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• scale in A minor. The second string of the violin is tuned to the A
• scale determined by certain general thermo-dynamic principles, and
• scale of absolute temperature. It is equivalent to -273º centigrade
• scholar." Johnson.
• scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.
• scire to know.]
• scale graduated so as to indicate the percentage of pure alcohol,
• scented flowers.
• scholars.
• scruples, 480 grains. See Troy weight.
• science.
• scented; odoriferous; as, aromatic balsam. Aromatic compound (Chem.),
• scent or taste to; to perfume. Bacon.
• sculpture, and architecture; but the term is often confined to
• schuiven to shove, schuinte slope. Cf. Asquint.]
• scientific attainments.
• scales most nearly related to, or having most in common with, the
• scales of yellow mica. ~= feldspar, a variety of oligoclase with
• scene. "The hour of Nature's awful throes." Hemans.
• scales balance.
• schoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools. Swift.
• scale) : (a) for liquids heavier than water, sp. gr. = 144 ÷ (144 -
• scarlet runner, Ph. maltiflorus; Windsor bean, the common bean of
• scale is extended both ways, all the degrees being of equal length.
• scarcity. This name is also given to a white powdery variety of
• science and religion.
• scoops out an oval cavity in the corner nippers, which is afterwards
• scurrilous; ruffianly.
• schoolboys. Halliwell.
• screw propeller.
• schoolboys. C. Lamb.
• science of botany.
• scout masters, each in charge of a troop of two or more patrols of
• scout, and first-class scout.
• scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related
• scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head and having
• scheme; an empty project; a dishonest speculation; as, the South Sea
• scald; to blister; to singe; to char; to sear; as, to burn steel in
• scotland; a sum given to enable a student to pursue his studies. "No
• sculpin.
• scribendi, "The itch for writing". Addison.
• scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.
• scent cadaverous." -- Cadav"erous*ly, adv.
• scalenohedral crystals; calc-sinter and calc-tufa are lose or porous
• schedule; as, a calendar of state papers; a calendar of bills
• scales arranged to determine a ball's weight from its diameter, and
• scientific nomenclature, but sometimes used as a general term for
• scales. Intermediate varieties occur. Carp louse (Zoöl.), a small
• scavengers. See Caracara.
• sculpture. Knight.
• scrofulous or consumptive persons, in which the products of
• scolds; -- called also a ducking stool, or trebucket. Blacktone.
• schemes.
• scavere) to be on one's guard, to take care (orig.) to be on the
• scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v. t.]
• scientific expedition, etc., one who takes the command and gives
• scar.] (Med.)
• scorpioid cyme. --Cin*cin"nal (#), a.
• scribere to write, draw. See Soribe.]
• sclarée.] (Bot.)
• scuttle; coal ship. etc.
• schools. Cowper.
• scarlet, fr. coccum the kermes berry, G. Quercus coccifera; but cf.
• scholarship.
• scorpions.
• scratch or mark made in the ring to be toed by the combatants in
• scope of vision; survey.
• scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.; -- called also
• schemes, signals. Concerted piece (Mus.), a composition in parts for
• scorn.
• scorn it; for the man . . . hath a contemptible spirit. Shak.
• scapula in most mammals.
• scarce ever be corrected afterwards. T. Burnet.
• scratch.]
• school formerly by your wit. South.
• school. Shak.
• scarification, to draw blood to the surface, produce counter
• scrupulous; nice; exact. [Obs.]
• sculptured as to appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of
• scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out work for another day.
• scientist.]
• science." Prescott.
• scoffer.
• scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.
• scandere to climb. See Scan.]
• scorn; to disdain; to have a low opinion or contemptuous dislike of.
• scale off; de- + squama scale.] (Med.)
• scientific physical determinism, is obvious. F. P. Cobbe.
• screws.
• scenes. Dryden.
• scatter. See Sparse.]
• scarce found to distaste. Shak.
• school district, etc.
• scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the first
• schismatics and purists, who greatly disturbed the church in the 4th
• scruples.
• scoter, and other ducks. [Written also ducker.] [Prov. Eng.]
• scissors, used in dressing wounds.
• screen set at different angles, and usually printed in two shades of
• sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the
• scarlatina, etc.
• scale; a form of the pantograph.
