({L. timidus}). {Polar lights}, the aurora borealis or australis. {Polar}, [or] {Polaric}, {opposition} [or] {contrast} (Logic), an opposition or contrast made by the existence of two opposite conceptions which are the extremes in a species, as white and black in colors; hence, as great an opposition or contrast as possible. {Polar projection}. See under {Projection}. {Polar spherical triangle} (Spherics), a spherical triangle whose three angular points are poles of the sides of a given triangle. See 4th {Pole}, 2. {Polar whale} (Zo[94]l.), the right whale, or bowhead. See {Whale}. | |
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Cylindric \Cy*lin"dric\ (s?-l?n"dr?k), Cylindrical \Cy*lin"dric*al\ (-dr?-kal), a. [Gr. kylindriko`s, from ky`lindros cylinder: cf. F. cylindrique.] Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder. {Cylindrical lens}, a lens having one, or more than one, cylindrical surface. {Cylindric, [or] Cylindrical}, {surface} (Geom.), a surface described by a straight line that moves according to any law, but so as to be constantly parallel to a given line. {Cylindrical vault}. (Arch.) See under {Vault}, n. | |
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Adjusting plane \Adjusting plane\ [or] surface \surface\ (A[89]ronautics) A small plane or surface, usually capable of adjustment but not of manipulation, for preserving lateral balance in an a[89]roplane or flying machine. | |
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Pedal \Pe"dal\, a. [L. pedalis, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and cf. {Pew}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zo[94]l.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion. 2. Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals. {Pedal curve} [or] {surface} (Geom.), the curve or surface which is the locus of the feet of perpendiculars let fall from a fixed point upon the straight lines tangent to a given curve, or upon the planes tangent to a given surface. {Pedal note} (Mus.), the note which is held or sustained through an organ point. See {Organ point}, under {Organ}. {Pedal organ} (Mus.), an organ which has pedals or a range of keys moved by the feet; that portion of a full organ which is played with the feet. | |
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Surface \Sur"face\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surfaced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surfacing}.] 1. To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain. 2. To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold. | |
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Surface \Sur"face`\, n. [F. See {Sur-}, and {Face}, and cf. {Superficial}.] 1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body. The bright surface of this ethereous mold. --Milton. 2. Hence, outward or external appearance. Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no deeper than the surface. --V. Knox. 3. (Geom.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface. 4. (Fort.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion. --Stocqueler. {Caustic surface}, {Heating surface}, etc. See under {Caustic}, {Heating}, etc. {Surface condensation}, {Surface condenser}. See under {Condensation}, and {Condenser}. {Surface gauge} (Mach.), an instrument consisting of a standard having a flat base and carrying an adjustable pointer, for gauging the evenness of a surface or its height, or for marking a line parallel with a surface. {Surface grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the great yellow underwing moth ({Triph[d2]na pronuba}). It is often destructive to the roots of grasses and other plants. {Surface plate} (Mach.), a plate having an accurately dressed flat surface, used as a standard of flatness by which to test other surfaces. {Surface printing}, printing from a surface in relief, as from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which the ink is contained in engraved lines. | |
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Polar \Po"lar\, a. [Cf. F. polaire. See {Pole} of the earth.] 1. Of or pertaining to one of the poles of the earth, or of a sphere; situated near, or proceeding from, one of the poles; as, polar regions; polar seas; polar winds. 2. Of or pertaining to the magnetic pole, or to the point to which the magnetic needle is directed. 