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Saponin \Sap"o*nin\, n. [L. sapo, -onis soap: cf. F. saponine.] (Chem.) A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort ({Saponaria}), in the bark of soap bark ({Quillaia}), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local an[91]sthesia. Formerly called also {struthiin}, {quillaiin}, {senegin}, {polygalic acid}, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type. | |
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Savement \Save"ment\, n. The act of saving. [Obs.] | |
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Scapement \Scape"ment\, n. [See {Scape}, v., {Escapement}.] Same as {Escapement}, 3. | |
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Sepiment \Sep"i*ment\, n. [L. sepimentum, saepimentum, from sepire, saepire, to hedge in.] Something that separates; a hedge; a fence. [R.] --Bailey. | |
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Wonder \Won"der\, n. [OE. wonder, wunder, AS. wundor; akin to D. wonder, OS. wundar, OHG. wuntar, G. wunder, Icel. undr, Sw. & Dan. under, and perhaps to Gr. [?] to gaze at.] 1. That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not well understood; surprise; astonishment; admiration; amazement. They were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. --Acts iii. 10. Wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance. --Johnson. Note: Wonder expresses less than astonishment, and much less than amazement. It differs from admiration, as now used, in not being necessarily accompanied with love, esteem, or approbation. 2. A cause of wonder; that which excites surprise; a strange thing; a prodigy; a miracle. [bd] Babylon, the wonder of all tongues.[b8] --Milton. To try things oft, and never to give over, doth wonders. --Bacon. I am as a wonder unto many. --Ps. lxxi. 7. {Seven wonders of the world}. See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. | |
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World \World\, n. [OE. world, werld, weorld, weoreld, AS. weorold, worold; akin to OS. werold, D. wereld, OHG. weralt, worolt, werolt, werlt, G. welt, Icel. ver[94]ld, Sw. verld, Dan. verden; properly, the age of man, lifetime, humanity; AS. wer a man + a word akin to E. old; cf. AS. yld lifetime, age, ylde men, humanity. Cf. {Werewolf}, {Old}.] 1. The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe. The invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen. --Rom. 1. 20. With desire to know, What nearer might concern him, how this world Of heaven and earth conspicuous first began. --Milton. 2. Any planet or heavenly body, especially when considered as inhabited, and as the scene of interests analogous with human interests; as, a plurality of worlds. [bd]Lord of the worlds above.[b8] --I. Watts. Amongst innumerable stars, that shone Star distant, but high-hand seemed other worlds. --Milton. There may be other worlds, where the inhabitants have never violated their allegiance to their almighty Sovereign. --W. B. Sprague. 3. The earth and its inhabitants, with their concerns; the sum of human affairs and interests. That forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe. --Milton. 4. In a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given point of view; also, state of existence; scene of life and action; as, the Old World; the New World; the religious world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future world; the heathen world. One of the greatest in the Christian world Shall be my surety. --Shak. Murmuring that now they must be put to make war beyond the world's end -- for so they counted Britain. --Milton. 5. The customs, practices, and interests of men; general affairs of life; human society; public affairs and occupations; as, a knowledge of the world. Happy is she that from the world retires. --Waller. If knowledge of the world makes man perfidious, May Juba ever live in ignorance. --Addison. 6. Individual experience of, or concern with, life; course of life; sum of the affairs which affect the individual; as, to begin the world with no property; to lose all, and begin the world anew. 7. The inhabitants of the earth; the human race; people in general; the public; mankind. Since I do purpose to marry, I will think nothing to any purpose that the world can say against it. --Shak. Tell me, wench, how will the world repute me For undertaking so unstaid a journey? --Shak. 8. The earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven; concerns of this life as distinguished from those of the life to come; the present existence and its interests; hence, secular affairs; engrossment or absorption in the affairs of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly or wicked part of mankind. I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. --John xvii. 9. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. --1 John ii. 15, 16. 9. As an emblem of immensity, a great multitude or quantity; a large number. [bd]A world of men.[b8] --Chapman. [bd]A world of blossoms for the bee.