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Safe \Safe\, v. t. To render safe; to make right. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Safe \Safe\, a. [Compar. {Safer}; superl. {Safest}.] [OE. sauf, F. sauf, fr. L. salvus, akin to salus health, welfare, safety. Cf. {Salute}, {Salvation}, {Sage} a plant, {Save}, {Salvo} an exception.] 1. Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from storms; safe from foes. [bd]And ye dwelled safe.[b8] --1 Sam. xii. 11. They escaped all safe to land. --Acts xxvii. 44. Established in a safe, unenvied throne. --Milton. 2. Conferring safety; securing from harm; not exposing to danger; confining securely; to be relied upon; not dangerous; as, a safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc. [bd]The man of safe discretion.[b8] --Shak. The King of heaven hath doomed This place our dungeon, not our safe retreat. --Milton. | |
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Safe \Safe\, n. A place for keeping things in safety. Specifically: (a) A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel, etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for containing money, valuable papers, or the like. (b) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects. | |
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Saiva \Sai"va\ (? [or] ?), n. [Skr. [cced]aiva devoted to Siva.] One of an important religious sect in India which regards Siva with peculiar veneration. | |
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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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Sap \Sap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sapping}.] [F. saper (cf. Sp. zapar, It. zapare), fr. sape a sort of scythe, LL. sappa a sort of mattock.] 1. To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of. Nor safe their dwellings were, for sapped by floods, Their houses fell upon their household gods. --Dryden. 2. (Mil.) To pierce with saps. 3. To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken. Ring out the grief that saps the mind. --Tennyson. | |
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Sap \Sap\, v. i. To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps. --W. P. Craighill. Both assaults are carried on by sapping. --Tatler. | |
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Sap \Sap\, n. (Mil.) A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc. {Sap fagot} (Mil.), a fascine about three feet long, used in sapping, to close the crevices between the gabions before the parapet is made. {Sap roller} (Mil.), a large gabion, six or seven feet long, filled with fascines, which the sapper sometimes rolls along before him for protection from the fire of an enemy. | |
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Toadfish \Toad"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any marine fish of the genus {Batrachus}, having a large, thick head and a wide mouth, and bearing some resemblance to a toad. The American species ({Batrachus tau}) is very common in shallow water. Called also {oyster fish}, and {sapo}. (b) The angler. (c) A swellfish. | |
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Sappho \Sap"pho\, n. [See {Sapphic}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of brilliant South American humming birds of the genus {Sappho}, having very bright-colored and deeply forked tails; -- called also {firetail}. | |
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Sappy \Sap"py\, a. [Compar. {Sappier}; superl. {Sappiest}.] [From 1st {Sap}.] 1. Abounding with sap; full of sap; juicy; succulent. 2. Hence, young, not firm; weak, feeble. When he had passed this weak and sappy age. --Hayward. 3. Weak in intellect. [Low] 4. (Bot.) Abounding in sap; resembling, or consisting largely of, sapwood. | |
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Sappy \Sap"py\, a. [Written also {sapy}.] [Cf. L. sapere to taste.] Musty; tainted. [Obs.] | |
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Sappy \Sap"py\, a. [Written also {sapy}.] [Cf. L. sapere to taste.] Musty; tainted. [Obs.] | |
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Sauf \Sauf\, a. Safe. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Sauf \Sauf\, conj. & prep. Save; except. [Obs.] [bd]Sauf I myself.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Save \Save\, n. [See {Sage} the herb.] The herb sage, or salvia. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Save \Save\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saving}.] [OE. saven, sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F. sauver, L. salvare, fr. salvus saved, safe. See {Safe}, a.] 1. To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames. God save all this fair company. --Chaucer. He cried, saying, Lord, save me. --Matt. xiv. 30. Thou hast . . . quitted all to save A world from utter loss. --Milton. 2. (Theol.) Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. --1 Tim. i. 15. 3. To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve. Now save a nation, and now save a groat. --Pope. 4. To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare. I'll save you That labor, sir. All's now done. --Shak. 5. To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare. Will you not speak to save a lady's blush? --Dryden. 6. To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of. Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit. --Swift. {To save appearances}, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things. Syn: To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve; prevent. | |
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Save \Save\, v. i. To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical. Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material. --Bacon. | |
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Save \Save\, prep. [or] conj. [F. sauf, properly adj., safe. See {Safe}, a.] Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving. Five times received I forty stripes save one. --2 Cor. xi. 24. Syn: See {Except}. | |
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Save \Save\, conj. Except; unless. | |
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Savvy \Sav"vy\, Savvey \Sav"vey\, v. t. & i. [Written also {savey}.] [Sp. saber to know, sabe usted do you know?] To understand; to comprehend; know. [Slang, U. S.] | |
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Savoy \Sa*voy"\, n. [F. chou de Savoie cabbage of Savoy.] (Bot.) A variety of the common cabbage ({Brassica oleracea major}), having curled leaves, -- much cultivated for winter use. | |
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Savvy \Sav"vy\, Savvey \Sav"vey\, v. t. & i. [Written also {savey}.] [Sp. saber to know, sabe usted do you know?] To understand; to comprehend; know. [Slang, U. S.] | |
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Savvy \Sav"vy\, Savvey \Sav"vey\, n. Comprehension; knowledge of affairs; mental grasp. [Slang, U. S.] | |
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Savvy \Sav"vy\, Savvey \Sav"vey\, v. t. & i. [Written also {savey}.] [Sp. saber to know, sabe usted do you know?] To understand; to comprehend; know. [Slang, U. S.] | |
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Savvy \Sav"vy\, Savvey \Sav"vey\, n. Comprehension; knowledge of affairs; mental grasp. [Slang, U. S.] | |
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Symbol \Sym"bol\, n. [L. symbolus, symbolum, Gr. sy`mbolon a sign by which one knows or infers a thing, from [?] to throw or put together, to compare; sy`n with + [?] to throw: cf. F. symbole. Cf. {Emblem}, {Parable}.] 1. A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience. A symbol is a sign included in the idea which it represents, e. g., an actual part chosen to represent the whole, or a lower form or species used as the representative of a higher in the same kind. --Coleridge. 2. (Math.) Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation. Note: In crystallography, the symbol of a plane is the numerical expression which defines its position relatively to the assumed axes. 3. (Theol.) An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion. 4. [Gr. [?] contributions.] That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty. [Obs.] They do their work in the days of peace . . . and come to pay their symbol in a war or in a plague. --Jer. Taylor. 5. Share; allotment. [Obs.] The persons who are to be judged . . . shall all appear to receive their symbol. --Jer. Taylor. 6. (Chem.) An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, {C} for carbon, {Na} for sodium (Natrium), {Fe} for iron (Ferrum), {Sn} for tin (Stannum), {Sb} for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names and symbols under {Element}. Note: In pure and organic chemistry there are symbols not only for the elements, but also for their grouping in formulas, radicals, or residues, as evidenced by their composition, reactions, synthesis, etc. See the diagram of {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}. Syn: Emblem; figure; type. See {Emblem}. | |
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Stibonium \Sti*bo"ni*um\, n. (Chem.) The hypothetical radical {SbH4}, analogous to ammonium; -- called also {antimonium}. | |
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Scab \Scab\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scabbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scabbing}.] To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over. | |
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Scab \Scab\ (sk[acr]b), n. [OE. scab, scabbe, shabbe; cf. AS. sc[91]b, sceabb, scebb, Dan. & Sw. skab, and also L. scabies, fr. scabere to scratch, akin to E. shave. See {Shave}, and cf. {Shab}, {Shabby}.] 1. An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part. 2. The itch in man; also, the scurvy. [Colloq. or Obs.] 3. The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep. --Chaucer. 4. A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus ({Tiburcinia Scabies}). 5. (Founding) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold. 6. A mean, dirty, paltry fellow. [Low] --Shak. 7. A nickname for a workman who engages for lower wages than are fixed by the trades unions; also, for one who takes the place of a workman on a strike. [Cant] | |
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Scab \Scab\, n. (Bot.) Any one of various more or less destructive fungus diseases attacking cultivated plants, and usually forming dark-colored crustlike spots. | |
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Scabby \Scab"by\, a. [Compar. {Scabbier}; superl. {Scabbiest}.] 1. Affected with scabs; full of scabs. 2. Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy. --Swift. | |
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Scape \Scape\, n. [L. scapus shaft, stem, stalk; cf. Gr. [?] a staff: cf. F. scape. Cf. {Scepter}.] 1. (Bot.) A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The long basal joint of the antenn[91] of an insect. 3. (Arch.) (a) The shaft of a column. (b) The apophyge of a shaft. | |
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Scape \Scape\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Scaped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scaping}.] [Aphetic form of escape.] To escape. [Obs. or Poetic.] --Milton. Out of this prison help that we may scape. --Chaucer. | |
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Scape \Scape\, n. 1. An escape. [Obs.] I spake of most disastrous chances, . . . Of hairbreadth scapes in the imminent, deadly breach. --Shak. 2. Means of escape; evasion. [Obs.] --Donne. 3. A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. [Obs.] Not pardoning so much as the scapes of error and ignorance. --Milton. 4. Loose act of vice or lewdness. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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d8Apophyge \[d8]A*poph"y*ge\, n. [Gr. 'apofygh` escape, in arch. the curve with which the shaft escapes into its base or capital, fr. 'apofey`gein to flee away; 'apo` from + fey`gein to flee: cf. F. apophyge.] (Arch.) The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the {scape}. --Parker. | |
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Scape \Scape\, n. [L. scapus shaft, stem, stalk; cf. Gr. [?] a staff: cf. F. scape. Cf. {Scepter}.] 1. (Bot.) A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The long basal joint of the antenn[91] of an insect. 3. (Arch.) (a) The shaft of a column. (b) The apophyge of a shaft. | |
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Scape \Scape\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Scaped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scaping}.] [Aphetic form of escape.] To escape. [Obs. or Poetic.] --Milton. Out of this prison help that we may scape. --Chaucer. | |
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Scape \Scape\, n. 1. An escape. [Obs.] I spake of most disastrous chances, . . . Of hairbreadth scapes in the imminent, deadly breach. --Shak. 2. Means of escape; evasion. [Obs.] --Donne. 3. A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. [Obs.] Not pardoning so much as the scapes of error and ignorance. --Milton. 4. Loose act of vice or lewdness. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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d8Apophyge \[d8]A*poph"y*ge\, n. [Gr. 'apofygh` escape, in arch. the curve with which the shaft escapes into its base or capital, fr. 'apofey`gein to flee away; 'apo` from + fey`gein to flee: cf. F. apophyge.] (Arch.) The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the {scape}. --Parker. | |
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Scaup \Scaup\ (sk[add]p), n. [See {Scalp} a bed of oysters or mussels.] 1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.] | |
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Scobby \Scob"by\, n. The chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Scoff \Scoff\ (?; 115), n. [OE. scof; akin to OFries. schof, OHG. scoph, Icel. skaup, and perh. to E. shove.] 1. Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach. With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. --Shak. 2. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision. The scoff of withered age and beardless youth. --Cowper. | |
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Scoff \Scoff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scoffed} (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Scoffing}.] [Cf. Dan. skuffe to deceive, delude, Icel. skopa to scoff, OD. schoppen. See {Scoff}, n.] To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; -- often with at. Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray. --Goldsmith. God's better gift they scoff at and refuse. --Cowper. Syn: To sneer; mock; gibe; jeer. See {Sneer}. | |
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Scoff \Scoff\, v. t. To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at. To scoff religion is ridiculously proud and immodest. --Glanvill. | |
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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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Scoop \Scoop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scooping}.] [OE. scopen. See {Scoop}, n.] 1. To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out. He scooped the water from the crystal flood. --Dryden. 2. To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry. 3. To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation. Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to hold above a pint. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Scoop \Scoop\, n. A beat. [Newspaper Slang] | |
