sample
         n 1: a small part of something intended as representative of the
               whole
         2: items selected at random from a population and used to test
            hypotheses about the population [syn: {sample distribution},
            {sample}, {sampling}]
         3: all or part of a natural object that is collected and
            preserved as an example of its class
         v 1: take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the
               regional dishes" [syn: {sample}, {try}, {try out}, {taste}]

English Dictionary: shameful	by the DICT Development Group
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sample distribution n items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population Synonym(s): sample distribution, sample, sampling
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sampler n an observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something Synonym(s): sampling station, sampler someone who samples food or drink for its quality Synonym(s): taster, taste tester, taste-tester, sampler an assortment of various samples; "a candy sampler"; "a sampler of French poets" a piece of embroidery demonstrating skill with various stitches
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sampling n (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population Synonym(s): sample distribution, sample, sampling measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)
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sampling frequency n (telecommunication) the frequency of sampling a continuously varying signal
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sampling rate n (telecommunication) the frequency of sampling per unit time
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sampling station n an observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something Synonym(s): sampling station, sampler
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Schnabel n United States composer (born in Austria) and pianist noted for his interpretations of the works of Mozart and Beethoven and Schubert (1882-1951) Synonym(s): Schnabel, Artur Schnabel
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scumble n the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture
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semblance n an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color" Synonym(s): semblance, gloss, color, colour an erroneous mental representation Synonym(s): illusion, semblance picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing Synonym(s): likeness, semblance
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semifluidity n a property midway between a solid and a liquid
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semipolitical adj political in some (but not all) aspects
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semivowel n a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant [syn: semivowel, glide]
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Senefelder n German printer who invented lithography (1771-1834) [syn: Senefelder, Alois Senefelder, Aloys Senefelder]
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shamble n walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old" Synonym(s): shamble, shambling, shuffle, shuffling v walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" Synonym(s): shuffle, scuffle, shamble
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shambles n a condition of great disorder a building where animals are butchered Synonym(s): abattoir, butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse
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shambling n walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old" Synonym(s): shamble, shambling, shuffle, shuffling
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shambolic adj (British slang) disorderly or chaotic; "it's a shambolic system"
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shambolically adv in a shambolic manner
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shame plant n prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled Synonym(s): sensitive plant, touch-me-not, shame plant, live-and-die, humble plant, action plant, Mimosa pudica
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shameful adj (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice" Synonym(s): black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation; "scandalous behavior"; "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray; "the most shocking book of its time" Synonym(s): disgraceful, scandalous, shameful, shocking
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shamefully adv in a dishonorable manner or to a dishonorable degree; "his grades were disgracefully low" Synonym(s): disgracefully, ingloriously, ignominiously, discreditably, shamefully, dishonorably, dishonourably
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shamefulness n unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor [syn: shamefulness, disgracefulness, ignominiousness]
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shinplaster n paper money of little value issued on insufficient security
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simmpleness n absence of affectation or pretense [syn: simplicity, simmpleness]
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simple adj having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance" Antonym(s): complex easy and not involved or complicated; "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem" Synonym(s): elementary, simple, uncomplicated, unproblematic apart from anything else; without additions or modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth" Synonym(s): bare(a), mere(a), simple(a) exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder" Synonym(s): childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy- eyed, simple lacking mental capacity and subtlety Synonym(s): dim-witted, simple, simple-minded (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions Synonym(s): simple, unsubdivided Antonym(s): compound unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity" n any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties a person lacking intelligence or common sense Synonym(s): simpleton, simple
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simple absence n an absence seizure without other complications; followed by 3-per-sec brainwave spikes Synonym(s): pure absence, simple absence
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simple closed curve n a closed curve that does not intersect itself [syn: {simple closed curve}, Jordan curve]
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simple eye n an eye having a single lens [syn: simple eye, stemma, ocellus]
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simple fraction n the quotient of two integers [syn: common fraction, simple fraction]
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simple fracture n an uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not pierce the skin Synonym(s): simple fracture, closed fracture
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simple fruit n an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e.g. grape; tomato; cranberry Synonym(s): simple fruit, bacca
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simple harmonic motion n periodic motion in which the restoring force is proportional to the displacement
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simple interest n interest paid on the principal alone
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simple leaf n a leaf that is not divided into parts
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simple machine n a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point Synonym(s): machine, simple machine
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simple mastectomy n removal of a breast leaving the underlying muscles and the lymph nodes intact
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simple microscope n light microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is used to produce an enlarged image; "the magnifying glass was invented by Roger Bacon in 1250" Synonym(s): hand glass, simple microscope, magnifying glass
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simple mindedness n a lack of penetration or subtlety; "they took advantage of her simplicity" Synonym(s): simplicity, simpleness, simple mindedness
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simple pendulum n a hypothetical pendulum suspended by a weightless frictionless thread of constant length
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simple phobia n any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with relatively simple well-defined stimuli
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simple pistil n consists of one carpel
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simple protein n a protein that yields only amino acids when hydrolyzed
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simple regression n the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x) Synonym(s): regression, simple regression, regression toward the mean, statistical regression
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simple sentence n a sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses
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simple sugar n a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates Synonym(s): monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar
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simple-minded adj lacking subtlety and insight; "a simple-minded argument" lacking mental capacity and subtlety Synonym(s): dim-witted, simple, simple-minded
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simpleness n a lack of penetration or subtlety; "they took advantage of her simplicity" Synonym(s): simplicity, simpleness, simple mindedness the quality of being simple or uncompounded; "the simplicity of a crystal" Synonym(s): simplicity, simpleness Antonym(s): complexity, complexness freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"; "the very easiness of the deed held her back" Synonym(s): ease, easiness, simplicity, simpleness Antonym(s): difficultness, difficulty lack of ornamentation; "the room was simply decorated with great restraint" Synonym(s): chasteness, restraint, simplicity, simpleness
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simpleton n a person lacking intelligence or common sense [syn: simpleton, simple]
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simplex adj allowing communication in only one direction at a time, or in telegraphy allowing only one message over a line at a time; "simplex system" having only one part or element; "a simplex word has no affixes and is not part of a compound--like `boy' compared with `boyish' or `house' compared with `houseboat'"
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simplicity n the quality of being simple or uncompounded; "the simplicity of a crystal" Synonym(s): simplicity, simpleness Antonym(s): complexity, complexness a lack of penetration or subtlety; "they took advantage of her simplicity" Synonym(s): simplicity, simpleness, simple mindedness absence of affectation or pretense Synonym(s): simplicity, simmpleness freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"; "the very easiness of the deed held her back" Synonym(s): ease, easiness, simplicity, simpleness Antonym(s): difficultness, difficulty lack of ornamentation; "the room was simply decorated with great restraint" Synonym(s): chasteness, restraint, simplicity, simpleness
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simplification n an explanation that omits superfluous details and reduces complexity elimination of superfluous details the act of reducing complexity Synonym(s): reduction, simplification
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simplified adj made easy or uncomplicated
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simplify v make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent; "We had to simplify the instructions"; "this move will simplify our lives" Antonym(s): complicate, perplex
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simplism n a simplification that goes too far (to the point of misrepresentation) Synonym(s): oversimplification, simplism an act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is Synonym(s): oversimplification, simplism
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simplistic adj characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity; "a simplistic theory of the universe"; "simplistic arguments of the ruling party"
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simply adv and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment" Synonym(s): merely, simply, just, only, but absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!" Synonym(s): just, simply absolutely; altogether; really; "we are simply broke" in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment; "she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply" Synonym(s): plainly, simply
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sinful adj characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin; "iniquitous deeds"; "he said it was sinful to wear lipstick"; "ungodly acts" Synonym(s): iniquitous, sinful, ungodly having committed unrighteous acts; "a sinful person" Synonym(s): sinful, unholy, wicked far more than usual or expected; "an extraordinary desire for approval"; "it was an over-the-top experience" Synonym(s): extraordinary, over-the-top, sinful
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sinfulness n estrangement from god [syn: sin, sinfulness, wickedness]
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skimpily adv in a skimpy manner; "a skimpily dressed woman"
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skin flick n a pornographic movie
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skinflint n a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn: niggard, skinflint, scrooge, churl]
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skinful n a quantity of alcoholic drink sufficient to make you drunk; "someone had to drive me home last night because I had a skinful"
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snaffle n a simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb [syn: snaffle, snaffle bit] v get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale" Synonym(s): snap up, snaffle, grab fit or restrain with a snaffle; "snaffle a horse"
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snaffle bit n a simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb [syn: snaffle, snaffle bit]
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snap line n a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface Synonym(s): chalk line, snap line, snapline
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snap willow n large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken Synonym(s): crack willow, brittle willow, snap willow, Salix fragilis
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snapline n a chalked string used in the building trades to make a straight line on a vertical surface Synonym(s): chalk line, snap line, snapline
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sniffle n the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested) Synonym(s): snuffle, sniffle, snivel v cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!" Synonym(s): snivel, sniffle, blubber, blub, snuffle inhale audibly through the nose; "the sick student was sniffling in the back row" Synonym(s): sniff, sniffle
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sniffler n a person who breathes audibly through a congested nose Synonym(s): sniffler, sniveler
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sniffly adj liable to sniffle [syn: sniffly, snuffling, snuffly]
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snivel n whining in a tearful manner Synonym(s): snivel, sniveling the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested) Synonym(s): snuffle, sniffle, snivel v talk in a tearful manner Synonym(s): snivel, whine snuff up mucus through the nose Synonym(s): snuffle, snivel cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!" Synonym(s): snivel, sniffle, blubber, blub, snuffle
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sniveler n a person who breathes audibly through a congested nose Synonym(s): sniffler, sniveler
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sniveling n whining in a tearful manner Synonym(s): snivel, sniveling
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sniveller n a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining Synonym(s): whiner, complainer, moaner, sniveller, crybaby, bellyacher, grumbler, squawker
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snow blower n a machine that removes snow by scooping it up and throwing it forcefully through a chute Synonym(s): snow thrower, snow blower
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snow flurry n a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that); "he had to close the window against the flurries"; "there was a flurry of chicken feathers" Synonym(s): flurry, snow flurry
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snow plant n a fleshy bright red saprophytic plant of the mountains of western North America that appears in early spring while snow is on the ground Synonym(s): snow plant, Sarcodes sanguinea
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snow-blind adj temporarily blinded by exposure to light reflected from snow or ice Synonym(s): snow-blind, snow-blinded v affect with snow blindness; "the glare of the sun snow- blinded her"
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snow-blinded adj temporarily blinded by exposure to light reflected from snow or ice Synonym(s): snow-blind, snow-blinded
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snow-blindness n temporary blindness caused by exposure to sunlight reflected from snow or ice Synonym(s): snowblindness, snow- blindness
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snowball n plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions Synonym(s): snowball, sweet sand verbena, Abronia elliptica ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully) v increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate throw snowballs at
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snowbell n small tree native to Japan [syn: snowbell, {Styrax obassia}]
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snowblindness n temporary blindness caused by exposure to sunlight reflected from snow or ice Synonym(s): snowblindness, snow- blindness
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snowfall n precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals Synonym(s): snow, snowfall
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snowfield n a permanent wide expanse of snow
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snowflake n a crystal of snow Synonym(s): snowflake, flake white Arctic bunting Synonym(s): snow bunting, snowbird, snowflake, Plectrophenax nivalis
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snowplough n a vehicle used to push snow from roads [syn: snowplow, snowplough]
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snowplow n a vehicle used to push snow from roads [syn: snowplow, snowplough]
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snuffle n the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested) Synonym(s): snuffle, sniffle, snivel v sniff or smell inquiringly Synonym(s): snuff, snuffle snuff up mucus through the nose Synonym(s): snuffle, snivel cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!" Synonym(s): snivel, sniffle, blubber, blub, snuffle
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snuffler n a person who breathes noisily (as through a nose blocked by mucus)
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snuffling adj liable to sniffle [syn: sniffly, snuffling, snuffly]
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snuffly adj liable to sniffle [syn: sniffly, snuffling, snuffly]
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someplace adv in or at or to some place; "she must be somewhere"; (`someplace' is used informally for `somewhere') Synonym(s): somewhere, someplace
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sun blocker n a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn Synonym(s): sunscreen, sunblock, sun blocker
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sun plant n widely cultivated in many varieties for its fleshy moss- like foliage and profusion of brightly colored flowers Synonym(s): rose moss, sun plant, Portulaca grandiflora
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Sun Valley n a winter sports resort in south central Idaho
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Sunbelt n states in the south and southwest that have a warm climate and tend to be politically conservative
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sunblind n a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun Synonym(s): awning, sunshade, sunblind
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sunblock n a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn Synonym(s): sunscreen, sunblock, sun blocker
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sunflower n any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays Synonym(s): sunflower, helianthus
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sunflower oil n oil from sunflower seeds [syn: sunflower oil, {sunflower- seed oil}]
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sunflower seed n edible seed of sunflowers; used as food and poultry feed and as a source of oil
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Sunflower State n a state in midwestern United States [syn: Kansas, Sunflower State, KS]
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sunflower-seed oil n oil from sunflower seeds [syn: sunflower oil, {sunflower- seed oil}]
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swamp blackberry n of eastern North America [syn: swamp dewberry, {swamp blackberry}, Rubus hispidus]
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swamp blueberry n high-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom; source of most cultivated blueberries Synonym(s): high- bush blueberry, tall bilberry, swamp blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum
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swamp fly honeysuckle n a variety of fly honeysuckle
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swamp laurel n laurel of bogs of northwestern United States having small purple flowers and pale leaves that are glaucous beneath Synonym(s): swamp laurel, bog laurel, bog kalmia, Kalmia polifolia shrub or small tree having rather small fragrant white flowers; abundant in southeastern United States Synonym(s): sweet bay, swamp bay, swamp laurel, Magnolia virginiana
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swamp lily n North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers Synonym(s): lizard's-tail, swamp lily, water dragon, Saururus cernuus
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swamp locust n honey locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods; yields dark heavy wood Synonym(s): water locust, swamp locust, Gleditsia aquatica
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swamp plant n a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath Synonym(s): marsh plant, bog plant, swamp plant
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swamp willow n North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes Synonym(s): swamp willow, black willow, Salix nigra
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swampland n low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog Synonym(s): swamp, swampland
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swan-flower n any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan Synonym(s): swan orchid, swanflower, swan-flower, swanneck, swan-neck
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swanflower n any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan Synonym(s): swan orchid, swanflower, swan-flower, swanneck, swan-neck
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swim bladder n an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy Synonym(s): air bladder, swim bladder, float
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swine flu n an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease of swine caused by the orthomyxovirus thought to be the same virus that caused the 1918 influenza pandemic Synonym(s): swine influenza, swine flu
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symbol n an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States" Synonym(s): symbol, symbolization, symbolisation, symbolic representation
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symbol-worship n the worship of symbols [syn: symbolatry, symbololatry, symbol-worship]
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symbolatry n the worship of symbols [syn: symbolatry, symbololatry, symbol-worship]
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symbolic adj relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols; "symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic thinking" Synonym(s): symbolic, symbolical serving as a visible symbol for something abstract; "a crown is emblematic of royalty"; "the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish" Synonym(s): emblematic, emblematical, symbolic, symbolical using symbolism; "symbolic art"
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symbolic logic n any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity Synonym(s): symbolic logic, mathematical logic, formal logic
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symbolic logician n a person skilled at symbolic logic
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symbolic representation n something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States" Synonym(s): symbol, symbolization, symbolisation, symbolic representation
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symbolical adj relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols; "symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic thinking" Synonym(s): symbolic, symbolical serving as a visible symbol for something abstract; "a crown is emblematic of royalty"; "the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish" Synonym(s): emblematic, emblematical, symbolic, symbolical
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symbolically adv in a symbolic manner; "symbolically accepted goals" by means of symbols; "symbolically expressed"
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symbolisation n the use of symbols to convey meaning [syn: symbolization, symbolisation] something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States" Synonym(s): symbol, symbolization, symbolisation, symbolic representation the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning Synonym(s): symbolism, symbolization, symbolisation
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symbolise v represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize" Synonym(s): symbolize, symbolise express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" Synonym(s): typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent
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symboliser n someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols Synonym(s): symbolist, symbolizer, symboliser
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symbolising n the act of representing something with a symbol [syn: symbolizing, symbolising]
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symbolism n a system of symbols and symbolic representations the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning Synonym(s): symbolism, symbolization, symbolisation an artistic movement in the late 19th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas through the symbolic use of images
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symbolist n a member of an artistic movement that expressed ideas indirectly via symbols someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols Synonym(s): symbolist, symbolizer, symboliser
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symbolization n the use of symbols to convey meaning [syn: symbolization, symbolisation] something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States" Synonym(s): symbol, symbolization, symbolisation, symbolic representation the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning Synonym(s): symbolism, symbolization, symbolisation
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symbolize v express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" Synonym(s): typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize" Synonym(s): symbolize, symbolise
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symbolizer n someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols Synonym(s): symbolist, symbolizer, symboliser
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symbolizing n the act of representing something with a symbol [syn: symbolizing, symbolising]
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symbology n the study or the use of symbols and symbolism
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symbololatry n the worship of symbols [syn: symbolatry, symbololatry, symbol-worship]
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Symphalangus n used in some classifications for the siamangs [syn: Symphalangus, genus Symphalangus]
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Symphalangus syndactylus n large black gibbon of Sumatra having the 2nd and 3rd toes partially united by a web Synonym(s): siamang, Hylobates syndactylus, Symphalangus syndactylus
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symphilid n minute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse crops Synonym(s): garden centipede, garden symphilid, symphilid, Scutigerella immaculata
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Symphyla n small class of minute arthropods; unimportant except for the garden centipede Synonym(s): Symphyla, class Symphyla
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Symplocaceae n a dicotyledonous family of order Ebenales [syn: Symplocaceae, family Symplocaceae, sweetleaf family]
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Symplocarpus n one species: skunk cabbage [syn: Symplocarpus, {genus Symplocarpus}]
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Symplocarpus foetidus n deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe Synonym(s): skunk cabbage, polecat weed, foetid pothos, Symplocarpus foetidus
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symploce n repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses, i.e., simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe
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Symplocus n type and sole genus of Symplocaceae including sweetleaf Synonym(s): Symplocus, genus Symplocus
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Symplocus paniculata n deciduous shrub of eastern Asia bearing decorative bright blue fruit Synonym(s): Asiatic sweetleaf, sapphire berry, Symplocus paniculata
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Symplocus tinctoria n small yellowwood tree of southern United States having small fragrant white flowers; leaves and bark yield a yellow dye Synonym(s): sweetleaf, Symplocus tinctoria
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synovial adj relating to or secreting synovia
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synovial fluid n viscid lubricating fluid secreted by the membrane lining joints and tendon sheaths etc. Synonym(s): synovia, synovial fluid
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synovial joint n a joint so articulated as to move freely [syn: {synovial joint}, articulatio synovialis, diarthrosis]
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synovial membrane n a thin membrane in synovial (freely moving) joints that lines the joint capsule and secretes synovial fluid Synonym(s): synovial membrane, synovium
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Resurrection \Res`ur*rec"tion\, n. [F. r[82]surrection, L.       resurrectio, fr. resurgere, resurrectum, to rise again; pref.       re- re- + surgere to rise. See {Source}.]       1. A rising again; the resumption of vigor.          2. Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption             of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ;             the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of             Judgment.                         Nor after resurrection shall he stay Longer on                      earth.                                                --Milton.          3. State of being risen from the dead; future state.                         In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given                      in marriage.                                       --Matt. xxii.                                                                               30.          4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead.                         I am the resurrection, and the life.   --John xi. 25.          {Cross of the resurrection}, a slender cross with a pennant             floating from the junction of the bars.          {Resurrection plant} (Bot.), a name given to several species             of {Selaginella} (as {S. convoluta} and {S.             lepidophylla}), flowerless plants which, when dry, close             up so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive and expand             again when moistened. The name is sometimes also given to             the rose of Jericho. See under {Rose}.
