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scot free
adv 1: free from harm or penalty; "he went scot-free"

English Dictionary: set apart	by the DICT Development Group
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seed fern n an extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the order Cycadofilicales (or group Pteridospermae) Synonym(s): seed fern, pteridosperm
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seed pearl n a small imperfect pearl
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set afire v set fire to; cause to start burning; "Lightening set fire to the forest" Synonym(s): set ablaze, set aflame, set on fire, set afire
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set apart v select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise" Synonym(s): assign, specify, set apart set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on" Synonym(s): sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate
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set forth v state; "set forth one's reasons" [syn: set forth, expound, exposit] leave; "The family took off for Florida" Synonym(s): depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off
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set free v grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university" Synonym(s): liberate, set free
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set phrase n an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up Synonym(s): idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase
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set-apart adj being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "she felt detached from the group"; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson; "thought of herself as alone and separated from the others"; "had a set-apart feeling" Synonym(s): detached, isolated, separated, set-apart
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shadberry n edible purple or red berries [syn: saskatoon, serviceberry, shadberry, juneberry]
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shoot for v have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal [syn: {draw a bead on}, aspire, aim, shoot for]
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shoot the breeze v talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" Synonym(s): chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit
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side of pork n dressed half of a hog carcass
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sidebar n (law) a courtroom conference between the lawyers and the judge that is held out of the jury's hearing a short news story presenting sidelights on a major story
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sideboard n a removable board fitted on the side of a wagon to increase its capacity a board that forms part of the side of a bed or crib a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers Synonym(s): buffet, counter, sideboard
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sideburn n facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off) Synonym(s): sideburn, burnside, mutton chop, side-whiskers
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skate over v treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly [syn: {gloss over}, skate over, smooth over, slur over, skimp over]
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skateboard n a board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by foot v ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom
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skateboarder n someone who skates on a skateboard
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skateboarding n the sport of skating on a skateboard
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skydiver n a person who jumps from a plane and performs various gymnastic maneuvers before pulling the parachute cord
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South Africa n a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers) Synonym(s): South Africa, Republic of South Africa
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South African adj of or pertaining to or characteristic of South Africa or its people n a native or inhabitant of South Africa
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South African Dutch n an official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish Synonym(s): Afrikaans, Taal, South African Dutch
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South African monetary unit n monetary unit in South Africa
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South Frigid Zone n the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters Synonym(s): Antarctic, Antarctic Zone, South Frigid Zone
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South-African yellowwood n erect or shrubby tree of Africa having ridged dark grey bark and rigid glossy medium to long leaves Synonym(s): South- African yellowwood, Podocarpus latifolius
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St Bernard n a Swiss alpine breed of large powerful dog with a thick coat of hair used as a rescue dog Synonym(s): Saint Bernard, St Bernard
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St. Barbara's herb n any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad Synonym(s): winter cress, St. Barbara's herb, scurvy grass
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St. Bride n Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523) [syn: Bridget, Saint Bridget, St. Bridget, Brigid, Saint Brigid, St. Brigid, Bride, Saint Bride, St. Bride]
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St. Bridget n Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523) [syn: Bridget, Saint Bridget, St. Bridget, Brigid, Saint Brigid, St. Brigid, Bride, Saint Bride, St. Bride]
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St. Brigid n Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523) [syn: Bridget, Saint Bridget, St. Bridget, Brigid, Saint Brigid, St. Brigid, Bride, Saint Bride, St. Bride]
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St. Bruno n (Roman Catholic Church) a French cleric (born in Germany) who founded the Carthusian order in 1084 (1032-1101) Synonym(s): Bruno, Saint Bruno, St. Bruno
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St. Francis n (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226) Synonym(s): Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis, St. Francis, Giovanni di Bernardone a tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas Synonym(s): Saint Francis, Saint Francis River, St. Francis, St. Francis River
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St. Francis of Assisi n (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian and the Roman Catholic monk who founded the Franciscan order of friars (1181-1226) Synonym(s): Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis, St. Francis, Giovanni di Bernardone
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St. Francis River n a tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas Synonym(s): Saint Francis, Saint Francis River, St. Francis, St. Francis River
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St.-Bruno's-lily n a variety of spiderwort [syn: St.-Bruno's-lily, Paradisea liliastrum]
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stabber n someone who stabs another person
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Stabroek n port city and the capital and largest city of Guyana; "the city was called Stabroek by the Dutch but was renamed Georgetown by the British in 1812" Synonym(s): Georgetown, Stabroek
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staffer n an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States) Synonym(s): staff member, staffer
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Staffordshire bull terrier n English breed of strong stocky dog having a broad skull and smooth coat Synonym(s): Staffordshire bullterrier, Staffordshire bull terrier
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Staffordshire bullterrier n English breed of strong stocky dog having a broad skull and smooth coat Synonym(s): Staffordshire bullterrier, Staffordshire bull terrier
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Staffordshire terrier n American breed of muscular terriers with a short close- lying stiff coat Synonym(s): American Staffordshire terrier, Staffordshire terrier, American pit bull terrier, pit bull terrier
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stay fresh v fail to spoil or rot; "These potatoes keep for a long time" Synonym(s): keep, stay fresh
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stay over v stay overnight; "The boy's friends were allowed to sleep over after the birthday party" Synonym(s): sleep over, stay over
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steeper n a vessel (usually a pot or vat) used for steeping
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step forward v make oneself visible; take action; "Young people should step to the fore and help their peers" Synonym(s): come to the fore, step forward, come forward, step up, step to the fore, come out
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step rocket n a rocket having two or more rocket engines (each with its own fuel) that are fired in succession and jettisoned when the fuel is exhausted Synonym(s): multistage rocket, step rocket
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stepbrother n a brother who has only one parent in common with you [syn: stepbrother, half-brother, half brother]
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stepparent n the spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage
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stepper n a professional dancer Synonym(s): hoofer, stepper a motor (especially an electric motor) that moves or rotates in small discrete steps Synonym(s): stepper, stepping motor a horse trained to lift its feet high off the ground while walking or trotting Synonym(s): stepper, high stepper