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Scoop \Scoop\, v. t. To get a scoop, or a beat, on (a rival). [Newspaper Slang] | |
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Scope \Scope\, n. [It. scopo, L. scopos a mark, aim, Gr. skopo`s, a watcher, mark, aim; akin to [?], [?] to view, and perh. to E. spy. Cf. {Skeptic}, {Bishop}.] 1. That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object. [bd]Shooting wide, do miss the marked scope.[b8] --Spenser. Your scope is as mine own, So to enforce or qualify the laws As to your soul seems good. --Shak. The scope of all their pleading against man's authority, is to overthrow such laws and constitutions in the church. --Hooker. 2. Room or opportunity for free outlook or aim; space for action; amplitude of opportunity; free course or vent; liberty; range of view, intent, or action. Give him line and scope. --Shak. In the fate and fortunes of the human race, scope is given to the operation of laws which man must always fail to discern the reasons of. --I. Taylor. Excuse me if I have given too much scope to the reflections which have arisen in my mind. --Burke. An intellectual cultivation of no moderate depth or scope. --Hawthorne. 3. Extended area. [Obs.] [bd]The scopes of land granted to the first adventurers.[b8] --Sir J. Davies. 4. Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable. | |
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-scope \-scope\ [Gr. skopo`s a watcher, spy. See {Scope}.] A combining form usually signifying an instrument for viewing (with the eye) or observing (in any way); as in microscope, telescope, altoscope, anemoscope. | |
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Scope \Scope\, n. [It. scopo, L. scopos a mark, aim, Gr. skopo`s, a watcher, mark, aim; akin to [?], [?] to view, and perh. to E. spy. Cf. {Skeptic}, {Bishop}.] 1. That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object. [bd]Shooting wide, do miss the marked scope.[b8] --Spenser. Your scope is as mine own, So to enforce or qualify the laws As to your soul seems good. --Shak. The scope of all their pleading against man's authority, is to overthrow such laws and constitutions in the church. --Hooker. 2. Room or opportunity for free outlook or aim; space for action; amplitude of opportunity; free course or vent; liberty; range of view, intent, or action. Give him line and scope. --Shak. In the fate and fortunes of the human race, scope is given to the operation of laws which man must always fail to discern the reasons of. --I. Taylor. Excuse me if I have given too much scope to the reflections which have arisen in my mind. --Burke. An intellectual cultivation of no moderate depth or scope. --Hawthorne. 3. Extended area. [Obs.] [bd]The scopes of land granted to the first adventurers.[b8] --Sir J. Davies. 4. Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable. | |
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-scope \-scope\ [Gr. skopo`s a watcher, spy. See {Scope}.] A combining form usually signifying an instrument for viewing (with the eye) or observing (in any way); as in microscope, telescope, altoscope, anemoscope. | |
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Scuff \Scuff\, n. [Cf. D. schoft shoulder, Goth. skuft hair of the head. Cf. {Scruff}.] The back part of the neck; the scruff. [Prov. Eng.] --Ld. Lytton. | |
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Scuff \Scuff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scuffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scuffing}.] [See {Scuffle}.] To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle. | |
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Scup \Scup\, n. [D. schop.] A swing. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Scup \Scup\, n. [Contr. fr. American Indian mishc[97]p, fr. mishe-kuppi large, thick-scaled.] (Zo[94]l.) A marine sparoid food fish ({Stenotomus chrysops}, or {S. argyrops}), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also {porgee}, {paugy}, {porgy}, {scuppaug}. Note: The same names are also applied to a closely allied Southern species. ({Stenotomus Gardeni}). | |
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Scyphus \Scy"phus\, n.; pl. {Scyphi}. [L., a cup, Gr. [?].] 1. (Antiq.) A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk. 2. (Bot.) (a) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers. (b) A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called {scypha}. See Illust. of {Cladonia pyxidata}, under {Lichen}. | |
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d8Scypha \[d8]Scy"pha\, n.; pl. {Scyphae}. [NL.] (Bot.) See {Scyphus}, 2 (b) . | |
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Scyphus \Scy"phus\, n.; pl. {Scyphi}. [L., a cup, Gr. [?].] 1. (Antiq.) A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk. 2. (Bot.) (a) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers. (b) A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called {scypha}. See Illust. of {Cladonia pyxidata}, under {Lichen}. | |
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Sea ape \Sea" ape`\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) The thrasher shark. (b) The sea otter. | |
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Thrasher \Thrash"er\, Thresher \Thresh"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A large and voracious shark ({Alopias vulpes}), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also {fox shark}, {sea ape}, {sea fox}, {slasher}, {swingle-tail}, and {thrasher shark}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A name given to the brown thrush and other allied species. See {Brown thrush}. {Sage thrasher}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Sage}. {Thrasher whale} (Zo[94]l.), the common killer of the Atlantic. | |
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Sea ape \Sea" ape`\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) The thrasher shark. (b) The sea otter. | |
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Thrasher \Thrash"er\, Thresher \Thresh"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, thrashes grain; a thrashing machine. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A large and voracious shark ({Alopias vulpes}), remarkable for the great length of the upper lobe of its tail, with which it beats, or thrashes, its prey. It is found both upon the American and the European coasts. Called also {fox shark}, {sea ape}, {sea fox}, {slasher}, {swingle-tail}, and {thrasher shark}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A name given to the brown thrush and other allied species. See {Brown thrush}. {Sage thrasher}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Sage}. {Thrasher whale} (Zo[94]l.), the common killer of the Atlantic. | |
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Sea bow \Sea" bow`\ See {Marine rainbow}, under {Rainbow}. | |
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Rainbow \Rain"bow`\, n. [AS. regenboga, akin to G. regenbogen. See {Rain}, and {Bow} anything bent,] A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain. Note: Besides the ordinary bow, called also primary rainbow, which is formed by two refractions and one reflection, there is also another often seen exterior to it, called the secondary rainbow, concentric with the first, and separated from it by a small interval. It is formed by two refractions and two reflections, is much fainter than the primary bow, and has its colors arranged in the reverse order from those of the latter. {Lunar rainbow}, a fainter arch or rainbow, formed by the moon. {Marine rainbow}, [or] {Sea bow}, a similar bow seen in the spray of waves at sea. {Rainbow trout} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored trout ({Salmoirideus}), native of the mountains of California, but now extensively introduced into the Eastern States. Japan, and other countries; -- called also {brook trout}, {mountain trout}, and {golden trout}. {Rainbow wrasse}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Wrasse}. {Supernumerary rainbow}, a smaller bow, usually of red and green colors only, sometimes seen within the primary or without the secondary rainbow, and in contact with them. | |
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Sea boy \Sea" boy`\ A boy employed on shipboard. | |
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Sea pie \Sea" pie\ (Zo[94]l.) The oyster catcher, a limicoline bird of the genus {H[91]matopus}. | |
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Sea pie \Sea" pie`\ A dish of crust or pastry and meat or fish, etc., cooked together in alternate layers, -- a common food of sailors; as, a three-decker sea pie. | |
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Sea pye \Sea" pye`\ (Zo[94]l.) See 1st {Sea pie}. | |
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Sea whip \Sea" whip`\ (Zo[94]l.) A gorgonian having a simple stem. | |
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Seapoy \Sea"poy\ (s[emac]"poy), n. See {Sepoy}. | |
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Seave \Seave\, n. [Cf. Dan. siv, Sw. s[84]f, Icel. sef.] A rush. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Seavy \Seav`y\, a. Overgrown with rushes. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Seawife \Sea"wife`\, n.; pl. {Seawives}. (Zo[94]l.) A European wrasse ({Labrus vetula}). | |
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Seep \Seep\, [or] Sipe \Sipe\, v. i. [AS. s[c6]pan to distill.] To run or soak through fine pores and interstices; to ooze. [Scot. & U. S.] Water seeps up through the sidewalks. --G. W. Cable. | |
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Seepy \Seep"y\, [or] Sipy \Sip"y\, a. Oozy; -- applied to land under cultivation that is not well drained. | |
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Sepia \Se"pi*a\, n.; pl. E. {Sepias}, L. {Sepi[91]}. [L., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] the cuttlefish, or squid.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common European cuttlefish. (b) A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. See Illustr. under {Cuttlefish}. 2. A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms {Roman sepia}. Cf. {India ink}, under {India}. {Sepia} {drawing [or] picture}, a drawing in monochrome, made in sepia alone, or in sepia with other brown pigments. | |
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Sepia \Se"pi*a\, n.; pl. E. {Sepias}, L. {Sepi[91]}. [L., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] the cuttlefish, or squid.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common European cuttlefish. (b) A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. See Illustr. under {Cuttlefish}. 2. A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms {Roman sepia}. Cf. {India ink}, under {India}. {Sepia} {drawing [or] picture}, a drawing in monochrome, made in sepia alone, or in sepia with other brown pigments. | |
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Sepia \Se"pi*a\, a. Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia. | |
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Sepoy \Se"poy\, n. [Per. sip[be]h[c6], fr. sip[be]h an army. Cf. {Spahi}.] A native of India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power, esp. of Great Britain; an Oriental soldier disciplined in the European manner. | |
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Shab \Shab\, n. [OE. shabbe, AS. sc[?]b. See {Scab}.] The itch in animals; also, a scab. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] | |
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Shab \Shab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shabbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shabbing}.] [See {Scab}, 3.] To play mean tricks; to act shabbily. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] | |
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Shab \Shab\, v. t. To scratch; to rub. [Obs.] --Farquhar. | |
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Shabby \Shab"by\, a. [Compar. {Shabbier}; superl. {Shabbiest}.] [See {Shab}, n., {Scabby}, and {Scab}.] 1. Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged. Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts. --Macaulay. 2. Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments. [bd]The dean was so shabby.[b8] --Swift. 3. Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. [bd]Very shabby fellows.[b8] --Clarendon. | |
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Shape \Shape\ (sh[amac]p), v. i. To suit; to be adjusted or conformable. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Shape \Shape\, n. [OE. shap, schap, AS. sceap in gesceap creation, creature, fr. the root of scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, to shape, to do, to effect; akin to OS. giskeppian, OFries. skeppa, D. scheppen, G. schaffen, OHG. scaffan, scepfen, skeffen, Icer. skapa, skepja, Dan. skabe, skaffe, Sw. skapa, skaffa, Goth. gaskapjan, and perhaps to E. shave, v. Cf. {-ship}.] 1. Character or construction of a thing as determining its external appearance; outward aspect; make; figure; form; guise; as, the shape of a tree; the shape of the head; an elegant shape. He beat me grievously, in the shape of a woman. --Shak. 2. That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being. Before the gates three sat, On either side, a formidable shape. --Milton. 3. A model; a pattern; a mold. 4. Form of embodiment, as in words; form, as of thought or conception; concrete embodiment or example, as of some quality. --Milton. 5. Dress for disguise; guise. [Obs.] Look better on this virgin, and consider This Persian shape laid by, and she appearing In a Greekish dress. --Messinger. 6. (Iron Manuf.) (a) A rolled or hammered piece, as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar. (b) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted. {To take shape}, to assume a definite form. | |
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Shape \Shape\ (sh[amac]p), v. t. [imp. {Shaped} (sh[amac]pt); p. p. {Shaped} or {Shapen} (sh[amac]p"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shaping}.] [OE. shapen, schapen, AS. sceapian. The p. p. shapen is from the strong verb, AS. scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, p. p. sceapen. See {Shape}, n.] 1. To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to. I was shapen in iniquity. --Ps. li. 5. Grace shaped her limbs, and beauty decked her face. --Prior. 2. To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel. To the stream, when neither friends, nor force, Nor speed nor art avail, he shapes his course. --Denham. Charmed by their eyes, their manners I acquire, And shape my foolishness to their desire. --Prior. 3. To image; to conceive; to body forth. Oft my jealousy Shapes faults that are not. --Shak. 4. To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange. When shapen was all this conspiracy, From point to point. --Chaucer. {Shaping machine}. (Mach.) Same as {Shaper}. {To shape one's self}, to prepare; to make ready. [Obs.] I will early shape me therefor. --Chaucer. | |
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Shapoo \Sha"poo\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The o[94]rial. | |
