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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Schist'öus p. 1179Admitting of division by natural cleavage into flags, slabs, or slates; — used only with reference to metamorphic rocks, such as gneiss, mica schist, and the like. Dana.Schĭz'o-pŏd, n. p. 1179(Zoöl.) A macroural crustacean, whose legs have each an accessory jointed branch, so as to appear double. Dana.Schlich, n. p. 1179(Metal.) The ore of a metal, especially of gold, pulverized and prepared for further working; slich; slick.Schol'ar, n. p. 1179One who attends a school; one who learns of a teacher; one under the tuition of a preceptor; a pupil; a disciple; a learner. I am no breeching scholar in the schools. Shak. 2. One engaged in the…Scho-lār’i-ty, n. p. 1179Scholarship. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Schōl'ar-ly, a. p. 1179Like a scholar; becoming a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique.Schōl'ar-ly, adv. p. 1179In the manner of a scholar; as becomes a scholar. [Rare.]Schōl'ar-ship, n. p. 1179The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning. “A man of my master's understanding and great scholarship.” Pope. 2. Literary education. [Rare.]…Scho-lās'tic, n. p. 1179One who adheres to the method or subtleties of the schools. Milton.Scho-lās'tic or Scho-lās'tic-al, a. p. 1179Pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholar-like; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning. 2. Pertaining to the schoolmen, or philosophers and divines, of the…Scho-lās'tic-al-ly, adv. p. 1179In a scholastic manner; according to the niceties or method of the schools.Scho-lās'ti-cism, n. p. 1179The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy; scholastic formality. The spirit of the old scholasticism . . . spurned laborious investigation and slow induction. J. P. Smith. 2. The…Schō'li-āst, n. p. 1179A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator. No . . . quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts . . . ever marred the effect of his grave and temperate discourses. Macaulay.Schō'li-āst'ic, a. p. 1179Pertaining to a scholiast, or his pursuits. Swift.Schō'li-āze, v. i. p. 1179To write notes on an author's works. [Obs.] Milton.Schōl'ie-al, a. p. 1179Scholastic. [Obs.] Hales.Schō'li-on, n. p. 1179A scholium. [Obs.] Spenser.Schō'li-ūm, n. p. 1179A marginal annotation; an explanatory remark or comment; — so called as being the fruit of the leisure hours of the writers. 2. (Math.) A remark or observation subjoined to a demonstration.Schō'ly, n. p. 1179A scholium. [Obs.]School, n. p. 1179A place for learned intercourse and instruction; an institution for learning; an educational establishment; a place for acquiring knowledge and mental training. 2. Hence, an institution of learning…Schōōl, n. p. 1179A shoal or compact body; a scull or scool; as, a school of fishes. [Prov. in England, but in common use in the United States.]Schōōl, v. t. p. 1180To train in an institution of learning; to educate at a school. He's gentle, never schooled, yet learned. Shak. 2. To teach with superiority; to tutor; to chide and admonish; to reprove. School your…Schōōl'-boy, n. p. 1180A boy belonging to a school, or one who is learning rudiments.Schōōl'-dāme, n. p. 1180The female teacher of a school.Schōōl'-dāys, n. pl. p. 1180The period in which youth are sent to school.Schōōl'-dis'trict, n. p. 1180A division of a town or city for establishing and conducting schools. [U. S.]Schōōl'er-y, n. p. 1180Something taught; precepts; schooling. [Obs.] Spencer.Schōōl'-fĕl'lōw, n. p. 1180One bred at the same school; an associate in school.Schōōl'-gīrl, n. p. 1180A girl belonging to a school.Schōōl'-hour, n. p. 1180Time spent at school; time of instruction. Whose school-hours are all the days and nights of our existence. Carlyle.Schōōl'-house, n. p. 1180A house appropriated for the use of schools, or for instruction.Schōōl'ing, n. p. 1180Instruction in school; tuition; education in an institution of learning. To him, and all of us, the expressly appointed school-masters and schoolings are as nothing. Carlyle. 2. Reproof; reprimand…Schōōl'-māid, n. p. 1180A girl at school; a school-girl.Schōōl'-man, n. p. 1180One versed in the niceties of academical disputation, or of school divinity. ☞ The school-men were philosophers and divines of the middle ages who adopted the principles of Aristotle, and spent much…Schōōl'-mās'ter, n. p. 1180The man who presides over and teaches a school; a teacher, instructor, or preceptor. Let the soldier be abroad if he will; he can do nothing in this age. There is another personage abroad,—a person…Schōōl'-māte, n. p. 1180One who attends the same school.Schōōl'-mis'tress, n. p. 1180A woman who governs and teaches a school.Schōōl'-tēach'er, n. p. 1180One who teaches or instructs a school.Schōōl'-tēach'ing, n. p. 1180The business of instructing a school.Schoon'er, n. p. 1180(Naut.) A small, sharp-built vessel, usually having two masts, with fore-and-aft sails, but sometimes carrying a square foresail, square fore-topsail, and top-gallantsail. Some schooners have three…Schörl, n. p. 1180(Min.) Black tourmaline. Dana.Schorl-rock p. 1180a rock composed of aggregated schorl and quartz.Schor-lā'ceous, a. p. 1180Partaking of the nature and character of schorl; resembling shorl. Kirwan.Schōrl'ite, n. p. 1180— [Fr. schorlite.] A mineral of a greenish-white color, sometimes yellowish, being a variety of topaz, mostly found in irregular, oblong masses or columns, inserted in a mixture of quartz and mica or…Schōr'lōüs, a. p. 1180Pertaining to, or containing, schorl; as, schorlous beryl. Dana.Schōr'l'y, a. p. 1180Pertaining to, or containing, schorl; as, schorly granite.Sçhŏt'tĭsh or Sçhŏt'tĭsçhe, n. p. 1180(Mus.) (a.) A kind of dance, being a variation of the polka, danced by a couple, with the same music in common time. (b.) The music appropriate to the dance.Schrēight, n. p. 1180A kind of fish. Ainsworth.Schrōde, n. p. 1180See ESCRODE.Sçī'a-graph, n. p. 1180See SCIAGRAPHY, 2.Sci'a-graph'ic-al, a. p. 1180Pertaining to sciagraphy.Scī'a-grāph'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1180In a sciographical manner.Scī-ăg'ra-phy, n. p. 1180The art or science of projecting or delineating shadows as they fall in nature. Gwilt. 2. (Arch.) The profile or vertical section of a building to show its interior structure; a sciagraph.Sci-ām'a-chy, n. p. 1180See SCIOMACHY.Scī'a-thē'rie or Scī'a-thē'rie-al, a. p. 1180Belonging to a sun-dial. [Obs.]Scī'a-thēr'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1180After the manner of a sun-dial. [Obs.] Gregory.Sci-āt'ic or Sci-āt'ic-a, n. p. 1180(Med.) (a.) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve. (b.) A rheumatic affection of the hip joint, or of the parts surrounding it; hip gout.Sci-āt'ic, a. p. 1180Pertaining to the hip; as, the sciatic artery or nerve. 2. Affecting the hip; as, sciatic pains.Sçī-ăt'ic-al, a. p. 1180Sciatic.Sçī-ăt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1180With, or by means of, sciatica.