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Sabbath, n. 1. [With The prefixed.] Sunday, the Lord's day, the day of rest, the Christian sabbath, first day of the week (among Christians), seventh day of the week (among Jews).

2. Rest, repose, time of rest.

Sable, n. 1. Zibelline marten (Mustela zibellina).

2. Pine marten, American sable (Mustela abietum).

Sable, a. Dark, dusky.

Sabre, n. [Written also Saber.] Cimeter, falchion, cavalry sword, dragoon's sword.

Sabulous, a. Sandy.

Saccharine, a. Sugary, sweet.

Sacerdotal, a. Priestly.

Sack, n. 1. Bag, pouch.

2. Spoliation, destruction, desolation, devastation, havoc, waste, ravage.

3. Sherry, sherry wine.

Sack, v. a. Ravage, despoil, devastate, spoil, destroy, plunder, pillage, rifle, ransack, lay waste, take by storm.

Sacrament, n. 1. Rite, ceremony, solemnity.

2. [With The prefixed.] Eucharist, Communion, Lord's Supper.

Sacred, a. 1. Hallowed, holy, divine.

2. Religious, not secular, not profane.

3. Dedicated, devoted, consecrated.

4. Inviolable, not to be profaned.

5. Venerable, sainted.

Sacredness, n. 1. Holiness, sanctity.

2. Inviolableness.

Sacrifice, v. a. 1. Immolate, offer up.

2. Surrender, give up.

Sacrifice, n. 1. Immolation.

2. Offering, oblation.

3. Surrender.

Sacrilege, n. Profanation, desecration.

Sacrilegious, a. Irreverent, impious, blasphemous, profane, desecrating.

Sacring-bell, n. Saints' bell, mass bell.

Sacristy, n. Vestry, vestry-room.

Sad, a. 1. Sorrowful, desponding, depressed, downcast, melancholy, cheerless, disconsolate, crest-fallen, chap-fallen, cast down.

2. Gloomy, dismal, doleful, mournful, lugubrious, grievous, woebegone.

3. Grievous, afflictive, calamitous, disastrous, dire, deplorable.

Saddle, v. a. 1. Put a saddle on.

2. Load, burden, encumber.

Saddle-horse, n. Palfrey.

Sad-iron, n. Flat-iron.

Sadness, n. 1. Sorrow, despondency, MELANCHOLY, depression, dejection, sorrowfulness, depression of spirits.

2. Gloominess, mournfulness, dolefulness.

Safe, a. 1. Secure, unharmed, undamaged, unscathed, unhurt, sound, free from harm, out of harm's way.

2. Protected, guarded, under lock and key, under cover.

3. Trusty, trustworthy, reliable, to be depended on, to be relied on.

Safe, n. 1. Place of safety, secure place.

2. Coffer, money-chest, strong box.

Safe-conduct, n. 1. Escort, convoy, safeguard, protection.

2. Pass, passport.

Safeguard, n. 1. Defence, protection, security, bulwark, palladium.

2. Convoy, escort, safe conduct.

3. Pass, passport.

Safety, n. Security.

Sag, v. n. Bend (by force of gravity), settle, swag, give way.

Sagacious, a. 1. Quick-scented, quick of scent.

2. Discerning, intelligent, rational, gifted, sage, shrewd, acute, apt, keen, able, perspicacious, enlightened, wise, sharp-witted, keen-witted, keen-sighted, clear-sighted, long-headed.

Sagaciousness, n. Sagacity.

Sagacity, n. 1. Sagaciousness, quickness of scent.

2. Shrewdness, acuteness, sharpness, astuteness, penetration, ingenuity, discernment, perspicacity, sense, insight, mother-wit, quick parts.

Sage, a. 1. Wise, sagacious, sapient, discerning, shrewd, acute, intelligent, sensible.

2. Prudent, grave, judicious, oracular, venerable.

Sagittary, n. (Myth.) Centaur, archer, bowman.

Said, a. Aforesaid, before mentioned.

Sail, v. n. 1. Make sail, put to sea, get under way, set sail.

2. Plough the deep, plough the waves.

Sail, v. a. Navigate.

Sail-cloth, n. Duck, canvas.

Sailor, n. Seaman, mariner, navigator, TAR, seafarer, seafaring man.

Sail round, Circumnavigate.

Saint, n. Holy person.

Sainted, a. 1. Consecrated, sacred, holy.

2. Canonized.

Saint-John's bread, n. Carob-tree, Algaroba tree, locust-tree (Ceratonia siliqua).

Saintly, a. Holy, devout, pious, religious, godly.

Saint-Simonianism, n. Fourierism, phalansterianism, humanitarianism, socialism.

Saint-Vitus's dance, Chorea.

Sake, n. 1. Reason, purpose, end, final cause.

2. Score, account, regard, respect, consideration.

Salable, a. 1. Vendible, marketable, fit for sale.

2. In good demand, of ready sale.

Salacious, a. Lewd, lustful, carnal, lecherous, lascivious, wanton, libidinous, lickerish, concupiscent, lewd, loose, prurient, unchaste, incontinent.

Salamander, n. Eft, newt.

Sal-ammoniac, n. Chloride of ammonium, hydrochlorate of ammonia, muriate of ammonia.

Salary, n. Stipend, wages, hire, allowance, pay.

Sale, n. Demand, market, vent, opportunity to sell.

Salient, a. 1. Projecting, prominent, standing out, in relief.

2. Striking, remarkable.

Saline, a. Briny.

Saline, n. Salt-spring, salt-pit.

Saliva, n. Spittle.

Sallow, a. Yellow (as from illness), yellowish; of a pale, sickly color.

Sally, n. 1. Sortie.

2. Digression, excursion.

3. Frolic, escapade, wild gayety.

4. Jest, joke, quip, quirk, crank, witticism, JEU D'ESPRIT, sprightly fancy, flash of wit.

Sally, v. n. Rush out, issue suddenly, sally forth.

Sally forth, Sally.

Salmagundi, n. Medley, olio, miscellany, mixture, farrago, jumble, hodge-podge, hotch-potch, mish-mash, gallimaufry, pot-pourri, OLLA PODRIDA, MÉLANGE.

Salmon-trout, n. Sea-trout (Salmo trutta), hirling.

Saloon, n. Spacious room, reception room.

Salsify, n. [Written also Salsafy.] Oyster-plant (Tragopogon porrifolius).

Sal-soda, n. Carbonate of soda.

Salt, n. Chloride of sodium, muriate of soda, common salt.

Saltation, n. Leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault.

Saltatory, a. Leaping, jumping, skipping, hopping, dancing.

Salt-cake, n. Sulphate of soda (artificially prepared from common salt).

Saltish, a. Brackish, somewhat salty.

Salt of hartshorn, Sal-volatile, carbonate of ammonia (solid and impure), sesqui-carbonate of ammonia, volatile salts, smelling salts.

Salt of lemons, 1. Binoxalate of potash, salt of sorrel, essential salt of lemons.

2. Oxalic acid.

Salt of sorrel, 1. Binoxalate of potash, salt of lemons.

2. Oxalic acid.

Salt of Tartar, Pure carbonate of potash.

Saltpetre, n. [Written also Saltpeter.] Nitre, nitrate of potash.

Salt-water, n. Sea-water.

Salt-wort, n. Glass-wort, marsh-samphire (Salicornia herbacea).

Salubrious, a. Healthy, healthful, salutary, wholesome, salutiferous.

Salubriousness, n. Salubrity.

Salubrity, n. Healthiness, healthfulness, salutariness, wholesomeness, salubriousness.

Salutariness, n. Salubrity.

Salutary, a. 1. Healthy, healthful, salubrious, wholesome, salutiferous, helpful.

2. Advantageous, beneficial, serviceable, good.

Salutation, n. 1. Greeting, salute, address.

2. Obeisance, reverence, bow, courtesy.

Salutatory, a. [U. S.] Greeting.

Salutatory, n. [U. S.] Salutatory oration.

Salute, v. a. 1. Greet, hail, address, welcome, bow to, nod to, show civility to, pay one's respects to, pay homage or obeisance to.

2. Kiss, greet with a kiss.

Salute, n. 1. Salutation, greeting, address.

2. Kiss, buss.

Salutiferous, a. Healthy, healthful, salutary, salubrious, wholesome.

Salvation, n. Preservation, deliverance, redemption, rescue, escape from danger, security from evil.

Salvo, n. 1. Exception, reservation.

2. Volley, general discharge (of fire-arms).

Sal-volatile, n. Sesqui-carbonate of ammonia, carbonate of ammonia, smelling salts, salt of hartshorn.

Same, a. 1. Identical, not different.

2. Similar, like, corresponding; of like kind, sort, or degree.

Sameness, n. 1. Identity, identicalness.

2. Similarity, resemblance, correspondence.

3. Monotony, want of variety.

Sample, n. 1. Specimen, illustration.

2. Example, pattern, instance.

Sampler, n. Pattern (of needle-work).

Sanability, n. Curableness, sanableness.

Sanable, n. Curable, remediable, healable.

Sanableness, n. Curableness, sanability.

Sanative, a. Healing, curative, curing, sanatory.

Sanatory, a. Healing, SANATIVE.

Sanctification, n. 1. Justification, absolution, remission of sin.

2. Consecration.

Sanctified, a. Consecrated, hallowed.

Sanctifier, n. [With The prefixed.] The Holy Spirit.

Sanctify, v. a. 1. Make holy, cleanse from sin.

2. Consecrate, hallow.

Sanctimonious, a. Pharisaical, affectedly holy, hypocritically devout.

Sanctimoniousness, n. Pharisaism, hypocrisy, cant, formalism, pietism, sanctimony, assumed piety.

Sanctimony, n. Affected holiness, hypocritical devoutness, pretence of holiness, sanctimoniousness.

Sanction, n. Confirmation, ratification, countenance, support, authority, warranty, authorization.

Sanction, v. a. Ratify, confirm, countenance, support, authorize, warrant, allow, legalize, bind.

Sanctity, n. 1. Purity, holiness, godliness, saintliness, goodness, piety, grace, religion, devotion.

2. Sacredness, inviolability, solemnity.

Sanctuary, n. 1. Sacred or holy place, consecrated spot, holy ground, SANCTUM SANCTORUM, Holy of Holies.

2. Temple, church, place of worship, consecrated building.

3. Asylum, refuge, shelter.

Sanctum Sanctorum, [L.] Sanctuary, Holy of Holies.

Sand, n. Gravel, small pebbles.

Sand, v. a. Cover or sprinkle with sand.

Sand-flea, n. Beach-flea, sandhopper.

Sand-fly, n. Midge (Simulium nocivum).

Sandhopper, n. Sand-flea, beach-flea.

Sandiver, n. Glass-gall.

Sandy, a. Sabulous.

Sane, a. Sound (especially in mind), healthy, sober, lucid, not disordered, not insane.

Saneness, n. Sanity.

Sang froid, [Fr.] Coolness, unconcern, indifference, cold blood.

Sanguinary, a. 1. Bloody, murderous.

2. Cruel, blood-thirsty, savage, inhuman, barbarous, ruthless, pitiless, fell.

Sanguine, a. 1. Red, crimson.

2. Warm, ardent, lively, animated.

3. Confident, hopeful, enthusiastic, buoyant.

Sanity, n. Saneness, soundness.

Sans-culotte, n. [Fr.] 1. Ragamuffin, tatterdemalion, ragged fellow.

2. Jacobin, radical, republican.

Sans souci, [Fr.] Without care, with unconcern, free and easy.

Sap, n. Juice (of a plant).

Sap, v. a. Mine, undermine.

Sap-head, n. [Cant term.] Simpleton, DUNCE.

Sapid, a. Savory, relishing.

Sapidness, n. Savoriness, savor, taste, sapidity.

Sapidity, n. Sapidness.

Sapience, n. Wisdom, sageness, knowledge, sagacity, shrewdness, intelligence, sense.

Sapient, a. Wise, sage, sagacious, sensible, shrewd, acute, intelligent.

Sapless, a. 1. Without sap, destitute of sap.

2. Decayed, dry, old.

Saponaceous, a. Soapy.

Sapor, n. Taste, flavor, savor, gust, relish, smack.

Sappiness, n. 1. Juiciness, succulence.

2. [Colloquial.] Silliness.

Sappy, a. 1. Juicy, succulent.

2. [Colloquial.] Silly, underwitted, half-witted, foolish.

Sap-rot, n. Dry-rot, POWDER-POST.

Saracen, n. 1. Arabian, Arab.

2. Mussulman, Mahometan.

Sarcasm, n. Taunt, gibe, fling, satire, irony, ridicule, cutting jest, satirical remark.

Sarcastic, a. Severe, cutting, taunting, satirical, sharp, biting, mordacious.