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Shave \Shave\, obs. p. p. of {Shave}. --Chaucer. His beard was shave as nigh as ever he can. --Chaucer. | |
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Shave \Shave\, v. t. [imp. {Shaved};p. p. {Shaved} or {Shaven}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shaving}.] [OE. shaven, schaven, AS. scafan, sceafan; akin to D. schaven, G. schaben, Icel. skafa, Sw. skafva, Dan. skave, Goth. scaban, Russ. kopate to dig, Gr. [?][?][?][?], and probably to L. scabere to scratch, to scrape. Cf. {Scab}, {Shaft}, {Shape}.] 1. To cut or pare off from the surface of a body with a razor or other edged instrument; to cut off closely, as with a razor; as, to shave the beard. 2. To make bare or smooth by cutting off closely the surface, or surface covering, of; especially, to remove the hair from with a razor or other sharp instrument; to take off the beard or hair of; as, to shave the face or the crown of the head; he shaved himself. I'll shave your crown for this. --Shak. The laborer with the bending scythe is seen Shaving the surface of the waving green. --Gay. 3. To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices. Plants bruised or shaven in leaf or root. --Bacon. 4. To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing. Now shaves with level wing the deep. --Milton. 5. To strip; to plunder; to fleece. [Colloq.] {To shave a note}, to buy it at a discount greater than the legal rate of interest, or to deduct in discounting it more than the legal rate allows. [Cant, U.S.] | |
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Shave \Shave\, v. i. To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat. | |
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Shave \Shave\, n. [AS. scafa, sceafa, a sort of knife. See {Shave}, v. t.] 1. A thin slice; a shaving. --Wright. 2. A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving. 3. (a) An exorbitant discount on a note. [Cant, U.S.] (b) A premium paid for an extension of the time of delivery or payment, or for the right to vary a stock contract in any particular. [Cant, U.S.] --N. Biddle. 4. A hand tool consisting of a sharp blade with a handle at each end; a drawing knife; a spokeshave. 5. The act of passing very near to, so as almost to graze; as, the bullet missed by a close shave. [Colloq.] {Shave grass} (Bot.), the scouring rush. See the Note under {Equisetum}. {Shave hook}, a tool for scraping metals, consisting of a sharp-edged triangular steel plate attached to a shank and handle. | |
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Sheaf \Sheaf\, n. (Mech.) A sheave. [R.] | |
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Sheaf \Sheaf\, n.; pl. {Sheaves}. [OE. sheef, shef, schef, AS. sce[a0]f; akin to D. schoof, OHG. scoub, G. schaub, Icel. skauf a fox's brush, and E. shove. See {Shove}.] 1. A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw. The reaper fills his greedy hands, And binds the golden sheaves in brittle bands. --Dryden. 2. Any collection of things bound together; a bundle; specifically, a bundle of arrows sufficient to fill a quiver, or the allowance of each archer, -- usually twenty-four. The sheaf of arrows shook and rattled in the case. --Dryden. | |
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Sheaf \Sheaf\, v. t. To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves; as, to sheaf wheat. | |
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Sheaf \Sheaf\, v. i. To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves. They that reap must sheaf and bind. --Shak. | |
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Sheafy \Sheaf"y\, a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves; resembling a sheaf. | |
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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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Sheave \Sheave\, v. t. [See {Sheaf} of straw.] To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect. --Ashmole. | |
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Sheep \Sheep\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. shep, scheep, AS. sc[?]p, sce[a0]p; akin to OFries. sk[?]p, LG. & D. schaap, G. schaf, OHG. sc[be]f, Skr. ch[be]ga. [root]295. Cf. {Sheepherd}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus {Ovis}, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia. Note: The domestic sheep ({Ovis aries}) varies much in size, in the length and texture of its wool, the form and size of its horns, the length of its tail, etc. It was domesticated in prehistoric ages, and many distinct breeds have been produced; as the merinos, celebrated for their fine wool; the Cretan sheep, noted for their long horns; the fat-tailed, or Turkish, sheep, remarkable for the size and fatness of the tail, which often has to be supported on trucks; the Southdowns, in which the horns are lacking; and an Asiatic breed which always has four horns. 2. A weak, bashful, silly fellow. --Ainsworth. 3. pl. Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd. {Rocky mountain sheep}.(Zo[94]l.) See {Bighorn}. {Maned sheep}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Aoudad}. {Sheep bot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the sheep botfly. See {Estrus}. {Sheep dog} (Zo[94]l.), a shepherd dog, or collie. {Sheep laurel} (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Kalmia angustifolia}) with deep rose-colored flowers in corymbs. {Sheep pest} (Bot.), an Australian plant ({Ac[91]na ovina}) related to the burnet. The fruit is covered with barbed spines, by which it adheres to the wool of sheep. {Sheep run}, an extensive tract of country where sheep range and graze. {Sheep's beard} (Bot.), a cichoraceous herb ({Urospermum Dalechampii}) of Southern Europe; -- so called from the conspicuous pappus of the achenes. {Sheep's bit} (Bot.), a European herb ({Jasione montana}) having much the appearance of scabious. {Sheep pox} (Med.), a contagious disease of sheep, characterixed by the development of vesicles or pocks upon the skin. {Sheep scabious}. (Bot.) Same as {Sheep's bit}. {Sheep shears}, shears in which the blades form the two ends of a steel bow, by the elasticity of which they open as often as pressed together by the hand in cutting; -- so called because used to cut off the wool of sheep. {Sheep sorrel}. (Bot.), a prerennial herb ({Rumex Acetosella}) growing naturally on poor, dry, gravelly soil. Its leaves have a pleasant acid taste like sorrel. {Sheep's-wool} (Zo[94]l.), the highest grade of Florida commercial sponges ({Spongia equina}, variety {gossypina}). {Sheep tick} (Zo[94]l.), a wingless parasitic insect ({Melophagus ovinus}) belonging to the Diptera. It fixes its proboscis in the skin of the sheep and sucks the blood, leaving a swelling. Called also {sheep pest}, and {sheep louse}. {Sheep walk}, a pasture for sheep; a sheep run. {Wild sheep}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Argali}, {Mouflon}, and {O[94]rial}. | |
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Sheepy \Sheep"y\, a. Resembling sheep; sheepish. --Testament of Love. | |
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Shiff \Shiff\, v. i. 1. To divide; to distribute. [Obs.] Some this, some that, as that him liketh shift. --Chaucer. 2. To make a change or changes; to change position; to move; to veer; to substitute one thing for another; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon. --Shak. Here the Baillie shifted and fidgeted about in his seat. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage. Men in distress will look to themselves, and leave their companions to schift as well as they can. --L'Estrange. 4. To practice indirect or evasive methods. All those schoolmen, though they were exceeding witty, yet better teach all their followers to shift, than to resolve by their distinctions. --Sir W. Raleigh. 5. (Naut.) To slip to one side of a ship, so as to destroy the equilibrum; -- said of ballast or cargo; as, the cargo shifted. | |
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-ship \-ship\ [OE. -schipe, AS. -scipe; akin to OFries. -skipe, OLG. -skepi, D. -schap, OHG. -scaf, G. -schaft. Cf. {Shape}, n., and {Landscape}.] A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; as in lordship, friendship, chancellorship, stewardship, horsemanship. | |
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Ship \Ship\, n. [AS. scipe.] Pay; reward. [Obs.] In withholding or abridging of the ship or the hire or the wages of servants. --Chaucer. | |
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Ship \Ship\, n. [OE. ship, schip, AS. scip; akin to OFries. skip, OS. scip, D. schip, G. schiff, OHG. scif, Dan. skib, Sw. skeep, Icel. & Goth. skip; of unknown origin. Cf. {Equip}, {Skiff}, {Skipper}.] 1. Any large seagoing vessel. Like a stately ship . . . With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving. --Milton. Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! --Longfellow. 2. Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix. | |
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Ship \Ship\, v. i. 1. To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war. 2. To embark on a ship. --Wyclif (Acts xxviii. 11) | |
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Ship \Ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shipping}.] 1. To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water. The timber was . . . shipped in the bay of Attalia, from whence it was by sea transported to Pelusium. --Knolles. 2. By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad. 3. Hence, to send away; to get rid of. [Colloq.] 4. To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen. 5. To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea. 6. To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder. | |
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Packet \Pack"et\, n. [F. paquet, dim. fr. LL. paccus, from the same source as E. pack. See {Pack}.] 1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. --Shak. 2. Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. {Packet boat}, {ship}, [or] {vessel}. See {Packet}, n., 2. {Packet day}, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day. {Packet note} [or] {post}. See under {Paper}. | |
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-ship \-ship\ [OE. -schipe, AS. -scipe; akin to OFries. -skipe, OLG. -skepi, D. -schap, OHG. -scaf, G. -schaft. Cf. {Shape}, n., and {Landscape}.] A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; as in lordship, friendship, chancellorship, stewardship, horsemanship. | |
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Ship \Ship\, n. [AS. scipe.] Pay; reward. [Obs.] In withholding or abridging of the ship or the hire or the wages of servants. --Chaucer. | |
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Ship \Ship\, n. [OE. ship, schip, AS. scip; akin to OFries. skip, OS. scip, D. schip, G. schiff, OHG. scif, Dan. skib, Sw. skeep, Icel. & Goth. skip; of unknown origin. Cf. {Equip}, {Skiff}, {Skipper}.] 1. Any large seagoing vessel. Like a stately ship . . . With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving. --Milton. Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! --Longfellow. 2. Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix. | |
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Ship \Ship\, v. i. 1. To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war. 2. To embark on a ship. --Wyclif (Acts xxviii. 11) | |
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Ship \Ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shipping}.] 1. To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water. The timber was . . . shipped in the bay of Attalia, from whence it was by sea transported to Pelusium. --Knolles. 2. By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad. 3. Hence, to send away; to get rid of. [Colloq.] 4. To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen. 5. To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea. 6. To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder. | |
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Packet \Pack"et\, n. [F. paquet, dim. fr. LL. paccus, from the same source as E. pack. See {Pack}.] 1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. --Shak. 2. Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. {Packet boat}, {ship}, [or] {vessel}. See {Packet}, n., 2. {Packet day}, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day. {Packet note} [or] {post}. See under {Paper}. | |
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-ship \-ship\ [OE. -schipe, AS. -scipe; akin to OFries. -skipe, OLG. -skepi, D. -schap, OHG. -scaf, G. -schaft. Cf. {Shape}, n., and {Landscape}.] A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; as in lordship, friendship, chancellorship, stewardship, horsemanship. | |
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Ship \Ship\, n. [AS. scipe.] Pay; reward. [Obs.] In withholding or abridging of the ship or the hire or the wages of servants. --Chaucer. | |
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Ship \Ship\, n. [OE. ship, schip, AS. scip; akin to OFries. skip, OS. scip, D. schip, G. schiff, OHG. scif, Dan. skib, Sw. skeep, Icel. & Goth. skip; of unknown origin. Cf. {Equip}, {Skiff}, {Skipper}.] 1. Any large seagoing vessel. Like a stately ship . . . With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails filled, and streamers waving. --Milton. Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! --Longfellow. 2. Specifically, a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts (a mainmast, a foremast, and a mizzenmast), each of which is composed of a lower mast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast, and square-rigged on all masts. See Illustation in Appendix. | |
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Ship \Ship\, v. i. 1. To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war. 2. To embark on a ship. --Wyclif (Acts xxviii. 11) | |
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Ship \Ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shipping}.] 1. To put on board of a ship, or vessel of any kind, for transportation; to send by water. The timber was . . . shipped in the bay of Attalia, from whence it was by sea transported to Pelusium. --Knolles. 2. By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to any conveyance for transportation to a distance; as, to ship freight by railroad. 3. Hence, to send away; to get rid of. [Colloq.] 4. To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen. 5. To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea. 6. To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder. | |
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Packet \Pack"et\, n. [F. paquet, dim. fr. LL. paccus, from the same source as E. pack. See {Pack}.] 1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. --Shak. 2. Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. {Packet boat}, {ship}, [or] {vessel}. See {Packet}, n., 2. {Packet day}, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day. {Packet note} [or] {post}. See under {Paper}. | |
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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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Shive \Shive\, n. [See {Sheave}, n.] 1. A slice; as, a shive of bread. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Shak. 2. A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking. 3. A thin, flat cork used for stopping a wide-mouthed bottle; also, a thin wooden bung for casks. | |
