Defn: Scarlet fever.— Scar`la*ti"nal, a.— Scar*lat"i*nous (# or #), a.
SCARLESSScar"less, a.
Defn: Free from scar. Drummond.
SCARLET Scar"let, n. Etym: [OE. scarlat, scarlet, OF. escarlate, F. écarlate (cf. Pr. escarlat, escarlata, Sp. & Pg. escarlata, It. scarlatto, LL. scarlatum), from Per. sakirlat.]
Defn: A deep bright red tinged with orange or yellow, — of many tints and shades; a vivid or bright red color.
2. Cloth of a scarlet color. All her household are clothed with scarlet. Prov. xxxi. 21.
SCARLETScar"let, a.
Defn: Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread. Scarlet admiral (Zoöl.), the red admiral. See under Red. — Scarlet bean (Bot.), a kind of bean (Phaseolus multiflorus) having scarlet flowers; scarlet runner. — Scarlet fever (Med.), a contagious febrile disease characterized by inflammation of the fauces and a scarlet rash, appearing usually on the second day, and ending in desquamation about the sixth or seventh day. — Scarlet fish (Zoöl.), the telescope fish; — so called from its red color. See under Telescope. — Scarlet ibis (Zoöl.) See under Ibis. — Scarlet maple (Bot.), the red maple. See Maple. — Scarlet mite (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of bright red carnivorous mites found among grass and moss, especially Thombidium holosericeum and allied species. The young are parasitic upon spiders and insects. — Scarlet oak (Bot.), a species of oak (Quercus coccinea) of the United States; — so called from the scarlet color of its leaves in autumn. — Scarlet runner (Bot.), the scarlet bean. — Scarlet tanager. (Zoöl.) See under Tanager.
SCARLETScar"let, v. t.
Defn: To dye or tinge with scarlet. [R.]The ashy paleness of my cheek Is scarleted in ruddy flakes of wrath.Ford.
SCARMAGE; SCARMOGEScar"mage, Scar"moge, n.
Defn: A slight contest; a skirmish. See Skirmish. [Obs.]Such cruel game my scarmoges disarms. Spenser.
SCARNScarn, n. Etym: [Icel. skarn; akin to AS. scearn. Cf. Shearn.]
Defn: Dung. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ray. Scarn bee (Zoöl.), a dung beetle.
SCAROIDSca"roid, a. Etym: [Scarus + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Scaridæ, a family of marine fishes including the parrot fishes.
SCARPScarp, n. Etym: [OF. escharpe. See 2d Scarf.] (Her.)
Defn: A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
SCARPScarp, n. Etym: [Aphetic form of Escarp.]
1. (Fort.)
Defn: The slope of the ditch nearest the parapet; the escarp.
2. A steep descent or declivity.
SCARPScarp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scarped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scarping.]
Defn: To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp theface of a ditch or a rock.From scarped cliff and quarried stone. Tennyson.Sweep ruins from the scarped mountain. Emerson.
SCARRINGScar"ring, n.
Defn: A scar; a mark. We find upon the limestone rocks the scarrings of the ancient glacier which brought the bowlder here. Tyndall.
SCARRYScar"ry, a.
Defn: Bearing scars or marks of wounds.
SCARRYScar"ry, a. Etym: [See 4th Scar.]
Defn: Like a scar, or rocky eminence; containing scars. Holinshed.
SCARUSSca"rus, n. Etym: [L. See Scar a kind of fish.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A Mediterranean food fish (Sparisoma scarus) od excellent quality and highly valued by the Romans; — called also parrot fish.
SCARYSca"ry, n. Etym: [Prov. E. scare scraggy.]
Defn: Barren land having only a thin coat of grass. [Prov. Eng.]
SCARYScar"y, a. Etym: [From Scare.]
1. Subject to sudden alarm. [Colloq.U.S.] Whittier.
2. Causing fright; alarming. [Colloq.U.S.]
SCASELYScase"ly, adv.
Defn: Scarcely; hardly. [Obs. or Colloq.] Robynson (More's Utopia)
SCATScat, interj.
Defn: Go away; begone; away; — chiefly used in driving off a cat.
SCAT; SCATTScat, Scatt, n. Etym: [Icel. scattr.]
Defn: Tribute. [R.] "Seizing scatt and treasure." Longfellow.
SCATScat, n.
Defn: A shower of rain. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
SCATCHScatch, n. Etym: [F. escache.]
Defn: A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse; — called also scatchmouth. Bailey.
SCATCHES Scatch"es, n.; pl. Etym: [OF. eschaces, F. échasses, fr. D. schaats a high-heeled shoe, a skate. See Skate, for the foot.]
Defn: Stilts. [Prov. Eng.]
SCATEScate, n.
Defn: See Skate, for the foot.
SCATEBROUS Scat"e*brous, a. Etym: [L. scatebra a gushing up of water, from scatere to bubble, gush.]
Defn: Abounding with springs. [Obs.]
SCATHScath, n. Etym: [Icel. skathi; akin to Dan. skade, Sw. skada, AS.sceatha, scatha, foe, injurer, OS. skatho, D. schade, schaden; cf.Gr. Scathe, v.]
Defn: Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune. [Written also scathe.] But she was somedeal deaf, and that was skathe. Chaucer. Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall, Whose freedom shall thee turn to greatest scath. Spenser. Wherein Rome hath done you any scath, Let him make treble satisfaction. Shak.
SCATHE; SCATHScathe, Scath, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scathed; p. pr. & vb. n.Scathing.] Etym: [Icel. skatha; akin to AS. sceathan, sceth\'eban,Dan. skade, Sw. skada, D. & G. schaden, OHG. scadon, Goth. skaÞjan.]
Defn: To do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy.As when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines.Milton.Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul. W. Irwing.
