6. A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
7. A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the blubber.
8. (Carp.)
Defn: A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
9. (Arch.) (a) The short wooden buttress of a post. (b) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.
10. (Bot.) (a) Any projecting appendage of a flower looking like a spur. Gray. (b) Ergotized rye or other grain. [R.]
11. (Fort.)
Defn: A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
12. (Shipbuilding) (a) A piece of timber fixed on the bilge ways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side. (b) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam can not be placed. Spur fowl (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Asiatic gallinaceous birds of the genus Galloperdix, allied to the jungle fowl. The males have two or more spurs on each leg. — Spur gear (Mach.), a cogwheel having teeth which project radially and stand parallel to the axis; a spur wheel. — Spur gearing, gearing in which spur gears are used. See under Gearing. — Spur pepper. (Bot.) See the Note under Capsicum. — Spur wheel. Same as Spur gear, above.
SPURSpur, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spurred; p. pr. & vb. n. Spurring.]
1. To prick with spurs; to incite to a more hasty pace; to urge or goad; as, to spur a horse.
2. To urge or encourage to action, or to a more vigorous pursuit of an object; to incite; to stimulate; to instigate; to impel; to drive. Love will not be spurred to what it loathes. Shak.
3. To put spurs on; as, a spurred boot.
SPURSpur, v. i.
Defn: To spur on one' horse; to travel with great expedition; tohasten; hence, to press forward in any pursuit. "Now spurs the latedtraveler." Shak.The Parthians shall be there, And, spurring from the fight, confesstheir fear. Dryden.The roads leading to the capital were covered with multitudes ofyeomen, spurring hard to Westminster. Macaulay.Some bold men, . . . by spurring on, refine themselves. Grew.
SPURGALLSpur"gall`, n.
Defn: A place galled or excoriated by much using of the spur.
SPURGALLSpur"gall`, v. t.
Defn: To gall or wound with a spur.
SPURGESpurge, v. t. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Defn: To emit foam; to froth; — said of the emission of yeast from beer in course of fermentation. [Obs.] W. Cartright.
SPURGE Spurge, n. Etym: [OF. espurge, F. épurge, from OF. espurgier to purge, L. expurgare. See Expurgate, Purge.] (Bot.)
Defn: Any plant of the genus Euphobia. See Euphorbia. Spurge flax, anevergreen shrub (Daphne Gnidium) with crowded narrow leaves. It isnative of Southern Europe.— Spurge laurel, a European shrub (Daphne Laureola) with oblongevergreen leaves.— Spurge nettle. See under Nettle.— Spurge olive, an evergreen shrub (Daphne oleoides) found in theMediterranean region.
SPURGEWORTSpurge"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: Any euphorbiaceous plant. Lindley.
SPURGINGSpur"ging, n. Etym: [See 2d Spurge.]
Defn: A purging. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
SPURIOUSSpu"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. spurius.]
1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate.
2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. "Her spurious firstborn." Milton. Spurious primary, or Spurious quill (Zoöl.), the first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced in size, as in certain singing birds. — Spurious wing (Zoöl.), the bastard wing, or alula.
Syn.— Counterfeit; false; adulterate; supposititious; fictitious;bastard.— Spu"ri*ous*ly, adv.— Spu"ri*ous*ness, n.
SPURLESSSpur"less, a.
Defn: Having no spurs.
SPURLINGSpur"ling, n. Etym: [See Sparling.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A tern. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser.
SPURLING-LINE Spur"ling-line`, n. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. spurling the rut of a wheel, a cart rut, AS. spor a track, trace, E. spoor. Scot. spurl to sprawl.] (Naut.)
Defn: The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.
SPURNSpurn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spurned; p. pr. & vb. n. Spurning.] Etym:[OE. spurnen to kick against, to stumble over, AS. spurnan to kick,offend; akin to spura spur, OS. & OHG. spurnan to kick, Icel. spyrna,L. spernere to despise, Skr. sphur to jerk, to push. sq. root171. SeeSpur.]
1. To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick. [The bird] with his foot will spurn adown his cup. Chaucer. I spurn thee like a cur out of my way. Shak.
2. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt. What safe and nicely I might well delay By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn. Shak. Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid them at their master's feet. Locke.
SPURNSpurn, v. i.
1. To kick or toss up the heels. The miller spurned at a stone. Chaucer. The drunken chairman in the kennel spurns. Gay.
2. To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance. Nay, more, to spurn at your most royal image. Shak.
SPURNSpurn, n.
1. A kick; a blow with the foot. [R.] What defence can properly be used in such a despicable encounter as this but either the slap or the spurn Milton.
2. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment. The insolence of office and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes. Shak.
3. (Mining)
Defn: A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass.
SPURNERSpurn"er, n.
Defn: One who spurns.
SPURN-WATERSpurn"-wa`ter, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.
SPURREDSpurred, a.
1. Wearing spurs; furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs.
2. Affected with spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye. Spurred corolla (Bot.), a corolla in which there are one or more petals with a spur.
SPURRERSpur"rer, n.
Defn: One who spurs.
SPURREYSpur"rey, n. (Bot.)
Defn: See Spurry.
SPURRIERSpur"ri*er, n.
Defn: One whose occupation is to make spurs. B. Jonson. "The saddlers and spurriers would be ruined by thousands." Macaulay.
SPUR-ROYALSpur"-roy`al, n.
Defn: A gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV., having a star on the reverse resembling the rowel of a spur. In the reigns of Elizabeth and of James I., its value was fifteen shillings. [Written also spur-rial, and spur-ryal.]