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steprelationship n a family relationship by virtue of remarriage
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Steve Reich n United States composer (born in 1936) [syn: Reich, {Steve Reich}, Stephen Michael Reich]
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stiff-branched adj having stiff branches
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stiff-haired adj having stiff hair
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stooper n a person at a racetrack who searches for winning parimutuel tickets that have been carelessly discarded by others a person who carries himself or herself with the head and shoulders habitually bent forward
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stop order n an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level Synonym(s): stop order, stop-loss order
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stop press n late news that is inserted into the newspaper at the last minute
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Stoppard n British dramatist (born in Czechoslovakia in 1937) [syn: Stoppard, Tom Stoppard, Sir Tom Stoppard, Thomas Straussler]
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stopper n an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down Synonym(s): show- stopper, showstopper, stopper a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply Synonym(s): conversation stopper, stopper (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit; "if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump" blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly Synonym(s): plug, stopper, stopple v close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies' mouths with pacifiers" Synonym(s): stopper, stopple
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stopper knot n a knot that prevents a rope from passing through a hole
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stoppered adj (of a container) having a stopper in the opening; "the tightly stoppered bottles"
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stover n the dried stalks and leaves of a field crop (especially corn) used as animal fodder after the grain has been harvested
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stubborn adj tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield Synonym(s): stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate Antonym(s): docile not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains" Synonym(s): refractory, stubborn
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stubbornly adv in a stubborn unregenerate manner; "she remained stubbornly in the same position" Synonym(s): stubbornly, pig-headedly, obdurately, mulishly, obstinately, cussedly
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stubbornness n the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome [syn: stubbornness, obstinacy, obstinance, mulishness] resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires Synonym(s): stubbornness, bullheadedness, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will
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stuffer n a craftsman who stuffs and mounts the skins of animals for display Synonym(s): taxidermist, animal stuffer, stuffer an advertising circular that is enclosed with other material and (usually) sent by mail
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stupor n the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally; "his mother's death left him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock" Synonym(s): daze, shock, stupor marginal consciousness; "his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows"; "someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor" Synonym(s): grogginess, stupor, stupefaction, semiconsciousness
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stuporous adj stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion) Synonym(s): dazed, foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous
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Sudbury n a city in south central Canada in Ontario; a major nickel mining center
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suit of armor n armor that protects the wearer's whole body [syn: {body armor}, body armour, suit of armor, suit of armour, coat of mail, cataphract]
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suit of armour n armor that protects the wearer's whole body [syn: {body armor}, body armour, suit of armor, suit of armour, coat of mail, cataphract]
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sweet birch n common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture Synonym(s): sweet birch, cherry birch, black birch, Betula lenta
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sweet fern n mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia Synonym(s): common polypody, adder's fern, wall fern, golden maidenhair, golden polypody, sweet fern, Polypodium vulgare deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers Synonym(s): sweet fern, Comptonia peregrina, Comptonia asplenifolia
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sweet four o'clock n leafy wildflower having fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped flowers; southwestern United States and northern Mexico Synonym(s): sweet four o'clock, maravilla, Mirabilis longiflora
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sweet vermouth n sweet dark amber variety [syn: sweet vermouth, {Italian vermouth}]
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sweet-birch oil n a liquid ester with a strong odor of wintergreen; applied externally for minor muscle and joint pain Synonym(s): methyl salicylate, birch oil, sweet-birch oil
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sweet-breathed adj having breath or breath as specified
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sweetbread n edible glands of an animal [syn: sweetbread, sweetbreads]
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sweetbreads n edible glands of an animal [syn: sweetbread, sweetbreads]
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sweetbriar n Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips Synonym(s): sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria
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sweetbrier n Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips Synonym(s): sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, briar, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Solanum \So*la"num\, n. [L., nightshade.] (Bot.) A genus of plants comprehending the potato ({S. tuberosum}), the eggplant ({S. melongena}, and several hundred other species; nightshade.
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Finback \Fin"back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any whale of the genera {Sibbaldius}, {Bal[91]noptera}, and allied genera, of the family {Bal[91]nopterid[91]}, characterized by a prominent fin on the back. The common finbacks of the New England coast are {Sibbaldius tectirostris} and {S. tuberosus}.
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Sad \Sad\ (s[acr]d), a. [Compar. {Sadder}; supperl. {Saddest}.] [OE. sad sated, tired, satisfied, firm, steadfast, AS. s[91]d satisfied, sated; akin to D. zat, OS. sad, G. satt, OHG. sat, Icel. sa[edh]r, saddr, Goth. sa[thorn]s, Lith. sotus, L. sat, satis, enough, satur sated, Gr. 'a`menai to satiate, 'a`dnh enough. Cf. {Assets}, {Sate}, {Satiate}, {Satisfy}, {Satire}.] 1. Sated; satisfied; weary; tired. [Obs.] Yet of that art they can not waxen sad, For unto them it is a bitter sweet. --Chaucer. 2. Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard. [Obs., except in a few phrases; as, sad bread.] His hand, more sad than lump of lead. --Spenser. Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad. --Mortimer. 3. Dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors. [bd]Sad-colored clothes.[b8] --Walton. Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors. --Mortimer. 4. Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous. [Obs.] [bd]Ripe and sad courage.[b8] --Chaucer. Lady Catharine, a sad and religious woman. --Bacon. Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties. --Ld. Berners. 5. Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful. First were we sad, fearing you would not come; Now sadder, that you come so unprovided. --Shak. The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad. --Milton. 6. Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune. 7. Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked. [Colloq.] [bd]Sad tipsy fellows, both of them.[b8] --I. Taylor. Note: Sad is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sad-colored, sad-eyed, sad-hearted, sad-looking, and the like. {Sad bread}, heavy bread. [Scot. & Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. Syn: Sorrowful; mournful; gloomy; dejected; depressed; cheerless; downcast; sedate; serious; grave; grievous; afflictive; calamitous.
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Scatebrous \Scat"e*brous\, a. [L. scatebra a gushing up of water, from scatere to bubble, gush.] Abounding with springs. [Obs.]
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Scot-free \Scot"-free"\ [?], a. Free from payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe. Do as much for this purpose, and thou shalt pass scot-free. --Sir W. Scott. Then young Hay escaped scot-free to Holland. --A. Lang.
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Scutibranch \Scu"ti*branch\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Scutibranchiate. -- n. One of the Scutibranchiata.
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Scutibranchian \Scu`tibran"chian\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Scutibranchiata.
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Scutibranchiate \Scu`tibran"chiate\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having the gills protected by a shieldlike shell; of or pertaining to the Scutibranchiata. -- n. One of the Scutibranchiata.
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Scutiferous \Scutif"erous\, a. [L. scutum shield + -ferous.] Carrying a shield or buckler.
