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   sash fastener
         n 1: a lock attached to the sashes of a double hung window that
               can fix both in the shut position [syn: {sash fastener},
               {sash lock}, {window lock}]

English Dictionary: suspect by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Schizaea pusilla
n
  1. rare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tufts
    Synonym(s): curly grass, curly grass fern, Schizaea pusilla
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Schizophyceae
n
  1. former terms for Cyanophyceae [syn: Myxophyceae, {family Myxophyceae}, Schizophyceae, family Schizophyceae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sex object
n
  1. any person regarded simply as an object of sexual gratification
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shiga bacillus
n
  1. a bacillus that causes dysentery [syn: shiga bacillus, Shigella dysentariae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shock absorber
n
  1. a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; "the old car needed a new set of shocks"
    Synonym(s): shock absorber, shock, cushion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shock-absorbent
adj
  1. having the capacity to absorb the energy of an impact; "the material absorbs shock and is used for shock- absorbent insoles"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sick bag
n
  1. a bag provided on an airplane for passengers who are suffering from airsickness and need to vomit
    Synonym(s): sick bag, sickbag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sickbag
n
  1. a bag provided on an airplane for passengers who are suffering from airsickness and need to vomit
    Synonym(s): sick bag, sickbag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
siege of Syracuse
n
  1. the Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the Romans who sacked the city (killing Archimedes)
    Synonym(s): Syracuse, siege of Syracuse
  2. the Athenian siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC) was eventually won by Syracuse
    Synonym(s): Syracuse, siege of Syracuse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
siege of Vicksburg
n
  1. a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered
    Synonym(s): Vicksburg, siege of Vicksburg
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Sisyphus
n
  1. (Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
six pack
n
  1. a carton containing six bottles or cans [syn: six-pack, six pack, sixpack]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
six-pack
n
  1. a carton containing six bottles or cans [syn: six-pack, six pack, sixpack]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sixpack
n
  1. a carton containing six bottles or cans [syn: six-pack, six pack, sixpack]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
squash bug
n
  1. large black American bug that sucks sap of vines of the gourd family
    Synonym(s): squash bug, Anasa tristis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
squawk box
n
  1. the loudspeaker on an intercom or public address system
    Synonym(s): squawk box, squawker, intercom speaker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
squeeze box
n
  1. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
    Synonym(s): accordion, piano accordion, squeeze box
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
succubus
n
  1. a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men
    Synonym(s): succubus, succuba
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suspect
adj
  1. not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"
    Synonym(s): fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious
n
  1. someone who is under suspicion
  2. a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
    Synonym(s): defendant, suspect
    Antonym(s): complainant, plaintiff
v
  1. imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"
    Synonym(s): suspect, surmise
  2. regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
    Synonym(s): distrust, mistrust, suspect
    Antonym(s): bank, rely, swear, trust
  3. hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suspected
adj
  1. believed likely; "a suspected thief"; "a suspected infection"
    Antonym(s): unsuspected
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suspicion
n
  1. an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"
    Synonym(s): intuition, hunch, suspicion
  2. doubt about someone's honesty
    Synonym(s): misgiving, mistrust, distrust, suspicion
  3. the state of being suspected; "he tried to shield me from suspicion"
  4. being of a suspicious nature; "his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage"
    Synonym(s): suspicion, suspiciousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suspicious
adj
  1. openly distrustful and unwilling to confide [syn: leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary]
  2. not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"
    Synonym(s): fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suspiciously
adv
  1. with suspicion; "she regarded the food suspiciously"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suspiciousness
n
  1. being of a suspicious nature; "his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage"
    Synonym(s): suspicion, suspiciousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swashbuckler
n
  1. a reckless impetuous irresponsible person [syn: daredevil, madcap, hothead, swashbuckler, lunatic, harum-scarum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swashbuckling
adj
  1. flamboyantly adventurous [syn: swaggering, swashbuckling]
n
  1. flamboyantly reckless and boastful behavior
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sack \Sack\ (s[scr]k), n. [OE. seck, F. sec dry (cf. Sp. seco,
      It. secco), from L. siccus dry, harsh; perhaps akin to Gr.
      'ischno`s, Skr. sikata sand, Ir. sesc dry, W. hysp. Cf.
      {Desiccate}.]
      A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.
      [bd]Sherris sack.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Sack posset}, a posset made of sack, and some other
            ingredients.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sagebrush \Sage"brush`\, n.
      A low irregular shrub ({Artemisia tridentata}), of the order
      {Composit[91]}, covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline
      regions of the American plains; -- called also {sagebush},
      and {wild sage}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Saucebox \Sauce"box`\, n. [See {Sauce}, and {Saucy}.]
      A saucy, impudent person; especially, a pert child.
  
