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Schæfferia, shef-fē′ri-a, n. a genus of polypetalous plants, the
yellow-wood. [Named from Schaeffer, an 18th-cent. German
botanist.]
Schalenblende, shä′len-blend, n. a variety of native zinc-sulphide.
[Ger., schale, shell, blende, blende.]
Schappe, shap′pe, n. a fabric woven from spun silk.
Schediasm, skē′di-azm, n. cursory writing on a loose sheet. [Gr.
schediasma—schedon, near.]
Schedule, shed′ūl, n. a piece of paper containing some writing: a
list, inventory, or table.—v.t. to place in a schedule or list. [O. Fr.
schedule (Fr. cédule)—L. schedula, dim. of scheda, a strip of papyrus
—L. scindĕre, to cleave; or from Gr. schedē, a leaf.]
Scheelite, shē′līt, n. native calcium tungstate. [From the Swedish
chemist, K. W. Scheele (1742-86).]
Scheik. Same as Sheik.
Schelly, shel′i, n. a white fish.
Schelm, skelm, n. (Scot.) a rascal.—Also Schel′lum, Shelm,
Skel′lum. [O. Fr. schelme—Old High Ger. scalmo, plague; cf. Ger.
schelm, a rogue.]
Scheltopusik, shel′to-pū-sik, n. a Russian lizard.
Schema, skē′ma, n. the image of the thing with which the
imagination aids the understanding in its procedure: scheme, plan,
outline generally: a diagrammatic outline or synopsis of anything:
(Gr. Church) the monastic habit.—adj. Schemat′ic.—v.t.
Schē′matise, to arrange in outline.—v.i. to make a plan in outline.—
ns. Schē′matism, form or outline of a thing: (astrol.) the
combination of the heavenly bodies; Schē′matist, a projector.
Scheme, skēm, n. plan: something contrived to be done: purpose:
plot: a combination of things by design: a specific organisation for
some end: an illustrative diagram: a system: a statement in tabular
form: a representation of the aspect of the heavenly bodies at a
given time.—v.t. to plan: to contrive.—v.i. to form a plan.—n.
Scheme′-arch, an arch less than a semicircle.—adj. Scheme′ful.—
n. Schē′mer.—adj. Schē′ming, given to forming schemes:
intriguing.—adv. Schē′mingly, by scheming.—n. Schē′mist, a
schemer: an astrologer.—adj. Schē′my, cunning: intriguing. [L.
schema—Gr. schēma, form—echein, schēsein, to hold.]
Schepen, skā′pen, n. a Dutch magistrate. [Dut.]
Scheroma, ske-rō′ma, n. inflammation of the eye without
discharge. [Gr. xēros, dry.]
Scherzo, sker′tsō, n. (mus.) a passage or movement of a lively
character, forming part of a musical composition of some length, as
a symphony, quartette, or sonata.—adj. Scherzan′do, playful. [It.
scherzo, a jest, scherzare, to play—Teut.; Mid. High Ger. scherz (Ger.
scherz, Dut. scherts), jest.]
Schesis, skē′sis, n. habitude.—adj. Schet′ic, constitutional:
habitual. [Gr.,—echein, to have.]
Schiavone, ski-a-vō′ne, n. a backed, hilted broadsword of the 17th
century. [It., the Doge's bodyguard, the Schiavoni or Slavs being
armed with it.]
Schiedam, skē-dam′, n. Hollands gin, named from the town near
Rotterdam where it is chiefly made.
Schiller, shil′ėr, n. the peculiar bronze-like lustre observed in certain
minerals, as hypersthene, &c., due to internal reflection.—ns.
Schillerisā′tion, the process by which microscopic crystals have
been developed in other minerals so as to give a submetallic sheen
by internal reflection; Schill′erite, or Schill′er-spar rock, enstatite
schillerised. [Ger.]
Schindylesis, skin-di-lē′sis, n. an articulation formed by the fitting
of one bone into a groove in another, as in the sphenoid bone and
vomer.—adj. Schindylet′ic. [Gr.,—schindylein; to cleave, schizein, to
cleave.]
Schinus, skī′nus, n. a genus of South American trees, of order
Anacardiaceæ, the leaves yielding abundantly a fragrant, resinous,
or turpentine-like fluid. [Gr. schinos, the mastic-tree.]
Schipperke, ship′pėr-ke, n. a breed of dogs of the same group as
the Eskimo and Pomeranian dog, but with almost no tail, favourites
of the Belgian bargees. [Flem., 'little skipper.']
S-chisel, es-chiz′el, n. a cutting tool in well-boring.
Schisiophone, skiz′i-ō-fōn, n. an induction balance for detecting
flaws in iron rails. [Gr. schisis, a cleaving, phōnē, sound.]
Schism, sizm, n. a separation in a church, from diversity of opinion
or discipline, breach of unity without justifiable cause, also the
tendency towards such.—ns. Schis′ma (mus.), the difference
between a pure and an equally tempered fifth; Schismat′ic, one
who separates from a church on account of difference of opinion.—
adjs. Schismat′ic, -al, tending to, or of the nature of, schism.—adv.
