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   Sardina
         n 1: pilchards [syn: {Sardina}, {genus Sardina}, {genus
               Sardinia}]

English Dictionary: skirting board by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sardina pilchardus
n
  1. small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
    Synonym(s): pilchard, sardine, Sardina pilchardus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sardine
n
  1. small fatty fish usually canned [syn: sardine, pilchard]
  2. any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
  3. a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony
    Synonym(s): sard, sardine, sardius
  4. small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
    Synonym(s): pilchard, sardine, Sardina pilchardus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sardine oil
n
  1. oil obtained from sardines and used chiefly as a lubricant and in soap
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sardinia
n
  1. the Italian region on the island of Sardinia; the kingdom of Sardinia was the nucleus for uniting Italy during the 19th century
    Synonym(s): Sardinia, Sardegna
  2. an island in the Mediterranean to the west of Italy
    Synonym(s): Sardinia, Sardegna
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sardinian
adj
  1. of or relating to or characteristic of Sardinia or its people or its language
n
  1. a native or inhabitant of Sardinia
  2. the Italian dialect spoken in Sardinia; sometimes considered a separate language with many loan words from Spanish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sardinops
n
  1. pilchards
    Synonym(s): Sardinops, genus Sardinops
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sardinops caerulea
n
  1. small pilchards common off the pacific coast of North America
    Synonym(s): Pacific sardine, Sardinops caerulea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sardonic
adj
  1. disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking; "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner; "a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing"- Irwin Edman
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sardonically
adv
  1. in a sarcastic manner; "`Ah, now we're getting at the truth,' he interposed sarcastically"
    Synonym(s): sarcastically, sardonically
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sardonyx
n
  1. an onyx characterized by parallel layers of sard and a different colored mineral
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sayeret Mat'kal
n
  1. Israel's elite secret commando unit responsible for counterterrorist and top secret intelligence gathering and hostage rescue missions
    Synonym(s): Sayeret Matkal, Sayeret Mat'kal, sayeret
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sayeret Matkal
n
  1. Israel's elite secret commando unit responsible for counterterrorist and top secret intelligence gathering and hostage rescue missions
    Synonym(s): Sayeret Matkal, Sayeret Mat'kal, sayeret
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Scardinius
n
  1. rudds
    Synonym(s): Scardinius, genus Scardinius
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
n
  1. European freshwater fish resembling the roach [syn: rudd, Scardinius erythrophthalmus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Schrodinger
n
  1. Austrian physicist who discovered the wave equation (1887-1961)
    Synonym(s): Schrodinger, Erwin Schrodinger
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Schrodinger equation
n
  1. the fundamental equation of wave mechanics [syn: Schrodinger equation, Schrodinger wave equation]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Schrodinger wave equation
n
  1. the fundamental equation of wave mechanics [syn: Schrodinger equation, Schrodinger wave equation]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scrotum
n
  1. the external pouch that contains the testes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scrutin de liste
n
  1. based on the principle of proportional representation; voters choose between party lists, the number elected from each list being determined by the percentage cast for each list out of the total vote
    Synonym(s): list system, scrutin de liste, scrutin de liste system
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scrutin de liste system
n
  1. based on the principle of proportional representation; voters choose between party lists, the number elected from each list being determined by the percentage cast for each list out of the total vote
    Synonym(s): list system, scrutin de liste, scrutin de liste system
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scrutin uninomial system
n
  1. based on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral district
    Synonym(s): uninominal system, uninominal voting system, single- member system, scrutin uninomial system, scrutin uninominal voting system
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scrutin uninominal voting system
n
  1. based on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral district
    Synonym(s): uninominal system, uninominal voting system, single- member system, scrutin uninomial system, scrutin uninominal voting system
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scrutineer
n
  1. someone who examines votes at an election [syn: scrutineer, canvasser]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scrutinise
v
  1. to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail; "he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror"
    Synonym(s): size up, take stock, scrutinize, scrutinise
  2. examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification; "audit accounts and tax returns"
    Synonym(s): audit, scrutinize, scrutinise, inspect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scrutiniser
n
  1. a careful examiner; someone who inspects with great care
    Synonym(s): scrutinizer, scrutiniser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scrutinize
v
  1. to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail; "he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror"
    Synonym(s): size up, take stock, scrutinize, scrutinise
  2. examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification; "audit accounts and tax returns"
    Synonym(s): audit, scrutinize, scrutinise, inspect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scrutinizer
n
  1. a careful examiner; someone who inspects with great care
    Synonym(s): scrutinizer, scrutiniser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scrutiny
n
  1. the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
    Synonym(s): examination, scrutiny
  2. a prolonged intense look
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seaworthiness
n
  1. fitness to traverse the seas [syn: seaworthiness, fitness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seriatim
adv
  1. in a series; one after another
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
serotine
n
  1. common brown bat of Europe [syn: serotine, {European brown bat}, Eptesicus serotinus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
serotonin
n
  1. a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory
    Synonym(s): serotonin, 5-hydroxytryptamine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Serratia marcescens
n
  1. the type species of the genus Serratia; a species found in water and soil and milk and foods and insects; can cause infections of the endocardium and blood and wounds and urinary tract and respiratory tract; has been tested as a bioweapon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
serration
n
  1. the condition of being serrated; "the serrations of a city skyline"
  2. a row of notches; "the pliers had serrations to improve the grip"
  3. a single notch in a row of notches; "one of the serrations was broken off"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sheraton
n
  1. a furniture style that originated in England around 1800; simple in design with straight lines and classical ornamentation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sheridan
n
  1. Irish playwright remembered for his satirical comedies of manners (1751-1816)
    Synonym(s): Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Sheridan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sherwood Anderson
n
  1. United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941)
    Synonym(s): Anderson, Sherwood Anderson
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shire town
n
  1. the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire
    Synonym(s): county town, shire town
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shirting
n
  1. any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shirtmaker
n
  1. a maker of shirts
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
short and sweet
adj
  1. dealt with very quickly; to the point; "the conference was short and sweet"; "make your statement short and sweet"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
short hundredweight
n
  1. a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
    Synonym(s): hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
short temper
n
  1. a feeling of resentful anger [syn: irascibility, {short temper}, spleen, quick temper]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
short ton
n
  1. a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
    Synonym(s): short ton, ton, net ton
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
short-handed
adj
  1. inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.; "they're rather short-handed at the moment"; "overcrowded and understaffed hospitals"
    Synonym(s): short-handed, short- staffed, undermanned, understaffed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
short-handled
adj
  1. having a short handle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
short-nosed
adj
  1. having a blunt nose; "a pug-nosed boy with freckles"; "a snub-nosed automatic"
    Synonym(s): pug-nosed, pug-nose, short-nosed, snub-nosed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
short-tempered
adj
  1. quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander" [syn: choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
short-winded
adj
  1. breathing laboriously or convulsively [syn: blown, pursy, short-winded, winded]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
