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Sabal \Sa"bal\, n. (Bot.) A genus of palm trees including the palmetto of the Southern United States. | |
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Tarpum \Tar"pum\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A very large marine fish ({Megapolis Atlanticus}) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. It often becomes six or more feet in length, and has large silvery scales. The scales are a staple article of trade, and are used in fancywork. Called also {tarpon}, {sabalo}, {savanilla}, {silverfish}, and {jewfish}. | |
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Sable \Sa"ble\, n. [OF. sable, F. zibeline sable (in sense 4), LL. sabellum; cf. D. sabel, Dan. sabel, zobel, Sw. sabel, sobel, G. zobel; all fr. Russ. s[a2]bole.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family ({Mustela zibellina}) native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and America, -- noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur. Note: The sable resembles the marten, but has a longer head and ears. Its fur consists of a soft under wool, with a dense coat of hair, overtopped by another still longer. It varies greatly in color and quality according to the locality and the season of the year. The darkest and most valuable furs are taken in autumn and winter in the colder parts of Siberia, Russia, and British North America. Note: The American sable, or marten, was formerly considered a distinct species ({Mustela Americana}), but it differs very little from the Asiatic sable, and is now considered only a geographical variety. 2. The fur of the sable. 3. A mourning garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural. [bd]Sables wove by destiny.[b8] --Young. 4. (Her.) The tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other. | |
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Sable \Sa"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sabled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sabling}.] To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black. Sabled all in black the shady sky. --G. Fletcher. | |
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Sable \Sa"ble\, a. Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry. Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden scepter o'er a slumbering world. --Young. {Sable antelope} (Zo[94]l.), a large South African antelope ({Hippotragus niger}). Both sexes have long, sharp horns. The adult male is black; the female is dark chestnut above, white beneath. {Sable iron}, a superior quality of Russia iron; -- so called because originally stamped with the figure of a sable. {Sable mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the lemming. | |
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Safely \Safe"ly\, adv. In a safe manner; danger, injury, loss, or evil consequences. | |
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Safflow \Saf"flow\, n. (Bot.) The safflower. [Obs.] | |
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Sap \Sap\, n. [AS. s[91]p; akin to OHG. saf, G. saft, Icel. safi; of uncertain origin; possibly akin to L. sapere to taste, to be wise, sapa must or new wine boiled thick. Cf. {Sapid}, {Sapient}.] 1. The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition. Note: The ascending is the crude sap, the assimilation of which takes place in the leaves, when it becomes the elaborated sap suited to the growth of the plant. 2. The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree. 3. A simpleton; a saphead; a milksop. [Slang] {Sap ball} (Bot.), any large fungus of the genus Polyporus. See {Polyporus}. {Sap green}, a dull light green pigment prepared from the juice of the ripe berries of the {Rhamnus catharticus}, or buckthorn. It is used especially by water-color artists. {Sap rot}, the dry rot. See under {Dry}. {Sap sucker} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small American woodpeckers of the genus {Sphyrapicus}, especially the yellow-bellied woodpecker ({S. varius}) of the Eastern United States. They are so named because they puncture the bark of trees and feed upon the sap. The name is loosely applied to other woodpeckers. {Sap tube} (Bot.), a vessel that conveys sap. | |
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Sapful \Sap"ful\, a. Abounding in sap; sappy. | |
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Saufly \Sauf"ly\, adv. Safely. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Save-all \Save"-all`\, n. [Save + all.] Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss. Specifically: (a) A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned. (b) (Naut.) A small sail sometimes set under the foot of another sail, to catch the wind that would pass under it. --Totten. (c) A trough to prevent waste in a paper-making machine. | |
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Saveloy \Sav"e*loy\, n. [F. cervelas, It. cervellata, fr. cervello brain, L. cerebellum, dim. of cerebrum brain. See {Cerebral}.] A kind of dried sausage. --McElrath. | |
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Savely \Save"ly\, adv. Safely. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Saw \Saw\, n. [OE. sawe, AS. sage; akin to D. zaag, G. s[84]ge, OHG. sega, saga, Dan. sav, Sw. s[86]g, Icel. s[94]g, L. secare to cut, securis ax, secula sickle. Cf. {Scythe}, {Sickle}, {Section}, {Sedge}.] An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing. Note: Saw is frequently used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound. {Band saw}, {Crosscut saw}, etc. See under {Band}, {Crosscut}, etc. {Circular saw}, a disk of steel with saw teeth upon its periphery, and revolved on an arbor. {Saw bench}, a bench or table with a flat top for for sawing, especially with a circular saw which projects above the table. {Saw file}, a three-cornered file, such as is used for sharpening saw teeth. {Saw frame}, the frame or sash in a sawmill, in which the saw, or gang of saws, is held. {Saw gate}, a saw frame. {Saw gin}, the form of cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney, in which the cotton fibers are drawn, by the teeth of a set of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds to pass. {Saw grass} (Bot.), any one of certain cyperaceous plants having the edges of the leaves set with minute sharp teeth, especially the {Cladium Mariscus} of Europe, and the {Cladium effusum} of the Southern United States. Cf. {Razor grass}, under {Razor}. {Saw log}, a log of suitable size for sawing into lumber. {Saw mandrel}, a mandrel on which a circular saw is fastened for running. {Saw pit}, a pit over which timbor is sawed by two men, one standing below the timber and the other above. --Mortimer. {Saw sharpener} (Zo[94]l.), the great titmouse; -- so named from its harsh call note. [Prov. Eng.] {Saw whetter} (Zo[94]l.), the marsh titmouse ({Parus palustris}); -- so named from its call note. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Sawbelly \Saw"bel`ly\, n. The alewife. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Merganser \Mer*gan"ser\, n. [Sp. merg[a0]nsar, fr. mergo a diver (L. mergus, fr. mergere to dip, dive) + [a0]nsar goose, L. anser.] (Zo[94]l.) Any bird of the genus {Merganser}, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill. Note: The red-breasted merganser ({Merganser serrator}) inhabits both hemispheres. It is called also {sawbill}, {harle}, and {sheldrake}. The American merganser ({M. Americanus}.) and the hooded merganser ({Lophodytes cucullatus}) are well-known species. {White merganser}, the smew or white nun. | |
