Saxony yarn. A fine grade of woolen yarn twisted somewhat harder and smoother than zephyr yarn.
Scab, n. (Bot.) Any one of various more or less destructive fungus diseases attacking cultivated plants, and usually forming dark-colored crustlike spots.
{ Scar"ab, Scar"a*bee` }, n. } Same as Scarabæus.
||Scar*a*bæ"us, n. (Egypt. Archæol.) A conventionalized representation of a beetle, with its legs held closely at its sides, carved in natural or made in baked clay, and commonly having an inscription on the flat underside.
Scav"enge (?), v. i. (Internal- combustion Engines) To remove the burned gases from the cylinder after a working stroke; as, this engine does not scavenge well.
Scav"enge, v. t. To remove (burned gases) from the cylinder after a working stroke.
Scav"eng*ing (?), p. pr. & vb. n. of Scavenge. Hence, n. (Internal-combustion Engines) Act or process of expelling the exhaust gases from the cylinder by some special means, as, in many four-cycle engines, by utilizing the momentum of the exhaust gases in a long exhaust pipe.
||Schap"pe (?), n. [G. dial. (Swiss), waste, impurity.] A silk yarn or fabric made out of carded spun silk.
Schat"chen (?), n. [Yiddish, fr. NHeb. shadkhn, fr. shdakh to bring about a marriage, orig., to persuade.] A person whose business is marriage brokage; a marriage broker, esp. among certain Jews.
Schi"zont (sk"znt or skz"nt), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, p.pr., cleaving.] (Zoöl.) In certain Sporozoa, a cell formed by the growth of a sporozoite or merozoite (in a cell or corpuscle of the host) which segment by superficial cleavage, without encystment or conjugation, into merozoites.
||Schnor"rer (?), n. [Yiddish, fr. G. schnurrer, fr. schnurren to hum, whir, hence, from the sound of the musical instrument used by strolling beggars, to beg.] Among the Jews, a beggar.
Sci*ag"ra*phy, n. (Physics) Same as Radiography.
Sclaff (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sclaffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sclaffing.] [Orig. uncert.] 1. To scuff or shuffle along. [Scot.]
2. (Golf) To scrape the ground with the sole of the club, before striking the ball, in making a stroke.
Sclaff, v. t. (Golf) To scrape (the club) on the ground, in a stroke, before hitting the ball; also, to make (a stroke) in that way.
Sclaff, n. [Scot.] 1. A slight blow; a slap; a soft fall; also, the accompanying noise.