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   samba
         n 1: large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves
               and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and
               one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
               [syn: {obeche}, {obechi}, {arere}, {samba}, {Triplochiton
               scleroxcylon}]
         2: music composed for dancing the samba
         3: a lively ballroom dance from Brazil
         4: a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers
         v 1: dance the samba

English Dictionary: sniffy	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sannup n a married male American Indian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sawn-off adj well below average height [syn: pint-size, {pint- sized}, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off] cut short; "a sawed-off shotgun"; "a sawed-off broomstick"; "the shortened rope was easier to use" Synonym(s): sawed-off, sawn-off, shortened
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scamp n one who is playfully mischievous [syn: imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag] v perform hastily and carelessly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scampi n large shrimp sauteed in oil or butter and garlic
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scampo n caught in European waters; slenderer than American lobster Synonym(s): Norwegian lobster, langoustine, scampo
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shampoo n cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair the act of washing your hair with shampoo v use shampoo on (hair)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Shen-pao n a member of the Taoist Trinity; identified with Lao-tse Synonym(s): Shen-pao, Spiritual Jewel
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shine up v ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "She is playing up to the chairman" Synonym(s): cozy up, cotton up, shine up, play up, sidle up, suck up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sine wave n a wave whose waveform resembles a sine curve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sinopia n a red ocher formerly used as a pigment [syn: sinopis, sinopia, sinoper]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
skim off v remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk" Synonym(s): skim, skim off, cream off, cream pick the best Synonym(s): cream off, skim off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
skimp v work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially Synonym(s): skimp, scant limit in quality or quantity Synonym(s): scant, skimp subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp" Synonym(s): scrimp, stint, skimp supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance" Synonym(s): stint, skimp, scant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
skimpy adj containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance" Synonym(s): lean, skimpy
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snafu adj snarled or stalled in complete confusion; "situation normal--all fucked-up" Synonym(s): fucked-up, snafu n an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up v cause to be in a state of complete confusion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snap n the act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate"; "he made a grab for the ball before it landed"; "Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away"; "the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion" Synonym(s): catch, grab, snatch, snap a spell of cold weather; "a cold snap in the middle of May" tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections Synonym(s): snap bean, snap a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger Synonym(s): gingersnap, ginger snap, snap, ginger nut the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; "servants appeared at the snap of his fingers" a sudden sharp noise; "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig" Synonym(s): crack, cracking, snap a sudden breaking the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed; "the waistband had lost its snap" Synonym(s): elasticity, snap Antonym(s): inelasticity an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends" Synonym(s): snapshot, snap, shot a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound; "children can manage snaps better than buttons" Synonym(s): snap, snap fastener, press stud any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic" Synonym(s): cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand; "he gave his fingers a snap" (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back; "the quarterback fumbled the snap" Synonym(s): centering, snap v utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled at us" Synonym(s): snap, snarl separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper" Synonym(s): tear, rupture, snap, bust break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe snapped" Synonym(s): snap, crack move or strike with a noise; "he clicked on the light"; "his arm was snapped forward" Synonym(s): snap, click close with a snapping motion; "The lock snapped shut" make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped" Synonym(s): snap, crack move with a snapping sound; "bullets snapped past us" to grasp hastily or eagerly; "Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone" Synonym(s): snatch, snatch up, snap put in play with a snap; "snap a football" cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your fingers" Synonym(s): snap, click, flick lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped" Synonym(s): break down, lose it, snap bring the jaws together; "he snapped indignantly" record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President" Synonym(s): photograph, snap, shoot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snap pea n variety of pea plant producing peas having crisp rounded edible pods Synonym(s): sugar snap pea, snap pea