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Sawbill \Saw"bill`\, n. The merganser. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Goosander \Goos"an`der\, n. [OE. gossander, a tautological word formed fr. goose + gander. Cf. {Merganser}.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of merganser ({M. merganser}) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also {merganser}, {dundiver}, {sawbill}, {sawneb}, {shelduck}, and {sheldrake}. See {Merganser}. | |
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Merganser \Mer*gan"ser\, n. [Sp. merg[a0]nsar, fr. mergo a diver (L. mergus, fr. mergere to dip, dive) + [a0]nsar goose, L. anser.] (Zo[94]l.) Any bird of the genus {Merganser}, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill. Note: The red-breasted merganser ({Merganser serrator}) inhabits both hemispheres. It is called also {sawbill}, {harle}, and {sheldrake}. The American merganser ({M. Americanus}.) and the hooded merganser ({Lophodytes cucullatus}) are well-known species. {White merganser}, the smew or white nun. | |
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Sawbill \Saw"bill`\, n. The merganser. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Goosander \Goos"an`der\, n. [OE. gossander, a tautological word formed fr. goose + gander. Cf. {Merganser}.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of merganser ({M. merganser}) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also {merganser}, {dundiver}, {sawbill}, {sawneb}, {shelduck}, and {sheldrake}. See {Merganser}. | |
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Merganser \Mer*gan"ser\, n. [Sp. merg[a0]nsar, fr. mergo a diver (L. mergus, fr. mergere to dip, dive) + [a0]nsar goose, L. anser.] (Zo[94]l.) Any bird of the genus {Merganser}, and allied genera. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill. Note: The red-breasted merganser ({Merganser serrator}) inhabits both hemispheres. It is called also {sawbill}, {harle}, and {sheldrake}. The American merganser ({M. Americanus}.) and the hooded merganser ({Lophodytes cucullatus}) are well-known species. {White merganser}, the smew or white nun. | |
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Sawbill \Saw"bill`\, n. The merganser. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Goosander \Goos"an`der\, n. [OE. gossander, a tautological word formed fr. goose + gander. Cf. {Merganser}.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of merganser ({M. merganser}) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also {merganser}, {dundiver}, {sawbill}, {sawneb}, {shelduck}, and {sheldrake}. See {Merganser}. | |
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Sawfly \Saw"fly`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family {Tenthredinid[91]}. The female usually has an ovipositor containing a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes incisions in the leaves or stems of plants in which to lay the eggs. The larv[91] resemble those of Lepidoptera. | |
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Scabbily \Scab"bi*ly\, adv. In a scabby manner. | |
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Scabble \Scab"ble\, v. t. See {Scapple}. | |
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Scape-wheel \Scape"-wheel`\, n. (Horol.) The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play. | |
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Scapple \Scap"ple\ (sk[acr]p"p'l), v. t. [Cf. OF. eskapeler, eschapler, to cut, hew, LL. scapellare. Cf. {Scabble}.] (a) To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry. (b) To dress in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing, as stone. --Gwilt. | |
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Scapula \Scap"u*la\ (sk[acr]p"[usl]*l[adot]), n.; pl. L. {Scapul[91]}, E. {Scapulas}. [L.] 1. (Anat.) The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise. | |
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Scapula \Scap"u*la\ (sk[acr]p"[usl]*l[adot]), n.; pl. L. {Scapul[91]}, E. {Scapulas}. [L.] 1. (Anat.) The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise. | |
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Scapulo- \Scap"u*lo-\ A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the scapula or the shoulder; as, the scapulo-clavicular articulation, the articulation between the scapula and clavicle. | |
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Scoop \Scoop\, n. [OE. scope, of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. skopa, akin to D. schop a shovel, G. sch[81]ppe, and also to E. shove. See {Shovel}.] 1. A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; a utensil for bailing boats. 2. A deep shovel, or any similar implement for digging out and dipping or shoveling up anything; as, a flour scoop; the scoop of a dredging machine. 3. (Surg.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies. 4. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow. Some had lain in the scoop of the rock. --J. R. Drake. 5. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop. 6. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shoveling. {Scoop net}, a kind of hand net, used in fishing; also, a net for sweeping the bottom of a river. {Scoop wheel}, a wheel for raising water, having scoops or buckets attached to its circumference; a tympanum. | |
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d8Scopula \[d8]Scop"u*la\, n.; pl. E. {Scopulas}, L. {Scopul[91]}. [L. scopulae, pl. a little broom.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A peculiar brushlike organ found on the foot of spiders and used in the construction of the web. (b) A special tuft of hairs on the leg of a bee. | |
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Scovel \Scov"el\ (sk[ucr]v"'l), n. [OF. escouve, escouvette, broom, L. scopae, or cf. W. ysgubell, dim. of ysgub a broom.] A mop for sweeping ovens; a malkin. | |
