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   sailboat
         n 1: a small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast [syn:
               {sailboat}, {sailing boat}]

English Dictionary: sleep out by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
salivate
v
  1. produce saliva; "We salivated when he described the great meal"
  2. be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about something; "She was salivating over the raise she anticipated"
    Synonym(s): salivate, drool
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
salivation
n
  1. the secretion of saliva
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Salpidae
n
  1. a small family of tunicates in the class Thaliacea [syn: Salpidae, family Salpidae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Salvador
n
  1. a republic on the Pacific coast of Central America [syn: El Salvador, Republic of El Salvador, Salvador]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Salvador Dali
n
  1. surrealist Spanish painter (1904-1989) [syn: Dali, Salvador Dali]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Salvadora
n
  1. genus of evergreen trees or shrubs; fruit is a drupe; grows in Africa through Arabia to India and China
    Synonym(s): Salvadora, genus Salvadora
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Salvadora family
n
  1. a family of Old World shrubs and trees of order Gentianales; related to Oleaceae but having four stamens and four petals
    Synonym(s): Salvadoraceae, family Salvadoraceae, Salvadora family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Salvadora persica
n
  1. glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora; twigs are fibrous and in some parts of the world are bound together in clusters and used as a toothbrush; shoots are used as camel fodder; plant ash provides salt
    Synonym(s): toothbrush tree, mustard tree, Salvadora persica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Salvadoraceae
n
  1. a family of Old World shrubs and trees of order Gentianales; related to Oleaceae but having four stamens and four petals
    Synonym(s): Salvadoraceae, family Salvadoraceae, Salvadora family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Salvadoran
adj
  1. of or relating to or characteristic of El Salvador or its people; "Salvadoran coffee"; "Salvadoran guerillas"
    Synonym(s): Salvadoran, Salvadorean
n
  1. a native or inhabitant of El Salvador [syn: Salvadoran, Salvadorian, Salvadorean]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Salvadoran capital
n
  1. the capital and largest city of El Salvador; has suffered from recurrent earthquakes
    Synonym(s): San Salvador, Salvadoran capital
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Salvadorean
adj
  1. of or relating to or characteristic of El Salvador or its people; "Salvadoran coffee"; "Salvadoran guerillas"
    Synonym(s): Salvadoran, Salvadorean
n
  1. a native or inhabitant of El Salvador [syn: Salvadoran, Salvadorian, Salvadorean]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Salvadorian
n
  1. a native or inhabitant of El Salvador [syn: Salvadoran, Salvadorian, Salvadorean]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
salvation
n
  1. (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
    Synonym(s): redemption, salvation
  2. a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness; "tourism was their economic salvation"; "they turned to individualism as their salvation"
  3. the state of being saved or preserved from harm
  4. saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation; "the salvation of his party was the president's major concern"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Salvation Army
n
  1. a charitable and religious organization to evangelize and to care for the poor and homeless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Salvia divinorum
n
  1. an herb from Oaxaca that has a powerful hallucinogenic effect; the active ingredient is salvinorin
    Synonym(s): Mexican mint, Salvia divinorum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Saul of Tarsus
n
  1. (New Testament) a Christian missionary to the Gentiles; author of several Epistles in the New Testament; even though Paul was not present at the Last Supper he is considered an Apostle; "Paul's name was Saul prior to his conversion to Christianity"
    Synonym(s): Paul, Saint Paul, St. Paul, Apostle Paul, Paul the Apostle, Apostle of the Gentiles, Saul, Saul of Tarsus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scalloped
adj
  1. having a margin with rounded scallops [syn: crenate, crenated, scalloped]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
school of dentistry
n
  1. a graduate school offering study leading to degrees in dentistry
    Synonym(s): dental school, school of dentistry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
school of thought
n
  1. a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
    Synonym(s): doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sculpt
v
  1. create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice"
    Synonym(s): sculpt, sculpture
  2. shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"
    Synonym(s): sculpt, sculpture, grave
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sculpted
adj
  1. cut into a desired shape; "graven images"; "sculptured representations"
    Synonym(s): graven, sculpted, sculptured
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sculptor
n
  1. an artist who creates sculptures [syn: sculptor, sculpturer, carver, statue maker]
  2. a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix and Cetus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sculptress
n
  1. a woman sculptor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sculptural
adj
  1. relating to or consisting of sculpture; "sculptural embellishments"
  2. resembling sculpture; "her finely modeled features"; "rendered with...vivid sculptural effect"; "the sculpturesque beauty of the athletes' bodies"
    Synonym(s): modeled, sculptural, sculptured, sculpturesque
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sculptural relief
n
  1. sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
    Synonym(s): relief, relievo, rilievo, embossment, sculptural relief
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sculpture
n
  1. a three-dimensional work of plastic art
  2. creating figures or designs in three dimensions
    Synonym(s): sculpture, carving
v
  1. create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice"
    Synonym(s): sculpt, sculpture
  2. shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"
    Synonym(s): sculpt, sculpture, grave
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sculptured
adj
  1. cut into a desired shape; "graven images"; "sculptured representations"
    Synonym(s): graven, sculpted, sculptured
  2. resembling sculpture; "her finely modeled features"; "rendered with...vivid sculptural effect"; "the sculpturesque beauty of the athletes' bodies"
    Synonym(s): modeled, sculptural, sculptured, sculpturesque
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sculpturer
n
  1. an artist who creates sculptures [syn: sculptor, sculpturer, carver, statue maker]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sculpturesque
adj
  1. resembling sculpture; "her finely modeled features"; "rendered with...vivid sculptural effect"; "the sculpturesque beauty of the athletes' bodies"
    Synonym(s): modeled, sculptural, sculptured, sculpturesque
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-adapting program
n
  1. a program that can change its performance in response to its environment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-addressed
adj
  1. addressed to yourself; "enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope with all submissions"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-deceit
n
  1. a misconception that is favorable to the person who holds it
    Synonym(s): self-deception, self-deceit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-deception
n
  1. a misconception that is favorable to the person who holds it
    Synonym(s): self-deception, self-deceit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-defeating
adj
  1. acting to defeat its own purpose; "it is self- defeating...to ignore the progress of events"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-defence
n
  1. the act of defending yourself [syn: self-defense, {self- defence}, self-protection]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-defense
n
  1. the act of defending yourself [syn: self-defense, {self- defence}, self-protection]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-denial
n
  1. the trait of practicing self discipline [syn: {self- discipline}, self-denial]
  2. the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses
    Synonym(s): self-denial, self-discipline, self-control
  3. renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
    Synonym(s): abnegation, self-abnegation, denial, self-denial, self-renunciation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-denying
adj
  1. willing to deprive yourself [syn: self-denying, {self- giving}, self-sacrificing]
  2. used especially of behavior
    Synonym(s): renunciant, renunciative, self-abnegating, self-denying
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-deprecating
adj
  1. conscious of your own shortcomings
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-depreciation
n
  1. a feeling of being of little worth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-destroy
v
  1. do away with oneself or itself; "The machine will self- destruct if you tamper with it"
    Synonym(s): self-destruct, self-destroy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-destruct
v
  1. do away with oneself or itself; "The machine will self- destruct if you tamper with it"
    Synonym(s): self-destruct, self-destroy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-destruction
n
  1. the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit suicide"
    Synonym(s): suicide, self-destruction, self- annihilation
  2. the act of destroying yourself; "his insistence was pure self-destruction"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-destructive
adj
  1. dangerous to yourself or your interests; "suicidal impulses"; "a suicidal corporate takeover strategy"; "a kamikaze pilot"
    Synonym(s): self-destructive, suicidal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-determination
n
  1. government of a political unit by its own people [syn: self-government, self-determination, self-rule]
  2. determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-digestion
n
  1. lysis of plant or animal tissue by an internal process
    Synonym(s): autolysis, self-digestion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-directed
adj
  1. (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
    Synonym(s): autonomous, self- directed, self-reliant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-direction
n
  1. personal independence [syn: autonomy, self-direction, self-reliance, self-sufficiency]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-discipline
n
  1. the trait of practicing self discipline [syn: {self- discipline}, self-denial]
  2. the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses
    Synonym(s): self-denial, self-discipline, self-control
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-disciplined
adj
  1. used of nonindulgent persons [syn: self-disciplined, self-restraining]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-discovery
n
  1. discovering your own individuality
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-disgust
n
  1. shame resulting from strong dislike of yourself or your actions
    Synonym(s): self-disgust, self-hatred
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-distrust
n
  1. lack of self-confidence [syn: diffidence, self-doubt, self-distrust]
    Antonym(s): confidence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-doubt
n
  1. lack of self-confidence [syn: diffidence, self-doubt, self-distrust]
    Antonym(s): confidence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-drive
n
  1. a rented car; "she picked up a hire car at the airport and drove to her hotel"
    Synonym(s): car rental, hire car, rent-a-car, self-drive, u-drive, you-drive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-educated
adj
  1. educated by your own efforts rather than by formal instruction
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-education
n
  1. the process of educating yourself [syn: self-education, self-cultivation]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-feeder
n
  1. a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material; "the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock"
    Synonym(s): self-feeder, feeder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-hatred
n
  1. shame resulting from strong dislike of yourself or your actions
    Synonym(s): self-disgust, self-hatred
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-pity
n
  1. a feeling of sorrow (often self-indulgent) over your own sufferings
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-taught art
n
  1. a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists
    Synonym(s): outsider art, self-taught art, vernacular art, naive art, primitive art
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-torment
n
  1. self-imposed distress
    Synonym(s): self-torture, self-torment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-torture
n
  1. self-imposed distress
    Synonym(s): self-torture, self-torment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sell-by date
n
  1. a date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be sold
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
selvedge
n
  1. border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet
    Synonym(s): selvage, selvedge
  2. the edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray
    Synonym(s): selvage, selvedge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Silvia atricapilla
n
  1. small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown [syn: blackcap, Silvia atricapilla]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ski lift
n
  1. a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill [syn: ski tow, ski lift, lift]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slap together
v
  1. make hastily and carelessly [syn: clap up, {clap together}, slap together]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slapdash
adv
  1. in a careless or reckless manner; "the shelves were put up slapdash"
    Synonym(s): slapdash, slam-bang
  2. directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"
    Synonym(s): bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt
adj
  1. marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"
    Synonym(s): haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slave dealer
n
  1. a person engaged in slave trade [syn: slaver, {slave dealer}, slave trader]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slave driver
n
  1. a cruel employer who demands excessive work from the employees
    Synonym(s): slave driver, Simon Legree
  2. a supervisor of slaves at work
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slave trade
n
  1. traffic in slaves; especially in Black Africans transported to America in the 16th to 19th centuries
    Synonym(s): slave trade, slave traffic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slave trader
n
  1. a person engaged in slave trade [syn: slaver, {slave dealer}, slave trader]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slave traffic
n
  1. traffic in slaves; especially in Black Africans transported to America in the 16th to 19th centuries
    Synonym(s): slave trade, slave traffic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sleep deprivation
n
  1. a form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of sleep
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sleep disorder
n
  1. a disturbance of the normal sleep pattern
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sleep out
v
  1. work in a house where one does not live; "our cook lives out; he can easily commute from his home"
    Synonym(s): live out, sleep out
    Antonym(s): live in, sleep in
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sleep talking
n
  1. uttering speech while asleep [syn: sleep talking, somniloquy, somniloquism]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sleep terror disorder
n
  1. a disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmare; they occur during NREM sleep
    Synonym(s): sleep terror disorder, pavor nocturnus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sleep together
v
  1. have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
    Synonym(s): sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sleep with
v
  1. have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
    Synonym(s): sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sleepy dick
n
  1. common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States
    Synonym(s): starflower, sleepy dick, summer snowflake, Ornithogalum umbellatum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sleepy-eyed
adj
  1. ready to fall asleep; "beginning to feel sleepy"; "a sleepy-eyed child with drooping eyelids"; "sleepyheaded students"
    Synonym(s): sleepy, sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sleepyhead
n
  1. a sleepy person
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sleepyheaded
adj
  1. ready to fall asleep; "beginning to feel sleepy"; "a sleepy-eyed child with drooping eyelids"; "sleepyheaded students"
    Synonym(s): sleepy, sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sleeved
adj
  1. made with sleeves or sleeves especially as specified; often used in combination; "sleeved garments"; "short- sleeved"
    Antonym(s): sleeveless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slipped disc
n
  1. a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region
    Synonym(s): herniated disc, ruptured intervertebral disc, slipped disc
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Slo-Bid
n
  1. a colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically; used in medicine as a bronchial dilator
    Synonym(s): theophylline, Elixophyllin, Slo-Bid, Theobid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sloped
adj
  1. having an oblique or slanted direction [syn: aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slopped
adj
  1. very drunk [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slubbed
adj
  1. of textiles; having a rough surface; "a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns"
    Synonym(s): homespun(p), nubby, nubbly, slubbed, tweedy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slyboots
n
  1. a shifty deceptive person [syn: dodger, fox, slyboots]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
solvate
n
  1. a compound formed by solvation (the combination of solvent molecules with molecules or ions of the solute)
v
  1. cause a solvation in (a substance)
  2. undergo solvation or convert into a solvate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
solvating agent
n
  1. an agent that converts something into a solvate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
solvation
n
  1. a chemical process in which solvent molecules and molecules or ions of the solute combine to form a compound
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
solved
adj
  1. explained or answered; "mysteries solved and unsolved; problems resolved and unresolved"
    Synonym(s): solved, resolved
    Antonym(s): unresolved, unsolved
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
soul food
n
  1. food traditionally eaten by African-Americans in the South
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
soul patch
n
  1. a small patch of facial hair just below the lower lip and above the chin
    Synonym(s): soul patch, Attilio
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sulfa drug
n
  1. antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA
    Synonym(s): sulfa drug, sulfa, sulpha, sulfonamide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sulfadiazine
n
  1. a sulfa drug used in treating meningitis and pneumonia and other infections
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sulfate
n
  1. a salt or ester of sulphuric acid [syn: sulfate, sulphate]
v
  1. convert into a sulfate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sulfide
n
  1. a compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive
    Synonym(s): sulfide, sulphide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sulphate
n
  1. a salt or ester of sulphuric acid [syn: sulfate, sulphate]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sulphide
n
  1. a compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive
    Synonym(s): sulfide, sulphide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sylviidae
n
  1. in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers
    Synonym(s): Sylviidae, family Sylviidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sylvite
n
  1. a mineral consisting of native potassium chloride; an important ore of potassium that is found in sedimentary beds
    Synonym(s): sylvite, sylvine
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Resurrection \Res`ur*rec"tion\, n. [F. r[82]surrection, L.
      resurrectio, fr. resurgere, resurrectum, to rise again; pref.
      re- re- + surgere to rise. See {Source}.]
      1. A rising again; the resumption of vigor.
  
