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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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Spīr'i-fer, n. p. 1272(Palæon.) One of an extinct genus of brachiopod mollusks, having a shell with two internal, calcareous, spiral appendages. Dana.Spĭr'it, n. p. 1272Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself. “All of spirit would deprive.” Spenser. But the mild air, with season moderate, Gently attempered, and disposed so well, That…Spĭr'it, v. t. p. 1273To animate; to actuate, as a spirit. [Rare.] So talked the spirited, sly snake. Milton. 2. To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions spirit the ambition of…Spĭr'it-al-ly, adv. p. 1273By means of the breath. [Obs.] Holder.Spir'it-dŭck, n. p. 1273(Ornith.) An American duck; the Bucephala (or Clangula) alveola;—called also buffalo-head.Spir′it-ed, p. a. p. 1273Animated; full of life; lively; full of spirit or fire; as, a spirited address or oration; a spirited answer;—used also in composition, denoting the state of the mind, or the character of the…Spir'it-ed-ly, adv. p. 1273In a spirited manner; with spirit; with strength; with animation.Spir'it-ed-ness, n. p. 1273The state of being spirited; life; animation. 2. Disposition or make of mind;—used in compounds; as, high-spiritedness, low-spiritedness, mean-spiritedness, narrow-spiritedness, and the like.Spir'it-ful, a. p. 1273Full of spirit; lively; spirited. [R.] “The spiritful and orderly life of our own grown men.” Milton.Spĭr'it-fŭl-ly, adv. p. 1273In a spiritful or lively manner. [Rare.]Spĭr'it-fŭl-ness, n. p. 1273The state or quality of being spiritual; liveliness; sprightliness. [Rare.] Harvey.Spir'it-ism, n. p. 1273The belief, doctrine, or practice of the spiritists; spiritualism.Spĭr'it-ĭst, n. p. 1273One who believes in direct intercourse with departed spirits through persons called mediums, or who attempts to carry on such intercourse; a spiritualist.Spĭr'it-lămp, n. p. 1273A lamp in which alcohol is burned, used chiefly for heating.Spir'it-less, a. p. 1273Destitute of spirits; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed. 2. Destitute of vigor; wanting life, courage, or fire; as, a spiritless slave. A man so faint, so spiritless, So…Spĭr'it-less-ly, adv. p. 1273In a spiritless manner; lifelessly. More.Spĭr'it-less-ness, n. p. 1273The state of being spiritless; dullness; want of life or vigor.Spĭr'it-lēv'el, n. p. 1273See LEVEL.Spĭr-i-tō'so, a. p. 1273(Mus.) Spirited;—a direction to perform a passage in an animated, lively manner.Spir'it-ōus, a. p. 1273Like spirit; refined; defecated; pure. “More refined, more spiritous and pure.” Milton. 2. Fine; ardent; active.Spir'it-ōŭs-ness, n. p. 1273The state of being spirituous.Spir'it-rāp'per, n. p. 1273One who pretends to have intercourse with spirits, and that the latter convey intelligence by means of audible raps or knocks.Spir'it-u-al, a. p. 1273Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being. 2. Pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual. 3. Pertaining to the…Spīr′it-ū-al-ism, n. p. 1273The state of being spiritual. 2. (Philos.) The doctrine, in opposition to the materialists, that all which exists is spirit or soul—that what is called the external world is either a succession of…Spir'it-ū-al-ist, n. p. 1273One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is spiritual. 