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Scuffle \Scuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scuffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scuffling}.] [Freq. of scuff, v.i.; cf. Sw. skuffa to push, shove, skuff a push, Dan. skuffe a drawer, a shovel, and E. shuffle, shove. See {Shove}, and cf. {Shuffle}.] 1. To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion. 2. Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard. A gallant man had rather fight to great disadvantage in the field, in an orderly way, than scuffle with an undisciplined rabble. --Eikon Basilike. | |
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Scuffle \Scuf"fle\, n. 1. A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters. 2. Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight. The dog leaps upon the serpent, and tears it to pieces; but in the scuffle the cradle happened to be overturned. --L'Estrange. 3. A child's pinafore or bib. [Prov. Eng.] 4. A garden hoe. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Sea apple \Sea" ap"ple\ (Bot.) The fruit of a West Indian palm ({Manicaria Plukenetii}), often found floating in the sea. --A. Grisebach. | |
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Sea fowl \Sea" fowl`\ (Zo[94]l.) Any bird which habitually frequents the sea, as an auk, gannet, gull, tern, or petrel; also, all such birds, collectively. | |
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Sea pool \Sea" pool`\ A pool of salt water. --Spenser. | |
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Sepal \Se"pal\, n. [NL. sepalum, formed in imitation of NL. petalum, petal, to denote one of the divisions of the calyx: cf. F. s[82]pale.] (Bot.) A leaf or division of the calyx. Note: When the calyx consists of but one part, it is said to be monosepalous; when of two parts, it is said to be disepalous; when of a variable and indefinite number of parts, it is said to be polysepalous; when of several parts united, it is properly called gamosepalous. | |
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Shabbily \Shab"bi*ly\, adv. In a shabby manner. | |
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Shabble \Shab"ble\, Shabble \Shab"ble\, n.[Cf. D. sabel, and G. s[84]bel.] A kind of crooked sword or hanger. [Scot.] | |
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Shaffle \Shaf"fle\, v. i. [See {Shuffle}.] To hobble or limp; to shuffle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] | |
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Shapely \Shape"ly\, a. [Compar. {Shapelier}; superl. {Shapeliest}.] 1. Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical. --T. Warton. Waste sandy valleys, once perplexed with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn. --Pope. Where the shapely column stood. --Couper. 2. Fit; suitable. [Obs.] Shaply for to be an alderman. --Chaucer. | |
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Shawfowl \Shaw"fowl`\, n. [Scot. schaw, shaw, show + fowl.] The representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at. --Johnson. | |
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Sheave \Sheave\, n. [Akin to OD. schijve orb, disk, wheel, D. schiff, G. scheibe, Icel. sk[c6]fa a shaving, slice; cf. Gr. [?][?][?] a staff. Cf. {Shift}, v., {Shive}.] A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley. {Sheave hole}, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other timber, in which to fix a sheave. | |
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Shipful \Ship"ful\, n.; pl. {Shipfuls}. As much or as many as a ship will hold; enough to fill a ship. | |
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Shoebill \Shoe"bill`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large African wading bird ({Bal[91]niceps rex}) allied to the storks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad swollen bill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See Illust. (l.) of {Beak}. | |
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Shoefly \Shoe"fly`\, n. 1. (Railroading) A contrivance for throwing the track temporarily to one side for convenience in filling washouts or effecting other repairs. [Cant, U. S.] 2. (Print.) In some cylinder presses, a device with long fingers for freeing the sheet from the cylinder. | |
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Shovel \Shov"el\, n. [OE. shovele, schovele, AS. scoft, sceoft; akin to D. schoffel, G. schaufel, OHG. sc[?]vala, Dan. skovl, Sw. skofvel, skyffel, and to E. shove. [root]160. See {Shove}, v. t.] An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances. {Shovel hat}, a broad-brimmed hat, turned up at the sides, and projecting in front like a shovel, -- worn by some clergy of the English Church. [Colloq.] {Shovelspur} (Zo[94]l.), a flat, horny process on the tarsus of some toads, -- used in burrowing. {Steam shovel}, a machine with a scoop or scoops, operated by a steam engine, for excavating earth, as in making railway cuttings. | |
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Shovel \Shov"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shoveled}or {Shovelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shoveling} or {Shovelling}.] 1. To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit. 2. To gather up as with a shovel. | |
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Show \Show\, n. [Formerly written also shew.] 1. The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition. 2. That which os shown, or brought to view; that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition; as, a traveling show; a cattle show. As for triumphs, masks, feasts, and such shows. --Bacon. 3. Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp. I envy none their pageantry and show. --Young. 4. Semblance; likeness; appearance. He through the midst unmarked, In show plebeian angel militant Of lowest order, passed. --Milton. 5. False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense. Beware of the scribes, . . . which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers. --Luke xx. 46. 47. 6. (Med.) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor. 7. (Mining) A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp. --Raymond. {Show bill}, a broad sheet containing an advertisement in large letters. {Show box}, a box xontaining some object of curiosity carried round as a show. {Show card}, an advertising placard; also, a card for displaying samples. {Show case}, a gla[?]ed case, box, or cabinet for displaying and protecting shopkeepers' wares, articles on exhibition in museums, etc. {Show glass}, a glass which displays objects; a mirror. {Show of hands}, a raising of hands to indicate judgment; as, the vote was taken by a show of hands. {Show stone}, a piece of glass or crystal supposed to have the property of exhibiting images of persons or things not present, indicating in that way future events. | |
