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   Samuel Adams
         n 1: American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of
               the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of
               Independence (1722-1803) [syn: {Adams}, {Sam Adams},
               {Samuel Adams}]

English Dictionary: Schnelldruckmodus by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Samuel Dashiell Hammett
n
  1. United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961)
    Synonym(s): Hammett, Dashiell Hammett, Samuel Dashiell Hammett
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Samuel de Champlain
n
  1. French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635)
    Synonym(s): Champlain, Samuel de Champlain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
n
  1. English romantic poet (1772-1834) [syn: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Coleridge]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
schmaltz
n
  1. (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music [syn: schmaltz, shmaltz, schmalz]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
schmaltzy
adj
  1. effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
    Synonym(s): bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
semi-wild
adj
  1. partially wild
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
semiliterate
adj
  1. literate but poorly informed
  2. barely able to read and write; "an semiliterate scrawl"
  3. able to read but not to write
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
senile dementia
n
  1. dementia of the aged; results from degeneration of the brain in the absence of cerebrovascular disease
    Synonym(s): senile dementia, senile psychosis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
senility
n
  1. mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations
    Synonym(s): dotage, second childhood, senility
  2. the state of being senile
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Senna alata
n
  1. tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
    Synonym(s): ringworm bush, ringworm shrub, ringworm cassia, Senna alata, Cassia alata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shammy leather
n
  1. a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin
    Synonym(s): chamois, chamois leather, chammy, chammy leather, shammy, shammy leather
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shmaltz
n
  1. (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music [syn: schmaltz, shmaltz, schmalz]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
similitude
n
  1. similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness"
    Synonym(s): likeness, alikeness, similitude
    Antonym(s): dissimilitude, unlikeness
  2. a duplicate copy
    Synonym(s): counterpart, similitude, twin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
simulate
v
  1. reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"
    Synonym(s): imitate, copy, simulate
  2. create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights"
    Synonym(s): model, simulate
  3. make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"
    Synonym(s): simulate, assume, sham, feign
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
simulated
adj
  1. not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"
    Synonym(s): fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated
  2. reproduced or made to resemble; imitative in character; "under simulated combat conditions"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
simulated military operation
n
  1. a military training exercise [syn: maneuver, manoeuvre, simulated military operation]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
simulation
n
  1. the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)
  2. (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated"
    Synonym(s): simulation, computer simulation
  3. representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
    Synonym(s): model, simulation
  4. the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
    Synonym(s): pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
simulative electronic deception
n
  1. actions to represent friendly notional or actual capabilities to mislead hostile forces
    Synonym(s): simulative electronic deception, electronic simulative deception
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
simulator
n
  1. a machine that simulates an environment for the purpose of training or research
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Simuliidae
n
  1. blackflies and sand flies [syn: Simuliidae, {family Simuliidae}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
simultaneity
n
  1. happening or existing or done at the same time [syn: simultaneity, simultaneousness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
simultaneous
adj
  1. occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of coincident events"
    Synonym(s): coincident, coincidental, coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent, cooccurring, simultaneous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
simultaneous equations
n
  1. a set of equations in two or more variables for which there are values that can satisfy all the equations simultaneously
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
simultaneous operation
n
  1. the simultaneous execution of two or more operations [syn: parallel operation, simultaneous operation]
    Antonym(s): consecutive operation, sequential operation, serial operation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
simultaneously
adv
  1. at the same instant; "they spoke simultaneously" [syn: simultaneously, at the same time]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
simultaneousness
n
  1. happening or existing or done at the same time [syn: simultaneity, simultaneousness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sium latifolium
n
  1. large stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; Europe
    Synonym(s): greater water parsnip, Sium latifolium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
small letter
n
  1. the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
    Synonym(s): small letter, lowercase, lower-case letter, minuscule
    Antonym(s): capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
small talk
n
  1. light informal conversation for social occasions [syn: chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin- wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
small town
n
  1. a community of people smaller than a town [syn: village, small town, settlement]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
small white
n
  1. small widely distributed form [syn: small white, {Pieris rapae}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
small white aster
n
  1. a variety of aster
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
small-time
adj
  1. of minor importance; "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room"; "a small-time actor"
    Synonym(s): nickel-and-dime, small-time
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
small-toothed
adj
  1. having small teeth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smalltooth sawfish
n
  1. commonly found in tropical bays and estuaries; not aggressive
    Synonym(s): smalltooth sawfish, Pristis pectinatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smaltite
n
  1. a grey mineral consisting of cobalt arsenide and nickel; an important source of cobalt and nickel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smell out
v
  1. recognize or detect by or as if by smelling; "He can smell out trouble"
    Synonym(s): sniff out, scent out, smell out, nose out
  2. become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption"
    Synonym(s): smell, smell out, sense
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smelt
n
  1. small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
  2. small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters
v
  1. extract (metals) by heating
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smelter
n
  1. an industrial plant for smelting [syn: smelter, smeltery]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smeltery
n
  1. an industrial plant for smelting [syn: smelter, smeltery]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Smiledon
n
  1. saber-toothed tigers
    Synonym(s): Smiledon, genus Smiledon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Smiledon californicus
n
  1. North American sabertooth; culmination of sabertooth development
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smolder
n
  1. a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame; "the smoulder suddenly became a blaze"
    Synonym(s): smoulder, smolder
v
  1. burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire" [syn: smolder, smoulder]
  2. have strong suppressed feelings
    Synonym(s): smolder, smoulder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smoldering
adj
  1. showing scarcely suppressed anger; "her tone was...conversational although...her eyes were smoldering"- James Hensel
    Synonym(s): smoldering, smouldering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smolderingly
adv
  1. with barely repressed anger; "`I can't wait,' she answered smolderingly"
    Synonym(s): smolderingly, smoulderingly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Smollett
n
  1. Scottish writer of adventure novels (1721-1771) [syn: Smollett, Tobias Smollett, Tobias George Smollett]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smoulder
n
  1. a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame; "the smoulder suddenly became a blaze"
    Synonym(s): smoulder, smolder
v
  1. have strong suppressed feelings [syn: smolder, smoulder]
  2. burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire"
    Synonym(s): smolder, smoulder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smouldering
adj
  1. showing scarcely suppressed anger; "her tone was...conversational although...her eyes were smoldering"- James Hensel
    Synonym(s): smoldering, smouldering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smoulderingly
adv
  1. with barely repressed anger; "`I can't wait,' she answered smolderingly"
    Synonym(s): smolderingly, smoulderingly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snail darter
n
  1. a small snail-eating perch of the Tennessee River [syn: snail darter, Percina tanasi]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sunlit
adj
  1. lighted by sunlight; "the sunlit slopes of the canyon"; "violet valleys and the sunstruck ridges"- Wallace Stegner
    Synonym(s): sunlit, sunstruck
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Samlet \Sam"let\, n. [Cf. {Salmonet}.]
      The parr.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Parr \Parr\, n. [Cf. Gael. & Ir. bradan a salmon.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A young salmon in the stage when it has dark transverse
            bands; -- called also {samlet}, {skegger}, and
            {fingerling}.
      (b) A young leveret.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Samlet \Sam"let\, n. [Cf. {Salmonet}.]
      The parr.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Parr \Parr\, n. [Cf. Gael. & Ir. bradan a salmon.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A young salmon in the stage when it has dark transverse
            bands; -- called also {samlet}, {skegger}, and
            {fingerling}.
      (b) A young leveret.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Seemlyhed \Seem"ly*hed\, n. [See {-hood}.]
      Comely or decent appearance. [Obs.] --Rom. of R. Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Senility \Se*nil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. s[82]nilit[82].]
      The quality or state of being senile; old age.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chamois \Cham"ois\, n. [F. chamois, prob. fr. OG. gamz, G.
      gemse.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A small species of antelope ({Rupicapra
            tragus}), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of
            Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses
            remarkable agility, and is a favorite object of chase.
  