Schismat′ically.—n. Schismat′icalness.—v.i. Schis′matise, to
practise schism: to make a breach in the communion of the church:
—pr.p. schis′matīsing; pa.p. schis′matīsed.—Great, or Greek,
schism, the separation of the Greek Church from the Latin, finally
completed in 1054; Western schism, the division in the Western
Church on the appointment by the Romans of Urban VI. to the papal
chair in 1378, while the French cardinals elected Clement VII.—
healed on the election of Martin V. by the Council of Constance in
1417. [L. schisma—Gr. schizein, to split.]
Schist, shist, n. a term properly applied to crystalline rocks with a
foliated structure, as mica-schist, hornblende-schist, &c.—indurated
clay-rocks with a fissile structure are sometimes erroneously
described as schists.—adjs. Schistā′ceous, slate-gray; Schist′ic,
Schist′ous, Schist′ose, like schist: slaty.—n. Schistos′ity, quality
of being schistose. [Fr. schiste—Gr. schistos—schizein, to split.]
Schizæa, skī-zē′a, n. a genus of ferns, with sporangia ovate,
sessile, and arranged in spikes or panicles. [Gr. schizein, to split.]
Schizocarp, skiz′ō-kärp, n. a dry fruit which splits at maturity into
several closed one-seeded portions.—adj. Schizocar′pous. [Gr.
schizein, to cleave, karpos, fruit.]
Schizocephaly, skiz-ō-sef′a-li, n. the practice of preserving the
heads of warriors among Maoris, &c. [Gr. schizein, to cleave,
kephalē, the head.]
Schizocœle, skiz′ō-sēl, n. a term applied to the perivisceral cavity
of the Invertebrata, when formed by a splitting of the mesoblast.—
adj. Schizocœ′lous. [Gr, schizein, to cleave, koilia, a hollow.]
Schizodon, skiz′ō-don, n. a genus of South American octodont
rodents. [Gr. schizein, to cleave, odous, odontos, a tooth.]
Schizogenesis, skiz-ō-jen′e-sis n. reproduction by fission.—adjs.
Schizogen′ic, Schizogenet′ic.—n. Schizog′ony. [Gr. schizein, to
cleave, genesis, production.]
Schizognathous, skī-zog′nā-thus, adj. having the maxillo-palatine
bones separate from each other and from the vomer, as in the gulls,
plovers, &c.—n.pl. Schizog′nāthæ, a subdivision of the carinate
birds.—n. Schizog′nāthism. [Gr. schizein, to cleave, gnathos, the
jaw.]
Schizomycetes, skiz-ō-mī-sē′tēz, n. a botanical term for Bacteria,
in reference to their commonest mode of reproduction—by
transverse division. [Gr. schizein, to cleave, mykēs (pl. mykētes), a
mushroom.]
Schizonemertea, skiz-ō-nē-mer′tē-a, n.pl. the sea-worms which
have the head fissured.—adjs. Schizonemer′tean,
Schizonemer′tine.
Schizoneura, skiz-ō-nū′ra, n. a genus of plant lice. [Gr. schizein, to
cleave, neuron, a nerve.]
Scizophora, skī-zof′ō-ra, n.pl. a division of dipterous insects. [Gr.
schizein, cleave, pherein, bear.]
Schizopoda, skī-zop′ō-da, n.pl. a group of crustaceans, having the
feet cleft or double, including the opossum-shrimps and their allies.
—adj. and n. Schiz′opod. [Gr. schizein, to cleave, pous, podos, the
foot.]
Schizorhinal, skiz-ō-rī′nal, adj. having the nasal bones separate:
having the anterior nostrils prolonged in the form of a slit. [Gr.
schizein, to cleave, rhis, rhinos, the nose.]
Schizothecal, skiz-ō-thē′kal, adj. having the tarsal envelope
divided, as by scutella—opp. to Holothecal. [Gr. schizein, to cleave,
thēkē, a case.]
Schizotrochous, skī-zot′rō-kus, adj. with a divided disc, as a rotifer.
—n.pl. Schizot′rocha. [Gr. schizein, to cleave, trochos, a wheel.]
Schläger, shlā′gėr, n. the modern duelling-sword of German
university students. [Ger.,—schlagen, to beat.]
Schegalia, shle-gā′li-a, n. a genus of birds of Paradise. [Named
from the Dutch ornithologist Hermann Schlegel (1805-84).]
Schlich, shlik, n. the finer portions of crushed ore, separated by
water. [Ger.]
Schmelze, schmel′tse, n. glass used in decorative work. [Ger.
schmelz, enamel.]
Schnapps, Schnaps, shnaps, n. Holland gin, Hollands. [Ger.
schnapps, a dram.]
Schneiderian, shnī-dē′ri-an, adj. pertaining to the mucous
membrane of the nose—first described by the German anatomist C.
V. Schneider (1614-80).
Schœnus, skē′nus, n. a genus of monocotyledonous plants of the
sedge family. [Gr. schoinos, a rush.]
Scholar, skol′ar, n. a pupil: a disciple: a student: one who has
received a learned education: a man of learning: a savant: in the
English universities, an undergraduate partly supported from the
revenues of a college.—ns. Schol′arch, the head of a school of
philosophy; Schol′arism, the affectation of scholarship.—adjs.
Schol′ar-like, Schol′arly, like or becoming a scholar.—n.