SCATHFULScath"ful, a.
Defn: Harmful; doing damage; pernicious. Shak.— Scath"ful*ness, n.
SCATHLESSScath"less, a.
Defn: Unharmed. R. L. Stevenson.He, too, . . . is to be dismissed scathless. Sir W. Scott.
SCATHLYScath"ly, a.
Defn: Injurious; scathful. [Obs.]
SCATTERScat"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Scattering.]Etym: [OE. scateren. See Shatter.]
1. To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order. And some are scattered all the floor about. Chaucer. Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, Their scattered cottages, and ample plains Dryden. Teach the glad hours to scatter, as they fly, Soft quiet, gentle love, and endless joy. Prior.
2. To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse. Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths. Shak.
3. Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like.
Syn.— To disperse; dissipate; spread; strew.
SCATTERScat"ter, v. i.
Defn: To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a storm.
SCATTER-BRAINScat"ter-brain`, n.
Defn: A giddy or thoughtless person; one incapable of concentration or attention. [Written also scatter-brains.]
SCATTER-BRAINEDScat"ter-brained`, a.
Defn: Giddy; thoughtless.
SCATTEREDScat"tered, a.
1. Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scatteredleaves.— Scat"tered*ly, adv.— Scat"tered*ness, n.
SCATTERGOODScat"ter*good`, n.
Defn: One who wastes; a spendthrift.
SCATTERINGScat"ter*ing, a.
Defn: Going or falling in various directions; not united or agregated; divided among many; as, scattering votes.
SCATTERINGScat"ter*ing, n.
Defn: Act of strewing about; something scattered. South.
SCATTERINGLYScat"ter*ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a scattering manner; dispersedly.
SCATTERLINGScat"ter*ling, n. Etym: [Scatter + -ling.]
Defn: One who has no fixed habitation or residence; a vagabond.[Obs.] "Foreign scatterlings." Spenser.
SCATURIENT Sca*tu"ri*ent, a.Etym: [L. scaturiens, p.pr. of scaturire gush out, from scatere to bubble, gush.]
Defn: Gushing forth; full to overflowing; effusive. [R.]A pen so scaturient and unretentive. Sir W. Scott.
SCATURIGINOUS Scat`u*rig"i*nous, a. Etym: [L. skaturiginosus, fr. scaturigo gushing water. See Scaturient.]
Defn: Abounding with springs. [Obs.]
SCAUPScaup, n. Etym: [See Scalp a bed of oysters or mussels.]
1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A scaup duck. See below. Scaup duck (Zoöl.), any one of several species of northern ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult males are, in large part, black. The three North American species are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var. nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill, blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and raft duck; the lesser scaup duck (A. affinis), called also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler; the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck (A. collaris), called also black jack, ringneck, ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of Ring-necked, under Ring- necked. The common European scaup, or mussel, duck (A.marila), closely resembles the American variety.
SCAUPERScaup"er, n. Etym: [Cf. Scalper.]
Defn: A tool with a semicircular edge, — used by engravers to clear away the spaces between the lines of an engraving. Fairholt.
SCAURScaur, n.
Defn: A precipitous bank or rock; a scar.
SCAVAGE Scav"age (; 48), n. Etym: [LL. scavagium, fr. AS. sceáwian to lock at to inspect. See Show.] (O.Eng. Law)
Defn: A toll duty formerly exacted of merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc., for goods shown or offered for sale within their precincts. Cowell.
SCAVENGEScav"enge, v. t.
Defn: To cleanse, as streets, from filth. C. Kingsley.
SCAVENGERScav"en*ger, n. Etym: [OE. scavager an officer with various duties,orginally attending to scavage, fr. OE. & E. scavage. See Scavage,Show, v.]
Defn: A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the fifth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health. Scavenger beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle which feeds on decaying substances, as the carrion beetle. — Scavanger crab (Zoöl.), any crab which feeds on dead animals, as the spider crab. — Scavenger's daughter Etym: [corrupt. of Skevington's daughter], an instrument of torture invented by Sir W. Skevington, which so compressed the body as to force the blood to flow from nostrils. and sometimes from the hands and feet. Am. Cyc.
SCAVENGING Scav"eng*ing, p. pr. & vb. n. of Scavenge. Hence, n. (Internal- combustion Engines)
Defn: Act or process of expelling the exhaust gases from the cylinder by some special means, as, in many four-cycle engines, by utilizing the momentum of the exhaust gases in a long exhaust pipe.
SCAZONSca"zon, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. to limp.] (Lat. Pros.)
Defn: A choliamb.
SCELERAT Scel"er*at, n. Etym: [F. scéléra from L. sceleratus, p.p. of scelerare to pollute, from scelus, sceleris, a crime.]
Defn: A villian; a criminal. [Obs.] Cheyne.
SCELESTICSce*les"tic, a. Etym: [L. scelestus, from scelus wickedness.]
Defn: Evil; wicked; atrocious. [Obs.] "Scelestic villainies."Feltham.
SCELETScel"et, n. Etym: [See Skeleton.]
Defn: A mummy; a skeleton. [Obs.] olland.
SCENA Sce"na, n. Etym: [It.] (Mus.) (a) A scene in an opera. (b) An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria. Rockstro.
SCENARIOSce*na"ri*o, n. Etym: [It.]
Defn: A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera.
SCENARYScen"a*ry, n. Etym: [Cf. L. scenarius belonging to the stage.]
Defn: Scenery. [Obs.] Dryden.
1. The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.
2. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes.
3. So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays; as, an act of four scenes. My dismal scene I needs must act alone. Shak.
4. The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place of occurence, exhibition, or action. "In Troy, there lies the scene." Shak. The world is a vast scene of strife. J. M. Mason.