      2. A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from
            sheepskin, etc.; -- called also {chamois leather}, and
            {chammy} or {shammy leather}. See {Shammy}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Similative \Sim"i*la*tive\, a.
      Implying or indicating likeness or resemblance. [R.]
  
               In similative or instrumental relation to a pa. pple.
               [past participle], as almond-leaved, -scented, etc.
                                                                              --New English
                                                                              Dict.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Similitude \Si*mil"i*tude\, n. [F. similitude, L. similitudo,
      from similis similar. See {Similar}.]
      1. The quality or state of being similar or like;
            resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of
            substance. --Chaucer.
  
                     Let us make now man in our image, man In our
                     similitude.                                       --Milton.
  
                     If fate some future bard shall join In sad
                     similitude of griefs to mine.            --Pope.
  
      2. The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to
            another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile.
  
                     Tasso, in his similitudes, never departed from the
                     woods; that is, all his comparisons were taken from
                     the country.                                       --Dryden.
  
      3. That which is like or similar; a representation,
            semblance, or copy; a facsimile.
  
                     Man should wed his similitude.            --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Similitudinary \Si*mil`i*tu"di*na*ry\, a.
      Involving or expressing similitude. [Obs.] --Coke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Simulate \Sim"u*late\, a. [L. simulatus, p. p. of simulare to
      simulate; akin to simul at the same time, together, similis
      like. See {Similar}, and cf. {Dissemble}, {Semblance}.]
      Feigned; pretended. --Bale.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Simulate \Sim"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Simulated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Simulating}.]
      To assume the mere appearance of, without the reality; to
      assume the signs or indications of, falsely; to counterfeit;
      to feign.
  
               The Puritans, even in the depths of the dungeons to
               which she had sent them, prayed, and with no simulated
               fervor, that she might be kept from the dagger of the
               assassin.                                                --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Simulate \Sim"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Simulated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Simulating}.]
      To assume the mere appearance of, without the reality; to
      assume the signs or indications of, falsely; to counterfeit;
      to feign.
  
               The Puritans, even in the depths of the dungeons to
               which she had sent them, prayed, and with no simulated
               fervor, that she might be kept from the dagger of the
               assassin.                                                --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Simulate \Sim"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Simulated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Simulating}.]
      To assume the mere appearance of, without the reality; to
      assume the signs or indications of, falsely; to counterfeit;
      to feign.
  