[b8] --Bryant. Nor doth this wood lack worlds of company. --Shak. A world of woes dispatched in little space. --Dryden. {All . . . in the world}, all that exists; all that is possible; as, all the precaution in the world would not save him. {A world to see}, a wonder to see; something admirable or surprising to see. [Obs.] O, you are novices; 't is a world to see How tame, when men and women are alone, A meacock wretch can make the curstest shrew. --Shak. {For all the world}. (a) Precisely; exactly. (b) For any consideration. {Seven wonders of the world}. See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. {To go to the world}, to be married. [Obs.] [bd]Thus goes every one to the world but I . . .; I may sit in a corner and cry heighho for a husband![b8] --Shak. {World's end}, the end, or most distant part, of the world; the remotest regions. {World without end}, eternally; forever; everlastingly; as if in a state of existence having no end. Throughout all ages, world without end. --Eph. iii. 21. | |
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Seven \Sev"en\, a. [OE. seven, seoven, seofen, AS. seofon, seofan, seofen; akin to D. zeven, OS., Goth., & OHG. sibun, G. sieben, Icel. sjau, sj[94], Sw. sju, Dan. syv, Lith. septyni, Russ. seme, W. saith, Gael. seachd, Ir. seacht, L. septem, Gr. [?][?][?], Skr. saptan. [root]305. Cf. {Hebdomad}, {Heptagon}, {September}.] One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week. {Seven sciences}. See the Note under {Science}, n., 4. {Seven stars} (Astron.), the Pleiades. {Seven wonders of the world}. See under {Wonders}. {Seven-year apple} (Bot.), a rubiaceous shrub ({Genipa clusiifolia}) growing in the West Indies; also, its edible fruit. {Seven-year vine} (Bot.), a tropical climbing plant ({Ipom[oe]a tuberosa}) related to the morning-glory. | |
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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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Shipman \Ship"man\, n.; pl. {Shipmen}. A seaman, or sailor. [Obs. or Poetic] --Chaucer. R. Browning. About midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country. --Acts xxvii. 27. {Shipman's card}, the mariner's compass. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Shipman \Ship"man\, n.; pl. {Shipmen}. A seaman, or sailor. [Obs. or Poetic] --Chaucer. R. Browning. About midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country. --Acts xxvii. 27. {Shipman's card}, the mariner's compass. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Shipman \Ship"man\, n.; pl. {Shipmen}. A seaman, or sailor. [Obs. or Poetic] --Chaucer. R. Browning. About midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country. --Acts xxvii. 27. {Shipman's card}, the mariner's compass. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Shipment \Ship"ment\, n. 1. The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West. 2. That which is shipped. The question is, whether the share of M. in the shipment is exempted from condemnation by reason of his neutral domicle. --Story. | |
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Shoe \Shoe\, n.; pl. {Shoes}, formerly {Shoon}, now provincial. [OE. sho, scho, AS. sc[?]h, sce[a2]h; akin to OFries. sk[?], OS. sk[?]h, D. schoe, schoen, G. schuh, OHG. scuoh, Icel. sk[?]r, Dan. & Sw. sko, Goth. sk[?]hs; of unknown origin.] 1. A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg. Your hose should be ungartered, . . . yourshoe untied. --Shak. Spare none but such as go in clouted shoon. --Shak. 2. Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use. Specifically: (a) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury. (b) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow. (c) A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill. (d) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion. (e) (Arch.) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building. (f) (Milling.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone. (g) An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill. (h) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter. (i) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile. (j) (Mach.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also {slipper}, and {gib}. Note: Shoe is often used adjectively, or in composition; as, shoe buckle, or shoe-buckle; shoe latchet, or shoe-latchet; shoe leathet, or shoe-leather; shoe string, shoe-string, or shoestring. {Shoe of an anchor}. (Naut.) (a) A small block of wood, convex on the back, with a hole to receive the point of the anchor fluke, -- used to prevent the anchor from tearing the planks of the vessel when raised or lowered. (b) A broad, triangular piece of plank placed upon the fluke to give it a better hold in soft ground. {Shoe block} (Naut.), a block with two sheaves, one above the other, and at right angles to each other. {Shoe bolt}, a bolt with a flaring head, for fastening shoes on sleigh runners. {Shoe pac}, a kind of moccasin. See {Pac}. {Shoe stone}, a sharpening stone used by shoemakers and other workers in leather. | |
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Shopman \Shop"man\, n.; pl. {Shopmen}. 1. A shopkeeper; a retailer. --Dryden. 2. One who serves in a shop; a salesman. 3. One who works in a shop or a factory. | |
