English Dictionary: swordfish | by the DICT Development Group |
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Inca \In"ca\, n. (a) An emperor or monarch of Peru before, or at the time of, the Spanish conquest; any member of this royal dynasty, reputed to have been descendants of the sun. (b) pl. The people governed by the Incas, now represented by the Quichua tribe. {Inca dove} (Zo[94]l.), a small dove ({Scardafella inca}), native of Arizona, Lower California, and Mexico. | |
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Scrotiform \Scro"ti*form\, a. [L. scrotum scrotum + -form.] Purse-shaped; pouch-shaped. | |
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Scrutable \Scru"ta*ble\, a. Discoverable by scrutiny, inquiry, or critical examination. [R.] --r. H. More. | |
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Shard-borne \Shard"-borne`\, a. Borne on shards or scaly wing cases. [bd]The shard-borne beetle.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Division \Di*vi"sion\, n. [F. division, L. divisio, from dividere. See {Divide}.] 1. The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation. I was overlooked in the division of the spoil. --Gibbon. 2. That which divides or keeps apart; a partition. 3. The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section. Communities and divisions of men. --Addison. 4. Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation. There was a division among the people. --John vii. 43. 5. Difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast. --Chaucer. I will put a division between my people and thy people. --Ex. viii. 23. 6. Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote. The motion passed without a division. --Macaulay. 7. (Math.) The process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the rule by which the operation is performed. 8. (Logic) The separation of a genus into its constituent species. 9. (Mil.) (a) Two or more brigades under the command of a general officer. (b) Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion. (c) One of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs. 10. (Naut.) One of the groups into which a fleet is divided. 11. (Mus.) A course of notes so running into each other as to form one series or chain, to be sung in one breath to one syllable. 12. (Rhet.) The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished. 13. (Biol.) A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom. {Cell division} (Biol.), a method of cell increase, in which new cells are formed by the division of the parent cell. In this process, the cell nucleus undergoes peculiar differentiations and changes, as shown in the figure (see also {Karyokinesis}). At the same time the protoplasm of the cell becomes gradually constricted by a furrow transverse to the long axis of the nuclear spindle, followed, on the completion of the division of the nucleus, by a separation of the cell contents into two masses, called the daughter cells. {Long division} (Math.), the process of division when the operations are mostly written down. {Short division} (Math.), the process of division when the operations are mentally performed and only the results written down; -- used principally when the divisor is not greater than ten or twelve. Syn: compartment; section; share; allotment; distribution; separation; partition; disjunction; disconnection; difference; variance; discord; disunion. | |
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Short-breathed \Short"-breathed`\, a. 1. Having short-breath, or quick respiration. 2. Having short life. | |
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Shroud \Shroud\ (shroud), n. [OE. shroud, shrud, schrud, AS. scr[umac]d a garment, clothing; akin to Icel. skru[edh] the shrouds of a ship, furniture of a church, a kind of stuff, Sw. skrud dress, attire, and E. shred. See {Shred}, and cf. {Shrood}.] 1. That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a garment. --Piers Plowman. Swaddled, as new born, in sable shrouds. --Sandys. 2. Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet. [bd]A dead man in his shroud.[b8] --Shak. 3. That which covers or shelters like a shroud. Jura answers through her misty shroud. --Byron. 4. A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt. [Obs.] The shroud to which he won His fair-eyed oxen. --Chapman. A vault, or shroud, as under a church. --Withals. 5. The branching top of a tree; foliage. [R.] The Assyrian wad a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and with a shadowing shroad. --Ezek. xxxi. 3. 6. pl. (Naut.) A set of ropes serving as stays to support the masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head of the lower masts. 7. (Mach.) One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate. {Bowsprit shrouds} (Naut.), ropes extending from the head of the bowsprit to the sides of the vessel. {Futtock shrouds} (Naut.), iron rods connecting the topmast rigging with the lower rigging, passing over the edge of the top. {Shroud plate}. (a) (Naut.) An iron plate extending from the dead-eyes to the ship's side. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. (b) (Mach.) A shroud. See def. 7, above. | |
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Sordiferous \Sor`*dif"er*ous\, [or] Sorediiferous \So*re`di*if"er*ous\, a. [Soredium + -ferous.] (Bot.) Bearing soredia; sorediate. | |
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Sordiferous \Sor`*dif"er*ous\, [or] Sorediiferous \So*re`di*if"er*ous\, a. [Soredium + -ferous.] (Bot.) Bearing soredia; sorediate. | |
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Sortable \Sort"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. sortable suitable.] 1. Capable of being sorted. 2. Suitable; befitting; proper. [Obs.] --con. | |
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Sortably \Sort"a*bly\, adv. Suitable. [Obs.] --otgrave. | |
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Tupelo \Tu"pe*lo\, n. [Tupelo, or tupebo, the native American Indian name.] (Bot.) A North American tree ({Nyssa multiflora}) of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. The wood is crossgrained and very difficult to split. Called also {black gum}, {sour gum}, and {pepperidge}. {Largo tupelo}, [or] {Tupelo gum} (Bot.), an American tree ({Nyssa uniflora}) with softer wood than the tupelo. {Sour tupelo} (Bot.), the Ogeechee lime. | |
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Sward \Sward\, n. [AS. sweard skin, covering; akin to OFries. swarge, D. zwoord, G. schwarte, Icel. sv[94]r[?]r skin, sward of the earth.] 1. Skin; covering. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass; turf. The sward was trim as any garden lawn. --Tennyson. {Sward pork}, bacon in large fitches. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Swartback \Swart"back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The black-backed gull ({Larus marinus}); -- called also {swarbie}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Felwort \Fel"wort`\, n. [Probably a corruption of fieldwort.] (Bot.) A European herb ({Swertia perennis}) of the Gentian family. | |
