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Scire facias (sīr� fāshĭăs). [L., do you cause to know.] (Law) A judicial writ, founded upon some record, and requiring the party proceeded against to show cause why the party bringing it should not have advantage of such record, or (as in the case of scire facias to repeal letters patent) why the record should not be annulled or vacated. Wharton. Bouvier.
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Scirrhoid (skĭrroid), a. [Scirrhus + -oid.] Resembling scirrhus. Dunglison.
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Scirrhosity (skĭrrŏsĭt�), n. (Med.) A morbid induration, as of a gland; state of being scirrhous.
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Scirrhous (skĭrrŭs), a. [NL. scirrhosus.] (Med.) Proceeding from scirrhus; of the nature of scirrhus; indurated; knotty; as, scirrhous affections; scirrhous disease. [Written also skirrhous.]
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Scirrhus (?), n.; pl. L. Scirrhi (#), E. Scirrhuses (#). [NL., from L. scirros, Gr. �, �, fr. �, �, hard.] (Med.) (a) An indurated organ or part; especially, an indurated gland. [Obs.] (b) A cancerous tumor which is hard, translucent, of a gray or bluish color, and emits a creaking sound when incised. [Sometimes incorrectly written schirrus; written also skirrhus.]
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Sciscitation (?), n. [L. sciscitatio, fr. sciscitari to inquire, from sciscere to seek to know, v. incho. from scire to know.] The act of inquiring; inquiry; demand. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Scise (?), v. i. [L. scindere, scissum, to cut, split.] To cut; to penetrate. [Obs.]
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The wicked steel scised deep in his right side. Fairfax.
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Scissel (?), n. [Cf. .] 1. The clippings of metals made in various mechanical operations.
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2. The slips or plates of metal out of which circular blanks have been cut for the purpose of coinage.
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Scissible (?), a. [L. scindere, scissum, to split.] Capable of being cut or divided by a sharp instrument. [R.] Bacon.
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Scissil (?), n. See .
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Scissile (?), a. [L. scissilis, fr. scindere, scissum, to cut, to split: cf. F. scissile. See .] Capable of being cut smoothly; scissible. [R.] Arbuthnot.
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Scission (?), n. [L. scissio, fr. scindere, scissum, to cut, to split: cf. F. scission.] The act of dividing with an instrument having a sharp edge. Wiseman.
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Scissiparity (?), n. [L. scissus (p. p. of scindere to split) + parere to bring forth: cf. F. scissiparité.] (Biol.) Reproduction by fission.
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Scissor (?), v. t. To cut with scissors or shears; to prepare with the aid of scissors. Massinger.
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Scissors (?), n. pl. [OE. sisoures, OF. cisoires (cf. F. ciseaux), probably fr. LL. cisorium a cutting instrument, fr. L. caedere to cut. Cf. , . The modern spelling is due to a mistaken derivation from L. scissor one who cleaves or divides, fr. scindere, scissum, to cut, split.] A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often called a pair of scissors. [Formerly written also cisors, cizars, and scissars.]
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Coloq. Scissors grinder (Zoöl.), the European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
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Scissorsbill (?), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Scissorstail (?), n. (Zoöl.) A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers.
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Scissors-tailed (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.
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Scissure (?), n. [L. scissura, from scindere, scissum, to cut, split.] A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure. Hammond.
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Scitamineous (?; 277), a. [NL. scitamineosus, fr. Scitamineae, fr. L. scitamentum a delicacy, dainty.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Scitamineæ), mostly tropical herbs, including the ginger, Indian shot, banana, and the plants producing turmeric and arrowroot.
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Sciurine (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. sciurien. See .] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Squirrel family. -- n. A rodent of the Squirrel family.
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Sciuroid (?), a. [Sciurus + -oid.] (Bot.) Resembling the tail of a squirrel; -- generally said of branches which are close and dense, or of spikes of grass like barley.
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Sciuromorpha (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. sciurus squirrel + Gr. morfh form.] (Zoöl.) A tribe of rodents containing the squirrels and allied animals, such as the gophers, woodchucks, beavers, and others.
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Sciurus (?), n. [L., a squirrel, Gr. �. See .] (Zoöl.) A genus of rodents comprising the common squirrels.
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Sclaff (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sclaffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sclaffing.] [Orig. uncert.] 1. To scuff or shuffle along. [Scot.]
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2. (Golf) To scrape the ground with the sole of the club, before striking the ball, in making a stroke.
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Sclaff, v. t. (Golf) To scrape (the club) on the ground, in a stroke, before hitting the ball; also, to make (a stroke) in that way.
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Sclaff, n. [Scot.] 1. A slight blow; a slap; a soft fall; also, the accompanying noise.
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2. (Golf) The stroke made by one who sclaffs.
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3. A thin, solid substance, esp. a thin shoe or slipper.
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Sclaundre (?), n. Slander. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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{ Sclav (?), Sclave }, n. Same as .
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Sclavic (?), a. Same as .
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Sclavism (?), n. Same as .
