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word: Sideline
definition:
Sideline

Sideline
v. t.
To render unable to participate in an activity, such as a sporting event; as, the pitcher was sidelined by a groin injury.


word: Sideling
definition:
Sideling

Side"ling
(?)
adv.
[OE. sideling, fr. side side. See Side, and cf. Sidelong, Headlong.]
Sidelong; on the side; laterally; also, obliquely; askew.

A fellow nailed up maps . . . some sideling, and others upside down.
Swift.


word: Sideling₂
definition:
Sideling

Side"ling
a.
Inclining to one side; directed toward one side; sloping; inclined; as, sideling ground.


word: Sidelong
definition:
Sidelong

Side"long`
(?)
adv.
[See Sideling, adv.]
1.
Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.

2.
On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong.
[See Sideling, adv. ]
Evelyn.


word: Sidelong₂
definition:
Sidelong

Side"long`
a.
Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance.

The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love.
Goldsmith.


word: Sidepiece
definition:
Sidepiece

Side"piece`
(?)
n.
(Joinery)
The jamb, or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window.


word: Sideral
definition:
Sideral

Sid"er*al
(?)
a.
[L. sideralis. See Sidereal.]
1.
Relating to the stars.

2.
(Astrol.)
Affecting unfavorably by the supposed influence of the stars; baleful.
Sideral
Milton.


word: Siderated
definition:
Siderated

Sid"er*a`ted
(?)
a.
[L. sideratus, p. p. of siderari to be blasted by a constellation, fr. sidus, sideris, a constellation.]
Planet-struck; blasted.
[Obs.]


word: Sideration
definition:
Sideration

Sid`er*a"tion
n.
[L. sideratio.]
The state of being siderated, or planet-struck; esp., blast in plants; also, a sudden and apparently causeless stroke of disease, as in apoplexy or paralysis.
[Obs.]
Ray.


word: Sidereal
definition:
Sidereal

Si*de"re*al
(?)
a.
[L. sidereus, from sidus, sideris, a constellation, a star.  Cf. Sideral, Consider, Desire.]
1.
Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal astronomy.

2.
(Astron.)
Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars; designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal revolution of a planet; a sidereal day.

Sidereal clock, day, month, year. See under Clock, Day, etc. -- Sideral time, time as reckoned by sideral days, or, taking the sidereal day as the unit, the time elapsed since a transit of the vernal equinox, reckoned in parts of a sidereal day. This is, strictly, apparent sidereal time, mean sidereal time being reckoned from the transit, not of the true, but of the mean, equinoctial point.


word: Siderealize
definition:
Siderealize

Si*de"re*al*ize
(?)
v. t.
To elevate to the stars, or to the region of the stars; to etherealize.

German literature transformed, siderealized, as we see it in Goethe, reckons Winckelmann among its initiators.
W. Pater.


word: Siderite
definition:
Siderite

Sid"er*ite
n.
[L. sideritis loadstone, Gr. _;_;_;_;, _;_;_;_;, of iron, from _;_;_;_; iron.]
1.
(Min.)
(a)
Carbonate of iron, an important ore of iron occuring generally in cleavable masses, but also in rhombohedral crystals. It is of a light yellowish brown color. Called also sparry iron, spathic iron.
(b)
A meteorite consisting solely of metallic iron.
(c)
An indigo-blue variety of quartz.
(d)
Formerly, magnetic iron ore, or loadstone.

2.
(Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Sideritis; ironwort.


word: Siderographical
definition:
Siderographical

Siderographic

{ Sid`er*o*graph"ic (?), Sid`er*o*graph"ic*al (?), }
a.
Of or pertaining to siderography; executed by engraved plates of steel; as, siderographic art; siderographic impressions.


word: Siderography
definition:
Siderography

Sid`er*og"ra*phy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_; iron + -graphy.]
The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by electrotypy.


word: Siderolite
definition:
Siderolite

Sid"er*o*lite
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_; iron + -lite.]
A kind of meteorite. See under Meteorite.


word: Sideromancy
definition:
Sideromancy

Sid"er*o*man`cy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_; iron + -mancy.]
Divination by burning straws on red-hot iron, and noting the manner of their burning.
Craig.


word: Sideroscope
definition:
Sideroscope

Sid"er*o*scope
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_; iron + -scope.]
An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in any substance by means of a very delicate combination of magnetic needles.


word: Siderosis
definition:
Siderosis

Sid`e*ro"sis
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;_;_; iron.]
(Med.)
A sort of pneumonia occuring in iron workers, produced by the inhalation of particles of iron.


word: Siderostat
definition:
Siderostat

Sid"er*o*stat
(?)
n.
[L. sidus, sideris, a star + Gr. _;_;_; standing, fixed, fr. _;_;_;_; to place.]
(Astron.)
An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction; -- a more general term for heliostat.


word: Sideroxylon
definition:
Sideroxylon

Sid`e*rox"y*lon
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;_;_; iron + _;_;_; wood.]
(Bot.)
A genus of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood.


word: Sidesaddle
definition:
Sidesaddle

Side"sad`dle
(?)
n.
A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted.

Sidesaddle flower (Bot.), a plant with hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers; -- called also huntsman's cup. See Sarracenia.


word: Sidesman
definition:
Sidesman

Sides"man
(?)
n.
pl. Sidesmen (_;).
1.
A party man; a partisan.
Milton.

2.
An assistant to the churchwarden; a questman.


word: Sidetrack
definition:
Sidetrack

Side"track`
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sidetracked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sidetracking.]
1.
(Railroads)
To transfer to a siding from a main line of track.

2.
Hence, fig., to divert or reduce to a position or condition that is relatively secondary or subordinate in activity, importance, effectiveness, or the like; to switch off; to turn aside, as from a purpose.
[Colloq.]
Such a project was, in fact, sidetracked in favor of the census of school children.
Pop. Sci. Monthly.


word: Sidewalk
definition:
Sidewalk

Side"walk`
(?)
n.
A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road; a foot pavement.
[U.S.]


word: Sideways
definition:
Sideways

Side"ways`
(?)
adv.
Toward the side; sidewise.

A second refraction made sideways.
Sir I. Newton.

His beard, a good palm's length, at least, . . . 
Shot sideways, like a swallow's wings.
Longfellow.


word: Side-wheel
definition:
Side-wheel

Side"-wheel`
a.
Having a paddle wheel on each side; -- said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer.


word: Sidewise
definition:
Sidewise

2.
A heavy swinging blow from the side, which disables an adversary.
[Slang.]
Side"wise`
(?)
adv.
On or toward one side; laterally; sideways.

I saw them mask their awful glance
Sidewise meek in gossamer lids.
Emerson.


word: Siding
definition:
Siding

Sid"ing
(?)
n.
1.
Attaching one's self to a party.

2.
A side track, as a railroad; a turnout.

3.
(Carp.)
The covering of the outside wall of a frame house, whether made of weatherboards, vertical boarding with cleats, shingles, or the like.

4.
(Shipbuilding)
The thickness of a rib or timber, measured, at right angles with its side, across the curved edge; as, a timber having a siding of ten inches.


word: Sidle
definition:
Sidle

Si"dle
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sidled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sidling (?).]
[From Side.]
To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise; as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening.
Swift.

He . . . then sidled close to the astonished girl.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Siege
definition:
Siege

Siege
(?)
n.
[OE. sege, OF. siege, F. siège a seat, a siege; cf. It. seggia, seggio, zedio, a seat, asseggio, assedio, a siege, F. assiéger to besiege, It. & LL. assediare, L. obsidium a siege, besieging; all ultimately fr. L. sedere to sit. See Sit, and cf. See, n.]
1.
A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.
[Obs.]
siege
Shak.

A stately siege of sovereign majesty,
And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay.
Spenser.

In our great hall there stood a vacant chair . . . 
And Merlin called it “The siege perilous.”
Tennyson.

2.
Hence, place or situation; seat.
[Obs.]

Ah! traitorous eyes, come out of your shameless siege forever.
Painter (Palace of Pleasure).

3.
Rank; grade; station; estimation.
[Obs.]

I fetch my life and being
From men of royal siege.
Shak.

4.
Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.
[Obs.]

The siege of this mooncalf.
Shak.

5.
The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade.

6.
Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.

Love stood the siege, and would not yield his breast.
Dryden.

7.
The floor of a glass-furnace.

8.
A workman's bench.
Knught.

Siege gun, a heavy gun for siege operations. -- Siege train, artillery adapted for attacking fortified places.


word: Siege₂
definition:
Siege

Siege
v. t.
To besiege; to beset.
[R.]

Through all the dangers that can siege
The life of man.
Buron.


word: Sienna
definition:
Sienna

Si*en"na
(?)
n.
[It. terra di Siena, fr. Siena in Italy.]
(Chem.)
Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt.

Burnt sienna, sienna made of a much redder color by the action of fire. -- Raw sienna, sienna in its natural state, of a transparent yellowish brown color.


word: Sierra
definition:
Sierra

Si*er"ra
(?)
n.
[Sp., properly, a saw, fr. L. serra a saw. See Serrate.]
A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada.

The wild sierra overhead.
Whitter.


word: Siesta
definition:
Siesta

Si*es"ta
(?)
n.
[Sp., probably fr. L. sessitare to sit much or long, v. freq. of sedere, sessum, to sit. See Sit.]
A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner; a midday nap.


word: Sieur
definition:
Sieur

Sieur
(?)
n.
[F., abbrev. from seigneur.  Cf. Monsieur, Seignior.]
Sir; -- a title of respect used by the French.


word: Sieve
definition:
Sieve

Sieve
(?)
n.
[OE. sive, AS. sife; akin to D. zeef, zift, OHG. sib, G. sieb. √151a.  Cf. Sift.]
1.
A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes.
sieve
Chaucer.

2.
A kind of coarse basket.
Simmonds.

Sieve cells (Bot.), cribriform cells. See under Cribriform.


word: Sifac
definition:
Sifac

Si"fac
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The white indris of Madagascar. It is regarded by the natives as sacred.


word: Sifflement
definition:
Sifflement

Sif"fle*ment
(?)
n.
[F., a whistling or hissing.]
The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation.
[Obs.]
A. Brewer.


word: Sifilet
definition:
Sifilet

Sif"i*let
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. siflet.]
(Zool.)
The six-shafted bird of paradise. See Paradise bird, under Paradise.


word: Sift
definition:
Sift

Sift
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sifting.]
[AS. siftan, from sife sieve. √151a.  See Sieve.]
1.
To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime.

2.
To separate or part as if with a sieve.

When yellow sands are sifted from below,
The glittering billows give a golden show.
Dryden.

3.
To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.

Sifting the very utmost sentence and syllable.
Hooker.

Opportunity I here have had
To try thee, sift thee.
Milton.

Let him but narrowly sift his ideas.
I. Taylor.

To sift out, to search out with care, as if by sifting.


word: Sifter
definition:
Sifter

Sift"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, sifts.

2.
(Zool.)
Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell_; of the beak.


word: Sigaultian
definition:
Sigaultian

Si*gaul"ti*an
(?)
a.
(Surg.)
Pertaining to Sigault, a French physician. See Symphyseotomy.


word: Sigh
definition:
Sigh

Sigh
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Sighed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sighing.]
[OE. sighen, si_;en; cf. also OE. siken, AS. sīcan, and OE. sighten, si_;ten, sichten, AS. siccettan; all, perhaps, of imitative origin.]
1.
To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, or the like.

2.
Hence, to lament; to grieve.

He sighed deeply in his spirit.
Mark viii. 12.

3.
To make a sound like sighing.

And the coming wind did roar more loud,
And the sails did sigh like sedge.
Coleridge.

The winter winds are wearily sighing.
Tennyson.

&hand_; An extraordinary pronunciation of this word as sīth is still heard in England and among the illiterate in the United States.


word: Sigh₂
definition:
Sigh

Sigh
v. t.
1.
To exhale (the breath) in sighs.

Never man sighed truer breath.
Shak.

2.
To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.

Ages to come, and men unborn,
Shall bless her name, and sigh her fate.
Pior.

3.
To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.

They . . . sighed forth proverbs.
Shak.

The gentle swain . . . sighs back her grief.
Hoole.


word: Sigh₃
definition:
Sigh

Sigh
n.
[OE. sigh; cf. OE. sik. See Sigh, v. i.]
1.
A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.

I could drive the boat with my sighs.
Shak.

2.
Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan_;ent.

With their sighs the air
Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite.
Milton.


word: Sight
definition:
Sight

Sight
(sīt)
n.
[OE. sight, siþt, siht, AS. siht, gesiht, gesihð, gesiehð, gesyhð; akin to D. gezicht, G. sicht, gesicht, Dan. sigte, Sw. sigt, from the root of E. see. See See, v. t.]
1.
The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.

A cloud received him out of their sight.
Acts. i. 9.

2.
The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes.

Thy sight is young,
And thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzle.
Shak.

O loss of sight, of thee I most complain!
Milton.

3.
The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility; open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight.

4.
A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing.

Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
Ex. iii. 3.

They never saw a sight so fair.
Spenser.

5.
The instrument of seeing; the eye.

Why cloud they not their sights?
Shak.

6.
Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the sight of only one person.

7.
Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was harmless.
Wake.

That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Luke xvi. 15.

8.
A small aperture or optical device through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; -- used on surveying instruments; as, the sight of a quadrant.

Thier eyes of fire sparking through sights of steel.
Shak.

9.
An optical device or small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming.  A telescope mounted on a weapon, such as a rifle, and used for accurate aiming at distant targets is called a telescopic sight.
Farrow.

10.
In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame or the like, the open space, the opening.

11.
A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money.
[Now colloquial]

&hand_; Sight in this last sense was formerly employed in the best usage. “A sight of lawyers.”
Latimer.

A wonder sight of flowers.
Gower.

At sight, as soon as seen, or presented to sight; as, a draft payable at sight: to read Greek at sight; to shoot a person at sight. -- Front sight (Firearms), the sight nearest the muzzle. -- Open sight. (Firearms) (a) A front sight through which the objects aimed at may be seen, in distinction from one that hides the object. (b) A rear sight having an open notch instead of an aperture. -- Peep sight, Rear sight. See under Peep, and Rear. -- Sight draft, an order, or bill of exchange, directing the payment of money at sight. -- To take sight, to take aim; to look for the purpose of directing a piece of artillery, or the like.


word: Sight₂
definition:
Sight

Sight
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sighting.]
1.
To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck.
Kane.

2.
To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to sight an object, as a star.

3.
To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight; as, to sight a rifle or a cannon.


word: Sighted
definition:
Sighted

Sight"ed
a.
Having sight, or seeing, in a particular manner; -- used in composition; as, long-sighted, short-sighted, quick-sighted, sharp-sighted, and the like.


word: Sightful
definition:
Sightful

Sight"ful
(?)
a.
Easily or clearly seen; distinctly visible; perspicuous.
[Obs.]
Testament of Love.


word: Sighting
definition:
Sighting

Sight"ing
a. & n. from Sight, v. t.

Sighting shot, a shot made to ascertain whether the sights of a firearm are properly adjusted; a trial shot.


word: Sightless
definition:
Sightless

Sight"less
a.
1.
Lacking sight; without sight; blind.

Of all who blindly creep or sightless soar.
Pope.

2.
That can not be seen; invisible.
[Obs.]

The sightless couriers of the air.
Shak.

3.
Offensive or unpleasing to the eye; unsightly; as, sightless stains.
[R.]
Shak.


word: Sightly
definition:
Sightly

Sight"ly
(?)
a.
1.
Pleasing to the sight; comely.
sightly
L'Estrange.

2.
Open to sight; conspicuous; as, a house stands in a sightly place.


word: Sightproof
definition:
Sightproof

Sight"proof`
(?)
a.
Undiscoverable to sight.

Hidden in their own sightproof bush.
Lowell.


word: Sight-seeing
definition:
Sight-seeing

Sight"-see`ing
(?)
a.
Engaged in, or given to, seeing sights; eager for novelties or curiosities.


word: Sight-seer
definition:
Sight-seer

Sight"-se`er
(?)
n.
One given to seeing sights or noted things, or eager for novelties or curiosities.


word: Sightsman
definition:
Sightsman

Sights"man
(?)
n.
pl. Sightsmen (_;).
(Mus.)
One who reads or performs music readily at first sight.
[R.]
Busby.


word: Sigil
definition:
Sigil

Sig"il
(?)
n.
[L. sigillum. See Seal a stamp.]
A seal; a signature.
Dryden.

Of talismans and sigils knew the power.
Pope.


word: Sigillaria
definition:
Sigillaria

Sig`il*la"ri*a
(?)
n. pl.
[L., from sigillum a seal. See Sigil.]
(Rom. Antic.)
Little images or figures of earthenware exposed for sale, or given as presents, on the last two days of the Saturnalia; hence, the last two, or the sixth and seventh, days of the Saturnalia.


word: Sigillaria₂
definition:
Sigillaria

Sig`il*la"ri*a
n.
[NL., fem sing. fr. L. sigillum a seal.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of fossil trees principally found in the coal formation; -- so named from the seallike leaf scars in vertical rows on the surface.


word: Sigillarid
definition:
Sigillarid

Sig`il*la"rid
(?)
n.
(Paleon.)
One of an extinct family of cryptagamous trees, including the genus Sigillaria and its allies.


word: Sigillated
definition:
Sigillated

Sig"il*la`ted
(?)
a.
[L. sigillatus adorned with little images.]
Decorated by means of stamps; -- said of pottery.


word: Sigillative
definition:
Sigillative

Sig"il*la*tive
(?)
a.
[L. sigillum a seal: cf. OF. sigillatif.]
Fit to seal; belonging to a seal; composed of wax.
[R.]


word: Sigla
definition:
Sigla

Sig"la
(?)
n. pl.
[L.]
The signs, abbreviations, letters, or characters standing for words, shorthand, etc., in ancient manuscripts, or on coins, medals, etc.
W. Savage.


word: Sigma
definition:
Sigma

Sig"ma
(?)
n.
pl. Sigmas (#).
[L., from Gr. _;_;_;, _;_;_;.]
The Greek letter Σ, σ, or &sigmav (English S, or s). It originally had the form of the English C.


word: Sigmodont
definition:
Sigmodont

Sig"mo*dont
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_; sigma (_;) + _;_;_;, _;_;_;, a tooth.]
(Zool.)
Any one of a tribe (Sigmodontes) of rodents which includes all the indigenous rats and mice of America. So called from the form of the ridges of enamel on the crowns of the worn molars. Also used adjectively.


word: Sigmoidal
definition:
Sigmoidal

Sigmoid

{ Sig"moid (?), Sig*moid"al (?), }
a.
[Gr. _;_;_;; _;_;_; sigma + e'i^dos form, likeness: cf. F. sigmoïde.]
Curved in two directions, like the letter S, or the Greek &sigmav.

Sigmoid flexure (Anat.), the last curve of the colon before it terminates in the rectum. See Illust. under Digestive. -- Sigmoid valves. (Anat.) See Semilunar valves, under Semilunar.


word: Sign
definition:
Sign

Sign
(?)
n.
[F. signe, L. signum; cf. AS. segen, segn, a sign, standard, banner, also fr. L. signum.  Cf. Ensign, Resign, Seal a stamp, Signal, Signet.]
That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.
(a)
A remarkable event, considered by the ancients as indicating the will of some deity; a prodigy; an omen.
(b)
An event considered by the Jews as indicating the divine will, or as manifesting an interposition of the divine power for some special end; a miracle; a wonder.

Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God.
Rom. xv. 19.

It shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
Ex. iv. 8.

What time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.
Num. xxvi. 10.

The holy symbols, or signs, are not barely significative; but what they represent is as certainly delivered to us as the symbols themselves.
Brerewood.

Saint George of Merry England, the sign of victory.
Spenser.

They made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
Luke i. 62.

&hand_; Educaters of the deaf distinguish between natural signs, which serve for communicating ideas, and methodical, or systematic, signs, adapted for the dictation, or the rendering, of written language, word by word; and thus the signs are to be distinguished from the manual alphabet, by which words are spelled on the fingers.

The shops were, therefore, distinguished by painted signs, which gave a gay and grotesque aspect to the streets.
Macaulay.

&hand_; The signs are reckoned from the point of intersection of the ecliptic and equator at the vernal equinox, and are named, respectively, Aries (&aries_;), Taurus (&taurus_;), Gemini (II), Cancer (&cancer_;), Leo (&leo_;), Virgo (&virgo_;), Libra (&libra_;), Scorpio (&scorpius_;), Sagittarius (&sagittarius_;), Capricornus  (&capricorn_;), Aquarius (&aquarius_;), Pisces (&pisces_;). These names were originally the names of the constellations occupying severally the divisions of the zodiac, by which they are still retained; but, in consequence of the procession of the equinoxes, the signs have, in process of time, become separated about 30 degrees from these constellations, and each of the latter now lies in the sign next in advance, or to the east of the one which bears its name, as the constellation Aries in the sign Taurus, etc.

&hand_; The terms symptom and and sign are often used synonymously; but they may be discriminated. A sign differs from a symptom in that the latter is perceived only by the patient himself. The term sign is often further restricted to the purely local evidences of disease afforded by direct examination of the organs involved, as distinguished from those evidence of general disturbance afforded by observation of the temperature, pulse, etc. In this sense it is often called physical sign.

An outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.
Bk. of Common Prayer.

&hand_; See the Table of Arbitrary Signs, p. 1924.

Sign manual. (a) (Eng. Law) The royal signature superscribed at the top of bills of grants and letter patent, which are then sealed with the privy signet or great seal, as the case may be, to complete their validity. (b) The signature of one's name in one's own handwriting. Craig. Tomlins. Wharton.


word: Sign₂
definition:
Sign

Sign
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Signed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Signing.]
[OE. seinen to bless, originally, to make the sign of the cross over; in this sense fr. ASS. segnian (from segn, n.), or OF. seignier, F. signer, to mark, to sign (in sense 3), fr. L. signare to mark, set a mark upon, from signum. See Sign, n.]
1.
To represent by a sign; to make known in a typical or emblematic manner, in distinction from speech; to signify.

I signed to Browne to make his retreat.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
To make a sign upon; to mark with a sign.

We receive this child into the congregation of Christ's flock, and do sign him with the sign of the cross.
Bk. of Com Prayer.

3.
To affix a signature to; to ratify by hand or seal; to subscribe in one's own handwriting.

Inquire the Jew's house out, give him this deed,
And let him sign it.
Shak.

4.
To assign or convey formally; -- used with away.

5.
To mark; to make distinguishable.
Shak.


word: Sign₃
definition:
Sign

Sign
(?)
v. i.
1.
To be a sign or omen.
[Obs.]
Shak.

2.
To make a sign or signal; to communicate directions or intelligence by signs.

3.
Especially:
To communicate in sign language.

4.
To write one's name, esp. as a token of assent, responsibility, or obligation; as, he signed in red ink.


word: Signable
definition:
Signable

Sign"a*ble
(?)
a.
Suitable to be signed; requiring signature; as, a legal document signable by a particular person.


word: Signal
definition:
Signal

Sig"nal
(?)
n.
[F., fr. LL. signale, fr. L. signum. See Sign, n.]
1.
A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action.

All obeyed
The wonted signal and superior voice
Of this great potentate.
Milton.

2.
A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign; anything taken as evidence of some process.

The weary sun . . . 
Gives signal of a goodly day to-morrow.
Shak.

There was not the least signal of the calamity to be seen.
De Foc.

3.
Hence:
(Electronics)
A measureable electrical quantity, such as voltage or current, that conveys information by varying in magnitude over time; as, the signals from the strongest commercial radio stations can be received over hundreds of miles.


word: Signal to noise
definition:
Signal to noise

Signal to noise ratio

Sig"nal to noise" ra`ti*o, Sig"nal to noise"
(?)
n.
(Electronics, Information science, Experimental science)
The ratio of the intensity of a signal{2} to the background noise detected by a measuring instrument, especially in a communications channel; the higher the ratio, the more accurately the information contained can be interpreted.  The term is applied not only to human communications, but to the detection of information in any system that is being studied to gain knowledge; as, the signal-to-noise ratio of light signals in older optic fibers drops to an unusable level after several miles..


word: Signal₂
definition:
Signal

Sig"nal
a.
[From signal, n.: cf. F. signalé.]
1.
Noticeable; distinguished from what is ordinary; eminent; remarkable; memorable; as, a signal exploit; a signal service; a signal act of benevolence.

As signal now in low, dejected state
As erst in highest, behold him where he lies.
Milton.

2.
Of or pertaining to signals, or the use of signals in conveying information; as, a signal flag or officer.

The signal service, a bureau of the government (in the United States connected with the War Department) organized to collect from the whole country simultaneous raports of local meteorological conditions, upon comparison of which at the central office, predictions concerning the weather are telegraphed to various sections, where they are made known by signals publicly displayed. -- Signal station, the place where a signal is displayed; specifically, an observation office of the signal service.


word: Signal₃
definition:
Signal

Sig"nal
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Signaled (_;) or Signalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Signaling or Signalling.]
1.
To communicate by signals; as, to signal orders.

2.
To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor.
M. Arnold.


word: Signalist
definition:
Signalist

Sig"nal*ist
n.
One who makes signals; one who communicates intelligence by means of signals.


word: Signality
definition:
Signality

Sig*nal"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being signal or remarkable.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Signalize
definition:
Signalize

Sig"nal*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Signalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Signalizing (?).]
[From Signal, a.]
1.
To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish.

It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves.
Burke.

2.
To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort.

3.
To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer.


word: Signalman
definition:
Signalman

Sig"nal*man
(?)
n.
pl. -men (_;).
A man whose business is to manage or display signals; especially, one employed in setting the signals by which railroad trains are run or warned.


word: Signalment
definition:
Signalment

Sig"nal*ment
(?)
n.
The act of signaling, or of signalizing; hence, description by peculiar, appropriate, or characteristic marks.
Mrs. Browning.


word: Signate
definition:
Signate

Sig"nate
(?)
a.
[L. signatus, p. p. See Sign, v. t.]
(Zool.)
Having definite color markings.


word: Signation
definition:
Signation

Sig*na"tion
(?)
n.
[L. signatio. See Sign, v. t.]
Sign given; marking.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Signatory
definition:
Signatory

Sig"na*to*ry
(?)
a.
[L. signatorius.]
1.
Relating to a seal; used in sealing.
[Obs.]
Bailey.

2.
Signing; joining or sharing in a signature; as, signatory powers.


word: Signatory₂
definition:
Signatory

Sig"na*to*ry
n.
pl. -ries (_;).
A signer; one who signs or subscribes; as, a conference of signatories.


word: Signature
definition:
Signature

Sig"na*ture
(?)
n.
[F. (cf. It. signatura, segnatura, Sp. & LL. signatura), from L. signare, signatum. See Sign, v. t.]
1.
A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.

The brain, being well furnished with various traces, signatures, and images.
I. Watts.

The natural and indelible signature of God, which human souls . . . are supposed to be stamped with.
Bentley.

2.
Especially, the name of any person, written with his own hand, employed to signify that the writing which precedes accords with his wishes or intentions; a sign manual; an autograph.

3.
(Physiol.)
An outward mark by which internal characteristics were supposed to be indicated.

Some plants bear a very evident signature of their nature and use.
Dr. H. More.

4.
(Old Med.)
A resemblance between the external characters of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; -- supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease.

5.
(Mus.)
The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major.

6.
(Print.)
(a)
A letter or figure placed at the bottom of the first page of each sheet of a book or pamphlet, as a direction to the binder in arranging and folding the sheets.
(b)
The printed sheet so marked, or the form from which it is printed; as, to reprint one or more signatures.

&hand_; Star signatures (as A*, 1*) are the same characters, with the addition of asterisks, used on the first pages of offcuts, as in 12mo sheets.

7.
(Pharm.)
That part of a prescription which contains the directions to the patient. It is usually prefaced by S or Sig. (an abbreviation for the Latin signa, imperative of signare to sign or mark).


word: Signaturist
definition:
Signaturist

Sig"na*tur`ist
(?)
n.
One who holds to the doctrine of signatures impressed upon objects, indicative of character or qualities.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.


word: Signboard
definition:
Signboard

Sign"board`
(?)
n.
A board, placed on or before a shop, office, etc., on which ssome notice is given, as the name of a firm, of a business, or the like.


word: Signer
definition:
Signer

Sign"er
(?)
n.
One who signs or subscribes his name; as, a memorial with a hundred signers.


word: Signet
definition:
Signet

Sig"net
(?)
n.
[OF. signet a signet, F., a bookmark, dim. of signe. See Sign, n., and cf. Sennet.]
A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by bill under the sign manual; -- called also privy signet.

I had my father's signet in my purse.
Shak.

Signet ring, a ring containing a signet or private seal. -- Writer to the signet (Scots Law), a judicial officer who prepares warrants, writs, etc.; originally, a clerk in the office of the secretary of state.


word: Signifer
definition:
Signifer

Sig"ni*fer
(?)
a.
[L., from signum sign + ferre to bear.]
Bearing signs.
[Obs.]
signifer
Holland.


word: Significancy
definition:
Significancy

Significance

{ Sig*nif"i*cance (?), Sig*nif"i*can*cy (?), }
n.
[L. significantia.]
1.
The quality or state of being significant.

2.
That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression.

3.
Importance; moment; weight; consequence.

With this brain I must work, in order to give significancy and value to the few facts which I possess.
De Quincey.


word: Significant
definition:
Significant

Sig*nif"i*cant
(?)
a.
[L. significans, -antis, p. pr. of significare. See Signify.]
1.
Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look.

It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant, but not efficient.
Sir W. Raleigh.

2.
Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event.

Significant figures (Arith.), the figures which remain to any number, or decimal fraction, after the ciphers at the right or left are canceled. Thus, the significant figures of 25,000, or of .0025, are 25.


word: Significant₂
definition:
Significant

Sig*nif"i*cant
n.
That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
Wordsworth.

In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts.
Shak.


word: Significate
definition:
Significate

Sig*nif"i*cate
(?)
n.
[L. significatus, p. p. of significare. See Signify.]
(Logic)
One of several things signified by a common term.
Whately.


word: Signification
definition:
Signification

Sig`ni*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[F. signification, L. significatio.]
1.
The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means.

A signification of being pleased.
Landor.

All speaking or signification of one's mind implies an act or addres of one man to another.
South.

2.
That which is signified or made known; that meaning which a sign, character, or token is intended to convey; as, the signification of words.


word: Significative
definition:
Significative

Sig*nif"i*ca*tive
(?)
a.
[L. significativus: cf. F. significatif.]
1.
Betokening or representing by an external sign.

The holy symbols or signs are not barely significative.
Brerewood.

2.
Having signification or meaning; expressive of a meaning or purpose; significant.

Neither in the degrees of kindred they were destitute of significative words.
Camden.


word: Significator
definition:
Significator

Sig"ni*fi*ca`tor
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. significateur.]
One who, or that which, signifies.

In this diagram there was one significator which pressed remarkably upon our astrologer's attention.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Significatory
definition:
Significatory

Sig*nif"i*ca*to*ry
(?)
a.
[L. significatorius.]
Significant.
n. That which is significatory.


word: Significavit
definition:
Significavit

Sig`ni*fi*ca"vit
(?)
n.
[L., (he) has signified, perf. ind. of significare to signify.]
(Eng. Eccl. Law)
Formerly, a writ issuing out of chancery, upon certificate given by the ordinary, of a man's standing excommunicate by the space of forty days, for the laying him up in prison till he submit himself to the authority of the church.
Crabb.


word: Signify
definition:
Signify

Sig"ni*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Signified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Signifying (?).]
[F. signifier, L. significare; signum a sign + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Sign, n., and -fy.]
1.
To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present.

I 'll to the king; and signify to him
That thus I have resign'd my charge to you.
Shak.

The government should signify to the Protestants of Ireland that want of silver is not to be remedied.
Swift.

2.
To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken.

He bade her tell him what it signified.
Chaucer.

A tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Shak.

&hand_; Signify is often used impersonally; as, it signifies nothing, it does not signify, that is, it is of no importance.


word: signing
definition:
signing

sign"ing
(sīn"ĭng)
n.
[Participle of sign, sense 3.]
The procedure or process of communicating by use of a sign language.


word: Signior
definition:
Signior

Sign"ior
(?)
n.
Sir; Mr. The English form and pronunciation for the Italian Signor and the Spanish Señor.


word: Signiorize
definition:
Signiorize

Sign"ior*ize
(?)
v. t.
[See Seigniorize.]
To exercise dominion over; to lord it over.
[Obs.]
Shelton.


word: sign language
definition:
sign language

sign" lang`uage
(sīn" lăng`wa̝j)
n.
A form of language for communicating by use of gestures made by the hands, rather than by speech.  It includes alphabets made by hand gestures, as well as proper languages formed from signs.  Among the latter is the American Sign Language (ASL), used by the deaf.  See also dactylology.


word: sign off
definition:
sign off

sign` off"
(sīn` &asuml_;f")
v. i.
To terminate a communication, especially one conducted by radio waves; to terminate a broadcast over radio or television; as, this is your reporter in Cairo, signing off.


word: sign on
definition:
sign on

sign` on"
(sīn` &obreve_;n")
v. i.
To begin a communication, especially one conducted by radio waves.


word: Signore
definition:
Signore

Signor

{ &VerbarSi*gnor" (?), &VerbarSi*gno"re (?), }
n.
[It. See Seignior.]
Sir; Mr.; -- a title of address or respect among the Italians. Before a noun the form is Signor.


word: Signpost
definition:
Signpost

Sign"post`
(?)
n.
A post on which a sign hangs, or on which papers are placed to give public notice of anything.


word: Sike₂
definition:
Sike

Sike
(?)
n.
[AS. sīc.  Cf. Sig.]
A gutter; a stream, such as is usually dry in summer.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]


word: Sikerness₂
definition:
Sikerness

Sikerly

Siker

{ Sik"er (?), a. & adv., Sik"er*ly, adv., Sik"er*ness, n., etc.}
See 2d Sicker, Sickerly, etc.
[Obs.]


word: Sikhs
definition:
Sikhs

Sikhs
(?)
n. pl.
sing. Sikh (_;)
[Hind. Sikh, properly, a disciple.]
A religious sect noted for warlike traits, founded in the Punjab at the end of the 15th century.


word: Sile
definition:
Sile

Sile
(?)
v. t.
[Akin to Sw. sila to strain, sil sieve, G. sielen to draw away or lead off water. √151a.  See Silt.]
To strain, as fresh milk.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Sile₃
definition:
Sile

Sile
n.
1.
A sieve with fine meshes.
[Prov. Eng.]

2.
Filth; sediment.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.


word: Sile₄
definition:
Sile

Sile
n.
[Icel. sīld herring; akin to Sw. sill, Dan. sild.  Cf. Sill the young of a herring.]
(Zool.)
A young or small herring.
[Eng.]
Pennant.


word: Silence
definition:
Silence

Si"lence
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. silentium. See Silent.]

1.
The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.

I saw and heared; for such a numerous host
Fled not in silence through the frighted deep.
Milton.

2.
Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness.

3.
Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence.

The administration itself keeps a profound silence.
D. Webster.

4.
The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumilt; calmness; quiest; as, the elements were reduced to silence.

5.
Absence of mention; oblivion.

And what most merits fame, in silence hid.
Milton.


word: Silence₂
definition:
Silence

Si"lence
interj.
Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.
Shak.


word: Silence₃
definition:
Silence

Si"lence
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Silenced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Silencing (?).]
1.
To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.

Silence that dreadful bell; it frights the isle.
Shak.

2.
To put to rest; to quiet.

This would silence all further opposition.
Clarendon.

These would have silenced their scruples.
Rogers.

3.
To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching; as, to silence a minister of the gospel.

The Rev. Thomas Hooker of Chelmsford, in Essex, was silenced for nonconformity.
B. Trumbull.

4.
To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy.


word: Silencer
definition:
Silencer

Si"lenc*er
(?)
n.
One that silences;
specif.
(a)
The muffler of an internal-combustion engine.
(b)
Any of various devices to silence the humming noise of telegraph wires.
(c)
A device for silencing the report of a firearm shooting its projectiles singly, as a tubular attachment for the muzzle having circular plates that permit the passage of the projectile but impart a rotary motion to, and thus retard, the exploding gases.


word: Silene
definition:
Silene

Si*le"ne
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. Silenus, the attendant of Bacchus.]
(Bot.)
A genus of caryophyllaceous plants, usually covered with a viscid secretion by which insects are caught; catchfly.

Bon Silène. See Silène, in the Vocabulary.


word: Silent
definition:
Silent

Si"lent
(?)
a.
[L. silens, -entis, p. pr. of silere to be silent; akin to Goth. ana-silan.]
1.
Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.

How silent is this town!
Shak.

2.
Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.

Ulysses, adds he, was the most eloquent and most silent of men.
Broome.

This new-created world, whereof in hell
Fame is not silent.
Milton.

3.
Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent.
Parnell. Sir W. Raleigh.

4.
(Pron.)
Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in “fable.”

5.
Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
[R.]

Cause . . . silent, virtueless, and dead.
Sir W. Raleigh.

Silent partner. See Dormant partner, under Dormant.


word: Silentiary
definition:
Silentiary

Si*len"ti*a*ry
(si̝*lĕn"shĭ*a̝*r&ybreve_;)
n.
[L. silentiarius: cf. F. silenciaire. See Silence.]
One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, one sworn not to divulge secrets of state.


word: Silentious
definition:
Silentious

Si*len"tious
(?)
a.
[L. silentiosus: cf. F. silencieux.]
Habitually silent; taciturn; reticent.
[R.]


word: Silesia
definition:
Silesia

Si*le"si*a
(?)
n.
1.
A kind of linen cloth, originally made in Silesia, a province of Prussia.

2.
A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress linings.


word: Silex
definition:
Silex

Si"lex
(?)
n.
[L., a finit, a pebblestone.]
(Min.)
Silica, SiO2 as found in nature, constituting quarz, and most sands and sandstones. See Silica, and Silicic.


word: Silhouette
definition:
Silhouette

Sil`hou*ette"
(?)
n.
[F.; -- so called from Etienne de Silhoutte, a French minister of finance in 1759, whise diversion it was to make such portraits on the walls of his apartments.]
A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.


word: Silhouette₂
definition:
Silhouette

Sil`hou*ette"
v. t.
To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.
[Recent]

A flock of roasting vultures silhouetted on the sky.
The Century.


word: Silica
definition:
Silica

Sil"i*ca
(?)
n.
[NL., from L. silex, silics, a flint.]
(Chem.)
Silicon dioxide, SiO_;. It constitutes ordinary quartz (also opal and tridymite), and is artifically prepared as a very fine, white, tasteless, inodorous powder.


word: Silicate
definition:
Silicate

Sil"i*cate
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. silicate.]
(Chem.)
A salt of silicic acid.

&hand_; In mineralogical chemistry the silicates include; the unisilicates or orthosilicates, salts of orthosilicic acid; the bisilicates or metasilicates, salts of metasilicic acid; the polysilicates or acid silicates, salts of the polysilicic acids; the basic silicates or subsilicates, in which the equivalent of base is greater than would be required to neutralize the acid; and the hydrous silicates, including the zeolites and many hydrated decomposition products.


word: Silicated
definition:
Silicated

Sil"i*ca`ted
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica; as, silicated hydrogen; silicated rocks.

Silicated soap, a hard soap containing silicate of soda.


word: Siliceous
definition:
Siliceous

Si*li"ceous
(?)
a.
[L. siliceus, fr. silex, silicis, a flint.]
Of or pertaining to silica; containing silica, or partaking of its nature.
[Written also silisious.]


word: Silicic
definition:
Silicic

Si*lic"ic
(?)
a.
[L. silex, silicis, a flint: cf. F. silicique.]
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, silica; specifically, designating compounds of silicon; as, silicic acid.

Silicic acid (Chem.), an amorphous gelatinous substance, Si(HO)4, very unstable and easily dried to silica, but forming many stable salts; -- called also orthosilicic acid or normal silicic acid.


word: Silicide
definition:
Silicide

Sil"i*cide
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A binary compound of silicon, or one regarded as binary.
[R.]

Hydrogen silicide (Chem.), a colorless, spontaneously inflammable gas, SiH4, produced artifically from silicon, and analogous to methane; -- called also silico-methane, silicon hydride, and formerly siliciureted hydrogen.


word: Siliciferous
definition:
Siliciferous

Sil`i*cif"er*ous
(?)
a.
[L. silex, silicis, a flint + -ferous.]
Producing silica; united with silica.


word: Silicification
definition:
Silicification

Si*lic`i*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[See Silicify.]
(Chem.)
Thae act or process of combining or impregnating with silicon or silica; the state of being so combined or impregnated; as, the silicification of wood.


word: Silicified
definition:
Silicified

Si*lic"i*fied
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica, especially the latter; as, silicified wood.


word: Silicify
definition:
Silicify

Si*lic"i*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Silicified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Silicifying (?).]
[L. silex, silicis, a flint + -fy: cf. F. silicifier.]
(Chem.)
To convert into, or to impregnate with, silica, or with the compounds of silicon.

The specimens found . . . are completely silicified.
Say.

&hand_; The silica may take the form of agate, chalcedony, flint, hornstone, or crystalline quartz.


word: Silicispongiae
definition:
Silicispongiae

Sil`i*ci*spon"gi*ae
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Silex, and Sponge.]
(Zool.)
Same as Silicoidea.


word: Siliciureted
definition:
Siliciureted

Si*lic"i*u*ret`ed
(?)
a.
[Written also siliciuretted.]
(Old. Chem.)
Combined or impregnated with silicon.
[Obsoles.]

Siliciureted hydrogen. (Chem.) Hydrogen silicide. [Obs.]


word: Silicle
definition:
Silicle

Sil"i*cle
(?)
n.
[L. silicula, dim. of siliqua a pod or husk: cf. F. silicule.]
(Bot.)
A seed vessel resembling a silique, but about as broad as it is long. See Silique.


word: Silico-
definition:
Silico-

Sil"i*co-
(?)
(Chem.)
A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of silicon or its compounds; as, silicobenzoic, silicofluoride, etc.


word: Silicofluoric
definition:
Silicofluoric

Sil`i*co*flu*or"ic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Containing, or composed of, silicon and fluorine; especially, denoting the compounds called silicofluorides.

Silicofluoric acid (Chem.), a compound of hydrofluoric acid and silicon fluoride, known only in watery solution. It is produced by the action of silicon fluoride on water, and is regarded as an acid, H2SiF6, and the type and origin of the silicofluorides.


word: Silicoidea
definition:
Silicoidea

Sil`i*coi"de*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Silex, and -oid.]
(Zool.)
An extensive order of Porifera, which includes those that have the skeleton composed mainly of siliceous fibers or spicules.


word: Silicon
definition:
Silicon

Sil"i*con
(?)
n.
[See Silica.]
(Chem.)
A nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurs combined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state, usually as a dark brown amorphous powder, or as a dark crystalline substance with a meetallic luster. Its oxide is silica, or common quartz, and in this form, or as silicates, it is, next to oxygen, the most abundant element of the earth's crust. Silicon is characteristically the element of the mineral kingdom, as carbon is of the organic world. Symbol Si. Atomic weight 28. Called also silicium.


word: Silicotungstic
definition:
Silicotungstic

Sil`i*co*tung"stic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of a series of double acids of silicon and tungsten, known in the free state, and also in their salts (called silicotungstates).


word: Siliculose
definition:
Siliculose

Si*lic"u*lose`
(?)
a.
[NL. siliculosus, fr. L. silicula: cf. F. siliculeux. See Silicle.]
1.
(Bot.)
Bearing silicles; pertaining to, or resembling, silicles.