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Poppy \Pop"py\, n.; pl. {Poppies}. [OE. popy, AS. popig, L.       papaver.] (Bot.)       Any plant or species of the genus {Papaver}, herbs with showy       polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species       ({Papaver somniferum}) opium is obtained, though all the       species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the       plant. See Illust. of {Capsule}.          {California poppy} (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the             genus {Eschscholtzia}.          {Corn poppy}. See under {Corn}.          {Horn}, [or] {Horned}, {poppy}. See under {Horn}.          {Poppy bee} (Zo[94]l.), a leaf-cutting bee ({Anthocopa             papaveris}) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for             the lining of its cells; -- called also {upholsterer bee}.                      {Prickly poppy} (Bot.), {Argemone Mexicana}, a             yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly             as a thistle.          {Poppy seed}, the seed the opium poppy ({P. somniferum}).          {Spatling poppy} (Bot.), a species of Silene ({S. inflata}).             See {Catchfly}.
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Sample \Sam"ple\, v. t.       1. To make or show something similar to; to match. --Bp.             Hall.          2. To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample             sugar, teas, wools, cloths.
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Sample \Sam"ple\, n. [OE. sample, asaumple, OF. essample,       example, fr. L. exemplum. See {Example}, and cf. {Ensample},       {Sampler}.]       1. Example; pattern. [Obs.] --Spenser. [bd]A sample to the             youngest.[b8] --Shak.                         Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight His sample                      followed.                                          --Fairfax.          2. A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as             evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as,             goods are often purchased by samples.                         I design this but for a sample of what I hope more                      fully to discuss.                              --Woodward.          Syn: Specimen; example. See {Specimen}.
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Sampler \Sam"pler\, n. [See {Exampler}, {Exemplar}.]       1. One who makes up samples for inspection; one who examines             samples, or by samples; as, a wool sampler.          2. A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of             needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used             as samples, or to display the skill of the worker.                         Susie dear, bring your sampler and Mrs. Schumann                      will show you how to make that W you bothered over.                                                                               --E. E. Hale.
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Sanability \San`a*bil"i*ty\, n.       The quality or state of being sanable; sanableness;       curableness.
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Sanable \San"a*ble\, a. [L. sanabilis, fr. sanare to heal, fr.       sanus sound, healthy. See {Sane}.]       Capable of being healed or cured; susceptible of remedy.          Syn: Remediable; curable; healable.
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Sanableness \San"a*ble*ness\, n.       The quality of being sanable.
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Scamble \Scam"ble\, v. t.       To mangle. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
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Scamble \Scam"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scambled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Scambling}.] [Cf. OD. schampelen to deviate, to slip,       schampen to go away, escape, slip, and E. scamper, shamble.]       1. To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or             unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble. [bd]Some scambling             shifts.[b8] --Dr. H. More. [bd]A fine old hall, but a             scambling house.[b8] --Evelyn.          2. To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and             turbulent; to scramble. [bd]The scambling and unquiet time             did push it out of . . . question.[b8] --Shak.
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Scamble \Scam"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scambled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Scambling}.] [Cf. OD. schampelen to deviate, to slip,       schampen to go away, escape, slip, and E. scamper, shamble.]       1. To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or             unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble. [bd]Some scambling             shifts.[b8] --Dr. H. More. [bd]A fine old hall, but a             scambling house.[b8] --Evelyn.          2. To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and             turbulent; to scramble. [bd]The scambling and unquiet time             did push it out of . . . question.[b8] --Shak.
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Scambler \Scam"bler\, n.       1. One who scambles.          2. A bold intruder upon the hospitality of others; a mealtime             visitor. [Scot.]
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Scamble \Scam"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scambled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Scambling}.] [Cf. OD. schampelen to deviate, to slip,       schampen to go away, escape, slip, and E. scamper, shamble.]       1. To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or             unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble. [bd]Some scambling             shifts.[b8] --Dr. H. More. [bd]A fine old hall, but a             scambling house.[b8] --Evelyn.          2. To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and             turbulent; to scramble. [bd]The scambling and unquiet time             did push it out of . . . question.[b8] --Shak.
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Scamblingly \Scam"bling*ly\, adv.       In a scambling manner; with turbulence and noise; with bold       intrusiveness.
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Sceneful \Scene"ful\, a.       Having much scenery. [R.]
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Schemeful \Scheme"ful\, a.       Full of schemes or plans.
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Scumble \Scum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scumbled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Scumbling}.] [Freq. of scum. [root] 158.] (Fine Arts)       To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin       wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on       with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work,       so as to produce a softened effect.
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Scumble \Scum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scumbled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Scumbling}.] [Freq. of scum. [root] 158.] (Fine Arts)       To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin       wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on       with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work,       so as to produce a softened effect.
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Scumble \Scum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scumbled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Scumbling}.] [Freq. of scum. [root] 158.] (Fine Arts)       To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin       wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on       with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work,       so as to produce a softened effect.
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Scumbling \Scum"bling\, n.       1. (Fine Arts)             (a) A mode of obtaining a softened effect, in painting and                   drawing, by the application of a thin layer of opaque                   color to the surface of a painting, or part of the                   surface, which is too bright in color, or which                   requires harmonizing.             (b) In crayon drawing, the use of the stump.          2. The color so laid on. Also used figuratively.                         Shining above the brown scumbling of leafless                      orchards.                                          --L. Wallace.
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Seam \Seam\, n. [OE. seem, seam, AS. se[a0]m; akin to D. zoom,       OHG. soum, G. saum, LG. soom, Icel. saumr, Sw. & Dan. s[94]m,       and E. sew. [root] 156. See {Sew} to fasten with thread.]       1. The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of             cloth or leather.          2. Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a             ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or             joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc.                         Precepts should be so finely wrought together . . .                      that no coarse seam may discover where they join.                                                                               --Addison.          3. (Geol. & Mining) A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein             between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.          4. A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a             cicatrix.          {Seam blast}, a blast by putting the powder into seams or             cracks of rocks.          {Seam lace}, a lace used by carriage makers to cover seams             and edges; -- called also {seaming lace}.          {Seam presser}. (Agric.)             (a) A heavy roller to press down newly plowed furrows.             (b) A tailor's sadiron for pressing seams. --Knight.          {Seam set}, a set for flattering the seams of metal sheets,             leather work, etc.
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Semblable \Sem"bla*ble\, a. [F., from sembler to seem, resemble,       L. similare, simulare. See {Simulate}.]       Like; similar; resembling. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Semblable \Sem"bla*ble\, n.       Likeness; representation. [Obs.]
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Semblably \Sem"bla*bly\, adv.       In like manner. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Semblance \Sem"blance\, n. [F. See {Semblable}, a.]       1. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.                         Thier semblance kind, and mild their gestures were.                                                                               --Fairfax.          2. Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as,             the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue.                         Only semblances or imitations of shells. --Woodward.
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Semblant \Sem"blant\, a. [F. semblant, p. pr.]       1. Like; resembling. [Obs.] --Prior.          2. Seeming, rather than real; apparent. [R.] --Carlyle.
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Semblant \Sem"blant\, n. [F.]       1. Show; appearance; figure; semblance. [Obs.] --Spenser.                         His flatterers made semblant of weeping. --Chaucer.          2. The face. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Luke xxiv. 5).
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Semblative \Sem"bla*tive\, a.       Resembling. [Obs.]                   And all is semblative a woman's part.      --Shak.
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Semble \Sem"ble\, a.       Like; resembling. [Obs.] --T. Hudson.
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Semble \Sem"ble\, v. i. [F. sembler. See {Semblable}, a.]       1. To imitate; to make a representation or likeness. [Obs.]                         Where sembling art may carve the fair effect.                                                                               --Prior.          2. (Law) It seems; -- chiefly used impersonally in reports             and judgments to express an opinion in reference to the             law on some point not necessary to be decided, and not             intended to be definitely settled in the cause.
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Sembling \Sem"bling\, n. [Cf. {Assemble}.] (Zo[94]l.)       The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or other       insects by exposing the female confined in a cage.          Note: It is often adopted by collectors in order to procure                specimens of rare species.
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Semibull \Sem"i*bull`\, n. (R.C.Ch.)       A bull issued by a pope in the period between his election       and coronation.
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Semiflexed \Sem"i*flexed`\, a.       Half bent.
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Semifloscule \Sem"i*flos`cule\, n. (Bot.)       A floscule, or florest, with its corolla prolonged into a       strap-shaped petal; -- called also {semifloret}.
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Semifloret \Sem"i*flo`ret\, n. (Bot.)       See {Semifloscule}.
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Semifloscule \Sem"i*flos`cule\, n. (Bot.)       A floscule, or florest, with its corolla prolonged into a       strap-shaped petal; -- called also {semifloret}.
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Semifloret \Sem"i*flo`ret\, n. (Bot.)       See {Semifloscule}.
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Semifloscular \Sem`i*flos"cu*lar\, a.       Semiflosculous.
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Semifloscule \Sem"i*flos`cule\, n. (Bot.)       A floscule, or florest, with its corolla prolonged into a       strap-shaped petal; -- called also {semifloret}.
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Semiflosculous \Sem`i*flos"cu*lous\, a. (Bot.)       Having all the florets ligulate, as in the dandelion.
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Semifluid \Sem`i*flu"id\, a.       Imperfectly fluid. -- n. A semifluid substance.
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Semiopal \Sem"i*o`pal\, n. (Min.)       A variety of opal not possessing opalescence.
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Semioval \Sem`i*o"val\, a.       Half oval.
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Semipalmate \Sem`i*pal"mate\, Semipalmated \Sem`i*pal"ma*ted\,       a. (Zo[94]l.)       Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a       web; half-webbed; as, a semipalmate bird or foot. See Illust.       k under {Aves}.
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Semipalmate \Sem`i*pal"mate\, Semipalmated \Sem`i*pal"ma*ted\,       a. (Zo[94]l.)       Having the anterior toes joined only part way down with a       web; half-webbed; as, a semipalmate bird or foot. See Illust.       k under {Aves}.
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Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain       bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from       pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See       {Float}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds             belonging to the family {Charadrid[91]}, and especially             those belonging to the subfamily {Charadrins[91]}. They             are prized as game birds.          2. (Zo[94]l.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling,             the true plovers, as the crab plover ({Dromas ardeola});             the American upland, plover ({Bartramia longicauda}); and             other species of sandpipers.          Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied,                [or] blackbreasted, plover} ({Charadrius squatarola})                of America and Europe; -- called also {gray plover},                {bull-head plover}, {Swiss plover}, {sea plover}, and                {oxeye}; the {golden plover} (see under {Golden}); the                {ring [or] ringed plover} ({[92]gialitis hiaticula}).                See {Ringneck}. The {piping plover} ({[92]gialitis                meloda}); {Wilson's plover} ({[92]. Wilsonia}); the                {mountain plover} ({[92]. montana}); and the                {semipalmated plover} ({[92]. semipalmata}), are all                small American species.          {Bastard plover} (Zo[94]l.), the lapwing.          {Long-legged}, [or] {yellow-legged}, {plover}. See {Tattler}.                      {Plover's page}, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]          {Rock plover}, [or] {Stone plover}, the black-bellied plover.             [Prov. Eng.]          {Whistling plover}.             (a) The golden plover.             (b) The black-bellied plover.
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Willet \Wil"let\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A large North American snipe ({Symphemia semipalmata}); --       called also {pill-willet}, {will-willet}, {semipalmated       tattler}, or {snipe}, {duck snipe}, and {stone curlew}.          {Carolina willet}, the Hudsonian godwit.
