SCULLERY, skul'[.e]r-i, _n._ the place for dishes and other kitchen
utensils. [Skeat explains as _sculler-y_, _sculler_ being a remarkable
variant of _swiller_, due to Scand. influence. Others refer to O. Fr.
_escuelier_--Low L. _scutellarius_--L. _scutella_, a tray.]
SCULLION, skul'yun, _n._ a servant in the scullery: a servant for
drudgery-work: a mean fellow.--_adj._ SCULL'IONLY (_Milt._), like a
scullion: low, base. [Not allied to _scullery_. O. Fr. _escouillon_, a
dish-clout--L. _scopa_, a broom.]
SCULP, skulp, _v.t._ to carve: to engrave: to flay.--SCULP'SIT, he engraved
or carved it--often abbreviated to SC.
SCULPIN, skul'pin, _n._ (_slang_) a mischief-making fellow: a name given to
the Dragonet, and also in the United States to various marine species of
Cottus or Bull-head.--Also SKUL'PIN.
SCULPTURE, skulp't[=u]r, _n._ the act of carving figures in wood, stone,
&c.: carved-work: an engraving.--_v.t._ to carve: to form, as a piece of
sculpture.--_n._ SCULP'TOR, one who carves figures:--_fem._
SCULP'TRESS.--_adj._ SCULP'T[=U]RAL, belonging to sculpture.--_adv._
SCULP'T[=U]RALLY.--_adjs._ SCULP'T[=U]RED, carved, engraved: (_bot._,
_zool._) having elevated marks on the surface; SCULPT[=U]RESQUE',
chiselled: clean cut: statue-like. [Fr.,--L. _sculptura_--_sculp[)e]re_,
_sculptum_, to carve.]
SCULSH, skulsh, _n._ rubbish: lollypops.
SCUM, skum, _n._ foam or froth: the extraneous matter rising to the surface
of liquids, esp. when boiled or fermented: refuse: offscourings,
dregs.--_v.t._ to take the scum from: to skim:--_pr.p._ scum'ming; _pa.t._
and _pa.p._ scummed.--_n._ SCUM'MER, an implement used in
skimming.--_n.pl._ SCUM'MINGS, skimmings.--_adj._ SCUM'MY, covered with
scum. [Scand., Dan. _skum_, froth; Ger. _schaum_, foam.]
SCUMBER, skum'b[.e]r, _v.i._ to defecate, a hunting term applied to
foxes.--_n._ fox-dung.--Also SCOM'BER. [Prob. O. Fr. _escumbrier_, to
disencumber.]
SCUMBLE, skum'bl, _v.t._ to apply opaque or semi-opaque colours very thinly
over other colours, to modify the effect.--_n._ SCUM'BLING, a mode of
obtaining a softened effect in painting by overlaying too bright colours
with a very thin coating of a neutral tint. [Freq. of _scum_.]
SCUN, skun, _v.i._ to skim, as a stone thrown aslant on the water.--_v.t._
to cause to skip.--Also SCON, SCOON. [Scand., prob. _skunna_; Dan.
_skynde_, to hasten.]
SCUNNER, skun'[.e]r, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to become nauseated: to feel
loathing.--_n._ a loathing, any fantastic prejudice. [A.S. _scunian_, to
shun.]
SCUP, skup, _n._ (_Amer._) a swing.--_v.i._ to swing. [Dut. _schop_, a
swing; Ger. _schupf_, a push.]
SCUP, skup, _n._ a sparoid fish, the porgy.
SCUPPER, skup'[.e]r, _n._ a hole in the side of a ship to carry off water
from the deck (often _pl._).--_ns._ SCUPP'ER-HOLE, a scupper;
SCUPP'ER-HOSE, a pipe of leather, &c., attached to the mouth of a scupper
on the outside, to let the water run out and keep water from entering;
SCUPP'ER-PLUG, a plug to stop a scupper. [O. Fr. _escopir_, to spit out--L.
_exspu[)e]re_--_ex-_, out, _spu[)e]re_, to spit; or prob. from Dut.
_schoppen_, to scoop away.]
SCUPPERNONG, skup'[.e]r-nong, _n._ a cultivated variety of the muscadine,
bullace, or southern fox-grape of the United States. [Amer. Ind.]
SCUPPET, skup'et, _n._ a shovel.--Also SCOPP'ET.
SCUR, skur, _v.t._ to graze, to jerk: to scour over.--_v.i._ to flit
hurriedly.--Also SKIRR. [A variant of scour.]
SCUR, skur, _n._ (_Scot._) a stunted horn.
SCURF, skurf, _n._ the crust or flaky matter formed on the skin: anything
adhering to the surface: scum: a gray bull trout.--_n._
SCURF'INESS.--_adj._ SCURF'Y, having scurf: like scurf. [A.S.
_scurf_--_sceorfan_, to scrape; cf. Ger. _schorf_.]
SCURRILOUS, skur'ril-us, _adj._ using scurrility or language befitting a
vulgar buffoon: indecent: vile: vulgar: opprobrious: grossly
abusive.--_adjs._ SCUR'RIL, SCUR'RILE, buffoon-like: jesting: foul-mouthed:
low.--_n._ SCURRIL'ITY, buffoonery: low or obscene jesting: indecency of
language: vulgar abuse.--_adv._ SCUR'RILOUSLY.--_n._ SCUR'RILOUSNESS. [L.
_scurrilis_--_scurra_, a buffoon.]
SCURRIT, skur'it, _n._ (_prov._) the lesser tern.