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Sword \Sword\, n. [OE. swerd, AS. sweord; akin to OFries. swerd, swird, D. zwaard, OS. swerd, OHG. swert, G. schwert, Icel. sver[?], Sw. sv[84]rd, Dan. sv[91]rd; of uncertain origin.] 1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp[?]pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties. 2. Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power. He [the ruler] beareth not the sword in vain. --Rom. xiii. 4. She quits the balance, and resigns the sword. --Dryden. 3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension. I came not to send peace, but a sword. --Matt. x. 34. 4. The military power of a country. He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law. --Milton. 5. (Weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. {Sword arm}, the right arm. {Sword bayonet}, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and which can be used as a sword. {Sword bearer}, one who carries his master's sword; an officer in London who carries a sword before the lord mayor when he goes abroad. {Sword belt}, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne at the side. {Sword blade}, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword. {Sword cane}, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or dagger, as in a sheath. {Sword dance}. (a) A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed together by the male dancers. --Sir W. Scott. (b) A dance performed over swords laid on the ground, but without touching them. {Sword fight}, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with swords; swordplay. {Sword grass}. (Bot.) See {Gladen}. {Sword knot}, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword. {Sword law}, government by the sword, or by force; violence. --Milton. {Sword lily}. (Bot.) See {Gladiolus}. {Sword mat} (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; -- so called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture. {Sword shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a European shrimp ({Pasiph[91]a sivado}) having a very thin, compressed body. {Sword stick}, a sword cane. {To measure swords with one}. See under {Measure}, v. t. {To put to the sword}. See under {Put}. | |
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Sword \Sword\, n. [OE. swerd, AS. sweord; akin to OFries. swerd, swird, D. zwaard, OS. swerd, OHG. swert, G. schwert, Icel. sver[?], Sw. sv[84]rd, Dan. sv[91]rd; of uncertain origin.] 1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp[?]pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties. 2. Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power. He [the ruler] beareth not the sword in vain. --Rom. xiii. 4. She quits the balance, and resigns the sword. --Dryden. 3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension. I came not to send peace, but a sword. --Matt. x. 34. 4. The military power of a country. He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law. --Milton. 5. (Weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. {Sword arm}, the right arm. {Sword bayonet}, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and which can be used as a sword. {Sword bearer}, one who carries his master's sword; an officer in London who carries a sword before the lord mayor when he goes abroad. {Sword belt}, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne at the side. {Sword blade}, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword. {Sword cane}, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or dagger, as in a sheath. {Sword dance}. (a) A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed together by the male dancers. --Sir W. Scott. (b) A dance performed over swords laid on the ground, but without touching them. {Sword fight}, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with swords; swordplay. {Sword grass}. (Bot.) See {Gladen}. {Sword knot}, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword. {Sword law}, government by the sword, or by force; violence. --Milton. {Sword lily}. (Bot.) See {Gladiolus}. {Sword mat} (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; -- so called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture. {Sword shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a European shrimp ({Pasiph[91]a sivado}) having a very thin, compressed body. {Sword stick}, a sword cane. {To measure swords with one}. See under {Measure}, v. t. {To put to the sword}. See under {Put}. | |
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Sword \Sword\, n. [OE. swerd, AS. sweord; akin to OFries. swerd, swird, D. zwaard, OS. swerd, OHG. swert, G. schwert, Icel. sver[?], Sw. sv[84]rd, Dan. sv[91]rd; of uncertain origin.] 1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp[?]pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties. 2. Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power. He [the ruler] beareth not the sword in vain. --Rom. xiii. 4. She quits the balance, and resigns the sword. --Dryden. 3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension. I came not to send peace, but a sword. --Matt. x. 34. 4. The military power of a country. He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law. --Milton. 5. (Weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. {Sword arm}, the right arm. {Sword bayonet}, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and which can be used as a sword. {Sword bearer}, one who carries his master's sword; an officer in London who carries a sword before the lord mayor when he goes abroad. {Sword belt}, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne at the side. {Sword blade}, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword. {Sword cane}, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or dagger, as in a sheath. {Sword dance}. (a) A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed together by the male dancers. --Sir W. Scott. (b) A dance performed over swords laid on the ground, but without touching them. {Sword fight}, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with swords; swordplay. {Sword grass}. (Bot.) See {Gladen}. {Sword knot}, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword. {Sword law}, government by the sword, or by force; violence. --Milton. {Sword lily}. (Bot.) See {Gladiolus}. {Sword mat} (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; -- so called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture. {Sword shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a European shrimp ({Pasiph[91]a sivado}) having a very thin, compressed body. {Sword stick}, a sword cane. {To measure swords with one}. See under {Measure}, v. t. {To put to the sword}. See under {Put}. | |