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Scutiform \Scu"ti*form\, a. [L. scutum shield + -form: cf. F. scutiforme.] Shield-shaped; scutate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seed \Seed\, n.; pl. {Seed} or {Seeds}. [OE. seed, sed, AS. s[?]d, fr. s[be]wan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G. saat, Icel. s[be][?], s[?][?]i, Goth. manas[?]ps seed of men. world. See {Sow} to scatter seed, and cf. {Colza}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant. (b) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself. --Gen. i. 11. Note: The seed proper has an outer and an inner coat, and within these the kernel or nucleus. The kernel is either the embryo alone, or the embryo inclosed in the albumen, which is the material for the nourishment of the developing embryo. The scar on a seed, left where the stem parted from it, is called the hilum, and the closed orifice of the ovule, the micropyle. 2. (Physiol.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural. 3. That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice. 4. The principle of production. Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed, Which may the like in coming ages breed. --Waller. 5. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David. Note: In this sense the word is applied to one person, or to any number collectively, and admits of the plural form, though rarely used in the plural. 6. Race; generation; birth. Of mortal seed they were not held. --Waller. {Seed bag} (Artesian well), a packing to prevent percolation of water down the bore hole. It consists of a bag encircling the tubing and filled with flax seed, which swells when wet and fills the space between the tubing and the sides of the hole. {Seed bud} (Bot.), the germ or rudiment of the plant in the embryo state; the ovule. {Seed coat} (Bot.), the covering of a seed. {Seed corn}, [or] {Seed grain} (Bot.), corn or grain for seed. {Seed down} (Bot.), the soft hairs on certain seeds, as cotton seed. {Seed drill}. See 6th {Drill}, 2 (a) . {Seed eater} (Zo[94]l.), any finch of the genera {Sporophila}, and {Crithagra}. They feed mainly on seeds. {Seed gall} (Zo[94]l.), any gall which resembles a seed, formed, on the leaves of various plants, usually by some species of Phylloxera. {Seed leaf} (Bot.), a cotyledon. {Seed lobe} (Bot.), a cotyledon; a seed leaf. {Seed oil}, oil expressed from the seeds of plants. {Seed oyster}, a young oyster, especially when of a size suitable for transplantation to a new locality. {Seed pearl}, a small pearl of little value. {Seed plat}, [or] {Seed plot}, the ground on which seeds are sown, to produce plants for transplanting; a nursery. {Seed stalk} (Bot.), the stalk of an ovule or seed; a funicle. {Seed tick} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of ticks resembling seeds in form and color. {Seed vessel} (Bot.), that part of a plant which contains the seeds; a pericarp. {Seed weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small weevels, especially those of the genus {Apion}, which live in the seeds of various plants. {Seed wool}, cotton wool not yet cleansed of its seeds. [Southern U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Set-fair \Set"-fair`\, n. In plastering, a particularly good troweled surface. --Knight.
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Setiferous \Setif"erous\, a. [L. seta a bristle + -ferous.] Producing, or having one or more, bristles.
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Setiform \Se"ti*form\, a. [Seta + -form: cf. F. s[82]tiforme.] Having the form or structure of set[91].
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Setiparous \Setip"arous\, a. [Seta + L. papere to produce.] (Zo[94]l.) Producing set[91]; -- said of the organs from which the set[91] of annelids arise.
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Shad \Shad\ (sh[acr]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a fish.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species ({Clupea sapidissima}), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose ({C. alosa}), and the twaite shad. ({C. finta}), are less important species. [Written also {chad}.] Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under {Gizzard}), called also {mud shad}, {white-eyed shad}, and {winter shad}. {Hardboaded}, [or] {Yellow-tailed}, {shad}, the menhaden. {Hickory}, [or] {Tailor}, {shad}, the mattowacca. {Long-boned shad}, one of several species of important food fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus {Gerres}. {Shad bush} (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs or small trees of the rosaceous genus {Amelanchier} ({A. Canadensis}, and {A. alnifolia}) Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The plant is also called {service tree}, and {Juneberry}. {Shad frog}, an American spotted frog ({Rana halecina}); -- so called because it usually appears at the time when the shad begin to run in the rivers. {Trout shad}, the squeteague. {White shad}, the common shad.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shadbird \Shad"bird`\ (sh[acr]d"b[etil]rd), n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American, or Wilson's, snipe. See under {Snipe}. So called because it appears at the same time as the shad. (b) The common European sandpiper. [Prov. Eng.]
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Shot \Shot\, n.; pl. {Shot}or {Shots}. [OE. shot, schot, AS. gesceot a missile; akin to D. schot a shot, shoot, G. schuss, geschoss a missile, Icel. skot a throwing, a javelin, and E. shoot, v.t. [root]159. See {Shoot}, and cf. {Shot} a share.] 1. The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile. He caused twenty shot of his greatest cannon to be made at the king's army. --Clarendon. 2. A missile weapon, particularly a ball or bullet; specifically, whatever is discharged as a projectile from firearms or cannon by the force of an explosive. Note: Shot used in war is of various kinds, classified according to the material of which it is composed, into lead, wrought-iron, and cast-iron; according to form, into spherical and oblong; according to structure and modes of operation, into solid, hollow, and case. See {Bar shot}, {Chain shot}, etc., under {Bar}, {Chain}, etc. 3. Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot. 4. The flight of a missile, or the distance which it is, or can be, thrown; as, the vessel was distant more than a cannon shot. 5. A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot. {Shot belt}, a belt having a pouch or compartment for carrying shot. {Shot cartridge}, a cartridge containing powder and small shot, forming a charge for a shotgun. {Shot garland} (Naut.), a wooden frame to contain shot, secured to the coamings and ledges round the hatchways of a ship. {Shot gauge}, an instrument for measuring the diameter of round shot. --Totten. {shot hole}, a hole made by a shot or bullet discharged. {Shot locker} (Naut.), a strongly framed compartment in the hold of a vessel, for containing shot. {Shot of a cable} (Naut.), the splicing of two or more cables together, or the whole length of the cables thus united. {Shot prop} (Naut.), a wooden prop covered with tarred hemp, to stop a hole made by the shot of an enemy in a ship's side. {Shot tower}, a lofty tower for making shot, by dropping from its summit melted lead in slender streams. The lead forms spherical drops which cool in the descent, and are received in water or other liquid. {Shot window}, a window projecting from the wall. Ritson, quoted by Halliwell, explains it as a window that opens and shuts; and Wodrow describes it as a window of shutters made of timber and a few inches of glass above them.
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Shot-free \Shot"-free`\, a. Not to be injured by shot; shot-proof. [Obs.] --Feltham.
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Shot-free \Shot"-free`\, a. Free from charge or expense; hence, unpunished; scot-free. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Shot-proof \Shot"-proof`\, a. Impenetrable by shot.
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Side \Side\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral. One mighty squadron with a side wind sped. --Dryden. 2. Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark. The law hath no side respect to their persons. --Hooker. 3. [AS. s[c6]d. Cf {Side}, n.] Long; large; extensive. [Obs. or Scot.] --Shak. His gown had side sleeves down to mid leg. --Laneham. {Side action}, in breech-loading firearms, a mechanism for operating the breech block, which is moved by a lever that turns sidewise. {Side arms}, weapons worn at the side, as sword, bayonet, pistols, etc. {Side ax}, an ax of which the handle is bent to one side. {Side-bar rule} (Eng. Law.), a rule authorized by the courts to be granted by their officers as a matter of course, without formal application being made to them in open court; -- so called because anciently moved for by the attorneys at side bar, that is, informally. --Burril. {Side box}, a box or inclosed seat on the side of a theater. To insure a side-box station at half price. --Cowper. {Side chain}, one of two safety chains connecting a tender with a locomotive, at the sides.