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Shuffle \Shuf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shuffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shuffling}.] [Originally the same word as scuffle, and properly a freq. of shove. See {Shove}, and {Scuffle}.] 1. To shove one way and the other; to push from one to another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand. 2. To mix by pushing or shoving; to confuse; to throw into disorder; especially, to change the relative positions of, as of the cards in a pack. A man may shuffle cards or rattle dice from noon to midnight without tracing a new idea in his mind. --Rombler. 3. To remove or introduce by artificial confusion. It was contrived by your enemies, and shuffled into the papers that were seizen. --Dryden. {To shuffe off}, to push off; to rid one's self of. {To shuffe up}, to throw together in hastel to make up or form in confusion or with fraudulent disorder; as, he shuffled up a peace. | |
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Shuffle \Shuf"fle\, v. i. 1. To change the relative position of cards in a pack; as, to shuffle and cut. 2. To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate. I myself, . . . hiding mine honor in my necessity, am fain to shuffle. --Shak. 3. To use arts or expedients; to make shift. Your life, good master, Must shuffle for itself. --Shak. 4. To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape the feet in walking or dancing. The aged creature came Shuffling along with ivory-headed wand. --Keats. Syn: To equivicate; prevaricate; quibble; cavil; shift; sophisticate; juggle. | |
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Shuffle \Shuf"fle\, n. 1. The act of shuffling; a mixing confusedly; a slovenly, dragging motion. The unguided agitation and rude shuffles of matter. --Bentley. 2. A trick; an artifice; an evasion. The gifts of nature are beyond all shame and shuffles. --L'Estrange. | |
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Sibyl \Sib"yl\, n. [L. sibylla, Gr. [?][?][?][?].] 1. (Class. Antiq.) A woman supposed to be endowed with a spirit of prophecy. Note: The number of the sibyls is variously stated by different authors; but the opinion of Varro, that there were ten, is generally adopted. They dwelt in various parts of Persia, Greece, and Italy. 2. A female fortune teller; a pythoness; a prophetess. [bd]An old highland sibyl.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Sipple \Sip"ple\, v. i. [Freq. of sip.] To sip often. [Obs. or Scot.] | |
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Sky \Sky\ (sk[imac]), n.; pl. {Skies} (sk[imac]z). [OE. skie a cloud, Icel. sk[ymac]; akin to Sw. & Dan. sky; cf. AS. sc[umac]a, sc[umac]wa, shadow, Icel. skuggi; probably from the same root as E. scum. [root]158. See {Scum}, and cf. {Hide} skin, {Obscure}.] 1. A cloud. [Obs.] [A wind] that blew so hideously and high, That it ne lefte not a sky In all the welkin long and broad. --Chaucer. 2. Hence, a shadow. [Obs.] She passeth as it were a sky. --Gower. 3. The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; -- sometimes in the plural. The Norweyan banners flout the sky. --Shak. 4. The wheather; the climate. Thou wert better in thy grave than to answer with thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies. --Shak. Note: Sky is often used adjectively or in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sky color, skylight, sky-aspiring, sky-born, sky-pointing, sky-roofed, etc. {Sky blue}, an azure color. {Sky scraper} (Naut.), a skysail of a triangular form. --Totten. {Under open sky}, out of doors. [bd]Under open sky adored.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Sky-blue \Sky"-blue\, a. Having the blue color of the sky; azure; as, a sky-blue stone. --Wordsworth. | |
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Souffl82 \Souf"fl[82]\, n. [F., fr. souffl[82], p. p. of souffler to puff.] (Cookery) A side dish served hot from the oven at dinner, made of eggs, milk, and flour or other farinaceous substance, beaten till very light, and flavored with fruits, liquors, or essence. | |
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Souffle \Souf"fle\, n. [F.] (Med.) A murmuring or blowing sound; as, the uterine souffle heard over the pregnant uterus. | |
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Souple \Sou"ple\, n. That part of a flail which strikes the grain. --Knight. | |
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Spale \Spale\, n. [Cf. {Spell} a splinter.] 1. A lath; a shaving or chip, as of wood or stone. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] 2. (Shipbuilding) A strengthening cross timber. | |
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Spall \Spall\, n. [OF. espaule; cf. It. spalla. See {Epaule}.] The shoulder. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Spall \Spall\, n. [Prov. E. spall, spell. See {Spale}, {Spell} a splinter.] A chip or fragment, especially a chip of stone as struck off the block by the hammer, having at least one feather-edge. | |
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Spall \Spall\, v. t. 1. (Mining) To break into small pieces, as ore, for the purpose of separating from rock. --Pryce. 2. (Masonry) To reduce, as irregular blocks of stone, to an approximately level surface by hammering. | |
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Spall \Spall\, v. i. To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of stone, as when badly set, with the weight thrown too much on the outer surface. | |
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Spawl \Spawl\, n. A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See {Spall}. | |
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Spawl \Spawl\, n. [Cf. AS. sp[be]tl, fr. sp[aemac]tan to spit; probably akin to sp[c6]wan, E. spew. Cf. {Spew}.] Scattered or ejected spittle. | |
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Spawl \Spawl\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Spawled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spawling}.] [Cf. AS. sp[be]tlian.] To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva. Why must he sputter, spawl, and slaver it In vain, against the people's favorite. --Swift. | |
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Spell \Spell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spelling}.] [AS. spelian to supply another's place.] To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman. | |
