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S.
2. Incorrectly, the Sabbath.
2. A strict observer of the Sabbath.
2. The fur of the sable.
Sac*chol"ic (?), a. Saccholactic. [Obs.]
5. (Biol.) See 2d Sac, 2.
L. Wallace.
2. To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders. [Colloq.]
2 Sam. iii. 31.
2. Bound by a sacrament.
2. One who holds extreme opinions regarding the efficacy of sacraments.
2. Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians.
2. Of or pertaining to the Sacramentarians.
2. Same as Sacramentarian, n., 1.
Sac"ra*ment*ize (?), v. i. To administer the sacraments. [R.]
2. The adytum of a temple. Gwilt.
3. In a Christian church, the sanctuary.
Sa*cra"tion (?), n. Consecration. [Obs.]
4. Hence, not to be profaned or violated; inviolable.
5. Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; -- with to.
3. To destroy; to kill. Johnson.
Sad, v. t. To make sorrowful; to sadden. [Obs.]
6. (Zoöl.) The clitellus of an earthworm.
2. Having a low back and high neck, as a horse.
2. (Zoöl.) A harp seal.
2. The trade or employment of a saddler.
Sad"ly, adv. 1. Wearily; heavily; firmly. [Obs.]
2. Seriously; soberly; gravely. [Obs.]
Sad"ness, n. 1. Heaviness; firmness. [Obs.]
2. Seriousness; gravity; discretion. [Obs.]
2. A convoy or guard to protect a traveler or property.
3. A pass; a passport; a safe-conduct. Shak.
3. Preservation from escape; close custody.
4. (Football) Same as Safety touchdown, below.
Saf"flow (?), n. (Bot.) The safflower. [Obs.]
2. The dried flowers of the Carthamus tinctorius.
3. A dyestuff from these flowers. See Safranin (b).
3. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
V. Knox.
2. A juice used in medicine. [Obs.] Johnson.
2. The clay of which such pots or cases are made.
2. (Arch.) The keystone of an arch. [R.] Gwilt.
Sai"kyr (?), n. (Mil.) Same as Saker. [Obs.]
2. Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
3. A wing; a van. [Poetic]
4. The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
5. A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
2. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl.
4. To set sail; to begin a voyage.
2. To fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.
1 Cor. i. 2.
2. One of the blessed in heaven.
3. (Eccl.) One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.]
2. Entered into heaven; -- a euphemism for dead.
Saith (?), 3d pers. sing. pres. of Say. [Archaic]
I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake.
2. (Mil.) A small piece of artillery. Wilhelm.
I have salaamed and kowtowed to him.
I. Watts.
4. A large poker. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
5. (Metal.) Solidified material in a furnace hearth.
Sal"a*ry (?), a. [L. salarius.] Saline [Obs.]
2. Opportunity of selling; demand; market.
2. Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
5. (Her.) Represented in a leaping position; as, a lion salient.
2. Salt works.
2. Of the quality of salt; salty; as, a saline taste.
Sa*lin"ous (?), a. Saline. [Obs.]
Sal"li*ance (?), n. Salience. [Obs.]
Sal"low, v. t. To tinge with sallowness. [Poetic]
3. An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation.
2. A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon.
Sal"o*gen (?), n. [L. sal salt + -gen.] (Chem.) A halogen. [Obs.]
2. Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.
3. Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.
4. A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.
5. A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. [Colloq.]
9. pl. Marshes flooded by the tide. [Prov. Eng.]
3. Fig.: Bitter; sharp; pungent.
I have a salt and sorry rheum offends me.
4. Fig.: Salacious; lecherous; lustful. Shak.
Sal"tate (?), v. i. [See Saltant.] To leap or dance. [R.]
2. Beating or palpitation; as, the saltation of the great artery.
2. A salt marsh.
Sa*lue" (?), v. t. [F. saluer. See Salute.] To salute. [Obs.]
2. (American Colleges) The salutatory oration.
I salute you with this kingly title.
Sal`u*tif"er*ous*ly, adv. Salutarily. [R.]
2. Cor. vii. 10.
3. Saving power; that which saves.
Sal"ve (? or ?), v. t. To say "Salve" to; to greet; to salute. [Obs.]
2. A soothing remedy or antidote.
3. Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned.
2. Hence, want of variety; tedious monotony.
Sa*mette" (?), n. See Samite. [Obs.]
2 Thess. ii. 13.
I. Watts.
3. A saint or holy being. [R.]
2. (Mus.) An anthem composed for these words.
2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] Shak.
5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang]
2. To drive upon the sand. [Obs.] Burton.
3. To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
4. To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar. [Colloq.]
2. Made like a sandal.
3. Short-sighted. [Prov. Eng.]
San"de*ver (?), n. See Sandiver. [Obs.]
2. (Zoöl.) A small lamprey eel; the pride.
2. The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc.
2. Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood.
3. Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper.
2. Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth. [Obs.]
3. (Min.) Bloodstone.
4. Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1.
San"guine*less, a. Destitute of blood; pale. [R.]
I can not speculate quite so sanguinely as he does.
3. Blood-red; crimson. Keats.
2. (med.) Discharging sanies; as, a sanious ulcer.
San"ny (?), n. The sandpiper. [Prov. Eng.]
2. The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree.
3. A simpleton; a saphead; a milksop. [Slang]
2. (Mil.) To pierce with saps.
3. To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.
Sap"head` (?), n. A weak-minded, stupid fellow; a milksop. [Low]
M. S. Lamson.
Sa`pi*en"tious (?), a. Sapiential. [Obs.]
2. The color of the gem; bright blue.
Sap"py (?), a. [Compar. Sappier (?); superl. Sappiest.] [From 1st Sap.]
1. Abounding with sap; full of sap; juicy; succulent.
2. Hence, young, not firm; weak, feeble.
3. Weak in intellect. [Low]
Sap"skull` (?), n. A saphead. [Low]
2. (Zoöl.) Any fly of the genus Sarcophaga.
Sar"sa (?), n. Sarsaparilla. [Written also sarza.]
Sarse, v. t. To sift through a sarse. [Obs.]
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sartorius muscle.
Sat (?), imp. of Sit. [Written also sate.]
I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
3. To saturate. [Obs.] Sir I. Newton.
3. That which satisfies or gratifies; atonement.
Sat`is*fac"tive (?), a. Satisfactory. [Obs.]
2. To make payment or atonement; to atone. Milton.
Sa*trap"ic*al (?), a. Satrapal. [R.]
3. (Alchem.) The metal lead. [Archaic]
3. (Zoöl.) The orang- outang.
4. Sauciness; impertinence. [Low.] Haliwell.
To serve one the same sauce, to retaliate in the same kind. [Vulgar]
2. (Fort.) A fascine of more than ordinary length.
Saul (?), n. Soul. [Obs.]
2. A saucisson. See Saucisson. Wilhelm.
Sa*va"ci*oun` (?), n. Salvation. [Obs.]
2. Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts.
2. A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.
Sav"age (?; 48), v. t. To make savage. [R.]
C. Kingsley.
2. An act of cruelty; barbarity.
3. Wild growth, as of plants. Shak.
Sav`a*nil"la (?), n. (Zoöl.) The tarpum. [Local, U.S.]
1 Tim. i. 15.
6. To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.
2 Cor. xi. 24.
Save"ment (?), n. The act of saving. [Obs.]
4. Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.
2. Exception; reservation.
2. So as to be finally saved from eternal death.
2. Tendency to promote salvation. Johnson.
I smell sweet savors and I feel soft things.
4. Pleasure; delight; attractiveness. [Obs.]
I have rejected everything that savors of party.
3. To use the sense of taste. [Obs.]
2. To have the flavor or quality of; to indicate the presence of. [R.]
Sa"vor*ly, a. Savory. [Obs.]
2. A saying; a proverb; a maxim.
3. Dictate; command; decree. [Obs.]
3. Also used figuratively; as, to saw the air.
2. To cut, as a saw; as, the saw or mill saws fast.
3. To be cut with a saw; as, the timber saws smoothly.
Saw"bel`ly (?), n. The alewife. [Local, U.S.]
Saw"bill` (?), n. The merganser. [Prov. Eng.]
Saw"ce*flem (?), a. See Sauseflem. [Obs.]
Soft sawder, seductive praise; flattery; blarney. [Slang]
Saw"neb` (?), n. A merganser. [Prov. Eng.]
3. (Zoöl.) The bowfin. [Local, U.S.]
2. The language of the Saxons; Anglo- Saxon.
2. Tried quality; temper; proof. [Obs.]
3. Essay; trial; attempt. [Obs.]
2. A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth. [Obs.]
2. The itch in man; also, the scurvy. [Colloq. or Obs.]
3. The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep. Chaucer.
6. A mean, dirty, paltry fellow. [Low] Shak.
2. Fig.: Mean; paltry; vile; worthless. Bacon.
2. Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy. Swift.
2. Fig.: Harsh; unmusical. [R.]
2. Materials for building scaffolds.
2. (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to a scalaria.
2. Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers. [Obs.] Shak.
2. pl. (Astron.) The sign or constellation Libra.
4. (Zoöl.) A scale insect. (See below.)
3. To scatter; to spread. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
2. To separate; to scatter. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Scale, v. i. To lead up by steps; to ascend. [Obs.]
2. A weighing apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling a steelyard.
2. Without scales, or with the scales removed; as, scaled herring.
3. (Cookery) Baked in a scallop; cooked with crumbs.
Scalp (sklp), n. [Cf. Scallop.] A bed of oysters or mussels. [Scot.]
3. Fig.: The top; the summit. Macaulay.
2. (Surg.) To remove the skin of.
2. (Surg.) Same as Scalping iron, under Scalping.
2. Resembling scales, laminæ, or layers.
3. Mean; low; as, a scaly fellow. [Low]
I do fawn on men and hug them hard And after scandal them.
2. To scandalize; to offend. [Obs.] Bp. Story.
I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using harmless things.
2. To reproach; to libel; to defame; to slander.
3. Defamatory; libelous; as, a scandalous story.
2. With a disposition to impute immorality or wrong.
2. Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions.
4. A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline.
5. A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle. Knight.
2. Scarcely; hardly; barely.
3. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
I. Watts.
2. (Zoöl.) The long basal joint of the antennæ of an insect.
3. (Arch.) (a) The shaft of a column. (b) The apophyge of a shaft.
Scape, n. 1. An escape. [Obs.]
2. Means of escape; evasion. [Obs.] Donne.
3. A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. [Obs.]
4. Loose act of vice or lewdness. [Obs.] Shak.
2. (Zoöl.) One of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise.
To make one's self scarce, to decamp; to depart. [Slang]
2. Frugally; penuriously. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Scard (?), n. A shard or fragment. [Obs.]
2. A person clad in rags and tatters.
3. (Zoöl.) The black tern. [Prov. Eng.]
Scare"fire` (?), n. 1. An alarm of fire. [Obs.]
2. A fire causing alarm. [Obs.] Fuller.
Scarf (skärf), n. [Icel. skarfr.] A cormorant. [Scot.]
2. (Surg.) The instrument used for scarifying.
2. (Agric.) To stir the surface soil of, as a field.
2. Cloth of a scarlet color.
Scar"let, v. t. To dye or tinge with scarlet. [R.]
2. A steep descent or declivity.
2. Causing fright; alarming. [Colloq. U. S.]
Scath"ly, a. Injurious; scathful. [Obs.]
2. (Zoöl.) A scaup duck. See below.
6. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
Scene"ful (?), a. Having much scenery. [R.]
2. To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume.
Scent, v. i. 1. To have a smell. [Obs.]
2. To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
2. Of quick or keen smell.
Scern (?), v. t. To discern; to perceive. [Obs.]
Schade (?), n. Shade; shadow. [Obs.]
Scheel"in (?), n. (Chem.) Scheelium. [Obs.]
Schel"ly (?), n. (Zoöl.) The powan. [Prov. Eng.]
3. Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline.
Schnapps (?), n. [G., a dram of spirits.] Holland gin. [U.S.]
I am no breeching scholar in the schools.
3. A man of books. Bacon.
2. Literary education. [R.]
2. (R. C. Ch.) See the Note under Jesuit.
Scho"ly (?), v. i. & t. To write scholia; to annotate. [Obs.]
3. A session of an institution of instruction.
School"ma'am (?), n. A schoolmistress. [Colloq.U.S.]
2. One who, or that which, disciplines and directs.
2. (Phys.) A radiograph. [Written also skiagraph.]
2. (Arch.) Same as Sciagraph.
Scib"bo*leth (?), n. Shibboleth. [Obs.]
2. A long-handled billhook. See Billhook.
Scink (?), n. A slunk calf. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. To sparkle, as the fixed stars.
2. A spark or flash emitted in scintillating.
Scin"til*lous (?), a. Scintillant. [R.]
Scin"til*lous*ly, adv. In a scintillant manner. [R.]
2. Hence, a descendant; an heir; as, a scion of a royal stock.
Scissors grinder (Zoöl.), the European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
2. (Bot.) Hardening of the cell wall by lignification.
3. (Med.) Affected with sclerosis; sclerosed.
2. (Zoöl.) The mature or resting stage of a plasmodium.
Scoat (?), v. t. To prop; to scotch. [Prov. Eng.]
Scob"by (?), n. The chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
2. The dross of metals.
2. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
Sco*lay" (?), v. i. See Scoley. [Obs.]
2. A scolding; a brawl.
2. A sea fish. [R.] Spenser.
Scom"fit (skm"fy), n. & v. Discomfit. [Obs.]
2. A flout; a jeer; a gibe; a taunt. [Obs.] Fotherby.
2. A hut for protection and shelter; a stall.
3. A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
I must get a sconce for my head.
5. A poll tax; a mulct or fine. Johnson.
8. (Arch.) A squinch.
9. A fragment of a floe of ice. Kane.
10. [Perhaps a different word.] A fixed seat or shelf. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To mulct; to fine. [Obs.] Milton.
4. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow.
5. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop.
2. To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.
I. Taylor.
4. Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable.
3. To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
2. To burn or be burnt.
2. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.
3. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
6. A weight of twenty pounds. [Prov. Eng.]
8. A line drawn; a groove or furrow.
M. Arnold.
4. To engrave, as upon a shield. [R.] Spenser.
5. To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.
2. Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders.
2. An act or expression of extreme contempt.
3. An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.
I scorn thy meat; 't would choke me.
C. J. Smith.
2. Treated with scorn; exciting scorn. [Obs.]
Scorn"y (?), a. Deserving scorn; paltry. [Obs.]
3. (Zoöl.) The scorpene.
4. (Script.) A painful scourge.
1 Kings xii. 11.
5. (Astron.) A sign and constellation. See Scorpio.
2. To chase. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. Collectively, the people of Scotland.
Scoth (?), v. t. To clothe or cover up. [Obs.]
Sco"ti*a, n. [L.] Scotland [Poetic]
2. To purge; as, to scour a horse.
2. To cleanse anything.
3. To be purged freely; to have a diarrhœa.
2. A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.
3. To harass or afflict severely.
Scourse (skrs), v. t. See Scorse. [Obs.]
3. (Cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.
4. The act of scouting or reconnoitering. [Colloq.]
2. To express by a scowl; as, to scowl defiance.
2. Hence, gloom; dark or threatening aspect. Burns.
1. Sam. xxi. 13.
2. A rawboned person. [Low] Halliwell.
3. A ragged, stunted tree or branch.
2. Lean and rough; scraggy.
2. Lean and rough; scragged. "His sinewy, scraggy neck." Sir W. Scott.
2. A greedy and unceremonious contestant.
Scrank"y (?), a. Thin; lean. [Scot.]
I have no materials -- not a scrap.
4. pl. Same as Scrap iron, below.
2. To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).
3. To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.
4. A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.
I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry.
2. Having the nature of a scream; like a scream; shrill; sharp.
2. A fragment; a portion; a shred. [Scot.]
2. An harangue; a long tirade on any subject.
7. A small packet of tobacco. [Slang] Mayhew.
2. To force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws.
4. To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage.
2. To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing.
3. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
Scrid (?), n. A screed; a shred; a fragment. [R.]
Scrig"gle (?), v. i. To wriggle. [Prov. Eng.]
Scrimp, n. A pinching miser; a niggard. [U.S.]
3. Paper fractional currency. [Colloq.U.S.]
2. (Print.) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
3. (Law) An original instrument or document.
4. Written characters; style of writing.
I have put it in scripture and in remembrance.
3. A passage from the Bible; a text.
Scrip*tu"ri*an (?), n. A Scripturist. [Obs.]
Scritch (?), n. A screech. [R.]
3. A writing master. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. Diseased or affected with scrofula.
4. (Geom.) Same as Skew surface. See under Skew.
2. A clipping from skins; a currier's cuttings.
2. Something small and mean.
3. A worn-out brush. Ainsworth.
2. (Gas Manuf.) A gas washer. See under Gas.
Scrub"stone` (?), n. A species of calciferous sandstone. [Prov. Eng.]
Scruff (?), n. [See Scurf.] Scurf. [Obs.]
2. Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.
I will not bate thee a scruple.
2. To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple. [R.]
Scru"pu*list (?), n. A scrupler. [Obs.]
3. Given to making objections; captious. [Obs.]
4. Liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice. [Obs.]
Scru*ta"tion (?), n. [L. scrutatio.] Search; scrutiny. [Obs.]
Scru"ti*ny, v. t. To scrutinize. [Obs.]
I. Taylor.
2. Loose, vapory clouds driven swiftly by the wind.
3. A slight, sudden shower. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
5. (Zoöl.) Any swimming amphipod crustacean.
3. A child's pinafore or bib. [Prov. Eng.]
4. A garden hoe. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Scull (skl), n. (Anat.) The skull. [Obs.]
2. (Zoöl.) The common skua gull. [Prov. Eng.]
2. One who sculls.
2. Hence, refuse; fifth; offal. [Obs.] Gauden.
2. Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc.
2. refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless.
2. To sweep or range over the surface of. [Obs.]
Scum"ber, n. Dung. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. The color so laid on. Also used figuratively.
