SPLANCHNIC, splangk'nik, _adj._ relating to the viscera, intestinal.--_ns._
SPLANCH'NOCOELE, a visceral cavity; SPLANCHNOG'RAPHY, descriptive
splanchnology; SPLANCHNOL'OGY, the knowledge of the viscera;
SPLANCH'NO-SKEL'ETON, the visceral skeleton; SPLANCHNOT'OMY, the anatomy of
the viscera. [Gr. _splangchnon_ (pl. _splangchna_), bowels.]
SPLASH, splash, _v.t._ to spatter with water or mud.--_v.i._ to dabble in
water, to dash about water or any liquid.--_n._ water or mud thrown on
anything: a spot of dirt, a daub: a complexion powder.--_ns._ SPLASH'BOARD,
a guard to keep those in a vehicle from being splashed with mud; SPLASH'ER,
one who, or that which, splashes.--_adj._ SPLASH'Y, splashing: wet and
muddy: full of dirty water. [_Plash_.]
SPLATTER, splat'[.e]r, _v.i._ to spatter water or the like about.--_n._
SPLATT'ER-DASH, an uproar, commotion.--_adj._ SPLATT'ER-FACED, flat-faced.
[_Spatter_.]
SPLAY, spl[=a], _v.t._ (_archit._) to slope or slant: to dislocate, as the
shoulder-bone.--_adj._ turned outward, as in _splay-foot_, awkward.--_n._
SPLAY'-FOOT, a flat foot turned outward.--_adj._ SPLAY'-FOOTED.--_n._
SPLAY'-MOUTH, a wide mouth, a mouth stretched out in grinning.--_adj._
SPLAY'-MOUTHED. [_Display_.]
SPLEEN, spl[=e]n, _n._ a soft, pulpy, blood-modifying gland near the large
extremity of the stomach, supposed by the ancients to be the seat of anger
and melancholy--hence spite: ill-humour: melancholy.--_adj._ SPLEEN'FUL,
displaying spleen, angry, fretful.--_adv._ SPLEEN'FULLY.--_adj._
SPLEEN'ISH, affected with spleen, fretful, peevish.--_adv._ SPLEEN'ISHLY,
in a spleenish manner.--_ns._ SPLEEN'ISHNESS, the state of being spleenish;
SPLEEN'-STONE, jade or nephrite; SPLEEN'WORT, any fern of the genus
_Asplenium_.--_adj._ SPLEEN'Y (_Shak._), spleenish.--_ns._ SPL[=E]NAL'GIA,
pain in the region of the spleen; SPLEN'CULE, SPLEN'C[=U]LUS, a
supplementary spleen; SPL[=E]NEC'TOMIST, one who excises the spleen;
SPL[=E]NEC'TOMY, excision of the spleen; SPL[=E]NECT[=O]'PIA, displacement
of the spleen; SPL[=E]N'ETIC, a splenetic person.--_adjs._ SPL[=E]NET'IC,
-AL, affected with spleen: peevish: melancholy.--_adv._
SPL[=E]NET'ICALLY.--_adj._ SPLEN'IC, pertaining to the spleen.--_n._
SPL[=E]NIS[=A]'TION, a diseased condition of the lung, in which its tissue
resembles that of the spleen, in softness, &c.--_adj._ SPL[=E]NIT'IC.--_n._
SPL[=E]N[=I]'TIS, inflammation of the spleen.--_adj._ SPLEN'ITIVE, full of
spleen, passionate, irritable.--_ns._ SPLEN'OCELE, a splenic tumour;
SPL[=E]NOG'RAPHY, the description of the spleen.--_adjs._ SPL[=E]'NOID,
like the spleen; SPL[=E]NOLOG'ICAL.--_ns._ SPL[=E]NOL'OGY, knowledge about
the spleen; SPL[=E]NOP'ATHY, disease of the spleen; SPL[=E]NOT'OMY,
splenological anatomy.--SPLENIC FEVER (see ANTHRAX). [L. _splen_--Gr.
_spl[=e]n_.]
SPLENDID, splen'did, _adj._ magnificent: famous: illustrious:
heroic.--_adj._ SPLEN'DENT, splendid, bright.--_adv._ SPLEN'DIDLY.--_ns._
SPLEN'DIDNESS; SPLEN'DOUR, the appearance of anything splendid: brilliance:
magnificence. [L. _splendidus_--_splend[=e]re_, to shine.]
SPLENIAL, spl[=e]'ni-al, _adj._ acting like a splint: pertaining to the
splenium or the splenius.--_ns._ SPL[=E]'NIUM, the round pad-like posterior
border of the _corpus callosum_; SPL[=E]'NIUS, a large thick muscle on the
back of the neck. [Gr. _spl[=e]nion_, bandage.]
SPLENT=_Splint_ (q.v.).
SPLEUCHAN, spl[=oo]h'an, _n._ a pouch, a tobacco-pouch.--Also SPLEUGH'AN.
[Gael. _spliuchan_.]
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SPLICE, spl[=i]s, _v.t._ to unite two ends of a rope by interweaving the
strands: to join together two pieces of timber by overlapping.--_n._ act of
splicing: joint made by splicing.--SPLICE THE MAINBRACE (_nautical slang_),
to serve out an allowance of spirits, to fall to drinking. [Old Dut.
_splissen_--_splitsen_, _splijten_; cf. _Split_, and Ger. _splissen_.]
SPLINE, spl[=i]n, _n._ in machines, the slot to receive a feather, the
feather itself: a long flexible strip of wood or rubber used by draftsmen
in laying out railway-curves, &c.--_v.t._ to fit with a spline.
SPLINT, splint, _n._ a small piece of wood split off: a thin piece of
padded wood, &c., for keeping a fractured limb in its proper position: a
bony enlargement on the horse's leg, between the knee and the fetlock,
usually appearing on the inside of one or both forelegs, frequently
situated between the large and small canon bones, depending upon
concussion--also SPLENT.--_v.t._ to confine with splints.--_ns._
SPLINT'AGE, use of splints; SPLINT'-ARM'OUR, armour made of splints or
narrow overlapping plates; SPLINT'-COAL, cannel-coal of slaty structure;
SPLINT'ER, a piece of wood, &c., split off.--_v.t._ and _v.i._ to split
into splinters.--_ns._ SPLINT'ER-BAR, the cross-bar of a coach, supporting
the springs; SPLINT'ER-BONE, the fibula.--_adjs._ SPLINT'ER-PROOF, proof
against the splinters of bursting shells; SPLINT'ERY, made of, or like,
splinters: apt to splinter. [Sw. _splint_--_splinta_, to splinter; cf.
_Split_.]
SPLIT, split, _v.t._ to cleave lengthwise: to tear asunder violently: to
divide: to throw into discord.--_v.i._ to divide or part asunder: to be
dashed to pieces: to divulge secrets: to vote for candidates of opposite
parties: to burst with laughter:--_pr.p._ split'ting; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._
split.--_n._ a crack or rent lengthwise: a schism: a half-bottle of aerated
water, a half-glass of spirits: (_pl._) the acrobatic feat of going down to
the floor with the legs spread out laterally.--_adj._ SPLIT'-NEW (_Scot._),
brand-new.--_n.pl._ SPLIT'-PEASE, husked pease split for making pea-soup,
&c.--_n._ SPLIT'TER, one who, or that which, splits: one who splits hairs
in argument, &c.: (_U.S._) a wheaten cake split and buttered when
hot.--_adj._ SPLIT'TING, very severe: very rapid.--SPLIT ON A ROCK, to meet
some unforeseen and disastrous difficulty, to go to ruin; SPLIT ONE'S
SIDES, to laugh immoderately; SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE, to divide equally the
sum or matter in dispute, to take the mean. [Scand., Dan. _splitte_, to
split; Dut. _splijten_; Ger. _spleissen_.]
SPLORE, spl[=o]r, _n._ (_Scot._) a frolic, a spree.
SPLOTCH, sploch, _n._ a large spot, a stain.--_adj._ SPLOTCH'Y.