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Sideboard \Side"board`\, n. A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service. At a stately sideboard, by the wine, That fragrant smell diffused. --Milton.
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Prune \Prune\, n. [F. prune, from L. prunum a plum. See {Plum}.] A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or Turkish prunes; California prunes. {German prune} (Bot.), a large dark purple plum, of oval shape, often one-sided. It is much used for preserving, either dried or in sirup. {Prune tree}. (Bot.) (a) A tree of the genus {Prunus} ({P. domestica}), which produces prunes. (b) The West Indian tree, {Prunus occidentalis}. {South African prune} (Bot.), the edible fruit of a sapindaceous tree ({Pappea Capensis}).
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Stabber \Stab"ber\, n. 1. One who, or that which, stabs; a privy murderer. 2. (Naut.) A small marline spike; a pricker.
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Staffier \Staf"fi*er\, n. An attendant bearing a staff. [Obs.] [bd]Staffiers on foot.[b8] --Hudibras.
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Steeper \Steep"er\, n. A vessel, vat, or cistern, in which things are steeped.
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Steep \Steep\, a. [Comper. {Steeper}; superl. {Steepest}.] [OE. steep, step, AS. ste[a0]p; akin to Icel. steyp[?]r steep, and st[umac]pa to stoop, Sw. stupa to fall, to tilt; cf. OFries. stap high. Cf. {Stoop}, v. i., {Steep}, v. t., {Steeple}.] 1. Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous; as, a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep declivity; a steep barometric gradient. 2. Difficult of access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high. [Obs.] --Chapman. 3. Excessive; as, a steep price. [Slang]
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Stepbrother \Step"broth`er\, n. A brother by the marriage of one's father with the mother of another, or of one's mother with the father of another.
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Stepparent \Step"par`ent\, n. Stepfather or stepmother.
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Stepper \Step"per\, n. One who, or that which, steps; as, a quick stepper.
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Stibborn \Stib"born\, a. Stubborn. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Stiff \Stiff\, a. [Compar. {Stiffer}; superl. {Stiffest}.] [OE. stif, AS. st[c6]f; akin to D. stijf, G. steif, Dan. stiv, Sw. styf, Icel. st[c6]fr, Lith. stipti to be stiff; cf. L. stipes a post, trunk of a tree, stipare to press, compress. Cf. {Costive}, {Stifle}, {Stipulate}, {Stive} to stuff.] 1. Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints. [They] rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid a[89]rial sky. --Milton. 2. Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff. 3. Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze. 4. Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary. It is a shame to stand stiff in a foolish argument. --Jer. Taylor. A war ensues: the Cretans own their cause, Stiff to defend their hospitable laws. --Dryden. 5. Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style. The French are open, familiar, and talkative; the Italians stiff, ceremonious, and reserved. --Addison. 6. Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear. [Obs. or Colloq.] [bd]This is stiff news.[b8] --Shak. 7. (Naut.) Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to {crank}. --Totten. 8. Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price. [Slang] {Stiff neck}, a condition of the neck such that the head can not be moved without difficulty and pain. Syn: Rigid; inflexible; strong; hardly; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; harsh; formal; constrained; affected; starched; rigorous.
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Stiff-hearted \Stiff"-heart`ed\, a. [Stiff + heart.] Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious. --Ezek. ii. 4.
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parterie \par"ter*ie\, n. [F., from Sp. esparto esparto, L. spartum, Gr. [?].] Articles made of the blades or fiber of the {Lygeum Spartum} and {Stipa ([or] Macrochloa) tenacissima}, kinds of grass used in Spain and other countries for making ropes, mats, baskets, nets, and mattresses. --Loudon.
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Stiver \Sti"ver\, n. [D. stuiver; akin to G. st[81]ber, Dan. styver, Sw. styfver.] A Dutch coin, and money of account, of the value of two cents, or about one penny sterling; hence, figuratively, anything of little worth.
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Stooper \Stoop"er\, n. One who stoops.
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Stop order \Stop order\ (Finance) An order that aims to limit losses by fixing a figure at which purchases shall be sold or sales bought in, as where stock is bought at 100 and the broker is directed to sell if the market price drops to 98.
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Stopper \Stop"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stoppered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stoppering}.] To close or secure with a stopper.
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Stopper \Stop"per\, n. 1. One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel. 2. (Naut.) A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something. --Totten. 3. (Bot.) A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See {Eugenia}. --C. S. Sargent. {Ring stopper} (Naut.), a short rope or chain passing through the anchor ring, to secure the anchor to the cathead. {Stopper bolt} (Naut.), a large ringbolt in a ship's deck, to which the deck stoppers are hooked.
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Stopper \Stop"per\, n. 1. One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel. 2. (Naut.) A short piece of rope having a knot at one or both ends, with a lanyard under the knot, -- used to secure something. --Totten. 3. (Bot.) A name to several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies; as, the red stopper. See {Eugenia}. --C. S. Sargent. {Ring stopper} (Naut.), a short rope or chain passing through the anchor ring, to secure the anchor to the cathead. {Stopper bolt} (Naut.), a large ringbolt in a ship's deck, to which the deck stoppers are hooked.
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Stopper \Stop"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stoppered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stoppering}.] To close or secure with a stopper.
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Stopper \Stop"per\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stoppered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stoppering}.] To close or secure with a stopper.
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Stover \Sto"ver\, n. [OE. estoveir, estovoir, necessity, provisions, properly an inf., [bd]to be necessary.[b8] Cf. {Estovers}.] Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay. Where live nibbling sheep, And flat meads thatched with stover them to keep. --Shak. Thresh barley as yet but as need shall require, Fresh threshed for stover thy cattle desire. --Tusser.
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Stowboard \Stow"board\, n. A place into which rubbish is put. [Written also {stowbord}.]
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Stowboard \Stow"board\, n. A place into which rubbish is put. [Written also {stowbord}.]
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Stub \Stub\, n. [OE. stubbe, AS. stub, styb; akin to D. stobbe, LG. stubbe, Dan. stub, Sw. stubbe, Icel. stubbr, stubbi; cf. Gr. [?].] 1. The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub. Stubs sharp and hideous to behold. --Chaucer. And prickly stubs instead of trees are found. --Dryden. 2. A log; a block; a blockhead. [Obs.] --Milton. 3. The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar. 4. A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded. 5. A pen with a short, blunt nib. 6. A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron. {Stub end} (Mach.), the enlarged end of a connecting rod, to which the strap is fastened. {Stub iron}, iron made from stub nails, or old horseshoe nails, -- used in making gun barrels. {Stub mortise} (Carp.), a mortise passing only partly through the timber in which it is formed. {Stub nail}, an old horseshoe nail; a nail broken off; also, a short, thick nail. {Stub short}, [or] {Stub shot} (Lumber Manuf.), the part of the end of a sawn log or plank which is beyond the place where the saw kerf ends, and which retains the plank in connection with the log, until it is split off. {Stub twist}, material for a gun barrel, made of a spirally welded ribbon of steel and stub iron combined.