short-winged
adj
  1. (especially of certain insects) having very short or rudimentary wings
    Synonym(s): brachypterous, short-winged
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shorten
v
  1. make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"
    Antonym(s): lengthen
  2. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
    Synonym(s): abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
    Antonym(s): dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate
  3. make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
  4. become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"
    Antonym(s): lengthen
  5. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
    Synonym(s): bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shortened
adj
  1. cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use"
    Synonym(s): sawed-off, sawn-off, shortened
  2. cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"
    Synonym(s): abbreviated, shortened, truncated
  3. shortened by or as if by means of parts that slide one within another or are crushed one into another; "a miracle that anyone survived in the telescoped cars"; "years that seemed telescoped like time in a dream"
    Synonym(s): telescoped, shortened
  4. with parts removed; "the drastically cut film"
    Synonym(s): cut, shortened
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shortener
n
  1. any agent that shortens; "alcohol is a great shortener of life"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shortening
n
  1. fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods
  2. act of decreasing in length; "the dress needs shortening"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shorthand
adj
  1. written in abbreviated or symbolic form; "shorthand notes"
n
  1. a method of writing rapidly [syn: shorthand, stenography, tachygraphy]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shorthand typist
n
  1. someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation)
    Synonym(s): stenographer, amanuensis, shorthand typist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shortness
n
  1. the property of being of short spatial extent; "the shortness of the Channel crossing"
    Antonym(s): longness
  2. the condition of being short of something; "there was no shortness of money"; "can cause shortness of breath"
  3. the property of being truncated or short
    Synonym(s): shortness, truncation
  4. the property of being of short temporal extent; "the shortness of air travel time"
    Antonym(s): longness
  5. the property of being shorter than average stature
    Antonym(s): tallness
  6. an abrupt discourteous manner
    Synonym(s): abruptness, brusqueness, curtness, gruffness, shortness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shortness of breath
n
  1. a dyspneic condition [syn: shortness of breath, SOB, breathlessness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shower down
v
  1. rain abundantly; "Meteors showered down over half of Australia"
    Synonym(s): shower, shower down
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shrewdness
n
  1. intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
    Synonym(s): shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Edmund Hillary
n
  1. New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919)
    Synonym(s): Hillary, Edmund Hillary, Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
n
  1. New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919)
    Synonym(s): Hillary, Edmund Hillary, Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Edwin Landseer Luytens
n
  1. English architect who planned the city of New Delhi (1869-1944)
    Synonym(s): Lutyens, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Sir Edwin Landseer Luytens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Edwin Lutyens
n
  1. English architect who planned the city of New Delhi (1869-1944)
    Synonym(s): Lutyens, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Sir Edwin Landseer Luytens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Thomas Gresham
n
  1. English financier (1519-1579) [syn: Gresham, {Sir Thomas Gresham}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Thomas Lawrence
n
  1. English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830)
    Synonym(s): Lawrence, Sir Thomas Lawrence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Thomas Malory
n
  1. English writer who published a translation of romances about King Arthur taken from French and other sources (died in 1471)
    Synonym(s): Malory, Thomas Malory, Sir Thomas Malory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Thomas More
n
  1. English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state
    Synonym(s): More, Thomas More, Sir Thomas More
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Thomas Raffles
n
  1. British colonial administrator who founded Singapore (1781-1826)
    Synonym(s): Raffles, Sir Thomas Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
n
  1. British colonial administrator who founded Singapore (1781-1826)
    Synonym(s): Raffles, Sir Thomas Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Thomas Wyat
n
  1. English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542)
    Synonym(s): Wyatt, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Wyat, Sir Thomas Wyat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Thomas Wyatt
n
  1. English poet who introduced the sonnet form to English literature (1503-1542)
    Synonym(s): Wyatt, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Wyat, Sir Thomas Wyat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Tim Rice
n
  1. English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944)
    Synonym(s): Rice, Sir Tim Rice, Timothy Miles Bindon Rice
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Tom Stoppard
n
  1. British dramatist (born in Czechoslovakia in 1937) [syn: Stoppard, Tom Stoppard, Sir Tom Stoppard, Thomas Straussler]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sir Yehudi Menuhin
n
  1. British violinist (born in the United States) who began his career as a child prodigy in the 1920s (1916-1999)
    Synonym(s): Menuhin, Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Yehudi Menuhin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
skirting
adj
  1. being all around the edges; enclosing; "his encircling arms"; "the room's skirting board needs painting"
    Synonym(s): encircling(a), skirting(a)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
skirting board
n
  1. a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor
    Synonym(s): baseboard, mopboard, skirting board
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
skywriting
n
  1. writing formed in the sky by smoke released from an airplane
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sordino
n
  1. a mute for a violin
    Synonym(s): sourdine, sordino
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sorting
n
  1. an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"
    Synonym(s): sort, sorting
  2. the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
    Synonym(s): classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting
  3. grouping by class or kind or size
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sorting algorithm
n
  1. an algorithm for sorting a list
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sorting program
n
  1. a utility program that sorts data items [syn: {sort program}, sorting program]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sourdine
n
  1. a mute for a violin
    Synonym(s): sourdine, sordino
  2. an organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
square dance
n
  1. American country dancing in which couples form squares
    Synonym(s): square dance, square dancing
v
  1. dance in formation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
square dancer
n
  1. someone who does square dancing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
square dancing
n
  1. American country dancing in which couples form squares
    Synonym(s): square dance, square dancing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
square-dance music
n
  1. music performed for square dancing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
squirting
adj
  1. propelled violently in a usually narrow stream [syn: jetting, spouting, spurting, squirting]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
squirting cucumber
n
  1. Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched
    Synonym(s): squirting cucumber, exploding cucumber, touch-me-not, Ecballium elaterium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sure thing
n
  1. something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty"
    Synonym(s): certainty, sure thing, foregone conclusion
    Antonym(s): precariousness, uncertainness, uncertainty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swarthiness
n
  1. a swarthy complexion [syn: darkness, duskiness, swarthiness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sword dance
n
  1. any of various dances by men who step nimbly over swords or flourish them in the air
    Synonym(s): sword dance, sword dancing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sword dancing
n
  1. any of various dances by men who step nimbly over swords or flourish them in the air
    Synonym(s): sword dance, sword dancing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Parrot \Par"rot\, n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim. of Pierre
      Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow. Cf.
      {Paroquet}, {Petrel}, {Petrify}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) In a general sense, any bird of the order
            {Psittaci}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any species of {Psittacus}, {Chrysotis},
            {Pionus}, and other genera of the family {Psittacid[91]},
            as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories.
            They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked
            space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako ({P.
            erithacus}) of Africa (see {Jako}), and the species of
            Amazon, or green, parrots ({Chrysotis}) of America, are
            examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to
            imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases.
  