               Saucebox, go, meddle with your lady's fan, And prate
               not here!                                                --A. Brewer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sea cabbage \Sea" cab"bage\ (?; 48). (Bot.)
      See {Sea kale}, under {Kale}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cabbage \Cab"bage\ (k[acr]b"b[asl]j), n. [OE. cabage, fr. F.
      cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cabus headed cabbage,
      cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl,
      hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa
      cape. See {Chief}, {Cape}.] (Bot.)
      1. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the
            wild {Brassica oleracea} of Europe. The common cabbage has
            a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels
            sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages.
  
      2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like,
            cabbage, for food. See {Cabbage tree}, below.
  
      3. The cabbage palmetto. See below.
  
      {Cabbage aphis} (Zo[94]l.), a green plant-louse ({Aphis
            brassic[91]}) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage.
           
  
      {Cabbage beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a small, striped flea-beetle
            ({Phyllotreta vittata}) which lives, in the larval state,
            on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage
            and other cruciferous plants.
  
      {Cabbage butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a white butterfly ({Pieris
            rap[91]} of both Europe and America, and the allied {P.
            oleracea}, a native American species) which, in the larval
            state, devours the leaves of the cabbage and the turnip.
            See {Cabbage worm}, below.
  
      {Cabbage fly} (Zo[94]l.), a small two-winged fly ({Anthomyia
            brassic[91]}), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state,
            on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to
            the crop.
  
      {Cabbage head}, the compact head formed by the leaves of a
            cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and
            colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull.
           
  
      {Cabbage palmetto}, a species of palm tree ({Sabal Palmetto})
            found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida.
  
      {Cabbage rose} (Bot.), a species of rose ({Rosa centifolia})
            having large and heavy blossoms.
  
      {Cabbage tree}, {Cabbage palm}, a name given to palms having
            a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the {Sabal Palmetto}
            of the United States, and the {Euterpe oleracea} and
            {Oreodoxa oleracea} of the West Indies.
  
      {Cabbage worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of several species of
            moths and butterflies, which attacks cabbages. The most
            common is usually the larva of a white butterfly. See
            {Cabbage butterfly}, above. The cabbage cutworms, which
            eat off the stalks of young plants during the night, are
            the larv[91] of several species of moths, of the genus
            {Agrotis}. See {Cutworm}.
  
      {Sea cabbage}.(Bot.)
            (a) Sea kale
            (b) . The original Plant ({Brassica oleracea}), from which
                  the cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc., have been
                  derived by cultivation.
  
      {Thousand-headed cabbage}. See {Brussels sprouts}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sesquibasic \Ses`qui*ba"sic\, a. [Sesqui- + basic.] (Chem.)
      Containing, or acting as, a base in the proportions of a
      sesqui compound.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shagebush \Shage"bush`\, n.
      A sackbut. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Siccific \Sic*cif"ic\, a.[L. siccificus; siccus dry + facere to
      make. See {-fy}.]
      Causing dryness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sisyphus \Sis"y*phus\, n. [L. Sisyphus, Sisyphus, fr. Gr.
      [?][?][?][?].] (Class. Myth.)
      A king of Corinth, son of [92]olus, famed for his cunning. He
      was killed by Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned
      by Pluto to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone, which
      constantly rolled back again, making his task incessant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Soecificness \Soe*cif"ic*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being specific.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Squash \Squash\, n. [Massachusetts Indian asq, pl. asquash, raw,
      green, immaturate, applied to fruit and vegetables which were
      used when green, or without cooking; askutasquash vine
      apple.] (Bot.)
      A plant and its fruit of the genus {Cucurbita}, or gourd
      kind.
  
      Note: The species are much confused. The long-neck squash is
               called {Cucurbita verrucosa}, the Barbary or China
               squash, {C. moschata}, and the great winter squash, {C.
               maxima}, but the distinctions are not clear.
  
      {Squash beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a small American beetle
            ({Diabrotica, [or] Galeruca vittata}) which is often
            abundant and very injurious to the leaves of squash,
            cucumber, etc. It is striped with yellow and black. The
            name is applied also to other allied species.
  
