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   Salian Frank
         n 1: a member of the tribe of Franks who settled in the
               Netherlands in the 4th century AD [syn: {Salian Frank},
               {Salian}]

English Dictionary: Schlumbergera buckleyi by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Schlumbergera
n
  1. South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti [syn: Schlumbergera, genus Schlumbergera]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Schlumbergera baridgesii
n
  1. epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose- purple flowers that bloom in winter
    Synonym(s): Christmas cactus, Schlumbergera buckleyi, Schlumbergera baridgesii
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Schlumbergera buckleyi
n
  1. epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose- purple flowers that bloom in winter
    Synonym(s): Christmas cactus, Schlumbergera buckleyi, Schlumbergera baridgesii
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Schlumbergera gaertneri
n
  1. spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera
    Synonym(s): Easter cactus, Hatiora gaertneri, Schlumbergera gaertneri
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Schlumbergera truncatus
n
  1. South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera
    Synonym(s): crab cactus, Thanksgiving cactus, Zygocactus truncatus, Schlumbergera truncatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sea lamprey
n
  1. large anadromous lamprey sometimes used as food; destructive of native fish fauna in the Great Lakes
    Synonym(s): sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seal limbs
n
  1. an abnormality of development in which the upper part of an arm or leg is missing so the hands or feet are attached to the body like stumps; rare condition that results from taking thalidomide during pregnancy
    Synonym(s): phocomelia, seal limbs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Selene vomer
n
  1. similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead
    Synonym(s): lookdown, lookdown fish, Selene vomer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Selenipedium
n
  1. genus of tall reedlike tropical American orchids; includes species with pods used locally as a substitute for vanilla
    Synonym(s): Selenipedium, genus Selenipedium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Silene virginica
n
  1. perennial herb of eastern North America, having red flowers with narrow notched petals
    Synonym(s): fire pink, Silene virginica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Silene vulgaris
n
  1. perennial of Arctic Europe having large white flowers with inflated calyx
    Synonym(s): bladder campion, Silene uniflora, Silene vulgaris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slam-bang
adv
  1. in a careless or reckless manner; "the shelves were put up slapdash"
    Synonym(s): slapdash, slam-bang
  2. with heedless speed; "yachts ran slap-bang into the convoy at 15 knots an hour"
  3. in a violent or sudden or noisy manner; "the pans fell slam- bang and woke the whole house"
    Synonym(s): slam-bang, slap- bang
adj
  1. violent and sudden and noisy; "a slam-bang collision"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slim-bodied
adj
  1. having a slim body [syn: slim-bodied, thin-bodied, slender-bodied]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slime bacteria
n
  1. bacteria that form colonies in self-produced slime; inhabit moist soils or decaying plant matter or animal waste
    Synonym(s): myxobacteria, myxobacterium, myxobacter, gliding bacteria, slime bacteria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slow-moving
adj
  1. moving slowly; "slow-moving cars"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slumber
n
  1. a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"
    Synonym(s): sleep, slumber
  2. a dormant or quiescent state
v
  1. be asleep [syn: sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's]
    Antonym(s): wake
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slumber party
n
  1. an overnight party of girls who dress in nightclothes and pass the night talking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slumberer
n
  1. a rester who is sleeping
    Synonym(s): sleeper, slumberer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slumberous
adj
  1. quiet and tranquil; "a slumberous June morning" [syn: slumberous, slumbrous]
  2. inclined to or marked by drowsiness; "slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes"; "`slumbery' is archaic"; "the sound had a somnolent effect"
    Synonym(s): slumberous, slumbery, slumbrous, somnolent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slumbery
adj
  1. inclined to or marked by drowsiness; "slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes"; "`slumbery' is archaic"; "the sound had a somnolent effect"
    Synonym(s): slumberous, slumbery, slumbrous, somnolent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slumbrous
adj
  1. quiet and tranquil; "a slumberous June morning" [syn: slumberous, slumbrous]
  2. inclined to or marked by drowsiness; "slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes"; "`slumbery' is archaic"; "the sound had a somnolent effect"
    Synonym(s): slumberous, slumbery, slumbrous, somnolent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slump
n
  1. a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality; "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality"
    Synonym(s): slump, slack, drop-off, falloff, falling off
  2. a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
    Synonym(s): depression, slump, economic crisis
v
  1. assume a drooping posture or carriage [syn: slump, slouch]
  2. fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"
    Synonym(s): slump, slide down, sink
  3. fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"
    Synonym(s): slump, fall off, sink
  4. go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped"
    Synonym(s): decline, slump, correct
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Solanopteris
n
  1. tropical American epiphytic ferns having rhizomes with tubers and roots as well as scales
    Synonym(s): Solanopteris, genus Solanopteris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Solanopteris bifrons
n
  1. small epiphytic fern of South America with tuberous swellings along rhizomes
    Synonym(s): potato fern, Solanopteris bifrons
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Solenopsis
n
  1. fire ants
    Synonym(s): Solenopsis, genus Solenopsis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Salina period \Sa*li"na pe"ri*od\ [So called from Salina, a town
      in New York.] (Geol.)
      The period in which the American Upper Silurian system,
      containing the brine-producing rocks of central New York, was
      formed. See the Chart of {Geology}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Saliniferous \Sal`i*nif"er*ous\, a. [Saline + -ferous.]
      Same as {Saliferous}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Saliniform \Sa*lin"i*form\, a.
      Having the form or the qualities of a salt, especially of
      common salt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lake \Lake\, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea,
      Icel. l[94]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. [?] pond, tank. Cf. {Loch},
      {Lough}.]
      A large body of water contained in a depression of the
      earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or
      less extended area.
  
      Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt
               lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually
               no outlet to the ocean.
  
      {Lake dwellers} (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or
            races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their
            dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance
            from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of
            Switzerland.
  
      {Lake dwellings} (Arch[91]ol.), dwellings built over a lake,
            sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept
            in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of
            prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many
            savage tribes. Called also {lacustrine dwellings}. See
            {Crannog}.
  
      {Lake fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            dipterous flies of the genus {Chironomus}. In form they
            resemble mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larv[91]
            live in lakes.
  
      {Lake herring} (Zo[94]l.), the cisco ({Coregonus Artedii}).
           
  
      {Lake poets}, {Lake school}, a collective name originally
            applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey,
            Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country
            of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed
            with these by hostile critics. Called also {lakers} and
            {lakists}.
  
      {Lake sturgeon} (Zo[94]l.), a sturgeon ({Acipenser
            rubicundus}), of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes
            and the Mississippi River. It is used as food.
  
      {Lake trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of trout
            and salmon; in Europe, esp. {Salmo fario}; in the United
            States, esp. {Salvelinus namaycush} of the Great Lakes,
            and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and
            Canada. A large variety of brook trout ({S. fontinalis}),
            inhabiting many lakes in New England, is also called lake
            trout. See {Namaycush}.
  
      {Lake whitefish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whitefish}.
  
      {Lake whiting} (Zo[94]l.), an American whitefish ({Coregonus
            Labradoricus}), found in many lakes in the Northern United
            States and Canada. It is more slender than the common
            whitefish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: The most important European species are the river, or
               brown, trout ({Salmo fario}), the salmon trout, and the
               sewen. The most important American species are the
               brook, speckled, or red-spotted, trout ({Salvelinus
               fontinalis}) of the Northern United States and Canada;
               the red-spotted trout, or Dolly Varden (see {Malma});
               the lake trout (see {Namaycush}); the black-spotted,
               mountain, or silver, trout ({Salmo purpuratus}); the
               golden, or rainbow, trout (see under {Rainbow}); the
               blueback trout (see {Oquassa}); and the salmon trout
               (see under {Salmon}.) The European trout has been
               introduced into America.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of marine fishes
            more or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits,
            but not belonging to the same family, especially the
            California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the
            southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also
            {salt-water trout}, {sea trout}, {shad trout}, and {gray
            trout}. See {Squeteague}, and {Rock trout} under {Rock}.
  