               The Puritans, even in the depths of the dungeons to
               which she had sent them, prayed, and with no simulated
               fervor, that she might be kept from the dagger of the
               assassin.                                                --Macaulay.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Simulation \Sim`u*la"tion\, n. [F. simulation, L. simulatio.]
      The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is
      feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation,
      which disguises or conceals what is true.
  
      Syn: Counterfeiting; feint; pretense.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Simulator \Sim"u*la`tor\, n. [L.]
      One who simulates, or feigns. -- De Quincey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Simulatory \Sim"u*la*to*ry\, a.
      Simulated, or capable of being simulated. --Bp. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Simultaneity \Si`mul*ta*ne"i*ty\, n.
      The quality or state of being simultaneous; simultaneousness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Simultaneous \Si`mul*ta"ne*ous\, a. [LL. simultim at the same
      time, fr. L. simul. See {Simulate}.]
      Existing, happening, or done, at the same time; as,
      simultaneous events. -- {Si`mul*ta"ne*ous*ly}, adv. --
      {Si`mul*ta"ne*ous*ness}, n.
  
      {Simultaneous equations} (Alg.), two or more equations in
            which the values of the unknown quantities entering them
            are the same at the same time in both or in all.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Simultaneous \Si`mul*ta"ne*ous\, a. [LL. simultim at the same
      time, fr. L. simul. See {Simulate}.]
      Existing, happening, or done, at the same time; as,
      simultaneous events. -- {Si`mul*ta"ne*ous*ly}, adv. --
      {Si`mul*ta"ne*ous*ness}, n.
  
      {Simultaneous equations} (Alg.), two or more equations in
            which the values of the unknown quantities entering them
            are the same at the same time in both or in all.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Simultaneous \Si`mul*ta"ne*ous\, a. [LL. simultim at the same
      time, fr. L. simul. See {Simulate}.]
      Existing, happening, or done, at the same time; as,
      simultaneous events. -- {Si`mul*ta"ne*ous*ly}, adv. --
      {Si`mul*ta"ne*ous*ness}, n.
  
      {Simultaneous equations} (Alg.), two or more equations in
            which the values of the unknown quantities entering them
            are the same at the same time in both or in all.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Simultaneous \Si`mul*ta"ne*ous\, a. [LL. simultim at the same
      time, fr. L. simul. See {Simulate}.]
      Existing, happening, or done, at the same time; as,
      simultaneous events. -- {Si`mul*ta"ne*ous*ly}, adv. --
      {Si`mul*ta"ne*ous*ness}, n.
  
      {Simultaneous equations} (Alg.), two or more equations in
            which the values of the unknown quantities entering them
            are the same at the same time in both or in all.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Simulty \Sim"ul*ty\, n. [L. simultas a hostile encounter,
      drudge, originally, a (hostile) coming together, fr. simul
      together: cf. OF. simult[82].]
      Private grudge or quarrel; as, domestic simulties. [Obs.]
      --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deer \Deer\ (d[emac]r), n. sing. & pl. [OE. der, deor, animal,
      wild animal, AS. de[a2]r; akin to D. dier, OFries. diar, G.
      thier, tier, Icel. d[df]r, Dan. dyr, Sw. djur, Goth. dius; of
      unknown origin. [fb]71.]
      1. Any animal; especially, a wild animal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
                     Mice and rats, and such small deer.   --Shak.
  
                     The camel, that great deer.               --Lindisfarne
                                                                              MS.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A ruminant of the genus {Cervus}, of many
            species, and of related genera of the family {Cervid[91]}.
            The males, and in some species the females, have solid
            antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually.
            Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison.
  
      Note: The deer hunted in England is {Cervus elaphus}, called
               also stag or red deer; the fallow deer is {C. dama};
               the common American deer is {C. Virginianus}; the
               blacktailed deer of Western North America is {C.
               Columbianus}; and the mule deer of the same region is
               {C. macrotis}. See {Axis}, {Fallow deer}, {Mule deer},
               {Reindeer}.
  
      Note: Deer is much used adjectively, or as the first part of
               a compound; as, deerkiller, deerslayer, deerslaying,
               deer hunting, deer stealing, deerlike, etc.
  
      {Deer mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the white-footed mouse ({Hesperomys
            leucopus}) of America.
  
      {Small deer}, petty game, not worth pursuing; -- used
            metaphorically. (See citation from Shakespeare under the
            first definition, above.) [bd]Minor critics . . . can find
            leisure for the chase of such small deer.[b8] --G. P.
            Marsh.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      4. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short;
            as, after a small space. --Shak.
  
      5. Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud. [bd]A still,
            small voice.[b8] --1 Kings xix. 12.
  
      {Great and small},of all ranks or degrees; -- used especially
            of persons. [bd]His quests, great and small.[b8]
            --Chaucer.
  
      {Small arms}, muskets, rifles, pistols, etc., in distinction
            from cannon.
  
      {Small beer}. See under {Beer}.
  
      {Small coal}.
            (a) Little coals of wood formerly used to light fires.
                  --Gay.
            (b) Coal about the size of a hazelnut, separated from the
                  coarser parts by screening.
  
      {Small craft} (Naut.), a vessel, or vessels in general, of a
            small size.
  