• science which treats of the development of magnetism by means of
• scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of
• scepter, either an emblem or a symbol of authority; a lamb, either an
• scale (diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic) recognized by the ancient
• scales and their transposition into other keys.
• schizocoele, which arises by a splitting of the mesoblast of the
• scapular end of the clavicle of many birds.
• scalp, muscles, etc.
• scratch, shave. See Rase.]
• scharf sharp,, E. sharp, or perh. scrape.] (Fort.)
• scrap. Carleton.
• sciuhen, G. scheuen; akin to E. sky. See Shy, a.]
• scorgere to perceive, discern, lead, fr. L. ex out, quite + corrigere
• scriptorium, fr. L. scriptorius belonging to writing, fr. sribere to
• scutage. Blackstone.
• science of character. J. S. Mill.
• scissors, tweezers, and other articles of toilet or of daily use are
• science of happiness; -- contrasted with aretaics. J. Grote.
• scrofula. [R.] Shak.
• scrutiny. Ames.
• science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules
• scaccarium. See Checker, Chess, Check.]
• scales at the result of heat or decomposition.
• scarf worn by the pope at mass, and by eastern bishops. (b) A
• scorn; prob. akin to E. feud a quarrel. *81. Cf. Foe, Friend.]
• scenes, but has nothing to say; hence, one who figures in any scene,
• scholars. Felton.
• scold began to flout and fling.
• school. N. Brit. Review.
• sceáwian to see. See Show, v. t.]
• scholars, could never get admittance into common use. Locke.
• scratch. Cf. Friction.]
• scrolls, etc.; a scroll saw; a keyhole saw; a compass saw.
• scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look.
• scatters a fine dust; a puffball.
• sculptures, etc.
• scarlet color.
• scabbard fish.
• scissiparity or by fissiparous generation, gemmiparity or by budding,
• science of bacteriology was developed after this theory had been
• screws, and to a pump moved by rotary sails. Gin block, a simple form
• scholiast. Tyrwhitt.
• scale, by the action of superheated steam. It is used as an ointment,
• scales, and had fluted teeth. Owen.
• scarce serve the turn. Shak.
• score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the
• scad, and cicharra.
• sculpture; as, to grave an image.
• school for gymnastics.
• scant my legs I drew. Fairfax.
• scabra, and several species of Aira or Deschampsia.
• scratched;-measured among minerals on a scale of which diamond and
• school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook.
• scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] Swift.
• scythe.
• scale mosses and liverworts. Hepatic duct (Anat.), any biliary duct;
• scrawl." Sir W. Scott.
• school. See Broad Church.
• scrofa).
• scrub oak. See Scrub oak.
• scholars." Addison.
• scotched on the ground; -- called also hoppers.
• schist (Geol.), a hornblende rock of schistose structure.
• scales. They inhabit the dry, sandy plains from California to Mexico
• scurvy grass, having a root of a pungent taste, much used, when
• scrotum or in the coverings, especially in the serous sac, investing
• scale to liquids of different densities.
• sculpture = a sculpture carved from a block of ice, often used for
• scarcely any other word which is subjected to such abusive treatment
• scarce have the civility to interchange any words with a stranger.
• scholastic retairy versatility of logic illaqueate your good sense.
• scheme; design; purpose; contrivance.
• scales, as the penguins.
• science or system of belief; information. Sir T. Browne.
• science. In deduction we begin with a general truth, which is already
• scholars. Tatler.
• scapula; as, the infraspinous fossa; the infraspinate muscle.
• scarcely ever shake off, as long as they carry anything of human
• scions; to graft; as, to ingraft a tree.
• science. South.
• scrambled in at a high window. Johnson.
• scene.
• scandens).
• scattered the seeds, which are roasted and eaten. The wood is of a
• scorners." Prov. xix. 29. "This judgment of the heavens that makes us
• scalaris). The elytra are silvery white, striped and spotted with
• scales; foliated.
• schoolboys.
• scene.
• scientist. Sometimes called Ampère's law.
• scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous
• scales about the heads of the flowers, as Antennaria, and Gnaphalium;
• scene; -- opposed to shade. Cf. Chiaroscuro.
• scientific name of the lemon.] (Chem.)