SPURRYSpur"ry, n. Etym: [D. or OF. spurrie; cf. G. spergel, NL. spergula.](Bot.)
Defn: An annual herb (Spergula arvensis) with whorled filiform leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder. [Written also spurrey.] Sand spurry (Bot.), any low herb of the genus Lepigonum, mostly found in sandy places.
SPUR-SHELLSpur"-shell`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. The shell is conical, with the margin toothed somewhat like the rowel of a spur.
SPURTSpurt, v. i. Etym: [Written also spirt, and originally the same wordas sprit; OE. sprutten to sprout, AS. spryttan. See Sprit, v. i.,Sprout, v. i.]
Defn: To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt. Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock. Pope.
SPURTSpurt, v. t.
Defn: To throw out, as a liquid, in a stream or jet; to drive or force out with violence, as a liquid from a pipe or small orifice; as, to spurt water from the mouth.
SPURTSpurt, n.
1. A sudden or violent ejection or gushing of a liquid, as of water from a tube, orifice, or other confined place, or of blood from a wound; a jet; a spirt.
2. A shoot; a bud. [Obs.] Holland.
3. Fig.: A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy. Spurt grass (Bot.), a rush fit for basket work. Dr. Prior.
SPURT Spurt, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. sprette a spurt, spring, run, spretta to sprit, spring.]
Defn: A sudden and energetic effort, as in an emergency; an increasedexertion for a brief space.The long, steady sweep of the so-called "paddle" tried him almost asmuch as the breathless strain of the spurt. T. Hughes.
SPURTSpurt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spurted; p. pr. & vb. n. Spurting.]
Defn: To make a sudden and violent exertion, as in an emergency.
SPURTLESpur"tle, v. t. Etym: [Freq. of spurt.]
Defn: To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner. [Obs.] Drayton.
SPURWAYSpur"way`, n. Etym: [Prov. E. spoor a track, trace (AS. spor) + way.]
Defn: A bridle path. [R.]
SPUR-WINGEDSpur"-winged`, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings. Spur-winged goose (Zoöl.), any one of several species of long-legged African geese of the genus Plectropterus and allied genera, having a strong spur on the bend of the wing, as the Gambo goose (P. Gambensis) and the Egyptian, or Nile, goose (Alopochen Ægyptiaca). — Spur-winged plover (Zoöl.), an Old World plover (Hoplopterus spinosus) having a sharp spur on the bend of the wing. It inhabits Northern Africa and the adjacent parts of Asia and Europe.
SPUTSput, n. (Steam Boiler)
Defn: An annular reënforce, to strengthen a place where a hole is made.
SPUTATION Spu*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. sputare to spit, v. intens. fr. spuere to spit: cf. F. sputation.]
Defn: The act of spitting; expectoration. Harvey.
SPUTATIVESpu"ta*tive, a.
Defn: Inclined to spit; spitting much. Sir H. Wotton.
SPUTESpute, v. t. Etym: [Abbrev. from dispute.]
Defn: To dispute; to discuss. [Obs.] Wyclif.
SPUTTERSput"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sputtered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sputtering.]Etym: [From the root of spout or spit to eject from the mputh. Cf.Splutter.]
1. To spit, or to emit saliva from the mouth in small, scattered portions, as in rapid speaking.
2. To utter words hastily and indistinctly; to speak so rapidly as to emit saliva. They could neither of them speak their rage, and so fell a sputtering at one another, like two roasting apples. Congreve.
3. To throw out anything, as little jets of steam, with a noise like that made by one sputtering. Like the green wood . . . sputtering in the flame. Dryden.
SPUTTERSput"ter, v. t.
Defn: To spit out hastily by quick, successive efforts, with a spluttering sound; to utter hastily and confusedly, without control over the organs of speech. In the midst of caresses, and without the last pretend incitement, to sputter out the basest accusations. Swift.
SPUTTERSput"ter, n.
Defn: Moist matter thrown out in small detached particles; also, confused and hasty speech.
SPUTTERERSput"ter*er, n.
Defn: One who sputters.
SPUTUMSpu"tum, n.; pl. Sputa. Etym: [L., from spuere, sputum, to spit.]
Defn: That which is expectorated; a salival discharge; spittle; saliva.
SPY Spy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spied; p. pr. & vb. n. Spying.] Etym: [OE. spien, espien, OF. espier, F. épier, OHG. speh, G. spähen; akin to L. specere to see, Skr. spa(Espy, v.t., Aspect, Auspice, Circumspect, Conspicuouc, Despise, Frontispiece, Inspect, Prospect, Respite, Scope, Scecimen, Spectacle, Specter, Speculate, Spice, Spite, Suspicion.]
Defn: To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see. One in reading, skipped over all sentences where he spied a note of admiration. Swift.
2. To discover by close search or examination. Look about with yout eyes; spy what things are to be reformed in the church of England. Latimer.
3. To explore; to view; inspect; and examine secretly, as a country; — usually with out. Moses sent to spy Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof. Num. xxi. 32.
SPYSpy, v. i.
Defn: To search narrowly; to scrutinize.It is my nature's plague To spy into abuses. Shak.
SPYSpy, n.; pl. Spies. Etym: [See Spy, v., and cf. Espy, n.]
1. One who keeps a constant watch of the conduct of others. "These wretched spies of wit." Dryden.
2. (Mil.)