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Stubborn \Stub"born\, a. [OE. stoburn, stiborn; probably fr. AS. styb a stub. See {Stub}.] Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule. [bd]Bow, stubborn knees.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Stubborn attention and more than common application.[b8] --Locke. [bd]Stubborn Stoics.[b8] --Swift. And I was young and full of ragerie [wantonness] Stubborn and strong, and jolly as a pie. --Chaucer. These heretics be so stiff and stubborn. --Sir T. More. Your stubborn usage of the pope. --Shak. Syn: Obstinate; inflexible; obdurate; headstrong; stiff; hardy; firm; refractory; intractable; rugged; contumacious; heady. Usage: {Stubborn}, {Obstinate}. Obstinate is used of either active or passive persistence in one's views or conduct, in spite of the wishes of others. Stubborn describes an extreme degree of passive obstinacy. -- {Stub"bornly}, adv. -- {Stub"bornness}, n.
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Stubborn \Stub"born\, a. [OE. stoburn, stiborn; probably fr. AS. styb a stub. See {Stub}.] Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule. [bd]Bow, stubborn knees.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Stubborn attention and more than common application.[b8] --Locke. [bd]Stubborn Stoics.[b8] --Swift. And I was young and full of ragerie [wantonness] Stubborn and strong, and jolly as a pie. --Chaucer. These heretics be so stiff and stubborn. --Sir T. More. Your stubborn usage of the pope. --Shak. Syn: Obstinate; inflexible; obdurate; headstrong; stiff; hardy; firm; refractory; intractable; rugged; contumacious; heady. Usage: {Stubborn}, {Obstinate}. Obstinate is used of either active or passive persistence in one's views or conduct, in spite of the wishes of others. Stubborn describes an extreme degree of passive obstinacy. -- {Stub"bornly}, adv. -- {Stub"bornness}, n.
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Stubborn \Stub"born\, a. [OE. stoburn, stiborn; probably fr. AS. styb a stub. See {Stub}.] Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule. [bd]Bow, stubborn knees.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Stubborn attention and more than common application.[b8] --Locke. [bd]Stubborn Stoics.[b8] --Swift. And I was young and full of ragerie [wantonness] Stubborn and strong, and jolly as a pie. --Chaucer. These heretics be so stiff and stubborn. --Sir T. More. Your stubborn usage of the pope. --Shak. Syn: Obstinate; inflexible; obdurate; headstrong; stiff; hardy; firm; refractory; intractable; rugged; contumacious; heady. Usage: {Stubborn}, {Obstinate}. Obstinate is used of either active or passive persistence in one's views or conduct, in spite of the wishes of others. Stubborn describes an extreme degree of passive obstinacy. -- {Stub"bornly}, adv. -- {Stub"bornness}, n.
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Stuffer \Stuff"er\, n. One who, or that which, stuffs.
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Stupor \Stu"por\, n. [L., from stupere to be struck senseless.] 1. Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy. 2. Intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness or inattention to one's interests.
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Stuprate \Stu"prate\, v. t. [L. stupratus, p. p. of stuprare to ravish, fr. stuprum defilement.] To ravish; to debauch. [R.] --Heywood.
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Stupration \Stu*pra"tion\, n. Violation of chastity by force; rape. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
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{Out of suits}, having no correspondence. [Obs.] --Shak. {Suit and service} (Feudal Law), the duty of feudatories to attend the courts of their lords or superiors in time of peace, and in war to follow them and do military service; -- called also {suit service}. --Blackstone. {Suit broker}, one who made a trade of obtaining the suits of petitioners at court. [Obs.] {Suit court} (O. Eng. Law), the court in which tenants owe attendance to their lord. {Suit covenant} (O. Eng. Law), a covenant to sue at a certain court. {Suit custom} (Law), a service which is owed from time immemorial. {Suit service}. (Feudal Law) See {Suit and service}, above. {To bring suit}. (Law) (a) To bring secta, followers or witnesses, to prove the plaintiff's demand. [Obs.] (b) In modern usage, to institute an action. {To follow suit}. (Card Playing) See under {Follow}, v. t.
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Brier \Bri"er\, Briar \Bri"ar\, n. [OE. brere, brer, AS. br[c7]r, br[91]r; cf. Ir. briar prickle, thorn, brier, pin, Gael. preas bush, brier, W. prys, prysg.] 1. A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of {Rosa}, {Rubus}, and {Smilax}. 2. Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings. The thorns and briers of reproof. --Cowper. {Brier root}, the root of the southern {Smilax laurifolia} and {S. Walteri}; -- used for tobacco pipes. {Cat brier}, {Green brier}, several species of Smilax ({S. rotundifolia}, etc.) {Sweet brier} ({Rosa rubiginosa}). See {Sweetbrier}. {Yellow brier}, the {Rosa Eglantina}.