5. An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view. Through what new scenes and changes must we pass! Addison.
6. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery. A sylvan scene with various greens was drawn, Shades on the sides, and in the midst a lawn. Dryden.
7. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artifical or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display. Probably no lover of scenes would have had very long to wait De Quincey. Behind the scenes, behind the scenery of a theater; out of the view of the audience, but in sight of the actors, machinery, etc.; hence, conversant with the hidden motives and agencies of what appears to public view.
Defn: To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display. [Obs.]Abp. Sancroft.
SCENEFULScene"ful, a.
Defn: Having much scenery. [R.]
SCENEMANScene"man, n.; pl. Scenemen (.
Defn: The man who manages the movable scenes in a theater.
SCENERYScen"er*y, n.
1. Assemblage of scenes; the scenes of a play; the disposition and arrangement of the scenes in which the action of a play, poem, etc., is laid; representation of place of action or occurence.
2. Sum of scenes or views; general aspect, as regards variety and beauty or the reverse, in a landscape; combination of natural views, as woods, hills, etc. Never need an American look beyond his own country for the sublime and beautiful of natural scenery. W. Irving.
SCENESHIFTERScene"shift`er, n.
Defn: One who moves the scenes in a theater; a sceneman.
SCENIC; SCENICALScen"ic, Scen"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. scaenicus, scenicus, Gr. scénique.See Scene.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to scenery; of the nature of scenery;theatrical.All these situations communicate a scenical animation to the wildromance, if treated dramatically. De Quincey.
SCENOGRAPHScen"o*graph, n. Etym: [See Scenography.]
Defn: A perspective representation or general view of an object.
SCENOGRAPHIC; SCENOGRAPHICALScen`o*graph"ic, Scen`o*graph"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. scénographique,Gr.
Defn: Of or pertaining to scenography; drawn in perspective.— Scen`o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.
SCENOGRAPHYSce*nog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [L. scenographia, Gr. scénographie.]
Defn: The art or act of representing a body on a perspective plane; also, a representation or description of a body, in all its dimensions, as it appears to the eye. Greenhill.
SCENTScent, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scented; p. pr. & vb. n. Scenting.] Etym:[Originally sent, fr. F. sentir to feel, to smell. See Sense.]
1. To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does. Methinks I scent the morning air. Shak.
2. To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume. Balm from a silver box distilled around, Shall all bedew the roots, and scent the sacred ground. Dryden.
SCENTScent, v. i.
1. To have a smell. [Obs.] Thunderbolts . . . do scent strongly of brimstone. Holland.
2. To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
SCENTScent, n.
1. That which, issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; odor; smell; as, the scent of an orange, or of a rose; the scent of musk. With lavish hand diffuses scents ambrosial. prior.
2. Specifically, the odor left by an animal on the ground in passing over it; as, dogs find or lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery. He gained the observations of innumerable ages, and traveled upon the same scent into Ethiopia. Sir W. Temple.
3. The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent. I. Watts.
SCENTFULScent"ful, a.
1. Full of scent or odor; odorous. "A scentful nosegay." W. Browne.
2. Of quick or keen smell. The scentful osprey by the rock had fished. W. Browne.
SCENTINGLYScent"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: By scent. [R.] Fuller.
SCENTLESSScent"less, a.
Defn: Having no scent.The scentless and the scented rose. Cowper.
SCEPSISScep"sis, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. skepsis. See Skeptic.]
Defn: Skepticism; skeptical philosophy. [R.] Among their products were the system of Locke, the scepsis of Hume, the critical philosophy of kant. J. martineau.
SCEPTER; SCEPTRE Scep"ter, Scep"tre, n. Etym: [F. sceptre, L. sceptrum, from Gr. shaft. See Shaft, and cf. Scape a stem, shaft.]
1. A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace. And the king held out Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Esther v. 2.
2. Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter. The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shilon come. Gen. xlix. 10.
SCEPTER; SCEPTRE Scep"ter, Scep"tre, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sceptered or Sceptred (p. pr. & vb. n. Sceptering or Sceptring (.]
Defn: To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to investwith royal authority.To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends. Tickell.
SCEPTERELLATEScep`ter*el"late, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a straight shaft with whorls of spines; — said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. under Spicule.
SCEPTERLESS; SCEPTRELESSScep"ter*less, Scep"tre*less, a.
Defn: Having no scepter; without authority; powerless; as, a scepterless king.
SCEPTIC; SCEPTICAL; SCEPTICISMScep"tic, Scep"tic*al, Scep"ti*cism,
Defn: etc. See Skeptic, Skeptical, Skepticism, etc.
SCEPTRALScep"tral, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a scepter; like a scepter.
SCERNScern, v. t.
Defn: To discern; to perceive. [Obs.]
SCHADESchade, n.
Defn: Shade; shadow. [Obs.]
Note: English words now beginning with sh, like shade, were formerly often spelled with a c between the s and h; as, schade; schame; schape; schort, etc.
SCHAHSchah, n.
Defn: See Shah.
SCHAPPESchap"pe, n. [G. dial. (Swiss), waste, impurity.]
Defn: A silk yarn or fabric made out of carded spun silk.
SCHATCHEN Schat"chen, n. [Yiddish, fr. NHeb. shadkhan, fr. shadakh to bring about a marriage, orig., to persuade.]
Defn: A person whose business is marriage brokage; a marriage broker, esp. among certain Jews.
SCHEDIASMSche"di*asm, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Cursory writing on a loose sheet. [R.]
SCHEDULE Sched"ule (; in England commonly ; 277), n. Etym: [F. cédule, formerly also spelt schedule, L. schedula, dim. of scheda, scida, a strip of papyrus bark, a leaf of paper; akin to (or perh. from) Gr. scindere to cleave, Gr. Schism, and cf. Cedule.]
