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sable coat
n 1: a fur coat made of sable furs

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sable's hair pencil n an artist's brush made of sable hairs [syn: sable, {sable brush}, sable's hair pencil]
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sapless adj lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" Synonym(s): decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly destitute of sap and other vital juices; dry; "the rats and roaches scurrying along the sapless planks"- Norman Mailer
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Scopolia carniolica n herb that is a source of scopolamine
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sepulcher n a chamber that is used as a grave [syn: burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture]
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sepulchral adj of or relating to a sepulchre; "sepulchral inscriptions"; "sepulchral monuments in churches" gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs" Synonym(s): charnel, ghastly, sepulchral suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones" Synonym(s): funereal, sepulchral
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sepulchre n a chamber that is used as a grave [syn: burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture]
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shapeless adj having no definite form or distinct shape; "amorphous clouds of insects"; "an aggregate of formless particles"; "a shapeless mass of protoplasm" Synonym(s): amorphous, formless, shapeless lacking symmetry or attractive form; "a shapeless hat on his head"
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shapelessly adv in a shapeless manner; "the dress hung shapelessly on her thin body"
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shapelessness n an amorphous or indefinite shape; "a shapeless mass" the quality of lacking an esthetically pleasing shape
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sheeplike adj like or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity Synonym(s): sheeplike, sheepish
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sheepwalk n farm devoted to raising sheep [syn: sheepwalk, sheeprun]
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shoe black n large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers Synonym(s): China rose, Chinese hibiscus, Rose of China, shoeblack plant, shoe black, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
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shoe polish n a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear Synonym(s): shoe polish, blacking
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shoeblack n a person who polishes shoes and boots [syn: bootblack, shoeblack]
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shoeblack plant n large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers Synonym(s): China rose, Chinese hibiscus, Rose of China, shoeblack plant, shoe black, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
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shopaholic n a compulsive shopper; "shopaholics can never resist a bargain"
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shopwalker n an employee of a retail store who supervises sales personnel and helps with customer problems; "a floorwalker is called a shopwalker in Britain" Synonym(s): floorwalker, shopwalker
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showplace n a place that is frequently exhibited and visited for its historical interest or natural beauty
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Sibelius n Finnish composer (1865-1957) [syn: Sibelius, {Jean Sibelius}, Johan Julius Christian Sibelius]
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sibyllic adj resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions" Synonym(s): divinatory, mantic, sibylline, sibyllic, vatic, vatical
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skiffle group n a band of musicians who play skiffle
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Skoplje n capital of modern Macedonia [syn: Skopje, Skoplje, Uskub]
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soap flakes n soap that has been cut into flakes to make suds faster
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souvlaki n made of lamb Synonym(s): souvlaki, souvlakia
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souvlakia n made of lamb Synonym(s): souvlaki, souvlakia
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Spalacidae n mole rats Synonym(s): Spalacidae, family Spalacidae
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Spalax n type genus of the Spalacidae [syn: Spalax, {genus Spalax}]
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spell-checker n an electronic dictionary in a word processor that can be used to catch misspelled words Synonym(s): spell-checker, spelling checker
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spillage n the amount that has spilled the act of allowing a fluid to escape Synonym(s): spill, spillage, release
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spillikin n a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws Synonym(s): jackstraw, spillikin
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spillikins n a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others Synonym(s): jackstraws, spillikins
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Spilogale n a genus of Mustelidae Synonym(s): Spilogale, genus Spilogale
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Spilogale putorius n small skunk with a marbled black and white coat; of United States and Mexico Synonym(s): spotted skunk, little spotted skunk, Spilogale putorius
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splash n the sound like water splashing Synonym(s): splash, plash a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; "he made a great splash and then disappeared" Synonym(s): stir, splash a small quantity of something moist or liquid; "a dab of paint"; "a splatter of mud"; "just a splash of whiskey" Synonym(s): dab, splash, splatter a patch of bright color; "her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color" the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface Synonym(s): spatter, spattering, splash, splashing, splattering the act of scattering water about haphazardly Synonym(s): splash, splashing v cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her" Synonym(s): sprinkle, splash, splosh walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow" Synonym(s): squelch, squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" Synonym(s): spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash mark or overlay with patches of contrasting color or texture; cause to appear splashed or spattered; "The mountain was splashed with snow" make a splashing sound; "water was splashing on the floor" Synonym(s): splash, splosh, slosh, slush soil or stain with a splashed liquid strike and dash about in a liquid; "The boys splashed around in the pool"
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splash around v play in or as if in water, as of small children [syn: dabble, paddle, splash around]
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splash guard n a curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheels Synonym(s): mudguard, splash guard, splash-guard
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splash-guard n a curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheels Synonym(s): mudguard, splash guard, splash-guard
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splashboard n protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side Synonym(s): washboard, splashboard protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. Synonym(s): splashboard, splasher, dashboard
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splashdown n a landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight
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splashed adj (of a fluid) having been propelled about in flying drops or masses; "with clothes wet by splashed water" covered with bright patches (often used in combination); "waves dabbled with moonlight"; "a blood-spattered room"; "gardens splashed with color"; "kitchen walls splattered with grease" Synonym(s): dabbled, spattered, splashed, splattered
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splasher n a protective covering over or beside a wheel to protect the upper part of a vehicle from splashes of mud protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. Synonym(s): splashboard, splasher, dashboard
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splashiness n lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity Synonym(s): ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation
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splashing n the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface Synonym(s): spatter, spattering, splash, splashing, splattering the act of scattering water about haphazardly Synonym(s): splash, splashing
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splashy adj characterized by water flying about haphazardly marked by ostentation but often tasteless; "a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad" Synonym(s): flamboyant, showy, splashy covered with patches of bright color
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splice n a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together; "the break was due to an imperfect splice" Synonym(s): splice, splicing joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together Synonym(s): lap joint, splice v join the ends of; "splice film" perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got spliced on Hawaii" Synonym(s): marry, wed, tie, splice join together so as to form new genetic combinations; "splice genes" join by interweaving strands; "Splice the wires"
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splicer n a woodworker who joins pieces of wood with a splice a worker who splices ropes together by interweaving strands a mechanical device for joining two pieces of paper or film or magnetic tape
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splicing n a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together; "the break was due to an imperfect splice" Synonym(s): splice, splicing
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splosh v make a splashing sound; "water was splashing on the floor" Synonym(s): splash, splosh, slosh, slush walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow" Synonym(s): squelch, squish, splash, splosh, slosh, slop cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her" Synonym(s): sprinkle, splash, splosh dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" Synonym(s): spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash
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spoilage n the amount that has spoiled the process of becoming spoiled Synonym(s): spoilage, spoiling the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate" Synonym(s): spoil, spoiling, spoilage
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spoils system n the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power Antonym(s): merit system
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spoilsport n someone who spoils the pleasure of others [syn: spoilsport, killjoy, wet blanket, party pooper]
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sublease n a lease from one lessee to another [syn: sublease, sublet] v lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person; "We sublet our apartment over the summer" Synonym(s): sublet, sublease
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subluxate v sprain or dislocate slightly; "subluxate the hip"
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subluxation n partial displacement of a joint or organ
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supplejack n walking stick made from the wood of an American tropical vine