      {Carolina parrot} (Zo[94]l.), the Carolina parrakeet. See
            {Parrakeet}.
  
      {Night parrot}, [or] {Owl parrot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kakapo}.
           
  
      {Parrot coal}, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling
            and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.]
           
  
      {Parrot green}. (Chem.) See {Scheele's green}, under {Green},
            n.
  
      {Parrot weed} (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant ({Bocconia
            frutescens}) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer
            parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid
            leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers.
  
      {Parrot wrasse}, {Parrot fish} (Zo[94]l.), any fish of the
            genus {Scarus}. One species ({S. Cretensis}), found in the
            Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly
            prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Whitethroat \White"throat`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the
      common European species ({Sylvia cinerea}), called also
      {strawsmear}, {nettlebird}, {muff}, and {whitecap}, the
      garden whitethroat, or golden warbler ({S. hortensis}), and
      the lesser whitethroat ({S. curruca}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bonito \Bo*ni"to\, n.; pl. {Bonitoes}. [Sp. & Pg. bonito, fr.
      Ar. bain[c6]t and bain[c6]th.] [Often incorrectly written
      {bonita}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      1. A large tropical fish ({Orcynus pelamys}) allied to the
            tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four
            brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the
            American coast.
  
      2. The skipjack ({Sarda Mediterranea}) of the Atlantic, an
            important and abundant food fish on the coast of the
            United States, and ({S. Chilensis}) of the Pacific, and
            other related species. They are large and active fishes,
            of a blue color with black oblique stripes.
  
      3. The medregal ({Seriola fasciata}), an edible fish of the
            southern of the United States and the West Indies.
  
      4. The cobia or crab eater ({Elacate canada}), an edible fish
            of the Middle and Southern United States.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sardan \Sar"dan\, Sardel \Sar"del\, n. [It. sardella. See
      {Sardine} a fish.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A sardine. [Obs.]

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   Sardine \Sar"dine\ (? [or] ?; 277), n. [F. sardine (cf. Sp.
      sardina, sarda, It. sardina, sardella), L. sardina, sarda;
      cf. Gr. [?], [?]; so called from the island of Sardinia, Gr.
      [?].] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several small species of herring which are
      commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the
      pilchard, or European sardine ({Clupea pilchardus}). The
      California sardine ({Clupea sagax}) is similar. The American
      sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the
      common herring and of the menhaden.

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   Sardine \Sar"dine\ (? [or] ?; 277), n.
      See {Sardius}.

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   Sardinian \Sar*din"i*an\, a. [L. Sardinianus.]
      Of or pertaining to the island, kingdom, or people of
      Sardinia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Sardinia.

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   Sardoin \Sar"doin\, n. [Cf. F. sardoine.] (Min.)
      Sard; carnelian.

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   Sardonian \Sar*do"ni*an\, a. [Cf. F. sardonien.]
      Sardonic. [Obs.] [bd]With Sardonian smile.[b8] --Spenser.

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   Sardonic \Sar*don"ic\, a.
      Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at
      Colchis.

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   Sardonic \Sar*don"ic\, a. [F. sardonique, L. sardonius, Gr. [?],
      [?], perhaps fr. [?] to grin like a dog, or from a certain
      plant of Sardinia, Gr. [?], which was said to screw up the
      face of the eater.]
      Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking,
      malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh,
      smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
  
               Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And
               grief is forced to laugh against her will. --Sir H.
                                                                              Wotton.
  
               The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody
               ruffian.                                                --Burke.
  
      {Sardonic grin} [or] {laugh}, an old medical term for a
            spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving it
            an appearance of laughter.

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   Sardonic \Sar*don"ic\, a. [F. sardonique, L. sardonius, Gr. [?],
      [?], perhaps fr. [?] to grin like a dog, or from a certain
      plant of Sardinia, Gr. [?], which was said to screw up the
      face of the eater.]
      Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking,
      malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh,
      smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.
  
               Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And
               grief is forced to laugh against her will. --Sir H.
                                                                              Wotton.
  
               The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody
               ruffian.                                                --Burke.
  
      {Sardonic grin} [or] {laugh}, an old medical term for a
            spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving it
            an appearance of laughter.

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   Sardonyx \Sar"do*nyx\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]. See {Sard}, and
      {Onyx}.] (Min.)
      A variety of onyx consisting of sard and white chalcedony in
      alternate layers.