L. Wallace.
Scum"mer, n. Excrement; scumber. [Obs.]
Scup (?), n. [D. schop.] A swing. [Local, U.S.]
2. Hence, the foul remains of anything adherent.
3. Anything like flakes or scales adhering to a surface.
Scurff (?), n. The bull trout. [Prov. Eng.]
2. (Bot.) Scurf.
Scur"rit (?), n. (Zoöl.) The lesser tern (Sterna minuta). [Prov. Eng.]
2. Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible. "A scurvy trick." Ld. Lytton.
2. (Bot.) Having the form of a scutellum.
2. A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
2. (O. Eng. Law) A penthouse or awning. [Obs.] Burrill.
2. (Antiq.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
2. The language of the Scythians.
Sdeign (?), v. t. To disdain. [Obs.]
I marvel how the fishes live in the sea.
2 Chron. iv. 2.
2. A bank or mole to defend against the sea.
Sea"board`, adv. Toward the sea. [R.]
2. (Zoöl.) A chiton.
2. Born at sea.
2. An old sailor; a salt. [Colloq.]
2. (Zoöl.) The eagle ray. See under Ray.
2. (Min.) Meerschaum; -- called also sea froth.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The walrus. (b) Any fish of the genus Hippocampus.
Seal, v. i. To affix one's seal, or a seal. [Obs.]
I will seal unto this bond.
4. A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
2. To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.
L. Wallace.
2. A sea nymph.
Sean (?), n. A seine. See Seine. [Prov. Eng.]
Sea" pud"ding (?). (Zoöl.) Any large holothurian. [Prov. Eng.]
2. (Zoöl.) The chimæra.
Searce (?), n. [See Sarse.] A fine sieve. [Obs.]
Sear"cer (?), n. 1. One who sifts or bolts. [Obs.]
2. A searce, or sieve. [Obs.] Holland.
2. To inquire after; to look for; to seek.
I will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
4. To examine; to try; to put to the test.
3. A period of time not very long; a while; a time.
4. That which gives relish; seasoning. [Obs.]
5. Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agreeable.
8. To copulate with; to impregnate. [R.] Holland.
3. To give token; to savor. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
2. (Her.) See Cornish chough, under Chough.
5. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
4. To fix; to set firm.
6. To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.
Seav`y, a. Overgrown with rushes. [Prov. Eng.]
Se"bic (?), a. See Sebacic. [Obs.]
2. (Physiol.) To secrete; as, mucus secerned in the nose. Arbuthnot.
2. (U.S. Hist.) The withdrawal of a State from the national Union.
2. To shut or keep out; to exclude. [Obs.] Evelyn.
3. Aid; assistance; help. [Obs.]
2. Secondly; in the second place. [Obs.]
1 Cor. xii. 28.
5. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
2. (Astron.) (a) A secondary circle. (b) A satellite.
3. (Zoöl.) A secondary quill.
Se"cre (? or ?), a. Secret; secretive; faithful to a secret. [Obs.]
2. That which is concealed; a secret. [R.] Shak.
4. Separate; distinct. [Obs.]
2. A thing not discovered; what is unknown or unexplained; a mystery.
5. (Zoöl.) The secretary bird.
Se"cret*ist (?), n. A dealer in secrets. [Obs.]
2. Secretiveness; concealment. Donne.
Sec"ta*rism, n. Sectarianism. [Obs.]
Sec"tion*ize (?), v. t. To form into sections. [R.]
Sect"ism (?), n. Devotion to a sect. [R.]
Sect"ist, n. One devoted to a sect; a sectary. [R.]
5. Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical.
I speak of folk in secular estate.
3. A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
2. The tenets or principles of the secularists.
I. Taylor.
3. To make worldly or unspiritual. Bp. Horsley.
Sec`un*da"tion (?), n. Prosperity. [R.]
2. Overconfident; incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense. Macaulay.
Se*cure"ment (?), n. The act of securing; protection. [R.]
C. A. Ives.
I. Watts.
4. Caused by long sitting. [Obs.] "Sedentary numbness." Milton.
2. (Zoöl.) A flock of herons.
2. (Geol.) The material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.
2. Dissension; division; schism. [Obs.]
I will now turn aside, and see this great sight.
1 Sam. xv. 35.
4. The principle of production.
6. Race; generation; birth.
2. To shed the seed. Mortimer.
3. To grow to maturity, and produce seed.
Seed"cod` (?), n. A seedlip. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A person who deals in seeds.
2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.
2. Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind.
2. Time; season; as, hay seel. [Prov. Eng.]
Seel"i*ly (?), adv. In a silly manner. [Obs.]
2. Apprehension; judgment. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Seem"li*ly (?), adv. In a seemly manner. [Obs.]
I am a woman, lacking wit To make a seemly answer to such persons.
Seen, a. Versed; skilled; accomplished. [Obs.]
2. A plank or board adjusted for this play.
3. A vibratory or reciprocating motion.
4. (Whist.) Same as Crossruff.
2 Kings iv. 38.
Seg (?), n. [See Sedge.] (Bot.) 1. Sedge. [Obs.]
2. The gladen, and other species of Iris. Prior.
2. (Bot.) Separated from others of the same kind.
I. Taylor.
2. Vested with large powers; independent.
Seign"ior*ize (?), v. t. To lord it over. [Obs.]
Sein"tu*a*ry (?), n. Sanctuary. [Obs.]
2. To take possession of by force.
5. To fasten; to fix. [Obs.]
2. The act of taking possession. [Obs.]
3. The thing possessed; property. Sir M. Halle.
2. Retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership.
Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.)
Se*lect"ed*ly, adv. With care and selection. [R.]
Sel`e*ni"u*ret (?), n. (Chem.) A selenide. [Obs.]
3. Personification; embodiment. [Poetic.]
2. Self-deception; delusion. [Obs.] Shak.
3. Masturbation; onanism; self- pollution.
Self`-com*mune" (?), n. Self- communion. [R.]
Self`-de*vote"ment (?), n. Self- devotion. [R.]
D. Webster.
2. Knowing of itself, without help from another.
2. A throne or lofty seat. [Obs.] Fairfax.
I am changed; I'll go sell all my land.
2. To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price.
Sell, n. An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. [Colloq.]
2. The edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes. Knight.
Sem"bla*ble, n. Likeness; representation. [Obs.]
2. Seeming, rather than real; apparent. [R.] Carlyle.
2. The face. [Obs.] Wyclif (Luke xxiv. 5).
Sem"bla*tive (?), a. Resembling. [Obs.]
2. (Med.) Of or pertaining to the signs or symptoms of diseases.
Sem"i*brief` (?), n. (Mus.) A semibreve. [R.]
2. A body in the form of half of a circle, or half of a circumference.
3. An instrument for measuring angles.
4. Seminal state. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
5. Fig.: A seed bed; a source. [Obs.] Harvey.
Sem"i*na*ry, a. [L. seminarius.] Belonging to seed; seminal. [R.]
2. (Bot.) Natural dispersion of seeds. Martyn.
Sem"i*steel` (&?;), n. Puddled steel. [U. S. ]
2. A substance imperfectly vitrified.
2. Without beginning or end; eternal. Blackmore.
Sem"pi*terne (?), a. Sempiternal. [Obs.]
Semp"ster (?), n. A seamster. [Obs.]
Sem"ster (?), n. A seamster. [Obs.]
Sen, adv., prep., & conj. [See Since.] Since. [Obs.]
Sen`a*to"ri*ous (?), a. Senatorial. [Obs.]
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran.
2 Kings vi. 32.
3. An aged person; an older. Dryden.
2. Plaited straw or palm leaves for making hats.
3. A state of excited interest or feeling, or that which causes it.
2. One who practices sensational writing or speaking.
I speak my private but impartial sense With freedom.
I think 't was in another sense.
7. Moral perception or appreciation.
3. Experience of sensation; actual feeling.
2. That which impresses itself on the sense; anything perceptible.
3. That which has sensibility; a sensitive being. [R.]
2. Intelligence; reasonableness; good sense.
2. With intelligence or good sense; judiciously.
4. Serving to affect the sense; sensible. [R.]
4. Pertaining or peculiar to the philosophical doctrine of sensualism.
2. One who holds to the doctrine of sensualism.
2. Adopting or teaching the doctrines of sensualism.
2. Highly susceptible to influence through the senses.
2. To decree or announce as a sentence. [Obs.] Shak.
3. To utter sententiously. [Obs.] Feltham.
4. Sensibility; feeling; tender susceptibility.
2. Watch; guard. [Obs.] "That princes do keep due sentinel." Bacon.
2. Guard; watch, as by a sentinel.
Se*pawn" (?), n. See Supawn. [Local, U.S.]
Se*pon" (#), n. See Supawn. [Local, U.S.]
Sep"tane (?), n. [L. septem seven.] (Chem.) See Heptane. [R.]
Sep*tem"tri*oun (?), n. Septentrion. [Obs.]
Sep*to"ic (?), a. [L. septem seven.] (Chem.) See Heptoic. [R.]
2. (Bot.) A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.
2. A sepulcher; a grave; a place of burial.
2. Hence, ductile; malleable; pliant; manageable.
3. Conclusion; inference. [R.] Whitgift.
2. Following as an effect; consequent.
2. That which follows as a result; a sequence.
I had wholly sequestered my civil affairss.
Se*ques"ter, v. i. 1. To withdraw; to retire. [Obs.]
Se*ques"ter, n. 1. Sequestration; separation. [R.]
3. (Med.) Same as Sequestrum.
3. Disunion; disjunction. [Obs.] Boyle.
2. With unruffled temper; coolly; calmly. Prior.
Se*ren"i*tude (?), n. Serenity. [Obs.]
5. (Zoöl.) The cobia.
2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to rows. Gray.
3. (Zoöl.) Having a silklike luster, usually due to fine, close hairs.
Se"rie (?), n. [Cf. F. série.] Series. [Obs.]
3. Important; weighty; not trifling; grave.
2. To tutor; to lecture. [Poetic] Shak.
Ser`mon*et" (?), n. A short sermon. [Written also sermonette.]
Ser"mon*ish, a. Resembling a sermon. [R.]
2. To inculcate rigid rules. [R.] Chesterfield.
2. Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
4. (Astron.) The constellation Serpens.
2. (Ordnance) A kind of ancient cannon.
2. A place inhabited or infested by serpents.
2. One of the teeth in a serrate or serrulate margin.
2. One of the teeth in a serrated edge; a serration.
2. One of the teeth in a serrulate margin.
2. [L. servabilis.] Capable of being preserved. [R.]
D. Webster.
2. One in a state of subjection or bondage.
3. A professed lover or suitor; a gallant. [Obs.]
Serv"ant*ry (?), n. A body of servants; servants, collectively. [R.]
3. To be suitor to; to profess love to. [Obs.]
10. To work; to operate; as, to serve the guns.
14. (Tennis) To lead off in delivering (the ball).
I will serve myself of this concession.
5. (Tennis) To lead off in delivering the ball.
2. A tray for dishes; a salver. Randolph.
4. Hence, a musical composition for use in churches.
11. (Tennis) The act of serving the ball.
12. Act of serving or covering. See Serve, v. t., 13.
I know thee well, a serviceable villain.
2. Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved.
2. Servants, collectively. [Obs.]
Serv"i*ture (?), n. Servants, collectively. [Obs.]
Serv"i*tute (?), n. [L. servitus.] Servitude. [Obs.]
Sess, n. A tax; an assessment. See Cess. [Obs.]
2. (Poet.) The last six lines of a sonnet.
I do set my bow in the cloud.
1 Kings xiv. 4.
6. To stake at play; to wager; to risk.
10. To value; to rate; -- with at.
I do not set my life at a pin's fee.
13. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. [Scot.]
I could set out that best side of Luther.
2. To fit music to words. [Obs.] Shak.
5. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
6. To congeal; to concrete; to solidify.
2. Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.
4. Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.
5. Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted.
5. Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.
2. A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy. [U. S.]
3. A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse. [Colloq. U.S.]
2. A bolt used for forcing another bolt out of its hole.
Set"e*wale (?), n. See Cetewale. [Obs.]
Seth"en (?), adv. & conj. See Since. [Obs.]
D. Jerrold.
4. (Arch.) Same as Offset, n., 4.
5. (Print.) See Offset, 7.
3. One who hunts victims for sharpers. Shak.
4. One who adapts words to music in composition.
5. An adornment; a decoration; -- with off. [Obs.]
6. (Pottery) A shallow seggar for porcelain. Ure.
3. Something set in, or inserted.
2. A bench; especially, a bench with a high back.
Settle bed, a bed convertible into a seat. [Eng.]
2 Kings viii. 11. (Rev. Ver.)
10. Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill. [Colloq.] Abbott.
3. To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder.
9. To become calm; to cease from agitation.
11. To make a jointure for a wife.
2. A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.
2. A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii.
3. (Mus.) An interval of two octaves and a third.
2. Constituting or being one of seventy equal parts.
2. A symbol representing seventy units, as 70, or lxx.
3. To keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.
2. To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
2. Diverse; different; various. Spenser.
Sev"er*al, adv. By itself; severally. [Obs.]
2. Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many.
3. An inclosed or separate place; inclosure. [Obs.]
Sev"er*al*ize (?), v. t. To distinguish. [Obs.]
I will not tell of their strange sewes.
2. To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip.
2. Sewerage, 2.
Sewe (?), v. i. To perform the duties of a sewer. See 3d Sewer. [Obs.]
2. That which is sewed with the needle.
2. A sexagenarian. Sir W. Scott.
Sex*an"gu*lar*ly, adv. Hexagonally. [R.]
Sex*av"a*lent (?), a. See Sexivalent. [R.]
Sex"ly (?), a. Pertaining to sex. [R.]
2. (Astron.) A constellation on the equator south of Leo; the Sextant.
3. (Astron.) The constellation Sextans.
Sex"ta*ry (?), n. [For sextonry.] A sacristy. [Obs.]
Sex"try (?), n. See Sacristy. [Obs.]
2. (Mus.) Divisible by six; having six beats; as, sixtuple measure.
Seynt (?), n. A gridle. See 1st Seint. [Obs.]
2. To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn. [Prov. Eng.]
3. To wander as a vagabond or a tramp. [Prev.Eng.]
2. Liberty of winter pasturage. [Prov. Eng.]
Shack"a*to*ry (?), n. A hound. [Obs.]
2. Hence, that which checks or prevents free action.
3. A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.
3. To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars. [U. S.]
Shack"lock` (?), n. A sort of shackle. [Obs.]
Shack"ly, a. Shaky; rickety. [Colloq. U. S.]
2. Darkness; obscurity; -- often in the plural.
5. Shadow. [Poetic.]
3. To obscure; to dim the brightness of.
4. To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
5. To mark with gradations of light or color.
2. Darkness; shade; obscurity.
3. A shaded place; shelter; protection; security.
4. A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water. Shak.
2. To conceal; to hide; to screen. [R.]
3. To protect; to shelter from danger; to shroud.
4. To mark with gradations of light or color; to shade.
6. To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.
2. A faint representation; an adumbration.
2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. "The shadowy past." Longfellow.
3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light.
4. Faintly representative; hence, typical.
5. Unsubstantial; unreal; as, shadowy honor.
Shad"-spir`it (?), n. See Shadbird (a)
2. Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
V. Knox.
6. A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft.
7. The chamber of a blast furnace.
2. A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.
3. (Com.) A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.
4. (Zoöl.) Any species of cormorant.
Shage"bush` (?), n. A sackbut. [Obs.]
2. Rough; rugged; jaggy. Milton.
Sha*green" (?), v. t. To chagrin. [Obs.]
2. (Zoöl.) Covered with rough scales or points like those on shagreen.
I could scarcely shake him out of my company.
3. A fissure in rock or earth.
6. A shook of staves and headings. Knight.
Shake"fork` (?), n. A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork. [Obs.]
2. Cracked or checked; split. See Shake, n., 2.
3. Impaired, as by a shock.
3. (Zoöl.) A variety of pigeon. P. J. Selby.
2. Full of shakes or cracks; cracked; as, shaky timber. Gwilt.
I. Taylor.
2. Not deep in tone. [R.]
2. (Zoöl.) The rudd. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
Jowett (Thucyd)
2. To obtrude by fraud or imposition. [R.]
3. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
2. pl. A place where butcher's meat is sold.
3. pl. A place for slaughtering animals for meat.
2. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
3. To mock at; to deride. [Obs. or R.]
I do shame To think of what a noble strain you are.
1 Tim. ii. 9 (Rev. Ver.).
Shan"dy*gaff (&?;), n. A mixture of strong beer and ginger beer. [Eng.]
3. (Arch.) The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph. Gwilt.
5. (Print.) The body of a type.
Shan't (?). A contraction of shall not. [Colloq.]
Shan"ty (?), a. Jaunty; showy. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Shapely. [R.] "Round and shapable." De Foe.
I was shapen in iniquity.
3. To image; to conceive; to body forth.
4. To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange.
I will early shape me therefor.
2. That which has form or figure; a figure; an appearance; a being.
3. A model; a pattern; a mold.
5. Dress for disguise; guise. [Obs.]
2. Fit; suitable. [Obs.]
2. (Zoöl.) The hard wing case of a beetle.
3. A gap in a fence. [Obs.] Stanyhurst.
4. A boundary; a division. [Obs. & R.] Spenser.
4. The pubes; the sharebone. [Obs.] Holland.
3. To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide. [Obs.]
2. A rapacious, artful person; a sharper. [Colloq.]
2. To live by shifts and stratagems. Beau. & Fl.
L. Watts.
11. Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand. Moxon.
Look sharp, attend; be alert. [Colloq.]
Sharp, n. 1. A sharp tool or weapon. [Obs.]
5. pl. Same as Middlings, 1.
6. An expert. [Slang]
2. (Mus.) To sing above the proper pitch.
Sharp"ling (?), n. (Zoöl.) A stickleback. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A sash. [Obs.]
Shath"mont (&?;), n. A shaftment. [Scot.]
