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word: Russianize
definition:
Russianize

Rus"sian*ize
(?)
v. t.
To make Russian, or more or less like the Russians; as, to Russianize the Poles.


word: Russian roulette
definition:
Russian roulette

Rus"sian roulette
(a)
An act of bravado played by loading one bullet into one chamber of a revolver in which the cylinder has five or six positions, spinning the cylinder (thus moving the bullet randomly to one of the six positions of the cylinder), pointing the gun to one's head, and pulling the trigger.  If the bullet is in firing position, the "player" is usually killed. Such a "game" may be played on a dare, or, in some places, as part of a gamble.
(b)
(Fig.)
Any dangerous act resembling Russian roulette in the acceptance of a high risk of serious negative consequences, usually unnecessarily.
Russian roulette


word: Russification
definition:
Russification

Rus"si*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[Russia + L. -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.]
The act or process of Russifying, or the state of being Russified.


word: Russify
definition:
Russify

Rus"si*fy
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. F. russifier. See -fy.]
To Russianize; as, to Russify conquered tribes.


word: Russophilist
definition:
Russophilist

Russophile

{ Rus"so*phile (?), Rus*soph"i*list (?) }
n.
[Russia + Gr. filei^n to love: cf. F. russophile.]
One who, not being a Russian, favors Russian policy and aggrandizement.
Rus*soph"ilism (#),  n.
[Chiefly newspaper words.]


word: Russophobist
definition:
Russophobist

Russophobe

{ Rus"so*phobe (?), Rus*soph"o*bist (?) }
[Russia + Gr. fobei^n to fear.]
One who dreads Russia or Russian influence.
[Words sometimes found in the newspapers.]


word: Rust
definition:
Rust

Rust
(?)
n.
[AS. rust; akin to D. roest, G. & Sw. rost, Icel. ryð; -- named from its color, and akin to E. red. √113. See Red.]
1.
(Chem.)
The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film of corrosion.

2.
(Bot.)
A minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses (Trichobasis Rubigo-vera), now usually believed to be a form or condition of the corn mildew (Puccinia graminis). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish.

&hand_; Rust is also applied to many other minute fungi which infest vegetation, such as the species of Ustilago, Uredo, and Lecythea.

3.
That which resembles rust in appearance or effects.
Specifically:
A composition used in making a rust joint. See Rust joint, below.
(b)
Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat.
(c)
Corrosive or injurious accretion or influence.

Sacred truths cleared from all rust and dross of human mixtures.
Eikon Basilike.

&hand_; Rust is used in the formation of compounds of obvious meaning; as, rust-colored, rust-consumed, rust-eaten, and the like.

Rust joint, a joint made between surfaces of iron by filling the space between them with a wet mixture of cast-iron borings, sal ammoniac, and sulphur, which by oxidation becomes hard, and impervious to steam, water, etc. -- Rust mite (Zool.), a minute mite (Phytopius oleivorus) which, by puncturing the rind, causes the rust-colored patches on oranges.


word: Rust₂
definition:
Rust

Rust
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Rusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rusting.]
[AS. rustian.]
1.
To contract rust; to be or become oxidized.

If gold ruste, what shall iron do?
Chaucer.

Our armors now may rust.
Dryden.

2.
To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust; also, to acquire a rusty appearance, as plants.

3.
Fig.:
To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.

Must I rust in Egypt? never more
Appear in arms, and be the chief of Greece?
Dryden.


word: Rust₃
definition:
Rust

Rust
v. t.
1.
To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind.

Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them.
Shak.

2.
Fig.:
To impair by time and inactivity.
Johnson.


word: Rustic
definition:
Rustic

Rus"tic
(?)
a.
[L. rusticus, fr. rus, ruris, the country: cf. F. rustique. See Rural.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the country; rural; as, the rustic gods of antiquity.
Rustic
Milton.

And many a holy text around she strews,
That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Gray.

She had a rustic, woodland air.
Wordsworth.

2.
Rude; awkward; rough; unpolished; as, rustic manners.
rustic
Spenser.

3.
Coarse; plain; simple; as, a rustic entertainment; rustic dress.

4.
Simple; artless; unadorned; unaffected.
Pope.

Rustic moth (Zool.), any moth belonging to Agrotis and allied genera. Their larvae are called cutworms. See Cutworm. -- Rustic work. (a) (Arch.) Cut stone facing which has the joints worked with grooves or channels, the face of each block projecting beyond the joint, so that the joints are very conspicuous. (b) (Arch. & Woodwork) Summer houses, or furniture for summer houses, etc., made of rough limbs of trees fancifully arranged.


word: Rustic₂
definition:
Rustic

Rus"tic
n.
1.
An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull; a clown.

Hence to your fields, you rustics! hence, away.
Pope.

2.
A rural person having a natural simplicity of character or manners; an artless, unaffected person.
[Poetic]


word: Rusticate
definition:
Rusticate

Rus"ti*cate
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Rusticated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Rusticating.]
[L. rusticaticus, p. p. of rusticari to rusticate. See Rustic.]
To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize.
Pope.


word: Rusticate₂
definition:
Rusticate

Rus"ti*cate
v. t.
To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily; to impose rustication on.

The town is again beginning to be full, and the rusticated beauty sees an end of her banishment.
Idler.


word: Rusticated
definition:
Rusticated

Rus"ti*ca`ted
(?)
a.
(Arch.)
Resembling rustic work. See Rustic work (a), under Rustic.


word: Rustication
definition:
Rustication

Rus`ti*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. rusticatio.]
1.
The act of rusticating, or the state of being rusticated; specifically, the punishment of a student for some offense, by compelling him to leave the institution for a time.

2.
(Arch.)
Rustic work.


word: Rusticity
definition:
Rusticity

Rus*tic"ity
(?)
n.
[L. rusticitas: cf. F. rusticité.]
The quality or state of being rustic; rustic manners; rudeness; simplicity; artlessness.

The sweetness and rusticity of a pastoral can not be so well expressed in any other tongue as in the Greek, when rightly mixed and qualified with the Doric dialect.
Addison.

The Saxons were refined from their rusticity.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Rustle
definition:
Rustle

Rus"tle
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Rustled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Rustling (?).]
[AS. hristlan to rustle; or cf. Sw. rusta to stir, make a riot, or E. rush, v.]
1.
To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.

He is coming; I hear his straw rustle.
Shak.

Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk.
Shak.

2.
To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about.
[Slang, Western U.S.]

3.
To steal; -- used of livestock and esp. of cattle.

To rustle up To gather or find by searching; as, to rustle up some food for supper.


word: Rustle₃
definition:
Rustle

Rus"tle
n.
A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling.

When the noise of a torrent, the rustle of a wood, the song of birds, or the play of lambs, had power to fill the attention, and suspend all perception of the course of time.
Idler.


word: Rustler
definition:
Rustler

Rus"tler
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, rustles.

2.
A bovine animal that can care for itself in any circumstances; also, an alert, energetic, driving person.
[Slang, Western U.S.]


word: Rusty
definition:
Rusty

Rust"y
(?)
a.
[AS. rustig.]
[Compar. Rustier (_;); superl. Rustiest.]
1.
Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat.

2.
Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect.

[Hector,] in this dull and long-continued truce,
Is rusty grown.
Shak.

3.
Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.

4.
Surly; morose; crusty; sullen.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Rusty
Piers Plowman.

5.
Rust-colored; dark.
Rusty
Spenser.

6.
Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy.

The rusty little schooners that bring firewood from the British provinces.
Hawthorne.

7.
(Bot.)
Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.


word: Rut
definition:
Rut

Rut
(?)
n.
[F. rut, OF. ruit, L. rugitus a roaring, fr. rugire to roar; -- so called from the noise made by deer in rutting time.]
1.
(Physiol.)
Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.

2.
Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote.


word: Rut₂
definition:
Rut

Rut
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Rutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rutting.]
To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.


word: Rut₄
definition:
Rut

Rut
n.
[variant of route.]
A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.


word: Rut₅
definition:
Rut

Rut
v. t.
To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road.


word: Ruta-baga
definition:
Ruta-baga

Ru`ta-ba"ga
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A kind of turnip commonly with a large and long or ovoid yellowish root; a Swedish turnip. See Turnip.


word: Rutaceous
definition:
Rutaceous

Ru*ta"ceous
(?)
a.
[L. rutaceous, from ruta rue. See Rue the plant.]
(Bot.)
Of or pertaining to plants of a natural order (Rutaceae) of which the rue is the type, and which includes also the orange, lemon, dittany, and buchu.


word: Ruth
definition:
Ruth

Ruth
(r&usuml_;th)
n.
[From Rue, v.: cf. Icel. hryggð, hrygð.]
1.
Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness.
[Poetic]
ruth
Chaucer.
ruth
Piers Plowman.

To stir up gentle ruth,
Both for her noble blood, and for her tender youth.
Spenser.

2.
That which causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful sight.
[Obs.]

It had been hard this ruth for to see.
Chaucer.

With wretched miseries and woeful ruth.
Spenser.


word: Ruthenic
definition:
Ruthenic

Ru*then"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with ruthenious compounds.


word: Ruthenious
definition:
Ruthenious

Ru*the"ni*ous
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in  which it has a lower valence as contrasted with ruthenic compounds.


word: Ruthenium
definition:
Ruthenium

Ru*the"ni*um
(?)
n.
[NL. So named from the Ruthenians, a Little Russian people, as coming from Russia, the metal having been found in the Ural mountains.]
(Chem.)
A rare element of the light platinum group, found associated with platinum ores, and isolated as a hard, brittle steel-gray metal which is very infusible.  Symbol Ru.  Atomic weight 103.5. Specific gravity 12.26. See Platinum metals, under Platinum.


word: Ruthful
definition:
Ruthful

Ruth"ful
(?)
a.
Full of ruth
(a)
Pitiful; tender.
(b)
Full of sorrow; woeful.
(c)
Causing sorrow.
Shak.
 Ruth"ful*ly, adv.


word: Ruthless
definition:
Ruthless

Ruth"less
a.
Having no ruth; cruel; pitiless.

Their rage the hostile bands restrain,
All but the ruthless monarch of the main.
Pope.


word: Rutic
definition:
Rutic

Ru"tic
(r&usuml_;"tĭk)
a.
[Cf. Rutaceous.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, rue (Ruta); as, rutic acid, now commonly called capric acid.


word: Rutilant
definition:
Rutilant

Ru"ti*lant
(_;)
a.
[L. rutilans, p. pr. of rutilare to have a reddish glow, fr. rutilus red: cf. F. rutilant.]
Having a reddish glow; shining.

Parchments . . . colored with this rutilant mixture.
Evelyn.


word: Rutilate
definition:
Rutilate

Ru"ti*late
(?)
v. i.
[L. rutilare, rutilatum.]
To shine; to emit rays of light.
[Obs.]
Ure.


word: Rutile
definition:
Rutile

Ru"tile
(r&usuml_;"tĭl)
n.
[L. rutilus red, inclining to golden yellow.]
(Min.)
A mineral usually of a reddish brown color, and brilliant metallic adamantine luster, occurring in tetragonal crystals. In composition it is titanium dioxide, like octahedrite and brookite.


word: Rutilian
definition:
Rutilian

Ru*til"i*an
(r&usdot_;*tĭl"ĭ*an)
n.
(Zool.)
Any species of lamellicorn beetles belonging to Rutila and allied genera, as the spotted grapevine beetle (Pelidnota punctata).


word: Rutin
definition:
Rutin

Ru"tin
(r&usuml_;"tĭn)
n.
(Chem.)
A glucoside resembling, but distinct from, quercitrin.  Rutin is found in the leaves of the rue (Ruta graveolens) and other plants, and obtained as a bitter yellow crystalline substance which yields quercitin on decomposition.


word: Rutinose.
definition:
Rutinose.

Rutinose.
A disaccharide present in glycosides.
It is prepared from rutin by hydrolysis with rhamnodiastase.  6-O-α-L-rhamnosyl-D-glucose; C12H22O10.


word: Rutter
definition:
Rutter

Rut"ter
(rŭt"tẽr)
n.
[D. ruiter a rider.  Cf. Ruttier.]
A horseman or trooper.
[Obs.]

Such a regiment of rutters
Never defied men braver.
Beau. & Fl.


word: Rutterkin
definition:
Rutterkin

Rut"ter*kin
(?)
n.
An old crafty fox or beguiler -- a word of contempt.
[Obs.]
Cotgrave.


word: Ruttier
definition:
Ruttier

Rut"ti*er
(?)
n.
[F. routier, fr. route a road. See Route.]
A chart of a course, esp. at sea.
[Obs.]


word: Ruttle
definition:
Ruttle

Rut"tle
n.
A rattling sound in the throat arising from difficulty of breathing; a rattle.
[Obs.]


word: Rutylene
definition:
Rutylene

Ru"ty*lene
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H18, of the acetylene series.  It is produced artificially.


word: Ryder
definition:
Ryder

Ry"der
(?)
n.
1.
A clause added to a document; a rider. See Rider.
[Obs.]

2.
[D. rijder, properly, a rider.]
A gold coin of Zealand [Netherlands] equal to 14 florins, about $5.60 (ca. 1910).


word: Rye
definition:
Rye

Rye
(rī)
n.
[OE. rie, reie, AS. ryge; akin to Icel. rugr, Sw. råg, Dan. rug, D. rogge, OHG. rocco, roggo, G. rocken, roggen, Lith. rugei, Russ. roje, and perh. to Gr. 'o`ryza rice.  Cf. Rice.]
1.
(Bot.)
A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass (Secale cereale), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself.  Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff used by man.

2.
A disease in a hawk.
Ainsworth.

Rye grass, Italian rye grass, (Bot.) See under Grass. See also Ray grass, and Darnel. -- Wild rye (Bot.), any plant of the genus Elymus, tall grasses with much the appearance of rye.


word: Rynd
definition:
Rynd

Rynd
(? or ?)
n.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
A piece of iron crossing the hole in the upper millstone by which the stone is supported on the spindle.


word: Ryot
definition:
Ryot

Ry"ot
(rī"&obreve_;t)
n.
[Ar. & Hind. ra'iyat, the same word as ra'iyah, a subject, tenant, peasant. See Rayah.]
A peasant or cultivator of the soil.
[India]

The Indian ryot and the Egyptian fellah work for less pay than any other laborers in the world.
The Nation.


word: Rypophagous
definition:
Rypophagous

Ry*poph"a*gous
(ri̝*p&obreve_;f"ȧ*gŭs)
a.
[Gr. "ry`pos filth + fagei^n to eat.]
(Zool.)
Eating, or subsisting on, filth.


word: Rytina
definition:
Rytina

Ryt"i*na
(rĭt"ĭ*nȧ)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. "ryti`s a wrinkle.]
(Zool.)
A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species (Rytina Stelleri); -- called also Steller's sea cow, stellerine and steller.
[Written also Rhytina.]

&hand_; It is now extinct, but was formerly abundant at Bering's Island, near Bering's Straits.  It was twenty-five feet or more in length, with a thick, blackish, naked skin.  The last were killed in 1768 for their oil and flesh.


word: S
definition:
S

S
(ĕs)
the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, débris.  With the letter h it forms the digraph sh.  See Guide to pronunciation, §§ 255-261.

   Both the form and the name of the letter S are derived from the Latin, which got the letter through the Greek from the Phoenician. The ultimate origin is Egyptian. S is etymologically most nearly related to c, z, t, and r; as, in ice, OE. is; E. hence, OE. hennes; E. rase, raze; erase, razor; that, G. das; E. reason, F. raison,  L. ratio; E. was, were; chair, chaise (see C, Z, T, and R.).


word: -s
definition:
-s

-s
1.
[OE. es, AS. as.]
The suffix used to form the plural of most words; as in roads, elfs, sides, accounts.

2.
[OE. -s, for older -th, AS. -ð.]
The suffix used to form the third person singular indicative of English verbs; as in falls, tells, sends.

3.
An adverbial suffix; as in towards, needs, always, -- originally the genitive, possesive, ending. See -'s.


word: Sabadilla
definition:
Sabadilla

Sab`a*dil"la
(săb`ȧ*dĭl"lȧ)
n.
[Sp. cebadilla.]
(Bot.)
A Mexican liliaceous plant (Schoenocaulon officinale); also, its seeds, which contain the alkaloid veratrine.  It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic and purgative.


word: Sabal
definition:
Sabal

Sa"bal
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A genus of palm trees including the palmetto of the Southern United States.


word: Sabaoth
definition:
Sabaoth

Sab"a*oth
(săb"a̝*&obreve_;th or sȧ"bā*&obreve_;th; 277)
n. pl.
[Heb. tsebā'&omacrth, pl. of tsābā', an army or host, fr. tsābā', to go forth to war.]
1.
Armies; hosts.
[Used twice in the English Bible, in the phrase “The Lord of Sabaoth.”]

2.
Incorrectly, the Sabbath.


word: Sabbat
definition:
Sabbat

Sab"bat
(?)
n.
[See Sabbath.]
In mediaeval demonology, the nocturnal assembly in which demons and sorcerers were thought to celebrate their orgies.


word: Sabbatarian
definition:
Sabbatarian

Sab`ba*ta"ri*an
(?)
n.
[L. Sabbatarius: cf. F. sabbataire. See Sabbath.]
1.
One who regards and keeps the seventh day of the week as holy, agreeably to the letter of the fourth commandment in the Decalogue.

&hand_; There were Christians in the early church who held this opinion, and certain Christians, esp. the Seventh-day Baptists, hold it now.

2.
A strict observer of the Sabbath.


word: Sabbath
definition:
Sabbath

Sab"bath
(?)
n.
[OE. sabat, sabbat, F. sabbat, L. sabbatum, Gr. sa`bbaton, fr. Heb. shabbāth, fr. shābath to rest from labor.  Cf. Sabbat.]
1.
A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day.

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Ex. xx. 8.

2.
The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival.
Lev. xxv. 4.

3.
Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like.

Peaceful sleep out the sabbath of the tomb.
Pope.

Sabbath breaker, one who violates the law of the Sabbath. -- Sabbath breaking, the violation of the law of the Sabbath. -- Sabbath-day's journey, a distance of about a mile, which, under Rabbinical law, the Jews were allowed to travel on the Sabbath.


word: Sabbathless
definition:
Sabbathless

Sab"bath*less
a.
Without Sabbath, or intermission of labor; hence, without respite or rest.
Bacon.


word: Sabbatical
definition:
Sabbatical

Sabbatic

{ Sab*bat"ic (?), Sab*bat"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. sabbatique.]
Of or pertaining to the Sabbath; resembling the Sabbath; enjoying or bringing an intermission of labor.

Sabbatical year (Jewish Antiq.), every seventh year, in which the Israelites were commanded to suffer their fields and vineyards to rest, or lie without tillage.


word: Sabbatism
definition:
Sabbatism

Sab"ba*tism
(?)
n.
[L. sabbatismus, Gr. _;, fr. _; to keep the Sabbath: cf. F. sabbatisme. See Sabbath.]
Intermission of labor, as upon the Sabbath; rest.
Dr. H. More.


word: Sabbaton
definition:
Sabbaton

Sab"ba*ton
(?)
n.
[Cf. Sp. zapaton, a large shoe, F. sabot a wooden shoe.]
A round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a part of the sixteenth century in both military and civil dress.


word: Sabella
definition:
Sabella

Sa*bel"la
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. sabulum gravel.]
(Zool.)
A genus of tubicolous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around the head.


word: Sabellian
definition:
Sabellian

Sa*bel"li*an
(?)
a.
Pertaining to the doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n.


word: Sabellian₂
definition:
Sabellian

Sa*bel"li*an
(?)
n.
(Eccl. Hist.)
A follower of Sabellius, a presbyter of Ptolemais in the third century, who maintained that there is but one person in the Godhead, and that the Son and Holy Spirit are only different powers, operations, or offices of the one God the Father.


word: Sabellianism
definition:
Sabellianism

Sa*bel"li*an*ism
(?)
n.
(Eccl.)
The doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n.


word: Sabelloid
definition:
Sabelloid

Sa*bel"loid
(?)
a.
[Sabella + -oid.]
(Zool.)
Like, or related to, the genus Sabella.
Sa*bel"loid, n.


word: Sabre
definition:
Sabre

Saber

{ Sa"ber, Sa"bre }
(?)
n.
[F. sabre, G. säbel; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. száblya, Pol. szabla, Russ. sabla, and L. Gr. zabo`s crooked, curved.]
A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword.

Saber fish, or Sabre fish (Zool.), the cutlass fish.


word: Sabre₂
definition:
Sabre

Saber

{ Sa"ber, Sa"bre  }
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sabered (?) or Sabred (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Sabering or Sabring (_;).]
[Cf. F. sabrer.]
To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber.

You send troops to saber and bayonet us into submission.
Burke.


word: Sabian
definition:
Sabian

Sa"bi*an
(?)
a.
[L. Sabaeus.]
[Written also Sabean, and Sabaean.]
1.
Of or pertaining to Saba in Arabia, celebrated for producing aromatic plants.

2.
Relating to the religion of Saba, or to the worship of the heavenly bodies.


word: Sabian₂
definition:
Sabian

Sa"bi*an
n.
An adherent of the Sabian religion; a worshiper of the heavenly bodies.
[Written also Sabaean, and Sabean.]


word: Sabianism
definition:
Sabianism

Sa"bi*an*ism
(?)
n.
The doctrine of the Sabians; the Sabian religion; that species of idolatry which consists in worshiping the sun, moon, and stars; heliolatry.
[Written also Sabaeanism.]


word: Sabicu
definition:
Sabicu

Sab"i*cu
(?)
n.
The very hard wood of a leguminous West Indian tree (Lysiloma Sabicu), valued for shipbuilding.


word: Sabine
definition:
Sabine

Sa"bine
(?)
a.
[L. Sabinus.]
Of or pertaining to the ancient Sabines, a people of Italy.
n. One of the Sabine people.


word: Sabine₂
definition:
Sabine

Sab"ine
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. Sabina herba, fr. Sabini the Sabines.  Cf. Savin.]
(Bot.)
See Savin.


word: Sable
definition:
Sable

Sa"ble
(?)
n.
[OF. sable, F. zibeline sable (in sense 4), LL. sabellum; cf. D. sabel, Dan. sabel, zobel, Sw. sabel, sobel, G. zobel; all fr. Russ. sóbole.]
1.
(Zool.)
A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and America, -- noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur.

&hand_; The sable resembles the marten, but has a longer head and ears. Its fur consists of a soft under wool, with a dense coat of hair, overtopped by another still longer. It varies greatly in color and quality according to the locality and the season of the year.  The darkest and most valuable furs are taken in autumn and winter in the colder parts of Siberia, Russia, and British North America.

&hand_; The American sable, or marten, was formerly considered a distinct species (Mustela Americana), but it differs very little from the Asiatic sable, and is now considered only a geographical variety.

2.
The fur of the sable.

3.
A mourning garment; a funeral robe; -- generally in the plural.
Sables
Young.

4.
(Her.)
The tincture black; -- represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.


word: Sable₂
definition:
Sable

Sa"ble
(?)
a.
Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; -- used chiefly in poetry.

Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne,
In rayless majesty, now stretches forth
Her leaden scepter o'er a slumbering world.
Young.

Sable antelope (Zool.), a large South African antelope (Hippotragus niger). Both sexes have long, sharp horns. The adult male is black; the female is dark chestnut above, white beneath. -- Sable iron, a superior quality of Russia iron; -- so called because originally stamped with the figure of a sable. -- Sable mouse (Zool.), the lemming.


word: Sable₃
definition:
Sable

Sa"ble
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sabled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sabling (?).]
To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.

Sabled all in black the shady sky.
G. Fletcher.


word: Sabot
definition:
Sabot

Sa`bot"
(sȧ`b&omacr")
n.
[F.]
1.
A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries.

2.
(Mil.)
A thick, circular disk of wood, to which the cartridge bag and projectile are attached, in fixed ammunition for cannon; also, a piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the rifling.


word: Sabotage
definition:
Sabotage

Sa`bo`tage"
(?)
n.
[F.]
1.
(a)
Scamped work.
(b)
Malicious waste or destruction of an employer's property or injury to his interests by workmen during labor troubles.
2.
any surreptitious destruction of property or obstruction of activity by persons not known to be hostile; -- in war, such actions carried out behind enemy lines by agents or local sympathisers of the hostile power.


word: Sabretasche
definition:
Sabretasche

Sa"bre*tasche`
(?)
n.
[F. sabretache, G. säbeltasche; säbel saber + tasche a pocket.]
(Mil.)
A leather case or pocket worn by cavalry at the left side, suspended from the sword belt.
Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci.).


word: Sabrina work
definition:
Sabrina work

Sa*bri"na work`
(?)
A variety of appliqué work for quilts, table covers, etc.
Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework).


word: Sabulose
definition:
Sabulose

Sab"u*lose
(?)
a.
[L. sabulosus, from sabulum, sabulo, sand.]
(Bot.)
Growing in sandy places.


word: Sac₂
definition:
Sac

Sac
n.
[See Sake, Soc.]
(O.Eng. Law)
The privilege formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines.
Cowell.


word: Sac₃
definition:
Sac

Sac
(săk)
n.
[F., fr. L. saccus a sack. See Sack a bag.]
1.
See 2d Sack.

2.
(Biol.)
A cavity, bag, or receptacle, usually containing fluid, and either closed, or opening into another cavity to the exterior; a sack.


word: Saccade
definition:
Saccade

Sac*cade"
(?)
n.
[F.]
(Man.)
A sudden, violent check of a horse by drawing or twitching the reins on a sudden and with one pull.


word: Saccate
definition:
Saccate

Sac"cate
(?)
a.
[NL. saccatus, fr. L. saccus a sack, bag.]
1.
(Biol.)
Having the form of a sack or pouch; furnished with a sack or pouch, as a petal.

2.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Saccata, a suborder of ctenophores having two pouches into which the long tentacles can be retracted.


word: Saccharate
definition:
Saccharate

Sac"cha*rate
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
(a)
A salt of saccharic acid.
(b)
In a wider sense, a compound of saccharose, or any similar carbohydrate, with such bases as the oxides of calcium, barium, or lead; a sucrate.


word: Saccharic
definition:
Saccharic

Sac*char"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, saccharine substances; specifically, designating an acid obtained, as a white amorphous gummy mass, by the oxidation of mannite, glucose, sucrose, etc.


word: Sacchariferous
definition:
Sacchariferous

Sac`cha*rif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. saccharon sugar + -ferous.]
Producing sugar; as, sacchariferous canes.


word: Saccharify
definition:
Saccharify

Sac*char"i*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Saccharified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Saccharifying (?).]
[L. saccharon sugar + -fy: cf. F. saccharifier.]
To convert into, or to impregnate with, sugar.


word: Saccharimeter
definition:
Saccharimeter

Sac`cha*rim"e*ter
(?)
n.
[L. saccharon sugar + -meter: cf. F. saccharimètre.]
An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of saccharine matter in any solution, as the juice of a plant, or brewers' and distillers' worts.
[Written also saccharometer.]

&hand_; The common saccharimeter of the brewer is an hydrometer adapted by its scale to point out the proportion of saccharine matter in a solution of any specific gravity. The polarizing saccharimeter of the chemist is a complex optical apparatus, in which polarized light is transmitted through the saccharine solution, and the proportion of sugar indicated by the relative deviation of the plane of polarization.


word: Saccharimetrical
definition:
Saccharimetrical

Sac`cha*ri*met"ric*al
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to saccharimetry; obtained by saccharimetry.


word: Saccharimetry
definition:
Saccharimetry

Sac`cha*rim"e*try
(săk`kȧ*rĭm"e̝*tr&ybreve_;)
n.
The act, process or method of determining the amount and kind of sugar present in sirup, molasses, and the like, especially by the employment of polarizing apparatus.


word: Saccharin
definition:
Saccharin

Sac"cha*rin
(săk"kȧ*rĭn)
n.
[F., from L. saccharon sugar.]
(Chem.)
A bitter white crystalline substance obtained from the saccharinates and regarded as the lactone of saccharinic acid; -- so called because formerly supposed to be isomeric with cane sugar (saccharose).


word: Saccharinate
definition:
Saccharinate

Sac"cha*ri*nate
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
(a)
A salt of saccharinic acid.
(b)
A salt of saccharine.


word: Saccharine
definition:
Saccharine

Sac"cha*rine
(? or ?)
a.
[F. saccharin, fr. L. saccharon sugar, Gr. _;, _;, _;, Skr. çarkara. Cf. Sugar.]
Of or pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar; producing sugar; sweet; as, a saccharine taste; saccharine matter.


word: Saccharine₂
definition:
Saccharine

Sac"cha*rine
(? or ?)
n.
(Chem.)
A trade name for benzoic sulphinide.
[Written also saccharin.]


word: Saccharinic
definition:
Saccharinic

Sac"cha*rin"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharin; specifically, designating a complex acid not known in the free state but well known in its salts, which are obtained by boiling dextrose and levulose (invert sugar) with milk of lime.


word: Saccharize
definition:
Saccharize

Sac"cha*rize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Saccharized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Saccharizing (?).]
To convert into, or to impregnate with, sugar.


word: Saccharoidal
definition:
Saccharoidal

Saccharoid

{ Sac"cha*roid (?), Sac`cha*roid"al (?), }
a.
[L. saccharon sugar + -oid: cf. F. saccharoïde.]
Resembling sugar, as in taste, appearance, consistency, or composition; as, saccharoidal limestone.


word: Saccharomyces
definition:
Saccharomyces

Sac`cha*ro*my"ces
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; sugar + _;, _;, a fungus.]
(Biol.)
A genus of budding fungi, the various species of which have the power, to a greater or less extent, or splitting up sugar into alcohol and carbonic acid. They are the active agents in producing fermentation of wine, beer, etc. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the yeast of sedimentary beer. Also called Torula.


word: Saccharomycetes
definition:
Saccharomycetes

Sac`cha*ro*my*ce"tes
(?)
n. pl.
(Biol.)
A family of fungi consisting of the one genus Saccharomyces.


word: Saccharone
definition:
Saccharone

Sac"cha*rone
(?)
n.
[Saccharin + lactone.]
(Chem.)
(a)
A white crystalline substance, C6H8O6, obtained by the oxidation of saccharin, and regarded as the lactone of saccharonic acid.
(b)
An oily liquid, C6H10O2, obtained by the reduction of saccharin.


word: Saccharonic
definition:
Saccharonic

Sac`cha*ron"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharone; specifically, designating an unstable acid which is obtained from saccharone (a) by hydration, and forms a well-known series of salts.


word: Saccharose
definition:
Saccharose

Sac"cha*rose`
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
Cane sugar; sucrose; also, in general, any one of the group of which saccharose, or sucrose proper, is the type. See Sucrose.


word: Saccharum
definition:
Saccharum

Sac"cha*rum
(?)
n.
[NL. See Saccharine.]
(Bot.)
A genus of tall tropical grasses including the sugar cane.


word: Saccholactate
definition:
Saccholactate

Sac`cho*lac"tate
(?)
n.
[See Saccholactic.]
(Chem.)
A salt of saccholactic acid; -- formerly called also saccholate.
[Obs.]
See Mucate.


word: Saccholactic
definition:
Saccholactic

Sac`cho*lac"tic
(?)
a.
[L. saccharon sugar + lac, lactis, milk.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid now called mucic acid; saccholic.
[Obs.]


word: Sacchulmic
definition:
Sacchulmic

Sac*chul"mic
(?)
a.
[Saccharine + ulmic.]
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a dark amorphous substance by the long-continued boiling of sucrose with very dilute sulphuric acid. It resembles humic acid.
[Written also sacculmic.]


word: Sacchulmin
definition:
Sacchulmin

Sac*chul"min
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
An amorphous huminlike substance resembling sacchulmic acid, and produced together with it.


word: Sacciform
definition:
Sacciform

Sac"ci*form
(?)
a.
[L. saccus a sack + -form.]
(Biol.)
Having the general form of a sac.


word: Saccoglossa
definition:
Saccoglossa

Sac`co*glos"sa
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. saccus a sack + Gr. _; a tongue.]
(Zool.)
Same as Pellibranchiata.


word: Saccule
definition:
Saccule

Sac"cule
(?)
n.
[L. sacculus, dim. of saccus sack.]
A little sac; specifically, the sacculus of the ear.


word: Sacculo-cochlear
definition:
Sacculo-cochlear

Sac`cu*lo-coch"le*ar
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to the sacculus and cochlea of the ear.


word: Sacculo-utricular
definition:
Sacculo-utricular

Sac`cu*lo-u*tric"u*lar
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Pertaining to the sacculus and utriculus of the ear.


word: Sacculus
definition:
Sacculus

Sac"cu*lus
(?)
n.
pl. Sacculi (#).
[L., little sack.]
(Anat.)
A little sac; esp., a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear.
See the Note under Ear.


word: Sacellum
definition:
Sacellum

Sa*cel"lum
(?)
n.
pl. Sacella (#).
[L., dim. of sacrum a sacred place.]
(a)
(Rom. Antiq.)
An unroofed space consecrated to a divinity.
(b)
(Eccl.)
A small monumental chapel in a church.
Shipley.


word: Sacerdotal
definition:
Sacerdotal

Sac`er*do"tal
(?)
a.
[L. sacerdotalis, fr. sacerdos, -otis, a priest, fr. sacer holy, sacred: cf. F. sacerdotal.]
Of or pertaining to priests, or to the order of priests; relating to the priesthood; priesty; as, sacerdotal dignity; sacerdotal functions.

The ascendency of the sacerdotal order was long the ascendency which naturally and properly belongs to intellectual superiority.
Macaulay.


word: Sacerdotalism
definition:
Sacerdotalism

Sac`er*do"tal*ism
(?)
n.
The system, style, spirit, or character, of a priesthood, or sacerdotal order; devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order.


word: Sachet
definition:
Sachet

Sa`chet"
(?)
n.
[F., dim. of sac. See Sac.]
A scent bag, or perfume cushion, to be laid among handkerchiefs, garments, etc., to perfume them.


word: Sack
definition:
Sack

Sack
(săk)
n.
[OE. seck, F. sec dry (cf. Sp. seco, It. secco), from L. siccus dry, harsh; perhaps akin to Gr. 'ischno`s, Skr. sikata sand, Ir. sesc dry, W. hysp. Cf. Desiccate.]
A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.
sack
Shak.

Sack posset, a posset made of sack, and some other ingredients.


word: Sack₂
definition:
Sack

Sack
n.
[OE. sak, sek, AS. sacc, saecc, L. saccus, Gr. sa`kkos from Heb. sak; cf. F. sac, from the Latin. Cf. Sac, Satchel, Sack to plunder.]
1.
A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch.

2.
A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels.
McElrath.

3.
[Perhaps a different word.]
Originally, a loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing sack.
[Written also sacque.]

4.
A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.

5.
(Biol.)
See 2d Sac, 2.

Sack bearer (Zool.). See Basket worm, under Basket. -- Sack tree (Bot.), an East Indian tree (Antiaris saccidora) which is cut into lengths, and made into sacks by turning the bark inside out, and leaving a slice of the wood for a bottom. -- To give the sack to or get the sack, to discharge, or be discharged, from employment; to jilt, or be jilted. [Slang]  --  To hit the sack, to go to bed. [Slang]


word: Sack₃
definition:
Sack

Sack
v. t.
1.
To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.

Bolsters sacked in cloth, blue and crimson.
L. Wallace.

2.
To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
[Colloq.]


word: Sack₄
definition:
Sack

Sack
n.
[F. sac plunder, pillage, originally, a pack, packet, booty packed up, fr. L. saccus. See Sack a bag.]
The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage.

The town was stormed, and delivered up to sack, -- by which phrase is to be understood the perpetration of all those outrages which the ruthless code of war allowed, in that age, on the persons and property of the defenseless inhabitants, without regard to sex or age.
Prescott.


word: Sack₅
definition:
Sack

Sack
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sacked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sacking.]
[See Sack pillage.]
To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage.

The Romans lay under the apprehensions of seeing their city sacked by a barbarous enemy.
Addison.


word: Sackbut
definition:
Sackbut

Sack"but
(?)
n.
[F. saquebute, OF. saqueboute a sackbut, earlier, a sort of hook attached to the end of a lance used by foot soldiers to unhorse cavalrymen; prop. meaning, pull and push; fr. saquier, sachier, to pull, draw (perhaps originally, to put into a bag or take out from a bag; see Sack a bag) + bouter to push (see Butt to thrust). The name was given to the musical instrument from its being lengthened and shortened.]
(Mus.)
A brass wind instrument, like a bass trumpet, so contrived that it can be lengthened or shortened according to the tone required; -- said to be the same as the trombone.
[Written also sagbut.]
Moore (Encyc. of Music).

&hand_; The sackbut of the Scriptures is supposed to have been a stringed instrument.


word: Sackcloth
definition:
Sackcloth

Sack"cloth`
(?; 115)
n.
Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence.

Gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.
2 Sam. iii. 31.

Thus with sackcloth I invest my woe.
Sandys.


word: Sacking
definition:
Sacking

Sack"ing
n.
[AS. saeccing, from saecc sack, bag.]
Stout, coarse cloth of which sacks, bags, etc., are made.


word: Sackless
definition:
Sackless

Sack"less
a.
[AS. sacleás; sacu contention + leás loose, free from.]
Quiet; peaceable; harmless; innocent.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]


word: Sack-winged
definition:
Sack-winged

Sack"-winged`
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Having a peculiar pouch developed near the front edge of the wing; -- said of certain bats of the genus Saccopteryx.


word: Sacrament
definition:
Sacrament

Sac"ra*ment
(?)
n.
[L. sacramentum an oath, a sacred thing, a mystery, a sacrament, fr. sacrare to declare as sacred, sacer sacred: cf. F. sacrement. See Sacred.]
1.
The oath of allegiance taken by Roman soldiers; hence, a sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath.
[Obs.]

I'll take the sacrament on't.
Shak.

2.
The pledge or token of an oath or solemn covenant; a sacred thing; a mystery.
[Obs.]

God sometimes sent a light of fire, and pillar of a cloud . . . and the sacrament of a rainbow, to guide his people through their portion of sorrows.
Jer. Taylor.

3.
(Theol.)
One of the solemn religious ordinances enjoined by Christ, the head of the Christian church, to be observed by his followers; hence, specifically, the eucharist; the Lord's Supper.


word: Sacramental
definition:
Sacramental

Sac`ra*men"tal
(?)
a.
[L. sacramentalis: cf. F. sacramental, sacramentel.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; of the nature of a sacrament; sacredly or solemnly binding; as, sacramental rites or elements.

2.
Bound by a sacrament.

The sacramental host of God's elect.
Cowper.


word: Sacramentalism
definition:
Sacramentalism

Sac`ra*men"tal*ism
(?)
n.
The doctrine and use of sacraments; attachment of excessive importance to sacraments.


word: Sacramentalist
definition:
Sacramentalist

Sac`ra*men"tal*ist
n.
One who holds the doctrine of the real objective presence of Christ's body and blood in the holy eucharist.
Shipley.


word: Sacramentarian
definition:
Sacramentarian

Sac`ra*men*ta"ri*an
(?)
n.
[LL. sacramentarius: cf. F. sacramentaire.]
1.
(Eccl.)
A name given in the sixteenth century to those German reformers who rejected both the Roman and the Lutheran doctrine of the holy eucharist.

2.
One who holds extreme opinions regarding the efficacy of sacraments.


word: Sacramentarian₂
definition:
Sacramentarian

Sac`ra*men*ta"ri*an
a.
1.
Of or pertaining a sacrament, or to the sacramentals; sacramental.

2.
Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians.


word: Sacramentary
definition:
Sacramentary

Sac`ra*men"ta*ry
(?)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to a sacrament or the sacraments; sacramental.

2.
Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians.


word: Sacramentary₂
definition:
Sacramentary

Sac`ra*men"ta*ry
n.
pl. -ries (#).
[LL. sacramentarium: cf. F. sacramentaire.]
1.
An ancient book of the Roman Catholic Church, written by Pope Gelasius, and revised, corrected, and abridged by St. Gregory, in which were contained the rites for Mass, the sacraments, the dedication of churches, and other ceremonies. There are several ancient books of the same kind in France and Germany.

2.
Same as Sacramentarian, n., 1.

Papists, Anabaptists, and Sacramentaries.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Sacramentize
definition:
Sacramentize

Sac"ra*ment*ize
(?)
v. i.
To administer the sacraments.
[R.]

Both to preach and sacramentize.
Fuller.


word: Sacrarium
definition:
Sacrarium

Sa*cra"ri*um
(?)
n.
pl. -ria (#).
[L., fr. sacer sacred.]
1.
A sort of family chapel in the houses of the Romans, devoted to a special divinity.

2.
The adytum of a temple.
Gwilt.

3.
In a Christian church, the sanctuary.


word: Sacred
definition:
Sacred

Sa"cred
(?)
a.
[Originally p. p. of OE. sacren to consecrate, F. sacrer, fr. L. sacrare, fr. sacer sacred, holy, cursed. Cf. Consecrate, Execrate, Saint, Sexton.]
1.
Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service.

2.
Relating to religion, or to the services of religion; not secular; religious; as, sacred history.

Smit with the love of sacred song.
Milton.

3.
Designated or exalted by a divine sanction; possessing the highest title to obedience, honor, reverence, or veneration; entitled to extreme reverence; venerable.

Such neighbor nearness to our sacred [royal] blood
Should nothing privilege him.
Shak.

Poet and saint to thee alone were given,
The two most sacred names of earth and heaven.
Cowley.

4.
Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.

Secrets of marriage still are sacred held.
Dryden.

5.
Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; -- with to.

A temple, sacred to the queen of love.
Dryden.

6.
Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful.
[Archaic]

But, to destruction sacred and devote.
Milton.

Society of the Sacred Heart (R.C. Ch.), a religious order of women, founded in France in 1800, and approved in 1826. It was introduced into America in 1817. The members of the order devote themselves to the higher branches of female education. -- Sacred baboon. (Zool.) See Hamadryas. -- Sacred bean (Bot.), a seed of the Oriental lotus (Nelumbo speciosa or Nelumbium speciosum), a plant resembling a water lily; also, the plant itself. See Lotus. -- Sacred beetle (Zool.) See Scarab. -- Sacred canon. See Canon, n., 3. -- Sacred fish (Zool.), any one of numerous species of fresh-water African fishes of the family Mormyridae. Several large species inhabit the Nile and were considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians; especially Mormyrus oxyrhynchus. -- Sacred ibis. See Ibis. -- Sacred monkey. (Zool.) (a) Any Asiatic monkey of the genus Semnopithecus, regarded as sacred by the Hindoos; especially, the entellus. See Entellus. (b) The sacred baboon. See Hamadryas. (c) The bhunder, or rhesus monkey. -- Sacred place (Civil Law), the place where a deceased person is buried.


word: Sacrifical
definition:
Sacrifical

Sacrific

{ Sacrif"ic (?), Sa*crif"ic*al (?), }
a.
[L. sacrificus, sacrificalis. See Sacrifice.]
Employed in sacrifice.
[R.]
Johnson.


word: Sacrificant
definition:
Sacrificant

Sa*crif"ic*ant
(?)
n.
[L. sacrificans, p. pr. See Sacrifice.]
One who offers a sacrifice.
[R.]


word: Sacrificator
definition:
Sacrificator

Sac"ri*fi*ca`tor
(?)
n.
[L.]
A sacrificer; one who offers a sacrifice.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Sacrificatory
definition:
Sacrificatory

Sa*crif"ic*a*to*ry
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. sacrificatoire.]
Offering sacrifice.
[R.]
Sherwood.


word: Sacrifice
definition:
Sacrifice

Sac"ri*fice
(?; 277)
n.
[OE. sacrifise, sacrifice, F. sacrifice, fr. L. sacrificium; sacer sacred + facere to make. See Sacred, and Fact.]
1.
The offering of anything to God, or to a god; consecratory rite.

Great pomp, and sacrifice, and praises loud,
To Dagon.
Milton.

2.
Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity; an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation.

Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood
Of human sacrifice.
Milton.

My life, if thou preserv'st my life,
Thy sacrifice shall be.
Addison.

3.
Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up; as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest.

4.
A sale at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
[Tradesmen's Cant]

Burnt sacrifice. See Burnt offering, under Burnt. -- Sacrifice hit (Baseball), in batting, a hit of such a kind that the batter loses his chance of tallying, but enables one or more who are on bases to get home or gain a base.


word: Sacrifice₂
definition:
Sacrifice

Sac"ri*fice
(?; 277)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sacrificed (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Sacrificing (_;).]
[From Sacrifice, n.: cf. F. sacrifier, L. sacrificare; sacer sacred, holy + -ficare (only in comp.) to make. See -fy.]
1.
To make an offering of; to consecrate or present to a divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor, or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a sheep.

Oft sacrificing bullock, lamb, or kid.
Milton.

2.
Hence, to destroy, surrender, or suffer to be lost, for the sake of obtaining something; to give up in favor of a higher or more imperative object or duty; to devote, with loss or suffering.

Condemned to sacrifice his childish years
To babbling ignorance, and to empty fears.
Prior.

The Baronet had sacrificed a large sum . . . for the sake of . . . making this boy his heir.
G. Eliot.

3.
To destroy; to kill.
Johnson.

4.
To sell at a price less than the cost or the actual value.
[Tradesmen's Cant]


word: Sacrifice₃
definition:
Sacrifice

Sac"ri*fice
v. i.
To make offerings to God, or to a deity, of things consumed on the altar; to offer sacrifice.