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   d8Scrutin de liste \[d8]Scru`tin" de liste"\
      (skr[usdot]`t[acr]N" d[etil] l[emac]st). [F., voting by
      list.]
      Voting for a group of candidates for the same kind of office
      on one ticket or ballot, containing a list of them; -- the
      method, used in France, as from June, 1885, to Feb., 1889, in
      elections for the Chamber of Deputies, each elector voting
      for the candidates for the whole department in which he
      lived, as disting. from
  
      {scrutin d'arrondissement}
            (d[adot]`r[ocir]N`d[emac]s`m[aum]N"), or voting by each
            elector for the candidate or candidates for his own
            arrondissement only.

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   Scrutineer \Scru`ti*neer\, n.
      A scrutinizer; specifically, an examiner of votes, as at an
      election.

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   Scrutinize \Scru"ti*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scrutinized}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Scrutinizing}.] [From {Scrutiny}.]
      To examine closely; to inspect or observe with critical
      attention; to regard narrowly; as, to scrutinize the measures
      of administration; to scrutinize the conduct or motives of
      individuals.
  
               Whose votes they were obliged to scrutinize. --Ayliffe.
  
               Those pronounced him youngest who scrutinized his face
               the closest.                                          --G. W. Cable.

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   Scrutinize \Scru"ti*nize\, v. i.
      To make scrutiny.

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   Scrutinize \Scru"ti*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scrutinized}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Scrutinizing}.] [From {Scrutiny}.]
      To examine closely; to inspect or observe with critical
      attention; to regard narrowly; as, to scrutinize the measures
      of administration; to scrutinize the conduct or motives of
      individuals.
  
               Whose votes they were obliged to scrutinize. --Ayliffe.
  
               Those pronounced him youngest who scrutinized his face
               the closest.                                          --G. W. Cable.

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   Scrutinizer \Scru"ti*ni`zer\, n.
      One who scrutinizes.

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   Scrutinize \Scru"ti*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scrutinized}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Scrutinizing}.] [From {Scrutiny}.]
      To examine closely; to inspect or observe with critical
      attention; to regard narrowly; as, to scrutinize the measures
      of administration; to scrutinize the conduct or motives of
      individuals.
  
               Whose votes they were obliged to scrutinize. --Ayliffe.
  
               Those pronounced him youngest who scrutinized his face
               the closest.                                          --G. W. Cable.

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   Scrutinous \Scru"ti*nous\, a.
      Closely examining, or inquiring; careful; sctrict. --
      {Scru"ti*nous*ly}, adv.

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   Scrutinous \Scru"ti*nous\, a.
      Closely examining, or inquiring; careful; sctrict. --
      {Scru"ti*nous*ly}, adv.

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   Scrutiny \Scru"ti*ny\, v. t.
      To scrutinize. [Obs.]

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   Scrutiny \Scru"ti*ny\, n. [L. scrutinium, fr. scrutari to search
      carefuly, originally, to search even to the rags, fr. scruta
      trash, trumpery; perhaps akin to E. shred: cf. AS. scrudnian
      to make scrutiny.]
      1. Close examination; minute inspection; critical
            observation.
  
                     They that have designed exactness and deep scrutiny
                     have taken some one part of nature.   --Sir M. Hale.
  
                     Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view And
                     narrower scrutiny.                              --Milton.
  
      2. (Anc. Church) An examination of catechumens, in the last
            week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
  
      3. (Canon Law) A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a
            vote is written.
  
      4. (Parliamentary Practice) An examination by a committee of
            the votes given at an election, for the purpose of
            correcting the poll. --Brande & C.

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   Searedness \Sear"ed*ness\, n.
      The state of being seared or callous; insensibility. --Bp.
      Hall.

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   Seaworthiness \Sea"wor`thi*ness\, n.
      The state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to resist
      the ordinary violence of wind and weather. --Kent.

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   Seriatim \Se`ri*a"tim\, adv. [NL.]
      In regular order; one after the other; severally.

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   Seriation \Se`ri*a"tion\, n. (Chem.)
      Arrangement or position in a series.

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   Serotine \Ser"o*tine\, n. [F. s[82]rotine, fr. L. serotinus that
      comes or happens late.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The European long-eared bat ({Vesperugo serotinus}).

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   Serotinous \Se*rot"i*nous\, a. [L. serotinus, fr. serus late.]
      (Biol.)
      Appearing or blossoming later in the season than is customary
      with allied species.

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   Serration \Ser*ra"tion\, n.
      1. Condition of being serrate; formation in the shape of a
            saw.
  
      2. One of the teeth in a serrate or serrulate margin.

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   Shire \Shire\, n. [AS. sc[c6]re, sc[c6]r, a division, province,
      county. Cf. {Sheriff}.]
      1. A portion of Great Britain originally under the
            supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually
            identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a
            smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire,
            Hallamshire.
  
                     An indefinite number of these hundreds make up a
                     county or shire.                                 --Blackstone.
  
      2. A division of a State, embracing several contiguous
            townships; a county. [U. S.]
  
      Note: Shire is commonly added to the specific designation of
               a county as a part of its name; as, Yorkshire instead
               of York shire, or the shire of York; Berkshire instead
               of Berks shire. Such expressions as the county of
               Yorkshire, which in a strict sense are tautological,
               are used in England. In the United States the composite
               word is sometimes the only name of a county; as,
               Berkshire county, as it is called in Massachusetts,
               instead of Berks county, as in Pensylvania.
  
                        The Tyne, Tees, Humber, Wash, Yare, Stour, and
                        Thames separate the counties of Northumberland,
                        Durham, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, etc. --Encyc.
                                                                              Brit.
  
      {Knight of the shire}. See under {Knight}.
  
      {Shire clerk}, an officer of a county court; also, an under
            sheriff. [Eng.]
  
      {Shire mote} (Old. Eng. Law), the county court; sheriff's
            turn, or court. [Obs.] --Cowell. --Blackstone.
  