2. One who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism. 3. One who believes in direct intercourse with departed…Spir'it-ū-al-ist'ic, a. p. 1273Relating to, or connected with, spiritualism.Spir'it-ū-āl'i-ty, n. p. 1273The state of being spiritual. “A pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality.” South. If this light be not spiritual, it approacheth nearest to spirituality. Raleigh. Much of our…Spir'it-ū-al-i-zā'tion, n. p. 1273The act of spiritualizing.Spir'it-ū-al-ize, v. t. p. 1273To refine intellectually or morally; to purify from the feculences of the world; as, to spiritualize the soul. 2. To imbue with spirituality or life. This seen in the clear air, and the whole…Spĭr'it-ū-al-iz'er, n. p. 1273One who spiritualizes.Spir'it-ū-al-ly, adv. p. 1273In a spiritual manner; without corporeal grossness or sensuality; in a manner conformed to the spirit of true religion; with purity of spirit or heart.Spir'it-ū-al-mind'ed-ness, n. p. 1273The state of having spiritual exercises and holy affections; spirituality. Owen.Spir'it-ū-al-ness, n. p. 1273The state or quality of being spiritual.Spir'it-ū-al-ty, n. p. 1273An ecclesiastical body; a spirituality. See SPIRITUALITY. [Obs.]Spĭr'it-ū-ŏs'i-ty, n. p. 1273The state or quality of being spirituous; spirituousness. [Obs.]Spīr'it-ū-ous, a. p. 1273Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; active; pure; as, the spirituous part of a plant. The mind of man is of that spirituous, stirring nature…Spir'it-ū-ous-ness, n. p. 1273The quality of being spirituous; ardor; heat; stimulating quality; activity; life.Spirk'et-ing, n. p. 1273(Naut.) The planking from the water-ways up to the port-sills. Totten.Spĕr'ling, n. p. 1273(Ichth.) The smelt. See SMELT.Spī-rōm'e-ter, n. p. 1273An instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs, or the quantity of air that an individual can expire after a forced inspiration.Spĭrt, v. t. & i. p. 1273To spurt. See SPURT.Spĭrt, n. p. 1273The same as SPURT. See SPURT.Spĭr'tle, v. t. p. 1273To spirt in a scattering manner.Spīr'ul-lă, n. p. 1273A genus of cephalopods having a multilocular shell in the form of a flat spiral, the coils of which do not touch one another. P. Cyc.Spīr'y, a. p. 1273Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled. “Hid in the spīry volumes of the snake.” Dryden. 2. Having the form of a pyramid; pyramidal; lofty and tapering like a spire; as, spīry turrets. So the pine, From…Spiss, a. p. 1273Thick; close; dense. [Obs.]Spis'sā-ted, a. p. 1273Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened. [Rare.] “The spissated juice of the poppy.” Warburton.Spis'si-tūde, n. p. 1273Thickness of soft substances; the denseness or compactness which belongs to substances not perfectly liquid nor perfectly solid; as, the spissitude of coagulated blood, or of any coagulum.Spit, n. p. 1274An iron prong or bar pointed, on which meat is roasted. Spit. (1.) 2. A small point of land running into the sea, or a long, narrow shoal extending from the shore into the sea; as, a spit of sand. 3.…Spit, n. p. 1274The secretion formed by the glands of the mouth; saliva; spawl; sputum.Spit, v. t. p. 1274To thrust a spit through; to put upon a spit; as, to spit a loin of veal. 2. Hence, to thrust through; to pierce. Shak. 3. To spade; to dig. [Prov. Eng.]Spĭt, v. i. p. 1274To attend to a spit; to use a spit. [Obs.] She's spitting in the kitchen. Old Play.Spit, v. t. p. 1274To eject from the mouth; to throw out, as saliva or other matter, from the mouth. 2. To eject or throw out with violence.Spit, v. i. p. 1274To throw out saliva from the mouth. To spit on or upon, to insult grossly; to treat with contempt. “Spitting on all antiquity before them.” South.Spit'al, n. p. 1274A hospital. See HOSPITAL. [Obs.] My uncle is dead in the spital. Shak.Spit'al-house, n. p. 1274A spital or hospital. [Obs.]Spit'-bŏx, n. p. 1274A vessel to receive discharges of spittle.Spitch'-cŏck, v. t. p. 1274To split, as an eel, lengthwise, and broil. King.Spitch'-cŏck, n. p. 1274An eel split and broiled. Decker.Spite, n. p. 1274Hatred; rancor; malice; malignity; malevolence. This is a deadly spite that angers. Shak. Begone, ye critics, and restrain your spite; Codrus writes on, and will forever write. Pope. 2. Vexation…