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   saber saw
         n 1: a portable power saw with a reciprocating blade; can be
               used with a variety of blades depending on the application
               and kind of cut; generally have a plate that rides on the
               surface that is being cut [syn: {saber saw}, {jigsaw},
               {reciprocating saw}]

English Dictionary: supersonic by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
saporous
adj
  1. full of flavor [syn: flavorful, flavourful, flavorous, flavourous, flavorsome, flavoursome, sapid, saporous]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
saprozoic
adj
  1. (of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter
    Synonym(s): saprophagous, saprozoic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scabrous
adj
  1. rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf [syn: lepidote, leprose, scabrous, scaly, scurfy]
  2. dealing with salacious or indecent material; "a scabrous novel"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
schipperke
n
  1. breed of small stocky black dogs originally used as watchdogs on boats in the Netherlands and Belgium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sea breeze
n
  1. a cooling breeze from the sea (during the daytime)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sea purse
n
  1. the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore
    Synonym(s): undertow, sea puss, sea-puss, sea purse, sea-purse, sea-poose
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sea-purse
n
  1. the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore
    Synonym(s): undertow, sea puss, sea-puss, sea purse, sea-purse, sea-poose
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Seaborg
n
  1. United States chemist who was one of the discoverers of plutonium (1912-1999)
    Synonym(s): Seaborg, Glenn T. Seaborg, Glenn Theodore Seaborg
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seaborgium
n
  1. a transuranic element [syn: seaborgium, Sg, {element 106}, atomic number 106]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seborrheic dermatitis
n
  1. a chronic skin disease associated with seborrhea and greasy scales on the scalp or eyelids or other parts of the skin
    Synonym(s): seborrheic dermatitis, seborrheic eczema
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seborrheic eczema
n
  1. a chronic skin disease associated with seborrhea and greasy scales on the scalp or eyelids or other parts of the skin
    Synonym(s): seborrheic dermatitis, seborrheic eczema
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seborrheic keratosis
n
  1. a skin condition characterized by circumscribed wartlike lesions that can be itchy and covered with a greasy crust
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
severe acute respiratory syndrome
n
  1. a respiratory disease of unknown etiology that apparently originated in mainland China in 2003; characterized by fever and coughing or difficulty breathing or hypoxia; can be fatal
    Synonym(s): severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
severe combined immunodeficiency
n
  1. a congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes; children with it are susceptible to infectious disease; if untreated it is lethal within the first year or two of life
    Synonym(s): severe combined immunodeficiency, severe combined immunodeficiency disease, SCID
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
severe combined immunodeficiency disease
n
  1. a congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes; children with it are susceptible to infectious disease; if untreated it is lethal within the first year or two of life
    Synonym(s): severe combined immunodeficiency, severe combined immunodeficiency disease, SCID
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Severo Ochoa
n
  1. United States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (1905-1993)
    Synonym(s): Ochoa, Severo Ochoa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sforzando
n
  1. an accented chord
  2. (music) a notation written above a note and indicating that it is to be played with a strong initial attack
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sheep frog
n
  1. mostly of Central America
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ship broker
n
  1. an agent for the ship owner; obtains cargo and may arrange for its loading or discharge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ship-breaker
n
  1. a contractor who buys old ships and breaks them up for scrap
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shipwreck
n
  1. a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
  2. an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance"
  3. an accident that destroys a ship at sea
    Synonym(s): shipwreck, wreck
v
  1. ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career"
  2. suffer failure, as in some enterprise
  3. cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"
  4. destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shipwreck survivor
n
  1. a shipwrecked person [syn: castaway, {shipwreck survivor}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shipwright
n
  1. a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels [syn: shipwright, shipbuilder, ship builder]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shy person
n
  1. someone who shrinks from familiarity with others [syn: {shy person}, shrinking violet]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ski parka
n
  1. a parka to be worn while skiing [syn: ski parka, {ski jacket}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
soap-rock
n
  1. a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments
    Synonym(s): soapstone, soaprock, soap-rock, steatite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
soaprock
n
  1. a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments
    Synonym(s): soapstone, soaprock, soap-rock, steatite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sobersided
adj
  1. completely lacking in humor or lightness of touch; "choreography that was sobersided and sententious"; "a play with a sobersided social message"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sobersides
n
  1. a serious and sedate individual
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sobriquet
n
  1. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim"
    Synonym(s): nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, byname
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sophora japonica
n
  1. handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan
    Synonym(s): Japanese pagoda tree, Chinese scholartree, Chinese scholar tree, Sophora japonica, Sophora sinensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sophora secundiflora
n
  1. shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans
    Synonym(s): mescal bean, coral bean, frijolito, frijolillo, Sophora secundiflora
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sophora sinensis
n
  1. handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan
    Synonym(s): Japanese pagoda tree, Chinese scholartree, Chinese scholar tree, Sophora japonica, Sophora sinensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
soubriquet
n
  1. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim"
    Synonym(s): nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, byname
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sovereign
adj
  1. (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state"
    Synonym(s): autonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereign
  2. greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme tribunal"
    Synonym(s): sovereign, supreme
n
  1. a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
    Synonym(s): sovereign, crowned head, monarch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sovereign immunity
n
  1. an exemption that precludes bringing a suit against the sovereign government without the government's consent; "the doctrine of sovereign immunity originated with the maxim that the king can do no wrong"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sovereignty
n
  1. government free from external control
  2. royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
    Synonym(s): reign, sovereignty
  3. the authority of a state to govern another state
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sparaxis
n
  1. deciduous perennial herbs of South Africa [syn: Sparaxis, genus Sparaxis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sparaxis tricolor
n
  1. a showy often-cultivated plant with tawny yellow often purple-spotted flowers
    Synonym(s): wandflower, Sparaxis tricolor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sparganiaceae
n
  1. coextensive with the genus Sparganium [syn: Sparganiaceae, family Sparganiaceae, bur-reed family]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sparganium
n
  1. type and sole genus of Sparganiaceae; marsh or aquatic herbs of temperate regions
    Synonym(s): Sparganium, genus Sparganium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sparge
n
  1. the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt"
    Synonym(s): sprinkle, sprinkling, sparge
v
  1. agitate by introducing air or compressed gas; "sparge the water"
  2. scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn"
    Synonym(s): sprinkle, sparge, besprinkle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sparge pipe
n
  1. a horizontal pipe having fine holes drilled throughout its length so as to deliver a spray of water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spark
n
  1. a momentary flash of light [syn: flicker, spark, glint]
  2. merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"
    Synonym(s): sparkle, twinkle, spark, light
  3. electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
    Synonym(s): discharge, spark, arc, electric arc, electric discharge
  4. a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger; "a spark of interest"; "a spark of decency"
  5. Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)
    Synonym(s): Spark, Muriel Spark, Dame Muriel Spark, Muriel Sarah Spark
  6. a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction
v
  1. put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
    Synonym(s): trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
  2. emit or produce sparks; "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark"
    Synonym(s): spark, sparkle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spark advance
n
  1. the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
    Synonym(s): spark advance, lead
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spark arrester
n
  1. electrical device to reduce sparking when electrical contacts are opened or closed
  2. a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack
    Synonym(s): spark arrester, sparker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spark chamber
n
  1. an instrument that detects ionizing radiation from elementary particles
    Synonym(s): spark chamber, spark counter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spark coil
n
  1. an induction coil used to create sparks
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spark counter
n
  1. an instrument that detects ionizing radiation from elementary particles
    Synonym(s): spark chamber, spark counter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spark gap
n
  1. a component of an ignition system; consists of two shaped electrodes and the space between them
  2. the gap between two high-potential terminals
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spark lever
n
  1. (on early automobiles) a lever mounted on the steering column and used to adjust the timing of the ignition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spark off
v
  1. put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
    Synonym(s): trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spark plug
n
  1. electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
    Synonym(s): spark plug, sparking plug, plug
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spark transmitter
n
  1. an early radio transmitter using a discharge across a spark gap as the source of its power
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sparker
n
  1. a wire net to stop sparks from an open fireplace or smokestack
    Synonym(s): spark arrester, sparker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sparking plug
n
  1. electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
    Synonym(s): spark plug, sparking plug, plug
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sparkle
n
  1. merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"
    Synonym(s): sparkle, twinkle, spark, light
  2. the occurrence of a small flash or spark
    Synonym(s): glitter, sparkle, coruscation
  3. the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
    Synonym(s): glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle
v
  1. reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"
    Synonym(s): sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
  2. be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"
    Synonym(s): sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
  3. emit or produce sparks; "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark"
    Synonym(s): spark, sparkle
  4. become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water"
    Synonym(s): foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle, form bubbles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sparkle metal
n
  1. matte that has 74 percent copper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sparkleberry
n
  1. shrub or small tree of eastern United States having black inedible berries
    Synonym(s): farkleberry, sparkleberry, Vaccinium arboreum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sparkler
n
  1. diamonds; "look at the ice on that dame!" [syn: ice, sparkler]
  2. a firework that burns slowly and throws out a shower of sparks
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sparkling
adj
  1. shining with brilliant points of light like stars; "sparkling snow"; "sparkling eyes"
  2. used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide; "sparkling wines"; "sparkling water"
    Synonym(s): sparkling, effervescent
    Antonym(s): noneffervescent, still
n
  1. a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash [syn: twinkle, scintillation, sparkling]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sparkling water
n
  1. effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide
    Synonym(s): soda water, carbonated water, club soda, seltzer, sparkling water
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sparkling wine
n
  1. effervescent wine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sparkly
adj
  1. marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders"
    Synonym(s): bubbling, effervescent, frothy, scintillating, sparkly
  2. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term"
    Synonym(s): aglitter(p), coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sparkplug wrench
n
  1. a wrench for removing or tightening spark plugs into the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sparrow hawk
n
  1. small North American falcon [syn: sparrow hawk, {American kestrel}, kestrel, Falco sparverius]
  2. small hawk of Eurasia and northern Africa
    Synonym(s): sparrow hawk, Accipiter nisus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sparrow-sized
adj
  1. having the approximate size of a sparrow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sparse
adj
  1. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse" [syn: sparse, thin]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sparsely
adv
  1. in a sparse manner; "sparsely inhabited"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sparseness
n
  1. the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
    Synonym(s): sparseness, spareness, sparsity, thinness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sparsity
n
  1. the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
    Synonym(s): sparseness, spareness, sparsity, thinness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spear carrier
n
  1. a minor actor in crowd scenes [syn: supernumerary, {spear carrier}, extra]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Spergula
n
  1. small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurry [syn: Spergula, genus Spergula]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Spergula arvensis
n
  1. small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers
    Synonym(s): corn spurry, corn spurrey, Spergula arvensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Spergularia
n
  1. chiefly maritime Eurasian herbs: sand spurry; sea spurry
    Synonym(s): Spergularia, genus Spergularia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Spergularia rubra
n
  1. prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers; widespread throughout Europe and Asia on sand dunes and heath and coastal cliffs; naturalized in eastern North America
    Synonym(s): sand spurry, sea spurry, Spergularia rubra
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sphaeriaceae
n
  1. parasitic fungi having globose and sometimes necked or beaked perithecia
    Synonym(s): Sphaeriaceae, family Sphaeriaceae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sphaerocarpaceae
n
  1. liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes; sometimes placed in the order Jungermanniales
    Synonym(s): Sphaerocarpaceae, family Sphaerocarpaceae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sphaerocarpales
n
  1. small order sometimes included in the order Jungermanniales
    Synonym(s): Sphaerocarpales, order Sphaerocarpales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sphaerocarpos
n
  1. type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many- lobed usually orbicular thallus
    Synonym(s): Sphaerocarpus, genus Sphaerocarpus, Sphaerocarpos, genus Sphaerocarpos
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sphaerocarpus
n
  1. type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many- lobed usually orbicular thallus
    Synonym(s): Sphaerocarpus, genus Sphaerocarpus, Sphaerocarpos, genus Sphaerocarpos
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spheric
adj
  1. having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey
    Synonym(s): ball- shaped, global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spherical
adj
  1. of or relating to spheres or resembling a sphere; "spherical geometry"
    Antonym(s): nonspherical
  2. having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey
    Synonym(s): ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spherical aberration
n
  1. an optical aberration resulting in a distorted image
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spherical angle
n
  1. an angle formed at the intersection of the arcs of two great circles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spherical geometry
n
  1. (mathematics) the geometry of figures on the surface of a sphere
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spherical polygon
n
  1. a figure on the surface of a sphere bounded by arcs of 3 or more great circles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spherical triangle
n
  1. a spherical polygon formed by the arcs of 3 great circles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spherical trigonometry
n
  1. (mathematics) the trigonometry of spherical triangles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spherically
adv
  1. in a spherical manner; "spherically shaped"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sphericalness
n
  1. the roundness of a 3-dimensional object [syn: sphericity, sphericalness, globosity, globularness, rotundity, rotundness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sphericity
n
  1. the roundness of a 3-dimensional object [syn: sphericity, sphericalness, globosity, globularness, rotundity, rotundness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spherocyte
n
  1. an abnormal spherical red blood cell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spiracle
n
  1. a breathing orifice
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Spirochaeta
n
  1. the type genus of the family Spirochaetaceae; a bacterium that is flexible, undulating, and chiefly aquatic
    Synonym(s): Spirochaeta, genus Spirochaeta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Spirochaetaceae
n
  1. large coarsely spiral bacteria; free-living in fresh or salt water or commensal in bodies of oysters
    Synonym(s): Spirochaetaceae, family Spirochaetaceae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Spirochaetales
n
  1. higher bacteria; slender spiral rodlike forms [syn: Spirochaetales, order Spirochaetales]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spirochaete
n
  1. parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals
    Synonym(s): spirochete, spirochaete
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spirochete
n
  1. parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals
    Synonym(s): spirochete, spirochaete
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spirogram
n
  1. a recording of breathing made with a spirograph
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spirograph
n
  1. a measuring instrument for recording the depth and rapidity of breathing movements
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spirogyra
n
  1. freshwater algae consisting of minute filaments containing spiral chlorophyll bands
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spore case
n
  1. organ containing or producing spores [syn: sporangium, spore case, spore sac]
  2. specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia
    Synonym(s): sporocarp, spore case
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spore sac
n
  1. organ containing or producing spores [syn: sporangium, spore case, spore sac]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Spork
n
  1. trademark for a plastic eating utensil that has both tines and a bowl like a spoon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sporocarp
n
  1. specialized leaf branch in certain aquatic ferns that encloses the sori or clusters of sporangia
    Synonym(s): sporocarp, spore case
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sporogenous
adj
  1. producing spores or reproducing by means of spores
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sporozoa
n
  1. strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites
    Synonym(s): Sporozoa, class Sporozoa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sporozoan
n
  1. parasitic spore-forming protozoan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sporozoite
n
  1. one of the minute active bodies into which sporozoans divide in one stage of their life cycle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sprachgefuhl
n
  1. an intuitive feeling for the natural idiom of a language; "Dubyuh has no sprachgefuhl"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sprag
n
  1. a chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline
  2. a wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine
    Synonym(s): pitprop, sprag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Spraguea
n
  1. small genus of usually perennial herbs having deep woody taproots and flower heads of umbels or cymes
    Synonym(s): Spraguea, genus Spraguea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Spraguea umbellatum
n
  1. pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America
    Synonym(s): pussy-paw, pussy- paws, pussy's-paw, Spraguea umbellatum, Calyptridium umbellatum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spray can
n
  1. a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)
    Synonym(s): aerosol, aerosol container, aerosol can, aerosol bomb, spray can
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spray gun
n
  1. an applicator resembling a gun for applying liquid substances (as paint) in the form of a spray
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sprechgesang
n
  1. a style of dramatic vocalization between singing and speaking
    Synonym(s): sprechgesang, sprechstimme
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sprechstimme
n
  1. a style of dramatic vocalization between singing and speaking
    Synonym(s): sprechgesang, sprechstimme
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spree killer
n
  1. a serial killer whose murders occur within a brief period of time
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sprig
n
  1. a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
    Synonym(s): branchlet, twig, sprig
  2. an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sprig tail
n
  1. large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America
    Synonym(s): sharp-tailed grouse, sprigtail, sprig tail, Pedioecetes phasianellus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sprigged
adj
  1. decorated with designs of sprigs; "sprigged muslin"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sprigger
n
  1. a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books
    Synonym(s): stripper, stemmer, sprigger
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sprightliness
n
  1. animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"
    Synonym(s): liveliness, life, spirit, sprightliness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sprightly
adj
  1. full of spirit and vitality; "a sprightly young girl"; "a sprightly dance"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sprigtail
n
  1. large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America
    Synonym(s): sharp-tailed grouse, sprigtail, sprig tail, Pedioecetes phasianellus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sprocket
n
  1. roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through
  2. thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain
    Synonym(s): sprocket, sprocket wheel
  3. tooth on the rim of gear wheel
    Synonym(s): cog, sprocket
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sprocket wheel
n
  1. thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain [syn: sprocket, sprocket wheel]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sprog
n
  1. a new military recruit
  2. a child
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spruce
adj
  1. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
    Synonym(s): dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce
n
  1. light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
  2. any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
v
  1. make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"
    Synonym(s): spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up
  2. dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party"
    Synonym(s): spruce up, spruce, slick up, smarten up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spruce bark beetle
n
  1. small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree; "the spruce bark beetle is the major tree-killing insect pest of Alaska spruce forests"
    Synonym(s): spruce bark beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spruce beer
n
  1. a brew made by fermenting molasses and other sugars with the sap of spruce trees (sometimes with malt)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spruce gall aphid
n
  1. a variety of adelgid [syn: spruce gall aphid, {Adelges abietis}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spruce grouse
n
  1. North American grouse that feeds on evergreen buds and needles
    Synonym(s): spruce grouse, Canachites canadensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spruce pine
n
  1. common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood
    Synonym(s): eastern hemlock, Canadian hemlock, spruce pine, Tsuga canadensis
  2. small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood
    Synonym(s): black spruce, Picea mariana, spruce pine
  3. shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares
    Synonym(s): shore pine, lodgepole, lodgepole pine, spruce pine, Pinus contorta
  4. large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood
    Synonym(s): spruce pine, Pinus glabra
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spruce squirrel
n
  1. of northern United States and Canada [syn: {American red squirrel}, spruce squirrel, red squirrel, Sciurus hudsonicus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spruce up
v
  1. make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"
    Synonym(s): spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up
  2. dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party"
    Synonym(s): spruce up, spruce, slick up, smarten up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spruced up
adj
  1. dressed in fancy or formal clothing [syn: dressed(p), dressed-up, dressed to the nines(p), dressed to kill(p), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up, togged up]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sprucely
adv
  1. in a stylish manner; "He was smartly dressed" [syn: smartly, modishly, sprucely]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spruceness
n
  1. the state of being neat and smart and trim [syn: neatness, spruceness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spur gear
n
  1. gear wheels that mesh in the same plane [syn: spur gear, spur wheel]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spurge
n
  1. any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spurge family
n
  1. a family of plants of order Geraniales [syn: Euphorbiaceae, family Euphorbiaceae, spurge family]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spurge laurel
n
  1. bushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowers
    Synonym(s): spurge laurel, wood laurel, Daphne laureola
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spurge nettle
n
  1. a stinging herb of tropical America [syn: spurge nettle, tread-softly, devil nettle, pica-pica, Cnidoscolus urens, Jatropha urens, Jatropha stimulosus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spurious
adj
  1. plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences"
    Synonym(s): specious, spurious
  2. born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman
    Synonym(s): bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spurious
  3. intended to deceive; "a spurious work of art"
    Synonym(s): inauthentic, unauthentic, spurious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spurious correlation
n
  1. a correlation between two variables (e.g., between the number of electric motors in the home and grades at school) that does not result from any direct relation between them (buying electric motors will not raise grades) but from their relation to other variables
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spurious wing
n
  1. tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing
    Synonym(s): bastard wing, alula, spurious wing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spuriously
adv
  1. in a false and spurious manner; "the lawyer argued spuriously that his client knew nothing of the burglary"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spuriousness
n
  1. state of lacking genuineness
    Antonym(s): genuineness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sub rosa
adv
  1. in secret or covertly; "held a meeting sub rosa to avoid general criticism"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sub-rosa
adj
  1. designed and carried out secretly or confidentially; "a sub-rosa report"; "has their under-the-table backing"
    Synonym(s): sub-rosa, under-the-table, behind-the-scenes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
subarachnoid space
n
  1. a space in the meninges beneath the arachnoid membrane and above the pia mater that contains the cerebrospinal fluid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
subarctic
adj
  1. of or relating to latitudes just south of the Arctic Circle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suberic acid
n
  1. a dicarboxylic acid found in cork [syn: suberic acid, octanedioic acid]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
subprogram
n
  1. a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
    Synonym(s): routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure, function
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
subrogate
v
  1. substitute one creditor for another, as in the case where an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident for the insured
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
subrogation
n
  1. (law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
subversion
n
  1. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity; "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence"
    Synonym(s): corruption, subversion
  2. the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government
    Synonym(s): subversion, subversive activity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
subversive
adj
  1. in opposition to a civil authority or government [syn: insurgent, seditious, subversive]
n
  1. a radical supporter of political or social revolution [syn: revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverter]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
subversive activity
n
  1. the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government
    Synonym(s): subversion, subversive activity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
subversiveness
n
  1. disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior [syn: treason, subversiveness, traitorousness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suffragan
n
  1. an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese [syn: suffragan, suffragan bishop]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suffragan bishop
n
  1. an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese [syn: suffragan, suffragan bishop]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suffrage
n
  1. a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920"
    Synonym(s): right to vote, vote, suffrage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suffragette
n
  1. a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suffragism
n
  1. the belief that the right to vote should be extended (as to women)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suffragist
n
  1. an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
super acid
n
  1. street names for ketamine [syn: K, jet, super acid, special K, honey oil, green, cat valium, super C]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
super C
n
  1. street names for ketamine [syn: K, jet, super acid, special K, honey oil, green, cat valium, super C]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supercargo
n
  1. an officer on a merchant ship in charge of the cargo and its sale and purchase
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supercede
v
  1. take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
    Synonym(s): supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supercharge
v
  1. increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit"
    Synonym(s): boost, advance, supercharge
  2. increase the pressure on a gas or liquid
    Synonym(s): supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supercharged
adj
  1. (of e.g. an engine) having the power increased by fitting with a supercharger
  2. fraught with great emotion; "an atmosphere charged with excitement"; "an emotionally charged speech"
    Synonym(s): charged, supercharged
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supercharger
n
  1. compressor that forces increased oxygen into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superciliary arch
n
  1. a ridge on the frontal bone above the eye socket [syn: supraorbital ridge, supraorbital torus, superciliary ridge, superciliary arch]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superciliary ridge
n
  1. a ridge on the frontal bone above the eye socket [syn: supraorbital ridge, supraorbital torus, superciliary ridge, superciliary arch]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supercilious
adj
  1. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
    Synonym(s): disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering
  2. expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one"
    Synonym(s): supercilious, sneering, snide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superciliously
adv
  1. with a sneer; in an uncomplimentary sneering manner; "`I don't believe in these customs,' he said sneeringly"
    Synonym(s): sneeringly, superciliously, snidely
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superciliousness
n
  1. the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior
    Synonym(s): condescension, superciliousness, disdainfulness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supercilium
n
  1. the arch of hair above each eye [syn: eyebrow, brow, supercilium]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superclass
n
  1. (biology) a taxonomic class below a phylum and above a class
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superclass Agnatha
n
  1. superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms
    Synonym(s): Agnatha, superclass Agnatha
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superclass Chelicerata
n
  1. spiders; scorpions; horseshoe crabs [syn: Chelicerata, superclass Chelicerata]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superclass Gnathostomata
n
  1. comprising all vertebrates with upper and lower jaws [syn: Gnathostomata, superclass Gnathostomata]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superclass Myriapoda
n
  1. used in some classifications to encompass the millipedes (Diplopoda) and centipedes (Chilopoda); formerly a large taxon including also the Pauropoda and Symphyla; the term Myriapoda now usually used synonymously with Diplopoda and limited to the millipedes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supercomputer
n
  1. a mainframe computer that is one of the most powerful available at a given time
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superconducting supercollider
n
  1. a collider that operates at very low temperatures
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superconductivity
n
  1. the disappearance of electrical resistance at very low temperatures
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supercritical
adj
  1. (especially of fissionable material) able to sustain a chain reaction in such a manner that the rate of reaction increases
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superego
n
  1. (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supergiant
n
  1. an extremely bright star of very large diameter and low density
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supergrass
n
  1. a police informer who implicates many people [syn: supergrass, grass]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superhigh frequency
n
  1. 3 to 30 gigahertz
    Synonym(s): superhigh frequency, SHF
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superhighway
n
  1. a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic [syn: expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway]
  2. an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form
    Synonym(s): superhighway, information superhighway
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superjacent
adj
  1. lying immediately above or on something else [ant: subjacent]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superoxide
n
  1. a metallic oxide containing the univalent anion O2-
  2. the univalent anion O2-; "much of the O2 supporting cellular respiration is reduced to the superoxide anion O2-"
    Synonym(s): superoxide, superoxide anion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superoxide anion
n
  1. the univalent anion O2-; "much of the O2 supporting cellular respiration is reduced to the superoxide anion O2-"
    Synonym(s): superoxide, superoxide anion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superoxide dismutase
n
  1. an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of superoxide into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen; "oxygen free radicals are normally removed in our bodies by the superoxide dismutase enzymes"
    Synonym(s): superoxide dismutase, SOD
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supersaturated
adj
  1. being more concentrated than normally possible and therefore not in equilibrium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superscribe
v
  1. write on the top or outside; "superscribe one's name and address"
  2. write on the outside or upper part of; "superscribe an envelope"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superscript
adj
  1. written or printed above and to one side of another character
    Synonym(s): superscript, superior
    Antonym(s): adscript, inferior, subscript
n
  1. a character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
    Synonym(s): superscript, superior
    Antonym(s): inferior, subscript
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superscription
n
  1. an inscription written above something else
  2. the activity of superscribing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supersede
v
  1. take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
    Synonym(s): supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supersedure
n
  1. act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior
    Synonym(s): supersedure, supersession
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supersensitised
adj
  1. having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen"
    Synonym(s): allergic, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, hypersensitised, sensitized, sensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized, supersensitised
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supersensitive
adj
  1. having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen"
    Synonym(s): allergic, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, hypersensitised, sensitized, sensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized, supersensitised
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supersensitized
adj
  1. having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen"
    Synonym(s): allergic, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, hypersensitised, sensitized, sensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized, supersensitised
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supersession
n
  1. act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior
    Synonym(s): supersedure, supersession
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superslasher
n
  1. large (20-ft) and swift carnivorous dinosaur having an upright slashing claw 15 inches long on each hind foot; early Cretaceous
    Synonym(s): utahraptor, superslasher
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supersonic
adj
  1. (of speed) greater than the speed of sound in a given medium (especially air); "a supersonic bomber flies so fast that it must release its bombs while the target is still over the horizon"
    Antonym(s): sonic, subsonic, transonic
  2. having frequencies above those of audible sound
    Synonym(s): supersonic, ultrasonic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superstar
n
  1. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superstition
n
  1. an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear [syn: superstition, superstitious notion]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superstitious
adj
  1. showing ignorance of the laws of nature and faith in magic or chance; "finally realized that the horror he felt was superstitious in origin"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superstitious notion
n
  1. an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear [syn: superstition, superstitious notion]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superstitiously
adv
  1. in a superstitious manner; "superstitiously he refused to travel on Friday the 13th"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superstrate
n
  1. any stratum or layer superimposed on another [syn: superstrate, superstratum]
  2. the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language
    Synonym(s): superstrate, superstratum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superstratum
n
  1. any stratum or layer superimposed on another [syn: superstrate, superstratum]
  2. the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language
    Synonym(s): superstrate, superstratum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superstring
n
  1. a hypothetical particle that is the elementary particle in a theory of space-time
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
superstructure
n
  1. structure consisting of the part of a ship above the main deck
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supersymmetry
n
  1. (physics) a theory that tries to link the four fundamental forces; "according to supersymmetry each force emerged separately during the big bang"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supper club
n
  1. usually a small luxurious nightclub
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suppress
v
  1. to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
    Synonym(s): suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
  2. come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
    Synonym(s): oppress, suppress, crush
  3. control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
    Synonym(s): inhibit, bottle up, suppress
  4. put out of one's consciousness
    Synonym(s): suppress, repress
  5. reduce the incidence or severity of or stop; "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suppressant
n
  1. a drug that suppresses appetite [syn: suppressant, appetite suppressant]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suppressed
adj
  1. kept from public knowledge by various means; [ant: publicised, publicized]
  2. manifesting or subjected to suppression; "a suppressed press"
  3. held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter"
    Synonym(s): smothered, stifled, strangled, suppressed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suppresser
n
  1. someone who suppresses; "dictators are suppressors of free speech"
    Synonym(s): suppressor, suppresser
  2. a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)
    Synonym(s): suppressor, suppresser, suppressor gene, suppresser gene
  3. an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents
    Synonym(s): suppressor, suppresser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suppresser gene
n
  1. a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)
    Synonym(s): suppressor, suppresser, suppressor gene, suppresser gene
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suppression
n
  1. the failure to develop some part or organ
  2. the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper"
    Synonym(s): suppression, curtailment
  3. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
    Synonym(s): suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling
  4. (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
    Synonym(s): inhibition, suppression
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suppressive
adj
  1. tending to suppress; "the government used suppressive measures to control the protest"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suppressive fire
n
  1. fire on or about a weapon system to degrade its performance below what is needed to fulfill its mission objectives
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suppressor
n
  1. someone who suppresses; "dictators are suppressors of free speech"
    Synonym(s): suppressor, suppresser
  2. a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)
    Synonym(s): suppressor, suppresser, suppressor gene, suppresser gene
  3. an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents
    Synonym(s): suppressor, suppresser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suppressor gene
n
  1. a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)
    Synonym(s): suppressor, suppresser, suppressor gene, suppresser gene
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supra expressionism
n
  1. a movement that tried to go beyond expressionism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
supraocular
adj
  1. located or occurring above the eye socket [syn: supraorbital, supraocular]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suprasegmental
adj
  1. pertaining to a feature of speech that extends over more than a single speech sound
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sverige
n
  1. a Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula
    Synonym(s): Sweden, Kingdom of Sweden, Sverige
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Barracuda \Bar`ra*cu"da\, n. [Native name.]
      Any of several voracious pikelike marine fishes allied to the
      gray mullets, constituting the genus {Sphyr[91]na} and family
      {Sphyr[91]nid[91]}. The great barracuda ({S. barracuda}) of
      the West Indies, Florida, etc., is often six feet or more
      long, and as dangerous as a shark. In Cuba its flesh is
      reputed to be poisonous. {S. Argentea} of the Pacific coast
      and {S. sphyr[91]na} of Europe are smaller species, and are
      used as food.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Saint Martin's summer}, a season of mild, damp weather
            frequently prevailing during late autumn in England and
            the Mediterranean countries; -- so called from St.
            Martin's Festival, occurring on November 11. It
            corresponds to the Indian summer in America. --Shak.
            --Whittier.
  