      2. Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption
            of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ;
            the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of
            Judgment.
  
                     Nor after resurrection shall he stay Longer on
                     earth.                                                --Milton.
  
      3. State of being risen from the dead; future state.
  
                     In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given
                     in marriage.                                       --Matt. xxii.
                                                                              30.
  
      4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead.
  
                     I am the resurrection, and the life.   --John xi. 25.
  
      {Cross of the resurrection}, a slender cross with a pennant
            floating from the junction of the bars.
  
      {Resurrection plant} (Bot.), a name given to several species
            of {Selaginella} (as {S. convoluta} and {S.
            lepidophylla}), flowerless plants which, when dry, close
            up so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive and expand
            again when moistened. The name is sometimes also given to
            the rose of Jericho. See under {Rose}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sail \Sail\, n. [OE. seil, AS. segel, segl; akin to D. zeil,
      OHG. segal, G. & Sw. segel, Icel. segl, Dan. seil. [root]
      153.]
      1. An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the
            wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels
            through the water.
  
                     Behoves him now both sail and oar.      --Milton.
  
      2. Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
  
      3. A wing; a van. [Poetic]
  
                     Like an eagle soaring To weather his broad sails.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
      4. The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
  
      5. A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
  
      Note: In this sense, the plural has usually the same form as
               the singular; as, twenty sail were in sight.
  
      6. A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon
            the water.
  
      Note: Sails are of two general kinds, {fore-and-aft sails},
               and {square sails}. Square sails are always bent to
               yards, with their foot lying across the line of the
               vessel. Fore-and-aft sails are set upon stays or gaffs
               with their foot in line with the keel. A fore-and-aft
               sail is triangular, or quadrilateral with the after
               leech longer than the fore leech. Square sails are
               quadrilateral, but not necessarily square. See Phrases
               under {Fore}, a., and {Square}, a.; also, {Bark},
               {Brig}, {Schooner}, {Ship}, {Stay}.
  
      {Sail burton} (Naut.), a purchase for hoisting sails aloft
            for bending.
  
      {Sail fluke} (Zo[94]l.), the whiff.
  
      {Sail hook}, a small hook used in making sails, to hold the
            seams square.
  
      {Sail loft}, a loft or room where sails are cut out and made.
           
  
      {Sail room} (Naut.), a room in a vessel where sails are
            stowed when not in use.
  
      {Sail yard} (Naut.), the yard or spar on which a sail is
            extended.
  
      {Shoulder-of-mutton sail} (Naut.), a triangular sail of
            peculiar form. It is chiefly used to set on a boat's mast.
           
  
      {To crowd sail}. (Naut.) See under {Crowd}.
  
      {To loose sails} (Naut.), to unfurl or spread sails.
  
      {To make sail} (Naut.), to extend an additional quantity of
            sail.
  
      {To set a sail} (Naut.), to extend or spread a sail to the
            wind.
  
      {To set sail} (Naut.), to unfurl or spread the sails; hence,
            to begin a voyage.
  
      {To shorten sail} (Naut.), to reduce the extent of sail, or
            take in a part.
  
      {To strike sail} (Naut.), to lower the sails suddenly, as in
            saluting, or in sudden gusts of wind; hence, to
            acknowledge inferiority; to abate pretension.
  
      {Under sail}, having the sails spread.

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   Sailboat \Sail"boat`\, n.
      A boat propelled by a sail or sails.

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   Sal \Sal\ (s[acr]l), n. [L. See {Salt}.] (Chem. & Pharm.)
      Salt.
  
      {Sal absinthii} [NL.] (Old Chem.), an impure potassium
            carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood ({Artemisia
            Absinthium}).
  
      {Sal acetosell[91]} [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt of sorrel.
  
      {Sal alembroth}. (Old Chem.) See {Alembroth}.
  
      {Sal ammoniac} (Chem.), ammonium chloride, {NH4Cl}, a white
            crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste,
            obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It
            is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent,
            and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because
            originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the
            temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also {muriate of
            ammonia}.
  
      {Sal catharticus} [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), Epsom salts.
  
      {Sal culinarius} [L.] (Old Chem.), common salt, or sodium
            chloride.
  
      {Sal Cyrenaicus}. [NL.] (Old Chem.) See {Sal ammoniac} above.
           