Defn: A person sent secretly into an enemy's camp, territory, or fortifications, to inspect his works, ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to communicate such intelligence to the proper officer. Spy money, money paid to a spy; the reward for private or secret intelligence regarding the enemy. — Spy Wednesday (Eccl.), the Wednesday immediately preceding the festival of Easter; — so called in allusion to the betrayal of Christ by Judas Iscariot.
Syn.— See Emissary, and Scout.
SPYBOATSpy"boat`, n.
Defn: A boat sent to make discoveries and bring intelligence.Arbuthnot.
SPYGLASSSpy"glass, n.
Defn: A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects.
SPYISMSpy"ism
Defn: , n. Act or business of spying. [R.]
SPYNACE; SPYNESpy"nace, Spyne, n. (Naut.)
Defn: See Pinnace, n., 1 (a).
SQUAB Squab, a. Etym: [Cf. dial. Sw. sqvabb a soft and fat body, sqvabba a fat woman, Icel. kvap jelly, jellylike things, and and E. quab.]
1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky. Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice. Betterton.
2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. King.
SQUABSquab, n.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, esp. when very fat and not fully fledged.
2. A person of a short, fat figure. Gorgonious sits abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. Cowper.
3. A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa. Punching the squab of chairs and sofas. Dickens. On her large squab you find her spread. Pope.
SQUAB Squab, adv. Etym: [Cf. dial. Sw. squapp, a word imitative of a splash, and E. squab fat, unfledged.]
Defn: With a heavy fall; plump. [Vulgar] The eagle took the tortoise up into the air, and dropped him down, squab, upon a rock. L'Estrange.
SQUABSquab, v. i.
Defn: To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.[Obs.]
SQUABASHSqua*bash", v. t.
Defn: To crush; to quash; to squash. [Colloq. or Slang, Scot.] Sir W.Scott.
SQUABBISHSquab"bish, a.
Defn: Thick; fat; heavy.
SQUABBLESquab"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squabbled; p. pr. & vb. n.Squabbling.] Etym: [Cf. dial. Sw. skvabbel a dispute, skvappa tochide.]
1. To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.
2. To debate peevishly; to dispute. The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative. I. Watts.
Syn.— To dispute; contend; scuffle; wrangle; quarrel; struggle.
SQUABBLESquab"ble, v. t. (Print.)
Defn: To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are mixed and need careful readjustment; — said of type that has been set up.
SQUABBLESquab"ble, n.
Defn: A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl.
SQUABBLERSquab"bler, n.
Defn: One who squabbles; a contentious person; a brawler.
SQUABBYSquab"by, a.
Defn: Short and thick; suqabbish.
SQUAB-CHICKSquab"-chick`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A young chicken before it is fully fledged. [Prov. Eng.]
SQUACCOSquac"co, n.; pl. Squaccos (. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A heron (Ardea comata) found in Asia, Northern Africa, andSouthern Europe.
SQUADSquad, n. Etym: [F. escouade, fr. Sp. escuadra, or It. squadra,(assumed) LL. exquadrare to square; L. ex + quadra a square. SeeSquare.]
1. (Mil.)
Defn: A small party of men assembled for drill, inspection, or other purposes.
2. Hence, any small party.
SQUADSquad, n.
Defn: Sloppy mud. [Prov. Eng.] Tennyson.
SQUADRON Squad"ron, n. Etym: [F. escadron, formerly also esquadron, or It. squadrone. See Squad.]
1. Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square. [R.] Those half-rounding quards Just met, and, closing, stood in squadron joined. Milton.
2. (Mil.)
Defn: A body of cavarly comparising two companies or troops, and averging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men.
3. (Naut.)
Defn: A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron. Totten. Flying squadron, a squadron of observation or practice, that cruises rapidly about from place to place. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
SQUADRONEDSquad"roned, a.
Defn: Formed into squadrons, or squares. [R.] Milton.
SQUAILSquail, v. i.
Defn: To throw sticls at cocks; to throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly. [Prov. Eng.] Southey.
SQUAIMOUSSquai"mous, a.
Defn: Squeamish. [Obs.]
SQUALISqua"li, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. squalus a kind of sea fish.](Zoöl.)
Defn: The suborder of elasmobranch fishes which comprises the sharks.
SQUALIDSqual"id, a. Etym: [L. squalidus, fr. squalere to be foul or filthy.]
Defn: Dirty through neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty.Uncomed his locks, and squalid his attrie. Dryden.Those squalid dens, which are the reproach of large capitals.Macaulay.
SQUALIDITYSqua*lid"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. squaliditas.]
Defn: The quality or state of being squalid; foulness; filthiness.
SQUALIDLYSqual"id*ly, adv.
Defn: In a squalid manner.
SQUALIDNESSSqual"id*ness, n.
Defn: Quality or state of being squalid.
SQUALL Squall, n. Etym: [Cf. Sw. sqval an impetuous running of water, sqvalregn a violent shower of rain, sqala to stream, to gush.]
Defn: A sudden violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow.The gray skirts of a lifting squall. Tennyson.Black squall, a squall attended with dark, heavy clouds.— Thick squall, a black squall accompanied by rain, hail, sleet, orsnow. Totten.— White squall, a squall which comes unexpectedly, without beingmarked in its approach by the clouds. Totten.
SQUALLSquall, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Squalling.]Etym: [Icel. skvala. Cf. Squeal.]
Defn: To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress; as, the infant squalled.
SQUALLSquall, n.
Defn: A loud scream; a harsh cry. There oft are heard the notes of infant woe, -The short, thick sob, loud scream, and shriller squall. Pope.
