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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jerusalem \Je*ru"sa*lem\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. Heb. Y[?]r[?]sh[be]laim.] The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus Christ. {Jerusalem artichoke} [Perh. a corrupt. of It. girasole i.e., sunflower, or turnsole. See {Gyre}, {Solar}.] (Bot.) (a) An American plant, a perennial species of sunflower ({Helianthus tuberosus}), whose tubers are sometimes used as food. (b) One of the tubers themselves. {Jerusalem cherry} (Bot.), the popular name of either of either of two species of {Solanum} ({S. Pseudo-capsicum} and {S. capsicastrum}), cultivated as ornamental house plants. They bear bright red berries of about the size of cherries. {Jerusalem oak} (Bot.), an aromatic goosefoot ({Chenopodium Botrys}), common about houses and along roadsides. {Jerusalem sage} (Bot.), a perennial herb of the Mint family ({Phlomis tuberosa}). {Jerusalem thorn} (Bot.), a spiny, leguminous tree ({Parkinsonia aculeata}), widely dispersed in warm countries, and used for hedges. {The New Jerusalem}, Heaven; the Celestial City. | |
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Pewee \Pe"wee\, n. [So called from its note.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A common American tyrant flycatcher ({Sayornis ph[d2]be}, or {S. fuscus}). Called also {pewit}, and {ph[d2]be}. 2. The woodcock. [Local, U.S.] {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]l.), a bird ({Contopus virens}) similar to the pewee (See {Pewee}, 1), but of smaller size. | |
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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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Sapsago \Sap"sa*go\, n. [G. schabzieger; schaben to shave, to scrape + zieger a sort of whey.] A kind of Swiss cheese, of a greenish color, flavored with melilot. | |
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Saint \Saint\ (s[amac]nt), n. [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred, properly p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious act, to appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf. {Sacred}, {Sanctity}, {Sanctum}, {Sanctus}.] 1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God. Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints. --1 Cor. i. 2. 2. One of the blessed in heaven. Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure Far separate, circling thy holy mount, Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing. --Milton. 3. (Eccl.) One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.] {Saint Andrew's cross}. (a) A cross shaped like the letter X. See Illust. 4, under {Cross}. (b) (Bot.) A low North American shrub ({Ascyrum Crux-Andre[91]}, the petals of which have the form of a Saint Andrew's cross. --Gray. {Saint Anthony's cross}, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6, under {Cross}. {Saint Anthony's fire}, the erysipelas; -- popularly so called because it was supposed to have been cured by the intercession of Saint Anthony. {Saint Anthony's nut} (Bot.), the groundnut ({Bunium flexuosum}); -- so called because swine feed on it, and St. Anthony was once a swineherd. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Anthony's turnip} (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a favorite food of swine. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Barnaby's thistle} (Bot.), a kind of knapweed ({Centaurea solstitialis}) flowering on St. Barnabas's Day, June 11th. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Bernard} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of large, handsome dogs celebrated for strength and sagacity, formerly bred chiefly at the Hospice of St. Bernard in Switzerland, but now common in Europe and America. There are two races, the smooth-haired and the rough-haired. See Illust. under {Dog}. {Saint Catharine's flower} (Bot.), the plant love-in-a-mist. See under {Love}. {Saint Cuthbert's beads} (Paleon.), the fossil joints of crinoid stems. {Saint Dabeoc's heath} (Bot.), a heatherlike plant ({Dab[d2]cia polifolia}), named from an Irish saint. {Saint Distaff's Day}. See under {Distaff}. {Saint Elmo's fire}, a luminous, flamelike appearance, sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some prominent point on a ship, particularly at the masthead and the yardarms. It has also been observed on land, and is due to the discharge of electricity from elevated or pointed objects. A single flame is called a {Helena}, or a {Corposant}; a double, or twin, flame is called a {Castor and Pollux}, or a {double Corposant}. It takes its name from St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors. {Saint George's cross} (Her.), a Greek cross gules upon a field argent, the field being represented by a narrow fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great Britain. {Saint George's ensign}, a red cross on a white field with a union jack in the upper corner next the mast. It is the distinguishing badge of ships of the royal navy of England; -- called also {the white ensign}. --Brande & C. {Saint George's flag}, a smaller flag resembling the ensign, but without the union jack; used as the sign of the presence and command of an admiral. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {Saint Gobain glass} (Chem.), a fine variety of soda-lime plate glass, so called from St. Gobain in France, where it was manufactured. {Saint Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), the seed of a tree of the Philippines ({Strychnos Ignatia}), of properties similar to the nux vomica. {Saint James's shell} (Zo[94]l.), a pecten ({Vola Jacob[91]us}) worn by pilgrims to the Holy Land. See Illust. under {Scallop}. {Saint James's-wort} (Bot.), a kind of ragwort ({Senecio Jacob[91]a}). {Saint John's bread}. (Bot.) See {Carob}. {Saint John's-wort} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Hypericum}, most species of which have yellow flowers; -- called also {John's-wort}. {Saint Leger}, the name of a race for three-year-old horses run annually in September at Doncaster, England; -- instituted in 1776 by Col. St. Leger. {Saint Martin's herb} (Bot.), a small tropical American violaceous plant ({Sauvagesia erecta}). It is very mucilaginous and is used in medicine. | |
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Savagism \Sav"a*gism\, n. The state of being savage; the state of rude, uncivilized men, or of men in their native wildness and rudeness. | |
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Screech \Screech\, n. A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream. {Screech bird}, [or] {Screech thrush} (Zo[94]l.), the fieldfare; -- so called from its harsh cry before rain. {Screech rain}. {Screech hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the European goatsucker; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.] {Screech owl}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small American owl ({Scops asio}), either gray or reddish in color. (b) The European barn owl. The name is applied also to other species. | |
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Sebaceous \Se*ba"ceous\, a. [NL. sebaceus, from L. sebum tallow, grease.] (Physiol.) Pertaining to, or secreting, fat; composed of fat; having the appearance of fat; as, the sebaceous secretions of some plants, or the sebaceous humor of animals. {Sebaceous cyst} (Med.), a cyst formed by distention of a sebaceous gland, due to obstruction of its excretory duct. {Sebaceous glands} (Anat.), small subcutaneous glands, usually connected with hair follicles. They secrete an oily semifluid matter, composed in great part of fat, which softens and lubricates the hair and skin. | |
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Sebaceous \Se*ba"ceous\, a. [NL. sebaceus, from L. sebum tallow, grease.] (Physiol.) Pertaining to, or secreting, fat; composed of fat; having the appearance of fat; as, the sebaceous secretions of some plants, or the sebaceous humor of animals. {Sebaceous cyst} (Med.), a cyst formed by distention of a sebaceous gland, due to obstruction of its excretory duct. {Sebaceous glands} (Anat.), small subcutaneous glands, usually connected with hair follicles. They secrete an oily semifluid matter, composed in great part of fat, which softens and lubricates the hair and skin. | |
