Ruff
Ruff, ruf, n. ruggedness.—v.t. to heckle flax on a coarse heckle: to nap hats.—n. Ruff′er, a coarse heckle for flax.—adj. Ruff′y-tuff′y, disordered, rough.—adv. helter-skelter, pell-mell.
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Ruff, ruf, n. ruggedness.—v.t. to heckle flax on a coarse heckle: to nap hats.—n. Ruff′er, a coarse heckle for flax.—adj. Ruff′y-tuff′y, disordered, rough.—adv. helter-skelter, pell-mell.
English · e-38699-7008Ruff, ruf, n. a low vibrating beat of a drum.
English · e-38699-7009 · brief source recordRuff, ruf, n. a small fresh-water fish of the Perch family, abundant in England, about six inches long, with only one dorsal fin.—Also Pope.
English · e-38699-7010Ruffian, ruf′i-an, n. a brutal, boisterous fellow: a robber: a murderer: a pander.—adj. brutal: boisterous: licentious: stormy.—v.i. to play the ruffian, to rage.—n. Ruff′ianage.—adj. Ruff′ianish, having the qualities or
English · e-38699-7011Ruffin, ruf′in, n. (Spens.) the ruff-fish.
English · e-38699-7012 · brief source recordRuffle, ruf′l, v.t. to make like a ruff, to wrinkle: to form into plaits: to form with ruffles: to disorder: to agitate.—v.i. to grow rough: to flutter.—n. annoyance: a quarrel: a plaited article of dress: a tumult: agit
English · e-38699-7013Ruffle, ruf′l, v.i. to act turbulently: to swagger.—v.t. to bully.—n. Ruff′ler, a bully. [Ruffian.]
English · e-38699-7014 · brief source recordRufous, rōō′fus, adj. reddish or brownish-red: having reddish hair.—adj. Ru′fūlous, somewhat rufous. [L. rufus, akin to ruber, red.]
English · e-38699-7015Rug, rug, n. a coarse, rough woollen cloth or coverlet: a soft, woolly mat: a cover for a bed: a blanket or coverlet: a covering for the floor: a travelling robe: a rough, shaggy dog: a kind of strong liquor.—n. Rug′ging
English · e-38699-7016Rug, rug, v.t. (Scot.) to pull roughly.—n. a tug.—Get a rug, to get a haul at something desirable.
English · e-38699-7017 · brief source recordRug, rug, adj. (prov.) snug: warm.
English · e-38699-7018 · brief source recordRuga, rōō′ga, n. a fold: a crease: a corrugation.—adj. Ru′gate. [L., a fold.]
English · e-38699-7019 · brief source recordRugby, rug′bi, n. the game of football according to the rules of the Rugby Football Union (1871), the sides numbering 15 each, played on ground 110 by 75 yards.
English · e-38699-7020Rugged, rug′ed, adj. rough: uneven: shaggy: sour: stormy: grating to the ear: wrinkled: ruffled: homely: unpolished: rough: ungentle: (U.S.) robust.—adv. Rugg′edly.—n. Rugg′edness.—adjs. Rugg′y, rough: uneven; Rug′-head′
English · e-38699-7021Rugine, rōō′jin, n. a surgeon's rasp, a nappy cloth.—v.t. to use a rugine. [Fr.]
English · e-38699-7022 · brief source recordRugosa, rōō-gō′sa, n. an order of sclerodermatous stone corals.
English · e-38699-7023 · brief source recordRugose, rōō′gōs, adj. wrinkled: full of wrinkles: (bot.) having the veinlets sunken and the spaces between them elevated, as the leaves of the sage—also Ru′gous.—adv. Ru′gosely.—n. Rugos′ity.—adj. Ru′gūlose. [L. rugosus—
English · e-38699-7024Ruin, rōō′in, n. a rushing or falling down violently: destruction: overthrow: that which destroys: the remains of a building demolished or decayed (usually in pl.): the state of being ruined: wreck, material or moral.—v.
English · e-38699-7025Rule, rōōl, n. government: a principle: a standard: a statute, a maxim, formula, or order: an instrument used in drawing lines or making calculations mechanically: a minor law, something established for guidance and dire
English · e-38699-7026Rule, rōōl, n. revelry.—v.i. to revel. [Revel.]
English · e-38699-7027 · brief source recordRullion, rul′yon, n. a shoe made of untanned leather: a coarse woman: (Scot.) an ill-conditioned beast. [A.S. rifeling, a kind of shoe.]
English · e-38699-7028Rum, rum, n. a spirit distilled from the fermented juice of the sugar-cane, or from molasses.—ns. Rum′-barge, a warm drink; Rum′-bloss′om, -bud, a pimple on the nose; Rum′-cherr′y, the wild black cherry of North America;
English · e-38699-7029Rum, rum, adj. good: queer, droll, odd.—n. any odd person or thing.—adv. Rum′ly, finely (used ironically). [A Gipsy word, rom, a husband.]