Defn: A written or printed scroll or sheet of paper; a document; especially, a formal list or inventory; a list or catalogue annexed to a larger document, as to a will, a lease, a statute, etc.
Syn.— Catalogue; list; inventory. see List.
SCHEDULESched"ule, v. t.
Defn: To form into, or place in, a schedule.
SCHEELE'S GREENScheele's" green`. Etym: [See Scheelite.] (Chem.)
Defn: See under Green.
SCHEELINScheel"in, n. (Chem.)
Defn: Scheelium. [Obs.]
SCHEELITEScheel"ite (, n. Etym: [From C.W.Scheele, a Swedish chemist.] (Min.)
Defn: Calcium tungstate, a mineral of a white or pale yellowish color and of the tetragonal system of crystallization.
SCHEELIUMSchee"li*um, n. Etym: [NL. From C.W.Scheele, who discovered it.](Chem.)
Defn: The metal tungsten. [Obs.]
SCHEIKScheik (shek or shak), n.
Defn: See Sheik.
SCHELLYSchel"ly, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The powan. [Prov. Eng.]
SCHEMASche"ma, n.; pl. Schemata, E. Schemas. Etym: [G. See Scheme.](Kantian Philos.)
Defn: An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind; as, five dots in a line are a schema of the number five; a preceding and succeeding event are a schema of cause and effect.
SCHEMATICSche*mat"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. Gr.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a scheme or a schema.
SCHEMATISM Sche"ma*tism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. schématisme (cf. L. schematismos florid speech), fr. Gr. Scheme.]
1. (Astrol.)
Defn: Combination of the aspects of heavenly bodies.
2. Particular form or disposition of a thing; an exhibition in outline of any systematic arrangement. [R.]
SCHEMATISTSche"ma*tist, n.
Defn: One given to forming schemes; a projector; a schemer. Swift.
SCHEMATIZESche"ma*tize, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. schématiser, Gr.
Defn: To form a scheme or schemes.
SCHEME Scheme, n. Etym: [L. schema a rhetorical figure, a shape, figure, manner, Gr. sah to be victorious, to endure, to hold out, AS. sige victory, G. sieg. Cf. Epoch, Hectic, School.]
1. A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; asystem.The appearance and outward scheme of things. Locke.Such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity.Atterbury.Arguments . . . sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole schemeof moral philosophy. J. Edwards.The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme of life. Macaulay.
2. A plan or theory something to be done; a design; a project; as, to form a scheme. The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cuttig off our feet when we want shoes. Swift.
3. Any lineal or mathematical diagram; an outline. To draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France. South.
4. (Astrol.)
Defn: A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment o at a given event. A blue case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity. Sir W. Scott.
Syn. — Plan; project; contrivance; purpose; device; plot. — Scheme, Plan. Scheme and plan are subordinate to design; they propose modes of carrying our designs into effect. Scheme is the least definite of the two, and lies more in speculation. A plan is drawn out into details with a view to being carried into effect. As schemes are speculative, they often prove visionary; hence the opprobrious use of the words schemer and scheming. Plans, being more practical, are more frequently carried into effect. He forms the well-concerted scheme of mischief; 'T is fixed, 't is done, and both are doomed to death. Rowe. Artists and plans relieved my solemn hours; I founded palaces, and planted bowers. prior.
SCHEMEScheme, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Schemed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scheming.]
Defn: To make a scheme of; to plan; to design; to project; to plot.That wickedness which schemed, and executed, his destruction. G.Stuart.
SCHEMEScheme, v. i.
Defn: To form a scheme or schemes.
SCHEMEFULScheme"ful, a.
Defn: Full of schemes or plans.
SCHEMERSchem"er, n.
Defn: One who forms schemes; a projector; esp., a plotter; anintriguer.Schemers and confederates in guilt. Paley.
SCHEMINGSchem"ing, a.
Defn: Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing.— Schem"ing*ly, adv.
SCHEMISTSchem"ist, n.
Defn: A schemer. [R.] Waterland.
SCHENESchene, n. Etym: [L. schoenus, Gr. schène.] (Antiq.)
Defn: An Egyptian or Persian measure of length, varying from thirthy- two to sixty stadia.
SCHENKBEER Schenk"beer`, n. Etym: [G. schenkbier; schenken to pour out + bier beer; — so called because put on draught soon after it is made.]
Defn: A mild German beer.
SCHERBETScher"bet, n.
Defn: See Sherbet.
SCHERIFScher"if ( or ), n.
Defn: See Sherif.
SCHERZANDOScher*zan"do, adv. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Defn: In a playful or sportive manner.
SCHERZOScher"zo, n. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Defn: A playful, humorous movement, commonly in 3-4 measure, which often takes the place of the old minuet and trio in a sonata or a symphony.
SCHESISSche"sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Scheme.]
1. General state or disposition of the body or mind, or of one thing with regard to other things; habitude. [Obs.] Norris.
2. (Rhet.)
Defn: A figure of speech whereby the mental habitude of an adversary or opponent is feigned for the purpose of arguing against him. Crabb.
SCHETIC; SCHETICALSchet"ic, Schet"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. Gr.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the habit of the body; constitutional.[Obs.] Cudworth.
SCHIEDAMSchie*dam", n. Etym: [Short for Schiedam schnapps.]
Defn: Holland gin made at Schiedam in the Netherlands.
SCHILLERSchil"ler, n. Etym: [G., play of colors.] (Min.)
Defn: The peculiar bronzelike luster observed in certain minerals, as hypersthene, schiller spar, etc. It is due to the presence of minute inclusions in parallel position, and in sometimes of secondary origin. Schiller spar (Min.), an altered variety of enstatite, exhibiting, in certain positions, a bronzelike luster.
