sard
         n 1: a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony [syn: {sard},
               {sardine}, {sardius}]

English Dictionary: sort	by the DICT Development Group
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Sarda n bonitos Synonym(s): Sarda, genus Sarda
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sawwort n European perennial whose serrate leaves yield a yellow dye Synonym(s): sawwort, Serratula tinctoria
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sayeret n Israel's elite secret commando unit responsible for counterterrorist and top secret intelligence gathering and hostage rescue missions Synonym(s): Sayeret Matkal, Sayeret Mat'kal, sayeret
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scared adj made afraid; "the frightened child cowered in the corner"; "too shocked and scared to move" Synonym(s): frightened, scared
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Scaridae n parrotfishes Synonym(s): Scaridae, family Scaridae
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scarred adj deeply affected or marked by mental or physical pain or injury; "Could her scarred mind ever be free of fear?"; "a face scarred by anxiety"; "the fire left her arm badly scarred" blemished by injury or rough wear; "the scarred piano bench"; "walls marred by graffiti" Synonym(s): marred, scarred
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schrod n flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds; also young haddock and pollock; often broiled Synonym(s): schrod, scrod young Atlantic cod or haddock especially one split and boned for cooking Synonym(s): scrod, schrod
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sciarid n minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings Synonym(s): fungus gnat, sciara, sciarid
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Sciaridae n fungus gnats Synonym(s): Sciaridae, family Sciaridae
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Sciuridae n a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles Synonym(s): Sciuridae, family Sciuridae
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score out v remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" Synonym(s): erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off
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scoured adj worn away as by water or ice or wind [syn: eroded, scoured]
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screed n a long monotonous harangue a long piece of writing an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete
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scrod n flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds; also young haddock and pollock; often broiled Synonym(s): schrod, scrod young Atlantic cod or haddock especially one split and boned for cooking Synonym(s): scrod, schrod
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seared adj having the surface burned quickly with intense heat; "the seared meat is then covered with hot liquid for braising"
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seaward adv in the direction of the sea; "the sailor looked seaward" Synonym(s): seaward, seawards, asea adj (of winds) coming from the land; "offshore winds" [syn: offshore, seaward] Antonym(s): inshore, onshore, seaward, shoreward (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; "an inshore breeze"; "an onshore gale"; "sheltered from seaward winds" Synonym(s): inshore, onshore, seaward, shoreward Antonym(s): offshore, seaward directed or situated away from inland regions and toward the sea or coast; "from the hill he took a seaward course"; "on the seaward side of the road" n the direction toward the sea
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seaworthy adj fit for a sea voyage Antonym(s): unseaworthy
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see red v become angry; "He angers easily" Synonym(s): anger, see red
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serrate adj notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex Synonym(s): serrate, serrated, saw-toothed, toothed, notched v make saw-toothed or jag the edge of; "serrate the edges of the teeth"
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Serratia n a genus of motile peritrichous bacteria that contain small Gram-negative rod Synonym(s): genus Serratia, Serratia
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serried adj (especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed together; "in serried ranks"
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Seurat n French painter who developed pointillism (1859-1891) [syn: Seurat, Georges Seurat, Georges Pierre Seurat]
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Seward n United States politician who as Secretary of State in 1867 arranged for the purchase of Alaska from Russia (known at the time as Seward's Folly) (1801-1872) Synonym(s): Seward, William Henry Seward
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sewer rat n brown rat commonly found in sewers
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shard n a broken piece of a brittle artifact [syn: shard, sherd, fragment]
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share-out n a distribution in shares Synonym(s): sharing, share-out
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shared adj have in common; held or experienced in common; "two shared valence electrons forming a bond between adjacent nuclei"; "a shared interest in philately" Antonym(s): unshared distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose Synonym(s): divided, divided up, shared, shared out
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sheared adj having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers; "picked up the baby's shorn curls from the floor"; "naked as a sheared sheep" Synonym(s): sheared, shorn Antonym(s): unsheared, unshorn (used especially of fur or wool) shaped or finished by cutting or trimming to a uniform length; "a coat of sheared lamb"
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sherd n a broken piece of a brittle artifact [syn: shard, sherd, fragment]
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Sherwood n United States playwright (1896-1955) [syn: Sherwood, Robert Emmet Sherwood]
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shirt n a garment worn on the upper half of the body v put a shirt on
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shirty adj (British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed [syn: shirty, snorty]
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short adv quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly" [syn: abruptly, suddenly, short, dead] without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold; "he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash" clean across; "the car's axle snapped short" at some point or distance before a goal is reached; "he fell short of our expectations" so as to interrupt; "She took him up short before he could continue" at a disadvantage; "I was caught short" Synonym(s): short, unawares in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone"; "he said shortly that he didn't like it" Synonym(s): curtly, short, shortly adj primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months" Antonym(s): long (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss" Antonym(s): long low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man" Synonym(s): short, little Antonym(s): tall not sufficient to meet a need; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience" Synonym(s): inadequate, poor, short (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory" Synonym(s): unretentive, forgetful, short Antonym(s): long, recollective, retentive, tenacious not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices; "a short sale"; "short in cotton" Antonym(s): long of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration; "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short" Antonym(s): long less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight" Synonym(s): light, scant(p), short lacking foresight or scope; "a short view of the problem"; "shortsighted policies"; "shortsighted critics derided the plan"; "myopic thinking" Synonym(s): short, shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust" marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him" Synonym(s): brusque, brusk, curt, short(p) n the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference Synonym(s): short circuit, short the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base Synonym(s): shortstop, short v cheat someone by not returning him enough money [syn: short-change, short] create a short circuit in Synonym(s): short-circuit, short
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shortia n any plant of the genus Shortia; evergreen perennial herbs with smooth leathery basal leaves and showy white solitary flowers
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showerhead n a perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather
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shred n a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge] a small piece of cloth or paper Synonym(s): rag, shred, tag, tag end, tatter v tear into shreds Synonym(s): shred, tear up, rip up
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shrewd adj marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow" Synonym(s): astute, sharp, shrewd used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community" Synonym(s): calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewd
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shroud n a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind Synonym(s): sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped Synonym(s): pall, shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes v cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery" Synonym(s): shroud, enshroud, hide, cover form a cover like a shroud; "Mist shrouded the castle" wrap in a shroud; "shroud the corpses"
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skirret n an Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root Synonym(s): skirret, Sium sisarum
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skirt n cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar Synonym(s): annulus, skirt informal terms for a (young) woman Synonym(s): dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird v avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" Synonym(s): hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast" form the edge of extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property" Synonym(s): surround, environ, ring, skirt, border
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skyward adv toward the sky; "look skywards!" [syn: skyward, skywards] adj directed toward heaven or the sky; "the soul in its heavenward flight" Synonym(s): heavenward, skyward
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sore-eyed adj having sore eyes; suffering from pinkeye or conjunctivitis
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sorehead n someone who is peevish or disgruntled
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sort n a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" Synonym(s): kind, sort, form, variety an approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing" a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort" an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting" Synonym(s): sort, sorting v examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants" Synonym(s): screen, screen out, sieve, sort arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" Synonym(s): classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
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sortie n a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position Synonym(s): sortie, sally (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
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soured adj having turned bad Antonym(s): unsoured
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sourwood n deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves Synonym(s): sorrel tree, sourwood, titi, Oxydendrum arboreum