3. (Geom.) Pertaining to, reckoned from, or having a common radiating point; as, polar co[94]rdinates. {Polar axis}, that axis of an astronomical instrument, as an equatorial, which is parallel to the earths axis. {Polar bear} (Zo[94]l.), a large bear ({Ursus, [or] Thalarctos, maritimus}) inhabiting the arctic regions. It sometimes measures nearly nine feet in length and weighs 1,600 pounds. It is partially amphibious, very powerful, and the most carnivorous of all the bears. The fur is white, tinged with yellow. Called also {White bear}. See {Bear}. {Polar body}, {cell}, [or] {globule} (Biol.), a minute cell which separates by karyokinesis from the ovum during its maturation. In the maturation of ordinary ova two polar bodies are formed, but in parthogenetic ova only one. The first polar body formed is usually larger than the second one, and often divides into two after its separation from the ovum. Each of the polar bodies removes maternal chromatin from the ovum to make room for the chromatin of the fertilizing spermatozo[94]n; but their functions are not fully understood. {Polar circles} (Astron. & Geog.), two circles, each at a distance from a pole of the earth equal to the obliquity of the ecliptic, or about 23[deg] 28[b7], the northern called the arctic circle, and the southern the antarctic circle. {Polar clock}, a tube, containing a polarizing apparatus, turning on an axis parallel to that of the earth, and indicating the hour of the day on an hour circle, by being turned toward the plane of maximum polarization of the light of the sky, which is always 90[deg] from the sun. {Polar co[94]rdinates}. See under 3d {Co[94]rdinate}. {Polar dial}, a dial whose plane is parallel to a great circle passing through the poles of the earth. --Math. Dict. {Polar distance}, the angular distance of any point on a sphere from one of its poles, particularly of a heavenly body from the north pole of the heavens. {Polar equation of a line} [or] {surface}, an equation which expresses the relation between the polar co[94]rdinates of every point of the line or surface. {Polar forces} (Physics), forces that are developed and act in pairs, with opposite tendencies or properties in the two elements, as magnetism, electricity, etc. {Polar hare} (Zo[94]l.), a large hare of Arctic America ({Lepus arcticus}), which turns pure white in winter. It is probably a variety of the common European hare ({L. timidus}). {Polar lights}, the aurora borealis or australis. {Polar}, [or] {Polaric}, {opposition} [or] {contrast} (Logic), an opposition or contrast made by the existence of two opposite conceptions which are the extremes in a species, as white and black in colors; hence, as great an opposition or contrast as possible. {Polar projection}. See under {Projection}. {Polar spherical triangle} (Spherics), a spherical triangle whose three angular points are poles of the sides of a given triangle. See 4th {Pole}, 2. {Polar whale} (Zo[94]l.), the right whale, or bowhead. See {Whale}. | |
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Cylindric \Cy*lin"dric\ (s?-l?n"dr?k), Cylindrical \Cy*lin"dric*al\ (-dr?-kal), a. [Gr. kylindriko`s, from ky`lindros cylinder: cf. F. cylindrique.] Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder. {Cylindrical lens}, a lens having one, or more than one, cylindrical surface. {Cylindric, [or] Cylindrical}, {surface} (Geom.), a surface described by a straight line that moves according to any law, but so as to be constantly parallel to a given line. {Cylindrical vault}. (Arch.) See under {Vault}, n. | |
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Adjusting plane \Adjusting plane\ [or] surface \surface\ (A[89]ronautics) A small plane or surface, usually capable of adjustment but not of manipulation, for preserving lateral balance in an a[89]roplane or flying machine. | |
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Pedal \Pe"dal\, a. [L. pedalis, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and cf. {Pew}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zo[94]l.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion. 2. Of or pertaining to a pedal; having pedals. {Pedal curve} [or] {surface} (Geom.), the curve or surface which is the locus of the feet of perpendiculars let fall from a fixed point upon the straight lines tangent to a given curve, or upon the planes tangent to a given surface. {Pedal note} (Mus.), the note which is held or sustained through an organ point. See {Organ point}, under {Organ}. {Pedal organ} (Mus.), an organ which has pedals or a range of keys moved by the feet; that portion of a full organ which is played with the feet. | |
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Surface \Sur"face\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surfaced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surfacing}.] 1. To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain. 2. To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold. | |