SCHILLERIZATIONSchil`ler*i*za"tion, n. (Min.)
Defn: The act or process of producing schiller in a mineral mass.
SCHILLINGSchil"ling, n. Etym: [G. See Shilling.]
Defn: Any one of several small German and Dutch coins, worth from about one and a half cents to about five cents.
SCHINDYLESISSchin`dy*le"sis, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: A form of articulation in which one bone is received into a groove or slit in another.
SCHIRRHUSSchir"rhus, n.
Defn: See Scirrhus.
SCHISM Schism, n. Etym: [OE. scisme, OF. cisme, scisme, F. schisme, L. schisma, Gr. scindere, Skr. child, and prob. to E. shed, v.t. (which see); cf. Rescind, Schedule, Zest.]
Defn: Division or separation; specifically (Eccl.), permanent division or separation in the Christian church; breach of unity among people of the same religious faith; the offense of seeking to produce division in a church without justifiable cause. Set bounds to our passions by reason, to our errors by truth, and to our schisms by charity. Eikon Basilike.
Greek schism (Eccl.), the separation of the Greek and Roman churches. — Great schism, or Western schism (Eccl.) a schism in the church in the latter part of the 14th century, on account of rival claimants to the papal throne. — Schism act (Law), an act of the English Parliament requiring all teachers to conform to the Established Church, — passed in 1714, repealed in 1719.
SCHISMASchis"ma, n. Etym: [L., a spilt, separation, Gr. schisma. SeeSchism.] (Anc. Mus.)
Defn: An interval equal to half a comma.
SCHISMATIC Schis*mat"ic (sîz*mât"îk; so nearly all orthoëpists), a. Etym: [L. schismaticus, Gr. schismatique.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to schism; implying schism; partaking of the nature of schism; tending to schism; as, schismatic opinions or proposals.
SCHISMATICSchis*mat"ic, n.
Defn: One who creates or takes part in schism; one who separates from an established church or religious communion on account of a difference of opinion. "They were popularly classed together as canting schismatics." Macaulay.
Syn.— Heretic; partisan. See Heretic.
SCHISMATICALSchis*mat"ic*al, a.
Defn: Same as Schismatic.— Schismat"ic*al*ly, adv.— Schis*mat"ic*al*ness, n.
SCHISMATIZESchis"ma*tize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Schismatized; p. pr. & vb. n.Schismatizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. schismatiser.]
Defn: To make part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church.
SCHISMLESSSchism"less, a.
Defn: Free from schism.
SCHISTSchist (shîst), n. Etym: [Gr. schiste. See Schism.] (Geol.)
Defn: Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.
SCHISTACEOUSSchis*ta"ceous, a.
Defn: Of a slate color.
SCHISTICSchist"ic, a.
Defn: Schistose.
SCHISTOSE; SCHISTOUSSchis*tose", Schist*ous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. schisteux.] (Geol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to schist; having the structure of a schist.
SCHISTOSITYSchis*tos"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. schistosité.] (Geol.)
Defn: The quality or state of being schistose.
SCHIZO-Schiz"o-. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: A combining form denoting division or cleavage; as, schizogenesis, reproduction by fission or cell division.
SCHIZOCARPSchiz"o*carp, n. Etym: [Schizo- + Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A dry fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one- seeded portions.
SCHIZOCOELESchiz"o*coele, n. Etym: [Schizo- + Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: See Enterocoele.
SCHIZOCOELOUSSchiz`o*coe"lous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a schizocoele.
SCHIZOGENESISSchiz`o*gen"e*sis, n. Etym: [Schizo- + genesis.] (Biol.)
Defn: reproduction by fission. Haeckel.
SCHIZOGNATHSchiz"og*nath, n. Etym: [See Schizognathous.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any bird with a schizognathous palate.
SCHIZOGNATHAESchi*zog"na*thæ, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The schizognathous birds.
SCHIZOGNATHISMSchi*zog"na*thism, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: the condition of having a schizognathous palate.
SCHIZOGNATHOUSSchi*zog"na*thous, a. Etym: [Schize- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the maxillo-palatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes, grouse, and many other birds.
SCHIZOMYCETESSchiz`o*my*ce"tes, n. pl., Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: An order of Schizophyta, including the so-called fission fungi, or bacteria. See Schizophyta, in the Supplement.
SCHIZONEMERTEASchiz`o*ne*mer"te*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Schizo-, and Nemertes.](Zoöl.)
Defn: A group of nemerteans comprising those having a deep slit along each side of the head. See Illust. in Appendix.
SCHIZONTSchi"zont (ski"zont or skiz"ont), n. [Gr. , , p.pr., cleaving.](Zoöl.)
Defn: In certain Sporozoa, a cell formed by the growth of a sporozoite or merozoite (in a cell or corpuscle of the host) which segment by superficial cleavage, without encystment or conjugation, into merozoites.
SCHIZOPELMOUSSchiz`o*pel"mous, a. Etym: [Schizo- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the two flexor tendons of the toes entirely separate, and the flexor hallicus going to the first toe only.
SCHIZOPHYTESchiz"o*phyte, n. Etym: [Schizo- + Gr. (Biol.)
Defn: One of a class of vegetable organisms, in the classification of Cohn, which includes all of the inferior forms that multiply by fission, whether they contain chlorophyll or not.
SCHIZOPODSchiz"o*pod, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: one of the Schizopoda. Also used adjectively.
SCHIZOPOD; SCHIZOPODOUSSchiz"o*pod, Schi*zop"o*dous, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a schizopod, or the Schizopoda.
SCHIZOPODASchi*zop"o*da, n. pl., Etym: [NL. See Schizo-, and -poda.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which each of the thoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite) for swimming.