      {Squash bug} (Zo[94]l.), a large black American hemipterous
            insect ({Coreus, [or] Anasa, tristis}) injurious to squash
            vines.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Succubous \Suc"cu*bous\, a. [See {Succuba}.] (Bot.)
      Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one
      is covered by the base of the next higher leaf, as in hepatic
      mosses of the genus {Plagiochila}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suckfish \Suck"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      A sucker fish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspect \Sus*pect"\, n. [LL. suspectus. See {Suspect}, a.]
      1. Suspicion. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
                     So with suspect, with fear and grief, dismayed.
                                                                              --Fairfax.
  
      2. One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of
            suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now,
            only to persons suspected of crime. --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspect \Sus*pect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suspected}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Suspecting}.]
      1. To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of
            the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak
            evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; --
            commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or
            wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease.
  
                     Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know
                     little; and therefore men should remedy suspicion by
                     procuring to know more.                     --Bacon.
  
                     From her hand I could suspect no ill. --Milton.
  
      2. To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without
            proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.
  
      3. To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to
            distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story. --Addison.
  
      4. To look up to; to respect. [Obs.]
  
      Syn: To mistrust; distrust; surmise; doubt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspect \Sus*pect"\, a. [L. suspectus, p. p. of suspicere to
      look up, admire, esteem, to look at secretly or askance, to
      mistrust; sub under + specere to look: cf. F. suspect
      suspected, suspicious. See {Spy}, and cf. {Suspicion}.]
      1. Suspicious; inspiring distrust. [Obs.]
  
                     Suspect [was] his face, suspect his word also.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      2. Suspected; distrusted. [Obs.]
  
                     What I can do or offer is suspect.      --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspect \Sus*pect"\, v. i.
      To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be
      suspicious.
  
               If I suspect without cause, why then make sport at me.
                                                                              --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspectable \Sus*pect"a*ble\, a.
      That may be suspected.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspected \Sus*pect"ed\, a.
      Distrusted; doubted. -- {Sus*pect"ed*ly}, adv. --
      {Sus*pect"ed*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspect \Sus*pect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suspected}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Suspecting}.]
      1. To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of
            the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak
            evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; --
            commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or
            wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease.
  
                     Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know
                     little; and therefore men should remedy suspicion by
                     procuring to know more.                     --Bacon.
  
                     From her hand I could suspect no ill. --Milton.
  
      2. To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without
            proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.
  
      3. To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to
            distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story. --Addison.
  
      4. To look up to; to respect. [Obs.]
  
      Syn: To mistrust; distrust; surmise; doubt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspected \Sus*pect"ed\, a.
      Distrusted; doubted. -- {Sus*pect"ed*ly}, adv. --
      {Sus*pect"ed*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspected \Sus*pect"ed\, a.
      Distrusted; doubted. -- {Sus*pect"ed*ly}, adv. --
      {Sus*pect"ed*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspecter \Sus*pect"er\, n.
      One who suspects.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspectful \Sus*pect"ful\, a.
      Apt to suspect or mistrust; full of suspicion; suspicious;
      as, to be suspectful of the motives of others. --Milton. --
      {Sus*pect"ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspectful \Sus*pect"ful\, a.
      Apt to suspect or mistrust; full of suspicion; suspicious;
      as, to be suspectful of the motives of others. --Milton. --
      {Sus*pect"ful*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspect \Sus*pect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suspected}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Suspecting}.]
      1. To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of
            the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak
            evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; --
            commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or
            wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease.
  
                     Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know
                     little; and therefore men should remedy suspicion by
                     procuring to know more.                     --Bacon.
  
                     From her hand I could suspect no ill. --Milton.
  
      2. To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without
            proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.
  
      3. To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to
            distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story. --Addison.
  
      4. To look up to; to respect. [Obs.]
  
      Syn: To mistrust; distrust; surmise; doubt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspection \Sus*pec"tion\, n.
      Suspicion. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspectiousness \Sus*pec"tious*ness\, n.
      Suspiciousness; cause for suspicion. [Obs. & R.] --Ld.
      Berners.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspectless \Sus*pect"less\, a.
      1. Not suspecting; having no suspicion. [R.] --Sir T.
            Herbert.
  
      2. Not suspected; not mistrusted. [R.] --Beau. & Fl.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspicable \Sus"pi*ca*ble\, a. [L. suspacabilis, fr. suspicari
      to suspect, akin to suspicere. See {Suspect}, v. t.]
      Liable to suspicion; suspicious. [Obs.]
  
