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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gannet \Gan"net\, n. [OE. gant, AS. ganet, ganot, a sea fowl, a fen duck; akin to D. gent gander, OHG. ganazzo. See {Gander}, {Goose}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus {Sula}, allied to the pelicans. Note: The common gannet of Europe and America ({S. bassana}), is also called {solan goose}, {chandel goose}, and {gentleman}. In Florida the wood ibis is commonly called gannet. {Booby gannet}. See {Sula}. | |
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Comfrey \Com"frey\, n. [Prob. from F. conferve, L. conferva, fr. confervere to boil together, in medical language, to heal, grow together. So called on account of its healing power, for which reason it was also called consolida.] (Bot.) A rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the genus {Symphytum}. Note: A decoction of the mucilaginous root of the [bd]common comfrey[b8] ({S. officinale}) is used in cough mixtures, etc.; and the gigantic [bd]prickly comfrey[b8] ({S. asperrimum}) is somewhat cultivated as a forage plant. | |
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Nuthatch \Nut"hatch`\, n. [OE. nuthake. See 2d {Hack}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of birds of the genus {Sitta}, as the European species ({Sitta Europ[91]a}). The white-breasted nuthatch ({S. Carolinensis}), the red-breasted nuthatch ({S. Canadensis}), the pygmy nuthatch ({S. pygm[91]a}), and others, are American. | |
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Sab91ism \Sa"b[91]*ism\, Sabaism \Sa"ba*ism\, n. See {Sabianism}. | |
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Sab91ism \Sa"b[91]*ism\, Sabaism \Sa"ba*ism\, n. See {Sabianism}. | |
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Sabeism \Sa"be*ism\, n. Same as {Sabianism}. | |
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Safe-conduct \Safe"-con"duct\, n. [Safe + conduct: cf. F. sauf-conduit.] That which gives a safe passage; either (a) a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or (b) a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. --Shak. | |
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Safe-conduct \Safe`-con*duct"\, v. t. To conduct safely; to give safe-conduct to. [Poetic] He him by all the bonds of love besought To safe-conduct his love. --Spenser. | |
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Saivism \Sai"vism\, n. The worship of Siva. | |
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Sapogenin \Sa*pog"e*nin\, n. [Saponin + -gen + -in.] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of saponin. | |
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Sapucaia \Sap`u*ca"ia\ (?; Pg. [?]), n. [Pg. sapucaya.] (Bot.) A Brazilian tree. See {Lecythis}, and {Monkey-pot}. [Written also {sapucaya}.] {Sapucaia nut} (Bot.), the seed of the sapucaia; -- called also {paradise nut}. | |
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Savacioun \Sa*va"ci*oun`\, n. Salvation. [Obs.] | |
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Savageness \Sav"age*ness\, n. The state or quality of being savage. Wolves and bears, they say, Casting their savageness aside have done Like offices of pity. --Shak. | |
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Scaphism \Scaph"ism\, n. [Gr. ska`fh a trough.] An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects until he died. | |
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Scaphognathite \Sca*phog"na*thite\, n. [Gr. ska`fh boat + gna`qos jaw.] (Zo[94]l.) A thin leafike appendage (the exopodite) of the second maxilla of decapod crustaceans. It serves as a pumping organ to draw the water through the gill cavity. | |
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Umber \Um"ber\, n. [F. ombre ocherous ore of iron, terre d'ombre, It. terra d'ombra, literally, earth of shadow or shade, L. umbra shadow, shade. Cf. {Umber}, 3 & 4, {Umbrage}.] 1. (Paint.) A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water colors, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. It is commonly heated or burned before being used, and is then called {burnt umber}; when not heated, it is called {raw umber}. See {Burnt umber}, below. 2. An umbrere. [Obs.] 3. [F. ombre, umbre, L. umbra.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Grayling}, 1. 4. [Cf. NL. scopus umbretta, F. ombrette; probably fr. L. umbra shade, in allusion to its dark brown color. See {Umber} a pigment.] (Zo[94]l.) An African wading bird ({Scopus umbretta}) allied to the storks and herons. It is dull dusky brown, and has a large occipital crest. Called also {umbrette}, {umbre}, and {umber bird}. {Burnt umber} (Paint.), a pigment made by burning raw umber, which is changed by this process from an olive brown to a bright reddish brown. {Cologne}, [or] {German}, {umber}, a brown pigment obtained from lignite. See {Cologne earth}. | |
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Sea pheasant \Sea" pheas"ant\ (Zo[94]l.) The pintail duck. | |
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Note: The {common, [or] English, {pheasant} ({Phasianus Colchicus}) is now found over most of temperate Europe, but was introduced from Asia. The {ring-necked pheasant} ({P. torquatus}) and the {green pheasant} ({P. versicolor}) have been introduced into Oregon. The {golden pheasant} ({Thaumalea picta}) is one of the most beautiful species. The {silver pheasant} ({Euplocamus nychthemerus}) of China, and several related species from Southern Asia, are very beautiful. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The ruffed grouse. [Southern U.S.] Note: Various other birds are locally called pheasants, as the lyre bird, the leipoa, etc. {Fireback pheasant}. See {Fireback}. {Gold}, [or] {Golden}, {pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), a Chinese pheasant ({Thaumalea picta}), having rich, varied colors. The crest is amber-colored, the rump is golden yellow, and the under parts are scarlet. {Mountain pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. [Local, U.S.] {Pheasant coucal} (Zo[94]l.), a large Australian cuckoo ({Centropus phasianus}). The general color is black, with chestnut wings and brown tail. Called also {pheasant cuckoo}. The name is also applied to other allied species. {Pheasant duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pintail. (b) The hooded merganser. {Pheasant parrot} (Zo[94]l.), a large and beautiful Australian parrakeet ({Platycercus Adelaidensis}). The male has the back black, the feathers margined with yellowish blue and scarlet, the quills deep blue, the wing coverts and cheeks light blue, the crown, sides of the neck, breast, and middle of the belly scarlet. {Pheasant's eye}. (Bot.) (a) A red-flowered herb ({Adonis autumnalis}) of the Crowfoot family; -- called also {pheasant's-eye Adonis}. (b) The garden pink ({Dianthus plumarius}); -- called also {Pheasant's-eye pink}. {Pheasant shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine univalve shell of the genus {Phasianella}, of which numerous species are found in tropical seas. The shell is smooth and usually richly colored, the colors often forming blotches like those of a pheasant. {Pheasant wood}. (Bot.) Same as {Partridge wood} (a), under {Partridge}. {Sea pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), the pintail. {Water pheasant}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sheldrake. (b) The hooded merganser. | |
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Pintail \Pin"tail`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A northern duck ({Dafila acuta}), native of both continents. The adult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also {gray duck}, {piketail}, {piket-tail}, {spike-tail}, {split-tail}, {springtail}, {sea pheasant}, and {gray widgeon}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains ({Pedioc[91]tes phasianellus}); -- called also {pintailed grouse}, {pintailed chicken}, {springtail}, and {sharptail}. | |
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Sea pheasant \Sea" pheas"ant\ (Zo[94]l.) The pintail duck. | |
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Note: The {common, [or] English, {pheasant} ({Phasianus Colchicus}) is now found over most of temperate Europe, but was introduced from Asia. The {ring-necked pheasant} ({P. torquatus}) and the {green pheasant} ({P. versicolor}) have been introduced into Oregon. The {golden pheasant} ({Thaumalea picta}) is one of the most beautiful species. The {silver pheasant} ({Euplocamus nychthemerus}) of China, and several related species from Southern Asia, are very beautiful. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The ruffed grouse. [Southern U.S.] Note: Various other birds are locally called pheasants, as the lyre bird, the leipoa, etc. {Fireback pheasant}. See {Fireback}. {Gold}, [or] {Golden}, {pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), a Chinese pheasant ({Thaumalea picta}), having rich, varied colors. The crest is amber-colored, the rump is golden yellow, and the under parts are scarlet. {Mountain pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. [Local, U.S.] {Pheasant coucal} (Zo[94]l.), a large Australian cuckoo ({Centropus phasianus}). The general color is black, with chestnut wings and brown tail. Called also {pheasant cuckoo}. The name is also applied to other allied species. {Pheasant duck}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pintail. (b) The hooded merganser. {Pheasant parrot} (Zo[94]l.), a large and beautiful Australian parrakeet ({Platycercus Adelaidensis}). The male has the back black, the feathers margined with yellowish blue and scarlet, the quills deep blue, the wing coverts and cheeks light blue, the crown, sides of the neck, breast, and middle of the belly scarlet. {Pheasant's eye}. (Bot.) (a) A red-flowered herb ({Adonis autumnalis}) of the Crowfoot family; -- called also {pheasant's-eye Adonis}. (b) The garden pink ({Dianthus plumarius}); -- called also {Pheasant's-eye pink}. {Pheasant shell} (Zo[94]l.), any marine univalve shell of the genus {Phasianella}, of which numerous species are found in tropical seas. The shell is smooth and usually richly colored, the colors often forming blotches like those of a pheasant. {Pheasant wood}. (Bot.) Same as {Partridge wood} (a), under {Partridge}. {Sea pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), the pintail. {Water pheasant}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sheldrake. (b) The hooded merganser. | |