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Shoop \Shoop\, obs. imp. of {Shape}. Shaped. --Chaucer. | |
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Shop \Shop\, obs. imp. of {Shape}. Shaped. --Chaucer. | |
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Shop \Shop\, n. [OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG. scopf.] 1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail. From shop to shop Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks The polished counter. --Cowper. 2. A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop. A tailor called me in his shop. --Shak. Note: Shop is often used adjectively or in composition; as, shop rent, or shop-rent; shop thief, or shop-thief; shop window, or shop-window, etc. {To smell of the shop}, to indicate too distinctively one's occupation or profession. {To talk shop}, to make one's business the topic of social conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's employment. [Colloq.] Syn: Store; warehouse. See {Store}. | |
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Shop \Shop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shopped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shopping}.] To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods. He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping. --Byron. | |
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Shop \Shop\, n. 1. A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like, as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.; -- generally in deprecation. 2. A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's shop; also, (Slang), any of the various places of business which are commonly called offices, as of a lawyer, doctor, broker, etc. 3. Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc. [Slang, Chiefly Eng.] | |
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Shopboy \Shop"boy`\, n. A boy employed in a shop. | |
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Shoppy \Shop"py\, a. 1. Abounding with shops. [Colloq.] 2. Of or pertaining to shops, or one's own shop or business; as, shoppy talk. [Colloq.] --Mrs. Gaskell. | |
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Shove \Shove\, n. The act of shoving; a forcible push. I rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove. --Swift. Syn: See {Thrust}. | |
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Shove \Shove\, v. i. 1. To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling. 2. To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off. He grasped the oar, eceived his guests on board, and shoved from shore. --Garth. | |
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Shove \Shove\ (sh[ucr]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shoved} (sh[ucr]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shoving}.] [OE. shoven, AS. scofian, fr. sc[umac]fan; akin to OFries. sk[umac]va, D. schuiven, G. schieben, OHG. scioban, Icel. sk[umac]fa, sk[ymac]fa, Sw. skuffa, Dan. skuffe, Goth. afskiuban to put away, cast away; cf. Skr. kshubh to become agitated, to quake, Lith. skubrus quick, skubinti to hasten. [root]160. Cf. {Sheaf} a bundle of stalks, {Scoop}, {Scuffle}.] 1. To drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; to push; especially, to push (a body) so as to make it move along the surface of another body; as, to shove a boat on the water; to shove a table across the floor. 2. To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle. And shove away the worthy bidden guest. --Milton. He used to shove and elbow his fellow servants. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Shove \Shove\, obs. p. p. of {Shove}. --Chaucer. | |
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Spout \Spout\, n. [Cf. Sw. spruta a squirt, a syringe. See {Spout}, v. t.] 1. That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip, pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is conveyed in a stream from one place to another; as, the spout of a teapot; a spout for conducting water from the roof of a building. --Addison. [bd]A conduit with three issuing spouts.[b8] --Shak. In whales . . . an ejection thereof [water] is contrived by a fistula, or spout, at the head. --Sir T. Browne. From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide. --Pope. 2. A trough for conducting grain, flour, etc., into a receptacle. 3. A discharge or jet of water or other liquid, esp. when rising in a column; also, a waterspout. {To put}, {shove}, [or] {pop}, {up the spout}, to pawn or pledge at a pawnbroker's; -- in allusion to the spout up which the pawnbroker sent the ticketed articles. [Cant] | |
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Shove \Shove\, n. The act of shoving; a forcible push. I rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove. --Swift. Syn: See {Thrust}. | |
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Shove \Shove\, v. i. 1. To push or drive forward; to move onward by pushing or jostling. 2. To move off or along by an act pushing, as with an oar a pole used by one in a boat; sometimes with off. He grasped the oar, eceived his guests on board, and shoved from shore. --Garth. | |
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Shove \Shove\ (sh[ucr]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shoved} (sh[ucr]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shoving}.] [OE. shoven, AS. scofian, fr. sc[umac]fan; akin to OFries. sk[umac]va, D. schuiven, G. schieben, OHG. scioban, Icel. sk[umac]fa, sk[ymac]fa, Sw. skuffa, Dan. skuffe, Goth. afskiuban to put away, cast away; cf. Skr. kshubh to become agitated, to quake, Lith. skubrus quick, skubinti to hasten. [root]160. Cf. {Sheaf} a bundle of stalks, {Scoop}, {Scuffle}.] 1. To drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; to push; especially, to push (a body) so as to make it move along the surface of another body; as, to shove a boat on the water; to shove a table across the floor. 2. To push along, aside, or away, in a careless or rude manner; to jostle. And shove away the worthy bidden guest. --Milton. He used to shove and elbow his fellow servants. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Shove \Shove\, obs. p. p. of {Shove}. --Chaucer. | |
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Spout \Spout\, n. [Cf. Sw. spruta a squirt, a syringe. See {Spout}, v. t.] 1. That through which anything spouts; a discharging lip, pipe, or orifice; a tube, pipe, or conductor of any kind through which a liquid is poured, or by which it is conveyed in a stream from one place to another; as, the spout of a teapot; a spout for conducting water from the roof of a building. --Addison. [bd]A conduit with three issuing spouts.[b8] --Shak. In whales . . . an ejection thereof [water] is contrived by a fistula, or spout, at the head. --Sir T. Browne. From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide. --Pope. 2. A trough for conducting grain, flour, etc., into a receptacle. 3. A discharge or jet of water or other liquid, esp. when rising in a column; also, a waterspout. {To put}, {shove}, [or] {pop}, {up the spout}, to pawn or pledge at a pawnbroker's; -- in allusion to the spout up which the pawnbroker sent the ticketed articles. [Cant] | |
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Sib \Sib\, n. [AS. sibb alliance, gesib a relative. [root]289. See {Gossip}.] A blood relation. [Obs.] --Nash. | |
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Sib \Sib\, a. Related by blood; akin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. Your kindred is but . . . little sib to you. --Chaucer. [He] is no fairy birn, ne sib at all To elfs, but sprung of seed terrestrial. --Spenser. | |
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Sieva \Sie"va\, n. (Bot.) A small variety of the Lima bean ({Phaseolus lunatus}). | |
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Sieve \Sieve\, n. [OE. sive, AS. sife; akin to D. zeef, zift, OHG. sib, G. sieb. [root]151a. Cf. {Sift}.] 1. A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes. [bd]In a sieve thrown and sifted.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. A kind of coarse basket. --Simmonds. {Sieve cells} (Bot.), cribriform cells. See under {Cribriform}. | |
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Sip \Sip\, n. 1. The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips. 2. A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste. One sip of this Will bathe the drooping spirits in delight Beyond the bliss of dreams. --Milton. A sip is all that the public ever care to take from reservoirs of abstract philosophy. --De Quincey. | |
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Sip \Sip\, v. i. See {Seep}. [Scot. & U.S.] | |
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Sip \Sip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sipping}.] [OE. sippen; akin to OD. sippen, and AS. s[?]pan to sip, suck up, drink. See {Sup}, v. t.] 1. To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea. [bd]Every herb that sips the dew.[b8] --Milton. 2. To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers. 3. To taste the liquor of; to drink out of. [Poetic] They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers. --Dryden. | |
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Sip \Sip\, v. i. To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to take a sip or sips of something. [She] raised it to her mouth with sober grace; Then, sipping, offered to the next in place. --Dryden. | |
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Seep \Seep\, [or] Sipe \Sipe\, v. i. [AS. s[c6]pan to distill.] To run or soak through fine pores and interstices; to ooze. [Scot. & U. S.] Water seeps up through the sidewalks. --G. W. Cable. | |
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Seepy \Seep"y\, [or] Sipy \Sip"y\, a. Oozy; -- applied to land under cultivation that is not well drained. | |
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Skep \Skep\, n. [Icel. skeppa a measure, bushel; cf. Gael. sgeap a basket, a beehive.] 1. A coarse round farm basket. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Tusser. 2. A beehive. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] | |
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Skiff \Skiff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skiffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skiffing}.] To navigate in a skiff. [R.] | |
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Skiff \Skiff\, n. [F. esquif, fr. OHG. skif, G. schiff. See {Ship}.] A small, light boat. The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff. --Milton. {Skiff caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a moth ({Limacodes scapha}); -- so called from its peculiar shape. | |
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Skip \Skip\, v. t. 1. To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope. 2. To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson. They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters. --Bp. Burnet. 3. To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. [Colloq.] | |
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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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Skip \Skip\, n. [See {Skep}.] 1. A basket. See {Skep}. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] 2. A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories. 3. (Mining) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock. 4. (Sugar Manuf.) A charge of sirup in the pans. 5. A beehive; a skep. | |
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Skip \Skip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Skipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skipping}.] [OE. skippen, of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skopa run, skoppa to spin like a top, OSw. & dial. Sw. skimmpa to run, skimpa, skompa, to hop, skip; or Ir. sgiob to snatch, Gael. sgiab to start or move suddenly, to snatch, W. ysgipio to snatch.] 1. To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit. The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? --Pope. So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically. --Hawthorne. 2. Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over. | |
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Hop \Hop\, n. 1. A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring. 2. A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. [Colloq.] {Hop}, {skip} ([or] {step}), {and jump}, a game or athletic sport in which the participants cover as much ground as possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession. | |
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Skip \Skip\, v. t. 1. To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope. 2. To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson. They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters. --Bp. Burnet. 3. To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. [Colloq.] | |
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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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Skip \Skip\, n. [See {Skep}.] 1. A basket. See {Skep}. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] 2. A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories. 3. (Mining) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock. 4. (Sugar Manuf.) A charge of sirup in the pans. 5. A beehive; a skep. | |
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Skip \Skip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Skipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skipping}.] [OE. skippen, of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skopa run, skoppa to spin like a top, OSw. & dial. Sw. skimmpa to run, skimpa, skompa, to hop, skip; or Ir. sgiob to snatch, Gael. sgiab to start or move suddenly, to snatch, W. ysgipio to snatch.] 1. To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit. The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? --Pope. So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically. --Hawthorne. 2. Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over. | |
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Hop \Hop\, n. 1. A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring. 2. A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. [Colloq.] {Hop}, {skip} ([or] {step}), {and jump}, a game or athletic sport in which the participants cover as much ground as possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession. | |
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Skive \Skive\, v. t. To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of (hides or leather). | |
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Skive \Skive\, n. [Cf. Icel. sk[c6]fa a shaving, slice, E. shive, sheave.] The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem. | |