SQUALLERSquall"er, n.
Defn: One who squalls; a screamer.
SQUALLYSquall"y, a.
1. Abounding with squalls; disturbed often with sudden and violent gusts of wind; gusty; as, squally weather.
2. (Agric.)
Defn: Interrupted by unproductive spots; — said of a flied of turnips or grain. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
3. (Weaving)
Defn: Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty; — said of cloth.
SQUALODONSqua"lo*don, n. Etym: [NL. Squalus a genus of sharks + Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: A genus of fossil whales belonging to the Phocodontia; — so called because their are serrated, like a shark's.
SQUALODONTSqua"lo*dont, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Pertaining to Squalodon.
SQUALOID Squa"loid, a. Etym: [NL. Squalus a genus of sharks (fr. L. squalus a kind of sea fish) + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Like or pertaining to a shark or sharks.
SQUALORSqua"lor, n. Etym: [L., fr. squalere to be foul or filthy.]
Defn: Squalidness; foulness; filthness; squalidity.The heterogenous indigent multitude, everywhere wearing nearly thesame aspect of squalor. Taylor.To bring this sort of squalor among the upper classes. Dickens.
SQUAM Squam, n. [From Squam, shortened fr. Annisquam, name of a village on the coast of Massachusetts.]
Defn: An oilskin hat or southwester; — a fisherman's name. [U. S.]
SQUAMASqua"ma, n.; pl. Squamæ. Etym: [L. a scale.] (Med.)
Defn: A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium.
SQUAMACEOUSSqua*ma"ceous, a.
Defn: Squamose.
SQUAMATASqua*ma"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. squamatus scaly.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of edentates having the body covered with large, imbricated horny scales. It includes the pangolins.
SQUAMATE; SQUAMATEDSqua"mate, Squa"ma*ted, a. Etym: [L. squamatus.]
Defn: Same as Squamose.
SQUAMDUCKSquam"duck`. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The American eider duck. [Local, U.S.]
SQUAMESquame, n. Etym: [L. squama scale.]
1. A scale. [Obs.] "iron squames." Chaucer.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.
SQUAMELLA Squa*mel"la, n.; pl. Squamellæ. Etym: [NL., dim. fr. L. squama a scale.] (Bot.)
Defn: A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea.
SQUAMELLATESqua*mel"late, a.
Defn: Furnished or covered with little scales; squamulose.
SQUAMIFORMSqua"mi*form, a.Etym: [L. squama a scale + -form.]
Defn: Having the shape of a scale.
SQUAMIGEROUS Squa*mig"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. squamiger; squama a scale + gerere to bear.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Bearing scales.
SQUAMIPEN Squam"i*pen ( or ), n. ;pl. Squamipennes. Etym: [L. squama a scale + penna a fin: cf. F. squamipenne.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins partially covered with scales.
Note: They are compressed and mostly, bright-colored tropical fishes, belonging to Chætodon and allied genera. Many of them are called soral fishes, and angel fishes.
SQUAMOIDSqua"moid, a. Etym: [L. squama scale + -oid.]
Defn: Resembling a scale; also, covered with scales; scaly.
SQUAMOSAL Squa*mo"sal, a. (Anat.) (a) Scalelike; squamous; as, the squamosal bone. (b) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone. — n.
Defn: The squamous part of the temporal bone, or a bone correspondending to it, under Temporal.
SQUAMOSE; SQUAMOUS Squa*mose" or, Squa"mous, Etym: [L. squamosus, fr. squama a scale: cf. F. squameux.]
1. Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a scale; scaly; as, the squamose cones of the pine; squamous epithelial cells; the squamous portion of the temporal bone, which is so called from a fancied resemblance to a scale.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.
SQUAMOZYGOMATICSqua`mo*zyg`o*mat"ic, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to both the squamosal and zygomatic bones; — applied to a bone, or a center of ossification, in some fetal skulls. — n.
Defn: A squamozygomatic bone.
SQUAMULA Squam"u*la ( or ), n.; pl. Squamulæ. Etym: [L., dim. of squama a scale.] (Bot.)
Defn: One of the little hypogynous scales found in the flowers of grasses; a lodicule.
SQUAMULATESquam"u*late, a.
Defn: Same as Squamulose.
SQUAMULESquam"ule, n. (Bot.)
Defn: Same as Squamula.
SQUAMULOSESquam"u*lose`, a.
Defn: Having little scales; squamellate; squamulate.
SQUANDER Squan"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squandered; p. pr. & vb. n. Squandering.] Etym: [Cf. Scot. squatter to splash water about, to scatter, to squander, Prov. E. swatter, Dan. sqvatte, Sw. sqvätta to squirt, sqvättra to squander, Icel. skvetta to squirt out, to throw out water.]
1. To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.] Our squandered troops he rallies. Dryden.
2. To spend lavishly or profusely; to spend prodigally or wastefully; to use without economy or judgment; to dissipate; as, to squander an estate. The crime of squandering health is equal to the folly. Rambler.
Syn.— To spend; expend; waste; scatter; dissipate.
SQUANDERSquan"der, v. i.
1. To spend lavishly; to be wasteful. They often squandered, but they never gave. Savage.
2. To wander at random; to scatter. [R.] The wise man's folly is anatomized Even by squandering glances of the fool. Shak.
SQUANDERSquan"der, n.
Defn: The act of squandering; waste.
SQUANDERERSquan"der*er, n.
Defn: One who squanders.
SQUANDERINGLYSquan"der*ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a squandering manner.