      {Saint Patrick's cross}. See Illust. 4, under {Cross}.
  
      {Saint Patrick's Day}, the 17th of March, anniversary of the
            death (about 466) of St. Patrick, the apostle and patron
            saint of Ireland.
  
      {Saint Peter's fish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {John Dory}, under
            {John}.
  
      {Saint Peter's-wort} (Bot.), a name of several plants, as
            {Hypericum Ascyron}, {H. quadrangulum}, {Ascyrum stans},
            etc.
  
      {Saint Peter's wreath} (Bot.), a shrubby kind of Spir[91]a
            ({S. hypericifolia}), having long slender branches covered
            with clusters of small white blossoms in spring.
  
      {Saint's bell}. See {Sanctus bell}, under {Sanctus}.
  
      {Saint Vitus's dance} (Med.), chorea; -- so called from the
            supposed cures wrought on intercession to this saint.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   May \May\, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the
      goddess Maia (Gr. [?]), daughter of Atlas and mother of
      Mercury by Jupiter.]
      1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
            --Chaucer.
  
      2. The early part or springtime of life.
  
                     His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. --Shak.
  
      3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from
            their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
  
                     The palm and may make country houses gay. --Nash.
  
                     Plumes that micked the may.               --Tennyson.
  
      4. The merrymaking of May Day. --Tennyson.
  
      {Italian may} (Bot.), a shrubby species of {Spir[91]a} ({S.
            hypericifolia}) with many clusters of small white flowers
            along the slender branches.
  
      {May apple} (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant
            ({Podophyllum peltatum}). Also, the plant itself
            (popularly called {mandrake}), which has two lobed leaves,
            and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The
            root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic.
           
  
      {May beetle}, {May bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous
            species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the
            winged state in May. They belong to {Melolontha}, and
            allied genera. Called also {June beetle}.
  
      {May Day}, the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic
            parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a
            garland, and by dancing about a May pole.
  
      {May dew}, the morning dew of the first day of May, to which
            magical properties were attributed.
  
      {May flower} (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its
            blossom. See {Mayflower}, in the vocabulary.
  
      {May fly} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Ephemera}, and allied
            genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many
            species appear in May. See {Ephemeral fly}, under
            {Ephemeral}.
  
      {May game}, any May-day sport.
  
      {May lady}, the queen or lady of May, in old May games.
  
      {May lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley ({Convallaria
            majalis}).
  
      {May pole}. See {Maypole} in the Vocabulary.
  
      {May queen}, a girl or young woman crowned queen in the
            sports of May Day.
  
      {May thorn}, the hawthorn.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lilac \Li"lac\ (l[imac]"l[ait]k), n. [Also {lilach}.] [Sp.
      lilac, lila, Ar. l[c6]lak, fr. Per. l[c6]laj, l[c6]lanj,
      l[c6]lang, n[c6]laj, n[c6]l, the indigo plant, or from the
      kindred l[c6]lak bluish, the flowers being named from the
      color. Cf. {Anil}.]
      1. (Bot.) A shrub of the genus {Syringa}. There are six
            species, natives of Europe and Asia. {Syringa vulgaris},
            the common lilac, and {S. Persica}, the Persian lilac, are
            frequently cultivated for the fragrance and beauty of
            their purplish or white flowers. In the British colonies
            various other shrubs have this name.
  
      2. A light purplish color like that of the flower of the
            purplish lilac.
  
      {California lilac} (Bot.), a low shrub with dense clusters of
            purplish flowers ({Ceanothus thyrsiflorus}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sap \Sap\, n. [AS. s[91]p; akin to OHG. saf, G. saft, Icel.
      safi; of uncertain origin; possibly akin to L. sapere to
      taste, to be wise, sapa must or new wine boiled thick. Cf.
      {Sapid}, {Sapient}.]
      1. The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending
            and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to
            nutrition.
  
      Note: The ascending is the crude sap, the assimilation of
               which takes place in the leaves, when it becomes the
               elaborated sap suited to the growth of the plant.
  
      2. The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree.
  
      3. A simpleton; a saphead; a milksop. [Slang]
  
      {Sap ball} (Bot.), any large fungus of the genus Polyporus.
            See {Polyporus}.
  
      {Sap green}, a dull light green pigment prepared from the
            juice of the ripe berries of the {Rhamnus catharticus}, or
            buckthorn. It is used especially by water-color artists.
           
  
      {Sap rot}, the dry rot. See under {Dry}.
  
      {Sap sucker} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small
            American woodpeckers of the genus {Sphyrapicus},
            especially the yellow-bellied woodpecker ({S. varius}) of
            the Eastern United States. They are so named because they
            puncture the bark of trees and feed upon the sap. The name
            is loosely applied to other woodpeckers.
  
      {Sap tube} (Bot.), a vessel that conveys sap.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   S8avres blue \S[8a]"vres blue`\
      A very light blue.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   S8avres ware \S[8a]"vres ware`\
      Porcelain manufactured at S[8a]vres, France, ecpecially in
      the national factory situated there.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Saporosity \Sap`o*ros"i*ty\, n.
      The quality of a body by which it excites the sensation of
      taste.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Saporous \Sap"o*rous\, a. [L. saporus that relishes well,
      savory, fr. sapor taste.]
      Having flavor or taste; yielding a taste. [R.] --Bailey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Savioress \Sav"ior*ess\, n.
      A female savior. [Written also saviouress.] [R.] --Bp. Hall.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Savorous \Sa"vor*ous\ (-[ucr]s), a. [Cf. F. savoureux, OF.
      saveros, L. saporosus. Cf. {Saporous}, and see {Savor}, n.]
      Having a savor; savory. [Obs.] --Rom. of R.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scabrous \Sca"brous\, a. [L. scabrosus, fr. scaber rough: cf. F.
      scabreux.]
      1. Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots,
            scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly. --Arbuthnot.
  
      2. Fig.: Harsh; unmusical. [R.]
  
                     His verse is scabrous and hobbling.   --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scabrousness \Sca"brous*ness\, n.
      The quality of being scabrous.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Scupper hose} (Naut.), a pipe of leather, canvas, etc.,
            attached to the mouth of the scuppers, on the outside of a
            vessel, to prevent the water from entering. --Totten.
  
      {Scupper nail} (Naut.), a nail with a very broad head, for
            securing the edge of the hose to the scupper.
  
      {Scupper plug} (Naut.), a plug to stop a scupper. --Totten.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sea breach \Sea" breach`\
      A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea.
      --L'Estrange.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Breeze \Breeze\, n. [F. brise; akin to It. brezza breeze, Sp.
      briza, brisa, a breeze from northeast, Pg. briza northeast
      wind; of uncertain origin; cf. F. bise, Pr. bisa, OHG. bisa,
      north wind, Arm. biz northeast wind.]
      1. A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind.
  
                     Into a gradual calm the breezes sink. --Wordsworth.
  
      2. An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of
            excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery
            produced a breeze. [Colloq.]
  
      {Land breeze}, a wind blowing from the land, generally at
            night.
  
      {Sea breeze}, a breeze or wind blowing, generally in the
            daytime, from the sea.

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   Sea perch \Sea" perch`\ (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The European bass ({Roccus, [or] Labrax, lupus}); --
            called also {sea dace}.
      (b) The cunner.
      (c) The sea bass.
      (d) The name is applied also to other species of fishes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[be]n; akin to OS. &
      OFries. st[c7]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten,
      Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. [?], [?],
      a pebble. [fb]167. Cf. {Steen}.]
      1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular
            mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy
            threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. [bd]Dumb as a
            stone.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for
                     mortar.                                             --Gen. xi. 3.
  
      Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are
               called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the
               finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone
               is much and widely used in the construction of
               buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,
               abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.
  
      2. A precious stone; a gem. [bd]Many a rich stone.[b8]
            --Chaucer. [bd]Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels.[b8]
            --Shak.
  
      3. Something made of stone. Specifically:
            (a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]
  
                           Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will
                           mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives.
                                                                              --Shak.
            (b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray.
  
                           Should some relenting eye Glance on the where
                           our cold relics lie.                     --Pope.
  
      4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the
            kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
  
      5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak.
  
      6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a
            cherry or peach. See Illust. of {Endocarp}.
  
      7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice
            varies with the article weighed. [Eng.]
  
      Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8
               lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5
               lbs.
  
      8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;
            insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
  
                     I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope.
  
      9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of
            stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a
            book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also
            {imposing stone}.
  
      Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other
               words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or
               stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or
               pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or
               stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone
               falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some
               adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed
               by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;
               as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,
               etc.
  
      {Atlantic stone}, ivory. [Obs.] [bd]Citron tables, or
            Atlantic stone.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Bowing stone}. Same as {Cromlech}. --Encyc. Brit.
  
      {Meteoric stones}, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as
            after the explosion of a meteor.
  
      {Philosopher's stone}. See under {Philosopher}.
  
      {Rocking stone}. See {Rocking-stone}.
  
      {Stone age}, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when
            stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for
            weapons and tools; -- called also {flint age}. The {bronze
            age} succeeded to this.
  
      {Stone bass} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine
            food fishes of the genus {Serranus} and allied genera, as
            {Serranus Couchii}, and {Polyprion cernium} of Europe; --
            called also {sea perch}.
  
      {Stone biter} (Zo[94]l.), the wolf fish.
  
      {Stone boiling}, a method of boiling water or milk by
            dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.
            --Tylor.
  
      {Stone borer} (Zo[94]l.), any animal that bores stones;
            especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow
            in limestone. See {Lithodomus}, and {Saxicava}.
  
      {Stone bramble} (Bot.), a European trailing species of
            bramble ({Rubus saxatilis}).
  
      {Stone-break}. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the
            genus {Saxifraga}; saxifrage.
  
      {Stone bruise}, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a
            bruise by a stone.
  
      {Stone canal}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand canal}, under {Sand}.
           
  
      {Stone cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small
            fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus
            {Noturus}. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they
            inflict painful wounds.
  
      {Stone coal}, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.
  
      {Stone coral} (Zo[94]l.), any hard calcareous coral.
  
      {Stone crab}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A large crab ({Menippe mercenaria}) found on the
                  southern coast of the United States and much used as
                  food.
            (b) A European spider crab ({Lithodes maia}).
  
      {Stone crawfish} (Zo[94]l.), a European crawfish ({Astacus
            torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of
            the common species ({A. fluviatilis}).
  
      {Stone curlew}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus
                  crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also
                  {thick-kneed plover} or {bustard}, and {thick-knee}.
            (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
            (c) The willet. [Local, U.S.]
  
      {Stone crush}. Same as {Stone bruise}, above.
  
      {Stone eater}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stone borer}, above.
  
      {Stone falcon} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin.
  
      {Stone fern} (Bot.), a European fern ({Asplenium Ceterach})
            which grows on rocks and walls.
  
      {Stone fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of
            pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {Perla} and allied
            genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait.
            The larv[91] are aquatic.
  
      {Stone fruit} (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a
            drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.
  
      {Stone grig} (Zo[94]l.), the mud lamprey, or pride.
  
      {Stone hammer}, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a
            thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,
            -- used for breaking stone.
  
      {Stone hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin; -- so called from its
            habit of sitting on bare stones.
  
      {Stone jar}, a jar made of stoneware.
  
      {Stone lily} (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.
  
      {Stone lugger}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Stone roller}, below.
  
      {Stone marten} (Zo[94]l.), a European marten ({Mustela
            foina}) allied to the pine marten, but having a white
            throat; -- called also {beech marten}.
  
      {Stone mason}, a mason who works or builds in stone.
  
      {Stone-mortar} (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used
            in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short
            distances.
  
      {Stone oil}, rock oil, petroleum.
  
      {Stone parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli
            Labanotis}). See under {Parsley}.
  
      {Stone pine}. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under {Pine},
            and {Pi[a4]on}.
  
      {Stone pit}, a quarry where stones are dug.
  
      {Stone pitch}, hard, inspissated pitch.
  
      {Stone plover}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The European stone curlew.
            (b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the
                  genus {Esacus}; as, the large stone plover ({E.
                  recurvirostris}).
            (c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]
            (d) The ringed plover.
            (e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to
                  other species of limicoline birds.
  
      {Stone roller}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) An American fresh-water fish ({Catostomus nigricans})
                  of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive,
                  often with dark blotches. Called also {stone lugger},
                  {stone toter}, {hog sucker}, {hog mullet}.
            (b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma
                  anomalum}); -- called also {stone lugger}.
  
      {Stone's cast}, [or] {Stone's throw}, the distance to which a
            stone may be thrown by the hand.
  
      {Stone snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.
            [Local, U.S.]
  
      {Stone toter}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) See {Stone roller}
            (a), above.
            (b) A cyprinoid fish ({Exoglossum maxillingua}) found in
                  the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a
                  three-lobed lower lip; -- called also {cutlips}.
  
      {To leave no stone unturned}, to do everything that can be
            done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.

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   Sea perch \Sea" perch`\ (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The European bass ({Roccus, [or] Labrax, lupus}); --
            called also {sea dace}.
      (b) The cunner.
      (c) The sea bass.
      (d) The name is applied also to other species of fishes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[be]n; akin to OS. &
      OFries. st[c7]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten,
      Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. [?], [?],
      a pebble. [fb]167. Cf. {Steen}.]
      1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular
            mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy
            threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. [bd]Dumb as a
            stone.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for
                     mortar.                                             --Gen. xi. 3.
  
      Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are
               called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the
               finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone
               is much and widely used in the construction of
               buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,
               abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.
  
      2. A precious stone; a gem. [bd]Many a rich stone.[b8]
            --Chaucer. [bd]Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels.[b8]
            --Shak.
  
      3. Something made of stone. Specifically:
            (a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]
  
                           Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will
                           mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives.
                                                                              --Shak.
            (b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray.
  
                           Should some relenting eye Glance on the where
                           our cold relics lie.                     --Pope.
  
      4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the
            kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
  
      5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak.
  
      6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a
            cherry or peach. See Illust. of {Endocarp}.
  
      7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice
            varies with the article weighed. [Eng.]
  
      Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8
               lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5
               lbs.
  
      8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;
            insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
  
                     I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope.
  
      9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of
            stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a
            book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also
            {imposing stone}.
  
      Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other
               words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or
               stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or
               pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or
               stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone
               falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some
               adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed
               by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;
               as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,
               etc.
  
      {Atlantic stone}, ivory. [Obs.] [bd]Citron tables, or
            Atlantic stone.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Bowing stone}. Same as {Cromlech}. --Encyc. Brit.
  
      {Meteoric stones}, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as
            after the explosion of a meteor.
  
      {Philosopher's stone}. See under {Philosopher}.
  
      {Rocking stone}. See {Rocking-stone}.
  
      {Stone age}, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when
            stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for
            weapons and tools; -- called also {flint age}. The {bronze
            age} succeeded to this.
  
      {Stone bass} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine
            food fishes of the genus {Serranus} and allied genera, as
            {Serranus Couchii}, and {Polyprion cernium} of Europe; --
            called also {sea perch}.
  
      {Stone biter} (Zo[94]l.), the wolf fish.
  
      {Stone boiling}, a method of boiling water or milk by
            dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.
            --Tylor.
  
      {Stone borer} (Zo[94]l.), any animal that bores stones;
            especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow
            in limestone. See {Lithodomus}, and {Saxicava}.
  
      {Stone bramble} (Bot.), a European trailing species of
            bramble ({Rubus saxatilis}).
  
      {Stone-break}. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the
            genus {Saxifraga}; saxifrage.
  
      {Stone bruise}, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a
            bruise by a stone.
  
      {Stone canal}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand canal}, under {Sand}.
           
  
      {Stone cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small
            fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus
            {Noturus}. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they
            inflict painful wounds.
  
      {Stone coal}, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.
  
      {Stone coral} (Zo[94]l.), any hard calcareous coral.
  
      {Stone crab}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A large crab ({Menippe mercenaria}) found on the
                  southern coast of the United States and much used as
                  food.
            (b) A European spider crab ({Lithodes maia}).
  
      {Stone crawfish} (Zo[94]l.), a European crawfish ({Astacus
            torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of
            the common species ({A. fluviatilis}).
  
      {Stone curlew}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus
                  crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also
                  {thick-kneed plover} or {bustard}, and {thick-knee}.
            (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
            (c) The willet. [Local, U.S.]
  
      {Stone crush}. Same as {Stone bruise}, above.
  
      {Stone eater}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stone borer}, above.
  
      {Stone falcon} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin.
  
      {Stone fern} (Bot.), a European fern ({Asplenium Ceterach})
            which grows on rocks and walls.
  
      {Stone fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of
            pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {Perla} and allied
            genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait.
            The larv[91] are aquatic.
  
      {Stone fruit} (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a
            drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.
  
      {Stone grig} (Zo[94]l.), the mud lamprey, or pride.
  
      {Stone hammer}, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a
            thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,
            -- used for breaking stone.
  
      {Stone hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin; -- so called from its
            habit of sitting on bare stones.
  
      {Stone jar}, a jar made of stoneware.
  
      {Stone lily} (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.
  
      {Stone lugger}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Stone roller}, below.
  
      {Stone marten} (Zo[94]l.), a European marten ({Mustela
            foina}) allied to the pine marten, but having a white
            throat; -- called also {beech marten}.
  
      {Stone mason}, a mason who works or builds in stone.
  
      {Stone-mortar} (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used
            in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short
            distances.
  
      {Stone oil}, rock oil, petroleum.
  
      {Stone parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli
            Labanotis}). See under {Parsley}.
  
      {Stone pine}. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under {Pine},
            and {Pi[a4]on}.
  
      {Stone pit}, a quarry where stones are dug.
  
      {Stone pitch}, hard, inspissated pitch.
  
      {Stone plover}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The European stone curlew.
            (b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the
                  genus {Esacus}; as, the large stone plover ({E.
                  recurvirostris}).
            (c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]
            (d) The ringed plover.
            (e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to
                  other species of limicoline birds.
  
      {Stone roller}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) An American fresh-water fish ({Catostomus nigricans})
                  of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive,
                  often with dark blotches. Called also {stone lugger},
                  {stone toter}, {hog sucker}, {hog mullet}.
            (b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma
                  anomalum}); -- called also {stone lugger}.
  
      {Stone's cast}, [or] {Stone's throw}, the distance to which a
            stone may be thrown by the hand.
  
      {Stone snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.
            [Local, U.S.]
  
      {Stone toter}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) See {Stone roller}
            (a), above.
            (b) A cyprinoid fish ({Exoglossum maxillingua}) found in
                  the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a
                  three-lobed lower lip; -- called also {cutlips}.
  
      {To leave no stone unturned}, to do everything that can be
            done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.

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   Sea porcupine \Sea" por"cu*pine\ (Zo[94]l.)
      Any fish of the genus {Diodon}, and allied genera, whose body
      is covered with spines. See Illust. under {Diodon}.

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   Sea pork \Sea" pork`\ (Zo[94]l.)
      An American compound ascidian ({Amor[91]cium stellatum})
      which forms large whitish masses resembling salt pork.

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   Sea purse \Sea" purse`\ (s[emac]" p[ucir]rs`). (Zo[94]l.)
      The horny egg case of a skate, and of certain sharks.

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   Sea chickweed \Sea" chick"weed`\ (Bot.)
      A fleshy plant ({Arenaria peploides}) growing in large tufts
      in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; -- called
      also {sea sandwort}, and {sea purslane}.

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   Sea purslane \Sea" purs"lane\ (Bot.)
      See under {Purslane}.

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   Purslane \Purs"lane\, n. [OF. porcelaine, pourcelaine (cf. It.
      porcellana), corrupted fr. L. porcilaca for portulaca.]
      (Bot.)
      An annual plant ({Portulaca oleracea}), with fleshy,
      succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and
      for salads, garnishing, and pickling.
  
      {Flowering purslane}, [or] {Great flowered purslane}, the
            {Portulaca grandiflora}. See {Portulaca}.
  
      {Purslane tree}, a South African shrub ({Portulacaria Afra})
            with many small opposite fleshy obovate leaves.
  
      {Sea purslane}, a seashore plant ({Arenaria peploides}) with
            crowded opposite fleshy leaves.
  
      {Water purslane}, an aquatic plant ({Ludwiqia palustris}) but
            slightly resembling purslane.

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   Sea chickweed \Sea" chick"weed`\ (Bot.)
      A fleshy plant ({Arenaria peploides}) growing in large tufts
      in the sands of the northern Atlantic seacoast; -- called
      also {sea sandwort}, and {sea purslane}.

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   Sea purslane \Sea" purs"lane\ (Bot.)
      See under {Purslane}.

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   Purslane \Purs"lane\, n. [OF. porcelaine, pourcelaine (cf. It.
      porcellana), corrupted fr. L. porcilaca for portulaca.]
      (Bot.)
      An annual plant ({Portulaca oleracea}), with fleshy,
      succulent, obovate leaves, sometimes used as a pot herb and
      for salads, garnishing, and pickling.
  
      {Flowering purslane}, [or] {Great flowered purslane}, the
            {Portulaca grandiflora}. See {Portulaca}.
  
      {Purslane tree}, a South African shrub ({Portulacaria Afra})
            with many small opposite fleshy obovate leaves.
  
      {Sea purslane}, a seashore plant ({Arenaria peploides}) with
            crowded opposite fleshy leaves.
  
      {Water purslane}, an aquatic plant ({Ludwiqia palustris}) but
            slightly resembling purslane.

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   Severe \Se*vere"\, a. [Compar. {Severer}; superl. {Severest}.]
      [L. severus; perhaps akin to Gr. [?][?][?] awe, [?][?][?]
      revered, holy, solemn, Goth. swikns innocent, chaste: cf. F.
      s[82]v[8a]re. Cf. {Asseverate}, {Persevere}.]
      1. Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not
            light, lively, or cheerful.
  
                     Your looks alter, as your subject does, From kind to
                     fierce, from wanton to severe.            --Waller.
  
      2. Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh;
            not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism;
            severe punishment. [bd]Custody severe.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     Come! you are too severe a moraler.   --Shak.
  
                     Let your zeal, if it must be expressed in anger, be
                     always more severe against thyself than against
                     others.                                             --Jer. Taylor.
  