2.
Full of, or consisting of, husks; husky.
[Obs.]


word: Siliginose
definition:
Siliginose

Si*lig"i*nose`
(?)
a.
[L. siligineus, fr. siligo, -inis, fine and very white wheat.]
Made of fine wheat.
[Obs.]
Bailey.


word: Siling
definition:
Siling

Sil"ing
(?)
a. & n. from Sile to strain.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Siling dish, a colander. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]


word: Siliqua
definition:
Siliqua

Sil"i*qua
(?)
n.
pl. Siliquae (#).
[L. See Silique.]
1.
(Bot.)
Same as Silique.

2.
A weight of four grains; a carat; -- a term used by jewelers, and refiners of gold.


word: Silique
definition:
Silique

Sil"ique
(?)
n.
[L. siliqua a pod or husk, a very small weight or measure: cf. F. silique.]
(Bot.)
An oblong or elongated seed vessel, consisting of two valves with a dissepiment between, and opening by sutures at either margin. The seeds are attached to both edges of the dissepiment, alternately upon each side of it.


word: Siliquiform
definition:
Siliquiform

Sil"i*qui*form
(?)
a.
[Silique + -form: cf. F. siliquiforme.]
(Bot.)
Having the form of a silique.


word: Siliquosa
definition:
Siliquosa

Sil`i*quo"sa
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Siliquose.]
(Bot.)
A Linnaean order of plants including those which bear siliques.


word: Siliquous
definition:
Siliquous

Siliquose

{ Sil"i*quose` (?), Sil"i*quous (?), }
a.
[NL. siliquosus: cf.  F. siliqueux.]
(Bot.)
Bearing siliques; as, siliquose plants; pertaining to, or resembling, siliques; as, siliquose capsules.


word: Silk
definition:
Silk

Silk
(?)
n.
[OE. silk, selk, AS. seolc, seoloc; akin to Icel. silki, SW. & Dan. silke; prob. through Slavic from an Oriental source; cf. Lith. szilkai, Russ. shelk', and also L. sericum Seric stuff, silk.  Cf. Sericeous. Serge a woolen stuff.]
1.
The fine, soft thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larvae of Bombyx mori.

2.
Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material.

3.
That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize.

Raw silk, silk as it is wound off from the cocoons, and before it is manufactured. -- Silk cotton, a cottony substance enveloping the seeds of the silk-cotton tree. -- Silk-cotton tree (Bot.), a name for several tropical trees of the genera Bombax and Eriodendron, and belonging to the order Bombaceae. The trees grow to an immense size, and have their seeds enveloped in a cottony substance, which is used for stuffing cushions, but can not be spun. -- Silk flower. (Bot.) (a) The silk tree. (b) A similar tree (Calliandra trinervia) of Peru. -- Silk fowl (Zool.), a breed of domestic fowls having silky plumage. -- Silk gland (Zool.), a gland which secretes the material of silk, as in spider or a silkworm; a sericterium. -- Silk gown, the distinctive robe of a barrister who has been appointed king's or queen's counsel; hence, the counsel himself. Such a one has precedence over mere barristers, who wear stuff gowns. [Eng.] -- Silk grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Stipa comata) of the Western United States, which has very long silky awns. The name is also sometimes given to various species of the genera Aqave and Yucca. -- Silk moth (Zool.), the adult moth of any silkworm.  See Silkworm. -- Silk shag, a coarse, rough-woven silk, like plush, but with a stiffer nap. -- Silk spider (Zool.), a large spider (Nephila plumipes), native of the Southern United States, remarkable for the large quantity of strong silk it produces and for the great disparity in the sizes of the sexes. -- Silk thrower, Silk throwster, one who twists or spins silk, and prepares it for weaving. Brande & C. -- Silk tree (Bot.), an Asiatic leguminous tree (Albizzia Julibrissin) with finely bipinnate leaves, and large flat pods; -- so called because of the abundant long silky stamens of its blossoms. Also called silk flower. -- Silk vessel. (Zool.) Same as Silk gland, above. -- Virginia silk (Bot.), a climbing plant (Periploca Græca) of the Milkweed family, having a silky tuft on the seeds. It is native in Southern Europe.


word: Silken
definition:
Silken

Silk"en
(?)
a.
[AS. seolcen, seolocen.]
1.
Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil.

2.
Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language.
Silken
Shak.

3.
Dressed in silk.
silken
Shak.


word: Silkiness
definition:
Silkiness

Silk"i*ness
(?)
n.
1.
The quality or state of being silky or silken; softness and smoothness.

2.
Fig.: Effeminacy; weakness.
[R.]
B. Jonson.


word: Silk-stocking
definition:
Silk-stocking

Silk"-stock`ing
a.
Wearing silk stockings (which among men were formerly worn chiefly by the luxurious or aristocratic); hence, elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious; -- chiefly applied to men, often by way of reproach.
[They] will find their levees crowded with silk-stocking gentry, but no yeomanry; an army of officers without soldiers.
Jefferson.


word: Silkweed
definition:
Silkweed

Silk"weed`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed.


word: Silkworm
definition:
Silkworm

Silk"worm`
(?)
n.
[AS. seolcwyrm.]
(Zool.)
The larva of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths, which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon before changing to a pupa.

&hand_; The common species (Bombyx mori) feeds on the leaves of the white mulberry tree. It is native of China, but has long been introduced into other countries of Asia and Europe, and is reared on a large scale. In America it is reared only to small extent. The Ailanthus silkworm (Philosamia cynthia) is a much larger species, of considerable importance, which has been introduced into Europe and America from China. The most useful American species is the Polyphemus. See Polyphemus.

Pernyi silkworm, the larva of the Pernyi moth. See Pernyi moth. -- Silkworm gut, a substance prepared from the contents of the silk glands of silkworms and used in making lines for angling. See Gut. -- Silkworm rot, a disease of silkworms; muscardine.


word: Silky
definition:
Silky

Silk"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Silkier (?); superl. Silkiest.]
1.
Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster.

2.
Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine.

3.
Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous.

Silky oak (Bot.), a lofty Australian tree (Grevillea robusta) with silky tomentose lobed or incised leaves. It furnishes a valuable timber.


word: Sill
definition:
Sill

Sill
(sĭl)
n.
[OE. sille, sylle, AS. syl, syll; akin to G. schwelle, OHG. swelli, Icel. syll, svill, Sw. syll, Dan. syld, Goth. gasuljan to lay a foundation, to found.]
The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom, and the like.
(a)
The timber or stone at the foot of a door; the threshold.
(b)
The timber or stone on which a window frame stands; or, the lowest piece in a window frame.
(c)
The floor of a gallery or passage in a mine.
(d)
A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.

Sill course (Arch.), a horizontal course of stone, terra cotta, or the like, built into a wall at the level of one or more window sills, these sills often forming part of it.


word: Sillabub
definition:
Sillabub

Sil"la*bub
(?)
n.
[Cf. sile to strain, and bub liquor, also Prov. E. sillibauk.]
A dish made by mixing wine or cider with milk, and thus forming a soft curd; also, sweetened cream, flavored with wine and beaten to a stiff froth.
[Written also syllabub.]


word: Sillimanite
definition:
Sillimanite

Sil"li*man*ite
(?)
n.
[After Benjamin Siliman, an American meneralogist.]
(Min.)
Same as Fibrolite.


word: Sillon
definition:
Sillon

Sil"lon
(?)
n.
[F., a furrow.]
(Fort.)
A work raised in the middle of a wide ditch, to defend it.
Crabb.


word: Silly
definition:
Silly

Sil"ly
a.
[Compar. Sillier (?); superl. Silliest.]
[OE. seely, sely, AS. s_;lig, ges_;lig, happy, good, fr. s_;l, s_;l, good, happy, s_;l good fortune, happines; akin to OS. sālig, a, good, happy, D. zalig blessed, G. selig, OHG. sālīg, Icel. s_;l, Sw. säll, Dan. salig, Goth. s_;ls good, kind, and perh. also to L. sollus whole, entire, Gr. _;_;_;, Skr. sarva.  Cf. Seel, n.]
1.
Happy; fortunate; blessed.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

2.
Harmless; innocent; inoffensive.
[Obs.]
silly
Chaucer.

The silly virgin strove him to withstand.
Spenser.

A silly, innocent hare murdered of a dog.
Robynson (More's Utopia).

3.
Weak; helpless; frail.
[Obs.]

After long storms . . . 
With which my silly bark was tossed sore.
Spenser.

The silly buckets on the deck.
Coleridge.

4.
Rustic; plain; simple; humble.
[Obs.]

A fourth man, in a sillyhabit.
Shak.

All that did their silly thoughts so busy keep.
Milton.

5.
Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman.

6.
Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question.


word: Sillyhow
definition:
Sillyhow

Sil"ly*how
(?)
n.
[Prov. E. silly-hew; cf. AS. s&aemacr_;lig happy, good, and hūfe a cap, hood. See Silly, a.]
A caul. See Caul, n., 3.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]


word: Silo
definition:
Silo

Si"lo
(?)
n.
[F.]
A pit or vat for packing away green fodder for winter use so as to exclude air and outside moisture. See Ensilage.


word: Silt
definition:
Silt

Silt
(sĭlt)
n.
[OE. silte gravel, fr. silen to drain, E. sile; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. sila, prob. akin to AS. seón to filter, sīgan to fall, sink, cause to sink, G. seihen to strain, to filter, OHG. sīhan, Icel. sīa, Skr. sic to pour; cf. Gr. 'ikma`s moisture.  Cf. Sig, Sile.]
Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.


word: Silt₂
definition:
Silt

Silt
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Silted; p. pr. & vb. n. Silting.]
To choke, fill, or obstruct with silt or mud.


word: Silundum
definition:
Silundum

Si*lun"dum
(?)
n.
[Trade name]
A form of silicon carbide, produced in the electric furnace, possessing great hardness, and high electrical resistance, and not subject to oxidation below 2880° F., or 1600° C.


word: Silure
definition:
Silure

Si*lure"
(?)
n.
[L. silurus a sort of river fish, Gr. _;_;_;: cf. F. silure.]
(Zool.)
A fish of the genus Silurus, as the sheatfish; a siluroid.


word: Silurian
definition:
Silurian

Si*lu"ri*an
(?)
a.
[From L. Silures, a people who anciently inhabited a part of England and Wales.]
(Geol.)
Of or pertaining to the country of the ancient Silures; -- a term applied to the earliest of the Paleozoic eras, and also to the strata of the era, because most plainly developed in that country.

&hand_; The Silurian formation, so named by Murchison, is divided into the Upper Silurian and Lower Silurian. The lower part of the Lower Silurian, with some underlying beds, is now separated under the name Cambrian, first given by Sedwick. Recently the term Ordovician has been proposed for the Lower Silurian, leawing the original word to apply only to the Upper Silurian.


word: Siluridan
definition:
Siluridan

Si*lu"ri*dan
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any fish of the family Siluridae or of the order Siluroidei.


word: Siluroid
definition:
Siluroid

Si*lu"roid
(?)
n.
[Silurus + -oid.]
(Zool.)
Belonging to the Siluroidei, or Nematognathi, an order of fishes including numerous species, among which are the American catfishes and numerous allied fresh-water species of the Old World, as the sheatfish (Silurus glanis) of Europe.
n. A siluroid fish.


word: Silurus
definition:
Silurus

Si*lu"rus
(?)
n.
[L. See Silure.]
(Zool.)
A genus of large malacopterygious fishes of the order Siluroidei. They inhabit the inland waters of Europe and Asia.


word: Silva
definition:
Silva

Sil"va
(?)
n.
pl. E. Silvas (#), L. Silvae (_;).
[L., properly, a wood, forest.]
[Written also sylva.]
(Bot.)
(a)
The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively.
(b)
A description or history of the forest trees of a country.


word: Silvan
definition:
Silvan

Sil"van
(?)
a.
[L. silva, less correctly sylva, a wood or grove, perh. akin to Gr. "y`lh; cf. L. Silvanus Silvanus the god of woods: cf. F. sylvain silvan.  Cf. Savage.]
Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody.
[Written also sylvan.]

Betwixt two rows of rocks, a silvan scene
Appears above, and groves forever green.
Dryden.


word: Selvas
definition:
Selvas

Silvas

{ Sil"vas (?) or Sel"vas (?), }
n. pl.
[L. silva a forest, Sp. selva.]
Vast woodland plains of South America.


word: Silver
definition:
Silver

Sil"ver
(sĭl"vẽr)
n.
[OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G. silber, Icel. silfr, Sw. silfver, Dan. sölv, Goth. silubr, Russ. serebro, Lith. sidabras; of unknown origin.]
1.
(Chem.)
A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc.  Silver is one of the “noble” metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5.

&hand_; Silver was known under the name of luna to the ancients and also to the alchemists. Some of its compounds, as the halogen salts, are remarkable for the effect of light upon them, and are used in photography.

2.
Coin made of silver; silver money.

3.
Anything having the luster or appearance of silver.

4.
The color of silver.

&hand_; Silver is used in the formation of many compounds of obvious meaning; as, silver-armed, silver-bright, silver-buskined, silver-coated, silver-footed, silver-haired, silver-headed, silver-mantled, silver-plated, silver-slippered, silver-sounding, silver-studded, silver-tongued, silver-white. See Silver, a.

Black silver (Min.), stephanite; -- called also brittle silver ore, or brittle silver glance. -- Fulminating silver. (Chem.) (a) A black crystalline substance, Ag2O.(NH3)2, obtained by dissolving silver oxide in aqua ammonia. When dry it explodes violently on the slightest percussion. (b) Silver fulminate, a white crystalline substance, Ag2C2N2O2, obtained by adding alcohol to a solution of silver nitrate; -- also called fulminate of silver. When dry it is violently explosive. -- German silver. (Chem.) See under German. -- Gray silver. (Min.) See Freieslebenite. -- Horn silver. (Min.) See Cerargyrite. -- King's silver. (O. Eng. Law) See Postfine. -- Red silver, or Ruby silver. (Min.) See Proustite, and Pyrargyrite. -- Silver beater, one who beats silver into silver leaf or silver foil. -- Silver glance, or Vitreous silver. (Min.) See Argentine.


word: Silver₂
definition:
Silver

Sil"ver
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup.

2.
Resembling silver.
(a)
Bright; resplendent; white.
Silver
Shak.

Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed
Their downy breast.
Milton.

American silver fir (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under Balsam. -- Silver age (Roman Lit.), the latter part (a. d. 14-180) of the classical period of Latinity, -- the time of writers of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of the previous golden age, so-called. -- Silver-bell tree (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree (Halesia tetraptera) with white bell-shaped flowers in clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree. -- Silver bush (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant (Anthyllis Barba-Jovis) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage. -- Silver chub (Zool.), the fallfish. -- Silver eel. (Zool.) (a) The cutlass fish. (b) A pale variety of the common eel. -- Silver fir (Bot.), a coniferous tree (Abies pectinata) found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150 feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine. -- Silver foil, foil made of silver. -- Silver fox (Zool.), a variety of the common fox (Vulpes vulpes, variety argenteus) found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. Its fur is nearly black, with silvery tips, and is highly valued. Called also black fox, and silver-gray fox. -- Silver gar. (Zool.) See Billfish (a). -- Silver grain (Bot.), the lines or narrow plates of cellular tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple, pine, cherry, etc. -- Silver grebe (Zool.), the red-throated diver. See Illust. under Diver. -- Silver hake (Zool.), the American whiting. -- Silver leaf, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very thin. -- Silver lunge (Zool.), the namaycush. -- Silver moonfish.(Zool.) See Moonfish (b). -- Silver moth (Zool.), a lepisma. -- Silver owl (Zool.), the barn owl. -- Silver perch (Zool.), the mademoiselle, 2. -- Silver pheasant (Zool.), any one of several species of beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of the genus Euplocamus.  They have the tail and more or less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common species (Euplocamus nychtemerus) is native of China. -- Silver plate, (a) domestic utensils made of a base metal coated with silver. (b) a plating of silver on a base metal.  -- Silver plover (Zool.), the knot. -- Silver salmon (Zool.), a salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) native of both coasts of the North Pacific. It ascends all the American rivers as far south as the Sacramento. Called also kisutch, whitefish, and white salmon. -- Silver shell (Zool.), a marine bivalve of the genus Anomia. See Anomia. -- Silver steel, an alloy of steel with a very small proportion of silver. -- Silver stick, a title given to the title field officer of the Life Guards when on duty at the palace. [Eng.] Thackeray. -- Silver tree (Bot.), a South African tree (Leucadendron argenteum) with long, silvery, silky leaves. -- Silver trout, (Zool.) See Trout. -- Silver wedding. See under Wedding. -- Silver whiting (Zool.), a marine sciaenoid food fish (Menticirrus littoralis) native of the Southern United States; -- called also surf whiting. -- Silver witch (Zool.), A lepisma.


word: Silver₃
definition:
Silver

Sil"ver
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Silvered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Silvering.]
1.
To cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury.

2.
To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.

And smiling calmness silvered o'er the deep.
Pope.

3.
To make hoary, or white, like silver.

His head was silvered o'er with age.
Gay.


word: Silver₄
definition:
Silver

Sil"ver
v. i.
To acquire a silvery color.
[R.]

The eastern sky began to silver and shine.
L. Wallace.


word: Silverberry
definition:
Silverberry

Sil"ver*ber`ry
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A tree or shrub (Elaeagnus argentea) with silvery foliage and fruit.
Gray.


word: Silverbill
definition:
Silverbill

Sil"ver*bill`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
An Old World finch of the genus Minia, as the Minia Malabarica of India, and Minia cantans of Africa.


word: Silver certificate
definition:
Silver certificate

Sil"ver cer*tif"i*cate
A certificate issued by a government that there has been deposited with it silver to a specified amount, payable to the bearer on demand. In the United States and its possessions, it is issued against the deposit of silver coin, and is not legal tender, but is receivable for customs, taxes, and all public dues. In the United States the redeemability in silver of silver certificates was discontinued in the 1970's; they are still (1997) accepted as money at the face dollar value, but cannot be redeemed in silver.


word: Silverfin
definition:
Silverfin

Sil"ver*fin`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A small North American fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Notropis Whipplei).


word: Silverfish
definition:
Silverfish

Sil"ver*fish`
(?)
n.
1.
(Zool.)
(a)
The tarpum.
(b)
A white variety of the goldfish.

2.
one of a variety of insects of the order Thysanura, especially Lepisma saccharina, which may infest houses, and eats starched clothing and sized papers.  See Lepisma.


word: Silvering
definition:
Silvering

Sil"ver*ing
n.
(Metal.)
The art or process of covering metals, wood, paper, glass, etc., with a thin film of metallic silver, or a substance resembling silver; also, the firm do laid on; as, the silvering of a glass speculum.


word: Silverite
definition:
Silverite

Sil"ver*ite
(?)
n.
One who favors the use or establishment of silver as a monetary standard; -- so called by those who favor the gold standard.
[Colloq. or Cant]


word: Silverize
definition:
Silverize

Sil"ver*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Silverized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Silverizing.]
To cover with silver.


word: Silverling
definition:
Silverling

Sil"ver*ling
n.
A small silver coin.
[Obs.]

A thousand vines at a thousand silverings.
Isa. vii. 23.


word: Silverly
definition:
Silverly

Sil"ver*ly
adv.
Like silver in appearance or in sound.

Let me wipe off this honorable dew,
That silverly doth progress on thy cheeks.
Shak.


word: Silvern
definition:
Silvern

Sil"vern
(?)
a.
[AS. seolfern, sylfren.]
Made of silver.
[Archaic.]
Wyclif (Acts xix. 24).

Speech is silvern; silence is golden.
Old Proverb.


word: Silversides
definition:
Silversides

Sil"ver*sides`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker.

Brook silversides (Zool.), a small fresh-water North American fish (Labadesthes sicculus) related to the marine silversides.


word: Silversmith
definition:
Silversmith

Sil"ver*smith`
(?)
n.
One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in silver.


word: Silverspot
definition:
Silverspot

Sil"ver*spot`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of butterflies of the genus Argynnis and allied genera, having silvery spots on the under side of the wings. See Illust. under Aphrodite.


word: Silverware
definition:
Silverware

Sil"ver*ware`
(?)
n.
Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, made of silver.


word: Silverweed
definition:
Silverweed

Sil"ver*weed`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A perennial rosaceous herb (Potentilla Anserina) having the leaves silvery white beneath.


word: Silvery
definition:
Silvery

Sil"ver*y
(?)
a.
1.
Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; grayish white and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright.

All the enameled race, whose silvery wing
Waves to the tepid zephyrs of the spring.
Pope.

2.
Besprinkled or covered with silver.

3.
Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound; as, silvery voices; a silvery laugh.

Silvery iron (Metal.), a peculiar light-gray fine-grained cast iron, usually obtained from clay iron ore.


word: Silvics
definition:
Silvics

Sil"vics
(?)
n.
1.
The science treating of the life of trees in the forest.

2.
Habit or behavior of a forest tree.


word: Simar
definition:
Simar

Si*mar"
(?)
n.
[F. simarre. See Chimere.]
A woman's long dress or robe; also light covering; a scarf.
[Written also cimar, cymar, samare, simare.]


word: Simia
definition:
Simia

Sim"i*a
(?)
n.
[L., an ape; cf. simus flatnosed, snub-nosed, Gr. _;_;_;.]
(Zool.)
A Linnaean genus of Quadrumana which included the types of numerous modern genera. By modern writers it is usually restricted to the genus which includes the orang-outang.


word: Simian
definition:
Simian

Sim"i*an
(?)
a.
[L. simia an ape.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the family Simiadae, which, in its widest sense, includes all the Old World apes and monkeys; also, apelike.
n. Any Old World monkey or ape.


word: Similar
definition:
Similar

Sim"i*lar
(?)
a.
[F. similaire, fr. L. similis like, similar. See Same, a., and cf. Simulate.]
1.
Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.

2.
Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness.

3.
Homogenous; uniform.
[R.]
Boyle.

Similar figures (Geom.), figures which differ from each other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number of like parts similarly situated. -- Similar rectilineal figures, such as have their several angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides about the equal angles proportional. -- Similar solids, such as are contained by the same number of similar planes, similarly situated, and having like inclination to one another.


word: Similar₂
definition:
Similar

Sim"i*lar
n.
That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.


word: Similarity
definition:
Similarity

Sim`i*lar"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. -ties (#).
[Cf. F. similarité.]
The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features.

Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Similative
definition:
Similative

Sim"i*la*tive
(?)
a.
Implying or indicating likeness or resemblance.
[R.]

In similative or instrumental relation to a pa. pple. [past participle], as almond-leaved, -scented, etc.
New English Dict.


word: Simile
definition:
Simile

Sim"i*le
(?)
n.
pl. Similes (#).
[L., from similis. See Similar.]
(Rhet.)
A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison.

A good swift simile, but something currish.
Shak.


word: Similiter
definition:
Similiter

Si*mil"i*ter
(?)
n.
[L., in like manner.]
(Law)
The technical name of the form by which either party, in pleading, accepts the issue tendered by his opponent; -- called sometimes a joinder in issue.


word: Similitude
definition:
Similitude

Si*mil"i*tude
(?)
n.
[F. similitude, L. similitudo, from similis similar. See Similar.]
1.
The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance.
Chaucer.

Let us make now man in our image, man
In our similitude.
Milton.

If fate some future bard shall join
In sad similitude of griefs to mine.
Pope.

2.
The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile.

Tasso, in his similitudes, never departed from the woods; that is, all his comparisons were taken from the country.
Dryden.

3.
That which is like or similar; a representation, semblance, or copy; a facsimile.

Man should wed his similitude.
Chaucer.


word: Similize
definition:
Similize

Sim"i*lize
(?)
v. t.
To liken; to compare; as, to similize a person, thing, or act.
Lowell.


word: Similor
definition:
Similor

Sim"i*lor
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. similus similar + F. or gold, L. aurum.  Cf. Semilor.]
An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, but of a golden color.
Ure.


word: Simious
definition:
Simious

Sim"i*ous
(?)
a.
[L. simia an ape.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Simiæ; monkeylike.

That strange simious, schoolboy passion of giving pain to others.
Sydney Smith.


word: Simmer
definition:
Simmer

Sim"mer
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Simmered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Simmering.]
[Prov. E. also simper; -- an onomatopoetic word.]
To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil.

I simmer as liquor doth on the fire before it beginneth to boil.
Palsgrave.


word: Simmer₂
definition:
Simmer

Sim"mer
v. t.
To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.


word: Simnel
definition:
Simnel

Sim"nel
(?)
n.
[OF. simenel cake or bread of wheat flour, LL. simenellus wheat bread, fr. L. simila the finest wheat flour.  Cf. Semolina.]
1.
A kind of cake made of fine flour; a cracknel.
[Obs.]

Not common bread, but vastel bread, or simnels.
Fuller.

2.
A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday.
[Eng.]
Herrick.


word: Simoniac
definition:
Simoniac

Si*mo"ni*ac
(?)
n.
[LL. simoniacus. See Simony.]
One who practices simony, or who buys or sells preferment in the church.
Ayliffe.


word: Simoniacal
definition:
Simoniacal

Sim`o*ni"a*cal
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting of simony.
Sim"o*ni`a*cal*ly, adv.

The flagitious profligacy of their lives, and the simoniacal arts by which they grasped at the popedom.
J. S. Harford.


word: Simonian
definition:
Simonian

Si*mo"ni*an
(?)
n.
[See Simony.]
One of the followers of Simon Magus; also, an adherent of certain heretical sects in the early Christian church.


word: Simon-pure
definition:
Simon-pure

Si"mon-pure"
(?)
a.
Genuine; true; real; authentic; -- a term alluding to the comedy character Simon Pure, who is impersonated by another and is obliged to prove himself to be the “real Simon Pure.”


word: Simony
definition:
Simony

Sim"o*ny
(?)
n.
[F. simonie, LL. simonia, fr. Simon Magus, who wished to purchase the power of conferring the Holy Spirit. Acts viii.]
The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward.
Piers Plowman.


word: Simoon
definition:
Simoon

Simoom

{ Si*moom" (?), Si*moon" (?), }
n.
[Ar. sam_;m, fr. samma to poison.  Cf. Samiel.]
A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.


word: Simous
definition:
Simous

Si"mous
(?)
a.
[L. simus, Gr. _;_;_;.]
Having a very flat or snub nose, with the end turned up.


word: Simpai
definition:
Simpai

Sim"pai
(?)
n.
[Malay simpei.]
(Zool.)
A long-tailed monkey (Semnopitchecus melalophus) native of Sumatra. It has a crest of black hair. The forehead and cheeks are fawn color, the upper parts tawny and red, the under parts white. Called also black-crested monkey, and sinpae.


word: Simper
definition:
Simper

Sim"per
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Simpered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Simpering.]
[Cf. Norw. semper fine, smart, dial. Dan. semper, simper, affected, coy, prudish, OSw. semper one who affectedly refrains from eating, Sw. sipp finical, prim, LG. sipp.]
1.
To smile in a silly, affected, or conceited manner.

Behold yond simpering dame.
Shak.

With a made countenance about her mouth, between simpering and smiling.
ir. P. Sidney.

2.
To glimmer; to twinkle.
[Obs.]

Yet can I mark how stars above
Simper and shine.
Herbert.


word: Simper₂
definition:
Simper

Sim"per
n.
A constrained, self-conscious smile; an affected, silly smile; a smirk.

The conscious simper, and the jealous leer.
Pope.


word: Simperer
definition:
Simperer

Sim"per*er
(?)
n.
One who simpers.
Sir W. Scott.

A simperer that a court affords.
T. Nevile.


word: Simple
definition:
Simple

Sim"ple
(?)
a.
[Compar. Simpler (?); superl. Simplest.]
[F., fr. L. simplus, or simplex, gen. simplicis. The first part of the Latin words is probably akin to E. same, and the sense, one, one and the same; cf. L. semel once, singuli one to each, single. Cg. Single, a., Same, a., and for the last part of the word cf. Double, Complex.]
1.
Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks.

2.
Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress.
Simple
Spenser.
simple
Burns.

3.
Mere; not other than; being only.

A medicine . . . whose simple touch
Is powerful to araise King Pepin.
Shak.

4.
Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true.

Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and I trust them.
Marston.

Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue?
Byron.

To be simple is to be great.
Emerson.

5.
Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.

In simple manners all the secret lies.
Young.

6.
Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language.

7.
Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly.
simple
Shak.

The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
Prov. xiv. 15.

8.
Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living.

Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights.
Cowper.

9.
Humble; lowly; undistinguished.

A simple husbandman in garments gray.
Spenser.

Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple made the fuel of the same fire.
Fuller.

10.
(BOt.)
Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf.

11.
(Chem.)
Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies.  Cf. Ultimate, a.

&hand_; A simple body is one that has not as yet been decomposed. There are indications that many of our simple elements are still compound bodies, though their actual decomposition into anything simpler may never be accomplished.

12.
(Min.)
Homogenous.

13.
(Zool.)
Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.

Simple contract (Law), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. J. W. Smith. Chitty. -- Simple equation (Alg.), an equation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree. -- Simple eye (Zool.), an eye having a single lens; -- opposed to compound eye. -- Simple interest. See under Interest. -- Simple larceny. (Law) See under Larceny. -- Simple obligation (Rom. Law), an obligation which does not depend for its execution upon any event provided for by the parties, or is not to become void on the happening of any such event. Burrill.

I am a simple woman, much too weak
To oppose your cunning.
Shak.

He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion.
Law.


word: Simple₂
definition:
Simple

Sim"ple
(?)
n.
[F. See Simple, a.]
1.
Something not mixed or compounded.
simples
Shak.

2.
(Med.)
A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.

What virtue is in this remedy lies in the naked simple itself as it comes over from the Indies.
Sir W. Temple.

3.
(Weaving)
(a)
A drawloom.
(b)
A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.

4.
(R. C. Ch.)
A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.


word: Simple₃
definition:
Simple

Sim"ple
v. i.
To gather simples, or medicinal plants.

As simpling on the flowery hills she [Circe] strayed.
Garth.


word: Simple-minded
definition:
Simple-minded

Sim"ple-mind`ed
(?)
a.
Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity.
Blackstone.
Sim"ple-mind`ed*ness, n.


word: Simpler
definition:
Simpler

Sim"pler
(?)
n.
One who collects simples, or medicinal plants; a herbalist; a simplist.

Simpler's joy. (Bot.) Vervain.


word: Simplesse
definition:
Simplesse

Sim"plesse
(?)
n.
a trade name for a fat substitute prepared as microparticles of protein from whey.  It has little fat, but has a consistency and taste resembling fat, and is thus used to prepare foods low in fat for dietetic purposes.
[Trade name]


word: Simpleton
definition:
Simpleton

Sim"ple*ton
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. simplet, It. semplicione.]
A person of weak intellect; a silly person.


word: Simplicity
definition:
Simplicity

Sim*plic"i*ty
(?)
n.
[F. simplicité, L. simplicitas. See Simple.]
1.
The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.

2.
The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts; as, the simplicity of a machine.

3.
Artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity.

Marquis Dorset, a man, for his harmless simplicity neither misliked nor much regarded.
Hayward.

In wit a man; simplicity a child.
Pope.

4.
Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or of language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of life.

5.
Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness; as, the simplicity of a doctrine; the simplicity of an explanation or a demonstration.

6.
Weakness of intellect; silliness; folly.

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning?
Prov. i. 22.


word: Simplification
definition:
Simplification

Sim`pli*fi*ca"tion
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. simplification.]
The act of simplifying.
A. Smith.


word: Simplify
definition:
Simplify

Sim"pli*fy
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Simplified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Simplifying (?).]
[Cf. F. simplifier, LL. simplificare. See Simple, and -fy.]
To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by giving the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for doing or making.

The collection of duties is drawn to a point, and so far simplified.
A. Hamilton.

It is important, in scientific pursuits, to be caitious in simplifying our deductions.
W. Nicholson.


word: Simply
definition:
Simply

Sim"ply
(?)
adv.
1.
In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; along; merely; solely; barely.

[They] make that now good or evil, . . . which otherwise of itself were not simply the one or the other.
Hooker.

Simply the thing I am
Shall make me live.
Shak.

2.
Plainly; without art or subtlety.

Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise
By simply meek.
Milton.

3.
Weakly; foolishly.
Johnson.


word: Simulachre
definition:
Simulachre

Simulacher

{ Sim"u*la`cher, Sim"u*la`chre  }
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. simulacre.]
See Simulacrum.
[Obs.]


word: Simulacrum
definition:
Simulacrum

Sim`u*la"crum
(?)
n.
pl. Simulacra (#).
[L. See Simulate.]
A likeness; a semblance; a mock appearance; a sham; -- now usually in a derogatory sense.

Beneath it nothing but a great simulacrum.
Thackeray.


word: Simular
definition:
Simular

Sim"u*lar
(?)
n.
[Cf. L. simulator, F. simulateur. See Simulate.]
One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Christ calleth the Pharisees hypocrites, that is to say, simulars, and painted sepulchers.
Tyndale.


word: Simulate
definition:
Simulate

Sim"u*late
(?)
a.
[L. simulatus, p. p. of simulare to simulate; akin to simul at the same time, together, similis like. See Similar, and cf. Dissemble, Semblance.]
Feigned; pretended.
Bale.


word: Simulate₂
definition:
Simulate

Sim"u*late
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Simulated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Simulating.]
To assume the mere appearance of, without the reality; to assume the signs or indications of, falsely; to counterfeit; to feign.

The Puritans, even in the depths of the dungeons to which she had sent them, prayed, and with no simulated fervor, that she might be kept from the dagger of the assassin.
Macaulay.


word: Simulation
definition:
Simulation

Sim`u*la"tion
(?)
n.
[F. simulation, L. simulatio.]
The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what is true.


word: Simultaneity
definition:
Simultaneity

Si`mul*ta*ne"i*ty
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being simultaneous; simultaneousness.


word: Simultaneous
definition:
Simultaneous

Si`mul*ta"ne*ous
(?)
a.
[LL. simultim at the same time, fr. L. simul. See Simulate.]
Existing, happening, or done, at the same time; as, simultaneous events.
Si`mul*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Si`mul*ta"ne*ous*ness, n.

Simultaneous equations (Alg.), two or more equations in which the values of the unknown quantities entering them are the same at the same time in both or in all.


word: Simulty
definition:
Simulty

Sim"ul*ty
(?)
n.
[L. simultas a hostile encounter, drudge, originally, a (hostile) coming together, fr. simul together: cf. OF. simulté.]
Private grudge or quarrel; as, domestic simulties.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: simvastatin
definition:
simvastatin

sim`va*stat"in
(?)
n.
a chemical substance (C25H38O5) having inhibitory activity on the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase, and used in medicine to reduce cholesterol levels in blood.

Syn. -- synvinolin; MK-733; Zocor.


word: Sin
definition:
Sin

Sin
(?)
adv., prep., & conj.
Old form of Since.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Sin that his lord was twenty year of age.
Chaucer.


word: Sin₂
definition:
Sin

Sin
n.
[OE. sinne, AS. synn, syn; akin to D. zonde, OS. sundia, OHG. sunta, G. sünde, Icel., Dan. & Sw. synd, L. sons, sontis, guilty, perhaps originally from the p. pr. of the verb signifying, to be, and meaning, the one who it is.  Cf. Authentic, Sooth.]
1.
Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine command; any violation of God's will, either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character; iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission.

Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
John viii. 34.

Sin is the transgression of the law.
1 John iii. 4.

I think 't no sin.
To cozen him that would unjustly win.
Shak.

Enthralled
By sin to foul, exorbitant desires.
Milton.

2.
An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners.

I grant that poetry's a crying sin.
Pope.

3.
A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.

He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin.
2 Cor. v. 21.

4.
An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.
[R.]

Thy ambition,
Thou scarlet sin, robbed this bewailing land
Of noble Buckingham.
Shak.

&hand_; Sin is used in the formation of some compound words of obvious signification; as, sin-born; sin-bred, sin-oppressed, sin-polluted, and the like.

Actual sin, Canonical sins, Original sin, Venial sin. See under Actual, Canonical, etc. -- Deadly sins, or Mortal sins (R. C. Ch.), willful and deliberate transgressions, which take away divine grace; -- in distinction from vental sins. The seven deadly sins are pride, covetousness, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and sloth. -- Sin eater, a man who (according to a former practice in England) for a small gratuity ate a piece of bread laid on the chest of a dead person, whereby he was supposed to have taken the sins of the dead person upon himself. -- Sin offering, a sacrifice for sin; something offered as an expiation for sin.


word: Sin₃
definition:
Sin

Sin
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Sinned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sinning.]
[OE. sinnen, singen, sinegen, AS. syngian. See Sin, n.]
1.
To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God to man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or nonobservance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty; -- often followed by against.

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned.
Ps. li. 4.

All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
Rom. iii. 23.

2.
To violate human rights, law, or propriety; to commit an offense; to trespass; to transgress.

I am a man
More sinned against than sinning.
Shak.

Who but wishes to invert the laws
Of order, sins against the eternal cause.
Pope.


word: Sinaitic
definition:
Sinaitic

Sinaic

{ Si*na"ic (?), Si`na*it"ic (?), }
a.
[From Mount Sinai.]
Of or pertaining to Mount Sinai; given or made at Mount Sinai; as, the Sinaitic law.

Sinaitic manuscript, a fourth century Greek manuscript of the part Bible, discovered at Mount Sinai (the greater part of it in 1859) by Tisschendorf, a German Biblical critic; -- called also Codex Sinaiticus.


word: Sinalbin
definition:
Sinalbin

Sin*al"bin
(?)
n.
[From L. Sinapis + alba.]
(Chem.)
A glucoside found in the seeds of white mustard (Brassica alba, formerly Sinapis alba), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.


word: Sinamine
definition:
Sinamine

Sin*am"ine
(?)
n.
[Sinapis + melamine.]
(Chem.)
A bitter white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained indirectly from oil of mustard and ammonia; -- called also allyl melamine.


word: Sinapic
definition:
Sinapic

Sin"a*pic
(?)
a.
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to sinapine; specifically, designating an acid (C11H12O5) related to gallic acid, and obtained by the decomposition of sinapine, as a white crystalline substance.


word: Sinapine
definition:
Sinapine

Sin"a*pine
(?)
n.
[L. sinapi, sinapis, mustard, Gr. _;_;_;: cf. F. sinapine.]
(Chem.)
An alkaloid occuring in the seeds of mustard. It is extracted, in combination with sulphocyanic acid, as a white crystalline substance, having a hot, bitter taste.  When sinapine is isolated it is unstable and undergoes decomposition.


word: Sinapisin
definition:
Sinapisin

Sin"a*pis`in
(?)
n.
(Chem.)
A substance extracted from mustard seed and probably identical with sinalbin.
[Obs.]


word: Sinapism
definition:
Sinapism

Sin"a*pism
(?)
n.
[L. sinapismus, Gr. _;_;_;_;, the use of a mustard blister, fr. _;_;_; to apply a mustard blister, fr. _;_;_;_; mustard.]
(Med.)
A plaster or poultice composed principally of powdered mustard seed, or containing the volatile oil of mustard seed. It is a powerful irritant.


word: Sinapoleic
definition:
Sinapoleic

Sin`a*po*le"ic
(?)
a.
[Sinapis + oleic.]
(Chem.)
Of or pertaining to mustard oil; specifically, designating an acid of the oleic acid series said to occur in mistard oil.


word: Sinapoline
definition:
Sinapoline

Si*nap"o*line
(?)
n.
[Sinapis + L. oleum oil.]
(Chem.)
A nitrogenous base, CO.(NH.C3H5)2, related to urea, extracted from mustard oil, and also produced artifically, as a white crystalline substance; -- called also diallyl urea.


word: Sincaline
definition:
Sincaline

Sin"ca*line
(?)
n.
[So called because obtained by the action of alkalies on sinapine.]
(Chem.)
Choline.
[Written also sinkaline.]


word: Since
definition:
Since

Since
(sĭns)
adv.
[For sins, contr. fr. OE. sithens, sithenes, formed by an adverbial ending (cf. Besides) from OE. sithen, also shortened into sithe, sin, AS. siððan, syððan, seoððan, afterward, then, since, after; properly, after that; fr. sīð after, later, adv. and prep. (originally a comparative adv., akin to OS. sīð afterward, since, OHG. sīd, G. seit since, Goth. seiþus late, ni þanaseiþs no longer) + ðon instrumental of the demonstrative and article. See That.]
1.
From a definite past time until now; as, he went a month ago, and I have not seen him since.

We since become the slaves to one man's lust.
B. Jonson.

2.
In the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago.

How many ages since has Virgil writ?
Roscommon.

About two years since, it so fell out, that he was brought to a great lady's house.
Sir P. Sidney.

3.
When or that.
[Obs.]

Do you remember since we lay all night in the windmill in St. George's field?
Shak.


word: Since₂
definition:
Since

Since
prep.
From the time of; in or during the time subsequent to; subsequently to; after; -- usually with a past event or time for the object.

The Lord hath blessed thee, since my coming.
Gen. xxx. 30.

I have a model by which he build a nobler poem than any extant since the ancients.
Dryden.


word: Since₃
definition:
Since

Since
conj.
Seeing that; because; considering; -- formerly followed by that.

Since that my penitence comes after all,
Imploring pardon.
Shak.

Since truth and constancy are vain,
Since neither love, nor sense of pain,
Nor force of reason, can persuade,
Then let example be obeyed.
Granville.


word: Sincere
definition:
Sincere

Sin*cere"
(?)
a.
[Compar. Sincerer (?); superl. Sincerest.]
[L. sincerus, of uncertain origin; the first part perhaps akin to sin- in singuli (see Single), and the second to cernere to separate (cf. Discern): cf. F. sincère.]
1.
Pure; unmixed; unadulterated.

There is no sincere acid in any animal juice.
Arbuthnot.

A joy which never was sincere till now.
Dryden.

2.
Whole; perfect; unhurt; uninjured.
[Obs.]

The inviolable body stood sincere.
Dryden.

3.
Being in reality what it appears to be; having a character which corresponds with the appearance; not falsely assumed; genuine; true; real; as, a sincere desire for knowledge; a sincere contempt for meanness.

A sincere intention of pleasing God in all our actions.
Law.

4.
Honest; free from hypocrisy or dissimulation; as, a sincere friend; a sincere person.

The more sincere you are, the better it will fare with you at the great day of account.
Waterland.


word: Sincerely
definition:
Sincerely

Sin*cere"ly
adv.
In a sincere manner.
(a)
Purely; without alloy.
Milton.
(b)
Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely.


word: Sincerity
definition:
Sincerity

Sin*cer"i*ty
(?)
n.
[L. sinceritas: cf. F. sincérité.]
The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense; sincereness.

I protest, in the sincerity of love.
Shak.

Sincerity is a duty no less plain than important.
Knox.


word: Sinch
definition:
Sinch

Sinch
(?)
n.
[See Cinch.]
A saddle girth made of leather, canvas, woven horsehair, or woven grass.
[Western U.S.]


word: Sinch₂
definition:
Sinch

Sinch
v. t.
To gird with a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle); as, to sinch up a sadle.
[Western U.S.]


word: Sincipital
definition:
Sincipital

Sin*cip"i*tal
(?)
a.
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the sinciput; being in the region of the sinciput.


word: Sinciput
definition:
Sinciput

Sin"ci*put
(?)
n.
[L., half a head; semihalf + caput the head.]
1.
(Anat.)
The fore part of the head.