SPLURGE, splurj, _n._ any boisterous display.--_v.i._ to make such a
display.--_adj._ SPLUR'GY, given to such.
SPLUTTER, splut'[.e]r, _v.i._ to eject drops of saliva while speaking: to
scatter ink upon a paper, as a bad pen.--_n._ bustle.--_n._ SPLUTT'ERER,
one who splutters. [For _sprutter_, a freq. of _sprout_, orig. form of
_spout_.]
SPODIUM, sp[=o]'di-um, _n._ a powder obtained from calcination, as
ivory-black, &c.--_n._ SPODE, animal or bone charcoal, of which ornaments
may be made.
SPODOGENOUS, sp[=o]-doj'e-nus, _adj._ caused by waste-products, applied
esp. to an enlargement of the spleen caused by waste red blood-corpuscles.
[Gr. _spodos_, ashes, _gen[=e]s_, producing.]
SPODOMANCY, spod'[=o]-man-si, _n._ divination by means of ashes.--_adj._
SPODOMAN'TIC. [Gr. _spodos_, ashes, _manteia_, divination.]
SPODUMENE, spod'[=u]-m[=e]n, _n._ a silicate of aluminium and lithium. [Gr.
_spodoun_, to burn to ashes, _spodos_, ashes.]
SPOFFISH, spof'ish, _adj._ fussy, officious--also SPOFF'Y.--_v.i._
SPOFF'LE, to fuss or bustle.
SPOIL, spoil, _v.t._ to take by force: to plunder.--_v.i._ to practise
robbery.--_n._ prey, plunder: pillage: robbery.--_n._ SPOIL'ER, one who
spoils, a plunderer.--_n.pl._ SP[=O]'LIA OP[=I]'MA, the most valued
spoils--taken by a Roman commander from the enemy's commander in single
combat; hence supreme rewards or honours generally. [O. Fr. _espoille_--L.
_spolium_, spoil.]
SPOIL, spoil, _v.t._ to corrupt: to mar: to make useless.--_v.i._ to decay:
to become useless.--_ns._ SPOIL'ER, a corrupter; SPOIL'-FIVE, a round game
of cards played with the whole pack, each one of the three to ten players
receiving five cards.--_adj._ SPOIL'FUL (_Spens._), wasteful,
rapacious.--_n._ SPOILS'MAN, one who looks for profit out of politics.
[Same as above word.]
SPOKE, sp[=o]k, _pa.t._ of _speak_.
SPOKE, sp[=o]k, _n._ one of the bars from the nave to the rim of a
wheel.--PUT A SPOKE IN ONE'S WHEEL, to thwart a person by some impediment.
[A.S. _spáca_; Dut. _speek_, Ger. _speiche_.]
SPOKEN, sp[=o]k'n, _pa.p._ of _speak_, used as _adj._ in 'civil-spoken,'
&c.
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SPOKESHAVE, sp[=o]k'sh[=a]v, _n._ a carpenter's tool having a plane-bit
between two bandies for curved work, &c.
SPOKESMAN, sp[=o]ks'man, _n._ one who speaks for another, or for others, an
advocate.
SPOLE, sp[=o]l, _n._ the small wheel near the distaff in the
spinning-wheel. [A variant of _spool_.]
SPOLIATE, sp[=o]'li-[=a]t, _v.t._ to spoil, to plunder, to pillage.--_v.i._
to practise robbery.--_ns._ SP[=O]'LIARY, the place in a Roman amphitheatre
where the bodies of slaughtered gladiators were dragged to be stripped;
SPOLI[=A]'TION, act of spoiling: robbery.--_adj._ SP[=O]'LI[=A]TIVE,
serving to take away or diminish.--_n._ SP[=O]'LI[=A]TOR, one who
spoliates.--_adj._ SP[=O]'LI[=A]TORY, tending to spoil: destructive.--_n._
SP[=O]'LIUM, the property of a beneficed ecclesiastic not transmissible by
will. [L. _spoliatus_, _pa.p._ of _spoli[=a]re_--_spolium_, spoil.]
SPONDEE, spon'd[=e], _n._ in classical poetry, a foot of two long
syllables, as _f[=a]t[=o]_.--_adjs._ SPOND[=A]'IC, -AL, pertaining to, or
consisting of, spondees. [Fr.,--L. _spond[=e]us_ (_pes_)--Gr. _spondeios_
(_pous_), (a foot) of two syllables, so called because much used in the
slow solemn hymns sung at a _spond[=e]_ or drink-offering--_spendein_, to
pour out, make a libation.]
SPONDYL, -E, spon'dil, _n._ a joint, joining.--_ns._ SPONDYLAL'GIA, pain in
the spine; SPONDYL[=I]'TIS, arthritis of a vertebra.--_adj._ SPON'DYLOUS,
vertebral. [Gr. _spondylos_, a joint.]
SPONGE, spunj, _n._ a fixed, usually marine, animal with pores in the
body-wall and without tentacles: the fibrous framework of such, remarkable
for its power of sucking up water: any sponge-like substance, as dough
before it is kneaded and formed: any cringing hanger-on or parasite, a
drunken fellow: an instrument for cleaning cannon after a discharge: the
heel of a horse's shoe.--_v.t._ to wipe with a sponge: to wipe out, absorb
up, with a sponge: to wipe out completely: to destroy.--_v.i._ to suck in,
as a sponge: to gain by mean tricks, to live on others by some mean
subterfuge or other.--_ns._ SPONGE'CAKE, a very light sweet cake of flour,
eggs, and sugar; SPONGE'LET, a little sponge.--_adjs._ SPONGE'OUS,
SPON'GI[=O]SE, SPONGIOLIT'IC.--_n._ SPONG'ER, one who uses a sponge: a
person or vessel engaged in fishing for sponges: an apparatus for sponging
cloth by means of a perforated adjustable cylinder: a sponge or
parasite.--_adjs._ SPONGIC'OLOUS, inhabiting sponges; SPONG'IFORM,
resembling a sponge: porous.--_ns._ SPONG'INESS, porous quality;
SPONG'ING-HOUSE, a bailiff's lodging-house for debtors in his custody
before their committal to prison; SPON'GI[=O]LE, the spongy tissue of a
root-tip; SPON'GIOLITE, a fossil sponge spicule.--_adj._ SPONGOID
(spong'goid).--_ns._ SPONGOLOGIST (spong-gol'[=o]-jist), one devoted to the
study of sponges; SPONGOLOGY (spong-gol'[=o]-ji), the knowledge about
sponges.--_adj._ SPONG'Y, like a sponge, absorptive: of open texture,
porous: wet and soft: drunken.--SET A SPONGE, to leaven a small mass of
dough with which to leaven a large quantity; THROW UP THE SPONGE, to
acknowledge defeat by throwing into the air the sponge with which a boxer
is rubbed down between rounds: to give up any contest. [O. Fr.
_esponge_--L. _spongia_--Gr. _sponggia_.]
SPONSAL, spon'sal, _adj._ pertaining to a betrothal, a marriage, or a
spouse.--_n._ SPON'SION, the act of becoming surety for another.--_adj._
SPON'SIONAL. [L.,--_spond[=e]re_, _sponsum_, to promise.]
SPONSIBLE, spon'si-bl, _adj._ (_Scot._) reliable: respectable.
SPONSON, spon'son, _n._ the curve of the timbers and planking towards the
outer part of the wing, before and abaft each of the paddle-boxes of a
steamer.--Also SPON'SING. [Ety. dub.]
SPONSOR, spon'sur, _n._ one who promises solemnly for another: a surety: a
godfather or godmother.--_adj._ SPONS[=O]'RIAL.--_n._ SPON'SORSHIP.
[L.,--_spond[=e]re_, _sponsum_, to promise.]