O teacher, some great mischief hath befallen
To that meek man, who well had sacrificed.
Milton.


word: Sacrificial
definition:
Sacrificial

Sac`ri*fi"cial
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to sacrifice or sacrifices; consisting in sacrifice; performing sacrifice.
Sacrificial
Jer. Taylor.


word: Sacrilege
definition:
Sacrilege

Sac"ri*lege
(?)
n.
[F. sacrilège, L. sacrilegium, from sacrilegus that steals, properly, gathers or picks up, sacred things; sacer sacred + legere to gather, pick up. See Sacred, and Legend.]
The sin or crime of violating or profaning sacred things; the alienating to laymen, or to common purposes, what has been appropriated or consecrated to religious persons or uses.

And the hid treasures in her sacred tomb
With sacrilege to dig.
Spenser.

Families raised upon the ruins of churches, and enriched with the spoils of sacrilege.
South.


word: Sacrilegious
definition:
Sacrilegious

Sac`ri*le"gious
(?)
a.
[From sacrilege: cf. L. sacrilegus.]
Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious.

Above the reach of sacrilegious hands.
Pope.


word: Sacrist
definition:
Sacrist

Sa"crist
(?)
n.
[LL. sacrista. See Sacristan.]
A sacristan; also, a person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir, and take care of the books.


word: Sacristan
definition:
Sacristan

Sac"ris*tan
(?)
n.
[F. sacristain, LL. sacrista, fr. L. sacer. See Sacred, and cf. Sexton.]
An officer of the church who has the care of the utensils or movables, and of the church in general; a sexton.


word: Sacristy
definition:
Sacristy

Sac"ris*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Sacristies (#).
[F. sacristie, LL. sacristia, fr. L. sacer. See Sacred.]
An apartment in a church where the sacred utensils, vestments, etc., are kept; a vestry.


word: Sacro-
definition:
Sacro-

Sa"cro-
(_;)
(Anat.)
A combining form denoting connection with, or relation to, the sacrum, as in sacro-coccygeal, sacro-iliac, sacrosciatic.


word: Sacrosciatic
definition:
Sacrosciatic

Sa`cro*sci*at"ic
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to both the sacrum and the hip; as, the sacrosciatic foramina formed by the sacrosciatic ligaments which connect the sacrum and the hip bone.


word: Sacrovertebral
definition:
Sacrovertebral

Sa`cro*ver"te*bral
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the sacrum and that part of the vertebral column immediately anterior to it; as, the sacrovertebral angle.


word: Sacrum
definition:
Sacrum

Sa"crum
(?)
n.
pl. sacra (_;).
[NL., fr. L. sacer sacred, os sacrum the lowest bone of the spine.]
(Anat.)
That part of the vertebral column which is directly connected with, or forms a part of, the pelvis.

&hand_; It may consist of a single vertebra or of several more or less consolidated. In man it forms the dorsal, or posterior, wall of the pelvis, and consists of five united vertebrae, which diminish in size very rapidly to the posterior extremity, which bears the coccyx.


word: Sacs
definition:
Sacs

Sacs
(s&asuml_;ks)
n. pl.
sing. Sac (_;)
(Ethnol.)
A tribe of Indians, which, together with the Foxes, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin.
[Written also Sauks.]


word: Sad
definition:
Sad

Sad
(săd)
a.
[Compar. Sadder (săd"dẽr); superl. Saddest.]
[OE. sad sated, tired, satisfied, firm, steadfast, AS. saed satisfied, sated; akin to D. zat, OS. sad, G. satt, OHG. sat, Icel. saðr, saddr, Goth. saþs, Lith. sotus, L. sat, satis, enough, satur sated, Gr. 'a`menai to satiate, 'a`dnh enough. Cf. Assets, Sate, Satiate, Satisfy, Satire.]
1.
Sated; satisfied; weary; tired.
[Obs.]

Yet of that art they can not waxen sad,
For unto them it is a bitter sweet.
Chaucer.

2.
Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
[Obs., except in a few phrases; as, sad bread.]

His hand, more sad than lump of lead.
Spenser.

Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad.
Mortimer.

3.
Dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors.
Sad
Walton.

Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors.
Mortimer.

4.
Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous.
[Obs.]
sad
Chaucer.

Lady Catharine, a sad and religious woman.
Bacon.

Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties.
Ld. Berners.

5.
Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful.

First were we sad, fearing you would not come;
Now sadder, that you come so unprovided.
Shak.

The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad.
Milton.

6.
Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune.

7.
Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked.
[Colloq.]
Sad
I. Taylor.

&hand_; Sad is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sad-colored, sad-eyed, sad-hearted, sad-looking, and the like.

Sad bread, heavy bread. [Scot. & Local, U.S.] Bartlett.


word: Sad₂
definition:
Sad

Sad
v. t.
To make sorrowful; to sadden.
[Obs.]

How it sadded the minister's spirits!
H. Peters.


word: Sadda
definition:
Sadda

Sad"da
(?)
n.
[Per. sad-dar the hundred gates or ways; sad a hundred + dar door, way.]
A work in the Persian tongue, being a summary of the Zend-Avesta, or sacred books.


word: Sadden
definition:
Sadden

Sad"den
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Saddened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Saddening.]
To make sad.
(a)
To render heavy or cohesive.
[Obs.]

Marl is binding, and saddening of land is the great prejudice it doth to clay lands.
Mortimer.

Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene.
Pope.


word: Saddle
definition:
Saddle

Sad"dle
(?)
n.
[OE. sadel, AS. sadol; akin to D. zadel, G. sattel, OHG. satal, satul, Icel. söðull, Dan. & Sw. sadel; cf. Russ. siedlo; all perh. ultimately from the root of E. sit.]
1.
A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle.

2.
A padded part of a harness which is worn on a horse's back, being fastened in place with a girth. It serves various purposes, as to keep the breeching in place, carry guides for the reins, etc.

3.
A piece of meat containing a part of the backbone of an animal with the ribs on each side; as, a saddle of mutton, of venison, etc.

4.
(Naut.)
A block of wood, usually fastened to some spar, and shaped to receive the end of another spar.

5.
(Mach.)
A part, as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.

6.
(Zool.)
The clitellus of an earthworm.

7.
(Arch.)
The threshold of a door, when a separate piece from the floor or landing; -- so called because it spans and covers the joint between two floors.

8.
(Phys. Geog.)
A ridge connected two higher elevations; a low point in the crest line of a ridge; a col.

9.
(Mining)
A formation of gold-bearing quartz occurring along the crest of an anticlinal fold, esp. in Australia.

Saddle bar (Arch.), one the small iron bars to which the lead panels of a glazed window are secured. Oxf. Gloss. -- Saddle gall (Far.), a sore or gall upon a horse's back, made by the saddle. -- Saddle girth, a band passing round the body of a horse to hold the saddle in its place. -- saddle horse, a horse suitable or trained for riding with a saddle. -- Saddle joint, in sheet-metal roofing, a joint formed by bending up the edge of a sheet and folding it downward over the turned-up edge of the next sheet. -- Saddle roof, (Arch.), a roof having two gables and one ridge; -- said of such a roof when used in places where a different form is more common; as, a tower surmounted by a saddle roof. Called also saddleback roof. -- Saddle shell (Zool.), any thin plicated bivalve shell of the genera Placuna and Anomia; -- so called from its shape. Called also saddle oyster.


word: Saddle₂
definition:
Saddle

Sad"dle
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Saddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Saddling (?).]
[AS. sadelian.]
1.
To put a saddle upon; to equip (a beast) for riding.
saddle
Shak.

Abraham rose up early, . . . and saddled his ass.
Gen. xxii. 3.

2.
Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and highways.


word: Saddleback
definition:
Saddleback

Sad"dle*back`
(?)
a.
Same as Saddle-backed.

Saddleback roof. (Arch.) See Saddle roof, under Saddle.


word: Saddleback₂
definition:
Saddleback

Sad"dle*back`
n.
1.
Anything saddle-backed; esp., a hill or ridge having a concave outline at the top.

2.
(Zool.)
(a)
The harp seal.
(b)
The great blackbacked gull (Larus marinus).
(c)
The larva of a bombycid moth (Empretia stimulea) which has a large, bright green, saddle-shaped patch of color on the back.


word: Saddle-backed
definition:
Saddle-backed

Sad"dle-backed`
(?)
a.
1.
Having the outline of the upper part concave like the seat of a saddle.

2.
Having a low back and high neck, as a horse.


word: Saddlebags
definition:
Saddlebags

Sad"dle*bags
(?)
n. pl.
Bags, usually of leather, united by straps or a band, formerly much used by horseback riders to carry small articles, one bag hanging on each side.


word: Saddlebow
definition:
Saddlebow

Sad"dle*bow`
(?)
n.
[AS. sadelboga.]
The bow or arch in the front part of a saddle, or the pieces which form the front.


word: Saddlecloth
definition:
Saddlecloth

Sad"dle*cloth`
(?; 115)
n.
A cloth under a saddle, and extending out behind; a housing.


word: Saddled
definition:
Saddled

Sad"dled
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Having a broad patch of color across the back, like a saddle; saddle-backed.


word: Saddlery
definition:
Saddlery

Sad"dler*y
(?)
n.
1.
The materials for making saddles and harnesses; the articles usually offered for sale in a saddler's shop.

2.
The trade or employment of a saddler.


word: Saddle-shaped
definition:
Saddle-shaped

Sad"dle-shaped`
(?)
a.
Shaped like a saddle.
(a)
(Bot.)
Bent down at the sides so as to give the upper part a rounded form.
Henslow.


word: Saddletree
definition:
Saddletree

Sad"dle*tree`
(?)
n.
The frame of a saddle.

For saddletree scarce reached had he,
His journey to begin.
Cowper.


word: Sadducaic
definition:
Sadducaic

Sad`du*ca"ic
(?; 135)
a.
Pertaining to, or like, the Sadducees; as, Sadducaic reasonings.


word: Sadducee
definition:
Sadducee

Sad"du*cee
(?)
n.
[L. Sadducaei, p., Gr. _;, Heb. Tsaddūkīm; -- so called from Tsād&omacrk, the founder of the sect.]
One of a sect among the ancient Jews, who denied the resurrection, a future state, and the existence of angels.
Sad`du*ce"an (#), a.


word: Sadducize
definition:
Sadducize

Sad"du*cize
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Sadducized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sadducizing (?).]
To adopt the principles of the Sadducees.
Atterbury.


word: Sadh
definition:
Sadh

Sadh
(?)
n.
[Skr. sādhu perfect, pure.]
A member of a monotheistic sect of Hindoos. Sadhs resemble the Quakers in many respects.
Balfour (Cyc. of India).


word: Sadly
definition:
Sadly

Sad"ly
adv.
1.
Wearily; heavily; firmly.
[Obs.]

In go the spears full sadly in arest.
Chaucer.

2.
Seriously; soberly; gravely.
[Obs.]

To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame
Or our neglect, we lost her as we came.
Milton.

3.
Grievously; deeply; sorrowfully; miserably.
sadly
Dryden.


word: Sadness
definition:
Sadness

Sad"ness
n.
1.
Heaviness; firmness.
[Obs.]

2.
Seriousness; gravity; discretion.
[Obs.]

Her sadness and her benignity.
Chaucer.

3.
Quality of being sad, or unhappy; gloominess; sorrowfulness; dejection.

Dim sadness did not spare
That time celestial visages.
Milton.


word: Sadr
definition:
Sadr

Sadr
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Ziziphus (Ziziphus lotus); -- so called by the Arabs of Barbary, who use its berries for food. See Lotus (b).


word: Saengerbund
definition:
Saengerbund

Saeng"er*bund`
(?)
n.
G. pl. Saengerbünde (#)
[G. sängerbund.]
(Music)
A singers' union; an association of singers or singing clubs, esp. German.


word: Saengerfest
definition:
Saengerfest

Saeng"er*fest
(?)
n.
[G. sängerfest.]
A festival of singers; a German singing festival.


word: Safe
definition:
Safe

Safe
(?)
a.
[Compar. Safer (?); superl. Safest.]
[OE. sauf, F. sauf, fr. L. salvus, akin to salus health, welfare, safety. Cf. Salute, Salvation, Sage a plant, Save, Salvo an exception.]
1.
Free from harm, injury, or risk; untouched or unthreatened by danger or injury; unharmed; unhurt; secure; whole; as, safe from disease; safe from storms; safe from foes.
safe
1 Sam. xii. 11.

They escaped all safe to land.
Acts xxvii. 44.

Established in a safe, unenvied throne.
Milton.

2.
Conferring safety; securing from harm; not exposing to danger; confining securely; to be relied upon; not dangerous; as, a safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc.
safe
Shak.

The King of heaven hath doomed
This place our dungeon, not our safe retreat.
Milton.

3.
Incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure care or custody; as, the prisoner is safe.

But Banquo's safe?
Ay, my good lord, safe in a ditch he bides.
Shak.

Safe hit (Baseball), a hit which enables the batter to get to first base even if no error is made by the other side. 


word: Safe₂
definition:
Safe

Safe
(?)
n.
A place for keeping things in safety.
Specifically:
(a)
A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel, etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for containing money, valuable papers, or the like.
(b)
A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.


word: Safe-conduct
definition:
Safe-conduct

Safe"-con"duct
(?)
n.
[Safe + conduct: cf. F. sauf-conduit.]
That which gives a safe passage
(a)
a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country
(b)
a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety.
Shak.


word: Safe-conduct₂
definition:
Safe-conduct

Safe`-con*duct"
(?)
v. t.
To conduct safely; to give safe-conduct to.
[Poetic]

He him by all the bonds of love besought
To safe-conduct his love.
Spenser.


word: Safeguard
definition:
Safeguard

Safe"guard`
(?)
n.
[Safe = guard: cf. F. sauvegarde.]
1.
One who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection.
Shak.

Thy sword, the safeguard of thy brother's throne.
Granville.

2.
A convoy or guard to protect a traveler or property.

3.
A pass; a passport; a safe-conduct.
Shak.


word: Safe-keeping
definition:
Safe-keeping

Safe"-keep"ing
(?)
n.
[Safe + keep.]
The act of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or from escape; care; custody.


word: Safeness
definition:
Safeness

Safe"ness
n.
The quality or state of being safe; freedom from hazard, danger, harm, or loss; safety; security; as the safeness of an experiment, of a journey, or of a possession.


word: Safe-pledge
definition:
Safe-pledge

Safe"-pledge"
(?)
n.
(Law)
A surety for the appearance of a person at a given time.
Bracton.


word: Safety
definition:
Safety

Safe"ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. sauveté.]
1.
The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.

Up led by thee,
Into the heaven I have presumed,
An earthly guest . . . With like safety guided down,
Return me to my native element.
Milton.

2.
Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc.

Would there were any safety in thy sex,
That I might put a thousand sorrows off,
And credit thy repentance!
Beau. & Fl.

3.
Preservation from escape; close custody.

Imprison him, . . . 
Deliver him to safety; and return.
Shak.

4.
(Amer. Football)
the act or result of a ball-carrier on the offensive team being tackled behind his own goal line, or the downing of a ball behind the offensive team's own goal line when it had been carried or propelled behind that goal line by a player on the offensive tream; such a play causes a score of two points to be awarded to the defensive team; -- it is distinguished from touchback, when the ball is downed behind the goal after being propelled there or last touched by a player of the defending team. See Touchdown. Same as Safety touchdown, below.

5.
Short for Safety bicycle.
[archaic]

6.
a switch on a firearm that locks the trigger and prevents the firearm from being discharged unintentionally; -- also called safety catch, safety lock, or lock.
[archaic]


word: Safety bicycle
definition:
Safety bicycle

Safety bicycle
A bicycle with equal or nearly equal wheels, usually about 28 inches diameter, driven by pedals connected to the rear (driving) wheel by a multiplying gear.  Since the 1930's this has been the most common type of bicycle, now simply called bicycle.  The older high-wheelers are often referred to as bone-rattlers.


word: Safety chain
definition:
Safety chain

Safety chain
(a)
(Railroads)
A normally slack chain for preventing excessive movement between a truck and a car body in sluing.
(b)
An auxiliary watch chain, secured to the clothes, usually out of sight, to prevent stealing of the watch.
(c)
A chain of sheet metal links with an elongated hole through each broad end, made up by doubling the first link on itself, slipping the next link through and doubling, and so on.

Safety arch (Arch.), a discharging arch. See under Discharge, v. t. -- Safety belt, a belt made of some buoyant material, or which is capable of being inflated, so as to enable a person to float in water; a life preserver. -- Safety buoy, a buoy to enable a person to float in water; a safety belt. -- Safety cage (Mach.), a cage for an elevator or mine lift, having appliances to prevent it from dropping if the lifting rope should break. -- Safety lamp. (Mining) See under Lamp. -- Safety match, a match which can be ignited only on a surface specially prepared for the purpose. -- Safety pin, a pin made in the form of a clasp, with a guard covering its point so that it will not prick the wearer. -- Safety plug. See Fusible plug, under Fusible. -- Safety switch. See Switch. -- Safety touchdown (Football), the act or result of a player's touching to the ground behind his own goal line a ball which received its last impulse from a man on his own side; -- distinguished from touchback. See Touchdown.  Same as safety  -- Safety tube (Chem.), a tube to prevent explosion, or to control delivery of gases by an automatic valvular connection with the outer air; especially, a bent funnel tube with bulbs for adding those reagents which produce unpleasant fumes or violent effervescence. -- Safety valve, a valve which is held shut by a spring or weight and opens automatically to permit the escape of steam, or confined gas, water, etc., from a boiler, or other vessel, when the pressure becomes too great for safety; also, sometimes, a similar valve opening inward to admit air to a vessel in which the pressure is less than that of the atmosphere, to prevent collapse.


word: Safflower
definition:
Safflower

Saf"flow`er
(?)
n.
[F. safleur, saflor, for safran, influenced by fleur flower. See Saffron, and Flower.]
1.
(Bot.)
An annual composite plant (Carthamus tinctorius), the flowers of which are used as a dyestuff and in making rouge; bastard, or false, saffron.

2.
The dried flowers of the Carthamus tinctorius.

3.
A dyestuff from these flowers. See Safranin (b).

Oil of safflower, a purgative oil expressed from the seeds of the safflower.


word: Saffron
definition:
Saffron

Saf"fron
(?; 277)
n.
[OE. saffran, F. safran; cf. It. zafferano, Sp. azafran, Pg. açafrão; all fr. Ar. & Per. za' farān.]
1.
(Bot.)
A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus.

2.
The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine.

3.
An orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus.

Bastard saffron, Dyer's saffron. (Bot.) See Safflower. -- Meadow saffron (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Colchichum autumnale) of Europe, resembling saffron. -- Saffron wood (Bot.), the yellowish wood of a South African tree (Elaeodendron croceum); also, the tree itself. -- Saffron yellow, a shade of yellow like that obtained from the stigmas of the true saffron (Crocus sativus).


word: Saffron₂
definition:
Saffron

Saf"fron
(?; 277)
a.
Having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer.


word: Saffron₃
definition:
Saffron

Saf"fron
v. t.
To give color and flavor to, as by means of saffron; to spice.
[Obs.]

And in Latyn I speak a wordes few,
To saffron with my predication.
Chaucer.


word: Safranin
definition:
Safranin

Saf"ra*nin
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
(a)
An orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron.
[R.]
(b)
A red dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly used in dyeing wool, silk, and cotton pink and scarlet; -- called also Spanish red, China lake, and carthamin.
(c)
An orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro compounds of creosol, and used as a substitute for the safflower dye.


word: Safranine
definition:
Safranine

Saf"ra*nine
(? or ?)
n.
[So called because used as a substitute for safranin.]
(Chem.)
An orange-red nitrogenous dyestuff produced artificially by oxidizing certain aniline derivatives, and used in dyeing silk and wool; also, any one of the series of which safranine proper is the type.


word: Sag
definition:
Sag

Sag
(săg)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Sagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sagging (?).]
[Akin to Sw. sacka to settle, sink down, LG. sacken, D. zakken. Cf. Sink, v. i.]
1.
To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.

2.
Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
[R.]

The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear,
Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.
Shak.

3.
To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.

To sag to leeward (Naut.), to make much leeway by reason of the wind, sea, or current; to drift to leeward; -- said of a vessel. Totten.


word: Saga
definition:
Saga

Sa"ga
(sā"gȧ)
n.
pl. Sagas (-gȧz).
[Icel., akin to E. saw a saying. See Say, and cf. Saw.]
A Scandinavian legend, or heroic or mythic tradition, among the Norsemen and kindred people; a northern European popular historical or religious tale of olden time.

And then the blue-eyed Norseman told
A saga of the days of old.
Longfellow.


word: Sagacious
definition:
Sagacious

Sa*ga"cious
(?)
a.
[L. sagax, sagacis, akin to sagire to perceive quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See Seek, and cf. Presage.]
1.
Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail.

Sagacious of his quarry from so far.
Milton.

2.
Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark.

Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious above our apprehension.
Dr. H. More.

Only sagacious heads light on these observations, and reduce them into general propositions.
Locke.


word: Sagacity
definition:
Sagacity

Sa*gac"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. sagacitas. See Sagacious.]
The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness.

Some [brutes] show that nice sagacity of smell.
Cowper.

Natural sagacity improved by generous education.
V. Knox.


word: Sagamore
definition:
Sagamore

Sag"a*more
(?)
n.
1.
[Cf. Sachem.]
The head of a tribe among the American Indians; a chief; -- generally used as synonymous with sachem, but some writters distinguished between them, making the sachem a chief of the first rank, and a sagamore one of the second rank.
sagamore
Longfellow.

2.
A juice used in medicine.
[Obs.]
Johnson.


word: Sagapenum
definition:
Sagapenum

Sag`a*pe"num
(?)
n.
[L. sagapenon, sacopenium, Gr. _;: cf. F. sagapin, gomme sagapin, sagapénum, Ar. sikbīnaj, Per. sakbīnah, sikbīnah.]
(Med.)
A fetid gum resin obtained from a species of Ferula. It has been used in hysteria, etc., but is now seldom met with.  See also asafetida.
U. S. Disp.


word: Sagathy
definition:
Sagathy

Sag"a*thy
(?)
n.
[F. sagatis: cf. Sp. sagatí, saetí.]
A mixed woven fabric of silk and cotton, or silk and wool; sayette; also, a light woolen fabric.


word: Sage
definition:
Sage

Sage
(?)
n.
[OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See Safe.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.
(b)
The sagebrush.

Meadow sage (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of Salvia (Salvia pratensis) growing in meadows in Europe. -- Sage cheese, cheese flavored with sage, and colored green by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which are added to the milk. -- Sage cock (Zool.), the male of the sage grouse; in a more general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse. -- Sage green, of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves of garden sage. -- Sage grouse (Zool.), a very large American grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), native of the dry sagebrush plains of Western North America. Called also cock of the plains. The male is called sage cock, and the female sage hen. -- Sage hare, or Sage rabbit (Zool.), a species of hare (Lepus Nuttalli syn. Lepus artemisia) which inhabits the arid regions of Western North America and lives among sagebrush.  By recent writers it is considered to be merely a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit. -- Sage hen (Zool.), the female of the sage grouse. -- Sage sparrow (Zool.), a small sparrow (Amphispiza Belli, var. Nevadensis) which inhabits the dry plains of the Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush. -- Sage thrasher (Zool.), a singing bird (Oroscoptes montanus) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western North America. -- Sage willow (Bot.), a species of willow (Salix tristis) forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green leaves.


word: Sage₂
definition:
Sage

Sage
(?)
a.
[Compar. Sager (?); superl. Sagest.]
[F., fr. L. sapius (only in nesapius unwise, foolish), fr. sapere to be wise; perhaps akin to E. sap. Cf. Savor, Sapient, Insipid.]
1.
Having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; sagacious.

All you sage counselors, hence!
Shak.

2.
Proceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the purpose.

Commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counseled the general to retreat.
Milton.

3.
Grave; serious; solemn.
[R.]
sage
Milton.


word: Sage₃
definition:
Sage

Sage
n.
A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher.

At his birth a star,
Unseen before in heaven, proclaims him come,
And guides the Eastern sages.
Milton.


word: Sagebrush
definition:
Sagebrush

Sage"brush`
(?)
n.
A low irregular shrub (Artemisia tridentata), of the order Compositae, covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline regions of the American plains; -- called also sagebush, and wild sage.


word: Sagene
definition:
Sagene

Sa*gene"
(?)
n.
[Russ. sajene.]
A Russian measure of length equal to about seven English feet.


word: Sageness
definition:
Sageness

Sage"ness
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being sage; wisdom; sagacity; prudence; gravity.
Ascham.


word: Sagenite
definition:
Sagenite

Sag"e*nite
(?)
n.
[F. sagénite, fr. L. sagena a large net. See Seine.]
(Min.)
Acicular rutile occurring in reticulated forms imbedded in quartz.


word: Sagenitic
definition:
Sagenitic

Sag`e*nit"ic
(?)
a.
(Min.)
Resembling sagenite; -- applied to quartz when containing acicular crystals of other minerals, most commonly rutile, also tourmaline, actinolite, and the like.


word: Sagger
definition:
Sagger

Sag"ger
(?)
n.
[See Seggar.]
1.
A pot or case of fire clay, in which fine stoneware is inclosed while baking in the kiln; a seggar.

2.
The clay of which such pots or cases are made.


word: Sagging
definition:
Sagging

Sag"ging
(?)
n.
A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging.


word: Saginate
definition:
Saginate

Sag"i*nate
(?)
v. t.
[L. saginatus, p. p. of saginare to fat, fr. sagina stuffing.]
To make fat; to pamper.
[R.]
saginated
Cowper.


word: Sagitta
definition:
Sagitta

Sa*git"ta
(?)
n.
[L., an arrow.]
1.
(Astron.)
A small constellation north of Aquila; the Arrow.

2.
(Arch.)
The keystone of an arch.
[R.]
Gwilt.

3.
(Geom.)
The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; -- so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string.
[Obs.]

4.
(Anat.)
The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes.

5.
(Zool.)
A genus of transparent, free-swimming marine worms having lateral and caudal fins, and capable of swimming rapidly. It is the type of the class Chaetognatha.


word: Sagittal
definition:
Sagittal

Sag"it*tal
(?)
a.
[L. sagitta an arrow: cf. F. sagittal.]
1.
Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arrowlike appendage.

2.
(Anat.)
(a)
Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal; as, the sagittal furrow, or groove, on the inner surface of the roof of the skull.
(b)
In the mesial plane; mesial; as, a sagittal section of an animal.

Sagittal suture (Anat.), the suture between the two parietal bones in the top of the skull; -- called also rabdoidal suture, and interparietal suture.


word: Sagittarius
definition:
Sagittarius

Sag`it*ta"ri*us
(?)
n.
[L., literally, an archer, fr. sagittarius belonging to an arrow, fr. sagitta an arrow.]
(Astron.)
(a)
The ninth of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about November 22, marked thus [&sagittarius_;] in almanacs; the Archer.
(b)
A zodiacal constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting an arrow.


word: Sagittary
definition:
Sagittary

Sag"it*ta"ry
(?)
n.
[See Sagittarius.]
1.
(Myth.)
A centaur; a fabulous being, half man, half horse, armed with a bow and quiver.
Shak.

2.
The Arsenal in Venice; -- so called from having a figure of an archer over the door.
Shak.


word: Sagittary₂
definition:
Sagittary

Sag"it*ta*ry
a.
[L. sagittarius.]
Pertaining to, or resembling, an arrow.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Sagittate
definition:
Sagittate

Sag"it*tate
(?)
a.
[NL. sagittatus, fr. L. sagitta an arrow.]
Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward.


word: Sagittocyst
definition:
Sagittocyst

Sag"it*to*cyst
(?)
n.
[See Sagitta, and Cyst.]
(Zool.)
A defensive cell containing a minute rodlike structure which may be expelled. Such cells are found in certain Turbellaria.


word: Sago
definition:
Sago

Sa"go
(sā"go̝)
n.
[Malay. sāgu.]
A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, Zamia integrifolia, etc.).

Portland sago, a kind of sago prepared from the corms of the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum). -- Sago palm. (Bot.) (a) A palm tree which yields sago. (b) A species of Cycas (Cycas revoluta). -- Sago spleen (Med.), a morbid condition of the spleen, produced by amyloid degeneration of the organ, in which a cross section shows scattered gray translucent bodies looking like grains of sago.


word: Sagoin
definition:
Sagoin

Sa*goin"
(?)
n.
[F. sagouin(formed from the native South American name).]
(Zool.)
A marmoset; -- called also sagouin.


word: Sagum
definition:
Sagum

Sa"gum
(?)
n.
pl. Saga (#).
[L. sagum, sagus; cf. Gr. _;. Cf. Say a kind of serge.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
The military cloak of the Roman soldiers.


word: Saheb
definition:
Saheb

Sahib

&VerbarSa"hib (?), &VerbarSa"heb (_;)
n.
[Ar. çāhib master, lord, fem. çāhibah.]
A respectful title or appellation given to Europeans of rank.
[India]


word: Saibling
definition:
Saibling

Sai"bling
(?)
n.
[Dial. G.]
(Zool.)
A European mountain trout (Salvelinus alpinus); -- called also Bavarian charr.


word: Saic
definition:
Saic

Sa"ic
(?)
n.
[F. saïque, Turk. shaïka.]
(Naut.)
A kind of ketch very common in the Levant, which has neither topgallant sail nor mizzen topsail.


word: Said₂
definition:
Said

Said
a.
Before-mentioned; already spoken of or specified; aforesaid; -- used chiefly in legal style.


word: Saiga
definition:
Saiga

Sai"ga
(?)
n.
[Russ. saika.]
(Zool.)
An antelope (Saiga Tartarica) native of the plains of Siberia and Eastern Russia. The male has erect annulated horns, and tufts of long hair beneath the eyes and ears.


word: Sail
definition:
Sail

Sail
(?)
n.
[OE. seil, AS. segel, segl; akin to D. zeil, OHG. segal, G. & Sw. segel, Icel. segl, Dan. seil. √ 153.]
1.
An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water.

Behoves him now both sail and oar.
Milton.

2.
Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.

3.
A wing; a van.
[Poetic]

Like an eagle soaring
To weather his broad sails.
Spenser.

4.
The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.

5.
A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.

&hand_; In this sense, the plural has usually the same form as the singular; as, twenty sail were in sight.

6.
A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water.

&hand_; Sails are of two general kinds, fore-and-aft sails, and square sails. Square sails are always bent to yards, with their foot lying across the line of the vessel. Fore-and-aft sails are set upon stays or gaffs with their foot in line with the keel. A fore-and-aft sail is triangular, or quadrilateral with the after leech longer than the fore leech. Square sails are quadrilateral, but not necessarily square. See Phrases under Fore, a., and Square, a.; also, Bark, Brig, Schooner, Ship, Stay.

Sail burton (Naut.), a purchase for hoisting sails aloft for bending. -- Sail fluke (Zool.), the whiff. -- Sail hook, a small hook used in making sails, to hold the seams square. -- Sail loft, a loft or room where sails are cut out and made. -- Sail room (Naut.), a room in a vessel where sails are stowed when not in use. -- Sail yard (Naut.), the yard or spar on which a sail is extended. -- Shoulder-of-mutton sail (Naut.), a triangular sail of peculiar form. It is chiefly used to set on a boat's mast. -- To crowd sail. (Naut.) See under Crowd. -- To loose sails (Naut.), to unfurl or spread sails. -- To make sail (Naut.), to extend an additional quantity of sail. -- To set a sail (Naut.), to extend or spread a sail to the wind. -- To set sail (Naut.), to unfurl or spread the sails; hence, to begin a voyage. -- To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce the extent of sail, or take in a part. -- To strike sail (Naut.), to lower the sails suddenly, as in saluting, or in sudden gusts of wind; hence, to acknowledge inferiority; to abate pretension. -- Under sail, having the sails spread.


word: Sail₂
definition:
Sail

Sail
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Sailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sailing.]
[AS. segelian, seglian. See Sail, n.]
1.
To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by the action of steam or other power.

2.
To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.

3.
To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as, they sailed from London to Canton.

4.
To set sail; to begin a voyage.

5.
To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird.

As is a winged messenger of heaven, . . .
When he bestrides the lazy pacing clouds,
And sails upon the bosom of the air.
Shak.


word: Sail₃
definition:
Sail

Sail
v. t.
1.
To pass or move upon, as in a ship, by means of sails; hence, to move or journey upon (the water) by means of steam or other force.

A thousand ships were manned to sail the sea.
Dryden.

2.
To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.

Sublime she sails
The aerial space, and mounts the wingèd gales.
Pope.

3.
To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's own ship.
Totten.


word: Sailer
definition:
Sailer

Sail"er
(?)
n.
1.
A sailor.
[R.]
Sir P. Sidney.

2.
A ship or other vessel; -- with qualifying words descriptive of speed or manner of sailing; as, a heavy sailer; a fast sailer.


word: Sailfish
definition:
Sailfish

Sail"fish
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
The banner fish, or spikefish (Histiophorus.)
(b)
The basking, or liver, shark.
(c)
The quillback.


word: Sailing
definition:
Sailing

Sail"ing
(?)
n.
1.
The act of one who, or that which, sails; the motion of a vessel on water, impelled by wind or steam; the act of starting on a voyage.

2.
(Naut.)
The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation; as, globular sailing; oblique sailing.

&hand_; For the several methods of sailing, see under Circular, Globular, Oblique, Parallel, etc.

Sailing master (U. S. Navy), formerly, a warrant officer, ranking next below a lieutenant, whose duties were to navigate the vessel; and under the direction of the executive officer, to attend to the stowage of the hold, to the cables, rigging, etc. The grade was merged in that of master in 1862.


word: Sailor
definition:
Sailor

Sail"or
(?)
n.
One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.

Sailor's choice. (Zool.) (a) An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus rhomboides, syn. Lagodon rhomboides) of the Southern United States; -- called also porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail, and salt-water bream. (b) A species of grunt (Orthopristis chrysopterus syn. Pomadasys chrysopterus), an excellent food fish common on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also hogfish, and pigfish.


word: Saim
definition:
Saim

Saim
(?)
n.
[OF. sain, LL. saginum, fr. L. sagina a fattening.]
Lard; grease.
[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]


word: Sain₂
definition:
Sain

Sain
v. t.
[Cf. Saint, Sane.]
To sanctify; to bless so as to protect from evil influence.
[R.]
Sir W. Scott.


word: Sainfoin
definition:
Sainfoin

Sain"foin
(?; 277)
n.
[F., fr. sain wholesome (L. sanus; see Sane.) + foin hay (L. faenum); or perh. fr. saint sacred (L. sanctus; see Saint) + foin hay.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A leguminous plant (Onobrychis sativa) cultivated for fodder.
[Written also saintfoin.]
(b)
A kind of tick trefoil (Desmodium Canadense).
[Canada]


word: Saint
definition:
Saint

Saint
(sānt)
n.
[F., fr. L. sanctus sacred, properly p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious act, to appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf. Sacred, Sanctity, Sanctum, Sanctus.]
1.
A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God.

Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints.
1 Cor. i. 2.

2.
One of the blessed in heaven.

Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure
Far separate, circling thy holy mount,
Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing.
Milton.

3.
(Eccl.)
One canonized by the church.
[Abbrev. St.]

Saint Andrew's cross. (a) A cross shaped like the letter X. See Illust. 4, under Cross. (b) (Bot.) A low North American shrub (Ascyrum Crux-Andreae, the petals of which have the form of a Saint Andrew's cross. Gray. -- Saint Anthony's cross, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6, under Cross. -- Saint Anthony's fire, the erysipelas; -- popularly so called because it was supposed to have been cured by the intercession of Saint Anthony. -- Saint Anthony's nut (Bot.), the groundnut (Bunium flexuosum); -- so called because swine feed on it, and St. Anthony was once a swineherd. Dr. Prior. -- Saint Anthony's turnip (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a favorite food of swine. Dr. Prior. -- Saint Barnaby's thistle (Bot.), a kind of knapweed (Centaurea solstitialis) flowering on St. Barnabas's Day, June 11th. Dr. Prior. -- Saint Bernard (Zool.), a breed of large, handsome dogs celebrated for strength and sagacity, formerly bred chiefly at the Hospice of St. Bernard in Switzerland, but now common in Europe and America. There are two races, the smooth-haired and the rough-haired. See Illust. under Dog. -- Saint Catharine's flower (Bot.), the plant love-in-a-mist. See under Love. -- Saint Cuthbert's beads (Paleon.), the fossil joints of crinoid stems. -- Saint Dabeoc's heath (Bot.), a heatherlike plant (Daboecia polifolia), named from an Irish saint. -- Saint Distaff's Day. See under Distaff. -- Saint Elmo's fire, a luminous, flamelike appearance, sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some prominent point on a ship, particularly at the masthead and the yardarms. It has also been observed on land, and is due to the discharge of electricity from elevated or pointed objects. A single flame is called a Helena, or a Corposant; a double, or twin, flame is called a Castor and Pollux, or a double Corposant. It takes its name from St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors. -- Saint George's cross (Her.), a Greek cross gules upon a field argent, the field being represented by a narrow fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great Britain. -- Saint George's ensign, a red cross on a white field with a union jack in the upper corner next the mast. It is the distinguishing badge of ships of the royal navy of England; -- called also the white ensign. Brande & C. -- Saint George's flag, a smaller flag resembling the ensign, but without the union jack; used as the sign of the presence and command of an admiral. [Eng.] Brande & C. -- Saint Gobain glass (Chem.), a fine variety of soda-lime plate glass, so called from St. Gobain in France, where it was manufactured. -- Saint Ignatius's bean (Bot.), the seed of a tree of the Philippines (Strychnos Ignatia), of properties similar to the nux vomica. -- Saint James's shell (Zool.), a pecten (Vola Jacobaeus) worn by pilgrims to the Holy Land. See Illust. under Scallop. -- Saint James's-wort (Bot.), a kind of ragwort (Senecio Jacobaea). -- Saint John's bread. (Bot.) See Carob. -- Saint John's-wort (Bot.), any plant of the genus Hypericum, most species of which have yellow flowers; -- called also John's-wort. -- Saint Leger, the name of a race for three-year-old horses run annually in September at Doncaster, England; -- instituted in 1776 by Col. St. Leger. -- Saint Martin's herb (Bot.), a small tropical American violaceous plant (Sauvagesia erecta). It is very mucilaginous and is used in medicine.  -- Saint Martin's summer, a season of mild, damp weather frequently prevailing during late autumn in England and the Mediterranean countries; -- so called from St. Martin's Festival, occurring on November 11. It corresponds to the Indian summer in America. Shak. Whittier. -- Saint Patrick's cross. See Illust. 4, under Cross. -- Saint Patrick's Day, the 17th of March, anniversary of the death (about 466) of St. Patrick, the apostle and patron saint of Ireland. -- Saint Peter's fish. (Zool.) See John Dory, under John. -- Saint Peter's-wort (Bot.), a name of several plants, as Hypericum Ascyron, Hypericum quadrangulum, Ascyrum stans, etc. -- Saint Peter's wreath (Bot.), a shrubby kind of Spiraea (Spiraea hypericifolia), having long slender branches covered with clusters of small white blossoms in spring. -- Saint's bell. See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus. -- Saint Vitus's dance (Med.), chorea; -- so called from the supposed cures wrought on intercession to this saint.


word: Saint₂
definition:
Saint

Saint
(sānt)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sainted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sainting.]
To make a saint of; to enroll among the saints by an offical act, as of the pope; to canonize; to give the title or reputation of a saint to (some one).

A large hospital, erected by a shoemaker who has been beatified, though never sainted.
Addison.

To saint it, to act as a saint, or with a show of piety.
[1913 Webster]
Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it. Pope.


word: Sainted
definition:
Sainted

Saint"ed
a.
1.
Consecrated; sacred; holy; pious.
sainted
Shak.

Amongst the enthroned gods on sainted seats.
Milton.

2.
Entered into heaven; -- a euphemism for dead.


word: Sainthood
definition:
Sainthood

Saint"hood
(?)
n.
1.
The state of being a saint; the condition of a saint.
Walpole.

2.
The order, or united body, of saints; saints, considered collectively.

It was supposed he felt no call to any expedition that might endanger the reign of the military sainthood.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Saintism
definition:
Saintism

Saint"ism
(?)
n.
The character or quality of saints; also, hypocritical pretense of holiness.
Wood.


word: Saintlike
definition:
Saintlike

Saint"like`
(?)
a.
Resembling a saint; suiting a saint; becoming a saint; saintly.

Glossed over only with a saintlike show.
Dryden.


word: Saintly
definition:
Saintly

Saint"ly
a.
[Compar. Saintlier (?); superl. Saintliest.]
Like a saint; becoming a holy person.

So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity.
Milton.


word: St. Nicholas
definition:
St. Nicholas

Saint Nicholas

Saint Nicholas, St. Nicholas
(?)
n.
A Dutch saint, who was reputed to bring gifts to children on Christmas even, giving rise to the modern legend of Santa Claus.

A Visit from St. Nicholas The original name for a poem by Clement Clarke Moore, popularly called titled The Night Before Christmans.  It is a popular poem with the theme of St. Nicholas (Santa Claus) coming to bring gifts to children on Christmans eve.  See Night Before Christmas in the vocabulary.


word: Saintologist
definition:
Saintologist

Saint*ol"o*gist
(?)
n.
[Saint + -logy + -ist.]
(Theol.)
One who writes the lives of saints.
[R.]


word: Saint-Simonian
definition:
Saint-Simonian

Saint`-Si*mo"ni*an
(?)
n.
A follower of the Count de St. Simon, who died in 1825, and who maintained that the principle of property held in common, and the just division of the fruits of common labor among the members of society, are the true remedy for the social evils which exist.
Brande & C.


word: Saint-Simonianism
definition:
Saint-Simonianism

Saint`-Si*mo"ni*an*ism
(?)
n.
The principles, doctrines, or practice of the Saint-Simonians; -- called also Saint- Simonism.


word: Saint-Simonism
definition:
Saint-Simonism

Saint-Si"mon*ism
(?)
n.
A system of socialism in which the state owns all the property and the laborer is entitled to share according to the quality and  amount of his work, founded by Saint Simon (1760-1825); -- called also Saint- Simonianism.


word: Saithe
definition:
Saithe

Saithe
(?)
n.
[Gael. saoidheam.]
(Zool.)
The pollock, or coalfish; -- called also sillock.
[Scot.]


word: Saiva
definition:
Saiva

Sai"va
(? or ?)
n.
[Skr. çaiva devoted to Siva.]
One of an important religious sect in India which regards Siva with peculiar veneration.


word: Sake
definition:
Sake

Sake
(sāk)
n.
[OE. sake cause, also, lawsuit, fault, AS. sacu strife, a cause or suit at law; akin to D. zaak cause, thing, affair, G. sache thing, cause in law, OHG. sahha, Icel. sök, Sw. sak, Dan. sag, Goth. sakj&omacr strife, AS. sacan to contend, strive, Goth. sakam, Icel. saka to contend, strive, blame, OHG. sahhan, MHG. sachen, to contend, strive, defend one's right, accuse, charge in a lawsuit, and also to E. seek. Cf. Seek.]
Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake of, for his sake, for man's sake, for mercy's sake, and the like; as, to commit crime for the sake of gain; to go abroad for the sake of one's health.

Moved with wrath and shame and ladies' sake.
Spenser.

I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake.
Gen. viii. 21.

Will he draw out,
For anger's sake, finite to infinite?
Milton.

Knowledge is for the sake of man, and not man for the sake of knowledge.
Sir W. Hamilton.

&hand_; The -s of the possessive case preceding sake is sometimes omitted for euphony; as, for goodness sake. “For conscience sake.” 1 Cor. x. 28. The plural sakes is often used with a possessive plural. “For both our sakes.” Shak.


word: Sake₂
definition:
Sake

Sa"ke
(sä"ke̝)
n.
a traditional alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice.
[Also spelled saki.]


word: Saker
definition:
Saker

Sa"ker
(sā"kẽr)
n.
[F. sacre (cf. It. sagro, Sp. & Pg. sacre), either fr. L. sacer sacred, holy, as a translation of Gr. "ie`rax falcon, from "iero`s holy, or more probably from Ar. çaqr hawk.]
[Written also sacar, sacre.]
1.
(Zool.)
(a)
A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner.

&hand_; The female is called chargh, and the male charghela, or sakeret.

2.
(Mil.)
A small piece of artillery.
Wilhelm.

On the bastions were planted culverins and sakers.
Macaulay.

The culverins and sakers showing their deadly muzzles over the rampart.
Hawthorne.


word: Saki
definition:
Saki

Sa"ki
(sā"kĭ)
n.
[Cf. F. & Pg. saki; probably from the native name.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia. They have large ears, and a long hairy tail which is not prehensile.