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Sclavonian (?), a. & n. Same as .
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Sclavonic (?), a. Same as .
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Sclender (?), a. Slender. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Scleragogy (?), n. [Gr. �; � hard + � a leading or training.] Severe discipline. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.
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Sclerema (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. sklhros hard.] (Med.) Induration of the cellular tissue.
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Coloq. Sclerema of adults . See . -- Coloq. Sclerema neonatorum (�) [NL., of the newborn], an affection characterized by a peculiar hardening and rigidity of the cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues in the newly born. It is usually fatal. Called also skinbound disease.
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Sclerenchyma (?), n. [NL., from Gr. sklhros hard + -enchyma as in parenchyma.] 1. (Bot.) Vegetable tissue composed of short cells with thickened or hardened walls, as in nutshells and the gritty parts of a pear. See .
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☞ By recent German writers and their English translators, this term is used for liber cells. Goodale.
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2. (Zoöl.) The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of Anthozoa, constituting the stony corals.
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Sclerenchymatous (?), a. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or composed of, sclerenchyma.
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Sclerenchyme (?), n. Sclerenchyma.
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Scleriasis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �.] (Med.) (a) A morbid induration of the edge of the eyelid. (b) Induration of any part, including scleroderma.
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Sclerite (sklērīt), n. (Zoöl.) A hard chitinous or calcareous process or corpuscle, especially a spicule of the Alcyonaria.
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Scleritis (skl�rītĭs), n. [NL.] See .
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Sclerobase (? or ?), n. [Gr. sklhros hard + basis base.] (Zoöl.) The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or axis of most compound alcyonarians; -- called also foot secretion. See Illust. under , and . -- Sclerobasic (#), a.
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Scleroderm (? or ?; 277), n. [Gr. sklhros hard + derma skin: cf. F. scléroderme.] (a) (Zoöl.) One of a tribe of plectognath fishes (Sclerodermi) having the skin covered with hard scales, or plates, as the cowfish and the trunkfish. (b) One of the Sclerodermata. (c) Hardened, or bony, integument of various animals.
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Scleroderma (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) A disease of adults, characterized by a diffuse rigidity and hardness of the skin.
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Sclerodermata (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) The stony corals; the Madreporaria.
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{ Sclerodermic (?), Sclerodermous (?), } (Zoöl.) (a) Having the integument, or skin, hard, or covered with hard plates. (b) Of or pertaining to the Sclerodermata.
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Sclerodermite (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The hard integument of Crustacea. (b) Sclerenchyma.
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Sclerogen (? or ?), n. [Gr. sklhros hard + -gen.] (Bot.) The thickening matter of woody cells; lignin.
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Sclerogenous (?), a. [Gr. sklhros hard + -genous.] (Anat.) Making or secreting a hard substance; becoming hard.
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Scleroid (?), a. [Gr. �; sklhros hard + e'i^dos form.] (Bot.) Having a hard texture, as nutshells.
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Scleroma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. sklhros hard + -oma.] (Med.) Induration of the tissues. See , , and .
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Sclerometer (?), n. [Gr. sklhros hard + -meter.] An instrument for determining with accuracy the degree of hardness of a mineral.
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Sclerosed (?), a. Affected with sclerosis.
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Sclerosis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (��, fr. sklhros hard.] 1. (Med.) Induration; hardening; especially, that form of induration produced in an organ by increase of its interstitial connective tissue.
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2. (Bot.) Hardening of the cell wall by lignification.
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Coloq. Cerebro-spinal sclerosis (Med.), an affection in which patches of hardening, produced by increase of the neuroglia and atrophy of the true nerve tissue, are found scattered throughout the brain and spinal cord. It is associated with complete or partial paralysis, a peculiar jerking tremor of the muscles, headache, and vertigo, and is usually fatal. Formerly referred to as multiple sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, or insular sclerosis, but now usually called only multiple sclerosis, or MS.
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Scleroskeleton (?), n. [Gr. sklhros hard + E. skeleton.] (Anat.) That part of the skeleton which is developed in tendons, ligaments, and aponeuroses.
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Sclerotal (?), a. (Anat.) Sclerotic. -- n. The optic capsule; the sclerotic coat of the eye. Owen.
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Sclerotic (?), a. [Gr. sklhros hard: cf. F. sclérotique.] 1. Hard; firm; indurated; -- applied especially in anatomy to the firm outer coat of the eyeball, which is often cartilaginous and sometimes bony.
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2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sclerotic coat of the eye; sclerotical.
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3. (Med.) Affected with sclerosis; sclerosed.
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Coloq. Sclerotic parenchyma (Bot.), sclerenchyma. By some writers a distinction is made, sclerotic parenchyma being applied to tissue composed of cells with the walls hardened but not thickened, and sclerenchyma to tissue composed of cells with the walls both hardened and thickened.
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Sclerotic, n. [Cf. F. sclérotique.] (Anat.) The sclerotic coat of the eye. See Illust. of (d).
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Sclerotic, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from ergot or the sclerotium of a fungus growing on rye.