Schol′arship, the character of a scholar: learning: maintenance for
a scholar, a benefaction, the annual proceeds of a bequest
permanently invested for this purpose.—adj. Scholas′tic, pertaining
to a scholar or to schools: scholar-like: pertaining to the schoolmen:
excessively subtle: pedantic.—n. one who adheres to the method or
subtleties of the schools of the middle ages.—adv. Scholas′tically,
in a scholastic manner: according to the methods of the schools of
philosophy.—n. Scholas′ticism, the aims, methods, and products of
thought which constituted the main endeavour of the intellectual life
of the middle ages: the method or subtleties of the schools of
philosophy: the collected body of doctrines of the schoolmen. [Low
L. scholaris—L. schola.]
Scholiast, skō′li-ast, n. one of a class of ancient grammarians,
mostly anonymous, who wrote short notes on the margins of the
MSS. of ancient Greek and Roman classics, a writer of scholia: an
annotator: a commentator.—adj. Scholias′tic, pertaining to a
scholiast or to scholia.—ns. Schō′lion, Schō′lium, one of the
marginal notes of the old critics on the ancient classics: (math.) an
explanation tion added to a problem:—pl. Schō′lia, Schō′liums.
[Gr. scholiastēs—scholion, a scholium.]
School, skōōl, n. a place for instruction: an institution of learning,
esp. for children: the pupils of a school: exercises for instruction: the
disciples of a particular teacher, or those who hold a common
doctrine: a large number of fish migrating together, a shoal: a
system of training: any means of knowledge, esp. (mus.) a treatise
teaching some particular branch of the art: a large hall in English
universities, where the examinations for degrees, &c., are held—
hence, one of these examinations (gen. pl.) also the group of studies
taken by a man competing for honours in these: a single department
of a university: (pl.) the body of masters and students in a college.—
v.t. to educate in a school: to instruct: to admonish, to discipline.—
adj. School′able, of school age.—ns. School′-board, a board of
managers, elected by the ratepayers, whose duty it is to see that
adequate means of education are provided for the children of a town
or district; School′-boy, a boy attending a school: one learning the
rudiments of a subject; School′-clerk, one versed in the learning of
schools; School′-craft, learning; School′-dame, a schoolmistress.
—n.pl. School′-days, the time of life during which one goes to
school.—ns. School′-divine′; School′-divin′ity, scholastic or
seminary theology; School′-doc′tor, a schoolman; School′ery
(Spens.), something taught, precepts; School′-fell′ow, one taught
at the same school: an associate at school; School′girl a girl
attending school.—n.pl. School′-hours, time spent at school in
acquiring instruction.—ns. School′-house, a house of discipline and
instruction: a house used as a school: a schoolmaster's house;
School′ing, instruction in school: tuition: the price paid for
instruction: reproof, reprimand; School′-inspec′tor, an official
appointed to examine schools; School′-ma'am, a schoolmistress;
School′-maid, a school-girl; School′man, one of the philosophers
and theologians of the second half of the middle ages;
School′master, the master or teacher of a school, a pedagogue:—
fem. School′mistress, a woman who teaches or who merely
governs a school; School′-mate, one who attends the same school;
School′-name, an abstract term, an abstraction; School′-pence, a
small sum paid for school-teaching; School′-point, a point for
scholastic disputation; School′-room, a room for teaching in:
school accommodation; School′-ship, a vessel used for teaching
practical navigation.—adj. School′-taught, taught at school or in
the schools.—ns. School′-teach′er, one who teaches in a school;
School′-teach′ing; School′-time, the time at which a school
opens; School′-whale, one of a school of whales; Board′-school,
a school under the control of a school-board.—Grammar school,
High school, a school of secondary instruction, standing between
the primary school and the university; National schools, those
schools in Ireland which are under the commissioners of national
education; Oxford school, a name given to that party which
adopted the principles contained in the Tracts for the Times (cf.
Tractarianism); Parochial schools, in Scotland, schools in every
parish for general education; Primary school, a school for
elementary instruction; Public school, an elementary or primary
school: a school under the control of a school-board: an endowed
classical school for providing a liberal education for such as can pay
high for it—Eton, Harrow, Rugby, Winchester, Westminster,
Shrewsbury, Charterhouse, St Paul's, and Merchant Taylors′, &c.;
Ragged school, a free school for destitute children's education and
often maintenance, supported by voluntary efforts; Sunday school,
a school held on Sunday for religious instruction; Tübingen school,
a rationalistic school of theologians founded by F. C. Baur (1792-
1860), which explained the origin of the Catholic Church as due to
the gradual fusion of an antagonistic Judaistic and Gentile party, the
various stages of fusion being capable of being traced in the extant
documents.—The schoolmaster is abroad, a phrase of
Brougham's implying that education and intelligence are now widely
spread. [L. schola—Gr. scholē, leisure, a school.]
Schooner, skōōn′ėr, n. a sharp-built, swift-sailing
vessel, generally two-masted, rigged either with
fore-and-aft sails on both masts, or with square top
and topgallant sails on the foremast: an old form of
covered emigrant-wagon: a large drinking-glass.—n.
Schoon′er-smack, a sharp-bowed schooner. [Coined in New
England from the prov. Eng. scoon (Scot. scon), to make a flat stone
skip along the surface of water; A.S. scúnian.]
Schorl, shorl, n. black tourmaline—also Shorl.—adjs.
Schorlā′ceous, Schor′lous, Schor′ly. [Ger. schörl, prob. from Sw.
skör, brittle.]