&hand_; The black saki (Pithecia satanas), the white-headed (Pithecia leucocephala), and the red-backed, or hand-drinking, saki (Pithecia chiropotes), are among the best-known.


word: Saki₂
definition:
Saki

Sa"ki
(sä"ke̝)
n.
The alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice; it is usually spelled sake.


word: Sakiyeh
definition:
Sakiyeh

Sakieh

{ Sak"i*eh (?), Sak"i*yeh (?), }
n.
[Ar. sāqīah canal, trench.]
A kind of water wheel used in Egypt for raising water, from wells or pits, in buckets attached to its periphery or to an endless rope.


word: Sakti
definition:
Sakti

Sak"ti
(?)
n.
[Skr.]
(Hind. Myth.)
The divine energy, personified as the wife of a deity (Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, etc.); the female principle.


word: Sal
definition:
Sal

Sal
(s&asuml_;l)
n.
[Hind. sāl, Skr. çāla.]
(Bot.)
An East Indian timber tree (Shorea robusta), much used for building purposes. It is of a light brown color, close-grained, heavy, and durable.
[Written also saul.]


word: Sal₂
definition:
Sal

Sal
(săl)
n.
[L. See Salt.]
(Chem. & Pharm.)
Salt.

Sal absinthii [NL.] (Old Chem.), an impure potassium carbonate obtained from the ashes of wormwood (Artemisia Absinthium). -- Sal acetosellae [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt of sorrel. -- Sal alembroth. (Old Chem.) See Alembroth. -- Sal ammoniac (Chem.), ammonium chloride, NH4Cl, a white crystalline volatile substance having a sharp salty taste, obtained from gas works, from nitrogenous matter, etc. It is largely employed as a source of ammonia, as a reagent, and as an expectorant in bronchitis. So called because originally made from the soot from camel's dung at the temple of Jupiter Ammon in Africa. Called also muriate of ammonia. -- Sal catharticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), Epsom salts. -- Sal culinarius [L.] (Old Chem.), common salt, or sodium chloride. -- Sal Cyrenaicus. [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Sal ammoniac above. -- Sal de duobus, Sal duplicatum [NL.] (Old Chem.), potassium sulphate; -- so called because erroneously supposed to be composed of two salts, one acid and one alkaline. -- Sal diureticus [NL.] (Old Med. Chem.), potassium acetate. -- Sal enixum [NL.] (Old Chem.), acid potassium sulphate. -- Sal gemmae [NL.] (Old Min.), common salt occuring native. -- Sal Jovis [NL.] (Old Chem.), salt tin, or stannic chloride; -- the alchemical name of tin being Jove. -- Sal Martis [NL.] (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or ferrous sulphate; -- the alchemical name of iron being Mars. -- Sal microcosmicum [NL.] (Old Chem.) See Microcosmic salt, under Microcosmic. -- Sal plumbi [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead. -- Sal prunella. (Old Chem.) See Prunella salt, under 1st Prunella. -- Sal Saturni [NL.] (Old Chem.), sugar of lead, or lead acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn. -- Sal sedativus [NL.] (Old Chem.), sedative salt, or boric acid. -- Sal Seignette [F. seignette, sel de seignette] (Chem.), Rochelle salt. -- Sal soda (Chem.), sodium carbonate. See under Sodium. -- Sal vitrioli [NL.] (Old Chem.), white vitriol; zinc sulphate. -- Sal volatile. [NL.] (a) (Chem.) See Sal ammoniac, above. (b) Spirits of ammonia.


word: Salaam
definition:
Salaam

Sa*laam"
(sȧ*läm")
n.
Same as Salam.

Finally, Josiah might have made his salaam to the exciseman just as he was folding up that letter.
Prof. Wilson.


word: Salability
definition:
Salability

Sal`a*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality or condition of being salable; salableness.
Duke of Argyll.


word: Salable
definition:
Salable

Sal"a*ble
(?)
a.
[From Sale.]
Capable of being sold; fit to be sold; finding a ready market.
Sal"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sal"a*bly, adv.


word: Salacious
definition:
Salacious

Sa*la"cious
(?)
n.
[L. salax, -acis, fond of leaping, lustful, fr. salire to leap. See Salient.]
Having a propensity to venery; lustful; lecherous.
Dryden.


word: Salacity
definition:
Salacity

Sa*lac"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. salacitas: cf. F. salacité]
Strong propensity to venery; lust; lecherousness.


word: Salad
definition:
Salad

Sal"ad
(săl"ad)
n.
[F. salade, OIt. salata, It. insalata, fr. salare to salt, fr. L. sal salt. See Salt, and cf. Slaw.]
1.
A preparation of vegetables, as lettuce, celery, water cress, onions, etc., usually dressed with salt, vinegar, oil, and spice, and eaten for giving a relish to other food; as, lettuce salad; tomato salad, etc.

Leaves eaten raw are termed salad.
I. Watts.

2.
A dish composed of chopped meat or fish, esp. chicken or lobster, mixed with lettuce or other vegetables, and seasoned with oil, vinegar, mustard, and other condiments; as, chicken salad; lobster salad.

Salad burnet (Bot.), the common burnet (Poterium Sanguisorba), sometimes eaten as a salad in Italy.


word: Salagane
definition:
Salagane

Sal"a*gane
(?)
n.
[From the Chinese name.]
(Zool.)
The esculent swallow. See under Esculent.


word: Salal-berry
definition:
Salal-berry

Sal"al-ber`ry
(?)
n.
[Probably of American Indian origin.]
(Bot.)
The edible fruit of the Gaultheria Shallon, an ericaceous shrub found from California northwards. The berries are about the size of a common grape and of a dark purple color.


word: Salam
definition:
Salam

Sa*lam
(sȧ*läm")
n.
[Ar. salām peace, safety.]
A salutation or compliment of ceremony in the east by word or act; an obeisance, performed by bowing very low and placing the right palm on the forehead.
[Written also salaam.]


word: Salamander
definition:
Salamander

Sal"a*man`der
(?)
n.
[F. salamandre, L. salamandra, Gr. _;; cf. Per. samander, samandel.]
1.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of Urodela, belonging to Salamandra, Amblystoma, Plethodon, and various allied genera, especially those that are more or less terrestrial in their habits.

&hand_; The salamanders have, like lizards, an elongated body, four feet, and a long tail, but are destitute of scales. They are true Amphibia, related to the frogs. Formerly, it was a superstition that the salamander could live in fire without harm, and even extinguish it by the natural coldness of its body.

I have maintained that salamander of yours with fire any time this two and thirty years.
Shak.

Whereas it is commonly said that a salamander extinguisheth fire, we have found by experience that on hot coals, it dieth immediately.
Sir T. Browne.

2.
(Zool.)
The pouched gopher (Geomys tuza) of the Southern United States.

3.
A culinary utensil of metal with a plate or disk which is heated, and held over pastry, etc., to brown it.

4.
A large poker.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

5.
(Metal.)
Solidified material in a furnace hearth.

Giant salamander. (Zool.) See under Giant. -- Salamander's hair or Salamander's wool (Min.), a species of asbestos or mineral flax. [Obs.] Bacon.


word: Salamandrina
definition:
Salamandrina

Sal`a*man*dri"na
(?)
n.
pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A suborder of Urodela, comprising salamanders.


word: Salamandrine
definition:
Salamandrine

Sal`a*man"drine
(?)
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a salamander; enduring fire.
Addison.


word: Salamandroid
definition:
Salamandroid

Sal`a*man"droid
(?)
a.
[Salamander + -oid.]
(Zool.)
Like or pertaining to the salamanders.


word: Salamandroidea
definition:
Salamandroidea

Sal`a*man*droi"de*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A division of Amphibia including the Salamanders and allied groups; the Urodela.


word: Salaried
definition:
Salaried

Sal"a*ried
(?)
a.
Receiving a salary; paid by a salary; having a salary attached; as, a salaried officer; a salaried office.


word: Salary₂
definition:
Salary

Sal"a*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Salaries (#).
[F. salaire, L. salarium, originally, salt money, the money given to the Roman soldiers for salt, which was a part of their pay, fr. salarius belonging to salt, fr. sal salt. See Salt.]
The recompense or consideration paid, or stipulated to be paid, to a person at regular intervals for services; fixed wages, as by the year, quarter, or month; stipend; hire.

This is hire and salary, not revenge.
Shak.

&hand_; Recompense for services paid at, or reckoned by, short intervals, as a day or week, is usually called wages.


word: Salary₃
definition:
Salary

Sal"a*ry
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Salaried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Salarying (?).]
To pay, or agree to pay, a salary to; to attach salary to; as, to salary a clerk; to salary a position.


word: Sale₂
definition:
Sale

Sale
n.
[Icel. sala, sal, akin to E. sell. See Sell, v. t.]
1.
The act of selling; the transfer of property, or a contract to transfer the ownership of property, from one person to another for a valuable consideration, or for a price in money.

2.
Opportunity of selling; demand; market.

They shall have ready sale for them.
Spenser.

3.
Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of goods in market; auction.
Sir W. Temple.

Bill of sale. See under Bill. -- Of sale, On sale, For sale, to be bought or sold; offered to purchasers; in the market. -- To set to sale, to offer for sale; to put up for purchase; to make merchandise of. [Obs.] Milton.


word: Salebrous
definition:
Salebrous

Sal"e*brous
(?)
a.
[L. salebrosus, fr. salebra a rugged road, fr. salire to leap.]
Rough; rugged.
[Obs.]


word: Salep
definition:
Salep

Sal"ep
(săl"ĕp)
n.
[Ar. sahleb, perhaps a corruption of an Arabic word for fox, one Ar. name of the orchis signifying literally, fox's testicles: cf. F. salep.]
[Written also saleb, salop, and saloop.]
The dried tubers of various species of Orchis, and Eulophia. It is used to make a nutritious beverage by treating the powdered preparation with hot water.
U. S. Disp.


word: Saleratus
definition:
Saleratus

Sal`e*ra"tus
(?)
n.
[NL. sal aëratus; -- so called because it is a source of fixed air (carbon dioxide). See Sal, and and Aerated.]
(Old Chem.)
Aerated salt; a white crystalline substance having an alkaline taste and reaction, consisting of sodium bicarbonate (see under Sodium.) It is largely used in cooking, with sour milk (lactic acid) or cream of tartar as a substitute for yeast. It is also an ingredient of most baking powders, and is used in the preparation of effervescing drinks.


word: Salesman
definition:
Salesman

Sales"man
(sālz"man)
n.
pl. Salesmen (-men).
[Sale + man.]
One who sells anything; one whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.


word: Sales tax
definition:
Sales tax

Sales" tax
(sālz"tăks)
n.
[Sales + tax.]
a tax imposed upon the retail sale of goods or the sale of services, usually collected by the seller at the time of purchase; -- it is typically calculated as a percentage of the price of the object sold, being commonly from 3% to 7% of the base price.


word: Saleswoman
definition:
Saleswoman

Sales"wom`an
(?)
n.
pl. Saleswomen (_;).
A woman whose occupation is to sell goods or merchandise.


word: Salework
definition:
Salework

Sale"work`
(?)
n.
Work or things made for sale; hence, work done carelessly or slightingly.
Shak.


word: Salian
definition:
Salian

Sa"lian
(?)
a.
Denoting a tribe of Franks who established themselves early in the fourth century on the river Sala [now Yssel]; Salic.
n. A Salian Frank.


word: Salic
definition:
Salic

Sal"ic
(săl"ĭk)
a.
[F. salique, fr. the Salian Franks, who, in the fifth century, formed a body of laws called in Latin leges Salicae.]
Of or pertaining to the Salian Franks, or to the Salic law so called.
[Also salique.]

Salic law. (a) A code of laws formed by the Salian Franks in the fifth century. By one provision of this code women were excluded from the inheritance of landed property. (b) Specifically, in modern times, a law supposed to be a special application of the above-mentioned provision, in accordance with which males alone can inherit the throne. This law has obtained in France, and at times in other countries of Europe, as Spain.


word: Salicaceous
definition:
Salicaceous

Sal`i*ca"ceous
(săl`ĭ*kā"shŭs)
a.
[L. salix, -icis, the willow.]
Belonging or relating to the willow.


word: Salicin
definition:
Salicin

Sal"i*cin
(?)
n.
[L. salix, -icis, a willow: cf. F. salicine. See Sallow the tree.]
(Chem.)
A glucoside found in the bark and leaves of several species of willow (Salix) and poplar, and extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance.


word: Salicyl
definition:
Salicyl

Sal"i*cyl
(?)
n.
[Salicin + -yl.]
(Chem.)
The hypothetical radical of salicylic acid and of certain related compounds.


word: Salicylal
definition:
Salicylal

Sal"i*cyl`al
(?)
n.
[Salicylic + aldehide.]
(Chem.)
A thin, fragrant, colorless oil, HO.C6H4.CHO, found in the flowers of meadow sweet (Spiraea), and also obtained by oxidation of salicin, saligenin, etc. It reddens on exposure. Called also salicylol, salicylic aldehyde, and formerly salicylous acid or spiroylous acid.


word: Salicylic
definition:
Salicylic

Sal`i*cyl"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid formerly obtained by fusing salicin with potassium hydroxide, and now made in large quantities from phenol (carbolic acid) by the action of carbon dioxide on heated sodium phenolate. It is a white crystalline substance. It is used as an antiseptic, and in its salts in the treatment of rheumatism. Called also hydroxybenzoic acid.


word: Salicylide
definition:
Salicylide

Sal"i*cyl`ide
(?)
n.
[Salicylic + anhydride.]
(Chem.)
A white crystalline substance obtained by dehydration of salicylic acid.


word: Salicylite
definition:
Salicylite

Sal"i*cyl`ite
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A compound of salicylal; -- named after the analogy of a salt.


word: Salicylous
definition:
Salicylous

Sa*lic"y*lous
(? or ?)
a.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a substance formerly called salicylous acid, and now salicylal.
[Obs.]


word: Salience
definition:
Salience

Sa"li*ence
(?)
n.
[See Salient.]
1.
The quality or condition of being salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting.

2.
The quality or state of projecting, or being projected; projection; protrusion.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Salient
definition:
Salient

Sa"li*ent
(?)
a.
[L. saliens, -entis, p. pr. of salire to leap; cf. F. saillant. See Sally, n. & v. i..]
1.
Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
salient
Sir T. Browne.

2.
Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.

He had in himself a salient, living spring of generous and manly action.
Burke.

3.
Hence, figuratively, forcing itself on the attention; prominent; conspicuous; noticeable.

He [Grenville] had neither salient traits, nor general comprehensiveness of mind.
Bancroft.

4.
(Math. & Fort.)
Projecting outwardly; as, a salient angle; -- opposed to reentering. See Illust. of Bastion.

5.
(Her.)
Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion salient.

Salient angle. See Salient, a., 4. -- Salient polygon (Geom.), a polygon all of whose angles are salient. -- Salient polyhedron (Geom.), a polyhedron all of whose solid angles are salient.


word: Saliferous
definition:
Saliferous

Sa*lif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. sal salt + -ferous.]
Producing, or impregnated with, salt.

Saliferous rocks (Geol.), the New Red Sandstone system of some geologists; -- so called because, in Europe, this formation contains beds of salt. The saliferous beds of New York State belong largely to the Salina period of the Upper Silurian. See the Chart of Geology.


word: Salifiable
definition:
Salifiable

Sal"i*fi`a*ble
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. salifiable. See Salify.]
(Chem.)
Capable of neutralizing an acid to form a salt; -- said of bases; thus, ammonia is salifiable.


word: Salification
definition:
Salification

Sal`i*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. salification.]
(Chem.)
The act, process, or result of salifying; the state of being salified.


word: Salify
definition:
Salify

Sal"i*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Salified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Salifying (?).]
[F. salifier; from L. sal salt + -ficare (only in comp.) to make. See -fy.]
(Chem.)
(a)
To combine or impregnate with a salt.
(b)
To form a salt with; to convert into a salt; as, to salify a base or an acid.


word: Saligenin
definition:
Saligenin

Sa*lig"e*nin
(?)
n.
[Salicin + -gen.]
(Chem.)
A phenol alcohol obtained, by the decomposition of salicin, as a white crystalline substance; -- called also hydroxy-benzyl alcohol.


word: Salimeter
definition:
Salimeter

Sal*im"e*ter
(?)
n.
[L. sal salt + -meter.]
An instrument for measuring the amount of salt present in any given solution.
[Written also salometer.]


word: Salina
definition:
Salina

Sa*li"na
(?)
n.
[Cf. L. salinae, pl., salt works, from sal salt. See Saline, a.]
1.
A salt marsh, or salt pond, inclosed from the sea.

2.
Salt works.


word: Salina period
definition:
Salina period

Sa*li"na pe"ri*od
(?)
[So called from Salina, a town in New York.]
(Geol.)
The period in which the American Upper Silurian system, containing the brine-producing rocks of central New York, was formed. See the Chart of Geology.


word: Saline
definition:
Saline

Sa"line
(? or ?; 277)
a.
[F. salin, fr. L. sal salt: cf. L. salinae salt works, salinum saltcellar. See Salt.]
1.
Consisting of salt, or containing salt; as, saline particles; saline substances; a saline cathartic.

2.
Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.


word: Saline₂
definition:
Saline

Sa"line
(? or ?; 277)
n.
[Cf. F. saline. See Saline, a.]
A salt spring; a place where salt water is collected in the earth.


word: Saline₃
definition:
Saline

Sal"ine
(?)
n.
1.
(Chem.)
A crude potash obtained from beet-root residues and other similar sources.
[Written also salin.]

2.
(Med. Chem.)
A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.


word: Saliniform
definition:
Saliniform

Sa*lin"i*form
(?)
a.
Having the form or the qualities of a salt, especially of common salt.


word: Salique
definition:
Salique

Sal"ique
(? or ?)
a.
[F.]
Salic.
Shak.

She fulmined out her scorn of laws salique.
Tennyson.


word: Saliretin
definition:
Saliretin

Sal`i*re"tin
(?)
n.
[Saligenin + Gr. _; resin.]
(Chem.)
A yellow amorphous resinoid substance obtained by the action of dilute acids on saligenin.


word: Salisburia
definition:
Salisburia

Sal`is*bu"ri*a
(?)
n.
[Named after R. A. Salisbury, an English botanist.]
(Bot.)
The ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba, or Salisburia adiantifolia).


word: Salite
definition:
Salite

Sal"ite
(?)
v. t.
[L. salitus, p. p. of salire to salt, fr. sal salt.]
To season with salt; to salt.
[Obs.]


word: Salite₂
definition:
Salite

Sa"lite
(?)
n.
[So called from Sala, a town in Sweden.]
(Min.)
A massive lamellar variety of pyroxene, of a dingy green color.
[Written also sahlite.]


word: Saliva
definition:
Saliva

Sa*li"va
(?)
n.
[L.; cf. Gr. _;.]
(Physiol.)
The secretion from the salivary glands.

&hand_; In man the saliva is a more or less turbid and slighty viscid fluid, generally of an alkaline reaction, and is secreted by the parotid, submaxillary, and sublingual glands. In the mouth the saliva is mixed with the secretion from the buccal glands. The secretions from the individual salivary glands have their own special characteristics, and these are not the same in all animals. In man and many animals mixed saliva, i.e., saliva composed of the secretions of all three of the salivary glands, is an important digestive fluid on account of the presence of the peculiar enzyme, ptyalin.


word: Salivary
definition:
Salivary

Sal"i*va*ry
(?)
a.
[L. salivarius slimy, clammy: cf. F. salivaire.]
(Physiol.)
Of or pertaining to saliva; producing or carrying saliva; as, the salivary ferment; the salivary glands; the salivary ducts, etc.


word: Salivate
definition:
Salivate

Sal"i*vate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Salivated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Salivating.]
[L. salivatus, p. p. of salivare to salivate. See Saliva.]
To produce an abnormal flow of saliva in; to produce salivation or ptyalism in, as by the use of mercury.


word: Salivation
definition:
Salivation

Sal`i*va"tion
(?)
n.
[L. salivatio: cf. F. salivation.]
(Physiol.)
The act or process of salivating; an excessive secretion of saliva, often accompanied with soreness of the mouth and gums; ptyalism.

&hand_; It may be induced by direct chemical or mechanical stimulation, as in mastication of some tasteless substance like rubber, or indirectly by some agent which affects the whole system, as mercury compounds.


word: Salivous
definition:
Salivous

Sa*li"vous
(?)
a.
[L. salivosus: cf. F. saliveux.]
Pertaining to saliva; of the nature of saliva.


word: Salix
definition:
Salix

Sa"lix
(?)
n.
pl. Salices (#).
[L., the willow.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A genus of trees or shrubs including the willow, osier, and the like, growing usually in wet grounds.
(b)
A tree or shrub of any kind of willow.


word: Sallenders
definition:
Sallenders

Sal"len*ders
(?)
n. pl.
[F. solandres, solandre.]
(Far.)
An eruption on the hind leg of a horse.
[Written also sellanders, and sellenders.]

On the inside of the hock, or a little below it, as well as at the bend of the knee, there is occasionally a scurfy eruption called “mallenders” in the fore leg, and “sallenders” in the hind leg.
Youatt.


word: Sallet
definition:
Sallet

Sal"let
(săl"lĕt)
n.
[F. salade, Sp. celada, or It. celata, fr. L. (cassis) caelata, fr. caelare, caelatum, to engrave in relief. So called from the figures engraved upon it.]
A light kind of helmet, with or without a visor, introduced during the 15th century.
[Written also salade.]

Then he must have a sallet wherewith his head may be saved.
Latimer.


word: Sallow
definition:
Sallow

Sal"low
(săl"lo̝)
n.
[OE. salwe, AS. sealh; akin to OHG. salaha, G. salweide, Icel. selja, L. salix, Ir. sail, saileach, Gael. seileach, W. helyg, Gr. "eli`kh.]
1.
The willow; willow twigs.
[Poetic]
Tennyson.

And bend the pliant sallow to a shield.
Fawkes.

The sallow knows the basketmaker's thumb.
Emerson.

2.
(Bot.)
A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, Salix cinerea, etc.

Sallow thorn (Bot.), a European thorny shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) much like an Elaeagnus. The yellow berries are sometimes used for making jelly, and the plant affords a yellow dye.


word: Sallow₂
definition:
Sallow

Sal"low
a.
[Compar. Sallower (?); superl. Sallowest.]
[AS. salu; akin to D. zaluw, OHG. salo, Icel. sölr yellow.]
Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin.
Shak.


word: Sallow₃
definition:
Sallow

Sal"low
v. t.
To tinge with sallowness.
[Poetic]

July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields.
Lowell.


word: Sally
definition:
Sally

Sal"ly
(săl"l&ybreve_;)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Sallied (-lĭd); p. pr. & vb. n. Sallying.]
[F. saillir, fr. L. salire to leap, spring, akin to Gr. "a`llesqai; cf. Skr. s&rsdot_; to go, to flow. Cf. Salient, Assail, Assault, Exult, Insult, Saltation, Saltire.]
To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.

They break the truce, and sally out by night.
Dryden.

The foe retires, -- she heads the sallying host.
Byron.


word: Sally₂
definition:
Sally

Sal"ly
n.
pl. Sallies (#).
[F. saillie, fr. saillir. See Sally, v.]
1.
A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.

2.
A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie.

Sallies were made by the Spaniards, but they were beaten in with loss.
Bacon.

3.
An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation.

Every one shall know a country better that makes often sallies into it, and traverses it up and down, than he that . . . goes still round in the same track.
Locke.

4.
A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind.

The unaffected mirth with which she enjoyed his sallies.
Sir W. Scott.

5.
Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.

The excursion was esteemed but a sally of youth.
Sir H. Wotton.

Sally port. (a) (Fort.) A postern gate, or a passage underground, from the inner to the outer works, to afford free egress for troops in a sortie. (b) (Naval) A large port on each quarter of a fireship, for the escape of the men into boats when the train is fired; a large port in an old-fashioned three-decker or a large modern ironclad.


word: Sally Lunn
definition:
Sally Lunn

Sal"ly Lunn"
(?)
[From a woman, Sally Lunn, who is said to have first made the cakes, and sold them in the streets of Bath, Eng.]
A tea cake slighty sweetened, and raised with yeast, baked in the form of biscuits or in a thin loaf, and eaten hot with butter.


word: Salmagundi
definition:
Salmagundi

Sal`ma*gun"di
(?)
n.
[F. salmigondis, of uncertain origin; perhaps from L. salgama condita, pl.; salgama pickles + condita preserved (see Condite); or from the Countess Salmagondi, lady of honor to Maria de Medici, who is said to have invented it; or cf. It. salame salt meat, and F. salmis a ragout.]
1.
A mixture of chopped meat and pickled herring, with oil, vinegar, pepper, and onions.
Johnson.

2.
Hence, a mixture of various ingredients; an olio or medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.
W. Irving.


word: Salmis
definition:
Salmis

Sal`mis"
(?)
n.
[F.]
(Cookery)
A ragout of partly roasted game stewed with sauce, wine, bread, and condiments suited to provoke appetite.


word: Salmon
definition:
Salmon

Salm"on
(săm"ŭn)
n.
pl. Salmons (-ŭnz) or (collectively) Salmon.
[OE. saumoun, salmon, F. saumon, fr. L. salmo, salmonis, perhaps from salire to leap. Cf. Sally, v.]
1.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of fishes of the genus Salmo and allied genera. The common salmon (Salmo salar) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are extensively preserved for food. See Quinnat.

&hand_; The salmons ascend rivers and penetrate to their head streams to spawn. They are remarkably strong fishes, and will even leap over considerable falls which lie in the way of their progress. The common salmon has been known to grow to the weight of seventy-five pounds; more generally it is from fifteen to twenty-five pounds. Young salmon are called parr, peal, smolt, and grilse.
Among the true salmons are: Black salmon, or Lake salmon, the namaycush. -- Dog salmon, a salmon of Western North America (Oncorhynchus keta). -- Humpbacked salmon, a Pacific-coast salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha). -- King salmon, the quinnat. -- Landlocked salmon, a variety of the common salmon (var. Sebago), long confined in certain lakes in consequence of obstructions that prevented it from returning to the sea. This last is called also dwarf salmon.

  Among fishes of other families which are locally and erroneously called salmon are: the pike perch, called jack salmon; the spotted, or southern, squeteague; the cabrilla, called kelp salmon; young pollock, called sea salmon; and the California yellowtail.

2.
A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon.

Salmon berry (Bot.), a large red raspberry growing from Alaska to California, the fruit of the Rubus Nutkanus. -- Salmon killer (Zool.), a stickleback (Gasterosteus cataphractus) of Western North America and Northern Asia. -- Salmon ladder, Salmon stair. See Fish ladder, under Fish. -- Salmon peel, a young salmon. -- Salmon pipe, a certain device for catching salmon. Crabb. -- Salmon trout. (Zool.) (a) The European sea trout (Salmo trutta). It resembles the salmon, but is smaller, and has smaller and more numerous scales. (b) The American namaycush. (c) A name that is also applied locally to the adult black spotted trout (Salmo purpuratus), and to the steel head and other large trout of the Pacific coast.


word: Salmonella
definition:
Salmonella

Sal`mo*nel"la
prop. n.
[After Daniel E. Salmon, a U. S. pathologist (1850-1914).]
A genus of gram-negative bacteria that may be motile or non-motile; they are typically rod-shaped and may be aerobic or facultatively aerobic.  They may be pathogenic for humans and other animals.  Their metabolism is fermentative, and they produce acid and usually gas from glucose, but they do not metabolize lactose.  The type species is Salmonella cholerae-suis, which is found in pigs.  Other species, pathogenic in man, are Salmonella typhi (Salmonella typhosa), Salmonella typhimurium, and Salmonella schotmulleri, whih cause typhoid fever, food poisoning, and enteric fever, respectively.
Stedman.


word: Salmonoid
definition:
Salmonoid

Sal"mon*oid
(?)
a.
[Salmon + -oid.]
(Zool.)
Like, or pertaining to, the Salmonidae, a family of fishes including the trout and salmon.
n. Any fish of the family Salmonidae.


word: Salol
definition:
Salol

Sal"ol
(?)
n.
[Salicylic + -ol.]
(Chem.)
A white crystalline substance consisting of phenol salicylate.


word: Salon
definition:
Salon

Sa`lon"
(?)
n.
[F. See Saloon.]
1.
An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society.

2.
An apartment for the reception and exhibition of works of art; hence, an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris by the Society of French Artists; -- sometimes called the Old Salon. New Salon is a popular name for an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris at the Champs de Mars, by the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (National Society of Fine Arts), a body of artists who, in 1890, seceded from the Société des Artistes Français (Society of French Artists).


word: Saloon
definition:
Saloon

Sa*loon"
(sȧ*lōn")
n.
[F. salon (cf. It. salone), fr. F. salle a large room, a hall, of German or Dutch origin; cf. OHG. sal house, hall, G. saal; akin to AS. sael, sele, D. zaal, Icel. salr, Goth. saljan to dwell, and probably to L. solum ground. Cf. Sole of the foot, Soil ground, earth.]
1.
A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat.

The gilden saloons in which the first magnates of the realm . . . gave banquets and balls.
Macaulay.

2.
Popularly, a public room for specific uses; esp., a barroom or grogshop; as, a drinking saloon; an eating saloon; a dancing saloon.

We hear of no hells, or low music halls, or low dancing saloons [at Athens.]
J. P. Mahaffy.


word: Saloop
definition:
Saloop

Sa*loop"
(sȧ*lōp")
n.
An aromatic drink prepared from sassafras bark and other ingredients, at one time much used in London.
J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).

Saloop bush (Bot.), an Australian shrub (Rhagodia hastata) of the Goosefoot family, used for fodder.


word: Salpa
definition:
Salpa

Sal"pa
(săl"pȧ)
n.
pl. L. Salpae (săl"pē), E. Salpas (săl"pȧz).
[NL.: cf. L. salpa a kind of stockfish.]
(Zool.)
A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix.

&hand_; Each species exists in two distinct forms, one of which lives solitary, and produces, by budding from an internal organ, a series of the other kind. These are united together, side by side, so as to form a chain, or cluster, often of large size. Each of the individuals composing the chain carries a single egg, which develops into the solitary kind.


word: Salpicon
definition:
Salpicon

Sal"pi*con
(?)
n.
[F. salpicon, Sp. salpicon.]
Chopped meat, bread, etc., used to stuff legs of veal or other joints; stuffing; farce.
Bacon.


word: Salpingitis
definition:
Salpingitis

Sal`pin*gi"tis
(?)
n.
[NL. See Salpinx, and -itis.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the salpinx.


word: Salpinx
definition:
Salpinx

Sal"pinx
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. _;, _;, a trumpet.]
(Old Anat.)
The Eustachian tube, or the Fallopian tube.


word: Salsamentarious
definition:
Salsamentarious

Sal`sa*men*ta"ri*ous
(?)
a.
[L. salsamentarius, fr. salsamentum brine, pickled fish, fr. salsus salted, p. p. of salire to salt.]
Salt; salted; saline.
[R.]


word: Salse
definition:
Salse

Salse
(?)
n.
[F.]
A mud volcano, the water of which is often impregnated with salts, whence the name.


word: Salso-acid
definition:
Salso-acid

Sal"so-ac`id
(?)
a.
[L. salsus salted, salt + acidus acid.]
Having a taste compounded of saltness and acidity; both salt and acid.
[R.]


word: Salsola
definition:
Salsola

Sal"so*la
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. salsus salt, because they contain alkaline salts.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants including the glasswort. See Glasswort.


word: salsuginous
definition:
salsuginous

sal*su"gi*nous
(?)
a.
[L. salsugo, -ginis, saltness, from salsus salted, salt: cf. F. salsugineux.]
(Bot.)
Growing in brackish places or in salt marshes.


word: Salt
definition:
Salt

Salt
(?)
n.
[AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout, G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. _;, Russ. sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. Sal, Salad, Salary, Saline, Sauce, Sausage.]
1.
The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation and crystallization, from sea water and other water impregnated with saline particles.

2.
Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.

Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen . . . we have some salt of our youth in us.
Shak.

3.
Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.

4.
A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.

I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen of silver salts.
Pepys.

5.
A sailor; -- usually qualified by old.
[Colloq.]

Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing and gossiping, clusters of old salts.
Hawthorne.

6.
(Chem.)
The neutral compound formed by the union of an acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.

&hand_; Except in case of ammonium salts, accurately speaking, it is the acid radical which unites with the base or basic radical, with the elimination of hydrogen, of water, or of analogous compounds as side products. In the case of diacid and triacid bases, and of dibasic and tribasic acids, the mutual neutralization may vary in degree, producing respectively basic, neutral, or acid salts. See Phrases below.

7.
Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt.

Ye are the salt of the earth.
Matt. v. 13.

8.
pl.
Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic, especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.

9.
pl.
Marshes flooded by the tide.
[Prov. Eng.]

Above the salt, Below the salt, phrases which have survived the old custom, in the houses of people of rank, of placing a large saltcellar near the middle of a long table, the places above which were assigned to the guests of distinction, and those below to dependents, inferiors, and poor relations. See Saltfoot.
[1913 Webster]
His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the salt. B. Jonson.
[1913 Webster]
-- Acid salt (Chem.) (a) A salt derived from an acid which has several replaceable hydrogen atoms which are only partially exchanged for metallic atoms or basic radicals; as, acid potassium sulphate is an acid salt. (b) A salt, whatever its constitution, which merely gives an acid reaction; thus, copper sulphate, which is composed of a strong acid united with a weak base, is an acid salt in this sense, though theoretically it is a neutral salt. -- Alkaline salt (Chem.), a salt which gives an alkaline reaction, as sodium carbonate. -- Amphid salt (Old Chem.), a salt of the oxy type, formerly regarded as composed of two oxides, an acid and a basic oxide. [Obsolescent] -- Basic salt (Chem.) (a) A salt which contains more of the basic constituent than is required to neutralize the acid. (b) An alkaline salt. -- Binary salt (Chem.), a salt of the oxy type conveniently regarded as composed of two ingredients (analogously to a haloid salt), viz., a metal and an acid radical. -- Double salt (Chem.), a salt regarded as formed by the union of two distinct salts, as common alum, potassium aluminium sulphate. See under Double. -- Epsom salts. See in the Vocabulary. -- Essential salt (Old Chem.), a salt obtained by crystallizing plant juices. -- Ethereal salt. (Chem.) See under Ethereal. -- Glauber's salt or Glauber's salts. See in Vocabulary. -- Haloid salt (Chem.), a simple salt of a halogen acid, as sodium chloride. -- Microcosmic salt. (Chem.). See under Microcosmic. -- Neutral salt. (Chem.) (a) A salt in which the acid and base (in theory) neutralize each other. (b) A salt which gives a neutral reaction. -- Oxy salt (Chem.), a salt derived from an oxygen acid. -- Per salt (Old Chem.), a salt supposed to be derived from a peroxide base or analogous compound. [Obs.] -- Permanent salt, a salt which undergoes no change on exposure to the air. -- Proto salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a protoxide base or analogous compound. -- Rochelle salt. See under Rochelle. -- Salt of amber (Old Chem.), succinic acid. -- Salt of colcothar (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or sulphate of iron. -- Salt of hartshorn. (Old Chem.) (a) Sal ammoniac, or ammonium chloride. (b) Ammonium carbonate. Cf. Spirit of hartshorn, under Hartshorn. -- Salt of lemons. (Chem.) See Salt of sorrel, below. -- Salt of Saturn (Old Chem.), sugar of lead; lead acetate; -- the alchemical name of lead being Saturn. -- Salt of Seignette. Same as Rochelle salt. -- Salt of soda (Old Chem.), sodium carbonate. -- Salt of sorrel (Old Chem.), acid potassium oxalate, or potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains; -- so called because found in the sorrel, or Oxalis. Also sometimes inaccurately called salt of lemon. -- Salt of tartar (Old Chem.), potassium carbonate; -- so called because formerly made by heating cream of tartar, or potassium tartrate. [Obs.] -- Salt of Venus (Old Chem.), blue vitriol; copper sulphate; -- the alchemical name of copper being Venus. -- Salt of wisdom. See Alembroth. -- Sedative salt (Old Med. Chem.), boric acid. -- Sesqui salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a sesquioxide base or analogous compound. -- Spirit of salt. (Chem.) See under Spirit. -- Sulpho salt (Chem.), a salt analogous to an oxy salt, but containing sulphur in place of oxygen.


word: Salt₂
definition:
Salt

Salt
(?)
a.
[Compar. Salter (?); superl. Saltest.]
[AS. sealt, salt. See Salt, n.]
1.
Of or relating to salt; abounding in, or containing, salt; prepared or preserved with, or tasting of, salt; salted; as, salt beef; salt water.
Salt
Chaucer.

2.
Overflowed with, or growing in, salt water; as, a salt marsh; salt grass.

3.
Fig.: Bitter; sharp; pungent.

I have a salt and sorry rheum offends me.
Shak.

4.
Fig.: Salacious; lecherous; lustful.
Shak.


word: Salt₃
definition:
Salt


Salt acid (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. -- Salt block, an apparatus for evaporating brine; a salt factory. Knight. -- Salt bottom, a flat piece of ground covered with saline efflorescences. [Western U.S.] Bartlett. -- Salt cake (Chem.), the white caked mass, consisting of sodium sulphate, which is obtained as the product of the first stage in the manufacture of soda, according to Leblanc's process. -- Salt fish. (a) Salted fish, especially cod, haddock, and similar fishes that have been salted and dried for food. (b) A marine fish. -- Salt garden, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of sea water for the production of salt, employing large shallow basins excavated near the seashore. -- Salt gauge, an instrument used to test the strength of brine; a salimeter. -- Salt horse, salted beef. [Slang] -- Salt junk, hard salt beef for use at sea. [Slang] -- Salt lick. See Lick, n. -- Salt marsh, grass land subject to the overflow of salt water. -- Salt-marsh caterpillar (Zool.), an American bombycid moth (Spilosoma acraea which is very destructive to the salt-marsh grasses and to other crops. Called also woolly bear. See Illust. under Moth, Pupa, and Woolly bear, under Woolly. -- Salt-marsh fleabane (Bot.), a strong-scented composite herb (Pluchea camphorata) with rayless purplish heads, growing in salt marshes. -- Salt-marsh hen (Zool.), the clapper rail. See under Rail. -- Salt-marsh terrapin (Zool.), the diamond-back. -- Salt mine, a mine where rock salt is obtained. -- Salt pan. (a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also, a shallow basin in the ground where salt water is evaporated by the heat of the sun. (b) pl. Salt works. -- Salt pit, a pit where salt is obtained or made. -- Salt rising, a kind of yeast in which common salt is a principal ingredient. [U.S.] -- Salt raker, one who collects salt in natural salt ponds, or inclosures from the sea. -- Salt sedative (Chem.), boracic acid. [Obs.] -- Salt spring, a spring of salt water. -- Salt tree (Bot.), a small leguminous tree (Halimodendron argenteum) growing in the salt plains of the Caspian region and in Siberia. -- Salt water, water impregnated with salt, as that of the ocean and of certain seas and lakes; sometimes, also, tears.
[1913 Webster]
Mine eyes are full of tears, I can not see;
And yet salt water blinds them not so much
But they can see a sort of traitors here. Shak.
[1913 Webster]
-- Salt-water sailor, an ocean mariner. -- Salt-water tailor. (Zool.) See Bluefish.


word: Salt₄
definition:
Salt

Salt
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Salted; p. pr. & vb. n. Salting.]
1.
To sprinkle, impregnate, or season with salt; to preserve with salt or in brine; to supply with salt; as, to salt fish, beef, or pork; to salt cattle.

2.
To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for the preservation of the timber.

To salt a mine, to artfully deposit minerals in a mine in order to deceive purchasers regarding its value. [Cant] -- To salt away, To salt down, to prepare with, or pack in, salt for preserving, as meat, eggs, etc.; hence, colloquially, to save, lay up, or invest sagely, as money.


word: Salt₆
definition:
Salt

Salt
(?)
n.
[L. saltus, fr. salire to leap.]
The act of leaping or jumping; a leap.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: Saltant
definition:
Saltant

Sal"tant
(?)
a.
[L. saltans, p. pr. of saltare to dance, v. intens. fr. salire to leap: cf. F. sautant. See Sally, v.]
1.
Leaping; jumping; dancing.

2.
(Her.)
In a leaping position; springing forward; -- applied especially to the squirrel, weasel, and rat, also to the cat, greyhound, monkey, etc.


word: Saltarello
definition:
Saltarello

Sal`ta*rel"lo
(?)
n.
[It., fr. L. saltare to jump.]
A popular Italian dance in quick 3-4 or 6-8 time, running mostly in triplets, but with a hop step at the beginning of each measure. See Tarantella.


word: Saltation
definition:
Saltation

Sal*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. saltatio: cf. F. saltation.]
1.
A leaping or jumping.

Continued his saltation without pause.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery.

3.
(Biol.)
An abrupt and marked variation in the condition or appearance of a species; a sudden modification which may give rise to new races.

We greatly suspect that nature does make considerable jumps in the way of variation now and then, and that these saltations give rise to some of the gaps which appear to exist in the series of known forms.
Huxley.


word: Saltatoria
definition:
Saltatoria

Sal`ta*to"ri*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A division of Orthoptera including grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets.


word: Saltatorial
definition:
Saltatorial

Sal`ta*to"ri*al
(?)
a.
1.
Relating to leaping; saltatory; as, saltatorial exercises.

2.
(Zool.)
(a)
Same as Saltatorious.
(b)
Of or pertaining to the Saltatoria.


word: Saltatorious
definition:
Saltatorious

Sal`ta*to"ri*ous
(?)
a.
Capable of leaping; formed for leaping; saltatory; as, a saltatorious insect or leg.


word: Saltatory
definition:
Saltatory

Sal"ta*to"ry
(?)
a.
[L. saltatorius. See Saltant, and cf. Saltire.]
Leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing.

Saltatory evolution (Biol.), a theory of evolution which holds that the transmutation of species is not always gradual, but that there may come sudden and marked variations. See Saltation. -- Saltatory spasm (Med.), an affection in which pressure of the foot on a floor causes the patient to spring into the air, so as to make repeated involuntary motions of hopping and jumping. J. Ross.


word: Saltbush
definition:
Saltbush

Salt"bush`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
An Australian plant (Atriplex nummularia) of the Goosefoot family.


word: Saltcellar
definition:
Saltcellar

Salt"cel*lar
(?)
n.
[OE. saltsaler; salt + F. salière saltcellar, from L. sal salt. See Salt, and cf. Salary.]
Formerly a large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or other material, used for holding salt on the table.


word: Saltern
definition:
Saltern

Salt"ern
(?)
n.
A building or place where salt is made by boiling or by evaporation; salt works.


word: Saltfoot
definition:
Saltfoot

Salt"foot`
(?)
n.
A large saltcellar formerly placed near the center of the table. The superior guests were seated above the saltfoot.


word: Saltigradae
definition:
Saltigradae

Sal`ti*gra"dae
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Saltigrade.]
(Zool.)
A tribe of spiders including those which lie in wait and leap upon their prey; the leaping spiders; called also Salticidae.


word: Saltigrade
definition:
Saltigrade

Sal"ti*grade
(?)
a.
[L. saltus a leap + gradi to walk, go: cf. F. saltigrade.]
(Zool.)
Having feet or legs formed for leaping.


word: Saltigrade₂
definition:
Saltigrade

Sal"ti*grade
n.
(Zool.)
One of the Saltigradae, a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey.


word: Saltimbanco
definition:
Saltimbanco

Sal`tim*ban"co
(?)
n.
[It., literally, one who leaps or mounts upon a bench; saltare to leap + in in, upon + banco a bench.]
A mountebank; a quack.
[Obs.]
[Written also santinbanco.]

Saltimbancos, quacksalvers, and charlatans.
Sir T. Browne.


word: saltiness
definition:
saltiness

salt"i*ness
(s&asuml_;lt"e̝*nĕs)
n.
1.
The quality or state of containing salt; salt taste; as, the saltiness of sea water.

Syn. -- saltiness.


word: Salting
definition:
Salting

Salt"ing
(?)
n.
1.
The act of sprinkling, impregnating, or furnishing, with salt.

2.
A salt marsh.


word: Saltire
definition:
Saltire

Sal"tire
(?)
n.
[F. sautoir, fr. LL. saltatorium a sort of stirrup, fr. L. saltatorius saltatory. See Saltatory, Sally, v.]
(Her.)
A St. Andrew's cross, or cross in the form of an X, -- one of the honorable ordinaries.


word: Saltirewise
definition:
Saltirewise

Sal"tire*wise`
(?)
adv.
(Her.)
In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center.


word: Saltmouth
definition:
Saltmouth

Salt"mouth`
(?)
n.
A wide-mouthed bottle with glass stopper for holding chemicals, especially crystallized salts.


word: Saltness
definition:
Saltness

Salt"ness
(s&asuml_;lt"nĕs)
n.
The quality or state of being salt, or impregnated with salt; salt taste; as, the saltness of sea water.  In the sense of having salt content, saltiness is more commonly used.

Syn. -- saltiness.


word: Saltpetre
definition:
Saltpetre

Saltpeter

{ Salt`pe"ter, Salt`pe"tre, }
(s&asuml_;lt`pē"tẽr)
n.
[F. salpêtre, NL. sal petrae, literally, rock salt, or stone salt; so called because it exudes from rocks or walls. See Salt, and Petrify.]
(Chem.)
Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant.