SQUARE Square, n. Etym: [OF. esquarre, esquierre, F. équerre a carpenter's square (cf. It. squadra), fr. (assumed) LL. exquadrare to make square; L. ex + quadrus a square, fr. quattuor four. See Four, and cf. Quadrant, Squad, Squer a square.]
1. (Geom.) (a) The corner, or angle, of a figure. [Obs.] (b) A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right angles.
2. Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so; as: (a) A square piece or fragment. He bolted his food down his capacious throat in squares of three inches. Sir W. Scott.
(b) A pane of glass. (c) (Print.) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; — used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers. (d) (Carp.) One hundred superficial feet.
3. An area of four sides, generally with houses on each side; sometimes, a solid block of houses; also, an open place or area for public use, as at the meeting or intersection of two or more streets. The statue of Alexander VII. stands in the large square of the town. Addison.
4. (Mech. & Joinery)
Defn: An instrument having at least one right angle and two or more straight edges, used to lay out or test square work. It is of several forms, as the T square, the carpenter's square, the try-square., etc.
5. Hence, a pattern or rule. [Obs.]
6. (Arith. & Alg.)
Defn: The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8 × 8 = 64; the square of a + b is a2 + 2ab + b2.
7. Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity;rule. [Obs.]They of Galatia [were] much more out of square. Hooker.I have not kept my square. Shak.
8. (Mil.)
Defn: A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron. "The brave squares of war." Shak.
9. Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level. We live not on the square with such as these. Dryden.
10. (Astrol.)
Defn: The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate. [Obs.]
11. The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel. [R.]
12. The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered. [Obs.] Shak. Geometrical square. See Quadrat, n., 2. — Hollow square (Mil.), a formation of troops in the shape of a square, each side consisting of four or five ranks, and the colors, officers, horses, etc., occupying the middle. — Least square, Magic square, etc. See under Least, Magic, etc. — On the square, or Upon the square, in an open, fair manner; honestly, or upon honor. [Obs. or Colloq.] — On, or Upon, the square with, upon equality with; even with. Nares. — To be all squares, to be all settled. [Colloq.] Dickens. — To be at square, to be in a state of quarreling. [Obs.] Nares. — To break no square, to give no offense; to make no difference. [Obs.] — To break squares, to depart from an accustomed order. To see how the squares go, to see how the game proceeds; — a phrase taken from the game of chess, the chessboard being formed with squares. [Obs.] L'Estrange.
SQUARESquare, a.
1. (Geom.)
Defn: Having four equal sides and four right angles; as, a square figure.
2. Forming a right angle; as, a square corner.
3. Having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a square frame.
4. Exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just. She's a most truimphant lady, if report be square to her. Shak.
5. Rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest, as square dealing.
6. Even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the accounts square.
7. Leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous. By Heaven, square eaters. More meat, I say. Beau. & Fl.
8. (Naut.)
Defn: At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; — said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.
Note: Square is often used in self-explaining compounds or combination, as in square-built, square-cornered, square-cut, square- nosed, etc. Square foot, an area equal to that of a square the sides of which are twelwe inches; 144 square inches. — Square knot, a knot in which the terminal and standing parts are parallel to each other; a reef knot. See Illust. under Knot. — Square measure, the measure of a superficies or surface which depends on the length and breadth taken conjointly. The units of square measure are squares whose sides are the linear measures; as, square inches, square feet, square meters, etc. — Square number. See square, n., 6. — Square root of a number or quantity (Math.), that number or quantity which, multiplied by itself produces the given number or quantity. — Square sail (Naut.), a four-sided sail extended upon a yard suspended by the middle; sometimes, the foresail of a schooner set upon a yard; also, a cutter's or sloop's sail boomed out. See Illust of Sail. — Square stern (Naut.), a stern having a transom and joining the counter timbers at an angle, as distinguished from a round stern, which has no transom. — Three-square, Five-square, etc., having three, five, etc., equal sides; as, a three-square file. — To get square with, to get even with; to pay off. [Colloq.]
SQUARESquare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squared; p. pr. & vb. n. Squaring.] Etym:[Cf. OF. escarrer, esquarrer. See Square, n.]
1. To form with four sides and four right angles. Spenser.
2. To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces; as, to square mason's work.
3. To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard. Shak.
4. To adjust; to regulate; to mold; to shape; to fit; as, to square our actions by the opinions of others. Square my trial To my proportioned strength. Milton.
5. To make even, so as leave no remainder of difference; to balance; as, to square accounts.
6. (Math.)
Defn: To multiply by itself; as, to square a number or a quantity.
7. (Astrol.)
Defn: To hold a quartile position respecting.The icy Goat and Crab that square the Scales. Creech.
8. (Naut.)
Defn: To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards. To square one's shoulders, to raise the shoulders so as to give them a square appearance, — a movement expressing contempt or dislike. Sir W. Scott. — To square the circle (Math.), to determine the exact contents of a circle in square measure. The solution of this famous problem is now generally admitted to be impossible.
SQUARESquare, v. i.
1. To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to conform oragree; to suit; to fit.No works shall find acceptamce . . . That square not truly with theScripture plan. Cowper.
2. To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel. [Obs.] Are you such fools To square for this Shak.
3. To take a boxing attitude; — often with up, sometimes with off. [Colloq.] Dickens.
SQUARELYSquare"ly, adv.
Defn: In a square form or manner.
SQUARENESSSquare"ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being square; as, an instrument to try the squareness of work.
SQUARERSquar"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, squares.
