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Lizard \Liz"ard\, n. [OE. lesarde, OF. lesarde, F. l[82]zard, L. lacerta, lacertus. Cf. {Alligator}, {Lacerta}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the Hatteria. Note: Most lizards have an elongated body, with four legs, and a long tail; but there are some without legs, and some with a short, thick tail. Most have scales, but some are naked; most have eyelids, but some do not. The tongue is varied in form and structure. In some it is forked, in others, as the chameleons, club-shaped, and very extensible. See {Amphisb[91]na}, {Chameleon}, {Gecko}, {Gila monster}, {Horned toad}, {Iguana}, and {Dragon}, 6. 2. (Naut.) A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends. --R. H. Dana, Ir. 3. A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field. {Lizard fish} (Zo[94]l.), a marine scopeloid fish of the genus {Synodus}, or {Saurus}, esp. {S. f[d2]tens} of the Southern United States and West Indies; -- called also {sand pike}. {Lizard snake} (Zo[94]l.), the garter snake ({Eut[91]nia sirtalis}). {Lizard stone} (Min.), a kind of serpentine from near Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, -- used for ornamental purposes. | |
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Sabbaton \Sab"ba*ton\, n. [Cf. Sp. zapaton, a large shoe, F. sabot a wooden shoe.] A round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a part of the sixteenth century in both military and civil dress. | |
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Safety \Safe"ty\, n. [Cf. F. sauvet[82].] 1. The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss. Up led by thee, Into the heaven I have presumed, An earthly guest . . . With like safety guided down, Return me to my native element. --Milton. 2. Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc. Would there were any safety in thy sex, That I might put a thousand sorrows off, And credit thy repentance! --Beau. & Fl. 3. Preservation from escape; close custody. Imprison him, . . . Deliver him to safety; and return. --Shak. 4. (Football) Same as Safety touchdown, below. {Safety arch} (Arch.), a discharging arch. See under {Discharge}, v. t. {Safety belt}, a belt made of some buoyant material, or which is capable of being inflated, so as to enable a person to float in water; a life preserver. {Safety buoy}, a buoy to enable a person to float in water; a safety belt. {Safety cage} (Mach.), a cage for an elevator or mine lift, having appliances to prevent it from dropping if the lifting rope should break. {Safety lamp}. (Mining) See under {Lamp}. {Safety match}, a match which can be ignited only on a surface specially prepared for the purpose. {Safety pin}, a pin made in the form of a clasp, with a guard covering its point so that it will not prick the wearer. {Safety plug}. See {Fusible plug}, under {Fusible}. {Safety switch}. See {Switch}. {Safety touchdown} (Football), the act or result of a player's touching to the ground behind his own goal line a ball which received its last impulse from a man on his own side; -- distinguished from touchback. See {Touchdown}. | |
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Sapidness \Sap"id*ness\, n. Quality of being sapid; sapidity. When the Israelites fancied the sapidness and relish of the fleshpots, they longed to taste and to return. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Scabbedness \Scab"bed*ness\, n. Scabbiness. | |
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d8Burschenschaft \[d8]Bur"schen*schaft`\, n.; pl. {-schaften}. [G.] In Germany, any of various associations of university students formed (the original one at Jena in 1815) to support liberal ideas, or the organization formed by the affiliation of the local bodies. The organization was suppressed by the government in 1819, but was secretly revived, and is now openly maintained as a social organization, the restrictive laws having been repealed prior to 1849. -- {Bur"schen*schaft`ler}, {-schaf`ter}, n. | |
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Sea pudding \Sea" pud"ding\ (Zo[94]l.) Any large holothurian. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Septane \Sep"tane\, n. [L. septem seven.] (Chem.) See {Heptane}. [R.] | |
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Septangle \Sep"tan`gle\, n. [Septi- + angle.] (Geom.) A figure which has seven angles; a heptagon. [R.] | |
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Septangular \Sep*tan"gu*lar\, a. Heptagonal. | |
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September \Sep*tem"ber\, n. [L., fr. septem seven, as being the seventh month of the Roman year, which began with March: cf. F. septembre. See {Seven}.] The ninth month of the year, containing thurty days. | |
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Septemberer \Sep*tem"ber*er\, n. A Setembrist. --Carlyle. | |
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Septembrist \Sep*tem"brist\, n. [F. septembriste.] An agent in the massacres in Paris, committed in patriotic frenzy, on the 22d of September, 1792. | |
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Septemfluous \Sep*tem"flu*ous\, a.[L. septemfluus; septem seven + fluere to flow.] Flowing sevenfold; divided into seven streams or currents. [R.] --Fuller. | |
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Septempartite \Sep*tem"par*tite\, a. [L. septem seven + E. partite.] Divided nearly to the base into seven parts; as, a septempartite leaf. | |
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Septemtrioun \Sep*tem"tri*oun\, n. Septentrion. [Obs.] | |
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Septemvirate \Sep*tem"vi*rate\, n.[L. septemviratus.] The office of septemvir; a government by septimvirs. | |
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d8Septemvir \[d8]Sep*tem"vir\, n.; pl. E. {Septemvirs}, L. {Septemviri}. [L. septemviri, pl.; septem seven + viri, pl. of vir man.] (Rom. Hist.) One of a board of seven men associated in some office. | |
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d8Septemvir \[d8]Sep*tem"vir\, n.; pl. E. {Septemvirs}, L. {Septemviri}. [L. septemviri, pl.; septem seven + viri, pl. of vir man.] (Rom. Hist.) One of a board of seven men associated in some office. | |
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Septenary \Sep"ten*a*ry\, a. [L. septenairus, from septeni seven each, septem seven: cf. F. sept[82]naire. See {Seven}. ] 1. Consisting of, or relating to, seven; as, a septenary number. --I. Watts. 2. Lasting seven years; continuing seven years. [bd]Septenary penance.[b8] --Fuller. | |
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Septenary \Sep"ten*a*ry\, n. The number seven. [R.] --Holinshed. | |