Schottische, sho-tēsh′, n. a dance resembling a polka, danced by a
couple: music adapted for the dance.—Also Schottish′. [Ger.,
'Scottish.']
Schout, skout, n. a municipal officer in the North American Dutch
colonies. [Dut.]
Schrankia, shrang′ki-a, n. a genus of leguminous plants, whose six
species are all American—including the sensitive-briar. [Named from
the German naturalist F. von Paula Schrank (1747-1835).]
Schuchin, skuch′in, n. an obsolete form of escutcheon.
Schweinitzia, shwī-nit′zi-a, n. a genus of gamopetalous plants of
the Indian-pipe family, including the sweet pine-sap or Carolina
beech-drops. [The Amer. botanist L. D. von Schweinitz (1780-1834).]
Schwenkfelder, shwengk′fel-dėr, n. a member of a religious sect,
founded by Caspar von Schwenkfeld (1490-1561), still found in
Pennsylvania.—Also Schwenk′feldian.
Sciadiaceæ, sī-ad-i-ā′sē-ē, n. a family of fresh-water algæ, its
typical genus Sciadium.
Sciagraphy, sī-ag′ra-fi, n. the art of casting and delineating
shadows as they fall in nature: (archit.) the vertical section of a
building to show its interior structure: the art of dialling.—ns.
Scī′agraph; Scīag′rapher.—adjs. Scīagraph′ic, -al.—adv.
Scīagraph′ically. [Gr. skiagraphia—skia, a shadow, graphein, to
write.]
Sciamachy, sī-am′a-ki, n. Same as Sciomachy.
Sciametry, sī-am′e-tri, n. the doctrine of eclipses. [Gr. skia,
shadow, metrein, to measure.]
Sciara, sī′a-ra, n. a genus of gnats or midges. [Gr. skiaros, shady—
skia, a shadow.]
Sciath, sī′ath, n. an oblong shield of wicker-work formerly used in
Ireland. [Ir. sciath.]
Sciatheric, -al, sī-a-ther′ik, -al, adj. pertaining to a sundial. [Gr.
skiathēron—skia, shadow, theran, catch.]
Sciatica, sī-at′i-ka, n. a neuralgic affection of the great sciatic
nerve.—adjs. Sciat′ic, -al, pertaining to, or affecting, the hip,
ischiac.—adv. Sciat′ically. [Low L. sciatica—Gr. ischion.]
Science, sī′ens, n. knowledge systematised: truth ascertained:
pursuit of knowledge or truth for its own sake: knowledge arranged
under general truths and principles: that which refers to abstract
principles, as distinguished from 'art:' pre-eminent skill: trade: a
department of knowledge.—n. Scib′ile, something capable of being
known.—adjs. Scī′enced, versed, learned; Scī′ent, knowing;
Scien′tial (Milt.), producing science: skilful; Scientif′ic, -al (obs.),
producing or containing science: according to, or versed in, science:
used in science: systematic: accurate.—adv. Scientif′ically.—ns.
Scī′entism, the view of scientists; Scī′entist, one who studies
science, esp. natural science.—adjs. Scientis′tic.—adv. Scī′ently,
knowingly.—n. Scient′olism, false science, superficial knowledge.—
Scientific frontier, a term used by Lord Beaconsfield in 1878 in
speaking of the rectification of the boundaries between India and
Afghanistan, meaning a frontier capable of being occupied and
defended according to the requirements of the science of strategy, in
opposition to 'a hap-hazard frontier.'—Absolute science,
knowledge of things in themselves; Applied science, when its laws
are exemplified in dealing with concrete phenomena; Dismal
science, political economy; Gay science, a medieval name for
belles-lettres and poetry generally, esp. amatory poetry; Inductive
science (see Induct); Liberal science, a science cultivated from
love of knowledge, without view to profit; Mental science, mental
philosophy, psychology; Moral science, ethics, the science of right
and wrong, moral responsibility; Occult science, a name applied to
the physical sciences of the middle ages, also to magic, sorcery,
witchcraft, &c.; Sanitary science (see Sanitary); The exact
sciences, the mathematical sciences; The science, the art of
boxing; The seven liberal sciences, grammar, logic, rhetoric,
arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy—these were the seven
Terrestrial sciences, as opposed to the seven Celestial
sciences, civil law, Christian law, practical theology, devotional
theology, dogmatic theology, mystic theology, and polemical
theology. [Fr.,—L. scientia—sciens, -entis, pr.p. of scīre, to know.]
Scil, an abbreviation of scilicet.
Scilicet, sil′i-set, adv. to wit, namely, videlicet.
Scilla, sil′a, n. a genus of liliaceous plants, as the squill. [L.,—Gr.
skilla, a sea-onion.]
Scillocephalus, sil-ō-sef′a-lus, n. a person with a conical cranium.
—adjs. Scilloceph′alous. [Gr. skilla, a squill, kephalē, a head.]
Scimitar, sim′i-tar, n. a short, single-edged curved sword, broadest
at the point end, used by the Turks and Persians.—n.
Scim′itar-pod, a strong, shrubby climber of the tropics. [O. Fr.
cimeterre—Old It. cimitara—Turk.,—Pers. shimshīr (perh. 'lion's claw,'
sham, a claw, shīr, sher, a lion); or perh. through Sp. cimitarra, from
Basque cimeterra, something 'with a fine edge.']