      {Small fruits}. See under {Fruit}.
  
      {Small hand}, a certain size of paper. See under {Paper}.
  
      {Small hours}. See under {Hour}.
  
      {Small letter}. (Print.), a lower-case letter. See
            {Lower-case}, and {Capital letter}, under {Capital}, a.
  
      {Small piece}, a Scotch coin worth about 2[frac14]d.
            sterling, or about 4[frac12]cents.
  
      {Small register}. See the Note under 1st {Register}, 7.
  
      {Small stuff} (Naut.), spun yarn, marline, and the smallest
            kinds of rope. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
  
      {Small talk}, light or trifling conversation; chitchat.
  
      {Small wares} (Com.), various small textile articles, as
            tapes, braid, tringe, and the like. --M[bf]Culloch.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      4. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short;
            as, after a small space. --Shak.
  
      5. Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud. [bd]A still,
            small voice.[b8] --1 Kings xix. 12.
  
      {Great and small},of all ranks or degrees; -- used especially
            of persons. [bd]His quests, great and small.[b8]
            --Chaucer.
  
      {Small arms}, muskets, rifles, pistols, etc., in distinction
            from cannon.
  
      {Small beer}. See under {Beer}.
  
      {Small coal}.
            (a) Little coals of wood formerly used to light fires.
                  --Gay.
            (b) Coal about the size of a hazelnut, separated from the
                  coarser parts by screening.
  
      {Small craft} (Naut.), a vessel, or vessels in general, of a
            small size.
  
      {Small fruits}. See under {Fruit}.
  
      {Small hand}, a certain size of paper. See under {Paper}.
  
      {Small hours}. See under {Hour}.
  
      {Small letter}. (Print.), a lower-case letter. See
            {Lower-case}, and {Capital letter}, under {Capital}, a.
  
      {Small piece}, a Scotch coin worth about 2[frac14]d.
            sterling, or about 4[frac12]cents.
  
      {Small register}. See the Note under 1st {Register}, 7.
  
      {Small stuff} (Naut.), spun yarn, marline, and the smallest
            kinds of rope. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
  
      {Small talk}, light or trifling conversation; chitchat.
  
      {Small wares} (Com.), various small textile articles, as
            tapes, braid, tringe, and the like. --M[bf]Culloch.

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   Tithe \Tithe\, n. [OE. tithe, tethe, properly an adj., tenth,
      AS. te[a2][?]a the tenth; akin to ti[82]n, t[?]n, t[c7]n,
      ten, G. zehnte, adj., tenth, n., a tithe, Icel. t[c6]und the
      tenth; tithe, Goth. ta[a1]hunda tenth. See {Ten}, and cf.
      {Tenth}, {Teind}.]
      1. A tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the
            tenthpart of the increase arising from the profits of land
            and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in
            England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses.
            Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by
            law into rent charges.
  
                     The tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil.
                                                                              --Neh. xiii.
                                                                              5.
  
      Note: Tithes are called personal when accuring from labor,
               art, trade, and navigation; predial, when issuing from
               the earth, as hay, wood, and fruit; and mixed, when
               accuring from beaste fed from the ground. --Blackstone.
  
      2. Hence, a small part or proportion. --Bacon.
  
      {Great tithes}, tithes of corn, hay, and wood.
  
      {Mixed tithes}, tithes of wool, milk, pigs, etc.
  
      {Small tithes}, personal and mixed tithes.
  
      {Tithe commissioner}, one of a board of officers appointed by
            the government for arranging propositions for commuting,
            or compounding for, tithes. [Eng.] --Simmonds.

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   d8Trochanter \[d8]Tro*chan"ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?].]
      1. (Anat.) One of two processes near the head of the femur,
            the outer being called the {great trochanter}, and the
            inner the {small trochanter}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the
            second when the trochantine is united with the coxa.

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   Smalt \Smalt\, n. [It. smalto, LL. smaltum; of Teutonic origin;
      cf. OHG. smalz grease, butter, G. schmalz grease, OHG.
      smelzan to melt, G. schmelzen. See {Smelt}, v. t., and cf.
      {Amel}, {Enamel}.]
      A deep blue pigment or coloring material used in various
      arts. It is a vitreous substance made of cobalt, potash, and
      calcined quartz fused, and reduced to a powder.

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   Smalt-blue \Smalt"-blue`\, a.
      Deep blue, like smalt.

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   Smaltine \Smalt"ine\, Smaltite \Smalt"ite\, n. [See {Smalt}.]
      (Min.)
      A tin-white or gray mineral of metallic luster. It is an
      arsenide of cobalt, nickel, and iron. Called also
      {speiskobalt}.

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   Smaltine \Smalt"ine\, Smaltite \Smalt"ite\, n. [See {Smalt}.]
      (Min.)
      A tin-white or gray mineral of metallic luster. It is an
      arsenide of cobalt, nickel, and iron. Called also
      {speiskobalt}.

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   Smell \Smell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smelled}, {Smelt}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Smelling}.] [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen; cf. LG.
      smellen, smelen, sm[94]len, schmelen, to smoke, to reek, D.
      smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. {Smell}, n.]
      1. To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell;
            to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs
            when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities;
            to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell
            perfumes.
  