3. To scatter about. [Obs.]
3. To cut off thin slices from; to cut in thin slices.
5. To strip; to plunder; to fleece. [Colloq.]
2. A cutting of the beard; the operation of shaving.
I am no longer a shaveling than while my frock is on my back.
2. One who is close in bargains; a sharper. Swift.
3. One who fleeces; a pillager; a plunderer.
5. (Mech.) A tool or machine for shaving.
Shay (?), n. A chaise. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
2. A woman; a female; -- used substantively. [R.]
Sheaf (?), n. (Mech.) A sheave. [R.]
Sheal (?), n. Same as Sheeling. [Scot.]
Sheal, v. t. To put under a sheal or shelter. [Scot.]
Sheal, n. A shell or pod. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Sheal"ing, n. Same as Sheeling. [Scot.]
3. To reap, as grain. [Scot.] Jamieson.
4. Fig.: To deprive of property; to fleece.
2. A shearing; -- used in designating the age of sheep.
Sheard (?), n. See Shard. [Obs.]
2. A reaper. [Scot.] Jamieson.
3. Same as Shearling. Youatt.
4. The act or operation of reaping. [Scot.]
6. The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
2. To fit or furnish, as with a sheath. Shak.
Shed, v. i. 1. To fall in drops; to pour. [Obs.]
Shed, n. 1. A parting; a separation; a division. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. That which is shed, or cast off. [R.] Wordsworth.
Sheen, v. i. To shine; to glisten. [Poetic]
2. A weak, bashful, silly fellow. Ainsworth.
Sheep"-head`ed (?), a. Silly; simple-minded; stupid. Taylor (1630)
Sheep"ish, a. 1. Of or pertaining to sheep. [Obs.]
2. A feast at the time of sheep- shearing. Shak.
2. Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.
M. Arnold.
4. Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular.
2. A turn or change in a course.
3. pl. Shears See Shear.
Sheer"ly (?), adv. At once; absolutely. [Obs.]
2. To expand, as a sheet.
2. pl. A jocose term for money.
Sheld"fowl` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The common sheldrake. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Any one of the American mergansers.
2. Full of strata of rock. [Obs.]
7. An engraved copper roller used in print works.
2. One who protects; a guardian; a defender.
3. The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.
2. To screen or cover from notice; to disguise.
3. To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively.
Shel"ter*y (?), a. Affording shelter. [R.]
3. Material for shelves; shelves, collectively.
I fear my body will be shent.
Ps. xvi. 10. (Rev. Ver.)
Shep"en (?), n. A stable; a shippen. [Obs.]
2. The pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others.
2. A flavored water ice.
Shern (?), n. See Shearn. [Obs.]
Shew, n. Show. [Obs. except in shewbread.]
3. Figuratively, one who protects or defends.
2. To ward off; to keep off or out.
I would advise you to shift a shirt.
5. To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively. [Obs.]
Shift, v. i. 1. To divide; to distribute. [Obs.]
4. To practice indirect or evasive methods.
I 'll find a thousand shifts to get away.
5. (Mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
2. Adapted or used for shifting anything.
C. Kingsley.
Shilf (?), n. [CF. G. shilf sedge.] Straw. [Obs.]
Shill (?), v. t. To shell. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Shim"my (?), n. A chemise. [Colloq.]
2. (Railbroad) A fish plate for rails. Knight.
Shin, v. t. To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up. [Slang]
Shin"dle, v. t. To cover or roof with shindles. [Obs.]
2. Hockey; shinney. Bartlett.
3. A fancy or liking. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.
2 Cor. iv. 6.
Shine, v. t. 1. To cause to shine, as a light. [Obs.]
2. Sunshine; fair weather.
3. A liking for a person; a fancy. [Slang, U.S.]
4. Caper; antic; row. [Slang]
To cut up shines, to play pranks. [Slang, U.S.]
2. A machine for shingling puddled iron.
Ship (?), n. [AS. scipe.] Pay; reward. [Obs.]
3. Hence, to send away; to get rid of. [Colloq.]
5. To receive on board ship; as, to ship a sea.
6. To put in its place; as, to ship the tiller or rudder.
2. To embark on a ship. Wyclif (Acts xxviii. 11)
2. That which is shipped.
3. Navigation. "God send 'em good shipping." Shak.
Ship"pon (?), n. A cowhouse; a shippen. [Prov. Eng.]
Keep everything shipshape, for I must go
3. Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.
1 Tim. 1. 19.
Shirk"y (?), a. Disposed to shirk. [Colloq.]
Shit"tle*cock` (?), n. A shuttlecock. [Obs.]
Shit"tle*ness, n. Instability; inconstancy. [Obs.]
3. (Geol.) A variety of blue slate.
4. (Naut.) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
5. A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.
6. A spindle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Chaucer
2. Easily broken; brittle; shattery.
2. A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.
I shall never forget the force with which he shocked De Vipont.
2. The top of the head; the head. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The threadfish. (b) The runner, 12.
Shog, v. t. To shake; to shock. [R. or Scot.]
Shole, n. See Shoal. [Obs.]
6. (Carp.) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
5. To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
6. To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
7. To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.
8. To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
2. A young branch or growth.
3. A rush of water; a rapid.
6. [Perh. a different word.] A shoat; a young hog.
3. A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head.
2. One who serves in a shop; a salesman.
3. One who works in a shop or a factory.
Shop"py (?), a. 1. Abounding with shops. [Colloq.]
Shore, n. A sewer. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. A system of props; props, collectively.
6. Not distant in time; near at hand.
11. (Metal) Brittle.
3. pl. Short, inferior hemp.
4. pl. Breeches; shortclothes. [Slang] Dickens.
5. (Phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
Short, v. t. [AS. sceortian.] To shorten. [Obs.]
Short, v. i. To fail; to decrease. [Obs.]
2. Having short life.
3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
I shall grow jealous of you shortly.
3. Having little regard for the future; heedless.
Shor"y (?), a. Lying near the shore. [Obs.]
5. A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot.
2. [Perh. a different word.] A young hog; a shoat.
2. (Med.) Having a shot attached; as, a shotten suture.
2. Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone.
3. Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support.
2. To treat with shouts or clamor. Bp. Hall.
I rested . . . and then gave the boat another shove.
2. To gather up as with a shovel.
Shov"el*ard (?), n. (Zoöl.) Shoveler. [Prov. Eng.]
1 Sam. xx. 13.
I 'll show my duty by my timely care.
5. To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor.
3. Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp.
I envy none their pageantry and show.
4. Semblance; likeness; appearance.
5. False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense.
2. That which shows; a mirror. [Obs.] Wyclif.
3. A copious supply bestowed. [R.]
2. Presentation of facts; statement. J. S. Mill.
Shrag (?), n. [CF. Scrag.] A twig of a tree cut off. [Obs.]
Shrag, v. t. To trim, as trees; to lop. [Obs.]
2. In general, a fragment; a piece; a particle. Shak.
2. To lop; to prune; to trim. [Obs.]
2. That which is cut or torn off; a piece. Hooker.
2. Artful; wily; cunning; arch.
L. Wallace.
2. Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt.
2. Any sacred place, as an altar, tromb, or the like.
Jowett (Thucyd.)
2. To draw back; to withdraw. [Obs.]
3. Decrease in value; depreciation. [Colloq.]
2. To confess, and receive absolution; -- used reflexively.
3. That which covers or shelters like a shroud.
5. The branching top of a tree; foliage. [R.]
Shroud, v. i. To take shelter or harbor. [Obs.]
Shroud, v. t. To lop. See Shrood. [Prov. Eng.]
Shrov"ing, n. The festivity of Shrovetide. [Obs.]
Shrowd (?), v. t. See Shrood. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A place where shrubs are planted. Macaulay.
Shuck (?), n. A shock of grain. [Prev.Eng.]
2. The shell of an oyster or clam. [U. S.]
Shuck"er (?), n. One who shucks oysters or clams
3. To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
3. To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
2. A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
Shuf"fle*wing` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The hedg sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Evasive; as, a shuffling excuse. T. Burnet.
2. Hence, to crawl; to sneak. [Obs.]
4. (Elec.) To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer.
2. A door or cover; a shutter. [Obs.] Sir I. Newton.
3. The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.
3. A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal. [R.]
2. Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
3. Cautious; wary; suspicious.
2. A side throw; a throw; a fling. Thackeray.
Shy"ness, n. The quality or state of being shy. [Written also shiness.]
2. sing. The language of the Siamese.
Sic (?), a. Such. [Scot.]
4. Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakned.
3. To impair; to weaken. [Obs.] Shak.
3. To become disgusting or tedious.
4. To become weak; to decay; to languish.
2. Somewhat sickening; as, a sickish taste.
Sick"less (?), a. Free from sickness. [R.]
3. Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale.
I do lament the sickness of the king.
2. Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.
Sid"dow (?), a. Soft; pulpy. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
3. [AS. sd. Cf Side, n.] Long; large; extensive. [Obs. or Scot.] Shak.
2. To suit; to pair; to match. [Obs.] Clarendon.
4. To furnish with a siding; as, to side a house.
Si"der (?), n. Cider. [Obs.]
Si*de"re*ous (?), a. [L. sidereus.] Sidereal. [Obs.]
2. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Sideritis; ironwort.
2. An assistant to the churchwarden; a questman.
I saw them mask their awful glance Sidewise meek in gossamer lids.
2. A side track, as a railroad; a turnout.
2. Hence, place or situation; seat. [Obs.]
3. Rank; grade; station; estimation. [Obs.]
I fetch my life and being From men of royal siege.
4. Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter. [Obs.]
6. Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.
7. The floor of a glass-furnace.
8. A workman's bench. Knught.
Siege, v. t. To besiege; to beset. [R.]
2. A kind of coarse basket. Simmonds.
2. To separate or part as if with a sieve.
3. To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.
I. Taylor.
Sig"ger, v. i. Same as Sicker. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Hence, to lament; to grieve.
3. To make a sound like sighing.
2. To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
3. To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
I could drive the boat with my sighs.
2. Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan&?;ent.
4. A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing.
5. The instrument of seeing; the eye.
2. That can not be seen; invisible. [Obs.]
2. Open to sight; conspicuous; as, a house stands in a sightly place.
I signed to Browne to make his retreat.
2. To make a sign upon; to mark with a sign.
4. To assign or convey formally; -- used with away.
5. To mark; to make distinguishable. Shak.
2. A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
2. Signing; joining or sharing in a signature; as, signatory powers.
I. Watts.
I had my father's signet in my purse.
3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence.
2. To mean; to import; to denote; to betoken.
Sike, n. [See Sick.] A sick person. [Prov. Eng.]
Sike, v. i. To sigh. [Obs.]
Sile, v. i. To drop; to flow; to fall. [Prov. Eng.]
Sile, n. 1. A sieve with fine meshes. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Filth; sediment. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Si"lence (?), n. [F., fr. L. silentium. See Silent.]
2. Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness.
3. Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence.
D. Webster.
5. Absence of mention; oblivion.
2. To put to rest; to quiet.
5. Having no effect; not operating; inefficient. [R.]
2. A twilled cotton fabric, used for dress linings.
Si*lic"it*ed (?), a. Silicified. [Obs.]
Siliciureted hydrogen. (Chem.) Hydrogen silicide. [Obs.]
2. Full of, or consisting of, husks; husky. [Obs.]
Sil"ing (?), a. & n. from Sile to strain. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Siling dish, a colander. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. Hence, thread spun, or cloth woven, from the above-named material.
3. Dressed in silk. "A . . . silken wanton." Shak.
2. Fig.: Effeminacy; weakness. [R.] B. Jonson.
2. Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine.
Sill, n. [Cf. Thill.] The shaft or thill of a carriage. [Prov. Eng.]
Sill, n. [Cf. 4th Sile.] A young herring. [Eng.]
Sil"ler (?), n. Silver. [Scot.]
3. Weak; helpless; frail. [Obs.]
4. Rustic; plain; simple; humble. [Obs.]
Sil"van, n. (Old Chem.) See Sylvanium. [Obs.]
2. Coin made of silver; silver money.
3. Anything having the luster or appearance of silver.
4. The color of silver.
3. To make hoary, or white, like silver.
Sil"ver, v. i. To acquire a silvery color. [R.]
L. Wallace.
Sil"ver*ling, n. A small silver coin. [Obs.]
2. Besprinkled or covered with silver.
3. Homogenous; uniform. [R.] Boyle.
Sim"i*lar*y (?), a. Similar. [Obs.]
I simmer as liquor doth on the fire before it beginneth to boil.
Si*mo"ni*al (?), a. Simoniacal. [Obs.]
2. To glimmer; to twinkle. [Obs.]
3. Mere; not other than; being only.
9. Humble; lowly; undistinguished.
12. (Min.) Homogenous.
I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose your cunning.
4. (R. C. Ch.) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
6. Weakness of intellect; silliness; folly.
Sim"pli*ty (?), n. Simplicity. [Obs.]
2. Plainly; without art or subtlety.
3. Weakly; foolishly. Johnson.
1 John iii. 4.
I think 't no sin. To cozen him that would unjustly win.
I grant that poetry's a crying sin.
3. A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
2 Cor. v. 21.
4. An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person. [R.]
I am a man More sinned against than sinning.
3. When or that. [Obs.]
2. Whole; perfect; unhurt; uninjured. [Obs.]
I protest, in the sincerity of love.
1. (Anat.) A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.
2. Muscle; nerve. [R.] Sir J. Davies.
3. Fig.: That which supplies strength or power.
2. Fig.: Equipped; strengthened.
2. To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.
5. To cry out; to complain. [Obs.]
4. To accompany, or attend on, with singing.
I heard them singing home the bride.
I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass.
2. Alone; having no companion.
3. Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.
5. Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat.
6. Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
I. Watts.
7. Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
I speak it with a single heart.
8. Simple; not wise; weak; silly. [Obs.]
2. To sequester; to withdraw; to retire. [Obs.]
3. To take alone, or one by one.
3. A handful of gleaned grain. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Stillman (The Horse in Motion.)
2. Only; by one's self; alone.
4. Honestly; sincerely; simply. [R.] Johnson.
5. Singularly; peculiarly. [Obs.] Milton.
2. A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed song.
2. Engaged in by only one on a side; single. [Obs.]
3. (Logic) Existing by itself; single; individual.
I. Watts.
Sin"gu*lar*ist (s"g*lr*st), n. One who affects singularity. [Obs.]
2. Anything singular, rare, or curious.
4. Celibacy. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
2. Strangely; oddly; as, to behave singularly.
3. So as to express one, or the singular number.
2. Wrong; absurd; perverse.
2. With a tendency to use the left hand.
I sink in deep mire.
1 San. xvii. 49.
I think our country sinks beneath the yoke.
2 Kings ix. 24.
I raise of sink, imprison or set free.
4. To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.
5. To conseal and appropriate. [Slang]
6. To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
7. To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt.
Sin"ner, v. i. To act as a sinner. [Humorous]
Sin"ner*ess, n. A woman who sins. [Obs.]
2. A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.
5. (Bot.) A depression between adjoining lobes.
3. To taste the liquor of; to drink out of. [Poetic]
2. A small draught taken with the lips; a slight taste.
Sip"age (?), n. See Seepage. [Scot. & U.S.]
Sipe (sp), v. i. See Seep. [Scot. & U.S.]
3. A siphon bottle.
2. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Siphonata.
Sip"ple (?), v. i. [Freq. of sip.] To sip often. [Obs. or Scot.]
2. A title prefixed to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet.
2. A district or province; a circar. [India]
3. The government; the supreme authority of the state. [India]
3. A father; the head of a family; the husband.
4. A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
2. An enticing, dangerous woman. Shak.
3. Something which is insidious or deceptive.
4. A mermaid. [Obs.] Shak.
Sirt (?), n. [See Syrt.] A quicksand. [Obs.]
Sise (?), n. [From Assize.] An assize. [Obs.]
Siss, n. A hissing noise. [Colloq. U. S.]
I am the sister of one Claudio.
Bible (1551) (Rev. v. 7.)
I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner.
5. To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill.
3. To suit (well or ill); to become. [Obs. or R.]
3. The posture or position of a thing. [R.]
Sit"ed (?), a. Having a site; situated. [Obs.]
Sit"fast` (?), a. [Sit + fast.] Fixed; stationary; immovable. [R.]
Sithe, v. t. To cut with a scythe; to scythe. [Obs.]
Sith"then (?), adv. & conj. See Sithen. [Obs.]
2. A bird that sits or incubates.
6. A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.
2. Placed; residing.
2. Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case.
2. A symbol representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI.
Six"-foot`er (?), n. One who is six feet tall. [Colloq. U.S.]
2. A symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi.
2. The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth.
2. The next in order after the fifth.
3. (Mus.) The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.
2. A symbol representing sixty units, as 60, lx., or LX.
2. Any viscous substance, as gilder's varnish.
3. To swell; to increase the bulk of. Beau. & Fl.
2. A weak glue used in various trades; size.
2. The act of bringing anything to a certain size.
Skad"don (?), n. (Zoöl.) The larva of a bee. [Prov. Eng.]
Skain (?), n. See Skein. [Obs.]
Skaith (?), n. See Scatch. [Scot.]
Skall (?), v. t. To scale; to mount. [Obs.]
Skart (?), n. [Cf. Scarf a cormorant.] (Zoöl.) The shag. [Prov. Eng.]
Skayles (?), n. [√159.] Skittles. [Obs.]
2. pl. A kind of oats. Farm. Encyc.
Skel"ly, n. A squint. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2. A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain. [Scot.]
Sken (?), v. i. To squint. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A beehive. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2. To plan or describe by giving the principal points or ideas of.
2. To start aside; to shy, as a horse. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To throw or hurl obliquely.
2. To check with a skid, as wagon wheels. Dickens.
Skid"daw` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The black guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]
Skid"pan` (?), n. See Skid, n., 1. [Eng.]
2. Knowledge; understanding. [Obsoles.]
4. Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address. [Obs.]
5. Any particular art. [Obs.]
Skill (?), v. t. To know; to understand. [Obs.]
I can not skill of these thy ways.