SCURRY, skur'i, _v.i._ to hurry along: to scamper.--_n._ a flurry--also
SKURR'Y.--_n._ HURR'Y-SCURR'Y, heedless haste. [An extended form of
_scour_.]
SCURVY, skur'vi, _adj._ scurfy: affected with scurvy: scorbutic: shabby:
vile, vulgar, contemptible.--_n._ a disease marked by livid spots on the
skin and general debility, due to an improper dietary, and particularly an
insufficient supply of fresh vegetable food.--_adv._ SCUR'VILY, in a scurvy
manner: meanly, basely.--_ns._ SCUR'VINESS, state of being scurvy:
meanness; SCUR'VY-GRASS, a genus of cruciferous plants, efficacious in
curing scurvy. [_Scurf_.]
SCUSE, sk[=u]s, _n._ and _v._=_Excuse_.
SCUT, skut, _adj._ having a short tail like a hare's.
SCUTAGE, sk[=u]'t[=a]j, _n._ a tax, instead of personal service, which a
vassal or tenant owed to his lord, sometimes levied by the crown in feudal
times.--Also ES'CUAGE. [O. Fr. _escuage_--L. _scutum_, shield.]
SCUTATE, sk[=u]t'[=a]t, _adj._ (_bot._) shaped like a round shield:
(_zool._) having the surface protected by large scales. [L.
_scut[=a]tus_--_scutum_, shield.]
SCUTCH, skuch, _v.t._ to beat: to separate from the core, as flax.--_n._ a
coarse tow that separates from flax in scutching.--_ns._ SCUTCH'ER, one who
dresses hedges: an implement used in scutching, esp. a beater in a
flax-scutching machine, &c.; SCUTCH'ING-SWORD, a beating instrument in
scutching flax by hand. [Prob. O. Fr. _escousser_, to shake off--Low L.
_excuss[=a]re_--L. _excut[)e]re_, to shake off.]
SCUTCHEON, SCUTCHIN, skuch'un, -in, _n._ (_Spens._) escutcheon, shield,
device on a shield. [_Escutcheon_.]
SCUTE, sk[=u]t, _n._ a shield: (_zool._) a large scale, a plate, as the
dermal scutes of a ganoid fish, a turtle, &c. [O. Fr. _escut_--L. _scutum_,
a shield.]
SCUTELLA, sk[=u]-tel'a, _n._ a genus of flat sea-urchins.--_adj._
SC[=U]'TELLAR.--_n._ SCUTELL[=A]'RIA, a genus of gamopetalous plants, known
as skullcaps.--_adjs._ SC[=U]'TELLATE, -D, noting the foot of a bird when
it is provided with the plates called scutella.--_ns._ SCUTELL[=A]'TION;
SCUTELL'ERA, a group-name for the true bugs (_Scutelleridæ_).--_adjs._
SCUTELL'IFORM, scutellate; SCUTELLIG'EROUS, provided with a scutellum;
SCUTELLIPLAN'TAR, having the back of the tarsus scutellate.--_n._
SCUTELL'UM (_bot._, _entom._), a little shield:--_pl._ SCUTELL'A.--_n.pl._
SCUTIBRANCHI[=A]'TA, an order of gasteropod mollusca.--_n._ SC[=U]'TIFER, a
shield-bearer.--_adjs._ SCUTIF'EROUS, bearing a shield: (_zool._)
scutigerous; SC[=U]'TIFORM, having the form of a shield.--_n._ SCUTIG'ERA,
a common North American species of centipede.--_adjs._ SCUTIG'EROUS,
provided with a scute or scuta; SC[=U]'TIPED, having the shanks scaly, of
birds. [L., dim. of _scutra_, a platter.]
SCUTTER, skut'[.e]r, _v.i._ to run hastily: to scurry.--_n._ a hasty run.
[A variant of _Scuttle_ (3).]
SCUTTLE, skut'l, _n._ a shallow basket: a vessel for holding coal. [A.S.
_scutel_--L. _scutella_, a salver, dim. of _scutra_, a dish.]
SCUTTLE, skut'l, _n._ the openings or hatchways of a ship: a hole through
the hatches or in the side or bottom of a ship.--_v.t._ to cut holes
through any part of a ship: to sink a ship by cutting holes in it.--_ns._
SCUTT'LE-BUTT, -CASK, a cask with a hole cut in it for the cup or dipper,
for holding drinking-water in a ship; SCUTT'LE-FISH, a cuttle-fish. [O. Fr.
_escoutille_, a hatchway (Sp. _escotilla_), from Dut. _schoot_, the lap;
Ger. _schoss_, bosom, a lap.]
SCUTTLE, skut'l, _v.i._ to scud or run with haste: to hurry.--_n._ a quick
run: a mincing gait.--Also SCUDD'LE, SKUTT'LE. [_Scud_.]
SCUTTLER, skut'l[.e]r, _n._ the striped lizard.
SCUTTOCK. Same as SCUDDICK.
SCUTULUM, sk[=u]'t[=u]-lum, _n._ one of the shield-shaped crusts of favus.
[L., dim. of _scutum_, a shield.]
SCUTUM, sk[=u]'tum, _n._ a shield belonging to the heavy-armed Roman
legionaries: a penthouse: (_anat._) the knee-pan: (_zool._) a large scale.
[L.]
SCYE, s[=i], _n._ the armhole of a garment. [Prob. _sey_--O. Fr. _sier_, to
cut--L. _sec[=a]re_, to cut.]