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Shopman \Shop"man\, n.; pl. {Shopmen}. 1. A shopkeeper; a retailer. --Dryden. 2. One who serves in a shop; a salesman. 3. One who works in a shop or a factory. | |
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Shopwoman \Shop"wom`an\, n.; pl. {Shopwomen}. A woman employed in a shop. | |
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Shopwoman \Shop"wom`an\, n.; pl. {Shopwomen}. A woman employed in a shop. | |
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Souvenance \Sou"ve*nance\, Sovenaunce \So"ve*naunce\, n. [F. souvenance.] Remembrance. [Obs.] Of his way he had no sovenance. --Spenser. | |
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Souvenance \Sou"ve*nance\, Sovenaunce \So"ve*naunce\, n. [F. souvenance.] Remembrance. [Obs.] Of his way he had no sovenance. --Spenser. | |
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Spaeman \Spae"man\, n. A prophet; a diviner. [Scot.] | |
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Span \Span\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spanned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spanning}.] [AS. pannan; akin to D. & G. spannen, OHG. spannan, Sw. sp[84]nna, Dan. sp[91]nde, Icel. spenna, and perh. to Gr. [?] to draw, to drag, L. spatium space. [root]170. Cf. {Spin}, v. t., {Space}, {Spasm}.] 1. To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder. My right hand hath spanned the heavens. --Isa. xiviii. 13. 2. To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch. The rivers were spanned by arches of solid masonry. --prescott. 3. To fetter, as a horse; to hobble. | |
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Spawn \Spawn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spawning}.] [OE. spanen, OF. espandre, properly, to shed, spread, L. expandere to spread out. See {Expand}.] 1. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do. 2. To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt. One edition [of books] spawneth another. --Fuller. | |
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Spininess \Spin"i*ness\, n. Quality of being spiny. | |
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Spin \Spin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spun}(Archaic imp. {Span}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spinning}.] [AS. spinnan; akin to D. & G. spinnen, Icel. & Sw. spinna, Dan. spinde, Goth. spinnan, and probably to E. span. [root]170. Cf. {Span}, v. t., {Spider}.] 1. To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material. All the yarn she [Penelope] spun in Ulysses' absence did but fill Ithaca full of moths. --Shak. 2. To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process, or by degrees; to extend to a great length; -- with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject. Do you mean that story is tediously spun out? --Sheridan. 3. To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness. By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives. --L'Estrange. 4. To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top. 5. To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, or the like) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; -- said of the spider, the silkworm, etc. 6. (Mech.) To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe. {To spin a yarn} (Naut.), to tell a story, esp. a long or fabulous tale. {To spin hay} (Mil.), to twist it into ropes for convenient carriage on an expedition. {To spin street yarn}, to gad about gossiping. [Collog.] | |
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Spinning \Spin"ning\, a. & n. from {Spin}. {Spinning gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of the glands which form the material for spinning the silk of silkworms and other larv[91]. {Spinning house}, formerly a common name for a house of correction in England, the women confined therein being employed in spinning. {Spinning jenny} (Mach.), an engine or machine for spinning wool or cotton, by means of a large number of spindles revolving simultaneously. {Spinning mite} (Zo[94]l.), the red spider. {Spinning wheel}, a machine for spinning yarn or thread, in which a wheel drives a single spindle, and is itself driven by the hand, or by the foot acting on a treadle. | |
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Spinning \Spin"ning\, a. & n. from {Spin}. {Spinning gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of the glands which form the material for spinning the silk of silkworms and other larv[91]. {Spinning house}, formerly a common name for a house of correction in England, the women confined therein being employed in spinning. {Spinning jenny} (Mach.), an engine or machine for spinning wool or cotton, by means of a large number of spindles revolving simultaneously. {Spinning mite} (Zo[94]l.), the red spider. {Spinning wheel}, a machine for spinning yarn or thread, in which a wheel drives a single spindle, and is itself driven by the hand, or by the foot acting on a treadle. | |