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squared adj having been made square
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squared-toe adj having a square toe; "square-toed shoes" [syn: {square- toed}, squared-toe]
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squaw root n tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally Synonym(s): blue cohosh, blueberry root, papooseroot, papoose root, squawroot, squaw root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides
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squawroot n tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally Synonym(s): blue cohosh, blueberry root, papooseroot, papoose root, squawroot, squaw root, Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides
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squirt n someone who is small and insignificant [syn: pip-squeak, squirt, small fry] the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid) Synonym(s): jet, squirt, spurt, spirt v cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister" Synonym(s): squirt, force out, squeeze out, eject wet with a spurt of liquid; "spurt the wall with water"
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Suharto n Indonesian statesman who seized power from Sukarno in 1967 (born in 1921)
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surd adj produced without vibration of the vocal cords; "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'" Synonym(s): unvoiced, voiceless, surd, hard Antonym(s): soft, sonant, voiced n a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords Synonym(s): surd, voiceless consonant
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surety n something clearly established property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation; "bankers are reluctant to lend without good security" Synonym(s): security, surety a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms Synonym(s): hostage, surety one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another Synonym(s): guarantor, surety, warrantor, warranter a guarantee that an obligation will be met Synonym(s): security, surety
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sward n surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots Synonym(s): turf, sod, sward, greensward
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swart adj naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic" Synonym(s): dark-skinned, dusky, swart, swarthy
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swarthy adj naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic" Synonym(s): dark-skinned, dusky, swart, swarthy
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swear out v deliver a warrant or summons to someone; "He was processed by the sheriff" Synonym(s): serve, process, swear out
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Swertia n genus of herbs of mountains of North America and Eurasia and Africa Synonym(s): Swertia, genus Swertia
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sword n a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard Synonym(s): sword, blade, brand, steel
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sard \Sard\, n. [L. sarda, Gr. [?], or [?] (sc. [?]), i.e.,       Sardian stone, fr. [?] Sardian, [?] Sardes, the capital of       Lydia: cf. F. sarde. Cf. {Sardius}.] (Min.)       A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish       red color. See the Note under Chalcedony.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chalcedony \Chal*ced"o*ny\ (k[acr]l*s[ecr]d"[osl]*n[ycr] or       k[acr]l"s[esl]*d[osl]*n[ycr]; 277), n.; pl. {Chalcedonies}       (-n[icr]z). [ L. chalcedonius, fr. Gr. CHalkhdw`n Chalcedon,       a town in Asia Minor, opposite to Byzantium: cf.       calc[82]doine, OE. calcidoine, casidoyne. Cf. {Cassidony}.]       (Min.)       A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having       usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax.       [Written also {calcedony}.]          Note: When chalcedony is variegated with with spots or                figures, or arranged in differently colored layers, it                is called {agate}; and if by reason of the thickness,                color, and arrangement of the layers it is suitable for                being carved into cameos, it is called {onyx}.                {Chrysoprase} is green chalcedony; {carnelian}, a flesh                red, and {sard}, a brownish red variety.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sard \Sard\, n. [L. sarda, Gr. [?], or [?] (sc. [?]), i.e.,       Sardian stone, fr. [?] Sardian, [?] Sardes, the capital of       Lydia: cf. F. sarde. Cf. {Sardius}.] (Min.)       A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish       red color. See the Note under Chalcedony.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chalcedony \Chal*ced"o*ny\ (k[acr]l*s[ecr]d"[osl]*n[ycr] or       k[acr]l"s[esl]*d[osl]*n[ycr]; 277), n.; pl. {Chalcedonies}       (-n[icr]z). [ L. chalcedonius, fr. Gr. CHalkhdw`n Chalcedon,       a town in Asia Minor, opposite to Byzantium: cf.       calc[82]doine, OE. calcidoine, casidoyne. Cf. {Cassidony}.]       (Min.)       A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having       usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax.       [Written also {calcedony}.]          Note: When chalcedony is variegated with with spots or                figures, or arranged in differently colored layers, it                is called {agate}; and if by reason of the thickness,                color, and arrangement of the layers it is suitable for                being carved into cameos, it is called {onyx}.                {Chrysoprase} is green chalcedony; {carnelian}, a flesh                red, and {sard}, a brownish red variety.
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Sart \Sart\, n.       An assart, or clearing. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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Saurioid \Sau"ri*oid\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Same as {Sauroid}.
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Sauroid \Sau"roid\, a. [Gr. [?] a lizard + -oid: cf. Gr. [?]       lizardlike.] (Zo[94]l.)       (a) Like or pertaining to the saurians.       (b) Resembling a saurian superficially; as, a sauroid fish.
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Saw-wort \Saw"-wort`\, n. (Bot.)       Any plant of the composite genus {Serratula}; -- so named       from the serrated leaves of most of the species.
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Scard \Scard\, n.       A shard or fragment. [Obs.]
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Scare \Scare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scared}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Scaring}.] [OE. skerren, skeren, Icel. skirra to bar,       prevent, skirrask to shun, shrink from; or fr. OE. skerre,       adj., scared, Icel. skjarr; both perhaps akin to E. sheer to       turn.]       To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.                   The noise of thy crossbow Will scare the herd, and so                my shoot is lost.                                    --Shak.          {To scare away}, to drive away by frightening.          {To scare up}, to find by search, as if by beating for game.             [Slang]          Syn: To alarm; frighten; startle; affright; terrify.
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Scaroid \Sca"roid\, a. [Scarus + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.)       Of or pertaining to the {Scarid[91]}, a family of marine       fishes including the parrot fishes.
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Scaroid \Sca"roid\, a. [Scarus + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.)       Of or pertaining to the {Scarid[91]}, a family of marine       fishes including the parrot fishes.
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Scar \Scar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scarred}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Scarring}.]       To mark with a scar or scars.                   Yet I'll not shed her blood; Nor scar that whiter skin                of hers than snow.                                 --Shak.                   His cheeks were deeply scarred.               --Macaulay.
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Schrode \Schrode\, n.       See {Scrod}.
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Scirrhoid \Scir"rhoid\ (sk[icr]r"roid), a. [Scirrhus + -oid.]       Resembling scirrhus. --Dunglison.
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Sciuroid \Sci"u*roid\, a. [Sciurus + -oid.] (Bot.)       Resembling the tail of a squirrel; -- generally said of       branches which are close and dense, or of spikes of grass       like barley.
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Score \Score\ (sk[omac]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scored}       (sk[omac]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Scoring}.]       1. To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches             or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to             score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash.                         Let us score their backs.                  --Shak.                         A briar in that tangled wilderness Had scored her                      white right hand.                              --M. Arnold.          2. Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for             indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a             tally.          3. To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or             account of; to set down; to record; to charge.                         Madam, I know when, Instead of five, you scored me                      ten.                                                   --Swift.                         Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score. --Shak.          4. To engrave, as upon a shield. [R.] --Spenser.          5. To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.          6. (Mus.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as,             to score an overture for an orchestra. See {Score}, n., 9.          7. (Geol.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the             rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in             the drift epoch.
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Scour \Scour\ (skour), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scoured}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Scouring}.] [Akin to LG. sch[81]ren, D. schuren,       schueren, G. scheuern, Dan. skure; Sw. skura; all possibly       fr. LL. escurare, fr. L. ex + curare to take care. Cf.       {Cure}.]       1. To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol             brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by             friction; to make clean or bright; to cleanse from grease,             dirt, etc., as articles of dress.          2. To purge; as, to scour a horse.          3. To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off;             to carry away or remove, as by a current of water; --             often with off or away.                         [I will] stain my favors in a bloody mask, Which,                      washed away, shall scour my shame with it. --Shak.          4. [Perhaps a different word; cf. OF. escorre, escourre, It.             scorrere, both fr. L. excurrere to run forth. Cf.             {Excursion}.] To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to             traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast.                         Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain. --Pope.          {Scouring barrel}, a tumbling barrel. See under {Tumbling}.                      {Scouring cinder} (Metal.), a basic slag, which attacks the             lining of a shaft furnace. --Raymond.          {Scouring rush}. (Bot.) See {Dutch rush}, under {Dutch}.          {Scouring stock} (Woolen Manuf.), a kind of fulling mill.
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Scrat \Scrat\, v. t. [OE. scratten. Cf. {Scratch}.]       To scratch. [Obs.] --Burton.