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Pintail \Pin"tail`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A northern duck ({Dafila acuta}), native of both continents. The adult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also {gray duck}, {piketail}, {piket-tail}, {spike-tail}, {split-tail}, {springtail}, {sea pheasant}, and {gray widgeon}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains ({Pedioc[91]tes phasianellus}); -- called also {pintailed grouse}, {pintailed chicken}, {springtail}, and {sharptail}. | |
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Sea pigeon \Sea" pi"geon\ The common guillemot. | |
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Guillemot \Guil"le*mot`\, n. [F.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. They have short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and swimmers. Note: The common guillemots, or murres, belong to the genus {Uria} (as {U. troile}); the black or foolish guillemot ({Cepphus grylle}, formerly {Uria grylle}), is called also {sea pigeon} and {eligny}. See {Murre}. | |
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Sea pigeon \Sea" pi"geon\ The common guillemot. | |
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Guillemot \Guil"le*mot`\, n. [F.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several northern sea birds, allied to the auks. They have short legs, placed far back, and are expert divers and swimmers. Note: The common guillemots, or murres, belong to the genus {Uria} (as {U. troile}); the black or foolish guillemot ({Cepphus grylle}, formerly {Uria grylle}), is called also {sea pigeon} and {eligny}. See {Murre}. | |
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Sepsin \Sep"sin\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] putrefaction.] (Physiol. Chem.) A soluble poison (ptomaine) present in putrid blood. It is also formed in the putrefaction of proteid matter in general. | |
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Sheepish \Sheep"ish\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to sheep. [Obs.] 2. Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess. Wanting change of company, he will, when he comes abroad, be a sheepish or conceited creature. --Locke. -- {Sheep"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Sheep"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Sheepshank \Sheep"shank`\, n. (Naut.) A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened. | |
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Sheepskin \Sheep"skin`\, n. 1. The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it. 2. A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep. [College Cant] | |
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3. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] --Tyndale. {Armed ship}, a private ship taken into the service of the government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a ship of war. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {General ship}. See under {General}. {Ship biscuit}, hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard; -- called also {ship bread}. See {Hardtack}. {Ship boy}, a boy who serves in a ship. [bd]Seal up the ship boy's eyes.[b8] --Shak. {Ship breaker}, one who breaks up vessels when unfit for further use. {Ship broker}, a mercantile agent employed in buying and selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port. {Ship canal}, a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing vessels. {Ship carpenter}, a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a shipwright. {Ship chandler}, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other, furniture of vessels. {Ship chandlery}, the commodities in which a ship chandler deals; also, the business of a ship chandler. {Ship fever} (Med.), a form of typhus fever; -- called also {putrid, jail, [or] hospital fever}. {Ship joiner}, a joiner who works upon ships. {Ship letter}, a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet. {Ship money} (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I. to revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden, and was one of the causes which led to the death of Charles. It was finally abolished. {Ship of the line}. See under {Line}. {Ship pendulum}, a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent of the rolling and pitching of a vessel. {Ship railway}. (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for repairs. (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels overland between two water courses or harbors. {Ship's company}, the crew of a ship or other vessel. {Ship's days}, the days allowed a vessel for loading or unloading. {Ship's husband}. See under {Husband}. {Ship's papers} (Mar. Law), papers with which a vessel is required by law to be provided, and the production of which may be required on certain occasions. Among these papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll, bill of health, etc. --Bouvier. --Kent. {To make ship}, to embark in a ship or other vessel. | |
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3. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] --Tyndale. {Armed ship}, a private ship taken into the service of the government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a ship of war. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {General ship}. See under {General}. {Ship biscuit}, hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard; -- called also {ship bread}. See {Hardtack}. {Ship boy}, a boy who serves in a ship. [bd]Seal up the ship boy's eyes.[b8] --Shak. {Ship breaker}, one who breaks up vessels when unfit for further use. {Ship broker}, a mercantile agent employed in buying and selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port. {Ship canal}, a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing vessels. {Ship carpenter}, a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a shipwright. {Ship chandler}, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other, furniture of vessels. {Ship chandlery}, the commodities in which a ship chandler deals; also, the business of a ship chandler. {Ship fever} (Med.), a form of typhus fever; -- called also {putrid, jail, [or] hospital fever}. {Ship joiner}, a joiner who works upon ships. {Ship letter}, a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet. {Ship money} (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I. to revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden, and was one of the causes which led to the death of Charles. It was finally abolished. {Ship of the line}. See under {Line}. {Ship pendulum}, a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent of the rolling and pitching of a vessel. {Ship railway}. (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for repairs. (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels overland between two water courses or harbors. {Ship's company}, the crew of a ship or other vessel. {Ship's days}, the days allowed a vessel for loading or unloading. {Ship's husband}. See under {Husband}. {Ship's papers} (Mar. Law), papers with which a vessel is required by law to be provided, and the production of which may be required on certain occasions. Among these papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll, bill of health, etc. --Bouvier. --Kent. {To make ship}, to embark in a ship or other vessel. | |
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3. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] --Tyndale. {Armed ship}, a private ship taken into the service of the government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a ship of war. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {General ship}. See under {General}. {Ship biscuit}, hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard; -- called also {ship bread}. See {Hardtack}. {Ship boy}, a boy who serves in a ship. [bd]Seal up the ship boy's eyes.[b8] --Shak. {Ship breaker}, one who breaks up vessels when unfit for further use. {Ship broker}, a mercantile agent employed in buying and selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port. {Ship canal}, a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing vessels. {Ship carpenter}, a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a shipwright. {Ship chandler}, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other, furniture of vessels. {Ship chandlery}, the commodities in which a ship chandler deals; also, the business of a ship chandler. {Ship fever} (Med.), a form of typhus fever; -- called also {putrid, jail, [or] hospital fever}. {Ship joiner}, a joiner who works upon ships. {Ship letter}, a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet. {Ship money} (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I. to revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden, and was one of the causes which led to the death of Charles. It was finally abolished. {Ship of the line}. See under {Line}. {Ship pendulum}, a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent of the rolling and pitching of a vessel. {Ship railway}. (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for repairs. (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels overland between two water courses or harbors. {Ship's company}, the crew of a ship or other vessel. {Ship's days}, the days allowed a vessel for loading or unloading. {Ship's husband}. See under {Husband}. {Ship's papers} (Mar. Law), papers with which a vessel is required by law to be provided, and the production of which may be required on certain occasions. Among these papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll, bill of health, etc. --Bouvier. --Kent. {To make ship}, to embark in a ship or other vessel. | |