Scincoid, sing′koid, n. one of a family of saurian reptiles, the typical
genus of which is the Scin′cus or skink.—adjs. like a skink. [L.
scincus—Gr. skingkos, a kind of lizard, eidos, form.]
Scindapsus, sin-dap′sus, n. a genus of climbing plants.
Scintilla, sin-til′a, n. a spark: a glimmer: the least particle: a trace:
a genus of bivalve molluscs: a genus of lepidopterous insects.—adjs.
Scin′tillant; Scin′tillante (mus.), brilliant.—v.i. Scin′tillate, to
throw out sparks: to sparkle.—n. Scintillā′tion, act of throwing out
sparks: shining with a twinkling light.—adj. Scintilles′cent,
scintillating feebly.—n. Scintillom′eter, an instrument for
measuring the intensity of scintillation of the stars. [L., a spark.]
Sciography, sī-og′ra-fi, n. Same as Sciagraphy.
Sciolism, sī′ō-lizm, n. superficial knowledge.—n. Scī′olist, one who
knows anything superficially: a pretender to science.—adjs.
Scīolis′tic, pertaining to, or partaking of, sciolism: pertaining to, or
resembling, a sciolist; Scī′olous. [L. sciolus, dim. of scius, knowing
—scīre, to know.]
Sciolto, shi-ol′tō, adj. (mus.) free, unrestrained. [It.]
Sciomachy, sī-om′a-ki, n. a battle or fighting with shadows:
imaginary or futile combat.—Also Sciam′achy. [Gr. skiamachia,
skiomachia—skia, shadow, machē, battle.]
Sciomancy, sī′ō-man-si, n. divination by means of the shades of
the dead.
Scion, sī′on, n. a cutting or twig for grafting: a young member of a
family: a descendant. [O. Fr. sion, cion—L. section-em, a cutting—
secāre, to cut.]
Scioptic, sī-op′tik, adj. noting a certain optical arrangement for
forming images in a darkened room, consisting of a globe with a
lens fitted to a camera, and made to turn like the eye—also
Sciop′tric.—ns. Sciop′ticon; Sciop′tics. [Gr. skia, shadow,
optikos, pertaining to sight.]
Sciotheism, sī′ō-thē-izm, n. ancestor-worship.
Sciotheric. Same as Sciatheric (q.v.).
Scious, scī′us, adj. (obs.) knowing.
Scire facias, sī′re fā′shi-as, n. (law) a writ to enforce the execution
of judgments, or to quash them.
Scirpus, sir′pus, n. a genus of monocotyledonous plants, including
the bulrushes. [L., a rush.]
Scirrhus, skir′us, or sir′us, n. (med.) a hardened gland forming a
tumour: a hardening, esp. that preceding cancer.—adjs. Scirr′hoid,
resembling scirrhus; Scirr′hous, hardened, proceeding from
scirrhus. [L.,—Gr. skirros, skiros, a tumour.]
Scirtopod, sir′tō-pod, adj. having limbs fitted for leaping.—n.pl.
Scirtop′oda, an order of saltatorial rotifers. [Gr. skirtan, leap, pous,
foot.]
Sciscitation, sis-i-tā′shun, n. (obs.) the act of inquiry: demand. [L.,
—sciscitāri, to inquire—sciscĕre, to seek to know—scīre, to know.]
Scissel, sis′el, n. the clippings of various metals: scrap—also
Sciss′il. [O. Fr. cisaille—ciseler—cisel, a chisel (q.v.). The spelling
has been adapted in the interests of a fancied connection with L.
scindĕre, scissum, to divide.]
Scissors, siz′orz, n.pl. a cutting instrument consisting of two blades
fastened at the middle: shears.—v.i. Scise, sīz (obs.), to cut: to
penetrate.—adjs. Sciss′ible, Sciss′ile, capable of being cut.—ns.
Scis′sion, the act of cutting: division: splitting; Scissipar′ity,
reproduction by fission.—v.t. Sciss′or, to cut with scissors.—ns.
Sciss′or-bill, a skimmer; Sciss′or-tail, an American bird, the
scissor-tailed fly-catcher; Sciss′or-tooth, the sectorial tooth of a
carnivore which cuts against its fellow; Scissū′ra (anat.), a fissure,
a cleft; Scis′sure, a cleft: a fissure: a rupture: a division;
Scissurel′la, a genus of gasteropods with a shell deeply cut.
[Formerly written cisors—O. Fr. cisoires, conn. with Fr. ciseaux,
scissors, from Late L. cisorium, a cutting instrument—L. cædĕre,
cæsum, to cut.]
Sciuridæ, sī-ū′ri-dē, n. a family of rodent mammals containing the
squirrels and their allies.—adjs. Scī′ūrine, Scī′ūroid.—ns.
Sciūrop′terus, one of two genera of flying squirrels; Sciū′rus, a
genus of Sciuridæ, the arboreal squirrels. [Gr. skiouros.]
Sclate, sklāt, n. an obs. or prov. form of slate.
Sclave, Sclavonian, &c. See Slav, Slavonic.
Sclera, sklē′ra, n. the sclerotic coat of the eye-ball.—n.