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Scrat \Scrat\, v. i.       To rake; to search. [Obs.] --Mir. for Mag.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scrat \Scrat\, n. [Cf. AS. scritta an hermaphrodite, Ir. scrut a       scrub, a low, mean person, Gael. sgrut, sgruit, an old,       shriveled person.]       An hermaphrodite. [Obs.] --Skinner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Screed \Screed\ (skr[emac]d), n. [Prov. E., a shred, the border       of a cap. See {Shred}.]       1. (Arch.)             (a) A strip of plaster of the thickness proposed for the                   coat, applied to the wall at intervals of four or five                   feet, as a guide.             (b) A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster                   screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat.          2. A fragment; a portion; a shred. [Scot.]
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Screed \Screed\, n. [See 1st {Screed}. For sense 2 cf. also       Gael. sgread an outcry.]       1. A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill             sound; as, martial screeds.          2. An harangue; a long tirade on any subject.                         The old carl gae them a screed of doctrine; ye might                      have heard him a mile down the wind.   --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.
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Screw \Screw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Screwed}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Screwing}.]       1. To turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press,             fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as,             to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press.          2. To force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws.                         But screw your courage to the sticking place, And                      we'll not fail.                                 --Shak.          3. Hence: To practice extortion upon; to oppress by             unreasonable or extortionate exactions.                         Our country landlords, by unmeasurable screwing and                      racking their tenants, have already reduced the                      miserable people to a worse condition than the                      peasants in France.                           --swift.          4. To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage.                         He screwed his face into a hardened smile. --Dryden.          5. To examine rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe             examination. [Cant, American Colleges]          {To screw out}, to press out; to extort.          {To screw up}, to force; to bring by violent pressure.             --Howell.
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Scrid \Scrid\, n.       A screed; a shred; a fragment. [R.]
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Scrit \Scrit\, n. [See {Script}.]       Writing; document; scroll. [Obs.] [bd]Of every scrit and       bond.[b8] --Chaucer.
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Scrod \Scrod\, Scrode \Scrode\, n.       A young codfish, especially when cut open on the back and       dressed. [Written also {escrod}.] [Local, U.S.]
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Scrod \Scrod\, Scrode \Scrode\, n.       A young codfish, especially when cut open on the back and       dressed. [Written also {escrod}.] [Local, U.S.]
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Scurrit \Scur"rit\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       the lesser tern ({Sterna minuta}). [Prov. Eng.]
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Sea rat \Sea" rat`\       1. A pirate. [R.] --Massinger.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The chim[91]ra.
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Sea reed \Sea" reed`\ (Bot.)       The sea-sand reed. See under {Reed}.
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Sear \Sear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seared}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Searing}.] [OE. seeren, AS. se[a0]rian. See {Sear}, a.]       1. To wither; to dry up. --Shak.          2. To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to             cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes             the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to             scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh.             Also used figuratively.                         I'm seared with burning steel.            --Rowe.                         It was in vain that the amiable divine tried to give                      salutary pain to that seared conscience. --Macaulay.                         The discipline of war, being a discipline in                      destruction of life, is a discipline in callousness.                      Whatever sympathies exist are seared. --H. Spencer.          Note: Sear is allied to scorch in signification; but it is                applied primarily to animal flesh, and has special                reference to the effect of heat in marking the surface                hard. Scorch is applied to flesh, cloth, or any other                substance, and has no reference to the effect of                hardness.          {To sear}, to close by searing. [bd]Cherish veins of good             humor, and sear up those of ill.[b8] --Sir W. Temple.
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Seared \Seared\, a.       Scorched; cauterized; hence, figuratively, insensible; not       susceptible to moral influences.                   A seared conscience and a remorseless heart.                                                                               --Macaulay.
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Seerwood \Seer"wood`\, n. [See {Sear}.]       Dry wood. [Written also {searwood}.] [Obs.] --Dryden.
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Seaward \Sea"ward\, a.       Directed or situated toward the sea. --Donne.                   Two still clouds . . . sparkled on their seaward edges                like a frosted fleece.                           --G. W. Cable.
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Seaward \Sea"ward\, adv.       Toward the sea. --Drayton.
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Seaworthy \Sea"wor`thy\, a.       Fit for a voyage; worthy of being trusted to transport a       cargo with safety; as, a seaworthy ship.
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Seerwood \Seer"wood`\, n. [See {Sear}.]       Dry wood. [Written also {searwood}.] [Obs.] --Dryden.
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Seriate \Se"ri*ate\, a.       Arranged in a series or succession; pertaining to a series.       -- {Se"ri*ate*ly}, adv.
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Serrate \Ser"rate\, Serrated \Ser"ra*ted\, a. [L. serratus, fr.       serra a saw; perhaps akin to secare to cut, E. saw a cutting       instrument. Cf. {Sierra}.]       1. Notched on the edge, like a saw.          2. (Bot.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as,             serrate leaves.          {Doubly serrate}, having small serratures upon the large             ones, as the leaves of the elm.          {Serrate-ciliate}, having fine hairs, like the eyelashes, on             the serratures; -- said of a leaf.          {Serrate-dentate}, having the serratures toothed.
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Serried \Ser"ried\, a. [See {Serry}.]       Crowded; compact; dense; pressed together.                   Nor seemed it to relax their serried files. --Milton.
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Serry \Ser"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Serried}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Serrying}.] [F. serrer, LL. serrare, serare, from L. sera a       bar, bolt; akin to serere to join or bind together. See       {Serries}.]       To crowd; to press together.          Note: [Now perhaps only in the form serried, p. p. or a.]
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Shard \Shard\ (sh[aum]rd), n.       A plant; chard. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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Shard \Shard\, n. [AS. sceard, properly a p. p. from the root of       scearn to shear, to cut; akin to D. schaard a fragment, G.       scharte a notch, Icel. skar[edh]. See {Shear}, and cf.       {Sherd}.] [Written also {sheard}, and {sherd}.]       1. A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like             brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.             --Shak.                         The precious dish Broke into shards of beauty on the                      board.                                                --E. Arnold.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The hard wing case of a beetle.                         They are his shards, and he their beetle. --Shak.          3. A gap in a fence. [Obs.] --Stanyhurst.          4. A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.] --Spenser.
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Shardy \Shard"y\, a.       Having, or consisting of, shards.
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Share \Share\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shared}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Sharing}.]       1. To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to             divide.                         Suppose I share my fortune equally between my                      children and a stranger.                     --Swift.
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Shard \Shard\, n. [AS. sceard, properly a p. p. from the root of       scearn to shear, to cut; akin to D. schaard a fragment, G.       scharte a notch, Icel. skar[edh]. See {Shear}, and cf.       {Sherd}.] [Written also {sheard}, and {sherd}.]       1. A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like             brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.             --Shak.                         The precious dish Broke into shards of beauty on the                      board.                                                --E. Arnold.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The hard wing case of a beetle.                         They are his shards, and he their beetle. --Shak.          3. A gap in a fence. [Obs.] --Stanyhurst.          4. A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.] --Spenser.
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Sheard \Sheard\, n.       See {Shard}. [Obs.]
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Shard \Shard\, n. [AS. sceard, properly a p. p. from the root of       scearn to shear, to cut; akin to D. schaard a fragment, G.       scharte a notch, Icel. skar[edh]. See {Shear}, and cf.       {Sherd}.] [Written also {sheard}, and {sherd}.]       1. A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like             brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.             --Shak.                         The precious dish Broke into shards of beauty on the                      board.                                                --E. Arnold.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The hard wing case of a beetle.                         They are his shards, and he their beetle. --Shak.          3. A gap in a fence. [Obs.] --Stanyhurst.          4. A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.] --Spenser.
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Sheard \Sheard\, n.       See {Shard}. [Obs.]
