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   scholarly
         adj 1: characteristic of scholars or scholarship; "scholarly
                  pursuits"; "a scholarly treatise"; "a scholarly attitude"
                  [ant: {unscholarly}]

English Dictionary: scholarly person by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scholarly person
n
  1. a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
    Synonym(s): scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scleral veins
n
  1. tributaries of the anterior ciliary veins that drain the sclera of the eye
    Synonym(s): scleral veins, venae sclerales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
solar halo
n
  1. a luminous halo parallel to the horizon at the altitude of the sun; caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere
    Synonym(s): solar halo, parhelic circle, parhelic ring
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Soleirolia
n
  1. one species; a dwarf creeping mat-forming evergreen herb
    Synonym(s): Helxine, genus Helxine, Soleirolia, genus Soleirolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Soleirolia soleirolii
n
  1. prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small round short-stemmed leaves
    Synonym(s): baby's tears, baby tears, Helxine soleirolia, Soleirolia soleirolii
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scholarlike \Schol"ar*like`\, a.
      Scholarly. --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scholarly \Schol"ar*ly\, a.
      Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a
      scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique. -- adv. In a
      scholarly manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knife \Knife\, n.; pl. {Knives}. [OE. knif, AS. cn[c6]f; akin to
      D. knijf, Icel. kn[c6]fr, Sw. knif, Dan. kniv.]
      1. An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel
            and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle,
            but of many different forms and names for different uses;
            as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife,
            pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc..
  
      2. A sword or dagger.
  
                     The coward conquest of a wretch's knife. --Shak.
  
      {Knife grass} (Bot.) a tropical American sedge ({Scleria
            latifolia}), having leaves with a very sharp and hard
            edge, like a knife.
  
      {War to the knife}, mortal combat; a conflict carried to the
            last extremity.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Solar \So"lar\, a. [L. solaris, fr. sol the sun; akin to As.
      s[omac]l, Icel. s[omac]l, Goth. sauil, Lith. saule, W. haul,.
      sul, Skr. svar, perhaps to E. sun:F. solaire. Cf. {Parasol}.
      {Sun}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as,
            the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar
            influence. See {Solar system}, below.
  
      2. (Astrol.) Born under the predominant influence of the sun.
            [Obs.]
  
                     And proud beside, as solar people are. --Dryden.
  
      3. Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the
            ecliptic; as, the solar year.
  
      4. Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected
            by its influence.
  
                     They denominate some herbs solar, and some lunar.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      {Solar cycle}. See under {Cycle}.
  
      {Solar day}. See {Day}, 2.
  
      {Solar engine}, an engine in which the energy of solar heat
            is used to produce motion, as in evaporating water for a
            steam engine, or expanding air for an air engine.
  
      {Solar flowers} (Bot.), flowers which open and shut daily at
            certain hours.
  
      {Solar lamp}, an argand lamp.
  
      {Solar microscope}, a microscope consisting essentially,
            first, of a mirror for reflecting a beam of sunlight
            through the tube, which sometimes is fixed in a window
            shutter; secondly, of a condenser, or large lens, for
            converging the beam upon the object; and, thirdly, of a
            small lens, or magnifier, for throwing an enlarged image
            of the object at its focus upon a screen in a dark room or
            in a darkened box.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Solar month}. See under {Month}.
  
      {Solar oil}, a paraffin oil used an illuminant and lubricant.
           
  
      {Solar phosphori} (Physics), certain substances, as the
            diamond, siulphide of barium (Bolognese or Bologna
            phosphorus), calcium sulphide, etc., which become
            phosphorescent, and shine in the dark, after exposure to
            sunlight or other intense light.
  
      {Solar plexus} (Anat.), a nervous plexus situated in the
            dorsal and anterior part of the abdomen, consisting of
            several sympathetic ganglia with connecting and radiating
            nerve fibers; -- so called in allusion to the radiating
            nerve fibers.
  
      {Solar spots}. See {Sun spots}, under {Sun}.
  
      {Solar system} (Astron.), the sun, with the group of
            celestial bodies which, held by its attraction, revolve
            round it. The system comprises the major planets, with
            their satellites; the minor planets, or asteroids, and the
            comets; also, the meteorids, the matter that furnishes the
            zodiacal light, and the rings of Saturn. The satellites
            that revolve about the major planets are twenty-two in
            number, of which the Earth has one (see {Moon}.), Mars
            two, Jupiter five, Saturn nine, Uranus four, and Neptune
            one. The asteroids, between Mars and Jupiter, thus far
            discovered (1900), number about five hundred, the first
            four of which were found near the beginning of the
            century, and are called Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta.
  
      Note: The principal elements of the major planets, and of the
               comets seen at more than one perihelion passage, are
               exhibited in the following tables: -- I. -- Major
               Planets. Symbol.Name.Mean distance -- that of the Earth
               being unity.Period in days.Eccentricity.Inclination of
               orbit.Diameter in miles
               [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?]
               II. -- Periodic Comets. Name.Greatest distance from
               sun.Least distance from sun.Inclination of
               orbit.Perihelion passage. [deg] [min] 54
               Encke's3.314.100.34212 541885.2
               [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?]
  
      {Solar telegraph}, telegraph for signaling by flashes of
            reflected sunlight.
  
      {Solar time}. See {Apparent time}, under {Time}.
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