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Spell \Spell\, n. 1. The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the masthead. A spell at the wheel is called a trick. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. 2. The time during which one person or gang works until relieved; hence, any relatively short period of time, whether a few hours, days, or weeks. Nothing new has happened in this quarter, except the setting in of a severe spell of cold weather. --Washington. 3. One of two or more persons or gangs who work by spells. [R.] Their toil is so extreme that they can not endure it above four hours in a day, but are succeeded by spells. --Garew. 4. A gratuitous helping forward of another's work; as, a logging spell. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Spell \Spell\, n. [OE. speld, AS. speld a spill to light a candle with; akin to D. speld a pin, OD. spelle, G. spalten to split, OHG. spaltan, MHG. spelte a splinter, Icel. spjald a square tablet, Goth. spilda a writing tablet. Cf. {Spill}splinter, roll of paper, {Spell} to tell the letters of.] A spelk, or splinter. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Spell \Spell\, n.[AS. spell a saying, tale, speech; akin to OS. & OHG. spel, Icel. spjall,Goth. spill. Cf. {Gospel}, {Spell} to tell the letters of.] 1. A story; a tale. [Obs.] [bd]Hearken to my spell.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm. Start not; her actions shall be holy as You hear my spell is lawful. --Shak. | |
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Spell \Spell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spelled}or {Spelt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spelling}.] [OE. spellen, spellien, tell, relate, AS. spellian, fr. spell a saying, tale; akin to MHG. spellen to relate, Goth. spill[?]n.e {Spell} a tale. In sense 4 and those following, OE. spellen, perhaps originally a different word, and from or influenced by spell a splinter, from the use of a piece of wood to point to the letters in schools: cf. D. spellen to spell. Cf. {Spell} splinter.] 1. To tell; to relate; to teach. [Obs.] Might I that legend find, By fairies spelt in mystic rhymes. --T. Warton. 2. To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm. [bd]Spelled with words of power.[b8] --Dryden. He was much spelled with Eleanor Talbot. --Sir G. Buck. 3. To constitute; to measure. [Obs.] The Saxon heptarchy, when seven kings put together did spell but one in effect. --Fuller. 4. To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography. The word [bd]satire[b8] ought to be spelled with i, and not with y. --Dryden. 5. To discover by characters or marks; to read with difficulty; -- usually with out; as, to spell out the sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible. To spell out a God in the works of creation. --South. To sit spelling and observing divine justice upon every accident. --Milton. | |
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Spell \Spell\, v. i. 1. To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters, either orally or in writing. When what small knowledge was, in them did dwell, And he a god, who could but read or spell. --Dryden. 2. To study by noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn the meaning of anything, by study. [Obs.] Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew. --Milton. | |
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Spial \Spi"al\, n. A spy; a scout. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Spile \Spile\, n. [Cf. LG. spile, dial. G. speil, speiler, D. spijl. [fb]170.] 1. A small plug or wooden pin, used to stop a vent, as in a cask. | |
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Spile \Spile\, v. t. To supply with a spile or a spigot; to make a small vent in, as a cask. | |
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Spill \Spill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spilt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spilling}.] To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Spill \Spill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spilled}, or {Spilt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spilling}.] [OE. spillen,sually, to destroy, AS. spillan, spildan, to destroy; akin to Icel. spilla to destroy, Sw. spilla to spill, Dan. spilde,G. & D. spillen to squander, OHG. spildan.] 1. To destroy; to kill; to put an end to. [Obs.] And gave him to the queen, all at her will To choose whether she would him save or spill. --Chaucer. Greater glory think [it] to save than spill. --Spenser. 2. To mar; to injure; to deface; hence, to destroy by misuse; to waste. [Obs.] They [the colors] disfigure the stuff and spill the whole workmanship. --Puttenham. Spill not the morning, the quintessence of day, in recreations. --Fuller. 3. To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or suffer to be scattered; -- applied to fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or flour. Note: Spill differs from pour in expressing accidental loss, -- a loss or waste contrary to purpose. 4. To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood. And to revenge his blood so justly spilt. --Dryden. 5. (Naut.) To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain. {Spilling line} (Naut.), a rope used for spilling, or dislodging, the wind from the belly of a sail. --Totten. | |
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Spill \Spill\, v. i. 1. To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste. [Obs.] That thou wilt suffer innocents to spill. --Chaucer. 2. To be shed; to run over; to fall out, and be lost or wasted. [bd]He was so topful of himself, that he let it spill on all the company.[b8] --I. Watts. | |
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Spill \Spill\, n. [[root]170. Cf. {Spell} a splinter.] 1. A bit of wood split off; a splinter. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] 2. A slender piece of anything. Specifically: (a) A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile. (b) A metallic rod or pin. (c) A small roll of paper, or slip of wood, used as a lamplighter, etc. (d) (Mining) One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground. 3. A little sum of money. [Obs.] --Ayliffe. | |
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Spillway \Spill"way`\, n. A sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a reservoir, to prevent too great pressure on the dam. | |
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Splay \Splay\, v. t. [Abbrev. of display.] 1. To display; to spread. [Obs.] [bd]Our ensigns splayed.[b8] --Gascoigne. 2. To dislocate, as a shoulder bone. 3. To spay; to castrate. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] 4. To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window, etc. --Oxf. Gloss. | |