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snappy adj apt to speak irritably; "a snappish tone of voice" [syn: snappish, snappy] smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines" Synonym(s): snappy, whipping pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather" Synonym(s): crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" Synonym(s): dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" Synonym(s): alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sniff n sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose [syn: sniff, snuff] v perceive by inhaling through the nose; "sniff the perfume" Synonym(s): sniff, whiff inhale audibly through the nose; "the sick student was sniffling in the back row" Synonym(s): sniff, sniffle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sniffy adj having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer Synonym(s): disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snip n a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) Synonym(s): snip, snippet, snipping the act of clipping or snipping Synonym(s): clip, clipping, snip v sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers" Synonym(s): nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" Synonym(s): snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snipe n Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks a gunshot from a concealed location v hunt or shoot snipe aim and shoot with great precision Synonym(s): sharpshoot, snipe attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" Synonym(s): attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snob n a person regarded as arrogant and annoying [syn: snob, prig, snot, snoot]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snobby adj befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior Synonym(s): clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snoop n a spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others Synonym(s): snoop, snooper v watch, observe, or inquire secretly [syn: spy, stag, snoop, sleuth]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snoopy adj offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the neighbor's doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us all day" Synonym(s): nosy, nosey, prying, snoopy n a fictional beagle in a comic strip drawn by Charles Schulz
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snow pea n variety of pea plant producing peas having thin flat edible pods Synonym(s): snow pea, sugar pea green peas with flat edible pods Synonym(s): snow pea, sugar pea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
SNP n (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered; SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily successful enough to recur in a significant proportion of the population of a species Synonym(s): single nucleotide polymorphism, SNP
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snub adj unusually short; "a snub nose" n an instance of driving away or warding off [syn: rebuff, snub, repulse] a refusal to recognize someone you know; "the snub was clearly intentional" Synonym(s): snub, cut, cold shoulder v refuse to acknowledge; "She cut him dead at the meeting" Synonym(s): ignore, disregard, snub, cut reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal" Synonym(s): rebuff, snub, repel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snuff adj snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown [syn: snuff, snuff-brown, mummy-brown, chukker-brown] n the charred portion of a candlewick a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose Synonym(s): sniff, snuff v sniff or smell inquiringly Synonym(s): snuff, snuffle inhale audibly through the nose; "snuff coke"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sonny boy n a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) [syn: cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy]
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sum up v give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize" Synonym(s): sum up, summarize, summarise, resume be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper" Synonym(s): summarize, summarise, sum, sum up determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" Synonym(s): total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sum-up n a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions" Synonym(s): summary, sum-up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sump n an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine a well or other hole in which water has collected a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it Synonym(s): cesspool, cesspit, sink, sump
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sunup n the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" Synonym(s): dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow Antonym(s): sundown, sunset
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swamp n low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog Synonym(s): swamp, swampland a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables; "he was trapped in a medical swamp" v drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor" Synonym(s): swamp, drench fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind" Synonym(s): deluge, flood, inundate, swamp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swamp bay n 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
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swampy adj (of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous" Synonym(s): boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
synovia n viscid lubricating fluid secreted by the membrane lining joints and tendon sheaths etc. Synonym(s): synovia, synovial fluid
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sambo \Sam"bo\, n. [Sp. zambo, sambo.] A colloquial or humorous appellation for a negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto; a zambo.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sambo \Sam"bo\, n. [Sp. zambo bandy-legged, the child of a negro and an Indian; prob. of African origin.] 1. A negro; sometimes, the offspring of a black person and a mulatto. [Colloq. or Humorous]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Samboo \Sam"boo\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sambur}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Samp \Samp\, n. [From American Indian s[be]pac, saupac, made soft, or thinned.] An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised, which is cooked by boiling, and usually eaten with milk; coarse hominy.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Samp \Samp\, n. [Massachusetts Indian nas[85]ump unparched meal porridge.] An article of food consisting of maize broken or bruised, which is cooked by boiling, and usually eaten with milk; coarse hominy. [U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sannop \San"nop\ (s[acr]n"n[ocr]p), n. Same as {Sannup}. --Bancroft.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sannup \San"nup\ (-n[ucr]p), n. A male Indian; a brave; -- correlative of squaw.
