English Dictionary: superfamily Aphidoidea | by the DICT Development Group |
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Mykiss \My"kiss\, n. [Russ. muikize, prob. fr. a native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A salmon ({Salmo mykiss}, syn. {S. purpuratus}) marked with black spots and a red throat, found in most of the rivers from Alaska to the Colorado River, and in Siberia; -- called also {black-spotted trout}, {cutthroat trout}, and {redthroat trout}. | |
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Saber \Sa"ber\, Sabre \Sa"bre\, n. [F. sabre, G. s[84]bel; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. sz[a0]blya, Pol. szabla, Russ. sabla, and L. Gr. zabo`s crooked, curved.] A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword. {Saber fish}, or {Sabre fish} (Zo[94]l.), the cutlass fish. | |
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Cutlass \Cut"lass\ (k[ucr]t"l[ait]s), n.; pl. {Cutlasses} (-[ecr]z). [F. coutelas (cf. It. coltellaccio), augm. fr. L. cultellus a small knife, dim. of culter knife. See {Colter}, and cf. {Curtal ax}.] A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See {Curtal ax}. {Cutlass fish}, (Zo[94]l.), a peculiar, long, thin, marine fish ({Trichiurus lepturus}) of the southern United States and West Indies; -- called also {saber fish}, {silver eel}, and, improperly, {swordfish}. | |
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Saber \Sa"ber\, Sabre \Sa"bre\, n. [F. sabre, G. s[84]bel; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. sz[a0]blya, Pol. szabla, Russ. sabla, and L. Gr. zabo`s crooked, curved.] A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword. {Saber fish}, or {Sabre fish} (Zo[94]l.), the cutlass fish. | |
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Cutlass \Cut"lass\ (k[ucr]t"l[ait]s), n.; pl. {Cutlasses} (-[ecr]z). [F. coutelas (cf. It. coltellaccio), augm. fr. L. cultellus a small knife, dim. of culter knife. See {Colter}, and cf. {Curtal ax}.] A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See {Curtal ax}. {Cutlass fish}, (Zo[94]l.), a peculiar, long, thin, marine fish ({Trichiurus lepturus}) of the southern United States and West Indies; -- called also {saber fish}, {silver eel}, and, improperly, {swordfish}. | |
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Saberbill \Sa"ber*bill`\, Sabrebill \Sa"bre*bill`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The curlew. | |
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Saber \Sa"ber\, Sabre \Sa"bre\, n. [F. sabre, G. s[84]bel; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. sz[a0]blya, Pol. szabla, Russ. sabla, and L. Gr. zabo`s crooked, curved.] A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword. {Saber fish}, or {Sabre fish} (Zo[94]l.), the cutlass fish. | |
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Saberbill \Sa"ber*bill`\, Sabrebill \Sa"bre*bill`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The curlew. | |
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Saporific \Sap`o*rif"ic\, a. [L. sapor taste + facere to make.] Having the power to produce the sensation of taste; producing taste, flavor, or relish. | |
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Saprophagan \Sa*proph"a*gan\, n. [Gr. sapro`s rotten + fagei^n to eat: cf. F. saprophage.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon decaying animal and vegetable substances; a carrion beetle. | |
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Saprophagous \Sa*proph"a*gous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Feeding on carrion. | |
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Saprophyte \Sap"ro*phyte\, n. [Gr. sapro`s rotten + fyto`n a plant.] (Bot.) Any plant growing on decayed animal or vegetable matter, as most fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as the Indian pipe. | |
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Saprophytic \Sap`ro*phyt"ic\, a. Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes. | |
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Saprophytism \Sap"ro*phyt*ism\, n. State or fact of being saprophytic. | |
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Reverence \Rev"er*ence\, n. [F. r[82]v[82]rence, L. reverentia. See {Reverent}.] 1. Profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration. If thou be poor, farewell thy reverence. --Chaucer. Reverence, which is the synthesis of love and fear. --Coleridge. When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the reverence of government islost. --Bacon. Note: Formerly, as in Chaucer, reverence denoted [bd]respect[b8] [bd]honor[b8], without awe or fear. 2. The act of revering; a token of respect or veneration; an obeisance. Make twenty reverences upon receiving . . . about twopence. --Goldsmith. And each of them doeth all his diligence To do unto the feast reverence. --Chaucer. 3. That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state. I am forced to lay my reverence by. --Shak. 4. A person entitled to be revered; -- a title applied to priests or other ministers with the pronouns his or your; sometimes poetically to a father. --Shak. {Save your reverence}, {Saving your reverence}, an apologetical phrase for an unseemly expression made in the presence of a priest or clergyman. {Sir reverence}, a contracted form of Save your reverence. Such a one as a man may not speak of, without he say. [bd]Sir reverence.[b8] --Shak. {To do reverence}, to show reverence or honor; to perform an act of reverence. Now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence. --Shak. Syn: Awe; honor; veneration; adoration; dread. Usage: {Awe}, {Reverence}, {Dread}, {Veneration}. Reverence is a strong sentiment of respect and esteem, sometimes mingled slightly with fear; as, reverence for the divine law. Awe is a mixed feeling of sublimity and dread in view of something great or terrible, sublime or sacred; as, awe at the divine presence. It does not necessarily imply love. Dread is an anxious fear in view of an impending evil; as, dread of punishment. Veneration is reverence in its strongest manifestations. It is the highest emotion we can exercise toward human beings. Exalted and noble objects produce reverence; terrific and threatening objects awaken dread; a sense of the divine presence fills us with awe; a union of wisdom and virtue in one who is advanced in years inspires us with veneration. | |
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{Scupper hose} (Naut.), a pipe of leather, canvas, etc., attached to the mouth of the scuppers, on the outside of a vessel, to prevent the water from entering. --Totten. {Scupper nail} (Naut.), a nail with a very broad head, for securing the edge of the hose to the scupper. {Scupper plug} (Naut.), a plug to stop a scupper. --Totten. | |
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Sea brief \Sea" brief`\ Same as {Sea letter}. | |
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Separability \Sep`a*ra*bil"i*ty\, n. Quality of being separable or divisible; divisibility; separableness. | |
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Separable \Sep"a*ra*ble\, a. [L. separabilis: cf. F. s[82]parable.] Capable of being separated, disjoined, disunited, or divided; as, the separable parts of plants; qualities not separable from the substance in which they exist. -- {Sep"a*ra*ble*ness}, n. -- {Sep"a*ra*bly}, adv. Trials permit me not to doubt of the separableness of a yellow tincture from gold. --Boyle. | |
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Separable \Sep"a*ra*ble\, a. [L. separabilis: cf. F. s[82]parable.] Capable of being separated, disjoined, disunited, or divided; as, the separable parts of plants; qualities not separable from the substance in which they exist. -- {Sep"a*ra*ble*ness}, n. -- {Sep"a*ra*bly}, adv. Trials permit me not to doubt of the separableness of a yellow tincture from gold. --Boyle. | |
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Separable \Sep"a*ra*ble\, a. [L. separabilis: cf. F. s[82]parable.] Capable of being separated, disjoined, disunited, or divided; as, the separable parts of plants; qualities not separable from the substance in which they exist. -- {Sep"a*ra*ble*ness}, n. -- {Sep"a*ra*bly}, adv. Trials permit me not to doubt of the separableness of a yellow tincture from gold. --Boyle. | |
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Severable \Sev"er*a*ble\, a. Capable of being severed. --Encyc. Dict. | |