Chili salpeter (Chem.), sodium nitrate (distinguished from potassium nitrate, or true salpeter), a white crystalline substance, NaNO3, having a cooling, saline, slightly bitter taste. It is obtained by leaching the soil of the rainless districts of Chili and Peru. It is deliquescent and cannot be used in gunpowder, but is employed in the production of nitric acid. Called also cubic niter. -- Saltpeter acid (Chem.), nitric acid; -- sometimes so called because made from saltpeter.


word: Saltpetrous
definition:
Saltpetrous

Salt`pe"trous
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. salpêtreux.]
Pertaining to saltpeter, or partaking of its qualities; impregnated with saltpeter.
[Obs.]


word: Salt rheum
definition:
Salt rheum

Salt" rheum
(?)
(Med.)
A popular name, esp. in the United States, for various cutaneous eruptions, particularly for those of eczema. See Eczema.


word: Saltwort
definition:
Saltwort

Salt"wort`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A name given to several plants which grow on the seashore, as the Batis maritima, and the glasswort. See Glasswort.

Black saltwort, the sea milkwort.


word: Salty
definition:
Salty

Salt"y
(s&asuml_;lt"&ybreve_;)
a.
1.
Containing salt; tasting of salt; saltish; as, the salty sea; the potatoes are too salty.

2.
Interesting and witty; piquant; -- of discourse.

3.
Racy; sexually suggestive; -- of discourse.


word: Salubrious
definition:
Salubrious

Sa*lu"bri*ous
(?)
a.
[L. salubris, or saluber, fr. salus health; akin to salvus safe, sound, well. See Safe.]
Favorable to health; healthful; promoting health; as, salubrious air, water, or climate.


word: Salubrity
definition:
Salubrity

Sa*lu"bri*ty
(?)
n.
[L. salubritas: cf. F. salubrité See Salubrious.]
The quality of being salubrious; favorableness to the preservation of health; salubriousness; wholesomeness; healthfulness; as, the salubrity of the air, of a country, or a climate.
salubrity
G. W. Cable.


word: Salue
definition:
Salue

Sa*lue"
(?)
v. t.
[F. saluer. See Salute.]
To salute.
[Obs.]

There was no “good day” and no saluyng.
Chaucer.


word: Salutary
definition:
Salutary

Sal"u*ta*ry
(?)
a.
[L. salutaris, from salus, -utis, health, safety: cf. F. salutaire. See Salubrious.]
1.
Wholesome; healthful; promoting health; as, salutary exercise.

2.
Promotive of, or contributing to, some beneficial purpose; beneficial; advantageous; as, a salutary design.


word: Salutation
definition:
Salutation

Sal`u*ta"tion
(?)
n.
[L. salutatio: cf. F. salutation. See Salute.]
The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; also, that which is uttered or done in saluting or greeting.

In all public meetings or private addresses, use those forms of salutation, reverence, and decency usual amongst the most sober persons.
Jer. Taylor.

Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
Luke xi. 43.

When Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb.
Luke i. 41.

I shall not trouble my reader with the first salutes of our three friends.
Addison.


word: Salutatorian
definition:
Salutatorian

Sa*lu`ta*to"ri*an
(?)
n.
The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, -- an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship.
[U.S.]


word: Salutatory
definition:
Salutatory

Sa*lu"ta*to*ry
(?)
a.
[L. salutatorius. See Salute.]
Containing or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome; greeting; -- applied especially to the oration which introduces the exercises of the Commencements, or similar public exhibitions, in American colleges.


word: Salutatory₂
definition:
Salutatory

Sa*lu"ta*to*ry
n.
1.
A place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch.
[Obs.]
Milton.

2.
(American Colleges)
The salutatory oration.


word: Salute
definition:
Salute

Sa*lute"
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Saluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Saluting.]
[L. salutare, salutatum, from salus, -utis, health, safety. See Salubrious.]
1.
To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.

I salute you with this kingly title.
Shak.

2.
Hence, to give a sign of good will; to compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow, etc.

You have the prettiest tip of a finger . . . I must take the freedom to salute it.
Addison.

3.
(Mil. & Naval)
To honor, as some day, person, or nation, by a discharge of cannon or small arms, by dipping colors, by cheers, etc.

4.
To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify.
[Obs.]
salute
Shak.


word: Salute₂
definition:
Salute

Sa*lute"
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. salut. See Salute, v.]
1.
The act of saluting, or expressing kind wishes or respect; salutation; greeting.

2.
A sign, token, or ceremony, expressing good will, compliment, or respect, as a kiss, a bow, etc.
Tennyson.

3.
(Mil. & Naval)
A token of respect or honor for some distinguished or official personage, for a foreign vessel or flag, or for some festival or event, as by presenting arms, by a discharge of cannon, volleys of small arms, dipping the colors or the topsails, etc.


word: Salutiferous
definition:
Salutiferous

Sal`u*tif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. salutifer; salus, -utis, health + ferre to bring.]
Bringing health; healthy; salutary; beneficial; as, salutiferous air.
[R.]

Innumerable powers, all of them salutiferous.
Cudworth.


word: Salvability
definition:
Salvability

Sal`va*bil"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality or condition of being salvable; salvableness.
[R.]

In the Latin scheme of redemption, salvability was not possible outside the communion of the visible organization.
A. V. G. Allen.


word: Salvable
definition:
Salvable

Sal"va*ble
(?)
a.
[L. salvare to save, from salvus safe. Cf. Savable.]
Capable of being saved; admitting of salvation.
Dr. H. More.


word: Salvage
definition:
Salvage

Sal"vage
(?; 48)
n.
[F. salvage, OF. salver to save, F. sauver, fr. L. salvare. See Save.]
1.
The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, from perils of the sea.

Salvage of life from a British ship, or a foreign ship in British waters, ranks before salvage of goods.
Encyc. Brit.

2.
(Maritime Law)
(a)
The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril.
(b)
That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved.
Kent. Abbot.


word: Salvation
definition:
Salvation

Sal*va"tion
(?)
n.
[OE. salvacioun, sauvacion, F. salvation, fr. L. salvatio, fr. salvare to save. See Save.]
1.
The act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity.

2.
(Theol.)
The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness.

To earn salvation for the sons of men.
Milton.

Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation.
2. Cor. vii. 10.

3.
Saving power; that which saves.

Fear ye not; stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will show to you to-day.
Ex. xiv. 13.

Salvation Army, an organization for prosecuting the work of Christian evangelization, especially among the degraded populations of cities. It is virtually a new sect founded in London in 1861 by William Booth. The evangelists, male and female, have military titles according to rank, that of the chief being “General.” They wear a uniform, and in their phraseology and mode of work adopt a quasi military style.


word: Salvatory
definition:
Salvatory

Sal"va*to*ry
(?)
n.
[LL. salvatorium, fr. salvare to save.]
A place where things are preserved; a repository.
[R.]
Sir M. Hale.


word: Salve
definition:
Salve

Sal"ve
(?)
interj.
[L., hail, God save you, imperat. of salvere to be well. Cf. Salvo a volley.]
Hail!


word: Salve₂
definition:
Salve

Sal"ve
(? or ?)
v. t.
To say “Salve” to; to greet; to salute.
[Obs.]

By this that stranger knight in presence came,
And goodly salved them.
Spenser.


word: Salve₃
definition:
Salve

Salve
(?; 277)
n.
[AS. sealf ointment; akin to LG. salwe, D. zalve, zalf, OHG. salba, Dan. salve, Sw. salfva, Goth. salb&omacrn to anoint, and probably to Gr. (Hesychius) _; oil, _; butter, Skr. sarpis clarified butter. √155, 291.]
1.
An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment.
Chaucer.

2.
A soothing remedy or antidote.

Counsel or consolation we may bring.
Salve to thy sores.
Milton.

Salve bug (Zool.), a large, stout isopod crustacean (Aega psora), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, -- used by fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It becomes about two inches in length.


word: Salve₄
definition:
Salve

Salve
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Salved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Salving.]
[AS. sealfian to anoint. See Salve, n.]
1.
To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound.
Shak.

2.
To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over.

But Ebranck salved both their infamies
With noble deeds.
Spenser.

What may we do, then, to salve this seeming inconsistence?
Milton.


word: Salve₅
definition:
Salve

Salve
(?)
v. t. & i.
[See Salvage]
To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.
[Recent]


word: Salver
definition:
Salver

Salv"er
(?)
n.
One who salves, or uses salve as a remedy; hence, a quacksalver, or quack.
[Obs.]


word: Salver₃
definition:
Salver

Sal"ver
(?)
n.
[Sp. salva pregustation, the tasting of viands before they are served, salver, fr. salvar to save, to taste, to prove the food or drink of nobles, from L. salvare to save. See Save.]
A tray or waiter on which anything is presented.


word: Salver-shaped
definition:
Salver-shaped

Sal"ver-shaped`
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Tubular, with a spreading border. See Hypocraterimorphous.


word: Salvific
definition:
Salvific

Sal*vif"ic
(?)
a.
[L. salficus saving; salvus saved, safe + facere to make.]
Tending to save or secure safety.
[Obs.]


word: Salvo
definition:
Salvo

Sal"vo
(?)
n.
pl. Salvos (#).
[L. salvo jure, literally, the right being reserved. See Safe.]
An exception; a reservation; an excuse.

They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations.
Eikon Basilike.


word: Salvo₂
definition:
Salvo

Sal"vo
n.
[F. salve a discharge of heavy cannon, a volley, L. salve hail, imperat. of salvere to be well, akin to salvus well. See Safe.]
1.
(Mil.)
A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.

2.
A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.


word: Salvor
definition:
Salvor

Sal"vor
(?)
n.
[See Salvation, Save]
(Law)
One who assists in saving a ship or goods at sea, without being under special obligation to do so.
Wheaton.


word: Samaj
definition:
Samaj

Sa*maj"
(?)
n.
[Hind. samāj meeting, assembly, fr. Skr. samāja a community.]
A society or congregation; a church or religious body.
[India]


word: Samara
definition:
Samara

Sa*ma"ra
(? or ?)
n.
[L. samara, samera, the seed of the elm.]
(Bot.)
A dry, indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as that of the ash, maple, and elm; a key or key fruit.


word: Samaritan
definition:
Samaritan

Sa*mar"i*tan
(?)
a.
[L. Samaritanus.]
Of or pertaining to Samaria, in Palestine.
n. A native or inhabitant of Samaria; also, the language of Samaria.


word: Samarium
definition:
Samarium

Sa*ma"ri*um
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. E. samarskite.]
(Chem.)
A rare metallic element of doubtful identity.

&hand_; Samarium was discovered, by means of spectrum analysis, in certain minerals (samarskite, cerite, etc.), in which it is associated with other elements of the earthy group. It has been confounded with the doubtful elements decipium, philippium, etc., and is possibly a complex mixture of elements not as yet clearly identified. Symbol Sm. Provisional atomic weight 150.2.


word: Samaroid
definition:
Samaroid

Sam"a*roid
(?; 277)
a.
[Samara + -oid.]
(Bot.)
Resembling a samara, or winged seed vessel.


word: Samarskite
definition:
Samarskite

Sa*mar"skite
(?)
a.
[After Samarski, a Russian.]
(Min.)
A rare mineral having a velvet-black color and submetallic luster. It is a niobate of uranium, iron, and the yttrium and cerium metals.


word: Sambo
definition:
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; -- formerly used colloquially or with humorous intent, but now considered offensive or racist by African-Americans.
[Derogatory and offensive]
A children's book named Little Black Sambo was at one time popular in elementary schools, but the book has been removed from reading lists in many American schools due to the development of a reduced acceptance of patronizing depictions of negros, as well as the negative associations of the word itself.

2.
In Central America, an Indian and negro half-breed, or mixed blood.


word: Sambo₂
definition:
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.


word: Sambuke
definition:
Sambuke

Sam"buke
(?)
n.
[L. sambuca, Gr. _;.]
(Mus.)
An ancient stringed instrument used by the Greeks, the particular construction of which is unknown.


word: Sambur
definition:
Sambur

Sam"bur
(?)
n.
[Hind. sāmbar, sābar.]
(Zool.)
An East Indian deer (Rusa Aristotelis) having a mane on its neck. Its antlers have but three prongs. Called also gerow. The name is applied to other species of the genus Rusa, as the Bornean sambur (Rusa equina).


word: Same
definition:
Same

Same
(?)
a.
[AS. same, adv.; akin to OS. sama, samo, adv., OHG. sam, a., sama, adv., Icel. samr, a., Sw. samme, samma, Dan. samme, Goth. sama, Russ. samuii, Gr. _;, Skr. sama, Gr. _; like, L. simul at the same time, similis like, and E. some, a., -some. √191. Cf. Anomalous, Assemble, Homeopathy, Homily, Seem, v. i., Semi-, Similar, Some.]
1.
Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.

Thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Ps. cii. 27.

2.
Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions, or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like.

The ethereal vigor is in all the same.
Dryden.

3.
Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned.

What ye know, the same do I know.
Job. xiii. 2.

Do but think how well the same he spends,
Who spends his blood his country to relieve.
Daniel.

&hand_; Same is commonly preceded by the, this, or that and is often used substantively as in the citations above. In a comparative use it is followed by as or with.

Bees like the same odors as we do.
Lubbock.

[He] held the same political opinions with his illustrious friend.
Macaulay.


word: Sameness
definition:
Sameness

Same"ness
n.
1.
The state of being the same; identity; absence of difference; near resemblance; correspondence; similarity; as, a sameness of person, of manner, of sound, of appearance, and the like.
sameness
Bp. Horsley.

2.
Hence, want of variety; tedious monotony.


word: Samian
definition:
Samian

Sa"mi*an
(?)
a.
[L. Samius.]
Of or pertaining to the island of Samos.

Fill high the cup with Samian wine.
Byron.

Samian earth, a species of clay from Samos, formerly used in medicine as an astringent.


word: Samiel
definition:
Samiel

Sa"mi*el
(?; 277)
n.
[Turk. sam-yeli; Ar. samm poison + Turk. yel wind. Cf. Simoom.]
A hot and destructive wind that sometimes blows, in Turkey, from the desert. It is identical with the simoom of Arabia and the kamsin of Syria.


word: Samisen
definition:
Samisen

Sam"i*sen
(?)
n.
[Jap.]
(Mus.)
A Japanese musical instrument with three strings, resembling a guitar or banjo.


word: Samite
definition:
Samite

Sa"mite
(?)
a.
[OF. samit, LL. samitum, examitum, from LGr. _;, _; woven with six threads; Gr. _; six + _; a thread. See Six, and cf. Dimity.]
A species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven with gold.
Tennyson.

In silken samite she was light arrayed.
Spenser.


word: Samoan
definition:
Samoan

Sa*mo"an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to the Samoan Islands (formerly called Navigators' Islands) in the South Pacific Ocean, or their inhabitants.
n. An inhabitant of the Samoan Islands.


word: Samovar
definition:
Samovar

Sa"mo*var
(?)
n.
[Russ. samovar'.]
A metal urn used in Russia for making tea. It is filled with water, which is heated by charcoal placed in a pipe, with chimney attached, which passes through the urn.


word: Samoyedes
definition:
Samoyedes

Sam`oy*edes"
(?)
n. pl.
sing. Samoyede (_;)
(Ethnol.)
An ignorant and degraded Turanian tribe which occupies a portion of Northern Russia and a part of Siberia.


word: Samp
definition:
Samp

Samp
(sămp)
n.
[Massachusetts Indian nasàump 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.]


word: Sampan
definition:
Sampan

Sam"pan
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
A Chinese boat from twelve to fifteen feet long, covered with a house, and sometimes used as a permanent habitation on the inland waters.
[Written also sanpan.]


word: Samphire
definition:
Samphire

Sam"phire
(? or ?; 277)
n.
[F. l'herbe de Saint Pierre. See Saint, and Petrel.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles.

Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade!
Shak.

Golden samphire. See under Golden.


word: Sample
definition:
Sample

Sam"ple
(?)
n.
[OE. sample, asaumple, OF. essample, example, fr. L. exemplum. See Example, and cf. Ensample, Sampler.]
1.
Example; pattern.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
sample
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.


word: Sample₂
definition:
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.


word: Sampler
definition:
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.


word: Samshu
definition:
Samshu

Samshoo

&VerbarSam"shoo, Sam"shu (_;)
n.
[Chinese san-shao thrice fired.]
A spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure.
S. W. Williams.


word: Samson
definition:
Samson

Sam"son
(?)
n.
An Israelite of Bible record (see Judges xiii.), distinguished for his great strength; hence, a man of extraordinary physical strength.

Samson post. (a) (Naut.) A strong post resting on the keelson, and supporting a beam of the deck; also, a temporary or movable pillar carrying a leading block or pulley for various purposes. Brande & C. (b) In deep-well boring, the post which supports the walking beam of the apparatus.


word: Samurai
definition:
Samurai

Sa"mu*rai`
(?)
n. pl. & sing.
[Jap.]
In the former feudal system of Japan, the class or a member of the class, of military retainers of the daimios, constituting the gentry or lesser nobility. They possessed power of life and death over the commoners, and wore two swords as their distinguishing mark. Their special rights and privileges were abolished with the fall of feudalism in 1871.  They were referred to as “a cross between a knight and a gentleman”.


word: Sanable
definition:
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.


word: Sanation
definition:
Sanation

Sa*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. sanatio. See Sanable.]
The act of healing or curing.
[Obs.]
Wiseman.


word: Sanative
definition:
Sanative

San"a*tive
(?)
a.
[LL. sanativus.]
Having the power to cure or heal; healing; tending to heal; sanatory.
San"a*tive*ness, n.


word: Sanatorium
definition:
Sanatorium

San`a*to"ri*um
(?)
n.
[NL. See Sanatory.]
An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See Sanitarium.


word: Sanatory
definition:
Sanatory

San"a*to*ry
(?)
a.
[LL. sanatorius, fr. L. sanare to heal. See Sanable.]
Conducive to health; tending to cure; healing; curative; sanative.

Sanatory ordinances for the protection of public health, such as quarantine, fever hospitals, draining, etc.
De Quincey.

&hand_; Sanatory and sanitary should not be confounded. Sanatory signifies conducive to health, while sanitary has the more general meaning of pertaining to health.


word: Sanbenito
definition:
Sanbenito

San`be*ni"to
(?)
n.
[Sp. & Pg. sambenito, contr. from L. saccus sack + benedictus blessed.]
1.
Anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church.

2.
A garnment or cap, or sometimes both, painted with flames, figures, etc., and worn by persons who had been examined by the Inquisition and were brought forth for punishment at the auto-da-fé.


word: Sancte bell
definition:
Sancte bell

Sance-bell

{ Sance"-bell` (?), Sanc"te bell` (?), }
n.
See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus.


word: Sancho pedro
definition:
Sancho pedro

Sancho pedro
[Sp. Pedro Peter.]
(Card Playing)
A variety of auction pitch in which the nine (sancho) and five (pedro) of trumps are added as counting cards at their pip value, and the ten of trumps counts game.


word: Sanctificate
definition:
Sanctificate

Sanc"ti*fi*cate
(?)
v. t.
[L. sanctificatus, p. p. of sanctificare.]
To sanctify.
[Obs.]
Barrow.


word: Sanctification
definition:
Sanctification

Sanc`ti*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. sanctificatio: cf. F. sanctification.]
1.
The act of sanctifying or making holy; the state of being sanctified or made holy;
esp.
(Theol.)
the act of God's grace by which the affections of men are purified, or alienated from sin and the world, and exalted to a supreme love to God; also, the state of being thus purified or sanctified.

God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth.
2 Thess. ii. 13.

2.
The act of consecrating, or of setting apart for a sacred purpose; consecration.
Bp. Burnet.


word: Sanctify
definition:
Sanctify

Sanc"ti*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sanctified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sanctifying (?).]
[F. sanctifier, L. sanctificare; sanctus holy + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Saint, and -fy.]
1.
To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.

God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it.
Gen. ii. 3.

Moses . . . sanctified Aaron and his garments.
Lev. viii. 30.

2.
To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify.

Sanctify them through thy truth.
John xvii. 17.

3.
To make efficient as the means of holiness; to render productive of holiness or piety.

A means which his mercy hath sanctified so to me as to make me repent of that unjust act.
Eikon Basilike.

4.
To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to.

The holy man, amazed at what he saw,
Made haste to sanctify the bliss by law.
Dryden.

Truth guards the poet, sanctifies the line.
Pope.


word: Sanctiloquent
definition:
Sanctiloquent

Sanc*til"o*quent
(?)
a.
[L. sanctus holy + loquens, p. pr. of loqui to speak.]
Discoursing on heavenly or holy things, or in a holy manner.


word: Sanctimonious
definition:
Sanctimonious

Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous
(?)
a.
[See Sanctimony.]
1.
Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly.
Shak.

2.
Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious.
sanctimonious
Shak.


word: Sanctimony
definition:
Sanctimony

Sanc"ti*mo*ny
(?)
n.
[L. sanctimonia, fr. sanctus holy: cf. OF. sanctimonie. See Saint.]
Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness.

Her pretense is a pilgrimage; . . . which holy undertaking with most austere sanctimony she accomplished.
Shak.


word: Sanction
definition:
Sanction

Sanc"tion
(?)
n.
[L. sanctio, from sancire, sanctum to render sacred or inviolable, to fix unalterably: cf. F. sanction. See Saint.]
1.
Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; establishment or furtherance of anything by giving authority to it; confirmation; approbation.

The strictest professors of reason have added the sanction of their testimony.
I. Watts.

2.
Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions.


word: Sanction₂
definition:
Sanction

Sanc"tion
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sanctioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sanctioning.]
To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve.

Would have counseled, or even sanctioned, such perilous experiments.
De Quincey.


word: Sanctity
definition:
Sanctity

Sanc"ti*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Sanctities (#).
[L. sanctitas, from sanctus holy. See Saint.]
1.
The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness.

To sanctity she made no pretense, and, indeed, narrowly escaped the imputation of irreligion.
Macaulay.

2.
Sacredness; solemnity; inviolability; religious binding force; as, the sanctity of an oath.

3.
A saint or holy being.
[R.]

About him all the sanctities of heaven.
Milton.


word: Sanctuarize
definition:
Sanctuarize

Sanc"tu*a*rize
(?)
v. t.
To shelter by means of a sanctuary or sacred privileges.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Sanctuary
definition:
Sanctuary

Sanc"tu*a*ry
(?)
n.
pl. Sanctuaries (#).
[OE. seintuarie, OF. saintuaire, F. sanctuaire, fr. L. sanctuarium, from sanctus sacred, holy. See Saint.]
A sacred place; a consecrated spot; a holy and inviolable site.
(a)
The most retired part of the temple at Jerusalem, called the Holy of Holies, in which was kept the ark of the covenant, and into which no person was permitted to enter except the high priest, and he only once a year, to intercede for the people; also, the most sacred part of the tabernacle; also, the temple at Jerusalem.
(b)
(Arch.)
The most sacred part of any religious building, esp. that part of a Christian church in which the altar is placed.
(c)
A house consecrated to the worship of God; a place where divine service is performed; a church, temple, or other place of worship.
(d)
A sacred and inviolable asylum; a place of refuge and protection; shelter; refuge; protection.

These laws, whoever made them, bestowed on temples the privilege of sanctuary.
Milton.

The admirable works of painting were made fuel for the fire; but some relics of it took sanctuary under ground, and escaped the common destiny.
Dryden.


word: Sanctum
definition:
Sanctum

Sanc"tum
(?)
n.
[L., p. p. of sancire to consecrate.]
A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved for personal use; as, an editor's sanctum.

&VerbarSanctum sanctorum [L.], the Holy of Holies; the most holy place, as in the Jewish temple.


word: Sanctus
definition:
Sanctus

Sanc"tus
(?)
n.
[L. sanctus, p. p. of sancire.]
1.
(Eccl.)
A part of the Mass, or, in Protestant churches, a part of the communion service, of which the first words in Latin are Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus [Holy, holy, holy]; -- called also Tersanctus.

2.
(Mus.)
An anthem composed for these words.

Sanctus bell, a small bell usually suspended in a bell cot at the apex of the nave roof, over the chancel arch, in mediaeval churches, but a hand bell is now often used; -- so called because rung at the singing of the sanctus, at the conclusion of the ordinary of the Mass, and again at the elevation of the host. Called also Mass bell, sacring bell, saints' bell, sance-bell, sancte bell.


word: Sand
definition:
Sand

Sand
(?)
n.
[AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. _;.]
1.
Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet.

That finer matter, called sand, is no other than very small pebbles.
Woodward.

2.
A single particle of such stone.
[R.]
Shak.

3.
The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.

The sands are numbered that make up my life.
Shak.

4.
pl.
Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide.
sands
Milton.
sands
C. Kingsley.

5.
Courage; pluck; grit.
[Slang]

Sand badger (Zool.), the Japanese badger (Meles ankuma). -- Sand bag. (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc. (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by assassins. -- Sand ball, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use at the toilet. -- Sand bath. (a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed. (b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand. -- Sand bed, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a reducing furnace. -- Sand birds (Zool.), a collective name for numerous species of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers, tattlers, and many others; -- called also shore birds. -- Sand blast, a process of engraving and cutting glass and other hard substances by driving sand against them by a steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the process. -- Sand box. (a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling paper with sand. (b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent slipping. -- Sand-box tree (Bot.), a tropical American tree (Hura crepitans). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of Regma. -- Sand bug (Zool.), an American anomuran crustacean (Hippa talpoidea) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under Anomura. -- Sand canal (Zool.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in function. -- Sand cock (Zool.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.] -- Sand collar. (Zool.) Same as Sand saucer, below. -- Sand crab. (Zool.) (a) The lady crab. (b) A land crab, or ocypodian. -- Sand crack (Far.), a crack extending downward from the coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes lameness. -- Sand cricket (Zool.), any one of several species of large terrestrial crickets of the genus Stenophelmatus and allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western United States. -- Sand cusk (Zool.), any ophidioid fish. See Illust. under Ophidioid. -- Sand dab (Zool.), a small American flounder (Limanda ferruginea); -- called also rusty dab. The name is also applied locally to other allied species. -- Sand darter (Zool.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio valley (Ammocrypta pellucida). -- Sand dollar (Zool.), any one of several species of small flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms, especially Echinarachnius parma of the American coast. -- Sand drift, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted sand. -- Sand eel. (Zool.) (a) A lant, or launce. (b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus Gonorhynchus, having barbels about the mouth. -- Sand flag, sandstone which splits up into flagstones. -- Sand flea. (Zool.) (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in, sandy places, especially the common dog flea. (b) The chigoe. (c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or orchestian. See Beach flea, under Beach. -- Sand flood, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind. James Bruce. -- Sand fluke. (Zool.) (a) The sandnecker. (b) The European smooth dab (Pleuronectes microcephalus); -- called also kitt, marysole, smear dab, town dab. -- Sand fly (Zool.), any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus Simulium, abounding on sandy shores, especially Simulium nocivum of the United States. They are very troublesome on account of their biting habits. Called also no-see-um, punky, and midge. -- Sand gall. (Geol.) See Sand pipe, below. -- Sand grass (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in sand; especially, a tufted grass (Triplasis purpurea) with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves, growing on the Atlantic coast.  -- Sand grouse (Zool.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also rock grouse, rock pigeon, and ganga. They mostly belong to the genus Pterocles, as the common Indian species (Pterocles exustus). The large sand grouse (Pterocles arenarius), the painted sand grouse (Pterocles fasciatus), and the pintail sand grouse (Pterocles alchata) are also found in India. See Illust. under Pterocletes. -- Sand hill, a hill of sand; a dune. -- Sand-hill crane (Zool.), the American brown crane (Grus Mexicana). -- Sand hopper (Zool.), a beach flea; an orchestian. -- Sand hornet (Zool.), a sand wasp. -- Sand lark. (Zool.) (a) A small lark (Alaudala raytal), native of India. (b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper. (c) The Australian red-capped dotterel (Aegialophilus ruficapillus); -- called also red-necked plover. -- Sand launce (Zool.), a lant, or launce. -- Sand lizard (Zool.), a common European lizard (Lacerta agilis). -- Sand martin (Zool.), the bank swallow. -- Sand mole (Zool.), the coast rat. -- Sand monitor (Zool.), a large Egyptian lizard (Monitor arenarius) which inhabits dry localities. -- Sand mouse (Zool.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] -- Sand myrtle. (Bot.) See under Myrtle. -- Sand partridge (Zool.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus Ammoperdix. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species (Ammoperdix Heeji) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species (Ammoperdix Bonhami), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also seesee partridge, and teehoo. -- Sand picture, a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. -- Sand pike. (Zool.) (a) The sauger. (b) The lizard fish. -- Sand pillar, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. -- Sand pipe (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also sand gall. -- Sand pride (Zool.), a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also sand prey. -- Sand pump, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. -- Sand rat (Zool.), the pocket gopher. -- Sand rock, a rock made of cemented sand. -- Sand runner (Zool.), the turnstone. -- Sand saucer (Zool.), the mass of egg capsules, or oothecae, of any mollusk of the genus Natica and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also sand collar. -- Sand screw (Zool.), an amphipod crustacean (Lepidactylis arenarius), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. -- Sand shark (Zool.), an American shark (Odontaspis littoralis) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also gray shark, and dogfish shark. See Illust. under Remora. -- Sand skink (Zool.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus Seps; as, the ocellated sand skink (Seps ocellatus) of Southern Europe. -- Sand skipper (Zool.), a beach flea, or orchestian. -- Sand smelt (Zool.), a silverside. -- Sand snake. (Zool.) (a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus Eryx, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially Eryx jaculus of India and Eryx Johnii, used by snake charmers. (b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus Psammophis, especially Psammophis sibilans. -- Sand snipe (Zool.), the sandpiper. -- Sand star (Zool.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. -- Sand storm, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. -- Sand sucker, the sandnecker. -- Sand swallow (Zool.), the bank swallow. See under Bank. -- Sand trap, (Golf) a shallow pit on a golf course having a layer of sand in it, usually located near a green, and designed to function as a hazard, due to the difficulty of hitting balls effectively from such a position. -- Sand tube, a tube made of sand. Especially: (a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite. (b) (Zool.) Any tube made of cemented sand. (c) (Zool.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate. -- Sand viper. (Zool.) See Hognose snake. -- Sand wasp (Zool.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families Pompilidae and Spheridae, which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young.


word: Sand₂
definition:
Sand

Sand
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Sanding.]
1.
To sprinkle or cover with sand.

2.
To drive upon the sand.
[Obs.]
Burton.

3.
To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.

4.
To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.
[Colloq.]


word: Sandal₃
definition:
Sandal

San"dal
n.
[F. sandale, L. sandalium, Gr. _;, dim. of _;, probably from Per. sandal.]
(a)
A kind of shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot; a protection for the foot, covering its lower surface, but not its upper.
(b)
A kind of slipper.
(c)
An overshoe with parallel openings across the instep.


word: Sandaled
definition:
Sandaled

San"daled
(?)
a.
1.
Wearing sandals.

The measured footfalls of his sandaled feet.
Longfellow.

2.
Made like a sandal.


word: Sandalwood
definition:
Sandalwood

San"dal*wood
(?)
n.
[F. sandal, santal, fr. Ar. çandal, or Gr. sa`ntalon; both ultimately fr. Skr. candana. Cf. Sanders.]
(Bot.)
(a)
The highly perfumed yellowish heartwood of an East Indian and Polynesian tree (Santalum album), and of several other trees of the same genus, as the Hawaiian Santalum Freycinetianum and Santalum pyrularium, the Australian Santalum latifolium, etc. The name is extended to several other kinds of fragrant wood.
(b)
Any tree of the genus Santalum, or a tree which yields sandalwood.
(c)
The red wood of a kind of buckthorn, used in Russia for dyeing leather (Rhamnus Dahuricus).

False sandalwood, the fragrant wood of several trees not of the genus Santalum, as Ximenia Americana, Myoporum tenuifolium of Tahiti. -- Red sandalwood, a heavy, dark red dyewood, being the heartwood of two leguminous trees of India (Pterocarpus santalinus, and Adenanthera pavonina); -- called also red sanderswood, sanders or saunders, and rubywood.


word: Sandarac
definition:
Sandarac

Sandarach

{ San"da*rach, San"da*rac, }
(_;)
n.
[L. sandaraca, Gr. _;.]
1.
(Min.)
Realgar; red sulphide of arsenic.
[Archaic]

2.
(Bot. Chem.)
A white or yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree (Callitris quadrivalvis or Thuya articulata), and pulverized for pounce; -- probably so called from a resemblance to the mineral.


word: sandbag
definition:
sandbag

sand"bag`
(?)
n.
A bag filled with sand; small sandbags may be used as a weapon, or larger ones to build walls or as ballast; as, they kept the flooding river from the area by buiding a temmporary dike out of sandbags.


word: sandbag₂
definition:
sandbag

sand"bag`
(?)
v.
To treat harshly or unfairly.
[wns=1]

2.
To hit something or somebody with or as if with a sandbag.
[wns=2]

3.
To protect or strengthen with sandbags; stop up; as, the residents sandbagged the beach front.
[wns=3]

4.
To thwart (another person's plans) by surreptitious maneuvers; as, he sandbagged my proposal by talking in private with other members of the committee.
[informal]

5.
To intimidate or coerce, especially by crude methods.
[Informal]

6.
To deceive and take advantage of (a person) by misrepresenting one's true intentions.
[Informal]

7.
Hence:
(Poker)
To encourage opponents into betting more by first refraining from betting while having a strong hand, and only later raising the stakes.  In informal games, certain types of sandbagging are forbidden.


word: Sand-blind
definition:
Sand-blind

Sand"-blind`
(?)
a.
[For sam blind half blind; AS. sām- half (akin to semi-) + blind.]
Having defective sight; dim-sighted; purblind.
Shak.


word: Sanded
definition:
Sanded

Sand"ed
a.
1.
Covered or sprinkled with sand; sandy; barren.
Thomson.

2.
Marked with small spots; variegated with spots; speckled; of a sandy color, as a hound.
Shak.

3.
Short-sighted.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Sandemanian
definition:
Sandemanian

San`de*ma"ni*an
(?)
n.
(Eccl. Hist.)
A follower of Robert Sandeman, a Scotch sectary of the eighteenth century. See Glassite.


word: Sanderling
definition:
Sanderling

San"der*ling
(?)
n.
[Sand + -ling. So called because it obtains its food by searching the moist sands of the seashore.]
(Zool.)
A small gray and brown sandpiper (Calidris arenaria) very common on sandy beaches in America, Europe, and Asia. Called also curwillet, sand lark, stint, and ruddy plover.


word: Sanders
definition:
Sanders

San"ders
(?)
n.
[See Sandal.]
An old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood.


word: Sandfish
definition:
Sandfish

Sand"fish`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A small marine fish of the Pacific coast of North America (Trichodon trichodon) which buries itself in the sand.


word: Sandglass
definition:
Sandglass

Sand"glass`
(?)
n.
An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See Hourglass.


word: Sandhiller
definition:
Sandhiller

Sand"hill`er
(?)
n.
A nickname given to any “poor white” living in the pine woods which cover the sandy hills in Georgia and South Carolina.
[U.S.]


word: Sandiver
definition:
Sandiver

San"di*ver
(?)
n.
[Perh. fr. OF. saïn grease, fat + de of + verre glass (cf. Saim), or fr. F. sel de verre sandiver.]
A whitish substance which is cast up, as a scum, from the materials of glass in fusion, and, floating on the top, is skimmed off; -- called also glass gall.
[Formerly written also sandever.]


word: Sandix
definition:
Sandix

San"dix
(?)
n.
[L. sandix, sandyx, vermilion, or a color like vermilion, Gr. _;, _;.]
A kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate of lead, but inferior to true minium.
[Written also sandyx.]
[Obs.]


word: Sand-lot
definition:
Sand-lot

sandlot

sand"lot, Sand"-lot`
a.
1.
Lit., of or pert. to a lot or piece of sandy ground, -- hence, pert. to, or characteristic of, the policy or practices of the socialistic or communistic followers of the Irish agitator Denis Kearney, who delivered many of his speeches in the open sand lots about San Francisco; as, the sand-lot constitution of California, framed in 1879, under the influence of sand-lot agitation.
2.
 of or pertaining to a sandlot; -- used especially in reference to informal games played by children; as, sandlot baseball.


word: Sandman
definition:
Sandman

Sand"man`
(?)
n.
A mythical person who makes children sleepy, so that they rub their eyes as if there were sand in them.


word: Sandnecker
definition:
Sandnecker

Sand"neck`er
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A European flounder (Hippoglossoides limandoides); -- called also rough dab, long fluke, sand fluke, and sand sucker.


word: Sandpaper
definition:
Sandpaper

Sand"pa`per
(?)
n.
Paper covered on one side with sand glued fast, -- used for smoothing and polishing.


word: Sandpiper
definition:
Sandpiper

Sand"pi`per
(?)
n.
1.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidae.

&hand_; The most important North American species are the pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin (Tringa alpina); the purple sandpiper (Tringa maritima: the red-breasted sandpiper, or knot (Tringa canutus); the semipalmated sandpiper (Ereunetes pusillus); the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail (Actitis macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or upland plover. See under Upland. Among the European species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucus syn. Tringoides hypoleucus), called also fiddler, peeper, pleeps, weet-weet, and summer snipe.  Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called sandpipers.

2.
(Zool.)
A small lamprey eel; the pride.

Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew. -- Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt.


word: Sandre
definition:
Sandre

San"dre
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A Russian fish (Lucioperca sandre) which yields a valuable oil, called sandre oil, used in the preparation of caviar.


word: Sandstone
definition:
Sandstone

Sand"stone`
(?)
n.
A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand.

&hand_; Different names are applied to the various kinds of sandstone according to their composition; as, granitic, argillaceous, micaceous, etc.

Flexible sandstone (Min.), the finer-grained variety of itacolumite, which on account of the scales of mica in the lamination is quite flexible. -- Red sandstone, a name given to two extensive series of British rocks in which red sandstones predominate, one below, and the other above, the coal measures. These were formerly known as the Old and the New Red Sandstone respectively, and the former name is still retained for the group preceding the Coal and referred to the Devonian age, but the term New Red Sandstone is now little used, some of the strata being regarded as Permian and the remained as Triassic. See the Chart of Geology.


word: Sandwich
definition:
Sandwich

Sand"wich
(?; 277)
n.
[Named from the Earl of Sandwich.]
Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them.


word: Sandwich₂
definition:
Sandwich

Sand"wich
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sandwiched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sandwiching.]
To make into a sandwich; also, figuratively, to insert between portions of something dissimilar; to form of alternate parts or things, or alternating layers of a different nature; to interlard.


word: Sandworm
definition:
Sandworm

Sand"worm`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any one of numerous species of annelids which burrow in the sand of the seashore.
(b)
Any species of annelids of the genus Sabellaria. They construct firm tubes of agglutinated sand on rocks and shells, and are sometimes destructive to oysters.
(c)
The chigoe, a species of flea.


word: Sandwort
definition:
Sandwort

Sand"wort`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Arenaria, low, tufted herbs (order Caryophyllaceae.)


word: Sandy
definition:
Sandy

Sand"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Sandier (?); superl. Sandiest.]
[AS. sandig.]
1.
Consisting of, abounding with, or resembling, sand; full of sand; covered or sprinkled with sand; as, a sandy desert, road, or soil.

2.
Of the color of sand; of a light yellowish red color; as, sandy hair.


word: Sane
definition:
Sane

Sane
(?)
a.
[L. sanus; cf. Gr. _;, _;, safe, sound. Cf. Sound, a.]
1.
Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally; -- said of the mind.

2.
Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge of the effect of one's actions in an ordinary maner; -- said of persons.


word: Sangu
definition:
Sangu

Sanga

{ &VerbarSan"ga (?), San"gu (?), }
n.
(Zool.)
The Abyssinian ox (Bos Africanus syn. Bibos Africanus), noted for the great length of its horns. It has a hump on its back.


word: Sangaree
definition:
Sangaree

San`ga*ree"
(?)
n.
[Sp. sangria, lit., bleeding, from sangre, blood, L. sanguis.]
Wine and water sweetened and spiced, -- a favorite West Indian drink.


word: Sang-froid
definition:
Sang-froid

Sang`-froid"
(?)
n.
[F., cold blood.]
Freedom from agitation or excitement of mind; coolness in trying circumstances; indifference; calmness.
Burke.


word: Sangreal
definition:
Sangreal

Sangraal

{ San`graal" (?), San"gre*al (?), }
n.
[See Saint, and Grail.]
See Holy Grail, under Grail.


word: Sanguiferous
definition:
Sanguiferous

San*guif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. sanguis blood + -ferous.]
(Physiol.)
Conveying blood; as, sanguiferous vessels, i. e., the arteries, veins, capillaries.


word: Sanguification
definition:
Sanguification

San`gui*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. sanguification. See Sanguify.]
(Physiol.)
The production of blood; the conversion of the products of digestion into blood; hematosis.


word: Sanguifluous
definition:
Sanguifluous

San*guif"lu*ous
(?)
a.
[L. sanguis blood + fluere to flow.]
Flowing or running with blood.


word: Sanguigenous
definition:
Sanguigenous

San*guig"e*nous
(?)
a.
[L. sanguis + -genous.]
Producing blood; as, sanguigenous food.


word: Sanguinaria
definition:
Sanguinaria

San`gui*na"ri*a
(?)
n.
[NL. See Sanguinary, a. & n.]
1.
(Bot.)
A genus of plants of the Poppy family.

&hand_; Sanguinaria Canadensis, or bloodroot, is the only species. It has a perennial rootstock, which sends up a few roundish lobed leaves and solitary white blossoms in early spring. See Bloodroot.

2.
The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc.


word: Sanguinary
definition:
Sanguinary

San"gui*na*ry
(?)
a.
[L. sanguinarius, fr. sanguis blood: cf. F. sanguinaire.]
1.
Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle.

We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences.
Bacon.

2.
Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood.

Passion . . . makes us brutal and sanguinary.
Broome.


word: Sanguinary₂
definition:
Sanguinary

San"gui*na*ry
n.
[L. herba sanguinaria an herb that stanches blood: cf. F. sanguinaire. See Sanguinary, a.]
(Bot.)
(a)
The yarrow.
(b)
The Sanguinaria.


word: Sanguine
definition:
Sanguine

San"guine
(?)
a.
[F. sanguin, L. sanguineus, fr. sanguis blood. Cf. Sanguineous.]
1.
Having the color of blood; red.

Of his complexion he was sanguine.
Chaucer.

Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe.
Milton.

2.
Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament.

3.
Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper.

4.
Anticipating the best; cheerfully optimistic; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success; a sanguine disposition.


word: Sanguine₂
definition:
Sanguine

San"guine
n.
1.
Blood color; red.
Spenser.

2.
Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth.
[Obs.]

In sanguine and in pes he clad was all.
Chaucer.

3.
(Min.)
Bloodstone.

4.
Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1.


word: Sanguinely
definition:
Sanguinely

San"guine*ly
adv.
In a sanguine manner.

I can not speculate quite so sanguinely as he does.
Burke.


word: Sanguineous
definition:
Sanguineous

San*guin"e*ous
(?)
a.
[L. sanguineus. See Sanguine.]
1.
Abounding with blood; sanguine.

2.
Of or pertaining to blood; bloody; constituting blood.
Sir T. Browne.

3.
Blood-red; crimson.
Keats.


word: Sanguinolent
definition:
Sanguinolent

San*guin"o*lent
(?)
a.
[L. sanguinolentus, from sanguis blood: cf. F. sanguinolent.]
Tinged or mingled with blood; bloody; as, sanguinolent sputa.


word: Sanguisuge
definition:
Sanguisuge

San"gui*suge
(?)
n.
[L. sanguisuga; sanguis blood + sugere to suck.]
(Zool.)
A bloodsucker, or leech.


word: Sanguivorous
definition:
Sanguivorous

San*guiv"o*rous
(?)
a.
[L. sanguis blood + vorare to devour.]
(Zool.)
Subsisting upon blood; -- said of certain blood-sucking bats and other animals. See Vampire.


word: Sanhedrim
definition:
Sanhedrim

Sanhedrin

{ San"he*drin (?), San"he*drim (?), }
n.
[Heb. sanhedrīn, fr. Gr. _;; _; with + _; a seat, fr. _; to sit. See Sit.]
(Jewish Antiq.)
the great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest was added. It had jurisdiction of religious matters.


word: Sanhita
definition:
Sanhita

San"hi*ta
(?)
n.
[Skr. samhita, properly, combination.]
A collection of vedic hymns, songs, or verses, forming the first part of each Veda.


word: Sanicle
definition:
Sanicle

San"i*cle
(?)
n.
[F., from L. sanare to heal.]
(Bot.)
Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Sanicula, reputed to have healing powers.


word: Sanidine
definition:
Sanidine

San"i*dine
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;. _;, a board. So called in allusion to the tabular crystals.]
(Min.)
A variety of orthoclase feldspar common in certain eruptive rocks, as trachyte; -- called also glassy feldspar.


word: Sanies
definition:
Sanies

Sa"ni*es
(?)
n.
[L.]
(Med.)
A thin, serous fluid commonly discharged from ulcers or foul wounds.


word: Sanious
definition:
Sanious

Sa"ni*ous
(?)
a.
[L. saniosus, fr. sanies: cf. F. sanieux.]
1.
(Med.)
Pertaining to sanies, or partaking of its nature and appearance; thin and serous, with a slight bloody tinge; as, the sanious matter of an ulcer.