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3. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] --Tyndale. {Armed ship}, a private ship taken into the service of the government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a ship of war. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {General ship}. See under {General}. {Ship biscuit}, hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard; -- called also {ship bread}. See {Hardtack}. {Ship boy}, a boy who serves in a ship. [bd]Seal up the ship boy's eyes.[b8] --Shak. {Ship breaker}, one who breaks up vessels when unfit for further use. {Ship broker}, a mercantile agent employed in buying and selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port. {Ship canal}, a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing vessels. {Ship carpenter}, a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a shipwright. {Ship chandler}, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other, furniture of vessels. {Ship chandlery}, the commodities in which a ship chandler deals; also, the business of a ship chandler. {Ship fever} (Med.), a form of typhus fever; -- called also {putrid, jail, [or] hospital fever}. {Ship joiner}, a joiner who works upon ships. {Ship letter}, a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet. {Ship money} (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I. to revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden, and was one of the causes which led to the death of Charles. It was finally abolished. {Ship of the line}. See under {Line}. {Ship pendulum}, a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent of the rolling and pitching of a vessel. {Ship railway}. (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for repairs. (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels overland between two water courses or harbors. {Ship's company}, the crew of a ship or other vessel. {Ship's days}, the days allowed a vessel for loading or unloading. {Ship's husband}. See under {Husband}. {Ship's papers} (Mar. Law), papers with which a vessel is required by law to be provided, and the production of which may be required on certain occasions. Among these papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll, bill of health, etc. --Bouvier. --Kent. {To make ship}, to embark in a ship or other vessel. | |
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3. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] --Tyndale. {Armed ship}, a private ship taken into the service of the government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a ship of war. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {General ship}. See under {General}. {Ship biscuit}, hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard; -- called also {ship bread}. See {Hardtack}. {Ship boy}, a boy who serves in a ship. [bd]Seal up the ship boy's eyes.[b8] --Shak. {Ship breaker}, one who breaks up vessels when unfit for further use. {Ship broker}, a mercantile agent employed in buying and selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port. {Ship canal}, a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing vessels. {Ship carpenter}, a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a shipwright. {Ship chandler}, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other, furniture of vessels. {Ship chandlery}, the commodities in which a ship chandler deals; also, the business of a ship chandler. {Ship fever} (Med.), a form of typhus fever; -- called also {putrid, jail, [or] hospital fever}. {Ship joiner}, a joiner who works upon ships. {Ship letter}, a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet. {Ship money} (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I. to revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden, and was one of the causes which led to the death of Charles. It was finally abolished. {Ship of the line}. See under {Line}. {Ship pendulum}, a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent of the rolling and pitching of a vessel. {Ship railway}. (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for repairs. (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels overland between two water courses or harbors. {Ship's company}, the crew of a ship or other vessel. {Ship's days}, the days allowed a vessel for loading or unloading. {Ship's husband}. See under {Husband}. {Ship's papers} (Mar. Law), papers with which a vessel is required by law to be provided, and the production of which may be required on certain occasions. Among these papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll, bill of health, etc. --Bouvier. --Kent. {To make ship}, to embark in a ship or other vessel. | |
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Skip \Skip\, n. 1. A light leap or bound. 2. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part. 3. (Mus.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. --Busby. {Skip kennel}, a lackey; a footboy. [Slang.] --Swift. {Skip mackerel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluefish}, 1. | |
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Sofism \So"fism\, n. Same as {Sufism}. | |
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Sufism \Su"fism\, n. A refined mysticism among certain classes of Mohammedans, particularly in Persia, who hold to a kind of pantheism and practice extreme asceticism in their lives. [Written also {sofism}.] | |
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Sofism \So"fism\, n. Same as {Sufism}. | |
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Sufism \Su"fism\, n. A refined mysticism among certain classes of Mohammedans, particularly in Persia, who hold to a kind of pantheism and practice extreme asceticism in their lives. [Written also {sofism}.] | |
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Soofee \Soo"fee\, Soofeeism \Soo"fee*ism\ Same as {Sufi}, {Sufism}. | |
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Sophism \Soph"ism\, n. [F. sophisme, L. sophisma, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to make wise, [?] to be become wise, to play the sophist, fr. [?] wise.] The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist; hence, any fallacy designed to deceive. When a false argument puts on the appearance of a true one, then it is properly called a sophism, or [bd]fallacy[b8]. --I. Watts. Let us first rid ourselves of sophisms, those of depraved men, and those of heartless philosophers. --I. Taylor. | |
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Sop \Sop\, n. [OE. sop, soppe; akin to AS. s[?]pan to sup, to sip, to drink, D. sop sop, G. suppe soup, Icel. soppa sop. See {Sup}, v. t., and cf. {Soup}.] 1. Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten. He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. --John xiii. 26. Sops in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine itself. --Bacon. The bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores, And make a sop of all this solid globe. --Shak. 2. Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology. All nature is cured with a sop. --L'Estrange. 3. A thing of little or no value. [Obs.] --P. Plowman. {Sops in wine} (Bot.), an old name of the clove pink, alluding to its having been used to flavor wine. Garlands of roses and sops in wine. --Spenser. {Sops of wine} (Bot.), an old European variety of apple, of a yellow and red color, shading to deep red; -- called also {sopsavine}, and {red shropsavine}. | |
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Space \Space\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spaced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spacong}.] [Cf. F. espacer. See {Space}, n.] (Print.) To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space words, lines, or letters. | |
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Spakenet \Spake"net`\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A net for catching crabs. --Halliwell. | |
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Spasm \Spasm\, n. [F. spasme, L. spasmus, Gr. [?], from [?], [?], to draw, to cause convulsion. Cf. {Span}, v. t.] 1. (Med.) An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers. Note: Spasm are usually either clonic or tonic. In clonic spasm, the muscles or muscular fibers contract and relax alternately in very quick succession. In tonic spasm, the contraction is steady and uniform, and continues for a comparatively long time, as in tetanus. 2. A sudden, violent, and temporary effort or emotion; as, a spasm of repentance. {Cynic spasm} (Med.) See under {Cynic}. {Spasm of the chest}. See {Angina pectoris}, under {Angina}. | |
