SCEUOPHYLACIUM, sk[=u]-[=o]-fi-l[=a]'shi-um, _n._ (_Gr. Church_) the
repository of the sacred vessels.--_n._ SCEUOPH'YLAX, a sacristan, church
treasurer. [Gr. _skeuos_, a vessel, _phylax_, a watcher.]
SCHÆFFERIA, shef-f[=e]'ri-a, _n._ a genus of polypetalous plants, the
yellow-wood. [Named from _Schaeffer_, an 18th-cent. German botanist.]
SCHALENBLENDE, shä'len-blend, _n._ a variety of native zinc-sulphide.
[Ger., _schale_, shell, _blende_, blende.]
SCHAPPE, shap'pe, _n._ a fabric woven from spun silk.
SCHEDIASM, sk[=e]'di-azm, _n._ cursory writing on a loose sheet. [Gr.
_schediasma_--_schedon_, near.]
SCHEDULE, shed'[=u]l, _n._ a piece of paper containing some writing: a
list, inventory, or table.--_v.t._ to place in a schedule or list. [O. Fr.
_schedule_ (Fr. _cédule_)--L. _schedula_, dim. of _scheda_, a strip of
papyrus--L. _scind[)e]re_, to cleave; or from Gr. _sched[=e]_, a leaf.]
SCHEELITE, sh[=e]'l[=i]t, _n._ native calcium tungstate. [From the Swedish
chemist, K. W. _Scheele_ (1742-86).]
SCHEIK. Same as SHEIK.
SCHELLY, shel'i, _n._ a white fish.
SCHELM, skelm, _n._ (_Scot._) a rascal.--Also SCHEL'LUM, SHELM, SKEL'LUM.
[O. Fr. _schelme_--Old High Ger. _scalmo_, plague; cf. Ger. _schelm_, a
rogue.]
SCHELTOPUSIK, shel'to-p[=u]-sik, _n._ a Russian lizard.
SCHEMA, sk[=e]'ma, _n._ the image of the thing with which the imagination
aids the understanding in its procedure: scheme, plan, outline generally: a
diagrammatic outline or synopsis of anything: (_Gr. Church_) the monastic
habit.--_adj._ SCHEMAT'IC.--_v.t._ SCH[=E]'MATISE, to arrange in
outline.--_v.i._ to make a plan in outline.--_ns._ SCH[=E]'MATISM, form or
outline of a thing: (_astrol._) the combination of the heavenly bodies;
SCH[=E]'MATIST, a projector.
SCHEME, sk[=e]m, _n._ plan: something contrived to be done: purpose: plot:
a combination of things by design: a specific organisation for some end: an
illustrative diagram: a system: a statement in tabular form: a
representation of the aspect of the heavenly bodies at a given
time.--_v.t._ to plan: to contrive.--_v.i._ to form a plan.--_n._
SCHEME'-ARCH, an arch less than a semicircle.--_adj._ SCHEME'FUL.--_n._
SCH[=E]'MER.--_adj._ SCH[=E]'MING, given to forming schemes:
intriguing.--_adv._ SCH[=E]'MINGLY, by scheming.--_n._ SCH[=E]'MIST, a
schemer: an astrologer.--_adj._ SCH[=E]'MY, cunning: intriguing. [L.
_schema_--Gr. _sch[=e]ma_, form--_echein_, _sch[=e]sein_, to hold.]