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Semi-Pelagian \Sem`i-Pe*la"gi*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)       A follower of John Cassianus, a French monk (died about 448),       who modified the doctrines of Pelagius, by denying human       merit, and maintaining the necessity of the Spirit's       influence, while, on the other hand, he rejected the       Augustinian doctrines of election, the inability of man to do       good, and the certain perseverance of the saints.
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Semi-Pelagian \Sem`i-Pe*la"gi*an\, a.       Of or pertaining to the Semi-Pelagians, or their tenets.
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Semi-Pelagianism \Sem`i-Pe*la"gi*an*ism\, n.       The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Pelagians.
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Semipellucid \Sem`i*pel*lu"cid\, a.       Half clear, or imperfectly transparent; as, a semipellucid       gem.
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Semipellucidity \Sem`i*pel`lu*cid"i*ty\, n.       The qualiti or state of being imperfectly transparent.
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Semiphlogisticated \Sem`i*phlo*gis"ti*ca`ted\, a. (Old Chem.)       Partially impregnated with phlogiston.
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Semiplume \Sem"i*plume`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an       ordinary feather.
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Semivowel \Sem"i*vow`el\, n. (Phon.)       (a) A sound intermediate between a vowel and a consonant, or             partaking of the nature of both, as in the English w and             y.       (b) The sign or letter representing such a sound.
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Shamble \Sham"ble\, n. [OE. schamel a bench, stool, AS. scamel,       sceamol, a bench, form, stool, fr. L. scamellum, dim. of       scamnum a bench, stool.]       1. (Mining) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one             above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively             from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher             level.          2. pl. A place where butcher's meat is sold.                         As summer flies are in the shambles.   --Shak.          3. pl. A place for slaughtering animals for meat.                         To make a shambles of the parliament house. --Shak.
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Shamble \Sham"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shambled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Shambling}.] [Cf. OD. schampelen to slip, schampen to       slip away, escape. Cf. {Scamble}, {Scamper}.]       To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak;       to shuffle along.
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Shamble \Sham"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shambled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Shambling}.] [Cf. OD. schampelen to slip, schampen to       slip away, escape. Cf. {Scamble}, {Scamper}.]       To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak;       to shuffle along.
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Shamble \Sham"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shambled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Shambling}.] [Cf. OD. schampelen to slip, schampen to       slip away, escape. Cf. {Scamble}, {Scamper}.]       To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak;       to shuffle along.
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Shambling \Sham"bling\, a.       Characterized by an awkward, irregular pace; as, a shambling       trot; shambling legs.
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Shambling \Sham"bling\, n.       An awkward, irregular gait.
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Shameful \Shame"ful\, a.       1. Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation;             disgraceful.                         His naval preparations were not more surprising than                      his quick and shameful retreat.         --Arbuthnot.          2. Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a             shameful picture; a shameful sight. --Spenser.          Syn: Disgraceful; reproachful; indecent; unbecoming;                degrading; scandalous; ignominious; infamous. --                {Shame"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Shame"ful*ness}, n.
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Shameful \Shame"ful\, a.       1. Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation;             disgraceful.                         His naval preparations were not more surprising than                      his quick and shameful retreat.         --Arbuthnot.          2. Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a             shameful picture; a shameful sight. --Spenser.          Syn: Disgraceful; reproachful; indecent; unbecoming;                degrading; scandalous; ignominious; infamous. --                {Shame"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Shame"ful*ness}, n.
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Shameful \Shame"ful\, a.       1. Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation;             disgraceful.                         His naval preparations were not more surprising than                      his quick and shameful retreat.         --Arbuthnot.          2. Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a             shameful picture; a shameful sight. --Spenser.          Syn: Disgraceful; reproachful; indecent; unbecoming;                degrading; scandalous; ignominious; infamous. --                {Shame"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Shame"ful*ness}, n.
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Shinhopple \Shin"hop`ple\, n.       The hobblebush.
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Hobblebush \Hob"ble*bush`\, n. (Bot.)       A low bush ({Viburnum lantanoides}) having long, straggling       branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern       United States. Called also {shinhopple}.
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Shinhopple \Shin"hop`ple\, n.       The hobblebush.
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Hobblebush \Hob"ble*bush`\, n. (Bot.)       A low bush ({Viburnum lantanoides}) having long, straggling       branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern       United States. Called also {shinhopple}.
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Shinplaster \Shin"plas`ter\, n.       Formerly, a jocose term for a bank note greatly depreciated       in value; also, for paper money of a denomination less than a       dollar. [U. S.]
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Simblot \Sim"blot\, n. [F. simbleau.]       The harness of a drawloom.
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Simple \Sim"ple\, a. [Compar. {Simpler}; superl. {Simplest}.]       [F., fr. L. simplus, or simplex, gen. simplicis. The first       part of the Latin words is probably akin to E. same, and the       sense, one, one and the same; cf. L. semel once, singuli one       to each, single. Cg. {Single}, a., {Same}, a., and for the       last part of the word cf. {Double}, {Complex}.]       1. Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled;             uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something             else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple             idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem;             simple tasks.          2. Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress. [bd]Simple truth.[b8]             --Spenser. [bd]His simple story.[b8] --Burns.          3. Mere; not other than; being only.                         A medicine . . . whose simple touch Is powerful to                      araise King Pepin.                              --Shak.          4. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity;             undesigning; sincere; true.                         Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I                      stand here, and I trust them.            --Marston.                         Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue? --Byron.                         To be simple is to be great.               --Emerson.          5. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural;             inartificial;; straightforward.                         In simple manners all the secret lies. --Young.          6. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical;             as, a simple statement; simple language.          7. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate             understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly.             [bd]You have simple wits.[b8] --Shak.                         The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man                      looketh well to his going.                  --Prov. xiv.                                                                               15.          8. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple             diet; a simple way of living.                         Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights.                                                                               --Cowper.          9. Humble; lowly; undistinguished.                         A simple husbandman in garments gray. --Spenser.                         Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple                      made the fuel of the same fire.         --Fuller.          10. (BOt.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a             simple leaf.          11. (Chem.) Not capable of being decomposed into anything             more simple or ultimate by any means at present known;             elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies.             Cf. {Ultimate}, a.          Note: A simple body is one that has not as yet been                decomposed. There are indications that many of our                simple elements are still compound bodies, though their                actual decomposition into anything simpler may never be                accomplished.
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Simple \Sim"ple\, v. i.       To gather simples, or medicinal plants.                   As simpling on the flowery hills she [Circe] strayed.                                                                               --Garth.
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Simple \Sim"ple\, n. [F. See {Simple}, a.]       1. Something not mixed or compounded. [bd]Compounded of many             simples.[b8] --Shak.          2. (Med.) A medicinal plant; -- so called because each             vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue,             and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.                         What virtue is in this remedy lies in the naked                      simple itself as it comes over from the Indies.                                                                               --Sir W.                                                                               Temple.          3. (Weaving)             (a) A drawloom.             (b) A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a                   drawloom.          4. (R. C. Ch.) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
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Pendulum \Pen"du*lum\, n.; pl. {Pendulums}. [NL., fr. L.       pendulus hanging, swinging. See {Pendulous}.]       A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to       and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It       is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other       machinery.          Note: The time of oscillation of a pendulum is independent of                the arc of vibration, provided this arc be small.          {Ballistic pendulum}. See under {Ballistic}.          {Compensation pendulum}, a clock pendulum in which the effect             of changes of temperature of the length of the rod is so             counteracted, usually by the opposite expansion of             differene metals, that the distance of the center of             oscillation from the center of suspension remains             invariable; as, the mercurial compensation pendulum, in             which the expansion of the rod is compensated by the             opposite expansion of mercury in a jar constituting the             bob; the gridiron pendulum, in which compensation is             effected by the opposite expansion of sets of rodsof             different metals.          {Compound pendulum}, an ordinary pendulum; -- so called, as             being made up of different parts, and contrasted with             simple pendulum.          {Conical} [or] {Revolving}, {pendulum}, a weight connected by             a rod with a fixed point; and revolving in a horizontal             cyrcle about the vertical from that point.          {Pendulum bob}, the weight at the lower end of a pendulum.          {Pendulum level}, a plumb level. See under {Level}.          {Pendulum wheel}, the balance of a watch.          {Simple} [or] {Theoretical}, {pendulum}, an imaginary             pendulum having no dimensions except length, and no weight             except at the center of oscillation; in other words, a             material point suspended by an ideal line.
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12. (Min.) Homogenous.          13. (Zo[94]l.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid;             as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.          {Simple contract} (Law), any contract, whether verbal or             written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W.             Smith. --Chitty.          {Simple equation} (Alg.), an eqyation containing but one             unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first             degree.          {Simple eye} (Zo[94]l.), an eye having a single lens; --             opposed to {compound eye}.          {Simple interest}. See under {Interest}.          {Simple larceny}. (Law) See under {Larceny}.          {Simple obligation} (Rom. Law), an obligation which does not             depend for its execution upon any event provided for by             the parties, or is not to become void on the happening of             any such event. --Burrill.          Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere;                uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere;                harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected;                inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish;                shallow; unwise.          Usage: {Simple}, {Silly}. One who is simple is sincere,                   unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence                   liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is                   ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one                   who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense.                   Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness,                   or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all                   three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of                   guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right                   purpose, a defect of character as well as of                   education.                               I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose                            your cunning.                              --Shak.                               He is the companion of the silliest people in                            their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every                            impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law.
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12. (Min.) Homogenous.          13. (Zo[94]l.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid;             as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.          {Simple contract} (Law), any contract, whether verbal or             written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W.             Smith. --Chitty.          {Simple equation} (Alg.), an eqyation containing but one             unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first             degree.          {Simple eye} (Zo[94]l.), an eye having a single lens; --             opposed to {compound eye}.          {Simple interest}. See under {Interest}.          {Simple larceny}. (Law) See under {Larceny}.          {Simple obligation} (Rom. Law), an obligation which does not             depend for its execution upon any event provided for by             the parties, or is not to become void on the happening of             any such event. --Burrill.          Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere;                uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere;                harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected;                inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish;                shallow; unwise.          Usage: {Simple}, {Silly}. One who is simple is sincere,                   unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence                   liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is                   ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one                   who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense.                   Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness,                   or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all                   three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of                   guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right                   purpose, a defect of character as well as of                   education.                               I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose                            your cunning.                              --Shak.                               He is the companion of the silliest people in                            their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every                            impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law.
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12. (Min.) Homogenous.          13. (Zo[94]l.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid;             as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.          {Simple contract} (Law), any contract, whether verbal or             written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W.             Smith. --Chitty.          {Simple equation} (Alg.), an eqyation containing but one             unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first             degree.          {Simple eye} (Zo[94]l.), an eye having a single lens; --             opposed to {compound eye}.          {Simple interest}. See under {Interest}.          {Simple larceny}. (Law) See under {Larceny}.          {Simple obligation} (Rom. Law), an obligation which does not             depend for its execution upon any event provided for by             the parties, or is not to become void on the happening of             any such event. --Burrill.          Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere;                uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere;                harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected;                inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish;                shallow; unwise.          Usage: {Simple}, {Silly}. One who is simple is sincere,                   unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence                   liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is                   ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one                   who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense.                   Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness,                   or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all                   three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of                   guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right                   purpose, a defect of character as well as of                   education.                               I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose                            your cunning.                              --Shak.                               He is the companion of the silliest people in                            their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every                            impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law.
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Fracture \Frac"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. fractura, fr. frangere,       fractum, to break: cf. F. fracture. See {Fraction}.]       1. The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.          2. (Surg.) The breaking of a bone.          3. (Min.) The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a             compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture.          {Comminuted fracture} (Surg.), a fracture in which the bone             is broken into several parts.          {Complicated fracture} (Surg.), a fracture of the bone             combined with the lesion of some artery, nervous trunk, or             joint.          {Compound fracture} (Surg.), a fracture in which there is an             open wound from the surface down to the fracture.          {Simple fracture} (Surg.), a fracture in which the bone only             is ruptured. It does not communicate with the surface by             an open wound.          Syn: {Fracture}, {Rupture}.          Usage: These words denote different kinds of breaking,                   according to the objects to which they are applied.                   Fracture is applied to hard substances; as, the                   fracture of a bone. Rupture is oftener applied to soft                   substances; as, the rupture of a blood vessel. It is                   also used figuratively. [bd]To be an enemy and once to                   have been a friend, does it not embitter the                   rupture?[b8] --South.
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2. Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility;             share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has             parted with his interest in the stocks.          3. Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a             selfish benefit; profit; benefit.                         Divisions hinder the common interest and public                      good.                                                --Sir W.                                                                               Temple.                         When interest calls of all her sneaking train.                                                                               --Pope.          4. Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as             a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on             ten thousand dollars.                         They have told their money, and let out Their coin                      upon large interest.                           --Shak.          5. Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent             for what is given or rendered.                         You shall have your desires with interest. --Shak.          6. The persons interested in any particular business or             measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the             cotton interest.          {Compound interest}, interest, not only on the original             principal, but also on unpaid interest from the time it             fell due.          {Simple interest}, interest on the principal sum without             interest on overdue interest.
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12. (Min.) Homogenous.          13. (Zo[94]l.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid;             as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.          {Simple contract} (Law), any contract, whether verbal or             written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W.             Smith. --Chitty.          {Simple equation} (Alg.), an eqyation containing but one             unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first             degree.          {Simple eye} (Zo[94]l.), an eye having a single lens; --             opposed to {compound eye}.          {Simple interest}. See under {Interest}.          {Simple larceny}. (Law) See under {Larceny}.          {Simple obligation} (Rom. Law), an obligation which does not             depend for its execution upon any event provided for by             the parties, or is not to become void on the happening of             any such event. --Burrill.          Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere;                uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere;                harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected;                inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish;                shallow; unwise.          Usage: {Simple}, {Silly}. One who is simple is sincere,                   unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence                   liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is                   ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one                   who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense.                   Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness,                   or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all                   three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of                   guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right                   purpose, a defect of character as well as of                   education.                               I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose                            your cunning.                              --Shak.                               He is the companion of the silliest people in                            their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every                            impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law.
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Larceny \Lar"ce*ny\, n.; pl. {Larcenies}. [F. larcin, OE.       larrecin, L. latrocinium, fr. latro robber, mercenary, hired       servant; cf. Gr. ([?]) hired servant. Cf. {Latrociny}.] (Law)       The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with       intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf.       {Embezzlement}.          {Grand larceny} [and] {Petit larceny are} distinctions having             reference to the nature or value of the property stolen.             They are abolished in England.          {Mixed}, [or] {Compound, larceny}, that which, under statute,             includes in it the aggravation of a taking from a building             or the person.          {Simple larceny}, that which is not accompanied with any             aggravating circumstances.
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12. (Min.) Homogenous.          13. (Zo[94]l.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid;             as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.          {Simple contract} (Law), any contract, whether verbal or             written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W.             Smith. --Chitty.          {Simple equation} (Alg.), an eqyation containing but one             unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first             degree.          {Simple eye} (Zo[94]l.), an eye having a single lens; --             opposed to {compound eye}.          {Simple interest}. See under {Interest}.          {Simple larceny}. (Law) See under {Larceny}.          {Simple obligation} (Rom. Law), an obligation which does not             depend for its execution upon any event provided for by             the parties, or is not to become void on the happening of             any such event. --Burrill.          Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere;                uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere;                harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected;                inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish;                shallow; unwise.          Usage: {Simple}, {Silly}. One who is simple is sincere,                   unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence                   liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is                   ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one                   who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense.                   Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness,                   or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all                   three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of                   guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right                   purpose, a defect of character as well as of                   education.                               I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose                            your cunning.                              --Shak.                               He is the companion of the silliest people in                            their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every                            impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law.