2.
(Zool.)
The part of the head of a bird between the base of the bill and the vertex.


word: Sindi
definition:
Sindi

Sind"i
(?)
n.
[Ar. Sindī, fr. Sind Indian, Skr. sindhu river, sea, the river Indus, the country along the Indus. Cf. Indian, Hindoo.]
(Ethnol.)
A native of Sind, India, esp. one of the native Hindoo stock.


word: Sindon
definition:
Sindon

Sin"don
(?)
n.
[L., a kind of fine Indian cotton stuff, Gr. _;_;_;.]
1.
A wrapper.
[Obs.]
sindons
Bacon.

2.
(Surg.)
A small rag or pledget introduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine.
Dunglison.


word: Sine
definition:
Sine

Sine
(?)
n.
[LL. sinus a sine, L. sinus bosom, used in translating the Ar. jaib, properly, bosom, but probably read by mistake (the consonants being the same) for an original jība sine, from Skr. jīva bowstring, chord of an arc, sine.]
(Trig.)
(a)
The length of a perpendicular drawn from one extremity of an arc of a circle to the diameter drawn through the other extremity.
(b)
The perpendicular itself. See Sine of angle, below.

Artificial sines, logarithms of the natural sines, or logarithmic sines. -- Curve of sines. See Sinusoid. -- Natural sines, the decimals expressing the values of the sines, the radius being unity. -- Sine of an angle, in a circle whose radius is unity, the sine of the arc that measures the angle; in a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the given angle divided by the hypotenuse. See Trigonometrical function, under Function. -- Versed sine, that part of the diameter between the sine and the arc.


word: Sinecure
definition:
Sinecure

Si`ne*cure
(?)
n.
[L. sine without + cura care, LL., a cure. See Cure.]
1.
An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls.
Ayliffe.

2.
Any office or position which requires or involves little or no responsibility, labor, or active service.

A lucrative sinecure in the Excise.
Macaulay.


word: Sinew
definition:
Sinew

Sin"ew
(?)
n.
[OE. sinewe, senewe, AS. sinu, seonu; akin to D. zenuw, OHG. senawa, G. sehne, Icel. sin, Sw. sena, Dan.  sene; cf. Skr. snāva. √290.]

1.
(Anat.)
A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.

2.
Muscle; nerve.
[R.]
Sir J. Davies.

3.
Fig.: That which supplies strength or power.

The portion and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry.
Shak.

The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war.
Sir W. Raleigh.

&hand_; Money alone is often called the sinews of war.


word: Sinew₂
definition:
Sinew

Sin"ew
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sinewed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sinewing.]
To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews.
Shak.

Wretches, now stuck up for long tortures . . . might, if properly treated, serve to sinew the state in time of danger.
Goldsmith.


word: Sinewed
definition:
Sinewed

Sin"ewed
(?)
a.
1.
Furnished with sinews; as, a strong-sinewed youth.

2.
Fig.: Equipped; strengthened.

When he sees
Ourselves well sinewed to our defense.
Shak.


word: Sinew-shrunk
definition:
Sinew-shrunk

Sin"ew-shrunk`
(?)
a.
(Far.)
Having the sinews under the belly shrunk by excessive fatigue.


word: Sinewy
definition:
Sinewy

Sin"ew*y
(?)
a.
1.
Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews.

The sinewy thread my brain lets fall.
Donne.

2.
Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax.

A man whose words . . . were so close and sinewy.
Hare.


word: Sinful
definition:
Sinful

Sin"ful
(?)
a.
[AAS. synfull.]
Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts.
Piers Plowman.

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity.
Isa. i. 4.


word: Sing
definition:
Sing

Sing
(sĭng)
v. i.
[imp. Sung (?) or Sang (_;); p. p. Sung; p. pr. & vb. n. Singing.]
[AS. singan; akin to D. zingen, OS. & OHG. singan, G. singen, Icel. syngja, Sw. sjunga, Dan. synge, Goth. siggwan, and perhaps to E. say, v.t., or cf. Gr. _;_;_; voice.  Cf. Singe, Song.]
1.
To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece.

The noise of them that sing do I hear.
Ex. xxxii. 18.

2.
To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.

On every bough the briddes heard I sing.
Chaucer.

Singing birds, in silver cages hung.
Dryden.

3.
To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice.

O'er his head the flying spear
Sang innocent, and spent its force in air.
Pope.

4.
To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry.
Milton.

Bid her . . . sing
Of human hope by cross event destroyed.
Prior.

5.
To cry out; to complain.
[Obs.]

They should sing if thet they were bent.
Chaucer.


word: Sing₂
definition:
Sing

Sing
(sĭng)
v. t.
1.
To utter with musical inflections or modulations of voice.

And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb.
Rev. xv. 3.

And in the darkness sing your carol of high praise.
Keble.

2.
To celebrate in song; to give praises to in verse; to relate or rehearse in numbers, verse, or poetry.
Milton.

Arms and the man I sing.
Dryden.

The last, the happiest British king,
Whom thou shalt paint or I shall sing.
Addison.

3.
To influence by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a child to sleep.

4.
To accompany, or attend on, with singing.

I heard them singing home the bride.
Longfellow.


word: Singe
definition:
Singe

Singe
(sĭnj)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Singed (sĭnjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Singeing (sĭnj"ĭng).]
[OE. sengen, AS. sengan in besengan (akin to D. zengen, G. sengen), originally, to cause to sing, fr. AS. singan to sing, in allusion to the singing or hissing sound often produced when a substance is singed, or slightly burned. See Sing.]
1.
To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin.

You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, . . . 
Singe my white head!
Shak.

I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass.
L'Estrange.

2.
(a)
To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
(b)
To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame.


word: Singer
definition:
Singer

Sin"ger
(sĭn"jẽr)
n.
[From Singe.]
One who, or that which, singes.
Specifically:
(a)
One employed to singe cloth.
(b)
A machine for singeing cloth.


word: Singing
definition:
Singing

Sing"ing
(?)
a. & n. from Sing, v.

Singing bird. (Zool.) (a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird. (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines. -- Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book of tunes. -- Singing falcon or Singing hawk. (Zool.) See Chanting falcon, under Chanting. -- Singing fish (Zool.), a California toadfish (Porichthys porosissimus), called also midshipman; -- so called because it produces a buzzing sound with its air bladder. -- Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called also chemical harmonicon. -- Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music. -- Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in singing.


word: Singingly
definition:
Singingly

Sing"ing*ly
adv.
With sounds like singing; with a kind of tune; in a singing tone.
G. North (1575).


word: Single
definition:
Single

Sin"gle
(?)
a.
[L. singulus, a dim. from the root in simplex simple; cf. OE. & OF. sengle, fr. L. singulus. See Simple, and cf. Singular.]
1.
One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.

No single man is born with a right of controlling the opinions of all the rest.
Pope.

2.
Alone; having no companion.

Who single hast maintained,
Against revolted multitudes, the cause
Of truth.
Milton.

3.
Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.

Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.
Shak.

Single chose to live, and shunned to wed.
Dryden.

4.
Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.

5.
Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat.

These shifts refuted, answer thy appellant, . . . 
Who now defles thee thrice ti single fight.
Milton.

6.
Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.

Simple ideas are opposed to complex, and single to compound.
I. Watts.

7.
Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.

I speak it with a single heart.
Shak.

8.
Simple; not wise; weak; silly.
[Obs.]

He utters such single matter in so infantly a voice.
Beau. & Fl.

Single ale, Single beer, or Single drink, small ale, etc., as contrasted with double ale, etc., which is stronger. [Obs.] Nares. -- Single bill (Law), a written engagement, generally under seal, for the payment of money, without a penalty. Burril. -- Single court (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for only two players. -- Single-cut file. See the Note under 4th File. -- Single entry. See under Bookkeeping. -- Single file. See under 1st File. -- Single flower (Bot.), a flower with but one set of petals, as a wild rose. -- Single knot. See Illust. under Knot. -- Single whip (Naut.), a single rope running through a fixed block.


word: Single₂
definition:
Single

Sin"gle
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Singled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Singling (?).]
1.
To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate.

Dogs who hereby can single out their master in the dark.
Bacon.

His blood! she faintly screamed her mind
Still singling one from all mankind.
More.

2.
To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
[Obs.]

An agent singling itself from consorts.
Hooker.

3.
To take alone, or one by one.

Men . . . commendable when they are singled.
Hooker.


word: Single₃
definition:
Single

Sin"gle
v. i.
To take the irrregular gait called single-foot; -- said of a horse. See Single-foot.

Many very fleet horses, when overdriven, adopt a disagreeable gait, which seems to be a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are raised almost but not quite, simultaneously. Such horses are said to single, or to be single-footed.
W. S. Clark.


word: Single₄
definition:
Single

Sin"gle
n.
1.
A unit; one; as, to score a single.

2.
pl.
The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.

3.
A handful of gleaned grain.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

4.
(Law Tennis)
A game with but one player on each side; -- usually in the plural.

5.
(Baseball)
A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.


word: Single-acting
definition:
Single-acting

Sin"gle-act`ing
(?)
a.
Having simplicity of action; especially (Mach.), acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.


word: Single-breasted
definition:
Single-breasted

Sin"gle-breast`ed
(?)
a.
Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.


word: Single-foot
definition:
Single-foot

Sin"gle-foot`
(?)
n.
An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also single-footed pace. See Single, v. i.

Single-foot is an irregular pace, rather rare, distinguished by the posterior extremities moving in the order of a fast walk, and the anterior extremities in that of a slow trot.
Stillman (The Horse in Motion.)


word: Single-foot₂
definition:
Single-foot

Sin"gle-foot`
v. i.
To proceed by means of the single-foot, as a horse or other quadruped.
Sin"gle-foot`er, n.


word: single-handed
definition:
single-handed

sin"gle-hand"ed
(?)
a.
Having but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted.


word: Single-hearted
definition:
Single-hearted

Sin"gle-heart"ed
(?)
a.
Having an honest heart; free from duplicity.
Sin"gle-heart"ed*ly, adv.


word: single-minded
definition:
single-minded

sin"gle-mind"ed
(?)
a.
Having a single purpose; concentrating on a single goal; hence, artless; guileless; single-hearted.


word: Singleness
definition:
Singleness

Sin"gle*ness
n.
1.
The quality or state of being single, or separate from all others; the opposite of doubleness, complication, or multiplicity.

2.
Freedom from duplicity, or secondary and selfish ends; purity of mind or purpose; simplicity; sincerity; as, singleness of purpose; singleness of heart.


word: singles₂
definition:
singles

sin"gles
(?)
a.
For unmarried persons, or catering especially to unmarried persons; as, a singles bar; a singles party.


word: Singlestick
definition:
Singlestick

Sin"gle*stick`
(?)
n.
(a)
In England and Scotland, a cudgel used in fencing or fighting; a backsword.
(b)
The game played with singlesticks, in which he who first brings blood from his adversary's head is pronounced victor; backsword; cudgeling.


word: Single-surfaced
definition:
Single-surfaced

Sin"gle-sur"faced
(?)
a.
Having one surface; -- said specif. of aeroplanes or aerocurves that are covered with fabric, etc., on only one side.


word: Singlet
definition:
Singlet

Sin"glet
(?)
n.
An unlined or undyed waistcoat; a single garment; -- opposed to doublet.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Single tax
definition:
Single tax

Sin"gle tax`
(Pol. Econ.)
A tax levied upon land alone, irrespective of improvements, -- advocated by certain economists as the sole source of public revenue.
Whatever may be thought of Henry George's single-tax theory as a whole, there can be little question that a relatively higher assessment of ground rent, with corresponding relief for those who have made improvements, is a much-needed reform.
A. T. Hadley.


word: Singleton
definition:
Singleton

Sin"gle*ton
(?)
n.
In certain games at cards, as whist, a single card of any suit held at the deal by a player; as, to lead a singleton.


word: Singletree
definition:
Singletree

Sin"gle*tree`
(?)
n.
[Cf. Swingletree.]
The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed; a whiffletree.

&hand_; When two horses draw abreast, a singletree is fixed at each end of another crosspiece, called the doubletree.


word: Singly
definition:
Singly

Sin"gly
(?)
adv.
1.
Individually; particularly; severally; as, to make men singly and personally good.

2.
Only; by one's self; alone.

Look thee, 't is so! Thou singly honest man.
Shak.

3.
Without partners, companions, or associates; single-handed; as, to attack another singly.

At omber singly to decide their doom.
Pope.

4.
Honestly; sincerely; simply.
[R.]
Johnson.

5.
Singularly; peculiarly.
[Obs.]
Milton.


word: Singsong
definition:
Singsong

Sing"song`
(?)
n.
1.
Bad singing or poetry.

2.
A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed song.


word: Singspiel
definition:
Singspiel

Sing"spiel`
(?)
n.
[G.; singen to sing + spiel to play.]
(Music)
A dramatic work, partly in dialogue and partly in song, of a kind popular in Germany in the latter part of the 18th century. It was often comic, had modern characters, and patterned its music on folk song with strictly subordinated accompaniment.


word: Singular
definition:
Singular

Sin"gu*lar
(sĭ&nsmacr_;"g&uuptack_;*lẽr)
a.
[OE. singuler, F. singulier, fr. L. singularius, singularis, fr. singulus single. See Single, a.]
1.
Separate or apart from others; single; distinct.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

And God forbid that all a company
Should rue a singular man's folly.
Chaucer.

2.
Engaged in by only one on a side; single.
[Obs.]

To try the matter thus together in a singular combat.
Holinshed.

3.
(Logic)
Existing by itself; single; individual.

The idea which represents one . . . determinate thing, is called a singular idea, whether simple, complex, or compound.
I. Watts.

4.
(Law)
Each; individual; as, to convey several parcels of land, all and singular.

5.
(Gram.)
Denoting one person or thing; as, the singular number; -- opposed to dual and plural.

6.
Standing by itself; out of the ordinary course; unusual; uncommon; strange; as, a singular phenomenon.

So singular a sadness
Must have a cause as strange as the effect.
Denham.

7.
Distinguished as existing in a very high degree; rarely equaled; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional; as, a man of singular gravity or attainments.

8.
Departing from general usage or expectations; odd; whimsical; -- often implying disapproval or censure.

His zeal
None seconded, as out of season judged,
Or singular and rash.
Milton.

To be singular in anything that is wise and worthy, is not a disparagement, but a praise.
Tillotson.

9.
Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there is but one; unique.

These busts of the emperors and empresses are all very scarce, and some of them almost singular in their kind.
Addison.

Singular point in a curve (Math.), a point at which the curve possesses some peculiar properties not possessed by other points of the curve, as a cusp point, or a multiple point. -- Singular proposition (Logic), a proposition having as its subject a singular term, or a common term limited to an individual by means of a singular sign. Whately. -- Singular succession (Civil Law), division among individual successors, as distinguished from universal succession, by which an estate descended in intestacy to the heirs in mass. -- Singular term (Logic), a term which represents or stands for a single individual.


word: Singular₂
definition:
Singular

Sin"gu*lar
n.
1.
An individual instance; a particular.
[Obs.]
Dr. H. More.

2.
(Gram)
The singular number, or the number denoting one person or thing; a word in the singular number.


word: Singularist
definition:
Singularist

Sin"gu*lar*ist
(sĭ&nsmacr_;"g&uuptack_;*lẽr*ĭst)
n.
One who affects singularity.
[Obs.]

A clownish singularist, or nonconformist to ordinary usage.
Borrow.


word: Singularity
definition:
Singularity

Sin`gu*lar"i*ty
(sĭ&nsmacr_;`g&uuptack_;*lăr"ĭ*t&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. Singularities (sĭ&nsmacr_;`g&uuptack_;*lăr"ĭ*tĭz).
[L. singularitas: cf. F. singularité.]
1.
The quality or state of being singular; some character or quality of a thing by which it is distinguished from all, or from most, others; peculiarity.

Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the second year the very falling down of the seeds yieldeth corn.
Sir. W. Raleigh.

I took notice of this little figure for the singularity of the instrument.
Addison.

2.
Anything singular, rare, or curious.

Your gallery
Have we passed through, not without much content
In many singularities.
Shak.

3.
Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction.

No bishop of Rome ever took upon him this name of singularity [universal bishop].
Hooker.

Catholicism . . . must be understood in opposition to the legal singularity of the Jewish nation.
Bp. Pearson.

4.
Celibacy.
[Obs.]
Jer. Taylor.


word: Singularize
definition:
Singularize

Sin"gu*lar*ize
(sĭ&nsmacr_;"g&uuptack_;*lẽr*īz)
v. t.
To make singular or single; to distinguish.
[R.]


word: Singularly
definition:
Singularly

Sin"gu*lar*ly
adv.
1.
In a singular manner; in a manner, or to a degree, not common to others; extraordinarily; as, to be singularly exact in one's statements; singularly considerate of others.
Singularly
Milman.

2.
Strangely; oddly; as, to behave singularly.

3.
So as to express one, or the singular number.


word: Singult
definition:
Singult

Sin"gult
(?)
n.
[L. singultus.]
A sigh or sobbing; also, a hiccough.
[Obs.]
Spenser. W. Browne.


word: Sinic
definition:
Sinic

Sin"ic
(sĭn"ĭk)
a.
[See Sinologue.]
(Ethnol.)
Of or pertaining to the Chinese and allied races; Chinese.


word: Sinical
definition:
Sinical

Sin"i*cal
(?)
a.
[From Sine.]
(Trig.)
Of or pertaining to a sine; employing, or founded upon, sines; as, a sinical quadrant.


word: Sinicism
definition:
Sinicism

Sin"i*cism
(sĭn"ĭ*sĭz'm)
n.
(Ethnol.)
Anything peculiar to the Chinese; esp., a Chinese peculiarity in manners or customs.


word: Sinigrin
definition:
Sinigrin

Sin"i*grin
(?)
n.
[From NL. Sinapis nigra.]
(Chem.)
A glucoside found in the seeds of black mustard (Brassica nigra, formerly Sinapis nigra) It resembles sinalbin, and consists of a potassium salt of myronic acid.


word: Sinister
definition:
Sinister

Sin"is*ter
(sĭn"ĭs*tẽr; 277)
a.
[Accented on the middle syllable by the older poets, as Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden.]
[L. sinister: cf. F. sinistre.]
1.
On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; -- opposed to dexter, or right.
sinister
Shak.

My mother's blood
Runs on the dexter cheek, and this sinister
Bounds in my father's
Shak.

&hand_; In heraldy the sinister side of an escutcheon is the side which would be on the left of the bearer of the shield, and opposite the right hand of the beholder.

2.
Unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; -- the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; as, sinister influences.

All the several ills that visit earth,
Brought forth by night, with a sinister birth.
B. Jonson.

3.
Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as, sinister aims.

Nimble and sinister tricks and shifts.
Bacon.

He scorns to undermine another's interest by any sinister or inferior arts.
South.

He read in their looks . . . sinister intentions directed particularly toward himself.
Sir W. Scott.

4.
Indicative of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger; as, a sinister countenance.

Bar sinister. (Her.) See under Bar, n. -- Sinister aspect (Astrol.), an appearance of two planets happening according to the succession of the signs, as Saturn in Aries, and Mars in the same degree of Gemini. -- Sinister base, Sinister chief. See under Escutcheon.


word: Sinistrad
definition:
Sinistrad

Sin"is*trad
(?)
adv.
[L. sinistra the left hand + ad to.]
(Anat. & Zool.)
Toward the left side; sinistrally.


word: Sinistral
definition:
Sinistral

Sin"is*tral
(?)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to the left, inclining to the left; sinistrous; -- opposed to dextral.

2.
(Zool.)
Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed; -- said of certain spiral shells.


word: Sinistrin
definition:
Sinistrin

Sin"is*trin
(sĭn"ĭs*trĭn)
n.
[L. sinister left.]
(Chem.)
A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroodextrin, extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; -- so called because it is levorotatory.


word: Sinistrorsal
definition:
Sinistrorsal

Sin`is*tror"sal
(?)
a.
[L. sinistrorsus, sinistroversus, turned toward the left side; sinister left + vertere, vortere, versum, vorsum, to turn.]
Rising spirally from right to left (of the spectator); sinistrorse.


word: Sinistrorse
definition:
Sinistrorse

Sin"is*trorse`
(?)
a.
[See Sinistrolsal.]
Turning to the left (of the spectator) in the ascending line; -- the opposite of dextrorse. See Dextrorse.


word: Sinistrous
definition:
Sinistrous

Sin"is*trous
(?)
a.
[See Sinister.]
1.
Being on the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral.
Sinistrous
Sir T. Browne.

2.
Wrong; absurd; perverse.

A knave or fool can do no harm, even by the most sinistrous and absurd choice.
Bentley.


word: Sinistrously
definition:
Sinistrously

Sin"is*trous*ly
(sĭn"ĭs*trŭs*l&ybreve_;)
adv.
1.
In a sinistrous manner; perversely; wrongly; unluckily.

2.
With a tendency to use the left hand.

Many, in their infancy, are sinistrously disposed, and divers continue all their life left-handed.
Sir T. Browne.


word: Sink
definition:
Sink

Sink
(sĭ&nsmacr_;k)
v. i.
[imp. Sunk (sŭ&nsmacr_;k), or (Sank (să&nsmacr_;k)); p. p. Sunk (obs. Sunken, -- now used as adj.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sinking.]
[OE. sinken, AS. sincan; akin to D. zinken, OS. sincan, G. sinken, Icel. sökkva, Dan. synke, Sw. sjunka, Goth. siggan, and probably to E. silt.  Cf. Silt.]
1.
To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west.

I sink in deep mire.
Ps. lxix. 2.

2.
To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.

The stone sunk into his forehead.
1 San. xvii. 49.

3.
Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely.

Let these sayings sink down into your ears.
Luke ix. 44.

4.
To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease.

I think our country sinks beneath the yoke.
Shak.

He sunk down in his chariot.
2 Kings ix. 24.

Let not the fire sink or slacken.
Mortimer.

5.
To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.

The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him.
Addison.


word: Sink₂
definition:
Sink

Sink
(sĭ&nsmacr_;k)
v. t.
1.
To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.

[The Athenians] fell upon the wings and sank a single ship.
Jowett (Thucyd.).

2.
Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation.

I raise of sink, imprison or set free.
Prior.

If I have a conscience, let it sink me.
Shak.

Thy cruel and unnatural lust of power
Has sunk thy father more than all his years.
Rowe.

3.
To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.

4.
To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.

You sunk the river repeated draughts.
Addison.

5.
To conseal and appropriate.
[Slang]

If sent with ready money to buy anything, and you happen to be out of pocket, sink the money, and take up the goods on account.
Swift.

6.
To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.

A courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths.
Robertson.

7.
To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt.


word: Sink₃
definition:
Sink

Sink
(sĭ&nsmacr_;k)
n.
1.
A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.

2.
A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.

3.
A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole.
[U. S.]

4.
The lowest part of a natural hollow or closed basin whence the water of one or more streams escapes by evaporation; as, the sink of the Humboldt River.
[Western U. S.]

Sink hole. (a) The opening to a sink drain. (b) A cesspool. (c) Same as Sink, n., 3.


word: Sinker
definition:
Sinker

Sink"er
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, sinks.
(a)
A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it.
(b)
In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles.

Dividing sinker, in knitting machines, a sinker between two jack sinkers and acting alternately with them. -- Jack sinker. See under Jack, n. -- Sinker bar. (a) In knitting machines, a bar to which one set of the sinkers is attached. (b) In deep well boring, a heavy bar forming a connection between the lifting rope and the boring tools, above the jars.


word: Sinking
definition:
Sinking

Sink"ing
a. & n. from Sink.

Sinking fund. See under Fund. -- Sinking head (Founding), a riser from which the mold is fed as the casting shrinks. See Riser, n., 4. -- Sinking pump, a pump which can be lowered in a well or a mine shaft as the level of the water sinks.


word: Sinner
definition:
Sinner

Sin"ner
(?)
n.
One who has sinned; especially, one who has sinned without repenting; hence, a persistent and incorrigible transgressor; one condemned by the law of God.


word: Sinner₂
definition:
Sinner

Sin"ner
v. i.
To act as a sinner.
[Humorous]

Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it.
Pope.


word: Sinological
definition:
Sinological

Sin`o*log"ic*al
(?)
a.
[See Sinologue.]
Relating to the Chinese language, literature or culture.


word: Sinologist
definition:
Sinologist

Si*nol"o*gist
(?)
n.
A student of China and the Chinese; one versed in the Chinese language, literature, history, politics and culture.  Same as sinologue.


word: Sinologue
definition:
Sinologue

Sin"o*logue
(sĭn"o̝*l&obreve_;g)
n.
[From L. Sinae, an Oriental people mentioned by Ptolemy, or Ar. Sin China or the Chinese + Gr. lo`gos discourse; formed like theologue: cf. F. sinologue.]
A student of China and the Chinese; one versed in the Chinese language, literature, history, politics and culture.


word: Sinology
definition:
Sinology

Si*nol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. sinologie.]
That branch of systemized knowledge which treats of the Chinese, their language, literature, etc.


word: Sinopite
definition:
Sinopite

Sin"o*pite
(?)
n.
[F., fr. L. sinopis (sc. terra), a red earth or ocher found in Sinope, a town in Paphlagoma, on the Black Sea, Gr. _;_;_;_;.]
(Min.)
A brick-red ferruginous clay used by the ancients for red paint.


word: Sinople
definition:
Sinople

Sin"o*ple
(?)
n.
(Min.)
Ferruginous quartz, of a blood-red or brownish red color, sometimes with a tinge of yellow.


word: Sinople₂
definition:
Sinople

Sin"o*ple
n.
[F., fr. LL. sinopis. See Sinople a mineral.]
(Her.)
The tincture vert; green.


word: Sinter
definition:
Sinter

Sin"ter
(?)
n.
[G.  Cf. Cinder.]
(Min.)
Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals.

Calcareous sinter, a loose banded variety of calcite formed by deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous tufa; travertine. -- Ceraunian sinter, fulgurite. -- Siliceous sinter, a light cellular or fibrous opal; especially, geyserite (see Geyserite). It has often a pearly luster, and is then called pearl sinter.


word: Sintoist
definition:
Sintoist

Sintoism

Sintu

Sinto

{ Sin"to (?), or Sin"tu (?), Sin"to*ism (?), Sin"to*ist  }
See Shinto, etc.


word: Sintoc
definition:
Sintoc

Sin"toc
(?)
n.
A kind of spice used in the East Indies, consisting of the bark of a species of Cinnamomum.
[Written also sindoc.]


word: Sinuate
definition:
Sinuate

Sin"u*ate
(?)
a.
[L. sinuatus, p. p. of sinuare to wind, bend, fr. sinus a bend.]
Having the margin alternately curved inward and outward; having rounded lobes separated by rounded sinuses; sinuous; wavy.


word: Sinuate₂
definition:
Sinuate

Sin"u*ate
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Sinuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sinuating.]
To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinuous.
Woodward.


word: Sinuosity
definition:
Sinuosity

Sin`u*os"i*ty
(?)
n.
pl. Sinuosities (#).
[Cf. F. sinuosité.]
1.
Quality or state of being sinuous.

2.
A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a series of windings; a wave line; a curve.

A line of coast certainly amounting, with its sinuosities, to more than 700 miles.
Sydney Smith.


word: Sinuous
definition:
Sinuous

Sin"u*ous
(?)
a.
[L. sinuosus, fr. sinus a bent surface, a curve: cf. F. sinueux. See Sinus.]
Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.
Sin"u*ous*ly, adv.

Streaking the ground with sinuous trace.
Milton.

Gardens bright with sinuous rills.
Coleridge.


word: Sinus
definition:
Sinus

Si"nus
(?)
n.
pl. L. Sinus, E. Sinuses (#).
[L., a bent surface, a curve, the folds or bosom of a garment, etc., a bay.  Cf. Sine, n.]
1.
An opening; a hollow; a bending.

2.
A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.

3.
(Anat. & Zool.)
A cavity; a depression.
(a)
A cavity in a bone or other part, either closed or with a narrow opening.
(b)
A dilated vessel or canal.

4.
(Med.)
A narrow, elongated cavity, in which pus is collected; an elongated abscess with only a small orifice.

5.
(Bot.)
A depression between adjoining lobes.

&hand_; A sinus may be rounded, as in the leaf of the white oak, or acute, as in that of the red maple.

Pallial sinus. (Zool.) See under Pallial. -- Sinus venosus (?). [L., venous dilatation.] (Anat.) (a) The main part of the cavity of the right auricle of the heart in the higher vertebrates. (b) In the lower vertebrates, a distinct chamber of the heart formed by the union of the large systematic veins and opening into the auricle.


word: Sinusoid
definition:
Sinusoid

Si"nus*oid
(?)
n.
[Sinus + -oid.]
(Geom.)
The curve whose ordinates are proportional to the sines of the abscissas, the equation of the curve being y = a sin x. It is also called the curve of sines.


word: Sip
definition:
Sip

Sip
(sĭp)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sipped (sĭpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Sipping.]
[OE. sippen; akin to OD. sippen, and AS. s_;pan to sip, suck up, drink. See Sup, v. t.]
1.
To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea.
sips
Milton.

2.
To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers.

3.
To taste the liquor of; to drink out of.
[Poetic]

They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers.
Dryden.


word: Sip₂
definition:
Sip

Sip
v. i.
To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips; to take a sip or sips of something.

[She] raised it to her mouth with sober grace;
Then, sipping, offered to the next in place.
Dryden.


word: Sip₃
definition:
Sip

Sip
n.
1.
The act of sipping; the taking of a liquid with the lips.

2.
A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste.

One sip of this
Will bathe the drooping spirits in delight
Beyond the bliss of dreams.
Milton.

A sip is all that the public ever care to take from reservoirs of abstract philosophy.
De Quincey.


word: Siphoid
definition:
Siphoid

Si"phoid
(?)
n.
[L. sipho a siphon + -oid: cf. F. vase siphoïde.]
A siphon bottle. See under Siphon, n.


word: Siphon
definition:
Siphon

Si"phon
(?)
n.
[F. siphon, L. sipho, -onis, fr. Gr. _;_;_; a siphon, tube, pipe.]
1.
A device, consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two branches or legs of unequal length, by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level, as from one vessel to another, over an intermediate elevation, by the action of the pressure of the atmosphere in forcing the liquid up the shorter branch of the pipe immersed in it, while the continued excess of weight of the liquid in the longer branch (when once filled) causes a continuous flow. The flow takes place only when the discharging extremity of the pipe ia lower than the higher liquid surface, and when no part of the pipe is higher above the surface than the same liquid will rise by atmospheric pressure; that is, about 33 feet for water, and 30 inches for mercury, near the sea level.

2.
(Zool.)
(a)
One of the tubes or folds of the mantle border of a bivalve or gastropod mollusk by which water is conducted into the gill cavity. See Illust. under Mya, and Lamellibranchiata.
(b)
The anterior prolongation of the margin of any gastropod shell for the protection of the soft siphon.
(c)
The tubular organ through which water is ejected from the gill cavity of a cephaloid. It serves as a locomotive organ, by guiding and confining the jet of water. Called also siphuncle. See Illust. under Loligo, and Dibranchiata.
(d)
The siphuncle of a cephalopod shell.
(e)
The sucking proboscis of certain parasitic insects and crustaceans.
(f)
A sproutlike prolongation in front of the mouth of many gephyreans.
(g)
A tubular organ connected both with the esophagus and the intestine of certain sea urchins and annelids.

3.
A siphon bottle.

Inverted siphon, a tube bent like a siphon, but having the branches turned upward; specifically (Hydraulic Engineering), a pipe for conducting water beneath a depressed place, as from one hill to another across an intervening valley, following the depression of the ground. -- Siphon barometer. See under Barometer. -- Siphon bottle, a bottle for holding aerated water, which is driven out through a bent tube in the neck by the gas within the bottle when a valve in the tube is opened; -- called also gazogene, and siphoid. -- Siphon condenser, a condenser for a steam engine, in which the vacuum is maintained by the downward flow of water through a vertical pipe of great height. -- Siphon cup, a cup with a siphon attached for carrying off any liquid in it; specifically (Mach.), an oil cup in which oil is carried over the edge of a tube in a cotton wick, and so reaches the surface to be lubricated. -- Siphon gauge. See under Gauge. -- Siphon pump, a jet pump. See under Jet, n.


word: Siphon₂
definition:
Siphon

Si"phon
(?)
v. t.
(Chem.)
To convey, or draw off, by means of a siphon, as a liquid from one vessel to another at a lower level.


word: Siphonal
definition:
Siphonal

Si"phon*al
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to a siphon; resembling a siphon.

Siphonal stomach (Zool.), a stomach which is tubular and bent back upon itself, like a siphon, as in the salmon.


word: Siphonarid
definition:
Siphonarid

Si`pho*na"rid
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of limpet-shaped pulmonate gastropods of the genus Siphonaria. They cling to rocks between high and low water marks and have both lunglike organs and gills.
Si`pho*na"rid, a.


word: Siphonata
definition:
Siphonata

Si`pho*na"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
A tribe of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior mantle border is prolonged into two tubes or siphons. Called also Siphoniata. See Siphon, 2 (a), and Quahaug.


word: Siphonate
definition:
Siphonate

Si"phon*ate
(?)
a.
1.
Having a siphon or siphons.

2.
(Zool.)
Belonging to the Siphonata.


word: Siphonet
definition:
Siphonet

Si"phon*et
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
One of the two dorsal tubular organs on the hinder part of the abdomen of aphids. They give exit to the honeydew. See Illust. under Aphis.


word: Siphonia
definition:
Siphonia

Si*pho"ni*a
(?)
n.
[NL.]
(Bot.)
A former name for a euphorbiaceous genus (Hevea) of South American trees, the principal source of caoutchouc.


word: Siphonifer
definition:
Siphonifer

Si*phon"i*fer
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. L. sipho, -onis, siphon + ferre to bear.]
(Zool.)
Any cephalopod having a siphonate shell.


word: Siphoniferous
definition:
Siphoniferous

Si"phon*if"er*ous
(?)
a.
[Siphon + -ferous.]
(Zool.)
Siphon-bearing, as the shell of the nautilus and other cephalopods.


word: Siphonium
definition:
Siphonium

Si*pho"ni*um
(?)
n.
pl. Siphonia (#).
[NL., from Gr. _;_;_;_;, dim. of _;_;_;_;. See Siphon.]
(Anat.)
A bony tube which, in some birds, connects the tympanium with the air chambers of the articular piece of the mandible.


word: Siphonobranchiata
definition:
Siphonobranchiata

Si`pho*no*bran`chi*a"ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Siphon, and Branchia.]
(Zool.)
A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or both sides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water enters the gill cavity. The shell itself is not always siphonostomatous in this group.


word: Siphonobranchiate
definition:
Siphonobranchiate

Si`pho*no*bran"chi*ate
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Having a siphon, or siphons, to convey water to the gills; belonging or pertaining to the Siphonobranchiata.
n. One of the Siphonobranchiata.


word: Siphonophora
definition:
Siphonophora

Si`pho*noph"o*ra
(?)
prop. n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;_;_; a siphon + fe`rein to bear.]
(Zool.)
An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species which form complex free-swimming communities composed of numerous zooids of various kinds, some of which act as floats or as swimming organs, others as feeding or nutritive zooids, and others as reproductive zooids. See Illust. under Physallia, and Porpita.


word: Siphonophoran
definition:
Siphonophoran

Si`pho*noph"o*ran
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Belonging to the Siphonophora.
n. One of the Siphonophora.


word: Siphonopoda
definition:
Siphonopoda

Si`pho*nop"o*da
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Siphon, and -poda.]
(Zool.)
A division of Scaphopoda including those in which the foot terminates in a circular disk.


word: Siphonostomata
definition:
Siphonostomata

Si`pho*no*stom"a*ta
(?)
n. pl.
[NL. See Siphon, and Stoma.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A tribe of parasitic copepod Crustacea including a large number of species that are parasites of fishes, as the lerneans. They have a mouth adapted to suck blood.
(b)
An artificial division of gastropods including those that have siphonostomatous shells.


word: Siphonostomatous
definition:
Siphonostomatous

Si`pho*no*stom"a*tous
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
(a)
Having the front edge of the aperture of the shell prolonged in the shape of a channel for the protection of the siphon; -- said of certain gastropods.
(b)
Pertaining to the Siphonostomata.


word: Siphonostome
definition:
Siphonostome

Si`pho*nos"tome
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_; a siphon + _;_;_; mouth.]
(Zool.)
(a)
Any parasitic entomostracan of the tribe Siphonostomata.
(b)
A siphonostomatous shell.


word: Siphorhinal
definition:
Siphorhinal

Si`pho*rhi"nal
(?)
a.
[Siphon + rhinal.]
(Zool.)
Having tubular nostrils, as the petrels.


word: Siphuncle
definition:
Siphuncle

Si"phun`cle
(?)
n.
[L. siphunculus, sipunculus, dim. of sipho. See Siphon.]
(Zool.)
The tube which runs through the partitions of chambered cephalopod shells.


word: Sipid
definition:
Sipid

Sip"id
(?)
a.
[See Insipid, Sapid.]
Having a taste or flavorl savory; sapid.
[Obs.]
Cockeram.


word: Sippet
definition:
Sippet

Sip"pet
(?)
n.
[See Sip, Sop.]
A small sop; a small, thin piece of toasted bread soaked in milk, broth, or the like; a small piece of toasted or fried bread cut into some special shape and used for garnishing.

Your sweet sippets in widows' houses.
Milton.


word: Sipunculacea
definition:
Sipunculacea

Si*pun`cu*la"ce*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL., from Sipunculus, the typical genus. See Siphuncle.]
(Zool.)
A suborder of Gephyrea, including those which have the body unarmed and the intestine opening anteriorly.


word: Sipunculoid
definition:
Sipunculoid

Si*pun"cu*loid
(?)
a.
[NL. Sipunculus, the typical genus + -oid.]
(Zool.)
Pertaining to the Sipunculoidea.
n. One of the Sipunculoidea.


word: Sipunculoidea
definition:
Sipunculoidea

Si*pun`cu*loi"de*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
(a)
Same as Gephyrea.
(b)
In a restricted sense, same as Sipunculacea.


word: Si quis
definition:
Si quis

Si` quis"
(?)
[L., if any one (the first words of the notice in Latin).]
(Ch. of Eng.)
A notification by a candidate for orders of his intention to inquire whether any impediment may be alleged against him.


word: Sir
definition:
Sir

Sir
(?)
n.
[OE. sire, F. sire, contr. from the nominative L. senior an elder, elderly person, compar. of senex,senis, an aged person; akin to Gr. _;_;_; old, Skr. sana, Goth. sineigs old, sinista eldest, Ir. & Gael. sean old, W. hen.  Cf. Seignior, Senate, Seneschal, Senior, Senor, Signor, Sire, Sirrah.]
1.
A man of social authority and dignity; a lord; a master; a gentleman; -- in this sense usually spelled sire.
[Obs.]

He was crowned lord and sire.
Gower.

In the election of a sir so rare.
Shak.

2.
A title prefixed to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet.

Sir Horace Vere, his brother, was the principal in the active part.
Bacon.

3.
An English rendering of the LAtin Dominus, the academical title of a bachelor of arts; -- formerly colloquially, and sometimes contemptuously, applied to the clergy.
Nares.

Instead of a faithful and painful teacher, they hire a Sir John, which hath better skill in playing at tables, or in keeping of a garden, than in God's word.
Latimer.

4.
A respectful title, used in addressing a man, without being prefixed to his name; -- used especially in speaking to elders or superiors; sometimes, also, used in the way of emphatic formality.
sir
Sheridan.

&hand_; Anciently, this title, was often used when a person was addressed as a man holding a certain office, or following a certain business. “Sir man of law.” “Sir parish priest.”
Chaucer.

Sir reverance. See under Reverence, n.


word: Sircar
definition:
Sircar

Sir*car"
(?)
n.
[Hind. & Per. sarkār a superintendant, overseer, chief; Per. sar the head + kār action, work.]
1.
A Hindoo clerk or accountant.
[India]

2.
A district or province; a circar.
[India]

3.
The government; the supreme authority of the state.
[India]


word: Sirdar
definition:
Sirdar

Sir*dar"
(?)
n.
[Hind. & Per. sardār a chief, general; sar the head, top + dār holding, possessing.]
A native chief in Hindostan; a headman.
Malcom.

2.
In Turkey, Egypt, etc., a commander in chief, esp. the one commanding the Anglo-Egyptian army.


word: Sire
definition:
Sire

Sire
(?)
n.
[F. sire, originally, an older person. See Sir.]
1.
A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir.
[Obs.]

Pain and distress, sickness and ire,
And melancholy that angry sire,
Be of her palace senators.
Rom. of R.

2.
A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign.

3.
A father; the head of a family; the husband.

Jankin thet was our sire [i.e., husband].
Chaucer.

And raise his issue, like a loving sire.
Shak.

4.
A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.

[He] was the sire of an immortal strain.
Shelley.

5.
The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to horses; as, the horse had a good sire.

&hand_; Sire is often used in composition; as in grandsire, grandfather; great-grandsire, great-grandfather.


word: Sire₂
definition:
Sire

Sire
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Siring.]
To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of stallions.


word: Siredon
definition:
Siredon

Si*re"don
(?)
n.
[NL., from Gr. _;_;_; a siren.]
(Zool.)
The larval form of any salamander while it still has external gills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl (Amblystoma Mexicanum), sometimes lay eggs while in this larval state, but which under more favorable conditions lose their gills and become normal salamanders. See also Axolotl.


word: Siren
definition:
Siren

Si"ren
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;_;_;: cf. F. sirène.]
1.
(Class. Myth.)
One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction.

Next where the sirens dwell you plow the seas;
Their song is death, and makes destruction please.
Pope.

2.
An enticing, dangerous woman.
Shak.

3.
Something which is insidious or deceptive.

Consumption is a siren.
W. Irving.

4.
A mermaid.
[Obs.]
Shak.

5.
(Zool.)
Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long.

6.
[F. sirène, properly, a siren in sense 1.]
(Acoustics)
An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog.
[Written also sirene, and syren.]


word: Siren₂
definition:
Siren

Si"ren
a.
Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song.


word: Sirenia
definition:
Sirenia

Si*re"ni*a
(?)
n. pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera.

&hand_; The hind limbs are either rudimentary or wanting, and the front ones are changed to paddles. They have horny plates on the front part of the jaws, and usually flat-crowned molar teeth. The stomach is complex and the intestine long, as in other herbivorous mammals. See Cetacea (b).


word: Sirenical
definition:
Sirenical

Si*ren"ic*al
(?)
a.
Like, or appropriate to, a siren; fascinating; deceptive.

Here's couple of sirenical rascals shall enchant ye.
Marton.


word: Siriasis
definition:
Siriasis

Si*ri"a*sis
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;_;_;, fr. _;_;_; the Dog Star, properly, scorching.]
(Med.)
(a)
A sunstroke.
(b)
The act of exposing to a sun bath. [Obs.] Cf. Insolation.


word: Sirius
definition:
Sirius

Sir"i*us
(?)
n.
[L., fr. Gr. _;_;_;, properly, scorching.]
(Astron.)
The Dog Star. See Dog Star.


word: Sirkeer
definition:
Sirkeer

Sir"keer
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genus Taccocua, as the Bengal sirkeer (Taccocua sirkee).


word: Sirloin
definition:
Sirloin

Sir"loin`
(?)
n.
[A corruption of surloin. Not so called because this cut of beef was once jocosely knighted (dubbed Sir Loin) by an English king, as according to a popular story.]
A loin of beef, or a part of a loin.
[Written also surloin.]


word: Sirocco
definition:
Sirocco

Si*roc"co
(sĭ*r&obreve_;k"ko̝)
n.
pl. Siroccos (sĭ*r&obreve_;k"k&omacrz).
[It. sirocco, scirocco, Ar. shorug, fr. sharq the rising of the sun, the east, fr, sharaca to rise as the sun.  Cf. Saracen.]
1.
An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.