  
      {Sal de duobus}, {Sal duplicatum} [NL.] (Old Chem.),
            potassium sulphate; -- so called because erroneously
            supposed to be composed of two salts, one acid and one
            alkaline.
  
      {Sal diureticus} [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), potassium acetate.
           
  
      {Sal enixum} [NL.] (Old Chem.), acid potassium sulphate.
  
      {Sal gemm[91]} [NL.] (Old Min.), common salt occuring native.
           
  
      {Sal Jovis} [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt tin, or stannic chloride;
            -- the alchemical name of tin being Jove.
  
      {Sal Martis} [NL.] (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or ferrous
            sulphate; -- the alchemical name of iron being Mars.
  
      {Sal microcosmicum} [NL.] (Old Chem.) See {Microcosmic salt},
            under {Microcosmic}.
  
      {Sal plumbi} [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead.
  
      {Sal prunella}. (Old Chem.) See {Prunella salt}, under 1st
            {Prunella}.
  
      {Sal Saturni} [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead, or lead
            acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
  
      {Sal sedativus} [NL.] (Old Chem.), sedative salt, or boric
            acid.
  
      {Sal Seignette} [F. seignette, sel de seignette] (Chem.),
            Rochelle salt.
  
      {Sal soda} (Chem.), sodium carbonate. See under {Sodium}.
  
      {Sal vitrioli} [NL.] (Old Chem.), white vitriol; zinc
            sulphate.
  
      {Sal volatile}. [NL.]
      (a) (Chem.) See {Sal ammoniac}, above.
      (b) Spirits of ammonia.

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   Salify \Sal"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Salified}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Salifying}.] [F. salifier; from L. sal salt + -ficare
      (only in comp.) to make. See {-fy}.] (Chem.)
      (a) To combine or impregnate with a salt.
      (b) To form a salt with; to convert into a salt; as, to
            salify a base or an acid.

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   Salivate \Sal"i*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Salivated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Salivating}.] [L. salivatus, p. p. of salivare to
      salivate. See {Saliva}.]
      To produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce
      salivation or ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury.

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   Salivate \Sal"i*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Salivated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Salivating}.] [L. salivatus, p. p. of salivare to
      salivate. See {Saliva}.]
      To produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce
      salivation or ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury.

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   Salivate \Sal"i*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Salivated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Salivating}.] [L. salivatus, p. p. of salivare to
      salivate. See {Saliva}.]
      To produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce
      salivation or ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury.

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   Salivation \Sal`i*va"tion\, n. [L. salivatio: cf. F.
      salivation.] (Physiol.)
      The act or process of salivating; an excessive secretion of
      saliva, often accompanied with soreness of the mouth and
      gums; ptyalism.
  
      Note: It may be induced by direct chemical or mechanical
               stimulation, as in mastication of some tasteless
               substance like rubber, or indirectly by some agent
               which affects the whole system, as mercury compounds.

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   Salpian \Sal"pi*an\, Salpid \Sal"pid\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A salpa.

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   Salvation \Sal*va"tion\, n. [OE. salvacioun, sauvacion, F.
      salvation, fr. L. salvatio, fr. salvare to save. See {Save}.]
      1. The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from
            destruction, danger, or great calamity.
  
      2. (Theol.) The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and
            liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of
            everlasting happiness.
  
                     To earn salvation for the sons of men. --Milton.
  
                     Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. --2.
                                                                              Cor. vii. 10.
  
      3. Saving power; that which saves.
  
                     Fear ye not; stand still, and see the salvation of
                     the Lord, which he will show to you to-day. --Ex.
                                                                              xiv. 13.
  
      {Salvation Army}, an organization for prosecuting the work of
            Christian evangelization, especially among the degraded
            populations of cities. It is virtually a new sect founded
            in London in 1861 by William Booth. The evangelists, male
            and female, have military titles according to rank, that
            of the chief being [bd]General.[b8] They wear a uniform,
            and in their phraseology and mode of work adopt a quasi
            military style.

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   Salvation \Sal*va"tion\, n. [OE. salvacioun, sauvacion, F.
      salvation, fr. L. salvatio, fr. salvare to save. See {Save}.]
      1. The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from
            destruction, danger, or great calamity.
  
      2. (Theol.) The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and
            liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of
            everlasting happiness.
  
                     To earn salvation for the sons of men. --Milton.
  
                     Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. --2.
                                                                              Cor. vii. 10.
  
      3. Saving power; that which saves.
  
                     Fear ye not; stand still, and see the salvation of
                     the Lord, which he will show to you to-day. --Ex.
                                                                              xiv. 13.
  
      {Salvation Army}, an organization for prosecuting the work of
            Christian evangelization, especially among the degraded
            populations of cities. It is virtually a new sect founded
            in London in 1861 by William Booth. The evangelists, male
            and female, have military titles according to rank, that
            of the chief being [bd]General.[b8] They wear a uniform,
            and in their phraseology and mode of work adopt a quasi
            military style.

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   Salvationist \Sal*va"tion*ist\, n.
      An evangelist, a member, or a recruit, of the Salvation Army.

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   Salvatory \Sal"va*to*ry\, n. [LL. salvatorium, fr. salvare to
      save.]
      A place where things are preserved; a repository. [R.] --Sir
      M. Hale.

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   Salve \Salve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Salved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Salving}.] [AS. sealfian to anoint. See {Salve}, n.]
      1. To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by
            remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a
            wound. --Shak.
  
      2. To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as
            with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or
            quibble; to gloss over.
  
                     But Ebranck salved both their infamies With noble
                     deeds.                                                --Spenser.
  
                     What may we do, then, to salve this seeming
                     inconsistence?                                    --Milton.

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   Scale \Scale\, n. [Cf. AS. scealu, scalu, a shell, parings; akin
      to D. schaal, G. schale, OHG. scala, Dan. & Sw. skal a shell,
      Dan. ski[91]l a fish scale, Goth. skalja tile, and E. shale,
      shell, and perhaps also to scale of a balance; but perhaps
      rather fr. OF. escale, escaile, F. [82]caille scale of a
      fish, and [82]cale shell of beans, pease, eggs, nuts, of
      German origin, and akin to Goth. skalja, G. schale. See
      {Shale}.]
      1. (Anat.) One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny
            pieces which form the covering of many fishes and
            reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part
            of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See {Cycloid},
            {Ctenoid}, and {Ganoid}.
  
                     Fish that, with their fins and shining scales, Glide
                     under the green wave.                        --Milton.
  
      2. Hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material,
            resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish; as, a
            scale of iron, of bone, etc.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) One of the small scalelike structures covering
            parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of
            Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura; the elytra of
            certain annelids. See {Lepidoptera}.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) A scale insect. (See below.)
  
      5. (Bot.) A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf,
            resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in
            arrangement; as, the scale of a bud, of a pine cone, and
            the like. The name is also given to the chaff on the stems
            of ferns.
  
      6. The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a
            pocketknife. See Illust. of {Pocketknife}.
  
      7. An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which
            water is heated, as a steam boiler.
  
      8. (Metal.) The thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron
            forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide,
            {Fe3O4}. Also, a similar coating upon other metals.
  
      {Covering scale} (Zo[94]l.), a hydrophyllium.
  
      {Ganoid scale}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Ganoid}.
  
      {Scale armor} (Mil.), armor made of small metallic scales
            overlapping, and fastened upon leather or cloth.
  
      {Scale beetle} (Zo[94]l.), the tiger beetle.
  
      {Scale carp} (Zo[94]l.), a carp having normal scales.
  
      {Scale insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            small hemipterous insects belonging to the family
            {Coccid[91]}, in which the females, when adult, become
            more or less scalelike in form. They are found upon the
            leaves and twigs of various trees and shrubs, and often do
            great damage to fruit trees. See {Orange scale},under
            {Orange}.
  
      {Scale moss} (Bot.), any leafy-stemmed moss of the order
            {Hepatic[91]}; -- so called from the small imbricated
            scalelike leaves of most of the species. See {Hepatica},
            2, and {Jungermannia}.

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   Scalloped \Scal"loped\, a.
      1. Furnished with a scallop; made or done with or in a
            scallop.
  
      2. Having the edge or border cut or marked with segments of
            circles. See {Scallop}, n., 2.
  
      3. (Cookery) Baked in a scallop; cooked with crumbs.
  
      {Scalloped oysters} (Cookery), opened oysters baked in a deep
            dish with alternate layers of bread or cracker crumbs,
            seasoned with pepper, nutmeg, and butter. This was at
            first done in scallop shells.

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   Scallop \Scal"lop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scalloped}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Scalloping}.]
      1. To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of
            circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See
            {Scallop}, n., 2.
  
      2. (Cookery) To bake in scallop shells or dishes; to prepare
            with crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake. See {Scalloped
            oysters}, below.

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   Scalloped \Scal"loped\, a.
      1. Furnished with a scallop; made or done with or in a
            scallop.
  
      2. Having the edge or border cut or marked with segments of
            circles. See {Scallop}, n., 2.
  
      3. (Cookery) Baked in a scallop; cooked with crumbs.
  
      {Scalloped oysters} (Cookery), opened oysters baked in a deep
            dish with alternate layers of bread or cracker crumbs,
            seasoned with pepper, nutmeg, and butter. This was at
            first done in scallop shells.

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   Scalp \Scalp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scalped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Scalping}.]
      1. To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the
            head of.
  
      2. (Surg.) To remove the skin of.
  
                     We must scalp the whole lid [of the eye]. --J. S.
                                                                              Wells.
  