Skil"ty (?), n. The water rail. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
2. To hasten along with superficial attention.
I. Watts.
3. To put on the finishing coat of plaster.
Skim"back` (skm"bk`), n. (Zoöl.) The quillback. [Local, U.S.]
Skimp, a. Scanty. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
2. To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
3. To strip of money or property; to cheat. [Slang]
Skink, v. i. To serve or draw liquor. [Obs.]
2. One who deals in skins, pelts, or hides.
2. A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.
4. (Sugar Manuf.) A charge of sirup in the pans.
5. A beehive; a skep.
3. To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. [Colloq.]
2. (Zoöl.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.
2. A young, thoughtless person. Shak.
3. (Zoöl.) The saury (Scomberesox saurus).
4. The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
2. A ship boy. [Obs.] Congreve.
2. A small round box for keeping records. [Obs.]
Skirl, n. A shrill cry or sound. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Skirl"crake` (?), n. The turnstone. [Prev. Eng.]
2. A slight contest.
Skirr, v. i. To scour; to scud; to run. [Archaic]
Skirr, n. (Zoöl.) A tern. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A loose edging to any part of a dress. [Obs.]
4. A petticoat.
5. The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals. Dunglison.
Skirt"ing, n. 1. (Arch.) A skirting board. [R.]
2. Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts.
2. A wanton girl; a light wench. [Obs.]
Sklayre (?), n. [Cf. G. schleier.] A vell. [Obs.]
Sklere (?), v. t. To shelter; to cover. [Obs.]
Skop"ster (skp"str), n. The saury. [Prov. Eng.]
Skreen (?), n. & v. See Screen. [Obs.]
Skrike, n. (Zoöl.) The missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
Skrite (?), n. (Zoöl.) The skrike. [Prov. Eng.]
2. The head or brain; the seat of intelligence; mind.
3. A covering for the head; a skullcap. [Obs. & R.]
4. A sort of oar. See Scull.
3. (Zoöl.) The Lophiomys.
2. Hence, a shadow. [Obs.]
4. The wheather; the climate.
2. To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket. [Colloq.]
Sky"-high` (?), adv. & a. Very high. [Colloq.]
3. (Zoöl.) The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]
4. (Naut.) The slack part of a sail.
2. Sloppy; slimy; miry. See Sloppy. Gay.
2. Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand. Milton.
2 Pet. iii. 9.
2. To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.
4. To abate; to become less violent.
6. To languish; to fail; to flag.
7. To end; to cease; to desist; to slake. [Obs.]
2. To neglect; to be remiss in. [Obs.] Shak.
5. To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.
2. The sole of a plow.
2. The scoria of a volcano.
2. To abate; to become less decided. [R.] Shak.
4. To strike down; to slaughter. [Prov. Eng.]
2. The shock and noise produced in slamming.
3. (Card Playing) Winning all the tricks of a deal.
4. The refuse of alum works. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium.
2. To bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.
Slang (?), imp. of Sling. Slung. [Archaic]
Slang, n. [Cf. Sling.] A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. [Eng.]
2. An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.
2. With a slap; all at once; slap. [Colloq.] Prior.
2. Anything monstrous; a whopper. [Slang] Grose.
2. To lash; to ply the whip to. [R.] King.
3. To crack or snap, as a whip. [R.] Dr. H. More.
2. To split; to crack. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
3. To set on; to incite. See 3d Slate. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.]
2. Slates, collectively; also, material for slating.
2. To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.
3. A drudge; one who labors like a slave.
4. An abject person; a wretch. Shak.
2. To be besmeared with saliva. Shak.
C. Lever.
3. The holding of slaves.
Slav"ey (?), n. A maidservant. [Colloq. & Jocose Eng.]
2. Of or pertaining to the Slavs, or their language.
Wyclif (Acts xvi. 27.)
I will slay the last of them with the sword.
3. A sleigh. [Eng.]
4. A game at cards; -- called also old sledge, and all fours.
2. Not rough or harsh.
Sleek, adv. With ease and dexterity. [Low]
Sleek, n. That which makes smooth; varnish. [R.]
2. Fawning and deceitful; sly. [Scot.]
1 Thess. iv. 14.
2. That which lies dormant, as a law. [Obs.] Bacon.
3. A sleeping car. [Colloq. U.S.]
4. (Zoöl.) An animal that hibernates, as the bear.
3. Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish. Shak.
4. Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security.
2. (Zoöl.) The ruddy duck.
2. A narrow channel of water. [R.]
2. The state of the snow or ice which admits of running sleighs.
Sleight"ful (?), a. Cunning; dexterous. [Obs.]
5. Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.
Slent (?), n. & v. See Slant. [Obs.]
Slewed (?), a. Somewhat drunk. [Slang]
2. A guideway in a knitting machine. Knight.
2. To cut into parts; to divide.
Slick"en (?), a. Sleek; smooth. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England.
Slick"er, n. A waterproof coat. [Western U.S.]
2. pl. (Min.) Narrow veins of ore.
3. To pass inadvertently.
5. To slip when walking or standing; to fall.
2. Smooth, even passage or progress.
Slide"groat (?), n. The game of shovelboard. [Obs.]
2. (Zoöl.) The red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa). [Local, U. S. ]
2. Slippery; elusory. [Obs.]
2. To make even or level. [Obs.] Hexham.
3. To throw heedlessly. [Obs.]
2. Not stout or heavy; slender.
3. Foolish; silly; weak in intellect. Hudibras.
Slight, adv. Slightly. [Obs. or Poetic]
Slight"ful (?), a. See Sleightful. [Obs.]
2. Slightingly; negligently. [Obs.] Shak.
Slik (slk), a. [See Such.] Such. [Obs. or Scot.]
3. (Script.) Bitumen. [Archaic]
Slim"sy (?), a. Flimsy; frail. [Colloq. U.S.]
2. To throw; to hurl; to cast. Addison.
3. To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack.
2. To miscarry; -- said of female beasts.
2. Thin; lean. [Scot.]
2. A thievish fellow; a sneak. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Slink"y (?), a. Thin; lank. [Prov. Eng. & U. S.]
5. To err; to fall into error or fault.
2. To omit; to loose by negligence.
4. To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.
6. To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
2. An unintentional error or fault; a false step.
4. A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.
12. A particular quantity of yarn. [Prov. Eng.]
15. A narrow passage between buildings. [Eng.]
17. (Mining.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity. Knight.
19. (Zoöl.) A fish, the sole.
3. A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
4. A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
Slip"per, a. [AS. slipur.] Slippery. [Obs.]
Slip"per*ness, n. Slipperiness. [Obs.]
2. Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.
3. Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.
4. Liable to slip; not standing firm. Shak.
6. Uncertain in effect. L'Estrange.
7. Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals. Shak.
Slip"thrift` (?), n. A spendthrift. [Obs.]
3. To cut; to sever; to divide. [Obs.]
Slive (?), v. i. [Cf. Slip.] To sneak. [Prov. Eng.]
2. (Zoöl.) A jellyfish. [Prov. Eng.]
3. pl. (Vet.) Salivation.
2. A slovenly farmer; a jobbing tailor. [Prov. Eng.]
Slog"gy (?), a. Sluggish. [Obs.]
Somnolence that is sloggy slumbering
Sloom (?), n. Slumber. [Prov. Eng.]
Sloom"y (?), a. Sluggish; slow. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Mean and weak drink or liquid food; -- usually in the plural.
2. To spill liquid upon; to soil with a liquid spilled.
2. To depart; to disappear suddenly. [Slang]
2. A bolt or bar for fastening a door. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness; idleness.
2. An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow. [Colloq.]
2. To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner. [Colloq.]
Slouch"y (?), a. Slouching. [Colloq.]
2. Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.
Slow"hound` (?), n. A sleuthhound. [R.]
2. To daub; to stain; to cover carelessly.
2. Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow. Kane.
3. (Mining) See Slime, 4.
Slue, n. See Sloough, 2. [Local]
2. A hindrance; an obstruction. [Obs.] Bacon.
5. A ship that sails slowly. [Obs.] Halliwell.
Slug, v. i. To move slowly; to lie idle. [Obs.]
2. To strike heavily. [Cant or Slang]
2. Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.
3. Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.
I. Taylor.
3. The stream flowing through a flood gate.
2. pl. (Mining) Same as Slimes.
2. To stun; to stupefy. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. Being in the repose of slumber; sleepy; drowsy.
Slump, n. 1. A boggy place. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2. To disparage; to traduce. Tennyson.
4. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick. [R.]
5. To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables.
7. (Print.) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
2. A trick played upon a person; an imposition. [R.]
2. A mixture of snow and water; half-melted snow.
3. A soft mixture of grease and other materials, used for lubrication.
2. To paint with a mixture of white lead and lime.
2. A servant girl; a drudge. [Obs.]
3. A female dog; a bitch.
Slutch (?), n. [CF. Sludge.] Slush. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
I. Watts.
4. Light or delicate; slight; thin. [Obs.]
2. A small quantity; a taste. Dryden.
3. A loud kiss; a buss. "A clamorous smack." Shak.
5. A quick, smart blow; a slap. Johnson.
Smack, adv. As if with a smack or slap. [Colloq.]
2. Not loudly; faintly; timidly. [Obs. or Humorous]
2. pl. Smallclothes. [Colloq.] Hood. Dickens.
3. pl. Same as Little go. See under Little, a.
Small, v. t. To make little or less. [Obs.]
4. Smart money (see below). [Canf]
2. Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain.
5. Efficient; vigorous; brilliant. "The stars shine smarter." Dryden.
7. Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown.
8. Brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze.
Smar"tle (?), v. i. To waste away. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Hence, bankruptcy. [Colloq.]
2. Anything very large or extraordinary. [Slang]
3. One who passes counterfeit coin. [Cant, Eng.]
Smear" dab" (?). (Zoöl.) The sand fluke (b). [Prov. Eng.]
Smeath (?), n. (Zoöl.) The smew. [Prov. Eng.]
3. To give heed to. [Obs.]
3. To exercise the sense of smell. Ex. xxx. 38.
4. To exercise sagacity. Shak.
2. The nose. [Pugilists' Slang]
2. The sense by which odors are perceived; the sense of smell. Locke.
2. Fig.: A gull; a simpleton. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Smelt"ie (?), n. A fish, the bib. [Prov. Eng.]
Smid"dy (?), n. [See Smithy.] A smithy. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2. To affect in a certain way with a smile. [R.]
4. Gay or joyous appearance; as, the smiles of spring.
Smil"et (?), n. A little smile. [R.]
1 Sam. xvii. 49.
2. To cause to strike; to use as an instrument in striking or hurling.
1 Sam. xix. 10.
4. To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
6. To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
7. To strike or affect with passion, as love or fear.
Smite, v. i. To strike; to collide; to beat. [Archaic]
I give my back to the smiters.
2. One who makes or effects anything. [R.] Dryden.
Smith"er (sm"r), n. 1. Light, fine rain. [Prov. Eng.]
2. pl. Fragments; atoms; finders. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Work done by a smith; smithing.
2. A blouse; a smoock frock. Carlyle.
2. That which resembles smoke; a vapor; a mist.
3. Anything unsubstantial, as idle talk. Shak.
2. Hence, to burn; to be kindled; to rage.
3. To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion.
5. To suffer severely; to be punished.
3. To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect.
I alone Smoked his true person, talked with him.
4. To ridicule to the face; to quiz. [Old Slang]
2. One who smokes tobacco or the like.
3. A smoking car or compartment. [U. S.]
6. Suspicious; open to suspicion. [Obs.] Foote.
2. Evenly spread or arranged; sleek; as, smooth hair.
5. Bland; mild; smoothing; fattering.
Smooth"en (?), v. t. To make smooth. [Obs.]
Smore (?), v. t. To smother. See Smoor. [Obs.]
2. To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
2. A state of suppression. [Obs.]
2. To smear; to smutch; to soil; to blacken with smoke.
2. Fig.: To convey or introduce clandestinely.
2. A vessel employed in smuggling.
4. Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
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.
2. To give off smut; to crock.
2. Tainted with mildew; as, smutty corn.
3. Obscene; not modest or pure; as, a smutty saying.
At last he whispers, "Do, and we go snacks."
2. A slight, hasty repast. [Colloq.]
Snack"et (?), n. See Snecket. [Prov. Eng.]
4. (Zoöl.) One of the secondary branches of an antler.
2. Snappish; cross; ill-tempered. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.
5. (Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover.
2. (Zoöl.) The wryneck.
L. Wallace.
2. Sly; cunning; insinuating; deceitful.
2. To strike, to hit, or to shut, with a sharp sound.
3. To bite or seize suddenly, especially with the teeth.
6. To project with a snap.
5. To miss fire; as, the gun snapped.
5. A greedy fellow. L'Estrange.
9. (Zoöl.) A snap beetle.
11. Briskness; vigor; energy; decision. [Colloq.]
2. A trifling or second-rate thing or person. [Obs.]
3. (Zoöl.) A snapping turtle; as, the alligator snapper.
4. (Zoöl.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
5. (Zoöl.) A snap beetle.
Snap"py (?), a. Snappish. [Colloq.]
2. Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble.
3. The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.
2. To embarrass; to insnare.
2. To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.
2. To seize and transport away; to rap. "Snatch me to heaven." Thomson.
3. A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a scrap.
2. A line or cord; a string. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A vessel of drink. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To nip; to blast; to blight. [Obs.]
Sneap, n. A reprimand; a rebuke. [Obs.]
Sneck, n. A door latch. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Sneck"et (?), n. A door latch, or sneck. [Prov. Eng.]
Sned (?), v. t. To lop; to snathe. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To inssinuate contempt by a covert expression; to speak derisively.
I could be content to be a little sneared at.
3. To show mirth awkwardly. [R.] Tatler.
2. To treat with sneers; to affect or move by sneers.
Sneer"ful (?), a. Given to sneering. [Obs.]
Snew (?), v. i. To snow; to abound. [Obs.]
2. (Cricket) A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional.
3. (Fiber) A knot or irregularity in yarn. Knight.
4. (Furriery) A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast.
2. (Cricket) To hit (a ball) lightly. R. A. Proctor.
Snick, n. & v. t. See Sneck. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Snick"er, n. A half suppressed, broken laugh. [Written also snigger.]
M. Arnold.
2. To sniff; to snuff; to smell.
2. Slight snow; sleet. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Snig, v. i. [See Sneak.] To sneak. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A small shred; a bit cut off. Wiseman.
3. A share; a snack. [Obs.] L'Estrange
4. A tailor. [Slang] Nares. C. Kingsley.
5. Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
2. A fool; a blockhead. [R.] Shak.
Snip"pack (?), n. [Cf. Snipe.] (Zoöl.) The common snipe. [Prov. Eng.]
Snip"per-snap`er (?), n. A small, insignificant fellow. [Colloq.]
2. (Eng. Univ.) A townsman. [Canf]
3. A journeyman shoemaker. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Snood, v. t. To bind or braid up, as the hair, with a snood. [Scot.]
2. To snore. [R.] "The snorting citizens." Shak.
3. To laugh out loudly. [Colloq.] Halliwell.
2. (Zoöl.) The wheather; -- so called from its cry. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A mean, insignificant fellow. [Low]
Snot"ter*y (?), n. Filth; abomination. [Obs.]
2. The nose of a man; -- in contempt. Hudibras.
3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
2. (Bot.) The Guelder-rose.
2. (Zoöl.) See Snowbird, 1.
Snowl (?), n. (Zoöl.) The hooded merganser. [Local, U.S.]
3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless.
Snub, n. 1. A knot; a protuberance; a song. [Obs.]
2. A check or rebuke; an intended slight. J. Foster.
Snudge, n. A miser; a sneaking fellow. [Obs.]
2. To perceive by the nose; to scent; to smell.
2. (Zoöl.) The common porpoise.
2. An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.
2. Sulky; angry; vexed. [Obs. or Scot.] Jamieson.
2. Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.
2. To drench; to wet thoroughly.
5. Fig.: To absorb; to drain. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
3. To drink intemperately or gluttonously. [Slang]
2. A hard drinker. [Slang] South.
Soal (?), n. 1. The sole of a shoe. [Obs. or R.]
2. (Zoöl.) See Sole, the fish. [Obs.]
2. To flatter; to wheedle. [Slang]
2. Smeared with soap; covered with soap.
Soar, a. See 3d Sore. [Obs.]
2. Any sorrowful cry or sound.
So"ber*ly, a. Grave; serious; solemn; sad. [Obs.]
5. No longer hostile; friendly. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
3. Consisting in union or mutual intercourse.
2. To subject to, or regulate by, socialism.
So"ci*ate, n. An associate. [Obs.]
So*ci"e*ta*ry (?), a. Societarian. [R.]
2. Connection; participation; partnership. [R.]
3. A warm inner sole for a shoe. Simmonds.
Sock"y (?), a. Wet; soaky. [Prov. Eng.]
Sod (?), n. (Zoöl.) The rock dove. [Prov. Eng.]
2. One guilty of sodomy.
6. Easily yielding; susceptible to influence; flexible; gentle; kind.
8. Effeminate; not courageous or manly, weak.
9. Gentle in action or motion; easy.
10. Weak in character; impressible.
11. Somewhat weak in intellect. [Colloq.]
12. Quiet; undisturbed; paceful; as, soft slumbers.
2. Land; country.
3. Dung; fæces; compost; manure; as, night soil.
1. Chron. xxix. 15.
Sok"en (?), n. [Cf. Socome.] 1. A toll. See Soc, n., 2. [Obs.]
2. A district held by socage.
2. Rest; relaxation; ease. [Obs.]
2. To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.
2. (Astrol.) Born under the predominant influence of the sun. [Obs.]
2. To mend; to patch up. "To solder up a broken cause." Hooker.
I am a soldier and unapt to weep.
4. (Zoöl.) The red or cuckoo gurnard (Trigla pini.) [Prov. Eng.]
C. D. Warner.
Sol"dier*ess, n. A female soldier. [Obs.]
2. Military service. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
2. (Law) Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole.
C. Middleton.
3. Stately; ceremonious; grand. [Archaic]
5. Real; earnest; downright. [Obs. & R.]
2. ceremony adapted to impress with awe.