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Shear \Shear\, v. t. [imp. {Sheared}or {Shore};p. p. {Sheared}       or {Shorn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shearing}.] [OE. sheren,       scheren, to shear, cut, shave, AS. sceran, scieran, scyran;       akin to D. & G. scheren, Icel. skera, Dan. ski[?]re, Gr.       [?][?][?]. Cf. {Jeer}, {Score}, {Shard}, {Share}, {Sheer} to       turn aside.]       1. To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like             instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.          Note: It is especially applied to the cutting of wool from                sheep or their skins, and the nap from cloth.          2. To separate or sever with shears or a similar instrument;             to cut off; to clip (something) from a surface; as, to             shear a fleece.                         Before the golden tresses . . . were shorn away.                                                                               --Shak.          3. To reap, as grain. [Scot.] --Jamieson.          4. Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.          5. (Mech.) To produce a change of shape in by a shear. See             {Shear}, n., 4.
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Sheer \Sheer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sheered}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Sheering}.] [D. sheren to shear, cut, withdraw, warp. See       {Shear}.]       To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to       turn aside; to swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a       horse sheers at a bicycle.          {To sheer off}, to turn or move aside to a distance; to move             away.          {To sheer up}, to approach obliquely.
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Shard \Shard\, n. [AS. sceard, properly a p. p. from the root of       scearn to shear, to cut; akin to D. schaard a fragment, G.       scharte a notch, Icel. skar[edh]. See {Shear}, and cf.       {Sherd}.] [Written also {sheard}, and {sherd}.]       1. A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like             brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.             --Shak.                         The precious dish Broke into shards of beauty on the                      board.                                                --E. Arnold.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The hard wing case of a beetle.                         They are his shards, and he their beetle. --Shak.          3. A gap in a fence. [Obs.] --Stanyhurst.          4. A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.] --Spenser.
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Sherd \Sherd\, n.       A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd.       See {Shard}.                   The thigh . . . which all in sherds it drove.                                                                               --Chapman.
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Shard \Shard\, n. [AS. sceard, properly a p. p. from the root of       scearn to shear, to cut; akin to D. schaard a fragment, G.       scharte a notch, Icel. skar[edh]. See {Shear}, and cf.       {Sherd}.] [Written also {sheard}, and {sherd}.]       1. A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like             brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail.             --Shak.                         The precious dish Broke into shards of beauty on the                      board.                                                --E. Arnold.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The hard wing case of a beetle.                         They are his shards, and he their beetle. --Shak.          3. A gap in a fence. [Obs.] --Stanyhurst.          4. A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.] --Spenser.
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Sherd \Sherd\, n.       A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd.       See {Shard}.                   The thigh . . . which all in sherds it drove.                                                                               --Chapman.
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Shirred \Shirred\, a.       1. (Sewing) Made or gathered into a shirr; as, a shirred             bonnet.          2. (Cookery) Broken into an earthen dish and baked over the             fire; -- said of eggs.
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Shirt \Shirt\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Shirted}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Shirting}.]       To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt.       --Dryden.
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Shirt \Shirt\, n. [OE. schirte, sherte, schurte; akin to Icel.       skyrta, Dan. skiorte, Sw. skjorta, Dan. ski[94]rt a       petticoat, D. schort a petticoat, an argon, G. schurz,       sch[81]rze, an argon; all probably from the root of E. short,       as being originally a short garment. See {Short}, and cf.       {Skirt}.]       A loose under-garment for the upper part of the body, made of       cotton, linen, or other material; -- formerly used of the       under-garment of either sex, now commonly restricted to that       worn by men and boys.                   Several persons in December had nothing over their                shoulders but their shirts.                     --Addison.                   She had her shirts and girdles of hair.   --Bp. Fisher.
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Shore \Shore\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shored}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Shoring}.] [OE. schoren. See {Shore} a prop.]       To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up;       as, to shore up a building.
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Short \Short\, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE.       short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel.       skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v.       t. Cf. {Shirt}.]       1. Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a             short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.                         The bed is shorter than that a man can stretch                      himself on it.                                    --Isa. xxviii.                                                                               20.          2. Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not             protracted; as, short breath.                         The life so short, the craft so long to learn.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         To short absense I could yield.         --Milton.          3. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as,             a short supply of provisions, or of water.          4. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily             furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the             ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of             money.                         We shall be short in our provision.   --Shak.          5. Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a             measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the             trith.          6. Not distant in time; near at hand.                         Marinell was sore offended That his departure thence                      should be so short.                           --Spenser.                         He commanded those who were appointed to attend him                      to be ready by a short day.               --Clarendon.          7. Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive;             narrow; not tenacious, as memory.                         Their own short understandings reach No farther than                      the present.                                       --Rowe.          8. Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or             equivalent; less (than); -- with of.                         Hardly anything short of an invasion could rouse                      them again to war.                              --Landor.          9. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short             answer to the question.          10. (Cookery) Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth;             crisp; as, short pastry.          11. (Metal) Brittle.          Note: Metals that are brittle when hot are called                [?]ot-short; as, cast iron may be hot-short, owing to                the presence of sulphur. Those that are brittle when                cold are called cold-short; as, cast iron may be                cold-short, on account of the presence of phosphorus.          12. (Stock Exchange) Engaging or engaged to deliver what is             not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock.             See The shorts, under {Short}, n., and To sell short,             under {Short}, adv.          Note: In mercantile transactions, a note or bill is sometimes                made payable at short sight, that is, in a little time                after being presented to the payer.          13. (Phon.) Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in             utterance; -- opposed to {long}, and applied to vowels or             to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same             letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the             same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of             i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the             short sound of a in pate, etc. See {Quantity}, and Guide             to Pronunciation, [sect][sect]22, 30.          Note: Short is much used with participles to form numerous                self-explaining compounds; as, short-armed,                short-billed, short-fingered, short-haired,                short-necked, short-sleeved, short-tailed,                short-winged, short-wooled, etc.          {At short notice}, in a brief time; promptly.          {Short rib} (Anat.), one of the false ribs.          {Short suit} (Whist), any suit having only three cards, or             less than three. --R. A. Proctor.          {To come short}, {To cut short}, {To fall short}, etc. See             under {Come}, {Cut}, etc.
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Short \Short\, adv.       In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as,       to stop short in one's course; to turn short.                   He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for                such presumptuous language.                     --Howell.          {To sell short} (Stock Exchange), to sell, for future             delivery, what the party selling does not own, but hopes             to buy at a lower rate.
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Short \Short\, v. t. [AS. sceortian.]       To shorten. [Obs.]
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Short \Short\, n.       1. A summary account.                         The short and the long is, our play is preferred.                                                                               --Shak.          2. pl. The part of milled grain sifted out which is next             finer than the bran.                         The first remove above bran is shorts. --Halliwell.          3. pl. Short, inferior hemp.          4. pl. Breeches; shortclothes. [Slang] --Dickens.          5. (Phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.                         If we compare the nearest conventional shorts and                      longs in English, as in [bd]bit[b8] and                      [bd]beat,[b8] [bd]not[b8] and [bd]naught,[b8] we                      find that the short vowels are generally wide, the                      long narrow, besides being generally diphthongic as                      well. Hence, originally short vowels can be                      lengthened and yet kept quite distinct from the                      original longs.                                 --H. Sweet.          {In short}, in few words; in brief; briefly.          {The long and the short}, the whole; a brief summing up.          {The shorts} (Stock Exchange), those who are unsupplied with             stocks which they contracted to deliver.
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Short \Short\, v. i.       To fail; to decrease. [Obs.]
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Shower \Show"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Showered}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Showering}.]       1. To water with a shower; to [?][?]t copiously with rain.                         Lest it again dissolve and shower the earth.                                                                               --Milton.          2. To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in             [?]undance; to rain. --Shak.                         C[?]sar's favor, That showers down greatness on his                      friends.                                             --Addison.
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Shred \Shred\, n. [OE. shrede, schrede, AS. scre[a0]de; akin to       OD. schroode, G. schrot a piece cut off, Icel. skrjo[eb]r a       shred, and to E. shroud. Cf. {Screed}, {Scroll}, {Scrutiny}.]       1. A long, narrow piece cut or torn off; a strip. [bd]Shreds             of tanned leather.[b8] --Bacon.          2. In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle. --Shak.