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A week or so will probably reconcile us. --Gay. Note: See the Note under {Ill}, adv. {So} . . . {as}. So is now commonly used as a demonstrative correlative of as when it is the puprpose to emphasize the equality or comparison suggested, esp. in negative assertions, and questions implying a negative answer. By Shakespeare and others so . . . as was much used where as . . . as is now common. See the Note under {As}, 1. So do, as thou hast said. --Gen. xviii. 5. As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. --Ps. ciii. 15. Had woman been so strong as men. --Shak. No country suffered so much as England. --Macaulay. {So far}, to that point or extent; in that particular. [bd]The song was moral, and so far was right.[b8] --Cowper. {So far forth}, as far; to such a degree. --Shak. --Bacon. {So forth}, further in the same or similar manner; more of the same or a similar kind. See {And so forth}, under {And}. {So, so}, well, well. [bd]So, so, it works; now, mistress, sit you fast.[b8] --Dryden. Also, moderately or tolerably well; passably; as, he succeeded but so so. [bd]His leg is but so so.[b8] --Shak. {So that}, to the end that; in order that; with the effect or result that. {So then}, thus then it is; therefore; the consequence is. | |
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Ferforth \Fer"forth`\, adv. Far forth. [Obs.] {As ferforth as}, as far as. {So ferforth}, to such a degree. | |
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Soporiferous \Sop`o*rif"er*ous\, a. [L. soparifer; sopor a heavy sleep + ferere to bring.] Causing sleep; somniferous; soporific. [bd]Soporiferous medicine.[b8] --Swift. --- {Sop`o*rif"er*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Sop`o*rif"er*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Soporiferous \Sop`o*rif"er*ous\, a. [L. soparifer; sopor a heavy sleep + ferere to bring.] Causing sleep; somniferous; soporific. [bd]Soporiferous medicine.[b8] --Swift. --- {Sop`o*rif"er*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Sop`o*rif"er*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Soporiferous \Sop`o*rif"er*ous\, a. [L. soparifer; sopor a heavy sleep + ferere to bring.] Causing sleep; somniferous; soporific. [bd]Soporiferous medicine.[b8] --Swift. --- {Sop`o*rif"er*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Sop`o*rif"er*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Soporific \Sop`o*rif"ic\ (?; 277), a. [L. sopor a heavy sleep (akin to somnus sleep) + facere to make. See {Somnolent}, {Fact}.] Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the soporific virtues of opium. Syn: Somniferous; narcotic; opiate; anodyne. | |
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Soporific \Sop`o*rif"ic\, n. A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep; a narcotic. | |
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Spar \Spar\, n. [OE. sparre; akin to D. spar, G. sparren, OHG. sparro, Dan.& Sw. sparre, Icel. sparri; of uncertain origin. [?] 171. Cf. {Spar}, v. t. ] 1. (Naut.) A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff. 2. (Arch.) Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense; -- still applied locally to rafters. 3. The bar of a gate or door. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Spar buoy} (Naut.), a buoy anchored by one end so that the other end rises above the surface of the water. {Spar deck} (Naut.), the upper deck of a vessel; especially, in a frigate, the deck which is continued in a straight line from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, and on which spare spars are usually placed. See under {Deck}. {Spar torpedo} (Naut.), a torpedo carried on the end of a spar usually projecting from the bow of a vessel, and intended to explode upon contact with an enemy's ships. | |
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Sparable \Spar"a*ble\, n. [Corrupted from sparrow bill.] A kind of small nail used by shoemakers. | |
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Sparble \Spar"ble\, v. t. [OF. esparpiller to scatter, F. [82]parpiller.] To scatter; to disperse; to rout. [Obs.] The king's host was sparbled and chased. --Fabyan. | |
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Spareful \Spare"ful\, a. Sparing; chary. [Obs.] --Fairfax. -- {Spare"ful*ness}, n. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Spareful \Spare"ful\, a. Sparing; chary. [Obs.] --Fairfax. -- {Spare"ful*ness}, n. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Sparpiece \Spar"piece`\, n. (Arch.) The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece. --Gwilt. | |
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Sparpoil \Spar"poil\, v. t. [See {Sparble}.] To scatter; to spread; to disperse. [Obs.] | |
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Sparrow \Spar"row\, n. [OE. sparwe, AS. spearwa; akin to OHG. sparo, G. sperling, Icel. sp[94]rr, Dan. spurv, spurre, Sw. sparf, Goth. sparwa; -- originally, probably, the quiverer or flutterer, and akin to E. spurn. See {Spurn}, and cf. {Spavin}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of many species of small singing birds of the family {Fringillig[91]}, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also {finches}, and {buntings}. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe ({Passer domesticus}) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See {House sparrow}, under {House}. Note: The following American species are well known; the {chipping sparrow}, or {chippy}, the {sage sparrow}, the {savanna sparrow}, the {song sparrow}, the {tree sparrow}, and the {white-throated sparrow} (see {Peabody bird}). See these terms under {Sage}, {Savanna}, etc. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under {Hedge}. He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age! --Shak. {Field sparrow}, {Fox sparrow}, etc. See under {Field}, {Fox}, etc. {Sparrow bill}, a small nail; a castiron shoe nail; a sparable. {Sparrow hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European hawk ({Accipiter nisus}) or any of the allied species. (b) A small American falcon ({Falco sparverius}). (c) The Australian collared sparrow hawk ({Accipiter torquatus}). Note: The name is applied to other small hawks, as the European kestrel and the New Zealand quail hawk. {Sparrow owl} (Zo[94]l.), a small owl ({Glaucidium passerinum}) found both in the Old World and the New. The name is also applied to other species of small owls. {Sparrow spear} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the reed bunting. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Sparve \Sparve\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Spear \Spear\, n. [OE. spere, AS. spere; akin to D. & G. speer, OS. & OHS. sper, Icel. spj[94]r, pl., Dan. sp[91]r, L. sparus.] 1. A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance. Note: [See Illust. of {Spearhead}.] [bd]A sharp ground spear.[b8] --Chaucer. They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. --Micah iv. 3. 2. Fig.: A spearman. --Sir W. Scott. 3. A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing fish and other animals. 4. A shoot, as of grass; a spire. 5. The feather of a horse. See {Feather}, n., 4. 6. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod. {Spear foot}, the off hind foot of a horse. {Spear grass}. (Bot.) (a) The common reed. See {Reed}, n., 1. (b) meadow grass. See under {Meadow}. {Spear hand}, the hand in which a horseman holds a spear; the right hand. --Crabb. {Spear side}, the male line of a family. --Lowell. {Spear thistle} (Bot.), the common thistle ({Cnicus lanceolatus}). | |
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Spearfish \Spear"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large and powerful fish ({Tetrapturus albidus}) related to the swordfish, but having scales and ventral fins. It is found on the American coast and the Mediterranean. (b) The carp sucker. | |
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Quillback \Quill"back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An American fresh-water fish ({Ictiobus, [or] Carpiodes, cyprinus}); -- called also {carp sucker}, {sailfish}, {spearfish}, and {skimback}. | |
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Spearfish \Spear"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large and powerful fish ({Tetrapturus albidus}) related to the swordfish, but having scales and ventral fins. It is found on the American coast and the Mediterranean. (b) The carp sucker. | |
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Quillback \Quill"back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An American fresh-water fish ({Ictiobus, [or] Carpiodes, cyprinus}); -- called also {carp sucker}, {sailfish}, {spearfish}, and {skimback}. | |
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Sperable \Spe"ra*ble\, a. [L. spearabilis, fr. sperare to hope.] Within the range of hpe; proper to be hoped for. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Sperable \Sper"a*ble\, n. See {Sperable}. | |