      3. (Milling) To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat
            grains, in the process of high milling. --Knight.

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   Design \De*sign"\, n. [Cf. dessein, dessin.]
      1. A preliminary sketch; an outline or pattern of the main
            features of something to be executed, as of a picture, a
            building, or a decoration; a delineation; a plan.
  
      2. A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be
            done; preliminary conception; idea intended to be
            expressed in a visible form or carried into action;
            intention; purpose; -- often used in a bad sense for evil
            intention or purpose; scheme; plot.
  
                     The vast design and purpos[?] of the King.
                                                                              --Tennyson.
  
                     The leaders of that assembly who withstood the
                     designs of a besotted woman.               --Hallam.
  
                     A . . . settled design upon another man's life.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
                     How little he could guess the secret designs of the
                     court!                                                --Macaulay.
  
      3. Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred
            from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the argument
            from design.
  
      4. The realization of an inventive or decorative plan; esp.,
            a work of decorative art considered as a new creation;
            conception or plan shown in completed work; as, this
            carved panel is a fine design, or of a fine design.
  
      5. (Mus.) The invention and conduct of the subject; the
            disposition of every part, and the general order of the
            whole.
  
      {Arts of design}, those into which the designing of artistic
            forms and figures enters as a principal part, as
            architecture, painting, engraving, sculpture.
  
      {School of design}, one in which are taught the invention and
            delineation of artistic or decorative figures, patterns,
            and the like.
  
      Syn: Intention; purpose; scheme; project; plan; idea.
  
      Usage: {Design}, {Intention}, {Purpose}. Design has reference
                  to something definitely aimed at. Intention points to
                  the feelings or desires with which a thing is sought.
                  Purpose has reference to a settled choice or
                  determination for its attainment. [bd]I had no design
                  to injure you,[b8] means it was no part of my aim or
                  object. [bd]I had no intention to injure you,[b8]
                  means, I had no wish or desire of that kind. [bd]My
                  purpose was directly the reverse,[b8] makes the case
                  still stronger.
  
                           Is he a prudent man . . . that lays designs only
                           for a day, without any prospect to the remaining
                           part of his life?                        --Tillotson.
  
                           I wish others the same intention, and greater
                           successes.                                    --Sir W.
                                                                              Temple.
  
                           It is the purpose that makes strong the vow.
                                                                              --Shak.

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   Prophet \Proph"et\, n. [F. proph[8a]te, L. propheta, fr. Gr.
      [?], literally, one who speaks for another, especially, one
      who speaks for a god an interprets his will to man, fr. [?]
      to say beforehand; [?] for, before + [?] to say or speak. See
      {Fame}. ]
      1. One who prophesies, or foretells events; a predicter; a
            foreteller.
  
      2. One inspired or instructed by God to speak in his name, or
            announce future events, as, Moses, Elijah, etc.
  
      3. An interpreter; a spokesman. [R.] --Ex. vii. 1.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) A mantis.
  
      {School of the prophets} (Anc. Jewish Hist.), a school or
            college in which young men were educated and trained for
            public teachers or members of the prophetic order. These
            students were called sons of the prophets.

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   Sclaff \Sclaff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sclaffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Sclaffing}.] [Orig. uncert.]
      1. To scuff or shuffle along. [Scot.]
  
      2. (Golf) To scrape the ground with the sole of the club,
            before striking the ball, in making a stroke.

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   Sculptile \Sculp"tile\, a. [L. sculptilis. See Sculptor.]
      Formed by carving; graven; as, sculptile images. [Obs.] --Sir
      T. Browne.

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   Sculptor \Sculp"tor\, n. [L. sculptor, fr. sculpere, sculptum,
      to carve; cf. scalpere to cut, carve, scratch, and Gr. [?] to
      carve: cf. F. sculpteur.]
      1. One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve
            statues, or works of sculpture.
  
      2. Hence, an artist who designs works of sculpture, his first
            studies and his finished model being usually in a plastic
            material, from which model the marble is cut, or the
            bronze is cast.

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   Sculptress \Sculp"tress\, n.
      A female sculptor.

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   Sculptural \Sculp"tur*al\ (?; 135), a.
      Of or pertaining to sculpture. --G. Eliot.

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   Sculpture \Sculp"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. sculptura: cf. F.
      sculpture.]
      1. The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal,
            etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as
            of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing
            figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials.
  
      2. Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal,
            etc.
  
                     There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen The
                     mad affection of the Cretan queen.      --Dryden.

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   Sculpture \Sculp"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Sculptured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sculpturing}.]
      To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or
      metal; to carve; to engrave.
  
      {Sculptured tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American
            wood tortoise ({Glyptemys insculpta}). The shell is marked
            with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured
            figures.

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      {Gentlemen of the round}.
            (a) Gentlemen soldiers of low rank who made the rounds.
                  See 10
            (a), above.
            (b) Disbanded soldiers who lived by begging. [Obs.]
  
                           Worm-eaten gentlemen of the round, such as have
                           vowed to sit on the skirts of the city, let
                           your provost and his half dozen of halberdiers
                           do what they can.                        --B. Jonson.
  
      {Round of beef}, the part of the thigh below the aitchbone,
            or between the rump and the leg. See Illust. of {beef}.
  
      {Round steak}, a beefsteak cut from the round.
  
      {Sculpture in the round}, sculpture giving the full form, as
            of man; statuary, distinguished from relief.

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   Sculpture \Sculp"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Sculptured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sculpturing}.]
      To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or
      metal; to carve; to engrave.
  
      {Sculptured tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American
            wood tortoise ({Glyptemys insculpta}). The shell is marked
            with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured
            figures.

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   Sculpture \Sculp"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Sculptured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sculpturing}.]
      To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or
      metal; to carve; to engrave.
  
      {Sculptured tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American
            wood tortoise ({Glyptemys insculpta}). The shell is marked
            with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured
            figures.

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   Sculpturesque \Sculp`tur*esque"\, a.
      After the manner of sculpture; resembling, or relating to,
      sculpture.

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   Sculpture \Sculp"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Sculptured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sculpturing}.]
      To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or
      metal; to carve; to engrave.
  
      {Sculptured tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American
            wood tortoise ({Glyptemys insculpta}). The shell is marked
            with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured
            figures.

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   Self-adjusting \Self`-ad*just"ing\, a. (Mach.)
      Capable of assuming a desired position or condition with
      relation to other parts, under varying circumstances, without
      requiring to be adjusted by hand; -- said of a piece in
      machinery.
  
      {Self-adjusting bearing} (Shafting), a bearing which is
            supported in such a manner that it may tip to accomodate
            flexure or displacement of the shaft.

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   Self-adjusting \Self`-ad*just"ing\, a. (Mach.)
      Capable of assuming a desired position or condition with
      relation to other parts, under varying circumstances, without
      requiring to be adjusted by hand; -- said of a piece in
      machinery.
  
      {Self-adjusting bearing} (Shafting), a bearing which is
            supported in such a manner that it may tip to accomodate
            flexure or displacement of the shaft.

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   Self-admiration \Self`-ad`mi*ra"tion\, n.
      Admiration of one's self.

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   Self-deceit \Self`-de*ceit"\, n.
      The act of deceiving one's self, or the state of being
      self-deceived; self-deception.

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   Self-deceived \Self`-de*ceived"\, a.
      Deceived or misled respecting one's self by one's own mistake
      or error.

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   Self-deception \Self`-de*cep"tion\, n.
      Self-deceit.

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   Self-defence \Self`-de*fence"\, n.
      See {Self-defense}.

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   Self-defense \Self`-de*fense"\, n.
      The act of defending one's own person, property, or
      reputation.
  
      {In self-defense} (Law), in protection of self, -- it being
            permitted in law to a party on whom a grave wrong is
            attempted to resist the wrong, even at the peril of the
            life of the assailiant. --Wharton.

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   Self-defensive \Self`-de*fen"sive\, a.
      Defending, or tending to defend, one's own person, property,
      or reputation.

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   Self-degradation \Self`-deg`ra*da"tion\, n.
      The act of degrading one's self, or the state of being so
      degraded.

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   Self-delation \Self`-de*la"tion\, n.
      Accusation of one's self. [R.] --Milman.

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   Self-delusion \Self`-de*lu"sion\, n.
      The act of deluding one's self, or the state of being thus
      deluded.

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   Self-denial \Self`-de*ni"al\, n.
      The denial of one's self; forbearing to gratify one's own
      desires; self-sacrifice.

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   Self-denying \Self`-de*ny"ing\, a.
      Refusing to gratify one's self; self-sacrificing. --
      {Self`-de*ny"ing*ly}, adv.

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   Self-denying \Self`-de*ny"ing\, a.
      Refusing to gratify one's self; self-sacrificing. --
      {Self`-de*ny"ing*ly}, adv.

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   Self-dependent \Self`-de*pend"ent\, a.
      Dependent on one's self; self-depending; self-reliant.

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   Self-depending \Self`-de*pend"ing\, a.
      Depending on one's self.

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   Self-depraved \Self`-de*praved"\, a.
      Corrupted or depraved by one's self. --Milton.

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   Self-destroyer \Self`-de*stroy"er\, n.
      One who destroys himself; a suicide.

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   Self-destruction \Self`-de*struc"tion\, n.
      The destruction of one's self; self-murder; suicide.
      --Milton.

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   Self-destructive \Self`-de*struc"tive\, a.
      Destroying, or tending to destroy, one's self or itself;
      rucidal.

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   Self-determination \Self`-de*ter`mi*na"tion\, n.
      Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts
      or states without the necessitating force of motives; --
      applied to the voluntary or activity.