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supplicant adj humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness" Synonym(s): suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory n someone who prays to God Synonym(s): prayer, supplicant one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors" Synonym(s): petitioner, suppliant, supplicant, requester
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supplicate v ask humbly (for something); "He supplicated the King for clemency" make a humble, earnest petition; "supplicate for permission" ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer; "supplicate God's blessing"
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supplication n a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service Synonym(s): invocation, supplication a humble request for help from someone in authority Synonym(s): supplication, plea the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving); "the priest sank to his knees in prayer" Synonym(s): prayer, supplication
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supplicatory adj humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness" Synonym(s): suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory
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supply chamber n a mechanical device for holding something and supplying it as needed
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supply closet n a closet for storing supplies
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supply ship n ship that usually provides supplies to other ships [syn: tender, supply ship]
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supply-side economics n the school of economic theory that stresses the costs of production as a means of stimulating the economy; advocates policies that raise capital and labor output by increasing the incentive to produce
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swivel chair n a chair that swivels on its base
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syphilis n a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) Synonym(s): syphilis, syph, pox, lues venerea, lues
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tern \Tern\ (t[etil]rn), n. [Dan. terne, t[91]rne; akin to Sw. t[84]rna, Icel. [thorn]erna; cf. NL. sterna.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to {Sterna} and various allied genera. Note: Terns differ from gulls chiefly in their graceful form, in their weaker and more slender bills and feet, and their longer and more pointed wings. The tail is usually forked. Most of the species are white with the back and wings pale gray, and often with a dark head. The common European tern ({Sterna hirundo}) is found also in Asia and America. Among other American species are the arctic tern ({S. paradis[91]a}), the roseate tern ({S. Dougalli}), the least tern ({S. Antillarum}), the royal tern ({S. maxima}), and the sooty tern ({S. fuliginosa}). {Hooded tern}. See {Fairy bird}, under {Fairy}. {Marsh tern}, any tern of the genus {Hydrochelidon}. They frequent marshes and rivers and feed largely upon insects. {River tern}, any tern belonging to {Se[89]na} or allied genera which frequent rivers. {Sea tern}, any tern of the genus {Thalasseus}. Terns of this genus have very long, pointed wings, and chiefly frequent seas and the mouths of large rivers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tree \Tree\ (tr[emac]), n. [OE. tree, tre, treo, AS. tre[a2], tre[a2]w, tree, wood; akin to OFries. tr[emac], OS. treo, trio, Icel. tr[emac], Dan. tr[91], Sw. tr[84], tr[84]d, Goth. triu, Russ. drevo, W. derw an oak, Ir. darag, darog, Gr. dry^s a tree, oak, do`ry a beam, spear shaft, spear, Skr. dru tree, wood, d[be]ru wood. [root]63, 241. Cf. {Dryad}, {Germander}, {Tar}, n., {Trough}.] 1. (Bot.) Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk. Note: The kind of tree referred to, in any particular case, is often indicated by a modifying word; as forest tree, fruit tree, palm tree, apple tree, pear tree, etc. 2. Something constructed in the form of, or considered as resembling, a tree, consisting of a stem, or stock, and branches; as, a genealogical tree. 3. A piece of timber, or something commonly made of timber; -- used in composition, as in axletree, boottree, chesstree, crosstree, whiffletree, and the like. 4. A cross or gallows; as Tyburn tree. [Jesus] whom they slew and hanged on a tree. --Acts x. 39. 5. Wood; timber. [Obs.] --Chaucer. In a great house ben not only vessels of gold and of silver but also of tree and of earth. --Wyclif (2 Tim. ii. 20). 6. (Chem.) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution. See {Lead tree}, under {Lead}. {Tree bear} (Zo[94]l.), the raccoon. [Local, U. S.] {Tree beetle} (Zo[94]l.) any one of numerous species of beetles which feed on the leaves of trees and shrubs, as the May beetles, the rose beetle, the rose chafer, and the goldsmith beetle. {Tree bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects which live upon, and suck the sap of, trees and shrubs. They belong to {Arma}, {Pentatoma}, {Rhaphigaster}, and allied genera. {Tree cat} (Zool.), the common paradoxure ({Paradoxurus musang}). {Tree clover} (Bot.), a tall kind of melilot ({Melilotus alba}). See {Melilot}. {Tree crab} (Zo[94]l.), the purse crab. See under {Purse}. {Tree creeper} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of arboreal creepers belonging to {Certhia}, {Climacteris}, and allied genera. See {Creeper}, 3. {Tree cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a nearly white arboreal American cricket ({Ecanthus niv[oe]us}) which is noted for its loud stridulation; -- called also {white cricket}. {Tree crow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World crows belonging to {Crypsirhina} and allied genera, intermediate between the true crows and the jays. The tail is long, and the bill is curved and without a tooth. {Tree dove} (Zo[94]l.) any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic doves belonging to {Macropygia} and allied genera. They have long and broad tails, are chiefly arboreal in their habits, and feed mainly on fruit. {Tree duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of ducks belonging to {Dendrocygna} and allied genera. These ducks have a long and slender neck and a long hind toe. They are arboreal in their habits, and are found in the tropical parts of America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. {Tree fern} (Bot.), an arborescent fern having a straight trunk, sometimes twenty or twenty-five feet high, or even higher, and bearing a cluster of fronds at the top. Most of the existing species are tropical. {Tree fish} (Zo[94]l.), a California market fish ({Sebastichthys serriceps}). {Tree frog}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Same as {Tree toad}. (b) Any one of numerous species of Old World frogs belonging to {Chiromantis}, {Rhacophorus}, and allied genera of the family {Ranid[91]}. Their toes are furnished with suckers for adhesion. The flying frog (see under {Flying}) is an example. {Tree goose} (Zo[94]l.), the bernicle goose. {Tree hopper} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small leaping hemipterous insects which live chiefly on the branches and twigs of trees, and injure them by sucking the sap. Many of them are very odd in shape, the prothorax being often prolonged upward or forward in the form of a spine or crest. {Tree jobber} (Zo[94]l.), a woodpecker. [Obs.] {Tree kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}. {Tree lark} (Zo[94]l.), the tree pipit. [Prov. Eng.] {Tree lizard} (Zo[94]l.), any one of a group of Old World arboreal lizards ({Dendrosauria}) comprising the chameleons. {Tree lobster}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Tree crab}, above. {Tree louse} (Zo[94]l.), any aphid; a plant louse. {Tree moss}. (Bot.) (a) Any moss or lichen growing on trees. (b) Any species of moss in the form of a miniature tree. {Tree mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of African mice of the subfamily {Dendromyin[91]}. They have long claws and habitually live in trees. {Tree nymph}, a wood nymph. See {Dryad}. {Tree of a saddle}, a saddle frame. {Tree of heaven} (Bot.), an ornamental tree ({Ailantus glandulosus}) having long, handsome pinnate leaves, and greenish flowers of a disagreeable odor. {Tree of life} (Bot.), a tree of the genus Thuja; arbor vit[91]. {Tree onion} (Bot.), a species of garlic ({Allium proliferum}) which produces bulbs in place of flowers, or among its flowers. {Tree oyster} (Zo[94]l.), a small American oyster ({Ostrea folium}) which adheres to the roots of the mangrove tree; -- called also {raccoon oyster}. {Tree pie} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Asiatic birds of the genus {Dendrocitta}. The tree pies are allied to the magpie. {Tree pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of longwinged arboreal pigeons native of Asia, Africa, and Australia, and belonging to {Megaloprepia}, {Carpophaga}, and allied genera. {Tree pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Pipit}. {Tree porcupine} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Central and South American arboreal porcupines belonging to the genera {Ch[91]tomys} and {Sphingurus}. They have an elongated and somewhat prehensile tail, only four toes on the hind feet, and a body covered with short spines mixed with bristles. One South American species ({S. villosus}) is called also {couiy}; another ({S. prehensilis}) is called also {c[oe]ndou}. {Tree rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large ratlike West Indian rodents belonging to the genera {Capromys} and {Plagiodon}. They are allied to the porcupines. {Tree serpent} (Zo[94]l.), a tree snake. {Tree shrike} (Zo[94]l.), a bush shrike. {Tree snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of snakes of the genus {Dendrophis}. They live chiefly among the branches of trees, and are not venomous. {Tree sorrel} (Bot.), a kind of sorrel ({Rumex Lunaria}) which attains the stature of a small tree, and bears greenish flowers. It is found in the Canary Islands and Teneriffe. {Tree sparrow} (Zo[94]l.) any one of several species of small arboreal sparrows, especially the American tree sparrow ({Spizella monticola}), and the common European species ({Passer montanus}). {Tree swallow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of swallows of the genus {Hylochelidon} which lay their eggs in holes in dead trees. They inhabit Australia and adjacent regions. Called also {martin} in Australia. {Tree swift} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of swifts of the genus {Dendrochelidon} which inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. {Tree tiger} (Zo[94]l.), a leopard. {Tree toad} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of amphibians belonging to {Hyla} and allied genera of the family {Hylid[91]}. They are related to the common frogs and toads, but have the tips of the toes expanded into suckers by means of which they cling to the bark and leaves of trees. Only one species ({Hyla arborea}) is found in Europe, but numerous species occur in America and Australia. The common tree toad of the Northern United States ({H. versicolor}) is noted for the facility with which it changes its colors. Called also {tree frog}. See also {Piping frog}, under {Piping}, and {Cricket frog}, under {Cricket}. {Tree warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arboreal warblers belonging to {Phylloscopus} and allied genera. {Tree wool} (Bot.), a fine fiber obtained from the leaves of pine trees.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sorghum \Sor"ghum\, n. [NL., probably of Chinese origin.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of grasses, properly limited to two species, {Sorghum Halepense}, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass (see {Johnson grass}), and {S. vulgare}, the Indian millet (see {Indian millet}, under {Indian}). (b) A variety of {Sorghum vulgare}, grown for its saccharine juice; the Chinese sugar cane.