• scolopaceus) is found in South America. Called also courlan, and
• scarf; -- worn also by doctors, learned men, etc. [Obs.]
• schoolmaster. Burke.
• scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge;
• scattered rubbish.
• scattered articles; as, to litter a room.
• science of the form, or of the formal laws, of thinking, and not of
• scale of 60; logistic arithmetic.
• scored thirty-one. (b) To leave one behind; hence, to abandon, or
• scientific work, or in artistic or mechanical processes; also,
• scales, with sharp edges that overlap each other like tiles on a
• scum mantled on the pool.
• script translation between the Devanagari and the Gujarati.
• scalc servant (akin to AS. scealc, Goth. skalks). F. maréchal
• science of spatial and quantitative relations.
• school or hospital. Jury of matrons (Law), a jury of experienced
• scanty; barren.
• schmerl ; prob. fr. L. merula blackbird. Cf. Merle.] (Zoöl.)
• screw, and distances are determined by the number of screw
• scalp of nursing infants. See Eczema.
• school connected with a mission and conducted by missionaries. (b) A
• school for the religious instruction of children not having regular
• school, etc.
• sculpture; the inventor's model of a machine.
• scales, resembling graphite; sulphide of molybdenum.
• scholars, or to instruct a division or class.
• school of physiologists, who admit but one cell as the source of all
• scarce ever kept in the right way. Bentley.
• score.
• scales.
• scale -- Natural science, natural history, in its broadest sense; --
• science which treats of those evidences of the existence and
• scorn shall never taste. Milton.
• school.
• scorpion bug and water scorpion.
• scenes.
• scoparium) of New Zealand and Australia, the leaves of which are used
• scencan. See Noon, and Skink, v. i.]
• screwed up tightly against another nut on the same bolt or screw, in
• scenery en route; a car open, or with glass sides, or with a kind of
• scraps; miscellaneous articles. "My brain is filled...with all kinds
• scientific name of the evening primrose (Enothera), fr. Gr. (Bot.)
• screen, by means of rays reflected from the mirror, the vibratory
• scenery, and action; a lyric drama.
• scurrilous; as, opprobrious language.
• scope of its function in general."
• scrupulousness.
• screw propeller.
• science of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their
• scales, and feed upon ants. Called also scaly ant-eater.
• scales, awns, or bristles which represent the calyx in other plants
• scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery
• score.
• scene.
• scenes; as, a pastoral life.
• scurvy patch." Shak. Patch ice, ice in overlapping pieces in the sea.
• scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells. To ring a peal. See
• scoria, cinders, etc.
• science of things possible, inasmuch as they are possible; -- the
• science of things evidently deduced from first principles; -- the
• science of truths sensible and abstract; -- the application of reason
• science; -- the science of the absolute; -- the scienceof the
• scriptural passages Exodus xiii. 2-10, and 11-17, Deut. vi. 4-9, 13-
• science which treats of the laws and properties of matter, and the
• scales. Called also mountain black snake. (b) The pine snake.
• scales, and the secondary ones (pine needles) acicular, and usually
• scale of high and low.
• scale an octave higher, as one is eight of a scale an octave lower.
• school.
• scitum decree.] (Rom. Antiq.)
• scale.
• schemer. Dryden.
• scutellaris), which destroys plums. It makes round holes in the pulp,
• scales with which the body of a podura is covered. They are used as
• science defines the power as a branch of internal administration in
• scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are
• science are taught with especial reference to their practical
• scarcely any shading, to thin paper, producing flowers, birds, etc.,
• scholars. Cf. Jansenist.
• scarlet, yellow, or white, ephemeral blossoms.
• scent a room.
• scriebe to write. See Scribe.]
• science, or branch of learning; an expert; an adept; as, proficient
• sciatica." Shak.
• school.
• scheme; as, to project a plan.
• screw, usually having two or more blades, used in propelling a
• scale.
• scale and protractor; to plot.
• scrupulousness in speech or conduct; stiffness; coyness. Cowper.
• scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul,
• schools which give a liberal modern education or prepare pupils for
• scholar.] (Anat.)
• scales.
• school in England.
• screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea.
• scrape.] (Zoöl.)
• scrape, grate. Cf. Rally to banter, Rase.]
• scarcity.