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d8Micrococcus \[d8]Mi`cro*coc"cus\, n.; pl. {Micrococci}. [NL. See {Micro-}, and {Coccus}.] (Biol.) A genus of {Spherobacteria}, in the form of very small globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumb-bells ({Diplococcus}), all without the power of motion. See Illust. of {Ascoccus}. Note: Physiologically, micrococci are divided into three groups; chromogenic, characterized by their power of forming pigment; zymogenic, including those associated with definite chemical processes; and pathogenic, those connected with disease. | |
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d8Spherobacteria \[d8]Sphe`ro*bac*te"ri*a\, n. pl.; sing. {Spherobacterium}. [NL. See {Sphere}, {and Bacterium}.] (Biol.) See the Note under {Microbacteria}. | |
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Spirable \Spi"ra*ble\, a. [L. spirabilis.] Capable of being breathed; respirable. [Obs.] --Nash. | |
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Spire \Spire\, n. [L. spira coil, twist; akin to Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. spire.] 1. A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist. --Dryden. 2. (Geom.) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See {Spiral}, n. {Spire bearer}. (Paleon.) Same as {Spirifer}. | |
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Spirifer \Spi"ri*fer\, n. [NL., fr. L. spira a coil + ferreto bear.] (Paleon.) Any one of numerous species of fossil brachipods of the genus {Spirifer}, or {Delthyris}, and allied genera, in which the long calcareous supports of the arms form a large spiral, or helix, on each side. | |
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d8Spirillum \[d8]Spi*ril"lum\, n. [NL., dim. of L. spira a coil.] (Biol.) A genus of common motile micro[94]rganisms ({Spirobacteria}) having the form of spiral-shaped filaments. One species is said to be the cause of relapsing fever. | |
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d8Spirobacteria \[d8]Spi`ro*bac*te"ri*a\, n. pl.; sing. {Spirobacterium}. [NL. See 4th {Spire}, and {Bacterium}.] (Biol.) See the Note under {Microbacteria}. | |
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Spore \Spore\, n. [Gr. [?] a sowing, seed, from [?] to sow. Cf. {Sperm}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) One of the minute grains in flowerless plants, which are analogous to seeds, as serving to reproduce the species. Note: Spores are produced differently in the different classes of cryptogamous plants, and as regards their nature are often so unlike that they have only their minuteness in common. The peculiar spores of diatoms (called auxospores) increase in size, and at length acquire a siliceous coating, thus becoming new diatoms of full size. Compare {Macrospore}, {Microspore}, {O[94]spore}, {Restingspore}, {Sph[91]rospore}, {Swarmspore}, {Tetraspore}, {Zo[94]spore}, and {Zygospore}. (b) An embryo sac or embryonal vesicle in the ovules of flowering plants. 2. (Biol.) (a) A minute grain or germ; a small, round or ovoid body, formed in certain organisms, and by germination giving rise to a new organism; as, the reproductive spores of bacteria, etc. (b) One of the parts formed by fission in certain Protozoa. See {Spore formation}, belw. {Spore formation}. (a) (Biol) A mode of reproduction resembling multitude fission, common among Protozoa, in which the organism breaks up into a number of pieces, or spores, each of which eventually develops into an organism like the parent form. --Balfour. (b) The formation of reproductive cells or spores, as in the growth of bacilli. | |
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Ascocarp \As"co*carp\, n. [Gr. 'asko`s a bladder + karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) In ascomycetous fungi, the spherical, discoid, or cup-shaped body within which the asci are collected, and which constitutes the mature fructification. The different forms are known in mycology under distinct names. Called also {spore fruit}. | |
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Sporiferous \Spo*rif"er*ous\, a. [Spore + -ferous.] (Biol.) Bearing or producing spores. | |
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Sporification \Spo`ri*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Spore + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {-fy}.] (Biol.) Spore formation. See {Spore formation} (b), under {Spore}. | |
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Sporophore \Spo"ro*phore\, n. [Spore + Gr. [?] to bear.] (Bot.) (a) A placenta. (b) That alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous plants, as ferns, mosses, and the like, which is nonsexual, but produces spores in countless numbers. In ferns it is the leafy plant, in mosses the capsule. Cf. {O[94]phore}. | |
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Sporophoric \Spo`ro*phor"ic\, a. (Bot.) Having the nature of a sporophore. | |
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Sporophyte \Spo"ro*phyte\, n. [Spore + Gr. [?] plant.] (Bot.) In plants exhibiting alternation of generations, the generation which bears asexual spores; -- opposed to {gametophyte}. It is not clearly differentiated in the life cycle of the lower plants. -- {Spo`ro*phyt"ic}, a. | |
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Sporophyte \Spo"ro*phyte\, n. [Spore + Gr. [?] plant.] (Bot.) In plants exhibiting alternation of generations, the generation which bears asexual spores; -- opposed to {gametophyte}. It is not clearly differentiated in the life cycle of the lower plants. -- {Spo`ro*phyt"ic}, a. | |
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Sprayboard \Spray"board`\, n. (Naut.) A screen raised above any part of the gunwale of a boat to keep out spray. | |
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Sprayboard \Spray`board\, n. (Naut.) See {Dashboard}, n., 2 (b) . | |
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Dashboard \Dash"board`\ (d[acr]sh"b[omac]rd`), n. 1. A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called {splashboard}. 2. (Naut.) (a) The float of a paddle wheel. (b) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also {sprayboard}. | |
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Sprayboard \Spray"board`\, n. (Naut.) A screen raised above any part of the gunwale of a boat to keep out spray. | |
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Sprayboard \Spray`board\, n. (Naut.) See {Dashboard}, n., 2 (b) . | |
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Dashboard \Dash"board`\ (d[acr]sh"b[omac]rd`), n. 1. A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called {splashboard}. 2. (Naut.) (a) The float of a paddle wheel. (b) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also {sprayboard}. | |
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2. That which goads to action; an incitement. Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days. --Milton. 3. Something that projects; a snag. 4. One of the large or principal roots of a tree. --Shak. 5. (Zo[94]l.) Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg. 6. A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles. 7. A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the blubber. 8. (Carp.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut. 9. (Arch.) (a) The short wooden buttress of a post. (b) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage. 10. (Bot.) (a) Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur. --Gray. (b) Ergotized rye or other grain. [R.] 11. (Fort.) A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall. 12. (Shipbuilding) (a) A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side. (b) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed. {Spur fowl} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Asiatic gallinaceous birds of the genus {Galloperdix}, allied to the jungle fowl. The males have two or more spurs on each leg. {Spur gear} (Mach.), a cogwheel having teeth which project radially and stand parallel to the axis; a spur wheel. {Spur gearing}, gearing in which spur gears are used. See under {Gearing}. {Spur pepper}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Capsicum}. {Spur wheel}. Same as {Spur gear}, above. | |
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2. That which goads to action; an incitement. Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days. --Milton. 3. Something that projects; a snag. 4. One of the large or principal roots of a tree. --Shak. 5. (Zo[94]l.) Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg. 6. A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles. 7. A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the blubber. 8. (Carp.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut. 9. (Arch.) (a) The short wooden buttress of a post. (b) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage. 10. (Bot.) (a) Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur. --Gray. (b) Ergotized rye or other grain. [R.] 11. (Fort.) A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall. 12. (Shipbuilding) (a) A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side. (b) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed. {Spur fowl} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Asiatic gallinaceous birds of the genus {Galloperdix}, allied to the jungle fowl. The males have two or more spurs on each leg. {Spur gear} (Mach.), a cogwheel having teeth which project radially and stand parallel to the axis; a spur wheel. {Spur gearing}, gearing in which spur gears are used. See under {Gearing}. {Spur pepper}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Capsicum}. {Spur wheel}. Same as {Spur gear}, above. | |