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Motion \Mo"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. motio, fr. movere, motum, to       move. See {Move}.]       1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position;             movement; the passing of a body from one place or position             to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed             to {rest}.                         Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace attends                      thee, and each word, each motion, forms. --Milton.          2. Power of, or capacity for, motion.                         Devoid of sense and motion.               --Milton.          3. Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of             the planets is from west to east.                         In our proper motion we ascend.         --Milton.          4. Change in the relative position of the parts of anything;             action of a machine with respect to the relative movement             of its parts.                         This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its                      motion.                                             --Dr. H. More.          5. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or             impulse to any action; internal activity.                         Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his                      heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from                      God.                                                   --South.          6. A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress;             esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly;             as, a motion to adjourn.                         Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion. --Shak.          7. (Law) An application made to a court or judge orally in             open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule             directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.             --Mozley & W.          8. (Mus.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in             the same part or in groups of parts.                         The independent motions of different parts sounding                      together constitute counterpoint.      --Grove.          Note: Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale.                Contrary motion is that when parts move in opposite                directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique                motion is that when one part is stationary while                another moves. Similar or direct motion is that when                parts move in the same direction.          9. A puppet show or puppet. [Obs.]                         What motion's this? the model of Nineveh? --Beau. &                                                                               Fl.          Note: Motion, in mechanics, may be simple or compound.          {Simple motions} are: ({a}) straight translation, which, if             of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. ({b})             Simple rotation, which may be either continuous or             reciprocating, and when reciprocating is called             oscillating. ({c}) Helical, which, if of indefinite             duration, must be reciprocating.          {Compound motion} consists of combinations of any of the             simple motions.          {Center of motion}, {Harmonic motion}, etc. See under             {Center}, {Harmonic}, etc.          {Motion block} (Steam Engine), a crosshead.          {Perpetual motion} (Mech.), an incessant motion conceived to             be attainable by a machine supplying its own motive forces             independently of any action from without.
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12. (Min.) Homogenous.          13. (Zo[94]l.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid;             as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.          {Simple contract} (Law), any contract, whether verbal or             written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W.             Smith. --Chitty.          {Simple equation} (Alg.), an eqyation containing but one             unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first             degree.          {Simple eye} (Zo[94]l.), an eye having a single lens; --             opposed to {compound eye}.          {Simple interest}. See under {Interest}.          {Simple larceny}. (Law) See under {Larceny}.          {Simple obligation} (Rom. Law), an obligation which does not             depend for its execution upon any event provided for by             the parties, or is not to become void on the happening of             any such event. --Burrill.          Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere;                uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere;                harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected;                inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish;                shallow; unwise.          Usage: {Simple}, {Silly}. One who is simple is sincere,                   unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence                   liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is                   ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one                   who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense.                   Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness,                   or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all                   three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of                   guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right                   purpose, a defect of character as well as of                   education.                               I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose                            your cunning.                              --Shak.                               He is the companion of the silliest people in                            their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every                            impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law.
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Microscope \Mi"cro*scope\, n. [Micro- + -scope.]       An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination       of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is       too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.          {Compound microscope}, an instrument consisting of a             combination of lenses such that the image formed by the             lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the             objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular             or eyepiece.          {Oxyhydrogen microscope}, and {Solar microscope}. See under             {Oxyhydrogen}, and {Solar}.          {Simple, [or] Single}, {microscope}, a single convex lens             used to magnify objects placed in its focus.
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Prebend \Preb"end\ (pr[ecr]b"[ecr]nd), n. [F. pr[82]bende (cf.       It. & Sp. prebenda), from L. praebenda, from L. praebere to       hold forth, afford, contr. fr. praehibere; prae before +       habere to have, hold. See {Habit}, and cf. {Provender}.]       1. A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance             granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral             or collegiate church with which he is connected. See             {Note} under {Benefice}.          2. A prebendary. [Obs.] --Bacon.          {Dignitary prebend}, one having jurisdiction annexed to it.                      {Simple prebend}, one without jurisdiction.
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Simple-hearted \Sim"ple-heart`ed\, a.       Sincere; inguenuous; guileless. --Sir W. Scott.
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Simple-minded \Sim"ple-mind`ed\, a.       Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning;       unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity. --Blackstone. --       {Sim"ple-mind`ed*ness}, n.
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Simple-minded \Sim"ple-mind`ed\, a.       Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning;       unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity. --Blackstone. --       {Sim"ple-mind`ed*ness}, n.
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Simpleness \Sim"ple*ness\, n.       The quality or state of being simple; simplicity. --Shak.
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Simple \Sim"ple\, a. [Compar. {Simpler}; superl. {Simplest}.]       [F., fr. L. simplus, or simplex, gen. simplicis. The first       part of the Latin words is probably akin to E. same, and the       sense, one, one and the same; cf. L. semel once, singuli one       to each, single. Cg. {Single}, a., {Same}, a., and for the       last part of the word cf. {Double}, {Complex}.]       1. Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled;             uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something             else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple             idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem;             simple tasks.          2. Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress. [bd]Simple truth.[b8]             --Spenser. [bd]His simple story.[b8] --Burns.          3. Mere; not other than; being only.                         A medicine . . . whose simple touch Is powerful to                      araise King Pepin.                              --Shak.          4. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity;             undesigning; sincere; true.                         Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I                      stand here, and I trust them.            --Marston.                         Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue? --Byron.                         To be simple is to be great.               --Emerson.          5. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural;             inartificial;; straightforward.                         In simple manners all the secret lies. --Young.          6. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical;             as, a simple statement; simple language.          7. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate             understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly.             [bd]You have simple wits.[b8] --Shak.                         The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man                      looketh well to his going.                  --Prov. xiv.                                                                               15.          8. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple             diet; a simple way of living.                         Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights.                                                                               --Cowper.          9. Humble; lowly; undistinguished.                         A simple husbandman in garments gray. --Spenser.                         Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple                      made the fuel of the same fire.         --Fuller.          10. (BOt.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a             simple leaf.          11. (Chem.) Not capable of being decomposed into anything             more simple or ultimate by any means at present known;             elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies.             Cf. {Ultimate}, a.          Note: A simple body is one that has not as yet been                decomposed. There are indications that many of our                simple elements are still compound bodies, though their                actual decomposition into anything simpler may never be                accomplished.
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Simpler \Sim"pler\, n.       One who collects simples, or medicinal plants; a herbalist; a       simplist.          {Simpler's joy}. (Bot.) Vervain.
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Simpler \Sim"pler\, n.       One who collects simples, or medicinal plants; a herbalist; a       simplist.          {Simpler's joy}. (Bot.) Vervain.
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Simpless \Sim"pless\, n. [F. simplesse.]       Simplicity; silliness. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Simple \Sim"ple\, a. [Compar. {Simpler}; superl. {Simplest}.]       [F., fr. L. simplus, or simplex, gen. simplicis. The first       part of the Latin words is probably akin to E. same, and the       sense, one, one and the same; cf. L. semel once, singuli one       to each, single. Cg. {Single}, a., {Same}, a., and for the       last part of the word cf. {Double}, {Complex}.]       1. Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled;             uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something             else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple             idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem;             simple tasks.          2. Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress. [bd]Simple truth.[b8]             --Spenser. [bd]His simple story.[b8] --Burns.          3. Mere; not other than; being only.                         A medicine . . . whose simple touch Is powerful to                      araise King Pepin.                              --Shak.          4. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity;             undesigning; sincere; true.                         Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I                      stand here, and I trust them.            --Marston.                         Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue? --Byron.                         To be simple is to be great.               --Emerson.          5. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural;             inartificial;; straightforward.                         In simple manners all the secret lies. --Young.          6. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical;             as, a simple statement; simple language.          7. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate             understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly.             [bd]You have simple wits.[b8] --Shak.                         The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man                      looketh well to his going.                  --Prov. xiv.                                                                               15.          8. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple             diet; a simple way of living.                         Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights.                                                                               --Cowper.          9. Humble; lowly; undistinguished.                         A simple husbandman in garments gray. --Spenser.                         Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple                      made the fuel of the same fire.         --Fuller.          10. (BOt.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a             simple leaf.          11. (Chem.) Not capable of being decomposed into anything             more simple or ultimate by any means at present known;             elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies.             Cf. {Ultimate}, a.          Note: A simple body is one that has not as yet been                decomposed. There are indications that many of our                simple elements are still compound bodies, though their                actual decomposition into anything simpler may never be                accomplished.
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Simpleton \Sim"ple*ton\, n. [Cf. F. simplet, It. semplicione.]       A person of weak intellect; a silly person.
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Simplician \Sim*pli"cian\, n. [Cf. OF. simplicien.]       One who is simple. [Obs.] --Arnway.
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Simplicity \Sim*plic"i*ty\, n. [F. simplicit[82], L.       simplicitas. See {Simple}.]       1. The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or             uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.          2. The quality or state of being not complex, or of             consisting of few parts; as, the simplicity of a machine.          3. Artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity;             lack of acuteness and sagacity.                         Marquis Dorset, a man, for his harmless simplicity                      neither misliked nor much regarded.   --Hayward.                         In wit a man; simplicity a child.      --Pope.          4. Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or             luxury; plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or             of language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of life.          5. Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness; as, the             simplicity of a doctrine; the simplicity of an explanation             or a demonstration.          6. Weakness of intellect; silliness; folly.                         How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?                      and the scorners delight in their scorning? --Prov.                                                                               i. 22.
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Simplification \Sim`pli*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. simplification.]       The act of simplifying. --A. Smith.
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Simplify \Sim"pli*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Simplified}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Simplifying}.] [Cf. F. simplifier, LL.       simplificare. See {Simple}, and {-fy}.]       To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by giving       the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for       doing or making.                   The collection of duties is drawn to a point, and so                far simplified.                                       --A. Hamilton.                   It is important, in scientific pursuits, to be caitious                in simplifying our deductions.               --W.                                                                               Nicholson.
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Simplify \Sim"pli*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Simplified}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Simplifying}.] [Cf. F. simplifier, LL.       simplificare. See {Simple}, and {-fy}.]       To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by giving       the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for       doing or making.                   The collection of duties is drawn to a point, and so                far simplified.                                       --A. Hamilton.                   It is important, in scientific pursuits, to be caitious                in simplifying our deductions.               --W.                                                                               Nicholson.
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Simplify \Sim"pli*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Simplified}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Simplifying}.] [Cf. F. simplifier, LL.       simplificare. See {Simple}, and {-fy}.]       To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by giving       the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for       doing or making.                   The collection of duties is drawn to a point, and so                far simplified.                                       --A. Hamilton.                   It is important, in scientific pursuits, to be caitious                in simplifying our deductions.               --W.                                                                               Nicholson.
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Simplist \Sim"plist\, n.       One skilled in simples, or medicinal plants; a simpler. --Sir       T. Browne.
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Simplistic \Sim*plis"tic\, a.       Of or pertaining to simples, or a simplist. [R.] --Wilkinson.
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Simplity \Sim"pli*ty\, n.       Simplicity. [Obs.]
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Simploce \Sim"plo*ce\, n. (Gram.)       See {Symploce}.
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Simply \Sim"ply\, adv.       1. In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself;             without addition; along; merely; solely; barely.                         [They] make that now good or evil, . . . which                      otherwise of itself were not simply the one or the                      other.                                                --Hooker.                         Simply the thing I am Shall make me live. --Shak.
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Sinapoleic \Sin`a*po*le"ic\, a. [Sinapis + oleic.] (Chem.)       Of or pertaining to mustard oil; specifically, designating an       acid of the oleic acid series said to occur in mistard oil.
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Sinapoline \Si*nap"o*line\, n. [Sinapis + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.)       A nitrogenous base, {CO.(NH.C3H5)2}, related to urea,       extracted from mustard oil, and also produced artifically, as       a white crystalline substance; -- called also {diallyl urea}.
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Sinful \Sin"ful\, a. [AAS. synfull.]       Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal;       unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts. --Piers Plowman.                   Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. --Isa.                                                                               i. 4.       -- {Sin"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Sin"ful*ness}, n.
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Sinful \Sin"ful\, a. [AAS. synfull.]       Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal;       unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts. --Piers Plowman.                   Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. --Isa.                                                                               i. 4.       -- {Sin"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Sin"ful*ness}, n.
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Sinful \Sin"ful\, a. [AAS. synfull.]       Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal;       unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts. --Piers Plowman.                   Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. --Isa.                                                                               i. 4.       -- {Sin"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Sin"ful*ness}, n.
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Sinople \Sin"o*ple\, n. (Min.)       Ferruginous quartz, of a blood-red or brownish red color,       sometimes with a tinge of yellow.
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Sinople \Sin"o*ple\, n. [F., fr. LL. sinopis. See {Sinople} a       mineral.] (Her.)       The tincture vert; green.
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Sinupalliate \Si`nu*pal"li*ate\, a. (Zo[94]l.)       Having a pallial sinus. See under {Sinus}.
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Skimble-scamble \Skim"ble-scam`ble\, a. [A reduplication of       scamble.]       Rambling; disorderly; unconnected. [Colloq.]                   Such a deal of skimble-scamble stuff.      --Shak.
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Skinflint \Skin"flint`\, n. [Skin + flint.]       A penurious person; a miser; a niggard. --Sir W. Scott.
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Skinful \Skin"ful\, n.; pl. {Skinfuls}.       As much as a skin can hold.
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Skinful \Skin"ful\, n.; pl. {Skinfuls}.       As much as a skin can hold.
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Snaffle \Snaf"fle\, n. [D. snavel a beak, bill, snout; akin to       G. schnabel, OHG. snabul,. sneb, snebbe, OFries. snavel       mouth, Dan. & Sw. snabel beak, bill, Lith. snapas, and to E.       snap, v. See {Snap}, and cf. {Neb}.]       A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placed       in the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but       having no curb; -- called also {snaffle bit}.
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Snaffle \Snaf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snaffled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Snaffling}.]       To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle;       to bridle.
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Snaffle \Snaf"fle\, n. [D. snavel a beak, bill, snout; akin to       G. schnabel, OHG. snabul,. sneb, snebbe, OFries. snavel       mouth, Dan. & Sw. snabel beak, bill, Lith. snapas, and to E.       snap, v. See {Snap}, and cf. {Neb}.]       A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placed       in the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but       having no curb; -- called also {snaffle bit}.
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Snaffle \Snaf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snaffled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Snaffling}.]       To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle;       to bridle.
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Snaffle \Snaf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snaffled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Snaffling}.]       To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle;       to bridle.
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{Snap back} (Football), the act of snapping back the ball.          {Snap beetle}, [or] {Snap bug} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle of the             family {Elaterid[91]}, which, when laid on its back, is             able to leap to a considerable height by means of a             thoracic spring; -- called also {snapping beetle}.          {Snap flask} (Molding), a flask for small work, having its             sides separable and held together by latches, so that the             flask may be removed from around the sand mold.          {Snap judgment}, a judgment formed on the instant without             deliberation.          {Snap lock}, a lock shutting with a catch or snap.          {Snap riveting}, riveting in which the rivets have snapheads             formed by a die or swaging tool.          {Snap shot}, a quick offhand shot, without deliberately             taking aim.
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{Snap back} (Football), the act of snapping back the ball.          {Snap beetle}, [or] {Snap bug} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle of the             family {Elaterid[91]}, which, when laid on its back, is             able to leap to a considerable height by means of a             thoracic spring; -- called also {snapping beetle}.          {Snap flask} (Molding), a flask for small work, having its             sides separable and held together by latches, so that the             flask may be removed from around the sand mold.          {Snap judgment}, a judgment formed on the instant without             deliberation.          {Snap lock}, a lock shutting with a catch or snap.          {Snap riveting}, riveting in which the rivets have snapheads             formed by a die or swaging tool.          {Snap shot}, a quick offhand shot, without deliberately             taking aim.
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Sniffle \Snif"fle\, v. i. [Freq. of sniff. See {Snivel}.]       To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh. [Prov. Eng.]
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Snivel \Sniv"el\, n. [AS. snofel. Cf. {Snivel}, v. i.]       Mucus from the nose; snot.