2.
(med.)
Discharging sanies; as, a sanious ulcer.


word: Sanitarian₂
definition:
Sanitarian

San`i*ta"ri*an
n.
An advocate of sanitary measures; one especially interested or versed in sanitary measures.


word: Sanitarium
definition:
Sanitarium

San`i*ta"ri*um
(?)
n.
[NL. See Sanitary.]
A health station or retreat; a sanatorium.
sanitarium
L. Oliphant.


word: Sanitary
definition:
Sanitary

San"i*ta*ry
(?)
a.
[L. sanitas health: cf. F. sanitaire. See Sanity.]
Of or pertaining to health; designed to secure or preserve health; relating to the preservation or restoration of health; hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. See the Note under Sanatory.

Sanitary Commission. See under Commission.


word: Sanitation
definition:
Sanitation

San`i*ta"tion
(?)
n.
The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene.

How much sanitation has advanced during the last half century.
H. Hartshorne.


word: Sanity
definition:
Sanity

San"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. sanitas, from sanus sound, healthy. See Sane.]
The condition or quality of being sane; soundness of health of body or mind, especially of the mind; saneness.


word: San Jose scale
definition:
San Jose scale

San Jo*sé" scale
(?)
A very destructive scale insect (Aspidiotus perniciosus) that infests the apple, pear, and other fruit trees.  So called because first introduced into the United States at San José, California.


word: Sankha
definition:
Sankha

Sank"ha
(?)
n.
[Skr. çankha a shell.]
A chank shell (Turbinella pyrum); also, a shell bracelet or necklace made in India from the chank shell.


word: Sankhya
definition:
Sankhya

Sankh"ya
(?)
n.
A Hindu system of philosophy which refers all things to soul and a rootless germ called prakriti, consisting of three elements, goodness, passion, and darkness.
Whitworth.


word: Sans
definition:
Sans

Sans
(sän; E. sănz)
prep.
[F., from L. sine without.]
Without; deprived or destitute of. Rarely used as an English word.
Sans
Chaucer.

Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Shak.


word: Sans-culotte
definition:
Sans-culotte

Sans`-cu`lotte"
(F. _;; E. _;)
n.
[F., without breeches.]
1.
A fellow without breeches; a ragged fellow; -- a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party, who rejected breeches as an emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy, and adopted pantaloons.

2.
Hence, an extreme or radical republican; a violent revolutionist; a Jacobin.


word: Sans-culottic
definition:
Sans-culottic

Sans`-cu*lot"tic
(?)
a.
Pertaining to, or involving, sans-culottism; radical; revolutionary; Jacobinical.
Carlyle.


word: Sans-culottism
definition:
Sans-culottism

Sans`-cu*lot"tism
(?)
n.
[F. sans-culottisme.]
Extreme republican principles; the principles or practice of the sans-culottes.


word: Sanskrit
definition:
Sanskrit

San"skrit
(?)
n.
[Skr. Samsk&rsdot_;ta the Sanskrit language, literally, the perfect, polished, or classical language, fr. samsk&rsdot_;ta prepared, wrought, made, excellent, perfect; sam together (akin to E. same) + k&rsdot_;ta made. See Same, Create.]
[Written also Sanscrit.]
The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda.


word: Sanskrit₂
definition:
Sanskrit

San"skrit
a.
Of or pertaining to Sanskrit; written in Sanskrit; as, a Sanskrit dictionary or inscription.


word: Santal
definition:
Santal

San"tal
(?)
n.
[Santalum + piperonal.]
(Chem.)
A colorless crystalline substance, isomeric with piperonal, but having weak acid properties. It is extracted from sandalwood.


word: Santalaceous
definition:
Santalaceous

San`ta*la"ceous
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Santalaceae), of which the genus Santalum is the type, and which includes the buffalo nut and a few other North American plants, and many peculiar plants of the southern hemisphere.


word: Santalic
definition:
Santalic

San*tal"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sandalwood (Santalum); -- used specifically to designate an acid obtained as a resinous or red crystalline dyestuff, which is called also santalin.


word: Santalum
definition:
Santalum

San"ta*lum
(?)
n.
[NL. See Sandalwood.]
(Bot.)
A genus of trees with entire opposite leaves and small apetalous flowers. There are less than a dozen species, occurring from India to Australia and the Pacific Islands. See Sandalwood.


word: Santees
definition:
Santees

San`tees"
(?)
n. pl.
sing. Santee (_;)
(Ethnol.)
One of the seven confederated tribes of Indians belonging to the Sioux, or Dakotas.


word: Santon
definition:
Santon

San"ton
(?)
n.
[Sp. santon, augmented fr. santo holy, L. sanctus.]
A Turkish saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as a saint: also, a hermit.


word: Santonic
definition:
Santonic

San*ton"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid (distinct from santoninic acid) obtained from santonin as a white crystalline substance.


word: Santonin
definition:
Santonin

San"to*nin
(?)
n.
[L. herba santonica, a kind of plant, fr. Santoni a people of Aquitania; cf. Gr. _;: cf. F. santonine.]
(Chem.)
A white crystalline substance having a bitter taste, extracted from the buds of levant wormseed and used as an anthelmintic. It occassions a peculiar temporary color blindness, causing objects to appear as if seen through a yellow glass.


word: Santoninic
definition:
Santoninic

San`to*nin"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to santonin; -- used specifically to designate an acid not known in the free state, but obtained in its salts.


word: Sao
definition:
Sao

Sa"o
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any marine annelid of the genus Hyalinaecia, especially Hyalinaecia tubicola of Europe, which inhabits a transparent movable tube resembling a quill in color and texture.


word: Sap
definition:
Sap

Sap
(?)
n.
[AS. saep; akin to OHG. saf, G. saft, Icel. safi; of uncertain origin; possibly akin to L. sapere to taste, to be wise, sapa must or new wine boiled thick. Cf. Sapid, Sapient.]
1.
The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.

&hand_; The ascending is the crude sap, the assimilation of which takes place in the leaves, when it becomes the elaborated sap suited to the growth of the plant.

2.
The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree.

3.
A simpleton; a saphead; a milksop.
[Slang]

Sap ball (Bot.), any large fungus of the genus Polyporus. See Polyporus. -- Sap green, a dull light green pigment prepared from the juice of the ripe berries of the Rhamnus catharticus, or buckthorn. It is used especially by water-color artists. -- Sap rot, the dry rot. See under Dry. -- Sap sucker (Zool.), any one of several species of small American woodpeckers of the genus Sphyrapicus, especially the yellow-bellied woodpecker (Sphyrapicus varius) of the Eastern United States. They are so named because they puncture the bark of trees and feed upon the sap. The name is loosely applied to other woodpeckers. -- Sap tube (Bot.), a vessel that conveys sap.


word: Sap₂
definition:
Sap

Sap
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sapping.]
[F. saper (cf. Sp. zapar, It. zapare), fr. sape a sort of scythe, LL. sappa a sort of mattock.]
1.
To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.

Nor safe their dwellings were, for sapped by floods,
Their houses fell upon their household gods.
Dryden.

2.
(Mil.)
To pierce with saps.

3.
To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.

Ring out the grief that saps the mind.
Tennyson.


word: Sap₃
definition:
Sap

Sap
(?)
v. i.
To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps.
W. P. Craighill.

Both assaults are carried on by sapping.
Tatler.


word: Sap₄
definition:
Sap

Sap
n.
(Mil.)
A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.

Sap fagot (Mil.), a fascine about three feet long, used in sapping, to close the crevices between the gabions before the parapet is made. -- Sap roller (Mil.), a large gabion, six or seven feet long, filled with fascines, which the sapper sometimes rolls along before him for protection from the fire of an enemy.


word: Sapajou
definition:
Sapajou

Sap"a*jou
(?)
n.
[F. sapajou, sajou, Braz. sajuassu.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Cebus, having long and prehensile tails. Some of the species are called also capuchins. The bonnet sapajou (Cebus subcristatus), the golden-handed sapajou (Cebus chrysopus), and the white-throated sapajou (Cebus hypoleucus) are well known species. See Capuchin.


word: Sapan wood
definition:
Sapan wood

Sa*pan" wood
(?)
[Malay sapang.]
(Bot.)
A dyewood yielded by Caesalpinia Sappan, a thorny leguminous tree of Southern Asia and the neighboring islands. It is the original Brazil wood.
[Written also sappan wood.]


word: Saphenous
definition:
Saphenous

Sa*phe"nous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; manifest.]
(Anat.)
(a)
Manifest; -- applied to the two principal superficial veins of the lower limb of man.
(b)
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the saphenous veins; as, the saphenous nerves; the saphenous opening, an opening in the broad fascia of the thigh through which the internal saphenous vein passes.


word: Sapid
definition:
Sapid

Sap"id
(?)
a.
[L. sapidus, fr. sapere to taste: cf. F. sapide. See Sapient, Savor.]
Having the power of affecting the organs of taste; possessing savor, or flavor.

Camels, to make the water sapid, do raise the mud with their feet.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Sapidity
definition:
Sapidity

Sa*pid"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. sapidité.]
The quality or state of being sapid; taste; savor; savoriness.

Whether one kind of sapidity is more effective than another.
M. S. Lamson.


word: Sapidness
definition:
Sapidness

Sap"id*ness
n.
Quality of being sapid; sapidity.

When the Israelites fancied the sapidness and relish of the fleshpots, they longed to taste and to return.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Sapience
definition:
Sapience

Sa"pi*ence
(?)
n.
[L. sapientia: cf. F. sapience. See Sapient..]
The quality of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; knowledge.
Cowper.

Woman, if I might sit beside your feet,
And glean your scattered sapience.
Tennyson.


word: Sapient
definition:
Sapient

Sa"pi*ent
(?)
a.
[L. sapiens, -entis, p. pr. of sapere to taste, to have sense, to know. See Sage, a.]
Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in irony or contempt.

Where the sapient king
Held dalliance with his fair Egyptian spouse.
Milton.


word: Sapiential
definition:
Sapiential

Sa`pi*en"tial
(?)
a.
[L. sapientialis.]
Having or affording wisdom.
Sa`pi*en"tial*ly, adv.

The sapiential books of the Old [Testament].
Jer. Taylor.


word: Sapindaceous
definition:
Sapindaceous

Sap`in*da"ceous
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Of or pertaining to an order of trees and shrubs (Sapindaceae), including the (typical) genus Sapindus, the maples, the margosa, and about seventy other genera.


word: Sapindus
definition:
Sapindus

Sa*pin"dus
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. sapo soap + Indicus Indian.]
(Bot.)
A genus of tropical and subtropical trees with pinnate leaves and panicled flowers. The fruits of some species are used instead of soap, and their round black seeds are made into necklaces.


word: Sapless
definition:
Sapless

Sap"less
(?)
a.
1.
Destitute of sap; not juicy.

2.
Fig.: Dry; old; husky; withered; spiritless.
sapless
Lowell.

Now sapless on the verge of death he stands.
Dryden.


word: Sapodilla
definition:
Sapodilla

Sap`o*dil"la
(?)
n.
[Sp. zapote, sapotillo, zapotillo, Mexican cochit-zapotl. Cf. Sapota.]
(Bot.)
A tall, evergeen, tropical American tree (Achras Sapota); also, its edible fruit, the sapodilla plum.
[Written also sapadillo, sappadillo, sappodilla, and zapotilla.]

Sapodilla plum (Bot.), the fruit of Achras Sapota. It is about the size of an ordinary quince, having a rough, brittle, dull brown rind, the flesh being of a dirty yellowish white color, very soft, and deliciously sweet. Called also naseberry. It is eatable only when it begins to be spotted, and is much used in desserts.


word: Sapogenin
definition:
Sapogenin

Sa*pog"e*nin
(?)
n.
[Saponin + -gen + -in.]
(Chem.)
A white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of saponin.


word: Saponaceous
definition:
Saponaceous

Sap`o*na"ceous
(?)
a.
[L. sapo, -onis, soap, of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. soap. See Soap.]
Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soapy.

&hand_; Saponaceous bodies are compounds of an acid and a base, and are in reality a kind of salt.


word: Saponifiable
definition:
Saponifiable

Sa*pon*i*fi`a*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of conversion into soap; as, a saponifiable substance.


word: Saponification
definition:
Saponification

Sa*pon`i*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. saponification. See Saponify.]
The act, process, or result, of soap making; conversion into soap; specifically (Chem.), the decomposition of fats and other ethereal salts by alkalies; as, the saponification of ethyl acetate.


word: Saponifier
definition:
Saponifier

Sa*pon"i*fi`er
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
That which saponifies; any reagent used to cause saponification.


word: Saponify
definition:
Saponify

Sa*pon"i*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Saponified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Saponifying (?).]
[L. sapo, -onis, soap + -fy: cf. F. saponifier.]
To convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence (Chem.), to subject to any similar process, as that which ethereal salts undergo in decomposition; as, to saponify ethyl acetate.


word: Saponin
definition:
Saponin

Sap"o*nin
(?)
n.
[L. sapo, -onis soap: cf. F. saponine.]
(Chem.)
A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria officinalis), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaja saponaria), etc.  It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which produces a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia.  It is used as a detergent and for emulsifying oils.  Formerly called also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type.


word: Saponite
definition:
Saponite

Sap"o*nite
(?)
n.
[Sw. saponit, fr. L. sapo, -onis, soap.]
(Min.)
A hydrous silicate of magnesia and alumina. It occurs in soft, soapy, amorphous masses, filling veins in serpentine and cavities in trap rock.


word: Saponul
definition:
Saponul

Sap"o*nul
(?)
n.
[F. saponule, fr. L. sapo, -onis, soap.]
(Old Chem.)
A soapy mixture obtained by treating an essential oil with an alkali; hence, any similar compound of an essential oil.
[Written also saponule.]
[Obs.]


word: Sapor
definition:
Sapor

Sa"por
(?)
n.
[L. See Savor.]
Power of affecting the organs of taste; savor; flavor; taste.

There is some sapor in all aliments.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Saporific
definition:
Saporific

Sap`o*rif"ic
(?)
a.
[L. sapor taste + facere to make.]
Having the power to produce the sensation of taste; producing taste, flavor, or relish.


word: Saporosity
definition:
Saporosity

Sap`o*ros"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality of a body by which it excites the sensation of taste.


word: Saporous
definition:
Saporous

Sap"o*rous
(?)
a.
[L. saporus that relishes well, savory, fr. sapor taste.]
Having flavor or taste; yielding a taste.
[R.]
Bailey.


word: Sapotaceous
definition:
Sapotaceous

Sap`o*ta"ceous
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sapotaceae) of (mostly tropical) trees and shrubs, including the star apple, the Lucuma, or natural marmalade tree, the gutta-percha tree (Isonandra), and the India mahwa, as well as the sapodilla, or sapota, after which the order is named.


word: Sappare
definition:
Sappare

Sap"pare
(?)
n.
[F. sappare; -- so called by Saussure.]
(Min.)
Kyanite.
[Written also sappar.]


word: Sapper
definition:
Sapper

Sap"per
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. sapeur.]
One who saps; specifically (Mil.), one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like.


word: Sapphic
definition:
Sapphic

Sap"phic
(?)
a.
[L. Sapphicus, Gr. _;, fr. _; Sappho.]
1.
Of or pertaining to Sappho, the Grecian poetess; as, Sapphic odes; Sapphic verse.

2.
(Pros.)
Belonging to, or in the manner of, Sappho; -- said of a certain kind of verse reputed to have been invented by Sappho, consisting of five feet, of which the first, fourth, and fifth are trochees, the second is a spondee, and the third a dactyl.


word: Sapphire
definition:
Sapphire

Sap"phire
(? or ?; 277)
n.
[OE. saphir, F. saphir, L. sapphirus, Gr. _;, of Oriental origin; cf. Heb. sappīr.]
1.
(Min.)
Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem.

Of rubies, sapphires, and of pearlés white.
Chaucer.

&hand_; Sapphire occurs in hexagonal crystals and also in granular and massive forms. The name sapphire is usually restricted to the blue crystals, while the bright red crystals are called Oriental rubies (see under Ruby), the amethystine variety Oriental amethyst (see under Amethyst), and the dull massive varieties corundum (a name which is also used as a general term to include all varieties). See Corundum.

2.
The color of the gem; bright blue.

3.
(Zool.)
Any humming bird of the genus Hylocharis, native of South America. The throat and breast are usually bright blue.

Star sapphire, or Asteriated sapphire (Min.), a kind of sapphire which exhibits asterism.


word: Sapphirine
definition:
Sapphirine

Sap"phir*ine
(?)
n.
Resembling sapphire; made of sapphire; having the color, or any quality of sapphire.
Sapphirine
Boyle.


word: Sappho
definition:
Sappho

Sap"pho
(?)
n.
[See Sapphic.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of brilliant South American humming birds of the genus Sappho, having very bright-colored and deeply forked tails; -- called also firetail.


word: Sappy
definition:
Sappy

Sap"py
(?)
a.
[Compar. Sappier (?); superl. Sappiest.]
[From 1st Sap.]

1.
Abounding with sap; full of sap; juicy; succulent.

2.
Hence, young, not firm; weak, feeble.

When he had passed this weak and sappy age.
Hayward.

3.
Weak in intellect.
[Low]

4.
(Bot.)
Abounding in sap; resembling, or consisting largely of, sapwood.


word: Saprophagan
definition:
Saprophagan

Sa*proph"a*gan
(?)
n.
[Gr. sapro`s rotten + fagei^n to eat: cf. F. saprophage.]
(Zool.)
One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon decaying animal and vegetable substances; a carrion beetle.


word: Saprophyte
definition:
Saprophyte

Sap"ro*phyte
(?)
n.
[Gr. sapro`s rotten + fyto`n a plant.]
(Bot.)
Any plant growing on decayed animal or vegetable matter, as most fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as the Indian pipe.


word: Saprophytic
definition:
Saprophytic

Sap`ro*phyt"ic
(?)
a.
Feeding or growing upon decaying animal or vegetable matter; pertaining to a saprophyte or the saprophytes.


word: Sapsago
definition:
Sapsago

Sap"sa*go
(?)
n.
[G. schabzieger; schaben to shave, to scrape + zieger a sort of whey.]
A kind of Swiss cheese, of a greenish color, flavored with melilot.


word: Sapucaia
definition:
Sapucaia

Sap`u*ca"ia
(?; Pg. _;)
n.
[Pg. sapucaya.]
(Bot.)
A Brazilian tree. See Lecythis, and Monkey-pot.
[Written also sapucaya.]

Sapucaia nut (Bot.), the seed of the sapucaia; -- called also paradise nut.


word: Sapwood
definition:
Sapwood

Sap"wood`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
The alburnum, or part of the wood of any exogenous tree next to the bark, being that portion of the tree through which the sap flows most freely; -- distinguished from heartwood.


word: Sarabaite
definition:
Sarabaite

Sar"a*ba*ite
(?)
n.
[LL. Sarabaïtae, pl.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of certain vagrant or heretical Oriental monks in the early church.


word: Saraband
definition:
Saraband

Sar"a*band
(?)
n.
[F. sarabande, Sp. zarabanda, fr. Per. serbend a song.]
A slow Spanish dance of Saracenic origin, to an air in triple time; also, the air itself.

She has brought us the newest saraband from the court of Queen Mab.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Saracen
definition:
Saracen

Sar"a*cen
(?)
n.
[L. Saracenus perhaps fr. Ar. sharqi, pl. sharqiīn, Oriental, Eastern, fr. sharaqa to rise, said of the sun: cf. F. sarrasin. Cf. Sarcenet, Sarrasin, Sirocco.]
Anciently, an Arab; later, a Mussulman; in the Middle Ages, the common term among Christians in Europe for a Mohammedan hostile to the crusaders.

Saracens' consound (Bot.), a kind of ragwort (Senecio Saracenicus), anciently used to heal wounds.


word: Saracenical
definition:
Saracenical

Saracenic

{ Sar`a*cen"ic (?), Sar`a*cen"ic*al (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to the Saracens; as, Saracenic architecture.
Saracenic
Sir W. Scott.


word: Saraswati
definition:
Saraswati

Sa`ras*wa"ti
(?)
n.
[Skr. Sarasvatī.]
(Hind. Myth.)
The sakti or wife of Brahma; the Hindoo goddess of learning, music, and poetry.


word: Sarcasm
definition:
Sarcasm

Sar"casm
(?)
n.
[F. sarcasme, L. sarcasmus, Gr. sarkasmo`s, from sarka`zein to tear flesh like dogs, to bite the lips in rage, to speak bitterly, to sneer, fr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.]
A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest.

The sarcasms of those critics who imagine our art to be a matter of inspiration.
Sir J. Reynolds.


word: Sarcastical
definition:
Sarcastical

Sarcastic

{ Sar*cas"tic (?), Sar*cas"tic*al (?), }
a.
Expressing, or expressed by, sarcasm; characterized by, or of the nature of, sarcasm; given to the use of sarcasm; bitterly satirical; scornfully severe; taunting.

What a fierce and sarcastic reprehension would this have drawn from the friendship of the world!
South.


word: Sarcel
definition:
Sarcel

Sar"cel
(?)
n.
[OF. cercel, F. cerceau, L. circellus, dim. of circulus. See Circle.]
One of the outer pinions or feathers of the wing of a bird, esp. of a hawk.


word: Sarcenet
definition:
Sarcenet

Sarce"net
(?)
n.
[OF. sarcenet; cf. LL. saracenicum cloth made by Saracens. See Saracen.]
A species of fine thin silk fabric, used for linings, etc.
[Written also sarsenet.]

Thou green sarcenet flap for a sore eye.
Shak.


word: Sarcina
definition:
Sarcina

Sar*ci"na
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; of flesh, fr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.]
(Biol.)
A genus of bacteria found in various organic fluids, especially in those those of the stomach, associated with certain diseases. The individual organisms undergo division along two perpendicular partitions, so that multiplication takes place in two directions, giving groups of four cubical cells. Also used adjectively; as, a sarcina micrococcus; a sarcina group.

Sarcina form (Biol.), the tetrad form seen in the division of a dumb-bell group of micrococci into four; -- applied particularly to bacteria. See micrococcus.


word: Sarcle
definition:
Sarcle

Sar"cle
(?)
v. t.
[F. sarcler to weed, fr. L. sarculare to hoe, fr. sarculum hoe.]
To weed, or clear of weeds, with a hoe.
[Obs.]
Ainsworth.


word: Sarco-
definition:
Sarco-

Sar"co-
(?)
A combining form from Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh; as, sarcophagous, flesh-eating; sarcology.


word: Sarcobasis
definition:
Sarcobasis

Sar*cob"a*sis
(?)
n.
pl. Sarcobases (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + _; base.]
(Bot.)
A fruit consisting of many dry indehiscent cells, which contain but few seeds and cohere about a common style, as in the mallows.


word: Sarcoblast
definition:
Sarcoblast

Sar"co*blast
(?)
n.
[Sarco- + -blast.]
(Zool.)
A minute yellowish body present in the interior of certain rhizopods.


word: Sarcocarp
definition:
Sarcocarp

Sar"co*carp
(?)
n.
[Sarco- + Gr. _; fruit: cf. F. sarcocarpe.]
(Bot.)
The fleshy part of a stone fruit, situated between the skin, or epicarp, and the stone, or endocarp, as in a peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.

&hand_; The term has also been used to denote any fruit which is fleshy throughout.
M. T. Masters.


word: Sarcocele
definition:
Sarcocele

Sar"co*cele
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;; sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + _; tumor: cf. F. sarcocèle.]
(Med.)
Any solid tumor of the testicle.


word: Sarcocolla
definition:
Sarcocolla

Sarcocol

{ Sar"co*col (?), Sar`co*col"la (?), }
n.
[L. sarcocolla, from Gr. _;; sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + _; glue: cf. F. sarcocolle.]
A gum resin obtained from certain shrubs of Africa (Penaea), -- formerly thought to cause healing of wounds and ulcers.


word: Sarcode
definition:
Sarcode

Sar"code
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; fleshy; sa`rx, flesh + e'i^dos form. Cf. Sarcoid.]
(Biol.)
A name applied by Dujardin in 1835 to the gelatinous material forming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm.


word: sarcoderma
definition:
sarcoderma

Sarcoderm

{ Sar"co*derm (?), &Verbarsar`co*der"ma (?), }
n.
[NL. sarcoderma. See Sarco-, and Derm.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A fleshy covering of a seed, lying between the external and internal integuments.
(b)
A sarcocarp.


word: Sarcoid
definition:
Sarcoid

Sar"coid
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;. See Sarcode.]
(Biol.)
Resembling flesh, or muscle; composed of sarcode.


word: Sarcolactic
definition:
Sarcolactic

Sar`co*lac"tic
(?)
a.
[Sarco- + lactic.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
Relating to muscle and milk; as, sarcolactic acid. See Lactic acid, under Lactic.


word: Sarcolemma
definition:
Sarcolemma

Sar`co*lem"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + _; rind, skin.]
(Anat.)
The very thin transparent and apparently homogeneous sheath which incloses a striated muscular fiber; the myolemma.


word: Sarcological
definition:
Sarcological

Sarcologic

{ Sar`co*log"ic (?), Sar`co*log"ic*al (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to sarcology.


word: Sarcology
definition:
Sarcology

Sar*col"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Sarco- + -logy: cf. F. sarcologie.]
That part of anatomy which treats of the soft parts. It includes myology, angiology, neurology, and splanchnology.


word: Sarcoma
definition:
Sarcoma

Sar*co"ma
(?)
n.
pl. L. Sarcomata (# or #), E. sarcomas (#).
[NL., from Gr. _;, from sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.]
(Med.)
A tumor of fleshy consistence; -- formerly applied to many varieties of tumor, now restricted to a variety of malignant growth made up of cells resembling those of fetal development without any proper intercellular substance.


word: Sarcophaga
definition:
Sarcophaga

Sar*coph"a*ga
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., neut. pl. See Sarcophagus.]
(Zool.)
A suborder of carnivorous and insectivorous marsupials including the dasyures and the opossums.


word: Sarcophaga₂
definition:
Sarcophaga

Sar*coph"a*ga
n.
[NL., fem. sing. See Sarcophagus.]
(Zool.)
A genus of Diptera, including the flesh flies.


word: Sarcophagan
definition:
Sarcophagan

Sar*coph"a*gan
(?)
n.
1.
(Zool.)
Any animal which eats flesh, especially any carnivorous marsupial.

2.
(Zool.)
Any fly of the genus Sarcophaga.


word: Sarcophagus
definition:
Sarcophagus

Sar*coph"a*gus
(?)
n.
pl. L. Sarcophagi (#), E. Sarcophaguses (#).
[L., fr. Gr. sarkofa`gos, properly, eating flesh; sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + fagei^n to eat. Cf. Sarcasm.]
1.
A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia.
Holland.

2.
A coffin or chest-shaped tomb of the kind of stone described above; hence, any stone coffin.

3.
A stone shaped like a sarcophagus and placed by a grave as a memorial.


word: Sarcophile
definition:
Sarcophile

Sar"co*phile
(?)
n.
[Sacro- + Gr. _; a lover.]
(Zool.)
A flesh-eating animal, especially any one of the carnivorous marsupials.


word: Sarcoptes
definition:
Sarcoptes

Sar*cop"tes
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + ko`ptein to cut.]
(Zool.)
A genus of parasitic mites including the itch mites.


word: Sarcoptid
definition:
Sarcoptid

Sar*cop"tid
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any species of the genus Sarcoptes and related genera of mites, comprising the itch mites and mange mites.
a. Of or pertaining to the itch mites.


word: Sarcorhamphi
definition:
Sarcorhamphi

Sar`co*rham"phi
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + _; beak.]
(Zool.)
A division of raptorial birds comprising the vultures.


word: Sarcoseptum
definition:
Sarcoseptum

Sar`co*sep"tum
(?)
n.
pl. Sarcosepta (#).
[Sarco- + septum.]
(Zool.)
One of the mesenteries of an anthozoan.


word: Sarcosin
definition:
Sarcosin

Sar"co*sin
(?)
n.
(Physiol. Chem.)
A crystalline nitrogenous substance, formed in the decomposition of creatin (one of the constituents of muscle tissue). Chemically, it is methyl glycocoll.


word: Sarcosis
definition:
Sarcosis

Sar*co"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.]
(Med.)
(a)
Abnormal formation of flesh.
(b)
Sarcoma.


word: Sarcotic
definition:
Sarcotic

Sar*cot"ic
(?)
a.
[Gr. _;: cf. F. sarcotique.]
(Med.)
Producing or promoting the growth of flesh.
[R.]
n. A sarcotic medicine.
[R.]


word: Sarcous
definition:
Sarcous

Sar"cous
(?)
a.
[Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh.]
(Anat.)
Fleshy; -- applied to the minute structural elements, called sarcous elements, or sarcous disks, of which striated muscular fiber is composed.


word: Sarculation
definition:
Sarculation

Sar`cu*la"tion
(?)
n.
[L. sarculatio. See Sarcle.]
A weeding, as with a hoe or a rake.


word: Sard
definition:
Sard

Sard
(?)
n.
[L. sarda, Gr. _;, or _; (sc. _;), i.e., Sardian stone, fr. _; Sardian, _; Sardes, the capital of Lydia: cf. F. sarde. Cf. Sardius.]
(Min.)
A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color. See the Note under Chalcedony.


word: Sardachate
definition:
Sardachate

Sar"da*chate
(?)
n.
[L. sardachates: cf. F. sardachate. See Sard, and Agate.]
(Min.)
A variety of agate containing sard.


word: Sardel
definition:
Sardel

Sardan

{ Sar"dan (?), Sar"del (?), }
n.
[It. sardella. See Sardine a fish.]
(Zool.)
A sardine.
[Obs.]


word: Sardine
definition:
Sardine

Sar"dine
(? or ?; 277)
n.
[F. sardine (cf. Sp. sardina, sarda, It. sardina, sardella), L. sardina, sarda; cf. Gr. _;, _;; so called from the island of Sardinia, Gr. _;.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine (Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden.


word: Sardinian
definition:
Sardinian

Sar*din"i*an
(?)
a.
[L. Sardinianus.]
Of or pertaining to the island, kingdom, or people of Sardinia.
n. A native or inhabitant of Sardinia.


word: Sardius
definition:
Sardius

Sar"di*us
(?)
n.
[L. sardius, lapis sardinus, Gr. _;, _;, _;. See Sard.]
A precious stone, probably a carnelian, one of which was set in Aaron's breastplate.
Ex. xxviii. 17.


word: Sardonic
definition:
Sardonic

Sar*don"ic
(?)
a.
[F. sardonique, L. sardonius, Gr. _;, _;, perhaps fr. _; to grin like a dog, or from a certain plant of Sardinia, Gr. _;, which was said to screw up the face of the eater.]
Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; -- applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.

Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still,
And grief is forced to laugh against her will.
Sir H. Wotton.

The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian.
Burke.

Sardonic grin or Sardonic laugh, an old medical term for a spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving it an appearance of laughter.


word: Sardonyx
definition:
Sardonyx

Sar"do*nyx
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;. See Sard, and Onyx.]
(Min.)
A variety of onyx consisting of sard and white chalcedony in alternate layers.


word: Saree
definition:
Saree

Sa"ree
(?)
n.
[Hind. _;.]
The principal garment of a Hindoo woman. It consists of a long piece of cloth, which is wrapped round the middle of the body, a portion being arranged to hang down in front, and the remainder passed across the bosom over the left shoulder.


word: Sargasso
definition:
Sargasso

Sar*gas"so
(?)
n.
[Sp. sargazo seaweed.]
(Bot.)
The gulf weed. See under Gulf.

Sargasso Sea, a large tract of the North Atlantic Ocean where sargasso in great abundance floats on the surface.


word: Sargo
definition:
Sargo

Sar"go
(?)
n.
[Sp. sargo, L. sargus a kind of fish.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of sparoid fishes belonging to Sargus, Pomadasys, and related genera; -- called also sar, and saragu.


word: Sarigue
definition:
Sarigue

Sa*rigue"
(?)
n.
[F., from Braz. çarigueia, çarigueira.]
(Zool.)
A small South American opossum (Didelphys opossum), having four white spots on the face.


word: Sarking
definition:
Sarking

Sark"ing
(?)
n.
[From Sark shirt.]
(Carp.)
Thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes.


word: Sarmatic
definition:
Sarmatic

Sarmatian

{ Sar*ma"tian (?), Sar*mat"ic (?), }
a.
[L. Sarmaticus.]
Of or pertaining to Sarmatia, or its inhabitants, the ancestors of the Russians and the Poles.


word: Sarment
definition:
Sarment

Sar"ment
(?)
n.
[L. sarmentum a twig, fr. sarpere to cut off, to trim: cf. F. sarment.]
(Bot.)
A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawberry. See Runner.


word: Sarmentose
definition:
Sarmentose

Sar`men*tose"
(? or ?)
a.
[L. sarmentosus: cf. F. sarmenteux. See Sarment.]
(Bot.)
(a)
Long and filiform, and almost naked, or having only leaves at the joints where it strikes root; as, a sarmentose stem.
(b)
Bearing sarments; sarmentaceous.


word: Sarn
definition:
Sarn

Sarn
(?)
n.
[W. sarn a causeway, paving.]
A pavement or stepping-stone.
[Prov. Eng.]
Johnson.


word: Sarong
definition:
Sarong

Sa"rong
(?)
n.
[Malay sārung.]
A sort of petticoat worn by both sexes in Java and the Malay Archipelago.
Balfour (Cyc. of India)


word: Saros
definition:
Saros

Sa"ros
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;]
(Astron)
A Chaldean astronomical period or cycle, the length of which has been variously estimated from 3,600 years to 3,600 days, or a little short of 10 years.
Brande & C.


word: Sarplar
definition:
Sarplar

Sar"plar
(?)
n.
[Cf. LL. sarplare. See Sarplier.]
A large bale or package of wool, containing eighty tods, or 2,240 pounds, in weight.
[Eng.]


word: Sarplier
definition:
Sarplier

Sar"plier
(?)
n.
[F. serpillière; cf. Pr. sarpelheira, LL. serpelleria, serpleria, Catalan sarpallera, Sp. arpillera.]
A coarse cloth made of hemp, and used for packing goods, etc.
[Written also sarpelere.]
Tyrwhitt.


word: Sarpo
definition:
Sarpo

Sar"po
(?)
n.
[Corruption of Sp. sapo a toad.]
(Zool.)
A large toadfish of the Southern United States and the Gulf of Mexico (Batrachus tau, var. pardus).


word: Sarracenia
definition:
Sarracenia

Sar`ra*ce"ni*a
(?)
prop. n.
[NL. So named after a Dr. Sarrazin of Quebec.]
(Bot.)
A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant.

&hand_; They have hollow pitcher-shaped or tubular leaves, and solitary flowers with an umbrella-shaped style. Sarracenia purpurea, the sidesaddle flower, is common at the North; Sarracenia flava, Sarracenia rubra, Sarracenia Drummondii, Sarracenia variolaris, and Sarracenia psittacina are Southern species.  All are insectivorous, catching and drowning insects in their curious leaves. See Illust. of Sidesaddle flower, under Sidesaddle.


word: Sarrasine
definition:
Sarrasine

Sarrasin

{ Sar"ra*sin, Sar"ra*sine }
(?)
n.
[F. sarrasine, LL. saracina. See Saracen.]
(Fort.)
A portcullis, or herse.
[Written also sarasin.]


word: Sarsaparilla
definition:
Sarsaparilla

Sar`sa*pa*ril"la
(?)
n.
[Sp. zarzaparrilla; zarza a bramble (perhaps fr. Bisc. zartzia) + parra a vine, or Parillo, a physician said to have discovered it.]
(Bot.)
(a)
Any plant of several tropical American species of Smilax.
(b)
The bitter mucilaginous roots of such plants, used in medicine and in sirups for soda, etc.

&hand_; The name is also applied to many other plants and their roots, especially to the Aralia nudicaulis, the wild sarsaparilla of the United States.


word: Sarse
definition:
Sarse

Sarse
(?)
n.
[F. sas, OF. saas, LL. setatium, fr. L. seta a stiff hair.]
A fine sieve; a searce.
[Obs.]


word: Sarsen
definition:
Sarsen

Sar"sen
(?)
n.
[Etymol. uncertain; perhaps for saracen stone, i.e., a heathen or pagan stone or monument.]
One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; -- called also sarsen stone, and Druid stone.
[Eng.]


word: Sartorial
definition:
Sartorial

Sar*to"ri*al
(?)
a.
[See Sartorius.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a tailor or his work.

Our legs skulked under the table as free from sartorial impertinences as those of the noblest savages.
Lowell.

2.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the sartorius muscle.


word: Sartorius
definition:
Sartorius

Sar*to"ri*us
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. sartor a patcher, tailor, fr. sarcire, sartum, to patch, mend.]
(Anat.)
A muscle of the thigh, called the tailor's muscle, which arises from the hip bone and is inserted just below the knee. So named because its contraction was supposed to produce the position of the legs assumed by the tailor in sitting.


word: Sarum use
definition:
Sarum use

Sa"rum use`
(?)
(Ch. of Eng.)
A liturgy, or use, put forth about 1087 by St. Osmund, bishop of Sarum, based on Anglo-Saxon and Norman customs.


word: Sash
definition:
Sash

Sash
(?)
n.
[Pers. shast a sort of girdle.]
A scarf or band worn about the waist, over the shoulder, or otherwise; a belt; a girdle, -- worn by women and children as an ornament; also worn as a badge of distinction by military officers, members of societies, etc.


word: Sash₃
definition:
Sash

Sash
n.
[F. châssis a frame, sash, fr. châsse a shrine, reliquary, frame, L. capsa. See Case a box.]
1.
The framing in which the panes of glass are set in a glazed window or door, including the narrow bars between the panes.

2.
In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; -- also called gate.

French sash, a casement swinging on hinges; -- in distinction from a vertical sash sliding up and down.


word: Sash₄
definition:
Sash

Sash
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sashing.]
To furnish with a sash or sashes; as, to sash a door or a window.


word: Sashery
definition:
Sashery

Sash"er*y
(?)
n.
[From 1st Sash.]
A collection of sashes; ornamentation by means of sashes.
[R.]

Distinguished by their sasheries and insignia.
Carlyle.


word: Sashoon
definition:
Sashoon

Sash"oon
(?)
n.
[Etymology uncertain.]
A kind of pad worn on the leg under the boot.
[Obs.]
Nares.


word: Sasin
definition:
Sasin

Sa"sin
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The Indian antelope (Antilope bezoartica syn.  Antilope cervicapra), noted for its beauty and swiftness. It has long, spiral, divergent horns.


word: Sassabye
definition:
Sassabye

Sassaby

{ Sas"sa*by (?), Sas"sa*bye (?), }
n.
(Zool.)
A large African antelope (Alcelaphus lunata), similar to the hartbeest, but having its horns regularly curved.


word: Sassafras
definition:
Sassafras

Sas"sa*fras
(?)
n.
[F. sassafras (cf. It. sassafrasso, sassafras, Sp. sasafras, salsafras, salsifrax, salsifragia, saxifragia), fr. L. saxifraga saxifrage. See Saxifrage.]
(Bot.)
An American tree of the Laurel family (Sassafras officinale); also, the bark of the roots, which has an aromatic smell and taste.

Australian sassafras, a lofty tree (Doryophora Sassafras) with aromatic bark and leaves. -- Chilian sassafras, an aromatic tree (Laurelia sempervirens). -- New Zealand sassafras, a similar tree (Laurelia Novae Zelandiae). -- Sassafras nut. See Pichurim bean. -- Swamp sassafras, the sweet bay (Magnolia glauca). See Magnolia.


word: Sassarara
definition:
Sassarara

Sas`sa*ra"ra
(?)
n.
[Perh. a corruption of certiorari, the name of a writ.]
A word used to emphasize a statement.
[Obs.]

Out she shall pack, with a sassarara.
Goldsmith.


word: Sasse
definition:
Sasse

Sasse
(?)
n.
[D. sas, fr. F. sas the basin of a waterfall.]
A sluice or lock, as in a river, to make it more navigable.
[Obs.]
Pepys.


word: Sassenach
definition:
Sassenach

Sas"sen*ach
(?)
n.
[Gael. sasunnach.]
A Saxon; an Englishman; a Lowlander.
[Celtic]
Sir W. Scott.


word: Sassoline
definition:
Sassoline

Sassolin

{ Sas"so*lin (?), Sas"so*line (?), }
n.
[From Sasso, a town in Italy: cf. F. sassolin.]
(Min.)
Native boric acid, found in saline incrustations on the borders of hot springs near Sasso, in the territory of Florence.


word: Sassorolla
definition:
Sassorolla

Sassorol

{ Sas"so*rol (?), Sas`so*rol"la (?), }
n.
(Zool.)
The rock pigeon. See under Pigeon.


word: Sassy bark
definition:
Sassy bark

Sas"sy bark`
(?)
(Bot.)
The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophlaeum Guineense, used by the natives as an ordeal poison, and also medicinally; -- called also mancona bark.


word: Satan
definition:
Satan

Sa"tan
(sā"tan, săt"an obs )
n.
[Heb. sātān an adversary, fr. sātan to be adverse, to persecute: cf. Gr. Sata^n, Satana^s, L. Satan, Satanas.]
The grand adversary of man; the Devil, or Prince of darkness; the chief of the fallen angels; the archfiend.

I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
Luke x. 18.


word: Satanical
definition:
Satanical

Satanic

{ Sa*tan"ic (?), Sa*tan"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. satanique, Gr. _;.]
Of or pertaining to Satan; having the qualities of Satan; resembling Satan; extremely malicious or wicked; devilish; infernal.
Satanic
Satanic
Milton.

Detest the slander which, with a Satanic smile, exults over the character it has ruined.
Dr. T. Dwight.


word: Satanism
definition:
Satanism

Sa"tan*ism
(?)
n.
1.
The evil and malicious disposition of Satan; a diabolical spirit.
[R.]

2.
The worship of Satan.


word: Satanophany
definition:
Satanophany

Sa`tan*oph"a*ny
(?)
n.
[Satan + Gr. _; to appear.]
An incarnation of Satan; a being possessed by a demon.
[R.]
O. A. Brownson.


word: Satchel
definition:
Satchel

Satch"el
(?)
n.
[OF. sachel, fr. L. saccellus, dim. of saccus. See Sack a bag.]
A little sack or bag for carrying papers, books, or small articles of wearing apparel; a hand bag.
[Spelled also sachel.]

The whining schoolboy with his satchel.
Shak.


word: Sate
definition:
Sate

Sate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sating.]
[Probably shortened fr. satiate: cf. L. satur full. See Satiate.]
To satisfy the desire or appetite of; to satiate; to glut; to surfeit.

Crowds of wanderers sated with the business and pleasure of great cities.
Macaulay.


word: Sateen
definition:
Sateen

Sat*een"
(?)
n.
[Cf. Satin.]
A kind of dress goods made of cotton or woolen, with a glossy surface resembling satin.


word: Satellite
definition:
Satellite

Sat"el*lite
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. satelles, -itis, an attendant.]
1.
An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an obsequious dependent.
satellites
I. Disraeli.

2.
(Astron.)
A secondary planet which revolves about another planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See Solar system, under Solar.

Satellite moth (Zool.), a handsome European noctuid moth (Scopelosoma satellitia).


word: Satellite₂
definition:
Satellite

Sat"el*lite
a.
(Anat.)
Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those which accompany the arteries.


word: Satiate
definition:
Satiate

Sa"ti*ate
(?)
a.
[L. satiatus, p. p. of satiare to satisfy, from sat, satis, enough. See Sad, a., and cf. Sate.]
Filled to satiety; glutted; sated; -- followed by with or of.
Satiate
Pope.


word: Satiate₂
definition:
Satiate

Sa"ti*ate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Satiated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Satiating.]
1.
To satisfy the appetite or desire of; to feed to the full; to furnish enjoyment to, to the extent of desire; to sate; as, to satiate appetite or sense.

These [smells] rather woo the sense than satiate it.
Bacon.

I may yet survive the malice of my enemies, although they should be satiated with my blood.
Eikon Basilike.

2.
To full beyond natural desire; to gratify to repletion or loathing; to surfeit; to glut.

3.
To saturate.
[Obs.]
Sir I. Newton.

Content with science in the vale of peace.
Pope.

His whole felicity is endless strife;
No peace, no satisfaction, crowns his life.
Beaumont.

He may be satiated, but not satisfied.
Norris.


word: Satiety
definition:
Satiety

Sa*ti"e*ty
(?)
n.
[L. satietas, from satis, sat, enough: cf. F. satiété.]
The state of being satiated or glutted; fullness of gratification, either of the appetite or of any sensual desire; fullness beyond desire; an excess of gratification which excites wearisomeness or loathing; repletion; satiation.

In all pleasures there is satiety.
Hakewill.

But thy words, with grace divine
Imbued, bring to their sweetness no satiety.
Milton.


word: Satin
definition:
Satin

Sat"in
(?)
n.
[F. satin (cf. Pg. setim), fr. It. setino, from seta silk, L. saeta, seta, a thick, stiff hair, a bristle; or possibly ultimately of Chinese origin; cf. Chin. sz-tün, sz-twan. Cf. Sateen.]
A silk cloth, of a thick, close texture, and overshot woof, which has a glossy surface.

Cloths of gold and satins rich of hue.
Chaucer.