• scoundrel; a trickster.
• scrape, shave; cf. Skr. rad to scratch, gnaw, L. rodere to gnaw. Cf.
• scrape together, to collect, probably akin to E. rap. Cf. Rap to
• scold. "She would sometimes rattle off her servants sharply."
• scope.
• science. I. Watts.
• scoria; as, the recrement of ore.
• schedule.
• scrap.
• scribere to write. See Scribe.]
• schools, for the use of Indians, etc. [U.S.]
• school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the
• scatter abroad among the people, or make publicly known. A mystery or
• scene was a rich one; a rich incident or character. [Colloq.]
• schooner rig, ship rig, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
• screw, the threads of which, like those of a common wood screw, wind
• scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse. [Slang.]
• school of poets.
• scale which forms upon the surface of molten metal in the crucible.
• scented thorn." Tennyson.
• scare, fr. L. rotundus round See Rotund.]
• scalloped or plaited. Halliwell.
• scenes, prospects, delights, etc. Rustic refers to the character,
• schoenanthus), used in Oriental medical practice.
• scattered gray translucent bodies looking like grains of sago.
• scholarship. [U.S.]
• scebb, Dan. & Sw. skab, and also L. scabies, tr. scabere to scratch,
• scabieux.]
• scabious (a) Mourning bride. (b) A daisylike plant (Erigeron annuus)
• scabreux.]
• scalds of the yet heathen Saxons. Sir W. Scott.
• schale, OHG. scala, Dan. skaal drinking cup, bowl, dish, and perh. to
• schaal, G. schale, OHG. scala, Dan. & Sw. skal a shell, Dan. skiæl a
• scales of a fish in form, and often in arrangement; as, the scale of
• scale the inside of a boiler.
• scandere to climb. See Scan; cf. Escalade.]
• scale, etc.
• scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale, under Chromatic,
• scalpere to cut, carve, scrape: cf. F. scalpel.] (Surg.)
• scalping.
• scramble. "The scambling and unquiet time did push it out of . . .
• scandium.
• scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of
• scapolite.] (Mon.)
• scapellare. Cf. Scabble.]
• scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back.
• scapulare, fr. L.scapula shoulder blade.]
• scaur.]
• scaramuccia, scaramuccio, F. escarmouche, skirmish. Cf. Skirmish.]
• schärpe; and also AS. scearf a fragment; possibly akin to E. scrip a
• scarlatum), from Per. sakirlat.]
• scatchmouth. Bailey.
• scatere to bubble, gush.]
• sceatha, scatha, foe, injurer, OS. skatho, D. schade, schaden; cf.
• scathe.]
• scaup duck (A. collaris), called also black jack, ringneck, ringbill,
• scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the fifth. The name is also
• scelerare to pollute, from scelus, sceleris, a crime.]
• scenes.
• scent of musk.
• scent; to divert the scent. I. Watts.
• scepterless king.
• schape; schort, etc.
• scindere to cleave, Gr. Schism, and cf. Cedule.]
• schemes are speculative, they often prove visionary; hence the
• schisma, Gr. scindere, Skr. child, and prob. to E. shed, v.t. (which
• schismaticus, Gr. schismatique.]
• schizogenesis, reproduction by fission or cell division.
• scientific attainments; a savant. Shak. Locke.
• scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique.
• scolastique. See School.]
• scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning.
• schools. Macaulay.
• school of any kind; a body of pupils.
• schools in the vast plan which God has instituted for the education
• school held on Sunday for study of the Bible and for religious
• school, collectively.
• schooling. Sir W. Scott.
• school divinity.
• school to which boys are committed by the courts to be disciplined,
• scooner. Babson, in his "History of Gloucester," gives the following
• schooners, and built the first of that sort about eight years since."
• schorl.
• scire to know. Cf. Conscience, Conscious, Nice.]
• sciences, Inductive sciences. See under Comparative, and Inductive.
• science; as, a scientific classification; a scientific arrangement of
• science.
• science; a smatterer.
• sciolism; resembling a sciolist.
• scirros, Gr. (Med.)
• scissors. Massinger.
• scissum, to cut, spilt.]
• scitamentum a delicacy, dainty.] (Bot.)