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Spinning \Spin"ning\, a. & n. from {Spin}. {Spinning gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of the glands which form the material for spinning the silk of silkworms and other larv[91]. {Spinning house}, formerly a common name for a house of correction in England, the women confined therein being employed in spinning. {Spinning jenny} (Mach.), an engine or machine for spinning wool or cotton, by means of a large number of spindles revolving simultaneously. {Spinning mite} (Zo[94]l.), the red spider. {Spinning wheel}, a machine for spinning yarn or thread, in which a wheel drives a single spindle, and is itself driven by the hand, or by the foot acting on a treadle. | |
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Spinning \Spin"ning\, a. & n. from {Spin}. {Spinning gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of the glands which form the material for spinning the silk of silkworms and other larv[91]. {Spinning house}, formerly a common name for a house of correction in England, the women confined therein being employed in spinning. {Spinning jenny} (Mach.), an engine or machine for spinning wool or cotton, by means of a large number of spindles revolving simultaneously. {Spinning mite} (Zo[94]l.), the red spider. {Spinning wheel}, a machine for spinning yarn or thread, in which a wheel drives a single spindle, and is itself driven by the hand, or by the foot acting on a treadle. | |
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Spinning \Spin"ning\, a. & n. from {Spin}. {Spinning gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of the glands which form the material for spinning the silk of silkworms and other larv[91]. {Spinning house}, formerly a common name for a house of correction in England, the women confined therein being employed in spinning. {Spinning jenny} (Mach.), an engine or machine for spinning wool or cotton, by means of a large number of spindles revolving simultaneously. {Spinning mite} (Zo[94]l.), the red spider. {Spinning wheel}, a machine for spinning yarn or thread, in which a wheel drives a single spindle, and is itself driven by the hand, or by the foot acting on a treadle. | |
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3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede. 4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb. --Milton. 5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass. According to the common vicissitude and wheel of things, the proud and the insolent, after long trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled upon themselves. --South. [He] throws his steep flight in many an a[89]ry wheel. --Milton. {A wheel within a wheel}, [or] {Wheels within wheels}, a complication of circumstances, motives, etc. {Balance wheel}. See in the Vocab. {Bevel wheel}, {Brake wheel}, {Cam wheel}, {Fifth wheel}, {Overshot wheel}, {Spinning wheel}, etc. See under {Bevel}, {Brake}, etc. {Core wheel}. (Mach.) (a) A mortise gear. (b) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear. {Measuring wheel}, an odometer, or perambulator. {Wheel and axle} (Mech.), one of the elementary machines or mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel fixed to an axle, and used for raising great weights, by applying the power to the circumference of the wheel, and attaching the weight, by a rope or chain, to that of the axle. Called also {axis in peritrochio}, and {perpetual lever}, -- the principle of equilibrium involved being the same as in the lever, while its action is continuous. See {Mechanical powers}, under {Mechanical}. {Wheel animal}, or {Wheel animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the anterior end. {Wheel barometer}. (Physics) See under {Barometer}. {Wheel boat}, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water or upon inclined planes or railways. {Wheel bug} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American hemipterous insect ({Prionidus cristatus}) which sucks the blood of other insects. So named from the curious shape of the prothorax. {Wheel carriage}, a carriage moving on wheels. {Wheel chains}, or {Wheel ropes} (Naut.), the chains or ropes connecting the wheel and rudder. {Wheel cutter}, a machine for shaping the cogs of gear wheels; a gear cutter. {Wheel horse}, one of the horses nearest to the wheels, as opposed to a leader, or forward horse; -- called also {wheeler}. {Wheel lathe}, a lathe for turning railway-car wheels. {Wheel lock}. (a) A letter lock. See under {Letter}. (b) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel. (c) A kind of brake a carriage. {Wheel ore} (Min.), a variety of bournonite so named from the shape of its twin crystals. See {Bournonite}. {Wheel pit} (Steam Engine), a pit in the ground, in which the lower part of the fly wheel runs. {Wheel plow}, or {Wheel plough}, a plow having one or two wheels attached, to render it more steady, and to regulate the depth of the furrow. {Wheel press}, a press by which railway-car wheels are forced on, or off, their axles. {Wheel race}, the place in which a water wheel is set. {Wheel rope} (Naut.), a tiller rope. See under {Tiller}. {Wheel stitch} (Needlework), a stitch resembling a spider's web, worked into the material, and not over an open space. --Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework). {Wheel tree} (Bot.), a tree ({Aspidosperma excelsum}) of Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a coarsely made wheel. See {Paddlewood}. {Wheel urchin} (Zo[94]l.), any sea urchin of the genus {Rotula} having a round, flat shell. {Wheel window} (Arch.), a circular window having radiating mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. {Rose window}, under {Rose}. | |