SPONTANEOUS, spon-t[=a]'n[=e]-us, _adj._ of one's free-will: involuntary:
acting by its own impulse or natural law: produced of itself or without
interference.--_ns._ SPONTAN[=E]'ITY, SPONT[=A]'NEOUSNESS, the state or
quality of being spontaneous.--_adv._ SPONT[=A]'NEOUSLY.--SPONTANEOUS
COMBUSTION, a phenomenon that occasionally manifests itself in mineral and
organic substances; SPONTANEOUS GENERATION, a term applied to the real or
imaginary development of lowly organisms from non-living matter. [L.
_spontaneus_--_sponte_, of one's own accord.]
SPONTOON, spon-t[=oo]n', _n._ a weapon somewhat like a halberd, which used
to be carried by certain officers of foot. [Fr. _sponton_--It.
_spontone_--_spuntare_, to break off the point--_puntone_--_punto_, a
point--L. _pung[)e]re_, _punctum_, to point.]
SPOOK, sp[=oo]k, _n._ a ghost.--_v.i._ to play the spook.--_adjs._
SPOOK'ISH, SPOOK'Y, like a ghost, haunted by ghosts: sensitive to the dread
of ghosts, suggesting the presence of ghosts. [Dut. _spook_; Ger. (obs.)
_spuch_, Sw. _spöke_; not related to _puck_.]
SPOOL, sp[=oo]l, _n._ a hollow cylinder for winding yarn, &c.,
upon.--_v.t._ to wind on spools. [Low Ger. _spole_, Dut. _spoel_; Ger.
_spule_.]
SPOOM, sp[=oo]m, _v.i._ to scud before the wind.--_adj._ SPOOM'ING
(_Keats_), foaming.
SPOON, sp[=oo]n, _n._ an instrument with a shallow bowl and handle for use
in preparing, serving, or in eating food: anything like a spoon or its
bowl, as an oar: in golf, a wooden-headed club of varying length, having
the face more or less spooned, used in approaching the holes from varying
distances.--_v.t._ to use a spoon upon: to lie spoon fashion with.--_v.i._
to fish with a spoon-hook: in croquet, to shove or scoop with the mallet:
to be foolishly fond, to indulge in endearments openly.--_ns._ SPOON'-BAIT,
a revolving metallic lure attached to a fishing-line by a swivel, used in
trolling for fish; SPOON'BILL, a family of birds (_Plataleidæ_) allied to
the _Ibididæ_, and more distantly to the storks, with a bill long, flat,
and broad throughout, and much dilated in a spoon form at the tip;
SPOON'-DRIFT, light spray borne on a gale; SPOON'FUL, as much as fills a
spoon: a small quantity:--_pl._ SPOON'FULS.--_adv._ SPOON'ILY, in a spoony
or silly way.--_n._ SPOON'MEAT, food taken with a spoon, such as is given
to young children.--_adv._ SPOON'WAYS, applied to a way of packing slaves
in ships very closely together.--_adjs._ SPOON'Y, SPOON'EY, silly, weakly
affectionate, foolishly fond.--_n._ a simple fellow: one foolishly fond of
a sweetheart.--APOSTLE SPOON (see APOSTLE); DESSERT-SPOON (see DESSERT);
EUCHARISTIC SPOON, the cochlear or labis; TABLESPOON (see TABLE).--BE
SPOONS ON, to be silly in the manifestation of one's love for a woman.
[A.S. _spón_; Ger. _span_, a chip, Ice. _spánn_, a chip, a spoon.]
SPOOR, sp[=oo]r, _n._ track or trail of an animal, esp. when hunted as
game.--_n._ SPOOR'ER, one who tracks game by the spoor. [Dut. _spoor_, a
track; cf. Ger. _spur_, Ice. _spor_, a track, Scot. _speir_, to ask.]
SPORADIC, -AL, sp[=o]-rad'ik, -al, _adj._ scattered--a term specially
applied to any disease usually epidemic or contagious, when it attacks only
a few persons in a district and does not spread in its ordinary
manner.--_adv._ SPORAD'ICALLY.--_n._ SPORAD'ICALNESS. [Gr.
_sporadikos_--_sporas_, _sporados_, scattered--_speirein_, to sow.]
SPORE, sp[=o]r, _n._ the reproductive body in flowerless plants like the
fern, analogous to the seeds of ordinary flowering plants, but containing
no embryo: a germ, a seed, a source of being generally.--_adjs._
SPORAN'GIAL; SPORANGIF'EROUS; SPORAN'GIFORM; SPORAN'GIOID, like a
sporangium.--_ns._ SPORANG[=I]'OLUM, a small sporangium;
SPORAN'GIOPH[=O]RE, the receptacle which bears the sporangia;
SPORAN'GIOSP[=O]RE, one of the peculiar spores of the _Myxomycetes_;
SPORAN'GIUM (_pl._ SPORAN'GIA), a spore-case, the sac in which the spores
are produced endogenously--also SPORE'-CASE; SP[=O]'RIDESM (_bot._), a
pluricellular body which becomes free like a simple spore, and in which
every cell is capable of germinating; SPORID[=I]'OLUM, a secondary
sporidium; SPORID'IUM, a secondary spore borne on a promycelium: an
ascospore; SPORIFIC[=A]'TION, spore-production; SPORIPAR'ITY, reproduction
by means of spores.--_adj._ SPORIP'AROUS.--_ns._ SP[=O]'ROCARP, a
many-celled form of fruit produced in certain lower cryptogams in
consequence of a sexual act; SP[=O]'ROCYST, the cyst or capsule developed
in the process of sporular encystment.--_adj._ SPOROCYST'IC.--_ns._
SP[=O]'RODERM, the wall or covering of a spore; SPOROGEN'ESIS, reproduction
by means of spores--also SPOROG'ENY.--_adj._ SPOROG'ENOUS.--_n._
SPOROG[=O]'NIUM, the sporocarp, capsule or so-called 'moss-fruit' in
mosses.--_adj._ SP[=O]'ROID, like a spore.--_ns._ SPOROL'OGIST, a botanist
who emphasises the spores in classification; SP[=O]'ROPHORE, the part of
the thallus which bears spores: the placenta in flowering plants: a
sporophyte.--_adjs._ SPOROPHOR'IC, SPOROPH'OROUS.--_ns._ SP[=O]'ROPHYL, the
leaf bearing the spores or spore receptacles; SP[=O]'ROPHYTE, the
spore-bearing stage in the life-cycle of a plant.--_adj._
SPOROPHYT'IC.--_ns._ SP[=O]'ROSAC, one of the gonophores of certain
hydrozoans in which the medusoid structure is not developed: a redia or
spiro-cyst, in Vermes; SPOROST[=E]'GIUM, the so-called fruit of plants in
the _Characeæ_, consisting of the hard brownish spirally-twisted shell or
covering of the spore.--_adjs._ SP[=O]'ROUS; SP[=O]'RULAR.--_ns._
SPORUL[=A]'TION, conversion into spores or sporules--also SPOR[=A]'TION;
SP[=O]'RULE, a small spore.--_adjs._ SPORULIF'EROUS, SPOR'ULOID. [Gr.
_sporos_, a sowing, seed--_speirein_, to sow.]
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SPORRAN, spor'an, _n._ an ornamental pouch worn in front of the kilt by the
Highlanders of Scotland. [Gael, _sporan_.]
SPORT, sp[=o]rt, _v.i._ to play: to frolic: to practise field diversions:
to trifle.--_v.t._ to amuse: to make merry: to represent playfully: to
spend in sport or display.--_n._ that which amuses or makes merry: play:
mirth: jest: contemptuous mirth: anything for playing with: a toy: idle
jingle: field diversion: an animal or plant, or one of its organs, that
varies singularly and spontaneously from the normal type.--_n._ SPORT'ER,
one who sports: a sportsman.--_adj._ SPORT'FUL, full of sport: merry: full
of jesting.--_adv._ SPORT'FULLY.--_n._ SPORT'FULNESS.--_adj._ SPORT'ING,
relating to, or engaging in, sports.--_adv._ SPORT'INGLY.--_adj._
SPORT'IVE, inclined to sport: playful: merry: amorous, wanton.--_adv._
SPORT'IVELY.--_n._ SPORT'IVENESS.--_adj._ SPORT'LESS, without sport or
mirth: sad.--_n._ SPORTS'MAN, one who practises, or one skilled in,
field-sports.--_adj._ SPORTS'MAN-LIKE.--_ns._ SPORTS'MANSHIP, practice or
skill of a sportsman; SPORTS'WOMAN, a she-sportsman.--SPORT ONE'S OAK (see
OAK). [Formed by aphæresis from _disport_.]