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   Self-determining \Self`-de*ter"min*ing\, a.
      Capable of self-determination; as, the self-determining power
      of will.

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   Self-devised \Self`-de*vised"\, a.
      Devised by one's self.

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   Self-devoted \Self`-de*vot"ed\, a.
      Devoted in person, or by one's own will. --Hawthorne.

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   Self-devotement \Self`-de*vote"ment\, n.
      Self-devotion. [R.]

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   Self-devotion \Self`-de*vo"tion\, n.
      The act of devoting one's self, or the state of being
      self-devoted; willingness to sacrifice one's own advantage or
      happiness for the sake of others; self-sacrifice.

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   Self-devouring \Self`-de*vour"ing\, a.
      Devouring one's self or itself. --Danham.

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   Self-diffusive \Self`-dif*fu"sive\, a.
      Having power to diffuse itself; diffusing itself. --Norris.

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   Self-discipline \Self`-dis"ci*pline\, n.
      Correction or government of one's self for the sake of
      improvement.

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   Self-distrust \Self`-dis*trust"\, n.
      Want of confidence in one' self; diffidence.

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   Self-educated \Self`-ed"u*ca`ted\, a.
      Educated by one's own efforts, without instruction, or
      without pecuniary assistance from others.

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   Selfhood \Self"hood\, n.
      Existence as a separate self, or independent person;
      conscious personality; individuality. --Bib. Sacra.

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   Self-taught \Self"-taught`\, a.
      Taught by one's own efforts.

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   Self-tormentor \Self`-tor*ment"or\, n.
      One who torments himself.

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   Self-torture \Self`-tor"ture\, n.
      The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on
      one's self.

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   Self-trust \Self"-trust`\, n.
      Faith in one's self; self-reliance.

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   Selvage \Sel"vage\, Selvedge \Sel"vedge\, n. [Self + edge, i.
      e., its own proper edge; cf. OD. selfegge.]
      1. The edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to
            prevent raveling.
  
      2. The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes.
            --Knight.
  
      3. (Mining.) A layer of clay or decomposed rock along the
            wall of a vein. See {Gouge}, n., 4. --Raymond.

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   Selvaged \Sel"vaged\, Selvedged \Sel"vedged\, a.
      Having a selvage.

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   Shallow-bodied \Shal"low-bod`ied\, a. (Naut.)
      Having a moderate depth of hold; -- said of a vessel.

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   Shallow-pated \Shal"low-pat`ed\, a.
      Shallow-brained.

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   Shell \Shell\, n. [OE. shelle, schelle, AS. scell, scyll; akin
      to D. shel, Icel. skel, Goth. skalja a tile, and E. skill.
      Cf. {Scale} of fishes, {Shale}, {Skill}.]
      1. A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.
            Specifically:
            (a) The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a
                  hazelnut shell.
            (b) A pod.
            (c) The hard covering of an egg.
  
                           Think him as a serpent's egg, . . . And kill him
                           in the shell.                              --Shak.
            (d) (Zo[94]l.) The hard calcareous or chitinous external
                  covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other
                  invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes,
                  it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the
                  hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo,
                  the tortoise, and the like.
            (e) (Zo[94]l.) Hence, by extension, any mollusks having
                  such a covering.
  
      2. (Mil.) A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for
            a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive
            substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means
            of which the projectile is burst and its fragments
            scattered. See {Bomb}.
  
      3. The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and
            shot, used with breechloading small arms.
  
      4. Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior
            structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the
            shell of a house.
  
      5. A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin
            inclosed in a more substantial one. --Knight.
  
      6. An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre
            having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a
            tortoise shell.
  
                     When Jubal struck the chorded shell.   --Dryden.
  
      7. An engraved copper roller used in print works.
  
      8. pl. The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is
            often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc.
  
      9. (Naut.) The outer frame or case of a block within which
            the sheaves revolve.
  
      10. A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood
            or with paper; as, a racing shell.
  
      {Message shell}, a bombshell inside of which papers may be
            put, in order to convey messages.
  
      {Shell bit}, a tool shaped like a gouge, used with a brace in
            boring wood. See {Bit}, n., 3.
  
      {Shell button}.
            (a) A button made of shell.
            (b) A hollow button made of two pieces, as of metal, one
                  for the front and the other for the back, -- often
                  covered with cloth, silk, etc.
  
      {Shell cameo}, a cameo cut in shell instead of stone.
  
      {Shell flower}. (Bot.) Same as {Turtlehead}.
  
      {Shell gland}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A glandular organ in which the rudimentary shell is
                  formed in embryonic mollusks.
            (b) A glandular organ which secretes the eggshells of
                  various worms, crustacea, mollusks, etc.
  
      {Shell gun}, a cannon suitable for throwing shells.
  
      {Shell ibis} (Zo[94]l.), the openbill of India.
  
      {Shell jacket}, an undress military jacket.
  
      {Shell lime}, lime made by burning the shells of shellfish.
           
  
      {Shell marl} (Min.), a kind of marl characterized by an
            abundance of shells, or fragments of shells.
  
      {Shell meat}, food consisting of shellfish, or testaceous
            mollusks. --Fuller.
  
      {Shell mound}. See under {Mound}.
  
      {Shell of a boiler}, the exterior of a steam boiler, forming
            a case to contain the water and steam, often inclosing
            also flues and the furnace; the barrel of a cylindrical,
            or locomotive, boiler.
  
      {Shell road}, a road of which the surface or bed is made of
            shells, as oyster shells.
  
      {Shell sand}, minute fragments of shells constituting a
            considerable part of the seabeach in some places.

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   Shell \Shell\, n. [OE. shelle, schelle, AS. scell, scyll; akin
      to D. shel, Icel. skel, Goth. skalja a tile, and E. skill.
      Cf. {Scale} of fishes, {Shale}, {Skill}.]
      1. A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.
            Specifically:
            (a) The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a
                  hazelnut shell.
            (b) A pod.
            (c) The hard covering of an egg.
  
                           Think him as a serpent's egg, . . . And kill him
                           in the shell.                              --Shak.
            (d) (Zo[94]l.) The hard calcareous or chitinous external
                  covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other
                  invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes,
                  it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the
                  hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo,
                  the tortoise, and the like.
            (e) (Zo[94]l.) Hence, by extension, any mollusks having
                  such a covering.
  
      2. (Mil.) A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for
            a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive
            substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means
            of which the projectile is burst and its fragments
            scattered. See {Bomb}.
  
      3. The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and
            shot, used with breechloading small arms.
  
      4. Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior
            structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the
            shell of a house.
  
      5. A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin
            inclosed in a more substantial one. --Knight.
  
      6. An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre
            having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a
            tortoise shell.
  
                     When Jubal struck the chorded shell.   --Dryden.
  
      7. An engraved copper roller used in print works.
  
      8. pl. The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is
            often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc.
  
      9. (Naut.) The outer frame or case of a block within which
            the sheaves revolve.
  
      10. A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood
            or with paper; as, a racing shell.
  
      {Message shell}, a bombshell inside of which papers may be
            put, in order to convey messages.
  
      {Shell bit}, a tool shaped like a gouge, used with a brace in
            boring wood. See {Bit}, n., 3.
  
      {Shell button}.
            (a) A button made of shell.
            (b) A hollow button made of two pieces, as of metal, one
                  for the front and the other for the back, -- often
                  covered with cloth, silk, etc.
  
      {Shell cameo}, a cameo cut in shell instead of stone.
  
      {Shell flower}. (Bot.) Same as {Turtlehead}.
  
      {Shell gland}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A glandular organ in which the rudimentary shell is
                  formed in embryonic mollusks.
            (b) A glandular organ which secretes the eggshells of
                  various worms, crustacea, mollusks, etc.
  
      {Shell gun}, a cannon suitable for throwing shells.
  
      {Shell ibis} (Zo[94]l.), the openbill of India.
  
      {Shell jacket}, an undress military jacket.
  
      {Shell lime}, lime made by burning the shells of shellfish.
           
  
      {Shell marl} (Min.), a kind of marl characterized by an
            abundance of shells, or fragments of shells.
  
      {Shell meat}, food consisting of shellfish, or testaceous
            mollusks. --Fuller.
  
      {Shell mound}. See under {Mound}.
  
      {Shell of a boiler}, the exterior of a steam boiler, forming
            a case to contain the water and steam, often inclosing
            also flues and the furnace; the barrel of a cylindrical,
            or locomotive, boiler.
  
      {Shell road}, a road of which the surface or bed is made of
            shells, as oyster shells.
  
      {Shell sand}, minute fragments of shells constituting a
            considerable part of the seabeach in some places.

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   Shelve \Shelve\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shelved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Shelving}.] [Perhapss originally from the same source as
      shallow, but influenced by shelf a ledge, a platform.]
      To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves
      from the shore.

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   Silvate \Sil"vate\, n. (Chem.)
      Same as {Sylvate}.

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   Slapdash \Slap"dash`\, adv. [Slap + dash.]
      1. In a bold, careless manner; at random. [Colloq.]
  
      2. With a slap; all at once; slap. [Colloq.] --Prior.

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   Slapdash \Slap"dash`\, v. t.
      To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or
      rough manner; to roughcast; as, to slapdash mortar or paint
      on a wall, or to slapdash a wall. [Colloq.] --Halliwell.

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   Slap \Slap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Slapping}.]
      To strike with the open hand, or with something broad.