2.
In general, any hot dry wind of cyclonic origin, blowing from arid or heated regions, including the desert wind of Southern California, the harmattan of the west coasts of Africa, the hot winds of Kansas and Texas, the kamsin of Egypt, the leste of the Madeira Islands, and the leveche of Spain.


word: Sirrah
definition:
Sirrah

Sir"rah
(?)
n.
[Probably from Icel. sīra, fr. F. sire. See Sir.]
A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger, contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a man or boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies often preceded by ah. Not used in the plural.
sirrah
Beau. & Fl.

Go, sirrah, to my cell.
Shak.


word: Syrup
definition:
Syrup

Sirup

{ Sir"up (?) Syr"up  }
n.
[F. sirop (cf. It. siroppo, Sp. jarabe, jarope, LL. siruppus, syrupus), fr. Ar. sharāb a drink, wine, coffee, sirup.  Cf. Sherbet.]
1.
A thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar.

2.
A thick and viscid saccharine solution of superior quality (as sugarhouse sirup or molasses, maple sirup); specifically, in pharmacy and often in cookery, a saturated solution of sugar and water (simple sirup), or such a solution flavored or medicated.

Lucent sirups tinct with cinnamon.
Keats.

Mixing sirup. See the Note under Dextrose.


word: Syruped
definition:
Syruped

Siruped

{ Sir"uped (?), Syr"uped  }
a.
Moistened, covered, or sweetened with sirup, or sweet juice.


word: Syrupy
definition:
Syrupy

Sirupy

{ Sir"up*y (?), Syr"up*y  }
a.
Like sirup, or partaking of its qualities.
Mortimer.


word: Sirvente
definition:
Sirvente

Sir`vente"
(?)
n.
[F. sirvente, fr. Pr. sirventes, sirventesc, originally, the poem of, or concerning, a sirvent, fr. sirvent, properly, serving, n., one who serves (e. g., as a soldier), fr. servir to serve, L. servire.]
A peculiar species of poetry, for the most part devoted to moral and religious topics, and commonly satirical, -- often used by the troubadours of the Middle Ages.


word: Sisal hemp
definition:
Sisal hemp

Sisal grass

{ Si*sal" grass` (?), Si*sal" hemp` (?),}
The prepared fiber of the Agave Americana, or American aloe, used for cordage; -- so called from Sisal, a port in Yucatan. See Sisal hemp, under Hemp.


word: Siscowet
definition:
Siscowet

Sis"co*wet
(?)
n.
[OF American Indian origin.]
(Zool.)
A large, fat variety of the namaycush found in Lake Superior; -- called also siskawet, siskiwit.


word: Sise₂
definition:
Sise

Sise
(?)
n.
[See Sice.]
Six; the highest number on a die; the cast of six in throwing dice.

In the new casting of a die, when ace is on the top, sise must needs be at the bottom.
Fuller.


word: Siskin
definition:
Siskin

Sis"kin
(?)
n.
[Dan. sisgen; cf. Sw. siska, G. zeisig, D. sijsje; of Slav. origin; cf. Pol. czyż.]
(Zool.)
(a)
A small green and yellow European finch (Spinus spinus, or Carduelis spinus); -- called also aberdevine.
(b)
The American pinefinch (Spinus pinus); -- called also pine siskin. See Pinefinch.

&hand_; The name is applied also to several other related species found in Asia and South America.

Siskin green, a delicate shade of yellowish green, as in the mineral torbernite.


word: Siss
definition:
Siss

Siss
(?)
v. i.
[Of imitative origin; cf. D. sissen, G. zischen.]
To make a hissing sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger.
[Colloq. U. S.; Local, Eng.]


word: Sissoo
definition:
Sissoo

Sis*soo"
(?)
n.
[Hind. sīs_;.]
(Bot.)
A leguminous tree (Dalbergia Sissoo) of the northern parts of India; also, the dark brown compact and durable timber obtained from it. It is used in shipbuilding and for gun carriages, railway ties, etc.


word: Sist
definition:
Sist

Sist
(?)
v. t.
[L. sistere to bring to a stand, to stop.]
1.
(Scots Law)
To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop.

2.
To cause to take a place, as at the bar of a court; hence, to cite; to summon; to bring into court.
[Scot.]

Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Sist₂
definition:
Sist

Sist
(?)
n.
(Scots Law)
A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings.
Burril.


word: Sister
definition:
Sister

Sis"ter
(?)
n.
[OE. sister, fr. Icel. systir; also suster, from AS. sweostor, sweoster, swuster, akin to OFries. sweester, suster, LG. süster, suster, D. zuster, OS. & OHG. swestar, G. schwester, Icel. systir, Sw. syster, Dan. söster, Goth. swistar, Lith. ses_;, Russ. sestra, Pol. siostra, L. soror, Skr. svasr. √298.  Cf. Cousin.]
1.
A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother.

I am the sister of one Claudio.
Shak.

2.
A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community.
James ii. 15.

3.
One of the same kind, or of the same condition; -- generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits.
Pope.

Sister Block (Naut.), a tackle block having two sheaves, one above the other. -- Sister hooks, a pair of hooks fitted together, the shank of one forming a mousing for the other; -- called also match hook. -- Sister of charity, Sister of mercy. (R. C. Ch.) See under Charity, and Mercy.


word: Sisterhood
definition:
Sisterhood

Sis"ter*hood
(?)
n.
[Sister + hood.]
1.
The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister.

She . . . abhorr'd
Her proper blood, and left to do the part
Of sisterhood, to do that of a wife.
Daniel.

2.
A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or order; sisters, collectively.
sisterhood
Shak.

The fair young flowers . . . a beauteous sisterhood.
Bryant.


word: Sister-in-law
definition:
Sister-in-law

Sis"ter-in-law`
(?)
n.
pl. Sisters-in-law (_;).
The sister of one's husband or wife; also, the wife of one's brother; sometimes, the wife of one's husband's or wife's brother.


word: Sisterly
definition:
Sisterly

Sis"ter*ly
a.
Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterly kindness; sisterly remorse.
Shak.


word: Sistine
definition:
Sistine

Sis"tine
(?)
a.
[It. sistino.]
Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus.

Sistine chapel, a chapel in the Vatican at Rome, built by Pope Sixtus IV., and decorated with frescoes by Michael Angelo and others.


word: Sistrum
definition:
Sistrum

Sis"trum
(?)
[L., fr. Gr. _;_;_;, from _;_;_; to shake.]
(Mus.)
An instrument consisting of a thin metal frame, through which passed a number of metal rods, and furnished with a handle by which it was shaken and made to rattle. It was peculiarly Egyptian, and used especially in the worship of Isis. It is still used in Nubia.


word: Sisyphus
definition:
Sisyphus

Sis"y*phus
(?)
n.
[L. Sisyphus, Sisyphus, fr. Gr. _;_;_;_;.]
(Class. Myth.)
A king of Corinth, son of Aeolus, famed for his cunning. He was killed by Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled back again, making his task incessant.


word: Sit₂
definition:
Sit

Sit
v. i.
[imp. Sat (săt) (Sate (sāt), archaic); p. p. Sat (Sitten (sĭt"t'n), obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sitting.]
[OE. sitten, AS.  sittan; akin to OS. sittian, OFries. sitta, D. zitten, G. sitzen, OHG. sizzen, Icel. sitja, SW. sitta, Dan. sidde, Goth. sitan, Russ. sidiete, L. sedere, Gr. 'e`zesqai, Skr. sad. √154.  Cf. Assess,Assize, Cathedral, Chair, Dissident, Excise, Insidious, Possess, Reside, Sanhedrim, Séance, Seat, n., Sedate, 4th Sell, Siege, Session, Set, v. t., Sizar, Size, Subsidy.]
1.
To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on the ground.

And he came and took the book put of the right hand of him that sate upon the seat.
Bible (1551) (Rev. v. 7.)

I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner.
Shak.

2.
To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a branch, pole, etc.

3.
To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.

And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
Num. xxxii. 6.

Like a demigod here sit I in the sky.
Shak.

4.
To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.

The calamity sits heavy on us.
Jer. Taylor.

5.
To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sits well or ill.

This new and gorgeous garment, majesty,
Sits not so easy on me as you think.
Shak.

6.
To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit; -- used impersonally.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

7.
To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.

As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not.
Jer. xvii. 11.

8.
To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.

Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which way soever the wind sits.
Selden.

Sits the wind in that quarter?
Sir W. Scott.

9.
To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress.

10.
To hold a session; to be in session for official business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts, etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit to-night.

11.
To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.

To sit at, to rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] “A farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a great rent”. Bacon. -- To sit at meat or To sit at table, to be at table for eating. -- To sit down. (a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to sit down when tired. (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the town. (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. Spenser. (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. “Here we can not sit down, but still proceed in our search.” Rogers. -- To sit for a fellowship, to offer one's self for examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng. Univ.] -- To sit out. (a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson. (b) To outstay. (c) to refrain from participating in [an activity such as a dance or hand at cards]; used especially after one has recently participated in an earlier such activity.  The one sitting out does not necessarily have to sit during the activity foregone. -- To sit under, to be under the instruction or ministrations of; as, to sit under a preacher; to sit under good preaching. -- To sit up, to rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as, to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up with a sick person. “He that was dead sat up, and began to speak.” Luke vii. 15.


word: Sit₃
definition:
Sit

Sit
(?)
v. t.
1.
To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well.

Hardly the muse can sit the headstrong horse.
Prior.

2.
To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to; -- used reflexively.

They sat them down to weep.
Milton.

Sit you down, father; rest you.
Shak.

3.
To suit (well or  ill); to become.
[Obs. or R.]


word: Site
definition:
Site

Site
(?)
n.
[L. situs, fr. sinere, situm, to let, p. p. situs placed, lying, situate: cf. F. site.  Cf. Position.]
1.
The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house.
Chaucer.

2.
A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation; as, a site for a church.

3.
The posture or position of a thing.
[R.]

The semblance of a lover fixed
In melancholy site.
Thomson.


word: Sited
definition:
Sited

Sit"ed
(?)
a.
Having a site; situated.
[Obs.]

[The garden] sited was in fruitful soil.
Chaucer.


word: Sitfast
definition:
Sitfast

Sit"fast`
(?)
a.
[Sit + fast.]
Fixed; stationary; immovable.
[R.]

'T is good, when you have crossed the sea and back,
To find the sitfast acres where you left them.
Emerson.


word: Sitfast₂
definition:
Sitfast

Sit"fast`
n.
(Far.)
A callosity with inflamed edges, on the back of a horse, under the saddle.


word: Sith
definition:
Sith

Sith
(?)
prep., adv., & conj.
[See Since.]
Since; afterwards; seeing that.
[Obs.]

We need not fear them, sith Christ is with us.
Latimer.

Sith thou art rightful judge.
Chaucer.


word: Sithe
definition:
Sithe

Sith

{ Sith (?), Sithe (?), }
n.
[AS. _;_;_; a path, way, time, occasion.]
Time.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

And humbly thanked him a thousand sithes.
Spenser.


word: Sithe₂
definition:
Sithe

Sithe
(?)
v. i.
[Cf. Sigh.]
To sigh.
[A spelling of a corrupt and provincial pronunciation.]


word: Sithen
definition:
Sithen

Sith"en
(?)
adv. & conj.
[See Since.]
Since; afterwards. See 1st Sith.
[Obs.]

Fortune was first friend and sithen foe.
Chaucer.


word: Sithens
definition:
Sithens

Sithence

{ Sith"ence, Sith"ens  }
(?)
adv. & conj.
Since. See Sith, and Sithen.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.


word: Sitology
definition:
Sitology

Si*tol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_;_; food + -logy.]
A treatise on the regulation of the diet; dietetics.
[Written also sitiology.]


word: Sitophobia
definition:
Sitophobia

Si`to*pho"bi*a
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;_;_;_; food + _;_;_;_; fear.]
(Med.)
A version to food; refusal to take nourishment.
[Written also sitiophobia.]


word: Sitter
definition:
Sitter

Sit"ter
(?)
n.
1.
One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.

2.
A bird that sits or incubates.


word: Sittine
definition:
Sittine

Sit"tine
(?)
a.
[NL. sitta the nuthatch, from Gr. _;_;_;.]
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the family Sittidae, or nuthatches.


word: Sitting₂
definition:
Sitting

Sit"ting
n.
1.
The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.

2.
A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.

3.
The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc.

4.
The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission.

The sitting closed in great agitation.
Macaulay.

5.
The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc.

For the understanding of any one of St. Paul's Epistles I read it all through at one sitting.
Locke.

6.
A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.

The male bird . . . amuses her [the female] with his songs during the whole time of her sitting.
Addison.

Sitting room, an apartment where the members of a family usually sit, as distinguished from a drawing-room, parlor, chamber, or kitchen.


word: Situated
definition:
Situated

Situate

{ Sit"u*ate (?; 135), Sit"u*a`ted (?), }
a.
[LL. situatus, from situare to place, fr. L. situs situation, site. See Site.]
1.
Having a site, situation, or location; being in a relative position; permanently fixed; placed; located; as, a town situated, or situate, on a hill or on the seashore.

2.
Placed; residing.

Pleasure situate in hill and dale.
Milton.

&hand_; Situate is now less used than situated, but both are well authorized.


word: Situation
definition:
Situation

Sit`u*a"tion
(?)
n.
[LL. situatio: cf. F. situation.]
1.
Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

2.
Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case.

A situation of the greatest ease and tranquillity.
Rogers.

3.
Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in a dramatic scene.

There's situation for you! there's an heroic group!
Sheridan.

4.
Permanent position or employment; place; office; as, a situation in a store; a situation under government.


word: Situs
definition:
Situs

Si"tus
(?)
n.
[L., situation.]
(Bot.)
The method in which the parts of a plant are arranged; also, the position of the parts.
Henslow.


word: Sitz bath
definition:
Sitz bath

Sitz" bath`
(?)
[G. sitzbad.]
A tub in which one bathes in a sitting posture; also, a bath so taken; a hip bath.


word: Siva
definition:
Siva

Si"va
(?)
n.
[Skr. Civa, properly, kind, gracious.]
(Hindoo Myth.)
One of the triad of Hindoo gods. He is the avenger or destroyer, and in modern worship symbolizes the reproductive power of nature.


word: Sivan
definition:
Sivan

Si"van
(?)
n.
[Heb. sīvān.]
The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of June.


word: Sivatherium
definition:
Sivatherium

Siv`a*the"ri*um
(?)
n.
[NL., from E. Siva + Gr. _;_;_;_; a beast, an animal.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much larger than any exsisting species.


word: Six
definition:
Six

Six
(?)
a.
[AS. six, seox, siex; akin to OFries. sex, D. zes, OS. & OHG. sehs, G. sechs, Icel., Sw., & Dan. sex, Goth. saíhs, Lith. szeszi, Russ. sheste, Gael. & Ir. se, W. chwech, L. sex, Gr. _;_;, Per. shesh, Skr. shash. √304.  Cf. Hexagon, Hexameter, Samite, Senary, Sextant, Sice.]
One more than five; twice three; as, six yards.

Six Nations (Ethnol.), a confederation of North American Indians formed by the union of the Tuscaroras and the Five Nations. -- Six points circle. (Geom.) See Nine points circle, under Nine.


word: Six₂
definition:
Six

Six
n.
1.
The number greater by a unit than five; the sum of three and three; six units or objects.

2.
A symbol representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI.

To be at six and seven or To be at sixes and sevens, (a) to be in disorder. Bacon. Shak. Swift. (b) to be in a dispute or disagreement; -- often used with with.


word: Sixpence
definition:
Sixpence

Six"pence
(?)
n.
pl. Sixpences (_;).
An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents.


word: Six-shooter
definition:
Six-shooter

Six"-shoot`er
(?)
n.
A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially, a six-chambered revolver.
[Colloq. U.S.]


word: Sixteen
definition:
Sixteen

Six"teen`
(?)
a.
[AS. sixt_;ne, sixt_;ne. See Six, and Ten, and cf. Sixty.]
Six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more.


word: Sixteen₂
definition:
Sixteen

Six"teen`
n.
1.
The number greater by a unit than fifteen; the sum of ten and six; sixteen units or objects.

2.
A symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi.


word: Sixteenth
definition:
Sixteenth

Six"teenth`
(?)
a.
[From Sixteen: cf. AS. sixteó_;a.]
1.
Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth.

2.
Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into which anything is divided.

Sixteenth note (Mus.), the sixteenth part of a whole note; a semiquaver.


word: Sixteenth₂
definition:
Sixteenth

Six"teenth`
n.
1.
The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole.

2.
The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth.

3.
(Mus.)
An interval comprising two octaves and a second.
Moore (Encyc. of Music.)


word: Sixth
definition:
Sixth

Sixth
(?)
a.
[From Six: cf. AS. sixta, siexta.]
1.
First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth.

2.
Constituting or being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided.


word: Sixth₂
definition:
Sixth

Sixth
(?)
n.
1.
The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole.

2.
The next in order after the fifth.

3.
(Mus.)
The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.


word: Sixtieth
definition:
Sixtieth

Six"ti*eth
(?)
a.
[As. sixtiogoða, sixtigoða.]
1.
Next in order after the fifty-ninth.

2.
Constituting or being one one of sixty equal parts into which anything is divided.


word: Sixtieth₂
definition:
Sixtieth

Six"ti*eth
n.
1.
The quotient of a unit divided by sixty; one of sixty equal parts forming a whole.

2.
The next in order after the fifty-ninth; the tenth after the fiftieth.


word: Sixty
definition:
Sixty

Six"ty
(?)
a.
[AS. siextig; akin to G. sechzig, Goth. saíhs tigjus. See Six, Ten, and cf. Sixteen.]
Six times ten; fifty-nine and one more; threescore.


word: Sixty₂
definition:
Sixty

Six"ty
n.
pl. Sixties (_;).
1.
The sum of six times ten; sixty units or objects.

2.
A symbol representing sixty units, as 60, lx., or LX.


word: Sixty-fourth
definition:
Sixty-fourth

Six`ty-fourth"
(?)
a.
Constituting or being one of sixty-four equal parts into which a thing is divided.

Sixty-fourth note (Mus.), the sixty-fourth part of a whole note; a hemi-demi-semiquaver.


word: Sizable
definition:
Sizable

Siz"a*ble
(?)
a.
1.
Of considerable size or bulk.
sizable
Bp. Hurd.

2.
Being of reasonable or suitable size; as, sizable timber; sizable bulk.
Arbuthnot.


word: Sizar
definition:
Sizar

Si"zar
(?)
n.
One of a body of students in the universities of Cambridge (Eng.) and Dublin, who, having passed a certain examination, are exempted from paying college fees and charges. A sizar corresponded to a servitor at Oxford.

The sizar paid nothing for food and tuition, and very little for lodging.
Macaulay.

&hand_; They formerly waited on the table at meals; but this is done away with. They were probably so called from being thus employed in distributing the size, or provisions. See 4th Size, 2.


word: Size₂
definition:
Size

Size
(?)
n.
[OIt. sisa glue used by painters, shortened fr. assisa, fr. assidere, p. p. assiso, to make to sit, to seat, to place, L. assidere to sit down; ad + sidere to sit down, akin to sedere to sit. See Sit, v. i., and cf. Assize, Size bulk.]
1.
A thin, weak glue used in various trades, as in painting, bookbinding, paper making, etc.

2.
Any viscous substance, as gilder's varnish.


word: Size₃
definition:
Size

Size
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sizing.]
To cover with size; to prepare with size.


word: Size₄
definition:
Size

Size
n.
[Abbrev. from assize. See Assize, and cf. Size glue.]
1.
A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize.
[Obs.]
sizes
Shak.

2.
(Univ. of Cambridge, Eng.)
An allowance of food and drink from the buttery, aside from the regular dinner at commons; -- corresponding to battel at Oxford.

3.
Extent of superficies or volume; bulk; bigness; magnitude; as, the size of a tree or of a mast; the size of a ship or of a rock.

4.
Figurative bulk; condition as to rank, ability, character, etc.; as, the office demands a man of larger size.

Men of a less size and quality.
L'Estrange.

The middling or lower size of people.
Swift.

5.
A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves, and other articles made up for sale.

6.
An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, -- used for ascertaining the size of pearls.
Knight.

Size roll, a small piese of parchment added to a roll. -- Size stick, a measuring stick used by shoemakers for ascertaining the size of the foot.


word: Size₅
definition:
Size

Size
v. t.
1.
To fix the standard of.
size
[R.]
Bacon.

2.
To adjust or arrange according to size or bulk.
(a)
(Mil.)
To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature.
(b)
(Mining)
To sift, as pieces of ore or metal, in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts.

3.
To swell; to increase the bulk of.
Beau. & Fl.

4.
(Mech.)
To bring or adjust anything exactly to a required dimension, as by cutting.

To size up, to estimate or ascertain the character and ability of. See 4th Size, 4. [Slang, U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
We had to size up our fellow legislators. The Century.


word: Size₆
definition:
Size

Size
v. i.
1.
To take greater size; to increase in size.

Our desires give them fashion, and so,
As they wax lesser, fall, as they size, grow.
Donne.

2.
(Univ. of Cambridge, Eng.)
To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.


word: Sized
definition:
Sized

Sized
(?)
a.
1.
Adjusted according to size.

2.
Having a particular size or magnitude; -- chiefly used in compounds; as, large-sized; common-sized.


word: Sizer
definition:
Sizer

Siz"er
(?)
n.
1.
See Sizar.

2.
(Mech.)
(a)
An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute them according to size.
(b)
An instrument or tool for bringing anything to an exact size.


word: Sizing
definition:
Sizing

Siz"ing
n.
1.
Act of covering or treating with size.

2.
A weak glue used in various trades; size.


word: Sizing₂
definition:
Sizing

Siz"ing
n.
1.
The act of sorting with respect to size.

2.
The act of bringing anything to a certain size.

3.
(Univ. of Cambridge, Eng.)
Food and drink ordered from the buttery by a student.


word: Sizzle
definition:
Sizzle

Siz"zle
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Sizzled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sizzling (?).]
[See Siss.]
To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound.
[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
Forby.


word: Sizzle₂
definition:
Sizzle

Siz"zle
n.
A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire.
[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]


word: Skag
definition:
Skag

Skag
(?)
n.
(Naut.)
An additional piece fastened to the keel of a boat to prevent lateral motion. See Skeg.


word: Skainsmate
definition:
Skainsmate

Skains"mate`
(?)
n.
[Perhaps originally, a companion in winding thread (see Skein), or a companion in arms, from skain a sword (see Skean).]
A messmate; a companion.
[Obs.]

Scurvy knave! I am none of his firt-gills; I am none of his skainsmates.
Shak.


word: Skare
definition:
Skare

Skar

{ Skar (?), Skare (?), }
a.
[From the root of scare.]
Wild; timid; shy.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]


word: Skat
definition:
Skat

Skat
(skät)
n.
[G., fr. It. scartare to discard.]
1.
A three-handed card game played with 32 cards, of which  two constitute the skat (sense 2), or widow. The players bid for the privilege of attempting any of several games or tasks, in most of which the player undertaking the game must take tricks counting in aggregate at least 61 (the counting cards being ace 11, ten 10, king 4, queen 3, jack 2). The four jacks are the best trumps, ranking club, spade, heart, diamond, and ten outranks king or queen (but when the player undertakes to lose all the tricks, the cards rank as in whist). The value of hands depends upon the game played, trump suit, points taken, and number of matadores.

2.
(Skat)
A widow of two cards.


word: Skate
definition:
Skate

Skate
(skāt)
n.
[D. schaats.  Cf. Scatches.]
A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, -- made to be fastened under the foot, and used for moving rapidly on ice.

Batavia rushes forth; and as they sweep,
On sounding skates, a thousand different ways,
In circling poise, swift as the winds, along,
The then gay land is maddened all to joy.
Thomson.

Roller skate. See under Roller.


word: Skate₃
definition:
Skate

Skate
n.
[Icel. skata; cf. Prov. G. schatten, meer-schatten, L. squatus, squatina, and E. shad.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose.

&hand_; Some of the species are used for food, as the European blue or gray skate (Raia batis), which sometimes weighs nearly 200 pounds. The American smooth, or barn-door, skate (Raia laevis) is also a large species, often becoming three or four feet across. The common spiny skate (Raia erinacea) is much smaller.

Skate's egg. See Sea purse. -- Skate sucker, any marine leech of the genus Pontobdella, parasitic on skates.


word: Skater
definition:
Skater

Skat"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who skates.

2.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects belonging to Gerris, Pyrrhocoris, Prostemma, and allied genera. They have long legs, and run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating.


word: Skatol
definition:
Skatol

Ska"tol
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_;, dung + -ol.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A constituent of human faeces formed in the small intestines as a product of the putrefaction of albuminous matter. It is also found in reduced indigo.  Chemically it is methyl indol, C9H9N.


word: Skean
definition:
Skean

Skean
(?)
n.
[Ir sgian; akin to Gael. sgian, W. ysgien a large knife, a scimiter.]
A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously spelt.]
skean
Spenser.


word: Skedaddle
definition:
Skedaddle

Ske*dad"dle
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Skedaddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Skedaddling (?).]
[Of uncertain etymology.]
To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away.
[Slang, U. S.]


word: Skee
definition:
Skee

Skee
(?)
n.
[Dan. ski; Icel. skī_; a billet of wood. See Skid.]
A long strip of wood, curved upwards in front, used on the foot for sliding; now usually spelled ski.


word: Skeel
definition:
Skeel

Skeel
(?)
n.
[Icel. skj_;la a pail, bucket.]
A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Grose.


word: Skeelgoose
definition:
Skeelgoose

Skeelduck

{ Skeel"duck` (?), Skeel"goose` (?), }
n.
[See Sheldrake.]
(Zool.)
The common European sheldrake.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Skeet
definition:
Skeet

Skeet
(?)
n.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Naut.)
A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel, and formerly to wet the sails or deck.


word: Skeg
definition:
Skeg

Skeg
(?)
n.
[Prov. E., also a stump of a branch, a wooden peg; cf. Icel. sk_;gr a wood, Sw. skog.  Cf. Shaw.]
1.
A sort of wild plum.
[Obs.]
Holland.

2.
pl.
A kind of oats.
Farm. Encyc.

3.
(Naut.)
The after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached.


word: Skein
definition:
Skein

Skein
(?)
n.
[OE. skeyne, OF. escaigne, F. écagne, probably of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. sgainne, Gael. sgeinnidh thread, small twine; or perhaps the English word is immediately from Celtic.]
1.
A quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel, -- usually tied in a sort of knot.

&hand_; A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread round a fifty-four inch reel.

2.
(Wagon Making)
A metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
Knight.


word: Skelder
definition:
Skelder

Skel"der
(?)
v. t. & i.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
To deceive; to cheat; to trick.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.


word: Skieldrake
definition:
Skieldrake

Skeldrake

{ Skel"drake` (?), or Skiel"drake` (?), }
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
The common European sheldrake.
(b)
The oyster catcher.


word: Skeletogenous
definition:
Skeletogenous

Skel`e*tog"e*nous
(?)
a.
[Skeleton + -genous.]
Forming or producing parts of the skeleton.


word: Skeletology
definition:
Skeletology

Skel`e*tol"o*gy
(?)
n.
[Skeleton + -logy.]
That part of anatomy which treats of the skeleton; also, a treatise on the skeleton.


word: Skeleton
definition:
Skeleton

Skel"e*ton
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;_;_;_; (sc. _;_;_;) a dried body, a mummy, fr. _;_;_;_; dried up, parched, _;_;_;_; to dry, dry up, parch.]
1.
(Anat.)
(a)
The bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.
[See Illust. of the Human Skeleton, in Appendix.]
(b)
The more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal.

&hand_; In a wider sense, the skeleton includes the whole connective-tissue framework with the integument and its appendages. See Endoskeleton, and Exoskeleton.

2.
(a)
A very thin or lean person.
(b)
The framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages.

The great skeleton of the world.
Sir M. Hale.


word: Skeleton₂
definition:
Skeleton

Skel"e*ton
a.
Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal.

Skeleton bill, a bill or draft made out in blank as to the amount or payee, but signed by the acceptor. [Eng.] -- Skeleton key, a key with nearly the whole substance of the web filed away, to adapt it to avoid the wards of a lock; a master key; -- used for opening locks to which it has not been especially fitted. -- Skeleton leaf, a leaf from which the pulpy part has been removed by chemical means, the fibrous part alone remaining. -- Skeleton proof, a proof of a print or engraving, with the inscription outlined in hair strokes only, such proofs being taken before the engraving is finished. -- Skeleton regiment, a regiment which has its complement of officers, but in which there are few enlisted men. -- Skeleton shrimp (Zool.), a small crustacean of the genus Caprella. See Illust. under Laemodipoda.


word: Skeletonize
definition:
Skeletonize

Skel"e*ton*ize
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Skeletonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Skeletonizing (?).]
To prepare a skeleton of; also, to reduce, as a leaf, to its skeleton.
Pop. Sci. Monthly.


word: Skeletonizer
definition:
Skeletonizer

Skel"e*ton*i`zer
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any small moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton; as, the apple-leaf skeletonizer.


word: Skelly
definition:
Skelly

Skel"ly
(?)
v. i.
[Cf. Dan. skele, Sw. skela.]
To squint.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.


word: Skelp
definition:
Skelp

Skelp
(?)
n.
[Cf. Prov. E. skelp to kick severely, to move rapidly; Gael. sgealp, n., a slap with the palm of the hand, v., to strike with the palm of the hand.]
1.
A blow; a smart stroke.
[Prov. Eng.]
Brockett.

2.
A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain.
[Scot.]


word: Skelp₂
definition:
Skelp

Skelp
v. t.
1.
To strike; to slap.
[Scot.]
C. Reade.

2.
To form into skelp, as a plate or bar of iron by rolling; also, to bend round (a skelp) in tube making.


word: Skelp₃
definition:
Skelp

Skelp
n.
A wrought-iron plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made by bending and welding the edges together, and drawing the thick tube thus formed.


word: Skelter
definition:
Skelter

Skel"ter
(?)
v. i.
[Cf. Helter-skelter.]
To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry; -- with away or off.
[Colloq.]
A. R. Wallace.


word: Skep
definition:
Skep

Skep
(?)
n.
[Icel. skeppa a measure, bushel; cf. Gael. sgeap a basket, a beehive.]
1.
A coarse round farm basket.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Tusser.

2.
A beehive.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]


word: Skeptic
definition:
Skeptic

Skep"tic
(?)
n.
[Gr. skeptiko`s thoughtful, reflective, fr. ske`ptesqai to look carefully or about, to view, consider: cf. L. scepticus, F. sceptique. See Scope.]
[Written also sceptic.]
1.
One who is yet undecided as to what is true; one who is looking or inquiring for what is true; an inquirer after facts or reasons.

2.
(Metaph.)
A doubter as to whether any fact or truth can be certainly known; a universal doubter; a Pyrrhonist; hence, in modern usage, occasionally, a person who questions whether any truth or fact can be established on philosophical grounds; sometimes, a critical inquirer, in opposition to a dogmatist.

All this criticism [of Hume] proceeds upon the erroneous hypothesis that he was a dogmatist. He was a skeptic; that is, he accepted the principles asserted by the prevailing dogmatism: and only showed that such and such conclusions were, on these principles, inevitable.
Sir W. Hamilton.

3.
(Theol.)
A person who doubts the existence and perfections of God, or the truth of revelation; one who disbelieves the divine origin of the Christian religion.

Suffer not your faith to be shaken by the sophistries of skeptics.
S. Clarke.

&hand_; This word and its derivatives are often written with c instead of k in the first syllable, -- sceptic, sceptical, scepticism, etc. Dr. Johnson, struck with the extraordinary irregularity of giving c its hard sound before e, altered the spelling, and his example has been followed by most of the lexicographers who have succeeded him; yet the prevalent practice among English writers and printers is in favor of the other mode. In the United States this practice is reversed, a large and increasing majority of educated persons preferring the orthography which is most in accordance with etymology and analogy.


word: Skeptical
definition:
Skeptical

Skeptic

{ Skep"tic (?), Skep"tic*al (?), }
a.
[Written also sceptic, sceptical.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a sceptic or skepticism; characterized by skepticism; hesitating to admit the certainly of doctrines or principles; doubting of everything.

2.
(Theol.)
Doubting or denying the truth of revelation, or the sacred Scriptures.

The skeptical system subverts the whole foundation of morals.
R. Hall.


word: Skepticism
definition:
Skepticism

Skep"ti*cism
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. scepticisme.]
[Written also scepticism.]
1.
An undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty.

That momentary amazement, and irresolution, and confusion, which is the result of skepticism.
Hune.

2.
(Metaph.)
The doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; Pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or assertion of certain principles.

3.
(Theol.)
A doubting of the truth of revelation, or a denial of the divine origin of the Christian religion, or of the being, perfections, or truth of God.

Let no . . . secret skepticism lead any one to doubt whether this blessed prospect will be realized.
S. Miller.


word: Skepticize
definition:
Skepticize

Skep"ti*cize
(?)
v. i.
To doubt; to pretend to doubt of everything.
[R.]

To skepticize, where no one else will . . . hesitate.
Shaftesbury.


word: Skerry
definition:
Skerry

Sker"ry
(?)
n.
pl. Skerries (#).
[Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. sker, Sw. skär, Dan. ski_;r.  Cf. Scar a bank.]
A rocky isle; an insulated rock.
[Scot.]


word: Sketch
definition:
Sketch

Sketch
(?)
n.
[D. schets, fr. It. schizzo a sketch, a splash (whence also F. esquisse; cf. Esquisse.); cf. It. schizzare to splash, to sketch.]
An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a representation of an object or scene as serves the artist's purpose by recording its chief features; also, a preliminary study for an original work.


word: Sketch₂
definition:
Sketch

Sketch
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sketched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sketching.]
[Cf D. schetsen, It. schizzare. See Sketch, n.]
1.
To draw the outline or chief features of; to make a rought of.

2.
To plan or describe by giving the principal points or ideas of.


word: Sketchiness
definition:
Sketchiness

Sketch"i*ness
n.
The quality or state of being sketchy; lack of finish; incompleteness.


word: Sketchy
definition:
Sketchy

Sketch"y
(?)
a.
Containing only an outline or rough form; being in the manner of a sketch; incomplete.

The execution is sketchy throughout; the head, in particular, is left in the rough.
J. S. Harford.


word: Skew
definition:
Skew

Skew
(?)
adv.
[Cf. D. scheef. Dan. ski_;v, Sw. skef, Icel. skeifr, G. schief, also E. shy, a. & v. i.]
Awry; obliquely; askew.


word: Skew₂
definition:
Skew

Skew
a.
Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases.

Skew arch, an oblique arch. See under Oblique. -- Skew back. (Civil Engin.) (a) The course of masonry, the stone, or the iron plate, having an inclined face, which forms the abutment for the voussoirs of a segmental arch. (b) A plate, cap, or shoe, having an inclined face to receive the nut of a diagonal brace, rod, or the end of an inclined strut, in a truss or frame. -- Skew bridge. See under Bridge, n. -- Skew curve (Geom.), a curve of double curvature, or a twisted curve. See Plane curve, under Curve. -- Skew gearing, or Skew bevel gearing (Mach.), toothed gearing, generally resembling bevel gearing, for connecting two shafts that are neither parallel nor intersecting, and in which the teeth slant across the faces of the gears. -- Skew surface (Geom.), a ruled surface such that in general two successive generating straight lines do not intersect; a warped surface; as, the helicoid is a skew surface. -- Skew symmetrical determinant (Alg.), a determinant in which the elements in each column of the matrix are equal to the elements of the corresponding row of the matrix with the signs changed, as in (1), below.

This requires that the numbers in the diagonal from the upper left to lower right corner be zeros. A like determinant in which the numbers in the diagonal are not zeros is a skew determinant, as in (2), above.


word: Skew₃
definition:
Skew

Skew
(?)
n.
(Arch.)
A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place.


word: Skew₄
definition:
Skew

Skew
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Skewed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Skewing.]
1.
To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.

Child, you must walk straight, without skewing.
L'Estrange.

2.
To start aside; to shy, as a horse.
[Prov. Eng.]

3.
To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
Beau. & Fl.


word: Skew₅
definition:
Skew

Skew
v. t.
[See Skew, adv.]
1.
To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.

2.
To throw or hurl obliquely.


word: Skewbald
definition:
Skewbald

Skew"bald`
(?)
a.
Marked with spots and patches of white and some color other than black; -- usually distinguished from piebald, in which the colors are properly white and black. Said of horses.


word: Skewer
definition:
Skewer

Skew"er
(?)
n.
[Probably of Scand, origin; cf. Sw. & Dan. skifer a slate.  Cf. Shuver a fragment.]
A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting.

Meat well stuck with skewers to make it look round.
Swift.


word: Skewer₂
definition:
Skewer

Skew"er
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Skewered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Skewering.]
To fasten with skewers.


word: Ski
definition:
Ski

Ski
(skē)
n.
pl. skis (skēz)
[Dan. ski; Icel. skīð a billet of wood. See Skid.]
A long, flat, narrow runner made of wood, plastic or metal, curved upwards in front, having a fitting allowing it to be attached to the foot, and used for gliding or sliding over snow.  Commonly used in the plural, to designate the pair.
[Also spelled skee.]


word: Skiagraphy
definition:
Skiagraphy

Skiagraph

Ski"a*graph (?), n. Ski*ag"ra*phy (_;), n., etc.
See Sciagraph, Sciagraphy, etc.


word: Sciascope
definition:
Sciascope

Skiascope

{ Ski"a*scope (?), Sci"a*scope (?), }
n.
[Gr. _; a shadow + -scope.]
(Med.)
A device for determining the refractive state of the eye by observing the movements of the retinal lights and shadows.
Ski*as"co*py (#), Ski*as"co*py (#), n.


word: Skid
definition:
Skid

Skid
(skĭd)
n.
[Icel. skīð a billet of wood. See Shide.]
[Written also skeed.]
1.
A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose.

2.
A piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure.
(a)
pl.
(Naut.)
Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo.
Totten.
(b)
One of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything is moved by sliding or rolling.
(c)
One of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.

3.
(Aeronautics)
A runner (one or two) under some flying machines, used for landing.

4.
A low movable platform for supporting heavy items to be transported, typically of two layers, and having a space between the layers into which the fork of a fork lift can be inserted; it is used to conveniently transport heavy objects by means of a fork lift; -- a skid without wheels is the same as a pallet.

5.
pl.
Declining fortunes; a movement toward defeat or downfall; -- used mostly in the phrase on the skids and hit the skids.

6.
[From the v.]
Act of skidding; -- called also side slip.


word: Skid₂
definition:
Skid

Skid
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Skidded (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Skidding.]
1.
To protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.

2.
To check with a skid, as wagon wheels.
Dickens.

3.
(Forestry)
To haul (logs) to a skid and load on a skidway.


word: Skid₃
definition:
Skid

Skid
v. i.
1.
To slide without rotating; -- said of a wheel held from turning while the vehicle moves onward.

2.
To fail to grip the roadway; specif., to slip sideways on the road; to side-slip; -- said esp. of a cycle or automobile.


word: Skidder
definition:
Skidder

Skid"der
(?)
n.
One that skids; one that uses a skid;
specif.:
(Logging)
(a)
One that skids logs.
(b)
An engine for hauling the cable used in skidding logs.
(c)
The foreman of a construction gang making a skid road.


word: Skid road
definition:
Skid road

Skid road
(Logging)
(a)
A road along which logs are dragged to the skidway or landing; -- called also travois road or travoy road.
(b)
A road having partly sunken transverse logs (called skids) at intervals of about five feet.


word: Skiff
definition:
Skiff

Skiff
(?)
n.
[F. esquif, fr. OHG. skif, G. schiff. See Ship.]
A small, light boat.

The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff.
Milton.

Skiff caterpillar (Zool.), the larva of a moth (Limacodes scapha); -- so called from its peculiar shape.


word: Skiff₂
definition:
Skiff

Skiff
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Skiffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Skiffing.]
To navigate in a skiff.
[R.]


word: Skiffling
definition:
Skiffling

Skif"fling
(?)
n.
(Quarrying)
Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing.


word: Skill
definition:
Skill

Skill
(?)
n.
[Icel. skil a distinction, discernment; akin to skilja to separate, divide, distinguish, Sw. skilja,. skille to separate, skiel reason, right, justice, Sw. skäl reason, Lith. skelli to cleave.  Cf. Shell, Shoal, a multitude.]
1.
Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
[Obs.]
Shak.
skill
Chaucer.

For great skill is, he prove that he wrought.
Chaucer.

2.
Knowledge; understanding.
[Obsoles.]

That by his fellowship he color might
Both his estate and love from skill of any wight.
Spenser.

Nor want we skill or art.
Milton.

3.
The familiar knowledge of any art or science, united with readiness and dexterity in execution or performance, or in the application of the art or science to practical purposes; power to discern and execute; ability to perceive and perform; expertness; aptitude; as, the skill of a mathematician, physician, surgeon, mechanic, etc.

Phocion, . . . by his great wisdom and skill at negotiations, diverted Alexander from the conquest of Athens.
Swift.

Where patience her sweet skill imparts.
Keble.

4.
Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.
[Obs.]

Richard . . . by a thousand princely skills, gathering so much corn as if he meant not to return.
Fuller.

5.
Any particular art.
[Obs.]

Learned in one skill, and in another kind of learning unskillful.
Hooker.


word: Skill₂
definition:
Skill

Skill
(?)
v. t.
To know; to understand.
[Obs.]

To skill the arts of expressing our mind.
Barrow.


word: Skill₃
definition:
Skill

Skill
v. i.
1.
To be knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance.
[Obs.]

I can not skill of these thy ways.
Herbert.

2.
To make a difference; to signify; to matter; -- used impersonally.
Spenser.

What skills it, if a bag of stones or gold
About thy neck do drown thee?
Herbert.

It skills not talking of it.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Skilled
definition:
Skilled

Skilled
(?)
a.
Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry.


word: Skillet
definition:
Skillet

Skil"let
(?)
n.
[OF. escuelette, dim. of escuelle a porringer, F. ecuelle, fr. L. scutella, dim. of scutra, scuta, a dish.  Cf. Scuttle a basket.]
A small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, with a handle, used for culinary purpose, as for stewing meat.


word: Skillful
definition:
Skillful

Skill"ful
(?)
a.
[Written also skilful.]
1.
Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning.
[Obs.]
skillful
Chaucer.

2.
Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic; -- often followed by at, in, or of; as, skillful at the organ; skillful in drawing.

And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skillful of lamentations to wailing.
Amos v. 16.


word: Skilligalee
definition:
Skilligalee

Skil`li*ga*lee"
(skĭl`lĭ*gȧ*lē")
n.
A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army.
[Written also skilligolee, skillygalee, etc.]


word: Skilling
definition:
Skilling

Skil"ling
(skĭl"lĭng)
n.
[Cf. Sheeling.]
A bay of a barn; also, a slight addition to a cottage.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Skilling₂
definition:
Skilling

Skil"ling
n.
[Sw. & Dan. See Shilling.]
A money of account in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and North Germany, and also a coin.  It had various values, from three fourths of a cent in Norway to more than two cents in Lübeck.


word: Skilts
definition:
Skilts

Skilts
(skĭl)
n. pl.
A kind of large, coarse, short trousers formerly worn.
[Local, U. S.]
Bartlett.


word: Skim
definition:
Skim

Skim
(skĭm)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Skimmed (skĭmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Skimming.]
[Cf. Sw. skymma to darken. √158. See Scum.]
1.
To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.