SCYLLA, sil'a, _n._ a six-headed monster who sat over a dangerous rock on
the Italian side of the Straits of Messina, over against the whirlpool of
CHARYB'DIS on the Sicilian side.--_n._ SCYLLÆA (sil-[=e]'a), a genus of
nudibranchiate gasteropods.--_n.pl._ SCYLLAR'IDÆ (-d[=e]), a family of
long-tailed, ten-footed marine crustaceans.
SCYLLIDÆ, sil'i-d[=e], _n.pl._ a family of selachians, the typical genus
_Scyllium_, including the dog-fish. [Gr. _skylion_, a dog-fish.]
SCYMNIDÆ, sim'ni-d[=e], _n.pl._ the sleeper-sharks.--_n._ SCYM'NUS, a genus
of lady-birds: a genus of sharks. [Gr. _skymnos_, a whelp.]
SCYPHIDIUM, sif-id'i-um, _n._ a genus of ciliate infusorians. [Gr.
_skyphos_, a cup.]
SCYPHOMEDUSÆ, sif-o-med'[=u]-s[=e], _n.pl._ a prime division of hydrozoans
or a sub-class of Hydrozoa.
SCYPHUS, s[=i]f'us, _n._ in Greek antiquities, a large drinking-cup:
(_bot._) a cup-shaped appendage to a flower.--_adj._ SCYPH'IFORM.
SCYTALE, sit'a-l[=e], _n._ in Greek antiquities, a strip of parchment used
for secret messages: the name of a coral snake.--_n._ SCYTAL[=I]'NA, a
remarkable genus of eel-like fishes. [Gr. _skytal[=e]_, a staff.]
SCYTHE, s[=i]th, _n._ a kind of sickle: an instrument with a large curved
blade for mowing grass, &c.--_v.t._ to cut with a scythe, to mow.--_adj._
SCYTHED, armed with scythes.--_ns._ SCYTHE'MAN, one who uses a scythe;
SCYTHE'-STONE, a whet for scythes. [A.S. _síthe_; Ice. _sigdhr_. Low Ger.
_seged_.]
SCYTHIAN, sith'i-an, _adj._ pertaining to an ancient nomadic race in the
northern parts of Asia.--_n._ one belonging to this race.--_adj._ SCYTH'IC.
SCYTHROPS, s[=i]'throps, _n._ a genus of Australian horn-billed cuckoos.
[Gr. _skythros_, angry, _[=o]ps_, face.]
SCYTODEPSIC, sk[=i]-t[=o]-dep'sik, _adj._ pertaining to tanning. [Gr.
_skytos_, skin, _depsein_, to soften.]
SCYTODERMATOUS, sk[=i]-t[=o]-der'ma-tus, _adj._ having a tough, leathery
integument. [Gr. _skytos_, hide, _derma_, skin.]
SCYTODES, sk[=i]-t[=o]'dez, _n._ a genus of spiders.--_adj._ SCYT[=O]'DOID.
[Gr. _skytos_, skin, _eidos_, form.]
SCYTONEMA, s[=i]-t[=o]-n[=e]'ma, _n._ a genus of fresh-water algæ.--_adj._
SCYTONEM'ATOID. [Gr. _skytos_, skin, _n[=e]ma_, a thread.]
SCYTOSIPHON, s[=i]-t[=o]-s[=i]f'n, _n._ a genus of marine algæ. [Gr.
_skytos_, skin, _siph[=o]n_, a tube.]
SDAIN, SDEIGN, sd[=a]n, _n._ and _v.t._ (_Spens._) same as DISDAIN.--_adj._
SDEIGN'FUL=_Disdainful_.
'SDEATH, sdeth, _interj._ an exclamation of impatience--for _God's death_.
SEA, s[=e], _n._ the great mass of salt water covering the greater part of
the earth's surface: any great expanse of water less than an ocean: the
ocean: the swell of the sea in a tempest: a wave: any widely extended mass
or quantity, a flood: any rough or agitated place or element.--_ns._
SEA'-[=A]'CORN, a barnacle; SEA'-ADD'ER, the fifteen-spined stickle-back;
SEA'-AN'CHOR, a floating anchor used at sea in a gale; SEA'-ANEM'ONE, a
kind of polyp, like an anemone, found on rocks on the seacoast; SEA'-APE,
the sea-otter; SEA'-[=A]'PRON, a kind of kelp; SEA'-ARR'OW, a flying squid:
an arrow-worm; SEA'-ASPAR'AGUS, a soft-shelled crab; SEA'-BANK, the
seashore; an embankment to keep out the sea; SEA'-BAR, the sea-swallow or
tern; SEA'-BARR'OW, the egg-case of a ray or skate; SEA'-BASS, a name
applied to some perch-like marine fishes, many common food-fishes in
America--black sea-bass, bluefish, &c.; SEA'-BAT, a genus of Teleostean
fishes allied to the Pilot-fish, and included among the _Carangidæ_ or
horse-mackerels--the name refers to the very long dorsal, anal, and ventral
fins; SEA'-BEACH, the seashore; SEA'-BEAN, the seed of a leguminous
climbing plant: a small univalve shell: the lid of the aperture of any
shell of the family _Turbinidæ_, commonly worn as amulets; SEA'-BEAR, the
polar bear: the North Pacific fur-seal; SEA'-BEAST (_Milt._), a monster of
the sea.--_adjs._ SEA'-BEAT, -EN, lashed by the waves.--_n._ SEA'-BEAV'ER,
the sea-otter.--_n.pl._ SEA'-BELLS, a species of bindweed.--_ns._
SEA'-BELT, the sweet fucus plant; SEA'-BIRD, any marine bird;
SEA'-BIS'CUIT, ship-biscuit; SEA'-BLUBB'ER, a jelly-fish; SEA'-BOARD, the
border or shore of the sea; SEA'-BOAT, a vessel considered with reference