      3. Rigidly methodical, or adherent to rule or principle;
            exactly conformed to a standard; not allowing or employing
            unneccessary ornament, amplification, etc.; strict; --
            said of style, argument, etc. [bd]Restrained by reason and
            severe principles.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.
  
                     The Latin, a most severe and compendious language.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      4. Sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as,
            severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold.
  
      5. Difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a
            severe test.
  
      Syn: Strict; grave; austere; stern; morose; rigid; exact;
               rigorous; hard; rough; harsh; censorious; tart;
               acrimonious; sarcastic; satirical; cutting; biting;
               keen; bitter; cruel. See {Strict}. -- {Se*vere"ly}, adv.
               -- {Se*vere"ness}, n.

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   Sheeprack \Sheep"rack`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      The starling.

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      3. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a
            ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] --Tyndale.
  
      {Armed ship}, a private ship taken into the service of the
            government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a
            ship of war. [Eng.] --Brande & C.
  
      {General ship}. See under {General}.
  
      {Ship biscuit}, hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard;
            -- called also {ship bread}. See {Hardtack}.
  
      {Ship boy}, a boy who serves in a ship. [bd]Seal up the ship
            boy's eyes.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Ship breaker}, one who breaks up vessels when unfit for
            further use.
  
      {Ship broker}, a mercantile agent employed in buying and
            selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in
            transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port.
           
  
      {Ship canal}, a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing
            vessels.
  
      {Ship carpenter}, a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a
            shipwright.
  
      {Ship chandler}, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other,
            furniture of vessels.
  
      {Ship chandlery}, the commodities in which a ship chandler
            deals; also, the business of a ship chandler.
  
      {Ship fever} (Med.), a form of typhus fever; -- called also
            {putrid, jail, [or] hospital fever}.
  
      {Ship joiner}, a joiner who works upon ships.
  
      {Ship letter}, a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet.
           
  
      {Ship money} (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on
            the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of
            England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for
            the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I. to
            revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden,
            and was one of the causes which led to the death of
            Charles. It was finally abolished.
  
      {Ship of the line}. See under {Line}.
  
      {Ship pendulum}, a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent
            of the rolling and pitching of a vessel.
  
      {Ship railway}.
            (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of
                  which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for
                  repairs.
            (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels
                  overland between two water courses or harbors.
  
      {Ship's company}, the crew of a ship or other vessel.
  
      {Ship's days}, the days allowed a vessel for loading or
            unloading.
  
      {Ship's husband}. See under {Husband}.
  
      {Ship's papers} (Mar. Law), papers with which a vessel is
            required by law to be provided, and the production of
            which may be required on certain occasions. Among these
            papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter
            party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll,
            bill of health, etc. --Bouvier. --Kent.
  
      {To make ship}, to embark in a ship or other vessel.

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      3. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a
            ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] --Tyndale.
  
      {Armed ship}, a private ship taken into the service of the
            government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a
            ship of war. [Eng.] --Brande & C.
  
      {General ship}. See under {General}.
  
      {Ship biscuit}, hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard;
            -- called also {ship bread}. See {Hardtack}.
  
      {Ship boy}, a boy who serves in a ship. [bd]Seal up the ship
            boy's eyes.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Ship breaker}, one who breaks up vessels when unfit for
            further use.
  
      {Ship broker}, a mercantile agent employed in buying and
            selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in
            transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port.
           
  
      {Ship canal}, a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing
            vessels.
  
      {Ship carpenter}, a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a
            shipwright.
  
      {Ship chandler}, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other,
            furniture of vessels.
  
      {Ship chandlery}, the commodities in which a ship chandler
            deals; also, the business of a ship chandler.
  
      {Ship fever} (Med.), a form of typhus fever; -- called also
            {putrid, jail, [or] hospital fever}.
  
      {Ship joiner}, a joiner who works upon ships.
  
      {Ship letter}, a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet.
           
  
      {Ship money} (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on
            the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of
            England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for
            the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I. to
            revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden,
            and was one of the causes which led to the death of
            Charles. It was finally abolished.
  
      {Ship of the line}. See under {Line}.
  
      {Ship pendulum}, a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent
            of the rolling and pitching of a vessel.
  
      {Ship railway}.
            (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of
                  which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for
                  repairs.
            (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels
                  overland between two water courses or harbors.
  
      {Ship's company}, the crew of a ship or other vessel.
  
      {Ship's days}, the days allowed a vessel for loading or
            unloading.
  
      {Ship's husband}. See under {Husband}.
  
      {Ship's papers} (Mar. Law), papers with which a vessel is
            required by law to be provided, and the production of
            which may be required on certain occasions. Among these
            papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter
            party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll,
            bill of health, etc. --Bouvier. --Kent.
  
      {To make ship}, to embark in a ship or other vessel.

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   Broker \Bro"ker\ (br[omac]"k[etil]r), n. [OE. brocour, from a
      word akin to broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, possess, digest,
      fr. AS. br[umac]can to use, enjoy; cf. Fries. broker, F.
      brocanteur. See {Brook}, v. t.]
      1. One who transacts business for another; an agent.
  
      2. (Law) An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts,
            as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a
            compensation commonly called brokerage. He takes no
            possession, as broker, of the subject matter of the
            negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those
            who employ him, and not in his own. --Story.
  
      3. A dealer in money, notes, bills of exchange, etc.
  
      4. A dealer in secondhand goods. [Eng.]
  
      5. A pimp or procurer. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      {Bill broker}, one who buys and sells notes and bills of
            exchange.
  
      {Curbstone broker} or {Street broker}, an operator in stocks
            (not a member of the Stock Exchange) who executes orders
            by running from office to office, or by transactions on
            the street. [U.S.]
  
      {Exchange broker}, one who buys and sells uncurrent money,
            and deals in exchanges relating to money.
  
      {Insurance broker}, one who is agent in procuring insurance
            on vessels, or against fire.
  
      {Pawn broker}. See {Pawnbroker}.
  
      {Real estate broker}, one who buys and sells lands, and
            negotiates loans, etc., upon mortgage.
  
      {Ship broker}, one who acts as agent in buying and selling
            ships, procuring freight, etc.
  
      {Stock broker}. See {Stockbroker}.

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   Ship-rigged \Ship"-rigged`\, a. (Naut.)
      Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts, each with
      square sails.

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   Shipwreck \Ship"wreck`\, n.
      1. The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other
            vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks,
            shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves.
  
      2. A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts
            of such a ship; wreckage. --Dryden.
  
      3. Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
  
                     Holding faith and a good conscience, which some
                     having put away concerning faith have made
                     shipwreck.                                          --1 Tim. 1.
                                                                              19.
  
                     It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry
                     had made shipwreck.                           --J. Morley.

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   Shipwreck \Ship"wreck`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shipwrecked}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Shipwrecking}.]
      1. To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on
            rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a
            tempest.
  
                     Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or
            passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or
            loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck;
            as, to shipwreck a business. --Addison.

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   Shipwreck \Ship"wreck`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shipwrecked}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Shipwrecking}.]
      1. To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on
            rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a
            tempest.
  
                     Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or
            passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or
            loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck;
            as, to shipwreck a business. --Addison.

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   Shipwreck \Ship"wreck`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shipwrecked}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Shipwrecking}.]
      1. To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on
            rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a
            tempest.
  
                     Shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or
            passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or
            loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck;
            as, to shipwreck a business. --Addison.

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   Shipwright \Ship"wright`\, n.
      One whose occupation is to construct ships; a builder of
      ships or other vessels.

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   Shiver-spar \Shiv"er-spar`\, n. [Cf. G. schiefer-spath.] (Min.)
      A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; --
      called also {slate spar}.

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   Soap \Soap\, n. [OE. sope, AS. s[be]pe; akin to D. zeep, G.
      seife, OHG. seifa, Icel. s[be]pa, Sw. s[?]pa, Dan. s[?]be,
      and perhaps to AS. s[c6]pan to drip, MHG. s[c6]fen, and L.
      sebum tallow. Cf. {Saponaceous}.]
      A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather,
      and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by
      combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths,
      usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium,
      potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic,
      palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf.
      {Saponification}. By extension, any compound of similar
      composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent
      or not.
  
      Note: In general, soaps are of two classes, hard and soft.
               Calcium, magnesium, lead, etc., form soaps, but they
               are insoluble and useless.
  
                        The purifying action of soap depends upon the
                        fact that it is decomposed by a large quantity of
                        water into free alkali and an insoluble acid
                        salt. The first of these takes away the fatty
                        dirt on washing, and the latter forms the soap
                        lather which envelops the greasy matter and thus
                        tends to remove it.                        --Roscoe &
                                                                              Schorlemmer.
  
      {Castile soap}, a fine-grained hard soap, white or mottled,
            made of olive oil and soda; -- called also {Marseilles,
            [or] Venetian, soap}.
  
      {Hard soap}, any one of a great variety of soaps, of
            different ingredients and color, which are hard and
            compact. All solid soaps are of this class.
  
      {Lead soap}, an insoluble, white, pliable soap made by
            saponifying an oil (olive oil) with lead oxide; -- used
            externally in medicine. Called also {lead plaster},
            {diachylon}, etc.
  
      {Marine soap}. See under {Marine}.
  
      {Pills of soap} (Med.), pills containing soap and opium.
  
      {Potash soap}, any soap made with potash, esp. the soft
            soaps, and a hard soap made from potash and castor oil.
  
      {Pumice soap}, any hard soap charged with a gritty powder, as
            silica, alumina, powdered pumice, etc., which assists
            mechanically in the removal of dirt.
  
      {Resin soap}, a yellow soap containing resin, -- used in
            bleaching.
  
      {Silicated soap}, a cheap soap containing water glass (sodium
            silicate).
  
      {Soap bark}. (Bot.) See {Quillaia bark}.
  
      {Soap bubble}, a hollow iridescent globe, formed by blowing a
            film of soap suds from a pipe; figuratively, something
            attractive, but extremely unsubstantial.
  
                     This soap bubble of the metaphysicians. --J. C.
                                                                              Shairp.
  
      {Soap cerate}, a cerate formed of soap, olive oil, white wax,
            and the subacetate of lead, sometimes used as an
            application to allay inflammation.
  
      {Soap fat}, the refuse fat of kitchens, slaughter houses,
            etc., used in making soap.
  
      {Soap liniment} (Med.), a liniment containing soap, camphor,
            and alcohol.
  
      {Soap nut}, the hard kernel or seed of the fruit of the
            soapberry tree, -- used for making beads, buttons, etc.
  
      {Soap plant} (Bot.), one of several plants used in the place
            of soap, as the {Chlorogalum pomeridianum}, a California
            plant, the bulb of which, when stripped of its husk and
            rubbed on wet clothes, makes a thick lather, and smells
            not unlike new brown soap. It is called also {soap apple},
            {soap bulb}, and {soap weed}.
  
      {Soap tree}. (Bot.) Same as {Soapberry tree}.
  
      {Soda soap}, a soap containing a sodium salt. The soda soaps
            are all hard soaps.
  
      {Soft soap}, a soap of a gray or brownish yellow color, and
            of a slimy, jellylike consistence, made from potash or the
            lye from wood ashes. It is strongly alkaline and often
            contains glycerin, and is used in scouring wood, in
            cleansing linen, in dyehouses, etc. Figuratively,
            flattery; wheedling; blarney. [Colloq.]
  
      {Toilet soap}, hard soap for the toilet, usually colored and
            perfumed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quillaia bark \Quil*la"ia bark`\ (Bot.)
      The bark of a rosaceous tree ({Quillaja Saponaria}), native
      of Chili. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with
      alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chilians
      instead of soap. Also called {soap bark}.

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   Soap \Soap\, n. [OE. sope, AS. s[be]pe; akin to D. zeep, G.
      seife, OHG. seifa, Icel. s[be]pa, Sw. s[?]pa, Dan. s[?]be,
      and perhaps to AS. s[c6]pan to drip, MHG. s[c6]fen, and L.
      sebum tallow. Cf. {Saponaceous}.]
      A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather,
      and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by
      combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths,
      usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium,
      potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic,
      palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf.
      {Saponification}. By extension, any compound of similar
      composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent
      or not.
  
      Note: In general, soaps are of two classes, hard and soft.
               Calcium, magnesium, lead, etc., form soaps, but they
               are insoluble and useless.
  
                        The purifying action of soap depends upon the
                        fact that it is decomposed by a large quantity of
                        water into free alkali and an insoluble acid
                        salt. The first of these takes away the fatty
                        dirt on washing, and the latter forms the soap
                        lather which envelops the greasy matter and thus
                        tends to remove it.                        --Roscoe &
                                                                              Schorlemmer.
  
      {Castile soap}, a fine-grained hard soap, white or mottled,
            made of olive oil and soda; -- called also {Marseilles,
            [or] Venetian, soap}.
  
      {Hard soap}, any one of a great variety of soaps, of
            different ingredients and color, which are hard and
            compact. All solid soaps are of this class.
  
      {Lead soap}, an insoluble, white, pliable soap made by
            saponifying an oil (olive oil) with lead oxide; -- used
            externally in medicine. Called also {lead plaster},
            {diachylon}, etc.
  
      {Marine soap}. See under {Marine}.
  
      {Pills of soap} (Med.), pills containing soap and opium.
  
      {Potash soap}, any soap made with potash, esp. the soft
            soaps, and a hard soap made from potash and castor oil.
  
      {Pumice soap}, any hard soap charged with a gritty powder, as
            silica, alumina, powdered pumice, etc., which assists
            mechanically in the removal of dirt.
  
      {Resin soap}, a yellow soap containing resin, -- used in
            bleaching.
  
      {Silicated soap}, a cheap soap containing water glass (sodium
            silicate).
  
      {Soap bark}. (Bot.) See {Quillaia bark}.
  
      {Soap bubble}, a hollow iridescent globe, formed by blowing a
            film of soap suds from a pipe; figuratively, something
            attractive, but extremely unsubstantial.
  
                     This soap bubble of the metaphysicians. --J. C.
                                                                              Shairp.
  
      {Soap cerate}, a cerate formed of soap, olive oil, white wax,
            and the subacetate of lead, sometimes used as an
            application to allay inflammation.
  
      {Soap fat}, the refuse fat of kitchens, slaughter houses,
            etc., used in making soap.
  
      {Soap liniment} (Med.), a liniment containing soap, camphor,
            and alcohol.
  
      {Soap nut}, the hard kernel or seed of the fruit of the
            soapberry tree, -- used for making beads, buttons, etc.
  
      {Soap plant} (Bot.), one of several plants used in the place
            of soap, as the {Chlorogalum pomeridianum}, a California
            plant, the bulb of which, when stripped of its husk and
            rubbed on wet clothes, makes a thick lather, and smells
            not unlike new brown soap. It is called also {soap apple},
            {soap bulb}, and {soap weed}.
  
      {Soap tree}. (Bot.) Same as {Soapberry tree}.
  
      {Soda soap}, a soap containing a sodium salt. The soda soaps
            are all hard soaps.
  
      {Soft soap}, a soap of a gray or brownish yellow color, and
            of a slimy, jellylike consistence, made from potash or the
            lye from wood ashes. It is strongly alkaline and often
            contains glycerin, and is used in scouring wood, in
            cleansing linen, in dyehouses, etc. Figuratively,
            flattery; wheedling; blarney. [Colloq.]
  
      {Toilet soap}, hard soap for the toilet, usually colored and
            perfumed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quillaia bark \Quil*la"ia bark`\ (Bot.)
      The bark of a rosaceous tree ({Quillaja Saponaria}), native
      of Chili. The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with
      alkaline substances, and is used commonly by the Chilians
      instead of soap. Also called {soap bark}.

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   Sober \Sober\, a. [Compar. {Soberer}; superl. {Soberest}.] [OE.
      sobre, F. sobre, from L. sobrius, probably from a prefix so-
      expressing separation + ebrius drunken. Cf. {Ebriety}.]
      1. Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually
            temperate; as, a sober man.
  
                     That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and
                     sober life, to the glory of Thy holy name. --Bk. of
                                                                              Com. Prayer.
  
      2. Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the
            sot may at times be sober.
  
      3. Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with
            passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason;
            self-controlled; self-possessed.
  
                     There was not a sober person to be had; all was
                     tempestuous and blustering. --Druden.
  
                     No sober man would put himself into danger for the
                     applause of escaping without breaking his neck.
                                                                              --Dryden.

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   Soberize \So"ber*ize\, v. t. & i.
      To sober. [R.] --Crabbe.

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   Sophora \So*pho"ra\, n. [Ar. [?]ufair.] (Bot.)
      (a) A genus of leguminous plants.
      (b) A tree ({Sophora Japonica}) of Eastern Asia, resembling
            the common locust; occasionally planted in the United
            States.

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   Soporose \Sop"o*rose`\, Soporous \Sop"o*rous\, a. [From {Sopor};
      cf. L. soporus, fr. sopor a heavy sleep; F. soporeux.]
      Causing sleep; sleepy.

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   Soporose \Sop"o*rose`\, Soporous \Sop"o*rous\, a. [From {Sopor};
      cf. L. soporus, fr. sopor a heavy sleep; F. soporeux.]
      Causing sleep; sleepy.

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   d8Sobriquet \[d8]So`bri`quet"\ (s[osl]`br[esl]`k[asl]"), n.[F.
      sobriquet, OF. soubzbriquet, soubriquet, a chuck under the
      chin, hence, an affront, a nickname; of uncertain origin; cf.
      It. sottobecco a chuck under the chin.]
      An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a
      nickname. [Sometimes less correctly written {soubriquet}.]

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   Soubriquet \Sou`bri`quet"\, n.
      See {Sobriquet}.

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   d8Sobriquet \[d8]So`bri`quet"\ (s[osl]`br[esl]`k[asl]"), n.[F.
      sobriquet, OF. soubzbriquet, soubriquet, a chuck under the
      chin, hence, an affront, a nickname; of uncertain origin; cf.
      It. sottobecco a chuck under the chin.]
      An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a
      nickname. [Sometimes less correctly written {soubriquet}.]

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   Soubriquet \Sou`bri`quet"\, n.
      See {Sobriquet}.

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   Sovereign \Sov"er*eign\ (? [or] ?; 277), a. [OE. soverain,
      sovereyn, OF. soverain, suvrain, F. souverain, LL. superanus,
      fr. L. superus that is above, upper, higher, fr. super above.
      See {Over}, {Super}, and cf. {Soprano}. The modern spelling
      is due to a supposed connection with reign.]
      1. Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others;
            chief; as, our sovereign prince.
  
      2. Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing,
            or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a
            sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.
  
      3. Princely; royal. [bd]Most sovereign name.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     At Babylon was his sovereign see.      --Chaucer.
  
      4. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
  
                     We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good.
                                                                              --Hooker.
  
      5. Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling;
            as, a sovereign remedy. --Dryden.
  
                     Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the
                     regulation of the lives and actions of men. --South.
  
      {Sovereign state}, a state which administers its own
            government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to,
            another power.

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   Sovereign \Sov"er*eign\ (? [or] ?; 277), n.
      1. The person, body, or state in which independent and
            supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a
            king, queen, or emperor.
  
                     No question is to be made but that the bed of the
                     Mississippi belongs to the sovereign, that is, to
                     the nation.                                       --Jefferson.
  
      2. A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the
            head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at
            one pound sterling, or about $4.86.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) Any butterfly of the tribe {Nymphalidi}, or
            genus {Basilarchia}, as the ursula and the viceroy.
  
      Syn: King; prince; monarch; potentate; emperor.

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   Sovereign \Sov"er*eign\ (? [or] ?; 277), a. [OE. soverain,
      sovereyn, OF. soverain, suvrain, F. souverain, LL. superanus,
      fr. L. superus that is above, upper, higher, fr. super above.
      See {Over}, {Super}, and cf. {Soprano}. The modern spelling
      is due to a supposed connection with reign.]
      1. Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others;
            chief; as, our sovereign prince.
  
      2. Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing,
            or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a
            sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.
  
      3. Princely; royal. [bd]Most sovereign name.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     At Babylon was his sovereign see.      --Chaucer.
  
      4. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
  
                     We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good.
                                                                              --Hooker.
  
      5. Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling;
            as, a sovereign remedy. --Dryden.
  
                     Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the
                     regulation of the lives and actions of men. --South.
  
      {Sovereign state}, a state which administers its own
            government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to,
            another power.

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   Sovereignize \Sov"er*eign*ize\, v. i.
      To exercise supreme authority. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert.

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   Sovereignly \Sov"er*eign*ly\, adv.
      In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely.
      --Chaucer.

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   Sovereignty \Sov"er*eign*ty\, n.; pl. {Sovereignties}. [OE.
      soverainetee, OF. sovrainet[82], F. souverainet[82].]
      The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a
      sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme
      power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that
      which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly
      divided into many sovereignties.
  
               Woman desiren to have sovereignty As well over their
               husband as over their love.                     --Chaucer.

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   Sovereignty \Sov"er*eign*ty\, n.; pl. {Sovereignties}. [OE.
      soverainetee, OF. sovrainet[82], F. souverainet[82].]
      The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a
      sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme
      power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that
      which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly
      divided into many sovereignties.
  
               Woman desiren to have sovereignty As well over their
               husband as over their love.                     --Chaucer.

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   Sparage \Spar"age\ (?; 48), Sparagus \Spar"a*gus\, Sparagrass
   \Spar"a*grass`\, n.
      Obs. or corrupt forms of {Asparagus}.

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   Sparage \Spar"age\ (?; 48), Sparagus \Spar"a*gus\, Sparagrass
   \Spar"a*grass`\, n.
      Obs. or corrupt forms of {Asparagus}.

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   Sparage \Spar"age\ (?; 48), Sparagus \Spar"a*gus\, Sparagrass
   \Spar"a*grass`\, n.
      Obs. or corrupt forms of {Asparagus}.

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   Spare \Spare\, a. [Compar. {Sparer}; superl. {Sparest}; -- not
      used in all the senses of the word.] [AS. sp[91]r sparing.
      Cf. {Spare}, v. t. ]
      1. Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet.
  
      2. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.
  
                     He was spare, but discreet of speech. --Carew.
  
      3. Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be
            used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous;
            as, I have no spare time.
  
                     If that no spare clothes he had to give. --Spenser.
  
      4. Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare
            anchor; a spare bed or room.
  
      5. Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
  
                     O, give me the spare men, and spare me the great
                     ones.                                                --Shak.
  
      6. Slow. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] --Grose.

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   Sparge \Sparge\, v. t. [L. spargere; cf. F. asperger.]
      To sprinkle; to moisten by sprinkling; as, to sparge paper.

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   Spargefaction \Spar`ge*fac"tion\, n. [L. spargere to strew +
      facere, factum, to make.]
      The act of sprinkling. [Obs.] --Swift.

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   Sparger \Spar"ger\, n. [Cf. F. asperger to sprinkle, L.
      aspergere, spargere.]
      A vessel with a perforated cover, for sprinkling with a
      liquid; a sprinkler.

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   Sparhawk \Spar"hawk`\, n. [OE. sperhauke.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The sparrow hawk. [Prov. Eng.]

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   d8Scarus \[d8]Sca"rus\, n. [L. See {Scar} a kind of fish.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A Mediterranean food fish ({Sparisoma scarus}) of excellent
      quality and highly valued by the Romans; -- called also
      {parrot fish}.

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   Spark \Spark\, v. i. (Elec.)
      To produce, or give off, sparks, as a dynamo at the
      commutator when revolving under the collecting brushes.

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   Spark \Spark\, n. [Icel. sparkr lively, sprightly.]
      1. A brisk, showy, gay man.
  
                     The finest sparks and cleanest beaux. --Prior.
  
      2. A lover; a gallant; a beau.

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   Spark \Spark\, n. [OE. sparke, AS. spearca; akin to D. spark,
      sperk; cf. Icel. spraka to crackle, Lith. sprag[89]ti, Gr.
      [?] a bursting with a noise, Skr. sph[?]rj to crackle, to
      thunder. Cf. {Speak}.]
      1. A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is
            emitted by a body in combustion.
  
                     Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
                                                                              --Job v. 7.
  
      2. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
  
      3. That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or
            into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle.
            [bd]If any spark of life be yet remaining.[b8] --Shak.
            [bd]Small intellectual spark.[b8] --Macaulay. [bd]Vital
            spark of heavenly flame.[b8] --Pope.
  
                     We have here and there a little clear light, some
                     sparks of bright knowledge.               --Locke.
  
                     Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      {Spark arrester}, a contrivance to prevent the escape of
            sparks while it allows the passage of gas, -- chiefly used
            in the smokestack of a wood-burning locomotive. Called
            also {spark consumer}. [U.S.]

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   Spark \Spark\, v. i.
      To sparkle. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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   Spark \Spark\, v. i.
      To play the spark, beau, or lover.
  
               A sure sign that his master was courting, or, as it is
               termed, sparking, within.                        --W. Irwing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spark \Spark\, n. [OE. sparke, AS. spearca; akin to D. spark,
      sperk; cf. Icel. spraka to crackle, Lith. sprag[89]ti, Gr.
      [?] a bursting with a noise, Skr. sph[?]rj to crackle, to
      thunder. Cf. {Speak}.]
      1. A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is
            emitted by a body in combustion.
  
                     Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
                                                                              --Job v. 7.
  
      2. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
  
      3. That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or
            into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle.
            [bd]If any spark of life be yet remaining.[b8] --Shak.
            [bd]Small intellectual spark.[b8] --Macaulay. [bd]Vital
            spark of heavenly flame.[b8] --Pope.
  
                     We have here and there a little clear light, some
                     sparks of bright knowledge.               --Locke.
  
                     Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      {Spark arrester}, a contrivance to prevent the escape of
            sparks while it allows the passage of gas, -- chiefly used
            in the smokestack of a wood-burning locomotive. Called
            also {spark consumer}. [U.S.]

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   Spark coil \Spark coil\ (Elec.)
      (a) An induction coil, esp. of an internal-combustion engine,
            wireless telegraph apparatus, etc.
      (b) A self-induction coil used to increase the spark in an
            electric gas-lighting apparatus.

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   Spark \Spark\, n. [OE. sparke, AS. spearca; akin to D. spark,
      sperk; cf. Icel. spraka to crackle, Lith. sprag[89]ti, Gr.
      [?] a bursting with a noise, Skr. sph[?]rj to crackle, to
      thunder. Cf. {Speak}.]
      1. A small particle of fire or ignited substance which is
            emitted by a body in combustion.
  
                     Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
                                                                              --Job v. 7.
  
      2. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
  
      3. That which, like a spark, may be kindled into a flame, or
            into action; a feeble germ; an elementary principle.
            [bd]If any spark of life be yet remaining.[b8] --Shak.
            [bd]Small intellectual spark.[b8] --Macaulay. [bd]Vital
            spark of heavenly flame.[b8] --Pope.
  
