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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Sçī'ençe, n. p. 1180Knowledge; penetrating and comprehensive information, skill, expertness, and the like. “Shakespeare’s deep and accurate science in mental philosophy.” Coleridge. 2. The comprehension and…Sçī'ençe, v. t. p. 1180To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct. [Rare.]Sçī'ent, a. p. 1180Knowing; skillful. [Obs.] Cockeram.Sçī-ĕn'ter, adv. p. 1180Knowingly. Bouvier.Sçī-ĕn'tial, a. p. 1180Producing science. [Rare.] Milton.Sçī'en-tĭf'ic, a. p. 1180Agreeing with, or depending on, the rules or principles of science; used in science; evincing profound and systematic knowledge; as, a scientific arrangement of fossils; a scientific physician.…Sçī'en-tĭf'ic-al, a. p. 1180Scientific.Sçī'en-tĭf'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1180In a scientific manner; according to the rules or principles of science. It is easier to believe than to be scientifically instructed. Locke.Sçī'en-tĭst, n. p. 1180One learned in science; a savant; as, an enthusiastic scientist. Gould.Sçĭl'i-çĕt p. 1180To wit; namely; videlicet; — often abbreviated to sc., or ss.Sçĭl'li-tīne, n. p. 1180(Chem.) A bitter, purgative principle extracted from squills.Sçĭm'i-ter or Sçĭm'i-tar, n. p. 1180A short sword with a convex edge or recurved point. See CIMETER.Sçĭn'coid, n. p. 1180A scincoidian.Sçĭn'coid, a. p. 1180Of, pertaining to, or resembling the scincoidians.Sçin-coid'i-an, n. p. 1180(Zoöl.) One of a family of saurian reptiles, having a non-extensile tongue, short feet, the body and tail covered with scales overlapping like tiles, and the toes margined. Brande.Sçink, n. p. 1180A cast calf. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ainsworth. 2. (Zoöl.) A certain saurian reptile; the skink. See SKINK. P. Cyc.Sçin-tĭl'lȧ, n. p. 1180A spark; the least particle; an iota; a tittle.Sçĭn'til-lant, a. p. 1180Emitting sparks, or fine igneous particles; sparkling.