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Sebaceous \Se*ba"ceous\, a. [NL. sebaceus, from L. sebum tallow, grease.] (Physiol.) Pertaining to, or secreting, fat; composed of fat; having the appearance of fat; as, the sebaceous secretions of some plants, or the sebaceous humor of animals. {Sebaceous cyst} (Med.), a cyst formed by distention of a sebaceous gland, due to obstruction of its excretory duct. {Sebaceous glands} (Anat.), small subcutaneous glands, usually connected with hair follicles. They secrete an oily semifluid matter, composed in great part of fat, which softens and lubricates the hair and skin. | |
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Sebacic \Se*bac"ic\, a. [L. sebum tallow: cf. F. s[82]bacique.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to fat; derived from, or resembling, fat; specifically, designating an acid (formerly called also {sebic}, and {pyroleic}, acid), obtained by the distillation or saponification of certain oils (as castor oil) as a white crystalline substance. | |
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{Sand grouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock grouse}, {rock pigeon}, and {ganga}. They mostly belong to the genus {Pterocles}, as the common Indian species ({P. exustus}). The large sand grouse ({P. arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({P. fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({P. alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under {Pterocletes}. {Sand hill}, a hill of sand; a dune. {Sand-hill crane} (Zo[94]l.), the American brown crane ({Grus Mexicana}). {Sand hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian. {Sand hornet} (Zo[94]l.), a sand wasp. {Sand lark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small lark ({Alaudala raytal}), native of India. (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper. (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({[92]gialophilus ruficapillus}); -- called also {red-necked plover}. {Sand launce} (Zo[94]l.), a lant, or launce. {Sand lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta agilis}). {Sand martin} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. {Sand mole} (Zo[94]l.), the coast rat. {Sand monitor} (Zo[94]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities. {Sand mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand myrtle}. (Bot.) See under {Myrtle}. {Sand partridge} (Zo[94]l.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus {Ammoperdix}. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({A. Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ({A. Bonhami}), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also {seesee partridge}, and {teehoo}. {Sand picture}, a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. {Sand pike}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sauger. (b) The lizard fish. {Sand pillar}, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. {Sand pipe} (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also {sand gall}. {Sand pride} (Zo[94]l.), a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand prey}. {Sand pump}, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. {Sand rat} (Zo[94]l.), the pocket gopher. {Sand rock}, a rock made of cemented sand. {Sand runner} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. {Sand saucer} (Zo[94]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or o[94]thec[91], of any mollusk of the genus {Natica} and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also {sand collar}. {Sand screw} (Zo[94]l.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. {Sand shark} (Zo[94]l.), an American shark ({Odontaspis littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also {gray shark}, and {dogfish shark}. See Illust. under {Remora}. {Sand skink} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus {Seps}; as, the ocellated sand skink ({Seps ocellatus}) of Southern Europe. {Sand skipper} (Zo[94]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian. {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), a silverside. {Sand snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus {Eryx}, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially {E. jaculus} of India and {E. Johnii}, used by snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus {Psammophis}, especially {P. sibilans}. {Sand snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the sandpiper. {Sand star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. {Sand storm}, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. {Sand sucker}, the sandnecker. {Sand swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the bank swallow. See under {Bank}. {Sand tube}, a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c) (Zo[94]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate. {Sand viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hognose snake}. {Sand wasp} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families {Pompilid[91]} and {Spherid[91]}, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young. | |
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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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Jurel \Ju"rel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts ({Caranx chrysos}), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; -- called also {hardtail}, {horse crevall[82]}, {jack}, {buffalo jack}, {skipjack}, {yellow mackerel}, and sometimes, improperly, {horse mackerel}. Other species of {Caranx} (as {C. fallax}) are also sometimes called jurel. | |
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9. One of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also the part or blade of a skate which slides on the ice. 10. (Founding) (a) A horizontal channel in a mold, through which the metal flows to the cavity formed by the pattern; also, the waste metal left in such a channel. (b) A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed. 11. The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached. 12. (Zo[94]l.) A food fish ({Elagatis pinnulatus}) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also {skipjack}, {shoemaker}, and {yellowtail}. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water. 13. (Zo[94]l.) Any cursorial bird. 14. (Mech.) (a) A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone. (b) A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding. | |
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Saurel \Sau"rel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any carangoid fish of the genus {Trachurus}, especially {T. trachurus}, or {T. saurus}, of Europe and America, and {T. picturatus} of California. Called also {skipjack}, and {horse mackerel}. | |
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Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. {Sauries}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.) A slender marine fish ({Scomberesox saurus}) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also {billfish}, {gowdnook}, {gawnook}, {skipper}, {skipjack}, {skopster}, {lizard fish}, and {Egypt herring}. | |
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Skipjack \Skip"jack`\, n. 1. An upstart. [Obs.] --Ford. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc. 4. (Naut.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section. | |
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Bluefish \Blue"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) 1. A large voracious fish ({Pomatomus saitatrix}), of the family {Carangid[91]}, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the {horse mackerel}, in Virginia {saltwater tailor}, or {skipjack}. 2. A West Indian fish ({Platyglossus radiatus}), of the family {Labrid[91]}. Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc. | |
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Jurel \Ju"rel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts ({Caranx chrysos}), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; -- called also {hardtail}, {horse crevall[82]}, {jack}, {buffalo jack}, {skipjack}, {yellow mackerel}, and sometimes, improperly, {horse mackerel}. Other species of {Caranx} (as {C. fallax}) are also sometimes called jurel. | |