Sarcophagus, n. Stone coffin.

Sard, n. Carnelian, sardel, sardine, sardius, sardoin.

Sardel, n. Sard.

Sardine, n. Sard.

Sardius, n. Sard.

Sardoin, n. Sard.

Sarlac, n. Yak, grunting ox of Tartary.

Sarlyk, n. Yak, grunting ox of Tartary.

Sarment, n. Runner, long twig; prostrate, filiform stem.

Sash, n. Girdle, band, belt, scarf.

Satan, n. Belial, Apollyon, Devil, the evil one, the arch-enemy, the arch-fiend, the tempter, the author of evil, the wicked one, the old serpent, the prince of darkness, the foul fiend.

Satanic, a. Diabolical, infernal, hellish, devilish, malicious, malignant.

Sate, v. a. Satiate.

Satellite, n. 1. Moon, secondary planet.

2. Attendant, follower, dependant, retainer, vassal.

Satiate, v. a. Sate, glut, gorge, surfeit, cloy, pall, overfeed.

Satiety, n. Repletion, surfeit, fulness, glut.

Satire, n. Ridicule, sarcasm, invective, irony, phillipic, diatribe, fling, squib, lampoon, pasquinade, cutting remark.

Satirical, a. Sarcastic, severe, taunting, censorious, cutting, biting, sharp, keen, poignant, invective, mordacious.

Satirize, v. a. Censure, ridicule, abuse, lampoon, lash, inveigh against.

Satisfaction, n. 1. Gratification.

2. Contentment, content, enjoyment, ease, comfort.

3. Compensation, amends, requital, remuneration, indemnification, reparation, atonement, recompense.

4. Discharge, payment.

Satisfactorily, ad. In a satisfactory manner, to one's heart's content.

Satisfactory, a. 1. Gratifying, pleasing.

2. Sufficient, conclusive, convincing, decisive.

3. Compensating, atoning, that makes amends.

Satisfy, v. a. 1. Please, gratify, content.

2. Recompense, requite, indemnify.

3. Pay, discharge, settle.

4. Convince, persuade.

5. Fulfil, answer.

Saturate, v. a. Drench, fill full (with a liquid absorbed), impregnate or imbue fully.

Saturation, n. Repletion, fulness.

Saturnalia, n. pl. [L.] Revels, orgies, BACCHANALS.

Saturnian, a. 1. Of Saturn.

2. Palmy, joyous, halcyon, golden, happy.

Saturnine, a. Dull, heavy, grave, sad, gloomy, sedate.

Sauce, n. 1. Seasoning, relish, condiment, appetizing compound.

2. [Low.] Impertinence, SAUCINESS.

3. [Colloquial.] Culinary vegetables.

Saucebox, n. [Colloquial.] Saucy fellow, impudent fellow.

Sauciness, n. Impertinence, insolence, impudence, pertness, malapertness, rudeness, SAUCE.

Saucy, a. Impertinent, impudent, pert, insolent, cavalier, rude, forward, bold, flippant, malapert.

Saunders-blue, n. Ultramarine.

Saunter, v. n. Loiter, linger, lag, delay, lounge, stroll, dilly-dally, wander about idly, move slowly.

Saunterer, n. Loiterer, lounger, stroller, lagger, laggard, rambler, idle wanderer.

Sauria, n. pl. Lizards.

Saurian, n. Lizard.

Saury-pike, n. Skipper (Scomberesox saurus).

Savage, a. 1. Uncultivated (as a forest), wild, rough, sylvan.

2. Uncivilized (like an inhabitant of the woods), untaught, rude, barbarous, unpolished, bearish.

3. Untamed, fierce, ferocious, rapacious, ravenous, ferine, sanguinary, blood-thirsty.

4. Inhuman, brutal, brutish, brute, cruel, fell, remorseless, pitiless, unmerciful, ruthless, merciless, heathenish, relentless, hard-hearted, sanguinary, bloody, vandalic.

Savage, n. Barbarian.

Savanna, n. [Written also Savannah.] Meadow, plain, plateau, prairie, pampas, open country, champaign country, table-land, steppe.

Savant, n. [Fr. pl. Savants.] Scholar, learned man, erudite person, one of the literati, man of science.

Save, v. a. 1. Deliver, rescue, protect, preserve, redeem.

2. Reserve, keep, hold, husband, lay up, lay by.

3. Spare, prevent, hinder, obviate, insure against.

Save, prep. Except, leaving out, not including.

Saver, n. 1. Rescuer, deliverer, savior, preserver.

2. Economist.

Saving, a. Economical, frugal, sparing, thrifty, careful.

Savior, n. 1. Rescuer, saver, deliverer, preserver, protector, defender, guardian.

2. [With The or Our prefixed.] Christ, Jesus, Immanuel, the Messiah, the Redeemer, the Mediator, the Intercessor, the Advocate, the Judge, the Anointed, the Word, the Son of God, the Son of man, the Lamb of God.

Saviour, n. 1. Rescuer, saver, deliverer, preserver, protector, defender, guardian.

2. [With The or Our prefixed.] Christ, Jesus, Immanuel, the Messiah, the Redeemer, the Mediator, the Intercessor, the Advocate, the Judge, the Anointed, the Word, the Son of God, the Son of man, the Lamb of God.

Savor, n. 1. Taste, flavor, relish, gust, smack, GOÛT.

2. Odor, scent, smell, fragrance.

Savor, v. n. 1. Taste, smack.

2. Partake, have a touch of.

Savorless, a. Tasteless, insipid, vapid, gustless, mawkish, stale, flat, without savor or relish.

Savory, a. Relishing, piquant, luscious, palatable, delicious, flavorous, nice, well-tasted.

Saw, n. Saying, maxim, adage, proverb, aphorism, apothegm, dictum, by-word, sententious precept.

Sawney, n. Simpleton, DUNCE.

Saw-set, n. Saw-wrest.

Saw-wrest, n. Saw-set.

Say, v. a. 1. Speak, utter, allege, tell, affirm, declare, pronounce.

2. Repeat, rehearse, recite.

Saying, n. 1. Expression, observation, remark, declaration, statement.

2. Proverb, saw, maxim, aphorism, adage, apothegm, dictum, by-word, sententious precept.

Scabbard, n. Sheath (of a sword or a dagger), case.

Scabies, n. [L.] (Med.) The itch, psora.

Scabrous, a. Rough, rugged, scraggy, cragged, uneven.

Scaffold, n. Stage, frame, scaffolding, STAGING.

Scaffolding, n. Scaffold.

Scalawag, n. [Low.] Scapegrace, miserable scamp, worthless fellow.

Scald, v. a. Burn (with a hot liquid).

Scald-head, n. Porrigo, ringworm of the scalp.

Scale, n. 1. Dish (of a balance).

2. Balance.

3. Gradation, progressive series.

4. Lamina, layer, flake, LAMELLA, thin plate.

Scale, v. a. Climb, ascend, escalade, mount, clamber up.

Scale off, Exfoliate, shell off, peel off, fall off in scales.

Scallion, n. (Bot.) Shallot (Allium Ascalonicum).

Scallop, v. a. Indent, notch.

Scaly, a. 1. Flaky, lamelliform.

2. [Low.] Mean, scurvy, stingy, contemptible.

Scaly ant-eater, Pangolin.

Scamp, n. [colloquial.] Rogue, rascal, cheat, knave, swindler, sharper, trickster, scoundrel, villain, scapegrace, SCALAWAG, worthless fellow.

Scamper, v. n. Scud, run, trip, hie, haste, hasten, speed.

Scan, v. a. 1. Recite metrically, divide into feet.

2. Scrutinize, examine, investigate, sift, inquire into, look into.

Scandal, n. 1. Defamation, aspersion, calumny, backbiting, slander, detraction, traducement, reproach, obloquy.

2. Disgrace, dishonor, shame, infamy, discredit, disrepute, ignominy, odium, opprobrium, ingloriousness.

Scandalize, v. a. 1. Offend, give offence to.

2. Vilify, asperse, defame, backbite, decry, calumniate, slander, reproach, libel, revile, satirize, lampoon, bring disgrace on, inveigh against.

Scandalous, a. 1. Opprobrious, defamatory, libellous, slanderous.

2. Disgraceful, shameful, infamous, disreputable, ignominious, atrocious, odious, inglorious.

Scant, v. a. Limit, straiten, stint.

Scant, a. Insufficient, SCANTY.

Scantiness, n. Insufficiency, meagreness, narrowness, deficiency, short supply, short measure.

Scanty, a. Insufficient, short, narrow, slender, meagre, lean, scant, deficient, not plentiful, not enough.

Scapegrace, n. Rogue, knave, SCAMP, SCALAWAG.

Scaphoid, a. (Anat.) Boat-shaped, cymbiform, navicular.

Scapula, n. Shoulder-blade.

Scar, n. Cicatrix, cicatrice, seam.

Scaramouch, n. Buffoon, harlequin, clown, zany, PUNCH.

Scarce, a. 1. Deficient, wanting, not plentiful, not abundant.

2. Rare, uncommon, infrequent.

Scarcely, ad. Hardly, barely, but just, with difficulty.

Scarcity, n. Deficiency, dearth, want, insufficiency, lack.

Scarcity-root, n. Field-beet, mangel-wurzel (Beta altissima).

Scare, v. a. Frighten, affright, FRIGHT, intimidate, daunt, appall, terrify, make afraid, put in fear.

Scarfskin, n. Cuticle, epidermis.

Scarlatina, n. Scarlet-fever.

Scarlet-fever, n. Scarlatina.

Scath, v. a. Injure, harm, blast, destroy, damage, waste.

Scathe, v. a. Injure, harm, blast, destroy, damage, waste.

Scathless, a. Uninjured, unhurt, intact, unharmed, untouched.

Scatter, v. a. 1. Strew, sprinkle, throw about loosely.

2. Dissipate, disperse, diffuse, distribute, spread.

Scatter-brain, n. Scatter-brains, shatter-brain; giddy, thoughtless person.

Scatter-brained, a. Giddy, thoughtless, light-headed, shatter-brained.

Scatter-brains, n. pl. Scatter-brain.

Scattered, a. 1. Strewn, sprinkled.

2. Diffused, dispersed, spread about.

3. Sporadic, occurring here and there.

Scene, n. Spectacle, exhibition, show, sight, view, display, representation, pageant.

Scenery, n. Landscape, prospect, view.

Scenic, a. Theatrical, dramatic.

Scent, n. Odor, smell, perfume, fragrance, redolence, balminess.

Scent, v. a. 1. Smell, get scent of.

2. Perfume, fill with odor, give odor to.

Scentless, a. Inodorous, without odor, destitute of smell.

Sceptic, n. [Written also Skeptic.] 1. Doubter.

2. Deist, infidel, unbeliever, free thinker.

Sceptical, a. [Written also Skeptical.] Doubting, disbelieving, incredulous.

Scepticism, n. [Written also Skepticism.] 1. Doubt, incredulity, Pyrrhonism.

2. Unbelief, infidelity, deism, free thinking.

Sceptre, n. [Written also Scepter.] 1. Royal mace.

2. Royal power, sovereign authority.

Schedule, n. 1. Scroll, document.

2. Inventory, list, CATALOGUE, record, roll, REGISTER.

Scheme, n. 1. Plan, system.

2. Device, design, project, contrivance, plot, stratagem, conspiracy, intrigue, cabal, machination.

3. Draft, outline.

Scheme, v. a. Plan, contrive, project, plot, devise, design, imagine, frame.

Scheme, v. n. Intrigue, plot, plan, contrive, set one's wits to work, rack one's brains, cudgel one's brains, strain one's invention.

Schemer, n. Planner, projector, contriver.

Schism, n. 1. Division (in a church), separation.

2. Disunion, discord.

Schismatic, n. Sectary, heretic, nonconformist, dissenter, separatist.

Schismatical, a. Discordant, dissentient.

Schistose, a. Lamellate, lamellated, laminar, laminated, foliated, foliaceous, scaly, flaky.

Schistous, a. Lamellate, lamellated, laminar, laminated, foliated, foliaceous, scaly, flaky.

Scholar, n. 1. Disciple, pupil, student, learner.

2. Savant, learned man, erudite person, one of the literati.

Scholarlike, a. Scholarly.

Scholarly, a. Scholar-like.

Scholars, n. pl. Literati, savans, the learned, learned men.

Scholarship, n. 1. Learning, erudition, knowledge, attainments, acquirements, acquired knowledge.

2. Maintenance for a student.

Scholastic, a. 1. Academic, literary, lettered, bookish.

2. Pedantic, formal, after the manner of the schoolmen.

Scholastic, n. Schoolman.

Scholiast, n. Commentator, annotator, glossarist.

Scholium, n. Annotation, comment, remark, observation, note, elucidation, gloss.