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Shred \Shred\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shred} or {Shredded}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Shredding}.] [OE. shreden, schreden, AS.       scre[a0]dian; akin to OD. schrooden, OHG. scr[?]tan, G.       schroten. See {Shred}, n.]       1. To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly narrow and             long pieces, as of cloth or leather. --Chaucer.          2. To lop; to prune; to trim. [Obs.]
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Shreddy \Shred"dy\, a.       Consisting of shreds.
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Shrewd \Shrewd\, a. [Compar. {Shrewder}; superl. {Shrewdest}.]       [Originally the p. p. of shrew, v.t.]       1. Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence,             vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious;             rough; unfair; shrewish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.                         [Egypt] hath many shrewd havens, because of the                      great rocks that ben strong and dangerous to pass                      by.                                                   --Sir J.                                                                               Mandeville.                         Every of this happy number That have endured shrewd                      days and nights with us.                     --Shak.          2. Artful; wily; cunning; arch.                         These women are shrewd tempters with their tongues.                                                                               --Shak.          3. Able or clever in practical affairs; sharp in business;             astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd             observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply.                         Professing to despise the ill opinion of mankind                      creates a shrewd suspicion that we have deserved it.                                                                               --Secker.          Syn: Keen; critical; subtle; artful; astute; sagacious;                discerning; acute; penetrating.          Usage: {Shrewd}, {Sagacious}. One who is shrewd is keen to                   detect errors, to penetrate disguises, to foresee and                   guard against the selfishness of others. Shrewd is a                   word of less dignity than sagacious, which implies a                   comprehensive as well as penetrating mind, whereas                   shrewd does not. -- {Shrewd"ly}, adv. --                   {Shrewd"ness}, n.
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Shrood \Shrood\, v. t. [Cf. {Shroud}.] [Written also {shroud},       and {shrowd}.]       To trim; to lop. [Prov. Eng.]
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Shrood \Shrood\, v. t. [Cf. {Shroud}.] [Written also {shroud},       and {shrowd}.]       To trim; to lop. [Prov. Eng.]
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Shroud \Shroud\ (shroud), n. [OE. shroud, shrud, schrud, AS.       scr[umac]d a garment, clothing; akin to Icel. skru[edh] the       shrouds of a ship, furniture of a church, a kind of stuff,       Sw. skrud dress, attire, and E. shred. See {Shred}, and cf.       {Shrood}.]       1. That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a             garment. --Piers Plowman.                         Swaddled, as new born, in sable shrouds. --Sandys.          2. Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet. [bd]A             dead man in his shroud.[b8] --Shak.          3. That which covers or shelters like a shroud.                         Jura answers through her misty shroud. --Byron.          4. A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or             den; also, a vault or crypt. [Obs.]                         The shroud to which he won His fair-eyed oxen.                                                                               --Chapman.                         A vault, or shroud, as under a church. --Withals.          5. The branching top of a tree; foliage. [R.]                         The Assyrian wad a cedar in Lebanon, with fair                      branches and with a shadowing shroad. --Ezek. xxxi.                                                                               3.          6. pl. (Naut.) A set of ropes serving as stays to support the             masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of             vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head             of the lower masts.          7. (Mach.) One of the two annular plates at the periphery of             a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a             shroud plate.          {Bowsprit shrouds} (Naut.), ropes extending from the head of             the bowsprit to the sides of the vessel.          {Futtock shrouds} (Naut.), iron rods connecting the topmast             rigging with the lower rigging, passing over the edge of             the top.          {Shroud plate}.             (a) (Naut.) An iron plate extending from the dead-eyes to                   the ship's side. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.             (b) (Mach.) A shroud. See def. 7, above.
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Shroud \Shroud\, v. i.       To take shelter or harbor. [Obs.]                   If your stray attendance be yet lodged, Or shroud                within these limits.                              --Milton.
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Shroud \Shroud\, v. t.       To lop. See {Shrood}. [Prov. Eng.]
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Shroud \Shroud\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shrouded}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Shrouding}.] [Cf. AS. scr[?]dan. See {Shroud}, n.]       1. To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a             winding sheet; to dress for the grave.                         The ancient Egyptian mummies were shrouded in a                      number of folds of linen besmeared with gums.                                                                               --Bacon.          2. To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to             cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil.                         One of these trees, with all his young ones, may                      shroud four hundred horsemen.            --Sir W.                                                                               Raleigh.                         Some tempest rise, And blow out all the stars that                      light the skies, To shroud my shame.   --Dryden.
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Shrood \Shrood\, v. t. [Cf. {Shroud}.] [Written also {shroud},       and {shrowd}.]       To trim; to lop. [Prov. Eng.]
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Shroud \Shroud\ (shroud), n. [OE. shroud, shrud, schrud, AS.       scr[umac]d a garment, clothing; akin to Icel. skru[edh] the       shrouds of a ship, furniture of a church, a kind of stuff,       Sw. skrud dress, attire, and E. shred. See {Shred}, and cf.       {Shrood}.]       1. That which clothes, covers, conceals, or protects; a             garment. --Piers Plowman.                         Swaddled, as new born, in sable shrouds. --Sandys.          2. Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet. [bd]A             dead man in his shroud.[b8] --Shak.          3. That which covers or shelters like a shroud.                         Jura answers through her misty shroud. --Byron.          4. A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or             den; also, a vault or crypt. [Obs.]                         The shroud to which he won His fair-eyed oxen.                                                                               --Chapman.                         A vault, or shroud, as under a church. --Withals.          5. The branching top of a tree; foliage. [R.]                         The Assyrian wad a cedar in Lebanon, with fair                      branches and with a shadowing shroad. --Ezek. xxxi.                                                                               3.          6. pl. (Naut.) A set of ropes serving as stays to support the             masts. The lower shrouds are secured to the sides of             vessels by heavy iron bolts and are passed around the head             of the lower masts.          7. (Mach.) One of the two annular plates at the periphery of             a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a             shroud plate.          {Bowsprit shrouds} (Naut.), ropes extending from the head of             the bowsprit to the sides of the vessel.          {Futtock shrouds} (Naut.), iron rods connecting the topmast             rigging with the lower rigging, passing over the edge of             the top.          {Shroud plate}.             (a) (Naut.) An iron plate extending from the dead-eyes to                   the ship's side. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.             (b) (Mach.) A shroud. See def. 7, above.
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Shroud \Shroud\, v. i.       To take shelter or harbor. [Obs.]                   If your stray attendance be yet lodged, Or shroud                within these limits.                              --Milton.
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Shroud \Shroud\, v. t.       To lop. See {Shrood}. [Prov. Eng.]
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Shroud \Shroud\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shrouded}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Shrouding}.] [Cf. AS. scr[?]dan. See {Shroud}, n.]       1. To cover with a shroud; especially, to inclose in a             winding sheet; to dress for the grave.                         The ancient Egyptian mummies were shrouded in a                      number of folds of linen besmeared with gums.                                                                               --Bacon.          2. To cover, as with a shroud; to protect completely; to             cover so as to conceal; to hide; to veil.                         One of these trees, with all his young ones, may                      shroud four hundred horsemen.            --Sir W.                                                                               Raleigh.                         Some tempest rise, And blow out all the stars that                      light the skies, To shroud my shame.   --Dryden.
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Shroudy \Shroud"y\, a.       Affording shelter. [R.] --Milton.
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Shrood \Shrood\, v. t. [Cf. {Shroud}.] [Written also {shroud},       and {shrowd}.]       To trim; to lop. [Prov. Eng.]
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Shrowd \Shrowd\, v. t.       See {Shrood}. [Prov. Eng.]
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Shrood \Shrood\, v. t. [Cf. {Shroud}.] [Written also {shroud},       and {shrowd}.]       To trim; to lop. [Prov. Eng.]
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Shrowd \Shrowd\, v. t.       See {Shrood}. [Prov. Eng.]
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Sire \Sire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sired}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Siring}.]       To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of       stallions.
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Sirt \Sirt\, n. [See {Syrt}.]       A quicksand. [Obs.]