English · e-38699-7030Rumal, rōō′mal, n. a handkerchief: a small shawl or veil.—Also Roo′mal, Ro′mal. [Hind.]
English · e-38699-7031 · brief source recordRumble, rum′bl, v.i. to make a confused noise from rolling heavily: to roll about.—v.t. to rattle.—n. a low, heavy, continued sound: a jarring roar, rumour: confusion: a seat for servants behind a carriage: a revolving b
English · e-38699-7032Rumbo, rum′bō, n. a strong liquor.—n. Rumbooze′, a tipple: a mixed drink. [Rum.]
English · e-38699-7033 · brief source recordRumbullion, rum-bul′yon, n. a great tumult: a strong liquor.—Also Rumboul′ing.
English · e-38699-7034 · brief source recordRumen, rōō′men, n. the paunch and first stomach of a ruminant:—pl. Ru′mina. [L.]
English · e-38699-7035 · brief source recordRumex, rōō′meks, n. a genus of apetalous plants to which belong dock and sorrel, &c.
English · e-38699-7036 · brief source recordRumfustian, rum-fus′tyan, n. a hot drink of sherry, eggs, &c.
English · e-38699-7037 · brief source recordRumgumption, rum-gump′shun, n. (Scot.) rough and homely common-sense: shrewdness of intellect—also Rum′blegump′tion.—adj. Rumgump′tious, shrewd: sharp.
English · e-38699-7038Ruminant, rōō′mi-nant, adj. having the power of ruminating or chewing the cud—also Ru′minal.—n. an animal that chews the cud, as the ox, &c.—n.pl. Ruminan′tia, the even-toed or Artiodactyl Ungulates, which chew the cud—t
English · e-38699-7039Rumkin, rum′kin, n. (obs.) a kind of drinking-vessel.
English · e-38699-7040 · brief source recordRumkin, rum′kin, n. a tailless fowl.
English · e-38699-7041 · brief source recordRummage, rum′āj, v.t. to turn things over in search: to clear a ship's hold of goods: to pack: to stow closely: to ransack: to explore: to bring to light: to stir.—v.i. to make a search.—n. a careful search: an upheaval.
English · e-38699-7042Rummer, rum′ėr, n. a large drinking-glass. [Dut. roemer; Ger. römer—prob. from such being used in the Römersaal at Frankfurt.]
English · e-38699-7043Rummy, rum′i, adj. rum: queer.
English · e-38699-7044 · brief source recordRumour, rōō′mur, n. flying report; a current story.—v.t. to report: to circulate by report.—adj. Ru′morous, vaguely heard.—n. Ru′mourer (Shak.), a reporter, a spreader of news. [Fr.,—L. rumor, a noise.]
English · e-38699-7045Rump, rump, n. the end of the backbone of an animal with the parts adjacent.—n. Rum′per.—adj. Rump′-fed (Shak.), fattened in the rump, fat-bottomed.—adj. Rump′less, having no tail.—ns. Rump′-post, the share bone or pygos
English · e-38699-7046Rumple, rum′pl, v.t. to crush out of shape: to make uneven.—n. a fold or wrinkle. [A variant of rimple. A.S. hrimpan, to wrinkle; Dut. rompelen.]
English · e-38699-7047Rumpus, rum′pus, n. an uproar: a disturbance.
English · e-38699-7048 · brief source recordRumswizzle, rum′swiz′l, n. a cloth made in Ireland from pure wool undyed.
English · e-38699-7049 · brief source recordRun, run, v.i. to move swiftly on the legs, to hasten, rush on: to move, travel, ply regularly to: to pass by: to have a certain form: (law) to have legal authority: to be current, as money: to average: to reach, have co
English · e-38699-7050Runagate, run′a-gāt, n. a vagabond: renegade: an apostate: a fugitive. [A corr. of renegade, but modified both in form and meaning by run.]
English · e-38699-7051Runch, runch, n. the charlock: the wild radish.—n.pl. Runch′-balls, dried charlock.
English · e-38699-7052 · brief source recordRunch, runch, v.t. (Scot.) to grind, as with the teeth.
English · e-38699-7053 · brief source recordRuncinate, runs′in-āt, adj. (bot.) having the lobes convex before and straight behind, or pointing backward as in the dandelion. [L. runcinatus, pa.p. of runcināre, to plane off—runcina, a plane.]
English · e-38699-7054Rundale, run′dāl, n. a system of holding land in single holdings made up of detached pieces.
English · e-38699-7055 · brief source recordRundle, run′dl, n. a round, a rung or step of a ladder: a ring, an orbit: a ball.—adj. Run′dled. [Roundel.]