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Sawneb \Saw"neb`\, n. A merganser. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Goosander \Goos"an`der\, n. [OE. gossander, a tautological word formed fr. goose + gander. Cf. {Merganser}.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of merganser ({M. merganser}) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also {merganser}, {dundiver}, {sawbill}, {sawneb}, {shelduck}, and {sheldrake}. See {Merganser}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sawneb \Saw"neb`\, n. A merganser. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Goosander \Goos"an`der\, n. [OE. gossander, a tautological word formed fr. goose + gander. Cf. {Merganser}.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of merganser ({M. merganser}) of Northern Europe and America; -- called also {merganser}, {dundiver}, {sawbill}, {sawneb}, {shelduck}, and {sheldrake}. See {Merganser}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scamp \Scamp\ (sk[acr]mp), n. [OF. escamper to run away, to make one's escape. Originally, one who runs away, a fugitive, a vagabond. See {Scamper}.] A rascal; a swindler; a rogue. --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scamp \Scamp\, v. t. [Cf. {Scamp},n., or {Scant}, a., and {Skimp}.] To perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially. [Colloq.] A workman is said to scamp his work when he does it in a superficial, dishonest manner. --Wedgwood. Much of the scamping and dawdling complained of is that of men in establishments of good repute. --T. Hughes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sciniph \Scin"iph\, n. [L. scinifes, cinifes, or ciniphes, pl., Gr. [?].] Some kind of stinging or biting insect, as a flea, a gnat, a sandfly, or the like. --Ex. viii. 17 (Douay version).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shampoo \Sham*poo"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shampooed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shampooing}.] [Hind. ch[be]mpn[be] to press, to squeeze.] [Writing also {champoo}.] 1. To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath. 2. To wash throughly and rub the head of (a person), with the fingers, using either soap, or a soapy preparation, for the more thorough cleansing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shampoo \Sham*poo"\, n. The act of shampooing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Simpai \Sim"pai\, n.[Malay simpei.] (Zo[94]l.) A long-tailed monkey ({Semnopitchecus melalophus}) native of Sumatra. It has a crest of black hair. The forehead and cheeks are fawn color, the upper parts tawny and red, the under parts white. Called also {black-crested monkey}, and {sinp[91]}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sinopia \Sino"pia\, Sinopis \Si*no"pis\, n. A red pigment made from sinopite.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Simpai \Sim"pai\, n.[Malay simpei.] (Zo[94]l.) A long-tailed monkey ({Semnopitchecus melalophus}) native of Sumatra. It has a crest of black hair. The forehead and cheeks are fawn color, the upper parts tawny and red, the under parts white. Called also {black-crested monkey}, and {sinp[91]}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Skimp \Skimp\, v. i. To save; to be parsimonious or niggardly. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Skimp \Skimp\, a. Scanty. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Skimp \Skimp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skimped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skimping}.] [Cf. {Skinch}, {Scamp}, v. t.] 1. To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] 2. To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snap \Snap\, a. Done, performed, made, executed, carried through, or the like, quickly and without deliberation; as, a snap judgment or decision; a snap political convention. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snap \Snap\, v. t. (Cricket) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snap \Snap\, v. i. Of the eyes, to emit sudden, brief sparkles like those of a snapping fire, as sometimes in anger.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snap \Snap\, n. 1. Any task, labor, set of circumstances, or the like, that yields satisfactory results or gives pleasure with little trouble or effort, as an easy course of study, a job where work is light, a bargain, etc. [Slang, Chiefly U. S.] 2. A snap shot with a firearm. 3. (Photog.) A snapshot. 4. Something of no value; as, not worth a snap. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snap \Snap\, v. i. 1. To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps. But this weapon will snap short, unfaithful to the hand that employs it. --Burke. 2. To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps. 3. To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything); -- often with at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait. 4. To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; -- often with at; as, to snap at a child.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snap \Snap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snapped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snapping}.] [LG. or D. snappen to snap up, to snatch; akin to G. schnappen, MHG. snaben, Dan. snappe, and to D. snavel beak, bill. Cf. {Neb}, {Snaffle}, n.] 1. To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle. Breaks the doors open, snaps the locks. --Prior. 2. To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound. 3. To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth. He, by playing too often at the mouth of death, has been snapped by it at last. --South. 4. To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up. --Granville. 5. To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip. MacMorian snapped his fingers repeatedly. --Sir W. Scott. 6. To project with a snap. {To snap back} (Football), to roll the ball back with the foot; -- done only by the center rush, who thus delivers the ball to the quarter back on his own side when both sides are ranged in line.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snap \Snap\, n. [Cf. D. snap a snatching. See {Snap}, v. t.] 1. A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance. 2. A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth. 3. A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger. 4. A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun. 5. A greedy fellow. --L'Estrange. 6. That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap. He's a nimble fellow, And alike skilled in every liberal science, As having certain snaps of all. --B. Jonson. 7. A sudden severe interval or spell; -- applied to the weather; as, a cold snap.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snape \Snape\, v. t. (Shipbuilding) To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snappy \Snap"py\, a. Snappish. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sneap \Sneap\, v. t. [Cf. Icel. sneypa to dishonor, disgrace, chide, but also E. snip, and snub.] 1. To check; to reprimand; to rebuke; to chide. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. 2. To nip; to blast; to blight. [Obs.] Biron is like an envious, sneaping frost. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sneap \Sneap\, n. A reprimand; a rebuke. [Obs.] My lord, I will not undergo this sneap without reply. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sneb \Sneb\, v. t. [See {Snib}.] To reprimand; to sneap. [Obs.] [bd]Scold and sneb the good oak.[b8] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snib \Snib\, v. t. [OE. snibben; cf. Dan. snibbe, and E. snub, v. t.] To check; to sneap; to sneb. [Obs.] Him would he snib sharply for the nones. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snib \Snib\, n. A reprimand; a snub. [Obs.] --Marston.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sniff \Sniff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniffed}or {Snift}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniffing}.] [OE. sneven; akin to snivel, snuff; cf. Dan. snive to sniff. See {Snuff}, v. t.] To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt. So ye grow squeamish, gods, and sniff at heaven. --M. Arnold.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sniff \Sniff\, v. t. 1. To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country. 2. To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sniff \Sniff\, n. The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snip \Snip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snipping}.] [D. snippen; akin to G. schnippen.] To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away. Curbed and snipped in my younger years by fear of my parents from those vicious excrescences to which that age was subject. --Fuller. The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores . . . but I snipped some of it for my own share. --De Foe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snip \Snip\, n. 1. A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip. --Shak. 2. A small shred; a bit cut off. --Wiseman. 3. A share; a snack. [Obs.] --L'Estrange 4. A tailor. [Slang] --Nares. C. Kingsley. 5. Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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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Snipe \Snipe\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniping}.] 1. To shoot or hunt snipe. 2. To shoot at detached men of an enemy's forces at long range, esp. when not in action; -- often with at.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snipe \Snipe\, v. t. 1. To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long range, esp. when not in action. 2. To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snipe \Snipe\, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe, snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn[c6]pa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe, Sw. sn[84]ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See {Snap}, {Snaffle}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family {Scolopacid[91]}, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. Note: The common, or whole, snipe ({Gallinago c[oe]lestis}) and the great, or double, snipe ({G. major}), are the most important European species. The Wilson's snipe ({G. delicata}) (sometimes erroneously called English snipe) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher ({Macrohamphus griseus}), are well-known American species. 2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.] --Shak. {Half snipe}, the dunlin; the jacksnipe. {Jack snipe}. See {Jacksnipe}. {Quail snipe}. See under {Quail}. {Robin snipe}, the knot. {Sea snipe}. See in the Vocabulary. {Shore snipe}, any sandpiper. {Snipe hawk}, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] {Stone snipe}, the tattler. {Summer snipe}, the dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers. {Winter snipe}. See {Rock snipe}, under {Rock}. {Woodcock snipe}, the great snipe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prairie \Prai"rie\, n. [F., an extensive meadow, OF. praerie, LL. prataria, fr. L. pratum a meadow.] 1. An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies and the Rocky mountains. From the forests and the prairies, From the great lakes of the northland. --Longfellow. 2. A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called natural meadow. {Prairie chicken} (Zo[94]l.), any American grouse of the genus {Tympanuchus}, especially {T. Americanus} (formerly {T. cupido}), which inhabits the prairies of the central United States. Applied also to the sharp-tailed grouse. {Prairie clover} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus {Petalostemon}, having small rosy or white flowers in dense terminal heads or spikes. Several species occur in the prairies of the United States. {Prairie dock} (Bot.), a coarse composite plant ({Silphium terebinthaceum}) with large rough leaves and yellow flowers, found in the Western prairies. {Prairie dog} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rodent ({Cynomys Ludovicianus}) allied to the marmots. It inhabits the plains west of the Mississippi. The prairie dogs burrow in the ground in large warrens, and have a sharp bark like that of a dog. Called also {prairie marmot}. {Prairie grouse}. Same as {Prairie chicken}, above. {Prairie hare} (Zo[94]l.), a large long-eared Western hare ({Lepus campestris}). See {Jack rabbit}, under 2d {Jack}. {Prairie hawk}, {Prairie falcon} (Zo[94]l.), a falcon of Western North America ({Falco Mexicanus}). The upper parts are brown. The tail has transverse bands of white; the under parts, longitudinal streaks and spots of brown. {Prairie hen}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Prairie chicken}, above. {Prairie itch} (Med.), an affection of the skin attended with intense itching, which is observed in the Northern and Western United States; -- also called {swamp itch}, {winter itch}. {Prairie marmot}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Prairie dog}, above. {Prairie mole} (Zo[94]l.), a large American mole ({Scalops argentatus}), native of the Western prairies. {Prairie pigeon}, {plover}, [or] {snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the upland plover. See {Plover}, n., 2. {Prairie rattlesnake} (Zo[94]l.), the massasauga. {Prairie snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless American snake ({Masticophis flavigularis}). It is pale yellow, tinged with brown above. {Prairie squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), any American ground squirrel of the genus {Spermophilus}, inhabiting prairies; -- called also {gopher}. {Prairie turnip} (Bot.), the edible turnip-shaped farinaceous root of a leguminous plant ({Psoralea esculenta}) of the Upper Missouri region; also, the plant itself. Called also {pomme blanche}, and {pomme de prairie}. {Prairie warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored American warbler ({Dendroica discolor}). The back is olive yellow, with a group of reddish spots in the middle; the under parts and the parts around the eyes are bright yellow; the sides of the throat and spots along the sides, black; three outer tail feathers partly white. {Prairie wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Coyote}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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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Snipe \Snipe\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniping}.] 