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Soap \Soap\, n. [OE. sope, AS. s[be]pe; akin to D. zeep, G. seife, OHG. seifa, Icel. s[be]pa, Sw. s[?]pa, Dan. s[?]be, and perhaps to AS. s[c6]pan to drip, MHG. s[c6]fen, and L. sebum tallow. Cf. {Saponaceous}.] A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. {Saponification}. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not. Note: In general, soaps are of two classes, hard and soft. Calcium, magnesium, lead, etc., form soaps, but they are insoluble and useless. The purifying action of soap depends upon the fact that it is decomposed by a large quantity of water into free alkali and an insoluble acid salt. The first of these takes away the fatty dirt on washing, and the latter forms the soap lather which envelops the greasy matter and thus tends to remove it. --Roscoe & Schorlemmer. {Castile soap}, a fine-grained hard soap, white or mottled, made of olive oil and soda; -- called also {Marseilles, [or] Venetian, soap}. {Hard soap}, any one of a great variety of soaps, of different ingredients and color, which are hard and compact. All solid soaps are of this class. {Lead soap}, an insoluble, white, pliable soap made by saponifying an oil (olive oil) with lead oxide; -- used externally in medicine. Called also {lead plaster}, {diachylon}, etc. {Marine soap}. See under {Marine}. {Pills of soap} (Med.), pills containing soap and opium. {Potash soap}, any soap made with potash, esp. the soft soaps, and a hard soap made from potash and castor oil. {Pumice soap}, any hard soap charged with a gritty powder, as silica, alumina, powdered pumice, etc., which assists mechanically in the removal of dirt. {Resin soap}, a yellow soap containing resin, -- used in bleaching. {Silicated soap}, a cheap soap containing water glass (sodium silicate). {Soap bark}. (Bot.) See {Quillaia bark}. {Soap bubble}, a hollow iridescent globe, formed by blowing a film of soap suds from a pipe; figuratively, something attractive, but extremely unsubstantial. This soap bubble of the metaphysicians. --J. C. Shairp. {Soap cerate}, a cerate formed of soap, olive oil, white wax, and the subacetate of lead, sometimes used as an application to allay inflammation. {Soap fat}, the refuse fat of kitchens, slaughter houses, etc., used in making soap. {Soap liniment} (Med.), a liniment containing soap, camphor, and alcohol. {Soap nut}, the hard kernel or seed of the fruit of the soapberry tree, -- used for making beads, buttons, etc. {Soap plant} (Bot.), one of several plants used in the place of soap, as the {Chlorogalum pomeridianum}, a California plant, the bulb of which, when stripped of its husk and rubbed on wet clothes, makes a thick lather, and smells not unlike new brown soap. It is called also {soap apple}, {soap bulb}, and {soap weed}. {Soap tree}. (Bot.) Same as {Soapberry tree}. {Soda soap}, a soap containing a sodium salt. The soda soaps are all hard soaps. {Soft soap}, a soap of a gray or brownish yellow color, and of a slimy, jellylike consistence, made from potash or the lye from wood ashes. It is strongly alkaline and often contains glycerin, and is used in scouring wood, in cleansing linen, in dyehouses, etc. Figuratively, flattery; wheedling; blarney. [Colloq.] {Toilet soap}, hard soap for the toilet, usually colored and perfumed. | |
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Soap \Soap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soaped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Soaping}.] 1. To rub or wash over with soap. 2. To flatter; to wheedle. [Slang] | |
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Soapy \Soap"y\, a. [Compar. {Soapier}; superl. {Soapiest}.] 1. Resembling soap; having the qualities of, or feeling like, soap; soft and smooth. 2. Smeared with soap; covered with soap. | |
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Sob \Sob\, v. t. [See {Sop}.] To soak. [Obs.] --Mortimer. | |
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Sob \Sob\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sobbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sobbing}.] [OE. sobben; akin to AS. se[a2]fian, si[a2]fian, to complain, bewail, se[a2]fung, si[a2]fung, sobbing, lamentation; cf. OHG. s[?]ft[94]n, s[?]ft[?]n, to sigh, MHG. siuften, siufzen, G. seufzen, MHG. s[?]ft a sigh, properly, a drawing in of breath, from s[?]fen to drink, OHG. s[?]fan. Cf. {Sup}.] To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath. Sobbing is the same thing [as sighing], stronger. --Bacon. She sighed, she sobbed, and, furious with despair. She rent her garments, and she tore her hair. --Dryden. | |
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Sob \Sob\, n. 1. The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow. Break, heart, or choke with sobs my hated breath. --Dryden. 2. Any sorrowful cry or sound. The tremulous sob of the complaining owl. --Wordsworth. | |
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Sofa \So"fa\, n.; pl. {Sofas}. [Ar. soffah, from saffa to dispose in order: cf. F. sofa, It. sof[85].] A long seat, usually with a cushioned bottom, back, and ends; -- much used as a comfortable piece of furniture. Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round. --Cowper. {Sofa bed}, a sofa so contrived that it may be extended to form a bed; -- called also {sofa bedstead}. | |
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Sofi \So"fi\, n.; pl. {Sofis}. Same as {Sufi}. | |
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Sufi \Su"fi\, n. [Ar. & Per. s[?]f[c6], wise, pious, devout.] One of a certain order of religious men in Persia. [Written also {sofi}.] | |
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Sofi \So"fi\, n.; pl. {Sofis}. Same as {Sufi}. | |
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Sufi \Su"fi\, n. [Ar. & Per. s[?]f[c6], wise, pious, devout.] One of a certain order of religious men in Persia. [Written also {sofi}.] | |
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Soofee \Soo"fee\, Soofeeism \Soo"fee*ism\ Same as {Sufi}, {Sufism}. | |
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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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Sop \Sop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sopped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sopping}.] To steep or dip in any liquid. | |
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Sope \Sope\, n. See {Soap}. [Obs.] | |
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Soph \Soph\, n. (Eng. Univ.) A contraction of {Soph ister}. [Colloq.] | |
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Soph \Soph\, n. (Amer. Colleges) A contraction of {Sophomore}. [Colloq.] | |
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Sophi \So"phi\, n.; pl. {Sophis}. See {Sufi}. | |
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Soppy \Sop"py\, a. Soaked or saturated with liquid or moisture; very wet or sloppy. It [Yarmouth] looked rather spongy and soppy. --Dickens. | |
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Soup \Soup\, n. [F. soupe, OF. sope, supe, soupe, perhaps originally, a piece of bread; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. D. sop sop, G. suppe soup. See {Sop} something dipped in a liquid, and cf. {Supper}.] A liquid food of many kinds, usually made by boiling meat and vegetables, or either of them, in water, -- commonly seasoned or flavored; strong broth. {Soup kitchen}, an establishment for preparing and supplying soup to the poor. {Soup ticket}, a ticket conferring the privilege of receiving soup at a soup kitchen. | |
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Soup \Soup\, v. t. To sup or swallow. [Obs.] --Wyclif. | |
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Soup \Soup\, v. t. To breathe out. [Obs.] --amden. | |
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Soup \Soup\, v. t. To sweep. See {Sweep}, and {Swoop}. [Obs.] | |
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Soupy \Soup"y\, a. Resembling soup; souplike. | |
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Spa \Spa\ (?; 277), n. A spring or mineral water; -- so called from a place of this name in Belgium. | |
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Spae \Spae\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Spaed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spaeing}.] [Scot. spae, spay, to foretell, to divine, Icel. sp[be].] To foretell; to divine. [Scot.] | |
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Spaw \Spaw\, n. See {Spa}. | |
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Spay \Spay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spaying}.] [Cf. Armor. spac'hein, spaza to geld, W. dyspaddu to geld, L. spado a eunuch, Gr. [?].] To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal). | |
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Spay \Spay\, n. [Cf. {Spade} a spay, {Spay}, v. t.] (Zo[94]l.) The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade. | |
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Spew \Spew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spewed}; p. pr.& vb. n. {Spewing}.] [OE. spewen, speowen, AS. sp[c6]wan;n to D. spuwen to spit. OS & OHG. sp[c6]wan, G. speien, Icel. sp[?]ja to spew, Sw. spy, Dan. spye, Goth. spiewan, th. spjauti, L. spuere to split, Gr. [?][?][?], Skr. shtiv, shth[c6]v. Cf. {Pyke}, {Spit}.] [Written also {spue}.] 1. To eject from the stomach; to vomit. 2. To cast forth with abhorrence or disgust; to eject. Because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth. --Rev. ii. 16. | |
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Spew \Spew\, v. i. 1. To vomit. --Chaucer. 2. To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost. | |
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Spew \Spew\, n. That which is vomited; vomit. | |
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Spewy \Spew"y\, a. Wet; soggy; inclined to spew. | |
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Spew \Spew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spewed}; p. pr.& vb. n. {Spewing}.] [OE. spewen, speowen, AS. sp[c6]wan;n to D. spuwen to spit. OS & OHG. sp[c6]wan, G. speien, Icel. sp[?]ja to spew, Sw. spy, Dan. spye, Goth. spiewan, th. spjauti, L. spuere to split, Gr. [?][?][?], Skr. shtiv, shth[c6]v. Cf. {Pyke}, {Spit}.] [Written also {spue}.] 1. To eject from the stomach; to vomit. 2. To cast forth with abhorrence or disgust; to eject. Because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth. --Rev. ii. 16. | |
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Spue \Spue\, v. t. & i. See {Spew}. | |
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Spew \Spew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spewed}; p. pr.& vb. n. {Spewing}.] [OE. spewen, speowen, AS. sp[c6]wan;n to D. spuwen to spit. OS & OHG. sp[c6]wan, G. speien, Icel. sp[?]ja to spew, Sw. spy, Dan. spye, Goth. spiewan, th. spjauti, L. spuere to split, Gr. [?][?][?], Skr. shtiv, shth[c6]v. Cf. {Pyke}, {Spit}.] [Written also {spue}.] 1. To eject from the stomach; to vomit. 2. To cast forth with abhorrence or disgust; to eject. Because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth. --Rev. ii. 16. | |
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Spue \Spue\, v. t. & i. See {Spew}. | |
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Spy \Spy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spying}.] [OE. spien, espien, OF. espier, F. [82]pier, OHG. speh[?]n, G. sp[84]hen; akin to L. specere to see, Skr. spa([?]). [?] 169. Cf. {Espy}, v.t., {Aspect}, {Auspice}, {Circumspect}, {Conspicuouc}, {Despise}, {Frontispiece}, {Inspect}, {Prospect}, {Respite}, {Scope}, {Scecimen}, {Spectacle}, {Specter}, {Speculate}, {Spice}, {Spite}, {Suspicion}.] To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see. One in reading, skipped over all sentences where he spied a note of admiration. --Swift. 2. To discover by close search or examination. Look about with yout eyes; spy what things are to be reformed in the church of England. --Latimer. 3. To explore; to view; inspect; and examine secretly, as a country; -- usually with out. Moses sent to spy Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof. --Num. xxi. 32. | |
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Spy \Spy\, v. i. To search narrowly; to scrutinize. It is my nature's plague To spy into abuses. --Shak. | |
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Spy \Spy\, n.; pl. {Spies}. [See {Spy}, v., and cf. {Espy}, n.] 1. One who keeps a constant watch of the conduct of others. [bd]These wretched spies of wit.[b8] --Dryden. 2. (Mil.) A person sent secretly into an enemy's camp, territory, or fortifications, to inspect his works, ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to communicate such intelligence to the proper officer. {Spy money}, money paid to a spy; the reward for private or secret intelligence regarding the enemy. {Spy Wednesday} (Eccl.), the Wednesday immediately preceding the festival of Easter; -- so called in allusion to the betrayal of Christ by Judas Iscariot. Syn: See {Emissary}, and {Scout}. | |
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Squab \Squab\, a. [Cf. dial. Sw. sqvabb a soft and fat body, sqvabba a fat woman, Icel. kvap jelly, jellylike things, and and E. quab.] 1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky. Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice. --Betterton. 2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. --King. | |
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Squab \Squab\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged. 2. A person of a short, fat figure. Gorgonious sits abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. --Cowper. 3. A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa. Punching the squab of chairs and sofas. --Dickens. On her large squab you find her spread. --Pope. | |
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Squab \Squab\, adv. [Cf. dial. Sw. squapp, a word imitative of a splash, and E. squab fat, unfledged.] With a heavy fall; plump. [Vulgar] The eagle took the tortoise up into the air, and dropped him down, squab, upon a rock. --L'Estrange. | |
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Squab \Squab\, v. i. To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke. [Obs.] | |
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Squabby \Squab"by\, a. Short and thick; suqabbish. | |
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Squib \Squib\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squibbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Squibbing}.] To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate. [Colloq.] | |
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Squib \Squib\, n. [OE. squippen, swippen, to move swiftky, Icel. svipa to swoop, flash, dart, whip; akin to AS. swipian to whip, and E. swift, a. See {Swift}, a.] 1. A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack. Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze. --Waller. The making and selling of fireworks, and squibs . . . is punishable. --Blackstone. 2. (Mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse. 3. A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay. Who copied his squibs, and re[89]choed his jokes. --Goldsmith. 4. A writer of lampoons. [Obs.] The squibs are those who in the common phrase of the world are called libelers, lampooners, and pamphleteers. --Tatler. 5. A paltry fellow. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Squiffy \Squif"fy\, a. Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. [Slang] --Kipling. | |