      {Trout perch} (Zo[94]l.), a small fresh-water American fish
            ({Percopsis guttatus}), allied to the trout, but
            resembling a perch in its scales and mouth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: The salmons ascend rivers and penetrate to their head
               streams to spawn. They are remarkably strong fishes,
               and will even leap over considerable falls which lie in
               the way of their progress. The common salmon has been
               known to grow to the weight of seventy-five pounds;
               more generally it is from fifteen to twenty-five
               pounds. Young salmon are called parr, peal, smolt, and
               grilse. Among the true salmons are:
  
      {Black salmon}, or {Lake salmon}, the namaycush.
  
      {Dog salmon}, a salmon of Western North America
            ({Oncorhynchus keta}).
  
      {Humpbacked salmon}, a Pacific-coast salmon ({Oncorhynchus
            gorbuscha}).
  
      {King salmon}, the quinnat.
  
      {Landlocked salmon}, a variety of the common salmon (var.
            {Sebago}), long confined in certain lakes in consequence
            of obstructions that prevented it from returning to the
            sea. This last is called also {dwarf salmon}.
  
      Note: Among fishes of other families which are locally and
               erroneously called salmon are: the pike perch, called
               {jack salmon}; the spotted, or southern, squeteague;
               the cabrilla, called {kelp salmon}; young pollock,
               called {sea salmon}; and the California yellowtail.
  
      2. A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the
            salmon.
  
      {Salmon berry} (Bot.), a large red raspberry growing from
            Alaska to California, the fruit of the {Rubus Nutkanus}.
           
  
      {Salmon killer} (Zo[94]l.), a stickleback ({Gasterosteus
            cataphractus}) of Western North America and Northern Asia.
           
  
      {Salmon ladder}, {Salmon stair}. See {Fish ladder}, under
            {Fish}.
  
      {Salmon peel}, a young salmon.
  
      {Salmon pipe}, a certain device for catching salmon. --Crabb.
  
      {Salmon trout}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The European sea trout ({Salmo trutta}). It resembles
                  the salmon, but is smaller, and has smaller and more
                  numerous scales.
            (b) The American namaycush.
            (c) A name that is also applied locally to the adult black
                  spotted trout ({Salmo purpuratus}), and to the steel
                  head and other large trout of the Pacific coast.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: The most important European species are the river, or
               brown, trout ({Salmo fario}), the salmon trout, and the
               sewen. The most important American species are the
               brook, speckled, or red-spotted, trout ({Salvelinus
               fontinalis}) of the Northern United States and Canada;
               the red-spotted trout, or Dolly Varden (see {Malma});
               the lake trout (see {Namaycush}); the black-spotted,
               mountain, or silver, trout ({Salmo purpuratus}); the
               golden, or rainbow, trout (see under {Rainbow}); the
               blueback trout (see {Oquassa}); and the salmon trout
               (see under {Salmon}.) The European trout has been
               introduced into America.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of marine fishes
            more or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits,
            but not belonging to the same family, especially the
            California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the
            southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also
            {salt-water trout}, {sea trout}, {shad trout}, and {gray
            trout}. See {Squeteague}, and {Rock trout} under {Rock}.
  
      {Trout perch} (Zo[94]l.), a small fresh-water American fish
            ({Percopsis guttatus}), allied to the trout, but
            resembling a perch in its scales and mouth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swell \Swell\, n.
      1. The act of swelling.
  
      2. Gradual increase. Specifically:
            (a) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.
            (b) Increase in height; elevation; rise.
  
                           Little River affords navigation during a swell
                           to within three miles of the Miami. --Jefferson.
            (c) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound.
  
