English Dictionary: succubus | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sack \Sack\ (s[scr]k), n. [OE. seck, F. sec dry (cf. Sp. seco, It. secco), from L. siccus dry, harsh; perhaps akin to Gr. 'ischno`s, Skr. sikata sand, Ir. sesc dry, W. hysp. Cf. {Desiccate}.] A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines. [bd]Sherris sack.[b8] --Shak. {Sack posset}, a posset made of sack, and some other ingredients. | |
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Sagebrush \Sage"brush`\, n. A low irregular shrub ({Artemisia tridentata}), of the order {Composit[91]}, covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline regions of the American plains; -- called also {sagebush}, and {wild sage}. | |
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Saucebox \Sauce"box`\, n. [See {Sauce}, and {Saucy}.] A saucy, impudent person; especially, a pert child. Saucebox, go, meddle with your lady's fan, And prate not here! --A. Brewer. | |
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Sea cabbage \Sea" cab"bage\ (?; 48). (Bot.) See {Sea kale}, under {Kale}. | |
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Cabbage \Cab"bage\ (k[acr]b"b[asl]j), n. [OE. cabage, fr. F. cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cabus headed cabbage, cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl, hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa cape. See {Chief}, {Cape}.] (Bot.) 1. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild {Brassica oleracea} of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages. 2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See {Cabbage tree}, below. 3. The cabbage palmetto. See below. {Cabbage aphis} (Zo[94]l.), a green plant-louse ({Aphis brassic[91]}) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage. {Cabbage beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a small, striped flea-beetle ({Phyllotreta vittata}) which lives, in the larval state, on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage and other cruciferous plants. {Cabbage butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a white butterfly ({Pieris rap[91]} of both Europe and America, and the allied {P. oleracea}, a native American species) which, in the larval state, devours the leaves of the cabbage and the turnip. See {Cabbage worm}, below. {Cabbage fly} (Zo[94]l.), a small two-winged fly ({Anthomyia brassic[91]}), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state, on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to the crop. {Cabbage head}, the compact head formed by the leaves of a cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull. {Cabbage palmetto}, a species of palm tree ({Sabal Palmetto}) found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida. {Cabbage rose} (Bot.), a species of rose ({Rosa centifolia}) having large and heavy blossoms. {Cabbage tree}, {Cabbage palm}, a name given to palms having a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the {Sabal Palmetto} of the United States, and the {Euterpe oleracea} and {Oreodoxa oleracea} of the West Indies. {Cabbage worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of several species of moths and butterflies, which attacks cabbages. The most common is usually the larva of a white butterfly. See {Cabbage butterfly}, above. The cabbage cutworms, which eat off the stalks of young plants during the night, are the larv[91] of several species of moths, of the genus {Agrotis}. See {Cutworm}. {Sea cabbage}.(Bot.) (a) Sea kale (b) . The original Plant ({Brassica oleracea}), from which the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been derived by cultivation. {Thousand-headed cabbage}. See {Brussels sprouts}. | |
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Sesquibasic \Ses`qui*ba"sic\, a. [Sesqui- + basic.] (Chem.) Containing, or acting as, a base in the proportions of a sesqui compound. | |
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Shagebush \Shage"bush`\, n. A sackbut. [Obs.] | |
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Siccific \Sic*cif"ic\, a.[L. siccificus; siccus dry + facere to make. See {-fy}.] Causing dryness. | |
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Sisyphus \Sis"y*phus\, n. [L. Sisyphus, Sisyphus, fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?].] (Class. Myth.) A king of Corinth, son of [92]olus, famed for his cunning. He was killed by Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled back again, making his task incessant. | |
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Soecificness \Soe*cif"ic*ness\, n. The quality or state of being specific. | |
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Squash \Squash\, n. [Massachusetts Indian asq, pl. asquash, raw, green, immaturate, applied to fruit and vegetables which were used when green, or without cooking; askutasquash vine apple.] (Bot.) A plant and its fruit of the genus {Cucurbita}, or gourd kind. Note: The species are much confused. The long-neck squash is called {Cucurbita verrucosa}, the Barbary or China squash, {C. moschata}, and the great winter squash, {C. maxima}, but the distinctions are not clear. {Squash beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a small American beetle ({Diabrotica, [or] Galeruca vittata}) which is often abundant and very injurious to the leaves of squash, cucumber, etc. It is striped with yellow and black. The name is applied also to other allied species. {Squash bug} (Zo[94]l.), a large black American hemipterous insect ({Coreus, [or] Anasa, tristis}) injurious to squash vines. | |
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Succubous \Suc"cu*bous\, a. [See {Succuba}.] (Bot.) Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one is covered by the base of the next higher leaf, as in hepatic mosses of the genus {Plagiochila}. | |
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Suckfish \Suck"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A sucker fish. | |
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Suspect \Sus*pect"\, n. [LL. suspectus. See {Suspect}, a.] 1. Suspicion. [Obs.] --Chaucer. So with suspect, with fear and grief, dismayed. --Fairfax. 2. One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime. --Bacon. | |
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Suspect \Sus*pect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suspected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suspecting}.] 1. To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease. Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more. --Bacon. From her hand I could suspect no ill. --Milton. 2. To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation. 3. To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story. --Addison. 4. To look up to; to respect. [Obs.] Syn: To mistrust; distrust; surmise; doubt. | |
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Suspect \Sus*pect"\, a. [L. suspectus, p. p. of suspicere to look up, admire, esteem, to look at secretly or askance, to mistrust; sub under + specere to look: cf. F. suspect suspected, suspicious. See {Spy}, and cf. {Suspicion}.] 1. Suspicious; inspiring distrust. [Obs.] Suspect [was] his face, suspect his word also. --Chaucer. 2. Suspected; distrusted. [Obs.] What I can do or offer is suspect. --Milton. | |
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Suspect \Sus*pect"\, v. i. To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious. If I suspect without cause, why then make sport at me. --Shak. | |