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Indian \In"di*an\ (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. [?], OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. {Hindoo}.] 1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies. 2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk. 3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.] {Indian} bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree ({Persea Indica}). {Indian bean} (Bot.), a name of the catalpa. {Indian berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Cocculus indicus}. {Indian bread}. (Bot.) Same as {Cassava}. {Indian club}, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for gymnastic exercise. {Indian cordage}, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut husk. {Indian corn} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Zea} ({Z. Mays}); the maize, a native of America. See {Corn}, and {Maize}. {Indian cress} (Bot.), nasturtium. See {Nasturtium}, 2. {Indian cucumber} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Medeola} ({M. Virginica}), a common in woods in the United States. The white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers. {Indian currant} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Symphoricarpus} ({S. vulgaris}), bearing small red berries. {Indian dye}, the puccoon. {Indian fig}. (Bot.) (a) The banyan. See {Banyan}. (b) The prickly pear. {Indian file}, single file; arrangement of persons in a row following one after another, the usual way among Indians of traversing woods, especially when on the war path. {Indian fire}, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter, and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light. {Indian grass} (Bot.), a coarse, high grass ({Chrysopogon nutans}), common in the southern portions of the United States; wood grass. --Gray. {Indian hemp}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Apocynum} ({A. cannabinum}), having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark, whence the name. The root it used in medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in properties. (b) The variety of common hemp ({Cannabis Indica}), from which hasheesh is obtained. {Indian mallow} (Bot.), the velvet leaf ({Abutilon Avicenn[91]}). See {Abutilon}. {Indian meal}, ground corn or maize. [U.S.] {Indian millet} (Bot.), a tall annual grass ({Sorghum vulgare}), having many varieties, among which are broom corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It is called also {Guinea corn}. See {Durra}. {Indian ox} (Zo[94]l.), the zebu. {Indian paint}. See {Bloodroot}. {Indian paper}. See {India paper}, under {India}. {Indian physic} (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus {Gillenia} ({G. trifoliata}, and {G. stipulacea}), common in the United States, the roots of which are used in medicine as a mild emetic; -- called also {American ipecac}, and {bowman's root}. --Gray. {Indian pink}. (Bot.) (a) The Cypress vine ({Ipom[d2]a Quamoclit}); -- so called in the West Indies. (b) See {China pink}, under {China}. {Indian pipe} (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb ({Monotropa uniflora}), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying. {Indian plantain} (Bot.), a name given to several species of the genus {Cacalia}, tall herbs with composite white flowers, common through the United States in rich woods. --Gray. {Indian poke} (Bot.), a plant usually known as the {white hellebore} ({Veratrum viride}). {Indian pudding}, a pudding of which the chief ingredients are Indian meal, milk, and molasses. {Indian purple}. (a) A dull purple color. (b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and black. {Indian red}. (a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the Persian Gulf. Called also {Persian red}. (b) See {Almagra}. {Indian rice} (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See {Rice}. {Indian shot} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Canna} ({C. Indica}). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot. See {Canna}. {Indian summer}, in the United States, a period of warm and pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under {Summer}. {Indian tobacco} (Bot.), a species of {Lobelia}. See {Lobelia}. {Indian turnip} (Bot.), an American plant of the genus {Aris[91]ma}. {A. triphyllum} has a wrinkled farinaceous root resembling a small turnip, but with a very acrid juice. See {Jack in the Pulpit}, and {Wake-robin}. {Indian wheat}, maize or Indian corn. {Indian yellow}. (a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but less pure than cadmium. (b) See {Euxanthin}.
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Barracuda \Bar`racu"da\, Barracouata \Bar`racou"ata\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A voracious pikelike, marine fish, of the genus {Sphyr[91]na}, sometimes used as food. Note: That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is {Sphyr[91]na spet} (or {S. vulgaris}); a southern species is {S. picuda}; the Californian is {S. argentea}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand ({Thyrsites atun}).
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{Royal palmetto}, the West Indian {Sabal umbraculifera}, the trunk of which, when hollowed, is used for water pipes, etc. The leaves are used for thatching, and for making hats, ropes, etc. {Saw palmetto}, {Sabal serrulata}, a native of Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida. The nearly impassable jungle which it forms is called palmetto scrub.
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Sabulose \Sab"u*lose\, a. [L. sabulosus, from sabulum, sabulo, sand.] (Bot.) Growing in sandy places.
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Sabulosity \Sab`ulos"ity\, n. The quality of being sabulous; sandiness; grittiness.
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Sabulous \Sab"u*lous\, a. [L. sabulosus.] Sandy; gritty.
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Sapless \Sap"less\, a. 1. Destitute of sap; not juicy. 2. Fig.: Dry; old; husky; withered; spiritless. [bd]A somewhat sapless womanhood.[b8] --Lowell. Now sapless on the verge of death he stands. --Dryden.
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Scapeless \Scape"less\, a. (Bot.) Destitute of a scape.
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Scapula \Scap"ula\ (sk[acr]p"[usl]l[adot]), n.; pl. L. {Scapul[91]}, E. {Scapulas}. [L.] 1. (Anat.) The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise.
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Satellite \Sat"el*lite\, n. [F., fr. L. satelles, -itis, an attendant.] 1. An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an obsequious dependent. [bd]The satellites of power.[b8] --I. Disraeli. 2. (Astron.) A secondary planet which revolves about another planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See {Solar system}, under {Solar}. {Satellite moth} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome European noctuid moth ({Scopelosoma satellitia}).
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d8Scopula \[d8]Scop"u*la\, n.; pl. E. {Scopulas}, L. {Scopul[91]}. [L. scopulae, pl. a little broom.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A peculiar brushlike organ found on the foot of spiders and used in the construction of the web. (b) A special tuft of hairs on the leg of a bee.
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Scopulous \Scop"u*lous\, a. [L. scopulosus, fr. scopulus a rock, Gr. [?].] Full of rocks; rocky. [Obs.]
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Sepalous \Sep"al*ous\, a. (Bot.) Having, or relating to, sepals; -- used mostly in composition. See under {Sepal}.
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Sepulcher \Sep"ulcher\, Sepulchre \Sep"ulchre\, n. [OE. sepulcre, OF. sepulcre, F. s[82]pulcre, fr. L. sepulcrum, sepulchrum, fr. sepelire to bury.] The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb. The stony entrance of this sepulcher. --Shak. The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher. --John xx. 1. {A whited sepulcher}. Fig.: Any person who is fair outwardly but unclean or vile within. See --Matt. xxiii. 27.