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9. One of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also the part or blade of a skate which slides on the ice. 10. (Founding) (a) A horizontal channel in a mold, through which the metal flows to the cavity formed by the pattern; also, the waste metal left in such a channel. (b) A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed. 11. The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached. 12. (Zo[94]l.) A food fish ({Elagatis pinnulatus}) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also {skipjack}, {shoemaker}, and {yellowtail}. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water. 13. (Zo[94]l.) Any cursorial bird. 14. (Mech.) (a) A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone. (b) A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding. | |
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Saurel \Sau"rel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any carangoid fish of the genus {Trachurus}, especially {T. trachurus}, or {T. saurus}, of Europe and America, and {T. picturatus} of California. Called also {skipjack}, and {horse mackerel}. | |
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Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. {Sauries}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.) A slender marine fish ({Scomberesox saurus}) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also {billfish}, {gowdnook}, {gawnook}, {skipper}, {skipjack}, {skopster}, {lizard fish}, and {Egypt herring}. | |
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Skipjack \Skip"jack`\, n. 1. An upstart. [Obs.] --Ford. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc. 4. (Naut.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section. | |
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Bluefish \Blue"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) 1. A large voracious fish ({Pomatomus saitatrix}), of the family {Carangid[91]}, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the {horse mackerel}, in Virginia {saltwater tailor}, or {skipjack}. 2. A West Indian fish ({Platyglossus radiatus}), of the family {Labrid[91]}. Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc. | |
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Jurel \Ju"rel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts ({Caranx chrysos}), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; -- called also {hardtail}, {horse crevall[82]}, {jack}, {buffalo jack}, {skipjack}, {yellow mackerel}, and sometimes, improperly, {horse mackerel}. Other species of {Caranx} (as {C. fallax}) are also sometimes called jurel. | |
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9. One of the pieces on which a sled or sleigh slides; also the part or blade of a skate which slides on the ice. 10. (Founding) (a) A horizontal channel in a mold, through which the metal flows to the cavity formed by the pattern; also, the waste metal left in such a channel. (b) A trough or channel for leading molten metal from a furnace to a ladle, mold, or pig bed. 11. The movable piece to which the ribs of an umbrella are attached. 12. (Zo[94]l.) A food fish ({Elagatis pinnulatus}) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also {skipjack}, {shoemaker}, and {yellowtail}. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water. 13. (Zo[94]l.) Any cursorial bird. 14. (Mech.) (a) A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone. (b) A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding. | |
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Saurel \Sau"rel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any carangoid fish of the genus {Trachurus}, especially {T. trachurus}, or {T. saurus}, of Europe and America, and {T. picturatus} of California. Called also {skipjack}, and {horse mackerel}. | |
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Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. {Sauries}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.) A slender marine fish ({Scomberesox saurus}) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also {billfish}, {gowdnook}, {gawnook}, {skipper}, {skipjack}, {skopster}, {lizard fish}, and {Egypt herring}. | |
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Skipjack \Skip"jack`\, n. 1. An upstart. [Obs.] --Ford. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc. 4. (Naut.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section. | |
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Bluefish \Blue"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) 1. A large voracious fish ({Pomatomus saitatrix}), of the family {Carangid[91]}, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American coast. On the New Jersey and Rhode Island coast it is called the {horse mackerel}, in Virginia {saltwater tailor}, or {skipjack}. 2. A West Indian fish ({Platyglossus radiatus}), of the family {Labrid[91]}. Note: The name is applied locally to other species of fishes; as the cunner, sea bass, squeteague, etc. | |
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Spacious \Spa"cious\, a. [L. spatiousus: cf. F. spacieux. See {Space}, n.] 1. Extending far and wide; vast in extent. [bd]A spacious plain outstretched in circuit wide.[b8] --Milton. 2. Inclosing an extended space; having large or ample room; not contracted or narrow; capacious; roomy; as, spacious bounds; a spacious church; a spacious hall. -- {Spa"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Spa"cious*ness}, n. | |
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Spacious \Spa"cious\, a. [L. spatiousus: cf. F. spacieux. See {Space}, n.] 1. Extending far and wide; vast in extent. [bd]A spacious plain outstretched in circuit wide.[b8] --Milton. 2. Inclosing an extended space; having large or ample room; not contracted or narrow; capacious; roomy; as, spacious bounds; a spacious church; a spacious hall. -- {Spa"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Spa"cious*ness}, n. | |
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Spacious \Spa"cious\, a. [L. spatiousus: cf. F. spacieux. See {Space}, n.] 1. Extending far and wide; vast in extent. [bd]A spacious plain outstretched in circuit wide.[b8] --Milton. 2. Inclosing an extended space; having large or ample room; not contracted or narrow; capacious; roomy; as, spacious bounds; a spacious church; a spacious hall. -- {Spa"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Spa"cious*ness}, n. | |
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Species \Spe"cies\, n. sing. & pl. [L., a sight, outward appearance, shape, form, a particular sort, kind, or quality, a species. See {Spice}, n., and cf. {Specie}, {Special}.] 1. Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept received by the imagination; an image. [R.] [bd]The species of the letters illuminated with indigo and violet.[b8] --Sir I. Newton. Wit, . . . the faculty of imagination in the writer, which searches over all the memory for the species or ideas of those things which it designs to represent. --Dryden. Note: In the scholastic philosophy, the species was sensible and intelligible. The sensible species was that in any material, object which was in fact discerned by the mind through the organ of perception, or that in any object which rendered it possible that it should be perceived. The sensible species, as apprehended by the understanding in any of the relations of thought, was called an intelligible species. [bd]An apparent diversity between the species visible and audible is, that the visible doth not mingle in the medium, but the audible doth.[b8] --Bacon. 2. (Logic) A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, and extending to fewer individuals. Thus, {man} is a species, under {animal} as a genus; and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respect to {European}, {American}, or the like, as species. 3. In science, a more or less permanent group of existing things or beings, associated according to attributes, or properties determined by scientific observation. Note: In mineralogy and chemistry, objects which possess the same definite chemical structure, and are fundamentally the same in crystallization and physical characters, are classed as belonging to a species. In zo[94]logy and botany, a species is an ideal group of individuals which are believed to have descended from common ancestors, which agree in essential characteristics, and are capable of indefinitely continued fertile reproduction through the sexes. A species, as thus defined, differs from a variety or subspecies only in the greater stability of its characters and in the absence of individuals intermediate between the related groups. 4. A sort; a kind; a variety; as, a species of low cunning; a species of generosity; a species of cloth. 5. Coin, or coined silver, gold, ot other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie. [Obs.] There was, in the splendor of the Roman empire, a less quantity of current species in Europe than there is now. --Arbuthnot. 6. A public spectacle or exhibition. [Obs.] --Bacon. 7. (Pharmacy) (a) A component part of compound medicine; a simple. (b) (Med.) An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind; esp., one used for making an aromatic tea or tisane; a tea mixture. --Quincy. 8. (Civil Law) The form or shape given to materials; fashion or shape; form; figure. --Burill. {Incipient species} (Zo[94]l.), a subspecies, or variety, which is in process of becoming permanent, and thus changing to a true species, usually by isolation in localities from which other varieties are excluded. | |