Sclē′ragogy, severe discipline.—adj. Sclē′ral.—ns. Sclēran′thus,
a genus of apetalous plants, including the knawel or German knot-
grass; Sclere, in sponges, a skeletal element; Sclērench′yma, the
hard parts of corals or plants.—adj. Sclerenchym′atous.—ns.
Sclē′ria, a genus of monocotyledonous plants, of the sedge family;
Sclerī′asis, sclerodermia; Sclē′rite, any hard part of the
integument of arthropods.—adj. Sclerit′ic.—n. Sclē′robase, a
dense corneous mass, as in red coral.—adj. Sclerobā′sic.—ns.
Sclērobrā′chia, an order of brachiopods; Sclē′roderm, hardened
integument or exo-skeleton, esp. of a coral: a madrepore.—n.pl.
Scleroder′mata, the scaly reptiles: the madrepores.—n.
Sclēroder′mia, a chronic non-inflammatory affection of the skin,
which becomes thick and rigid.—adjs. Scleroder′mic,
Scleroder′mous, Sclerodermit′ic.—ns. Scleroder′mite;
Sclē′rogen, the thickening matter of woody cells, as in walnut-
shells, &c.—adjs. Sclerog′enous, producing sclerous tissue: mail-
cheeked, as a fish; Sclē′roid, hard, scleritic.—ns. Sclērō′ma,
sclerosis; Sclēromē′ninx, the dura mater; Sclērom′eter, an
instrument for measuring the hardness of a mineral.—adjs.
Sclērō′sal, Sclē′rosed.—ns. Sclērō′sis, a hardening: (bot.) the
induration of a tissue; Sclēros′toma, a genus of nematode worms;
Sclērō′tal, a bone of the eye-ball.—adj. relating to such.—adj.
Sclērot′ic, hard, firm, applied esp. to the outer membrane of the
eye-ball: pertaining to sclerosis: relating to ergot.—n. the outermost
membrane of the eye-ball.—ns. Sclērotī′tis, inflammation of the
sclerotic; Sclērō′tium, a hard, multicellular tuber-like body formed
towards the end of the vegetative season by the close union of the
ordinary mycelial filaments of Fungi.—adjs. Sclē′rous, hard or
indurated: ossified or bony; Sclērur′ine, having stiff, hard tail-
feathers, as a bird of the genus Sclerurus. [Gr. sklēros, hard.]
Scoat, skōt, v.t. to prop, to block, to scotch, as a wheel.—Also
Scote. [O. Fr. ascouter—ascot, a branch—Teut., Old High Ger. scuz,
a shoot; Ger. schuss.]
Scobby, skob′i, n. the chaffinch.—Also Scō′by.
Scobs, skobz, n. sawdust: shavings: dross of metals.—adj.
Scob′iform, resembling sawdust or raspings.—n. Scobī′na, the
pedicle of the spikelets of grasses. [L. scobis—scabĕre, to scrape.]
Scoff, skof, v.t. to mock: to treat with scorn.—v.i. to show contempt
or scorn: to deride, taunt, gibe.—n. an expression of scorn or
contempt: an object of scoffing.—n. Scoff′er.—adv. Scoff′ingly, in
a scoffing manner: with mockery or contempt. [Old Fris. schof; Ice.
skaup, cf. Old Dut. schoppen, to scoff.]
Scoganism, skō′gan-izm, n. a scurrilous jesting. [From Scogan, the
name of a famous jester.]
Scogie, skō′ji, n. (Scot.) a kitchen drudge.
Scold, skōld, v.i. to rail in a loud and violent manner: to find fault.—
v.t. to chide rudely: to rebuke in words.—n. a rude, clamorous
woman: a termagant.—ns. Scold′er; Scold′ing, railing: a rating;
Scold′ing-stool, a cucking-stool. [Old Dut. scheldan; Ger. schelten,
to brawl, to scold.]
Scolecida, skō-les′i-da, n. a class of worms consisting of the wheel-
animalcules, turbellarians, trematode worms, &c.—adj.
Scolec′iform.—ns. Scolecī′na, a group of annelids typified by the
earth-worm—also Scoleī′na; Scol′ecīte, a hydrous silicate of
aluminium and calcium.—adjs. Scolē′coid, like a scolex;
Scolēcoph′agous, worm-eating, as a bird.—n. Scolecoph′agus, a
genus of birds including the maggot-eaters or rusty grackles.—n.pl.
Scolecophid′ia, a division of angiostomous serpents.—adj.
Scolecophid′ian, worm-like, as a snake.—n. Scō′lex, the embryo
of an entozoic worm. [Gr. skōlēx, a worm.]
Scolia, skō-li-a, n. a genus of fossorial hymenopterous insects. [Gr.
skōlos, a prickle.]
Scoliodon, skō-lī′ō-don, n. the genus containing the oblique-
toothed sharks. [Gr. skolios, oblique, odous, odontis, a tooth.]
Scolisois, skol-i-ō′sis, n. lateral curvature of the spinal column.—
adj. Scoliot′ic. [Gr.,—skolios, oblique.]
Scolite, skō′līt, n. a fossil worm or its trace. [Gr. skolios, oblique.]
Scollop. Same as Scallop.
Scolopaceous, skol-ō-pā′shi-us, adj. resembling a snipe.—n.pl.
Scolopac′idæ, a family of wading-birds containing snipes, &c.—
adjs. Scol′opacine, Scol′opacoid.—n. Scol′opax. [L. scolopax, a
snipe.]