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Spasm \Spasm\, n. [F. spasme, L. spasmus, Gr. [?], from [?], [?], to draw, to cause convulsion. Cf. {Span}, v. t.] 1. (Med.) An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers. Note: Spasm are usually either clonic or tonic. In clonic spasm, the muscles or muscular fibers contract and relax alternately in very quick succession. In tonic spasm, the contraction is steady and uniform, and continues for a comparatively long time, as in tetanus. 2. A sudden, violent, and temporary effort or emotion; as, a spasm of repentance. {Cynic spasm} (Med.) See under {Cynic}. {Spasm of the chest}. See {Angina pectoris}, under {Angina}. | |
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d8Angina \[d8]An*gi"na\, n. [L., fr. angere to strangle, to choke. See {Anger}, n.] (Med.) Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath. {Angina pectoris}, a peculiarly painful disease, so named from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; -- called also {breast pang}, {spasm of the chest}. | |
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Spasm \Spasm\, n. [F. spasme, L. spasmus, Gr. [?], from [?], [?], to draw, to cause convulsion. Cf. {Span}, v. t.] 1. (Med.) An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers. Note: Spasm are usually either clonic or tonic. In clonic spasm, the muscles or muscular fibers contract and relax alternately in very quick succession. In tonic spasm, the contraction is steady and uniform, and continues for a comparatively long time, as in tetanus. 2. A sudden, violent, and temporary effort or emotion; as, a spasm of repentance. {Cynic spasm} (Med.) See under {Cynic}. {Spasm of the chest}. See {Angina pectoris}, under {Angina}. | |
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d8Angina \[d8]An*gi"na\, n. [L., fr. angere to strangle, to choke. See {Anger}, n.] (Med.) Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath. {Angina pectoris}, a peculiarly painful disease, so named from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; -- called also {breast pang}, {spasm of the chest}. | |
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Spasmatical \Spas*mat"ic*al\, a. Spasmodic. [Obs.] | |
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Spasmodic \Spas*mod"ic\, n. (Med.) A medicine for spasm. | |
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Spasmodic \Spas"mod"ic\, a. [Gr. [?]; [?] a convulsion + [?] likeness: cf. F. spasmotique.] 1. (Med.) Of or pertaining to spasm; consisting in spasm; occuring in, or characterized by, spasms; as, a spasmodic asthma. 2. Soon relaxed or exhausted; convulsive; intermittent; as, spasmodic zeal or industry. {Spasmodic croup} (Med.), an affection of childhood characterized by a stoppage of brathing developed suddenly and without fever, and produced by spasmodic contraction of the vocal cords. It is sometimes fatal. Called also {laryngismus stridulus}, and {childcrowing}. {Spasmodic stricture}, a stricture caused by muscular spasm without structural change. See {Organic stricture}, under {Organic}. | |
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Spasmodic \Spas"mod"ic\, a. [Gr. [?]; [?] a convulsion + [?] likeness: cf. F. spasmotique.] 1. (Med.) Of or pertaining to spasm; consisting in spasm; occuring in, or characterized by, spasms; as, a spasmodic asthma. 2. Soon relaxed or exhausted; convulsive; intermittent; as, spasmodic zeal or industry. {Spasmodic croup} (Med.), an affection of childhood characterized by a stoppage of brathing developed suddenly and without fever, and produced by spasmodic contraction of the vocal cords. It is sometimes fatal. Called also {laryngismus stridulus}, and {childcrowing}. {Spasmodic stricture}, a stricture caused by muscular spasm without structural change. See {Organic stricture}, under {Organic}. | |
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Spasmodic \Spas"mod"ic\, a. [Gr. [?]; [?] a convulsion + [?] likeness: cf. F. spasmotique.] 1. (Med.) Of or pertaining to spasm; consisting in spasm; occuring in, or characterized by, spasms; as, a spasmodic asthma. 2. Soon relaxed or exhausted; convulsive; intermittent; as, spasmodic zeal or industry. {Spasmodic croup} (Med.), an affection of childhood characterized by a stoppage of brathing developed suddenly and without fever, and produced by spasmodic contraction of the vocal cords. It is sometimes fatal. Called also {laryngismus stridulus}, and {childcrowing}. {Spasmodic stricture}, a stricture caused by muscular spasm without structural change. See {Organic stricture}, under {Organic}. | |
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Tic \Tic\, n. [F.] (Med.) A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of the face; twitching; velication; -- called also {spasmodic tic}. --Dunglison. {Tic douloureux}. [F., fr. tic a knack, a twitching + douloureux painful.] (Med.) Neuralgia in the face; face ague. See under {Face}. | |
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Spasmodical \Spas*mod"ic*al\, a. Same as {Spasmodic}, a. -- {Spas*mod"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Spasmodical \Spas*mod"ic*al\, a. Same as {Spasmodic}, a. -- {Spas*mod"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Speak \Speak\, v. i. [imp. {Spoke}({Spake}Archaic); p. p. {Spoken}({Spoke}, Obs. [or] Colloq.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Speaking}.] [OE. speken, AS. specan, sprecan; akin to OF.ries. spreka, D. spreken, OS. spreken, G. sprechen, OHG. sprehhan, and perhaps to Skr. sph[umac]rj to crackle, to thunder. Cf. {Spark} of fire, {Speech}.] 1. To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak. Till at the last spake in this manner. --Chaucer. Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. --1 Sam. iii. 9. 2. To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse. That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set, as the tradesmen speak. --Boyle. An honest man, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not. --Shak. During the century and a half which followed the Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English history. --Macaulay. 3. To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally. Many of the nobility made themselves popular by speaking in Parliament against those things which were most grateful to his majesty. --Clarendon. 4. To discourse; to make mention; to tell. Lycan speaks of a part of C[91]sar's army that came to him from the Leman Lake. --Addison. 5. To give sound; to sound. Make all our trumpets speak. --Shak. 6. To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will. Thine eye begins to speak. --Shak. {To speak of}, to take account of, to make mention of. --Robynson (More's Utopia). {To speak out}, to speak loudly and distinctly; also, to speak unreservedly. {To speak well for}, to commend; to be favorable to. {To speak with}, to converse with. [bd]Would you speak with me?[b8] --Shak. Syn: To say; tell; talk; converse; discourse; articulate; pronounce; utter. | |
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Speaking \Speak"ing\, a. 1. Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a speaking animal; a speaking tube. 2. Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness. {A speaking acquaintance}, a slight acquaintance with a person, or one which merely permits the exchange of salutations and remarks on indifferent subjects. {Speaking trumpet}, an instrument somewhat resembling a trumpet, by which the sound of the human voice may be so intensified as to be conveyed to a great distance. {Speaking tube}, a tube for conveying speech, especially from one room to another at a distance. {To be on speaking terms}, to be slightly acquainted. | |
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Speaking \Speak"ing\, a. 1. Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a speaking animal; a speaking tube. 2. Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness. {A speaking acquaintance}, a slight acquaintance with a person, or one which merely permits the exchange of salutations and remarks on indifferent subjects. {Speaking trumpet}, an instrument somewhat resembling a trumpet, by which the sound of the human voice may be so intensified as to be conveyed to a great distance. {Speaking tube}, a tube for conveying speech, especially from one room to another at a distance. {To be on speaking terms}, to be slightly acquainted. | |
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Trumpet \Trump"et\, n. [F. trompette, dim. of trompe. See {Trump} a trumpet.] 1. (Mus.) A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone. The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms. --Dryden. 2. (Mil.) A trumpeter. --Clarendon. 3. One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it. --Shak. That great politician was pleased to have the greatest wit of those times . . . to be the trumpet of his praises. --Dryden. 4. (Mach) A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine. {Ear trumpet}. See under {Ear}. {Sea trumpet} (Bot.), a great seaweed ({Ecklonia buccinalis}) of the Southern Ocean. It has a long, hollow stem, enlarging upwards, which may be made into a kind of trumpet, and is used for many purposes. {Speaking trumpet}, an instrument for conveying articulate sounds with increased force. {Trumpet animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any infusorian belonging to Stentor and allied genera, in which the body is trumpet-shaped. See {Stentor}. {Trumpet ash} (Bot.), the trumpet creeper. [Eng.] {Trumpet conch} (Zo[94]l.), a trumpet shell, or triton. {Trumpet creeper} (Bot.), an American climbing plant ({Tecoma radicans}) bearing clusters of large red trumpet-shaped flowers; -- called also {trumpet flower}, and in England {trumpet ash}. {Trumpet fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The bellows fish. (b) The fistularia. {Trumpet flower}. (Bot.) (a) The trumpet creeper; also, its blossom. (b) The trumpet honeysuckle. (c) A West Indian name for several plants with trumpet-shaped flowers. {Trumpet fly} (Zo[94]l.), a botfly. {Trumpet honeysuckle} (Bot.), a twining plant ({Lonicera sempervirens}) with red and yellow trumpet-shaped flowers; -- called also {trumpet flower}. {Trumpet leaf} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus {Sarracenia}. {Trumpet major} (Mil.), the chief trumpeter of a band or regiment. {Trumpet marine} (Mus.), a monochord, having a thick string, sounded with a bow, and stopped with the thumb so as to produce the harmonic tones; -- said to be the oldest bowed instrument known, and in form the archetype of all others. It probably owes its name to [bd]its external resemblance to the large speaking trumpet used on board Italian vessels, which is of the same length and tapering shape.[b8] --Grove. {Trumpet shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of large marine univalve shells belonging to Triton and allied genera. See {Triton}, 2. {Trumpet tree}. (Bot.) See {Trumpetwood}. | |