      {Shire reeve} (Old Eng. Law), the reeve, or bailiff, of a
            shire; a sheriff. --Burrill.
  
      {Shire town}, the capital town of a county; a county town.
  
      {Shire wick}, a county; a shire. [Obs.] --Holland.

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   Shirt \Shirt\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Shirted}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Shirting}.]
      To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt.
      --Dryden.

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   Shirting \Shirt"ing\, n.
      Cloth, specifically cotton cloth, suitable for making shirts.

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   Meter \Me"ter\, Metre \Me"tre\, n. [OE. metre, F. m[8a]tre, L.
      metrum, fr. Gr. [?]; akin to Skr. m[be] to measure. See
      {Mete} to measure.]
      1. Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses,
            stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on
            number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm;
            measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical
            arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter.
  
                     The only strict antithesis to prose is meter.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      2. A poem. [Obs.] --Robynson (More's Utopia).
  
      3. A measure of length, equal to 39.37 English inches, the
            standard of linear measure in the metric system of weights
            and measures. It was intended to be, and is very nearly,
            the ten millionth part of the distance from the equator to
            the north pole, as ascertained by actual measurement of an
            arc of a meridian. See {Metric system}, under {Metric}.
  
      {Common meter} (Hymnol.), four iambic verses, or lines,
            making a stanza, the first and third having each four
            feet, and the second and fourth each three feet; --
            usually indicated by the initials C.M.
  
      {Long meter} (Hymnol.), iambic verses or lines of four feet
            each, four verses usually making a stanza; -- commonly
            indicated by the initials L. M.
  
      {Short meter} (Hymnol.), iambic verses or lines, the first,
            second, and fourth having each three feet, and the third
            four feet. The stanza usually consists of four lines, but
            is sometimes doubled. Short meter is indicated by the
            initials S. M.

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   Shorten \Short"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shortened [?]}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Shortening}.] [See {Short}, a.]
      1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as,
            to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of
            calamity.
  
      2. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to
            lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to
            shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
  
                     Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am
                     shortened by my chain.                        --Dryden.
  
      3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
  
                     Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard,
            pot liquor, or the like.
  
      {To shorten a rope} (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.
  
      {To shorten sail} (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in.

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   Shorten \Short"en\, v. i.
      To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern
      latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by
      cold.

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   Shorten \Short"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shortened [?]}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Shortening}.] [See {Short}, a.]
      1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as,
            to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of
            calamity.
  
      2. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to
            lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to
            shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
  
                     Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am
                     shortened by my chain.                        --Dryden.
  
      3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
  
                     Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard,
            pot liquor, or the like.
  
      {To shorten a rope} (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.
  
      {To shorten sail} (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in.

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   Shortener \Short"en*er\, n.
      One who, or that which, shortens.

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   Shorten \Short"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shortened [?]}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Shortening}.] [See {Short}, a.]
      1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as,
            to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of
            calamity.
  
      2. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to
            lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to
            shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
  
                     Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am
                     shortened by my chain.                        --Dryden.
  
      3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
  
                     Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard,
            pot liquor, or the like.
  
      {To shorten a rope} (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.
  
      {To shorten sail} (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in.

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   Shortening \Short"en*ing\, n.
      1. The act of making or becoming short or shorter.
  
      2. (Cookery) That which renders pastry short or friable, as
            butter, lard, etc.

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   Shorthand \Short"hand`\, n.
      A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting
      characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words,
      etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under
      {Phonography}.

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   Short-handed \Short`-hand"ed\, a.
      Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or
      helpers.

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   Shortness \Short"ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being short; want of reach or
      extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a
      journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness
      of an essay; the shortness of the memory; a shortness of
      provisions; shortness of breath.

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   Short-winded \Short"-wind`ed\, a.
      Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult
      respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons. --May.

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   Shortwing \Short"wing`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of small wrenlike Asiatic birds
      having short wings and a short tail. They belong to
      Brachypterix, Callene, and allied genera.

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   Shred \Shred\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shred} or {Shredded}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Shredding}.] [OE. shreden, schreden, AS.
      scre[a0]dian; akin to OD. schrooden, OHG. scr[?]tan, G.
      schroten. See {Shred}, n.]
      1. To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly narrow and
            long pieces, as of cloth or leather. --Chaucer.
  
      2. To lop; to prune; to trim. [Obs.]

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   Shredding \Shred"ding\, n.
      1. The act of cutting or tearing into shreds.
  
      2. That which is cut or torn off; a piece. --Hooker.

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   Shrewd \Shrewd\, a. [Compar. {Shrewder}; superl. {Shrewdest}.]
      [Originally the p. p. of shrew, v.t.]
      1. Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence,
            vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious;
            rough; unfair; shrewish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
                     [Egypt] hath many shrewd havens, because of the
                     great rocks that ben strong and dangerous to pass
                     by.                                                   --Sir J.
                                                                              Mandeville.
  
                     Every of this happy number That have endured shrewd
                     days and nights with us.                     --Shak.
  
      2. Artful; wily; cunning; arch.
  
                     These women are shrewd tempters with their tongues.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      3. Able or clever in practical affairs; sharp in business;
            astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd
            observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply.
  
                     Professing to despise the ill opinion of mankind
                     creates a shrewd suspicion that we have deserved it.
                                                                              --Secker.
  
      Syn: Keen; critical; subtle; artful; astute; sagacious;
               discerning; acute; penetrating.
  
      Usage: {Shrewd}, {Sagacious}. One who is shrewd is keen to
                  detect errors, to penetrate disguises, to foresee and
                  guard against the selfishness of others. Shrewd is a
                  word of less dignity than sagacious, which implies a
                  comprehensive as well as penetrating mind, whereas
                  shrewd does not. -- {Shrewd"ly}, adv. --
                  {Shrewd"ness}, n.

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   Shrouding \Shroud"ing\, n.
      The shrouds. See {Shroud}, n., 7.

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   Shroud \Shroud\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shrouded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Shrouding}.] [Cf. AS. scr[?]dan. See {Shroud}, n.]
      1. To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a
            winding sheet; to dress for the grave.
  