2.
To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.

3.
To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.

Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the ocean.
Hazlitt.

4.
Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper.


word: Skim₂
definition:
Skim

Skim
v. i.
1.
To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.

Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain,
Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Pope.

2.
To hasten along with superficial attention.

They skim over a science in a very superficial survey.
I. Watts.

3.
To put on the finishing coat of plaster.


word: Skim₃
definition:
Skim

Skim
a.
Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.

Skim coat, the final or finishing coat of plaster. -- Skim colter, a colter for paring off the surface of land. -- Skim milk, skimmed milk; milk from which the cream has been taken.


word: Skimble-scamble
definition:
Skimble-scamble

Skim"ble-scam`ble
(?)
a.
[A reduplication of scamble.]
Rambling; disorderly; unconnected.
[Colloq.]

Such a deal of skimble-scamble stuff.
Shak.


word: Skimmer
definition:
Skimmer

Skim"mer
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, skims; esp., a utensil with which liquids are skimmed.

2.
(Zool.)
Any species of longwinged marine birds of the genus Rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the lower mandible compressed and much longer than the upper one.  These birds fly rapidly along the surface of the water, with the lower mandible immersed, thus skimming out small fishes. The American species (Rhynchops nigra) is common on the southern coasts of the United States. Called also scissorbill, and shearbill.

3.
(Zool.)
Any one of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, as the sea clams, and large scallops.


word: Skimming
definition:
Skimming

Skim"ming
(?)
n.
1.
The act of one who skims.

2.
That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; -- chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth.


word: Skimmington
definition:
Skimmington

Skim"ming*ton
(?)
n.
[Etymol. uncertain. Perhaps the name of some notorius scold.]
A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England.


word: Skimp
definition:
Skimp

Skimp
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Skimped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Skimping.]
[Cf. Skinch, Scamp, v. t.]
1.
To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]

2.
To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]


word: Skin
definition:
Skin

Skin
(?)
n.
[Icel. skinn; akin to Sw. skinn, Dan. skind, AS. scinn, G. schined to skin.]
1.
(Anat.)
The external membranous integument of an animal.

&hand_; In man, and the vertebrates generally, the skin consist of two layers, an outer nonsensitive and nonvascular epidermis, cuticle, or skarfskin, composed of cells which are constantly growing and multiplying in the deeper, and being thrown off in the superficial, layers; and an inner sensitive, and vascular dermis, cutis, corium, or true skin, composed mostly of connective tissue.

2.
The hide of an animal, separated from the body, whether green, dry, or tanned; especially, that of a small animal, as a calf, sheep, or goat.

3.
A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. See Bottle, 1.
Skins
Tennyson.

4.
The bark or husk of a plant or fruit; the exterior coat of fruits and plants.

5.
(Naut.)
(a)
That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
Totten.
(b)
The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.

Skin friction, Skin resistance (Naut.), the friction, or resistance, caused by the tendency of water to adhere to the immersed surface (skin) of a vessel. -- Skin graft (Surg.), a small portion of skin used in the process of grafting. See Graft, v. t., 2. -- Skin moth (Zool.), any insect which destroys the prepared skins of animals, especially the larva of Dermestes and Anthrenus. -- Skin of the teeth, nothing, or next to nothing; the least possible hold or advantage. Job xix. 20. -- Skin wool, wool taken from dead sheep.


word: Skin₂
definition:
Skin

Skin
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Skinned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Skinning.]
1.
To strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal.

2.
To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially.

It will but skin and film the ulcerous place.
Shak.

3.
To strip of money or property; to cheat.
[Slang]


word: Skin₃
definition:
Skin

Skin
v. i.
1.
To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.

2.
To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memeoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
[College Cant, U.S.]


word: Skinbound
definition:
Skinbound

Skin"bound`
(?)
a.
Having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh; hidebound.

Skinbound disease. (Med.) See Sclerema neonatorum, under Sclerema.


word: Skinch
definition:
Skinch

Skinch
(?)
v. t. & i.
[imp. & p. p. Skinched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Skinching.]
[Cf. Scant.]
To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.
[Prev. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]


word: Skinflint
definition:
Skinflint

Skin"flint`
(?)
n.
[Skin + flint.]
A penurious person; a miser; a niggard.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Skink
definition:
Skink

Skink
(?)
n.
[L. scincus, Gr. _;_;_;_;.]
[Written also scink.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family Scincidae, common in the warmer parts of all the continents.

&hand_; The officinal skink (Scincus officinalis) inhabits the sandy plains of South Africa. It was believed by the ancients to be a specific for various diseases. A common slender species (Seps tridactylus) of Southern Europe was formerly believed to produce fatal diseases in cattle by mere contact. The American skinks include numerous species of the genus Eumeces, as the blue-tailed skink (Eumeces fasciatus) of the Eastern United States. The ground skink, or ground lizard (Oligosoma laterale) inhabits the Southern United States.


word: Skink₂
definition:
Skink

Skink
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Skinked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Skinking.]
[Icel. skenja; akin to Sw. skäka, Dan. skienke, AS.  scencan, D. & G. schenken. As. scencan is usually derived from sceonc, sceanc, shank, a hollow bone being supposed to have been used to draw off liquor from a cask. √161. See Shank, and cf. Nunchion.]
To draw or serve, as drink.
[Obs.]

Bacchus the wine them skinketh all about.
Chaucer.

Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove.
Shirley.


word: Skinny
definition:
Skinny

Skin"ny
(?)
a.
Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh.
skinny
Shak.

He holds him with a skinny hand.
Coleridge.


word: Skip
definition:
Skip

Skip
(?)
n.
[See Skep.]
1.
A basket. See Skep.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

2.
A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.

3.
(Mining)
An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.

4.
(Sugar Manuf.)
A charge of sirup in the pans.

5.
A beehive; a skep.


word: Skip₂
definition:
Skip

Skip
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Skipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Skipping.]
[OE. skippen, of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skopa run, skoppa to spin like a top, OSw. & dial. Sw. skimmpa to run, skimpa, skompa, to hop, skip; or Ir. sgiob to snatch, Gael. sgiab to start or move suddenly, to snatch, W. ysgipio to snatch.]
1.
To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.

The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day,
Had he thy reason, would he skip and play?
Pope.

So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically.
Hawthorne.

2.
Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over.


word: Skip₃
definition:
Skip

Skip
v. t.
1.
To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.

2.
To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson.

They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters.
Bp. Burnet.

3.
To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone.
[Colloq.]


word: Skip₄
definition:
Skip

Skip
n.
1.
A light leap or bound.

2.
The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.

3.
(Mus.)
A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
Busby.

Skip kennel, a lackey; a footboy. [Slang.] Swift. -- Skip mackerel. (Zool.) See Bluefish, 1.


word: Skipjack
definition:
Skipjack

Skip"jack`
(?)
n.
1.
An upstart.
[Obs.]
Ford.

2.
(Zool.)
An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.

3.
(Zool.)
A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc.

4.
(Naut.)
A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.


word: Skipper
definition:
Skipper

Skip"per
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, skips.

2.
A young, thoughtless person.
Shak.

3.
(Zool.)
The saury (Scomberesox saurus).

4.
The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.

5.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.


word: Skipper₂
definition:
Skipper

Skip"per
n.
[D. schipper. See Shipper, and Ship.]
1.
(Naut.)
The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.

2.
A ship boy.
[Obs.]
Congreve.


word: Skippet
definition:
Skippet

Skip"pet
(?)
n.
[Cf. Icel. skip, E. skipper. See Ship.]
1.
A small boat; a skiff.
[Obs.]

A little skippet floating did appear.
Spenser.

2.
A small round box for keeping records.
[Obs.]


word: Skirl
definition:
Skirl

Skirl
(?)
v. t. & i.
[Of Scand. origin, and originally the same word as E. shrill.]
To utter in a shrill tone; to scream.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]


word: Skirlcock
definition:
Skirlcock

Skirl"cock`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The missel thrush; -- so called from its harsh alarm note.
[Prev. Eng.]


word: Skirling
definition:
Skirling

Skirl"ing
n.
A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.

When the skirling of the pipes cleft the air his cold eyes softened.
Mrs. J. H. Ewing.


word: Skirmish
definition:
Skirmish

Skir"mish
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Skirmished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Skirmishing.]
[OE. skirmishen, scarmishen, OF. escremir, eskermir, to fence, fight, F. escrimer, of German origin; cf. OHG. scirmen to protect, defend, G. schirmen, OHG. scirm, scerm, protection, shield, G. schirm; perhaps akin to Gr. _;_;_;_; a sunshade.  Cf. Scaramouch, Scrimmage.]
To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers.


word: Skirmish₂
definition:
Skirmish

Skir"mish
n.
[OE. scarmishe, scrymishe. See Skirmish, v. i.]
1.
A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops.

2.
A slight contest.

They never meet but there's a skirmish of wit.
Shak.


word: Skirmisher
definition:
Skirmisher

Skir"mish*er
(?)
n.
One who skirmishes.
pl.
(Mil.)
Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column.


word: Skirr
definition:
Skirr

Skirr
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. Scur, Scurry.]
To ramble over in order to clear; to scour.
[Archaic]
Shak.


word: Skirret
definition:
Skirret

Skir"ret
(?)
n.
[A corrupted form equivalent to sugarwort.]
(Bot.)
An umbelliferous plant (Sium Sisarum syn. Pimpinella Sisarum).  It is a native of Asia, but has been long cultivated in Europe for its edible clustered tuberous roots, which are very sweet.


word: Skirt
definition:
Skirt

Skirt
(?)
n.
[OE. skyrt, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. skyrta a shirt, Sw. skört a skirt, skjorta a shirt. See Shirt.]
1.
The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.

2.
A loose edging to any part of a dress.
[Obs.]

A narrow lace, or a small skirt of ruffled linen, which runs along the upper part of the stays before, and crosses the breast, being a part of the tucker, is called the modesty piece.
Addison.

3.
Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything
skirts
Shak.

4.
A petticoat.

5.
The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
Dunglison.


word: Skirt₂
definition:
Skirt

Skirt
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Skirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Skirting.]
1.
To cover with a skirt; to surround.

Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold.
Milton.

2.
To border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.
skirts
Tennyson.


word: Skirt₃
definition:
Skirt

Skirt
v. t.
To be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.

Savages . . . who skirt along our western frontiers.
S. S. Smith.


word: Skirting
definition:
Skirting

Skirt"ing
n.
1.
(Arch.)
A skirting board.
[R.]

2.
Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts.

Skirting board, the board running around a room on the wall next the floor; baseboard.


word: Skit
definition:
Skit

Skit
(?)
v. t.
[Prov. E. skitto slide, as adj., hasty, precipitate, of Scand. origin, and akin to E. shoot, v.t.; cf. Icel. skyti, skytja, skytta, a marksman, shooter, skj&omacrta to shoot, skūta a taunt. √159. See Shoot.]
To cast reflections on; to asperse.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Crose.


word: Skit₂
definition:
Skit

Skit
n.
1.
A reflection; a jeer or gibe; a sally; a brief satire; a squib.
Tooke.

A similar vein satire upon the emptiness of writers is given in his “Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Human Mind;” but that is a mere skit compared with this strange performance.
Leslie Stephen.

2.
A wanton girl; a light wench.
[Obs.]

3.
A short theatrical presentation, often comical or satirical.  Comical skits are sometimes presented by amateur or ad hoc groups at parties, dinners, or other social gatherings.


word: Skitter
definition:
Skitter

Skit"ter
(?)
v. t.
[Cf. Skit, v. t.]
To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip.
The angler, standing in the bow, 'skitters' or skips the spoon over the surface.
James A. Henshall.


word: Skitter₂
definition:
Skitter

Skit"ter
v. i.
To pass or glide lightly or with quick touches at intervals; to skip; to skim.
Some kinds of ducks in lighting strike the water with their tails first, and skitter along the surface for a feet before settling down.
T. Roosevelt.


word: Skittish
definition:
Skittish

Skit"tish
(?)
a.
[See Skit, v. t.]
1.
Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt.
skittish
L'Estrange.

2.
Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle.
Skittish
Shak.


word: Skittle
definition:
Skittle

Skit"tle
(?)
a.
Pertaining to the game of skittles.

Skittle alley, an alley or court in which the game of skittles is played. -- Skittle ball, a disk or flattish ball of wood for throwing at the pins in the game of skittles.


word: Skittles
definition:
Skittles

Skit"tles
(?)
n. pl.
[Of Scand. origin. √159. See Shoot, v. t., and cf. Shuttle, Skit, v. t.]
An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins.


word: Skitty
definition:
Skitty

Skit"ty
(?)
n.
[Cf. Skittish.]
(Zool.)
A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skitty coot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and the moor hen.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Skive
definition:
Skive

Skive
(?)
n.
[Cf. Icel. skīfa a shaving, slice, E. shive, sheave.]
The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.


word: Skiver
definition:
Skiver

Skiv"er
(?)
n.
[Cf. Skewer, Shiver a fragment.]
1.
An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed. It is used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.

2.
The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins, as sheepskins.


word: Skiving
definition:
Skiving

Ski"ving
(?)
n.
1.
The act of paring or splitting leather or skins.

2.
A piece made in paring or splitting leather; specifically, the part from the inner, or flesh, side.


word: Skopje
definition:
Skopje

Skop"je
(?)
prop. n.
The capital city of the Republic of Macedonia, population 448,229.
     Skopje is modern city, but it is at the same time an ancient city with deep roots in the past and with a rich history.  During the Roman period it was known under the name of Scupi. Later the town acquired its Slav name of Skopje.  Skopje experienced a swift development after World War II. This trend was interrupted in 1963 when it was hit by a disastrous eartquake. Thanks  to the solidarity of the whole world, Skopje was quickly renewed and rebuilt. Today Skopje is the political, economic, cultural and academic center of Macedonia (he Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.  See also Macedonia{2}.
Goce Vasilevski


word: Skua
definition:
Skua

Sku"a
(?)
n.
[Icel. sk_;fr, sk_;mr.]
(Zool.)
Any jager gull; especially, the Megalestris skua; -- called also boatswain.


word: Skulk
definition:
Skulk

Skulk
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Skulked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Skulking.]
[Of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. skulke to spare or save one's self, to play the truant, Sw. skolka to be at leisure, to shirk, Icel. skolla.  Cf. Scowl.]
To hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner; to lie close, or to move in a furtive way; to lurk.
skulks
W. C. Bryant.

Discovered and defeated of your prey,
You skulked behind the fence, and sneaked away.
Dryden.


word: Skulk₂
definition:
Skulk

Skulk
n.
[Cf. Icel. skollr, skolli, a fox, and E. skulk, v.i.]
A number of foxes together.
Wright.


word: Skull
definition:
Skull

Skull
(?)
n.
[See School a multitude.]
A school, company, or shoal.
[Obs.]

A knavish skull of boys and girls did pelt at him.
Warner.

These fishes enter in great flotes and skulls.
Holland.


word: Skull₂
definition:
Skull

Skull
n.
[OE. skulle, sculle, scolle; akin to Scot. skull, skoll, a bowl, Sw. skalle skull, skal a shell, and E. scale; cf. G. hirnschale, Dan. hierneskal.  Cf. Scale of a balance.]
1.
(Anat.)
The skeleton of the head of a vertebrate animal, including the brain case, or cranium, and the bones and cartilages of the face and mouth. See Illusts. of Carnivora, of Facial angles under Facial, and of Skeleton, in Appendix.

&hand_; In many fishes the skull is almost wholly cartilaginous but in the higher vertebrates it is more or less completely ossified, several bones are developed in the face, and the cranium is made up, wholly or partially, of bony plates arranged in three segments, the frontal, parietal, and occipital, and usually closely united in the adult.

2.
The head or brain; the seat of intelligence; mind.

Skulls that can not teach, and will not learn.
Cowper.

3.
A covering for the head; a skullcap.
[Obs. & R.]

Let me put on my skull first.
Beau. & Fl.

4.
A sort of oar. See Scull.

Skull and crossbones, a symbol of death. See Crossbones.


word: Skullcap
definition:
Skullcap

Skull"cap`
(?)
n.
1.
A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection.

2.
(Bot.)
Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised.

3.
(Zool.)
The Lophiomys.

Mad-dog skullcap (Bot.), an American herb (Scetellaria lateriflora) formerly prescribed as a cure for hydrophobia.


word: Skunk
definition:
Skunk

Skunk
(?)
n.
[Contr. from the Abenaki (American Indian) seganku.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense.

&hand_; The common species of the Eastern United States (Mephitis mephitica) is black with more or less white on the body and tail. The spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius), native of the Southwestern United States and Mexico, is smaller than the common skunk, and is variously marked with black and white.

Skunk bird, Skunk blackbird (Zool.), the bobolink; -- so called because the male, in the breeding season, is black and white, like a skunk. -- Skunk cabbage (Bot.), an American aroid herb (Symplocarpus fœtidus) having a reddish hornlike spathe in earliest spring, followed by a cluster of large cabbagelike leaves. It exhales a disagreeable odor. Also called swamp cabbage. -- Skunk porpoise. (Zool.) See under Porpoise.


word: Skunk₂
definition:
Skunk

Skunk
v. t.
In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king.
[Colloq. U. S.]


word: Skunkhead
definition:
Skunkhead

Skunk"head`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
(a)
The surf duck.
(b)
A duck (Camptolaimus Labradorus) which formerly inhabited the Atlantic coast of New England. It is now supposed to be extinct. Called also Labrador duck, and pied duck.


word: Skute
definition:
Skute

Skute
(?)
n.
[Icel. sk_;ta; akin to Sw. skuta, Dan. skude, D. schuit, Lg. schüte, and E. schoot, v.t.]
A boat; a small vessel.
[Obs.]
Sir R. Williams.


word: Skutterudite
definition:
Skutterudite

Skut"ter*ud*ite
(?)
n.
[From Skutterud, in Norway, whence it is obtained.]
(Min.)
A mineral of a bright metallic luster and tin-white to pale lead-gray color. It consists of arsenic and cobalt.


word: Sky
definition:
Sky

Sky
(skī)
n.
pl. Skies (skīz).
[OE. skie a cloud, Icel. sk&ymacr_;; akin to Sw. & Dan. sky; cf. AS. scūa, scūwa, shadow, Icel. skuggi; probably from the same root as E. scum. √158. See Scum, and cf. Hide skin, Obscure.]
1.
A cloud.
[Obs.]

[A wind] that blew so hideously and high,
That it ne lefte not a sky
In all the welkin long and broad.
Chaucer.

2.
Hence, a shadow.
[Obs.]

She passeth as it were a sky.
Gower.

3.
The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; -- sometimes in the plural.

The Norweyan banners flout the sky.
Shak.

4.
The wheather; the climate.

Thou wert better in thy grave than to answer with thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies.
Shak.

&hand_; Sky is often used adjectively or in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sky color, skylight, sky-aspiring, sky-born, sky-pointing, sky-roofed, etc.

Sky blue, an azure color. -- Sky scraper (Naut.), a skysail of a triangular form. Totten. -- Under open sky, out of doors. “Under open sky adored.” Milton.


word: Sky₂
definition:
Sky

Sky
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Skied (?) or Skyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Skying (?).]
1.
To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it can not be well seen.
[Colloq.]

Brother Academicians who skied his pictures.
The Century.

2.
To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket.
[Colloq.]


word: Sky-blue
definition:
Sky-blue

Sky"-blue
(?)
a.
Having the blue color of the sky; azure; as, a sky-blue stone.
Wordsworth.


word: Skyey
definition:
Skyey

Sky"ey
(?)
a.
Like the sky; ethereal; being in the sky.
Skyey
Thackeray.

Sublime on the towers of my skyey bowers,
Lightning, my pilot, sits.
Shelley.


word: Skylark
definition:
Skylark

Sky"lark`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A lark that mounts and sings as it files, especially the common species (Alauda arvensis) found in Europe and in some parts of Asia, and celebrated for its melodious song; -- called also sky laverock. See under Lark.

&hand_; The Australian skylark (Cincloramphus cantillans) is a pipit which has the habit of ascending perpendicularly like a skylark, but it lacks the song of a true lark.  The Missouri skylark is a pipit (Anthus Spraguei) of the Western United States, resembling the skylark in habit and song.


word: Skylarking
definition:
Skylarking

Sky"lark"ing
n.
The act of running about the rigging of a vessel in sport; hence, frolicking; scuffing; sporting; carousing.
[Colloq.]


word: Skylight
definition:
Skylight

Sky"light`
(?)
n.
A window placed in the roof of a building, in the ceiling of a room, or in the deck of a ship, for the admission of light from above.


word: skyrocket
definition:
skyrocket

sky"rock`et
(skī"r&obreve_;k`ĕt)
n.
A rocket that ascends high and burns as it flies; a species of fireworks.


word: skyrocket₂
definition:
skyrocket

sky"rock`et
(skī"r&obreve_;k`ĕt)
v. i.
To rise rapidly; -- usually used figuratively, as of prices.


word: Skyscraper
definition:
Skyscraper

Sky"scrap`er
(?)
n.
(a)
(Naut.)
A skysail of a triangular form.
[Rare]
A name for the one of the fancy sails alleged to have been sometimes set above the skysail.
[Obs.]
(b)
A very tall building, especially one over 20 stories high.
(c)
Hence, anything usually large, high, or excessive.
[Slang or Colloq.]


word: Slab
definition:
Slab

Slab
(?)
n.
[OE. slabbe, of uncertain origin; perhaps originally meaning, a smooth piece, and akin to slape, Icel. sleipr slippery, and E. slip, v. i.]
1.
A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces.
Gwilt.

2.
An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc.

3.
(Zool.)
The wryneck.
[Prov. Eng.]

4.
(Naut.)
The slack part of a sail.

Slab line (Naut.), a line or small rope by which seamen haul up the foot of the mainsail or foresail. Totten.


word: Slab₂
definition:
Slab

Slab
a.
[Cf. Gael. & Ir. slaib mud, mire left on a river strand, and E. slop puddle.]
Thick; viscous.
[Obs.]

Make the gruel thick and slab.
Shak.


word: Slabber
definition:
Slabber

Slab"ber
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Slabbered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slabbering.]
[OE. slaberen; akin to LG. & D. slabbern, G. schlabbern, LG. & D. slabben, G. schlabben, Icel. slafra.  Cf. Slaver, Slobber, Slubber.]
To let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly, like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool.
[Written also slaver, and slobber.]


word: Slabber₂
definition:
Slabber

Slab"ber
v. t.
1.
To wet and foul spittle, or as if with spittle.

He slabbered me over, from cheek to cheek, with his great tongue.
Arbuthnot.

2.
To spill liquid upon; to smear carelessly; to spill, as liquid foed or drink, in careless eating or drinking.

The milk pan and cream pot so slabbered and tost
That butter is wanting and cheese is half lost.
Tusser.


word: Slabber₄
definition:
Slabber

Slab"ber
(?)
n.
[See 1st Slab.]
(Mach.)
(a)
A saw for cutting slabs from logs.
(b)
A slabbing machine.


word: Slabbing
definition:
Slabbing

Slab"bing
(?)
a.
[See 1st Slab.]
Adapted for forming slabs, or for dressing flat surfaces.

Slabbing machine, a milling machine.


word: Slabby
definition:
Slabby

Slab"by
(?)
a.
[Compar. Slabbier (?); superl. Slabbiest.]
[See Slab, a.]
1.
Thick; viscous.

They present you with a cup, and you must drink of a slabby stuff.
Selden.

2.
Sloppy; slimy; miry. See Sloppy.
Gay.


word: Slack₂
definition:
Slack

Slack
n.
[Icel. slakki a slope on a mountain edge.]
A valley, or small, shallow dell.
[Prov. Eng.]
Grose.


word: Slack₃
definition:
Slack

Slack
a.
[Compar. Slacker (?); superl. Slackest.]
[OE. slak, AS. sleac; akin to OS. slak, OHG. slah, Prov. G. schlack, Icel. slakr, Sw. slak; cf. Skr. s&rsdot_;j to let loose, to throw.  Cf. Slake.]
Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.

2.
Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.
Milton.

3.
Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness.
2 Pet. iii. 9.

4.
Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack.
slack
Chaucer.

C_;sar . . . about sunset, hoisting sail with a slack southwest, at midnight was becalmed.
Milton.

Slack in stays (Naut.), slow in going about, as a ship. -- Slack water, the time when the tide runs slowly, or the water is at rest; or the interval between the flux and reflux of the tide. -- Slack-water navigation, navigation in a stream the depth of which has been increased, and the current diminished, by a dam or dams.


word: Slack₅
definition:
Slack

Slack
n.
The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.


word: Slacken
definition:
Slacken

Slack

{ Slack (?), Slack"en (?), }
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Slacked (?), Slackened (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Slacking, Slackening.]
[See Slack, a.]
1.
To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.

2.
To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.

3.
To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.

4.
To abate; to become less violent.

Whence these raging fires
Will slacken, if his breath stir not their flames.
Milton.

5.
To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.

6.
To languish; to fail; to flag.

7.
To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.
[Obs.]

That through your death your lineage should slack.
Chaucer.

They will not of that firste purpose slack.
Chaucer.


word: Slacken₂
definition:
Slacken

Slack

{ Slack, Slack"en, }
v. t.
1.
To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.
Wycklif (Acts xxvii. 40)

2.
To neglect; to be remiss in.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Slack not the pressage.
Dryden.

3.
To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.

4.
To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.
slack
Chaucer.

I should be grieved, young prince, to think my presence
Unbent your thoughts, and slackened 'em to arms.
Addison.

In this business of growing rich, poor men should slack their pace.
South.

With such delay
Well plased, they slack their course.
Milton.

5.
To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.

To respite, or deceive, or slack thy pain
Of this ill mansion.
Milton.

Air-slacked lime, lime slacked by exposure to the air, in consequence of the absorption of carton dioxide and water, by which it is converted into carbonate of lime and hydrate of lime.


word: Slacken₃
definition:
Slacken

Slack"en
(?)
n.
(Metal.)
A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.
[Written also slakin.]


word: Slade
definition:
Slade

Slade
(?)
n.
[AS. sl_;d.]
1.
A little dell or valley; a flat piece of low, moist ground.
[Obs.]
Drayton.

2.
The sole of a plow.


word: Slag
definition:
Slag

Slag
(slăg)
n.
[Sw. slagg, or LG. slacke, whence G. schlacke; originally, perhaps, the splinters struck off from the metal by hammering. See Slay, v. t.]
1.
The dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders.

2.
The scoria of a volcano.

3.
(Metal.)
A product of smelting, containing, mostly as silicates, the substances not sought to be produced as matte or metal, and having a lower specific gravity than the latter; -- called also, esp. in iron smelting, cinder. The slag of iron blast furnaces is essentially silicate of calcium, magnesium, and aluminium; that of lead and copper smelting furnaces contains iron.

Slag furnace, or Slag hearth (Metal.), a furnace, or hearth, for extracting lead from slags or poor ore. -- Slag wool, mineral wool. See under Mineral.


word: Slag₂
definition:
Slag

Slag
v. i. & t.
[imp. & p. p. Slagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slagging.]
(Metal.)
To form, or form into, a slag; to agglomerate when heated below the fusion point.


word: Slake
definition:
Slake

Slake
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Slaked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slaking.]
[OE. slaken to render slack, to slake, AS. sleacian, fr. sleac slack. See Slack, v. & a.]
1.
To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.
slake
Spenser.

It could not slake mine ire nor ease my heart.
Shak.

2.
To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.


word: Slake₂
definition:
Slake

Slake
v. i.
1.
To go out; to become extinct.
slake
Sir T. Browne.

2.
To abate; to become less decided.
[R.]
Shak.

3.
To slacken; to become relaxed.
slake
[R.]
Sir J. Davies.

4.
To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime slakes.

Slake trough, a trough containing water in which a blacksmith cools a forging or tool.


word: Slam
definition:
Slam

Slam
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Slammed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slamming.]
[Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. slamra, slambra, sl_;ma, Norw. slemba, slemma, dial. Sw. slämma.]
1.
To shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.

2.
To put in or on some place with force and loud noise; -- usually with down; as, to slam a trunk down on the pavement.

3.
To strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat or cuff.
[Prov. Eng.]

4.
To strike down; to slaughter.
[Prov. Eng.]

5.
To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.
Hoyle.

To slam to, to shut or close with a slam. “He slammed to the door.” W. D. Howells.


word: Slam₂
definition:
Slam

Slam
v. i.
To come or swing against something, or to shut, with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise; as, a door or shutter slams.


word: Slam₃
definition:
Slam

Slam
n.
1.
The act of one who, or that which, slams.

2.
The shock and noise produced in slamming.

The slam and the scowl were lost upon Sam.
Dickens.

3.
(Card Playing)
Winning all the tricks of a deal (called, in bridge, grand slam, the winning of all but one of the thirteen tricks being called a little slam or small slam).

4.
The refuse of alum works.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Slammerkin
definition:
Slammerkin

Slamkin

{ Slam"kin (?), Slam"mer*kin (?), }
n.
[Cf. G. schlampe, schlamp, dim. schlämpchen; schlampen to dangle, to be slovenly in one's dress.]
A slut; a slatternly woman.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]


word: Slander
definition:
Slander

Slan"der
(?)
n.
[OE. sclandere, OF. esclandre, esclandle, escandre, F. esclandre, fr. L. scandalum, Gr. _;_;_; a snare, stumbling block, offense, scandal; probably originally, the spring of a trap, and akin to Skr. skand to spring, leap. See Scan, and cf. Scandal.]
1.
A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another.

Whether we speak evil of a man to his face or behind his back; the former way, indeed, seems to be the most generous, but yet is a great fault, and that which we call “reviling;” the latter is more mean and base, and that which we properly call “slander”, or “Backbiting.”
Tillotson.

[We] make the careful magistrate
The mark of slander.
B. Jonson.

2.
Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium.

Thou slander of thy mother's heavy womb.
Shak.

3.
(Law)
Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation.
Burril.


word: Slander₂
definition:
Slander

Slan"der
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Slandered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slandering.]
1.
To defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate.

O, do not slander him, for he is kind.
Shak.

2.
To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.

Tax not so bad a voice
To slander music any more than once.
Shak.


word: Slanderous
definition:
Slanderous

Slan"der*ous
(?)
a.
1.
Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander.
Slanderous
Shak.

2.
Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches, or reports.


word: Slang₄
definition:
Slang

Slang
n.
[Said to be of Gypsy origin; but probably from Scand., and akin to E. sling; cf. Norw. sleng a slinging, an invention, device, slengja to sling, to cast, slengja kjeften (literally, to sling the jaw) to use abusive language, to use slang, slenjeord (ord = word) an insulting word, a new word that has no just reason for being.]
Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.


word: Slang₅
definition:
Slang

Slang
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Slanged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slanging.]
To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.
[Colloq.]

Every gentleman abused by a cabman or slanged by a bargee was bound there and then to take off his coat and challenge him to fisticuffs.
London Spectator.


word: Slang-whanger
definition:
Slang-whanger

Slang"-whang`er
(?)
n.
[Slang + whang to beat.]
One who uses abusive slang; a ranting partisan.
[Colloq. or Humorous]
W. Irving.


word: Slangy
definition:
Slangy

Slang"y
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to slang; of the nature of slang; disposed to use slang.
[Written also slangey.]


word: Slant
definition:
Slant

Slant
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Slanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Slanting.]
[OE. slenten to slope, slide; cf. Sw. slinta to slide.]
To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.

On the side of younder slanting hill.
Dodsley.


word: Slant₂
definition:
Slant

Slant
v. t.
To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.


word: Slant₃
definition:
Slant

Slant
n.
1.
A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.

2.
An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.

Slant or wind, a local variation of the wind from its general direction.


word: Slant₄
definition:
Slant

Slant
a.
[Cf. dial. Sw. slant. See Slant, v. i.]
Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique.
slant
Milton.


word: Slantly
definition:
Slantly

Slantwise

{ Slant"wise` (?), Slant"ly  }
adv.
In an inclined direction; obliquely; slopingly.


word: Slap
definition:
Slap

Slap
(?)
n.
[OE. slappe; akin to LG. slappe, G. schlappe; probably of imitative origin.]
A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad.


word: Slap₂
definition:
Slap

Slap
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Slapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slapping.]
To strike with the open hand, or with something broad.


word: Slap₃
definition:
Slap

Slap
adv.
[Cf. LG. slap, G. schlapp. See Slap, n.]
With a sudden and violent blow; hence, quickly; instantly; directly.
[Colloq.]
slap
Thackeray.


word: Slapdash
definition:
Slapdash

Slap"dash`
(?)
adv.
[Slap + dash.]
1.
In a bold, careless manner; at random.
[Colloq.]

2.
With a slap; all at once; slap.
[Colloq.]
Prior.


word: Slapdash₂
definition:
Slapdash

Slap"dash`
v. t.
To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast; as, to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall, or to slapdash a wall.
[Colloq.]
Halliwell.


word: Slape
definition:
Slape

Slape
(?)
a.
[Icel. sleipr slippery; akin to E. slip.]
Slippery; smooth; crafty; hypocritical.
[Prov. Eng.]

Slape ale, plain ale, as opposed to medicated or mixed ale. [Prov. Eng.]


word: Slapjack
definition:
Slapjack

Slap"jack`
(?)
n.
A flat batter cake cooked on a griddle; a flapjack; a griddlecake.
[Local, U.S.]


word: Slapper
definition:
Slapper

Slap"per
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, slaps.

2.
Anything monstrous; a whopper.
[Slang]
Grose.


word: Slash
definition:
Slash

Slash
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Slashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slashing.]
[OE. slaschen, of uncertain origin; cf. OF. esclachier to break, esclechier, esclichier, to break, and E. slate, slice, slit, v. t.]
1.
To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

2.
To lash; to ply the whip to.
[R.]
King.

3.
To crack or snap, as a whip.
[R.]
Dr. H. More.


word: Slash₂
definition:
Slash

Slash
v. i.
To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly.

Hewing and slashing at their idle shades.
Spenser.


word: Slash₃
definition:
Slash

Slash
n.
1.
A long cut; a cut made at random.

2.
A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.

3.
[Cf. Slashy.]
pl.
Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes.
[Local, U.S.]
Bartlett.

4.
A opening or gap in a forest made by wind, fire, or other destructive agency.
We passed over the  shoulder of a ridge and around the edge of a fire slash, and then we had the mountain fairly before us.
Henry Van Dyke.


word: Slashed
definition:
Slashed

Slashed
(?)
a.
1.
Marked or cut with a slash or slashes; deeply gashed; especially, having long, narrow openings, as a sleeve or other part of a garment, to show rich lining or under vesture.

A gray jerkin, with scarlet and slashed sleeves.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
(Bot.)
Divided into many narrow parts or segments by sharp incisions; laciniate.


word: Slash pine
definition:
Slash pine

Slash" pine"
(?)
(Bot.)
A kind of pine tree (Pinus Cubensis) found in Southern Florida and the West Indies; -- so called because it grows in “slashes.”


word: Slashy
definition:
Slashy

Slash"y
(?)
a.
[Cf. Sw. slaska to dabble in water.  Cf. Slush.]
Wet and dirty; slushy.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Slat
definition:
Slat

Slat
(?)
n.
[CF. Slot a bar.]
A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats of a window blind.


word: Slat₂
definition:
Slat

Slat
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Slatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Slatting.]
[OE. slatten; cf. Icel. sletta to slap, to dab.]
1.
To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]

How did you kill him?
Slat[t]ed his brains out.
Marston.

2.
To split; to crack.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

3.
To set on; to incite. See 3d Slate.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Slatch
definition:
Slatch

Slatch
(slăch)
n.
[See Slack.]
(Naut.)
(a)
The period of a transitory breeze.
(b)
An interval of fair weather.
(c)
The loose or slack part of a rope; slack.


word: Slate
definition:
Slate

Slate
(slāt)
n.
[OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a shiver, splinter, F. éclat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to chip, F. éclater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split, fr. slīzan to slit, G. schleissen. See Slit, v. t., and cf. Eclat.]
1.
(Min.)
An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.

2.
Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.

3.
A prepared piece of such stone.
(a)
A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc.
(b)
A tablet for writing upon.

4.
An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes.

5.
A thin plate of any material; a flake.
[Obs.]

6.
(Politics)
A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand.
[Cant, U.S.]
Bartlett.

Adhesive slate (Min.), a kind of slate of a greenish gray color, which absorbs water rapidly, and adheres to the tongue; whence the name. -- Aluminous slate, or Alum slate (Min.), a kind of slate containing sulphate of alumina, -- used in the manufacture of alum. -- Bituminous slate (Min.), a soft species of sectile clay slate, impregnated with bitumen. -- Hornblende slate (Min.), a slaty rock, consisting essentially of hornblende and feldspar, useful for flagging on account of its toughness. -- Slate ax or Slate axe, a mattock with an ax end, used in shaping slates for roofs, and making holes in them for the nails. -- Slate clay (Geol.), an indurated clay, forming one of the alternating beds of the coal measures, consisting of an infusible compound of alumina and silica, and often used for making fire bricks. Tomlinson. -- Slate globe, a globe the surface of which is made of an artificial slatelike material. -- Slate pencil, a pencil of slate, or of soapstone, used for writing on a slate. -- Slate rocks (Min.), rocks which split into thin laminae, not necessarily parallel to the stratification; foliated rocks. -- Slate spar (Min.), a variety of calcite of silvery white luster and of a slaty structure. -- Transparent slate, a plate of translucent material, as ground glass, upon which a copy of a picture, placed beneath it, can be made by tracing.


word: Slate₂
definition:
Slate

Slate
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Slated; p. pr. & vb. n. Slating.]
1.
To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe.

2.
To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment.
[Polit. Cant]


word: Slate₃
definition:
Slate

Slate
v. t.
[Cf. AS. sl&aemacr_;ting a privilege of hunting.]
To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
[Written also slete.]
Ray.


word: Slater₂
definition:
Slater

Slat"er
n.
(Zool.)
Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a sow bug.


word: Slating
definition:
Slating

Slat"ing
n.
1.
The act of covering with slate, slates, or a substance resembling slate; the work of a slater.

2.
Slates, collectively; also, material for slating.


word: Slatt
definition:
Slatt

Slatt
(?)
n.
[See Slat a strip of board.]
A slab of stone used as a veneer for coarse masonry.
Knight.


word: Slatter
definition:
Slatter

Slat"ter
(?)
v. i.
[E. slat to throw or dash about.]
To be careless, negligent, or aswkward, esp. with regard to dress and neatness; to be wasteful.
Ray.


word: Slattern
definition:
Slattern

Slat"tern
(?)
n.
A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.


word: Slattern₃
definition:
Slattern

Slat"tern
(?)
v. t.
To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away.
[R.]
Chesterfield.


word: Slatternliness
definition:
Slatternliness

Slat"tern*li*ness
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being slatternly; slovenliness; untidiness.


word: Slatternly
definition:
Slatternly

Slat"tern*ly
a.
Resembling a slattern; sluttish; negligent; dirty.
adv. In a slatternly manner.


word: Slatterpouch
definition:
Slatterpouch

Slat"ter*pouch`
(?)
n.
A dance or game played by boys, requiring active exercise.
[Obs.]
Gayton.


word: Slatting₂
definition:
Slatting

Slat"ting
n.
The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail, when being hauled down.


word: Slaty
definition:
Slaty

Slat"y
(?)
a.
[From Slate.]
Resembling slate; having the nature, appearance, or properties, of slate; composed of thin parallel plates, capable of being separated by splitting; as, a slaty color or texture.

Slaty cleavage (Min.), cleavage, as of rocks, into thin leaves or plates, like those of slate; -- applied especially to those cases in which the planes of cleavage are not parallel to the planes of stratification. It is now believed to be caused by the compression which the strata have undergone. -- Slaty gneiss (Min.), a variety of gneiss in which the scales of mica or crystals of hornblende, which are usually minute, form thin laminae, rendering the rock easily cleavable.


word: Slaughter
definition:
Slaughter

Slaugh"ter
(?)
n.
[OE. slautir, slaughter, slaghter, Icel. slātr slain flesh, modified by OE. slaught, slaht, slaughter, fr. AS. sleaht a stroke, blow; both from the root of E. slay. See Slay, v. t., and cf. Onslaught.]
The act of killing.
(a)
The extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage.

On war and mutual slaughter bent.
Milton.


word: Slaughter₂
definition:
Slaughter

Slaugh"ter
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Slaughtered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slaughtering.]
1.
To visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle.

Your castle is surprised; your wife and babes
Savagely slaughtered.
Shak.

2.
To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.


word: Slaughterous
definition:
Slaughterous

Slaugh"ter*ous
(?)
a.
Destructive; murderous.
Shak.
M. Arnold.
Slaugh"ter*ous*ly, adv.


word: Slav
definition:
Slav

Slav
(släv or  slăv)
n.
pl. Slavs (#).
[A word originally meaning, intelligible, and used to contrast the people so called with foreigners who spoke languages unintelligible to the Slavs; akin to OSlav. slovo a word, slava fame, Skr. çru to hear.  Cf. Loud.]
(Ethnol.)
One of a race of people occupying a large part of Eastern and Northern Europe, including the Russians, Bulgarians, Roumanians, Servo-Croats, Slovenes, Poles, Czechs, Wends or Sorbs, Slovaks, etc.
[Written also Slave, and Sclav.]


word: Slave₂
definition:
Slave

Slave
(slāv)
n.
[Cf. F. esclave, D. slaaf, Dan. slave, sclave, Sw. slaf, all fr. G. sklave, MHG. also slave, from the national name of the Slavonians, or Sclavonians (in LL. Slavi or Sclavi), who were frequently made slaves by the Germans. See Slav.]
1.
A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another.

Art thou our slave,
Our captive, at the public mill our drudge?
Milton.

2.
One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition.

3.
A drudge; one who labors like a slave.

4.
An abject person; a wretch.
Shak.

Slave ant (Zool.), any species of ants which is captured and enslaved by another species, especially Formica fusca of Europe and America, which is commonly enslaved by Formica sanguinea. -- Slave catcher, one who attempted to catch and bring back a fugitive slave to his master. -- Slave coast, part of the western coast of Africa to which slaves were brought to be sold to foreigners. -- Slave driver, one who superintends slaves at their work; hence, figuratively, a cruel taskmaster. -- Slave hunt. (a) A search after persons in order to reduce them to slavery. Barth. (b) A search after fugitive slaves, often conducted with bloodhounds. -- Slave ship, a vessel employed in the slave trade or used for transporting slaves; a slaver. -- Slave trade, the business of dealing in slaves, especially of buying them for transportation from their homes to be sold elsewhere. -- Slave trader, one who traffics in slaves.


word: Slave₃
definition:
Slave

Slave
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Slaved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slaving.]
To drudge; to toil; to labor as a slave.


word: Slaver
definition:
Slaver

Slav"er
(?)
n.
1.
A vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship.

2.
A person engaged in the purchase and sale of slaves; a slave merchant, or slave trader.

The slaver's hand was on the latch,
He seemed in haste to go.
Longfellow.


word: Slaver₂
definition:
Slaver

Slav"er
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Slavered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slavering.]
[Cf. Icel. slafra. See Slabber.]
1.
To suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth.

2.
To be besmeared with saliva.
Shak.


word: Slaver₃
definition:
Slaver

Slav"er
v. t.
To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber.


word: Slaver₄
definition:
Slaver

Slav"er
n.
Saliva driveling from the mouth.

Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right,
It is the slaver kills, and not the bite.
Pope.


word: Slavery
definition:
Slavery

Slav"er*y
(?)
n.
pl. Slaveries (#).
[See  2d Slave.]
1.
The condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another.

Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, slavery, said I, still thou art a bitter draught!
Sterne.

I wish, from my soul, that the legislature of this state [Virginia] could see the policy of a gradual abolition of slavery. It might prevent much future mischief.
Washington.

2.
A condition of subjection or submission characterized by lack of freedom of action or of will.

The vulgar slaveries rich men submit to.
C. Lever.

There is a slavery that no legislation can abolish, -- the slavery of caste.
G. W. Cable.

3.
The holding of slaves.


word: Slavish
definition:
Slavish

Slav"ish
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great.
Slav"ish*ly, adv. -- Slav"ish*ness, n.


word: Slavocracy
definition:
Slavocracy

Slav*oc"ra*cy
(?)
n.
[Slave + -cracy, as in democracy.]
The persons or interest formerly representing slavery politically, or wielding political power for the preservation or advancement of slavery.
[U. S.]


word: Slavonic
definition:
Slavonic

Slavonian

{ Sla*vo"ni*an (?), Sla*von"ic (?), }
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to Slavonia, or its inhabitants.

2.
Of or pertaining to the Slavs, or their language.


word: Slavophile
definition:
Slavophile

Slavophil

{ Slav"o*phil (?), Slav"o*phile (?), }
n.
[Slavic + Gr. _;_;_; loving.]
One, not being a Slav, who is interested in the development and prosperity of that race.


word: Slaw
definition:
Slaw

Slaw
(?)
n.
[D. sla, contr. fr. salade, OD. salaet, salad. See Salad.]
Sliced cabbage served as a salad, cooked or uncooked.


word: Slawen
definition:
Slawen

Slaw

{ Slaw, Slaw"en  }
(?)
obs.
p. p. of Slee, to slay.

With a sword drawn out he would have slaw himself.
Wyclif (Acts xvi. 27.)


word: Slay
definition:
Slay

Slay
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Slew (?); p. p. Slain (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slaying.]
[OE. slan, sl_;n, sleen, slee, AS. sleán to strike, beat, slay; akin to OFries. slā, D. slaan, OS. & OHG. slahan, G. schlagen, Icel. slā, Dan. slaae, Sw. sl_;, Goth. slahan; perhaps akin to L. lacerare to tear to pieces, Gr. _;_;_;_;, E. lacerate.  Cf. Slaughter, Sledge a hammer, Sley.]
To put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to destroy.

With this sword then will I slay you both.
Chaucer.

I will slay the last of them with the sword.
Amos ix. 1.

I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk.
Shak.


word: Sleave
definition:
Sleave

Sleave
(slēv)
n.
[Cf. Dan. slöif, a knot loop, Sw. slejf, G. schleife a knot, sliding knot, and E. slip, v.i.]
(a)
The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
(b)
Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.

Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care.
Shak.


word: Sleave₂
definition:
Sleave

Sleave
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sleaved (slēvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Sleaving.]
To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.


word: Sleazy
definition:
Sleazy

Slea"zy
(slē"z&ybreve_;)
a.
[Cf. G. schleissig worn out, threadbare, from schleissen to slit, split, decay, or E. leasy.]
Lacking firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin.
[Spelt also slazy.]


word: Sled
definition:
Sled

Sled
(slĕd)
n.
[Akin to D. slede, G. schlitten, OHG. slito, Icel. sleði, Sw. släde, Dan. slæde, and E. slide, v. See Slide, and cf. Sledge a vehicle, Sleigh.]
1.
A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice; -- in England called sledge.

2.
A small, light vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young persons, for sliding on snow or ice.


word: Sled₂
definition:
Sled

Sled
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sledded; p. pr. & vb. n. Sledding.]
To convey or transport on a sled; as, to sled wood or timber.


word: Sledding
definition:
Sledding

Sled"ding
(?)
n.
1.
The act of transporting or riding on a sled.

2.
The state of the snow which admits of the running of sleds; as, the sledding is good.


word: Sledge
definition:
Sledge

Sledge
(slĕj)
n.
[Perhaps from sleds, pl. of sled, confused with sledge a hammer. See Sled, n.]
1.
A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare ground; a sled.

2.
A hurdle on which, formerly, traitors were drawn to the place of execution.
[Eng.]
Sir W. Scott.

3.
A sleigh.
[Eng.]

4.
A game at cards; -- called also old sledge, and all fours.


word: Sledge₂
definition:
Sledge

Sledge
(slĕj)
v. i. & t.
[imp. & p. p. Sledged (slĕjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Sledging.]
To travel or convey in a sledge or sledges.
Howitt.


word: Sledge₃
definition:
Sledge

Sledge
n.
[AS. slecge,from sleán to strike, beat. See Slay, v. t.]
A large, heavy hammer, usually wielded with both hands; -- called also sledge hammer.

With his heavy sledge he can it beat.
Spenser.


word: Sleek
definition:
Sleek

Sleek
(slēk)
a.
[Compar. Sleeker (slēk"ẽr); superl. Sleekest.]
[OE. slik; akin to Icel. slīkr, and OE. sliken to glide, slide, G. schleichen, OHG. slīhhan, D. slik, slijk, mud, slime, and E. slink.  Cf. Slick, Slink.]
1.
Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair.
Chaucer.

So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make.
Dryden.

2.
Not rough or harsh.

Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek.
Milton.


word: Sleek₄
definition:
Sleek

Sleek
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sleeked (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Sleeking.]
To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy; to smooth over.

Sleeking her soft alluring locks.
Milton.

Gentle, my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks.
Shak.


word: Sleekness
definition:
Sleekness

Sleek"ness
n.
The quality or state of being sleek; smoothness and glossiness of surface.


word: Sleeky
definition:
Sleeky

Sleek"y
(?)
a.
1.
Of a sleek, or smooth, and glossy appearance.
Thomson.

2.
Fawning and deceitful; sly.
[Scot.]


word: Sleep₂
definition:
Sleep

Sleep
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Slept (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sleeping.]
[OE. slepen, AS. sl_;pan; akin to OFries. sl_;pa, OS. slāpan, D. slapen, OHG. slāfan, G. schlafen, Goth. sl_;pan, and G. schlaff slack, loose, and L. labi to glide, slide, labare to totter.  Cf. Lapse.]
1.
To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber.
Chaucer.

Watching at the head of these that sleep.
Milton.

2.
(a)
To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.

We sleep over our happiness.
Atterbury.

Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
1 Thess. iv. 14.  

How sweet the moonlight sleep upon this bank!
Shak.


word: Sleep₃
definition:
Sleep

Sleep
v. t.
1.
To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep.
Tennyson.

2.
To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge.
[R.]
Blackw. Mag.

To sleep away, to spend in sleep; as, to sleep away precious time. -- To sleep off, to become free from by sleep; as, to sleep off drunkeness or fatigue.


word: Sleep₄
definition:
Sleep

Sleep
n.
[AS. sl&aemacr_;p; akin to OFries. slēp, OS. slāp, D. slaap, OHG. slāf, G. schlaf, Goth. slēps. See Sleep, v. i.]
A natural and healthy, but temporary and periodical, suspension of the functions of the organs of sense, as well as of those of the voluntary and rational soul; that state of the animal in which there is a lessened acuteness of sensory perception, a confusion of ideas, and a loss of mental control, followed by a more or less unconscious state.
sleep
Chaucer.

O sleep, thou ape of death.
Shak.

&hand_; Sleep is attended by a relaxation of the muscles, and the absence of voluntary activity for any rational objects or purpose. The pulse is slower, the respiratory movements fewer in number but more profound, and there is less blood in the cerebral vessels. It is susceptible of greater or less intensity or completeness in its control of the powers.

Sleep of plants (Bot.), a state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other, and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves.


word: Sleep-at-noon
definition:
Sleep-at-noon

Sleep"-at-noon"
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
A plant (Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat's beard.
Dr. Prior.


word: Sleeper
definition:
Sleeper

Sleep"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.

2.
That which lies dormant, as a law.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

3.
A sleeping car.
[Colloq. U.S.]

4.
(Zool.)
An animal that hibernates, as the bear.

5.
(Zool.)
(a)
A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix).
(b)
A nurse shark. See under Nurse.


word: Sleeper₂
definition:
Sleeper

Sleep"er
n.
[Cf. Norw. sleip a sleeper (a timber), as adj., slippery, smooth. See Slape.]
Something lying in a reclining posture or position.


word: Sleeping
definition:
Sleeping

Sleep"ing
a. & n. from Sleep.

Sleeping car, a railway car or carrriage, arranged with apartments and berths for sleeping. -- Sleeping partner (Com.), a dormant partner. See under Dormant. -- Sleeping table (Mining), a stationary inclined platform on which pulverized ore is washed; a kind of buddle.


word: Sleepish
definition:
Sleepish

Sleep"ish
(?)
a.
Disposed to sleep; sleepy; drowsy.

Your sleepish, and more than sleepish, security.
Ford.


word: Sleepless
definition:
Sleepless

Sleep"less
a.
1.
Having no sleep; wakeful.

2.
Having no rest; perpetually agitated.
sleepless
Byron.


word: Sleepy
definition:
Sleepy

Sleep"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Sleepier (?); superl. Sleepiest.]
[AS. sl_;pig. See Sleep, n.]
1.
Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep.
Shak.

She waked her sleepy crew.
Dryden.

2.
Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion.
Chaucer.

3.
Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish.
Shak.

'Tis not sleepy business;
But must be looked to speedily and strongly.
Shak.

4.
Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security.

Sleepy duck (Zool.), the ruddy duck.


word: Sleepyhead
definition:
Sleepyhead

Sleep"y*head`
(?)
n.
1.
A sleepy person.

To bed, to bed, says Sleepyhead.
Mother Goose.

2.
(Zool.)
The ruddy duck.


word: Sleet₂
definition:
Sleet

Sleet
n.
[OE. sleet; akin to MHG. sl_;z, sl_;ze hailstone, G. schlosse; of uncertain origin.]
Hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles.


word: Sleet₃
definition:
Sleet

Sleet
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Sleeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sleeting.]
To snow or hail with a mixture of rain.


word: Sleetch
definition:
Sleetch

Sleetch
(?)
n.
[Cf. Slush, Slutch.]
Mud or slime, such as that at the bottom of rivers.
[Scot.]


word: Sleety
definition:
Sleety

Sleet"y
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to sleet; characterized by sleet; as, a sleety storm; sleety weather.


word: Sleeve₂
definition:
Sleeve

Sleeve
n.
[OE. sleeve, sleve, AS. sl_;fe, sl_;fe; akin to sl_;fan to put on, to clothe; cf. OD. sloove the turning up of anything, sloven to turn up one's sleeves, sleve a sleeve, G. schlaube a husk, pod.]
1.
The part of a garment which covers the arm; as, the sleeve of a coat or a gown.
Chaucer.

2.
A narrow channel of water.
[R.]

The Celtic Sea, called oftentimes the Sleeve.
Drayton.

3.
(Mach.)
(a)
A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between two parts.
(b)
A long bushing or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel.
(c)
A short piece of pipe used for covering a joint, or forming a joint between the ends of two other pipes.

4.
(Elec.)
A double tube of copper, in section like the figure 8, into which the ends of bare wires are pushed so that when the tube is twisted an electrical connection is made. The joint thus made is called a McIntire joint.

Sleeve button, a detachable button to fasten the wristband or cuff. -- Sleeve links, two bars or buttons linked together, and used to fasten a cuff or wristband. -- To laugh in the sleeve or To laugh up one's sleeve to laugh privately or unperceived, especially while apparently preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward the person or persons laughed at; that is, perhaps, originally, by hiding the face in the wide sleeves of former times. -- To pinon the sleeve of, or To hang on the sleeve of, to be, or make, dependent upon.


word: Sleeve₃
definition:
Sleeve

Sleeve
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sleeved (slēvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Sleeving.]
To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat.


word: Sleeved
definition:
Sleeved

Sleeved
(slēvd)
a.
Having sleeves; furnished with sleeves; -- often in composition; as, long-sleeved.


word: Sleevehand
definition:
Sleevehand

Sleeve"hand`
(?)
n.
The part of a sleeve nearest the hand; a cuff or wristband.
[Obs.]
Shak.


word: Sleeveless
definition:
Sleeveless

Sleeve"less
a.
[AS. slēfleás.]
1.
Having no sleeves.

2.
Lacking a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; bootless; useless.
[Obs.]
Shak.

The vexation of a sleeveless errand.
Bp. Warburton.


word: Sleid
definition:
Sleid

Sleid
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sleided; p. pr. & vb. n. Sleiding.]
[See Sley.]
To sley, or prepare for use in the weaver's sley, or slaie.
Shak.


word: Sleigh₂
definition:
Sleigh

Sleigh
(?)
n.
[Cf. D. & LG. slede, slee, Icel. sle_;i. See Sled.]
A vehicle moved on runners, and used for transporting persons or goods on snow or ice; -- in England commonly called a sledge.

Sleigh bell, a small bell attached either to a horse when drawing a slegh, or to the sleigh itself; especially a globular bell with a loose ball which plays inside instead of a clapper.


word: Sleighing
definition:
Sleighing

Sleigh"ing
n.
1.
The act of riding in a sleigh.

2.
The state of the snow or ice which admits of running sleighs.


word: Sleight
definition:
Sleight

Sleight
(?)
n.
[OE. sleighte, sleihte, sleithe, Icel. sl_;g_; (for sl_;g_;) slyness, cunning, fr. sl_;gr (for sl_;gr) sly, cunning. See Sly.]
1.
Cunning; craft; artful practice.
[Obs.]
sleight
Chaucer.

2.
An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.

The world hath many subtle sleights.
Latimer.

3.
Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.
Chaucer.
sleight
Hudibras.

Sleight of hand, legerdemain; prestidigitation.


word: Slender
definition:
Slender

Slen"der
(?)
a.
[Compar. Slenderer (?); superl. Slenderest.]
[OE. slendre, sclendre, fr. OD. slinder thin, slender, perhaps through a French form; cf. OD. slinderen, slidderen, to creep; perh. akin to E. slide.]
1.
Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.
slender
Chaucer.

She, as a veil down to the slender waist,
Her unadorned golden tresses wore.
Milton.

2.
Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.

Mighty hearts are held in slender chains.
Pope.

They have inferred much from slender premises.
J. H. Newman.

The slender utterance of the consonants.
J. Byrne.

3.
Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.

A slender degree of patience will enable him to enjoy both the humor and the pathos.
Sir W. Scott.

4.
Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.

Frequent begging makes slender alms.
Fuller.

5.
Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.

The good Ostorius often deigned
To grace my slender table with his presence.
Philips.

6.
(Phon.)
Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.


word: Slepez
definition:
Slepez

Sle*pez"
(?)
n.
[Russ. sliepets'.]
(Zool.)
A burrowing rodent (Spalax typhlus), native of Russia and Asia Minor. It has the general appearance of a mole, and is destitute of eyes. Called also mole rat.


word: Sleuth
definition:
Sleuth

Sleuth
(?)
n.
[Icel. sl&omacrð. See Slot a track.]
The track of man or beast as followed by the scent.
[Scot.]
Halliwell.


word: Sleuthhound
definition:
Sleuthhound

Sleuth"hound`
(?)
n.
[See Sleuth, and cf. Slothound.]
(Zool.)
A hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound.
[Spelt variously slouthhound, sluthhound, etc.]


word: Slew₃
definition:
Slew

Slew
(slō)
n.
[See Slough a wet place.]
A wet place; a river inlet.
The praire round about is wet, at times almost marshy, especially at the borders of the great reedy slews.
T. Roosevelt.


word: Sley
definition:
Sley

Sley
(?)
n.
[AS. sl_;, fr. sleán to strike. See Slay, v. t.]
1.
A weaver's reed.
[Spelt also slaie.]

2.
A guideway in a knitting machine.
Knight.

3.
(Weaving)
The number of ends per inch in the cloth, provided each dent in the reed in which it was made contained an equal number of ends.
E. Whitworth.


word: Sley₂
definition:
Sley

Sley
v. t.
To separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed; -- a term used by weavers. See Sleave, and Sleid.


word: Slice
definition:
Slice

Slice
(?)
n.
[OE. slice, sclice, OF. esclice, from esclicier, esclichier, to break to pieces, of German origin; cf. OHG. slīzan to split, slit, tear, G. schleissen to slit. See Slit, v. t.]
1.
A thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.

2.
That which is thin and broad, like a slice.
(a)
A broad, thin piece of plaster.
(b)
A salver, platter, or tray.
[Obs.]
(c)
A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
(d)
A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
[Cant]
(e)
(Shipbuilding)
One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
(f)
(Printing)
A removable sliding bottom to galley.

Slice bar, a kind of fire iron resembling a poker, with a broad, flat end, for stirring a fire of coals, and clearing it and the grate bars from clinkers, ashes, etc.; a slice.


word: Slice₂
definition:
Slice

Slice
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sliced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slicing (?).]
1.
To cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from.

2.
To cut into parts; to divide.

3.
To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace.

4.
(Golf)
To hit (the ball) so that the face of the club draws across the face of the ball and deflects it.


word: Slicer
definition:
Slicer

Sli"cer
(?)
n.
One who, or that which, slices; specifically, the circular saw of the lapidary.


word: Slick₅
definition:
Slick

Slick
n.
A slick, or smooth and slippery, surface or place; a sleek.
The action of oil upon the water is upon the crest of the wave; the oil forming a slick upon the surface breaks the crest.
The Century.


word: Slickens
definition:
Slickens

Slick"ens
(?)
n.
[Cf. Slick, n.]
(Mining)
The pulverized matter from a quartz mill, or the lighter soil of hydraulic mines.
[Local, U. S.]


word: Slickensides
definition:
Slickensides

Slick"en*sides`
(?)
n.
1.
The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another.

2.
A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England.


word: Slicker
definition:
Slicker

Slick"er
(?)
n.
That which makes smooth or sleek.
(a)
A kind of burnisher for leather.
(b)
(Founding)
A curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mold after the withdrawal of the pattern.


word: Slidder
definition:
Slidder

Slid"der
(?)
v. t.
[AS. sliderian. See Slide, v. t.]
To slide with interruption.
[Obs.]
Dryden.


word: Sliddery
definition:
Sliddery

Slidderly

Slidder

{ Slid"der, Slid"der*ly, Slid"der*y (?), }
a.
[AS. slidor. See Slide, v. t.]
Slippery.
[Obs.]

To a drunk man the way is slidder.
Chaucer.


word: Slide
definition:
Slide

Slide
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Slid (?); p. p. Slidden (?), Slid; p. pr. & vb. n. Slidding (?).]
[OE. sliden, AS. slīdan; akin to MHG. slīten, also to AS. slidor slippery, E. sled, Lith. slidus slippery.  Cf. Sled.]
1.
To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.

2.
Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet.

They bathe in summer, and in winter slide.
Waller.

3.
To pass inadvertently.

Beware thou slide not by it.
Ecclus. xxviii. 26.

4.
To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water.

Ages shall slide away without perceiving.
Dryden.

Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
Pope.

5.
To slip when walking or standing; to fall.

Their foot shall slide in due time.
Deut. xxxii. 35.

6.
(Mus.)
To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.

7.
To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
[Obs. or Colloq.]

With good hope let he sorrow slide.
Chaucer.

With a calm carelessness letting everything slide.
Sir P. Sidney.


word: Slide₂
definition:
Slide

Slide
v. t.
1.
To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another.

2.
To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question.


word: Slide₃
definition:
Slide

Slide
n.
[AS. slīde.]
1.
The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.

2.
Smooth, even passage or progress.

A better slide into their business.
Bacon.

3.
That on which anything moves by sliding.
(a)
An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs by sliding them down.
(b)
A surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement.

4.
That which operates by sliding.
(a)
A cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding over it.
(b)
(Mach.)
A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides.
(c)
A clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like.

5.
A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope.

6.
The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide.

7.
(Geol.)
A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
Dana.

8.
(Mus.)
(a)
A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
(b)
An apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics.

9.
(Phonetics)
A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.

10.
(Steam Engine)
(a)
Same as Guide bar, under Guide.
(b)
A slide valve.

Slide box (Steam Engine), a steam chest. See under Steam. -- Slide lathe, an engine lathe. See under Lathe. -- Slide rail, a transfer table. See under Transfer. -- Slide rest (Turning lathes), a contrivance for holding, moving, and guiding, the cutting tool, made to slide on ways or guides by screws or otherwise, and having compound motion. -- Slide rule, a mathematical instrument consisting of two parts, one of which slides upon the other, for the mechanical performance of addition and subtraction, and, by means of logarithmic scales, of multiplication and division. -- Slide valve. (a) Any valve which opens and closes a passageway by sliding over a port. (b) A particular kind of sliding valve, often used in steam engines for admitting steam to the piston and releasing it, alternately, having a cuplike cavity in its face, through which the exhaust steam passes. It is situated in the steam chest, and moved by the valve gear. It is sometimes called a D valve, -- a name which is also applied to a semicylindrical pipe used as a sliding valve.


word: Slider₂
definition:
Slider

Slid"er
n.
1.
One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part of an instrument or machine.

2.
(Zool.)
The red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa).
[Local, U. S. ]

3.
(Zool.)
any of several North American freshwater turtles of the genus Chrysemis; some, such as Chrysemis scripta are sold commercially as pets.
[RHUD]

4.
(Baseball)
a fast pitch that breaks slightly just in front of the batter, in the same direction as a curve ball (i. e. , away from the side from which it was thrown).

Slider pump, a form of rotary pump.


word: Slide rule
definition:
Slide rule

Slide" rule`
n.
a thin, flat calculating device consisting of a fixed outer piece and a movable middle piece.  Both pieces are graduated in such a way (as, by a logarithmic scale) that multiplication, division, and other mathematical functions of an input variable may be rapidly determined by movement of the middle pieces to a location on one scale corresponding to the input value, and reading off the result on another scale.  A movable window with a hairline assists in alignment of the scales.  This device has been largely superseded by the electronic calculator, which has a greater precision than the slide rule.  Also called colloquially slipstick.


word: Sliding
definition:
Sliding

Slid"ing
(?)
a.
1.
That slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly.

2.
Slippery; elusory.
[Obs.]

That sliding science hath me made so bare.
Chaucer.

Sliding friction (Mech.), the resistance one body meets with in sliding along the surface of another, as distinguished from rolling friction. -- Sliding gunter (Naut.), a topmast arranged with metallic fittings so as to be hoisted and lowered by means of halyards. -- Sliding keel (Naut), a movable keel, similar to a centeboard. -- Sliding pair. (Mech.) See the Note under Pair, n., 7. -- Sliding rule. Same as Slide rule, under Slide, n. -- Sliding scale. (a) A scale for raising or lowering imposts in proportion to the fall or rise of prices. (b) A variable scale of wages or of prices. (c) A slide rule. -- Sliding ways (Naut.), the timber guides used in launching a vessel.


word: Slidometer
definition:
Slidometer

Sli*dom"e*ter
(?)
n.
[Slide + -meter.]
An instrument for indicating and recording shocks to railway cars occasioned by sudden stopping.


word: Slight₂
definition:
Slight

Slight
v. t.
[Cf. D. slechten to level, to demolish.]
1.
To overthrow; to demolish.
[Obs.]
Clarendon.

2.
To make even or level.
[Obs.]
Hexham.

3.
To throw heedlessly.
[Obs.]

The rogue slighted me into the river.
Shak.


word: Slight₃
definition:
Slight

Slight
(?)
a.
[Compar. Slighter (?); superl. Slightest.]
[OE. sli_;t, sleght, probably from OD. slicht, slecht, simple, plain, D. slecht; akin to OFries. sliucht, G. schlecht, schlicht, OHG. sleht smooth, simple, Icel. sl_;ttr smooth, Sw. slät, Goth. slaíhts; or uncertain origin.]
1.
Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like.
slight
Milton.

Slight is the subject, but not so the praise.
Pope.

Some firmly embrace doctrines upon slight grounds.
Locke.

2.
Not stout or heavy; slender.

His own figure, which was formerly so slight.
Sir W. Scott.

3.
Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
Hudibras.


word: Slight₄
definition:
Slight

Slight
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Slighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Slighting.]
To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands.
Milton.

The wretch who slights the bounty of the skies.
Cowper.

To slight off, to treat slightingly; to drive off; to remove. [R.] -- To slight over, to run over in haste; to perform superficially; to treat carelessly; as, to slight over a theme.  “They will but slight it over.”  Bacon.

Beware . . . lest the like befall . . . 
If they transgress and slight that sole command.
Milton.

This my long-sufferance, and my day of grace,
Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste.
Milton.


word: Slight₅
definition:
Slight

Slight
n.
The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.


word: Slightness
definition:
Slightness

Slight"ness
n.
The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.


word: Slik
definition:
Slik

Slik
(slĭk)
a.
[See Such.]
Such.
[Obs. or Scot.]

&hand_; Used by Chaucer as of the Northern dialect.


word: Slim
definition:
Slim

Slim
(slĭm)
a.
[Compar. Slimmer (?); superl. Slimmest.]
[Formerly, bad, worthless, weak, slight, awry, fr. D. slim; akin to G. schlimm, MHG. slimp oblique, awry; of uncertain origin. The meaning of the English word seems to have been influenced by slender.]
1.
Worthless; bad.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

2.
Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument.
slim
Barrow.

3.
Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree.
Grose.


word: Slime
definition:
Slime

Slime
(slīm)
n.
[OE. slim, AS. slīm; akin to D. slijm, G. schleim, MHG. slīmen to make smooth, Icel. slīm slime, Dan. sliim; cf. L. limare to file, polish, levis smooth, Gr. _;_;_;; or cf. L. limus mud.]
1.
Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud.

As it [Nilus] ebbs, the seedsman
Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain.
Shak.

2.
Any mucilaginous substance; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive.

3.
(Script.)
Bitumen.
[Archaic]

Slime had they for mortar.
Gen. xi. 3.

4.
pl.
(Mining)
Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.
Pryce.

5.
(Physiol.)
A mucuslike substance which exudes from the bodies of certain animals.
Goldsmith.

Slime eel. (Zool.) See 1st Hag, 4. -- Slime pit, a pit for the collection of slime or bitumen.


word: Slime₂
definition:
Slime

Slime
(slīm)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Slimed (slīmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Sliming.]
To smear with slime.
Tennyson.


word: slime mould
definition:
slime mould

slime mold

slime mold, slime mould
n.
1.
An unusual fungus-like protist of the phylum Myxomycota or the class Myxomycetes, having a stage of growth in which it comprises a naked noncellular multinucleate mass of creeping protoplasm having characteristics of both plants and animals; it also has a propagative phase in which it develops fruiting bodies bearing spores; it is sometimes classified as a protist.  It is called also acellular slime mold.
2.
Any of several remarkable amoebalike organisms of the phylum Acrasiomycota, mostly terrestrial, having a fruiting phase resembling that of the acellular slime molds, but being cellular and nucleate throughout their life cycle; called also cellular slime mold.  The most studied species is Dictyostelium discoideum.  In their feeding phase, they live like amoebae as individual cells, engulfing bacteria as a prime food source.  When the food source diminishes, they begin to aggregate, swarming together to form clumps which may move toward heat and light, so as to reach the surface of the ground; they then differentiate into a form with spores contained within a sporangium resting on a stalk.  When the spores are carried to another location with adequate food supplies, the spores may germinate to resume the life cycle.  The phase of aggregation appears to be initiated by release of cyclic AMP, serving as a signal between the individual cells.  The formation of the fruiting body has some similarities to differentiation in multicellular organisms, but the mechanisms are still under study.  Some biologists object to the classification of Dictyostelium as a slime mold, as it is neither a mold nor slimy.


word: Slimy
definition:
Slimy

Slim"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Slimier (?); superl. Slimiest.]
Of or pertaining to slime; resembling slime; of the nature of slime; viscous; glutinous; also, covered or daubed with slime; yielding, or abounding in, slime.

Slimy things did crawl with legs
Upon the slimy sea.
Coleridge.


word: Sling
definition:
Sling

Sling
(?)
n.
[OE. slinge; akin to OD. slinge, D. slinger, OHG. slinga; cf. OF. eslingue, of German origin. See Sling, v. t.]
1.
An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other. The missile being lodged in a hole in the strap, the ends of the string are taken in the hand, and the whole whirled rapidly round until, by loosing one end, the missile is let fly with centrifugal force.

2.
The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke.

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
Shak.

At one sling
Of thy victorius arm, well-pleasing Son.
Milton.

3.
A contrivance for sustaining anything by suspension
(a)
A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.
(b)
A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering.
(c)
A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder.
(d)
(Naut.)
A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast; -- chiefly in the plural.

Sling cart, a kind of cart used to transport cannon and their carriages, large stones, machines, etc., the objects transported being slung, or suspended by a chain attached to the axletree. -- Sling dog, one of a pair of iron hooks used as part of a sling. See def. 3 (b) above.


word: Sling₂
definition:
Sling

Sling
v. t.
[imp. Slung (?), Archaic Slang (_;); p. p. Slung; p. pr. & vb. n. Slinging.]
[AS. slingan; akin to D. slingeren, G. schlingen, to wind, to twist, to creep, OHG. slingan to wind, to twist, to move to and fro, Icel. slyngva, slöngva, to sling, Sw. slunga, Dan. slynge, Lith. slinkti to creep.]
1.
To throw with a sling.
sling
Judg. xx. 16.

2.
To throw; to hurl; to cast.
Addison.

3.
To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack.

4.
(Naut)
To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.


word: Sling₃
definition:
Sling

Sling
n.
[Cf. G. schlingen to swallow.]
A drink composed of spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened.


word: slinger ring
definition:
slinger ring

slinger ring
n.
tubular ring around the propeller hub of an airplane through which antifreeze solution is spread over the blades.


word: Slink
definition:
Slink

Slink
(?)
v. t.
[imp. Slunk (?), Archaic Slank (_;); p. p. Slunk; p. pr. & vb. n. Slinking.]
[AS. slincan; probably akin to G. schleichen, E. sleek. See Sleek, a.]
1.
To creep away meanly; to steal away; to sneak.
slink
Tale of Beryn.

Back to the thicket slunk
The guilty serpent.
Milton.

There were some few who slank obliquely from them as they passed.
Landor.

2.
To miscarry; -- said of female beasts.


word: Slink₄
definition:
Slink

Slink
n.
1.
The young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a calf brought forth before its time.

2.
A thievish fellow; a sneak.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]


word: Slip
definition:
Slip

Slip
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Slipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slipping.]
[OE. slippen; akin to LG. & D. slippen, MHG. slipfen (cf. Dan. slippe, Sw. slippa, Icel. sleppa), and fr. OE. slipen, AS. slīpan (in comp.), akin to G. schleifen to slide, glide, drag, whet, OHG. slīfan to slide, glide, make smooth, Icel. slīpa to whet; cf. also AS. sl_;pan, Goth. sliupan, OS. slopian, OHG. sliofan, G. schliefen, schl_;pfen, which seem to come from a somewhat different root form.  Cf. Slope, n.]
1.
To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

2.
To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should slip.

3.
To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.

4.
To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors slipped into the work.

Thus one tradesman slips away,
To give his partner fairer play.
Prior.

Thrice the flitting shadow slipped away.
Dryden.

5.
To err; to fall into error or fault.

There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart.
Ecclus. xix. 16.

To let slip, to loose from the slip or noose, as a hound; to allow to escape.

Cry, “Havoc,” and let slip the dogs of war.
Shak.


word: Slip₂
definition:
Slip

Slip
(?)
v. t.
1.
To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.

He tried to slip a powder into her drink.
Arbuthnot.

2.
To omit; to loose by negligence.

And slip no advantage
That my secure you.
B. Jonson.

3.
To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper.

The branches also may be slipped and planted.
Mortimer.

4.
To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.

Lucento slipped me like his greyhound.
Shak.

5.
To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.

6.
To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.

To slip a cable. (Naut.) See under Cable. -- To slip off, to take off quickly; as, to slip off a coat. -- To slip on, to put on in haste or loosely; as, to slip on a gown or coat.


word: Slip₃
definition:
Slip

Slip
n.
[AS. slipe, slip.]
1.
The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice.

2.
An unintentional error or fault; a false step.

This good man's slip mended his pace to martyrdom.
Fuller.

3.
A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine.

A native slip to us from foreign seeds.
Shak.

The girlish slip of a Sicilian bride.
R. Browning.

4.
A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.

Moonlit slips of silver cloud.
Tennyson.

A thin slip of a girl, like a new moon
Sure to be rounded into beauty soon.
Longfellow.

5.
A leash or string by which a dog is held; -- so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.

We stalked over the extensive plains with Killbuck and Lena in the slips, in search of deer.
Sir S. Baker.

6.
An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip.
Shak.

7.
(Print.)
A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.

8.
Any covering easily slipped on.
(a)
A loose garment worn by a woman.
(b)
A child's pinafore.
(c)
An outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip.
(d)
The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like.
[R.]

9.
A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver.
[Obs.]
Shak.

10.
Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
[Prov. Eng.]
Sir W. Petty.

11.
Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied parts.

12.
A particular quantity of yarn.
[Prov. Eng.]

13.
An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair.

14.
An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip.
[U. S.]

15.
A narrow passage between buildings.
[Eng.]

16.
A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
[U. S.]

17.
(Mining.)
A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
Knight.

18.
(Engin.)
The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.

19.
(Zool.)
A fish, the sole.

20.
(Cricket)
A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip.

22.
(Mach.)
(a)
The retrograde movement on a pulley of a belt as it slips.
(b)
In a link motion, the  undesirable sliding movement of the link relatively to the link block, due to swinging of the link.

23.
(Elec.)
The difference between the actual and synchronous speed of an induction motor.

23.
(Marine Insurance)
A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwrites.

To give one the slip, to slip away from one; to elude one. -- Slip dock. See under Dock. -- Slip link (Mach.), a connecting link so arranged as to allow some play of the parts, to avoid concussion. -- Slip rope (Naut.), a rope by which a cable is secured preparatory to slipping. Totten. -- Slip stopper (Naut.), an arrangement for letting go the anchor suddenly.


word: slip coach
definition:
slip coach

slip carriage

slip carriage, slip coach
n.
a railway car at the end of the train; it can be detached without stopping the train.
[British]

Syn. -- slip coach


word: slip clutch
definition:
slip clutch

slip clutch
n.
a friction clutch that will slip when the torque is too great

Syn. -- slip friction clutch.


word: Slipcoat cheese
definition:
Slipcoat cheese

Slip"coat` cheese"
(?)
A rich variety of new cheese, resembling butter, but white.
Halliwell.


word: slip-joint pliers
definition:
slip-joint pliers

slip-joint pliers
n.
pliers with a joint adjustable to two positions in order to increase the opening of the jaws.


word: slip of the tongue
definition:
slip of the tongue

slip of the tongue
n.
an unintentional utterance; a mistake in speaking.

Syn. -- slip of the lip.


word: Slip-on
definition:
Slip-on

Slip"-on`
(?)
n.
A kind of overcoat worn upon the shoulders in the manner of a cloak.
[Scot.]


word: Slipper
definition:
Slipper

Slip"per
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, slips.

2.
A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe.

3.
A kind of apron or pinafore for children.

4.
A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.

5.
(Mach.)
A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and afford a means of adjustment; -- also called shoe, and gib.

Slipper animalcule (Zool.), a ciliated infusorian of the genus Paramecium. -- Slipper flower.(Bot.) Slipperwort. -- Slipper limpet, or Slipper shell (Zool.), a boat shell.


word: Slipper₂
definition:
Slipper

Slip"per
a.
[AS. slipur.]
Slippery.
[Obs.]

O! trustless state of earthly things, and slipper hope
Of mortal men.
Spenser.


word: slipper orchid
definition:
slipper orchid

slipper orchid
n.
any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden.

Syn. -- lady's slipper, lady's-slipper, lady-slipper.


word: Slippery
definition:
Slippery

Slip"per*y
(?)
a.
[See Slipper, a.]
1.
Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery.

2.
Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.

The slippery tops of human state.
Cowley.

3.
Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.

The slippery god will try to loose his hold.
Dryden.

4.
Liable to slip; not standing firm.
Shak.

5.
Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle.
slippery
Denham.

6.
Uncertain in effect.
L'Estrange.

7.
Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.
Shak.

Slippery elm. (Bot.) (a) An American tree (Ulmus fulva) with a mucilagenous and slightly aromatic inner bark which is sometimes used medicinally; also, the inner bark itself. (b) A malvaceous shrub (Fremontia Californica); -- so called on the Pacific coast.


word: slip ring
definition:
slip ring

slip ring
n.
a metal ring on a rotating part of a machine to provide a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts


word: slip road
definition:
slip road

slip road
n.
a short road giving access to an expressway
[British]

Syn. -- access road, slip road.


word: Slipshod
definition:
Slipshod

Slip"shod`
(?)
a.
1.
Wearing shoes or slippers down at the heel.

The shivering urchin bending as he goes,
With slipshod heels.
Cowper.

2.
Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc.; slovenly; shuffling; as, slipshod manners; a slipshod or loose style of writing.

Thy wit shall ne'er go slipshod.
Shak.


word: Slipslop
definition:
Slipslop

Slip"slop`
(?)
n.
[A reduplication of slop.]
Weak, poor, or flat liquor; weak, profitless discourse or writing.


word: slip stitch
definition:
slip stitch

slip stitch
n.
loose stitch catching only a thread or two of fabric, designed to be invisible from the right side.


word: Slit₂
definition:
Slit

Slit
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Slit or Slitted (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Slitting.]
[OE. slitten, fr. sliten, AS. stītan to tear; akin to D. slijten to wear out, G. schleissen to slit, split, OHG. slīzan to split, tear, wear out, Icel. stīta to break, tear, wear out, Sw. slita, Dan. slide.  Cf. Eclat, Slate, n., Slice.]
1.
To cut lengthwise; to cut into long pieces or strips; as, to slit iron bars into nail rods; to slit leather into straps.

2.
To cut or make a long fissure in or upon; as, to slit the ear or the nose.

3.
To cut; to sever; to divide.
[Obs.]

And slits the thin-spun life.
Milton.


word: Slit₃
definition:
Slit

Slit
n.
[AS. slite.]
A long cut; a narrow opening; as, a slit in the ear.

Gill slit. (Anat.) See Gill opening, under Gill.


word: slither
definition:
slither

slith"er
(slĭ&thlig_;"ẽr)
v. i.
[Cf. G. schlittern, LG. schliddern. See slide.]
To slide; to glide.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: slit-shell
definition:
slit-shell

slit"-shell`
(slĭt"shĕl`)
n.
(Zool.)
Any species of Pleurotomaria, a genus of beautiful, pearly, spiral gastropod shells having a deep slit in the outer lip.  Many fossil species are known, and a few living ones are found in deep water in tropical seas.


word: slitting
definition:
slitting

slit"ting
(slĭt"tĭng)
a. & n. from slit.

slitting file. See Illust. (i) of sile. -- slitting mill. (a) A mill where iron bars or plates are slit into narrow strips, as nail rods, and the like. (b) A machine used by lapidaries for slicing stones, usually by means of a revolving disk, called a slicer, supplied with diamond powder. -- slitting roller, one of a pair of rollers furnished with ribs entering between similar ribs in the other roller, and cutting like shears, -- used in slitting metals.


word: Slive₂
definition:
Slive

Slive
v. t.
[OE. sliven to split, cleave, AS. slīfan.]
To cut; to split; to separate.
[Obs.]
Holland.


word: sliver
definition:
sliver

sliv"er
(slĭv"ẽr or slī"vẽr; 277)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. slivered (slĭv"ẽrd); p. pr. & vb. n. slivering.]
[See Slive, v. t.]
To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.
Shak.

They 'll sliver thee like a turnip.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Sliver
definition:
Sliver

Sliv"er
n.
1.
A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment, as of glass; a splinter.

2.
A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning.

3.
pl.
Bait made of pieces of small fish.  Cf. Kibblings.
[Local, U.S.]
Bartlett.


word: sloakan
definition:
sloakan

sloak"an
(sl&omacrk"an)
n.
(Bot.)
A species of seaweed.  See 3d Laver.
[Spelled also slowcawn.]


word: sloat
definition:
sloat

sloat
(sl&omacrt)
n.
[See slot a bar.]
A narrow piece of timber which holds together large pieces; a slat; as, the sloats of a cart.


word: Slobber₂
definition:
Slobber

Slob"ber
n.
1.
See Slabber.

2.
(Zool.)
A jellyfish.
[Prov. Eng.]

3.
pl.
(Vet.)
Salivation.


word: Slobberer
definition:
Slobberer

Slob"ber*er
(?)
n.
1.
One who slobbers.

2.
A slovenly farmer; a jobbing tailor.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Slocken
definition:
Slocken

Slock

{ Slock (?), Slock"en (?), }
v. t.
To quench; to allay; to slake. See Slake.
[Obs. or Scot.]


word: Slocking
definition:
Slocking

Slock"ing
a. & n. from Slock.

Slocking stone, a rich piece of ore displayed in order to tempt persons to embark in a mining enterprise.


word: Sloe
definition:
Sloe

Sloe
(sl&omacr)
n.
[OE. slo, AS. slā; akin to D. slee, G. schlehe, OHG. slēha, Dan. slaaen, Sw. slån, perhaps originally, that which blunts the teeth, or sets them on edge (cf. Slow); cf. Lith. slywa a plum, Russ. sliva.]
(Bot.)
A small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.


word: Slog
definition:
Slog

Slog
(sl&obreve_;g)
v. t. & i.
[Cf. Slug, v. t.]
To hit hard, esp. with little attention to aim or the like, as in cricket or boxing; to slug.
[Cant or Slang]


word: Slog₂
definition:
Slog

Slog
(sl&obreve_;g)
v. i.
1.
to walk heavily; to plod; to walk through resisting terrain, as in mud.

2.
To work steadily and ploddingly; to toil.


word: Slogan
definition:
Slogan

Slo"gan
(?)
n.
[Gael. sluagh-ghairm, i.e., an army cry; sluagh army + gairm a call, calling.]
The war cry, or gathering word, of a Highland clan in Scotland.
Sir W. Scott.

2.
Hence:
A distinctive motto, phrase, or cry used by any person or party to express a purpose or ideal; a catchphrase; a rallying cry.


word: sloggy
definition:
sloggy

slog"gy
(sl&obreve_;g"g&ybreve_;)
a.
Sluggish.
[Obs.]

Somnolence that is sloggy slumbering
Chaucer.


word: Sloop
definition:
Sloop

Sloop
(?)
n.
[D. sloep, of uncertain origin.  Cf. Shallop.]
1.
(Naut.)
A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted.  The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel.  The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880.  One radical distinction is that a sloop may carry a centerboard. See Cutter, and Illustration in Appendix.

2.
(Naut.)
In modern usage, a sailing vessel having one mast, commonly with a Bermuda rig, with either a center-board or a keel.  In the United States, a sloop may have one or two headsails, while in Western Europe and Great Britain a sloop has only one headsail.

Sloop of war, formerly, a vessel of war rigged either as a ship, brig, or schooner, and mounting from ten to thirty-two guns; now, any war vessel larger than a gunboat, and carrying guns on one deck only.


word: Slop
definition:
Slop

Slop
(?)
n.
[OE. sloppe a pool; akin to As. sloppe, slyppe, the sloppy droppings of a cow; cf. AS. sl_;pan to slip, and E. slip, v.i.  Cf. Cowslip.]
1.
Water or other liquid carelessly spilled or thrown aboyt, as upon a table or a floor; a puddle; a soiled spot.

2.
Mean and weak drink or liquid food; -- usually in the plural.

3.
pl.
Dirty water; water in which anything has been washed or rinsed; water from wash-bowls, etc.

