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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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Sīz'a-ble, a. p. 1236Of considerable bulk. “A sizable volume.” Hurd. 2. Being of reasonable or suitable size; as, sizable timber.Sī'zar, n. p. 1236(University of Cambridge, Eng.) One of a body of students next below the pensioners, who eat at the public table, after the fellows, free of expense. The sizar paid nothing for food and tuition, and…Sī'zar-shĭp, n. p. 1236The station of a sizar at Cambridge University, Eng. Clarke.Size, n. p. 1236Extent of superficies or volume; bulk; bigness; magnitude; as, the size of a tree or of a mast; the size of a ship or of a rock. 2. A settled quantity or allowance. [Obs.] See ASSIZE. 3. (University…Size, n. p. 1236A kind of weak glue made from the clippings of parchment, glove-leather, fish-skin, and the like, by boiling them down in water. It is used in paper-making, book-binding, paper-hanging…Size, v. t. p. 1236To adjust, or arrange, according to size or bulk. Hudibras. 2. To settle; to fix the standard of; as, to size weights and measures. [Rare.] 3. To swell; to increase the bulk of. Beaum. & Fl. 4. To…Size, v. i. p. 1236(University of Cambridge, Eng.) To order food or drink from the buttery, or to enter a score, as upon the buttery-book.Sized, a. p. 1236Adjusted according to size. 2. Having a particular size or magnitude;—chiefly used in compounds; as, large-sized, common-sized, middle-sized, &c.Sī'zel, n. p. 1236(Coining.) The residue of plates of silver, after pieces are cut out for coins; scissel.Siz'er, n. p. 1236The same as SIZAR. 2. An instrument, or contrivance, to size articles, or to determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute according to size; as, (a.) A thin piece of brass, with…Sīze'-rōll, n. p. 1236A small piece of parchment added to a roll.Size'-stick, n. p. 1236A measuring stick used by shoemakers, to ascertain the size of the foot, &c.Sĭz′i-ness, n. p. 1236The state of being sizy; glutinousness; viscousness; as, the siziness of blood.Siz'ing, n. p. 1236A kind of weak glue used in manufactures, arts, &c.; size. See SIZE. 2. (University of Cambridge, Eng.) Food and drink ordered from the buttery by a student.Sīz'y, a. p. 1236Size-like; glutinous; thick and viscous; ropy; having the adhesiveness of size; as, sizy blood.Siz'le, v. i. p. 1236To make a hissing sound; to dry and shrivel up with a hissing sound. Forby.Siz'zle, n. p. 1237A hissing sound. Halliwell.Siz'zling, n. p. 1237A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire.Skăd'dle, n. p. 1237Hurt; damage. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ray.Skād'dle, a. p. 1237Hurtful; mischievous. [Obs.] Ray.Skād'don, n. p. 1237The embryo of a bee. [Obs.]Skāin, n. p. 1237A knot of thread, yarn, or silk, or a number of knots collected; a skein. See SKEIN.Skāin, n. p. 1237A kind of short sword or knife; a skean. See SKEAN. “And for their weapons had but Irish skains and darts.” Drayton.Skāins'māte, n. p. 1237A messmate; a roaring or swaggering companion. [Obs.] Scurvy knave! I am none of his flirt-gills, I am none of his skainsmates. Shak.Skáld, n. p. 1237An ancient Scandinavian poet or bard; a scald.Skäll, v. t. p. 1237To scale; to mount. [Obs.] Chapman.Skär or Skäre, a. p. 1237Wild; timid; shy. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.Skāte, n. p. 1237A frame shaped like the sole of a shoe, furnished with a metallic runner, or sometimes with small wheels, and made to be fastened under the foot, for moving rapidly on ice, or other smooth surface.…Skāte, v. i. p. 1237To slide or move on skates.Skāte, n. p. 1237(Ichth.) A cartilaginous fish of the genus Raja, having the body flattened, the skin set above with spines or thorns, the branchial openings below, and cartilaginous flaps extending from the nose…Skāt'er, n. p. 1237One who skates.Skāy'les, n. pl. p. 1237Skittles; ninepins. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Skēan, n. p. 1237A short sword, or a knife. [Written also skain, skeine, skene, and skeyne.] Let every man purvey A skean or slaughtering steel. Chapman.Ske-dād'dle, v. i. p. 1237To betake one's self to flight; to run away with precipitation, as if in a panic; to withdraw, as an army, or part of an army, from the presence of an enemy, especially in a hasty or secret manner…Skeed, n. p. 1237See SKID.Skeel, n. p. 1237A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.Skeet, n. p. 1237(Naut.) A long scoop used to wet the sides of ships, or the sails of small vessels.Skēg, n. p. 1237A sort of wild plum. Johnson. 2. (pl.) A kind of oats. Farm. Encyc.Skĕg'ger, n. p. 1237A little salmon. Little salmon, called skeggers, are bred of such sick salmon that might not go to the sea; and though they abound, yet never thrive to any bigness. Walton.Skein, n. p. 1237A knot, or a number of knots, of thread, silk, or yarn; a quantity of yarn after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn contains eighty threads of fifty-four inches. Simmonds.Skēine, n. p. 1237See SKEAN.Skĕl'der, n. p. 1237A vagrant. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Skēl'der, v. t. & i. p. 1237To deceive; to cheat; to trick. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Skĕl'et, n. p. 1237A mummy. [Obs.] Holland.Skĕl'e-tal, a. p. 1237Pertaining to a skeleton. R. Owen.Skĕl'e-tōl'o-ǧy, n. p. 1237(Anat.) A treatise on the solid parts of the body. Dunglison.Skĕl'e-ton, n. p. 1237(Physiol.) The united system of tissues that give support and protection to the softer parts, and transfer motion, in an organized body, as bones, shells, the woody tissue of leaves, and the like.…Skĕl'e-ton-īze, v. t. p. 1237To prepare a skeleton of.Skĕl'e-ton-kēy, n. p. 1237A thin, light key, with nearly the whole substance of the bits filed away, soSkĕl'lum, n. p. 1237A scoundrel. [Obs.] He ripped up Hugh Peters (calling him the execrable skellum) his preaching. Pepys.Skēl'ly, v. i. p. 1237To squint. W. Scott.Skĕl'ly, n. p. 1237A squint. [Obs.]Skĕn, v. i. p. 1237To squint. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Skēne, n. p. 1237The same as SKEAN, q. v.Skĕlp, n. p. 1237A blow; a smart stroke. [Prov. Eng.] Brockett.Skĕlp, n. p. 1237The rolled metal or welding of wrought iron, from which a gun-barrel is made. Simmonds.Skĕp, n. p. 1237A coarse, round farm-basket. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser. 2. The repository in which bees store their honey; a bee-hive. [Scot. and Prov. Eng.] Johnson.Skĕp'tic, n. p. 1237One who is yet undecided as to what is true; one who is looking or inquiring for what is true; an inquirer after facts or reasons. 2. (Metaph.) A doubter as to whether any fact or truth can be…Skĕp'tic or Skĕp'tic-al, a. p. 1237Of, pertaining to, or being, a skeptic; hesitating to admit the certainty of doctrines or principles; doubting of every thing. 2. Doubting or denying the truth of revelation. The skeptical system…Skĕp'tic-al-ly, adv. p. 1237In a skeptical manner.