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Splay \Splay\, a. Displayed; spread out; turned outward; hence, flat; ungainly; as, splay shoulders. Sonwthing splay, something blunt-edged, unhandy, and infelicitous. --M. Arnold. | |
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Splay \Splay\, a. (Arch.) A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larged at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them. | |
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Spoil \Spoil\, n. [Cf. OF. espoille, L. spolium.] 1. That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty. Gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. --Milton. 2. Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; -- commonly in the plural; as to the victor belong the spoils. From a principle of gratitude I adhered to the coalition; my vote was counted in the day of battle, but I was overlooked in the division of the spoil. --Gibbon. 3. That which is gained by strength or effort. each science and each art his spoil. --Bentley. 4. The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste. The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treason, stratagems, and spoil. --Shak. 5. Corruption; cause of corruption. [Archaic] Villainous company hath been the spoil of me. --Shak. 6. The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal. [Obs.] --Bacon. {Spoil bank}, a bank formed by the earth taken from an excavation, as of a canal. {The spoils system}, the theory or practice of regarding public and their emoluments as so much plunder to be distributed among their active partisans by those who are chosen to responsible offices of administration. | |
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Spoil \Spoil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spoiled}or {Spoilt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spoiling}.] [F. spolier, OF. espoilelier, fr. L. spoliare, fr. spolium spoil. Cf. {Despoil}, {Spoliation}.] 1. To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession. [bd]Ye shall spoil the Egyptians.[b8] --Ex. iii. 22. My sons their old, unhappy sire despise, Spoiled of his kingdom, and deprived of eues. --Pope. 2. To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder. No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man. --Mark iii. 27. 3. To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar. Spiritual pride spoils many graces. --Jer. Taylor. 4. To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading. | |
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Spoil \Spoil\, v. i. 1. To practice plunder or robbery. Outlaws, which, lurking in woods, used to break forth to rob and spoil. --Spenser. 2. To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather. | |
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Spool \Spool\, n. [OE. spole, OD. spoele, D. spoel; akin to G. spule, OHG. spuola, Dan. & Sw. spole.] A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon. {Spool stand}, an article holding spools of thread, turning on pins, -- used by women at their work. | |
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Spool \Spool\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spooled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spooling}.] To wind on a spool or spools. | |
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Spulzie \Spul"zie\, n. [Cf. {Spoil}.] Plunder, or booty. [Written also {spuilzie}, and {spulye}.] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Squabble \Squab"ble\, v. t. (Print.) To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are mixed and need careful readjustment; -- said of type that has been set up. | |
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Squabble \Squab"ble\, n. A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl. | |
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Squabble \Squab"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squabbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Squabbling}.] [Cf. dial. Sw. skvabbel a dispute, skvappa to chide.] 1. To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel. 2. To debate peevishly; to dispute. The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative. --I. Watts. Syn: To dispute; contend; scuffle; wrangle; quarrel; struggle. | |
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Suable \Su"a*ble\, a. (Law) Capable of being sued; subject by law to be called to answer in court. --Story. | |
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Suave \Suave\, a. [L. suavis sweet, pleasant: cf. F. suave. See {Sweet}, and cf. {Suasion}.] Sweet; pleasant; delightful; gracious or agreeable in manner; bland. -- {Suave"ly}, adv. | |
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Supple \Sup"ple\, v. i. To become soft and pliant. The stones . . . Suppled into softness as they fell. --Dryden. | |
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Supple \Sup"ple\, a. [OE. souple, F. souple, from L. supplex suppliant, perhaps originally, being the knees. Cf. {Supplicate}.] 1. Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers. 2. Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse. If punishment . . . makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender. --Locke. 3. Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious. --Addison. Syn: Pliant; flexible; yielding; compliant; bending; flattering; fawning; soft. | |
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Supple \Sup"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suppled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suppling}.] 1. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather. The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep. --Spenser. 2. To make compliant, submissive, or obedient. A mother persisting till she had bent her daughter's mind and suppled her will. --Locke. They should supple our stiff willfulness. --Barrow. | |
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Supply \Sup*ply"\, a. Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve. {Supply system} (Zo[94]l.), the system of tubes and canals in sponges by means of which food and water are absorbed. See Illust. of {Spongi[91]}. | |