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Speciosity \Spe`ci*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Speciocities}. [Cf. LL. {speciositas}.] 1. The quality or state of being specious; speciousness. Professions built so largely on speciosity, instead of performance. --Carlyle. 2. That which is specious. --Dr. H. More. | |
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Speciosity \Spe`ci*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Speciocities}. [Cf. LL. {speciositas}.] 1. The quality or state of being specious; speciousness. Professions built so largely on speciosity, instead of performance. --Carlyle. 2. That which is specious. --Dr. H. More. | |
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Specious \Spe"cious\, a. [L. speciosusgood-looking, beautiful, specious, fr. species look, show, appearance; cf. F. sp[82]coeux. See {Species}.] 1. Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy. Some [serpents] specious and beautiful to the eye. --Bp. Richardson. The rest, far greater part, Will deem in outward rites and specious forms Religion satisfied. --Milton. 2. Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument. Misled for a moment by the specious names of religion, liberty, and property. --Macaulay. In consequence of their greater command of specious expression. --J. Morley. Syn: Plausible; showy; ostensible; colorable; feasible. See {Plausible}. -- {Spe"xious*ly}, adv. -- {Spe"cious*ness}, n. | |
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Specious \Spe"cious\, a. [L. speciosusgood-looking, beautiful, specious, fr. species look, show, appearance; cf. F. sp[82]coeux. See {Species}.] 1. Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy. Some [serpents] specious and beautiful to the eye. --Bp. Richardson. The rest, far greater part, Will deem in outward rites and specious forms Religion satisfied. --Milton. 2. Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument. Misled for a moment by the specious names of religion, liberty, and property. --Macaulay. In consequence of their greater command of specious expression. --J. Morley. Syn: Plausible; showy; ostensible; colorable; feasible. See {Plausible}. -- {Spe"xious*ly}, adv. -- {Spe"cious*ness}, n. | |
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Spekehouse \Speke"house`\, n. The parlor or reception room of a convent. [Obs.] | |
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Specious \Spe"cious\, a. [L. speciosusgood-looking, beautiful, specious, fr. species look, show, appearance; cf. F. sp[82]coeux. See {Species}.] 1. Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy. Some [serpents] specious and beautiful to the eye. --Bp. Richardson. The rest, far greater part, Will deem in outward rites and specious forms Religion satisfied. --Milton. 2. Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument. Misled for a moment by the specious names of religion, liberty, and property. --Macaulay. In consequence of their greater command of specious expression. --J. Morley. Syn: Plausible; showy; ostensible; colorable; feasible. See {Plausible}. -- {Spe"xious*ly}, adv. -- {Spe"cious*ness}, n. | |
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Spicy \Spi"cy\, a. [Compar. {Spicier}; superl. {Spiciest}.] [From {Spice}.] 1. Flavored with, or containing, spice or spices; fragrant; aromatic; as, spicy breezes. [bd]The spicy nut-brown ale.[b8] --Milton. Led by new stars, and borne by spicy gales. --Pope. 2. Producing, or abounding with, spices. In hot Ceylon spicy forests grew. --Dryden. 3. Fig.: Piquant; racy; as, a spicy debate. Syn: Aromatic; fragrant; smart; pungent; pointed; keen. See {Racy}. | |
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Spicose \Spi*cose"\, a. [L. spica a spike, or ear.] (Bot.) Having spikes, or ears, like corn spikes. | |
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Spicosity \Spi*cos"i*ty\, n. The state of having, or being full of, ears like corn. [R.] --Bailey. | |
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Spicous \Spi"cous\, a. (Bot.) See {Spicose}. | |
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Spike \Spike\, n. [Akin to LG. spiker, spieker, a large nail, D. spijker, Sw. spik, Dan. spiger, Icel. sp[c6]k; all perhaps from L. spica a point, an ear of grain; but in the sense of nail more likely akin to E. spoke of a wheel. Cf. {Spine}.] 1. A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward. 2. Anything resembling such a nail in shape. He wears on his head the corona radiata . . .; the spikes that shoot out represent the rays of the sun. --Addison. 3. An ear of corn or grain. 4. (Bot.) A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis. {Spike grass} (Bot.), either of two tall perennial American grasses ({Uniola paniculata}, and {U. latifolia}) having broad leaves and large flattened spikelets. {Spike rush}. (Bot.) See under {Rush}. {Spike shell} (Zo[94]l.), any pteropod of the genus {Styliola} having a slender conical shell. {Spike team}, three horses, or a horse and a yoke of oxen, harnessed together, a horse leading the oxen or the span. [U.S.] | |
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Spike \Spike\, n. [Akin to LG. spiker, spieker, a large nail, D. spijker, Sw. spik, Dan. spiger, Icel. sp[c6]k; all perhaps from L. spica a point, an ear of grain; but in the sense of nail more likely akin to E. spoke of a wheel. Cf. {Spine}.] 1. A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward. 2. Anything resembling such a nail in shape. He wears on his head the corona radiata . . .; the spikes that shoot out represent the rays of the sun. --Addison. 3. An ear of corn or grain. 4. (Bot.) A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis. {Spike grass} (Bot.), either of two tall perennial American grasses ({Uniola paniculata}, and {U. latifolia}) having broad leaves and large flattened spikelets. {Spike rush}. (Bot.) See under {Rush}. {Spike shell} (Zo[94]l.), any pteropod of the genus {Styliola} having a slender conical shell. {Spike team}, three horses, or a horse and a yoke of oxen, harnessed together, a horse leading the oxen or the span. [U.S.] | |
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Spokeshave \Spoke"shave`\, n. A kind of drawing knife or planing tool for dressing the spokes of wheels, the shells of blocks, and other curved work. | |
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Spokesman \Spokes"man\, n.; pl. {Spokesmen}. [Speak, spoke + man.] One who speaks for another. He shall be thy spokesman unto the people. --Ex. iv. 16. | |
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Spokesman \Spokes"man\, n.; pl. {Spokesmen}. [Speak, spoke + man.] One who speaks for another. He shall be thy spokesman unto the people. --Ex. iv. 16. | |
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Spousage \Spous"age\ (?; 48), n. [OF. espousaige, from espouser. See {Spouse}, v. t.] Espousal. [Obs.] --Bale. | |
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Spousess \Spous"ess\, n. A wife or bride. [Obs.] --Fabyan. | |