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Septenate \Sep"ten*ate\, a. [L. septeni seven each.] (Bot.) Having parts in sevens; heptamerous. | |
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Septennate \Sep*ten"nate\, n. [F. septennat.] A period of seven years; as, the septennate during which the President of the French Republic holds office. | |
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Septennial \Sep*ten"ni*al\, a. [L. septennium a period of seven years; septem seven + annus year. See {Seven}, and {Annual}.] 1. Lasting or continuing seven years; as, septennial parliaments. 2. Happening or returning once in every seven years; as, septennial elections in England. | |
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Septennially \Sep*ten"ni*al*ly\, adv. Once in seven years. | |
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Septentrial \Sep*ten"tri*al\, a. Septentrional. --Drayton. | |
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Septentrion \Sep*ten"tri*on\, n. [L. septentrio the northern regions, the north, fr. septentriones the seven stars near the north pole, called Charles's Wain, or the Great Bear, also those called the Little Bear; properly, the seven plow oxen; septem seven + trio, orig., a plow ox: cf. F. septentrion.] The north or northern regions. --Shak. Both East West, South and Septentrioun. --Chaucer. | |
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Septentrion \Sep*ten"tri*on\, Septentrional \Sep*ten"tri*on*al\, a. [L. septentrionalis: cf. F. septentrional.] Of or pertaining to the north; northern. [bd]From cold septentrion blasts.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Septentrion \Sep*ten"tri*on\, Septentrional \Sep*ten"tri*on*al\, a. [L. septentrionalis: cf. F. septentrional.] Of or pertaining to the north; northern. [bd]From cold septentrion blasts.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Septentrionality \Sep*ten`tri*on*al"i*ty\, n. Northerliness. | |
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Septentrionally \Sep*ten"tri*on*al*ly\, adv. Northerly. | |
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Septentrionate \Sep*ten"tri*on*ate\, v. i. To tend or point toward the north; to north. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Septimole \Sep"ti*mole\, n. [L. septem seven.] (Mus.) A group of seven notes to be played in the time of four or six. | |
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Septinsular \Sep*tin"su*lar\, a. [Septi- + insular.] Consisting of seven islands; as, the septinsular republic of the Ionian Isles. | |
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Septomaxillary \Sep`to*max"il*la*ry\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the nasal septum and the maxilla; situated in the region of these parts. -- n. A small bone between the nasal septum and the maxilla in many reptiles and amphibians. | |
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Shafting \Shaft"ing\, n. (Mach.) Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion. | |
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Shaftman \Shaft"man\, Shaftment \Shaft"ment\, n. [AS. sceaftmund.] A measure of about six inches. [Obs.] | |
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Shaftman \Shaft"man\, Shaftment \Shaft"ment\, n. [AS. sceaftmund.] A measure of about six inches. [Obs.] | |
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Shiftiness \Shift"i*ness\, n. The quality or state of being shifty. Diplomatic shiftiness and political versatility. --J. A. Syminds. | |
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Shift \Shift\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shifting}.] [OE. shiften, schiften, to divide, change, remove. AS. sciftan to divide; akin to LG. & D. schiften to divide, distinguish, part Icel. skipta to divide, to part, to shift, to change, Dan skifte, Sw. skifta, and probably to Icel. sk[c6]fa to cut into slices, as n., a slice, and to E. shive, sheave, n., shiver, n.] 1. To divide; to distribute; to apportion. [Obs.] To which God of his bounty would shift Crowns two of flowers well smelling. --Chaucer. 2. To change the place of; to move or remove from one place to another; as, to shift a burden from one shoulder to another; to shift the blame. Hastily he schifte him[self]. --Piers Plowman. Pare saffron between the two St. Mary's days, Or set or go shift it that knowest the ways. --Tusser. 3. To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails. Carrying the oar loose, [they] shift it hither and thither at pleasure. --Sir W. Raleigh. 4. To exchange for another of the same class; to remove and to put some similar thing in its place; to change; as, to shift the clothes; to shift the scenes. I would advise you to shift a shirt. --Shak. 5. To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively. [Obs.] As it were to ride day and night; and . . . not to have patience to shift me. --Shak. 6. To put off or out of the way by some expedient. [bd]I shifted him away.[b8] --Shak. {To shift off}, to delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside. {To shift the scene}, to change the locality or the surroundings, as in a play or a story. Shift the scene for half an hour; Time and place are in thy power. --Swift. | |
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Shifting \Shift"ing\, a. 1. Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles. 2. Adapted or used for shifting anything. {Shifting backstays} (Naut.), temporary stays that have to be let go whenever the vessel tacks or jibes. {Shifting ballast}, ballast which may be moved from one side of a vessel to another as safety requires. {Shifting center}. See {Metacenter}. {Shifting locomotive}. See {Switching engine}, under {Switch}. | |