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Suborbicular \Sub`or*bic"u*lar\, Suborbiculate \Sub`or*bic"u*late\, a. Almost orbiculate or orbicular. | |
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Suborbicular \Sub`or*bic"u*lar\, Suborbiculate \Sub`or*bic"u*late\, a. Almost orbiculate or orbicular. | |
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Suborbital \Sub*or"bit*al\, Suborbitar \Sub*or"bit*ar\, a. (Anat.) Situated under or below the orbit. | |
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Suborbital \Sub*or"bit*al\, Suborbitar \Sub*or"bit*ar\, a. (Anat.) Situated under or below the orbit. | |
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Subpyriform \Sub*pyr"i*form\, a. Somewhat pyriform. | |
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Subreption \Sub*rep"tion\, n. [L. subreptio, fr. subripere, subreptum, to snatch or take away secretly: cf. F. subreption. See {Surreptitious}.] The act of obtaining a favor by surprise, or by unfair representation through suppression or fraudulent concealment of facts. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Subreptitious \Sub`rep*ti"tious\, a. [L. subreptitius. See {Surreptitious}.] Surreptitious. [Obs.] -- {Sub`rep*ti"tious*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Subreptitious \Sub`rep*ti"tious\, a. [L. subreptitius. See {Surreptitious}.] Surreptitious. [Obs.] -- {Sub`rep*ti"tious*ly}, adv. [Obs.] | |
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Subreptive \Sub*rep"tive\, a. [L. subreptivus.] Surreptitious. [Obs.] | |
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Suburb \Sub"urb\, n. [L. suburbium; sub under, below, near + urbs a city. See {Urban}.] 1. An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or large town; as, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden situated in the suburbs of Paris. [bd]In the suburbs of a town.[b8] --Chaucer. [London] could hardly have contained less than thirty or forty thousand souls within its walls; and the suburbs were very populous. --Hallam. 2. Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment. [bd]The suburbs . . . of sorrow.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. The suburb of their straw-built citadel. --Milton. {Suburb roister}, a rowdy; a loafer. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Suburb \Sub"urb\, n. [L. suburbium; sub under, below, near + urbs a city. See {Urban}.] 1. An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or large town; as, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden situated in the suburbs of Paris. [bd]In the suburbs of a town.[b8] --Chaucer. [London] could hardly have contained less than thirty or forty thousand souls within its walls; and the suburbs were very populous. --Hallam. 2. Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment. [bd]The suburbs . . . of sorrow.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. The suburb of their straw-built citadel. --Milton. {Suburb roister}, a rowdy; a loafer. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Suburban \Sub*ur"ban\, a. [L. suburbanus.] Of or pertaining to suburbs; inhabiting, or being in, the suburbs of a city. [bd]Suburban taverns.[b8] --Longfellow. Suburban villas, highway-side retreats, . . . Delight the citizen. --Cowper. | |
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Suburban \Sub*ur"ban\, n. One who dwells in the suburbs. | |
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Suburbed \Sub"urbed\, a. Having a suburb or suburbs on its outer part. | |
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Suburbial \Sub*ur"bi*al\, Suburbian \Sub*ur"bi*an\, a. Suburban. [Obs.] [bd]Suburbial fields.[b8] --Warton. [bd]Suburbian muse.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Suburbial \Sub*ur"bi*al\, Suburbian \Sub*ur"bi*an\, a. Suburban. [Obs.] [bd]Suburbial fields.[b8] --Warton. [bd]Suburbian muse.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Suburbicarian \Sub*ur`bi*ca"ri*an\, Suburbicary \Sub*ur"bi*ca*ry\, a. [LL. suburbicarius, equiv. to L. suburbanus: cf. F. suburbicaire. See {Suburban}.] Being in the suburbs; -- applied to the six dioceses in the suburbs of Rome subject to the pope as bishop of Rome. The pope having stretched his authority beyond the bounds of his suburbicarian precincts. --Barrow. | |
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Suburbicarian \Sub*ur`bi*ca"ri*an\, Suburbicary \Sub*ur"bi*ca*ry\, a. [LL. suburbicarius, equiv. to L. suburbanus: cf. F. suburbicaire. See {Suburban}.] Being in the suburbs; -- applied to the six dioceses in the suburbs of Rome subject to the pope as bishop of Rome. The pope having stretched his authority beyond the bounds of his suburbicarian precincts. --Barrow. | |
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Sufferable \Suf"fer*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. souffrable.] 1. Able to suffer or endure; patient. [Obs.] [bd]Ye must be sufferable.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable; tolerable. -- {Suf"fer*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Suf"fer*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Sufferable \Suf"fer*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. souffrable.] 1. Able to suffer or endure; patient. [Obs.] [bd]Ye must be sufferable.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable; tolerable. -- {Suf"fer*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Suf"fer*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Sufferable \Suf"fer*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. souffrable.] 1. Able to suffer or endure; patient. [Obs.] [bd]Ye must be sufferable.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable; tolerable. -- {Suf"fer*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Suf"fer*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Superable \Su"per*a*ble\, a. [L. superabilis, from superare to go over, to surmount, fr. super above, over.] Capable of being overcome or conquered; surmountable. Antipathies are generally superable by a single effort. --Johnson. -- {Su"per*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Su"per*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Superable \Su"per*a*ble\, a. [L. superabilis, from superare to go over, to surmount, fr. super above, over.] Capable of being overcome or conquered; surmountable. Antipathies are generally superable by a single effort. --Johnson. -- {Su"per*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Su"per*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Superable \Su"per*a*ble\, a. [L. superabilis, from superare to go over, to surmount, fr. super above, over.] Capable of being overcome or conquered; surmountable. Antipathies are generally superable by a single effort. --Johnson. -- {Su"per*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Su"per*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Superabound \Su`per*a*bound"\, v. i. [L. superabundare: cf. OF. superabonder. See {Super-}, and {Abound}.] To be very abundant or exuberant; to be more than sufficient; as, the country superabounds with corn. | |
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Superabundance \Su`per*a*bun"dance\, n. [L. superabundantia: cf. OF. superabondance.] The quality or state of being superabundant; a superabundant quantity; redundancy; excess. | |
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Superabundant \Su`per*a*bun"dant\, a. [L. superabundans, p. pr. of superabundare. See {Superabound}.] Abounding to excess; being more than is sufficient; redundant; as, superabundant zeal. -- {Su`per*a*bun"dant*ly}, adv. | |
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Superabundant \Su`per*a*bun"dant\, a. [L. superabundans, p. pr. of superabundare. See {Superabound}.] Abounding to excess; being more than is sufficient; redundant; as, superabundant zeal. -- {Su`per*a*bun"dant*ly}, adv. | |