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Spinning \Spin"ning\, a. & n. from {Spin}. {Spinning gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of the glands which form the material for spinning the silk of silkworms and other larv[91]. {Spinning house}, formerly a common name for a house of correction in England, the women confined therein being employed in spinning. {Spinning jenny} (Mach.), an engine or machine for spinning wool or cotton, by means of a large number of spindles revolving simultaneously. {Spinning mite} (Zo[94]l.), the red spider. {Spinning wheel}, a machine for spinning yarn or thread, in which a wheel drives a single spindle, and is itself driven by the hand, or by the foot acting on a treadle. | |
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Spuminess \Spum"i*ness\, n. The quality or condition of being spumy; spumescence. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Spume \Spume\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Spumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spuming}.] [L. spumare.] To froth; to foam. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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Submammary \Sub*mam"ma*ry\, a. Situated under the mamm[91]; as, submammary inflammation. | |
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Submentum \Sub*men"tum\, n.; pl. {Submenta}. [NL. See {Sub-}, and {Mentum}.] (Zo[94]l.) The basal part of the labium of insects. It bears the mentum. | |
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Submental \Sub*men"tal\, a. (Anat.) Situated under the chin; as, the submental artery. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Submentum \Sub*men"tum\, n.; pl. {Submenta}. [NL. See {Sub-}, and {Mentum}.] (Zo[94]l.) The basal part of the labium of insects. It bears the mentum. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subminister \Sub*min"is*ter\, v. t. [L. subministrare, subministratum. See {Sub-}, and {Ministre}, v. t.] To supply; to afford. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Subminister \Sub*min"is*ter\, v. i. To be subservient; to be useful. [Obs.] [bd]Our passions . . . subminister to the best and worst purposes.[b8] --L'EStrange. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subministrant \Sub*min"is*trant\, a. [L. subministrans, p. pr.] Subordinate; subservient. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subministrate \Sub*min"is*trate\, v. t. [See {Subminister}.] To supply; to afford; to subminister. [Obs.] --Harvey. | |
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Subministration \Sub*min`is*tra"tion\, n. [L. subministratio.] The act of subministering. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Submonish \Sub*mon"ish\, v. t. [L. submonere. See {Summon}, and {-ish}.] To suggest; to prompt. [R.] [bd]The submonishing inclinations of my senses.[b8] --T. Granger. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Submonition \Sub`mo*ni"tion\, n. [LL. submonitio.] Suggestion; prompting. [R.] --T. Granger. | |
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Subvene \Sub*vene"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Subvened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subvening}.] [Pref. sub- + L. venire to come. See {Subvention}.] To come under, as a support or stay; to happen. A future state must needs subvene to prevent the whole edifice from falling into ruin. --Bp. Warburton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supine \Su*pine"\, a. [L. supinus, akin to sub under, super above. Cf. {Sub-}, {Super-}.] 1. Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone. 2. Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined. If the vine On rising ground be placed, or hills supine. --Dryden. 3. Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless. He became pusillanimous and supine, and openly exposed to any temptation. --Woodward. Syn: Negligent; heedless; indolent; thoughtless; inattentive; listless; careless; drowsy. -- {Su*pine"ly}, adv. -- {Su*pine"ness}, n. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sabana Eneas, PR (comunidad, FIPS 73372) Location: 18.08414 N, 67.08538 W Population (1990): 1817 (691 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Shipman, IL (town, FIPS 69563) Location: 39.12079 N, 90.04520 W Population (1990): 624 (247 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
spamming {spam} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
spanning tree algorithm An IEEE 802.1 standard under consideration which will provide distributed routing over multiple LANs connected by bridges. |