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Speaking \Speak"ing\, a. 1. Uttering speech; used for conveying speech; as, man is a speaking animal; a speaking tube. 2. Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness. {A speaking acquaintance}, a slight acquaintance with a person, or one which merely permits the exchange of salutations and remarks on indifferent subjects. {Speaking trumpet}, an instrument somewhat resembling a trumpet, by which the sound of the human voice may be so intensified as to be conveyed to a great distance. {Speaking tube}, a tube for conveying speech, especially from one room to another at a distance. {To be on speaking terms}, to be slightly acquainted. | |
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Specimen \Spec"i*men\, n. [L., fr. specere to look, to behold. See {Spy}.] A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibited; a sample; as, a specimen of a man's handwriting; a specimen of painting; aspecimen of one's art. Syn: Sample; model; pattern. Usage: {Specimen}, {Sample}. A specimen is a representative of the class of things to which it belongs; as, a specimen of photography. A sample is a part of the thing itself, designed to show the quality of the whole; as, a sample of sugar or of broadcloth. A cabinet of minerals consists of specimens; if a part be broken off from any one of these, it is a sample of the mineral to which it belongs. [bd]Several persons have exhibited specimens of this art before multitudes of beholders.[b8] --Addison. [bd]I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss.[b8] --Woodward. | |
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Speck \Speck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Specked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Specking}.] To cause the presence of specks upon or in, especially specks regarded as defects or blemishes; to spot; to speckle; as, paper specked by impurities in the water used in its manufacture. Carnation, purple, azure, or specked with gold. --Milton. | |
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Specksioneer \Speck`sion*eer"\, n. The chief harpooner, who also directs in cutting up the speck, or blubber; -- so called among whalers. | |
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Speeching \Speech"ing\, n. The act of making a speech. [R.] | |
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Speechmaker \Speech"mak`er\, n. One who makes speeches; one accustomed to speak in a public assembly. | |
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Speking \Spek"ing\, n. 1. The act of uttering words. 2. Public declamation; oratory. | |
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Sphagnicolous \Sphag*nic"o*lous\, a. [Sphagnum + L. colere to inhabit.] (Bot.) Growing in moss of the genus {Sphagnum}. | |
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Sphagnous \Sphag"nous\, a. (Bot.) Pertaining to moss of the genus {Sphagnum}, or bog moss; abounding in peat or bog moss. | |
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Sphigmometer \Sphig*mom"e*ter\, n. See {Sphygmometer}. | |
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Sphygmic \Sphyg"mic\, a. [Gr. [?][?][?] the pulse.] (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to the pulse. | |
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Sphygmogram \Sphyg"mo*gram\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?][?] pulse + -gram.] (Physiol.) A tracing, called a pulse tracing, consisting of a series of curves corresponding with the beats of the heart, obtained by the application of the sphygmograph. | |
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Sphygmograph \Sphyg"mo*graph\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] the pulse + -graph.] (Physiol.) An instrument which, when applied over an artery, indicates graphically the movements or character of the pulse. See {Sphygmogram}. | |
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Sphygmographic \Sphyg`mo*graph"ic\, a. (Phusiol.) Relating to, or produced by, a sphygmograph; as, a sphygmographic tracing. | |
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Sphygmometer \Sphyg*mom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?][?] pulse + -meter.] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the strength of the pulse beat; a sphygmograph. | |
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Sphygmophone \Sphyg"mo*phone\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] the pulse + [?][?][?] sound.] (Physiol.) An electrical instrument for determining by the ear the rhythm of the pulse of a person at a distance. | |
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Sphygmoscope \Sphyg"mo*scope\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] the pulse + -scope.] (Physiol.) Same as {Sphygmograph}. | |
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Spicenut \Spice"nut`\ A small crisp cake, highly spiced. | |
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Spiciness \Spi"ci*ness\, n. The quality or state of being spicy. | |
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Spice \Spice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spiced}; p. p. & vb. n. {Spicing}.] 1. To season with spice, or as with spice; to mix aromatic or pungent substances with; to flavor; to season; as, to spice wine; to spice one's words with wit. She 'll receive thee, but will spice thy bread With flowery poisons. --Chapman. 2. To fill or impregnate with the odor of spices. In the spiced Indian air, by night. --Shak. 3. To render nice or dainty; hence, to render scrupulous. [Obs.] [bd]A spiced conscience.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Spick \Spick\, n. [Cf. Sw. spik. See {Spike} a nail.] A spike or nail. [Prov. Eng.] {Spick and span}, quite new; that is, as new as a spike or nail just made and a chip just split; brand-new; as, a spick and span novelty. See {Span-new}. | |
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Spicknel \Spick"nel\, n. [Contr. from spike nail a large, long nail; -- so called in allusion to the shape of its capillary leaves.] (Bot.) An umbelliferous herb ({Meum Athamanticum}) having finely divided leaves, common in Europe; -- called also {baldmoney}, {mew}, and {bearwort}. [Written also {spignel}.] | |
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Spicknel \Spick"nel\, n. [Contr. from spike nail a large, long nail; -- so called in allusion to the shape of its capillary leaves.] (Bot.) An umbelliferous herb ({Meum Athamanticum}) having finely divided leaves, common in Europe; -- called also {baldmoney}, {mew}, and {bearwort}. [Written also {spignel}.] | |
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Spignel \Spig"nel\, n. (Bot.) Same as {Spickenel}. | |
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Spicknel \Spick"nel\, n. [Contr. from spike nail a large, long nail; -- so called in allusion to the shape of its capillary leaves.] (Bot.) An umbelliferous herb ({Meum Athamanticum}) having finely divided leaves, common in Europe; -- called also {baldmoney}, {mew}, and {bearwort}. [Written also {spignel}.] | |
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Spignel \Spig"nel\, n. (Bot.) Same as {Spickenel}. | |
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Spikenard \Spike"nard\, n.[For spiked nard; cf. G. spieknarde, NL. spica nardi. See {Spike} an ear, and {Nard}.] 1. (Bot.) An aromatic plant. In the United States it is the {Aralia racemosa}, often called {spignet}, and used as a medicine. The spikenard of the ancients is the {Nardostachys Jatamansi}, a native of the Himalayan region. From its blackish roots a perfume for the hair is still prepared in India. 2. A fragrant essential oil, as that from the {Nardostachys Jatamansi}. | |
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Spignet \Spig"net\, n. [Corrupted fr. spikenard.] (Bot.) An aromatic plant of America. See {Spikenard}. | |
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Spikenard \Spike"nard\, n.[For spiked nard; cf. G. spieknarde, NL. spica nardi. See {Spike} an ear, and {Nard}.] 1. (Bot.) An aromatic plant. In the United States it is the {Aralia racemosa}, often called {spignet}, and used as a medicine. The spikenard of the ancients is the {Nardostachys Jatamansi}, a native of the Himalayan region. From its blackish roots a perfume for the hair is still prepared in India. 2. A fragrant essential oil, as that from the {Nardostachys Jatamansi}. | |
