Volume 3

The imperial dictionary of the English language : a complete encyclopedic lexicon, literary, scientific, and technological / by John Ogilvie.

  • Ogilvie, John, 1797-1867.
Date:
1885
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    SCUTIFEROUS having the gills protected by a shield-like shell. Scutiferous (sku-tif'er-us), a. [L. scutum, a shield, and fero, to bear.] Carrying a sliield or buckler. Scutiform (sku'ti-form), a. [L. scutum, a buckler, and fonna, form.] Having the form of a buckler or shield. Scutter (skut'er), 0.1. [From or allied to scud; comp. scuttle, to run.] To run or scuttle away with short quick steps; to scurry. I saw little Miss Hughes scutteriit^ across the field. Mrs. H. ll'aad. Scuttle (skut'I), 11. [A. Sax. scutel, scuttel, a dish, a scuttle; Icel. scntill; from L. scu- tella, dim. of scutm, a dish or platter.] 1. A broad shallow basket: so called from its resemblance to a disli. The earth and stones they are fain to carry from under their feet in scuttles and baskets. Hakewill. 2. A wide-mouthed metal pan or pail for holding coals. Scuttle (skut'I), n. [Probably for shuttle, a dim. from tlie verb to shut. Comp. also 0. Fr. escoutille, Mod.Fr. icoutille, Sp. esco- tilla, a hatchway; origin doubtful.] 1. A square hole in the wall or roof of a Iiouse, with a lid; also, the lid that covers sucli an opening. —2. A'aui.asmall liatchway or open- ing in the deck, witli a lid for covering it; also, a like hole in the side of a sliip, or through tlie coverings of her hatchways, ifec.—Air-scuttles, ports in a ship for tlie admission of air. Scuttle (skut'I), i). J. [From the noun.] Naut. to cut holes through the bottom or sides of a ship, for any purpose; to sink by making holes through the bottom; as, to scuttle a ship. He was the mildest nianner'd man That ever scuttled ship or cut a throat. Byron, Scuttle (skut'I), v.i. pret. & pp. scuttled; ppr. scuttling. [A form of seuddle, a freq. oiscud.'i To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to seuddle. ' Tlie old fellow scuttled out of the room.' Arbuthnot. Scuttle (skut'I), n. [See the verb. ] A quick pace; a short run. Spectator. Scuttle-butt, Scuttle-cask (skut'l-but, skut'l-kask), n. A butt or cask witli a hole, covered by a lid, in its side or top, for hold- ing the fresli water for daily use in a ship or other vessel. Scuttled-l)Utt (skut'ld-but), n. Same as Scuttle-butt. Scuttle-fish (skut'l-fish), n. The cuttle- fish. Scutum (sku'tum), 11. [L.] 1. Tlie shield of the heavy-armed Roman legionaries. It was generally oval or of a semi-cylindrical Various forms of the Roman Scutum. shape, made of wood or wicker-work, covered with leatlier, and defended with plates of iron.—2. In anat. the patella or knee-pan, from its shape.—3. In zool. (a) the second section of the upper surface of the segment of an insect, (b) Any shield-like plate, es- pecially such as is developed in the integu- ment of many reptiles.—4.t In old law, a pent-house or awning. Scybala (sib 'a-la), n. pi. [Gr slci/balon, dung.] In pathol. small indurated balls or fragments into which the ffeces become con- verted when too long retained in the colon. Scye (si), n. The curve cut in a body piece of a garment before the sleeve is sewed in, to suit the contour of the arm. Scylet (sil), v.t. [A.Sax. scylan, to separate, to withdraw.] To conceal; to veil. Chau- cer. 7 Scyllsea (sil-le'a), n. A genus of nudibran- chiate gasteropods. The common species (S. pelagica) is found on tlie Fucus nutans, or gulf-weed, wherever this appears. Scyllarian (sil-la'ri-an), n. One of the family Scyllaridse. Scyllaridae (sil-la'ri-de), n. pi. [See below.] A family of long-tailed decapodous crabs, characterized by tlie wide. Hat carapace, the large and leaf-like outer antennae, and the partly tlexil)le tail-fan, by wliicli they drive themselves througli the water. Tliey live in moderately sliallow water, where tlie bed of the sea is soft and muddy. Here they bur- row rather deeply, and only issue from their retreat for the purpose of seeking food. Scyllarus (sil-hVrus), «. [Gr. skyllaros, a kind of crab.] A genus of long-tailed ten- footed crustaceans, family Scyllarida;, of which there are several species, some of whicli are eatable, and in Japan are con- sidered as delicacies. Scylliidse (si-li'i-de), n. pi. [Gr. slnjlion, a kind of sliark.] The dog-fishes, a family of small-sized, ljut very abundant sharks, three species of which occur off our own coasts. They have a pair of spiracles, two dorsal tins placed above the veutrals, which latter are abdominal in position, and an anal fin ; their liranchial apertures, wliicli are small, are situated above the base of tlie pectoral fin. They are oviparous, depositing their eggs fecundated in curious oblong horny cases, provided with filamentary append- ages. These cases are frequently cast upon the beach, and are known as mermaid's- purses or sea-purses. See DOG-FISH. Scymetar, Scymitar (sim'i-ter), n. A short sword with a convex blade. See Scimi- tar. Scymnidse (sim'ni-de), n. pi. [Gr. skymnos, a lion's wlielp. ] A family of sharks, desti- tute of an anal flu, but possessing two dor- sals, neither of which is furnished witli spines. The lobes of the caudal fin are nearly equal, and the head is furnished with a pair of small spiracles. Tlie Greenland shark is the best known species. Scyphiforni (skif'i-form), a. [Gr. sityphos, a cup, and E./onn.] Goblet-shaped, as the fructification of some of the lichens. Scyphulus (sif'u-lus), n. [Dim. of scyphus.] In bot. the cup-like appendage from which the seta of Hepaticie arises. Scyphus (ski'fus), n. [Gr. slcyphos, a cup or goblet.] 