SCHIZORHINALSchiz`o*rhi"nal, a. Etym: [Schizo- + rhinal.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: Having the nasal bones separate.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit.
SCHLICHSchlich, n. Etym: [G.; akin to LG. slik mud, D. slijk, MHG. sl.](Metal.)
Defn: The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes. [Written also slich, slick.]
SCHMELZESchmel"ze, n. Etym: [G. schmelz, schmelzglas.]
Defn: A kind of glass of a red or ruby color, made in Bohemia.
SCHNAPPSSchnapps, n. Etym: [G., a dram of spirits.]
Defn: Holland gin. [U.S.]
SCHNEIDERIANSchnei*de"ri*an (, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Discovered or described by C. V. Schneider, a German anatomist of the seventeenth century. Schneiderian membrane, the mucous membrane which lines the nasal chambers; the pituitary membrane.
SCHNORRER Schnor"rer, n. [Yiddish, fr. G. schnurrer, fr. schnurren to hum, whir, hence, from the sound of the musical instrument used by strolling beggars, to beg.]
Defn: Among the Jews, a beggar.
SCHOHARIE GRITScho*har"ie grit`. (Geol.)
Defn: The formation belonging to the middle of the three subdivisions of the Corniferous period in the American Devonian system; — so called from Schoharie, in New York, where it occurs. See the Chart of Geology.
SCHOLAR Schol"ar, n. Etym: [OE. scoler, AS. scolere, fr. L. scholaris belonging to a school, fr. schola a school. See School.]
1. One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner; a student. I am no breeching scholar in the schools. Shak.
2. One engaged in the pursuits of learning; a learned person; one versed in many branches, of knowledge; a person of high literary or scientific attainments; a savant. Shak. Locke.
3. A man of books. Bacon.
4. In English universities, an undergraduate who belongs to the foundation of a college, and receives support in part from its revenues.
Syn. — Pupil; learner; disciple. — Scholar, Pupil. Scholar refers to the instruction, and pupil to the care and government, of a teacher. A scholar is one who is under instruction; a pupil is one who is under the immediate and personal care of an instructor; hence we speak of a bright scholar, and an obedient pupil.
SCHOLARITYScho*lar"i*ty, n. Etym: [OF. scholarité, or LL. scholaritias.]
Defn: Scholarship. [Obs.] . Jonson.
SCHOLARLIKESchol"ar*like`, a.
Defn: Scholarly. Bacon.
SCHOLARLYSchol"ar*ly, a.
Defn: Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique. — adv.
Defn: In a scholarly manner.
SCHOLARSHIPSchol"ar*ship, n.
1. The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning. A man of my master's . . . great scholarship. Pope.
2. Literary education. [R.] Any other house of scholarship. Milton.
3. Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student. T. Warton.
Syn.— Learning; erudition; knowledge.
SCHOLASTIC Scho*las"tic, a. Etym: [L. scholasticus, Gr. scholastique, scolastique. See School.]
1. Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning. Sir K. Digby.
2. Of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy. Locke.
3. Hence, characterized by excessive subtilty, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
SCHOLASTICScho*las"tic, n.
1. One who adheres to the method or subtilties of the schools. Milton.
2. (R.C.Ch.)
Defn: See the Note under Jesuit.
SCHOLASTICALScho*las"tic*al, a. & n.
Defn: Scholastic.
SCHOLASTICALLYScho*las"tic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a scholastic manner.
SCHOLASTICISMScho*las"ti*cism, n.
Defn: The method or subtitles the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy. The spirit of the old scholasticism . . . spurned laborious investigation and slow induction. J. P. Smith.
SCHOLIAScho"li*a, n. pl.
Defn: See Scholium.
SCHOLIASTScho"li*ast, n. Etym: [Gr. scoliate. See Scholium.]
Defn: A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator. No . . . quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts . . . ever marred the effect of his grave temperate discourses. Macaulay.
SCHOLIASTICScho`li*as"tic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a scholiast, or his pursuits. Swift.
SCHOLIAZEScho"li*aze, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Gr.
Defn: To write scholia. [Obs.] Milton.
SCHOLICALSchol"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. scholicus, Gr. School.]
Defn: Scholastic. [Obs.] ales.
SCHOLIONScho"li*on, n. Etym: [NL.]
Defn: A scholium. A judgment which follows immediately from another is sometimes called a corollary, or consectary . . . One which illustrates the science where it appears, but is not an integral part of it, is a scholion. Abp. Thomson (Laws of Thought).
SCHOLIUMScho"li*um, n.; pl. L. Scholia, E. Scholiums. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.School.]
1. Marginal anotation; an explanatory remark or comment; specifically, an explanatory comment on the text of a classic author by an early grammarian.
2. A remark or observation subjoined to a demonstration or a train of reasoning.
SCHOLYScho"ly, n.
Defn: A scholium. [Obs.] Hooker.
SCHOLYScho"ly, v. i. & t.
Defn: To write scholia; to annotate. [Obs.]
SCHOOL School, n. Etym: [For shool a crowd; prob. confuced with school for learning.]
Defn: A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish.
SCHOOLSchool, n. Etym: [OE. scole, AS. sc, L. schola, Gr. Scheme.]
1. A place for learned intercourse and instruction; an institution for learning; an educational establishment; a place for acquiring knowledge and mental training; as, the school of the prophets. Disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. Acts xix. 9.
2. A place of primary instruction; an establishment for the instruction of children; as, a primary school; a common school; a grammar school. As he sat in the school at his primer. Chaucer.
3. A session of an institution of instruction. How now, Sir Hugh! No school to-day Shak.
4. One of the seminaries for teaching logic, metaphysics, and theology, which were formed in the Middle Ages, and which were characterized by academical disputations and subtilties of reasoning. At Cambridge the philosophy of Descartes was still dominant in the schools. Macaulay.