                     The ancient Egyptian mummies were shrouded in a
                     number of folds of linen besmeared with gums.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      2. To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to
            cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil.
  
                     One of these trees, with all his young ones, may
                     shroud four hundred horsemen.            --Sir W.
                                                                              Raleigh.
  
                     Some tempest rise, And blow out all the stars that
                     light the skies, To shroud my shame.   --Dryden.

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   Siredon \Si*re"don\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?][?][?] a siren.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      The larval form of any salamander while it still has external
      gills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl
      ({Amblystoma Mexicanum}), sometimes lay eggs while in this
      larval state, but which under more favorable conditions lose
      their gills and become normal salamanders. See also
      {Axolotl}.

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   Skirting \Skirt"ing\, n.
      1. (Arch.) A skirting board. [R.]
  
      2. Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts.
  
      {Skirting board}, the board running around a room on the wall
            next the floor; baseboard.

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   Skirt \Skirt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skirted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Skirting}.]
      1. To cover with a skirt; to surround.
  
                     Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the
            edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.
            [bd]When sundown skirts the moor.[b8] --Tennyson.

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   Skirting \Skirt"ing\, n.
      1. (Arch.) A skirting board. [R.]
  
      2. Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts.
  
      {Skirting board}, the board running around a room on the wall
            next the floor; baseboard.

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   Sordine \Sor"dine\ (? [or] ?; 277), n. [It. sordina, sordino,
      from sordo deaf, dull-sounding, L. surdus. See {Surd}.]
      (Mus.)
      See {Damper}, and 5th {Mute}.

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   Sortance \Sort"ance\, n. [From {Sort}, v. i.]
      Suitableness; agreement. [Obs.] --hak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sort \Sort\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sorted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Sorting}.]
      1. To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions,
            as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths
            according to their colors; to sort wool or thread
            according to its fineness.
  
                     Rays which differ in refrangibility may be parted
                     and sorted from one another.               --Sir I.
                                                                              Newton.
  
      2. To reduce to order from a confused state. --Hooker.
  
      3. To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
  
                     Shellfish have been, by some of the ancients,
                     compared and sorted with insects.      --Bacon.
  
                     She sorts things present with things past. --Sir J.
                                                                              Davies.
  
      4. To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
  
                     That he may sort out a worthy spouse. --Chapman.
  
                     I'll sort some other time to visit you. --Shak.
  
      5. To conform; to adapt; to accommodate. [R.]
  
                     I pray thee, sort thy heart to patience. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sortment \Sort"ment\, n.
      Assortiment. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Squirt \Squirt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squirted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Squirting}.] [Cf. LG. swirtjen to squirt, OSw. sqv[84]tta,
      E. squander.]
      To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or
      orifice; as, to squirt water.
  
               The hard-featured miscreant coolly rolled his tobacco
               in his cheek, and squirted the juice into the fire
               grate.                                                   --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      {Squirting cucumber}. (Bot.) See {Ecballium}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Squirt \Squirt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squirted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Squirting}.] [Cf. LG. swirtjen to squirt, OSw. sqv[84]tta,
      E. squander.]
      To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or
      orifice; as, to squirt water.
  
               The hard-featured miscreant coolly rolled his tobacco
               in his cheek, and squirted the juice into the fire
               grate.                                                   --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      {Squirting cucumber}. (Bot.) See {Ecballium}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.[OE.
      cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen. cucumeris;
      cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.)
      A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the
      genus {Cucumis}, esp. {Cucumis sativus}, the unripe fruit of
      which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants
      or fruits of several other genera. See below.
  
      {Bitter cucumber} (Bot.), the {Citrullus [or] Cucumis
            Colocynthis}. See {Colocynth}.
  
      {Cucumber beetle.} (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A small, black flea-beetle ({Crepidodera cucumeris}),
            which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon
            vines.
      (b) The squash beetle.
  
      {Cucumber tree}.
      (a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus {Magnolia}
            {(M. acuminata)}, so called from a slight resemblance of
            its young fruit to a small cucumber.
      (b) An East Indian plant ({Averrhoa Bilimbi}) which produces
            the fruit known as bilimbi.
  
      {Jamaica cucumber}, {Jerusalem cucumber}, the prickly-fruited
            gherkin ({Cucumis Anguria}).
  
      {Snake cucumber}, a species ({Cucumis flexuosus}) remarkable
            for its long, curiously-shaped fruit.
  
      {Squirting cucumber}, a plant ({Ecbalium Elaterium}) whose
            small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe
            and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force
            through the opening thus made. See {Elaterium}.
  
      {Star cucumber}, a climbing weed ({Sicyos angulatus}) with
            prickly fruit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suradanni \Su`ra*dan"ni\, n.
      A valuable kind of wood obtained on the shores of the
      Demerara River in South America, much used for timbers,
      rails, naves and fellies of wheels, and the like.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Surdiny \Surd"i*ny\, n.
      A sardine. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sward \Sward\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Swarded}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Swarding}.]
      To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward.
      --Mortimer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swarthiness \Swarth"i*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being swarthy; a dusky or dark
      complexion; tawniness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swarthness \Swarth"*ness\, n.
      Swarthiness. [R.] --Dr. R. Clerke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swartiness \Swart"i*ness\, n.
      Swarthiness. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swartness \Swart"ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being swart.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Purse \Purse\, n. [OE. purs, pors, OF. burse, borse, bourse, F.
      bourse, LL. bursa, fr. Gr. [?] hide, skin, leather. Cf.
      {Bourse}, {Bursch}, {Bursar}, {Buskin}.]
      1. A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw
            together closely, used to carry money in; by extension,
            any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet;
            a pocketbook; a portemonnaie. --Chaucer.
  
                     Who steals my purse steals trash.      --Shak.
  
      2. Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.
  
      3. A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a
            present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.
  
      4. A specific sum of money; as:
            (a) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.
            (b) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans.
  
      {Light purse}, [or] {Empty purse}, poverty or want of
            resources.
  