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Use \Use\, n. [OE. us use, usage, L. usus, from uti, p. p. usus, to use. See {Use}, v. t.] 1. The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use. Books can never teach the use of books. --Bacon. This Davy serves you for good uses. --Shak. When he framed All things to man's delightful use. --Milton. 2. Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book. --Shak. 3. Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility. God made two great lights, great for their use To man. --Milton. 'T is use alone that sanctifies expense. --Pope. 4. Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit. Let later age that noble use envy. --Spenser. How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, Seem to me all the uses of this world! --Shak. 5. Common occurrence; ordinary experience. [R.] O C[91]sar! these things are beyond all use. --Shak. 6. (Eccl.) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc. From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but one use. --Pref. to Book of Common Prayer. 7. The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury. [Obs.] Thou art more obliged to pay duty and tribute, use and principal, to him. --Jer. Taylor. 8. [In this sense probably a corruption of OF. oes, fr. L. opus need, business, employment, work. Cf. {Operate}.] (Law) The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B. 9. (Forging) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging. {Contingent}, [or] {Springing}, {use} (Law), a use to come into operation on a future uncertain event. {In use}. (a) In employment; in customary practice observance. (b) In heat; -- said especially of mares. --J. H. Walsh. {Of no use}, useless; of no advantage. {Of use}, useful; of advantage; profitable. {Out of use}, not in employment. {Resulting use} (Law), a use, which, being limited by the deed, expires or can not vest, and results or returns to him who raised it, after such expiration. {Secondary}, [or] {Shifting}, {use}, a use which, though executed, may change from one to another by circumstances. --Blackstone. {Statute of uses} (Eng. Law), the stat. 27 Henry VIII., cap. 10, which transfers uses into possession, or which unites the use and possession. {To make use of}, {To put to use}, to employ; to derive service from; to use. | |
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Shifting \Shift"ing\, a. 1. Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles. 2. Adapted or used for shifting anything. {Shifting backstays} (Naut.), temporary stays that have to be let go whenever the vessel tacks or jibes. {Shifting ballast}, ballast which may be moved from one side of a vessel to another as safety requires. {Shifting center}. See {Metacenter}. {Shifting locomotive}. See {Switching engine}, under {Switch}. | |
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Shifting \Shift"ing\, a. 1. Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles. 2. Adapted or used for shifting anything. {Shifting backstays} (Naut.), temporary stays that have to be let go whenever the vessel tacks or jibes. {Shifting ballast}, ballast which may be moved from one side of a vessel to another as safety requires. {Shifting center}. See {Metacenter}. {Shifting locomotive}. See {Switching engine}, under {Switch}. | |
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Shifting \Shift"ing\, a. 1. Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles. 2. Adapted or used for shifting anything. {Shifting backstays} (Naut.), temporary stays that have to be let go whenever the vessel tacks or jibes. {Shifting ballast}, ballast which may be moved from one side of a vessel to another as safety requires. {Shifting center}. See {Metacenter}. {Shifting locomotive}. See {Switching engine}, under {Switch}. | |
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Shifting \Shift"ing\, a. 1. Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles. 2. Adapted or used for shifting anything. {Shifting backstays} (Naut.), temporary stays that have to be let go whenever the vessel tacks or jibes. {Shifting ballast}, ballast which may be moved from one side of a vessel to another as safety requires. {Shifting center}. See {Metacenter}. {Shifting locomotive}. See {Switching engine}, under {Switch}. | |
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Shiftingly \Shift"ing*ly\, adv. In a shifting manner. | |
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Sift \Sift\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sifting}.] [AS. siftan, from sife sieve. [root]151a. See {Sieve}.] 1. To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime. 2. To separate or part as if with a sieve. When yellow sands are sifted from below, The glittering billows give a golden show. --Dryden. 3. To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize. Sifting the very utmost sentence and syllable. --Hooker. Opportunity I here have had To try thee, sift thee. --Milton. Let him but narrowly sift his ideas. --I. Taylor. {To sift out}, to search out with care, as if by sifting. | |
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Soft \Soft\, a. [Compar. {Softer}; superl. {Softest}.] [OE. softe, AS. s[?]fte, properly adv. of s[?]fte, adj.; akin to OS. s[be]fto, adv., D. zacht, OHG. samfto, adv., semfti, adj., G. sanft, LG. sacht; of uncertain origin.] 1. Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to {hard}; as, a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth; soft wood or metal. 2. Not rough, rugged, or harsh to the touch; smooth; delicate; fine; as, soft silk; a soft skin. They that wear soft clothing are in king's houses. --Matt. xi. 8. 3. Hence, agreeable to feel, taste, or inhale; not irritating to the tissues; as, a soft liniment; soft wines. [bd]The soft, delicious air.[b8] --Milton. 4. Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring; pleasing to the eye; not exciting by intensity of color or violent contrast; as, soft hues or tints. The sun, shining upon the upper part of the clouds . . . made the softest lights imaginable. --Sir T. Browne. 5. Not harsh or rough in sound; gentle and pleasing to the ear; flowing; as, soft whispers of music. Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low, -- an excellent thing in woman. --Shak. Soft were my numbers; who could take offense? --Pope. 6. Easily yielding; susceptible to influence; flexible; gentle; kind. I would to God my heart were flint, like Edward's; Or Edward's soft and pitiful, like mine. --Shak. The meek or soft shall inherit the earth. --Tyndale. 7. Expressing gentleness, tenderness, or the like; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind; as, soft eyes. A soft answer turneth away wrath. --Prov. xv. 1. A face with gladness overspread, Soft smiles, by human kindness bred. --Wordsworth. 8. Effeminate; not courageous or manly, weak. A longing after sensual pleasures is a dissolution of the spirit of a man, and makes it loose, soft, and wandering. --Jer. Taylor. 9. Gentle in action or motion; easy. On her soft axle, white she paces even, And bears thee soft with the smooth air along. --Milton. 10. Weak in character; impressible. The deceiver soon found this soft place of Adam's. --Glanvill. 11. Somewhat weak in intellect. [Colloq.] He made soft fellows stark noddies, and such as were foolish quite mad. --Burton. 12. Quiet; undisturbed; paceful; as, soft slumbers. 13. Having, or consisting of, a gentle curve or curves; not angular or abrupt; as, soft outlines. 14. Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for washing. 