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Snivel \Sniv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniveled}or {Snivelled};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniveling} or {Snivelling}.] [OE. snivelen,       snevelen, snuvelen, freg. of sneven. See {Sniff}, and cf.       {Snuffle}.]       1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.          2. To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly             or whiningly.                         Put stop to thy sniveling ditty.         --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.
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Snivel \Sniv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniveled}or {Snivelled};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniveling} or {Snivelling}.] [OE. snivelen,       snevelen, snuvelen, freg. of sneven. See {Sniff}, and cf.       {Snuffle}.]       1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.          2. To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly             or whiningly.                         Put stop to thy sniveling ditty.         --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.
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Sniveler \Sniv"el*er\, n. [Written also sniveller.]       One who snivels, esp. one who snivels habitually.
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Snivel \Sniv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniveled}or {Snivelled};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniveling} or {Snivelling}.] [OE. snivelen,       snevelen, snuvelen, freg. of sneven. See {Sniff}, and cf.       {Snuffle}.]       1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.          2. To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly             or whiningly.                         Put stop to thy sniveling ditty.         --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.
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Snivel \Sniv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniveled}or {Snivelled};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniveling} or {Snivelling}.] [OE. snivelen,       snevelen, snuvelen, freg. of sneven. See {Sniff}, and cf.       {Snuffle}.]       1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.          2. To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly             or whiningly.                         Put stop to thy sniveling ditty.         --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.
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Snivel \Sniv"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniveled}or {Snivelled};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniveling} or {Snivelling}.] [OE. snivelen,       snevelen, snuvelen, freg. of sneven. See {Sniff}, and cf.       {Snuffle}.]       1. To run at the nose; to make a snuffling noise.          2. To cry or whine with snuffling, as children; to cry weakly             or whiningly.                         Put stop to thy sniveling ditty.         --Sir W.                                                                               Scott.
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Snively \Sniv"el*y\, a.       Running at the nose; sniveling pitiful; whining.
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Snobling \Snob"ling\, n.       A little snob. [Jocose] --Thackeray.
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Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[be]w; akin to D. sneeuw,       OS. & OHG. sn[emac]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[omac]r,       snaj[be]r, Sw. sn[94], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith.       sn[89]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix,       nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[c6]wan to snow, G.       schneien, OHG. sn[c6]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows,       Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or       sticky. [root]172.]       1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent             crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth,             exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect             forms.          Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are                of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad,                snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed,                snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding,                snow-wrought, and the like.          2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color             (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in,             flakes.                         The field of snow with eagle of black therein.                                                                               --Chaucer.          {Red snow}. See under {Red}.          {Snow bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1.          {Snow cock} (Zo[94]l.), the snow pheasant.          {Snow flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small black leaping poduran             ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow             in vast numbers.          {Snow flood}, a flood from melted snow.          {Snow flower} (Bot.), the fringe tree.          {Snow fly}, [or] {Snow insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several             species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The             male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These             insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow             in great numbers.          {Snow gnat} (Zo[94]l.), any wingless dipterous insect of the             genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter.          {Snow goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arctic             geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen             hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in             winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and             legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and             {Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({C.             c[d2]rulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish             gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper             part of the neck white. Called also {white head},             {white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}.          {Snow leopard} (Zool.), the ounce.          {Snow line}, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this             is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the             equator, 16,000 feet.          {Snow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis})             which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains.          {Snow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus             {Tetraogallus}, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The             Himalayn snow pheasant ({T. Himalayensis}) in the             best-known species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow             chukor}.          {Snow partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Partridge}.          {Snow pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota})             native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump             are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are             black.          {Snow plant} (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes             sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of             California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled             to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots             up.
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Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[be]w; akin to D. sneeuw,       OS. & OHG. sn[emac]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[omac]r,       snaj[be]r, Sw. sn[94], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith.       sn[89]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix,       nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[c6]wan to snow, G.       schneien, OHG. sn[c6]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows,       Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or       sticky. [root]172.]       1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent             crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth,             exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect             forms.          Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are                of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad,                snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed,                snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding,                snow-wrought, and the like.          2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color             (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in,             flakes.                         The field of snow with eagle of black therein.                                                                               --Chaucer.          {Red snow}. See under {Red}.          {Snow bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1.          {Snow cock} (Zo[94]l.), the snow pheasant.          {Snow flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small black leaping poduran             ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow             in vast numbers.          {Snow flood}, a flood from melted snow.          {Snow flower} (Bot.), the fringe tree.          {Snow fly}, [or] {Snow insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several             species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The             male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These             insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow             in great numbers.          {Snow gnat} (Zo[94]l.), any wingless dipterous insect of the             genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter.          {Snow goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arctic             geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen             hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in             winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and             legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and             {Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({C.             c[d2]rulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish             gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper             part of the neck white. Called also {white head},             {white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}.          {Snow leopard} (Zool.), the ounce.          {Snow line}, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this             is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the             equator, 16,000 feet.          {Snow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis})             which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains.          {Snow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus             {Tetraogallus}, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The             Himalayn snow pheasant ({T. Himalayensis}) in the             best-known species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow             chukor}.          {Snow partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Partridge}.          {Snow pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota})             native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump             are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are             black.          {Snow plant} (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes             sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of             California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled             to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots             up.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[be]w; akin to D. sneeuw,       OS. & OHG. sn[emac]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[omac]r,       snaj[be]r, Sw. sn[94], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith.       sn[89]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix,       nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[c6]wan to snow, G.       schneien, OHG. sn[c6]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows,       Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or       sticky. [root]172.]       1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent             crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth,             exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect             forms.          Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are                of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad,                snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed,                snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding,                snow-wrought, and the like.          2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color             (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in,             flakes.                         The field of snow with eagle of black therein.                                                                               --Chaucer.          {Red snow}. See under {Red}.          {Snow bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1.          {Snow cock} (Zo[94]l.), the snow pheasant.          {Snow flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small black leaping poduran             ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow             in vast numbers.          {Snow flood}, a flood from melted snow.          {Snow flower} (Bot.), the fringe tree.          {Snow fly}, [or] {Snow insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several             species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The             male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These             insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow             in great numbers.          {Snow gnat} (Zo[94]l.), any wingless dipterous insect of the             genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter.          {Snow goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arctic             geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen             hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in             winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and             legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and             {Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({C.             c[d2]rulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish             gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper             part of the neck white. Called also {white head},             {white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}.          {Snow leopard} (Zool.), the ounce.          {Snow line}, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this             is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the             equator, 16,000 feet.          {Snow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis})             which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains.          {Snow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus             {Tetraogallus}, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The             Himalayn snow pheasant ({T. Himalayensis}) in the             best-known species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow             chukor}.          {Snow partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Partridge}.          {Snow pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota})             native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump             are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are             black.          {Snow plant} (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes             sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of             California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled             to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots             up.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[be]w; akin to D. sneeuw,       OS. & OHG. sn[emac]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[omac]r,       snaj[be]r, Sw. sn[94], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith.       sn[89]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix,       nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[c6]wan to snow, G.       schneien, OHG. sn[c6]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows,       Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or       sticky. [root]172.]       1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent             crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth,             exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect             forms.          Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are                of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad,                snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed,                snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding,                snow-wrought, and the like.          2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color             (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in,             flakes.                         The field of snow with eagle of black therein.                                                                               --Chaucer.          {Red snow}. See under {Red}.          {Snow bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1.          {Snow cock} (Zo[94]l.), the snow pheasant.          {Snow flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small black leaping poduran             ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow             in vast numbers.          {Snow flood}, a flood from melted snow.          {Snow flower} (Bot.), the fringe tree.          {Snow fly}, [or] {Snow insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several             species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The             male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These             insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow             in great numbers.          {Snow gnat} (Zo[94]l.), any wingless dipterous insect of the             genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter.          {Snow goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arctic             geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen             hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in             winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and             legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and             {Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({C.             c[d2]rulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish             gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper             part of the neck white. Called also {white head},             {white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}.          {Snow leopard} (Zool.), the ounce.          {Snow line}, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this             is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the             equator, 16,000 feet.          {Snow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis})             which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains.          {Snow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus             {Tetraogallus}, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The             Himalayn snow pheasant ({T. Himalayensis}) in the             best-known species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow             chukor}.          {Snow partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Partridge}.          {Snow pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota})             native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump             are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are             black.          {Snow plant} (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes             sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of             California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled             to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots             up.
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Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[be]w; akin to D. sneeuw,       OS. & OHG. sn[emac]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[omac]r,       snaj[be]r, Sw. sn[94], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith.       sn[89]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix,       nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[c6]wan to snow, G.       schneien, OHG. sn[c6]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows,       Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or       sticky. [root]172.]       1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent             crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth,             exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect             forms.          Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are                of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad,                snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed,                snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding,                snow-wrought, and the like.          2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color             (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in,             flakes.                         The field of snow with eagle of black therein.                                                                               --Chaucer.          {Red snow}. See under {Red}.          {Snow bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1.          {Snow cock} (Zo[94]l.), the snow pheasant.          {Snow flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small black leaping poduran             ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow             in vast numbers.          {Snow flood}, a flood from melted snow.          {Snow flower} (Bot.), the fringe tree.          {Snow fly}, [or] {Snow insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several             species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The             male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These             insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow             in great numbers.          {Snow gnat} (Zo[94]l.), any wingless dipterous insect of the             genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter.          {Snow goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arctic             geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen             hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in             winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and             legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and             {Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({C.             c[d2]rulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish             gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper             part of the neck white. Called also {white head},             {white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}.          {Snow leopard} (Zool.), the ounce.          {Snow line}, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this             is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the             equator, 16,000 feet.          {Snow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis})             which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains.          {Snow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of             large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus             {Tetraogallus}, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The             Himalayn snow pheasant ({T. Himalayensis}) in the             best-known species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow             chukor}.          {Snow partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Partridge}.          {Snow pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota})             native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump             are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are             black.          {Snow plant} (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes             sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of             California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled             to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots             up.
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Plow \Plow\, Plough \Plough\ (plou), n. [OE. plouh, plou, AS.       pl[d3]h; akin to D. ploeg, G. pflug, OHG. pfluog, pfluoh,       Icel. pl[d3]gr, Sw. plog, Dan. ploug, plov, Russ. plug',       Lith. plugas.]       1. A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or             other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for             bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil             for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining             plow.                         Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. --Johnson.          3. A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.]                         Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five.                                                                               --Tale of                                                                               Gamelyn.          4. A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane.          5. (Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the             edges of books.          6. (Astron.) Same as {Charles's Wain}.          {Ice plow}, a plow used for cutting ice on rivers, ponds,             etc., into cakes suitable for storing. [U. S.]          {Mackerel plow}. See under {Mackerel}.          {Plow alms}, a penny formerly paid by every plowland to the             church. --Cowell.          {Plow beam}, that part of the frame of a plow to which the             draught is applied. See {Beam}, n., 9.          {Plow Monday}, the Monday after Twelth Day, or the end of             Christmas holidays.          {Plow staff}.             (a) A kind of long-handled spade or paddle for cleaning                   the plowshare; a paddle staff.             (b) A plow handle.          {Snow plow}, a structure, usually [LAMBDA]-shaped, for             removing snow from sidewalks, railroads, etc., -- drawn or             driven by a horse or a locomotive.
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Snowball \Snow"ball`\, n.       1. A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or             anything resembling such a mass.          2. (Bot.) The Guelder-rose.          {Snowball tree} (Bot.), the Guelder-rose.
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Snowball \Snow"ball`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snowballed}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Snowballing}.]       To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.
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Snowball \Snow"ball`\, v. i.       To throw snowballs.
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Snowball \Snow"ball`\, n.       1. A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or             anything resembling such a mass.          2. (Bot.) The Guelder-rose.          {Snowball tree} (Bot.), the Guelder-rose.
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Guelderrose' \Guel"der*rose'\, n. [Supposed to be brought from       Guelderland; hence, D. Geldersche roos, G. Gelderische rose,       F. rose de Gueldre, It. rose di Gueldra, Sp. rosa de       Gueldres.] (Bot.)       A cultivated variety of a species of {Viburnum} ({V.       Opulus}), bearing large bunches of white flowers; -- called       also {snowball tree}.
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Snowball \Snow"ball`\, n.       1. A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or             anything resembling such a mass.          2. (Bot.) The Guelder-rose.          {Snowball tree} (Bot.), the Guelder-rose.
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Guelderrose' \Guel"der*rose'\, n. [Supposed to be brought from       Guelderland; hence, D. Geldersche roos, G. Gelderische rose,       F. rose de Gueldre, It. rose di Gueldra, Sp. rosa de       Gueldres.] (Bot.)       A cultivated variety of a species of {Viburnum} ({V.       Opulus}), bearing large bunches of white flowers; -- called       also {snowball tree}.
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Snowball \Snow"ball`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snowballed}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Snowballing}.]       To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.
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Snowball \Snow"ball`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snowballed}; p. pr.       & vb. n. {Snowballing}.]       To pelt with snowballs; to throw snowballs at.
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Snow-blind \Snow"-blind`\, a.       Affected with blindness by the brilliancy of snow. --       {Snow"-blind`ness}, n.
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Snow-blind \Snow"-blind`\, a.       Affected with blindness by the brilliancy of snow. --       {Snow"-blind`ness}, n.
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Snowflake \Snow"flake`\, n.       1. A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.          2. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1.          3. (Bot.) A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus             {Leucoium} ({L. vernum}, {[91]stivum}, etc.) resembling             the snowdrop, but having all the perianth leaves of equal             size.
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Snowbird \Snow"bird\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) An arctic finch ({Plectrophenax, [or] Plectrophanes,             nivalis}) common, in winter, both in Europe and the             United States, and often appearing in large flocks during             snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked             with chestnut and brown. Called also {snow bunting},             {snowflake}, {snowfleck}, and {snowflight}.       (b) Any finch of the genus {Junco} which appears in flocks in             winter time, especially {J. hyemalis} in the Eastern             United States; -- called also {blue snowbird}. See             {Junco}.       (c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]
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Snowflake \Snow"flake`\, n.       1. A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.          2. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1.          3. (Bot.) A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus             {Leucoium} ({L. vernum}, {[91]stivum}, etc.) resembling             the snowdrop, but having all the perianth leaves of equal             size.
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Snowbird \Snow"bird\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) An arctic finch ({Plectrophenax, [or] Plectrophanes,             nivalis}) common, in winter, both in Europe and the             United States, and often appearing in large flocks during             snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked             with chestnut and brown. Called also {snow bunting},             {snowflake}, {snowfleck}, and {snowflight}.       (b) Any finch of the genus {Junco} which appears in flocks in             winter time, especially {J. hyemalis} in the Eastern             United States; -- called also {blue snowbird}. See             {Junco}.       (c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]
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Snowfleck \Snow"fleck`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Snowbird}, 1.
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Snowbird \Snow"bird\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) An arctic finch ({Plectrophenax, [or] Plectrophanes,             nivalis}) common, in winter, both in Europe and the             United States, and often appearing in large flocks during             snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked             with chestnut and brown. Called also {snow bunting},             {snowflake}, {snowfleck}, and {snowflight}.       (b) Any finch of the genus {Junco} which appears in flocks in             winter time, especially {J. hyemalis} in the Eastern             United States; -- called also {blue snowbird}. See             {Junco}.       (c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]
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Snowfleck \Snow"fleck`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Snowbird}, 1.