English · e-38699-7056 · brief source recordRundlet, rund′let, n. a small barrel.—Also Run′let.
English · e-38699-7057 · brief source recordRune, rōōn, n. one of the characters or letters used by the peoples of northern Europe down to the 16th century: (pl.) the ancient Scandinavian alphabet or futhorc—from its first six letters f, u, th, o, r, c (the writin
English · e-38699-7058Rung, rung, n. one of the floor-timbers of a ship: one of the rounds of a ladder: a bar: a heavy staff: a cudgel: one of the radial handles of a steering-wheel. [A.S. hrung, a beam; Ger. runge.]
English · e-38699-7059Rung, rung, pa.t. and pa.p. of ring.—adj. having a ring through the nose, as a hog.
English · e-38699-7060 · brief source recordRunkle, runk′l, v.i. to wrinkle: to crease.
English · e-38699-7061 · brief source recordRunn, run, n. in India, a tract of sandy or boggy land—often overflowed by the tide. [Hind. rān.]
English · e-38699-7062 · brief source recordRunnel, run′el, n. a little brook. [A.S. rynel, dim. of ryne, a stream—rinnan, to run.]
English · e-38699-7063 · brief source recordRunrig, run′rig, n. a species of ownership under which the alternate ridges of a field belong to different owners—also Run′ridge, Run′dale, a survival of the simple form of open-field husbandry, under the tribal system o
English · e-38699-7064Runt, runt, n. a young ox or cow: an undersized animal: a dwarf: a bow: a breed of domestic pigeons: the dead stump of a tree: the stem of a cabbage.—adj. Runt′y.
English · e-38699-7065Rupee, rōō-pē′, n. an East Indian silver coin, nominally worth about 2s.—at present about 1s. 4½d. [Hind. rūpīyah—Sans. rūpya, silver.]
English · e-38699-7066Rupert's-drop, rōō′perts-drop, n. a detonating bulb, or glass bubble—probably discovered by Prince Rupert (1619-82).
English · e-38699-7067 · brief source recordRupestrine, rōō-pes′trin, adj. rock-inhabiting. [L. rupes, a rock.]
English · e-38699-7068 · brief source recordRupia, rōō′pi-a, n. a severe form of skin disease, with flattish distinct bullæ or blebs, containing a serous, purulent, or sanious fluid, becoming thick scabs. [Gr. hrypos, filth.]
English · e-38699-7069Rupicapra, rōō-pi-kap′ra, n. a genus of antelopes—the chamois.
English · e-38699-7070 · brief source recordRupicola, rōō-pik′ō-la, n. a genus of rock-manikins or cocks of the rock.—adjs. Rupic′oline, Rupic′olous, growing or living among rocks. [L. rupes, a rock, colĕre, to inhabit.]
English · e-38699-7071Ruppia, rup′i-a, n. a genus of monocotyledonous plants of the order Naiadaceæ—to which Ditch or Tassel grass belongs. [From the 18th-cent. German botanist H. B. Ruppius.]
English · e-38699-7072Rupture, rup′tūr, n. the act of breaking or bursting: the state of being broken: a breach of the peace: hernia (q.v.), esp. abdominal.—v.t. to break or burst: to part by violence.—v.i. to suffer a breach: (bot.) to dehis
English · e-38699-7073Rural, rōō′ral, adj. of or belonging to the country: suiting the country: rustic: pertaining to agriculture.—n. (obs.) a countryman.—ns. Ru′ral-dean, an ecclesiastic under the bishop and archdeacon, with the peculiar car
English · e-38699-7074Rusa, rōō′za, n. a genus of East Indian stags. [Malay.]
English · e-38699-7075 · brief source recordRusalka, rōō-sal′ka, n. a Russian water-nymph.
English · e-38699-7076 · brief source recordRuscus, rus′kus, n. a genus of monocotyledonous plants of the order Liliaceæ—containing Butcher's broom, Shepherd's myrtle, &c. [L. ruscum.]
English · e-38699-7077Ruse, rōōz, n. a turning or doubling, as of animals to get out of the way of dogs: a trick, fraud, or the use of such.—n. Ruse-de-guerre, a stratagem of war. [O. Fr. ruse—ruser, reūser, to get out of the way—L. recusāre,
English · e-38699-7078Rush, rush, v.i. to move with a shaking, rustling noise, as the wind: to move forward violently: to enter rashly and hastily.—v.t. to drive: to push, to secure by rushing.—n. a rushing or driving forward: an eager demand
English · e-38699-7079Rush, rush, n. a genus (Juncus) of marshy plants, some absolutely destitute of leaves, but with barren scapes resembling leaves: the name esp. of those species with no proper leaves, the round stems known as rushes: a wi
English · e-38699-7080Rusk, rusk, n. a kind of light hard cake: a kind of light soft cake or sweetened biscuit. [Sp. rosca, a roll; cf. Rosca de mar, a sea-rusk; origin unknown.]