      2. To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to
            scent out; -- often with out. [bd]I smell a device.[b8]
            --Shak.
  
                     Can you smell him out by that?            --Shak.
  
      3. To give heed to. [Obs.]
  
                     From that time forward I began to smellthe Word of
                     God, and forsook the school doctors.   --Latimer.
  
      {To smell a rat}, to have a sense of something wrong, not
            clearly evident; to have reason for suspicion. [Colloq.]
           
  
      {To smell out}, to find out by sagacity. [Colloq.]

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   Smell \Smell\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smelled}, {Smelt}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Smelling}.] [OE. smellen, smillen, smullen; cf. LG.
      smellen, smelen, sm[94]len, schmelen, to smoke, to reek, D.
      smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder. Cf. {Smell}, n.]
      1. To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell;
            to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs
            when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities;
            to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell
            perfumes.
  
      2. To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to
            scent out; -- often with out. [bd]I smell a device.[b8]
            --Shak.
  
                     Can you smell him out by that?            --Shak.
  
      3. To give heed to. [Obs.]
  
                     From that time forward I began to smellthe Word of
                     God, and forsook the school doctors.   --Latimer.
  
      {To smell a rat}, to have a sense of something wrong, not
            clearly evident; to have reason for suspicion. [Colloq.]
           
  
      {To smell out}, to find out by sagacity. [Colloq.]

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   Smelt \Smelt\,
      imp. & p. p. of {Smell}.

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   Smelt \Smelt\, n. [AS. smelt, smylt; akin to Dan. smelt.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small silvery
            salmonoid fishes of the genus {Osmerus} and allied genera,
            which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become
            landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a
            peculiar odor and taste.
  
      Note: The most important species are the European smelt
               ({Osmerus eperlans}) (called also {eperlan},
               {sparling}, and {spirling}), the Eastern American smelt
               ({O. mordax}), the California smelt ({O. thalichthys}),
               and the surf smelt ({Hypomesus olidus}). The name is
               loosely applied to various other small fishes, as the
               lant, the California tomcod, the spawn eater, the
               silverside.
  
      2. Fig.: A gull; a simpleton. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {Sand smelt} (Zo[94]l.), the silverside.

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   Smelt \Smelt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smelted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Smelting}.] [Of foreign origin; cf. Sw. sm[84]lta, D.
      smelten, Dan. smelte, Icel. smelta, G. schmelzen OHG.
      smelzan, smelzen; probably akin to Gr. [?][?][?][?][?]. Cf.
      {Enamel}, {Melt}, {Mute}, v. i., {Smalt}.] (Metal.)
      To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and
      refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or
      scorify; as, to smelt tin.

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   Smelt \Smelt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smelted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Smelting}.] [Of foreign origin; cf. Sw. sm[84]lta, D.
      smelten, Dan. smelte, Icel. smelta, G. schmelzen OHG.
      smelzan, smelzen; probably akin to Gr. [?][?][?][?][?]. Cf.
      {Enamel}, {Melt}, {Mute}, v. i., {Smalt}.] (Metal.)
      To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and
      refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or
      scorify; as, to smelt tin.

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   Smelter \Smelt"er\, n.
      One who, or that which, smelts.

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   Smeltery \Smelt"er*y\, n.
      A house or place for smelting.

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   Smeltie \Smelt"ie\, n.
      A fish, the bib. [Prov. Eng.]

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   Smelting \Smelt"ing\,
      a. & n. from {Smelt}.
  
      {Smelting furnace} (Metal.), a furnace in which ores are
            smelted or reduced.

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   Smelt \Smelt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smelted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Smelting}.] [Of foreign origin; cf. Sw. sm[84]lta, D.
      smelten, Dan. smelte, Icel. smelta, G. schmelzen OHG.
      smelzan, smelzen; probably akin to Gr. [?][?][?][?][?]. Cf.
      {Enamel}, {Melt}, {Mute}, v. i., {Smalt}.] (Metal.)
      To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and
      refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or
      scorify; as, to smelt tin.

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   Smelting \Smelt"ing\,
      a. & n. from {Smelt}.
  
      {Smelting furnace} (Metal.), a furnace in which ores are
            smelted or reduced.

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   Smile \Smile\ (sm[imac]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Smiled}
      (sm[imac]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Smiling}.] [OE. smilen; akin
      to Dan. smile, Sw. smila, MHG. smielen, smieren, L. mirari to
      wonder at, Skr. smi to smile; and probably to E. smicker.
      [root]173. Cf. {Admire}, {Marvel}, {Smirk}.]
      1. To express amusement, pleasure, moderate joy, or love and
            kindness, by the features of the face; to laugh silently.
  
                     He doth nothing but frown. . . . He hears merry
                     tales and smiles not.                        --Shak.
  
                     She smiled to see the doughty hero slain. --Pope.
  
                     When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled.
                                                                              --Byron.
  
      2. To express slight contempt by a look implying sarcasm or
            pity; to sneer.
  
                     'T was what I said to Craggs and Child, Who praised
                     my modesty, and smiled.                     --Pope.
  