School, n. 1. Seminary, academy, institute, gymnasium, place of education.

2. Sect, class, denomination.

School, v. a. 1. Instruct, teach, educate, train, drill, exercise, indoctrinate.

2. Tutor, discipline, control, govern, bring under subjection.

School-book, n. Text-book.

School-fellow, n. School-mate.

Schooling, n. Tuition, instruction, education, teaching, training, nurture, discipline.

Schoolman, n. Scholastic.

School-master, n. Instructor, preceptor, teacher, tutor, master, PEDAGOGUE.

School-mate, n. School-fellow.

Sciatica, n. Ischiagra, gout of the hip.

Sciatic, a. Of the hip, ischiadic, ischiatic.

Sciatical, a. Of the hip, ischiadic, ischiatic.

Science, n. 1. Knowledge, information, learning.

2. System of knowledge, body of knowledge, philosophical knowledge, knowledge of principles or general laws.

3. Branch of knowledge.

Scientific, a. Philosophical, according to principles or general laws.

Scilicet, ad. [L.] Namely, VIDELICET, to wit, that is, that is to say, to particularize.

Scintilla, n. [L.] Spark, glimmer, jot, shadow, trace, iota, whit, tittle, bit, ace, grain, atom, particle, corpuscle, scrap, mite.

Scintillant, a. Sparkling.

Scintillate, v. n. 1. Sparkle, twinkle, coruscate.

2. Emit sparks.

Scintillation, n. 1. Spark, sparkle, flash, coruscation.

2. Twinkling, sparkling.

Sciolism, n. Smattering, shallowness, superficialness, imperfect knowledge, superficial knowledge, slight knowledge.

Sciolist, n. Smatterer, ignoramus, novice, greenhorn.

Scion, n. Sprout, shoot, twig, branch, cion, graft.

Sclavonic, a. Slavic, Slavonian.

Sclerotic, n. (Anat.) White of the eye.

Scoff, v. a. Mock, deride, jeer, scoff at.

Scoff, v. n. Mock, jeer, jibe, sneer.

Scoff, n. 1. Sneer, jibe, jeer, taunt, flout, biting jest.

2. Derision, ridicule, mockery, raillery, scoffing, jeering.

Scoffer, n. Scorner, mocker, ridiculer, railer, derider, despiser, jeerer.

Scold, v. a. Berate, rate, censure, reprimand, blame, chide, scold at, BLOW UP.

Scold, n. Vixen, shrew, termagant.

Scold at, Rebuke, chide, reprimand, reprove, censure, condemn, denounce, blame, declaim against, inveigh against, exclaim against, rail at.

Scolding, a. Chiding, berating, abusive, vituperative.

Scolding, n. Railing, vituperation, abuse, JAW.

Sconce, n. [Colloquial.] 1. Head, skull.

2. Brains, sense.

Scoop, v. a. 1. Excavate, hollow, scoop out.

2. Lade out.

Scoop out, 1. Excavate, make hollow, hollow out.

2. Scoop, lade out.

Scooper, n. Avoset.

Scope, n. 1. Purpose, proposal, drift, tendency, aim, mark, intention, intent, purport, design, object, view.

2. Room, opportunity, margin, range, liberty, latitude, amplitude, free course, free play, full play, elbow room.

Scorch, v. a. Burn (slightly), singe, char, roast, parch.

Score, n. 1. Mark, incision, notch, furrow.

2. Account, charge, bill, debt, reckoning.

3. Reason, motive, ground, consideration, sake.

4. Twenty.

Score, v. a. 1. Mark, notch, furrow, cut, scratch.

2. Record, note, charge, set down, jot down.

Scoria, n. Dross, slag, recrement.

Scoriæ, n. pl Volcanic cinders, slaggy lavas.

Scorn, v. a. Contemn, despise, disdain, scout, slight, hold in contempt.

Scorn, v. n. Disdain.

Scorn, n. Contempt, disdain, derision, mockery, slight, sneer.

Scorner, n. Scoffer, derider, despiser, ridiculer, jeerer, mocker.

Scornful, a. Contemptuous, disdainful, derisive, contumelious.

Scot, n. Tax, contribution, reckoning.

Scotch, v. a. 1. Cut (slightly), wound (superficially).

2. Stop (as a wheel to prevent it from rolling back), block.

Scotch, a. Scottish.

Scotch-hoppers, n. pl. Hoppers, hop-scotch.

Scot-free, a. 1. Untaxed, without payment, without expense.

2. Unhurt, uninjured, clear, safe.

Scotticism, n. Scottish idiom.

Scottish, a. Scotch.

Scoundrel, n. Knave, rogue, villain, rascal, scamp, cheat, trickster, swindler, sharper, scapegrace, caitiff, vile wretch, miscreant.

Scoundrelism, n. Knavery, roguery, villainy, rascality, turpitude, baseness.

Scour, v. a. 1. Clean (by friction), make bright.

2. Range over, brush along, pass swiftly over.

3. Purge (violently).

4. Rake, search closely.

Scour, v. n. Course, career, scamper, range, run swiftly.

Scourge, n. 1. Whip, lash, thong, strap, cowhide.

2. Punishment, affliction, curse, pest, bane, plague, annoyance, infliction, nuisance.

Scourge, v. a. 1. Lash, whip.

2. Punish, chastise, chasten.

Scout, n. Spy.

Scout, v. n. Act the spy.

Scout at, Scout, sneer at.

Scout, v. a. Ridicule, deride, disdain, despise, contemn, scorn, spurn, scoff at, laugh at, sneer at, hold in contempt.

Scowl, v. n. Frown; look angry, sour, or sullen.

Scowl, n. Frown.

Scrabble, v. a. Scribble, scrawl, scratch.

Scrabble, v. n. Scribble, scrawl.

Scrabble, n. [Colloquial.] Scramble, struggle, muss.

Scraggy, a. 1. Rough, rugged, uneven, broken, craggy, scabrous.

2. Lean, thin, lank, meagre, gaunt, skinny, emaciated, attenuated, scranny, scrawny.

Scramble, v. n. 1. Struggle (as in climbing), scrabble.

2. Climb (with difficulty), clamber.

Scramble, n. Struggle, contest, muss, scrabble.

Scranny, a. [Local.] Thin, lank, meagre, scraggy, SCRAWNY.

Scrap, n. 1. Fragment, bit, fraction, remnant, little piece, small part.

2. Crumb, morsel, bite, mouthful.

Scrape, v. a. 1. Rub or abrade (with something edged).

2. Gather, collect.

Scrape, n. Difficulty, perplexity, distress, embarrassment, hot water.

Scrape acquaintance, Make acquaintance, make one's self acquainted, curry favor.

Scratch, v. a. 1. Mark with a scratch, or with scratches.

2. Wound slightly (as with the nails).

3. Scribble, write carelessly.

4. Dig (with the claws).

Scratch, n. 1. Incision (slight and ragged).

2. Slight wound (as with the nails).

3. Scratch-wig, small wig, periwig, peruke.

4. Scribble, scrawl.

Scratch-cradle, n. Cat's cradle, cratch-cradle.

Scratches, n. pl. [Farriery.] Grease.

Scratch out, Erase, obliterate, rub out.

Scratch-wig, n. Scratch, small wig.

Scrawl, v. a. Scribble, scrabble, scratch, write carelessly.

Scrawl, v. n. Scribble, scrabble.

Scrawl, n. Scribble, scratch, careless writing.

Scrawler, n. Scribbler.

Scrawny, a. [Colloquial, U. S.] Thin, lank, meagre, scraggy, SCRANNY.

Scream, v. n. Shriek, screech, cry out (in a shrill voice).

Scream, n. Shriek, screech, yell, outcry, shrill cry.

Screech, v. n. Shriek, SCREAM.

Screech, n. Scream.

Screed, n. [Scottish.] 1. Cry, outcry, shrill sound.

2. Harangue, tirade.

Screen, n. 1. Protection, guard, defence, shield.

2. Veil, disguise, cloak, cover.

Screen, v. a. 1. Hide, shelter, cover, conceal, shroud, mask, cloak, protect, defend.

2. Riddle, sift.

Screw, n. Miser, niggard, curmudgeon, skinflint, churl, codger, scrimp, hunks, lickpenny, muckworm, sordid wretch, mean fellow.

Screw-jack, n. Jack-screw.

Screw-shaped, a. Cochleary, cochleated, spiral, helical, winding.

Screw-steamer, n. Propeller.

Scribble, v. n. Scrawl, scrabble, scratch.

Scribbler, n. 1. Scrawler.

2. Petty author.

Scribe, n. 1. Writer, penman, chirographer, chirographist, amanuensis, copyist, scrivener.

2. Clerk, secretary, notary.

Scrimp, a. [Local.] Short, scanty.

Scrimp, v. a. [Local.] Scant, contract, shorten, curtail, pinch, limit, straiten, reduce.

Scrimp, n. Miser, niggard, SCREW.

Scrip, n. 1. Wallet, satchel, small bag.

2. Certificate of stock.

Scriptural, a. Biblical, scripture, of the Scriptures, of the Bible.

Scripture, n. 1. Writing, document.

2. The Scriptures, the Bible, the Holy Scriptures.

Scriptures, n. pl. [With The prefixed.] The Bible, The Holy Scriptures, Scripture, Holy Writ, the word of God.

Scripture, a. Scriptural.

Scrivener, n. Writer (by profession), SCRIBE.

Scrofula, n. Struma, King's evil.

Scroll, n. 1. Schedule, roll of paper or parchment.

2. Flourish, paraph.

3. Volute, spiral ornament.

Scrouge, v. a. [Local, England; Colloquial, U. S.] Crowd, squeeze.

Scrub, v. a. Scour, cleanse, clean, rub hard.

Scrub, v. n. Work hard.

Scrub, n. Mean fellow.

Scrubby, a. 1. Vile, mean, pitiful, poor, shabby, sorry, miserable, despicable.

2. Small, diminutive, puny, stunted, dwarfed, dwarfish, pygmy, pygmean.

Scruple, n. 1. Hesitation, hesitancy, doubt, perplexity, qualm.

2. Twenty grains.

Scruple, v. n. Hesitate, doubt, waver, fluctuate.

Scrupulosity, n. Over-nicety, conscientiousness, punctiliousness, scrupulousness, tenderness of conscience.

Scrupulous, a. 1. Conscientious, punctilious, strict, nice.

2. Cautious, careful, exact, vigilant.

Scrupulousness, n. Scrupulosity.

Scrutinize, v. a. Examine, investigate, search, canvass, study, sift, explore, overhaul, probe, dissect, look into, search into, pry into.

Scrutiny, n. Search, examination, investigation, inquisition, exploration, sifting, searching or careful inquiry, close search, critical examination.

Scud, v. n. 1. Flee, run, speed, trip, hie, post, scamper, haste, hasten.

2. (Naut.) Drive before a gale.

Scuddle, v. n. Scuttle, hurry, bustle, run about (in affecting to be busy).

Scuffle, v. n. Struggle (in a disorderly manner), contend, fight, strive (as in a close embrace).

Scuffle, n. Contest (of a disorderly kind), struggle, fight, rencounter, encounter, broil, fray, brawl, quarrel, squabble, wrangle, altercation, set-to.

Sculptor, n. Carver.

Sculpture, n. 1. Carving, statuary, plastic art.

2. Carved work.

Sculpture, v. a. 1. Carve, chisel, cut.

2. Engrave, grave.

Scum, n. Froth, dross, refuse, scoria, recrement.

Scurf, a. 1. (Med.) Miliary scab.

2. Soil, stain, foul remains.

Scurfy, a. Scabby, scabbed, scurvy, scaly, furfuraceons, lentiginous.

Scurrile, a. Scurrilous.

Scurrilous, a. 1. Abusive, scurrile, reproachful, opprobrious, vituperative, insulting, insolent, contumelious, ribald, blackguard, indecent, offensive, foul-mouthed.

2. Low, mean, vile, foul, coarse, vulgar, gross.

Scurvy, a. 1. Scurfy, scabbed, scabby.

2. Vile, mean, low, base, bad, sorry, contemptible, despicable, worthless, pitiful, abject.

Scutate, a. Clypeiform, shield-shaped.

Scutcheon, n. Shield, escutcheon, ensign armorial.

Scuttle, v. n. Hurry, bustle, scuddle, run about (affecting to be busy).

Sea, n. 1. Ocean, main, the deep, the great deep, great sea, high sea.

2. Wave, billow.

Sea-ape, n. Sea-fox.

Sea-board, n. Beach, strand, shore, sea-coast.

Sea-cabbage, n. Sea-kale, sea-colewort (Crambe maritima).

Sea-coal, n. Mineral coal, pit coal.

Sea-coast, n. Sea-board, beach, strand, shore.