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Sepulcher \Sep"ulcher\, Sepulchre \Sep"ulchre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sepulchered}or {Sepulchred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sepulchering}or {Sepulchring}.] To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered. And so sepulchered in such pomp dost lie That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. --Milton.
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Sepulcher \Sep"ulcher\, Sepulchre \Sep"ulchre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sepulchered}or {Sepulchred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sepulchering}or {Sepulchring}.] To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered. And so sepulchered in such pomp dost lie That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. --Milton.
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Sepulcher \Sep"ulcher\, Sepulchre \Sep"ulchre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sepulchered}or {Sepulchred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sepulchering}or {Sepulchring}.] To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered. And so sepulchered in such pomp dost lie That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. --Milton.
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Sepulchral \Se*pul"chral\, a. [L. sepulcralis: cf. F. s[82]pulcral.] 1. Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a sepulchral inscription. 2. Unnaturally low and grave; hollow in tone; -- said of sound, especially of the voice. This exaggerated dulling of the voice . . . giving what is commonly called a sepulchral tone. --H. Sweet.
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Sepulcher \Sep"ulcher\, Sepulchre \Sep"ulchre\, n. [OE. sepulcre, OF. sepulcre, F. s[82]pulcre, fr. L. sepulcrum, sepulchrum, fr. sepelire to bury.] The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb. The stony entrance of this sepulcher. --Shak. The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher. --John xx. 1. {A whited sepulcher}. Fig.: Any person who is fair outwardly but unclean or vile within. See --Matt. xxiii. 27.
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Sepulcher \Sep"ulcher\, Sepulchre \Sep"ulchre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sepulchered}or {Sepulchred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sepulchering}or {Sepulchring}.] To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered. And so sepulchered in such pomp dost lie That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. --Milton.
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Sepulcher \Sep"ulcher\, Sepulchre \Sep"ulchre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sepulchered}or {Sepulchred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sepulchering}or {Sepulchring}.] To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered. And so sepulchered in such pomp dost lie That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. --Milton.
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Sepulcher \Sep"ulcher\, Sepulchre \Sep"ulchre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sepulchered}or {Sepulchred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sepulchering}or {Sepulchring}.] To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered. And so sepulchered in such pomp dost lie That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. --Milton.
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Shapeless \Shape"less\, a. Destitute of shape or regular form; wanting symmetry of dimensions; misshapen; -- opposed to {shapely}. -- {Shape"less*ness}, n. The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice. --Pope.
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Shapeless \Shape"less\, a. Destitute of shape or regular form; wanting symmetry of dimensions; misshapen; -- opposed to {shapely}. -- {Shape"less*ness}, n. The shapeless rock, or hanging precipice. --Pope.
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Shapely \Shape"ly\, a. [Compar. {Shapelier}; superl. {Shapeliest}.] 1. Well-formed; having a regular shape; comely; symmetrical. --T. Warton. Waste sandy valleys, once perplexed with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn. --Pope. Where the shapely column stood. --Couper. 2. Fit; suitable. [Obs.] Shaply for to be an alderman. --Chaucer.
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Sheep \Sheep\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. shep, scheep, AS. sc[?]p, sce[a0]p; akin to OFries. sk[?]p, LG. & D. schaap, G. schaf, OHG. sc[be]f, Skr. ch[be]ga. [root]295. Cf. {Sheepherd}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus {Ovis}, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia. Note: The domestic sheep ({Ovis aries}) varies much in size, in the length and texture of its wool, the form and size of its horns, the length of its tail, etc. It was domesticated in prehistoric ages, and many distinct breeds have been produced; as the merinos, celebrated for their fine wool; the Cretan sheep, noted for their long horns; the fat-tailed, or Turkish, sheep, remarkable for the size and fatness of the tail, which often has to be supported on trucks; the Southdowns, in which the horns are lacking; and an Asiatic breed which always has four horns. 2. A weak, bashful, silly fellow. --Ainsworth. 3. pl. Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd. {Rocky mountain sheep}.(Zo[94]l.) See {Bighorn}. {Maned sheep}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Aoudad}. {Sheep bot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the sheep botfly. See {Estrus}. {Sheep dog} (Zo[94]l.), a shepherd dog, or collie. {Sheep laurel} (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Kalmia angustifolia}) with deep rose-colored flowers in corymbs. {Sheep pest} (Bot.), an Australian plant ({Ac[91]na ovina}) related to the burnet. The fruit is covered with barbed spines, by which it adheres to the wool of sheep. {Sheep run}, an extensive tract of country where sheep range and graze. {Sheep's beard} (Bot.), a cichoraceous herb ({Urospermum Dalechampii}) of Southern Europe; -- so called from the conspicuous pappus of the achenes. {Sheep's bit} (Bot.), a European herb ({Jasione montana}) having much the appearance of scabious. {Sheep pox} (Med.), a contagious disease of sheep, characterixed by the development of vesicles or pocks upon the skin. {Sheep scabious}. (Bot.) Same as {Sheep's bit}. {Sheep shears}, shears in which the blades form the two ends of a steel bow, by the elasticity of which they open as often as pressed together by the hand in cutting; -- so called because used to cut off the wool of sheep. {Sheep sorrel}. (Bot.), a prerennial herb ({Rumex Acetosella}) growing naturally on poor, dry, gravelly soil. Its leaves have a pleasant acid taste like sorrel. {Sheep's-wool} (Zo[94]l.), the highest grade of Florida commercial sponges ({Spongia equina}, variety {gossypina}). {Sheep tick} (Zo[94]l.), a wingless parasitic insect ({Melophagus ovinus}) belonging to the Diptera. It fixes its proboscis in the skin of the sheep and sucks the blood, leaving a swelling. Called also {sheep pest}, and {sheep louse}. {Sheep walk}, a pasture for sheep; a sheep run. {Wild sheep}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Argali}, {Mouflon}, and {O[94]rial}.
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Sheep \Sheep\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. shep, scheep, AS. sc[?]p, sce[a0]p; akin to OFries. sk[?]p, LG. & D. schaap, G. schaf, OHG. sc[be]f, Skr. ch[be]ga. [root]295. Cf. {Sheepherd}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus {Ovis}, native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia. Note: The domestic sheep ({Ovis aries}) varies much in size, in the length and texture of its wool, the form and size of its horns, the length of its tail, etc. It was domesticated in prehistoric ages, and many distinct breeds have been produced; as the merinos, celebrated for their fine wool; the Cretan sheep, noted for their long horns; the fat-tailed, or Turkish, sheep, remarkable for the size and fatness of the tail, which often has to be supported on trucks; the Southdowns, in which the horns are lacking; and an Asiatic breed which always has four horns. 2. A weak, bashful, silly fellow. --Ainsworth. 3. pl. Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd. {Rocky mountain sheep}.(Zo[94]l.) See {Bighorn}. {Maned sheep}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Aoudad}. {Sheep bot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the sheep botfly. See {Estrus}. {Sheep dog} (Zo[94]l.), a shepherd dog, or collie. {Sheep laurel} (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Kalmia angustifolia}) with deep rose-colored flowers in corymbs. {Sheep pest} (Bot.), an Australian plant ({Ac[91]na ovina}) related to the burnet. The fruit is covered with barbed spines, by which it adheres to the wool of sheep. {Sheep run}, an extensive tract of country where sheep range and graze. {Sheep's beard} (Bot.), a cichoraceous herb ({Urospermum Dalechampii}) of Southern Europe; -- so called from the conspicuous pappus of the achenes. {Sheep's bit} (Bot.), a European herb ({Jasione montana}) having much the appearance of scabious. {Sheep pox} (Med.), a contagious disease of sheep, characterixed by the development of vesicles or pocks upon the skin. {Sheep scabious}. (Bot.) Same as {Sheep's bit}. {Sheep shears}, shears in which the blades form the two ends of a steel bow, by the elasticity of which they open as often as pressed together by the hand in cutting; -- so called because used to cut off the wool of sheep. {Sheep sorrel}. (Bot.), a prerennial herb ({Rumex Acetosella}) growing naturally on poor, dry, gravelly soil. Its leaves have a pleasant acid taste like sorrel. {Sheep's-wool} (Zo[94]l.), the highest grade of Florida commercial sponges ({Spongia equina}, variety {gossypina}). {Sheep tick} (Zo[94]l.), a wingless parasitic insect ({Melophagus ovinus}) belonging to the Diptera. It fixes its proboscis in the skin of the sheep and sucks the blood, leaving a swelling. Called also {sheep pest}, and {sheep louse}. {Sheep walk}, a pasture for sheep; a sheep run. {Wild sheep}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Argali}, {Mouflon}, and {O[94]rial}.