                     We have here and there a little clear light, some
                     sparks of bright knowledge.               --Locke.
  
                     Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark.
                                                                              --Wordsworth.
  
      {Spark arrester}, a contrivance to prevent the escape of
            sparks while it allows the passage of gas, -- chiefly used
            in the smokestack of a wood-burning locomotive. Called
            also {spark consumer}. [U.S.]

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   Spark gap \Spark gap\ (Elec.)
      The space filled with air or other dielectric between high
      potential terminals (as of an electrostatic machine,
      induction coil, or condenser), through which the discharge
      passes; the air gap of a jump spark.

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   Spark plug \Spark plug\
      In internal-combustion engines with electric ignition, a
      plug, screwed into the cylinder head, having through it an
      insulated wire which is connected with the induction coil or
      magneto circuit on the outside, and forms, with another
      terminal on the base of the plug, a spark gap inside the
      cylinder.

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   Turnstone \Turn"stone`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any species of limicoline birds of the genera {Strepsilas}
      and {Arenaria}, allied to the plovers, especially the common
      American and European species ({Strepsilas interpres}). They
      are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in
      search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also
      {brant bird}, {sand runner}, {sea quail}, {sea lark},
      {sparkback}, and {skirlcrake}.
  
      {Black turnstone}, the California turnstone ({Arenaria
            melanocephala}). The adult in summer is mostly black,
            except some white streaks on the chest and forehead, and
            two white loral spots.

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   Sparker \Spark"er\, n.
      A spark arrester.

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   Sparkful \Spark"ful\, a.
      Lively; brisk; gay. [Obs.] [bd]Our sparkful youth.[b8]
      --Camden.

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   Sparkish \Spark"ish\, a.
      1. Like a spark; airy; gay. --W. Walsh.
  
      2. Showy; well-dresed; fine. --L'Estrange.

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   Sparkle \Spar"kle\, v. t.
      To emit in the form or likeness of sparks. [bd]Did sparkle
      forth great light.[b8] --Spenser.

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   Sparkle \Spar"kle\, v. t. [Cf. {Sparble}.]
      1. To disperse. [Obs.]
  
                     The Landgrave hath sparkled his army without any
                     further enterprise.                           --State
                                                                              Papers.
  
      2. To scatter on or over. [Obs.] --Purchas.

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   Sparkle \Spar"kle\, n. [Dim. of spark.]
      1. A little spark; a scintillation.
  
                     As fire is wont to quicken and go From a sparkle
                     sprungen amiss, Till a city brent up is. --Chaucer.
  
                     The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some
                     sparkles of his fiery temper.            --Prescott.
  
      2. Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond.

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   Sparkle \Spar"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sparkled}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Sparkling}.] [See {Sparkle}, n., Spark of fire.]
      1. To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent
            particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit
            flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the
            blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle.
  
                     A mantelet upon his shoulder hanging Bretful of
                     rubies red, as fire sparkling.            --Chaucer.
  
      2. To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to
            glisten; to flash.
  
                     I see bright honor sparkle through your eyes.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      3. To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to
            effervesce; as, sparkling wine.
  
      Syn: To shine; glisten; scintillate; radiate; coruscate;
               glitter; twinkle.

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   Sparkle \Spar"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sparkled}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Sparkling}.] [See {Sparkle}, n., Spark of fire.]
      1. To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent
            particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit
            flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the
            blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle.
  
                     A mantelet upon his shoulder hanging Bretful of
                     rubies red, as fire sparkling.            --Chaucer.
  
      2. To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to
            glisten; to flash.
  
                     I see bright honor sparkle through your eyes.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      3. To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to
            effervesce; as, sparkling wine.
  
      Syn: To shine; glisten; scintillate; radiate; coruscate;
               glitter; twinkle.

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   Sparkler \Spar"kler\, n.
      One who scatters; esp., one who scatters money; an
      improvident person. [Obs.]

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   Sparkler \Spar"kler\, n.
      One who, or that which, sparkles.

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   Sparkler \Spar"kler\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A tiger beetle.

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   Sparklet \Spark"let\, n.
      A small spark. [Obs.]

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   Sparkliness \Spark"li*ness\, n.
      Vivacity. [Obs.] --Aubrey.

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   Sparkling \Spar"kling\, a.
      Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as,
      sparkling wine; sparkling eyes. -- {Spar"kling*ly}, adv. --
      {Spar"kling*ness}, n.
  
      Syn: Brilliant; shining. See {Shining}.

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   Sparkle \Spar"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sparkled}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Sparkling}.] [See {Sparkle}, n., Spark of fire.]
      1. To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent
            particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit
            flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the
            blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle.
  
                     A mantelet upon his shoulder hanging Bretful of
                     rubies red, as fire sparkling.            --Chaucer.
  
      2. To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to
            glisten; to flash.
  
                     I see bright honor sparkle through your eyes.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      3. To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to
            effervesce; as, sparkling wine.
  
      Syn: To shine; glisten; scintillate; radiate; coruscate;
               glitter; twinkle.

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   d8Synchysis \[d8]Syn"chy*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to
      confound; sy`n with + [?] to pour.]
      A derangement or confusion of any kind, as of words in a
      sentence, or of humors in the eye.
  
      {Sparkling synchysis} (Med.), a condition in which the
            vitreous humor is softened and contains sparkling scales
            of cholesterin.

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   Sparkling \Spar"kling\, a.
      Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as,
      sparkling wine; sparkling eyes. -- {Spar"kling*ly}, adv. --
      {Spar"kling*ness}, n.
  
      Syn: Brilliant; shining. See {Shining}.

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   Sparkling \Spar"kling\, a.
      Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as,
      sparkling wine; sparkling eyes. -- {Spar"kling*ly}, adv. --
      {Spar"kling*ness}, n.
  
      Syn: Brilliant; shining. See {Shining}.

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   Sparrow \Spar"row\, n. [OE. sparwe, AS. spearwa; akin to OHG.
      sparo, G. sperling, Icel. sp[94]rr, Dan. spurv, spurre, Sw.
      sparf, Goth. sparwa; -- originally, probably, the quiverer or
      flutterer, and akin to E. spurn. See {Spurn}, and cf.
      {Spavin}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) One of many species of small singing birds of
            the family {Fringillig[91]}, having conical bills, and
            feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also
            {finches}, and {buntings}. The common sparrow, or house
            sparrow, of Europe ({Passer domesticus}) is noted for its
            familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young,
            and its fecundity. See {House sparrow}, under {House}.
  
      Note: The following American species are well known; the
               {chipping sparrow}, or {chippy}, the {sage sparrow},
               the {savanna sparrow}, the {song sparrow}, the {tree
               sparrow}, and the {white-throated sparrow} (see
               {Peabody bird}). See these terms under {Sage},
               {Savanna}, etc.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat
            resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the
            European hedge sparrow. See under {Hedge}.
  
                     He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently
                     caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age!
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      {Field sparrow}, {Fox sparrow}, etc. See under {Field},
            {Fox}, etc.
  
      {Sparrow bill}, a small nail; a castiron shoe nail; a
            sparable.
  
      {Sparrow hawk}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small European hawk ({Accipiter nisus}) or any of
                  the allied species.
            (b) A small American falcon ({Falco sparverius}).
            (c) The Australian collared sparrow hawk ({Accipiter
                  torquatus}).
  
      Note: The name is applied to other small hawks, as the
               European kestrel and the New Zealand quail hawk.
  
      {Sparrow owl} (Zo[94]l.), a small owl ({Glaucidium
            passerinum}) found both in the Old World and the New. The
            name is also applied to other species of small owls.
  
      {Sparrow spear} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the reed bunting.
            [Prov. Eng.]

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   Sparrow \Spar"row\, n. [OE. sparwe, AS. spearwa; akin to OHG.
      sparo, G. sperling, Icel. sp[94]rr, Dan. spurv, spurre, Sw.
      sparf, Goth. sparwa; -- originally, probably, the quiverer or
      flutterer, and akin to E. spurn. See {Spurn}, and cf.
      {Spavin}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) One of many species of small singing birds of
            the family {Fringillig[91]}, having conical bills, and
            feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also
            {finches}, and {buntings}. The common sparrow, or house
            sparrow, of Europe ({Passer domesticus}) is noted for its
            familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young,
            and its fecundity. See {House sparrow}, under {House}.
  
      Note: The following American species are well known; the
               {chipping sparrow}, or {chippy}, the {sage sparrow},
               the {savanna sparrow}, the {song sparrow}, the {tree
               sparrow}, and the {white-throated sparrow} (see
               {Peabody bird}). See these terms under {Sage},
               {Savanna}, etc.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat
            resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the
            European hedge sparrow. See under {Hedge}.
  
                     He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently
                     caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age!
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      {Field sparrow}, {Fox sparrow}, etc. See under {Field},
            {Fox}, etc.
  
      {Sparrow bill}, a small nail; a castiron shoe nail; a
            sparable.
  
      {Sparrow hawk}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small European hawk ({Accipiter nisus}) or any of
                  the allied species.
            (b) A small American falcon ({Falco sparverius}).
            (c) The Australian collared sparrow hawk ({Accipiter
                  torquatus}).
  
      Note: The name is applied to other small hawks, as the
               European kestrel and the New Zealand quail hawk.
  
      {Sparrow owl} (Zo[94]l.), a small owl ({Glaucidium
            passerinum}) found both in the Old World and the New. The
            name is also applied to other species of small owls.
  
      {Sparrow spear} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the reed bunting.
            [Prov. Eng.]

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   Sparrowgrass \Spar"row*grass`\, n. [Corrupted from asparagus.]
      Asparagus. [Colloq.] See the Note under {Asparagus}.

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   Sparse \Sparse\, a. [Compar. {Sparser}; superl. {Sparsest}.] [L.
      sparsus, p. p. of spargere to strew, scatter. Cf. {Asperse},
      {Disperse}.]
      1. Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being
            dense or close together; as, a sparse population.
            --Carlyle.
  
      2. (Bot.) Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; --
            applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.

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   Sparse \Sparse\, v. t. [L. sparsus, p. p. of spargere to
      scatter.]
      To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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   Sparsedly \Spars"ed*ly\, adv.
      Sparsely. [Obs.]

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   Sparsely \Sparse"ly\, adv.
      In a scattered or sparse manner.

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   Sparseness \Sparse"ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of
      population.

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   Sparse \Sparse\, a. [Compar. {Sparser}; superl. {Sparsest}.] [L.
      sparsus, p. p. of spargere to strew, scatter. Cf. {Asperse},
      {Disperse}.]
      1. Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being
            dense or close together; as, a sparse population.
            --Carlyle.
  
      2. (Bot.) Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; --
            applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.

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   Sparse \Sparse\, a. [Compar. {Sparser}; superl. {Sparsest}.] [L.
      sparsus, p. p. of spargere to strew, scatter. Cf. {Asperse},
      {Disperse}.]
      1. Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being
            dense or close together; as, a sparse population.
            --Carlyle.
  
      2. (Bot.) Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; --
            applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.

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   d8Dentex \[d8]Den"tex\, n. [NL., cf. L. dentix a sort of sea
      fish.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An edible European marine fish ({Sparus dentex}, or {Dentex
      vulgaris}) of the family {Percid[91]}.

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   Spear \Spear\, n. [OE. spere, AS. spere; akin to D. & G. speer,
      OS. & OHS. sper, Icel. spj[94]r, pl., Dan. sp[91]r, L.
      sparus.]
      1. A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by
            thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a
            sharp head or blade; a lance.
  
      Note: [See Illust. of {Spearhead}.] [bd]A sharp ground
               spear.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                        They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and
                        their spears into pruning hooks.   --Micah iv. 3.
  
      2. Fig.: A spearman. --Sir W. Scott.
  
      3. A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing
            fish and other animals.
  
      4. A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
  
      5. The feather of a horse. See {Feather}, n., 4.
  
      6. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is
            attached; a pump rod.
  
      {Spear foot}, the off hind foot of a horse.
  
      {Spear grass}. (Bot.)
            (a) The common reed. See {Reed}, n., 1.
            (b) meadow grass. See under {Meadow}.
  
      {Spear hand}, the hand in which a horseman holds a spear; the
            right hand. --Crabb.
  
      {Spear side}, the male line of a family. --Lowell.
  
      {Spear thistle} (Bot.), the common thistle ({Cnicus
            lanceolatus}).

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   Poa \Po"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] grass.] (Bot.)
      A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as
      the kinds called {meadow grass}, {Kentucky blue grass}, {June
      grass}, and {spear grass} (which see).

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   Spear \Spear\, n. [OE. spere, AS. spere; akin to D. & G. speer,
      OS. & OHS. sper, Icel. spj[94]r, pl., Dan. sp[91]r, L.
      sparus.]
      1. A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by
            thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a
            sharp head or blade; a lance.
  
      Note: [See Illust. of {Spearhead}.] [bd]A sharp ground
               spear.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                        They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and
                        their spears into pruning hooks.   --Micah iv. 3.
  
      2. Fig.: A spearman. --Sir W. Scott.
  
      3. A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing
            fish and other animals.
  
      4. A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
  
      5. The feather of a horse. See {Feather}, n., 4.
  
      6. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is
            attached; a pump rod.
  
      {Spear foot}, the off hind foot of a horse.
  
      {Spear grass}. (Bot.)
            (a) The common reed. See {Reed}, n., 1.
            (b) meadow grass. See under {Meadow}.
  
      {Spear hand}, the hand in which a horseman holds a spear; the
            right hand. --Crabb.
  
      {Spear side}, the male line of a family. --Lowell.
  
      {Spear thistle} (Bot.), the common thistle ({Cnicus
            lanceolatus}).

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   Poa \Po"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] grass.] (Bot.)
      A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as
      the kinds called {meadow grass}, {Kentucky blue grass}, {June
      grass}, and {spear grass} (which see).

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   Spear \Spear\, n. [OE. spere, AS. spere; akin to D. & G. speer,
      OS. & OHS. sper, Icel. spj[94]r, pl., Dan. sp[91]r, L.
      sparus.]
      1. A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by
            thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a
            sharp head or blade; a lance.
  
      Note: [See Illust. of {Spearhead}.] [bd]A sharp ground
               spear.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                        They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and
                        their spears into pruning hooks.   --Micah iv. 3.
  
      2. Fig.: A spearman. --Sir W. Scott.
  
      3. A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing
            fish and other animals.
  
      4. A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
  
      5. The feather of a horse. See {Feather}, n., 4.
  
      6. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is
            attached; a pump rod.
  
      {Spear foot}, the off hind foot of a horse.
  
      {Spear grass}. (Bot.)
            (a) The common reed. See {Reed}, n., 1.
            (b) meadow grass. See under {Meadow}.
  
      {Spear hand}, the hand in which a horseman holds a spear; the
            right hand. --Crabb.
  
      {Spear side}, the male line of a family. --Lowell.
  
      {Spear thistle} (Bot.), the common thistle ({Cnicus
            lanceolatus}).

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   Sperage \Sper"age\, n.
      Asperagus. [Obs.] --Sylvester.

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   Sperge \Sperge\, n. (Distilling)
      A charge of wash for the still. --Knight.

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   Spurry \Spur"ry\, n. [D. or OF. spurrie; cf. G. spergel, NL.
      spergula.] (Bot.)
      An annual herb ({Spergula arvensis}) with whorled filiform
      leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder. [Written also
      {spurrey}.]
  
      {Sand spurry} (Bot.), any low herb of the genus {Lepigonum},
            mostly found in sandy places.

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   Sperse \Sperse\, v. t.
      To disperse. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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   Sph91rospore \Sph[91]"ro*spore\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?][?] sphere +
      E. spore.] (Bot.)
      One of the nonsexual spores found in red alg[91]; a
      tetraspore.

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   Leatherback \Leath"er*back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A large sea turtle ({Sphargis coriacea}), having no bony
      shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate
      parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand
      pounds; -- called also {leather turtle}, {leathery turtle},
      {leather-backed tortoise}, etc.

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   Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus,
      Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.]
      1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular;
            orbicular; as, a spherical body.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a sphere.
  
      3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or
            spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and
            astrology, they were set.
  
                     Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical
                     predominance.                                    --Shak.
  
                     Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their
                     spheric limitations.                           --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.
  
      {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical
      excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc.
  
      {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of
            spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere,
            especially of the circles described on its surface.
  
      {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a.
  
      {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included
            between two great semicircles having a common diameter.
  
      {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is
            measured by the portion within the solid angle of the
            surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point.
           
  
      {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere
            bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles.
  
      {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the
            sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}.
  
      {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}.
  
      {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under
            {Segment}.
  
      {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded
            by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each
            other.
  
      {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. --
            {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus,
      Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.]
      1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular;
            orbicular; as, a spherical body.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a sphere.
  
      3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or
            spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and
            astrology, they were set.
  
                     Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical
                     predominance.                                    --Shak.
  
                     Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their
                     spheric limitations.                           --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.
  
      {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical
      excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc.
  
      {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of
            spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere,
            especially of the circles described on its surface.
  
      {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a.
  
      {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included
            between two great semicircles having a common diameter.
  
      {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is
            measured by the portion within the solid angle of the
            surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point.
           
  
      {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere
            bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles.
  
      {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the
            sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}.
  
      {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}.
  
      {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under
            {Segment}.
  
      {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded
            by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each
            other.
  
      {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. --
            {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aberration \Ab`er*ra"tion\, n. [L. aberratio: cf. F. aberration.
      See {Aberrate}.]
      1. The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or
            moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type.
            [bd]The aberration of youth.[b8] --Hall. [bd]Aberrations
            from theory.[b8] --Burke.
  
      2. A partial alienation of reason. [bd]Occasional aberrations
            of intellect.[b8] --Lingard.
  
                     Whims, which at first are the aberrations of a
                     single brain, pass with heat into epidemic form.
                                                                              --I. Taylor.
  
      3. (Astron.) A small periodical change of position in the
            stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined
            effect of the motion of light and the motion of the
            observer; called {annual aberration}, when the observer's
            motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and daily or
            {diurnal aberration}, when of the earth on its axis;
            amounting when greatest, in the former case, to 20.4'',
            and in the latter, to 0.3''. {Planetary aberration} is
            that due to the motion of light and the motion of the
            planet relative to the earth.
  
      4. (Opt.) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or
            mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same
            point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus;
            called {spherical aberration}, when due to the spherical
            form of the lens or mirror, such form giving different
            foci for central and marginal rays; and {chromatic
            aberration}, when due to different refrangibilities of the
            colored rays of the spectrum, those of each color having a
            distinct focus.
  
      5. (Physiol.) The passage of blood or other fluid into parts
            not appropriate for it.
  
      6. (Law) The producing of an unintended effect by the
            glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A
            glances and strikes B.
  
      Syn: Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangement; alienation;
               mania; dementia; hallucination; illusion; delusion. See
               {Insanity}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus,
      Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.]
      1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular;
            orbicular; as, a spherical body.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a sphere.
  
      3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or
            spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and
            astrology, they were set.
  
                     Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical
                     predominance.                                    --Shak.
  
                     Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their
                     spheric limitations.                           --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.
  
      {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical
      excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc.
  
      {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of
            spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere,
            especially of the circles described on its surface.
  
      {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a.
  
      {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included
            between two great semicircles having a common diameter.
  
      {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is
            measured by the portion within the solid angle of the
            surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point.
           
  
      {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere
            bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles.
  
      {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the
            sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}.
  
      {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}.
  
      {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under
            {Segment}.
  
      {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded
            by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each
            other.
  
      {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. --
            {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Angle \An"gle\ ([acr][nsm]"g'l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle,
      corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. 'agky`los bent, crooked,
      angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook,
      G. angel, and F. anchor.]
      1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a
            corner; a nook.
  
                     Into the utmost angle of the world.   --Spenser.
  
                     To search the tenderest angles of the heart.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      2. (Geom.)
            (a) The figure made by. two lines which meet.
            (b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines
                  meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.
  
      3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
  
                     Though but an angle reached him of the stone.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological
            [bd]houses.[b8] [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish,
            consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a
            rod.
  
                     Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     A fisher next his trembling angle bears. --Pope.
  
      {Acute angle}, one less than a right angle, or less than
            90[deg].
  
      {Adjacent} or {Contiguous angles}, such as have one leg
            common to both angles.
  
      {Alternate angles}. See {Alternate}.
  
      {Angle bar}.
            (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of
                  a polygonal or bay window meet. --Knight.
            (b) (Mach.) Same as {Angle iron}.
  
      {Angle bead} (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle
            of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of
            a wall.
  
      {Angle brace}, {Angle tie} (Carp.), a brace across an
            interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse
            and securing the two side pieces together. --Knight.
  
      {Angle iron} (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having
            one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or
            connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to
            which it is riveted.
  
      {Angle leaf} (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or
            less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to
            strengthen an angle.
  
      {Angle meter}, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for
            ascertaining the dip of strata.
  
      {Angle shaft} (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a
            capital or base, or both.
  
      {Curvilineal angle}, one formed by two curved lines.
  
      {External angles}, angles formed by the sides of any
            right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or
            lengthened.
  
      {Facial angle}. See under {Facial}.
  
      {Internal angles}, those which are within any right-lined
            figure.
  
      {Mixtilineal angle}, one formed by a right line with a curved
            line.
  
      {Oblique angle}, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a
            right angle.
  
      {Obtuse angle}, one greater than a right angle, or more than
            90[deg].
  
      {Optic angle}. See under {Optic}.
  
      {Rectilineal} or {Right-lined angle}, one formed by two right
            lines.
  
      {Right angle}, one formed by a right line falling on another
            perpendicularly, or an angle of 90[deg] (measured by a
            quarter circle).
  
      {Solid angle}, the figure formed by the meeting of three or
            more plane angles at one point.
  
      {Spherical angle}, one made by the meeting of two arcs of
            great circles, which mutually cut one another on the
            surface of a globe or sphere.
  
      {Visual angle}, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two
            straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object
            to the center of the eye.
  
      {For Angles of commutation}, {draught}, {incidence},
      {reflection}, {refraction}, {position}, {repose}, {fraction},
            see {Commutation}, {Draught}, {Incidence}, {Reflection},
            {Refraction}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus,
      Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.]
      1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular;
            orbicular; as, a spherical body.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a sphere.
  
      3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or
            spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and
            astrology, they were set.
  
                     Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical
                     predominance.                                    --Shak.
  
                     Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their
                     spheric limitations.                           --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.
  
      {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical
      excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc.
  
      {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of
            spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere,
            especially of the circles described on its surface.
  
      {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a.
  
      {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included
            between two great semicircles having a common diameter.
  
      {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is
            measured by the portion within the solid angle of the
            surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point.
           
  
      {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere
            bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles.
  
      {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the
            sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}.
  
      {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}.
  
      {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under
            {Segment}.
  
      {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded
            by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each
            other.
  
      {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. --
            {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note: Co[94]rdinates are of several kinds, consisting in some
               of the different cases, of the following elements,
               namely:
            (a) (Geom. of Two Dimensions) The abscissa and ordinate of
                  any point, taken together; as the abscissa PY and
                  ordinate PX of the point P (Fig. 2, referred to the
                  co[94]rdinate axes AY and AX.
            (b) Any radius vector PA (Fig. 1), together with its angle
                  of inclination to a fixed line, APX, by which any
                  point A in the same plane is referred to that fixed
                  line, and a fixed point in it, called the pole, P.
            (c) (Geom. of Three Dimensions) Any three lines, or
                  distances, PB, PC, PD (Fig. 3), taken parallel to
                  three co[94]rdinate axes, AX, AY, AZ, and measured
                  from the corresponding co[94]rdinate fixed planes,
                  YAZ, XAZ, XAY, to any point in space, P, whose
                  position is thereby determined with respect to these
                  planes and axes.
            (d) A radius vector, the angle which it makes with a fixed
                  plane, and the angle which its projection on the plane
                  makes with a fixed line line in the plane, by which
                  means any point in space at the free extremity of the
                  radius vector is referred to that fixed plane and
                  fixed line, and a fixed point in that line, the pole
                  of the radius vector.
  
      {Cartesian co[94]rdinates}. See under {Cartesian}.
  
      {Geographical co[94]rdinates}, the latitude and longitude of
            a place, by which its relative situation on the globe is
            known. The height of the above the sea level constitutes a
            third co[94]rdinate.
  
      {Polar co[94]rdinates}, co[94]rdinates made up of a radius
            vector and its angle of inclination to another line, or a
            line and plane; as those defined in
            (b) and
            (d) above.
  
      {Rectangular co[94]rdinates}, co[94]rdinates the axes of
            which intersect at right angles.
  
      {Rectilinear co[94]rdinates}, co[94]rdinates made up of right
            lines. Those defined in
            (a) and
            (c) above are called also {Cartesian co[94]rdinates}.
  
      {Trigonometrical} [or] {Spherical co[94]rdinates}, elements
            of reference, by means of which the position of a point on
            the surface of a sphere may be determined with respect to
            two great circles of the sphere.
  
      {Trilinear co[94]rdinates}, co[94]rdinates of a point in a
            plane, consisting of the three ratios which the three
            distances of the point from three fixed lines have one to
            another.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus,
      Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.]
      1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular;
            orbicular; as, a spherical body.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a sphere.
  
      3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or
            spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and
            astrology, they were set.
  
                     Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical
                     predominance.                                    --Shak.
  
                     Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their
                     spheric limitations.                           --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.
  
      {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical
      excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc.
  
      {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of
            spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere,
            especially of the circles described on its surface.
  
      {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a.
  
      {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included
            between two great semicircles having a common diameter.
  
      {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is
            measured by the portion within the solid angle of the
            surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point.
           
  
      {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere
            bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles.
  
      {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the
            sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}.
  
      {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}.
  
      {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under
            {Segment}.
  
      {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded
            by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each
            other.
  
      {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. --
            {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Excess \Ex*cess"\, n. [OE. exces, excess, ecstasy, L. excessus a
      going out, loss of self-possession, fr. excedere, excessum,
      to go out, go beyond: cf. F. exc[8a]s. See {Exceed}.]
      1. The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being
            of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that
            which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness;
            superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess
            of provisions or of light.
  
                     To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a
                     perfume on the violet, . . . Is wasteful and
                     ridiculous excess.                              --Shak.
  
                     That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess
                     of joy.                                             --Walsh.
  
      2. An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of
            proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance;
            dissipation.
  
                     Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess. --Eph. v.
                                                                              18.
  
                     Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches
                     blame.                                                --Milton.
  
      3. The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds
            another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers
            is the excess of one over the other.
  