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Squab-chick \Squab"-chick`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A young chicken before it is fully fledged. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Subaquatic \Sub`a*quat"ic\, Subaqueous \Sub*a"que*ous\, a. 1. Being under water, or beneath the surface of water; adapted for use under water; submarine; as, a subaqueous helmet. 2. (Geol.) Formed in or under water; as, subaqueous deposits. | |
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Subashdary \Su"bash*dar`y\, Subashship \Su"bash*ship\, n. The office or jurisdiction of a subahdar. | |
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Subcostal \Sub*cos"tal\, a. (Anat. & Zo[94]l.) Situated below the costas, or ribs; as, the subcostal muscles. Note: The subcostal muscles are distinct from, and within, the intercostal. | |
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Subcostal \Sub*cos"tal\, n. 1. (Anat.) A subcostal muscle. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the principal nervures of the wings of an insect. It is situated next beneath or behind the costal. See {Nervure}. | |
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Subfuscous \Sub*fus"cous\, a. [L. subfuscus, suffuscus. See {Sub-}, and {Fuscous}.] Duskish; moderately dark; brownish; tawny. | |
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Subjacent \Sub*ja"cent\, a. [L. subjacens, p. pr. of subjacere to lie under; sub under + jacere to lie.] 1. Lying under or below. 2. Being in a lower situation, though not directly beneath; as, hills and subjacent valleys. | |
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Subject \Sub*ject"\, n. [From L. subjectus, through an old form of F. sujet. See {Subject}, a.] 1. That which is placed under the authority, dominion, control, or influence of something else. 2. Specifically: One who is under the authority of a ruler and is governed by his laws; one who owes allegiance to a sovereign or a sovereign state; as, a subject of Queen Victoria; a British subject; a subject of the United States. Was never subject longed to be a king, As I do long and wish to be a subject. --Shak. The subject must obey his prince, because God commands it, human laws require it. --Swift. Note: In international law, the term subject is convertible with citizen. 3. That which is subjected, or submitted to, any physical operation or process; specifically (Anat.), a dead body used for the purpose of dissection. | |
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Subject \Sub*ject"\, a. [OE. suget, OF. souzget, sougit (in which the first part is L. subtus below, fr. sub under), subgiet, subject, F. sujet, from L. subjectus lying under, subjected, p. p. of subjicere, subicere, to throw, lay, place, or bring under; sub under + jacere to throw. See {Jet} a shooting forth.] 1. Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. Placed under the power of another; specifically (International Law), owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state; as, Jamaica is subject to Great Britain. Esau was never subject to Jacob. --Locke. 3. Exposed; liable; prone; disposed; as, a country subject to extreme heat; men subject to temptation. All human things are subject to decay. --Dryden. 4. Obedient; submissive. Put them in mind to be subject to principalities. --Titus iii. 1. Syn: Liable; subordinate; inferior; obnoxious; exposed. See {Liable}. | |
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Subject \Sub*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subjected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subjecting}.] 1. To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue. Firmness of mind that subjects every gratification of sense to the rule of right reason. --C. Middleton. In one short view subjected to our eye, Gods, emperors, heroes, sages, beauties, lie. --Pope. He is the most subjected, the most [?]nslaved, who is so in his understanding. --Locke. 2. To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity subjects a person to impositions. 3. To submit; to make accountable. God is not bound to subject his ways of operation to the scrutiny of our thoughts. --Locke. 4. To make subservient. Subjected to his service angel wings. --Milton. 5. To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white heat; to subject a person to a rigid test. | |
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Subject \Sub*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subjected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subjecting}.] 1. To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue. Firmness of mind that subjects every gratification of sense to the rule of right reason. --C. Middleton. In one short view subjected to our eye, Gods, emperors, heroes, sages, beauties, lie. --Pope. He is the most subjected, the most [?]nslaved, who is so in his understanding. --Locke. 2. To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity subjects a person to impositions. 3. To submit; to make accountable. God is not bound to subject his ways of operation to the scrutiny of our thoughts. --Locke. 4. To make subservient. Subjected to his service angel wings. --Milton. 5. To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white heat; to subject a person to a rigid test. | |
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Subjected \Sub*ject"ed\, a. 1. Subjacent. [bd]Led them direct . . . to the subjected plain.[b8] [Obs.] --Milton. 2. Reduced to subjection; brought under the dominion of another. 3. Exposed; liable; subject; obnoxious. | |
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Subject \Sub*ject"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subjected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subjecting}.] 1. To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue. Firmness of mind that subjects every gratification of sense to the rule of right reason. --C. Middleton. In one short view subjected to our eye, Gods, emperors, heroes, sages, beauties, lie. --Pope. He is the most subjected, the most [?]nslaved, who is so in his understanding. --Locke. 2. To expose; to make obnoxious or liable; as, credulity subjects a person to impositions. 3. To submit; to make accountable. God is not bound to subject his ways of operation to the scrutiny of our thoughts. --Locke. 4. To make subservient. Subjected to his service angel wings. --Milton. 5. To cause to undergo; as, to subject a substance to a white heat; to subject a person to a rigid test. | |
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Subjection \Sub*jec"tion\, n. [L. subjectio: cf. OF. subjection, F. subj[82]tion. See {Subject}, a.] 1. The act of subjecting, or of bringing under the dominion of another; the act of subduing. The conquest of the kingdom, and subjection of the rebels. --Sir M. Hale. 2. The state of being subject, or under the power, control, and government of another; a state of obedience or submissiveness; as, the safety of life, liberty, and property depends on our subjection to the laws. [bd]To be bound under subjection.[b8] --Chaucer. Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands. --1 Peter iii. 1. Because the subjection of the body to the will is by natural necessity, the subjection of the will unto God voluntary, we stand in need of direction after what sort our wills and desires may be rightly conformed to His. --Hooker. | |
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Subjectist \Sub"ject*ist\, n. (Metaph.) One skilled in subjective philosophy; a subjectivist. | |
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Subjective \Sub*jec"tive\, a. [L. subjectivus: cf. F. subjectif.] 1. Of or pertaining to a subject. 2. Especially, pertaining to, or derived from, one's own consciousness, in distinction from external observation; ralating to the mind, or intellectual world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one's own internal states. Note: In the philosophy of the mind, subjective denotes what is to be referred to the thinking subject, the ego; objective, what belongs to the object of thought, the non-ego. See {Objective}, a., 2. --Sir W. Hamilton. 3. (Lit. & Art) Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer. Syn: See {Objective}. {Subjective sensation} (Physiol.), one of the sensations occurring when stimuli due to internal causes excite the nervous apparatus of the sense organs, as when a person imagines he sees figures which have no objective reality. -- {Sub*jec"tive*ly}, adv. -- {Sub*jec"tive*ness}, n. | |