SPOSH, sposh, _n._ slush.--_adj._ SPOSH'Y.
SPOT, spot, _n._ a mark made by a drop of wet matter: a blot: a discoloured
place: a small part of a different colour: a small extent of space: any
particular place: one of the marked points on a billiard-table, from which
balls are played (for _Centre-spot_, _Pyramid-spot_, &c., see BILLIARDS):
one of the dark places on the surface of the sun, &c.: something that
soils: a stain on character or reputation.--_v.t._ to mark with drops of
wet: to stain: to discolour: to taint: to tarnish, as reputation: to note
or recognise by some point, to detect: to indicate, name:--_pr.p._
spot'ting; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ spot'ted.--_adj._ SPOT'LESS, without a spot:
untainted: pure.--_adv._ SPOT'LESSLY.--_ns._ SPOT'LESSNESS; SPOT'-STROKE, a
stroke in billiards when the player pockets the red ball from the 'spot,'
leaving his own ball in position to repeat the stroke.--_adjs._ SPOT'TED,
SPOT'TY, marked with spots or discoloured places.--_ns._ SPOT'TEDNESS, the
state of being spotted; SPOT'TER, one who spots or detects; SPOT'TINESS,
state of being spotty.--SPOT-BARRED GAME, a game at billiards when the
spot-stroke is forbidden to be played more than twice consecutively. [Cf.
Dut. _spat_, Dan. _spætte_; prob. conn. with _spit_.]
SPOUSE, spowz, _n._ a husband or wife.--_adj._ SPOUS'AL, pertaining to a
spouse, or to marriage: nuptial: matrimonial.--_n._ usually in _pl._
nuptials: marriage.--_adj._ SPOUSE'LESS, destitute of a spouse: unmarried.
[O. Fr. _espouse_ (Fr. _époux_, fem. _épouse_)--L. _sponsus_, pa.p. of
_spond[=e]re_, to promise in marriage.]
SPOUT, spowt, _v.t._ to throw out, as from a pipe: to utter volubly: to
pawn, pledge.--_v.i._ to issue with violence, as from a pipe: to speak
volubly, to speechify.--_n._ the projecting mouth of a vessel from which a
stream issues: a pipe for conducting a liquid: a term applied to the
blowing or breathing of whales and other cetaceans.--_ns._ SPOUT'ER, one
who, or that which, spouts: a speechifier: a South Sea whale, a skilful
whaler; SPOUT'-HOLE, an orifice for discharging a liquid, a whale's
spiracle.--_adj._ SPOUT'LESS, wanting a spout. [Skeat explains that
_spout_, like _speak_, has lost an _r_, thus standing for _sprout_, the _r_
being preserved in _spurt_, with nearly the same sense as _spout_. Sw.
_sputa_ for _spruta_, to squirt; Dut. _spuiten_.]
SPRACK, sprak, _adj._ vigorous, sprightly.--Also SPRAG. [Ice. _sprækr_,
_sparkr_, sprightly.]
SPRACKLE, sprak'l, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to clamber up with difficulty.--Also
SPRACH'LE, SPRAUCH'LE. [Ice. _spraukla_, to sprawl.]
SPRAD, sprad (_Spens._). Same as SPREAD.
SPRAG, sprag, _n._ a piece of wood used to lock a wheel: a punch-prop in
mining.--_v.t._ to prop, or to stop, by a sprag.
SPRAG, sprag, _n._ (_prov._) a young salmon.
SPRAICH, spr[=a]h, _n._ (_Scot._) a shriek, cry.--_v.i._ to shriek.
SPRAID, spr[=a]d, _adj._ (_prov._) chapped with cold.--Also SPRAYED.
SPRAIN, spr[=a]n, _v.t._ to overstrain the muscles of a joint.--_n._ a term
employed in surgery to designate a violent stretching of tendinous or
ligamentous parts with or without rupture of some of their fibres. [O. Fr.
_espreindre_ (Fr. _épreindre_), to press--L. _exprim[)e]re_, to press out.]
SPRAINT, spr[=a]nt, _n._ the dung of an otter.
SPRANG, _pa.t._ of _spring_.
SPRANGLE, sprang'gl, _v.i._ to sprawl, struggle.
SPRAT, sprat, _n._ a fish of the family _Clupeidæ_, like the herring, but
much smaller.--_n._ SPRAT'-WEATH'ER, the dark days of November and
December. [Dut. _sprot_; Ger. _sprotte_.]
SPRATTLE, sprat'l, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to scramble.
SPRAWL, sprawl, _v.i._ to toss or kick about the limbs: to stretch the body
carelessly when lying: to spread ungracefully.--_n._ a sprawling
posture.--_n._ SPRAWL'ER. [There is an A.S. _spréawlian_, to move
convulsively; but the word is most probably for _sprattle_ or
_sprottle_--Sw. _sprattla_, to sprawl; cf. Dan. _sprælle_, to toss about
the limbs.]
SPRAY, spr[=a], _n._ small particles of water driven by the wind, as from
the top of waves, &c.--_adj._ SPRAY'EY, consisting of spray. [Skeat
suggests that the word is from Dut. _spreiden_, to spread, scatter.]
SPRAY, spr[=a], _n._ a small shoot of a tree.--_adj._ SPRAY'EY, branching.
[Akin to Ice. _sprek_, a twig, Dan. _sprag_; Doublet _sprig_.]
SPREAD, spred, _v.t._ to scatter abroad or in all directions: to stretch:
to extend: to overlay: to shoot out, as branches: to circulate, as news: to
cause to affect numbers, as a disease: to diffuse: to set with provisions,
as a table.--_v.i._ to extend or expand in all directions: to be extended
or stretched: to be propagated or circulated:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._
spread.--_n._ extent: compass: expansion of parts: that which is spread
out, a feast: a cover for a bed or a table.--_adj._ having a broad surface:
shallower than the standard.--_adj._ SPREAD'-EA'GLE, like an eagle with the
wings stretched out, bombastic, boastful.--_n._ (_naut._) a person seized
in the rigging, a passenger thus made to pay his entrance forfeit.--_ns._
SPREAD'-EA'GLEISM, a bombastic and frothy patriotism; SPREAD'ER, one who,
or that which, spreads, one who publishes or extends: any machine or
implement for helping to scatter.--_p.adj._ SPREAD'ING.--_adv._
SPREAD'INGLY, increasingly.--SPREAD A FLEET, to keep more open order. [A.S.
_spr['æ]dan_; Dut. _spreiden_, Ger. _spreiten_.]
SPREAGH, spreh, _n._ plunder.--_n._ SPREAGH'ERY, cattle-lifting. [Gael.
_spreidh_, cattle.]
SPRECKLED, sprek'ld, _adj._ speckled.
SPRED, spred, _pa.p._ and _n._ an obsolete form of _spread_.--Also
SPRED'DEN.
SPREE, spr[=e], _n._ a merry frolic: a drunken bout.--_v.i._ to carouse.
[Prob. Ir. _spre_, a spark, _spraic_, vigour.]
SPRENT, sprent, _adj._ sprinkled. [M. E. _sprengen_ (pa.t. _sprente_)--A.S.
_sprengan_, to cause to spring.]
SPRIG, sprig, _n._ a small shoot or twig: a scion, a young person: an
ornament like a spray: one of various small pointed implements, a headless
nail: one of the separate pieces of lace fastened on a ground in appliqué
lace.--_v.t._ to embroider with representations of twigs:--_pr.p._
sprig'ging; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ sprigged.--_adj._ SPRIG'GY, full of sprigs
or young branches. [Cf. Ice. _sprek_, a stick.]
