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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scapiform \Sca"pi*form\, a. (Bot.) Resembling a scape, or flower stem. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scobiform \Scob"i*form\, a. [L. scobs, or scobis, sawdust, scrapings + -form: cf. F. scobiforme.] Having the form of, or resembling, sawdust or raspings. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scopiferous \Sco*pif"er*ous\, a. [L. scopae, scopa + -ferous.] (Zo[94]l.) Bearing a tuft of brushlike hairs. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Scopiform \Sco"pi*form\, a. [L. scopae, scopa, a broom + -form.] Having the form of a broom or besom. [bd]Zeolite, stelliform or scopiform.[b8] --Kirwan. | |
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Scyphiform \Scy"phi*form\, a. [L. scyphus a cup + -form.] (Bot.) Cup-shaped. | |
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Sebiferous \Se*bif"er*ous\, a. [L. sebum tallow + -ferous.] 1. (Bot.) Producing vegetable tallow. 2. (Physiol.) Producing fat; sebaceous; as, the sebiferous, or sebaceous, glands. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sebiparous \Se*bip"a*rous\, a. [L. sebum tallow + parere to bring forth.] (Physiol.) Same as {Sebiferous}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jail \Jail\, n. [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole, jaiole, F. ge[93]le, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L. cavea cavity, cage. See {Cage}.] A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. [Written also {gaol}.] This jail I count the house of liberty. --Milton. {Jail bird}, a prisoner; one who has been confined in prison. [Slang] {Jail delivery}, the release of prisoners from jail, either legally or by violence. {Jail delivery commission}. See under {Gaol}. {Jail fever} (Med.), typhus fever, or a disease resembling it, generated in jails and other places crowded with people; -- called also {hospital fever}, and {ship fever}. {Jail liberties}, [or] {Jail limits}, a space or district around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was, on certain conditions, allowed to go at large. --Abbott. {Jail lock}, a peculiar form of padlock; -- called also {Scandinavian lock}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
3. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] --Tyndale. {Armed ship}, a private ship taken into the service of the government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a ship of war. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {General ship}. See under {General}. {Ship biscuit}, hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard; -- called also {ship bread}. See {Hardtack}. {Ship boy}, a boy who serves in a ship. [bd]Seal up the ship boy's eyes.[b8] --Shak. {Ship breaker}, one who breaks up vessels when unfit for further use. {Ship broker}, a mercantile agent employed in buying and selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port. {Ship canal}, a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing vessels. {Ship carpenter}, a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a shipwright. {Ship chandler}, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other, furniture of vessels. {Ship chandlery}, the commodities in which a ship chandler deals; also, the business of a ship chandler. {Ship fever} (Med.), a form of typhus fever; -- called also {putrid, jail, [or] hospital fever}. {Ship joiner}, a joiner who works upon ships. {Ship letter}, a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet. {Ship money} (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I. to revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden, and was one of the causes which led to the death of Charles. It was finally abolished. {Ship of the line}. See under {Line}. {Ship pendulum}, a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent of the rolling and pitching of a vessel. {Ship railway}. (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for repairs. (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels overland between two water courses or harbors. {Ship's company}, the crew of a ship or other vessel. {Ship's days}, the days allowed a vessel for loading or unloading. {Ship's husband}. See under {Husband}. {Ship's papers} (Mar. Law), papers with which a vessel is required by law to be provided, and the production of which may be required on certain occasions. Among these papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll, bill of health, etc. --Bouvier. --Kent. {To make ship}, to embark in a ship or other vessel. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Jail \Jail\, n. [OE. jaile, gail, gayhol, OF. gaole, gaiole, jaiole, F. ge[93]le, LL. gabiola, dim. of gabia cage, for L. cavea cavity, cage. See {Cage}.] A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. [Written also {gaol}.] This jail I count the house of liberty. --Milton. {Jail bird}, a prisoner; one who has been confined in prison. [Slang] {Jail delivery}, the release of prisoners from jail, either legally or by violence. {Jail delivery commission}. See under {Gaol}. {Jail fever} (Med.), typhus fever, or a disease resembling it, generated in jails and other places crowded with people; -- called also {hospital fever}, and {ship fever}. {Jail liberties}, [or] {Jail limits}, a space or district around a jail within which an imprisoned debtor was, on certain conditions, allowed to go at large. --Abbott. {Jail lock}, a peculiar form of padlock; -- called also {Scandinavian lock}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
3. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense. [Obs.] --Tyndale. {Armed ship}, a private ship taken into the service of the government in time of war, and armed and equipped like a ship of war. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {General ship}. See under {General}. {Ship biscuit}, hard biscuit prepared for use on shipboard; -- called also {ship bread}. See {Hardtack}. {Ship boy}, a boy who serves in a ship. [bd]Seal up the ship boy's eyes.[b8] --Shak. {Ship breaker}, one who breaks up vessels when unfit for further use. {Ship broker}, a mercantile agent employed in buying and selling ships, procuring cargoes, etc., and generally in transacting the business of a ship or ships when in port. {Ship canal}, a canal suitable for the passage of seagoing vessels. {Ship carpenter}, a carpenter who works at shipbuilding; a shipwright. {Ship chandler}, one who deals in cordage, canvas, and other, furniture of vessels. {Ship chandlery}, the commodities in which a ship chandler deals; also, the business of a ship chandler. {Ship fever} (Med.), a form of typhus fever; -- called also {putrid, jail, [or] hospital fever}. {Ship joiner}, a joiner who works upon ships. {Ship letter}, a letter conveyed by a ship not a mail packet. {Ship money} (Eng. Hist.), an imposition formerly charged on the ports, towns, cities, boroughs, and counties, of England, for providing and furnishing certain ships for the king's service. The attempt made by Charles I. to revive and enforce this tax was resisted by John Hampden, and was one of the causes which led to the death of Charles. It was finally abolished. {Ship of the line}. See under {Line}. {Ship pendulum}, a pendulum hung amidships to show the extent of the rolling and pitching of a vessel. {Ship railway}. (a) An inclined railway with a cradelike car, by means of which a ship may be drawn out of water, as for repairs. (b) A railway arranged for the transportation of vessels overland between two water courses or harbors. {Ship's company}, the crew of a ship or other vessel. {Ship's days}, the days allowed a vessel for loading or unloading. {Ship's husband}. See under {Husband}. {Ship's papers} (Mar. Law), papers with which a vessel is required by law to be provided, and the production of which may be required on certain occasions. Among these papers are the register, passport or sea letter, charter party, bills of lading, invoice, log book, muster roll, bill of health, etc. --Bouvier. --Kent. {To make ship}, to embark in a ship or other vessel. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shoveboard \Shove"board`\, Shovegroat \Shove"groat`\, n. The same as {Shovelboard}. | |
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Shovelboard \Shov"el*board`\, n. 1. A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also {shuffleboard}, {shoveboard}, {shovegroat}, {shovelpenny}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shoveboard \Shove"board`\, Shovegroat \Shove"groat`\, n. The same as {Shovelboard}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Shovelboard \Shov"el*board`\, n. 1. A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also {shuffleboard}, {shoveboard}, {shovegroat}, {shovelpenny}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Subfibrous \Sub*fi"brous\, a. Somewhat fibrous. | |
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Subibfer \Sub`ib*fer"\, v. t. & i. To infer from an inference already made. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Subopercular \Sub`o*per"cu*lar\, a. (Anat.) Situated below the operculum; pertaining to the suboperculum. -- n. The suboperculum. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Suboperculum \Sub`o*per"cu*lum\, n. [NL. See {Sub-}, {Operculum}.] (Anat.) The lower opercular bone in fishes. | |
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Spofford, NH Zip code(s): 03462 Spofford, TX (city, FIPS 69560) Location: 29.17244 N, 100.41103 W Population (1990): 68 (39 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78877 |