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   Slave \Slave\, n. [Cf. F. esclave, D. slaaf, Dan. slave, sclave,
      Sw. slaf, all fr. G. sklave, MHG. also slave, from the
      national name of the Slavonians, or Sclavonians (in LL. Slavi
      or Sclavi), who were frequently made slaves by the Germans.
      See {Slav}.]
      1. A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is
            wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as
            a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose
            person and services are wholly under the control of
            another.
  
                     thou our slave, Our captive, at the public mill our
                     drudge?                                             --Milton.
  
      2. One who has lost the power of resistance; one who
            surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to
            passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition.
  
      3. A drudge; one who labors like a slave.
  
      4. An abject person; a wretch. --Shak.
  
      {Slave ant} (Zo[94]l.), any species of ants which is captured
            and enslaved by another species, especially {Formica
            fusca} of Europe and America, which is commonly enslaved
            by {Formica sanguinea}.
  
      {Slave catcher}, one who attempted to catch and bring back a
            fugitive slave to his master.
  
      {Slave coast}, part of the western coast of Africa to which
            slaves were brought to be sold to foreigners.
  
      {Slave driver}, one who superintends slaves at their work;
            hence, figuratively, a cruel taskmaster.
  
      {Slave hunt}.
            (a) A search after persons in order to reduce them to
                  slavery. --Barth.
            (b) A search after fugitive slaves, often conducted with
                  bloodhounds.
  
      {Slave ship}, a vessel employed in the slave trade or used
            for transporting slaves; a slaver.
  
      {Slave trade}, the business of dealing in slaves, especially
            of buying them for transportation from their homes to be
            sold elsewhere.
  
      {Slave trader}, one who traffics in slaves.
  
      Syn: Bond servant; bondman; bondslave; captive; henchman;
               vassal; dependent; drudge. See {Serf}.

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   Slave \Slave\, n. [Cf. F. esclave, D. slaaf, Dan. slave, sclave,
      Sw. slaf, all fr. G. sklave, MHG. also slave, from the
      national name of the Slavonians, or Sclavonians (in LL. Slavi
      or Sclavi), who were frequently made slaves by the Germans.
      See {Slav}.]
      1. A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is
            wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as
            a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose
            person and services are wholly under the control of
            another.
  
                     thou our slave, Our captive, at the public mill our
                     drudge?                                             --Milton.
  
      2. One who has lost the power of resistance; one who
            surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to
            passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition.
  
      3. A drudge; one who labors like a slave.
  
      4. An abject person; a wretch. --Shak.
  
      {Slave ant} (Zo[94]l.), any species of ants which is captured
            and enslaved by another species, especially {Formica
            fusca} of Europe and America, which is commonly enslaved
            by {Formica sanguinea}.
  
      {Slave catcher}, one who attempted to catch and bring back a
            fugitive slave to his master.
  
      {Slave coast}, part of the western coast of Africa to which
            slaves were brought to be sold to foreigners.
  
      {Slave driver}, one who superintends slaves at their work;
            hence, figuratively, a cruel taskmaster.
  
      {Slave hunt}.
            (a) A search after persons in order to reduce them to
                  slavery. --Barth.
            (b) A search after fugitive slaves, often conducted with
                  bloodhounds.
  
      {Slave ship}, a vessel employed in the slave trade or used
            for transporting slaves; a slaver.
  
      {Slave trade}, the business of dealing in slaves, especially
            of buying them for transportation from their homes to be
            sold elsewhere.
  
      {Slave trader}, one who traffics in slaves.
  
      Syn: Bond servant; bondman; bondslave; captive; henchman;
               vassal; dependent; drudge. See {Serf}.

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   Slave \Slave\, n. [Cf. F. esclave, D. slaaf, Dan. slave, sclave,
      Sw. slaf, all fr. G. sklave, MHG. also slave, from the
      national name of the Slavonians, or Sclavonians (in LL. Slavi
      or Sclavi), who were frequently made slaves by the Germans.
      See {Slav}.]
      1. A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is
            wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as
            a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose
            person and services are wholly under the control of
            another.
  
                     thou our slave, Our captive, at the public mill our
                     drudge?                                             --Milton.
  
      2. One who has lost the power of resistance; one who
            surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to
            passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition.
  
      3. A drudge; one who labors like a slave.
  
      4. An abject person; a wretch. --Shak.
  
      {Slave ant} (Zo[94]l.), any species of ants which is captured
            and enslaved by another species, especially {Formica
            fusca} of Europe and America, which is commonly enslaved
            by {Formica sanguinea}.
  
      {Slave catcher}, one who attempted to catch and bring back a
            fugitive slave to his master.
  
      {Slave coast}, part of the western coast of Africa to which
            slaves were brought to be sold to foreigners.
  
      {Slave driver}, one who superintends slaves at their work;
            hence, figuratively, a cruel taskmaster.
  
      {Slave hunt}.
            (a) A search after persons in order to reduce them to
                  slavery. --Barth.
            (b) A search after fugitive slaves, often conducted with
                  bloodhounds.
  
      {Slave ship}, a vessel employed in the slave trade or used
            for transporting slaves; a slaver.
  
      {Slave trade}, the business of dealing in slaves, especially
            of buying them for transportation from their homes to be
            sold elsewhere.
  
      {Slave trader}, one who traffics in slaves.
  
      Syn: Bond servant; bondman; bondslave; captive; henchman;
               vassal; dependent; drudge. See {Serf}.

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   Slave \Slave\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slaved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Slaving}.]
      To drudge; to toil; to labor as a slave.

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   Sleave \Sleave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sleaved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Sleaving}.]
      To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of
      threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.

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   Sleaved \Sleaved\, a.
      Raw; not spun or wrought; as, sleaved thread or silk.
      --Holinshed.

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   Sleep-at-noon \Sleep"-at-noon"\, n. (Bot.)
      A plant ({Tragopogon pratensis}) which closes its flowers at
      midday; a kind of goat's beard. --Dr. Prior.

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   Ruddy \Rud"dy\, a. [Compar. {Ruddier}; superl. {Ruddiest}.] [AS.
      rudig. See {Rud}, n.]
      1. Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy
            flame. --Milton.
  
                     They were more ruddy in body than rubies. --Lam. iv.
                                                                              7.
  
      2. Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in
            high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips. --Dryden.
  
      {Ruddy duck} (Zo[94]l.), an American duck ({Erismatura
            rubida}) having a broad bill and a wedge-shaped tail
            composed of stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich
            brownish red on the back, sides, and neck, black on the
            top of the head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the
            cheeks. The female and young male are dull brown mixed
            with blackish on the back; grayish below. Called also
            {dunbird}, {dundiver}, {ruddy diver}, {stifftail},
            {spinetail}, {hardhead}, {sleepy duck}, {fool duck},
            {spoonbill}, etc.
  
      {Ruddy plover} (Zo[94]l.) the sanderling.

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   Sleepy \Sleep"y\, a. [Compar. {Sleepier}; superl. {Sleepiest}.]
      [AS. sl[?]pig. See {Sleep}, n.]
      1. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. --Shak.
  
                     She waked her sleepy crew.                  --Dryden.
  
      2. Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a
            sleepy drink or potion. --Chaucer.
  
      3. Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish. --Shak.
  
                     'Tis not sleepy business; But must be looked to
                     speedily and strongly.                        --Shak.
  
      4. Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy
            security.
  
      {Sleepy duck} (Zo[94]l.), the ruddy duck.

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   Ruddy \Rud"dy\, a. [Compar. {Ruddier}; superl. {Ruddiest}.] [AS.
      rudig. See {Rud}, n.]
      1. Of a red color; red, or reddish; as, a ruddy sky; a ruddy
            flame. --Milton.
  
                     They were more ruddy in body than rubies. --Lam. iv.
                                                                              7.
  
      2. Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in
            high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips. --Dryden.
  
      {Ruddy duck} (Zo[94]l.), an American duck ({Erismatura
            rubida}) having a broad bill and a wedge-shaped tail
            composed of stiff, sharp feathers. The adult male is rich
            brownish red on the back, sides, and neck, black on the
            top of the head, nape, wings, and tail, and white on the
            cheeks. The female and young male are dull brown mixed
            with blackish on the back; grayish below. Called also
            {dunbird}, {dundiver}, {ruddy diver}, {stifftail},
            {spinetail}, {hardhead}, {sleepy duck}, {fool duck},
            {spoonbill}, etc.
  
      {Ruddy plover} (Zo[94]l.) the sanderling.

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   Sleepy \Sleep"y\, a. [Compar. {Sleepier}; superl. {Sleepiest}.]
      [AS. sl[?]pig. See {Sleep}, n.]
      1. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. --Shak.
  
                     She waked her sleepy crew.                  --Dryden.
  
      2. Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a
            sleepy drink or potion. --Chaucer.
  
      3. Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish. --Shak.
  
                     'Tis not sleepy business; But must be looked to
                     speedily and strongly.                        --Shak.
  
      4. Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy
            security.
  
      {Sleepy duck} (Zo[94]l.), the ruddy duck.

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   Sleepyhead \Sleep"y*head`\, n.
      1. A sleepy person.
  
                     To bed, to bed, says Sleepyhead.         --Mother
                                                                              Goose.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The ruddy duck.

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   Sleeve \Sleeve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sleeved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Sleeving}.]
      To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a
      coat.

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   Sleeved \Sleeved\, a.
      Having sleeves; furnished with sleeves; -- often in
      composition; as, long-sleeved.

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   Sleep \Sleep\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slept}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Sleeping}.] [OE. slepen, AS. sl[?]pan; akin to OFries.
      sl[?]pa, OS. sl[be]pan, D. slapen, OHG. sl[be]fan, G.
      schlafen, Goth. sl[?]pan, and G. schlaff slack, loose, and L.
      labi to glide, slide, labare to totter. Cf. {Lapse}.]
      1. To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of
            the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the
            organs of sense; to slumber. --Chaucer.
  