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Surface \Sur"face`\, n. [F. See {Sur-}, and {Face}, and cf. {Superficial}.] 1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body. The bright surface of this ethereous mold. --Milton. 2. Hence, outward or external appearance. Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no deeper than the surface. --V. Knox. 3. (Geom.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface. 4. (Fort.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion. --Stocqueler. {Caustic surface}, {Heating surface}, etc. See under {Caustic}, {Heating}, etc. {Surface condensation}, {Surface condenser}. See under {Condensation}, and {Condenser}. {Surface gauge} (Mach.), an instrument consisting of a standard having a flat base and carrying an adjustable pointer, for gauging the evenness of a surface or its height, or for marking a line parallel with a surface. {Surface grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the great yellow underwing moth ({Triph[d2]na pronuba}). It is often destructive to the roots of grasses and other plants. {Surface plate} (Mach.), a plate having an accurately dressed flat surface, used as a standard of flatness by which to test other surfaces. {Surface printing}, printing from a surface in relief, as from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which the ink is contained in engraved lines. | |
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Polar \Po"lar\, a. [Cf. F. polaire. See {Pole} of the earth.] 1. Of or pertaining to one of the poles of the earth, or of a sphere; situated near, or proceeding from, one of the poles; as, polar regions; polar seas; polar winds. 2. Of or pertaining to the magnetic pole, or to the point to which the magnetic needle is directed. 3. (Geom.) Pertaining to, reckoned from, or having a common radiating point; as, polar co[94]rdinates. {Polar axis}, that axis of an astronomical instrument, as an equatorial, which is parallel to the earths axis. {Polar bear} (Zo[94]l.), a large bear ({Ursus, [or] Thalarctos, maritimus}) inhabiting the arctic regions. It sometimes measures nearly nine feet in length and weighs 1,600 pounds. It is partially amphibious, very powerful, and the most carnivorous of all the bears. The fur is white, tinged with yellow. Called also {White bear}. See {Bear}. {Polar body}, {cell}, [or] {globule} (Biol.), a minute cell which separates by karyokinesis from the ovum during its maturation. In the maturation of ordinary ova two polar bodies are formed, but in parthogenetic ova only one. The first polar body formed is usually larger than the second one, and often divides into two after its separation from the ovum. Each of the polar bodies removes maternal chromatin from the ovum to make room for the chromatin of the fertilizing spermatozo[94]n; but their functions are not fully understood. {Polar circles} (Astron. & Geog.), two circles, each at a distance from a pole of the earth equal to the obliquity of the ecliptic, or about 23[deg] 28[b7], the northern called the arctic circle, and the southern the antarctic circle. {Polar clock}, a tube, containing a polarizing apparatus, turning on an axis parallel to that of the earth, and indicating the hour of the day on an hour circle, by being turned toward the plane of maximum polarization of the light of the sky, which is always 90[deg] from the sun. {Polar co[94]rdinates}. See under 3d {Co[94]rdinate}. {Polar dial}, a dial whose plane is parallel to a great circle passing through the poles of the earth. --Math. Dict. {Polar distance}, the angular distance of any point on a sphere from one of its poles, particularly of a heavenly body from the north pole of the heavens. {Polar equation of a line} [or] {surface}, an equation which expresses the relation between the polar co[94]rdinates of every point of the line or surface. {Polar forces} (Physics), forces that are developed and act in pairs, with opposite tendencies or properties in the two elements, as magnetism, electricity, etc. {Polar hare} (Zo[94]l.), a large hare of Arctic America ({Lepus arcticus}), which turns pure white in winter. It is probably a variety of the common European hare ({L. timidus}). {Polar lights}, the aurora borealis or australis. {Polar}, [or] {Polaric}, {opposition} [or] {contrast} (Logic), an opposition or contrast made by the existence of two opposite conceptions which are the extremes in a species, as white and black in colors; hence, as great an opposition or contrast as possible. {Polar projection}. See under {Projection}. {Polar spherical triangle} (Spherics), a spherical triangle whose three angular points are poles of the sides of a given triangle. See 4th {Pole}, 2. {Polar whale} (Zo[94]l.), the right whale, or bowhead. See {Whale}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cylindric \Cy*lin"dric\ (s?-l?n"dr?k), Cylindrical \Cy*lin"dric*al\ (-dr?-kal), a. [Gr. kylindriko`s, from ky`lindros cylinder: cf. F. cylindrique.] Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder. {Cylindrical lens}, a lens having one, or more than one, cylindrical surface. {Cylindric, [or] Cylindrical}, {surface} (Geom.), a surface described by a straight line that moves according to any law, but so as to be constantly parallel to a given line. {Cylindrical vault}. (Arch.) See under {Vault}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Carburetor \Car"bu*ret`or\, Carburettor \Car"bu*ret`tor\, n. One that carburets; specif., an apparatus in which air or gas is carbureted, as by passing it through a light petroleum oil. The carburetor for a gasoline engine is usually either a {surface carburetor}, or a {float, float-feed, [or] spray}, {carburetor}. In the former air is charged by being passed over the surface of gasoline. In the latter a fine spray of gasoline is drawn from an atomizing nozzle by a current of air induced by the suction of the engine piston, the supply of gasoline being regulated by a float which actuates a needle valve controlling the outlet of the feed pipe. Alcohol and other volatile inflammable liquids may be used instead of gasoline. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surface \Sur"face`\, n. [F. See {Sur-}, and {Face}, and cf. {Superficial}.] 1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body. The bright surface of this ethereous mold. --Milton. 2. Hence, outward or external appearance. Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no deeper than the surface. --V. Knox. 3. (Geom.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface. 4. (Fort.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion. --Stocqueler. {Caustic surface}, {Heating surface}, etc. See under {Caustic}, {Heating}, etc. {Surface condensation}, {Surface condenser}. See under {Condensation}, and {Condenser}. {Surface gauge} (Mach.), an instrument consisting of a standard having a flat base and carrying an adjustable pointer, for gauging the evenness of a surface or its height, or for marking a line parallel with a surface. {Surface grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the great yellow underwing moth ({Triph[d2]na pronuba}). It is often destructive to the roots of grasses and other plants. {Surface plate} (Mach.), a plate having an accurately dressed flat surface, used as a standard of flatness by which to test other surfaces. {Surface printing}, printing from a surface in relief, as from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which the ink is contained in engraved lines. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Condensation \Con`den*sa"tion\, n. [L. condensatio: cf. F. condensation.] 1. The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed. He [Goldsmith] was a great and perhaps an unequaled master of the arts of selection and condensation. --Macaulay. 2. (Physics) The act or process of reducing, by depression of temperature or increase of pressure, etc., to another and denser form, as gas to the condition of a liquid or steam to water. 3. (Chem.) A rearrangement or concentration of the different constituents of one or more substances into a distinct and definite compound of greater complexity and molecular weight, often resulting in an increase of density, as the condensation of oxygen into ozone, or of acetone into mesitylene. {Condensation product} (Chem.), a substance obtained by the polymerization of one substance, or by the union of two or more, with or without separation of some unimportant side products. {Surface condensation}, the system of condensing steam by contact with cold metallic surfaces, in distinction from condensation by the injection of cold water. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surface \Sur"face`\, n. [F. See {Sur-}, and {Face}, and cf. {Superficial}.] 1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body. The bright surface of this ethereous mold. --Milton. 2. Hence, outward or external appearance. Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no deeper than the surface. --V. Knox. 3. (Geom.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface. 4. (Fort.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion. --Stocqueler. {Caustic surface}, {Heating surface}, etc. See under {Caustic}, {Heating}, etc. {Surface condensation}, {Surface condenser}. See under {Condensation}, and {Condenser}. {Surface gauge} (Mach.), an instrument consisting of a standard having a flat base and carrying an adjustable pointer, for gauging the evenness of a surface or its height, or for marking a line parallel with a surface. {Surface grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the great yellow underwing moth ({Triph[d2]na pronuba}). It is often destructive to the roots of grasses and other plants. {Surface plate} (Mach.), a plate having an accurately dressed flat surface, used as a standard of flatness by which to test other surfaces. {Surface printing}, printing from a surface in relief, as from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which the ink is contained in engraved lines. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