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Snowbird \Snow"bird\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) An arctic finch ({Plectrophenax, [or] Plectrophanes,             nivalis}) common, in winter, both in Europe and the             United States, and often appearing in large flocks during             snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked             with chestnut and brown. Called also {snow bunting},             {snowflake}, {snowfleck}, and {snowflight}.       (b) Any finch of the genus {Junco} which appears in flocks in             winter time, especially {J. hyemalis} in the Eastern             United States; -- called also {blue snowbird}. See             {Junco}.       (c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]
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Snowbird \Snow"bird\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) An arctic finch ({Plectrophenax, [or] Plectrophanes,             nivalis}) common, in winter, both in Europe and the             United States, and often appearing in large flocks during             snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked             with chestnut and brown. Called also {snow bunting},             {snowflake}, {snowfleck}, and {snowflight}.       (b) Any finch of the genus {Junco} which appears in flocks in             winter time, especially {J. hyemalis} in the Eastern             United States; -- called also {blue snowbird}. See             {Junco}.       (c) The fieldfare. [Prov. Eng.]
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Snowplow \Snow"plow`\, Snowplough \Snow"plough`\, n.       An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale,       for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc.
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Snowplow \Snow"plow`\, Snowplough \Snow"plough`\, n.       An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale,       for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc.
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Snowy \Snow"y\, a.       1. White like snow. [bd]So shows a snowy dove trooping with             crows.[b8] --Shak.          2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. [bd]The snowy top             of cold Olympus.[b8] --Milton.          3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless.                         There did he lose his snowy innocence. --J. Hall                                                                               (1646).          {Snowy heron} (Zo[94]l.), a white heron, or egret ({Ardea             candidissima}), found in the Southern United States, and             southward to Chili; -- called also {plume bird}.          {Snowy lemming} (Zo[94]l.), the collared lemming ({Cuniculus             torquatus}), which turns white in winter.          {Snowy owl} (Zo[94]l.), a large arctic owl ({Nyctea             Scandiaca}, or {N. nivea}) common all over the northern             parts of the United States and Europe in winter time. Its             plumage is sometimes nearly pure white, but it is usually             more or less marked with blackish spots. Called also             {white owl}.          {Snowy plover} (Zo[94]l.), a small plover ({[92]gialitis             nivosa}) of the western parts of the United States and             Mexico. It is light gray above, with the under parts and             portions of the head white.
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Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snuffled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Snuffling}.] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln,       G. schn[81]ffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. sn[94]vle. Cf.       {Sniffle}.]       To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when       it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.                   One clad in purple Eats, and recites some lamentable                rhyme . . . Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his                throat.                                                   --Dryden.
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Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, n.       1. The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing             through the nose when obstructed.                         This dread sovereign, Breath, in its passage, gave a                      snort or snuffle.                              --Coleridge.          2. An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.          3. pl. Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of             infants or children. [Colloq.]
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Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snuffled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Snuffling}.] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln,       G. schn[81]ffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. sn[94]vle. Cf.       {Sniffle}.]       To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when       it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.                   One clad in purple Eats, and recites some lamentable                rhyme . . . Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his                throat.                                                   --Dryden.
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Snuffler \Snuf"fler\, n.       One who snuffles; one who uses cant.
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Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snuffled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Snuffling}.] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln,       G. schn[81]ffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. sn[94]vle. Cf.       {Sniffle}.]       To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when       it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.                   One clad in purple Eats, and recites some lamentable                rhyme . . . Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his                throat.                                                   --Dryden.
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Sumbul \Sum"bul\, n. [Pers.]       The musky root of an Asiatic umbelliferous plant, {Ferula       Sumbul}. It is used in medicine as a stimulant. [Written also       {sumbal}.] -- {Sum*bul"ic}, a.
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Sumbul \Sum"bul\, n. [Pers.]       The musky root of an Asiatic umbelliferous plant, {Ferula       Sumbul}. It is used in medicine as a stimulant. [Written also       {sumbal}.] -- {Sum*bul"ic}, a.
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Sumbul \Sum"bul\, n. [Pers.]       The musky root of an Asiatic umbelliferous plant, {Ferula       Sumbul}. It is used in medicine as a stimulant. [Written also       {sumbal}.] -- {Sum*bul"ic}, a.
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Sunblink \Sun"blink`\, n.       A glimpse or flash of the sun. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
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Sunflower \Sun"flow`er\, n.       Any plant of the genus {Helianthus}; -- so called probably       from the form and color of its flower, which is large disk       with yellow rays. The commonly cultivated sunflower is       {Helianthus annuus}, a native of America.
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Sunflower State \Sun"flow`er State\       Kansas; a nickname.
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Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D.       zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv[94]ppr, Dan. &       Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.]       Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but       not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the       seashore.                   Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern.                                                                               --Tennyson.                   A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing                trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only                herbage, plants, and mosses.                  --Farming                                                                               Encyc. (E.                                                                               Edwards,                                                                               Words).          {Swamp blackbird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Redwing}       (b) .          {Swamp cabbage} (Bot.), skunk cabbage.          {Swamp deer} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic deer ({Rucervus             Duvaucelli}) of India.          {Swamp hen}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird ({Porphyrio bellus});             -- called also {goollema}.       (b) An Australian water crake, or rail ({Porzana Tabuensis});             -- called also {little swamp hen}.       (c) The European purple gallinule.          {Swamp honeysuckle} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Azalea, [or]             Rhododendron, viscosa}) growing in swampy places, with             fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with             rose; -- called also {swamp pink}.          {Swamp hook}, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling             logs. Cf. {Cant hook}.          {Swamp itch}. (Med.) See {Prairie itch}, under {Prairie}.          {Swamp laurel} (Bot.), a shrub ({Kalmia glauca}) having small             leaves with the lower surface glaucous.          {Swamp maple} (Bot.), red maple. See {Maple}.          {Swamp oak} (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak             which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak             ({Quercus palustris}), swamp white oak ({Q. bicolor}),             swamp post oak ({Q. lyrata}).          {Swamp ore} (Min.), bog ore; limonite.          {Swamp partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several Australian             game birds of the genera {Synoicus} and {Excalfatoria},             allied to the European partridges.          {Swamp robin} (Zo[94]l.), the chewink.          {Swamp sassafras} (Bot.), a small North American tree of the             genus {Magnolia} ({M. glauca}) with aromatic leaves and             fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet             bay}.          {Swamp sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American sparrow             ({Melospiza Georgiana}, or {M. palustris}), closely             resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy             places.          {Swamp willow}. (Bot.) See {Pussy willow}, under {Pussy}.
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Redwing \Red"wing`\ (-w?ng`), n. (Zo[94]l.)       A European thrush ({Turdus iliacus}). Its under wing coverts       are orange red. Called also {redwinged thrush}.       (b) A North American passerine bird ({Agelarius             ph[oe]niceus}) of the family {Icterid[91]}. The male is             black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered             with orange, on each wing. Called also {redwinged             blackbird}, {red-winged troupial}, {marsh blackbird}, and             {swamp blackbird}.
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Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D.       zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv[94]ppr, Dan. &       Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.]       Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but       not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the       seashore.                   Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern.                                                                               --Tennyson.                   A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing                trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only                herbage, plants, and mosses.                  --Farming                                                                               Encyc. (E.                                                                               Edwards,                                                                               Words).          {Swamp blackbird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Redwing}       (b) .          {Swamp cabbage} (Bot.), skunk cabbage.          {Swamp deer} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic deer ({Rucervus             Duvaucelli}) of India.          {Swamp hen}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird ({Porphyrio bellus});             -- called also {goollema}.       (b) An Australian water crake, or rail ({Porzana Tabuensis});             -- called also {little swamp hen}.       (c) The European purple gallinule.          {Swamp honeysuckle} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Azalea, [or]             Rhododendron, viscosa}) growing in swampy places, with             fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with             rose; -- called also {swamp pink}.          {Swamp hook}, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling             logs. Cf. {Cant hook}.          {Swamp itch}. (Med.) See {Prairie itch}, under {Prairie}.          {Swamp laurel} (Bot.), a shrub ({Kalmia glauca}) having small             leaves with the lower surface glaucous.          {Swamp maple} (Bot.), red maple. See {Maple}.          {Swamp oak} (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak             which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak             ({Quercus palustris}), swamp white oak ({Q. bicolor}),             swamp post oak ({Q. lyrata}).          {Swamp ore} (Min.), bog ore; limonite.          {Swamp partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several Australian             game birds of the genera {Synoicus} and {Excalfatoria},             allied to the European partridges.          {Swamp robin} (Zo[94]l.), the chewink.          {Swamp sassafras} (Bot.), a small North American tree of the             genus {Magnolia} ({M. glauca}) with aromatic leaves and             fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet             bay}.          {Swamp sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American sparrow             ({Melospiza Georgiana}, or {M. palustris}), closely             resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy             places.          {Swamp willow}. (Bot.) See {Pussy willow}, under {Pussy}.
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Redwing \Red"wing`\ (-w?ng`), n. (Zo[94]l.)       A European thrush ({Turdus iliacus}). Its under wing coverts       are orange red. Called also {redwinged thrush}.       (b) A North American passerine bird ({Agelarius             ph[oe]niceus}) of the family {Icterid[91]}. The male is             black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered             with orange, on each wing. Called also {redwinged             blackbird}, {red-winged troupial}, {marsh blackbird}, and             {swamp blackbird}.
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Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D.       zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv[94]ppr, Dan. &       Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.]       Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but       not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the       seashore.                   Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern.                                                                               --Tennyson.                   A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing                trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only                herbage, plants, and mosses.                  --Farming                                                                               Encyc. (E.                                                                               Edwards,                                                                               Words).          {Swamp blackbird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Redwing}       (b) .          {Swamp cabbage} (Bot.), skunk cabbage.          {Swamp deer} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic deer ({Rucervus             Duvaucelli}) of India.          {Swamp hen}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird ({Porphyrio bellus});             -- called also {goollema}.       (b) An Australian water crake, or rail ({Porzana Tabuensis});             -- called also {little swamp hen}.       (c) The European purple gallinule.          {Swamp honeysuckle} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Azalea, [or]             Rhododendron, viscosa}) growing in swampy places, with             fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with             rose; -- called also {swamp pink}.          {Swamp hook}, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling             logs. Cf. {Cant hook}.          {Swamp itch}. (Med.) See {Prairie itch}, under {Prairie}.          {Swamp laurel} (Bot.), a shrub ({Kalmia glauca}) having small             leaves with the lower surface glaucous.          {Swamp maple} (Bot.), red maple. See {Maple}.          {Swamp oak} (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak             which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak             ({Quercus palustris}), swamp white oak ({Q. bicolor}),             swamp post oak ({Q. lyrata}).          {Swamp ore} (Min.), bog ore; limonite.          {Swamp partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several Australian             game birds of the genera {Synoicus} and {Excalfatoria},             allied to the European partridges.          {Swamp robin} (Zo[94]l.), the chewink.          {Swamp sassafras} (Bot.), a small North American tree of the             genus {Magnolia} ({M. glauca}) with aromatic leaves and             fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet             bay}.          {Swamp sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American sparrow             ({Melospiza Georgiana}, or {M. palustris}), closely             resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy             places.          {Swamp willow}. (Bot.) See {Pussy willow}, under {Pussy}.
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Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D.       zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv[94]ppr, Dan. &       Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.]       Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but       not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the       seashore.                   Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern.                                                                               --Tennyson.                   A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing                trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only                herbage, plants, and mosses.                  --Farming                                                                               Encyc. (E.                                                                               Edwards,                                                                               Words).          {Swamp blackbird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Redwing}       (b) .          {Swamp cabbage} (Bot.), skunk cabbage.          {Swamp deer} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic deer ({Rucervus             Duvaucelli}) of India.          {Swamp hen}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird ({Porphyrio bellus});             -- called also {goollema}.       (b) An Australian water crake, or rail ({Porzana Tabuensis});             -- called also {little swamp hen}.       (c) The European purple gallinule.          {Swamp honeysuckle} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Azalea, [or]             Rhododendron, viscosa}) growing in swampy places, with             fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with             rose; -- called also {swamp pink}.          {Swamp hook}, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling             logs. Cf. {Cant hook}.          {Swamp itch}. (Med.) See {Prairie itch}, under {Prairie}.          {Swamp laurel} (Bot.), a shrub ({Kalmia glauca}) having small             leaves with the lower surface glaucous.          {Swamp maple} (Bot.), red maple. See {Maple}.          {Swamp oak} (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak             which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak             ({Quercus palustris}), swamp white oak ({Q. bicolor}),             swamp post oak ({Q. lyrata}).          {Swamp ore} (Min.), bog ore; limonite.          {Swamp partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several Australian             game birds of the genera {Synoicus} and {Excalfatoria},             allied to the European partridges.          {Swamp robin} (Zo[94]l.), the chewink.          {Swamp sassafras} (Bot.), a small North American tree of the             genus {Magnolia} ({M. glauca}) with aromatic leaves and             fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet             bay}.          {Swamp sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American sparrow             ({Melospiza Georgiana}, or {M. palustris}), closely             resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy             places.          {Swamp willow}. (Bot.) See {Pussy willow}, under {Pussy}.
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Pussy \Pussy\, n. [Dim. of puss.]       1. A pet name for a cat; also, an endearing name for a girl.          2. A catkin of the pussy willow.          3. The game of tipcat; -- also called {pussy cat}.          {Pussy willow} (Bot.), any kind of willow having large             cylindrical catkins clothed with long glossy hairs,             especially the American {Salix discolor}; -- called also             {glaucous willow}, and {swamp willow}.
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Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D.       zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv[94]ppr, Dan. &       Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.]       Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but       not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the       seashore.                   Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern.                                                                               --Tennyson.                   A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing                trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only                herbage, plants, and mosses.                  --Farming                                                                               Encyc. (E.                                                                               Edwards,                                                                               Words).          {Swamp blackbird}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Redwing}       (b) .          {Swamp cabbage} (Bot.), skunk cabbage.          {Swamp deer} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic deer ({Rucervus             Duvaucelli}) of India.          {Swamp hen}. (Zo[94]l.)       (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird ({Porphyrio bellus});             -- called also {goollema}.       (b) An Australian water crake, or rail ({Porzana Tabuensis});             -- called also {little swamp hen}.       (c) The European purple gallinule.          {Swamp honeysuckle} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Azalea, [or]             Rhododendron, viscosa}) growing in swampy places, with             fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with             rose; -- called also {swamp pink}.          {Swamp hook}, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling             logs. Cf. {Cant hook}.          {Swamp itch}. (Med.) See {Prairie itch}, under {Prairie}.          {Swamp laurel} (Bot.), a shrub ({Kalmia glauca}) having small             leaves with the lower surface glaucous.          {Swamp maple} (Bot.), red maple. See {Maple}.          {Swamp oak} (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak             which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak             ({Quercus palustris}), swamp white oak ({Q. bicolor}),             swamp post oak ({Q. lyrata}).          {Swamp ore} (Min.), bog ore; limonite.          {Swamp partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several Australian             game birds of the genera {Synoicus} and {Excalfatoria},             allied to the European partridges.          {Swamp robin} (Zo[94]l.), the chewink.          {Swamp sassafras} (Bot.), a small North American tree of the             genus {Magnolia} ({M. glauca}) with aromatic leaves and             fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet             bay}.          {Swamp sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American sparrow             ({Melospiza Georgiana}, or {M. palustris}), closely             resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy             places.          {Swamp willow}. (Bot.) See {Pussy willow}, under {Pussy}.
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Pussy \Pussy\, n. [Dim. of puss.]       1. A pet name for a cat; also, an endearing name for a girl.          2. A catkin of the pussy willow.          3. The game of tipcat; -- also called {pussy cat}.          {Pussy willow} (Bot.), any kind of willow having large             cylindrical catkins clothed with long glossy hairs,             especially the American {Salix discolor}; -- called also             {glaucous willow}, and {swamp willow}.
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Swim \Swim\, n.       1. The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one             swimming. --B. Jonson.          2. The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.          3. A part of a stream much frequented by fish. [Eng.]          {Swim bladder}, an air bladder of a fish.          {To be in the swim}, to be in a favored position; to be             associated with others in active affairs. [Colloq.]