English · e-38699-7081Rusma. See Rhusma.
English · e-38699-7082 · brief source recordRussel, rus′el, n. (obs.) a fox: a twilled woollen material.—n. Russ′el-cord, a kind of rep made of cotton and wool. [O. Fr. roussel—L. russus, red.]
English · e-38699-7083Russet, rus′et, adj. rusty or reddish-brown: coarse: rustic: of russet-leather.—n. a coarse homespun dress.—ns. Russ′eting, an apple of a russet colour and rough skin; Russ′et-leath′er.—adj. Russ′ety. [O. Fr. rousset—L.
English · e-38699-7084Russian, rush′yan, adj. relating to Russia, a country of Europe, or to its people.—n. a native of Russia: the Russian language.—adj. Russ, belonging to the Russians.—n. a Russian: the Russian language.—v.t. Russ′ianise,
English · e-38699-7085Russula, rus′ū-la, n. a genus of hymenomycetous fungi—so called from the colour of the pileus in some. [Low L. russulus, reddish—L. russus, red.]
English · e-38699-7086Rust, rust, n. the reddish-brown coating on iron exposed to moisture: anything resembling rust: a disease of cereals and grasses, with brown spots on the leaves, caused by fungi: a corrosive: an injurious habit: any foul
English · e-38699-7087Rustic, rus′tik, adj. pertaining to the country: rural: rude: awkward: simple: coarse: artless: unadorned: made of rustic-work.—n. a peasant: a clown: a noctuoid moth.—adj. Rus′tical.—adv. Rus′tically.—n. Rus′ticalness.—
English · e-38699-7088Rustle, rus′l, v.i. to make a soft, whispering sound, as silk, straw, &c.: (U.S.) to stir about.—n. a quick succession of small sounds, as that of dry leaves: a rustling, a movement with rustling sound.—ns. Rus′tler, one
English · e-38699-7089Rustre, rus′tėr, n. (her.) a lozenge pierced with a circular opening.—adj. Rus′tred. [Fr.]
English · e-38699-7090 · brief source recordRusure, rōō′zhūr, n. (prov.) the sliding down of a bank.
English · e-38699-7091 · brief source recordRut, rut, n. a track left by a wheel: an established course.—v.t. to form ruts in:—pr.p. rut′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. rut′ted.—adj. Rut′ty, full of ruts. [O. Fr. route—Low L. rupta, a way.]
English · e-38699-7092Rut, rut, n. the noise made by deer during sexual excitement: the periodic time of heat of animals.—v.i. to be in heat.—v.t. (rare) to copulate with.—adj. Rut′tish, inclined to rut: lustful.—n. Rut′tishness, libidinousne
English · e-38699-7093Ruta, rōō′ta, n. a genus of polypetalous plants—the general name of the species is Rue.—adj. Rutā′ceous. [Gr. hrytē, rue.]
English · e-38699-7094Rutabaga, rōō-ta-bā′ga, n. the Swedish turnip. [Fr.; ety. unknown.]
English · e-38699-7095 · brief source recordRutela, rōō′te-la, n. a genus of lamellicorn beetles. [L. rutilus, red.]
English · e-38699-7096 · brief source recordRuth, rōōth, n. pity, tenderness, sorrow: cruelty.—adj. Ruth′ful, pitiful, sorrowful: piteous, causing pity.—adv. Ruth′fully, in a sorrowful manner.—adj. Ruth′less, without pity: insensible to misery: cruel.—adv. Ruth′le
English · e-38699-7097Ruthenian, rōō-thē′ni-an, adj. of or pertaining to the Ruthenians, a branch of the little Russian division of the Slav race, on both sides of the Carpathians.—n. one of this race.
English · e-38699-7098Ruthenium, rōō-thē′ni-um, n. a hard brittle metal discovered in 1843 by Claus in the ore of platinum, forming no fewer than four different oxides. [Ruthenia, a name of Russia.]
English · e-38699-7099Rutic, rōō′tik, adj. pertaining to, or derived from, rue.
English · e-38699-7100 · brief source recordRuticilla, rōō-ti-sil′a, n. the redstart.
English · e-38699-7101 · brief source recordRutilant, rōō′ti-lant, adj. shining: glittering.—v.i. Ru′tilāte, to emit rays of light. [L. rutilans, pr.p. of rutilāre, to be reddish.]
English · e-38699-7102Rutile, rōō′til, n. one of the three forms in which titanium dioxide occurs. [Fr.,—L. rutilus, red.]
English · e-38699-7103 · brief source recordRutter, rut′ėr, n. (obs.) a trooper: a mercenary horse-soldier: a man of fashion. [O. Fr. routier—Low L. ruptarius—rupta, a troop.]