Slop basin, or Slop bowl, a basin or bowl for holding slops, especially for receiving the rinsings of tea or coffee cups at the table. -- Slop molding (Brickmaking), a process of manufacture in which the brick is carried to the drying ground in a wet mold instead of on a pallet.


word: Slop₂
definition:
Slop

Slop
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Slopped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slopping.]
1.
To cause to overflow, as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; to spill.

2.
To spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled.


word: Slop₃
definition:
Slop

Slop
v. i.
To overflow or be spilled as a liquid, by the motion of the vessel containing it; -- often with over.


word: Slop₄
definition:
Slop

Slop
n.
[AS. slop a frock or over-garment, fr. sl_;pan to slip, to slide; akin to Icel. sloppr a thin garment; cf. OHG. slouf a garment.  Cf. Slip, v. i.]
1.
Any kind of outer garment made of linen or cotton, as a night dress, or a smock frock.
[Obs.]
Halliwell.

2.
A loose lower garment; loose breeches; chiefly used in the plural.
slops
Sir P. Sidney.

There's a French salutation to your French slop.
Shak.

3.
pl.
Ready-made clothes; also, among seamen, clothing, bedding, and other furnishings.


word: Slope
definition:
Slope

Slope
(?)
n.
[Formed (like abode fr. abide) from OE. slipen. See Slip, v. i.]
1.
An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another.

2.
Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.

 buildings the summit and slope of a hill.
Macaulay.

Under the slopes of Pisgah.
Deut. iv. 49. (Rev. Ver.).

3.
The part of a continent descending toward, and draining to, a particular ocean; as, the Pacific slope.

&hand_; A slope, considered as descending, is a declivity; considered as ascending, an acclivity.

Slope of a plane (Geom.), the direction of the plane; as, parallel planes have the same slope.


word: Slope₄
definition:
Slope

Slope
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sloped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sloping.]
To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.


word: Slope₅
definition:
Slope

Slope
v. i.
1.
To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.

2.
To depart; to disappear suddenly.
[Slang]


word: Sloping
definition:
Sloping

Slop"ing
a.
Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting.
Slop"ing*ly, adv.

The sloping land recedes into the clouds.
Cowper.


word: Sloppy
definition:
Sloppy

Slop"py
(?)
a.
[Compar. Sloppier (?); superl. Sloppiest.]
[From Slop.]
Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road.


word: Slopwork
definition:
Slopwork

Slop"work`
(?)
n.
The manufacture of slops, or cheap ready-made clothing; also, such clothing; hence, hasty, slovenly work of any kind.

No slopwork ever dropped from his [Carlyle's] pen.
Froude.


word: Slot
definition:
Slot

Slot
(?)
n.
[LG. & D. slot a lock, from a verb meaning to close., to shut, D. sluiten; akin to G. schliessen, OHG. sliozan, OFries. sl_;ta, and probably to L. claudere.  Cf. Close, Sluice.]
1.
A broad, flat, wooden bar; a slat or sloat.

2.
A bolt or bar for fastening a door.
[Prov. Eng.]

3.
A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.


word: Slot₂
definition:
Slot

Slot
(?)
v. t.
[See Slot a bar.]
To shut with violence; to slam; as, to slot a door.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]


word: Slot₃
definition:
Slot

Slot
n.
[Cf. Icel. sl_;_;, and E. sleuth.]
The track of a deer; hence, a track of any kind.
Milton.

As a bloodhound follows the slot of a hurt deer.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Sloth
definition:
Sloth

Sloth
(?)
n.
[OE. slouthe, sleuthe, AS. sl_;w_;, fr. slāw slow. See Slow.]
1.
Slowness; tardiness.

These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor
This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome.
Shak.

2.
Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness; idleness.

[They] change their course to pleasure, ease, and sloth.
Milton.

Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears.
Franklin.

3.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family Bradypodidae, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and long prehensile claws.  Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico.

&hand_; The three-toed sloths belong to the genera Bradypus and Arctopithecus, of which several species have been described. They have three toes on each foot. The best-known species are collared sloth (Bradypus tridactylus), and the ai (Arctopitheus ai). The two-toed sloths, consisting the genus Cholopus, have two toes on each fore foot and three on each hind foot. The best-known is the unau (Cholopus didactylus) of South America. See Unau. Another species (Cholopus Hoffmanni) inhabits Central America.
   Various large extinct terrestrial edentates, such as Megatherium and Mylodon, are often called sloths.

Australian sloth, or Native sloth (Zool.), the koala. -- Sloth animalcule (Zool.), a tardigrade. -- Sloth bear (Zool.), a black or brown long-haired bear (Melursus ursinus, or Melursus labiatus), native of India and Ceylon; -- called also aswail, labiated bear, and jungle bear.  It is easily tamed and can be taught many tricks. -- Sloth monkey (Zool.), a loris.


word: Slothful
definition:
Slothful

Sloth"ful
(?)
a.
Addicted to sloth; inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle.

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Prov. xviii. 9.


word: Slot machine
definition:
Slot machine

Slot" ma*chine"
A machine the operation of which is started by dropping a coin into a slot, for delivering small articles of merchandise, showing one's weight, exhibiting pictures, throwing dice, gambling, etc.


word: Slouch
definition:
Slouch

Slouch
(?)
n.
[Cf. Icel. sl_;kra slouching felloew, and E. slack, slug, a lazy fellow.]
1.
A hanging down of the head; a drooping attitude; a limp appearance; an ungainly, clownish gait; a sidewise depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.

2.
An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.
[Colloq.]

Slouth hat, a soft, limp hat of unstiffened cloth or felt.


word: Slouch₂
definition:
Slouch

Slouch
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Slouched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slouching.]
1.
To droop, as the head.

2.
To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.
[Colloq.]


word: Slouching
definition:
Slouching

Slouch"ing
a.
Hanging down at the side; limp; drooping; without firmness or shapeliness; moving in an ungainly manner.


word: Slough₂
definition:
Slough

Slough
(?)
n.
[OE. slogh, slough, AS. sl&omacrh a hollow place; cf. MHG. slūch an abyss, gullet, G. schlucken to swallow; also Gael. & Ir. sloc a pit, pool. ditch, Ir. slug to swallow. Gr. _;_;_;_;_; to hiccough, to sob.]
1.
A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
Chaucer.

He's here stuck in a slough.
Milton.

2.
[Pronounced slō.]
A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.
[In this sense local or provincial; also spelt sloo, and slue.]

Slough grass (Bot.), a name in the Mississippi valley for grasses of the genus Muhlenbergia; -- called also drop seed, and nimble Will.


word: Slough₄
definition:
Slough

Slough
(?)
n.
[OE. slugh, slouh; cf. MHG. sl_;ch the skin of a serpent, G. schlauch a skin, a leather bag or bottle.]
1.
The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.

2.
(Med.)
The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.


word: Slough₅
definition:
Slough

Slough
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Sloughed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sloughing.]
(Med.)
To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly.


word: Slough₆
definition:
Slough

Slough
v. t.
To cast off; to discard as refuse.

New tint the plumage of the birds,
And slough decay from grazing herds.
Emerson.


word: Sloughing
definition:
Sloughing

Slough"ing
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis.


word: Sloughy₂
definition:
Sloughy

Slough"y
(?)
a.
Resembling, or of the nature of, a slough, or the dead matter which separates from living flesh.


word: Sloven
definition:
Sloven

Slov"en
(?)
n.
[D. slaf careless, negligent, a sloven; akin to LG. sluf slovenly.]
A man or boy habitually negligent of neathess and order; -- the correlative term to slattern, or slut.
Pope.

He became a confirmed sloven.
Macaulay.


word: Slovenly
definition:
Slovenly

Slov"en*ly
a.
1.
Having the habits of a sloven; negligent of neatness and order, especially in dress.

A slovenly, lazy fellow, lolling at his ease.
L'Estrange.

2.
Characteristic of a sloven; lacking neatness and order; evincing negligence; as, slovenly dress.


word: Slow₂
definition:
Slow

Slow
(sl&omacr)
a.
[Compar. Slower (sl&omacr"ẽr); superl. Slowest.]
[OE. slow, slaw, AS. slāw; akin to OS. slēu blunt, dull, D. sleeuw, slee, sour, OHG. slēo blunt, dull, Icel. sl&omacrr, slær, Dan. slöv, Sw. slö.  Cf. Sloe, and Sloth.]
1.
Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as, a slow stream; a slow motion.

2.
Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.

These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced
Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast.
Milton.

3.
Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue.

Fixed on defense, the Trojans are not slow
To guard their shore from an expected foe.
Dryden.

4.
Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive.

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.
Prov. xiv. 29.

5.
Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow.

6.
Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences.

7.
Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull.
[Colloq.]
Dickens. Thackeray.

&hand_; Slow is often used in the formation of compounds for the most part self-explaining; as, slow-gaited, slow-paced, slow-sighted, slow-winged, and the like.

Slow coach, a slow person. See def.7, above. [Colloq.] -- Slow lemur, or Slow loris (Zool.),  an East Indian nocturnal lemurine animal (Nycticebus tardigradus) about the size of a small cat; -- so called from its slow and deliberate movements. It has very large round eyes and is without a tail. Called also bashful Billy. -- Slow match. See under Match.


word: Slow₄
definition:
Slow

Slow
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Slowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slowing.]
To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer.
Shak.


word: Slow₅
definition:
Slow

Slow
v. i.
To go slower; -- often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge.


word: Slowly
definition:
Slowly

Slow"ly
adv.
In a slow manner; moderately; not rapidly; not early; not rashly; not readly; tardly.


word: Slowworm
definition:
Slowworm

Slow"worm`
(?)
n.
[AS. slāwyrm; the first part is probably akin to sleán to strike, the reptile being supposed to be very poisonous. See Slay, v. t., and Worm.]
(Zool.)
A lecertilian reptile; the blindworm.


word: Sloyd
definition:
Sloyd

Sloyd
(?)
n.
[Written also slojd, and sloid.]
[Sw. slöjd skill, dexterity, esp. skilled labor, hence, manufacture, wood carving.]
Lit., skilled mechanical work, such as that required in wood carving; trade work; hence, a system (usually called the sloyd system) of manual training in the practical use of the tools and materials used in the trades, and of instruction in the making and use of the plans and specifications connected with trade work. The  sloyd system derives its name from the fact that it was adopted or largely developed from a similar Swedish system, in which wood carving was a chief feature. Its purpose is not only to afford practical skill in some trade, but also to develop the pupils mentally and physically.


word: Slub
definition:
Slub

Slub
(?)
n.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
A roll of wool slightly twisted; a rove; -- called also slubbing.


word: Slub₂
definition:
Slub

Slub
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Slubbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slubbing.]
To draw out and twist slightly; -- said of slivers of wool.


word: Slubber
definition:
Slubber

Slub"ber
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Slubbered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slubbering.]
[Cf. Dan. slubbreto swallow, to sup up, D. slobberen to lap, to slabber.  Cf. Slabber.]
1.
To do lazily, imperfectly, or coarsely.

Slubber not business for my sake.
Shak.

2.
To daub; to stain; to cover carelessly.

There is no art that hath more . . . slubbered with aphorisming pedantry than the art of policy.
Milton.


word: Slubberdegullion
definition:
Slubberdegullion

Slub"ber*de*gul`lion
(?)
n.
[Slubber + Prov. E. gullion a wretch.]
A mean, dirty wretch.
[Low]


word: Slubbing
definition:
Slubbing

Slub"bing
(?)
a. & n. from Slub.

Slubbing billy, or Slubbing machine, the machine by which slubs are formed.


word: Sludge
definition:
Sludge

Sludge
(?)
n.
[CF. Slush.]
1.
Mud; mire; soft mud; slush.
Mortimer. Tennyson.

2.
Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow.
Kane.

3.
(Mining)
See Slime,  4.

4.
Anything resembling mud or slush; as: (a) A muddy or slimy deposit from sweage. (b) Mud from a drill hole in boring. (c) Muddy sediment in a steam boiler. (d) Settling of cottonseed oil, used in making soap, etc. (e) A residuum of crude paraffin-oil distillation.

Sludge hole, the hand-hole, or manhole, in a steam boiler, by means of which sediment can be removed.


word: Sludge acid
definition:
Sludge acid

Sludge acid
Impure dark-colored sulphuric acid that has been used in the refining of petroleum.


word: Slue
definition:
Slue

Slue
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Slued (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Sluing (_;).]
[Prov. E. slew to turn round, Scot. to lean or incline to a side; cf. Icel. sn_;a to turn, bend.]
[Written also slew.]
1.
(Naut.)
To turn about a fixed point, usually the center or axis, as a spar or piece of timber; to turn; -- used also of any heavy body.

2.
In general, to turn about; to twist; -- often used reflexively and followed by round.
[Colloq.]

They laughed, and slued themselves round.
Dickens.


word: Slue₂
definition:
Slue

Slue
v. i.
To turn about; to turn from the course; to slip or slide and turn from an expected or desired course; -- often followed by round.


word: Slug
definition:
Slug

Slug
(?)
n.
[OE. slugge slothful, sluggen to be slothful; cf. LG. slukk low-spirited, sad, E. slack, slouch, D. slak, slek, a snail.]
1.
A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard.
Shak.

2.
A hindrance; an obstruction.
[Obs.]
Bacon.

3.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of terrestrial pulmonate mollusks belonging to Limax and several related genera, in which the shell is either small and concealed in the mantle, or altogether wanting. They are closely allied to the land snails.

4.
(Zool.)
Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug.

5.
A ship that sails slowly.
[Obs.]
Halliwell.

His rendezvous for his fleet, and for all slugs to come to, should be between Calais and Dover.
Pepys.

6.
[Perhaps a different word.]
An irregularly shaped piece of metal, used as a missile for a gun.

7.
(Print.)
A thick strip of metal less than type high, and as long as the width of a column or a page, -- used in spacing out pages and to separate display lines, etc.

Sea slug. (Zool.) (a) Any nudibranch mollusk. (b) A holothurian. -- Slug caterpillar. Same as Slugworm.


word: Slug₂
definition:
Slug

Slug
v. i.
To move slowly; to lie idle.
[Obs.]

To slug in sloth and sensual delight.
Spenser.


word: Slug₄
definition:
Slug

Slug
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Slugged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slugging (?).]
1.
To load with a slug or slugs; as, to slug a gun.

2.
To strike heavily.
[Cant or Slang]


word: Slug₅
definition:
Slug

Slug
v. i.
To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel; -- said of a bullet when fired from a gun, pistol, or other firearm.


word: Sluggard
definition:
Sluggard

Slug"gard
(?)
n.
[Slug + -ard.]
A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Prov. vi. 6.


word: Sluggardy
definition:
Sluggardy

Slug"gard*y
(?)
n.
[OE. sloggardye.]
The state of being a sluggard; sluggishness; sloth.
Gower.

Idleness is rotten sluggardy.
Chaucer.


word: Slugger
definition:
Slugger

Slug"ger
(?)
n.
One who strikes heavy blows; hence, a boxer; a prize fighter.
[Cant or Slang]


word: Slugging match
definition:
Slugging match

Slug"ging match
(a)
A boxing match or prize fight marked rather by heavy hitting than skill.
[Cant or Slang]
(b)
A ball game, esp. a baseball game, in which  there is much hard hitting of the ball.
[Slang, U. S.]


word: Slugging average
definition:
Slugging average

Slug"ging av`er*age
(Baseball)
a measure of the effectiveness of a batter at reaching base and advancing other runners, calculated as the sum of the number of bases reached on each hit, divided by the total number of times at bat.  A double counts two bases, a triple three, a home run four.  Thus a batter with four singles, two doubles and a triple in 20 official times at bat would have a slugging average of 0.550, and a batting average of 0.350.  Also called slugging percentage.  Compare batting average.


word: Sluggish
definition:
Sluggish

Slug"gish
(?)
a.
1.
Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.

2.
Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.

3.
Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.

Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself.
Woodward.

And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect.
Longfellow.

4.
Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.
[R.]
sluggish
Milton.


word: Slug-horn
definition:
Slug-horn

Slug"-horn`
(?)
a.
An erroneous form of the Scotch word slughorne, or sloggorne, meaning slogan.


word: Slugworm
definition:
Slugworm

Slug"worm`
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
Any caterpillar which has the general appearance of a slug, as do those of certain moths belonging to Limacodes and allied genera, and those of certain sawflies.


word: Sluice
definition:
Sluice

Sluice
(?)
n.
[OF. escluse, F. écluse, LL. exclusa, sclusa, from L. excludere, exclusum, to shut out: cf. D. sluis sluice, from the Old French. See Exclude.]
1.
An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate or flood gate.

2.
Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply.

Each sluice of affluent fortune opened soon.
Harte.

This home familiarity . . . opens the sluices of sensibility.
I. Taylor.

3.
The stream flowing through a flood gate.

4.
(Mining)
A long box or trough through which water flows, -- used for washing auriferous earth.

Sluice gate, the sliding gate of a sluice.


word: Sluice₂
definition:
Sluice

Sluice
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Sluiced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sluicing (?).]
1.
To emit by, or as by, flood gates.
[R.]
Milton.

2.
To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice; as, to sluice meadows.
Howitt.

He dried his neck and face, which he had been sluicing with cold water.
De Quincey.

3.
To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice; as, to sluice eart or gold dust in mining.


word: Sluiceway
definition:
Sluiceway

Sluice"way`
(?)
n.
An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice; specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so that logs, lumber, or rubbish can be floated down to some convenient place of delivery.


word: Sluicy
definition:
Sluicy

Slui`cy
(?)
a.
Falling copiously or in streams, as from a sluice.

And oft whole sheets descend of sluicy rain.
Dryden.


word: Slum
definition:
Slum

Slum
(slŭm)
n.
[CF. Slump, n.]
1.
A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives.
Dickens.

2.
pl.
(Mining)
Same as Slimes.


word: Slum₂
definition:
Slum

Slum
(slŭm)
v. i.
To visit or frequent slums, esp. out of curiosity, or for purposes of study, etc.  Also called go slumming.
[Colloq.]


word: Slumber
definition:
Slumber

Slum"ber
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Slumbered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slumbering.]
[OE. slombren, slumberen, slumeren, AS. slumerian, fr. sluma slumber; akin to D. sluimeren to slumber, MHG. slummern, slumen, G. schlummern, Dan. slumre, Sw. slumra, Goth. slawan to be silent.]
1.
To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze.
Piers Plowman.

He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Ps. cxxi. 4.

2.
To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity.
slumbers
Young.


word: Slumber₃
definition:
Slumber

Slum"ber
n.
Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose.

He at last fell into a slumber, and thence into a fast sleep, which detained him in that place until it was almost night.
Bunyan.

Fast asleep? It is no matter;
Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber.
Shak.

Rest to my soul, and slumber to my eyes.
Dryden.


word: Slumberous
definition:
Slumberous

Slum"ber*ous
(?)
a.
1.
Inviting slumber; soporiferous.
slumberous
Pope.

2.
Being in the repose of slumber; sleepy; drowsy.

His quiet and almost slumberous countenance.
Hawthorne.


word: Slumgum
definition:
Slumgum

Slum"gum`
(?)
n.
The impure residue, consisting of cocoons, propolis, etc., remaining after the wax is extracted from honeycombs.


word: Slumming
definition:
Slumming

Slum"ming
vb. n.
Visiting slums.  Sometimes used humorously, in reference to the appearance of a dignified person in a situation generally thought of as low-class.


word: Slump
definition:
Slump

Slump
(?)
n.
[Cf. D. slomp a mass, heap, Dan. slump a quantity, and E. slump, v.t.]
The gross amount; the mass; the lump.
[Scot.]


word: Slump₂
definition:
Slump

Slump
v. t.
[Cf. Lump; also Sw. slumpa to bargain for the lump.]
To lump; to throw into a mess.

These different groups . . . are exclusively slumped together under that sense.
Sir W. Hamilton.


word: Slump₃
definition:
Slump

Slump
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Slumped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slumping.]
[Scot. slump a dull noise produced by something falling into a hole, a marsh, a swamp.]
1.
To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a bog, etc., not strong enough to bear the person.

The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may slump.
Barrow.

2.
To slide or slip on a declivity, so that the motion is perceptible; -- said of masses of earth or rock.

3.
To undergo a slump, or sudden decline or falling off; as, the stock slumped ten points.
[Colloq.]


word: Slump₄
definition:
Slump

Slump
n.
1.
A boggy place.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

2.
The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.
[Scot.]

3.
A falling or declining, esp. suddenly and markedly; a falling off; as, a slump in trade, in stock market prices, in a batter's average, etc.
[Colloq.]


word: Slumpy
definition:
Slumpy

Slump"y
(?)
a.
Easily broken through; boggy; marshy; swampy.
[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
Bartlett.


word: Slung
definition:
Slung

Slung
(?)
imp. & p. p. of Sling.

Slung shot, a metal ball of small size, with a string attached, used by ruffians for striking.


word: Slur
definition:
Slur

Slur
(slûr)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Slurred (slûrd); p. pr. & vb. n. Slurring (slûr"rĭng).]
[Cf. OE. sloor mud, clay, Icel. sl&omacrra, sloðra, to trail or drag one's self along, D. sleuren, sloren, to train, to drag, to do negligently and slovenly, D. sloor, sloerie, a sluttish girl.]
1.
To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
Cudworth.

2.
To disparage; to traduce.
Tennyson.

3.
To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.

With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his crimes.
Dryden.

4.
To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
[R.]

To slur men of what they fought for.
Hudibras.

5.
To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables; to slur one's words.

6.
(Mus.)
To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones.
Busby.

7.
(Print.)
To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.


word: Slur₂
definition:
Slur

Slur
n.
1.
A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo.
slur
South.

2.
A trick played upon a person; an imposition.
[R.]

3.
(Mus.)
A mark, thus [&frown or &smile], connecting notes that are to be sung to the same syllable, or made in one continued breath of a wind instrument, or with one stroke of a bow; a tie; a sign of legato.

4.
In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.


word: Slurred
definition:
Slurred

Slurred
(slûrd)
a.
(Mus.)
Marked with a slur; performed in a smooth, gliding style, like notes marked with a slur.


word: Slush
definition:
Slush

Slush
(slŭsh)
n.
[Cf. Sw. slaska to paddle in water, slask wet, filth.]
[Written also slosh.]
1.
Soft mud.

2.
A mixture of snow and water; half-melted snow.

3.
A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.

4.
The refuse grease and fat collected in cooking, especially on shipboard.

5.
(Mach.)
A mixture of white lead and lime, with which the bright parts of machines, such as the connecting rods of steamboats, are painted to be preserved from oxidation.


word: Slush₂
definition:
Slush

Slush
(slŭsh)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Slushed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Slushing.]
1.
To smear with slush or grease; as, to slush a mast.

2.
To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.


word: Slushy
definition:
Slushy

Slush"y
(slŭsh"&ybreve_;)
a.
Abounding in slush; characterized by soft mud or half-melted snow; as, the streets are slushy; the snow is slushy.
slushy
Blackw. Mag.


word: Slut
definition:
Slut

Slut
(slŭt)
n.
[OE. slutte; cf. OD. slodde a slut, Icel. slöttr a heavy, loglike fellow, slota to droop.]
1.
An untidy woman; a slattern.

Sluts are good enough to make a sloven's porridge.
Old Proverb.

2.
A servant girl; a drudge.
[Obs.]

Our little girl Susan is a most admirable slut, and pleases us mightily, doing more service than both the others.
Pepys.

3.
A female dog; a bitch.


word: Sluttery
definition:
Sluttery

Slut"ter*y
(?)
n.
The qualities and practices of a slut; sluttishness; slatternlines.
Drayton.


word: Sluttish
definition:
Sluttish

Slut"tish
(?)
a.
Like a slut; untidy; indecently negligent of cleanliness; disorderly; as, a sluttish woman.

Why is thy lord so slutish, I thee pray.
Chaucer.

An air of liberal, though sluttish, plenty, indicated the wealthy farmer.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Sly
definition:
Sly

Sly
(?)
a.
[Compar. Slier (?) or Slyer; superl. Sliest or Slyest.]
[OE. sli, slegh, sleih, Icel. sl_;gr, for sl_;gr; akin to Sw. slug, Dan. slu, LG. slou, G. schlau; probably to E. slay, v.t.; cf. G. verschlagen sly. See Slay, v. t., and cf. Sleight.]
1.
Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; -- in a good sense.

Be ye sly as serpents, and simple as doves.
Wyclif (Matt. x. 16).

Whom graver age
And long experience hath made wise and sly.
Fairfax.

2.
Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

For my sly wiles and subtle craftiness,
The litle of the kingdom I possess.
Spenser.

3.
Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.

Envy works in a sly and imperceptible manner.
I. Watts.

4.
Light or delicate; slight; thin.
[Obs.]

By the sly, or On the sly, in a sly or secret manner. [Colloq.] “Gazed on Hetty's charms by the sly.” G. Eliot. -- Sly goose (Zool.), the common sheldrake; -- so named from its craftiness.


word: Slyboots
definition:
Slyboots

Sly"boots`
(?)
n.
A humerous appellation for a sly, cunning, or waggish person.

Slyboots was cursedly cunning to hide 'em.
Goldsmith.


word: Slype
definition:
Slype

Slype
(?)
n.
[Cf. D. sluipen to sneak.]
(Arch.)
A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery.
[Eng.]


word: Smack
definition:
Smack

Smack
(?)
n.
[D. smak; akin to LG. smack, smak, Dan. smakke, G. schmacke, F. semaque.]
(Naut.)
A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.


word: Smack₂
definition:
Smack

Smack
n.
[OE. smak, AS. ssm_;c taste, savor; akin to D. smaak, G. geschmack, OHG. smac; cf. Lith. smagus pleasant.  Cf. Smack, v. i.]
1.
Taste or flavor, esp. a slight taste or flavor; savor; tincture; as, a smack of bitter in the medicine. Also used figuratively.

So quickly they have taken a smack in covetousness.
Robynson (More's Utopia).

They felt the smack of this world.
Latimer.

2.
A small quantity; a taste.
Dryden.

3.
A loud kiss; a buss.
smack
Shak.

4.
A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.

5.
A quick, smart blow; a slap.
Johnson.


word: Smack₄
definition:
Smack

Smack
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Smacked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Smacking.]
[OE. smaken to taste, have a taste, -- from the noun; cf. AS. smecan taste; akin to D. smaken, G. schmecken, OHG. smechen to taste, smach_;n to have a taste (and, derived from the same source, G. schmatzen to smack the lips, to kiss with a sharp noise, MHG. smatzen, smackzeen), Icel. smakka to taste, Sw. smaka, Dan. smage. See 2d Smack, n.]
1.
To have a smack; to be tinctured with any particular taste.

2.
To have or exhibit and indication or suggestion of the presence of any character or quality; to have a taste, or flavor; -- used with of; as, a remark smacking of contempt.

 All sects, all ages, smack of this vice.
Shak.

3.
To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate; to kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.

4.
To make a noise by the separation of the lips after tasting anything.


word: Smack₅
definition:
Smack

Smack
v. t.
1.
To kiss with a sharp noise; to buss.

2.
To open, as the lips, with an inarticulate sound made by a quick compression and separation of the parts of the mouth; to make a noise with, as the lips, by separating them in the act of kissing or after tasting.

Drinking off the cup, and smacking his lips with an air of ineffable relish.
Sir W. Scott.

3.
To make a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip.
smacks
Young.


word: Smacking
definition:
Smacking

Smack"ing
n.
A sharp, quick noise; a smack.

Like the faint smacking of an after kiss.
Dryden.


word: Smacking₂
definition:
Smacking

Smack"ing
(smăk"ĭng)
a.
Making a sharp, brisk sound; hence, brisk; as, a smacking breeze.


word: Small
definition:
Small

Small
(sm&asuml_;l)
a.
[Compar. Smaller (sm&asuml_;l"ẽr); superl. Smallest.]
[OE. small, AS. smael; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali small cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr. mh^lon a sheep or goat.]
1.
Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river.

To compare
Great things with small.
Milton.

2.
Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business.

3.
Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; -- sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean.

A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of interesting the greatest man.
Carlyle.

4.
Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space.
Shak.

5.
Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud.
small
1 Kings xix. 12.

Great and small,of all ranks or degrees; -- used especially of persons.  “His quests, great and small.” Chaucer. -- Small arms, muskets, rifles, pistols, etc., in distinction from cannon. -- Small beer. See under Beer. -- Small coal. (a) Little coals of wood formerly used to light fires. Gay. (b) Coal about the size of a hazelnut, separated from the coarser parts by screening. -- Small craft (Naut.), a vessel, or vessels in general, of a small size. -- Small fruits. See under Fruit. -- Small hand, a certain size of paper. See under Paper. -- Small hours. See under Hour. -- Small letter. (Print.), a lower-case letter. See Lower-case, and Capital letter, under Capital, a. -- Small piece, a Scotch coin worth about 21/4d. sterling, or about 41/2cents. -- Small register. See the Note under 1st Register, 7. -- Small stuff (Naut.), spun yarn, marline, and the smallest kinds of rope. R. H. Dana, Jr. -- Small talk, light or trifling conversation; chitchat. -- Small wares (Com.), various small textile articles, as tapes, braid, tringe, and the like. M‘Culloch.


word: Small₂
definition:
Small

Small
adv.
1.
In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly.
[Obs.]
small
Chaucer.
small
Shak.

2.
Not loudly; faintly; timidly.
[Obs. or Humorous]

You may speak as small as you will.
Shak.


word: Small₃
definition:
Small

Small
n.
1.
The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back.

2.
pl.
Smallclothes.
[Colloq.]
Hood. Dickens.

3.
pl.
Same as Little go. See under Little, a.


word: Smallage
definition:
Smallage

Small"age
(?)
n.
[Small + F. ache smallage. See Ach parsley.]
(Bot.)
A biennial umbelliferous plant (Apium graveolens) native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery.


word: Smallclothes
definition:
Smallclothes

Small"clothes`
(?)
n. pl.
A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.


word: Smallpox
definition:
Smallpox

Small"pox`
(?)
n.
[Small + pox, pocks.]
(Med.)
A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick crusts which slough after a certain time, often leaving a pit, or scar.


word: Smallsword
definition:
Smallsword

Small"sword`
(?)
n.
A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century.


word: Smalt
definition:
Smalt

Smalt
(?)
n.
[It. smalto, LL. smaltum; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. smalz grease, butter, G. schmalz grease, OHG. smelzan to melt, G. schmelzen. See Smelt, v. t., and cf. Amel, Enamel.]
A deep blue pigment or coloring material used in various arts. It is a vitreous substance made of cobalt, potash, and calcined quartz fused, and reduced to a powder.


word: Smaltite
definition:
Smaltite

Smaltine

{ Smalt"ine (?), Smalt"ite (?), }
n.
[See Smalt.]
(Min.)
A tin-white or gray mineral of metallic luster. It is an arsenide of cobalt, nickel, and iron. Called also speiskobalt.


word: Smaragdine
definition:
Smaragdine

Sma*rag"dine
(?)
a.
[L. smaragdinus, Gr. _;_;_;_;.]
Of or pertaining to emerald; resembling emerald; of an emerald green.


word: Smaragdite
definition:
Smaragdite

Sma*rag"dite
(?)
n.
[Cf. F. smaragdite; -- so called from its emerald-green color. See Smaragd.]
(Min.)
A green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varietis of gabbro.


word: Smart
definition:
Smart

Smart
(smärt)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Smarted; p. pr. & vb. n. Smarting.]
[OE. smarten, AS. smeortan; akin to D. smarten, smerten, G.  schmerzen, OHG. smerzan, Dan. smerte, Sw. smärta, D. smart, smert, a pain, G. schmerz, OHG. smerzo, and probably to L. mordere to bite; cf. Gr. smerdno`s, smerdale`os, terrible, fearful, Skr. m&rsdot_;d to rub, crush.  Cf. Morsel.]
1.
To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.
Chaucer. Shak.

2.
To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil; as, the team is still smarting from its loss of the championship.

No creature smarts so little as a fool.
Pope.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
Prov. xi. 15.


word: Smart₃
definition:
Smart

Smart
n.
[OE. smerte. See Smart, v. i.]
1.
Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles.
smart
Chaucer.

2.
Severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction.

To stand 'twixt us and our deserved smart.
Milton.

Counsel mitigates the greatest smart.
Spenser.

3.
A fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy.
[Slang]
Fielding.

4.
Smart money (see below).
[Canf]


word: Smart₄
definition:
Smart

Smart
(?)
a.
[Compar. Smarter (?); superl. Smartest.]
[OE. smerte. See Smart, v. i.]
1.
Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste.

How smart lash that speech doth give my conscience.
Shak.

2.
Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain.

3.
Vigorous; sharp; severe.
Smart
Clarendon.

4.
Accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly; active; sharp; clever.
[Colloq.]

5.
Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
smarter
Dryden.

6.
Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying.

Who, for the poor renown of being smart
Would leave a sting within a brother's heart?
Young.

A sentence or two, . . . which I thought very smart.
Addison.

7.
Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown.

8.
Brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze.

Smart money. (a) Money paid by a person to buy himself off from some unpleasant engagement or some painful situation. (b) (Mil.) Money allowed to soldiers or sailors, in the English service, for wounds and injures received; also, a sum paid by a recruit, previous to being sworn in, to procure his release from service. (c) (Law) Vindictive or exemplary damages; damages beyond a full compensation for the actual injury done. Burrill. Greenleaf. -- Smart ticket, a certificate given to wounded seamen, entitling them to smart money. [Eng.] Brande & C.


word: Smarten
definition:
Smarten

Smart"en
(?)
v. t.
To make smart or spruce; -- usually with up.
[Colloq.]

She had to go and smarten herself up somewhat.
W. Black.


word: Smartweed
definition:
Smartweed

Smart"weed`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
An acrid plant of the genus Polygonum (Polygonum Hydropiper), which produces smarting if applied where the skin is tender.


word: Smash
definition:
Smash

Smash
(smăsh)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Smashed (smăsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Smashing.]
[Cf. Sw. smisk a blow, stroke, smiska to strike, dial. Sw. smaske to kiss with a noise, and E. smack a loud kiss, a slap.]
1.
To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.

Here everything is broken and smashed to pieces.
Burke.

2.
(Lawn Tennis)
To hit (the ball) from above the level of the net with a very hard overhand stroke.


word: Smash₃
definition:
Smash

Smash
n.
1.
A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.

2.
Hence, bankruptcy.
[Colloq.]


word: Smasher
definition:
Smasher

Smash"er
(smăsh"ẽr)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, smashes or breaks things to pieces.

2.
Anything very large or extraordinary.
[Slang]

3.
One who passes counterfeit coin.
[Cant, Eng.]


word: Smatch
definition:
Smatch

Smatch
(?)
n.
[OE. smach, smak. See Smack taste.]
Taste; tincture; smack.
[Obs.]

Thy life hath had some smatch of honor in it.
Shak.


word: Smatter
definition:
Smatter

Smat"ter
(?)
v. i.
[OE. smateren to make a noise; cf. Sw. smattra to clatter, to crackle, G. schmettern to dash, crash, to warble, quaver.]
1.
To talk superficially or ignorantly; to babble; to chatter.

Of state affairs you can not smatter.
Swift.

2.
To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack.


word: Smatter₂
definition:
Smatter

Smat"ter
v. t.
1.
To talk superficially about.

2.
To gain a slight taste of; to acquire a slight, superficial knowledge of; to smack.
Chaucer.


word: Smattering
definition:
Smattering

Smat"ter*ing
n.
A slight, superficial knowledge of something; sciolism.

I had a great desire, not able to attain to a superficial skill in any, to have some smattering in all.
Burton.


word: Smear
definition:
Smear

Smear
(smēr)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Smeared (smērd); p. pr. & vb. n. Smearing.]
[OE. smeren, smerien, AS. smierwan, smyrwan, fr. smeoru fat, grease; akin to D. smeren, OHG. smirwen, G. schmieren, Icel. smyrja to anoint. See Smear, n.]
1.
To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.
Smear
Shak.

2.
To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy.
Shak.

3.
To smudge, blur, or render indistinct (writing, pictures, etc.).

4.
to vilify (a person); to damage (a person's reputation), especially falsely or by unfair innuendo, and with malicious intent.


word: Smear₂
definition:
Smear

Smear
n.
[OE. smere,. smeoru fat, grease; akin to D. smeer, G. schmeer, OHG. smero, Icel. smjör, Sw. & Dan. smör butter, Goth. smaírþr fatness, smarna dung; cf. Lith. smarsas fat.  Cf. Smirch.]
1.
A fat, oily substance; oinment.
Johnson.

2.
Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain.

Slow broke the morn,
All damp and rolling vapor, with no sun,
But in its place a moving smear of light.
Alexander Smith.


word: Smearcase
definition:
Smearcase

Smear"case`
(?)
n.
[G. schmierkäse; schmier grease (or schmieren to smear) + käse cheese.]
Cottage cheese.
[Local, U. S.]


word: Smeared
definition:
Smeared

Smeared
(?)
a.
(Zool.)
Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the smeared dagger moth (Apatela oblinita).


word: Smectite
definition:
Smectite

Smec"tite
(?)
n.
[G. smectit, fr. Gr. _;_;_;_;_; a kind of fuller's earth, fr. _;_;_;_;_; to wipe off.]
(Min.)
A hydrous silicate of alumina, of a greenish color, which, in certain states of humidity, appears transparent and almost gelatinous.


word: Smee
definition:
Smee

Smee
(?)
n.
[Cf. Smew.]
(Zool.)
(a)
The pintail duck.
(b)
The widgeon.
(c)
The poachard.
(d)
The smew.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Smeeth
definition:
Smeeth

Smeeth
(?)
v. t.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
To smoke; to blacken with smoke; to rub with soot.
[Obs.]


word: Smeeth₂
definition:
Smeeth

Smeeth
(?)
v. t.
[OE. sme_;en, AS. sm_;_;ian. See Smooth.]
To smooth.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.


word: Smegma
definition:
Smegma

Smeg"ma
(?)
n.
[NL., fr. Gr. _;_;_;_; soap, fr. _;_;_;_;_; to wash off.]
(Physiol.)
The matter secreted by any of the sebaceous glands.
(a)
The soapy substance covering the skin of newborn infants.
(b)
The cheesy, sebaceous matter which collects between the glans penis and the foreskin.


word: Smell
definition:
Smell

Smell
(smĕl)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Smelled (?), Smelt (_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Smelling.]
[OE. smellen, smillen, smullen; cf. LG. smellen, smelen, smölen, schmelen, to smoke, to reek, D. smeulen to smolder, and E. smolder.  Cf. Smell, n.]
1.
To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes.

2.
To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell; to scent out; -- often with out.
smell
Shak.

Can you smell him out by that?
Shak.

3.
To give heed to.
[Obs.]

From that time forward I began to smellthe Word of God, and forsook the school doctors.
Latimer.

To smell a rat, to have a sense of something wrong, not clearly evident; to have reason for suspicion. [Colloq.] -- To smell out, to find out by sagacity. [Colloq.]


word: Smell₂
definition:
Smell

Smell
v. i.
1.
To affect the olfactory nerves; to have an odor or scent; -- often followed by of; as, to smell of smoke, or of musk.

2.
To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savor; as, a report smells of calumny.

Praises in an enemy are superfluous, or smell of craft.
Milton.

3.
To exercise the sense of smell.
Ex. xxx. 38.

4.
To exercise sagacity.
Shak.


word: Smell₃
definition:
Smell

Smell
n.
[OE. smel, smil, smul, smeol. See Smell, v. t.]
(Physiol.)
1.
The sense or faculty by which certain qualities of bodies are perceived through the instrumentally of the olfactory nerves. See Sense.

2.
The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom, which affects the olfactory organs; odor; scent; fragrance; perfume; as, the smell of mint.

Breathing the smell of field and grove.
Milton.

That which, above all others, yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violent.
Bacon.


word: Smeller
definition:
Smeller

Smell"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who smells, or perceives by the sense of smell; one who gives out smell.

2.
The nose.
[Pugilists' Slang]


word: Smell-feast
definition:
Smell-feast

Smell"-feast`
(?)
n.
1.
One who is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger.

The epicure and the smell-feast.
South.

2.
A feast at which the guests are supposed to feed upon the odors only of the viands.


word: Smelling
definition:
Smelling

Smell"ing
n.
1.
The act of one who smells.

2.
The sense by which odors are perceived; the sense of smell.
Locke.

Smelling bottle, a small bottle filled with something suited to stimulate the sense of smell, or to remove faintness, as spirits of ammonia.


word: Smelling salts
definition:
Smelling salts

Smell"ing salts
An aromatic preparation of carbonate of ammonia and, often, some scent, to avoid or relieve faintness, headache, or the like.


word: Smell-less
definition:
Smell-less

Smell"-less
a.
Destitute of smell; having no odor.

Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint.
Beau. & Fl.


word: Smelt₂
definition:
Smelt

Smelt
n.
[AS. smelt, smylt; akin to Dan. smelt.]
1.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste.

&hand_; The most important species are the European smelt (Osmerus eperlans) (called also eperlan, sparling, and spirling), the Eastern American smelt (Osmerus mordax), the California smelt (Osmerus thalichthys), and the surf smelt (Hypomesus olidus).  The name is loosely applied to various other small fishes, as the lant, the California tomcod, the spawn eater, the silversides.

2.
Fig.:
A gull; a simpleton.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.

Sand smelt (Zool.), the silverside.


word: Smelt₃
definition:
Smelt

Smelt
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Smelted; p. pr. & vb. n. Smelting.]
[Of foreign origin; cf. Sw. smälta, D. smelten, Dan. smelte, Icel. smelta, G. schmelzen OHG. smelzan, smelzen; probably akin to Gr. _;_;_;_;_;.  Cf. Enamel, Melt, Mute, v. i., Smalt.]
(Metal.)
To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or scorify; as, to smelt tin.


word: Smelting
definition:
Smelting

Smelt"ing
a. & n. from Smelt.

Smelting furnace (Metal.), a furnace in which ores are smelted or reduced.


word: Smerky
definition:
Smerky

Smerk

{ Smerk (?), Smerk"y (?), }
a.
Smart; jaunty; spruce. See Smirk, a.
[Obs.]

So smerk, so smooth, his pricked ears.
Spenser.


word: Smew
definition:
Smew

Smew
(?)
n.
[Perhaps for ice-mew.]
(Zool.)
(a)
small European merganser (Mergus albellus) which has a white crest; -- called also smee, smee duck, white merganser, and white nun.
(b)
The hooded merganser.
[Local, U.S.]


word: Smicker
definition:
Smicker

Smick"er
(?)
v. i.
[Akin to Sw. smickra to flatter, Dan. smigre, and perhaps to G. schmeicheln, and E. smile.  Cf. Smicker, a.]
To look amorously or wantonly; to smirk.


word: Smicker₂
definition:
Smicker

Smick"er
a.
[AS. smicere tasteful, trim. See Smicker, v.]
Amorous; wanton; gay; spruce.
[Obs.]


word: Smicket
definition:
Smicket

Smick"et
(?)
n.
[Dim. of smock.]
A woman's under-garment; a smock.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Johnson.


word: Smilax
definition:
Smilax

Smi"lax
(?)
n.
[L., bindweed, Gr. _;_;_;.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A genus of perennial climbing plants, usually with a prickly woody stem; green brier, or cat brier. The rootstocks of certain species are the source of the medicine called sarsaparilla.
(b)
A delicate trailing plant (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) much used for decoration. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope.


word: Smile
definition:
Smile

Smile
(smīl)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Smiled (smīld); p. pr. & vb. n. Smiling.]
[OE. smilen; akin to Dan. smile, Sw. smila, MHG. smielen, smieren, L. mirari to wonder at, Skr. smi to smile; and probably to E. smicker. √173.  Cf. Admire, Marvel, Smirk.]
1.
To express amusement, pleasure, moderate joy, or love and kindness, by the features of the face; to laugh silently.