      {Long purse}, [or] {Heavy purse}, wealth; riches.
  
      {Purse crab} (Zo[94]l.), any land crab of the genus {Birgus},
            allied to the hermit crabs. They sometimes weigh twenty
            pounds or more, and are very strong, being able to crack
            cocoanuts with the large claw. They chiefly inhabit the
            tropical islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, living
            in holes and feeding upon fruit. Called also {palm crab}.
           
  
      {Purse net}, a fishing net, the mouth of which may be closed
            or drawn together like a purse. --Mortimer.
  
      {Purse pride}, pride of money; insolence proceeding from the
            possession of wealth. --Bp. Hall.
  
      {Purse rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pocket gopher}, under {Pocket}.
           
  
      {Sword and purse}, the military power and financial resources
            of a nation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sword \Sword\, n. [OE. swerd, AS. sweord; akin to OFries. swerd,
      swird, D. zwaard, OS. swerd, OHG. swert, G. schwert, Icel.
      sver[?], Sw. sv[84]rd, Dan. sv[91]rd; of uncertain origin.]
      1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually
            sharp[?]pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is
            the general term, including the small sword, rapier,
            saber, scimiter, and many other varieties.
  
      2. Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or
            of authority and power.
  
                     He [the ruler] beareth not the sword in vain. --Rom.
                                                                              xiii. 4.
  
                     She quits the balance, and resigns the sword.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension.
  
                     I came not to send peace, but a sword. --Matt. x.
                                                                              34.
  
      4. The military power of a country.
  
                     He hath no more authority over the sword than over
                     the law.                                             --Milton.
  
      5. (Weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand
            loom is suspended.
  
      {Sword arm}, the right arm.
  
      {Sword bayonet}, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and
            which can be used as a sword.
  
      {Sword bearer}, one who carries his master's sword; an
            officer in London who carries a sword before the lord
            mayor when he goes abroad.
  
      {Sword belt}, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne
            at the side.
  
      {Sword blade}, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword.
  
      {Sword cane}, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or
            dagger, as in a sheath.
  
      {Sword dance}.
            (a) A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed
                  together by the male dancers. --Sir W. Scott.
            (b) A dance performed over swords laid on the ground, but
                  without touching them.
  
      {Sword fight}, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with
            swords; swordplay.
  
      {Sword grass}. (Bot.) See {Gladen}.
  
      {Sword knot}, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword.
  
      {Sword law}, government by the sword, or by force; violence.
            --Milton.
  
      {Sword lily}. (Bot.) See {Gladiolus}.
  
      {Sword mat} (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; -- so
            called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture.
  
      {Sword shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a European shrimp ({Pasiph[91]a
            sivado}) having a very thin, compressed body.
  
      {Sword stick}, a sword cane.
  
      {To measure swords with one}. See under {Measure}, v. t.
  
      {To put to the sword}. See under {Put}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sword \Sword\, n. [OE. swerd, AS. sweord; akin to OFries. swerd,
      swird, D. zwaard, OS. swerd, OHG. swert, G. schwert, Icel.
      sver[?], Sw. sv[84]rd, Dan. sv[91]rd; of uncertain origin.]
      1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually
            sharp[?]pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is
            the general term, including the small sword, rapier,
            saber, scimiter, and many other varieties.
  
      2. Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or
            of authority and power.
  
                     He [the ruler] beareth not the sword in vain. --Rom.
                                                                              xiii. 4.
  
                     She quits the balance, and resigns the sword.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension.
  
                     I came not to send peace, but a sword. --Matt. x.
                                                                              34.
  
      4. The military power of a country.
  
                     He hath no more authority over the sword than over
                     the law.                                             --Milton.
  
      5. (Weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand
            loom is suspended.
  
      {Sword arm}, the right arm.
  
      {Sword bayonet}, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and
            which can be used as a sword.
  
      {Sword bearer}, one who carries his master's sword; an
            officer in London who carries a sword before the lord
            mayor when he goes abroad.
  
      {Sword belt}, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne
            at the side.
  
      {Sword blade}, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword.
  
      {Sword cane}, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or
            dagger, as in a sheath.
  
      {Sword dance}.
            (a) A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed
                  together by the male dancers. --Sir W. Scott.
            (b) A dance performed over swords laid on the ground, but
                  without touching them.
  
      {Sword fight}, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with
            swords; swordplay.
  
      {Sword grass}. (Bot.) See {Gladen}.
  
      {Sword knot}, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword.
  
      {Sword law}, government by the sword, or by force; violence.
            --Milton.
  
      {Sword lily}. (Bot.) See {Gladiolus}.
  
      {Sword mat} (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; -- so
            called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture.
  
      {Sword shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a European shrimp ({Pasiph[91]a
            sivado}) having a very thin, compressed body.
  
      {Sword stick}, a sword cane.
  
      {To measure swords with one}. See under {Measure}, v. t.
  
      {To put to the sword}. See under {Put}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swording \Sword"ing\, n.
      Slashing with a sword. --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swordman \Sword"man\, n.; pl. {Swordmen}.
      A swordsman. [bd]Sinewy swordmen.[b8] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swordman \Sword"man\, n.; pl. {Swordmen}.
      A swordsman. [bd]Sinewy swordmen.[b8] --Shak.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Sardinia, NY
      Zip code(s): 14134
   Sardinia, OH (village, FIPS 70534)
      Location: 39.00694 N, 83.80702 W
      Population (1990): 792 (325 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 45171