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Shipful \Ship"ful\, n.; pl. {Shipfuls}. As much or as many as a ship will hold; enough to fill a ship.
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Shipless \Ship"less\, a. Destitute of ships. --Gray.
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Shoe \Shoe\, n.; pl. {Shoes}, formerly {Shoon}, now provincial. [OE. sho, scho, AS. sc[?]h, sce[a2]h; akin to OFries. sk[?], OS. sk[?]h, D. schoe, schoen, G. schuh, OHG. scuoh, Icel. sk[?]r, Dan. & Sw. sko, Goth. sk[?]hs; of unknown origin.] 1. A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg. Your hose should be ungartered, . . . yourshoe untied. --Shak. Spare none but such as go in clouted shoon. --Shak. 2. Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use. Specifically: (a) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury. (b) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow. (c) A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill. (d) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion. (e) (Arch.) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building. (f) (Milling.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone. (g) An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill. (h) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter. (i) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile. (j) (Mach.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also {slipper}, and {gib}. Note: Shoe is often used adjectively, or in composition; as, shoe buckle, or shoe-buckle; shoe latchet, or shoe-latchet; shoe leathet, or shoe-leather; shoe string, shoe-string, or shoestring. {Shoe of an anchor}. (Naut.) (a) A small block of wood, convex on the back, with a hole to receive the point of the anchor fluke, -- used to prevent the anchor from tearing the planks of the vessel when raised or lowered. (b) A broad, triangular piece of plank placed upon the fluke to give it a better hold in soft ground. {Shoe block} (Naut.), a block with two sheaves, one above the other, and at right angles to each other. {Shoe bolt}, a bolt with a flaring head, for fastening shoes on sleigh runners. {Shoe pac}, a kind of moccasin. See {Pac}. {Shoe stone}, a sharpening stone used by shoemakers and other workers in leather.
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Shoeblack \Shoe"black`\, n. One who polishes shoes.
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Shoplike \Shop"like`\, a. Suiting a shop; vulgar. --B. Jonson.
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Shopwalker \Shop"walk`er\, n. One who walks about in a shop as an overseer and director. Cf. {Floorwalker}.
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Shovel \Shov"el\, n. [OE. shovele, schovele, AS. scoft, sceoft; akin to D. schoffel, G. schaufel, OHG. sc[?]vala, Dan. skovl, Sw. skofvel, skyffel, and to E. shove. [root]160. See {Shove}, v. t.] An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances. {Shovel hat}, a broad-brimmed hat, turned up at the sides, and projecting in front like a shovel, -- worn by some clergy of the English Church. [Colloq.] {Shovelspur} (Zo[94]l.), a flat, horny process on the tarsus of some toads, -- used in burrowing. {Steam shovel}, a machine with a scoop or scoops, operated by a steam engine, for excavating earth, as in making railway cuttings.
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Shufflecap \Shuf"fle*cap`\, n. A play performed by shaking money in a hat or cap. [R.] --Arbuthnot.
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Sibilous \Sib"i*lous\, a. [L. sibilus.] Having a hissing sound; hissing; sibilant. [R.] --Pennant.
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Sibylist \Sib"yl*ist\, n. One who believes in a sibyl or the sibylline prophecies. --Cudworth.
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Siphilis \Siph"i*lis\, n. (Med.) Syphilis.
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Soboles \Sob"o*les\, n. [L., a short.] (Bot.) (a) A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances. (b) A sucker, as of tree or shrub.
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Zemni \Zem"ni\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The blind mole rat ({Spalax typhlus}), native of Eastern Europe and Asia. Its eyes and ears are rudimentary, and its fur is soft and brownish, more or less tinged with gray. It constructs extensive burrows.
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Slepez \Sle*pez"\, n. [Russ. sliepets'.] (Zo[94]l.) A burrowing rodent ({Spalax typhlus}), native of Russia and Asia Minor. It has the general appearance of a mole, and is destitute of eyes. Called also {mole rat}.
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Spelicans \Spel"i*cans\, n. pl. See {Spilikin}.
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Spelk \Spelk\, n. [AS. spelc, spilc, a little rod by which a thing is kept straight, a splint for binding up broken bones, akin to Icel. spelkur, pl., a splint. Cf. {Spell} a splinter.] A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter. [Prov. Eng.] --Grose.
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Spellken \Spell"ken\, n. A theater. [Slang] --Byron.
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Spilikin \Spil"i*kin\, n. [OD. spelleken a small pin. See {Spill} a splinter.] One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory, bone, or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural ({spilikins}), a game played with such pieces; pushpin. [Written also {spillikin}, {spilliken}.]
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Spilikin \Spil"i*kin\, n. [OD. spelleken a small pin. See {Spill} a splinter.] One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory, bone, or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural ({spilikins}), a game played with such pieces; pushpin. [Written also {spillikin}, {spilliken}.]
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Spilikin \Spil"i*kin\, n. [OD. spelleken a small pin. See {Spill} a splinter.] One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory, bone, or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural ({spilikins}), a game played with such pieces; pushpin. [Written also {spillikin}, {spilliken}.]
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Spilikin \Spil"i*kin\, n. [OD. spelleken a small pin. See {Spill} a splinter.] One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory, bone, or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural ({spilikins}), a game played with such pieces; pushpin. [Written also {spillikin}, {spilliken}.]
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Spillikin \Spil"li*kin\, n. See {Spilikin}.
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Spilikin \Spil"i*kin\, n. [OD. spelleken a small pin. See {Spill} a splinter.] One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory, bone, or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural ({spilikins}), a game played with such pieces; pushpin. [Written also {spillikin}, {spilliken}.]
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Spillikin \Spil"li*kin\, n. See {Spilikin}.
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Skunk \Skunk\, n. [Contr. from the Abenaki (American Indian) seganku.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus {Mephitis} and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense. Note: The common species of the Eastern United States ({Mephitis mephitica}) is black with more or less white on the body and tail. The spotted skunk ({Spilogale putorius}), native of the Southwestern United States and Mexico, is smaller than the common skunk, and is variously marked with black and white. {Skunk bird}, {Skunk blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), the bobolink; -- so called because the male, in the breeding season, is black and white, like a skunk. {Skunk cabbage} (Bot.), an American aroid herb ({Symplocarpus f[oe]tidus}>) having a reddish hornlike spathe in earliest spring, followed by a cluster of large cabbagelike leaves. It exhales a disagreeable odor. Also called {swamp cabbage}. {Skunk porpoise}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Porpoise}.
