Any one of several species of elasmobranch fishes of the genus Pristis. They have a sharklike form, but are more nearly allied to the rays. The flattened and much elongated snout has a row of stout toothlike structures inserted along each edge, forming a sawlike organ with which it mutilates or kills its prey.
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Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidae. The female usually has an ovipositor containing a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes incisions in the leaves or stems of plants in which to lay the eggs. The larvae resemble those of Lepidoptera.
A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck.
A mill for sawing, especially one for sawing timber or lumber.
A merganser.
An arctic seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), having the molars serrated; -- called also crab-eating seal.
A psaltery.
One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer.
A kind of chopping instrument for trimming the edges of roofing slates.
A powerful instrument of brass, curved somewhat like the Roman buccina, or tuba.
Of or pertaining to rocks; living among rocks; as, a saxatile plant.
A name given to a numerous family of brass wind instruments with valves, invented by Antoine Joseph Adolphe Sax (known as Adolphe Sax), of Belgium and Paris, and much used in military bands and in orchestras.
Any species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Saxicava. Some of the species are noted for their power of boring holes in limestone and similar rocks.
Of or pertaining to the saxicavas. A saxicava.
Boring, or hollowing out, rocks; -- said of certain mollusks which live in holes which they burrow in rocks. See Illust. of Lithodomus.
Stone-inhabiting; pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, the stonechats.
Growing on rocks.
A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage.
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Saxifragaceae) of which saxifrage is the type. The order includes also the alum root, the hydrangeas, the mock orange, currants and gooseberries, and many other plants.
Breaking or destroying stones; saxifragous. That which breaks or destroys stones.
Any plant of the genus Saxifraga, mostly perennial herbs growing in crevices of rocks in mountainous regions.
Dissolving stone, especially dissolving stone in the bladder.
Of or pertaining to the Saxons, their country, or their language. Anglo-Saxon. Of or pertaining to Saxony or its inhabitants.
Relating to the Saxons or Anglo- Saxons.
An idiom of the Saxon or Anglo-Saxon language.
One versed in the Saxon language.
See Mountain soap, under Mountain.
A kind of glossy woolen cloth formerly much used.
A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking of the qualities both of a brass instrument and of a clarinet.
A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb.
One who says; an utterer.
A mixed stuff, called also sagathy. See Sagathy.
That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb.
One who assays.
A master of assay; one who tries or proves.
p. p. of Senge, to singe.
To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.
To put in a scabbard.
Abounding with scabs; diseased with scabs.
Scabbiness.
In a scabby manner.
The quality or state of being scabby.
See Scapple.
Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
The itch.
Any plant of the genus Scabiosa, several of the species of which are common in Europe. They resemble the Compositae, and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are not connected.
A fragment or chip of stone.
Roughness; ruggedness.
Rough to the touch, like a file; having small raised dots, scales, or points; scabby; scurfy; scaly.
The quality of being scabrous.
Elecampane.
A small carangoid fish (Trachurus saurus) abundant on the European coast, and less common on the American. The name is applied also to several allied species. The goggler; -- called also big-eyed scad. See Goggler. The friar skate. The cigar fish, or round robin.
To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.
A scaffold.
A scaffold; a supporting framework; as, the scaffolding of the body.
A reddish variety of limestone.
An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished.
A machine formerly employed for reducing dislocations of the humerus.
Capable of being scaled.
See Escalade.
In the quaternion analysis, a quantity that has magnitude, but not direction; -- distinguished from a vector, which has both magnitude and direction.
Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods of the genus Scalaria, or family Scalaridae, having elongated spiral turreted shells, with rounded whorls, usually crossed by ribs or varices. The color is generally white or pale. Called also ladder shell, and wentletrap. See Ptenoglossa, and Wentletrap.
Resembling a ladder in form or appearance; having transverse bars or markings like the rounds of a ladder; as, the scalariform cells and scalariform pits in some plants.
Resembling a ladder; formed with steps.
A scamp; a scapegrace.
One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, eulogies, etc., among the Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient Teutonic tribes.
A Scandinavian poet; a scald.
A European flounder (Arnoglossus laterna, or Psetta arnoglossa); -- called also megrim, and smooth sole.
Of or pertaining to the scalds of the Norsemen; as, scaldic poetry.
To lead up by steps; to ascend.
Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the Lepidoptera; scaly-winged.
Any one of numerous species of marine annelids of the family Polynoidae, and allies, which have two rows of scales, or elytra, along the back. See Illust. under Chaetopoda.
The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied.
A thin slip of wood used to justify a page.
Covered with scales, or scalelike structures; -- said of a fish, a reptile, a moth, etc.
Destitute of scales.
A triangle having its sides and angles unequal.
Of or pertaining to a scalenohedron.
A pyramidal form under the rhombohedral system, inclosed by twelve faces, each a scalene triangle.
One who, or that which, scales; specifically, a dentist's instrument for removing tartar from the teeth.
The state of being scaly; roughness.
Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc.
Same as Scagliola.
Scabby; scurfy.
Scabby; scurfy; scall.
A kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum), native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot.
To mark or cut the edge or border of into segments of circles, like the edge or surface of a scallop shell. See Scallop, n., 2.
Furnished with a scallop; made or done with or in a scallop.
One who fishes for scallops.
Fishing for scallops.
To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; -- said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account.
A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting.
One who, or that which, scalps.
a. n. from Scalp.
Shaped like a chisel; as, the scalpriform incisors of rodents.
Covered or abounding with scales; as, a scaly fish.
Scale-winged.
To mangle.
1. One who scambles.
In a scambling manner; with turbulence and noise; with bold intrusiveness.
A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal.
The female bar-tailed godwit.
Made from scammony; as, a scammoniate aperient.
A species of bindweed or Convolvulus (Convolvulus Scammonia).
To perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially.
A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century.
A scampering; a hasty flight.
One who scampers.
Of or like a scamp; knavish; as, scampish conduct.
To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
To treat opprobriously; to defame; to asperse; to traduce; to slander.
To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon.
Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.
In a manner to give offense; shamefully.
Quality of being scandalous.
Climbing.
A chemical earth, the oxide of scandium.
Of or pertaining to scandium; derived from, or containing, scandium.
Of or pertaining to Scandinavia, that is, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. A native or inhabitant of Scandinavia.
A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicted under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44.
The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise.
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