Denmark satin, a kind of lasting; a stout worsted stuff, woven with a satin twill, used for women's shoes. -- Farmer's satin. See under Farmer. -- Satin bird (Zool.), an Australian bower bird. Called also satin grackle. -- Satin flower (Bot.) See Honesty, 4. -- Satin spar. (Min.) (a) A fine fibrous variety of calcite, having a pearly luster. (b) A similar variety of gypsum. -- Satin sparrow (Zool.), the shining flycatcher (Myiagra nitida) of Tasmania and Australia. The upper surface of the male is rich blackish green with a metallic luster. -- Satin stone, satin spar.


word: Satinet
definition:
Satinet

Sat`i*net"
(?)
n.
[F., fr. satin. See Satin.]
1.
A thin kind of satin.

2.
A kind of cloth made of cotton warp and woolen filling, used chiefly for trousers.


word: Satinette
definition:
Satinette

Sat`i*nette"
(?)
n.
One of a breed of fancy frilled pigeons allied to the owls and turbits, having the body white, the shoulders tricolored, and the tail bluish black with a large white spot on each feather.


word: Satin weave
definition:
Satin weave

Sat"in weave
A style of weaving producing smooth-faced fabric in which the warp interlaces with the filling at points distributed over the surface.


word: Satinwood
definition:
Satinwood

Sat"in*wood`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree (Chloroxylon Swietenia). It takes a lustrous finish, and is used in cabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum Caribaeum) growing in Florida and the West Indies.


word: Satiny
definition:
Satiny

Sat"in*y
(?)
a.
Like or composed of satin; glossy; as, to have a satiny appearance; a satiny texture.


word: Sation
definition:
Sation

Sa"tion
(?)
n.
[L. satio, fr. serere, satum, to sow.]
A sowing or planting.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Satire
definition:
Satire

Sat"ire
(?; in Eng. often _;; 277)
n.
[L. satira, satura, fr. satura (sc. lanx) a dish filled with various kinds of fruits, food composed of various ingredients, a mixture, a medley, fr. satur full of food, sated, fr. sat, satis, enough: cf. F. satire. See Sate, Sad, a., and cf. Saturate.]
1.
A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal.

2.
Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.


word: Satirical
definition:
Satirical

Satiric

{ Sa*tir"ic (?), Sa*tir"ic*al (?), }
a.
[L. satiricus: cf. F. satirique.]
1.
Of or pertaining to satire; of the nature of satire; as, a satiric style.

2.
Censorious; severe in language; sarcastic; insulting.
Satirical
Shak.


word: Satirist
definition:
Satirist

Sat"ir*ist
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. satiriste.]
One who satirizes; especially, one who writes satire.

The mighty satirist, who . . . had spread terror through the Whig ranks.
Macaulay.


word: Satirize
definition:
Satirize

Sat"ir*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Satirized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Satirizing (?).]
[Cf. F. satiriser.]
To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.

It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.
Swift.


word: Satisfaction
definition:
Satisfaction

Sat`is*fac"tion
(?)
n.
[OE. satisfaccioun, F. satisfaction, fr. L. satisfactio, fr. satisfacere to satisfy. See Satisfy.]
1.
The act of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting from compliance with its desires or demands.

The mind having a power to suspend the execution and satisfaction of any of its desires.
Locke.

2.
Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate compensation.

We shall make full satisfaction.
Shak.

3.
That which satisfies or gratifies; atonement.

Die he, or justice must; unless for him
Some other, able, and as willing, pay
The rigid satisfaction, death for death.
Milton.


word: Satisfactive
definition:
Satisfactive

Sat`is*fac"tive
(?)
a.
Satisfactory.
[Obs.]

Satisfactive discernment of fish.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Satisfactory
definition:
Satisfactory

Sat`is*fac"to*ry
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. satisfactoire.]
1.
Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence; sufficient; as, a satisfactory account or explanation.

2.
Making amends, indemnification, or recompense; causing to cease from claims and to rest content; compensating; atoning; as, to make satisfactory compensation, or a satisfactory apology.

A most wise and sufficient means of redemption and salvation, by the satisfactory and meritorious death and obedience of the incarnate Son of God, Jesus Christ.
Bp. Sanderson.


word: Satisfy
definition:
Satisfy

Sat"is*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Satisfied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Satisfying (?).]
[OF. satisfier; L. satis enough + -ficare (in comp.) to make; cf. F. satisfaire, L. satisfacere. See Sad, a., and Fact.]
1.
In general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to grafity fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full, or so far as to give contentment with what is wished for.

Death shall . . . with us two
Be forced to satisfy his ravenous maw.
Milton.

2.
To pay to the extent of claims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to satisfy a creditor.

3.
To answer or discharge, as a claim, debt, legal demand, or the like; to give compensation for; to pay off; to requite; as, to satisfy a claim or an execution.

4.
To free from doubt, suspense, or uncertainty; to give assurance to; to set at rest the mind of; to convince; as, to satisfy one's self by inquiry.

The standing evidences of the truth of the gospel are in themselves most firm, solid, and satisfying.
Atterbury.


word: Satisfy₂
definition:
Satisfy

Sat"is*fy
(?)
v. i.
1.
To give satisfaction; to afford gratification; to leave nothing to be desired.

2.
To make payment or atonement; to atone.
Milton.


word: Sative
definition:
Sative

Sa"tive
(?)
a.
[L. sativus, fr. serere, satum, to sow.]
Sown; propagated by seed.
[Obs.]
Evelyn.


word: Satrap
definition:
Satrap

Sa"trap
(? or ?; 277)
n.
[L. satrapes, Gr. _;, fr. OPers. khshatrapāvan ruler: cf. F. satrape.]
The governor of a province in ancient Persia; hence, a petty autocrat despot.


word: Satrapy
definition:
Satrapy

Sa"trap*y
(?; 277)
n.
pl. Satrapies (#).
[L. satrapia, satrapea, Gr. _;: cf. F. satrapie.]
The government or jurisdiction of a satrap; a principality.
Milton.


word: Satsuma ware
definition:
Satsuma ware

Sat"su*ma ware"
(? or ?)
(Fine Arts)
A kind of ornamental hard-glazed pottery made at Satsuma in Kiushu, one of the Japanese islands.


word: Saturable
definition:
Saturable

Sat"u*ra*ble
(?; 135)
a.
[L. saturabilis: cf. F. saturable.]
Capable of being saturated; admitting of saturation.
Sat`u*ra*bil"i*ty (#), n.


word: Saturant
definition:
Saturant

Sat"u*rant
(?)
a.
[L. saturans, p. pr. See Saturate.]
Impregnating to the full; saturating.


word: Saturant₂
definition:
Saturant

Sat"u*rant
n.
1.
(Chem.)
A substance used to neutralize or saturate the affinity of another substance.

2.
(Med.)
An antacid, as magnesia, used to correct acidity of the stomach.


word: Saturate
definition:
Saturate

Sat"u*rate
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Saturated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Saturating.]
[L. saturatus, p. p. of saturare to saturate, fr. satur full of food, sated. See Satire.]
1.
To cause to become completely penetrated, impregnated, or soaked; to fill fully; to sate.

Innumerable flocks and herds covered that vast expanse of emerald meadow saturated with the moisture of the Atlantic.
Macaulay.

Fill and saturate each kind
With good according to its mind.
Emerson.

2.
(Chem.)
To satisfy the affinity of; to cause to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold; as, to saturate phosphorus with chlorine.


word: Saturate₂
definition:
Saturate

Sat"u*rate
(?)
p. a.
[L. saturatus, p. p.]
Filled to repletion; saturated; soaked.

Dries his feathers saturate with dew.
Cowper.

The sand beneath our feet is saturate
With blood of martyrs.
Longfellow.


word: Saturated
definition:
Saturated

Sat"u*ra`ted
(?)
a.
1.
Filled to repletion; holding by absorption, or in solution, all that is possible; as, saturated garments; a saturated solution of salt.

2.
(Chem.)
Having its affinity satisfied; combined with all it can hold; -- said of certain atoms, radicals, or compounds; thus, methane is a saturated compound. Contrasted with unsaturated.

&hand_; A saturated compound may exchange certain ingredients for others, but can not take on more without such exchange.

Saturated color (Optics), a color not diluted with white; a pure unmixed color, like those of the spectrum.


word: Saturation
definition:
Saturation

Sat`u*ra"tion
(?)
n.
[L. saturatio: cf. F. saturation.]
1.
The act of saturating, or the state of being saturating; complete penetration or impregnation.

2.
(Chem.)
The act, process, or result of saturating a substance, or of combining it to its fullest extent.

3.
(Optics)
Freedom from mixture or dilution with white; purity; -- said of colors.

&hand_; The degree of saturation of a color is its relative purity, or freedom from admixture with white.


word: Saturday
definition:
Saturday

Sat"ur*day
(?; 48)
n.
[OE. Saterday, AS. Saeterdaeg, Saeterndaeg, Saeternesdaeg, literally, Saturn's day, fr. L. Saturnus Saturn + AS. daeg day; cf. L. dies Saturni.]
The seventh or last day of the week; the day following Friday and preceding Sunday.


word: Saturity
definition:
Saturity

Sa*tu"ri*ty
(?)
n.
[L. saturitas, fr. satur full of food, sated.]
The state of being saturated; fullness of supply.
[Obs.]
Warner.


word: Saturn
definition:
Saturn

Sa"turn
(?)
n.
[L. Saturnus, literally, the sower, fr. serere, satum, to sow. See Season.]
1.
(Roman Myth.)
One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time.

2.
(Astron.)
One of the planets of the solar system, next in magnitude to Jupiter, but more remote from the sun. Its diameter is seventy thousand miles, its mean distance from the sun nearly eight hundred and eighty millions of miles, and its year, or periodical revolution round the sun, nearly twenty-nine years and a half. It is surrounded by a remarkable system of rings, and has eight satellites.

3.
(Alchem.)
The metal lead.
[Archaic]


word: Saturnalia
definition:
Saturnalia

Sat`ur*na"li*a
(?)
n. pl.
[L. See Saturn.]
1.
(Rom. Antiq.)
The festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, originally during one day, but afterward during seven days, as a period of unrestrained license and merriment for all classes, extending even to the slaves.

2.
Hence: A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence.


word: Saturnalian
definition:
Saturnalian

Sat`ur*na"li*an
(?)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to the Saturnalia.

2.
Of unrestrained and intemperate jollity; riotously merry; dissolute.
Saturnalian
Burke.


word: Saturnian
definition:
Saturnian

Sa*tur"ni*an
(?)
a.
[L. Saturnius.]
1.
(Roman Myth.)
Of or pertaining to Saturn, whose age or reign, from the mildness and wisdom of his government, is called the golden age.

2.
Hence: Resembling the golden age; distinguished for peacefulness, happiness, contentment.

Augustus, born to bring Saturnian times.
Pope.

3.
(Astron.)
Of or pertaining to the planet Saturn; as, the Saturnian year.

Saturnian verse (Pros.), a meter employed by early Roman satirists, consisting of three iambics and an extra syllable followed by three trochees, as in the line: -- Thĕ quēen | wăs īn | thĕ kītch | ĕn &Verbar ēatĭng | brēad ănd | h&omacrnĕy. 


word: Saturnian₂
definition:
Saturnian

Sa*tur"ni*an
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of large handsome moths belonging to Saturnia and allied genera.  The luna moth, polyphemus, and promethea, are examples. They belong to the Silkworn family, and some are raised for their silk. See Polyphemus.


word: Saturnicentric
definition:
Saturnicentric

Sat`urn*i*cen"tric
(?)
a.
(Astron.)
Appearing as if seen from the center of the planet Saturn; relating or referred to Saturn as a center.


word: Saturnine
definition:
Saturnine

Sat"ur*nine
(?)
a.
[L. Saturnus the god Saturn, also, the planet Saturn: cf. F. saturnin of or pertaining to lead (Saturn, in old chemistry, meaning lead), saturnien saturnine, saturnian. See Saturn.]
1.
Born under, or influenced by, the planet Saturn.

2.
Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper.
Addison.

3.
(Old Chem.)
Of or pertaining to lead; characterized by, or resembling, lead, which was formerly called Saturn.
[Archaic]

Saturnine colic (Med.), lead colic.


word: Satyr
definition:
Satyr

Sa"tyr
(?; 277)
n.
[L. satyrus, Gr. _;: cf. F. satyre.]
1.
(Class. Myth.)
A sylvan deity or demigod, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness.

Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel,
From the glad sound would not be absent long.
Milton.

2.
(Zool.)
Any one of many species of butterflies belonging to the family Nymphalidae. Their colors are commonly brown and gray, often with ocelli on the wings. Called also meadow browns.

3.
(Zool.)
The orang-outang.


word: Satyriasis
definition:
Satyriasis

Sat`y*ri"a*sis
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;. See Satyr.]
Immoderate venereal appetite in the male.
Quain.


word: Satyrical
definition:
Satyrical

Satyric

{ Sa*tyr"ic (?), Sa*tyr"ic*al (?), }
a.
[L. satyricus, Gr. satyriko`s.]
Of or pertaining to satyrs; burlesque; as, satyric tragedy.
P. Cyc.


word: Satyrion
definition:
Satyrion

Sa*tyr"i*on
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. saty`rion.]
(Bot.)
Any one of several kinds of orchids.
[Obs.]


word: Sauba ant
definition:
Sauba ant

Sau"ba ant`
(?)
(Zool.)
A South American ant (Oecodoma cephalotes) remarkable for having two large kinds of workers besides the ordinary ones, and for the immense size of its formicaries. The sauba ant cuts off leaves of plants and carries them into its subterranean nests, and thus often does great damage by defoliating trees and cultivated plants.


word: Sauce
definition:
Sauce

Sauce
(?)
n.
[F., fr. OF. sausse, LL. salsa, properly, salt pickle, fr. L. salsus salted, salt, p. p. of salire to salt, fr. sal salt. See Salt, and cf. Saucer, Souse pickle, Souse to plunge.]
1.
A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint sauce; sweet sauce, etc.
sauce
Chaucer.

High sauces and rich spices fetched from the Indies.
Sir S. Baker.

2.
Any garden vegetables eaten with meat.
[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
Forby. Bartlett.

Roots, herbs, vine fruits, and salad flowers . . . they dish up various ways, and find them very delicious sauce to their meats, both roasted and boiled, fresh and salt.
Beverly.

3.
Stewed or preserved fruit eaten with other food as a relish; as, apple sauce, cranberry sauce, etc.
[U.S.]
sauce
Mrs. Lincoln (Cook Book).

4.
Sauciness; impertinence.
[Low.]
Haliwell.

To serve one the same sauce, to retaliate in the same kind. [Vulgar]


word: Sauce₂
definition:
Sauce

Sauce
(s&asuml_;s)
v. t.
[Cf. F. saucer.]
[imp. & p. p. Sauced (s&asuml_;st); p. pr. & vb. n. Saucing (s&asuml_;"sĭng).]
1.
To accompany with something intended to give a higher relish; to supply with appetizing condiments; to season; to flavor.

2.
To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate; hence, to cover, mingle, or dress, as if with sauce; to make an application to.
[R.]

Earth, yield me roots;
Who seeks for better of thee, sauce his palate
With thy most operant poison!
Shak.

3.
To make poignant; to give zest, flavor or interest to; to set off; to vary and render attractive.

Then fell she to sauce her desires with threatenings.
Sir P. Sidney.

Thou sayest his meat was sauced with thy upbraidings.
Shak.

4.
To treat with bitter, pert, or tart language; to be impudent or saucy to.
[Colloq. or Low]

I'll sauce her with bitter words.
Shak.


word: Sauce₃
definition:
Sauce

Sauce
(s&omacrs)
n.
[F.]
(Fine Art)
A soft crayon for use in stump drawing or in shading with the stump.


word: Saucebox
definition:
Saucebox

Sauce"box`
(?)
n.
[See Sauce, and Saucy.]
A saucy, impudent person; especially, a pert child.

Saucebox, go, meddle with your lady's fan,
And prate not here!
A. Brewer.


word: Saucepan
definition:
Saucepan

Sauce"pan`
(?)
n.
A small pan with a handle, in which sauce is prepared over a fire; a stewpan.


word: Saucer
definition:
Saucer

Sau"cer
(?)
n.
[F. saucière, from sauce. See Sauce.]
1.
A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

2.
A small dish, commonly deeper than a plate, in which a cup is set at table.

3.
Something resembling a saucer in shape.
(a)
A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
(b)
A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.


word: Sauciness
definition:
Sauciness

Sau"ci*ness
n.
The quality or state of being saucy; that which is saucy; impertinent boldness; contempt of superiors; impudence.

Your sauciness will jest upon my love.
Shak.


word: Saucisse
definition:
Saucisse

Saucisson

{ &VerbarSau`cis`son" (?), Sau`cisse" (?), }
n.
[F., fr. saucisse sausage. See Sausage.]
1.
(Mining or Gun.)
A long and slender pipe or bag, made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, filled with powder, and used to communicate fire to mines, caissons, bomb chests, etc.

2.
(Fort.)
A fascine of more than ordinary length.


word: Saucy
definition:
Saucy

Sau"cy
(?)
a.
[Compar. Saucier (?); superl. Sauciest.]
[From Sauce.]
1.
Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fellow.

Am I not protector, saucy priest?
Shak.

2.
Expressive of, or characterized by, impudence; impertinent; as, a saucy eye; saucy looks.

We then have done you bold and saucy wrongs.
Shak.


word: Sauerkraut
definition:
Sauerkraut

Sauer"kraut`
(?)
n.
[G., fr. sauer sour + kraut herb, cabbage.]
Cabbage cut fine and allowed to ferment in a brine made of its own juice with salt, -- a German dish.


word: Sauger
definition:
Sauger

Sau"ger
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion Canadense); -- called also gray pike, blue pike, hornfish, land pike, sand pike, pickering, and pickerel.


word: Sault
definition:
Sault

Sault
(?)
n.
[OF., F. saut, fr. L. saltus. See Salt a leap.]
A rapid in some rivers; as, the Sault Ste. Marie.
[U.S.]
Bartlett.


word: Saunders-blue
definition:
Saunders-blue

Saun"ders-blue`
(?)
n.
[Corrupted fr. F. cendres bleues blue ashes.]
A kind of color prepared from calcined lapis lazuli; ultramarine; also, a blue prepared from carbonate of copper.
[Written also sanders-blue.]


word: Saunter
definition:
Saunter

Saun"ter
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Sauntered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sauntering.]
[Written also santer.]
[Probably fr. F. s'aventurer to adventure (one's self), through a shortened form s'auntrer. See Adventure, n. & v.]
To wander or walk about idly and in a leisurely or lazy manner; to lounge; to stroll; to loiter.

One could lie under elm trees in a lawn, or saunter in meadows by the side of a stream.
Masson.


word: Saunter₂
definition:
Saunter

Saun"ter
n.
A sauntering, or a sauntering place.

That wheel of fops, that saunter of the town.
Young.


word: Saur
definition:
Saur

Saur
(?)
n.
[Contracted from Gael. salachar filth, nastiness, fr. salach nasty, fr. sal filth, refuse.]
Soil; dirt; dirty water; urine from a cowhouse.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Saurel
definition:
Saurel

Sau"rel
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any carangoid fish of the genus Trachurus, especially Trachurus trachurus, or Trachurus saurus, of Europe and America, and Trachurus picturatus of California. Called also skipjack, and horse mackerel.


word: Sauria
definition:
Sauria

Sau"ri*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., from Gr. _; a lizard.]
(Zool.)
A division of Reptilia formerly established to include the Lacertilia, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, and other groups. By some writers the name is restricted to the Lacertilia.


word: Saurian
definition:
Saurian

Sau"ri*an
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, the Sauria.
n. One of the Sauria.


word: Saurobatrachia
definition:
Saurobatrachia

Sau"ro*ba*tra"chi*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Sauria, and Batrachia.]
(Zool.)
The Urodela.


word: Saurognathous
definition:
Saurognathous

Sau*rog"na*thous
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; a lizard + _; the jaw.]
(Zool.)
Having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers (Pici).


word: Sauroid
definition:
Sauroid

Sau"roid
(?)
a.
[Gr. _; a lizard + -oid: cf. Gr. _; lizardlike.]
(Zool.)
(a)
Like or pertaining to the saurians.
(b)
Resembling a saurian superficially; as, a sauroid fish.


word: Sauroidichnite
definition:
Sauroidichnite

Sau`roid*ich"nite
(?)
n.
[See Sauroid, and Ichnite.]
(Paleon.)
The fossil track of a saurian.


word: Sauropoda
definition:
Sauropoda

Sau*rop"o*da
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a lizard + -poda.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs having the feet of a saurian type, instead of birdlike, as they are in many dinosaurs. It includes the largest known land animals, belonging to Brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, and allied genera. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Sauropsida
definition:
Sauropsida

Sau*rop"si*da
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a lizard + _; appearance.]
(Zool.)
A comprehensive group of vertebrates, comprising the reptiles and birds.


word: Sauropterygia
definition:
Sauropterygia

Sau*rop`te*ryg"i*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a lizard + _;, _;, a wing.]
(Paleon.)
Same as Plesiosauria.


word: Saururae
definition:
Saururae

Sau*ru"rae
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; a lizard + _; a tail.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct order of birds having a long vertebrated tail with quills along each side of it. Archaeopteryx is the type. See Archaeopteryx, and Odontornithes.


word: Saury
definition:
Saury

Sau"ry
(?)
n.
pl. Sauries (#).
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Zool.)
A slender marine fish (Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring.


word: Sausage
definition:
Sausage

Sau"sage
(?; 48)
n.
[F. saucisse, LL. salcitia, salsicia, fr. salsa. See Sauce.]
1.
An article of food consisting of meat (esp. pork) minced and highly seasoned, and inclosed in a cylindrical case or skin usually made of the prepared intestine of some animal.

2.
A saucisson. See Saucisson.
Wilhelm.


word: Sauseflem
definition:
Sauseflem

Sau"se*flem
(?)
a.
[OF. saus salt (L. salsus) + flemme phlegm.]
Having a red, pimpled face.
[Obs.]
[Written also sawceflem.]
Chaucer.


word: Saussurite
definition:
Saussurite

Saus"sur*ite
(?)
n.
[F. So called from M. Saussure.]
(Min.)
A tough, compact mineral, of a white, greenish, or grayish color. It is near zoisite in composition, and in part, at least, has been produced by the alteration of feldspar.


word: Sauter
definition:
Sauter

Sau`ter"
(?)
v. t.
[F., properly, to jump.]
To fry lightly and quickly, as meat, by turning or tossing it over frequently in a hot pan greased with a little fat.


word: Sauterelle
definition:
Sauterelle

Sau`te*relle
(?)
n.
[F.]
An instrument used by masons and others to trace and form angles.


word: Savable
definition:
Savable

Sav"a*ble
(?)
a.
[From Save. Cf. Salvable.]
Capable of, or admitting of, being saved.

In the person prayed for there ought to be the great disposition of being in a savable condition.
Jer. Taylor.


word: Savage
definition:
Savage

Sav"age
(?; 48)
a.
[F. sauvage, OF. salvage, fr. L. silvaticus belonging to a wood, wild, fr. silva a wood. See Silvan, and cf. Sylvatic.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

2.
Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts.

Cornels, and savage berries of the wood.
Dryden.

3.
Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners.

What nation, since the commencement of the Christian era, ever rose from savage to civilized without Christianity?
E. D. Griffin.

4.
Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.


word: Savage₂
definition:
Savage

Sav"age
n.
1.
A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.

2.
A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.


word: Savage₃
definition:
Savage

Sav"age
(?; 48)
v. t.
To make savage.
[R.]

Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf.
Southey.


word: Savageness
definition:
Savageness

Sav"age*ness
n.
The state or quality of being savage.

Wolves and bears, they say,
Casting their savageness aside have done
Like offices of pity.
Shak.


word: Savagery
definition:
Savagery

Sav"age*ry
(?; 277)
n.
[F. sauvagerie.]
1.
The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.

A like work of primeval savagery.
C. Kingsley.

2.
An act of cruelty; barbarity.

The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke,
That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage
Presented to the tears of soft remorse.
Shak.

3.
Wild growth, as of plants.
Shak.


word: Savagism
definition:
Savagism

Sav"a*gism
(?)
n.
The state of being savage; the state of rude, uncivilized men, or of men in their native wildness and rudeness.


word: Savanna
definition:
Savanna

Sa*van"na
(?)
n.
[Of American Indian origin; cf. Sp. sabana, F. savane.]
A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees.
[Spelt also savannah.]

Savannahs are clear pieces of land without woods.
Dampier.

Savanna flower (Bot.), a West Indian name for several climbing apocyneous plants of the genus Echites. -- Savanna sparrow (Zool.), an American sparrow (Ammodramus sandwichensis or Passerculus savanna) of which several varieties are found on grassy plains from Alaska to the Eastern United States. -- Savanna wattle (Bot.), a name of two West Indian trees of the genus Citharexylum.


word: Savant
definition:
Savant

Sa`vant"
(?)
n.
pl. Savants (F. _;; E. _;).
[F., fr. savoir to know, L. sapere. See Sage, a.]
A man of learning; one versed in literature or science; a person eminent for acquirements.


word: Save₂
definition:
Save

Save
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Saved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Saving.]
[OE. saven, sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F. sauver, L. salvare, fr. salvus saved, safe. See Safe, a.]
1.
To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames.

God save all this fair company.
Chaucer.

He cried, saying, Lord, save me.
Matt. xiv. 30.

Thou hast . . . quitted all to save
A world from utter loss.
Milton.

2.
(Theol.)
Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life.

Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.
1 Tim. i. 15.

3.
To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.

Now save a nation, and now save a groat.
Pope.

4.
To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare.

I'll save you
That labor, sir. All's now done.
Shak.

5.
To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.

Will you not speak to save a lady's blush?
Dryden.

6.
To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.

Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit.
Swift.

To save appearances, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things.


word: Save₃
definition:
Save

Save
v. i.
To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.

Brass ordnance saveth in the quantity of the material.
Bacon.


word: Save₄
definition:
Save

Save
prep. or conj.
[F. sauf, properly adj., safe. See Safe, a.]
Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.

Five times received I forty stripes save one.
2 Cor. xi. 24.


word: Save-all
definition:
Save-all

Save"-all`
(?)
n.
[Save + all.]
Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss.
(a)
A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned.
(b)
(Naut.)
A small sail sometimes set under the foot of another sail, to catch the wind that would pass under it.
Totten.


word: Saveloy
definition:
Saveloy

Sav"e*loy
(?)
n.
[F. cervelas, It. cervellata, fr. cervello brain, L. cerebellum, dim. of cerebrum brain. See Cerebral.]
A kind of dried sausage.
McElrath.


word: Savine
definition:
Savine

Savin

{ Sav"in, Sav"ine (?), }
n.
[OE. saveine, AS. safinae, savine, L. sabina herba. Cf. Sabine.]
[Written also sabine.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A coniferous shrub (Juniperus Sabina) of Western Asia, occasionally found also in the northern parts of the United States and in British America. It is a compact bush, with dark-colored foliage, and produces small berries having a glaucous bloom. Its bitter, acrid tops are sometimes used in medicine for gout, amenorrhoea, etc.
(b)
The North American red cedar (Juniperus Virginiana.)


word: Saving
definition:
Saving

Sav"ing
(?)
a.
1.
Preserving; rescuing.

He is the saving strength of his anointed.
Ps. xxviii. 8.

2.
Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.

3.
Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage.

4.
Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.

&hand_; Saving is often used with a noun to form a compound adjective; as, labor-saving, life-saving, etc.


word: Saving₂
definition:
Saving

Sav"ing
(sāv"ĭng)
prep. or conj.
participle
With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to.
Saving
Shak.
Saving
Burns.

None of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
Neh. iv. 23.

And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Rev. ii. 17.


word: Saving₃
definition:
Saving

Sav"ing
n.
1.
Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.

2.
Exception; reservation.

Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but still with a saving to honesty.
L'Estrange.

Savings bank, a bank in which savings or earnings are deposited and put at interest.


word: Savingly
definition:
Savingly

Sav"ing*ly
adv.
1.
In a saving manner; with frugality or parsimony.

2.
So as to be finally saved from eternal death.

Savingly born of water and the Spirit.
Waterland.


word: Savingness
definition:
Savingness

Sav"ing*ness
n.
1.
The quality of being saving; carefulness not to expend money uselessly; frugality; parsimony.
Mrs. H. H. Jackson.

2.
Tendency to promote salvation.
Johnson.


word: Savior
definition:
Savior

Sav"ior
(sāv"yẽr)
n.
[OE. saveour, OF. salveor, F. sauveur, fr. L. salvator, fr. salvare to save. See Save, v.]
[Written also saviour.]
1.
One who saves, preserves, or delivers from destruction or danger.

2.
Specifically: The (or our, your, etc.) Savior, he who brings salvation to men; Jesus Christ, the Redeemer.


word: Savor
definition:
Savor

Sa"vor
(?)
n.
[OE. savour, savor, savur, OF. savor, savour, F. saveur, fr. L. sapor, fr. sapere to taste, savor. See Sage, a., and cf. Sapid, Insipid, Sapor.]
[Written also savour.]
1.
That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an ill savor.

I smell sweet savors and I feel soft things.
Shak.

2.
Hence, specific flavor or quality; characteristic property; distinctive temper, tinge, taint, and the like.

Why is not my life a continual joy, and the savor of heaven perpetually upon my spirit?
Baxter.

3.
Sense of smell; power to scent, or trace by scent.
[R.]
savor
Herbert.

4.
Pleasure; delight; attractiveness.
[Obs.]

She shall no savor have therein but lite.
Chaucer.


word: Savor₂
definition:
Savor

Sa"vor
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Savored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Savoring.]
[Cf. OF. savorer, F. savourer. See Savor, n.]
[Written also savour.]
1.
To have a particular smell or taste; -- with of.

2.
To partake of the quality or nature; to indicate the presence or influence; to smack; -- with of.

This savors not much of distraction.
Shak.

I have rejected everything that savors of party.
Addison.

3.
To use the sense of taste.
[Obs.]

By sight, hearing, smelling, tasting or savoring, and feeling.
Chaucer.


word: Savor₃
definition:
Savor

Sa"vor
v. t.
1.
To perceive by the smell or the taste; hence, to perceive; to note.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

2.
To have the flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence of.
[R.]

That cuts us off from hope, and savors only
Rancor and pride, impatience and despite.
Milton.

3.
To taste or smell with pleasure; to delight in; to relish; to like; to favor.
[R.]
Shak.


word: Savorous
definition:
Savorous

Sa"vor*ous
(-ŭs)
a.
[Cf. F. savoureux, OF. saveros, L. saporosus. Cf. Saporous, and see Savor, n.]
Having a savor; savory.
[Obs.]
Rom. of R.


word: Savory
definition:
Savory

Sa"vor*y
(-&ybreve_;)
a.
[From Savor.]
Pleasing to the organs of taste or smell.
[Written also savoury.]

The chewing flocks
Had ta'en their supper on the savory herb.
Milton.


word: Savory₂
definition:
Savory

Sa"vo*ry
(sā"vo̝*r&ybreve_;)
n.
[F. savorée; cf. It. santoreggia, satureja, L. satureia,]
(Bot.)
An aromatic labiate plant (Satureia hortensis), much used in cooking; -- also called summer savory.
[Written also savoury.]


word: Savoy
definition:
Savoy

Sa*voy"
(?)
n.
[F. chou de Savoie cabbage of Savoy.]
(Bot.)
A variety of the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea major), having curled leaves, -- much cultivated for winter use.


word: Savvey
definition:
Savvey

Savvy

{ Sav"vy, Sav"vey  }
(?)
v. t. & i.
[Written also savey.]
[Sp. saber to know, sabe usted do you know?]
To understand; to comprehend; know.
[Slang, U. S.]


word: Savvey₂
definition:
Savvey

Savvy

{ Sav"vy, Sav"vey  }
n.
Comprehension; knowledge of affairs; mental grasp; also, practical know-how; common sense.
[Slang, U. S.]
also adj. knowledgeable; well-informed; clever; canny; wise.


word: Saw₂
definition:
Saw

Saw
n.
[OE. sawe, AS. sagu; akin to secgan to say. See Say, v. t. and cf. Saga.]

1.
Something said; speech; discourse.
[Obs.]
sawe
Chaucer.

2.
A saying; a proverb; a maxim.

His champions are the prophets and apostles,
His weapons holy saws of sacred writ.
Shak.

3.
Dictate; command; decree.
[Obs.]

[Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw.
Spenser.


word: Saw₃
definition:
Saw

Saw
n.
[OE. sawe, AS. sage; akin to D. zaag, G. säge, OHG. sega, saga, Dan. sav, Sw. såg, Icel. sög, L. secare to cut, securis ax, secula sickle. Cf. Scythe, Sickle, Section, Sedge.]
An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing.

&hand_; Saw is frequently used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound.

Band saw, Crosscut saw, etc. See under Band, Crosscut, etc. -- Circular saw, a disk of steel with saw teeth upon its periphery, and revolved on an arbor. -- Saw bench, a bench or table with a flat top for for sawing, especially with a circular saw which projects above the table. -- Saw file, a three-cornered file, such as is used for sharpening saw teeth. -- Saw frame, the frame or sash in a sawmill, in which the saw, or gang of saws, is held. -- Saw gate, a saw frame. -- Saw gin, the form of cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney, in which the cotton fibers are drawn, by the teeth of a set of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds to pass. -- Saw grass (Bot.), any one of certain cyperaceous plants having the edges of the leaves set with minute sharp teeth, especially the Cladium Mariscus of Europe, and the Cladium effusum of the Southern United States. Cf. Razor grass, under Razor. -- Saw log, a log of suitable size for sawing into lumber. -- Saw mandrel, a mandrel on which a circular saw is fastened for running. -- Saw pit, a pit over which timbor is sawed by two men, one standing below the timber and the other above. Mortimer. -- Saw sharpener (Zool.), the great titmouse; -- so named from its harsh call note. [Prov. Eng.] -- Saw whetter (Zool.), the marsh titmouse (Parus palustris); -- so named from its call note. [Prov. Eng.] -- Scroll saw, a ribbon of steel with saw teeth upon one edge, stretched in a frame and adapted for sawing curved outlines; also, a machine in which such a saw is worked by foot or power.


word: Saw₄
definition:
Saw

Saw
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Sawed (?); p. p. Sawed or Sawn (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Sawing.]
1.
To cut with a saw; to separate with a saw; as, to saw timber or marble.

2.
To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel.

3.
Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.


word: Saw₅
definition:
Saw

Saw
v. i.
1.
To use a saw; to practice sawing; as, a man saws well.

2.
To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.

3.
To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.


word: Sawbuck
definition:
Sawbuck

Saw"buck`
(?)
n.
1.
A sawhorse.

2.
[Colloq., from the Roman X for ten, like the support of a sawbuck.]
a ten-dollar bill; also, double sawbuck, a twenty-dollar bill.


word: Sawder
definition:
Sawder

Saw"der
(?)
n.
A corrupt spelling and pronunciation of solder.

Soft sawder, seductive praise; flattery; blarney. [Slang]


word: Sawdust
definition:
Sawdust

Saw"dust`
(?)
n.
Dust or small fragments of wood (or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw.


word: Sawfish
definition:
Sawfish

Saw"fish`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of elasmobranch fishes of the genus Pristis. They have a sharklike form, but are more nearly allied to the rays. The flattened and much elongated snout has a row of stout toothlike structures inserted along each edge, forming a sawlike organ with which it mutilates or kills its prey.


word: Sawfly
definition:
Sawfly

Saw"fly`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidae. The female usually has an ovipositor containing a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes incisions in the leaves or stems of plants in which to lay the eggs. The larvae resemble those of Lepidoptera.


word: Sawhorse
definition:
Sawhorse

Saw"horse`
(?)
n.
A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck.


word: Saw-set
definition:
Saw-set

Saw"-set`
(?)
n.
An instrument used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a little sidewise, that they may make a kerf somewhat wider than the thickness of the blade, to prevent friction; -- called also saw-wrest.


word: Sawtooth
definition:
Sawtooth

Saw"tooth`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
An arctic seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), having the molars serrated; -- called also crab-eating seal.


word: Saw-whet
definition:
Saw-whet

Saw"-whet`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A small North American owl (Nyctale Acadica), destitute of ear tufts and having feathered toes; -- called also Acadian owl.


word: Saw-wort
definition:
Saw-wort

Saw"-wort`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
Any plant of the composite genus Serratula; -- so named from the serrated leaves of most of the species.


word: Sawyer
definition:
Sawyer

Saw"yer
(?)
n.
[Saw + -yer, as in lawyer. Cf. Sawer.]
1.
One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer.

2.
A tree which has fallen into a stream so that its branches project above the surface, rising and falling with a rocking or swaying motion in the current.
[U.S.]

3.
(Zool.)
The bowfin.
[Local, U.S.]


word: Sax
definition:
Sax

Sax
(?)
n.
[AS. seax a knife.]
A kind of chopping instrument for trimming the edges of roofing slates.


word: Saxatile
definition:
Saxatile

Sax"a*tile
(?)
a.
[L. saxatilis, fr. saxum a rock: cf. F. saxatile.]
Of or pertaining to rocks; living among rocks; as, a saxatile plant.


word: Saxhorn
definition:
Saxhorn

Sax"horn`
(?)
n.
(Mus.)
A name given to a numerous family of brass wind instruments with valves, invented by Antoine Joseph Adolphe Sax (known as Adolphe Sax), of Belgium and Paris, and much used in military bands and in orchestras.


word: Saxicava
definition:
Saxicava

Sax`i*ca"va
(?)
n.
pl. E. saxicavas (#), L. Saxicavae (#).
[NL. See Saxicavous.]
(Zool.)
Any species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Saxicava. Some of the species are noted for their power of boring holes in limestone and similar rocks.


word: Saxicavous
definition:
Saxicavous

Sax`i*ca"vous
(?)
a.
[L. saxum rock + cavare to make hollow, fr. cavus hollow: cf. F. saxicave.]
(Zool.)
Boring, or hollowing out, rocks; -- said of certain mollusks which live in holes which they burrow in rocks. See Illust. of Lithodomus.


word: Saxicoline
definition:
Saxicoline

Sax*ic"o*line
(?)
a.
[L. saxum a rock + colere to inhabit.]
(Zool.)
Stone-inhabiting; pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, the stonechats.


word: Saxifraga
definition:
Saxifraga

Sax*if"ra*ga
(?)
n.
[L., saxifrage. See Saxifrage.]
(Bot.)
A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage.


word: Saxifragaceous
definition:
Saxifragaceous

Sax`i*fra*ga"ceous
(?)
a.
(Bot.)
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Saxifragaceae) of which saxifrage is the type. The order includes also the alum root, the hydrangeas, the mock orange, currants and gooseberries, and many other plants.


word: Saxifragant
definition:
Saxifragant

Sax*if"ra*gant
(?)
a.
[See Saxifrage.]
Breaking or destroying stones; saxifragous.
[R.]
n. That which breaks or destroys stones.
[R.]


word: Saxifrage
definition:
Saxifrage

Sax"i*frage
(?; 48)
n.
[L. saxifraga, from saxifragus stone-breaking; saxum rock + frangere to break: cf. F. saxifrage. See Fracture, and cf. Sassafras, Saxon.]
(Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbs growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions.

Burnet saxifrage, a European umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella Saxifraga). -- Golden saxifrage, a low half-succulent herb (Chrysosplenium oppositifolium) growing in rivulets in Europe; also, Chrysosplenium Americanum, common in the United States. See also under Golden. -- Meadow saxifrage, or Pepper saxifrage. See under Meadow.


word: Saxifragous
definition:
Saxifragous

Sax*if"ra*gous
(?)
a.
[L. saxifragus: cf. F. saxifrage. See Saxifrage.]
Dissolving stone, especially dissolving stone in the bladder.


word: Saxon
definition:
Saxon

Sax"on
(săks"ŭn or -'n)
n.
[L. Saxo, pl. Saxones, from the Saxon national name; cf. AS. pl. Seaxe, Seaxan, fr. seax a knife, a short sword, a dagger (akin to OHG. sahs, and perhaps to L. saxum rock, stone, knives being originally made of stone); and cf. G. Sachse, pl. Sachsen. Cf. Saxifrage.]
1.
(a)
One of a nation or people who formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and who, with other Teutonic tribes, invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries.
(b)
Also used in the sense of Anglo-Saxon.
(c)
A native or inhabitant of modern Saxony.

2.
The language of the Saxons; Anglo-Saxon.

Old Saxon, the Saxon of the continent of Europe in the old form of the language, as shown particularly in the “Heliand”, a metrical narration of the gospel history preserved in manuscripts of the 9th century.


word: Saxon₂
definition:
Saxon

Sax"on
a.
Of or pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or their language.
(b)
Anglo-Saxon.
(c)
Of or pertaining to Saxony or its inhabitants.

Saxon blue (Dyeing), a deep blue liquid used in dyeing, and obtained by dissolving indigo in concentrated sulphuric acid. Brande & C. -- Saxon green (Dyeing), a green color produced by dyeing with yellow upon a ground of Saxon blue.


word: Saxony
definition:
Saxony

Sax"o*ny
(?)
n.
[So named after the kingdom of Saxony, reputed to produce fine wool.]
1.
A kind of glossy woolen cloth formerly much used.

2.
Saxony yarn, or flannel made of it or similar yarn.


word: Saxony yarn
definition:
Saxony yarn

Saxony yarn
A fine grade of woolen yarn twisted somewhat harder and smoother than zephyr yarn.


word: Saxophone
definition:
Saxophone

Sax"o*phone
(?)
n.
[A.A.J. Sax, the inventor (see Saxhorn) + Gr. _; tone.]
(Mus.)
A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking of the qualities both of a brass instrument and of a clarinet.


word: Sax-tuba
definition:
Sax-tuba

Sax"-tu`ba
(?)
n.
[See Saxhorn, and Tube.]
(Mus.)
A powerful instrument of brass, curved somewhat like the Roman buccina, or tuba.


word: Say₂
definition:
Say

Say
(sā)
n.
[Aphetic form of assay.]
1.
Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack.
[Obs.]

If those principal works of God . . . be but certain tastes and says, as it were, of that final benefit.
Hooker.

Thy tongue some say of breeding breathes.
Shak.

2.
Tried quality; temper; proof.
[Obs.]

He found a sword of better say.
Spenser.

3.
Essay; trial; attempt.
[Obs.]

To give a say at, to attempt. B. Jonson.


word: Say₄
definition:
Say

Say
n.
[OE. saie, F. saie, fr. L. saga, equiv. to sagum, sagus, a coarse woolen mantle; cf. Gr. sa`gos. See Sagum.]
1.
A kind of silk or satin.
[Obs.]

Thou say, thou serge, nay, thou buckram lord!
Shak.

2.
A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth.
[Obs.]

His garment neither was of silk nor say.
Spenser.


word: Say₅
definition:
Say

Say
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Said (sĕd), contracted from sayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Saying.]
[OE. seggen, seyen, siggen, sayen, sayn, AS. secgan; akin to OS. seggian, D. zeggen, LG. seggen, OHG. sagēn, G. sagen, Icel. segja, Sw. säga, Dan. sige, Lith. sakyti; cf. OL. insece tell, relate, Gr. 'e`nnepe (for 'en-sepe), 'e`spete. Cf. Saga, Saw a saying.]
1.
To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things.

Arise, and say how thou camest here.
Shak.

2.
To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson.

Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated
In what thou hadst to say?
Shak.

After which shall be said or sung the following hymn.
Bk. of Com. Prayer.

3.
To announce as a decision or opinion; to state positively; to assert; hence, to form an opinion upon; to be sure about; to be determined in mind as to.

But what it is, hard is to say.
Milton.

4.
To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; -- in the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles.

Say, for nonpayment that the debt should double,
Is twenty hundred kisses such a trouble?
Shak.

It is said, or They say, it is commonly reported; it is rumored; people assert or maintain. -- That is to say, that is; in other words; otherwise.


word: Say₆
definition:
Say

Say
v. i.
To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.

You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge.
Shak.

To this argument we shall soon have said; for what concerns it us to hear a husband divulge his household privacies?
Milton.


word: Say₇
definition:
Say

Say
n.
[From Say, v. t.; cf. Saw a saying.]
A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb.
[Archaic or Colloq.]

He no sooner said out his say, but up rises a cunning snap.
L'Estrange.

That strange palmer's boding say,
That fell so ominous and drear
Full on the object of his fear.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Sayer
definition:
Sayer

Say"er
(?)
n.
One who says; an utterer.

Mr. Curran was something much better than a sayer of smart sayings.
Jeffrey.


word: Sayette
definition:
Sayette

Sa*yette"
(?)
n.
[F. Cf. Say a kind of serge.]
A mixed stuff, called also sagathy. See Sagathy.


word: Saying
definition:
Saying

Say"ing
(?)
n.
That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb.

Many are the sayings of the wise,
In ancient and in modern books enrolled.
Milton.


word: Saymaster
definition:
Saymaster

Say"mas`ter
(?)
n.
A master of assay; one who tries or proves.
[Obs.]
saymaster
B. Jonson.


word: Scab
definition:
Scab

Scab
(skăb)
n.
[OE. scab, scabbe, shabbe; cf. AS. scaeb, sceabb, scebb, Dan. & Sw. skab, and also L. scabies, fr. scabere to scratch, akin to E. shave. See Shave, and cf. Shab, Shabby.]
1.
An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part.

2.
The itch in man; also, the scurvy.
[Colloq. or Obs.]

3.
The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep.
Chaucer.

4.
A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies).

5.
(Founding)
A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.