to her behaviour in bad weather.--_adjs._ SEA'-BORN, produced by the sea;
SEA'-BORNE, carried on the sea.--_ns._ SEA'-BOTT'LE, a seaweed; SEA'-BOY
(_Shak._), a boy employed on shipboard: a sailor-boy; SEA'-BRANT, the brent
goose; SEA'-BREACH, the breaking of an embankment by the sea; SEA'-BREAM,
one of several sparoid fishes: a fish related to the mackerel; SEA'-BREEZE,
a breeze of wind blowing from the sea toward the land, esp. that from about
10 a.m. till sunset; SEA'-BUCKTHORN, or SALLOW-THORN, a genus of large
shrubs or trees with gray silky foliage and entire leaves; SEA'-BUM'BLEBEE,
the little auk; SEA'-BUN, a heart-urchin; SEA'-BUR'DOCK, clotbur;
SEA'-CABB'AGE, sea-kale; SEA'-CALF, the common seal, so called from the
supposed resemblance of its voice to that of a calf; SEA'-CAN[=A]'RY, the
white whale; SEA'-CAP (_Shak._), a cap worn on shipboard: a basket-shaped
sponge; SEA'-CAP'TAIN, the captain of a ship, as distinguished from a
captain in the army; SEA'-CARD, the card of the mariners' compass: a map of
the ocean; SEA'-CARN[=A]'TION, a sea-pink; SEA'-CAT, a name of various
animals, as the wolf-fish, the chimæra, any sea-cat-fish;
SEA'-CAT'ERPILLAR, a scale-back; SEA'-CAT'-FISH, a marine siluroid fish;
SEA'-CAT'GUT, a common seaweed--sea-lace; SEA'-CAUL'IFLOWER, a polyp;
SEA'-CEN'TIPED, one of several large marine annelids; SEA'-CHANGE
(_Shak._), a change effected by the sea; SEA'-CHART, a chart or map of the
sea, its islands, coasts, &c.; SEA'-CHEST'NUT, a sea-urchin;
SEA'-CHICK'WEED, a seaside species of sandwort; SEA'-CLAM, the surf clam
used for food: a clamp for deep-sea sounding-lines; SEA'-COAL, coal brought
by sea, as distinguished from charcoal; SEA'COAST, the coast or shore of
the sea: the land adjacent to the sea; SEA'-COB, a sea-gull; SEA'-COCK, a
gurnard: the sea-plover: a valve communicating with the sea through a
vessel's hull: a sea-rover or viking; SEA'-COL'ANDER, a large olive
seaweed; SEA'-COLE'WORT, sea-kale; SEA'-COM'PASS, the mariners' compass;
SEA'-COOK, a cook on shipboard; SEA'-COOT, a black sea-duck;
SEA'-COR'MORANT, a sea-crow; SEA'-CORN, the string of egg-capsules of the
whelk or similar gasteropod--also SEA'-RUFF'LE, SEA'-HON'EYCOMB,
SEA'-NECK'LACE, &c.; SEA'-COW, the walrus: the rhytina: the dugong or
manatee: the hippopotamus; SEA'-CRAB, a marine crab; SEA'-CRAFT, skill in
navigation; SEA'-CRAW'FISH, a prawn or shrimp; SEA'-CROW, a name of various
birds, as the common skua, the chough, the coot, &c.; SEA'-C[=U]'CUMBER,
trepang or bêche-de-mer; SEA'-DACE, a sea-perch: the common English bass;
SEA'-DAFF'ODIL, a plant producing showy, fragrant flowers; SEA'-DAI'SY, the
lady's cushion; SEA'-DEV'IL, a name of various fishes, as the ox-ray, the
angel-fish, &c.; SEA'-DOG, the harbour-seal: the dog-fish: an old sailor: a
pirate: (_her._) a bearing representing a beast nearly like a talbot;
SEA'-DOTT'EREL, the turnstone; SEA'-DOVE, the little auk; SEA'-DRAG'ON, a
flying sea-horse; SEA'-DRAKE, a sea-crow; SEA'-DUCK a duck often found on
salt waters, having the hind-toe lobate: the eider-duck; SEA'-EA'GLE, the
white-tailed eagle: the bald eagle: the osprey: the eagle-ray; SEA'-EAR, a
mollusc, an ormer or abalone; SEA'-EEL, a conger-eel; SEA'-EGG, a
sea-urchin: a sea-hedgehog: a whore's egg; SEA'-EL'EPHANT, the largest of
the seal family, the male about 20 feet long, an inhabitant of the southern
seas; SEA'-FAN, an alcyonarian polyp with a beautiful much-branched
fan-like skeleton; SEA'F[=A]RER, a traveller by sea, a sailor.--_adj._
SEA'F[=A]RING, faring or going to sea: belonging to a seaman.--_ns._
SEA'-FEATH'ER, a polyp, a sea-pen; SEA'-FENN'EL, samphire; SEA'-FIGHT, a
battle between ships at sea; SEA'-FIR, a sertularian polyp; SEA'-FIRE,
phosphorescence at sea; SEA'-FISH, any salt-water or marine fish;
SEA'-FOAM, the froth of the sea: meerschaum; SEA'-FOG, a fog, occurring
near the coast.--_n.pl._ SEA'-FOLK, seafaring people.--_ns._ SEA'-FOWL, a
sea-bird; SEA'-FOX, or _Fox-shark_, the thresher, the commonest of the
larger sharks occasionally seen off British coasts, over 12 feet long,
following shoals of herrings, pilchards, &c.; SEA'FRONT, the side of the