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Superb \Su*perb"\, a. [F. superbe, L. superbus, fr. super over. See {Super-}.] 1. Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade. 2. Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations. 3. Showy; excellent; grand; as, a superb exhibition. {Superb paradise bird} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of paradise ({Paradis[91]a, [or] Lophorina, superba}) having the scapulars erectile, and forming a large ornamental tuft on each shoulder, and a large gorget of brilliant feathers on the breast. The color is deep violet, or nearly black, with brilliant green reflections. The gorget is bright metallic green. {Superb warber}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blue wren}, under {Wren}. -- {Su*perb"ly}, adv. -- {Su*perb"ness}, n. | |
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Superb \Su*perb"\, a. [F. superbe, L. superbus, fr. super over. See {Super-}.] 1. Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade. 2. Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations. 3. Showy; excellent; grand; as, a superb exhibition. {Superb paradise bird} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of paradise ({Paradis[91]a, [or] Lophorina, superba}) having the scapulars erectile, and forming a large ornamental tuft on each shoulder, and a large gorget of brilliant feathers on the breast. The color is deep violet, or nearly black, with brilliant green reflections. The gorget is bright metallic green. {Superb warber}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blue wren}, under {Wren}. -- {Su*perb"ly}, adv. -- {Su*perb"ness}, n. | |
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Superb \Su*perb"\, a. [F. superbe, L. superbus, fr. super over. See {Super-}.] 1. Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade. 2. Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations. 3. Showy; excellent; grand; as, a superb exhibition. {Superb paradise bird} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of paradise ({Paradis[91]a, [or] Lophorina, superba}) having the scapulars erectile, and forming a large ornamental tuft on each shoulder, and a large gorget of brilliant feathers on the breast. The color is deep violet, or nearly black, with brilliant green reflections. The gorget is bright metallic green. {Superb warber}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blue wren}, under {Wren}. -- {Su*perb"ly}, adv. -- {Su*perb"ness}, n. | |
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Wren \Wren\ (r[ecr]n), n. [OE. wrenne, AS. wrenna, wr[91]nna, perhaps akin to wr[aemac]ne lascivious.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to {Troglodytes} and numerous allied of the family {Troglodytid[91]}. Note: Among the species best known are the house wren ({Troglodytes a[89]don}) common in both Europe and America, and the American winter wren ({T. hiemalis}). See also {Cactus wren}, {Marsh wren}, and {Rock wren}, under {Cactus}, {Marsh}, and {Rock}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds more or less resembling the true wrens in size and habits. Note: Among these are several species of European warblers; as, the reed wren (see {Reed warbler} (a), under {Reed}), the sedge wren (see {Sedge warbler}, under {Sedge}), the willow wren (see {Willow warbler}, under {Willow}), the golden-crested wren, and the ruby-crowned wren (see {Kinglet}). {Ant wren}, any one of numerous South American birds of the family {Formicarid[91]}, allied to the ant thrushes. {Blue wren}, a small Australian singing bird ({Malurus cyaneus}), the male of which in the breeding season is bright blue. Called also {superb warbler}. {Emu wren}. See in the Vocabulary. {Wren babbler}, any one of numerous species of small timaline birds belonging to {Alcippe}, {Stachyris}, {Timalia}, and several allied genera. These birds are common in Southern Asia and the East Indies. {Wren tit}. See {Ground wren}, under {Ground}. {Wren warbler}, any one of several species of small Asiatic and African singing birds belonging to {Prinia} and allied genera. These birds are closely allied to the tailor birds, and build their nests in a similar manner. See also {Pincpinc}. | |
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Superbiate \Su*per"bi*ate\, v. t. [Cf. L. superbiare.] To make (a person) haughty. [Obs. & R.] --Feltham. | |
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Superb \Su*perb"\, a. [F. superbe, L. superbus, fr. super over. See {Super-}.] 1. Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade. 2. Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations. 3. Showy; excellent; grand; as, a superb exhibition. {Superb paradise bird} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of paradise ({Paradis[91]a, [or] Lophorina, superba}) having the scapulars erectile, and forming a large ornamental tuft on each shoulder, and a large gorget of brilliant feathers on the breast. The color is deep violet, or nearly black, with brilliant green reflections. The gorget is bright metallic green. {Superb warber}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blue wren}, under {Wren}. -- {Su*perb"ly}, adv. -- {Su*perb"ness}, n. | |
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Superb \Su*perb"\, a. [F. superbe, L. superbus, fr. super over. See {Super-}.] 1. Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade. 2. Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations. 3. Showy; excellent; grand; as, a superb exhibition. {Superb paradise bird} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of paradise ({Paradis[91]a, [or] Lophorina, superba}) having the scapulars erectile, and forming a large ornamental tuft on each shoulder, and a large gorget of brilliant feathers on the breast. The color is deep violet, or nearly black, with brilliant green reflections. The gorget is bright metallic green. {Superb warber}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blue wren}, under {Wren}. -- {Su*perb"ly}, adv. -- {Su*perb"ness}, n. | |
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Superfamily \Su"per*fam`i*ly\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A group intermediate between a family and a suborder. | |
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Superfd2tation \Su`per*f[d2]*ta"tion\, n. Superfetation. | |
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Superfecundation \Su`per*fec`un*da"tion\, n. (Physiol.) Fertilization of two ova, at the same menstruation, by two different acts of coition. | |
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Superfecundity \Su`per*fe*cun"di*ty\, n. Superabundant fecundity or multiplication of the species. | |
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Superfetate \Su`per*fe"tate\, v. i. [L. superfetare; super above, over + fetare to bring forth.] To conceive after a prior conception, but before the birth of the offspring. The female . . . is said to superfetate. --Grew. | |
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Superfetation \Su`per*fe*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. superf[82]tation.] (Physiol.) The formation of a fetus at the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation but before the birth of the offspring produced by it. This is possible only when there is a double uterus, or where menstruation persists up to the time of the second impregnation. In then became a superfetation upon, and not an ingredient in, the national character. --Coleridge. | |
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Superfete \Su`per*fete"\, v. i. To superfetate. [Obs.] | |
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Superfete \Su`per*fete"\, v. t. To conceive (another fetus) after a former conception. [Obs.] --Howell. | |
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Superfice \Su"per*fice\, n. A superficies. [Obs.] --Dryden. | |
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Superficial \Su`per*fi"cial\, a. [L. superficialis: cf. F. superficiel. See {Superficies}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficial measure or contents; superficial tillage. 2. Reaching or comprehending only what is obvious or apparent; not deep or profound; shallow; -- said especially in respect to study, learning, and the like; as, a superficial scholar; superficial knowledge. This superficial tale Is but a preface of her worthy praise. --Shak. He is a presumptuous and superficial writer. --Burke. That superficial judgment, which happens to be right without deserving to be so. --J. H. Newman. -- {Su`per*fi"cial*ly}, adv. -- {Su`per*fi"cial*ness}, n. | |
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Superficialist \Su`per*fi"cial*ist\, n. One who attends to anything superficially; a superficial or shallow person; a sciolist; a smatterer. | |
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Superficiality \Su`per*fi`ci*al"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. superficialit[82].] The quality or state of being superficial; also, that which is superficial. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Superficialize \Su`per*fi"cial*ize\, v. t. To attend to, or to treat, superficially, or in a shallow or slighting way. [R.] It is a characteristic weakness of the day to superficialize evil. --E. P. Whipple. | |