      3. To look gay and joyous; to have an appearance suited to
            excite joy; as, smiling spring; smiling plenty.
  
                     The desert smiled, And paradise was opened in the
                     wild.                                                --Pope.
  
      4. To be propitious or favorable; to favor; to countenance;
            -- often with on; as, to smile on one's labors.

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   Smilet \Smil"et\, n.
      A little smile. [R.]
  
               Those happy smilets That played on her ripe lip.
                                                                              --Shak.

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   Smilodon \Smi"lo*don\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] a carving knife +
      [?][?][?], [?][?][?], tooth.] (Paleon.)
      An extinct genus of saber-toothed tigers. See {Mach[?]rodus}.

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   Smilt \Smilt\, v. i.
      To melt. [Obs.] --Mortimer.

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   Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. t.
      To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
      Palsgrave.

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   Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, n.
      Smoke; smother. [Obs.]
  
               The smolder stops our nose with stench.   --Gascoigne.

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   Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
      {Smoldered}or {Smouldered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smoldering} or
      {Smouldering}.] [OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. sm[94]len,
      smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. {Smell}.]
      1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow
            and supressed combustion.
  
                     The smoldering dust did round about him smoke.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity;
            to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.

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   Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
      {Smoldered}or {Smouldered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smoldering} or
      {Smouldering}.] [OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. sm[94]len,
      smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. {Smell}.]
      1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow
            and supressed combustion.
  
                     The smoldering dust did round about him smoke.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity;
            to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.

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   Smoldering \Smol"der*ing\, Smouldering \Smoul"der*ing\, a.
      Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead.
  
               Some evil chance Will make the smoldering scandal break
               and blaze.                                             --Tennyson.

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   Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
      {Smoldered}or {Smouldered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smoldering} or
      {Smouldering}.] [OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. sm[94]len,
      smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. {Smell}.]
      1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow
            and supressed combustion.
  
                     The smoldering dust did round about him smoke.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity;
            to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.

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   Smolderingness \Smol"der*ing*ness\, Smoulderingness
   \Smoul"der*ing*ness\, n.
      The state of smoldering.

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   Smoldry \Smol"dry\, Smouldry \Smoul"dry\, a.
      Smoldering; suffocating; smothery. [Obs.]
  
               A flaming fire ymixt with smoldry smoke. --Spenser.

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   Smolt \Smolt\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired
      its silvery color.

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   Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. t.
      To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
      Palsgrave.

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   Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, n.
      Smoke; smother. [Obs.]
  
               The smolder stops our nose with stench.   --Gascoigne.

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   Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
      {Smoldered}or {Smouldered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smoldering} or
      {Smouldering}.] [OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. sm[94]len,
      smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. {Smell}.]
      1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow
            and supressed combustion.
  
                     The smoldering dust did round about him smoke.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity;
            to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.

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   Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. i.
      See {Smolder}.

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   Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
      {Smoldered}or {Smouldered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smoldering} or
      {Smouldering}.] [OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. sm[94]len,
      smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. {Smell}.]
      1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow
            and supressed combustion.
  
                     The smoldering dust did round about him smoke.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity;
            to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.

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   Smoldering \Smol"der*ing\, Smouldering \Smoul"der*ing\, a.
      Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead.
  
               Some evil chance Will make the smoldering scandal break
               and blaze.                                             --Tennyson.

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   Smolder \Smol"der\, Smoulder \Smoul"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
      {Smoldered}or {Smouldered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smoldering} or
      {Smouldering}.] [OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. sm[94]len,
      smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. {Smell}.]
      1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow
            and supressed combustion.
  
                     The smoldering dust did round about him smoke.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity;
            to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.

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   Smolderingness \Smol"der*ing*ness\, Smoulderingness
   \Smoul"der*ing*ness\, n.
      The state of smoldering.

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   Smoldry \Smol"dry\, Smouldry \Smoul"dry\, a.
      Smoldering; suffocating; smothery. [Obs.]
  
               A flaming fire ymixt with smoldry smoke. --Spenser.

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   Smouldry \Smoul"dry\, a.
      See {Smoldry}.

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   Snail \Snail\ (sn[amac]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel,
      snegel, sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan.
      snegl, Icel. snigill.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial
                  air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix
                  and many allied genera of the family {Helicid[91]}.
                  They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world
                  except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on
                  vegetation; a land snail.
            (b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true
                  snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See
                  {Pond snail}, under {Pond}, and {Sea snail}.
  
      2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.
  
      3. (Mech.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally
            curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the
            position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a
            striking clock.
  
      4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to
            protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.]
  
                     They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . .
                     that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or
                     of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow
                     pavises and targets, under the which men, when they
                     fought, were heled [protected], . . . as the snail
                     is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails.
                                                                              --Vegetius
                                                                              (Trans.).
  
      5. (Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover.
  
      {Ear snail}, {Edible snail}, {Pond snail}, etc. See under
            {Ear}, {Edible}, etc.
  
      {Snail borer} (Zo[94]l.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill.
           
  
      {Snail clover} (Bot.), a cloverlike plant ({Medicago
            scuttellata}, also, {M. Helix}); -- so named from its
            pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called also
            {snail trefoil}, {snail medic}, and {beehive}.
  