                     Watching at the head of these that sleep. --Milton.
  
      2. Figuratively:
            (a) To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to
                  be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
  
                           We sleep over our happiness.         --Atterbury.
            (b) To be dead; to lie in the grave.
  
                           Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring
                           with him.                                    --1 Thess. iv.
                                                                              14.
            (c) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be
                  unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie
                  dormant; as, a question sleeps for the present; the
                  law sleeps.
  
                           How sweet the moonlight sleep upon this bank!
                                                                              --Shak.

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   Slept \Slept\,
      imp. & p. p. of {Sleep}.

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      {To give one the slip}, to slip away from one; to elude one.
           
  
      {Slip dock}. See under {Dock}.
  
      {Slip link} (Mach.), a connecting link so arranged as to
            allow some play of the parts, to avoid concussion.
  
      {Slip rope} (Naut.), a rope by which a cable is secured
            preparatory to slipping. --Totten.
  
      {Slip stopper} (Naut.), an arrangement for letting go the
            anchor suddenly.

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   Dock \Dock\, n. [Akin to D. dok; of uncertain origin; cf. LL.
      doga ditch, L. doga ditch, L. doga sort of vessel, Gr. [?]
      receptacle, fr. [?] to receive.]
      1. An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a
            harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and
            provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the
            tide.
  
      2. The slip or water way extending between two piers or
            projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; --
            sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down
            on the dock.
  
      3. The place in court where a criminal or accused person
            stands.
  
      {Balance dock}, a kind of {floating dock} which is kept level
            by pumping water out of, or letting it into, the
            compartments of side chambers.
  
      {Dry dock}, a dock from which the water may be shut or pumped
            out, especially, one in the form of a chamber having walls
            and floor, often of masonry and communicating with deep
            water, but having appliances for excluding it; -- used in
            constructing or repairing ships. The name includes
            structures used for the examination, repairing, or
            building of vessels, as graving docks, floating docks,
            hydraulic docks, etc.
  
      {Floating dock}, a dock which is made to become buoyant, and,
            by floating, to lift a vessel out of water.
  
      {Graving dock}, a dock for holding a ship for graving or
            cleaning the bottom, etc.
  
      {Hydraulic dock}, a dock in which a vessel is raised clear of
            the water by hydraulic presses.
  
      {Naval dock}, a dock connected with which are naval stores,
            materials, and all conveniences for the construction and
            repair of ships.
  
      {Sectional dock}, a form of {floating dock} made in separate
            sections or caissons.
  
      {Slip dock}, a dock having a sloping floor that extends from
            deep water to above high-water mark, and upon which is a
            railway on which runs a cradle carrying the ship.
  
      {Wet dock}, a dock where the water is shut in, and kept at a
            given level, to facilitate the loading and unloading of
            ships; -- also sometimes used as a place of safety; a
            basin.

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   Slip \Slip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slipped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Slipping}.] [OE. slippen; akin to LG. & D. slippen, MHG.
      slipfen (cf. Dan. slippe, Sw. slippa, Icel. sleppa), and fr.
      OE. slipen, AS. sl[c6]pan (in comp.), akin to G. schleifen to
      slide, glide, drag, whet, OHG. sl[c6]fan to slide, glide,
      make smooth, Icel. sl[c6]pa to whet; cf. also AS. sl[?]pan,
      Goth. sliupan, OS. slopian, OHG. sliofan, G. schliefen,
      schl[?]pfen, which seem to come from a somewhat different
      root form. Cf. {Slope}, n.]
      1. To move along the surface of a thing without bounding,
            rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.
  
      2. To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to
            tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest
            the foot should slip.
  
      3. To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with
            out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.
  
      4. To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as
            if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner;
            as, some errors slipped into the work.
  
                     Thus one tradesman slips away, To give his partner
                     fairer play.                                       --Prior.
  
                     Thrice the flitting shadow slipped away. --Dryden.
  
      5. To err; to fall into error or fault.
  
                     There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not
                     from his heart.                                 --Ecclus. xix.
                                                                              16.
  
      {To let slip}, to loose from the slip or noose, as a hound;
            to allow to escape.
  
                     Cry, [bd]Havoc,[b8] and let slip the dogs of war.
                                                                              --Shak.

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   Slipthrift \Slip"thrift`\, n.
      A spendthrift. [Obs.]

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   Slope \Slope\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sloped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Sloping}.]
      To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting
      direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as,
      to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in
      cutting a garment.

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   Slop \Slop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slopped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Slopping}.]
      1. To cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the
            vessel containing it; to spill.
  
      2. To spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled.

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   Slub \Slub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Slubbing}.]
      To draw out and twist slightly; -- said of slivers of wool.

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   Boot \Boot\, n. [OE. bote, OF. bote, F. botte, LL. botta; of
      uncertain origin.]
      1. A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg,
            ordinarily made of leather.
  
      2. An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to
            extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
  
                     So he was put to the torture, which in Scotland they
                     call the boots; for they put a pair of iron boots
                     close on the leg, and drive wedges between them and
                     the leg.                                             --Bp. Burnet.
  
      3. A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode;
            also, a low outside place before and behind the body of
            the coach. [Obs.]
  
      4. A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned
            stagecoach.
  
      5. An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the
            driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.
  
      6. (Plumbing) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe
            where it passes through a roof.
  
      {Boot catcher}, the person at an inn whose business it was to
            pull off boots and clean them. [Obs.] --Swift.
  
      {Boot closer}, one who, or that which, sews the uppers of
            boots.
  
      {Boot crimp}, a frame or device used by bootmakers for
            drawing and shaping the body of a boot.
  
      {Boot hook}, a hook with a handle, used for pulling on boots.
           
  
      {Boots and saddles} (Cavalry Tactics), the trumpet call which
            is the first signal for mounted drill.
  
      {Sly boots}. See {Slyboots}, in the Vocabulary.

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   Slyboots \Sly"boots`\, n.
      A humerous appellation for a sly, cunning, or waggish person.
  
               Slyboots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em. --Goldsmith.

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   Sol-fa \Sol`-fa"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sol-faed};p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Sol-faing}.] [It. solfa the gamut, from the syllables fa,
      sol.]
      To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as,
      do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse
      order.
  
               Yet can I neither solfe ne sing.            --Piers
                                                                              Plowman.

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   Solifidian \Sol`i*fid"i*an\, n. [L. solus alone + fides faith.]
      (Eccl.)
      One who maintains that faith alone, without works, is
      sufficient for justification; -- opposed to {nullifidian}.
      --Hammond.

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   Solifidian \Sol`i*fid"i*an\, a.
      Holding the tenets of Solifidians; of or pertaining to the
      solifidians.

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   Solifidianism \Sol`i*fid"i*an*ism\, n.
      The state of Solifidians.

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   Soliped \Sol"i*ped\, n. [Cf. F. solip[8a]de, It. solipede, Sp.
      solipedo; apparently fr. L. solus alone + pes, pedis, a foot;
      but probably fr. L. solidipes solid-footed, whole-hoofed. See
      {Solid}, and {Pedal}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A mammal having a single hoof on each foot, as the horses and
      asses; a solidungulate. [Written also {solipede}.]
  
               The solipeds, or firm-hoofed animals, as horses, asses,
               and mules, etc., -- they are, also, in mighty number.
                                                                              --Sir T.
                                                                              Browne.

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   Soliped \Sol"i*ped\, n. [Cf. F. solip[8a]de, It. solipede, Sp.
      solipedo; apparently fr. L. solus alone + pes, pedis, a foot;
      but probably fr. L. solidipes solid-footed, whole-hoofed. See
      {Solid}, and {Pedal}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A mammal having a single hoof on each foot, as the horses and
      asses; a solidungulate. [Written also {solipede}.]
  
               The solipeds, or firm-hoofed animals, as horses, asses,
               and mules, etc., -- they are, also, in mighty number.
                                                                              --Sir T.
                                                                              Browne.

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   Solipedous \So*lip"e*dous\, a.
      Having single hoofs.

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   Solve \Solve\ (s[ocr]lv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Solved}
      (s[ocr]lvd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Solving}.] [L. solvere,
      solutum; from a prefix so- expressing separation (cf.
      {Sober}) + luere to loosen; cf. OF. soldre, soudre. See
      {Loose}, and cf. {Absolve}.]
      To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up (what is
      obscure or difficult to be understood); to work out to a
      result or conclusion; as, to solve a doubt; to solve
      difficulties; to solve a problem.
  
               True piety would effectually solve such scruples.
                                                                              --South.
  
               God shall solve the dark decrees of fate. --Tickell.
  
      Syn: To explain; resolve; unfold; clear up.

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   Soul \Soul\, n. [OE. soule, saule, AS. s[be]wel, s[be]wl; akin
      to OFries. s[?]le, OS. s[?]ola, D. ziel, G. seele, OHG.
      s[?]la, s[?]ula, Icel. s[be]la, Sw. sj[84]l, Dan. si[91]l,
      Goth. saiwala; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to L.
      saeculum a lifetime, age (cf. {Secular}.)]
      1. The spiritual, rational, and immortal part in man; that
            part of man which enables him to think, and which renders
            him a subject of moral government; -- sometimes, in
            distinction from the higher nature, or spirit, of man, the
            so-called animal soul, that is, the seat of life, the
            sensitive affections and phantasy, exclusive of the
            voluntary and rational powers; -- sometimes, in
            distinction from the mind, the moral and emotional part of
            man's nature, the seat of feeling, in distinction from
            intellect; -- sometimes, the intellect only; the
            understanding; the seat of knowledge, as distinguished
            from feeling. In a more general sense, [bd]an animating,
            separable, surviving entity, the vehicle of individual
            personal existence.[b8] --Tylor.
  