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Superficial \Su`per*fi"cial\, a. [L. superficialis: cf. F. superficiel. See {Superficies}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficial measure or contents; superficial tillage. 2. Reaching or comprehending only what is obvious or apparent; not deep or profound; shallow; -- said especially in respect to study, learning, and the like; as, a superficial scholar; superficial knowledge. This superficial tale Is but a preface of her worthy praise. --Shak. He is a presumptuous and superficial writer. --Burke. That superficial judgment, which happens to be right without deserving to be so. --J. H. Newman. -- {Su`per*fi"cial*ly}, adv. -- {Su`per*fi"cial*ness}, n. | |
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Superficial \Su`per*fi"cial\, a. [L. superficialis: cf. F. superficiel. See {Superficies}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficial measure or contents; superficial tillage. 2. Reaching or comprehending only what is obvious or apparent; not deep or profound; shallow; -- said especially in respect to study, learning, and the like; as, a superficial scholar; superficial knowledge. This superficial tale Is but a preface of her worthy praise. --Shak. He is a presumptuous and superficial writer. --Burke. That superficial judgment, which happens to be right without deserving to be so. --J. H. Newman. -- {Su`per*fi"cial*ly}, adv. -- {Su`per*fi"cial*ness}, n. | |
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Superficiary \Su`per*fi"ci*a*ry\, n. (Rom. Law) One to whom a right of surface occupation is granted; one who pays quitrent for a house built upon another man's ground. | |
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Superficiary \Su`per*fi"ci*a*ry\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; superficial. 2. (Rom. Law) Situated or built on another man's land, as a house. | |
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Superficies \Su`per*fi"cies\, n. [L., fr. super above, over + facies make, figure, shape. See {Surface}.] 1. The surface; the exterior part, superficial area, or face of a thing. 2. (Civil Law) (a) Everything on the surface of a piece of ground, or of a building, so closely connected by art or nature as to constitute a part of it, as houses, or other superstructures, fences, trees, vines, etc. (b) A real right consisting of a grant by a landed proprietor of a piece of ground, bearing a strong resemblance to the long building leases granted by landholders in England, in consideration of a rent, and under reservation of the ownership of the soil. --Bouvier. Wharton. | |
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Superfine \Su"per*fine\, a. 1. Very fine, or most fine; being of surpassing fineness; of extra nice or fine quality; as, superfine cloth. 2. Excessively fine; too nice; over particular; as, superfine distinctions; superfine tastes. | |
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Superfineness \Su"per*fine`ness\, n. The state of being superfine. | |
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Superfinical \Su`per*fin"i*cal\, a. Extremely finical. | |
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Superfluence \Su*per"flu*ence\, n. [L. superfluens, p. pr. of superfluere to flow or run over. See {Superfluous}.] Superfluity. [Obs.] --Hammond. | |
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Superfluitant \Su`per*flu"i*tant\, a. [L. super above + fluitans, p. pr. of fluitare intensive fr. fluere to flow.] Floating above or on the surface. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. -- {Su`per*flu"i*tance}, n. [Obs.] | |
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Superfluitant \Su`per*flu"i*tant\, a. [L. super above + fluitans, p. pr. of fluitare intensive fr. fluere to flow.] Floating above or on the surface. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. -- {Su`per*flu"i*tance}, n. [Obs.] | |
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Superfluity \Su`per*flu"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Superfluities}. [L. superfluit[82], L. superfluitas. See {Superfluous}.] 1. A greater quantity than is wanted; superabundance; as, a superfluity of water; a superfluity of wealth. A quiet mediocrity is still to be preferred before a troubled superfluity. --Suckling. 2. The state or quality of being superfluous; excess. [bd]By a superfluity abominable.[b8] --Chaucer. 3. Something beyond what is needed; something which serves for show or luxury. Syn: Superabundance; excess; redundancy. | |
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Superfluity \Su`per*flu"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Superfluities}. [L. superfluit[82], L. superfluitas. See {Superfluous}.] 1. A greater quantity than is wanted; superabundance; as, a superfluity of water; a superfluity of wealth. A quiet mediocrity is still to be preferred before a troubled superfluity. --Suckling. 2. The state or quality of being superfluous; excess. [bd]By a superfluity abominable.[b8] --Chaucer. 3. Something beyond what is needed; something which serves for show or luxury. Syn: Superabundance; excess; redundancy. | |
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Superfluous \Su*per"flu*ous\, a. [L. superfluus overflowing; super over, above + fluere to flow. See {Super-}, and {Fluent}.] More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price. --Shak. An authority which makes all further argument or illustration superfluous. --E. Everett. {Superfluous interval} (Mus.), an interval that exceeds a major or perfect interval by a semitone. Syn: Unnecessary; useless; exuberant; excessive; redundant; needless. -- {Su*per"flu*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Su*per"flu*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Superfluous \Su*per"flu*ous\, a. [L. superfluus overflowing; super over, above + fluere to flow. See {Super-}, and {Fluent}.] More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price. --Shak. An authority which makes all further argument or illustration superfluous. --E. Everett. {Superfluous interval} (Mus.), an interval that exceeds a major or perfect interval by a semitone. Syn: Unnecessary; useless; exuberant; excessive; redundant; needless. -- {Su*per"flu*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Su*per"flu*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Superfluous \Su*per"flu*ous\, a. [L. superfluus overflowing; super over, above + fluere to flow. See {Super-}, and {Fluent}.] More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price. --Shak. An authority which makes all further argument or illustration superfluous. --E. Everett. {Superfluous interval} (Mus.), an interval that exceeds a major or perfect interval by a semitone. Syn: Unnecessary; useless; exuberant; excessive; redundant; needless. -- {Su*per"flu*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Su*per"flu*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Superfluous \Su*per"flu*ous\, a. [L. superfluus overflowing; super over, above + fluere to flow. See {Super-}, and {Fluent}.] More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price. --Shak. An authority which makes all further argument or illustration superfluous. --E. Everett. {Superfluous interval} (Mus.), an interval that exceeds a major or perfect interval by a semitone. Syn: Unnecessary; useless; exuberant; excessive; redundant; needless. -- {Su*per"flu*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Su*per"flu*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Superflux \Su"per*flux\, n. Superabundance; superfluity; an overflowing. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Superfoliation \Su`per*fo`li*a"tion\, n. Excess of foliation. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Superfrontal \Su`per*fron"tal\, n. (Eccl.) A cloth which is placed over the top of an altar, and often hangs down a few inches over the frontal. | |
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Superfuse \Su`per*fuse"\, a. To pour (something) over or on something else. [Obs.] --Evelyn. | |
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Superhive \Su"per*hive`\, n. A removable upper part of a hive. The word is sometimes contracted to super. | |
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Superparticular \Su`per*par*tic"u*lar\, a. [L. superparticularis. See {Super-}, and {Particular}.] (Math.) Of or pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the greater term over the less is a unit, as the ratio of 1 to 2, or of 3 to 4. [Obs.] --Hutton. | |
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Superpartient \Su`per*par"tient\, a. [L. superpartiens; super over + partiens, p. pr. of partire to divide.] (Math.) Of or pertaining to a ratio when the excess of the greater term over the less is more than a unit, as that of 3 to 5, or 7 to 10. [Obs.] --Hutton. | |