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Spignet \Spig"net\, n. [Corrupted fr. spikenard.] (Bot.) An aromatic plant of America. See {Spikenard}. | |
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Spikenard \Spike"nard\, n.[For spiked nard; cf. G. spieknarde, NL. spica nardi. See {Spike} an ear, and {Nard}.] 1. (Bot.) An aromatic plant. In the United States it is the {Aralia racemosa}, often called {spignet}, and used as a medicine. The spikenard of the ancients is the {Nardostachys Jatamansi}, a native of the Himalayan region. From its blackish roots a perfume for the hair is still prepared in India. 2. A fragrant essential oil, as that from the {Nardostachys Jatamansi}. | |
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Spike \Spike\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spiked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spiking}.] 1. To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks. 2. To set or furnish with spikes. 3. To fix on a spike. [R.] --Young. 4. To stop the vent of (a gun or cannon) by driving a spike nail, or the like into it. | |
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Dickcissel \Dick*cis"sel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The American black-throated bunting ({Spiza Americana}). | |
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Bunting \Bun"ting\, n. [Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE. bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.] (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the genus {Emberiza}, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family {Fringillid[91]}). Note: Among European species are the common or corn bunting ({Emberiza miliaria}); the ortolan ({E. hortulana}); the cirl ({E. cirlus}); and the black-headed ({Granitivora melanocephala}). American species are the bay-winged or grass ({Po[94]c[91]tes or Po[d2]cetes gramineus}); the black-throated ({Spiza Americana}); the towhee bunting or chewink ({Pipilo}); the snow bunting ({Plectrophanax nivalis}); the rice bunting or bobolink, and others. See {Ortolan}, {Chewick}, {Snow bunting}, {Lark bunting}. | |
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Speak \Speak\, v. i. [imp. {Spoke}({Spake}Archaic); p. p. {Spoken}({Spoke}, Obs. [or] Colloq.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Speaking}.] [OE. speken, AS. specan, sprecan; akin to OF.ries. spreka, D. spreken, OS. spreken, G. sprechen, OHG. sprehhan, and perhaps to Skr. sph[umac]rj to crackle, to thunder. Cf. {Spark} of fire, {Speech}.] 1. To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak. Till at the last spake in this manner. --Chaucer. Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. --1 Sam. iii. 9. 2. To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse. That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set, as the tradesmen speak. --Boyle. An honest man, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not. --Shak. During the century and a half which followed the Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English history. --Macaulay. 3. To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally. Many of the nobility made themselves popular by speaking in Parliament against those things which were most grateful to his majesty. --Clarendon. 4. To discourse; to make mention; to tell. Lycan speaks of a part of C[91]sar's army that came to him from the Leman Lake. --Addison. 5. To give sound; to sound. Make all our trumpets speak. --Shak. 6. To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will. Thine eye begins to speak. --Shak. {To speak of}, to take account of, to make mention of. --Robynson (More's Utopia). {To speak out}, to speak loudly and distinctly; also, to speak unreservedly. {To speak well for}, to commend; to be favorable to. {To speak with}, to converse with. [bd]Would you speak with me?[b8] --Shak. Syn: To say; tell; talk; converse; discourse; articulate; pronounce; utter. | |
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Spoken \Spo"ken\, a. [p. p. of {Speak}.] 1. Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a spoken narrative; the spoken word. 2. Characterized by a certain manner or style in speaking; -- often in composition; as, a pleasant-spoken man. Methinks you 're better spoken. --Shak. | |
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Spoke \Spoke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spoked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spoking}.] To furnish with spokes, as a wheel. | |
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Spyism \Spy"ism\, n. Act or business of spying. [R.] | |
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Subagency \Sub*a"gen*cy\, n. A subordinate agency. | |
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Subagent \Sub*a"gent\, n. (Law) A person employed by an agent to transact the whole, or a part, of the business intrusted to the latter. --Bouvier. Chitty. | |
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Subaquaneous \Sub`a*qua"ne*ous\, a. [L. subaquaneus; sub + aqua water.] Subaqueous. [Obs.] | |
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Subcentral \Sub*cen"tral\, a. 1. Under the center. 2. Nearly central; not quite central. | |
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Subchanter \Sub*chant"er\, n. (Eccl.) An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor. | |
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Subcommittee \Sub`com*mit"tee\, n. An under committee; a part or division of a committee. Yet by their sequestrators and subcommittees abroad . . . those orders were commonly disobeyed. --Milton. | |
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Subcompressed \Sub`com*pressed"\, a. Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed. | |
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Subconcave \Sub*con"cave\, a. Slightly concave. --Owen. | |
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Subconformable \Sub`con*form"a*ble\, a. Partially conformable. | |
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Subconical \Sub*con"ic*al\, a. Slightly conical. | |
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Subconjunctival \Sub*con`junc*ti"val\, a. (Anat.) Situated under the conjunctiva. | |
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Subconscious \Sub*con"scious\, a. 1. Occurring without the possibility or the fact of an attendant consciousness; -- said of states of the soul. 2. Partially conscious; feebly conscious. | |
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Subconsciousness \Sub*con"scious*ness\, n. The state or quality of being subconscious; a state of mind in which perception and other mental processes occur without distinct consciousness. | |
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Subconstellation \Sub*con`stel*la"tion\, n. (Astron.) A subordinate constellation. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Subcontract \Sub*con"tract\, n. A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract. | |
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Subcontracted \Sub`con*tract"ed\, a. 1. Contracted after a former contract. 2. Betrothed for the second time. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Subcontractor \Sub`con*tract"or\, n. One who takes a portion of a contract, as for work, from the principal contractor. | |
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Subcontrary \Sub*con"tra*ry\, n.; pl. {Subcontraries}. (Logic) A subcontrary proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary in a lower degree. | |
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Subcontrary \Sub*con"tra*ry\, a. 1. Contrary in an inferior degree. 2. (Geom.) Having, or being in, a contrary order; -- said of a section of an oblique cone having a circular base made by a plane not parallel to the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is a circle; applied also to two similar triangles when so placed as to have a common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not being parallel. --Brande & C. 3. (Logic) Denoting the relation of opposition between the particular affirmative and particular negative. Of these both may be true and only one can be false. | |
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Subcontrary \Sub*con"tra*ry\, n.; pl. {Subcontraries}. (Logic) A subcontrary proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary in a lower degree. | |
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Subgenus \Sub*ge"nus\, n.; pl. {Subgenera}. (Biol.) A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron. | |
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Subgeneric \Sub`ge*ner"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to a subgenus. | |
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Subgenus \Sub*ge"nus\, n.; pl. {Subgenera}. (Biol.) A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron. | |
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Subjoin \Sub*join"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subjoined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subjoining}.] [Cf. OF. subjoindre, L. subjungere. See {Sub-}, and {Join}, and cf. {Subjective}.] To add after something else has been said or written; to ANNEX; as, to subjoin an argument or reason. Syn: To add; annex; join; unite. | |
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Subjoinder \Sub*join"der\, n. An additional remark. [R.] | |
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Subjoin \Sub*join"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subjoined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subjoining}.] [Cf. OF. subjoindre, L. subjungere. See {Sub-}, and {Join}, and cf. {Subjective}.] To add after something else has been said or written; to ANNEX; as, to subjoin an argument or reason. Syn: To add; annex; join; unite. | |