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Supply \Sup*ply"\, n.; pl. {Supplies}. 1. The act of supplying; supplial. --A. Tucker. 2. That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want. Specifically: (a) Auxiliary troops or re[89]nforcements. [bd]My promised supply of horsemen.[b8] --Shak. (b) The food, and the like, which meets the daily necessities of an army or other large body of men; store; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the army was discontented for lack of supplies. (c) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies. (d) A person who fills a place for a time; one who supplies the place of another; a substitute; esp., a clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit. {Stated supply} (Eccl.), a clergyman employed to supply a pulpit for a definite time, but not settled as a pastor. [U.S.] {Supply and demand}. (Polit. Econ.) [bd]Demand means the quantity of a given article which would be taken at a given price. Supply means the quantity of that article which could be had at that price.[b8] --F. A. Walker. | |
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Supply \Sup*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supplied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supplying}.] [For older supploy, F. suppl[82]er, OF. also supployer, (assumed) LL. suppletare, from L. supplere, suppletum; sub under + plere to fill, akin to plenus full. See {Plenty}.] 1. To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial lake; -- often followed by with before the thing furnished; as, to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition. 2. To serve instead of; to take the place of. Burning ships the banished sun supply. --Waller. The sun was set, and Vesper, to supply His absent beams, had lighted up the sky. --Dryden. 3. To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of; as, to supply a pulpit. 4. To give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply money for the war. --Prior. Syn: To furnish; provide; administer; minister; contribute; yield; accommodate. | |
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Swayful \Sway"ful\, a. Able to sway. [R.] --Rush. | |
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Swiple \Swi"ple\, n. [See {Swipe}.] That part of a flail which strikes the grain in thrashing; a swingel. [Written also {swipel}, and {swipple}.] | |
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Swiple \Swi"ple\, n. [See {Swipe}.] That part of a flail which strikes the grain in thrashing; a swingel. [Written also {swipel}, and {swipple}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swiple \Swi"ple\, n. [See {Swipe}.] That part of a flail which strikes the grain in thrashing; a swingel. [Written also {swipel}, and {swipple}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swivel \Swiv"el\, n. [AS. sw[c6]fan to move quickly, to remove; akin to Icel. sveifla to whirl, shake, sv[c6]fa to ramble, to turn. See {Swoop}, and cf. {Swift} a reel, {Swift}, a.] 1. (Mech.) A piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis. 2. (Mil.) A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; -- called also {swivel gun}. --Wilhelm. {Swivel bridge}, a kind of drawbridge that turns round on a vertical axis; a swing bridge. {Swivel hook}, a hook connected with the iron strap of a pulley block by a swivel joint, for readily taking the turns out of a tackle. {Swivel joint}, a joint, the two pieces composing which turn round, with respect to each other, on a longitudinal pin or axis, as in a chain, to prevent twisting. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swivel \Swiv"el\, v. i. To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sabula, IA (city, FIPS 69510) Location: 42.06784 N, 90.17414 W Population (1990): 710 (332 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 2.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52070 | |
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Saffell, AR Zip code(s): 72572 | |
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Sapello, NM Zip code(s): 87745 | |
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Sayville, NY (CDP, FIPS 65409) Location: 40.74678 N, 73.08582 W Population (1990): 16550 (5560 housing units) Area: 14.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
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Seville, FL Zip code(s): 32190 Seville, OH (village, FIPS 71486) Location: 41.02240 N, 81.86768 W Population (1990): 1810 (650 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44273 | |
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Shively, KY (city, FIPS 70284) Location: 38.19590 N, 85.81320 W Population (1990): 15535 (6852 housing units) Area: 12.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 40216 | |
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Shopville, KY Zip code(s): 42554 | |
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Shueyville, IA (city, FIPS 72840) Location: 41.84815 N, 91.64850 W Population (1990): 223 (82 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Sibley, IA (city, FIPS 72975) Location: 43.40166 N, 95.74493 W Population (1990): 2815 (1184 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51249 Sibley, IL (village, FIPS 69810) Location: 40.58755 N, 88.37808 W Population (1990): 359 (161 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61773 Sibley, LA (town, FIPS 70175) Location: 32.54366 N, 93.29412 W Population (1990): 997 (418 housing units) Area: 10.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71073 Sibley, MO (village, FIPS 67718) Location: 39.17920 N, 94.19692 W Population (1990): 367 (129 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64088 Sibley, ND (city, FIPS 72820) Location: 47.21729 N, 97.96527 W Population (1990): 41 (53 housing units) Area: 0.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58429 | |
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Sky Valley, GA (city, FIPS 71282) Location: 34.98328 N, 83.33217 W Population (1990): 187 (421 housing units) Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30537 | |
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Squaw Valley, CA (CDP, FIPS 73794) Location: 36.69640 N, 119.19421 W Population (1990): 2161 (932 housing units) Area: 146.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 93675 | |
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Supply, VA Zip code(s): 22559 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
spell n. Syn. {incantation}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
spl /S-P-L/ [abbrev, from Set Priority Level] The way traditional Unix kernels implement mutual exclusion by running code at high interrupt levels. Used in jargon to describe the act of tuning in or tuning out ordinary communication. Classically, spl levels run from 1 to 7; "Fred's at spl 6 today" would mean that he is very hard to interrupt. "Wait till I finish this; I'll spl down then." See also {interrupts locked out}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