                           Music arose with its voluptuous swell. --Byron.
            (d) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
  
                           The swell and subsidence of his periods.
                                                                              --Landor.
  
      3. A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an
            extensive plain abounding with little swells.
  
      4. A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large
            waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy
            swell sets into the harbor.
  
                     The swell Of the long waves that roll in yonder bay.
                                                                              --Tennyson.
  
                     The gigantic swells and billows of the snow.
                                                                              --Hawthorne.
  
      5. (Mus.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of
            sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally
            indicated by the sign.
  
      6. A showy, dashing person; a dandy. [Slang]
  
      {Ground swell}. See under {Ground}.
  
      {Organ swell} (Mus.), a certain number of pipes inclosed in a
            box, the uncovering of which by means of a pedal produces
            increased sound.
  
      {Swell shark} (Zo[94]l.), a small shark ({Scyllium
            ventricosum}) of the west coast of North America, which
            takes in air when caught, and swells up like a swellfish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sea lamprey \Sea" lam"prey\ (Zo[94]l.)
      The common lamprey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Moonfish \Moon"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) An American marine fish ({Vomer setipennis}); -- called
            also {bluntnosed shiner}, {horsefish}, and {sunfish}.
      (b) A broad, thin, silvery marine fish ({Selene vomer}); --
            called also {lookdown}, and {silver moonfish}.
      (c) The mola. See {Sunfish}, 1.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Horsehead \Horse"head`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The silver moonfish ({Selene vomer}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Seleniferous \Sel`e*nif"er*ous\, a. [Selenium + -ferous. ]
      Containing, or impregnated with, selenium; as, seleniferous
      pyrites.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {To run wild}, to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or
            untamed; to live or grow without culture or training.
  
      {To sow one's wild oats}. See under {Oat}.
  
      {Wild allspice}. (Bot.), spicewood.
  
      {Wild balsam apple} (Bot.), an American climbing
            cucurbitaceous plant ({Echinocystis lobata}).
  
      {Wild basil} (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb ({Calamintha
            Clinopodium}) common in Europe and America.
  
      {Wild bean} (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants,
            mostly species of {Phaseolus} and {Apios}.
  
      {Wild bee} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee
            when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest
            in a hollow tree or among rocks.
  
      {Wild bergamot}. (Bot.) See under {Bergamot}.
  
      {Wild boar} (Zo[94]l.), the European wild hog ({Sus scrofa}),
            from which the common domesticated swine is descended.
  
      {Wild brier} (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See
            {Brier}.
  
      {Wild bugloss} (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant
            ({Lycopsis arvensis}) with small blue flowers.
  
      {Wild camomile} (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite
            genus {Matricaria}, much resembling camomile.
  
      {Wild cat}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A European carnivore ({Felis catus}) somewhat
                  resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and
                  having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller
                  domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and
                  the like.
            (b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx.
            (c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve
                  either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. --Luce.
  
      {Wild celery}. (Bot.) See {Tape grass}, under {Tape}.
  
      {Wild cherry}. (Bot.)
            (a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild
                  red cherry is {Prunus Pennsylvanica}. The wild black
                  cherry is {P. serotina}, the wood of which is much
                  used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a
                  compact texture.
            (b) The fruit of various species of {Prunus}.
  
      {Wild cinnamon}. See the Note under {Canella}.
  
      {Wild comfrey} (Bot.), an American plant ({Cynoglossum
            Virginicum}) of the Borage family. It has large bristly
            leaves and small blue flowers.
  
      {Wild cumin} (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant
            ({Lag[oe]cia cuminoides}) native in the countries about
            the Mediterranean.
  
      {Wild drake} (Zo[94]l.) the mallard.
  
      {Wild elder} (Bot.), an American plant ({Aralia hispida}) of
            the Ginseng family.
  
      {Wild fowl} (Zo[94]l.) any wild bird, especially any of those
            considered as game birds.
  