      {Spherical excess} (Geom.), the amount by which the sum of
            the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right
            angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area
            of the triangle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus,
      Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.]
      1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular;
            orbicular; as, a spherical body.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a sphere.
  
      3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or
            spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and
            astrology, they were set.
  
                     Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical
                     predominance.                                    --Shak.
  
                     Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their
                     spheric limitations.                           --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.
  
      {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical
      excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc.
  
      {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of
            spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere,
            especially of the circles described on its surface.
  
      {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a.
  
      {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included
            between two great semicircles having a common diameter.
  
      {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is
            measured by the portion within the solid angle of the
            surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point.
           
  
      {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere
            bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles.
  
      {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the
            sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}.
  
      {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}.
  
      {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under
            {Segment}.
  
      {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded
            by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each
            other.
  
      {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. --
            {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus,
      Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.]
      1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular;
            orbicular; as, a spherical body.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a sphere.
  
      3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or
            spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and
            astrology, they were set.
  
                     Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical
                     predominance.                                    --Shak.
  
                     Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their
                     spheric limitations.                           --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.
  
      {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical
      excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc.
  
      {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of
            spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere,
            especially of the circles described on its surface.
  
      {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a.
  
      {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included
            between two great semicircles having a common diameter.
  
      {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is
            measured by the portion within the solid angle of the
            surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point.
           
  
      {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere
            bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles.
  
      {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the
            sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}.
  
      {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}.
  
      {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under
            {Segment}.
  
      {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded
            by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each
            other.
  
      {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. --
            {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   the motion of the point A, of the foot of the perpendicular PA,
   when P moves uniformly in the circumference of a circle, and PA
   is drawn perpendicularly upon a fixed diameter of the circle.
   This is simple harmonic motion. The combinations, in any way, of
   two more simple harmonic motions, make other kinds of harmonic
   motion. The motion of the pendulum bob of a clock is
   approximately simple harmonic motion.
  
      {Harmonic proportion}. See under {Proportion}.
  
      {Harmonic series} [or] {progression}. See under
            {Progression}.
  
      {Spherical harmonic analysis}, a mathematical method,
            sometimes referred to as that of Laplace's Coefficients,
            which has for its object the expression of an arbitrary,
            periodic function of two independent variables, in the
            proper form for a large class of physical problems,
            involving arbitrary data, over a spherical surface, and
            the deduction of solutions for every point of space. The
            functions employed in this method are called spherical
            harmonic functions. --Thomson & Tait.
  
      {Harmonic suture} (Anat.), an articulation by simple
            apposition of comparatively smooth surfaces or edges, as
            between the two superior maxillary bones in man; -- called
            also {harmonic}, and {harmony}.
  
      {Harmonic triad} (Mus.), the chord of a note with its third
            and fifth; the common chord.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus,
      Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.]
      1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular;
            orbicular; as, a spherical body.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a sphere.
  
      3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or
            spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and
            astrology, they were set.
  
                     Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical
                     predominance.                                    --Shak.
  
                     Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their
                     spheric limitations.                           --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.
  
      {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical
      excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc.
  
      {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of
            spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere,
            especially of the circles described on its surface.
  
      {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a.
  
      {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included
            between two great semicircles having a common diameter.
  
      {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is
            measured by the portion within the solid angle of the
            surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point.
           
  
      {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere
            bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles.
  
      {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the
            sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}.
  
      {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}.
  
      {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under
            {Segment}.
  
      {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded
            by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each
            other.
  
      {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. --
            {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus,
      Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.]
      1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular;
            orbicular; as, a spherical body.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a sphere.
  
      3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or
            spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and
            astrology, they were set.
  
                     Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical
                     predominance.                                    --Shak.
  
                     Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their
                     spheric limitations.                           --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.
  
      {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical
      excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc.
  
      {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of
            spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere,
            especially of the circles described on its surface.
  
      {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a.
  
      {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included
            between two great semicircles having a common diameter.
  
      {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is
            measured by the portion within the solid angle of the
            surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point.
           
  
      {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere
            bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles.
  
      {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the
            sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}.
  
      {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}.
  
      {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under
            {Segment}.
  
      {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded
            by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each
            other.
  
      {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. --
            {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus,
      Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.]
      1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular;
            orbicular; as, a spherical body.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a sphere.
  
      3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or
            spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and
            astrology, they were set.
  
                     Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical
                     predominance.                                    --Shak.
  
                     Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their
                     spheric limitations.                           --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.
  
      {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical
      excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc.
  
      {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of
            spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere,
            especially of the circles described on its surface.
  
      {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a.
  
      {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included
            between two great semicircles having a common diameter.
  
      {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is
            measured by the portion within the solid angle of the
            surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point.
           
  
      {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere
            bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles.
  
      {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the
            sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}.
  
      {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}.
  
      {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under
            {Segment}.
  
      {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded
            by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each
            other.
  
      {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. --
            {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus,
      Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.]
      1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular;
            orbicular; as, a spherical body.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a sphere.
  
      3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or
            spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and
            astrology, they were set.
  
                     Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical
                     predominance.                                    --Shak.
  
                     Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their
                     spheric limitations.                           --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.
  
      {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical
      excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc.
  
      {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of
            spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere,
            especially of the circles described on its surface.
  
      {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a.
  
      {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included
            between two great semicircles having a common diameter.
  
      {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is
            measured by the portion within the solid angle of the
            surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point.
           
  
      {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere
            bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles.
  
      {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the
            sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}.
  
      {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}.
  
      {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under
            {Segment}.
  
      {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded
            by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each
            other.
  
      {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. --
            {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sector \Sec"tor\, n. [L., properly, a cutter, fr. secare,
      sectum, to cut: cf. F. secteur. See {Section}.]
      1. (Geom.) A part of a circle comprehended between two radii
            and the included arc.
  
      2. A mathematical instrument, consisting of two rulers
            connected at one end by a joint, each arm marked with
            several scales, as of equal parts, chords, sines,
            tangents, etc., one scale of each kind on each arm, and
            all on lines radiating from the common center of motion.
            The sector is used for plotting, etc., to any scale.
  
      3. An astronomical instrument, the limb of which embraces a
            small portion only of a circle, used for measuring
            differences of declination too great for the compass of a
            micrometer. When it is used for measuring zenith distances
            of stars, it is called a zenith sector.
  
      {Dip sector}, an instrument used for measuring the dip of the
            horizon.
  
      {Sector of a sphere}, [or] {Spherical sector}, the solid
            generated by the revolution of the sector of a circle
            about one of its radii, or, more rarely, about any
            straight line drawn in the plane of the sector through its
            vertex.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus,
      Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.]
      1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular;
            orbicular; as, a spherical body.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a sphere.
  
      3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or
            spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and
            astrology, they were set.
  
                     Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical
                     predominance.                                    --Shak.
  
                     Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their
                     spheric limitations.                           --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.
  
      {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical
      excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc.
  
      {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of
            spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere,
            especially of the circles described on its surface.
  
      {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a.
  
      {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included
            between two great semicircles having a common diameter.
  
      {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is
            measured by the portion within the solid angle of the
            surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point.
           
  
      {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere
            bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles.
  
      {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the
            sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}.
  
      {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}.
  
      {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under
            {Segment}.
  
      {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded
            by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each
            other.
  
      {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. --
            {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus,
      Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.]
      1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular;
            orbicular; as, a spherical body.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a sphere.
  
      3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or
            spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and
            astrology, they were set.
  
                     Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical
                     predominance.                                    --Shak.
  
                     Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their
                     spheric limitations.                           --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.
  
      {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical
      excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc.
  
      {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of
            spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere,
            especially of the circles described on its surface.
  
      {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a.
  
      {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included
            between two great semicircles having a common diameter.
  
      {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is
            measured by the portion within the solid angle of the
            surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point.
           
  
      {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere
            bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles.
  
      {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the
            sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}.
  
      {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}.
  
      {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under
            {Segment}.
  
      {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded
            by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each
            other.
  
      {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. --
            {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus,
      Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.]
      1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular;
            orbicular; as, a spherical body.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a sphere.
  
      3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or
            spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and
            astrology, they were set.
  
                     Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical
                     predominance.                                    --Shak.
  
                     Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their
                     spheric limitations.                           --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.
  
      {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical
      excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc.
  
      {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of
            spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere,
            especially of the circles described on its surface.
  
      {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a.
  
      {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included
            between two great semicircles having a common diameter.
  
      {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is
            measured by the portion within the solid angle of the
            surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point.
           
  
      {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere
            bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles.
  
      {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the
            sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}.
  
      {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}.
  
      {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under
            {Segment}.
  
      {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded
            by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each
            other.
  
      {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. --
            {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus,
      Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.]
      1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular;
            orbicular; as, a spherical body.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a sphere.
  
      3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or
            spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and
            astrology, they were set.
  
                     Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical
                     predominance.                                    --Shak.
  
                     Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their
                     spheric limitations.                           --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.
  
      {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical
      excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc.
  
      {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of
            spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere,
            especially of the circles described on its surface.
  
      {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a.
  
      {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included
            between two great semicircles having a common diameter.
  
      {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is
            measured by the portion within the solid angle of the
            surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point.
           
  
      {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere
            bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles.
  
      {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the
            sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}.
  
      {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}.
  
      {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under
            {Segment}.
  
      {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded
            by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each
            other.
  
      {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. --
            {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Trigonometry \Trig`o*nom"e*try\, n.; pl. {-tries}. [Gr. [?] a
      triangle + -metry: cf. F. trigonom[82]trie. See {Trigon}.]
      1. That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations
            of the sides and angles of triangles, which the methods of
            deducing from certain given parts other required parts,
            and also of the general relations which exist between the
            trigonometrical functions of arcs or angles.
  
      2. A treatise in this science.
  
      {Analytical trigonometry}, that branch of trigonometry which
            treats of the relations and properties of the
            trigonometrical functions.
  
      {Plane trigonometry}, and {Spherical trigonometry}, those
            branches of trigonometry in which its principles are
            applied to plane triangles and spherical triangles
            respectively.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Ungula \[d8]Un"gu*la\, n.; pl. {Ungul[91]}. [L., a claw, hoof,
      from unguis a nail, claw, hoof.]
      1. A hoof, claw, or talon.
  
      2. (Geom.) A section or part of a cylinder, cone, or other
            solid of revolution, cut off by a plane oblique to the
            base; -- so called from its resemblance to the hoof of a
            horse.
  
      3. (Bot.) Same as {Unguis}, 3.
  
      {Spherical ungula} (Geom.), a part of a sphere bounded by two
            planes intersecting in a diameter and by a line of the
            surface of the sphere.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wedge \Wedge\, n. [OE. wegge, AS. wecg; akin to D. wig, wigge,
      OHG. wecki, G. weck a (wedge-shaped) loaf, Icel. veggr, Dan.
      v[91]gge, Sw. vigg, and probably to Lith. vagis a peg. Cf.
      {Wigg}.]
      1. A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one
            end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in
            splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising heavy bodies, and
            the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called
            the mechanical powers. See Illust. of {Mechanical powers},
            under {Mechanical}.
  
      2. (Geom.) A solid of five sides, having a rectangular base,
            two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge,
            and two triangular ends.
  
      3. A mass of metal, especially when of a wedgelike form.
            [bd]Wedges of gold.[b8] --Shak.
  
      4. Anything in the form of a wedge, as a body of troops drawn
            up in such a form.
  
                     In warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and
                     wedges, and half-moons, and wings.      --Milton.
  
      5. The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the
            classical tripos; -- so called after a person (Wedgewood)
            who occupied this position on the first list of 1828.
            [Cant, Cambridge Univ., Eng.] --C. A. Bristed.
  
      {Fox wedge}. (Mach. & Carpentry) See under {Fox}.
  
      {Spherical wedge} (Geom.), the portion of a sphere included
            between two planes which intersect in a diameter.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus,
      Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.]
      1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular;
            orbicular; as, a spherical body.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a sphere.
  
      3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or
            spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and
            astrology, they were set.
  
                     Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical
                     predominance.                                    --Shak.
  
                     Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their
                     spheric limitations.                           --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.
  
      {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical
      excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc.
  
      {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of
            spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere,
            especially of the circles described on its surface.
  
      {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a.
  
      {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included
            between two great semicircles having a common diameter.
  
      {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is
            measured by the portion within the solid angle of the
            surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point.
           
  
      {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere
            bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles.
  
      {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the
            sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}.
  
      {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}.
  
      {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under
            {Segment}.
  
      {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded
            by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each
            other.
  
      {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. --
            {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spherical \Spher"ic*al\, Spheric \Spher"ic\, a. [L. sphaericus,
      Gr. [?][?][?]: cf. F. sph[82]rique.]
      1. Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular;
            orbicular; as, a spherical body.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to a sphere.
  
      3. Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or
            spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and
            astrology, they were set.
  
                     Knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical
                     predominance.                                    --Shak.
  
                     Though the stars were suns, and overburned Their
                     spheric limitations.                           --Mrs.
                                                                              Browning.
  
      {Spherical angle}, {Spherical co[94]rdinate}, {Spherical
      excess}, etc. See under {Angle}, {Coordinate}, etc.
  
      {Spherical geometry}, that branch of geometry which treats of
            spherical magnitudes; the doctrine of the sphere,
            especially of the circles described on its surface.
  
      {Spherical harmonic analysis}. See under {Harmonic}, a.
  
      {Spherical lune},portion of the surface of a sphere included
            between two great semicircles having a common diameter.
  
      {Spherical opening}, the magnitude of a solid angle. It is
            measured by the portion within the solid angle of the
            surface of any sphere whose center is the angular point.
           
  
      {Spherical polygon},portion of the surface of a sphere
            bounded by the arcs of three or more great circles.
  
      {Spherical projection}, the projection of the circles of the
            sphere upon a plane. See {Projection}.
  
      {Spherical sector}. See under {Sector}.
  
      {Spherical segment}, the segment of a sphere. See under
            {Segment}.
  
      {Spherical triangle},re on the surface of a sphere, bounded
            by the arcs of three great circles which intersect each
            other.
  
      {Spherical trigonometry}. See {Trigonometry}. --
            {Spher"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Spher"ic*al*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sphericity \Sphe*ric"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. sph[82]ricit[82].]
      The quality or state of being spherial; roundness; as, the
      sphericity of the planets, or of a drop of water.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sphericle \Spher"i*cle\, n.
      A small sphere.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spherics \Spher"ics\, n. (Math.)
      The doctrine of the sphere; the science of the properties and
      relations of the circles, figures, and other magnitudes of a
      sphere, produced by planes intersecting it; spherical
      geometry and trigonometry.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spheroconic \Sphe`ro*con"ic\, n. (Geom.)
      A nonplane curve formed by the intersection of the surface of
      an oblique cone with the surface of a sphere whose center is
      at the vertex of the cone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spherograph \Spher"o*graph\, n. [Sphere + -graph.]
      An instrument for facilitating the practical use of spherics
      in navigation and astronomy, being constructed of two
      cardboards containing various circles, and turning upon each
      other in such a manner that any possible spherical triangle
      may be readily found, and the measures of the parts read off
      by inspection.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spherosiderite \Spher`o*sid"er*ite\, n. [Sphere + siderite.]
      (Min.)
      Siderite occuring in spheroidal masses.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spherosome \Sphe"ro*some\, n. [Sphere + -some body.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The body wall of any radiate animal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sphragide \Sphrag"ide\, n.[L. sphragis, -idis, Lemnian earth,
      fr. Gr. [?][?][?], [?][?][?], a seal; -- so called because
      sold in sealed packets.] (Min.)
      Lemnian earth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sphragistics \Sphra*gis"tics\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?][?] of or for
      sealing, fr. [?][?][?] a seal.]
      The science of seals, their history, age, distinctions, etc.,
      esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of documents.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spir91ic \Spi*r[91]"ic\, a. (Chem.)
      Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the meadowsweet
      ({Spir[91]a}); formerly, designating an acid which is now
      called salicylic acid.

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   Spiracle \Spir"a*cle\, n.[L. spiraculum, fr. spirare to breathe:
      cf. F. spiracule. See {Spirit}.]
      1. (Anat.) The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales,
            porpoises, and allied animals.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) One of the external openings communicating with the
                  air tubes or trache[91] of insects, myriapods, and
                  arachnids. They are variable in number, and are
                  usually situated on the sides of the thorax and
                  abdomen, a pair to a segment. These openings are
                  usually elliptical, and capable of being closed. See
                  Illust. under {Coleoptera}.
            (a) A tubular orifice communicating with the gill cavity
                  of certain ganoid and all elasmobranch fishes. It is
                  the modified first gill cleft.
  
      3. Any small aperture or vent for air or other fluid.

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   Spiracular \Spi*rac"u*lar\, a.
      Of or pertaining to a spiracle.

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   Spiricle \Spi"ri*cle\, n. [Dim., fr. L. spira a coil.] (Bot.)
      One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of some
      seeds. When moistened these threads protrude in great
      numbers. --Gray.

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   Spirketing \Spirk"et*ing\, n. (Naut.)
      The planking from the waterways up to the port sills.
      --Totten.

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   Relapsing \Re*laps"ing\, a.
      Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a
      former worse state.
  
      {Relapsing fever} (Med.), an acute, epidemic, contagious
            fever, which prevails also endemically in Ireland, Russia,
            and some other regions. It is marked by one or two
            remissions of the fever, by articular and muscular pains,
            and by the presence, during the paroxism of spiral
            bacterium ({Spiroch[91]te}) in the blood. It is not
            usually fatal. Called also {famine fever}, and {recurring
            fever}.

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   d8Spiroch91ta \[d8]Spi`ro*ch[91]"ta\, d8Spiroch91te
   \[d8]Spi`ro*ch[91]"te\, n. [L. spira a coil + Gr. [?][?][?]
      hair.] (Biol.)
      A genus of Spirobacteria similar to Spirillum, but
      distinguished by its motility. One species, the
      {Spiroch[91]te Obermeyeri}, is supposed to be the cause of
      relapsing fever.

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   Spirograph \Spi"ro*graph\, n. [L. spirare to breathe + -graph.]
      (Physiol.)
      An instrument for recording the respiratory movements, as the
      sphygmograph does those of the pulse.

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   Spiroscope \Spi"ro*scope\, n. [L. spirare to breathe + -scope.]
      (Physiol.)
      A wet meter used to determine the breathing capacity of the
      lungs.

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   Sporocarp \Spo"ro*carp\, n. [Spore + Gr. [?] fruit.] (Bot.)
      (a) A closed body or conceptacle containing one or more
            masses of spores or sporangia.
      (b) A sporangium.

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   Sporocyst \Spo"ro*cyst\, n. [Gr. [?] seed + [?] bladder.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) An asexual zooid, usually forming one of a
            series of larval forms in the agamic reproduction of
            various trematodes and other parasitic worms. The
            sporocyst generally develops from an egg, but in its turn
            produces other larv[91] by internal budding, or by the
            subdivision of a part or all of its contents into a number
            of minute germs. See {Redia}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any protozoan when it becomes encysted produces
            germs by sporulation.

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   Sporogenesis \Spo`ro*gen"e*sis\, n. [Spore + genesis.] (Biol.)
      reproduction by spores.

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   Sporogony \Spo*rog"o*ny\, n. [Spore + root of Gr. [?] to be
      born.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The growth or development of an animal or a zooid from a
      nonsexual germ.

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   Sporosac \Spo"ro*sac\, n. [Spore + sac.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A hydrozoan reproductive zooid or gonophore which does
            not become medusoid in form or structure. See Illust.
            under {Athecata}.
      (b) An early or simple larval stage of trematode worms and
            some other invertebrates, which is capable or reproducing
            other germs by asexual generation; a nurse; a redia.

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   Zo94spore \Zo"[94]*spore\, n. [Zo[94]- + spore.]
      1. (Bot.) A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by
            the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zo[94]spores
            are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown,
            alg[91]. In certain species they are divided into the
            larger macrozo[94]spores and the smaller
            microzo[94]spores. Called also {sporozoid}, and
            {swarmspore}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) See {Swarmspore}.

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   Sporozoid \Spo`ro*zo"id\, n. [Spore + Gr. [?] an animal.] (Bot.)
      Same as {Zo[94]spore}.

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   Zo94spore \Zo"[94]*spore\, n. [Zo[94]- + spore.]
      1. (Bot.) A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by
            the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zo[94]spores
            are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown,
            alg[91]. In certain species they are divided into the
            larger macrozo[94]spores and the smaller
            microzo[94]spores. Called also {sporozoid}, and
            {swarmspore}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) See {Swarmspore}.

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   Sporozoid \Spo`ro*zo"id\, n. [Spore + Gr. [?] an animal.] (Bot.)
      Same as {Zo[94]spore}.

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   Sporozoite \Spo`ro*zo"ite\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      In certain Sporozoa, a small active, usually elongate,
      sickle-shaped or somewhat am[d2]boid spore, esp. one of those
      produced by division of the passive spores into which the
      zygote divides. The sporozoites reproduce asexually.

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   Sprack \Sprack\, a. [Cf. Icel. spr[91]kr sprightly, dial. Sw.
      spr[84]k, spr[84]g, spirited, mettlesome; or Gael. spraic
      vigor.]
      Quick; lively; alert. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

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   Sprag \Sprag\, a.
      See {Sprack}, a. --Shak.

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   Sprag \Sprag\, n. [Cf. Icel. spraka a small flounder.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A young salmon. [Prov. Eng.]

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   Sprag \Sprag\, n. [See {Spray} a branch.]
      A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop.

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   Sprag \Sprag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spragged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Spragging}.]
      1. To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by
            putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel. --R. S.
            Poole.
  
      2. To prop or sustain with a sprag.

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   Sprag \Sprag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spragged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Spragging}.]
      1. To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by
            putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel. --R. S.
            Poole.
  
      2. To prop or sustain with a sprag.

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   Sprag \Sprag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spragged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Spragging}.]
      1. To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by
            putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel. --R. S.
            Poole.
  
      2. To prop or sustain with a sprag.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spray \Spray\, n. [probably from a Dutch or Low German form akin
      to E. spread. See {Spread}, v. t.]
      1. Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force
            of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and
            the like.
  
      2. (Med.)
            (a) A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an
                  application to a diseased part or to charge the air of
                  a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.
            (b) An instrument for applying such a spray; an atomizer.
  
      {Spray condenser} (Steam Engine) an injection condenser in
            which the steam is condensed by a spray of water which
            mingles with it.

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   Sprechery \Sprech"er*y\, n. [Cf. Gael. spreidh cattle.]
      Movables of an inferior description; especially, such as have
      been collected by depredation. [Scot.]

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   Spry \Spry\, a. [Compar. {Sprier} or {Spryer}; superl. {Spriest}
      or {Spryest}.] [Cf. dial. Sw. sprygg lively, skittish, and E.
      sprag.]
      Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.
      [U.S. & Local Eng.]
  
               She is as spry as a cricket.                  --S. Judd
                                                                              (Margaret).
  
               If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I,
               And not half so spry.                              --Emerson.

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   Sprig \Sprig\, n. [AS. sprec; akin to Icel. sprek a stick. Cf.
      {Spray} a branch.]
      1. A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray;
            as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley.
  
      2. A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight
            disparagement.
  
                     A sprig whom I remember, with a whey-face and a
                     satchel, not so many years ago.         --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      3. A brad, or nail without a head.
  
      4. (Naut.) A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.

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   Sprig \Sprig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sprigged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Sprigging}.]
      To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches;
      to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin.

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   Sprigtail \Sprig"tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The pintail duck; -- called also {sprig}, and
            {spreet-tail}. [Local, U.S.]
      (b) The sharp-tailed grouse. [Local, U.S.]

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   Sprig \Sprig\, n. [AS. sprec; akin to Icel. sprek a stick. Cf.
      {Spray} a branch.]
      1. A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray;
            as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley.
  
      2. A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight
            disparagement.
  
                     A sprig whom I remember, with a whey-face and a
                     satchel, not so many years ago.         --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      3. A brad, or nail without a head.
  
      4. (Naut.) A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.

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   Sprig \Sprig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sprigged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Sprigging}.]
      To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches;
      to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin.

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   Sprigtail \Sprig"tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The pintail duck; -- called also {sprig}, and
            {spreet-tail}. [Local, U.S.]
      (b) The sharp-tailed grouse. [Local, U.S.]

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   Sprig \Sprig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sprigged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Sprigging}.]
      To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches;
      to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin.

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   Sprigged \Sprigged\, a.
      Having sprigs.

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   Sprig \Sprig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sprigged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Sprigging}.]
      To mark or adorn with the representation of small branches;
      to work with sprigs; as, to sprig muslin.

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   Spriggy \Sprig"gy\, a.
      Full of sprigs or small branches.

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   Spright \Spright\, n. [See {Sprite}.]
      1. Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood. [Obs.] [bd]The
            high heroic spright.[b8]

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   Spright \Spright\, v. t.
      To haunt, as a spright. [Obs.] --Shak.

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   Sprightful \Spright"ful\, a. [Spright sprite + full.]
      Full of spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk;
      nimble; gay. [Obs.] -- {Spright"ful*ly}, adv. [Obs.]

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   Sprightful \Spright"ful\, a. [Spright sprite + full.]
      Full of spirit or of life; earnest; vivacious; lively; brisk;
      nimble; gay. [Obs.] -- {Spright"ful*ly}, adv. [Obs.]

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   --Shak. -- {Spright"ful*ness}, n. [Obs.]
  
            Spoke like a sprightful gentlemen.               --Shak.
  
            Steeds sprightful as the light.                  --Cowley.

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   Sprightless \Spright"less\, a.
      Destitute of life; dull; sluggish.

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   Sprightly \Spright"ly\, a. [Compar. {Sprightlier}; superl.
      {Sprightliest}.] [See {Sprite}.]
      Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated;
      vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air;
      a sprightly dance. [bd]Sprightly wit and love inspires.[b8]
      --Dryden.
  
               The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. --Pope.

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   Sprightly \Spright"ly\, a. [Compar. {Sprightlier}; superl.
      {Sprightliest}.] [See {Sprite}.]
      Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated;
      vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air;
      a sprightly dance. [bd]Sprightly wit and love inspires.[b8]
      --Dryden.
  
               The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. --Pope.

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   Sprightliness \Spright"li*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life;
      briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity.
  
               In dreams, observe with what a sprightliness and
               alacrity does she [the soul] exert herself! --Addison.

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   Sprightly \Spright"ly\, a. [Compar. {Sprightlier}; superl.
      {Sprightliest}.] [See {Sprite}.]
      Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated;
      vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air;
      a sprightly dance. [bd]Sprightly wit and love inspires.[b8]
      --Dryden.
  