15. (Phonetics) (a) Applied to a palatal, a sibilant, or a dental consonant (as g in gem, c in cent, etc.) as distinguished from a guttural mute (as g in go, c in cone, etc.); -- opposed to {hard}. (b) Belonging to the class of sonant elements as distinguished from the surd, and considered as involving less force in utterance; as, b, d, g, z, v, etc., in contrast with p, t, k, s, f, etc. {Soft clam} (Zo[94]l.), the common or long clam ({Mya arenaria}). See {Mya}. {Soft coal}, bituminous coal, as distinguished from anthracite, or hard, coal. {Soft crab} (Zo[94]l.), any crab which has recently shed its shell. {Soft dorsal} (Zo[94]l.), the posterior part of the dorsal fin of fishes when supported by soft rays. {Soft grass}. (Bot.) See {Velvet grass}. {Soft money}, paper money, as distinguished from coin, or hard money. [Colloq. U.S.] {Soft mute}. (Phonetics) See {Media}. {Soft palate}. See the Note under {Palate}. {Soft ray} (Zo[94]l.), a fin ray which is articulated and usually branched. {Soft soap}. See under {Soap}. {Soft-tack}, leavened bread, as distinguished from {hard-tack}, or {ship bread}. {Soft tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), any river tortoise of the genus Trionyx. See {Trionyx}. | |
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Soft \Soft\, a. [Compar. {Softer}; superl. {Softest}.] [OE. softe, AS. s[?]fte, properly adv. of s[?]fte, adj.; akin to OS. s[be]fto, adv., D. zacht, OHG. samfto, adv., semfti, adj., G. sanft, LG. sacht; of uncertain origin.] 1. Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to {hard}; as, a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth; soft wood or metal. 2. Not rough, rugged, or harsh to the touch; smooth; delicate; fine; as, soft silk; a soft skin. They that wear soft clothing are in king's houses. --Matt. xi. 8. 3. Hence, agreeable to feel, taste, or inhale; not irritating to the tissues; as, a soft liniment; soft wines. [bd]The soft, delicious air.[b8] --Milton. 4. Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring; pleasing to the eye; not exciting by intensity of color or violent contrast; as, soft hues or tints. The sun, shining upon the upper part of the clouds . . . made the softest lights imaginable. --Sir T. Browne. 5. Not harsh or rough in sound; gentle and pleasing to the ear; flowing; as, soft whispers of music. Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low, -- an excellent thing in woman. --Shak. Soft were my numbers; who could take offense? --Pope. 6. Easily yielding; susceptible to influence; flexible; gentle; kind. I would to God my heart were flint, like Edward's; Or Edward's soft and pitiful, like mine. --Shak. The meek or soft shall inherit the earth. --Tyndale. 7. Expressing gentleness, tenderness, or the like; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind; as, soft eyes. A soft answer turneth away wrath. --Prov. xv. 1. A face with gladness overspread, Soft smiles, by human kindness bred. --Wordsworth. 8. Effeminate; not courageous or manly, weak. A longing after sensual pleasures is a dissolution of the spirit of a man, and makes it loose, soft, and wandering. --Jer. Taylor. 9. Gentle in action or motion; easy. On her soft axle, white she paces even, And bears thee soft with the smooth air along. --Milton. 10. Weak in character; impressible. The deceiver soon found this soft place of Adam's. --Glanvill. 11. Somewhat weak in intellect. [Colloq.] He made soft fellows stark noddies, and such as were foolish quite mad. --Burton. 12. Quiet; undisturbed; paceful; as, soft slumbers. 13. Having, or consisting of, a gentle curve or curves; not angular or abrupt; as, soft outlines. 14. Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for washing. 15. (Phonetics) (a) Applied to a palatal, a sibilant, or a dental consonant (as g in gem, c in cent, etc.) as distinguished from a guttural mute (as g in go, c in cone, etc.); -- opposed to {hard}. (b) Belonging to the class of sonant elements as distinguished from the surd, and considered as involving less force in utterance; as, b, d, g, z, v, etc., in contrast with p, t, k, s, f, etc. {Soft clam} (Zo[94]l.), the common or long clam ({Mya arenaria}). See {Mya}. {Soft coal}, bituminous coal, as distinguished from anthracite, or hard, coal. {Soft crab} (Zo[94]l.), any crab which has recently shed its shell. {Soft dorsal} (Zo[94]l.), the posterior part of the dorsal fin of fishes when supported by soft rays. {Soft grass}. (Bot.) See {Velvet grass}. {Soft money}, paper money, as distinguished from coin, or hard money. [Colloq. U.S.] {Soft mute}. (Phonetics) See {Media}. {Soft palate}. See the Note under {Palate}. {Soft ray} (Zo[94]l.), a fin ray which is articulated and usually branched. {Soft soap}. See under {Soap}. {Soft-tack}, leavened bread, as distinguished from {hard-tack}, or {ship bread}. {Soft tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), any river tortoise of the genus Trionyx. See {Trionyx}. | |
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d8Media \[d8]Me"di*a\, n.; pl. {Medi[91]} (-[emac]). [NL., fr. L. medius middle.] (Phonetics) One of the sonant mutes [beta], [delta], [gamma] (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, [pi], [tau], [kappa] (p, t, k), and the aspirat[91] (aspirates) [phi], [theta], [chi] (ph or f, th, ch). Also called {middle mute}, or {medial}, and sometimes {soft mute}. | |
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Soft \Soft\, a. [Compar. {Softer}; superl. {Softest}.] [OE. softe, AS. s[?]fte, properly adv. of s[?]fte, adj.; akin to OS. s[be]fto, adv., D. zacht, OHG. samfto, adv., semfti, adj., G. sanft, LG. sacht; of uncertain origin.] 1. Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to {hard}; as, a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth; soft wood or metal. 2. Not rough, rugged, or harsh to the touch; smooth; delicate; fine; as, soft silk; a soft skin. They that wear soft clothing are in king's houses. --Matt. xi. 8. 3. Hence, agreeable to feel, taste, or inhale; not irritating to the tissues; as, a soft liniment; soft wines. [bd]The soft, delicious air.[b8] --Milton. 4. Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring; pleasing to the eye; not exciting by intensity of color or violent contrast; as, soft hues or tints. The sun, shining upon the upper part of the clouds . . . made the softest lights imaginable. --Sir T. Browne. 5. Not harsh or rough in sound; gentle and pleasing to the ear; flowing; as, soft whispers of music. Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low, -- an excellent thing in woman. --Shak. Soft were my numbers; who could take offense? --Pope. 6. Easily yielding; susceptible to influence; flexible; gentle; kind. I would to God my heart were flint, like Edward's; Or Edward's soft and pitiful, like mine. --Shak. The meek or soft shall inherit the earth. --Tyndale. 