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Subjoin \Sub*join"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subjoined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subjoining}.] [Cf. OF. subjoindre, L. subjungere. See {Sub-}, and {Join}, and cf. {Subjective}.] To add after something else has been said or written; to ANNEX; as, to subjoin an argument or reason. Syn: To add; annex; join; unite. | |
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Subjunction \Sub*junc"tion\, n. [See {Subjunctive}.] 1. Act of subjoining, or state of being subjoined. 2. Something subjoined; as, a subjunction to a sentence. | |
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Subjunctive \Sub*junc"tive\, n. (Gram.) The subjunctive mood; also, a verb in the subjunctive mood. | |
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Subjunctive \Sub*junc"tive\, a. [L. subjunctivus, fr. subjungere, subjunctum, to subjoin: cf. F. subjonctif. See {Subjoin}.] Subjoined or added to something before said or written. {Subjunctive mood} (Gram.), that form of a verb which express the action or state not as a fact, but only as a conception of the mind still contingent and dependent. It is commonly subjoined, or added as subordinate, to some other verb, and in English is often connected with it by if, that, though, lest, unless, except, until, etc., as in the following sentence: [bd]If there were no honey, they [bees] would have no object in visiting the flower.[b8] --Lubbock. In some languages, as in Latin and Greek, the subjunctive is often independent of any other verb, being used in wishes, commands, exhortations, etc. | |
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Subjunctive \Sub*junc"tive\, a. [L. subjunctivus, fr. subjungere, subjunctum, to subjoin: cf. F. subjonctif. See {Subjoin}.] Subjoined or added to something before said or written. {Subjunctive mood} (Gram.), that form of a verb which express the action or state not as a fact, but only as a conception of the mind still contingent and dependent. It is commonly subjoined, or added as subordinate, to some other verb, and in English is often connected with it by if, that, though, lest, unless, except, until, etc., as in the following sentence: [bd]If there were no honey, they [bees] would have no object in visiting the flower.[b8] --Lubbock. In some languages, as in Latin and Greek, the subjunctive is often independent of any other verb, being used in wishes, commands, exhortations, etc. | |
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Subkingdom \Sub*king"dom\, n. One of the several primary divisions of either the animal, or vegetable kingdom, as, in zo[94]logy, the Vertebrata, Tunicata, Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata, C[d2]lentera, and the Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia, and the Cryptogamia. | |
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Subquinquefid \Sub*quin"que*fid\, a. Almost quinquefid; nearly quinquefid. | |
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Subquintuple \Sub*quin"tu*ple\, a. Having the ratio of one to five; as, subquintuple proportion. --Bp. Wilkins. | |
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Subsannation \Sub`san*na"tion\, n. [L. subsannatio, fr. subsannare to deride by mimicking gestures.] Derision; mockery. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. | |
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Subsemitone \Sub*sem"i*tone\, n. (Mus.) The sensible or leading note, or sharp seventh, of any key; subtonic. | |
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Subtonic \Sub*ton"ic\, n. 1. (Phonetics) A subtonic sound or element; a vocal consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal. 2. (Mus.) The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately below the tonic; -- called also {subsemitone}. | |
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Subsemitone \Sub*sem"i*tone\, n. (Mus.) The sensible or leading note, or sharp seventh, of any key; subtonic. | |
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Subtonic \Sub*ton"ic\, n. 1. (Phonetics) A subtonic sound or element; a vocal consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal. 2. (Mus.) The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately below the tonic; -- called also {subsemitone}. | |
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Subsensible \Sub*sen"si*ble\, a. Deeper than the reach of the senses. [bd]That subsensible world.[b8] --Tyndall. | |
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Subsinnation \Sub`sin*na"tion\, n. [L. subsignatio.] The act of writing the name under something, as for attestation. [R.] --Shelton. | |
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Subsumable \Sub*sum"a*ble\, a. Capable of being subsumed. --J. B. Stallo. | |
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Subsume \Sub*sume"\, v. t. [Pref. sub- + L. sumere to take.] To take up into or under, as individual under species, species under genus, or particular under universal; to place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include under something else. To subsume one proposition under another. --De Quincey. A principle under which one might subsume men's most strenuous efforts after righteousness. --W. Pater. | |
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Subsumption \Sub*sump"tion\, n. 1. The act of subsuming, or of including under another. The first act of consciousness was a subsumption of that of which we were conscious under this notion. --Sir W. Hamilton. 2. That which is subsumed, as the minor clause or premise of a syllogism. But whether you see cause to go against the rule, or the subsumption under the rule. --De Quincey. | |
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Subsumptive \Sub*sump"tive\, a. Relating to, or containing, a subsumption. --Coleridge. | |
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Subvaginal \Sub*vag"i*nal\, a. (Anat.) Situated under or inside a sheath or vaginal membrane; as, the subvaginal, or subdural, spaces about the optic nerve. | |
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Subzonal \Sub*zon"al\, a. (Anat.) Situated under a zone, or zona; -- applied to a membrane between the zona radiata and the umbilical vesicle in the mammal embryo. | |
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Sufficience \Suf*fi"cience\, n. Sufficiently. [Obs.] | |
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Sufficiency \Suf*fi"cien*cy\, n. [L. sufficientia: cf. F. suffisance. See {Suffice}.] 1. The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy. His sufficiency is such that he bestows and possesses, his plenty being unexhausted. --Boyle. 2. Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity. A substitute or most allowed sufficiency. --Shak. I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as not willingly to admit the counsel of others. --Eikon Basilike. 3. Adequate substance or means; competence. [bd]An elegant sufficiency.[b8] --Thomson. 4. Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund. 5. Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency. Sufficiency is a compound of vanity and ignorance. --Sir W. Temple. | |
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Sufficient \Suf*fi"cient\, a. [L. sufficiens, -entis, p. pr. of sufficere: cf. F. suffisant. See {Suffice}.] 1. Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the country. My grace is sufficient for thee. --2 Cor. xii. 9. 2. Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit. Who is sufficient for these things? --2 Cor. ii. 16. 3. Capable of meeting obligations; responsible. The man is, notwithstanding, sufficient . . . I think I may take his bond. --Shak. 4. Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content. [R.] Thou art the most sufficient (I'll say for thee), Not to believe a thing. --Beau. & Fl. Syn: Enough; adequate; competent; full; satisfactory; ample. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sufficiently \Suf*fi"cient*ly\, adv. To a sufficient degree; to a degree that answers the purpose, or gives content; enough; as, we are sufficiently supplied with food; a man sufficiently qualified for the discharge of his official duties. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sufficing \Suf*fi"cing\, a. Affording enough; satisfying. -- {Suf*fi"cing*ly}, adv. -- {Suf*fi"cing*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suffice \Suf*fice"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sufficed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sufficing}.] [OE. suffisen, OF. soufire, F. suffire (cf. suffisant, p. pr.), L. sufficere to put under, to substitute, to avail for, to suffice; sub under + facere to make. See {Fact}.] To be enough, or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate. --Chaucer. To recount almighty works, What words or tongue of seraph can suffice? --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sufficing \Suf*fi"cing\, a. Affording enough; satisfying. -- {Suf*fi"cing*ly}, adv. -- {Suf*fi"cing*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sufficing \Suf*fi"cing\, a. Affording enough; satisfying. -- {Suf*fi"cing*ly}, adv. -- {Suf*fi"cing*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suffisance \Suf*fi"sance\, n. [F. See {Sufficiency}.] Sufficiency; plenty; abundance; contentment. [Obs.] He could in little thing have suffisaunce. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suffisant \Suf*fi"sant\, a. Sufficient. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suffix \Suf*fix"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suffixed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suffixing}.] To add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word; to append. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suffixion \Suf*fix"ion\, n. The act of suffixing, or the state of being suffixed. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suffixment \Suf*fix"ment\, n. Suffixion. [R.] --Earle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suffossion \Suf*fos"sion\, n. [L. suffossio, from suffodere, suffossum, to dig under; sub under + fodere to dig.] A digging under; an undermining. [R.] --Bp. Hall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suffuse \Suf*fuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suffused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suffusing}.] [L. suffusus, p. p. of suffundere to overspread; sub under + fundere to pour. See {Fuse} to melt.] To overspread, as with a fluid or tincture; to fill or cover, as with something fluid; as, eyes suffused with tears; cheeks suffused with blushes. When purple light shall next suffuse the skies. --Pope. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suffusion \Suf*fu"sion\, n. [L. suffusio: cf. F. suffusion.] 1. The act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading. To those that have the jaundice, or like suffusion of eyes, objects appear of that color. --Ray. 2. That with which a thing is suffused. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A blending of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the feathers of birds. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sufism \Su"fism\, n. A refined mysticism among certain classes of Mohammedans, particularly in Persia, who hold to a kind of pantheism and practice extreme asceticism in their lives. [Written also {sofism}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suppose \Sup*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supposing}.] [F. supposer; pref. sub- under + poser to place; -- corresponding in meaning to L. supponere, suppositum, to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit. See {Pose}.] 1. To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the reality would involve or admit of; to imagine or admit to exist, for the sake of argument or illustration; to assume to be true; as, let us suppose the earth to be the center of the system, what would be the result? Suppose they take offence without a cause. --Shak. When we have as great assurance that a thing is, as we could possibly, supposing it were, we ought not to make any doubt of its existence. --Tillotson. 2. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true. How easy is a bush supposed a bear! --Shak. Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men, the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead. --2 Sam. xiii. 32. 3. To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight. One falsehood always supposes another, and renders all you can say suspected. --Female Quixote. 4. To put by fraud in the place of another. [Obs.] Syn: To imagine; believe; conclude; judge; consider; view; regard; conjecture; assume. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sheboygan, WI (city, FIPS 72975) Location: 43.74570 N, 87.73007 W Population (1990): 49676 (20588 housing units) Area: 34.3 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53081 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sheboygan County, WI (county, FIPS 117) Location: 43.71570 N, 87.66310 W Population (1990): 103877 (40695 housing units) Area: 1330.4 sq km (land), 1961.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sheboygan Falls, WI (city, FIPS 73025) Location: 43.72975 N, 87.82262 W Population (1990): 5823 (2303 housing units) Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53085 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Shipshewana, IN (town, FIPS 69480) Location: 41.67487 N, 85.57933 W Population (1990): 524 (237 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46565 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Spackenkill, NY (CDP, FIPS 70035) Location: 41.65590 N, 73.91402 W Population (1990): 4660 (1596 housing units) Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Spokane, MO Zip code(s): 65754 Spokane, WA (city, FIPS 67000) Location: 47.67230 N, 117.41402 W Population (1990): 177196 (79875 housing units) Area: 144.8 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99201, 99202, 99203, 99204, 99205, 99206, 99207, 99208, 99212, 99216, 99218, 99223 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Spokane County, WA (county, FIPS 63) Location: 47.61955 N, 117.40300 W Population (1990): 361364 (150105 housing units) Area: 4568.3 sq km (land), 44.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Swepsonville, NC (CDP, FIPS 66460) Location: 36.02869 N, 79.35977 W Population (1990): 1195 (500 housing units) Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Spoken inarticulations Words such as `mumble', `sigh', and `groan' are spoken in places where their referent might more naturally be used. It has been suggested that this usage derives from the impossibility of representing such noises on a comm link or in electronic mail, MUDs, and IRC channels (interestingly, the same sorts of constructions have been showing up with increasing frequency in comic strips). Another expression sometimes heard is "Complain!", meaning "I have a complaint!" | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
sufficiently small adj. Syn. {suitably small}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SCPI Consortium A body established to promote {Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments}. Address: 8380 Hercules Drive, Suite P3, La Mesa, CA 91942, USA. {SCPI in Europe (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/acea/scpi_uk.htm)}. Address: ACEA, P.O. Box 134, 7640 AC Wierden The Netherlands. Telephone: +31 546 577 994. E-mail: (1999-01-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPEC CINT92 six benchmarks in {C} performing integer computations. They can be used to estimate the performance of CPU, memory system, and compiler code generation. The individual programs are Logic Design (2x), Interpreter, Data Compression, Spreadsheet. The approximate size of the suite is 85500 lines of source code without comments. The benchmark suite can be used either for speed measurement, resulting in {SPEC ratio}s, or for throughput measurement, resulting in {SPEC rate}s (1994-11-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPECint92 set of integer benchmarks from {SPEC} (geometric mean of the 6 {SPEC ratio}s of {CINT92}) which can be used to estimate a machine's single-tasking performance on integer code. SPECint92 obsoletes SPECint89. {Results (ftp://ftp.nosc.mil/pub/aburto/specin92.tbl)}. See also {SPECbase_int92}. (1994-11-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPECmark integer {SPEC} {benchmark} results. While the old average {SPECmark89} has been popular with the industry and the press, {SPEC} has intentionally *not* defined an average "SPECmark92" over all {CPU} {benchmark}s of the 1992 suites ({CINT92} and {CFP92}), for the following reasons: With 6 integer ({CINT92}) and 14 {floating-point} ({CFP92}) benchmarks, the average would be biased too much toward floating-point. Customers' workloads are different, some integer-only, some floating-point intensive, some mixed. Current processors have developed their strengths in a more diverse way (some more emphasizing integer performance, some more floating-point performance) than in 1989. Some SPECmark results are available {here (ftp://ftp.cdf.toronto.edu/pub/spectable)}. See also {SPECint92}, {SPECfp92}, {SPECrate_int92}, {SPECrate_fp92}. (1994-11-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPECmark89 a set of {floating-point} and integer {benchmark}s. It is the {geometric mean} of ten {SPEC ratio}s of the outdated 1989 {SPEC} benchmark suite. The use of SPECmark89 is strongly discouraged, having been superseded by {CINT92} and {CFP92}. (1994-11-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPSS, Inc. general description of "Statistical Product and Service Solutions". The company was founded to distribute and support the {Statistical Package for the Social Sciences}, but now supplies software or four broad markets: {data mining}, survey/market research, quality improvement, and scientific research. {Home (http://www.spss.com/)}. (1999-07-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sufficiently small {suitably small} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SVGA monitor output of an {SVGA} card. (1997-02-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Sybase, Inc. software. Yearly sales: $903.9 million (1997). Address: 6475 Christie Ave., Emeryville, California, USA. {Home (http://www.sybase.com)}. (1998-05-18) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Spikenard (Heb. nerd), a much-valued perfume (Cant. 1:12; 4:13, 14). It was "very precious", i.e., very costly (Mark 14:3; John 12:3,5). It is the root of an Indian plant, the Nardostachys jatamansi, of the family of Valeriance, growing on the Himalaya mountains. It is distinguished by its having many hairy spikes shooting out from one root. It is called by the Arabs sunbul Hindi, "the Indian spike." In the New Testament this word is the rendering of the Greek nardos pistike. The margin of the Revised Version in these passages has "pistic nard," pistic being perhaps a local name. Some take it to mean genuine, and others liquid. The most probable opinion is that the word pistike designates the nard as genuine or faithfully prepared. |