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Skart \Skart\, n. [Cf. {Scarf} a cormorant.] (Zo[94]l.)       The shag. [Prov. Eng.]
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Skewer \Skew"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skewered}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Skewering}.]       To fasten with skewers.
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Skirret \Skir"ret\, n. [A corrupted form equivalent to       sugarwort.] (Bot.)       An umbelliferous plant ({Sium, [or] Pimpinella, Sisarum}). It       is a native of Asia, but has been long cultivated in Europe       for its edible clustered tuberous roots, which are very       sweet.
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Skirt \Skirt\, v. t.       To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.                   Savages . . . who skirt along our western frontiers.                                                                               --S. S. Smith.
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Skirt \Skirt\, n. [OE. skyrt, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skyrta       a shirt, Sw. sk[94]rt a skirt, skjorta a shirt. See {Shirt}.]       1. The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like             garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a             coat, a dress, or a mantle.          2. A loose edging to any part of a dress. [Obs.]                         A narrow lace, or a small skirt of ruffled linen,                      which runs along the upper part of the stays before,                      and crosses the breast, being a part of the tucker,                      is called the modesty piece.               --Addison.          3. Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything [bd]Here in             the skirts of the forest.[b8] --Shak.          4. A petticoat.          5. The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals. --Dunglison.
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Skirt \Skirt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skirted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Skirting}.]       1. To cover with a skirt; to surround.                         Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold.                                                                               --Milton.          2. To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the             edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.             [bd]When sundown skirts the moor.[b8] --Tennyson.
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Skrite \Skrite\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The skrike. [Prov. Eng.]
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Skyward \Sky"ward\, a. & adv.       Toward the sky.
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Soar \Soar\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Soared}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Soaring}.] [F. s'essorer to soar, essorer to dry (by       exposing to the air), fr. L. ex out + aura the air, a breeze;       akin to Gr. [?][?][?][?][?].]       1. To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as             on wings. --Chaucer.                         When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled.                                                                               --Byron.          2. Fig.: To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be             exalted in mood.                         Where the deep transported mind may soar. --Milton.                         Valor soars above What the world calls misfortune.                                                                               --Addison.
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Soord \Soord\, n.       Skin of bacon. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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Sord \Sord\ (? [or] ?), n.       See {Sward}. [R.] --Milton.
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d8Soredium \[d8]So*re"di*um\, n.; pl. {Soredia}. [NL., fr. Gr.       [?] a heap.] (Bot.)       A patch of granular bodies on the surface of the thallus of       lichens.
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Sorehead \Sore"head`\, n.       One who is disgruntled by a failure in politics, or the like.       [Slang, U.S.]
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Sorrowed \Sor"rowed\, a.       Accompanied with sorrow; sorrowful. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Sorrow \Sor"row\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sorrowed}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Sorrowing}.] [OE. sorowen, sorwen, sorhen, AS. sorgian;       akin to Goth. sa[a3]rgan. See {Sorrow}, n.]       To feel pain of mind in consequence of evil experienced,       feared, or done; to grieve; to be sad; to be sorry.                   Sorrowing most of all . . . that they should see his                face no more.                                          --Acts xx. 38.                   I desire no man to sorrow for me.            --Sir J.                                                                               Hayward.
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Sort \Sort\, n. [F. sorl, L. sors, sortis. See {Sort} kind.]       Chance; lot; destiny. [Obs.]                   By aventure, or sort, or cas [chance].   --Chaucer.                   Let blockish Ajax draw The sort to fight with Hector.                                                                               --Shak.
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Sort \Sort\, n. [F. sorie (cf. It. sorta, sorte), from L. sors,       sorti, a lot, part, probably akin to serere to connect. See       {Series}, and cf. {Assort}, {Consort}, {Resort}, {Sorcery},       {Sort} lot.]       1. A kind or species; any number or collection of individual             persons or things characterized by the same or like             qualities; a class or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of             horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems.          2. Manner; form of being or acting.                         Which for my part I covet to perform, In sort as                      through the world I did proclaim.      --Spenser.                         Flowers, in such sort worn, can neither be smelt nor                      seen well by those that wear them.      --Hooker.                         I'll deceive you in another sort.      --Shak.                         To Adam in what sort Shall I appear?   --Milton.                         I shall not be wholly without praise, if in some                      sort I have copied his style.            --Dryden.          3. Condition above the vulgar; rank. [Obs.] --Shak.          4. A chance group; a company of persons who happen to be             together; a troop; also, an assemblage of animals. [Obs.]             [bd]A sort of shepherds.[b8] --Spenser. [bd]A sort of             steers.[b8] --Spenser. [bd]A sort of doves.[b8] --Dryden.             [bd]A sort of rogues.[b8] --Massinger.                         A boy, a child, and we a sort of us, Vowed against                      his voyage.                                       --Chapman.          5. A pair; a set; a suit. --Johnson.          6. pl. (Print.) Letters, figures, points, marks, spaces, or             quadrats, belonging to a case, separately considered.          {Out of sorts} (Print.), with some letters or sorts of type             deficient or exhausted in the case or font; hence,             colloquially, out of order; ill; vexed; disturbed.          {To run upon sorts} (Print.), to use or require a greater             number of some particular letters, figures, or marks than             the regular proportion, as, for example, in making an             index.          Syn: Kind; species; rank; condition.          Usage: {Sort}, {Kind}. Kind originally denoted things of the                   same family, or bound together by some natural                   affinity; and hence, a class. Sort signifies that                   which constitutes a particular lot of parcel, not                   implying necessarily the idea of affinity, but of mere                   assemblage. the two words are now used to a great                   extent interchangeably, though sort (perhaps from its                   original meaning of lot) sometimes carries with it a                   slight tone of disparagement or contempt, as when we                   say, that sort of people, that sort of language.
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Sort \Sort\, v. i.       1. To join or associate with others, esp. with others of the             same kind or species; to agree.                         Nor do metals only sort and herd with metals in the                      earth, and minerals with minerals.      --Woodward.                         The illiberality of parents towards children makes                      them base, and sort with any company. --Bacon.          2. To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.                         They are happy whose natures sort with their                      vocations.                                          --Bacon.                         Things sort not to my will.               --herbert.                         I can not tell you precisely how they sorted. --Sir                                                                               W. Scott.
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Sort \Sort\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sorted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Sorting}.]       1. To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions,             as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths             according to their colors; to sort wool or thread             according to its fineness.                         Rays which differ in refrangibility may be parted                      and sorted from one another.               --Sir I.                                                                               Newton.          2. To reduce to order from a confused state. --Hooker.          3. To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.                         Shellfish have been, by some of the ancients,                      compared and sorted with insects.      --Bacon.                         She sorts things present with things past. --Sir J.                                                                               Davies.          4. To choose from a number; to select; to cull.                         That he may sort out a worthy spouse. --Chapman.                         I'll sort some other time to visit you. --Shak.          5. To conform; to adapt; to accommodate. [R.]                         I pray thee, sort thy heart to patience. --Shak.
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Sortie \Sor"tie\ (?; 277), n. [F., fr. sortir to go out, to       issue, probably fr. L. sortus, for surrectus, p. p. of       surgere to raise up, to rise up. See {Source}.] (Mil.)       The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a       besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.
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Sourde \Sourde\, v. i. [F. sourdre. See {Source}.]       To have origin or source; to rise; to spring. [Obs.]                   Now might men ask whereof that pride sourdeth.                                                                               --Chaucer.
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Sour \Sour\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Soured}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Souring}.]       To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon       sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in       adversity.                   They keep out melancholy from the virtuous, and hinder                the hatred of vice from souring into severity.                                                                               --Addison.
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Sourt \Sourt\, n.       1. A sudden or violent ejection or gushing of a liquid, as of             water from a tube, orifice, or other confined place, or of             blood from a wound; a jet; a spirt.          2. A shoot; a bud. [Obs.] --Holland.          3. Fig.: A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy.          {Spurt grass} (Bot.), a rush fit for basket work. --Dr.             Prior.