• sclerosis (Med.), an affection in which patches of hardening,
• sclerotic parenchyma being applied to tissue composed of cells with
• scrape.]
• scorn, contempt, or reproach.
• schoppen. See Scoff, n.]
• scoff, remained to pray. Goldsmith.
• scopiform." Kirwan.
• scurvy; diseased with scurvy; as, a scorbutic person; scorbutic
• score. Macaulay.
• scorn shall never taste. Milton.
• scoffer at religion. "Great scorners of death." Spenser.
• scorpene, the rosefish, the California rockfishes, and many other
• scorpion's tail.
• scorpiones, having a suctorial mouth, large claw-bearing palpi, and a
• scorpions. 1 Kings xii. 11.
• scotum, from a kindred German word; akin to AS. scot, and E. shot,
• scot and lot as they go along. Emerson.
• scotomie.]
• scouner, to loathe, to disgust, akin to AS. scunian to shun. See
• scour my shame with it. Shak.
• scorrere, both fr. L. excurrere to run forth. Cf. Excursion.]
• scowling heavens." Thomson.
• scrawl.
• scrabble paper.
• scramble; also, a scribble.
• scrape.]
• scragged backbone.
• scrap. (b) Fragments of cast iron or defective castings suitable for
• scrap.
• schrabben, G. schrappen, and prob. to E. sharp.]
• scratches.
• scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very
• screamer, or kamichi, is Palamedea cornuta.
• screeching loud." Shak.
• schranne a railing.]
• screw.
• screw.
• scrymmishe." Ld. Berners.]] [Written also scrummage.]
• scrip, etc. When all the installments are paid, the scrip is
• scribere, scriptum to write: cf. OF. escript, , F. écrit. See Scribe,
• scrobis a ditch or trench.] (Bot.)
• scroll, probably of Teutonic origin; cf. OD. schroode a strip, shred,
• schedule; a list.
• scrolls; as, scrolled work.
• sckrubbe, Sw. skrubba, D. schrobben, LG. schrubben.]
• scrub." Bunyan.
• scrupus a rough or sharp stone, anxiety, uneasiness; perh. akin to
• scruples. Macaulay.
• scrupulous. Bacon.
• scrutiny. Milton.
• scuffle the cradle happened to be overturned. L'Estrange.
• sculpture.
• schum, D. schuim, OHG. sc, G. schaum; probably from a root meaning,
• scurf, and to AS. sceorfan to scrape, to gnaw, G. schürfen to scrape,
• scurf.
• scurrility. Shak.
• scurrile; mean.
• scurvy or scabbed." lev. xxi. 18, 20.
• scurvy grass.] (Bot.) A kind of cress (Cochlearia officinalis)
• scutella; -- said of certain birds.
• scutella.
• scutipède.] (Zoöl.)
• scutella, or transverse scales, in the form of incomplete bands
• scuttered across the shallows.
• scutum a shield. Cf. Skillet.]
• scuddle.
• scar." Burns.
• sculpins, found on the northeren Atlantic coasts.
• scarce one purpose gain; In God's, one single can its end produce,
• school; in society and the state, an order, rank, class, or party.
• scholastic sophists." Bp. Warburton.
• scheme or calculation.
• science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.
• schismatical.
• scoundrel right; -- To serve one's self of, to avail one's self of;
• schakkyll, schakle, AS. scacul, sceacul, a shackle, fr. scacan to
• schatten, Goth. skadus, Ir. & Gael. sgath, and probably to Gr.
• scolta, solta, G. sollen, pres. soll, imp. sollte, Icel. skulu, pres.
• scelus crime.]
• schalowe, probably originally, sloping or shelving; cf. Icel. skjalgr
• schande, Goth. skanda shame, skaman sik to be ashamed; perhaps from a
• scandalous; ignominious; infamous.
• sconca, sceonca; akin to D. schonk a bone, G. schenkel thigh, shank,
• schinken ham, OHG. scincha shank, Dan. & Sw. skank. sq. root161. Cf.
• sceapen. See Shape, n.]
• scarceas.]
• scharp, scarp, AS. scearp; akin to OS. skarp, LG. scharp, D. scherp,
• scatter, to burst, to crack. Cf. Scatter.]
• schaven, G. schaben, Icel. skafa, Sw. skafva, Dan. skave, Goth.