2. One who squares, or quarrels; a hot-headed, contentious fellow. [Obs.] Shak.
SQUARE-RIGGEDSquare"-rigged` (skwâr"rîgd`), a. (Naut.)
Defn: Having the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as distinguished from fore-and-aft sails; thus, a ship and a brig are square-rigged vessels.
SQUARE-TOEDSquare"-toed` (-tod`), n.
Defn: Having the toe square.Obsolete as fardingales, ruffs, and square-toed shoes. V. Knox.
SQUARE-TOESSquare"-toes`, n.
Defn: A precise person; — used contemptuously or jocularly.Thackeray.
SQUARISHSquar"ish, a.
Defn: Nearly square. Pennant.
SQUARROSE Squar*rose" ( or ; 277), a. Etym: [L. squarrosus (perhaps) scurfy, scabby.]
Defn: Ragged or full of lose scales or projecting parts; rough; jagged; as: (a) (Bot. & Zoöl.) Consisting of scales widely divaricating; having scales, small leaves, or other bodies, spreading widely from the axis on which they are crowded; — said of a calyx or stem. (b) (Bot.)
Defn: Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf. (c) (Zoöl.) Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; — said of a shell. Squarrose- slashed (Bot.), doubly slashed, with the smaller divisions at right angles to the others, as a leaf. Landley.
SQUARROSO-DENTATESquar*ro`so-den"tate, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having the teeth bent out of the plane of the lamina; — said of a leaf.
SQUARROUSSquar"rous ( or ), a.
Defn: Squarrose.
SQUARRULOSESquar"ru*lose`, a. Etym: [Dim. of squarrose.] (Bot.)
Defn: Somewhat squarrose; slightly squarrose. Gray.
SQUASHSquash, n. Etym: [Cf. Musquash.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An American animal allied to the weasel. [Obs.] Goldsmith.
SQUASH Squash, n. Etym: [Massachusetts Indian asq, pl. asquash, raw, green, immaturate, applied to fruit and vegetables which were used when green, or without cooking; askutasquash vine apple.] (Bot.)
Defn: A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
Note: The species are much confused. The long-neck squash is called Cucurbita verrucosa, the Barbary or China squash, C. moschata, and the great winter squash, C. maxima, but the distinctions are not clear. Squash beetle (Zoöl.), a small American beetle (Diabrotica, or Galeruca vittata) which is often abundant and very injurious to the leaves of squash, cucumber, etc. It is striped with yellow and black. The name is applied also to other allied species. — Squash bug (Zoöl.), a large black American hemipterous insect (Coreus, or Anasa, tristis) injurious to squash vines.
SQUASHSquash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Squashing.]Etym: [OE. squashen, OF. escachier, esquachier, to squash, to crush,F. écacher, perhaps from (assumed) LL. excoacticare, fr. L. ex +coactare to constrain, from cogere, coactum, to compel. Cf. Cogent,Squat, v. i.]
Defn: To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush.
SQUASHSquash, n.
1. Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease. Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a squash is before 't is a peascod. Shak.
2. Hence, something unripe or soft; — used in contempt. "This squash, this gentleman." Shak.
3. A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies. Arbuthnot. My fall was stopped by a terrible squash. Swift.
SQUASHERSquash"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, squashes.
SQUASHINESSSquash"i*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being squashy, or soft.
SQUASHYSquash"y, a.
Defn: Easily squashed; soft.
SQUATSquat, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The angel fish (Squatina angelus
SQUAT Squat, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Squatting.] Etym: [OE. squatten to crush, OF. esquater, esquatir (cf. It. quatto squat, cowering), perhaps fr. L. ex + coactus, p. p. cogere to drive or urge together. See Cogent, Squash, v. t.]
1. To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire.
2. To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.
3. To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands.
SQUATSquat, v. t.
Defn: To bruise or make flat by a fall. [Obs.]
SQUATSquat, a.
1. Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground;cowering; crouching.Him there they found, Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve.Milton.
2. Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting. "The round, squat turret." R. Browning. The head [of the squill insect] is broad and squat. Grew.
SQUATSquat, n.
1. The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground.
2. A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.] erbert.
3. (Mining) (a) A small vein of ore. (b) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. Halliwell. Woodward. Squat snipe (Zoöl.), the jacksnipe; — called also squatter. [Local, U.S.]
SQUATEROLESquat"er*ole, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The black-bellied plover.
SQUATTERSquat"ter, n.
1. One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land under permission and restrictions, before acquiring title. In such a tract, squatters and trespassers were tolerated to an extent now unknown. Macaulay.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Squat snipe, under Squat. Squatter sovereignty, the right claimed by the squatters, or actual residents, of a Territory of the United States to make their own laws. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.
SQUATTYSquat"ty, a.
Defn: Squat; dumpy. J. Burroughs.
SQUAW Squaw, n. Etym: [Massachusetts Indian squa, eshqua; Narragansett squâws; Delaware ochqueu, and khqueu; used also in compound words (as the names of animals) in the sense of female.]
Defn: A female; a woman; — in the language of Indian tribes of theAlgonquin family, correlative of sannup. Old squaw. (Zoöl.) See underOld.
SQUAWBERRYSquaw"ber`ry, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A local name for the partridge berry; also, for the deerberry.[U. S.]
SQUAWKSquawk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squawked; p. pr. & vb. n. Squawking.]Etym: [See Squeak.]
Defn: To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly. Squawking thrush (Zoöl.), the missel turush; — so called from its note when alarmed. [Prov. Eng.]