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{Salt acid} (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. {Salt block}, an apparatus for evaporating brine; a salt factory. --Knight. {Salt bottom}, a flat piece of ground covered with saline efflorescences. [Western U.S.] --Bartlett. {Salt cake} (Chem.), the white caked mass, consisting of sodium sulphate, which is obtained as the product of the first stage in the manufacture of soda, according to Leblanc's process. {Salt fish}. (a) Salted fish, especially cod, haddock, and similar fishes that have been salted and dried for food. (b) A marine fish. {Salt garden}, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of sea water for the production of salt, employing large shallow basins excavated near the seashore. {Salt gauge}, an instrument used to test the strength of brine; a salimeter. {Salt horse}, salted beef. [Slang] {Salt junk}, hard salt beef for use at sea. [Slang] {Salt lick}. See {Lick}, n. {Salt marsh}, grass land subject to the overflow of salt water. {Salt-marsh caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma acr[91]a} which is very destructive to the salt-marsh grasses and to other crops. Called also {woolly bear}. See Illust. under {Moth}, {Pupa}, and {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}. {Salt-marsh fleabane} (Bot.), a strong-scented composite herb ({Pluchea camphorata}) with rayless purplish heads, growing in salt marshes. {Salt-marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), the clapper rail. See under {Rail}. {Salt-marsh terrapin} (Zo[94]l.), the diamond-back. {Salt mine}, a mine where rock salt is obtained. {Salt pan}. (a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also, a shallow basin in the ground where salt water is evaporated by the heat of the sun. (b) pl. Salt works. {Salt pit}, a pit where salt is obtained or made. {Salt rising}, a kind of yeast in which common salt is a principal ingredient. [U.S.] {Salt raker}, one who collects salt in natural salt ponds, or inclosures from the sea. {Salt sedative} (Chem.), boracic acid. [Obs.] {Salt spring}, a spring of salt water. {Salt tree} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Halimodendron argenteum}) growing in the salt plains of the Caspian region and in Siberia. {Salt water}, water impregnated with salt, as that of the ocean and of certain seas and lakes; sometimes, also, tears. Mine eyes are full of tears, I can not see; And yet salt water blinds them not so much But they can see a sort of traitors here. --Shak. {Salt-water sailor}, an ocean mariner. {Salt-water tailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluefish}.
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{White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of wheels, and for other purposes. {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}. {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show the white feather}, under {Feather}, n. {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A. concolor}. {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under {Ruffed}. [Canada] {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}. {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan. {White garnet} (Min.), leucite. {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica}) with greenish-white pale[91]. {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The white ptarmigan. (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.] {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and other plants, and often do much damage. {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under {Squirrel}. {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier. {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which they emit. {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum} ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2. {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak. {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.] {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps. {The White House}. See under {House}. {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba}) having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}. {White iron}. (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron. (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large proportion of combined carbon. {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite. {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry, but blackish after rain. [Eng.] {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting. {White lead}. (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for other purposes; ceruse. (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite. {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and salt. {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}. {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under {Rattlesnake}. {White lie}. See under {Lie}. {White light}. (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the same proportion as in the light coming directly from the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1. (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white illumination for signals, etc. {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for whitewashing; whitewash. {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line, on a printed page; a blank line. {White meat}. (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry. (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc. Driving their cattle continually with them, and feeding only upon their milk and white meats. --Spenser. {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew. {White metal}. (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia, etc. (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a certain stage in copper smelting. {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common clothes moth. (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}. {White money}, silver money. {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common mouse. {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema}) ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; -- called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}. {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its head, which give the appearance of a hood. {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}. {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The snowy owl. (b) The barn owl. {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan. {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana}) valued as a food fish. (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum. (c) Any California surf fish. {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}. {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele. {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}. {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise. [Obs.] A pistol charged with white powder. --Beau. & Fl. {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}. {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage. (b) An albino rabbit. {White rent}, (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; -- opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3. (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.] {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}. (b) The umhofo. {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral purity; as, the White-ribbon Army. {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope. {White rot}. (Bot.) (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease called rot in sheep. (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}. {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter fat}. {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon. {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt. {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii}) injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under {Orange}. {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See under {Shark}. {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under {Softening}. {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1. {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on the surface of the sea. {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of England. --Macaulay. {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork. {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose} (d) . {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common sucker. (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}). {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee, produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind. {White tombac}. See {Tombac}. {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United States. {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White vitriol}, under {Vitriol}. {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail. {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching. {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga. {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew. {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color, bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; -- distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer. {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather. {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and {Thibetan wolf}. (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf. {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called from the color of the under parts.
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Woolly \Wool"ly\, a. 1. Consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly fleece. 2. Resembling wool; of the nature of wool. [bd]My fleece of woolly hair.[b8] --Shak. 3. Clothed with wool. [bd]Woolly breeders.[b8] --Shak. 4. (Bot.) Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling wool. {Woolly bear} (Zo[94]l.), the hairy larva of several species of bombycid moths. The most common species in the United States are the salt-marsh caterpillar (see under {Salt}), the black and red woolly bear, or larva of the Isabella moth (see Illust., under {Isabella Moth}), and the yellow woolly bear, or larva of the American ermine moth ({Spilosoma Virginica}). {Woolly butt} (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Eucalyptus longifolia}), so named because of its fibrous bark. {Woolly louse} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse ({Schizoneura, [or] Erisoma, lanigera}) which is often very injurious to the apple tree. It is covered with a dense coat of white filaments somewhat resembling fine wool or cotton. In exists in two forms, one of which infests the roots, the other the branches. See Illust. under {Blight}. {Woolly macaco} (Zo[94]l.), the mongoose lemur. {Woolly maki} (Zo[94]l.), a long-tailed lemur ({Indris laniger}) native of Madagascar, having fur somewhat like wool; -- called also {avahi}, and {woolly lemur}. {Woolly monkey} (Zo[94]l.), any South American monkey of the genus {Lagothrix}, as the caparro. {Woolly rhinoceros} (Paleon.), an extinct rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros tichorhinus}) which inhabited the arctic regions, and was covered with a dense coat of woolly hair. It has been found frozen in the ice of Siberia, with the flesh and hair well preserved.
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Splash \Splash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Splashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Splashing}.] [Akin to plash.] 1. To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash. 2. To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.
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Splash \Splash\, v. i. To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter.
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Splash \Splash\, n. 1. Water, or water and dirt, thrown upon anything, or thrown from a puddle or the like; also, a spot or daub, as of matter which wets or disfigures. 2. A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.
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Splashboard \Splash"board`\, n. A guard in the front part of vehicle, to prevent splashing by a mud or water from the horse's heels; -- in the United States commonly called dashboard.
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Dashboard \Dash"board`\ (d[acr]sh"b[omac]rd`), n. 1. A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called {splashboard}. 2. (Naut.) (a) The float of a paddle wheel. (b) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also {sprayboard}.
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Splashboard \Splash"board`\, n. A guard in the front part of vehicle, to prevent splashing by a mud or water from the horse's heels; -- in the United States commonly called dashboard.
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Dashboard \Dash"board`\ (d[acr]sh"b[omac]rd`), n. 1. A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called {splashboard}. 2. (Naut.) (a) The float of a paddle wheel. (b) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also {sprayboard}.
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Splash \Splash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Splashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Splashing}.] [Akin to plash.] 1. To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash. 2. To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.
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Splasher \Splash"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, splashes. 2. One of the guarde over the wheels, as of a carriage, locomotive, etc. --Weale. 3. A guard to keep off splashes from anything.
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Splash \Splash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Splashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Splashing}.] [Akin to plash.] 1. To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash. 2. To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.
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Splashy \Splash"y\, a. Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as be easily splashed about; slushy.
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Spleget \Spleg"et\, n. [Cf. {Pledget}.] (Med.) A cloth dipped in a liquid for washing a sore. --Crabb.
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Spleuchan \Spleu"chan\, n. [Gael. spliuchan.] A pouch, as for tobacco. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
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Splice \Splice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spliced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Splicing}.] [D. splitsen, splitten; akin to G. splissen, Sw. splissa, Dan. splisse, and E. split; -- from the dividing or splitting the ends into separate strands. See {Split}, v. t.] 1. To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope. 2. To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast. 3. To unite in marrige. [Slang] {Splice grafting}.ee under {Grafting}. {To splice the main brace} (Naut.), to give out, or drink, an extra allowance of spirits on occasion of special exposure to wet or cold, or to severe fatigue; hence, to take a dram.
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Splice \Splice\, n. A junction or joining made by splicing.