3. (Chem.) An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling. 4. (Steam Engine) An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See Illust. of {Steam engine}. {Achromatic condenser} (Optics), an achromatic lens used as a condenser. {Bull's-eye condenser}, [or] {Bull's-eye} (Optics), a lens of short focal distance used for concentrating rays of light. {Injection condenser}, a vessel in which steam is condensed by the direct contact of water. {Surface condenser}, an apparatus for condensing steam, especially the exhaust of a steam engine, by bringing it into contact with metallic surface cooled by water or air. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surface \Sur"face`\, n. [F. See {Sur-}, and {Face}, and cf. {Superficial}.] 1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body. The bright surface of this ethereous mold. --Milton. 2. Hence, outward or external appearance. Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no deeper than the surface. --V. Knox. 3. (Geom.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface. 4. (Fort.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion. --Stocqueler. {Caustic surface}, {Heating surface}, etc. See under {Caustic}, {Heating}, etc. {Surface condensation}, {Surface condenser}. See under {Condensation}, and {Condenser}. {Surface gauge} (Mach.), an instrument consisting of a standard having a flat base and carrying an adjustable pointer, for gauging the evenness of a surface or its height, or for marking a line parallel with a surface. {Surface grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the great yellow underwing moth ({Triph[d2]na pronuba}). It is often destructive to the roots of grasses and other plants. {Surface plate} (Mach.), a plate having an accurately dressed flat surface, used as a standard of flatness by which to test other surfaces. {Surface printing}, printing from a surface in relief, as from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which the ink is contained in engraved lines. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surface \Sur"face`\, n. [F. See {Sur-}, and {Face}, and cf. {Superficial}.] 1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body. The bright surface of this ethereous mold. --Milton. 2. Hence, outward or external appearance. Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no deeper than the surface. --V. Knox. 3. (Geom.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface. 4. (Fort.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion. --Stocqueler. {Caustic surface}, {Heating surface}, etc. See under {Caustic}, {Heating}, etc. {Surface condensation}, {Surface condenser}. See under {Condensation}, and {Condenser}. {Surface gauge} (Mach.), an instrument consisting of a standard having a flat base and carrying an adjustable pointer, for gauging the evenness of a surface or its height, or for marking a line parallel with a surface. {Surface grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the great yellow underwing moth ({Triph[d2]na pronuba}). It is often destructive to the roots of grasses and other plants. {Surface plate} (Mach.), a plate having an accurately dressed flat surface, used as a standard of flatness by which to test other surfaces. {Surface printing}, printing from a surface in relief, as from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which the ink is contained in engraved lines. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surface loading \Sur"face load`ing\ (A[89]ronautics) The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Elasticity \E`las*tic"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. [82]lasticit[82].] 1. The quality of being elastic; the inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or dimensions, after the removal of external pressure or altering force; springiness; tendency to rebound; as, the elasticity of caoutchouc; the elasticity of the air. 2. Power of resistance to, or recovery from, depression or overwork. {Coefficient of elasticity}, the quotient of a stress (of a given kind), by the strain (of a given kind) which it produces; -- called also {coefficient of resistance}. {Surface of elasticity} (Geom.), the pedal surface of an ellipsoid (see {Pedal}); a surface used in explaining the phenomena of double refraction and their relation to the elastic force of the luminous ether in crystalline media. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Flotation \Flo*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. flottation a floating, flottaison water line, fr. flotter to float. See {Flotilla}.] 1. The act, process, or state of floating. 2. The science of floating bodies. {Center of flotation}. (Shipbuilding) (a) The center of any given plane of flotation. (b) More commonly, the middle of the length of the load water line. --Rankine. {Plane, [or] Line}, {of flotation}, the plane or line in which the horizontal surface of a fluid cuts a body floating in it. See {Bearing}, n., 9 (c) . {Surface of flotation} (Shipbuilding), the imaginary surface which all the planes of flotation touch when a vessel rolls or pitches; the envelope of all such planes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surface \Sur"face`\, n. [F. See {Sur-}, and {Face}, and cf. {Superficial}.] 1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body. The bright surface of this ethereous mold. --Milton. 