land, or of a building, which looks toward the sea; SEA'-FROTH, the foam of
the sea, seaweeds; SEA'-GAGE, -GAUGE, the depth a vessel sinks in the
water: an instrument for determining the depth of the sea.--_n.pl._
SEA'-GATES, a pair of gates in a tidal basin as a safeguard against a heavy
sea.--_ns._ SEA'-GHER'KIN, a sea-cucumber; SEA'-GILL'IFLOWER, the common
thrift; SEA'-GIN'GER, millipore coral.--_adj._ SEA'-GIRT, girt or
surrounded by the sea.--_ns._ SEA'-GOD, one of the divinities ruling over
or inhabiting the sea:--_fem._ SEA'-GOD'DESS.--_adj._ SEA'-G[=O]'ING,
sailing on the deep sea, as opposed to coasting or river vessels.--_ns._
SEA'-GOOSE, a dolphin: a phalarope; SEA'-GOWN (_Shak._), a short-sleeved
garment worn at sea; SEA'-GRAPE, a genus of shrubby plants of the natural
order _Gnetaceæ_, closely allied to the Conifers, and sometimes called
Joint-firs: a glasswort: the clustered egg-cases of sepia and some other
cuttle-fish; SEA'-GRASS, the thrift: grasswrack: a variety of cirrus
cloud.--_adj._ SEA'-GREEN, green like the sea.--_ns._ SEA'-GROVE, a grove
in the bottom of the sea; SEA'-GULL (same as GULL); SEA'-HAAR (_Scot._), a
chilling, piercing mist arising from the sea; SEA'-HALL, a hall in the
bottom of the sea; SEA'-HARE, a name given to the genus _Aplysia_ of
nudibranch gasteropods; SEA'-HAWK, a rapacious, gull-like bird: a skua;
SEA-HEDGE'HOG, a sea-urchin: a globe-fish: a sea-egg: a porcupine-fish;
SEA'-HEN (_Scot._), the common guillemot: the great skua: the piper
gurnard; SEA'-HOG, a porpoise; SEA'-HOLL'Y, the eryngo; SEA'-HOLM, a small
uninhabited island: sea-holly; SEA'HORSE, the walrus: the hippopotamus or
river-horse: the hippocampus; SEA'-HOUND, the dog-fish; SEA'-ISLAND
COTT'ON, a fine long-stapled variety grown on the islands off the coast of
South Carolina and Georgia; SEA'-JELL'Y, a sea-blubber; SEA'KALE, a
perennial plant with large, roundish, sinuated sea-green leaves, found on
British seashores, the blanched sprouts forming a favourite esculent;
SEA'-KID'NEY, a polyp of the genus Renilla, so called from its shape;
SEA'-KING, a name sometimes given to the leaders of the early Scandinavian
piratical expeditions; SEA'-KITT'IE, a kittiwake; SEA'-LACE, a species of
algæ--sea-catgut; SEA'-LAM'PREY, a marine lamprey; SEA'-LARK, a sandpiper,
as the dunlin: a ring-plover, as the ring-dotterel: the sea-titling;
SEA'-LAV'ENDER, a salt-marsh plant: marsh rosemary; SEA'-LAW'YER, a
captious sailor, an idle litigious 'long-shorer, more given to question
orders than to obey them: the mangrove snapper: a tiger-shark; SEA'-LEECH,
a marine suctorial annelid.--_n.pl._ SEA'-LEGS, ability to walk on a ship's
deck when it is pitching or rolling.--_ns._ SEA'-LEM'ON, a doridoid;
SEA'-LEN'TIL, the gulf-weed; SEA'-LEOP'ARD, a seal of the southern seas,
with spotted fur; SEA'-LETT'ER, -BRIEF, a document of description that used
to be given to a ship at the port where she was fitted out; SEA'-LEV'EL,
the level or surface of the sea, generally the mean level between high and
low water.--_adj._ SEA'-LIKE, like or resembling the sea.--_ns._
SEA'-LIL'Y, a lily-star: a living crinoid; SEA'-LINE, the line where sky
and sea seem to meet: lines used for fishing in deep water; SEA'-LIN'TIE
(_Scot._), the sea-titling: a sea-lark: the rock-lintie; SEA'-L[=I]'ON, a
species of otary--from its barking-roar and the mane of the male: (_her._)
a monster consisting of the upper part of a lion combined with the tail of
a fish; SEA'-LIQ'UOR, brine; SEA'-LIZ'ARD, a nudibranchiate gasteropod: a
fossil reptile; SEA'-LOACH, a gadoid fish, a Motella; SEA'-LONG'WORM, a
nemertean worm; SEA'-LOUSE, a parasitic isopod crustacean: the horse-shoe
crab; SEA'-LUCE, the hake; SEA'-LUNGS, a comb-jelly; SEA'-MAG'PIE, a
sea-pie: the oyster-catcher; SEA'MAID (_Shak._), a mermaid: a sea-nymph;
SEA'-MALL a sea-gull; SEA'MAN, a man below the rank of officer, employed in
the navigation of a ship at sea: a sailor: a merman.--_adjs._ SEA'MAN-LIKE,
showing good seamanship; SEA'MANLY, characteristic of a seaman.--_ns._
SEA'MANSHIP, the art of navigating ships at sea; SEA'-MAN'TIS, a squill;
SEA'-MARGE, the marge or shore of the sea; SEA'MARK, any mark or object on