7. Expressing gentleness, tenderness, or the like; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind; as, soft eyes. A soft answer turneth away wrath. --Prov. xv. 1. A face with gladness overspread, Soft smiles, by human kindness bred. --Wordsworth. 8. Effeminate; not courageous or manly, weak. A longing after sensual pleasures is a dissolution of the spirit of a man, and makes it loose, soft, and wandering. --Jer. Taylor. 9. Gentle in action or motion; easy. On her soft axle, white she paces even, And bears thee soft with the smooth air along. --Milton. 10. Weak in character; impressible. The deceiver soon found this soft place of Adam's. --Glanvill. 11. Somewhat weak in intellect. [Colloq.] He made soft fellows stark noddies, and such as were foolish quite mad. --Burton. 12. Quiet; undisturbed; paceful; as, soft slumbers. 13. Having, or consisting of, a gentle curve or curves; not angular or abrupt; as, soft outlines. 14. Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for washing. 15. (Phonetics) (a) Applied to a palatal, a sibilant, or a dental consonant (as g in gem, c in cent, etc.) as distinguished from a guttural mute (as g in go, c in cone, etc.); -- opposed to {hard}. (b) Belonging to the class of sonant elements as distinguished from the surd, and considered as involving less force in utterance; as, b, d, g, z, v, etc., in contrast with p, t, k, s, f, etc. {Soft clam} (Zo[94]l.), the common or long clam ({Mya arenaria}). See {Mya}. {Soft coal}, bituminous coal, as distinguished from anthracite, or hard, coal. {Soft crab} (Zo[94]l.), any crab which has recently shed its shell. {Soft dorsal} (Zo[94]l.), the posterior part of the dorsal fin of fishes when supported by soft rays. {Soft grass}. (Bot.) See {Velvet grass}. {Soft money}, paper money, as distinguished from coin, or hard money. [Colloq. U.S.] {Soft mute}. (Phonetics) See {Media}. {Soft palate}. See the Note under {Palate}. {Soft ray} (Zo[94]l.), a fin ray which is articulated and usually branched. {Soft soap}. See under {Soap}. {Soft-tack}, leavened bread, as distinguished from {hard-tack}, or {ship bread}. {Soft tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), any river tortoise of the genus Trionyx. See {Trionyx}. | |
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d8Media \[d8]Me"di*a\, n.; pl. {Medi[91]} (-[emac]). [NL., fr. L. medius middle.] (Phonetics) One of the sonant mutes [beta], [delta], [gamma] (b, d, g), in Greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, [pi], [tau], [kappa] (p, t, k), and the aspirat[91] (aspirates) [phi], [theta], [chi] (ph or f, th, ch). Also called {middle mute}, or {medial}, and sometimes {soft mute}. | |
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Soften \Sof"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Softened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Softening}.] To make soft or more soft. Specifically: (a) To render less hard; -- said of matter. Their arrow's point they soften in the flame. --Gay. (b) To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable. Diffidence conciliates the proud, and softens the severe. --Rambler. (c) To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault. (d) To compose; to mitigate; to assuage. Music can soften pain to ease. --Pope. (e) To make calm and placid. All that cheers or softens life. --Pope. (f) To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality. He bore his great commision in his look, But tempered awe, and softened all he spoke. --Dryden. (g) To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture. (h) To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury. | |
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Soften \Sof"ten\, v. i. To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate. | |
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Soften \Sof"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Softened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Softening}.] To make soft or more soft. Specifically: (a) To render less hard; -- said of matter. Their arrow's point they soften in the flame. --Gay. (b) To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable. Diffidence conciliates the proud, and softens the severe. --Rambler. (c) To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault. (d) To compose; to mitigate; to assuage. Music can soften pain to ease. --Pope. (e) To make calm and placid. All that cheers or softens life. --Pope. (f) To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality. He bore his great commision in his look, But tempered awe, and softened all he spoke. --Dryden. (g) To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture. (h) To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury. | |
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Softener \Sof"ten*er\, n. One who, or that which, softens. [Written also, less properly, softner.] | |
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Softening \Sof"ten*ing\, a. & n. from {Soften}, v. {Softening of the brain}, [or] {Cerebral softening} (Med.), a localized softening of the brain substance, due to hemorrhage or inflammation. Three varieties, distinguished by their color and representing different stages of the morbid process, are known respectively as red, yellow, and white, softening. | |
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Soften \Sof"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Softened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Softening}.] To make soft or more soft. Specifically: (a) To render less hard; -- said of matter. Their arrow's point they soften in the flame. --Gay. (b) To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable. Diffidence conciliates the proud, and softens the severe. --Rambler. (c) To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault. (d) To compose; to mitigate; to assuage. Music can soften pain to ease. --Pope. (e) To make calm and placid. All that cheers or softens life. --Pope. (f) To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality. He bore his great commision in his look, But tempered awe, and softened all he spoke. --Dryden. (g) To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture. (h) To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury. | |
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Softening \Sof"ten*ing\, a. & n. from {Soften}, v. {Softening of the brain}, [or] {Cerebral softening} (Med.), a localized softening of the brain substance, due to hemorrhage or inflammation. Three varieties, distinguished by their color and representing different stages of the morbid process, are known respectively as red, yellow, and white, softening. | |
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Softner \Soft"ner\, n. See {Softener}. | |