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Sorrel \Sor"rel\, n. [F. surelle, fr. sur sour, fr. OHG. s[?]r       sour. See {Sour}.] (Bot.)       One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a       plant of the genus {Rumex}, as {Rumex Acetosa}, {Rumex       Acetosella}, etc.          {Mountain sorrel}. (Bot.) See under {Mountain}.          {Red sorrel}. (Bot.)       (a) A malvaceous plant ({Hibiscus Sabdariffa}) whose acid             calyxes and capsules are used in the West Indies for             making tarts and acid drinks.       (b) A troublesome weed ({Rumex Acetosella}), also called             {sheep sorrel}.          {Salt of sorrel} (Chem.), binoxalate of potassa; -- so called             because obtained from the juice of {Rumex Acetosella}, or             {Rumex Axetosa}.          {Sorrel tree} (Bot.), a small ericaceous tree ({Oxydendrum             arboreum}) whose leaves resemble those of the peach and             have a sour taste. It is common along the Alleghanies.             Called also {sourwood}.          {Wood sorrel} (Bot.), any plant of the genus Oxalis.
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Sourwood \Sour"wood`\, n. (Bot.)       The sorrel tree.
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Sorrel \Sor"rel\, n. [F. surelle, fr. sur sour, fr. OHG. s[?]r       sour. See {Sour}.] (Bot.)       One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a       plant of the genus {Rumex}, as {Rumex Acetosa}, {Rumex       Acetosella}, etc.          {Mountain sorrel}. (Bot.) See under {Mountain}.          {Red sorrel}. (Bot.)       (a) A malvaceous plant ({Hibiscus Sabdariffa}) whose acid             calyxes and capsules are used in the West Indies for             making tarts and acid drinks.       (b) A troublesome weed ({Rumex Acetosella}), also called             {sheep sorrel}.          {Salt of sorrel} (Chem.), binoxalate of potassa; -- so called             because obtained from the juice of {Rumex Acetosella}, or             {Rumex Axetosa}.          {Sorrel tree} (Bot.), a small ericaceous tree ({Oxydendrum             arboreum}) whose leaves resemble those of the peach and             have a sour taste. It is common along the Alleghanies.             Called also {sourwood}.          {Wood sorrel} (Bot.), any plant of the genus Oxalis.
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Sourwood \Sour"wood`\, n. (Bot.)       The sorrel tree.
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Square \Square\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squared}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Squaring}.] [Cf. OF. escarrer, esquarrer. See {Square}, n.]       1. To form with four sides and four right angles. --Spenser.          2. To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat             surfaces; as, to square mason's work.          3. To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or             standard. --Shak.          4. To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to             square our actions by the opinions of others.                         Square my trial To my proportioned strength.                                                                               --Milton.          5. To make even, so as leave no remainder of difference; to             balance; as, to square accounts.          6. (Math.) To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a             quantity.          7. (Astrol.) To hold a quartile position respecting.                         The icy Goat and Crab that square the Scales.                                                                               --Creech.          8. (Naut.) To place at right angles with the keel; as, to             square the yards.          {To square one's shoulders}, to raise the shoulders so as to             give them a square appearance, -- a movement expressing             contempt or dislike. --Sir W. Scott.          {To square the circle} (Math.), to determine the exact             contents of a circle in square measure. The solution of             this famous problem is now generally admitted to be             impossible.
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Squawroot \Squaw"root`\, n. (Bot.)       A scaly parasitic plant ({Conopholis Americana}) found in oak       woods in the United States; -- called also {cancer root}.
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Squire \Squire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {squired}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {squiring}.]       1. To attend as a squire. --Chaucer.          2. To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection;             as, to squire a lady. [Colloq.] --Goldsmith.
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Squirehood \Squire"hood\, n.       The rank or state of a squire; squireship. --Swift.
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Squirt \Squirt\, n. (Hydrodynamics)       The whole system of flow in the vicinity of a source.
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Squirt \Squirt\, v. i.       1. To be thrown out, or ejected, in a rapid stream, from a             narrow orifice; -- said of liquids.          2. Hence, to throw out or utter words rapidly; to prate.             [Low] --L'Estrange.
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Squirt \Squirt\, n.       1. An instrument out of which a liquid is ejected in a small             stream with force. --Young.          2. A small, quick stream; a jet. --Bacon.
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Squirt \Squirt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squirted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Squirting}.] [Cf. LG. swirtjen to squirt, OSw. sqv[84]tta,       E. squander.]       To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or       orifice; as, to squirt water.                   The hard-featured miscreant coolly rolled his tobacco                in his cheek, and squirted the juice into the fire                grate.                                                   --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.          {Squirting cucumber}. (Bot.) See {Ecballium}.
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Surd \Surd\, a. [L. surdus deaf (whence the meaning, deaf to       reason, irrational), perhaps akin to E. swart. Cf.       {Sordine}.]       1. Net having the sense of hearing; deaf. [Obs.] [bd]A surd .             . . generation.[b8] --Sir T. Browne.          2. Unheard. [Obs.] --Kenrick.          3. (Math.) Involving surds; not capable of being expressed in             rational numbers; radical; irrational; as, a surd             expression or quantity; a surd number.          4. (Phonetics) Uttered, as an element of speech, without             tone, or proper vocal sound; voiceless; unintonated;             nonvocal; atonic; whispered; aspirated; sharp; hard, as f,             p, s, etc.; -- opposed to sonant. See Guide to             Pronunciation, [sect][sect]169, 179, 180.
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Surd \Surd\, n. (Math.)       1. A quantity which can not be expressed by rational numbers;             thus, [fb]2 is a surd.          2. (Phon.) A surd element of speech. See {Surd}, a., 4.