SPRIGHT, spr[=i]t, _n._ the same as _Sprite_ (q.v.).--_adj._ SPRIGHT'FUL
(_Shak._), full of spirit: brisk, gay.--_adv._ SPRIGHT'FULLY, in a
sprightful manner, briskly, vigorously.--_n._ SPRIGHT'FULNESS, the quality
of being sprightful, briskness, liveliness.--_adj._ SPRIGHT'LESS, destitute
of spirit or life: dull: sluggish.--_n._ SPRIGHT'LINESS.--_adj._
SPRIGHT'LY, airy: full of life: lively: brisk. [_Spright_=_sprite_.]
SPRING, spring, _v.i._ to bound: to leap: to rush hastily: to move suddenly
by elastic force: to start up suddenly: to break forth: to appear: to
issue: to come into existence: (_B._) to rise, as the sun.--_v.t._ to cause
to spring up: to start: to produce quickly, cause to act suddenly: to leap
over: to explode, as a mine: to open, as a leak: to crack, as a mast: to
bend by force, strain: (_archit._) to start from an abutment, &c.: to set
together with bevel-joints:--_pa.t._ sprang, sprung; _pa.p._ sprung.--_n._
a leap: a flying back with elastic force: elastic power: an elastic body:
any active power: that by which action is produced: cause or origin: a
source: an outflow of water from the earth: (_B._) the dawn: the time when
plants begin to spring up and grow, the vernal season--March, April, May: a
starting of a plank in a vessel: a crack in a mast.--_ns._ SPRING'AL,
SPRING'ALD, an active springy young man, a youth; SPRING'-BACK, an inner
false joint on a bound book, springing upward from the true or outer back
when the book is opened flat; SPRING'-BAL'ANCE, an instrument for
determining the weight of a body by the elasticity of a spiral spring;
SPRING'-BEAM, a beam of considerable span, without central support, the
tie-beam of a truss; in a steamer, a fore-and-aft beam for connecting the
two paddle-beams: an elastic bar at the top of a tilt-hammer, jig-saw, &c.;
SPRING'-BEAU'TY, the _Claytonia Virginica_; SPRING'-BED, a mattress formed
of spiral springs set in a wooden frame; SPRING'-BEE'TLE, an elater;
SPRING'-BOARD, a board fastened on elastic supports, used to spring from in
performing feats of agility; SPRING'BOK, a beautiful South African
antelope, larger than a roebuck [Dut.]; SPRING'-BOX, a box or barrel in
which a spring is coiled: the frame of a sofa, &c., in which the springs
are set; SPRING'-CARR'IAGE, a wheel-carriage mounted on springs;
SPRING'-CART, a light cart mounted upon springs; SPRING'ER, a kind of dog
of the spaniel class, useful for springing game in copses: one who springs:
the bottom stone of an arch; SPRING'-GUN, a gun having wires connected with
its trigger, and so fixed and planted as to be discharged when trespassers
stumble against the wire; SPRING'-HALT, a jerking lameness in which a horse
suddenly twitches up his leg or legs; SPRING'-HAMM'ER, a machine-hammer in
which the blow is delivered or augmented by the force of a spring;
SPRING'-HEAD, a fountain-head, source: a head or end-piece for a
carriage-spring.--_adj._ SPRING'-HEAD'ED (_Spens._), having heads springing
afresh.--_ns._ SPRING'-HEELED JACK, one supposed capable of leaping a great
height or distance in carrying out mischievous or frolicsome tricks;
SPRING'-HOOK, an angler's snap-hook or spear-hook: a latch or door-hook
with a spring-catch for keeping it fast in the staple: in a locomotive, a
hook fixing the driving-wheel spring to the frame; SPRING'-HOUSE, a house
for keeping meat in, or a dairy, built for coolness over a spring or brook;
SPRING'INESS; SPRING'ING, the act of springing, leaping, arising, or
issuing: (_B._) growth, increase: (_archit._) the lowest part of an arch on
both sides; SPRING'-JACK, a device for inserting a loop in a main electric
line-circuit, a plug being forced between two spring contacts;
SPRING'-LATCH, a latch that snaps into the keeper whenever the door is
shut; SPRING'LET, a little spring: a small stream; SPRING'-LIG'AMENT, the
inferior calcaneoscaphoid ligament of the sole of the foot; SPRING'-LOCK, a
lock which fastens by a spring; SPRING'-MAT'TRESS=_Spring-bed_;
SPRING'-NET, a net that closes with a spring; SPRING'-PAD'LOCK, a padlock
that snaps itself shut; SPRING'-POLE, a pole whose elasticity serves as a
spring; SPRING'-SAD'DLE, a bent iron bar of [Spring-saddle] form on the top
of a railway carriage journal-box, surrounding the arch-bar and supporting
the spring; SPRING'-SEARCH'ER, a steel-pronged tool to search for defects
in the bore of a gun; SPRING'-SHACK'LE, a shackle closed by a spring: a
shackle joining one spring of a vehicle with another or with a rigid piece;
SPRING'-STAY (_naut._), a smaller stay, placed above the stays as a
duplicate if needed; SPRING'-STUD, a rod passed through the axis of a
coil-spring to keep it in place; SPRING'-TAIL, one of an order of primitive
wingless insects (_Collembola_), so called popularly from a peculiar
springing fork usually present on the abdomen; SPRING'-TIDE, the periodical
excess of the elevation and depression of the tide, after new and full
moon, when both sun and moon act in the same direction; SPRING'-TIDE,
-TIME, the season of spring; SPRING'-TOOL, any tool bearing a spring, as a
glass-blower's tongs; SPRING'-TRAP, a trap worked by a spring, a
mouse-trap, &c.; SPRING'-VALVE, a valve fitted with a spring: a
safety-valve connected with a spring-balance; SPRING'-WA'TER, water issuing
from a spring; SPRING'-WHEAT, wheat sown in the spring, rather than autumn
or winter; SPRING'-WORT, a plant which draws down lightning--perh. the
caperspurge.--_adj._ SPRING'Y, pertaining to, or like, a spring, elastic,
nimble: abounding with springs.--SPRING A LEAK, to commence leaking; SPRING
A MINE, to cause it to explode--often used figuratively; SPRING A RATTLE,
to cause a rattle to sound; SPRING AT, to leap at; SPRING FORTH, to come
forward with a leap: to shoot up rapidly; SPRING ON, or UPON, to attack
with violence. [A.S. _springan_; Ger. _springen_.]
SPRINGE, sprinj, _n._ a snare with a spring-noose: a gin.--_v.t._ to catch
in a springe. [Prov. Eng. _springle_--_spring_; cf. Ger.
_sprenkel_--_springen_.]
SPRINKLE, spring'kl, _v.t._ to scatter in small drops or particles: to
scatter on: to baptise with a few drops of water: to purify.--_v.i._ to
scatter in drops.--_n._ an aspersorium or utensil for sprinkling.--_ns._
SPRIN'KLE, SPRIN'KLING, a small quantity sprinkled: in book-binding, the
mottling of the edges of trimmed leaves by scattering a few drops of colour
on them; SPRIN'KLER. [Freq. formed from A.S. _sprengan_, the causal of
_springan_, to spring; cf. Ger. _sprenkeln_.]
SPRINT, sprint, _n._ a short-distance race at full speed.--_v.i._ to run at
full speed--also SPRENT.--_ns._ SPRIN'TER, a short-distance runner in
races; SPRIN'TING; SPRINT'-RACE; SPRINT'-RUN'NER. [Cf. _Spurt_.]
[Illustration]
SPRIT, sprit, _n._ (_naut._) a spar set diagonally to extend a fore-and-aft
sail. [A.S. _spreót_, a pole; Dut. and Ger. _spriet_, a bowsprit; conn.
with _sprout_.]
SPRITE, spr[=i]t, _n._ a spirit: a shade: a ghost: (_obs._) frame of mind,
disposition.--Also SPRIGHT. [A doublet of _spirit_.]
SPRITEFUL, SPRITELY, &c. Same as SPRIGHTFUL, &c.