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Softness \Soft"ness\, n. [AS. s[?]ftness, s[?]ftnyss.] The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to {hardness}, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective. | |
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Sopition \So*pi"tion\, n. The act of putting to sleep, or the state of being put to sleep; sleep. [Obs.] Dementation and sopition of reason. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Spade \Spade\, n. [AS. sp[91]d; spada; akin to D. spade, G. spaten, Icel. spa[edh]i, Dan. & Sw. spade, L. spatha a spatula, a broad two-edged sword, a spathe, Gr. spa`qh. Cf. {Epaulet}, {Spade} at cards, {Spathe}, {Spatula}.] 1. An implement for digging or cutting the ground, consisting usually of an oblong and nearly rectangular blade of iron, with a handle like that of a shovel. [bd]With spade and pickax armed.[b8] --Milton. 2. [Sp. espada, literally, a sword; -- so caused because these cards among the Spanish bear the figure of a sword. Sp. espada is fr. L. spatha, Gr. spa`qh. See the Etymology above.] One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade. [bd]Let spades be trumps![b8] she said. --Pope. 3. A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale. {Spade bayonet}, a bayonet with a broad blade which may be used digging; -- called also {trowel bayonet}. {Spade handle} (Mach.), the forked end of a connecting rod in which a pin is held at both ends. See Illust. of {Knuckle joint}, under {Knuckle}. | |
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Spade \Spade\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spading}.] To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade. | |
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d8Spado \[d8]Spa"do\, n.; pl. {Spadones}. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] 1. Same as {Spade}, 2. 2. (Law) An impotent person. | |
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Spatangoid \Spa*tan"goid\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Spatangoidea. -- n. One of the Spatangoidea. | |
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Spat \Spat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spatted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spatting}.] To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together; as the hands. [Local, U.S.] Little Isabel leaped up and down, spatting her hands. --Judd. | |
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Speed \Speed\, n. [AS. sp[?]d success, swiftness, from sp[?]wan to succeed; akin to D. spoedd, OHG. spuot success, spuot to succees, Skr. sph[be] to increase, grow fat. [root]170b.] 1. Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success. [bd]For common speed.[b8] --Chaucer. O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day. --Gen. xxiv. 12. 2. The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel. Speed, to describe whose swiftness number fails. --Milton. Note: In kinematics, speedis sometimes used to denote the amount of velocity without regard to direction of motion, while velocity is not regarded as known unless both the direction and the amount are known. 3. One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success. [Obs.] [bd]Hercules be thy speed![b8] --Shak. {God speed}, Good speed; prosperity. See {Godspeed}. {Speed gauge}, {Speed indicator}, [and] {Speed recorder} (Mach.), devices for indicating or recording the rate of a body's motion, as the number of revolutions of a shaft in a given time. {Speed lathe} (Mach.), a power lathe with a rapidly revolving spindle, for turning small objects, for polishing, etc.; a hand lathe. {Speed pulley}, a cone pulley with steps. Syn: Haste; swiftness; celerity; quickness; dispatch; expedition; hurry; acceleration. See {Haste}. | |
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Speediness \Speed"i*ness\, n. The quality or state of being speedy. | |
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Speed \Speed\ (sp[emac]d), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sped} (sp[ecr]d), {Speeded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Speeding}.] [AS. sp[emac]dan, fr. sp[emac]d, n.; akin to D. spoeden, G. sich sputen. See {Speed}, n.] 1. To go; to fare. [Obs.] To warn him now he is too farre sped. --Remedy of Love. 2. To experience in going; to have any condition, good or ill; to fare. --Shak. Ships heretofore in seas like fishes sped; The mightiest still upon the smallest fed. --Waller. 3. To fare well; to have success; to prosper. Save London, and send true lawyers their meed! For whoso wants money with them shall not speed! --Lydgate. I told ye then he should prevail, and speed On his bad errand. --Milton. 4. To make haste; to move with celerity. I have speeded hither with the very extremest inch of possibility. --Shak. 5. To be expedient. [Obs.] --Wyclif (2 Cor. xii. 1.) | |
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Spite \Spite\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spiting}.] 1. To be angry at; to hate. [Obs.] The Danes, then . . . pagans, spited places of religion. --Fuller. 2. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart. 3. To fill with spite; to offend; to vex. [R.] Darius, spited at the Magi, endeavored to abolish not only their learning, but their language. --Sir. W. Temple. | |
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Spit \Spit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spit} ({Spat}, archaic); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spitting}.] [AS. spittan; akin to G. sp[81]tzen, Dan. spytte, Sw. spotta,Icel. sp[?]ta, and prob. E. spew. The past tense spat is due to AS. sp[?]tte, from sp[?]tan to spit. Cf. {Spat}, n., {Spew}, {Spawl}, {Spot}, n.] 1. To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth. [bd]Thus spit I out my venom.[b8] | |
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Spit \Spit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spitting}.] [From {Spit}, n.; cf. {Speet}.] 1. To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal. [bd]Infants spitted upon pikes.[b8] --Shak. 2. To spade; to dig. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Spittoon \Spit*toon"\, n. A spitbox; a cuspidor. | |
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Spodomancy \Spod"o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. spodo`s ashes + -mancy.] Divination by means of ashes. | |
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Spodomantic \Spod`o*man"tic\, a. Relating to spodomancy, or divination by means of ashes. --C. Kingsley. | |
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Spodumene \Spod"u*mene\ (?; 135), n. [Gr. [?], p. pr. pass. from [?] to burn to ashes, from spodo`s ashes; cf. F. spodum[8a]ne.] (Min.) A mineral of a white to yellowish, purplish, or emerald-green color, occuring in prismatic crystals, often of great size. It is a silicate of aluminia and lithia. See {Hiddenite}. | |