1. A kind of large drinking-cup anciently used by the lower orders among the Greeks and Etrurians. Fairholt.—2. In bot. the coronet or cup of such plants as narcissus; also, in lichens, a cup-like dila- tation of the podetium or stalk-like elonga- tion of the tliallus, bearing shields upon its margin. Scytale (si'ta-le), ?i. [L. and Gr.] A genus of very poisonous snakes. The species are stout, cylindrical, and rather long. The back and tail possess keeled scales. Tlie poison-fangs resemble those of the rattle- snake. One species, S.pyramidum, is very plentiful near Cairo and in tlie neighbour- hood of the pyramids. Scythe (siih), n. [Better written sithe; A. Sax. slthe for siythe, Icel. sigth; from root of sickle.] 1 An instrument used in mowing or reaping, consisting of a long curving blade with a sharp edge, made fast at a proper angle to a handle, which is bent into a convenient form for swinging the blade to advantage Most seytlies have two projecting handles fixed to tlie principal handle, by wliicli tliey are held. Tlie real line of the handle is that wliicli passes through both the hands, and ends at tlie head of the blade. Tliis may be a straiglit line or a croolied one, generally the latter, and by moving these liandles up or down the main handle, each mower can place them so as best suits tlie natural size and position of his body. For laying cut corn evenly, a cradle, as it is called, may be used. The cradle is a species of comb, with three or four long teeth parallel to the back of the blade, and fixed in the handle. Fig. 2 sliows a species of scythe which has been called the cradle-scythe, as it is regularly used with the cradle for reaping in some localities. It has a short branching handle somewhat in the shape of the letter Y, hav- ing two small handles fixed at the extremi- ties of the two branches at right angles to the plane in wliich they lie. Tlie Hainault scythe is a scythe used with only one hand, and is employed when the corn is much laid and entangled. The person has a hook SEA in one hand with which he collects a small bundle of the straggling corn, and with the scythe in the other hand cuts it.— 2. A I, Common Scythe. 2, Cradle Scythe. curved sharp blade anciently attached to tlie wheels of war cliariots. ScjTthe (silH), v.t. pret & pp. scythed; ppr. scything. 1. To mow; to cut with a scythe, or as with a scythe. Time has not scythed all that youtli liegun.' Shak.—2. To arm or furnish with a scythe or scythes. 'Chariots, scytlted, on thundering axles rolled.' Olover. Scytheman (silH'man), ri. One who uses a scythe; aniower. 'Thestoopingsci/ttemaw.' iMar.stoii. Scythe-stone (si'fH'ston), n. A wlietstone for sharpening scythes. Scythian (si th'i-aii),(t. Pertaining to Scythia; a name given in ancient times to a vast, in- definite, and almost unknown territory north and east of the Black Sea, the Caspian, and the Sea of Aral. Scythian (sith'i-an), n. A native or inhabi- tant of Scythia. 'The barbarous Scythian.' Shak. Scythrops (sith'rops), n. [Gr. slcythros, angry, and ops, aspect.] The channel-bill, a genus of birds belonging to the cuckoo family. Only one species is known, tlie S. Nocai Ilollandice, a very handsome and ele- gantly coloured bird inhabiting part of Australia and some of the Eastern Islands, about the size of the common crow. It has a large and curiously formed beak, which gives it so singular an aspect, that on a hasty glance it might almost be taken for a toucan or hornbill. Scytodepsic (sit-6-dep'sik), a. [Gr. skytos, a hide, and depseo, to tan.] Pertaining to the business of a tanner. [Rare.]—Scyfo- depsic principle, tawnin.—Scytodepsic acid, gallic acid. Sdayn, t Sdeignt (sdan), n. and v. t. Disdain. Spenser. 'Sdeath (sdeth), interj. [Corrupted from God's death.] An e.xclamation generally ex- pressive of impatience. ' 'Sdeath I'll print it.' Pope. Sdeatll ! The rabble should have first unroof'd the city. S/iai. Sdeinfult (sdan'ful), a. Disdainful. Sea (se), n. [A. Sax. see, D. see, zee, O.Fris. se, Dan. so, Icel. seer, sjdr, sjor ()■ being merely the nom. sign), G. see, Goth, saivs, sea; same root as Gr. huei (for suei), it rains; Skr. Suva, water. Grimm thinks sea and soul are both from a root signifying restless billowy movement. See Soul.] 1. The general name for the continuous mass of salt water which covers the greater part of the earth's surface; the ocean. (See Ocean.) The term is also applied in a more limited though indefinite sense to an offshoot of the main sea or ocean which, from its position or configuration, is con- sidered deserving of a special name, as the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, the Bal- tic Sea, &c. Inland lakes, in some cases, are also called seas, as the Caspian and Aral Seas, the Sea of Galilee.—2. A wave ; a billow; a surge; as, the vessel shipped a sea. The broad seas swell'd to meet the keel. And swept behind. Tennyson. 3. The swell of the ocean in a tempest, or the direction of the waves; as, we head the sea.—4.Anylargeqiiantity; anocean; aflood; as, a sea of difllculties. 'That sea of blood.' Eikon Basilike. ' Deep-drenched in a sea of care.' Shak.—5. A large basin, cistern, or laver which Solomon made in the temple.