English · e-38699-7104Rutter, rut′ėr, n. a direction specially for a course by sea: a marine chart. [O. Fr. routier, a chart.]
English · e-38699-7105 · brief source recordRuttle, rut′l, v.i. (prov.) to gurgle. [M. E. rotelen, ratelen, to rattle.]
English · e-38699-7106 · brief source recordRuvid, rōō′vid, adj. rough. [L. ruidus, rough.]
English · e-38699-7107 · brief source recordRyal, rī′al, n. an old English gold coin worth about ten shillings, called a Rose-noble.—Also Rī′al.
English · e-38699-7108 · brief source recordRye, rī, n. a genus of grasses allied to wheat and barley, one species of which is cultivated as a grain: (her.) a bearing representing a stalk of grain with the ear bending down.—ns. Rye′-grass, a variety of grass culti
English · e-38699-7109Ryfe, rīf, adj. (Spens.). Same as Rife.
English · e-38699-7110 · brief source recordRyke, rīk, v.i. (Scot.) to reach.
English · e-38699-7111 · brief source recordRynchoflagellate, ring-kō-flaj′e-lāt, adj. having a flagellum like a snout.
English · e-38699-6517 · brief source recordRynd, rind, n. in a burstone mill, the iron which supports the upper stone. [A.S. hrindan, to thrust.]
English · e-38699-7112 · brief source recordRyot, rī′ut, n. a Hindu cultivator or peasant.—ns. Ry′otwar, Ry′otwari, the arrangement about rent made annually in India, esp. in Madras, between the government officials and the ryots. [Hind. raiyat—Ar. ra‛iya, a subje
English · e-38699-7113Rype, rīp, n. a ptarmigan. [Dan.]
English · e-38699-7114 · brief source recordRypeck, rī′pek, n. (prov.) a pole used to move a punt while fishing.—Also Rī′peck, Rē′peck.
English · e-38699-7115 · brief source recordRyve, rīv, v.t. (Spens.) to pierce. [Rive.]
English · e-38699-7116 · brief source recordS, the nineteenth letter in our alphabet, its sound that of the hard open sibilant: as a medieval Roman numeral—7—also 70; [overline: S]—70,000.—Collar of ss, a collar composed of a series of the letter s in gold, either
English · e-38700-1S-chisel, es-chiz′el, n. a cutting tool in well-boring.
English · e-38700-696 · brief source recordSa′bal, sā′bal, n. a genus of fan-palms.
English · e-38700-5 · brief source recordSab, sab, n. (Scot.) a form of sob.
English · e-38700-2 · brief source recordSabadilla, sab-a-dil′a, n. a Mexican plant, whose seeds yield an officinal alkaloid, veratrine, employed chiefly in acute febrile diseases in strong healthy persons.—Also Cebadill′a, Cevadill′a.
English · e-38700-3Sabaism, sā′bā-izm. Same as Sabianism.—Also Sā′bæism, Sā′beism, Sā′bæanism.
English · e-38700-4 · brief source recordSabalo, sab′a-lō, n. the tarpon. [Sp.]
English · e-38700-6 · brief source recordSabaoth, sa-bā′oth, n.pl. armies, used only in the B. phrase, 'the Lord of Sabaoth': erroneously for Sabbath. [Heb. tsebāōth, pl. of tsābā, an army—tsābā, to go forth.]
English · e-38700-7Sabbath, sab′ath, n. among the Jews, the seventh day of the week, set apart for the rest from work: among Christians, the first day of the week, in memory of the resurrection of Christ, called also Sunday and the Lord's
English · e-38700-8Sabbatia, sa-bā′ti-a, n. a genus of small North American herbaceous plants of the gentian family. [From Sabbati, an 18th-cent. Italian botanist.]
English · e-38700-9Sabbaton, sab′a-ton, n. a strong, armed covering for the foot, worn in the 16th century. [Sabot.]
English · e-38700-10 · brief source recordSabean, sā-bē′an, n. an Arabian, native of Yemen.—adj. pertaining to Saba in Arabia.
English · e-38700-11 · brief source recordSabeline, sab′e-lin, adj. pertaining to the sable.—n. the skin of the sable.
English · e-38700-12 · brief source recordSabella, sā-bel′ä, n. a genus of tubiculous annelids or sea-worms.—ns. Sabellā′ria; Sabellarī′idæ.
English · e-38700-13 · brief source recordSabellian, sā-bel′i-an, n. a follower of Sabellius, a 3d-century heretic, banished from Rome by Callistus.—adj. pertaining to Sabellius or his heresy.—n. Sabell′ianism, the heresy about the distinction of Persons in God
English · e-38700-14Saber=Sabre (q.v.).