4. Hence, affected gravity or seriousness.
2. To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate.
3. To make grave, serious, and reverential.
L. Wallace.
Sol"em*nize, n. Solemnization. [R.]
I do solemnly assure the reader.
5. To disturb; to disquiet; -- a Latinism rarely used.
2. Excitement; invitation; as, the solicitation of the senses. Locke.
7. Sound; not weakly; as, a solid constitution of body. I. Watts.
10. (Print.) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
M. Arnold.
M. Arnold.
2. (Metaph.) Egoism. Krauth- Fleming.
6. (Bot.) Not associated with others of the same kind.
3. solitary or lonely place; a desert or wilderness.
Sol"lar (?), n. 1. See Solar, n. [Obs.]
2. Relaxed; hence; merry; cheerful. [R.]
3. Soluble; as, a solute salt. [Obs.]
So*lute", v. t. 1. To dissolve; to resolve. [Obs.]
2. To absolve; as, to solute sin. [Obs.] Bale.
I. Taylor.
5. Release; deliverance; discharge. [Obs.] Barrow.
3. Able to pay one's debts; solvent. [Obs.] Fuller.
2. That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.
2. A treatise on the human body; anatomy. Dunglison.
All and some, one and all. See under All, adv. [Obs.]
2. A person of consideration or importance.
I. Watts.
3. A person or thing importance.
I something fear my father's wrath.
2. At a time undefined; once in a while; now and then; sometimes.
2. At times; at intervals; not always; now and then; occasionally.
Some"times`, a. Former; sometime. [Obs.]
2. A person or thing of importance; a somebody.
Some"when`, adv. At some indefinite time. [R.]
Som"ni*a*tive (?), a. Somnial; somniatory. [R.]
Som"on*our (?), n. A summoner. [Obs.]
I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings.
5. The produce of anything.
1 John iv. 14.
2. The quality or state of being sonant.
2. A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music; a ballad.
3. More generally, any poetical strain; a poem.
4. Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
5. An object of derision; a laughingstock.
6. A trifle. "The soldier's pay is a song." Silliman.
2. (Zoöl.) A singing bird.
2. An instrument for testing the hearing capacity.
2. Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice.
4. Impressive in sound; high- sounding.
2. Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early.
3. Promptly; quickly; easily.
2. Pleasing; delightful; sweet. [R.]
Sooth, n. [AS. sð. See Sooth, a.] 1. Truth; reality. [Archaic]
2. Augury; prognostication. [Obs.]
3. Blandishment; cajolery. [Obs.] Shak.
Sooth"fast`, adv. Soothly; really; in fact. [Archaic]
I care not if the pomps you show Be what they soothfast appear.
2. Omen; portent. Having
2. (Zoöl.) A mantis.
Sooth"say`ing, n. 1. A true saying; truth. [Obs.]
3. A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication.
Soot"y, v. t. To black or foul with soot. [R.]
3. A thing of little or no value. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
Sope (?), n. See Soap. [Obs.]
Soph (?), n. (Eng. Univ.) A contraction of Soph ister. [Colloq.]
Soph, n. (Amer. Colleges) A contraction of Sophomore. [Colloq.]
So*phime" (? or ?), n. [OF. soffime, sophisme.] Sophism. [Obs.]
I trow ye study aboute some sophime.
I. Watts.
I. Taylor.
2. Hence, an impostor in argument; a captious or fallacious reasoner.
M. Arnold.
Sor"ance (? or ?), n. Soreness. [Obs.]
3. Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.
Sor*did"ly (?), n. Sordidness. [Obs.]
2. (Zoöl.) A young buck in the fourth year. See the Note under Buck.
4. Criminal; wrong; evil. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Fig.: Grief; affliction; trouble; difficulty. Chaucer.
I see plainly where his sore lies.
2. Greatly; violently; deeply.
1 Sam. i. 10.
2. A yellowish or reddish brown color; sorrel.
Sor"rance (?), n. Same as Sorance. [Obs.]
I desire no man to sorrow for me.
2 Cor. vii. 9.
I am sorry for thee, friend; 't is the duke's pleasure.
2. Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful. Spenser.
2. Manner; form of being or acting.
3. Condition above the vulgar; rank. [Obs.] Shak.
5. A pair; a set; a suit. Johnson.
2. To reduce to order from a confused state. Hooker.
3. To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
4. To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
5. To conform; to adapt; to accommodate. [R.]
I pray thee, sort thy heart to patience.
2. To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
I can not tell you precisely how they sorted.
2. Suitable; befitting; proper. [Obs.] con.
Sort"ment (?), n. Assortiment. [Obs.]
2. A heavy fall. [Prov. Eng.] Hallowell.
Sot, v. t. To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot. [R.]
I hate to see a brave, bold fellow sotted.
2. (Theol.) The doctrine of salvation by Jesus Christ.
2. Spoken low or in an undertone.
Sou*dan" (?), n.[F.] A sultan. [Obs.]
2. Hence, a vague rumor or flying report. [Scot.]
6. A pure or disembodied spirit.
3. Firm; strong; safe.
2 Tim. i. 13.
6. heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.
7. Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.
I was in jest, And by that offer meant to sound your breast.
3. Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else.
1 Thess. i. 8.
6. To signify; to import; to denote. [Obs.] Milton.
3. pl. See Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise.
Sounst (?), a. Soused. See Souse. [Obs.]
Soup, v. t. To sweep. See Sweep, and Swoop. [Obs.]
2. Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned.
4. Afflictive; painful. "Sour adversity." Shak.
5. Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.
2. To make cold and unproductive, as soil. Mortimer.
3. To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable.
3. The ear; especially, a hog's ear. [Prov. Eng.]
4. The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
2. To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid.
3. To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly.
Souse, v. t. To pounce upon. [R.]
4. The wind from the south. [Obs.] Shak.
2. From the south; as, the wind blows south. Bacon.
South"ern, n. A Southerner. [R.]
South"ly (?), adv. Southerly. [Obs. & R.]
South"say` (?), v. i. See Soothsay. [Obs.]
South"say`er (?), n. See Soothsayer. [Obs.]
3. Princely; royal. "Most sovereign name." Shak.
4. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.
Sov"ran (?), a. A variant of Sovereign. [Poetic]
2. (Zoöl.) A sow bug.
Sowce (?), n. & v. See Souse. [Obs.]
Sowl, v. i. See Soul, v. i. [Obs.]
2. (Bot.) The soja, a kind of bean. See Soja.
2. To heap up in confusion. [Prov. Eng.] Forby.
2. A mass, or heap, confusedly mingled. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Place, having more or less extension; room.
6. Walk; track; path; course. [Obs.]
Spad"dle (?), n. A little spade. [Obs.]
2. [Cf. L. spado.] A castrated man or beast.
3. A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
Spade"bone` (&?;), n. Shoulder blade. [Prov. Eng.]
2. (Bot.) Bearing flowers on a spadix; of the nature of a spadix.
2. (Law) An impotent person.
Spae"man (?), n. A prophet; a diviner. [Scot.]
Spae"wife` (?), n. A female fortune teller. [Scot.]
2. An Algerian cavalryman in the French army.
2. (Shipbuilding) A strengthening cross timber.
2. Heedless; clumsy; pert; saucy. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time.
2. To reach from one side of to the order; to stretch over as an arch.
3. To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.
Span, v. i. To be matched, as horses. [U. S.]
2. A narrow mat or passe partout for a picture. [Cant]
Spang (?), v. t. To spangle. [Obs.]
Spang, v. i. To spring; to bound; to leap. [Scot.]
2. A cringing, fawning person. Shak.
Span"iel, v. t. To follow like a spaniel. [R.]
Spank"er, n. A small coin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. Large; considerable. [Colloq.]
3. The bar of a gate or door. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To To supply or equip with spars, as a vessel.
3. To contest in words; to wrangle. [Colloq.]
2. A movement of offense or defense in boxing.
2. (Med.) Any adhesive plaster.
2. To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give.
I could have better spared a better man.
To spare one's self. (a) To act with reserve. [Obs.]
2. To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
3. To desist; to stop; to refrain. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.
5. Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
6. Slow. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] Grose.
Spare (?), n. 1. The act of sparing; moderation; restraint. [Obs.]
2. Parsimony; frugal use. [Obs.] Bacon.
3. An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket. [Obs.]
4. That which has not been used or expended.
2. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
2. A lover; a gallant; a beau.
2. Showy; well-dresed; fine. L'Estrange.
2. Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond.
I see bright honor sparkle through your eyes.
Spar"kle, v. t. [Cf. Sparble.] 1. To disperse. [Obs.]
2. To scatter on or over. [Obs.] Purchas.
Spark"let (?), n. A small spark. [Obs.]
Spars"ed*ly (?), adv. Sparsely. [Obs.]
Sparve (?), n. (Zoöl.) The hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
Spar"y (?), a. Sparing; parsimonious. [Obs.]
Spas*mat"ic*al (?), a. Spasmodic. [Obs.]
2. The tendency to, or capability of suffering, spasm.
Spat (?), imp. of Spit. [Obs. or R.]
Spauld (?), n. [See Spall the shoulder.] The shoulder. [Scot.]
2. To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt.
2. To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.
2. Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.
3. (Hort.) The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
4. (Bot.) The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi.
2. Whatever produces spawn of any kind.
1 Sam. iii. 9.
2. To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse.
4. To discourse; to make mention; to tell.
5. To give sound; to sound.
5. To address; to accost; to speak to.
2. Able to speak. Milton.
2. A book of selections for declamation. [U. S.]
2. Public declamation; oratory.
2. Fig.: A spearman. Sir W. Scott.
4. A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
5. The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.
I. Watts.
5. Chief in excellence. [Obs.]
2. One appointed for a special service or occasion.
2. (Law) See Specialty, 3.
4. An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.
2. A particular or peculiar case. [Obs.]
C. Kingsley.
6. A public spectacle or exhibition. [Obs.] Bacon.
I. Watts.
I. Watts.
2. That which is specious. Dr. H. More.
Spec"kled-bel`ly (?), n. (Zoöl.) The gadwall. [Local, U.S.]
2. A spy-glass; a looking-glass. [Obs.]
4. pl. Fig.: An aid to the intellectual sight.
3. Pertaining to spectacles, or glasses for the eyes.
2. The act of beholding. [Obs.] Shak.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The tarsius. (b) A stick insect.
3. Assisting sight, as a lens or the like. [Obs.]
3. Power of sight. [Obs.]
V. Knox.
Spec`u*la*to"ri*al (?), a. Speculatory; speculative. [Obs.]
2. Exercising speculation; speculative. T. Carew.
Speece (?), n. Species; sort. [Obs.]
3. A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect.
4. Talk; mention; common saying.
5. formal discourse in public; oration; harangue.
6. ny declaration of thoughts.
I. with leave of speech implored, . . . replied.
Speech, v. i. & t. To make a speech; to harangue. [R.]
Speech"ful (?), a. Full of speech or words; voluble; loquacious. [R.]
M. Arnold.
Speech"ing, n. The act of making a speech. [R.]
2. Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent.
3. To fare well; to have success; to prosper.
I told ye then he should prevail, and speed On his bad errand.
4. To make haste; to move with celerity.
I have speeded hither with the very extremest inch of possibility.
5. To be expedient. [Obs.] Wyclif (2 Cor. xii. 1.)
3. To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
Speed"ful (?), a. Full of speed (in any sense). [Obs.]
Speed"ful*ly, adv. In a speedful manner. [Obs.]
I will wish her speedy strength.
Speke"house` (?), n. The parlor or reception room of a convent. [Obs.]
3. One of two or more persons or gangs who work by spells. [R.]
3. To constitute; to measure. [Obs.]
2. A spelling book. [U. S.]
Spelt, n. [See Spalt.] (Metal.) Spelter. [Colloq.]
2. To bestow; to employ; -- often with on or upon.
I . . . am never loath To spend my judgment.
3. To be diffused; to spread.
4. (Mining) To break ground; to continue working.
Spend"thrift`y (?), a. Spendthrift; prodigal. [R.]
2. (Zoöl.) Exhausted of spawn or sperm; -- said especially of fishes.
Spet (?), v. t. [AS. sp&?;tan. See Spit.] To spit; to throw out. [Obs.]
Spet, n. Spittle. [Obs.]
2. To cast forth with abhorrence or disgust; to eject.
2. To eject seed, as wet land swollen with frost.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone.
2. (Anat.) The sphenoid bone.
2. (Crystalloq.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a sphenoid.
6. Rank; order of society; social positions.
7. An orbit, as of a star; a socket. [R.] Shak.
2. Of or pertaining to a sphere.
2. Of or pertaining to the spheres. [R.]
4. (Zoöl.) The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx).
2. To fill or impregnate with the odor of spices.
2. One who deals in spice. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
2. A repository of spices. Addison.
2. (Bot.) Same as Spicula.
2. Producing, or abounding with, spices.
3. Fig.: Piquant; racy; as, a spicy debate.
4. A trevet to support pans or pots over a fire.
Spight, n. A woodpecker. See Speight. [Obs.]
2. Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
3. An ear of corn or grain.
2. To set or furnish with spikes.
3. To fix on a spike. [R.] Young.
Spike"fish` (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Sailfish (a)
2. A fragrant essential oil, as that from the Nardostachys Jatamansi.
Spike"tail` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The pintail duck. [Local, U.S.]
C. A. Young.
2. A slender piece of anything. Specifically: --
3. A little sum of money. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
2. A kind of fishing line with many hooks; a boulter.
2. (Kinematics) Velocity of rotation about some specified axis.
2. Of or pertaining to a spine or spines.
3. The fusee of a watch.
4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
Spin"dle*tail` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The pintail duck. [Local, U.S.]
4. Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.
Spin"et*ed (?), a. Slit; cleft. [Obs. & R.]
2. A spider. "Long-legged spinners." Shak.
4. (Zoöl.) A spinneret.
C. Kingsley.
2. Having the form of a spine or thorn; spinelike.
2. A man who spins. [Obs.] Shak.
3. Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.
3. Any small aperture or vent for air or other fluid.
3. (Geom.) Of or pertaining to a spiral; like a spiral.
2. Anything which has a spiral form, as a spiral shell.
4. The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
7. Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc.
16. (Dyeing) Stannic chloride. See under Stannic.
I felt as if I had been spirited into some castle of antiquity.
Spir"it*ful (?), a. Full of spirit; spirited. [R.]
2. Destitute of vigor; wanting life, courage, or fire.
3. Having no breath; extinct; dead. "The spiritless body." Greenhill.
2. Ardent; active. [R.]
Spir"it*ous*ness, n. Quality of being spiritous. [R.]
1 Cor. xv. 44.
2. One who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism.
3. Lively; gay; vivid; airy. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
Spirl"ing (?), n. Sparling. [Prov. Eng.]
Spiss (?), a. [L. spissus.] Thick; crowded; compact; dense. [Obs.]
2. To spade; to dig. [Prov. Eng.]
Spit, v. i. To attend to a spit; to use a spit. [Obs.]
2. To eject; to throw out; to belch.
2. To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles.
Spit"al*house` (?), n. A hospital. [Obs.]
2. Vexation; chargrin; mortification. [R.] Shak.
2. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
3. To fill with spite; to offend; to vex. [R.]
Spit"ful (?), n.; pl. Spitfuls (&?;). A spadeful. [Prov. Eng.]
Spit"ous (?), a. Having spite; spiteful. [Obs.]
2. Shot out long; -- said of antlers. Bacon.
Spit"ted, p. p. of Spit, v. i., to eject, to spit. [Obs.]
Spit"tle, n. A small sort of spade. [Prov. Eng.]
Spit"tly (?), a. Like spittle; slimy. [Obs.]
Splan"drel (?), n. See Spandrel. [R.]
2. To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet.
2. A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid.
3. A guard to keep off splashes from anything.
2. To dislocate, as a shoulder bone.
3. To spay; to castrate. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
M. Arnold.
2. Anger; latent spite; ill humor; malice; as, to vent one's spleen.
3. A fit of anger; choler. Shak.
4. A sudden motion or action; a fit; a freak; a whim. [Obs. or R.]
5. Melancholy; hypochondriacal affections.
6. A fit of immoderate laughter or merriment. [Obs.]
2. Angered; annoyed. [Obs.] R. North.
2. Affected with nervous complaints; melancholy.
Splen*did"i*ous (?), a. Splendid. [Obs.]
3. Brilliancy; glory; as, the splendor of a victory.
2. See Splent coal, below.
3. To unite in marrige. [Slang]
2. A long, flexble piece of wood sometimes used as a ruler.
3. (Anat.) A splint bone.
6. Splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent.
2. To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.
2. To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
3. To separate into parties or factions. [Colloq.]
4. To burst with laughter. [Colloq.]
2. (Bot.) Divided deeply; cleft.
Splut"ter, n. A confused noise, as of hasty speaking. [Colloq.]
2. To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.
3. To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar.
3. That which is gained by strength or effort.
4. The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.
5. Corruption; cause of corruption. [Archaic]
2. One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless.
Spoil"ful (?), a. Wasteful; rapacious. [Poetic]
2. (Naut.) A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
3. A rung, or round, of a ladder.
4. (Law) Injury done to a document.
2. One employed in gathering sponges.
3. Fig.: A parasitical dependent; a hanger- on.
3. Having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge.
2. (Zoöl.) The chimæra.
Spoon (spn), v. i. (Naut.) See Spoom. [Obs.]
3. Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney. [Slang] Hood.
2. Hence, a small quantity. Arbuthnot.
Spoor, v. i. To follow a spoor or trail. [R.]
Spo*ra"di*al (?), a. Sporadic. [R.]
2. Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision.
4. Play; idle jingle.
7. A sportsman; a gambler. [Slang]
3. To trifle. "He sports with his own life." Tillotson.
2. To represent by any knd of play.
Sport`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. Sportiveness. [Obs.]
2. Done in jest, or for mere play; sportive.
Spouse"-breach` (?), n. Adultery. [Obs.]