      {Wild goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose ({Branta
            Canadensis}), the European bean goose, and the graylag.
            See {Graylag}, and {Bean goose}, under {Bean}.
  
      {Wild goose chase}, the pursuit of something unattainable, or
            of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose.
            --Shak.
  
      {Wild honey}, honey made by wild bees, and deposited in
            trees, rocks, the like.
  
      {Wild hyacinth}. (Bot.) See {Hyacinth}, 1
            (b) .
  
      {Wild Irishman} (Bot.), a thorny bush ({Discaria Toumatou})
            of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the
            natives use the spines in tattooing.
  
      {Wild land}.
            (a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it
                  unfit for cultivation.
            (b) Land which is not settled and cultivated.
  
      {Wild licorice}. (Bot.) See under {Licorice}.
  
      {Wild mammee} (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a
            tropical American tree ({Rheedia lateriflora}); -- so
            called in the West Indies.
  
      {Wild marjoram} (Bot.), a labiate plant ({Origanum vulgare})
            much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic.
  
      {Wild oat}. (Bot.)
            (a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass ({Arrhenatherum
                  avenaceum}).
            (b) See {Wild oats}, under {Oat}.
  
      {Wild pieplant} (Bot.), a species of dock ({Rumex
            hymenosepalus}) found from Texas to California. Its acid,
            juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden
            rhubarb.
  
      {Wild pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The rock dove.
            (b) The passenger pigeon.
  
      {Wild pink} (Bot.), an American plant ({Silene
            Pennsylvanica}) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of
            catchfly.
  
      {Wild plantain} (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb
            ({Heliconia Bihai}), much resembling the banana. Its
            leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies
            as coverings for packages of merchandise.
  
      {Wild plum}. (Bot.)
            (a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation.
            (b) The South African prune. See under {Prune}.
  
      {Wild rice}. (Bot.) See {Indian rice}, under {Rice}.
  
      {Wild rosemary} (Bot.), the evergreen shrub {Andromeda
            polifolia}. See {Marsh rosemary}, under {Rosemary}.
  
      {Wild sage}. (Bot.) See {Sagebrush}.
  
      {Wild sarsaparilla} (Bot.), a species of ginseng ({Aralia
            nudicaulis}) bearing a single long-stalked leaf.
  
      {Wild sensitive plant} (Bot.), either one of two annual
            leguminous herbs ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}, and {C.
            nictitans}), in both of which the leaflets close quickly
            when the plant is disturbed.
  
      {Wild service}.(Bot.) See {Sorb}.
  
      {Wild Spaniard} (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous
            plants of the genus {Aciphylla}, natives of New Zealand.
            The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the
            plants form an impenetrable thicket.
  
      {Wild turkey}. (Zo[94]l.) See 2d {Turkey}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slam-bang \Slam"-bang`\, adv.
      With great violence; with a slamming or banging noise.
      [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      4. pl. (Mining) Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the
            preparatory dressing. --Pryce.
  
      5. (Physiol.) A mucuslike substance which exudes from the
            bodies of certain animals. --Goldsmith.
  
      {Slime eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See 1st {Hag}, 4.
  
      {Slime pit}, a pit for the collection of slime or bitumen.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slumber \Slum"ber\, v. t.
      1. To lay to sleep. [R.] --Wotton.
  
      2. To stun; to stupefy. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slumber \Slum"ber\, n.
      Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or
      sound; repose.
  
               He at last fell into a slumber, and thence into a fast
               sleep, which detained him in that place until it was
               almost night.                                          --Bunyan.
  
               Fast asleep? It is no matter; Enjoy the honey-heavy dew
               of slumber.                                             --Shak.
  