                     The eyes of our souls only then begin to see, when
                     our bodily eyes are closing.               --Law.
  
      2. The seat of real life or vitality; the source of action;
            the animating or essential part. [bd]The hidden soul of
            harmony.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     Thou sun, of this great world both eye and soul.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      3. The leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart;
            as, the soul of an enterprise; an able general is the soul
            of his army.
  
                     He is the very soul of bounty!            --Shak.
  
      4. Energy; courage; spirit; fervor; affection, or any other
            noble manifestation of the heart or moral nature; inherent
            power or goodness.
  
                     That he wants algebra he must confess; But not a
                     soul to give our arms success.            --Young.
  
      5. A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation,
            usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul.
  
                     As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news
                     from a far country.                           --Prov. xxv.
                                                                              25.
  
                     God forbid so many simple souls Should perish by the
                     aword!                                                --Shak.
  
                     Now mistress Gilpin (careful soul).   --Cowper.
  
      6. A pure or disembodied spirit.
  
                     That to his only Son . . . every soul in heaven
                     Shall bend the knee.                           --Milton.
  
      Note: Soul is used in the formation of numerous compounds,
               most of which are of obvious signification; as,
               soul-betraying, soul-consuming, soul-destroying,
               soul-distracting, soul-enfeebling, soul-exalting,
               soul-felt, soul-harrowing, soul-piercing,
               soul-quickening, soul-reviving, soul-stirring,
               soul-subduing, soul-withering, etc.
  
      Syn: Spirit; life; courage; fire; ardor.
  
      {Cure of souls}. See {Cure}, n., 2.
  
      {Soul bell}, the passing bell. --Bp. Hall.
  
      {Soul foot}. See {Soul scot}, below. [Obs.]
  
      {Soul scot} [or]
  
      {Soul shot}. [Soul + scot, or shot; cf. AS. s[be]welsceat.]
            (O. Eccl. Law) A funeral duty paid in former times for a
            requiem for the soul. --Ayliffe.

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   Sullevate \Sul"le*vate\, v. t. [L. sublevare to raise up. Cf.
      {Sublevation}.]
      To rouse; to excite. [Obs.] --Daniel.

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   Sulphate \Sul"phate\, n. [NL. sulphas, sulphatis, fr. L.
      sulphur, sulfur, brimstone, sulphur: cf. F. sulfate.] (Chem.)
      A salt of sulphuric acid.

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   Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE.
      grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni,
      G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E.
      grow. See {Grow.}]
      1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
            resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
            between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
  
      2. Having a sickly color; wan.
  
                     To look so green and pale.                  --Shak.
  
      3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
            as, a green manhood; a green wound.
  
                     As valid against such an old and beneficent
                     government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
            fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
  
      5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
  
                     We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
                                                                              Watts.
  
      6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained;
            awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
  
                     I might be angry with the officious zeal which
                     supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
                     gray hairs.                                       --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
            green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
  
      {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
            rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
            leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
            United States; -- called also {cat brier}.
  
      {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock.
  
      {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
            menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
            named {joe-rocker}.
  
      {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or
            unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
            crop, etc.
  
      {Green diallage}. (Min.)
            (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
            (b) Smaragdite.
  
      {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
            ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip;
            -- called also {dragon root}.
  
      {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
            cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
            as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}.
           
  
      {Green ebony}.
            (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having
                  a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
                  work, and in dyeing.
            (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}.
  
      {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
            green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
            chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
            to which the color of the flame is due.
  
      {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or
            aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
  
      {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands
            in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have
            their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91].
  
      {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.]
  
      {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
            the West Indies and in South America, used for
            shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
            Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is
            the {Colubrina ferruginosa}.
  
      {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite.
  
      {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima});
            -- called also {green sloke}.
  
      {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite.
  
      {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch.
  
      {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm.
  
      {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine.
  
      {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
            See {Greengill}.
  
      {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey
            ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and
            trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
            Indies early in the last century, and has become very
            abundant there.
  
      {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
            salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
            of platinum.
  
      {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
            slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
  
      {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
            vessel's deck.
  
      {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis.
  
      {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes
            ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are
            bright green in color.
  
      {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See
            {Turtle}.
  
      {Green vitriol}.
            (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
                  substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
                  inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
            (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate
                  of iron}.
  
      {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
            yet baked.
  
      {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker
            ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sulphatic \Sul*phat"ic\, a. (Chem.)
      Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, a sulphate or
      sulphates.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sulphato- \Sul"pha*to-\ (Chem.)
      A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting a sulphate
      as an ingredient in certain double salts; as,
      sulphato-carbonate. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sulphide \Sul"phide\, n. (Chem.)
      A binary compound of sulphur, or one so regarded; -- formerly
      called {sulphuret}.
  
      {Double sulphide} (Chem.), a compound of two sulphides.
  
      {Hydrogen sulphide}. (Chem.) See under {Hydrogen}.
  
      {Metallic sulphide}, a binary compound of sulphur with a
            metal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sulphite \Sul"phite\, n.
      A person who is spontaneous and original in his habits of
      thought and conversation. [Slang] -- {Sul*phit"ic}, a.
      [Slang]
  
               A sulphite is a person who does his own thinking, he is
               a person who has surprises up his sleeve. He is
               explosive.                                             --Gelett
                                                                              Burgess.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sulphite \Sul"phite\, n. [Cf. F. sulfite. See {Sulphur}.]
      (Chem.)
      A salt of sulphurous acid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sulphite \Sul"phite\, n.
      A person who is spontaneous and original in his habits of
      thought and conversation. [Slang] -- {Sul*phit"ic}, a.
      [Slang]
  
               A sulphite is a person who does his own thinking, he is
               a person who has surprises up his sleeve. He is
               explosive.                                             --Gelett
                                                                              Burgess.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sulphotungstate \Sul`pho*tung"state\, n. (Chem.)
      A salt of sulphotungstic acid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sulphotungstic \Sul`pho*tung"stic\, a. (Chem.)
      Of, pertaining to, or designating, hypothetical sulphacid of
      tungsten (called also sulphowolframic acid), analogous to
      sulphuric acid, and known in its salts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sulphydrate \Sul*phy"drate\, n. (Chem.)
      A compound, analogous to a hydrate, regarded as a salt of
      sulphydric acid, or as a derivative of hydrogen sulphide in
      which one half of the hydrogen is replaced by a base (as
      potassium sulphydrate, {KSH}), or as a hydrate in which the
      oxygen has been wholly or partially replaced by sulphur.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sulphydric \Sul*phy"dric\, a. (Chem.)
      Of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen sulphide, which
      is regarded as an acid, especially when in solution.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sulpician \Sul*pi"cian\, n. [So called after the parish of St.
      Sulpice in Paris, of which the founder, Jean Jacques Olier,
      was pastor in 1643.] (R. C. Ch.)
      One of an order of priests established in France in 1642 to
      educate men for the ministry. The order was introduced soon
      afterwards into Canada, and in 1791 into the United States.
      [Written also {Sulpitian}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sylleptic \Syl*lep"tic\, Sylleptical \Syl*lep"tic*al\, a. [Gr.
      [?] collective.]
      Of or pertaining to a syllepsis; containing syllepsis. --
      {Syl*lep"tic*al*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sylleptic \Syl*lep"tic\, Sylleptical \Syl*lep"tic*al\, a. [Gr.
      [?] collective.]
      Of or pertaining to a syllepsis; containing syllepsis. --
      {Syl*lep"tic*al*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sylleptic \Syl*lep"tic\, Sylleptical \Syl*lep"tic*al\, a. [Gr.
      [?] collective.]
      Of or pertaining to a syllepsis; containing syllepsis. --
      {Syl*lep"tic*al*ly}, adv.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sylphid \Sylph"id\, n. [F. sylphide, fem. See {Sylph}.]
      A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph. [bd]The place of
      the sylphid queen.[b8] --J. R. Drake.
  
               Ye sylphs and sylphids, to your chief give ear, Fays,
               fairies, genii, elves, and demons, hear. --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sylvate \Syl"vate\, n. (Chem.)
      A salt of sylvic acid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sylvatic \Syl*vat"ic\, a. [L. sylvaticus, better silvaticus. See
      {Silvan}, a.]
      Sylvan. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Blackcap \Black"cap`\ (-k[acr]p`), n.
      1. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small European song bird ({Sylvia atricapilla}),
                  with a black crown; the mock nightingale.
            (b) An American titmouse ({Parus atricapillus}); the
                  chickadee.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sylvine \Syl"vine\, Sylvite \Syl"vite\, n. [So called from NL.
      sal digestivus sylvii potassium chloride.] (Min.)
      Native potassium chloride.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Shelby Township, MI
      Zip code(s): 48315, 48316, 48317

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   slave tty
  
      (/dev/ttyp*) The half of a {pseudo-tty} which programs
      (e.g. getty) read from and write to as though it was an
      ordinary {serial line}.
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Salvation
      This word is used of the deliverance of the Israelites from the
      Egyptians (Ex. 14:13), and of deliverance generally from evil or
      danger. In the New Testament it is specially used with reference
      to the great deliverance from the guilt and the pollution of sin
      wrought out by Jesus Christ, "the great salvation" (Heb. 2:3).
      (See {REDEMPTION}; {REGENERATION}.)
     
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