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Color \Col"or\, n. [Written also {colour}.] [OF. color, colur, colour, F. couleur, L. color; prob. akin to celare to conceal (the color taken as that which covers). See {Helmet}.] 1. A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc. Note: The sensation of color depends upon a peculiar function of the retina or optic nerve, in consequence of which rays of light produce different effects according to the length of their waves or undulations, waves of a certain length producing the sensation of red, shorter waves green, and those still shorter blue, etc. White, or ordinary, light consists of waves of various lengths so blended as to produce no effect of color, and the color of objects depends upon their power to absorb or reflect a greater or less proportion of the rays which fall upon them. 2. Any hue distinguished from white or black. 3. The hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion. Give color to my pale cheek. --Shak. 4. That which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors. 5. That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance. They had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship. --Acts xxvii. 30. That he should die is worthy policy; But yet we want a color for his death. --Shak. 6. Shade or variety of character; kind; species. Boys and women are for the most part cattle of this color. --Shak. 7. A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually in the plural); as, the colors or color of a ship or regiment; the colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the jockey). In the United States each regiment of infantry and artillery has two colors, one national and one regimental. --Farrow. 8. (Law) An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court. --Blackstone. Note: Color is express when it is averred in the pleading, and implied when it is implied in the pleading. {Body color}. See under {Body}. {Color blindness}, total or partial inability to distinguish or recognize colors. See {Daltonism}. {Complementary color}, one of two colors so related to each other that when blended together they produce white light; -- so called because each color makes up to the other what it lacks to make it white. Artificial or pigment colors, when mixed, produce effects differing from those of the primary colors, in consequence of partial absorption. {Of color} (as persons, races, etc.), not of the white race; -- commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. {Primary colors}, those developed from the solar beam by the prism, viz., red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, which are reduced by some authors to three, -- red, green, and violet-blue. These three are sometimes called {fundamental colors}. {Subjective} [or] {Accidental color}, a false or spurious color seen in some instances, owing to the persistence of the luminous impression upon the retina, and a gradual change of its character, as where a wheel perfectly white, and with a circumference regularly subdivided, is made to revolve rapidly over a dark object, the teeth of the wheel appear to the eye of different shades of color varying with the rapidity of rotation. See {Accidental colors}, under {Accidental}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subjective \Sub*jec"tive\, a. [L. subjectivus: cf. F. subjectif.] 1. Of or pertaining to a subject. 2. Especially, pertaining to, or derived from, one's own consciousness, in distinction from external observation; ralating to the mind, or intellectual world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one's own internal states. Note: In the philosophy of the mind, subjective denotes what is to be referred to the thinking subject, the ego; objective, what belongs to the object of thought, the non-ego. See {Objective}, a., 2. --Sir W. Hamilton. 3. (Lit. & Art) Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer. Syn: See {Objective}. {Subjective sensation} (Physiol.), one of the sensations occurring when stimuli due to internal causes excite the nervous apparatus of the sense organs, as when a person imagines he sees figures which have no objective reality. -- {Sub*jec"tive*ly}, adv. -- {Sub*jec"tive*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subjective \Sub*jec"tive\, a. [L. subjectivus: cf. F. subjectif.] 1. Of or pertaining to a subject. 2. Especially, pertaining to, or derived from, one's own consciousness, in distinction from external observation; ralating to the mind, or intellectual world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one's own internal states. Note: In the philosophy of the mind, subjective denotes what is to be referred to the thinking subject, the ego; objective, what belongs to the object of thought, the non-ego. See {Objective}, a., 2. --Sir W. Hamilton. 3. (Lit. & Art) Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer. Syn: See {Objective}. {Subjective sensation} (Physiol.), one of the sensations occurring when stimuli due to internal causes excite the nervous apparatus of the sense organs, as when a person imagines he sees figures which have no objective reality. -- {Sub*jec"tive*ly}, adv. -- {Sub*jec"tive*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subjective \Sub*jec"tive\, a. [L. subjectivus: cf. F. subjectif.] 1. Of or pertaining to a subject. 2. Especially, pertaining to, or derived from, one's own consciousness, in distinction from external observation; ralating to the mind, or intellectual world, in distinction from the outward or material excessively occupied with, or brooding over, one's own internal states. Note: In the philosophy of the mind, subjective denotes what is to be referred to the thinking subject, the ego; objective, what belongs to the object of thought, the non-ego. See {Objective}, a., 2. --Sir W. Hamilton. 3. (Lit. & Art) Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer. Syn: See {Objective}. {Subjective sensation} (Physiol.), one of the sensations occurring when stimuli due to internal causes excite the nervous apparatus of the sense organs, as when a person imagines he sees figures which have no objective reality. -- {Sub*jec"tive*ly}, adv. -- {Sub*jec"tive*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subjectivism \Sub*jec"tiv*ism\, n. (Metaph.) Any philosophical doctrine which refers all knowledge to, and founds it upon, any subjective states; egoism. | |
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Subjectivist \Sub*jec"tiv*ist\, n. (Metaph.) One who holds to subjectivism; an egoist. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subjectivity \Sub`jec*tiv"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being subjective; character of the subject. | |
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Subjectless \Sub"ject*less\, a. Having no subject. | |
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Subject-matter \Sub"ject-mat`ter\, n. The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study. As to the subject-matter, words are always to be understood as having a regard thereto. --Blackstone. As science makes progress in any subject-matter, poetry recedes from it. --J. H. Newman. | |
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Subjectness \Sub"ject*ness\, n. Quality of being subject. [R.] | |
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Subjicible \Sub*jic"i*ble\, a. Capable of being subjected. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subjugate \Sub"ju*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subjugated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subjugating}.] [L. subjugatus, p. p. of subjugare to subjugate; sub under + jugum a yoke. See {Yoke}.] To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another; to vanquish. He subjugated a king, and called him his [bd]vassal.[b8] --Baker. Syn: To conquer; subdue; overcome. See {Conquer}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subjugate \Sub"ju*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subjugated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subjugating}.] [L. subjugatus, p. p. of subjugare to subjugate; sub under + jugum a yoke. See {Yoke}.] To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another; to vanquish. He subjugated a king, and called him his [bd]vassal.[b8] --Baker. Syn: To conquer; subdue; overcome. See {Conquer}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subjugate \Sub"ju*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subjugated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subjugating}.] [L. subjugatus, p. p. of subjugare to subjugate; sub under + jugum a yoke. See {Yoke}.] To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another; to vanquish. He subjugated a king, and called him his [bd]vassal.[b8] --Baker. Syn: To conquer; subdue; overcome. See {Conquer}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subjugation \Sub`ju*ga"tion\, n. [Cf. F. subjugation, LL. subjugatio.] The act of subjugating, or the state of being subjugated. | |