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Sweet \Sweet\, a. [Compar. {Sweeter}; superl. {Sweetest}.] [OE. swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[c7]te; akin to OFries. sw[c7]te, OS. sw[d3]ti, D. zoet, G. s[81]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[91]tr, s[d2]tr, Sw. s[94]t, Dan. s[94]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for suadvis, Gr. [?], Skr. sv[be]du sweet, svad, sv[be]d, to sweeten. [fb]175. Cf. {Assuage}, {Suave}, {Suasion}.] 1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges. 2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense. The breath of these flowers is sweet to me. --Longfellow. 3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer. To make his English sweet upon his tongue. --Chaucer. A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --Hawthorne. 4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion. Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. --Milton. 5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --Bacon. 6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish. 7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners. Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades? --Job xxxviii. 31. Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold. Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured, sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc. {Sweet alyssum}. (Bot.) See {Alyssum}. {Sweet apple}. (Bot.) (a) Any apple of sweet flavor. (b) See {Sweet-top}. {Sweet bay}. (Bot.) (a) The laurel ({laurus nobilis}). (b) Swamp sassafras. {Sweet calabash} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Passiflora} ({P. maliformis}) growing in the West Indies, and producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple. {Sweet cicely}. (Bot.) (a) Either of the North American plants of the umbelliferous genus {Osmorrhiza} having aromatic roots and seeds, and white flowers. --Gray. (b) A plant of the genus {Myrrhis} ({M. odorata}) growing in England. {Sweet calamus}, [or] {Sweet cane}. (Bot.) Same as {Sweet flag}, below. {Sweet Cistus} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Cistus Ladanum}) from which the gum ladanum is obtained. {Sweet clover}. (Bot.) See {Melilot}. {Sweet coltsfoot} (Bot.), a kind of butterbur ({Petasites sagittata}) found in Western North America. {Sweet corn} (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste. See the Note under {Corn}. {Sweet fern} (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Comptonia, [or] Myrica, asplenifolia}) having sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves. {Sweet flag} (Bot.), an endogenous plant ({Acorus Calamus}) having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and America. See {Calamus}, 2. {Sweet gale} (Bot.), a shrub ({Myrica Gale}) having bitter fragrant leaves; -- also called {sweet willow}, and {Dutch myrtle}. See 5th {Gale}. {Sweet grass} (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass. {Sweet gum} (Bot.), an American tree ({Liquidambar styraciflua}). See {Liquidambar}. {Sweet herbs}, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary purposes. {Sweet John} (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William. {Sweet leaf} (Bot.), horse sugar. See under {Horse}. {Sweet marjoram}. (Bot.) See {Marjoram}. {Sweet marten} (Zo[94]l.), the pine marten. {Sweet maudlin} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea Ageratum}) allied to milfoil. {Sweet oil}, olive oil. {Sweet pea}. (Bot.) See under {Pea}. {Sweet potato}. (Bot.) See under {Potato}. {Sweet rush} (Bot.), sweet flag. {Sweet spirits of niter} (Med. Chem.) See {Spirit of nitrous ether}, under {Spirit}. {Sweet sultan} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea moschata}), also, the yellow-flowered ({C. odorata}); -- called also {sultan flower}. {Sweet tooth}, an especial fondness for sweet things or for sweetmeats. [Colloq.] {Sweet William}. (a) (Bot.) A species of pink ({Dianthus barbatus}) of many varieties. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The willow warbler. (c) (Zo[94]l.) The European goldfinch; -- called also {sweet Billy}. [Prov. Eng.] {Sweet willow} (Bot.), sweet gale. {Sweet wine}. See {Dry wine}, under {Dry}. {To be sweet on}, to have a particular fondness for, or special interest in, as a young man for a young woman. [Colloq.] --Thackeray. Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious.
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{Vernal equinox} (Astron.), the time when the sun crosses the equator when proceeding northward. {Vernal grass} (Bot.), a low, soft grass ({Anthoxanthum odoratum}), producing in the spring narrow spikelike panicles, and noted for the delicious fragrance which it gives to new-mown hay; -- also called {sweet vernal grass}. See Illust. in Appendix. {Vernal signs} (Astron.), the signs, Aries, Taurus, and Gemini, in which the sun appears between the vernal equinox and summer solstice.
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Sweetbread \Sweet"bread`\, n. 1. Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being called {neck, [or] throat, sweetbread}, the latter {belly sweetbread}. The sweetbreads of ruminants, esp. of the calf, are highly esteemed as food. See {Pancreas}, and {Thymus}. 2. (Anat.) The pancreas.
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Sweet-breasted \Sweet"-breast`ed\, a. Having a sweet, musical voice, as the nightingale. Cf. {Breast}, n., 6. [Obs.]
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Sweetbrier \Sweet"bri`er\, n. (Bot.) A kind of rose ({Rosa rubiginosa}) with minutely glandular and fragrant foliage. The small-flowered sweetbrier is {Rosa micrantha}.
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Scott Bar, CA Zip code(s): 96085
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South Barre, VT (CDP, FIPS 66025) Location: 44.16334 N, 72.50663 W Population (1990): 1314 (511 housing units) Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Barrington, IL (village, FIPS 70564) Location: 42.08725 N, 88.15304 W Population (1990): 2937 (871 housing units) Area: 16.3 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Berwick, ME Zip code(s): 03908
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Boardman, MI Zip code(s): 49680
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Bradenton, FL (CDP, FIPS 67258) Location: 27.46267 N, 82.58201 W Population (1990): 20398 (13354 housing units) Area: 11.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Branch, MI Zip code(s): 48761
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Bristol, ME Zip code(s): 04568
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Broadway, WA (CDP, FIPS 65660) Location: 46.56640 N, 120.51565 W Population (1990): 2735 (1088 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Brooksville, FL (CDP, FIPS 67266) Location: 28.53121 N, 82.40240 W Population (1990): 1586 (779 housing units) Area: 14.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Browning, MT (CDP, FIPS 69680) Location: 48.54620 N, 113.01345 W Population (1990): 1748 (493 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Burlington, VT (city, FIPS 66175) Location: 44.44563 N, 73.21615 W Population (1990): 12809 (5437 housing units) Area: 43.1 sq km (land), 33.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 05403
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Byron, WI Zip code(s): 53006
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Farmingdal, NY Zip code(s): 11735
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Farmingdale, NY (CDP, FIPS 69001) Location: 40.71780 N, 73.44837 W Population (1990): 15377 (4970 housing units) Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Fork, CO Zip code(s): 81154 South Fork, MO Zip code(s): 65776 South Fork, PA (borough, FIPS 72168) Location: 40.36380 N, 78.79159 W Population (1990): 1197 (500 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15956
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Paris, ME (CDP, FIPS 71780) Location: 44.21906 N, 70.51372 W Population (1990): 2320 (1029 housing units) Area: 10.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 04281
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Park Township, PA (CDP, FIPS 72403) Location: 40.29695 N, 79.99386 W Population (1990): 14292 (5368 housing units) Area: 23.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Park View, KY (city, FIPS 72138) Location: 38.11920 N, 85.71821 W Population (1990): 214 (75 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Park Villa, WA Zip code(s): 98366
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Portland, ME (city, FIPS 71990) Location: 43.63285 N, 70.28555 W Population (1990): 23163 (9713 housing units) Area: 30.8 sq km (land), 6.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 04106
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Portsmouth, KY Zip code(s): 41174