Sea-colewort, n. Sea-cabbage.

Sea-cow, n. 1. Walrus, morse, seahorse (Trichechus rosmarus).

2. Manatee, lamantine.

Sea-cucumber, n. Trepang, BÊCHE-DE-MER, sea-slug.

Sea-egg, n. Sea-urchin.

Seafarer, n. Mariner, seaman, sailor, tar, navigator, seafaring man.

Seafaring, a. Following the business of a seaman.

Sea-fox, n. Thrasher, sea-ape, fox-shark (Carcharias vulpes).

Sea-horse, n. (Zool.) 1. Walrus, morse, sea-cow (Trichechus rosmarus).

2. Hippopotamus, river-horse.

Sea-kale, n. Sea-cabbage.

Seal, n. 1. Stamp.

2. Attestation, authentication, confirmation.

Seal, v. a. 1. Close, fasten, secure.

2. Confirm, ratify, authenticate, attest.

Sea-loach, n. Rockling, whistle-fish, (Motella vulgaris).

Seam, n. 1. Suture, commissure, joint, line of juncture.

2. Fissure, crevice.

3. (Mining.) Thin layer, stratum, or bed; narrow vein.

4. Scar, cicatrice, cicatrix.

Seam, v. a. 1. Unite, join together.

2. Scar, mark with scars.

Seaman, n. Sailor, mariner, navigator, seafarer, tar, seafaring man.

Sea-mew, n. Mew, gull, cob, sea-cob.

Seamstress, n. Sempstress, needlewoman.

Séance, n. [Fr.] Session, sitting.

Sea-needle, n. Gar-fish, snook, green-bone, gar-pike, sea-pike, long-nose, gore-bill, sword-fish, mackerel-guide (Esox belone or Belone vulgaris).

Sea-pike, n. Sea-needle.

Sear, v. a. Cauterize, burn with a hot iron, burn with cautery.

Sear, a. Dry, withered.

Search, v. a. Examine, explore, scrutinize, investigate, overhaul, probe, sift, look into, search into, pry into, peer into.

Search, v. n. Seek, inquire, mouse, peer, search, make search, make inquiry.

Search, n. Examination, inquiry, scrutiny, research, exploration, investigation, quest, pursuit.

Searcher, n. Seeker, explorer, examiner, inquirer, trier.

Searching, a. 1. Penetrating, trying.

2. Close, thorough.

Seared, a. 1. Cauterized, burnt on the surface.

2. Hardened, callous, impenitent, unrepentant, obdurate, graceless, incorrigible, shameless, irreclaimable.

Sea-robber, n. Pirate, corsair, buccaneer, freebooter, picaroon, marauder, sea-rover.

Sea-rover, n. Sea-robber.

Sea-salt, n. Common salt (obtained by evaporating sea-water), chloride of sodium, muriate of soda.

Sea-sickness, n. Nausea (caused by the tossing of a vessel at sea).

Sea-slug, n. Trepang, sea-cucumber, BÊCHE-DE-MER.

Season, n. 1. Period of the year.

2. Time, conjuncture, interval, spell, term, space of time.

Season, v. a. 1. Habituate, accustom, inure, harden, form, train, fit by habit.

2. Mature, prepare.

3. Make palatable, give relish to, give zest to.

4. Moderate, temper, qualify.

Season, v. n. Be seasoned, become seasoned.

Seasonable, a. Timely, opportune, fit, convenient, suitable, appropriate, APROPOS, to the purpose.

Seasoning, n. Condiment, relish, sauce, appetizing substance.

Seat, n. 1. Place, station, site, situation.

2. Abode, dwelling, residence, mansion.

3. Bottom, fundament.

Seat, v. a. Place, station, locate, establish, fix, set, settle, dispose.

Sea-tortoise, n. Turtle.

Sea-trout, n. Hirling, salmon-trout (Salmo trutta).

Sea-unicorn, n. Narwhal, unicorn-fish, unicorn whale (Monodon monoceros).

Sea-urchin, n. Sea-egg.

Sea-water, n. Salt-water, water of the sea.

Sebaceous, a. Fat, fatty, unctuous, greasy, oily, oleaginous, adipose.

Secede, v. n. Withdraw, retire, draw off.

Seceder, n. Sectary, separatist.

Secession, n. Withdrawal.

Seclude, v. a. Separate (from society), keep apart.

Secluded, a. Retired, withdrawn, close, sequestered, isolated, private.

Seclusion, n. Separation, retirement, privacy, secrecy, obscurity, solitude.

Second, a. 1. Next to the first (in place or in time).

2. Secondary, inferior.

Second, n. 1. Maintainer, supporter, helper, assistant, backer.

2. Sixtieth part of a minute.

3. Moment, instant, jiffy, trice, flash, twinkling, twinkling of an eye.

Second, v. a. 1. Support, help, forward, assist, aid, promote, back, encourage, abet, further, advance, stand by, side with, take part with.

2. Approve, favor.

Secondary, a. Subordinate, inferior, not primary, not first-rate, not of the first order.

Second-sight, n. Prophetic vision.

Secrecy, n. 1. Concealment, privacy, HUGGER-MUGGER.

2. Seclusion, retirement.

Secret, a. 1. Hidden, hid, concealed, latent, occult, covert, obscure, recondite, privy, close, covered, shrouded, veiled, unseen, unknown.

2. Clandestine, sly, underhand, underhanded, hugger-mugger.

3. Secluded, retired, private.

Secretary, n. Scribe, clerk.

Secrete, v. a. 1. Hide, conceal, shroud, bury.

2. Separate (as from blood or sap).

Secretly, ad. Privately, privily.

Secret vice, Onanism, masturbation, self-abuse, self-pollution.

Sect, n. Denomination, school.

Sectarian, n. Sectary, partisan.

Sectary, n. 1. Sectarian.

2. Dissenter, nonconformist, heretic, separatist, schismatic, seceder.

Section, n. Division, fragment, portion, part, piece.

Sectional, a. 1. Fragmentary.

2. Divided, made in pieces or distinct parts.

3. [Modern.] Partial, exclusive, narrow, selfish.

Secular, a. Temporal, worldly, civil, profane, lay, not spiritual.

Secularism, n. Secularity.

Secularity, n. Worldliness, secularism, secularness, secular or worldly spirit.

Secularness, n. Secularity.

Secundines, n. pl. Afterbirth, placenta.

Secundum artem, [L.] Skilfully, cleverly, well, in a skilful manner.

Secure, a. 1. Certain, sure, assured, confident, sanguine.

2. Safe, snug, free from danger.

3. Fixed, fast, stable, immovable.

Secure, v. a. 1. Guard, protect.

2. Insure, assure, guarantee, make sure, make certain, make sure of.

3. Fasten, make fast, make firm.

4. Get, acquire, gain, procure, make, get possession of.

Security, n. 1. Safety.

2. Protection, safeguard, defence, guard, bulwark, palladium.

3. Pledge, pawn, deposit, surety, stake.

Sedate, a. Calm, composed, collected, quiet, placid, serene, tranquil, still, unruffled, undisturbed, settled, imperturbable, sober, serious, staid, cool, philosophical.

Sedative, a. Soothing, tranquillizing, calming, emollient, assuasive, assuaging, lenient, lenitive, demulcent, balmy.

Sedative, n. Opiate, anodyne, narcotic.

Sediment, n. Dregs, lees, settlings, grounds, precipitate, DUNDER.

Sedition, n. Insurrection, riot, rising, rebellion, revolt, tumult, mutiny.

Seditious, a. Rebellious, mutinous, refractory, insurgent, tumultuous, factious, riotous, incendiary.

Sedlitz powders, Rochelle powders.

Seduce, v. a. 1. Allure, decoy, entice, attract, tempt, inveigle, mislead, lead astray, ensnare.

2. Tempt to the surrender of chastity.

Seducement, n. Seduction.

Seduction, n. 1. Enticement, allurement, seducement, solicitation, attraction, temptation, witchery.

2. Lure, decoy, bait.

Seductive, a. Enticing, alluring, tempting.

Sedulity, n. [Rare.] Sedulousness.

Sedulous, a. Diligent, assiduous, industrious, laborious, active, busy, notable, diligently employed, busily engaged.

Sedulousness, n. Assiduity, assiduousness, industry, diligence, SEDULITY.

See, n. Diocese.

See, v. a. 1. Behold, descry, view, spy.

2. Perceive, notice, observe, discern, remark, comprehend, understand.

3. Visit, call on.

See, v. n. 1. Look.

2. Inquire, examine, notice, mark, observe.

3. Take heed, take care, be careful, be attentive, pay attention.

See, interj. Look, lo, behold, observe.

See about, Consider, take into consideration.

Seed, n. 1. Semen, sperm.

2. (Bot.) Embryo (with its envelope or pericarp), matured ovule, kernel, grain.

3. Original, first principle.

4. Progeny, offspring, descendants, children.

Seed-lobe, n. Cotyledon.

Seed-vessel, n. Pericarp, pod, LEGUME, capsule.

Seedy, a. [Colloquial.] 1. Old (as garments), worn, faded, shabby.

2. Poor, needy, destitute, indigent, distressed, penniless, pinched, out of money, short of money, out of pocket, out of cash, out at the elbows, in need, in want, in distress.

Seeing, n. 1. Sight, vision.

2. Perception.

Seeing, conj. Considering, since, inasmuch as, for the reason that.

See into, Comprehend, understand, see through, take in.

Seek, v. a. 1. Search for, seek for, look for, look after, try to find.

2. Solicit, ask, inquire for, try to get, endeavor to gain.

Seek, v. n. 1. Search, make search, look.

2. Try, strive, endeavor, attempt.

Seek after, Seek, search for, seek for, look for, look after, try to find.

Seeker, n. Inquirer.

Seek-sorrow, n. Hypochondriac, self-tormentor.

Seem, v. n. Appear, look, appear to be, present the appearance, have the appearance, strike one as being.

Seeming, n. Show, appearance, semblance, look, color, guise.

Seeming, a. Apparent, specious, not real.

Seemingly, ad. Apparently, ostensibly, in show, in semblance, in appearance.

Seemliness, n. 1. Fitness, propriety, decency.

2. Comeliness, beauty.

Seemly, a. 1. Fit, fitting, befitting, becoming, proper, appropriate, congruous, meet, decent, decorous, right.

2. Comely, fair, beautiful, handsome, pretty, well-favored.

Seer, n. Prophet, foreteller, predictor, soothsayer, vaticinator.

Seesaw, n. 1. Reciprocating motion.

2. Tetter-totter, titter-totter.

Seethe, v. a. Boil.

Seethe, v. n. Boil, be hot.

See through, Comprehend, understand, see into, take in.

See to, Attend to, look to, look after.

See with half an eye, See easily, cannot help seeing.

Segment, n. Portion, section.

Segregate, v. a. Separate, dissociate, insulate, isolate, set apart, place by itself.

Segregation, n. Separation, disconnection, insulation, isolation, detachment.

Seignior, n. Lord.

Seigniory, n. Lordship, manor.

Seine, n. Net (large).

Seize, v. a. 1. Gripe, grasp, snatch, clutch, catch, capture, grapple, NAB, lay hold on, lay hold of, take possession of, fasten upon, lay hands on, take hold of (forcibly and suddenly).

2. Come upon suddenly (as attacks of disease).

Seized of, (Law.) Possessing, possessed of.

Seizure, n. Taking, catching, griping, grasping, capture, appropriation.

Seldom, ad. Barely, not often, not frequently.

Select, v. a. Choose, pick, cull, prefer, pick out, single out, pitch upon, fix upon.

Select, a. Selected, chosen, picked, rare, choice, good, excellent, exquisite.

Selection, n. Choice, pick.

Self-abasement, n. Humiliation, humility, humbleness, meekness, lowliness.

Self-abnegation, n. Self-denial, self-sacrifice.

Self-abuse, n. Onanism, masturbation, secret vice, self-pollution.

Self-asserting, a. Bold, forward, demonstrative, presuming.

Self-command, n. Self-control, self-government, self-possession.

Self-complacency, n. Self-conceit.

Self-complacent, a. Self-conceited.

Self-conceit, n. Vanity, conceit, BUMPTIOUSNESS, self-sufficiency, egotism, self-complacency, self-esteem.

Self-conceited, a. Vain, egotistical, conceited, BUMPTIOUS, self-complacent, self-sufficient.

Self-control, n. Self-command, self-government, self-restraint.

Self-deception, n. Illusion, delusion, hallucination, monomania.

Self-denial, n. Self-abnegation, self-sacrifice, mortification.

Self-destruction, n. Suicide, self-murder, self-slaughter.

Self-esteem, n. Self-complacency, self-conceit, self-sufficiency.

Self-dubbed, a. Pretended, would-be, self-styled, SOI-DISANT.