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Superphosphate \Su`per*phos"phate\, n. (Chem.) An acid phosphate. {Superphosphate of lime} (Com. Chem.), a fertilizer obtained by trating bone dust, bone black, or phosphorite with sulphuric acid, whereby the insoluble neutral calcium phosphate, {Ca3(PO4)2}, is changed to the primary or acid calcium phosphate {Ca(H2PO4)2}, which is soluble and therefore available for the soil. | |
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Superphosphate \Su`per*phos"phate\, n. (Chem.) An acid phosphate. {Superphosphate of lime} (Com. Chem.), a fertilizer obtained by trating bone dust, bone black, or phosphorite with sulphuric acid, whereby the insoluble neutral calcium phosphate, {Ca3(PO4)2}, is changed to the primary or acid calcium phosphate {Ca(H2PO4)2}, which is soluble and therefore available for the soil. | |
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Superphysical \Su`per*phys"ic*al\, a. Above or beyond physics; not explainable by physical laws. Something superphysical and superchemical. --J. Le Conte. | |
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Superplant \Su"per*plant`\, n. A plant growing on another, as the mistletoe; an epiphyte. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Superplease \Su`per*please"\, v. t. To please exceedingly. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Superplus \Su"per*plus\, n. [Pref. super- + L. plus more. See {Surplus}.] Surplus. [Obs.] --Goldsmith. | |
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Superplusage \Su"per*plus`age\, n. Surplusage. [Obs.] [bd]There yet remained a superplusage.[b8] --Bp. Fell. | |
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Superpolitic \Su`per*pol"i*tic\, a. More than politic; above or exceeding policy. --Milton. | |
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Superponderate \Su`per*pon"der*ate\, v. t. To wiegh over and above. [Obs.] | |
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Superposable \Su`per*pos"a*ble\, a. Capable of being superposed, as one figure upon another. | |
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Superpose \Su`per*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superposing}.] [F. superposer. See {Super-}, and {Pose}.] 1. To lay upon, as one kind of rock on another. 2. (Geom.) To lay (a figure) upon another in such a manner that all the parts of the one coincide with the parts of the other; as, to superpose one plane figure on another. | |
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Superpose \Su`per*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superposing}.] [F. superposer. See {Super-}, and {Pose}.] 1. To lay upon, as one kind of rock on another. 2. (Geom.) To lay (a figure) upon another in such a manner that all the parts of the one coincide with the parts of the other; as, to superpose one plane figure on another. | |
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Superpose \Su`per*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superposing}.] [F. superposer. See {Super-}, and {Pose}.] 1. To lay upon, as one kind of rock on another. 2. (Geom.) To lay (a figure) upon another in such a manner that all the parts of the one coincide with the parts of the other; as, to superpose one plane figure on another. | |
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Superposition \Su`per*po*si"tion\, n. [Cf. F. superposition. See {Super-}, and {Position}.] The act of superposing, or the state of being superposed; as, the superposition of rocks; the superposition of one plane figure on another, in geometry. | |
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Superpraise \Su`per*praise"\, v. t. To praise to excess. To vow, and swear, and superpraise my parts. --Shak. | |
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Superproportion \Su`per*pro*por"tion\, n. Overplus or excess of proportion. --Sir K. Digby. | |
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Superpurgation \Su`per*pur*ga"tion\, n. Excessive purgation. --Wiseman. | |
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Superreflection \Su`per*re*flec"tion\, n. The reflection of a reflected image or sound. [R.] --Bacon. | |
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Supervacaneous \Su`per*va*ca"ne*ous\, a. [L. supervacaneus, supervacuus; super over + vacuus empty.] Serving no purpose; superfluous; needless. [Obs.] --Howell. | |
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Supervene \Su`per*vene"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Supervened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supervening}.] [L. supervenire, superventum, to come over, to come upon; super over + venire to come. See {Super-}, and {Come}, and cf. {Overcome}.] To come as something additional or extraneous; to occur with reference or relation to something else; to happen upon or after something else; to be added; to take place; to happen. Such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to matter unless impressed by divine power. --Bentley. A tyrany immediately supervened. --Burke. | |
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Supervene \Su`per*vene"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Supervened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supervening}.] [L. supervenire, superventum, to come over, to come upon; super over + venire to come. See {Super-}, and {Come}, and cf. {Overcome}.] To come as something additional or extraneous; to occur with reference or relation to something else; to happen upon or after something else; to be added; to take place; to happen. Such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to matter unless impressed by divine power. --Bentley. A tyrany immediately supervened. --Burke. | |
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Supervenient \Su`per*ven"ient\, a. [L. superveniens, p. pr.] Coming as something additional or extraneous; coming afterwards. That branch of belief was in him supervenient to Christian practice. --Hammond. Divorces can be granted, a mensa et toro, only for supervenient causes. --Z. Swift. | |
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Supervene \Su`per*vene"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Supervened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supervening}.] [L. supervenire, superventum, to come over, to come upon; super over + venire to come. See {Super-}, and {Come}, and cf. {Overcome}.] To come as something additional or extraneous; to occur with reference or relation to something else; to happen upon or after something else; to be added; to take place; to happen. Such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to matter unless impressed by divine power. --Bentley. A tyrany immediately supervened. --Burke. | |
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Supervention \Su`per*ven"tion\, n. [L. superventio.] The act of supervening. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Supervisal \Su`per*vis"al\, n. Supervision. --Walpole. | |
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Supervise \Su`per*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supervised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supervising}.] [Pref. super- + L. visere to look at attentively, to view, surely, intens. from videre, visum, to see. Cf. {Survise}, and {Survey}.] 1. To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book. 2. To look over so as to read; to peruse. [Obs.] --Shak. Syn: See {Superintend}. | |
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Supervise \Su`per*vise"\, n. Supervision; inspection. [Obs.] | |
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Supervise \Su`per*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supervised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supervising}.] [Pref. super- + L. visere to look at attentively, to view, surely, intens. from videre, visum, to see. Cf. {Survise}, and {Survey}.] 1. To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book. 2. To look over so as to read; to peruse. [Obs.] --Shak. Syn: See {Superintend}. | |