He doth nothing but frown. . . . He hears merry tales and smiles not.
Shak.

She smiled to see the doughty hero slain.
Pope.

When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled.
Byron.

2.
To express slight contempt by a look implying sarcasm or pity; to sneer.

'T was what I said to Craggs and Child,
Who praised my modesty, and smiled.
Pope.

3.
To look gay and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy; as, smiling spring; smiling plenty.

The desert smiled,
And paradise was opened in the wild.
Pope.

4.
To be propitious or favorable; to favor; to countenance; -- often with on; as, to smile on one's labors.


word: Smile₂
definition:
Smile

Smile
v. t.
1.
To express by a smile; as, to smile consent; to smile a welcome to visitors.

2.
To affect in a certain way with a smile.
[R.]

And sharply smile prevailing folly dead.
Young.


word: Smile₃
definition:
Smile

Smile
n.
[CF. Dan. smiil, Sw. smil. See Smile, v. i.]
1.
The act of smiling; a peculiar change or brightening of the face, which expresses pleasure, moderate joy, mirth, approbation, or kindness; -- opposed to frown.

Sweet intercourse
Of looks and smiles: for smiles from reason flow.
Milton.

2.
A somewhat similar expression of countenance, indicative of satisfaction combined with malevolent feelings, as contempt, scorn, etc; as, a scornful smile.

3.
Favor; countenance; propitiousness; as, the smiles of Providence.
smile
Shak.

4.
Gay or joyous appearance; as, the smiles of spring.

The brightness of their [the flowers'] smile was gone.
Bryant.


word: Smilet
definition:
Smilet

Smil"et
(?)
n.
A little smile.
[R.]

Those happy smilets
That played on her ripe lip.
Shak.


word: Smilingness
definition:
Smilingness

Smil"ing*ness
n.
Quality or state of being smiling.

And made despair a smilingness assume.
Byron.


word: Smilodon
definition:
Smilodon

Smi"lo*don
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_; a carving knife + _;_;_;, _;_;_;, tooth.]
(Paleon.)
An extinct genus of saber-toothed tigers. See Mach_;rodus.


word: Sminthurid
definition:
Sminthurid

Smin*thu"rid
(?)
n.
[Gr. _;_;_; a mouse + _;_;_; tail.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous small species of springtails, of the family Sminthuridae, -- usually found on flowers. See Illust. under Collembola.


word: Smirch
definition:
Smirch

Smirch
(?)
v. t.
[From the root of smear.]
To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully.

I'll . . . with a kind of umber smirch my face.
Shak.


word: Smirk
definition:
Smirk

Smirk
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Smirked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Smirking.]
[OE. smirken, ASS. smercian, smearcian; cf. MHG. smieren, smielen, to smile. See Smile, v. i.]
To smile in an affected or conceited manner; to smile with affected complaisance; to simper.


word: Smirk₂
definition:
Smirk

Smirk
n.
A forced or affected smile; a simper.

The bride, all smirk and blush, had just entered.
Sir W. Scott.


word: Smit
definition:
Smit

Smit
(?)
rare
imp. & p. p. of Smite.
Spenser.

Smit with the beauty of so fair a scene.
Cowper.


word: Smite
definition:
Smite

Smite
(smīt)
v. t.
[imp. Smote (sm&omacrt), rarely Smit (smĭt); p. p. Smitten (smĭt"t'n), rarely Smit, or Smote; p. pr. & vb. n. Smiting (smīt"ĭng).]
[AS. smītan to smite, to soil, pollute; akin to OFries. smīta to smite, LG. smiten, D. smijten, G. schmeissen, OHG. smīzan to smear, stroke, OSw. & dial. Sw. smita to smite, Dan. smide to throw, Goth. bismeitan, to anoint, besmear; cf. Skr. mēd to be fat. The original sense seems to have been, to daub on, to smear.  Cf. Smut.]
1.
To strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the fist, with a rod, sword, spear, or stone.

Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Matt. v. 39.

And David . . . took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead.
1 Sam. xvii. 49.

2.
To cause to strike; to use as an instrument in striking or hurling.

Prophesy, and smite thine hands together.
Ezek. xxi. 14.

Saul . . . smote the javelin into the wall.
1 Sam. xix. 10.

3.
To destroy the life of by beating, or by weapons of any kind; to slay by a blow; to kill; as, to smite one with the sword, or with an arrow or other instrument.

4.
To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.

5.
To blast; to destroy the life or vigor of, as by a stroke or by some visitation.

The flax and the barly was smitten.
Ex. ix. 31.

6.
To afflict; to chasten; to punish.

Let us not mistake God's goodness, nor imagine, because he smites us, that we are forsaken by him.
Wake.

7.
To strike or affect with passion, as love or fear.

The charms that smite the simple heart.
Pope.

Smit with the love of sister arts we came.
Pope.

To smite off, to cut off. -- To smite out, to knock out, as a tooth. Exod. xxi. 27. -- To smite with the tongue, to reproach or upbraid; to revile. [Obs.] Jer. xviii. 18.


word: Smite₂
definition:
Smite

Smite
v. i.
To strike; to collide; to beat.
[Archaic]

The heart melteth, and the knees smite together.
Nah. ii. 10.


word: Smith
definition:
Smith

Smith
(smĭth)
n.
[AS. smið; akin to D. smid, G. schmied, OHG. smid, Icel. smiðr, Dan. & Sw. smed, Goth. smiþa (in comp.); cf. Gr. smi`lh a sort of knife, sminy`h a hoe, mattock.]
1.
One who forges with the hammer; one who works in metals; as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like.
Piers Plowman.

Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword.
Tate.

2.
One who makes or effects anything.
[R.]
Dryden.


word: Smith₂
definition:
Smith

Smith
v. t.
[AS. smiðian. See Smith, n.]
To beat into shape; to forge.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

What smith that any [weapon] smitheth.
Piers Plowman.


word: Smithcraft
definition:
Smithcraft

Smith"craft`
(-krȧft`)
n.
The art or occupation of a smith; smithing.
[R.]
Sir W. Raleigh.


word: Smither
definition:
Smither

Smith"er
(smĭ&thlig_;"ẽr)
n.
1.
Light, fine rain.
[Prov. Eng.]

2.
pl.
Fragments; atoms; finders.
[Prov. Eng.]

Smash the bottle to smithers.
Tennyson.


word: Smithereens
definition:
Smithereens

Smith`er*eens"
(smĭ&thlig_;`ẽr*ēnz")
n. pl.
Fragments; atoms; smithers.
[Colloq.]
W. Black.


word: Smithery
definition:
Smithery

Smith"er*y
(smĭth"ẽr*&ybreve_;)
n.
pl. -ies (-ĭz).
1.
The workshop of a smith; a smithy or stithy.

2.
Work done by a smith; smithing.

The din of all his smithery may some time or other possibly wake this noble duke.
Burke.


word: Smithing
definition:
Smithing

Smith"ing
n.
The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron, into any desired shape.
Moxon.


word: Smithsonian
definition:
Smithsonian

Smith*so"ni*an
(-s&omacr"nĭ*an)
a.
Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M. Smithson, or to the national institution of learning which he endowed at Washington, D. C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Reports.
n. The Smithsonian Institution.


word: Smithsonite
definition:
Smithsonite

Smith"son*ite
(?)
n.
[See Smithsonian.]
(Min.)
Native zinc carbonate. It generally occurs in stalactitic, reniform, or botryoidal shapes, of a white to gray, green, or brown color. See Note under Calamine.


word: Smithy
definition:
Smithy

Smith"y
(-&ybreve_;)
n.
[AS. smiððe, fr. smið; akin to D. smidse, smids, OHG. smitta, G. schmiede, Icel. smiðja. See Smith, n.]
The workshop of a smith, esp. a blacksmith; a smithery; a stithy.
[Written also smiddy.]

Under a spreading chestnut tree
The village smithy stands.
Longfellow.


word: Smitt
definition:
Smitt

Smitt
(smĭt)
n.
[CF. G. schmitz a stain, schmitzen besmear. See Smite, v. t.]
Fine clay or ocher made up into balls, used for marking sheep.
[Eng.]
Woodward.


word: Smittle
definition:
Smittle

Smit"tle
(-t'l)
v. t.
[Freq. fr. OE. smitten to befoul. See Smite, v. t.]
To infect.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Smittlish
definition:
Smittlish

Smittle

{ Smit"tle (smĭt"t'l), Smit"tlish (-tlĭsh), }
a.
Infectious; catching.
[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
H. Kingsley.


word: Smock
definition:
Smock

Smock
(sm&obreve_;k)
n.
[AS. smocc; akin to OHG. smocho, Icel. smokkr, and from the root of AS. smūgan to creep, akin to G. schmiegen to cling to, press close, MHG. smiegen, Icel. smjūga to creep through, to put on a garment which has a hole to put the head through; cf. Lith. smukti to glide.  Cf. Smug, Smuggle.]
1.
A woman's under-garment; a shift; a chemise.

In her smock, with head and foot all bare.
Chaucer.

2.
A blouse; a smoock frock.
Carlyle.


word: Smock₂
definition:
Smock

Smock
(?)
a.
Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock; hence, of or pertaining to a woman.

Smock mill, a windmill of which only the cap turns round to meet the wind, in distinction from a post mill, whose whole building turns on a post. -- Smock race, a race run by women for the prize of a smock. [Prov. Eng.]


word: Smock-faced
definition:
Smock-faced

Smock"-faced`
(?)
a.
Having a feminine countenance or complexion; smooth-faced; girlish.
Fenton.


word: Smock frock
definition:
Smock frock

Smock" frock`
(?)
A coarse frock, or shirt, worn over the other dress, as by farm laborers.
Macaulay.


word: Smokable
definition:
Smokable

Smok"a*ble
(?)
a.
Capable of being smoked; suitable or ready to be smoked; as, smokable tobacco.


word: Smoke
definition:
Smoke

Smoke
(sm&omacrk)
n.
[AS. smoca, fr. smeócan to smoke; akin to LG. & D. smook smoke, Dan. smög, G. schmauch, and perh. to Gr. _;_;_; to burn in a smoldering fire; cf. Lith. smaugti to choke.]
1.
The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal, peat, or the like.

&hand_; The gases of hydrocarbons, raised to a red heat or thereabouts, without a mixture of air enough to produce combustion, disengage their carbon in a fine powder, forming smoke. The disengaged carbon when deposited on solid bodies is soot.

2.
That which resembles smoke; a vapor; a mist.

3.
Anything unsubstantial, as idle talk.
Shak.

4.
The act of smoking, esp. of smoking tobacco; as, to have a smoke.
[Colloq.]

&hand_; Smoke is sometimes joined with other word. forming self-explaining compounds; as, smoke-consuming, smoke-dried, smoke-stained, etc.

Smoke arch, the smoke box of a locomotive. -- Smoke ball (Mil.), a ball or case containing a composition which, when it burns, sends forth thick smoke. -- Smoke black, lampblack. [Obs.] -- Smoke board, a board suspended before a fireplace to prevent the smoke from coming out into the room. -- Smoke box, a chamber in a boiler, where the smoke, etc., from the furnace is collected before going out at the chimney. -- Smoke sail (Naut.), a small sail in the lee of the galley stovepipe, to prevent the smoke from annoying people on deck. -- Smoke tree (Bot.), a shrub (Rhus Cotinus) in which the flowers are mostly abortive and the panicles transformed into tangles of plumose pedicels looking like wreaths of smoke. -- To end in smoke, to burned; hence, to be destroyed or ruined; figuratively, to come to nothing.


word: Smoke₂
definition:
Smoke

Smoke
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Smoked (?); p. pr. & vb n. Smoking.]
[AS. smocian; akin to D. smoken, G. schmauchen, Dan. smöge. See Smoke, n.]
1.
To emit smoke; to throw off volatile matter in the form of vapor or exhalation; to reek.

Hard by a cottage chimney smokes.
Milton.

2.
Hence, to burn; to be kindled; to rage.

The anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke agains. that man.
Deut. xxix. 20.

3.
To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion.

Proud of his steeds, he smokes along the field.
Dryden.

4.
To draw into the mouth the smoke of tobacco burning in a pipe or in the form of a cigar, cigarette, etc.; to habitually use tobacco in this manner.

5.
To suffer severely; to be punished.

Some of you shall smoke for it in Rome.
Shak.


word: Smoke₃
definition:
Smoke

Smoke
v. t.
1.
To apply smoke to; to hang in smoke; to disinfect, to cure, etc., by smoke; as, to smoke or fumigate infected clothing; to smoke beef or hams for preservation.

2.
To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume.
Smoking
Chaucer.

3.
To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect.

I alone
Smoked his true person, talked with him.
Chapman.

He was first smoked by the old Lord Lafeu.
Shak.

Upon that . . . I began to smoke that they were a parcel of mummers.
Addison.

4.
To ridicule to the face; to quiz.
[Old Slang]

5.
To inhale and puff out the smoke of, as tobacco; to burn or use in smoking; as, to smoke a pipe or a cigar.

6.
To subject to the operation of smoke, for the purpose of annoying or driving out; -- often with out; as, to smoke a woodchuck out of his burrow.


word: Smokehouse
definition:
Smokehouse

Smoke"house`
(?)
n.
A building where meat or fish is cured by subjecting it to a dense smoke.


word: Smokejack
definition:
Smokejack

Smoke"jack`
(?)
n.
A contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.


word: Smokeless powder
definition:
Smokeless powder

Smoke"less pow"der
A high-explosive gunpowder whose explosion produces little, if any, smoke.  It is usually based on guncotton (nitrocellulose).


word: Smoke out
definition:
Smoke out

Smoke` out"
v. t.
1.
To drive from a refuge or hiding place by causing dense smoke or other noxious fumes to permeate the refuge; as, the police smoked out the bank robbers with tear gas.

2.
Hence:
[metaphorical]
To expose; to force into public view; to reveal in its true light; as, the reporter smoked out the waffling candidate with a direct question, exposing his view on the issue.


word: Smoker
definition:
Smoker

Smok"er
(?)
n.
1.
One who dries or preserves by smoke.

2.
One who smokes tobacco or the like.

3.
A smoking car or compartment, such as a car on a train where smoking is allowed.
[U. S.]

4.
A gathering for smoking and social intercourse.
[Obsolescent.]
That evening A Company had a “smoker” in one of the disused huts of Shorncliffe Camp.
Strand Mag.

5.
An amateurish pornographic movie.
[Colloq.]
black smoker, a vent at the bottom of the ocean, usually at a mid-ocean ridge, through which large quantities of water carrying minerals flow, producing a jet of fluid with the appearance of black smoke.  The ocean water in crevices below the vent is heated to temperatures near 400° C, and dissolves quantities of metal salts, such as of copper, zinc, gold, and manganese.  When the saturated mineral solutions exit the vent, cooling by contact with the ocean causes the metals to precipitate, mainly as sulfide or sulfate salts.  Unusual forms of life such as tube worms have been found to live in the areas near black smokers. Additional information is available from The Natural History Museum of London and The American Museum of Natural History Expeditions.


word: Smokestack
definition:
Smokestack

Smoke"stack`
(?)
n.
A chimney; esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the pipe which carries off the smoke of a locomotive, the funnel of a steam vessel, etc.


word: Smoking
definition:
Smoking

Smok"ing
a. & n. from Smoke.

Smoking bean (Bot.), the long pod of the catalpa, or Indian-bean tree, often smoked by boys as a substitute for cigars. -- Smoking car, a railway car carriage reserved for the use of passengers who smoke tobacco.


word: smoking gun
definition:
smoking gun

smok"ing gun`
(sm&omacrk"ĭng gŭn`)
n.
[metaphorical]
[from imagined situations where a person holding a pistol, still smoking from having been fired, is found standing over a dead person]
Incontrovertible evidence; convincing evidence.


word: Smoky
definition:
Smoky

Smok"y
(?)
a.
[Compar. Smokier (?); superl. Smokiest.]
1.
Emitting smoke, esp. in large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid; as, smoky fires.

2.
Having the appearance or nature of smoke; as, a smoky fog.
smoky
Shak.

3.
Filled with smoke, or with a vapor resembling smoke; thick; as, a smoky atmosphere.

4.
Subject to be filled with smoke from chimneys or fireplace; as, a smoky house.

5.
Tarnished with smoke; noisome with smoke; as, smoky rafters; smoky cells.

6.
Suspicious; open to suspicion.
[Obs.]
Foote.

Smoky quartz (Min.), a variety of quartz crystal of a pale to dark smoky-brown color. See Quartz.


word: Smoulder
definition:
Smoulder

Smolder

{ Smol"der, Smoul"der  }
(?)
v. i.
[imp. & p. p. Smoldered (?) or Smouldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Smoldering or Smouldering.]
[OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. smölen, smelen, D. smeulen.  Cf. Smell.]
1.
To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion.

The smoldering dust did round about him smoke.
Spenser.

2.
To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.


word: Smoulder₂
definition:
Smoulder

Smolder

{ Smol"der, Smoul"der, }
v. t.
To smother; to suffocate; to choke.
[Obs.]
Holinshed. Palsgrave.


word: Smoulder₃
definition:
Smoulder

Smolder

{ Smol"der, Smoul"der, }
n.
Smoke; smother.
[Obs.]

The smolder stops our nose with stench.
Gascoigne.


word: Smouldering
definition:
Smouldering

Smoldering

{ Smol"der*ing, Smoul"der*ing, }
a.
Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead.

Some evil chance
Will make the smoldering scandal break and blaze.
Tennyson.


word: Smoulderingness
definition:
Smoulderingness

Smolderingness

{ Smol"der*ing*ness, Smoul"der*ing*ness  }
(?)
n.
The state of smoldering.


word: Smouldry
definition:
Smouldry

Smoldry

{ Smol"dry, Smoul"dry  }
(?)
a.
Smoldering; suffocating; smothery.
[Obs.]

A flaming fire ymixt with smoldry smoke.
Spenser.


word: Smolt
definition:
Smolt

Smolt
(?)
n.
(Zool.)
A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color.


word: Smoor
definition:
Smoor

Smoor
(?)
v. t.
[AS. smorian; akin to D. & LG. smoren, G. schmoren to stew.  Cf. Smother.]
To suffocate or smother.
[Written also smore.]
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Sir T. More. Burns.


word: Smooth
definition:
Smooth

Smooth
(smō&thlig_;)
a.
[Compar. Smoother (smō&thlig_;"ẽr); superl. Smoothest.]
[OE. smothe, smethe, AS. smēðe, smœðe, where ē, œ, come from an older &omacr; cf. LG. smöde, smöe, smödig; of uncertain origin.]
1.
Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.
Chaucer.

The outlines must be smooth, imperceptible to the touch, and even, without eminence or cavities.
Dryden.

2.
Evenly spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair.

3.
Gently flowing; moving equably; not ruffled or obstructed; as, a smooth stream.

4.
Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; voluble; even; fluent.

The only smooth poet of those times.
Milton.

Waller was smooth; but Dryden taught to join
The varying verse, the full-resounding line.
Pope.

When sage Minerva rose,
From her sweet lips smooth elocution flows.
Gay.

5.
Bland; mild; smoothing; fattering.

This smooth discourse and mild behavior oft
Conceal a traitor.
Addison.

6.
(Mech. & Physics)
Causing no resistance to a body sliding along its surface; frictionless.

&hand_; Smooth is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, smooth-bodied, smooth-browed, smooth-combed, smooth-faced, smooth-finished, smooth-gliding, smooth-grained, smooth-leaved, smooth-sliding, smooth-speaking, smooth-woven, and the like.


word: Smooth₃
definition:
Smooth

Smooth
n.
1.
The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths.
Thackeray.

2.
That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything.
smooth
Gen. xxvii. 16.


word: Smooth₄
definition:
Smooth

Smooth
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Smoothed (smōthd); p. pr. & vb. n. Smoothing.]
[OE. smothen, smethen, AS. smēðian; cf. LG. smöden. See Smooth, a.]
To make smooth; to make even on the surface by any means; as, to smooth a board with a plane; to smooth cloth with an iron.

Thou, Abelard! the last sad office pay,
And smooth my passage to the realms of day.
Pope.

In their motions harmony divine
So smooths her charming tones that God's own ear
Listens delighted.
Milton.

Each perturbation smoothed with outward calm.
Milton.


word: Smooth₅
definition:
Smooth

Smooth
v. i.
To flatter; to use blandishment.

Because I can not flatter and speak fair,
Smile in men's faces, smooth, deceive and cog.
Shak.


word: Smoothbore
definition:
Smoothbore

Smooth"bore`
(?)
a.
(Gun.)
Having a bore of perfectly smooth surface; -- distinguished from rifled.
n. A smoothbore firearm.


word: Smoothing
definition:
Smoothing

Smooth"ing
a. & n.
fr. Smooth, v.

Smoothing iron, an iron instrument with a polished face, for smoothing clothes; a sadiron; a flatiron. -- Smoothing plane, a short, finely set plane, for smoothing and finishing work.


word: Smore
definition:
Smore

Smore
(?)
v. t.
To smother. See Smoor.
[Obs.]

Some dying vomit blood, and some were smored.
Du Bartas.


word: Smorsato
definition:
Smorsato

Smorzando

{ &VerbarSmor*zan"do (?), &VerbarSmor*sa"to (?), }
a.
[It.]
(Mus.)
Growing gradually fainter and softer; dying away; morendo.


word: Smother
definition:
Smother

Smoth"er
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Smothered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Smothering.]
[OE. smotheren; akin to E. smoor. See Smoor.]
1.
To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.

2.
To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire.

3.
Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.


word: Smother₂
definition:
Smother

Smoth"er
v. i.
1.
To be suffocated or stifled.

2.
To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.


word: Smother₃
definition:
Smother

Smoth"er
n.
[OE. smorther. See Smother, v. t.]
1.
Stifling smoke; thick dust.
Shak.

2.
A state of suppression.
[Obs.]

Not to keep their suspicions in smother.
Bacon.

3.
That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of things.
Then they vanished, swallowed up in the grayness of the evening and the smoke and smother of the storm.
The Century.

Smother fly (Zool.), an aphid.


word: Smothered mate
definition:
Smothered mate

Smoth"ered mate
(Chess)
Checkmate given when movement of the king is completely obstructed by his own men.  This can only occur when an opponent moves a knight into a position to give a check to the king.


word: Smudge
definition:
Smudge

Smudge
(?)
n.
[Cf. Dan. smuds smut, E. smutch, or smoke.]
1.
A suffocating smoke.
Grose.

2.
A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
[U. S.]
Bartlett.

3.
That which is smeared upon anything; a stain; a blot; a smutch; a smear.


word: Smudge₂
definition:
Smudge

Smudge
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Smudged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Smudging.]
1.
To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge.

2.
To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke.


word: Smudginess
definition:
Smudginess

Smudg"i*ness
(?)
n.
The quality or state of being smudged, soiled, or blurred.
C. A. Young.


word: Smug
definition:
Smug

Smug
(?)
a.
[Of. Scand. or Low German origin; cf. LG. smuck, G. schmuck, Dan. smuk, OSw. smuck, smöck, and E. smock, smuggle; cf. G. schmuck ornament. See Smock.]
Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.

They be so smug and smooth.
Robynson (More's Utopia).

The smug and scanty draperies of his style.
De Quincey.

A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow.
Beau. & Fl.


word: Smug₂
definition:
Smug

Smug
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Smugged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Smugging.]
To make smug, or spruce.
[Obs.]

Thus said, he smugged his beard, and stroked up fair.
Dryton.


word: Smuggle
definition:
Smuggle

Smug"gle
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Smuggled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Smuggling (?).]
[Of Low German or Scand. origin; cf. LG. smuggeln, D. smokkelen, G. schmuggeln, Dan. smugle, Sw. smyga to introduce or convey secretly, Dan. i smug secretly, D. smuigen to eat in secret, AS. sm_;gan to creep. See Smock.]
1.
To import or export secretly, contrary to the law; to import or export without paying the duties imposed by law; as, to smuggle lace.

2.
Fig.: To convey or introduce clandestinely.


word: Smut
definition:
Smut

Smut
(?)
n.
[Akin to Sw. smuts, Dan. smuds, MHG. smuz, G. schmutz, D. smet a spot or stain, smoddig, smodsig, smodderig, dirty, smodderen to smut; and probably to E. smite. See Smite, v. t., and cf. Smitt, Smutch.]
1.
Foul matter, like soot or coal dust; also, a spot or soil made by such matter.

2.
(Mining)
Bad, soft coal, containing much earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.

3.
(Bot.)
An infection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or Ustilago Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis.

4.
Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.

He does not stand upon decency . . . but will talk smut, though a priest and his mother be in the room.
Addison.

Smut mill, a machine for cleansing grain from smut.


word: Smut₂
definition:
Smut

Smut
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Smutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Smutting.]
1.
To stain or mark with smut; to blacken with coal, soot, or other dirty substance.

2.
To taint with mildew, as grain.
Bacon.

3.
To blacken; to sully or taint; to tarnish.

4.
To clear of smut; as, to smut grain for the mill.


word: Smut₃
definition:
Smut

Smut
v. i.
1.
To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
Mortimer.

2.
To give off smut; to crock.


word: Smutch₂
definition:
Smutch

Smutch
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Smutched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Smutching.]
To blacken with smoke, soot, or coal.
[Written also smooch.]
B. Jonson.


word: Smutty
definition:
Smutty

Smut"ty
(?)
a.
[Compar. Smuttier (?); superl. Smuttiest.]
1.
Soiled with smut; smutted.

2.
Tainted with mildew; as, smutty corn.

3.
Obscene; not modest or pure; as, a smutty saying.

The smutty joke, ridiculously lewd.
Smollett.


word: Snack
definition:
Snack

Snack
(?)
n.
[See Snatch, v. t.]
1.
A share; a part or portion; -- obsolete, except in the colloquial phrase, to go snacks, i. e., to share.

At last he whispers, “Do, and we go snacks.”
Pope.

2.
A slight, hasty repast.
[Colloq.]


word: Snacot
definition:
Snacot

Snac"ot
(?)
n.
[Said to be corrupted fr. NL. syngnathus, fr. Gr. sy`n together + gna`qos jaw, because the jaws can be only slightly separated.]
(Zool.)
A pipefish of the genus Syngnathus. See Pipefish.


word: Snaffle
definition:
Snaffle

Snaf"fle
(?)
n.
[D. snavel a beak, bill, snout; akin to G. schnabel, OHG. snabul,. sneb, snebbe, OFries. snavel mouth, Dan. & Sw. snabel beak, bill, Lith. snapas, and to E. snap, v. See Snap, and cf. Neb.]
A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placed in the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but having no curb; -- called also snaffle bit.


word: Snaffle₂
definition:
Snaffle

Snaf"fle
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Snaffled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Snaffling (?).]
To put a snaffle in the mouth of; to subject to the snaffle; to bridle.


word: Snag
definition:
Snag

Snag
(?)
n.
[Prov. E., n., a lump on a tree where a branch has been cut off; v., to cut off the twigs and small branches from a tree, of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. snaigh, snaidh, to cut down, to prune, to sharpen, p. p. snaighte, snaidhte, cut off, lopped, Ir. snaigh a hewing, cutting.]
1.
A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.

The coat of arms
Now on a naked snag in triumph borne.
Dryden.

2.
A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth.
Prior.

3.
A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.

4.
(Zool.)
One of the secondary branches of an antler.

Snag boat, a steamboat fitted with apparatus for removing snags and other obstructions in navigable streams. [U.S.] -- Snag tooth. Same as Snag, 2.

How thy snag teeth stand orderly,
Like stakes which strut by the water side.
J. Cotgrave.


word: Snag₂
definition:
Snag

Snag
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Snagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Snagging (?).]
1.
To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

2.
To injure or destroy, as a steamboat or other vessel, by a snag, or projecting part of a sunken tree.
[U. S.]


word: Snaggy
definition:
Snaggy

Snag"gy
(?)
a.
1.
Full of snags; full of short, rough branches or sharp points; abounding with knots.
snaggy
Spenser.

2.
Snappish; cross; ill-tempered.
[Prov. Eng.]


word: Snail
definition:
Snail

Snail
(snāl)
n.
[OE. snaile, AS. snægel, snegel, snægl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.]
1.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail.
(b)
Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail.

2.
Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.

3.
(Mech.)
A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.

4.
A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo.
[Obs.]

They had also all manner of gynes [engines] . . . that needful is [in] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled [protected], . . . as the snail is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails.
Vegetius (Trans.).

5.
(Bot.)
The pod of the sanil clover.

Ear snail, Edible snail, Pond snail, etc. See under Ear, Edible, etc. -- Snail borer (Zool.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill. -- Snail clover (Bot.), a cloverlike plant (Medicago scuttellata, also, Medicago Helix); -- so named from its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called also snail trefoil, snail medic, and beehive. -- Snail flower (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Phaseolus Caracalla) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell. -- Snail shell (Zool.), the shell of snail. -- Snail trefoil. (Bot.) See Snail clover, above.


word: Snail-paced
definition:
Snail-paced

Snail"-paced`
(?)
a.
Slow-moving, like a snail.

Bid the snail-paced Ajax arm for shame.
Shak.


word: 'Snails
definition:
'Snails

'Snails
(?)
interj.
God's nails, or His nails, that is, the nails with which the Savior was fastened to the cross; -- an ancient form of oath, corresponding to 'Od's bodikins (dim. of body, i.e., God's dear body).
Beau. & Fl.


word: Snake
definition:
Snake

Snake
(?)
n.
[AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel. snākr, sn_;kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.]
(Zool.)
Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.

&hand_; Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the larger number are harmless to man.

Blind snake, Garter snake, Green snake, King snake, Milk snake, Rock snake, Water snake, etc. See under Blind, Garter, etc. -- Fetich snake (Zool.), a large African snake (Python Sebae) used by the natives as a fetich. -- Ringed snake (Zool.), a common European columbrine snake (Tropidonotus natrix). -- Snake eater. (Zool.) (a) The markhoor. (b) The secretary bird. -- Snake fence, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.] -- Snake fly (Zool.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus Rhaphidia; -- so called because of their large head and elongated neck and prothorax. -- Snake gourd (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant (Trichosanthes anguina) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than that of the serpent cucumber. -- Snake killer. (Zool.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) The chaparral cock. -- Snake moss (Bot.), the common club moss (Lycopodium clavatum). See Lycopodium. -- Snake nut (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree (Ophiocaryon paradoxum) of Guiana, the embryo of which resembles a snake coiled up. -- Tree snake (Zool.), any one of numerous species of colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees, especially those of the genus Dendrophis and allied genera.


word: Snake₂
definition:
Snake

Snake
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Snaked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Snaking.]
1.
To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; -- often with out.
[Colloq. U.S.]
Bartlett.

2.
(Naut.)
To wind round spirally, as a large rope with a smaller, or with cord, the small rope lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one; to worm.


word: Snakebird
definition:
Snakebird

Snake"bird`
(?)
n.
[So named from its snakelike neck.]
(Zool.)
1.
Any one of four species of aquatic birds of the genus Anhinga or Plotus.  They are allied to the gannets and cormorants, but have very long, slender, flexible necks, and sharp bills.

&hand_; The American species (Anhinga anhinga syn. Plotus anhinga) inhabits the Southern United States and tropical America; -- called also darter, and water turkey.  The Asiatic species (Anhinga melanogaster) is native of Southern Asia and the East Indies.  Two other species inhabit Africa and Australia respectively.

2.
(Zool.)
The wryneck.


word: Snakehead
definition:
Snakehead

Snake"head`
(?)
n.
1.
A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car.

2.
(Bot.)
(a)
The turtlehead.
(b)
The Guinea-hen flower. See Snake's-head, and under Guinea.


word: Snakeroot
definition:
Snakeroot

Snake"root`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
Any one of several plants of different genera and species, most of which are (or were formerly) reputed to be efficacious as remedies for the bites of serpents; also, the roots of any of these.

&hand_; The Virginia snakeroot is Aristolochia Serpentaria; black snakeroot is Sanicula, esp. Sanicula Marilandica, also Cimicifuga racemosa; Seneca snakeroot is Polygala Senega; button snakeroot is Liatris, also Eryngium; white snakeroot is Eupatorium ageratoides. The name is also applied to some others besides these.


word: Snake's-head
definition:
Snake's-head

Snake's"-head`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
The Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.
Dr. Prior.

Snake's-head iris (Bot.), an iridaceous plant (Hermodactylus tuberosus) of the Mediterranean region. The flowers slightly resemble a serpent's open mouth.


word: Snakestone
definition:
Snakestone

Snake"stone`
(?)
n.
1.
A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.

2.
(Paleon.)
An ammonite; -- so called from its form, which resembles that of a coiled snake.


word: Snakeweed
definition:
Snakeweed

Snake"weed`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
(a)
A kind of knotweed (Polygonum Bistorta).
(b)
The Virginia snakeroot. See Snakeroot.


word: Snakewood
definition:
Snakewood

Snake"wood`
(?)
n.
(Bot.)
(a)
An East Indian climbing plant (Strychnos colubrina) having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent.
(b)
An East Indian climbing shrub (Ophioxylon serpentinum) which has the roots and stems twisted so as to resemble serpents.
(c)
Same as Trumpetwood.
(d)
A tropical American shrub (Plumieria rubra) which has very fragrant red blossoms.
(e)
Same as Letterwood.


word: Snaky
definition:
Snaky

Snak"y
(?)
a.
1.
Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding.

The red light playing upon its gilt and carving gave it an appearance of snaky life.
L. Wallace.

2.
Sly; cunning; insinuating; deceitful.

So to the coast of Jordan he directs
His easy steps, girded with snaky wiles.
Milton.

3.
Covered with serpents; having serpents; as, a snaky rod or wand.
Dryden.

That snaky-headed, Gorgon shield.
Milton.


word: Snap
definition:
Snap

Snap
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Snapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Snapping.]
[LG. or D. snappen to snap up, to snatch; akin to G. schnappen, MHG. snaben, Dan. snappe, and to D. snavel beak, bill.  Cf. Neb, Snaffle, n.]
1.
To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle.

Breaks the doors open, snaps the locks.
Prior.

2.
To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.

3.
To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.

He, by playing too often at the mouth of death, has been snapped by it at last.
South.

4.
To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up.
Granville.

5.
To crack; to cause to make a sharp, cracking noise; as, to snap a whip.

MacMorian snapped his fingers repeatedly.
Sir W. Scott.

6.
To project with a snap.

7.
(Cricket)
To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).

To snap back (Football), to roll the ball back with the foot; -- done only by the center rush, who thus delivers the ball to the quarter back on his own side when both sides are ranged in line. -- To snap off. (a) To break suddenly. (b) To bite off suddenly.


word: Snap₂
definition:
Snap

Snap
v. i.
1.
To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps.

But this weapon will snap short, unfaithful to the hand that employs it.
Burke.

2.
To give forth, or produce, a sharp, cracking noise; to crack; as, blazing firewood snaps.

3.
To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything); -- often with at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait.

4.
To utter sharp, harsh, angry words; -- often with at; as, to snap at a child.

5.
To miss fire; as, the gun snapped.

6.
Of the eyes, to emit sudden, brief sparkles like those of a snapping fire, as sometimes in anger.


word: Snap₃
definition:
Snap

Snap
n.
[Cf. D. snap a snatching. See Snap, v. t.]
1.
A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.

2.
A sudden, eager bite; a sudden seizing, or effort to seize, as with the teeth.

3.
A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger.

4.
A sharp, abrupt sound, as that made by the crack of a whip; as, the snap of the trigger of a gun.

5.
A greedy fellow.
L'Estrange.

6.
That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement; hence, a bite, morsel, or fragment; a scrap.

He's a nimble fellow,
And alike skilled in every liberal science,
As having certain snaps of all.
B. Jonson.

7.
A sudden severe interval or spell; -- applied to the weather; as, a cold snap.
Lowell.

8.
A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc.

9.
(Zool.)
A snap beetle.

10.
A thin, crisp cake, usually small, and flavored with ginger; -- used chiefly in the plural.

11.
Briskness; vigor; energy; decision.
[Colloq.]

12.
Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained.
[Slang]

13.
Any task, labor, set of circumstances, or the like, that yields satisfactory results or gives pleasure with little trouble or effort, as an easy course of study, a job where work is light, a bargain, etc.
[Slang, Chiefly U. S.]

14.
A snap shot with a firearm.

15.
(Photog.)
A snapshot.

16.
Something of no value; as, not worth a snap.
[Colloq.]

17.
(Football)
The action of snapping the ball back, from the center usu. to the quarterback, which commences the play (down), and, if the clock had stopped, restarts the timer clock; a snap back.

Snap back (Football), the act of snapping back the ball. -- Snap beetle, or Snap bug (Zool.), any beetle of the family Elateridae, which, when laid on its back, is able to leap to a considerable height by means of a thoracic spring; -- called also snapping beetle. -- Snap flask (Molding), a flask for small work, having its sides separable and held together by latches, so that the flask may be removed from around the sand mold. -- Snap judgment, a judgment formed on the instant without deliberation. -- Snap lock, a lock shutting with a catch or snap. -- Snap riveting, riveting in which the rivets have snapheads formed by a die or swaging tool. -- Snap shot, a quick offhand shot, without deliberately taking aim.


word: Snap₄
definition:
Snap

Snap
a.
Done, performed, made, executed, carried through, or the like, quickly and without deliberation; as, a snap judgment or decision; a snap political convention.
[Colloq.]


word: Snapdragon
definition:
Snapdragon

Snap"drag`on
(?)
n.
1.
(Bot.)
(a)
Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated Antirrhinum majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon.
(b)
A West Indian herb (Ruellia tuberosa) with curiously shaped blue flowers.

2.
A play in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten; also, that which is so eaten. See Flapdragon.
Swift.


word: Snape
definition:
Snape

Snape
(?)
v. t.
(Shipbuilding)
To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.


word: Snaphance
definition:
Snaphance

Snap"hance`
(?)
n.
[D. snaphaan a gun, originally, the snapping cock of a gun. See Snap, and Hen.]
1.
A spring lock for discharging a firearm; also, the firearm to which it is attached.
[Obs.]

2.
A trifling or second-rate thing or person.
[Obs.]


word: Snaphead
definition:
Snaphead

Snap"head`
(?)
n.
A hemispherical or rounded head to a rivet or bolt; also, a swaging tool with a cavity in its face for forming such a rounded head.


word: Snapper
definition:
Snapper

Snap"per
(?)
n.
1.
One who, or that which, snaps; as, a snapper up of trifles; the snapper of a whip.

2.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of large sparoid food fishes of the genus Lutjanus, abundant on the southern coasts of the United States and on both coasts of tropical America.

&hand_; The red snapper (Lutjanus aya syn. Lutjanus Blackfordi) and the gray, or mangrove, snapper (Lutjanus griseus) are large and abundant species.  The name is loosely applied to various other fishes, as the bluefish, the rosefish, the red grouper, etc. See Rosefish.

3.
(Zool.)
A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper.

4.
(Zool.)
The green woodpecker, or yaffle.

5.
(Zool.)
A snap beetle.

6.
(Teleg.)
A device with a flexible metal tongue for producing clicks like those of the sounder.

7.
A string bean.
[Colloq., U. S.]


word: Snapping
definition:
Snapping

Snap"ping
(?)
a. & n. from Snap, v.

Snapping beetle. (Zool.) See Snap beetle, under Snap. -- Snapping turtle. (Zool.) (a) A large and voracious aquatic turtle (Chelydra serpentina) common in the fresh waters of the United States; -- so called from its habit of seizing its prey by a snap of its jaws. Called also mud turtle. (b) See Alligator snapper, under Alligator.


word: Snappish
definition:
Snappish

Snap"pish
(?)
a.
1.
Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a snapping cur.

2.
Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.

The taunting address of a snappish misanthrope.
Jeffrey.


word: Snap shot
definition:
Snap shot

Snapshot

Snap"shot`
(?)
n.
1.
Commonly Snap shot.
(a)
A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights.
(b)
(Photog.)
Act of taking a snapshot (in sense 2).

2.
An instantaneous photograph made, usually with a hand camera, without formal posing of, and often without the foreknowledge of, the subject.

3.
a brief summary or appraisal, especially one that describes the state of a situation at one particular time; as, a snapshot of the moon project in 1966.


word: Snar
definition:
Snar

Snar
(?)
v. i.
[Akin to LG. & OD. snarren, G. schnarren, E. snore. See Snore, and cf. Snarl to growl.]
To snarl.
[Obs.]
Spenser.


word: Snare
definition:
Snare

Snare
(?)
n.
[AS. sneara cord, a string; akin to D. snoer, G. schnur, OHG. snour a cord, snarahha a noose, Dan. snare, Sw. & Icel. snara, Goth. sn_;rj_; a basket; and probably also to E. needle. See Needle, and cf. Snarl to entangle.]
1.
A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin.

2.
Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble.

If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed,
Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee.
Shak.

3.
The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.

4.
(Med.)
An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion.

Snare drum, the smaller common military drum, as distinguished from the bass drum; -- so called because (in order to render it more resonant) it has stretched across its lower head a catgut string or strings.


word: Snare₂
definition:
Snare

Snare
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Snared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Snaring.]
To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger.

Lest that too heavenly form . . . snare them.
Milton.

The mournful crocodile
With sorrow snares relenting passengers.
Shak.


word: Snarl
definition:
Snarl

Snarl
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Snarled (?); p. pr. & vvb. n. Snarling.]
[Etymol. uncertain.]
To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.


word: Snarl₂
definition:
Snarl

Snarl
v. t.
[From Snare, v. t.]
1.
To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread.
snarled
Spenser.

2.
To embarrass; to insnare.

[The] question that they would have snarled him with.
Latimer.


word: Snarl₃
definition:
Snarl

Snarl
n.
A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty.


word: Snarl₄
definition:
Snarl

Snarl
v. i.
[From Snar.]
1.
To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds.
snarls
Dryden & Lee.

2.
To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.

It is malicious and unmanly to snarl at the little lapses of a pen, from which Virgil himself stands not exempted.
Dryden.


word: Snarler
definition:
Snarler

Snarl"er
(?)
n.
One who snarls; a surly, growling animal; a grumbling, quarrelsome fellow.


word: Snarling
definition:
Snarling

Snarl"ing
a. & n. from Snarl, v.

Snarling iron, a tool with a long beak, used in the process of snarling. When one end is held in a vise, and the shank is struck with a hammer, the repercussion of the other end, or beak, within the article worked upon gives the requisite blow for producing raised work. See 1st Snarl.


word: Snary
definition:
Snary

Snar"y
(?)
a.
[From Snare.]
Resembling, or consisting of, snares; entangling; insidious.

Spiders in the vault their snary webs have spread.
Dryden.


word: Snatch
definition:
Snatch

Snatch
(?)
v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Snatched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Snatching.]
[OE. snachen, snechen; akin to D. snakken to gasp, to long (for), to desire.  Cf. Snack, n., Sneck.]
1.
To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.

When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take.
Pope.

2.
To seize and transport away; to rap.
Snatch
Thomson.


word: Snatch₂
definition:
Snatch

Snatch
v. i.
To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.


word: Snatch₃
definition:
Snatch

Snatch
(?)
n.
1.
A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.

2.
A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower.
Tusser.

They move by fits and snatches.
Bp. Wilkins.

3.
A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a scrap.

We have often little snatches of sunshine.
Spectator.

Leave me your snatches, and yield me a direct answer.
Shak.


word: Snatch block
definition:
Snatch block

Snatch block
(Naut.)
a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.