Self-government, n. 1. Self-control, self-mastery, self-restraint.

2. Democracy.

Selfish, a. Illiberal, mean, sordid, mercenary, narrow, narrow-minded, self-seeking.

Selfishness, n. Undue love of self, self-interest, private interest, illiberality, meanness.

Self-mastery, n. Self-command, self-control.

Self-murder, n. Suicide, self-destruction, self-slaughter, self-homicide.

Self-murderer, n. Suicide, FELO-DE-SE.

Self-pollution, n. Onanism, masturbation, secret vice, self-abuse.

Self-possessed, a. Calm, placid, composed, unruffled, unexcited, cool, undisturbed, sedate.

Self-possession, n. Calmness, composure, coolness, self-command, self-control.

Self-reliance, n. Confidence (in one's own powers), assurance, firmness, courage, intrepidity, reliance on one's self.

Self-restraint, n. Self-command, self-mastery, self-control.

Self-sacrifice, n. Self-denial, self-abnegation.

Self-same, a. Same, identical, the very same, exactly the same.

Self-seeker, n. Selfish person.

Self-seeking, a. Selfish, illiberal, mean, sordid, mercenary.

Self-slaughter, n. Suicide, self-murder, self-destruction.

Self-styled, a. Pretended, would-be, self-dubbed.

Self-sufficiency, n. Conceit, conceitedness, pride, haughtiness, self-complacency, self-conceit, self-esteem, self-confidence.

Self-sufficient, a. Proud, haughty, overbearing, assuming, arrogant, overweening, consequential, lordly.

Self-will, n. Wilfulness, stubbornness, doggedness, obstinacy, pig-headedness.

Self-willed, a. Wilful, dogged, obstinate, headstrong, pig-headed, stubborn.

Sell, v. a. Vend, dispose of, put up to sale, bring to the hammer.

Seller, n. Vender.

Selvage, n. List, strip of cloth (forming an edge).

Semaphore, n. Telegraph.

Semblance, n. 1. Likeness, resemblance, similitude.

2. Show, appearance, seeming, figure, form.

Semen, n. [L.] Sperm, seed, MILT.

Semi, n. [L.] [Used as a prefix.] Half.

Semi-annual, a. Half-yearly.

Semi-barbarian, a. Semi-barbarous.

Semi-barbarous, a. Half-civilized, semi-barbarian, semi-savage.

Seminal, a. Germinal, radical, original, rudimental.

Seminary, n. School, academy, high-school, institute, gymnasium, college, university, place of education, seminary of learning.

Semi-savage, a. Semi-barbarous, half-civilized, semi-barbarian.

Semi-transparent, a. Translucent, imperfectly transparent.

Sempiternal, a. Everlasting, endless, perpetual, ever-during, unending, eternal.

Sempstress, n. Seamstress, needlewoman.

Send, v. a. 1. Throw, hurl, cast, fling, impel, emit, project, toss, launch, lance, jaculate.

2. Despatch, delegate, depute, send forth, send out.

3. Transmit, forward.

4. Give, bestow, grant, confer.

Seneca oil, n. Petroleum, rock oil, mineral oil, mineral tar, Barbadoes tar.

Seneca-root, n. [Written also Senega-root and Seneka-root.] Virginia snake-root.

Senility, n. 1. Old age.

2. Imbecility (from old age), dotage.

Senior, a. Older, elder.

Senior, n. Elder.

Seniority, n. Eldership.

Sensation, n. 1. Feeling (without perception or a reference to any object that causes the feeling), sense.

2. Excitement, impression.

Sense, n. 1. Faculty of perception.

2. Feeling, sensibility, sensation.

3. Intellect, mind, understanding, reason, brains, thinking principle, intellectual powers or faculties.

4. Discernment, perception, sagacity, wisdom, tact, gumption, ballast, common sense.

5. Opinion, judgment, notion, idea, conception, apprehension, view.

6. Signification, meaning, import, purport, interpretation.

7. Consciousness, persuasion, conviction.

Senseless, a. 1. Inert, not sentient, without perception.

2. Insensible, unfeeling, apathetic.

3. Unreasonable, foolish, nonsensical, stupid, doltish, preposterous.

Sensibility, n. 1. Feeling, sensitiveness.

2. Delicacy of feeling, tender feeling, quick emotion.

Sensible, n.. 1. Perceptible (by any of the senses or by the mind), that makes an impression.

2. Cognizant, observant, aware, conscious, convinced, persuaded.

3. Judicious, wise, discreet, sage, sagacious, reasonable, intelligent, rational, sober, sound.

Sensitive, a.. 1. Sentient, perceptive.

2. Impressible, easily affected.

Sensitize, v. a. (Photography.) Make sensitive to light.

Sensual, a. 1. Carnal, fleshly, unspiritual.

2. Voluptuous, luxurious.

3. Lewd, dissolute, licentious.

Sensualist, n. Voluptuary, epicure, sybarite, free-liver, man of pleasure.

Sensuality, n. 1. Voluptuousness, carnality.

2. Lewdness, dissoluteness, licentiousness.

Sensuous, a. Affecting the senses (mediately or immediately), that concerns sensible objects or impressions derived from the senses.

Sentence, n. 1. Decision, judgment, determination.

2. (Common Law.) Condemnation, doom, judgment passed on a criminal.

3. (Civil and Admiralty Law.) Judicial decree.

4. Period, proposition.

Sentence, v. a. Doom, condemn, pass judgment upon.

Sententious, a. Pithy, terse, laconic, pointed, compact, full of meaning, very expressive, to the point, short and energetic.

Sententiousness, n. Pithiness, terseness, point, vigor.

Sentient, a. Perceiving, perceptive, sensitive.

Sentiment, n. 1. Feeling, sensibility, tenderness, emotion.

2. Thought (prompted by feeling), opinion, notion, judgment.

3. Saying, maxim, toast, striking remark.

Sentimental, a. Tender, impressible, romantic.

Sentimentalism, n. Sentimentality, affectation of sentiment, affected sensibility.

Sentimentality, n. Sentimentalism.

Sentinel, n. Watchman, guard, sentry, guardsman.

Sentry, n. 1. Sentinel.

2. Watch, guard, watch and ward.

Separable, a. Divisible, discerpible.

Separate, v. a. 1. Disjoin, disunite, disconnect, dispart, divide, detach, disengage, insulate, isolate.

2. Sever, dissever, sunder, cleave, part.

3. Withdraw, remove, eliminate.

Separate, v. n. Part, divide, cleave, be divided, be disunited, be separated.

Separate, a. Disjoined, disconnected, unconnected, disunited, dissociated, detached, distinct, discrete.

Separately, ad. Distinctly, singly, apart.

Separation, n. Disjunction, disunion, disconnection, disengagement, dissociation, isolation.

Separatist, n. Sectary, schismatic, dissenter, seceder, nonconformist, heretic.

Separator, n. Divider.

Sepia, n. 1. Cuttle-fish.

2. India ink.

Sepulchral, a. 1. Monumental.

2. Funereal, mournful, sombre, sad, woful, gloomy, dismal, lugubrious, melancholy.

Sepulchre, n. [Written also Sepulcher.] Tomb, grave, ossuary, charnel-house, narrow house, long home.

Sepulture, n. Burial, interment, inhumation.

Sequel, n. 1. Continuation, succeeding part.

2. Close, conclusion, termination, DÉNOUEMENT.

3. Consequence, event, issue, upshot.

Sequence, n. Succession, series, course, order of succession.

Sequester, v. a. Sequestrate.

Sequestrate, v. a. 1. Sequester, set aside.

2. (International Law.) Confiscate.

Seraglio, n. 1. The Sultan's palace.

2. Harem.

Seraphic, a. Angelic, celestial, heavenly, Elysium, blissful.

Serene, a. 1. Calm, quiet, placid, tranquil, unruffled, peaceful, composed, undisturbed, collected, sedate.

2. Clear, fair, bright.

Serenity, n. 1. Calmness, peacefulness, tranquillity, collectedness, sedateness, composure, coolness, calm, peace.

2. Clearness, fairness, brightness.

Serf, n. Slave (attached to the soil), bondman, thrall, bond-servant.

Serfdom, n. Enslavement, slavery, servitude, bondage, thraldom, enthralment, vassalage, subjection.

Serial, a. Successive, consecutive, continuous, continued.

Seriatim, ad. [L.] In a series, in regular order.

Sericulture, n. Raising of silk-worms.

Series, n. Succession, order, sequence, course, line, row, concatenation.

Serious, a. 1. Grave, solemn, sedate, staid, sober, earnest, demure, not gay, not sportive or jocose.

2. Important, weighty, great, momentous.

Seriousness, n. Gravity, solemnity, demureness, sedateness.

Sermon, n. Homily, exhortation, religious discourse.

Sermonize, v. n. Preach.

Serous, a. Thin (as parts of animal fluids), watery, wheyey.

Serpent, n. Snake.

Serpentine, a. Winding, meandering, crooked, anfractuous.

Serpentine, n. Ophite, green porphyry.

Serrate, a. Notched, indented, denticulated, cleft, divided, uneven (on the edges).

Serrated, a. Notched, indented, denticulated, cleft, divided, uneven (on the edges).

Serried, a. Close, compact, crowded.

Servant, n. 1. Servitor, subaltern, dependant, subordinate helper.

2. Menial, domestic, drudge, slave, HELP.

Servant-maid, n. Maid-servant, servant-girl, female domestic, GIRL, HELP, maid-of-all-work.

Serve, v. a. 1. Work for, labor for, be under the orders of, be subservient to.

2. Aid, assist, help, succor, attend, oblige, wait on, minister to.

3. Promote, advance, forward, benefit, contribute to, be of use to.

4. Satisfy, content, be sufficient for.

5. Treat, behave towards.

Serve, v. n. 1. Be a servant, be a slave, be in bondage, be in subjection.

2. Obey, be dutiful, perform duty.

3. Answer, do, conduce, minister, be sufficient, be of use, pass muster.

4. Suit, be convenient, be suitable.

Serve one's time, Be an apprentice, serve one's apprenticeship.

Service, n. 1. Labor (for another), work.

2. Duty, office, business, employment.

3. Benefit, advantage, profit, gain, good, use, utility, avail.

4. Homage, mark of respect.

5. Office of devotion, religious rite.

6. Military duty.

Serviceable, a. Useful, helpful, profitable, advantageous, convenient, beneficial, available, operative.

Service-berry, n. June-berry (the fruit of the shad-bush).

Service-book, Missal, prayer-book, mass-book.

Servile, a. 1. Dependent, menial, held in bondage, held in slavery, held in subjection.

2. Slavish, mean, base, cringing, obsequious, fawning, supple, grovelling, sycophantic, abject, low, beggarly, sneaking, base-minded, low-minded, meanly submissive.

Servility, n. 1. Slavery, bondage, dependence.

2. Slavishness, baseness, meanness, abjectness, abjection, obsequiousness, fawning, sycophancy.

Servitor, n. Servant, attendant, dependant, retainer, squire, lackey, valet, waiter, footman.

Servitude, n. Slavery, bondage, thraldom, enthralment, enslavement, serfdom, vassalage.

Sesame, n. Benne, oil-plant.

Sesqui-carbonate of ammonia, Sal-volatile, smelling-salts, carbonate of ammonia.

Session, n. Sitting (of a court, of a legislature, &c.).

Set, v. a. 1. Put, place, plant, station, locate, pitch (as a tent).

2. Fix, establish, settle, determine, appoint, assign.

3. Stake, wager, risk.

4. Regulate, adjust, adapt.

5. Stud, variegate, adorn.

6. Sharpen, bring to an edge.

7. Replace (as a broken bone).

Set, v. n. 1. Decline, sink, go down (as the sun).

2. Concrete, become hard.

3. Flow, run, tend, move on.

Set, a. 1. Regular, formal, established, prescribed.

2. Firm, unyielding, obstinate.

Set, n. 1. Suit, assortment.

2. Group, CLIQUE, school, class, sect, party, gang, crew, knot, squad, pack, cluster, COTERIE, company.

Set about, Begin, commence, take in hand, apply one's self to.

Setaceous, a. Bristly.

Set apart, Reserve (for a particular use), appropriate, dedicate, consecrate, devote, set aside.

Set aside, 1. Reserve, SET APART.

2. Omit, leave out of the account.

3. Reject, discard, annul.

Set at defiance, Defy.

Set at naught, 1. Contemn, despise, undervalue.

2. Break, infringe, transgress, violate.

Set-down, n. Rebuff, rebuke.

Set down, Register, record, state, put in writing, chronicle, make a note of, jot down, take down, make a memorandum of.

Set fire to, Kindle, inflame, ignite, set on fire.

Set forth, 1. Manifest, exhibit, display, show, put forward.