1. To shoot or hunt snipe. 2. To shoot at detached men of an enemy's forces at long range, esp. when not in action; -- often with at.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snipe \Snipe\, v. t. 1. To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long range, esp. when not in action. 2. To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snipe \Snipe\, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe, snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn[c6]pa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe, Sw. sn[84]ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See {Snap}, {Snaffle}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family {Scolopacid[91]}, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. Note: The common, or whole, snipe ({Gallinago c[oe]lestis}) and the great, or double, snipe ({G. major}), are the most important European species. The Wilson's snipe ({G. delicata}) (sometimes erroneously called English snipe) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher ({Macrohamphus griseus}), are well-known American species. 2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.] --Shak. {Half snipe}, the dunlin; the jacksnipe. {Jack snipe}. See {Jacksnipe}. {Quail snipe}. See under {Quail}. {Robin snipe}, the knot. {Sea snipe}. See in the Vocabulary. {Shore snipe}, any sandpiper. {Snipe hawk}, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] {Stone snipe}, the tattler. {Summer snipe}, the dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers. {Winter snipe}. See {Rock snipe}, under {Rock}. {Woodcock snipe}, the great snipe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prairie \Prai"rie\, n. [F., an extensive meadow, OF. praerie, LL. prataria, fr. L. pratum a meadow.] 1. An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies and the Rocky mountains. From the forests and the prairies, From the great lakes of the northland. --Longfellow. 2. A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called natural meadow. {Prairie chicken} (Zo[94]l.), any American grouse of the genus {Tympanuchus}, especially {T. Americanus} (formerly {T. cupido}), which inhabits the prairies of the central United States. Applied also to the sharp-tailed grouse. {Prairie clover} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus {Petalostemon}, having small rosy or white flowers in dense terminal heads or spikes. Several species occur in the prairies of the United States. {Prairie dock} (Bot.), a coarse composite plant ({Silphium terebinthaceum}) with large rough leaves and yellow flowers, found in the Western prairies. {Prairie dog} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rodent ({Cynomys Ludovicianus}) allied to the marmots. It inhabits the plains west of the Mississippi. The prairie dogs burrow in the ground in large warrens, and have a sharp bark like that of a dog. Called also {prairie marmot}. {Prairie grouse}. Same as {Prairie chicken}, above. {Prairie hare} (Zo[94]l.), a large long-eared Western hare ({Lepus campestris}). See {Jack rabbit}, under 2d {Jack}. {Prairie hawk}, {Prairie falcon} (Zo[94]l.), a falcon of Western North America ({Falco Mexicanus}). The upper parts are brown. The tail has transverse bands of white; the under parts, longitudinal streaks and spots of brown. {Prairie hen}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Prairie chicken}, above. {Prairie itch} (Med.), an affection of the skin attended with intense itching, which is observed in the Northern and Western United States; -- also called {swamp itch}, {winter itch}. {Prairie marmot}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Prairie dog}, above. {Prairie mole} (Zo[94]l.), a large American mole ({Scalops argentatus}), native of the Western prairies. {Prairie pigeon}, {plover}, [or] {snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the upland plover. See {Plover}, n., 2. {Prairie rattlesnake} (Zo[94]l.), the massasauga. {Prairie snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless American snake ({Masticophis flavigularis}). It is pale yellow, tinged with brown above. {Prairie squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), any American ground squirrel of the genus {Spermophilus}, inhabiting prairies; -- called also {gopher}. {Prairie turnip} (Bot.), the edible turnip-shaped farinaceous root of a leguminous plant ({Psoralea esculenta}) of the Upper Missouri region; also, the plant itself. Called also {pomme blanche}, and {pomme de prairie}. {Prairie warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored American warbler ({Dendroica discolor}). The back is olive yellow, with a group of reddish spots in the middle; the under parts and the parts around the eyes are bright yellow; the sides of the throat and spots along the sides, black; three outer tail feathers partly white. {Prairie wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Coyote}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snipe \Snipe\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniping}.] 1. To shoot or hunt snipe. 2. To shoot at detached men of an enemy's forces at long range, esp. when not in action; -- often with at.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snipe \Snipe\, v. t. 1. To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long range, esp. when not in action. 2. To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snipe \Snipe\, n. [OE. snipe; akin to D. snep, snip, LG. sneppe, snippe, G. schnepfe, Icel. sn[c6]pa (in comp.), Dan. sneppe, Sw. sn[84]ppa a sanpiper, and possibly to E. snap. See {Snap}, {Snaffle}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family {Scolopacid[91]}, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak. Note: The common, or whole, snipe ({Gallinago c[oe]lestis}) and the great, or double, snipe ({G. major}), are the most important European species. The Wilson's snipe ({G. delicata}) (sometimes erroneously called English snipe) and the gray snipe, or dowitcher ({Macrohamphus griseus}), are well-known American species. 