               It is a very suspicable business.            --Dr. H. more.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspiciency \Sus*pi"cien*cy\, n. [From L. suspiciens, p. pr. of
      suspicere. See {Suspect}, v. t.]
      Suspiciousness; suspicion. [Obs.] --Hopkins.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspicion \Sus*pi"cion\, n. [OE. suspecioun, OF. souspe[87]on,
      F. soup[87]on, L. suspectio a looking up to, an esteeming
      highly, suspicion, fr. suspicere to look up, to esteem, to
      mistrust. The modern form suspicion in English and French is
      in imitation of L. suspicio mistrust, suspicion. See
      {Suspect}, and cf. {Suspicious}.]
      1. The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension of
            the existence of something (esp. something wrong or
            hurtful) without proof, or upon very slight evidence, or
            upon no evidence.
  
                     Suspicions among thoughts are like bats among birds,
                     they ever fly by twilight.                  --Bacon.
  
      2. Slight degree; suggestion; hint. [Colloq.]
  
                     The features are mild but expressive, with just a
                     suspicion . . . of saturnine or sarcastic humor.
                                                                              --A. W. Ward.
  
      Syn: Jealousy; distrust; mistrust; diffidence; doubt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspicion \Sus*pi"cion\, v. t.
      To view with suspicion; to suspect; to doubt. [Obs. or Low]
      --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspicious \Sus*pi"cious\, a. [OE. suspecious; cf. L.
      suspiciosus. See {Suspicion}.]
      1. Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to
            imagine without proof.
  
                     Nature itself, after it has done an injury, will
                     ever be suspicious; and no man can love the person
                     he suspects.                                       --South.
  
                     Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make
                     men of merit suspicious of each other. --Pope.
  
      2. Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear.
  
                     We have a suspicious, fearful, constrained
                     countenance.                                       --Swift.
  
      3. Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving
            reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of
            suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances.
  
                     I spy a black, suspicious, threatening could.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      Syn: Jealous; distrustful; mistrustful; doubtful;
               questionable. See {Jealous}. -- {Sus*pi"cious*ly}, adv.
               -- {Sus*pi"cious*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspicious \Sus*pi"cious\, a. [OE. suspecious; cf. L.
      suspiciosus. See {Suspicion}.]
      1. Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to
            imagine without proof.
  
                     Nature itself, after it has done an injury, will
                     ever be suspicious; and no man can love the person
                     he suspects.                                       --South.
  
                     Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make
                     men of merit suspicious of each other. --Pope.
  
      2. Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear.
  
                     We have a suspicious, fearful, constrained
                     countenance.                                       --Swift.
  
      3. Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving
            reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of
            suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances.
  
                     I spy a black, suspicious, threatening could.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      Syn: Jealous; distrustful; mistrustful; doubtful;
               questionable. See {Jealous}. -- {Sus*pi"cious*ly}, adv.
               -- {Sus*pi"cious*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspicious \Sus*pi"cious\, a. [OE. suspecious; cf. L.
      suspiciosus. See {Suspicion}.]
      1. Inclined to suspect; given or prone to suspicion; apt to
            imagine without proof.
  
                     Nature itself, after it has done an injury, will
                     ever be suspicious; and no man can love the person
                     he suspects.                                       --South.
  
                     Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make
                     men of merit suspicious of each other. --Pope.
  
      2. Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear.
  
                     We have a suspicious, fearful, constrained
                     countenance.                                       --Swift.
  
      3. Liable to suspicion; adapted to raise suspicion; giving
            reason to imagine ill; questionable; as, an author of
            suspicious innovations; suspicious circumstances.
  
                     I spy a black, suspicious, threatening could.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      Syn: Jealous; distrustful; mistrustful; doubtful;
               questionable. See {Jealous}. -- {Sus*pi"cious*ly}, adv.
               -- {Sus*pi"cious*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Swashbuckler \Swash"buc`kler\, n.
      A bully or braggadocio; a swaggering, boastful fellow; a
      swaggerer. --Milton.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SIGBUS
  
      {bus error}
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Sheshbazzar
      O sun-god, defend the lord! (Ezra 1:8, 11), probably another
      name for Zerubbabel (q.v.), Ezra 2:2; Hag. 1:12, 14; Zech. 4:6,
      10.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Sheshbazzar, joy in tribulation; joy of the vintage
  
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