SQUAWKSquawk, n.
1. Act of squawking; a harsh squeak.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The American night heron. See under Night. Squawk duck (Zoöl.), the bimaculate duck (Anas glocitans). It has patches of reddish brown behind, and in front of, each eye. [Prov. Eng.]
SQUAWLSquawl, v. i.
Defn: See Squall.
SQUAW MANSquaw man.
Defn: A white man who has married an Indian squaw; sometimes, one who has gained tribal rights by such a marriage; — often a term of contempt. [Western U. S.]
SQUAWROOTSquaw"root`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A scaly parasitic plant (Conopholis Americana) found in oak woods in the United States; — called also cancer root.
SQUAW VINESquaw vine. (Bot.)
Defn: The partridge berry (Mitchella repens).
SQUAWWEEDSquaw"weed`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The golden ragwort. See under Ragwort.
SQUEAKSqueak, v. i. [imp.& p. p. Squaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Squeaking.] Etym:[Probably of imitative origin; cf. Sw. sqväka to croak, Icel. skvakkato give a sound as of water shaken in a bottle.]
1. To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to creak. Who can endure to hear one of the rough old Romans squeaking through the mouth of an eunuch Addison. Zoilus calls the companions of Ulysses the "squeaking pigs" of Homer. Pope.
2. To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess. [Colloq.] If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him upon the rack, and he squeaks, I warrant him. Dryden.
SQUEAKSqueak, n.
Defn: A sharp, shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly utered, either of the human voice or of any animal or instrument, such as is made by carriage wheels when dry, by the soles of leather shoes, or by a pipe or reed.
SQUEAKERSqueak"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, squeaks.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The Australian gray crow shrile (Strepera anaphonesis); — so called from its note.
SQUEAKINGLYSqueak"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a squeaking manner.
SQUEALSqueal, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squealed; p. pr. & vb. n. Squealing.]Etym: [Of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. sqväla, Norw. skvella. Cf. Squeak,Squall.]
1. To cry with a sharp, shrill, prolonged sound, as certain animals do, indicating want, displeasure, or pain.
2. To turn informer; to betray a secret. [Slang]
SQUEALSqueal, n.
Defn: A shrill, somewhat prolonged cry.
SQUEALERSqueal"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, squeals.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The European swift. (b) The harlequin duck. (c) The American golden plover.
SQUEAMISH Squeam"ish, a. Etym: [OE. squaimous, sweymous, probably from OE. sweem, swem, dizziness, a swimming in the head; cf. Icel. svemr a bustle, a stir, Norw. sveim a hovering about, a sickness that comes upon one, Icel. svimi a giddiness, AS. swimi. The word has been perhaps confused witrh qualmish. Cf. Swim to be dizzy.]
Defn: Having a stomach that is easily or nauseated; hence, nice toexcess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be offended attrifling improprieties.Quoth he, that honor's very squeamish That takes a basting for ablemish. Hudibras.His muse is rustic, and perhaps too plain The men of squeamish tasteto entertain. Southern.So ye grow squeamish, Gods, and sniff at heaven. M. Arnold.
Syn.— Fastidious; dainty; overnice; scrupulous. See Fastidious.— Squeam"ish*ly, adv.— Squeam"ish*ness, n.
SQUEAMOUSSqueam"ous, a.
Defn: Squeamish. [Obs.]
SQUEASINESSSquea"si*ness, n.
Defn: Queasiness. [Obs.]
SQUEASYSquea"sy, a.
Defn: Queasy; nice; squeamish; fastidious; scrupulous. [Obs.] Bp.Earle.
SQUEEGEESquee"gee, n.
Defn: Same as Squilgee.
SQUEEGEE ROLLERSqueegee roller.
Defn: A small India-rubber roller with a handle, used esp. in printing and photography as a squeegee.
SQUEEZESqueeze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squeezed; p. pr. & vb. n. Squeezing.]Etym: [OE. queisen, AS. cwesan, cwysan, cwisan, of uncertain origin.The s- was probably prefixed through the influence of squash, v.t.]
1. To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in friendship.
2. Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush. In a civil war, people must expect to be crushed and squeezed toward the burden. L'Estrange.
3. To force, or cause to pass, by compression; often with out, through, etc.; as, to squeeze water through felt.
Syn.— To compress; hug; pinch; gripe; crowd.
SQUEEZESqueeze, v. i.
Defn: To press; to urge one's way, or to pass, by pressing; to crowd; — often with through, into, etc.; as, to squeeze hard to get through a crowd.
SQUEEZESqueeze, n.
1. The act of one who squeezes; compression between bodies; pressure.
2. A facsimile impression taken in some soft substance, as pulp, from an inscription on stone.
SQUEEZERSqueez"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, squeezes; as, a lemon squeezer.
2. (Forging) (a) A machine like a large pair of pliers, for shingling, or squeezing, the balls of metal when puddled; — used only in the plural. (b) A machine of several forms for the same purpose; — used in the singular.
SQUEEZINGSqueez"ing, n.
1. The act of pressing; compression; oppression.
2. pl.
Defn: That which is forced out by pressure; dregs.
3. Same as Squeeze, n., 2.
SQUELCHSquelch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Squelched; p. pr. & vb. n. Squelching.]Etym: [Cf. prov. E. quelch a blow, and quel to crush, to kill.]
Defn: To quell; to crush; to silence or put down. [Colloq.]Oh 't was your luck and mine to be squelched. Beau. & Fl.If you deceive us you will be squelched. Carlyle.