2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.] --Shak. {Half snipe}, the dunlin; the jacksnipe. {Jack snipe}. See {Jacksnipe}. {Quail snipe}. See under {Quail}. {Robin snipe}, the knot. {Sea snipe}. See in the Vocabulary. {Shore snipe}, any sandpiper. {Snipe hawk}, the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] {Stone snipe}, the tattler. {Summer snipe}, the dunlin; the green and the common European sandpipers. {Winter snipe}. See {Rock snipe}, under {Rock}. {Woodcock snipe}, the great snipe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prairie \Prai"rie\, n. [F., an extensive meadow, OF. praerie, LL. prataria, fr. L. pratum a meadow.] 1. An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies and the Rocky mountains. From the forests and the prairies, From the great lakes of the northland. --Longfellow. 2. A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called natural meadow. {Prairie chicken} (Zo[94]l.), any American grouse of the genus {Tympanuchus}, especially {T. Americanus} (formerly {T. cupido}), which inhabits the prairies of the central United States. Applied also to the sharp-tailed grouse. {Prairie clover} (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus {Petalostemon}, having small rosy or white flowers in dense terminal heads or spikes. Several species occur in the prairies of the United States. {Prairie dock} (Bot.), a coarse composite plant ({Silphium terebinthaceum}) with large rough leaves and yellow flowers, found in the Western prairies. {Prairie dog} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rodent ({Cynomys Ludovicianus}) allied to the marmots. It inhabits the plains west of the Mississippi. The prairie dogs burrow in the ground in large warrens, and have a sharp bark like that of a dog. Called also {prairie marmot}. {Prairie grouse}. Same as {Prairie chicken}, above. {Prairie hare} (Zo[94]l.), a large long-eared Western hare ({Lepus campestris}). See {Jack rabbit}, under 2d {Jack}. {Prairie hawk}, {Prairie falcon} (Zo[94]l.), a falcon of Western North America ({Falco Mexicanus}). The upper parts are brown. The tail has transverse bands of white; the under parts, longitudinal streaks and spots of brown. {Prairie hen}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Prairie chicken}, above. {Prairie itch} (Med.), an affection of the skin attended with intense itching, which is observed in the Northern and Western United States; -- also called {swamp itch}, {winter itch}. {Prairie marmot}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Prairie dog}, above. {Prairie mole} (Zo[94]l.), a large American mole ({Scalops argentatus}), native of the Western prairies. {Prairie pigeon}, {plover}, [or] {snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the upland plover. See {Plover}, n., 2. {Prairie rattlesnake} (Zo[94]l.), the massasauga. {Prairie snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless American snake ({Masticophis flavigularis}). It is pale yellow, tinged with brown above. {Prairie squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), any American ground squirrel of the genus {Spermophilus}, inhabiting prairies; -- called also {gopher}. {Prairie turnip} (Bot.), the edible turnip-shaped farinaceous root of a leguminous plant ({Psoralea esculenta}) of the Upper Missouri region; also, the plant itself. Called also {pomme blanche}, and {pomme de prairie}. {Prairie warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored American warbler ({Dendroica discolor}). The back is olive yellow, with a group of reddish spots in the middle; the under parts and the parts around the eyes are bright yellow; the sides of the throat and spots along the sides, black; three outer tail feathers partly white. {Prairie wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Coyote}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snob \Snob\, n. [Icel. sn[be]pr a dolt, impostor, charlatan. Cf. {Snub}.] 1. A vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable, than he really is; a vulgar upstart; one who apes his superiors. --Thackeray. Essentially vulgar, a snob. -- a gilded snob, but none the less a snob. --R. G. White. 2. (Eng. Univ.) A townsman. [Canf] 3. A journeyman shoemaker. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 4. A workman who accepts lower than the usual wages, or who refuses to strike when his fellows do; a rat; a knobstick. Those who work for lower wages during a strike are called snobs, the men who stand out being [bd]nobs[b8] --De Quincey.
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Snobby \Snob"by\ (sn[ocr]b"b[ycr]), a. Snobbish. [R.] --E. B. Ramsay.
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Snoff \Snoff\ (sn[ocr]f; 115), n. [Cf. {Snuff}.] (Mining) A short candle end used for igniting a fuse. --Raymond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snub \Snub\, v. i. [Cf. D. snuiven to snort, to pant, G. schnauben, MHG. sn[umac]ben, Prov. G. schnupfen, to sob, and E. snuff, v.t.] To sob with convulsions. [Obs.] --Bailey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snub \Snub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snubbing}.] [Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw. snubba, Icel. snubb[omac]ttr snubbed, nipped, and E. snib.] 1. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of; to nop. 2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check. --J. Foster. 3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or pretentious person; to slight designedly. {To snub a cable} [or] {rope} (Naut.), to check it suddenly in running out. --Totten.
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Snub \Snub\, n. 1. A knot; a protuberance; a song. [Obs.] [A club] with ragged snubs and knotty grain. --Spenser. 2. A check or rebuke; an intended slight. --J. Foster. {Snub nose}, a short or flat nose. {Snub post}, [or] {Snubbing post} (Naut.), a post on a dock or shore, around which a rope is thrown to check the motion of a vessel.
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Snuff \Snuff\, n. [Cf. G. schnuppe candle snuff, schnuppen to snuff a candle (see {Snuff}, v. t., to snuff a candle), or cf. {Snub}, v. t.] The part of a candle wick charred by the flame, whether burning or not. If the burning snuff happens to get out of the snuffers, you have a chance that it may fall into a dish of soup. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snuff \Snuff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snuffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snuffing}.] [OE. snuffen. See {Snuff} of a candle {Snuff} to sniff.] To crop the snuff of, as a candle; to take off the end of the snuff of. {To snuff out}, to extinguish by snuffing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snuff \Snuff\, v. t.[Akin to D. snuffen, G. schnupfen, schnuppen, to snuff, schnupfen a cold in the head, schnuppen to snuff (air), also, to snuff (a candle). Cf. {Sniff}, {Snout}, {Snub}, v. i.] 1. To draw in, or to inhale, forcibly through the nose; to sniff. He snuffs the wind, his heels the sand excite. --Dryden. 2. To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.