5. The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honors are held.
6. An assemblage of scholars; those who attend upon instruction in a school of any kind; a body of pupils. What is the great community of Christians, but one of the innumerable schools in the vast plan which God has instituted for the education of various intelligences Buckminster.
7. The disciples or followers of a teacher; those who hold a common doctrine, or accept the same teachings; a sect or denomination in philosophy, theology, science, medicine, politics, etc. Let no man be less confident in his faith . . . by reason of any difference in the several schools of Christians. Jer. Taylor.
8. The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age; as, he was a gentleman of the old school. His face pale but striking, though not handsome after the schools. A. S. Hardy.
9. Figuratively, any means of knowledge or discipline; as, the school of experience. Boarding school, Common school, District school, Normal school, etc. See under Boarding, Common, District, etc. — High school, a free public school nearest the rank of a college. [U.S.] — School board, a corporation established by law in every borough or parish in England, and elected by the burgesses or ratepayers, with the duty of providing public school accomodation for all children in their dictrict. — School commitee, School board, an elected commitee of citizens having charge and care of the public schools in any district, town, or city, and responsible control of the money appropriated for school purposes. [U.S.] — School days, the period in which youth are sent to school. — School district, a division of a town or city for establishing and conducting schools. [U.S.] — Sunday school, or Sabbath school, a school held on Sunday for study of the Bible and for religious instruction; the pupils, or the teachers and pupils, of such a school, collectively.
SCHOOLSchool, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Schooled; p. pr. & vb. n. Schooling.]
1. To train in an institution of learning; to educate at a school; to teach. He's gentle, never schooled, and yet learned. Shak.
2. To tutor; to chide and admonish; to reprove; to subject to systematic disciplene; to train. It now remains for you to school your child, And ask why God's Anointed be reviled. Dryden. The mother, while loving her child with the intensity of a sole affection, had schooled herself to hope for little other return than the waywardness of an April breeze. Hawthorne.
SCHOOLBOOKSchool"book`, n.
Defn: A book used in schools for learning lessons.
SCHOOLBOYSchool"boy`, n.
Defn: A boy belonging to, or attending, a school.
SCHOOLDAMESchool"dame`. n.
Defn: A schoolmistress.
SCHOOLERYSchool"er*y (, n.
Defn: Something taught; precepts; schooling. [Obs.] penser.
SCHOOLFELLOWSchool"fel`low, n.
Defn: One bred at the same school; an associate in school.
SCHOOLGIRLSchool"girl`, n.
Defn: A girl belonging to, or attending, a school.
SCHOOLHOUSESchool"house`, n.
Defn: A house appropriated for the use of a school or schools, or for instruction.
SCHOOLINGSchool"ing, n.
1. Instruction in school; tuition; education in an institution of learning; act of teaching.
2. Discipline; reproof; reprimand; as, he gave his son a good schooling. Sir W. Scott.
3. Compensation for instruction; price or reward paid to an instructor for teaching pupils.
SCHOOLINGSchool"ing, a. Etym: [See School a shoal.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Collecting or running in schools or shoals.Schooling species like the herring and menhaden. G. B. Goode.
SCHOOLMA'AMSchool"ma'am, n.
Defn: A schoolmistress. [Colloq.U.S.]
SCHOOLMAIDSchool"maid`, n.
Defn: A schoolgirl. Shak.
SCHOOLMANSchool"man`, n.; pl. Schoolmen (.
Defn: One versed in the niceties of academical disputation or of school divinity.
Note: The schoolmen were philosophers and divines of the Middle Ages, esp. from the 11th century to the Reformation, who spent much time on points of nice and abstract speculation. They were so called because they taught in the mediæval universities and schools of divinity.
SCHOOLMASTERSchool"mas`ter, n.
1. The man who presides over and teaches a school; a male teacher of a school. Let the soldier be abroad if he will; he can do nothing in this age. There is another personage abroad, — a person less imposing, — in the eyes of some, perhaps, insignificant. The schoolmaster is abroad; and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full military array. Brougham.
2. One who, or that which, disciplines and directs. The law was our schoolmaster, to bring us into Christ. Gal. iii. 24.
SCHOOLMATESchool"mate`, n.
Defn: A pupil who attends the same school as another.
SCHOOLMISTRESSSchool"mis`tress, n.
Defn: A woman who governs and teaches a school; a female school- teacher.
SCHOOLROOMSchool"room`, n.
Defn: A room in which pupils are taught.
SCHOOLSHIPSchool"ship`, n.
Defn: A vessel employed as a nautical training school, in which naval apprentices receive their education at the expense of the state, and are trained for service as sailors. Also, a vessel used as a reform school to which boys are committed by the courts to be disciplined, and instructed as mariners.
SCHOOL-TEACHERSchool"-teach`er, n.
Defn: One who teaches or instructs a school.— School"-teach`ing, n.
SCHOOLWARDSchool"ward, adv.
Defn: Toward school. Chaucer.
SCHOONERSchoon"er, n. Etym: [See the Note below. Cf. Shun.] (Naut.)