land serving as a guide to those at sea: a beacon; SEA'-MAT, a very common
genus of polyzoa; in the wrack of the seashore--also _Hornwrack_;
SEA'-MEL'ON, a pedate holothurian; SEA'-MEW, the common gull, any
gull--also SEA'-MAW (_Scot._); SEA'-MILE, a geographical mile, 6080 feet in
length; SEA'-MINK, a kind of American whiting; SEA'-MONK, the monk-seal;
SEA'-MON'STER, any huge marine animal; SEA'-MOSS, a kind of compound
polyzoan: Irish moss, or carrageen; SEA'-MOUSE, a genus of Chætopod worms,
covered with iridescent silky hairs; SEA'-MUD, a rich saline deposit from
salt-marshes; SEA'-MUSS'EL, a marine bivalve; SEA'-NEED'LE, the garfish;
SEA'-NETT'LE, any of the stinging species of acalephæ; SEA'-NURSE, a shark;
SEA'-NYMPH, a goddess of the sea, esp. one of the Oceanids; SEA'-ON'ION,
the officinal squill; SEA'-OOZE, sea-mud; SEA'-OR'ANGE, a large, globose,
orange-coloured holothurian; SEA'-ORB, a globe-fish; SEA'-OTT'ER, a marine
otter; SEA'-OWL, the lump-fish or lump-sucker; SEA'-OX, the walrus;
SEA'-OX'EYE, a fleshy seashore plant; SEA'-PAD, a star-fish; SEA'-PAN'THER,
a South African fish, brown with black spots; SEA'-PARR'OT, a puffin: an
auk; SEA'-PARS'NIP, an umbelliferous plant; SEA'-PAR'TRIDGE, the English
conner, a labroid fish; SEA'-PASS, a passport, or document carried by
neutral merchant-vessels to secure them against molestation; SEA'-PEA, the
beach-pea; SEA'-PEACH, a sea-squirt or ascidian; SEA'-PEAR, a sea-squirt;
SEA'-PEN, one of the radiate zoophytes somewhat resembling a quill;
SEA'-PERCH, a sea-dace: a bass: the red-fish or rose-fish; SEA'-PERT, the
opah; SEA'-PHEAS'ANT, the pintail or sprigtail duck; SEA'-PIE, a sailor's
dish made of salt-meat, vegetables, and dumplings baked: the oyster-catcher
or sea-magpie: (_her._) a bearing representing such a bird; SEA'-PIECE, a
picture representing a scene at sea; SEA'-PIG, a porpoise: the dugong;
SEA'-PI'GEON, the black guillemot; SEA'-PIKE, an edible American fish found
on the Florida and Texas coasts, allied to the perches: the garfish or
belone: the hake; SEA'-PIN'CUSHION, the mermaid's purse: a star-fish;
SEA'-PINK, a sea-carnation; SEA'-PLANT, an alga; SEA'-POACH'ER, the armed
bull-head; SEA'-POR'CUPINE, any fish of the genus _Diodon_, whose body is
covered with spines; SEA'-PORK, an American compound ascidian; SEA'PORT, a
port or harbour on the seashore: a town near such a harbour; SEA'-PUDD'ING,
a sea-cucumber; SEA'-PUMP'KIN, a sea-melon; SEA'-PURSE, a sea-barrow: a
skate-barrow; SEA'-QUAIL, the turnstone; SEA'-RAT, the chimera: a pirate;
SEA'-R[=A]'VEN, the cormorant: the North American bull-head; SEA'-REED, the
mat grass; SEA'-REEVE, an officer in maritime towns; SEA'-RISK, hazard of
injury by sea; SEA'-ROB'BER, a pirate; SEA'-ROB'IN, a common American name
for fishes of the genus _Prionotus_, which represents in America the
European gurnards: the red-breasted merganser; SEA'-ROCK'ET, a cruciferous
plant of genus _Cakile_; SEA'-ROD, a kind of sea-pen, a polyp; SEA'-ROLL, a
holothurian; SEA'-ROOM, room or space at sea for a ship to be navigated
without running ashore; SEA'-ROSE, a sea-anemone; SEA'-ROSE'MARY,
sea-lavender; SEA'-R[=O]'VER, a pirate: a vessel employed in cruising for
plunder; SEA'-R[=O]'VING, piracy; SEA'-RUFF, a sea-bream; SEA'-SALT, common
salt obtained from sea-water by evaporation; SEA'SCAPE, a sea-piece;
SEA'-SCOR'PION, a scorpion-fish: a cottoid-fish; SEA'-SER'PENT, an enormous
marine animal of serpent-like form, frequently seen and described by
credulous sailors, imaginative landsmen, and common liars: a name applied
to various marine venomous serpents; SEA'-SERV'ICE, service on board ship;
SEA'-SHARK, the man-eater shark; SEA'-SHELL, a marine shell; SEA'SHORE, the
land adjacent to the sea: (_law_) the ground between high-water mark and
low-water mark; SEA'-SHRUB, a sea-fan.--_adj._ SEA'SICK, affected with
sickness through the rolling of a vessel at sea.--_ns._ SEA'SICKNESS;
SEA'SIDE, the land beside the sea; SEA'-SKIM'MER, the skimmer bird;
SEA'-SL[=A]T'ER, the rock-slater; SEA'-SLEEVE, a cuttle-fish; SEA'-SLUG, a
nudibranch, as a doridoid: a marine gasteropod with the shell absent or