Scolopendra, skol-ō-pen′dra, n. a genus of Myriapoda, having a
long, slender, depressed body, protected by coriaceous plates, and
having at least twenty-one pairs of legs: (Spens.) an imaginary fish
or sea-monster.—adj. Scolopen′driform, Scolopen′drine.—n.
Scolopen′drium, a genus of asplenioid ferns, generally called
Hart's-tongue. [L.,—Gr. skolopendra, a milliped.]
Scolytus, skol′i-tus, n. typical genus of Scolyt′idæ, a family of
bark beetles.—adj. Scol′ytoid. [Gr. skolyptein, to strip.]
Scomber, skom′bėr, n. a genus of acanthopterygian fishes typical of
the family Scombridæ, to which belong mackerel, tunnies, bonitos,
&c.—ns. Scomber′esox, the mackerel pikes, saury pikes, or
sauries; Scomberom′orus, the Spanish mackerel and related
species.—adjs. Scom′briform, Scom′brid, -al, Scom′broid. [L.,—
Gr. skombros, a mackerel.]
Scomfish, skom′fish, v.t. (Scot.) to suffocate by bad air: to
nauseate: to discomfit.—v.i. to be suffocated. [A corr. of obs.
scomfit=discomfit.]
Scomm, skom, n. (obs.) a flout: a buffoon. [L. scomma—Gr.
skōmma, a jest.]
Sconce, skons, n. a bulwark: a small fort: a protective headpiece,
hence the head, the skull, brains, wits: a covered stall: a fine: a seat
in an old-fashioned open chimney-place, a chimney-seat: a fragment
of an icefloe.—v.t. to fortify: to tax, to fine lightly, at Oxford and
Cambridge, for some irregularity. [O. Fr. esconcer, to conceal—L.
abscondĕre, absconsum.]
Sconce, skons, n. the part of a candlestick for the candle: a hanging
candlestick with a mirror to reflect the light: a lantern. [O. Fr.
esconse—Low L. absconsa, a dark-lantern—abscondĕre, to hide.]
Sconcheon. Same as Squinch.
Scone, skōn, n. (Scot.) a soft cake fired on a griddle. [Perh. Gael.
sgonn, a shapeless mass.]
Scoon, skōōn, v.t. to skim along like a vessel: (Scot.) to skip flat
stones on the surface of water. [Scun.]
Scoop, skōōp, v.t. to lift up, as water, with something hollow: to
empty with a ladle: to make hollow: to dig out: to dredge for grain:
to get before a rival newspaper in publishing some important piece
of news.—n. anything hollow for scooping: a large hollow shovel or
ladle: a banker's shovel: a coal-scuttle: a haul of money made in
speculation: a place hollowed out: a sweeping stroke: (Scot.) the
peak of a cap: the act of beating another newspaper in publishing
some news.—ns. Scoop′er, an engraver's tool; Scoop′ing, the
action of the right whale in feeding; Scoop′-net, a hand-net;
Scoop′-wheel, a wheel having buckets attached to its
circumference, used for raising water. [Prob. Scand., Sw. skopa, a
scoop; or Old Dut. schœpe, a shovel, Ger. schüppe, a shovel.]
Scoot, skōōt, v.i. to make off with celerity.—v.t. (Scot.) to squirt.—n.
a sudden flow of water: a squirt. [A variant of shoot.]
Scopa, skō′pa, n. (entom.) a mass of stiff hairs like a brush.—n.
Scopā′ria, a genus of pyralid moths: a genus of gamopetalous
plants—the West Indian sweet bromweed.—adjs. Scopā′rious,
scopiform; Scō′pate, covered with stiff hairs; Scōpif′erous,
brushy; Scō′piform, broom-shaped.—ns. Scop′ula (entom.), a
small brush-like organ; Scopulā′ria, in a sponge, the besom-shaped
spicule.—adjs. Scop′ūlate, broom-shaped; Scop′ūliform,
scopiform; Scop′ūliped, Scō′piped, having brushy feet, as solitary
bees. [L. scopa, twigs.]
Scope, skōp, n. that which one sees, space as far as one can see:
room or opportunity for free outlook: space for action: the end
before the mind: intention: length of cable at which a vessel rides at
liberty: a target.—adjs. Scope′ful, with a wide prospect;
Scope′less, purposeless, useless. [It. scopo—Gr. skopos—skopein,
to view.]
Scope, skōp, n. (obs.) a bundle, as of twigs. [L. scopa, twigs.]
Scopelidæ, skō-pel′i-dē, n.pl. a family of deep-water teleostean
fishes, the typical genus Scop′elus. [Gr. skopelos, a rock.]
Scopidæ, skop′i-dē, n.pl. an African family of wading-birds, as the
shadow-birds, the typical genus Scō′pus.
Scopious, skō′pi-us, adj. (obs.) spacious.
Scopperil, skop′e-ril, n. a top: teetotum: the bone-foundation of a
button. [Ice. skoppa, to spin.]
Scops, skops, n. the screech-owl. [Gr. skōps.]
Scoptic, skop′tik, adj. mocking: jesting. [Scomm.]
Scopulous, skop′ū-lus, adj. full of rocks. [L. scopulus—Gr. skopelos,
a high rock.]