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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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Sub- \Sub-\ [L. sub under, below; akin to Gr. [?], Skr. upa to, on, under, over. Cf. {Hypo-}, {Super-}.] 1. A prefix signifying under, below, beneath, and hence often, in an inferior position or degree, in an imperfect or partial state, as in subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject, subordinate, subacid, subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin compounds often becomes sum- before m, sur before r, and regularly becomes suc-, suf-, sug-, and sup- before c, f, g, and p respectively. Before c, p, and t it sometimes takes form sus- (by the dropping of b from a collateral form, subs-). 2. (Chem.) A prefix denoting that the ingredient (of a compound) signified by the term to which it is prefixed,is present in only a small proportion, or less than the normal amount; as, subsulphide, suboxide, etc. Prefixed to the name of a salt it is equivalent to basic; as, subacetate or basic acetate. [Obsoles.] | |
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Sub \Sub\, n. A subordinate; a subaltern. [Colloq.] | |
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Sub- \Sub-\ [L. sub under, below; akin to Gr. [?], Skr. upa to, on, under, over. Cf. {Hypo-}, {Super-}.] 1. A prefix signifying under, below, beneath, and hence often, in an inferior position or degree, in an imperfect or partial state, as in subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject, subordinate, subacid, subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin compounds often becomes sum- before m, sur before r, and regularly becomes suc-, suf-, sug-, and sup- before c, f, g, and p respectively. Before c, p, and t it sometimes takes form sus- (by the dropping of b from a collateral form, subs-). 2. (Chem.) A prefix denoting that the ingredient (of a compound) signified by the term to which it is prefixed,is present in only a small proportion, or less than the normal amount; as, subsulphide, suboxide, etc. Prefixed to the name of a salt it is equivalent to basic; as, subacetate or basic acetate. [Obsoles.] | |
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Sub \Sub\, n. A subordinate; a subaltern. [Colloq.] | |
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Subway \Sub"way`\, n. An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph wires, etc., are conducted. | |
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Suf- \Suf-\ A form of the prefix {Sub-}. | |
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Sufi \Su"fi\, n. [From the name of a dynasty of Persian kings, Saf[c6], Safav[c6]; said to come from name Saf[c6]-ud-d[c6]n of an ancestor of the family, confused with s[?]f[c6] pious.] A title or surname of the king of Persia. | |
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Sufi \Su"fi\, n. [Ar. & Per. s[?]f[c6], wise, pious, devout.] One of a certain order of religious men in Persia. [Written also {sofi}.] | |
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Sup \Sup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supping}.] [OE. soupen to drink, AS. s[?]pan; akin to D. zuipen, G. saufen, OHG. s[?]fan, Icel. s[?]pa, Sw. supa, Dan. s[94]be. Cf. {Sip}, {Sop}, {Soup}, {Supper}.] To take into the mouth with the lips, as a liquid; to take or drink by a little at a time; to sip. There I'll sup Balm and nectar in my cup. --Crashaw. | |
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Sup \Sup\, n. A small mouthful, as of liquor or broth; a little taken with the lips; a sip. Tom Thumb had got a little sup. --Drayton. | |
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Sup \Sup\, v. i. [See {Supper}.] To eat the evening meal; to take supper. I do entreat that we may sup together. --[?] | |
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Sup \Sup\, v. t. To treat with supper. [Obs.] Sup them well and look unto them all. --Shak. | |
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Supe \Supe\, n. A super. [Theatrical Cant] | |
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Swab \Swab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swabbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swabbing}.] [See {Swabber}, n.] To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship. [Spelt also {swob}.] | |
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Swab \Swab\, n. [Written also swob.] 1. A kind of mop for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels, etc., esp. one made of rope-yarns or threads. 2. A bit of sponge, cloth, or the like, fastened to a handle, for cleansing the mouth of a sick person, applying medicaments to deep-seated parts, etc. 3. (Naut.) An epaulet. [Sailor's Slang] --Marryat. 4. A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease. [Obs.] --Bailey. 5. A sponge, or other suitable substance, attached to a long rod or handle, for cleaning the bore of a firearm. | |
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Swaip \Swaip\, v. i. [Cf. {Sweep}.] To walk proudly; to sweep along. [Prov. Eng.] --Todd. | |
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Swap \Swap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swapping}.] [OE. swappen to strike; cf. E. to strike a bargain; perh. akin to E. sweep. Cf. {Swap} a blow, {Swap}, v. i.] [Written also {swop}.] 1. To strike; -- with off. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [bd]Swap off his head![b8] --Chaucer. 2. To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop. [Colloq.] --Miss Edgeworth. | |
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Swap \Swap\, v. i. [Cf. {Swap}, v. t.] 1. To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently. --C. Richardson (Dict.). All suddenly she swapt adown to ground. --Chaucer. 2. To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap. | |
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Swap \Swap\, n. [Cf. G. schwapp, n., a slap, swap, schwapp, schwapps, interj., slap! smack! and E. swap, v.t.] 1. A blow; a stroke. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] 2. An exchange; a barter. [Colloq.] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Swap \Swap\, adv. [See {Swap}, n.] Hastily. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Swape \Swape\, n. See {Sweep}, n., 12. | |
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Sweep \Sweep\, n. 1. The act of sweeping. 2. The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep. 3. The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye. 4. The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep. 5. Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease. 6. Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass. 7. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line. The road which makes a small sweep. --Sir W. Scott. 8. One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper. 9. (Founding) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding. 10. (Naut.) (a) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle. (b) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them. 11. (Refining) The almond furnace. [Obs.] 12. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water. [Variously written {swape}, {sweep}, {swepe}, and {swipe}.] 13. (Card Playing) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam. 14. pl. The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc. {Sweep net}, a net for drawing over a large compass. {Sweep of the tiller} (Naut.), a circular frame on which the tiller traverses. | |
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Swape \Swape\, n. See {Sweep}, n., 12. | |
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Sweep \Sweep\, n. 1. The act of sweeping. 2. The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep. 3. The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye. 4. The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep. 5. Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease. 6. Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass. 7. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line. The road which makes a small sweep. --Sir W. Scott. 8. One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper. 9. (Founding) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding. 10. (Naut.) (a) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle. (b) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them. 11. (Refining) The almond furnace. [Obs.] 12. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water. [Variously written {swape}, {sweep}, {swepe}, and {swipe}.] 13. (Card Playing) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam. 14. pl. The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc. {Sweep net}, a net for drawing over a large compass. {Sweep of the tiller} (Naut.), a circular frame on which the tiller traverses. | |
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Sweep \Sweep\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sweeping}.] [OE. swepen; akin to AS. sw[be]pan. See {Swoop}, v. i.] 1. To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also figuratively. I will sweep it with the besom of destruction. --Isa. xiv. 23. 2. To drive or carry along or off with a broom or a brush, or as if with a broom; to remove by, or as if by, brushing; as, to sweep dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow from the hills; a freshet sweeps away a dam, timber, or rubbish; a pestilence sweeps off multitudes. The hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies. --Isa. xxviii. 17. I have already swept the stakes. --Dryden. 3. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along. Their long descending train, With rubies edged and sapphires, swept the plain. --Dryden. 4. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion. And like a peacock sweep along his tail. --Shak. 5. To strike with a long stroke. Wake into voice each silent string, And sweep the sounding lyre. --Pope. 6. (Naut.) To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net. 7. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope. {To sweep, [or] sweep up}, {a mold} (Founding), to form the sand into a mold by a templet, instead of compressing it around the pattern. | |
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Sweep \Sweep\, v. i. 1. To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like. 2. To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room. 3. To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space. | |
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Sweep \Sweep\, n. 1. The act of sweeping. 2. The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep. 3. The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye. 4. The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep. 5. Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease. 6. Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass. 7. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line. The road which makes a small sweep. --Sir W. Scott. 8. One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper. 9. (Founding) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding. 10. (Naut.) (a) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle. (b) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them. 11. (Refining) The almond furnace. [Obs.] 12. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water. [Variously written {swape}, {sweep}, {swepe}, and {swipe}.] 13. (Card Playing) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam. 14. pl. The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc. {Sweep net}, a net for drawing over a large compass. {Sweep of the tiller} (Naut.), a circular frame on which the tiller traverses. | |
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Sweep \Sweep\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sweeping}.] [OE. swepen; akin to AS. sw[be]pan. See {Swoop}, v. i.] 1. To pass a broom across (a surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney. Used also figuratively. I will sweep it with the besom of destruction. --Isa. xiv. 23. 2. To drive or carry along or off with a broom or a brush, or as if with a broom; to remove by, or as if by, brushing; as, to sweep dirt from a floor; the wind sweeps the snow from the hills; a freshet sweeps away a dam, timber, or rubbish; a pestilence sweeps off multitudes. The hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies. --Isa. xxviii. 17. I have already swept the stakes. --Dryden. 3. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along. Their long descending train, With rubies edged and sapphires, swept the plain. --Dryden. 4. To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion. And like a peacock sweep along his tail. --Shak. 5. To strike with a long stroke. Wake into voice each silent string, And sweep the sounding lyre. --Pope. 6. (Naut.) To draw or drag something over; as, to sweep the bottom of a river with a net. 7. To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation; as, to sweep the heavens with a telescope. {To sweep, [or] sweep up}, {a mold} (Founding), to form the sand into a mold by a templet, instead of compressing it around the pattern. | |
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Sweep \Sweep\, v. i. 1. To clean rooms, yards, etc., or to clear away dust, dirt, litter, etc., with a broom, brush, or the like. 2. To brush swiftly over the surface of anything; to pass with switness and force, as if brushing the surface of anything; to move in a stately manner; as, the wind sweeps across the plain; a woman sweeps through a drawing-room. 3. To pass over anything comprehensively; to range through with rapidity; as, his eye sweeps through space. | |
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Sweep \Sweep\, n. 1. The act of sweeping. 2. The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep. 3. The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye. 4. The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep. 5. Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease. 6. Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass. 7. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line. The road which makes a small sweep. --Sir W. Scott. 8. One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper. 9. (Founding) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding. 10. (Naut.) (a) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle. (b) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them. 11. (Refining) The almond furnace. [Obs.] 12. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water. [Variously written {swape}, {sweep}, {swepe}, and {swipe}.] 13. (Card Playing) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam. 14. pl. The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc. {Sweep net}, a net for drawing over a large compass. {Sweep of the tiller} (Naut.), a circular frame on which the tiller traverses. | |
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Sweepy \Sweep"y\, a. Moving with a sweeping motion. The branches bend before their sweepy away. --Dryden. | |
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Sweep \Sweep\, n. 1. The act of sweeping. 2. The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep. 3. The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye. 4. The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep. 5. Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease. 6. Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass. 7. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line. The road which makes a small sweep. --Sir W. Scott. 8. One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper. 9. (Founding) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding. 10. (Naut.) (a) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle. (b) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them. 11. (Refining) The almond furnace. [Obs.] 12. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water. [Variously written {swape}, {sweep}, {swepe}, and {swipe}.] 13. (Card Playing) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam. 14. pl. The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc. {Sweep net}, a net for drawing over a large compass. {Sweep of the tiller} (Naut.), a circular frame on which the tiller traverses. | |