English · e-38700-15 · brief source recordSabian, sā′bi-an, n. a worshipper of the host of heaven—sun, moon, and stars—also Tsā′bian.—ns. Sā′bianism, Sā′baism, the worship of the host of heaven, an ancient religion in Persia and Chaldea: the doctrines of the Sab
English · e-38700-16Sabine, sā′bīn, n. one of an ancient people of central Italy, ultimately subjected by Rome, 241 B.C.
English · e-38700-17 · brief source recordSable, sā′bl, n. a Siberian species of Marten, with lustrous dark-brown or blackish fur: its fur: a fine paint-brush made of sable: the colour black: (pl.) black clothes, mourning clothes.—adj. of the colour of the sable
English · e-38700-18Sablière, sab-li-ār′, n. a sand-pit. [Fr.]
English · e-38700-19 · brief source recordSabot, sä-bō′, n. a wooden shoe, worn by the French peasantry: a piece of soft metal attached to a projectile to take the groove of the rifling.—n. Sabotier′, a wearer of wooden shoes: a Waldensian. [Fr. sabot—Low L. sab
English · e-38700-20Sabre, sā′bėr, n. a heavy one-edged sword, slightly curved towards the point, used by cavalry.—v.t. to wound or kill with a sabre.—ns. Sā′bre-bill, a South American bird: a curlew; Sā′bre-fish, the hair-tail or silver ee
English · e-38700-21Sabre-tache, sā′bėr-tash, n. an ornamental leather case worn by cavalry officers at the left side, suspended from the sword-belt.—Also Sā′bre-tash. [Fr. sabre-tache—Ger. säbeltasche, säbel, a sabre, Ger. tasche, a pocket
English · e-38700-22Sabrina-work, sa-brī′na-wurk, n. a variety of appliqué embroidery-work.
English · e-38700-23 · brief source recordSabulous, sab′ū-lus, adj. sandy, gritty.—n. Sabulos′ity, sandiness, grittiness. [L. sabulum, sand.]
English · e-38700-24 · brief source recordSaburra, sā-bur′ä, n. a foulness of the stomach.—adj. Saburr′al.—n. Saburrā′tion, sand-baking: the application of a hot sand-bath.
English · e-38700-25Sac, sak, n. (bot., zool.) a sack or bag for a liquid.—adjs. Sac′cāte, -d, pouched: pouch-like; Sac′cular, like a sac, sacciform; Sac′culate, -d, formed in a series of sac-like expansions: encysted.—ns. Sacculā′tion, the
English · e-38700-26Sac, sak, n. (law) the privilege of a lord of manor of holding courts. [A.S. sacu, strife.]
English · e-38700-27 · brief source recordSaccade, sa-kād′, n. a violent twitch of a horse by one pull: a firm pressure of the bow on the violin-strings so that two are sounded at once. [Fr.]
English · e-38700-28Saccata, sa-kā′tä, n. the molluscs as a branch of the animal kingdom.
English · e-38700-29 · brief source recordSaccharilla, sak-a-ril′a, n. a kind of muslin.
English · e-38700-30 · brief source recordSaccharine, sak′a-rin, adj. pertaining to, or having the qualities of, sugar.—n. Sac′charāte, a salt of a saccharic acid.—adjs. Sacchar′ic, pertaining to, or obtained from, sugar and allied substances; Saccharif′erous, p
English · e-38700-31Saccharite, sak′a-rīt, n. a fine granular variety of feldspar.
English · e-38700-32 · brief source recordSaccharocolloid, sak-a-rō-kol′oid, n. one of a large group of the carbohydrates.
English · e-38700-33 · brief source recordSaccharomyces, sak-a-rō-mī′sēz, n. a genus of the yeast fungi. [Low L. saccharum, sugar, Gr. mykēs, a mushroom.]
English · e-38700-34 · brief source recordSacciform, sak′si-form, adj. having the form of a sac: baggy.—adj. Saccif′erous.
English · e-38700-35 · brief source recordSaccobranchia, sak-ō-brang′ki-a, n.pl. a division of tunicates with saccate gills.—adj. and n. Saccobranch′iāte. [Gr. sakkos, a sack, brangchia, gills.]
English · e-38700-36Saccolabium, sak-ō-lā′bi-um, n. a genus of orchids. [L. saccus, a sack, labium, a lip.]
English · e-38700-37 · brief source recordSaccomyoid, sak-ō-mī′oid, adj. having cheek-pouches. [Gr. sakkos, sack, mys, a mouse.]
English · e-38700-38 · brief source recordSaccopharyngidæ, sak-o-fā-rin′ji-dē, n. a family of lyomerous fishes, including the bottle-fish, noted for swallowing fishes larger than themselves.
English · e-38700-39Saccos, sak′os, n. a tight sleeveless vestment worn by Oriental patriarchs and metropolitans during divine service, corresponding to the Western dalmatic. [Gr. sakkos, a sack.]