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Swimbel \Swim"bel\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]       A moaning or sighing sound or noise; a sough. [Obs.]       --Chaucer.
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Symbal \Sym"bal\, n.       See {Cimbal}. [Obs.]
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Symbol \Sym"bol\, v. t.       To symbolize. [R.] --Tennyson.
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Symbol \Sym"bol\, n. [L. symbolus, symbolum, Gr. sy`mbolon a       sign by which one knows or infers a thing, from [?] to throw       or put together, to compare; sy`n with + [?] to throw: cf. F.       symbole. Cf. {Emblem}, {Parable}.]       1. A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything             which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by             resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation;             a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage;             the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.                         A symbol is a sign included in the idea which it                      represents, e. g., an actual part chosen to                      represent the whole, or a lower form or species used                      as the representative of a higher in the same kind.                                                                               --Coleridge.          2. (Math.) Any character used to represent a quantity, an             operation, a relation, or an abbreviation.          Note: In crystallography, the symbol of a plane is the                numerical expression which defines its position                relatively to the assumed axes.          3. (Theol.) An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a             creed, or a summary of the articles of religion.          4. [Gr. [?] contributions.] That which is thrown into a             common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.             [Obs.]                         They do their work in the days of peace . . . and                      come to pay their symbol in a war or in a plague.                                                                               --Jer. Taylor.          5. Share; allotment. [Obs.]                         The persons who are to be judged . . . shall all                      appear to receive their symbol.         --Jer. Taylor.          6. (Chem.) An abbreviation standing for the name of an             element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin             or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with             a following one; as, {C} for carbon, {Na} for sodium             (Natrium), {Fe} for iron (Ferrum), {Sn} for tin (Stannum),             {Sb} for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names             and symbols under {Element}.          Note: In pure and organic chemistry there are symbols not                only for the elements, but also for their grouping in                formulas, radicals, or residues, as evidenced by their                composition, reactions, synthesis, etc. See the diagram                of {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}.          Syn: Emblem; figure; type. See {Emblem}.
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Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, n. [Cf. F. symbolique. See {Symbolic},       a.] (Theol.)       See {Symbolics}.
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Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, Symbolical \Sym*bol"ic*al\, a. [L.       symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.]       Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a       symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs;       representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight       and knowledge. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ly}, adv. --       {Sym*bol"ic*al*ness}, n.                   The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by                such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer.                                                                               Taylor.          {Symbolical delivery} (Law), the delivery of property sold by             delivering something else as a symbol, token, or             representative of it. --Bouvier. Chitty.          {Symbolical philosophy}, the philosophy expressed by             hieroglyphics.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolics \Sym*bol"ics\, n.       The study of ancient symbols; esp. (Theol.), that branch of       historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of       faith; symbolism; -- called also {symbolic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, n. [Cf. F. symbolique. See {Symbolic},       a.] (Theol.)       See {Symbolics}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, Symbolical \Sym*bol"ic*al\, a. [L.       symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.]       Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a       symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs;       representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight       and knowledge. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ly}, adv. --       {Sym*bol"ic*al*ness}, n.                   The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by                such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer.                                                                               Taylor.          {Symbolical delivery} (Law), the delivery of property sold by             delivering something else as a symbol, token, or             representative of it. --Bouvier. Chitty.          {Symbolical philosophy}, the philosophy expressed by             hieroglyphics.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolics \Sym*bol"ics\, n.       The study of ancient symbols; esp. (Theol.), that branch of       historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of       faith; symbolism; -- called also {symbolic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, Symbolical \Sym*bol"ic*al\, a. [L.       symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.]       Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a       symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs;       representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight       and knowledge. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ly}, adv. --       {Sym*bol"ic*al*ness}, n.                   The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by                such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer.                                                                               Taylor.          {Symbolical delivery} (Law), the delivery of property sold by             delivering something else as a symbol, token, or             representative of it. --Bouvier. Chitty.          {Symbolical philosophy}, the philosophy expressed by             hieroglyphics.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, Symbolical \Sym*bol"ic*al\, a. [L.       symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.]       Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a       symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs;       representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight       and knowledge. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ly}, adv. --       {Sym*bol"ic*al*ness}, n.                   The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by                such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer.                                                                               Taylor.          {Symbolical delivery} (Law), the delivery of property sold by             delivering something else as a symbol, token, or             representative of it. --Bouvier. Chitty.          {Symbolical philosophy}, the philosophy expressed by             hieroglyphics.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, Symbolical \Sym*bol"ic*al\, a. [L.       symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.]       Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a       symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs;       representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight       and knowledge. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ly}, adv. --       {Sym*bol"ic*al*ness}, n.                   The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by                such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer.                                                                               Taylor.          {Symbolical delivery} (Law), the delivery of property sold by             delivering something else as a symbol, token, or             representative of it. --Bouvier. Chitty.          {Symbolical philosophy}, the philosophy expressed by             hieroglyphics.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, Symbolical \Sym*bol"ic*al\, a. [L.       symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.]       Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a       symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs;       representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight       and knowledge. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ly}, adv. --       {Sym*bol"ic*al*ness}, n.                   The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by                such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer.                                                                               Taylor.          {Symbolical delivery} (Law), the delivery of property sold by             delivering something else as a symbol, token, or             representative of it. --Bouvier. Chitty.          {Symbolical philosophy}, the philosophy expressed by             hieroglyphics.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolic \Sym*bol"ic\, Symbolical \Sym*bol"ic*al\, a. [L.       symbolicus, Gr. symboliko`s: cf. F. symbolique.]       Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a       symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs;       representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight       and knowledge. -- {Sym*bol"ic*al*ly}, adv. --       {Sym*bol"ic*al*ness}, n.                   The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by                such symbolical actions as he himself appointed. --Jer.                                                                               Taylor.          {Symbolical delivery} (Law), the delivery of property sold by             delivering something else as a symbol, token, or             representative of it. --Bouvier. Chitty.          {Symbolical philosophy}, the philosophy expressed by             hieroglyphics.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolics \Sym*bol"ics\, n.       The study of ancient symbols; esp. (Theol.), that branch of       historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of       faith; symbolism; -- called also {symbolic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolism \Sym"bol*ism\, n.       1. The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized;             as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of             truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emblematic colors, signs,             and forms.          2. A system of symbols or representations.          3. (Chem.)             (a) The practice of using symbols, or the system of                   notation developed thereby.             (b) A combining together of parts or ingredients. [Obs.]          4. (Theol.) The science of creeds; symbolics.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolist \Sym"bol*ist\, n.       One who employs symbols.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolistic \Sym`bol*is"tic\, Symbolistical \Sym`bol*is"tic*al\,       a.       Characterized by the use of symbols; as, symbolistic poetry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolistic \Sym`bol*is"tic\, Symbolistical \Sym`bol*is"tic*al\,       a.       Characterized by the use of symbols; as, symbolistic poetry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolization \Sym`bol*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. symbolisation.]       The act of symbolizing; symbolical representation. --Sir T.       Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolize \Sym"bol*ize\, v. t.       1. To make to agree in properties or qualities.          2. To make representative of something; to regard or treat as             symbolic. [bd]Some symbolize the same from the mystery of             its colors.[b8] --Sir T. Browne.          3. To represent by a symbol or symbols.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolize \Sym"bol*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Symbolized}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Symbolizing}.] [Cf. F. symboliser.]       1. To have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to             correspond; to harmonize.                         The pleasing of color symbolizeth with the pleasing                      of any single tone to the ear; but the pleasing of                      order doth symbolize with harmony.      --Bacon.                         They both symbolize in this, that they love to look                      upon themselves through multiplying glasses.                                                                               --Howell.          2. To hold the same faith; to agree. [R.]                         The believers in pretended miracles have always                      previously symbolized with the performers of them.                                                                               --G. S. Faber.          3. To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolize \Sym"bol*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Symbolized}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Symbolizing}.] [Cf. F. symboliser.]       1. To have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to             correspond; to harmonize.                         The pleasing of color symbolizeth with the pleasing                      of any single tone to the ear; but the pleasing of                      order doth symbolize with harmony.      --Bacon.                         They both symbolize in this, that they love to look                      upon themselves through multiplying glasses.                                                                               --Howell.          2. To hold the same faith; to agree. [R.]                         The believers in pretended miracles have always                      previously symbolized with the performers of them.                                                                               --G. S. Faber.          3. To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolizer \Sym"bol*i`zer\, n.       One who symbolizes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbolize \Sym"bol*ize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Symbolized}; p.       pr. & vb. n. {Symbolizing}.] [Cf. F. symboliser.]       1. To have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to             correspond; to harmonize.                         The pleasing of color symbolizeth with the pleasing                      of any single tone to the ear; but the pleasing of                      order doth symbolize with harmony.      --Bacon.                         They both symbolize in this, that they love to look                      upon themselves through multiplying glasses.                                                                               --Howell.          2. To hold the same faith; to agree. [R.]                         The believers in pretended miracles have always                      previously symbolized with the performers of them.                                                                               --G. S. Faber.          3. To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbological \Sym`bo*log"i*cal\, a.       Pertaining to a symbology; versed in, or characterized by,       symbology.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbologist \Sym*bol"o*gist\, n.       One who practices, or who is versed in, symbology.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symbology \Sym*bol"o*gy\, n. [Symbol + -logy.]       The art of expressing by symbols.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Symplectic \Sym*plec"tic\, a. [Gr. [?] plaiting together, fr.       [?] to plait together.] (Anat.)       Plaiting or joining together; -- said of a bone next above       the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes,       which unites together the other bones of the suspensorium. --       n. The symplectic bone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Skunk \Skunk\, n. [Contr. from the Abenaki (American Indian)       seganku.] (Zo[94]l.)       Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores       of the genus {Mephitis} and allied genera. They have two       glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid,       which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense.          Note: The common species of the Eastern United States                ({Mephitis mephitica}) is black with more or less white                on the body and tail. The spotted skunk ({Spilogale                putorius}), native of the Southwestern United States                and Mexico, is smaller than the common skunk, and is                variously marked with black and white.          {Skunk bird}, {Skunk blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), the bobolink; --             so called because the male, in the breeding season, is             black and white, like a skunk.          {Skunk cabbage} (Bot.), an American aroid herb ({Symplocarpus             f[oe]tidus}>) having a reddish hornlike spathe in earliest             spring, followed by a cluster of large cabbagelike leaves.             It exhales a disagreeable odor. Also called {swamp             cabbage}.          {Skunk porpoise}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Porpoise}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Horse emmet} (Zo[94]l.), the horse ant.          {Horse finch} (Zo[94]l.), the chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]          {Horse gentian} (Bot.), fever root.          {Horse iron} (Naut.), a large calking iron.          {Horse latitudes}, a space in the North Atlantic famous for             calms and baffling winds, being between the westerly winds             of higher latitudes and the trade winds. --Ham. Nav.             Encyc.          {Horse mackrel}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) The common tunny ({Orcynus thunnus}), found on the                   Atlantic coast of Europe and America, and in the                   Mediterranean.             (b) The bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}).             (c) The scad.             (d) The name is locally applied to various other fishes,                   as the California hake, the black candlefish, the                   jurel, the bluefish, etc.          {Horse marine} (Naut.), an awkward, lubbery person; one of a             mythical body of marine cavalry. [Slang]          {Horse mussel} (Zo[94]l.), a large, marine mussel ({Modiola             modiolus}), found on the northern shores of Europe and             America.          {Horse nettle} (Bot.), a coarse, prickly, American herb, the             {Solanum Carolinense}.          {Horse parsley}. (Bot.) See {Alexanders}.          {Horse purslain} (Bot.), a coarse fleshy weed of tropical             America ({Trianthema monogymnum}).          {Horse race}, a race by horses; a match of horses in running             or trotting.          {Horse racing}, the practice of racing with horses.          {Horse railroad}, a railroad on which the cars are drawn by             horses; -- in England, and sometimes in the United States,             called a {tramway}.          {Horse run} (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded             wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power.          {Horse sense}, strong common sense. [Colloq. U.S.]          {Horse soldier}, a cavalryman.          {Horse sponge} (Zo[94]l.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge             ({Spongia equina}).          {Horse stinger} (Zo[94]l.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.]                      {Horse sugar} (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the             United States ({Symplocos tinctoria}), whose leaves are             sweet, and good for fodder.          {Horse tick} (Zo[94]l.), a winged, dipterous insect             ({Hippobosca equina}), which troubles horses by biting             them, and sucking their blood; -- called also {horsefly},             {horse louse}, and {forest fly}.          {Horse vetch} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Hippocrepis} ({H.             comosa}), cultivated for the beauty of its flowers; --             called also {horsehoe vetch}, from the peculiar shape of             its pods.          {Iron horse}, a locomotive. [Colloq.]          {Salt horse}, the sailor's name for salt beef.          {To look a gift horse in the mouth}, to examine the mouth of             a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to             ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a             critical and thankless spirit. --Lowell.          {To take horse}.             (a) To set out on horseback. --Macaulay.             (b) To be covered, as a mare.             (c) See definition 7 (above).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Synovial \Syn*o"vi*al\, a. [Cf. F. synovial.] (Anat.)       Of or pertaining to synovia; secreting synovia.          {Synovial capsule}, a closed sac of synovial membrane             situated between the articular surfaces at diarthrodial             joints.          {Synovial fluid}, synovia.          {Synovial membrane}, the dense and very smooth connective             tissue membrane which secretes synovia and surrounds             synovial capsules and other synovial cavities.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Synovial \Syn*o"vi*al\, a. [Cf. F. synovial.] (Anat.)       Of or pertaining to synovia; secreting synovia.          {Synovial capsule}, a closed sac of synovial membrane             situated between the articular surfaces at diarthrodial             joints.          {Synovial fluid}, synovia.          {Synovial membrane}, the dense and very smooth connective             tissue membrane which secretes synovia and surrounds             synovial capsules and other synovial cavities.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Synovial \Syn*o"vi*al\, a. [Cf. F. synovial.] (Anat.)       Of or pertaining to synovia; secreting synovia.          {Synovial capsule}, a closed sac of synovial membrane             situated between the articular surfaces at diarthrodial             joints.          {Synovial fluid}, synovia.          {Synovial membrane}, the dense and very smooth connective             tissue membrane which secretes synovia and surrounds             synovial capsules and other synovial cavities.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Synovial \Syn*o"vi*al\, a. [Cf. F. synovial.] (Anat.)       Of or pertaining to synovia; secreting synovia.          {Synovial capsule}, a closed sac of synovial membrane             situated between the articular surfaces at diarthrodial             joints.          {Synovial fluid}, synovia.          {Synovial membrane}, the dense and very smooth connective             tissue membrane which secretes synovia and surrounds             synovial capsules and other synovial cavities.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Synpelmous \Syn*pel"mous\, a. [Pref. syn- + [?] the sole of the       foot.] (Zo[94]l.)       Having the two main flexor tendons of the toes blended       together.
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
shambolic link /sham-bol'ik link/ n.   A Unix symbolic link,    particularly when it confuses you, points to nothing at all, or    results in your ending up in some completely unexpected part of the    filesystem....