2. Publish, promulgate, make appear.

3. Explain, expound, represent.

Set free, Liberate, release, emancipate, disenthral, clear, acquit.

Set in, 1. Flow in.

2. Be fairly begun, be established.

Set off, [Active.] 1. Portion off, define the boundaries of.

2. Adorn, decorate, embellish, set out.

Set off, [Neuter.] Start, set out.

Set-off, n. 1. Decoration, ornament.

2. Off-set.

3. (Law.) Counter-claim.

Seton, n. 1. Rowel.

2. Issue.

Set on, 1. Incite, instigate, prompt, urge, impel, influence, actuate.

2. Attack, assault, set upon.

Set on fire, Inflame, kindle, ignite, set fire to.

Set on foot, Originate, begin, set in motion.

Set out, [Active.] Adorn, decorate, embellish, set off.

Set out, [Neuter.] Start, set off.

Set right, Correct, put in order.

Set store by, Esteem highly, place a high value on, think a good deal of.

Set the hand to, Undertake, engage in.

Set the heart upon, Long for earnestly, fix one's desires upon.

Settle, v. a. 1. Fix, establish, institute, ordain, appoint, confirm, make permanent.

2. Decide, determine, make clear, free from doubt.

3. Adjust, reconcile, regulate, arrange, make up.

4. Compress, make close or compact.

5. Colonize, people, plant, found.

6. Liquidate, pay, discharge, close up.

7. [U. S.] Ordain as pastor.

8. Clarify, free from dregs or impurities.

9. Compose, quiet, tranquillize, calm, pacify.

Settle, v. n. 1. Subside, sink, fall.

2. Rest, repose, be quiet, be tranquil, be composed.

3. Dwell, abide, inhabit, reside, plant one's self, get a footing, get established, be stationary.

4. Account, reckon, pay the bill, square accounts, strike a balance, quit scores, satisfy all demands, PAY UP.

Settled, a. Established, ordinary, common, wonted, usual, customary, every day.

Settlement, n. 1. Adjustment, arrangement.

2. Reconciliation, pacification.

3. Liquidation, payment, discharge.

4. Colonization.

5. Colony.

6. [U. S.] Ordination, installation.

Settle on, 1. Establish one's habitation upon.

2. Fix on, determine upon, fix upon.

Settler, n. Colonist.

Settling, n. 1. Planting, colonizing.

2. Subsidence.

Settlings, n. pl. Lees, dregs, sediment.

Set-to, n. [Colloquial.] Fight, combat, contest, conflict.

Set to rights, Adjust, regulate, put in order, put to rights.

Set up, [Active.] 1. Erect, raise, elevate.

2. Exalt, put in power.

3. Institute, establish, found.

4. Put in type.

Set up, [Neuter.] Begin business.

Set up for, Profess, make pretensions to.

Set upon, Attack, assault, assail, have at, fly at, rush upon, set on.

Sever, v. a. Part, divide, separate, disjoin, disunite, sunder, detach, disconnect, disengage.

Several, a. 1. Separate, distinct, particular, single.

2. Various, manifold, different.

3. Sundry, divers, more than one or two, not a great many.

Severe, a. 1. Rigid, stern, harsh, bitter, austere, rigorous, stiff, strait-laced, hard, unrelenting, relentless, inexorable, peremptory.

2. Strict, exact, accurate, methodical.

3. Simple, plain, unadorned, concise, chaste.

4. Caustic, satirical, sarcastic, keen, cutting, stinging, biting, sharp.

5. Distressing, afflictive, acute, violent, extreme, intense, hard to bear.

Severity, n. 1. Sternness, harshness, rigor, austerity, acrimony.

2. Strictness, exactness, accuracy.

3. Simplicity, plainness, conciseness.

4. Sharpness, keenness, causticity.

5. Extremity, afflictiveness, violence.

Sew, v. n. Work with needle and thread.

Sew, v. a. Stitch, BASTE.

Sewage, n. 1. Contents of a sewer, sewerage.

2. Drainage.

Sewer, n. Drain.

Sewerage, n. 1. Drainage.

2. Sewage, contents of a sewer.

Sextuple, a. Six-fold.

Sexual, a. 1. Of the sexes.

2. Of the genitals.

Sexual organs, Genitals, private parts.

Shabby, a. 1. Ragged, worn, faded, threadbare, worn out.

2. Mean, base, low, vile, grovelling, despicable, contemptible, beggarly, paltry, pitiful, dirty, scurvy, abject, disgraceful, unhandsome, ungentlemanly.

Shackle, n. Fetter, gyve, chain, hamper, MANACLE, handcuff.

Shackle, v. a. 1. Fetter, chain, manacle, hamper.

2. Trammel, embarrass, obstruct, impede, restrict.

Shackles, n. pl. Fetters, gyves, irons, manacles, chains, hampers.

Shackly, a. [Colloquial, U. S.] Loose, rickety.

Shad-bush, n. June-berry, shad-berry (Amelanchier Canadensis).

Shade, n. 1. Shadow.

2. Darkness, obscurity, dusk, duskiness, gloom.

3. Screen, curtain, veil.

4. Color, hue, tint, tinge, cast, stain, dye.

5. Degree, kind, variety, minute difference.

6. Ghost, spirit, apparition, spectre, phantom, manes.

Shade, v. a. 1. Obscure, cloud, darken, eclipse, dim, obfuscate, put in shadow, cast in the shade.

2. Screen, cover, protect.

Shadow, n. 1. Shade.

2. Darkness, obscurity, gloom.

3. Shelter, cover, protection, security.

4. Type, image, adumbration, representation.

Shadow, v. a. 1. Shade.

2. Darken, obscure, cloud.

3. Typify, SHADOW FORTH, adumbrate.

Shadow forth, Typify, symbolize, represent, indicate, denote, show, shadow, foreshadow, stand for.

Shadowy, a. 1. Shady, umbrageous, dark, obscure, dim, murky, gloomy.

2. Unreal, unsubstantial, impalpable, visionary, imaginary, spectral, ghostly.

Shady, a. Shadowy, umbrageous.

Shaft, n. 1. Arrow.

2. Handle.

3. Thill, pole.

4. Trunk (of a column).

5. Axis, spindle, arbor. Shagbark, n. Shellbark (Carya alba).

Shaggy, a. Rough (with long hair or wool).

Shah, n. King of Persia, padisha.

Shake, v. a. 1. Agitate, convulse, make to tremble or quiver.

2. Trill, sing with a trill.

Shake, v. n. Tremble, quake, quiver, totter, shudder, shiver.

Shake, n. 1. Agitation, concussion, jar, jolt, shaking.

2. Trill.

3. Crack (in timber), fissure, cleft.

Shakes, n. pl. [U. S.] Fever and ague.

Shaking, n. Agitation, concussion, jolting, jolt, shake.

Shaky, a. 1. Unsound (as timber), full of clefts.

2. Shaking, trembling.

Shallow, a. 1. Shoal, not deep.

2. Superficial, unintelligent, simple, ignorant, not profound.

3. Flimsy, trivial, frivolous, trifling, foolish, puerile, trashy.

Shallow, n. Shoal, flat, shelf, bank.

Shallow-brain, n. Simpleton, DUNCE.

Shallow-brained, a. Simple, ignorant, foolish, empty-headed, shallow-pated.

Shallow-pated, a. Shallow-brained.

Sham, v. a. Feign, pretend, make pretence of.

Sham, n. Imposture, imposition, trick, fraud, feint, delusion, humbug, pretence, clap-trap.

Sham, a. Pretended, false, assumed, counterfeit, mock, spurious, clap-trap, make-believe, not real.

Shamble, v. n. Hobble, shuffle.

Shambles, n. pl. Flesh market.

Shame, n. 1. Abashment, mortification, confusion.

2. Disgrace, dishonor, opprobrium, reproach, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, odium, scandal, degradation.

Shame, v. a. 1. Abash, mortify, confuse, confound, disconcert, discompose, humiliate, humble, put to shame, make ashamed, put down.

2. Disgrace, dishonor, degrade, debase, discredit, sully, taint, stain, tarnish.

3. Deride, jeer, ridicule, mock at, sneer at, point at.

Shame-faced, a. Bashful, diffident, over-modest.

Shameful, a. Disgraceful, scandalous, dishonorable, disreputable, infamous, outrageous, ignominious, opprobrious, base, vile, villanous, nefarious, heinous, atrocious, wicked, dark.

Shameless, a. 1. Impudent, unblushing, unabashed, immodest, frontless, assuming, brazen, brazen-faced, bold-faced, blustering, swaggering, vaporing, bluff, insolent, audacious, cool.

2. Depraved, vicious, sinful, unprincipled, corrupt, profligate, dissolute, reprobate, abandoned, graceless, obdurate, hardened, incorrigible, irreclaimable, lost, lost to shame, dead to honor.

Shamrock, n. White trefoil, white clover (Trifolium repens).

Shape, v. a. Form, frame, mould, figure, fashion, model.

Shape, n. Fork (with especial reference to what is visible), figure, configuration, mould, fashion, outline, appearance, cut, build, cast, TOURNURE, external appearance.

Shapely, a. Symmetrical, comely, well-shaped.

Share, v. a. 1. Divide, distribute, apportion, parcel out.

2. Partake, participate in, have a portion of.

Share, v. n. Participate, have part, have a portion, go snacks.

Share, n. 1. Part, portion, interest, allotment, apportionment, contingent, dividend, quota.

2. Ploughshare.

Share equally, Go halves.

Sharer, n. Partaker, participator, communicant.

Shark, n. Sharper, cheat, swindler, blackleg, knave, trickster, slyboots, jockey, SHYSTER, artful fellow.

Sharp, a. 1. Acute, keen, with a fine edge.

2. Sagacious, apt, shrewd, astute, discerning, discriminating, ingenious, inventive, witty, quick, clever, ready, smart, clear, sharp-sighted, quick-sighted, keen-eyed, keen-witted, sharp-witted, clear-sighted, long-headed, cunning.

3. Biting, pungent, hot, burning, stinging, mordacious, acrid, piquant, high-flavored, high-seasoned.

4. Severe, harsh, acrimonious, sarcastic, caustic, cutting, tart, pointed.

5. Distressing, poignant, intense, very painful.

6. Pinching, piercing, nipping.

7. Strong, eager, fierce, ardent, violent.

8. Shrill, high, not flat.

Sharp, v. a. Sharpen, make shrill.

Sharpen, v. a. 1. Edge, give an edge to, make keen.

2. Make eager.

3. Sharp, make shrill.

4. Intensify, make more intense.

Sharper, n. Cheat, rogue, swindler, trickster, shark, knave, blackleg, slyboots, jockey, SHYSTER, artful fellow.

Sharpness, n. 1. Acuteness, keenness.

2. Sagacity, shrewdness, ingenuity, wit, cleverness, quickness.

3. Pungency, piquancy, acridity.

4. Severity, sarcasm, satire.

5. Poignancy, intensity, painfulness, keenness.

6. Fierceness, violence, ardor.

7. Shrillness, highness.

Sharp-set, a. Eager, hungry, ravenous, famishing.

Sharp-shooter, n. Good marksman.

Sharp-sighted, a. Keen, keen-eyed, keen-sighted, clear-sighted.

Sharp-witted, a. Acute, shrewd, quick, SHARP, discerning, sagacious, ingenious, intelligent, keen, clear-sighted, keen-sighted, long-headed, cunning.

Shatter, v. a. 1. Shiver, break in pieces, dash into fragments.

2. Disorder, derange, make insane.

Shatter-brain, n. Scatter-brain, scatter brains, giddy or thoughtless person.

Shatter-brained, a. Giddy, thoughtless, light-headed, scatter-brained.

Shave, v. a. 1. Cut off (close to the surface).

2. Make smooth or bare (as by cutting off hair closely).

3. Slice, cut in thin slices.

4. Strip, fleece.

5. Graze, skim, touch lightly (in passing over).

Shear, v. a. Cut, clip.

Sheath, n. 1. Case (as for a sword), scabbard.

2. (Bot.) Base of a leaf (when it is wrapped around a stem).

3. (Ent.) Wing-case.

Sheathe, v. a. 1. Put into a sheath, enclose in a sheath.

2. Cover, line, case.

Sheathed, a. Vaginate.

Sheathe the sword, Make peace.

Sheathing, a. Vaginant.

Sheathing, n. Casing, lining.

Shed, v. a. 1. Spill, effuse, pour out.

2. Spread, diffuse, scatter.

3. Cast, throw off, put off, lay aside, let fall.

Shed, n. Hut, hovel, cot, cabin.

Shed-roof, n. Pent roof, lean-to.

Sheen, n. Brightness, splendor, shine, gloss.

Sheepcot, n. Sheepfold, sheep-pen.