English · e-38700-40Sacellum, sā-sel′um, n. a little sanctuary, a small uncovered place consecrated to a divinity: a canopied altar-tomb:—pl. Sacell′a. [L., dim. of sacrum, neut. of sacer, consecrated.]
English · e-38700-41Sacerdotal, sas-ėr-dō′tal, adj. priestly.—v.t. Sacerdō′talise, to render sacerdotal.—ns. Sacerdō′talism, the spirit of the priesthood: devotion to priestly interests, priestcraft: the belief that the presbyter is a pries
English · e-38700-42Sachem, sā′chem, n. a chief of a North American Indian tribe, a sagamore: one of the Tammany leaders.—ns. Sā′chemdom, Sā′chemship.
English · e-38700-43Sachet, sa-shā, n. a bag of perfume. [Fr.]
English · e-38700-44 · brief source recordSack, sak, n. a large bag of coarse cloth for holding grain, flour, &c.: the contents of a sack: (also Sacque) a woman's gown, loose at the back, a short coat rounded at the bottom: a measure of varying capacity.—v.t. to
English · e-38700-45Sack, sak, v.t. to plunder: to ravage.—n. the plunder or devastation of a town: pillage.—ns. Sack′age; Sack′ing, the storming and pillaging of a town.—adj. bent on pillaging.—Sack and fork (Scot.), the power of drowning
English · e-38700-46Sack, sak, n. the old name of a dry Spanish wine of the sherry genus, the favourite drink of Falstaff.—n. Sack′-poss′et, posset made with sack.—Burnt sack, mulled sack. [Fr. sec (Sp. seco)—L. siccus, dry.]
English · e-38700-47Sack-doodle, sak-dōōd′l, v.i. to play on the bagpipe.
English · e-38700-49 · brief source recordSackbut, sak′but, n. a kind of trumpet, the predecessor of the trombone: (B.) a kind of stringed instrument resembling the guitar. [Fr. saquebute—Sp. sacabuche—sacar, to draw out, buche, the maw or stomach, prob. Old Hig
English · e-38700-48Sackless, sak′les, adj. (Scot.) guiltless: innocent: guileless. [A.S. sacleás, without strife, sacu, strife, -leás, -less.]
English · e-38700-50Sacodes, sā-kō′dēz, n. a genus of beetles of the family Cyphonidæ. [Gr. sakos, a shield, eidos, form.]
English · e-38700-51 · brief source recordSacque, sak. See Sack (1).
English · e-38700-52 · brief source recordSacra, sā′kra, n. a sacral artery:—pl. Sā′cræ (-krē).
English · e-38700-53 · brief source recordSacral, sā′kral, adj. See Sacrum.
English · e-38700-54 · brief source recordSacrament, sak′ra-ment, n. an holy ordinance instituted by Christ as an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace (Baptism and the Lord's Supper—amongst Roman Catholics, also Confirmation, Penance, Holy O
English · e-38700-55Sacrarium, sā-krā′ri-um, n. the part of a church where the altar is, the sanctuary: in ancient Rome, any sacred place, the place where the Penates were stored.—n. Sac′rary (obs.), a holy place.—v.t. Sā′crate (obs.), to c
English · e-38700-56Sacrarium, sā-krā′ri-um, n. the complex sacrum of any bird.
English · e-38700-57 · brief source recordSacre. Same as Saker.
English · e-38700-58 · brief source recordSacred, sā′kred, adj. set apart or dedicated, esp. to God: made holy: proceeding from God: religious: entitled to respect or veneration: inviolable: devoted to destruction: opposed to secular, as sacred music or history:
English · e-38700-59Sacrificati, sak-ri-fi-kā′tī, n.pl. in the early church, those who sacrificed to idols in persecution, but returned as penitents afterwards.
English · e-38700-60Sacrifice, sak′ri-fīs, v.t. to offer up, esp. on the altar of a divinity: to destroy or give up for something else: to devote or destroy with loss or suffering: to kill.—v.i. to make offerings to God.—n. the fundamental
English · e-38700-61Sacrilege, sak′ri-lej, n. profanation of a sacred place or thing: the breaking into a place of worship and stealing therefrom.—n. Sac′rileger (obs.).—adj. Sacrilē′gious, polluted with sacrilege: profane: violating sacred
English · e-38700-62Sacrist, sā′krist, n. a sacristan: a person in a cathedral who copies out music for the choir and takes care of the books.—ns. Sā′cring, consecration; Sā′cring-bell, in R.C. churches, a small bell rung to call attention
English · e-38700-63Sacrosanct, sak′rō-sangkt, adj. very sacred or inviolable.—n. Sacrosanc′tity. [L. sacrosanctus—sacer, sacred, sanctus, pa.p. of sancīre, to hallow.]