      {Snail flower} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Phaseolus
            Caracalla}) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled
            like a snail shell.
  
      {Snail shell} (Zo[94]l.), the shell of snail.
  
      {Snail trefoil}. (Bot.) See {Snail clover}, above.

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   Snail \Snail\ (sn[amac]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel,
      snegel, sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan.
      snegl, Icel. snigill.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial
                  air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix
                  and many allied genera of the family {Helicid[91]}.
                  They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world
                  except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on
                  vegetation; a land snail.
            (b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true
                  snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See
                  {Pond snail}, under {Pond}, and {Sea snail}.
  
      2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.
  
      3. (Mech.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally
            curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the
            position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a
            striking clock.
  
      4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to
            protect besiegers; a testudo. [Obs.]
  
                     They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . .
                     that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or
                     of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow
                     pavises and targets, under the which men, when they
                     fought, were heled [protected], . . . as the snail
                     is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails.
                                                                              --Vegetius
                                                                              (Trans.).
  
      5. (Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover.
  
      {Ear snail}, {Edible snail}, {Pond snail}, etc. See under
            {Ear}, {Edible}, etc.
  
      {Snail borer} (Zo[94]l.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill.
           
  
      {Snail clover} (Bot.), a cloverlike plant ({Medicago
            scuttellata}, also, {M. Helix}); -- so named from its
            pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called also
            {snail trefoil}, {snail medic}, and {beehive}.
  
      {Snail flower} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Phaseolus
            Caracalla}) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled
            like a snail shell.
  
      {Snail shell} (Zo[94]l.), the shell of snail.
  
      {Snail trefoil}. (Bot.) See {Snail clover}, above.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Squamellate \Squa*mel"late\, a.
      Furnished or covered with little scales; squamulose.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Squamulate \Squam"u*late\, a.
      Same as {Squamulose}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sunlit \Sun"lit`\, a.
      Lighted by the sun.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Synalepha \Syn`a*le"pha\, n. [NL., fr. L. synaloepha, Gr. [?],
      from [?] to melt together; sy`n with + [?] to besmear.]
      (Gram.)
      A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or
      diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or
      diphthong; as, th' army, for the army. [Written also
      {synal[d2]pha}.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   San Ildefonso Pueblo, NM (CDP, FIPS 68010)
      Location: 35.89805 N, 106.12750 W
      Population (1990): 447 (184 housing units)
      Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Smelterville, ID (city, FIPS 75070)
      Location: 47.54243 N, 116.17647 W
      Population (1990): 464 (266 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 83868

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SGML Tagger
  
      A tool to assist with adding {SGML} to a piece of text.
      The Tagger only lets the user insert a mark-up tag which is
      correct in that particular context.
  
      {(http://www1.oup.co.uk/cite/oup/E-P/Humanities/The_SGML_Tagger/)}.
  
      (1997-03-18)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   simulated annealing
  
      A technique which can be applied to any minimisation or
      learning process based on successive update steps (either
      random or {deterministic}) where the update step length is
      proportional to an arbitrarily set parameter which can play
      the role of a temperature.   Then, in analogy with the
      annealing of metals, the temperature is made high in the early
      stages of the process for faster minimisation or learning,
      then is reduced for greater stability.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Simulating Digital Systems
  
      Fortran-like language for describing computer
      logic design.   Sammet 1969, p.622.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   simulation
  
      Attempting to predict aspects of the behaviour of some system
      by creating an approximate (mathematical) model of it.   This
      can be done by physical modelling, by writing a
      special-purpose computer program or using a more general
      simulation package, probably still aimed at a particular kind
      of simulation (e.g. structural engineering, fluid flow).
      Typical examples are aircraft flight simlators or electronic
      circuit simulators.   A great many simulation languages exist,
      e.g. {Simula}.
  
      See also {emulation}, {Markov chain}.
  
      {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.simulation}.
  
      (1995-02-23)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SIMulation ANalysis
  
      (SIMAN) A {simulation} language,
      especially for manufacturing systems, developed by C. Dennis
      Pegden in 1983.
  
      ["Introduction to Simulation using SIMAN", C.D. Pegden et al,
      McGraw-Hill 1990].
  
      (1999-01-13)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Simulation Language for Alternative Modeling
  
      (SLAM) A {simulation} language descended from
      {GASP}.   Implemented as a {Fortran} {preprocessor}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Simulation Oriented Language
  
      (SOL) An {ALGOL} extension for {discrete
      simulation} by {Donald Knuth} and McNeley.
  
      ["SOL - A Symbolic Language for General Purpose System
      Simulation", D.E. Knuth et al, IEEE Trans Elec Comp,
      EC-13(4):401-408 (Aug 1964)].
  
      [Sammet 1969, p. 656].
  
      (1995-07-26)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Simultaneous Engineering Environment
  
      (SEE) A {CAE} framework from {DAZIX}.
  
      (1994-11-03)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line
  
      (SPOOL) Accessing {peripheral}
      devices with the help of an {off-line} {tape drive}.   The term
      was derived by {IBM} for use with the {IBM 360} {operating
      systems}.
  