2. Hence, outward or external appearance. Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no deeper than the surface. --V. Knox. 3. (Geom.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface. 4. (Fort.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion. --Stocqueler. {Caustic surface}, {Heating surface}, etc. See under {Caustic}, {Heating}, etc. {Surface condensation}, {Surface condenser}. See under {Condensation}, and {Condenser}. {Surface gauge} (Mach.), an instrument consisting of a standard having a flat base and carrying an adjustable pointer, for gauging the evenness of a surface or its height, or for marking a line parallel with a surface. {Surface grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the great yellow underwing moth ({Triph[d2]na pronuba}). It is often destructive to the roots of grasses and other plants. {Surface plate} (Mach.), a plate having an accurately dressed flat surface, used as a standard of flatness by which to test other surfaces. {Surface printing}, printing from a surface in relief, as from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which the ink is contained in engraved lines. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surface \Sur"face`\, n. [F. See {Sur-}, and {Face}, and cf. {Superficial}.] 1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body. The bright surface of this ethereous mold. --Milton. 2. Hence, outward or external appearance. Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no deeper than the surface. --V. Knox. 3. (Geom.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface. 4. (Fort.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion. --Stocqueler. {Caustic surface}, {Heating surface}, etc. See under {Caustic}, {Heating}, etc. {Surface condensation}, {Surface condenser}. See under {Condensation}, and {Condenser}. {Surface gauge} (Mach.), an instrument consisting of a standard having a flat base and carrying an adjustable pointer, for gauging the evenness of a surface or its height, or for marking a line parallel with a surface. {Surface grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the great yellow underwing moth ({Triph[d2]na pronuba}). It is often destructive to the roots of grasses and other plants. {Surface plate} (Mach.), a plate having an accurately dressed flat surface, used as a standard of flatness by which to test other surfaces. {Surface printing}, printing from a surface in relief, as from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which the ink is contained in engraved lines. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surface tension \Sur"face ten"sion\ (Physics) That property, due to molecular forces, which exists in the surface film of all liquids and tends to bring the contained volume into a form having the least superficial area. The thickness of this film, amounting to less than a thousandth of a millimeter, is considered to equal the radius of the sphere of molecular action, that is, the greatest distance at which there is cohesion between two particles. Particles lying below this film, being equally acted on from all sides, are in equilibrium as to forces of cohesion, but those in the film are on the whole attracted inward, and tension results. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surface \Sur"face\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surfaced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surfacing}.] 1. To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain. 2. To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surfacer \Sur"fa*cer\, n. A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal, stone, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Imaginary \Im*ag"i*na*ry\, a. [L. imaginarius: cf. F. imaginaire.] Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal. Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills and fancied tortures? --Addison. {Imaginary calculus} See under {Calculus}. {Imaginary expression} [or] {quantity} (Alg.), an algebraic expression which involves the impossible operation of taking the square root of a negative quantity; as, [root]-9, a + b [root]-1. {Imaginary points}, {lines}, {surfaces}, etc. (Geom.), points, lines, surfaces, etc., imagined to exist, although by reason of certain changes of a figure they have in fact ceased to have a real existence. Syn: Ideal; fanciful; chimerical; visionary; fancied; unreal; illusive. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surface \Sur"face\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surfaced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surfacing}.] 1. To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain. 2. To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surpass \Sur*pass"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surpassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surpassing}.] [F. surpasser; sur over + passer to pass. See {Sur-}, and {Pass}.] To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel. This would surpass Common revenge and interrupt his joy. --Milton. Syn: To exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surpassable \Sur*pass"a*ble\, a. That may be surpassed. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surpass \Sur*pass"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surpassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surpassing}.] [F. surpasser; sur over + passer to pass. See {Sur-}, and {Pass}.] To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel. This would surpass Common revenge and interrupt his joy. --Milton. Syn: To exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surpass \Sur*pass"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surpassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Surpassing}.] [F. surpasser; sur over + passer to pass. See {Sur-}, and {Pass}.] To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel. This would surpass Common revenge and interrupt his joy. --Milton. Syn: To exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surpassing \Sur*pass"ing\, a. Eminently excellent; exceeding others. [bd]With surpassing glory crowned.[b8] --Milton. -- {Sur*pass"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Sur*pass"ing*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surpassing \Sur*pass"ing\, a. Eminently excellent; exceeding others. [bd]With surpassing glory crowned.[b8] --Milton. -- {Sur*pass"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Sur*pass"ing*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Surpassing \Sur*pass"ing\, a. Eminently excellent; exceeding others. [bd]With surpassing glory crowned.[b8] --Milton. -- {Sur*pass"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Sur*pass"ing*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Survise \Sur*vise"\, v. t. [See {Supervise}, and {Survey}.] To look over; to supervise. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Syrphus fly \Syr"phus fly`\ [NL. Syrphus, the generic name, fr. Gr. [?], [?], a kind of winged insect.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus {Syrphus} and allied genera. They are usually bright-colored, with yellow bands, and hover around plants. The larv[91] feed upon plant lice, and are, therefore, very beneficial to agriculture. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sarpy County, NE (county, FIPS 153) Location: 41.11400 N, 96.11009 W Population (1990): 102583 (35994 housing units) Area: 623.3 sq km (land), 17.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sharp County, AR (county, FIPS 135) Location: 36.15391 N, 91.48151 W Population (1990): 14109 (7617 housing units) Area: 1565.4 sq km (land), 5.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sharpes, FL (CDP, FIPS 65525) Location: 28.43770 N, 80.75817 W Population (1990): 3348 (1582 housing units) Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 8.6 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sharps Chapel, TN Zip code(s): 37866 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sharpsburg, GA (town, FIPS 69980) Location: 33.34135 N, 84.64741 W Population (1990): 224 (96 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30277 Sharpsburg, IA (city, FIPS 72075) Location: 40.80279 N, 94.64102 W Population (1990): 116 (51 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50862 Sharpsburg, KY (city, FIPS 69852) Location: 38.20211 N, 83.92839 W Population (1990): 315 (165 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 40374 Sharpsburg, MD (town, FIPS 71600) Location: 39.45757 N, 77.74980 W Population (1990): 659 (285 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 21782 Sharpsburg, NC (town, FIPS 61060) Location: 35.86715 N, 77.83239 W Population (1990): 1536 (622 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Sharpsburg, PA (borough, FIPS 69776) Location: 40.49317 N, 79.92659 W Population (1990): 3781 (1864 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sharpsville, IN (town, FIPS 69048) Location: 40.37995 N, 86.08729 W Population (1990): 769 (288 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46068 Sharpsville, PA (borough, FIPS 69800) Location: 41.25895 N, 80.48200 W Population (1990): 4729 (2041 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16150 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Shrub Oak, NY Zip code(s): 10588 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sierra Vista, AZ (city, FIPS 66820) Location: 31.56511 N, 110.32246 W Population (1990): 32983 (12927 housing units) Area: 368.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 85635 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sierra Vista Southeast, AZ (CDP, FIPS 66845) Location: 31.46059 N, 110.21743 W Population (1990): 9237 (3814 housing units) Area: 295.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Surf City, NC (town, FIPS 66040) Location: 34.42391 N, 77.55844 W Population (1990): 970 (2242 housing units) Area: 10.1 sq km (land), 2.