• scaban, Russ. kopate to dig, Gr. scabere to scratch, to scrape. Cf.
• scouring rush. See the Note under Equisetum.
• scheo, scho, AS. seó, fem. of the definite article, originally a
• scheibe, Icel. skifa a shaving, slice; cf. Gr. Shift, v., Shive.]
• scheden, sch, to pour, to part, AS. scadan, sceádan, to pert, to
• scheldtrome, a guard, squadron, AS. scildtruma a troop of men with
• sceáp sheep + hyrde, hirde, heorde, a herd, a guardian. See Sheep,
• scheit, Icel. ski, and E. shed, v.t.]
• scima a light, brightness, Icel. skima, Goth. skeima a torch, a
• scina, G. schiene, schienbein, Dan. skinnebeen, Sw. skenben. Cf.
• schijnen, OFries. skina, OS. & OHG. scinan, G. scheinen, Icel.skina,
• scip, D. schip, G. schiff, OHG. scif, Dan. skib, Sw. skeep, Icel. &
• scollo, scolla, prob. akin to E. shoal a multitude.]
• scho, AS. sc, sceóh; akin to OFries. sk, OS. sk, D. schoe, schoen, G.
• schuh, OHG. scuoh, Icel. sk, Dan. & Sw. sko, Goth. sk; of unknown
• sc, sce. See Shoe, n.]
• schotien, AS. scotian, v. i., sceótan; akin to D. schieten, G. schie,
• schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG. scopf.]
• schoore, Icel. skor, and perhaps to E. shear, as being a piece cut
• schoor. See Shear, v. t.]
• schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be
• schieben, OHG. scioban, Icel. sk, sk, Sw. skuffa, Dan. skuffe, Goth.
• schauen, Dan. skue, Sw. sk, Icel. sko, Goth. usskawjan to waken,
• schauer, OHG. sc, Icel. sk, Sw. skur, Goth. sk a storm of wind; of
• scrap.] [Obs.] Bp. Bedell.
• schroode, G. schrot a piece cut off, Icel. skrjothr a shred, and to
• schrooden, OHG. scr, G. schroten. See Shred, n.]
• schril; akin to LG. schrell, G. schrill. See Shrill,v. i.]
• schrimpfen to shrink, G. schrumpfen, Dan. skrumpe, skrumpes, Da. &
• scrincan; akin to OD. schrincken, and probably to Sw. skrynka a
• scrimp. CF. Shrimp.]
• schütten to pour, to shed, OHG. scutten, scuten, to shake.]
• schuinen to slepe, schuin oblique, sloping, Icel. skunda, skynda, to
• schounten; cf. D. schuinte a slant, slope, Icel. skunda to hasten.
• schuw, MHG. schiech, G. scheu, OHG. sciuhen to be or make timid. Cf.
• school children.
• scene.
• score, as upon the buttery book.
• scepticus, F. sceptique. See Scope.] [Written also sceptic.]
• scepticism.]
• schief, also E. shy, a. & v. i.]
• scinn, G. schined to skin.]
• schenken. As. scencan is usually derived from sceonc, sceanc, shank,
• scirmen to protect, defend, G. schirmen, OHG. scirm, scerm,
• schlämpchen; schlampen to dangle, to be slovenly in one's dress.]
• scandalize; reproach. See Asperse.
• schleissen to slit, split, decay, or E. leasy.]
• schlosse; of uncertain origin.]
• screws or otherwise, and having compound motion.
• scorn shall never taste. Milton.
• schooner, and mounting from ten to thirty-two guns; now, any war
• schlummern, Dan. slumre, Sw. slumra, Goth. slawan to be silent.]
• schmacke, F. semaque.] (Naut.)
• schmerzen, OHG. smerzan, Dan. smerte, SW. smärta, D. smart, smert, a
• schmeer, OHG. smero, Icel. smjör, Sw. & Dan. smör butter, Goth. smaír
• schmuck, Dan. smuk, OSw. smuck, smöck, and E. smock, smuggle; cf. G.
• schmuck ornament. See Smock.]
• schnabel, OHG. snabul,. sneb, snebbe, OFries. snavel mouth, Dan. &
• schnur, OHG. snour a cord, snarahha a noose, Dan. snare, Sw. & Icel.
