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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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Sow'-būg, n. p. 1264(Zoöl.) An isopodous crustaceous animal; Oniscus asellus.Sow'ce, n. & v. t. p. 1264The same as SOUSE. See SOUSE.Sow'ens, n. pl. p. 1264A nutritious article of food made from the husk of the oat, by a process not unlike that by which common starch is made;—called flummery in England. [Written also sowans and sowins.]Sōw'er, n. p. 1264One who sows or scatters. Behold, a sower went forth to sow. Matt. xiii. 3. 2. A breeder; a promoter; as, a sower of suits.Sow'ins, n. pl. p. 1264See SOWENS.Sowl or Sow'le, v. t. p. 1264To pull by the ears. [Obs.] Shak.Sowl, v. i. p. 1264See SOUL, v. i.Sow'ter, n. p. 1264The same as SOUTER. [Obs.] B. Jon.Sow'-this'tle, n. p. 1264(Bot.) A plant of the genus Sonchus, said to be eaten by swine and some other animals. Downy sow-thistle, a plant of the genus Andryala.Soy, n. p. 1264A kind of sauce for fish, brought chiefly from Japan, said to be produced from a species of bean, the Dolichos soya or soja. S. W. Williams. 2. (Bot.) The plant from which this sauce is obtained…Soyl, v. t. p. 1264To solve. [Obs.] Likewise mayest thou soyl all other texts. Tyndale.Soyl, n. p. 1264Prey. [Obs.] Spenser.Soyn'ed, a. p. 1264Filled with care; anxious; astonished. [Obs.] Mirror for Mag.Sŏz'le, n. p. 1264A sluttish woman, or one who spills water and other liquids carelessly. [Local U. S.] 2. A mass, or heap, confusedly mingled.Sŏz'le, v. t. p. 1264To spill, or wet, through carelessness; to move about confusedly or carelessly; as, to sozzle the feet in water. [Local U. S.] Bartlett. 2. To intermingle in a confused heap. Forby.Sŏz'le, v. i. p. 1264To be sluttish; to manage or act in a careless, sluttish manner. [Local U. S.]Spā, n. p. 1264A spring of mineral water;—so called from a place of this name in Belgium.Späad, n. p. 1264(Min.) A kind of mineral; spar. [Obs.] Woodward.Spāçe, n. p. 1264Extension, considered independently of any thing which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible; room; extension. Pure space is capable neither of resistance nor…Spāçe, v. i. p. 1264To rove. [Obs.] “And loved in forests wild to space.” Spenser.Spāçe, v. t. p. 1264(Print.) To arrange the spaces and intervals in or between; as, to space a paragraph; to space words, lines, or letters.Spāce'fūl, a. p. 1264Wide; extensive. [Obs.] Sandys.Spāce'less, a. p. 1264Having no space or room; without space. [Rare.] Coleridge.Spāce'-līne, n. p. 1264(Print.) A thin piece of metal used by printers to open the lines of type to a regular distance from each other, and for other purposes; a lead. Hansard.Spāce'-rŭle, n. p. 1264(Print.) A fine line on a short, thin piece of metal of the same height as the type, to answer the purpose of brass rule in table-work, when a number of short pieces are required. Savage.Spā'ciōŭs, a. p. 1264Including an extended space; wide extended; vast in extent. “A spacious plain outstretched in circuit.” Milton. 2. Having large or ample room; not contracted or narrow; roomy; as, a spacious church…Spā'cioŭs-ly, adv. p. 1264In a spacious manner; widely; extensively.Spā'cioŭs-ness, n. p. 1264The quality of being spacious; largeness of extent; extensiveness; roominess.Spād'dle, n. p. 1264A little spade. [Obs.] — Mortimer.Spāde, n. p. 1264An instrument for digging or cutting the ground, consisting of a broad and nearly rectangular blade of iron, with a handle. “With spade and pick-ax armed.” Milton. 2. (pl.) A suit of cards, each of…Spāde, v. t. p. 1264To dig with a spade; or to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.Spāde'-bōne, n. p. 1264(Anat.) The shoulder-blade; the scapula. [Rare.]Spāde'ful, n. p. 1264As much as a spade will hold.Spāde'-hăn'dle, n. p. 1264(Mach.) A pin held at both ends by the forked end of a connecting-rod. [See Illust. of Knuckle-joint.]Spa-di'ceous (-dĭsh'us) or Spā'di-eōse (125), a. p. 1264Of a light red color, usually denominated bay. Browne. 2. (Bot.) [See SPADIX.] Being like a spadix; resembling a spadix. Martyn.Spa-dille', n. p. 1264The ace of spades at omber and quadrille.Spā'dix, n. p. 1264(Bot.) A fleshy spike of flowers, usually covered by a leaf called a spathe.Spā'do, n. p. 1264A castrated beast; a gelding. 2. (Law.) A person who is unable to procreate; an impotent person.Spa-drōn’, n. p. 1264A cut-and-thrust sword, lighter than a broadsword. Smart.Spa-gy'rie, a. p. 1264[L. Lat. spagyricus, ill-Spa-gyr'ic-al p. 1264formed from Gr. σπάειν, σπαν, to draw, to tear, to separate, and ἀγείρειν, to assemble; Fr. spagirique.] Chemical. [Obs.Spa-gȳr'ie, n. p. 1264A chemist, especially one devoted to alchemy. [Obs.] Hall. 2. One of a former sect of physicians, who pretended to account for the changes that occur in the human body in health and disease, in the…Spā'gyr-ist, n. p. 1264A chemist, especially one devoted to alchemistic pursuits. [Obs.]Spā'hee or Spā'hi, n. p. 1264Formerly, one of the Turkish cavalry.Spāke, imp. p. 1264of speak. [Obs.] See SPEAK.Spāke'nĕt, n. p. 1264A net for catching crabs. Halliwell.Spāk'y, a. p. 1264The same as SPECKY. [Obs.] “Where thou eatest spak'y fruit.” Chapman.Spāle, n. p. 1264A lath; also, a shaving of wood. [Eng.] Simmonds.Spall, n. p. 1264The shoulder. “And naked made each other’s manly spalls.” Spenser. 2. [Prov. Eng. spall, spell, from O. & Prov. Ger. spellen, to split.] [Written also spale.] A chip; a fragment. [Obs.]Spall, v. t. p. 1264(Mining.) To break into small pieces, as ore, for the sake of separating from rock. Pryce.Spalt, n. p. 1264A whitish, scaly mineral, used to promote the fusion of metals. [Written also spelt.] Bailey. Ash.Spalt, a. p. 1264Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber. Halliwell. 2. Heedless; careless; clumsy; pert; saucy; giddy and frail. Halliwell.Spalt, v. t. p. 1264To split off; to cleave off, as chips from a piece of timber, with an ax. [Prov. Eng. Local U. S.]Spalt, v. i. p. 1264To split or break off, as a chip or piece from timber in working. [Prov. Eng. Local U. S.]Spăn, n. p. 1264The space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; the eighth of a fathom. 2. Hence, a brief extent or portion of time. Life's but a span; I'll every inch…Spăn, v. t. p. 1264To measure by the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder. 2. To measure, or reach, from one side to the…Spăn, v. i. p. 1264To be well matched; to agree in color, or in color and size; as, the horses span well. [U. S.]Spăn, imp. p. 1264of spin, for spun. [Obs.] See SPIN.Spăn'çel, n. p. 1264A rope to tie a cow’s hind legs. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.Spăn'cel, v. t. p. 1264To tie, as the legs of a horse or cow, with a rope. [Prov. Eng.] Malone.