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Surety \Sure"ty\, n.; pl. {Sureties}. [OE. seurte, OF.       se[81]rt[82], F. s[96]ret[82]. See {Sure}, {Security}.]       1. The state of being sure; certainty; security.                         Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger                      in a land that is not theirs.            --Gen. xv. 13.                         For the more surety they looked round about. --Sir                                                                               P. Sidney.          2. That which makes sure; that which confirms; ground of             confidence or security.                         [We] our happy state Hold, as you yours, while our                      obedience holds; On other surety none. --Milton.          3. Security against loss or damage; security for payment, or             for the performance of some act.                         There remains unpaid A hundred thousand more; in                      surety of the which One part of Aquitaine is bound                      to us.                                                --Shak.          4. (Law) One who is bound with and for another who is             primarily liable, and who is called the principal; one who             engages to answer for another's appearance in court, or             for his payment of a debt, or for performance of some act;             a bondsman; a bail.                         He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.                                                                               --Prov. xi.                                                                               15.          5. Hence, a substitute; a hostage. --Cowper.          6. Evidence; confirmation; warrant. [Obs.]                         She called the saints to surety, That she would                      never put it from her finger, Unless she gave it to                      yourself.                                          --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Surety \Sure"ty\, v. t.       To act as surety for. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sward \Sward\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Swarded}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Swarding}.]       To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward.       --Mortimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sward \Sward\, n. [AS. sweard skin, covering; akin to OFries.       swarge, D. zwoord, G. schwarte, Icel. sv[94]r[?]r skin, sward       of the earth.]       1. Skin; covering. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.          2. The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is             filled with the roots of grass; turf.                         The sward was trim as any garden lawn. --Tennyson.          {Sward pork}, bacon in large fitches. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swardy \Sward"y\, a.       Covered with sward or grass.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swart \Swart\, n.       Sward. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swart \Swart\, a. [OE. swart, AS. sweart black; akin to OFries,       OS. & LG. swart, D. zwart, G. schwartz, OHG. swarz, Icel.       svarir, Sw. svart, Dan. sort, Goth. swarts; cf. L. sordes       dirt, sordere to be dirty. Cf. {Sordid}, {Surd}.]       1. Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny. [bd]Swart             attendants.[b8] --Trench. [bd]Swart savage maids.[b8]             --Hawthorne.                         A nation strange, with visage swart.   --Spenser.          2. Gloomy; malignant. [Obs.] --Milton.          {Swart star}, the Dog Star; -- so called from its appearing             during the hot weather of summer, which makes swart the             countenance. [R.] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swart \Swart\, v. t.       To make swart or tawny; as, to swart a living part. --Sir T.       Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swarth \Swarth\, a.       Swart; swarthy. [bd]A swarth complexion.[b8] --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swarth \Swarth\, n.       An apparition of a person about to die; a wraith. [Prov.       Eng.] --Grose.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swarth \Swarth\, n. [See {Sward}.]       Sward; short grass.                   Grassy swarth, close cropped by nibbling sheep.                                                                               --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swarth \Swarth\, n.       See {Swath}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swarthy \Swarth"y\, a. [Compar. {Swarthier}; superl.       {Swarthiest}.] [See {Swart}, a.]       Being of a dark hue or dusky complexion; tawny; swart; as,       swarthy faces. [bd]A swarthy Ethiope.[b8] --Shak.                   Their swarthy hosts would darken all our plains.                                                                               --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swarthy \Swarth"y\, v. t.       To make swarthy. [Obs.] --Cowley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swarty \Swart"y\, a.       Swarthy; tawny. [Obs.] --Burton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swerd \Swerd\, n.       Sword. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swerd \Swerd\, n. & v.       See {Sward}, n. & v. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sword \Sword\, n. [OE. swerd, AS. sweord; akin to OFries. swerd,       swird, D. zwaard, OS. swerd, OHG. swert, G. schwert, Icel.       sver[?], Sw. sv[84]rd, Dan. sv[91]rd; of uncertain origin.]       1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually             sharp[?]pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is             the general term, including the small sword, rapier,             saber, scimiter, and many other varieties.          2. Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or             of authority and power.                         He [the ruler] beareth not the sword in vain. --Rom.                                                                               xiii. 4.                         She quits the balance, and resigns the sword.                                                                               --Dryden.          3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension.                         I came not to send peace, but a sword. --Matt. x.                                                                               34.          4. The military power of a country.                         He hath no more authority over the sword than over                      the law.                                             --Milton.          5. (Weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand             loom is suspended.          {Sword arm}, the right arm.          {Sword bayonet}, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and             which can be used as a sword.          {Sword bearer}, one who carries his master's sword; an             officer in London who carries a sword before the lord             mayor when he goes abroad.          {Sword belt}, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne             at the side.          {Sword blade}, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword.          {Sword cane}, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or             dagger, as in a sheath.          {Sword dance}.             (a) A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed                   together by the male dancers. --Sir W. Scott.             (b) A dance performed over swords laid on the ground, but                   without touching them.          {Sword fight}, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with             swords; swordplay.          {Sword grass}. (Bot.) See {Gladen}.          {Sword knot}, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword.          {Sword law}, government by the sword, or by force; violence.             --Milton.          {Sword lily}. (Bot.) See {Gladiolus}.          {Sword mat} (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; -- so             called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture.          {Sword shrimp} (Zo[94]l.), a European shrimp ({Pasiph[91]a             sivado}) having a very thin, compressed body.          {Sword stick}, a sword cane.          {To measure swords with one}. See under {Measure}, v. t.          {To put to the sword}. See under {Put}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Syrt \Syrt\, n. [L. syrtis a sand bank in the sea, Gr. [?]: cf.       F. syrte.]       A quicksand; a bog. [R.] --Young.
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Sahuarita, AZ       Zip code(s): 85629
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Sarita, TX       Zip code(s): 78385
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Seward, AK (city, FIPS 68560)       Location: 60.11355 N, 149.39299 W       Population (1990): 2699 (1010 housing units)       Area: 39.9 sq km (land), 18.6 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 99664    Seward, KS (city, FIPS 64100)       Location: 38.17758 N, 98.79379 W       Population (1990): 71 (42 housing units)       Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 67577    Seward, NE (city, FIPS 44420)       Location: 40.91211 N, 97.09666 W       Population (1990): 5634 (2151 housing units)       Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 68434    Seward, PA (borough, FIPS 69368)       Location: 40.41253 N, 79.02173 W       Population (1990): 522 (224 housing units)       Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 15954
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Sherwood, AR (city, FIPS 63800)       Location: 34.83202 N, 92.20749 W       Population (1990): 18893 (7375 housing units)       Area: 30.3 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 72116    Sherwood, MD       Zip code(s): 21665    Sherwood, MI (village, FIPS 73420)       Location: 41.99999 N, 85.23999 W       Population (1990): 320 (117 housing units)       Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 49089    Sherwood, ND (city, FIPS 72540)       Location: 48.96145 N, 101.63313 W       Population (1990): 286 (144 housing units)       Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 58782    Sherwood, OH (CDP, FIPS 72252)       Location: 39.08473 N, 84.36070 W       Population (1990): 3709 (1222 housing units)       Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Sherwood, OH (village, FIPS 72256)       Location: 41.29011 N, 84.55297 W       Population (1990): 828 (316 housing units)       Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 43556    Sherwood, OR (city, FIPS 67100)       Location: 45.35986 N, 122.84193 W       Population (1990): 3093 (1239 housing units)       Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 97140    Sherwood, TN       Zip code(s): 37376    Sherwood, WI (village, FIPS 73525)       Location: 44.17355 N, 88.27515 W       Population (1990): 837 (325 housing units)       Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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Shorewood, IL (village, FIPS 69758)       Location: 41.52320 N, 88.20237 W       Population (1990): 6264 (2032 housing units)       Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 60435    Shorewood, MN (city, FIPS 60016)       Location: 44.91983 N, 93.56535 W       Population (1990): 5917 (2143 housing units)       Area: 13.8 sq km (land), 20.8 sq km (water)    Shorewood, WI (village, FIPS 73725)       Location: 43.09125 N, 87.88625 W       Population (1990): 14116 (6701 housing units)       Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 53211
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
sort          1. To arrange a collection of items       in some specified order.   The items - {records} in a file or       data structures in memory - consist of one or more {fields} or       members.   One of these fields is designated as the "sort key"       which means the records will be ordered according to the value       of that field.   Sometimes a sequence of key fields is       specified such that if all earlier keys are equal then the       later keys will be compared.   Within each field some ordering       is imposed, e.g. ascending or descending numerical, {lexical       ordering}, or date.          Sorting is the subject of a great deal of study since it is a       common operation which can consume a lot of computer time.       There are many well-known sorting {algorithms} with different       time and space behaviour and programming {complexity}.          Examples are {quicksort}, {insertion sort}, {bubble sort},       {heap sort}, and {tree sort}.   These employ many different       data structures to store sorted data, such as {arrays},       {linked lists}, and {binary trees}.          2. The {Unix} utility program for sorting lines of       files.          {Unix manual page}: sort(1).          (1997-02-12)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Seirath       woody district; shaggy, a place among the mountains of Ephraim,       bordering on Benjamin, to which Ehud fled after he had       assassinated Eglon at Jericho (Judg. 3:26, 27).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Sered       fear, one of the sons of Zebulun (Gen. 46:14).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Surety       one who becomes responsible for another. Christ is the surety of       the better covenant (Heb. 7:22). In him we have the assurance       that all its provisions will be fully and faithfully carried       out. Solomon warns against incautiously becoming security for       another (Prov. 6:1-5; 11:15; 17:18; 20:16).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Sword       of the Hebrew was pointed, sometimes two-edged, was worn in a       sheath, and suspended from the girdle (Ex. 32:27; 1 Sam. 31:4; 1       Chr. 21:27; Ps. 149:6: Prov. 5:4; Ezek. 16:40; 21:3-5).                It is a symbol of divine chastisement (Deut. 32:25; Ps. 7:12;       78:62), and of a slanderous tongue (Ps. 57:4; 64:3; Prov.       12:18). The word of God is likened also to a sword (Heb. 4:12;       Eph. 6:17; Rev. 1:16). Gideon's watchword was, "The sword of the       Lord" (Judg. 7:20).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Sarid, remaining; hand of a prince
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Sered, dyer's vat