Defn: Originally, a small, sharp-built vessel, with two topsails on one or both masts and was called a topsail schooner. About 1840, longer vesels with three masts, fore-and-aft rigged, came into use, and since that time vesels with four masts and even with six masts, so rigged, are built. Schooners with more than two masts are designated three-masted schooners, four-masted schooners, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
Note: The fist schooner ever constructed is said to have between built in Gloucester, Massachusetts, about theyar 1713, by a Captain Andrew Robinson, and to have received its name from the following trivial circumstance: When the vessel went off the stocks into the water, a bystander cried out,"O, how she scoons!" Robinson replied, " A scooner let her be;" and, from that time, vessels thus masted and rigged have gone by this name. The word scoon is popularly used in some parts of New England to denote the act of making stones skip along the surface of water. The Scottish scon means the same thing. Both words are probably allied to the Icel. skunda, skynda, to make haste, hurry, AS. scunian to avoid, shun, Prov. E. scun. In the New England records, the word appears to have been originally written scooner. Babson, in his "History of Gloucester," gives the following extract from a letter written in that place Sept. 25, 1721, by Dr. Moses Prince, brother of the Rev. Thomas Prince, the annalist of New England: "This gentleman (Captain Robinson) was first contriver of schooners, and built the first of that sort about eight years since."
SCHOONERSchoon"er, n. Etym: [D.]
Defn: A large goblet or drinking glass, — used for lager beer or ale. [U.S.]
SCHORLSchorl (shôrl), n. Etym: [G. schörl; cf. Sw. skörl.] (Min.)
Defn: Black tourmaline. [Written also shorl.]
SCHORLACEOUSSchor*la"ceous, a.
Defn: Partaking of the nature and character of schorl; resembling schorl.
SCHORLOUSSchorl"ous, a.
Defn: Schorlaceous.
SCHORLYSchorl"y, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, schorl; as, schorly granite.
SCHOTTISH; SCHOTTISCHESchot"tish, Schot"tische, (, n. Etym: [F. schottish, schotisch fromG. schottisch Scottish, Scotch.]
Defn: A Scotch round dance in 2-4 time, similar to the polka, only slower; also, the music for such a dance; — not to be confounded with the Écossaise.
SCHREIBERSITESchrei"bers*ite, n. Etym: [Named after Carl von Schreibers, ofVienna.] (Min.)
Defn: A mineral occurring in steel-gray flexible folia. It contains iron, nickel, and phosphorus, and is found only in meteoric iron.
SCHRODESchrode, n.
Defn: See Scrod.
SCHWANN'S SHEATH Schwann's" sheath`. Etym: [So called from Theodor Schwann, a German anatomist of the 19th century.] (Anat.)
Defn: The neurilemma.
SCHWANN'S WHITE SUBSTANCESchwann's white" sub"stance. (Anat.)
Defn: The substance of the medullary sheath.
SCHWANPANSchwan"pan`, n.
Defn: Chinese abacus.
SCHWEITZERKASE; SCHWEITZERKAESESchweit"zer*kä"se, n. Etym: [G. schweizerkäse Swiss cheese.]
Defn: Gruyère cheese.
SCHWENKFELDER; SCHWENKFELDIANSchwenk"feld`er, Schwenk"feld`i*an, n.
Defn: A member of a religious sect founded by Kaspar von Schwenkfeld, a Silesian reformer who disagreed with Luther, especially on the deification of the body of Christ.
SCIAENOIDSci*æ"noid, a. Etym: [L. sciæna a kind of fish (fr. Gr. -oid.](Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Sciænidæ, a family of marine fishes which includes the meagre, the squeteague, and the kingfish.
SCIAGRAPHSci"a*graph, n. Etym: [See Sciagraphy.]
1. (Arch.)
Defn: An old term for a vertical section of a building; — called also sciagraphy. See Vertical section, under Section.
2. (Phys.)
Defn: A radiograph. [Written also skiagraph.]
SCIAGRAPHICALSci`a*graph"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. sciagraphique, Gr.
Defn: Pertaining to sciagraphy.— Sci`a*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.
SCIAGRAPHYSci*ag"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. sciagraphie.]
1. The art or science of projecting or delineating shadows as they fall in nature. Gwilt.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: Same as Siagraph.
SCIAMACHYSci*am"a*chy, n.
Defn: See Sciomachy.
SCIATHERIC; SCIATHERICALSci`a*ther"ic, Sci`a*ther"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Belonging to a sundial. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.— Sci`a*ther"ic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] J. Gregory.
SCIATIC Sci*at"ic, a. Etym: [F. sciatique, LL. sciaticus, from L. inschiadicus, Gr. Ischiadic.] (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the hip; in the region of, or affecting, the hip; ischial; ischiatic; as, the sciatic nerve, sciatic pains.
SCIATICSci*at"ic, n. Etym: [Cf. F. sciatique.] (Med.)
Defn: Sciatica.
SCIATICASci*at"i*ca, n. Etym: [NL.] (Med.)
Defn: Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thing, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the branches of the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoininhg. See Ischiadic passion, under Ischiadic.
SCIATICALSci*at"ic*al, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Sciatic.
SCIATICALLYSci*at"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: With, or by means of, sciatica.
SCIBBOLETHScib"bo*leth, n.
Defn: Shibboleth. [Obs.]
SCIENCE Sci"ence, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. scientia, fr. sciens, -entis, p.pr. of scire to know. Cf. Conscience, Conscious, Nice.]
1. Knowledge; lnowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts. If we conceive God's or science, before the creation, to be extended to all and every part of the world, seeing everything as it is, . . . his science or sight from all eternity lays no necessity on anything to come to pass. Hammond. Shakespeare's deep and accurate science in mental philosophy. Coleridge.
2. Accumulated and established knowledge, which has been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth; comprehensive, profound, or philosophical knowledge. All this new science that men lere [teach]. Chaucer. Science is . . . a complement of cognitions, having, in point of form, the character of logical perfection, and in point of matter, the character of real truth. Sir W. Hamilton.
3. Especially, such knowledge when it relates to the physical world and its phenomena, the nature, constitution, and forces of matter, the qualities and function of living tissues, etc.; — called also natural science, and physical science. Voltaire hardly left a single corner of the field entirely unexplored in science, poetry, history, philosophy. J. Morley.