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Subjugator \Sub"ju*ga`tor\, n. [L.] One who subjugates; a conqueror. | |
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Subsacral \Sub*sa"cral\, a. (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the sacrum. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subsecute \Sub"se*cute\, v. t. [L. subsecutus, p. p. of subsequi. See {Subsequent}.] To follow closely, or so as to overtake; to pursue. [Obs.] To follow and detain him, if by any possibility he could be subsecuted and overtaken. --E. Hall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subsecutive \Sub*sec"u*tive\, a. [Cf. F. subs[82]cutif.] Following in a train or succession. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subsequence \Sub"se*quence\, Subsequency \Sub"se*quen*cy\, n. The act or state of following; -- opposed to precedence. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subsequence \Sub"se*quence\, Subsequency \Sub"se*quen*cy\, n. The act or state of following; -- opposed to precedence. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subsequent \Sub"se*quent\, a. [L. subsequens, -entis, p. pr. of subsequi to follow, succeed: cf. F. subs[82]quent. See {Sue} to follow.] 1. Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely; as, subsequent events; subsequent ages or years; a period long subsequent to the foundation of Rome. 2. Following in order of place; succeeding; as, a subsequent clause in a treaty. [bd]The subsequent words come on before the precedent vanish.[b8] --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subsequently \Sub"se*quent*ly\, adv. At a later time; afterwards. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subsesqui- \Sub*ses"qui-\ [Pref. sub- + sesqui-.] (Chem.) A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting the combination of constituents (especially electro-negative and electro-positive bodies) in the proportion of two to three; as, a subsesqui acetate, i. e., a salt having two equivalents of acetic acid to three of the base. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subsextuple \Sub*sex"tu*ple\, a. Having the ratio of one to six; as, a subsextuple proportion. --Bp. Wilkins. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subsign \Sub*sign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subsigned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subsigning}.] [L. subsignare; sub under + signare to mark: cf. F. soussigner. See {Sign}.] To sign beneath; to subscribe. [R.] --Camden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subsign \Sub*sign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subsigned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subsigning}.] [L. subsignare; sub under + signare to mark: cf. F. soussigner. See {Sign}.] To sign beneath; to subscribe. [R.] --Camden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subsign \Sub*sign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subsigned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subsigning}.] [L. subsignare; sub under + signare to mark: cf. F. soussigner. See {Sign}.] To sign beneath; to subscribe. [R.] --Camden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subsist \Sub*sist"\, v. t. To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one's family. He laid waste the adjacent country in order to render it more difficult for the enemy to subsist their army. --Robertson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subsist \Sub*sist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Subsisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subsisting}.] [L. subsistere to stand still, stay, remain alive; sub under + sistere to stand, to cause to stand, from stare to stand: cf. F. subsister. See {Stand}.] 1. To be; to have existence; to inhere. And makes what happiness we justly call, Subsist not in the good of one, but all. --Pope. 2. To continue; to retain a certain state. Firm we subsist, yet possible to swerve. --Milton. 3. To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live. --Milton. To subsist on other men's charity. --Atterbury. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subsist \Sub*sist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Subsisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subsisting}.] [L. subsistere to stand still, stay, remain alive; sub under + sistere to stand, to cause to stand, from stare to stand: cf. F. subsister. See {Stand}.] 1. To be; to have existence; to inhere. And makes what happiness we justly call, Subsist not in the good of one, but all. --Pope. 2. To continue; to retain a certain state. Firm we subsist, yet possible to swerve. --Milton. 3. To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live. --Milton. To subsist on other men's charity. --Atterbury. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subsistence \Sub*sist"ence\, n. [Cf. F. subsistance, L. subsistentia.] 1. Real being; existence. Not only the things had subsistence, but the very images were of some creatures existing. --Stillingfleet. 2. Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies. 3. That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence. His viceroy could only propose to himself a comfortable subsistence out of the plunder of his province. --Addison. 4. (Theol.) Same as {Hypostasis}, 2. --Hooker. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subsistence Department \Sub*sist"ence De*part"ment\ (Mil.) A staff department of the United States army charged, under the supervision of the Chief of Staff, with the purchasing and issuing to the army of such supplies as make up the ration. It also supplies, for authorized sales, certain articles of food and other minor stores. It is commanded by any officer of the rank of brigadier general, called commissary general, and the department is popularly called the {Commissary Department}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subsistency \Sub*sist"en*cy\, n. Subsistence. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subsistent \Sub*sist"ent\, a. [L. subsistens, p. pr. See {Subsist}.] 1. Having real being; as, a subsistent spirit. 2. Inherent; as, qualities subsistent in matter. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subsist \Sub*sist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Subsisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subsisting}.] [L. subsistere to stand still, stay, remain alive; sub under + sistere to stand, to cause to stand, from stare to stand: cf. F. subsister. See {Stand}.] 1. To be; to have existence; to inhere. And makes what happiness we justly call, Subsist not in the good of one, but all. --Pope. 2. To continue; to retain a certain state. Firm we subsist, yet possible to swerve. --Milton. 3. To be maintained with food and clothing; to be supported; to live. --Milton. To subsist on other men's charity. --Atterbury. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subsizar \Sub*si"zar\, n. An under sizar; a student of lower rank than a sizar. [Cambridge Univ. Eng.] Bid my subsizar carry my hackney to the buttery and give him his bever. --J. Fletcher. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subzigomatic \Sub*zig`o*mat"ic\, a. (Anat.) Situated under the zygoma or zygomatic process. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Savage-Guilford, MD (CDP, FIPS 70487) Location: 39.14915 N, 76.82780 W Population (1990): 9669 (3943 housing units) Area: 12.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sebasco Estates, ME Zip code(s): 04565 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