English · e-38700-64Sacrum, sā′krum, n. a triangular bone situated at the lower part of the vertebral column (of which it is a natural continuation), and wedged between the two innominate bones, so as to form the keystone to the pelvic arch
English · e-38700-65Sad, sad (comp. Sad′der, superl. Sad′dest), adj. sorrowful: serious: cast down: calamitous: weary: sombre: stiff: doughy: dejected: troublesome: sober, dark-coloured: (obs.) ponderous, heavy.—v.t. to grieve.—v.t. Sad′den
English · e-38700-66Sad-iron, sad′-ī′urn, n. a smoothing-iron: a box-iron.
English · e-38700-71 · brief source recordSad-tree, sad′-trē, n. the night jasmine.
English · e-38700-73 · brief source recordSaddening, sad′n-ing, n. a method of applying mordants in dyeing and printing cloths, so as to give duller shades to the colours employed.
English · e-38700-67Saddle, sad′l, n. a seat or pad, generally of leather, for a horse's back: anything like a saddle, as a saddle of mutton, veal, or venison—a butcher's cut, including a part of the backbone with the ribs on one side: a pa
English · e-38700-68Sadducee, sad′ū-sē, n. one of a Jewish sceptical school or party of aristocratic traditionists in New Testament times.—adj. Saddūcē′an, of or relating to the Sadducees.—ns. Saddūcee′ism, Sadd′ūcism, scepticism. [Gr. Sadd
English · e-38700-69Sadina, sa-dē′na, n. a clupeoid fish resembling a sardine. [Sp. sardina.]
English · e-38700-70 · brief source recordSadr, sad′r, n. the lote-bush.
English · e-38700-72 · brief source recordSae, sā, adv. the Scotch form of so.
English · e-38700-74 · brief source recordSafe, sāf, adj. unharmed: free from danger or injury: secure: securing from danger or injury: no longer dangerous: clear: trusty: sound: certain.—n. a chest or closet for money, &c., safe against fire, thieves, &c., gene
English · e-38700-75Saffian, saf′i-an, n. a name applied to skins tanned with sumac and dyed in bright colours. [Russ.]
English · e-38700-76 · brief source recordSafflower, saf′flow-ėr, n. an annual herbaceous composite plant, cultivated all over India for its red dye—Carthamine. [O. Fr. saflor, through It. from Ar. usfūr—safrā, yellow.]
English · e-38700-77Saffo, saf′ō, n. (obs.) a bailiff: a catchpole. [It.]
English · e-38700-78 · brief source recordSaffron, saf′run, n. a bulbous plant of the crocus kind with deep-yellow flowers: a colouring substance prepared from its flowers.—adj. having the colour of saffron: deep yellow.—adj. Saff′rony.—n. Saf′ranine, a coal-tar
English · e-38700-79Sag, sag, v.i. to bend, sink, or hang down: to yield or give way as from weight or pressure: to hang heavy: to make leeway.—n. a droop.—adj. loaded. [M. E. saggen, from Scand.; Sw. sacka, to sink down; cf. Ger. sacken, t
English · e-38700-80Saga, sä′ga, n. a tale, historical or fabulous, in the old prose literature of Iceland.—n. Sä′gaman, a narrator of sagas. [Ice. saga, pl. sögur—segja, say.]
English · e-38700-81Sagacious, sa-gā′shus, adj. keen or quick in perception or thought: acute: discerning and judicious: wise.—adv. Sagā′ciously.—ns. Sagā′ciousness, Sagac′ity, acuteness of perception or thought: acute practical judgment: s
English · e-38700-82Sagamore, sag′a-mōr, n. a chief among some tribes of American Indians—prob. conn. with sachem.
English · e-38700-83 · brief source recordSagapenum, sag-a-pē′num, n. a fetid gum-resin, the concrete juice of a Persian species of Ferula, formerly used in hysteria, &c. [Gr. sagapēnon.]
English · e-38700-84Sagathy, sag′a-thi, n. (obs.) a woollen stuff. [Fr. sagatis—L. saga, a mantle.]
English · e-38700-85 · brief source recordSage, sāj, n. any plant of genus Salvia, of the mint family, esp. Common or Garden Sage, used for flavouring meats.—ns. Sage′-app′le, a gall formed on a species of sage; Sage′-bread, bread baked from dough mixed with a s
English · e-38700-86Sage, sāj, adj. discriminating, discerning, wise: well judged.—n. a wise man: a man of gravity and wisdom.—adv. Sage′ly.—n. Sage′ness.—Seven sages, or wise men (see Seven). [Fr. sage (It. saggio, savio), from a L. sapius
English · e-38700-87Sagene, sā′jēn, n. a fishing-net. [L.,—Gr. sagēnē.]
English · e-38700-88 · brief source recordSagene, sā′jēn, n. a Russian unit of long measure, of seven English feet.
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