SPROCKET, sprok'et, _n._ a projection on the periphery of a wheel or
capstan for engaging the chain.
SPROD, sprod, _n._ (_prov._) a second-year salmon.
SPRONG, sprong (_Spens._), _pa.t._ of _spring_.
SPROUT, sprowt, _n._ a germ or young shoot: (_pl._) young shoots from old
cabbages.--_v.i._ to shoot: to push out new shoots.--_adj._ SPROUT'ED,
budded.--BRUSSELS SPROUTS (see BRUSSELS). [According to Skeat, not from
A.S. _spreótan_, nor _sprýtan_, but from Old Friesic _spruta_, to sprout,
Low Ger. _spruten_, Dut. _spruiten_, Ger. _spriessen_.]
SPRUCE, spr[=oo]s, _adj._ smart: neat, dapper: over-fastidious,
finical.--_n._ Prussian leather.--_v.t._ to smarten.--_v.i._ to become
spruce or smart.--_n._ SPRUCE'-FIR, or merely SPRUCE, any tree of the genus
_Picea_ of the pine family (_Coniferæ_), or the wood of such a
tree.--_adv._ SPRUCE'LY.--_n._ SPRUCE'NESS.--_v.t._ SPRU'CIFY, to smarten.
[O. Fr. _Pruce_--Late L. _Prussia_, Ger. _Preussen_.]
SPRUCE-BEER, spr[=oo]s'-b[=e]r, _n._ beer flavoured with a decoction of the
young shoots of the spruce-fir. [Ger. _sprossen-bier_, _sprossen_, young
shoots, Englished as _Pruce-beer_, i.e. Prussian beer.]
SPRUE, spr[=oo], _n._ in casting, one of the passages leading to the mould,
also the metal which solidifies in it--_deadhead_.--_n._ SPRUE'-HOLE,
ingate or pouring-hole in a mould.
SPRUG, sprug, _v.t._ and _v.i._ (_prov._) to smarten, to dress neatly.
SPRUG, sprug, _n._ (_prov._) a sparrow.
SPRUIT, spr[=oo]'it, _n._ a small head-stream, a stream flowing through a
village, dry in summer. [S. Afr. Dut.]
SPRUNG, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _spring_.--_adj._ (_coll._) tipsy, tight.
SPRUNNY, sprun'i, _adj._ (_prov._) neat.--_n._ a sweetheart.
SPRUNT, sprunt, _v.i._ to spring up: sprout, germinate.--_n._ a steep bit
in a road: a rebellious curl, &c.--_adv._ SPRUNT'LY, gaily,
bravely.--SPRUNT UP, to bristle up.
SPRY, spr[=i], _adj._ vigorous, lively, gay, pert. [Scand.; Sw. prov.
_sprygg_, very active.]
SPUD, spud, _n._ a small narrow spade with a short handle: any short thick
thing, a baby's hand, a potato, &c.--_adj._ SPUD'DY, short and fat. [Prob.
Scand., Dan. _spyd_, a spear.]
SPUE. Same as SPEW.
SPULZIE, SPUILZIE, spül'y[=e], _n._ (_Scot._) spoil.--Also SPUL'YE,
SPUL'YIE. [_Spoil_.]
SPUME, sp[=u]m, _n._ scum or froth thrown up by liquid: foam.--_v.i._ to
throw up scum: to foam.--_adj._ SP[=U]'M[=E]OUS, frothy.--_n._
SP[=U]MES'CENCE, frothiness.--_adjs._ SP[=U]MES'CENT, foaming;
SP[=U]MIF'EROUS, producing foam.--_n._ SP[=U]'MINESS, the quality of being
spumy or frothy.--_adjs._ SP[=U]'MOUS, SP[=U]'MY, consisting of froth:
frothy: foamy. [L. _spuma_--_spu[)e]re_ to spew.]
SPUN, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of spin.--_adj._ SPUN'-OUT, unduly
lengthened.--_n._ SPUN'-YARN, rope-yarn twisted into a cord.
SPUNGE, spunj, v. and _n._ a form of _sponge_.
SPUNK, spungk, _n._ touchwood, tinder, a fungus from which tinder is made,
punk, amadou: (_Scot._) a small fire, a fiery spark, a lucifer-match:
mettle, spirit, pluck.--_v.i._ to take fire, flame up.--_adj._ SPUNK'Y,
spirited: fiery-tempered. [Cf. Ir. _sponc_, tinder, sponge--L. _spongia_, a
sponge--Gr. _sponggia_.]
SPUR, spur, _n._ an instrument on a horseman's heels, with sharp points for
goading the horse: that which goads or instigates: something projecting:
the hard projection on a cock's leg: a small range of mountains extending
laterally from a larger range.--_v.t._ to urge on with spurs: to urge
onward: to impel: to put spurs on.--_v.i._ to press forward: to travel in
great haste:--_pr.p._ spur'ring; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ spurred.--_v.t._
SPUR'-GALL (_Shak._), to gall or wound with a spur.--_ns._ SPUR'-GEAR,
-GEAR'ING, gearing in which spur-wheels are used.--_adj._ SPUR'-HEELED,
having a long straight hind-claw.--_n._ SPUR'-LEATH'ER, the strap by which
the spur is fastened to the foot.--_p.adj._ SPURRED, wearing spurs: having
shoots like spurs: affected with ergot, as rye.--_ns._ SPUR'RER, one who,
or that which, spurs; SPUR'RIER, one who makes spurs; SPUR'-ROY'AL, an
ancient English coin, worth fifteen shillings, so called from having a star
on one side resembling the rowel of a spur; SPUR'-WAY, a bridle-road;
SPUR'-WHANG=_Spur-leather_; SPUR'-WHEEL (_mech._), a wheel with the cogs on
the face of the edge like a spur.--_adj._ SPUR'-WINGED, with a horny spur
on the pinion, as with the plovers, &c. [A.S. _spora_; Ice. _spori_, Ger.
_sporn_.]
SPURGE, spurj, _n._ a genus of plants of the natural order _Euphorbiaceæ_,
all the species containing a resinous milky juice mostly very acrid.--_n._
SPURGE'-LAU'REL, a European evergreen shrub, with yellowish-green flowers,
thick leaves, and poisonous berries. [O. Fr. _espurge_ (Fr. _épurge_)--L.
_expurg[=a]re_, to purge--_ex_, off, _purg[=a]re_, to clear.]
SPURIÆ, sp[=u]'ri-[=e], _n.pl._ the bastard quills forming the alula in
birds.
SPURIOUS, sp[=u]r'i-us, _adj._ illegitimate: bastard: not genuine: false:
resembling an organ, but without its function, or having the functions of
an organ while morphologically different.--_adv._ SP[=U]R'IOUSLY.--_n._
SP[=U]R'IOUSNESS. [L. _spurius_, false.]
SPURLING=_Sparling_ (q.v.).
SPURN, spurn, _v.t._ to drive away as with the foot: to kick: to reject
with disdain.--_n._ disdainful rejection.--_n._ SPURN'ER, one who spurns.
[A.S. _speornan_; cog. with _spur_.]
SPURNE, spurn, _v.t._ (_Spens._) to spur.
SPURRY, spur'i, _n._ a plant of the genus _Spergula_. [O. Fr. _sporrie_, of
Teut. origin; cf. Ger. _spörgel_.]
SPURT, spurt, _v.t._ to spout, or send out in a sudden stream, as
water.--_v.i._ to gush out suddenly in a small stream: to flow out forcibly
or at intervals.--_n._ a sudden or violent gush of a liquid from an
opening: a jet: a sudden short effort, a special exertion of one's self for
a short time, in running, rowing, &c. [Formerly _spirt_--Ice. _sprettr_, a
spurt--_spretta_, to start, to sprout.]
SPURTLE, spur'tl, _n._ (_Scot._) a short stick for stirring porridge,
broth, &c.--_n._ SPUR'TLE-BLADE, a sword.