6.
A mean, dirty, paltry fellow.
[Low]
Shak.

7.
A nickname for a workman who engages for lower wages than are fixed by the trades unions; also, for one who takes the place of a workman on a strike.
[Cant]

8.
(Bot.)
Any one of various more or less destructive fungus diseases attacking cultivated plants, and usually forming dark-colored crustlike spots.


word: Scab₂
definition:
Scab

Scab
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Scabbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scabbing.]
1.
To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.

2.
to take the place of a striking worker.


word: Scabbard
definition:
Scabbard

Scab"bard
(?)
n.
[OE. scaubert, scauberk, OF. escaubers, escauberz, pl., scabbards, probably of German or Scan. origin; cf. Icel. skālpr scabbard, and G. bergen to conceal. Cf. Hauberk.]
The case in which the blade of a sword, dagger, etc., is kept; a sheath.

Nor in thy scabbard sheathe that famous blade.
Fairfax.

Scabbard fish (Zool.), a long, compressed, silver-colored taenioid fish (Lepidopus argyreus syn. Lepidopus caudatus), found on the European coasts, and more abundantly about New Zealand, where it is called frostfish and considered an excellent food fish.


word: Scabbed
definition:
Scabbed

Scab"bed
(? or ?)
a.
1.
Abounding with scabs; diseased with scabs.

2.
Fig.: Mean; paltry; vile; worthless.
Bacon.


word: Scabby
definition:
Scabby

Scab"by
(?)
a.
[Compar. Scabbier (_;); superl. Scabbiest.]
1.
Affected with scabs; full of scabs.

2.
Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy.
Swift.


word: Scabious
definition:
Scabious

Sca"bi*ous
(?)
a.
[L. scabiosus, from scabies the scab: cf. F. scabieux.]
Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious eruptions.
Arbuthnot.


word: Scabious₂
definition:
Scabious

Sca"bi*ous
n.
[Cf. F. scabieuse. See Scabious, a.]
(Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Scabiosa, several of the species of which are common in Europe. They resemble the Compositae, and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are not connected.

Sweet scabious. (a) Mourning bride. (b) A daisylike plant (Erigeron annuus) having a stout branching stem.


word: Scabredity
definition:
Scabredity

Sca*bred"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. scabredo, fr. scaber rough.]
Roughness; ruggedness.
[Obs.]
Burton.


word: Scabrous
definition:
Scabrous

Sca"brous
(?)
a.
[L. scabrosus, fr. scaber rough: cf. F. scabreux.]
1.
Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly.
Arbuthnot.

2.
Fig.: Harsh; unmusical.
[R.]

His verse is scabrous and hobbling.
Dryden.


word: Scad
definition:
Scad

Scad
(?)
n.
[Gael. & Ir. sgadan a herring.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A small carangoid fish (Trachurus saurus) abundant on the European coast, and less common on the American. The name is applied also to several allied species.
(b)
The goggler; -- called also big-eyed scad. See Goggler.
(c)
The friar skate.
[Scot.]
(d)
The cigar fish, or round robin.


word: Scaffold
definition:
Scaffold

Scaf"fold
(?)
n.
[OF. eschafault, eschafaut, escafaut, escadafaut, F. échafaud; probably originally the same word as E. & F. catafalque, It. catafalco. See Catafalque.]
1.
A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc., for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in building, for exhibiting a spectacle upon, for holding the spectators at a show, etc.

Pardon, gentles all,
The flat, unraised spirits that have dared
On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth
So great an object.
Shak.

2.
Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold.

That a scaffold of execution should grow a scaffold of coronation.
Sir P. Sidney.

3.
(Metal.)
An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf, or dome-shaped obstruction, above the tuyères in a blast furnace.


word: Scaffolding
definition:
Scaffolding

Scaf"fold*ing
n.
1.
A scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body.
Pope.

2.
Materials for building scaffolds.


word: Scaglia
definition:
Scaglia

Scagl"ia
(?)
n.
[It. scaglia a scale, a shell, a chip of marble.]
A reddish variety of limestone.


word: Scagliola
definition:
Scagliola

Scagl*io"la
(?)
n.
[It. scagliuola, dim. of scaglia. See Scaglia.]
An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished.


word: Scala
definition:
Scala

Sca"la
(?)
n.
pl. Scalae (#).
[L., a ladder.]
1.
(Surg.)
A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.

2.
(Anat.)
A term applied to any one of the three canals of the cochlea.


word: Scalar
definition:
Scalar

Sca"lar
(?)
n.
(Math.)
In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, but not direction; -- distinguished from a vector, which has both magnitude and direction.


word: Scalaria
definition:
Scalaria

Sca*la"ri*a
(?)
n.
[L., flight of steps.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family Scalaridae, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, and wentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and Wentletrap.


word: Scalariform
definition:
Scalariform

Sca*lar"i*form
(?)
a.
[L. scalare, scalaria, staircase, ladder + -form: cf. F. scalariforme.]
1.
Resembling a ladder in form or appearance; having transverse bars or markings like the rounds of a ladder; as, the scalariform cells and scalariform pits in some plants.

2.
(Zool.)
Like or pertaining to a scalaria.


word: Scalary
definition:
Scalary

Sca"la*ry
(?)
a.
[L. scalaris, fr. scalae, pl. scala, staircase, ladder.]
Resembling a ladder; formed with steps.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Scald
definition:
Scald

Scald
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Scalded; p. pr. & vb. n. Scalding.]
[OF. eschalder, eschauder, escauder, F. échauder, fr. L. excaldare; ex + caldus, calidus, warm, hot. See Ex, and Caldron.]
1.
To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand.

Mine own tears
Do scald like molten lead.
Shak.

Here the blue flames of scalding brimstone fall.
Cowley.

2.
To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in hot water or other liquor; as, to scald milk or meat.


word: Scald₃
definition:
Scald

Scald
a.
[For scalled. See Scall.]
1.
Affected with the scab; scabby.
Shak.

2.
Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Scald crow (Zool.), the hooded crow. [Ireland] -- Scald head (Med.), a name popularly given to several diseases of the scalp characterized by pustules (the dried discharge of which forms scales) and by falling out of the hair.


word: Scald₅
definition:
Scald

Scald
(skăld or sk&asuml_;ld; 277)
n.
[Icel. skāld.]
One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, eulogies, etc., among the Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient Teutonic tribes.
[Written also skald.]

A war song such as was of yore chanted on the field of battle by the scalds of the yet heathen Saxons.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Scaldfish
definition:
Scaldfish

Scald"fish`
(?)
n.
[Scald, a. + fish.]
(Zool.)
A European flounder (Arnoglossus laterna, or Psetta arnoglossa); -- called also megrim, and smooth sole.


word: Scale
definition:
Scale

Scale
(skāl)
n.
[AS. scāle; perhaps influenced by the kindred Icel. skāl balance, dish, akin also to D. schaal a scale, bowl, shell, G. schale, OHG. scāla, Dan. skaal drinking cup, bowl, dish, and perh. to E. scale of a fish. Cf. Scale of a fish, Skull the brain case.]
1.
The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when applied to the whole instrument or apparatus for weighing. Also used figuratively.

Long time in even scale
The battle hung.
Milton.

The scales are turned; her kindness weighs no more
Now than my vows.
Waller.

2.
pl.
(Astron.)
The sign or constellation Libra.

Platform scale. See under Platform.


word: Scale₂
definition:
Scale

Scale
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Scaled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scaling.]
To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also, to grade or vary according to a scale or system.

Scaling his present bearing with his past.
Shak.

To scale a debt, wages, etc. or To scale down a debt, wages, etc., to reduce a debt, etc., according to a fixed ratio or scale. [U.S.]


word: Scale₃
definition:
Scale

Scale
n.
[Cf. AS. scealu, scalu, a shell, parings; akin to D. schaal, G. schale, OHG. scala, Dan. & Sw. skal a shell, Dan. skiael a fish scale, Goth. skalja tile, and E. shale, shell, and perhaps also to scale of a balance; but perhaps rather fr. OF. escale, escaile, F. écaille scale of a fish, and écale shell of beans, pease, eggs, nuts, of German origin, and akin to Goth. skalja, G. schale. See Shale.]
1.
(Anat.)
One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny pieces which form the covering of many fishes and reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid, Ctenoid, and Ganoid.

Fish that, with their fins and shining scales,
Glide under the green wave.
Milton.

2.
Hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material, resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish; as, a scale of iron, of bone, etc.

3.
(Zool.)
One of the small scalelike structures covering parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura; the elytra of certain annelids. See Lepidoptera.

4.
(Zool.)
A scale insect. (See below.)

5.
(Bot.)
A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf, resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in arrangement; as, the scale of a bud, of a pine cone, and the like. The name is also given to the chaff on the stems of ferns.

6.
The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife. See Illust. of Pocketknife.

7.
An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which water is heated, as a steam boiler.

8.
(Metal.)
The thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide, Fe3O4. Also, a similar coating upon other metals.

Covering scale (Zool.), a hydrophyllium. -- Ganoid scale. (Zool.) See under Ganoid. -- Scale armor (Mil.), armor made of small metallic scales overlapping, and fastened upon leather or cloth. -- Scale beetle (Zool.), the tiger beetle. -- Scale carp (Zool.), a carp having normal scales. -- Scale insect (Zool.), any one of numerous species of small hemipterous insects belonging to the family Coccidae, in which the females, when adult, become more or less scalelike in form. They are found upon the leaves and twigs of various trees and shrubs, and often do great damage to fruit trees. See Orange scale,under Orange. -- Scale moss (Bot.), any leafy-stemmed moss of the order Hepaticae; -- so called from the small imbricated scalelike leaves of most of the species. See Hepatica, 2, and Jungermannia.


word: Scale₄
definition:
Scale

Scale
(?)
v. t.
1.
To strip or clear of scale or scales; as, to scale a fish; to scale the inside of a boiler.

2.
To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
scaled
T. Burnet.

3.
To scatter; to spread.
[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

4.
(Gun.)
To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
Totten.


word: Scale₅
definition:
Scale

Scale
v. i.
1.
To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae; as, some sandstone scales by exposure.

Those that cast their shell are the lobster and crab; the old skins are found, but the old shells never; so it is likely that they scale off.
Bacon.

2.
To separate; to scatter.
[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]


word: Scale₆
definition:
Scale

Scale
n.
[L. scalae, pl., scala staircase, ladder; akin to scandere to climb. See Scan; cf. Escalade.]
1.
A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.
[Obs.]

2.
Hence, anything graduated, especially when employed as a measure or rule, or marked by lines at regular intervals.
(a)
A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing, plotting, and the like. See Gunter's scale.
(b)
A series of spaces marked by lines, and representing proportionately larger distances; as, a scale of miles, yards, feet, etc., for a map or plan.
(c)
A basis for a numeral system; as, the decimal scale; the binary scale, etc.
(d)
(Mus.)
The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale, under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor.

3.
Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order; as, a scale of being.

There is a certain scale of duties . . . which for want of studying in right order, all the world is in confusion.
Milton.

4.
Relative dimensions, without difference in proportion of parts; size or degree of the parts or components in any complex thing, compared with other like things; especially, the relative proportion of the linear dimensions of the parts of a drawing, map, model, etc., to the dimensions of the corresponding parts of the object that is represented; as, a map on a scale of an inch to a mile.

Scale of chords, a graduated scale on which are given the lengths of the chords of arcs from 0° to 90° in a circle of given radius, -- used in measuring given angles and in plotting angles of given numbers of degrees.


word: Scale₇
definition:
Scale

Scale
v. t.
[Cf. It. scalare, fr. L. scalae, scala. See Scale a ladder.]
To climb by a ladder, or as if by a ladder; to ascend by steps or by climbing; to clamber up; as, to scale the wall of a fort.

Oft have I scaled the craggy oak.
Spenser.


word: Scale₈
definition:
Scale

Scale
v. i.
To lead up by steps; to ascend.
[Obs.]

Satan from hence, now on the lower stair,
That scaled by steps of gold to heaven-gate,
Looks down with wonder.
Milton.


word: Scaleback
definition:
Scaleback

Scale"back`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Polynoidae, and allies, which have two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back. See Illust. under Chaetopoda.


word: Scalebeam
definition:
Scalebeam

Scale"beam`
(?)
n.
1.
The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied.

2.
A weighing apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling a steelyard.


word: Scaleboard
definition:
Scaleboard

Scale"board`
(?; commonly _;)
n.
[3d scale + board.]
1.
(Print.)
A thin slip of wood used to justify a page.
[Obs.]
Crabb.

2.
A thin veneer of leaf of wood used for covering the surface of articles of furniture, and the like.

Scaleboard plane, a plane for cutting from a board a wide shaving forming a scaleboard.


word: Scaled
definition:
Scaled

Scaled
(?)
a.
1.
Covered with scales, or scalelike structures; -- said of a fish, a reptile, a moth, etc.

2.
Without scales, or with the scales removed; as, scaled herring.

3.
(Zool.)
Having feathers which in form, color, or arrangement somewhat resemble scales; as, the scaled dove.

Scaled dove (Zool.), any American dove of the genus Scardafella. Its colored feather tips resemble scales.


word: Scalene
definition:
Scalene

Sca*lene"
(?)
a.
[L. scalenus, Gr. _;: cf. F. scalène.]
1.
(Geom.)
(a)
Having the sides and angles unequal; -- said of a triangle.
(b)
Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone.

2.
(Anat.)
(a)
Designating several triangular muscles called scalene muscles.
(b)
Of or pertaining to the scalene muscles.

Scalene muscles (Anat.), a group of muscles, usually three on each side in man, extending from the cervical vertebrae to the first and second ribs.


word: Scalenohedral
definition:
Scalenohedral

Sca*le`no*he"dral
(skȧ*lē`no̝*hē"dral)
a.
(Crystallog.)
Of or pertaining to a scalenohedron.


word: Scalenohedron
definition:
Scalenohedron

Sca*le`no*he"dron
(-dr&obreve_;n)
n.
[Gr. skalhno`s uneven + "e`dra seat, base.]
(Crystallog.)
A pyramidal form under the rhombohedral system, inclosed by twelve faces, each a scalene triangle.


word: Scaler
definition:
Scaler

Scal"er
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, scales; specifically, a dentist's instrument for removing tartar from the teeth.


word: Scale-winged
definition:
Scale-winged

Scale"-winged`
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the Lepidoptera; scaly-winged.


word: Scaling
definition:
Scaling

Scal"ing
(skāl"ĭng)
a.
1.
Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc.

2.
Serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place.


word: Scall
definition:
Scall

Scall
(?)
n.
[Icel. skalli a bald head. Cf. Scald, a.]
A scurf or scabby disease, especially of the scalp.

It is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head.
Lev. xiii. 30.


word: Scalled
definition:
Scalled

Scalled
(?)
a.
Scabby; scurfy; scall.
[Obs.]
scalled
Chaucer.

Scalled head. (Med.) See Scald head, under Scald, a.


word: Scallion
definition:
Scallion

Scal"lion
(?)
n.
[OF. escalone, eschaloingne, L. caepa Ascalonia onion of Ascalon; caepa onion + Ascalonius of Ascalon,  fr. Ascalo Ascalon, a town in Palestine. Cf. Shallot.]
1.
(Bot.)
A kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum), native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot.

2.
Any onion which does not “bottom out,” but remains with a thick stem like a leek.
Amer. Cyc.


word: Scallop
definition:
Scallop

Scal"lop
(?; 277)
n.
[OF. escalope a shell, probably of German or Dutch origin, and akin to E. scale of a fish; cf. D. schelp shell. See Scale of a fish, and cf. Escalop.]
[Written also scollop.]
1.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species (Vola Jacobaeus) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See Pecten, 2.

&hand_; The common edible scallop of the Eastern United States is Pecten irradians; the large sea scallop, also used as food, is Pecten Clintonius syn. Pecten tenuicostatus.

2.
One of series of segments of circles joined at their extremities, forming a border like the edge or surface of a scallop shell.

3.
One of the shells of a scallop; also, a dish resembling a scallop shell.


word: Scallop₂
definition:
Scallop

Scal"lop
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Scalloped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scalloping.]
1.
To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See Scallop, n., 2.

2.
(Cookery)
To bake in scallop shells or dishes; to prepare with crumbs of bread or cracker, and bake. See Scalloped oysters, below.


word: Scalloped
definition:
Scalloped

Scal"loped
(?)
a.
1.
Furnished with a scallop; made or done with or in a scallop.

2.
Having the edge or border cut or marked with segments of circles. See Scallop, n., 2.

3.
(Cookery)
Baked in a scallop; cooked with crumbs.

Scalloped oysters (Cookery), opened oysters baked in a deep dish with alternate layers of bread or cracker crumbs, seasoned with pepper, nutmeg, and butter. This was at first done in scallop shells.


word: Scalp₂
definition:
Scalp

Scalp
n.
[Perhaps akin to D. schelp shell. Cf. Scallop.]
1.
That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair.

By the bare scalp of Robin Hodd's fat friar,
This fellow were a king for our wild faction!
Shak.

2.
A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory.

3.
Fig.: The top; the summit.
Macaulay.

Scalp lock, a long tuft of hair left on the crown of the head by the warriors of some tribes of American Indians.


word: Scalp₃
definition:
Scalp

Scalp
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Scalped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scalping.]
1.
To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.

2.
(Surg.)
To remove the skin of.

We must scalp the whole lid [of the eye].
J. S. Wells.

3.
(Milling)
To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling.
Knight.


word: Scalp₄
definition:
Scalp

Scalp
v. i.
To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; -- said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account.
[Cant]


word: Scalpel
definition:
Scalpel

Scal"pel
(skăl"pĕl)
n.
[L. scalpellum, dim. of scalprum a knife, akin to scalpere to cut, carve, scrape: cf. F. scalpel.]
(Surg.)
A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting.


word: Scalper
definition:
Scalper

Scalper
(skălp"ẽr)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, scalps.

2.
(Surg.)
Same as Scalping iron, under Scalping.

3.
A broker who, dealing on his own account, tries to get a small and quick profit from slight fluctuations of the market.
[Cant]

4.
A person who buys and sells the unused parts of railroad tickets.
[Cant]


word: Scalping
definition:
Scalping

Scalp"ing
(skălp"ĭng)
a. & n. from Scalp.

Scalping iron (Surg.), an instrument used in scraping foul and carious bones; a raspatory. -- Scalping knife, a knife used by North American Indians in scalping.


word: Scalpriform
definition:
Scalpriform

Scal"pri*form
(?)
a.
[L. scalprum chisel, knife + -form.]
(Anat.)
Shaped like a chisel; as, the scalpriform incisors of rodents.


word: Scaly
definition:
Scaly

Scal"y
(?)
a.
1.
Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.
Scaly
Milton.

2.
Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.

3.
Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow.
[Low]

4.
(Bot.)
Composed of scales lying over each other; as, a scaly bulb; covered with scales; as, a scaly stem.

Scaly ant-eater (Zool.), the pangolin.


word: Scamble
definition:
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.
scambling
Dr. H. More.
scambling
Evelyn.

2.
To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble.
scambling
Shak.


word: Scambler
definition:
Scambler

Scam"bler
(?)
n.
1. One who scambles.

2.
A bold intruder upon the hospitality of others; a mealtime visitor.
[Scot.]


word: Scamblingly
definition:
Scamblingly

Scam"bling*ly
(?)
adv.
In a scambling manner; with turbulence and noise; with bold intrusiveness.


word: Scammel
definition:
Scammel

Scamell

{ Scam"ell (?), or Scam"mel, }
n.
(Zool.)
The female bar-tailed godwit.
[Prov. Eng.]

&hand_; Whether this is the scamel mentioned by Shakespeare [“Tempest,” ii. 2] is not known.


word: Scamillus
definition:
Scamillus

Sca*mil"lus
(?)
n.
pl. Scamilli (#).
[L., originally, a little bench, dim. of scamnum bench, stool.]
(Arch.)
A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal.


word: Scammony
definition:
Scammony

Scam"mo*ny
(skăm"mo̝*n&ybreve_;)
n.
[F. scammonée, L. scammonia, scammonea, Gr. skammwni`a.]
1.
(Bot.)
A species of bindweed or Convolvulus (Convolvulus Scammonia).

2.
An inspissated sap obtained from the root of the Convolvulus Scammonia, of a blackish gray color, a nauseous smell like that of old cheese, and a somewhat acrid taste. It is used in medicine as a cathartic.


word: Scamp
definition:
Scamp

Scamp
(skămp)
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.


word: Scamp₂
definition:
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.


word: Scampavia
definition:
Scampavia

Scam`pa*vi"a
(?)
n.
[It.]
A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century.


word: Scamper
definition:
Scamper

Scam"per
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Scampered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scampering.]
[OF. escamper to escape, to save one's self; L. ex from + campus the field (sc. of battle). See Camp, and cf. Decamp, Scamp, n., Shamble, v. t.]
To run with speed; to run or move in a quick, hurried manner; to hasten away.
Macaulay.

The lady, however, . . . could not help scampering about the room after a mouse.
S. Sharpe.


word: Scan
definition:
Scan

Scan
(skăn)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Scanned (skănd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scanning.]
[L. scandere, scansum, to climb, to scan, akin to Skr. skand to spring, leap: cf. F. scander. Cf. Ascend, Descend, Scale a ladder.]
1.
To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
[Obs.]

Nor stayed till she the highest stage had scand.
Spenser.

2.
Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading, the metrical structure of; to recite metrically.

3.
To go over and examine point by point; to examine with care; to look closely at or into; to scrutinize.

The actions of men in high stations are all conspicuous, and liable to be scanned and sifted.
Atterbury.

4.
To examine quickly, from point to point, in search of something specific; as, to scan an article for mention of a particular person.

5.
(Electronics)
To form an image or an electronic representation of, by passing a beam of light or electrons over, and detecting and recording the reflected or transmitted signal.


word: Scandal
definition:
Scandal

Scan"dal
(?)
n.
[F. scandale, fr. L. scandalum, Gr. _;, a snare laid for an enemy, a stumbling block, offense, scandal: cf. OE. scandle, OF. escandle. See Slander.]
1.
Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgrace.

O, what a scandal is it to our crown,
That two such noble peers as ye should jar!
Shak.

[I] have brought scandal
To Israel, diffidence of God, and doubt
In feeble hearts.
Milton.

2.
Reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, uttered heedlessly or maliciously.

You must not put another scandal on him.
Shak.

My known virtue is from scandal free.
Dryden.

3.
(Equity)
Anything alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or which derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to good manners.
Daniell.


word: Scandal₂
definition:
Scandal

Scan"dal
(?)
v. t.
1.
To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to slander.
[R.]

I do fawn on men and hug them hard
And after scandal them.
Shak.

2.
To scandalize; to offend.
[Obs.]
Bp. Story.


word: Scandalize
definition:
Scandalize

Scan"dal*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Scandalized (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Scandalizing (_;).]
[F. scandaliser, L. scandalizare, from Gr. skandali`zein.]
1.
To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon.

I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using harmless things.
Hooker.

The congregation looked on in silence, the better class scandalized, and the lower orders, some laughing, others backing the soldier or the minister, as their fancy dictated.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander.

To tell his tale might be interpreted into scandalizing the order.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Scandalous
definition:
Scandalous

Scan"dal*ous
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. scandaleux.]
1.
Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.

Nothing scandalous or offensive unto any.
Hooker.

2.
Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy; opprobrious; as, a scandalous crime or vice.

3.
Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.


word: Scandalously
definition:
Scandalously

Scan"dal*ous*ly
adv.
1.
In a manner to give offense; shamefully.

His discourse at table was scandalously unbecoming the dignity of his station.
Swift.

2.
With a disposition to impute immorality or wrong.

Shun their fault, who, scandalously nice,
Will needs mistake an author into vice.
Pope.


word: Scandalum magnatum
definition:
Scandalum magnatum

Scan"da*lum mag*na"tum`
(?)
[L., scandal of magnates.]
(Law)
A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity; -- usually abbreviated scan. mag.


word: Scandent
definition:
Scandent

Scan"dent
(?)
a.
[L. scandens, -entis, p. pr. of scandere to climb.]
Climbing.

&hand_; Scandent plants may climb either by twining, as the hop, or by twisted leafstalks, as the clematis, or by tendrils, as the passion flower, or by rootlets, as the ivy.


word: Scandic
definition:
Scandic

Scan"dic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to scandium; derived from, or containing, scandium.


word: Scandinavian
definition:
Scandinavian

Scan`di*na"vi*an
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to Scandinavia, that is, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.
n. A native or inhabitant of Scandinavia.


word: Scandium
definition:
Scandium

Scan"di*um
(?)
n.
[NL. So called because found in Scandinavian minerals.]
(Chem.)
A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicted under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44.


word: Scansion
definition:
Scansion

Scan"sion
(?)
n.
[L. scansio, fr. scandere, scansum, to climb. See Scan.]
(Pros.)
The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.


word: Scansores
definition:
Scansores

Scan*so"res
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. L. scandere, scansum, to climb.]
(Zool.)
An artifical group of birds formerly regarded as an order. They are distributed among several orders by modern ornithologists.

&hand_; The toes are in pairs, two before and two behind, by which they are enabled to cling to, and climb upon, trees, as the woodpeckers, parrots, cuckoos, and trogons. See Illust. under Aves.


word: Scansorial
definition:
Scansorial

Scan*so"ri*al
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
(a)
Capable of climbing; as, the woodpecker is a scansorial bird; adapted for climbing; as, a scansorial foot.
(b)
Of or pertaining to the Scansores. See Illust. under Aves.

Scansorial tail (Zool.), a tail in which the feathers are stiff and sharp at the tip, as in the woodpeckers.


word: Scant
definition:
Scant

Scant
(?)
a.
[Compar. Scanter (?); superl. Scantest.]
[Icel. skamt, neuter of skamr, skammr, short; cf. skamta to dole out, to portion.]
1.
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment.

His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour.
Ridley.

2.
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence.
Shak.


word: Scant₂
definition:
Scant

Scant
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Scanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Scanting.]
1.
To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.

Where a man hath a great living laid together and where he is scanted.
Bacon.

I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions.
Dryden.

2.
To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
Scant
Shak.


word: Scant₄
definition:
Scant

Scant
adv.
In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs.
Fuller.


word: Scantily
definition:
Scantily

Scant"i*ly
(?)
adv.
In a scanty manner; not fully; not plentifully; sparingly; parsimoniously.

His mind was very scantily stored with materials.
Macaulay.


word: Scantle₂
definition:
Scantle

Scan"tle
(?)
v. t.
[OF. escanteler, eschanteler, to break into contles; pref. es- (L. ex) + cantel, chantel, corner, side, piece. Confused with E. scant. See Cantle.]
To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
[Obs.]

All their pay
Must your discretion scantle; keep it back.
J. Webster.


word: Scantlet
definition:
Scantlet

Scant"let
(?)
n.
[OF. eschantelet corner.]
A small pattern; a small quantity.
[Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.


word: Scantling₂
definition:
Scantling

Scant"ling
n.
[Cf. OF. eschantillon, F. échantillon, a sample, pattern, example. In some senses confused with scant insufficient. See Scantle, v. t.]
1.
A fragment; a bit; a little piece.
(a)
A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose; a sample.
[Obs.]

Such as exceed not this scantling; -- to be solace to the sovereign and harmless to the people.
Bacon.

A pretty scantling of his knowledge may taken by his deferring to be baptized so many years.
Milton.

Reducing them to narrow scantlings.
Jer. Taylor.

2.
A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc.

3.
The dimensions of a piece of timber with regard to its breadth and thickness; hence, the measure or dimensions of anything.

4.
A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline.

5.
A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle.
Knight.


word: Scantly
definition:
Scantly

Scant"ly
adv.
1.
In a scant manner; not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously.
Dryden.

2.
Scarcely; hardly; barely.

Scantly they durst their feeble eyes dispread
Upon that town.
Fairfax.

We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn,
And there is scantly time for half the work.
Tennyson.


word: Scantness
definition:
Scantness

Scant"ness
n.
The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness.
Scantness
Barrow.


word: Scanty
definition:
Scanty

Scant"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Scantier (?); superl. Scantiest.]
[From Scant, a.]
1.
Lacking amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.

His dominions were very narrow and scanty.
Locke.

Now scantier limits the proud arch confine.
Pope.

2.
Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.

3.
Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.

In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too scanty of words.
I. Watts.


word: Scape
definition:
Scape

Scape
(?)
n.
[L. scapus shaft, stem, stalk; cf. Gr. _; a staff: cf. F. scape. Cf. Scepter.]
1.
(Bot.)
A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.

2.
(Zool.)
The long basal joint of the antennae of an insect.

3.
(Arch.)
(a)
The shaft of a column.
(b)
The apophyge of a shaft.


word: Scape₂
definition:
Scape

Scape
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Scaped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scaping.]
[Aphetic form of escape.]
To escape.
[Obs. or Poetic.]
Milton.

Out of this prison help that we may scape.
Chaucer.


word: Scape₃
definition:
Scape

Scape
n.
1.
An escape.
[Obs.]

I spake of most disastrous chances, . . .
Of hairbreadth scapes in the imminent, deadly breach.
Shak.

2.
Means of escape; evasion.
[Obs.]
Donne.

3.
A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade.
[Obs.]

Not pardoning so much as the scapes of error and ignorance.
Milton.

4.
Loose act of vice or lewdness.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Scapegallows
definition:
Scapegallows

Scape"gal`lows
(?)
n.
One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes.
[Colloq.]
Dickens.


word: Scapegoat
definition:
Scapegoat

Scape"goat`
(?)
n.
[Scape (for escape) + goat.]
1.
(Jewish Antiq.)
A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness.
Lev. xvi. 10.

2.
Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others.
Tennyson.


word: Scapegrace
definition:
Scapegrace

Scape"grace`
(?)
n.
A graceless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless.
Beaconsfield.


word: Scape-wheel
definition:
Scape-wheel

Scape"-wheel`
(?)
n.
(Horol.)
The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play.


word: Scaphander
definition:
Scaphander

Sca*phan"der
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, _;, anything hollowed + _;, _;, a man: cf. F. scaphandre.]
The case, or impermeable apparel, in which a diver can work while under water.


word: Scaphism
definition:
Scaphism

Scaph"ism
(?)
n.
[Gr. ska`fh a trough.]
An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects until he died.


word: Scaphite
definition:
Scaphite

Scaph"ite
(?)
n.
[L. scapha a boat, fr. Gr. ska`fh a boat, anything dug or scooped out, fr. ska`ptein to dig.]
(Paleon.)
Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous formation.


word: Scaphocephalic
definition:
Scaphocephalic

Scaph`o*ce*phal"ic
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or affected with, scaphocephaly.


word: Scaphocephaly
definition:
Scaphocephaly

Scaph`o*ceph"a*ly
(?)
n.
[Gr. ska`fh a boat + kefalh` head.]
(Anat.)
A deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, elongated, and more or less boat-shaped.


word: Scaphocerite
definition:
Scaphocerite

Scaph`o*ce"rite
(?)
n.
[Gr. ska`fh boat + E. cerite.]
(Zool.)
A flattened plate or scale attached to the second joint of the antennae of many Crustacea.


word: Scaphognathite
definition:
Scaphognathite

Sca*phog"na*thite
(?)
n.
[Gr. ska`fh boat + gna`qos jaw.]
(Zool.)
A thin leafike appendage (the exopodite) of the second maxilla of decapod crustaceans. It serves as a pumping organ to draw the water through the gill cavity.


word: Scaphoid
definition:
Scaphoid

Scaph"oid
(?; 277)
a.
[Gr. ska`fh a boat + -oid: cf. F. scaphoïde.]
(Anat.)
Resembling a boat in form; boat-shaped.
n. The scaphoid bone.

Scaphoid bone (a) One of the carpal bones, which articulates with the radius; the radiale. (b) One of the tarsal bones; the navicular bone. See under Navicular.


word: Scapholunar
definition:
Scapholunar

Scaph`o*lu"nar
(?)
a.
[Scaphoid + lunar.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the scaphoid and lunar bones of the carpus.
n. The scapholunar bone.

Scapholunar bone, a bone formed by the coalescence of the scaphoid and lunar in the carpus of carnivora.


word: Scaphopoda
definition:
Scaphopoda

Sca*phop"o*da
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., from Gr. ska`fh a boat + -poda.]
(Zool.)
A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala, and Solenoconcha.


word: Scapolite
definition:
Scapolite

Scap"o*lite
(skăp"o̝*līt)
n.
[Gr. _; a staff, or L. scapus a stem, stalk + -lite: cf. F. scapolite.]
(Mon.)
A grayish white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals and in cleavable masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina and soda.

&hand_; The scapolite group includes scapolite proper, or wernerite, also meionite, dipyre, etc.


word: Scapple
definition:
Scapple

Scap"ple
(skăp"p'l)
v. t.
[Cf. OF. eskapeler, eschapler, to cut, hew, LL. scapellare. Cf. Scabble.]
(a)
To work roughly, or shape without finishing, as stone before leaving the quarry.
(b)
To dress in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing, as stone.
Gwilt.


word: Scapula
definition:
Scapula

Scap"u*la
(skăp"&uuptack_;*lȧ)
n.
pl. L. Scapulae (#), E. Scapulas (#).
[L.]
1.
(Anat.)
The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.

2.
(Zool.)
One of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise.


word: Scapular
definition:
Scapular

Scap"u*lar
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. scapulaire. Cf. Scapulary.]
Of or pertaining to the scapula or the shoulder.

Scapular arch (Anat.), the pectoral arch. See under pectoral. -- Scapular region, or Scapular tract (Zool.), a definite longitudinal area over the shoulder and along each side of the back of a bird, from which the scapular feathers arise.


word: Scapular₂
definition:
Scapular

Scap"u*lar
n.
(Zool.)
One of a special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back.


word: Scapulary
definition:
Scapulary

Scapular

{ Scap"u*lar (?), Scap"u*la*ry (?), }
n.
[F. scapulaire, LL. scapularium, scapulare, fr. L. scapula shoulder blade.]
1.
(R. C. Ch.)
(a)
A loose sleeveless vestment falling in front and behind, worn by certain religious orders and devout persons.
(b)
The name given to two pieces of cloth worn under the ordinary garb and over the shoulders as an act of devotion.
Addis & Arnold.

2.
(Surg.)
A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place.


word: Scapulet
definition:
Scapulet

Scap"u*let
(?)
n.
[Dim. of scapula.]
(Zool.)
A secondary mouth fold developed at the base of each of the armlike lobes of the manubrium of many rhizostome medusae. See Illustration in Appendix.


word: Scapulo-
definition:
Scapulo-

Scap"u*lo-
(_;)
A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the scapula or the shoulder; as, the scapulo-clavicular articulation, the articulation between the scapula and clavicle.


word: Scar
definition:
Scar

Scar
(?)
n.
[OF. escare, F. eschare an eschar, a dry slough (cf. It. & Sp. escara), L. eschara, fr. Gr. _; hearth, fireplace, scab, eschar. Cf. Eschar.]
1.
A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement.

This earth had the beauty of youth, . . . and not a wrinkle, scar, or fracture on all its body.
T. Burnet.

2.
(Bot.)
A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. See Illust. under Axillary.


word: Scar₂
definition:
Scar

Scar
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Scarred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scarring.]
To mark with a scar or scars.

Yet I'll not shed her blood;
Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow.
Shak.

His cheeks were deeply scarred.
Macaulay.


word: Scar₄
definition:
Scar

Scar
n.
[Scot. scar, scaur, Icel. sker a skerry, an isolated rock in the sea; akin to Dan. skiaer, Sw. skär. Cf. Skerry.]
An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth.
[Written also scaur.]

O sweet and far, from cliff and scar,
The horns of Elfland faintly blowing.
Tennyson.


word: Scar₅
definition:
Scar

Scar
n.
[L. scarus, a kind of fish, Gr. ska`ros.]
(Zool.)
A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish.


word: Scarabee
definition:
Scarabee

Scarab

{ Scar"ab (?), Scar"a*bee (?), }
n.
[L. scarabaeus; cf. F. scarabée.]
1.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles of the genus Scarabaeus, or family Scarabaeidae, especially the sacred, or Egyptian, species (Scarabaeus sacer, and Scarabaeus Egyptiorum).

2.
(Egyptian Archaeology, Jewelry)
A stylized representation of a scarab beetle carved in stone or faience, or made in baked clay, usually in a conventionalized form in which the beetle has its legs held closely at its sides, and commonly having an inscription on the flat underside; -- a symbol of resurrection, used by the ancient Egyptians as an ornament or a talisman,  and in modern times used in jewelry, usually by engraving the formalized scarab design on cabuchon stones.  Also used attributively; as, a scarab bracelet [a bracelet containing scarabs]; a ring with a scarab [the carved stone itelf].


word: Scaraboid
definition:
Scaraboid

Scar"a*boid
(?)
a.
[Scarab + -oid.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the family Scarabaeidae, an extensive group which includes the Egyptian scarab, the tumbledung, and many similar lamellicorn beetles.


word: Scaramouch
definition:
Scaramouch

Scar"a*mouch`
(?)
n.
[F. scaramouche, It. scaramuccio, scaramuccia, originally the name of a celebrated Italian comedian; cf. It. scaramuccia, scaramuccio, F. escarmouche, skirmish. Cf. Skirmish.]
A personage in the old Italian comedy (derived from Spain) characterized by great boastfulness and poltroonery; hence, a person of like characteristics; a buffoon.


word: Scarce
definition:
Scarce

Scarce
(skârs)
a.
[Compar. Scarcer (skâr"sẽr); superl. Scarcest.]
[OE. scars, OF. escars, eschars, LL. scarpsus, excarpsus, for L. excerptus, p. p. of excerpere to pick out, and hence to contract, to shorten; ex (see Ex-) + carpere. See Carpet, and cf. Excerp.]
1.
Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.

You tell him silver is scarcer now in England, and therefore risen one fifth in value.
Locke.

The scarcest of all is a Pescennius Niger on a medallion well preserved.
Addison.

2.
Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of.
[Obs.]
scarce
Milton.

3.
Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy.
[Obs.]
scarce
Chaucer.

To make one's self scarce, to decamp; to depart. [Slang]


word: Scarcely
definition:
Scarcely

Scarce

{ Scarce, Scarce"ly, }
adv.
1.
With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just.

With a scarce well-lighted flame.
Milton.

The eldest scarcely five year was of age.
Chaucer.

Slowly she sails, and scarcely stems the tides.
Dryden.

He had scarcely finished, when the laborer arrived who had been sent for my ransom.
W. Irving.

2.
Frugally; penuriously.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.


word: Scarcement
definition:
Scarcement

Scarce"ment
(?)
n.
(Arch. & Engin.)
An offset where a wall or bank of earth, etc., retreats, leaving a shelf or footing.


word: Scarcity
definition:
Scarcity

Scarceness

{ Scarce"ness (?), Scar"ci*ty (?), }
n.
The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties.
Chaucer.

A scarcity of snow would raise a mutiny at Naples.
Addison.

Praise . . . owes its value to its scarcity.
Rambler.

The value of an advantage is enhanced by its scarceness.
Collier.


word: Scare
definition:
Scare

Scare
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Scared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scaring.]
[OE. skerren, skeren, Icel. skirra to bar, prevent, skirrask to shun , shrink from; or fr. OE. skerre, adj., scared, Icel. skjarr; both perhaps akin to E. sheer to turn.]
To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.

The noise of thy crossbow
Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost.
Shak.

To scare away, to drive away by frightening. -- To scare up, to find by search, as if by beating for game. [Slang]


word: Scare₂
definition:
Scare

Scare
n.
Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake.
[Colloq.]


word: Scarecrow
definition:
Scarecrow

Scare"crow`
(?)
n.
1.
Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger.

A scarecrow set to frighten fools away.
Dryden.

2.
A person clad in rags and tatters.

No eye hath seen such scarecrows. I'll not march with them through Coventry, that's flat.
Shak.

3.
(Zool.)
The black tern.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Scarf₂
definition:
Scarf

Scarf
n.
pl. Scarfs, rarely Scarves (skärvz).
[Cf. OF. escharpe a pilgrim's scrip, or wallet (hanging about the neck), F. écharpe sash, scarf; probably from OHG. scharpe pocket; also (from the French) Dan. skiaerf; Sw. skärp, Prov. G. schärfe, LG. scherf, G. schärpe; and also AS. scearf a fragment; possibly akin to E. scrip a wallet. Cf. Scarp a scarf.]
An article of dress of a light and decorative character, worn loosely over the shoulders or about the neck or the waist; a light shawl or handkerchief for the neck; also, a cravat; a neckcloth.

Put on your hood and scarf.
Swift.

With care about the banners, scarves, and staves.
R. Browning.


word: Scarf₃
definition:
Scarf

Scarf
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Scarfed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scarfing.]
1.
To throw on loosely; to put on like a scarf.
scarfed
Shak.

2.
To dress with a scarf, or as with a scarf; to cover with a loose wrapping.
Shak.


word: Scarf₄
definition:
Scarf

Scarf
v. t.
[Sw. skarfva to eke out, to join together, skarf a seam, joint; cf. Dan. skarre to joint, to unite timber, Icel. skara to clinch the planks of a boat, G. scharben to chop, to cut small.]
(a)
To form a scarf on the end or edge of, as for a joint in timber, metal rods, etc.
(b)
To unite, as two pieces of timber or metal, by a scarf joint.


word: Scarf₅
definition:
Scarf

Scarf
(?)
n.
(a)
In a piece which is to be united to another by a scarf joint, the part of the end or edge that is tapered off, rabbeted, or notched so as to be thinner than the rest of the piece.
(b)
A scarf joint.

Scarf joint (a) A joint made by overlapping and bolting or locking together the ends of two pieces of timber that are halved, notched, or cut away so that they will fit each other and form a lengthened beam of the same size at the junction as elsewhere. (b) A joint formed by welding, riveting, or brazing together the overlapping scarfed ends, or edges, of metal rods, sheets, etc. -- Scarf weld. See under Weld.


word: Scarification
definition:
Scarification

Scar`i*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[L. scarificatio: cf. F. scarification.]
The act of scarifying.


word: Scarificator
definition:
Scarificator

Scar"i*fi*ca`tor
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. scarificateur.]
(Surg.)
An instrument, principally used in cupping, containing several lancets moved simultaneously by a spring, for making slight incisions.


word: Scarifier
definition:
Scarifier

Scar"i*fi`er
(?)
n.
1.
One who scarifies.

2.
(Surg.)
The instrument used for scarifying.

3.
(Agric.)
An implement for stripping and loosening the soil, without bringing up a fresh surface.

You have your scarifiers to make the ground clean.
Southey.


word: Scarify
definition:
Scarify

Scar"i*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Scarified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scarifying (?).]
[F. scarifier, L. scarificare, scarifare, fr. Gr. _; to scratch up, fr. _; a pointed instrument.]
1.
To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein.

2.
(Agric.)
To stir the surface soil of, as a field.


word: Scarious
definition:
Scarious

Scariose

{ Sca"ri*ose (?), Sca"ri*ous (?), }
a.
[F. scarieux, NL. scariosus. Cf. Scary.]
(Bot.)
Thin, dry, membranous, and not green.
Gray.


word: Scarlatina
definition:
Scarlatina

Scar`la*ti"na
(?)
n.
[NL.: cf. F. scarlatine. See Scarlet.]
(Med.)
Scarlet fever.
Scar`la*ti"nal (#), a. -- Scar*lat"i*nous (# or #), a.


word: Scarlet
definition:
Scarlet

Scar"let
(?)
n.
[OE. scarlat, scarlet, OF. escarlate, F. écarlate (cf. Pr. escarlat, escarlata, Sp. & Pg. escarlata, It. scarlatto, LL. scarlatum), from Per. sakirlāt.]
A deep bright red tinged with orange or yellow, -- of many tints and shades; a vivid or bright red color.

2.
Cloth of a scarlet color.

All her household are clothed with scarlet.
Prov. xxxi. 21.


word: Scarlet₂
definition:
Scarlet

Scar"let
a.
Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread.

Scarlet admiral (Zool.), the red admiral. See under Red. -- Scarlet bean (Bot.), a kind of bean (Phaseolus multiflorus) having scarlet flowers; scarlet runner. -- Scarlet fever (Med.), a contagious febrile disease characterized by inflammation of the fauces and a scarlet rash, appearing usually on the second day, and ending in desquamation about the sixth or seventh day. -- Scarlet fish (Zool.), the telescope fish; -- so called from its red color. See under Telescope. -- Scarlet ibis (Zool.) See under Ibis. -- Scarlet maple (Bot.), the red maple. See Maple. -- Scarlet mite (Zool.), any one of numerous species of bright red carnivorous mites found among grass and moss, especially Thombidium holosericeum and allied species. The young are parasitic upon spiders and insects. -- Scarlet oak (Bot.), a species of oak (Quercus coccinea) of the United States; -- so called from the scarlet color of its leaves in autumn. -- Scarlet runner (Bot.), the scarlet bean. -- Scarlet tanager. (Zool.) See under Tanager.


word: Scarlet₃
definition:
Scarlet

Scar"let
v. t.
To dye or tinge with scarlet.
[R.]

The ashy paleness of my cheek
Is scarleted in ruddy flakes of wrath.
Ford.


word: Scarmoge
definition:
Scarmoge

Scarmage

{ Scar"mage (?), Scar"moge (?), }
n.
A slight contest; a skirmish. See Skirmish.
[Obs.]