spool vi. [from early IBM `Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line', but is widely thought to be a {backronym}] To send files to some device or program (a `spooler') that queues them up and does something useful with them later. Without qualification, the spooler is the `print spooler' controlling output of jobs to a printer; but the term has been used in connection with other peripherals (especially plotters and graphics devices) and occasionally even for input devices. See also {demon}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SFL System Function Language. Assembly language for the ICL2900. "SFL Language Definition Manual", TR 6413, Intl Computers Ltd. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
spell {incantation} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
spill {register spilling} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPL 1. Synchronous Programming Language. A DSP language. "Introduction to the SPL Compiler", Computalker Consultants, 1986. 2. Space Programming Language. Realtime language used by the US Air Force for aerospace software. Aka SPL/J6. Similar to JOVIAL. "Space Programming Language Development", SAMSO TP 70-325, System Development Corp (Sep 1970). (See CLASP). 3. System Programming Language. HP, 1977. An ALGOL-like language for the HP3000 computer allowing inline assembly code. MPE, the OS for the HP3000 was written in SPL. Pub.No.30000-90024, HP. See also {SPLash!}. 4. Systems Programming Language. PRIME Computer, 80's. A variant of PL/I used on PRIME computers. PL/I subset G, less I/O plus a few extensions. SPL User's Reference Guide, Prime. (See PL/P.) 5. Systems Programming Language. A PL/I subset/extension for the P1000. D.B. Wortman, U Toronto. Philips Data Sys, Netherlands, 1971. Symbolic constants, pointer arithmetic, inline assembly code. Used to implement compilers, operating systems, and database. ["Experiences With SPL", J. Klunder in Machine Oriented Higher Level Languages, W. van der Poel, N-H 1974, pp. 385-393]. [Can 4 and 5 be the same?] 6. Student Programming Language. A translator-interpreter for a dialect of {PL/I}. 7. {Set Priority Level} [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPL/1 {SPL/I} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPL/I Signal Processing Language One. (Or "SPL/1") A language designed by {Intermetrics} for acoustic {signal processing}. It has graphics and multiprocessing features. ["SPL/I Language Reference Manual", M.S. Kosinski, Intermetrics Report 172-1 (July 1976)]. (1995-01-19) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Spool ["An Experience with a Prolog Based Language", K. Fukunaga et al, SIGPLAN Notices 21(11):224-231 (Nov 1986) (OOPSLA '86)]. [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
spool "{spooler}" or {demon}) that puts them in a {queue} for later processing of some kind. Without qualification, the spooler is the "print spooler" controlling output of jobs to a {printer}; but the term has been used in connection with other {peripherals} (especially {plotters} and graphics devices) and occasionally even for input devices. The term "SPOOL" has been attributed to {IBM} as an acronym for {Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line} but it's widely thought to have been contrived for effect. [No connection with "spool of magnetic tape"?] [{Jargon File}] (1996-05-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPOOL Operation On-Line}; but see also {spool}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-05-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Spool ["An Experience with a Prolog Based Language", K. Fukunaga et al, SIGPLAN Notices 21(11):224-231 (Nov 1986) (OOPSLA '86)]. [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
spool "{spooler}" or {demon}) that puts them in a {queue} for later processing of some kind. Without qualification, the spooler is the "print spooler" controlling output of jobs to a {printer}; but the term has been used in connection with other {peripherals} (especially {plotters} and graphics devices) and occasionally even for input devices. The term "SPOOL" has been attributed to {IBM} as an acronym for {Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line} but it's widely thought to have been contrived for effect. [No connection with "spool of magnetic tape"?] [{Jargon File}] (1996-05-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPOOL Operation On-Line}; but see also {spool}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-05-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Spool ["An Experience with a Prolog Based Language", K. Fukunaga et al, SIGPLAN Notices 21(11):224-231 (Nov 1986) (OOPSLA '86)]. [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
spool "{spooler}" or {demon}) that puts them in a {queue} for later processing of some kind. Without qualification, the spooler is the "print spooler" controlling output of jobs to a {printer}; but the term has been used in connection with other {peripherals} (especially {plotters} and graphics devices) and occasionally even for input devices. The term "SPOOL" has been attributed to {IBM} as an acronym for {Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line} but it's widely thought to have been contrived for effect. [No connection with "spool of magnetic tape"?] [{Jargon File}] (1996-05-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPOOL Operation On-Line}; but see also {spool}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-05-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
swap file an {operating system} as {swap space}. A swap file is usually allocated as a long contiguous section of a {hard disk} to reduce access time. The disk space used for a swap file can not be used for other things. Under {Microsoft Windows}, swap files are recommended not to exceed three times the available {RAM} and are usually 150 percent of the RAM size. (1996-11-15) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shebuel captive of God. (1.) One of the descendants of Gershom, who had charge of the temple treasures in the time of David (1 Chr. 23:16; 26:24). (2.) One of the sons of Heman; one of those whose duty it was to "lift up the horn" in the temple service (1 Chr. 25:4, 5); called also Shubael (ver. 20). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shobal pilgrim. (1.) The second son of Seir the Horite; one of the Horite "dukes" (Gen. 36:20). (2.) One of the sons of Caleb, and a descendant of Hur (1 Chr. 2:50, 52; 4:1, 2). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Shebuel, turning, or captivity, or seat, of God | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Shobal, path; ear of corn | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Shubael, returning captivity; seat of God |