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Prairie, WA (town, FIPS 66045) Location: 47.13850 N, 122.09184 W Population (1990): 180 (67 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Waverly, PA (borough, FIPS 72592) Location: 41.99556 N, 76.54434 W Population (1990): 1049 (417 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
South Weber, UT (city, FIPS 71180) Location: 41.13394 N, 111.93492 W Population (1990): 2863 (696 housing units) Area: 12.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Southborough, MA Zip code(s): 01745, 01772
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Southbridge, MA (CDP, FIPS 63305) Location: 42.08385 N, 72.03480 W Population (1990): 13631 (5809 housing units) Area: 13.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 01550
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Southbury, CT Zip code(s): 06488
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Southport, CT Zip code(s): 06490 Southport, FL Zip code(s): 32409 Southport, IN (city, FIPS 71486) Location: 39.65957 N, 86.11660 W Population (1990): 1969 (767 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46217, 46227, 46237 Southport, NC (city, FIPS 63400) Location: 33.92407 N, 78.02200 W Population (1990): 2369 (1166 housing units) Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Southport, NY (CDP, FIPS 69606) Location: 42.06380 N, 76.81160 W Population (1990): 7753 (3233 housing units) Area: 14.2 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
St. Bernard, OH (city, FIPS 69470) Location: 39.17097 N, 84.49534 W Population (1990): 5344 (2343 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
St. Bernard Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 87) Location: 29.89499 N, 89.34609 W Population (1990): 66631 (25147 housing units) Area: 1204.8 sq km (land), 3441.3 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
St. Francis, AR (city, FIPS 61970) Location: 36.45352 N, 90.14315 W Population (1990): 201 (105 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) St. Francis, KS (city, FIPS 62175) Location: 39.77140 N, 101.80026 W Population (1990): 1495 (786 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) St. Francis, MN (city, FIPS 56950) Location: 45.39976 N, 93.38957 W Population (1990): 2538 (800 housing units) Area: 60.9 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) St. Francis, SD (town, FIPS 57140) Location: 43.14234 N, 100.90204 W Population (1990): 815 (237 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) St. Francis, WI (city, FIPS 70650) Location: 42.97070 N, 87.87173 W Population (1990): 9245 (3980 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
St. Francis County, AR (county, FIPS 123) Location: 35.02164 N, 90.74733 W Population (1990): 28497 (10958 housing units) Area: 1641.8 sq km (land), 22.2 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
St. Francisville, IL (city, FIPS 66833) Location: 38.59192 N, 87.64761 W Population (1990): 851 (358 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) St. Francisville, LA (town, FIPS 67215) Location: 30.78360 N, 91.37911 W Population (1990): 1700 (710 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
St. Francois County, MO (county, FIPS 187) Location: 37.80968 N, 90.46464 W Population (1990): 48904 (20321 housing units) Area: 1164.2 sq km (land), 7.6 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
St. Paris, OH (village, FIPS 69708) Location: 40.12791 N, 83.95796 W Population (1990): 1842 (697 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Stafford, KS (city, FIPS 67775) Location: 37.96277 N, 98.59930 W Population (1990): 1344 (705 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67578 Stafford, NY Zip code(s): 14143 Stafford, OH (village, FIPS 74300) Location: 39.71315 N, 81.27760 W Population (1990): 89 (44 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Stafford, TX (town, FIPS 69908) Location: 29.62395 N, 95.56314 W Population (1990): 8397 (3211 housing units) Area: 18.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 77477 Stafford, VA Zip code(s): 22554
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Stafford County, KS (county, FIPS 185) Location: 38.03558 N, 98.71956 W Population (1990): 5365 (2666 housing units) Area: 2051.5 sq km (land), 6.9 sq km (water) Stafford County, VA (county, FIPS 179) Location: 38.41310 N, 77.45283 W Population (1990): 61236 (20529 housing units) Area: 699.3 sq km (land), 24.7 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Stafford Springs, CT (borough, FIPS 72300) Location: 41.95411 N, 72.30946 W Population (1990): 4100 (1747 housing units) Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 06076
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Staffordsville, VA Zip code(s): 24167
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Stover, MO (city, FIPS 71044) Location: 38.44217 N, 92.98974 W Population (1990): 964 (465 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65078
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sudbury, MA Zip code(s): 01776
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
stubroutine /stuhb'roo-teen/ n. [contraction of `stub subroutine'] Tiny, often vacuous placeholder for a subroutine that is to be written or fleshed out later.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Set Priority Level (SPL) The way traditional {Unix} {kernel}s implement {mutual exclusion} by running code at high {interrupt priority level}s and thus blocking lower level interrupts. (1994-11-23)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
southbridge The {integrated circuit} in a {core logic} {chip set} that controls the {IDE} bus, {USB}, {plug-n-play} support, the {PCI}-{ISA} bridge, keyboard/mouse controller, {power management}, and various other features. One brand provides {sound card} functions. Other functions are provided by the {northbridge} chip. {(http://www.maximumpc.com/terminator/terminator_s.html)}. (2000-01-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
stubroutine /stuhb'roo-teen/ [contraction of "stub subroutine"] Tiny, often vacuous placeholder for a {subroutine} that is to be written or fleshed out later. [{Jargon File}]
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
South Africa South Africa:Geography Location: Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Map references: Africa Area: total area: 1,219,912 sq km land area: 1,219,912 sq km comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of Texas note: includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince Edward Island) Land boundaries: total 4,750 km, Botswana 1,840 km, Lesotho 909 km, Mozambique 491 km, Namibia 855 km, Swaziland 430 km, Zimbabwe 225 km Coastline: 2,798 km Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: Swaziland has asked South Africa to open negotiations on reincorporating some nearby South African territories that are populated by ethnic Swazis or that were long ago part of the Swazi Kingdom; Climate: mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days, cool nights Terrain: vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and narrow coastal plain Natural resources: gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas Land use: arable land: 10% permanent crops: 1% meadows and pastures: 65% forest and woodland: 3% other: 21% Irrigated land: 11,280 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures; growth in water usage threatens to outpace supply; pollution of rivers from agricultural runoff and urban discharge; air pollution resulting in acid rain; soil erosion; desertification natural hazards: prolonged droughts international agreements: party to - Antarctic Treaty, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea Note: South Africa completely surrounds Lesotho and almost completely surrounds Swaziland South Africa:People Population: total: 45,095,459 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 40% (female 8,842,764; male 9,091,722) 15-64 years: 56% (female 12,825,617; male 12,508,039) 65 years and over: 4% (female 1,047,285; male 780,032) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: total: 2.61% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 33.39 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 7.42 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: 0.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 45.