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Suspectable \Sus*pect"a*ble\, a. That may be suspected. | |
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Suspected \Sus*pect"ed\, a. Distrusted; doubted. -- {Sus*pect"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Sus*pect"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Suspect \Sus*pect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suspected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suspecting}.] 1. To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease. Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more. --Bacon. From her hand I could suspect no ill. --Milton. 2. To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation. 3. To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story. --Addison. 4. To look up to; to respect. [Obs.] Syn: To mistrust; distrust; surmise; doubt. | |
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Suspected \Sus*pect"ed\, a. Distrusted; doubted. -- {Sus*pect"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Sus*pect"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Suspected \Sus*pect"ed\, a. Distrusted; doubted. -- {Sus*pect"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Sus*pect"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Suspecter \Sus*pect"er\, n. One who suspects. | |
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Suspectful \Sus*pect"ful\, a. Apt to suspect or mistrust; full of suspicion; suspicious; as, to be suspectful of the motives of others. --Milton. -- {Sus*pect"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Suspectful \Sus*pect"ful\, a. Apt to suspect or mistrust; full of suspicion; suspicious; as, to be suspectful of the motives of others. --Milton. -- {Sus*pect"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Suspect \Sus*pect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suspected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suspecting}.] 1. To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease. Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little; and therefore men should remedy suspicion by procuring to know more. --Bacon. From her hand I could suspect no ill. --Milton. 2. To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation. 3. To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story. --Addison. 4. To look up to; to respect. [Obs.] Syn: To mistrust; distrust; surmise; doubt. | |
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Suspection \Sus*pec"tion\, n. Suspicion. [Obs.] | |
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Suspectiousness \Sus*pec"tious*ness\, n. Suspiciousness; cause for suspicion. [Obs. & R.] --Ld. Berners. | |
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Suspectless \Sus*pect"less\, a. 1. Not suspecting; having no suspicion. [R.] --Sir T. Herbert. 2. Not suspected; not mistrusted. [R.] --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Suspicable \Sus"pi*ca*ble\, a. [L. suspacabilis, fr. suspicari to suspect, akin to suspicere. See {Suspect}, v. t.] Liable to suspicion; suspicious. [Obs.] It is a very suspicable business. --Dr. H. more. | |
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Suspiciency \Sus*pi"cien*cy\, n. [From L. suspiciens, p. pr. of suspicere. See {Suspect}, v. t.] Suspiciousness; suspicion. [Obs.] --Hopkins. | |
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Suspicion \Sus*pi"cion\, n. [OE. suspecioun, OF. souspe[87]on, F. soup[87]on, L. suspectio a looking up to, an esteeming highly, suspicion, fr. suspicere to look up, to esteem, to mistrust. The modern form suspicion in English and French is in imitation of L. suspicio mistrust, suspicion. See {Suspect}, and cf. {Suspicious}.] 1. The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension of the existence of something (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without proof, or upon very slight evidence, or upon no evidence. Suspicions among thoughts are like bats among birds, they ever fly by twilight. --Bacon. 2. Slight degree; suggestion; hint. [Colloq.] The features are mild but expressive, with just a suspicion . . . of saturnine or sarcastic humor. --A. W. Ward. Syn: Jealousy; distrust; mistrust; diffidence; doubt. | |
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Suspicion \Sus*pi"cion\, v. t. To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt. [Obs. or Low] --South. | |
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Suspicious \Sus*pi"cious\, a. [OE. suspecious; cf. L. suspiciosus. See {Suspicion}.] 1. Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof. Nature itself, after it has done an injury, will ever be suspicious; and no man can love the person he suspects. --South. Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make men of merit suspicious of each other. --Pope. 2. Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear. We have a suspicious, fearful, constrained countenance. --Swift. 3. Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances. I spy a black, suspicious, threatening could. --Shak. Syn: Jealous; distrustful; mistrustful; doubtful; questionable. See {Jealous}. -- {Sus*pi"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Sus*pi"cious*ness}, n. | |
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Suspicious \Sus*pi"cious\, a. [OE. suspecious; cf. L. suspiciosus. See {Suspicion}.] 1. Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof. Nature itself, after it has done an injury, will ever be suspicious; and no man can love the person he suspects. --South. Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make men of merit suspicious of each other. --Pope. 2. Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear. We have a suspicious, fearful, constrained countenance. --Swift. 3. Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances. I spy a black, suspicious, threatening could. --Shak. Syn: Jealous; distrustful; mistrustful; doubtful; questionable. See {Jealous}. -- {Sus*pi"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Sus*pi"cious*ness}, n. | |
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Suspicious \Sus*pi"cious\, a. [OE. suspecious; cf. L. suspiciosus. See {Suspicion}.] 1. Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to imagine without proof. Nature itself, after it has done an injury, will ever be suspicious; and no man can love the person he suspects. --South. Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make men of merit suspicious of each other. --Pope. 2. Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear. We have a suspicious, fearful, constrained countenance. --Swift. 3. Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances. I spy a black, suspicious, threatening could. --Shak. Syn: Jealous; distrustful; mistrustful; doubtful; questionable. See {Jealous}. -- {Sus*pi"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Sus*pi"cious*ness}, n. | |
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Swashbuckler \Swash"buc`kler\, n. A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a swaggerer. --Milton. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SIGBUS {bus error} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sheshbazzar O sun-god, defend the lord! (Ezra 1:8, 11), probably another name for Zerubbabel (q.v.), Ezra 2:2; Hag. 1:12, 14; Zech. 4:6, 10. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Sheshbazzar, joy in tribulation; joy of the vintage |