               Rest to my soul, and slumber to my eyes. --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slumber \Slum"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slumbered}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Slumbering}.] [OE. slombren, slumberen, slumeren, AS.
      slumerian, fr. sluma slumber; akin to D. sluimeren to
      slumber, MHG. slummern, slumen, G. schlummern, Dan. slumre,
      Sw. slumra, Goth. slawan to be silent.]
      1. To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze. --Piers
            Plowman.
  
                     He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor
                     sleep.                                                --Ps. cxxi. 4.
  
      2. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or
            inactivity. [bd]Why slumbers Pope?[b8] --Young.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slumber \Slum"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slumbered}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Slumbering}.] [OE. slombren, slumberen, slumeren, AS.
      slumerian, fr. sluma slumber; akin to D. sluimeren to
      slumber, MHG. slummern, slumen, G. schlummern, Dan. slumre,
      Sw. slumra, Goth. slawan to be silent.]
      1. To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze. --Piers
            Plowman.
  
                     He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor
                     sleep.                                                --Ps. cxxi. 4.
  
      2. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or
            inactivity. [bd]Why slumbers Pope?[b8] --Young.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slumberer \Slum"ber*er\, n.
      One who slumbers; a sleeper.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slumber \Slum"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slumbered}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Slumbering}.] [OE. slombren, slumberen, slumeren, AS.
      slumerian, fr. sluma slumber; akin to D. sluimeren to
      slumber, MHG. slummern, slumen, G. schlummern, Dan. slumre,
      Sw. slumra, Goth. slawan to be silent.]
      1. To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze. --Piers
            Plowman.
  
                     He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor
                     sleep.                                                --Ps. cxxi. 4.
  
      2. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or
            inactivity. [bd]Why slumbers Pope?[b8] --Young.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slumberingly \Slum"ber*ing*ly\, adv.
      In a slumbering manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slumberless \Slum"ber*less\, a.
      Without slumber; sleepless.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slumberous \Slum"ber*ous\, a.
      1. Inviting slumber; soporiferous. [bd]Pensive in the
            slumberous shade.[b8] --Pope.
  
      2. Being in the repose of slumber; sleepy; drowsy.
  
                     His quiet and almost slumberous countenance.
                                                                              --Hawthorne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slumbery \Slum"ber*y\, a.
      Sleepy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slumbrous \Slum"brous\, a.
      Slumberous. --Keats.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slump \Slump\, v. i.
      1. To slide or slip on a declivity, so that the motion is
            perceptible; -- said of masses of earth or rock.
  
      2. To undergo a slump, or sudden decline or falling off; as,
            the stock slumped ten points. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slump \Slump\, n.
      A falling or declining, esp. suddenly and markedly; a falling
      off; as, a slump in trade, in prices, etc. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slump \Slump\, v. t. [Cf. {Lump}; also Sw. slumpa to bargain for
      the lump.]
      To lump; to throw into a mess.
  
               These different groups . . . are exclusively slumped
               together under that sense.                     --Sir W.
                                                                              Hamilton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slump \Slump\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slumped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Slumping}.] [Scot. slump a dull noise produced by something
      falling into a hole, a marsh, a swamp.]
      To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a
      surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a
      bog, etc., not strong enough to bear the person.
  
               The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which
               unawares they may slump.                        --Barrow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slump \Slump\, n. [Cf. D. slomp a mass, heap, Dan. slump a
      quantity, and E. slump, v.t.]
      The gross amount; the mass; the lump. [Scot.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slump \Slump\, n.
      1. A boggy place. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
  
      2. The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a
            soft, miry place. [Scot.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slump \Slump\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slumped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Slumping}.] [Scot. slump a dull noise produced by something
      falling into a hole, a marsh, a swamp.]
      To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a
      surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a
      bog, etc., not strong enough to bear the person.
  
               The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which
               unawares they may slump.                        --Barrow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slump \Slump\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slumped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Slumping}.] [Scot. slump a dull noise produced by something
      falling into a hole, a marsh, a swamp.]
      To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a
      surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a
      bog, etc., not strong enough to bear the person.
  
