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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Scīs'sars, n. pl.p. 1181See SCISSORS.
  2. Scīs'sel, n.p. 1181The clippings of metals made in various mechanical operations. 2. The slips or plates of metal out of which circular blanks have been cut for the purpose of coinage.
  3. Scīs'si-ble, a.p. 1181Capable of being cut or divided by a sharp instrument; as, scissible matter or bodies. [Obs.] Bacon.
  4. Scīs'sil, n.p. 1181The same as SCISSEL.
  5. Scĭs'sile, a.p. 1181Capable of being cut or divided by a sharp instrument; scissible. [Rare.] Arbuthnot.
  6. Scīs'sion, n.p. 1181The act of cutting or dividing by an edged instrument. Wiseman.
  7. Scĭs'sor, v. t.p. 1181To cut with scissors or shears; to prepare with the aid of scissors. Massinger.
  8. Scīs'sor-bill, n.p. 1181(Ornith.) An aquatic bird of the genus Rhynchops, having a long, straight beak, the upper mandible of which is the shorter, and has a groove, into which the lower mandible fits, whence the name.
  9. Scĭs'sors, n. pl.p. 1181A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades movable on a pin in the center, by which they are fastened. [Formerly written also cisors, cizars, and scissors.]
  10. Scĭs'sor-tāil, n.p. 1181(Ornith.) A South American bird (Milvulus forficatus), belonging to the family of fly-catchers. It has a forked tail, which it opens and shuts like a pair of scissors, when turning swiftly on the…
  11. Scīs'sūre, n.p. 1181A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.
  12. Sçĭt'a-mĭn'e-oŭs, a.p. 1181(Bot.) Belonging to the Scitamineæ, one of Linnæus's natural orders of plants, which are mostly tropical herbs, as ginger, turmeric, &c.
  13. Sçī'ū-rīne, n.p. 1181(Zoöl.) A rodent animal of the squirrel tribe. Brande.
  14. Sçī'ū-rŏp'te-rŭs, n.p. 1181(Zoöl.) A genus of flying squirrels. Baird.
  15. Scla-vō'ni-an, a.p. 1181(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Sclavonia, or the country inhabited by the Slavic race.
  16. Scla-vō'ni-an, n.p. 1181(Geog.) (a.) A native or inhabitant of Sclavonia; one of the Slavic race. (b.) The language of the Slavic race.
  17. Sclĕr'a-gō'ġy, n.p. 1181Severe discipline or training. [Obs.]
  18. Scle-rē'mȧ, n.p. 1181(Med.) Induration of the cellular tissue.
  19. Sclĕr'o-dĕrm, n.p. 1181(Ichth.) One of a family of plectognathic fishes, having a skin covered with hard scales. Brande.
  20. Sclĕr'o-ġĕn, n.p. 1181(Bot.) The hard matter deposited in the membranous cells of plants, and which forms the principal part of the solid wood; lignine. Gray.
  21. Sclē'ro-skĕl'e-ton, n.p. 1181(Anat.) The hardened or ossified fibrous and tendinous tissues that inclose organs. R. Owen.
  22. Scle-rō'tal, n.p. 1181(Osteology.) The eye-capsule bone of a fish. R. Owen.
  23. Scle-rŏt'ic, a.p. 1181Hard; firm; as, the sclerotic coat, membrane, or tunic of the eye, which is the firm, white, outer coat.
  24. Scle-rŏt'ic, n.p. 1181(Anat.) The firm, white, outer coat of the eye. 2. (Med.) A medicine which hardens and consolidates the parts to which it is applied.
  25. Sclē'roŭs, a.p. 1181Hard; bony; as, sclerous structure. Dana.
  26. Scōat, v. t.p. 1181To stop, as a wheel, by blocking; to scotch. See SCOTCH.
  27. Scŏb'i-fôrm, a.p. 1181Having the form of, or resembling, sawdust or raspings.
  28. Scŏbs, n. sing. & pl.p. 1181Raspings of ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance. Chambers. 2. The dross of metals. 3. An alkali. Dunglison.
  29. Scŏff, v. i.p. 1181To show insolent ridicule, mockery, or contumelious language; to manifest contempt by derision; — with at. Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to…
  30. Scŏff, v. t.p. 1181To treat with derision or scorn; to address with contumelious language; to mock at. “To scoff religion.” Glanville.