               The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. --Pope.

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   Sprigtail \Sprig"tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The pintail duck; -- called also {sprig}, and
            {spreet-tail}. [Local, U.S.]
      (b) The sharp-tailed grouse. [Local, U.S.]

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   Sprocket \Sprock"et\, n. [Etymology uncertain.] (Mach.)
      (a) A tooth or projection, as on the periphery of a wheel,
            shaped so as to engage with a chain.
      (b) A sprocket wheel.

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   Sprocket wheel \Sprock"et wheel`\ [Etymology of sprocket is
      uncertain.] (Mach.)
      Same as {Chain wheel}.

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   Spruce \Spruce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spruced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Sprucing}.]
      To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce.

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   Spruce \Spruce\, v. i.
      To dress one's self with affected neatness; as, to spruce up.

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   Spruce \Spruce\, n. [OE. Spruce or Pruse, Prussia, Prussian. So
      named because it was first known as a native of Prussia, or
      because its sprouts were used for making, spruce beer. Cf.
      Spruce beer, below, {Spruce}, a.]
      1. (Bot.) Any coniferous tree of the genus {Picea}, as the
            Norway spruce ({P. excelsa}), and the white and black
            spruces of America ({P. alba} and {P. nigra}), besides
            several others in the far Northwest. See {Picea}.
  
      2. The wood or timber of the spruce tree.
  
      3. Prussia leather; pruce. [Obs.]
  
                     Spruce, a sort of leather corruptly so called for
                     Prussia leather.                                 --E. Phillips.
  
      {Douglas spruce} (Bot.), a valuable timber tree ({Pseudotsuga
            Douglasii}) of Northwestern America.
  
      {Essence of spruce}, a thick, dark-colored, bitterish, and
            acidulous liquid made by evaporating a decoction of the
            young branches of spruce.
  
      {Hemlock spruce} (Bot.), a graceful coniferous tree ({Tsuga
            Canadensis}) of North America. Its timber is valuable, and
            the bark is largely used in tanning leather.
  
      {Spruce beer}. [G. sprossenbier; sprosse sprout, shoot (akin
            to E. sprout, n.) + bier beer. The word was changed into
            spruce because the beer came from Prussia (OE. Spruce), or
            because it was made from the sprouts of the spruce. See
            {Sprout}, n., {Beer}, and cf. {Spruce}, n.] A kind of beer
            which is tinctured or flavored with spruce, either by
            means of the extract or by decoction.
  
      {Spruce grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Spruce partridge},
            below.
  
      {Spruce leather}. See {Spruce}, n., 3.
  
      {Spruce partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American grouse
            ({Dendragapus Canadensis}) found in Canada and the
            Northern United States; -- called also {Canada grouse}.

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   Spruce \Spruce\, a. [Compar. {Sprucer}; superl. {Sprucest}]
      [Perhaps fr. spruce a sort of leather from Prussia, which was
      an article of finery. See {Spruce}, n.]
      1. Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to
            things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to
            persons. [bd]Neat and spruce array.[b8] --Remedy of Love.
  
      2. Sprightly; dashing. [Obs.] [bd]Now, my spruce
            companions.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     He is so spruce that he can never be genteel.
                                                                              --Tatler.
  
      Syn: Finical; neat; trim. See {Finical}. -- {Sruce"ly}, adv.
               -- {Spruce"ness}, n.

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   Spruce \Spruce\, n. [OE. Spruce or Pruse, Prussia, Prussian. So
      named because it was first known as a native of Prussia, or
      because its sprouts were used for making, spruce beer. Cf.
      Spruce beer, below, {Spruce}, a.]
      1. (Bot.) Any coniferous tree of the genus {Picea}, as the
            Norway spruce ({P. excelsa}), and the white and black
            spruces of America ({P. alba} and {P. nigra}), besides
            several others in the far Northwest. See {Picea}.
  
      2. The wood or timber of the spruce tree.
  
      3. Prussia leather; pruce. [Obs.]
  
                     Spruce, a sort of leather corruptly so called for
                     Prussia leather.                                 --E. Phillips.
  
      {Douglas spruce} (Bot.), a valuable timber tree ({Pseudotsuga
            Douglasii}) of Northwestern America.
  
      {Essence of spruce}, a thick, dark-colored, bitterish, and
            acidulous liquid made by evaporating a decoction of the
            young branches of spruce.
  
      {Hemlock spruce} (Bot.), a graceful coniferous tree ({Tsuga
            Canadensis}) of North America. Its timber is valuable, and
            the bark is largely used in tanning leather.
  
      {Spruce beer}. [G. sprossenbier; sprosse sprout, shoot (akin
            to E. sprout, n.) + bier beer. The word was changed into
            spruce because the beer came from Prussia (OE. Spruce), or
            because it was made from the sprouts of the spruce. See
            {Sprout}, n., {Beer}, and cf. {Spruce}, n.] A kind of beer
            which is tinctured or flavored with spruce, either by
            means of the extract or by decoction.
  
      {Spruce grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Spruce partridge},
            below.
  
      {Spruce leather}. See {Spruce}, n., 3.
  
      {Spruce partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American grouse
            ({Dendragapus Canadensis}) found in Canada and the
            Northern United States; -- called also {Canada grouse}.

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   Spruce \Spruce\, n. [OE. Spruce or Pruse, Prussia, Prussian. So
      named because it was first known as a native of Prussia, or
      because its sprouts were used for making, spruce beer. Cf.
      Spruce beer, below, {Spruce}, a.]
      1. (Bot.) Any coniferous tree of the genus {Picea}, as the
            Norway spruce ({P. excelsa}), and the white and black
            spruces of America ({P. alba} and {P. nigra}), besides
            several others in the far Northwest. See {Picea}.
  
      2. The wood or timber of the spruce tree.
  
      3. Prussia leather; pruce. [Obs.]
  
                     Spruce, a sort of leather corruptly so called for
                     Prussia leather.                                 --E. Phillips.
  
      {Douglas spruce} (Bot.), a valuable timber tree ({Pseudotsuga
            Douglasii}) of Northwestern America.
  
      {Essence of spruce}, a thick, dark-colored, bitterish, and
            acidulous liquid made by evaporating a decoction of the
            young branches of spruce.
  
      {Hemlock spruce} (Bot.), a graceful coniferous tree ({Tsuga
            Canadensis}) of North America. Its timber is valuable, and
            the bark is largely used in tanning leather.
  
      {Spruce beer}. [G. sprossenbier; sprosse sprout, shoot (akin
            to E. sprout, n.) + bier beer. The word was changed into
            spruce because the beer came from Prussia (OE. Spruce), or
            because it was made from the sprouts of the spruce. See
            {Sprout}, n., {Beer}, and cf. {Spruce}, n.] A kind of beer
            which is tinctured or flavored with spruce, either by
            means of the extract or by decoction.
  
      {Spruce grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Spruce partridge},
            below.
  
      {Spruce leather}. See {Spruce}, n., 3.
  
      {Spruce partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American grouse
            ({Dendragapus Canadensis}) found in Canada and the
            Northern United States; -- called also {Canada grouse}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spruce \Spruce\, n. [OE. Spruce or Pruse, Prussia, Prussian. So
      named because it was first known as a native of Prussia, or
      because its sprouts were used for making, spruce beer. Cf.
      Spruce beer, below, {Spruce}, a.]
      1. (Bot.) Any coniferous tree of the genus {Picea}, as the
            Norway spruce ({P. excelsa}), and the white and black
            spruces of America ({P. alba} and {P. nigra}), besides
            several others in the far Northwest. See {Picea}.
  
      2. The wood or timber of the spruce tree.
  
      3. Prussia leather; pruce. [Obs.]
  
                     Spruce, a sort of leather corruptly so called for
                     Prussia leather.                                 --E. Phillips.
  
      {Douglas spruce} (Bot.), a valuable timber tree ({Pseudotsuga
            Douglasii}) of Northwestern America.
  
      {Essence of spruce}, a thick, dark-colored, bitterish, and
            acidulous liquid made by evaporating a decoction of the
            young branches of spruce.
  
      {Hemlock spruce} (Bot.), a graceful coniferous tree ({Tsuga
            Canadensis}) of North America. Its timber is valuable, and
            the bark is largely used in tanning leather.
  
      {Spruce beer}. [G. sprossenbier; sprosse sprout, shoot (akin
            to E. sprout, n.) + bier beer. The word was changed into
            spruce because the beer came from Prussia (OE. Spruce), or
            because it was made from the sprouts of the spruce. See
            {Sprout}, n., {Beer}, and cf. {Spruce}, n.] A kind of beer
            which is tinctured or flavored with spruce, either by
            means of the extract or by decoction.
  
      {Spruce grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Spruce partridge},
            below.
  
      {Spruce leather}. See {Spruce}, n., 3.
  
      {Spruce partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American grouse
            ({Dendragapus Canadensis}) found in Canada and the
            Northern United States; -- called also {Canada grouse}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spruce \Spruce\, n. [OE. Spruce or Pruse, Prussia, Prussian. So
      named because it was first known as a native of Prussia, or
      because its sprouts were used for making, spruce beer. Cf.
      Spruce beer, below, {Spruce}, a.]
      1. (Bot.) Any coniferous tree of the genus {Picea}, as the
            Norway spruce ({P. excelsa}), and the white and black
            spruces of America ({P. alba} and {P. nigra}), besides
            several others in the far Northwest. See {Picea}.
  
      2. The wood or timber of the spruce tree.
  
      3. Prussia leather; pruce. [Obs.]
  
                     Spruce, a sort of leather corruptly so called for
                     Prussia leather.                                 --E. Phillips.
  
      {Douglas spruce} (Bot.), a valuable timber tree ({Pseudotsuga
            Douglasii}) of Northwestern America.
  
      {Essence of spruce}, a thick, dark-colored, bitterish, and
            acidulous liquid made by evaporating a decoction of the
            young branches of spruce.
  
      {Hemlock spruce} (Bot.), a graceful coniferous tree ({Tsuga
            Canadensis}) of North America. Its timber is valuable, and
            the bark is largely used in tanning leather.
  
      {Spruce beer}. [G. sprossenbier; sprosse sprout, shoot (akin
            to E. sprout, n.) + bier beer. The word was changed into
            spruce because the beer came from Prussia (OE. Spruce), or
            because it was made from the sprouts of the spruce. See
            {Sprout}, n., {Beer}, and cf. {Spruce}, n.] A kind of beer
            which is tinctured or flavored with spruce, either by
            means of the extract or by decoction.
  
      {Spruce grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Spruce partridge},
            below.
  
      {Spruce leather}. See {Spruce}, n., 3.
  
      {Spruce partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American grouse
            ({Dendragapus Canadensis}) found in Canada and the
            Northern United States; -- called also {Canada grouse}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Partridge \Par"tridge\, n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF.
      pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. [?].]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of
            the genus {Perdix} and several related genera of the
            family {Perdicid[91]}, of the Old World. The partridge is
            noted as a game bird.
  
                     Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer.
  
      Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix
               cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis
               rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known
               species.
  
      2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging
            to {Colinus}, and allied genera. [U.S.]
  
      Note: Among them are the bobwhite ({Colinus Virginianus}) of
               the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge
               ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California; the Massena
               partridge ({Cyrtonyx Montezum[91]}); and the California
               partridge ({Callipepla Californica}).
  
      3. The ruffed grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}). [New Eng.]
  
      {Bamboo partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a spurred partridge of the
            genus {Bambusicola}. Several species are found in China
            and the East Indies.
  
      {Night partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.]
  
      {Painted partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a francolin of South Africa
            ({Francolinus pictus}).
  
      {Partridge berry}. (Bot.)
            (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant
                  ({Mitchella repens}) of the order {Rubiace[91]},
                  having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant
                  flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs
                  with the ovaries united, and producing the berries
                  which remain over winter; also, the plant itself.
            (b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria
                  procumbens}); also, the plant itself.
  
      {Partridge dove} (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Mountain witch}, under
            {Mountain}.
  
      {Partridge pea} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb
            ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}), common in sandy fields in the
            Eastern United States.
  
      {Partridge shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large marine univalve shell
            ({Dolium perdix}), having colors variegated like those of
            the partridge.
  
      {Partridge wood}
            (a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It
                  is obtained from tropical America, and one source of
                  it is said to be the leguminous tree {Andira inermis}.
                  Called also {pheasant wood}.
            (b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and
                  striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for
                  walking sticks and umbrella handles.
  
      {Sea partridge} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic sand partridge
            ({Ammoperdix Bonhami}); -- so called from its note.
  
      {Snow partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a large spurred partridge
            ({Lerwa nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of
            Asia.
  
      {Spruce partridge}. See under {Spruce}.
  
      {Wood partridge}, [or] {Hill partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any small
            Asiatic partridge of the genus {Arboricola}.

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   Spruce \Spruce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spruced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Sprucing}.]
      To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce.

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   Spruce \Spruce\, a. [Compar. {Sprucer}; superl. {Sprucest}]
      [Perhaps fr. spruce a sort of leather from Prussia, which was
      an article of finery. See {Spruce}, n.]
      1. Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to
            things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to
            persons. [bd]Neat and spruce array.[b8] --Remedy of Love.
  
      2. Sprightly; dashing. [Obs.] [bd]Now, my spruce
            companions.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     He is so spruce that he can never be genteel.
                                                                              --Tatler.
  
      Syn: Finical; neat; trim. See {Finical}. -- {Sruce"ly}, adv.
               -- {Spruce"ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spruce \Spruce\, a. [Compar. {Sprucer}; superl. {Sprucest}]
      [Perhaps fr. spruce a sort of leather from Prussia, which was
      an article of finery. See {Spruce}, n.]
      1. Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to
            things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to
            persons. [bd]Neat and spruce array.[b8] --Remedy of Love.
  
      2. Sprightly; dashing. [Obs.] [bd]Now, my spruce
            companions.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     He is so spruce that he can never be genteel.
                                                                              --Tatler.
  
      Syn: Finical; neat; trim. See {Finical}. -- {Sruce"ly}, adv.
               -- {Spruce"ness}, n.

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   Spruce \Spruce\, a. [Compar. {Sprucer}; superl. {Sprucest}]
      [Perhaps fr. spruce a sort of leather from Prussia, which was
      an article of finery. See {Spruce}, n.]
      1. Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to
            things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to
            persons. [bd]Neat and spruce array.[b8] --Remedy of Love.
  
      2. Sprightly; dashing. [Obs.] [bd]Now, my spruce
            companions.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     He is so spruce that he can never be genteel.
                                                                              --Tatler.
  
      Syn: Finical; neat; trim. See {Finical}. -- {Sruce"ly}, adv.
               -- {Spruce"ness}, n.

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   Spruce \Spruce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spruced}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Sprucing}.]
      To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce.

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   Sprug \Sprug\, v. t. [Cf. Prov. E. sprug up to dress neatly,
      sprag to prop, a., lively.]
      To make smart. [Obs.]

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   Spry \Spry\, a. [Compar. {Sprier} or {Spryer}; superl. {Spriest}
      or {Spryest}.] [Cf. dial. Sw. sprygg lively, skittish, and E.
      sprag.]
      Having great power of leaping or running; nimble; active.
      [U.S. & Local Eng.]
  
               She is as spry as a cricket.                  --S. Judd
                                                                              (Margaret).
  
               If I'm not so large as you, You are not so small as I,
               And not half so spry.                              --Emerson.

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      2. That which goads to action; an incitement.
  
                     Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise
                     (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn
                     delights and live laborious days.      --Milton.
  
      3. Something that projects; a snag.
  
      4. One of the large or principal roots of a tree. --Shak.
  
      5. (Zo[94]l.) Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and
            legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.;
            especially, the spine on a cock's leg.
  
      6. A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range
            of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral
            direction, or at right angles.
  
      7. A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot,
            to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to
            strip off the blubber.
  
      8. (Carp.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected
            part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
  
      9. (Arch.)
            (a) The short wooden buttress of a post.
            (b) A projection from the round base of a column,
                  occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the
                  base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to
                  a nearly square form. It is generally carved in
                  leafage.
  
      10. (Bot.)
            (a) Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a
                  spur. --Gray.
            (b) Ergotized rye or other grain. [R.]
  
      11. (Fort.) A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins
            to an inner wall.
  
      12. (Shipbuilding)
            (a) A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before
                  launching, having the upper ends bolted to the
                  vessel's side.
            (b) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support
                  the deck where a whole beam can not be placed.
  
      {Spur fowl} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Asiatic
            gallinaceous birds of the genus {Galloperdix}, allied to
            the jungle fowl. The males have two or more spurs on each
            leg.
  
      {Spur gear} (Mach.), a cogwheel having teeth which project
            radially and stand parallel to the axis; a spur wheel.
  
      {Spur gearing}, gearing in which spur gears are used. See
            under {Gearing}.
  
      {Spur pepper}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Capsicum}.
  
      {Spur wheel}. Same as {Spur gear}, above.

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      2. That which goads to action; an incitement.
  
                     Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise
                     (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn
                     delights and live laborious days.      --Milton.
  
      3. Something that projects; a snag.
  
      4. One of the large or principal roots of a tree. --Shak.
  
      5. (Zo[94]l.) Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and
            legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.;
            especially, the spine on a cock's leg.
  
      6. A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range
            of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral
            direction, or at right angles.
  
      7. A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot,
            to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to
            strip off the blubber.
  
      8. (Carp.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected
            part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
  
      9. (Arch.)
            (a) The short wooden buttress of a post.
            (b) A projection from the round base of a column,
                  occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the
                  base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to
                  a nearly square form. It is generally carved in
                  leafage.
  
      10. (Bot.)
            (a) Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a
                  spur. --Gray.
            (b) Ergotized rye or other grain. [R.]
  
      11. (Fort.) A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins
            to an inner wall.
  
      12. (Shipbuilding)
            (a) A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before
                  launching, having the upper ends bolted to the
                  vessel's side.
            (b) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support
                  the deck where a whole beam can not be placed.
  
      {Spur fowl} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Asiatic
            gallinaceous birds of the genus {Galloperdix}, allied to
            the jungle fowl. The males have two or more spurs on each
            leg.
  
      {Spur gear} (Mach.), a cogwheel having teeth which project
            radially and stand parallel to the axis; a spur wheel.
  
      {Spur gearing}, gearing in which spur gears are used. See
            under {Gearing}.
  
      {Spur pepper}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Capsicum}.
  
      {Spur wheel}. Same as {Spur gear}, above.

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   Gearing \Gear"ing\, n.
      1. Harness.
  
      2. (Mach.) The parts by which motion imparted to one portion
            of an engine or machine is transmitted to another,
            considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of
            locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels
            for transmitting and varying motion in machinery.
  
      {Frictional gearing}. See under {Frictional}.
  
      {Gearing chain}, an endless chain transmitted motion from one
            sprocket wheel to another. See Illust. of {Chain wheel}.
           
  
      {Spur gearing}, gearing in which the teeth or cogs are ranged
            round either the concave or the convex surface (properly
            the latter) of a cylindrical wheel; -- for transmitting
            motion between parallel shafts, etc.

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   Spurgall \Spur"gall`\, n.
      A place galled or excoriated by much using of the spur.

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   Spurgall \Spur"gall`\, v. t.
      To gall or wound with a spur.

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   Spurge \Spurge\, v. t. [Etymol. uncertain.]
      To emit foam; to froth; -- said of the emission of yeast from
      beer in course of fermentation. [Obs.] --W. Cartright.

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   Spurge \Spurge\, n. [OF. espurge, F. [82]purge, from OF.
      espurgier to purge, L. expurgare. See {Expurgate}, {Purge}.]
      (Bot.)
      Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See {Euphorbia}.
  
      {Spurge flax}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne Gnidium}) with
            crowded narrow leaves. It is native of Southern Europe.
  
      {Spurge laurel}, a European shrub ({Daphne Laureola}) with
            oblong evergreen leaves.
  
      {Spurge nettle}. See under {Nettle}.
  
      {Spurge olive}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne oleoides}) found
            in the Mediterranean region.

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   Spurge \Spurge\, n. [OF. espurge, F. [82]purge, from OF.
      espurgier to purge, L. expurgare. See {Expurgate}, {Purge}.]
      (Bot.)
      Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See {Euphorbia}.
  
      {Spurge flax}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne Gnidium}) with
            crowded narrow leaves. It is native of Southern Europe.
  
      {Spurge laurel}, a European shrub ({Daphne Laureola}) with
            oblong evergreen leaves.
  
      {Spurge nettle}. See under {Nettle}.
  
      {Spurge olive}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne oleoides}) found
            in the Mediterranean region.

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   Laurel \Lau"rel\, n. [OE. lorel, laurer, lorer, OF. lorier,
      laurier, F. laurier, (assumed) LL. Laurarius, fr. L. laurus.]
      1. (Bot.) An evergreen shrub, of the genus {Laurus} ({L.
            nobilis}), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape,
            with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their
            axils; -- called also {sweet bay}.
  
      Note: The fruit is a purple berry. It is found about the
               Mediterranean, and was early used by the ancient Greeks
               to crown the victor in the games of Apollo. At a later
               period, academic honors were indicated by a crown of
               laurel, with the fruit. The leaves and tree yield an
               aromatic oil, used to flavor the bay water of commerce.
  
      Note: The name is extended to other plants which in some
               respect resemble the true laurel. See Phrases, below.
  
      2. A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; --
            especially in the plural; as, to win laurels.
  
      3. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because
            the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
  
      {Laurel water}, water distilled from the fresh leaves of the
            cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other
            products carried over in the process.
  
      {American laurel}, [or] {Mountain laurel}, {Kalmia
            latifolia}. See under {Mountain}.
  
      {California laurel}, {Umbellularia Californica}.
  
      {Cherry laurel} (in England called {laurel}). See under
            {Cherry}.
  
      {Great laurel}, the rosebay ({Rhododendron maximum}).
  
      {Ground laurel}, trailing arbutus.
  
      {New Zealand laurel}, {Laurelia Nov[91] Zelandi[91]}.
  
      {Portugal laurel}, the {Prunus Lusitanica}.
  
      {Rose laurel}, the oleander. See {Oleander}.
  
      {Sheep laurel}, a poisonous shrub, {Kalmia angustifolia},
            smaller than the mountain laurel, and with smaller and
            redder flowers.
  
      {Spurge laurel}, {Daphne Laureola}.
  
      {West Indian laurel}, {Prunus occidentalis}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Spurge \Spurge\, n. [OF. espurge, F. [82]purge, from OF.
      espurgier to purge, L. expurgare. See {Expurgate}, {Purge}.]
      (Bot.)
      Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See {Euphorbia}.
  
      {Spurge flax}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne Gnidium}) with
            crowded narrow leaves. It is native of Southern Europe.
  
      {Spurge laurel}, a European shrub ({Daphne Laureola}) with
            oblong evergreen leaves.
  
      {Spurge nettle}. See under {Nettle}.
  
      {Spurge olive}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne oleoides}) found
            in the Mediterranean region.

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   Nettle \Net"tle\, n. [AS. netele; akin to D. netel, G. nessel,
      OHG. nezz[8b]la, nazza, Dan. nelde, n[84]lde, Sw. n[84]ssla;
      cf, Lith. notere.] (Bot.)
      A plant of the genus {Urtica}, covered with minute sharp
      hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation.
      {Urtica gracitis} is common in the Northern, and {U.
      cham[91]dryoides} in the Southern, United States. the common
      European species, {U. urens} and {U. dioica}, are also found
      in the Eastern united States. {U. pilulifera} is the Roman
      nettle of England.
  
      Note: The term nettle has been given to many plants related
               to, or to some way resembling, the true nettle; as:
  
      {Australian nettle}, a stinging tree or shrub of the genus
            {Laportea} (as {L. gigas} and {L. moroides}); -- also
            called {nettle tree}.
  
      {Bee nettle}, {Hemp nettle}, a species of {Galeopsis}. See
            under {Hemp}.
  
      {Blind nettle}, {Dead nettle}, a harmless species of
            {Lamium}.
  
      {False nettle} ({B[91]hmeria cylindrica}), a plant common in
            the United States, and related to the true nettles.
  
      {Hedge nettle}, a species of {Stachys}. See under {Hedge}.
  
      {Horse nettle} ({Solanum Carolinense}). See under {Horse}.
  
      {nettle tree}.
      (a) Same as {Hackberry}.
      (b) See {Australian nettle} (above).
  
      {Spurge nettle}, a stinging American herb of the Spurge
            family ({Jatropha urens}).
  
      {Wood nettle}, a plant ({Laportea Canadensis}) which stings
            severely, and is related to the true nettles.
  
      {Nettle cloth}, a kind of thick cotton stuff, japanned, and
            used as a substitute for leather for various purposes.
  
      {Nettle rash} (Med.), an eruptive disease resembling the
            effects of whipping with nettles.
  
      {Sea nettle} (Zo[94]l.), a medusa.

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   Spurge \Spurge\, n. [OF. espurge, F. [82]purge, from OF.
      espurgier to purge, L. expurgare. See {Expurgate}, {Purge}.]
      (Bot.)
      Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See {Euphorbia}.
  
      {Spurge flax}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne Gnidium}) with
            crowded narrow leaves. It is native of Southern Europe.
  
      {Spurge laurel}, a European shrub ({Daphne Laureola}) with
            oblong evergreen leaves.
  
      {Spurge nettle}. See under {Nettle}.
  
      {Spurge olive}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne oleoides}) found
            in the Mediterranean region.

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   Spurge \Spurge\, n. [OF. espurge, F. [82]purge, from OF.
      espurgier to purge, L. expurgare. See {Expurgate}, {Purge}.]
      (Bot.)
      Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See {Euphorbia}.
  
      {Spurge flax}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne Gnidium}) with
            crowded narrow leaves. It is native of Southern Europe.
  
      {Spurge laurel}, a European shrub ({Daphne Laureola}) with
            oblong evergreen leaves.
  
      {Spurge nettle}. See under {Nettle}.
  
      {Spurge olive}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne oleoides}) found
            in the Mediterranean region.

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   Spurgewort \Spurge"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
      Any euphorbiaceous plant. --Lindley.

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   Spurging \Spur"ging\, n. [See 2d {Spurge}.]
      A purging. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

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   Spurious \Spu"ri*ous\, a. [L. spurius.]
      1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source
            pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.
  
      2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. [bd]Her
            spurious firstborn.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Spurious primary}, [or] {Spurious quill} (Zo[94]l.), the
            first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much
            reduced in size, as in certain singing birds.
  
      {Spurious wing} (Zo[94]l.), the bastard wing, or alula.
  
      Syn: Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious;
               fictitious; bastard. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ly}, adv. --
               {Spu"ri*ous*ness}, n.

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   Spurious \Spu"ri*ous\, a. [L. spurius.]
      1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source
            pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.
  