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28445 Surf City, NJ (borough, FIPS 71640) Location: 39.66232 N, 74.16916 W Population (1990): 1375 (2482 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Surfside, FL (town, FIPS 70075) Location: 25.87820 N, 80.12351 W Population (1990): 4108 (2814 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Surfside Beach, SC (town, FIPS 70585) Location: 33.60959 N, 78.97774 W Population (1990): 3845 (3128 housing units) Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29575 Surfside Beach, TX (city, FIPS 71384) Location: 28.95380 N, 95.28225 W Population (1990): 611 (868 housing units) Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
scruffies n. See {neats vs. scruffies}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
scruffies {neats vs. scruffies} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
service {server}. This may mean simply serving simple requests for data to be sent or stored (as with {file servers}, {gopher} or {http} servers, {e-mail} servers, {finger} servers, {SQL} servers, etc.); or it may be more complex work, such as that of {irc} servers, print servers, {X Windows} servers, or process servers. E.g. "Access to the finger {service} is restricted to the local {subnet}, for security reasons". (1997-09-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Service Access Point network address which identifies the individual application on a host which is sending or receiving a {packet}. {TCP/IP}'s equivalent term is "{port}". Different SAPs distinguish between different services or applications on a host, e.g. {electronic mail}, {FTP}, {HTTP}. (1996-12-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Service Advertising Protocol the spirit of the {Xerox} {Clearinghouse} protocol, it permits file, print, and gateway servers to advertise their services and addresses. (1996-01-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Service Discovery Protocol Protocol Stack} that allows {devices} to connect to other {services}. {Bluetooth SDP (http://www.bluetooth.org/assigned-numbers/sdp.htm)}. (2002-06-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
service provider telephone, such as an 0800 (toll free) number. The service provider buys the services of a telecom supplier (e.g. BT) but advertises the service and deals with the calls itself. Increasingly, service providers are now also managing their advanced {call-routing}. (1996-08-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
serviceability {preventative maintenance} can be performed on a system (e.g. by a {hardware} service technician). Higher serviceability improves availability and reduces service cost. Serviceability is one component of {RAS}. (2000-08-13) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Scribes anciently held various important offices in the public affairs of the nation. The Hebrew word so rendered (sopher) is first used to designate the holder of some military office (Judg. 5:14; A.V., "pen of the writer;" R.V., "the marshal's staff;" marg., "the staff of the scribe"). The scribes acted as secretaries of state, whose business it was to prepare and issue decrees in the name of the king (2 Sam. 8:17; 20:25; 1 Chr. 18:16; 24:6; 1 Kings 4:3; 2 Kings 12:9-11; 18:18-37, etc.). They discharged various other important public duties as men of high authority and influence in the affairs of state. There was also a subordinate class of scribes, most of whom were Levites. They were engaged in various ways as writers. Such, for example, was Baruch, who "wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord" (Jer. 36:4, 32). In later times, after the Captivity, when the nation lost its independence, the scribes turned their attention to the law, gaining for themselves distinction by their intimate acquaintance with its contents. On them devolved the duty of multiplying copies of the law and of teaching it to others (Ezra 7:6, 10-12; Neh. 8:1, 4, 9, 13). It is evident that in New Testament times the scribes belonged to the sect of the Pharisees, who supplemented the ancient written law by their traditions (Matt. 23), thereby obscuring it and rendering it of none effect. The titles "scribes" and "lawyers" (q.v.) are in the Gospels interchangeable (Matt. 22:35; Mark 12:28; Luke 20:39, etc.). They were in the time of our Lord the public teachers of the people, and frequently came into collision with him. They afterwards showed themselves greatly hostile to the apostles (Acts 4:5; 6:12). Some of the scribes, however, were men of a different spirit, and showed themselves friendly to the gospel and its preachers. Thus Gamaliel advised the Sanhedrin, when the apostles were before them charged with "teaching in this name," to "refrain from these men and let them alone" (Acts 5:34-39; comp. 23:9). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sheriffs (Dan. 3:2), Babylonian officers. |