• scent; cf. Sw. snoka to lurk, LG. snöggen, snuckern, snökern, to
• schneien, OHG. sniwan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows, Gr. ni`fei,
• science of all that relates to the social condition, the relations
• scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars
• screwed into the cylinder head, having through it an insulated wire
• scenic effects; as, a spectacular celebration of some event; a
• scene." Jeffrey.
• scouts.]
• scattered; -- applied to fluids and to substances whose particles are
• schismatic spirit.
• scatter, AS. sprengan, properly, to make to spring, causative of
• scale.] (Bot.)
• scale.] (Bot.)
• scatter, to squander, Prov. E. swatter, Dan. sqvatte, Sw. sqvätta to
• scabby.]
• scales, small leaves, or other bodies, spreading widely from the axis
• scandens) is commonly called bittersweet. See 2d Bittersweet, 3 (b).
• scala, a ladder, the intervals may well be called steps.
• scruples; to scruple; -- often with at.
• screws; a diestock.
• screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate
• scribere to write: cf. F. souscrire. See Scribe.]
• scapula; as, subspinous dislocation of the humerus.
• sciureus), having a long bushy tail and a large parachute. It
• scale from forgings, in petroleum refining, etc., and in general its
• scribere to write. See Super-, and Scribe.]
• scruples in regard to religion.
• scoter. See the Note under Scoter.
• science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases
• schwabbern, Dan. svabre, Sw. svab a swab, svabla to swab.]
• schwül sultry, Icel. svæla a thick smoke.]
• scrape off sweat, especially from horses; a horse scraper.
• schwimmen, Icel. svimma, Dan. swömme, Sw. simma. Cf. Sound an air
• schwindel dizziness, schwinden to disappear, to dwindle, OHG. swinan
• schwingen to leap, to soar, OHG. swingan to throw, to scourge, to
• sciringa, scilinga), fg. Gr. svar to sound, and E. swarum. Cf.
• science, must be systematic. Whewell.
• sculpture.
• scores or projections from the middle, to prevent slipping; to scarf.
• scholars than preferments can take off. [R.] Bacon.
• scandal, etc., maliciously.
• schools as a means of instruction.
• sconchifolia, and of the blossoms which they bear.
• schoolmaster. [Written also tawes, tawis, and tawse.] [Scot.]
• science, business, or the like; specially appropriate to any art,
• science, or business; as, the words of an indictment must be
• science, or profession; technical terms; technics.
• scholar, and his thoughts were rambling. Dickens.
• school year is divided into three terms.
• science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical term. "Terms
• scolding.
• science; as, the theory of music.
• scale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of Nevada.
• scandal of the times. Dryden.
• scorner, time-wasting, time-worn, etc. Absolute time, time
• scintilla. Cf. Scintillate, Stencil.]
• scenting of snuff. Called also tiononquin bean. [Written also tonca
• scourge and tormentress of glory and honor. Holland.
• sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as,
• scarlet plaid." Sir W. Scott.
• scenes of the French revolution.
• scenes.
• scent, also, to hunt or pursue him with a limehound, F. trailler to
• scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail.
• scale, and the like.
• scriptures, -- the Vinayapitaka [Skr. Vinayapitsaka] , or Basket of
• school without leave. Sir T. Browne
• scanty eruption of spots, resembling flea bites, on the belly,
• scapegoat in the wilderness. Sir T. Browne.
• scissorstail, are handsomely colored. The kingbird and pewee are
• screen of trees or foliage.
• science.
• scorpioid cyme.
• schemes of human perfection; optimism.
• screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc.
• scrutiny; to expose to examination and discussion; as, to ventilate
• scamp.
• scheme or project. Swift.
• scrollwork, consisting of convolved undulations. It is used in
• scribble, out of mere wantonness make themselves ridiculous Dryden.
• scientific, term for the same state of the will; viz., an "elective
• scattering or injury.
• scarlet gites [gowns.]" Chaucer.
• scorn, or dislike. Whew duck, the European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]
• scholarship. Formerly, it was a custom for classmates to present to
• scrivener's palsy.
• schooner in that the after mast is very small, and stepped as far aft
• scallop parrot, shell parrot, and undulated parrot.
• scale or reckoning.