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Spottiness \Spot"ti*ness\, n. The state or quality of being spotty. | |
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Spot \Spot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spotting}.] 1. To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots or figures; as, to spot a garnment; to spot paper. 2. To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal. [Cant] 3. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse. My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain. --Sir P. Sidney. If ever I shall close these eyes but once, May I live spotted for my perjury. --Beau. & Fl. {To spot timber}, to cut or chip it, in preparation for hewing. | |
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Spout \Spout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spouted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spouting}.] [Cf. Sw. sputa, spruta, to spout, D. spuit a spout, spuiten to spout, and E. spurt, sprit, v., sprout, sputter; or perhaps akin to E. spit to eject from the mouth.] 1. To throw out forcibly and abudantly, as liquids through an office or a pipe; to eject in a jet; as, an elephant spouts water from his trunk. Who kept Jonas in the fish's maw Till he was spouted up at Ninivee? --Chaucer. Next on his belly floats the mighty whale . . . He spouts the tide. --Creech. 2. To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner. Pray, spout some French, son. --Beau. & Fl. 3. To pawn; to pledge; as, spout a watch. [Cant] | |
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Spy \Spy\, n.; pl. {Spies}. [See {Spy}, v., and cf. {Espy}, n.] 1. One who keeps a constant watch of the conduct of others. [bd]These wretched spies of wit.[b8] --Dryden. 2. (Mil.) A person sent secretly into an enemy's camp, territory, or fortifications, to inspect his works, ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to communicate such intelligence to the proper officer. {Spy money}, money paid to a spy; the reward for private or secret intelligence regarding the enemy. {Spy Wednesday} (Eccl.), the Wednesday immediately preceding the festival of Easter; -- so called in allusion to the betrayal of Christ by Judas Iscariot. Syn: See {Emissary}, and {Scout}. | |
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Subaduncate \Sub`a*dun"cate\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Somewhat hooked or curved. | |
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Subatom \Sub*at"om\, n. (Chem.) A hypothetical component of a chemical atom, on the theory that the elements themselves are complex substances; -- called also {atomicule}. | |
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Subdean \Sub"dean`\, n. [Pref. sub- + dean: cf. F. sousdoyen.] An under dean; the deputy or substitute of a dean. --Ayliffe. | |
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Subdeanery \Sub*dean"er*y\, n. Office or rank of subdean. | |
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Subdented \Sub*dent"ed\, a. Indented beneath. | |
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Subdominant \Sub*dom"i*nant\, n. (Mus.) The fourth tone above, or fifth below, the tonic; -- so called as being under the dominant. | |
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Subduement \Sub*due"ment\, n. Subdual. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Subdue \Sub*due"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subdued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subduing}.] [OE. soduen, OF. sosduire to seduce, L. subtus below (fr. sub under) + ducere to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Subduct}.] 1. To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish. I will subdue all thine enemies. --1 Chron. xvii. 10. 2. To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush. Nothing could have subdued nature To such a lowness, but his unkind daughters. --Shak. If aught . . . were worthy to subdue The soul of man. --Milton. 3. To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever. 4. To render submissive; to bring under command; to reduce to mildness or obedience; to tame; as, to subdue a stubborn child; to subdue the temper or passions. 5. To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as, to subdue opposition by argument or entreaties. 6. To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue ferocity by tears. 7. To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds. 8. To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors. Syn: To conquer; overpower; overcome; surmount; vanquish. See {Conquer}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subhyoidean \Sub`hy*oid"e*an\, a. (Anat. & Med.) Situated or performed beneath the hyoid bone; as, subhyoidean laryngotomy. | |
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Subitaneous \Sub`i*ta"ne*ous\, a. [L. subitaneus. See {Sudden}.] Sudden; hasty. [Obs.] --Bullokar. -- {Sub`i*ta"ne*ous*ness}, n. [Obs.] | |
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Subitaneous \Sub`i*ta"ne*ous\, a. [L. subitaneus. See {Sudden}.] Sudden; hasty. [Obs.] --Bullokar. -- {Sub`i*ta"ne*ous*ness}, n. [Obs.] | |
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Subitany \Sub"i*ta*ny\, a. Subitaneous; sudden; hasty. [Obs.] --Hales. | |
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Subpd2na \Sub*p[d2]"na\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subp[d2]naed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subp[d2]naing}.] (Law) To serve with a writ of subp[d2]na; to command attendance in court by a legal writ, under a penalty in case of disobedience. | |
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Subpd2na \Sub*p[d2]"na\, n. [NL., fr. L. sub under + poena punishment. See {Pain}.] (Law) A writ commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty; the process by which a defendant in equity is commanded to appear and answer the plaintiff's bill. [Written also {subpena}.] {[d8]Subp[d2]na ad testificandum}. [NL.] A writ used to procure the attendance of a witness for the purpose of testifying. {[d8]Subp[d2]na duces tecum}. [NL.] A writ which requires a witness to attend and bring certain documents. | |
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Subpd2na \Sub*p[d2]"na\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subp[d2]naed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subp[d2]naing}.] (Law) To serve with a writ of subp[d2]na; to command attendance in court by a legal writ, under a penalty in case of disobedience. | |