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Sword \Sword\, n. [OE. swerd, AS. sweord; akin to OFries. swerd, swird, D. zwaard, OS. swerd, OHG. swert, G. schwert, Icel. sver[?], Sw. sv[84]rd, Dan. sv[91]rd; of uncertain origin.] 1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp[?]pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties. 2. Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power. He [the ruler] beareth not the sword in vain. --Rom. xiii. 4. She quits the balance, and resigns the sword. --Dryden. 3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension. I came not to send peace, but a sword. --Matt. x. 34. 4. The military power of a country. He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law. --Milton. 5. (Weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. {Sword arm}, the right arm. {Sword bayonet}, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and which can be used as a sword. {Sword bearer}, one who carries his master's sword; an officer in London who carries a sword before the lord mayor when he goes abroad. {Sword belt}, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne at the side. {Sword blade}, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword. {Sword cane}, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or dagger, as in a sheath. {Sword dance}. (a) A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed together by the male dancers. --Sir W. Scott. (b) A dance performed over swords laid on the ground, but without touching them. {Sword fight}, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with swords; swordplay. {Sword grass}. (Bot.) See {Gladen}. {Sword knot}, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword. {Sword law}, government by the sword, or by force; violence. --Milton. {Sword lily}. (Bot.) See {Gladiolus}. {Sword mat} (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; -- so called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture. {Sword shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a European shrimp ({Pasiph[91]a sivado}) having a very thin, compressed body. {Sword stick}, a sword cane. {To measure swords with one}. See under {Measure}, v. t. {To put to the sword}. See under {Put}. | |
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Sword \Sword\, n. [OE. swerd, AS. sweord; akin to OFries. swerd, swird, D. zwaard, OS. swerd, OHG. swert, G. schwert, Icel. sver[?], Sw. sv[84]rd, Dan. sv[91]rd; of uncertain origin.] 1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp[?]pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties. 2. Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power. He [the ruler] beareth not the sword in vain. --Rom. xiii. 4. She quits the balance, and resigns the sword. --Dryden. 3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension. I came not to send peace, but a sword. --Matt. x. 34. 4. The military power of a country. He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law. --Milton. 5. (Weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. {Sword arm}, the right arm. {Sword bayonet}, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and which can be used as a sword. {Sword bearer}, one who carries his master's sword; an officer in London who carries a sword before the lord mayor when he goes abroad. {Sword belt}, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne at the side. {Sword blade}, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword. {Sword cane}, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or dagger, as in a sheath. {Sword dance}. (a) A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed together by the male dancers. --Sir W. Scott. (b) A dance performed over swords laid on the ground, but without touching them. {Sword fight}, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with swords; swordplay. {Sword grass}. (Bot.) See {Gladen}. {Sword knot}, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword. {Sword law}, government by the sword, or by force; violence. --Milton. {Sword lily}. (Bot.) See {Gladiolus}. {Sword mat} (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; -- so called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture. {Sword shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a European shrimp ({Pasiph[91]a sivado}) having a very thin, compressed body. {Sword stick}, a sword cane. {To measure swords with one}. See under {Measure}, v. t. {To put to the sword}. See under {Put}. | |
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Curtana \Cur*ta"na\ (k?r-t?"n?), n. The pointless sword carried before English monarchs at their coronation, and emblematically considered as the sword of mercy; -- also called the {sword of Edward the Confessor}. | |
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Swordbill \Sword"bill`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A humming bird ({Docimastes ensiferus}) having a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird. | |
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Swordfish \Sword"fish`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A very large oceanic fish ({Xiphias gladius}), the only representative of the family {Xiphiid[91]}. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long. (b) The gar pike. (c) The cutlass fish. 2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. See {Dorado}, 1. {Swordfish sucker} (Zo[94]l.), a remora ({Remora brachyptera}) which attaches itself to the swordfish. | |
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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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Swordfish \Sword"fish`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A very large oceanic fish ({Xiphias gladius}), the only representative of the family {Xiphiid[91]}. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long. (b) The gar pike. (c) The cutlass fish. 2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. See {Dorado}, 1. {Swordfish sucker} (Zo[94]l.), a remora ({Remora brachyptera}) which attaches itself to the swordfish. | |
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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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Swordfish \Sword"fish`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A very large oceanic fish ({Xiphias gladius}), the only representative of the family {Xiphiid[91]}. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long. (b) The gar pike. (c) The cutlass fish. 2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. See {Dorado}, 1. {Swordfish sucker} (Zo[94]l.), a remora ({Remora brachyptera}) which attaches itself to the swordfish. | |
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Swordplay \Sword"play`\, n. Fencing; a sword fight. | |
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Swordplayer \Sword"play`er\, n. A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use of the sword. | |
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