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Sweep \Sweep\, n. 1. The act of sweeping. 2. The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep. 3. The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye. 4. The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep. 5. Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease. 6. Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass. 7. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line. The road which makes a small sweep. --Sir W. Scott. 8. One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper. 9. (Founding) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding. 10. (Naut.) (a) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle. (b) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them. 11. (Refining) The almond furnace. [Obs.] 12. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water. [Variously written {swape}, {sweep}, {swepe}, and {swipe}.] 13. (Card Playing) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam. 14. pl. The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc. {Sweep net}, a net for drawing over a large compass. {Sweep of the tiller} (Naut.), a circular frame on which the tiller traverses. | |
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Swipe \Swipe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swiped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swiping}.] 1. To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball. Loose balls may be swiped almost ad libitum. --R. A. Proctor. 2. To pluck; to snatch; to steal. [Slang, U.S.] | |
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Swipe \Swipe\, n. [Cf. {Sweep}, {Swiple}.] 1. A swape or sweep. See {Sweep}. 2. A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club. Swipes [in cricket] over the blower's head, and over either of the long fields. --R. A. Proctor. 3. pl. Poor, weak beer; small beer. [Slang, Eng.] [Written also {swypes}.] --Craig. | |
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Sweep \Sweep\, n. 1. The act of sweeping. 2. The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep. 3. The compass of any turning body or of any motion; as, the sweep of a door; the sweep of the eye. 4. The compass of anything flowing or brushing; as, the flood carried away everything within its sweep. 5. Violent and general destruction; as, the sweep of an epidemic disease. 6. Direction and extent of any motion not rectlinear; as, the sweep of a compass. 7. Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, or the like, away from a rectlinear line. The road which makes a small sweep. --Sir W. Scott. 8. One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper. 9. (Founding) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding. 10. (Naut.) (a) The mold of a ship when she begins to curve in at the rungheads; any part of a ship shaped in a segment of a circle. (b) A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them. 11. (Refining) The almond furnace. [Obs.] 12. A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water. [Variously written {swape}, {sweep}, {swepe}, and {swipe}.] 13. (Card Playing) In the game of casino, a pairing or combining of all the cards on the board, and so removing them all; in whist, the winning of all the tricks (thirteen) in a hand; a slam. 14. pl. The sweeping of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc. {Sweep net}, a net for drawing over a large compass. {Sweep of the tiller} (Naut.), a circular frame on which the tiller traverses. | |
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Swipe \Swipe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swiped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swiping}.] 1. To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball. Loose balls may be swiped almost ad libitum. --R. A. Proctor. 2. To pluck; to snatch; to steal. [Slang, U.S.] | |
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Swipe \Swipe\, n. [Cf. {Sweep}, {Swiple}.] 1. A swape or sweep. See {Sweep}. 2. A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club. Swipes [in cricket] over the blower's head, and over either of the long fields. --R. A. Proctor. 3. pl. Poor, weak beer; small beer. [Slang, Eng.] [Written also {swypes}.] --Craig. | |
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Swive \Swive\, v. t. [OE. swiven, fr. AS. sw[c6]fan. See {Swivel}.] To copulate with (a woman). [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Swab \Swab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swabbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swabbing}.] [See {Swabber}, n.] To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship. [Spelt also {swob}.] | |
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Swob \Swob\, n. & v. See {Swab}. | |
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Swab \Swab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swabbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swabbing}.] [See {Swabber}, n.] To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship. [Spelt also {swob}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swob \Swob\, n. & v. See {Swab}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swoop \Swoop\, n. A falling on and seizing, as the prey of a rapacious bird; the act of swooping. The eagle fell, . . . and carried away a whole litter of cubs at a swoop. --L'Estrange. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swoop \Swoop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swooping}.] [OE. swopen, usually, to sweep, As. sw[be]pan to sweep, to rush; akin to G. schweifen to rove, to ramble, to curve, OHG. sweifan to whirl, Icel. sveipa to sweep; also to AS. sw[c6]fan to move quickly. Cf. {Sweep}, {Swift}, a. & n., {Swipe}, {Swivel}.] 1. To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken. 2. To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep. And now at last you came to swoop it all. --Dryden. The grazing ox which swoops it [the medicinal herb] in with the common grass. --Glanvill. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swoop \Swoop\, v. i. 1. To descend with closed wings from a height upon prey, as a hawk; to swoop. 2. To pass with pomp; to sweep. [Obs.] --Drayton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swap \Swap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swapping}.] [OE. swappen to strike; cf. E. to strike a bargain; perh. akin to E. sweep. Cf. {Swap} a blow, {Swap}, v. i.] [Written also {swop}.] 1. To strike; -- with off. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [bd]Swap off his head![b8] --Chaucer. 2. To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop. [Colloq.] --Miss Edgeworth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swop \Swop\, v. & n. Same as {Swap}. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swap \Swap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swapping}.] [OE. swappen to strike; cf. E. to strike a bargain; perh. akin to E. sweep. Cf. {Swap} a blow, {Swap}, v. i.] [Written also {swop}.] 1. To strike; -- with off. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [bd]Swap off his head![b8] --Chaucer. 2. To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop. [Colloq.] --Miss Edgeworth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swop \Swop\, v. & n. Same as {Swap}. --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Syb \Syb\, a. See {Sib}. [Obs. or Scot.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Savoy, IL (village, FIPS 67860) Location: 40.06504 N, 88.25271 W Population (1990): 2674 (1150 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61874 Savoy, MA Zip code(s): 01256 Savoy, TX (city, FIPS 66008) Location: 33.59949 N, 96.36919 W Population (1990): 877 (345 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75479 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Scipio, IN Zip code(s): 47273 Scipio, UT (town, FIPS 67880) Location: 39.24757 N, 112.10198 W Population (1990): 291 (133 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Scobey, MS Zip code(s): 38953 Scobey, MT (city, FIPS 66925) Location: 48.79072 N, 105.42057 W Population (1990): 1154 (636 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59263 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Scooba, MS (town, FIPS 66160) Location: 32.83144 N, 88.47767 W Population (1990): 541 (211 housing units) Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39358 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Shaw A F B, SC Zip code(s): 29152 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Shoup, ID Zip code(s): 83469 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sophia, NC Zip code(s): 27350 Sophia, WV (town, FIPS 75172) Location: 37.70778 N, 81.25602 W Population (1990): 1182 (547 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Supai, AZ (CDP, FIPS 71230) Location: 36.22416 N, 112.69321 W Population (1990): 423 (136 housing units) Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 86435 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Svea, MN Zip code(s): 56216 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Swoope, VA Zip code(s): 24479 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
swab /swob/ [From the mnemonic for the PDP-11 `SWAp Byte' instruction, as immortalized in the `dd(1)' option `conv=swab' (see {dd})] 1. vt. To solve the {NUXI problem} by swapping bytes in a file. 2. n. The program in V7 Unix used to perform this action, or anything functionally equivalent to it. See also {big-endian}, {little-endian}, {middle-endian}, {bytesexual}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
swap vt. 1. [techspeak] To move information from a fast-access memory to a slow-access memory (`swap out'), or vice versa (`swap in'). Often refers specifically to the use of disks as `virtual memory'. As pieces of data or program are needed, they are swapped into {core} for processing; when they are no longer needed they may be swapped out again. 2. The jargon use of these terms analogizes people's short-term memories with core. Cramming for an exam might be spoken of as swapping in. If you temporarily forget someone's name, but then remember it, your excuse is that it was swapped out. To `keep something swapped in' means to keep it fresh in your memory: "I reread the TECO manual every few months to keep it swapped in." If someone interrupts you just as you got a good idea, you might say "Wait a moment while I swap this out", implying that a piece of paper is your extra-somatic memory and that if you don't swap the idea out by writing it down it will get overwritten and lost as you talk. Compare {page in}, {page out}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
safe A safe program analysis is one which will not reach invalid conclusions about the behaviour of the program. This may involve making safe approximations to properties of parts of the program. A safe approximation is one which gives less information. For example, strictness analysis aims to answer the question "will this function evaluate its argument"?. The two possible results are "definitely" and "don't know". A safe approximation for "definitely" is "don't know". The two possible results correspond to the two sets: "the set of all functions which evaluate their argument" and "all functions". A set can be safely approximated by another which contains it. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SAP 1. Data Processing). 2. 3. 4. (1999-05-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SAPI 1. 2. Interface}. 3. (1996-10-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SAVE An {assembler} for the {Burroughs 220} by Melvin Conway (see {Conway's Law}). The name "SAVE" didn't stand for anything, it was just that you lost fewer card decks and listings because they all had SAVE written on them. (1995-01-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
save permanent form of storage. The term is commonly used for when some kind of document editing {application program} writes the current document from {RAM} to a {file} on {hard disk} at the request of the user. The implication is that the user might later {load} the file back into the editor again to view it, print it, or continue editing it. Saving a document makes it safe from the effects of power failure. The "document" might actually be anything, e.g. a {word processor} document, the current state of a game, a piece of music, a {web site}, or a memory image of some program being executed (though the term "dump" would probably be more common here). Data can be saved to any kind of (writable) storage: hard disk, {floppy disk}, {CD-R}; either locally or via a {network}. A program might save its data without any explicit user request, e.g. periodically as a precaution ("auto save"), or if it forms part of a {pipeline} of processes which pass data via intermediate files. In the latter case the term suggests all data is written in a single operation whereas "output" might be a continuous flow, in true pipeline fashion. When copying several files from one storage medium to another, the terms "back-up", "dump", or "archive" would be used rather than "save". The term "store" is similar to "save" but typically applies to copying a single item of data, e.g. a number, from a {processor}'s {register} to {RAM}. (2002-06-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SAVE An {assembler} for the {Burroughs 220} by Melvin Conway (see {Conway's Law}). The name "SAVE" didn't stand for anything, it was just that you lost fewer card decks and listings because they all had SAVE written on them. (1995-01-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
save permanent form of storage. The term is commonly used for when some kind of document editing {application program} writes the current document from {RAM} to a {file} on {hard disk} at the request of the user. The implication is that the user might later {load} the file back into the editor again to view it, print it, or continue editing it. Saving a document makes it safe from the effects of power failure. The "document" might actually be anything, e.g. a {word processor} document, the current state of a game, a piece of music, a {web site}, or a memory image of some program being executed (though the term "dump" would probably be more common here). Data can be saved to any kind of (writable) storage: hard disk, {floppy disk}, {CD-R}; either locally or via a {network}. A program might save its data without any explicit user request, e.g. periodically as a precaution ("auto save"), or if it forms part of a {pipeline} of processes which pass data via intermediate files. In the latter case the term suggests all data is written in a single operation whereas "output" might be a continuous flow, in true pipeline fashion. When copying several files from one storage medium to another, the terms "back-up", "dump", or "archive" would be used rather than "save". The term "store" is similar to "save" but typically applies to copying a single item of data, e.g. a number, from a {processor}'s {register} to {RAM}. (2002-06-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sb (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SB AWE32 card} with the {EMU8000} "Advanced WavEffect" music synthesizer {integrated circuit}. The card includes all the standard SB16 features as well as the {Advanced Signal Processor} and multiple interfaces supporting {Creative}, {Mitsumi} and {Sony} {CD-ROM} drives. The EMU8000 comes integrated with 1MB of {General MIDI} samples and 512kB of {DRAM} for additional sample downloading. It can address up to 28 MB of external DRAM. The SB AWE32 supports General MIDI, Roland GS, and Sound Canvas MT-32 {emulation}. (1996-12-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SCOOP Structured Concurrent Object-Oriented Prolog. ["SCOOP, Structured Concurrent Object-Oriented Prolog", J. Vaucher et al, in ECOOP '88, S. Gjessing et al eds, LNCS 322, Springer 1988, pp.191-211]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