3. To pawn; to pledge; as, spout a watch. [Cant]
2. To eject water or liquid in a jet.
3. To utter a speech, especially in a pompous manner.
2. A trough for conducting grain, flour, etc., into a receptacle.
2. To prop or sustain with a sprag.
3. To be made known more extensively, as news.
I have got a fine spread of improvable land.
2. Expansion of parts.
3. A cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed.
6. (Geom.) An unlimited expanse of discontinuous points.
Sprew (?), n. [Cf. D. sprouw, spruw.] (Med.) Thrush. [Local, U.S.]
2. A youth; a lad; -- used humorously or in slight disparagement.
3. A brad, or nail without a head.
4. (Naut.) A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.
2. A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost.
3. A kind of short arrow. [Obs.] Bacon.
1. To leap; to bound; to jump.
3. To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.
8. To grow; to prosper.
2. To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly.
3. To cause to explode; as, to spring a mine.
7. To pass over by leaping; as, to spring a fence.
3. Elastic power or force.
Springe, v. t. To catch in a springe; to insnare. [R.]
2. A young plant. [Obs.] Evelyn.
4. (Zoöl.) The grampus.
5. (Zoöl.) A variety of the field spaniel. See Spaniel.
6. (Zoöl.) A species of antelope; the sprinkbok.
2. Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a plant.
Sprin"gle (?), n. A springe. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as, springy land.
3. To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles.
2. A utensil for sprinkling; a sprinkler. [Obs.]
3. Hence, a moderate number or quantity distributed like drops. Craik.
2. An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
3. (Zoöl.) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
2. To shoot into ramifications. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.
2. pl. Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts. Johnson.
2. The wood or timber of the spruce tree.
3. Prussia leather; pruce. [Obs.]
2. Sprightly; dashing. [Obs.] "Now, my spruce companions." Shak.
2. (Med.) Same as Sprew.
Sprunt, n. 1. Anything short and stiff. [Obs.]
2. A leap; a spring. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
3. A steep ascent in a road. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A dagger. [Obs.] olland.
Spum"id (?), a. [L. spumidis.] Spumous; frothy. [Obs.]
Spunge (spnj), n. A sponge. [Obs.]
2. That which goads to action; an incitement.
3. Something that projects; a snag.
4. One of the large or principal roots of a tree. Shak.
3. To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot.
I spurn thee like a cur out of my way.
Spurn, n. 1. A kick; a blow with the foot. [R.]
2. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment.
3. (Mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass.
2. Affected with spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye.
2. A shoot; a bud. [Obs.] Holland.
3. Fig.: A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy.
2. To discover by close search or examination.
Spy"ism (?), n. Act or business of spying. [R.]
2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. King.
2. A person of a short, fat figure.
2. To debate peevishly; to dispute.
I. Watts.
2. Hence, any small party.
Squai"mous (?), a. Squeamish. [Obs.]
Squam"duck` (?). (Zoöl.) The American eider duck. [Local, U.S.]
2. (Zoöl.) The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.
2. To wander at random; to scatter. [R.]
5. Hence, a pattern or rule. [Obs.]
I have not kept my square.
9. Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
11. The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel. [R.]
2. Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.
4. Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.
5. Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square dealing.
6. Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square.
7. Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.
3. To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard. Shak.
6. (Math.) To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity.
7. (Astrol.) To hold a quartile position respecting.
V. Knox.
Squat, v. t. To bruise or make flat by a fall. [Obs.]
2. A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.] erbert.
2. (Zoöl.) See Squat snipe, under Squat.
2. (Zoöl.) The American night heron. See under Night.
2. To turn informer; to betray a secret. [Slang]
M. Arnold.
Squeam"ous (?), a. Squeamish. [Obs.]
Squea"si*ness (?), n. Queasiness. [Obs.]
2. pl. That which is forced out by pressure; dregs.
3. Same as Squeeze, n., 2.
2. (Mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
4. A writer of lampoons. [Obs.]
5. A paltry fellow. [Obs.] Spenser.
Squier (?), n. A square. See 1st Squire. [Obs.]
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A squilla. (b) A mantis.
Squin"sy (?), n. (Med.) See Quinsy. [Obs.]
2. Fig.: Looking askance. "Squint suspicion." Milton.
3. To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
2. To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes.
2. (Med.) A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus.
3. (Arch.) Same as Hagioscope.
Squint`i*fe"go (?), a. Squinting. [Obs. & R.]
Squin"zey (?), n. (Med.) See Quinsy. [Obs.]
4. A title of office and courtesy. See under Esquire.
2. A small, quick stream; a jet. Bacon.
2. To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.
2. (Naut.) A small marline spike; a pricker.
3. Fixedness; -- as opposed to fluidity.
2. A building, shed, or room for horses and cattle.
Stab"lish*ment (?), n. Establishment. [Obs.]
2. A place for lodging beasts; a stable. [Obs.]
2. Expressed in a brief, pointed manner.
2. A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
3. A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. [Eng.]
2. A tax on things stacked. [R.] Holinshed.
2. The frame of a stack of hay or grain. [Eng.]
3. A row of dried or drying hay, etc. [Eng.]
4. A small tree of any kind, especially a forest tree.
2. To form into staddles, as hay. [Eng.]
2. Hence, a race course; especially, the Olympic course for foot races.
4. A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed.
5. The round of a ladder. [R.]
I ascend at one [ladder] of six hundred and thirty-nine staves.
8. (Mech.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
2. A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl. [Prov. Eng.]
5. (Zoöl.) The European wren. [Prov. Eng.]
4. A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
C. Sprague.
I went in the sixpenny stage.
3. A horse used in drawing a stage. [Colloq.]
Sta"ger*y (?), n. Exhibition on the stage. [Obs.]
3. pl. Bewilderment; perplexity. [R.] Shak.
2. Not active or brisk; dull; as, business in stagnant.
Stail (?), n. A handle, as of a mop; a stale. [Eng.]
4. To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
2. A natural spot of a color different from the gound.
3. Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.
4. Cause of reproach; shame. Sir P. Sidney.
5. A tincture; a tinge. [R.]
2. A workman who stains; as, a stainer of wood.
4. To pierce or wound with a stake. Spectator.
2. Not new; not freshly made; as, stele bread.
2. A prostitute. [Obs.] Shak.
3. Urine, esp. that of beasts. "Stale of horses." Shak.
2. A stalking-horse. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
3. (Chess) A stalemate. [Obs.] Bacon.
4. A laughingstock; a dupe. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Of old; long since. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
4. One of the two upright pieces of a ladder. [Obs.]
2. A kind of fishing net.
2. A stable; a place for cattle.
2. To fatten; as, to stall cattle. [Prov. Eng.]
5. To forestall; to anticipitate. [Obs.]
6. To keep close; to keep secret. [Obs.]
2. To kennel, as dogs. Johnson.
3. To be set, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
4. To be tired of eating, as cattle. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Dung of cattle or horses, mixed with straw. [Obs.]
Stal*la"tion (?), n. Installation. [Obs.]
Stam"i*nate (?), v. t. To indue with stamina. [R.]
2. To strike the foot forcibly downward.
3. The mark made by stamping; a mark imprinted; an impression.
4. that which is marked; a thing stamped.
12. A half-penny. [Obs.] au. & Fl.
13. pl. Money, esp. paper money. [Slang, U.S.]
2. An instrument for pounding or stamping.
2. A station; a position; a site. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
2. To extinguish; to quench, as fire or thirst. [Obs.]
Stanch, n. 1. That which stanches or checks. [Obs.]
3. Close; secret; private. [Obs.]
3. A vertical bar for confining cattle in a stall.
2. Unquenchable; insatiable. [Obs.] Shak.
I charge thee, stand, And tell thy name.
10. To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
12. To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate.
13. To stagnate; not to flow; to be motionless.
14. To measure when erect on the feet.
3. To abide by; to submit to; to suffer.
7. A place where a witness stands to testify in court.
9. Rank; post; station; standing.
6. (Bot.) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
9. The sheth of a plow.
10. A large drinking cup. Greene.
2. Same as Standel. [Obs.] Ascham.
Stand"gale` (?), n. See Stannel. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing water.
3. Place to stand in; station; stand.
I will provide you a good standing to see his entry.
I think in deep mire, where there is no standing.
I bequeath to Dean Swift, Esq., my large silver standish.
Stane (?), n. A stone. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Stang (?), imp. of Sting. [Archaic]
2. In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Swift.
2. A dam or mound to stop water. [Prov. Eng.]
Stank hen (Zoöl.), the moor hen; -- called also stankie. [Prov. Eng.]
2. (Arch.) An apartment or division in a building; a room or chamber.
2. Hence: Place of supply; source; fountain head.
4. The principal constituent in anything; chief item.
5. Unmanufactured material; raw material.
9. A district granted to an abbey. [Obs.] Camden.
3. Fit to be sold; marketable. [R.] Swift.
2. One employed to assort wool according to its staple.
2. The polestar; the north star. Shak.
D. Webster.
2. Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality. Addison.
2. Stiff; precise; formal. Swift.
Stare (?), n. [AS. stær. See Starling.] (Zoöl.) The starling. [Obs.]
3. To stand out; to project; to bristle. [Obs.]
I will stare him out of his wits.
2. (Zoöl.) The dollar fish, or butterfish.
2. Hence, absent-mindedness; abstraction.
2. Complete; absolute; full; perfect; entire. [Obs.]
3. Strong; vigorous; powerful.
5. Mere; sheer; gross; entire; downright.
Stark, v. t. To stiffen. [R.]
2. Shining; bright; illustrious. Dryden.
2. (Zoöl.) A California fish; the rock trout.
Starn (?), n. (Zoöl.) The European starling. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Influenced in fortune by the stars. [Obs.]
3. Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes.
4. Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate.
Star"shine` (?), n. The light of the stars. [R.]
I start as from some dreadful dream.
I. Watts.
2. To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
2. A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort.
At a start, at once; in an instant. [Obs.]
2. The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle. [Prov. Eng.]
3. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket.
4. (Mining) The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.
2. A dog that rouses game.
Start"ful (?), a. Apt to start; skittish. [R.]
Start"ful*ness, n. Aptness to start. [R.]
2. To deter; to cause to deviate. [R.] Clarendon.
2. A kind of high rustic shoe. [Obs.] Drayton.
3. To perish or die with cold. Spenser.
Starve, v. t. 1. To destroy with cold. [Eng.]
5. To deprive of force or vigor; to disable.
Sta*ta"ri*an (?), a. Fixed; settled; steady; statary. [Obs.]
Sta*ta"ri*an*ly, adv. Fixedly; steadly. [Obs.]
2. Rank; condition; quality; as, the state of honor.
4. Appearance of grandeur or dignity; pomp.
6. Estate, possession. [Obs.] Daniel.
7. A person of high rank. [Obs.] Latimer.
9. The principal persons in a government.
11. A form of government which is not monarchial, as a republic. [Obs.]
2. Belonging to the state, or body politic; public.
I myself, though meanest stated, And in court now almost hated.
2. In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers.
3. A small landholder. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. Pertaining to bodies at rest or in equilibrium.
2. A state of standing or rest; equilibrium. [Obs.]
5. Situation; position; location.
6. State; rank; condition of life; social status.
2. A statistician. Fawcett.
Stat"u*a (?), n. [L.] A statue. [Obs.]
3. A collection of statues; statues, collectively.
I will raise her statue in pure gold.
2. A portrait. [Obs.] Massinger.
Stat"ured (?), a. Arrived at full stature. [R.]
3. A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.
2. To push, as with a staff; -- with off.
4. To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask.
5. To furnish with staves or rundles. Knolles.
3. To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully.
4. To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold.
5. To hinde&?;; to delay; to detain; to keep back.
7. To cause to cease; to put an end to.
2. To continue in a state.
3. To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
4. To dwell; to tarry; to linger.
I must stay a little on one action.
5. To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.
I stay here on my bond.
8. (Naut.) To change tack; as a ship.
4. Cessation of motion or progression; stand; stop.
5. Hindrance; let; check. [Obs.]
Stayed"ly, adv. Staidly. See Staidly. [R.]
2. Solidity; weight. [R.] Camden.
Stay"nil (?), n. (Zoöl.) The European starling. [Prov. Eng.]
3. A frame on which a bed is laid; a bedstead. [R.]
4. A farmhouse and offices. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2. To fill place of. [Obs.] Shak.
1 Pet. v. 9.
3. To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.
2 Sam. xv. 6.
I. Watts.
I told him of your stealth unto this wood.
3. Any exhalation. "A steam og rich, distilled perfumes." Milton.
2. To rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor.
3. To move or travel by the agency of steam.
4. To generate steam; as, the boiler steams well.
2. A steam fire engine. See under Steam.
5. (Zoöl.) The steamer duck.
2. An instrument or implement made of steel; as: --
4. (Med.) A chalybeate medicine. Dunglison.
2. To make hard or strong; hence, to make insensible or obdurate.
2. (Zoöl.) The ruddy duck.
Steep (stp), a. Bright; glittering; fiery. [Obs.]
2. A rennet bag. [Prov. Eng.]
3. Excessive; as, a steep price. [Slang]
Steep"-down` (?), a. Deep and precipitous, having steep descent. [R.]
2. Height; loftiness. [Obs.] Chapman.
Steep"-up` (?), a. Lofty and precipitous. [R.]
Steep"y (?), a. Steep; precipitous. [Poetic]
3. To conduct one's self; to take or pursue a course of action.
3. Direction; regulation; management; guidance.
4. That by which a course is directed. [R.]
2. (Naut.) See Steeve, n. (a).
Steik (?), v. t. See Steek. [Scot.]
Stein"gale (?), n. The stannel. [Prov. Eng.]
Stein"kle (?), n. The wheater. [Prov. Eng.]
I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
2. Full of stars; starry; as, stellar regions.
Stel*la"tion (?), n. Radiation of light. [Obs.]
2. Marked with starlike spots of color.
4. A branch of a family.
6. Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
2. To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.
Stem"-wind`er (?), n. A stem- winding watch. [Colloq.]
2. An ill smell; an offensive odor; a stink. Cowper.
3. (Zoöl.) A howling monkey, or howler.
Sten*to"ri*ous (?), a. Stentorian. [R.]
Sten`to*ron"ic (?), a. Stentorian. [Obs.]
3. To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.
4. Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.
2. (Naut.) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.
4. A small space or distance; as, it is but a step.
5. A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.
7. Proceeding; measure; action; an act.
8. pl. Walk; passage.
12. (Mus.) The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale.
2. A son or daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
2. Fig.: A means of progress or advancement.
Ster"co*rate (?), n. Excrement; dung. [Obs.]
Ster"co*ry (?), n. Excrement; dung. [Obs.]
2. Fig.: To make firm or permanent; to fix.
2. A place where stereotype plates are made; a stereotype foundry.
2. A certain standard of quality or value for money.
I would outstare the sternest eyes that look.
3. Fig.: The post of management or direction.
4. The hinder part of anything. Spenser.
5. The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a dog.
Sterns"man (?), n. A steersman. [Obs.]
2. (Zoöl.) The ventral part of any one of the somites of an arthropod.
Ster*to"ri*ous (str*t"r*s), a. Stertorous. [R.]
2. An outcry; a loud call; a clamor. [Obs.] Spenser.
To set steven, to make an appointment. [Obs.]
2. An artificial bed of oysters. [Local, U.S.]
2. A brothel; -- usually in the plural. Bacon. South.
3. A prostitute. [Obs.] Sir A. Weldon.
4. A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stewof pigeons.
1 Pet. iv. 10.
Stew"ard, v. t. To manage as a steward. [Obs.]
Stew"ard*ly, adv. In a manner, or with the care, of a steward. [R.]
2. The office of a steward; stewardship. [R.] Byron.
Stib"i*ous (?), a. (Chem.) Antimonious. [R.]
2. (Min.) Stibnite. [Obs.]
3. A row, line, or rank of trees.
3. Anything shaped like a stick; as, a stick of wax.
6. A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
4. To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth.
5. To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards.
11. To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat. [Slang]
I am a kind of bur; I shall stick.
I had most need of blessing, and "Amen" Stuck in my throat.
5. To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
4. Same as Paster, 2. [Political Cant, U.S.]
Stick"it (?), a. Stuck; spoiled in making. [Scot.]
3. To play fast and loose; to pass from one side to the other; to trim.
Stick"tail` (?), n. The ruddy duck. [Local, U.S.]
2. To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste.
3. To make torpid; to benumb.
2. Something used to make anything stiff.
Stiff"tail` (?), n. The ruddy duck. [Local, U.S.]
I took my leave, being half stifled with the closeness of the room.
2. (Mil.) See Camouflet.
2. A person who is marked or deformed by nature. Shak.
2. Impressing with infamy or reproach. [R.]
3. (Bot., Anat., etc) Of or pertaining to a stigma or stigmata.
2. (R. C. Ch.) The production of stigmata upon the body. See Stigma, 8.
2. Mode of composition. See Style. [Obs.]
2. (Surg.) See Stylet, 2.
2. A pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in embroidery.
3. A beard trimmed into a pointed form. [Obs.]
5. Constant; continual. [Obs.]
6. Not effervescing; not sparkling; as, still wines.
2. A steep hill or ascent. [Obs.] W. Browne.
2. In the future as now and before.
6. After that; after what is stated.
2. To stop, as noise; to silence.
2. A house where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
2. Fig.: Abortive; as, a stillborn poem. Swift.
Stil`li*cid"i*ous (?), a. Falling in drops. [Obs.]
2. Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
2. A crutch; also, the handle of a plow. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
1 Cor. xv. 56.
5. A goad; incitement. Shak.
6. The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
3. To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.
2. (Zoöl.) The teledu of the East Indies. It emits a disagreeable odor.
2. A vessel in which disinfectants are burned.
3. (Zoöl.) The musk turtle, or musk tortoise. See under Musk.
2. To put an end to; to stop. [Obs.] Shak.
4. To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.
Stint, v. i. To stop; to cease. [Archaic]
2. Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
Stint"ance (?), n. Restraint; stoppage. [Obs.]
Sti"pend, v. t. To pay by settled wages. [R.]