      2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. [bd]Her
            spurious firstborn.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Spurious primary}, [or] {Spurious quill} (Zo[94]l.), the
            first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much
            reduced in size, as in certain singing birds.
  
      {Spurious wing} (Zo[94]l.), the bastard wing, or alula.
  
      Syn: Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious;
               fictitious; bastard. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ly}, adv. --
               {Spu"ri*ous*ness}, n.

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   Spurious \Spu"ri*ous\, a. [L. spurius.]
      1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source
            pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.
  
      2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. [bd]Her
            spurious firstborn.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Spurious primary}, [or] {Spurious quill} (Zo[94]l.), the
            first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much
            reduced in size, as in certain singing birds.
  
      {Spurious wing} (Zo[94]l.), the bastard wing, or alula.
  
      Syn: Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious;
               fictitious; bastard. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ly}, adv. --
               {Spu"ri*ous*ness}, n.

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   Spurious \Spu"ri*ous\, a. [L. spurius.]
      1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source
            pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.
  
      2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. [bd]Her
            spurious firstborn.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Spurious primary}, [or] {Spurious quill} (Zo[94]l.), the
            first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much
            reduced in size, as in certain singing birds.
  
      {Spurious wing} (Zo[94]l.), the bastard wing, or alula.
  
      Syn: Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious;
               fictitious; bastard. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ly}, adv. --
               {Spu"ri*ous*ness}, n.

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   Spurious \Spu"ri*ous\, a. [L. spurius.]
      1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source
            pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.
  
      2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. [bd]Her
            spurious firstborn.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Spurious primary}, [or] {Spurious quill} (Zo[94]l.), the
            first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much
            reduced in size, as in certain singing birds.
  
      {Spurious wing} (Zo[94]l.), the bastard wing, or alula.
  
      Syn: Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious;
               fictitious; bastard. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ly}, adv. --
               {Spu"ri*ous*ness}, n.

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   Spurious \Spu"ri*ous\, a. [L. spurius.]
      1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source
            pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.
  
      2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. [bd]Her
            spurious firstborn.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Spurious primary}, [or] {Spurious quill} (Zo[94]l.), the
            first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much
            reduced in size, as in certain singing birds.
  
      {Spurious wing} (Zo[94]l.), the bastard wing, or alula.
  
      Syn: Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious;
               fictitious; bastard. -- {Spu"ri*ous*ly}, adv. --
               {Spu"ri*ous*ness}, n.

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   Spur-shell \Spur"-shell`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of
      the genus {Trochus}, or {Imperator}. The shell is conical,
      with the margin toothed somewhat like the rowel of a spur.

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   Subarachnoid \Sub`a*rach"noid\, Subarachnoidal
   \Sub*ar`ach*noid"al\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated under the arachnoid membrane.

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   Subarachnoid \Sub`a*rach"noid\, Subarachnoidal
   \Sub*ar`ach*noid"al\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated under the arachnoid membrane.

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   Subarctic \Sub*arc"tic\, a.
      Approximately arctic; belonging to a region just without the
      arctic circle.

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   Subarcuate \Sub*ar"cu*ate\, Subarcuated \Sub*ar"cu*a`ted\, a.
      Having a figure resembling that of a bow; somewhat curved or
      arched.

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   Subarcuate \Sub*ar"cu*ate\, Subarcuated \Sub*ar"cu*a`ted\, a.
      Having a figure resembling that of a bow; somewhat curved or
      arched.

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   Subbrachial \Sub*brach"i*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to the subbrachians.

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   Subbrachian \Sub*brach"i*an\, n. [Pref. sub- + brachium.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      One of the Subbrachiales.

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   Subereous \Su*be"re*ous\, a. [L. subereus of the cork tree.]
      Of or pertaining to cork; of the nature of cork; suberose.

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   Suberic \Su*ber"ic\, a. [L. suber the cork tree: cf. F.
      sub[82]reque.] (Chem.)
      Of or pertaining to cork; specifically, designating an acid,
      {C6H12.(CO2H)2}, homologous with oxalic acid, and obtained
      from cork and certain fatty oils, as a white crystalline
      substance.

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   Suberization \Su`ber*i*za"tion\, n. (Bot.)
      Conversion of the cell walls into cork tissue by development
      of suberin; -- commonly taking place in exposed tissues, as
      when a callus forms over a wound. Suberized cell walls are
      impervious to water.

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   Suberize \Su"ber*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {-ized}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {-izing}.] [L. suber cork.] (Bot.)
      To effect suberization of.

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   Suberose \Su"ber*ose`\, Suberous \Su"ber*ous\, a. [L. suber the
      cork tree: cf. F. sub[82]reux.] (Bot.)
      Having a corky texture.

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   Suberose \Su"ber*ose`\, Suberous \Su"ber*ous\, a. [L. suber the
      cork tree: cf. F. sub[82]reux.] (Bot.)
      Having a corky texture.

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   Subpericardial \Sub*per`i*car"di*al\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated under the cardiac pericardium.

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   Subperiosteal \Sub*per`i*os"te*al\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated under the periosteum.
  
      {Subperiosteal operation} (Surg.), a removal of bone effected
            without taking away the periosteum.

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   Subperiosteal \Sub*per`i*os"te*al\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated under the periosteum.
  
      {Subperiosteal operation} (Surg.), a removal of bone effected
            without taking away the periosteum.

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   Subpurchaser \Sub*pur"chas*er\, n.
      A purchaser who buys from a purchaser; one who buys at second
      hand.

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   Subrector \Sub*rec"tor\, n.
      An assistant restor. [Eng.]

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   Subrigid \Sub*rig"id\, a.
      Somewhat rigid or stiff.

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   Subriguous \Sub*rig"u*ous\, a. [L. subriguus; sub under + riguus
      watered, akin to rigare to water.]
      Watered or wet beneath; well-watered. [Obs.] --Blount.

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   Subrogate \Sub"ro*gate\, v. t. [L. subrogatus, p. p. of
      subrogare. See {Surrogate}.]
      To put in the place of another; to substitute. --Barrow.

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   Subrogation \Sub`ro*ga"tion\, n. [Cf. F. subrogation, LL.
      subrogatio.]
      The act of subrogating. Specifically: (Law) The substitution
      of one person in the place of another as a creditor, the new
      creditor succeeding to the rights of the former; the mode by
      which a third person who pays a creditor succeeds to his
      rights against the debtor. --Bouvier. Burrill. Abbott.

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   Subverse \Sub*verse"\, v. t. [L. subversus, p. p. of subvertere.
      See {Subvert}.]
      To subvert. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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   Subversion \Sub*ver"sion\, n. [L. subversio: cf. F. subversion.
      See {Subvert}.]
      The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned;
      entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter
      ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the
      subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the
      constitution.
  
               The subversion [by a storm] of woods and timber . . .
               through my whole estate.                        --Evelyn.
  
               Laws have been often abused to the oppression and
               subversion of that order they were intended to
               preserve.                                                --Rogers.

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   Subversionary \Sub*ver"sion*a*ry\, a.
      Promoting destruction.

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   Subversive \Sub*ver"sive\, a. [Cf. F. subversif.]
      Tending to subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin.
  
               Lying is a vice subversive of the very ends and design
               of conversation.                                    --Rogers.

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   Subworker \Sub*work"er\, n.
      A subordinate worker or helper. --South.

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   Suffragan \Suf"fra*gan\, n. [F. suffragant: cf. LL.
      suffraganeus. See {Suffragan}, a.]
      1. An assistant.
  
      2. (Eccl.) A bishop considered as an assistant, or as
            subject, to his metropolitan; an assistant bishop.

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   Suffragan \Suf"fra*gan\, a. [F. suffragant, L. suffragans, p.
      pr. of suffragari to support with one's vote, to be
      favorable. See {Suffrage}.]
      Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop.

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   Suffraganship \Suf"fra*gan*ship\, n.
      The office of a suffragan.

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   Suffragant \Suf"fra*gant\, a. & n.
      Suffragan. [Obs.]

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   Suffragate \Suf"fra*gate\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Suffragated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suffragating}.] [L.
      suffragatus, p. p. of suffragari. See {Suffragan}, a.]
      To vote or vote with. [Obs.] [bd]Suffragating tribes.[b8]
      --Dryden.

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   Suffragate \Suf"fra*gate\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Suffragated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suffragating}.] [L.
      suffragatus, p. p. of suffragari. See {Suffragan}, a.]
      To vote or vote with. [Obs.] [bd]Suffragating tribes.[b8]
      --Dryden.

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   Suffragate \Suf"fra*gate\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Suffragated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suffragating}.] [L.
      suffragatus, p. p. of suffragari. See {Suffragan}, a.]
      To vote or vote with. [Obs.] [bd]Suffragating tribes.[b8]
      --Dryden.

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   Suffragator \Suf"fra*ga`tor\, n. [L.]
      One who assists or favors by his vote. [Obs.]

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   Suffrage \Suf"frage\, n. [F., fr. L. suffragium; perhaps
      originally, a broken piece, a potsherd, used in voting, and
      fr. sub under + the root of frangere to break. See {Break}.]
      1. A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in
            the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal
            expression of an opinion; assent; vote.
  
                     I ask your voices and your suffrages. --Shak.
  
      2. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
  
                     Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage
                     the observation made by heathen writers.
                                                                              --Atterbury.
  
                     Every miracle is the suffrage of Heaven to the truth
                     of a doctrine.                                    --South.
  
      3. (Eccl.)
            (a) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins
                  and evensong.
            (b) A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful
                  departed. --Shipley.
  
                           I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and
                           that the souls therein detained are helped by
                           the suffrages of the faithful.      --Creed of
                                                                              Pope Pius IV.
  
      4. Aid; assistance. [A Latinism] [Obs.]

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   Suffrage \Suf"frage\, v. t.
      To vote for; to elect. [Obs.] --Milton.

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   Suffraginous \Suf*frag"i*nous\, a. [L. suffraginosus diseased in
      the hock, fr. suffrago the pastern, or hock.]
      Of or pertaining to the hock of a beast. [Obs.]

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   Suffragist \Suf"fra*gist\, n.
      1. One who possesses or exercises the political right of
            suffrage; a voter.
  
      2. One who has certain opinions or desires about the
            political right of suffrage; as, a woman suffragist.

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   Superacidulated \Su`per*a*cid"u*la`ted\, a.
      Acidulated to excess. [R.]

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   Supercarbonate \Su`per*car"bon*ate\, n. (Chem.)
      A bicarbonate. [Obsoles.]

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   Bicarbonate \Bi*car"bon*ate\, n. [Pref. bi- + carbonate.]
      (Chem.)
      A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is
      replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the
      proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice
      what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; --
      sometimes called {supercarbonate}.

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   Supercarbonate \Su`per*car"bon*ate\, n. (Chem.)
      A bicarbonate. [Obsoles.]

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   Bicarbonate \Bi*car"bon*ate\, n. [Pref. bi- + carbonate.]
      (Chem.)
      A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is
      replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the
      proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice
      what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; --
      sometimes called {supercarbonate}.

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   Supercarbureted \Su`per*car"bu*ret`ed\, a. (Chem.)
      Bicarbureted. [Written also {supercarburetted}.] [Obsoles.]

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   Supercarbureted \Su`per*car"bu*ret`ed\, a. (Chem.)
      Bicarbureted. [Written also {supercarburetted}.] [Obsoles.]

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   Supercargo \Su`per*car"go\, n. [Super- + cargo: cf. Sp.
      sobrecargo. Cf. {Surcharge}.]
      An officer or person in a merchant ship, whose duty is to
      manage the sales, and superintend the commercial concerns, of
      the voyage.

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   Supercarpal \Su`per*car"pal\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated above, or in the upper part of, the carpus.

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   Supercelestial \Su`per*ce*les"tial\, a. [Pref. super- +
      celestial: cf. L. supercaelestis.]
      1. Situated above the firmament, or great vault of heaven.
            --Waterland.
  
      2. Higher than celestial; superangelic.

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   Supercharge \Su`per*charge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Supercharged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supercharging}.] [Pref.
      super- + charge. Cf. {Surcharge}.] (Her.)
      To charge (a bearing) upon another bearing; as, to
      supercharge a rose upon a fess.

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   Supercharge \Su`per*charge"\, n. (Her.)
      A bearing charged upon another bearing. [R.]

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   Supercharge \Su`per*charge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Supercharged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supercharging}.] [Pref.
      super- + charge. Cf. {Surcharge}.] (Her.)
      To charge (a bearing) upon another bearing; as, to
      supercharge a rose upon a fess.

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   Supercharge \Su`per*charge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Supercharged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Supercharging}.] [Pref.
      super- + charge. Cf. {Surcharge}.] (Her.)
      To charge (a bearing) upon another bearing; as, to
      supercharge a rose upon a fess.

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   Superchemical \Su`per*chem"ic*al\, a.
      Above or beyond chemistry; inexplicable by chemical laws.
      --J. Le Conte.

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   Superchery \Su*perch"er*y\, n. [F. supercherie.]
      Deceit; fraud; imposition. [Obs. & R.]

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   Superciliary \Su`per*cil"i*a*ry\, a. [L. supercilium an eyebrow.
      See {Supercilious}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to the eyebrows; supraorbital.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Having a distinct streak of color above the
            eyes; as, the superciliary woodpecker.

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   Supercilious \Su`per*cil"i*ous\, a. [L. superciliosus, fr.
      supercilium an eyebrow, pride; super over, + cilium an
      eyelid; probably akin to celare to conceal. Cf. {Conceal}.]
      Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing;
      arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air;
      supercilious behavior. -- {Su`per*cil"i*ous*ly}, adv. --
      {Su`per*cil"i*ous*ness}, n.

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   Supercilious \Su`per*cil"i*ous\, a. [L. superciliosus, fr.
      supercilium an eyebrow, pride; super over, + cilium an
      eyelid; probably akin to celare to conceal. Cf. {Conceal}.]
      Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing;
      arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air;
      supercilious behavior. -- {Su`per*cil"i*ous*ly}, adv. --
      {Su`per*cil"i*ous*ness}, n.

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   Supercilious \Su`per*cil"i*ous\, a. [L. superciliosus, fr.
      supercilium an eyebrow, pride; super over, + cilium an
      eyelid; probably akin to celare to conceal. Cf. {Conceal}.]
      Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing;
      arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air;
      supercilious behavior. -- {Su`per*cil"i*ous*ly}, adv. --
      {Su`per*cil"i*ous*ness}, n.

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   Supercolumniation \Su`per*co*lum`ni*a"tion\, n. (Arch.)
      The putting of one order above another; also, an
      architectural work produced by this method; as, the putting
      of the Doric order in the ground story, Ionic above it, and
      Corinthian or Composite above this.

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   Superconception \Su`per*con*cep"tion\, n. (Physiol.)
      Superfetation. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.

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   Superconsequence \Su`per*con"se*quence\, n.
      Remote consequence. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

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   Supercrescence \Su`per*cres"cence\, n. [See {Supercrescent}.]
      That which grows upon another growing thing; a parasite. [R.]
      --Sir T. Browne.

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   Supercrescent \Su`per*cres"cent\, a. [L. supercrescens, p. pr.
      of supercrescere; super above + crescere to grow.]
      Growing on some other growing thing. [R.] --Johnson.

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   Supercretaceous \Su`per*cre*ta"ceous\, a. (Geol.)
      Same as {Supracretaceous}.

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   Supercurious \Su`per*cu"ri*ous\, a.
      Excessively curious or inquisitive. --Evelyn.

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   Superessential \Su`per*es*sen"tial\, a.
      Essential above others, or above the constitution of a thing.
      --J. Ellis.

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   Superexalt \Su`per*ex*alt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superexalted};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Superexalting}.]
      To exalt to a superior degree; to exalt above others.
      --Barrow.

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   Superexaltation \Su`per*ex`al*ta"tion\, n.
      Elevation above the common degree. --Holyday.

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   Superexalt \Su`per*ex*alt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superexalted};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Superexalting}.]
      To exalt to a superior degree; to exalt above others.
      --Barrow.

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   Superexalt \Su`per*ex*alt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superexalted};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Superexalting}.]
      To exalt to a superior degree; to exalt above others.
      --Barrow.

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   Superexcellence \Su`per*ex"cel*lence\, n.
      Superior excellence; extraordinary excellence.

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   Superexcellent \Su`per*ex"cel*lent\, a. [Pref. super- +
      excellent: cf. L. superexcellens.]
      Excellent in an uncommon degree; very excellent. --Drayton.

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   Superexcination \Su`per*ex`ci*na"tion\, n.
      Excessive, or more than normal, excitation.

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   Superexcrescence \Su`per*ex*cres"cence\, n.
      Something growing superfluously.

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   Superjacent \Su`per*ja"cent\, a. [L. superjacens, p. pr. of
      superjacere; super above + jacere to lie.]
      Situated immediately above; as, superjacent rocks.

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   Superoccipital \Su`per*oc*cip"i*tal\, a.
      Supraoccipital.

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   Superoxide \Su`per*ox"ide\, n. (Chem.)
      See {Peroxide}. [Obs.]

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   Superregal \Su`per*re"gal\, a.
      More than regal; worthy of one greater than a king.
      --Waterland.

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   Supersacral \Su`per*sa"cral\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the sacrum.

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   Supersaliency \Su`per*sa"li*en*cy\, n.
      The act of leaping on anything. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

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   Supersalient \Su`per*sa"li*ent\, a. [Pref. super- + L. saliens
      p. pr. of salire to leap.]
      Leaping upon. [Obs.]

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   Supersalt \Su`per*salt"\, n. (Chem.)
      An acid salt. See {Acid salt}
      (a), under {Salt}, n.

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   Supersaturate \Su`per*sat"u*rate\, v. t.
      To add to beyond saturation; as, to supersaturate a solution.

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   Supersaturation \Su`per*sat`u*ra"tion\, n.
      The operation of supersaturating, or the state of being
      supersaturated.

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   Superscribe \Su`per*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Superscribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superscribing}.] [L.
      superscribere, superscriptum; super over + scribere to write.
      See {Super-}, and {Scribe}.]
      To write or engrave (a name, address, inscription, or the
      like) on the top or surface; to write a name, address, or the
      like, on the outside or cover of (anything); as, to
      superscribe a letter.

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   Superscribe \Su`per*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Superscribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superscribing}.] [L.
      superscribere, superscriptum; super over + scribere to write.
      See {Super-}, and {Scribe}.]
      To write or engrave (a name, address, inscription, or the
      like) on the top or surface; to write a name, address, or the
      like, on the outside or cover of (anything); as, to
      superscribe a letter.

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   Superscribe \Su`per*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Superscribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Superscribing}.] [L.
      superscribere, superscriptum; super over + scribere to write.
      See {Super-}, and {Scribe}.]
      To write or engrave (a name, address, inscription, or the
      like) on the top or surface; to write a name, address, or the
      like, on the outside or cover of (anything); as, to
      superscribe a letter.

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   Superscript \Su"per*script\, n.
      Superscription. [Obs.] [bd]I will overglance the
      superscript.[b8] --Shak.

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   Superscription \Su`per*scrip"tion\, n. [L. superscriptio. See
      {Superscribe}.]
      1. The act of superscribing.
  
      2. That which is written or engraved on the surface, outside,
            or above something else; specifically, an address on a
            letter, envelope, or the like. --Holland.
  
                     The superscription of his accusation was written
                     over, The King of the Jews.               --Mark xv. 26.
  
      3. (Pharm.) That part of a prescription which contains the
            Latin word recipe (Take) or the sign [?].

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   Supersecular \Su`per*sec"u*lar\, a.
      Being above the world, or secular things. --Bp. Hall.

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   Supersede \Su`per*sede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superseded}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Superseding}.] [L. supersedere, supersessum, to
      sit above, be superior to, forbear, omit; super above +
      sedere to sit: cf. F. supers[82]der. See {Sit}, and cf.
      {Surcease}.]
      1. To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace.
  
      2. To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of;
            as, to supersede an officer.
  
      3. To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior
            power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to
            render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay.
  
                     Nothing is supposed that can supersede the known
                     laws of natural motion.                     --Bentley.
  
      4. (Old Law) To omit; to forbear.

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   Supersede \Su`per*sede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superseded}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Superseding}.] [L. supersedere, supersessum, to
      sit above, be superior to, forbear, omit; super above +
      sedere to sit: cf. F. supers[82]der. See {Sit}, and cf.
      {Surcease}.]
      1. To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace.
  
      2. To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of;
            as, to supersede an officer.
  
      3. To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior
            power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to
            render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay.
  
                     Nothing is supposed that can supersede the known
                     laws of natural motion.                     --Bentley.
  
      4. (Old Law) To omit; to forbear.

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   Supersede \Su`per*sede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superseded}; p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Superseding}.] [L. supersedere, supersessum, to
      sit above, be superior to, forbear, omit; super above +
      sedere to sit: cf. F. supers[82]der. See {Sit}, and cf.
      {Surcease}.]
      1. To come, or be placed, in the room of; to replace.
  
      2. To displace, or set aside, and put another in place of;
            as, to supersede an officer.
  
      3. To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior
            power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to
            render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay.
  
                     Nothing is supposed that can supersede the known
                     laws of natural motion.                     --Bentley.
  
      4. (Old Law) To omit; to forbear.

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   Supersedure \Su*per*se"dure\, n.
      The act of superseding, or setting aside; supersession; as,
      the supersedure of trial by jury. --A. Hamilton.

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   Superseminate \Su`per*sem"i*nate\, v. t.
      To sow, as seed, over something previously sown. [Obs.]
  
               That can not be done with joy, when it shall be
               indifferent to any man to superseminate what he please.
                                                                              --Jer. Taylor.

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   Supersemination \Su`per*sem`i*na"tion\, n.
      The sowing of seed over seed previously sown. [Obs.] --Abp.
      Bramhall.

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   Supersensible \Su`per*sen"si*ble\, a. [Pref. super- + sensible:
      cf. F. supersensible.]
      Beyond the reach of the senses; above the natural powers of
      perception.

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   Supersensitive \Su`per*sen"si*tive\, a.
      Excessively sensitive; morbidly sensitive. --
      {Su`per*sen"si*tive*ness}, n.

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   Supersensitive \Su`per*sen"si*tive\, a.
      Excessively sensitive; morbidly sensitive. --
      {Su`per*sen"si*tive*ness}, n.

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   Supersensual \Su`per*sen"su*al\, a.
      Supersensible.

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   Supersensuous \Su`per*sen"su*ous\, a.
      1. Supersensible.
  
      2. Excessively sensuous.

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   Superserviceable \Su`per*serv"ice*a*ble\, a.
      Overofficious; doing more than is required or desired. [bd]A
      superserviceable, finical rogue.[b8] --Shak.

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   Supersession \Su`per*ses"sion\, n. [Cf. OF. supersession. See
      {Supersede}.]
      The act of superseding, or the state of being superseded;
      supersedure.
  
               The general law of diminishing return from land would
               have undergone, to that extent, a temporary
               supersession.                                          --J. S. Mill.

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   Supersolar \Su`per*so"lar\, a.
      Above the sun. --Emerson.

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   Supersphenoidal \Su`per*sphe*noid"al\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the body of the
      sphenoid bone.

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   Superspinous \Su`per*spi"nous\, a. (Anat.)
      Supraspinuos.

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   Superstatum \Su`per*sta"tum\, n.; pl. {Superstrata}. [NL.: cf.
      L. supersternere, superstratum, to spread upon. See {Super-},
      and {Stratum}.]
      A stratum, or layer, above another.

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   Superstition \Su`per*sti"tion\, n. [F. superstition, L.
      superstitio, originally, a standing still over or by a thing;
      hence, amazement, wonder, dread, especially of the divine or
      supernatural, fr. superstare to stand over; super over +
      stare to stand. See {Super-}, and {Stand}.]
      1. An excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which is
            unknown or mysterious.
  
      2. An ignorant or irrational worship of the Supreme Deity;
            excessive exactness or rigor in religious opinions or
            practice; extreme and unnecessary scruples in the
            observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points
            of minor importance; also, a rite or practice proceeding
            from excess of sculptures in religion.
  
                     And the truth With superstitions and traditions
                     taint.                                                --Milton.
  
      3. The worship of a false god or gods; false religion;
            religious veneration for objects.
  
                     [The accusers] had certain questions against him of
                     their own superstition.                     --Acts xxv.
                                                                              19.
  
      4. Belief in the direct agency of superior powers in certain
            extraordinary or singular events, or in magic, omens,
            prognostics, or the like.
  
      5. Excessive nicety; scrupulous exactness.
  
      Syn: Fanaticism.
  
      Usage: {Superstition}, {Fanaticism}. Superstition springs
                  from religious feeling misdirected or unenlightened.
                  Fanaticism arises from this same feeling in a state of
                  high-wrought and self-confident excitement. The former
                  leads in some cases to excessive rigor in religious
                  opinions or practice; in others, to unfounded belief
                  in extraordinary events or in charms, omens, and
                  prognostics, hence producing weak fears, or excessive
                  scrupulosity as to outward observances. The latter
                  gives rise to an utter disregard of reason under the
                  false assumption of enjoying a guidance directly
                  inspired. Fanaticism has a secondary sense as applied
                  to politics, etc., which corresponds to the primary.

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   Superstitionist \Su`per*sti"tion*ist\, n.
      One addicted to superstition. [Obs.] [bd]Blind
      superstitionists.[b8] --Dr. H. More.

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   Magic \Mag"ic\, n. [OE. magique, L. magice, Gr. [?] (sc. [?]),
      fr. [?]. See {Magic}, a., and {Magi}.]
      A comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which
      claim to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural
      beings, or departed spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces
      in nature attained by a study of occult science, including
      enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy,
      incantation, etc.
  
               An appearance made by some magic.            --Chaucer.
  
      {Celestial magic}, a supposed supernatural power which gave
            to spirits a kind of dominion over the planets, and to the
            planets an influence over men.
  
      {Natural magic}, the art of employing the powers of nature to
            produce effects apparently supernatural.
  
      {Superstitious}, [or] {Geotic}, {magic}, the invocation of
            devils or demons, involving the supposition of some tacit
            or express agreement between them and human beings.
  
      Syn: Sorcery; witchcraft; necromancy; conjuration;
               enchantment.

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   Superstitious \Su`per*sti"tious\, a. [F. superstitieux, L.
      superstitiosus.]
      1. Of or pertaining to superstition; proceeding from, or
            manifesting, superstition; as, superstitious rites;
            superstitious observances.
  
      2. Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in
            religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of
            idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion.
  
                     Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye
                     are too superstitious.                        --Acts xvii.
                                                                              22.
  