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Splice \Splice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spliced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Splicing}.] [D. splitsen, splitten; akin to G. splissen, Sw. splissa, Dan. splisse, and E. split; -- from the dividing or splitting the ends into separate strands. See {Split}, v. t.] 1. To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope. 2. To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast. 3. To unite in marrige. [Slang] {Splice grafting}.ee under {Grafting}. {To splice the main brace} (Naut.), to give out, or drink, an extra allowance of spirits on occasion of special exposure to wet or cold, or to severe fatigue; hence, to take a dram.
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Grafting \Graft"ing\ n. 1. (Hort.) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts. 2. (Naut.) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc. 3. (Surg.) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty. 4. (Carp.) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another. {Cleft grafting} (Hort.) a method of grafting in which the scion is placed in a cleft or slit in the stock or stump made by sawing off a branch, usually in such a manaer that its bark evenly joins that of the stock. {Crown, [or] Rind, grafting}, a method of grafting which the alburnum and inner bark are separated, and between them is inserted the lower end of the scion cut slantwise. {Saddle grafting}, a mode of grafting in which a deep cleft is made in the end of the scion by two sloping cuts, and the end of the stock is made wedge-shaped to fit the cleft in the scion, which is placed upon it saddlewise. {Side grafting}, a mode of grafting in which the scion, cut quite across very obliquely, so as to give it the form of a slender wedge, is thrust down inside of the bark of the stock or stem into which it is inserted, the cut side of the scion being next the wood of the stock. {Skin grafting}. (Surg.) See {Autoplasty.} {Splice grafting} (Hort.), a method of grafting by cutting the ends of the scion and stock completely across and obliquely, in such a manner that the sections are of the same shape, then lapping the ends so that the one cut surface exactly fits the other, and securing them by tying or otherwise. {Whip grafting}, tongue grafting, the same as splice grafting, except that a cleft or slit is made in the end of both scion and stock, in the direction of the grain and in the middle of the sloping surface, forming a kind of tongue, so that when put together, the tongue of each is inserted in the slit of the other. {Grafting scissors}, a surgeon's scissors, used in rhinoplastic operations, etc. {Grafting tool}. (a) Any tool used in grafting. (b) A very strong curved spade used in digging canals. {Grafting wax}, a composition of rosin, beeswax tallow, etc., used in binding up the wounds of newly grafted trees.
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Splice \Splice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spliced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Splicing}.] [D. splitsen, splitten; akin to G. splissen, Sw. splissa, Dan. splisse, and E. split; -- from the dividing or splitting the ends into separate strands. See {Split}, v. t.] 1. To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope. 2. To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast. 3. To unite in marrige. [Slang] {Splice grafting}.ee under {Grafting}. {To splice the main brace} (Naut.), to give out, or drink, an extra allowance of spirits on occasion of special exposure to wet or cold, or to severe fatigue; hence, to take a dram.
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Splice \Splice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spliced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Splicing}.] [D. splitsen, splitten; akin to G. splissen, Sw. splissa, Dan. splisse, and E. split; -- from the dividing or splitting the ends into separate strands. See {Split}, v. t.] 1. To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope. 2. To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast. 3. To unite in marrige. [Slang] {Splice grafting}.ee under {Grafting}. {To splice the main brace} (Naut.), to give out, or drink, an extra allowance of spirits on occasion of special exposure to wet or cold, or to severe fatigue; hence, to take a dram.
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Spoilsman \Spoils"man\, n.; pl. {Spoilsmen}. One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public service.
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Spoilsman \Spoils"man\, n.; pl. {Spoilsmen}. One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public service.
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Spoilsmonger \Spoils"mon`ger\, n. One who promises or distributes public offices and their emoluments as the price of services to a party or its leaders.
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Spool \Spool\, n. [OE. spole, OD. spoele, D. spoel; akin to G. spule, OHG. spuola, Dan. & Sw. spole.] A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon. {Spool stand}, an article holding spools of thread, turning on pins, -- used by women at their work.
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Spuilzie \Spuil"zie\, n. See {Spulzie}.
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Spulzie \Spul"zie\, n. [Cf. {Spoil}.] Plunder, or booty. [Written also {spuilzie}, and {spulye}.] --Sir W. Scott.
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Spuilzie \Spuil"zie\, n. See {Spulzie}.
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Spulzie \Spul"zie\, n. [Cf. {Spoil}.] Plunder, or booty. [Written also {spuilzie}, and {spulye}.] --Sir W. Scott.
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Spulzie \Spul"zie\, n. [Cf. {Spoil}.] Plunder, or booty. [Written also {spuilzie}, and {spulye}.] --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Suaviloquent \Suavil"oquent\, a. [L. suaviloquens; suavis sweet + loquens, p. pr. of loqui to speak.] Sweetly speaking; using agreeable speech. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Suaviloquy \Suavil"oquy\, n. [L. suaviloquium.] Sweetness of speech. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sublease \Sub"lease`\, n. (Law) A lease by a tenant or lessee to another person; an underlease. --Bouvier.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sublessee \Sub`les*see"\, n. A holder of a sublease.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Subligation \Sub`li*ga"tion\, n. [L. subligatio, from subligare to bind below; sub under + ligare to bind.] The act of binding underneath. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Subluxation \Sub`lux*a"tion\, n. [Pref. sub + luxation: cf. F. subluxation.] (Surg.) An incomplete or partial dislocation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Subpellucid \Sub`pel*lu"cid\, a. Somewhat pellucid; nearly pellucid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Subpolygonal \Sub`polyg"onal\, a. Approximately polygonal; somewhat or almost polygonal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supplace \Sup*place"\, v. t. To replace. [R.] --J. Bascom.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supple-chapped \Sup"ple-chapped`\, a. Having a limber tongue. [R.] [bd]A supple-chapped flatterer.[b8] --Marston.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supple-jack \Sup"ple-jack`\, n. (Bot.) (a) A climbing shrub ({Berchemia volubilus}) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem. (b) A somewhat similar tropical American plant ({Paullinia Curassavica}); also, a walking stick made from its stem. He was in form and spirit like a supple-jack, . . . yielding, but tough; though he bent, he never broke. --W. Irving. Note: This name is given to various plants of similar habit in different British colonies.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supplicancy \Sup"plicancy\, n. Supplication. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supplicant \Sup"plicant\, a. [L. supplicans, p. pr. See {Supplicate}, and cf. {Suppliant}.] Entreating; asking submissively. --Shak. -- {Sup"plicant*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supplicant \Sup"pli*cant\, n. One who supplicates; a suppliant. The wise supplicant . . . left the event to God. --Rogers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supplicant \Sup"plicant\, a. [L. supplicans, p. pr. See {Supplicate}, and cf. {Suppliant}.] Entreating; asking submissively. --Shak. -- {Sup"plicant*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supplicate \Sup"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supplicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supplicating}.] [L. supplicatus, p. p. of supplicare to supplicate; of uncertain origin, cf. supplex, supplicis, humbly begging or entreating; perhaps fr. sub under + a word akin to placare to reconcile, appease (cf. {Placable}), or fr. sub under + plicare to fold, whence the idea of bending the knees (cf. {Ply}, v. t.). Cf. {Supple}.] 1. To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel. 2. To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate the Deity. Syn: To beseech; entreat; beg; petition; implore; importune; solicit; crave. See {Beseech}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supplicate \Sup"pli*cate\, v. i. To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore. A man can not brook to supplicate or beg. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supplicate \Sup"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supplicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supplicating}.] [L. supplicatus, p. p. of supplicare to supplicate; of uncertain origin, cf. supplex, supplicis, humbly begging or entreating; perhaps fr. sub under + a word akin to placare to reconcile, appease (cf. {Placable}), or fr. sub under + plicare to fold, whence the idea of bending the knees (cf. {Ply}, v. t.). Cf. {Supple}.] 