I. Taylor.
2. (Zoöl.) A newly sprouted feather.
3. To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
I had not power to stir or strive, But felt that I was still alive.
3. To become the object of notice; to be on foot.
I. Watts.
4. To rise, or be up, in the morning. [Colloq.] Shak.
3. Agitation of thoughts; conflicting passions.
2. (Bot.) A race, or a fixed and permanent variety.
5. A contortion, or twist. [Obs.]
7. A furrow. Chapman.
3. (Agric.) To form land into ridges.
Stitch"el (?), n. A kind of hairy wool. [Prov.]
Stith (?), a. [AS. stð.] Strong; stiff; rigid. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted.
8. (Bookkeeping) Same as Stock account, below.
I must buy the stock; send me good cardings.
12. A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado. [Obs.]
20. A race or variety in a species.
22. The beater of a fulling mill. Knight.
4. To put in the stocks. [R.] Shak.
2. An inclosure, or pen, made with posts and stakes.
2. (Zoöl.) Young fresh cod.
2. Headstrong. [Prov. Eng.] G. Eliot.
2. A fire poker. [R.] C. Richardson (Dict.).
Sto"key (?), a. Close; sultry. [Prov. Eng.]
3. (Zoöl.) A stigma. See Stigma, n., 6 (a) & (b).
3. Hence appetite in general; inclination; desire.
5. Pride; haughtiness; arrogance. [Obs.]
2. To bear without repugnance; to brook. [Colloq.]
2. Helping the stomach; stomachic; cordial.
Stom"ach*ing (?), n. Resentment. [Obs.]
2. Having no appetite. [R.] Bp. Hall.
2. A stand; a post; a station. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. Something made of stone. Specifically: -
5. One of the testes; a testicle. Shak.
I have not yet forgot myself to stone.
2. To make like stone; to harden.
5. To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone.
Stone"hatch` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The ring plover, or dotterel. [Prov. Eng.]
2. One who walls with stones.
2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.
3. A stool pigeon, or decoy bird. [U. S.]
5. A bishop's seat or see; a bishop- stool. J. P. Peters.
5. To sink when on the wing; to alight.
3. To cause to submit; to prostrate. [Obs.]
4. To degrade. [Obs.] Shak.
3. The fall of a bird on its prey; a swoop. L'Estrange.
6. To point, as a composition; to punctuate. [R.]
7. (Naut.) To make fast; to stopper.
2. To cease from any motion, or course of action.
2. The turning plug, stopper, or spigot of a faucet. [R.]
2. (Mining) A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air.
2. Space for the safe keeping of goods.
3. The price changed for keeping goods in a store.
2. A mass or quality laid up. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. One who keeps a "store;" a shopkeeper. See 1st Store, 3. [U. S.]
I will stir up in England some black storm.
3. To rage; to be in a violent passion; to fume.
3. Violent; passionate; rough; as, stormy passions.
2. An historian; -- in contempt. Swift.
3. A euphemism or child's word for "a liar."
Stound a. [See Stound, v. i.] Stunned. [Obs.]
2. Astonishment; amazement. [Obs.] Spenser. Gay.
2. A brief space of time; a moment. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. Proud; haughty; arrogant; hard. [Archaic]
4. Large; bulky; corpulent.
2. To heat or dry, as in a stove; as, to stove feathers.
Stovepipe hat, the common tall silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]
2. To put away in some place; to hide; to lodge.
2. Room in which things may be stowed. Cook.
4. Things stowed or packed. Beau. & Fl.
5. Money paid for stowing goods.
Stowre (?), a. See Stour, a. [Obs.]
2. To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble.
2. A roving vagabond. Shak.
4. Something that stands alone or by itself.
Straight (?), a. A variant of Strait, a. [Obs. or R.]
5. Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight. [Slang]
Straight"en, v. t. A variant of Straiten. [Obs. or R.]
Straight"forth` (?), adv. Straightway. [Obs.]
Straight"ways` (?), adv. Straightway. [Obs.]
2. Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.
3. Rank; a sort. "The common strain." Dryden.
3. To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously.
7. To squeeze; to press closely.
4. Turn; tendency; inborn disposition. Cf. 1st Strain.
2. Violent in action. Holinshed.
Strait (?), a. A variant of Straight. [Obs.]
2. Tight; close; closely fitting. Shak.
4. Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.
5. Difficult; distressful; straited.
6. Parsimonious; niggargly; mean. [Obs.]
3. A neck of land; an isthmus. [R.]
2. To make tense, or tight; to tighten.
2. Restricted; stiff; constrained. [R.] Fuller.
3. Rigid in opinion; strict in manners or morals.
2. Closely; intimately. [Obs.]
Strale (?), n. Pupil of the eye. [Prov. Eng.]
Stram, v. t. To dash down; to beat. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Chaffy; like straw; straw-colored. Burton.
I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues.
3. Not before known, heard, or seen; new.
5. Reserved; distant in deportment. Shak.
6. Backward; slow. [Obs.]
7. Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
Strange, adv. Strangely. [Obs.]
Strange, v. t. To alienate; to estrange. [Obs.]
Strange, v. i. 1. To be estranged or alienated. [Obs.]
2. To wonder; to be astonished. [Obs.] Glanvill.
I am a most poor woman and a stranger, Born out of your dominions.
I was no stranger to the original.
2. One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.
Stra"ny (?), n. (Zoöl.) The guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]
4. A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass. Specifically: --
6. A shoulder strap. See under Shoulder.
2. To fasten or bind with a strap. Cowper.
3. To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.
2. A person or thing of uncommon size. [Colloq.]
2. The use of stratagem or artifice.
Stra*tot"ic (?), a. Warlike; military. [R.]
2. A bed or layer artificially made; a course.
I set not a straw by thy dreamings.
Strawed (?), imp. & p. p. of Straw. [Obs.]
3. Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err.
2. The act of wandering or going astray. [R.] Shak.
2. (Shipbuilding) A strake.
4. The rung or round of a ladder. [Obs.]
2. With it as an object: To run swiftly. [Colloq.]
2. Uncomfortable; out of sorts. [Local, U.S.]
2. A beam or ray of light. "Sun streams." Chaucer.
2. To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams.
3. To issue in a stream of light; to radiate.
2. To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts.
3. To unfurl. Shak.
3. (Mining) A searcher for stream tin.
2. Resembling a stream; issuing in a stream.
Streight (?), a., n., & adv. See 2nd Strait. [Obs.]
Streight"en (?), v. t. See Straiten. [Obs.]
Streit (?), a. [See Stretch.] Drawn. [Obs.]
Streite, adv. Narrowly; strictly; straitly. [Obs.]
8. Intensity; -- said of light or color.
10. A strong place; a stronghold. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution.
Strength"ing, n. A stronghold. [Obs.]
Strength"y (?), a. Having strength; strong. [Obs.]
I. Taylor.
2. To subject to stress, pressure, or strain.
I in conquest stretched mine arm.
4. To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.
3. The extent to which anything may be stretched.
5. Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal.
3. (Arch.) A piece of timber used in building.
5. A litter, or frame, for carrying disabled, wounded, or dead persons.
6. An overstretching of the truth; a lie. [Slang]
8. An instrument for stretching boots or gloves.
9. The frame upon which canvas is stretched for a painting.
3. To spread abroad; to disseminate.
2. A stria; as, the striations on a shell.
2. Worn out; far gone; advanced. See Strike, v. t., 21.
2. An instrument for whetting scythes; a rifle.
3. (Founding) An instrument used for smoothing the surface of a core.
4. (Carp. & Mason.) A templet; a pattern.
5. An instrument used in dressing flax. [Prov. Eng.]
Strick"less, n. See Strickle. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.
2. A stroke; a glance; a touch. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
3. A touch of adverse criticism; censure.
2. To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
2. To straddle; to bestride.
I mean to stride your steed.
1 Tim. vi. 4.
3. Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.
Stri"gous (?), a. (Bot.) Strigose. [R.]
6. To punish; to afflict; to smite.
12. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.
13. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.
14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money. [Old Slang]
19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. B. Edwards.
20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
2 Kings v. 11.
2. To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
5. To make an attack; to aim a blow.
6. To touch; to act by appulse.
8. To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
12. To become attached to something; -- said of the spat of oysters.
13. To steal money. [Old Slang, Eng.] Nares.
3. A bushel; four pecks. [Prov. Eng.] Tusser.
4. An old measure of four bushels. [Prov. Eng.]
5. Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
6. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence. [Obs.]
8. (Iron Working) A puddler's stirrer.
2. A harpoon; also, a harpooner.
3. A wencher; a lewd man. [Obs.] Massinger.
4. A workman who is on a strike.
5. The line or cord of a bow. Ps. xi. 2.
6. A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.
7. A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
10. (Mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein. Ure.
11. (Arch.) Same as Stringcourse.
12. (Billiards) The points made in a game.
3. To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.
4. To make tense; to strengthen.
2. Produced by strings. "Answering the stringed noise." Milton.
2. A libertine; a wencher. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
3. (Railroad) A longitudinal sleeper.
2. To divest of clothing; to uncover.
3. (Naut.) To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc.
4. (Agric.) To pare off the surface of, as land, in strips.
6. To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip. [Obs.]
2. (Mining) A trough for washing ore.
7. pl. (Mil.) The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned officer.
2. To strike; to lash. [R.]
1 Sam. xvii. 56.
2. pl. The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking.
3. To vie; to compete; to be a rival. Chaucer.
2. Strife; contention. [Obs.] Wyclif (luke xxi. 9).
2. To take long strides in walking. [Prov. Eng.]
3. (Zoöl.) Same as Strobila.
2. An optical toy similar to the phenakistoscope. See Phenakistoscope.
Strode (?), n. See Strude. [Obs.]
2. The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.
3. The striking of the clock to tell the hour.
8. A throb or beat, as of the heart. Tennyson.
13. Appetite. [Obs.] Swift.
3. To make smooth by rubbing. Longfellow.
4. (Masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to.
5. To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.
3. pl. See Stripping, 2. Smollett.
2. (Bot.) Coiled into the shape of a screw or a helix.
13. Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat. Heb. v. 12.
15. Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent.
I was stronger in prophecy than in criticism.
17. Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful.
Strong"-wa`ter (?), n. 1. An acid. [Obs.]
2. Distilled or ardent spirits; intoxicating liquor.
M. Arnold.
Strowl (?), v. i. To stroll. [Obs.]
2. Manner of building; form; make; construction.
3. Contest; contention; strife.
2. (Bot.) Having a struma.
2. A log; a block; a blockhead. [Obs.] Milton.
5. A pen with a short, blunt nib.
6. A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.
2. To remove stubs from; as, to stub land.
2. Abounding in stubs; stubby.
2. Stubbed; as, stubbled legs. [Obs.] Skelton.
2. Short and thick; short and strong, as bristles.
2. Work made of stucco; stuccowork.
Stu"dent*ry (?), n. A body of students. [R.]
4. Intent; inclined. [Obs.] Shak.
4. Planned with study; deliberate; studied.
6. (Mus.) A piece for special practice. See Etude.
I found a moral first, and then studied for a fable.
2. To apply the mind to books or learning. Shak.
3. To endeavor diligently; to be zealous. 1 Thes. iv. 11.
4. Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
5. A medicine or mixture; a potion. Shak.
8. Paper stock ground ready for use.
2. To thrust or crowd; to press; to pack.
3. To fill by being pressed or packed into.
7. To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
9. To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box). [U. S.]
3. A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.
2. Angry and obstinate; sulky. [U. S.]
3. Ill-ventilated; close.
Stuke (?), n. Stucco. [Obs.]
2. To regard as a fool, or as foolish. [R.]
2. To walk in an unsteady or clumsy manner.
3. To fall into a crime or an error; to err.
1 John ii. 10.
C. Smart.
2. A blunder; a failure; a fall from rectitude.
1 Cor. i. 23.
3. pl. The legs; as, to stir one's stumps. [Slang]
3. To challenge; also, to nonplus. [Colloq.]
C. S. Sargent.
2. A boastful person. [Slang]
3. A puzzling or incredible story. [Slang, U.S.]
3. To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder.
Stupe, n. [See Stupid.] A stupid person. [Obs.]
2. To deprive of material mobility. [Obs.]
2. Stupor; astonishment; stupefaction. [R.]
4. Stiff; stout; strong; as, a sturdy oak. Milton.
Sturk (?), n. See Stirk. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2. One who stutters; a stammerer. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. A place of bestial debauchery.
I. Disraeli.
C. Middleton.
2. Pertaining to, or used in, stylographic pen; as, stylographic ink.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the styloid process.
2. Same as Storax.
Suade (?), v. t. [L. suadere.] To persuade. [Obs.]
Sua*vil"o*quy (?), n. [L. suaviloquium.] Sweetness of speech. [R.]
Sub, n. A subordinate; a subaltern. [Colloq.]
2. (Logic) A subaltern proposition. Whately.
2. Subordinate; subaltern; inferior.
2. (Geol.) Formed in or under water; as, subaqueous deposits.
2. Nearly central; not quite central.
2. Partially conscious; feebly conscious.
2. Betrothed for the second time. [Obs.] Shak.
2. A part of a thing made by subdividing.
2. To subtract by arithmetical operation; to deduct.
2. Arithmetical subtraction. Sir M. Hale.
I will subdue all thine enemies.
1 Chron. xvii. 10.
2. To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush.
3. To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever.
7. To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds.
2. Not glaring in color; soft in tone.
4. Obedient; submissive.
C. Middleton.
I. Watts.
C. Middleton.
3. To submit; to make accountable.
4. To make subservient.
2. Reduced to subjection; brought under the dominion of another.
3. Exposed; liable; subject; obnoxious.
1 Peter iii. 1.
Sub"ject*ness, n. Quality of being subject. [R.]
Sub*join"der (?), n. An additional remark. [R.]
He subjugated a king, and called him his "vassal."
2. Something subjoined; as, a subjunction to a sentence.
2. An uprising; an insurrection. [R.] Sir W. Temple.
2. To refine and exalt; to heighten; to elevate.
3. That which is sublimed; the product of a purifying process.
4. Elevated by joy; elate. [Poetic]
3. To exalt; to heighten; to improve; to purify.
4. To dignify; to ennoble.
2. That which is sublime; as, the sublimities of nature.
Sub"lu*na*ry, n. Any worldly thing. [Obs.]
2. To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown.
I would thou didst, So half my Egypt were submerged.
2. Gentle; soft; calm; as, submiss voices. [R.]
3. Acknowledgement of a fault; confession of error.
Sub*miss"ness, n. Submissiveness. [Obs.]
2. To put or place under.
C. Middleton.
3. To be submissive or resigned; to yield without murmuring.
2. Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like.
3. Place of inferior rank.
Sub*o"va*ted (?), a. Subovate. [R.]
Sub*rec"tor (?), n. An assistant restor. [Eng.]
Sub*rep"tive (?), a. [L. subreptivus.] Surreptitious. [Obs.]
Sub*scrib"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being subscribed. [R.]
5. To sign away; to yield; to surrender. [Obs.] Shak.
6. To declare over one's signature; to publish. [Obs.]
3. To become surely; -- with for. [R.] Shak.
4. To yield; to admit one's self to be inferior or in the wrong. [Obs.]
I will subscribe, and say I wronged the duke.
6. To enter one's name for a newspaper, a book, etc.
2. One who enters his name for a paper, book, map, or the like. Dryden.
4. Submission; obedience. [Obs.]
2. To continue; to retain a certain state.
2. Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.
4. (Theol.) Same as Hypostasis, 2. Hooker.
Sub*sist"en*cy (?), n. Subsistence. [R.]
2. Inherent; as, qualities subsistent in matter.
4. Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
5. (Theol.) Same as Hypostasis, 2.
I. Watts.
2. Depending on itself; independent.
3. Enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
2. The state of being substituted for another.
2. (Law) See Subtraction, 3.
2. A detractor; a slanderer. [Obs.] Shak.
Sub"strate (?), n. A substratum. [R.]
Sub"strate, a. Having very slight furrows. [R.]
2. An under structure; a foundation; groundwork.
I. Watts.
Sub`ter*ra"ne*al (?), a. Subterranean. [Obs.]
I do distinguish plain Each subtile line of her immortal face.
3. Acute; piercing; searching.
3. Refinement; subtlety; extreme attenuation.
2. To refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize arguments.
2. Refinement; extreme acuteness; subtlety.
3. Cunning; skill; craft. [Obs.]
2. Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem.
4. Smooth and deceptive. [Obs.]
3. Something that is sly, crafty, or delusive.
2. Nicely; delicately.
3. Deceitfully; delusively. [Obs.] Shak.
2. The subtrahend. [Obs.]
2. (Math.) Having the negative sign, or sign minus.
3. A government aid or bounty.
Sub*vert"ant (?), a. (Her.) Reversed. [R.]
Suc"ce*dane (?), n. A succedaneum. [Obs.]
2. To fall heir to; to inherit. [Obs. & R.] Shak.
4. To support; to prosper; to promote. [R.]
5. To go under cover. [A latinism. Obs.]
Suc"ces*sa*ry (?), n. Succession. [Obs.]
2. Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.
Suc"ci*nous (?), a. [From L. succinum amber.] Succinic. [R.]
2. The person or thing that brings relief.
2. (Med.) The nightmare. See Nightmare, 2.
Suc"cu*lous (?), a. Succulent; juicy. [R.]
2. A shaking; succussion.
2. Having the particular quality or character specified.
4. To draw or drain.
5. To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up.
3. To draw in; to imbibe; to partake.
3. A small draught. [Colloq.] Massinger.
4. Juice; succulence. [Obs.]
2. A suckling; a sucking animal. Beau. & Fl.
4. A pipe through which anything is drawn.
8. A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above.
9. A hard drinker; a soaker. [Slang]
10. A greenhorn; one easily gulled. [Slang, U.S.]
11. A nickname applied to a native of Illinois. [U. S.]
Suc"kle, v. i. To nurse; to suck. [R.]
2. Same as Rhizocephala.
2. (Zoöl.) Capable of adhering by suction; as, the suctorial fishes.