SQUELCHSquelch, n.
Defn: A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply. [Colloq.] Hudibras.
SQUETEAGUE Sque*teague" (skwe*teg"), n. Etym: [from the North American Indian name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An American sciænoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit, and sea trout. The spotted squeteague (C. nebulosus) of the Southern United States is a similar fish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is called also spotted weakfish, and, locally, sea trout, and sea salmon.
SQUIB Squib, n. Etym: [OE. squippen, swippen, to move swiftky, Icel. svipa to swoop, flash, dart, whip; akin to AS. swipian to whip, and E. swift, a. See Swift, a.]
1. A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack. Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze. Waller. The making and selling of fireworks, and squibs . . . is punishable. Blackstone.
2. (Mining)
Defn: A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
3. A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay. Who copied his squibs, and reëchoed his jokes. Goldsmith.
4. A writer of lampoons. [Obs.] The squibs are those who in the common phrase of the world are called libelers, lampooners, and pamphleteers. Tatler.
5. A paltry fellow. [Obs.] Spenser.
SQUIBSquib, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squibbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Squibbing.]
Defn: To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate. [Colloq.]
SQUIDSquid, n. Etym: [Cf. Squirt.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of ten-armed cephalopods having a long, tapered body, and a caudal fin on each side; especially, any species of Loligo, Ommastrephes, and related genera. See Calamary, Decacerata, Dibranchiata.
Note: Some of these squids are very abundant on the Atlantic coast of North America, and are used in large quantities for bait, especially in the cod fishery. The most abundant of the American squids are the northern squid (Ommastrephes illecebrosus), ranging from Southern New England to Newfoundland, and the southern squid (Loligo Pealii), ranging from Virginia to Massachusetts.
2. A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid. Flying squid, Giant squid. (Zoöl.) See under Flying, and Giant. — Squid hound (Zoöl.), the striped bass.
SQUIERSquier, n.
Defn: A square. See 1st Squire. [Obs.] Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the squier. Shak.
SQUIERIE; SQUIERYSqui"er*ie, Squi"er*y, (, n. Etym: [OF. escuiere. See Esquire.]
Defn: A company of squires; the whole body of squires.
Note: This word is found in Tyrwhitt's Chaucer, but is not in the modern editions.
SQUIFFYSquif"fy, a.
Defn: Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. [Slang] Kipling.
SQUIGGLE Squig"gle, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. swiggle to drink greedily, to shake liquor in a close vessel, and E. sqig.]
Defn: To shake and wash a fluid about in the mouth with the lips closed. [Prov. Eng.] Forby.
SQUIGGLESquig"gle, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Squirm, Wiggle.]
Defn: To move about like an eel; to squirm. [Low, U.S.] Bartlett.
SQUILGEESquil"gee, n.
Defn: Formerly, a small swab for drying a vessel's deck; now, a kind of scraper having a blade or edge of rubber or of leather, — used for removing superfluous, water or other liquids, as from a vessel's deck after washing, from window panes, photographer's plates, etc. [Written also squillgee, squillagee, squeegee.]
SQUILL Squill, n. Etym: [F. squille (also scille a squill, in sense 1), L. squilla, scilla, Gr.
1. (Bot.) (a) A European bulbous liliaceous plant (Urginea, formerly Scilla, maritima), of acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties used in medicine. Called also sea onion. (b) Any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla; as, the bluebell squill (S. mutans).
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A squilla. (b) A mantis.
SQUILLA Squil"la, n.; pl. E. Squillas, L. Squillæ. Etym: [L., a sea onion, also, a prawn or shrimp. See Squill.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous stomapod crustaceans of the genus Squilla and allied genera. They make burrows in mud or beneath stones on the seashore. Called also mantis shrimp. See Illust. under Stomapoda.
SQUILLITICSquill*it"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to squills. [R.] "Squillitic vinegar."Holland.
SQUINANCE; SQUINANCY Squin"ance, Squin"an*cy, n. Etym: [F. esquinancie, OF. squinance, esquinance. See Quinsy.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: The quinsy. See Quinsy. [Obs.]
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A European perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica) with narrowly linear whorled leaves; — formerly thought to cure the quinsy. Also called quincewort. Squinancy berries, black currants; — so called because used to cure the quinsy. Dr. Prior.
SQUINCHSquinch, n. Etym: [Corrupted fr. sconce.] (Arch.)
Defn: A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower; — called also sconce, and sconcheon.
SQUINSYSquin"sy, n. (Med.)
Defn: See Quinsy. [Obs.]
SQUINT Squint, a. Etym: [Cf. D. schuinte a slope, schuin, schuinisch, sloping, oblique, schuins slopingly. Cf. Askant, Askance, Asquint.]
1. Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; — said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.
2. Fig.: Looking askance. "Squint suspicion." Milton.
SQUINTSquint, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Squinting.]
1. To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance. Some can squint when they will. Bacon.
2. (Med.)
Defn: To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; — to be cross- eyed.
3. To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
SQUINTSquint, v. t.
1. To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye.
2. To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes. He . . . squints the eye, and makes the harelid. Shak.
SQUINTSquint, n.
1. The act or habit of squinting.
2. (Med.)
Defn: A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus.
3. (Arch.)
Defn: Same as Hagioscope.
SQUINTERSquint"er, n.
Defn: One who squints.
SQUINT-EYESquint"-eye`, n.
Defn: An eye that squints. Spenser.
SQUINT-EYEDSquint"-eyed`, a.