scope program source within which it represents a certain thing. This usually extends from the place where it is declared to the end of the smallest enclosing block (begin/end or procedure/function body). An inner block may contain a redeclaration of the same identifier in which case the scope of the outer declaration does not include (is "shadowed" or "{occlude}d" by) the scope of the inner. See also {activation record}, {dynamic scope}, {lexical scope}. (1994-11-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SCOPE Europe. An {ESPRIT} project. (1995-04-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
scope program source within which it represents a certain thing. This usually extends from the place where it is declared to the end of the smallest enclosing block (begin/end or procedure/function body). An inner block may contain a redeclaration of the same identifier in which case the scope of the outer declaration does not include (is "shadowed" or "{occlude}d" by) the scope of the inner. See also {activation record}, {dynamic scope}, {lexical scope}. (1994-11-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SCOPE Europe. An {ESPRIT} project. (1995-04-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SCPI {Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SEP 1. Someone Else's Problem. 2. (1995-10-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SEPIA Standard ECRC Prolog Integrating Applications. Prolog with many extensions including attributed variables ("metaterms") and declarative coroutining. "SEPIA", Micha Meier available for Suns and VAX. (See ECRC-Prolog). E-mail: | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SEPP {Single Edge Processor Package} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SFA {Sales Force Automation} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SFBI Shared Frame Buffer Interconnect (Intel) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SFFA {Sales Force Automation} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SGCP {Simple Gateway Control Protocol} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SHEEP especially {tensor analysis} and General Relativity, developed by Inge Frick in Stockholm in the late 1970s to early 1980s. SHEEP was implemented in {DEC-10} {assembly language}, then in several {LISPs}. The current version runs on {Sun}-3 and is based on {Portable Standard LISP}. ["Sheep, a Computer Algebra System for General Relativity", J.E.F. Skea et al in Proc First Brazilian School on Comp Alg, W. Roque et al eds, Oxford U Press 1993, v2]. {(http://www.riaca.win.tue.nl/archive/can/SystemsOverview/Special/Tensoranalysis/SHEEP/index.html)}. (2002-12-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SIP {Session Initiation Protocol} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SIPB Student Information Processing Board, {MIT}. {(http://www.mit.edu:8001/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/r/e/rei/WWW/GAME/sipbroom.html)}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SIPP {Single Inline Pin Package} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SOAP 1. 2. (2001-03-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SOIF {Summary Object Interchange Format} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SP Simplicity and Power. A {Prolog}-like language. ["Simplicity and Power - Simplifying Ideas in Computing", J.G. Wolff, Computer J 33(6):518-534 (Dec 1990)]. (1994-12-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SP2 {SP/2} [Which is correct?] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SP/2 Scalable POWERparallel 2. A line of {RISC}-based processors from {IBM} using {symmetric multi-processing}. SP/2 replaced SP/1. The SP2 is a classical {MPP} design, based on a {Shared Nothing} architecture. The SP2 is an example of the {Distributed Memory Processor} (DMP) parallel model, with individual nodes interconnected over a {LAN}, or a High-Performance Switch (HPS). SP2 systems can have from 2 to 512 nodes. Each node is a {RISC system/6000} running {IBM}'s {AIX} {operating system}. The SP2 supports applications in both technical and commercial environments. In terms of commercial applications, the SP2 is typically being used in support of, {MIS}/{DSS} including {data mining}, {business applications} e.g. {SAP}, {Alternative Mainframe}/{Mainframe Offload}, {LAN Server Consolidation}. (1995-03-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SP2 {SP/2} [Which is correct?] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SP/2 Scalable POWERparallel 2. A line of {RISC}-based processors from {IBM} using {symmetric multi-processing}. SP/2 replaced SP/1. The SP2 is a classical {MPP} design, based on a {Shared Nothing} architecture. The SP2 is an example of the {Distributed Memory Processor} (DMP) parallel model, with individual nodes interconnected over a {LAN}, or a High-Performance Switch (HPS). SP2 systems can have from 2 to 512 nodes. Each node is a {RISC system/6000} running {IBM}'s {AIX} {operating system}. The SP2 supports applications in both technical and commercial environments. In terms of commercial applications, the SP2 is typically being used in support of, {MIS}/{DSS} including {data mining}, {business applications} e.g. {SAP}, {Alternative Mainframe}/{Mainframe Offload}, {LAN Server Consolidation}. (1995-03-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPE {Software Practice and Experience} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SPI 1. 2. (2003-07-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
spoo Variant of {spooge}, sense 1. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
\sqcap {LaTeX} inverted square U. The symbol for {greatest lower bound}. (1994-12-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
\sqcup {LaTeX} square U. The symbol for {least upper bound}. (1994-12-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SSBA {Suite Synthetique des Benchmarks de l'AFUU} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SUB {Substitute} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SUIF Stanford University Intermediate Format. A register-oriented intermediate language. (1994-12-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sv (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
swab /swob/ The {PDP-11} swap byte instruction mnemonic, as immortalised in the {dd} option "conv=swab". 1. To solve the {NUXI problem} by swapping bytes in a file. 2. The program in V7 Unix used to perform this action, or anything functionally equivalent to it. See also {big-endian}, {little-endian}, {middle-endian}, {bytesexual}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
swap to a slow-access memory ("swap out"), or vice versa ("swap in"). The term often refers specifically to the use of a {hard disk} (or a {swap file}) as {virtual memory} or "swap space". When a program is to be executed, possibly as determined by a {scheduler}, it is swapped into {core} for processing; when it can no longer continue executing for some reason, or the scheduler decides its {time slice} has expired, it is swapped out again. This contrasts with "paging" systems in which only parts of a program's memory is transfered. [{Jargon File}] (1996-11-22) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Saph extension, the son of the giant whom Sibbechai slew (2 Sam. 21:18); called also Sippai (1 Chr. 20:4). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sceva an implement, a Jew, chief of the priests at Ephesus (Acts 19:13-16); i.e., the head of one of the twenty-four courses of the house of Levi. He had seven sons, who "took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus," in imitation of Paul. They tried their method of exorcism on a fierce demoniac, and failed. His answer to them was to this effect (19:15): "The Jesus whom you invoke is One whose authority I acknowledge; and the Paul whom you name I recognize to be a servant or messenger of God; but what sort of men are ye who have been empowered to act as you do by neither?" (Lindsay on the Acts of the Apostles.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Seba (1.) One of the sons of Cush (Gen. 10:7). (2.) The name of a country and nation (Isa. 43:3; 45:14) mentioned along with Egypt and Ethiopia, and therefore probably in north-eastern Africa. The ancient name of Meroe. The kings of Sheba and Seba are mentioned together in Ps. 72:10. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sheba an oath, seven. (1.) Heb. shebha, the son of Raamah (Gen. 10:7), whose descendants settled with those of Dedan on the Persian Gulf. (2.) Heb. id. A son of Joktan (Gen. 10:28), probably the founder of the Sabeans. (3.) Heb. id. A son of Jokshan, who was a son of Abraham by Keturah (Gen. 25:3). (4.) Heb. id. A kingdom in Arabia Felix. Sheba, in fact, was Saba in Southern Arabia, the Sabaeans of classical geography, who carried on the trade in spices with the other peoples of the ancient world. They were Semites, speaking one of the two main dialects of Himyaritic or South Arabic. Sheba had become a monarchy before the days of Solomon. Its queen brought him gold, spices, and precious stones (1 Kings 10:1-13). She is called by our Lord the "queen of the south" (Matt. 12:42). (5.) Heb. shebha', "seven" or "an oak." A town of Simeon (Josh. 19:2). (6.) Heb. id. A "son of Bichri," of the family of Becher, the son of Benjamin, and thus of the stem from which Saul was descended (2 Sam. 20:1-22). When David was returning to Jerusalem after the defeat of Absalom, a strife arose between the ten tribes and the tribe of Judah, because the latter took the lead in bringing back the king. Sheba took advantage of this state of things, and raised the standard of revolt, proclaiming, "We have no part in David." With his followers he proceeded northward. David seeing it necessary to check this revolt, ordered Abishai to take the gibborim, "mighty men," and the body-guard and such troops as he could gather, and pursue Sheba. Joab joined the expedition, and having treacherously put Amasa to death, assumed the command of the army. Sheba took refuge in Abel-Bethmaachah, a fortified town some miles north of Lake Merom. While Joab was engaged in laying siege to this city, Sheba's head was, at the instigation of a "wise woman" who had held a parley with him from the city walls, thrown over the wall to the besiegers, and thus the revolt came to an end. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sheep are of different varieties. Probably the flocks of Abraham and Isaac were of the wild species found still in the mountain regions of Persia and Kurdistan. After the Exodus, and as a result of intercourse with surrounding nations, other species were no doubt introduced into the herds of the people of Israel. They are frequently mentioned in Scripture. The care of a shepherd over his flock is referred to as illustrating God's care over his people (Ps. 23:1, 2; 74:1; 77:20; Isa. 40:11; 53:6; John 10:1-5, 7-16). "The sheep of Palestine are longer in the head than ours, and have tails from 5 inches broad at the narrowest part to 15 inches at the widest, the weight being in proportion, and ranging generally from 10 to 14 lbs., but sometimes extending to 30 lbs. The tails are indeed huge masses of fat" (Geikie's Holy Land, etc.). The tail was no doubt the "rump" so frequently referred to in the Levitical sacrifices (Ex. 29:22; Lev. 3:9; 7:3; 9:19). Sheep-shearing was generally an occasion of great festivity (Gen. 31:19; 38:12, 13; 1 Sam. 25:4-8, 36; 2 Sam. 13:23-28). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sheva Heb. Shebher. (1.) The son of Caleb (1 Chr. 2:49). (2.) Heb. Sheva', one of David's scribes (2 Sam. 20:25). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shobai captors (Ezra 2:42). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shobi captor, son of Nahash of Rabbah, the Ammonite. He showed kindness to David when he fled from Jerusalem to Mahanaim (2 Sam. 17:27). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Soap (Jer. 2:22; Mal. 3:2; Heb. borith), properly a vegetable alkali, obtained from the ashes of certain plants, particularly the salsola kali (saltwort), which abounds on the shores of the Dead Sea and of the Mediterranean. It does not appear that the Hebrews were acquainted with what is now called "soap," which is a compound of alkaline carbonates with oleaginous matter. The word "purely" in Isa. 1:25 (R.V., "throughly;" marg., "as with lye") is lit. "as with _bor_." This word means "clearness," and hence also that which makes clear, or pure, alkali. "The ancients made use of alkali mingled with oil, instead of soap (Job 9:30), and also in smelting metals, to make them melt and flow more readily and purely" (Gesenius). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sop a morsel of bread (John 13:26; comp. Ruth 2:14). Our Lord took a piece of unleavened bread, and dipping it into the broth of bitter herbs at the Paschal meal, gave it to Judas. (Comp. Ruth 2:14.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Suph (Deut. 1:1, R.V.; marg., "some ancient versions have the Red Sea," as in the A.V.). Some identify it with Suphah (Num. 21:14, marg., A.V.) as probably the name of a place. Others identify it with es-Sufah = Maaleh-acrabbim (Josh. 15:3), and others again with Zuph (1 Sam. 9:5). It is most probable, however, that, in accordance with the ancient versions, this word is to be regarded as simply an abbreviation of Yam-suph, i.e., the "Red Sea." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Suphah (Num. 21:14, marg.; also R.V.), a place at the south-eastern corner of the Dead Sea, the Ghor es-Safieh. This name is found in an ode quoted from the "Book of the Wars of the Lord," probably a collection of odes commemorating the triumphs of God's people (comp. 21:14, 17, 18, 27-30). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Saph, rushes; sea-moss | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Sceva, disposed; prepared | |
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Schaaph, fleeing; thinking | |
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Seba, a drunkard; that turns | |
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Shaveh, the plain; that makes equality | |
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Sheba, captivity; old man; repose; oath | |
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Shephi, beholder; honeycomb; garment | |
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Shepho, desert | |
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Sheva, vanity; elevation; fame; tumult | |
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Shiphi, multitude | |
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Shobai, turning captivity | |
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Sippai, threshold; silver cup |