2. (Zoöl.) One of the Suctoria.
Suc*to"ri*ous (?), a. Suctorial. [R.]
2. Hastly prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
3. Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate. [Obs.] Shak.
Sud"den, adv. Suddenly; unexpectedly. [R.]
Sud"den*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. soudaineté.] Suddenness; a sudden. [Scot.]
3. (Falconry) To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk.
C. Middleton.
3. To woo; to pay addresses as a lover. Massinger.
4. To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate.
I suffer them to enter and possess.
3. To be injured; to sustain loss or damage.
2. That may be suffered, tolerated, or permitted; allowable; tolerable.
2. Pain endured; misery; suffering; distress.
3. Loss; damage; injury. [Obs.]
2. One who permits or allows.
2. To furnish; to supply adequately. [Obs.]
Suf*fi"cience (?), n. Sufficiently. [Obs.]
2. Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity.
4. Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.
5. Conceit; self-confidence; self- sufficiency.
2 Cor. xii. 9.
2 Cor. ii. 16.
3. Capable of meeting obligations; responsible.
4. Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content. [R.]
Suf*fi"sant (?), a. Sufficient. [Obs.]
2. (Math.) A subscript mark, number, or letter. See Subscript, a.
2. Hence, to stop; to impede. [Obs.] Barrow.
2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.
Suf"fra*gant (?), a. & n. Suffragan. [Obs.]
I ask your voices and your suffrages.
2. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
4. Aid; assistance. [A Latinism] [Obs.]
2. That with which a thing is suffused.
2. The act or process of making sugar.
2. Fond of sugar or sweet things; as, a sugary palate.
3. To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt. [Obs.]
4. To inform secretly. [Obs.]
Sug*gest", v. i. To make suggestions; to tempt. [Obs.]
3. Charge; complaint; accusation. [Obs.] "A false suggestion." Chaucer.
Sug*gest"ment (?), n. Suggestion. [R.]
2. One guilty of self-murder; a felo-de- se.
Su`i*cid"i*cal (?), a. Suicidal. [Obs.]
I arrest thee at the suit of Count Orsino.
9. Regular order; succession. [Obs.]
2. To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit.
3. To dress; to clothe. [Obs.]
Sulk (?), n. [L. sulcus.] A furrow. [Obs.]
2. That which sullies or defiles. [Obs.]
3. (Founding) The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle.
4. (Hydraul. Engin.) Silt; mud deposited by water.
2. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding. Milton.
3. Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.
5. Obstinate; intractable.
Sul"len, v. t. To make sullen or sluggish. [Obs.]
Sul`pho*cy*an"o*gen (?), n. (Chem.) See Persulphocyanogen. [Obs.]
Sul"phur*ine (?), a. Sulphureous. [R.]
2. Very hot and moist, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air.
4. Height; completion; utmost degree.
2. The utmost degree; perfection. [Obs.] Hallywell.
3. (Mil.) To call upon to surrender, as a fort.
3. (Mil.) A demand to surrender.
3. A pond of water for salt works. Knight.
4. A puddle or dirty pool. [Prov. Eng.]
Sumph (?), n. A dunce; a blockhead. [Scot.]
2. A pack; a burden. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
2. (Logic) The major premise of a syllogism.
2. Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs.
3. The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine.
2. A kind of broad-brimmed sun hat worn by women.
2. Separate; diverse. [Obs.]
3. Cheerful; genial; as, a sunny disposition.
2. Hence, the region where the sun rises; the east.
Deut. iv. 47 (Rev. Ver.)
2. Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west.
2. Bright like the sun; resplendent.
3. Beaming with good spirits; cheerful. "Her sunshiny face." Spenser.
Sun"up` (?), n. Sunrise. [Local, U.S.]
I do entreat that we may sup together.
Sup, v. t. To treat with supper. [Obs.]
Supe (?), n. A super. [Theatrical Cant]
Su`per*a*cid"u*la`ted (?), a. Acidulated to excess. [R.]
2. Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations.
3. Showy; excellent; grand; as, a superb exhibition.
Su`per*car"bon*ate (?), n. (Chem.) A bicarbonate. [Obsoles.]
2. Higher than celestial; superangelic.
Su`per*fete" (?), v. i. To superfetate. [Obs.]
2. (Rom. Law) Situated or built on another man's land, as a house.
Su`per*in*tend"er (?), n. A superintendent. [R.]
2. (Eccl.) The head of a monastery, convent, abbey, or the like.
Su`per*mun"di*al (?), a. Supermundane. [Obs.]
2. Good liquor, of which not enough is left to wet one's nail. Grose.
Su`per*ox"ide (?), n. (Chem.) See Peroxide. [Obs.]
Su`per*pon"der*ate (?), v. t. To wiegh over and above. [Obs.]
4. (Old Law) To omit; to forbear.
2. Excessively sensuous.
5. Excessive nicety; scrupulous exactness.
3. Overexact; scrupulous beyond need.
Su`per*sul"phate (?), n. (Chem.) An acid sulphate. [Obs.]
2. To look over so as to read; to peruse. [Obs.] Shak.
Su`per*vise", n. Supervision; inspection. [Obs.]
Su`per*vi"sive (?), a. Supervisory. [R.]
2. A spectator; a looker-on. [Obs.] Shak.
3. Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.
Sup"per, v. i. To take supper; to sup. [R.]
2. That which is supped; broth. [Obs.] Holland.
2. To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
I. Taylor.
2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication.
Sup"pli*can*cy (?), n. Supplication. [R.]
2. A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.
2. To serve instead of; to take the place of.
3. (Shipbuilding) A knee placed under the cathead.
Sup*port"ress (?), n. A female supporter. [R.]
2. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
2 Sam. xiii. 32.
4. To put by fraud in the place of another. [Obs.]
2. Suppositional; hypothetical. [R.] Woodward.
3. (Gram.) Omission; as, the suppression of a word.
2. The matter produced by suppuration; pus.
Su`pra*vi"sion (?), n. Supervision. [Obs.]
Su`pra*vis"or (?), n. A supervisor. [Obs.]
3. (Bot.) Situated at the highest part or point.
2. To harass; to fatigue. [Obs.] Clarendon.
Sur*beat" (?), v. t. Same as Surbate. [Obs.]
Sur*bet" (?), v. t. Same as Surbate. [Obs.]
Sur*cease", v. i. To cease. [Obs.]
Sur*cease"ance (?), n. Cessation. [Obs.]
Sur`cu*la"tion (?), n. Act of purning. [Obs.]
2. Unheard. [Obs.] Kenrick.
2. (Phon.) A surd element of speech. See Surd, a., 4.
Surd"i*ty (?), n. [L. surditas.] Deafness. [Obs.]
1 Sam. xxv. 28.
4. Betrothed; engaged to marry. [Obs.]
5. Free from danger; safe; secure.
2. Without danger; firmly; steadly; securely.
Sure"ment (?), n. A making sure; surety. [Obs.]
5. Hence, a substitute; a hostage. Cowper.
6. Evidence; confirmation; warrant. [Obs.]
Surf, n. The bottom of a drain. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Hence, outward or external appearance.
V. Knox.
2. To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold.
3. Disgust caused by excess; satiety. Sir P. Sidney.
2. To indulge to satiety in any gratification.
Surf"er (?), n. (Zoöl.) The surf duck. [U. S.]
James i. 6 (Rev. Ver.)
3. The motion of, or produced by, a great wave.
2. (Naut.) To slip along a windlass.
Sur"geon*ry (?), n. Surgery. [Obs.]
2. A surgeon's operating room or laboratory.
Sur`in*tend"ant (?), n. [F. See Superintendent.] Superintendent. [R.]
3. Rough; dark; tempestuous.
2. Reflection; thought. [Obs.] Shak.
3. To surpass; to exceed. Spenser.
3. Anything that causes such a state or emotion.
I am surprised with an uncouth fear.
4. To hold possession of; to hold. [Obs.]
Sur*ren"dry (?), n. Surrender. [Obs.]
2. A coming unperceived or suddenly.
Sur*style" (?), v. t. To surname. [R.]
2. To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.
Sur*vey"ance (?), n. Survey; inspection. [R.]
Sur*viv"en*cy (?), n. Survivorship. [R.]
I am constitutionally susceptible of noises.
Sus*cip"i*en*cy (?), n. Admission. [R.]
2. Suspected; distrusted. [Obs.]
4. To look up to; to respect. [Obs.]
Sus*pec"tion (?), n. Suspicion. [Obs.]
2. Not suspected; not mistrusted. [R.] Beau. & Fl.
2. Cessation for a time; stop; pause.
3. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a suspensorium.
2. Slight degree; suggestion; hint. [Colloq.]
2. Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear.
I spy a black, suspicious, threatening could.
2. A spring of water passing under ground toward a cistern or conduit.
Sus*pire", n. [Cf. L. suspirium.] A long, deep breath; a sigh. [Obs.]
4. To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate. Shak.
6. To suffer; to bear; to undergo.
I waked again, for my sustain was the Lord.
Sus*ten"tion (?), n. Sustentation. [R. or Colloq.]
Su*sur"ring*ly (?), adv. In the manner of a whisper. [Obs.]
2. (Bot.) Taking place at a suture; as, a sutural de&?;iscence.
3. (Naut.) An epaulet. [Sailor's Slang] Marryat.
4. A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease. [Obs.] Bailey.
Swab"ber (?), v. t. To swab. [R.]
3. Same as Swobber, 2.
3. A lump of mass; also, a crowd. [Low, U.S.]
2. To beat; to cudgel. [Obs.] Hudibras.
Swad"dle*bill` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The shoveler. [Local, U.S.]
2. To sink down by its weight; to sag. Sir H. Wotton.
I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth.
2. A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle. [Cant or Slang] Charles Reade.
Swain"ling (?), n. A little swain. [R.]
Swale, n. A gutter in a candle. [Prov. Eng.]
4. To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.
5. To occupy; to take up; to employ.
6. To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.
2. The gullet, or esophagus; the throat.
3. Taste; relish; inclination; liking. [Colloq.]
I have no swallow for it.
4. Capacity for swallowing; voracity.
5. As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water.
6. That which ingulfs; a whirlpool. [Obs.] Fabyan.
2. (Bot.) A species of willow.
4. A swallow-tailed coat.
5. An arrow. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Carp.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
3. (Astron.) The constellation Cygnus.
Swang, n. [Cf. Swamp.] A swamp. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A species of soft flannel, thick and warm.
2. An exchange; a barter. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.
Swap, adv. [See Swap, n.] Hastily. [Prov. Eng.]
Sward pork, bacon in large fitches. [Prov. Eng.]
Sware (?), imp. of Swear. [Obs. or Poetic]
3. To be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings in motion.
4. To abound; to be filled (with). Atterbury.
5. To breed multitudes.
2. Gloomy; malignant. [Obs.] Milton.
Swart"i*ness (?), n. Swarthiness. [Obs.]
2. To climb. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. To fall violently or noisily. [Obs.] Holinshed.
3. To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.
3. Liquid filth; wash; hog mash. [Obs.]
4. A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior. [Obs.]
5. A swaggering fellow; a swasher.
2. Resounding; crushing. "Swashing blow." Shak.
3. A band or fillet; a swathe. Shak.
Swath bank, a row of new-mown grass. [Prov. Eng.]
4. (Naut.) To hoist; as, to sway up the yards.
2. To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward.
3. To have weight or influence.
4. To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
3. Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
4. Rule; dominion; control. Cowper.
I swear by all the Roman gods.
4. To appeal to by an oath.
2. A profane person; one who uses profane language.
2. Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge.
3. To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap.
2. To emit or suffer to flow from the pores; to exude.
3. To unite by heating, after the application of soldier.
4. The sweating sickness. [Obs.] Holinshed.
5. (Man.) A short run by a race horse in exercise.
2. Consisting of sweat; of the nature of sweat.
2. (Bot.) A Swedish turnip. See under Turnip.
I will sweep it with the besom of destruction.
I have already swept the stakes.
3. To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
5. To strike with a long stroke.
2. The compass or range of a stroke; as, a long sweep.
8. One who sweeps; a sweeper; specifically, a chimney sweeper.
9. (Founding) A movable templet for making molds, in loam molding.
11. (Refining) The almond furnace. [Obs.]
Sweep"age (?), n. The crop of hay got in a meadow. [Prov. Eng.]
3. A race for all the sums staked or prizes offered.
5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. Bacon.
M. Arnold.
2. (Anat.) The pancreas.
3. To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to sweeten the temper.
5. To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
2. That which sweetens.
2. A darling; -- a word of endearment. Shak.
2. The paint used in making patent leather.
Swein"mote` (?), n. See Swainmote. [Obs.]
4. To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride.
5. To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.
7. To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle.
8. To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
2. To aggravate; to heighten.
6. A showy, dashing person; a dandy. [Slang]
Swell mob. See under Mob. [Slang]
Swell"ish, a. Dandified; stylish. [Slang]
2. To faint; to swoon. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] Drayton.
2. To exude, like sweat. [R.] Shak.
Swerd (?), n. & v. See Sward, n. & v. [Obs.]
I swerve not from thy commandments.
4. To bend; to incline. "The battle swerved." Milton.
5. To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
I defy both sweven and dream.
Swich (?), a. [See Such.] Such. [Obs.]
2 Pet. ii. 1.
2. Of short continuance; passing away quickly. Shak.
3. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of lizards, as the pine lizard.
4. (Zoöl.) The ghost moth. See under Ghost.
6. The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine.
2. To suck. [Obs. or Archaic]
2. (Naut.) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
3. To inebriate; to fill with drink.
2. Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive quantities.
3. To be overflowed or drenched. Ps. vi. 6.
4. Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.
5. To be filled with swimming animals. [Obs.]
2. The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
3. A part of a stream much frequented by fish. [Eng.]
2. (Far.) A protuberance on the leg of a horse.
3. (Zoöl.) A swimming bird; one of the natatores.
2. Suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes.
Swinck (?), v. & n. See Swink. [Obs.]
V. Knox.
Swine"case` (?), n. A hogsty. [Prov. Eng.]
Swine"cote` (?), n. A hogsty. [Prov. Eng.]
Swine"pipe` (?), n. (Zoöl.) The European redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
Swin"er*y (swn"r*), n. Same as Piggery. [R.]
5. To be hanged. [Colloq.] D. Webster.
To swing round the circle, to make a complete circuit. [Colloq.]
4. Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.
I had swinged him soundly.
C. Dryden.
2. To move as a lash; to lash. [Obs.]
2. Power; sway; influence. [Obs.]
2. To swing for pleasure. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
The swinking crowd at every stroke pant "Ho."
2. To acquire by labor. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
2. A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.
2. To pluck; to snatch; to steal. [Slang, U.S.]
2. To flog; to lash. [Slang] Thackeray.
2. (Naut.) Light driven spray. [Eng.]
2. To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.
3. To trim, as, a hedge. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
5. (Eccl.) To shift to another circuit.
Switch, v. i. To walk with a jerk. [Prov. Eng.]
Swiv"el-eyed` (?), a. Squint- eyed. [Prov. Eng.]
Swiz"zle, n. Ale and beer mixed; also, drink generally. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep.
2. To pass with pomp; to sweep. [Obs.] Drayton.
Swoop"stake` (?), n. See Sweepstake. [Obs.]
3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension.
I came not to send peace, but a sword.
4. The military power of a country.
2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1.
2. A swoon. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Swythe (?), adv. Quickly. See Swithe. [Obs.]
Syb (?), a. See Sib. [Obs. or Scot.]
Syce (?), n. [Ar. sïs.] A groom. [India]
Sy"cock (?), n. (Zoöl.) The missel thrush. [Prov. Eng.]
2. To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
Syc"o*phant*cy (?), n. Sycophancy. [Obs.]
Syc"o*phant*ry (?), n. Sycophancy. [Obs.]
2. Relating to, or like, syenite; as, syenitic granite.
Syk"er (?), a. & adv. See Sicker. [Obs.]
I. Watts.
2. Fig.: A slender, graceful woman.
2. Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.
Syl*ves"tri*an (?), a. [L. sylvestris, better silvestris.] Sylvan. [R.]
Sym"bal (?), n. See Cimbal. [Obs.]
5. Share; allotment. [Obs.]
2. A system of symbols or representations.
4. (Theol.) The science of creeds; symbolics.
2. To hold the same faith; to agree. [R.]
3. To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.
3. To represent by a symbol or symbols.
2. Produced by, or expressive of, sympathy.
3. To agree; to be in accord; to harmonize. Dryden.
2. To ansew to; to correspond to. [Obs.] Shak.
I value myself upon sympathy, I hate and despise myself for envy.
6. Similarity of function, use office, or the like.
2. (Mus.) Symphonic.
4. A congregation in the early Christian church.
5. Any assembly of men. [Obs. or R.] Milton.
Syn*clin"ic*al (?), a. Synclinal. [R.]
2. (Mus.) Same as Syncopation.
3. (Med.) A fainting, or swooning. See Fainting.
4. A pause or cessation; suspension. [R.]
2. Of or pertaining to Syncretists.
2. (Zoöl.) The ectoderm of a sponge.
C. J. Grece (Trans. Maetzner's Gram.).
2. Late, -- as opposed to soon.
Syne, conj. Since; seeing. [Scot.]
2. Coöperating; synergetic.
2. (Gram.) A contraction of two syllables into one; synecphonesis.
2. An assembly or council having civil authority; a legislative body.
2. A constitution made in a provincial or diocesan synod.
Syn*on"y*mal (?), a. Synonymous. [Obs.]
Syn*on"y*mal*ly, adv. Synonymously. [Obs.]
2. A system of synonyms.
2. To produce by synthesis; as, to synthesize albumin.
2. (Chem.) Artificial. Cf. Synthesis, 2.
Sy"ren (?), n. See Siren. [R.]
2. To wash and clean by injection from a syringe.
2. (Anat.) The lower larynx in birds.
I. Watts.
I. Watts.
3. Pertaining to the system of the world; cosmical.
2. One who adheres to a system.
Sythe (?), n. Scythe. [Obs. or R.]