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
sample          The result of measuring the       amplitude of an analog signal at a specified time.   In       {digital signal processing} a sample is a signed or unsigned       number and the number of samples per second is called the       {sample rate}.          (2001-06-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
sample rate          The number of times an analog       signal is measured (sampled) per second.   The unit of sample       rate is "samples per second".   This is often expressed in       {kiloHertz} (kHz).   For example, "CD quality" sound has a       sample rate of 44 kHz.          Compare {data rate}.   See {Nyquist frequency}.          [Is it correct to use Hertz for things other than the       frequency of a sine wave?]          (2001-06-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
sampling          The process of taking a {sample} of a signal at evenly       spaced intervals of time.   This is the first step in {Digital       Signal Processing}.          (2001-06-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
sampling frequency          {sample rate}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
shambolic link          /sham-bol'ik link/ A Unix symbolic link, particularly when it       confuses you, points to nothing at all, or results in your       ending up in some completely unexpected part of the       file system.          [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SIMPL          Simulation language, descendant of OPS-4, compiled into PL/I       on Multics.          "The SIMPL Primer", M.W. Jones et al, Oct 1971.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SIMPLE          1. Early system on Datatron 200 series.   Listed in CACM       2(5):16 (May 1959).          2. Simulation of Industrial Management Problems with Lots of       Equations.   R.K. Bennett, 1958.   Predecessor to DYNAMO, for       IBM 704.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Simple Authentication and Security Layer          (SASL)          {(http://asg2.web.cmu.edu/sasl/)}.          [Summary?]          (2001-08-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Simple Gateway Control Protocol          (SGCP) An {IETF} work in progress,       superseded by {MGCP}.          (1999-04-26)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol          (SMTP) A {protocol} defined in {STD} 10, {RFC}       821, used to transfer {electronic mail} between computers,       usually over {Ethernet}.   It is a server to server protocol,       so other protocols are used to access the messages.   The SMTP       dialog usually happens in the background under the control of       the {message transfer agent}, e.g. {sendmail} but it is       possible to interact with an SMTP server using {telnet} to       connect to the normal SMTP {port}, 25.   E.g.          telnet mhs-relay.ac.uk 25          You should normally start by identifying the local {host}:          HELO wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk          You can then issue commands to verify an address or expand an       alias:          VRFY fred@doc.ic.ac.uk       VRFY postmaster          or expand a {mailing list}:          EXPN c-help          You can even send a message:          MAIL From:       RCPT To:       DATA       What is the point?       .       QUIT          This is useful if you want to find out exactly what is       happening to your message at a certain point.          See also {Post Office Protocol}, {RFC 822}, {sendmail}.          (1995-10-17)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
simple multicast protocol          A proposed {mulitcast} {protocol}       that would ease the requirements for {IP} Multicast, such as       no longer mandating that routers be able to calculate the       source of a multicast stream.   This has not been adopted by       the {IETF}.          {(http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?981125.whmulti.htm)}.          [Reference?]          (2001-07-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Simple Network Management Protocol          (SNMP) The {Internet} {standard} {protocol},       defined in {STD 15}, {RFC 1157}, developed to manage {nodes}       on an {IP} {network}.   SNMP is not limited to {TCP/IP}.   It       can be used to manage and monitor all sorts of equipment       including computers, {routers}, {wiring hubs}, {toasters} and       {jukeboxes}.          See also {Management Information Base}, {Simple Network       Management Protocol version 2}.          (1995-02-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Simple Network Management Protocol version 2          (SNMP v2) A revision of {Simple Network Management       Protocol} (not just a new {MIB}) which includes improvements       in the areas of performance, security, confidentiality, and       manager-to-manager communications.          The major components of SNMPv2 are defined in the following       {RFC}s:             {RFC 1089} - SNMP over Ethernet          {RFC 1140} - IAB Official Protocol Standards          {RFC 1155} - Structure and Identification of Management                Information for TCP/IP based internets          {RFC 1156} (H) - Management Information Base Network          Management of TCP/IP based internets          {RFC 1157} - A Simple Network Management Protocol          {RFC 1158} - Management Information Base Network                Management of TCP/IP based internets: MIB-II          {RFC 1161} (H) - SNMP over OSI          {RFC 1187} - Bulk Table Retrieval with the SNMP          {RFC 1212} - Concise MIB Definitions          {RFC 1213} - Management Information Base for Network                Management of TCP/IP-based internets: MIB-II          {RFC 1215} (I) - A Convention for Defining          Traps for use with the SNMP          {RFC 1224} - Techniques for Managing                Asynchronously Generated Alerts          {RFC 1270} (I) - SNMP Communication Services          {RFC 1303} (I) - A Convention for Describing          SNMP-based Agents          {RFC 1470} (I) - A Network Management Tool Catalog          {RFC 1298} - SNMP over IPX          {RFC 1418} - SNMP over OSI          {RFC 1419} - SNMP over IPX          {RFC 1441} - Introduction to SNMP v2          {RFC 1442} - SMI For SNMP v2          {RFC 1443} - Textual Conventions for SNMP v2          {RFC 1444} - Conformance Statements for SNMP v2          {RFC 1445} - Administrative Model for SNMP v2          {RFC 1446} - Security Protocols for SNMP v2          {RFC 1447} - Party MIB for SNMP v2          {RFC 1448} - Protocol Operations for SNMP v2          {RFC 1449} - Transport Mappings for SNMP v2          {RFC 1450} - {MIB} for SNMP v2          {RFC 1451} - Manager to Manger MIB          {RFC 1452} - Coexistance between SNMP v1 and SNMP v2          {FAQ       (http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/snmp-faq)}.          {Introduction       (http://www.gt-er.cg.org.br/documentacao/buffer/gerencia/faq1.html)}.          {Cisco       (http://www.cisco.com/cpropub/univ-src/ccdcp/data/doc/software/11_1/mib/mover.htm)}.          (1997-12-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Simple Network Paging Protocol          (SNPP) A standard for sending one- and two-way       wireless messages to {pagers}.   In its simplest form, SNPP       provides a simple way to make a link between the {Internet}       and a {Telocator Alphanumeric input Protocol} (TAP) paging       terminal.   SNPP is defined in {RFC 1861}.          (1997-04-25)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Simple Object Access Protocol          (SOAP) A minimal set of conventions for invoking       {code} using {XML} over {HTTP}.          {DevelopMentor}, {Microsoft Corporation}, and {UserLand       Software} submitted SOAP to the {IETF} as an internal draft in       December 1999.          Current version: SOAP 1.1 defined by {World Wide Web       Consortium}.          {(http://www.w3.org/TR/SOAP/)}.          (2000-01-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
simplex          1. Used to describe a communications channel       that can only ever carry a signal in one direction, like a       one-way street.   Television is an example of ({broadcast})       simplex communication.          Opposite: {duplex}.          2. The {simplex method}.          (2001-07-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
simplex method          An {algorithm} for solving the classical {linear       programming} problem; developed by George B. Dantzig in 1947.          The simplex method is an {iterative} procedure, solving a       system of {linear equations} in each of its steps, and       stopping when either the optimum is reached, or the solution       proves infeasible.   The basic method remained pretty much the       same over the years, though there were many refinements       targeted at improving performance (eg. using {sparse matrix}       techniques), numerical {accuracy} and stability, as well as       solving special classes of problems, such as {mixed-integer}       programming.          (2003-07-09)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
simplex printer          A term applied by Western Union Telegraph       Company to {teletypewriters} that are not part of a       {multiplex} system.   They usually provided for alternate       transmission in both directions.   If working {simplex} or       {half-duplex}, what was keyed in at the keyboard would be       typed out at the printing portion.   If working {full-duplex},       sending would be blind as the printing portion was being used       only for reception.          (2000-04-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SIMPL/I          A {simulation} language implemented as a {PL/I}       {preprocessor}.          ["SIMPL/I (Simulation Language Based on PL/I).   Program       Reference Manual", IBM SH19- 5060-0 (June 1972)].          (1994-12-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Simplified Multicast Routing Protocol          (SMRP) A {transport-layer}       {protocol} to route {multimedia} data streams over {AppleTalk}       networks.   SMRP supports {Apple}'s {QuickTime Conferencing}       (QTC).          {Documentation       (http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ito_doc/smrp.htm)}.          (2001-07-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SIMPL-T          The base language for a family of languages and compilers.          ["SIMPL-T, A Structured Programming Language", V.R. Basili,       Paladin House 1976].          (1994-12-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
smblib          {Samba}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SNOBOL          {String Oriented Symbolic Language}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SNOBOL2          A {SNOBOL} variant which existed only briefly.   It featured       built-in functions, but not programmer-defined ones.          ["SNOBOL2", D.J. Farber, R.E. Griswold and I.P. Polonsky, TR       Bell Labs, Apr 1964].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SNOBOL3          {SNOBOL} with user-defined functions.   Written in 1965.   The       SNOBOL 6.3 compiler for the {PDP-6} and {PDP-10} was written       in SNOBOL.          ["The SNOBOL3 Programming Language", D.J. Farber et al, Bell       Sys Tech J 45(6):895-944 (Jul 1966)].          (1994-11-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SNOBOL4          A quite distinct descendant of {SNOBOL}, developed by Griswold       et al in 1967.   SNOBOL4 is {declarative} with {dynamic scope}.       Patterns are {first-class} data objects that can be       constructed by concatenation and alternation.   Success and       failure are used for {flow control}.   Delayed (unevaluated)       expressions can be used to implement {recursion}.   It has a       table data type.   Strings generated at run time can be treated       as programs and executed.          See also {vanilla}.          {(ftp://apple.com/ArchiveVol1/Unix_lang)}.          ["The SNOBOL4 Programming Language", Ralph E. Griswold et al,       P-H 1971].          (1994-11-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Sony Playstation          {Playstation}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SYMBAL          SYMbolic ALgebra.   A {symbolic mathematics} language with       {ALGOL}-like syntax by Max Engeli, late 60's.   Implemented for       {CDC6600}.          ["User's Manual for the Formula Manipulation Language SYMBAL",       M. Engeli, TRM-8.00, Comp Ctr UT Austin, June 1968].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Symbol Manipulation Program          (SMP) {Steven Wolfram}'s earlier symbol manipulation program,       before he turned to {Mathematica}.          ["SMP Handbook", C. Cole, S. Wolfram et al, Caltech 1981].          (1995-01-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SYMBOLANG          Lapidus & Goldstein, 1965.   Symbol manipulating Fortran       subroutine package for IBM 7094, later CDC6600.          ["Some Experiments in Algebraic Manipulation", CACM 8:501-508       1965].          (1995-03-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Symbolic Assembler Program          (SAP) The {assembly language} for the {IBM 704},       defined in the late 1950s.          (1994-12-12)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SYMBOLIC ASSEMBLY          An early system on the {IBM 705}.          [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].          (1996-01-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Symbolic Automatic INTegrator          (SAINT) A {symbolic mathematics} program       written in {Lisp} by J. Slagle at {MIT} in 1961.          [Sammet 1969, p. 410].          (1994-12-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
symbolic inference          The derivation of new facts from known facts and {inference       rule}s.   This is one of the fundamental operations of       {artificial intelligence} and {logic programming} languages       like {Prolog}.          Inference is a basic part of human reasoning.   For example       given that all men are mortal and that Socrates is a man, it       is a trivial step to infer that Socrates is mortal.   We might       express these symbolically:          man(X) => mortal(X).       man(socrates).          ("if X is a man then X is mortal" and "Socrates is a man").       Here, "man", "mortal" and "socrates" are just arbitrary       symbols which the computer manipulates without reference to or       knowledge of their external meaning.   A {forward chaining}       system (a {production system}) could use these to infer the       new fact          mortal(socrates).          simply by matching the left-hand-side of the implication       against the fact and substituting socrates for the variable X.          (1994-10-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Symbolic Link          (SYLK) A standard file format for       {spreadsheets}, (not to be confused with {symbolic link}).          [Context?   Reference?]          (1999-12-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
symbolic link          (Or "symlink", "soft link" (by contrast with       "{hard link}"), "{shortcut}", "{alias}") A special type of       {Unix} file which refers to another file by its {pathname}.   A       symbolic link is created with the "ln" (link) command:          ln -s OLDNAME NEWNAME          Where OLDNAME is the target of the link (usually a pathname)       and NEWNAME is the pathname of the link itself.          Most operations ({open}, {read}, {write}) on the symbolic link       automatically {dereference} it and operate on its target       (OLDNAME).   Some operations (e.g. removing) work on the link       itself (NEWNAME).          In contrast with {hard links}, there are no restrictions on       where a symbolic link can point, it can refer to a file on       another file system, to itself or to a file which does not       even exist (e.g. when the target of the symlink is removed).       Such problems will only be detected when the link is accessed.          (1997-10-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Symbolic Link          (SYLK) A standard file format for       {spreadsheets}, (not to be confused with {symbolic link}).          [Context?   Reference?]          (1999-12-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
symbolic link          (Or "symlink", "soft link" (by contrast with       "{hard link}"), "{shortcut}", "{alias}") A special type of       {Unix} file which refers to another file by its {pathname}.   A       symbolic link is created with the "ln" (link) command:          ln -s OLDNAME NEWNAME          Where OLDNAME is the target of the link (usually a pathname)       and NEWNAME is the pathname of the link itself.          Most operations ({open}, {read}, {write}) on the symbolic link       automatically {dereference} it and operate on its target       (OLDNAME).   Some operations (e.g. removing) work on the link       itself (NEWNAME).          In contrast with {hard links}, there are no restrictions on       where a symbolic link can point, it can refer to a file on       another file system, to itself or to a file which does not       even exist (e.g. when the target of the symlink is removed).       Such problems will only be detected when the link is accessed.          (1997-10-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
symbolic logic          The discipline that treats formal {logic} by means of       a formalised artificial language or symbolic calculus, whose       purpose is to avoid the ambiguities and logical inadequacies       of {natural language}.          (1995-12-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Symbolic Mathematical Laboratory          An on-line system under {CTSS} for       {symbolic mathematics}.   It used a {display screen} and a       {light pen}.          [Sammet 1969, p.514].          (1995-04-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
symbolic mathematics          (Or "symbolic math") The use of       computers to manipulate mathematical equations and expressions       in symbolic form, as opposed to manipulating the numerical       quantities represented by those symbols.   Such a system might       be used for symbolic integration or differentiation,       substitution of one expression into another, simplification of       an expression, change of subject etc.          One of the best known symbolic mathematics software packages       is {Mathematica}.   Others include {ALAM}, {ALGY}, {AMP},       {Ashmedai}, {AXIOM*}, {CAMAL}, {CAYLEY}, {CCalc}, {CLAM},       {CoCoA}(?), {ESP}, {FLAP}, {FORM}, {FORMAL}, {Formula ALGOL},       {GAP}, {JACAL}, {LiE}, {Macaulay}, {MACSYMA}, {Magic Paper},       {MAO}, {Maple}, {Mathcad}, {MATHLAB}, {MuMath}, {Nother},       {ORTHOCARTAN}, {Pari}, {REDUCE}, {SAC-1}, {SAC2}, {SAINT},       {Schoonschip}, {Scratchpad I}, {SHEEP}, {STENSOR}, {SYMBAL},       {SymbMath}, {Symbolic Mathematical Laboratory}, {TRIGMAN},       {UBASIC}.          {Usenet} newsgropup: {news:sci.math.symbolic}.          (1995-04-12)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Symbolic Optimal Assembly Program          (SOAP) The {IBM 650}'s {assembly language}.       "Optimal" refers to rearranging instructions on slowly       rotating {drum memory}.          Versions: SOAP I, SOAP II, CASE SOAP III.          [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].          (1994-11-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Symbolics, Inc.          The company which produced the {Lisp Machine}.          {The Symbolics Museum (http://SMBX.org/)}.          [Summary?]          (2003-11-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SYMPL          SYsteMs Programming Language.          {CDC}'s derivative of {Jovial}.   SYMPL is a non-{re-entrant}       {block structured} language with extensive {bit manipulation}       facilities, which is linkable with {Fortran}.   Major parts of       CDC systems during the 1970s were written in SYMPL.          (1995-02-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
synflood          To {flood} another machine with bogus {TCP/IP}       {SYN} requests.          (1997-04-07)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Sanballat       held some place of authority in Samaria when Nehemiah went up to       Jerusalem to rebuild its ruined walls. He vainly attempted to       hinder this work (Neh. 2:10, 19; 4:1-12; 6). His daughter became       the wife of one of the sons of Joiada, a son of the high priest,       much to the grief of Nehemiah (13:28).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Sanballat, bramble-bush; enemy in secret