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Snuff \Snuff\, v. i. 1. To inhale air through the nose with violence or with noise, as do dogs and horses. --Dryden. 2. To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense. Do the enemies of the church rage and snuff? --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snuff \Snuff\, n. 1. The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff. 2. Pulverized tobacco, etc., prepared to be taken into the nose; also, the amount taken at once. 3. Resentment, displeasure, or contempt, expressed by a snuffing of the nose. [Obs.] {Snuff dipping}. See {Dipping}, n., 5. {Snuff taker}, one who uses snuff by inhaling it through the nose. {To take it in snuff}, to be angry or offended. --Shak. {Up to snuff}, not likely to be imposed upon; knowing; acute. [Slang]
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Snuffy \Snuff"y\, a. 1. Soiled with snuff. 2. Sulky; angry; vexed. [Obs. or Scot.] --Jamieson.
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Snypy \Snyp"y\, a. Like a snipe.
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Sump \Sump\, n. [Cf. G. sumpf a sump in a mine, a swamp, akin to LG. sump, D. somp a swamp, Dan. & Sw. sump, and perhaps to E. swamp.] 1. (Metal.) A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion. --Ray. 2. The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there. 3. A pond of water for salt works. --Knight. 4. A puddle or dirty pool. [Prov. Eng.] {Sump fuse}, a fuse used in blasting under water. {Sump men} (Mining), the men who sink the sump in a mine.
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Sumph \Sumph\, n. A dunce; a blockhead. [Scot.]
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Sunbow \Sun"bow`\, n. A rainbow; an iris. --Byron.
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Sunup \Sun"up`\, n. Sunrise. [Local, U.S.] Such a horse as that might get over a good deal of ground atwixt sunup and sundown. --Cooper.
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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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swamp \Swamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swamped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swamping}.] 1. To plunge or sink into a swamp. 2. (Naut.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water. 3. Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck. The Whig majority of the house of Lords was swamped by the creation of twelve Tory peers. --J. R. Green. Having swamped himself in following the ignis fatuus of a theory. --Sir W. Hamilton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swamp \Swamp\, v. i. 1. To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties. 2. To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked.
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Swampy \Swamp"y\, a. Consisting of swamp; like a swamp; low, wet, and spongy; as, swampy land.
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Synepy \Syn"e*py\, n. [Gr. [?]; sy`n with + [?] a word.] (Rhet.) The interjunction, or joining, of words in uttering the clauses of sentences.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Sunapee, NH Zip code(s): 03782
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
SMOP /S-M-O-P/ n. [Simple (or Small) Matter of Programming] 1. A piece of code, not yet written, whose anticipated length is significantly greater than its complexity. Used to refer to a program that could obviously be written, but is not worth the trouble. Also used ironically to imply that a difficult problem can be easily solved because a program can be written to do it; the irony is that it is very clear that writing such a program will be a great deal of work. "It's easy to enhance a FORTRAN compiler to compile COBOL as well; it's just an SMOP." 2. Often used ironically by the intended victim when a suggestion for a program is made which seems easy to the suggester, but is obviously (to the victim) a lot of work.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
snap v. To replace a pointer to a pointer with a direct pointer; to replace an old address with the forwarding address found there. If you telephone the main number for an institution and ask for a particular person by name, the operator may tell you that person's extension before connecting you, in the hopes that you will `snap your pointer' and dial direct next time. The underlying metaphor may be that of a rubber band stretched through a number of intermediate points; if you remove all the thumbtacks in the middle, it snaps into a straight line from first to last. See {chase pointers}. Often, the behavior of a {trampoline} is to perform an error check once and then snap the pointer that invoked it so as henceforth to bypass the trampoline (and its one-shot error check). In this context one also speaks of `snapping links'. For example, in a LISP implementation, a function interface trampoline might check to make sure that the caller is passing the correct number of arguments; if it is, and if the caller and the callee are both compiled, then snapping the link allows that particular path to use a direct procedure-call instruction with no further overhead.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
sniff v.,n. 1. To watch IP packets traversing a local network. Most often in the phrase `packet sniffer', a program for doing same. 2.Synonym for {poll}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Samba A free suite of programs which implement the {Server Message Block} (SMB) protocol. Originally developed for {Unix} by Andrew Tridgell at the {Australian National University}, the Samba {server} allows files and printers on the {host} {operating system} to be shared with {clients} such as {Windows for Workgroups}, {DOS}, {OS/2}, {Windows NT} and others. For example, instead of using {telnet} to log in to a Unix machine to edit a file there, a {Windows 95} user might connect a drive in the Windows {Explorer} to a Samba server on the Unix machine and edit the file in a Windows editor. A Unix client called smbclient, built from the same {source code}, allows {ftp}-like access to SMB resources. Samba is available for many Unix variants, OS/2, and {VMS}. Porting to {Novell Netware} is in progress (August 1996). smblib is a {portable} generic library for making SMB calls for implementing {client/server} functions from within any program. {Linux} implements a complete file system (based on smbclient) so by default Linux users have full access to resources on {LAN Server}, Windows NT and {LAN Manager} networks. {Home (http://www.samba.org/samba/samba.html)}. (1998-11-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