      In the early days of computing (early 1960s), before
      {multitasking} was invented, computers (e.g. {IBM 704}) could
      run only one job at a time.   As peripheral devices such as
      {printers} or {card readers} were much slower than the {CPU},
      devoting the computer (the only computer in many cases) to
      controlling such devices was impractical.
  
      To free the CPU for useful work, the output was sent to a
      {magnetic tape} drive, which was much faster than a printer
      and much cheaper than a computer.   After the job was finished
      the tape was removed from the tape drive attached to the
      computer and mounted on a tape drive connected to a printer
      (such as the {IBM 1403}).   The printer could then print the
      data without holding up the computer.   Similarly, instead of
      inputting the program from the card reader it was first copied
      to a tape and the tape was read by the computer.
  
      (1999-01-12)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   simultaneous shipment
  
      (simship) The release of international,
      {localised} versions of software at the same time, or within a
      short period of time of the original release.
  
      Major software publishers can release as many as 30 different
      localised versions within a month or two of the original
      version.   These products may have thousands of pages of
      {documentation}.
  
      (1999-06-09)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Small Outline DIMM
  
      (SO-DIMM) A smaller kind of {DIMM} with 72 pins
      (supporting 32-bit transfers) or 144 pins (64-bit transfers).
      Regular DIMMs have 168 pins and support 64-bit transfers.
      Being roughly half the size of the regular DIMM, SO-DIMMs are
      often used in {notebook computers}.
  
      {Kingston Memory Guide
      (http://www.kingston.com/tools/umg/newumg05a.asp)}.
  
      (2001-02-16)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Smalltalk
  
      The pioneering {object-oriented programming} system
      developed in 1972 by the Software Concepts Group, led by {Alan
      Kay}, at {Xerox PARC} between 1971 and 1983.   It includes a
      language, a programming environment, and an extensive object
      library.
  
      Smalltalk took the concepts of {class} and {message} from
      {Simula-67} and made them all-pervasive.   Innovations included
      the {bitmap display}, windowing system, and use of a {mouse}.
  
      The {syntax} is very simple.   The fundamental construction is
      to send a message to an {object}:
  
      object message
  
      or with extra parameters
  
      object message: param1 secondArg: param2 .. nthArg: paramN
  
      where "secondArg:" etc. are considered to be part of the
      message name.
  
      Five pseudo-variables are defined: "self", "super", "nil",
      "true", "false".   "self" is the receiver of the current
      message.   "super" is used to delegate processing of a message
      to the {superclass} of the receiver.   "nil" is a reference to
      "nothing" (an instance of UndefinedObject).   All variables
      initially contain a reference to nil.   "true" and "false" are
      {Booleans}.
  
      In Smalltalk, any message can be sent to any object.   The
      recipient object itself decides (based on the message name,
      also called the "message selector") how to respond to the
      message.   Because of that, the {multiple inheritance} system
      included in the early versions of Smalltalk-80 appeared to be
      unused in practice.   All modern implementations have single
      inheritance, so each class can have at most one superclass.
  
      Early implementations were {interpreted} but all modern ones
      use {dynamic translation} (JIT).
  
      Early versions were Smalltalk-72, Smalltalk-74, Smalltalk-76
      (inheritance taken from Simula, and concurrency), and
      Smalltalk-78, {Smalltalk-80}.   Other versions include {Little
      Smalltalk}, {Smalltalk/V}, {Kamin's interpreters}.   Current
      versions are {VisualWorks}, {Squeak}, {VisualAge}, {Dolphin
      Smalltalk}, {Object Studio}, {GNU Smalltalk}.
  
      See also: {International Smalltalk Association}.
  
      {UIUC Smalltalk archive (http://st-www.cs.uiuc.edu/)}.
      {FAQ (http://XCF.Berkeley.EDU/pub/misc/smalltalk/FAQ/)}.
  
      {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.lang.smalltalk}.
  
      ["The Smalltalk-76 Programming System Design and
      Implementation", D.H. Ingalls, 5th POPL, ACM 1978, pp. 9-16].
  
      (2001-09-11)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Smalltalk-80
  
      ["Smalltalk-80: The Language and Its Implementation" ("The
      Blue Book"), Adele Goldberg et al, A-W 1983].
  
      [BYTE 6(8) (Aug 1981)].
  
      {(ftp://st.cs.uiuc.edu/pub/ISA)},
      {(ftp://st.cs.uiuc.edu/pub/MANCHESTER)},
      {(ftp://gnu.org/pub/gnu)}.
  
      Mail server: goodies-lib@r5.cs.man.ac.uk.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Smalltalk/V
  
      The first widely available version of {Smalltalk}, developed
      by {Digitalk} in 1986 for {IBM PC} and {Macintosh}.
  
      (1995-02-14)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Sin, Wilderness of
      lying between Elim and sinai (Ex. 16:1; comp. Num. 33:11, 12).
      This was probably the narrow plain of el-Markha, which stretches
      along the eastern shore of the Red Sea for several miles toward
      the promontory of Ras Mohammed, the southern extremity of the
      Sinitic Peninsula. While the Israelites rested here for some
      days they began to murmur on account of the want of nourishment,
      as they had by this time consumed all the corn they had brought
      with them out of Egypt. God heard their murmurings, and gave
      them "manna" and then quails in abundance.
     
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