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Supervise \Su`per*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supervised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supervising}.] [Pref. super- + L. visere to look at attentively, to view, surely, intens. from videre, visum, to see. Cf. {Survise}, and {Survey}.] 1. To oversee for direction; to superintend; to inspect with authority; as, to supervise the construction of a steam engine, or the printing of a book. 2. To look over so as to read; to peruse. [Obs.] --Shak. Syn: See {Superintend}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supervision \Su`per*vi"sion\, n. The act of overseeing; inspection; superintendence; oversight. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supervisive \Su`per*vi"sive\, a. Supervisory. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supervisor \Su`per*vis"or\, n. 1. One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools. 2. A spectator; a looker-on. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supervisory \Su`per*vi"so*ry\, a. Of or pertaining to supervision; as, supervisory powers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supervive \Su`per*vive"\, v. t. [L. supervivere. See {Survive}.] To survive; to outlive. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supervolute \Su`per*vo*lute"\, a. [L. supervolutus, p. p. of supervolvere to roll over; super over + volvere to roll.] (Bot.) Having a plainted and convolute arrangement in the bud, as in the morning-glory. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suprabranchial \Su`pra*bran"chi*al\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Situated above the branchi[91]; -- applied especially to the upper division of the gill cavity of bivalve mollusks. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suprafoliaceous \Su`pra*fo`li*a"ceous\, a. (Bot.) Inserted into the stem above the leaf, petiole, or axil, as a peduncle or flower. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suprahepatic \Su`pra*he*pat"ic\, a. (Anat.) Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the liver; -- applied to the branches of the hepatic veins. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suprapedal \Su*prap"e*dal\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Situated above the foot of a mollusk; as, the suprapedal gland. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supraprotest \Su`pra*pro"test\, n. (Mercantile Law) An acceptance of a bill by a third person after protest for nonacceptance by the drawee. --Burrill. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suprapubian \Su`pra*pu"bi*an\, Suprapubic \Su`pra*pu"bic\, a. (Anat.) Situated above, or anterior to, the pubic bone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suprapubian \Su`pra*pu"bi*an\, Suprapubic \Su`pra*pu"bic\, a. (Anat.) Situated above, or anterior to, the pubic bone. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supravaginal \Su`pra*vag"i*nal\, a. (Anat.) Situated above or outside a sheath or vaginal membrane. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supravision \Su`pra*vi"sion\, n. Supervision. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supravisor \Su`pra*vis"or\, n. A supervisor. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Supravulgar \Su`pra*vul"gar\, a. Being above the vulgar or common people. [R.] --Collier. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sevierville, TN (town, FIPS 67120) Location: 35.89203 N, 83.57823 W Population (1990): 7178 (3321 housing units) Area: 29.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37862 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Skipperville, AL Zip code(s): 36374 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sparrowbush, NY Zip code(s): 12780 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Spearfish, SD (city, FIPS 60020) Location: 44.48876 N, 103.84711 W Population (1990): 6966 (2913 housing units) Area: 9.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57783 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Spearfish Canyon, SD Zip code(s): 57754 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Spearville, KS (city, FIPS 67125) Location: 37.84797 N, 99.75426 W Population (1990): 716 (308 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67876 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sperryville, VA Zip code(s): 22740 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Suburban, NJ Zip code(s): 07701 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
superprogrammer n. A prolific programmer; one who can code exceedingly well and quickly. Not all hackers are superprogrammers, but many are. (Productivity can vary from one programmer to another by three orders of magnitude. For example, one programmer might be able to write an average of 3 lines of working code in one day, while another, with the proper tools, might be able to write 3,000. This range is astonishing; it is matched in very few other areas of human endeavor.) The term `superprogrammer' is more commonly used within such places as IBM than in the hacker community. It tends to stress naive measures of productivity and to underweight creativity, ingenuity, and getting the job _done_ -- and to sidestep the question of whether the 3,000 lines of code do more or less useful work than three lines that do the {Right Thing}. Hackers tend to prefer the terms {hacker} and {wizard}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Super Pascal A {Pascal} variant used in ["Data Structures and Algorithms", A. Aho, Hopcroft & Ullman, A-W 1983]. It adds non-numeric labels, a return statement and expressions as names of types. (1994-12-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Super VGA {Super Video Graphics Array} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Super Video Graphics Adapter {Super Video Graphics Array} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Super Video Graphics Adaptor {Super Video Graphics Array} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Super Video Graphics Array {VESA} for {IBM PC} compatible personal computers. The resolution is 800 x 600 4-bit {pixel}s. Each pixel can therefore be one of 16 colours. See {Video Graphics Array}. [Is there a palette? Standard document? Adapter, Adaptor, or Array?] (1995-01-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
superpipelined 1. Traditional {pipelined} architectures have a single pipeline stage for each of: instruction fetch, instruction decode, memory read, {ALU} operation and memory write. A superpipelined {processor} has a {pipeline} where each of these logical steps may be subdivided into multiple {pipeline} stages. 2. Marketese for {pipelined}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
superprogrammer A prolific programmer; one who can code exceedingly well and quickly. Not all hackers are superprogrammers, but many are. Productivity can vary from one programmer to another by three orders of magnitude. For example, one programmer might be able to write an average of three lines of working code in one day, while another, with the proper tools, might be able to write 3,000. This range is astonishing; it is matched in very few other areas of human endeavour. The term "superprogrammer" is more commonly used within such places as IBM than in the hacker community. It tends to stress naive measures of productivity and to underweight creativity, ingenuity, and getting the job *done* - and to sidestep the question of whether the 3,000 lines of code do more or less useful work than three lines that do the {Right Thing}. Hackers tend to prefer the terms {hacker} and {wizard}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
supervisor mode (Or "{supervisor state}") An execution mode on some processors which enables execution of all instructions, including {privileged instruction}s. It may also give access to different a {address space}, to {memory management} hardware and to other peripherals. This is the mode in which the {operating system} usually runs. Opposite: {user mode}. (1995-02-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition and control plant status and provide logging facilities. SCADA systems are highly configurable, and usually interface to the plant via {PLC}s. (1997-02-11) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sepharvaim taken by Sargon, king of Assyria (2 Kings 17:24; 18:34; 19:13; Isa. 37:13). It was a double city, and received the common name Sepharvaim, i.e., "the two Sipparas," or "the two booktowns." The Sippara on the east bank of the Euphrates is now called Abu-Habba; that on the other bank was Accad, the old capital of Sargon I., where he established a great library. (See {SARGON}.) The recent discovery of cuneiform inscriptions at Tel el-Amarna in Egypt, consisting of official despatches to Pharaoh Amenophis IV. and his predecessor from their agents in Palestine, proves that in the century before the Exodus an active literary intercourse was carried on between these nations, and that the medium of the correspondence was the Babylonian language and script. (See KIRJATH-{SEPHER}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Suburbs the immediate vicinity of a city or town (Num. 35:3, 7; Ezek. 45:2). In 2 Kings 23:11 the Hebrew word there used (parvarim) occurs nowhere else. The Revised Version renders it "precincts." The singular form of this Hebrew word (parvar) is supposed by some to be the same as Parbar (q.v.), which occurs twice in 1 Chr. 26:18. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Sepharvaim, the two books; the two scribes |