1. To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel. 2. To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate the Deity. Syn: To beseech; entreat; beg; petition; implore; importune; solicit; crave. See {Beseech}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supplicate \Sup"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supplicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supplicating}.] [L. supplicatus, p. p. of supplicare to supplicate; of uncertain origin, cf. supplex, supplicis, humbly begging or entreating; perhaps fr. sub under + a word akin to placare to reconcile, appease (cf. {Placable}), or fr. sub under + plicare to fold, whence the idea of bending the knees (cf. {Ply}, v. t.). Cf. {Supple}.] 1. To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel. 2. To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate the Deity. Syn: To beseech; entreat; beg; petition; implore; importune; solicit; crave. See {Beseech}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supplicatingly \Sup"plica`tingly\, adv. In a supplicating manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supplication \Sup`pli*ca"tion\, n. [F. supplication, L. supplicatio.] 1. The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship. 2. A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty. 3. (Rom. Antiq.) A religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success, and also, in times of distress and danger, to avert the anger of the gods. Syn: Entreaty; petition; solicitation; craving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supplicator \Sup"pli*ca`tor\, n. [L.] One who supplicates; a supplicant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supplicatory \Sup"plicato*ry\, a. [Cf. F. supplicatoire.] Containing supplication; humble; earnest.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supply \Sup*ply"\, n.; pl. {Supplies}. 1. The act of supplying; supplial. --A. Tucker. 2. That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want. Specifically: (a) Auxiliary troops or re[89]nforcements. [bd]My promised supply of horsemen.[b8] --Shak. (b) The food, and the like, which meets the daily necessities of an army or other large body of men; store; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the army was discontented for lack of supplies. (c) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies. (d) A person who fills a place for a time; one who supplies the place of another; a substitute; esp., a clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit. {Stated supply} (Eccl.), a clergyman employed to supply a pulpit for a definite time, but not settled as a pastor. [U.S.] {Supply and demand}. (Polit. Econ.) [bd]Demand means the quantity of a given article which would be taken at a given price. Supply means the quantity of that article which could be had at that price.[b8] --F. A. Walker.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supply \Sup*ply"\, a. Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve. {Supply system} (Zo[94]l.), the system of tubes and canals in sponges by means of which food and water are absorbed. See Illust. of {Spongi[91]}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swivel \Swiv"el\, n. [AS. sw[c6]fan to move quickly, to remove; akin to Icel. sveifla to whirl, shake, sv[c6]fa to ramble, to turn. See {Swoop}, and cf. {Swift} a reel, {Swift}, a.] 1. (Mech.) A piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis. 2. (Mil.) A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; -- called also {swivel gun}. --Wilhelm. {Swivel bridge}, a kind of drawbridge that turns round on a vertical axis; a swing bridge. {Swivel hook}, a hook connected with the iron strap of a pulley block by a swivel joint, for readily taking the turns out of a tackle. {Swivel joint}, a joint, the two pieces composing which turn round, with respect to each other, on a longitudinal pin or axis, as in a chain, to prevent twisting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swivel \Swiv"el\, n. [AS. sw[c6]fan to move quickly, to remove; akin to Icel. sveifla to whirl, shake, sv[c6]fa to ramble, to turn. See {Swoop}, and cf. {Swift} a reel, {Swift}, a.] 1. (Mech.) A piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis. 2. (Mil.) A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; -- called also {swivel gun}. --Wilhelm. {Swivel bridge}, a kind of drawbridge that turns round on a vertical axis; a swing bridge. {Swivel hook}, a hook connected with the iron strap of a pulley block by a swivel joint, for readily taking the turns out of a tackle. {Swivel joint}, a joint, the two pieces composing which turn round, with respect to each other, on a longitudinal pin or axis, as in a chain, to prevent twisting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swivel \Swiv"el\, n. [AS. sw[c6]fan to move quickly, to remove; akin to Icel. sveifla to whirl, shake, sv[c6]fa to ramble, to turn. See {Swoop}, and cf. {Swift} a reel, {Swift}, a.] 1. (Mech.) A piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis. 2. (Mil.) A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; -- called also {swivel gun}. --Wilhelm. {Swivel bridge}, a kind of drawbridge that turns round on a vertical axis; a swing bridge. {Swivel hook}, a hook connected with the iron strap of a pulley block by a swivel joint, for readily taking the turns out of a tackle. {Swivel joint}, a joint, the two pieces composing which turn round, with respect to each other, on a longitudinal pin or axis, as in a chain, to prevent twisting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Syphilis \Syph"i*lis\, n. [NL., fr. Syphilus, the name of a shepherd in the Latin poem of Fracastoro, [bd]Syphilus, sive Morbus Gallicus,[b8] which was published in 1530; Gr. [?] hog, swine + [?] dear, loving. The term was introduced into nosology by Sauvages.] (Med.) The pox, or venereal disease; a chronic, specific, infectious disease, usually communicated by sexual intercourse or by hereditary transmission, and occurring in three stages known as primary, secondary, and tertiary syphilis. See under {Primary}, {Secondary}, and {Tertiary}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Syphilization \Syph`iliza"tion\, n. (Med.) Inoculation with the syphilitic virus, especially when employed as a preventive measure, like vaccination.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Syphilize \Syph"i*lize\, v. t. (Med.) To inoculate with syphilis.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sabillasville, MD Zip code(s): 21780
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Sapelo Island, GA Zip code(s): 31327
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Shapleigh, ME Zip code(s): 04076
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Sibley County, MN (county, FIPS 143) Location: 44.57912 N, 94.22938 W Population (1990): 14366 (5625 housing units) Area: 1524.6 sq km (land), 30.4 sq km (water)
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Soap Lake, WA (city, FIPS 65345) Location: 47.38832 N, 119.48971 W Population (1990): 1149 (806 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98851
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Suffolk, VA (city, FIPS 800) Location: 36.70329 N, 76.63815 W Population (1990): 52141 (20011 housing units) Area: 1036.2 sq km (land), 75.1 sq km (water) Suffolk, VA (city, FIPS 76432) Location: 36.70329 N, 76.63815 W Population (1990): 52141 (20011 housing units) Area: 1036.2 sq km (land), 75.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 23432, 23433, 23434, 23435, 23436, 23437, 23438
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Suffolk County, MA (county, FIPS 25) Location: 42.35707 N, 70.97818 W Population (1990): 663906 (289276 housing units) Area: 151.6 sq km (land), 159.4 sq km (water) Suffolk County, NY (county, FIPS 103) Location: 40.94054 N, 72.67904 W Population (1990): 1321864 (481317 housing units) Area: 2360.1 sq km (land), 3787.0 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
splash screen n. [Mac users] Syn. {banner}, sense 3.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SPLash! 1. Software Research Northwest, 1987. Compiler for SPL[3]. 2. Systems Programming LAnguage for Software Hackers. Mentioned in TeX for the Impatient, Paul W. Abrahams, A-W 1990.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
splash screen An initial screen displayed by interactive software, usually containing a logo, version information, author credits and/or a {copyright} notice. The term originated among {Macintosh} users and spread, the synonym {banner} was once also used. [{Jargon File}] (1998-04-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SPLX Specification Language for Parallel cross-product of processes and sequential modules. ["Parallel Module Specification on SPLX", C.F. Nourani, SIGPLAN Notices 27(1):114-115, Jan 1992]. (1997-09-26)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Sepulchre first mentioned as purchased by Abraham for Sarah from Ephron the Hittite (Gen. 23:20). This was the "cave of the field of Machpelah," where also Abraham and Rebekah and Jacob and Leah were burried (79:29-32). In Acts 7:16 it is said that Jacob was "laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem." It has been proposed, as a mode of reconciling the apparent discrepancy between this verse and Gen. 23:20, to read Acts 7:16 thus: "And they [i.e., our fathers] were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor [the son] of Sychem." In this way the purchase made by Abraham is not to be confounded with the purchase made by Jacob subsequently in the same district. Of this purchase by Abraham there is no direct record in the Old Testament. (See {TOMB}.)