Such cruel game my scarmoges disarms.
Spenser.


word: Scarn
definition:
Scarn

Scarn
(?)
n.
[Icel. skarn; akin to AS. scearn. Cf. Shearn.]
Dung.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Ray.

Scarn bee (Zool.), a dung beetle.


word: Scaroid
definition:
Scaroid

Sca"roid
a.
[Scarus + -oid.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Scaridae, a family of marine fishes including the parrot fishes.


word: Scarp
definition:
Scarp

Scarp
(?)
n.
[OF. escharpe. See 2d Scarf.]
(Her.)
A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.


word: Scarp₂
definition:
Scarp

Scarp
n.
[Aphetic form of Escarp.]
1.
(Fort.)
The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.

2.
A steep descent or declivity.


word: Scarp₃
definition:
Scarp

Scarp
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Scarped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scarping.]
To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock.

From scarped cliff and quarried stone.
Tennyson.

Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain.
Emerson.


word: Scarring
definition:
Scarring

Scar"ring
(?)
n.
A scar; a mark.

We find upon the limestone rocks the scarrings of the ancient glacier which brought the bowlder here.
Tyndall.


word: Scarus
definition:
Scarus

Sca"rus
(?)
n.
[L. See Scar a kind of fish.]
(Zool.)
A Mediterranean food fish (Sparisoma scarus) of excellent quality and highly valued by the Romans; -- called also parrot fish.


word: Scary
definition:
Scary

Sca"ry
(?)
n.
[Prov. E. scare scraggy.]
Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Scary₂
definition:
Scary

Scar"y
(?)
a.
[From Scare.]
1.
Subject to sudden alarm.
[Colloq. U. S.]
Whittier.

2.
Causing fright; alarming.
[Colloq. U. S.]


word: Scatch
definition:
Scatch

Scatch
(?)
n.
[F. escache.]
A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; -- called also scatchmouth.
Bailey.


word: Scatches
definition:
Scatches

Scatch"es
(?)
n. pl.
[OF. eschaces, F. échasses, fr. D. schaats a high-heeled shoe, a skate. See Skate, for the foot.]
Stilts.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Scatebrous
definition:
Scatebrous

Scat"e*brous
(?)
a.
[L. scatebra a gushing up of water, from scatere to bubble, gush.]
Abounding with springs.
[Obs.]


word: Scath
definition:
Scath

Scath
(skăth; 277)
n.
[Icel. skaði; akin to Dan. skade, Sw. skada, AS. sceaða, scaða, foe, injurer, OS. skaðo, D. schade, harm, injury, OHG. scade, G. schade, schaden; cf. Gr. 'askhqh`s unharmed. Cf. Scathe, v.]
Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune.
[Written also scathe.]

But she was somedeal deaf, and that was skathe.
Chaucer.

Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall,
Whose freedom shall thee turn to greatest scath.
Spenser.

Wherein Rome hath done you any scath,
Let him make treble satisfaction.
Shak.


word: Scath₂
definition:
Scath

Scathe

{ Scathe (skā&thlig_;; 277), Scath (skăth; 277), }
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Scathed (skā&thlig_;d or skătht); p. pr. & vb. n. Scathing (skā&thlig_;"ĭng or skăth"-).]
[Icel. skaða; akin to AS. sceaðan, sceððan, Dan. skade, Sw. skada, D. & G. schaden, OHG. scad&omacrn, Goth. skaþjan.]
To do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy.

As when heaven's fire
Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines.
Milton.

Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul.
W. Irving.


word: Scathless
definition:
Scathless

Scath"less
a.
Unharmed.
R. L. Stevenson.

He, too, . . . is to be dismissed scathless.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Scatter
definition:
Scatter

Scat"ter
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Scattered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scattering.]
[OE. scateren. See Shatter.]
1.
To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order.

And some are scattered all the floor about.
Chaucer.

Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains,
Their scattered cottages, and ample plains?
Dryden.

Teach the glad hours to scatter, as they fly,
Soft quiet, gentle love, and endless joy.
Prior.

2.
To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse.

Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths.
Shak.

3.
Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like.


word: Scatter₂
definition:
Scatter

Scat"ter
v. i.
To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a storm.


word: Scatter-brain
definition:
Scatter-brain

Scat"ter-brain`
(?)
n.
A giddy or thoughtless person; one incapable of concentration or attention.
[Written also scatter-brains.]


word: Scattered
definition:
Scattered

Scat"tered
(?)
a.
1.
Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread.

2.
(Bot.)
Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves.


word: Scattering
definition:
Scattering

Scat"ter*ing
a.
Going or falling in various directions; not united or aggregated; divided among many; as, scattering votes.


word: Scatterling
definition:
Scatterling

Scat"ter*ling
(?)
n.
[Scatter + -ling.]
One who has no fixed habitation or residence; a vagabond.
[Obs.]
scatterlings
Spenser.


word: Scaturient
definition:
Scaturient

Sca*tu"ri*ent
(?)
a.
[L. scaturiens, p. pr. of scaturire gush out, from scatere to bubble, gush.]
Gushing forth; full to overflowing; effusive.
[R.]

A pen so scaturient and unretentive.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Scaturiginous
definition:
Scaturiginous

Scat`u*rig"i*nous
(?)
a.
[L. scaturiginosus, fr. scaturigo gushing water. See Scaturient.]
Abounding with springs.
[Obs.]


word: Scaup
definition:
Scaup

Scaup
(sk&asuml_;p)
n.
[See Scalp a bed of oysters or mussels.]
1.
A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp.
[Scot.]

2.
(Zool.)
A scaup duck. See below.

Scaup duck (Zool.), any one of several species of northern ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult males are, in large part, black. The three North American species are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var. nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill, blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and raft duck; the lesser scaup duck (Aythya affinis), called also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler; the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck (Aythya collaris), called also black jack, ringneck, ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of Ring-necked duck, under Ring-necked. The common European scaup, or mussel, duck (Aythya marila), closely resembles the American variety.


word: Scauper
definition:
Scauper

Scaup"er
(?)
n.
[Cf. Scalper.]
A tool with a semicircular edge, -- used by engravers to clear away the spaces between the lines of an engraving.
Fairholt.


word: Scavage
definition:
Scavage

Scav"age
(?; 48)
n.
[LL. scavagium, fr. AS. sceáwian to look at, to inspect. See Show.]
(O. Eng. Law)
A toll or duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc., for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts.
Cowell.


word: Scavenge
definition:
Scavenge

Scav"enge
(?)
v. t.
To cleanse, as streets, from filth.
C. Kingsley.

2.
to salvage (usable items or material) from discarded or waste material.

3.
To remove (burned gases) from the cylinder after a working stroke.


word: Scavenge₂
definition:
Scavenge

Scav"enge
(?)
v. i.
(Internal-combustion Engines)
To remove the burned gases from the cylinder after a working stroke; as, this engine does not scavenge well.


word: Scavenger
definition:
Scavenger

Scav"en*ger
(?)
n.
[OE. scavager an officer with various duties, originally attending to scavage, fr. OE. & E. scavage. See Scavage, Show, v.]
A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health.

Scavenger beetle (Zool.), any beetle which feeds on decaying substances, as the carrion beetle. -- Scavenger crab (Zool.), any crab which feeds on dead animals, as the spider crab. -- Scavenger's daughter [corrupt. of Skevington's daughter], an instrument of torture invented by Sir W. Skevington, which so compressed the body as to force the blood to flow from the nostrils, and sometimes from the hands and feet. Am. Cyc. 


word: Scavenger hunt
definition:
Scavenger hunt

Scav"en*ger hunt
(?)
n.
a game in which individuals or teams are given a list of items and must go out, gather them together without purchasing them, and bring them back; the first person or team to return with the complete list is the winner. The items are sometimes common but often of a humorous sort.


word: Scavenging
definition:
Scavenging

Scav"eng*ing
(?)
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Scavenge.
n.
(Internal-combustion Engines)
Act or process of expelling the exhaust gases from the cylinder by some special means, as, in many four-cycle engines, by utilizing the momentum of the exhaust gases in a long exhaust pipe.


word: Scelerat
definition:
Scelerat

Scel"er*at
(?)
n.
[F. scélérat from L. sceleratus, p. p. of scelerare to pollute, from scelus, sceleris, a crime.]
A villain; a criminal.
[Obs.]
Cheyne.


word: Scelestic
definition:
Scelestic

Sce*les"tic
(?)
a.
[L. scelestus, from scelus wickedness.]
Evil; wicked; atrocious.
[Obs.]
Scelestic
Feltham.


word: Scena
definition:
Scena

Sce"na
(?)
n.
[It.]
(Mus.)
(a)
A scene in an opera.
(b)
An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria.
Rockstro.


word: Scenario
definition:
Scenario

Sce*na"ri*o
(?)
n.
[It.]
A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera.


word: Scene
definition:
Scene

Scene
(?)
n.
[L. scaena, scena, Gr. skhnh` a covered place, a tent, a stage.]
1.
The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.

2.
The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes.

3.
So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays; as, an act of four scenes.

My dismal scene I needs must act alone.
Shak.

4.
The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition, or action.
scene
Shak.

The world is a vast scene of strife.
J. M. Mason.

5.
An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.

Through what new scenes and changes must we pass!
Addison.

6.
A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.

A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn,
Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn.
Dryden.

7.
An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.

Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long to wait for some explosions between parties, both equally ready to take offense, and careless of giving it.
De Quincey.

Behind the scenes, behind the scenery of a theater; out of the view of the audience, but in sight of the actors, machinery, etc.; hence, conversant with the hidden motives and agencies of what appears to public view.


word: Scenery
definition:
Scenery

Scen"er*y
(?)
n.
1.
Assemblage of scenes; the paintings and hangings representing the scenes of a play; the disposition and arrangement of the scenes in which the action of a play, poem, etc., is laid; representation of place of action or occurence.

2.
Sum of scenes or views; general aspect, as regards variety and beauty or the reverse, in a landscape; combination of natural views, as woods, hills, etc.

Never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery.
W. Irving.


word: Scenical
definition:
Scenical

Scenic

{ Scen"ic (?), Scen"ic*al (?), }
a.
[L. scaenicus, scenicus, Gr. _;: cf. F. scénique. See Scene.]
Of or pertaining to scenery; of the nature of scenery; theatrical.

All these situations communicate a scenical animation to the wild romance, if treated dramatically.
De Quincey.


word: Scenograph
definition:
Scenograph

Scen"o*graph
(?)
n.
[See Scenography.]
A perspective representation or general view of an object.


word: Scenographical
definition:
Scenographical

Scenographic

{ Scen`o*graph"ic (?), Scen`o*graph"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. scénographique, Gr. _;.]
Of or pertaining to scenography; drawn in perspective.
Scen`o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Scenography
definition:
Scenography

Sce*nog"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[L. scaenographia, Gr. _;; _; scene, stage + gra`fein to write: cf. F. scénographie.]
The art or act of representing a body on a perspective plane; also, a representation or description of a body, in all its dimensions, as it appears to the eye.
Greenhill.


word: Scent
definition:
Scent

Scent
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Scented; p. pr. & vb. n. Scenting.]
[Originally sent, fr. F. sentir to feel, to smell. See Sense.]
1.
To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.

Methinks I scent the morning air.
Shak.

2.
To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume.

Balm from a silver box distilled around,
Shall all bedew the roots, and scent the sacred ground.
Dryden.


word: Scent₂
definition:
Scent

Scent
v. i.
1.
To have a smell.
[Obs.]

Thunderbolts . . . do scent strongly of brimstone.
Holland.

2.
To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.


word: Scent₃
definition:
Scent

Scent
n.
1.
That which, issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; odor; smell; as, the scent of an orange, or of a rose; the scent of musk.

With lavish hand diffuses scents ambrosial.
Prior.

2.
Specifically, the odor left by an animal on the ground in passing over it; as, dogs find or lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery.

He gained the observations of innumerable ages, and traveled upon the same scent into Ethiopia.
Sir W. Temple.

3.
The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent.
I. Watts.


word: Scentful
definition:
Scentful

Scent"ful
(?)
a.
1.
Full of scent or odor; odorous.
scentful
W. Browne.

2.
Of quick or keen smell.

The scentful osprey by the rock had fished.
W. Browne.


word: Scepsis
definition:
Scepsis

Scep"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. _; doubt, fr. _; to consider: cf. G. skepsis. See Skeptic.]
Skepticism; skeptical philosophy.
[R.]

Among their products were the system of Locke, the scepsis of Hume, the critical philosophy of Kant.
J. Martineau.


word: Sceptre
definition:
Sceptre

Scepter

{ Scep"ter, Scep"tre  }
(?)
n.
[F. sceptre, L. sceptrum, from Gr. _; a staff to lean upon, a scepter; probably akin to E. shaft. See Shaft, and cf. Scape a stem, shaft.]
1.
A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace.

And the king held out Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand.
Esther v. 2.

2.
Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter.

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come.
Gen. xlix. 10.


word: Sceptre₂
definition:
Sceptre

Scepter

{ Scep"ter, Scep"tre  }
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sceptered (?) or Sceptred (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Sceptering (?) or Sceptring (_;).]
To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority.

To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends.
Tickell.


word: Scepterellate
definition:
Scepterellate

Scep`ter*el"late
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Having a straight shaft with whorls of spines; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. under Spicule.


word: Sceptreless
definition:
Sceptreless

Scepterless

{ Scep"ter*less, Scep"tre*less  }
a.
Having no scepter; without authority; powerless; as, a scepterless king.


word: Scepticism
definition:
Scepticism

Sceptical

Sceptic

{ Scep"tic (?), Scep"tic*al, Scep"ti*cism, etc. }
See Skeptic, Skeptical, Skepticism, etc.


word: Schade
definition:
Schade

Schade
(?)
n.
Shade; shadow.
[Obs.]

&hand_; English words now beginning with sh, like shade, were formerly often spelled with a c between the s and h; as, schade; schame; schape; schort, etc.


word: Schappe
definition:
Schappe

Schap"pe
(?)
n.
[G. dial. (Swiss), waste, impurity.]
A silk yarn or fabric made out of carded spun silk.


word: Schatchen
definition:
Schatchen

Schat"chen
(?)
n.
[Yiddish, fr. NHeb. shadkhān, fr. shādakh to bring about a marriage, orig., to persuade.]
A person whose business is marriage brokage; a marriage broker, esp. among certain Jews.


word: Schediasm
definition:
Schediasm

Sche"di*asm
(?)
n.
[Gr. _; an extempore, fr. _; to do offhand, _; sudden, fr. _; near.]
Cursory writing on a loose sheet.
[R.]


word: Schedule
definition:
Schedule

Sched"ule
(?; in England commonly ?; 277)
n.
[F. cédule, formerly also spelt schedule, L. schedula, dim. of scheda, scida, a strip of papyrus bark, a leaf of paper; akin to (or perh. from) Gr. _; a tablet, leaf, and to L. scindere to cleave, Gr. _;. See Schism, and cf. Cedule.]
A written or printed scroll or sheet of paper; a document; especially, a formal list or inventory; a list or catalogue annexed to a larger document, as to a will, a lease, a statute, etc.


word: Scheelite
definition:
Scheelite

Scheel"ite
(_;)
n.
[From C.W. Scheele, a Swedish chemist.]
(Min.)
Calcium tungstate, a mineral of a white or pale yellowish color and of the tetragonal system of crystallization.


word: Scheelium
definition:
Scheelium

Schee"li*um
(?)
n.
[NL. From C.W. Scheele, who discovered it.]
(Chem.)
The metal tungsten.
[Obs.]


word: Schema
definition:
Schema

Sche"ma
(?)
n.
pl. Schemata (#), E. Schemas (#).
[G. See Scheme.]
(Kantian Philos.)
An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are a schema of the number five; a preceding and succeeding event are a schema of cause and effect.


word: Schematism
definition:
Schematism

Sche"ma*tism
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. schématisme (cf. L. schematismos florid speech), fr. Gr. _;, fr. _; to form. See Scheme.]
1.
(Astrol.)
Combination of the aspects of heavenly bodies.

2.
Particular form or disposition of a thing; an exhibition in outline of any systematic arrangement.
[R.]


word: Scheme
definition:
Scheme

Scheme
(?)
n.
[L. schema a rhetorical figure, a shape, figure, manner, Gr. _;, _;, form, shape, outline, plan, fr. _;, _;, to have or hold, to hold out, sustain, check, stop; cf. Skr. sah to be victorious, to endure, to hold out, AS. sige victory, G. sieg. Cf. Epoch, Hectic, School.]
1.
A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.

The appearance and outward scheme of things.
Locke.

Such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity.
Atterbury.

Arguments . . . sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy.
J. Edwards.

The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme of life.
Macaulay.

2.
A plan or theory something to be done; a design; a project; as, to form a scheme.

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
Swift.

3.
Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline.

To draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France.
South.

4.
(Astrol.)
A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.

A blue silk case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity.
Sir W. Scott.

He forms the well-concerted scheme of mischief;
'T is fixed, 't is done, and both are doomed to death.
Rowe.

Artists and plans relieved my solemn hours;
I founded palaces, and planted bowers.
Prior.


word: Scheme₂
definition:
Scheme

Scheme
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Schemed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scheming.]
To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot.

That wickedness which schemed, and executed, his destruction.
G. Stuart.


word: Schemer
definition:
Schemer

Schem"er
(?)
n.
One who forms schemes; a projector; esp., a plotter; an intriguer.

Schemers and confederates in guilt.
Paley.


word: Schene
definition:
Schene

Schene
(?)
n.
[L. schoenus, Gr. _; a rush, a reed, a land measure: cf. F. schène.]
(Antiq.)
An Egyptian or Persian measure of length, varying from thirty-two to sixty stadia.


word: Schenkbeer
definition:
Schenkbeer

Schenk"beer`
(?)
n.
[G. schenkbier; schenken to pour out + bier beer; -- so called because put on draught soon after it is made.]
A mild German beer.


word: Scherzo
definition:
Scherzo

Scher"zo
(?)
n.
[It.]
(Mus.)
A playful, humorous movement, commonly in 3-4 measure, which often takes the place of the old minuet and trio in a sonata or a symphony.


word: Schesis
definition:
Schesis

Sche"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _;, _;, to have or hold. See Scheme.]
1.
General state or disposition of the body or mind, or of one thing with regard to other things; habitude.
[Obs.]
Norris.

2.
(Rhet.)
A figure of speech whereby the mental habitude of an adversary or opponent is feigned for the purpose of arguing against him.
Crabb.


word: Schetical
definition:
Schetical

Schetic

{ Schet"ic (?), Schet"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Cf. Gr. _; holding back.]
Of or pertaining to the habit of the body; constitutional.
[Obs.]
Cudworth.


word: Schiedam
definition:
Schiedam

Schie*dam"
(?)
n.
[Short for Schiedam schnapps.]
Holland gin made at Schiedam in the Netherlands.


word: Schiller
definition:
Schiller

Schil"ler
(?)
n.
[G., play of colors.]
(Min.)
The peculiar bronzelike luster observed in certain minerals, as hypersthene, schiller spar, etc. It is due to the presence of minute inclusions in parallel position, and is sometimes of secondary origin.

Schiller spar (Min.), an altered variety of enstatite, exhibiting, in certain positions, a bronzelike luster.


word: Schillerization
definition:
Schillerization

Schil`ler*i*za"tion
(_;)
n.
(Min.)
The act or process of producing schiller in a mineral mass.


word: Schilling
definition:
Schilling

Schil"ling
(?)
n.
[G. See Shilling.]
Any one of several small German and Dutch coins, worth from about one and a half cents to about five cents.


word: Schindylesis
definition:
Schindylesis

Schin`dy*le"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. _; a splitting into fragments.]
(Anat.)
A form of articulation in which one bone is received into a groove or slit in another.


word: Schism
definition:
Schism

Schism
(?)
n.
[OE. scisme, OF. cisme, scisme, F. schisme, L. schisma, Gr. schi`sma, fr. schi`zein to split; akin to L. scindere, Skr. chid, and prob. to E. shed, v.t. (which see); cf. Rescind, Schedule, Zest.]
Division or separation;
specifically
(Eccl.)
permanent division or separation in the Christian church; breach of unity among people of the same religious faith; the offense of seeking to produce division in a church without justifiable cause.

Set bounds to our passions by reason, to our errors by truth, and to our schisms by charity.
Eikon Basilike.

Greek schism (Eccl.), the separation of the Greek and Roman churches. -- Great schism, or Western schism (Eccl.) a schism in the Roman church in the latter part of the 14th century, on account of rival claimants to the papal throne. -- Schism act (Law), an act of the English Parliament requiring all teachers to conform to the Established Church, -- passed in 1714, repealed in 1719.


word: Schisma
definition:
Schisma

Schis"ma
(?)
n.
[L., a split, separation, Gr. schi`sma: cf. F. schisma. See Schism.]
(Anc. Mus.)
An interval equal to half a comma.


word: Schismatic
definition:
Schismatic

Schis*mat"ic
(sĭz*măt"ĭk; so nearly all orthoepists)
a.
[L. schismaticus, Gr. _;: cf. F. schismatique.]
Of or pertaining to schism; implying schism; partaking of the nature of schism; tending to schism; as, schismatic opinions or proposals.


word: Schismatic₂
definition:
Schismatic

Schis*mat"ic
(?; 277)
n.
One who creates or takes part in schism; one who separates from an established church or religious communion on account of a difference of opinion.
schismatics
Macaulay.


word: Schismatical
definition:
Schismatical

Schis*mat"ic*al
(?)
a.
Same as Schismatic.
Schis*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Schis*mat"ic*al*ness, n.


word: Schismatize
definition:
Schismatize

Schis"ma*tize
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Schismatized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Schismatizing (?).]
[Cf. F. schismatiser.]
To take part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church.


word: Schist
definition:
Schist

Schist
(shĭst)
n.
[Gr. _; divided, divisible, fr. _; to divide: cf. F. schiste. See Schism.]
(Geol.)
Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.


word: Schistous
definition:
Schistous

Schistose

{ Schis*tose" (?; 277), Schist*ous (?), }
a.
[Cf. F. schisteux.]
(Geol.)
Of or pertaining to schist; having the structure of a schist.


word: Schistosity
definition:
Schistosity

Schis*tos"i*ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. schistosité.]
(Geol.)
The quality or state of being schistose.


word: Schizo-
definition:
Schizo-

Schiz"o-
(?)
[Gr. _; to split, cleave.]
A combining form denoting division or cleavage; as, schizogenesis, reproduction by fission or cell division.


word: Schizocarp
definition:
Schizocarp

Schiz"o*carp
(?)
n.
[Schizo- + Gr. _; fruit.]
(Bot.)
A dry fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one-seeded portions.


word: Schizogenesis
definition:
Schizogenesis

Schiz`o*gen"e*sis
(?)
n.
[Schizo- + genesis.]
(Biol.)
Reproduction by fission.
Haeckel.


word: Schizognath
definition:
Schizognath

Schiz"og*nath
(?)
n.
[See Schizognathous.]
(Zool.)
Any bird with a schizognathous palate.


word: Schizognathous
definition:
Schizognathous

Schi*zog"na*thous
(?)
a.
[Schizo- + Gr. _; the jaw.]
(Zool.)
Having the maxillo-palatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes, grouse, and many other birds.


word: Schizomycetes
definition:
Schizomycetes

Schiz`o*my*ce"tes
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _; to split + _;, -_;, a fungus.]
(Biol.)
An order of Schizophyta, including the so-called fission fungi, or bacteria. See Schizophyta, in the Supplement.


word: Schizonemertea
definition:
Schizonemertea

Schiz`o*ne*mer"te*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Schizo-, and Nemertes.]
(Zool.)
A group of nemerteans comprising those having a deep slit along each side of the head. See Illust. in Appendix.


word: Schizont
definition:
Schizont

Schi"zont
(skī"z&obreve_;nt or skīz"&obreve_;nt)
n.
[Gr. _;, _;, p.pr., cleaving.]
(Zool.)
In certain Sporozoa, a cell formed by the growth of a sporozoite or merozoite (in a cell or corpuscle of the host) which segment by superficial cleavage, without encystment or conjugation, into  merozoites.


word: Schizopelmous
definition:
Schizopelmous

Schiz`o*pel"mous
(?)
a.
[Schizo- + Gr. pe`lma the sole of the foot.]
(Zool.)
Having the two flexor tendons of the toes entirely separate, and the flexor hallucis going to the first toe only.


word: Schizophyte
definition:
Schizophyte

Schiz"o*phyte
(?)
n.
[Schizo- + Gr. _; a plant.]
(Biol.)
One of a class of vegetable organisms, in the classification of Cohn, which includes all of the inferior forms that multiply by fission, whether they contain chlorophyll or not.


word: Schizopodous
definition:
Schizopodous

Schizopod

{ Schiz"o*pod (?; 277), Schi*zop"o*dous (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to a schizopod, or the Schizopoda.


word: Schizopoda
definition:
Schizopoda

Schi*zop"o*da
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Schizo-, and -poda.]
(Zool.)
A division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which each of the thoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite) for swimming.


word: Schizorhinal
definition:
Schizorhinal

Schiz`o*rhi"nal
(?)
a.
[Schizo- + rhinal.]
1.
(Anat.)
Having the nasal bones separate.

2.
(Zool.)
Having the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit.


word: Schlich
definition:
Schlich

Schlich
(?)
n.
[G.; akin to LG. slick mud, D. slijk, MHG. slīch.]
(Metal.)
The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes.
[Written also slich, slick.]


word: Schmelze
definition:
Schmelze

Schmel"ze
(?)
n.
[G. schmelz, schmelzglas.]
A kind of glass of a red or ruby color, made in Bohemia.


word: Schneiderian
definition:
Schneiderian

Schnei*de"ri*an
(_;)
a.
(Anat.)
Discovered or described by C. V. Schneider, a German anatomist of the seventeenth century.

Schneiderian membrane, the mucous membrane which lines the nasal chambers; the pituitary membrane.


word: Schnorrer
definition:
Schnorrer

Schnor"rer
(?)
n.
[Yiddish, fr. G. schnurrer, fr. schnurren to hum, whir, hence, from the sound of the musical instrument used by strolling beggars, to beg.]
Among the Jews, a beggar.


word: Schoharie grit
definition:
Schoharie grit

Scho*har"ie grit`
(?)
(Geol.)
The formation belonging to the middle of the three subdivisions of the Corniferous period in the American Devonian system; -- so called from Schoharie, in New York, where it occurs. See the Chart of Geology.


word: Scholar
definition:
Scholar

Schol"ar
(?)
n.
[OE. scoler, AS. sc&omacrlere, fr. L. scholaris belonging to a school, fr. schola a school. See School.]
1.
One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a student.

I am no breeching scholar in the schools.
Shak.

2.
One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person; one versed in any branch, or in many branches, of knowledge; a person of high literary or scientific attainments; a savant.
Shak. Locke.

3.
A man of books.
Bacon.

4.
In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its revenues.


word: Scholarity
definition:
Scholarity

Scho*lar"i*ty
(?)
n.
[OF. scholarité, or LL.  scholaritas.]
Scholarship.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: Scholarly
definition:
Scholarly

Schol"ar*ly
a.
Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique.
adv. In a scholarly manner.


word: Scholarship
definition:
Scholarship

Schol"ar*ship
n.
1.
The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning.

A man of my master's . . . great scholarship.
Pope.

2.
Literary education.
[R.]

Any other house of scholarship.
Milton.

3.
Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student.
T. Warton.


word: Scholastic
definition:
Scholastic

Scho*las"tic
(?)
a.
[L. scholasticus, Gr. _;, fr. _; to have leisure, to give lectures, to keep a school, from _; leisure, a lecture, a school: cf. F. scholastique, scolastique. See School.]
1.
Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning.
Sir K. Digby.

2.
Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy.
Locke.

3.
Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.


word: Scholastic₂
definition:
Scholastic

Scho*las"tic
n.
1.
One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools.
Milton.

2.
(R. C. Ch.)
See the Note under Jesuit.


word: Scholasticism
definition:
Scholasticism

Scho*las"ti*cism
(?)
n.
The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.

The spirit of the old scholasticism . . . spurned laborious investigation and slow induction.
J. P. Smith.


word: Scholiast
definition:
Scholiast

Scho"li*ast
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; a scholium: cf. F. scoliate. See Scholium.]
A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator.

No . . . quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts . . . ever marred the effect of his grave temperate discourses.
Macaulay.


word: Scholical
definition:
Scholical

Schol"ic*al
(?)
a.
[L. scholicus, Gr. _;, fr. _;. See School.]
Scholastic.
[Obs.]
Hales.


word: Scholion
definition:
Scholion

Scho"li*on
(?)
n.
[NL.]
A scholium.

A judgment which follows immediately from another is sometimes called a corollary, or consectary . . . One which illustrates the science where it appears, but is not an integral part of it, is a scholion.
Abp. Thomson (Laws of Thought).


word: Scholium
definition:
Scholium

Scho"li*um
(?)
n.
pl. L. Scholia (#), E. Scholiums (#).
[NL., fr. Gr. _;, fr. _;. See School.]
1.
A marginal annotation; an explanatory remark or comment; specifically, an explanatory comment on the text of a classic author by an early grammarian.

2.
A remark or observation subjoined to a demonstration or a train of reasoning.


word: School
definition:
School

School
(?)
n.
[For shoal a crowd; prob. confused with school for learning.]
A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish.


word: School₂
definition:
School

School
n.
[OE. scole, AS. sc_;lu, L. schola, Gr. _; leisure, that in which leisure is employed, disputation, lecture, a school, probably from the same root as _;, the original sense being perhaps, a stopping, a resting. See Scheme.]
1.
A place for learned intercourse and instruction; an institution for learning; an educational establishment; a place for acquiring knowledge and mental training; as, the school of the prophets.

Disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
Acts xix. 9.

2.
A place of primary instruction; an establishment for the instruction of children; as, a primary school; a common school; a grammar school.

As he sat in the school at his primer.
Chaucer.

3.
A session of an institution of instruction.

How now, Sir Hugh! No school to-day?
Shak.

4.
One of the seminaries for teaching logic, metaphysics, and theology, which were formed in the Middle Ages, and which were characterized by academical disputations and subtilties of reasoning.

At Cambridge the philosophy of Descartes was still dominant in the schools.
Macaulay.

5.
The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honors are held.

6.
An assemblage of scholars; those who attend upon instruction in a school of any kind; a body of pupils.

What is the great community of Christians, but one of the innumerable schools in the vast plan which God has instituted for the education of various intelligences?
Buckminster.

7.
The disciples or followers of a teacher; those who hold a common doctrine, or accept the same teachings; a sect or denomination in philosophy, theology, science, medicine, politics, etc.

Let no man be less confident in his faith . . . by reason of any difference in the several schools of Christians.
Jer. Taylor.

8.
The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age; as, he was a gentleman of the old school.

His face pale but striking, though not handsome after the schools.
A. S. Hardy.

9.
Figuratively, any means of knowledge or discipline; as, the school of experience.

Boarding school, Common school, District school, Normal school, etc. See under Boarding, Common, District, etc. -- High school, a free public school nearest the rank of a college. [U. S.] -- School board, a corporation established by law in every borough or parish in England, and elected by the burgesses or ratepayers, with the duty of providing public school accommodation for all children in their district. -- School committee, School board, an elected committee of citizens having charge and care of the public schools in any district, town, or city, and responsible for control of the money appropriated for school purposes. [U. S.] -- School days, the period in which youth are sent to school. -- School district, a division of a town or city for establishing and conducting schools. [U.S.] -- Sunday school, or Sabbath school, a school held on Sunday for study of the Bible and for religious instruction; the pupils, or the teachers and pupils, of such a school, collectively.


word: School₃
definition:
School

School
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Schooled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Schooling.]
1.
To train in an institution of learning; to educate at a school; to teach.

He's gentle, never schooled, and yet learned.
Shak.

2.
To tutor; to chide and admonish; to reprove; to subject to systematic discipline; to train.

It now remains for you to school your child,
And ask why God's Anointed be reviled.
Dryden.

The mother, while loving her child with the intensity of a sole affection, had schooled herself to hope for little other return than the waywardness of an April breeze.
Hawthorne.


word: Schoolhouse
definition:
Schoolhouse

School"house`
(?)
n.
A house appropriated for the use of a school or schools, or for instruction.


word: Schooling
definition:
Schooling

School"ing
n.
1.
Instruction in school; tuition; education in an institution of learning; act of teaching.

2.
Discipline; reproof; reprimand; as, he gave his son a good schooling.
Sir W. Scott.

3.
Compensation for instruction; price or reward paid to an instructor for teaching pupils.


word: Schooling₂
definition:
Schooling

School"ing
a.
[See School a shoal.]
(Zool.)
Collecting or running in schools or shoals.

Schooling species like the herring and menhaden.
G. B. Goode.


word: Schoolman
definition:
Schoolman

School"man`
(?)
n.
pl. Schoolmen (_;).
One versed in the niceties of academical disputation or of school divinity.

&hand_; The schoolmen were philosophers and divines of the Middle Ages, esp. from the 11th century to the Reformation, who spent much time on points of nice and abstract speculation. They were so called because they taught in the mediaeval universities and schools of divinity.


word: Schoolmaster
definition:
Schoolmaster

School"mas`ter
(?)
n.
1.
The man who presides over and teaches a school; a male teacher of a school.

Let the soldier be abroad if he will; he can do nothing in this age. There is another personage abroad, -- a person less imposing, -- in the eyes of some, perhaps, insignificant. The schoolmaster is abroad; and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full military array.
Brougham.

2.
One who, or that which, disciplines and directs.

The law was our schoolmaster, to bring us unto Christ.
Gal. iii. 24.


word: Schoolmistress
definition:
Schoolmistress

School"mis`tress
(?)
n.
A woman who governs and teaches a school; a female school-teacher.


word: Schoolship
definition:
Schoolship

School"ship`
(?)
n.
A vessel employed as a nautical training school, in which naval apprentices receive their education at the expense of the state, and are trained for service as sailors. Also, a vessel used as a reform school to which boys are committed by the courts to be disciplined, and instructed as mariners.


word: School-teacher
definition:
School-teacher

School"-teach`er
(?)
n.
One who teaches or instructs a school.
School"-teach`ing, n.


word: Schooner
definition:
Schooner

Schoon"er
(?)
n.
[See the Note below.  Cf. Shun.]
(Naut.)
Originally, a small, sharp-built vessel, with two masts and fore-and-aft rig. Sometimes it carried square topsails on one or both masts and was called a topsail schooner. About 1840, longer vessels with three masts, fore-and-aft rigged, came into use, and since that time vessels with four masts and even with six masts, so rigged, are built. Schooners with more than two masts are designated three-masted schooners, four-masted schooners, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.

&hand_; The first schooner ever constructed is said to have been built in Gloucester, Massachusetts, about the year 1713, by a Captain Andrew Robinson, and to have received its name from the following trivial circumstance: When the vessel went off the stocks into the water, a bystander cried out,“O, how she scoons!” Robinson replied, “ A scooner let her be;” and, from that time, vessels thus masted and rigged have gone by this name. The word scoon is popularly used in some parts of New England to denote the act of making stones skip along the surface of water. The Scottish scon means the same thing. Both words are probably allied to the Icel. skunda, skynda, to make haste, hurry, AS. scunian to avoid, shun, Prov. E. scun. In the New England records, the word appears to have been originally written scooner. Babson, in his “History of Gloucester,” gives the following extract from a letter written in that place Sept. 25, 1721, by Dr. Moses Prince, brother of the Rev. Thomas Prince, the annalist of New England: “This gentleman (Captain Robinson) was first contriver of schooners, and built the first of that sort about eight years since.”


word: Schooner₂
definition:
Schooner

Schoon"er
n.
[D.]
A large goblet or drinking glass, -- used for lager beer or ale.
[U.S.]


word: Schorl
definition:
Schorl

Schorl
(shôrl)
n.
[G. schörl; cf. Sw. skörl.]
(Min.)
Black tourmaline.
[Written also shorl.]


word: Schorlaceous
definition:
Schorlaceous

Schor*la"ceous
(?)
a.
Partaking of the nature and character of schorl; resembling schorl.


word: Schottische
definition:
Schottische

Schottish

{ Schot"tish, Schot"tische  }
(_;)
n.
[F. schottish, schotisch from G. schottisch Scottish, Scotch.]
A Scotch round dance in 2-4 time, similar to the polka, only slower; also, the music for such a dance; -- not to be confounded with the Écossaise.


word: Schreibersite
definition:
Schreibersite

Schrei"bers*ite
(?)
n.
[Named after Carl von Schreibers, of Vienna.]
(Min.)
A mineral occurring in steel-gray flexible folia. It contains iron, nickel, and phosphorus, and is found only in meteoric iron.


word: Schwann's sheath
definition:
Schwann's sheath

Schwann's" sheath`
(?)
[So called from Theodor Schwann, a German anatomist of the 19th century.]
(Anat.)
The neurilemma.


word: Schwann's white substance
definition:
Schwann's white substance

Schwann's white" sub"stance
(?)
(Anat.)
The substance of the medullary sheath.


word: Schwenkfeldian
definition:
Schwenkfeldian

Schwenkfelder

{ Schwenk"feld`er (?), Schwenk"feld`i*an (?), }
n.
A member of a religious sect founded by Kaspar von Schwenkfeld, a Silesian reformer who disagreed with Luther, especially on the deification of the body of Christ.


word: Sciaenoid
definition:
Sciaenoid

Sci*ae"noid
(?)
a.
[L. sciaena a kind of fish (fr. Gr. _;) + -oid.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous marine fishes which includes the meagre (Sciaena umbra or Sciaena aquila), and fish of the drum and croaker families.  The croaker is so called because it may make a croaking noise by use of its bladder; the Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus, formerly Micropogon undulatus) and the squeteague are a members of the croaker family, and the kingfish is a drum.


word: Sciagraph
definition:
Sciagraph

Sci"a*graph
(?)
n.
[See Sciagraphy.]
1.
(Arch.)
An old term for a vertical section of a building; -- called also sciagraphy. See Vertical section, under Section.

2.
(Phys.)
A radiograph.
[Written also skiagraph.]


word: Sciagraphical
definition:
Sciagraphical

Sci`a*graph"ic*al
(?)
a.
[Cf. F. sciagraphique, Gr. _;.]
Pertaining to sciagraphy.
Sci`a*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.


word: Sciagraphy
definition:
Sciagraphy

Sci*ag"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; drawing in light and shade; _; a shadow + _; to delineate, describe: cf. F. sciagraphie.]
1.
The art or science of projecting or delineating shadows as they fall in nature.
Gwilt.

2.
(Arch.)
Same as Sciagraph.

3.
(Physics)
Same as Radiography.


word: Sciatherical
definition:
Sciatherical

Sciatheric

{ Sci`a*ther"ic (?), Sci`a*ther"ic*al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;, fr. _; a sundial; _; a shadow + _; to hunt, to catch.]
Belonging to a sundial.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Sciatic
definition:
Sciatic

Sci*at"ic
(?)
a.
[F. sciatique, LL. sciaticus, from L. ischiadicus, Gr. _;. See Ischiadic.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the hip; in the region of, or affecting, the hip; ischial; ischiatic; as, the sciatic nerve, sciatic pains.


word: Sciatica
definition:
Sciatica

Sci*at"i*ca
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Med.)
Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the branches of the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See Ischiadic passion, under Ischiadic.


word: Science
definition:
Science

Sci"ence
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. scientia, fr. sciens, -entis, p. pr. of scire to know.  Cf. Conscience, Conscious, Nice.]
1.
Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts.

If we conceive God's sight or science, before the creation, to be extended to all and every part of the world, seeing everything as it is, . . . his science or sight from all eternity lays no necessity on anything to come to pass.
Hammond.

Shakespeare's deep and accurate science in mental philosophy.
Coleridge.

2.
Accumulated and established knowledge, which has been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth; comprehensive, profound, or philosophical knowledge.

All this new science that men lere [teach].
Chaucer.

Science is . . . a complement of cognitions, having, in point of form, the character of logical perfection, and in point of matter, the character of real truth.
Sir W. Hamilton.

3.
Especially, such knowledge when it relates to the physical world and its phenomena, the nature, constitution, and forces of matter, the qualities and functions of living tissues, etc.; -- called also natural science, and physical science.

Voltaire hardly left a single corner of the field entirely unexplored in science, poetry, history, philosophy.
J. Morley.

4.
Any branch or department of systematized knowledge considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as, the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind.

&hand_; The ancients reckoned seven sciences, namely, grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; -- the first three being included in the Trivium, the remaining four in the Quadrivium.

Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven,
And though no science, fairly worth the seven.
Pope.

5.
Art, skill, or expertness, regarded as the result of knowledge of laws and principles.

His science, coolness, and great strength.
G. A. Lawrence.

&hand_; Science is applied or pure. Applied science is a knowledge of facts, events, or phenomena, as explained, accounted for, or produced, by means of powers, causes, or laws. Pure science is the knowledge of these powers, causes, or laws, considered apart, or as pure from all applications. Both these terms have a similar and special signification when applied to the science of quantity; as, the applied and pure mathematics. Exact science is knowledge so systematized that prediction and verification, by measurement, experiment, observation, etc., are possible. The mathematical and physical sciences are called the exact sciences.

Comparative sciences, Inductive sciences. See under Comparative, and Inductive.


word: Science₂
definition:
Science

Sci"ence
v. t.
To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.
[R.]
Francis.


word: science fiction
definition:
science fiction

sci"ence fic"tion
(sī"ens fĭk"shŭn)
n.
[science fiction.]
A genre of fiction in which scientific and technological issues feature prominently, especially including scenarios in which speculative but unproven scientific advances are accepted as fact, and usually set at some time in the future, or in some distant region of the universe.


word: Sciential
definition:
Sciential

Sci*en"tial
(?)
a.
[LL. scientialis, fr. L. scientia.]
Pertaining to, or producing, science.
[R.]
Milton.


word: Scientific
definition:
Scientific

Sci`en*tif"ic
(?)
a.
[F. scientifique; L. scientia science + facere to make.]
1.
Of or pertaining to science; used in science; as, scientific principles; scientific apparatus; scientific observations.

2.
Agreeing with, or depending on, the rules or principles of science; as, a scientific classification; a scientific arrangement of fossils.

3.
Having a knowledge of science, or of a science; evincing science or systematic knowledge; as, a scientific chemist; a scientific reasoner; a scientific argument.

Bossuet is as scientific in the structure of his sentences.
Landor.

Scientific method, the method employed in exact science and consisting of: (a) Careful and abundant observation and experiment. (b) generalization of the results into formulated “Laws” and statements.


word: Scientifically
definition:
Scientifically

Sci`en*tif"ic*al*ly
adv.
In a scientific manner; according to the rules or principles of science.

It is easier to believe than to be scientifically instructed.
Locke.


word: Scientist
definition:
Scientist

Sci"en*tist
(?)
n.
One learned in science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a savant.
[Recent]

&hand_; Twenty years ago I ventured to propose one [a name for the class of men who give their lives to scientific study] which has been slowly finding its way to general adoption; and the word scientist, though scarcely euphonious, has gradually assumed its place in our vocabulary.
B. A. Gould (Address, 1869).


word: scifi
definition:
scifi

Sci-Fi

Sci"-Fi", sci"fi"
(sī"fī")
n.
[From science fiction.]
Science fiction; -- a common shortened form for the name of the literaray genre.  See science fiction.
[informal]


word: Scilicet
definition:
Scilicet

Scil"i*cet
(?)
adv.
[L., fr. scire licet you may know.]
To wit; namely; videlicet; -- often abbreviated to sc., or ss.


word: Scillain
definition:
Scillain

Scil"la*in
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A glucoside extracted from squill (Scilla maritima) as a light porous substance.


word: Scillitin
definition:
Scillitin

Scil"li*tin
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. scilitine.]
(Chem.)
A bitter principle extracted from the bulbs of the squill (Scilla maritima), and probably consisting of a complex mixture of several substances.


word: Scimitar
definition:
Scimitar

Scimiter

{ Scim"i*ter , Scim"i*tar  }
(?)
n.
[F. cimeterre, cf. It. scimitarra, Sp. cimitarra; fr. Biscayan cimetarra with a sharp edge; or corrupted from Per. shimshīr.]
1.
A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and persians.
[Written also cimeter, and scymetar.]

2.
A long-handled billhook. See Billhook.

Scimiter pods (Bot.), the immense curved woody pods of a leguminous woody climbing plant (Entada scandens) growing in tropical India and America. They contain hard round flattish seeds two inches in diameter, which are made into boxes.


word: Scincoid
definition:
Scincoid

Scin"coid
(?)
a.
[L. scincus a kind of lizard (fr. Gr. _;) + -oid.  Cf. Skink.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the family Scincidae, or skinks.
n. A scincoidian.


word: Scincoidea
definition:
Scincoidea

Scin*coi"de*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A tribe of lizards including the skinks. See Skink.


word: Scincoidian
definition:
Scincoidian

Scin*coid"i*an
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of lizards of the family Scincidae or tribe Scincoidea. The tongue is not extensile. The body and tail are covered with overlapping scales, and the toes are margined. See Illust. under Skink.


word: Sciniph
definition:
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).


word: Scintillant
definition:
Scintillant

Scin"til*lant
(?)
a.
[L. scintillans, p. pr. of scintillare to sparkle. See Scintillate.]
Emitting sparks, or fine igneous particles; sparkling.
M. Green.