space-cadet keyboard n. A now-legendary device used on MIT LISP machines, which inspired several still-current jargon terms and influenced the design of {EMACS}. It was equipped with no fewer than _seven_ shift keys: four keys for {bucky bits} (`control', `meta', `hyper', and `super') and three like regular shift keys, called `shift', `top', and `front'. Many keys had three symbols on them: a letter and a symbol on the top, and a Greek letter on the front. For example, the `L' key had an `L' and a two-way arrow on the top, and the Greek letter lambda on the front. By pressing this key with the right hand while playing an appropriate `chord' with the left hand on the shift keys, you could get the following results: L lowercase l shift-L uppercase L front-L lowercase lambda front-shift-L uppercase lambda top-L two-way arrow (front and shift are ignored) And of course each of these might also be typed with any combination of the control, meta, hyper, and super keys. On this keyboard, you could type over 8000 different characters! This allowed the user to type very complicated mathematical text, and also to have thousands of single-character commands at his disposal. Many hackers were actually willing to memorize the command meanings of that many characters if it reduced typing time (this attitude obviously shaped the interface of EMACS). Other hackers, however, thought having that many bucky bits was overkill, and objected that such a keyboard can require three or four hands to operate. See {bucky bits}, {cokebottle}, {double bucky}, {meta bit}, {quadruple bucky}. Note: early versions of this entry incorrectly identified the space-cadet keyboard with the `Knight keyboard'. Though both were designed by Tom Knight, the latter term was properly applied only to a keyboard used for ITS on the PDP-10 and modeled on the Stanford keyboard (as described under {bucky bits}). The true space-cadet keyboard evolved from the first Knight keyboard. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
spaceship operator n. The glyph `<=>', so-called apparently because in the low-resolution constant-width font used on many terminals it vaguely resembles a flying saucer. {Perl} uses this to denote the signum-of-difference operation. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SkipJack (National Security Agency) which encrypts 64-bit blocks of data with an 80-bit key. It is used in the {Clipper} chip, a {VLSI} device with an {ARM} processor core, which is intended to perform cryptographic operations while allowing the security agencies listen in. There are (apparently) two agencies, both of whom have to agree that there is a valid reason to decode a message. Don't laugh, they are serious. [Algorithm?] (1995-12-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
space complexity required by an {algorithm} varies with the size of the problem it is solving. Space complexity is normally expressed as an order of magnitude, e.g. O(N^2) means that if the size of the problem (N) doubles then four times as much working storage will be needed. See also {computational complexity}, {time complexity}. (1996-05-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
space-cadet keyboard A now-legendary device used on {MIT} {Lisp} machines, which inspired several still-current jargon terms and influenced the design of {Emacs}. It was equipped with no fewer than *seven* shift keys: four keys for {bucky bits} ("control", "meta", "hyper", and "super") and three like regular shift keys, called "shift", "top", and "front". Many keys had three symbols on them: a letter and a symbol on the top, and a Greek letter on the front. For example, the "L" key had an "L" and a two-way arrow on the top, and the Greek letter lambda on the front. By pressing this key with the right hand while playing an appropriate "chord" with the left hand on the shift keys, you could get the following results: L lowercase l shift-L uppercase L front-L lowercase lambda front-shift-L uppercase lambda top-L two-way arrow (front and shift are ignored) And of course each of these might also be typed with any combination of the control, meta, hyper, and super keys. On this keyboard, you could type over 8000 different characters! This allowed the user to type very complicated mathematical text, and also to have thousands of single-character commands at his disposal. Many hackers were actually willing to memorise the command meanings of that many characters if it reduced typing time (this attitude obviously shaped the interface of {Emacs}). Other hackers, however, thought that many {bucky bit}s was overkill, and objected that such a keyboard can require three or four hands to operate. See {cokebottle}, {double bucky}, {meta bit}, {quadruple bucky}. Note: early versions of this entry incorrectly identified the space-cadet keyboard with the "Knight keyboard". Though both were designed by Tom Knight, the latter term was properly applied only to a keyboard used for {ITS} on the {PDP-10} and modelled on the Stanford keyboard (as described under {bucky bits}). The true space-cadet keyboard evolved from the Knight keyboard. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Speakeasy Simple array-oriented language with numerical integration and differentiation, graphical output, aimed at statistical analysis. ["Speakeasy", S. Cohen, SIGPLAN Notices 9(4), (Apr 1974)]. ["Speakeasy-3 Reference Manual", S. Cohen et al. 1976]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
speech synthesis The generation of an sound waveform of human speech from a textual or phonetic description. See also {speech recognition}. There are demonstrations which {say a number (http://www.cs.yale.edu/cgi-bin/saynumber.au)} or {say a phrase (http://wwwtios.cs.utwente.nl/say/form/)}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
subject a collection of {classes} or class fragments whose {class hierarchy} models its domain in its own, subjective way. A subject may be a complete application in itself, or it may be an incomplete fragment that must be composed with other subjects to produce a complete application. Subject composition combines class hierarchies to produce new subjects that incorporate functionality from existing subjects. (1999-08-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
subject index references to other resources, categorised by subject, usually in a {hierarchy}. {Yahoo} is the most popular {Internet} subject index. Like most {other subject indices (http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/World_Wide_Web/Searching_the_Web/Web_Directories/)}, Yahoo is arranged {ontologically}. Subject indices are not to be confused with {search engines}, which are based not on subject, but instead on {relevance}, although (1) this difference is often (possibly rightly) hidden from the unsophisticated user, and (2) future integration of {knowledge representation} into relevance ranking {algorithms} will make this a hazy distinction. (1997-04-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
subject-oriented programming {object-oriented} systems as compositions of {subjects}, extending systems by composing them with new subjects, and integrating systems by composing them with one another (perhaps with {glue} or adapter subjects). The flexibility of subject composition introduces novel opportunities for developing and modularising object-oriented programs. Subject-oriented programming-in-the-large involves dividing a system into subjects and writing rules to compose them correctly. It complements {object-oriented programming}, solving a number of problems that arise when OOP is used to develop large systems or suites of interoperating or integrated applications. {IBM subject-oriented programming (http://www.research.ibm.com/sop/)}. (1999-08-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Sybase SQL Server {Adaptive Server Enterprise} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sea of Jazer (Jer. 48:32), a lake, now represented by some ponds in the high valley in which the Ammonite city of Jazer lies, the ruins of which are called Sar. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Spices aromatic substances, of which several are named in Ex. 30. They were used in the sacred anointing oil (Ex. 25:6; 35:8; 1 Chr. 9:29), and in embalming the dead (2 Chr. 16:14; Luke 23:56; 24:1; John 19:39, 40). Spices were stored by Hezekiah in his treasure-house (2 Kings 20:13; Isa. 39:2). |