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 65.42 years male: 62.68 years female: 68.25 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 4.35 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: South African(s) adjective: South African Ethnic divisions: black 75.2%, white 13.6%, Colored 8.6%, Indian 2.6% Religions: Christian (most whites and Coloreds and about 60% of blacks), Hindu (60% of Indians), Muslim 2% Languages: eleven official languages, including Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1980) total population: 76% male: 78% female: 75% Labor force: 13.4 million economically active (1990) by occupation: services 35%, agriculture 30%, industry 20%, mining 9%, other 6% South Africa:Government Names: conventional long form: Republic of South Africa conventional short form: South Africa Abbreviation: RSA Digraph: SF Type: republic Capital: Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judicial) Administrative divisions: 9 provinces; Eastern Cape, Eastern Transvaal, KwaZulu/Natal, Northern Cape, Northern Transvaal, Northwest, Orange Free State, Gauteng, Western Cape Independence: 31 May 1910 (from UK) National holiday: Freedom Day, 27 April (1994) Constitution: 27 April 1994 (interim constitution, replacing the constitution of 3 September 1984) Legal system: based on Roman-Dutch law and English common law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state and head of government: Executive President Nelson MANDELA (since 10 May 1994); Deputy Executive President Thabo MBEKI (since 10 May 1994); Deputy Executive President Frederik W. DE KLERK (since 10 May 1994) note: any political party that wins 20% or more of the National Assembly votes in a general election is entitled to name a Deputy Executive President cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the Executive President Legislative branch: bicameral National Assembly: elections last held 26-29 April 1994 (next to be held NA); results - ANC 62.6%, NP 20.4%, IFP 10.5%, FF 2.2%, DP 1.7%, PAC 1.2%, ACDP 0.5%, other 0.9%; seats - (400 total) ANC 252, NP 82, IFP 43, FF 9, DP 7, PAC 5, ACDP 2 Senate: the Senate is composed of members who are nominated by the nine provincial parliaments (which are elected in parallel with the National Assembly) and has special powers to protect regional interests, including the right to limited self-determination for ethnic minorities; seats - (90 total) ANC 61, NP 17, FF 4, IFP 5, DP 3 note: when the National Assembly meets in joint session with the Senate to consider the provisions of the constitution, the combined group is referred to as the Constitutional Assembly Judicial branch: Supreme Court Political parties and leaders: African National Congress (ANC), Nelson MANDELA, president; National Party (NP), Frederik W. DE KLERK, president; Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), Mangosuthu BUTHELEZI, president; Freedom Front (FF), Constand VILJOEN, president; Democratic Party (DP); Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), Clarence MAKWETU, president; African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), leader NA note: in addition to these seven parties which received seats in the National Assembly, twelve other parties won votes in the national elections in April 1994 Other political or pressure groups: NA;; Member of: BIS, C, CCC, ECA, FAO, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ISO, ITU, NAM, OAU, SACU, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, ZC Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Franklin SONN chancery: 3051 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 232-4400 consulate(s) general: Beverly Hills (California), Chicago, and New York US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Princeton N. LYMAN embassy: 877 Pretorius St., Arcadia 0083 mailing address: P.O. Box 9536, Pretoria 0001 telephone: [27] (12) 342-1048 FAX: [27] (12) 342-2244 consulate(s) general: Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg Flag: two equal width horizontal bands of red (top) and blue separated by a central green band which splits into a horozontal Y, the arms of which end at the corners of the hoist side, embracing a black isoceles triangle from which the arms are separated by narrow yellow bands; the red and blue bands are separated from the green band and its arms by narrow white stripes note: prior to 26 April 1994, the flag was actually four flags in one - three miniature flags reproduced in the center of the white band of the former flag of the Netherlands, which has three equal horizontal bands of orange (top), white, and blue; the miniature flags are a vertically hanging flag of the old Orange Free State with a horizontal flag of the UK adjoining on the hoist side and a horizontal flag of the old Transvaal Republic adjoining on the other side Economy Overview: Many of the white one-seventh of the South African population enjoy incomes, material comforts, and health and educational standards equal to those of Western Europe. In contrast, most of the remaining population suffers from the poverty patterns of the Third World, including unemployment and lack of job skills. The main strength of the economy lies in its rich mineral resources, which provide two-thirds of exports. Economic developments for the remainder of the 1990s will be driven largely by the new government's attempts to improve black living conditions, to set the country on an aggressive export-led growth path, and to cut back the enormous numbers of unemployed. The economy in recent years has absorbed less than 5% of the more than 300,000 workers entering the labor force annually. Local economists estimate that the economy must grow between 5% and 6% in real terms annually to absorb all of the new entrants, much less reduce the accumulated total. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $194.3 billion (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: 2% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $4,420 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 9% (1994 est.) Unemployment rate: 32.6% (1994 est.); an additional 11% underemployment Budget: revenues: $26.3 billion expenditures: $34 billion, including capital expenditures of $2.5 billion (FY93/94 est.) Exports: $25.3 billion (f.o.b., 1994) commodities: gold 27%, other minerals and metals 20%-25%, food 5%, chemicals 3% partners: Italy, Japan, US, Germany, UK, other EU countries, Hong Kong Imports: $21.4 billion (f.o.b., 1994) commodities: machinery 32%, transport equipment 15%, chemicals 11%, oil, textiles, scientific instruments partners: Germany, US, Japan, UK, Italy External debt: $18 billion (1994 est.) Industrial production: growth rate NA%; accounts for about 40% of GDP Electricity: capacity: 39,750,000 kW production: 163 billion kWh consumption per capita: 3,482 kWh (1993) Industries: mining (world's largest producer of platinum, gold, chromium), automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textile, iron and steel, chemical, fertilizer, foodstuffs Agriculture: accounts for about 5% of GDP and 30% of labor force; diversified agriculture, with emphasis on livestock; products - cattle, poultry, sheep, wool, milk, beef, corn, wheat, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; self-sufficient in food Illicit drugs: transshipment center for heroin and cocaine; cocaine consumption on the rise; world's largest market for illicit methaqualone, usually imported illegally from India through various east African countries Economic aid: many aid packages for the new government are still being prepared; current aid pledges include US $600 million over 3 years; UK $150 million over 3 years; Australia $21 million over 3 years; Japan $1.3 billion over 2 years Currency: 1 rand (R) = 100 cents Exchange rates: rand (R) per US$1 - 3.5389 (January 1995), 3.5490 (1994), 3.2636 (1993), 2.8497 (1992), 2.7563 (1991), 2.5863 (1990) Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March South Africa:Transportation Railroads: total: 20,638 km narrow gauge: 20,324 km 1.067-m gauge (substantial electrification); 314 km 0.610-m gauge Highways: total: 188,309 km paved: 54,013 km unpaved: crushed stone, gravel, improved earth 134,296 km Pipelines: crude oil 931 km; petroleum products 1,748 km; natural gas 322 km Ports: Cape Town, Durban, East London, Mosselbaai, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha Merchant marine: total: 4 container ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 211,276 GRT/198,602 DWT Airports: total: 853 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 9 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 47 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 72 with paved runways under 914 m: 327 with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 39 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 354 South Africa:Communications Telephone system: over 4,500,000 telephones; the system is the best developed, most modern, and has the highest capacity in Africa local: NA intercity: consists of carrier-equipped open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay links, fiber optic cable, and radiocommunication stations; key centers are Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, and Pretoria international: 1 submarine cable; 3 INTELSAT (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean) earth stations Radio: broadcast stations: AM 14, FM 286, shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 67 televisions: NA South Africa:Defense Forces Branches: South African National Defence Force (SANDF; includes Army, Navy, Air Force, and Medical Services), South African Police Service (SAPS) Manpower availability: males age 15-49 10,830,079; males fit for military service 6,601,323; males reach military age (18) annually 439,793 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $3.2 billion, 2.8% of GDP (FY93/94)