rudimentary; SEA'-SNAIL, a fish of the genus _Liparis_, the sucker, the
periwinkle; SEA'-SNAKE, a sea-serpent; SEA'-SNIPE, a sandpiper: the
snipe-fish; SEA'-SOL'DIER, a marine; SEA'-SP[=I]'DER, a spider-crab;
SEA'-SPLEEN'WORT, a fern--_Asplenium marinum_; SEA'-SQUID, a cuttle-fish;
SEA'-SQUIRT, any tunicate or ascidian--also SEA'-PERCH, SEA'-PEAR,
SEA'-PORK; SEA'-STICK, a herring cured at sea at once; SEA'-STOCK, fresh
provisions for use at sea; SEA'-STRAW'BERRY, a kind of polyp;
SEA'-SUN'FLOWER, a sea-anemone; SEA'-SUR'GEON, one of a family of
spiny-rayed Teleostean fishes living in tropical seas, esp. near
coral-reefs--the name refers esp. to the members of the genus _Acanthurus_,
characterised by a lancet-like spine ensheathed on each side of the tail;
SEA'-SWALL'OW, a tern: the stormy petrel; SEA'-SWINE, a porpoise: the
sea-hog: the ballan-wrasse; SEA'-TANG, sea-tangle; SEA'-TAN'GLE, one of
several species of seaweeds, esp. of genus _Laminaria_; SEA'-TENCH, the
black sea-bream; SEA'-TERM, a word used by sailors or peculiar to ships or
sailing; SEA'-THONG, a cord-like seaweed; SEA'-TIT'LING, the shore-pipit or
sea-lark; SEA'-TOAD, the sea-frog: the sculpin: the great spider-crab;
SEA'-TOR'TOISE, a sea-turtle.--_adj._ SEA'-TOST (_Shak._), tossed upon or
by the sea.--_ns._ SEA'-TROUT, a popular name for various species of the
genus _Salmo_, but esp. for the common _Salmo trutta_; SEA'-TRUM'PET, a
medieval musical instrument similar to the monochord: (_bot._) a large
seaweed; SEA'-TURN, a gale from the sea; SEA'-TUR'TLE, the sea-pigeon: a
tortoise; SEA'-UMBRELL'A, a pennatulaceous polyp; SEA'-[=U]'NICORN, the
narwhal; SEA'-UR'CHIN, one of a class of Echinoderms, some with the body
symmetrical and nearly globular (_Echinus_), others heart-shaped
(_Spatangus_), others shield-shaped and flattened (_Clypeaster_)--in all
cases the body walled in by continuous plates of lime; SEA'-VAM'PIRE, a
devil-fish or manta; SEA'VIEW, a picture of a scene at sea; SEA'-WALL, a
wall to keep out the sea.--_adj._ SEA'-WALLED, surrounded by the sea.--_n._
SEA'-WANE, wampum.--_adj._ SEA'WARD, towards the sea.--_adv._ towards or in
the direction of the sea.--_adjs._ SEA'WARD-BOUND, outward-bound, as a
vessel leaving harbour; SEA'WARD-GAZ'ING, gazing or looking towards the
sea.--_n._ SEA'-WARE, that which is thrown up by the sea on the shore, as
seaweed, &c.--_n.pl._ SEA'-WASH'BALLS, the egg-cases of the common
whelk.--_ns._ SEA'-WA'TER, water from the sea; SEA'-WAY, progress made by a
vessel through the waves; SEA'WEED, a general and popular name applied to a
vast collection of lower plant-forms growing on the seacoast from
high-water mark (or a little above that limit) to a depth of from 50 to 100
fathoms (rarely deeper), and all belonging to the sub-class of the
_Thallophyta_, to which the name _Algæ_ has been given; SEA'-WHIP, any
alcyonarian like black coral; SEA'-WHIP'CORD, a common form of seaweed,
sea-thong; SEA'-WHIS'TLE, the seaweed whose bladders are used by children
as whistles; SEA'-WIFE, a kind of wrasse; SEA'-WILL'OW, a polyp with
slender branches like the osier; SEA'-WING, a wing-shell: a sail;
SEA'-WITH'-WIND, a species of bindweed; SEA'-WOLD, an imaginary tract like
a wold under the sea; SEA'-WOLF, the wolf-fish: the sea-elephant: a viking,
a pirate; SEA'-WOOD'COCK, the bar-tailed godwit; SEA'-WOOD'LOUSE, a
sea-slater: a chiton; SEA'-WORM, a marine annelid; SEA'-WORM'WOOD, a saline
plant found on European shores.--_adj._ SEA'WORTHY, fit for sea, able to
endure stormy weather.--_ns._ SEA'WORTHINESS; SEA'-WRACK, coarse seaweeds
of any kind.--AT FULL SEA, at full tide; AT SEA, away from land: on the
ocean: astray; GO TO SEA, to become a sailor; HALF-SEAS OVER, half-drunk;
HEAVY SEA, a sea in which the waves run high; HIGH SEAS, the open ocean; IN
A SEA-WAY, in the position of a vessel when a heavy sea is running; MAIN
SEA, the ocean; MOLTEN SEA, the great brazen laver of 1 Kings, vii. 23-26;
SHIP A SEA, to have a large wave washing in; SHORT SEA, a sea in which the
waves are choppy, irregular, and interrupted; THE FOUR SEAS, those bounding
Great Britain. [A.S. _s['æ]_; Dut. _zee_, Ger. _see_, Ice. _sær_, Dan.