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Sclerotical (?), a. (Anat.) Sclerotic.
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Sclerotitis (?), n. [NL. See , and .] (Med.) Inflammation of the sclerotic coat.
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Sclerotium (?), n.; pl. Sclerotia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. sklhros hard.] 1. (Bot.) A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the Claviceps purpurea, which produces ergot.
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2. (Zoöl.) The mature or resting stage of a plasmodium.
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Sclerotome (sklĕr�tōm or sklēr�tōm), n. [Gr. sklhros hard + temnein to cut.] (Zoöl.) One of the bony, cartilaginous, or membranous partitions which separate the myotomes. -- Sclerotomic (#), a.
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Sclerous (?), a. [Gr. �.] (Anat.) Hard; indurated; sclerotic.
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Scoat (?), v. t. To prop; to scotch. [Prov. Eng.]
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Scobby (?), n. The chaffinch. [Prov. Eng.]
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Scobiform (?), a. [L. scobs, or scobis, sawdust, scrapings + -form: cf. F. scobiforme.] Having the form of, or resembling, sawdust or raspings.
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Scobs, n. sing. & pl. [L. scobs, or scobis, fr. scabere to scrape.] 1. Raspings of ivory, hartshorn, metals, or other hard substance. Chambers.
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2. The dross of metals.
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Scoff (?; 115), n. [OE. scof; akin to OFries. schof, OHG. scoph, Icel. skaup, and perh. to E. shove.] 1. Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
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With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. Shak.
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2. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
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The scoff of withered age and beardless youth. Cowper.
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Scoff, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scoffed (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Scoffing.] [Cf. Dan. skuffe to deceive, delude, Icel. skopa to scoff, OD. schoppen. See , n.] To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; -- often with at.
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Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway,
And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray. Goldsmith.
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God's better gift they scoff at and refuse. Cowper.
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Syn. -- To sneer; mock; gibe; jeer. See .
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Scoff, v. t. To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.
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To scoff religion is ridiculously proud and immodest. Glanvill.
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Scoffer (?), n. One who scoffs. 2 Pet. iii. 3.
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Scoffery (?), n. The act of scoffing; scoffing conduct; mockery. Holinshed.
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Scoffingly, adv. In a scoffing manner. Broome.
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Scoke (?), n. (Bot.) Poke (Phytolacca decandra).
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Scolay (?), v. i. See . [Obs.]
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Scold (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scolded; p. pr. & vb. n. Scolding.] [Akin to D. schelden, G. schelten, OHG. sceltan, Dan. skielde.] To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant.
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Pardon me, lords, 't is the first time ever
I was forced to scold. Shak.
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Scold, v. t. To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity.
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Scold, n. 1. One who scolds, or makes a practice of scolding; esp., a rude, clamorous woman; a shrew.
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She is an irksome, brawling scold. Shak.
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2. A scolding; a brawl.
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Scolder (?), n. 1. One who scolds.
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2. (Zoöl.) (a) The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries. (b) The old squaw. [Local U.S.]
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Scolding, a. & n. from , v.
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Coloq. Scolding bridle , an iron frame. See , n., 2.
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Scoldingly, adv. In a scolding manner.
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Scole (?), n. School. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Scolecida (? or ?), n. pl. [NL. See .] (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Scolecite (? or ?; 277), n. [Gr. skwlhx, -hkos, a worm, earthworm.] (Min.) A zeolitic mineral occuring in delicate radiating groups of white crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also lime mesotype.
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Scolecomorpha (�), n. pl. [NL. See , .] (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Scolex (?), n.; pl. Scoleces (#). [NL., from Gr. skwlhx worm, grub.] (Zoöl.) (a) The embryo produced directly from the egg in a metagenetic series, especially the larva of a tapeworm or other parasitic worm. See Illust. of . (b) One of the Scolecida.
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Scoley (?), v. i. [Cf. OF. escoler to teach. See .] To go to school; to study. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Scoliosis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. skolios crooked.] (Med.) A lateral curvature of the spine.
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Scolithus (? or ?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. skwlhx a worm + liqos a stone.] (Paleon.) A tubular structure found in Potsdam sandstone, and believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm.
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Scollop (?), n. & v. See .
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Scolopacine (?), a. [L. scolopax a snipe, Gr. �.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Scolopacidæ, or Snipe family.
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Scolopendra (?), n. [L., a kind of multiped, fr. Gr. �.] 1. (Zoöl.) A genus of venomous myriapods including the centipeds. See .
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2. A sea fish. [R.] Spenser.
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Scolopendrine (?), a. (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra.
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Scolytid (?), n. [Gr. skolyptein to cut short.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small bark-boring beetles of the genus Scolytus and allied genera. Also used adjectively.
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Scomber (?), n. [L., a mackerel, Gr. skombros.] (Zoöl.) A genus of acanthopterygious fishes which includes the common mackerel.
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Scomberoid (?), a. & n. [Cf. F. scombéroïde.] (Zoöl.) Same as .
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