Sheepfold, n. Sheepcot.

Sheepish, a. Timid, shame-faced, over-modest, very bashful, excessively diffident.

Sheer, a. 1. Pure, unmixed, simple, mere, bare, naked.

2. Perpendicular.

Sheet-anchor, n. 1. (Naut.) Principal anchor, largest anchor.

2. Mainstay, chief support, main reliance.

Sheet-tin, n. Latten, tinned iron plate.

Shelf, n. 1. Ledge.

2. Shoal, shallow.

Shell, n. 1. Case, capsule, outer covering.

2. Bomb, hollow ball.

3. Frame-work.

4. Lyre, stringed instrument.

Shell, v. a. 1. Take out of the shell, strip the shell from, hull.

2. Bombard.

Shell, v. n. Exfoliate, fall off, peel off, shell off.

Shellbark, n. Shagbark (Carya alba).

Shell off, Shell, peel off.

Shelter, n. 1. Asylum, refuge, retreat, covert, sanctuary, harbor, haven.

2. Protection, shield, screen, defence, security, safety.

Shelter, v. a. Shield, screen, hide, shroud, protect, defend, cover, house, harbor, lodge, ensconce.

Shelve, v. a. Put on the shelf, put aside, give the go-by to.

Shelve, v. n. Slope, incline.

She-monster, n. Fury, beldam, vixen, virago, hag, jezebel, ugly old woman.

Shepherd, n. 1. Herdsman (of sheep).

2. Swain, rural lover.

3. Pastor, minister, clergyman.

Shepherd-spider, n. Father-long-legs, daddy-long-legs, harvest-man.

Shibboleth, n. Criterion, watchword, test.

Shield, n. 1. Buckler, ægis.

2. Safeguard, protection, defence, guard, cover, security, bulwark, rampart, palladium.

3. Escutcheon, ensign armorial.

Shield, v. a. Defend, protect, guard, shelter, cover.

Shield-shaped, a. Scutate, clypeiform, peltate, peltated.

Shift, v. a. Change, alter, vary.

Shift, v. n. 1. Move, change place, change about.

2. Change, vary, veer, chop.

3. Contrive, manage, plan, scheme, devise ways and means.

Shift, n. 1. Change.

2. Expedient, contrivance, resort, resource, means.

3. Evasion, artifice, fraud, trick, doubling, stratagem, subterfuge, dodge, mask, ruse, wile, craft, device, artful contrivance.

4. Chemise, smock.

Shiftless, a. Improvident, imprudent, prodigal, wasteful, without forecast, without foresight, careless of the future.

Shillalah, n. Club, cudgel.

Shillaly, n. Club, cudgel.

Shimmer, v. n. Glimmer, gleam, shine faintly.

Shin, n. Spine, fore part of the leg.

Shindy, n. [Colloquial.] Row, spree, riot, disturbance, uproar.

Shine, v. n. 1. Beam, radiate, glitter, glisten, glow, blaze, be bright, be brilliant, emit rays of light.

2. Be eminent, be distinguished, be conspicuous.

Shine, n. 1. Fair weather.

2. Brightness, splendor, lustre, brilliancy, polish, gloss.

3. [Colloquial, U. S.] Liking, fancy.

Shingling-mill, n. Furnace, forge.

Shining, a. 1. Beaming, glittering, radiant, resplendent, effulgent, glowing, lucid, luminous, BRIGHT, shiny.

2. Illustrious, splendid, conspicuous, distinguished.

Shiny, a. Bright, clear, SHINING.

Ship-biscuit, n. Pilot-bread, hard-bread.

Ship-carpenter, n. Shipwright.

Ship of war, Man-of-war.

Shipwreck, n. Wreck, ruin, perdition, destruction, miscarriage, overthrow, subversion, demolition.

Shipwreck, v. a. Wreck, strand, flounder, cast away.

Shipwright, n. Ship-carpenter.

Shirk, v. a. Avoid (in a mean way), evade, get off from.

Shiver, v. a. Shatter, break in pieces, dash to fragments.

Shiver, v. n. Shudder, quake, tremble.

Shiver, n. 1. Fragment, bit, piece.

2. Slice, sliver.

3. Tremor.

Shiver-spar, n. Slate-spar.

Shivering, a. Friable, brittle, frangible, BRASH, easily shivered, not compact.

Shoal, n. 1. Crowd, throng, multitude, swarm, horde, gang.

2. Shallow, sand-bank.

Shoal, v. n. Grow shallow.

Shoal, a. Shallow.

Shock, n. 1. Concussion, collision, clash, impact, percussion.

2. Brunt, heat of onset.

3. Blow, buffet.

4. Stook, hattock.

Shock, v. a. 1. Encounter, strike against, come into collision with.

2. Offend, disgust, nauseate, sicken, scandalize, revolt, outrage.

3. Stun, astound, stagger.

4. Appall, terrify, affright.

Shocking, a. 1. Repulsive, offensive, hateful, detestable, execrable, obnoxious, odious, disgusting, revolting, abominable, very bad.

2. Dreadful, terrible, horrid, horrible, fearful, frightful, dire, horrific, awful, tremendous, hideous, monstrous, ghastly, grim, appalling.

Shoemaker, n. Crispin.

Shoe-string, n. Shoe-tie.

Shoe-tie, n. Shoe-string.

Shooks, n. pl. Staves.

Shoot, v. a. 1. Dart, let fly.

2. Fire, discharge, let off.

3. Emit, project, propel, send forth, put forth, thrust forth.

4. Hit or kill by a missile.

Shoot, v. n. 1. Fire, discharge a gun.

2. Pass, fly, dart.

3. Bud, sprout, germinate, pullulate.

4. Project, jut, jut out.

Shoot, n. Sprout, branch, twig, scion, offshoot.

Shoot up, Grow, increase, spring up, run up, grow up, start up.

Shop, n. Store.

Shopkeeper, n. Tradesman, shopman, COUNTER-JUMPER, retail trader, petty trader.

Shoplifter, n. Shop-thief.

Shoplifting, n. Larceny, stealing, pilfering, theft, thievery, petty larceny.

Shopman, n. Shopkeeper.

Shop-thief, n. Shoplifter.

Shore, n. 1. Coast, beach, strand, seaboard, seaside, seacoast.

2. Prop, support, stay, brace, buttress.

Shore up, Prop, support, prop up.

Short, a. 1. Brief, not long.

2. Near, direct, straight.

3. Compendious, succinct, concise, terse, pithy, sententious, laconic, CURT.

4. Abrupt, blunt.

5. Deficient, defective, inadequate, scanty, insufficient, imperfect.

6. Lacking, wanting, destitute.

7. Brittle, friable, BRASH.

8. (Cookery.) Crisp.

Short, ad. Suddenly, abruptly, at once.

Short-coming, n. 1. Deficiency.

2. Slip, fault, error, failing, defect, weakness, weak side, blind side.

Shorten, v. a. 1. Abbreviate, abridge, retrench, cut short, cut down.

2. Lessen, diminish, reduce.

Shortening, n. 1. Abbreviation, curtailment, abridgment, contraction, reduction, retrenchment.

2. Fat, fatty substance.

Short-hand, n. Stenography, brachygraphy, tachygraphy.

Short-lived, a. Transient, ephemeral, mushroom, TRANSITORY.

Shortly, ad. 1. Soon, in a short time, in a little time.

2. Briefly, concisely, tersely, in a few words.

Short-sighted, a. 1. Myopic, purblind, near-sighted.

2. Inconsiderate, imprudent, indiscreet.

Short-sightedness, n. Myopy, near-sightedness.

Short-winged, a. Brevipennate.

Short-witted, a. Unintelligent, shallow, stupid, dull, stolid, foolish, doltish, simple, soft, sappy, weak-headed, weak-minded, feeble-minded, half-witted, shallow-brained, dull-witted, blunt-witted, fat-witted.

Shot, n. 1. Discharge.

2. Ball, bullet.

3. [Colloquial.] Marksman.

Shote, n. Pig, young hog.

Shoulder, n. Projection, protuberance.

Shoulder-belt, n. Baldric.

Shout, v. n. Exclaim, vociferate, halloo, hollo, holla, cry out.

Shout, n. Halloo, holla, huzza, yell, hoot, loud cry, loud call.

Shove, v. a. Push, propel, thrust, poke.

Show, v. a. 1. Exhibit, display, present to view, set forth, bring to light.

2. Exhibit to, point out to.

3. Indicate, point out.

4. Disclose, divulge, proclaim, publish, explain, make known, make clear.

5. Prove, evince, manifest, express, demonstrate, make manifest.

6. Conduct, guide, usher.

7. Bestow, confer, grant.

Show, v. n. Seem, look, appear.

Show, n. 1. Spectacle, exhibition, sight, representation, pageant.

2. Parade, ostentation, flourish, dash, pomp, pageantry, splendor, display, ceremony.

3. Semblance, resemblance, likeness, external appearance.

4. Pretence, pretext, color, mask, simulation.

Showery, a. Rainy, wet.

Show fight, Take the offensive, lay about one.

Show off, 1. [Active.] Exhibit (ostentatiously), display, make a parade of.

2. [Neuter.] Make a show, display one's self, put on airs, give one's self airs, look big, hold up one's head, perk one's self up, ride a high horse, MAKE A SPLURGE, SPREAD ONE'S SELF.

Showy, a. 1. Gaudy, flashy, gay, glaring, gairish, flaunting, gorgeous, splendid, fine, dressy, jaunty, airy, bedizened, pranked out.

2. Grand, stately, ostentatious, pompous, magnificent.

Shred, n. 1. Strip.

2. Scrap, fragment, bit, piece, flitter, tatter, rag.

Shrew, n. 1. Brawler, scold, termagant, vixen, virago, fury, hag, beldam, turbulent woman.

2. Shrew-mouse.

Shrewd, a. 1. Artful, cunning, sly, wily, subtle, crafty, arch, astute, Machiavelian.

2. Sagacious, acute, sharp, quick, keen, ingenious, discerning, intelligent, deep, profound.

Shrewdness, n. 1. Cunning, archness, artfulness, subtlety, craft, astuteness, slyness, art, address, skill, policy.

2. Sagacity, acumen, acuteness, perspicacity, sharpness, keenness, ingenuity, discernment, penetration, intelligence, mother-wit, quick parts.

Shrewish, a. Froward, peevish, petulant, scolding, brawling, clamorous.

Shrew-mouse, n. Shrew.

Shriek, v. n. Scream, screech, yell.

Shriek, n. Scream, screech, yell, shrill cry.

Shrike, n. Butcher-bird (Lanius excubitor).

Shrill, a. Acute, sharp, high, high-toned.

Shrine, n. Altar, place of worship, sacred place.

Shrink, v. n. 1. Shrivel, contract, decrease, dwindle, wither.

2. Recoil, blench, flinch, withdraw, swerve, draw back, give way, lack courage or resolution.

Shrink from, Abhor, nauseate, abominate, loathe, detest, feel disgust at, recoil from.

Shrivel, v. a. Parch, dry, dry up.

Shrivel, v. n. Shrink, contract, dwindle, wither, decrease.

Shroud, n. Winding sheet, grave-clothes.

Shroud, v. a. Cover, hide, veil, mask, cloak, screen, bury, muffle.

Shrub, n. Bush.

Shrubby, a. Bushy.

Shrunk, a. Shrivelled, withered, dwindled.

Shudder, v. n. Tremble, shake, quake, quiver.

Shudder, n. Tremor, shuddering.

Shuddering, n. Trembling, tremor, HORRIPILATION, horror.

Shuffle, v. a. Confuse, jumble, throw into disorder.

Shuffle, v. n. 1. Prevaricate, quibble, equivocate, cavil, dodge, palter, evade the truth.

2. Struggle, shift, make shift.

Shuffle, n. Trick, quibble, prevarication, evasion, artifice, fraud, shuffling, subterfuge, pretence, pretext.

Shuffle off, Discard, lay aside, get rid of.

Shuffling, n. Trick, SHUFFLE.

Shuffling, a. Fraudulent, quibbling, prevaricating, evasive, disingenuous.

Shun, v. a. Avoid (in a positive sense or denoting positive exertion), evade, escape, elude, eschew, get clear of, get out of the way of, escape from.

Shunt, v. a. [England.] Switch (from one set of rails to another).

Shut, v. a. 1. Close, close up.

2. Enclose, confine, imprison, shut up, coop up, lock up, close the door upon.

Shut out, Exclude.

Shut up, 1. Shut, close up.

2. Confine, shut up, lock up.

Shy, a. 1. Coy, reserved, bashful, diffident, timid, sheepish, shame-faced, over-modest.

2. Cautious, wary, heedful, chary.

Shy, n. 1. Sudden start (as of a horse).