      3. Overexact; scrupulous beyond need.
  
      {Superstitious use} (Law), the use of a gift or bequest, as
            of land, etc., for the maintenance of the rites of a
            religion not tolerated by the law. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. --
            {Su`per*sti"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Su`per*sti"tious*ness}, n.

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   Superstitious \Su`per*sti"tious\, a. [F. superstitieux, L.
      superstitiosus.]
      1. Of or pertaining to superstition; proceeding from, or
            manifesting, superstition; as, superstitious rites;
            superstitious observances.
  
      2. Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in
            religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of
            idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion.
  
                     Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye
                     are too superstitious.                        --Acts xvii.
                                                                              22.
  
      3. Overexact; scrupulous beyond need.
  
      {Superstitious use} (Law), the use of a gift or bequest, as
            of land, etc., for the maintenance of the rites of a
            religion not tolerated by the law. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. --
            {Su`per*sti"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Su`per*sti"tious*ness}, n.

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   Superstitious \Su`per*sti"tious\, a. [F. superstitieux, L.
      superstitiosus.]
      1. Of or pertaining to superstition; proceeding from, or
            manifesting, superstition; as, superstitious rites;
            superstitious observances.
  
      2. Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in
            religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of
            idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion.
  
                     Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye
                     are too superstitious.                        --Acts xvii.
                                                                              22.
  
      3. Overexact; scrupulous beyond need.
  
      {Superstitious use} (Law), the use of a gift or bequest, as
            of land, etc., for the maintenance of the rites of a
            religion not tolerated by the law. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. --
            {Su`per*sti"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Su`per*sti"tious*ness}, n.

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   Superstitious \Su`per*sti"tious\, a. [F. superstitieux, L.
      superstitiosus.]
      1. Of or pertaining to superstition; proceeding from, or
            manifesting, superstition; as, superstitious rites;
            superstitious observances.
  
      2. Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in
            religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of
            idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion.
  
                     Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye
                     are too superstitious.                        --Acts xvii.
                                                                              22.
  
      3. Overexact; scrupulous beyond need.
  
      {Superstitious use} (Law), the use of a gift or bequest, as
            of land, etc., for the maintenance of the rites of a
            religion not tolerated by the law. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. --
            {Su`per*sti"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Su`per*sti"tious*ness}, n.

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   Superstrain \Su`per*strain"\, v. t.
      To overstrain. --Bacon.

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   Superstatum \Su`per*sta"tum\, n.; pl. {Superstrata}. [NL.: cf.
      L. supersternere, superstratum, to spread upon. See {Super-},
      and {Stratum}.]
      A stratum, or layer, above another.

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   Superstruct \Su`per*struct"\, v. t. [L. superstructus, p. p. of
      superstruere to build upon; super over + struere to build.
      See {Super-}, and {Structure}.]
      To build over or upon another structure; to erect upon a
      foundation.
  
               This is the only proper basis on which to superstruct
               first innocency and then virtue.            --Dr. H. More.

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   Superstruction \Su`per*struc"tion\, n.
      1. The act of superstructing, or building upon.
  
      2. That which id superstructed, or built upon some
            foundation; an edifice; a superstructure.
  
                     My own profession hath taught me not to erect new
                     superstructions upon an old ruin.      --Denham.

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   Superstructive \Su`per*struct"ive\, a.
      Built or erected on something else. --Hammond.

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   Superstructor \Su`per*struct"or\, n.
      One who builds a superstructure. [R.] --R. North.

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   Superstructure \Su`per*struc"ture\, n. [Cf. F. superstructure.]
      1. Any material structure or edifice built on something else;
            that which is raised on a foundation or basis; esp.
            (Arch.), all that part of a building above the basement.
            Also used figuratively.
  
                     You have added to your natural endowments the
                     superstructure of study.                     --Dryden.
  
      2. (Railway Engin.) The sleepers, and fastenings, in
            distinction from the roadbed.

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   Supersubstantial \Su`per*sub*stan"tial\, a. [Pref. super- +
      substantial: cf. F. supersubstantiel.]
      More than substantial; spiritual. [bd]The heavenly
      supersubstantial bread.[b8] --Jer. Taylor.

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   Supersubtle \Su`per*sub"tle\, a.
      To subtle. --Shak.

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   Supersulphate \Su`per*sul"phate\, n. (Chem.)
      An acid sulphate. [Obs.]

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   Supersulphureted \Su`per*sul"phu*ret`ed\, a. (Chem.)
      Supersulphurized. [Obs.] [Written also {-sulphuretted}.]

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   Supersulphurize \Su`per*sul"phur*ize\, v. t. (Chem.)
      To impregnate or combine with an excess of sulphur.

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   Supparasitation \Sup*par`a*si*ta"tion\, n. [See {Supparasite}.]
      The act of flattering to gain favor; servile approbation.
      [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.

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   Supparasite \Sup*par"a*site\, v. t. [L. supparasitari; sub
      under, a little + parasitus a parasite.]
      To flatter; to cajole; to act the parasite. [Obs.] --Dr. R.
      Clerke.

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   Suppress \Sup*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suppressed}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Suppressing}.] [L. suppressus, p. p. of supprimere
      to suppress; sub under + premere, pressum, to press. See
      {Sub-}, and {Press}.]
      1. To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
  
                     Every rebellion, when it is suppressed, doth make
                     the subject weaker, and the prince stronger. --Sir
                                                                              J. Davies.
  
      2. To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to
            suppress the voice; to suppress a smile. --Sir W. Scott.
  
      3. To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal;
            to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to
            suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth.
  
                     She suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a
                     pleasing suspense.                              --Broome.
  
      4. To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to
            suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.
  
      Syn: To repress; restrain; put down; overthrow; overpower;
               overwhelm; conceal; stifle; stop; smother.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suppress \Sup*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suppressed}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Suppressing}.] [L. suppressus, p. p. of supprimere
      to suppress; sub under + premere, pressum, to press. See
      {Sub-}, and {Press}.]
      1. To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
  
                     Every rebellion, when it is suppressed, doth make
                     the subject weaker, and the prince stronger. --Sir
                                                                              J. Davies.
  
      2. To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to
            suppress the voice; to suppress a smile. --Sir W. Scott.
  
      3. To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal;
            to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to
            suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth.
  
                     She suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a
                     pleasing suspense.                              --Broome.
  
      4. To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to
            suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.
  
      Syn: To repress; restrain; put down; overthrow; overpower;
               overwhelm; conceal; stifle; stop; smother.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suppressible \Sup*press"i*ble\, a.
      That may be suppressed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suppress \Sup*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suppressed}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Suppressing}.] [L. suppressus, p. p. of supprimere
      to suppress; sub under + premere, pressum, to press. See
      {Sub-}, and {Press}.]
      1. To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
  
                     Every rebellion, when it is suppressed, doth make
                     the subject weaker, and the prince stronger. --Sir
                                                                              J. Davies.
  
      2. To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to
            suppress the voice; to suppress a smile. --Sir W. Scott.
  
      3. To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal;
            to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to
            suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth.
  
                     She suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a
                     pleasing suspense.                              --Broome.
  
      4. To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to
            suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.
  
      Syn: To repress; restrain; put down; overthrow; overpower;
               overwhelm; conceal; stifle; stop; smother.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suppression \Sup*pres"sion\, n. [L. suppressio: cf. F.
      suppression.]
      1. The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed;
            repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection,
            or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of
            evidence, and the like.
  
      2. (Med.) Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or
            excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in
            contradiction to retention, which signifies that the
            secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion.
            --Quain.
  
      3. (Gram.) Omission; as, the suppression of a word.
  
      Syn: Overthrow; destruction; concealment; repression;
               detention; retention; obstruction.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suppressive \Sup*press"ive\, a.
      Tending to suppress; subduing; concealing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suppressor \Sup*press"or\, n. [L., hider.]
      One who suppresses.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supprise \Sup*prise"\, v. t.
      To surprise. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supra-acromial \Su`pra-a*cro"mi*al\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated above the acromial process of the scapula.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supra-axillary \Su"pra-ax"il*la*ry\, a. (Bot.)
      Growing above the axil; inserted above the axil, as a
      peduncle. See {Suprafoliaceous}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suprachoroid \Su`pra*cho"roid\, Suprachoroidal
   \Su`pra*cho*roid"al\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated above the choroid; -- applied to the layer of the
      choroid coat of the eyeball next to the sclerotic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suprachoroid \Su`pra*cho"roid\, Suprachoroidal
   \Su`pra*cho*roid"al\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated above the choroid; -- applied to the layer of the
      choroid coat of the eyeball next to the sclerotic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supraciliary \Su`pra*cil"i*a*ry\, a. (Anat.)
      Superciliary.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supraclavicle \Su`pra*clav"i*cle\, n. (Anat.)
      A bone which usually connects the clavicle with the
      post-temporal in the pectorial arch of fishes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supraclavicular \Su`pra*cla*vic"u*lar\, a. (Anat.)
      (a) Situated above the clavicle.
      (b) Of or pertaining to the supraclavicle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supracondylar \Su`pra*con"dy*lar\, Supracondyloid
   \Su`pra*con"dy*loid\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated above a condyle or condyles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supracondylar \Su`pra*con"dy*lar\, Supracondyloid
   \Su`pra*con"dy*loid\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated above a condyle or condyles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supracostal \Su`pra*cos"tal\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated above, or on the outside of, the ribs.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supracranial \Su`pra*cra"ni*al\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated above, or in the roof of, the cranium.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supracretaceous \Su`pra*cre*ta"ceous\, a. (Geol.)
      Lying above the chalk; Supercretaceous.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supra-esophagal \Su`pra-e*soph"a*gal\, Supra-esophageal
   \Su`pra-e`so*phag"e*al\, a. (Bot. & Zo[94]l.)
      Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the esophagus; as,
      the supra-esophageal ganglion of Crustacea. [Written also
      {supra-[d2]sophagal}, and {supra-[d2]sophageal}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supra-esophagal \Su`pra-e*soph"a*gal\, Supra-esophageal
   \Su`pra-e`so*phag"e*al\, a. (Bot. & Zo[94]l.)
      Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the esophagus; as,
      the supra-esophageal ganglion of Crustacea. [Written also
      {supra-[d2]sophagal}, and {supra-[d2]sophageal}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supraglotic \Su`pra*glot"ic\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated above the glottis; -- applied to that part of the
      cavity of the larynx above the true vocal cords.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supraoccipital \Su`pra*oc*cip"i*tal\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated over, or in the upper part of, the occiput; of or
      pertaining to the supraoccipital bone. -- n. The
      supraoccipital bone.
  
      {Supraoccipital bone} (Anat.), a bone on the dorsal side of
            the great foramen of the skull, usually forming a part of
            the occipital in the adult, but distinct in the young.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supraoccipital \Su`pra*oc*cip"i*tal\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated over, or in the upper part of, the occiput; of or
      pertaining to the supraoccipital bone. -- n. The
      supraoccipital bone.
  
      {Supraoccipital bone} (Anat.), a bone on the dorsal side of
            the great foramen of the skull, usually forming a part of
            the occipital in the adult, but distinct in the young.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supraocular \Su`pra*oc"u*lar\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Above the eyes; -- said of certain scales of fishes and
      reptiles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suprascalpular \Su`pra*scalp"u*lar\, Suprascalpulary
   \Su`pra*scalp"u*la*ry\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated above, or on the anterior side of, the scapula.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suprascalpular \Su`pra*scalp"u*lar\, Suprascalpulary
   \Su`pra*scalp"u*la*ry\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated above, or on the anterior side of, the scapula.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suprasphenoidal \Su`pra*sphe*noid"al\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal
      appendage, or pituitary body.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supraspinal \Su`pra*spi"nal\, a. (Anat.)
      (a) Situated above the vertebral column.
      (b) Situated above a spine or spines; supraspinate;
            supraspinous.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supraspinate \Su`pra*spi"nate\, Supraspinous \Su`pra*spi"nous\,
      a. (Anat.)
      Situated above a spine or spines; especially, situated above,
      or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the vertebral
      column, or above, or in front of, the spine of the scapula.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Supraspinate \Su`pra*spi"nate\, Supraspinous \Su`pra*spi"nous\,
      a. (Anat.)
      Situated above a spine or spines; especially, situated above,
      or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the vertebral
      column, or above, or in front of, the spine of the scapula.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suprastapedial \Su`pra*sta*pe"di*al\, a. (Anat.)
      Of, pertaining to, or designating, that part of the columella
      of the ear which projects above the connection with the
      stapes, as in many animals. -- n. The suprastapedial part of
      the columella.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suprasternal \Su`pra*ster"nal\, a. (Anat.)
      Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sway-bracing \Sway"-bra`cing\, n. (Engin.)
      The horizontal bracing of a bridge, which prevents its
      swaying.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Saybrook, IL (village, FIPS 67912)
      Location: 40.42826 N, 88.52649 W
      Population (1990): 767 (328 housing units)
      Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61770

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Saybrook Manor, CT (CDP, FIPS 67050)
      Location: 41.28025 N, 72.40623 W
      Population (1990): 1073 (1000 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Sea Bright, NJ (borough, FIPS 66240)
      Location: 40.36209 N, 73.97555 W
      Population (1990): 1693 (1204 housing units)
      Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 07760

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Seabrook, NH
      Zip code(s): 03874
   Seabrook, NJ
      Zip code(s): 08302
   Seabrook, SC
      Zip code(s): 29940
   Seabrook, TX (city, FIPS 66392)
      Location: 29.57901 N, 94.99296 W
      Population (1990): 6685 (3419 housing units)
      Area: 14.8 sq km (land), 40.9 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Seabrook Farms, NJ (CDP, FIPS 66300)
      Location: 39.50097 N, 75.21829 W
      Population (1990): 1457 (571 housing units)
      Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Seabrook Island, SC (town, FIPS 64712)
      Location: 32.58024 N, 80.17551 W
      Population (1990): 948 (1692 housing units)
      Area: 15.7 sq km (land), 2.6 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Sevier County, AR (county, FIPS 133)
      Location: 33.99851 N, 94.23770 W
      Population (1990): 13637 (5880 housing units)
      Area: 1460.7 sq km (land), 45.1 sq km (water)
   Sevier County, TN (county, FIPS 155)
      Location: 35.78256 N, 83.52085 W
      Population (1990): 51043 (24166 housing units)
      Area: 1534.1 sq km (land), 14.1 sq km (water)
   Sevier County, UT (county, FIPS 41)
      Location: 38.74656 N, 111.79704 W
      Population (1990): 15431 (6059 housing units)
      Area: 4947.9 sq km (land), 20.8 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Shiprock, NM (CDP, FIPS 72770)
      Location: 36.79196 N, 108.69600 W
      Population (1990): 7687 (2221 housing units)
      Area: 41.1 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 87420

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Skippers, VA
      Zip code(s): 23879

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Sparkill, NY
      Zip code(s): 10976

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Sparkman, AR (town, FIPS 65900)
      Location: 33.91710 N, 92.84860 W
      Population (1990): 553 (242 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Sparks, GA (town, FIPS 72556)
      Location: 31.16759 N, 83.43995 W
      Population (1990): 1205 (525 housing units)
      Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 31647
   Sparks, NV (city, FIPS 68400)
      Location: 39.54424 N, 119.73693 W
      Population (1990): 53367 (21660 housing units)
      Area: 36.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 89431, 89434, 89436
   Sparks, OK (town, FIPS 68950)
      Location: 35.61085 N, 96.81825 W
      Population (1990): 202 (91 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 74869
   Sparks, TX (CDP, FIPS 69432)
      Location: 31.67256 N, 106.23931 W
      Population (1990): 1276 (313 housing units)
      Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Spearsville, LA (village, FIPS 72170)
      Location: 32.93543 N, 92.60393 W
      Population (1990): 132 (72 housing units)
      Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 71277

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Speers, PA (borough, FIPS 72736)
      Location: 40.12262 N, 79.88006 W
      Population (1990): 1284 (555 housing units)
      Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Spraggs, PA
      Zip code(s): 15362

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Sprague, NE (village, FIPS 46380)
      Location: 40.62655 N, 96.74517 W
      Population (1990): 157 (60 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Sprague, WA (city, FIPS 67175)
      Location: 47.30002 N, 117.97413 W
      Population (1990): 410 (213 housing units)
      Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 99032

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Spragueville, IA (city, FIPS 74460)
      Location: 42.07053 N, 90.43098 W
      Population (1990): 118 (44 housing units)
      Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 52074

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Sprakers, NY
      Zip code(s): 12166

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Sprouses Corner, VA
      Zip code(s): 23936

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Spruce, MI
      Zip code(s): 48762

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Spruce Creek, PA
      Zip code(s): 16683

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Spruce Head, ME
      Zip code(s): 04859

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Spruce Pine, AL
      Zip code(s): 35585
   Spruce Pine, NC (town, FIPS 64260)
      Location: 35.91621 N, 82.06994 W
      Population (1990): 2010 (1010 housing units)
      Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 28777

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Spurgeon, IN (town, FIPS 72440)
      Location: 38.25561 N, 87.25936 W
      Population (1990): 149 (71 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Spurgeon, TN (CDP, FIPS 70680)
      Location: 36.44313 N, 82.46145 W
      Population (1990): 3149 (1266 housing units)
      Area: 10.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Spurger, TX
      Zip code(s): 77660

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   super source quench n.   A special packet designed to shut up an
   Internet host.   The Internet Protocol (IP) has a control message
   called Source Quench that asks a host to transmit more slowly on a
   particular connection to avoid congestion.   It also has a Redirect
   control message intended to instruct a host to send certain packets
   to a different local router.   A "super source quench" is actually a
   redirect control packet, forged to look like it came from a local
   router, that instructs a host to send all packets to its own local
   loopback address.   This will effectively tie many Internet hosts up
   in knots.   Compare {Godzillagram}, {breath-of-life packet}.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   superuser n.   [Unix] Syn. {root}, {avatar}.   This usage has
   spread to non-Unix environments; the superuser is any account with
   all {wheel} bits on.   A more specific term than {wheel}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Saber-C
  
      Renamed to {CodeCenter}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Saber-C++
  
      Renamed to {ObjectCenter}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Saber-C
  
      Renamed to {CodeCenter}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Saber-C++
  
      Renamed to {ObjectCenter}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SPARC
  
      1. {Scalable Processor ARChitecture}.
  
      2. {ANSI/SPARC Architecture}.
  
      (1999-02-27)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SPARC International, Inc.
  
      An organisation established to promote the {Scalable
      Processor ARChitecture} (SPARC).   Their main service is
      conformance testing.   They also produce the "SPARC flash"
      newsletter and publish lists of SPARC compliant machines
      tested by SPARC International to be {binary compatible} with
      other compliant machines.
  
      {Home (http://www.sparc.com/)}.
  
      SPARC(R) is a registered trademark of SPARC International,
      Inc. in the United States and other countries.
  
      (1995-01-04)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SPARC Xterminal 1
  
      {Sun}'s lowest cost networked {Unix} desktop, it is
      board-upgradeable to a {SPARC 4}.   It comes with a choice of
      {frame buffers}: 8-bit colour, {Turbo GX}, or Turbo GX plus.
      This product was expected to replace the {SPARCclassic X}.   UK
      availability was planned for March 1995.
  
      (1995-02-08)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SPARCStation
  
      A family of {workstations} from {Sun Microsystems}
      based on the {SPARC} architecture.   Models include the
      {SPARCStation 1}, 1+, SLC, {SPARCStation ELC}, IPX,
      {SPARCStation 5}, {SPARCStation 10} and {SPARCStation 20}.
  
      (1994-11-23)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SPARCstation 10
  
      A {SPARCStation} with a 4-way associative {data
      cache} and a five-way associative {instruction cache}.   The
      10/31, 10/41 and 10/51 also have a {secondary cache} not
      present on earlier {SPARCStations}.
  
      (1994-12-02)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SPARCstation 20
  
      A {SPARCStation} based on the {HyperSPARC}
      processor.   The 20 is compatible with the earlier
      {SPARCstation 10}.   It has a {clock rate} of 100MHz and
      delivers a {SPECfp92} of 127.6.
  
      The SPARCstation 20 Model 71 and 712MP uses the 75MHz
      {SuperSPARC} processors that give a 35% and 14% boost to
      SPECint92 and SPECfp92 respectively compared to the 61/612MP.
      UK prices range from £15,450 - £20,500 for 71 and £21,700 -
      £25,000 for the 712.   UK availability was planned for April
      1995.
  
      (1994-12-02)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SPARCsystem 4
  
      A computer built with the {MicroSPARC ii} 70MHz
      {CPU} as used in the {SPARC 5} Model 70.   The SPARCsystem 4 is
      basically a cheaper, cut-down SPARC 5.   It has an 8-bit {pixel
      accelerator} instead of the SBus Turbo GX card.   Memory
      expansion is limited to 160 MB.   Availability was planned for
      March/April 1995.
  
      (1995-02-07)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SPARK
  
      An annotated subset of {Ada} supported by tools
      supplied by {Praxis Critical Systems} (originally by PVL).
  
      {Home (http://www.sparkada.com)}.
  
      (2001-07-12)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SPARKS
  
      Fortran superset, used in Fundamentals of Data Structures, E.
      Horowitz & S. Sahni, Computer Science Press 1976.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   sparse
  
      A sparse {matrix} (or {vector}, or {array}) is one in which
      most of the elements are zero.   If storage space is more
      important than access speed, it may be preferable to store a
      sparse matrix as a list of (index, value) pairs or use some
      kind of {hash} scheme or {associative memory}.
  
      (1995-01-16)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Sperry Corporation
  
      The company which merged with the {Burroughs
      Corporation} to form {Unisys Corporation}.   Divisions included
      {Sperry Univac}, Sperry Flight Systems, and others.   Some of
      these were sold off after the merger.
  
      (1995-03-27)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   sprocket feed
  
      (Or "tractor feed", "pin feed") A method some
      {printers} use to move paper by rotating wheels with pins or
      studs (tractors) that engage holes along the sides of the
      (usually fanfold) paper.   A sprocket feed printer does not
      slip unless the paper jams, but cannot feed standard typing
      paper or work with a {sheet feeder} like {friction feed}.
  
      Some paper for sprocket feed printers has the edge strips with
      the holes in detachable from the rest of the paper.   These
      strips are known as {chad} (and other names).
  
      (1997-06-29)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   super source quench
  
      A special packet designed to shut up an {Internet} host.   The
      {Internet Protocol} (IP) has a control message called Source
      Quench that asks a host to transmit more slowly on a
      particular connection to avoid congestion.   It also has a
      Redirect control message intended to instruct a host to send
      certain packets to a different local router.   A "super source
      quench" is actually a redirect control packet, forged to look
      like it came from a local router, that instructs a host to
      send all packets to its own local loopback address.   This will
      effectively tie many Internet hosts up in knots.   Compare
      {godzillagram}, {breath-of-life packet}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   superclass
  
      {base class}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   supercombinators
  
      {Combinators} with coarser granularity than those proposed by
      {David Turner}.   A {functional program} is translated to a set
      of functions without {free variable}s.   The members of the set
      are selected to be optimal for that program.   Supercombinators
      were proposed by John Hughes at {University of Edinburgh}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   supercompilation
  
      A function program transformation technique invented by
      Turchin.   A program is evaluated symbolically in order to
      observe the possible history of computation states called
      configurations.   Based on this Turchin's REFAL compiler would
      try to construct a better program.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   supercomputer
  
      A broad term for one of the fastest computers
      currently available.   Such computers are typically used for
      {number crunching} including scientific {simulations},
      (animated) {graphics}, analysis of geological data (e.g. in
      petrochemical prospecting), structural analysis, computational
      fluid dynamics, physics, chemistry, electronic design, nuclear
      energy research and meteorology.   Perhaps the best known
      supercomputer manufacturer is {Cray Research}.
  
      A less serious definition, reported from about 1990 at The
      {University Of New South Wales} states that a supercomputer is
      any computer that can outperform {IBM}'s current fastest, thus
      making it impossible for IBM to ever produce a supercomputer.
  
      (1996-12-13)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   superhighway
  
      {information superhighway}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SuperJanet
  
      An initiative started in 1989, under the Computer Board, with
      the aim of developing of a national {broadband} network to
      support UK higher education and research.   The preparatory
      work culminated in 1992 with the award of a contract worth 18M
      pounds to British Telecom to provide networking services over
      a four year period that extends to March 1997.
  
      The BT contract will provide a national network with two
      components: a high speed, configurable bandwidth network
      serving up to 16 sites, initially using {PDH} to be replaced
      with {SDH}, and a high speed switched data service ({SMDS})
      serving 50 or more sites.   The primary role of the PDH/SDH
      component will be to support the development and deployment of
      an {ATM} network.   These components will be complemented by
      several high performance {Metropolitan Area Network}s each
      serving several closely located sites.   The aim is to provide,
      within the first year of the project, a pervasive network
      capable of supporting a large and diverse user community.
  
      The network has two parts, an {IP} data network and an ATM
      network, both operating at 34Mbit/s.   Early in August 1993 the
      pilot IP network was transferred to full service and was
      configured to provide a trunk network for JIPS, the {JANET IP
      Service}.
  
      In November 1993 work was well advanced on the next phase
      which aims to extend SuperJANET to a large number of sites.
      The pilot four site ATM network will be extended to serve
      twelve sites and will expand the scope of the video network.
      The principal vehicle used for the expansion of the data
      network will be the {SMDS} service provided by {BT}.   Most of
      the work associated with the development of this phase is
      expected to be completed by the end of March 1994.
  
      [Joint Network Team, Network News 40, ISSN 0954 - 0636].
  
      {(ftp://osiris.jnt.ac.uk/pub/newsfiles/documents/netwnews/news40+/news40.para)}.
  
      [Current status?]
  
      (1994-12-15)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   superscalar
  
      A superscalar architecture is a {uniprocessor}
      that can execute two or more {scalar} operations in parallel.
      Some definitions include {superpipelined} and {VLIW}
      architectures; others do not.   Superscalar architectures
      (apart from superpipelined architectures) require multiple
      {functional unit}s, which may or may not be identical to each
      other.   In some superscalar processors the order of
      instruction execution is determined statically (purely at
      compile-time), in others it is determined dynamically (partly
      at run time).
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   superuser
  
      [Unix] Synonym {root}, {avatar}.   This usage has spread to
      non-Unix environments; the superuser is any account with all
      {wheel} bits on.   A more specific term than {wheel}.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SVRC
  
      {Software Verification Research Centre}.
  
      (1995-11-14)
  
  

From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]:
   seaborgium
   Name proposed for the 106th element ({unnilhexium}) by the American
   Chemical Society in honor of Gleen T. Seaborg, an American nuclear
   physicist and Nobel prize winner.
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Sovereignty
      of God, his absolute right to do all things according to his own
      good pleasure (Dan. 4:25, 35; Rom. 9:15-23; 1 Tim. 6:15; Rev.
      4:11).
     
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