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Sheridan, AR (city, FIPS 63710)
      Location: 34.30927 N, 92.40547 W
      Population (1990): 3098 (1279 housing units)
      Area: 8.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 72150
   Sheridan, CA
      Zip code(s): 95681
   Sheridan, CO (city, FIPS 69645)
      Location: 39.64893 N, 105.01714 W
      Population (1990): 4976 (2253 housing units)
      Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
   Sheridan, IL (village, FIPS 69277)
      Location: 41.52593 N, 88.68667 W
      Population (1990): 1288 (284 housing units)
      Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 60551
   Sheridan, IN (town, FIPS 69354)
      Location: 40.13470 N, 86.21886 W
      Population (1990): 2046 (774 housing units)
      Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 46069
   Sheridan, MI (village, FIPS 73100)
      Location: 43.21044 N, 85.07265 W
      Population (1990): 730 (282 housing units)
      Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 48884
   Sheridan, MO (town, FIPS 67358)
      Location: 40.51737 N, 94.61465 W
      Population (1990): 174 (111 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 64486
   Sheridan, MT (town, FIPS 67600)
      Location: 45.45715 N, 112.19146 W
      Population (1990): 652 (344 housing units)
      Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 59749
   Sheridan, OR (city, FIPS 67050)
      Location: 45.09541 N, 123.39510 W
      Population (1990): 3979 (1045 housing units)
      Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 97378
   Sheridan, WY (city, FIPS 69845)
      Location: 44.79209 N, 106.95710 W
      Population (1990): 13900 (6475 housing units)
      Area: 19.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 82801

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Sheridan Beach, WA (CDP, FIPS 63770)
      Location: 47.74492 N, 122.28682 W
      Population (1990): 6518 (2691 housing units)
      Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Sheridan County, KS (county, FIPS 179)
      Location: 39.35055 N, 100.44090 W
      Population (1990): 3043 (1324 housing units)
      Area: 2321.7 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
   Sheridan County, MT (county, FIPS 91)
      Location: 48.72670 N, 104.49989 W
      Population (1990): 4732 (2417 housing units)
      Area: 4342.5 sq km (land), 77.0 sq km (water)
   Sheridan County, ND (county, FIPS 83)
      Location: 47.58128 N, 100.34099 W
      Population (1990): 2148 (1061 housing units)
      Area: 2517.0 sq km (land), 88.1 sq km (water)
   Sheridan County, NE (county, FIPS 161)
      Location: 42.49728 N, 102.43446 W
      Population (1990): 6750 (3211 housing units)
      Area: 6322.7 sq km (land), 75.0 sq km (water)
   Sheridan County, WY (county, FIPS 33)
      Location: 44.79411 N, 106.88206 W
      Population (1990): 23562 (11154 housing units)
      Area: 6535.7 sq km (land), 9.6 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Sheridan Lake, CO (town, FIPS 69700)
      Location: 38.46597 N, 102.29352 W
      Population (1990): 95 (44 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Sherwood Manor, CT (CDP, FIPS 68450)
      Location: 42.01323 N, 72.56477 W
      Population (1990): 6357 (2226 housing units)
      Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Swarthmore, PA (borough, FIPS 75648)
      Location: 39.90215 N, 75.34830 W
      Population (1990): 6157 (2115 housing units)
      Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 19081

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   schroedinbug /shroh'din-buhg/ n.   [MIT: from the Schroedinger's
   Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics] A design or
   implementation bug in a program that doesn't manifest until someone
   reading source or using the program in an unusual way notices that
   it never should have worked, at which point the program promptly
   stops working for everybody until fixed.   Though (like {bit rot})
   this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harbored
   latent schroedinbugs for years.   Compare {heisenbug}, {Bohr bug},
   {mandelbug}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   schroedinbug
  
      /shroh'din-buhg/ ({MIT}, from the
      Schroedinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A
      design or implementation {bug} in a program that doesn't
      manifest until someone reading source or using the program in
      an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at
      which point the program promptly stops working for everybody
      until fixed.   Though (like {bit rot}) this sounds impossible,
      it happens; some programs have harboured latent schroedinbugs
      for years.
  
      Compare {heisenbug}, {Bohr bug}, {mandelbug}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
      (1995-02-28)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   shared memory
  
      1. Memory in a {parallel computer}, usually {RAM}, which can
      be accessed by more than one processor, usually via a shared
      {bus} or network.
  
      It usually takes longer for a processor to access shared
      memory than to access its own private memory because of
      contention for the processor-to-memory connections and because
      of other overheads associated with ensuring synchronised
      access.   Computers using shared memory usually have some kind
      of local {cache} on each processor to reduce the number of
      accesses to shared memory.   This requires a {cache
      consistency} {protocol} to ensure that one processor's cached
      copy of a shared memory location is invalidated when another
      processor writes to that location.
  
      The alternative to shared memory is {message passing} where
      all memory is private to some particular processor and
      processors communicate by sending messages down special
      links.   This is usually slower than shared memory but it
      avoids the problems of contention for memory and can be
      implemented more cheaply.
  
      2. Memory which can be access by more than one process in a
      {multitasking} {operating system} with memory protection.
      Some {Unix} variants, e.g. {SunOS} provide this kind of shared
      memory.
  
      {Unix manual pages}: shmop(2), shmctl(2), shmget(2).
  
      (1994-10-20)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Shared Time Repair of Big Electronic Systems
  
      (STROBES) A language for computer testing.
  
      [Sammet 1969, p. 699].
  
      (1995-02-06)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Short Message Service
  
      (SMS) A message service offered by the {GSM}
      digital {cellular telephone} system.
  
      Using SMS, a short alphanumeric message (160 alphanumeric
      characters) can be sent to a mobile phone to be displayed
      there, much like in an {alphanumeric pager} system.   The
      message is buffered by the GSM network until the phone becomes
      active.
  
      (1996-02-18)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Shorten
  
      A form of {lossless} {audio}
      {compression}.
  
      [Details?]
  
      (2001-12-17)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   sorting
  
      See {sort}.
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Sardine stone
      (Rev. 4:3, R.V., "sardius;" Heb. 'odhem; LXX., Gr. sardion, from
      a root meaning "red"), a gem of a blood-red colour. It was
      called "sardius" because obtained from Sardis in Lydia. It is
      enumerated among the precious stones in the high priest's
      breastplate (Ex. 28:17; 39:10). It is our red carnelian.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Sardonyx
      (Rev. 21:20), a species of the carnelian combining the sard and
      the onyx, having three layers of opaque spots or stripes on a
      transparent red basis. Like the sardine, it is a variety of the
      chalcedony.
     
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