2. [Colloquial.] Fling, throw.

Shy, v. a. Fling, throw, jerk, cast, toss, hurl, FLIRT, chuck, pitch, sling.

Shy, v. n. Sheer, start aside.

Shyster, n. [Colloquial.] Rogue, cheat, trickster, knave, shark, sharper, swindler, slyboots; sly, mean fellow.

Sibilant, a. Hissing.

Siccative, a. Drying.

Siccity, n. [Rare.] Dryness, aridity, want of moisture.

Sice, n. Six (at dice).

Sick, a. 1. Ill, indisposed, ailing, unwell, not well, laid up, out of sorts.

2. Nauseated, affected with nausea, sick at the stomach.

3. Disgusted, tired, weary.

Sicken, v. a. 1. Nauseate, make sick, turn one's stomach, make one's gorge rise.

2. Disgust, weary.

Sicken, v. n. 1. Become sick, fall sick.

2. Be disgusted, feel disgust.

Sickening, a. 1. Nauseating, nauseous, sickish, palling.

2. Disgusting, distasteful, repulsive, revolting, foul, loathsome, offensive.

Sickish, a. Nauseating, nauseous, sickening.

Sickle, n. Reaping-hook.

Sickle-shaped, a. Falcate, falcated, hooked.

Sickly, a. Weak, feeble, ailing, languishing, unhealthy, piping, whining.

Sickness, n. 1. Illness, disease, disorder, distemper, malady, complaint, ail, ailment, indisposition.

2. Nausea.

Side, n. 1. Verge, margin, edge, border.

2. Party, sect, faction, interest.

Side, a. Lateral.

Side, v. n. Take sides.

Side-board, n. Commode.

Side by side, Abreast, alongside, by the side (of one another).

Side-face, n. Profile.

Side-glance, n. Ogle.

Sidehill, n. Declivity, hillside, slope, sloping ground.

Sideling, a. Sloping, inclined.

Sideling, ad. Sidewise.

Sidelong, a. Lateral, oblique, not direct.

Sidelong, ad. Laterally, obliquely.

Sidereal, a. Starry, stellar, astral.

Side-saddle-flower, n. Pitcher plant, huntsman's cup.

Sidewalk, n. Foot-way (at the side of a street), foot-path.

Sideways, ad. Laterally, SIDEWISE.

Sidewise, ad. Laterally, sideways, sideling.

Siege, n. Investment.

Siesta, n. [Sp.] Nap (after dinner).

Sieve, n. Bolt.

Sift, v. a. 1. Bolt.

2. Scrutinize, probe, fathom, sound, investigate, canvass, discuss, examine critically, look into, follow up, inquire into.

Sigh, n. Long breath.

Sight, n. 1. Perception, view, ken, cognizance.

2. Vision, sense of sight.

3. Spectacle, show, exhibition, representation, pageant.

4. Inspection, examination.

Sightless, a. Blind, eyeless, unseeing.

Sightly, a. 1. Conspicuous, prominent, exposed to view.

2. Comely, handsome, beautiful.

Sign, n. 1. Token, mark, note, indication, index, symptom, manifestation, symbol, emblem.

2. Signal, beacon.

3. Prodigy, wonder, miracle, portent, augury, presage, prognostic, auspice, foreboding, omen.

Sign, v. a. Subscribe, put one's name to, affix one's signature to.

Signal, n. Token, mark, indication, SIGN, beacon.

Signal, a. Eminent, memorable, extraordinary, remarkable, noted, conspicuous.

Signal-fire, n. Beacon.

Signalize, v. a. 1. Distinguish, celebrate, make memorable.

2. Make a signal to.

3. Indicate by a signal.

Signature, n. 1. Stamp, mark.

2. Sign-manual.

Signet, n. Seal (especially of a sovereign).

Significance, n. 1. Meaning, import, purport, sense.

2. Importance, consequence, weight, moment.

Significancy, Meaning, import purport, sense.

2. Importance, consequence, weight, moment.

Significant, a. 1. Betokening, indicative, expressive, pregnant with meaning.

2. Important, weighty, momentous.

Signification, n. 1. Expression.

2. Meaning, sense, import, purport, acceptation.

Signify, v. a. 1. Denote, betoken, mean, imply, intimate, indicate, purport.

2. Express, declare, proclaim, make known.

Signify, v. n. Import, matter, be of importance, be of consequence.

Sign-manual, n. Signature.

Silence, n. 1. Stillness, noiselessness, quiet, calm.

2. Taciturnity, muteness, dumbness.

3. Oblivion, obscurity.

Silence, v. a. 1. Still, hush, gag, stifle, muzzle, muffle, put to silence.

2. Allay, quiet, calm, put to rest, put an end to.

Silence, interj. Hush, whist, mum, soft, tush, chut, tut, be still, be silent, hold your tongue.

Silent, a. 1. Still, noiseless, quiet, calm.

2. Mute, dumb, TACITURN, speechless, mum, without a word to say.

3. Quiescent, not pronounced, not sounded.

4. Dormant, not active.

Silex, n. Silica, silicic acid, pure quartz, pure flint, oxide of silicon.

Silica, n. Silex.

Silicic acid, Silex.

Silken, a. Silky.

Silk-weed, n. Milk-weed, wild cotton.

Silky, a. Silken.

Sill, n. 1. Lower piece of a frame (as of a door or a window).

2. Ground-sill, ground-plate.

Silly, a. 1. Senseless, witless, stupid, foolish, DAFT, simple, weak, childish, inept.

2. Absurd, trifling, frivolous, extravagant, preposterous, nonsensical.

Silt, n. Sediment, deposit, alluvium.

Silver, a. 1. Silvery, of silver.

2. White, bright, of the color of silver.

3. Soft and clear (as sound), mellifluous, euphonious, not harsh.

Silvery, a. Silver.

Similar, a. Like, resembling.

Similarity, n. Likeness, resemblance, similitude, parallelism, analogy, correspondence, parity.

Simile, n. Similitude, METAPHOR, comparison.

Similitude, n. 1. Likeness, resemblance, SIMILARITY, image.

2. Simile, comparison, METAPHOR.

Simmer, v. n. Boil (gently), seethe, stew.

Simmering, a. Boiling, piping.

Simoom, n. Samiel, kamsin.

Simoon, n. Samiel, kamsin.

Simper, v. n. Smile (affectedly), smirk.

Simper, n. Smirk, affected smile.

Simple, a. 1. Single, uncombined, uncompounded, unmixed, elementary, bare, mere, not complex, nothing else but, not complicated.

2. Plain, unadorned, unstudied, unvarnished, natural, chaste, neat.

3. Artless, undesigning, sincere, unaffected, unconstrained, NAÏVE, frank, open, downright, inartificial, straightforward, true, simple-hearted, simple-minded.

4. Silly, foolish, weak, not wise, not sagacious.

Simple, n. Medicinal plant.

Simple-hearted, a. Ingenuous, frank, open, artless, SIMPLE.

Simple-minded, a. Simple-hearted.

Simplicity, n. 1. Plainness, naturalness, chasteness, neatness.

2. Artlessness, sincerity, frankness, openness, truth.

3. Silliness, folly, weakness.

Simplify, v. a. Make simple.

Simply, ad. 1. Plainly, artlessly, sincerely, truly.

2. Merely, barely, solely, of itself.

Simulate, v. a. Feign, counterfeit, act, sham, affect, pretend.

Simulation, n. Feigning, counterfeiting, personation, PRETEXT, PRETENCE.

Simultaneously, ad. At the same time.

Sin, n. Offence (against the divine law), iniquity, unrighteousness, wickedness, wrong, CRIME, transgression, delinquency.

Sin, v. n. Trespass, do wrong.

Sinapism, n. Mustard plaster, mustard poultice.

Since, conj. Because, as, considering, seeing that, because that, inasmuch as.

Since, ad. 1. Ago, before this.

2. From that time.

Since, prep. After, from the time of, subsequently to.

Sincere, a. 1. True, real, unfeigned, genuine, unaffected, unvarnished, not pretended.

2. Honest, ingenuous, open, frank, candid, hearty, undissembling, artless, guileless, single.

Sincerity, n. Honesty, ingenuousness, candor, frankness, artlessness, guilelessness, probity, veracity, truth.

Sinciput, n. (Anat.) Bregma, top of the head.

Sine qua non, [L.] Necessity, necessary, requisite, essential, indispensable thing, indispensable condition.

Sinew, n. Tendon.

Sinewy, a. Muscular, brawny, athletic, stalwart, strapping, robust, powerful, sturdy, strong, Herculean, able-bodied, made of iron.

Sinful, a. Wicked, unrighteous, iniquitous, unholy, wrong, criminal, mischievous, bad.

Sinfulness, n. Wickedness, unrighteousness, iniquity, unholiness, criminality, ungodliness, irreligion.

Sing, v. n. Carol, chant, warble.

Sing, v. a. Carol, chant, warble, hum, hymn, celebrate in song.

Singe, v. a. Scorch, burn (slightly).

Singer, n. Chanter, chantress, songster, songstress, vocalist, minstrel.

Single, a. 1. Sole, one only.

2. Particular, individual, separate.

3. Unmarried, unwedded.

4. Pure, simple, unmixed, uncompounded.

5. Alone, solitary, isolated.

6. Sincere, uncorrupt, unbiassed, upright, ingenuous.

Single, v. a. Choose, select, single out.

Single-handed, a. Alone, unaided, unassisted, by one's self.

Singleness, n. 1. Unity, individuality.

2. Purity, simplicity.

3. Sincerity, integrity, uprightness, ingenuousness.

4. Celibacy, single blessedness.

Single life, Celibacy, unmarried state.

Single out, Choose, select, single, pick.

Single-tree, n. Whiffle-tree, whipple-tree.

Singular, a. 1. Single, uncompounded, not complex.

2. Unusual, uncommon, rare, unwonted, strange, odd, extraordinary, eccentric, queer, BIZARRE, out of the way.

3. Particular, peculiar, exceptional, unexampled, unparalleled, remarkable.

Singularity, n. 1. Uncommonness, rareness, rarity, strangeness, oddness, abnormity, aberration, irregularity.

2. Peculiarity, particularity, idiosyncrasy, individuality.

3. Eccentricity, oddity, queerness.

Sinister, a. 1. Left, on the left hand.

2. Unlucky, inauspicious, unfortunate, untoward, disastrous, injurious.

3. Wrong, bad, evil, perverse, corrupt, wicked, sinful, criminal.

Sink, v. n. 1. Fall (gradually), subside, descend, go down, go to the bottom.

2. Penetrate, enter.

3. Be depressed, be overwhelmed.

4. Decline, decrease, decay, droop, dwindle, lose strength, give way.

Sink, v. a. 1. Merge, submerge, submerse, immerse, ingulf, plunge, dip.

2. Dig, excavate, scoop out.

3. Depress, degrade, lower, abase, debase, diminish, lessen, bring down, let down.

4. Ruin, destroy, waste, overthrow, overwhelm, swamp.

5. Suppress, conceal, keep close.

6. Reduce.

Sink, n. Drain, sewer.

Sinless, a. Guileless, innocent, spotless, faultless, immaculate, impeccable, unblemished, untarnished, undented, unsullied, pure.

Sinlessness, n. Faultlessness, immaculateness, innocence, purity, impeccability.

Sinner, n. Offender, delinquent, criminal, wrong-doer, evil-doer, wicked person, irreligious person.

Sinologue, n. Adept in the Chinese language, or in Chinese literature.

Sinuate, a. Sinuous.

Sinuated, a. Sinuous.

Sinuosity, n. Curvature, flexure, bend, crook, winding, tortuosity.

Sinuous, a. Winding, crooked, curved, curvilinear, curvilineal, sinuate, sinuated, serpentine, flexuous, bending in and out.

Sinus, n. [L.] 1. Bay, recess.

2. Fold, hollow, cavity.

Sip, v. a. Drink (a little at a time), sup.

Sip, n. Slight taste, small draught.

Sire, n. 1. [Poetical.] Father.

2. Male parent (of a beast).

Siren, n. 1. Tempter, seducer, Circe, bewitching or fascinating woman.

2. (Zoöl.) Mud iguana.

Siren, a. Alluring, seducing, tempting, bewitching, fascinating.

Siriasis, n. [L.] [Med.] Sun-stroke, insolation, COUP-DE-SOLEIL, stroke of the sun.

Sirius, n. Canicula, dog-star.

Siskin, n. Aberdevine (Carduelis spinus).

Sit, v. n. 1. Be seated, have a seat.

2. Perch (as a bird).

3. Stay, rest, settle.

4. Brood (as fowls), incubate.

5. Fit, be adjusted.

6. Hold a session.

Site, n. Place, situation, locality, location, position, seat, station.

Sitting, n. Session.