Scorbutic, -al, skor-bū′tik, -al, adj. pertaining to, resembling, or
diseased with scurvy. [Low L. scorbutus, scurvy, prob. from Old Low
Ger. schorbock, scurvy, Old Dut. scheurbuyck, scurvy. Prob. orig.
meaning 'rupture of the belly,' for Old Dut. scheuren, to tear, buyck
(mod. Dut. buik), the belly.]
Scorch, skorch, v.t. to burn slightly: to roast highly: to affect
painfully with heat: to singe: to attack with virulence.—v.i. to be
burned on the surface: to be dried up: (slang) to ride a bicycle
furiously on a public highway.—ns. Scorched′-car′pet, -wing,
British geometrid moths; Scorch′er, anything that scorches, a very
caustic rebuke, criticism, &c.: one who rides a bicycle furiously on a
road; Scorch′ing.—p.adj. burning superficially: bitterly sarcastic,
scathing.—adv. Scorch′ingly.—n. Scorch′ingness. [O. Fr.
escorcher, from Low L. excorticare—L. ex, off, cortex, corticis, bark;
or prob. Scand., Norw. skrekka, to shrink.]
Scordato, skōr-dä′tō, adj. (mus.) put out of tune.—n. Scordatū′ra,
in stringed musical instruments, an intentional departure from the
normal tuning. [It.]
Score, skōr, n. a mark or notch for keeping count: a line drawn: the
number twenty, once represented by a larger notch: a reckoning: a
debt: the register of the various points of play in a game: account:
reason: the original draught of a musical composition with all the
parts, or its transcript.—v.t. to mark with notches or lines: to furrow:
to set down: to charge: to engrave: to braid: to note: to enter: to
make points, &c., in certain games.—v.i. to keep, or to run up, a
score: to succeed in making points, &c., in a game.—ns. Scōr′er,
one who keeps the marks in a game; Scōr′ing, the act of one who,
or that which, scores: a deep groove made by glacial action: the act
of repeatedly bringing a racer and his rider to the starting-point, so
as to get a fair start.—Go off at score, to make a spirited start;
Pay off old scores, to repay old grudges; Run up a score, to run
up a debt. [A.S. scor—sceran (pa.p. scoren), to shear.]
Scoria, skō′ri-a, n. dross or slag left from metal or ores after being
under fire: a genus of geometrid moths:—pl. Scō′riæ, volcanic
ashes.—adjs. Scō′riac, Scoriā′ceous.—ns. Scorificā′tion, the act
or operation of reducing a body to scoria: a method of assaying by
fusing the ore with metallic lead and borax in a scorifier; Scor′ifīer,
a flat dish used in such a form of assaying.—adj. Scō′riform, like
scoria.—v.t. Scō′rify, to reduce to slag.—adj. Scō′rious. [L.,—Gr.
skōria.]
Scorn, skorn, n. disdain caused by a mean opinion of anything:
extreme contempt: object of contempt.—v.t. to hold in extreme
contempt: to disdain: to make a mock of.—v.i. to scoff: to jeer.—n.
Scor′ner, one who scorns: (B.) one who scoffs at religion: a scoffer.
—adj. Scorn′ful, full of scorn: contemptuous: disdainful.—adv.
Scorn′fully.—ns. Scorn′fulness; Scor′ning.—Laugh to scorn
(B.), to deride; Think scorn, to disdain or despise. [O. Fr. escarn,
mockery—Old High Ger. skern, mockery.]
Scorodite, skor′ō-dīt, n. a hydrous arseniate of iron.—Also
Skor′odite. [Gr. skorodon, skordon, garlic.]
Scorpæna, skor-pē′na, n. a genus of fishes, the typical genus of
Scorpæ′nidæ, a family including the rose-fish, the Californian rock-
fish, and their allies. [L.,—Gr. skorpaina, a fish.]
Scorper, skor′pėr, n. a gouging-chisel [For scauper.]
Scorpion, skor′pi-un, n. a name applicable to any member of the
family Scorpionidæ, included along with spiders, mites, &c. in the
heterogeneous class Arachnida—they have an elongated body, claws
like the lobster, and a poisonous sting in the tail: one of the signs of
the zodiac: (B.) a whip with points like a scorpion's tail: an old
military engine: any person of virulent hatred or animosity.—n.
Scor′pio, a scorpion: (astron.) a constellation and the eighth sign of
the zodiac.—adj. Scor′pioid, curled like the tail of a scorpion.—n.
Scor′pion-bug, a large predacious water-beetle.—n.pl.
Scorpiō′nes, true scorpions, a sub-order of Arachnida.—ns.
Scor′pion-fish, a sea-scorpion; Scor′pion-fly, an insect having its
abdomen curled like a scorpion; Scor′pion-grass, the forget-me-
not: the mouse-ear; Scorpion′ida, an order of Arachnida,
containing the Scorpiones or true scorpions; Scor′pion-lob′ster, a
long-tailed crustacean; Scor′pion-plant, a Javan orchid with large
creamy flower supposed to resemble a spider; Scor′pion-shell, a
gasteropod distinguished by long, channelled spines;
Scor′pion-spī′der, a whip-scorpion; Scor′pion-wort, a
leguminous plant native of southern Europe; Scorpiū′rus, a genus
of leguminous plants named scorpion's tail. [Fr.,—L. scorpio—Gr.
skorpios.]
Scorse. Same as Scourse (2).