SPUTTER, sput'[.e]r, _v.i._ to spit in small drops, as in rapid speaking:
to throw out moisture in scattered drops: to speak rapidly and
indistinctly, to jabber.--_v.t._ to throw out with haste and noise: to
utter hastily and indistinctly.--_n._ moist matter thrown out in
particles.--_n._ SPUTT'ERER, one who sputters. [The freq. of _spout_
(q.v.).]
SPUTUM, sp[=u]'tum, _n._ spittle, the matter expectorated:--_pl._
SP[=U]'TA. [L.,--_spu[)e]re_, to spit.]
SPY, sp[=i], _n._ one sent into an enemy's country or camp to find out
their strength, &c.: one who keeps a watch on others: one who secretly
conveys information.--_v.t._ to see: to discover, generally at a distance:
to discover by close search: to inspect secretly:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._
spied.--_ns._ SPY'AL=_Spial_; SPY'-CRAFT, SPY'ISM, the art or practice of
spying; SPY'GLASS, a small hand-telescope; SPY'-HOLE, a peep-hole;
SPY'-MON'EY, money paid for secret intelligence. [O. Fr. _espier_--Old High
Ger. _speh[=o]n_; L. _spec[)e]re_.]
SPYRE, sp[=i]r, _v.i._ (_Spens._) to shoot forth. [L. _spir[=a]re_, to
sprout.]
SQUAB, skwob, _adj._ fat, clumsy: curt, abrupt: unfledged, newly hatched:
shy, coy.--_n._ a young pigeon, the young of other animals before the hair
or feathers are grown: a short stumpy person: a thickly-stuffed cushion, a
sofa padded throughout, an ottoman.--_v.t._ to stuff thickly and sew
through, the stitches being concealed by buttons, &c.--_v.i._ to fall
heavily.--_adv._ flat: heavily, as a fall.--_adjs._ SQUAB'BISH, thick,
heavy; SQUAB'BY, squat.--_ns._ SQUAB'-CHICK, a fledgling; SQUAB'-PIE, a pie
made of strips of mutton, onions, and slices of apple. [Prob. Scand.; cf.
Sw. dial. _sqvapp_, a word imitative of a splash, _sqvabb_, loose flesh,
_sqvabbig_, flabby.]
SQUABASH, skwa-bash', _v.t._ to crush, smash.
SQUABBLE, skwob'l, _v.i._ to dispute in a noisy manner: to wrangle.--_n._ a
noisy, petty quarrel: a brawl.--_n._ SQUABB'LER. [Scand., Sw. dial.
_skvabbel_, a dispute.]
SQUACCO, skwak'[=o], _n._ a small crested African heron.
SQUAD, skwod, _n._ a small body of men assembled for drill, any small group
or company of men.--_n._ SQUAD'RON, a body of cavalry, consisting of two
troops, or 120 to 200 men: a body of soldiers drawn up in a square: any
regularly ranked body, or a group: section of a fleet, commanded by a
flag-officer.--_p.adj._ SQUAD'RONED, formed into squadrons.--AWKWARD SQUAD,
a body of recruits not yet competent in drill, &c. [O. Fr. _esquadre_--It.
_squadra_, and L. _exquadr[=a]re_, to make square.]
SQUADDY, skwad'i, _adj._ squabby.
SQUAIL, skw[=a]l, _n._ a disc or counter used in the game of squails:
(_pl._) a parlour-game in which small discs are snapped from the edge of
the table to a centre mark called the _process_: the game of
ninepins.--_v.i._ to throw a stick, &c., at any object.--_v.t._ to pelt
with sticks, &c.--_n._ SQUAIL'ER, a throwing-stick. [A variant of _kail_.]
SQUALID, skwol'id, _adj._ filthy, foul.--_n._ SQUALID'ITY, the state of
being squalid: filthiness.--_adv._ SQUAL'IDLY.--_ns._ SQUAL'IDNESS;
SQUAL'OR, state of being squalid: dirtiness: filthiness. [L.
_squalidus_--_squal[=e]re_, to be stiff; akin to Gr. _skellein_, to dry.]
SQUALL, skwawl, _v.i._ to cry out violently.--_n._ a loud cry or scream: a
violent gust of wind.--_n._ SQUALL'ER.--_adj._ SQUALL'Y, abounding or
disturbed with squalls or gusts of wind: gusty, blustering: threatening a
squall.--WHITE SQUALL, a tropical whirlwind, coming on without warning
other than a small white cloud. [Scand., Sw. _sqvala_, to gush out.]
SQUALLY, skwawl'i, _adj._ irregularly woven: having bare patches, of a
field of corn, &c. [Prob. the same as _scally_. Cf. _Scall_.]
SQUALOID, skw[=a]'loid, _adj._ resembling a SQU[=A]'LUS or shark.--_n._
SQU[=A]'LID, one of the _Squalidæ_, a family of sharks.--_adj._
SQU[=A]'LIFORM, having the form of a shark. [L. _squalus_, a shark.]
SQUAMA, skw[=a]'ma, _n._ a scale: the bractea of a deciduous spike, any
scaly bracted leaf:--_pl._ SQU[=A]'MÆ.--_n.pl._ SQU[=A]M[=A]'TA, a division
of reptiles, including lizards and serpents.--_adjs._ SQU[=A]'MATE,
SQU[=A]'MOUS, SQUAM[=A]'CEOUS, SQU[=A]'MOSE, covered with, or consisting
of, scales: scaly.--_ns._ SQU[=A]ME, a scale or squama; SQU[=A]MEL'LA, a
small scale.--_adjs._ SQU[=A]MIF'EROUS, SQU[=A]MIG'EROUS, bearing squamæ or
scales; SQU[=A]'MIFORM, SQU[=A]'MOID, like a scale.--_ns._
SQU[=A]M[=O]'SAL, the squamous portion of the temporal bone; SQUAM'ULA, a
very small scale--also SQUAM'ULE.--_adjs._ SQUAM'ULATE, SQUAM'ULIFORM. [L.
_squamosus_--_squama_, a scale.]
SQUANDER, skwon'd[.e]r, _v.t._ to spend lavishly or wastefully: to waste
money or powers.--_n._ SQUAN'DERER.--_adv._ SQUAN'DERINGLY, in a
squandering manner, by squandering. [Skeat explains as a nasalised form of
Lowland Scotch _squatter_, to splash water about, prov. Eng. _swatter_, to
throw water about. These are frequentatives from Dan. _sqvatte_, to splash,
spurt, squander; Sw. _sqvätta_, to squirt, _Ice_. _skvetta_, to squirt out
water.]
SQUARE, skw[=a]r; _adj._ having four equal sides and angles: forming a
right angle: having a straight front or an outline formed by straight
lines: exact suitable, fitting: true, that does equal justice, fair,
honest: even, leaving no balance, settled, as accounts: directly opposed,
complete, unequivocal: solid, full, satisfying.--_n._ that which is square:
a square figure: a four-sided space enclosed by houses: a square body of
troops: the length of the side of any figure squared: an instrument for
measuring right angles: (_arith_.) the product of a quantity multiplied by
itself: due proportion, order, honesty, equity, fairness.--_v.t._ to form
like a square: to form with four equal sides and angles: (_arith_.) to
multiply by itself: to reduce to any given measure or standard, to adjust,
regulate: (_naut_.) to place at right angles with the mast or keel.--_v.i._
to suit, fit: to accord or agree: to take an attitude of offence and
defence, as a boxer.--_adj._ SQUARE'-BUILT, of a square build or
shape.--_adv._ SQUARE'LY, in a square form or manner.--_ns._
SQUARE'-MEAS'URE, [Illustration] a system of measures applied to surfaces,
of which the unit is the square of the lineal unit; SQUARE'NESS.--_adj._
SQUARE'-PIERCED (_her_.), designating a charge perforated with a square
opening so as to show the field.--_n._ SQU[=A]'RER, one who, or that which,
squares: (_Shak._) a fighting, quarrelsome person.--_adj._ SQUARE'-RIGGED,
having the chief sails square, and extended by yards suspended by the
middle at right angles to the masts--opposed to _Fore-and-aft_.--_ns._
SQUARE'-ROOT, that root which being multiplied into itself produces the
given number or quantity; SQUARE'-SAIL, a four-sided sail extended by yards
suspended by the middle at right angles to the mast.--_adj._
SQUARE'-TOED.--_n._ SQUARE'-TOES, an old-fashioned, punctilious
person.--_adj._ SQU[=A]'RISH.--SQUARE THE CIRCLE, to determine the area of
a circle in square measure.--ON THE SQUARE, honestly. [O. Fr. _esquarre_
(Fr. _équerre_)--L. _ex-quadr[=a]re_, to square--_quadrus_, conn. with
_quatuor_, four.]