scanf The {C} library routine that reads data from the {standard input} {stream} {stdin} into the locations given by each entry in its argument list. The first argument is a format string which controls interpretation of the input and each subsequent argument points to a variable with a type that corresponds to a type specifier in the format-string. {Unix manual page}: scanf(3). (1995-02-23)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SC/MP (Nicknamed "Scamp") A typical 8-bit {microprocessor} from {National Semiconductor} released in April 1976. It was intended for control applications (a simple {BASIC} in a 2.5K {ROM} was added to one version). It featured 16 bit addressing, with 12 address lines and 4 lines borrowed from the data bus (it was common to borrow lines from the data bus for addressing). Internally, it included three {index register}s (P1 to P3) and two 8-bit general-purpose {register}s. It had a {PC}, but no {stack pointer} or {subroutine} instructions (though they could be emulated with index registers). During {interrupt}s, the {PC} was saved in P3. It was meant for embedded control, and these features were omitted for cost reasons. It was also {bit serial} internally to keep it cheap. The unique feature was the ability to completely share a system bus with other processors. Most processors of the time assumed they were the only ones accessing memory or I/O devices. Multiple SC/MPs could be hooked up to the bus, as well as other intelligent devices, such as {DMA controller}s. A control line (ENOUT (Enable Out) to ENIN) could be chained along the processors to allow cooperative processing. This was very advanced for the time, compared to other {CPU}s. In addition to I/O ports like the {Intel 8080}, the SC/MP also had instructions and one pin for serial input and one for output. (1994-11-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
sine wave A waveform of a single constant frequency and amplitude that continues for all time. Compare {wavelet}. (1994-11-09)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SMB 1. {Server Message Block}. 2. {System Management Bus}. (1999-08-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SMNP Do you mean "{SNMP}"? If not, please tell me.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SMOP /S-M-O-P/ [Simple (or Small) Matter of Programming] 1. A piece of code, not yet written, whose anticipated length is significantly greater than its complexity. Used to refer to a program that could obviously be written, but is not worth the trouble. Also used ironically to imply that a difficult problem can be easily solved because a program can be written to do it; the irony is that it is very clear that writing such a program will be a great deal of work. "It's easy to enhance a Fortran compiler to compile COBOL as well; it's just an SMOP." 2. Often used ironically by the intended victim when a suggestion for a program is made which seems easy to the suggester, but is obviously (to the victim) a lot of work. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SMP 1. {Symbol Manipulation Program}. 2. {symmetric multiprocessing}. (1995-03-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
snaf {chad}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SNAP 1. Early (IBM 360?) interpreted text-processing language for beginners, close to basic English. ["Computer Programming in English", M.P. Barnett, Harcourt Brace 1969]. 2. ["Some Proposals for SNAP, A Language with Formal Macro Facilities", R.B. Napper, Computer J 10(3):231-243 (1967)]. [same as 1?] 3. To replace a pointer to a pointer with a direct pointer; to replace an old address with the forwarding address found there. If you telephone the main number for an institution and ask for a particular person by name, the operator may tell you that person's extension before connecting you, in the hopes that you will "snap your pointer" and dial direct next time. The underlying metaphor may be that of a rubber band stretched through a number of intermediate points; if you remove all the thumbtacks in the middle, it snaps into a straight line from first to last. See {chase pointers}. Often, the behaviour of a {trampoline} is to perform an error check once and then snap the pointer that invoked it so as henceforth to bypass the trampoline (and its one-shot error check). In this context one also speaks of "snapping links". For example, in a {Lisp} implementation, a function interface trampoline might check to make sure that the caller is passing the correct number of arguments; if it is, and if the caller and the callee are both compiled, then snapping the link allows that particular path to use a direct procedure-call instruction with no further overhead. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Snappy {Snappy Video Snapshot}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
sniff {poll}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Sniff A {C++}/{C} programming environment providing browsing, cross-referencing, design visualisation, documentation and editing support. Developed by UBS Switzerland and marketed by takeFive Salzburg. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
sniff {poll}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Sniff A {C++}/{C} programming environment providing browsing, cross-referencing, design visualisation, documentation and editing support. Developed by UBS Switzerland and marketed by takeFive Salzburg. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SNMP {Simple Network Management Protocol}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SNMPv2 {Simple Network Management Protocol version 2}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SNPP {Simple Network Paging Protocol}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SunView A windowing system from {Sun Microsystems}, superseded by {NeWS}.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Shinab cooling, the king of Adamah, in the valley of Siddim, who with his confederates was conquered by Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:2).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Shinab, father of changing