English Dictionary: sort out | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scorodite \Scor"o*dite\, n. [G. scorodit; -- so called in allusion to its smell under the blowpipe, from Gr. [?] garlic.] (Min.) A leek-green or brownish mineral occurring in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous arseniate of iron. [Written also {skorodite}.] | |
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Scortatory \Scor"ta*to*ry\, a. [L. scortator a fornicator, from scortari to fornicate, scortum a prostitute.] Pertaining to lewdness or fornication; lewd. | |
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Scrutation \Scru*ta"tion\, n. [L. scrutatio.] Search; scrutiny. [Obs.] | |
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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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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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Sharded \Shard"ed\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having elytra, as a beetle. | |
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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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Shore \Shore\, n. [OE. schore, AS. score, probably fr. scieran, and so meaning properly, that which is shorn off, edge; akin to OD. schoore, schoor. See {Shear}, v. t.] The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river. Michael Cassio, Lieutenant to the warlike Moor Othello, Is come shore. --Shak. The fruitful shore of muddy Nile. --Spenser. {In shore}, near the shore. --Marryat. {On shore}. See under {On}. {Shore birds} (Zo[94]l.), a collective name for the various limicoline birds found on the seashore. {Shore crab} (Zo[94]l.), any crab found on the beaches, or between tides, especially any one of various species of grapsoid crabs, as {Heterograpsus nudus} of California. {Shore lark} (Zo[94]l.), a small American lark ({Otocoris alpestris}) found in winter, both on the seacoast and on the Western plains. Its upper parts are varied with dark brown and light brown. It has a yellow throat, yellow local streaks, a black crescent on its breast, a black streak below each eye, and two small black erectile ear tufts. Called also {horned lark}. {Shore plover} (Zo[94]l.), a large-billed Australian plover ({Esacus magnirostris}). It lives on the seashore, and feeds on crustaceans, etc. {Shore teetan} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pipit ({Anthus obscurus}). [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Short-dated \Short"-dat`ed\, a. Having little time to run from the date. [bd]Thy short-dated life.[b8] --Sandys. | |
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Shorthead \Short"head`\, n. A sucking whale less than one year old; -- so called by sailors. | |
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Short-wited \Short"-wit`ed\, a. Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment. | |
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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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Shrouded \Shroud"ed\, a. Provided with a shroud or shrouds. {Shrouded gear} (Mach.), a cogwheel or pinion having flanges which form closed ends to the spaces between the teeth and thus strengthen the teeth by tying them together. | |
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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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Shrouded \Shroud"ed\, a. Provided with a shroud or shrouds. {Shrouded gear} (Mach.), a cogwheel or pinion having flanges which form closed ends to the spaces between the teeth and thus strengthen the teeth by tying them together. | |
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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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Scorodite \Scor"o*dite\, n. [G. scorodit; -- so called in allusion to its smell under the blowpipe, from Gr. [?] garlic.] (Min.) A leek-green or brownish mineral occurring in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous arseniate of iron. [Written also {skorodite}.] | |
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Skorodite \Skor"o*dite\, n. (Min.) See {Scorodite}. | |
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Scorodite \Scor"o*dite\, n. [G. scorodit; -- so called in allusion to its smell under the blowpipe, from Gr. [?] garlic.] (Min.) A leek-green or brownish mineral occurring in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous arseniate of iron. [Written also {skorodite}.] | |
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Skorodite \Skor"o*dite\, n. (Min.) See {Scorodite}. | |
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Sordet \Sor"det\, n. [See {Sordine}.] (Mus.) A sordine. | |
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Sordid \Sor"did\, a. [L. sordidus, fr. sordere to be filthy or dirty; probably akin to E. swart: cf. F. sordide. See {Swart}, a.] 1. Filthy; foul; dirty. [Obs.] A sordid god; down from his hoary chin A length of beard descends, uncombed, unclean. --Dryden. 2. Vile; base; gross; mean; as, vulgar, sordid mortals. [bd]To scorn the sordid world.[b8] --Milton. 3. Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly. He may be old, And yet sordid, who refuses gold. --Sir J. Denham. | |
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Sordidly \Sor*did"ly\, n. Sordidness. [Obs.] | |
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Sordidly \Sor"did*ly\, adv. In a sordid manner. | |
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Sordidness \Sor"did*ness\, n. The quality or state of being sordid. | |
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Sorediate \So*re"di*ate\, a. (Bot.) Soredi[8b]ferous. | |
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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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Sortition \Sor*ti"tion\, n. [L. sortitio, from sortiri to draw or cast lots, fr. sors, sortis, a lot.] Selection or appointment by lot. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Square-toed \Square"-toed`\ (-t[omac]d`), n. Having the toe square. Obsolete as fardingales, ruffs, and square-toed shoes. --V. Knox. | |
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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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Suraddition \Sur`ad*di"tion\, n. [F.] Something added or appended, as to a name. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Surdity \Surd"i*ty\, n. [L. surditas.] Deafness. [Obs.] | |
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Surtout \Sur*tout"\, n. [F., fr. sur over + tout all.] A man's coat to be worn over his other garments; an overcoat, especially when long, and fitting closely like a body coat. --Gay. | |
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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. | |
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Swarded \Sward"ed\, a. Covered with sward. --Mrs. Browning. | |
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Sworded \Sword"ed\, a. [Cf. AS. geswurdod.] Girded with a sword. --Milton. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
square-headed boyfriend {square-headed girlfriend} | |
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square-headed girlfriend (1999-01-15) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Sardites, removing a dissension |