_sö_.]
SEAH, s[=e]'a, _n._ a Jewish dry-measure containing nearly fourteen pints.
[Heb.]
SEAL, s[=e]l, _n._ an engraved stamp for impressing the wax which closes a
letter, &c.: the wax or other substance so impressed: that which makes fast
or secure: that which authenticates or ratifies: assurance: the water left
standing in the trap of a drain or sewer, preventing the upward flow of
gas: the sigil or signature of a plant, &c., in medieval medicine: the sign
of the cross, baptism, confirmation, the ineffaceable character supposed to
be left on the soul by some sacraments.--_v.t._ to fasten with a seal: to
set a seal to: to mark with a stamp: to make fast: to confirm: to keep
secure: to close the chinks of: to secure against an escape of air or gas
by means of a dip-pipe: to accept: to sign with the cross, to baptise or
confirm.--_adj._ SEALED, certified by a seal: inaccessible.--_ns._
SEAL'-ENGRAV'ING, the art of engraving seals; SEAL'ER, one who seals: an
inspector of stamps; SEAL'ING, confirmation by a seal; SEAL'ING-DAY
(_Shak._), a day for sealing anything; SEAL'ING-WAX, wax for sealing
letters, &c.--also SEAL'-WAX; SEAL'-PIPE, a dip-pipe; SEAL'-PRESS, a stamp
bearing dies for embossing any device upon paper or lead; SEAL'-RING
(_Shak._), a signet-ring; SEAL'-WORT, Solomon's seal.--SEAL OF THE
FISHERMAN, the papal privy seal impressed on wax, representing St Peter
fishing.--GREAT SEAL, the state seal of the United Kingdom; LEADEN SEAL, a
disc of lead pierced with two holes through which are passed the ends of a
twisted wire; PRIVY SEAL, the seal appended to grants, and in Scotland
authenticating royal grants of personal rights; SET ONE'S SEAL TO, to give
one's authority or assent to; UNDER SEAL, authenticated. [O. Fr. _seel_--L.
_sigillum_, dim. of _signum_, a mark.]
SEAL, s[=e]l, _n._ the name commonly applied to all the _Pinnipedia_ except
the morse or walrus--carnivorous mammals adapted to a marine existence; the
two great families are _Phocidæ_ (without external ears) and _Otariidæ_
(having distinct though small external ears): (_her._) a bearing
representing a creature something like a walrus.--_v.t._ to hunt
seals.--_ns._ SEAL'-BIRD, the slender-billed shear-water; SEAL'ER, a man or
a ship engaged in the seal-fishery; SEAL'ERY, a seal-fishing station:
seal-fishery; SEAL'-FLOW'ER, the bleeding heart; SEAL'ING, SEAL'-FISH'ING,
the act of catching seals; SEAL'-ROCK'ERY, a place where many seals breed;
SEAL'SKIN, the prepared fur of the fur-seal used for women's jackets, a
garment made of this.--SEALSKIN CLOTH, a cloth made of mohair with a nap,
and dyed to resemble the fur of the seal. [A.S. _seolh_; Ice. _selr_, Sw.
_själ_.]
SEAM, s[=e]m, _n._ (_Shak._) grease, hog's lard.--_v.t._ to grease. [O. Fr.
_sain_--L. _sagina_, grease.]
SEAM, s[=e]m, _n._ that which is sewed: a piece of plain sewing: the line
formed by the sewing together of two pieces: a line of union: a vein or
stratum of metal, ore, coal, &c.: a suture: (_geol._) a thin layer between
thicker strata.--_v.t._ to unite by a seam: to sew: to make a seam
in.--_ns._ SEAM'ER, one who seams; SEAM'ING-LACE, a galloon, braiding, gold
lace, &c. to sew upon seams in upholstery; SEAM'ING-MACHINE', a power-tool
for bending sheet-metal as required: a machine used to join fabrics
lengthwise preparatory to printing, &c.--_adj._ SEAM'LESS, without a seam:
woven throughout.--_ns._ SEAM'-PRESS'ER, an implement used to press down
the newly-ploughed furrow: a goose or iron used by tailors to flatten the
seams of cloth; SEAM'-RENT, a rent along a seam; SEAM'-ROLL'ER, in
leather-working, a rubber for flattening down the edges of seams;
SEAM'-RUBB'ER; SEAM'-SET, a grooved punch used by tinmen; SEAM'STER, one
who sews:--_fem._ SEAM'STRESS; SEAM'STRESSY (_Sterne_), sewing.--_adj._
SEAM'Y, having a seam or seams.--_n._ SEAM'Y-SIDE, the worst side or view
of anything.--WHITE SEAM (_Scot._), underclothing in the process of making.
[A.S. _séam_--_síwian_, to sew; Dut. _zoom_, Ger. _saum_.]
SEAM, s[=e]m, _n._ a load for a pack-horse, eight bushels of grain. [A.S.
_séam_, a burden--L. _sagma_--Gr. _sagma_, a pack-saddle.]
SEAMED, s[=e]md, _adj._ in falconry, not in good condition. [Prob. related
to _Seam_ (1).]