               The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which
               unawares they may slump.                        --Barrow.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Slumpy \Slump"y\, a.
      Easily broken through; boggy; marshy; swampy. [Prov. Eng. &
      Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Solempne \So*lemp"ne\, a. [See {Solemn}.]
      Solemn; grand; stately; splendid; magnificent. [Obs.]
      --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mob \Mob\, n. [L. mobile vulgus, the movable common people. See
      {Mobile}, n.]
      1. The lower classes of a community; the populace, or the
            lowest part of it.
  
                     A cluster of mob were making themselves merry with
                     their betters.                                    --Addison.
  
      2. Hence: A throng; a rabble; esp., an unlawful or riotous
            assembly; a disorderly crowd.
  
                     The mob of gentlemen who wrote with ease. --Pope.
  
                     Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every
                     Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.
                                                                              --Madison.
  
                     Confused by brainless mobs.               --Tennyson.
  
      {Mob law}, law administered by the mob; lynch law.
  
      {Swell mob}, well dressed thieves and swindlers, regarded
            collectively. [Slang] --Dickens.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swell \Swell\, a.
      Having the characteristics of a person of rank and
      importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell
      person; a swell neighborhood. [Slang]
  
      {Swell mob}. See under {Mob}. [Slang]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Salemburg, NC (town, FIPS 58840)
      Location: 35.01419 N, 78.50307 W
      Population (1990): 409 (208 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 28385

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Salineville, OH (village, FIPS 70100)
      Location: 40.62102 N, 80.83282 W
      Population (1990): 1474 (648 housing units)
      Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 43945

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Schulenburg, TX (city, FIPS 66188)
      Location: 29.68120 N, 96.90690 W
      Population (1990): 2455 (1163 housing units)
      Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 78956

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Skyline View, PA (CDP, FIPS 71032)
      Location: 40.33825 N, 76.72630 W
      Population (1990): 2370 (815 housing units)
      Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Slemp, KY
      Zip code(s): 41763

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Solana Beach, CA (city, FIPS 72506)
      Location: 32.99585 N, 117.25586 W
      Population (1990): 12962 (6346 housing units)
      Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 92075

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Siloam, Pool of
      sent or sending. Here a notable miracle was wrought by our Lord
      in giving sight to the blind (John 9:7-11). It has been
      identified with the Birket Silwan in the lower Tyropoeon valley,
      to the south-east of the hill of Zion.
     
         The water which flows into this pool intermittingly by a
      subterranean channel springs from the "Fountain of the Virgin"
      (q.v.). The length of this channel, which has several windings,
      is 1,750 feet, though the direct distance is only 1,100 feet.
      The pool is 53 feet in length from north to south, 18 feet wide,
      and 19 deep. The water passes from it by a channel cut in the
      rock into the gardens below. (See EN-{ROGEL}.)
     
         Many years ago (1880) a youth, while wading up the conduit by
      which the water enters the pool, accidentally discovered an
      inscription cut in the rock, on the eastern side, about 19 feet
      from the pool. This is the oldest extant Hebrew record of the
      kind. It has with great care been deciphered by scholars, and
      has been found to be an account of the manner in which the
      tunnel was constructed. Its whole length is said to be "twelve
      hundred cubits;" and the inscription further notes that the
      workmen, like the excavators of the Mont Cenis Tunnel, excavated
      from both ends, meeting in the middle.
     
         Some have argued that the inscription was cut in the time of
      Solomon; others, with more probability, refer it to the reign of
      Hezekiah. A more ancient tunnel was discovered in 1889 some 20
      feet below the ground. It is of smaller dimensions, but more
      direct in its course. It is to this tunnel that Isaiah (8:6)
      probably refers.
     
         The Siloam inscription above referred to was surreptitiously
      cut from the wall of the tunnel in 1891 and broken into
      fragments. These were, however, recovered by the efforts of the
      British Consul at Jerusalem, and have been restored to their
      original place.
     
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