  31. Scŏff, n.p. 1181Derision, ridicule, mockery, or reproach, expressed in language of contempt; expression of scorn or contempt. With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. Shak.
  32. Scŏff'er, n.p. 1181One who scoffs; one who mocks, derides, or reproaches in the language of contempt. There shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his…
  33. Scŏff'er-y, n.p. 1181The act of scoffing; scoffing conduct; mockery.
  34. Scŏff'ing-ly, adv.p. 1181In a scoffing manner; with mockery or contempt; by way of derision. Aristotle applied this hemistich scoffingly to the sycophants at Athens. Broome.
  35. Scōke, n.p. 1181(Bot.) A plant of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra); poke. See POKE.
  36. Scŏl'a-zon, n.p. 1181A certain kind of manure. Simmonds.
  37. Scōld, v. i.p. 1181To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; — with at; as, to scold at a servant. Pardon me; ’tis the first time that ever…
  38. Scōld, v. t.p. 1181To chide with rudeness and boisterous clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity.
  39. Scōld, n.p. 1181One who scolds; especially, a rude, clamorous, foul-mouthed woman; a shrew. She is an irksome, brawling scold. Shak. 2. A scolding; a brawl.
  40. Scōld'er, n.p. 1181One who scolds or rails.
  41. Scōld'ing-ly, adv.p. 1181In a scolding manner; with rude clamor or railing.
  42. Scōl'e-cite, n.p. 1181(Min.) A mineral consisting of the hydrated silicate of alumina and lime; lime mesotype. See MESOTYPE. [Written also skolecite.]
  43. Scō'lex, n.p. 1181(Zoöl.) The being produced directly from the egg, in a metagenetic series.
  44. Scŏl'lop, n.p. 1181(Conch.) 1. A kind of shell-fish with a pectinated shell. See SCALLOP. 2. An indenting or cut like those of a scollop shell.
  45. Scōl'lop, v. t.p. 1181To form or cut with scollops. See SCALLOP.
  46. Scōl'o-pĕn'drā, n.p. 1181(Zoöl.) A genus of venomous myriapods; the centiped. See CENTIPED.
  47. Scom'ber, n.p. 1181(Ichth.) A genus of acanthopterygious fishes; the mackerel.
  48. Scom'ber-oid, n.p. 1181(Ichth.) One of a family of fishes, of which the genus Scomber is the type. Brande.
  49. Seōm'fish, v. t. or v. i.p. 1181To suffocate or stifle; to smother. W. Scott. Wright.
  50. Seōm'fit, n.p. 1181Discomfit; discomfiture. [Obs.]
  51. Scōmm, n.p. 1181A buffoon. L’Estrange. 2. A flout; a jeer; a gibe; a taunt. Fotherby.
  52. Scānce, n.p. 1181A fixed seat or shelf. [Prov. Eng.]
  53. Sēōnçe, n.p. 1181A fortification, or work for defense; a fort. No sconce or fortress of his raising was ever known either to have been forced, or yielded up, or quitted. Milton. 2. A hut for protection and shelter; a…
  54. Sconce, v. t.p. 1181To shut up in a sconce, fort, &c.; to confine; to imprison. Immure him; sconce him; barricado him in't. Marston. 2. To mulet; to fine. Milton.
  55. Scōop, n.p. 1181A large ladle; a vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquors; a vessel for bailing boats. 2. (Surg.) A spoon-shaped vessel, used to extract certain foreign bodies. Dunglison. 3. A place…
  56. Scōop, v. t.p. 1181To take out with a scoop, or with a sweeping motion; to lade out. He scooped the water from the crystal flood. Dryden. 2. To empty by lading; as, he scooped it dry. 3. To make hollow, as a scoop or…
  57. Scōop'er, n.p. 1181One who scoops. 2. (Ornith.) A bird, the avocet; — so called from the form of its bill. See AVOCET.
  58. Scōōp'-nĕt, n.p. 1182A hand-net, so formed as to fish from a river.
  59. Scōop'-wheel, n.p. 1182A wheel having scoops or buckets attached to its circumference; — so called because used to raise water by scooping it up, when turned about its axis.
  60. Scōpe, n.p. 1182That at which one aims; the thing, or end, to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object.…