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Subpd2na \Sub*p[d2]"na\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subp[d2]naed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subp[d2]naing}.] (Law) To serve with a writ of subp[d2]na; to command attendance in court by a legal writ, under a penalty in case of disobedience. | |
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Subpd2nal \Sub*p[d2]"nal\, a. Required or done under penalty. --Gauden. | |
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Subpeduncular \Sub`pe*dun"cu*lar\, a. (Anat.) Situated beneath the peduncle; as, the subpeduncular lobe of the cerebellum. | |
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Subpedunculate \Sub`pe*dun"cu*late\, a. (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Supported on, or growing from, a very short stem; having a short peduncle. | |
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Subtangent \Sub*tan"gent\, n. (Geom.) The part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve. | |
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Subtenant \Sub*ten"ant\, n. (Law) One who rents a tenement, or land, etc., of one who is also a tenant; an undertenant. | |
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Subtend \Sub*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subtended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subtending}.] [L. subtendere; sub under + tendere to stretch, extend. See {Tend}.] To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc. | |
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Subtend \Sub*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subtended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subtending}.] [L. subtendere; sub under + tendere to stretch, extend. See {Tend}.] To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subtend \Sub*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subtended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subtending}.] [L. subtendere; sub under + tendere to stretch, extend. See {Tend}.] To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc. | |
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Subtense \Sub*tense"\, n. [L. subtendere, subtentum. See {Subtend}, {Tense}, a.] (Geom.) A line subtending, or stretching across; a chord; as, the subtense of an arc. | |
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Subtonic \Sub*ton"ic\, a. (Phonetics) Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect]155, 199-202. | |
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Subtonic \Sub*ton"ic\, n. 1. (Phonetics) A subtonic sound or element; a vocal consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal. 2. (Mus.) The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately below the tonic; -- called also {subsemitone}. | |
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Suppedaneous \Sup`pe*da"ne*ous\, a. [Pref. sub- + L. pes, pedis, a foot: cf. L. suppedaneum a footstool.] Being under the feet. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Swiftness \Swift"ness\, n. The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sheppton, PA Zip code(s): 18248 | |
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Ship Bottom, NJ (borough, FIPS 67110) Location: 39.64510 N, 74.18327 W Population (1990): 1352 (2084 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Swifton, AR (city, FIPS 68360) Location: 35.82420 N, 91.12888 W Population (1990): 830 (350 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72471 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
September that never ended All time since September 1993. One of the seasonal rhythms of the Usenet used to be the annual September influx of clueless newbies who, lacking any sense of {netiquette}, made a general nuisance of themselves. This coincided with people starting college, getting their first internet accounts, and plunging in without bothering to learn what was acceptable. These relatively small drafts of newbies could be assimilated within a few months. But in September 1993, AOL users became able to post to Usenet, nearly overwhelming the old-timers' capacity to acculturate them; to those who nostalgically recall the period before hand, this triggered an inexorable decline in the quality of discussions on newsgroups. See also {AOL!}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
speedometer n. A pattern of lights displayed on a linear set of LEDs (today) or nixie tubes (yesterday, on ancient mainframes). The pattern is shifted left every N times the operating system goes through its {main loop}. A swiftly moving pattern indicates that the system is mostly idle; the speedometer slows down as the system becomes overloaded. The speedometer on Sun Microsystems hardware bounces back and forth like the eyes on one of the Cylons from the wretched "Battlestar Galactica" TV series. Historical note: One computer, the GE 600 (later Honeywell 6000) actually had an _analog_ speedometer on the front panel, calibrated in instructions executed per second. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
swapped in n. See {swap}. See also {page in}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Shift In some ancient {teletypes} to start using an alternative {character set}. (1996-06-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SoftModem The integration of {modem} controller and {data pump} {algorithm}s into a single {RAM}-based {DSP} hardware architecture. These integrated algorithms are stored on the computer's hard disk, from which they are downloaded into the DSP board's random access memory (RAM). This downloading, or "booting" process of the PC-installed software algorithms occurs as part of the computer's power-up initialisation process in less than 100 milliseconds, making it transparent to the user. [Digicom Modem FAQ version 2.03]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
speedometer A pattern of lights displayed on a linear set of LEDs (today) or nixie tubes (yesterday, on ancient mainframes). The pattern is shifted left every N times the operating system goes through its {main loop}. A swiftly moving pattern indicates that the system is mostly idle; the speedometer slows down as the system becomes overloaded. The speedometer on Sun Microsystems hardware bounces back and forth like the eyes on one of the Cylons from the wretched "Battlestar Galactica" TV series. Historical note: One computer, the GE 600 (later Honeywell 6000) actually had an *analog* speedometer on the front panel, calibrated in instructions executed per second. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
swapped in {swap} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Shiphtan judicial, an Ephraimite prince at the time of the division of Canaan (Num. 34:24). |