SQUARROSE, skwär'[=o]s, _adj._ rough, with projecting or deflexed
scales.--_adj._ SQUARR'ULOSE, diminutively squarrose.
SQUARSON, skwär'sn, _n._ one who is both a beneficed clergyman and a squire
or land-owner in a parish.--_n._ SQUAR'SONAGE, the residence of such.
SQUASH, skwosh, _v.t._ to press into pulp: to crush flat.--_v.i._ to form a
soft mass as from a fall: to make a noise similar to such.--_n._ a sudden
fall or shock of soft bodies: anything soft and easily crushed, anything
soft or unripe, as a peascod.--_ns._ SQUASH'ER; SQUASH'INESS, state of
being squashy.--_adj._ SQUASH'Y, like a squash: muddy. [O. Fr. _esquacher_
(Fr. _écacher_), to crush--L. _ex_, out, _coact[=a]re_, to
restrain--_cog[)e]re_, _coactum_, to drive together.]
SQUASH, skwosh, _n._ a term loosely used, esp. in the United States, for
two or three kinds of gourd, including the pumpkin. [Amer. Ind. _asquash_
(pl. of _asq_), green.]
SQUAT, skwot, _v.i._ to sit down upon the hams or heels: to cower, as an
animal: to settle on new land without title:--_pr.p._ squat'ting; _pa.t._
and _pa.p._ squat'ted.--_adj._ short and thick, dumpy, clumsy.--_ns._
SQUATOC'RACY, the squatters of Australia collectively; SQUAT'TER, a settler
on new land without title: one who leases pasture-land from the government;
SQUAT'TINESS.--_v.i._ SQUAT'TLE (_Scot._), to squat down.--_adj._ SQUAT'TY,
very short and thick. [O. Fr. _esquatir_, to crush--L. _ex-_, _coactus_,
pa.p. of _cog[)e]re_, to drive together.]
SQUATTER, skwot'[.e]r, _v.i._ to plunge through water.
SQUAW, skwaw, _n._ an American Indian woman, esp. a wife.--_n._ SQUAW'MAN,
a white man with an Indian wife.
SQUEAK, skw[=e]k, _v.i._ to utter a shrill and usually short cry.--_n._ a
sudden, shrill cry.--_v.i._ SQUAWK, to utter a harsh cry: (_U.S._) to back
out in a mean way.--_n._ a loud squeak.--_n._ SQUEAK'ER, one who squeaks: a
young bird.--_adv._ SQUEAK'INGLY.--A NARROW SQUEAK, a narrow escape.
[Imit.; cf. Sw. _sqväka_, to croak, Ger. _quieken_, to squeak.]
SQUEAL, skw[=e]l, _v.i._ to utter a shrill and prolonged sound: to turn
informer.--_n._ a shrill loud cry.--_n._ SQUEAL'ER, a young pigeon: an
informer. [Scand.; Sw. dial. _sqväla_, to cry out.]
SQUEAMISH, skw[=e]m'ish, _adj._ sickish at stomach: easily disgusted or
offended: fastidious in taste.--_adv._ SQUEAM'ISHLY.--_n._ SQUEAM'ISHNESS.
[Scand.; Ice. _sveimr_, stir; prob. also influenced by qualmish.]
SQUEEGEE, skw[=e]'j[=e], _n._ a wooden implement edged with rubber for
clearing water away from decks, floors, windows, &c.: a photographer's
roller for squeezing the moisture from a print--also SQUIL'GEE.--_v.t._ to
smooth down with a squeegee.
SQUEEZE, skw[=e]z, _v.t._ to crush or press between two bodies: to embrace
closely: to force through a small hole: to cause to pass: to extort,
oppress, harass.--_v.i._ to push between close bodies: to press: to
crowd.--_n._ act of squeezing: pressing between bodies: an impression of an
inscription, &c., made by taking a rubbing.--_n._ SQUEEZABIL'ITY.--_adj._
SQUEEZ'ABLE.--_ns._ SQUEEZ'ER, one who, or that which, squeezes: (_pl._)
playing-cards having the number of spots marked in the right-hand corner of
each; SQUEEZ'ING, the act of exerting pressure.--_adj._ SQUEEZ'Y,
suggesting squeezing, small, contracted. [M. E. _queisen_--A.S. _cwísan_.]
SQUELCH, skwelch, _n._ a heavy blow or a heavy fall.--_v.t._ to crush down.
SQUIB, skwib, _n._ a paper tube filled with combustibles, thrown up into
the air burning and bursting: a petty lampoon.--_v.t._ to aim squibs at: to
lampoon.--_v.i._ to write lampoons: to use squibs: to sound like a squib
exploding. [Scand.; Ice. _svipa_, to flash.]
SQUID, skwid, _n._ a kind of cuttle-fish or calamary: a lure used in
trolling for fish.--_v.i._ to fish with a squid or spoon-bait.
SQUIGGLE, skwig'l, _v.i._ (_U.S._) to squirm, wriggle: (_prov_.) to rinse
out the mouth with a liquid.
SQUILGEE. See SQUEEGEE.
SQUILL, skwil, _n._ a genus of bulbous-rooted plants of order _Liliaceæ_,
with radical leaves, and flowers in terminal racemes or loose corymbs--the
officinal Squill is diuretic and expectorant.--_adj._ SQUILLIT'IC. [Fr.
_squille_--L. _squilla_, _scilla_--Gr. _skilla_.]
SQUINCH, skwinch, _n._ a small stone arch, or series of arches, across an
interior angle of a square tower to support the sides of an octagonal
spire.
SQUINNY, skwin'i, _v.i._ (_Shak._) to look asquint.
SQUINT, skwint, _adj._ looking obliquely: having the vision
distorted.--_v.i._ to look obliquely: to have the vision distorted.--_v.t._
to cause to squint.--_n._ act or habit of squinting: an oblique look:
distortion of vision: a hagioscope, a narrow aperture cut in the wall of a
church (generally about two feet wide) to enable persons standing in the
side-chapels, &c., to see the elevation of the host at the
high-altar.--_n._ SQUINT'-EYE, an eye that squints.--_adj._ SQUINT'-EYED,
looking obliquely: oblique, malignant.--_n._ SQUINT'ING, technically
_Strabismus_, a common deformity which may be defined as a want of
parallelism in the visual axes, when the patient endeavours to direct both
eyes to an object at the same time.--_adv._ SQUINT'INGLY. [Scand.; Sw.
_svinka_, to shrink, a nasalised form of _svika_, to fail.]
SQUIRE, skw[=i]r, _n._ an esquire, a knight's attendant: a beau or gallant:
a country gentleman, an owner of land in England, esp. if of old family:
(_U.S._) one who has been a justice of the peace, &c.--_ns._ SQUIRE'AGE,
SQUIRE'ARCHY, landed gentry collectively.--_adj._ SQUIRE'ARCHAL.--_ns._
SQUIREEN', a gentleman farmer, one almost a squire; SQUIRE'HOOD, the state
or rank of a squire--also SQUIRE'SHIP.--_adjs._ SQUIRE'-LIKE, SQUIRE'LY,
like or becoming a squire.--_ns._ SQUIRE'LING, a squire of small
possessions; SQUIREOC'RACY, government by the landed classes; SQU[=I]R'ESS,
a squire's wife. [_Esquire_.]