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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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Swōrds'man, n. p. 1341A soldier; a fighting man. Shak. 2. One skilled in the use of the sword; a professor of the science of fencing. Beau. & Fl.Swōrds'man-ship, n. p. 1341The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword.Swōrd'-stick, n. p. 1341A sword-cane. Simmonds.Swōre, imp. p. 1341of swear. See SWEAR.Swōrn, p. p. or p. a. p. 1341from swear. See SWEAR. Sworn enemies, determined or irreconcilable enemies. — Sworn friends, close or firm friends.Swough, n. p. 1341Loss of feeling or sensation; a stupor; stupefaction. [Obs.] Chaucer.Swound, v. i. p. 1341To swoon. [Rare.] Shak.Swound, n. p. 1341A swoon. [Rare.] Coleridge.Swŭm, imp. & p. p. p. 1341of swim. See SWIM.Swŭng, imp. & p. p. p. 1341of swing. See SWING.Sy̆b, a. p. 1341Related by blood; sib. [Obs.]Sy̆b'a-rīte, n. p. 1341A person devoted to luxury and pleasure.Sy̆b'a-rĭt'ic or Sy̆b'a-rĭt'ic-al, a. p. 1341Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Sybarites; luxurious; wanton. Bp. Hall.Sy̆b'a-rit-ism, n. p. 1341The habit of extreme luxury.Sy̆c'a-mīne, n. p. 1341The mulberry-tree. Luke xvii. 6. ☞ It has often been confounded by ancient and modern writers with the sycamore, as, for example, by Dioscorides.Sy̆c'a-mōre, n. p. 1341(Bot.) A large tree (Ficus sycamorus), allied to the common fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore of Scripture. ☞ In America, the plane-tree, or buttonwood, is often called by this…Sy̆-çee' or Sy̆-çee'-sĭl'ver, n. p. 1341Silver in the form of small masses, lumps, or ingots, bearing the stamp of the office that issues it, and used as a currency. [China.] Oliphant. Brande.Sy̆ch'no-cär'poŭs, a. p. 1341Having the capacity of bearing frequent crops of fruit without perishing; as, sychnocarpous plants. Henslow.Sy̆ç'īte, n. p. 1341(Min.) Fig-stone;—a name which some authors give to nodules of flint or pebbles which resemble a fig. [Obs.]Sȳ-cō'mȧ, n. p. 1341(Med.) A tumor shaped like a fig.Sy̆c'o-phan-çy, n. p. 1341The character or characteristic of a sycophant; hence, mean tale-bearing; obsequious flattery; servility.Sy̆c'o-phant, n. p. 1341Originally, an informer in Athens, who sought favor by denouncing those who stole figs, or exported them contrary to law, &c. 2. Hence, a tale-bearer or informer in general. [Obs.] The poor man that…Sy̆c'o-phant, v. t. p. 1341To play the sycophant toward; to flatter meanly and officiously; to gain favor from by informing or telling tales; also, to calumniate.Sy̆c'o-phant, v. i. p. 1341To play the sycophant.Sy̆c'o-phant-çy, n. p. 1341Sycophancy. [Obs.] Barrow.Sy̆c'o-phănt'ic or Sy̆c'o-phănt'ic-al, a. p. 1341Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a sycophant; meanly or obsequiously flattering; courting favor by mean adulation; parasitic. “To be cheated and ruined by a sycophantical parasite.” South.…Sy̆c'o-phănt'ish, a. p. 1341Resembling a sycophant; flattering.Sy̆c'o-phănt'ish-ly, adv. p. 1341In a sycophantish manner; like a sycophant.Sy̆c'o-phant-ism, n. p. 1341Mean flattery; sycophancy.Sy̆c'o-phant-īze, v. i. p. 1341The same as SYCOPHANT.Sy̆c'o-phant-ry, n. p. 1341Mean and officious tale-bearing or adulation; sycophancy. [Obs.] Barrow.Sy-cō'sis, n. p. 1341(Med.) A tubercular eruption upon the scalp or the bearded part of the face.Sŷd'er-o-lite, n. p. 1341A kind of Bohemian earthenware resembling the pottery called Wedgwood-ware. Simmonds.Sȳ'e-nīte, n. p. 1341(Min.) A crystalline rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, of grayish-white and reddish colors, taking its name from Syene, in Upper Egypt, where it was quarried for monuments by the…Sȳ'e-nĭt'ĭc, a. p. 1341Relating to Syene; as Syenitic inscriptions. 2. Relating to, or like, syenite; as, syenitic granite.Sȳke, n. p. 1341A small brook or rill in low ground; a sike. [Prov. Eng.]Sȳk'er, adv. p. 1341Surely. [Obs.] Spenser.Sŷl'la-ba-ry, n. p. 1341A table of syllables; more especially, the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters. S. W. Williams.Syl-lāb'ic or Syl-lāb'ic-al, a. p. 1341Pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent. 2. Consisting of a syllable or syllables; as, a syllabic augment.Syl-lāb'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1341In a syllabic manner; syllable after syllable.Syl-lāb'ī-ē'āte, v. t. p. 1341To form into syllables; to syllabify.Syl-lāb/i-cā'tion, n. p. 1341The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. [See Prin. of Pron., § 129.]Syl-lāb'ī-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 1341The same as SYLLABICATION, q. v. “That condition of syllabification which constitutes in part the prosodial superiority of the Greek.” Bush.Syl-lāb'ĭ-fȳ, v. t. p. 1341To form or divide into syllables.Sŷl'la-bīst, n. p. 1341One who forms words into syllables, or is skilled in doing this.Sȳl'la-ble, n. p. 1341An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or at a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word; the smallest separately…Syl'la-ble, v. t. p. 1341To pronounce the syllables of: to utter; to articulate. [Obs.] Milton.Syl'la-bŭb, n. p. 1341A compound drink made of wine and milk. [Written also sillabub.]Sўl'la-bŭs, n. p. 1341A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract.Syl-lēp'sis, n. p. 1341(Rhet.) A figure by which the sense of words is construed otherwise than the words import, they being still construed according to the intention of the author; the use of words in a literal and…Syl-lēp'tic or Syl-lēp'tic-al, a. p. 1341Of, pertaining to, or containing, syllepsis.Syl-lĕp'tĭc-al-ly, adv. p. 1341In a sylleptical manner; with or by syllepsis.Syl'lo-gĭsm, n. p. 1341(Logic.) The regular logical form of every argument, consisting of three propositions, of which the first two are called the premises, and the last the conclusion. The conclusion necessarily follows…Syl'lo-gis'tic or Syl'lo-gis'tic-al, a. p. 1341Of, or pertaining to, a syllogism; consisting of a syllogism, or of the form of reasoning by syllogisms; as, syllogistic arguments, or reasoning.Syl'lo-gis'tic-al-ly, adv. p. 1341In the form of a syllogism; by means of syllogisms; as, to reason or prove syllogistically.Sÿl'lo-gi-zā'tion, n. p. 1341A reasoning by syllogisms. [Obs. or rare.] Harris.Sŷl'lo-gīze, v. i. p. 1341To reason by syllogisms. Men have endeavored to teach boys to syllogize, or to frame arguments and refute them, without real knowledge. Watts.Syl'lo-giz'er, n. p. 1341One who reasons by syllogisms.Sylph, n. p. 1341An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.Sylph'id, n. p. 1341A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph. “The palace of the sylphid queen.” J. R. Drake.